senator menendez. >> thank you, mr. chairman. just to comment i agree we need to continue working on a bipartisan approach. before the last business meeting we were working well on a bipartisan managers package, jllong with all the other democrats on the committee introduced the covid-19 international response and recovery act and hope we can find a common ground, a productive path forward and i look forward to that opportunity. i want to pick-off in your last set of comments here as well as your testimony that china did not share sufficient information about the virus and you just said the w.h.o.'s words praised for china actually exacerbated the pandemic because it did not push china to be more trance pirnts. but president trump quite explicitly in one tweet january 24th he wrote china has been working very hard to contain the cboe. the united states greatly appreciates their efforts and transparency. it will all work out well. inl particular on behalf of the american people i want to thank president xi, closed quote. on februa

carper in person. >> we have senator menendez. >> senator menendez, go ahead, please. >> you had a meeting between president trump and chinese president xi in june in 2019 in japan -- >> you have to start over again, mr. menendez. we didn't get your voice at the beginning. >> we couldn't hear you. >> okay. can you hear me now? >> start your five minutes over again. >> tell them that i was on and they didn't -- this didn't work last time either. >> portman, you're ahead of menendez. i'm sorry for something not working right. you go ahead, senator portman, then menendez and then toomey. >> can you hear me? >> yes. okay. i'm sorry. there was some reason you couldn't hear me. i couldn't hear bob part of the time either. i want to tell you the clock is in front of us and we can see it. other members were using that as an excuse to go long. i'll try not to do that. thanks to bob lighthizer for being before us again and there's so many issues i want to talk to them about. one, i know how interested you are in bringing ppe back. personal protective equipment back to the united states and reshoring

menendez: mr. president, i rise to oppose the nomination of michael pack to be the chief executive officer for global media. before i get to the specifics of the pack nomination, i need to say a few things about the moment we are in and how we got here. we are facing two devastating crises. over two -- the scale and speed of the tragedy is almost impossible to comprehend. and we certainly stand with all of our families who have lost loved ones and cherish their memories. unlike covid-19, the second crisis s- one of our own making, over centuries of injustice where african americans have not been treated like every american deserves to be treated, like every person in the world has the right to be treated. no, mr. president, all too often they've been treated like george floyd with a knee on their neck as they gasp and choke, i can't breathe. and as a result our country has erupted with protests and these grievances have been met with the deplorable tactics of dictators around the world. i'm shaken

r menendez? ok, senator garver. just a minute. go ahead, senator menendez. sen. menendez: president trump announced last friday that the u.s. would terminate its relationship with the world health organization by terminating our relationship with the world premier global health administration, the administration is advocating u.s.'s long-held leadership role on the world stage, a role china will be eager to fill. this decision also undermines the safety of americans. if we do not work in partnership with the w.h.o. and the international community to conduct covid-19, everywhere, all americans will remain at risk. mr. abdoo, beyond its urgent work on covid-19, w.h.o. is also the essential entity in the fight against mundt -- other major health threats that matter to americans. the bulk of u.s. funds to w.h.o. help save lives, gives hope to populations around the world facing diseases like polio, malaria, measles, tuberculosis, committedincluding in here and hotspots like the democratic republic of congo, where agencies and ngo's are willing to work. going toe agen

i want to thank his leadership and also senator menendez, senator rubio who has been a champion on this, and the chairman of the foreign relations committee, and in the and jimliot engel chair of ao is the congressional executive commission on china and chair of the committee on which mr. smith is a cochair as well as a ranking member. that is all to say that in a bipartisan way, over the years, there has been a real commitment to shining a bright light on the human rights violations in china and to say to those who are affected by that, you're not alone. the most excruciating form of torture that the oppressors can get to those who they are oppressing is to say nobody remembers, nobody cares, but we do, and we want the chinese government to know that. that's why it is such an honor to enroll this bill, passed by the senate and house in a strong bipartisan way. meaningful when on june 4, we observe the 31st anniversary of the tiananmen square massacre. we are talking about the denial that the chinese government has about that massacre, talking about depression in tibet -- oppression in

