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On the recordMarch 10, 2021
This morning I make a personal plea to my fellow Texans. I recognize that there has been an overload of tiredness and desire to go back to work and maybe a desire to party. Unfortunately, with bad advice and political emphasis, the mask order will be lifted today on March 10 in our State. Our State is being plagued by the United Kingdom variant. We are still on the hot list for the number of deaths. We have not reached a certain number in terms of lowering the infection rate, and we haven't reached any kind of level in terms of vaccination. Removing the restrictions and having remove-mask parties is going to be a disaster. I make this plea: Wear your mask, socially distance. Restaurants and other businesses be responsible. We are on the way with a rescue, but I beg of my fellow Texans, let us not go backwards to create more deaths, to create more hospitalizations, more loved ones that we will not have at the dinner table. This is not a time to go backwards. This is a time to go forward. Wear your mask. Let's be responsible. I ask my constituents on Washington Avenue: Do not have a remove-mask party tonight because you will be walking into a destiny of death. ____________________
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Sheila Jackson Lee
Democratic · Texas

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