The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a commune cane from the speaker. Communication from the speaker. 2020, ik september 22, hereby appoint the honorable Henry Cuellar to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 7, 2020, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties. With time equally allocated between parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 10 50 a. M. Chair now recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Quigley, for five minutes. Mr. Quigley thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise today to highlight the inequalities that covid19 assistance distribution. Back in march,
The presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to change their vote or to vote . If not, on this vote, the yeas are 87, the nays are 13. Threefifths of the senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator from iowa. Ms. Ernst mr. President , the coronavirus doesnt come with a label saying made in china, but perhaps it should. This pandemic which began in wuhan, china, has flooded the world just like so many products from china that we all now rely upon to protect ourselves against the spread of contagion. The situation underscores the conundrum our nation faces balancing the need to work with the Chinese Government and the challenges of holding the communist Party Accountable for its devious deeds. Plain and simple, the Chinese Communist party attempted to cover up the outbreak of covid19 from the very beginning and continues to do so today. Rather than containing the
Russia and some of our other toughest competitors around the world. When our businesses compete and win, it means better paying jobs here at home, higher wages, bigger paychecks for americans. And so were going to continue to keep focused on tax reform that delivers tax relief to hard working American Families and that creates greater growth in our economy, better paying jobs and higher wages for people in this country. And the focus, of course, of tax reform is to improve the quality of life for American Families. And you do that by lowering individual tax rates so people get to keep more of their hardearned money. You also do it by lowering corporate rates so that businesses can have more money to pay higher wages and to increase the activities of those businesses. Additionally, there is a lot of money in u. S. Companies that is still sitting overseas that wed like to get back here, but the tax code makes it a lot harder because those companies are taxed twice; once in the country wh
That put more money in the hands of hardworking americans. I would like to remember a formercolleague and a chairman of the committee who recently passed away, the new mexico senator that was a true ledcal conservative and pul members of both parties together. I know that we all appreciate his service and sacrifice as a member of this great committee. This budget resolution begins the process of pursuing the overdue tax reform that will jumpstart Economic Growth and it starts with creating the fiscal framework and Holding Back Investment and american productivity. There has been positive the tax reform legislation will move through the Committee Process and this will provide members of the committee the opportunity to offer amendments before the full senate and, when the bill moves to the floor of the senate, everybody will be able to contribute before adding amendments to the measure. I am proud that the congress and the president are tackling this issue. Our nation needs a more trans
Of the Budget Committee. Good morning and welcome to our first day of markup for 2018, focusing on growing the economy through tax policies that put more money in the hands of hardworking americans. I would like to remember a former colleague and a former chairman of the committee who recently passed away, the new mexico senator that was a true fiscal conservative and pulled members of both parties together. I know that we all appreciate his service and sacrifice as a member of this great committee. This budget resolution begins the process of pursuing the overdue tax reform that will jumpstart Economic Growth and it starts with creating the fiscal framework and Holding Back Investment and american productivity. There has been positive the tax reform legislation will move through the Committee Process and this will provide members of the committee the opportunity to offer amendments before the full senate and, when the bill moves to the floor of the senate, everybody will be able to co