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House Floor Session- 36th. Legislative Day- January 12, 2022
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Mrs
sergeant
of
arms
invite
the
members
into
the
chamber
closed
doors.
I
hereby
declare
house
representatives
of
the
112th
general
assembly,
the
state
of
tennessee,
now
in
session
with
members.
Please
stand
with
the
visitors
in
the
gallery.
Please
stand
and
remain
standing
through
the
pledge
of
allegiance
representative
griffey
will
introduce
the
chaplain
of
the
day
representative
griffey.
D
D
His
life
has
been
about
service
to
others.
He
is
12
of
13
siblings.
He
and
his
wife
beverly,
who
is
here,
have
four
children.
Nicole,
is
one
of
them
she's
here
with
us,
and
they
have
six
grandchildren
officer.
Bill's
greatest
passion
is
to
show
others
through
jesus
that
we
all
came
from
the
same
image
of
god
that
racism
is
a
poisonous
tree
and
will
only
be
ended
when
the
roots
have
been
severed.
D
Hate
is
the
root
of
racism,
but
not
racist
itself.
Hatred
has
no
boundaries,
it
is
not
stopped
or
repelled
by
color
religion
or
ethnic
ethnicity.
Everyone
hates
and
will
continue
to
hate,
but
we
have
the
power
to
hate.
What
hurts
us:
poverty,
abuse
and
hunger,
and
with
that
officer,
will
you
please
lead
us
into
prayer.
E
E
One
nation
indivisible
with
witnessing
justice
for
all
good
morning
on
behalf
of
my
family,
I'd
like
to
thank
you
distinguished
ladies
and
gentlemen
for
having
us
here
in
matthew,
chapter
5
jesus
looks
at
his
disciples
and
he
says
be
therefore
perfect,
even
as
your
heavenly
father
is
perfect.
So
I
want
to
start
this
by
asking
a
question.
How
many
of
you
here
are
as
perfect
as
god
he
wasn't
talking
about
the
past
or
the
future.
He
didn't
say
you
could
have
been
or
you
once
will
be
once
I
raise
from
the
dead
he
said.
E
I
want
you
right
now
to
be
as
perfect
of
a
person
as
you
can,
and
I
want
that
to
reflect
god,
but
a
lot
of
you
might
think.
I
can't
do
that
because
there's
things
that
I
can't
do,
but
the
bible
tells
us
that
that's
not
what
perfection's
about,
and
I
hope
that
you
can
understand
that,
because
perfection
is
not
about
not
being
able
to
do
or
doing
all
you
can
do.
The
bible
tells
us
that
there's
a
lot
of
things.
God
can't
do.
E
E
So
it's
as
much
the
things
that
god
can't
do
that
makes
him
perfect
is
the
things
that
god
can
do,
and
I
want
you
to
understand
that
god
looks
at
us
as
children.
Like
we
look
at
our
children,
we
don't
have
to
teach
our
children
to
be
bad.
We
have
to
teach
them
to
love
and
to
be
honest,
and
to
do
things
that
they
need
to
do
in
life
to
succeed,
but
that
doesn't
mean
they're
not
going
to
disappoint
us.
Just
like
we
disappoint
god.
E
I
read
in
the
bible
where
there
was
one
man
that
god
called
perfect,
and
that
was
job
and
I
wanted
to
understand
how
he
called
that
man
perfect,
and
I
got
to
thinking
all
right.
What
distinguishes
him
from
everyone
else,
and
I
said
he
was
a
man
of
great
suffering:
well,
the
bible's
a
two-edged
sword.
You
have
a
sharp
side,
that's
the
old
testament
and
you
have
a
sharp
side.
E
That's
the
new
testament
and
you
need
to
parallel
your
stories
between
the
old
and
the
new
testament
and
when
you
do
you're
going
to
read
one
side
of
that
sword
and
the
other
and
they're
going
to
bring
together
to
the
point
of
that
sword
or
the
point
that
god's
trying
to
make.
And
that
point
was
this.
E
If
you
want
to
be
complete,
so
I
took
the
greatest
suffer
of
all
mankind,
which
was
jesus
christ
and
they
had
one
thing
in
common,
when
job's
wife
went
to
him
and
said,
give
up
on
god
and
die,
he
said
no,
I
won't
I'm
not
going
to
allow
the
circumstances
of
my
life
to
change
the
character
of
my
being
the
things
that
I
go
through
and
struggle
with
each
and
every
day,
I'm
not
going
to
allow
them
to
change
who
I
am
and
he
didn't
give
up.
