Cedric Richmond: “If we give some of our Federal workers a raise, we might be able to keep them around a little bit longer.”

We are pushing this as hard as we possibly can. We are calling and asking Congress to act on this legislation. Because at the end of the day, this pandemic is not picking people based on party affiliation, color or income level, and we…

The vast majority of Republicans and Democrats and independents support the actions we're taking. And we're governing ourselves by the president's values, the president's morals, and we're not picking Democratic issues or Republican issues.

we knew that we needed to extend enhanced unemployment. We knew that we needed to provide help for state and local governments.

I will not be lectured about law and order from Donald Trump who led an insurrection on the United States Capitol.