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well, go ahead. >> senator menendez. >> senator menendez, go ahead. >> first green chinese president and japan. >> start over again. we didn't get your voice at the beginning we couldn't hear you. >> okay. i was on and they didn't -- >> comportment, you are ahead of menendez. i'm sorry for something not working right. >> can you hear me? >> yes. >> okay, i am sorry. i couldn't hear either. anyway, i want to tell you we can all see it, i'll try not to do that. also, thank you for being before us again and there's so many issues i want to talk about but i know how interested you are in bringing ppe back, personal protective equipment back into the u.s. i will tell you this may not be exactly but i hope you will engage because we are not going to get things made here, including immediately we are trying to get gallons made here. they cannot be made without long-term contracts. doi is an agency in charge of this, they are not providing these long-term contracts. there's a bigger issue than any other specific matter as it relates to this capability to make ppe. we need a market signal fro

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i'm alicia menendez.ng a very bad week in the courts for president trump. as the president sends his saturday playing golf, three major rulings have threatened to deal major blows to his immigration agenda just months before the election. the first on daca. in a 5-4 vote last week, the supreme court rejected trump's attempt to end protections for dreamers and work permits for more than 650,000 people. on tuesday, the president traveled to arizona to sign the border wall with a sharpie, bragging to a group of students about it along the way. >> we won. we're building it, fully funded. [ cheers and applause ] i could build numerous walls with all the money i have.

going off of what senator menendez said and the fact we are now three and a half months after the act has been passed, the same thing could take greaterm. extent two and a half months after congress passed the act is two and a half% of the money that's been available basically two and a half months after. can you tell me why this is the case? >> first of all, the rest of the money is being announced today so all $4 billion of that will be allocated and announcements made as of today. >> why did it take so long? >> this is record time, senator. >> we are in a pandemic with a lot of other things going on and i don't think that the congress passed -- i don't thinks congres passed the care act in a record amount of time. they haven't been going out. >> the initial amount went out the first week of after the bill was signed and that was a billion dollars. we also made it clear people could utilize a the money they already have. >> it's good that you are getting it out now i just hope that it isn't too late. let me asksk others that have asked this as well. we have a situation where people

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. >> senator menendez? carson, it has been over two months since the cares act became law. the act provided $5 billion in desperately needed funding for communities to address the health and economic aspects of the covid response. releasedhud has only about 3 billion of the funds congress appropriated. furthermore, there was a major lack of clarity from hud on the rules around first disbursement which caused confusion and delays as the recipients desperately sought answers. questions like whether they can use the funds for pbe, covid testing, or supporting small businesses. my question to you, when does hud plan to release the remaining funds provided under the cares act? >> thank you very much for your question. know, the time in which we have released the wast set of funds for cdbg a record amount of time. the reason that was done without a federal register notice is because that is not required in those situations for the money to be dispersed and used. i hope we have made that clear to everybody. it will be that, coming out in the near future. as -- >> is there a timefr

menendez: that is exactly where we are at now. given the current budget predictions, far worse than even during the great recession, isn't it fair to say that unless congress provides federal assistance to state and local governments to stem the shortfalls and that it will be significantly worse than during the great recession? mr. powell: i think there already a million layoffs at state and local. sen. menendez: there have been listed a million so far. moody's analytics says you need the $500 billion that sender cassidy, and other colleagues, have recommended for state and local governments. the absence of any type of assistance means 6 million to 8 million more public service jobs, and it would be the irony that those who need the most wil, the firefighters, the health professionals, will be the ones that would lose their jobs. i hope the congress does respond. thank you very much. sen. cotton: thank you for joining us today. lastoke a couple times month about giving more companies access to the fed's primary market facility, al

