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April 2, 2020
Let’s join with compassion and thoughtful actions to soften the blows of coronavirus. Working together to overcome this catastrophe requires understanding how we got here.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
April 2, 2020
As COVID-19 cases begin to permeate the immigration system nationwide, detainees in Texas are calling for better conditions and release. Their pleas became more urgent after at least one employee at a Houston lockup had a confirmed case of coronavirus.
April 2, 2020
WASHINGTON—Daniel Boulud's restaurants are largely shuttered because of the coronavirus pandemic, but his latest recipe—an easy-to-grasp pitch paired with a dash of celebrity—put a dormant tax-policy idea at the forefront of President Trump's mind.
April 1, 2020
President Donald Trump and his administration have a message for uninsured Americans who fear the cost of treatment for COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus: We don’t care.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
April 1, 2020
Washington, D.C. – Today, amid broadening economic hardship from the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, released the following statement in reaction to President Trump’s tweet calling for reversing a provision of the 2017 tax bill which incentivized businesses to spend money at restaurants:
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
April 1, 2020
While President Trump has assured states that thousands of ventilators remain at the ready, thousands more are in storage, unmaintained or otherwise unusable.
April 1, 2020
Let’s join in solidarity, compassion, and thoughtful actions to soften the blows of coronavirus. Working together to overcome this catastrophe requires understanding how we got here. Last year, the Trump administration conducted an important exercise to understand how our country would respond to a respiratory virus pandemic. The resulting October report showed the essential changes required to avoid the very kind of avoidable chaos we now witness.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
March 31, 2020
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Holding a cell phone to her ear, it only took a few minutes for Meghann Gordon to reach deep inside the walls of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas and find a human being.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)
March 30, 2020
Small businesses around the area are already feeling the sting of recent restrictions implemented to combat the spread of the novel coronavirus.
March 27, 2020
WASHINGTON — Tens of billions of dollars are on the way to Texas after the House on Friday approved the largest stimulus package in the nation's history, $2 trillion aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus and stemming its economic damage.
Issues:Coronavirus (COVID-19)