Mnuchin Confirms Plan for $1,000 Cash Payments to Americans

Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin answers questions from the press after an interview on CNBC on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington on Sept. 12, 2019. Sarah Silbiger/Reuters

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin confirmed a plan to send $1,000 in cash payments to all Americans within nine weeks.

“This is an unprecedented situation, where for good reason, the government has instructed major parts of the economy to close down so that we can win this fight against this virus,” he said in a Fox interview on March 19. “While we’re doing that, we understand there are impacts on hard-working Americans, and the president is determined to support them.”