Washington (CNN) Andrew Yang said Tuesday that his nonprofit group has been in touch with the White House about an economic stimulus proposal that would give $1,000 to Americans, an idea he made central to his Democratic presidential campaign he ended in February.

"We're in contact. We are doing anything we can to help. Obviously, this is a crisis and we all need to pull together to try to keep the country strong and whole," Yang, now a CNN political commentator, told CNN's Brianna Keilar.

Yang said his team on Humanity Forward, which he launched earlier this month, reached out to the White House to offer support.

"(The White House) said, 'We'd love any resources you have in terms of studies as to what cash in people's hands can do,'" Yang said.

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