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

Floor Speech

By: Raul Ruiz
By: Raul Ruiz
Date: April 23, 2020
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. RUIZ. Madam Speaker, the coronavirus has upended life as we know it.

Healthcare workers need personal protective equipment and hospitals need supplies.

Small businesses and small farmers need financial security to weather this storm.

America needs a national testing regime to safely and efficiently get this country back to work.

Underserved rural communities need doctors and increased access to care.

The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act will provide much-needed relief to millions across the country and help save lives.

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Mr. RUIZ. Because of the urgency, I urge you to vote ``yes.'' However, State and local governments and Tribal nations across the country need funding, too, to provide essential services for our essential frontline workers: paramedics, law enforcement, firefighters.

We must include the Coronavirus Relief Act, $250 billion for local government for populations less than 500,000 in the next act because small cities' firefighters and paramedics in my district matter, too.

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