Sheila Jackson Lee: “We need rural, city, local, and State funding and $15 million in rental assistance. We need to do this resolution and…”

“We need rural, city, local, and State funding and $15 million in rental assistance. We need to do this resolution and pass the HEROES legislation now. Mr. Speaker, as a senior member of the Committees on the Judiciary, and on Homeland Security, and the Budget, I rise in strong support of H. Res. 965, which authorizes the Speaker, in consultation with the Minority Leader, to temporarily implement remote committee proceedings and remote voting in the House when she has been notified by the Sergeant-at-Arms, in consultation with the Attending Physician, of a public health emergency due to the coronavirus. When exercised, that authority lasts for 45 days but can be extended if the public health emergency persists or there is a resurgence. Mr. Speaker, in the 231 years since the first Congress met in New York City on March 4, 1789, our nation has undergone and overcome many crises and challenges, from the presence of British troops in the capital city during the War of 1812, to the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the Spanish Flu of 1918, the Great Depression, and the Great Recession of 2008. Through it all, Americans have persevered and America has flourished because Americans do not give up hope or give in to despair. Instead of cursing the darkness, we light candles. Our national history is one of pride in our democracy, in a government of, for, and by the people, and our willingness to sacrifice to keep it and our ability to adapt to changing times to sustain it.…”