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Another emergency funding bill, the need to address the covid crisis. It is clear that theres something we actually could have done in july if we had been willing to actually do our job and vote on the Appropriations Bills after the house of representatives had had already shown the way. But four weeks ago, the Trump Administration and the Senate Republican leadership walked away from the negotiating table. Democrats had offered compromise. Republicans said my way or the highway and left town. Just walked away from the capitol when we had all of these things that needed to be done. And here we...

U. S. Senate is about to gaveling to get the week started lawmakers considered a a judicl nomination with a limited vote set for 5 30 p. M. Eastern. And now live to the senate floor here on cspan2. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr. Black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our hope for the years to come, empower our lawmakers to live with integrity. Inspire them to permit their words to be matched by their deeds. As they strive for this ethical congruence, strengthen them to examine their hearts with the goal of seeki...

Nearly 190,000 people, our fellow citizens have died. Ugmillions have lost their jobs. And they are struggling to make ends meet. People are being evicted from their homes, they are struggling to feed their families. And the virus is still not under control. We know there is a need for another emergency funding bill. The need to address the homeless crisis is clear. Its something we could have done in july if we had been willing to actually do our job after the House Speaker of representatives had already shown the way. Four weeks ago the Trump Administration and the Republican Leadership walk...

At the same time of minority leader schumers news conference, republican senator tim 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. Five years ago [inaudible] theres a one hour bible study. After going through one hour of bible study, where the trade for him and read the bible to him he pulled out a gun and shot nine people t...

Benefit pension, and now they are seeing the possibility that that could result in up to a 90 cut in their benefits. Over the past several years weve been working on this, ive been involved with it. Ive been working on the finance committee which is the committee here in the senate that has responsibility for this issue. In 2018, going back two years ago now, iowas participating in hearings as a member of the joint committee on solvency of multiemployer Pension Plans. It was a oneyear committee. House and senate, republican and democrat. Woe were we were supposed to get to a solution for this ...