Senate democrats have had to pressure the oversight hearings on the pandemic. The hearings will be the only work weve done in the senate in the entire month of may the republican majority had been pressured to doing those. Theres nowio more than 35 milln americans out of work through no fault of their own. Almost 1. 5 million americans are sick. Nearly 90,000 have died and Senate Republicans have decided to take the month off from the coronavirus. The American People may be wondering what is the republican led senate doing instead of urging this national crisis. Leader mcconnell is scheduled hee judges to the floor of the senate and the republican chairman of the Homeland Security committee will be holding ang hearing designed to slander the family of the president s political opponent. She wants to echo the conspiracy theories to go on an expedition to smear joe bidens son. We all know this is with the president focuses on instead of the crisis but must our colleagues follow such an a
Give credit to Senate Republicans who let the president off the hook with at most, and only at times, a polite slap on the wrist. Thank you, mr. President. Mr. President , i comet, to the floor today to discuss the House Democrats 3 trillion spending spree. The American People are at a point in our lives, American People need a life preserver. Instead, Speaker Pelosi has just thrown them in and will. Its absurd, mr. President. Her covid19 proposal is pricey, partisan, and its a pipe dream. Its a bloated bonanza of oliver leftwing socialist projects. It weighs in at over 1800 pages but theres one glaring omission. La House Democrats forgot to help fight the coronavirus. This bill is Nancy Pelosis socialist democrat dream but it is a nightmare for the American People. Nancy pelosi needs a very serious reality check. The far left fantasy will never become law. It cannot pass the senate. The country is trying to recover from the coronavirus. People are stressed. Theyre. Theyre struggling.
Nomination of scott rash for the district of arizona. Live on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal master the father of us all we thank you that through your spirit you have provided our legislative body with the talents and capabilities to fulfill your purposes. May our senators remember that this body has many parts, each making its distinctive contribution to the success of the whole. As our lawmakers acknowledge and honor the value added by each member of this body, unite them with faith, civility, courage, and gratitude. And lord, we pray for the First Responders and Health Care Workers who stand on the front lines during this Global Health crisis. We pray in your unifying 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
Effort, to prioritize cybersecurity across the board. Ill consult with experts to plan for the steps that my administration will take in order to secure our systems and prove our cyber defenses and to better withstand future attacks that we know will come, and to impose cost on those who conduct them. I fully expect bipartisan support from this based on what weve heard so far. Our adversaries are highly capable. Cyber threats are among the greatest threats to our Global Security in the 21st century. I believe we have to treat them with the same seriousness of purpose that we treated threats of other unconventional weapons. We have to work with our allies to establish Clear International rules and mechanisms to enforce them and consequences for those countries that violate them. I want to close with this. As i look at the first of what will be millions of vaccinations going into the arms of americans after hundreds, thousands of lives lost, Congress Finally passing an Economic Relief pa
Maybe more active, quote, ongoing investigations that relate to or grow out of this mueller probe. First there is the trump aide turned convict turned star witness against Paul Manafort rick gates. He is still as of today speaking to bob muellers investigators. Now we know that tonight because of the new word that comes out here that gates continues to, quote, cooperate in several ongoing investigations. Legal experts say that implies one of them would at least be the potential misconduct that has been alleged about the trump inaugural committee. The new york feds are investigating that. Gates has talked to them tackling questions about the money trail and a lot of other foreign influence allegations. Meanwhile, there is a mueller prosecutor saying Michael Cohen has also provided information for, this seems to be the theme tonight, quote, ongoing investigations. While all the investigators pursue the leads that have come out in part of the mueller case, democrats in congress pressing f