{"id":143718,"date":"2020-05-02T06:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T06:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/republican-congressional-leaders-push-for-liability-protections\/"},"modified":"2020-05-02T06:00:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T06:00:50","slug":"republican-congressional-leaders-push-for-liability-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/republican-congressional-leaders-push-for-liability-protections\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Congressional Leaders Push for Liability Protections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The top Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives said they wont support a fifth package aimed at CCP virus relief unless it includes liability protections for business owners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the nation continues fighting this pandemic and parts of our economy begin to emerge from shutdown, Senate and House Republicans are united in our demand that health care workers, small businesses, and other Americans on the front lines of this fight must receive strong protections from frivolous lawsuits,\u201d Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said in a joint statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenate and House Republicans agree these protections will be absolutely essential to future discussions surrounding recovery legislation,\u201d they added.<\/p>\n<p>Congress has passed four packages amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The legislation funded expanded testing, a huge program centered around loans for businesses, and the production of personal protective equipment.<\/p>\n<p>If another so-called rescue package is passed, \u201cit needs to include these liability protections so that all these brave workers and brave businesses that will be reopening are not subjected to the second epidemic,\u201d McConnell said during an appearance on Fox News \u201cAmericas Newsroom\u201d on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe dont need an epidemic of lawsuits in the wake of the pandemic,\u201d he said, asserting hospitals and other businesses could be sued. In an earlier appearance on the network, he called such protections his \u201cred line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Democratic leaders have dismissed the idea of liability protections.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01\/pelosi-and-schumer-2-1200x800.jpg\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" alt=\"pelosi and schumer\"\/><figcaption><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2020\/05\/01\/pelosi-and-schumer-2-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"pelosi and schumer\"\/><\/figcaption><\/a> House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) talk to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on April 21, 2020. (Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters this week, \u201cI dont think at this time of the coronavirus that theres any interest in having any less protection for our workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe dont need any prescription from anybody about mythology or just excuses not to do the job. Its really sad\u2014its disgraceful, because there is such tremendous need,\u201d she a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/republican-congressional-leaders-push-for-liability-protections_3334899.html\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More From Source<\/a><br \/>\n[contf]<br \/>\n[contfnew]<br \/>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ninebyninedesign.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/download.png\"\/><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Epoch Times<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>[contfnewc]<br \/>\n[contfnewc]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives said they wont support a fifth packag..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143719,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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