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John,

It’s officially been a year since our lives were uprooted and we all started to stay home to protect our families, our friends, and our community.

The United States has recorded over 29.1 million cases and 525,000 deaths. We’ve suffered greatly throughout the pandemic and while Congress has taken steps to crush the virus and rebuild the economy, more help is needed. With President Biden’s COVID-19 relief package, many will receive the relief they so desperately need, including more access to vaccines.

Here are just a few ways the relief package will help: *
It
will
increase
funding
for
vaccine
distribution,
testing,
and
will
aid
in
hiring
more
public
health
workers
to
support
response
to
the
pandemic.
*
It
will
provide
funding
to
schools
so
they
can
provide
ventilation
systems,
buy
PPE,
reduce
class
sizes,
and
prevent
teacher
layoffs
in
the
coming
year.
*
It
will
increase
funding
for
State
and
Local
government
along
with
Native
Tribes.
This
will
help
aid
firefighters
as
we
head
into
wildfire
season
and
will
increase
funding
for
business
assistance.
*
State
and
local
governments
would
receive
housing
aid
to
cover
rent
assistance,
utility
assistance,
mortgage
payment
assistance,
homeless
services
and
support,
and
much
more.
*
It
will
extend
crucial
pandemic
unemployment
programs
through
the
end
of
August.
Currently,
these
programs
are
scheduled
to
end
in
less
than
a
month.

I can’t thank you all enough for doing your part. I know this year has been hard, but there’s a light at the end of the tunnel.

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I know it feels as though this process is slow, but please know that my colleagues and I are working tirelessly to increase access to the vaccinations and help increase relief as quickly as possible.

We still have a lot of work to do, but the end of this dark tunnel is near.

Thank you for your willingness to keep yourself and our communities safe.

Mike Thompson
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United States