mr. gardner: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: no. mr. gardner: mr. president, we find ourselves celebrating national police week this are year at a very unique and troubling time in our country's history. this is a week for our nation to recognize the valiant services of police officers in every community and the sacrifice they make day in and day out. , particularly now in the midst of this covid-19 pandemic, such service has taken on new significance. local police officers regularly put their personal safety at risk to protect our friends and our families, whether they're stopping armed robberies or helping someone change a tire, these officers go above and beyond in their duties each and every day. but today police officers face a new risk in the line of duty, an infectious novel coronavirus that is unpredictable and deadly. and despite the unseen danger of this new threat, police officers continue to, law enforcement around the country continue to go into our communities and perform their duties to protect and to serve and sadly too many have alr

mr. gardner: thank you, mr. president. early last december or at least sometime later last year, people in wuhan, china, began showing symptoms of what was at that time an unidentifiable respiratory disease in increasing numbers. we now know the virus as covid-19 and it has completely uphelded our life in the united states and around the globe. this virus has infected over 3.5 million people around

mr. gardner: thank you, mr. president. early last december or at least sometime later last year, people in wuhan, china, began showing symptoms of what was at that time an unidentifiable respiratory disease in increasing numbers. we now know the virus as covid-19 and it has completely uphelded our life in the united states and around the globe. this virus has infected over 3.5 million people around the world and killed tragically over 86,000 people in the united states and that includes over 900 incredible and great coloradans, my home state. we certainly mourn with those families who have lost loved ones and we'll keep fighting for a path forward as we get through this together. i want to commend in the strongest terms possible our frontline workers, whether it's been our first responders, our health care professionals, or those that have allowed us to continue to enjoy a safe and secure food supply, people in essential businesses that each and every day don't complain but go to work to help make sure that our communities

mr. gardner, i'm not trained to minimize mr. gardner, this one is so clear, we don't have to talk about another case. harris: i want to point to this because i wrote in my notes what you said, this could've been a point of unifying us all. i called 20 police friends of mine and generally they're the people who call me and say there being unfair to the police, they're exaggerating, they called me and they said were disgusted, were outrage, were shocked, think of your commentators. these guys were cops. they actually worked for me. they were cops, every single one of them, immediately, there is no disagreement between you and cnn about what happened, why are we having this, this man will be brought to justice and the fbi. harris: one thing we have not talked about, we will move pretty quickly because mayor -- the governor of the state of minnesota is going to be giving a news conference momentarily and i'm speaking now with the former mayor of new york city, rudy giuliani, a man who wanted to be in the white house who was run for p

mr. gardner: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from colorado. mr. gardner: thank you, mr. president. early last december or at least sometime later last year, people in wuhan, china, began showing symptoms of what was at that time an unidentifiable respiratory disease in increasing numbers. we now know the virus as covid-19 and it has completely uphelded our life in the united states and around the globe. this virus has infected over 3.5 million people around the world and killed tragically over 86,000 people in the united states and that includes over 900 incredible and great coloradans, my home state. we certainly mourn with those families who have lost loved ones and we'll keep fighting for a path forward as we get through this together. i want to commend in the strongest terms possible our frontline workers, whether it's been our first responders, our health care professionals, or those that have allowed us to continue to enjoy a safe and secure food supply, people in essential businesses that each and every day don't complain but go to work to h

intelligence agencies of involvement in the killing of mr khashoggi at the saudi consulate in istanbul in 2018. 0ur security correspondent frank gardnerngiz, has said. she has said in a letter she has written to the premier league and also addressed to the owners of newcastle united that to go ahead with the deal would be, to somehow whitewash the saudi crown prince. along with many others she suspects saudi arabia's crown prince was personally involved in the murder of her late fiance, jamal khashoggi, something the saudi arabian government and he has denied. she says this is basically trying to rehabilitate saudi arabia's tarnished image — particularly that of the crown prince and this would be a case of putting money and politics ahead of ethics. she has had a letter back from the head of the premier league, in which he has expressed his condolences to her and assured her there is no offer to stall the deal, which she would be very bad for english football. it is controversial and has attracted criticism, not only from her but from human rights groups. is all there is likely to stop the deal from going through, do you think? all th

mr. floyd. say that to eric gardner. just being a professional isn't enough. being educated isn't enough.ich isn't enough. when you have darker skin, there is no insulation for this type of behavior, and so my heart was just broken watching this young man have to deal with that. it reminded me of my own experiences. >> and you lay them out so powerfully in this column, in the l.a. times. this is the line that struck me the most. i was 12 when an officer placed his gun on the back of my head while his knee rested in the center of my back. i had been sent to the store to buy a gallon of milk. i came home with trauma. and it didn't end. you were arrested, handcuffed in your 20s and in your 30s. i keep thinking about, lz, what martin luther king jr. wrote about from the birmingham jail about this moment. and i wonder what you think. >> you know, i try not to write too personal from that space, because, one, i don't want to make the story about me. two, i recognize that many others have experienced some of the same things that i have, and three, i have a son. and he's a young man now. he recen

country, i know senator gardner has important good samaritan legislation that would go a long way towards cleaning up the sites that we need to get cleaned up. >> thank you again, mr. chairman. >> the other issue was on the "usa today" coronavirus pandemic page, it it has led to a 70% drop in carbon emissions. again, the comments we're hearing from colleagues on the other side of the aisle on the issues of in missions in court nation with coronavirus, they are down significantly as a lack of commerce being done. >> senator, could you indulge me for a few more minutes? they have since march 6 approved over 400 disinfectants the can be used by the american public to be -- i can clean their homes, offices, factories, exactly. we have it available in a searchable database. we also created an app so that when you are out shopping and trying to purchase disinfectants , to make sure it is important that people purchase a disinfectant that is actually authorized by epa to be effective against the coronavirus. i don't want people to buy a product that is not effective. it's important for the health and safety of all families across the country and our epa scientists have b