This is the Tom Hartman program.

And greetings my friends, Patriots, lovers of democracy, truth and justice,

believers in peace, freedom, and The American Way.

Tom Harbin here with you broadcasting live from shelter in place, my home office in

Portland, and Congress whom Prima Jia Paul is with us, co-chair along with Mark Pocan

of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

She also represents the 7th District of Washington, the Seattle area more or less, and her website is Jayapal, welcome to the program.

Thank you, Tom.

It's always good to be with you.

Thank you.

Representative Jayapal, you've, this morning,

you were on the phone with the Senate leadership,

Democratic Senate leadership.

I'm curious your thoughts, A, where we're at, how we're doing, you know, how the nation is going

forward, B, this new stimulus package.

Donald Trump wants a couple hundred billion dollars that apparently is

specifically to pass out to big banks.

I know that the Democrats have an alternative plan.

You want to tell us about these things?

Yeah, so just in terms of where the nation is,

we're being hit incredibly hard all over the country.

Of course, Washington State was first, and in some ways I think we have done a better job than many many other parts of the country because we implemented restrictions on staying home early but you see the devastation in New York and in the South and the

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