Was the heroes act and sounds bureaucratic but you understand this money goes to our firefighters and Police Officers and doctors and nurses, Child Protection services and even the people that pick up the trash, the people who make our communities work. And theyre the ones who have suffered. Governor hogan of maryland, a republican, said up to 550 billion is the revenue loss of state and local governments from the pandemic. Host your governor Ralph Northum says the state may keep part of the restrictions underway as reopening gets underway and you represent a portion of Northern Virginia. Why are the concerns of Northern Virginia different than say, more rural virginia . Guest we have the only governor in the country who is also a physician. That gives us a little advantage and i think the governor northum struggle with the fact you get to southwest virginia to wytheville and marion there are very few cases and in Northern Virginia where i live its a hot spot and were not quite as bad as new york but we have a lot of cases and a lot of deaths. So hes trying to lead the state as a whole and yet look at the differences where its safe to do so. Host tell us about the experience of Small Businesses in your district. How are they faring and have they been able to take advantage of the Paycheck Protection Program . Guest bill, its varied. Our medium sized Small Businesses, you know, 200, 300, 400 i think have done pretty well. They have good lawyers and accountants and smart and good banking relationships which is probably the biggest thing and were able to get the loans first. The smallest businesses are the ones that mostly got left out. In the last iteration we passed, the cares 1. 5 bill we focused the first 60 billion on the smallest businesses and were like to again when we meet. I find that most businesses are hit but the hardest hit are the restaurants who have seen recent dents fall to almost zero and were trying two protect everybody but especially them. Host you come to congress with the experience after businessman in particular, a great deal of experience in the auto industry. What do you think is ahead for the u. S. Auto industry . Guest well, the april numbers are off 50 which is better than 100 . But still not good. You know, im vice chair of the joint Economic Committee and weve been having a lot of conversations with the best economists in the country. And most expect a ushaped recovery, not vshaped and relatively long. The Congressional Budget Office says 9. 5 unemployment in december 2021, which is 20 months from now. Not this christmas but the christmas after. We saw the 14. 7 numbers this morning, it will be a long slow rebuilding and we are putting policies in place that will make it go as fast as possible. Host that current paycheck gets twon program months of additional funding for those businesses. Is there any consideration that there may have to be additional money . Guest absolutely. At least extend those two months. The First Priority is a state and local government and the second is to protect paychecks. Theyre all our alternatives. The Washington State representative promotes a paycheck guarantee act which is plan. Acement to the ppp a lot of people take it seriously. That would help his this is through the rest of the pandemic. Guest cspans washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. Coming up sunday morning, Michael Farrand will be with us to discuss the recent april jobs report and the Overall Health of the u. S. Economy amid the coronavirus pandemic Read White House transmission director will talk about whats involved with switching in a new president. President ofooks, the National Medical association, will talk about racial and Health Disparities amid the covid19 pandemic. Be sure to watch cspans washington journal live at 7 00 eastern sunday morning. Join the discussion. Coming up tonight on
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