mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. now, -- mr. schumer: as the coronavirus -- as covid-19 continues to spread through dozens of states, our country is dealing with multiple crises at this time. today we learn that the most recent quarter was the worst on record for our economy. the problem is not new or surprising. millions of newly unemployed americans cannot go back to work, cannot afford the rent, cannot put food on the table. small businesses are waiting to see if the federal loan program that kept them alive will be renewed. parents are worried sick about their kids returning to school in the fall. state and local governments who fought this disease on the front line when the trump administration refused to give them help are deep in the red and slashing public services, teachers, firefighters, and more. and throughout america, people wait days and days, even weeks, for the results of their tests, rendering the tests almost useless because we don't have an adequate testing program at the national level. this is the greatest pu

mr. schumer: thank you, madam president. now, -- mr. schumer: as the coronavirus -- as covid-19 continues to spread through dozens of states, our country is dealing with multiple crises at this time. today we learn that the most recent quarter was the worst on record for our economy. the problem is not new or surprising. millions of newly unemployed americans cannot go back to work, cannot afford the rent, cannot put food on the table. small businesses are waiting to see if the federal loan program that kept them alive will be renewed. parents are worried sick about their kids returning to school in the fall. state and local governments who fought this disease on the front line when the trump administration refused to give them help are deep in the red and slashing public services, teachers, firefighters, and more. and throughout america, people wait days and days, even weeks, for the results of their tests, rendering the tests almost useless because we don't have an adequate testing program at the national level. this is the greatest pu

mr. schumer: mr. president, i am going to ask once again that our republican colleagues support the heroes act. this is a dramatic crisis affecting all of america in many different ways. we democrats have come up with a bold, strong plan, supported by the vast majority of people, average middle-class people. our proposal deals with the issue of unemployment all the way through january 31. not a one-week stunt which can't even be adapted in time. our proposal deals with schools and their ability to open. our proposal deals with small businesses. our proposal deals with so many of the issues facing america. our colleagues on the other side, we know, are tied in a knot. our colleagues on the other side can't come to an agreement on anything. they did an empty shell bill because the only thing they could support was an empty-shell bill with nothing inside of it. well, that's not what the american people want. they want action. i would urge the republican leader to start negotiating in good faith and in se

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: are we in a forum? -- quorum? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. schumer: i've come to the floor to talk about an idea to extend and enhance economic conditions as long as conditions in the country are warrant it and i'll speak about that legislation more in a moment. but first two other issues. first, last night president trump threatened to veto the national defense authorization act, the bill on the floor this week, because it contains a provision to rename military bases named after confederate generals. let me make a prediction. first, that provision will not change in this bill as it moves through the house and senate. second, let me predict, president trump will not veto a bill that contains pay raises for our troops and crucial support for our mill. -- for our military. this is typical bluster from president trump. the ndaa will pass and we will scrub from our military bases the names of men who fought for the confederacy and took up arms against our country. now o

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. let me salute senator cardin and senator shaheen for bringing this measure to the floor and forcing our colleagues on the other side of the aisle to relength, who originally, of course, wanted to block this bill all day long. now, it's going to benefit two groups of people. the first, very simply, are those businesses whose businesses have gone bad in the last few months. when this proposal was passed, plain and simple, the economy everyone thought might get better sooner. it hasn't. and there are large numbers of businesses who are going to need to apply now. had this program run out today, they would have been out of luck. now with this renewal, short time, august 8, they at least get the chance to reapply. but there is a second group. this program was rolled out very poorly by the administration. we all know that. we have to come back and -- we had to come back and fix it twice. there are many businesses in new york and elsewhere who applied initially and were rejected o

mr. schumer: now, a short time ago, a ceremony honoring the life of the great representative john lewis was held in the capitol rotunda. the first time in our nation's history that an african american lawmaker had laid in state. last week i shared my reflections on the life and legacy of john lewis here on the floor. in the story of america, john was one of those special who's rose whose moral clarity shone out like a beacon for others to follow. today, as we honor his extraordinary life here in the capitol, many of us -- his friends, his colleagues -- are filled with a deep sense of loss. but i want to share a short message of hope. it seems easy to forget that john was just a teenager when he started the work of redeeming -- it seems easy to forget that john lewis was just a teenager when he started the work of redeeming the soul of america, as he put it. he was 18 years old when he first met dr. king. 21 when he was aarrested as a freedom fighter. 25 when he was beaten blood did i on a sun someday in selma. -- on a sunday in selma. the civil -- the fight for civil rights has always been

