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By Dave Dahl
SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois congressman is sponsoring a bill to assure the government’s prepared for Coronavirus 2.0. U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Deerfield) explains.
“A bipartisan bill that would require every agency of the federal government to report to Congress their plans for addressing a potential second wave come fall so the American people can have confidence the federal government is doing everything possible to address the pandemic.”
Schneider decried the lack of availability of supplies and equipment in the first weeks of the pandemic. He says he has a Republican co-sponsor and that his bill should pass the House easily, with the Senate likely a different story. “The House passed the HEROES Act on May 15. The Senate has refused to even consider it.”
Dave Dahl can be reached at [email protected].