kevin: chuck grassley, i would argue, based on the conversations i have, is the could essential republican in the trump era -- is the quintessential republican in the trump era. president inst the the way he uses social media, and they are two peas in a political pod, grassley and ernst.

foreign actors are trying to interfere in the 2020 elections, republican senators ron johnson and chuck grassley are accusing democratic leaders of, quote, knowingly and recklessly promoting false election narratives for political purposes. the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee, mark warners, is one of the leaders who received that complaint in a letter from those two republican chairs and joins me now. what's going on here, senator? >> andrea, i don't know.

that is senator chuck grassley, republican of iowa. coming up, former fbi director louis freeh is here to talk about his new role and howie is advising -- and how he is advising clients to navigate the difficult national security between the united states and china. power" onalance of bloomberg television and radio. ♪ david: this is "balance of power" on bloomberg television and radio. we turned to karina mitchell for bloomberg first word news. hasna: the bank of england raised the prospect of cutting rates below zero but only after the crisis has passed. bloomberg spoke with andrew bailey. planning to use them at the moment. we prefer to look at quantitative easing and forward guidance as tools,, but i would make the point we will go on looking at the toolbox. nothing is fixed forever. karina: you can catch more of our interview with governor bailey on the bloomberg terminal, bloomberg.com, and throughout the day on bloomberg television. the white house and congressional democrats are running up against a self-imposed friday deadline.

join me in thanking senator joni ernst and senator chuck grassley for standing strong.plause] all, i could not be more proud to serve as vice president to the most pro-life president in american history. [applause] with an election 80 days away, we have worked to do to carry our message forward. despite all the progress we have made, including two justices to the supreme court, a few recent decisions remind us we have a ways to go. like that 5-4 decision that struck down a louisiana law that simply require doctors that work in abortion clinics to have admitting privileges at a local hospital, or like the 5-4 decision that said the state of nevada can impose greater restrictions on a chapel than caesar's palace. one thing is clear with those decisions, we need more conservatives on the supreme court of the united states. we need four more years of president trump in the white house. [applause] for american strength and american jobs and law and order and liberty and life, we have to decide right here and right now that joe biden will never be president of the united stat

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i think senator ron johnson and senator chuck grassley have been doing a very quiet investigation off interest in ukraine involving the biden family. they have state department officials who con firm thaw saw a conflict of -- they saw a conflict of interest. they now have learned through this foia lawsuit i filed that there were documents kept from the senate meaning the senate has not gotten these documents that show that burisma was in constant contact with the embassy in ukraine and with the department in washington. -- the state department in washington. that conflicts with the very testimony state department officials gave last january during the impeachment trial when they said we didn't know anything about burisma, it wasn't on our radar except for a briefing memo, maria van vuch said, before i went before the senate. their lobbyists were cornering them at confirmation hearings, at events, meetings at the embassy headquarters in washington, and hunter biden's company was pressuring the obama tate department to make those corruption allegations go away. that's a narrative that

senator from iowa, chuck grassley, who runs the finance committee in the united states senate. i mean, this is remarkable. the guy who is named by u.s. intelligence in this specific public warning today about what russia is doing to interfere in the 2020 election to try to reelect trump, the way he's been doing his work for the russian government to mess with our election, is by feeding material to a purported investigation of joe biden by senator ron johnson on the homeland security committee and senator chuck grassley on the finance committee in the senate, because those two senators have been use information from that specific named guy as the basis for what they say is going to be their big investigation, a big report on their investigation into biden that they're planning on releasing in mid-september right in time for the election. this guy, who is doing this work on behalf of the russian government, per this intelligence statement to the american push todblic today, he course has been feeding anti-biden stuff to rudy giuliani. here is july july on tguiliani d this guy on

