Resume on Unemployment Benefits that expired last friday and talks on the on a larger package. Live coverage here on cspan2. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal spirit, to whom we must give an account for all our powers and privileges, guide the members of this body so that they will be faithful stewards of your will. Lord, open their minds and hearts to know and do your bidding, teaching them to rely on your strength and to serve you with honor. Help them to discover in their daily work the joy of a partnership with you. Use them to bring good news to the marginalized, to comfort the brokenhearted, and to announce that captives will be released and the shackled will be freed. May our senators depend upon the power of your prevailing providence for you are the author and finisher of our faith. We pray in your great name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for whic
Vote the presiding officer are there any senators in the chamber wishing to vote or change their vote . If not, the yeas are 80, the nays are 16. The bill, as amended, is passed. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for wisconsin. Mr. Johnson mr. President , i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak for up to ten minutes each. The presiding officer without objection. A senator mr. President. The presiding officer the senator for minnesota. Ms. Klobuchar mr. President , i come to the floor today to urge the senate to immediately take action to address the issue of elections. And specifically to address technical changes to the 400 million in electric security funding passed in the cares act and to talk about the coronavirus threat to our democracy itself. 16 states have already postponed their president ial primaries or transitioned that i primary their primaries to almost voting entirely by mai
Servants, representatives karen bass of california. Representative Joaquin Castro from san antonio, who is the of the caucus, and has been very involved in immigration. Osby, from the university of San Francisco, he head ofident obamas the program in president obamas first term. , that2, he was my partner began, ironically, and china, was we talked about what becoming an epidemic unaddressed, as well as the traditional all of those years ago. Think are in a real strong position to answer ratio of about the economic disparities in this other countries across the globe. With dr. Ike to begin gosby. The obviousk question why do we have Racial Disparity both in the infection rate and the death rate of the coronavirus in the United States . Dr. Gosby well, thank you, mr. President. It is a real pleasure and honor to have an opportunity to speak to this issue. Correct in are convening this discussion. I think that what we, unfortunately, continue to see is an uncovering of the disparities in
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