>> coming up, remarks on president trump, coronavirus as he visits an international plant after touring a company's face mask assembly line. that will take place in phoenix and you can see it live on c-span. earlier today, set minority leader chuck schumer held a news conference with reporters at the capital. he taught about the coronavirus response that he talked about the coronavirus response and president trump has handle the pandemic. >> receipt is taken. -- seat is taken. sen. schumer: good afternoon. i hope everyone is healthy and staying say. unfortunately, the republicans blocked our efforts to provide transparency for this small

business programs, the ppe in the idol. we all know that a good amount of the money is going where it shouldn't, to very wealthy companies, to companies that still have a lot of money, the companies that are taking loans, and even not even keeping their employees on. one of the biggest loans went to a large contributor of donald trump. so, we need transparency, and we need transparency in other ways, too. our small business is really getting it? what about in the inner city? are minorities and women-owned businesses getting it? way we can improve these programs is to know what is happening with them. mcconnell said let's wait and see how the programs are working. how are you going to see how the programs are working if they don't reveal where the money is going? if they are not transparent? today moved on the floor

-- there was no other action on the floor. there was no action scheduled this whole week. leader mcconnell brought us back to deal with ideological issues to appeal to, i guess, some hard right base, but to ignore the huge crisis that the american people are facing. so, senators cardin, blumenthal and i went to the floor today because this bill is necessary, even marco rubio, who objected, admitted the bill was necessary in a good thing. and also, to point out what we should be doing here. focusing on our oversight responsibility. week, dr. fauci, dr. birx, and jay powell should be before the senate answering difficult questions. that is not happening. we moved it and this week, we

help they will reconsider. i am ready for questions. of small the groups businesses is asking for more help, way more like stability. it's the restaurant and it -- industry. they want flexibility in the terms and a $120 million stabilization fund. the have spoken to lots of restaurant owners in new york. they need the money. a lot of them think the program will not fit. the problem they see is that, they are closed now. when they are allowed to open up, they will have very few customers, yet they will have to have their employees come back. if that is after june 30, will they be allowed to have money? we need to see who is getting it, why they are getting it, and to change the programs.

small businesses would have gotten much less if we had not stood our ground. we are going to have to do that again. each time we have had a bill, leader mcconnell has introduced his own bill with no consultation. the needs of the country forced him to negotiate with us, and we made the bill better. the idea that he said he is going to have to wait and see, people are hurting. people are losing their jobs every day. people are getting coronavirus every day and people are dying every day. we cannot sit here and twiddle our thumbs and weight. there are huge needs, and the failure to act will be far more harmful than acting to solve these problems. speaking of shoots needs,

what is your latest estimate is a should of the deeds for the state and local government? -- needs of the state and local government? >> they need huge amounts of money. if leader mcconnell thinks they can wait, he should talk to work out -- republican governors. as well as democratic ones. officers now, police protect us, firefighters who protect us, through safety workers, bus drivers are being thrown out of work because the localities do not have money. we need flexibility, but we need lots more money. or the whole economy will hurt. a leader mcconnell to understand is, this is not an abstract concept. these are with able who did nothing wrong who lose their jobs. just like people who work for small businesses are losing their jobs. just like people who work in health care are losing their jobs. towould you expect the cares

bill to exceed the needs of cares number one? in covid three, the reason we stayed up, we did not pass the bill is -- until midnight is because mnuchin was i calling us. -- eyeballing us. i said we are going to need a lot more. that is not based on a wish list, that is based on real figures from governors, mayors, tell leaders who show us they are hurting. >> mcconnell is saying that liability was one of his red lines. the president says payroll tax cut is his redline. >> this idea of drawing red

lines, particularly when they are not really related to the needs of people, particularly when they side with big opposede interests as to mcconnell's redline, it is not productive and it is not going to work. today, josh hawley said we are going to need a big bold number four bill. what forced -- we forced mcconnell last time to do it was the needs of the country. he had his ideological and political predispositions and he was forced to negotiate with us and you must money things we wanted. >> who are you dealing with? >> they have to get their act together. when the president says he wants one thing and mcconnell says he wants another thing and a leader of the senate says we don't want to negotiate, we want to wait and see? tell that to someone who has just lost his job.

wait and see. tell that to a small business where a woman has sweated 20 years and it may be gone. tell that to a family who has someone in a hospital in a rural area who just got hit with covid. >> a lot of the provisions that you and the speaker are pushing for work rejected by republicans in previous negotiations. people, why have we largely gotten many of the things we wanted in these bills over public in existence? people were crying out. people are crying out for certain programs and certain needs. covid three was an initial bill. intended to fix the problems of the existing programs. there are still things that need to be done. i think you will see, we may not get everyone of them, but we will get a large number because the needs of the people and

because this republican idea, leavesit on our hands and it up to a business to solve this problem, it just doesn't work. that is why we have had the upper hand, and we still will. i want to get your reaction to the president and congressional oversight. about --t this memo >> he has a lot of problems. one of his biggest is, he runs away from the truth. oversight is truth. oversight shows what's going on. we knew that this coronavirus was a real problem and the president ran away from the truth. we knew that we needed to do and thee with testing president is still running away from the truth. you run away from truth and facts.

the country gets hurt, and it hurts the president. what he doesn't get is, if he had a national testing regime, it would help him in his goal of opening the country more quickly. somehow, fax don't add up with him. don't add up with him. he fires people who give him the truth. it is going to hurt the country. is going to hurt the president. i don't think it is going to last. we need oversight. that is part of the congressional responsibility. >> it sounds like they might be dismantling the coronavirus task force. >> i did not hear about that. they have not had anyone in charge, except the president to everyday, he spends half his medicines that don't work, and have his time laming other people. he is now blaming china. president? mr.

evenif it came from china, -- why didn't you do something about it? south korea did. australia did. the idea is to deal with the problem, not just pointing the finger at blame. atare you surprised republicans who are up for reelection in difficult states are not doing more to distance themselves from the president? >> they are so afraid about distancing themselves from the president because he is vindictive. they hurt themselves all the time. thank you, everybody.

>> coming, remarks from president trump on the coronavirus, as he visits and international tonight after touring a companies face mask assembly-line trade that will take place in phoenix and you can see it live here on c-span create. senate republicans held a news conference talking about their legislative agenda and the coronavirus response. here is that now. >> good afternoon, everyone. as we all know, we have been gone for six weeks. necessarily gone, i might add. the has stacked up since senate is in the personnel business and the house is not. onare working diligently getting nominations out of committee. they are important