Another Republican in a nearby state agreed with him. In New Hampshire last year, state Representative David Bates (R-Windham) made the same case when he successfully argued against a similar ban in his state,saying At the same time, the crisis has demonstrated that the government — at the federal and local level — is the only actor capable of meeting the needs of society as a whole. Nonprofit organizations can be part of the solution, but without continued, large-scale government action, we simply cannot confront the public health and economic disasters that COVID-19 and the climate crisis represent. Right now, the immoral actions of the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans are contributing totens of thousands of preventable deathsand directing resourcestoward wealthy corporationsinstead of a people's bailout “From my perspective, yet again the city of Chicago has failed, the Board of Education has failed, the Chicago Police Department has failed, and we’ve got a young, 16-year-old girl who’s been completely traumatized by the actions of those officers,” Stroth said. a bill that could place an absolute ban on marriage under the age of 18