Mrs. DEMINGS. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague from the Virgin
Islands for her leadership on this issue and for making it a priority
and giving it the urgency that those under TPS status deserve. Mr. Speaker, first of all, of course, I want to extend my condolences
to the families whose loved ones were murdered in Sutherland Springs,
Texas, while attending worship service. I also extend my condolences to my colleague from Texas, Eddie
Bernice Johnson, who is mourning the death of her sister. Mr. Speaker, after college--it was a lot of years ago, but I remember
it like it was yesterday--I worked as a social worker, working with
families in need of emergency services, in need of shelter, in need of
food, and in need of medical care.