To become law. But instead, its part of a initial to set the negotiation bar so outrageously left that the end negotiated result would republic to a socialist remotely governed republic. I disagree with legislation content, i offer often compromise. But in this case, theres only one reasonable response and its no. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. Mr. Fulcher when i disagree content, i tive often consider compromise, but n this case, theres only one reasonable response and thats a no vote. Thank you. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. He gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from california, mr. Cox. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from california is recognized for 30 seconds. Mr. Cox mr. Speaker, the worki families of the Central Valley and 86,000 americans that have died dont have the luxury white house, the leader mcconnell, or my friends on the other side of the aisle to sit around and let more or go bankrupt. The fact is democrats are showing leadership in a plan before s main street wall street and takes care of the families who did nothing to but are payingis with their lives. I urge my colleagues to support we can reach our efforts to test, track, and treat which is the only way to safely. Ur nation thank you, mr. Speaker, and i yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. He gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you very much, mr. Speaker. R. Speaker, i yield one minute to my very good friend from the great state of alabama and chairman of the republican palmer. Ommittee, mr. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from alabama is recognized for one minute. Mr. Palmer i oppose this bill constitutes a threat to our National Security. Reserve 26, the federal bank of st. Louis reported that our debt to g. D. P. Was already 106. 8 . Since then congress added over 2 trillion. Leftwing trillion dream true come bill would would move our close to 110 to the end of the fiscal year. Debt levels is not sustainable. Debt levels of this magnitude will be a threat to social medicare. Nd debt levels of this magnitude will reduce household income. Nd debt levels of this magnitude threaten our National Security. Once upon a time, there was a this. Isan agreement about former secretaries of defense across multiple administrations debt will that our compromise our National Security capabilities. Ignore ol hearty to these warnings that single biggest threat to our national is our National Debt. America has enemies, and despite all the illusions of some, china them. Emost among if this bill were to become law, it would undermine our ability o maintain our military superiority. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from oklahoma. Cole i yield the gentleman 15 seconds. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. Mr. Palmer if this bill were to law, it would undermine our ability to maintain our military superiority over china. Regard, if they had a he would is chamber, have an enthusiastic yes. Thank god he does not. We do. Urge a no vote on this bill. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. The gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mr. Speaker, im pleased to yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from mr. Crow. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from colorado is recognized for 30 seconds. Clowe mr. Crow thank you, mr. Speaker. If we dont act boldly well the next decade recovering from crisis and many communities nd many families will never recover. My colleagues on the other side of the aisle are right for one hing, its a vision for america, america that can pay their rent and buy food for their children, where businesses jobs. Open and create where our cities can pay our firefighters, our paramedics and month. Chers next and where people can vote without risking their health and their lives. America is great because in of crisis we come together to meet the challenge. We do big things. Us meet this moment. Lets pass this bill. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. He gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you very much, mr. Speaker. R. Speaker, i yield one minute to my very good friend from the great state of pennsylvania, and r of the agriculture education and labor committees, mr. Thompson. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute. Mr. Thompson thank you, mr. Speaker. I thank mr. Cole for yielding. Rise in strong opposition to this legislation. Through cares and the previous reli relief packages, congress has approved the federal government has acted swiftly to address our most pressing needs of the coronavirus. Our efforts thus far have been bout three things saving lives, saving jobs and saving our economy. In e bills were negotiated good pate and passed good faith and provide a lifeline to workers, businesses and the states. Mr. Speaker, legislation on the ouse floor today is not in the same bipartisan spirit of addressing the urgent needs of he americans during the coronavirus pandemic. It is written without input from he minority and prioritizes divisive partisan policies over real relief for americans. One division i am concerned is agriculture. Instead of simply supporting farmers, ranchers, and the feeding ness of our programs, which is where our focus should be, the bill ties the hands of the usda. Partisan policies have no place in a relief package and a legislation is debt on dead on arrival in the senate. As we reopen our economy, must continue combating the voirs and get virus and work. Ericans back to mr. Cole i yield the gentleman for an additional 15 seconds. Mr. Thompson we could include my legislation, the ag chain act, which would suspend federal tax and payroll taxes for essential workers during this pandemic. However, todays legislation was and introduced with unnecessary haste, relaxed it lacks bipartisan support. Wont become law. I urge a no vote. The peaker pro tempore gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey i yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from pennsylvania, ms. Dean. The speaker pro tempore the 30tlewoman is recognized for seconds. Ms. Dean i rise in support of the heroes act because it recognizes the human sacrifice families, our teachers, our postal workers, our police. It recognizes the human suffering. My own counties of burkes county, 207 are dead. County, 608 are dead. Included in that number is my motherinlaw. Dead of covid earlier this month local nursing home. Without the ability of her family to be at her side. Recognizes the heroes all around us. Like the staff at that nursing and took care by of joan ain a loving way when te family the peaker pro tempore gentlewomans time has expired. The gentlewoman from new york. The gentlewoman is recognized for 15 seconds. Ms. Dean i thank you, madam chair. This be voting yes on bill to send nearly 40 billion of y hardhit state pennsylvania. I urge all of our colleagues to do the same. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields. The gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you very much, mr. Speaker. Have additional speakers on the way that have not yet rrived so i am going to reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Im lowey mr. Speaker, pleased to yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from washington, delbene. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from washington is recognized for 30 seconds. Delbene thank you. The heroes act will help workers tay connected to their employer, their paycheck and their benefits. This bill includes an expanded retention tax credit. By building on this existing and we help n program, businesses keep their employees on the payroll through the end f the year and reduce unemployment. The bill also expands the Child Tax Credit to help families and poverty. Ild these policies, along with support for essential public expanded testing and Contact Tracing, are reasons why i will be voting yes. Yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman yields. From new york reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma. R. Cole thank you, mr. Speaker. I reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma continues to reserve. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. Dingell. The speaker pro tempore the michigan is rom recognized for 30 seconds. Mrs. Dingell thank you, madam chair. E in michigan have been devastated by this virus. We were third for the number of weeks, the country for and until this week, remain deaths. The number of two Million People are been oyed, and lives have forever changed. The chair of the fed said this week that if we dont want this to be ruined, we need to invest now, and that is what this bill does. Not perfect but the people of my district need help and now. Need it there are pension provisions in that hat are not perfect, help some and not others. Colleagues to vote for this bill. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you very much, mr. Speaker. Speaker, i yield one minute to my very good friend from the reat state of georgia, mr. Hice, a member of the Natural Resources and oversight and reform committees. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized for one minute. Mr. Hice i thank my friend from oklahoma. A federal government has responsibility to help both individuals and businesses through this crisis because its the government that shut down the economy. But i do have deep concerns with which were attempting to go about this. We already spent an money, ented amount of 3. 6 trillion at an unprecedented rate, and now we a montrossity and weve and we have yet to have a discussion how to pay for this debt. Trillion, 1,800 pages, zero input from the minority, from the senate, or drafted behind closed doors and just very time to review it. As Ranking Member of the gov ops committee, i want to focus on the Postal Service. The Postal Service does not need a bailout. Reform. D it needs reform. Consecutive years of losing money in the Postal Service, and it was not caused by this pandemic. Deeper pandemic within the Postal Service. Heyve got the speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. The gentleman from oklahoma. Mr. Cole an additional 15 seconds, mr. Speaker. The speaker pro tempore the for an n is recognized additional 15 seconds. Mr. Hice i thank the gentleman. That weve got o resolve, not with just bailout of 25 billion. I urge e 9 billion my colleagues to not support bill. With that i yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields. The gentleman from oklahoma reserves. Is gentlewoman from new york recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im pleased to yield 30 seconds to he gentleman from new york, mr. E mr. Ess pay yot. Mr. E espaillot. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized 30 seconds. Espaillat 2 billion for deep cleaning for public housing. Thats a good thing. Nother round of stimulus checks, 1,200, plus another 1,200 for children, thats a thing. 10 billion for additional grants for Small Businesses. Thing. A good 7 billion for childcare, a good thing. And 00 billion 100 billion for emergency rental assistance, thats an extremely good thing. Help for new york state, new york city. Heroes. N support of our this is a good thing. The speaker pro tempore the gentlemans time has expired. He gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, mr. Speaker. I reserve my time for a moment. The speaker pro tempore the reserves. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im pleased to yield 30 seconds to ms. Entlewoman from texas, escobar. The speaker pro tempore the texas. Oman from ms. Escobar thank you, madam chair. Thank you, mr. Speaker. You, madam chair. Unfortunately, our colleagues on the other side of the aisle the suffering happening in our communities. Communities like el paso, that need communities more testing, more tracing. This bill does that. Provides that necessary step to safely reopening our economies. Provides 1 billion for texas, nity of el paso, 35 billion for the state of texas. For this and many other reasons, need to look at this as one step in a long journey, a ainful journey, but one that were in together. Thank you. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the yields. Man the gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma. Mr. Cole thank you, mr. Speaker. Just remind my friends, we actually do hear. Thats why we worked with you to pass four straight bills. Be willing to work with you again. Chose not to do that. You chose to bring to the floor a bill you know will not be taken up by the senate, will not be signed by the president. So lets abandon that course and go back to where we were at. Together. We got a lot done in a short period of time. I think thats what the american do. Le want us to with that, mr. Speaker, i reserve my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oklahoma reserves. New york isman from recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, i just would like to tell my good friend, whenever youre ready to very happy to work with you. But right now im ready to yield to the gentleman from california, mr. Garamendi. Mr. Garamendi mr. Speaker, i rise in support of this legislation. Much talk, some facts. In california, 5 54 billion deficit by the state government. The countys i represent counties i represent are reeling in their deficit. We need this bill. Otherwise were going to see hospitals, were going to see First Responders, police and fire laid off. Many say this bill is dead on arrival. If we do not move this bill, the death will be in our districts. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you, mr. Speaker. I have Great Respect for my very good friend from california, but we live in a system right now, divide of divided government. We have a democratic house. Certainly has a voice in anything thats done. We have a republican senate, we have a republican president. Weve proven that we can Work Together. We did for four straight bills. Extraordinary amount of time. Largest single bill in american history. So its not as if the two sides dont know how to do this. For whatever reasons, my friends chose to decide to move alone. Well, you can certainly do that through this chamber and thats your right to do. I respect that. Thats what you want to do. But if you think moving alone without republicans will get you anywhere in the United States senate, or at the other end of pennsylvania avenue, i would just suggest thats probably not the case. So, again, we know how to do this. Weve proven we can do it. An extraordinary job by all concerned on both sides of the house to get those four bills done. Nobody works better, by the way, in a bipartisan sense than my good friend, the chairwoman of the appropriations committee. And nobody works with herbert than my good friend, the Ranking Member of the appropriations committee. Id suggest the rest of us probably should clear out for a while, let those two Work Together. Thats so we can get a bill that would actually pass. With that, mr. Speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im pleased to yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from texas, mr. Green. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from texas is recognized for 30 seconds. Mr. Green mr. Speaker, the richest country in the world is facing a looming humanitarian crisis. Hunger looms large in the land, mr. Speaker. The bill provides a 14 billion solution with a humanitarian response. To feed the hungry. Homelessness looms large. Evictions. The bill provides 100 billion to keep people in their home. The humanitarian crisis necessitates a humanitarian response. This bill provides that response. Im proud to yield back the balance of my time. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentlewoman from new york reserves. The gentleman from oklahoma. Mr. Cole thank you very much, mr. Speaker. I reserve for the moment. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. The gentlewoman from new york is recognized. Mrs. Lowey mr. Speaker, im pleased to yield 30 seconds to the gentlewoman from new mexico, ms. Haaland. The speaker pro tempore the gentlewoman from new mexico is recognized for 30 seconds. Ms. Haaland i rise to support the heroes act. The administrations failed response to this crisis causes heartbreak, Financial Stress and lays bear the disparities in our bare the disparities in our country. Two sisters didnt get treatment in time and died. Their sons will live without their mothers. A single mom in my district lost her job and couldnt get help because of her status. The heroes act meets this challenge at the level it demands. When i vote today, i will think of all the families and all of the essential workers, the people who stock our groceries and keep us fed. Mr. Speaker, we must pass this ill and i yield. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentlewoman from oklahoma is recognized. Mr. Cole thank you. I yield a minute and a half to my very good friend, distinguished member from pennsylvania and distinguished veteran in service to this country, mr. Perry. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized for one minute and a half. 1 1 2 minutes. Mr. Perry i thank the great gentleman if oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, i will tell you, this bill, among other things, we can talk about all the wish list of things that are in it. Im sure many have and many will. I want to talk about the trillion dollars of additional spending to the states and talk about my state of pennsylvania. Where we spent and sent billions of dollars. Where right now the governor is holding hostage that money thats supposed to go directly to the counties. Hes holding he wont give it to the counties who are going bankrupt right now. What he is doing, mr. Speaker, is making sure that our nursing home patients get exposed to covid19. Its a directive in