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On the recordMay 13, 2020
My staff was nice enough to put this at the end of this statement. I would get in trouble if I don't include it. Once again, to Cesarina and all of her coworkers at Westside Family Healthcare, as well as the many healthcare workers in Delaware and America--throughout America--working on the frontlines of this pandemic today and every day, we salute you. We are forever grateful for the work you are doing to keep the rest of us safe and healthy. As the Presiding Officer is a military veteran, Army, I am a veteran as well, Navy, and the last Vietnam veteran serving in the Senate now that we do not have John McCain. I am not sure what they say in the Army when people are doing a good job, but in the Navy we say two words, ``Bravo Zulu.'' That means ``good going.'' In your case, grateful. Keep up the good work, Cesarina and all the other viewers across our country, whether they be native- born Americans or folks who become Americans by choice. Thank you for giving me that extra dispensation. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk proceeded to call the roll.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware
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May 13, 2020

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