[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 9, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H1179-H1180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            GETTING BACK ON TRACK WITH AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN

  (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, 1 year ago, almost to this very day, is the 
day when COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic. One year ago, we 
didn't know that this pandemic would infect millions of Americans or 
kill thousands of Texans in my home State and hurt so many 
disadvantaged communities.
  But after a year of darkness, we are finally seeing the light because 
the

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House will pass, tomorrow, the American Rescue Plan, a comprehensive 
plan that the Biden-Harris administration and our Democrat-led House 
and Senate has crafted which will give constituents in the district 
that I represent, and all Americans, the chance for some relief.
  Our plan will help crush the COVID-19 virus and get the economy 
moving again by getting vaccines into arms across the country. Because 
in places like my home State of Texas, where Greg Abbott, who is the 
Governor, is prematurely lifting COVID-19 restrictions, the best thing 
we can do to combat a potential surge against the virus is to make sure 
that everybody has a vaccine.
  Mr. Speaker, that is why I am a proud supporter and will vote for the 
American Rescue Plan tomorrow, because we need a bold solution like 
this one for our country and economy to get back on the right track and 
to get back to normal.

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