rob portman can you hear me now? >> we want to show you a sound bite from one of your colleagues that was senator tom cotton joined me a couple weeks ago to basically, lay out what has taken place, watch this. >> senator cotton was with me a couple weeks ago said that we are seeing university theft because chinese communist party is sendings researchers have into universities stealing our research they want to come up with a vaccine for covid-19 before the united states. >> -- senator can you hear me now rob portan. >> i can hear you now yes. >> hi senator trying to get you i have been [laughter] i think talking to myself here senator i want you to talk to us about how significant this issue is i had tom cotton on

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i'm now joined by senator rob portman of ohio.enator, welcome >> hey, kelly, thanks for having me on. >> so your proposal would give people an extra $460 a week if they go back to work >> yeah, the idea is to have a bonus. right now, as we just saw with your stock market report, the economy is starting to reopen and that's good. but to have a robust economic recovery that we all want, we've got to encourage people to go back to work >> so how -- right now, the $600 a week extra goes through, i believe the end of july. >> that's correct. >> how would your proposal work and how would -- you know, explain if this were rolled out what it would mean practically speaking to every american who transfers from being on jobless benefits to maybe accepting a job or going back to work. >> well, first, let me first be sure that people understand that under the current system, according to a recent study by the university of chicago, 60 to 70% of the people on unemployment today are making more than they did in their prior job. for the bottom 2

rob portman from ohio will answer that.t is another political battle viewing, conservatives and liberals for an influential appeals court position. we will explain that. plus, there is this. >> the chinese say they want to cooperate, great. cooperation is about action, opening up and sharing this information. >> bill: the secretary of state is doubling down, blaming the chinese government after the chinese state media called him insane. et costs. one call can save you $2000 every year. call my team at newday usa right now. it's a great escape. so many great stories from amazing people... it makes me want to be better. it changes your perspective. it makes you a different person. see what listening to audible can do for you. you can't always stop for a fingerstick.betes with the freestyle libre 14 day system, a continuous glucose monitor, you don't have to. with a painless, one-second scan you can check your glucose with a smart phone or reader so you can stay in the moment. no matter where you are or what you're doing. ask

settlement security subcommittee hearing which is held by videoconference is chaired by senator rob portman. >> i hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these unprecedented times. it's certainly an unusual time. overnight is

we've got a republican, rob portman saying hey, let's pay people 450 bucks to comeback into the workforceto go back into work, are you shocked at that suggestion? >> well, i am shocked. i like rob very much. i think he is a good senator and i think he is a great guy. i'm from ohio, let's go. he is wrong on that. what we should do if anything, we should have a payroll tax waiver through the end of this year, which would reduce taxes on employment. if you reduced taxes on employment, you are going to get more employment. it would increase the incentives for workers to work. it will increase the incentives for employers to employ workers and that will be the best way of doing it by making it short-lived. you will cause a rush to get into the deal, which will accelerate production up. the nice thing it doesn't pick winners and losers. it pays everyone lower taxes. every company has to pay less taxes as well. it is just perfect. by the way, cutting taxes is 30% more efficient than spending money. you don't have to get the toll for the troll putting it into the government first and spending it.

senator rob portman's plan would give unemployed workers an extra $450 a week in addition to wages, ifhey go back to work. the temporary aid would be in place of that, an extension of those enhanced jobless benefits. anybody out of work right now is getting an extra $600 a week. republicans say that's a disincentive. but democrats are still pushing for the extra 600 bucks a week on top of their state unemployment benefits. kudlow thinks that extra $600 a week will go away in the next bill. he later reiterated that the president is very keen on a payroll tax cut for workers. >>> well, president trump looks determined to turn masks into a political weapon, despite the advice from virtually every doctor. you're going to hear from him and his opponent, former vice president joe biden, next. ♪ hey allergy muddlers... achoo! ...do your sneezes turn heads? try zyrtec... ...it starts working hard at hour one... and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. zyrtec muddle no more. you can't always stop for a fingerstick.betes with the freestyle libre 14 day system, a continuous gl

the senate homeland security subcommittee hearing is chaired by senator rob portman. churches and schools are closed. health-care workers are working around-the-clock

the idea coming from republican senator rob portman of ohio.d keep 450 of the $600 they're getting in traditional unemployment now. the idea is to entice workers making more being unemployed than they were at work. nor my i would like to bring in labor secretary scalia. it is a serious pickle. some conservatives said this was going to happen. you can call it unintended consequences. larry kudlow said it was an emergency but it feels odd having to pay people to go to work? >> as you say, charles, it is good to be with you, when the cares act was enacted one of the really important supports that it included for american workers that 600-dollar plus-up on top of regular state unemployment compensation. it was at a time where our government is, states and locales were prohibiting people from getting to the work place. we would never been in a situation like that. and we wanted to tide people over for what we expected to be a short period of time when in many places they couldn't get to work. that was the concept. it was one of the important things

