WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump signed the $2 trillion stimulus package into law Friday afternoon right after the House of Representatives approved the bill.
The legislation known as the "CARES Act" gives much-needed relief to the American people during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It was a packed house in Washington Friday as the House voted for the historic stimulus bill despite health officials warning Americans to keep their distance from one another.
Nearly half of the House was in the Capitol including Pennsylvania Democrat Susan Wild and Republican Dan Meuser.
Wild says members did their best to be safe.
"It was a very surreal experience," Wild said.
Wild says it's also surreal because of what the bill signifies.
The bill provides for $2 trillion, more than half of which is going to individual people and big corporations. The rest is going to small businesses, state and local governments, the healthcare industry, education and so forth.
"Obviously, it's an enormous amount of money," Wild said. "Having said that, yes, more money is gonna be needed down the road."
But her Pennsylvania colleague on the other side of the aisle thinks the bill should get the job done.
"I'm not looking beyond this. I think we confine. We do all the behavioral changes that the people of the commonwealth have been engaged in. I think in a very effective manner. We find when the turning point is going to be and then we slowly get back to work," Meuser said.
The bill is seen as a major victory for both sides as the country continues to fight back against coronavirus.
"When you face a crisis like this that is not the fault of any industry or a weak economy and it is a voluntary shutdown in order to save lives, here we must do what's necessary," Meuser said.
"The bill that was passed today really is for the benefit of the American people and that's what we all have to remember we're here for," Wild said.