Multiple Democratic senators urged Congress to allocate more money to Washington because they believe the district was shorted by the $2.2 trillion coronavirus economic relief package.

While states with fewer people were allocated at least $1.25 billion by the recent legislation, Washington, D.C., was granted less than half as much money to combat the coronavirus because it was deemed a territory. In a letter sent on Wednesday, Sens. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Tom Carper of Delaware urged congressional leadership to consider sending more cash to the nation’s capital.

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