June 25, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 117 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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                   TESTING SITES NEEDED TO SAVE LIVES

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I say to my community in Houston that I 
know that they are celebrating the idea that the George Floyd Justice 
in Policing Act has passed. I look forward to going home and engaging 
with them and indicating that we are re-imagining police and that we 
are building on police-community relations.
  I also make mention of the fact that as I left Houston, the State of 
Texas had 5,000 new COVID-19 cases. Today, we have counted 900 cases in 
the Houston, Harris County area. People are dying. People are being 
tested positive, and we need help.
  Mr. Speaker, it is important that we pass the HEROES Act, but more 
importantly, that we keep our testing open. On Saturday, I will open 
another one-day testing site, my 11th, working with local health 
professionals. The city of Houston and Harris County need our help, and 
we must continue these testing sites. We must keep them open. I 
encourage everyone in Houston, get tested. If you are positive, give us 
your blood for antibodies after you have cured. But more importantly, 
wear your mask, wash your hands, and socially distance. We have to save 
lives.

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