Bonnie Watson Coleman: “I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to see us take up the HEROES Act today.…”

“I thank the gentlewoman for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I am grateful to see us take up the HEROES Act today. From State aid to essential pay, this is a step toward making sure every American makes it through this crisis. But I want to draw attention to something equally pressing. On both sides of the aisle, this pandemic has allowed us to agree that there is a floor below which we don't want any family to fall. The truth is that, before COVID-19, countless Americans were just a personal or local or national disaster away from not paying rent, not buying groceries, or worse. COVID-19 is just one more crisis derailing their lives, particularly those of Brown and Black communities. Mr. Speaker, I urge support of the bill.”