美国新冠疫情日记05/16/2020 Coronavirus Diary

HEROES Act Passes In Congress

Congress yesterday passed H.R. 6800, the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solution (HEROES) Act. This is the fifth tranche of coronavirus relief which will help to defeat the coronavirus in the United States by providing funding for state, local and tribal governments as well as for essential workers, small business, food, security and housing assistance.

This bill will now be sent to the Senate, but the Republican-controlled Senate will not grant approval immediately.

We strongly urge the Senate to act on this bill as soon as possible, mainly because we need to help more than thirty million people now out of a job. Local governments have also been hard hit by this national emergency. The suffering has also caused a dramatic decrease in sales tax revenue.

We are now witnessing long lines waiting to get tested for the coronavirus as well as long food lines. The HEROES Act also contains provisions for testing and tracing as well as for food assistance.

We are also facing the worst economic downturn in modern history. We need to lend a hand to our neighbors and our friends and try to donate whatever we can to the Food Bank.

As Congressman Al Green has said, we must continue to work across the political aisle and in both chambers of Congress until we have stopped the spread of COVID-19, decreased fatalities, flattened the curve and restored our economy.

   眾院通过有史以来最大纾困法案

眾议院昨晚以代理人投票方式表决通过了第六千八百号提案，将全面啟动对地方及州政府失业救济、小企业贷款、食物补助、房租津贴、病毒检验、前缐医疗人员及发放现金支票等。

法案送到由共和党掌控之参议院，将会遭到留滞。不过一般认為，两党会在共同协商之后在近期内通过由总统签署后生效。

我们也在此大力呼吁国会山庄之议员，应火速通过此案来拯救已经失业的三千多万同胞及面临破產的地方政府，我们看到领取食物的车队越来越长，等待检测的国民心急如焚，失业救济金办公室电脑当机，如此强大的美利坚共和国竟然沦落至此。

就如好友国会议员格林今天再度呼吁要国会两党摒弃私见，共同抵抗冠状病毒，减少伤亡，重整我们的经济。