WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Republican Leader Greg Walden (R-OR) reacts to the Paycheck Protection Program running out of funding and being appointed to the bipartisan task force to advise on opening the U.S. economy:
“We had a very good conversation with the president, vice president and his team. From my standpoint, our next step in shoring up the economy is simple: replenish funds in the Paycheck Protection Program, which has now run dry. We have a responsibility to help Americans get back to work and our new way of life. Let’s seize this moment. I know this: a bipartisan, presidential task force is a great way to bring Democrats and Republicans together to find common ground and meaningful solutions.
“On the task force, I have several objectives including getting our testing capacity up, improving our supply chains so we can domestically produce more of the personal protective equipment we need - especially for our health care providers - and working to double down on our efforts to find treatments and a vaccine. I appreciate the president’s plan to give states a science-based set of criteria for governors to use as they decide when and where to begin bringing the American economic patient out of this pandemic-induced coma," said Walden.
