mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from alaska. mr. sullivan: mr. president, in about an hour, we're going to take a vote that our service members around the world will likely be watching. it's a critical vote on my colleague from vermont's amendment to blindly cut defense spending, taking a hatchet to the already agreed upon bipartisan budget act. you have seen my colleague, jack reed, from rhode island, his really strong leadership on the armed services committee, he just spoke out against it, and i'm going to speak out against it, mr. president. i want to spend some time explaining what this means. this is not just one amendment. this has national implications. and if you're watching in america, i want you to think about what's really going on here. so, first of all, my colleague from vermont says it's a 10% cut but it's going to exempt military personnel and health care counts. that's true and part of the amendment, but it's actually going to compensate for another cut. it's actual

mr. president.now you said earlier that you are not thinking of revenge towards iran, but does that punishment whatsoever for what they have done? pres. reagan: again, i have to ask your forbearance and wait until we have finished our study of this whole situation as to what we are going to do. i don't think any of us have a friendly feeling towards the people who have done what they have done. but i think it is too complex for me to answer until we have had time to really study this. >> just one follow-up. would you go so far as to encourage american businesses to resume commercial trade in iran? pres. reagan: at this point, no. >> mr. president, do you intend to follow through with your campaign pledges to abolish the departments of energy and education? pres. reagan: i have not retreated from that at all. yes. the process, however, that i have asked for, is for both the secretary of education and the secretary of energy to reorganize, to produce the most effective streamlining of the department -

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator for arkansas. mr. cotton: what's happening at this moment in hong kong is a tragedy, a crime, and -- an affront to the civilized world. in a year in which so much has happened we may look back in the near future and view this moment in hong kong as the single biggest moment of the year. the presiding officer: will the senator suspend. the senate will be in order. members take their conversations off the floor. the senator for arkansas. mr. cotton: mr. president, what's happening in hong kong right now is a tragedy, as it crime, it's an affront to the civilized world. in an eventful year with so much happening every single day, we may look back in the near future and say this moment in hong kong was the most important event of the year. it's not getting enough attention because the chinese communist party is using the pandemic as a cover for its crime. under the cover of night they have enacted a security law that threatens to sweep aside the traditions and freedoms that made that city such a special pl

mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: on monday, republicans introduced a $1 trillion proposal to give american families more coronavirus relief. most urgently, the republicans want to continue a federal supplement to state unemployment insurance which is set to expire, as we all know, tomorrow. if our democratic dleetions had acted -- colleagues had acted with the urgency struggling people deserve we could right now be finishing up a major bipartisan package for kids, jobs, and health care. if our democratic colleagues had acted with urgency, unemployed americans wouldn't be facing a total elimination of this extra help. but instead jobless americans are staring down this cliff because speaker pelosi and the democratic leader have to negotiate. they've refused to move one inch from the speaker's far-left proposal that was so absurd and so unserious that their own moderate democratic members began trashing it the instant it came out. this is the multitrillion-dollar boondoggle that would tax and borrow in order

mr. president. mr. president, first let me recognize and thank senator grassley for his extraordinary leadership on an issue that matters so greatly to the american people, and that is the high cost of prescription drugs. his persistence has produced the prescription drug pricing reduction act, a far-reaching set of bold proposals that i strongly endorse and that builds on the work that i have done as the chairman of the senate aging committee. mr. president, more than half of all americans and 90% of our seniors take at least one prescription drug each month. we should be able to work together to help the american people, particularly our seniors, on an issue that affects their health and their finances. no senior should be faced with the choice of buying food they need, paying a bill for their oil to heat their home, and buying their prescription drug. i remember very well, mr. chairman, being in the line at the pharmacy in bangor, maine, and the couple in front of me found out that their co-pay was $1

