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“Right now, over 40 million Americans are at risk of eviction – yet Republicans refuse to recognize the needs of working families facing the accelerating threat of eviction and skyrocketing debt. For over 100 days, Senate Republicans have refused to take up the Heroes Act which contains robust funding for rental assistance for struggling families. And the President has offered nothing but a weak and unworkable Executive Order that has done nothing to help working families, including many from communities of color, keep a roof over their heads."

Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Chris Hayes on MSNBC’s All In with Chris Hayes to discuss the more than 100 days since the House passed the Heroes Act, the cancellation of election security briefings for Congress and other news of the day.

Today, our nation has reached a milestone that is staggering in scope and senselessness, as six million Americans have now been infected by the coronavirus.

“This unprecedented ruling again represents a direct challenge to our Constitution’s system of checks and balances and therefore to our very Democracy, particularly in light of this Administration’s blanket defiance and obstruction of Congress’s constitutional legislative oversight authority."

“The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has informed us that it will no longer provide briefings to Members of Congress, including the House and Senate Intelligence committees, on foreign efforts to interfere in our upcoming election. This is a shocking abdication of its lawful responsibility to keep the Congress currently informed, and a betrayal of the public’s right to know how foreign powers are trying to subvert our democracy. This intelligence belongs to the American people, not the agencies which are its custodian. And the American people have both the right and the need to know that another nation, Russia, is trying to help decide who their president should be."

As the virus and the accompanying economic crisis devastate lives and livelihoods, Senate Republicans and the White House continue to display their contempt for science and their contempt for state and local government.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined Ari Melber on MSNBC's The Beat to discuss the more than 100 days since the House passed The Heroes Act, the House’s bipartisan passage of the Delivering for America Act to save the U.S. Postal Service and other news of the day.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference today in the Capitol Visitor Center.