Of direct payments for Contact Tracing. House democrats move forward after negotiations with the white house failed to produce a compromise. Floor debate before the final vote. Lowey, is recognized. Mrs. Lowey im pleased to yield five minutes to the distinguished gentleman from massachusetts, from my class, the chair of the committee on ways and means, mr. Neal. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from massachusetts, chairman neal is recognized. Ms. Neal thank you, madam chairwoman. I stand in support of the updated heroes act. The previous gentleman was dismissive of the idea that there is some import to this moment in terms of getting a package done. So that means expanding Unemployment Insurance, thats not important . Unemployment insurance that we might consider now which is part of the need of the American Family . A reminder, there are 26 million americans right now collecting Unemployment Insurance. Let me put this in terms of what an economist might say. If we dont expand Unemployment Insurance and keep the 600 supplement, the challenges that people are going to have in terms of daily sustenance for food, paying the rent, paying their utility bills, is going to mean eventually that the landlord cant collect rents that then subsequently are used to pay for property taxes. And mortgage payments. Which means then that they cant make their payments to the Credit Unions or Community Bankers which overwhelmingly are the custodians of americas origination in terms of the mortgage markets. So maybe we as two parties might agrea on the following. You dont defeat the virus, youre never going to expedite economic recovery. Thats the real argument in front of this chamber at this oment. 200,000 americans, actually about 205,000 americans as of today have died from the pandemic. Every one of us at home, were hearing the desperation of our constituents. Let me submit this as well. When the cares act came before this house only five members of this institution voted against the cares act. You know what else we can all agree on . The cares act saved the American Economy you hear that at home from conservatives, liberals, moderates, republicans, democrat, they all rally around that theme. The number of people who are still out of work is astounding. Family members who are sick. And theyre having trouble paying for food. And republicans suggest somehow you can handle this on your own . This is about the national principle. We all come to the aid of the American Family at moments like this. We dont ask whether youre a democrat or a republican, from a red state or blue state, how you voted in the last president ial election. We say thats the family and we have to take care of them. Theyre looking to this institution today to help them survive this pandemic. The economic challenges that we have are not about corruption. Its not about economic malfeasance. Its about the reality that the world is confronting the worst pandemic since 1918. The American People are looking to us for leadership. House democrats have stepped up to the plate. Just think of it. May 15, we passed the heroes act. When the other side says things like, can we just do something in a bipartisan fashion what through this intervening period of time did they offer . Not much. Weve taken the affirmative position here. The American People need help. The idea of the stimulus checks was, as i noted a moment ago, not just to provide sustenance but most economists would say to help create simultaneous demand. The speed with which we move these payments along is extraordinary even by contrast to how the institution usually responds. How about the jarring testimony of the chairman of the Federal Reserve board last week about what this economy needs . How unsettling was it to hear the testimony from the fed about what we should be doing. Im proud of the role the ways and Means Committee played in developing this legislation. Unemployment insurance. How about expanding the retention tax credit. Everybody on the other side of the aisle supports expanding the retention tax credit but that will get in the way of the eventual vote here later on this evening because somehow it doesnt square with their foil softic beliefs. Philosophicalheir beliefs. Leadership doesnt mean telling americans the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Neal this is about the American Family. Our frontline workers need us now more than ever. Can i have another minute . Mrs. Lowey another minute. Mr. Neal the neighbors we all know needs us more than ever. Every person in this nation needs us more than ever. This is a cly sis unlike any in our our lifetime. It calls for Real Solutions and puts the American Family first. We immediate to get this done. Vote for this legislation. Its a good piece of constructive work on behalf of the American People. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. Ms. Granger i yield to the gentleman from new york, mr. Zeldin, for two and a half minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for two and a half minutes. Mr. Zeldin thank you, mr. Speaker. This is not a bill, a vote, a debate thats about national principle. This is about politics. This is about grand standing. This is about political calculations. This is about the election. You want to talk about leadership, right now theres a real deal, a real counteroffer on the table. 150 billion more for education. 75 billion more for testing and tracing. 250 billion more for state and local government funding. 400 weekly enhancement employment insurance. 60 billion more in rental and mortgage assistance. It adds up to 1. 6 trillion, more than the House Democrats who are members of the Problem Solvers Caucus asked for, they asked for 1. 5 trillion. That is a real counteroffer. Instead what youre seeing is a political calculation thats getting made and real lives are at stake. This is a serious offer that is on the table. And instead of sending this chamber home and ending up with nothing, how about we d our jobs and cut a deal because this right now, this debate is exactly what the American Public hates about congress. They hate us for this kind of a debate. They want to see us working together, republicans and democrats, to cut a deal. We have a chair of the Appropriations Committee from new york. Shes a new yorker. We have an m. T. A. That needs money. Our state needs money. New york city. The port authority. Our local governments on the east end of long island. We should be working together to get something done. This bill has poison pills in it that makes this bill dead on arrival. There are certain pieces in here where we know this is never going to become law. Stimulus checks for people who are not in our country legally. Nationwide cashless bail. Nationwide ballot harvesting. A nationwide prohibition on voter i. Deform. Releasing criminals from prison. None of that will ever become law. Why are we doing that when you have real lives, real people . Go talk to that person that workers in airline and theyre being furloughed first thing this morning. They dont have a job to go to. Go talk to the m. T. A. , the largest Mass Transit System in the entire country. What they want us to do is to Work Together to get something done. The speaker is staking her Political Capital on what benefits her the most politically and whats crazy is that she benefits the most by having the highest death counts. Shes benefiting the most by our economy suffering as much as possible. Can i have 30 more seconds please . Ms. Granger i yield an additional minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman has one more minute. Mr. Zeldin this is the type of political calculation my constituents absolutely hate. The speakers biggest decision when we all go home and we go home without a deal is picking between which of her expensive flavors of gourmet ice cream to eat or which closed down salon to get her next blow out at. But for that furloughed airline worker, they are expecting us to get the job done. Ill tell you what, theres a real deal on the table. Before we leave i beg my colleagues, i see congressman espaillat here, hes been leading the charge on s. B. A. Funding. Thank you, sir. Were all working together as republicans and democrats to get to victory over the finish line. This chamber cannot leave without going this done. I tell my republican colleagues an my democratic colleagues, in the house and the senate, do not leave without getting a deal done. This heroes act is dead on arrival. We all know that. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. The gentlewoman from new york, mrs. Lowey, is recognized. Mrs. Lowey i would like to address my friend if new york and thank him for expressing the real needs of new york and i do hope you will vote for this bill. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, im pleased to yield three minutes to the gentleman from south carolina, the majority whip, mr. Clyburn. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Clyburn thank you very much, mr. Speaker. I thank the gentlelady for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, the select committee on the Coronavirus Crisis has been working to ensure our response to this pandemic is effective, efficient, and equitable. The heroes act will make this possible. Public healthfrom training, t testing, containing is needed to safely reopen. Bill includes 75 billion or these Public Health measures. Weve heard from essential workers risking their lives, oing their jobs during this pandemic. Mayors of both Political Parties old us significant federal assistance is needed to prevent vital uts to jobs and services. Billion includes 436 for state, local, territorial, to tribal governments support our heroes and those they serve. Protects workers by directing an effective Infection Control standard. Committees investigations have found that relief programs need to be improved to reach the most vulnerable businesses. Heroes act sets aside funds businesses, est seconding nonprofits and loans to businesses who have suffered the most. The bill will assist restaurants and airport concessionaires who hit. Been especially hard ducators and Public Health experts advise us how to safely reopen schools. Legislation provides robust to ing to enable schools educate students while minimizing health risks. Current Federal Reserve chair and his two immediate us that ors told Congress Must provide additional fiscal support for a strong recovery. Enhanced extends Unemployment Benefits, provides payments, direct expands food assistance, and housing support. Finally, Voting Rights advocates Infectious Disease doctors alike told the select committee ensure a free, fair, and must follow we ciencebased recommendations for expanded mailin voting, arly voting, and polling places. The heroes act provides the funds for election the postal on and ervice needed to safeguard our democracy. Speaker, that r. If its between me and opponent steps,ssue requires five i dont mind taking three of them. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. Mr. Clyburn but i hope the side will meet us by taking two. Back. D the speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from texas. Ms. Granger sorry. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from texas is recognized. Yield to the gentleman from georgia, mr. Allen, for two minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia is recognized for two minutes. Mr. Allen thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, here we are partisan messaging bill that will never become law. The heroes act 2. 0 is the costly attempt to appease their far left base. With a 2. 