LAMB STATEMENT FOLLOWING VOTES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COVID RELIEF AND SUPPORT TROOPS

(WASHINGTON, DC) – Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) issued the following statement regarding his votes for the Caring for Americans with Supplemental Help (CASH) Act to increase economic impact payments to $2,000 and to override the President’s veto of the bipartisan William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 6395) Conference Report:

“You can’t get two-thirds of this Congress to agree on much, but tonight we had overwhelming bipartisan votes to increase stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000, and to overturn the President’s absurd veto of our bipartisan bill to fund the military and pay our troops.

“We’ve asked people to sacrifice a lot this year for the sake of public health — jobs, businesses, wages and working hours, time with loved ones.  And working families have been forced to wait far too long for their government to provide any support to make those sacrifices just a little bit easier.

“Mitch McConnell should not make them wait any longer, but he will.  We know that about him.  The important thing is that we do not and will not accept it.  By not adopting his radical, do-nothing view of being a Senator, we got a bill signed into law yesterday.  And we aren’t done.”

Visit Lamb’s website for more information on the additional legislation Congress passed to address the coronavirus public health crisis, as well as the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 6395).