Those totals climb each day. Too many businesses remain closed. Schools begin the year under a dark cloud of uncertainty and our economy faces the greatest crisis since the great depression. The United States is 11. 5 million jobs short of where we were at the start of february and the number of jobs that have been permanently lost is rising at an alarming rate. All of this reflects a tragic reality. President trump has led the worst response to covid19 of any nation on earth. It is what it is. The economic pain of the pandemic was mitigated by our action in march when democrats insisted on a robust stimulus bill that became the cares act. One of our policies included in that bill, enhanced unemployment benefits, has kept nearly 12 million americans from poverty. Those benefits have now mostly expired and the stimulus provided by the cares act has been exhausted. The pandemic and Economic Hardship for millions of American Workers and families, however, is ongoing and painful. Speaker p
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Almost burned his building down. Reporter he says many people are staying behind, using what they have to protect their properties, knowing fire resources are stretched thin after monday mornings lightning strikes ignited dozens of fires across the region. I keep my sprinklers going and my water pumps working. Reporter a fire incident spokesman admits lack of resources has hurt containment efforts and he tells us these fires are moving in all directions and those who do stay behind need to keep their heads on swivels. Be aware of your surroundings, be aware of your environment and definitely be ready to go. Reporter evacuations across the growing fire complex, a fluid situation all day. Even catching commuters in a web of road closures. And that turtle rock bar and cafe and Lake Berryessa, the western edge of the lake, among those emergency mandatory expanded evacuation orders late this afternoon. We just saw police head up the road here towards Lake Berryessa with their lights on tryi
U. S. Senate is about to gaveling to get the week started lawmakers considered a a judicl nomination with a limited vote set for 5 30 p. M. Eastern. And now live to the senate floor here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our hope for the years to come, empower our lawmakers to live with integrity. Inspire them to permit their words to be matched by their deeds. As they strive for this ethical congruence, strengthen them to examine their hearts with the goal of seeking to glorify you. Living by your precepts, may they aspire to be faithful to the noble calling of serving you and country. We pray in your majestic name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. 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 ju
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