Mr. President , this is a commonsense piece of legislation. It does not saddle Small Businesses, American Business with a new mandate that they dont have a great deal of confidence and then they would actually be funded 100 by the federal government. By the way, the house bill doesnt fund this 100 , it leaves gaps, and it would definitely be temporary and utilize an existing program in the states, sitting on top of it providing federal support for the workers that are going to actually need it as we go through this unprecedented event in our nations history. With that, mr. President , i yield the floor to the senator from pennsylvania. The presiding officer the senator from pennsylvania. Mr. Toomey thank you, mr. President. And i want to thank the senator from wisconsin for leading on this effort. I rise in strong support of this amendment, mr. President. The two of us, and i expect most everybody in this chamber, fully support the idea, the goal, the need to provide relief to workers
In december of 2019, and infection startedhi in china and is spread rapidly through the wilpon region and by january, there were thousands of people affected to the foremost before the most of the world knew it existed and now almost every country in the world has infections. Hundreds of thousands of people that if in contact with this virus. And unfortunately we have lost thousands of people worldwide. In United States numbers continue to increase and the number of people that we can actually test. Fortunately the vast majority of the people get this virus have little to no symptoms. Cold or mild food to them but for a vulnerable population our elderly population, hard to among issues, smokers diabetics, can be a very serious thing. The challenge that we face in our healthcare, is that for every person that walks in and gets tested, the facetoface their healthcare workers especially in rural areas are saved that may be the only healthcare professional for that entire county. And if th
The presiding officer the senator from new jersey. Mr. Menendez i ask the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer we are not in a quorum call. Mr. Menendez thank you. First of all, madam president , i want to thank the staff here in the senate. Even in these difficult times, they answer the call of doing the work of the American People, and i want to appreciate their being here so that the senate can conduct its work. They are essential to being able to do that, so i want to acknowledge that. I come to the floor today as our country grapples with a Global Pandemic that has tragically claimed the lives of thousands of people around the world, including dozens throughout the United States and three in my home state of new jersey. And i come to the floor because i hope that people understand the fierce urgency of now, the fierce urgency of now. This is a Public Health crisis, and we cant wait to act. The rapid spread of covid19, also known as the coronavirus, has disrupted our dail
World has infections. We have hundreds of thousands of people that have had contact with this virus, and normal and normal weve lost unfortunately weve lost thousands of people worldwide. In the United States the numbers continue to increase. The vast majority of the people who get this virus have little to no symptoms. Its a cold, its a mild flu to them. But for a vulnerable population, our elderly populations, those with heart issues and lung issues, smokers, diabetics, this can be a very, very serious thing. The challenge we face in our health care is that for every person that walks in to get tested, theyre facetoface with one of our Health Care Workers especially in rural areas of our state that may be the only Health Care Professional for that entire county. And if that person who has not been vaccinated as well, because there is no vaccine yet, if that person is not able to serve the rest of the population, a bad Health Situation becomes even worse because of diminishing care. W
We lost thousands of people worldwide. The United States the numbers continueun to increase as we continue to increase number of people that we can actually test. Fortunately, the vast majority of the people will get this virus have little to no symptoms. Its a cold, a mild flu to them. But for a gullible population, our elderly population, those with heart issues, lung issues, smokers, diabetics, this can be a very, very serious thing. The challenge that we face in our health care is that for every person that walks in to get tested, they are facetoface with ones of her healthcare workers especially in rural areas ofy our state that may be the only healthcare professional for that entire county. And if the person who has not been vaccinated as well because there is no vaccine yet, if that person is not able to serve the rest of the population, and bad Health Situation becomes even worse because of diminishing care. We as americans have taken the seriously, as we should. We are paying