Senator david perdue refused to take part, so democratic challenger jon ossoff stood on stage alongside an empty podium. It is a strange situation to be asking a question of a sitting United States senator who is not here to debate as he asks for the votes of the people to be reelected. Amy the debates came a day after President Trump held a rally in georgia and called on georgias republican Governor Brian Kemp to overturn the election but kemp refused to do so. We will go to georgia for the latest. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Is heading towards 15 million confirmed cases of covid19 as daily cases are averaging close to 200,000. The reported death toll has topped 282,000 with hospitalizations now over 100,000. Experts warn the grim figures do not yet account for spikes related to thanksgiving travel. Hospitals and the 911 emergency call system are being stretched to the breaking point as Fr
Protection program and businesses of all sizes have started to use the tax tools that we provided for their liquidity. But in that time the critics have also done what they do best. They criticize. The need came has seized on an opportunity to perpetuate every negative story that critics can manufacture. You can imagine my surprise when democrats criticized the net operating loss carryback provisions in the cares act. Because oddly democrats previously supported the last three bills where we expanded the net operating loss carrybacks in 2002, 2005, and even in 2009 with all democrat rule. So i dont recall in any of those instances any partisan attacks from democrats about this previously bipartisan, antirecessionary policy tools. So why now . Sadly, that irresponsibility has led our democratic colleagues in the house to pass legislation that would take back important tax tools that we have provided in the cares act to the tune of 254 billion, and thats a tax increase on the american bu
Many, many veterans who have been defrauded by their schools these are usually forprofit schools to have federal student debt disbarred. Ten republicans joined with the democrats in march to reject this rule in the senate and pass this resolution, and i thank those on the other side of the aisle who stood up for the veterans and for students who have been defrauded. I urge President Trump to sign this bill without delay. More importantly than my urging, 30 different veterans organizations urge the president to sign our resolution. Were going to be giving a lot of speeches about veterans on the senate floor and back home over memorial day weekend. Heres a chance for the president to stand up for the veterans on memorial day weekend. In a march 13 letter to President Trump, these veterans asked him to ensure that, quote, the men and women who serve their country honorably are not burdened with student loans, the result from fraud. I ask consent that this letter be included in the record.
Education act borrower defense provisions. 10 republicans joined with the democrats in march to reject this rule in the state to pass this resolution, and i thank those who stood up for the veterans and students who have been defrauded. I urge President Trump to sign this bill without delay. More importantly, for my urging, 30 different veterans organizations urged the president to sign our resolution. Were going to be giving a lot of speeches about veterans on the senate floor and back home over memorial day weekend. Here is a chance for the president to stand up for the veterans on memorial day weekend. In a march 13 letter to President Trump these veterans asked him to ensure, quote, the men and women who serve their country honorably are not burdened with Student Loans that result from fraud. I ask this letter be included in the record. Without objection. Thank you. And President Trump would be the ones to free them from the rule that the American Legion has entitled fundamentally
Together. And we got along, which is good. And i thought to feel the neighborhood a little more than i usually do, as i travel back and forth almost every week, get to know the people a little more irk waving from a distance. I look around and noticed that almost every lawn had a sign on it saying, we love Health Care Workers. And many people had signs in their windows to back that up, too. And we should. These doctors, these nurses, these people who work in Nursing Homes caring for the elderly, making certain theyre in a good, safe environment, theyre important and theyre risking their lives for the people we love. We thank them over and over again. There is one part of that group that i would like to highlight for a few moments. I want to spend a few minutes talking about one special group of Health Care Workers immigrants. One in six health care and social service workers, 3. 1 million out of 18. 7 million, are immigrants. You must notice. When they come on television and give us a