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Courtesy Charlotte Laracy,

An Urgently Needed Package to Provide Over $151 Million to Hardworking Families in Webb County

Washington, D.C.—Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) voted to pass the American Rescue Plan, a legislative package that will fund vaccinations, provide immediate, direct relief to families bearing the brunt of the COVID-19 crisis, and support struggling communities.

“American lives and livelihoods are at stake and they need relief now,” said Congressman Cuellar. “The American Rescue Plan takes the bold steps we need to ensure our nation continues to meet the challenge of the pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis. This legislation delivers robust funding to crush the virus, return children safely to the classroom, get vaccines to the people, put dollars into families’ pockets and put people back to work.

“With the American Rescue Plan, we can meet the urgent needs of the American people and help our country through these difficult times. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to listen to the people they represent and pass this critical legislation.”

The American Rescue Plan will save lives and livelihoods:

Supports state and local governments: The American Rescue Plan is estimated to provide over $27 billion in total funding for the State of Texas, which includes urgently needed funding for our communities:

Locality

Federal Funding to be Allocated

Webb County

$54 million

Laredo

$96 million

El Cenizo

$689,221

Rio Bravo

$1,010,392

Put Vaccines in Arms: The plan will mount a national vaccination program that includes setting up community vaccination sites nationwide. It will also take complementary measures to combat the virus, including scaling up testing and tracing, addressing shortages of personal protective equipment and other critical supplies, investing in high-quality treatments, and addressing health care disparities.
Put Children Safely Back in School: The plan will make a nearly $130 billion investment in schools re-opening and making up for lost learning.
Put Money in People’s Pockets: The plan finishes the job on the President’s promise to provide $2,000 in direct assistance to households across America with checks of $1,400 per person, following the $600 down payment enacted in December. The plan will also provide direct housing assistance, nutrition assistance for 40 million Americans, expand access to safe and reliable child care and affordable health care, extend and expand unemployment insurance so that 19 million American workers can pay their bills, support 27 million children with an expanded Child Tax Credit and 15 million low-wage workers through the Earned Income Tax Credit.
Put People Back in Jobs: The plan will provide crucial support for the hardest-hit small businesses with EIDL grants, expanded PPP eligibility and more. The plan also provides crucial resources to protect the jobs of first responders, frontline public health workers, teachers, transit workers and other essential workers that all Americans depend on.