March 2, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 41 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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          CONGRESS MUST ACT QUICKLY REGARDING THE CORONAVIRUS

  (Ms. NORTON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, we are already paying the price for the 
elimination by President Trump and the Republican Congress in 2018 of 
both the office and the emergency funding that President Obama created 
to address outbreaks like the coronavirus we are now experiencing.
  Starting on empty, Trump's request for $2.8 billion in emergency 
funding is not even in the ballpark of what experts say is needed. 
Already more than 100 cases have been reported nationwide. A vaccine 
will probably not be available for at least a year, yet 11 States are 
already reporting cases of the virus.
  The World Health Organization says the coronavirus can perhaps be 
contained, but, ``the window of opportunity is narrowing.'' It will be 
up to us in this House to act quickly this week and for the Republican 
Senate to follow suit.

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