Than our adversaries. More than the most populous nations and those with mere fractions of our wealth and power. And more, so many more than the nation where this virus originated. We will debate the reasons for this ugly truth. We must, if we are to avoid compounding our errors and keeping sorrow and heaping sorrow upon sorrow as the virus continues to rage throughout our country. But now we spend a moment to acknowledge how much our country has suffered already. We have lost friends and neighbors, brothers and sisters, fathers and daughters, mothers and sons. A beloved professor at howard university, a civil rights pioneer, a renowned psychiatrist, a brooklyn doctor 62 on the verge of retirement who in the early weeks of the crisis in new york worked day shifts at the i. C. U. And night shifts at the Hospital Center across the street before finally succumbing to the disease himself. We have lost so many in so short a time. Unable to grieve them in the manner they deserve, we respect
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feinstein seat if mcconnell has already shu down the request, how do senat democrats proceed in this case we can t. this is going to be a decision that senator feinstein has t make without her presence, it is 10 to 10. and you know, i am disappointe that there wasn t and reasonable workplace accommodation for a person who has been, by all accounts, and extraordinary leader the mayor of san francisco the senator from california fo so many years. and widely respected for everything she has done. she has got a health issue, an i d prefer that senato mcconnell make an accommodatio to help her get through this but, i think at the end of the day senator feinstein and thos folks around here are going to be able to assess when and how she can come back. and if she can t, what is th right decision for her to make but that will be known in time she s done a tremendous job.