In response to the House Budget Committee approving the $1.9 trillion stimulus package after markup, Protect Our Care’s Coronavirus War Room Director Zac Petkanas released the following statement:
“The passage of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan is crucial to families and communities struggling to make it through this pandemic.
“As we mark half a million Americans dying of this virus, delays in vaccine distribution continue and the expiration of extended unemployment benefits looms just a few weeks away.
“That’s why it’s urgent that Congress move as quickly as possible to pass this relief package, ensuring that the direct checks, reduced health care costs and expanded coverage, housing assistance, unemployment insurance, and vaccines get to the people who need them. This plan is the push we need to get this crisis under control and finally end this pandemic.
“The House Budget Committee should be commended for moving on this package quickly, and the rest of Congress should follow suit — despite the continued efforts by Republican lawmakers to obstruct and delay these badly-needed relief efforts. The American people are relying on them to do so.”