Conference to argue for passage of more economic aid due to the coronavirus pandemic. This is half an hour. Social distancing is good. So good afternoon. Its been two social distancing, that would be good. So good afternoon. Its been two months, i believe, and about 10 days since we passed the heros act on the democratic side. That was our position. Its been carefully vetted in the Democratic Caucus and moved through the waysandmeans committee and we took the position that it was a challenge that we needed to get out immediately. Cares act helped to mitigate circumstances for people in acrossf wage replacement the country. T is clear that the 600 that as added to the weekly unemployment benefit has offered some conflict, but heres the of it. The reality is, you cant quit get an extra 600 a week. Secondly, knowing that the andemic with 30 million americans having filed for Unemployment Insurance, that the of the Healthcare System would make its way into the contagion of the economic ystem and people would have trouble paying their rents and mortgages, thats what this was about and the wage replacement along with the extra 600 as gone a long way toward meliorating some of that pressure. The other side knew this was coming. Eventually at despite the procrastination, the rgument they were waiting to see how this would play out now brings us to the eve of an economic catastrophe if insurance is not extended. Right now, that there is great uncertainty that system. S the american again, a Record Number of covid cases. He resurgence of the pandemic the resurgence of causing is, again, great economic uncertainty. Its linked to childcare. To a chaotic system, compensation, but whats important to remember is, to this moment, the United Senate has refused to act. The worst would be strategy to adopt right now. That k of all the issues we were able to put together in the cares act, including the etention tax credit, Unemployment Insurance, aid for ur hospitals, what was really the most successful endeavor was Unemployment Insurance largely addressed the issue of liquidity in the system and need the ople sustenance of daytoday. Also helped to create through consumer demand. Those were the important considerations. We cant lose the momentum that we developed in the cares act by getting immediately to the heros act. They cant say that they havent had time to vet this. Two months and 10 days they have this. O go through the evidence was overwhelming pandemic. It wasnt getting better. T reached the ceiling for a while. Began to slow down, but i would remind all that the governor of onnecticut has taken a different position today the governor of massachusetts has taken a different position now. Outofstate visitors. And this is part of where we find ourselves whether its in texas, or florida, the truth is, that the recovery slow largely because were still in the stages of stability and relief. The Unemployment Insurance issue is not only its overwhelming. And chairman davis has had a to do with this. He has said time and again during our gettogethers, our believes this is one of the most important things that we did and hes really made the contribution through this. Mittee to help write davis. Thank you, chairman neal. Past months have demonstrated with unblinking impact of systemic our m on every aspect of society. Mix words. Ng to failure would be a discretionary act. Period. You put it. Africanamericans and latinos sharep a disproportionate of the essential workers, of hospitalized by the virus, of those dying from the virus, of those facing evictions, simply stay in their homes. Ke cannot allow republicans to colorblind position on who is harmed by cutting off the 600 supplement for unemployed workers. Unemployed individuals dont work because they cant work. Cant work because its work. Ous for them to they cant work because there is no work. They cant work because there is no childcare for them. No place to take their children. Of house passed an extension the 600 back in may and the Senate Republicans and president to act, while millions of americans teeter on the edge. Wondering whats going to happen to them next. To make it able through the next week . Through the next month . That we could ea et the 600 supplement expire and just give workers some help after the fact. Thing i know is that retroactive benefits are not the same. Retroactivity. Ou cant afford medicine retroactively. Businesses cant survive retroactively. Have decided to push an approach that the dministrations own Labor Department rejected as unworkable. Republican plan cant ork, then the stark reality is that the republican plan remains cutting off the 600. What kind of leader punishes unemployed workers in the midst crisis . The harm to families and businesses is not theoretical. In the last recession, we let emergency Unemployment Benefits and the harm to individuals and retailers with substantial. And in illinois, if republicans let 600 expire, the average benefit will be cut by 63 . Americans deserve relief. We must protect workers and families. We must do it now. Wait. Is no time to there is no time left. We must act me and immediately. To present like representative [inaudible] you, chairman davis, pelosi, chairman neal. Of the y mr. Evans waysandmeans committee. I appreciate all of your efforts. Ere here today with one message for the president and for the Senate Majority leader your job. Ell, do millions of americans are at risk of losing everything that and the worked for, only Thing Holding them together has been this unemployment and the only thing that prevents them from keeping sit the enaction of this president of the United States senate. Covid19 is simultaneously an crisis, and a health crisis. Lost 0 americans have their lives. 