[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 197 (Thursday, November 19, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H5983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   NEED FOR A COVID-19 RELIEF PACKAGE

  (Mr. CARBAJAL asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. CARBAJAL. Madam Speaker, more than 245,000 Americans have already 
died due to COVID-19. Cases are surging to unprecedented levels. 
Millions are facing poverty, food insecurity, and eviction. Low-income, 
homeless, and minority communities have been hit especially hard and 
disproportionately.
  With the winter and holidays upon us, this wave threatens the health 
and economic well-being of our entire country. I am proud that we have 
already enacted four bipartisan economic relief packages that delivered 
targeted assistance to those impacted by this pandemic. We need to do 
it again. We must act now during this Congress.
  Another relief package should include a robust national strategy for 
testing, tracing, and vaccination. Businesses, local governments, 
workers, and families need help to make ends meet. We must come 
together to deliver and help America with the urgent needs that it has 
and get this virus under control.

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