>> senator menendez, thank you for the question. i think part of what we'd like to do is watch how things develop over the weeks ahead. one of the really striking things about the nation's experience with coronavirus has been how swiftly things change, and in the early weeks unfortunately that was a series of swift changes for the worse as the health problems increased greatly and, of course, as we very suddenly stopped our -- >> with all due respect, secretary, i'm looking at we know there's going to be a cliff on august 1st. why should we wait to address the cliff after august 1st than before? there's no question that unemployment is still going to be very high on august 1st no matter how well we might desire, you know, it to be different, and so for all those workers who either cannot get back to work because their phased reopening has not opened their former place of employment or the phased reopening has only allowed for argument sake 50% of the employees to come back, or there is still a risk, a reasonable risk, a serious risk

bob menendez and cory booker. and 12 members of the house. i think it will be in the spirit -- i have not had a chance to go through the details of what is being proffered in the house bill today, but i think it will be in a similar spirit to what i just mentioned a few minutes ago, to give people not just words, although i think words matter, right? i do not want to underweight the fact that when you are in a position of leadership as i am, people do look to you, and they do care about what you say, so i don't want to suggest this is all action and no words, but it cannot be just words. in the spirit of what i discussed in the terms of deepening engagement between law enforcement and communities in our state and across our country, the reinstalling of the trust that law enforcement is fore not just for some but every person, regardless of race, ethnicity, etc. i think it is in that spirit that we are trying to pursue that in new jersey, and i think that congressional piece of this, in a similar light. anna: your attorney general has fought g

go ahead, senator menendez. >> thank you mr. chairman. president trump announced last friday the united states would terminate its relationship with the world health organization terminating our relationship with the premiere global health organization, the administration is advocating in t my view u.s. long-held leadership role filled on the world stage, the role that china will be eager to sell. this undermines the safety of americans. we know if we don't work in partnership on the international community to combat covid-19, everywhere all americans will remain at risk. beyond the work, who is also the central entity to the fight against other major health threats that matter to america americans. it gives hope to the populations around the world facing diseases like polio, malaria, measles, tuberculosis and hiv aids including humanitarian hotspots like the democratic republic of congo. how does the administration intend to address this need, what is the plan? >> thank you for that question, senator menendez. >> i would refer r you to t

senator rubio and senator menendez are among those leading the group. global news 24 hours a day, on ir, powered by more than 2,700 journalists in over120 countries. i am mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. david? david: thank you so much, mark. austan goolsbee served as president barack obama's chief economic advisor and is now professor of economics at the booth school at the university of chicago. welcome, it's great to have you. we have to start with the jobs numbers. those job numbers from knockout. what happened? austan: it was a pleasant surprise for sure that we started adding jobs sooner than we thought we were going to. i think it's important to remember the context that we had a giant drop in jobs. this refills maybe 10% of the hole from the previous month and mostly it's concentrated in the leisure and hospitality sector. of the 14 big sectors that they keep track of, five of them, employment fell. in nine of them, it went up but in only one, leisure and hospitality z the majority of the job creation come from. overall, it's a pleasant surpris

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>> dingle, menendez and others will support this.y've been tough and come out publicly against this but many house democrats are focused on defunding police officers, republicans are focused on defunding international terrorism. that is the focus. i hope we can get a bipartisan effort in doing something i believe would be beneficial to our country in protecting its people. >> as we look at broad strokes the trump administration has been working on for a while, general soleimani was a big deal, the importance here of removing policies that have kept the iran nuclear deal the administration pulled out of, that on life support. tell us about that. >> reporter: there are waivers that came from the state department that allowed different entities if you will to keep some parts of the nuclear deal moving forward not to the full speed as in the past, we are going full speed into this to make sure there is no -- that this can remain on any kind of support moving 4. we will shut it down completely and i think that is what is important. the am

willie and me, we have nbc contributor shawna thomas, cofounder of axios jim vanhigh, and alicia menendez. today is the holiday, juneteenth, which marks the official end of slavery in the u.s. we'll be talking about the significance of this date and the president's claim that he is the one who made the day, quote, very famous. >> nobody knew about it, actually. did willie know about this? >> willie just got read in, i think, thanks to trump. >> you know who else knew about it, joe? >> who's that? >> the white house. they put out for the last several years, donald trump's white house proclamations and announcements celebratiing juneteenth. >> i don't know if you knew that abraham lincoln was republican. who would have known that. also that, civil war, what was that about donald trump once asked. you would have thought they would have been about to figure that out. juneteenth, a date nobody knew about until donald trump according to donald trump. >>> also the decision from the supreme court blocking the administration from shutting down the daca program. it is the second surprising ruling t