On
god.
E
E
We
should
never
give
up
on
our
children,
no
matter
how
bad
things
may
get,
and
if
we
don't
we're
the
perfect
parent,
our
spouses
they're
not
going
to
be
perfect
in
the
eyes
of
people.
That
would
consider
what
perfection
is,
but
as
long
as
you
never
give
up
on
your
spouse,
you're
going
to
have
a
perfect
marriage.
E
So
I
want
to
encourage
you
today
that
no
matter
what
happens
in
your
life,
if
you
know
that
there's
something
that's
important
for
you
to
do,
don't
give
up
be
as
perfect
as
god
fight
the
good
fight.
Make
sure
that
he's
with
you
and
in
closing,
let
me
say
this:
a
lot
of
people
have
a
trouble,
trusting
god
and
it
hurts
them
inside.
They
wonder
why
can't
I
trust
god?
How
is
this
affecting
my
relationship
with
god?
Maybe
somebody
who
here
has
that
problem.
E
E
The
thing
about
trust
is,
even
though
you
don't
know,
god
knows
put
your
trust
in
him.
I
want
to
tell
you
there's
a
lot
of
people
that
depend
on
you,
and
I
know
that
people
expect
you
to
be
perfect
in
that
way
that
they
see
perfection,
but
as
long
as
you're
fighting
for
people
and
you
never
give
up
you'll
always
be
perfect,
at
least
in
my
eyes,
in
the
eyes
of
god.
Thank
you
so
much.
C
C
B
Thank
you,
mr
speaker
december.
The
10th
we
had
a
line
of
storms
come
through
about
eight
o'clock
in
the
afternoon
and
spawned
a
couple
of
tornadoes
in
the
northern
part
of
my
district,
which
took
the
lives
of
four
individuals,
went
from
lake
county
all
the
way
over
to
a
representative,
darby's
district
and
then
on
up
into
the
western
part
of
kentucky
killing
several
people
in
the
mayfield
area.
B
About
two
hours
later
we
had
another
storm
come
through
spawning.
Another
tornado
hit,
my
home
town
got
on
the
ground
about
a
mile.
Before
I
got
to
my
house,
stayed
on
the
ground
and
come
to
my
house
and
hit
my
tractor
shed.
My
tractor
shed's
about
400
feet
sitting
in
front
of
my
house,
the
tornado
by
the
grace
of
god
come
up
jump
my
house.
B
A
G
G
G
G
You
sat
down
and
just
talked
to
a
stranger.
He
was
that
guy.
That
would
just
talk
to
you
and
before
you
knew
you'd
be
best
friends.
He
was
a
good
friend
of
me
and
many
others.
He
provided
vital
health
care
to
many
americans,
both
who
could
afford
it
and
those
who
couldn't
and
he
just
passed
away
last
week.
It
wasn't
because
of
kobet,
but
it
was
just
a
freak
accident.
I
think
he
fell
in
his
apartment.
G
It
doesn't
really
mean
a
lot
when
you're
laying
in
the
box
what
rem,
what
my,
what
matters
is,
if
people
remember
you
as
kind
and
gentle
and
caring
and
the
things
that
we
all
strive
to
be
remembered
for
so
I
just
say
that,
and
I
I
wish
you
would
join
my
day
and
honor
him,
I'm
not
going
to
ask
for
a
moment
of
silence,
but
just
take
that
to
heart.
If
you
don't
mind
just
for
me
in
honor
of
my
good
friend,
neil
suresh
patel,
I
sincerely
appreciate
it.
G
A
H
H
The
reason
I
bring
this
up,
not
only
is
it
a
tragedy
in
our
community,
but
I
want
to
honor
the
service
of
those
two
law
enforcement
professionals.
Not
only
did
they
have
to
fire
on
this
man,
but
as
soon
as
they
did,
they
began
administering
life-saving
treatment
to
this
man,
which,
I
think
is
something
we
all
need
to
remember,
is
that
our
folks
who
serve
us
in
law
enforcement
capacity-
they
wear
many
hats,
including
that
of
lifesaver,
even
when
they
have
to,
unfortunately
use
lethal
and
violent
force.
H
It's
my
understanding.
The
man
was
in
the
hospital
and
he's
probably
got
a
long,
legal
and
and
both
physical
struggle
ahead
of
him,
but
I
want
to
thank
the
work
of
sheriff
edes
and
of
his
deputies
and
all
of
the
the
law
enforcement
in
dixon
county.
So
just
wanted
to
honor
them
this
morning.
Thank
you,
sir.