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Prompt Action Needed to Address Coronavirus Pandemic

Floor Speech

Date: March 13, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care

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Mrs. DINGELL. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

Our Nation is confronting an unprecedented pandemic, unlike what any of us can remember.

Our role in the Congress is to be proactive and ensure public health officials have the resources and tools that they need to keep our communities safe in the coming weeks and months.

Prompt action is needed to address this extraordinary situation, and the Families First Coronavirus Response Act begins to meet the needs of many people in our communities.

The legislation ensures testing is 100 percent covered and paid sick leave. It ensures that food and economic assistance goes directly to hardworking men, women, and families deeply affected by the outbreak.

It also provides much-needed financial assistance to the States to meet this critical public health challenge that they are facing right now.

Leaders must lead. People are legitimately afraid, but we have to work together to address this issue.

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