revitalization fund was already designed. it just needs to be refilled. we asked for $120 billion originally. we received $28.6 billion. there s 177,000 restaurants who never got support. so i think what restaurants want is just fair reciprocity. they want to say, hey, we re going to do our part, we re going to make it as safe as possible, but help us on the other hand so it doesn t kill our business and at the same time lose jobs for all these hard working people. so you re needing more federal assistance. you ve said that 86% of the restaurants are in danger of closing. and congress needs to replenish the restaurant revitalization fund established by the american rescue plan. and i know you too have been working hard to ensure the safety of your customers. but those safety measures come with a cost. they do. prices for just about everything have been going up.
hard during this pandemic. now a lot of restaurant owners are calling for relief, saying that without help from the government, they will be forced to close their doors. cnn s vanessa ukay vich has more. reporter: we have been warning about this moment for a long time. reporter: restaurants across the country, quiet, facing uncertainty and many on the brink of closing again. carol stein, co-founder of the independent restaurant coalition, saw it coming. we knew that it just was one more wave, one big variant, one bad winter, away from disaster for a lot of restaurants. reporter: omicron has crushed restaurants. this week diners dropping by an average of 28% nationwide compared to 2020 according to open table. the $28.6 billion restaurant revitalization fund rrf saved many restaurants from closing last year, but with nearly
those celebrating this trans gender day of visibility. we have your back. here is how. u.s. citizens apply for passports selecting their gender as x. the tsa will invest $18.6 billion to neutral advance the technology and hhs says it will support pursuant blockers and gender affirming surgeries for some adolescents. we re committed to gender equality in the classroom. on the playing field, at work, in our military. equality on the playing field means something different in some states including arizona, iowa, south dakota, and oklahoma where governors have recently banned transgender women from competing in girls sports. biological males cannot compete in women s sports. white house has been most outspoken against a florida law banning lessons about sexual orientation or gender identity from kindergarten through 3rd grade. the governor has chosen toe target some of florida s most vulnerable students and families all under the guise of parents
will be interesting to see if the bbc stands firm continues to refuse to show any royal aides the documentary before it goes out. there are some really interesting piece on the sunday times about the ex wife ofjeff bezos giving away her money says she is giving it a way that the value of her stock keeps rising. they say she has given away over a year over $8 billion, $8.6 billion in the 12 months to june and they make the point she is doing it quite differently from other people. sometimes when these last nations are giving to charities, they see mostly when that happens there is a very specific detail attached to the donation in terms of how it should be used but she just seems to be going down the route of wanting to give it away quickly and spreading it quite wide. there is support from her saying
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