Good afternoon everyone. We want to make sure everyone was able to get here. We think the local officials for joining us today they have been very busy. We want to acknowledge that five years ago today a white supremacist walked into Mother Emmanuel Church in Charleston South Carolina and slaughtered a friend of mine and eight other parishioners. It was hate unbridled and a poisonous expression of White Supremacy that still affects our nation in many institutions. With the dangers we face as a society if we dont root out this corrosive and that the ideology. Reflecting back on the Amazing Grace and compassion and forgiveness of the mother emmanuel community, i see the very best of what we see in america and as americans. We know grace alone is not enough and we have to see the best of america as well and in the weeks of peaceful protest civil lacks are taking place in this day in every other state across the country they are focused on how danger it is to live as a black around skinned person in this country. Americans are out there watching and understanding the fact in the middle of a Global Pandemic thats how critical they think it is. On monday donald trump said if we stopped testing right now for covid19 we would have very few cases, if any. That statement is not only absurd but absolutely tragic. Yesterday head of the White House Task force on coronavirus the Vice President claimed success because deaths are down to fewer than 750 per day. 750 fathers mothers Sisters Brothers husbands why his children, dying every day. More than 20000 per month that is greater than world war ii level casualties each month that is more than 59 elevenths each month and this administration is engaging in selfcongratulation . May be good enough for donald trump. Will never with that would never be acceptable as i am president. Research has shown tens of thousands of americans died needlessly because he was slow to respond to the crisis and when he did he bungled the response. For weeks in january and february i was raising my concerns how we needed to take this virus seriously. All while trump was ignoring reporting from his own Intelligence Community in his daily briefings. And the warnings of his closest advisers all the while praising the Chinese Government for being transparent in handling this virus instead of demanding access to the cdc in beijing that was refusing to give. The American People have sacrificed so much to fight this virus. We have lost lives. We have lost businesses. We lost paychecks. And now thanks to Donald Trumps bungling, we may lose some of the progress we have begun to make all because he has lost interest. Once again ignoring the fact the Public Health response is still woefully lacking from this administration. More than 117,000 people have died in the United States of america with the daily number of cases still climbing in 21 states. We still dont have what we need with rapid results testing and Contact Tracing capacity. Widely available personnel and protective equipment for them in clear nationwide guidance. Instead President Trump pushes dangerous and disproven drugs and stands in the way of the cdc guidelines on reopening that initially would not let them. And refuses to wear a mask as a basic test of leadership to scale back meetings of the covid19 task force and there is not much to do. And sent the testing czar home. The money provided to the pentagon only 15 percent made out the door. He wants to style himself against an invisible enemy of coronavirus. Any other wartime leaders to take no responsibility exercises no leadership and is flat surrendering the fight. Instead of leading the charge of the virus he waved white flag and has retreated. And needs to get back to his Campaign Rallies and puts everybody at risk as they have pointed out in violation of cdc guidelines and still a ban against large gatherings. He will do it as long as the people show up and sign a waiver promising they will not hold the campaign liable. Donald trumps failure with the same of focus and energy to troll his enemies on twitter has cost us lives to put hope of an economic recovery at risk job retail sales are better than expected in may and thats great news were country and does not imperil the progress we have to make. The economy is still sputtering. With 20 Million People unemployed and no clear guidance of the federal government and then to generate a recovery. It is how we make the opening work for everyone. The employees at the white house get daily covid19 test. They know they are safe before they go to work. They know their coworkers are safe and then they resume their life. But workers across the country are not asking for daily testing and reliable access to test dont they deserve that . Is not that donald trump doesnt recognize the importance of testing he says hes not up to the task or doesnt care and now seemingly decided he doesnt even want to try. Just like he could not wish covid19 away in march. Just like he could not tweet it away in april you cannot ignore it away in june. So i asked some basic questions for president donald trump. What are you going to do to make sure every worker has access to regular testing so they have the same confidence to go back to work with the white house staffers. Without the effective guidance and resources they need to protect the kids and their communities . Why dont you enforce the worker standards for protection by osha during the pandemic . Why is the Mainstream Lending Program created two months ago out of congress to help struggling Small Businesses only open for registration to lenders two days ago . And still has not distributed a single penny . And then to receive a total of 500 billion of taxpayer fundin funding . Why are they being hidden . How many donors got bailouts how many big businesses . If they had to shut down they were denied funding in april. And then to have a nod from the top. Why did you get rid someone to oversee every dollar distributed by the attorney general . Why did you get rid of that person that Congress Passed . What are you trying to hide . To bad management and on top of bad planning and is totally unacceptable for a great nation like ours the pandemic is still here and will be here for the foreseeable future until we get it under control or until we have safe and widely available vaccine. Covid19 is a fact of nature. We have to deal with this virus and everything that comes with it head on. Honestly tell the people the truth. The American People can handle anything. Just told him the truth. We cant deal with that when youre doing it the only way to deal with that mr. President is if we put in the work investing in building the dynamic resilient economy and Health System to get and stay ahead of new outbreaks. We have the capacity and resources to do that. I laid out baseline steps of what needed to be done from make it work checklist forex successful account and recovery effort back in early april for steps for a strong reopening that i released last week. Its not Rocket Science grant i have scientists advising me and almost a daily basis on how to proceed but it is common sense and straightforward. That is why perhaps this is the greatest indictment of Donald Trumps complete and compelling lack of leadership he waits for months and months passing the buck blaming everyone else and refusing to act when he shouldve been preparing our country for a longterm response and building up our resiliency for future flareups but yet we still have a comprehensive system of collecting covid19 case data. These are the basics. They should have been preparing us to whether this virus and should been working with the vulnerabilities in the Healthcare System it is time to eliminate and working to bridge the inequities with the cracks in the foundation and Economic System exposed for everyone to see. He hasnt done any of it. Because of the depth of Donald Trumps failures this pandemic will be worse for all americans and much worse for black and brown americans who are hit the hardest. Folks in communities donald trump things to be puts his head in the sand the American People will also but it doesnt work that way now and hundreds of people are still dying every day millions unemployed wondering how in gods name we keep the lights on and keep food on the table not when the workers are way down with worries about their safety or if they get sick and the steps that we take in the right direction they are all available first to do everything we can as you go back out into the world we are not that much better prepared today as the case is still the intensive care units. Second, give people an assurance and precautions necessary to restore the economys confidence so what little faith they have left to manage the pandemic we will see much deeper and longer Lasting Impact and even greater repercussions mr. President we dont need the American People to face this threat with guidance and resources and leadership. From the federal government. Dont let support from the cares act while people are still hurting for frontline workers to be exposed and dont waste anymore of our time mr. President the American People need confidence of clear guidance to allow them to resume their daily lives. American businesses need the support of federal government to backstop to the phases of of reopening and health is the first concern americans need to put the American People first not his or her ego America Needs a president who can do the work and after more than three years in office why isnt donald trump ready . Mr. President , wake up. Get to work. There is so much more to be done. Thank you. [applause] quorum be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Schumer madam president , i cried tears of joy a few minutes ago when i heard the decision of the Supreme Court on daca. Thes