Pelosi and Schumer today held their first in person meeting since the election with President-Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect Harris in Wilmington, DE. 
Joint readout of today's meeting: "The president-elect and vice president-elect met with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer to discuss their shared priorities to provide immediate help to struggling working families and small businesses."
"President-elect Biden, Vice President-elect Harris, Speaker Pelosi, and Leader Schumer discussed the surges in COVID-19 infection rates and the corresponding economic strain that communities, working families, and small businesses are experiencing across the country."
Biden-Harris-Pelosi-Schumer meeting: "They agreed that Congress needed to pass a bipartisan emergency aid package in the lame duck session..."
"..and that package should include resources to fight COVID-19 pandemic,relief for working families & small businesses,support for state & local gov'ts trying to keep frontline workers on payroll, expanded unemployment insurance,& affordable health care for millions of families."
"And, President-elect Biden raised his agenda for the first 100 days of his presidency,including taking aggressive action to contain COVID-19, providing resources to small businesses, families, schools, and state and local governments to power our economic recovery,..."
"...and investing in the middle class to build back better. The president-elect asked the Democratic leadership for their support and partnership in advancing this agenda and delivering on the American people’s mandate for action."
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