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Restaurant Relief Fund Championed by Blumenauer Has Received Applications Requesting Double What’s Available Restaurants have requested $65 billion so far. Only $28.6 billion is available.
Updated 7:18 PM
The federal restaurant relief fund championed by U.S Rep. Earl Blumenauer that opened up for applications not yet two weeks ago has already received $65 billion worth of requests for funding—and has only $28.6 billion is available.
Blumenauer released a statement Wednesday alongside several U.S senators and representatives that asked Congress to refill that fund swiftly.