[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 205 (Friday, December 4, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H6819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                  WE MUST PASS BIPARTISAN COVID RELIEF

  (Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak of the 
urgent need to pass bipartisan COVID-19 relief legislation as Congress 
works to conclude our work this year.
  Families, businesses, and workers in New Hampshire are feeling the 
continued pain and impact of this pandemic as cases reach record highs 
in my State and hospitals and frontline health workers brace for the 
expected surge.
  This week, I was pleased to see Democrats and Republicans in the 
House and the Senate come together to find common ground and release a 
promising framework that we should consider immediately. This 
legislation would bolster our public health and economic response to 
COVID-19 to help us get through the long, cold, dark winter ahead.
  Democrats and Republicans won't get everything they want, but we need 
to come together and put politics aside.
  This legislation includes new funding for the Paycheck Protection 
Program for small businesses, State and local funding for our first 
responders, extended unemployment, and critical funding to help with 
the distribution of the promising COVID-19 vaccine, as well as $5 
billion in funding to combat the opioid epidemic, which, tragically, 
continues to rage.
  It is time to come together and get the job done.

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