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WASHINGTON— Friday, Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10)'s Medicare Sequester COVID Moratorium Act was included in H.R. 1868 as it passed the House. The bipartisan legislation will prevent cuts to hospital payments through the end of 2021.
Last week's big news was President Biden signing the American Rescue Plan into law! (I am hosting a telephone town hall tonight to discuss the plan—see below for details.)
Job One for this Congress and the new Administration was always beat back this virus and lift up our nation. The American Rescue Plan will help us do just that. It's the bold response we need to get people back to work, help parents safely send their children back to school, and help small businesses build back their future.
WASHINGTON – Today Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) helped pass H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act and H.R. 1446, the Enhanced Background Checks Act, two commonsense gun violence prevention measures to require background checks on all gun sales and close the Charleston Loophole that allowed the hate crime at Mother Emanuel AME Church. Schneider also helped pass versions of these two bills in a strong, bipartisan way in the 116th Congress.
WASHINGTON – Tuesday, Congressman Schneider delivered the following remarks on the Floor of the House of Representatives in support of the American Rescue Plan, which is expected to pass the House later today:
"I rise today to highlight the incredible achievements of the American Rescue Plan, which will put shots in arms, money in pockets, children in schools, and people in jobs.
The big news of the week is that the Senate passed President Biden's American Rescue Plan. Once signed into law, the American Rescue Plan will accelerate and expand the distribution of vaccines, will send direct payments to struggling American families, will extend unemployment insurance through the summer for those without jobs, give help to small businesses, provide resources for school to open and operate safely, and deliver resources to local governments and communities.
DEERFIELD, IL – Today, Congressman Schneider joined the Illinois delegation in discuss the local impact of the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan the House passed last week.
Schneider discussed the plan's local benefits, including funding for Lake and Cook counties among $13.2 billion set aside for Illinois. Cook County will receive $1 billion and Lake County will receive $136 million in funding.
WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a sweeping government reform package that restricts the influence of dark money in campaigns, fixes partisan gerrymandering, expands voting rights protections and strengthens ethics rules.
WASHINGTON – Today Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) released the following statement after the House passage of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act:
WASHINGTON – An Amendment offered by Congressman Brad Schneider (IL-10) strengthening campaign donation disclosure requirements was added to H.R. 1, the For the People Act. The For the People Act is a sweeping government reform package that restricts the influence of dark money in campaigns, expands voting rights protections, and strengthens ethics rules.