[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 43 (Monday, March 8, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          COVID RELIEF PACKAGE

  (Ms. WILD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WILD. Mr. Speaker, I know that no one in this Chamber needs to be 
reminded that we are here to represent people. In my community and 
nationwide, many people have been facing unprecedented financial 
hardship and personal struggles for a year now. Despite that fact, some 
people in this town will grow louder and louder in saying that the 
American Rescue Plan is too large and that after passing tax cuts for 
the super-rich, we can't afford to come to the aid of everyday working 
people and small business owners.
  The truth is that we are in danger of doing too little, not too much. 
As Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz wrote: ``Congress must 
pass this legislation or risk an anemic and devastatingly incomplete 
recovery.''
  After the 2008 financial crash, Washington bailed out the largest 
financial institutions without passing a large enough relief package. 
The resulting recovery was weighted heavily against working people. We 
cannot make that same mistake today.
  Passing the American Rescue Plan means saving as many as 4 million 
jobs and returning to full employment as quickly as possible. It means 
setting up more vaccination sites in our communities.
  Let's pass this bill this week and get it to the President's desk for 
signature.

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