Joseph P. Kennedy III: “Just days ago, President Trump stood up before the American public and told us that he asked his administration to slow…”

Beyond the horrific loss of life caused by this pandemic and the administration's failed response, the economic consequence of job losses, business closures, imminent evictions, will last for generations.

In other parlance, it is countercyclical, right? When you have an economic downturn, Medicaid enrollment increases, right?

We are still reeling from the opioid crisis, which we never quite got our arms around. And I am just thinking that we are adding fuel to the fire here and that we should be very mindful of the fact that this is going to get, as we are…

But now, as cases of COVID-19 reaches historic highs on a daily basis, we need to act quickly and to learn from our mistakes and protect the people that we serve.