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Why I Wear A Mask

Floor Speech

Date: Nov. 18, 2020
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. DEAN. Madam Speaker, I wear a mask so my granddaughter, Aubrey, can return to third grade in-person schooling as soon as possible.

I wear a mask so that one day I can go to church and be surrounded again by a community in prayer.

I wear a mask to look forward to the day when my entire family can get together.

I wear a mask so more people do not have to experience the feeling of loss my family felt when my mother-in-law, Joan Cunnane, passed away from the COVID virus.

Wearing a mask is not a political statement; it is a simple way of saying: ``I value the lives around me.''

Nearly 250,000 Americans are dead because of this brutal virus, and it is up to each of us to do our part.

Today, I put on my mask as an act of public health, of compassion, of care, and of respect, as a way of asking not what others can do for me, but what I am always saying behind my mask: ``What can I do for you?''

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