We had a vote yesterday evening, the first that weve had in some six weeks here. As i walked over to the chambers just now, 4 00 on a tuesday afternoon from the hart building, the only individuals that i saw were the extraordinary men and women of the Capital Police who are here in the building, but suffice to say that these are strange, these are unusual, these are challenging and difficult, difficult times as we face the covid19 pandemic, as we address the challenges that our constituents, our friends, our family are dealing with at home, whether its the impact of the virus itself on our health and our health facilities, or whether it is the impact, truly the economic devastation that were seeing in all corners of the nation. And so the opportunity to be together as a member as a body to address these challenges is important. It is challenging for us as we adapt to this time and this situation to be wearing protective masks, to be separated from one another, to be teleworking as we a
The minority leader. Mr. Schumer thank you. Madam president , over the past few months, both parties have worked together to provide historic levels of funding to help Small Businesses retain employees, meet payroll, and stay afloat during the covid19 pandemic. The Paycheck Protection Program, the main instrument to help Small Business, received 349 billion under the cares act and another 310 billion in supplemental legislation. The public has know how this money is being spent. Oversight, transparency, and accountability are crucial because from the moment the administration began implementing these funds, it became clear much of it wasnt going to those who needed it most. So today we are not taking any other action on the floor dealing with covid, so we thought we would take this opportunity to ask unanimous consent to get Something Real done that should have bipartisan support on both sides of the aisle. Who can be against transparency . Who can be against accountability . Who can n
Quorum call ms. Cortez masto mr. President , i rise today in opposition to it the nomination of lawrence van dyke to serve on the United States court of appeals for the ninth circuit. Mr. Van dyke fits neatly into this administrations pattern of picking federal judges for our Circuit Courts of appeal without meaningful input from home state senators. The president continues to select ideologically extreme nominees like mr. Van dyke, and the white house is putting forward people without enough experience for the momentous roles they have been chosen to serve. Mr. Van dyke has been nominated to fill a nevada seat on the ninth circuit, even though hes not a nevadan. He didnt grow up in my state, he doesnt appear to own property there, he doesnt seem to have family ties, and he was only an active member of the nevada state bar for two years. Senator rosen and i engage with the white house to put forward highly respected nevadans with bipartisan support, but our suggestions were summarily i
And Public Policy events from washington dc and around the country. So you can make up your own mind. Created by cable in 1979, cspan is brought to you by your local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Up next hearing examines the effects of trauma on children and their mental and physical developments held by the house education and labor subcommittee, this is about two hours 15 minutes. The committee on education and labor will come to order. Will come everyone. I note that a quorum is present. The committee is meeting today in a hearing to hear testimony on the importance of trauma in education to assist students impacted by gun violence and other adverse events. I note for the subcommittee that miss of oregon, miss , miss wilde of pennsylvania and mr. Castro of texas are permitted to participate in todays hearings with the understanding that their questions will come only after all members of the subcommittee on both sides of the aisle who are pr
Committee on education and labor will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I note that a performance present. The committee a quorum is present. The committee is meeting to hear testimony on the importance of trauma and practices in education to assist students impacted by gun violence and other adversities. Miss beth of georgia, of minnesota, miss the of wilde ofiss pennsylvania, and mr. Pastor of texas, are permitted to participate in todays hearings with the understanding that their questions will come on the after all members of the subcommittee have had an opportunity to question the witness. ,ursuant to committee will 7c Opening Statements are limited to the chair and the Ranking Member. This allows us to hear from or witnesses sooner and provides all members with time to ask questions. Can you hear me all right . All right. I recognize myself now for the purpose of making an opening statement. I want to begin by acknowledging that this morning marks 18 years since the terrorist att