OFFICIALS LEGISLATION INTEREST GROUPS PUBLIC STATEMENTS COMMITTEES VETOES

Providing for Consideration of Senate Amendment to H.R. United States-Mexico Economic Partnership Act; Providing for Disposition of Senate Amendment to H.R. Purple Book Continuity Act of and for Other Purposes

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 21, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending

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Mr. THOMPSON of California. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of this legislation.

To be clear, this package is nowhere near enough. House Democrats passed three times more relief in May; our Republican colleagues did nothing. We passed more than double this 2 months ago; our Republican colleagues did nothing.

This package is not commensurate to the magnitude of the crisis we face. We need to do more, including vital aid to State and local governments and help for our restaurant industry, but this is a start.

This legislation includes important funding for vaccine distribution, schools, small businesses, and a desperately needed extension of unemployment insurance.

I am pleased that this legislation also extends clean energy tax credits, provides disaster tax assistance, helps prevent tragic flame jetting accidents, and provides help for the hardworking men and women in my district and across this country.

Madam Speaker, this is not enough, but it is a start. I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.''

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