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Quorum call quorum call mr. Sanders madam president. The presiding officer the senator from vermont is recognized. Sorry. Mr. Sanders thank you. Madam president , since last week the senate has been quote, unquote, debating the presiding officer senator, were in a quorum call. Mr. Sanders i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sanders madam president , since last week, the senate ostensibly one of the great deliberative bodies in the world, supposedly, has been quote, unquote, debating the 740 billion National Defense authorization act. Its b...

Scott came to the floor to discuss his Police Reform legislation in his frustration that Senate Democrats blocked debate from getting started. He was joined by fellow senators david perdue, tim kaine, and ben sasse. I said in strong support and solidarity with my colleague and good friend of South Carolina, tim scott. Mfive years ago. [inaudible] theres a one hour bible study. After going through one hour study, or the read the bible to him he pulled out a gun and shot nine people that bible study. Mr. President , you and i not long after that attended one of the funerals in Charleston South C...

[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] well go live now to capitol hill where nancy pelosi is starting her Weekly Briefing with reporters. Ms. Pelosi thank you for accommodating the time change today. Since we finished our gislation yesterday, getting ready for the next round of legislation to come to the floor. But it changed the nature of today. Here we are, tomorrows a national holiday. Getting ready for the fourth of july. I wear this f...

More than 36 million have lost their jobs because of coronavirus. While congress has taken significant action, we must do more. On wednesday, Federal Reserve chairman jay powell urged congress to think big, address this crisis. The heroes act is a bold step to provide that support and ensure our nation meets the challenge of the pandemic and the ensuing economic recession. Within the appropriations division, this bill deploys more than 1. 5 trillion in federal funds to address this health and economic crisis. First, the bill delivers nearly 1 trillion to states and local governments so that th...

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