funding to the $2 trillion aid package, which is projected to run out of money soon. the democrats blocked that additional funding and attempted to bring up their own plan that would provide money for the small business fund and additional money for local governments and hospitals. the senate was scheduled to return for legislative work next monday, that could change because of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. communication to the senate. the clerk: washington,d.c., april 13, 2020. to the senate, under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3 of the standing rules of the senate i hereby appoint the honorable dan sullivan, a senator from the state of alaska to perform the duties of the chair. signed chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m. stands adjourned until 3:00 p.m.

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>> enjoy booktv now and over the weekend on c-span2. >> thank you for joining me today. >> guest: thank you. >> host: i thoroughly enjoyed your book. i had the opportunity to read it and it's obviously a a timely subject, odyssey very important subject. as you may know i'm a pharmacist currently the only pharmacists serving in congress so helped her something extremely important to me. it's also important to the american citizens. everyone would agree with that and i thought it was interesting that you start by, start up the book with the premise that the health care system is broken. if we look at the polls i t