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 2:30 p.m. on tuesday, august 25, 2020. >> finishing up his pro forma session the u.s. senate will return for legislative work tuesday september 8th. now back to the house rules committee and their work on a postal service bill on c-span2. >> this was requested unanimously by the postal service board of governors, all of whom were appointed by donald trump. we in the house, more than 3 months ago as part of the heroes act, languishes in the senate. my bill includes the $25 billion requested by the postal service, leaves will be spit almost entirely by the end of 2021. the knees is that dyer. alarmingly the postal service is under attack from within by its own leadership. the president's new postmaster general is using the lack of funding to justify sweeping changes for the operations and organizational structure of the postal service. within a month of taking office postmaster general dejoy began orderin

they are being putin's puppet, not me, not chuck grassley. >> okay. we're going to have to leave it there. >>> i want to congressman adam schiff of california. we have a lot to get to, but first your reaction to what you just heard from your colleague in the senate. >> well, dana, i'm not sure where to start. but as you point out, what the administration is saying makes no sense in terms of their refusal to brief congress on russian interference designed to help the trump campaign. they're going to put it in writing now instead of give us an oral briefing. that doesn't make any sense unless the goal is not to allow members of congress, the representatives of the american people, to ask questions, to point out the false equivalence that the administration is trying to promulgated that somehow russian interference in our election, russian active measures help donald trump is no different than other countries are doing. they don't want those questions answered. they don't want that information going to the public. this is what the president is after. aft

go to schools covid testing the postal service and vaccine research, iowa republican senator chuck grassley says the idea could be a way to break the current gridlock, few can agree on a comprehensive package i was so bored or target impacting we ought to get their money out yesterday but democrats say they are ready to give up on a larger stimulus plan, illinois senator dick durbin says essential services are on the line with republicans had their way we provide no assistance, none. >>2 towns and cities are going to be substantial layoffs of teachers. policeman thursday speaker nancy pelosi said democrats are willing to go below their 2 trillion dollar compromise we're not budging. >>understand this then how do you break the impasse. they have to move just going to have to come up with more money but blunt says that's on reasonable and was on a number close to the 2 numbers we both already agreed on, but has yet to formally introduced his skin your alternative in washington raquel martin. according to senator roy blunt's office the plan will not include a direct stimulus check or extended

senate finance chairman chuck grassley said he doubts if the president is serious about taking that action. >>> cnn predicting bill hayiggey is the winner. he will be favored to beat whichever democrat he is expected to face. one other critical decision in tennessee. the state supreme court vacating a ruling that would have allowed all registered voters in the state to vote absentee in 2020 of a state currently requires an excuse to vote absentee. >>> seven minutes past the hour. the streets of beirut filled with rage about cleanup. cnn is live there next. ♪ hey allergy muddlers... achoo! ...do your sneezes turn heads? try zyrtec... ...it starts working hard at hour one... and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. zyrtec muddle no more. an army family who is always at the ready. so when they got a little surprise... two!? ...they didn't panic. they got a bigger car for their soon-to-be-bigger family. after shopping around for insurance, they called usaa - who helped find the right coverage for them and even some much-needed savings. that was the easy part. usaa insurance

david will be speaking with republican senator chuck grassley of iowa as the countdown continues foreen democrats and republicans. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ david: from bloomberg's world headquarters in new york to our tv and radio audiences worldwide, i am david westin. welcome to "balance of power," where the world of politics meets the world of business. we will start as we always do with a check on the markets. joining us is abigail doolittle. i do not see a lot of movement. is this in anticipation of tomorrow's jobs numbers? abigail: you are probably correct. wait and see mode ahead of the jobs report. there is a huge variance between the high estimate of about 48 -- added, 3.2 million jobs let's hope that happens, and the low, a loss of 600,000 jobs. folks are in wait and see mode ahead of that report. we have stopped shuffling along, wanting to also note when will the fiscal stimulus deal happen? we have the s&p 500 and the nasdaq up just slightly. where we have more action is for some of the tech stocks. apple is once again higher, up 1.4%.

kevin: chuck grassley, i would argue, based on the conversations i have, is the could essential republican in the trump era -- is the quintessential republican in the trump era. president inst the the way he uses social media, and they are two peas in a political pod, grassley and ernst. they are all embracing the ethanol industry, they don't hide it, and they are not afraid to take it to the president when they disagree with him. tom: kevin cirilli, thank you so much. really informative, just encyclopedic knowledge there. there is a convention -- no, it is not tonight, the democrats. david westin leading our coverage on the republican convention. of course, one of the great distinctions here is i believe the president will be much more evident through each night of the convention. francine, this is so different than over in england, isn't it? francine: it certainly is because, first of all, if you look at our election campaigns, they are much shorter. the money is also a fraction of the price. in terms of the show and tell, it is a different kind of dynamic. in the u.s., it is much more a

