Scalise: Reopening and Recovery Are Critical

Statement

Republican Whip and Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis Steve Scalise (R-La.) opened today's Select Subcommittee briefing on "The Unemployment Pandemic: Addressing America's Jobs Crisis," with remarks praising the American people's spirit and determination to get back to work.

Whip Scalise detailed the successes of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which saved millions of jobs and small businesses. As of June 12, the program, which Congress has continually worked to improve, approved over 4.5 million loans, totaling over $512 billion in emergency funds. Whip Scalise also addressed the long road to recovery and demanded the subcommittee investigate wrongdoing by the Chinese government in the early stages of the coronavirus crisis, as well as decisions by a number of governors to return contagious COVID-19 patients to nursing homes.

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