March 3, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 42 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TENNESSEE NEEDS EMERGENCY DISASTER RELIEF

  (Mr. COOPER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COOPER. Madam Speaker, very early this morning, my hometown of 
Nashville, Tennessee, was terribly hard hit by a tornado.
  At least 19 lives have been lost. Buildings were destroyed. Many, 
many homes were destroyed, and countless lives have been disrupted. At 
least 34,000 people lost electricity.
  I have been in contact with our Governor, our mayor, our entire 
congressional delegation, including my good friend   John Rose, to do 
all that we can to bring emergency relief to the area as fast as 
possible.
  This is a genuine tragedy, and we need to praise our neighbors, 
friends, residents, first responders, firefighters, police, and EMTs 
who worked all through the night, despite fierce rains, to provide 
first aid.
  Nashville is strong. We recovered so well after the terrible 2010 
flood that many parts of America didn't even know we had been 
suffering.
  Now is the time to beat this disaster.

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