U.S. governors press federal gov't, Congress to pass COVID-19 relief bill

NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (Xinhua) -- Two U.S. governors on Friday urged the federal government and Congress to sort out their differences and push through a COVID-19 relief bill as soon as possible to salvage the Americans out of the abyss of the COVID-19 pandemic which has claimed more than 278,000 lives nationwide.

"We encourage leadership to stay at the bargaining table and work out a deal that delivers the critical relief to the American people," said New York State Governor and National Governors Association (NGA) Chairman Andrew Cuomo, and Arkansas Governor and NGA Vice Chairman Asa Hutchinson in the statement.