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Sheila Jackson Lee: Coming from the Texas Medical Center in my community and many other hospitals and seeing the proliferation of health…

On the recordNovember 21, 2019
Coming from the Texas Medical Center in my community and many other hospitals and seeing the proliferation of health clinics, federally qualified health clinics, and social service agencies all attempting to do the right thing--and the patients who are there deserve to have the best care possible, but they are, in many instances, ill; they are, in many instances, broken. In order to have the staff continue to serve them, let's protect those workers. Let's stand alongside those workers. Mr. Chairman, I ask my colleagues to enthusiastically support this legislation and let us begin to stand alongside those who work with those who are most in need.
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas
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Nov 21, 2019

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