mr. schumer: madam president? the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: a short time ago the presiding officer: we're in a quorum call. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, a short time ago, a ceremony honoring the life of the great representative john lewis was held in the capitol rotunda. the first time in our nation's history that an african american lawmaker had laid in state. last week i shared my reflections on the life and legacy of john lewis here on the floor. in the story of america, john was one of those special who's rose whose moral clarity shone out like a beacon for others to follow. today, as we honor his extraordinary life here in the capitol, many of us -- his friends, his colleagues -- are filled with a deep sense of loss. but i want to share a short message of hope. it seems easy to forget that john was just a teenager when he started the work of redeeming -- it seems easy to forget that john lewis was just a teenager when he started the w

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. schumer: madam president, our country faces the greatest health threat in 100 years, the greatest economic crisis in 70 years, but here in the republican-led senate, you would hardly know it. over the past several months, even as covid-19 surged through the country once again, even as our states hit new records of infections and hospitalizations, the republican majority in the senate dithered and delayed on the next phase of major emergency relief. in may, -- sorry, in april, in may, in june, democrats tried to jolt the senate into action. but almost every time we tried to pass much-needed legislation by average americans, our republican colleagues objected. unemployment claims reached 50 million. the number of cases topped 3.8 million as the virus resurged over the past several weeks. more than 140,000 americans have died. still, senate republicans wanted to, in the orders of their leader, quote, hit the pause button

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: yes. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent that the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: today is july 1, and for millions of americans, the rent is due. utility bills don't stop either, but too many new york families, it too many american families will be unable to make the payments amid the pandemic that is also -- has already hurt my city and its people. look, the first of the month should not be the end of the financial line for working families and that's why we're here. we must continue to put real pressure on leader mcconnell to pass the covid 4 legislation that would include critical rent relief to families who desperately need the help. our working families, many of color and of other minority groups, in desperate need of this basic assistance so they can continue working, feeding their families, making ends meet. that's our push today. enact the emergency rental assistance and renta

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the minority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum call be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, mr. president, two numbers sum up the state of america today. sorry. two numbers sum up the state of america today. 52,788, the number of confirmed covid-19 cases yesterday. and 1.4 million, the number of unemployment claims filed this week. in the next few months these numbers will be far more important than the job numbers released this morning in determining the long-term health of our economy and the health of this country. the the statistics i mentioned would be harrowing during february, march, april, or may, during the initial surge and rapid spread of the disease. they would have been distressing even then, but here at the beginning of july, six months into the crisis, long after other countries have experienced a rapid decline of covid-19, it is stocking that the united states is hitting ever grimmer milestones. there is no doubt that much of the resp

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the minority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, over the past three months, madam president, as americans stayed home, forfeiting their routines and their livelihoods to combat the spread of the virus, as essential workers risked their safety and their families' safety, as 50 million americans filed unemployment claims, small businesses folded, and the disease spread rapidly through the summer, the republican majority paused on addressing covid-19 while they confirmed more right-wing judges. americans pitched in and sacrificed, and many suffered greatly while senate republicans kept their assembly line of extreme judicial nominees humming along and did little else. and now, after an interm minutable delay, senate republicans have finally admitted that the country needs relief, but they can't even get their act together to produce a halfway legitimate legislative proposal. we all witnessed a week and a half of in

mr. schumer. melissa. melissa: yeah. just pennies.g new york as the new pandemic epicenter. vice president mike pence is in miami meeting with researchers on the progress of a coronavirus vaccine. let's go to fox news's phil keating live on the ground with new details. phil? reporter: hi, melissa. 8800 new covid cases for state of florida added today, making 30,000 new cases over the past three days. vice president pence and the governor were here today at the university of miami school of, miller school of medicine which is really internationally reknown for its clinical research. the school, um, is participating in the biotech firm moderna's coronavirus vaccine trial which began phase three today. vice-president pence heads the white house coronavirus task force which is dubbed the rapid search for a vaccine, operation warp speed. that is going to entail 30,000 volunteers nationwide pulling up their sleeve, getting a shot, all to see what exactly happens and how effective the test vaccine is. in march, 45 volunteers were injected wi

