Going to those who needed it most. So today, we are not taking any other action on the floor dealing with covid19 so weak that we would take this opportunity to ask unanimousne consent, to get Something Real done should have bipartisan support on both sidesot of the aisle. Who can be against transparency. Who can be against accountability. Know where close to 700 billion that taxpayers money is going, to the right places. And impartially today at least 200 publicly traded companies have managed to secure pp e and most of those are not very small. Including some companies, as owners are large contributors to present trump rating truly Small Businesses however, hundreds and thousands of momandpop shops with less than 20 in place, the bproverbial restaurant owner, e butcher the baker and candlestick maker, have been mostly shut out because he did not have a standing relationship with the big banks. There have been great disparities when it comes to minority businesses. According to the se
Rural areas. May not have broadband, so i worry about those communities who may be low resource or under resourced. Those are just a few of the things that i worry about. Thank you, our time is up. Dr. Patrice harris, we would like to present you virtually with our notable National Press club coffee mug along with our hope that we can share a cup of coffee here at press club in person in the near future. Thank you for joining us today. Dr. Harris thank you for having me today, and thank you. I will enjoy that mug. My thanks to our National Press announcer tonight at 9 00 eastern, netflix director and former u. N. Official michelle fix. Ith her book, the that was something i discovered in my research that there is a believe everybody is the same because everybody is treated in the same way. If people do not have experiences, with that logic, we are not only denying difference but any quality. Afterwardstch tonight at 9 00 eastern on cspan two. Announcer congressional efforts are underwa
We are keeping our distance. Sen. Schumer hi, everybody. Spread out. First, i am so proud to be joined by my friend, great speaker, great partner. We probably talked 20 times the last few days. And we are still not tired of each other, i hope. The bill we passed was greatly improved. Leader mcconnell simply tried to steamroll us. We tried to tell him it is much better to talk with us than steamroll us. Because we had input into the bill, it is a much better bill. Leader mcconnells bill was simply a bill for ppe. We werent against increasing it, but there was so much more to do. First, there were so many people in my state and throughout the country who were small, did not know a big shot banker, and that was because the ppp program , the way it was structured, help to those who had a friendly banker and those who were larger, more successful companies. We wanted to deal with the butcher and the baker and candlestick maker, the average Small Business person. We needed to get them help.
Mcconnell simply tried to steamroll us, and we tried to tell him its much better to talk with us then steamroll us than steamroll us, and because we had input into the bill, it is a much better bill. Leader mcconnells bill was simply a bill for ppe. We wanted to increase it, but there was so much more to do. First, there were so many people in my state and throughout the small, did not know a big shot banker, and they could not get loans, and thats because the ppp program, the way it was structured, helped those andhad a friendly banker who were larger, more successful companies. We wanted to deal with the butcher and the baker and candlestick maker, the average Small Business person. Get them help. And so under the leadership, really, of our we needed to get them help. And so under the leadership, really, of our Banking Committee folks maxine waters, Sherrod Brown and ben cardin we greatly expanded the program and walled out 125 billion that will go to rural areas, minority areas, unb
Better to talk with us than steamroll us. Because we had input into the bill, it is a much better bill. Leader mcconnells bill was simply a bill for ppe. We werent against increasing it, but there was so much more to do. First, there were so many people in my state and throughout the small, did note know a big shot banker, and could not get loans. That is because the way the ppe loan program was structured helped those who were larger, more successful companies. We wanted to deal with the butcher and the baker and candlestick maker, the average Small Business person. We needed to get them help. And so under the leadership, really, of our Banking Committee folks maxine waters, Sherrod Brown and ben cardin we greatly expanded the program and walled out 125 billion that will go to rural areas, minority areas, unbanked people. The smaller people will not have to compete with the pot bellies. They will be in their own separate pool. It will be one of the greatest infusions to the innercity