Those who needed it most. So today we are not 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 . An to know where close i to 700 billion of the taxpayers money is going . Is it going to the right places . Unfortunately today at least 200 publicly traded companies have managed to secure ppp loans, and most of those are not very small, including some Companies Whose owners are large contributors to President Trump. Truly, Small Businesses, however, hundreds of thousands of momandpop shops with less than 20 employees, the proverbial restaurant owner, or the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker have been mostly shut out because they didnt have a standing relationship with a big bank. Thereve been great despairs when it comes to minorityowned businesses. Ac
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
Today we are talking the west mine wars. This is for for our class. This is really the beginning of a of a new section after your midterm. So this is a point were going to start today by looking at some some big picture concepts, concepts that weve talked about, maybe looking at some maps that weve already seen this semester. And are going to use those to kind of touch base throughout this lecture and, look at those concepts and get a better understanding of how these these two sections of the class connect with one another. So first, i know ive showed you these maps before, or at least some version of them might be a little a little more updated then the ones that i was showing at the beginning, the semester. But these are maps i use a lot, maps that i use plenty in in these classes. And i think that can tell us many stories. Right . Not just about the United States, but particularly for us, whats happening in in appalachia and the structural, systematic social issues as poverty rate,
Today we are talking the west mine wars. This is for for our class. This is really the beginning of a of a new section after your midterm. So this is a point were going to start today by looking at some some big picture concepts, concepts that weve talked about, maybe looking at some maps that weve already seen this semester. And are going to use those to kind of touch base throughout this lecture and, look at those concepts and get a better understanding of how these these two sections of the class connect with one another. So first, i know ive showed you these maps before, or at least some version of them might be a little a little more updated then the ones that i was showing at the beginning, the semester. But these are maps i use a lot, maps that i use plenty in in these classes. And i think that can tell us many stories. Right . Not just about the United States, but particularly for us, whats happening in in appalachia and the structural, systematic social issues as poverty rate,
Today we are talking the west mine wars. This is for for our class. This is really the beginning of a of a new section after your midterm. So this is a point were going to start today by looking at some some big picture concepts, concepts that weve talked about, maybe looking at some maps that weve already seen this semester. And are going to use those to kind of touch base throughout this lecture and, look at those concepts and get a better understanding of how these these two sections of the class connect with one another. So first, i know ive showed you these maps before, or at least some version of them might be a little a little more updated then the ones that i was showing at the beginning, the semester. But these are maps i use a lot, maps that i use plenty in in these classes. And i think that can tell us many stories. Right . Not just about the United States, but particularly for us, whats happening in in appalachia and the structural, systematic social issues as poverty rate,