[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 214 (Thursday, December 17, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H7242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        CALLING FOR COVID RELIEF

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, it has been 9 months since Congress 
delivered a relief package for the American people. Since then, the 
pandemic has grown worse.
  Every time Democrats tried to pass a new relief package, the 
Republicans who control the U.S. Senate have blocked it from reaching 
the American people.
  This has gone on long enough. It is long past time to provide the 
relief that our folks who are living through this pandemic need.
  We need to provide another round of stimulus payments to workers. We 
need to extend and expand unemployment insurance. We need to establish 
a national COVID testing program and make sure our hospitals and 
community health centers have the resources they need to provide 
lifesaving care.
  We need to help small businesses that have already sacrificed so much 
in the face of this pandemic, and we need to provide funding so that we 
can get our population vaccinated against this disease and get our 
lives back to normal as soon as possible.
  Leaving town without an agreement is not an option. It is critical 
that we get this done for the American people.
  Madam Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues to work together to make 
this happen.

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