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Calling for Bold Action on Stimulus Package

Floor Speech

Date: July 31, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Employment and Affirmative Action Government Budget and Spending

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Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, this week, the Senate Republicans allowed expanded Federal unemployment benefits to expire and unveiled a grossly inadequate counter to the HEROES Act titled the HEALS Act.

The HEALS Act slashes expanded Federal employment benefits by $400 a week during a time when families need our support the most.

Even after some States have gradually reopened, the economy has not made a miraculous comeback. Millions of workers are still out of work, and too many of them do not have a job to return to.

Workers are relying on these unemployment benefits to cover basic life necessities while our economy recovers.

The HEALS Act is a moral failure. It puts corporations first instead of helping the people we were elected to serve or supporting the local governments battling this crisis.

This is not a time to play politics. We have to be bold and act with urgency.

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