2 trillion price tag. O name just a few of the progressive provisions of this ill, their social wish list requires allowing illeem immigrants to receive stimulus defunding the police, subsidizing obamacare, and removing safeguards that would money from ayer bailing out planned parenthood. Families, can workers, and businesses are workingtheir heads down to revitalize our economy, Speaker Pelosi and democratic are moving forward with a bill that has nothing to covid19 essing the pandemic and are ignoring moving forward legislation that could small tely support our businesses. Thanks to the leadership of our overnor in my home state of georgia, we are open for business. And leading the nation in recovery. Our biggest problem is that we do still have businesses that help. But i hear from Business Leaders stop thisthat we must expanded unemployment because, their requirements grow, they need their employees to come to work. Down 28 , ases are hospitalizations are down 60 . Yes, we still have businesses need help. Thats why i signed a discharge down there to bring legislation to the floor to extend the paycheck program, and i urge my colleagues to sign that so hat we can get meaningful help to those businesses that need it. I urge the speaker to stop hostage critical assistance for our small oppose this d partisan power grab. Thank you and i yield back. Tempore the o gentleman yields back. The gentlelady from new york. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i am yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman chairwoman of he the military, construction, Veterans Affairs subcommittee, wasserman schultz. The speaker pro tempore without objection. Ms. Wasserman schultz thank you. I thank the gentlelady for yielding. Mr. Speaker, after four long, painful months, Senate Continue to block the housepassed heroes act to relief to onavirus the fed up American People. Since may, thousands of more businesses have folded. Remain jobless. And u. S. Debts doubled to 200,000. Democrats deaths doubled to 200,000. We were at 3 trillion for our original heroes act. The republicans who were at a trillion to meet us them y and here we are still stuck in the mud, refusing to do what the American People do, to help make sure they can recovery from this pandemic. Us vital adly, republicans think we are generous with the American People. So many are trying to pay their worst recession since the great depression. My governor just let a evictions expire. He just reopened the state to 100 capacity. The virus is not still state. Ng through our democrats offered this updated heroes act to defeat this virus nd put money in the pockets of stressed americans. T is way past time for republicans to meet us halfway. It improves the Paycheck Protection Program for Small Businesses and nonprofits and local s billions to governments and schools. His bill funds testing and tracing. Provides ,200 in 1,200 in payments. Extends 400 to Unemployment Benefits. Extends help for airline workers, thousands of whom were off. It helps daycare. Bolste bolsters nutrition. Strengthens the Postal Service. It does not go far as democrats would like. Thats why were here to compromise, because we know the to do n people need us that. But it goes a long way to offer what americans desperately need right now. Republicans need to stop standing in the way of relief we can to the table so send home a package thats going to take care of the American People in this dire time. Yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore i yield to the gentleman from louisiana, he republican whip, steve scalise, for three minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Scalise thank you, mr. Speaker. Rise today in opposition to this partisan bill thats not families and ping Small Businesses. Everybody in this chamber knows is going nowhere because they didnt even work draftepublicans to try to a proposal that can actually address the needs of families struggling. There is a bill already filed at the door right over there, a help every Small Business, renew the Paycheck Protection Program, using money. G there is 138 billion frozen in unlock with at we chabots bill. Congressman chabot has a bill that discharge petition would actually, in a bipartisan way, help Small Businesses go round of paycheck protection funding. What do we get . Today a bill that was brought together by both sides to solve this problem . Dont. We have a bill that was drawn old asically using the failed road map of the original heroes act. Now, they had the heroes act way. D in a partisan it was never going to go anywhere months ago. Id they say, ok, lets work with republicans . Lets work with the president . No, they didnt. Said, ok, we want to present a scaled down bill. So mr. Speaker, when they scaled bill down, did they cut the dollars of funding to Illegal Immigrants that was in the original heroes act . They didnt. Did they cut the hundreds of that go to dollars failed states, states that had billiondollar deficits prior to covid . No. They kept that money. And in fact, if you look at the nothing to do with covid. Or example, mandating that states that currently require a icture i. D. Have to remove that. Ballot harvesting, which weve een in so many states leads to voter fraud. Thats whats in the original heroes act. This bill. Remains in what does that have to do with covid relief . If you look. Take the original bill. Heroes act had 600 funding. Or Police Community policing, things that have been proven effective to communities safer, that was in the original heroes act. To cut ecided again, they didnt cut the billions for people here illegally. Payments if t cash youre here illegally. They cut the police. Out. D 600 million, defunding the when our a time communities need help. This was the original bill, the million. Its gone. Thats what they cut. They kept the illegal money. Illegals. Ng to Everybody Knows this bills going nowhere because its a partisan hack job. Look at a letter that was sent just a few days ago by the speaker by 23 democrats, 23 democrats sent a saying he speaker ms. Granger i yield an minute. Al the speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Scalise i thank the entlelady from texas for yielding. 23 democrats just a few days ago sent a letter to the speaker passing a te, bipartisan covid19 relief oneage should be our number priority in the coming days. It is our request that you towards a negotiate bipartisan deal. Discharge petition is the only potential option for relief. Thats 23 democrats. Thats enough people if they go over mr. Speaker, right there and sign that discharge petition, it will bring that relief package bill to the floor. Small businesses. We already helped millions of Small Businesses stay afloat with the original Paycheck Protection Program. Incredibly bipartisan Success Story that we came together to pass. Million jobs saved by that. We know, mr. Speaker, some of businesses are doing better, but some of those businesses are still struggling. Vine. T, dying on the and this bill will give them relief. They can go for a second round relief request, p. P. P. Funding, with money that already exists. Not 2. 2 trillion borrowed from china. Lets pass a real bill, the bill. Lets reject this partisan exercise. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the back. Man yields the gentlelady from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i am to yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from island, mr. Cicilline. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from rhode island is recognized. Mr. Cicilline i thank the gentlelady from for yielding. Mindful today that the Major League Baseball playoffs are starting. Democrats are ready once again to step up to the plate and pass urgently needed constituents, Senate Republicans and the white house refuse to play ball. A ballgame, like their refusal will have deadly consequences. Muchneeded bill addresses the seriousness of the crisis americans are dealing with. T provides strong support for Small Businesses, nonprofits, and gives a lifeline to the struggling Restaurant Industry independent live venue operators. It gives assistance for airline extending the s, payroll support program. It adds more funds to bolster childcare. Nd living up to its name, heroes 2. 0, honors our heroes on the by providing assistance to state and local toernments who needs funding pay First Responders and Health Care Workers who are keeping us safe. Funds for coronavirus testing and tracing can access Americans Free coronavirus treatment. This is not radical ideas. His is to keep the American People healthy and safe. It provides direct payments to a obust second round of stimulus checks of 1,200 for taxpayer per dependent. It requires osha to have a standard for workplaces to development and implement Infection Control plans. For losing americans their Employer Provided Health nsurance by making unemployed americans to receive the maximum a. C. A. Subsidy on the exchanges. Weekly res the Unemployment Benefits through january. And assists renters and home verwhelmers home overwhelmers homeowners payments. It addresses rising hunger with increased maximum snap benefits and safeguards our emocracy with new resources to ensure safe elections and helping the us and Postal Service. I hear, these are radical, farleft ideas. Core american responsibilities that we should address in a bipartisan way. Weve met you halfway. The compromise. Your constituents are suffering. They need your help. Vote yes. With that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from texas. Ms. Granger i yield to the gentlelady from north carolina, dr. Foxx, for two minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Foxx thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank my wonderful colleague from texas for yielding to me. You know, our colleagues across the aisle try to convince americans that this bill is a compromise and bipartisan. Thats a joke, mr. Speaker. Compromise to democrats means do it their way. When it comes to spending taxpayer dollars, hardearned money though, the democrats cant seem to help themselves. He latest example is this 2. 2 trillion socialist wish list which is riddled with radical left priorities that are unrelated to the pandemic. For example, it props up failing Pension Plans for select community newspapers. What does this have to do with covid19 pandemic . The newspaper industry has been in decline for decades and these companies have had a longstanding inability to meet their pension obligations. The bill also forgives up to 10,000 of private student loan debt. Again, this does nothing to combat covid19. But massive loan forgiveness, despite the high cost to taxpayers, has long been a democrat objective. Partisan we this scheme . Because come election day, democrats are hoping to cash in on this bills many empty promises. Its disingenuous and disappointing. We all must vote no. With that, mr. Speaker, i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The gentlelady from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im delighted to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from new york, mr. Espaillat. Mr. Espaillat mr. Speaker, the heroes act is what america needs. Its what my state of new york needs. Nearly 7 billion for public transportation, thats compromise. Aid to struggling Small Businesses including restaurants, thats a compromise. Billions of dollars to help schools operate safely and help parents aford child care and get back to work, thats a compromise. Another round of stimulus checks for the American People. Thats a compromise. Billions of dollars for emergency rental assistance as people face evictions. People dont know where theyre going to get the money to pay their rent. Theyre backed up. Thats a compromise. And finally, mr. Speaker, help for states and local governments. Not red states and blue states, all states. Last time i checked it was called the United States of america. Lets help all the states. Theyre not getting the revenues they need. Thats a compromise. I said the last time we passed the heroes act back in may it was a good thing. I say today that this is a real good thing and its a ompromise. Ms. Granger i yield to the gentleman from south carolina, mr. Rice, for three minutes. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Rice thank you. Mr. Speaker, democrats claim to be the party of the little guy. Its easy to talk but actions speak louder than words. Republicans have offered plan after plan to help ordinary people who need it and help Small Businesses struggling to survive. Businesses like the 1,700 restaurants along the myrtle beach grand strand back home that have been devastated by this pandemic. If Speaker Pelosi would allow a vote on any of these bills they would pass the house and senate easily and folks back home would get the help they need. But democrats have blocked every plan to help the little guy unless we also bail out broke blue states and restore the deduction for state and local taxes for millionaires and billionaires. You see 90 of the benefit of the state Tax Deduction goes to earners in the top 10 . Over 50 of the benefit goes to millionaires and billionaires in the top 1 . Who dont need a bailout. Take Michael Bloomberg, for example. He made over 3. 5 billion last year. Mr. Bloomberg works in new york city, which has a combined state and local income tax rate of 12. 5 . That means restoring the state and local Tax Deduction would reduce mr. Bloombergs taxes by 160 million. Thats right. Mr. Bloomberg would get 160 million bailout. For months, democrats democratic leadership has held back help from the little guy who desperately needs it as ransom unless we agree to give a bailout to billionaires like Michael Bloomberg who would get an extra 160 million. Why would they do that . Remember in the president ial debate when Michael Bloomberg bragged he spent 100 million to buy 21 mu democrat seats and put nancy pelosi in charge . Now we know why. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i am delighted to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. Green. Mr. Green thank you very much, madam chair. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, how can one say you love the police but you wont fund the municipality that pays the police . How can you say you want your children to be taught well in a safe environment but you wont fund the bill that would fund the School System so that they can be taught well and be in a safe environment. How can you say you want your fires to be fought but you wont protect fire tigers . This bill does that. Heres why you cant say you protect firefighters and would fund the police, its because senator mcconnell has said openfully and notoriously he would have the state go bankrupt. Bankruptcy is not the way to go for heroes. For firefighters. For police officers. For teachers. Its time to compromise. This is the bill to be voted on. Not the one thats in your mind. Compromise. Not the mind. I yield back. Ms. Granger i yield to the gentleman from wisconsin, mr. Grothman, for two minutes. Mr. Grothman thank you, ill take off my mask for a second. Dollar lot of provisions in this bill that are offensive. My colleague, congressman rice, just pointed out the tax cut aimed primarily at the very wealthy. But im going to focus on the 1,200. In my prior life i used to be an Estate Planning attorney and i would write out wills. People would come to see me and one of their goals was to leave something for the next generation. Give them part of a house, part of a bank account. In this bill the 1,200 to everybody in the country including people who do not need any extra assistance because of this is a little bit offensive. I dont know who put together this bill but kind of unlike the greatest generation that always wanted to leave a little more assets to their children and grandchildren this bill greatly it lets everybody spend 1,200 so they can leave increased debt to their children and grandchildren. I think thats a little embarrassing. The second thing ill point out is that 1,200 goes not just to american citizen bus to Illegal Immigrants. This is part of a scary trend around here. Whether youre talking about tree medical care for Illegal Immigrants, welfare for Illegal Immigrants or now 1,200 checks to Illegal Immigrants is just sending us down the wrong way and pretending we dont have a country here at all. Not to mention at least when i went to my local walmart he said the last time we sent out these checks there were huge amounts of increase in spending in the electronics department. So were going to send the next generation further into debt so this generation can buy more or at least part of this generation can buy more electronic junk from china at walmart. I cant imagine what went on in the room when they put together this bill but im voting no tomorrow, or later tonight. Thanks. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im pleased to yield two minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from california, a Senior Member of the Appropriations Committee, ms. Lee. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Lee thank you very much. First, thank you, madam chair, for yielding the time but also for your tremendous leadership and that of your staff in getting us to this point on behalf of the American People and ensuring that we put forth a bill that will ensure that they know we care about their health and Economic Security during this very serious moment. Also i just want to thank Speaker Pelosi and chairman pallone for including language that will help reach communities disproportionately impacted by this deadly virus as in the africanamerican, indigenous, black communities, a. P. I. Communities and treat them as partners to defeat covid. Its been 4 1 2 months since the house passed the heroes act. Since january over 200,000 people have died. People are terrified about keeping their families healthy and safe. Theyre terrified about keeping their jobs and their homes and their businesses. And still republicans continue to block this critical relief from moving forward. Sadly but not surprisingly, black and brown people are getting the worst of this. 40,000 africanamericans have died from covid, one out of every five deaths in america. Covid deaths. And indigenous an latinx people are each 50 more likely to die from covid than white americans and 20 of all deaths in my district are from the aapi community. Its clear the president has no plan, thats why democrats are taking action to be sure that we have the Robust National testing, tracing, an treatment efforts to reduce the transmission and the deaths that we are experiencing every day. All of us know people who have died from this horrific pandemic. Also we were able to include funding for snap benefits. Unemployment payments. Child care and education. Including funding for my own community in alameda county. Im also pleased that the bill contains necessary contributions to the global efforts to fight covid. This pandemic does not respect borders, we need to work with partners around the globe if were going to get covid under control. Madam speaker, may i have another minute . Thank you very much. Let me also say how important it is that we really understand an recognize that this is a Global Pandemic and it knows no borders. This bill will also ramp up testing, Contact Tracing and outreach to ensure that those communities most impacted are supported. Its strengthensout reach to medically underserved communities, again, black and brown and Indigenous People who have suffered the most from covid. This bill will ensure that the testing and tracing efforts treat people of color as partners in engaging their community. This is a health and economic pandemic of enormous pr portions that we never experienced in our lifetime. We must make sure that people have safe places to work and attend school. Their health and Economic Needs are addressed in this bill. We cannot have one without the other. And so lets pass this comprehensive relief, lets begin to try to heal our country. So please support this bill and i ask for an aye vote. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from texas is recognized. Ms. Granger i reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady reserves. The gentlelady from new york is recognized. Ms. Le wie im delighted to yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from olorado, mr. Neguse. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Neguse thank you, mr. Speaker. Thank you, madam chair. I rise today in support of the updated heroes act and i want to thank house leadership and of course our distinguished chair of the Appropriations Committee, chairwoman lowey, for introducing this vital update. First let me just say, look, were all entitled to our own views and opinions in this chamber but we are not entitled to our own set of facts and as i have heard some of the comments from my friends on the other side of the aisle ive been a bit confused because as we all know, four months ago this chamber passed in a bipartisan basis the heroes act, 3. 4 trillion to provide an economic lifeline to Small Businesses and working families struggling across this country. The senate declared a socalled pause, decided they would do nothing, wouldnt meet us halfway, wouldnt come talk to the House Democrats to try to reach a compromise bill. So we to get to work heroes act that provides an economic lifeline to so Many Americans across our country. The fact that House Democrats effort too make every work with anyone in good faith of ourver for the people country, in my view, is something we should continue to this great chamber. Now, i will say madam chair, have another minute . Id say, mr. Speaker, one of the support reasons i this bill is because it includes significant relief for small usinesses, which are the backbone of colorados economy. My republican colleague, john curtis, and i introduced a bill a few weeks ago to provide relief, essentially nsuring we would exclude the getting p. P. P. Forgiveness. This provision would provide ensure they can continue to keep their business businesses solvent, keep their serving the people colorado at state of and for the state of utah. This bill, on is in in the updated heroes act, alongside so many important provisions to help small country s in our recover. So i say to my colleagues, lets get this done. This bill. And lets provide the relief that the American People are to provide. Us and with that i yield back, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the back. Man yields recognized. Dy is the gentlelady reserves. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im minute to yield one the gentlelady from washington, ms. Schrier. The peaker pro tempore gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Schrier thank you, madam chair. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The people in my district ontinue to struggle with the economic effects of covid19. My constituents and small so ness owners will be relieved to know that help they beings one step closer to here, including more assistance to Small Businesses, funding for education, d enhanced Unemployment Benefits, and rental assistance. Of my bills to help children and families have been included in this package as increasing ing funding for child abuse prevention and more help boosting unger and acce ccess for children to fresh fruits and vegetables. Or many future ovid19 vaccines is in this package. Its important that the American People have confidence that when a vaccine gets approved is safe effective. I urge support of this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the back. Lady yields ms. Granger i reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady reserves. The gentlewoman from new york. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im delighted to yield five minutes to the gentlelady from california, the chair of the financial services, ms. Waters. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Waters mr. Speaker, i rise strong support of the house mendment to h. R. 925, the updated version of the heroes act. Democrats have been working every single day to and nd to this pandemic provide muchneeded relief and protection for families across country. 1 139 days ago, house emocrats voted to pass the heroes act. Unfortunately, President Trump, and senate ell, republicans have blocked the bill and prevented the essential relief the legislation provides rom reaching our neighborhoods and our communities. Meanwhile, the nation continues this crisis. Ing even before this pandemic, over in the illion people United States were experiencing more ssness, including than 50,000 families with children. Number kely that this has grown significantly due to the pandemic. Continue to head toward crisis. Rophic eviction as families struggle to pay rent back rent of unpaid pile up, today, the rent is due, 14. 2 million ed renter households cannot pay it eviction and k of homelessness. Therestate of california, are 1. 7 million renter households who are behind on facing eviction. At the same time, more than homeowners, including almost 780,000 in california, have already fallen behind on their payment. Making matters worse, over one illion Small Businesses have closed. To address the ongoing crisis, creates ad heroes act 50 billion Emergency Rental Assistance Fund and a 21 billion homeowner assistance and provides 5 billion in unding for Homeless Services providers. Through no fault of their own, millions of people are also payments on e credit cards, car loans, and rent. Mortgages or by suspending negative credit reporting during covid19 the heroes act ensures that these innocent consumers do further damage. Suspends act also Debt Collection for consumers, Small Businesses, and nonprofits this pandemic. Additionally, private student in economic s distress who are disproportionately people of get up to 10,000 in debt relief under the bill. He nation continues to face shortages of essential medical supplies and equipment. Example, our heroic health are workers are still reusing n95 respirator masks at a time continue of covid19 to rise. The heroes act strengthens the to nse production act supercharge the production of hese supplies and works to ensure that funds are directed to alleviate these shortages. Heroes act also builds upon my efforts and those my committee to remove barriers for Community Development financial institutions. Is the cdfis, and minority institutions, better known as m. D. I. s, trying to lowincome communities during the pandemic. For example, the bill provides and othern in capital assistance for cdfis and mdi m. D. I. s to bolster financial communities that have been hardest hit by this pandemic. Bill provides s another round of stimulus payments for families, additional funding for Small Businesses, including 120 illion for restaurants and airport concessionaires. And importantly, the bill treasury secretary to work with the Global Community to immediately provide 2 trillion in relief through the International Monetary fund, which will immediately support eveloping countries that are experiencing some of the worst effects of covid19. Speaker, this bill is not everything thats needed but a goodfaith effort to bridge the gap in negotiations colleagues. Ublican its time for republicans to reliefocking coronavirus and support this legislation. And i yield back the balance of my time. Very much. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. Ms. Granger i reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the reserves. Y the gentlelady from new york. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i yield one minute to the gentlewoman lee. Texas, ms. Jackson the speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Jackson lee mr. Speaker, i thank you. Hope my time has not started to run. I thank the speaker. People cannot wait. Help is on the way. Only thing i can ask of my republican friends is to take their in neighborhoods in districts, around the nation fathers are and waiting on a disbursement needed their table. N this 2. 2 trillion bill will Small Businesses, nonprofits, faith institutions with the p. P. P. Protectiveto give us equipment. Yes, the engine of our small, independent restaurants are getting close to 120 million. Bolster education and childcare. Schools that cannot open because the resources. E money for testing. ve opened 33 testing sites in our neighborhoods. Contact tracing, of course. And g sure that cities counties, essential workers and hazardous pay is paid. American asking the people they are suffering and help eed this resource to th them . To fight covid19, we need to the evictions, stop the foreclosures, close food insecurity, make sure we take Small Businesses, education, and give our people a lifeline. The American People cant wait. Now is the time to help them. Heroes act for this money and this relief. Back. D ms. Granger i reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady reserves. The gentlelady from new york. Speaker, im. Delighted to yield one minute to the gentleman from new york, mr. Garcia. Illinois, mr. Garcia. Mr. Garcia mr. Speaker, i want to thank representative lowey this minute. I rise in strong support of the my sed heroes act because community cannot wait. School teachers, flight attendants and working families facing layoffs and they need our help now. And homeowners facing evictions and homelessness need now. Upport immigrants with u. S. Born children and u. S. Citizens who received the stimulus check need our support now. Heroes act 4 1 2 months ago. Senate ans in the wouldnt even consider it, but this is a bill that were is a compromise and it is common ground, because just the my colleagues across aisle, im headed home to my constituents and i dont want them. O think we failed House Democrats have done our jobs. Doingsed relief and were it again. It is the president and senate epublicans who refuse to pass relief that have failed. Give the American People the elief that they need so urgently. I urge adoption. The speaker pro tempore the entlelady from texas is recognized. Ms. Granger ill reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mr. Speaker, i am i am delighted to yield one to the gentleman from horsford. Delighted its very special delight for me to yield one minute to the istinguished gentlewoman from california, the speaker of the house, ms. Pelosi. Tempore madam speaker is recognized. The speaker thank you, madam for yielding. Im honored to be on the floor today to support a bill brought by the loor distinguished chair of the ppropriations committee, nita lowey of new york. Her service on that committee or decades has been a blessing to our country. I have seen firsthand her eadership for americas families, for our country, for our ommunity, and for children. We have worked together on womens issues, hivaids, you every subject, Minority Health issues, and the rest. With this are today legislation that is so needed our country. And i dont its really hard to understand what it is that would oppose in the legislation. The Appropriations Committee has job. A masterful you have a maestro, madam chair, as well as your staff for this legislation together. And im in congress because of children. m always here for the children. And i want to start my comments y saying what this legislation would mean to a family of four. A family of four, this is a for workers and families who are facing this disaster. S four earning f 24,000, heroes 2 would mean payments, 3,400 direct payment. Unemployment benefits, 600 per week. U. I. Benefits. 5,920 dits, up to through the eitc and fully efundable 4,000 tax credit, equally an i mention that, why dont you do this other bill. None of that i just said, the earned income tax credit, fully refundable Child Tax Credit, none of that is in any of the republican bill. None of the bills you have seen other than this bill has that consideration for children. So when people say, take half a loaf, because the children need more than a heel of a half of a loaf. It has increase in snap benefits and 100. House rental assistance and the c. A. Subsidy and parents losing their job and under the a. C. A. , the Affordable Care act, benefit of 1300. We cant do everything in the bill that is coronavirusfocused. We have challenges in our country that we must address in a bigger way, but what we have here is coronavirus centric. And that is important to note because people are suffering in a different way. We have for the family, many of these families are food insecure. Many of our children are food insecure. Lowey, o thank nita salute bobby scott for our children and workers and we want our children to go back to school and do so in a way that is safe. And bobby scott has provisions in here for that, whether actually in school, whether its virtual or hybrid or calls for the ventilation that is needed d mothers and fathers by having strong osha language. That is not in the republican bill. That is not in the republican bill. Chairman frank par loan we can come to terms on money, but the language is what is important. And frank pallone, 4 1 2 months ago proposed a Strategic Plan and im sure he will talk about and i thank him for that, a Strategic Plan in order to crush the virus. Epublicans want to crush the Affordable Care act. Why dont we come together and crur the virus and open our economy and our schools in a safe way. And i thank you, mr. Chairman pallone for your leadership. The Natural Resources committee, congressman grijalva, so important what he has in the legislation especially addressing the needs of our tribal communities which are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus. And i thank him for his leadership in that in some many other ways but that is an essential peace. The oversight committee, Carolyn Maloney for the Postal Service across, the message but not yet on the crens success. The lifeblood of who we are. The d. N. A. Of america, the people and we are having a problem with that. Its not even about money but about policy. Thank her for her ongoing leadership cull minimum traiting. Mall business chairwoman velazquez. Decades the chair or Ranking Member of the Small Business committee. She knows about women and minorityowned businesses and the most optimistic thing a person can do is plant a flag with Small Business. How more optimistic can you be, except getting married. But Small Business. The p. P. E. And other help for hospitals, excuse me, for restaurants, hospitals, mr. Pallones section of the bill. But back tore Lydia Velazquez. This is a big piece of the bill. What do we do for p. P. E. , restaurants and small spaces around the country for entertainment and bringing people together. How do we balance all of this . That is language that we are trying to resolve in our negotiations. And im optimistic we can get from. But we couldnt get there without the leadership of Lydia Velazquez and Veterans Affairs committee. I thank representative takano for his work for his work and chairman richie neal has been brilliant on how we put money in peoples pockets willing direct payments and some of the other tax provisions that i talked that earlier for children isnt in the republican bill. And i want to thank leader defazio, the chair of the transportation and Infrastructure Committee for his leadership in having the language in here, not just for the airlines, which is very, very important and that is important because it is an essential, important that people should know and say why should we help airlines . They need special certifications and special security clearances and the rest, if they lose a job, its months before they can come back. Mr. Defazio has important chunk of money, a lot, in the bill for transportation and some other ways that is urgent and correct coronavirus connected and that is important as well. And i thank him for his leadership in that regard. Read the bill. So much of it and thats why i salute the chairs. His is about having scientific institutional, academic basis for the amount of money that we are asking for. We had a bigger bill, 3 moin 4. And we came down a trillion dollars. No. Not yet. We came down another 200 billion, not violating any of our priorities but by shortening the time, shortening the time frame and moving the issues and that is in our regular Appropriations Bills as we go forward. So this is really important. One bill is not as good as another. Why not take something instead of nothing . Why should that be the standard for americas children . We have to fight for the best we can get to them and i feel certain we will have a level of success that people have to know, people have to know. One of the problems i have between the democrats and the republicans is in the republican bill, they have 150 billion benefit from the wealthiest people in our country. 