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ambassador lighthizer was asked by senator menendez in hearing about other issues and ambassador lighthizer was under oath and immediately said, immediately spontaneously said never happened. i was there. ambassador lighthizer is saying it's a room where it didn't happen. it was a lot of books out there that turn out to have tremendous falsities. i don't know why these books aren't fact-checked. names are wrong. dates are wrong. sometimes quotes or attributed to somebody positively and someday i'll set it and they weren't even they are so i am glad you have a chance to interview him. i think it's important and i think the department of justice is made clear it's unusual to release a book like this while people that you work with are still doing their jobs and while the president is still in office. that's the unusual part. >> bret: well, other people have done it. former secretary bob gates wrote a book about the obama administration while he was still in office. other people have done a but you're right, to be disappointed and direct, there's a lot of things that are getting picked up. i o

willie and me, we have nbc contributor shawna thomas, cofounder of axios jim vanhigh, and alicia menendezis the holiday, juneteenth, which marks the official end of slavery in the u.s. we'll be talking about the significance of this date and the president's claim that he is the one who made the day, quote, very famous. >> nobody knew about it, actually. did willie know about this?

senator menendez? >> thank you. the tragic deaths of george floyd, breonna taylor and george brooks have galvanized -- rayshard brooks, have galvanized the nation to protest against systemic racism and all of the injustice that has plagued our country since its founding. nordic communities have social systemic racial and social theomic big diggity -- -- ignity. will there be a long-term negative impact if businesses permit leak shut their doors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic -- permanently shut their doors as a result of the pandemic? powell: those are important businesses in our community. >> will there be a long-term negative economic impact if black households and 41% of latino households are unable to make their next rent payment and are evicted? powell: evictions and foreclosures and things like that can be very bad, not just for the individuals involved but on the -- they can weigh economic activity as well. >> will there be a long-term negative economic impact if african american and his stomach fami

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liberty. ♪ i'm a lealicia menendez.rotests from coast to coast for a 12th straight day. this is a live picture from washington, d.c. 1 million people are expected to march today. troops with riot shields lined up this morning around the outside of the fenced-in white house in preparation. a live look at chicago where there is a massive crowd this saturday afternoon. large protests are expected in dozens of cities across the country. >>> first, we want to take you to north

i'm a lealicia menendez. we are watching protests from coast to coast for a 12th straight day. this is a live picture from washington, d.c. 1 million people are expected to march today. troops with riot shields lined up this morning around the outside of the fenced-in white house in preparation. a live look at chicago where there is a massive crowd this saturday afternoon. large protests are expected in dozens of cities across the country. >>> first, we want to take you to north carolina, where a public memorial service for george floyd is happening right now. nbc's priscilla thompson is live. pa si priscilla, tell us about today's memorial service. >> reporter: they actually just wrapped up the public viewing of the body and we believe a few thousand people came out and the peacekeepers are here. they're going to be releasing 100 black balloons as the family arrives for a private service that's going to take place. there was certainly a lot of emotions here. people came from all over to see his body and pay tribute to him here today and there are some people who are advise ple

beat heartburn fast tums chewy bites i'm alicia menendez. lots to get to this sunday.the white house today is pushing back on a story originally published by "the new york times" that claims russia offered cash payments to afghan militants to kill american service members in their country. president trump responding with a tweet saying that neither he, the vice president, nor the chief of staff were briefed on the matter. but nbc reports it is possible that he may have received intelligence in another form. we'll get to that in a moment. it's another tweet from the president receiving the most attention today. just this morning, the president retweeted a disturbing video purportedly taken in florida of trump supporters chanting a racist slogan while facing off with counterprotesters. >> racist! racist! >> white power! white power! >> there you go, white power. you hear that? >> nbc news has verified the authenticity of the video,