mr. president and mr. vice president, that all children matter and our mission is to make sure that all children can safely and securely answer the places of learning very soon. this is also impacted our economy and to have a soft spot for single moms having to be raised by one, there are single moms who are disproportionally impacted to their job security, their wage earnings and most of them are not in jobs for which they can telecommute. so we are creating pandemics within this pandemic. the good news is, our children are at low risk for transmission even if they are at high risk for maladies visible and invisible. the great news is that we safely reopener schools, we are in keeping with so much of your agenda mr. president and mr. vice president and to preserve and expand educational opportunities to respect the dignity of all students and respond to the individual needs of all of the students like expanding the charters and educational freedoms. in opportunities and scholarships allowing them to have m

mr. president. mr. president, today i'm pleased to be joined by my colleague from west virginia, senator joe manchin, in introducing the advancing uniform transportation opportunities for veterans act. our bill, known as the auto act, would lessen the financial burden for severely disabled veteran whose require special adaptive equipment to drive a motor vehicle by increasing the access to the department of veterans affairs automobile grant program. mr. president, the v.a. is currently authorized to provide eligible veterans with a one-time grant of approximately $21, 400 to be used to purchase a new or used automobile and necessary adaptive equipment, such as specialized pedals or switches. the grant is often used together with the v.a. special adaptive equipment grants, which help veterans purchase adaptive equipment such as powered lifts for an existing automobile or van to make is safe for a veteran's use. although veterans can receive multiple specially adaptive equipment grants over the course of t

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from florida. mr. scott: mr. president, reserving the right to object. i want to thank my colleagues for bringing up this important bill today. this crisis is unprecedented and leaders across the nation have taken steps to address the virus and the devastation it has caused both to the health of americans and to our economy. the paycheck protection program has helped so many businesses in florida and across the nation stay afloat during this unimaginable time. as we continue to reopen our economy and get americans back to work, we have to continue looking for ways to help our small businesses that are hurting and extending the paycheck protection program is one way to do that. my focus has always been on how we get this money to those that truly need it. we have heard all the stories, stories of big businesses with thousands of employees that found loopholes to qualify for these loans, universities with massive endowments accepting these loans, even small businesses taking these loans when they haven't seen a down

mr. president. mr. president. >> thank you mr. president. i'm here in the senate floor with my colleague or maryland here in part to condemn chinese, his party's actions, their process while hong kong into the mainland and silence did dissent of the people of hong kong but i'm also here to do something about this. for decades hong kong has been one of the most successful thriving societies on the planet. an indispensable part of their success has been their freedom could hong kong is enjoyed a vibrant free press, free speech, freedom to worship and an independent judiciary and a partially democratic electoral system of government for a long time now. hongac kong is one of the freest places in asia and because of these freedoms and the hong kong people's natural entrepreneurial >> hong kong is one of m the mot successful and vibrant cities there has ever been. and yet for years maybe because of this chinese communist party has pursued a systematic campaign to snuff out these basic freedoms in hong kong and bring the people who live there into

mr. president, i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from utah. mr. romney: mr. president, i rise today to propose the trust act of 2020. this is bipartisan legislation. it's sponsored by 14 other senators, both democrats and republicans, and supported by 30 members from each party in the house. its purpose is to preserve the social security and medicare trust funds, among others, both of which have been pushed closer to bankruptcy due to the pandemic. the committee for responsible federal budget projects that medicare part a will now become insolvent in only four years, and the social security retirement trust fund by 2031. under the law, insolvency would trigger drastic benefit cuts, or if approved by a future congress, draconian tax hikes. our trust act is designed to save these trust funds in addition to other vital federal trust funds. the trust act also addresses our balooning national debt, a burden which has become even greater due to the covid-19 crisis. the c.b.o. projects the federal budget d

mr. president. i am on the senate floor and with my colleagues came here to condemn the chinese communist party's actions the efforts to swallow hong kong into the mainland and silence the dissent but i'm also here to do something about that. for decades hong kong has been one of the most successful on the planet, and indispensable partner. hong kong has enjoyed a vibrant free press, free speech, freedom to worship within independent judiciary and partially democratic electrical representative. one of the freest places in asia and because of the freedoms of the entrepreneurial spirit it is one of the most successful and vibrant city is that there has ever been. and yet for gears maybe because of this the aggressive action towards the neighboring countries in the south china sea the freedom and transparency of these ideas are entirely empathetic cults at the core of the chinese communist party's mission and i think several years from now we will look back on july 1 of 2020 is a milestone in the aggre

