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Providing for the Adoption of S. Con. Res. Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2021

Floor Speech

Date: Feb. 8, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending

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Ms. DeLAURO. Madam Speaker, one year later and we are still in the biggest economic and health crisis the country has ever faced. It warrants the biggest governmental response the country has ever seen. To rescue our people, our economy and our health care system, we need a comprehensive, lasting rescue plan immediately. The American people cannot afford any more delays.

After a disastrous mishandling by the former administration the United States remains the epicenter of a global pandemic. Cases of the coronavirus are still high. Schools remain closed, businesses shuttered, unemployment is rising. It is harrowing.

The hour is dark. But today, Congress is ready to help get families, workers, and the country to the dawn of the recovery. This crisis is not over so our work is not done. Let us secure a pathway for the American Rescue Plan and start to build back better.

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