>>> good afternoon, i'm alicia menendez. it is day 12 now, nearly two weeks of mass protests from coast to coast, and the crowds show no sieps signs of slowing. this is a live picture of washington, d.c. they're expecting the largest crowds to date. the white house has been fortified with new barriers and added security because of the near-constant protests. this is not only happening in washington. we've seen massive crowds from new york to philadelphia, chicago and los angeles today. we start this hour just a block from the white house near lafayette park. msnbc has more. maura, tell us about the progression of the day. where are these protesters marching to? >> reporter: hey, yeah, it's been a busy afternoon here in d.c. there's been pockets of protests popping up around the city and then migrating from spot to spot. we started our day this morning at the lincoln memorial and then moved over to capitol hill, and now we're here at lafayette park outside of st. john's, right across from the white house, of course, where it

i'm alicia menendez. the center of the national conversation on race and justice has shifted to atlanta. today, the city is bracing for more protests after the latest deadly incident involving police and a black man. this started friday night when 27-year-old rayshard brooks was asleep in his car at a wendy's drive-through. police were calling to the scene and officers tried to arrest brooks for driving under the influence. the police department released body cam footage from the officers involved. going to show you the moments leading up to the scuffle with brooks and police. some may find this footage disturbing. >> i had about one and a half drinks but you don't remember? >> no, sir, i really don't. >> i think you had too much to be driving. hands behind your back for me. put your hands behind your back. >> hey. stop fighting. stop fighting. >> you're going to get tased. >> stop. >> you're going to get tased. [ bleep ]. >> surveillance video shows the moments before brooks was shot as he was running aw

i'm alicia menendez. we're following protests coast to coast. here's a live look at washington, d.c. where large crowds are expected again this afternoon. president trump said this morning the national guard will begin moving out of d.c. backing off his calls for troops to end the civil unrest nationwide. these demonstrations are not only happening in washington but in dozens of cities big and small across the country. and today, we're getting new polling that says 4 out of 5 americans believe the country is out of control. from the continued spread of coronavirus and uncertain economic outlook, and president trump's inability to unite the country. we have reporters following these protests today in washington, new york, and where this all began in minneapolis. but we start in washington, d.c., with nbc's alli vitali. massive protests yesterday. there was an addition made to the black lives matter street mural. tell us, what's happening there? >> yeah, you're right. overnight, that mural of black lives matter that was supported by d.c. mayor mur

i'm alicia menendez, we are following two major breaking news stories at this hour. first, the president has fired the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. that's the top prosecutor responsible for several investigations tied to the president's inner circle. >>> second, we learned today that six members of the president's team preparing for tonight's rally in tulsa, oklahoma, have tested positive for covid-19. that news comes just hours before 19,000 people will pack inside an arena in tulsa to attend the president's first campaign rally since the pandemic began. but we begin with the standoff at the justice department. pete william's is nbc's justice correspondent, and josh lederman is an nbc news national political reporter live at the white house. pete, what more can you tell us about this announcement? >> reporter: this has been a rapidly unfolding thing over the past 12 hours. what happened is last night the attorney general announced in a press release that the person who is now the chairman of the securities and exchange commission jay clayton

i'm alicia menendez. lots to get to this hour including a very bad week in the courts for president trump. as the president sends his saturday playing golf, three major rulings have threatened to deal major blows to his immigration agenda just months before the election. the first on daca. in a 5-4 vote last week, the supreme court rejected trump's attempt to end protections for dreamers and work permits for more than 650,000 people. on tuesday, the president traveled to arizona to sign the border wall with a sharpie, bragging to a group of students about it along the way. >> we won. we're building it, fully funded. [ cheers and applause ] i could build numerous walls with all the money i have. fully funded. >> but calling it a win would be a reach after a federal appeals court ruled yesterday that it was illegal for the administration to transfer $2.5 billion for the wall's construction. and if that wasn't enough, u.s. immigration and customs enforcement is currently reviewing an order for a central cali

