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On the recordMarch 3, 2020
Madam Speaker, very early this morning, my hometown of Nashville, Tennessee, was terribly hard hit by a tornado. At least 19 lives have been lost. Buildings were destroyed. Many, many homes were destroyed, and countless lives have been disrupted. At least 34,000 people lost electricity. I have been in contact with our Governor, our mayor, our entire congressional delegation, including my good friend John Rose, to do all that we can to bring emergency relief to the area as fast as possible. This is a genuine tragedy, and we need to praise our neighbors, friends, residents, first responders, firefighters, police, and EMTs who worked all through the night, despite fierce rains, to provide first aid. Nashville is strong. We recovered so well after the terrible 2010 flood that many parts of America didn't even know we had been suffering. Now is the time to beat this disaster. ____________________
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Roy Cooper
Democratic · North Carolina

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