The time we are meeting right now. And more than 22 million initial unemployment claims filed in the past month. Some regions of our country have lost as many jobs over the last month as they did during the worst year of the great recession. These statistics are not just numbers on a page, madam speaker. These are our neighbors. They are our family, they are our friends, their health is at risk and their economic reality has changed overnight. Since the start of this pandemic, congress has provided more than 2 trillion in emergency relief. To get Small Businesses the financial help they need to survive. To help hospitals and Health Care Workers on the frontlines. To expand testing. To provide every american access to an affordable vaccine when it is developed. I could go on and on and on. We need to make sure that these resources are going where congress intended. That they are helping struggling americans, Small Businesses without any rampant fraud or accuse and companies arent taking
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 rooms, washington, d. C. April 23, 2020. I hereby appoint the honorable kathy castor to act as splote on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. 7 the speaker pro tempore the a prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. Merciful god, thank you for giving us another day. Send your spirit of peace and comity among the members of the peoples house. These are days of great political, social, and economic stress in our nation, and those whose work is to legislate through this pandemic are naturally under considerable pressure. Give us all patience, especially with one another. May all our citizens in the midst of great turmoil be filled with gratitude for those in our nation whose work must go on when it would be so easy not to assume their responsibility to do so. Continue to bl
Susan what we are looking at is a videogame you have produced. With the title salam. What is the premise of this game . Lual the purpose of the game is in my journey and in the gaming industry, i realized that video games are a powerful tool to bring communities together and also to create empathy and to help people understand the war crisis. When i created this, theres a people that do not understand who refugees are and what actually it takes them to become refugees. So this is a game that help people understand the journey to being a refugee. So you take them to a peaceful environment. And also in the game, we do not identify which one is a peaceful environment. Its not a country. But its a place where you can have a place of peace, a place of refuge. A place where you can have peace of mind. The most important thing that in the game you take a character from the war country, from a place like theres a lot of hardship on their way, their journey because a lot of people , dont unders
Susan what we are looking at is a videogame you have produced. With the title salaam. What is the premise of this game . Lual the purpose of the game is in my journey and in the gaming industry, i realized that video games are a powerful tool to bring communities together and also to create empathy and to help people understand the war crisis. When i created this, theres a lot of people that do not understand who refugees are and what actually it takes them to become refugees. So this is a game that help people understand the journey to being a refugee. So you take them to a peaceful environment. And also in the game, we do not identify which one is a peaceful environment. Its not a country. But its a place where you can have a place of peace, a place of refuge. A place where you can have peace of mind. The most important thing that in the game you take a character from the war country, from a place like theres a lot of hardship on their way, their journey, because a lot of people dont
Grieves for the court and they will take a vote at 1 45 eastern. Now, live coverage here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. God of might and mercy, thank you for providing our lawmakers with opportunities for courageous and noble service. Inspire them to labor for your glory in all they say and do. Illuminate their minds with the light of your divine precepts. Equip our senators for their tasks that they may be physically fit, mentally alert, morally straight, and spiritually strong. Create in them the life of purity, honesty, and altruism that contributes solutions to the problems they face. May they work with perseverance and magnanimity for the new and better day toward which your divine intentions guide them. We pray in your faithful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the