Thread by @SenDuckworth

Every day, every hour, every minute, heroic frontline healthcare workers—and the legion of support staff that enable them—are risking their health&lives while responding to the deadly #COVID19 pandemic. Congress *must* prioritize delivering support to these brave heroes ASAP. 1/5

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Senate Democrats, Senate Republicans AND the Trump administration all support adding an additional $250 billion to the @SBAgov’s #PaycheckProtectionProgram. There is *no* debate over helping small businesses… 2/5

…but funding must go to community lenders that will get dollars to the #SmallBusinesses that need it most but have been left behind by the big banks. We want to work across the aisle, but Republicans continue to block efforts to help those on the front lines of this crisis. 3/5

Democrats also refuse to leave the healthcare heroes of the #COVID19 pandemic, or smaller hospitals on the verge of collapse, behind. That’s what we’re fighting for here. Without them, we’re all at risk. 4/5

I implore Senate GOP Leadership to join us&work together to provide urgently-needed emergency $ to our nation’s hospitals, healthcare providers&state+local gov'ts in the next deal. They must abandon “take it or leave” tactics&embrace bipartisan solutions for the public good. 5/5