I am a cosponsor of legislation to provide monthly $2,000 checks to families for the duration of this crisis, and I strongly support increasing the payments by unanimous consent this week! I am glad that Speaker Pelosi is acting quickly. Remember the facts (thread) First: Senate Republicans blocked additional aid, and have fought for less emergency spending for months. Democrats have proposed more spending, in both direct checks, unemployment, and other critical programs, for months.

Yesterday, in passing the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, the House took a vital step to restoring justice and common sense to our national drug policies. 1/6 The MORE Act end the criminalization of cannabis at the federal level going forward, it would also be retroactive. Cannabis arrests, charges, and convictions would be automatically expunged at no cost to the individual. 2/6