And depression and fear itself. Once again america will prevail mr. Graham mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from South Carolina. Mr. Graham thank you very much. Much. Thank you very much i want to complement my colleagues today getting briefed about the beer is at me like a ton of bricks i know theres a lot of good things in their money for healthe care providers there is so many good things the country is under siege and one of the d first republicans to join my democratic colleagues and senator durbin we need to do something more with Unemployment Insurance because the collins rubio construct will help but never in my wildest dreams did i believe that what we have done is to pay people more not to work than to work under this bill the 600dollar payment on top of state benefits actually allows people to have an income almost double in certain circumstances. I want to help people that if you lose your job we cover your wages but you get 23. 15 an hour on a 40 hour work
Work. Under this bill, the 600 payment on top of state benefits actually allows people to have their income almost doubled in certain circumstances. And i want to help people. I want to make sure that if you lose your job, that we cover your wages. But under this bill, you get 23. 15 an hour based on a 40hour work week not to work. And if youre trying to hire somebody in South Carolina the next four months, you got to compete with that wage. And if youre working in a restaurant or probably not now, but if youre working anywhere for 15 an hour, somebody is making 23 an hour and youre working. Its just not fair. Its going to hurt the rubiocollins construct. Restaurants that are out of business, we want them to be able to borrow money to pay the payroll to keep people connected to their employer. Now what do you do when you make 23 an hour being on unemployment . How do you keep that waitress or bartender at 15 or 17 . Youve made it a nightmare for Small Businesses. Theyre being pitted ag
They want with virtually no stringsattached. The American People at a time of massive income and wealth inequality do not want more corporate welfare. And they do not want policies which will allow corporations in some cases to receive loans or grants and then do stock buybacks to enrich their stockholders, provide dividends or maybe raise the Compensation Benefits of their already wealthy ceos. What the American People want right now is for us to use our taxpayer dollars in every way that we can to protect the working familiesof this country, protect the middle class, to protect the50 percent of our People Living paycheck to paycheck. And as we speak tonight , half of our people in this country, in the richestcountry of the history of the world are living paycheck to paycheck. And they wake up in the morning and theyre saying i can barely make it on the paycheck that ive got so if im making 12, 13, 14 an hour now that paycheck is used up. How am i going to pay my rent, how am i going
Through the cracks and never in my wildest dreams, senator durbin, did i h believe that whe we have done is to pay people more, not to work but to work this bill the 600dollar payment on top of safe benefits actually allows people to have their income almost doubled in someha circumstances. I want to help people and make sure that if you lose your jobil that we cover your wages but under this bill you get 23. 15 an hour based on a 40 hour workweek, not to work. If you are trying to hire somebody in South Carolina in the next four months you got to compete with that wage. If you are working in a restaurant and probably not now but if youre working anywhere for 15 an hour sometimes making 23 an hour and you are working. It is just not fair. It will hurt the Rubio Collins construct, restaurants that are out of business. We want them to be able to to pay the payroll to keep people connected to their employer. Now what do you do when you make 23 an hour being on unemployment . How do you ke
Please stay home. Please take care of yourself, so its my true honor to welcome you here tonight to the 40th annual San Francisco Good Government awards. [applause] this is our opportunity to pay tribute to the people who are the great engine of our beloved city. Since its inception, s. P. U. R. Has been advocating for Good Governments. We have hundreds of awards given out to acknowledge hundreds of hard working Public Servants, and we are so proud of that. For many of us who are part of s. P. U. R. , this is our absolute favorite night of the year, so thank you for joining us. I want to start out by recognizing our champion sponsors, people who believe in innovation in government just as much as we do. Bridge, google, and San Francisco airport. Thank you for your generous support, and thanks to everyone for being here tonight. S. P. U. R. Is able to continue to honor employees only because of the collaboration with the Mayors Office, london n. Breed. Mayor breed is the 45 mayor of our