Burgess Owens: “the remarks of the gentlewoman from Texas, (Ms. Jackson-Lee), of course, were pertinent in every way in terms of the…”

“the remarks of the gentlewoman from Texas, (Ms. Jackson-Lee), of course, were pertinent in every way in terms of the three items that I have put forth here tonight. The gentlewoman has mentioned the juvenile justice and law enforcement problems that we have had for a long, long time in America, whether the law and the government became the arm of injustice and inequality in so many ways, and the gentlewoman recommended that in the Congressional Black Caucus' Alternative Budget we put in items and we address it in terms of making certain that there are funds there to deal with the problem of continuing injustices, profiling and abuses of the law. I commend the gentlewoman for that. Mr. Speaker, I also would like to highlight the fact that the gentlewoman said Dr. Gates, Skip Gates, who is now I think the Encarta Africana, is on disk, and our encyclopedia is on the Internet. He might be called the modern father of African American history taking after Carter G. Woodson.”