Jimmy Panetta: “I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. H.R. 6800 is anything but a wish list for Democrats. Instead, the HEROES Act means…”

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. H.R. 6800 is anything but a wish list for Democrats. Instead, the HEROES Act means everything to the people in all of our congressional districts. States and cities across our country are losing revenue that will lead to a loss of services and our safety. The funding in this bill shores up those services and our security, especially for our small cities. The PPP benefits small businesses, but it needs to be expanded and easier to understand. This bill provides those improvements, as well as more testing and tracing, help for renters and owners, broadband for kids, purchases for farmers, and protections for farmworkers. So when you call this a wish list, know that it is our constituents who are wishing for funding so that they can fight and defeat this pandemic.”