Greetings! As I write this email, I'm back in DC fighting to get the House of Representatives to re-open so we can pass urgently needed small business funding. Here's the truth: in the moment when Congress is needed the most to pass this funding, it's basically empty here, and Congress is still "out of session" - no votes, no debate, nothing. The lack of urgency from Congress is a complete and utter disgrace. What's worse: Speaker Pelosi is intentionally holding the funding hostage, playing politics with people's livelihoods! Every day that goes by means more businesses are forced to close and more people lose their jobs. I refuse to sit idly by while that happens! This has me thinking...we need to UP THE PRESSURE! We need to send a united message that this is not right. It is not okay. And we will not tolerate Congress doing nothing while small businesses are forced to lay off employees. If you agree: please sign this petition ASAP to tell Nancy Pelosi to cut the crap and stop the political games! I'm pulling out every move I can in DC to get Congress back to work, but I can't win this fight alone. Please - will you join me by signing this petition to tell Speaker Pelosi to let the House of Representatives vote NOW - not tomorrow, not Wednesday - NOW! Thank you, SSG Brian Mast, U.S. Army (ret.) United States Congressman, FL-18 ---------Forwarded Message------- From: Brian Mast Date: Thu, Apr. 16, 2020 at 4:22 PM Subject: Pelosi Needs To Hear Our Anger! Greetings! We are seeing the true colors of our elected officials in this time of crisis. Nancy Pelosi has ordered that there won’t be any scheduled votes in the House of Representatives until May 4th at the earliest. She has decided that the personal risk to Members of Congress is too great for us to go to work. The truth is, though, that for true defenders of America, there can be no such thing as a risk too great! If you agree: please sign this petition ASAP to tell Nancy Pelosi to cut the crap and stop the political games! , we need to get this message broadcasted far and wide TONIGHT. We can’t afford to spare even a moment. Here’s why: The real losers of Nancy Pelosi’s cowardly leadership are American small businesses. As of this morning, the Small Business Association is out of money for the Paycheck Protection Program, which is loans for small businesses suffering from the coronavirus pandemic. I am fighting to add an additional $200 billion to help American small businesses, but Speaker Pelosi is now holding the funding hostage until she can add on billions in unrelated spending! Meanwhile, she won’t even let the House of Representatives vote on it! America is not run by tyrants and dictators. There are 435 elected Members of the House of Representatives and each one represents hundreds of thousands of Americans whose voices are being muzzled by Speaker Pelosi’s unwillingness to even take a vote! That’s why it’s absolutely critical that we get the House of Representatives open NOW so we can pass emergency funding to support small businesses and prevent Americans from losing their jobs! Please sign this petition to tell Speaker Pelosi: cut the crap, stop the political games and get both Congress and our country working again! TELL CONGRESS TO GET BACK TO WORK I appreciate your help with this, SSG Brian Mast, U.S. Army (ret.) United States Congressman, FL-18 PAID FOR BY MAST FOR CONGRESS Mast For Congress | MastForCongress.com | PO Box 3016, Stuart, FL 34995 You are receiving this email because you opted in on our website. You can unsubscribe here. Privacy Policy