Editing COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia (U.S. state) (section)

===Legislators===
====Votes on response bills====
Congress has so far debated and enacted three bills meant to help the nation respond to the pandemic: the [[Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020]] (signed March 6), the [[Families First Coronavirus Response Act]] (signed March 18), and the [[Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act]] (signed March 27).{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Both of Georgia's Senators at the time, [[David Perdue]] and [[Kelly Loeffler]], supported all three bills.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

Representatives [[Jody Hice]] and [[Barry Loudermilk]] voted against the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Hice told reporters that the House was "not given the opportunity to even read the legislation before [House Speaker Nancy] Pelosi forced a vote, and no cost estimate had been prepared," and also falsely claimed<ref name="fang-intercept">{{cite web |last1=Fang |first1=Lee |title=Anti-Gay Lawmaker Voted Against Coronavirus Bill Because It "Redefined Family" by Providing Sick Leave to Domestic Partners |url=https://theintercept.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-andy-biggs/ |publisher=The Intercept |access-date=March 29, 2020 |date=March 17, 2020 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605003101/https://theintercept.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-stimulus-bill-andy-biggs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> that the law would repeal the [[Hyde Amendment]], calling it "par for the course for the left, the activist left".

Representative [[John Lewis]] did not vote on the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Act or on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act;<ref name="hor-vote-lewis">{{cite web |title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 86 |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2020/roll086.xml |publisher=House of Representatives |access-date=March 29, 2020 |archive-date=January 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105150813/https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2020/roll086.xml |url-status=live }}</ref> Representative [[David Scott]] did not vote on the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Act; and Representative [[Tom Graves]] did not vote on the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

====Loeffler stock sell-off controversy====
{{Further|2020 Congressional insider trading scandal}}
Senator Loeffler, after a private briefing on the coronavirus from the [[United States Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions]] on January 24, 2020, began to offload various stocks<ref name="burr-nyt-lipton-fandos">{{cite news |last1=Lipton |first1=Eric |last2=Fandos |first2=Nicholas |title=Senator Richard Burr Sold a Fortune in Stocks as G.O.P. Played Down Coronavirus Threat |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/politics/richard-burr-stocks-sold-coronavirus.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=March 20, 2020 |date=March 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605223916/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/19/us/politics/richard-burr-stocks-sold-coronavirus.html |url-status=live }}</ref> — by February 14, she had sold between $1.2 million and $3.1 million worth of holdings.<ref name="daily-beast-loeffler">{{cite news |last1=Markay |first1=Lachlan |last2=Bredderman |first2=William |last3=Brodey |first3=Sam |title=Sen. Kelly Loeffler Dumped Millions in Stock After Coronavirus Briefing |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/sen-kelly-loeffler-dumped-millions-in-stock-after-coronavirus-briefing |newspaper=The Daily Beast |access-date=March 20, 2020 |date=March 19, 2020 |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603175828/https://www.thedailybeast.com/sen-kelly-loeffler-dumped-millions-in-stock-after-coronavirus-briefing |url-status=live }}</ref> These actions attracted widespread condemnation — Democratic Senate contender [[Raphael Warnock]] called her actions "unconscionable", Republican Senate contender, US Representative [[Doug Collins (politician)|Doug Collins]] said he was "sickened just thinking about it", and Georgia Speaker [[David Ralston]] said he was "absolutely worried about the down-ticket damage".<ref name="mitchell-bluestein-loeffler-ajc">{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Tia |last2=Bluestein |first2=Greg |title=Loeffler faces backlash over stock trades after coronavirus briefing |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/loeffler-faces-backlash-after-unloading-stocks-after-coronavirus-briefing/wzWGJhr9IvGugRRHGwU3XI/ |publisher=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=March 20, 2020 |date=March 20, 2020 |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418230345/https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/loeffler-faces-backlash-after-unloading-stocks-after-coronavirus-briefing/wzWGJhr9IvGugRRHGwU3XI/ |url-status=live }}</ref>