. >>> senator chris van hollen will join us tonight. he has a peculiar job in the united states senate these days that most -- now that most senators returned to their home states. senator van hollen represents maryland, which means he's always close enough to washington, d.c. to be on call to rush onto the senate floor to block mitch mcconnell from suddenly trying to literally pull a fast one. and that happened today. and senator van hollen will join us with his after-action report of how he blocked mitch mcconnell in the senate today. john heilemann and ron klain will join us later in the hour to consider how donald trump is using white house briefing rooms, the white house briefing room for his daily re-election campaign event and how deflecting blame for his own failures has become a staple of his daily performance hp. and we will be joined throughout the hour by the voices of the nurses and doctors on the front lines of the battle against the coronavirus. some will appear in video clips. some will join us in our discussion, which t

chris van hollen opposing our plan. what our plan would have done would have been to give some money to the ppp. we are proud of cares act. we are proud of what we did to turn it from a corporate-down, trickle-down plan to a workers bubble up plan. we want it to work. we want it to work. an essential part was to honor entrepreneurship in america and recognize the roles small businesses play in the economic life of america. we want all of them to be able to participate. the banks are our friends and all of this. the plan the secretary proposed, rather than waiting for the process of going through the sab ba, the banks would make the loans with sba. the fed said we will take those loans off the books of the banks facilitating their participation. however, a large number of requests, first-come, first-served in the process. many people who do not have banking relationships were going to be last in line. that is why they asked for more money we said let's help everybody here. help the banks do what they are set to do. let's

before they open and there is no getting through and ever. >> joining us is senator chris van hollen. thank you for joining us after your rush to the senate floor. what are democrats prepared to see in the next round of legislation that was not in this bill mitch mcconnell was trying to slip through today? >> well, lawrence, it's good to be with you and this was an effort by senator mcconnell to slip something by so there was a bit of a fire drill as you've said today. we recognize all we need more money for the small business program but we need to fix it. right now there are significant problems in the program. many really small business owners are having trouble accessing it and this morning we received a letter from the national restaurant association that represents tens of thousands of small businesses saying yeah, we're going to need some more money but equally important we need to fix some of these provisions including, i should say, some provisions that secretary mnuchin, the trump administration added that were not in the bill. they added some conditions that take away some

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the congressional democrats stuck together then cardin and chris van hollen addressing in the proposing a proposal. which is almost exactly what they have passed today. in terms of holding up the works they were the ones that held up the works for a package that is more fair as we go forward and they like to say oh we held it up. we didn't hold it up. they held it up. and now we have a real victory for smaller businesses in the leader has said it didn't have a banking relationship. they don't need them under this legislation as in the past. the one thing that we really had insisted upon in the next package is how we support our heroes and under the framework of state and local government we have health care workers, transit workers, police fire ems all kinds of public employees who risk their lives to save lives and now they have lost their job. this is most unfortunate and they cannot stand to have a huge loss of revenue because of what's happening to the economy. they have a huge loss of revenue because of what is happening in their public hospitals in terms of other procedures and th

they took a defeat on the floor because congressional democrats together, ben cardin and chris van hollen objecting, and then proposing our proposal. which is almost exactly what they pass today. so in terms of holding up the works, they were the ones who held up the work for a package that is more fair than the rest as we go forward. they like to say we held up -- they held up. and now we have prevailed. this is a real victory for smaller businesses. as the leader said, who did not have banking relationships. they don't need them under this legislation as it is past. the one thing that we really have to insist upon in the next package is how we support our heroes. state andframework of local government, we have health-care workers, transit workers, police, fire, ems, all kinds of public employees who risk their lives to save lives and now lose their jobs. this is most fortunate. -- most unfortunate and it cannot stand. they have huge loss of revenue because of what is happening to the economy. they have huge loss of revenue because of what's happening in their public hospitals and the re

