Americans shouldn't be worrying about keeping a roof over their heads or being able to afford food in the middle of a global pandemic. But that's exactly what's happening -- and we need to speak up...
6.6 million Americans filed for unemployment last week.
That’s a new record — and it’s also only the tip of the iceberg. Millions more have lost their jobs and weren’t counted or are worrying about their next paycheck after their hours were cut.
Americans shouldn’t be worrying about keeping a roof over their heads or being able to afford food in the middle of a global pandemic. But that’s exactly what’s happening — and we need to speak up, call it out, and fight back.
From families battling homelessness, to seniors living off of Social Security, to working parents without child care, our families are in a crisis and they need help now.
Every day, I’m fighting in the Senate to make sure our relief efforts are going to the families who need it — not to giant corporations.
But I can’t do it alone — the voices and stories of working people who have been hit the hardest by this crisis need to be heard in Washington and across the country.