A communications from the Small Business Development Center on Wednesday, April 15 morning alerts American small businesses to contact their congressional representatives that small business owners want Congress to reach an agreement on additional economic relief, over and above the $2 trillion CARES Act, passed by Congress in March. There is widespread concern across the business community that the CARES Act not only doesn’t go far enough, but that funding from that massive program will run out by this coming Friday, April 17.
Rafting on the Arkansas River, one of the premier white water rivers in the country, could be severely affected by the efforts to stop the spread of the COVID -19 pandemic. The river lies at the center of the summer tourism season for the Upper Arkansas Valley. Courtesy photo.
This leaves a coverage gap until, or unless Congress can reconvene to consider additional economic support for some of the most affected industry categories and gaps in the first packages, including the lack of support for industries that employ 1099″ contract workers.
The travel industry, directly tied to the tourism so vital to the state of Colorado and to the Arkansas River Valley, appears correctly concerned about obtaining relief for for-profit, recreational 501(c) organizations and travel-related quasi-governmental organizations. It has collected more than 600 signatures from state tourism offices and recreational leaders on a letter to Congressional leadership, stressing the importance of these organizations to the economic health of our communities and the need for immediate relief.
The travel industry has created this action alert form for small businesses to use to encourage our members of Congress to sign by as soon as possible, to add more small business voices to their request for a fourth economic rescue package.
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) has announced that the U.S. House of Representatives will not reconvene until May 4, though it could return earlier to pass emergency legislation if necessary. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced on Tuesday afternoon the same return date for the Senate. This means it could well be May before legislative action on critically-needed economic relief can be hammered out.
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