Covid Relief

Floor Speech

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Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to demand that my Republican colleagues put aside partisan politics and provide relief to the millions of Americans whose lives have been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our country is facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, yet the Federal Government has failed to aid the families struggling to keep food on the table, the small businesses shutting their doors and laying off employees during the holiday season, and State and local governments trying to keep communities afloat.

It has been 9 long months since we passed meaningful legislation to support our fellow Americans. This is a dangerously long time, and the pandemic has only gotten worse.

It is our responsibility to meet the scale and scope of this pandemic and get people the help they have been desperately waiting for. We must work together and finally pass a relief bill immediately. Families cannot afford to wait another day.

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