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2020 Second Extraordinary Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 30
BY REPRESENTATIVES LANDRY, ADAMS, BRASS, BROWN, BRYANT,
CARPENTER, GARY CARTER, ROBBY CARTER, WILFORD CARTER,
CORMIER, COX, DUPLESSIS, FREEMAN, GAINES, GREEN, HUGHES,
JAMES, JEFFERSON, JENKINS, JONES, JORDAN, LARVADAIN, LYONS,
MARCELLE, MCFARLAND, DUSTIN MILLER, MOORE, NEWELL, PHELPS,
PIERRE, SELDERS, STAGNI, THOMPSON, WHITE, AND WILLARD AND
SENATORS BARROW, HENRY, AND WOMACK
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to pass a
stimulus plan that includes funds for unemployment, housing, local government,
struggling businesses, education, and health care.
WHEREAS, since surging around the globe into a worldwide pandemic earlier this
year, the COVID-19 virus has taken an enormous economic and human toll across countries
and continents, crippling heretofore healthy citizens and industries; and
WHEREAS, to help states with costs for COVID-19 mitigation and response
measures, the United States Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
Security (CARES) Act; and
WHEREAS, measures designed to protect the health and safety of Louisiana's
populace from the COVID-19 virus have also had a negative impact on the economic
fortunes of many of those same citizens through lost or reduced income from closures,
capacity restrictions, and other public health measures; and
WHEREAS, the cost of this highly infectious pandemic to Louisiana businesses,
citizens, and local and state government continues to rise; and
WHEREAS, the unprecedented number of unemployment insurance claims due to
COVID-19 has drained the state's previously robust unemployment insurance trust fund; and
WHEREAS, local revenue collections have plummeted as economic activity has
slowed, and as a result, local governments are struggling to provide crucial services; and
WHEREAS, already made vulnerable by lost jobs or decreased income from the
COVID-19 pandemic, many Louisiana citizens face the prospect of housing insecurity as
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they struggle to provide a safe and secure place for themselves and their families to live
while also maintaining basic services such as water, electricity, and food; and
WHEREAS, the federal government provided unemployment and housing assistance
in its last COVID stimulus package, but there is a great need for further economic relief.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
memorialize the United States Congress to take such actions as are necessary to pass a
stimulus plan that includes funds for unemployment, housing, local government, struggling
businesses, education, and health care.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Congress of the
United States of America and to each member of the Louisiana congressional delegation.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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