Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act

Floor Speech

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Mr. MFUME. Mr. Speaker, we have had a lot of talk on this floor today about this bill with people pointing fingers and saying: It doesn't do this or it doesn't do that.

However, if we were to examine the intent of this bill we can see one thing with crystal clarity.

What it does do is to provide real support for American heroes: our physicians, our nurses, our cops, our teachers, our firemen, and our first responders.

But there are many other heroes moving our country forward during these perilous times.

Our grocery store clerks, bus drivers, mental health counselors, food bank employees, farmers and the list would certainly include leaders at every level of State and local governments.

And this is not just a Democratic effort.

This is an effort that is supported by Republicans as well, and somebody needs to say that.

Republican Governors, Republican mayors, Republican County officials, and there will be some Republican Members on that side of the aisle who vote for this bill because it is the right thing to do.

It provides needed testing, and it provides the resources those on the front lines in this war against our common enemy--the Coronavirus pandemic--who need to survive and to thrive once again.

It is a critical way for us to do more than to simply offer words.

It allows us to offer hope to these true American heroes.

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