Massachusetts Congressman Joe Kennedy III is proposing giving $4,000 to American adults making less than $100,000 a year in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

“An unprecedented pandemic demands an unprecedented response from our government,” Kennedy remarked in a news conference.

Adults making more than $100,000 a year would receive $2,000. Individuals 18 years old and under would receive $1,000.

Every single family, every single American, needs direct and immediate cash relief.



→$4k to every adult who makes under 100k/year

→$2k to every adult who makes over 100k/year

→$1k for every child 18 or younger



We must meet this moment. We must provide direct assistance. — Joe Kennedy III (@joekennedy) March 17, 2020

Kennedy also added in the news conference that the given money must be matched with “immediate unemployment insurance and a historic investment in Medicaid.”

Kennedy is currently running against Sen. Ed Markey in the Democratic Senate primary.

On Monday, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney proposed giving every American adult $1,000 in response to the coronavirus.

There are currently 197 cases of COVID-19 being reported across 10 counties in the commonwealth as of Monday, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed 4,281 positive coronavirus diagnoses and 85 deaths in the U.S.

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