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Next COVID-19 relief package passed by Congress must put all people first

Loud Silence Staff by Loud Silence Staff
April 22, 2020
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During a Monday afternoon press conference, Rep. Pramila Jayapal stressed the need for people-first action. “If we are going to climb out of this crisis, we need bold solutions that match the scale of the crisis we’re facing today,” she said. “And if we are going to beat the virus, we need to keep people home and expand testing. If we are going to keep people home, we need to be sure we stop the mass unemployment and keep paychecks coming for workers across the country.” 

Jayapal was joined by her Congressional Progressive Caucus co-chair Rep. Mark Pocan and caucus members Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Rep. Ilhan Omar, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, along with leaders from United We Dream, Indivisible, MoveOn, and Community Change Action.

Expanding upon demands first made in an April 9 letter to House Speaker Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Congressional Progressive Caucus proposed several measures that sought to prevent layoffs and protect small businesses and nonprofits, give immediate and direct relief to individuals and families, protect public health, and ensure safe elections. Proposed measures go beyond stop gap measures to “lay the foundation for a just and resilient recovery.”  

Pocan laid out the four core demands:

1) Keeping people on payrolls through a paycheck guarantee.

2) Providing direct financial relief to people, including expanding food aid and keeping people from losing their homes.

3) Ensuring public health coverage, testing, and treatment for all as well as universal OSHA protections for healthcare workers.

4) Defending federal elections with expanded access to vote-by-mail.

“Let me be clear, mass unemployment is a policy choice,” Jayapal said. She made the case for a federal paycheck guarantee, which would hasten the end of mass unemployment and provide needed resources for small businesses and nonprofits. Jayapal also pointed to the many other countries taking steps to protect people in this way. According to Jayapal, the proposed paycheck guarantee would cover wages up to $100,000 and work with the IRS and treasury to deliver money directly to small businesses and nonprofits bypassing issues with banks.

Lorella Praeli, president of Community Change Action, challenged the notion that COVID-19 was a great equalizer, noting the various communities that have been disproportionately impacted and simultaneously left out of prior relief efforts.

“‘People first’ in the next package really means people first, and people means everyone,” Praeli said. “This will require us to center our shared fate and stand up for each other so that nobody— from frontline healthcare workers to grocery clerks to farmworkers—is expendable.”

Anoa Changa is Prism’s electoral justice staff reporter. Follow her on Twitter @thewaywithanoa.
Prism is a nonprofit affiliate of Daily Kos. Our mission is to make visible the people, places, and issues currently underrepresented in our democracy. By amplifying the voices and leadership of people closest to the problems, Prism tells the stories no one else is telling. Follow us on Twitter @ourprisms and on Facebook.



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