[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 204 (Thursday, December 3, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H6059]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 PRIORITIZING NEEDS OF AMERICAN PEOPLE

  (Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, I would like to call 
attention to the only bill subject to a rule this week in the House of 
Representatives, the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement 
Act.
  Mr. Speaker, millions of Americans are unemployed right now due to 
this unprecedented pandemic, wondering how they are going to make ends 
meet, and thousands are dying each day from the COVID virus. But 
instead of working to find a bipartisan solution to provide relief to 
Americans, our Democratic majority wants us to convene this august body 
to vote on pot legislation.
  This is simply unbelievable. The Republican Senate has voted multiple 
times on targeted relief that Republicans and Democrats agree upon, but 
Senate Democrats have blocked each effort.
  We all agree that more PPP funds need to be made available. We all 
agree that unemployment benefits should be extended. We all agree that 
our healthcare workers need additional funding.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to prioritize the needs of the American people, 
not Cheech and Chong. This is wrong and needs to be called out.

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