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MESSAGE OF THE DAY | President Trump is Committed to Protecting the Health and Safety of Our Seniors
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PROTECTING OUR SENIORS & NURSING HOMES
- Under President Trump’s leadership, the Administration has taken steps to protect senior citizens, people with disabilities, and those with preexisting conditions during the coronavirus pandemic.
- To protect seniors, the President directed Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to raise the infectious disease standards at nursing homes across America.
- CMS has conducted target inspections throughout the healthcare system, ensuring that residents susceptible to serious complications are protected.
- CMS announced requirements for nursing homes to inform residents and their families when COVID-19 cases arise in their facilities.
- President Trump is delivering critical supplies and assistance for our seniors during the pandemic.
o The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced nearly $1 billion in grants to assist older adults providing services such as home delivered meals and care services in the home.
o President Trump signed legislation that provides free coronavirus testing through Medicare and Medicaid.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ALWAYS FOUGHT FOR AMERICA’S SENIORS
- Throughout President Trump’s administration he has worked to provide America’s seniors with better healthcare and lower drug prices.
- The President has fought against the radical Medicare-for-None policies which would jeopardize seniors’ benefits.
- Last year, the President signed an order to improve and protect Medicare for our Nation’s seniors, maximizing their choice and ensuring access to quality care.
- President Trump has taken action to drive down drug prices for our seniors and is committed to ending the scourge of surprise billing.
Small Businesses Across the Country Are Receiving Critical Support from the Paycheck Protection Program
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UNPRECEDENTED SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
- President Trump fought to secure additional funding for the Paycheck Protection Program and provide additional support to small businesses.
- PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Last week, Congress answered our call to replenish the program and I was honored to sign an additional $320 billion for American workers into law. At least $60 billion reserved for community financial institutions, including those that serve minority and distressed communities.”
- After only 24 hours of PPP relaunching with the second round of funding, nearly $50 billion was distributed to small businesses.
- PRESIDENT TRUMP: “In the first 24 hours of the second round of funding, we’ve handled over 30% more loans than any previous day of the program. So far, we’ve processed an amazing 450,000 loans, totaling over $50 billion.”
- The Administration is providing unprecedented support to small businesses through multiple loan and grant programs.
- SECRETARY MNUCHIN TO SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS: “Your stories are the stories of the 60 million American workers that are going to have the benefits of the close to $1 trillion that the President and Congress have invested in small business to protect you and put you back to work. That’s over $650 billion in the PPP, that’s over $300 billion in disaster loans, and that’s over $20 billion of grants.”
SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SEE A REAL IMPACT
- The Paycheck Protection Program is all about supporting small businesses and helping keep workers employed.
- ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT IVANKA TRUMP ON PPP: “It's about your businesses thriving and growing within your communities. It's about your workforce, who each of you cares very dearly about.”
- As small business owners attested yesterday, the Paycheck Protection Program is providing a lifeline of support during this challenging time.
- Amy Wright from Bitty & Beau’s Coffee: “Bitty & Beau’s Coffee is more than a coffee shop; it's a human rights movement. We employ 120 people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. And for most of them, it's their first paying job, which made the decision for us to temporarily close all five of our shops especially difficult. But thanks to the Paycheck Protection Program and the incredible team at Live Oak Bank, all 120 of our employees are back on the payroll today and working from home, writing handwritten notes that we include with each online order we ship.
- Brandon Hutson, President of Ed and Jim's Body Shop: “I would like to take the opportunity to thank President Trump for quickly signing the PPP into action. Because of this program, Ed & Jim’s is able to rehire all of our furloughed employees and provide them with a paycheck starting this week. This program has given our small business the funds needed to operate and maintain through this crisis.”
- Tony Stafford, Chef and Founder of Ford’s Fish Shack: “With the help of the PPP loan and the success of the PPP loan that we were able to get, I’m going to be able to keep that promise [to rehire workers] and bring every one of those employees back.”
