Scott is a program associate for Congressional Relations at The Heritage Foundation.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference to discuss the COVID relief bill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021.
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Key Takeaways
The House of Representatives last week started piecing together what will become a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package and will force it through Congress.
It is unfair for taxpayers in well budgeted states such as Montana, Texas, and Utah to have to bailout states that’ve ran up deficits year after year.
If Congress truly wants to help the American people move past COVID-19 and reopen the economy, they would work to include only what is necessary.