The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Almighty god, open our eyes to your movements in our midst. Remind our lawmakers that you have brought us through times more challenging than what we now face. Keep them from being intimidated by this global pandemic, as they cling to your promises and trust the unfolding of your triumphant providence. Continue to protect them and order their steps. Clothe them with the armor of integrity, shield them with your truth, and guide them with your power. We pray in your strong name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our 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. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Mr. Grassley i ask to speak one minute in morning bu
A majority. And this board to pass and then pick minister says the tokyo game that could be delayed until later in the year but olympic bosses insist the event is still on course to begin in july despite the corona Virus Outbreak. Turkey has shot down a syrian warplane over it live in the northwest as Government Forces try to advance deeper to capture the last major rebel held area oh its the 3rd syrian fighter jet downed in 3 days turkeys escalating campaign is threatening to bring it to direct confrontation with the Syrian Governments ally russia the violence is taking an increasingly heavy toll on civilians 8 people were killed in an explosion in a blip city elsewhere fighting is intensifying in the south its happening in the raw despite a cease fire thats been in place there since 2018 there are reports of at least 5 people have been killed. Well hashem about it joins us now from have time i on the turkey syria border hashem just bring us up to speed whats happening there on the gr
We just finished a good meeting in my office with , laterry mnuchin mccarthy and the democratic leader. We are working toward bringing this together. I think its safe to say we are very close. We have integrated a number of ideas the democrats had over the last 48 hours with these working groups that you are familiar with. Now we are at a point in the discussion where people will shortly have to say yes or no and im confident given the desire of the country to see an outcome that it will be yes. At 3 00 is on the shelf. We hope we will have cooperation , give us a time to get on the bill without burning all of the postcloture time on the motions to proceed. Heare have to be alert to is one House Democrats for example said this is a tremendous opportunity to restructure things to fit our vision. Thats not what this is about. This is not about unrelated policy changes. This is about direct assistance to the American People and small businesses, hospitals and others who are in need becaus
With the administration. Earlier today, i hosted a productive meeting in my office with democratic leader, speaker of the house, has a republican leader, the secretary of the treasury. These intense conversations have built a piece of legislation that is as bold and as big as the American Peoplees deserve. As thoroughly bipartisan, as our process demands, now we need to do is to move forward. This National Crisis is not going to wait around if Congress Slips back in a conventional politics or handles endlessly over the finer points. Every day, more americans jobs are disappearing or coming ever closer to break. Every day more Small Businesses are faced with hard decisions that could change local communities literally forever. Every day, Major American Companies that employ callous people are sing the commerce crushed by their own government for the sake of public health. Every day, doctors and nurses, and healthcare professionals, will keep reporting to work and treating patients wheth
A majority. Turkey has shot down a syrian warplane of adlib in the northwest as Government Forces try to advance deeper to capture the last major rebel held area the 3rd syrian fighter downed in 3 days turkeys escalating campaign is threatening to bring it to direct confrontation with the Syrian Governments ally russia the violence is taking an increasingly heavy toll on civilians 8 people were killed by an explosion and it lip city elsewhere fighting is on intensifying in the south thats happening in iraq despite a cease fire thats been in place there since 2018 there are reports of at least 5 people have been killed those fighting continues u. S. Special envoy for syria James Jeffrey and u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Kelly croft visited the border area with syria and met with members of the syrian white helmets. Those hills over there. The Turkish Military and the Syrian Opposition are 1st of all fighting to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe millions or millions of refugees that the