HIGHLAND HILLS, OH — TODAY, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) joined HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to visit the Mt. Zion Fellowship’s vaccine clinic. During this visit, Brown met with representatives from the site, highlighted the stories of Ohioans who have been vaccinated, and discussed the positive difference vaccines make for Ohio families and communities.

“The most important thing we can do to defeat this pandemic, get our economy moving again, and get people back to work, school and their lives, is to get everyone vaccinated as soon as possible. That’s what the American Rescue plan is doing – getting get shots in the arms of millions of Ohioans,” said Sen. Brown. “We can’t let up now. The more Ohioans who get vaccinated, the more businesses can reopen, the more kids can get back to schools, and the more families will be reunited.”

Brown helped write and pass the American Rescue Plan (ARP), which provided billions in federal funding to ramp up vaccine production and distribution to get all Americans vaccinated. The ARP also provided support for all Ohioans through the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis.

  • Specifically, the bill included $20 billion for a national, coordinated vaccination program, in partnership with states and localities. This enabled states to launch community vaccination centers around the country and deploy mobile vaccination units to hard-to-reach areas.
  • It also provided $50 billion for a massive expansion of testing, contact tracing and genomic sequencing of COVID-19 variants.

Brown was joined by HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, Highland Hills Mayor Michael L. Booker and Dr. C. Ronald S. Williams II, Pastor of Mt. Zion Fellowship.

 

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