[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H314]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  COUNTIES AND CITIES NEED ASSISTANCE

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, today, earlier on the floor, I made 
one important announcement of one important number. And I said that 
what we were doing with the budget reconciliation resolution was we 
were rescuing America. Because 594,000 Americans are expected to die 
from COVID-19 by May 2021.
  This is what is happening in Texas. Half of Texans face financial 
hardship because of the coronavirus pandemic. The new strain of COVID-
19 has come to Harris County. We can't do it alone. We need assistance 
for counties and cities. My mayor has been asking, and that is what 
this budget reconciliation will do.
  In addition, we must realize that roughly 22 percent of Texas 
residents are facing severe hardship.
  This is a catastrophe beyond our understanding. A pandemic. And my 
DELIVER Act is ready to provide a distribution structure so that all 
over America you can get vaccinated. That is why we voted on the budget 
reconciliation resolution; to save lives.

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