May, june, democrats tried to jolt the senate into action but almost every time we try to pass much needed legislation by average americans, our republican colleagues objected. Unemployment claims reach 50 million. The number of cases top 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 words of their leader quote hit the pause button and assess the conditions in the country before providing anymore relief. The country was burning, Senate Republicans led by leader mcconnell said, lets wait longer and see how this goes. Like President Trump, they were hoping it would go away. Ignoring all of the Scientific Evidence but paying to the hard right which did not want to spend money no matter what the cost to america. Now, it seems our republican friends have finally found the motivation to do another emergency relief bill, even they with their heads still half in the sand have to see the crisis the country is in. But instead of working with democrats in either the senate or the house, leader mcconnell has decided to write the bill behind the core stores of his office, the same partisan one side only process that has failed time and again to produce successful legislation in the senate. Mcconnell talked about how the senate led in the last three bills. I would add to that, Senate Democrats lead, republicans put a small, stingy, corporate oriented proposal before the senate. We said no and they were forced to add provisions friendly to workers and average american families. That is what happened, history knows that. Yesterday, leader mcconnell once again called for the same spirit of bipartisanship that helps us pass the cares act. Well, leader mcconnell, writing a bill in your own Office Without input from democrats, dropping it on the floor and demanding that democrats support it is no ones idea of bipartisanship. You cannot fool the American People with these words that just dont ring true. Even worse, the republican proposal appears destined to fall drastically short of what is required from all indications, the bill will prioritize corporate special interests over workers and main street businesses. It wont provide hazard pay for essential workers, it will provide new funding to state, local and tribal governments or investments in communities of color which has been ravaged by the virus. Enhanced Unemployment Benefits will expire at the end of the month, according to reports the republican bill will not do nearly enough to a the 20 30000000 americans currently unemployed. We have heard republicans debate a for americans who are going back to work but those are the same americans who will be getting a salary again. What about americans who remain unemployed and actually need the help . The moratorium on evictions expires this week, according to reports the republican bill wont do anything for the millions of americans who cannot afford the rent and could get kicked out of their apartments. So after all the humane and haunting, and the delay which cost america months it appears the next republican proposal and covid will not come close to meeting the moment. It has become clear over the last few weeks the reason our republican colleagues have taken so long to put this inadequate proposal together is because they are paralyzed by internal divisions among themselves and by division with the president. According to reports in the press, even after all of these months our republican colleague they spent assessing the conditions in the country, the white house and Senate Republicans are starkly divided about what to do. The Trump Administration is fixated on the payroll tax cut, an idea that will not only harm those who rely on social security, but will do nothing for the tens of millions of americans who have lost during the crisis. Many republican many of my republican colleagues are not keen on that idea with good reason. Yet, it still may be a mcdonalds proposal. And the other republicans are afraid to tell President Trump know even when he is wrong. Recent reports also suggest that the administration is trying to block billions of dollars from going to the states in order to improve testing and Contact Tracing capabilities. Can you imagine . Republicans are arguing about whether to block funds for testing and tracing . The two most important tools in our arsenal to manage this crisis right now. Its amazing, americans are hanging their head in some degree of shame at the president s actions because every other country developed country just about every other one in europe and east asia is doing much better than us because they have leadership and their leadership provided above all testing and tracing. This president refuses to do it and the republicans say nothing. They are so afraid of President Trump, even when they know he is wrong. Even when millions of lives are at stake in the economy is at stake they just are deathly silence. So, what to the end up doing . One thing that unites trump in the republicans is pleasing corporate interests for an so, if reports are accurate the republicans are doing just that, pleasing corporate interest, networkers and families, Small Businesses and that will not not get the job done. For 60 days americans and Senate Democrats have been clear about where we should start the negotiations, the heroes act passed by the house provides crucial relief or Education Funding for hospitals and medical workers for our essential workers on the frontlines and for state and local governments. Right now, that republicans seem to want to play chicken with pandemic relief and string everyone along with a bill in the process we all know is doomed to fail. I urge all of my republican colleagues to abandon their oneparty one chamber approach before its too late and immediately begin bipartisan negotiations on the next round of covid legislation. Now, the problem stone ends with the republican senate. We are living through one of the greatest failures of president ial leadership in our countries history. Did you hear that donald trump . You have created one of the greatest failures of president ial leadership. We are going to this last portion of the conversation because the senate is about to gamble back in after their weekly caucus meetings. Senators continue work on the 2021 Defense Authorization bill with votes scheduled later this afternoon for five Senate Coverage on cspan2 a senator madam president. The presiding officer the senator from wyoming. Mr. Enzi madam president , i rise today to discuss our federal finances and the need to address our unsustainable fiscal debt and deficit. The federal budget has already been on an unsustainable path before covid19 reached our shores and before the pandemic d