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Relief measures congressre has passed there was 150 billion sent to the state and local governments, much of which have yet to be spent and frankly we dont know what the actual need is until we have a better sense of what the revenue loss is to the state and local governments. They are sounding the alarm and justifiably worried about what happens if the downturn in the economy continues and what that dght mean for their revenues. So, they are looking to washington, d. C. For assistance, and i think that as i said earlier, there was 150 billion that went out to state and local governments and thereve been concerns about how they could be used. They were stipulated that they had to be used for these expenses and many state and local leaders were concerned that that didnt give them the flexibility thatee they needed o meet other types of needs. The Treasury Department has come out with an interpretation that would t allow the 15 ....
Colleagues have come to the floor and spoken here or elsewhere about the importance of providing assistance to state and local governments, and that if that doesnt happen that theyre there are going to be police officers, First Responders and people who have essential jobs that we rely on every single day and for whom were so grateful, that wouldnt be able to get paid. I would just point out that already as part of the Coronavirus Relief measures that congress has passed, there was 150 billion sent to state and local governments, much of which has yet to be spent. And, frankly, much of which we dont know what the actual need is out there until we have a better sense for what the revenue loss is to a lot of our state and local governments. Clearly they are sounding the alarm and are justifiably worried about what happens if the downturn in the economy continues and what ....
Employment and where there are still challenges to overcome. We will hear from members of our military and their families. Youll hear about their struggles and their triumphs, as they navigate the transitions to civilian life. We will get a first look at a road map created by the Bush Institute and hiring our heroes. The roadmap serves as a guide or the men and women of our military as they seek meaningful, longterm employment as civilians. We know that securing military meaningful, longterm employment and experiencing a Successful Transition from military to civilian life, go handinhand. Our fellow citizens have answered the call to support our veterans and military families with opportunity. Over the past five years, over 2000 businesses were part of the coalitions in this room, hiring our heroes, the hundred thousand job coalition, led by j. P. Morgan chase, blackst ....
Call to action and i said you know what can you do, ill tell you. You can pay your vendors within 15 days of getting a valid invoice from them. That would show your commitment back and he accepted that challenge and im very, we theed path finders like this in corporate america, so that is one of the, it opens the conversations we had and im seeing results and am grateful for that. Is there an argument beyond listen, that you can point to your supply chain and say this is a really brilliant business decision thats going to help you make a lot of money. First data as a supplier, general actually declared were going the hire 30 of new hires spouses. I turned that to our supply chain and said not only do i want you to do it, im not writing you out of the contract, but id like you to do that as well. Not because youre a supplier of usa, but it makes good business. I found almost every supplier said we want to do that as well because we see the value of doing it. But then the question was ho ....