[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 209 (Thursday, December 10, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H7139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              COVID RELIEF

  (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to demand that my Republican 
colleagues put aside partisan politics and provide relief to the 
millions of Americans whose lives have been upended by the COVID-19 
pandemic.
  Our country is facing the worst economic crisis since the Great 
Depression, yet the Federal Government has failed to aid the families 
struggling to keep food on the table, the small businesses shutting 
their doors and laying off employees during the holiday season, and 
State and local governments trying to keep communities afloat.
  It has been 9 long months since we passed meaningful legislation to 
support our fellow Americans. This is a dangerously long time, and the 
pandemic has only gotten worse.
  It is our responsibility to meet the scale and scope of this pandemic 
and get people the help they have been desperately waiting for. We must 
work together and finally pass a relief bill immediately. Families 
cannot afford to wait another day.

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