Congressional Record, Senate — March 10, 2021 (S1434)
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Congressional Record, Senate, page S1434, March 10, 2021. Schumer says the House of Representatives is set to approve the American Rescue Plan, and quotes headlines from the New York Times, Forbes and The Associated Press. Schumer describes the child tax credit of up to $3,000 per child ages 6 to 17 and $3,600 per child under the age of 6, and says analysts predict the policy will cut childhood poverty in half. Schumer also says the plan provides more than $10 billion to support agriculture, with roughly half set aside for disadvantaged communities, particularly Black farmers. Schumer then asks unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be discharged from S. 320, the John Lewis NIMHD Research Endowment Revitalization Act of 2021.
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S1434 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE March 10, 2021
President Biden deserves to have his we know what that means in terms of The American Rescue Plan provides
team in place, working for the Amer- food and healthcare and housing and more than $10 billion to support our
ican people. education. Compared with other na- Nation’s agriculture and sets aside,
f tions around the world, the United roughly, half of it—half of it—for dis-
States dedicates a relative pittance—a advantaged communities, particularly
AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT OF pittance—to fixing that terrible injus- Black farmers, for debt relief, edu-
2021 tice. cation, training, and land acquisition.
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now Listen to this. This is something that Though it is only a small fraction of
on the American Rescue Plan, later should make us both ashamed that the the overall bill, experts have called the
today, the House of Representatives is United States has been in this position American Rescue Plan ‘‘the most sig-
set to approve the American Rescue for so long and proud that the Amer- nificant legislation for Black farmers
Plan and send it straight to President ican Rescue Plan will help rectify that since the Civil Rights Act.’’
Biden’s desk for his signature, capping injustice. Here it is: The United States It is amazing what we can do when
a monthslong effort by the Democrats ranks next to last among the world’s 37 we put our minds to it. The hangover
to pass bold COVID relief to defeat the most developed economies in terms of from the horrible treatment that rural
pandemic and boost our economy. Once family benefits—barely ahead of Tur- African-American farmers have gotten
President Biden signs the bill into law, key—nothing that can make Ameri- since the days of slavery can, in part—
it will immediately become the most cans proud. in decent part—be undone by this legis-
sweeping Federal recovery package in Of course, the pandemic has made the
lation.
recent history. problem of child poverty even worse. It
I want to thank some of my fellow
Even a cursory reading of the head- has forced parents to serve as childcare
Senators who did such work on this
lines gives you a sense of the historic providers and surrogate teachers while
bill. The provisions I have mentioned
nature of this bold and so helpful legis- trying to keep up with their own jobs.
owe a great deal to the members of the
lation. For millions of Americans who lost
Agriculture Committee and the Fi-
Here is one from yesterday from the their jobs through no fault of their
nance Committee. Senator STABENOW
New York Times: own, the pressure only increased. The
difficulty of childcare during the pan- was relentless in pushing this issue.
Growth in the U.S. could surge on the
demic is likely one of the main reasons Senator WYDEN, chair of the Finance
stimulus plan and a rapid vaccine rollout. Committee, helped out a great deal,
there has been a disproportionate share
Wouldn’t that be great? We think of women who have fallen out of the and Senators WARNOCK and BOOKER
there is a very good chance of its hap- workforce. The pandemic has left pushed very hard as well.
pening. mothers and fathers with impossible The American Rescue Plan is going
Forbes: choices, between keeping their jobs and to have an immense impact on nearly
U.S. Economy Will Recover Twice as Fast incomes or leaving work to care for every community in America. In the
Thanks to $1.9 Trillion Stimulus. their children, stuck at home, whom weeks and months to come, I will be
That is from Forbes, a conservative they so dearly love. highlighting how much good it will do.
publication. Democrats decided to tackle this I have a few housekeeping things to
The Associated Press: problem head on in the American Res- do.
COVID bill to deliver big health insurance cue Plan. We expanded the child tax f
savings for many. credit to provide up to $3,000 per child, SIGNING AUTHORITY
This is something so many Ameri- ages 6 to 17, and $3,600 per child under
the age of 6 for an overwhelming ma- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask
cans desperately need and want.
jority of families in this country. Ana- unanimous consent that the senior
Here is another from the New York
lysts predict that this policy will cut Senator from New York be authorized
Times:
childhood poverty in half—in half. to sign duly enrolled bills or joint reso-
In the Stimulus Bill, a Policy Revolution
That is an astounding statistic. It will lutions on March 10.
in Aid for Children.
cut childhood poverty in half. A goal of The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
A policy revolution. pore. Without objection, it is so or-
so many who have studied the frailties
Simply put, the American Rescue dered.
in some of our policies for a decade, for
Plan is one of the most significant Fed-
a generation, has been to remove peo- f
eral relief efforts that Congress has
ple—young children—from poverty, and
seen in a very, very long time. I am JOHN LEWIS NIMHD RESEARCH
half will be so removed.
greatly looking forward to its becom- That is just one reason reviewers ENDOWMENT REVITALIZATION
ing law. have called the American Rescue Plan ACT OF 2021
Now, I have spent a lot of time talk- one of the ‘‘most far-reaching anti-pov- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask
ing about all of the different provisions erty efforts in an [entire] generation.’’ unanimous consent that the Com-
of the bill today and in previous re- A salute to SHERROD BROWN, MICHAEL mittee on Health, Education, Labor,
marks on the floor of the Senate. That BENNET, and CORY BOOKER, who really and Pensions be discharged from fur-
is because the American Rescue Plan is spearheaded this, along with Congress- ther consideration of S. 320 and the
a truly comprehensive effort. COVID–19 man NEAL in the House; RON WYDEN Senate proceed to its immediate con-
has impacted nearly every aspect of and his committee that worked on sideration.
American life. So we had to craft legis- drafting it; and my staffers who spent The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
lation that spanned the gamut: so much time on making this work as pore. The clerk will report the bill by
schools, businesses, families, jobs, well. A salute to them. title.
healthcare. Because this bill is so wide- Now, another provision that has re- The senior assistant legislative clerk
ranging, I haven’t spent enough time ceived too little attention is the sup- read as follows:
on the significance of the individual port this bill will provide to disadvan- A bill (S. 320) to amend the Public Health
programs. taged farmers. Across nearly every sta- Service Act to provide that the authority of
I want to rectify that over the next tistic, farmers from socially disadvan- the Director of the National Institute on Mi-
several weeks. This morning, I want to taged communities fare worse than nority Health and Health Disparities to
focus on two initiatives: first, the child their White counterparts, suffering make certain research endowments applies
tax credit and, second, agricultural as- from generations of systemic discrimi- with respect to both current and former cen-
sistance for disadvantaged farmers. nation, land loss, and what Secretary ters of excellence, and for other purposes.
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According to the most recent data, Vilsack calls a ‘‘cycle of debt.’’ It is al- There being no objection, the com-
more than 10 million children live most something that recalls the days mittee was discharged, and the Senate
below the poverty line in America—10 of slavery and sharecropping and ten- proceeded to consider the bill.
million children. A child starting out ant farming. Recently, these farmers Mr. SCHUMER. I ask unanimous con-
in life, through no fault of his or her have suffered again, disproportion- sent that the bill be considered read a
own, lives below the poverty line, and ately, from COVID–19. third time.
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