We had a vote yesterday evening, the first that weve had in some six weeks here. As i walked over to the chambers just now, 4 00 on a tuesday afternoon from the hart building, the only individuals that i saw were the extraordinary men and women of the Capital Police who are here in the building, but suffice to say that these are strange, these are unusual, these are challenging and difficult, difficult times as we face the covid19 pandemic, as we address the challenges that our constituents, our friends, our family are dealing with at home, whether its the impact of the virus itself on our health and our health facilities, or whether it is the impact, truly the economic devastation that were seeing in all corners of the nation. And so the opportunity to be together as a member as a body to address these challenges is important. It is challenging for us as we adapt to this time and this situation to be wearing protective masks, to be separated from one another, to be teleworking as we a
The minority leader. Mr. Schumer thank you. Madam president , over the past few months, both parties have worked together to provide historic levels of funding to help Small Businesses retain employees, meet payroll, and stay afloat during the covid19 pandemic. The Paycheck Protection Program, the main instrument to help Small Business, received 349 billion under the cares act and another 310 billion in supplemental legislation. The public has know how this money is being spent. Oversight, transparency, and accountability are crucial because from the moment the administration began implementing these funds, it became clear much of it wasnt going to those who needed it most. So today we are not taking any other action on the floor dealing with covid, so we thought we would take this opportunity to ask unanimous consent to get Something Real done that should have bipartisan support on both sides of the aisle. Who can be against transparency . Who can be against accountability . Who can n
This tuesday. We had a vote yesterday evening the first we have had in some six weeks here, as i walked over to the chambers just now, its 4 00 oclock on a tuesday afternoon, from the heart building the only individuals i saw were the extraordinary men and women of the Capitol Police who are here in the building but to suffice to say these are strange, unusual, challenging and difficult, difficult times as we face the covid19 pandemic. W we address the challenges that our constituents, friends, family are dealing withus at home whether it is the impact of the virus itself on our health and health facilities, or whether it is the impact, truly the economic devastation we are seeing in all corners of the nation. So the opportunity to be together as a body to address the challenges was important, its challenging for us as we adapt to this time and situation to be wearing protective masks to be separated from one another to be teleworking as we are. We are adapting, we are facing that chal
For his nomination. In the House Democrats filed a bill to providefunding for the federal governments response to the coronavirus pandemic. Livecoverage of the senate on cspan2. May they not fear anything that may assail them on every side. Help them to remember that there is none holy like you, and nothing can compare to your majesty and might. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance to the flag. 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 all. Mr. Grassley mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak in morning business for one minute. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley iowa has had 14 presumptive positive cases of covid19. My staff and i remain in constant communication with federal agencies to ensure that the federal government is pro
Quorum call ms. Cortez masto mr. President , i rise today in opposition to it the nomination of lawrence van dyke to serve on the United States court of appeals for the ninth circuit. Mr. Van dyke fits neatly into this administrations pattern of picking federal judges for our Circuit Courts of appeal without meaningful input from home state senators. The president continues to select ideologically extreme nominees like mr. Van dyke, and the white house is putting forward people without enough experience for the momentous roles they have been chosen to serve. Mr. Van dyke has been nominated to fill a nevada seat on the ninth circuit, even though hes not a nevadan. He didnt grow up in my state, he doesnt appear to own property there, he doesnt seem to have family ties, and he was only an active member of the nevada state bar for two years. Senator rosen and i engage with the white house to put forward highly respected nevadans with bipartisan support, but our suggestions were summarily i