150 billion. In our bill, we strove to have 149 billion for our children, for the earned income tax credit, full refund built and the rest. No. So we took it down to 54 billion and still waiting to see if we get acceptance of that. 150 billion for the wealthiest people in the United States. 149 for americas working families, no. We took off 100 billion to gain agreement. This is not just a money debate, its a values debate. It is important for people to know what this fight is about. It is called the heroes act. And called the heroes act. Anybody who wants to wave and have cutoffs and the game and all that, honor our heroes by making sure they have their job. These are Health Care Workers, our police and fire, First Responders, our teachers and teachers, our teachers, our transportation, our sanitation, our School Workers and the rest who make our lives function. We couldnt do what we do without them doing. Many of them are risking their lives, risking their lives to save lives and now they lose their jobs. Because why . Let the states go bankrupt. Thats what Mitch Mcconnell said. Blue states, why should we send them any money . Because the people have needs and we have to meet them. And the sooner if we lose all authority to thank them, if we say thats nice, but you can go on Unemployment Insurance . What have we accomplished . We have diminished services to people. And people lose their jobs. Over a million to a million and a half of state and local have lost their jobs already and predicted that 3. 5 million more if we dont act on this. This is an Important Pillar on this on supporting state and local governments. Next, crush the virus. Crush the virus. O that we can again open our schools and businesses and economy. This bill is 4. 5 months old because at the time we passed it. The leader in the senate, mr. Mcconnell, pushed the pause button. We have to wait and see. And since that time, over 100 ,000 people have died and hundreds of thousands have become infected and pushed the use button and says push the use button and debate policy how to best meet the needs of the American People. We have the provision in this bill and i thought it was really important to formally put forth the work of our chairs which is excellent which means the needs. Maxine, you heard from her, families on the verge of eviction, get support, people who cant pay their mortgages are helped in this legislation. And i thank maxine for that, chairwoman waters as well as her work on the restaurant and Small Businesses get help on this legislation. This is a tall order. People said, we should have a skinny package. We have a massive problem. You dont believe more in the role of government as we do. Lets find our common ground. But lets not just say let the children pay the price because we want to have a bipartisan bill. No. We dont want the children to pay the price and have the bipartisan bill. We want to have a bipartisan bill that supports the children. I feel confident that we can do that. But we cant do that if we take the path of least resistance and say lets do whatever they put forth. Thats doing their bill. Thats not doing the peoples work. , again, over 200,000 people and 7,000 207,000 people have died. Million people have died. E in this legislation, chairwomans expertise, we have provisions in the bill that will affects our relationship in temperatures of how we fight the covid virus because none of us can say to make sure that all of us are safe. I urge a yes vote on this legislation. It goes a long way to do. It sets an example. We cut a lot out by cutting the time on it and pretty soon we will have to vrl legislation laterear and this goes to next year. The timing is important to do it now. Its long overdue. It is what this country needs. And again, i want to say thank you, thank you to our heroes. We thank you by making sure you have the job and the benefits and the rest that you have earned and not just getting empty gratitude but the gratitude of supporting you in the important roles you play in our lives with the assurance you will have your job and that your children will be able to go to School Safely whether it is virtual, actual or hybrid. And when they do that, they will do so in a way that you have enabled because education has some funds in here, but without state and local, the education function cannot be borne out to its fullest extent. With that, i yield back the balance of my time. I thank the distinguished chairwoman and i have great excitement of our chairs that the quality of this legislation and the necessity that has come close to it in the negotiation for the children. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from texas reserves. The gentlelady from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im delighted to yield two minutes to the gentlewoman from connecticut, the chair of the labor, health, Human Services and education subcommittee, the hardworkings, distinguished leader on all these issues, ms. Delauro. Hardworking, distinguished leader on all of these issues, ms. Delauro. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Delauro the people of connecticut and of the United States deserve no less than the full support of the federal government to get them to the dawn of a recovery. While the house passed a comprehensive bill for American People back in may, the senate has failed to act. So we advance this 2. 2 trillion package that includes 2. 7 billion for connecticut. To protect lives, livelihoods and the life of our democracy. As chair of the labor, health and Human Services education appropriations subcommittee, i am proud of the investments for patients, working people, children, seniors and Public Education. For health we provide 75 billion, for coronavirus testing, Contact Tracing and isolation measures and 28 billion for safe and effective vaccine. For working people we must save jobs, protect workers and their families, so we strengthen, expand and protect emergency paid leave. We restore the expanded 600 unemployment benefit through the end of january. And we continue to support work share programs. For children and families, we must not allow a generation to be lost or let their bright fewer futures darken. E provide 1 for k12 education, and postsecondary. For 15 billion to save the child care industry. And then my legislation to make the Child Tax Credit fully refundable, to make it accessible to all, including the 1 3 previously excluded, including half of black and lattin a latinx children. Im proud of increasing the maximum snap benefit by 15 , to aid nutrition programs, food banks, farmers and producers, as well as Small Businesses and restaurants. So, let us put politics second, let us put people first. Let us vote yes on this relief bill, for the people of this country, for the seniors, for the children and those who every day are looking toward the federal government, because they are in desperate shape and they need our help. They need this legislation. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from texas. Reserves. Mrs. Lowey i yield one minute to the distinguished gentleman from maryland, the majority leader, mr. Hoyer. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. The gentleman is recognized. Mr. Hoyer thank you, mr. Speaker. I rise in strong support of this legislation. Ive heard my republican friends lament the fact that we have things in this bill that they dont like and apparently that the senate doesnt like. Ive been here long enough to know and to serve when the republicans were in charge. They passed bill after bill with partisan provisions that they knew president obama wouldnt sign and that could not pass the United States senate. Because they couldnt get enough democrats to get to 60 votes. They knew that. So both sides passed legislation that they think is good. Notwithstanding the fact that the other side does not agree. With some of the provisions in he bill. Ut, mr. Speaker, this bill responds to the needs of the American People at a time of crisis. The house passed the heroes act more than 4 1 2 months ago. Normally what would happen was when a bill goes to the senate, they would pass a bill of their , unless they believed ladies and gentlemen of america, youre on your own. And states, as senator mcconnell said, you can go bankrupt. The minority leader of this house said, lets wait and see what happens. Nd we waited and we waited and we waited. Additional americans died since may 15. How long are we going to wait . The house did its job in may for the American People, yet the Republican Senate and President Trump have still not done theirs. And they talk about compromise on that side of the aisle. And working together. And so what did the republican leader of the senate do . There was a trilliondollar offer on the table so he came back with a compromise. And cut it in half. To 500 billion. And the only reason that bill got a majority in the excuse me, republicans didnt get a majority in the United States, they did, because there were enough republicans, because they didnt think it would go anywhere. It was a message bill. Thats the only reason it passed. With 51 didnt pass, of course, because it needed 60. Let me tell you what john boehner did and what paul ryan did when the Freedom Caucus wouldnt give you the votes, mr. Speaker. For the republicans to pass legislation that they knew was needed, the debt limit, fiscal bills, they knew they were needed. So what did john boehner do . He walked across the aisle, talked to the speaker, talked to me and said, we need some votes. And we made a deal. And the chair, the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Committee is one of those people who wants the house to work. Im a friend of hers. And i respect her. Because she is a member that ive experienced who wants to ake it work. But senator mcconnell doesnt walk across the aisle and say, lets make a compromise. So dont preach at us, mr. Speaker. Dont preach at us about reaching across the aisle. Weve seen tax bills that slam, am, there it goes. You come up with a bill negotiations are ongoing right now. And i want to congratulate the speaker of the house. Shes been in washington more than any of the rest of us in the last six months. I know that because i talked to her on a regular basis. Trying to get this to work. Trying to make a deal. And i applaud secretary mnuchin. There are some others who dont make deals and who have a history of not making deals and have a history of undermining deals. That paul ryan wanted to make, or that john boehner wanted to make. Not democrats. But negotiations are continuing and i hope we will reach a bipartisan agreement. Frankly, if wed reached a bipartisan agreement yesterday, we would not have this bill on the floor if wed reached it the day before or the day