Biden Praises House Passage of COVID-19 Relief Package, Calls on Senate to Quickly Act

President Joe Biden speaks after the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Feb. 27, 2021. Joshua Roberts/Reuters

President Joe Biden on Saturday thanked the House of Representatives for passing his COVID-19 relief package and urged the Senate to move quickly on the proposal.

The lower chamber in the early hours of the day “took the first step toward making it a reality,” Biden said in prepared remarks from the White House.