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. van hollen: thank you, mr. president. i want to salute my friend and colleague from pennsylvania, mr. toomey, for his remarks and for his leadership on this very vital issue of standing up for the rights and freedom of people in hong kong and, as he said, sending a signal to others around the world who would like to stamp out human rights and political freedom. when senator toomey and i saw that the chinese communist party was taking its more recent steps to crack down on freedom in hong kong, we introduced the hong kong accountability act. that act just passed the united states senate unanimously last week and was sent to the house of representatives. this is a very fast turnaround from either of the chambers here in the united states congress, and i want to thank speaker pelosi and her republican partner and all the democrats and republicans in the house of representatives for coming together so quickly on this legislation. the legislation before us made a technical fix to the bill that senator toomey and i in

mr. president. i yield the floor. and -- sorry, madam president. as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent the senate proceed to the consideration of senate resolution 660 submitted earlier today and that the text be read in full. the presiding officer: is there an objection? without objection. the clerk will read the resolution. the clerk: senate resolution 660, honoring and commemorating the lived and legacy of representative john lewis. whereas the senate mourns the loss of john lewis, a titan in the struggle for sill rights and colloquy quality for all races and commemorates his life and accomplishments; whereas john lewis was born during the era of jim crow in a segregated community in which racism and discrimination ran rampant; whereas john lewis' moral clarity and unwavering commitment to nonviolence made his first passions preaching in ministries; where as he fought his first battle when he was just a teenager authoring a petition for equal access to his local library, where afri

mr. president, thank you.his means a great deal to me. i'm not going to get choked up. i got choked up last night, i told myself i wouldn't do that again. i just want to tell everybody, you know my dad as the miler, as the master of the mile, as the world record holder, as the three-time olympian. and i want to tell a story real quick of one of his former colleagues, jay dickey, out of arkansas. he pulled me aside one day and said ned, there are a lot of people in congress who think they're all that. they're drunk on power and arrogant. your dad walks the halls as the most humble, gracious person i know. the thing about your dad's, there are very few people can say they were the very, very best at what they did. in a world of billions of people you are the absolute best. and your dad was. but you'd never know that because he is so gracious, kind, and humble. i tell people this all the time. the sacrifice, everything that went in to being the very best in the world and yet you would never know it. you could hav

mr. president, thank you. this means a great deal to me. i'm not going to get choked up. i got choked up last night, i told myself i wouldn't do that again. i want to tell everybody, you know my dad as the miler, as the master of the mile, as the world record holder, as the three-time olympian. i want to tell a story of one of his former colleagues, jay dickey, out of arkansas. he pulled me aside one day and said ned, there are a lot of people in congress that they they're all that. they're drunk on power and arrogant. your dad waubs the halls as the most humble, gracious person i know. the thing about your dad there are very few people can say they were the very, very best at what they did. and your dad was. but you'd never know that because he's so grarkse. so kind. and he's so humble. i tell people this all the time. the sacrifice, everything that went in to being the very best in the world. and yet you would never know it. you could have a conversation with my dad and when he talks with people and gives au

mr. president. really appreciate the shout out. pres. trump: thank you, gail. great job. really doing something special. alex, please. president, thank you so much for leading the effort now to get people to donate convalescent plasma. this is going to be a major national initiative in the months ahead, and i want to thank the red cross and i want to thank america's blood banks for the work that they're doing to bring donors in and get this plasma. for the tens of thousands of people that have already donated plasma, thank you for what you've done. you are literally saving lives. and we need hundreds of thousands more to please come forward. if you've been infected and recovered, please go to coronavirus.gov or reach out to your american red cross outlet or your local blood bank. and please be a donor. we now have more than 48,000 patients that have received convalescent plasma thanks to the work of american researchers and physicians, the fda, the secretary of preparedness and response, and groups

