Rep. Maxine Waters reveals sister is dying from coronavirus at Missouri hospital Thursday

Rep. Maxine Waters reveals ‘dear sister’ is dying from coronavirus at Missouri hospital and dedicates newly-passed House act to her

• Rep. Maxine Waters made the revelation Thursday while on the House floor 
• She was speaking in support of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act
• She said that her sister was dying in the hospital after contracting coronavirus  
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By Maxine Shen For Dailymail.com

Published: 00:28 BST, 24 April 2020 | Updated: 06:11 BST, 24 April 2020

California Rep. Maxine Waters has revealed her sister is dying from coronavirus in a Missouri hospital.

Waters, the chair of the House Financial Services Committee, made the revelation after taking the podium on the House of Representatives’ floor in support of the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act Thursday.  

‘I’m going to take a moment to dedicate this legislation to my dear sister who is dying in a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri right now, infected by the coronavirus,’ Waters said.

Rep. Maxine Waters revealed Thursday that her sister is in a Missouri hospital, dying after having been infected by coronavirus

Waters – who had pushed down her mask to speak and was wearing surgical gloves – noted that she was rising in particular support of the health care enhancement portion of the bill. 

The bill allots $100billion for hospitals and coronavirus testing, as well as $370billion in small business loan funding, helping to address criticism that much of the funding from the first round of the loans had gone to large chains, as well as publically-owned businesses. 

‘Congress must now immediately turn to the next package of legislation to provide relief during the pandemic. We need to do much more to help renters, home owners, people experiencing homelessness and mom-and-pop landlords,’ Waters said during her time on the floor.  

Waters (on January 18) said that she dedicated the legislation to her sister and said she was rising to support it particularly for its health care enhancement portion

The House passed the bill Thursday afternoon. 

It’s unclear which of Waters’ 13 siblings she was referring to in her speech.  

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren also said Thursday that her eldest brother, Donald Reed Herring, 86, a decorated Air Force veteran who fought in Vietnam, had died of the virus.

Warren said that he died Tuesday night.  

‘I’m grateful to the nurses and frontline staff who took care of him, but it’s hard to know that there was no family to hold his hand or to say “I love you” one more time—and no funeral for those of us who loved him to hold each other close. I’ll miss you dearly my brother,’ Warren tweeted. 

The family told the Boston Globe that Herring had been hospitalized for pneumonia in February, before being moved to a rehabilitation center to recover, where there were patients with active coronavirus cases.  

Herring then tested positive for coronavirus in early April, but did not show any virus symptoms until 11 days later.

He was then transferred to a hospital ICU on April 15 and died six days later.

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