Animal Congresswoman Martha I will be moderating evening. Please be advised that questions will be limited to the Corona virus and the impact that descent pandemic haddix for those of you wondering if you connected, you are currently you are on listen only mode. In other words you hear me, but I cannot hear you. The Congresswoman will be joining us shortly and then we will begin take questions to ask a question at anytime through this evening, please three on your telephone keypad in a few moments again when. Will open the comments with brief remarks, then we will open it up skin and if you would like to ask a question at any time during the call, please pray on your phone keypad after pressing start 31 of our ask for your name, Where are from the district and your question, please be advised that questions and answers will be limited to the Corona virus, then be sure to listen for your name. announce your name and ask you a question for the Congresswoman so everyone can hit the congresswoman during this. Is too many questions as possible, do anticipate a high dollar of causes evening, so thank you and your patience as we answer as many questions now, I'd like to introduce Congresswoman Marsha so much fun and I wanna thank you for joining me. It's really a pleasure conversation with you this evening. I look forward to the opportunity to answer your questions and just how this pandemic is the people of the eleventh Congressional district during this troubling. We are all called the health and safety of our fat friends in our communities, our schools businesses and the way we interact involvement acted by recent concerns, Federal and state expert experts have joined me on to answer your questions on how the most recent legislative actions related to the Corona virus will supply and workers during this crisis. I want to update you on doing in Congress to address emergency on March fourth and eight billion dollars by for research and development to assist with finding that. Scenes to protect public from price gauging as well by low interest loans for businesses on March thirteenth, the House Representatives passed the bikes and families First Corona virus aspect, which was passed and the President signed into law that has access to emergency leave as to 80 - seven million US workers and provide testing for everyone even though the bill was language from my bill with Congressman Bobby Scott Pandemic EBT Act, broadens access to the. Programs include full including Snap bills, Wick, Miltary, seniors and seafood through banks. This is a great book Congress Cannon must do more to see health and financial security of all Americans. Congress passed a President the third Corona package the cares to pretty quickly in people's hands, the build build dollars into unemployment provide direct chemic to little income Americans leads to small businesses just to name a few protecting fan. Health economic security and well-being authorities in this time of crisis and more needs to be done. I look forward to your question. I would like to introduce my guest this evening on the Finance Mister Gill Gold, the District Directors Administration of Cleveland, mister Bruce Matson, who is the assistant direct Ohio Department of Jobs and my good friend and colleague Representative Barbara Lee, who is a member of the House Appropriations Committee and she represents the thirteenth consecutive California Lee Thank you for. Thank you. Thank you much did you want me to go now? Please okay. Well, good evening everyone calling from Caledon still after and I wanna thank you all being calm. you come fudge or that entered for your time. phenomenal leadership fight create jobs, protect safety net programs access to quality education, health care and healthy. I'm so thankful that's taking the time to join Congresswoman Fudge and her guests this evening important call, which is the most important urgency. I know the very difficult time and people are right to concern about the loved ones, their health and their so no. Y'all in any today and going forward and will continue to ensure that everyone reformation and resource, which you need to tackle this is and this pandemic hand woman mentioned that I'm a member of appropriations me and I'm responsible developed priority to fund programs that actually put people first and today. you know we passed three enforces pandemic three billion supplement plan the family first Corona by response back more recently. The Cares Act is a two point two trips stimulus part, our frontiers families and businesses. Make no Congresswoman Fudge and Democrats and everyone to get his fighting for the people to struggling families. small business owners are nonsense our vulnerable communities, including seniors, those who are incarcerated and low income communities. People are hurting and remember to step up and fight for everyone in a way now, it's part of a push for key province in the last bill to continue to push put family first to support our non-profit organizations to really provide of emergency service with minimal resources. Care Act of course intended to business owners, which whatever needs they have right now, excuse me now when implemented, though there will be many resources available for small businesses and I'm really that business is on the call so this will include certain nonprofits and employers so we were able to put urgency loan 10 million for eligible nonprofit small business there are of the Council services to help you uncertain economic times while challenges significant with