Congressional Record, Extensions of Remarks (April 24, 2020): Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019, speech of Rep. George Holding

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An Extensions of Remarks speech by Rep. George Holding of North Carolina, delivered Thursday, April 23, 2020 and printed in the Congressional Record, Volume 166, Number 78, for Friday, April 24, 2020, at Page E394, under the heading of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019. Holding says YMCAs across North Carolina have run day camps for the children of essential personnel and blood drives, citing the Poole Family YMCA in Garner, NC, yet have been left out of federal assistance programs, with YMCAs in Raleigh and in Charlotte furloughing staff. He urges Congress to make YMCAs eligible for Paycheck Protection Program funds regardless of affiliation size in the next coronavirus package.

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[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 78 (Friday, April 24, 2020)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

     DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019

                                 ______

                               speech of

                          HON. GEORGE HOLDING

                           of north carolina

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, April 23, 2020

  Mr. HOLDING. Madam Speaker, I rise to highlight the invaluable work
that YMCAs across the country are doing during this crisis and urge
Congress to ensure that they are made eligible for essential federal
assistance programs in the next coronavirus package.
  From the beginning, YMCAs across the state of North Carolina have
been on the front lines of efforts to combat the spread of corona virus
and care for the communities affected by it. For weeks, YMCAs have take
the initiative on providing family care and assistance. In Garner, NC,
for example, the Poole Family YMCA has set up day camps for the
children of essential personnel and runs blood drives. Their work has
played an invaluable role in ensuring health care workers can continue
fighting and that hard-hit communities have access to basic
necessities.
  Despite providing these essential services, YMCAs have been left out
of the federal assistance programs they desperately need. YMCAs in
Raleigh and in Charlotte have furloughed aver 95 percent of their
staffs and left many on extended unpaid leave as they continue to
operate on a deficit throughout this crisis.
  Unfortunately, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which Congress
passed specifically to help groups like this, does not allow affiliated
YMCAs that collectively employ over 500 people to receive funds.
  Madam Speaker, without federal assistance, YMCAs across the country
will no longer be able to provide relief to health care workers and
underserved communities during this emergency. I ask that Congress work
to ensure YMCAs that provide essential community services are able to
receive funds through the PPP regardless of affiliation size in the
next corona virus package.

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