st. luke's clinic and cpmc upon purchasing st. luke's has progressively dismantled services to the surrounding community and underserved people and this is part of the pattern. i have no question that mission neighborhood health clinic is a good organization that i urge you should rule that this is detrimental because this is part of the pattern in prokts of cpmc doing what brings the most revenue to its already very rich corporation and not doing what the people need who live around st. luke's. this clinic serves undocumented immigrants and people who are uninsured and cpmc is trying to buy its way out by paying for five years of some of the expenses. so it can generate more revenue doing stuff like super specialty services, micro-surgery, blah blah blah. so well off ensured rich people will come to st. luke's and make revenue for the corporation. this is not -- this should be judged as detrimental because this is not -- cpmc sutter is not going what the community needs, it's doing what it needs to benefit its revenue and this pat

st. luke's clinic and cpmc upon purchasing st. luke's has progressively dismantled services to the surrounding community and underserved people and this is part of the pattern. i have no question that mission neighborhood health clinic is a good organization that i urge you should rule that this is detrimental because this is part of the pattern in prokts of cpmc doing what brings the most revenue to its already very rich corporation and not doing what the people need who live around st. luke's. this clinic serves undocumented immigrants and people who are uninsured and cpmc is trying to buy its way out by paying for five years of some of the expenses. so it can generate more revenue doing stuff like super specialty services, micro-surgery, blah blah blah. so well off ensured rich people will come to st. luke's and make revenue for the corporation. this is not -- this should be judged as detrimental because this is not -- cpmc sutter is not going what the community needs, it's doing what it needs to benefit its revenue and this pat

st. luke's hospital. what did you think when he stood up from his wheelchair and the crowd went wild? >> i thought oh, gosh, i hope he doesn't fall ( laughs ). >> o'donnell: when tenorio was hospitalized, covid had just been declared a global pandemic and still felt foreign. >> this alien would walk into my room in p.p.e. gear, and i'm just wondering, what is going on? i didn't really fully understand that. that. >> o'donnell: he'd been put on a high-risk machine that takes over heart and lung function, called ecmo, that roughly 40% of covid patients don't survive. the combat veteran had to relearn how to walk. now he pays it forward as a ment mentor to six others. josh miller was on ecmo for 60 days, so weak he could barely move his fingers. >> dave comes in and he tells me about his experience and his road to recovery, and here he, is a year later, and he's doing great. >> diaz: dave, are you okay? >> no, i'm just... ( sighs ) uhm, very emotional to know that i was able to help this young man out. >> this is the result! no walker! >> it's been very healing for me as well. >> he basi

st. luke's university health network, first as a senior director of epidemiology and strategy and now asice president of community health. dr. reed has been instrumental in keeping our community informed throughout the pandemic. dr. reed has been incisive when speaking about the disproportionate impact of covid on various communities throughout the seventh district, helping all of us recognize and understand how rapidly and drastically the stakes can change depending on a person's life circumstances. by grounding every conversation in easy to understand data, dr. reed made sure officials at all levels have a shared understanding of constituent' -- constituents' lived reality and the challenges they face, particularly the economic disparities that have only grown during the pandemic. and throughout it all, dr. reed 's warm and calm delivery helped soften the blow of what was, at times, devastating news. her worked helped globalize -- helped mobilize my entire community around the shared mission and putting the most vulnerable first. dr. reed and women frontline workers in every corner of

st. luke's medical center in houston where dr. fady joudah practices internal medicine.n a time of pandemic, the hospital itself is eerily quiet. doctors and nurses likely to be the only people a patient sees. >> it's a little cruel. there's almost a panic, if you fall ill these days, because you feel you're sentenced to solitary confinement, whether from covid or not. that really is painful to carry around as a physician and internalize. >> joudah was born in austin but spent most of his life in the middle east as a child. the impulse from healing he says stems from a sense of displacement. >> as a young boy i remember feeling i needed to be a doctor because the world or my immediate family needed compassion and support. i remember this moment very well, actually, in the kitchen we were living at the time in benghazi, libya. i broke out and said, don't worry, when i'm older, i'll be a doctor and i'll have a big house and we'll all live there together and if anyone falls ill, i'll take care of you. >> later he would work in emergency rooms and on missing for -- missions

st. luke's all-girls school to search for signs of interest in his life. #perseverancerover."the definition "it's someone whose temporary social stock far exceeds their actual worth." for example, "when people find out that the swimming pool-sized hole in aiden's backyard is actually for a new septic tank, that gamestop is gonna see his stock plummet. moving on, we have "mrs. doubtfiring. here's the definition. "when you dress up as an old lady to try and get the vaccine. let's see it in a sentence "principal greene got caught mrs. doubtfiring his vaccine appointment, which is weird, because he's 70 years old, and as far as i know, there's no priority for women or people with bad scottish accents. moving on, we have "spliffnotes." this is "when you did the required reading while high. for example, "we're reading 'animal farm' in mr. ogburn's class, but braden must be using the spliffnotes, because he leaned over and very seriously asked, 'are all the animals talking to you, too?'" next up is "mdmma. this is a variation of ecstasy that makes you violent for example, "jeremy and

st. luke's medical center in houston, where dr.ah practices internal medicine... >> how was the pain? you're breathing better? >> yes breathing better. >> well i've got good news, your kidneys are doing better. >> brown: ...in a time of pandemic, the hospital itself is eerily quiet; doctors and nurses likely to be the only people a patient sees. >> it's a little cruel. there's almost a panic if you fall ill these days because you feel like you're being sent into solitary confinement, whether it's from covid or not. and that really is painful to carry around as a physician and internalize. >> brown: joudah was born in nearby austin, but spent most of his youth in the middle east, in libya and saudi arabia, the child of palestinian refugees. the impulse to healing, he says, stems from a sense of displacement. >> as a young boy i remember feeling i needed to become a doctor because the world, or my immediate family needed compassion and support. i remember this moment very well actually, in the kitchen, we were living at the time in b

st. luke's, a senior director of ep deemiology and strategy and vice president of community health. dr. reed has been instrumental in keeping our. dr. reed has incisive when speaking of the impact of covid throughout the 7 of district helping all of us recognize and he that the states can change depending on a life's circumstances. by groupeding every conversation in easy to understand data, dr. reed has made sure that first at all levels have a shared understanding of constituents reality and the challenges they face particularly the stark racial that have only grown during the pandemic and still throughout it all, dr. reed's warm and calm delivery has softened the plow of what was devastating news. her help mobilized our community of taking care of our own and putting the most vulnerable amongst us first. to dr. reed and front-line workers including many low wage workers who don't have the support or pay they need, i stand with you. i stand with you today and every day. i yield back. mrs. lawrence: mr. speaker, how much time do i have remaining? the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoma