February 2021: Salazar Voted Against $1.9 Trillion Coronavirus Relief Package According to Sarasota Herald Tribune, "Voting no: Gaetz, Dunn, Cammack, Rutherford, Waltz, Posey, Webster, Bilirakis, Franklin, C. Scott, Buchanan, Steube, Mast, Donalds, Diaz-Balart, Gimenez, Salazar" for the vote on HR 1319, which would expand unemployment benefits, deliver direct payments, and fund COVID-19 relief initiatives. [Sarasota Herald Tribune (Florida), 2/28/21]
March 2020: Salazar Lacked Health Insurance And Was Furloughed From Medical Assistant Job According to Sarasota Herald Tribune, "Salazar, a medical assistant at a private clinic, doesn't have health insurance and makes just enough to scrape by. About a week earlier, her clinic job furloughed staff to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Money would be tight." [Sarasota Herald Tribune, 6/1/20]