Transcripts For CSPAN2 U.S. Senate Sen. Blackburn On Coronavirus Impact In Tennessee 20240713

Thank you mr. President. First iou want to thank the senator for her work in organizing the effort to come to the floor and talk about the good things that are happening they are certainly no exception to that. One thing that has been consistent in the acts of kindness and graciousness that have been shown from neighbor to neighbor. If shows the good is i it if the americans. And we are just blessed to belong to thousands of people who have demonstrated their desire to help make life a little better for their neighbors and friends and sometimes people they do not know that people that have expressed a certain need. Jeremy is from jacksone. Tennessee. He is an engineer at the cleo at a manufacturing facility that is thereon in jackson. He became aware of the need down in new orleans hospital. A friend of his made him aware of the need. He got to work making face shields for the healthcare workers in new orleans. They worked with Union Universities some of the students there located in jackson tennessee and then he used his remaining materials and made another 173 shields in west tennessee and mississippi. Steve archer, a u. S. Air force veteran and hes a medical supply and logistics technician. He decided to head to new jersey to see how he could help make certain that it was delivered on time to hospitals and Nursing Homes and Health Care Providers so there he was. Since that time he has recovered and is back on the job in tennessee. The knox county Disaster Relief team has also been working some long days at Sevier Heights baptist church. Theyve changed their production to making mass quantities of hand sanitizer. As our wonderful singers and songwriters and musicians and choirs are holding concerts online to bring some relief of happiness to people all across the globe to enjoy these concerts and the always amazing and inspiring dolly parton is our tennessee and if the year. Shes reading bedtime stories from her Imagination Library on youtube each week. And of course i would be remiss if i didnt think some wonderful women who decided to pull up the sewing machine and get busy making face masks for critical workers all acrosshe the countr. And this pandemic is showing us just the other nations history they have shown up because they had been asked to volunteer and give their time and efforts and energy and talent and resources in order to improve the lives of others who was doing this who was doing your part to ease the lives of others during this pandemic