everything in our power as Christ is now to protect the health and comic security of our. Again, I'd like to thank Councilman Fudge organizing today's call and her quick leadership in advocating for hurricanes, and of course, that means he made for my constituents and the rest of the country and as a member of operations, commercial being with you and thank you again so much too. let us go to questions. Alright our first question from Missy Tree, Go ahead. Mister Petrie. Thank you for taking the time to do one of these side. Listen to last one. It was very helpful and very warm. so thank you okay in States as New York I have caused and there are people without work that have a gun received its for unemployment. I have two cases, one of which all of my was March third as amusing, Cleveland and other cases following anything of the stimulus bill, I'm from an unemployed for jobs and police services were being either one of those like many other marriage. Is going to run out what is being done to speed on inadequate unemployment service, Ohio, and can you assure this and other individuals like me will not far as receiving these thank you for your treat. Now I don't want you to specific personal information, but mister Matt Matt and I will turn it over to you. Okay. Thank you I've been positive as in many struggled to adapt to the incredible volume that can in a period of I know in the last two, we've taken more Ohio than. We have taken in either of the last two entire years and our system is 16 years old and was not up to the protest this tremendous volume. we've added a significant amount of resources to the cure systems and servers have now for nine people on the phone and with a hundred and 80 trained up for we're expanding our capabilities, but that only affects really right now. The provide the benefits for current statements. the additional services of the pan unemployment will require us to do some additional trimming and because of the agency that we are, we're actually looking with a private sector under several compounds set up a parallel some to process just a new dynamic appointment claims as as we go so I I'd be probably before we are ready to accept the claim and that so a claim coming in the insurance, an old state unemployment system rules and those cases who I like him. Or a self-employed able will be eligible because banana on the basis of so the new expanded capabilities will be available very soon mister Matt to do this one is if you came from them and would you please call my office at 21652240 - nine, and the other thing is it is reactive so if you even though you are correct mister Mason, that's absolutely correct. it may not be because I really needed saying that in the next. Should be drink from them or there should be some distribution if you do not get my office a call against five to 240 - 900. Thank you For today, we'll take our next question. I wanted to remind that star three at the congressman question. The next question comes from Miss Mary Rose Oscar and how are you? I'm first of all Congrats? Thank you. I'm proud to constituent and congresswomen. I have relatives in your district in the Cleveland, but God bless you. I did have a quick just a quick comment question and the people who like him see and. Ambulance etcetera don't have the proper equipment today. I heard the governor, I know everybody's saying my own is an emergency doctor. so he's bringing his own stuff wife is making him things and even stayed afraid they'll get the vibe. That's number one. How can we make sure they get the most important question is for at the work of Congresswoman their small businesses when I see even though they're staying open with all the problems that we. and they wanna know are the Red South for the loans and how does it become a Grant after they call business loan wanted to ask that question? Okay. We'll start with burgundy. come back to you on the the first question as it related equipment etcetera Hillberg shouldn't we have two programs that people could have businesses can fly under one is called economic injury loan from you apply. Directly to SBA for that, I'm not sure Bank and you apply to our website, which is SBA of faster, then click on the jury loan. Don't fuck on property, Click on comic injury loans and there's an application it takes last you and the questions and the application wanna $10000 advance. It's forgivable. There's up front. You'll get that for five days hope and that is. Whether your application approved or denied and you could apply for up to two minutes 37 Street, the other product is the paycheck protect Ram and really geared for you to employees on during the period of the Corona virus the way that is this part works eight year salary multiply that by one month's salary month of two and a half times had anything. Payments you have any interest in the utilities and the maximum on that is 10 million dollars. Mister go like why don't we do this just so that everyone is there is an amount $10000 that is forgive you need to apply it takes optimally five days to at least get that parley and then you can will then be determined what can get the balance of if you have a question about how you that get your phone number of your own ever quickly forced to cover. Let me give you a number for the office is 2165224. Email address is Gilbert Goldberg SBA dot Gov And we'll handle the first. Yeah, you know, thankfully Merrill doing well. you know this is the the availability of personal equipment. PPE is provided the fourth one is there seems to be a staff and