. >> mr. rubio? >> no. >> mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders? >> aye. >> mr. and sanders, aye. >> mr. sauj? >> no. mr. shots? aye. >> mr. schumer? >> aye. >> mr. schumer, aye. mr. scott of florida? >> no. >> mr. scott of florida, no. mr. scott of south carolina? >> no. >> mr. scott of south carolina, no. mrs. shaheen? >> mrs. shaheen, aye. mr. shelby? >> no. >> miss sinema? >> yes. >> miss sinema, aye. miss smith? >> aye. >> miss smith, aye. >> miss stabenow? >> aye. >> mr. tester? mr. tester aye. >> mr. thune? mr. thune no. mr. tillis? >> no. >> mr. tillis, no. mr. toomey? >> no. >> mr. toomey, no. >> mr. tuberville? >> no. >> mr. tuberville, no. >> mr. van hollins? >> aye. >> mr. val hollen, aye. mr. warner? >> aye. >> mr. warnock? >> aye. >> miss warren? >> aye. >> mr. white house? mr. whitehouse, aye. mr. wicker? >> no. mr. widen? >> aye. mr. young? >> mr. young, no. >> all right, everyone, we've taken a listen to the ayes and the noes, and it's gone very, very much along party lines, as we bring back in nbc's garrett haake. garrett, i listened john manchin got the aye. when murkowski c

mr. rubio. mr. rubio, no. mr. sanders. mr. sanders, aye. mr. sasse? mr. sasse no. mr. schatz? mr.z, aye. mr. schumer. mr. schumer, aye. mr. scott of florida. mr. scott of florida, no. mr. scott of. mr. scott of south carolina, no. griff: now, one senator you won't hear from is republican senator from dan sullivan -- from alaska dan sullivan, had a family member pass away, i believe it's his father-in-law. he's gone back. that's why we believe that this vote will be roughly 50-49 and pass narrowly. i want to bring our congressional correspondent chad pell grim back in. chad, it's a very historic vote, but it's predictable. >> reporter: right. they thought they would be a able to get everybody onboard here, and this is why chuck schumer, the democratic leader, worked so hard with joe manchin yesterday trying to make sure he had him onboard. again, it probably helped democrats a little bit, the fact that under very unfortunate circumstances dan sullivan, the republican senator from alaska, had to go back because his father-in-law died. that means the math was 50-49 if they got manchi

rubio. >> thank you both for being here, your willingness to serve. mrs.she sherman, what is your understanding of john kerry's role? is he solely focused on the climate issue inhe sherman, wha understanding of john kerry's role? is he solely focused on the climate issue ine sherman, what understanding of john kerry's role? is he solely focused on the climate issue in sherman, what understanding of john kerry's role? is he solely focused on the climate issue insherman, what i understanding of john kerry's role? is he solely focused on the climate issue in. >> my understanding is that former secretary kerry is the special envoy on climate and that is his soul responsibility. it is quite a large one, should take up most of his time. >> since january 2017, have you met with any iranian government officials? >> i have met with iranian officials. i can't remember the last time that it happened, senator. i have met with foreign minister zarif, my former counterparts, now ambassador to the united nations. and when i had such meetings, they were on the margins of

senator rubio in the forced labor prevention act would do this and more including offers -- authorizing sanctions sanctions -- and look forward to having a markup in that type of approach. let me ask mrbonanni how widespread is the forced labor issue and are there specific companies that were small but knowingly disregard human rights i think the extent of the problem is widely documented in fact companies come to us source map because they are looking to make completely certain they are not trying anything from xinjiang. let me back up a little bit. they are 155 goods identified by the department of labor from 77 countries with forced labor and child labor so the problem extends beyond xinjiang the neighboring regions or even china is a country needs to be tackled on a global basis and not the least of which the problem is if one region becomes a high rest those goods will find their way to market another region so we have to apply the data collection and the transparency as we call it. we have to apply it uniformly across the supply chain orioles goods will find their way to markets one way or another and it will be nearly impossible. i do want to describe the complexity here but a

mr. rubio: i call up my amendment 1026 and ask it be reported by number. the clerk: the senator from florida, mr. rubio, proposes amendment numbered 1026. mr. rubio: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent for two minutes of debate equally divided. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. rubio: i think we can all agree that we have kids in america that need to be in school, that haven't been in school for over a year now in some cases. the science is clear that you can open up schools safely. now, i know different districts have different challenges about opening up, and this bill provides money for everybody to open up. we don't want to change that. the presiding officer: the senator will suspend. senators will refrain from conversations on the floor. the senator is recognized. mr. rubio: we want to help every district. so under my amendment, every district would get money. but -- but, the more days of the week you're open, the more money you will get, which makes all

mr. cardin: i rise in opposition to the rubio amendment. mr. president, the policy that the -- senator rubio is objecting to was implemented by the small business administration to help the underserved community. during that 14-day period, 400,000 small businesses, 20 employees are or less were able at long last to get p.p.p. help. and almost half were first-time borrowers under the p.p.p. program, those that had been shut out in the past. but specifically the rubio amendment, if it were adopted, and it's wrong policy, would require the house to concur. the house is not in session for two weeks, that would take us beyond the march -- march 31, costing hundreds of thousands of small businesses the opportunity that some are now eligible for a first time, some are trying to figure out the calculations. so for all those reasons -- and one last point. the chamber of commerce of the united states urges all of us to vote in favor of the underlying bill and oppose any amendment that would derail the expeditious confirmation of this bill. the presiding o

lee for himself and mr. rubio proposes an amendment numbered 1381 to amendment number 891. mr. lee: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent for two minutes of debate equally divided. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. lee: mr. president --. the presiding officer: would the senator yield. can we please have order in the chamber. thank you. mr. lee: mr. president, there's a little known feature in our tax code created by the tax code and the way it interacts with our senior entitlement programs. it's caild the parent -- called the parent tax penalty, very misunderstood, little known but very, very harmful. the changes made to the child tax credit in the reconciliation package are not the right way forward. they don't directly attempt to fix the parent penalty. in addition to this problem the substitutes changes to the child and dependent care tax credit would make the penalty on stay at home parents in our tax code nearly seven times worse. my amendment with senator rubio would ensure that the child tax credit is targeted to refunding americans their income in payroll t