[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 195 (Tuesday, November 17, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H5862-H5863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       PENNSYLVANIANS NEED RELIEF

  (Ms. HOULAHAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. HOULAHAN. Madam Speaker, Pennsylvania, like the rest of the 
country, is in the midst of both a public health and an economic 
crisis. This clearly isn't news to anyone. We have been here for months 
now.
  My community--the people whom I represent--are looking to us--the 
people whom they just cast ballots for--to comprehensively address this 
crisis. No matter which side of the aisle that you are on, Madam 
Speaker, we have a collective responsibility to address the COVID 
pandemic from both the public health and economic perspective.
  I have been in my community talking to small business owners. 
Hardworking Pennsylvanians need Federal support to weather this crisis. 
An economic recovery cannot ignore the needs of our small businesses. 
That is not recovery at all.
  We need to pass my Paycheck Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act 
to expedite forgiveness for Paycheck Protection Program loans for less 
than $150,000, which accounts for more than 90 percent of PPP borrowers 
across the country.

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  This pandemic has taken lives and livelihoods from so many 
Pennsylvanians. We have the opportunity here to contain this virus and 
reverse this economic fallout. I urge the passage of the Paycheck 
Protection Small Business Forgiveness Act.

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