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 j
Changed a lot about the way that we live and work and do business, and tennesseans are certainly no exception to that. One thing that is been a consistent in this entire episode with the pandemic is the way tennesseans step up to take care of one another. And the numerous acts of kindness and graciousness that have been shown from neighbor to neighbor, and community to community is something that shows the goodness of the american spirit, and we are just blast to be home to thousands of people who have demonstrated their desire to help make life a little bit better for their neighbors and their friends, and sometimes for people that they do not know. But people who have expressed a certain need, people like jeremy hopkins. Now, jeremy is from jackson tennessee. He is an engineer at the toyota motor manufacturing facility that is up there in jackson. He became aware of the need for ppe down in new orleans at hospital. A friend of his made him aware of this need. So being an engineer he
The time we are meeting right now. And more than 22 million initial unemployment claims filed in the past month. Some regions of our country have lost as many jobs over the last month as they did during the worst year of the great recession. These statistics are not just numbers on a page, madam speaker. These are our neighbors. They are our family, they are our friends, their health is at risk and their economic reality has changed overnight. Since the start of this pandemic, congress has provided more than 2 trillion in emergency relief. To get Small Businesses the financial help they need to survive. To help hospitals and Health Care Workers on the frontlines. To expand testing. To provide every american access to an affordable vaccine when it is developed. I could go on and on and on. We need to make sure that these resources are going where congress intended. That they are helping struggling americans, Small Businesses without any rampant fraud or accuse and companies arent taking
The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. April 23, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable kathy castor to act as splote on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. 7 the speaker pro tempore the a prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. Send your spirit of peace and comity among the members of the peoples house. These are days of great political, social, and economic stress in our nation, and those whose work is to legislate through this pandemic are naturally under considerable pressure. Give us all patience, especially with one another. May all our citizens in the midst of great turmoil be filled with gratitude for those in our nation whose work must go on when it would be so easy not to assume their responsibility to do so. Continue to bl
New numbers that are out every thursday. That, i want into to Say Something at the outset. We have heard from many hoosiers across the state of indiana. There islly understand no more spiritually important week for many believers that than the week we find ourselves in. I personally am comforted by the saysin matthew 18 20, it where two or three are gathered together, their mi. It is a powerful reminder it is two or three, not 200 our 300 or 2000 or 3000. It is emphasizing its the church body, not the building, no matter how architecturally awesome or beautiful that structure may be. Body and the relationship with the higher above that is most important. My jewish friends, passover started yesterday. Christians, another important today. Todays is the day jesus put a andl around his waist washed the feet of his disciples. I would submit it is time to wash some feet without touching them. It is time for our families and our neighbors to stay safe. It is time to serve them in this way to