reason why they would be facing eviction. the money, now, exists across the various states and localities for that back rent to be covered. so that no tenant finds themself in a situation where they confront eviction. that was the whole purpose of allocating a substantial amount of money. the challenge that we ve confronted and recall that the american rescue plan was passed in mid-march is that, for months, the money has not made it out of the door. this is why we re going to have the conversation with secretary yellen, tomorrow, to begin to get an understanding as to how we, as members of congress, can ensure that the administration is exerting the appropriate amount of pressure. and using its leverage to make sure that the relief makes it to the landlords and tenants who are confronting this eviction situation. you know, there are those who will argue, look, there are many
will take a look at the facts and hopefully if that s the way to do it, then move forward with that. do you have the votes in the state senate if those articles come to you to convict? well, again, in the articles come, they will come in the form of a trial in the very same way that it happens on a national level. and so i am sure that the case would be prepared and we will listen to the case. i do not have a vote. i am the majority leader. i don t have a vote. but i know that my colleagues will be more than willing and ready to listen to the presentation of the case and make their judgments from there. but, obviously, what i am saying, and i think what many people are saying is that that is certainly a way to go. it will take some time. it takes energy. right now, you were just listening to the congresswoman who was talking about the eviction situation.
that we were successful in getting so much money into the economy during this huge crisis when the economy had to be slammed shut, that in the end a lot of people are actually able to pay off some of their debt, save some money. that s leading to more demand now. the economy is not perfect, there are still many unemployed people, there are many people who can t find jobs or people who still have to be h take care of their kids. in the segment we just saw, there are pockets of crisis, like the fact that the eviction moratorium is you know, the situation we re in right here. so we don t know how the economy is going to grow going forward. the big problems are the coronavirus. but when you talk about the eviction situation, we have a human crisis, which is what was just argued there so strongly. the fact that we had policies in place and they weren t working and the money wasn t getting to people and it was allowed to expire when we knew this deadline was happening is unconscionable. we