“Last night, the F.D.A. announced groundbreaking new policies to further increase testing — very substantially. So, all states can now authorize tests developed and used within their borders in addition to the F.D.A.” “The payroll tax holiday would get people money over the next six to eight months. We’re looking at sending checks to Americans immediately. And what we’ve heard from hardworking Americans, many companies have now shut down, whether it’s bars or restaurants. Americans need cash now, and the president wants to get cash now. And I mean now in the next two weeks. The president has instructed me, we have to do this now. So this is now —” Reporter: “Within a week?” “We are going to work with the Senate who is in session right now, actively. We will continue to have conversations with the House. I’ve already spoken to Speaker Pelosi once today. This is stuff that needs to be done now. The president has instructed me that this is no fault to American workers. For medical reasons we are shutting down parts of this economy. And we’re going to use all the tools we have as I’ve said, and what tools we don’t have we’re going back to Congress. I’ve got to go back to —” Reporter: “Can we assume the price tag is $850 billion, to those who might be concerned that’s too expensive —” “We don’t want to talk about it, but it’s a substantial number. We’re going big. The expression — we can do it two ways: We can keep going back every day or every week, we’re going big. And that’s where Mitch McConnell, that’s the way he wants to go — that’s the way I want to go. I think we want to get it done, and have a big infusion as opposed to going through little meetings every couple of days. We don’t want to do it that way. We want to go big, go solid.”