inserting into our records based on false intelligence and they leaked to the media, and didn't tell chuck grassley and i about it. the democrats are again being putin's puppet, not me. >>> we're going to leave it there. thank you for your time this morning senator ron johnson. >> have a good morning. >>> i want to turn to the house intelligence commit year chairman, adam schiff. we have a lot to get to. first, your reaction to what you just heard from your colleague in the senate. >> i'm not sure where to start, but as you point out, what the administration is saying neighbors no sense in terms of their refusal to brief congress. they're going to put it in writing instead of giving us an oral briefing. that doesn't make sense, unless the goal is not to allow members of congress, the representatives of the american people, to ask questions, to point out the false equivalence that the administration is trying to promulgate that smoul russian active measures to try to decide our election to help donald trump, is no different from other countries. the they don't want those question questions answered

liz: here's what senator chuck grassley has told us that concerns him, he keeps saying if they couldthey could do to you, they can do it to the viewer, here's what he is saying happen, the oval office meeting with president obama, you know this and james comey writes down in his notes the general flynn's phone call with the russian ambassador appeared legit is about policies, differences in incoming trump in obama administration and then james comey exploits the incoming chaos with peter strzok to interview flynn under the pretext of a briefing and you know about this, criminal interview. it was a perjury trap as they admit. so that is the issue, no marine the warning, no lawyer present. that is what senator grassley says is scary. >> is a real abuse of power, if they canan do it -- they tried o do to me, they tried to catch me in a perjury trap, they knew, what they have is the answer, they quiz you and things that they think that you should remember, if you cannot remember quite right, that happened on the phone calling tuesday, not wednesday, they can pop up and say you must be ly

next is chuck grassley of iowa.oining us is natasha brown, co-founder of the black voters matter fund. good evening. >> good evening. good to see you. >> what do you make of the rhetoric of absentee versus mail-in, and i won't give him money for coronavirus. this is connected to a larger coronavirus relief package. the president went on fox business this week and laid out his side of the argument. here is part of what he said. >> they want $25 billion, billion, for the post office. now, they need that money in order to have the post office work so it can take millions and millions of ballots. now n the meantime, they aren't getting there. by the way, they are just two items. it means you can't have universal mail-in voting. they are not equipped to have it. >> he has laid it all bare. where does it lead us? thmpblts a failed impeached, corrupt president that knows he is not going well in the polls. he can see the writing on the walls and he can sense the new energy around the biden-harris ticket, and is base cliical

yesterday i had a chance to catch up with chuck grassley, iowa senator and chair of the finance committee. it sticks in his craw right now that democrats want to push the 600-dollar a week federal dollar benefit, it disincentivizes folks from finding work in the first place. take a look at this. >> it is very unfair to people that create these jobs that people want to go back to for the federal government to be an unfair competitor by paying people more not to work than if you're working. neil: now a lot of those folks are saying with the states closing down again or reimposing restrictions, they don't have that opportunity and they need this what do you say? >> well, first of all, there is a general agreement between enough republicans and democrats that there ought to be some continuation of some help. neil: all right. the most pivotal part of that exchange there ought to be some continuation of some help even for people who have very black and white view on this, chuck grassley is no fan of adding this extra 600-dollar a week federal jobless benefit. the question what that will be, wha

attention after the brett kavanaugh hearings when she tussled with senate judiciary committee chuck grassley and said, that she believed her. what you make of her stance on women? >> dagen: to marie's point in terms of the support you have seen on women online, my close friend rhonda reminded me of this in terms of the energy and the excitement of that harris brings to the ticket, that she not only graduated from howard university, but she is a member of aka, alpha cal bought alpha, the first black sorority. there is an incredible amount of power, strength, and energy among the a.k.a. look for their colors, pink and green all over the place. and my friend rhonda was on the horn yesterday after this ticket was announced with some of her fellow a.k.a.s talking about how they are getting out the vote, what they are going to do in swing states. and you have to throw in all of the historically black colleges and universities at how those individuals who graduated from the schools could unite around kamala harris. and if people take her to be as progressive as she is professing and as progressive

. >> josh, to that point one of my favorite moments yesterday was chuck grassley, longest serving republicanor on capitol hill, zen from senator grassley saying saw on tv the president took exception to an interview dr. birx said. i hope the president knows she is a scientist and not a politician. use love, not anger. little zen from senator grassley there which is important. the president shouldn't be fighting with his own people and triply important with the moment we're in. the president needs to prove to voters he has a handle on this and when you see this infighting on the team will they have a consistent communication strategy more importantly a consistent public health strategy going forward when they can't agree on so much? >> as kaitlan said, the president has repudiated the public health experts. you have a number of folks in the white house, john, who have not wanted to talk about coronavirus and then convincing the president to do more briefings and had to talk about it when the poll numbers slipped so far. what's frustrating to the advisers around the president is that they thou

but it gets into the weeds here and even some republicans, like chuck grassley was among those i talkednd taxes are an issue for the house and the senate and not the white house. what do you make of that whether that could be an impediment? >> so this is a good point. by the way, what the law says, just so people are clear about this, is in the case of an economic emergency which we're in right now, the president has authority to suspend payroll-- or taxes, whichever taxes they might be, income taxes, gas taxes, in this case the payroll tax. now, you raised an interesting question, what happens if employers decide they're not going to turn this money back to the workers? because the intention is to get every single worker in america a 7 1/2 pay raise starting next week. in other words, neil, think about this. every single worker would see this immediately if their paychecks as soon as say, august 15th, that's a big deal in terms of getting money. neil: you know that's every single worker? i'm sorry to keep jumping on you rudely, but everyone would. in your piece in the journal you talke

confirmation hearing for supreme court justice brett kavanaugh when she tussled with chairman chuck grassleyintroduced the star witness. >> the associate justice -- >> mr. chairman, before we proceed -- >> you are out of order, i will proceed. >> we cannot possibly move forward, mr. chairman -- >> the move garnered instant scorn from republicans that still mass today. >> she was nasty to a level that was just a horrible thing, the way she was, the way she treated now justice kavanaugh. >> she was quick to stake out a position in support of kavanaugh's supporter, christine blasey ford. >> i want to thank you for your courage and tell you i believe you. >> her record as california prosecutor has been a constant subject of debate, on the one hand, she angered law enforcement and democrats when she did not support the death penalty, but also criticized her treatment of marijuana cases and failure to change the money bail system, accusations that harris kept an innocent man on death row through a response during the debates. >> the people who suffered under your reign as prosecutor, you owe them

phil rucker, for chuck grassley, that's some extended haiku there.i will point out that your colleagues at "the post," after there was quite a hit job in "the new york times," your colleagues at "the post" have done some continued reporting on dr. birx. >> that's right, brian. and this was an extraordinary row that the president had today with dr. birx, who by the way was just acknowledging what all the data show us publicly, what the fact is, which is that the virus is out of control in a lot of these states and that the u.s. is in a new phase here. but she is somebody who for months had sacrificed her own professional reputation to the defend the president, to defend his handling and management of the coronavirus. she has been ostracized by many in the scientific and medical communities because of her fierce defense of the president and loyalty to him. and yet the president is not showing that same loyalty back to her, which, you know, if it were not a pattern of his behavior would be startling to see, and yet we've seen this time and again where a

we're talking about as you pint out with senator chuck grassley said, this could happen to any americand the obama justice department officials were basically abusing american-u.s. intelligence, abusing the system to go after opposition candidate. bending the rules, deceiving the fisa court, on and on. leaking to the media to keep the wiretap applications going to give credence to that your final word on that? >> my final word if they were protecting integrity of our elections screaming about, democrats talking about they chose to pick on candidate trump's campaign to go after it, because they didn't like him. you don't believe it? look at their own words, their own texts, their own tweets. they need to be held accountable for it. john durham is getting to bottom of it. they're all shaking because clinesmith is the first to fall. this is corrupt department of justice, bill barr is cleaning it out and they are worried about what they find out because they didn't cover it up enough. elizabeth: after all the wiretaps, no russia collusion or conspiracy. great to have you back on. >> always

