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On the recordMay 15, 2020
As we face a challenge even greater than the Great Depression, it is imperative that we pass the HEROES Act today and then continue to fight. Next, I hope we tailor a specific plan to rescue America's 500,000 neighborhood restaurants and their 11 million workers. Without action soon, 80 percent of them will go out of business this year, causing not just more economic loss and unemployment but irreparable damage to every community and every neighborhood in America.
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Earl Blumenauer
Democratic · Oregon
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May 15, 2020

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