Vote the presiding officer on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 44. Twothirds of the senators voting a quorum being present, not having voted in the affirmative, the joint resolution on reconsideration fails to pass over the veto of the president of the United States. Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader. Mr. Mcconnell i move to executive session to consider calendar number 547. The presiding officer the question is on the motion. All in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. T ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, department of housing and urban development, brian d. Montgomery of texas to be deputy. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report the motion. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate, do hereby move to
I first want to express my appreciation to our leadership. I have been in daily, almost hourly communication with senator schumer, and i know how hard hes worked to make sure that package really reaches the medical emergency that we have, that deals with the workers to make sure that they are protected and they are protected and whatever we do that provides the help for state and local governments, that provides the much needed attention to these particular issues and that we have accountability on any of the moneys that are going particularly to our Largest Companies in this country. So i want to express my appreciation. And i am very pleased that our First Priority, our very First Priority is to deal with the Public Health challenge. This is included in whats happening in my state of maryland and whats happening in every state in our nation. So i am pleased that in our state its team maryland. Our congressional delegation is working very closely with Governor Hogan and his cabinet, a
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There are now 635 cases in the Capital Region of maryland, dc and virginia. 32,000 cases across america and more than 342,000 cases around the globe. Over the past several weeks, we have taken some swift, decisive, unprecedented actions in our state. In order to slow the spread of covid19 and to save lives. I just want to take a moment to thank the overwhelming majority of marylanders who have taken this situation seriously and who have remained at home, avoided crowds and practiced much needed social distancing. Unfortunately, many peopleare still not taking it seriously. There were crowds of people visiting the Cherry Blossoms in washington dc in large gatherings on the beach in ocean city and on the boardwalk and in many ofthe county and local parks across our state. Let me repeat once again as strongly as i possibly can. If you are engaged in this kind of activity, you are breaking the law and you are literally endangering the lives of your family, your friends and your fellow citi