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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Stephanie Ruhle of MSNBC's Live with Stephanie Ruhle for an interview to discuss the ongoing efforts to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, including the recently passed interim emergency funding package transformed by Congressional Democrats to provide critical support for small businesses, hospitals, health care workers and a national testing strategy. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Congress Passes Interim Emergency Bill
Every day, we see the need for further action to combat the coronavirus crisis. The numbers are devastating: nearly 900,000 confirmed cases, more than 50,000 dead and more than 26 million initial unemployment claims in the past five weeks alone.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement on the appointment of Robert Westbrooks as Executive Director of Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, one of the panels that Congressional Democrats created in the CARES Act to oversee the federal emergency relief and response for the coronavirus pandemic response:
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Contact: Speaker's Press Office,
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Contact: Speaker's Press Office,
202-226-7616
Contact: Speaker's Press Office,
202-226-7616
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Good morning. Thank you for being here.
And what a sad day. I know people, as am I, are quite shaken by the fact that we have passed the 50,000, number of people who have died from the coronavirus, mark. Over 50,000. The numbers are staggering, but each individual case is so heartbreaking.
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a bill enrollment photo opportunity for H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. Below are the Speaker's remarks:
Speaker Pelosi. Good evening.
Today was an historic day for us, to once again to pass our, now, fourth bipartisan legislation to address the coronavirus crisis.