Rotunda. For the first time in our nations history, an africanamerican lawmaker lay in state. Last week i share my reflexions on the Life Reflections on the life and legacy of john lewis here on the floor. In the story of america, john was one of those special heroes whose moral clarity shone out like a beacon for others to follow, a north star who inspired his fellow americans to join him in the glorious work of perfecting our union. 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 lewis was a teenager when he started the work of seems easy tot forget that john lewis was just a teenager when he started the work of redeeming the soul of america, as he put it. 18 years old when he first met dr. King, 21 when he was arrested as a freedom fighter, 25 when he was beaten bloody on a sunday in selma. The civil rights, the fight for civil rights has all been driven by the righteous indignation of our young people, and our time is no the different. Once again young people across the country rising in a Mighty Movement for justice and equality, supported by the vast majority of americans. The memory and legacy of john lewis life lives on in each and every one of them, and that fills me with hope. Agree on a proposal among themselves. Ten weeks, ten weeks after democrats passed a comprehensive bill in the house, Senate Republicans couldnt even agree. Last week was a slow motion train wreck on theep republican side. It couldnt have come at a worse time and it will cause immense and potentially irrevocable damage to the country. Protectionsti against evictions expired last week at the time in over 12 million americans within households had missed their rent payment last month. Enhanced Unemployment Benefits for 20 to 30 million out of work expired e this week without a proper solution. No matter what we do, states will not be able to quickly restart any enhanced Unemployment Benefits because Senate Republicans did what seemed like an eternity. We are on the precipice of several clips, destructive for some reasoone reason and one re. The white house and Senate Republicans couldnt get their act together and wasted precious time. These issues could have been solved months ago but the lack of any urgency and understanding and empathy for people who need help from Senate Republicans has led us to a very precarious moment. Today it seems we may finally see the republican proposal on the next phase of relief. Who knows if we will see legislation or just an outline. I was also appears that proposal will not be an actualn coherent though, but rather a series of small piecemeal ideas. Thats a metaphor for the her first hundred days. Thethey cant even put one built together they are so divided. So if you senators put in this one, a few senators put in that one and a few senators put in another. E ot only did he not know if the president supports any of these proposals, we dont even know if Senate Republicans fully supports them. Yesterday the republican chairman of the Judiciary Committee said half of the Republican Caucus will vote no on any additional stimulus. The greatest crisis in america has faced in ghost of a century 75 years on the economy coming into the republican colleagues and even agree among themselves about what to do and have put out a few piecemeal pieces that dont even come close to doing the job. Weve waited months for the republican covid relief bill, and it turns out we wont even get a bill and republicans probably wont support it. Wowe are still coming based on reports in the leader mcconnells speech just now, the republican legislator response is totally inadequate. Resistance for hungry kids, kids whosean parents cant feed them. They say no relief. How cold hearted and cruel. Isnt that the people that dont want to pay any taxes and should say kids should eat. The private sector isnt doing it, you need thein government. Tesking our lives for us. What about funding for state, local, tribal governments. We are approaching a new month. Workers will be laid off. The stripers and sanitation workers and firefighters. The republican proposal would ignore not one or two or three, but scores of major crisis in america right now. In addition, based on what the leader has said, the proposal will not go nearly far enough in the pieces they try to do something with the aggregated numbersau cinched each piece ses to be separate since they cant get agreement among themselves. When ites comes to the schools, the republicanor proposal doesnt provide enough resources to open safely. Major League Baseball coming to an organizatioorganization withe resources than the average School District has taken great pains to restart the season safely. And yet we learned today 13 players and staff on one team alone have contracted the coronavirus. How can republicans ask our schools to protect the safety of our children without the necessary resources and are they just afraid of President Trump who wants the schools to open without any help it appears the Senate Republicans have finally come around to the fact that the democratic position on extending the moratorium or maybe just on foreclosures, we see what is in the proposal. Theyve come around to death but they dont support helping americans actually afford the rent or their next mortgage payment. That makes no. Those same americans maybe six months behind on their rent or their mortgage. They have no hope of making up the difference. And what will the landlordsze d . Some of them in my neighborhoodo are landlords of the two or three family house. If no one can pay the rent, that hurts them, too. How will the heat to heat or electricity. It is essential that we do what is in the democratic heroes act. To help renters pay the rent and told the owners paid a mortgage. The heroes act would prevent another housing crisis in america. Republican proposals assuming they even address housing issues with onlyay delay catastrophe a few months and the greatest positions in the republican proposal that they will may provide a percentage of a workers formal wage. First, it would hurt the unemployed. If youve lost your job through no fault on your own republicans say take a 30 tax cut. Sorry. If youve lost your job, through no fault of your own, republicans want you to take a 30 pay cut. They fumbled the crisis in 20 take 1,600 out of your pocket every single0 month. Blaming the victim. Maybe again because some of those republican hard right money people dont want to pay taxes to help anybody. They dont when the federal government to help anybody. Let me tell you d you can do ths without the federal government commanded the federal