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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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Mr. GOMEZ. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this package because I have small businesses in my district that are closing, after being in business for decades, right before our eyes. This bill is better than what the Republicans originally proposed.

And make no mistake about it, if it wasn't for Democrats pushing to make changes, the businesses, the true small businesses--not the publicly traded companies--would still continue to be left behind. There would be no money for hospitals, no money for PPEs, no money for testing. It is the push of the Democrats that made this bill better and is why I am supporting it.

I also want to be clear that this virus is on a different timeline. No matter what people think, no matter what people say, this is just the end of the beginning and not the beginning of the end.

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