Steve Scalise actually said...

For goodness sake, we can surely reopen our schools and safely rebuild our economy.

School reopening also helps the economy because parents can more readily get back to work.

What America must now decide is whether those losses are going to be short-term costs, or will they be long term irrevocable damage?

America was experiencing the hottest economy we have ever seen, and every segment of our country was reaping those benefits.