Meanwhile, although the early days of our economic recovery have beaten expectations and surprise the experts, we have really only begun to repair the damage. More than 17 million americans are still jobless. Far tooie many families are stil hurting. This is not over. Americas fight continues, and so congress support for our people must continue as well. The Senate Majority has assembled a framework for cares two. The administration has requested additional time to review the fine details but we will be laying down this proposal early next week. We have an agreement in principle on the shape of the package. It is the framework that will enable congress to make law and deliver more released relief te American People that is tailored precisely to this phase of the crisis. Chairman grassley, alexander, collins, rubio, shelby, blunt, romney have each spearheaded a part of cares to pics on monday this Committee Chairman and republican members will introduce each component. The sum of these efforts will be a strong targeted piece of legislation aimed directly at the challenges we face right now. So, mr. President , our country is a middle ground between strict lockdowns of a few months ago and the future day when the vaccine will put all this finally behind us. Our project is to build a middle ground that is smart and safe, but more sustainable. We are still waging a healthcare war against the virus and we cannot let up on that. We need to continue to strengthen the defenses we have built, encouraging mask wearing, supporting testing and racing toward treatments and vaccines. At the same time the greatest country in the World History also needs to get back on offense. We need to carefully but proactively step back toward normalcy. This disease has already stolen the lives of more than 140,000 americans. It is stolen half a year of our national life. Wehe cannot let the robbery continue without a fight. We cannot let this pandemic rhombus indefinitely of our childrens educations and the livelihoods of 17 million american workers. We need to get americans back to work, and school, continue to fight for our nations health. That is what cares two is designed to do. Our proposal will not waste the American Peoples time with no nobler socialist fantasies. We are not choreographing political stunts or teeing up the same old partisan trench warfare. Our proposal will focus on three things, jobs, healthcare. Number one, a functioning Society Needs to educate its children and young adults. Our kids need as to invest in their future, and working parents need some certainty. We need as many k12 schools, colleges and universities as possible to be safely welcoming students this fall. So chairman alexander, chairman shelby and chairman blunt are finalizing an ambitious package of funding and policy to help our schools reopen. They will lay out a reopening related funding package for schools and universities north of 100 billion. Thats more money than the House Democrats proposed for a similar fund. And there will be several important policies to help childcare providers grant new flexibility to elementary and secondary schools, and more. Number two, jobs and the economy. Two provisions of thees cares at worked especially well to help households stay afloat and help as many workers as possible stay employed. So as chairman grassley will explain, republicans will not send the second round of direct payments to american households, and senator collins and senator rubio have crafted a sql to their historic and incredibly successful paycheck protection program. It would give the hardest hit Small Businesses an opportunity to receive a second loan if they continue to pay their workers. Ween also intend to continue soe temporary federal supplement to Unemployment Insurance while fixing the obvious craziness of pain people more to remain out of the workforce. Small Business Owners across the country have explained how this dynamic is slowing rehiring and recovery. So were going to provide help, but make sure it is suited to reopening the economy. What temporary relief cannot be out and again. Americans do not just want to scrape by. They want to thrive again. They want a road back to the incredible job market we had just a few months ago. So chairman grassley will also lay out bold policy to incentivize retention, encourage rehiring of laidoff americans, and help businesses obtain ppe, testing and supplies to protect their employees, and inkind, customers. Think of it this way, mr. President. In the spring our economy needed lifesupport. Today, while continuing to supportge families, we must also get thel economy in physical therapy so we can actually regain its strength. And finally looking to the longterm the covid19 crisis as we can do critical federal trust funds that americans rely on. So as senator romney will explain, our proposal includes a bipartisan bill cosponsored by Senate Democrats to help a future congress evaluate bipartisan proposals for protecting and strengthening the programs that americans count on. Now, our third policy, third pillar is the most important of all, healthcare. Our entire reopening andep recovery depend on knocking this awful virus onto its heels. So as chairman alexander, blu, grassley and shelby will explain, cares ii will continue to treat the root causes of this medical crisis. More resources for hospitals and healthcare workers. More help to keep sprinting towards diagnostics,me treatmen, and vaccines. New policies to shield seniors from a spike in medicare premiums. And new legislation that will leave us with better Surge Capacity to produce medical countermeasures right here at home the next time a crisis strikes. There is one moreem essential element t that ties schools, jos and healthcare altogether. Legal protections to prevent our historic Recovery Efforts and simply lining the pockets of trial lawyers. We will preserve accountability in cases of actual gross negligence, or intentional misconduct. M but we are going to make sure that nurses and doctors who fought an unknown enemy are not swamped by a tidal wave of malpractice suits. And we will make sure that school districts, colleges, churches, nonprofits and employers out of a official guidance do not have to delay reopening because they are afraid they will spend ten years in court. So this is where Senate Republicans are focused. More support for health care, more direct for american families, and strong policies to help our country. Into a safe reopening. We will propose to continue and renew some of the most successful cares act policies, while adding old, new ideas to help get schools and jobs open for the American People bold. This is the package our country needs. This is what we will introduce. We are repeating the successful strategy that produced a distorted bipartisan cares act back in march. First, i ask a number of republicans to spearhead a serious first draft. We put those elements together and invited our democratic colleagues to the table. And guided byn, a roadmap workig with administration, the senate reached a bipartisan outcome. Early this week even Speaker Pelosi and leader schumer seemed to concede that things go better when republicans lead. They themselves of the real work on this next bill would only begin at republicans laid out the framework. Well, im glad my democratic friends see things the same way i do. I just hope they meet our serious factbased proposal with reductive and bipartisan spirit that god is the cares act rather than the cynical partisanship that led them to block Police Reform just last month. Doctors and nurses when the democrats to come to the table. Unemployed americans will need democrats to come to the table. Working parents and schoolchildren will need democrats to come to the table. We have known all along the American People would defeat this virus by understanding that were all in this together, every single one of us. If we want to deliver more historical aid, the senate will need to remember that very same thing. Coming up on cspan2, dr. Fauci will be giving update on to quantify spent in. Live coverage of his interview with the Washington Post begins at 11 30 a. M. Eastern. You can also watch online at ont cspan. Org or listen with the free cspan radio app. Next, secretary of state mike pompeo talks about the future of u. S. China relations. This event was held at the Richard Nixon president ial liberia in california. Ladies and gentlemen, the honorable michael pompeo, the honorable pete wilson, Christopher Nixon cox and hugh hewitt. [applause]