fork you, elizabeth stole, all of that -- elizabeth dole, for all of that.gain, as we honor the needs of veterans, we must recognize it that meets the v.a. their needs, it is the role that these small businesses play and that many of our veterans rely on medicaid. they constantly come to us and say the medicaid piece is important to their lives. so many of the things that we have in the coronavirus bill, the heroes bill, will affect our veterans. yes, associated with this, we had a call with president-elect joe biden. we stayed close touch in the coming days. andpoke about the pandemic the economic crisis accompanying it and the urgent need for congress to pass a bipartisan bill in the lame-duck session that provides this sources to fight the pandemic and relief for working families and small businesses, support for state and local governments to keep front-line workers on the payroll, and engage, and spend it -- expanded unemployment insurance and health care for families. at the same time, as you know, earlier in the week the administration was, instead of

thank you, elizabeth stole, for all of that -- elizabeth dole, for all of that. again, as we honor the needs of veterans, we must recognize it is not just the v.a. that meets their needs, it is the role that these small businesses play and that many of our veterans rely on medicaid. they constantly come to us and say the medicaid piece is important to their lives. food stamps and housing assistance. so many of the things that we have in the coronavirus bill, the heroes bill, will affect our veterans. yes, associated with this, we had a call, leader schumer and i , with president-elect joe biden. we stayed close touch in the coming days. we spoke about the pandemic and the economic crisis accompanying it and the urgent need for congress to pass a bipartisan bill in the lame-duck session that provides resources to fight the pandemic and relief for working families and small businesses, support for state and local governments to keep front-line workers on the payroll, and engage expanded unemployment insurance and health care for families. health care being essentia