Frank Pallone

The Senate should act on this legislation immediately. We simply cannot beat this virus without these efforts in place.

The HEROES Act requires clear benchmarks and timelines and brings public accountability to this entire process.

While the President continues to abdicate his responsibility, House Democrats once again took bold action last month by passing the HEROES Act.

This failure of leadership at the national level has forced States to fend for themselves.

It's essential that we unite to combat this virus so that we can save lives, protect communities and safely reopen our economy.

It ensures that all COVID-19 treatment is free without cost-sharing for all Americans.

The HEROES Act also puts in place clear guidelines for how an additional $100 billion in resources for the Provider Relief Fund should be distributed.

The HEROES Act also finally requires the Trump administration to develop comprehensive and coordinated strategies for testing, contact tracing, and surveillance.

House Democrats took bold action last month by passing the HEROES Act.

The President continues, in my opinion, to abdicate his responsibility.

And this failure of leadership at the national level has forced States to fend for themselves.

Unfortunately, President Trump continues to refuse to put in place a national strategy for moving forward.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise today in strong support of the HEROES Act. Our top priority is the health and safety of the American people, and the HEROES Act lays the foundation we will need to safely reopen the economy…

We need to have a strategy and plan in place now to make sure that we cannot only fill that vaccine, make it, distribute it, but administer it in a fair and equitable plan.

I am very critical of the administration in terms of their, I call it incompetence with the supply chain, with lack of testing.

I am concerned, Dr. Bright, that the Trump administration does not have plans for a nationwide vaccine program...

Dr. Bright, your allegations are serious, and they deserve a real investigation.

Dr. Bright, your allegations are serious. They deserve a real investigation.

We should be conducting rigorous oversight of the trillions of dollars, and myriad of new policies Congress has appropriated and enacted in the last three months.

I am thankful that President Trump invoked the Defense Production Act to ramp up U.S. manufacturing of masks and ventilators.

That could not be further from the truth.

The promises have been hollow--testing is getting better, but nowhere near where it needs to be.

While states and frontline healthcare workers were pleading for personal protective equipment, testing supplies and other resources to protect them and their patients, President Trump's response was to let states fight it out on the open…

For months, the President has delivered mixed messages and misinformation to the American people, creating confusion across the nation.

President Trump and his Administration have failed to provide the consistent and stable leadership that is necessary to guide our nation through this public health and economic crisis.