Testing. After the bill passed, the majority leader, mitch mcconnell, spoke with reporters about 10 minutes. Afternoon,ell good everyone. Thoughtsto give you my pandemic. Into the my view wases that we needed, on ausly, to Work Together bipartisan basis as close as we a rescuetry to develop package that would make sense for the country. With a 2. 2 trillion bill. Everybody there had been two additional coronavirus pandemic related bills before that. We allocated a stunning amount trillion, knowing full well that probably wouldnt be enough. It became clear 12 days ago that the Small Business program was out of money already. The demand was enormous. Senate republicans and the administration felt we should immediately plus that up. That was not acceptable to the democrats. In the intervening time, it became clear that we needed additional funding for hospitals and for testing. After one of these bipartisan agreements, there are a lot of claims about who won and lost. I think the American
Basis as close as we could to try to develop a rescue package that would make sense for the country. We did that with a 2. 2 trillion bill. I will remind everybody there additional pandemic related bills before that. A stunning amount of money, 2. 2 trillion, knowing full well that probably wouldnt be enough. It became clear 12 days ago that the Small Business program was out of money already. The demand was enormous. Senate republicans and the administration felt we should immediately plus that up. That was not acceptable to the democrats. In the intervening time, it became clear that we needed additional funding for hospitals and for testing. After one of these bipartisan agreements, there are a lot of claims about who won and lost. I think the American People won. It is time to think about the amount of debt we are adding to our country and the future impact of that. I think we also have seen with this catastrophic damage to the economy that until we can begin to open up the economy
Ok, good afternoon, everyone. I wanted to sort of view my thoughts give you my as we went into the pandemic. My view was that we need to Work Together on a bipartisan basis as close as we could to try to develop a rescue package that would make sense for the country. We did that with a 2. 2 trillion bill. I want to remind everybody there have been two additional pandemicrelated bills before that. T. We allocated a stunning amount of money, 2. 2 trillion, knowing full well that probably wouldnt be enough. It became clear 12 days ago that the Small Business program was out of money already. The demand was enormous. Senate republicans and the administration felt we should immediately plus that up. That was not acceptable to the democrats. Was not acceptable to the democrats. In the intervening time, it became clear that we needed additional funding for hospitals and for testing. After one of these bipartisan agreements, there are a lot of claims about who won and lost. Of claims about who
Afternoon,ell good everyone. Thoughtsto give you my pandemic. Into the my view wases that we needed, on ausly, to Work Together bipartisan basis as close as we a rescuetry to develop package that would make sense for the country. With a 2. 2 trillion bill. Everybody there had been two additional coronavirus pandemic related bills before that. We allocated a stunning amount trillion, knowing full well that probably wouldnt be enough. It became clear 12 days ago that the Small Business program was out of money already. The demand was enormous. Senate republicans and the administration felt we should immediately plus that up. That was not acceptable to the democrats. In the intervening time, it became clear that we needed additional funding for hospitals and for testing. After one of these bipartisan agreements, there are a lot of claims about who won and lost. I think the American People won. It is time to think about the amount of debt we are adding to our country and the future impact
Complaint. Florida senator rick scott joins me to discuss the Senate Impeachment trial to begin this week as articles being sent. A lot more right now as we look ahead on sunday morning futures. Maria begin in the middle east this morning. The Trump Administration is ratcheting up sanctions against iran after tehran targets american troops with missiles. Protesters are now rising up in the streets of iran, against the ayatollah, after iran admits mistakenly downing the ukrainian airliner. Meanwhile in asia voters in taiwan reelect the incumbent president supporting her tough stance against mainland china. We look ahead to this weeks signing ceremony for the phase one of the u. S. China trade deal. All of this coming amid a record stock market performance. More signs of job growth in america. Joining me exclusively this morning is treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin. Mr. Secretary, good to see you this morning. Thanks very much for being here. Thank you, maria. Great to be with you. Maria