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PORTLAND, Ore. — Some business owners in Oregon say they're having trouble accessing federal aid through the Payment Protection Program.
U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, told KATU News the $350 billion set aside for the Payment Protection Program is likely not enough.
"It is my understanding there is bipartisan agreement that it is not enough," she said.
Oregon's congressional delegation sent a letter Wednesday to President Trump in support of Gov. Kate Brown's request for federal support to mobilize up to 1,250 members of the Oregon National Guard in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The news that 12 staffers at OHSU tested positive for COVID-19 underscores the ongoing and increasing need for PPE — personal protective equipment.
Monday morning, Governor Kate Brown, Senator Jeff Merkley, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and frontline workers and employers in Oregon called on the Trump administration to immediately distribute masks and equipment held in the strategic national stockpile.
The home care worker from Springfield told a video conference of elected officials and health care representatives that her 70-year-old mother-in-law is watching her child because Hunt fears exposing her daughter to the new virus.
Oregon policy makers on Monday morning heard pleas from health care workers like Hunt for more personal protective equipment. Gov. Kate Brown, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici and Sen. Jeff Merkley attended the Zoom video conference hosted by the Service Employees International Union.
SALEM, Ore. – Governor Kate Brown says Oregon is making progress on boosting its supply of personal protective equipment for those on the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak, but she wants the federal government to do more.
Brown will join Senator Jeff Merkley, Representative Suzanne Bonamici, first responders and healthcare workers on a conference call Monday morning.