mr. president, cuba is in crisis.amilies are living through a deep humanitarian crisis and political repression. caused byast death the existence of a corrupt and criminal regime. has nothing to offer to their own people but repression and violence, and that is what they are implement a now against the citizenry. people are been detained, threatened, from their cell, phones, physically assaulted beaten in the streets, taken to prison sibley for taking a photo in the streets -- simply for taking a photo in the streets, or posting to social media. that is the level of fear and the weakness of the castro regime right now. this is why solitary and -- solidarity and humanitarian help and opportunities cuba needs should be directed only toward the cuban people. repression from the regime because the repressor's so be called out we count on you down all thehowing dictatorship sources of funding which it uses to sustain the cuban military, it's apparatus of oppression and this terrorist activity. -- it'sident, this apparatus

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from virginia. mr. kaine: mr. president, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of calendar number 316, s. 906. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 16, s. 906, a bill to include the management of net fishing. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding? without objection, the senate will proceed. mr. kaine: i ask unanimous consent that the committee-reported amendment be agreed to and that the bill, as amended, be considered read a third time. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. kaine: i know of no further debate on the bill, as amended. the presiding officer: is there further debate? hearing none, the question is on page of the bill. all those in favor, say aye. those opposed, say no. the ayes appear to have it. the ayes do have it. and the bill is passed. mr. kaine: i ask unanimous consent that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: is there o

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from delaware. mr. carper: mr. president, are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: question. mr. carper: i ask unanimous consent to vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. carper: good morning, colleagues. i rise today to speak on the nomination of derek kan to serve as second in command at the office of management and budget. i.t. not every day that i stand here, mr. president, and endorse a nomination -- the nominee of the current president. i do not want to have a heart attack, but i do want to stand up sand say this is a good nomination. i wish we had more like him. and i'm pleased at least we have this one today to consider. but derek kan served is previously as under secretary of transportation for policy as the department of -- at the department of transportation, where he served as principal advisor to the secretary and provided leadership in the development of policies at the department. and i have a couple of quotes here to my democratic colleagues that referenced his

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. heinrich: i would ask to ee vitiate the quorum call and speak as if in morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. heinrich: mr. president, americans are demanding an end to the persistent racial injustice and violence that afflicts our country. protesters have gathered outside of the white house and the capitol. new mexicans from our biggest city to our smallest communities are marching for meaningful change. i have joined these protests in emancipation hall, in the streets of washington, d.c., and now i am joining them from the united states senate floor. the systemic racism being called out is real, and it is all around us all of the time. within law enforcement, we have seen it in the horrific videos documenting the racist violence that took the lives of black men and women at the hands of police officers and extrajudicial killers. as a father raising two sons, my heartaches for the parents whose sons and daughters' names we now chant loudly in the streets. it i

mr. president, i want to ask you about that. >> president trump: we have to do something much stronger than being invited him. but we have to be invited in, go ahead, sean. >> sean: the acting dhs chad wealth, they are subject statuty regions and justification to protect. gnomic federal buildings and that is what is happening. when you talk about 100 agents, we now have 15 mayors. we see this rise in homicide and shootings valente right here on this program a couple of nights ago. 15 people shot in chicago. last week and 70 people shot, 12 dead a 10-year-old and 11-year-old child. you spoke to horace lorenzo anderson sr. i know you invited him to the white house. he lost his 19-year-old son. we'll lost in 8-year-old girl chaz, thomas' own nl and appear at 1-year-old in brooklyn, 7-year-old beautiful young girl in chicago. and one thing that all of these cities have in common, they have been run by liberal democratic mayors, liberal democratic governors for decades. what do you say the people who boast and argue and say you don't have a chance of winning new york, illinois, california or was

mr. president. m delighted to join you here today to talk about why it is important for children to be in school. georgiaediatrician from and president of the american academy of pediatrics. children get much more than an education at school. teachers, from peers, and school services has lasting effects. pediatricians strongly advocate that we start with the goal of having students physically present in school this fall. of course returning to school must be done safely. we must take measures to keep everyone safe and with flexibility to adapt. the evidence we have so far indicates that children are less likely to have symptoms or severe disease resulting from coronavirus. children are less likely to become infected and less likely to spread infections. however, missing school can have serious consequences, particularly for students with disabilities or special health care needs. students who are in school learn more than reading, writing, and arithmetic. they learned social and emotional skills, exe

