Today, millions of Americans are facing the difficult reality of losing their unemployment insurance because the President refuses to sign the bipartisan COVID-19 relief bill passed by both chambers of Congress and negotiated by his own Administration.

He is holding up direct payment checks that are a lifeline to our neighbors who have been struggling during this pandemic and need to buy medication, pay mortgages, and feed their families.

His actions threaten to shut down the government tomorrow, hindering our COVID response and leaving servicemembers without pay. We are in the middle of a raging pandemic; and instead of signing bipartisan legislation, the President is endangering lives.