Whether to amend that with a bigger proposal because we all know a bigger proposal is necessary, but ive decided were going to go on and vote as soon as the senate can get permission to vote on the bill that came over from the house, send it down to the president for signature and thus reassure the people around the country that we can operate on a bicameral, bipartisan basis quickly. Second, we will not leave, the senate will not leave until we have passed yet another bill and clearly, that will have to go in two steps. As i indicated earlier, First Senate Republicans and the administration are going to try to reach an agreement on what we think is best for what could best be described as phase three. Then the senate being the senate, we will sit down with our democratic counterparts and see what we can agree to. We will not leave, the senate will not leave town until we have processed yet another bill to address this emergency. With that i will be happy to take a few questions. Repor
7 00 a. M. At join the discussion. Earlier this afternoon, Mitch Mcconnell briefed reporters at the capitol about the coronavirus economic aid package making its way through congress. This is 15 minutes. Sen. Mcconnell good afternoon, everyone. Let me give you a report of where we are. Obviously, we need to act. We finally got a completed bill from the house yesterday. We need to continue ensuring the Frontline Health care workers have all the resources they need, we need to directly help American Workers and families face this uncertain period. In particular, we are examining policy tools to put money quickly and directly into the hands of american families. We also need to move swiftly and boldly in a major way to help americas Small Businesses survive this disruption and thrive on the other side of it. We are preparing bold steps to make sure main street can access liquidity and credit during this extraordinary time. So let me outline what we have been doing. I have divided i have c
From the house yesterday. Ensuringo continue that frontline healthcare workers have all the resources they need. We need to directly help American Workers and families face this uncertain. We are examining policy tools to put money directly and quickly into the hands of american families. We also need to move swiftly and boldly in a major way to help american Small Businesses survive this disruption and thrive. We are preparing bold steps to ensure main street can access and credit during this extraordinary time. Let me outline what we are doing. Created three and task forces among Senate Republicans. With coming tasked up with what should be described as the next bill. We are trying to reach an as to what Senate Republicans and the administration favor doing next. With regard to the bill that came over from the house, there was some discussion whether to amend that because we all know the bigger proposal is necessary, but i have decided we will go a long as soon as the senate can get
Time unfiltered at cspan. Org coronavirus. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell briefs reporters about the economic aid package making its way through congress. This is 15 minutes. Sen. Mcconnell good afternoon, everyone. Let me give you a report on where we are. Obviously we need to act. We finally got a completed bill from the house yesterday. We need to continue ensuring that frontline healthcare workers have all the resources they need. We need to directly help American Workers and families face this uncertain. We are examining policy tools to put money directly and quickly into the hands of american families. We also need to move swiftly and boldly in a major way to help american Small Businesses survive this disruption and thrive. We are preparing bold steps to ensure main street can access liquidity and credit during this extraordinary time. Since let me outline what we are doing. I have divided and created three task forces among Senate Republicans. Each of them tasked with c
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