mr. president, thank you. my name is brooke rollins. i have the honor of serving this president and his domestic policy chief every day. there are a lot of brave people in the room, probably no more so than our two officers but this mom not only has her nine-year-old here, but she has her four-year-old, three-year-old, 10-month-old, and her husband just took them into the other room so this is bravery at its finest for all of the moms in the room who have manhandled lots of children so thank you for being here. havea beautiful honor to all of you with us. city,ntioned new york atlanta, chicago, philadelphia. the lack of leadership happening in some of our most ravaged cities around this country is really astonishing, but it is important to note that failure is a choice and it is a choice that i know you would never make . i have seen you now more than two and a half years stand with law enforcement, stand with the mothers and fathers of this country who are fighting for a chance at the american dream. that dream is not possible without a

mr. president. mark and i have been working past few weeks with mitch and kevin what we see is jobs.cus is kids and the recovery act, cares 4.0. we spent an unprecedented amount of money. of it, $3 trillion, we still have left to put in the economy and put back to work. focused on starting with another $1 trillion. e think that will make a big impact. the focus is, as i said, is jobs and ut kids and vaccines. we're going to make sure we have a vaccine by the end of the year for emergency use. and the plan is we just updated the president and vice president. this.igned off on mark and i will be meeting tomorrow with the republicans at a full h to give them briefing and then we will also be reaching out to the democrats our discussions. but we are committed that by the make sure month, before the enhanced unemployment insurance expires that we pass so that we can protect americans that are unemployed. number one issue is, we have to fix the technical fix on enhanced unemployment. going to make sure we

mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: i ask consent the quorum call be vitiated. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. alexander: mr. president, in march, congress and the president said to 43 million student loan borrowers because of covid-19, your student loan payments are deferred until october 1. no monthly payments for six months for student loan borrowers. well, mr. president, october 1 is just around the corner, so what do we say to those 43 million student loan borrowers today? i propose that we say this. number one, no income, no monthly payment. in other words, if you have a student loan, your monthly payment is zero. if you don't have any income, for whatever reason. number two, when you do begin earning income, your monthly payment will never be more than 10% of your income after you deduct the necessities of life such as the cost of housing, rent, or mortgage, and food. and then number three, the same generous loan forgiveness that exists today for student loan borrowers will still exist. af

mr. president. [hissing buzzing sound] that is why everyone around this table and the communities outside this church are working hard to reelect you as our president for four more years. we are registering voters, knocking doors, sharing this republican message of freedom, in english, in spanish, telling folks why you need for more years for america. when you declared before our union that america will never be a socialist country, the words made clear to freedom loving people across our hemisphere who you stand with those love freedom. and the community here in doral knows that. thank you for standing up for america for our freedom, for our greatness. only you can rebuild the economy, this economy, to secure our safety and prosperity for future americans. americans saw historic low unemployment for every community across america under your leadership, including hispanic and black americans. and with god's help and with your leadership, we know the best is yet to come. thank you for your time today,

mr. president on our shoes. we would hope and pray it would not rain so the cardboard would not melt on the way to school. here are now almost 50 years later, i stand to the most powerful man in the world and the most powerful city in the world with the white house and all of you fine folks. today, i have lived the american dream. a look at my brand-new, black shoes. that is the american dream. [applause] mr. president your leadership when it comes to job creation, education reform to my choice when it comes to education will allow this country to fulfill its american dream. i am honored to be here with you mr. president. your great leadership making america great. we stand with you. we will keep america great under your leadership. god bless you. thank you very much. [applause] >> president trump: good job, john, very much, great honor. i will also be appointing the ceo and president of goya foods come up bob, please, please. [applause] >> good afternoon, mr. president, good afternoon everyone. it is such an ho

