Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, in March, our public health experts said that we needed to stay home to fight this virus and to bend the curve. Those public health experts urged the administration and Congress to design COVID-19 relief that included 8 weeks of paycheck protection and enhanced unemployment compensation through July, all with the thought that that was the amount of support that we needed to provide, given the nature of this virus. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to state the obvious: Months later, America remains in the throes of a brutal pandemic, Americans are hurting, and Arkansans are hurting. Every day I hear from restaurant owners and hotel operators who are concerned about whether or not they will stay in business and whether or not they can survive. Central Arkansans tell me that they are spending more time worried about their school kids, keeping their schools open, and having reliable broadband to be able to do telemedicine and tele-education. More central Arkansans are taking their meals at food banks. Mr. Speaker, frontline workers depend on help and our health industry to deliver the care that is essential. Yet, Mr. Speaker, for what has the House leadership and Speaker Pelosi brought us back to Washington, D.C., to consider? Is it to consider this much-needed delivered COVID-19 relief for the American people? No.…”