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Pennsylvanians Need Relief

Floor Speech

Date: Nov. 17, 2020
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. HOULAHAN. Madam Speaker, Pennsylvania, like the rest of the country, is in the midst of both a public health and an economic crisis. This clearly isn't news to anyone. We have been here for months now.

My community--the people whom I represent--are looking to us--the people whom they just cast ballots for--to comprehensively address this crisis. No matter which side of the aisle that you are on, Madam Speaker, we have a collective responsibility to address the COVID pandemic from both the public health and economic perspective.

I have been in my community talking to small business owners. Hardworking Pennsylvanians need Federal support to weather this crisis. An economic recovery cannot ignore the needs of our small businesses. That is not recovery at all.

We need to pass my Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act to expedite forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program loans for less than $150,000, which accounts for more than 90 percent of PPP borrowers across the country.

This pandemic has taken lives and livelihoods from so many Pennsylvanians. We have the opportunity here to contain this virus and reverse this economic fallout. I urge the passage of the Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act.

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