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Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga) issued the following statement after the House voted on Democrats’ $1.9 trillion ‘non-COVID’ stimulus package, H.R. 1319:

“All the economy needs before it comes roaring back is a full and complete reopening, not endless shutdowns or payouts to liberal states and special interest groups. Of the Democrats’ $1.9 trillion package, only nine percent is COVID-related spending; the rest goes to things like bailing out poorly run states, funding to foreign countries, and climate change – making it ‘the most progressive legislation in a generation, according to the White House. Why are Democrats lying to the American people and saying this bill is about COVID relief?

"Probably the most hypocritical part of the bill is the fact that they are not following the science, after bemoaning the prior administration, whenever given the chance, for not following the science. I offered an amendment to the bill that would prohibit federal funding from going to schools that did not reopen for in person learning, and Democrats shut it down, though the science says kids are safe to return to the classroom in person.

“There is a reason why economists say this bill is six and a half times larger than it needs to be, and that the chairman of the Fed told me the economy is poised to have a strong recovery…it’s because of the prior administration’s pro-growth policies before the pandemic, and Operation Warp Speed – to develop vaccines. Our underlying economy is still strong, and economists predict Americans saved over $2 trillion during the pandemic. Couple this with the record-breaking development of three effective vaccines, and you have the ingredients for an economic boom. The science and economics are clear: get our kids back into the classroom, and unleash the American economy.”