Ok, everybody. Like you all for coming. I am proud to be joined by my colleagues. Im going to be blunt. We are very worried about the sidents incompetence in and lack of focus in fighting the spread of the coronavirus. Ofbelieve that his lack focus is hamstringing efforts to address this public crisis and inflicting pain on the stock market. Word could describe the administrations response. Incompetence. The best way, we would tell the president , the best way to ensure Economic Security for the people is to focus on fighting the illness and the spread of the onus. Ceo what they want most. I bet they would tell you they want the coronavirus to be contained. What doesnt help stop the spread of the coronavirus . More Corporate Tax cuts. Heres what we are worried about. The president Pay Attention special interest instead of heres a headline from the washington post. To pursuee likely federal aid for Shell Companies hit by oil shock. We dont have enough tests. People cant determine if they are ill or not. They have to weigh todays, and they are concerned with the Oil Companies. Isnt . That incredible isnt that incredible . Steady, sharp, scientific and competent leadership. President trump and his administration should be putting people for corporations and they should be focused on taking appropriate steps to keep American People safe. Speaker pelosi and i have released proposals Congress Must take to immediately deal with the Economic Uncertainty americans are facing right now. First, we need widespread coronavirus testing. Bottlenecks that dont allow must end. F tests testing is key. And we want there to be free coronavirus testing. If you are worried your doctor will charge you 200 for the test, or even if the test is free they will charge you a fee and you dont go and you are Walking Around spreading the virus, that hurts badly. Second, we want paid sick leave and emergency unemployment insurance. Not have to worry about losing their paychecks because of the impact of the coronavirus. If you are not working because ok, you been laid off, are listening to chuck. Its ok. Are not working because you were laid off or because your kids school was closed and someone has to stay home, you should get unemployment insurance. That will get money in the economy, where it belongs. Not dropping money out of an airplane. We need food security. Wake,t expand snap and school lunches, and other initiatives. If you are not working, a lot of kids, sometimes thats the only meal they get. Want to make sure that Small Businesses can continue. There should be so thatd even grants these Small Businesses are not drawn down and going bankrupt while they have healthy businesses. This should not be a partisan issue. We want to solve the problem. We are ready to work with the administration on a coordinated, governmentwide, focused plan. Last week we put together an emergency funding bill. Senatefrom the house and kratz and republicans. Ended up at 8. 5, because that is what was needed. Passed 96 one. But the needless chaos within the Trump Administration is unhelpful in hampering the government response. To the administration, prioritize the health and safety of american workers. Second, stopping the spread of the coronavirus is the best way to keep the American People safe and ensure Economic Security. Thank you, leader schumer. Is, president e trump is not going to be able to wriggle out of a Public Health out another big batch of tax cuts to his investors. We are not going to allow a rerun of the 2017 tax bill, which was disproportionately stacked to those big investors. Here is the bottom line. Derive two thirds of all Economic Activity drive two thirds of all Economic Activity in america. Going to do is focus like a laser on the working families who are walking and economic tight rope today. These are people who are balancing the rent bill against the food bill. The food bill against outofpocket health costs. What we will be doing is focusing on those working families. Many of you have called the finance committee and asked questions about the payroll tax. I want to be clear about what i think some of the issues are. Committeefinance always try to work in a bipartisan way. But here are some of the concerns on payroll. People not do a lot for who rely on camp stamps. Does not do a lot to people who have lost ship. Focus onot it does sick leave. Does very little for people who want to focus on sick leave. This tax andn making it the center of what you try to do in the payroll area. Thank you for being here. As you know, the number of confirmed cases continues to grow exponentially. My home state of new york is now the home state with the highest number of cases, almost 200. Together with all of our state and local elected officials, we have tried to inform our them withts and guide publicly available resources and asking them to do common sense things. However, yesterday demonstrated that the effects of coronavirus are moving well beyond the publichealth sphere. In new york city, many of our schools have closed. Several universities have done the same. Scarsdale Public Schools have announced they will close for the week. Coalhools and workplaces close, those who have to stay home, what