Citizens. O more money needs to be put against hospitals and states and workers there is an unprecedented amount in the legislation but to say theres nothing here im going to talk about this with specificity but 100 million, pretty good start. 75 billion of which was to hospitals. To say theres nothing for workers, the Unemployment Insurance provision comes from the democratic side of the aisle. Its the most generous by far and addspl more mone add more mo Unemployment Insurance than the Current System has. By the way it has a time more funding for the rest of this year than is currently being spent. And we also agree that those jobs should be able to get a tgenerous check while we work through the virus and get the economy up and going against what they walk through some of this. The coronavirus is some urgent for us to address. Its closed businesses and schools and changed every aspect of our daily lives. Its left us uncertain and for Many Americans its left him isolated, literally s
That my colleagues on the other side of the aisle chose to vote no on even the ability to move forward with debating this legislation tonight. And to my colleague, the democratic leader who said this is a highly partisan bill, thats just not the case. Lets put the partisanship aside. Lets do whats best for the American People. I will tell you that over the past several days, through a bipartisan process, we sat down democrat and republican in four Different Task forces and put together the elements of this legislation. As a result, the bill before you tonight, the one were talking about, reflects republican priorities and democratic priorities. And im going to take the time to walk through it and to talk about some of those who people understand whats in this legislation. I was pleased to see the democratic leader say at the end he believes we can figure this out over the next several hours. He said 24 hours. I hope its not 24 hours. We cant the way that long. We need to move and move
Forward with debating this legislation tonight. And to my colleague, the democratic leader who said this is a highly partisan bill, thats just not the case. Lets put the partisanship aside. Lets do whats best for the American People. I will tell you that over the past several days, through a bipartisan process, we sat down democrat and republican in four Different Task forces and put together the elements of this legislation. As a result, the bill before you tonight, the one were talking about, reflects republican priorities and democratic priorities. And im going to take the time to walk through it and to talk about some of those who people understand whats in this legislation. I was pleased to see the democratic leader say at the end he believes we can figure this out over the next several hours. He said 24 hours. I hope its not 24 hours. We cant the way that long. We need to move and move quickly. We see what the markets are doing globally. We know what the markets are going to do h
Ms. Collins madam president. The presiding officer the senator from maine is recognized. Ms. Collins thank you, madam president. Madam president , the United States is facing a crisis unlike any other in our recent history. Madam president , this is no time for partisanship or for political differences to prevent us from coming together and working in the best interests of the American People. The coronavirus pandemic has arrived on our shores and is growing exponentially, sickening our people and devastating our economy. As of today, more than 26,700 americans have tested positive for the virus, and 340 people have died, while 176 have recovered. In my home state of maine, there are now 89 cases in eight different counties. Hospitals, doctors, and nurses are struggling to triage the influx of patients. Nursing homes are locking down their facilities in an attempt to safeguard their vulnerable residents. Students and teachers have had to transition abruptly to Online Learning as school
Enough to sweep away parts of homes overnight. Also overnight, a suspected gas explosion caused part of a jail in pensacola to collapse. That incident killing two inmates, injuring more than 100. Its unclear though if the blast is connected to the severe weather. Lets get to ed lavandera. Hopefully youre starting to get a better idea of just what happened. Good morning. Here the crews are waiting for the sun to come up. The jail and part of the green structure on the build that you see that exploded last night. It was a dangerous situation and deadly. Breaking news overnight. Day four of a catastrophic storm system in the southeast is now barreling up the eastern seaboard threatening millions more. Officials have issued flood warnings from florida to new york with six inches of rain predicted in some parts of the northeast. City streets are already submerged. In maryland several thousand gallons of water rushed into a town 20 miles south of baltimore after a breach in the dam. In balti