[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 218 (Monday, December 21, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H7287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             COVID VACCINE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I join in the prayer of the Chaplain 
this morning. I believe it is important to open this day of lifesaving 
relief with a prayer to ask that our Congress comes together and stands 
in the face with help on the way to dying Americans from COVID-19, the 
families of those who have died and those who are on the front lines 
fighting against this virus.
  It is important that we help our schoolchildren with educational 
dollars and, as well, make sure that the vaccines are going as fast as 
they can to the sites across America.
  I spoke to hospitals in my district, smaller hospitals and community 
hospitals that are still waiting for their vaccine. We know that they 
want their frontline medical professionals to keep saving and serving 
the public.
  So this is going to be a historic and important day. We know it is 
not what we want in complete, but we know we will be working into the 
new year to be able to respond to the needs of the American people 
helping our local governments and, as well, making sure that those 
children who will be returning to school and those teachers, as well, 
will be protected after they have the opportunity--the teachers, in 
particular--to have the vaccine. This is a historic day. Let us work 
together.

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