rob portman and others are saying, to deal with the unemployment issue, where peop people, rob portmannts a temporary $450 billion a week go back to work bonus. you are talking about sending a thousand dollar check every week for the next two months. what if it is for a $600 to say, give up the government benefit and go back to work? >> the underlying challenge is, and whether it comes down as buy it down to unemployment that's 14.4% which the high has been in more than 40 years. that's whether this program our debit card, and i will find that either way. >> people are nervous perhaps about the economic future and, quickly i want to get to the nba. charles barkley never short on opinions and he says on 100% sure we are going to play. i know my friends in major league baseball are going to play and, talking to bosses at turner, we will play basketball. so where are we, playing in orlando and may be the western side playing at las vegas. how confident are you? >> the key will be testing. they want to make sure, and they are accurate enough, and i think we can get this done. if i had to g

>>every to be exposed all those come in from around the world, ohio republican senator rob portman says he also shares concern for those workers but looks forward to a return. my hope is that you know all my colleagues will follow. >>the rules and that we can be safe not just for ourselves, but for the people will be exposed to in a joint statement, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and speaker of the house nancy pelosi declined a white house offer to send rapid test kits to the capital saying those tests are needed more elsewhere the capitol physician is urging senators to follow cdc guidelines talking to keep my distance i wear a mask when i'm on the floor. >>and any kind of setting was a people around safety measures like frequent cleanings and social distancing will be in place for all floor votes this week. >>reporting in washington, i'm trevor shirley. >>us treasury secretary steve mnuchin says that overseas travel may not resume from the u.s. until next year. he's encouraging americans to focus on domestic travel this year because of international travel restrictions and few

later gop senator rob portman will weigh in on the democrats $3 trillion for the next phase of relief aid. "squawk box" will be right back. ♪ happy birthday! so, it goes... ♪ hold up your answers. how is mickey doing today? ♪ you're just a really hard worker. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> the big debate worrisome testimony from dr. anthony fauci about the human cost of re-opening while others are concerned about the economic costs of staying closed is simply too high. we'll speak to a number of voices on this very topic including the ceo of lap corp. and house democrats unveil a new $3 trillion stimulus plan. a rundown of what is in it and what it means for the market straight ahead taking on fed. legendary investor signalling -- signalling out the central bank for a policy he calls puzzling and aggressive reaction from former barclay ceo bob dimon coming up as the second hour of "squawk box" begins right now >>> good morning and welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc take a quick look. i'm joe kernen as you know you know becky and andrew. futures this morning up 54 on the dow. they were negative fo

the senate homeland security subcommittee hearing is chaired by senator rob portman. churches and schools are closed. health-care workers are working around-the-clock. in the last five weeks, based on the numbers i saw this morning, nearly 30 million americans filed for unemployment. we are already approaching the highest percentage of unemployed since the great depression. now more than ever, americans need to know that their leaders are working for them, and they have voices as we work to navigate in this pandemic. in a world where it is no longer safe to be within six feet of each other, congress has to learn how to adapt. it is not the first time we have made do to ensure the continuity of congress. with the nuclear threat during the cold war, the u.s. government constructed a large bunker for congress. we would be required to meet outside of washington. this may either first time in the modern area where there is not a physical meeting location at risk, but rather elected officials themselves and others we would be in contact with. we are a subcommittee of the ho

from a republican congressman rob portman saying "the tragic death of george floyd warrants immediateugh investigation." that is a bit of what congress has been tweeting. phones are open to you. we are asking what you think the status of race relations are. better, worse, staying the same. this is kent in washington, d.c.. caller: good morning to you. one of the earlier callers mentioned it is a fallacy calling it relations. this is not a marriage. the united states has been built -- [indiscernible] the way you explain race is as though there are two equal sides. even though you hear "riots." d'etat of over 2000 white people who decided to overthrow the government. [indiscernible] this has become second nature. we learn about the constitution, but not the truth of them. why would we call george washington anything but a slaveowner? the first 10 out of 12 presidents were slaveowners? former supreme court justices owned slaves. no more apologies, it is time for policy. i am a black man first and foremost, all of those police officers involved, each one should do the amount of years in p

