Our nation is crying out for leadership, for direction, for some healing and some unity. This president even try to provide it . I yield the floor. Mr. President , two weeks ago i came to the fore the center ask for consent on a simple, Timely Senate resolution sponsored by nearly half of the members of this chamber. What did the resolution called for . It urged the United States to join global Coronavirus Vaccine and treatment efforts. That doesnt sound like a radical idea, doesf it . In the midst of a global much suffering and so many deaths, it would seem that asking the United States to join other countries of the world in searching for therapies and vaccines is just common sense. We dont know where or when a vaccine will be discovered. We dont know if an effective treatment will be discovered in the United States or some other place. Certainly with the respected medical and scientific leadership in the United States, you would hope that it would be here, but lets be honest. If a s
Efforts in a cooperative manner. The smallpox virus likely originated more than 300000 yeas ago and is one of the most devastating diseases ever in the history of humanity. He was barely visible under the most powerful microscope. And was known for very bumps covering face and body. And profuse in internal bleeding. Black vomit. Pieces of destroyed skin shut off ones body. Smallpox is estimated to have killed up to 300 Million People in the 20th century. 300 million. In around 500 million in the last 100 years of its existence. In 1967, the World Health Organization launched an historic and intense effort to eradicate smallpox. At the global eradication effort initially used the strategy of mass to achieve 80 percent Vaccine Coverage in each country and thereafter fusing contact tracing. Familiar with the word. To reduce additional outbreaks. Ultimately the global eradication of smallpox was certified endorsed in 1980. Making it one of the most successful collaborative Public Health in
Together. And we got along, which is good. And i thought to feel the neighborhood a little more than i usually do, as i travel back and forth almost every week, get to know the people a little more irk waving from a distance. I look around and noticed that almost every lawn had a sign on it saying, we love Health Care Workers. And many people had signs in their windows to back that up, too. And we should. These doctors, these nurses, these people who work in Nursing Homes caring for the elderly, making certain theyre in a good, safe environment, theyre important and theyre risking their lives for the people we love. We thank them over and over again. There is one part of that group that i would like to highlight for a few moments. I want to spend a few minutes talking about one special group of Health Care Workers immigrants. One in six health care and social service workers, 3. 1 million out of 18. 7 million, are immigrants. You must notice. When they come on television and give us a
In biology with a minor in chemistry. In college he worked as a medical scribe for doctors in the emergency room in a small hospital in chattanooga and after decided he wanted to become an emergency room physician. He continued his education at loyola university, the school of medicine. Allow me a few seconds to praise this wonderful school. He was one of dozens of Daca Recipients, which was the First Medical School to admit daca students. They do not receive any special treatment in the Selection Process and they are not eligible for a penny in federal financial assistance. Many of them borrowed money from the state of illinois to complete their medical education in the hopes that once they are licensed they can come back and practice in our state which they promise to do. Heres what manuel says about what daca means to him. And i quote. Daca has opened up many doors for me. It allows me to serve people through emergency medicine. If daca ended, i would have to stop not only what i lo
We are going to open up regional lines for this conversation this morning. That means if you are in the eastern or central time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are in the mountain or pacific time zones, we want to hear from you at 202 7488001. In mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 always3, and we are reading on social media. You can reach us on twitter at cspanwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Again, the idea and concerns about government surveillance has been on peoples minds recently. Infact, there was a story nbc today that i wanted to read to you that talks about some of the concerns about government surveillance. The unsupported claims that President Donald Trump has made for two years about the fbis russia investigation, calling it a witch hunt cooked up by his political opponents, the conclusion by the Justice Department watchdog of the that the probe was justified was big news. But the other major findings of the Inspector Generals rep