ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 420, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. jackson lee, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from tfpblgts ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, although we have dwnbn debating for a long period of time, let me offer to say to my colleagues to remind them, i see my good friend, chairman goodlatte, on the floor, that this legislation amends the national environmental policy act. with good intentions. however, what this bill will do actually strips out critical input from federal, state, and local agencies and the public jeopardizing both the environment and public safety. let me repeat that. jeopardizing the american people and environment and public safety. the bill sets new tight deadlines for environmental review, permitting and licensing decisions. and simply as i said earlier, throws wisdom and good judgment to the wind. i serve as a senior member of the homeland security committee and so i rise today with my amendment that improves the bill and helps to protect the homelan

i thank my good friend representative jackson lee again for her leadership here. ms. jackson lee: let me thank my good friend, congresswoman eleanor holmes norton, for giving these three legend the vitality and vie brans of a personal story. and to just add to his coming to students at howard university, i want you to know that at the university of virginia, where he was, he was the most popular professor with people standing in line because the students sensed his passion and commitment but they sensed his realness. as i introduce and thank you so very much for that very vibrant and informative presentation, as i introduce this next gentleman who has his own history, let me quote again as i indicated pope francis from last week which captured all of what we're saying tonight, to respond in a way that's always humane, just, and fraternal. we need to avoid a common temptation nowaddais to discard whatever proves troublesome. let us remember the golden rule, do unto others as you would have them do unto you. the gentleman i'm going to yield to, mr. bobby scott is a forme

ms. jackson lee is recognized for 60 minutes as the designee of the minority leader. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much. i am very privileged tonight to lead the special order of the members of the con grming -- congressional black caucus. let me thank our chairman, chairman g.k. butterfield, for continuing this tradition and his continued leadership and encouragement and advocation for members and for the stories of those who have been such leaders in our nation and such major issues that we have been able to contribute to for the understanding of our colleagues. let me also make mention of my colleagues, congresswoman kelly and congressman payne who have led us on this special order for the congressional black caucus an thank them for their leadership and service. and very special thanks to those of you watching at home and have often watched at home and have followed the congressional black caucus through social media, social network, and also know that our major issues, criminal justice reform, civil rights, the restoration of the voting rights act and many others, h

ms. jackson lee of texas. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 420, the gentlewoman from texas, ms. ckson lee, and a member posed, each will control five minutes. the chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from texas. ms. jackson lee: mr. chairman, thank you so very much this morning. to my colleague on the judiciary committee, good morning. i hope that we'll find common ground on really responding to a great concern that i think all americans should be concerned about. although this bill is called the rapid act, were it to become law in the present form, a permit or license for a project would be deemed approved if the reviewing agency does not issue the requested permit or license within 90 to 120 days. that is a short period of time for complex regulatory structures that deal with complex industries. industry that i represent in houston, texas. the energy industry, has complex needs and as well complex impact and consequences if we do not do, the agencies responsible, the d.o.e. for example, does not do its due diligence. now, let me say this, mr. chairman. these particular permits

ms. jackson lee, four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for four minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman very much. what a weighty responsibility to stand on this floor on september 11. for those of us who were here in this body on that day, there's no more solemn responsibility than the national security of this nation. for that reason i'm gratified to my ranking member for being able to serve with him through those very difficult times and to be one of the original members of the new homeland security committee. i state on both those -- stayed on both those committees who hold in their hands the constitutional rights but also the national security. so i rise today with a heavy very to speak to this difficult decision. so i start by saying, i stand here as a mother. i will choose to speak to that child in israel and the child in urban and rural america, and the children around the world, and i would ask my colleagues the question, what is our burden and responsibility

ms. jackson lee, for five minutes. ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. today i rise to pay tribute to deputy darren h. go can forth -- goforth. 47 years old. who lost his life more than 10 days ago in houston, texas, in an execution-style killing. doing his job and serving his community. the deputy was a harris county sheriff's deputy. and a man who loved his job. he loved his family, his daughter and his son, and loved his beautiful wife. might i share with you her words, kathleen. my husband was an incredibly intricate blend of toughness and genitality. she said in a statement following his tragic death. he was fueling his vehicle about 8:30 on a friday night, and someone came behind him. the individual now in custody, in an execution-style killed him. there are no words for this, his wife said. e was always loyal, fiercely so. the right thing to do is what guided his internal compass, and of course, she wanted us to know if people want to know what kind of ma