Government Resources the private sector can to take care of this on their own. Thats one reason. Second, it would exacerbate poverty. A recent study showed that they had prevented 12 million americans from slipping into poverty. Its probably been the greatest Antipoverty Program that we have had in a very, very long time. Why on earth would they and burn benefits keeping American Families out of poverty . If devastate the economy. One of the things that helped the economy is people have money in their pockets to pay t buy goods and spending is going up. You know why, in large part because of the generous benefits and the pandemic unemployment insurance. The other great economists have said just that. Consumer purchases are helping the economy from getting worse. There is money in the pockets of consumers to help them pay their bills. What do our republicans to do, cut the benefits to those that are spending money as soon as they get it, taking one of the few policies stimulating the economy off of t the table. Thats why analysis from the forecasters at the movies, hardly a political organization, said that reducing these benefits letting them expire could cost over a million jobs, a million more this year. And forth and finally, the ideologues it doesnt work, its going to be impossible to implement. Republicans at the last minute. Three weeks ago Speaker Pelosi and by rote leader mcconnell and said sit down and talk to us. We waited and waited and now they come up with an entirelyf new system where states would have to calculate a different benefit for each individual worker. The implementation would be a nightmare. Let me read you, my office calls about this republican proposal. It would take months. We dont even have a way of calculating the wages of individuals. We are not equipped to do anything but flat in the mouth. We need a serious transition for her. Even changing the dollar amount would take two to four weeks. Another southeastern state, mediumsized, again, very difficult this state has had we need public statements that people wont be able to get benefits for many weeks or months. We need to be realistic for the offices are not overwhelmed. Even then you have to reapply in the state. A small state in the northeast, quote, these are people in the Governors Office and unemployment offices. Even clean extensions of pandemic insurance would take weeks to implement if you cant speculate how long it would doak to to the wage replacement. It would take weeks to do the retroactive payments. Three states very big stake in the west, big stake in the midwest in a smaller space in the west. It would take many months. This would cause chaos with our constituents. A great plain state, two months minimum to implement. Big stake in the northeast, smaller states in the west. Eight weeks or more to implement. Small states in the west. We have turned out to 600dollar effective benefit in being july 25 per ball. Any claims on the side of prior will still have the benefit any claims while yesterday would n not. Extension of 600 could be seamless. The lower flight will take time, percentage of wages, impossible. You change the unemployment benefit is that going to take weeks if not months for most people to get it. The economy crashes, they were hurt, they get kicked out of their homes and cannot feed their kids. What are you doing . The republican proposal on Unemployment Benefits simply put is unworkable. It will delay for weeks if not months as we slide into a greater degree of recession. And by the way, the idea that we need to drastically reduce the benefits because workers will stay home otherwise is greatly exaggerated. Most americans are not equipped to quit their jobs, forgo benefits they receive temporary Unemployment Benefits. Thats what leading economists say. They are a lifeline to tens of millions who want to work and are ready to work cannot find work because there are not jobse for them and the vast majority dont have a job to go to. Lets face it, folks. Our country is in the middle of multiple crises. Tens of millions of americans are jobless. American families are struggling the table and a50 roof over their heads. Nearly 150,000 americans have diedak a stunning loss of life. Senate republicans have presented us with a halfhearted legislative proposal. The republican plan is too little, too late. Its weeks when our problems need a stronger brew and incidentally i heard of a leader mcconnell interpretation of what happened in the last three months. The first bill he says is the way we should vote. Tlets remember what happened. Republicans put their own bill onre the floor. Democrats said no and then finally, you came to the table to negotiate with us and the bill is far more a democratic bill than a republican bill. You know that they know that. On the other hand, the other alternative the leader referred to was totally partisan. Sometimes i am amazed that the words of the republican leadersl he said he wants to be nonpartisan and our bill is a socialist manifesto. Well, which one is . Heres what we should do. Republicans should scrap their approach and they dont even know how many. They should use the u heroes ac, competence, strong and bold for the negotiations and Start Talking with democrats in a serious way out of the problems our country is facing. This is a serious crisis in 100 years, the biggest economic crisis and 75. The republican mantle of the private sector is just not going toot work. Weve got to understand things are different, the crisis is real. We need a series of government programs, not to keep cutting and cutting and eliminating to solve our Health Problems and to get the economy out of. We have been waiting to negotiate with our republican colleagues for more than two months. We are disappointed and by the inadequacies. We need to immediately enter bipartisan, bicameral negotiations to develop a bill that actually matches the scale of the crisis and the needs of the american people. Speaker pelosi this morning called on the representatives to join me in her in the office half an hour after the republican plan is released. Republicans in the house and senate must join us. We are running out of time. RSenate Republicans ran down te clock. I yield back the floor. The Foreign Affairs committee holds a hearing to examine president of trumps 2021 budget request. Appearing before the committee is the u. Sof the u. S. Agency for International Development acting administrator. He outlines the 19. 6 billion Budget Proposal and lawmakers asked about the humanitarian efforts, the pandemic and the potential effects of the budget cuts