Appropriations Vice Chair Leahy Reacts to Senate Passage of Families First Coronavirus Response Act
March 19, 2020
March 19, 2020
WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, vice chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement on March 18 regarding the Senate passage of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act:
Today the Senate took a crucial first step to meet the American people where they are in this crisis by ensuring emergency, paid sick leave, enhancing unemployment insurance, and providing new funds to support nutrition programs, which will come under increa . . .
Today the Senate took a crucial first step to meet the American people where they are in this crisis by ensuring emergency, paid sick leave, enhancing unemployment insurance, and providing new funds to support nutrition programs, which will come under increa . . .