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American Rescue Plan

Floor Speech

Date: March 11, 2021
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Government Budget and Spending

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Ms. DEAN. Madam Speaker, yesterday, I was delighted to join my colleagues in voting in favor of the American Rescue Plan.

This transformative legislation will provide: shots in arms; kids safely in schools; needed cash in pockets; support to our small businesses, including restaurants and catering that have been hit the hardest; $13 billion to my home state of Pennsylvania; and $161 million to Montgomery County and $81 million to Berks County--where my district resides.

It should not be lost on us that we passed this relief in women's history month.

With over 2.3 million women forced to leave the workforce--including 1 million mothers--the time to invest and reinvigorate our economy for everyone is now.

As the first female Secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen, recently said, To avoid the long-term scarring of the economy later, the smartest thing we can do is to act big and so we did.

We acted big boldly. Sending resources to the poor and working poor, we passed $1.9 trillion for the people. Help is on the way.

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