On cspan. Org. The senate is weighing in on defense policies for 2021. And now to live coverage. Senate here on cspan2. To or. The chaplain, dr. Black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, thank you for the gift of this day. Open the minds of our lawmakers and give them a vision of the unlimited possibilities available to those who trust you as their guide. May our senators embrace a hugh millty embrace a humility that seeks first to understand rather than to be understood. Inspire them to seek your wisdom as you sustain them with your grace, mercy, and peace. Lord, remind them that you will judge their fruits, productivey and faithfulness. We pray in your strong 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 justice for all. Mr. Grassley madam president.
U. S. Economy. His plan called for phase return, outlining specific steps for state and local officials to follow. This is an hour and 15 minutes. Pres. Trump thank you very much. Our nation is engaged in a historic battle against the invisible enemy. To win this fight, we have thank you very much. Our nation is engaged in a historic battle against the invisible enemy. To win this fight, we have undertaken the greatest National Mobilization since world war ii. And that is exactly what it has been. We have marshaled every instrument of American Power and we have unleashed our most potent weapon of all, the courage of the American People. These have been trying times. A cruel virus from a distant land has unfairly claimed thousands of precious american lives. Is our pain. We mourn as one national family. Our country has come together. We draw solace from the faith that god has received the departed. He has taken the departed into his eternal and loving embrace. They will never be forgott
Been. We have marshaled every instrument of American Power and we have unleashed our most potent weapon of all, the courage of the American People. These have been trying times. A cruel virus from a distant land has unfairly claimed thousands of precious american lives. To every citizen that has lost a cherished loved one, your pain is our pain. We mourn as one national family. Our country has come together. We draw solace from the faith that god has received the departed. He has taken the departed into his eternal and loving embrace. They will never be forgotten. Over the last weeks and months, millions of americans have joined together in a shared national sacrifice to halt the spread of this horrible disease. The army built field hospitals in sports arenas and convention centers. The army corps of engineers is great. Over 20,000 beds in record time. The navy sailed hospital ships to our biggest cities. Lifesaving supplies and experimental medicines were rushed to the front lines as
Nigerias the Security Forces killed 18 people will and forcing lockdown measures thats more deaths than from the virus itself and the drift for 2 months hundreds of written job refugees are rescued but at least 24. 00 die from starvation. Welcome to the program we begin in the u. S. Where a 3 phase plan for reopening the country for business is about to be launched double trucks guidelines are being revealed just hours after unemployment figures a showed just how many jobs have been lost to the coronavirus pandemic since President Trump declared a National Emergency on the 13th of march thats just over a month ago 22000000 americans to file for Unemployment Benefits 5200000 of them in the past week before the pandemic unemployment in the Worlds Largest economy was at a near record low well lets cross to our White House Correspondent Kimberly Halkett we are expecting to hear from the president kind of any moment now but what do we know already about these white house guidelines. Well th
Coming up with the plan that the president will recommend . I think that what we need to do, we need a nuanced approach. I think in pennsylvania weve got too far. The governor shut down construction, even online car sales. That is too much. We need to make sure were not hurting the economy unnecessarily while were still protecting Public Health. So for example, we should let local counties make the decision, even local muse municipalities where population is most dense, most rural, combat this with nuanced, balanced approach rather than painting with a very broad brush stroke. Elizabeth here is what the president is saying. Governors, you will call your own shots. You can start reopening before may 1st. Well give you county by county basis when it comes to outbreak of covid19 on a county by county basis. He will say the onus is on you, the buck stops with you governors to reopen. Half of u. S. Cities are facing lay offs of their own city workers, that means cops and firemen. No federal