Commitment for live Senate Coverage starting in a moment howevewe will recd the presidt elect and have it later on the cspan networks. Live to the senate where they e planning to wk on a nomition for u. S. District court for the Southern District of mississippi. The president pro tempor the senate will come to order. Thchaplain, dr. Barry black, will open the senate with the chaplain let us pray. Eterl redeemer, provide our laakers with your grace, mercy, and peace by your grace, may they forget the challenges behind them. By your mercy, may they reach for the opportunities that beckon. By yr peace, may they possess anquanimity of temperament during lifes fluctuating intricacies. Lord, give them a passion for truth and a reluctance to major minors. Use their exemplary lives to inspire people to live wh faith, purse, and power. Remind us all that though we may planned, you deterne what will finally happen. Amenray in your great name. The president pro tempore please joi me in the pledge
Inessential workplaces and believe that they, too, should be protected by system of justice. Im going to stand with them and hope of the members of the senate will join me. Madam president , i yield the floor. Madam president , after a few weeks of working remotely to flatten the coronavirus curve were back in washington to continue our Coronavirus Response and address other important issues. Its been in public difficult couple of months for our country. In fact, for most of the world. More than 1 million americans have contracted the coronavirus and thousands have died. Our economy has taken a huge hit. Millions of americans are out of work and businesses are struggling to stay afloat. And americans are worried. They are worried about their own health. They are worried about the health of their families and their loved ones. And theyre worried about their finances. My colleagues and i know that americans are suffering. And our overriding priority over the past twodi months has been re
Here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, your words are true. Guide our lawmakers with your precepts. Give them a passion for whatever is just, worthy, and honorable. Guide them to cultivate such reverence for your providence that they will repeatedly pray for your will to be done. Remind them that if they faint under pressure, then their strength is too small. Help them, therefore, to look to you, for you are able to doi am measurably, abundantly above all that they can ask or imagine, according to your power working in and through them. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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 madam presi
Finances. My colleagues and i know that americans are suffering. Our overriding priority for the past few months has been responding to the coronavirus iscrisis. We passed several major response bills and provided substantially more than 2 trillion. We have funded medical care, personal protective equipment for frontline medical personnel and Treatment Development hate sickly of Unemployment Benefits direct relief payments to american citizens, forgivable loans for Small Businesses and much more. Our goal has been to provide a comprehensive responses addressing not just the medical priorities but also the Economic Impact of viruses have on so Many American families. There is more work to be done. Right now a big part of the work is monitoring the implementation of the legislation we have already passed. We provided a tremendous amount of money and we need too made sure its getting word needs to go as quickly as possible and its being spent in the most effective way. Monitoring the impl
Madam president , honored legislators, mr. Chief justice, members of the judiciary, my fellow constitutional members, family, friends, and my fellow idahoans. What a year. Life sure has changed for me. On some weekends i go home, go out to the ranch, visit my family and friends, one day i was in my normal emmitt uniform, levis, hat, getting fuel, guy at the fuel pump kind of glanced at me a couple times. As i was paying for my fuel, he saundered up and says, has anyone ever told you you look like brad little . You know, i proudly said, yes. Said, makes you mad, doesnt it . I could not accomplish as much as last year or most of my life without the support of my family. Especially my wife, your first lady, teresa. [ applause ] its rewarding for me to watch so many people learn about her. Teresa is selfless. She loves our family and state. Im proud f you, teresa. Im grateful to have you by my side. The celebration of an important milestone is upon us in 2020. The 100th anniversary of the