[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 28, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E465]
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                    IN RECOGNITION OF JESUS MORALES

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                           HON. MARIE NEWMAN

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 28, 2021

  Ms. NEWMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise to honor my guest to President 
Biden's Address to a Joint Session of Congress, Jesus Morales, who is a 
union hospitality worker in Illinois' Third District and a member of 
UNITE HERE Local 1. Thanks to the passage of the American Rescue Plan, 
laid off union workers are now able to stay on their employers' health 
plans until the fall, providing critical relief to workers like Jesus 
who was struggling to pay for the daily medicine and care his family 
needs.
  Millions of union workers like Jesus--who have given decades to their 
work--saw their jobs taken away by this pandemic only to see their 
employer health plans taken away too. Without work and without relief 
from their government, these workers struggled between paying their 
families' urgently needed medicine and putting food on the table. 
Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, workers like Jesus are now able to 
stay on their employer's health plans at no cost through the end of 
September.
  Our union workers have given everything to our city and country, and 
it is time we honor them in return. That is why I am proud to honor 
Jesus this week as my virtual guest to President Biden's Address to a 
Joint Session of Congress. We will not stop fighting to ensure our 
workers and struggling families are receiving the relief they need to 
survive this pandemic.

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