Marsha Blackburn: “Thank you, Mrs. Maloney. I want to talk for just a moment about some of the women from Tennessee who have made such a…”

“Thank you, Mrs. Maloney. I want to talk for just a moment about some of the women from Tennessee who have made such a significant contribution. Now, each of us standing on the floor tonight have stood in this Chamber and have fought for children. Dr. Mildred Stahlman--Millie Stahlman--is from Nashville and is part of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center team. She is a pioneering professor in pediatrics and pathology at Vanderbilt. Anyone who has ever been in a neonatology unit has seen some of the pioneering work of Dr. Stahlman because she was the first to ever look at, study, and develop methods for monitoring lung disease in premature babies. With over 1,300 preemies born every single day, if you were to go into a hospital neonatology unit, you would see some of the knowledge, the experience, the insight, and the discovery that has been brought about by Dr. Stahlman in helping these young babies to live. I would also like to mention Beth Harwell. Beth is our speaker of the house in Tennessee. She is the first female speaker of the house ever in our State's history. Beth started her career in public service when she was elected to the general assembly in 1988; and then, in 2011, she was unanimously elected to serve as speaker of the Tennessee House. She is a diligent worker. She is very devoted to public service, and she represents our State so well. Chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court, Connie Clark, who is one of my constituents. The SPEAKER pro tempore.…”