Chuck Schumer & Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Press Conference on COVID Funeral Relief Transcript
Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) held a press conference on February 8, 2021 to discuss monetary relief for COVID funerals.
You’re Elmcor. Thank you! Okay. And we’re going to try to be as brief as we can because it’s cold and because of the guidelines. So, nothing breaks your heart more than seeing parents and grandparents. Okay. Nothing breaks your heart more than seeing parents, grandparents on Zoom saying goodbye to their children and grandchildren.
They’re in the hospital dying of COVID, they can’t hug each other, they can’t be near each other, they can’t kiss each other. It’s awful. Brings tears to my eyes when I see some of these pictures. But compounding the injury once the loved one passes away, many of these families, because of COVID, don’t have money for a proper funeral and a proper burial. And that is just awful and inhumane.
