[FEMA Funeral Assistance for COVID-19 Victims]
U.S Senator Charles Schumer. “FEMA must use its latest authority to do the right thing during this crisis—exactly what they did after Hurricane Sandy— and make available the funeral funds Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and I have been asking for.”
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer
AOC, Schumer Demand FEMA Release Funeral Assistance for COVID-19 Victims’ Families
AFT President Weingarten Welcomes Introduction of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020
[American Federation of Teachers\Justice in Policing Act of 2020]
Weingarten: “This legislation makes clear that police brutality, misconduct, harassment and killing have no place in this country.”
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COVID-19: AMERICA’S VULNERABLE AND POOR CHILDREN NEED MORE RELIEF HELP
[COVID-19\Children’s Welfare]
Edelman: Millions of children have lost the stability and routines that all children and parents depend on…”Vulnerable children in this unprecedented crisis need help and Congress must continue to do everything it can to provide it.”
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AFT AND UFT: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MUST DO MORE TO HELP VICTIMS OF COVID-19
[AFT and UFT\COBRA]
Weingarten said: “We are seeing a terrible loss of life as well as loss of employment as a result of this pandemic.”
Mulgrew said: “Tens of thousands of New Yorkers are now out of work.”
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AFT’S WEINGARTEN: COVID-19 BILL WILL PROVIDE RELIEF
[COVID-19 Recovery Bill]
Weingarten: “With this global pandemic, there is a recognition that science matters and government matters. We need government to help us navigate the multitude of crises…”
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CONGRESSWOMAN NORTON INTRODUCES LEGISLATION CONDEMNING VOTER SUPPRESSION AROUND NATION AND IN D.C.
[Congressional News\Voting Rights]
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton: “The Supreme Court’s 2013 decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act has been immeasurably harmful to our democracy. Following this decision, over a dozen states quickly moved to erect new barriers to voting, particularly targeting people of color, the elderly, and low-income residents.”
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