On the recordJuly 23, 2020
The chairwoman has been enormously gracious for me to be able to conclude my remarks by indicating again the importance of the historically Black colleges getting an extra $2 million; emphasizing that Fifth Ward Texas, the home of Barbara Jordan and Mickey Leland, older neighborhoods in the historically minority communities, won't suffer any longer by toxic poisoning because of chemicals that have been placed without care; and to be able to thank them, as well, for taking care of the endangered species and those who are trafficked and those, as well, with female genital mutilation. Mr. Speaker, I close my remarks by simply saying the COVID-19 dollars are needed. I thank the chairwoman for that. We are suffering in Houston, and we are going to fight to stop community spread by more testing, more testing, more testing.