before. We wouldnt have this bill on the floor. Because we know we want a bill signed. But we also know we want to let the American People know where we stand. Not for just one bill that helps this group or that group or the other group, but all americans who are suffering and are at risk. So we believe that this bill is a reasonable compromise. Thats why today we will pass a bill that achieves the goals of the heroes acts and represents a reasonable compromise. And youre saying to yourselves, some people, mr. Speaker, are saying to themselves, this isnt reasonable. Remember, mcconnell goes from 1 trillion down to a half a billion, which a half a trillion, which clearly did not cover the needs every economist tells us needs, every economist tells us that. Notwithstanding the passage of this bill, House Democrats will continue to negotiate to reach the kind of bipartisan agreement that we believe is necessary to help americans get through this crisis. The Airlines Need the money now. And we ought to be that close. But our position is clear. The federal government cannot shirk its responsibilities to the people it serves. Not just some of the people. We have in this bill the help for Small Businesses that people on that side of the aisle are talking about. Were talking about it. They need it. Includes support for state, local, tribal and territorial governments. I have a letter here, and letters can be sent from the National Governors association, only if theyre unanimous. Hich says, every major economist, regardless of party or ideological bent, came to the same conclusion after the 20072009 financial crisis. The lack of support for state and local governments slowed the nations Economic Growth for more than a decade. As we begin to recover and rebuild from covid19 crisis the covid19 crisis, unanimously republican and democratic governors, we cannot afford to repeat the mistakes of the past. I. E. , not giving aid to state and local governments. Thats what the governors are aying. All of them. Republican, democrat. My governor is a republican. His name is hogan. His father served here in the house of representatives. And he is one of those who came up with, mr. Cuomo, the amount of money that was needed by state and local governments. Why do we aid state and local governments . Because they hire police. We hear about defunding police. Theyre hemorrhaging revenues and they cannot support the personnel they have. And police, fire, emergency medical response teams, sanitation workers, nurses at public hospitals. All of these, state and local are critical if were going to solve the economic problem and the covid19 problem. While the heroes act provided the level of fiscal support unanimously recommended by the National Governors association, i want to repeat that. This is not a democratic idea. Unanimously the governors of our states, red and blue states, said we need this money. The bill recognizes the reality they face with the senate and republican leader who suggested the states go bankrupt, that level might not be possible. O we reduced that sum in half. Cut out 1 trillion of the proposal we thought had merit. Actually 1 trillion actually, 1. 2 trillion. So we offered a compromise. One year of funding. Cut it in half, yet still sufficient to get us into the next year. This legislation renews the expanded emergency Unemployment Insurance benefits that millions of people are relying on. And by the way, it goes to them, but what do they do with it, mr. Speaker . They spend it in the economy at those Small Businesses that youre worried about. All of us are worried about. And we give a family the sustenance that they need to support themselves and the family they go spend it, where, Small Businesses. And large businesses. We give that 600 a week through the end of january, 2021. Which will help Small Businesses and the general economy. It will provide another round of direct payments to americans of 1,200 for each individual adult and 500 for two eligible dependents to help families make ends meet. I think all of you have voted it might have been a voice vote on the cares act, but everybody voted for it. And were making sure College Students arent left out. Our bill offers a second round of Paycheck Protection Program to help Small Businesses remain viable through the pandemic and include Additional Support for workers in the airlines. Restaurants and Live Entertainment industries. It covers a whole lot of folks hat need help. For 4 1 2 months rgs the senate has not sent us a single piece of legislation, not a single piece, because senator mcconnell will not compromise so he can votes from the democrats, just as john boehner and paul ryan because they needed the votes that they thought were important. To help reopen the economy safely, there is funding for tracing and provides a lifeline to the Postal Service. That may be objectionable because they may not may want to see the mail delayed for whatever reason. I thank chairwoman lowey and all of the chairs and members of all of our committees who worked hard. Includes contributions from members including our freshmen. This bill represents a substantial reduction, 35 reduction. I tell my friends who served on the Appropriations Committee with me, if i was in charge, we wanted to make a deal and i said i will come down 35 , they would have taken it. Somebody mentioned 2 trillion. The cares act was 2. 2 trillion and all of you voted for it and that was a voice vote, unanimous and i dont know if you were here and i dont know if you would have voted against it. 2. 2 trillion. It is can extra oord. But no one has experienced the crisis that america has faced in the last eight months. No one. And every economist said it required the response and thats why we voted for four bills in a bipartisan way. But then leadership on the other side of the aisle, he said lets say what happens. 120,000 people have died. Thats what happened. We passed an emergency supplemental appropriation bill, 4152, we passed the Families First act, 463 to 40. We passed the cares act. Nobody voted against it. And patriot protection and Health Enhancement act was passed on april 23 from 3855. Lets change the politics . The politics have changed. The noo needs, mr. Speaker, have not changed. All four bills passed the snats and were signed into law. Some passed by unanimous consent by unions senate. I urge President Trump and Senate Republicans to work with us to reach bipartisan agreement without further delay. Yes, we have differences. But we have great needs. And i agree with those on the other side of the aisle and this side of the aisle who have said we must meet those needs if we keep our economy going and keep our families intact. Millions of American Families and Small Business owners are looking to congress for help. Let us come together, as we have four times. Came together overwhelmingly aid, this is a lot of money. It is a lot of money. Im boggled by the figures we are dealing with, but im boggled by the challenge that we confront. This bill represents a significant compromise while addressing the priorities we share. Mr. Speaker, i hope we can show the American People that we can come together to govern responsibly in this crisis and provide much needed relief to the people we serve. People pick out individual items in this bill. And unform, deeply mischaracterize some of them. Fake facts are being debated on this floor, mr. Speaker. I dont have the time to go into those fake facts. One of those was we are defunding the police. There was 600 million in the cops program in the heroes bill. And then subsequently we passed an appropriation bill at 343 million and the senate hasnt passed a single bill to fund anything, anything, mr. Speaker. What did the president do . The president zerofunded if you check your budget, zero funded the cops program. Zero funded it. Check it out. Mr. Speaker, i urge my colleagues to vote for this bill. And i guarantee that you that we are going to continue tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow and try to get an agreement that we can pass the house and the senate and the president will sign, because we understand the American People are in need. That is what this bill does, responds to them. If the senate does president like it. Let us go to conference and lets get it done and we will be here to do it every day. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentlelady from texas is recognized. Ms. Granger i yield to the gentleman from ohio, mr. Gonzalez, two minutes. Mr. Gonzalez the gentleman is refersing his budget and well take it when its ready. Lets be clear what we are doing today. We are going to be voting on a piece of legislation that was not negotiated and dead on arrival in the senate and will do nothing on americans who are relying on us. This is politics of the issue more than results. This is a bill that rejects 1. 7 trillion in covid aid that will help families navigate some of the most difficult moments of their lives that will help no ne except a happenedful of politicians. What a disgrace. My colleagues know what they are doing. How in good faith they say this legislation that takes steps to federalize u. S. Elections and and directs i. C. E. Is an attempt to help constituents to know these provisions will not be signed into law. The speaker of the house said we re not having a dollars debate but a values debate. Many around the country and what they value sips this pandemic broke out. My constituents puts the people over the politics and value a congress that could care less which party wins or loses so long as in their greatest moment of need the government is there. The country is sick and tired. They want to win and they win when we do our job. That is not what is happening today and the American People are rightly disgusted. My colleagues with 25 members from each side of the aisle that showed we can and should Work Together on a proposal that keeps our Small Businesses and protects our children and schools and help those who are still unemployed. I heard from people that this caucus and our package gave them hope that congress could do something for a change and yet here we are. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. We are ready to let down the people we serve. Despite all of this, there is a path forward. But it will take leadership on both sides of the aisle to cast aside their pat san hats and negotiate in good faith. Leadership doesnt need to come from our elected party leaders. Each member has a say. A yes vote is for the status quo, political messaging and nothing for the American People. A no vote is a recognition there is more work to be done and there is still an opportunity for us to act in the best interests of our constituents. We have to deliver. Its time. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentlelady is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i am very pleased to yield five minutes to the distinguished the gentleman from new jersey, the chairman of the committee on energy and commerce, a member of my class in the congress, mr. Pallone. