Congressional Record, House (Dec. 16, 2020): Hope and Despair in Central Florida (Rep. Darren Soto)

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A one-minute House speech by Rep. Darren Soto, printed in the Congressional Record, Volume 166, Number 213, for Wednesday, December 16, 2020, at Page H7168, under the heading Hope and Despair in Central Florida. Soto says the first vaccines arrived that week to protect healthcare professionals, but unemployment remains around 10 percent, food banks lay bare, many are behind on rent and coronavirus cases continue to rise. He urges Congress to pass coronavirus emergency relief that week to help small businesses and the unemployed and to ensure food, housing and direct stimulus checks, telling colleagues not to be an Ebenezer Scrooge and to vote yes.

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[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 213 (Wednesday, December 16, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H7168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

                  HOPE AND DESPAIR IN CENTRAL FLORIDA

  (Mr. SOTO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, there is a mix of hope and despair in central
Florida.
  This week, the first vaccines arrived to help protect our healthcare
professionals. But unemployment remains around 10 percent; food banks
lay bare; many are behind on rent; and coronavirus cases continue to
rise.
  The message is clear in both Florida and across our Nation: Americans
need help.
  It is time for this Congress to come together and pass meaningful
coronavirus emergency relief to defeat the virus; to help small
businesses and the unemployed; and to ensure food, housing, and direct
stimulus checks for our constituents.
  The solution is within our grasp. We just need to come together this
week to get the job done.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my colleagues: Don't be an Ebenezer
Scrooge. Embrace the Christmas spirit. Join me and vote ``yes.''

                          ____________________

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