Cuomo and Hogan team up to press Congress for state aid

Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are renewing their calls for the federal government to quickly approve financial aid to states amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
In a statement Wednesday morning, Hogan, a Republican and the chair of the National Governors Association, and Cuomo, a Democrat and the group’s vice-chair, said the aid should be a top priority for Congress.
"Governor Hogan and I did a joint statement on behalf of all the governors saying we understand what we have to do and prepared to do it but we need help from Washington," said Cuomo at a press briefing.
In the press release they called on lawmakers to approve $500 billion to help fill states’ budget shortfalls caused by the pandemic as well as other funding to cover response efforts.
“As Congress reconvenes, delivering urgent state fiscal relief must be a top priority,” the governors said. “Each day that Congress fails to act, states are being forced to make cuts that will devastate the essential services the American people rely on and destroy the economic recovery before it even gets off the ground.”