Charleston Gazette-Mail – The past year has been a difficult one for our state’s families, businesses and communities. West Virginians are resilient and hard-working, but we still need to work together to emerge from the pandemic. Read the full op-ed.
That’s where government can be most helpful: meeting and solving big challenges together that no one could do alone.
Fortunately, earlier this month Congress passed the American Rescue Plan. This indispensable legislation provides the aid that families, communities and our economy need and builds a bridge to the other side of this crisis. It’s the right response to the moment we are facing as unemployed workers struggle to pay their bills, millions of families fall further behind on rent and risk losing their homes and parents worry about how they will feed their children.