田纳西州参议员拉马尔·亚历山大周日警告说，国会不可能拨出足够的资金来帮助每一个受到冠状病毒大流行负面影响的美国人。
这位共和党参议员在周日接受全国广播公司采访时说，唯一的解决办法是“测试、追踪、分离、治疗和疫苗”会见媒体。亚历山大说，各州必须开始让人们回去工作，让企业尽快重新开业，以最终抵消COVID-19的经济损失。
他一再强调，国会或联邦政府根本无法提供足够的资金来帮助每一个受冠状病毒影响的美国人。“当你关闭政府时，没有足够的钱来帮助每个受到伤害的人，”他说。
“我们必须让人们回去工作并谋生，”亚历山大说。“我不认为我们能够拨出更多的钱来帮助提供一个解决方案。”
国会在三月份通过了一项超过2万亿美元的冠状病毒刺激法案，其中包括向数百万美国人的直接存款，以及为被迫关闭的企业提供援助。截至周日上午，美国冠状病毒死亡人数为79，700人，全国已确诊病例超过130万。
周日早些时候，白宫经济顾问凯文·哈塞特告诉我他预计到6月初，美国的失业率将超过20%。上周公布的劳动力数据显示，美国经济4月份已经失去了2050万个工作岗位，失业率为14.7%。
亚历山大说，美国在疫苗方面需要一个“突破”，他对特朗普政府宣称的到9月份研发1亿剂疫苗的目标表示怀疑。“[，我不知道我们是否能做到，”他说。
在对托德的采访中，这位参议员向特朗普政府发表讲话，称特朗普政府在过去一周采取行动，推进一项诉讼，旨在结束当前冠状病毒大流行中的“奥巴马医改”。
"你对总统决定继续奥巴马医改诉讼感到失望吗？"托德问亚历山大。“如果你撤销奥巴马医改，有什么计划来取代它？”
“嗯，你的问题的答案是肯定的，”参议员回答道。“我认为司法部的论点实在站不住脚。我的意思是，他们争论的是，当我们投票废除个人授权时，我们投票废除了奥巴马医改。我不知道有哪个参议员会这么想。”
田纳西州参议员拉马尔·亚历山大周日警告说，国会不可能拨出足够的资金来帮助每一个受到冠状病毒大流行负面影响的美国人。
TENNESSEE GOP SENATOR SAYS THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO HELP EVERYONE DURING PANDEMIC, DISAPPOINTED IN TRUMP OVER OBAMACARE LAWSUIT
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander warned on Sunday that Congress can't possibly appropriate enough money to help every American negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Republican senator said the only solution moving forward is to "test, trace, isolate, treatments and vaccines" during a Sunday interview with NBC News' Meet the Press. Alexander said states have to start letting people go back to work and for businesses to reopen as soon as possible in order to finally offset the economic damage of COVID-19.
He repeatedly stressed that Congress or the federal government simply can't provide enough money to help every American impacted by coronavirus. "There's not enough money to help everybody hurt when you shut down the government," he said.
"We have to let people go back to work and earn a living," Alexander said. "And I don't see us being able to appropriate much more money to help provide a counter to that."
Congress passed a more than $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus bill in March which included direct deposits to millions of Americans in addition to setting up aid for businesses which were forced to close. The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus as of Sunday morning sits at 79,700, with more than 1.3 million cases having been confirmed nationwide.
Earlier on Sunday, White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett told CBS News he expects the country's unemployment rate to surpass 20 percent by the beginning of June. Labor data released last week found the U.S. economy has already lost 20.5 million jobs in April, putting the country at a curretn 14.7 unemployment rate.
Alexander said the U.S. needs a "breakthrough" in terms of vaccine and he cast doubt on the Trump administration's stated goal of coming up with 100 million vaccine doses by September. "[I have] no idea if we can reach that," he said.
During the interview with Todd, the senator addressed the Trump administration moving this past week to move ahead with a lawsuit aimed at ending "Obamacare" amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
"Are you disappointed that the president decided to go ahead with the Obamacare lawsuit?" Todd asked Alexander. "If you undo Obamacare, what's the plan to replace it?"
"Well, the answer to your question is yes," the senator responded. "I thought the Justice Department argument was really flimsy. I mean, what they're arguing is that when we voted to get rid of the individual mandate, we voted to get rid of Obamacare. I don't know one single senator that thought that."
Tennessee Senator Lamar Alexander warned on Sunday that Congress can't possibly appropriate enough money to help every American negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
