Liz Cheney Delivers Message of Optimism While House Debates Relief Package

Capitol Hill has seen an intense week of partisan gridlock, centered around debate over the COVID-19 emergency relief package. Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) delivered a much-needed measure of optimism on the floor of the House of Representatives, as colleagues on both sides of the aisle delayed the passage of a much-needed economic package:

“All of us, Mr. Speaker, are called into the service of this blessed nation at this time of challenge, not as Democrats or Republicans, but as Americans. This pathogen does not recognize party lines, and no partisan solution will defeat it. Neither will the government acting alone. It will take all the ingenuity and innovation of the American private sector working with our federal, state, and local governments. This is not a time for cynicism or invective or second-guessing. This is a time to remember that we are citizens of the greatest nation on Earth. That we have overcome every challenge we have faced, and we will overcome this one,” Rep. Cheney said on the floor of the House.