Montanans Need Relief During this
Crisis!
To watch the my full remarks, click
HERE.
Yesterday over 100 Americans tragically
died from the coronavirus outbreak. In addition, thousands of Americans
were laid off and had to file unemployment claims, and many small
businesses closed their doors. Just
yesterday.
Yet even in the face of an unspeakable
national crisis, a major bill to bolster our health care response and
rescue our economy was, once again, blocked in the U.S.
Senate.
Each day matters. Every
hours matters. And we just lost another day here in the U.S.
Senate!
I’ve been
talking to Montanans around the clock to get their feedback on the impact
of the crisis, from hospital leaders, ag groups, tribal leaders and
small business leaders.
The Senate
bill, originally drafted by Republican and
Democrats:
- Provides
unemployment insurance for those who lost their jobs during the
coronavirus outbreak
- Provides $350
billon dollars for small businesses to survive and rebound from the
economic burden of the crisis
- Provides $75 billon for our hospitals and health care providers and
another $1.7 billion for medical supplies and equipment, masks and
ventilators
For
more information on what this bill included, click HERE.
But
overnight all our hard bipartisan
work was tossed to the side to because Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer
wanted to debate carbon emissions and the green new deal!
It is wrong and reckless
to risk the health of millions of Americans and our
entire economy by demanding that the bill
includes an ideological wish list.
Enough is enough! We need to come together work on
this rescure bill to save Montanans hurting during this global
pandemic.
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Steve Daines
United States
Senate
