On the recordMarch 25, 2020
we are on the cusp of a historic bill today--a bipartisan bill--that we took a different approach on, thanks to Republican leadership. We asked the leaders of each of the committees, both Democrats and Republicans, to focus on their portion of the needs behind this COVID-19 crisis. Before I get into my remarks today, though, I want to remind my colleagues here today that we have sponsored a resolution recognizing and thanking all the people in America who are stepping up and, as others have said, putting their own health and their families' health at risk to make sure that their neighbors and friends and patients and business partners are taken care of. I am talking about supply chain people, healthcare workers, transportation workers, ag industry--all the people in the country who are keeping the essential needs of our population going. While restaurants are closed, they have takeout services, even here in Washington, DC. That is not an easy thing to do for those folks. It is a loss. They are losing money right now. I want to make sure that we recognize, in the midst of this crisis, how Americans are responding. Americans always respond to crisis in a better way than anybody else in the history of the world, in my opinion. Sometimes we are not always the quickest to recognize that we are in a crisis, but, right now, we are responding to this one right here before us. As a matter of fact, I believe we have two crises today.…
