March 9, 2020 - Issue: Vol. 166, No. 45 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 2nd Session

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                           CORONAVIRUS RELIEF

  (Mrs. TORRES of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. TORRES of California. Mr. Speaker, I am glad that President 
Trump is meeting with his team to figure out how to save corporate 
America from the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak. After 
the worst economic collapse in over a decade, I would expect nothing 
less. But a corporate bailout doesn't help the everyday workers I 
represent.
  What about the independent contractors working two or three jobs just 
to get by? Or the warehouse workers who are laid off because China is 
exporting fewer goods to the Port of LA or Long Beach? Or the Uber 
drivers who lose business when a convention is canceled or are forced 
to self-quarantine?
  These workers don't have workplace benefits such as paid sick leave. 
The option to self-quarantine isn't an option at all when you have to 
work and live every day paycheck to paycheck.
  Mr. President, these are the stories of real Americans who are 
bearing the brunt of this crisis, and they deserve relief, too. They 
deserve your attention, too. I urge you to work with Democrats in the 
House to pass a real plan to help all Americans.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Members are reminded to address their 
remarks to the Chair.

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