Senator schumer and we are joined by senator schumer who has been a real champion on making sure we get help to americas Small Businesses. Im going to acknowledge the work of senator coons who i expect will be on the floor a little later, one of our key cosponsors on the next round of aid is senator rosen. I want to acknowledge the cosponsors of the unanimous consent request legislation, including myself and senator schumer, senator shaheen, senator coons, senator rosen, and senator collins. I also want to acknowledge that this is bipartisan. I have talked to senator rubio. He has informed me that this has cleared the hotline. So we are hopeful that well get this u. C. Done today. But as were waiting for the paperwork to get to us, let me just explain what the u. C. Does before i make the u. C. Request. The authority of the Small Business administration to approve any more Paycheck Protection Program loans expires at midnight tonight. That was the deadline we established when we passed
We take you live to the u. S. Senate where to date lawmakers who will be on a defense programs and policy bill. You are watching live coverage of the senate on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will ohm the senate with prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of grace and mercy, in these divisive and polarized times, remind us that words have consequences. Help us to remember that we are accountable to you for every idle and careless word we speak. Lord, teach our senators to be obedient to your commands, doing your will as your presence fills them with joy. Today, surround our lawmakers with the shield of your favor, as they labor to deep our nation to keep our nation strong. May they be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. Manifest your power through their labors so that this nation will be exalted by righteousness. We pray in your mighty name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of alle
Good morning, everyone. That poster of the everyone. That poster of the women members of congress. Thank you for being with us today. It is a very special day in the history of our country. 101 years ago today, the house of representatives voted to pass the 19th amendment. As you know, that is the amendment that gives women the right to vote. They werent given because they fought very hard for it but that success was achieved. Pass thenother year to process of ratification. In august, we will observe the 100th anniversary of women having the right to vote, but today, we are honoring what happened in the house of representatives on this very day. We are very proud of the fact that we have over 100 women in congress now, over 90 women on the democratic side. We made a decision about that a long time ago. Carolyn maloney who could not be with us, but she has been a champion on all of these issues whether it is a womens museum, equal rights amendment, you name it. Wanted to salute her as w
Member, John Sarbanes, as well as delegates. This is an hour. Speaker pelosi good morning, everyone. That poster of the women members of congress. Thank you for being with us today. It is a very special day in the history of our country. 101 years ago today, the house of representatives voted to pass the 19th amendment. As you know, that is the amendment that gives women the right to vote. Not that they werent given, because they fought very hard for it, but that success was achieved. It took another year to pass the rest of the process, the ratification. In august, we will observe the 100th anniversary of women having the right to vote, but today, we are honoring what happened in the house of representatives on this very day. And we are very proud of the fact that we have over 100 women in congress now, over 90 women on the democratic side. We made a decision about that a long time ago. Among them are carolyn maloney, who could not be with us, but she has been a champion on all of the
Back into the workplace. You theres been no National Program to provide worker safety. The covid19 pandemic has led to historic job losses and the economy on the verge of a recession and an unprecedented but an even emergency federal response. Today the trump administrations economic response to this crisis was held under the microscope in a state hearing. Karen k for has the story. In dire warning about the state of the coronavirus economy. There is the risk of permanent damage and will for the first time treasury secretary steven new shannan Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell face questions from lawmakers on the rocky rollout of the cares act the historic trillion emergency relief package, these programs are making a major positive impact on peoples lives. Thats really at times heated hearing highlighted the delicate balance between the health of americans and the health of the economy it is so important to begin bringing people back to work in a safe why how many workers should