senator chuck grassley said the same thing. you know i covered the irs for two decades.tified twice before congress on irs reform. you were guilty until proven innocent in front of the irs. the irs can empty out your checking account if they perceive a violation. that you are innocent that a investigation is tan at that mount to a conviction. that the fbi can get powerful wiretaps meant for terrorists to do two-hop listening not just you, who you talk to and those people you talk to talk to. they look at your bank records. they look what you watch on the internet. they read real time your text messages. those are abuses of power they don't want a big government politician taking control of the government. levers of power gotten even more massive since 9/11, kt, in terms of spying and powers given to the federal government. your reaction? >> yeah. after september 11th we gave them enormous powers because we wanted them to protect us against terrorists, mass manufactured earliers, mafia dons, the intelligence community, senior officials in the trump administration and obam

go to schools covid testing the postal service and vaccine research, iowa republican senator chuck grassley says the idea could be a way to break the current gridlock if you can't agree on a comprehensive package i was so bored or target impacting we ought to get their money out yesterday but democrats say they are ready to give up on a larger stimulus plan, illinois senator dick durbin says essential services are on the line with republicans had their way we provide no assistance, none. >>2 towns and cities are going to be substantial layoffs of teachers. policeman thursday speaker nancy pelosi said democrats are willing to go below their 2 trillion dollar compromise we're not budging. >>understand this then how do you break the impasse. they have to move just going to have to come up with more money but blunt says that's on reasonable must find a number close to the 2 numbers we both are ready rehaul but has yet to formally introduced his skin your alternative in washington raquel martin. according to senator blunt's office the plan will not include direct stimulus checks nor extend unemp

. >> in fact, i have just got a tweet from chuck grassley who said just saw on tv the president took exception to some interview dr. birx said about the status of the pandemic. i hope the president knows she is a scientist and a politician. so you heard dr. birx. you might disagree. use love, not anger. let me ask you about the testing thing. the president continues to say day after day. he tweeted it again that the reason we have more cases in america is because we have more testing. can you just deliver for our audience the logical fallacy there? because we have a commensurate increase in deaths. testing definitely doesn't lead to death. >> well, here are the facts. our aggregate total of testing peaked on july 24th. go to covidtracking.com. if you want to look at the data as it is. you don't have to trust me. just look at the data. aggregate tests peaked on july 30th. you know what happened in the interim? deaths have actually increased steadily since the beginning of july. so we're having a rise in deaths with a commensurate decline in testing. that is a recipe for disaster. this

you know, kt, here's what senator chuck grassily has told us -- chuck grassley has told us concerns himr other individuals, they could do it to you, they could do it to the viewers. here's what he is saying a happened, that the oval office meeting with president obama -- you know this -- and james comey, james comey writes down in his notes that general flynn's phone call appears legit. this is about policy differents with the incoming trump and outgoing obama administration. but then james comey exploits the incoming chaos, sends over peter strzok, joe pientka to interview flynn under the pretext of a briefing x. you know about this. it was a criminal interview -- >> i was in some of those briefings. elizabeth: it was a perjury trap, right? yeah. and so that's the issue. no miranda warning, no lawyer present. so that's what senator grassley says scary, kt. go ahead. >> yeah. it's a real abuse of power. if they can do it to mike -- they tried to catch me in a perjury trap, and they knew what the -- it's like they have the answer key x they ask you, they quiz you things they think you sh

what's going on with your colleagues in the senate, senator ron johnson of wisconsin, senator chuck grassley of iowa, who seem to be going down this weird rabbit hole of this ukrainian legislator who is releasing audio and phone calls and trying to change the focus on to joe biden again. i mean, these two gentlemen are smarter than to fall for this stuff, but they seem to be falling for this stuff. >> it's been the case with devin nunes and many of the republican members that they were more than willing to push a kremlin narrative about ukraine interfering in the u.s. election in 2016 instead of russia. that was the whole bogus crowd strike theory that the president was also pushing. but, you know, they're at it still and in the senate as well pushing out information, false information, to try to denigrate joe biden. this is very much in line with what the kremlin is trying to do. it's very much in line with what the intelligence community acknowledged dercotch is trying to do. i think this statement puts them all on notice that if they continue to pursue this, they're effectively pursuing a

foreign actors are trying to interfere in the 2020 elections, republican senators ron johnson and chuck grassley are accusing democratic leaders of, quote, knowingly and recklessly promoting false election narratives for political purposes. the top democrat on the senate intelligence committee, mark warners, is one of the leaders who received that complaint in a letter from those two republican chairs and joins me now. what's going on here, senator? >> andrea, i don't know. some of this may just be the back and forth. we just finished our fifth volume, bipartisan, overwhelming vote on our 2016 investigation, the conclusion is that the russians interfered, they did it to help donald trump, to hurt hillary clinton. we hope to have that released to the public shortly. we're still pressuring the administration. i'm glad to see they took a first step in acknowledging russia, china, and iran. but i think they have an obligation to tell the whole story so that americans don't become manipulated by russian misinformation and disinformation. >> and in fact, the state department put out a $10 million rewa

