COVID-19 Update | Monday, July 13 (PM)
July 13, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Both the House and Senate are in recess through July 20; however, House Committees continue to meet. Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Democrats released a white paper outlining a plan to research, manufacture, purchase and distribute COVID-19 […]
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COVID-19 Update | Monday, July 13 (AM)
July 13, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Both the House and Senate are in recess through July 20; however, House Committees continue to meet. Senate Hua Chunying, a Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman, announced at a press conference on Monday that Beijing would sanction Republican Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX), House Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Sam Brownback, President […]
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Canadian COVID-19 Update | July 9-13
July 13, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
TIAC’s Advocacy Update Today, the government confirmed that the CEWS program will be extended until December 2020, a measure that TIAC and others have been pushing for in recent weeks to support businesses through recovery TIAC is extremely pleased to see this important program extended. TIAC’s President and CEO has been in contact with a […]
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COVID-19 Update | Friday, July 10
July 10, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Both the House and Senate are in recess through July 20; however House Committees continue to meet. Senate Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Mark Esper asking for more information on whether the Pentagon is conducting an investigation into reports on whether Russia placed a bounty on U.S. troops. Sen. […]
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COVID-19 Update | Thursday, July 9
July 9, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Both the House and Senate are in recess through July 20, however House Committees continue to meet. Senate Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) distanced himself from President Trump’s criticism of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for reopening schools in the fall. While Leader McConnell said that the plans will […]
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COVID-19 Update | Wednesday, July 8
July 8, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-TN) issued a statement disagreeing with President Trump’s decision to exit the World Health Organization (WHO). Sen. Alexander said that though the WHO has made mistakes in the past, now is not the time to exit the world’s unified health body. Additionally, Sen. […]
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Canadian COVID-19 Update | July 7-8
July 8, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
TIAC’s Advocacy Update Today, Finance Minister Bill Morneau gave a fiscal update, and released an “Economic and Fiscal Snapshot” outlining the details of Canada’s current economic conditions. Importantly, the snapshot provides recognition of tourism’s disproportionate burden of the pandemic’s negative impacts, which indicates the government is listening and understands the gravity of the situation faced […]
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COVID-19 Update | Tuesday, July 7
July 7, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress The House and Senate are in recess until July 20. Senate Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that the next COVID-19 relief package could include another round of direct payments to individuals. However, Leader McConnell said that the payments would be targeted toward people who make less than $40,000 per year. Negotiations have […]
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COVID-19 Update | Monday, July 6 (PM)
July 6, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) introduced S. 4162, the Airport Infrastructure Readiness (AIR) Act. The bill would provide aid to airports by changing funding formulas for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) by calculating funding for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 and FY 2023 based on either 2018 or 2019 enplanement numbers, rather than 2020 and […]
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COVID-19 Update | Monday, July 6, 2020 (AM)
July 6, 2020 / Really Old Microsites
Congress Senate Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said the next COVID-19 relief package needs to protect kids, protect jobs, and reform liability laws so entities cannot get sued. Liability protection issues remain a red line issue for Senate Republicans. Senate Democrats on the other hand continue to push for increased funding for state […]
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