it appears we have lost alicia menendez. we will go ahead and continue on with the program we had scheduled and bring in our guests to talk about this. brittany, let's go ahead and start with you. we see people there at the podium. they sound furious that there will be a mandate for these masks. can you understand the anger these people are feeling? >> well, surely, there has recently been a lot of outcries about masks because a lot of times the agenda setting about masks being positive for you has been politicize e epoliticized. i think a lot of it has to do with w.h.o. and the cdc being muddled on masking. i think we can all remember when coronavirus was first coming to the united states the cdc was saying you shouldn't be wearing masks they should be given to public health professionals and doctors and front line workers and of course that narrative and science has changed for now. of course a lot of this agenda setting has come are the very top. we are seeing mike pence right there in a statement surrounded by anthony fa

others, and i thank my colleague from new hampshire who will speak after me, and i think senator menendez is expected here as well to say a few words before they unanimous consent request that will be made by my colleague from oregon. now, we are a long way off from being covid-19. our communities need federal relief as soon as possible. the disease continues to spread in alarming rate across much of the south and west, and our country is facing probably the greatest economic challenge since the greatac depression. and yet for over two months the republican senate has chosen to delay, delay, delay. first, leader mcconnell said another covid relief bill was likely in june. now the earliest it could happen is late july, and even then the republican leader said quote, he wants to assess theon conditions in the country. first, for writing a bill quote, in his office. i make two points. conditions in the country are terrible. you don't need to wait to assess them. we must act now. and second, if the leader thinks writing a bill in his office will produce results, i ask them to look at covid, w

menendez: mr.president, i ask to speak for up to five minutes before the vote. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. menendez: mr. president, i want to first of all thank senator merkley for his leadership on the resolution and for his thoughtful and substantive contributions as a member of the foreign relations committee and to express my deep disappoint that our republican colleagues are blocking his resolution which basically says that we should not move forward on a nominee, in this case this nominee, when there are false statements to the i.r.s. and to the foreign relations committee which he refuses to correct the record which would have consequences. those are indisputable. and it's abundantly clear that we need to formalize some standards that apply equally to all nominees, democrat and republican alike. and we should think of it as a flawed belief which the senate should not fall. it's amazing to me that i know my republican colleagues used to care about tax iss

menendez: mr. president, i rise today to join my colleagues to stress the urgency for congress to provider robust, flexible assistance to state and local governments on the front lines of the covid-19 pandemic. because this administration has failed to devise and deploy a national response to a national emergency. the burden of containing and defeating the virus is largely falling on our states, our counties, and municipalities. they are expanding enormous resources to expand testing, shore up hospitals, process unemployment claims, and get our residents the help they desperately need. at the same time, revenues have fallen off a cliff due to the economic fallout. moneys collected from sales an property taxes, building permits, court fees, transit firms, you name it, they are all down. i served at every level of government in new jersey, school board, mayor, state legislature. i know exactly what they are going through. it isn't about any irresponsibility on their part. it is the consequences of a

senator menendez there saying that inaction from the president during the protests a few months ago isght to president xi jinping to go forward with this new law to crack down in beijing or in hong kong, i should say. other democrats say that the president needs to be more aggressive and actually hit china where it counts, in the political leader's wallet. they say that any sanctions need to take money out of the political leaders in beijing and hold it back. one more thing, neil. two banks in hong kong, hsbc and standard chartered bank, both now say they will support the national security law. they have a large footprint in hong kong even though they are a london-based banks and you know it could be devastating to the nba business in china and hong kong if they did oppose that law. back to you. neil: all right. thank you very much, edward lawrence on all of that. we have a lot more to monitor here, again, with this tit for tat on airline traffic between our two countries and how the chinese are responding to that. we also have more openings to tell you about across the country. we tol

