and Cesar Alvarez, candidate for vice chair of the DEM-NPL in North Dakota
Just over a year ago, the COVID-19 global health pandemic began the public health and economic crisis that infected almost 30 million people in the U. S. alone and took over 540,000 American lives. In North Dakota over 100,000 of our just 762,062 population were infected and 1466 fellow North Dakotans lost their lives. This loss of life is accompanied by tremendous economic and social hardship.
We believe that this crisis provides an opportunity for North Dakotans to come together to “build back better.” In early March, the Biden-Harris American Rescue Plan was signed into law and last week the administration has unveiled an infrastructure proposal that makes significant investments in rural America. These actions by the administration are the first steps to bringing an end to the pandemic and to restoring our economy. Former Congressman Barney Frank was known for saying “Government is simply the name we give to the things we choose to do together.”