Political Quotes

On the recordJune 29, 2020
Mr. Speaker, during this pandemic millions of Americans have lost their jobs and are dangerously close to losing their homes. The relief this Congress provided has kept millions of Americans housed. We must continue to act. Thirty percent of renters are not able to pay their rent in June--one in three. We passed the HEROES Act to provide emergency relief for renters and homeowners who desperately need it, because everyone deserves a safe home, especially during a pandemic when being in our houses keeps us safe. The Senate has chosen not to act on the HEROES Act so we must pass the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act to ensure that millions of Americans remain in their housing until this pandemic ends and they are able to go back to work. At a time of a national crisis, I urge my colleagues to please put aside their partisan bickering and obstruction and pass the Emergency Housing Protections and Relief Act.
Said by
David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

Share & report

More from David Cicilline

Apr 17, 2023

We passed the Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act last Congress, a bill I worked on with Senators Grassley and Durbin and Leahy and Congresswoman Spartz here in the House, to make sure that we had additional ways to hold war criminals…

congress.gov
Apr 16, 2023

Compare that to Mr. Jordan's Ohio, where the homicide rate is 73 percent higher than in Manhattan.

congress.gov
Apr 16, 2023

One of the things I think that Congress has a responsibility to look at, although we don't have jurisdiction over State criminal prosecutions, obviously, or local prosecutions, what is the evidence with respect to the focus on exclusively…

congress.gov
Mar 28, 2023

The House GOP's investigations are flopping.

congress.gov

Other voices in this conversation