Following a busy 24 hours in Washington, Pennsylvania's 12 district representative Fred Keller sat down with WENY News to share his support for the president as he battles COVID.

The president's diagnosis also comes just days after he held a rally near Harrisburg, which drew thousands of people. 

Keller urged Americans to focus on the steps the president has already taken to slow the spread of COVID before his positive test result. Representative Keller specifically mentioned Trump's "ban" on travel to china. However, Trump did not ever ban travel to China but did severely restrict it.

Keller said he'd like to focus on working with the American people to share more information on the virus as medical professionals learn more and urged  Americans to take the virus seriously.

This all comes as coronavirus cases continue to rise in Pennsylvania.

Keller added, "it's really unfortunate that we're even having to deal with this virus. But the thing that we need to focus on is how we get through this together. And I think the president has early on taken decisive steps to protect Americans... anyone that gets COVID, it's unfortunate that it happens. But I see us putting forth policies that give people the information and the resources to get through this."

When asked about his own mask wearing habits Keller said that he "absolutely" takes his mask with him and wears it when necessary.

Some of the policies Keller referred to include Thursday night's democratic proposed stimulus package that passed in the house.

No GOP members voted in favor of the plan, (including Keller) as he believes last night's vote will only delay a more bipartisan plan in the future.

"What we're seeing is, we're seeing people are struggling... the hardest hit areas of our economy need some of the help. And that's small businesses, that's families," Keller added, "The thing that the bill still does-- it still provides stimulus payments to illegal aliens. The change the speaker had in the bill was it went from around three trillion dollars to two point two trillion dollars and she took law enforcement out of it."

The bill now goes to the senate, where it's unlikely to pass.