Pelosi Statement on Six Million Coronavirus Cases
August 31, 2020
Contact: Speaker's Press Office,
202-226-7616
San Francisco – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the tragic milestone of six million coronavirus cases being recorded in America:
"Today, our nation has reached a milestone that is staggering in scope and senselessness, as six million Americans have now been infected by the coronavirus.
"The President made a statement of his contempt for science when he invited 1,500 people to sit in close proximity without distancing and masks on the White House lawn last week. This was a bad example for the rest of country that was made in defiance of science. Lives are being lost, and the American people need real leadership, based in evidence and the facts, to defeat this vicious virus.
"More than 100 days after House Democrats presented the solutions for crushing the virus by passing the Heroes Act, the President and Senate Republicans refuse to act. They clearly do not understand the gravity of the situation or care about the needs of America's working families."
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