[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 164 (Tuesday, September 22, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H4653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





   REPUBLICANS ARE SUPPORTING THE INVESTOR CLASS WHILE DEMOCRATS ARE 
                     FIGHTING FOR THE WORKING CLASS

  (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PLASKETT. Madam Speaker, while Senator McConnell works fervently 
to confirm a Supreme Court Justice, he continues to block the relief 
that Americans need, holding a failed vote on a bill that refuses to 
crush the virus, abandons our heroes in State and local government, 
ignores families facing hunger and homelessness, and contains poison 
pills that Democrats cannot support.
  As families suffer, Republicans continue to refuse to acknowledge the 
funding levels that experts, scientists, and the American people know 
is needed. They reject robust support for State, local, Tribal and 
territorial governments. They want to bully many schools into reopening 
before it is safe to do so, endangering children, educators, and 
creating new vectors for the virus to spread.
  Republicans are ignoring the crisis of food insecurity, providing 
zero funds for nutrition assistance, and insufficient funds to our 
farmers.
  Originally, our side, the Democrats, were willing to compromise and 
cut a trillion from the HEROES Act if the White House would add a 
trillion to the failed and anemic Senate bill. We wanted to negotiate 
and meet in the middle at $2.2 trillion. Yet, Senate Republicans and 
the White House continue to reject a compromise, and instead, the 
Senate GOP continues to move further away from what is needed.
  While Republicans fail to take the catastrophe facing families 
seriously, our health and economy are crumbling. Republicans are 
supporting the investor class while Democrats are fighting for the 
working class.

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