I chain that that no one at this point their hands around and a lot of it has to do with the defense production is on the books and the prep. Indicated he would use it, but it's not really been activated and fact what's happening. I know we have the same issue out here in our health care workers. They deserve to be through this this emergency and we have now a new factor repurposing manufacturing plants making PPE so that a vacant help fill this void. So just we're finding the break this every community throughout the country. is faith in this and it's unconscionable and we're gonna continue until we get this the equips. That our health care and front lines so desperately thank you. Thank you. Yeah. I mean it's the reason just a matter of the administration and female and those responsible to acquit to where it is needed quickly as possible. Russian burdick our necklace from Damien Voice. Yes, I'm sorry I had you on the phone. I was asking your birth details on any of this package that the all of those of us affected by the pandemics and my number two questions if there's anything targeted to eight of College students that have been from school. If there's any address the issue because the summary is very, we'll send it to you. If you call and give us your or you maybe and a newsletter for me through the last few days. If not, please just call my office and we went to you that will give you a good summary of all of the things that are in the Cares Act and that's to College students to know what the bill took those people who individuals the $1205 per child but dollars caps out 17. If you have a child that's overseas, a van would not get the adults. I do not know why I did that, but they asked if there is nothing geared directly at College students with the except of course, France forbearance on students. so if you are children direct student loans or that are in some way by the federal government, they wanna pay those loans during this period, They all keep the ability to continue to your greatness is over so they won't be pushed for that and they can't be. Affected on their credit richly a delayed those are the things for College students question burden Next we have miss Julie Head. Hi thank you Congressman for taking questions. we certainly trust and appreciate your leadership in this service trying time my question is isn't one of the stimulus. Check for individuals. Are we responsible that some back not it is not it is it is a girl. We're calling them. I think rebates is what the bill quite firm. No you're not. Is for your I believe what it is. We did to make sure that because it's a common has been slowed by the actions of our government. We're trying to make people's lives and what we're trying to be as selfless. It's not going. I do believe check the issued the week of April thirteenth so a week still shakes will start to directly to your Bank account. You have filed an income tax return over those two years and we have maded direct deposit information. Those who do not exit be delayed another three so after that, thank you very much. Our next question comes June third. Hello. Yes. Hi my name for Bernie. Hey. I've got my biggest concern now. I know that the government is doing all the help that needs to be helped, but I have heard anyone in the homeless. What are they doing about the homeless people mainly in the church downtown to the bridges and miss Lee answer to that. I do know that thing about homeless out of my head, The Bell, of course, fudge myself and other questions, 15 billion for the homeless assistance for camp to address this emergency, we were able to get I believe in billion into the health that provides to excuse whoever's talking. Could you please? Let's go ahead, Okay Bath provides assistance grants for those jurisdictions to need to provide housing resources making the homeless get the support services necessary. So it's not, but we did increase McKinney, Vento homeless and account billion dollars. You very very much next question. Our next question comes from George Sign sir. Swimming for taking my question micro related to the first question about woman claims and I have adult choose psychology work for school system and she worked for small school is closed and you pay almost more than them so he tried to file employment and and the answer came. she's not mister Mason. Yes, the same answer is brief preview because if she was an employee if she void or employee, then she will eligible food pandemic Unemployment assistance Progress just recently passed act and that is not up yet in in Ohio, it will be it will be at least a couple four. We will be able to accept the application for particular program be active to the end of the bill or the time that she became eligible. She will not be penalized cuz she's been unable to proclaim with us so Floyd individuals are 1090. Employees we eligible for the pandas systems program. It has not established in arms yet working diligently than in the next couple of weeks. Very good. Thank the next question. Please next. Greg Hello, thank you for holding this snap. Yeah. I'm concerned very much the I need that ended up going to a bail out the financial industry banking operations in particular and other corporations without there being enough condition to protect workers and money going to be financing without being transparent enough like how do we make sure that financial industry is held accountable transparent, they allot money won't be used financial industry, their political power corrupt political system. Thank