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Bader ginsburg who died friday night. She died on the eve of the jewish new year, the first jewish woman on the Supreme Court and a very interesting thing about individuals who die right before the new year. They say they suggest very righteous people die at the very end of the year because they were needed until the very end. Under jewish tradition those who die on the new year holiday, a title given to the righteous and saintly. Certainly Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg was entitled to this honor, being righteous and saintly. At her confirmation hearing she talked about her immigrant experience was her father was a jewish immigrant, her mother was a secondgeneration american, she talked about American Values and then she said what has happened over me could only happen in america and then she spent her entire career protecting those values that make america a great nation it is in the reason people come here in order to reach their full potential. It guided her well in her public service
This is an institution that rests on the trust and reverence of the American People. Losing that trust and reverence is dangerous is dangerous. Its dangerous for millions of people who will lose the Affordable Care act protections. Its dangerous for the women who could lose their right to choose and all of us who do not want to turn back a half a century of progress. Its dangerous for our economy at a time when American Workers and consumers find themselves at the mercy of corporations that have grown larger and more powerful than at any other time since the gilded age. Its dangerous for the future of our planet and safety of our climate, at a time when the west is burning, seas are rising, and the earth is warming faster than ever before. And, quite frankly, its dangerous for our democracy. We owe the American People a voice and a decision that will shape the course of history for generations. And we owe the memory of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her seat on the Supreme Court more than jus
I will hold primaries is questions to 1 00. It will serve as separate statements on the situation of coronavirus. I will alert the leader of opposition two sets of questions of six which i expected to be taken in two sets. Similar, i will alert the leader of the second Largest Party four questions. I will also essentially call for the questions from opposition front bench. In order to maximize participation can ask the short questions and short answers. We now start Prime Ministers questions. Question number one come mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. I would like to pay tribute to the Prime Minister and his ministers for navigating my constituents to these unprecedented times with your decisive action, also to my constituents and those working in the nhs for your truly heroic work. No one can afford to be complacent during this time, an
I asked the short questions and short answers . We now start Prime Ministers questions. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others, and in addition to my duties in this house, i shall have further such meetings later today. I would like to pay tribute to the Prime Minister and his ministers for navigating my constituents to these unprecedented times with your decisive action, also to my constituents and those working in the nhs for your truly heroic work. No one can afford to be complacent during this time, and i applaud the right honorable friend to the nation which reinforces the need for us to stay at home, protect our nhs in order to save lives. Can he assured me the guy which will the people get the support they need in order to do so . Mr. Speaker, i fully echo that shape true to our amazings workers, and it is in order to protect them and help them that we are taking extraordinary measures that this country is. And i repeat my advice