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Pallone thank you, mr. Speaker. And i thank the chairwoman and i really want to commend you for putting together a bill which while it reduces the amount of money from the original heroes act, it improves the heroes act because of what we have learned. And that is not an easy task of what you have accomplished here and i want to congratulate you. But i want to say in response to my colleague, this is a serious attempt to put something forward that we believe that the republicans can support. Maybe they are not going to do it today. But i want to say our speaker, and when i say our, she is the speaker for the house and entire country has worked so hard to try to come together with the republicans and met yesterday and maybe today with mr. Any new hampshirin from the white house and suggest in any way this is anything but a serious attempt by democrats to think that the republicans can adopt or come close to what they can support is unfortunate. I want to go back what Speaker Pelosi said earlier and said what we are trying to do is crush the virus. I want to talk about that, because much of that language comes from the energy and commerce committee, that i chair. This is the United States of america. I know we are elected from individual districts but we represent the whole country. The only way we can crush this virus is we Work Together on a National Level tore accomplish it. What we say in the heroes act, we need a National Plan and a way to bring forth that National Plan. Every state i get so mad when i watch tv and they say ohio is doing better or new jersey is doing better, this is not this is about. It is the United States of america. And thats not what we have right now, because each state is competing, competing for testing and medical supplies and the hospitals even compete between themselves and thats not the way it should be. What we say in the heroes act and carried for is a National Plan, someone in charge of the supply chain that sets parameters of how to crash the. How you should wear a mask. Not necessarily all the plans and delivers the medical supplies and the vaccine. One of the things that is an improvement. Not only do we continue the 75 llion for testing, contact testing but we provide money for distribution and development and awareness of the vaccine when it is developed, because again, this has to be done equitably and nationally. And thats what i want to stress today. I want to stress that we have to do this together and thats what this bill puts forward. Let me just say in addition, because i want to mention a few other things. 200 billion to get essential workers to get their equipment that they need. And we have new provisions to address Insurance Companies declining to cover covid testing. Everyone who should get a test for free. The bill steppeds to the treatment and the drugs and the vaccine but the Insurance Companies are not doing it. So we want to make it quite clear and there is no out of pocket expense and true for the treatment and vaccination. We are one country. The other thing is another problem is the ability to connect to the internet, because the bottom line right now, if you are not in school and learning remotely or working remotely, you need to have an internet connection. The legislation addresses the Digital Divide by providing money tore library for Remote Learning and help lowincome housing by saying they have to have a zoint by 50 a month and continued and enhance the lifeline pay the bills for those Internet Connections and the last thing i want to mention is finally, we also prevent the shutoff for any kind of utilities, Water Service and other shutoffs because that is important. Thank you for the time. And i yield back to the speaker. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Granger its my honor to yield to the gentleman from california, the republican leader, kevin mccarthy, for one minute. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Mccarthy i thank the gentlelady for yielding. I just listened to the last speaker. Mr. Speaker, he said he had a bill that he thought and hoped maybe the republicans could support. Then he used the word united. You know the easiest way to know if republicans support it . Ask them. Let them in the room. Actually work with them. Thats probably a quicker way. The united parts a little different if you want to unite people and you leave them out. So let me recap, having been the leader on this side of the aisle, having worked on numerous covid relief bills, lets recap what we have gone through each and every time we tried to bring america relief. You know what, lets not take my word for it. Lets just read headlines. I think that will work best. March 22, the new york times. Emergency economic rescue plan in limbo as democrats block action. Yes, that was the new york times. That was march 22. So lets go to april 9, lets go to the npr. Senate democrats block g. O. P. Effort to boost Small Business aid. A week later we watched the speaker of this house appear on the late show bragging about blocking the relief while eating highend ice cream. For reference, there were 22 million unemployed americans at that time. August 3, cbs news said, democrats reject white house offer for shortterm extension of Unemployment Benefits. Lets go to september 10. Politico. Senate democrats block republican covid relief bill. Thats weird. All those headlines, i never heard united. I did hear blocking. I did see the speaker. Now let me tell you a little bit of my personal experience. When we wanted to do the cares act, the senate worked with republicans and democrats by committee. They put the bill together. You listened to leader schumer that night said, yes, were ready to go. The bill is prepared. I took the red eye, flew back. The speaker did too. We went into the meeting together. And you know what, just read one of these headlines. The speaker was able to stop it for a whole week. How many people were laid off that week . But there was change in the bill. The arts and the Kennedy Center got a little more. But that was the only thing. And then we were able to pass it. And in there we were able to produce the p. P. P. For Small Businesses, allows you to pay your rent, utility, but you took that money and you paid your employees. Why were you paying your employees . Because government shut down your bills. Was it successful . Whoa, was it successful. Did it go to the owner . No, it went to the people. It went to the workers. 50 million workers were saved. It was so powerful, so successful that the money was running out. So you know what, the treasury secretary sent a letter, sent a letter to us and said, you dont need to change anything. Just add a little more money. Because its so successful and saving so many jobs. Well, we got our answer. One person stopped it all. And she did it on the late show for all of america to see. You remember her smiling as she opened that refridge refrigerator and denied those 22 million people, that they were going to join those unemployment lines and she was going to smile about it. Because she had her ice cream. And you know what happened, i listened to the speakers words. She said, you know what, were going to get this done. Were not going to leave. Because she has all the power of whether we stay in here and do our job or not. So it doesnt matter if 1 3 on the other side stays home and votes by proxy and still gets their paycheck. She had everybody leave. But then i had hope. I had hope, those who were unemployed, i had hope for those who wanted took back for those who were unemployed, i had hope for those who wanted to go back to school and had the money. Because the speaker called an emergency meeting, forcing us to come back here. So i thought, maybe, maybe she changed. Maybe actually what she said she meant this time. So she was going to force congress back and she did. And you know what, 1 3 on the other side didnt show because they didnt think it was an emergency. Was it about covid relief . Was it about the American People who were hurting . No, no, no, no. It was about the post office. It was political. So we should have everybody come back. And you know, when youre in the minority, theres only certain rules you have. And certain options to put something on the floor. So you know what the republicans chose to do that day, when the democrats chose to talk about the post office . We put covid relief on the floor. So there was an option, there was an opportunity. The power of the speaker rose again. She put her thumb down and everybody else on the other side followed. So you know what the American Public lost that you know what, the American Public lost that day too. They lost one more time. The facts speak for themselves. The common denominator in holding up relief for the American People, its very simple. Speaker pelosi. She spent the last several months stonewalling negotiations instead of working to solve problems. You know why, you know why were here today, because republicans put a discharge petition on the floor. I wonder why we got out let out early last friday. Discharge petition must become right, where people can sign it. When her members revolted and she responded by recycling an old, unrelated liberal wish list from her first bill. Now at a time when 837 more americans are filing for unemployment and Small Businesses are closing permanently, shes wasting americans time on yet another multitrilliondollar special interest bailout that rewards k street, not main street. Todays socalled compromise snt realistic or responsible. Its the pelosi pipe dream 2. 0. And the filled with the same radical, reckless andry dick louis ideas as the first bill and ridiculous ideas as the first bill. Instead of prioritizing new money for Small Businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program, it provides a massive tax break to the millionaires and billionaires that are totally unrelated to the coronavirus. Now, let me give you an example. Lets take one person in america thats going to benefit from this. You actually ought to rename the this bill the Mike Bloomberg bill. Mike bloomberg is reported to have made 3. 5 billion last year. He lives in new york, so if you take the state and local taxes, you combine them, its 12. 5 . So that would mean, if this bill passes, you just gave him 160 million in his pocket. Thats an interesting number, 160 million. I wonder how 160 million, if thats how much he would save, how would that affect him . Well, i just read a couple reports, mr. Speaker, do you know Michael Bloomberg just put 100 million in to florida to win it for joe biden . And another interesting report, he has given the democrats 60 million to help them try to keep the majority this year, mr. Speaker. And whats even more interesting, Michael Bloomberg ran for president. And when he was onstage, you know what he said . He said he bought the democrats the majority. He said he spent 100 million. He bragged about the individuals that he was able to spend that money on. Hm. Some people would wonder, is that money well spent . Some people might wonder if they read that bill, hm, 160 million. What does that mean to the person who is unemployed . I dont think Mike Bloomberg needs that. I know a lot of Small Businesses, i know a lot of unemployed workers that need the money. But you chose somebody else to respond to. You chose somebody else to reward. Shame on you. Instead of guaranteeing commonsense protections against frivolous lawsuits for schools, for Small Business, for child care, for churches, it gives amnesty, work visas and taxpayerfunded stimulus checks to Illegal Immigrants. Lots of times when you read a bill, you see what you prioritize. Instead of boosting jobs, it bails out the can bus industry cannabis industry. You have read your own bill . In fact, it mentions cannabis more than it mentions jobs. Did you read the bill . It mentions cannabis more than it mentions jobs. I would challenge anybody in this body to name me one time in their district in one meeting, that it got mentioned cannabis more than jobs what youre going through right now. Our districts may be different, but i dont believe anybody has that. Instead of reopening the economy, it releases criminals to our communities. Democrats think the economy should be locked down. But they dont think serial killers should be locked up. But the speakers latest bill does have a noteworthy difference from the original. At a time when the left wing mobs are creating chaos in our cities, the bill unequivocally embraces the lefts defund the police agenda. In fact, it removes 600 million of the emergency funding