President-elect Joe Biden Nov. 16 expressed support for the $3.4-trillion HEROES Act bill approved by Democrats last spring providing billions in aid to states and localities as well as assistance to essential workers, but indicated he would support a compromise measure by urging legislators in both parties to "decide to cooperate."
Addressing the media in Wilmington, Del. after a meeting with business and labor leaders including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka and Mary Barra, the chief executive of General Motors, the former Vice President said, "Right now, Congress should come together and pass a COVID relief package like the HEROES Act that the House passed six months ago. Once we shut down the virus and deliver economic relief to workers and businesses, then we can start to build back better than before."
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