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U.S. Rep. Pocan Breaks Down Emergency Aid Package

By Frederica Freyberg | Here & Now

March 27, 2020

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Today, Congress approved the emergency COVID-19 CARES Act. The emergency stimulus package includes direct payments to individuals, retention loans to small businesses, expanded unemployment benefits and hundreds of billions of dollars to hospitals and states. U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan (D - WI District 2) discusses how the aid will be dispersed and what is needed next.

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