Resume on Unemployment Benefits that expired last friday and talks on the on a larger package. Live coverage here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, to whom we must give an account for all our powers and privileges, guide the members of this body so that they will be faithful stewards of your will. Lord, open their minds and hearts to know and do your bidding, teaching them to rely on your strength and to serve you with honor. Help them to discover in their daily work the joy of a partnership with you. Use them to bring good news to the marginalized, to comfort the brokenhearted, and to announce that captives will be released and the shackled will be freed. May our senators depend upon the power of your prevailing providence for you are the author and finisher of our faith. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for whic
Preclear a virus levels. The man tasked with ending the fighting in yemen tells the Un Security Council is a real risk of a prolonged escalation in violence. Targeting a replica of a u. S. Aircraft carrier iran simulates war games as tensions rise with washington. And im a wellings of the sports news as for more coaching of of these cases place the Major League Baseball season in doubt and 500000. Joins an elite club as hes team in the test series against the west indies. It is the trial thats put one nations resolve to stamp out corruption to the ultimate test now a court in malaysia has convicted former Prime Minister on a string of charges and says. Consent to 12 years in prison but he wont go straight to jail and says that he will appeal the trial was one of 5 that budget was facing linked to a scandal surrounding a States Investment fund aljazeera for a slow he reports from kuala lumpur. Was guilty on all 7 counts and sentenced to prison for a maximum of 12 years and a fine of 500
Assistance labeling protection and schools act, this bill was a 1 trilliondollar piece of legislation focused on getting americans back to work, getting kids in College Students back to school and providing Healthcare Resources to help defeat the virus. As the title says, the Health Economic assistance Liability Protection and schools act, it does have Liability Protections li there. I just listened to the senator from illinois attack the idea of including those protections in the legislation, i think its really important matter president to point out that those types of protections are critical if we are going to get the economy reopened again. Businesses who are doing all the right things, following the cdc guidelines, adhering to all the laws, all the guidelines and restrictions that are out there, should not have to worry about lawyering up and spending thousands in some case millions of dollars to try and defend themselves against frivolous lawsuits which are being filed as we spe
Many lawmakers spoke about the impact coronavirus pandemic is having on the u. S. Heres a look at their remarks. Week after week this capitols been a study in contrasts call detail of two chambers of hern, in the u. S. Senate the lights are on, the doors are open, and we are working for the American People. All month, we have been in session passing National Security c legislation, confirming key nominees and Holding Hearings on the Coronavirus Crisis and the effectiveness of the historical rescue package the senate wrote in the senate passed. We are heeding medical guidance and taking new precautions but we are showing up and getting things done. Over across the rotunda in the house, crickets. Crickets. There lights off, the doors are locked, the peoples houses shown up for a grand total of two legislative session days since march. Well, two days in eight weeks. Thats a blistering pace. Last week they flew into town to pass speaker pelosis latest 1800 page liberal wish list. Diversity
For our nation and world. Help them to realize that the power of your providence will enable them to navigate through every challenge and tragedy. Trusting in your might, may they embrace your promise to do more for them than they can ask or imagine. Lord, inspite of difficulties, disappointments, as despair, reassure them that you are still in control. Remind us all that in everything, you are working for the good of those who love you who are the called according to your purposes. We pray in your loving name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in 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 e 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 permission to speak for one minute in morning business. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Grassley