mr. schumer and i and the chair of the -- adam schiff, chair of the intelligence committee, the ranking viceguess they call it in the senate, mike warner, i sent a letter weeks ago, saying we thought the american people should have a right to the information regarding russian interference in our elections. that information is being withheld, and therefore, won't be able to disclose it here. but it has been well known that the russians interfered majorly in the 2016 elections. since then, intelligence community has told us they're 24/7 being involved and there's very specific ways that i'm not at liberty to divulge what we think the intelligence committee can do without jeopardizing sources and methods. >> and we certainly understand you cannot divulge that. we did hear from the attorney general this week. and he affirmed 2016 russia meddled in the election and said we should assume they're doing it in 2020. we've heard intel assessments and reporting about that. but i guess then i can ask you this, what is the reason for that information not being more broadly shared with americans? >> i don

mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader is recognized. mr. schumer: democratic senators returned to washington on monday prepared to work in a bipartisan way on the next phase of coronavirus relief. after stalling for months while covid-19 surged in more than 40 states, senate republicans finally said that now, the end of july, more than three months after the cares bill passed, would be the time for another emergency bill, but here we are. it's in the middle of the week, and the republican party is so disorganized, chaotic and unprepared that they can barely cobble together a partisan bill in their own conference. indicative was leader mcconnell's speech. he rants and raves about "the new york times" and cancel culture. not a word about covid-19. people are ready to lose their unemployment benefits, to lose their apartments, and be evict evicted. local governments are laying off people because they don't have the dollars. we're in a national crisis. we don't hear a word out of leader mcconnell as we're on the edge of so many cliffs. instead,

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i'm proud to join my colleagues to pass legislation that will finally require the president to invoke the authority of the d.p.a., the defense product act so the government can get testing supplies and p.p.e. to our country struggling under the weight of the pandemic. medical professionals, frontline workers fighting this virus still do not have the medical equipment and testing supply they need because the trump administration failed to invoke the d.p.a. this is the crisis the president is making. covid-19 continues to surge across the country. as cases keep growing, our testing supplies and p.p.e. already in short supply are reaching critical levels from seattle to miami people are waiting in line for hours to get tested. in many places we're missing basic supplies, swabs, gloves and certain hospitals it's been reported doctors and nurses are told to reuse their m-95 masks. it's been six months since we've been fighting this virus. how is this still happening? the problem sh

mr. schumer, someone that will stand up to putin.ongon't have a background with putin we are going to lose. i know he goes to bed laughing at america because we are acting so stupid with president trump. seems like putin, putin, boudin putin. , putin. if we don't have a good background to stand up, we will be in the same dicta meant we are in with president trump. biden is nice but he's going to have to stand up and not let push a black woman to win the president i have been a democrat all my life but i'm not going to vote for him a few votes for a woman to be vice president. i hate to be that way but it is just the way it is. our country is in a bad way now. we don't have anything for our children. we have children who are coming up to run this country. and if we don't have any respect now, we are not going to have any they laugh at us going to bed and in the morning. host: there is this opinion piece at bloomberg news regarding vladimir putin who now can stay in power through 2036. your thoughts? guest: well, i think the west needs

mr. president. all their bet a lot of words in the later none of them talk about reality. one picture equals all of his words. schumer, pelosi, mnuchin, meadows in a room negotiating for the republican leader cannot even show up because his caucus is subdivided. in his own words 20 of his members don't want to vote for anything. and now, faced with a crisis that they created for ten weeks, ten weeks we've asked the leader to negotiate and follow them woken up to a fact that we are at a cliff, but it is too late, too late. even if he were to pass this measure, all of the states, almost every state said people would not get of their unemployment for weeks or months all because of disunity, dysfunction, of this republican caucus, and of the leader afraid to negotiate because he does not have his people behind him. the bottom line is very simple. this new proposal moves things even backwards. set up a 30% cut, from what people are getting it is a 33% cut. and we all know that the proposal does in existence now has kept millions out of poverty. we hear talk from the other side this creates the deficit. this increases the