you. Well, then an oversight Abishola oversight Committee that is going to be available for ensuring that they are intended to be used for CEO Pay they buy backs. They must be used purpose intended am I am I missing something that will be form of a select Committee which I'm Speaker is or have announced their addiction will be for accountability and trim and making sure that we hold this was a huge amount of dollars. thank you Next quickly. Hello. This appears to be it sounds like the glitch can you can Oh? Hi, I will be able to assist with bringing the next Hi I will be able to assist with Brinks Color live while we wait for being to rejoin you are now live with them and please ask you yes, we're doing that. I have city for Field Service taxes that are mirrors as a lawyer, Ohio These guns and lady interact with the general public multiple locations all day long, they cannot find any PPE equipment for them. Nope, no gloves, no hand sanitize. Day and showing everywhere trying to get something and I understand the need is going to medical facility at that, but being trying to prevent people from going to the hospital and the place so question to you is it part of the appropriate P P equipment being allocated for the general essential workers. Yes, it is fact the problem is not that it's not allocated so that the problem is not that it's not allocated to you. absolute included. the problem is that we just haven't. Get it fast enough, but if you would just do this for me tomorrow we just call my office and your business. I can make sure that I get you in touch with the right people and because not only are you all working. I mean we I'm getting calls from morticia bodies. I'm getting calls from grocery store workings that you would where people are going to be enabling or assisting so just do that for us and get you to quickly possibly can thank you. Alright, our question comes from Cup chick. go right ahead. Question you'll golden loans I mentioned certain nothing from wedding. I can only note was about you have to be a 40 - three or a 501 scene. So could you I'm calling basically I'm detective valves. Alright, Mister Goldberg. What is your? I encourage you Either program under the protection program, the economic injury and apply under program as far as I'm the only have right now, and I think they're going to shortly houses of support exclude and certain chamber members of our school. We're looking at refinements that we will be able to make it more and including. let me just put that you said. Houses of worship are excluded right now they're. At something that may wide a bit to get some they have a final three company that economic okay. That's it. Yeah. Yeah, Congresswoman Fudge the Committee the Committee I understand that specific nonprofit organizations were covered. The guidance was at least today was a private nonprofit Organization that are not governmental interest. They had exemption Bible seed E, which is. Bible one season that are not limited to get a PPC Loan such as 50154 and religious Organization 501 profitable would not that I understand that as of today great thank you. thank you for our next question. Our nation will take Facebook. It comes from Jaclyn stylist and she to know as it relates to the smallest checks are being considered high school College students who are not independent. It is my under over 16 will not eligible for any of that change with the next big. I doubt very seriously that it will and it's not 16. The age is actually 17 and I do not believe will change. I think it's going to happen. There is gonna be another bills don't have any idea when it is going to be done. the the how this guess is that happen until July maybe either I did sign a bill to make them eligible from eight seven to 20 - four, but that may be sometimes you've been in session Weirdly as well because of the virus. So thank you for your question this question that comes from mister ready for having this conversation this morning as far as Congress this stemless package is $200 going out as this all the scene receive A hundred dollars. A person still alone or overpayment for women or our ass can put on that money and they don't receive it. No sir. yes, seniors LJ most seniors who are automatically get their dollar check the past as they do their social security. the thing that I have that would protect and I believe it is if you are delinquent in your child care every nothing else you from getting only child care the liquids next question. They come from Mickey Smith High Congresswoman Fudge Hi, thank you for this. I would like the covid- 19 affects the men that's currently incarcerated. Speaking of the men that releases men who are up approve the new clemency and the man who can qualify for emotion for passion relief. Influxis come in and buy Profit and I deal with the needs out there that had one we in here and clean the eight hundred and 61. I think that overall we should look at this from Ohio standpoint because we already know the conditions are not. It's it's great that you're talking about system is age your concern because there's nothing saying there are number to do to be safe are happening prisons now most of them you're talking about is actually the state federal government can't really address what is happening in the state other than to say that many are already doing early releases for people in prison on a parole. Violet, who are offenders, so that's a program that I really can't speak to a federal government is looking to release as well. I don't have where we are with it. Do