West Wing Reads House Passes $484B Coronavirus Small Business Relief Bill, Sends to Trump

House Passes $484B Coronavirus Small Business Relief Bill, Sends to Trump “The House of Representatives Thursday overwhelmingly passed a $484 billion relief package to rescue small businesses, help hospitals and to expand testing, sending the fourth bipartisan coronavirus bill to President Trump's desk,” Marisa Schultz reports for Fox News. Small businesses shouldn’t have had to wait for these additional funds, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) said on the chamber floor: It should have been passed immediately when the Trump Administration requested it on April 7. “To those 4.4 million Americans that were laid off this week—Congress owes you an apology,” McCarthy said. Click here to read more. “Of all the frustrating, unhelpful reporting that’s happened during the current health scare, most maddening is the constantly repeated statistic about the United States having more deaths than any other country. Yes — the U.S. is also much larger than any of the other countries giving us an honest or accurate count.” The U.S. death rate is far below that of many European nations, Eddie Scarry writes in the Washington Examiner. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels and the Air Force Thunderbirds will do flyovers of major American cities in honor of our heroic medical workers, President Trump announced. “It's really a signal to all Americans to remain vigilant during the outbreak. This is a tribute to them, to our warriors,” he said. Read more from Tyler Olson in Fox News. “Researchers at NASA developed a ‘high-pressure’ ventilator for treating the coronavirus in just 37 days and it is seeking expedited approval from the FDA . . . The new machine can be built more quickly and uses fewer parts than a traditional ventilator, according to NASA,” Marina Pitofsky reports in The Hill.