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Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019

Floor Speech

Date: April 23, 2020
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. UNDERWOOD. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. This urgently needed legislation will help provide almost $700 billion in additional grants and loans to small businesses and farmers reeling from the coronavirus crisis. It invests $75 billion in providers, $25 billion in testing, and requires the administration to develop a national plan for testing, so once our businesses reopen, they can stay open.

Congress has more to do. Frontline workers need PPE. Families and communities need relief. But this bill is a necessary interim fix to keep needed-funds flowing to small businesses and our health system.

Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support it.

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