[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 60 (Tuesday, April 5, 2022)]
[House]
[Page H4159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  SUPPORTING RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION

  (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, restaurants have been hit 
particularly hard during the pandemic, taking on increasing costs while 
facing huge revenue losses.
  Thanks to the American Rescue Plan, the Restaurant Revitalization 
Fund provided $28.6 billion for restaurants nationwide and delivered 
over $85 million to restaurants in my community.
  Still, the demand was greater than the resources made available by 
Congress, with over 175,000 eligible restaurants that applied for 
grants through the program going entirely unfunded.
  This week, we have the opportunity to fill that gap, support small 
businesses, and save jobs by passing the Restaurant Revitalization Fund 
Replenishment Act. I am proud to support this bill and encourage my 
colleagues to do the same.
  After a long, difficult period of isolation, people are coming 
together and going back to restaurants, but we need to make whole these 
restaurants that have lost money based on nothing that they have done.

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