Ron Estes: “2 weeks ago, my Republican colleagues and I asked for more funding for the Paycheck Protection Program. More than 1.6…”

“2 weeks ago, my Republican colleagues and I asked for more funding for the Paycheck Protection Program. More than 1.6 million small businesses and their employees were helped before the money ran out, including $4.3 billion in PPP loans for more than 26,000 small businesses in Kansas. Now, hundreds of thousands of applications sit, because Congress would not act in time. As a result, small business owners are laying off employees, they are losing the businesses that they worked so hard to build. This bill will save 201,000 Kansas jobs. While late, this bill provides more funding to the program, representing a small step towards reopening America. This money will save businesses and jobs and allows more hardworking Americans to provide for their families. Increased testing is a vital step in our return to normalcy. This bill provides $75 billion for healthcare providers and another $25 billion for testing capacity to combat the virus. Testing is critical to reopening Kansas and getting America going again. Today, I am grateful for the Americans who stepped up to help their neighbors in this unprecedented time, and I will continue to show up for Kansas by supporting this legislation.”