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. son madam speaker, i ask -- ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i ask to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: i would not be here on the floor to lend suspicion to the faith beliefs of anyone. but as evidenced by what we've been hearing for our friends on the other side of the aisle, this is not but a politically charged debate and an undermining of women's health care. we made it very clear in the judiciary committee that roe v. wade is the law of the land tpwhofmente that because a texas supreme court in 2014 and 2015 rolled back the texas law that was going to close a number of clinics evidencing and providing for women's health care. planned parenthood provides for 378,000 pap tests, 487,000 breast exams, 87,000 women found out they had cancer through planned parenthood. as it relates to the fetal tissue, we know that there are laws in place that do not allow the sale of such. but we also know the fetal tissue research generated spinal cord, n

ms. jackson lee: this is not a debate on people's conscience and what you believe in. it is a debate and question of the law. first of all, the legislation -- the underlying legislation we have before us is likely to be ruled unconstitutional and it's likely to do so because it meets the very four corners of what the supreme court ruled the texas law to be unconstitutional and i'd venture to say that this bill was a copy of the texas law. in 2014 and 2015, the texas legislators tried to stop reproductive health care clinics by requiring them to have a hospital style surgery center building and staffing requirements, leaving only seven clinics to provide health care. the same thing where they threatened the same kind of thing which would only leave 10 health care providers. guess what, madam speaker? in 2014 and 2015, the supreme court of the united states ruled it unconstitutional and stopped the legislature in their tracks. that's what's going to happen to this legislation as well. let me be very clear planned parenthood does not engage in selling body parts. yes, as

ms. jackson lee, four minutes. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from texas is recognized for four minutes. ms. jackson lee: i thank the gentleman very much. what a weighty responsibility to stand on this floor on september 11. for those of us who were here in this body on that day, there's no more solemn responsibility than the national security of this nation. for that reason i'm gratified to my ranking member for being able to serve with him through those very difficult times and to be one of the original members of the new homeland security committee. i state on both those -- stayed on both those committees who hold in their hands the constitutional rights but also the national security. so i rise today with a heavy very to speak to this difficult decision. so i start by saying, i stand here as a mother. i will choose to speak to that child in israel and the child in urban and rural america, and the children around the world, and i would ask my colleagues the question, what is our burden and responsibility

ms. jackson lee. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from texas is recognized for one minute. jackson scrax jackson madam speaker, i ask -- ms. jackson lee: madam speaker, i ask to revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. jackson lee: i would not be here on the floor to lend suspicion to the faith beliefs of anyone. but as evidenced by what we've been hearing for our friends on the other side of the aisle, this is not but a politically charged debate and an undermining of women's health care. we made it very clear in the judiciary committee that roe v. wade is the law of the land tpwhofmente that because a texas supreme court in 2014 and 2015 rolled back the texas law that was going to close a number of clinics evidencing and providing for women's health care. planned parenthood provides for 378,000 pap tests, 487,000 breast exams, 87,000 women found out they had cancer through planned parenthood. as it relates to the fetal tissue, we know that there are laws in place that do not allow the sale of such. but we also know the fetal tissue research genera

ms. jackson lee: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized 1. ms. jackson lee: -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. jackson lee: ooze a responsible member of -- as a responsible member of congress, i voted for a continuing resolution that will take us to december 11. but that is not the responsible way to handle the business of this nation, and it is time now for this congress to put aside partisanship and to begin to have the republican leadership and republicans to sit down with members of the democratic caucus and talk about a real funding bill. yes, we have kept the doors open provided for our employees, but we have undermine defense and the preparedness of our men and women. we've cut $.7 million from the children's health insurance prarges and we're barely -- we've cut $1.7 million from the children's health insurance program. and other items dealing with law enforcement and provisions for transportation a

ms. jackson lee: this is not a debate on people's conscience and what you believe in. it is a debate and question of the law. first of

ms. jackson lee five minutes >> let me thank the chairman for yielding and allowing those with a great deal of emotion to be able to project and present their views. i lived through this judiciary committee for a period of years, been through eons of these hearings on a medical procedure that saved the lives of women that were called partial-birth abortion. to the witnesses i have the greatest respect to your view point grateful for you being here. let me say, as an undergraduate avail and being familiar with yale law school i no that it is one of the premier teachers of the constitution and paul recognizes the rights of all and would venture to say that there are individuals with different thoughts from you and therefore to my colleague, yet they produce individuals that have a great concern for the constitution of this nation. let me begin my questioning, would you join in a request to the director of the national institutes of health to suggest convening an expert panel to relook at expert panel on fetal tissue research. >> i have not consider that question. >> i am giving it to you now

