The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. April 23, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable kathy castor to act as splote on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. 7 the speaker pro tempore the a prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. Send your spirit of peace and comity among the members of the peoples house. These are days of great political, social, and economic stress in our nation, and those whose work is to legislate through this pandemic are naturally under considerable pressure. Give us all patience, especially with one another. May all our citizens in the midst of great turmoil be filled with gratitude for those in our nation whose work must go on when it would be so easy not to assume their responsibility to do so. Continue to bl
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I want to share more information about the 2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill we will be voting on today. The American People need relief now. That is what this bill intends to provide. The bill is far from perfect, but is a positive, bipartisan step in the right direction and more importantly puts workers and families first. Our country faces two simultaneous crises, a Public Health crises and an economic crises. The only way we are going to deal with the economic crisis is if we flatten the curve and deal with the Public Health crisis. This bill provides a lot of money for frontline line care workers and hospitals, as well as state and local governments that are dealing with the front lines of the Public Health crisis. The economic crisis is obviously important. Cash paymentsides and broadly supported economic assistance to Small Businesses and much more to assist with economic relief. It could have gone further. It has important oversight and accountability measures, prohibiting s
Last friday, but only 150 could artistic paid in the debate on the to trillion dollar Economic Relief package. To show video statements by any remaining members who submitted them. We received 33 videos, all from democrats so far. Next you hear from mike levin, jamie raskin, andy kim and kathy castor. This is congressman mike levin. I am coming to you from my Washington Dc Office after a redeye flight last night. I want to share more information about the 2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill we will be voting on today. The American People need relief now. That is what this bill intends to provide. The bill is far from perfect, but is a positive, bipartisan step in the right direction and more importantly puts workers and families first. Our country faces two simultaneous crises, a Public Health crises and an economic crises. The only way we are going to deal with the economic crisis is if we flatten the curve and deal with the Public Health crisis. This bill provides a lot of money for