Going to those who needed it most. So today, we are not taking any other action on the floor dealing with covid19 so weak that we would take this opportunity to ask unanimousne consent, to get Something Real done should have bipartisan support on both sidesot of the aisle. Who can be against transparency. Who can be against accountability. Know where close to 700 billion that taxpayers money is going, to the right places. And impartially today at least 200 publicly traded companies have managed to secure pp e and most of those are not very small. Including some companies, as owners are large contributors to present trump rating truly Small Businesses however, hundreds and thousands of momandpop shops with less than 20 in place, the bproverbial restaurant owner, e butcher the baker and candlestick maker, have been mostly shut out because he did not have a standing relationship with the big banks. There have been great disparities when it comes to minority businesses. According to the se
It has taken too many loved ones too soon. We are united in offering consolation to the many grieving families worry because of this crisis, there are too many families facing difficult struggles and in different desperate need of assistance. We learned over 4 million more americans lost their jobs and filed for an appointment last week. In New Hampshire i am hearing from Small Businesses that dont know if they will survive the week. Hospitals having to furlough workers as they struggle to treat covid19 patients. Smalltown mayors, food banks without food deserve the families who need help. Big challenges remain. People need help. This Week Congress came to an agreement on another bipartisan bill to get our country through this crisis. I join with democrats insisting this bill provide more to keep Small Business is alive and workers on businesses alive and workers on payroll. The government is allowing Congress Business relief programs. That is wrong and must stop. I helped negotiate th
Welcome back to Washington Post live are you thinking about extending the stayathome order . We have to be slow and methodical and listen to the data and their Health Experts to know that we are ready, and what does it look like when we begin to reengage . There aremindful that different sectors of our economy and regions of our state. So we are going to be really datadriven. Wehave rigorous exercises are going through to plan this work. The odds are that everybody that will resume life as normal is zero. It will be slow, and we need to continue the process we currently are in, a ramp of slower risk and we can do safely. Form of order will continue, but we will start to slowly reengage sectors of our economy in a way that keeps employees and customers safe. What kind ofup, sectors could be open in may . My order is one of the most aggressive in the nation and i think that we can look to what other states have been doing as we assess beyond that first wave, and there will be , we are as
Lord, give our law lawmakers aing this upper for your words and a desire to apply your knowledge in their daily work. We pray in your merciful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to the flag. 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. Mcconnell mr. President . The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell the eyes of the nation are on the senate. For days now weve been engaged in intense, bipartisan talks to build emergency relief legislation on an historic scale to push resources to our Health Care Heroes and American Workers and families. Democrats and republicans sat down together. We crafted this version of the proposal together. This compromise package would push tens of billions of dollars to hospitals and Health Care Providers. It would send direct checks to
Officials at the global empowerment summit. It once an hour. It runs an hour. Good morning, everyone. Good morning, everyone. And welcome to the United States department of state. My name is kelly curry. Im the ambassador at large for global womens issues here at the department. We are honored and delighted to have leaders from across the u. S. Government here in attendance for the inaugural meeting of the Interagency Steering Committee of the White Houses Womens Global Development and thank you so much for coming. It is my great pleasure to introduce our wonderful secretary of state, michael pompeo, to open our discussion. Sec. Pompeo thank you. Thank you, ambassador curry. Ambassador curry will be heading this new unit that we are establishing here at the state department. Congratulations. [applause] sec. Pompeo it is a privilege and frankly joyous for me to be here today to kick off this and inaugural meeting and to host everyone today. Thank you all, for being here. Our country was