settlement security subcommittee hearing which is held by videoconference is chaired by senator rob portman. >> i hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during these unprecedented times. it's certainly an unusual time. overnight is coronavirus seems to have change our way of life is anyways. is this is our shuttered and millions of americans are teleworking for the first time. churches and schools are closed. healthcare workers are working around the clock and just in the last five weeks race on the numbers i sawks this might look like nearly 30 million americans filed for unemployment. most believe we're already approaching the highest percentage of unemployed since the greatye depression. now more than ever americans need to know that their leaders are working for them, and that they have voices as work to navigate in this pandemic. in a world where it's no longer safe to be within six feet of each other, congress has to learn to adapt. now the first time we've need to ensure the continuity of congress. for example, with the nuclear threat during the cold war, u.s. government construct

there is this idea from the republican senator of ohio, rob portman who is talking about a 450-dollar week payment to get workers back on the job and kudlow said that is something they will look at quote, very carefully. he also mentioned when he was asked about other potential tax cuts, what might make it in to a white house plan, what might not make it in to a white house plan, he said at this point they haven't made final determination what is they want to go back to with, go back to democrats with but he said that is coming in due time. neil? neil: blake burman thank you very much, my friend, blake burman in washington. as you probably heard major league baseball is looking within the next couple days to iron out how it plans to resume games as early as july. could be even earlier than that. they might want to pay attention to nascar as the blueprint for all of this. while people sort of poo-poo what nascar was doing, ratings success of it are proof that people are eager for good sports entertainment. maybe because they watch this guy so closely. joey legano, if you ever watched h

hill, though, a little bit more skeptical, wary of the size of this thing and the enormous cost rob portmanrepublican from ohio senator on cnbc earlier today expressing some of that. here's what he said. >> it's not only 3 trillion. it's more than we've already spent in four packages at a time when our debt and deficits are at record levels but it's also not helping in terms of the economy >> so speaker pelosi says she'll have a vote in the house on friday it's not expected the senate will pass anything like this whenever they get around to taking their own vote. there is a sense of urgency in both parties and you expect they are going to do another round of stimulus at some point when that could happen, is anybody's guess. it looks like we're going well into the summer here this is a negotiation, and this is nancy pelosi's opening gamut. back over to you >> how should we look at it? is it dead on arrival, or you think they'll use it as a template for what ultimately comes next >> there are elements of it. this is a first offer in a negotiation. right? it's not dead on arrival in the sense

help things get back to normal, a proposal from texas congressman kevin brady and ohio senator rob portmanould deliver a bonus to people who return to their jobs. joining us is congressman brady. this addresses something that we've talked about a lot on the show, and that is the incentive with that $600 that you do better staying at home is that the rationale here, kevin? >> yeah. clearly. it made sense to give people help because we knew so many businesses were shut down. there was no choice. there was going to be temporary unemployment we think the focus ought to be making sure these 40 million americans are permanently unplied. one of the keys is to get them back to work in a safe, healthy environment. we think a return to work bonus allows workers to keep $1200, two weeks of their unemployment for taking that job that they just left makes good economic sense. what we now noah cording to the latest report is between 2/3 and 3/4 depending what state you're in, 2/3 or 3/4 of people get paid more on unemployment than their previous job. that will make it tough for that business to remake a

on that line, again, we had senator rob portman on from ohio yesterday.ate if there's an idea he's talking about, i wonder if that could gain traction on both sides too. but he was saying that he thinks that even if you go back to work, particularly for low income workers, people making minimum wage, that if you are working on the front lines, you don't have to give up all of your unemployment benefits that you would be getting if you were staying home because obviously some people will feel more comfortable going back than others maybe they should be getting some sort of hazardpay his thought was they could keep $450 a week of the 600 and continue to earn a salary to thank those on the front lines what do you think of an idea like that? >> becky, i'm flexible i like ideas like that because they fall between, again, letting the states go bankrupt and us doing nothing further to help people and what we've proposed for the hero's act. showing flexibility, ability, in these uncertain times is what american people want our heroes are worth it and we should re

senator rob portman has done a beautiful job there and nurturing the project now where we have 60 differenthines that is going to be dispersed around the country and they have the bandwidth to recycle close to 1,000,000,095 masks. that's like making them but making them here in america. it's so these are all the things we are doing with the supply chain to bring it on shore if we know if anything from this crisis, with 75 countries now putting export restrictions on the export of things that we need in other countries need that we need to have it here. so buy american is going to be the law of the land i believe soon and hhs and dod and the veterans administration, but we also need to deregulate so it's easier for pharmaceutical manufacturers to be here, and we need to innovate. the secret is what's called advanced manufacturing, to have the starting materials go to the active pharmaceutical ingredients, go to the finished dosage form so we have the whole chain here so it's not all around the world and holding america hostage. >> sandra: it's amazing to get a glimpse into that we have so ma