I do believe that the best way for us to get back on solid economic footing is by getting through this pandemic, and that means supporting households, supporting businesses, especially small businesses, supporting our State and local governments.
Rouse advocates for support to households and businesses during the pandemic.
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With the price of food rising, they will be responding by making additional plantings and trying to take advantage of the increased price signals.
Our prime focus right now has to be on getting us through this pandemic, to provide aid to our households, to our businesses, especially small businesses.
If we do not, we run the risk of actually finding ourselves in a downward spiral, because the capacity to deal with our debt is not only the amount that we spend but the size of our economy.
He would like to be able to pass and accomplish these goals in a bipartisan fashion. But what is most important for him is that we actually make these investments in our economy.
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