Hoyer Interview with NBC Washington on Coronavirus Legislation

It contains 310 billion dollars in new funds for the paycheck protection program to provide forgivable loans to small business owners in part to discourage layoffs. The same pool of money contains 60 billion dollars set aside for small lenders the idea to get more money to mom and pop businesses that do not have relationships with the bigger banks. The package includes 70 - five five billion billion billion dollars dollars dollars, in in in in grants to. grants grants grants to hospitals overwhelmed. to to to hospitals hospitals hospitals overwhelmed overwhelmed overwhelmed by the rush. by by the the rush of Cove. rush of Cove. patients patients patients patients and and and. and 25 25 25 billion to bolster. billion to bolster. billion to bolster Corona virus. Across the country, US Congressman Steny Hoyer of Maryland, is the House majority leader, and he says he wants the next aid package to ensure Americans have enough to eat and that States are reimbursed for their Corona virus cause He's also focused on the funding shortfall for the district. The District of Columbia, the nation's capital, was short-change by less than a half of what every other state got including States like Wyoming and Vermont, smaller than the District of Columbia.