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On the recordDecember 16, 2020
First of all, I want to, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, associate myself with the Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains Act of 2019, a very vital act for dealing with families who have lost loved ones, as well as the Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act, S. 3312, which deals with helping people who are incarcerated adjust back to the community. I believe that we had a day of hope yesterday in Houston and around the world. In fact, it was not only yesterday, but it was Monday. That is when the first vaccines began to come to the Nation. I went to the public hospital system, and I became part of UPS--that is, Pfizer vaccines that I was able to lift at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital and then walk that vaccine to the pharmacy so that people would have hope. Then, I went to Ben Taub Hospital--the public health system, again--and watched people from all backgrounds get vaccinated. This is a day of hope. We must continue, but we must continue to walk carefully. We must continue to stay distant, get testing, and wear our masks. There is hope. I am delighted to have been able to be there to say to our constituents that there is hope, Madam Speaker. ____________________
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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