Its going to be a disease. Covid19. Wand that answer people will mention the need for help for the jobless, the threat to mall sp small businesses, problems paying their rent or mortgage and the need for health care. But you what wont hear will be the need for a space force. Or more nukes or an overseas slush fund for the pentagon. You certainly wont hear about the need for more cost overruns or fraud and abuse from defense contractors. But thats exactly what we have. Weve increased our military spending almost 20 in the last four years, at a time of relative peace. But we have not kept up with our needs like health care, education and, of course, fighting the coronavirus. And yet we spend 90 times more on defense than we do the centers for disease control. 740 billion for the pentagon is a lot of money. And too much of it gets wasted on fraud, cost overruns, and outside contractors. We are literally flushing money down a drain and i mean literally. Due to the design flaw in the new 13
The democrats are playing for november 3rd. And were playing for the good of the people. Lou President Trump doing exactly what he should do, calling out exactly what he and the American People have witnessed and experienced over the past four years at the hands of the party of hate. No president has achieved more in his first term in office than has president donald trump. No prime president has been attd as viciously, nor had to contend with the massive effort to subvert and overthousand his presidency. No one overthrow his presidency. No one since president abraham lincoln. The radical left have attacked President Trump on his handling of the china virus at every turn. Theyve done absolutely nothing to help him and his administration fight the virus and the consequences. Nor the Chinese Communist party that unleashed the contagion on an unsuspecting world. In fact, the radical dems instead have embraced the chinese policies and embraced the communist chinese themselves. Those dems h
Mcconnell says lawmakers will be given 24 hours notice to return to capitol hill to vote if a deal is reached. Will open the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, we trust you for protection and peace, for you have promised to guide us by your grace. May we place our hope in you and never forget how you have sustained us in the past. Lord, give our senators the wisdom to do what is best for america in good and bad times. Continue to rule from heaven, so that your purposes will prevail on earth. Hear the cries of the helpless and do for them through our lawmakers what they cant do for themselves. Bring justice and righteousness to our nation and world. As you transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. We pray in your sacred name, amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for al
November 3rd. And were playing for the good of the people. Lou President Trump doing exactly what he should do, calling out exactly what he and the American People have witnessed and experienced over the past four years at the hands of the party of hate. No president has achieved more in his first term in office than has president donald trump. No prime president has been attd as viciously, nor had to contend with the massive effort to subvert and overthousand his presidency. No one overthrow his presidency. No one since president abraham lincoln. The radical left have attacked President Trump on his handling of the china virus at every turn. Theyve done absolutely nothing to help him and his administration fight the virus and the consequences. Nor the Chinese Communist party that unleashed the contagion on an unsuspecting world. In fact, the radical dems instead have embraced the chinese policies and embraced the communist chinese themselves. Those dems have worked against the preside
Mr. Schumer i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed with. The presiding officer without objection, it is so ordered. Mr. Schumer now, mr. President , mr. Schumer now, mr. President , now, mr. President americas living through a crisis that exceed anything we have seen in generations. Other countries were able to test their populations. Isolate cases and contain the spread of the disease but here the failure oflu the Trump Administration to develop or implement a National Strategy to defeat covid on the help front and economically has meant that the disease has raged to our country for seven months, is still spreading, and the economy is in very bad shape. We have over 5 million confirmed covid19. Covid19. It just took 17 days to go from 4 million americans with covid the 5 million. Unemployment is high that it was during the great recession. G the great more than 150,000 americans have died. Small business every day are closing and those that are still open are strugg