40 million American Workers have jobs. Their crisis are aneous far from over. Our Unemployment Rate nationally over 11 . Worse than the great recession. In my home state, one of the hardest hit states, two million have lost ichigan their jobs. We have passed legislation. Were not just having a conversation. Were legislating. A long time told me ago you cant fund a conversation. Bill that protects these important benefits. And, in addition to that critical support for testing, for front line workers, for state and local and nments, for schools, extends that 600 a week benefit. Have nths, republicans failed to act. They know everything they need a decision on this question. Mitche heros act sits on mcconnells desk gathering dust. Why isnt there any empathy from these republicans . Millions of americans are about to lose everything that they not be ablefor, and to put food on the table. Not to be able to take care of families. And the Senate Republicans are alligator ining on sausage. Bisque, while americans are trying to figure out how they will put food on their own tables. Of their inaction we now find ourselves staring down omorrows deadline where americans will stop getting that essential lifeline. This pandemic is not over. No time to tell the American People youre on your own. Even as we begin to open, reopen parts of the economy, in some cases, obviously, too quickly, but even when the economy does begin to itself, the jobs wont come back as fast as they were lost. Be a oyment will still significant problem. Highest levels weve seen since now eclipsing the levels of the great recession. This action 25 million could lose everything they have worked their lives to create. Every one of these dollars and rs to these families, as chairman neal said this is not just about supporting those but this supports the american economy. Imagine taking away this lifeline. Not only put those families in jeopardy, but it takes power out spending of the economy, without this unemployment benefit, goes up in this country. And the problem gets worse. I have heard from thousands of constituents. We were chatting before coming out here, all of us, for the majority of the calls we get have to do with Unemployment Benefits. Mention a couple of things. Rick, from bay city, michigan, vote to extend the 600 unemployment. Its been a much needed lifeline. It helps with basic needs like housing and medicine. We nearly lost our home and everything. We do not know what were going to do without that extra 600. These payments seems cruel. Were barely hanging on. Saginaw wrote to me basically the same story. He said im still making far than i did but im at least able to get by. Crystal from burton said i fear and i will be left homeless and without food. I just dont know what else we do. Ld these are the stakes. These are the stakes. This is about real american going to be e affected permanently. Do we want to create the first another round of multiple generation poverty . No, we dont. Have acted. He leader in this effort and all of our efforts has been our speaker, and shes been just to ed in her determination get this done so its my pleasure to bring forward speaker pelosi. Very much. U kildee and all of you. Or something that goes to the heart of americas working families. We can talk about a number of things. Time. Is about time. The time its taken for the to recognize that should you wear a mask. 98 days, just k, at a hundred days, to reach one in the people infected United States. Half that time to reach two million. Days. 27 days to reach three Million People. Reach four million. Terrible. Terrible. Congresswoman chairman davis, thank you, congressman evans, kildee, mr. Chairman neal bringing us here. We keep saying we want to reopen schools, reopen the economy, this virus, and yet, and yet, and yet, delay, distortion, denial has taken to us a place where we have four Million People and there are many other have, state ande local government, having to fire people, and the list is a long concerns that were trying to address that mr. Davis injustices. Led in how they disproportionately Impact Communities of color and rest. Right now, were focusing on this one subject. The extent of the Unemployment Benefits. This is essential to the wellbeing of america. The republicans and the white house have against working families in our country . Begrudge them 600 of absolutely necessary sustenance . There are other things in here, too. Its about paying the rent and food. About buying so with this package, we have eviction. The verge of we have millions of children insecurity in america. Stamps and the rest and they resent that. E had the heros act independently to help with rent so people are not evicted, and and the his money Unemployment Benefits. So i thank the members of the committee for always recognizing, always connection the between our policy and the