you constantly early releases that we did add funding for the Bureau of prisons in terms of to use as a relates to come and they will make a decision how to use it. We encourage testing of course and also they did the prison. is the Bureau that we. Increase funding for to adjust list Keep and that's better prison so make you all right. Okay. Thank you next question we have Council. Hi, thank you so much for the special. I'm compliment for Maple High School and I'm the question that I have been. Asking me about what famous about Will they get one for the household or two separate checks in the other question is the one spouse makes like a hundred thousand and, then the other 40, How will they get that out? Well? it is based upon the sound of it is based on making $150 or less if you found on the only have one place to send it, which is wherever they send turn. And that's what goes so I would believe shortly so instead of hundred. If you're a company qualifications, you make less than $4 as a couple that you want. Check and then if you have children under the age of $500 for each child, I will double check. but I'm pretty sure that question our next one comes from the steps toes go right ahead. Thank you. Council woman for take herbs Woman for taking my call after a worker at the Cleveland processing and developing for distribution Center and we are starting to have employees testing today and we're still in everyday because we are essential employees and we need to get out those medications and checks to people. But a way to lessen our risk is to ask them to stop male standard made the mail that people aren't and that's the male that most people look at and throw in the trash we wouldn't cross that way less people would have backed with each. We have math have unless we go out and get them for ourselves. so we're not protected and won't have the luxury of being able to do than seeing while we're at work. We're our health at risk every day. all I'm asking is that they can asking the puppies. Male so that we could get out of six hours and not course with each other the risk of fasting on his virus each other well. thank you very much Frankie for the work you do we with everything we suppose to work is into this little the Senate Republicans refuse what but we unfinished fighting with that. so I will take this directly to our I'm not just talked to bind them. They've talked about the need workers. I'm a strong strong supporter. Workers will do whatever it is. I can make it better for you just but it's an ongoing fight. Keep calling again. Thank you for the work you. call come from Manila. I'm sorry. Hello. my name is Marlo Smith and family. We're trying to move to Arizona Dorner, but our Ohio and even allowed to move anymore. I you know, I'm assuming that you clean. There's nothing that that she's from doing well. We have these these orders restricting if you choose to do question. Thank you our next question comes. Andrew Jackson go right ahead. Congresswoman for high school. You know part of management business and I'm trying to keep our employees and working and we found out to think that we have a relationship with. we thought the work for the VA loan just say. Broke protections participating time better so I I've I've heard with I was saying through the SPF for those types of things that Scott Oberg the protection program goes into it tomorrow. It's done through lenders throughout this any lender participate just about any lender raised up forest, so I would say your lender sell out the application for the they will protect number. that portion rates to salary rents interest, those utilities is for. Let Mister Goldberg. I think he's saying that his Bank and that they will not participate. There are a lot of other banks in northeast Ohio, and I would just approach another Bank. I don't know why your Bank did not participating in the name of your Bank. Hello. Can you hear me? what is the name of your Bank? Chase Bank Chase? Bank. I think you should go back and talk as far as they're participating. So maybe you just got there early that much. If you have a problem that's being a call I should please next question Come from Lit. Yes. ma' am I thank you I mean I do when the check and that your own you get an additional 600 a week that is both of you. Yes, you are correct because of the pandemic you get a hundred dollars per week over a. Period the checks to be mailed that the hundred the federal dollars start to be mailed the week fifteenth the comes from be going through the state Mister Master, he said he said correct me if I'm wrong, sir, they are just putting the procedures in place to do that, and it will be a couple of you can even apply for those resources will be retroactive, Mister Mason and Mike right. but not exactly with the unemployment for the individual 1090 -nines won't be available while we are here The additional 600 into place as the checks were sold out yet there's not have to do early on unemployment benefit automatically get $600 into your unemployment benefit and it will be retro to the enactment of the bill. Excellent. They're very much next question our next question comes from this. Hello, it's wondering people have health care insurance or can't afford health care insurance. What we did this time you know not that tough question I heard today. you know, certainly the admission and the White House decided not to back up the excuse. would you would normally get your insurance If you were it's something that we do have and not another funding for the expansion pandemic