mr. president. tradition of great respect between mexican and american presidents goes back to both of our nations and in particular, , it includes president abraham becoln and president nito juarez, who each held one another in high esteem. they were great friends and they did great things together and we are grateful that today, president lopez obrador laid a wreath at the memorials that stand to each of these leaders right here in our nation's capital. it was very beautiful. it was a beautiful ceremony. our countries are linked by trade and travel, history and culture, faith and family. the united states is home to 36 million incredible mexican-american citizens. mexican americans up left our community and they strengthen our churches and enrich every feature of national life. they are hard-working incredible people and great businessmen and businesswomen and they make up a big percentage of our small business owners, and very successful. they are very, very successful. they are like you, they are

the presiding officer: we're not. mr. thune: madam president, i intend to talk about section 230 here in just a moment. i just wanted to sort of react to what the democratic leader said and also sort of make some observations generally with where i think we are with respect to coronavirus relief bill. the democratic leader indicated that the republican bill wasn't a serious bill and frankly i think it could be argued that the bill that he has endorsed passed by the house of representatives was not a serious bill. it was about $3.5 trillion which would make it about a trillion dollars larger than the massive coronavirus relief bill that we passed unanimously in the senate back in march. and that bill at the time for a lot of people represented something unlike anything that they had ever seen before, both in terms of scale and scope, the expanse of all the issues that it addressed, and i think in many respects it was a bill that most members believed at the time that we needed to get as much assistance out there as quickly

mr. president. use it this week scale up the protection of n95 mass you know the steps you've taken so far haven't gotten the job done. fix the shortage of ppe for our health care workers before you tee off another round of golf we can't just look at where we are today. third, we should be laser focused on treatments and vaccines. we should be leading a coordinated global approach on the science, not disregarding experts while pushing dangerous and disapproved drugs as if they are treatments. there's been some progress toward treatment in vaccines but the administration hasn't been transparent about how they plan to manufacture enough doses to make sure there's equitable distribution to scale. i hope they are doing it now. i call for a while ago they should be fighting 250 million dollars to have a plan now exactly how they are going to distribute this so every american has access when and if the vaccine is available. they may be doing it, but we have no transparency. let us see, mr. president. the

mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from new mexico. mr. udall: thank you. i would vitiate the quorum call. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. udall: thank you for the recognition, mr. president. mr. president, covid-19 has taken a wrecking ball to our nation's health and economy. no corner of the united states has been spared. but, mr. president, communities of color are being hit the hardest. we here in congress must focus our work on helping these communities. we must take on the long long-standing systemic reasons that these communities entering this crisis are entering at a greater risk and we must enact real reform so that the "time," when the next pandemic o. economic downturn hits, it's not these same communities that once again bear the brunt of the disaster. today, mr. president, i want to focus our attention on american indian and alaska native american communities, communities where infection and mortality rates are much higher than the overall u.s. population. communities that can't escape the economic hardships this pandemic has cause

mr. president, it's not enough. we won't be able to turn the corner and get the american people back to work safely without presidential leadership. mr. president, open everything now isn't a strategy for success. it is barely a slogan. quit pushing the false choice between protecting our health and protecting our economy. all it does is endanger our recovery on both fronts. mr. president, please listen to your public health experts instead of denigrating them. do your job, mr. president, because if we can't deal with the public health crisis, we can't deal with the economic crisis or deal with almost 18 million americans who are out of work and incredible pain inflicted on small businesses and communities of color. we can't deal with the climate crisis that could cost us and cast us into an even darker and more permanent shadow that would loom over the country in the world for a long time. we won't be able to do what americans have always done, come back stronger than ever before, with the grit, toughness, and resi

mr. president. >> president yee: go ahead. >> clerk: yes. the record will reflect that during covid-19, members of the board of supervisors participate in the same extent as if they were in the chambers. the board of supervisors believe that all communities with or without the internet have the following available options to participate in this meeting. we will receive your correspondence and make it part of the legislative file. address the mail to the san francisco board of supervisors, city hall, room 244, san francisco, california, 94102. if you're sending an e-mail, you can send it to board.of.supervisors@sfgov oug board.of.supervisors@sfgov.org. if you're watching on-line, go to www.sfgtv.org. if you are watching it on cable simulcast, please note that there is a delay. if you have any problem, call my office at 415-554-6544. we have someone standing by to help you with your problems. you can provide public comment or listen in if you call 1-415-655-0001. enter the code identifying the meeting, which is 146-626-3696. press pound, and p