ivelihood, the lives and ivelihood of americas working families. We n, as mr. Kildee said, hear calls all the time. Eople crying on the phone, crying on tv. They are in pain. Its about their dignity and how of their the needs children. And why . The republicans are derelict in their duty taking off for the weekend instead of all these months without preparing something to now th when we had two months and eight or 10 days they . Gone by and where are where is their offer which earlier this week they said we hours . Ee in 24 to 48 hey are in disarray, and their disarray is causing great, great damage to americas working families. This is an alarm that needs to as loudly as possible. What are we doing here if were addressing the needs of people who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. And as mr. Davis said, they tell them to go to work. An essential ure worker, you must go to work, and when you go to work and there protections you have no recourse, and if you dont go to work because youre afraid bring the g to infection home to your children, ou dont get Unemployment Insurance. But mr. Neal, the distinguished chairman, hes always been there people who need at this time most. As a counter by the republicans, when they talk 600, i want to review the fact they put 2 trillion on to give a tax debt break to the wealthy 83 of the to the top 1 . Quoting,e prayerfully, st. Augustine, some of you have every e say this almost day, st. Augustine, 1,700 years said, any government thats not formed to promote a bunch of ust thieves. Remove allur time to doubt that were going to do the right thing by the american so they can meet the needs of their families. Verybody wants to talk about being family friendly. Lets not squawk about 600. With that i yield back to the te chair or whoever is here. Ng way questions . Questions . Will you pass a bill to invoke a short term renewal of they benefits so that dont lapse for americans . Ill tell you this. Hold a d next week to hearing on Unemployment Insurance. Let me just say this. In there. Od stamps what, you want more money for food stamps . We have housing in there . Want money for house something we have this benefit in there. Much adverse to separating this out and lose all meeting for all for all the other needs. Its a fraudulent tactic, and due respect to you, unworthy question when it comes to meeting the needs of working families. But, im glad were having the the spotlight on it. Whats the point they could could have they done their job, as you said. Job. Ur i mean, this is dereliction of duty and our responsibility as merican people and now youre saying, why dont you just bail them out so they can ignore all he needs that we have for we have all the needs for state and local government, bill, all the needs we have for vote by mail we other priorities that justice. At are about are you considering extending it for a month or two while you to negotiate . The point being, the epublicans have every bit of information they need to make the decision. Already said no. Do people [inaudible] pass the bill. Bill. Ss the thats the thing. Its a good piece of legislation. Ith the retention tax credit and all. Its a good piece of legislative work. Tactic in order not to honor our other responsibilities. Party to their tactics. Subject ay on this republicans, senate at alicans want to keep it trillion dollars. Giving money for education, more ppp, et cetera, you bring in Unemployment Benefits 600, do you think its possible to extend that enefit at that level and keep he bill within a trillion dollars . What we said to the republicans i want to tell something. This is deadly serious. Our house is burning down in Economic Security of americas families, and these eople are fiddling wherever they may be this weekend. So when you talk about, while they want to do a trillion dollars, so how can we do 600 for those in the most need, when got other things they want to do . Thats what the distinguished said, put your bill on paper. Put your bill on paper. Then well see what you have included, and what you have left out. American people will see what you have included out. What you have left but im telling you, you cant more patience. Its a wonderful thing i read, amazing how much patience people can have with other suffering. We dont have that patience on aisle, and so for them to say a trillion ollars, when they spent two trillion to give a tax cut. 83 of americans. Borrowed it. They heaped it on the backs of our children for future generations. Us see what their trillion dollars gets them and what are they exclude something state and othing for local, where people are working, professionals, Food Sanitation eachers, workers, people who make our system run. 1. 5 million of them have because of lready the needs of coronavirus, the expenses of the coronavirus, and of revenue lost because coronavirus. Take that out. Let those people go. They dont have jobs. They probably have to go on unemployment, right . What money have they saved . And then we have testing, testing, testing. Their cafeteria got infectedmebody in the white house complex. It down. Why cant they put that money there for the states in a a stantial way, with Strategic Plan to do that . So what money do they have there that . Then we have the money for and mortgage nce forbearance, and food stamps, as i keep saying . The one thing i just cant understand is how they could even show their faces by saying want more money for food stamps . Why would we do that . People are hungry in america. Doesnt that motivate you . A trillion dollars 3. 