House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer say the president's executive actions fall desperately short of what Americans need by way of relief during this pandemic.

"Not only does the President’s announcement not actually extend the eviction moratorium, it provides no assistance to help pay the rent. These announcements do nothing to increase testing, nothing to reopen schools, nothing to put food on the table for hungry families,” they said in a joint statement.

The initial moratorium only applied to about a third of renters - many say this new order is also relatively weak.