More debate from the house floor on the economic package, which was passed by a voice vote earlier today. Recognized. Mr. Brady mr. Speaker, pleased the eld one minute to gentleman from West Virginia, mr. Mooney. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from West Virginia is recognized for one minute. Mr. Mooney thank you, mr. Speaker. There are good parts of this bill. The things President Trump asked or at the very beginning like tax relief for employers, help for those who lost their jobs, funding for the medical responders. D first i thank President Trump for his excellent leadership. Id like tole ideas offer as amendments to this bill but this is a closed process. Members of congress cant offer amendments. Thats not the way were make legislation, especially when it spends 2 trillion. Amtrak, money for National Public radio and the rts, but we dont talk how were going to pay for it, 2 trillion. How do you pay for it . It from to borrow china, borrow it from russia . Are we going to print the money devalue our current currency . Already half a trillion dollars every year Going Forward. We could use that money to pay epidemics like this and fund our troops. So Going Forward we need to talk about balancing our budget and things. Or thank you, mr. Speaker. I yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. The gentleman from texas reserves. Maryland. Man from mr. Hoyer reserves. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Brady thank you, mr. Speaker. Proud to yield one minute to the gentleman from alabama, mr. Byrne. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from alabama is recognized for one minute. R. Byrne mr. Speaker, last week, 3. 3 million americans filed for unemployment. Small businesses around this country are shuttering. Millions of americans and their at home practicing social distancing, a term few two weeks ago. Countless others are on the frontlines in our hospitals, offices, pharmacies, or simply checking us out at the grocery store. I spoke to many Small Businesses in my district on a call. Hope. Asked to give them to the American People who are watching, there is hope, and way. Is on the there are many things in this bill i do not like. Here are portions that i think are a mistake. But colleagues, this is our time action. Do not hold this bill up. We owe it to the citizens of country who are struggling. Today, ction for them and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. The gentleman from texas reserves. He gentleman from maryland is recognized. Mr. Hoyer i yield one minute to the gentleman from virginia. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from virginia is recognized for one minute. Thank you, mr. Speaker. The last pandemic, i want to draw attention to the research act. Tments in the cares the department of energy has funds for the highend computing capabilities. The National Science foundation research. Lecular nist will have the reliability of the testing. Research on ll do the risk of transmission. Mr. Speaker, my grandfather lost son in the first flu epidemic in 1919. Is yet, this is not the last novel virus. With a bold, sustained science, we can make covid19 the last pandemic. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. Maryland man from reserves. The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Brady thank you, mr. Speaker. One minute toield the gentleman from georgia, mr. Carter. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from georgia is minute. Ed for one mr. Carter mr. Speaker, our country finds ourself in waters. Red none of us have ever experienced anything like this before. For the past two weeks ive been home in the First District of georgia visiting with individuals, with Small Business owners. Ive seen something ive never seen before. Ive seen people who are concerned. Health, d about their concerned about their future. Mr. Speaker, this is something to address. Ive also seen something ive never seen before either and is people pulling together. People doing for each other. Other. Caring for each volunteering at food banks. Volunteering at service organizations. Workers health care putting their own health at risk to deliver services. Best of america as well. Mr. Speaker, it is our here, our responsibility to help these people to deliver to them. Is not a perfect bill. If i had an opportunity id change a number of things in it, to do, s what we need mr. Speaker. And mr. Speaker, more than anything, what we need to do is pray. D to we need to pray to the god the speaker pro tempore the entleman from maryland is recognized. Seconds toi yield 30 the gentleman from michigan, dan kildee. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from michigan is 30 seconds. Or mr. Kildee thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank the gentleman for yielding. This is an important moment for our country, its important that Congress Respond in a way consistent with this threat. We differences about this bill. There are things in it many of us dont like. This moves us forward. This gives the American People the support they need in order to follow the medical advice they are given without putting their families at risk. It supports Small Businesses, it puts money in the hands of americans, so that they can take care of their families financially while theyre taking care of the health of their families. I support this legislation. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is is recognized. Mr. Brady mr. Speaker, im proud to yield one minute to the gentleman from michigan, general bergman. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Bergman i rise in support of the coronavirus aid relief and Economic Security act. This legislation takes major steps to support American Workers and families during this unprecedented time. It provides increased funding to get our Health Care Workers essential supplies and equipment. It also helps Small Businesses who have been asked to close their doors an sacrifice their livelihoods for everyones health and safety. This bill is not perfect. Im disappointed that were paying for things that dont have anything to do with covid19. And i am concerned about inadvertent damage we may be doing to our seasonal businesses by incentivizes people to stay at home rather than go back to work once shelter in place restrictions are lifted. Small seasonal businesses are the lifeblood of michigans First District an as we implement this policy ill do everything i can to prevent unintended consequences from happening. The people of michigans First District are resilient. We have survived hardships before and we will again. I urge my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yield back. The gentleman from texas reserves. The gentleman from maryland is recognized. Mr. Hoyer i yield 30 seconds to the gentlelady from new hampshire, ms. Kuster. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized for 30 seconds. Ms. Tufter i rise to support this un ms. Kuster i rise to support thun precedented emergency relief for the American People my colleague and i have spoken with tens of thousands of our constituents through telephone town halls and Conference Calls with hospitals. I want to support the support for our people who have lost their jobs, for our small miss, but most importantly, for our frontline Health Care Workers in our rural hospitals. We need supplies. We need support. Thank you for vetting yes. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewomans time has expired. The gentleman from texas. Mr. Brady pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. Crenshaw. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. Mr. Crenshaw businesses large and small through no fault of their own are failing. We told them to shut down and workers are losing their jobs. Let me clear something up for everyone. A lost job is a lost job. Whether from a Large Business or a Small Business. And its devastating for families. Americans need help. Thankfully this bill covers it all from direct aid to accelerated loans. But when every day counts in a crisis this bill was delayed by democrats unnecessarily for totally unrelated progressive wish list. I dont get mad but this made me mad. In the end, the final bill today is barely different than last weekends. The record will show that. But we have it now and we should pass it now. It will soften the upcoming hardship but we must not be complacent for we have more difficult decisions ahead how much will we balance the opening of society with the pandemic. Its a tough question and we wont be able to answer that question if the antics of this week continue. The country will move Forward Together the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from maryland is ecognized. Mr. Hoyer mr. Speaker, i now yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from new york, mr. Meeks. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for 30 seconds. Mr. Meeks my home state of new york has become the ep center of the terrible pandemic. This bill brings Financial Support to increase the number of hospital beds, equip our brave doctors, nurses, e. M. T. s and other medical providers who are our frontline of defense and who should not be asked to risk their lives to save others. This crisis will pass. Our economy will recover but american tam liss an workers who ost their jobs by the millions desperately need this Financial Support now. This bill provides important grants an loans to Small Business which is will be critical to our economic recovery. Theres more for us to do but this bill is an important first step to secure americas families. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expyre. The gentleman from texas. Mr. Brady thank you, mr. Proud to yield one minute to the gentleman from tennessee, mr. Burr chet. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. When i was five or six i had a sunday schoolteacher tell me a story that relates to what were doing right now. A small child went missing in the plains states. The community went 100 Different Directions and didnt find the child. They finally came together, prayed to god, asked him for wisdom. They ended up Holding Hands an walking across the prairie. Mr. Speaker, they found that child. This country needs to remember that in and this body needs to remember that i think we need to put our partisanship aside. We need to quit bickering and ask almighty god for wiz dopped and do whats right. Thank you, youre doing a fine job. The speaker pro tempore thank you. The gentleman from maryland is recognized. Mr. Hoyer i yield 30 seconds to the gentlelady from illinois, ms. Underwood. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Ms. Uns wood i rise today in strong support of the cares act. Over 2,500 illinoisans have been diagnosed with the coronavirus. 26 of whom have died. Countless more are in need of testing an thousands of our frontline Health Care Workers are desperate for p. P. E. Just this month, over 130,000 illinoisans have lost their jobs. The cares act provides economic he releaf to individuals, and improved unemployment protection. It will help state lorks call governments and Health Care Systems meet the enormous hallenges. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. The gentleman from texas. Mr. Brady pleased to yield one minute to the gentleman from new jersey, the head of the prolife caucus, mr. Smith. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized mr. Smith as of today in my state alone, 6,800 people have been tested positive with 81 deaths and in one family alone four members of the family have died. Containing the pandemic, developing and deploying reliable therapeutics and a safe, effective vaccine must be our highest priority no matter the cost. Those on the frontlines in health care, first responders, are heroically meeting the challenge often at great personal cost. The 2. 2 trillion cares act is comprehensive and absolutely needed. It provides unprecedented support to taxpayers, Small Businesses, grants to hospitals, help state and local government, boost unemployment and security. Special thanks to all of those on the house and senate side, the leadership for their cooperation in this bill and to President Trump, the Vice President , doctor birx, dr. Fauci and many others who have brought their expertise to confronting this huge challenge. Yield back. Mr. Hoyer i yield 30 seconds though gentleman from missouri, mr. Clay. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Clay i rise in support of the cares act. Im so proud of the emergency housing priorities including a temporary moratorium on evictions, foreclosures of home owners and federally backed mortgages. Theres 4 billion for emergency grants, for homelessness, 5 billion for cbdg and 1 billion for project based assistance. We are in this fight together and we will not be broken. Viruses come and go but the courage of the American People the speaker pro tempore the time of the gentleman has expired. The gentleman from maryland reserves. The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Brady thank you, mr. Speaker. Proud to yield one minute to the chairman of the values action team, the gentlelady from missouri, mrs. Hartzler. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady is recognized. Mrs. Hartzler we are at war against an unseen enemy our world has never faced before. We are battling on two fronts, the health care front and the economic front. Thousands of people are sick with courageous Health Care Workers battling on the frontlines. Meanwhile, millions of americans have lost their jobs because of the virus. Imperiling Family Budgets and devastating our economy. Todays bill sends needed battle reinforcements to both fronts. It provides pounds purchase more medical supplies and to support our hospitals while also sending muchneeded help to businesses so they can make payroll and keep the doors open. It sends money directly to almost every household and supports those who have lost their job due to the covid crisis. Most importantly it give this is nation hope. Hope that we will get through this by supporting our Health Care Workers, enabling businesses to stay open, and sending americans funds needed to get them through. While this bill is far from perfect and the price tag is sobers, i believe we are in an unprecedented battle and it is imperative we win this war. I will be voting yes and i invite all americans to join me. The speaker pro tempore the gentleladys time has expired. The gentleman from texas reserves. The gentleman from maryland is recognized. The gentleman from maryland. Mr. Hoyer i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from new york. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Espaillat i rise in support of the cares act. Mr. Speaker, it would be criminal to not support billions of dollars for our hospitals and Health Care Workers. It would be criminal not to support millions of dollars for Small Businesses that will be struggling. It would be criminal to not support help for working families, 1,200 for individuals, 500 per child. But its crit ka to leave out immigrants. They clean our houses and take care of our children and elderly. Criminal to leave out this is our future. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from maryland reserves. The gentleman from texas is recognized. Mr. Brady proud to yield one minute to the yell from florida, mr. Mast. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Mast mr. Speaker, i would rather die than see my country stumble or fall. And by god, i mean that and i i dont think im the only one in this body that feels this way. Im worried that as a result of a virus that was born in the disgusting market in wuhan, china, that was hidden from the world that our country may stumble. But i can tell you that that worry has subsided quickly for me as i looked around my own community and realized again that americans are a salty group of tough s. O. B. s that are defeated by absolutely nothing. This isnt going to defeat us either. Theres parts of this bill that i dont like but im proud that when americans wake up tomorrow theyre going to continue to know that ewith wake up here not as victims but as people with a greater opportunity than anybody across the world, 50 stars, 13 red and whide stripes, we get to decide for ourselves that today is better than yesterday this week is better than next week this month is better than last month and next year and so on. Nobody else gets to decide that for us. That hasnt changed and will never change. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas reserves. The gentleman from maryland is recognized. Mr. Hoyer i yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from pennsylvania, connor lamb. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania. Mr. Lamb i know a firefighter going into sick peoples homes, still today work no mask. We all talk like this is war. But george marshal, a western pennsylvanian, wait for u. S. Steel to join the war effort in their own good time . No. He used to say, you cannot fight against the problem, you have to decide it. We have given this government money. We cannot give it leadership. Now is the time to decide this problem. Take this money, buy the masks, build the ventilators, protect our people now. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from maryland reserves, the gentleman from