mr. president. we did receive a communication from supervisor walton, indicating that he would be late to today's meeting and is requesting that his comments could excuse him until his arrival. and finally, we do have, pursuant to title 2 of the americans with disabilities act which provides persons with disabilities an equal opportunity to participate in the programs and services offered through the city, through a prior arrangement, we have an individual who has requested to make his public comment by telephone, and we would like to be able to provide the accommodation as requested. >> president yee: okay. thank you, madam clerk. so why don't we take the first issue first. can i have a motion to excuse supervisor walton until he gets to the meeting? pi >> supervisor peskin: so moved. >> supervisor preston: seconded. >> president yee: so moved by supervisor peskin and seconded by supervisor preston. can i have a roll call vote, please. >> clerk: on the motion to excuse supervisor walton -- [roll ca

mr. president. sure, they will call republicans nays or wanting to make sure the assistance doesn't pay people more not to work. but the democratic leader gave away the game this morning for he said on the floor that he now opposes even continuing the aid at the 600-dollar $ level. they want jobless aid to expire tomorrow. lest we forget just a few days ago multiple democratic senators and the democratic house majority leader were all saying they were prepared to negotiate and land somewhere south of $600. multiple democrats said they were open to continuing aid at a level that cannot pay people more to stay home. but now come the democratic leader is not just contradicted his colleagues and refused to talk he is gone even further and will not even let the aid continue. not at $600 for the democratic leaders tried to rule out every option except the capital except leaving the capital today and beginning his weekend with the unemployment benefits set to expire. these are not the actions my friends th

mr. president. [applause] vice pres.lly, allow me to introduce the governor who told us in december when you kicked off the governor's initiative on regulatory innovation that in his first year in office, his administration modified or rolled back 239 different regulations in over 100 professions. he is making sure that alaska is open for business and prospering was less taxes and less regulation. join me in welcoming alaska's great governor, mike dunleavy. [applause] governor dunleavy: thank you for having us here today. what you have done here for us, for governors and the people of this great country, and alaska, we have met at least eight times. when he stops over in anchorage on his trips, the first thing he says is, can we meet the troops, and what do we need in the state of alaska? this president sees the importance of that state and its people. this is really about hope, mr. president, restoring hope and opportunity. it's really about the art of the possibility. as governor little said, what you have done is hist

mr. president, thank you. [applause] president trump: thank you. we are going to sign four very important documents. i just want to say thank you to amy. amy, congratulations to you. that elevation is a big one. you will do fantastically. russell, congratulations, just confirmed. we appreciate it. and pat, thank you very much for being here. ok. let's go. there's one. thank you all. [applause] president trump: thank you. [cameras clicking] president trump: thank you very much. number two, that's great. [applause] president trump: let ron have that. come here. that's yours. eliminating kickbacks. [applause] [laughter] [applause] president trump: this will go into effect on august 25. favored nations. [applause] president trump: thank you all very much. >> thank you, mr. president. president trump: thank you all. >> thank you, sir. president trump: thank you all very much. [applause] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: "washington journal,"

the presiding officer: no. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, as i said tuesday, our nation stands at a critical midway point in our fight against the coronavirus. we made it through the springtime lockdowns. americans' sacrifices saved our medical system. and the senate's historic cares act helped millions of families make it through. but this terrible virus is still with us. it kills more americans every day. some areas that have reopened have seen cases spike. our hospitals, health care providers and especially our vulnerable citizens are nowhere near out of the woods. meanwhile although the early days of our economic recovery have beaten expectations and surprised the experts, we have really only begun to repair the damage. more than 17 million americans are still jobless. far too many families are still hurting. this is not over. america's fight continues and so congress support for our people must continue as well. the senate majority has assembled a framework for cares two. the administration has requested additional time to rev