The package will replace the initial White House request of $2.5 billion, an amount that lawmakers agreed was not enough to battle coronavirus.
It also includes $300 million to ensure that vaccines, whenever they are made available, will be available to everyone, including those who cannot afford it.
"COVID-19 is a new challenge that Americans will have to confront together," the Kentucky Republican said."Fortunately, we are positioned to meet that challenge and are growing more ready every day." "I am pleased Congress has swiftly passed this emergency supplemental to combat the dangerous coronavirus," the Alabama Republican said. "It includes what our experts say they need. It attacks the crisis at the local, state, federal, and international levels. And it brings to bear the full resources of the federal government."
"As appropriators often do, and as members of Congress proved they are still capable of doing even in the most partisan times, we put our labels aside and came together for the American people," said Sen. Patrick Leahy, the top Democrat on the committee."Unfortunately, this is something the President has not done."
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