Photo: Gov. Asa Hutchinson
Sen. Missy Irvin of Mountain View and Rep. Michelle Gray of Melbourne are two of six members of the General Assembly Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed to the CARES Act Steering Committee he has created. The committee held its first meeting Wednesday and utilized Zoom technology in order to achieve social distancing.
Photo: Sen. Missy Irvin
Photo: Rep. Michelle Gray
The $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which President Trump signed on March 27, is a federal relief package designed to blunt the economic damage of the COVID-19 pandemic. The act will provide direct economic assistance to American workers, families, and small businesses.
Governor Hutchinson also announced Wednesday Arkansas Medicaid Inspector General Elizabeth Smith will chair the 15-member Arkansas CARES Act Steering Committee, and Arkansas Surgeon General Greg Bledsoe will be vice chair.
“The members of this committee have committed to determine the most pressing needs of the state and to recommend a plan to best deploy the federal assistance,” Governor Hutchinson says. “We are only beginning to understand the long-term effects of this pandemic. I am grateful for their willingness to lend their time and wisdom to tackle this unprecedented challenge without the benefit of a roadmap that is based on a similar event in our history.”
Sen. Irvin’s District 18 includes a portion of Baxter County, as well as part of Faulkner, Fulton, Marion, Van Buren and White counties, along with Cleburne, Searcy and Stone counties.
Rep. Gray’s District 62 includes portions of Izard, Sharp, Stone and Independence counties.
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