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Setting Forth the Congressional Budget for the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2021--Motion to Proceed

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 2, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Health and Health Care Government Budget and Spending

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Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, we all know of the crisis in America-- the greatest economic crisis in 75 years since the New Deal, the greatest healthcare crisis in 100 years since the Spanish pandemic flu. Americans are suffering and hurting, losing jobs, businesses closing, can't feed their families, being evicted from their homes.

We are in a very, very difficult situation. We cannot afford to dither, delay, or dilute. We need a big, bold package along the lines of what President Biden has proposed, the American relief plan.

We hope our Republican colleagues will join us in offering amendments. Of course, as you know, as the reconciliation process moves forward, it is open to amendments and suggestions. We want it to be a bipartisan proposal, but we also know that we must move forward with the crisis in America. That is why today's vote is a very good vote, because it sets us on the process of moving forward and solving this-- one of the greatest crises America has ever had.

4, S. Con. Res. 5, the concurrent resolution on the budget.

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