of community health. We all sure that most bills that we have for treatment. The development of treatments and vaccines, but terms of health specifically does need based on the criteria established by the health official test available. But again, we have the lack of ability in many communities of the test. so right now, we're fighting to try to make sure that there's loss pulled from the administration that would undermine the affordable care and we're trying to make sure that Medicaid abandoned, but also the community health centers. I would say I'm explaining in my district to my constituents. try to access health care. A community health centers with did receive a bump in their fun when the other thing I would say is because Ohio it expand Medicaid think upon what your situation age your health accept you may be still get some coverage and or Medicare so that you don't have to give your inspection just give my office a call next week and we'll see if we can do to help you that number 164240 - 900 time for two more questions. Take a question from we have a question Will Ohio started an employment for freelancers energy? Mister Matt is the two to three weeks. I'm hoping to place the fun some outsiders who are working with right now, but as soon as they were those applications, we will be doing a broad on all of our media, including an outreach to individuals who have in the past file. not to let you know that was open for applications again, it will be retroactive. It will not start after you will go back to when you would have been great. Thank you. Question Okay. We have Taylor. Hello. Please go to the next question. Please okay. next we have miss Mike Flynn City Council The Council I got unlike late night College wanted to find out many of our small businesses are not on social media. They don't have websites in a non-profit Organization as the CDC download arms and physically than amount and send those miss Obert. Download By typing or by hand and writing the men they should give me a call at the office at 2522418 two and put them through that process. We will assure that they address to mail them in. alright. Thank thank you so much. Yeah. we have time for maybe two more questions. question comes from Miss Cheryl Tanner go right ahead. Yes, we can hear you. Thanks so much for all of your support to our communities, my question is has to do with the repression on the code nine include stress and mental health issues. How can a 501 C apply under the Care Act? There are a couple of ways depending but you can apply through SGA and my correct of the way you should check protection program is through a financial issue and it's about every financial institution in Ohio, savings and loan thrift credit. syntactic are participating and you should go to them why they have the application. It's fairly season and guidelines from us on Look at it go to your local hooking with SAP and they will walk the process. Also Congresswoman, in addition, headed again, but a little billion dollars to the community Service program goes directly to the state and you know your state whatever state decides to. however, they decide to use that money could use it for profits who delivered a mental health services. I would just encourage you to have whatever it's no funds Ohio through the community services block state level. if it's the provide the service eligible. Thanks Barbara. About that, thank you, I missed our last clip from this Lisa Renzi go right ahead. Thank you our congresswoman my question my first question is in regards to the at you, it will be considered a work gift does that mean that might be tech that we have with our 20 income tax that correct impossible. It is a gift. More quickly, Okay. the question will come three high right ahead last question. That's good. Good Good Congress last time and I'm thankful in Ohio, the fourth 100 percent my question for it's for everybody. That's on section and taste the government pays like majority of every rank in a situation you have to move before the pain started and now that you can because a lot people aren't showing them how people have lost their jobs like. The money too, and we get the language calling you know where you gonna do what you gonna do Also her appointment say that's a 90 day freeze on eviction. I took up it does anyone and paid for voucher programs any federal program cannot you not for for some reason on your board that is happening to let us know who you are and who your landlord is just call our office and let us know we'll make sure that they get the appropriate information because the division of this all past with that leg. Just thank very, very much for joining you know we all know that they think sit in a challenge today and in the future continue to have in the resiliency of our country and the goodwill you who want our country and I'm proud to continue to protect our congressional district and it is my honor and my privilege to serve. I think and enjoy the rest of your evening. Thank my guests for being with me and I will be in touch after this called over. Thank you so very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Congress guess and thank you all for for those of you. still in the question you I apologize as well to get to those questions if you like comment, questions for our set and leave a Bush, please visit the congresswoman's website. WWW. dot Facebook dot Gov for the updates on the Corona virus negative actions for her Newsletter District office at 2652249 Zero. Thank you for joining tonight's call Good night.