Our country is in the middle of multiple crises. The COVID relief package released yesterday by Republicans is out of touch with the grim reality facing communities large & small across the nation, which local leaders of both parties have highlighted over the past several months.
The bill DOES NOT include:
1) Food assistance for kids
2) Hazard pay for essential workers
3) Rental assistance for millions facing evictions
4) Money for communities of color
5) Funding for state & local governments being forced to lay off workers
· The Senate GOP proposal ignores the warnings of local leaders & also those of economists who have cautioned about the long-term impacts of failing to address local gov't revenue shortfalls due to COVID-19.
6) Adequate funds for testing and hospitals
7) Sufficient funds for K-12 schools
8) Money for broadband access
It’s wild that Republicans would rather spend $1.7 billion on rebuilding the FBI building to help the President than use it to help millions of Americans.
There are real human costs to inaction. We need a bill that matches the scale of the crisis and the needs of the American people.
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