What You Need To Know | 10 Facts the Media Won’t Tell You About The President’s Coronavirus Response
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President Trump has taken swift and unprecedented action to save lives and protect the American people from the coronavirus.
1. The President’s early actions to respond to the coronavirus were critical.
· DR. BIRX: “It’s clear that the early work of the president, both with travel restrictions and the ability to quarantine, has bought us the time and space to have this task force be very effective.”
· DR. FAUCI: “One of the things we did right was very early cut off the travel from China to the United States … Our shutting off travel from China and more recently travel from Europe has gone a long way to not seeding very, very intensively, the virus in our country.”
2. The President cut off travel from China – where the virus originated – before there was a single known death in the U.S.
· On January 31st, President Trump announced sweeping travel restrictions on China to help slow the spread of the virus within our country.
· The mainstream media immediately criticized this important action:
o VOX: “The evidence on travel bans for diseases like coronavirus is clear: They don’t work”
o CNN: “The US coronavirus travel ban could backfire. Here's how”
o BUZZFEED NEWS: "[B]arring foreign travelers from China, along with making U.S. citizens self-quarantine at home ... likely violated civil rights laws, without leading to any real lowered risk of a U.S. outbreak."
3. In his State of the Union address, President Trump promised to “take all necessary steps to safeguard our citizens from the virus.”
· As soon as his address concluded, Pelosi ripped up the speech.
· During the Democrats’ response, Governor Whitmer never once mentioned coronavirus.
4. While President Trump requested billions of dollars to combat coronavirus, Nancy Pelosi was urging people to congregate in Chinatown in San Francisco.
· Nearly a month after President Trump announced travel restrictions on China, Pelosi encouraged Americans to congregate in Chinatown.
o PELOSI: “[W]e do want to say to people ‘Come to Chinatown, here we are — we're, again, careful, safe — and come join us.'”
5. The United States has conducted far more tests than any other country.
· Starting from scratch, the United States has now performed more than 5.7 million tests – far more than any other country.
o The U.S. is now averaging over 200,000 tests per day.
6. The United States’ fatality rate has remained one of the lowest in the world among the countries that have been most affected.
· PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Thanks to our aggressive campaign against the virus and the extraordinary talent of our medical professionals, our mortality rate remains roughly half of that of many other countries and one of the lowest of any country in the world.”
· DR. BIRX: “Thank you for the work that you’re doing to protect Americans and give us one of the lowest mortality rates in the entire world.”
7. Due to the President’s efforts, we will produce numerous times the amount of N95 masks in the coming months than typically used in an entire year.
· President Trump leveraged the Defense Production Act and reached an agreement with 3M to produce 166.5 million masks over the next three months.
· Our healthcare industry typically uses around 25 million N95 masks per year.
8. Over a 100 day period, the Administration is procuring three times the number of ventilators than the U.S. typically produces in a year.
· The Administration is procuring 100,000 ventilators in 100 days – three times more than the U.S. normally produces a year.
· States that previously feared a severe ventilator shortage – such as New York – are sending ventilators to other states and back to the national stockpile.
· The President’s efforts have ensured that every American who needs a ventilator must not go without one.
9. The United States is bringing a coronavirus vaccine to trial at record speed.
· A phase one trial for the coronavirus vaccine began less than three months after the virus’ genetic sequence was identified.
· Dr. Fauci noted that this trial was launched “in record speed.”
o FAUCI: “Going into a Phase One trial within three months of getting the sequence is unquestionably the world indoor record. Nothing has ever gone that fast.”
10. President Trump secured the largest economic relief package in our nation’s history.
· President Trump provided more than $2 trillion in funds to provide emergency relief to families and small businesses impacted by the coronavirus.
· Alongside direct funding, the legislation enabled the Federal Reserve the ability to access up to an additional $4 trillion to provide liquidity in the economy.
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