Mr. Cassidy madam president . The presiding officer the senator from from louisiana. Mr. Cassidy madam president , i rise to address the issues i rise to address the issues matter president arise to address the issues regarding the covid crisis. It is a Public Health crisis leading to an economicsi crisis and in turn an educational crisis. Today i will speak of an aspect of the crisis specifically state and local government which had to shut down the economy and in turn lose the tax revenues they would receive and because they have lost the tax revenue of jobs and firefighters and Police Officers, teachers , sanitation workers and other essential frontline workers at risk. I will proceed they have unveiled a proposal for a support American Families and Small Businesses as a nation continues to combat the covid19 pandemic it is an unprecedented challenge but we lsshall overcome. The introduction of this proposal signals a republicans commitment to see america through the challenging tim
Mcconnell and other Republican Leaders talk to reporters. [background noises] so is the good news is well have baseball starting thursday. Boy does america need baseball and i know this town certainly does given always been through this year. We just had a robot bus discussion at our lunch with the secretary of the treasury about a starting place for the next rescue package. I have been working over the last two weeks with colleagues and with the administration to come up with what could best be described, typically around here as the chairmans mark, the starting place. We went over today and some level of detail the starting place we are hoping to come to some level of consensus on among republicans. But of course obviously the bill cannot pass without input from the democrats. That will come next. If you are looking for a theme, i will not put a bill on the floor that does not have Liability Protection and it. Do not mischaracterize with this is about. This is not just for businesses
Is out there at live from doha also coming up in the program the spying claims and a mysterious fire china has ordered to shut its consulate in the u. S. To diffuse them as a diplomatic born 20 fives. California now has the largest number of coronavirus cases in the us a passing new york. The selfconfessed middleman in the murder of a maltese journalist was found with severe knife wounds hours before he was jew to give evidence in court. So that hes been criticized for his response to the west in corona virus pandemic and to the demands for Racial Justice following George Floyds death but with just over 3 months to go before the president ial election donald trump is taking action and talking tough on 2 other fronts as administration has ordered that chinas houston consulate to be shut down and the latest move against beijing. And in the past couple of hours the president s announced that hundreds of federal Law Enforcement officers will be sent to the cities of chicago and albuquerque
P. P. E. And other medical supplies so they can adhere to the safety guidelines and provide a clean and safe environment. But it doesnt stop there. Im also working to assist our lowerincome families, those who rely on the Child Care Development block grants and those who simply need access to clean diapers. Just a couple of weeks ago i was in davenport, iowa, where i got to take part in a Diaper Distribution with the hiney heroes of the qadhafi at the quad city. The National Diaper bank donated 25,000 diapers to this important diaper bank. We know that during this pandemic the diaper supply has run short and ive teamed up with democratic senator chris murphy on this effort to include additional assistance for our diaper banks. Covid19 has also created challenges for our farmers. These hardworking folks are facing new challenges while working around the clock to make sure americans have adequate access to food and fuel. I was visiting with some farmers at the bloomfield livestock market
On the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the president ial candidates ever hit the road and sell their brand of politics to americans before the vote followed the u. S. Election on a. Whats keeping millions of children away from School Worldwide unesco says its poverty and discrimination and coronaviruses making things even worse so what should be done to secure education for all income that gap the privileged this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im peter davi girls immigrants ethnic minorities and the disabled just some of the worlds children at risk of not getting any education the United Nations says poverty and discrimination continue to prevent huge numbers from going to school the total was around 260000000. 00 children 2 years ago and that figure will be higher now because of the covert 19 pandemic 40 percent of low and lower middle Income Countries fail to support teaching jurong the global spread of the coronavirus many students were cut