[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 37 (Friday, February 26, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H736-H737]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              COVID RELIEF

  (Mr. CROW asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CROW. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the American Rescue Plan. 
We cannot grow numb to the pain and devastation the COVID pandemic 
brought this past year.
  Mr. Speaker, 500,000 Americans are dead. Millions have lost their 
jobs and can't find meaningful employment. Children, including my own, 
have had to adapt to online learning. Millions of small businesses are 
struggling to keep the lights on.
  Folks in Colorado want to get this done. In fact, over 70 percent of 
Americans want to get this done, and there

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are very few things more bipartisan than that. They want it fixed, and 
they want it fixed now.
  This bill is the first step to building back better. It will support 
vaccine distribution and research and provide relief to small 
businesses, schools, and Coloradans who are out of work. So let's get 
this done.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote in favor of the American 
Rescue Plan.

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