[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 25, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S2021]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              CORONAVIRUS

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, as the chairman of the Finance Committee 
and the head of the Tax Task Force, I want to highlight a few areas of 
the bipartisan economic relief bill we will be voting on today.
  Recovery checks to give Americans needed cash to provide for their 
families and get through our current health crisis look like this: 
$1,200 for individuals, $2,400 for married couples, and $500 for each 
child. There is no minimum, no phase-in. It starts out at the lowest 
level.
  Anyone with a Social Security number who is not a dependent of anyone 
else should be eligible for a check under the income caps.
  We also have very strong unemployment compensation additions to the 
present program in this bill. We also have incentives to help charities 
because they play a very important role in this recovery.
  My colleagues across the aisle said last week that the business tax 
issues were corporate bailouts. That couldn't be further from the 
truth, and I think my Democratic colleagues now agree. This is about 
helping our workers keep their jobs.
  Our economic relief package to recover this economy has provisions to 
help businesses so that they have the cash to keep the doors open and 
keep making payroll. We all worked hard, along with the administration, 
to get this job done.
  Now it is time to vote on this bill and deliver relief for the 
American people and to recover this economy--get the strong economy 
back that we had.
  I yield the floor

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