senator chris van hollen also the floor and tried to call up another small business bill.his is about half an hour. >> our nation continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic. americans have00 tested positive. nearly 15,000 have lost their lives. emts areoctors, and fighting this disease literally day and night. an important -- important public health measures are creating economic catastrophe. this morning, we learned that 6.6 million more americans filed for unemployment in just the last week. that means, mr. president, more than 16 million americans have lost their jobs in the last three weeks. is hard to even comprehend. as one journalist put it, we are facing health care crisis with an economic crisis strapped to its back. that is why two weeks ago the senate passed the largest rescue package in american history. the bipartisan care is act twoeled $2.2 trillion in programs -- programs. before we adjourned, i said the senate would stay nimble and prepare to react quickly as the legislation came online. that is why we are here today. much of the cares act is still being

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notably, chris van hollen, a democrat from maryland. listen.ak to 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. >> democrats blocked the bill because they wanted to devote more money to community-based lenders, so that they can get help. there is a "disparity of access to capital in the country." we do not want coronavirus to exacerbate it. behind the scenes, they continue to start work on the coronavirus phase 4 bill. there are some that are reluctant to move that fast, because they want to see how faye's 3 is doing and maybe just fill in and the next step with legislative crops. >> neil: thank you very much, my friend. with this right now is the chair of the committee. to talk about where this all goes. everyone appears to be at an impasse. we've seen impasses before. it's just about whether or not we want to devote it to this purpose

. >> joining our discussion senator chris van hollen a member of the senate budget and appropriations committee. senator, one of the things i think is exhibited by mitch mcconnell's comment is the bankruptcy of mitch mcconnell and republican ideas about what to do about how to help this country in this unprecedented situation. >> well, that t's right, lawren. this goes down as one of the dumber things he's ever said. if you look at his proposal, it would drag the economy down faster and further if you really say to all these states that have been hit hard by the coronavirus, just declare bankruptcy and has governor y cuomo pointed out, those have been the engines of federal revenue, states like kentucky used to help support the people in the state of kentucky. so mcconnell really stepped in on these remarks and it looks like now he's trying to backtrack. >> senator, what are you looking for next? the senate is going to reconvene in a week. what do you think should be the next steps that the senate considers in how the country fights this pandemic? >> well, i think at the top of the li

he, along with senator chris van hollen, offering alternative legislation which includes protectionsinority owned businesses and extra funding for health care providers. mcconnell, objected to their proposal, leaving the chamber at an impasse paid all this, as we learn a staggering 6.6 million more americans filed for unemplt last week. that means roughly 10% of workers in the united states. 10% have lost their jobs and just the past three weeks alone. kennedy, i will start with you on this. as we watch the back and forth, one of the things that democrats were trying to get in is this idea of something called the heroes fund. it essentially give a bonus of up to $25,000 to anyone who had a job. this included people at private companies, like amazon, like duane reade. they've been forced to increase demand for their services. that's a market working. and i they've had to raise wages to $70 an hour, $34 an hour, for overtime. why should taxpayers -- although these folks certainly deserve extra money for risking themselves -- and that come from the company they are working for as oppose

your colleague in maryland, chris van hollen, wrote to him and said, "you're endangering the lives and expressing concern about his own safety, but rather the dozens, if not hundreds of people that will have to come into the come mekk complex to help it work. should the senate be coming back next week to do judicial nominations, and do you share those concerns? >> we shouldn't be coming back to do judicial nominations. kasie, as you know, d.c., maryland, virginia, are still under work-from-home orders. likely we'll go into early june. so i'm not going to ask my staff to violate those orders to come in. i will come in. i'm a u.s. senator. i'll try to do my work just me, with staff supporting me via telecommute. i'm not going to order them to violate the safety rules that the governors and mayors have laid down. and the thing that's ironic is senator mcconnell wants us to come back, but the committees, the republican committees are generally blocking hearings about coronavirus. they want to do judges. they won't do hearings to exercise oversight over the administration's coronavirus resp