Lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, the author of unity, remind our lawmakers that people accomplish laudable goals more through unity than division. May our senators remember that all of us are more effective than any one of us. As our legislators pursue effectiveness in their work, give them the wisdom to forge alliances that make the difficult become easy and the impossible become probable. In their search for common purposes, inspire them with the conviction that nothing is impossible for those who believe. We pray in your omnipotent name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance 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 president. The presiding officer the senator from iowa is recognized. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak in morning business for one minute. The pres
Crisis. Our goal has been to provide a comprehensive response addressing not just the medical priority spells of Economic Impact on so Many American families. Weve provided funding for the testing, for medical care, personal protective equipment for frontline medical personnel. For vaccine and treatment development, for veterans, nutrition programs, for first responders, for Unemployment Benefits, for elementary schools, high schools and colleges, for farmers and ranchers. For the Paycheck Protection Program to help Small Businesses keep employees on the payroll and when the program ran out we provided another 310 billion to ensure as many Small Businesses as possible were able to take advantage. The act also appropriated 293 billion for direct payments to american citizens to help them get through this difficult time. A at this point can madam president , Government Agencies are focused on getting all the aid that we passed out the door. Some programs that the Paycheck Protection Prog
Comprehensive response addressing not just the medical priorities but the Economic Impact this virus has had on so Many American families. We provided funding for coronavirus testing, medical care, personal protective equipment for frontline medical personnel, vaccine and treatment development, for veterans, nutrition programs, first responders, Unemployment Benefits, elementary schools, high schools and colleges, farmers and ranchers. The coronavirus aid relief and Economic Security act or thes act, the third relief act we pass provided 350 billion for the Paycheck Protection Program to help Small Businesses keep employees on the payroll during this crisis. When the program ran out of money we provided another 310 billion to ensure as many Small Businesses as possible were able to take advantage of this help. Thes act appropriated 293 billion for direct payment to american citizens to help them get through this difficult time. At this point Government Agencies are focused on getting a
Here as well. Also want to point out some breaking news. Macys says their cfo paula price is going to leave the company. They are looking at an external search currently. Premarket withn the overall market. Exxon mobil also coming out, finally the last of the big majors to cut their capex. They see overall Capital Investments for this year about 23 billion. They saw up to 33 billion. They are also cutting operating expenses by about 15 . They are maintaining their longterm outlook. They say Capital Allocation priorities remain unchanged. The longest chunk of all these cuts are going to be spending in the permian basin. That is interesting. We heard something very similar with chevron, a little easier to shale. Ex within they are dealing with the fallout of the crisis. Watching those stocks as we head into the open. U. S. , as wellthe as the markets, but the collapse of the Small Business optimism i was just talking about. Gauge falling by 8. 18 points in march. Michael mckee joins us w
On the final weekend of winter. Rain in the bay area and snow in the sierra and it looks like it will last the next judaism were giving a look across the south bay where there is a cloudy and mainly dry start in areas over the north bay pick up a few the last hours. As he rolled through the second part of the morning and early afternoon youll notice it pick up over the central and south bay receipt a few scattered showers. In and around santa rosa and towards napa and American Canyon and over towards iad is a wet when from vallejo into fairfield and stretching towards richmond and the Richmond San Rafael bridge. This will be the start, temperatures will be falling, it will be breezy with often on rain not only for today but into sunday, monday and maybe into to stay, better details coming up in just a little bit. 167 cases of coronavirus have been reported in the bay area and Santa Clara County has seen the largest jump at 79 total, two of died in the county including a person in the 8