Providing for Consideration of H.R. American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

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Mr. SCHNEIDER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to implore that my colleagues pass this urgently needed COVID relief for millions of struggling Americans.

Across the country, families and friends have had to say good-bye to more than 500,000 loved ones, too often knowing that they have died alone.

In our communities, large and small, more than 18 million Americans are receiving unemployment benefits as their only lifeline. Millions of small businesses are on the brink of permanent closure. Schools are struggling to reopen.

Meanwhile, the miraculous vaccines offer a light, but it is still at the end of a long and steep tunnel.

President Biden's American Rescue Plan will get people back to work, help parents safely send their children back to school, assist our families in paying their bills and our small businesses in building their future.

This bill helps people and businesses in every community in Illinois and in every State in America. That is why it has such bipartisan support across the country. It deserves the same support here in Congress.

To truly heal our economy and our Nation, we must pass the American Rescue Plan. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote ``yes.''

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