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i'm alicia menendez.conversation on race and justice has shifted to atlanta. today, the city is bracing for more protests after the latest deadly incident involving police and a black man. this started friday night when 27-year-old rayshard brooks was asleep in his car at a wendy's drive-through. police were calling to the scene and officers tried to arrest brooks for driving under the influence. the police department released body cam footage from the officers involved. going to show you the moments leading up to the scuffle with brooks and police. some may find this footage disturbing. >> i had about one and a half drinks but you don't remember? >> no, sir, i really don't. >> i think you had too much to be driving. hands behind your back for me. put your hands behind your back. >> hey. stop fighting. stop fighting. >> you're

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package in the senate will have -- there's something i've worked on with many others and senator menendeznator casady that's $500 billion to go to places that have been hardest hit. state and local governments. it goes to every level of government local, no size limitations that will help fill this hole. we take care of places that have been hardest hit in this country. the covid storm obviously hit certain parts of america that's where we need to go and help rescue. i think that's what will happen along with some other steps. >> congressman, wanted to ask you about the current state of the ppp program and in particular one issue of disclosure and transparency around what have you heard from the treasury secretary last week that he did not intend to disclose publicly the beneficiaries of the ppp program. there's an argument for that disclosure insofar as taxpayers -- some taxpayers think they have a right to know where their money went there's others who say it creates a competitive disadvantage for small businesses that accepted the money. what do you think? >> i supported the bill in th

menendez: mr. president, i rise today to address the nationwide call for reasonable, sensible police reforms. last month the american people watched in horror as a police officer kneeled down on the neck of george floyd for eight minutes and 46 seconds killing him. i can't breathe. it was a slow execution caught on video, a metaphor for the systemic racism and injustices black and brown communities endure every day. but unlike other horrific videos of police killings that have sparked protests, this feels different. this is a moment when people of all races and walks of life have taken to the streets and cities in communities across the country. they're crying out enough is enough. it is time for us to address the institutional racism, economic, societal, and environmental inequities and injustice that have plagued this nation since its founding. mr. president, the american people are demanding real, meaningful change, bold, comprehensive action that starts by reforming our police system that has h

legislation to incentivize domestic manufacturing, starting with the sam sam-c bill that senator menendez and i have supported in this chamber. we must also continue working with big tech to create responsible privacy guidelines and protect consumer data from chinese hackers. last week in judiciary we heard testimony that confirmed a history of corruption at the highest levels of the obama-led justice department. there are many. even in this -- there are many, even in this chamber, who would rather that the talk about that, but we must press forward with this investigation. madam president, we have to get to the bottom of what happened at the department of justice and with the f.b.i. during operation hurricane, and we will do all of this. we will do the job that we were elected to do while maintaining law and order and insisting that those enforcing the law are accountable to the citizens that they are sworn to serve and protect. to those who insist that we, as a nation, are irreparably broken, i want you to know that i and the american people have taken note of your words and now i hope

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tomorrow, with 20 minutes of debate under the control of senator menendez prior to the vote. i further ask that if cloture is invoked on the pack nomination, the postcloture time expire at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. finally, if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table and the president immediately notified of the senate's action. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s. res. 606 submitted earlier today. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: senate resolution 606, designating may 5, 2020, as the national day of awareness for missing and murdered native women and girls. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the motion? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. mcconnell: i know of no further debate on the measure. the presiding officer: is there further debate? if not, all in favor say aye. opposed no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. the resolution is agreed to. mr. mcconnell: i ask unanimou

. >> senator menendez. >> thank you.he tragic d floyd and breonna taylor, ahmaud galvanized millions to peacefully march in protest against systemic racism, equality and justice that has plagued our country since its founding. minority communities have suffered economic dignity and also being disproportionately impacted by the other crisis gripping our nation wishes that covid-19 pandemic. enter powell, will there be long-term negative economic impact if 40 percent ofd and small businesses permanentlyhut the doors as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. >> small businesses are under a blood pressure reading and tof answer your question would be yes, it's impor. there be a long-term economic impact and 44 percent of black households and 41 percent of latino households are unable to make their next rent payments and are evicted to. >> evictions and foreclosures and things likee that, can be very very bad not just for the individuals. but they arere very bad for the individuals involved but also that they can certainly we