Aid package the house is expected to vote on today, the special Election Results in wisconsin, and the House Resolution authorizing remote voting by proxy. Speaker pelosi good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for being here. We are in kind of a new arena, so thank you. To, colleagues, i say how are you . That used to be sort of a turn of phrase, now it is a question. How are you . Forou are well, come here friday. If you are not, stay home. Thanks for not sharing. This is quite an exciting time for us, because we have a monumental need for our country. It is a sad time. 85 thousand people, tragically, dead. Nearly 1. 4 Million People infected. Havethan 36 Million People lost their jobs and filing for unemployment. Yesterday, chairman powell estimated, he stated the need for congress to act immediately and pass further economic relief. In his words, he said, additional fiscal support could be costly but worth it if it helps avoid longterm economic with aand leaves us stronger recovery. Fo
Ms. Pelosi good afternoon everyone. Thank you for being here. We are in a new areen after. So thank you. And i hope i want to call my colleagues, i say how are you . That used to be a turner phrase and now it is a question, how are you. If you are well, come here for friday. If you are not, stay home. This is an exciting time for us, because we have a monumental need for our country. Its a sad time. You know the figures. Thousands of people tragically dead. 1. 4 Million People infected, 36 Million People have lost their jobs and filing for unemployment. Yesterday, chairman powell estimated he stated, the need for congress to act immediately and pass further economic relief, he said additional fiscal support could be costly, but worth it if it avoids longterm economic damage and lives us with a stronger recovery. This tradeoff is one for ourl elected representatives who yield powers of taxation and spending. Chairman powell. Also representatives calling for urgent action are representat
President pence and the Coronavirus Task force. The briefing was supposed to start at 5 00, but is running late. Kevin mccarthy also held a Weekly Briefing by phone. Good morning. Thank you all for joining me. I hope you are safe. Before i begin, i want to pause for one moment and use this opportunity to extend my deepest condolences to every family in this country who is morning a loved one right now. Almost all of them are not even able to be with them in their passing. And to grieve now and have a different burial time is something. That is why we need to continue to work on the policy and the path to the other side. I think all of us see now how awful this virus has become. It is not just statistics. It is lives being lost. The lives are being lost, and as today, 6. 6 Million People have lost their jobs. I look at the cares act and i looked at what happened today and i am very disappointed. I do not think people should play politics and the time of a pandemic as Speaker Pelosi did.
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Deputy editor of roll call newspaper. We found out this week and Speaker Pelosi once a fourth stimulus bill move any matter of weeks on capitol hill . How has that been received by the white house and Republican Leaders in the senate . So, they have been talking about a fourth stimulus package and trading bit, ideas about what might be in such a package. Even Mitch Mcconnell, who is typically one of Nancy Pelosis antagonists said before they even passed the third stimulus that they would need fourth one. , mccarthy and mcconnell have said, we want to thatow this third package they passed recently and the president signed late in march, see how it is being of lemonade. But right off the bat, we are been we have been hearing from Small Businesses that almost 350 billion in the last stimulus is not enough to keep them afloat. Anyone from restaurants to bookstores to anything like that, you know, blood difficulty making payroll and paying pipos insurance and so forth and paying Peoples Ins