4, mean and lean. Need. Verything we its nothing extra. So lets see where their dollar takes them and ot have them use that as a reason why they cant give american working families 600. Ont get me started on that 600. [laughter] i think its important, its note, though, even if somehow the republicans cant these some empathy for families, which is hard to comprehend, they ought to at to comprehend the fact that to the extent that this economy has been barely together, its because these families have had this unemployment benefit and the to go down to the Corner Grocery store and to pay their rent and to take care of families. That money goes directly into the u. S. Economy so even if they to have ure out a way sympathy and empathy for the families that would be hurt and armed so much by this, they ought to at least enroll in an entry Level Economics class and take that if you money out of the economy, this whole house of cards is going to collapse. They need to act now. Now. Thank you. Issue of price tag, it two months ago plus and things have changed on the ground obviously. Is, 3. 4, given parts are suffering where would that be . Mentioned education. A consumer economy. Our economy, it grows and strengthened by the Consumer Confidence that is there. They should know that. At the same time, as they are spending trillions of dollars to market, so it ck has a floor, thats not a bad hing, we should be spending trillions of dollars to have a floor for americas working families, because its the right do. Ng to but its also the most pragmatic if you in order put money into businesses, if you aint got no customers its money to pay the rent and the staff, if there is no business. Money is spent. Needed, and it creates jobs. Just wanted to go back to your point. We need much more money. We also knew that that wasnt enough but we were trying to be lean and mean with the budget. Of course, you have to see where want to spend that money. Much for double that one thing but by and large were they want to do zero and two tell it to the governors and mayors across the county executives across the country. We have to have that money. They are not going to be 1 trillion. If you see it, it will be a big embarrassment to the Republican Party to see who they cut out and who they include and how they are willing to spend double that for their rich friends. Madam speaker, i heard you saying directed to you but anyone can answer. Following up on nancys question, i heard you say no multiple times. Isnt this issue on a different level in that it will immediately expire and some of the other things while also important, funding for elections and education is not going to have the effect it has been described his of actually a safety net for the capitalist system. It is the capitalist system safety net. So they can wheel and deal. And then when people need help, there is a safety net for the capitalist system. If we were going to have a capitalist system which i fully support and want to strengthen, we strengthened by moving all doubt that when things go one way or the other, people are not going to have to explain to their children why they dont have food on the table. This is important. You want to see how many people will be on the street, being evicted because they cant pay the rent . And then they cant pay the rent exponentially because they are not getting the 600. Going to lighten up the mood here. I am going to tell you [laughter] , you all are too young to know, but he was a great comedian. His son, maybe you are too young for as well, he died in his 90s. 98 years old. Rob was ais son,omedian, i called rob, rob darling, this is nancy pelosi. I am calling to wish you and michelle my condolences. Your father was so funny and wonderful, i had the occasion to hear him. The man says i think you have the wrong number. Really . I said i thought this was rob reiner. He said i know who carl reiner is an rob reiner, but i think you have the wrong number. I said so sorry. Staffntil i talked to my about this. He said i am so glad you called me. I have one question. I said what is that would work that . He said am i going to get my 600 . I am very proud of her. Twove four daughters, granddaughters. What she said is what we all know, a president who gives license to people to speak that way, who are at ease with that kind of disrespect, keeping with the with the president was saying about fear mongering for women who live in suburbia, disrespect,on, condescension, i was proud. Thank you, all, very much. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] services in honor of the late congressman john lewis begin this weekend and will continue next week with memorials planned in alabama, washington, d. C. , and georgia. Cspans coverage begins today with a Public Service in the town of his birth, troy, alabama. Live coverage at 11 00 a. M. Eastern on cspan. President trump signed four executive orders aimed at lowering drug prices, variations of proposals unveiled in the past. 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