Political Quotes

“Madam President, the most recent count of confirmed Americans who have died as a result of COVID-19 is 157,551 souls. In my State of Maryland, that confirmed number is 3,402. Those are the confirmed deaths. We believe the deaths are even higher. Although the United States represents only 4.3 percent of the world's population, we represent over 26 percent of the COVID-19 infections and almost 23 percent of fatalities. These numbers are continuing to grow every day. The Trump administration was ill-prepared, inadequate in its response, misleading and inconsistent in its messaging, missing in the international leadership to deal with this global pandemic, and denied the consequences of the pandemic on our own constituents. Congress took on its responsibility by passing major legislation. The passage of the CARES Act--which was passed in March--was the right response at that time to do what we needed to deal with the pandemic. But we knew by May that COVID-19 would have a much longer impact on our country, would be more difficult to control, and we had to take additional steps in Congress in order to protect our Nation. The House did the right thing in passing the Heroes Act on May 15. It has been almost 3 months, and the Republican leadership in the Senate has failed to respond. We need to take action that is equivalent to the challenge--this incredible challenge. This is the worst pandemic we have seen since the 1918 influenza pandemic, over 100 years ago.…”