Never forget that you can also sustain us in the future. Today, give our senators the wisdom to trust you in the small things, realizing that faithfulness with the least perhaps them for fidelity with the much. As they seek to be stewards of your justice, mercy, and grace, use them to fulfill your purposes. Lord, give them a love for your wisdom and a passion to be guided by your precepts. We pray in your holy name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask so speak in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley thank you. Now that the United Kingdom has separated from the European Union, its our opportunity to sit down with the United Kingdom and do some
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, the president of the National Rural Health Association, here to talk about how the corona pandemic is affecting rural areas. Good morning. Caller good morning. Guest good morning. Thank you for inviting me to be on your show. Host tell us what the National Rural Health Association is and what you do. Rural healthtional association started in the early 1980s as a way of bringing rural providers and people interested together. We have over 21,000 members. It is a notforprofit organization comprised of people from universities, rural health clinics, people in longterm care health centers, and anybody who would like to expand the voice for rural health. We are concerned about education, research, munication. Anything that can advance and support our Rural Communities and activate and increase access for Rural Health Care in our communities. Up theou also head illinois critical access hospital network. Tell us what that is. Ofst yes, it is a network 57 critical access and small rural hosp
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Dr. Raza to bring the patient back front and center into every conversation about cancer. To look at everything we are doing in the cancer paradigm through the prism of human anguish. And let everyone see what are the human costs of pursuing cancers to the last. Susan your book readers will find an interesting mix. It has poetry, patients stories and a lot of technical and clinical analysis in it. What were you thinking . Who is your intended audience . Dr. Raza it was not so much the audience but the way i was trying to tell the story. First, i was only going to write about my patients with nothing personal but once i told the stories in deep, granular detail, i felt dishonest holding back my own. Somehow, there was a level of insincerity in going into the depths and profundity of patients feelings and anguish of families without talking about my own. And then i started thinking about my own. Susan what does poetry do for you . Dr. Raza yes, i felt a cleavage in my mind as if my brain