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https://haaland.house.gov/media/press-releases/haaland-joins-call-leadership-include-restaurants-relief-package	Haaland Joins Call for Leadership to Include Restaurants in Relief Package	2020-12-11	2020	2020-12	Democrat	House	NM	Debra Haaland	H001080	haaland.house.gov			legacy	Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Haaland (NM-01) joined 159 colleagues in the Senate and House to urge Congressional leadership to support the RESTAURANTS Act, and include it in any future COVID-19 relief package or year-end spending bill. The RESTAURANTS Act is a bipartisan bill that will establish a $120 billion revitalization fund for small and independent restaurants. Haaland is a co-sponsor of the restaurant relief bill, which passed the House in October and has yet to pass the Senate. This unprecedented increase [in COVID-19 cases] has prompted a wave of new restrictions ranging from nighttime closures and restrictions on indoor dining in New York, North Dakota, and Maryland to takeout-only in Oregon and stay-at-home orders in New Mexico. For the second time this year, restaurants and bars are having to limit operations or close their doors completely, raising concerns about their ability to survive the long winter ahead. They need quick relief to keep their workers employed and hold onto their businesses. Congress needs to act speedily and pass the RESTAURANTS Act to help save local restaurants across the country and the millions of workers they employ, wrote the25 Senatorsand138 Representativesin their letter. Read the full text of the letterhere.	1	2026-03-30T12:14:52Z	2026-03-30T12:14:52Z