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Conversation through our washington journal program. Cspan, created by private industry. As a Public Service and brought to you by your television provider. The u. S. Senate gaveled in this morning. Mitch mcconnell attempted to approved by unanimous consent and increase to the Paycheck Protection Program. The ranking democrat on the Small Business committee objected and said the majority leader had not negotiated with democrats on this package. Senator Chris Van Hollen also the floor and tried to call up another Small Business bill. This is about half an hour. Our nation continues to battle th...

Washingtons effort to address job losses amid the coronavirus pandemic. Is next. N journal one month ago today, President Trump declared a National Emergency over the coronavirus pandemic. With wyoming over the weekend, all 50 states have been declared Disaster Response areas. Good morning, its monday, april 13, 2020. This first hour we will ask about your thoughts on the federal response to the coronavirus pandemic so far and how your state governor is handling the crisis. We will look at joe bidens just published plan to reopen america. Heres how to be a part of the discussion this morning. ...

Everybody knows whos here. To my right. Secretary to the governor, melissa de la rosa. Director. Lets give you facts. Plain, true facts. Good news. The curve continues to flatten. Talked all along, quoteunquote, the experts said that there were two possibilities. You could have a high point, a roppoff, or you could have a plateau. It appears that we have a plateau. Flattening. Its the flattening of the curve. You the increase has slowed down. Flattens out for a period of time. Nobody knows how long because before. Been here but if you look at the number of admissions, 18,000, 18,000, 18,000. F...

Than 16 million americans have lost their jobs in only the last three weeks. A tragedy that is hard to even comprehend. As one journalist put it, were facing a Health Care Crisis with an economic crisis strapped to its back. That is why two weeks ago, the Senate Passed the largest rescue package in american history. The bipartisan cares act funneled more than 2 trillion into bold programs to help households, fund hospitals and Health Care Providers, and keep paychecks coming. Before we adjourned, i said the senate would stay nimble and prepare to react quickly as the legislation came online. S...

Floridas Unemployment Rate is near a historic low. We have a aaa credit rating. Floridas Public University system is ranked number one in the nation. We are ranked one of the top states in the nation for fiscal help. We have no state income tax. [ applause ] now it says the only thing certain in life were debts and taxes. No, i am nwe can say with certa that we wont have an income tax here in the state of florida. [ applause [ applause ] or a debt tax for that matter. Last session was productive on a number of front. I want to thank speaker jose for their strong and dedicated leadership. I wou...