that means is they may lose their job, they may lose a paycheck. Imagine having to leave a child at home because you cannot miss work. Imagine your mother or father in a facility that has said you can no longer visit. Being felt byisis families across our country. Choice. Impossible every time a person has to forgo a paycheck, that is a failure of government. President trump has dropped the ball. Ensureeagues and i will that all employees immediately receive two weeks of paid sick leave. Imagine all of the workers who have no paid sick days. Imagine they have to go to work anyway, serving food or working , not taking the day off to meet their needs. Abilities e the the ability to care for themselves and keep our workers safe. Heard aboutave President Trump is focus on helping corporations. Corporations are not the ones who stay home when your child has a spiked fever. Corporations are not the ones who can no longer visit their mothers and fathers. Misplaced priorities once again. We need to support our communities, we need access to emergency leave immediately. Democrats stand ready to work with President Trump to get this done. Murphy. Thank you, senator. I was proud to be in the chamber last week when we stood together and passed emergency funding to help begin the fight against this epidemic. We showed that we could take the politics out of this issue of life or death. Friday president went to the centers for Disease Control with a campaign hat on and made it clear that he sees this as a political problem for him, not a Public Health crisis for the people he is sworn to protect. People in connecticut are very worried, worried because this president has not invested in tests. People are worried because the president seems more interested in giving tax breaks to Oil Companies than helping them. Because thereed is no meaningful guidance coming from the cdc on how or when you , leaving locall leaders to make the decisions. And people are worried because they are watching the president while he sends his lawyers to court to try and destroy the aca. Worried they are going to lose coverage because of the campaign of sabotage at the very moment when they need health care the most. This president needs to stop viewing this epidemic as a political problem, an opportunity to help his wall street friends. It asds to start viewing the Public Health crisis that it is. Areou mentioned there issues to work through on payroll tax. That. Id not say the bottom line is very simple. Care,t focus on health tests, and people who were affected. Economic relief should go to the people affected as well. Lunchd in the republican secondhand, President Trump said to keep the payroll tax until after. This is not an election document. This is a document dealing with a crisis in america. Can i follow that up . The leader and i feel very goongly that this has got to to the people who are walking an economic tightrope. Thats the people bouncing the rent bill and the food bill. We are going to do everything with that laser focus on those kinds of who are hurting now. That will apply to payroll and everything else. Are you worried at all about the members traveling back and forth to d. C. . We are waiting for guidance from dr. Monahan. This should be a decision made by the people who know health care. The doctor is supposed to issue guidance for us shortly and thats what we will go by. The treasury secretarys meeting with the speaker of the house right now. This is inevitable horsetrading this is a bill about Health Crisis. We want to focus on the Health Crisis and everyone should be doing that. Republicans, its a Health Crisis in america. Starts not time to putting your political agenda on the table. Trump was asked if he would fire anyone as cases are spiking. Answer, but he said that governors have praise his task force. This is not about President Trump. This is about solving a health care crisis. He has been noticeably absent from constructive activity. Can you respond to the statement . I think the idea of politicizing Something Like the cia and intelligence agencies workhave done such amazing for america in different , respected the integrity of these agencies that they could speak truth to power. Donald trump is destroying that and that will have great effect on security of the American People. About theyou feel payroll tax policies . I just mentioned it a few times. Thats how i feel. I have not seen what Governor Cuomo is doing on that specific issue. I could not comment on it. Again, i dont know the medical details. Im sure he has relied on a lot of medical people and i would defer to them. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. Created by cable in 1979 and brought to you today by your television provider. On tuesday, joe biden extended his delegate lead over senator Bernie Sanders after winning primaries in mississippi, missouri, and michigan. ,s the results were coming in the Vice President spoke to Campaign Staff after canceling the campaign a Campaign Event in cleveland. Bernie sanders also canceled a rally in ohio for the same reason, but declined to make public remarks on primary night. [cheers and applause] mr. 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