[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 36 (Thursday, February 25, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H630]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND HELP OUR NEIGHBORS

  (Ms. BROWNLEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Ms. BROWNLEY. Madam Speaker, all across the country, including my 
home district in Ventura County in California, Americans continue to 
feel the overwhelming burden of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
  I regularly hear from small businesses fighting to keep their doors 
open; from parents struggling to put food on the table after losing 
their jobs; and from people who live in fear of being evicted from 
their homes. It is imperative that we invest in our communities and 
help our neighbors now.
  With money specifically dedicated for vaccine development and 
distributions, testing, the production of PPE, more relief for small 
businesses, and additional aid for the unemployed and struggling 
families, passage of the American Rescue Plan is critical to ensuring 
economic recovery, getting our kids back to school, providing relief to 
small businesses and, most importantly, saving lives.
  My Republican colleagues went big when it came to massive corporate 
tax cuts. It would be incomprehensible that we nickel and dime working 
families and small businesses during the worst pandemic in over a 
century.

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