for state and local enforcement and communityoriented policing that was in the first bill. Thats where you cut. Democrats actually believe the top priority of congress is fewer cops and more criminals. Again, sometimes when you read the bills, it lets people know their priorities. I listened to the speaker before much she always told me before. She always told me, bills show your values. I heard the speaker recently said, the democrats values are different than republicans. These are your values, yes, they are. Yes, they are. Another striking difference is the tens of billions of dollars for Public Education to combat misinformation about the Coronavirus Vaccine. Mr. Speaker, i was happy to hear my colleague on the other side speak a little earlier about the vaccine. I was excited. Because the democrat nominee for president , the person he chose to be his runningmate, doesnt think people should take the vaccine. Even though its going to be safe and effective and save peoples lives. Its interesting. The individual who is running for president on the democrat side said he is the democratic party. Joe biden, Kamala Harris and Speaker Pelosi actively spread in public over the last few weeks misinformation about an ability to save lives. American families, workers and Small Businesses will continue to pay the price for democrats refusal to take this crisis seriously. It doesnt have to be this way. Thats the worst part of all of this. T doesnt have to be this way. As the past several month its have proven, targeted upon the montgomeries have proven, targeted and months have roven, proveen targeted relief works. I cant tell you how many people got laid off for every time Speaker Pelosi has delayed our bills. I cant tell you how many households and how many businesses have gone bankrupt because she didnt keep her word and say we would stay here and do it. I cant tell you how many more people wonder if their kids can go to college because nancy pelosi, our speaker, called us back for an emergency, but it wasnt about covid. Instead of using americas suffering as leverage to pass a socialist agenda, congress should be working on getting the American People back to work safely and back to School Safely. Republicans have spent months using every tool available to minority, to build on the cares act and get support to main street. The American People actually ought to see how people vote here. Because just yesterday we put on the floor a vote for p. P. P. Every single democrat voted no. Every single one. Its something theyve already supported before. Money is already sitting there. More than 130 billion. This month our efforts culminated in a discharge petition to reopen the Paycheck Protection Program, which ive said has already saved 51 million jobs. Mr. Speaker, to the American Public, what does a discharge petition mean . You see, the speaker, whoever he or she is, has all the power. They can determine what comes to the floor. But a discharge petition give gives the power to the members. All it takes is 218 members to sign it. All it would do is take the money thats there for the Paycheck Protection Program and make sure the bill comes to the floor and can be voted on. It would be really telling to know how many people back home say they support it and how many times they come here and are fearful. Fearful of threats if they sign he discharge petition. The petition is being led by Ranking Member steve chabot and Jamie Herrera beutler. I want to thank both of them. You know what theyve done . Theyve put the American People first. Steve chabot, Ranking Member of Small Business. When we were crafting the cares bill, where the p. P. P. Was created, it was him who worked so hard to make sure Small Businesses, those employed by them, got resources. He did an amazing job. Jamie herrera beutler, probably one of the most bipartisan members in this body. They didnt do it for political gain. They did it because they listened to their district. As of friday, this commonsense solution officially became open for signatures. Just 218 to earn a vote on the floor. I think it deserves a vote. I think if you took it to the public, theyd pick that a lot sooner than theyd pick what this bill is doing. Mr. Speaker, every member of this body must make a choice tonight. Members who endorse the speakers reckless actions can vote yes on the recycled liberal wish list and then go home an explain to Small Businesses in their district why they prioritized politics over people. They can stand up and say no, we worked hard for cannabis. A lot harder than we worked for jobs. We made sure the police got cut and made sure blike bloomberg got paid back. That 160 million hes spending in the campaign today, hell get it all back, the taxpayers will pay him for it. That what this bill does. It could be the Michael Bloomberg cannabis cut the cops bill. Thats power. Thats real power. You could make sure bly Michel Bloomberg does not lose 1 with the 160 million hes invested to make sure joe biden and the democrats stay in power. If youre that proud of this bill, why dont you name what it does . It makes sure all of america knows cannabis is your number one priority, not jobs. It makes sure you take care of those who take care of you in a campaign, Michael Bloomberg. And it makes sure that Everybody Knows you do not care about the safety of our streets, that youre going to cut the police by 600 million. Thats one heck of a campaign. Thats an amazing you know, whats interesting, so many times the leaders people have said here, the speaker, the speaker of the house, shes the speaker for all of america. She always tells us this will tell you what your values are. And i remember what she recently said, that our values are different. I want to agree with the speaker. Our values are different. On this side of the aisle, we believe in a commitment to america. We believe that we will defeat this virus. Because we will create a safe nd secure vaccine. Mr. Speaker, the house is not in order. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is correct, the house is not in order. Mr. Mccarthy you know the other difference in our values, in our commitment to america . You can read it, you can go to commitmenttoamerica. Com. We actually reject defunding the police. We say well spend 1. 75 billion more. On the police. Not cut them 600 million. You know what well do with the money . Community police, more training and 500,000 body cameras. We also have a plan. We can tell you how many jobs were going to create. Were going to create 10 million ew jobs. I dont know how bad or how big youll expand the marijuana business but in here it mentions that more than jobs. Were going to end the dependency on china. We just dont say it, we actually do it. We just came out with a tax for it. It not only shows you the problem, it shows you the solution. You know what we did different, mr. Speaker, than you did with this bill . We didnt produce something and say we think the democrats might like some of this, we invited you to join us. Mr. Speaker, the house is still not in order. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is correct, the house is not in order. Mr. Mccarthy a year ago i went to the speaker. I asked her that we could create a Bipartisan Committee dealing with china. China is representing its 71st anniversary. Theres no more freedom in china today than there was 31 years ago in tiananmen square. Took me eight months of negotiation with the democrat leadership until they finally said yes. We picked the people who were going to be on it. And right before we went to name it, they decided no, they didnt want to be part of it. This was before covid. I just dont understand. I just dont understand that our values are that different. Members who want to bring an end to the speakers excuses, who believe this is a moment to work for main street, not k street, should vote no. And sign the herrera bullet lerchabot discharge petition. By adding your name youll be advancing a fair process toward making bipartisan law for American Families. Thats what our neighborhoods need. They need us to legislate for them, not posture for november. I urge all my democrat colleagues to join us. Make a commitment to america. Not to Michael Bloomberg, not to cannabis. Focus on actually who voted you to get here. Do not be so intimidated because somebody supplied so many millions of dollars. To try to persuade people to vote a certain way. Listen to those who have been laid off. I know what its like to have a dream. To open a Small Business. I know what the hardships are like. But i have not witnessed personally the hardship of what the virus has done when theyve been shut down. The least i would expect is this body that would act. Put people before politics. But unfortunately, yes, the values of one side are different than ours. Every chance we have, we have put forth relief for the American Public. And the only opportunity we have now is a discharge petition. Because no one definitely can vote for this. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back. The gentlelady from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey i am very pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from georgia, the distinguished chair of the agriculture subcommittee of appropriations, mr. Bishop. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Bishop i thank the gentlelady for yielding and mr. Speaker, i rise in support of this updated heroes act. This bill is about people and not about politics. As chairman of the agriculture, Rural Development subcommittee on appropriations, i would like to highlight the important provisions of this bill in my section that touches the lives of every american in some ways. It provides a total of 50. 4 billion to help american pus food on the table, to keep their homes, protect Agricultural Products from the house is not in order. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman may continue. Mr. Bishop tok to keep their homes, protect mr. Bishop to keep their homes, protect crops from pests and disease, and evaluate Coronavirus Vaccine applications. We provide 0 billion to snap, 4 million to w. I. C. For working families who lost their jobs and are laid off due to the covid19 emergency. We included money for food banks and 1. Billion for assistance for the territories. All of these programs will increase Food Security during this crisis. To keep our food supply safe and thriving during the covid19 pandemic, we provided 350 million for the agricultural quarantine inspection program. 2. 5 million for the usda office of Inspector General to increase their monitoring and oversight activities. For our farmers and producers under increased pressure in an already difficult environment we provided 20 million for activities an services to provide stress assistance resources. For our rural americans, we included 10 million to for the increased work load for Rural Development program employees, . 6 billion for grants to Rural Electric coops, and 309 million to the Rural Housing service to assist rural tenants who have lost jobs in this pandemic. Finally so we can begin to see light at the end of this covid19 tunnel, we provide 1. 5 million to the food and Drug Administration to support their safety evaluations for the Coronavirus Vaccine applications going forward. I urge my colleagues to support this bill. This is a good bill. Its long overdue. The American People need it and deserve it and i urge my colleagues to pass it. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from texas is recognized. Ms. Granger i urge a no vote and yield back my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady yields back. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i urge a yes vote and i at this point there are no plans for the senate to take up the measure. 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