[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 208 (Wednesday, December 9, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H7095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                            COVID-19 RELIEF

  (Mrs. LEE of Nevada asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. LEE of Nevada. Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of the people 
of Nevada's Third Congressional District with a plea to all of my 
colleagues:
  We are now entering the darkest period of this pandemic. Americans 
are scared, and I don't blame them. Americans are also angry, and they 
should be. They are angry at Congress and this administration for 
failing to pass more relief for struggling families, frontline workers, 
and small businesses.
  Thousands more Nevadans filed for unemployment during the last few 
weeks. Over 400,000 Nevadans remain at risk of eviction as housing 
assistance expires.
  As this virus uncontrollably spreads in every corner of this country, 
our frontline workers and hospitals are overwhelmed with a tidal wave 
of new COVID-positive patients.
  There is no more time for political games that have consumed Congress 
for months. There never was. I am pleading to my Republican and 
Democratic colleagues, to our leadership, and to this administration: 
It is time to do our jobs and pass more COVID-19 relief now.

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