mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president, reserving the right to object. this is an unfortunate moment for the united states senate. you know, we came together on a bipartisan basis just a very short time ago to pass the cares act. it passed here 96-0. that followed two other bipartisan efforts that came out of the house, passed the senate, were signed by the president. again, overwhelming support. and yet today we see from the majority leader a complete political stunt here on the floor of the united states senate, something that does not have bipartisan support, something that is go it alone, take it or leave it, and totally violates the spirit all of us have been working on during this crisis, where we were able to come together in the united states senate and the house of representatives with the white house to on three prior occasions pass legislation in a way that addressed the issues that are important to this country. and yet today we have this situation where the majority leader knew full well that there was not agreement and consensus on moving f

mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president, reserving the right to object. this is an unfortunate moment for the united states senate. you know, we came together on a bipartisan basis just a very short time ago to pass the cares act. it passed here 96-0. that followed two other bipartisan efforts that came out of the house, passed the senate, were signed by the president. again, overwhelming support. and yet today we see from the majority leader a complete political stunt here on the floor of the united states senate, something that does not have bipartisan support, something that is go it alone, take it or leave it, and totally violates the spirit all of us have been working on during this crisis, where we were able to come together in the united states senate and the house of representatives with the white house to on three prior occasions pass legislation in a way that addressed the issues that are important to this country. and yet today we have this situation where the majority leader knew full well that there was not agreement and consensus on moving f

mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president, reserving the right to object.his is an unfortunate moment for the united states senate. you know, we came together on a bipartisan basis just a very short time ago to pass the cares act. it passed here 96-0. that followed two other bipartisan efforts that came out of the house, passed the senate, were signed by the president. again, overwhelming support. and yet today we see from the majority leader a complete political stunt here on the floor of the united states senate, something that does not have bipartisan support, something that is go it alone, take it or leave it, and totally violates the spirit all of us have been working on during this crisis, where we were able to come together in the united states senate and the house of representatives with the white house to on three prior occasions pass legislation in a way that addressed the issues that are important to this country. and yet today we have this situation where the majority leader knew full well that there was not agreement and consensus on moving for

mr. van hollen: i object. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. mcconnell: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i would just repeat -- all the amendment i offered would do is change the amount in the bill. that's all. to respond to the obvious emerge >> the house and senate are expected to return for legislative business on monday, april 20, but that is subject to change due to the coronavirus pandemic. watch live coverage on c-span and the senate on c-span2. are featuring the winners of our studentcam documentary competitions. middleton high school students created videos answering the question, what issue do you want 2020 presidential candidates to address? our second prize award goes to seventh grader's from south miami middle community school in south miami, florida. their winning entry is titled our road, a wise investment. >> the key to the future of the interstate is to increase investment going into that system in the u.s. congress will have an opportunity to address that issue. >> we ought to have more federal funding. a major