Businesses in our communities. I think of people like to kenny, who open a bar and grill in brownsville texas nearly 25 years ago and like other Restaurant Owners around the country he is trying to adapt so he can keep his doors open while falling down guidelines from the senateur for disease control. He canceled the restaurant popular st. Patricks Day Celebration and instead offered corn beef and cabbage is a takeout option. But he noticed just how long he can hold on and happy will be able to stay afloat. He said shutting down two or three or four weeks, it can lead 25 years in the table with what we put into this place. He threw his credit is especially worried about his more than 30 employees and what will happen to them. This is a familiar story for account list number of them businesses who are losing customers through no fault of their own. Aaron willis, owns rm 1220 bistro in northeast dallas, and she her mayor johnsons announcement limiting restaurants takeout service, she said i just hope we can survive this. Like joe, and is mostly concerned about the well billing of her staff. Hourly workers particularly those who rely on tips are seeing fewer and fewer opportunities to collect a paycheck. Aarons rotating employee said that everyone can have some work but the fears of about how long this good laster really said in lien. As she said, the Service Industry is their livelihood. We all close, they literally have nothing. As more and more americans are staying home, Small Businesses and their employees are the hardest hit. When the impact is not input them. The hard stop on the large gatherings doesnt just mean business and schools and workplaces are shutting down, and is vital to Community Events including things like blood drives are being canceled. Officials from the south texas blood and Tissue Center said this is what their Community Blood supply at risk of collapse. While this is not related to treating those diagnosed with coronavirus on is a vital im doing work of our healthcare system. Blood donations help people lose blood during major surgery or a traumatic injury as well as those with chronic conditions that require occasional transfusions. Hospitals Donation Centers of tenure and promotion to protect donors by fulfilling learning for blood donations and i would encourage all texans who are healthy at low risk of contracting the coronavirus consider donating blood. During times like these, when is perhaps easy to feel that circumstances are beyond your control, this is one small step each of uses could take to suppt our communities. I know this is a time of serious uncertainty for both the physical and Financial Health in our families and our country but want to assure my constituents the 29 Million People that im privileged to represent the state of texas, that the senate is working to provide the relief we can. Less than two weeks ago, the president signed a bill and passed it provided a. 3m dollars in emergency funding to combat the virus. This had vital funding to preventing and spread the virus including the purchase of masks and personal protective equipment as well as supporting the development of the vaccine. Possible treatments and more diagnostics. This was an important first step, to bolster our response in the early phases ofow this community spread. And now we are working to address the larger impact this virus is having on American Workers families and our economy. Soon the senate will pick another bipartisan step to provide support by passing the familys first Coronavirus Response act. This legislation will go a long way to provide immediate relief for those who are struggling to make ends meet during this challenging time. It creates a new federal Emergency Paid Sick leave program for those impacted by the coronavirus. Whether a worker d is diagnosed with the virus preparing for independent who was affected, they will be able to take up to ten days of paid sick leave. In many texas workers will have access to 12 weeks of paid leave for care for dependents because of coronavirus related school closures. This legislation will make important changes to Unemployment Insurance to ensure the texans can take advantage of these benefits during this time of uncertainty. It also provides Food Security for americans of all ages. In small children who rely on free lunches at school for seniors, or unable to leave their home. Every american deserves access to this basic nutrition. This bill also makes coronavirus testing free of charge for all americans and includes a range of measures to support the Healthcare Professionals who are literally on the frontlines of this fight. I probably will support the bill i am eager to get into the president for his signature and we should not delay in sending it to his desk. Weve been able to come together and remove her and move to bill through congress that will support healthcare workers, neighbors and communities being impacted by the coronavirus and li hope this trend of bipartisan ship will continue in the coming weeks and months as we work to build and the actions we have already taken. I want to echo the comment made by the majority leader that this is only the beginning of our efforts to support our country. We will keep working this week and to and however long it takes to assist American Workers and families to support our local businesses and secure both of the immediate and longterm viability of our economy. The senate is already begun work via three pass courses to put them together the next economic recovery legislation and we will not leave until we get that bill passed. Almost American Daily lives have been offended by the spread of the coronavirus, there are countless men and women are continuing to go to work and feel critical needs in our society. S we owed a debt of gratitude to the dedicated Healthcare Professionals who are on the front lines of this pandemic into the scientists who are working diligently to develop a vaccine in the First Responders to continue to expose their own health for our safety to the farmers and ranchers and producers who are keeping fit in the Grocery Store employees who are restocking shelves and the countless others for leaving their homes and families each morning to keep us safe and healthy and we need to say thank you to each of them. While these men and women continue to do everything they can response to the spread of the coronavirus, the senate will do the same. Three months ago, no one in the country in fact no one in the world, and heard the term covid19. The term coronavirus was around the most folks didnt use that because it was connected to sars or mers or