[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 19, 2021)]
[House]
[Pages H2559-H2560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       GET AMERICA BACK ON TRACK

  (Mr. MANN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MANN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge Americans who can get 
back to work, get back to work.
  It has been more than a year since the pandemic shut down the 
country. Today, nationwide coronavirus cases have dramatically 
decreased, and cases in Kansas alone are only 7 percent of what they 
were in January. We are getting back to normal. Businesses are ready to 
reopen and welcome back customers.
  Unfortunately, President Biden's bonus, the new monthly unemployment 
checks being distributed on top of the checks unemployed persons 
already receive, is paying a premium for potential workers to remain at 
home rather than finding work. I have heard from

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countless small business owners in the Big First who cite the Biden 
bonus as the reason why they cannot find workers and completely reopen.
  The data doesn't lie. There are nearly 8 million open jobs in America 
right now, a new record. The Biden bonus, at a time when employers are 
searching for workers, is unwanted Federal Government interference in 
the marketplace.
  I recently joined fellow Kansas Republicans in urging the Kansas 
Governor to opt out of enhanced unemployment benefits. I cosponsored 
the Help Wanted Act, which addresses the severe labor shortages caused 
by the Federal unemployment policy.
  It is time to take off the masks, get our kids back to school, get 
our businesses open, and get people back to work so we can get America 
back on track.

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