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mr. merkley: i ask unanimous consent that senators casey, udall, shaheen, kaine, smith, schumer, feinstein, cardin, whitehouse, leahy, tester, schatz, cortez masto, warner and menendez be added as cosponsor to 4220. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: madam president. the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. merkley: i ask unanimous consent that senators stabenow, casey, udall, shaheen, kaine, smith, schumer, feinstein, cardin, whitehouse, leahy, tester, schatz, cortez masto, and menendez be added as cosponsors to amendment 2457 to limit the use of law enforcement officers for crowd control to senate bill 4049, the national defense authorization act for fiscal year 2021. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. merkley: madam president, in the course of time, america should find a president in the oval office who choose to bring the police tactics of dictators around the world to the streets of america, then that is the moment it's incumbent on every member of this chamber who has sworn an oath to our constitution, who is determined to practice civil righ

schumer going after the republicans over what he calls their indecisiveness when it comes to a virus relief package. senator mike rounds republican south dakota joins us now. sir, you're smiling but with respect, mrw package. therefore, it's my opinion, say what you like but you will have to accept some democrats' demands to get anything passed and that's not good. what do you say? >> i think i would disagree with the first part that we are totally divided down the middle. we've got lots of different ideas and the more of those ideas that you look through, the better your final result can be. look we've got very bright people here in the party. they've got different points of view but we're not yelling and screaming at each other. we are actually working through and coming up with good ideas. to have senator schumer suggest that is kind of like the pot calling the kettle black.is is a case of where you want people to have interaction. we have had great discussions in our meetings at noon lunches and you know yeah we've got some differing points of view but when we get together on it and we will we will have enough votes to have a consensus put together and then remember this has all got to be wor

mr. schumer: madam president. are we in a quorum call? the presiding officer: we are. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, madam president, yesterday, after putting the senate on pause for three months and after months of blocking nearly every democratic attempt to pass legislation related to coronavirus, senate republicans finally revealed their long-overdue proposal for the next phase of covid relief. in my many years in serving this chamber, -- of serving in this chamber, i have never seen a republican majority, a senate majority of any type, respond to a national emergency in such a disorganized and disoriented fashion. weeks of infighting among senate republicans in the white house caused unnecessary and harmful delays. instead of presenting a single unified bill, republicans released several separate drafts last night, and there might be more today. they can't agree on one bill. they can't get 51 votes for anything. that's comprehensive, that deals with the problems, the very rea

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, on friday, july 1, after six decades as one of our nation's most preeminent civil right leaders, congressman john lewis, the conscience of the congress, pass way at the age of 80. his trials and tribulations and triumphs are well known to all of us. at the ripe old age of 25 he led thousands of marchers across a bridge in alabama risking their liberias -- lives for the right to vote. on that fateful sunday, his head dizzy and bleeding, he found the courage and strength to reach the other side of the bridge and he never stopped marching. from the freedom rides to selma, from his leadership of the sncc, for his four decades in congress, he never stopped marching. his actions as a young man helped change the trajectory of a nation and brought about the voting rights act. then he went to congress and renewed that law again and again. he sat in against segregation at lunch counters in the jim crow south and over 40 years later led another sit-in on the house floor against gun vi

mr. leader. leader schumer: as the speaker said, this is the greatest economic crisis we have had in 75 years, thereatest health-care crisis in 100 years. and our republican friends do not seem to come close to meeting the moment. they may want to try. they put us up against a wall. we have two cliffs because they would not negotiate for months. the heroes bill passed 10 weeks ago today. we have been asking leader mcconnell to negotiate for a month and now, they are up against the wall. they do not know what to do about it. but we will tell you, we agree, there's so many problems that are immediate and urgent. they say zero money for state and local governments. that means thousands of people being laid off. they are unwilling to do anything at this point for schools. unemployment,e they don't have any plan that can pass the senate. they are tied in a total knot because of the disunity in their caucus, because of their inability to gather votes, because the president says one thing one dance is another thing another day. we have a plan. it's called the heroes act. the senate democrats, the house d

mr. murphy: thank you for the question. this is what led me to join with many of my other colleagues, as i mentioned including senator schumere legislation in the wake of the protests in our nation's capital. accountability is also a cornerstone of the rule of law. only w that we can agrieve abuses of power is to know who committed those listen these troops or these riot officers, they were ordered to be in that space. let's be honest, the vast majority of these patriotic law enforcement officers tryin but we know, because we've seen the video, there have been repeated repdte portland, on the city, on the streets of the nation's ca occur frankly it should be in the interest leadership themselves to be able to hold those individuals accountable so that we can make sure that the blame is not ascribed to every single individual who is uniformed and on these streets but that we hold the specific individuals or the individuals who ordered them to take those actions accountable. an broad question, americans should want to know what agency these individuals are representing and should at least have a badge number attached to them s

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