[laughter] i get no respect. >> who told you? >> pelosi and mccarthy, when i was right there with them. >> d believe this is the best method to do this to force everybody to come back? >> i gave you an interview. >> thank you, sir. >> the house will not be in midslative session in april, and it goes to president after thetly for chamber approved the measure by vote. we are also just hearing from the speaker from the president pro tem in the senate, chuck grassley, saying that i just signed a bipartisan care is act

and that now goes to president trump for his signature.

>> to all of the health-care care workers working to bring solace and administer to the needs of people who need their help, to the families who have lost a loved one. we want to send a message to them that our hearts are full of love, america's hearts are full of love with them and we are all a family. like many families, we have our differences, but we also know what is important to us. america's families are important for us, so we are so pleased today to be able to have passed on the floor practically unanimously, the's -- this important bill, cares, and we want to demonstrate that we do

care for the american people. we are honored to have the distinguished republican leader of the house with us today, i was honored to work with him in a bipartisan way as we went along. again, having our disagreements but also, knowing our purpose. with that, i want to yield to distinguished democratic leader youxcuse me, he is calling the majority leader and i am calling you the democratic leader [laughter] there's distinguished republican leader of the house, his office is right there, kevin mccarthy. thank you, madam speaker, and belated happy birthday to you. to the american public, we hear you, and we are working for you. to those on the front lines in the medical communities, we cannot thank you enough. within this bill, there is more than $140 billion for hospitals.

not only the necessity for the money, but also the equipment to keep you safe. to every small business that has had to shut down and everyone who works for a small business, now the resources are there for you. if you own a small business, apply for the loan. pay youray -- employees, your rent, and utilities, that is not a loan, it is a grand. for others, we have a tax credit to keep your employees working. we will get through this together. i want to thank many of you who worked on this bill. the rankingank members and the republican side that worked with their chairman and work with the senators. kevin brady, especially, greg walden, patrick mchenry, sam graves,x, rodney davis, ronnie conaway, , jim jordan, frank

,ucas, michael mccaul, phil roe mac thornberry, mike rogers -- everybody coming together to make sure we could make this all fruition today. as i said on the floor, the virus is here. we did not ask for it, we did not invite it, we did not choose it. but with the passing of this bill, you will see that we will fight it together, and we will win together. colleagueshank our with that type of work i especially want to thank the majority leader for his work today and the work in the future that we can all work together to put america first and to the speaker, thank you. pelosi: thank you. i want to join you and acknowledging the leadership of

our committees on all of this. and anotherl, person who is not here right now who led the fight in the appropriations committee, important discussions in the appropriations committee, rosa delmaro, who represented her committee on the floor and in the discussions. peter defazio, trest predation, bobby scott, maxine waters, veterans affairs, velasquez, mcgovern was, jim very helpful to us as was so mania of our other members -- so many of our other members. leader,inguished mr. hoyer, thank you on the floor today, but also leading us

through all of this discussion. it only own course substantively, but that we had the numbers needed to get the job done today. it would not have happened without you. lujan, thank you so much. i want to acknowledge chuck schumer, dick durbin, and the members of their committee. we have to do now as the leader was speaking, further whatraged to say that we have to do now and in terms of what we need to do more, but in terms of what we are working on now is to translate it into a toolkit for our members so that anyone of their constituents, if they are a small business owner -- whatever their category is, that they know immediately how they can avail themselves of what is in this legislation.

it is there, it is substantial, we need to do more, and i just want to say once again, it is important that we do more for personal protective equipment so our health care providers have what they need. i want to acknowledge the great work of a congressman in this regard. >> i think i forgot somebody. >> and the appropriations committee, they worked in a bipartisan way in the house and with the senate, and i want to join the leader and acknowledging. kay granger is the ranking member on the committee. meh that, it is now time for to sign the moment of the legislation so we can send it right over to the senate. we thought senator grassley would be with us, but he had a change of plans, but we will send it to them and then they will send it to the president. so he can sign it as soon as possible so that as soon as possible, its benefits will be available to the american

people. i think all of those who are gathered here for the distinguished contribution to all of this. i wish i could have a pen for all of them. here we are. [applause] thank you all. thank you. [indiscernible chatter]

>> [indiscernible] >> don't forget. wash her hands.

hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. thank you. [applause]

that ceremony took place around 1:45 this evening. the legislation now goes to president trump for his signature.

we will hear from the president later this