Virginia Cramer, virginia.cramer@sierraclub.org
WASHINGTON,D.C. -- Senate Republicans are pushing an economic stimulus package that fails to address urgent healthcare needs and falls short of the support needed for those hit hardest by COVID-19, while offering bailouts to polluting corporations.
In response, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune issued the following statement.
“We cannot afford this stimulus proposal that defaults to helping corporate polluters. The scale of this pandemic-- and the economic fallout already being felt by families across the country -- demands that Senate Republicans put people first. Congress must pass a stimulus plan that provides relief directly to people, prioritizes public health, supports workers and sets us up for a clean energy economy that will provide dividends into the future.”
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