July 20, 2021 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House and Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee (DPCC) Chairs for a press event with moms helped by the Biden Child Tax Credit. Below are the Speaker’s remarks:
Leader Schumer. Tell the Speaker I was here on time.
[Laughter]
Speaker Pelosi. Let the record show the date and the time that the Democratic Leader of the Senate was here before the rest of us. Thank you, Mr. Leader, for honoring us with your presence, on time, and for returning to the House side. I m pleased to welcome you and Senator Stabenow back over to the House. We were always so proud of your service here, and we re proud of your leadership in the United States Senate. And also pleased to welcome Senator Booker to the House – where did he go? – to the House.
• Scranton, $69.9 million.
• Hazleton, $17.9 million.
Wilkes-Barre’s estimated allotment surprised its mayor George Brown. “I didn’t have any confirmation until today,” Brown said.
After being notified of the funding Brown called all five council members, he said.
Brown thanked Cartwright and fellow Democrat U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Scranton for their efforts on passing the COVID-19 relief bill.
“I am very grateful to Congressman Cartwright and Senator Casey for their wonderful help in securing this money for the city of Wilkes-Barre,” Brown said. “It’s going to be a wonderful help.”
The funding has “strict parameters” on it how it can be spent. It cannot be used to reduce taxes and for pensions, Brown said. But it can be put toward “some of the losses we experienced during the pandemic,” he said.