March 3, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 42 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

[Pages H1447-H1448]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               KEEP AMERICAN PEOPLE SAFE FROM CORONAVIRUS

  (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, two Rhode Islanders have already tested 
positive for coronavirus, and dozens

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more are being monitored. Across the globe, more than 90,000 are sick 
and 3,000 have died.
  Rhode Islanders and all Americans deserve a strong, effective, and 
fully funded response to this health crisis. That is why the House will 
vote this week on an emergency appropriations bill that addresses the 
scale and seriousness of the coronavirus epidemic. This bill will 
ensure public health officials have the resources they need right now.
  It is critical that the Senate send it to the President's desk as 
soon as the House acts, and, for his part, the President needs to stop 
calling this situation a hoax. This isn't about him; it is about 
protecting the American people. When the bill gets to his desk, he 
should sign it and then step aside and let the scientists, the doctors, 
and the public health experts do their jobs.
  This is no time for politics. It is about keeping the American people 
safe. The House will do our job. The President should start doing his.

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