mr. boozman: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from arkansas. mr. boozman: are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. boozman: i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. boozman: thank you, mr. president. i just want to take a second to thank you for the great work that you're doing on the veterans' affairs committee. and as you just spoke earlier, working hard to take these bills and improve them. it's everyone working together, and we certainly appreciate the fact that you have so much experience in a variety of different ways and have added so much to the committee. so again we're very thankful thor that. i also rise today to recognize the significant steps the senate took to improve the mental health care of veterans and save lives with the passage of the commander john scott hannon mental health care improvement act. this moves us one step closer to paving a new path forward in suicide prevention and implementing a new strategy that i believe will give hope and purpose to the men and wo

mr. boozman: thank you, mr. president. i ask unanimous consent that the senate stand in recess subject to the call of the chair. the presiding officer: without objection. the senate stands in recess subject to the call of the chair. is recognized. mr. mcconnell: the senate was supposed to spend this week finalizing another bipartisan rescue package for the american people. millions of laid off workers needed more federal assistance to weather the storm. small businesses needed more support to make payroll. schools and families need more funding, tools, and certainty with reopening dates fast approaching. doctors, nurses, and health care workers need more backup as they hold the

mr. boozman: thank you, madam president. i would like to take this opportunity to recognize and congratulate two of my favorite people. david general l. goldfein and chief master sergeant kalif o wright for their retirement from the air force a combined 68 years of with distinguished military service to our great nation. general goldfield's outstanding 37-year career has culminated as the 21st chief of staff of the air force. in this role, he's been responsible for the organization, training, and equipping of 685,000 active-duty, guard, reserve and civilian forces serving all over the world. hehas been crucial to strengthening our national security and led the effort on shaping the air force and joint force of the future. general goldfield launched his career at the air force academy, graduated in 1983 and continued his training at the united states air force weapons school. he would go on to urban his command pilot -- to earn his command pilot rating accumulating more than 4,200 flying hours in various aircraft such as the