Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my amendment which has been included in this En Bloc Amendment. As we debate this bill, our nation is experiencing a resurrection in COVID-19 cases, with record or near record one day totals occurring almost daily. While this may not be the time to rehash rash decisions to reopen in the face of public health advice, it does again remind us of the need to continue to provide tools to communities to help identify, track, and treat those affected by this deadly virus. Tracking COVID-19 in the community is extremely important in the fight to stop this deadly killer which has already infected over 2.5 million Americans and killed over 125,000. As noted by the Water Research Foundation, ``wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 could be an early, cost-effective, unbiased community-level indicator of the presence of COVID-19.'' Research is underway in our nation and around the world to try and use sewage samples to spot any potential surge or other trends in caseloads in a community. It is believed that the virus will show up in sewer samples even for patients that show no outward symptoms.…”