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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 9, 2020

Contact: Brooke Lillard, 202-225-2965



Blue Dog Leadership Calls for House, Senate to Stay in Session Until COVID-19 Deal is Reached



WASHINGTON-Today, Rep. Lou Correa (CA-46), the Blue Dog Coalition's Co-Chair for Communications, issued the following statement regarding the ongoing negotiations for a fifth COVID-19 relief package:



"Now is the time for everyone in Washington to put politics aside and come to a bipartisan, bicameral agreement to deliver relief and necessary resources as quickly as possible. Our constituents deserve results-not partisan nonsense. Neither the House nor the Senate should go home for the holidays until a bipartisan, bicameral agreement is made and a bill is sent to the President's desk for a signature. This should not be Congress' last act in response to the ongoing crisis. A deal today should be a building block toward another deal under the leadership of President-elect Joe Biden."



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