Mr. Mcconnell mr. President. The presiding officer the majority leader is recognized. Mr. Mcconnell for the information of all senators, after the Senate Adjourns today, we will have our regular pro forma meetings through the end of the state work period. If the speaker of the house and the minority leader of the senate decide to finally let another rescue package move forward for workers and for families, it would take bipartisan consent to meet for legislative business sooner than scheduled. As has been the case, the senators would receive at least 24 hours notice before any unanticipated votes. The American People need more help. Coronavirus is not finished with our country, so congress cannot be finished helping our people. Republicans have been waiting and trying to pass bipartisan relief literally for weeks. I would hope our democratic colleagues will let the senate act sometime soon. I move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar 771. The presiding officer the quest
Day on our website, cspan. Org. Senate republicans have unveiled their proposal for another economic aid bill that includes another round of steam the checks, additional unemployment benefits, and an extension of the Patient Protection loan program. This News Conference is 30 minutes. Senator mcconnell good afternoon. Acted withnate last regard to covid19 back in march and april, we had at that point added about 3 trillion to the national debt. We then of course ended up with a debt the size of our economy for the First Time Since world war ii, which is concerning. I said i thought we needed to push the pause button. I began to see the impact of the cares act and related acts that passed during that time. See how we did when the economy began to reopen and take another look at what the country needed in july. Senate republicans and the administration have been consulting over the last few weeks to come up with a realistic proposal with what we think is an appropriate amount of Addition
Back after the recess. Buschon, thankry you. Guest thank you for having me. Host that will do it for us today. We are taking your life to the house floor to gavel to gavel coverage. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers room, d. C. , july 1, 2020. Hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2020, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. With time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 9 50 a. M. Recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. Panetta
At cspan. Org, or this and on the free cspan radio app. President ial candidate joe biden, with families in pennsylvania, you talk about health care and the Affordable Care act. He spoke about the importance of widespread testing for coronavirus when reopening the economy. Mr. Biden 100 Million People with preexisting conditions. ,f the president wins this case he keeps saying he is going to cover preexisting conditions, but he has not figured out anyway that is possible to do that. Absent what we have done. And the other thing we have to talk about later, if im elected, i have a plan to significantly expand access to medicare, as well as medicaid, or so many folks. A lot is going on but i dont want to keep you all fire away, tell me about thank you for this opportunity. I am the mom of a four year old son. He couldnt come today, but this is a picture of him. He loves superheroes and star wars and anything outside, he is a typical fouryearold boy, but underneath all that, he has a lot
Outbreaks. They are outbreaks in specific counties. In some cases, outbreaks in specific communities. Personnel,ged cdc hhs personnel. I didnt mention before, but three weeks ago when we were seeing similar activity in North Carolina and alabama, we sent personnel into those states. We have seen declining numbers beginning in both of those states. The important thing is not one side not onesizefitsall. The overall guidance to every american is to practice good hygiene, the measures we recommended at home and at work. Stand. But our focus today is to make sure in those areas of the country where we are seeing a significant not only increase in cases, but positivity level, just how important it is to listen to whether state and local Health Officials are directing them to do. Wearing a maske has become a political statement. Are you concerned about that . Is there a message you would like to send to people about the importance of wearing a mask . We think that the first principle is if p