CORONAVIRUS: “It’s been three hundred and forty-three days since the [coronavirus] that has ravaged our nation tragically claimed its first life…
Almost exactly one year later, nearly 400,000 of our fellow Americans have met the same cruel fate. Countless families and friends left behind, with unrelenting grief and guilt, anger and frustration. And the emptiness felt by the loss of life is compounded by the loss of our way of life…
A crisis of deep human suffering in plain sight.
And there is no time to wait.
We have to act and act now.”
-Joe Biden, “Remarks as Prepared for Delivery by President-elect Joe Biden on the American Rescue Plan and Build Back Better Recovery Plan in Wilmington, Delaware,” buildbackbetter.gov, Jan. 14, 2021