ms. jackson lee: thank you very much, mr. speaker. members will leave this week behind physically but not mentally and not without a sense of joy and certainly questions. many things have happened this week and more will come in terms of further explanation. but our leadership -- about our leadership, about our direction. but one thing we know that occurred is a mighty statement of balance and justice. i read again from the words of pope francis when he said to us that politics requires more than device iness, paraphrasing, and he said the greatest common good, that of a community which sacrifices particular interests in order to share in justice and peace is good -- peace, its goods, its interests and social life. so in these next couple of weeks i would ask that we look collectively together about working to pass a budget that is fair and just and that helps the needy. comprehensive immigration reform, helping the homeless and helping veteran who was suffered, mr. speaker, some hundreds of thousands who died waiting for hospital ser

ms. jackson lee: this is not a debate on people's conscience and what you believe in. it is a debate and question of the law. first of all, the legislation -- the underlying legislation we have before us is likely to be ruled unconstitutional and it's likely to do so because it meets the very four corners of what the supreme court ruled the texas law to be unconstitutional and i'd venture to say that this bill was a copy of the texas law. in 2014 and 2015, the texas legislators tried to stop reproductive health care clinics by requiring them to have a hospital style surgery center building and staffing requirements, leaving only seven clinics to provide health care. the same thing where they threatened the same kind of thing which would only leave 10 health care providers. guess what, madam speaker? in 2014 and 2015, the supreme court of the united states ruled it unconstitutional and stopped the legislature in their tracks. that's what's going to happen to this legislation as well. let me be very clear planned parenthood does not engage in selling body parts. yes, as

ms. jackson lee for five minutes. >> let me thank the chairman for yielding and for allowing those with a great deal of emotion on this question to be able to project and present their views. i have lived through this judiciary committee for a period of years to the witnesses that i have been through eons of these hearings starting back in the 1990s on a medical procedure that saved the lives of women that were called the partial birth abortion. let me say to the witnesses, i have the greatest respect for your viewpoint and i'm grateful for you being here. grateful for your life. and grateful for your passion. as an aside let me say as a graduate of yale, undergraduate and being very familiar with yale law school, i know that the law school is one of the premier teachers of the constitution. and well recognizes the rights of all people. and would venture to say there are individuals with different thought from you i would imagine, professor smith -- >> absolutely. >> -- and therefore; to my colleague, yes, yale law school and undergraduate schools produce individuals with a concern for th

ms. jackson-lane. jackson-lee: i am grateful, and i certainly was not you, but as a member of congress, ia sought to come to this sacred place as soon as i could. arrived, it, when i became the early version of the homeland security committee. i thank you for your service. i had my office just print out for me the names of firefighters, police officers, fire marshal, the chaplain you mentioned, just to reinforce for that these souls gave their life for this nation. i could not help but read -- shall not erase you from the memory of time. i know we will be debating something important this week. i shall not choose to discuss the iranian nuclear agreement, but what i will say to the american people and those listening, this will be a very vigorous debate with members of congress seriously considering the security of this nation. some of us will vote yes because we have deliberated and believe it is the right decision, but i want to give you comfort that it will be a very vigorous, thoughtful discussion on behalf of

ms. jackson lee: this nation has a great history and i ask the question what would president roosevelt do, president eisenhower or ronald reagan or john f. kennedy when a question from someone in the room attacked and presented a negative attitude about muslims or catholics or those in the jewish faith? what happened in a town hall meeting of a presidential candidate. this person thought he was deriding the president of the united states when they called him muslim and no voice rang out to oppose a heinous and horrific attitude toward individuals of the muslim faith who actually have fought on behalf of the flag of the united states of america. we malign no people for a general issue that all of us know we are all against, the world family is against. now i ask this congress to likewise fund this government because in the last era of the time when the republican shut the government down in 2013, we lost $24 billion. so because you are denying women health care, you now want to defund the government and at the same time keep jobs away from the american people by not re-authorizing export-i

ms. jackson lee: the good news of this place is the congratulations offered by my colleagues a few minutes ago to a 90-year-old lady who served in world war ii and never received a thank you. wouldn't it be positive to reflect on america and be able to hold in this body positive things that shows the congress working together? but yet, as it was mentioned, our colleagues want to defund planned parenthood and shut down the government. any of the moderateors will ask any of those debating will stand in shutting down the government. i wonder whether they support voting rights and support restoration of the voting rights act. those who walked a,000 miles and whether they care about criminal justice reform and decriminalizing if you will, the system that has mass incarceration, children in child. wonder whether these individuals who have been making a lot of noise in front of the public will be in the public eye all over america where they will answer the real questions. voting rights, health care for women and making sure that we fix the criminal justice system. that's the questions that shoul