Than our adversaries. More than the most populous nations and those with mere fractions of our wealth and power. And more, so many more than the nation where this virus originated. We will debate the reasons for this ugly truth. We must, if we are to avoid compounding our errors and keeping sorrow and heaping sorrow upon sorrow as the virus continues to rage throughout our country. But now we spend a moment to acknowledge how much our country has suffered already. We have lost friends and neighbors, brothers and sisters, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons. A beloved professor at howard university, a civil rights pioneer, a renowned psychiatrist, a brooklyn doctor 62 on the verge of retirement who in the early weeks of the crisis in new york worked day shifts at the i. C. U. And night shifts at the Hospital Center across the street before finally succumbing to the disease himself. We have lost so many in so short a time. Unable to grieve them in the manner they deserve, we respect
Continue off the floor and the republicans 1 trillion economic aid plan in response to the covid19 pandemic. Senators have been staking out their positions with floor speeches. Now, live to the floor of the u. S. Senate here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. O god, our refuge and strength, give us reverence for your greatness. Guide our senators around the pitfalls of their work, enabling them to have hearts sustained by your peace. May they surrender their will to you, as they trust you to direct their path. Remind them that leadership can work miracles with cooperation, but rarely accomplishes much with conflict. Inspire our lawmakers to be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Help them to strive to live with such integrity that they give you the honor do your name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. I
Isaac there is not much agreement we have down here, but that is undeniably top of the list. What we have seen over the past few weeks is both parties coalescing around the idea it is necessary and in the vital when it comesest to my policy with china. It is not just here. It is also our partners around the globe. I think the eu has been more serious around this matter. We have had some developments in terms of Congress Passing limited sanctions and china responding. Note thatrtant to thus far the backandforth between china and the United States has been measured, proportional, and largely symbolic. My call is we will continue to have these back and forths and a degree in headline volatility, but there is no reason to believe leaders on either side of the pacific want to see a massive unwind of their relationship in the near term and theyre battling with issues domestically. There hasyou say, been backandforth in the last day. There is also been backandforth between joe biden and Presi
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George floyd and of police brutality. This has built so many of us into the street to stand with our neighbors and communities of color. Entertainingly and systematically abused by the criminal justice system. The committee in the house as a whole, is committed to swiftly enacting profound reforms. To punish police misconduct. Holding Police Department accountable to oversight. In eliminating the financing of police militarization. We hope have more to say in the coming days. And as my friend set us we, my protest is my statement. Even as we prepare our legislative solution. The topic of todays is essential workers pretty since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, and the United States, we are all acutely aware of the threats posed to ours health and safety. But we do not all face of the risk of the crisis equally. Grocery store workers, Food Processing employee, Public Transportation operators. Nurses and doctors and hospital support staff, nursing home employees, First Responders,