about som of the other things that went o and high school, the very first confirmation hearing, chuck grassley, that then chair of th judiciary committee from iowa, he got through 12 words i went back and counted of his opening statement before she interrupte him, she was determined to make a .. of order, parliamentary procedure other types of villag or a tactics to inject yourself into that hearing and asked questions about how they were proceeding and it kind of derailed the hearing for about 43 minutes before they got back on track. she had not been here long and she makes a point very quickly. something else i want to note i the next half hour, the democratic whip from south carolina is going to have a press and talk about kamala harris. don't forget it was him who basically salvaged vice president biden for former vice president biden's campaign afte some very bad missteps in the early going in the caucuses and primaries. had he not performed well in south carolina, mostly due to jim clyburn, this would not hav been his pick to make today. the other thing here that touching on what charli

. >> and, yet, you have a couple of colleagues, ron johnson and chuck grassley who are undertaking hearings about joe biden's involvement in ukraine, even though this report that came out from the office of the director of national intelligence specifically names this one guy in ukraine who is a pro russian legislator who is responsible for the unfounded rumors about joe biden's corrupt involvement in ukraine. they're actually planning to hold congressional hearings about this, and they've been given notice by the department of national intelligence that don't rely on this flawed information, you're going down a bad rabbit hole here. >> well, that's exactly right. and they should know they're part of an effort from russia and russia intelligence and putin to spread this dis information here in the united states. all we have to do is think back to those impeachment hearings and dr. fiona hill essentially laid it out, the effort to say that ukraine interfered in the 2016 elections is part of putin's propaganda strategy to divert attention from the fact that the russians interfered on behalf o

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned

grassley, i chuck will get to that momentarily. florida,argo, republican line, go ahead.r: i just want to say republicans and the democrats should stop worrying about battling each other and worry about taking care of the people that need help, it is getting embarrassing watching on the news every night the back between parties and it forget about what is important -- the people. people need help right now and they are missing the message of who really needs help -- the american people. host: here is the tweet from senator chuck grassley of iowa -- i don't blame president trump of talking about executive orders to help the unemployed and get the economy running. i imagine he is fed up with how democrats are not negotiating in good faith, instead of sticking with an unreasonable $3 trillion bill, democrats should prioritize needs of american people and not election-year politics. independent line. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my phone call. my comment is a lot of people anymore are thinking that the $600 or the increased unemployment benefits that was for the

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: yesterday i spoke about the disconnect between discourse here in washington and the pain and uncertainty that american families are feeling all across our country. i spoke about the human toll of the democrats' choice to play politics with billions and billions of aid and block it all over non-covid-19-related wish list items. it's been clear for some weeks that the speaker of the house and the senate democratic leader are treating this crisis like an ordinary political game. "the new york times" said speaker pelosi is, quote, playing hardball. "politico" says she is taking a huge risk as she remains almost entirely unyielding in her demands. more than 160,000 americans have been killed by the worst infectious disease outbreak in more than a century. more than 16 million americans are out of work. an entire school year for our kids is in limbo. the democrats are playing political games like this for some run-of-the-mill typica

neil: you know, senator your colleague, chuck grassley, who chairs the finance committee, didn't likehis to bypass congress on budgetary matters or on spending matters that that is congress' role not the executive branch's role. what did you think of that? >> well, do you know what? the executive orders the president put on the board actually got the negotiations moving a little bit and that's what we need to do. we need to keep putting pressure on to get common sense compromised here. look we've got an economy that wants to go. we have 7.5 million new jobs in a six week period in may and june and my state the number one thing that keeps the economy from really growing are two things. one, the fear over covid and the second thing is the unemployment premium that we've had here until just last week, so the economy wants to go i think we have a way forward. i think that the white house right now is really focusing on the safety of people from the 5-year-old going to school for the first time to our senior s who need to be quarantined and we just need to use common sense, as we find our

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until