On the recordOctober 1, 2020
The American people cannot wait. Help is on the way, and the only thing I can ask from my Republican friends is to take a walk in neighborhoods in their districts around the Nation where mothers and fathers are waiting on a disbursement needed to put food on their table. This $2.2 trillion bill is going to help businesses, nonprofits, and faith institutions with the PPP. It is going to give us protective equipment. Yes, the engine of our communities, small independent restaurants, are getting close to $120 billion; more funds to bolster education and childcare; schools that cannot open because they do not have the resources; money for testing--I have opened 33 testing sites in our neighborhoods; contact tracing, of course; making sure the cities' and counties' essential workers and hazard pay is paid. Is anyone asking the American people if they are suffering and need this resource to help them? To fight COVID-19, we have to stop the evictions; stop the foreclosures; give healthcare, clothes, food, and security; make sure we take care of small businesses, education; and give our people a lifeline. The American people can't wait. Now is the time to help them. Vote on the Heroes Act for this money and this relief.
