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That we are continuing to negotiate with the democrats to get our great workers and Small Businesses all over the country taken care of. Are getting close to a deal. Could happen. A lot of good work has been going on and we could have an answer tomorrow. We will see what exactly does take place. We are also looking at helping our hospitals and our rural hospitals who have been hurt very badly. The rural hospitals have not been treated properly. We are looking at hospitals as part of the package. We will see how that all comes out. A lot of good things are happening. Very good negotiations. Jus...

The minority leader. Mr. Schumer thank you. Madam president , over the past few months, both parties have worked together to provide historic levels of funding to help Small Businesses retain employees, meet payroll, and stay afloat during the covid19 pandemic. The Paycheck Protection Program, the main instrument to help Small Business, received 349 billion under the cares act and another 310 billion in supplemental legislation. The public has know how this money is being spent. Oversight, transparency, and accountability are crucial because from the moment the administration began implementin...

This hearing will come to order. Since this is our first hybrid hearing, a brief explanation of how it will work will benefit senators and the public. The hearing room has been configured to maintain the recommended 6 foot social distancing between senators. Nominees, and other individuals in the room necessary to operate the hearing, which would have kept to a minimum. A number of senators have chosen to use secure video teleconference technology which will allow them to remotely participate. For those joining by videoconference, once you start speaking they will be a slight delay before you ...

Going to those who needed it most. So today, we are not taking any other action on the floor dealing with covid19 so weak that we would take this opportunity to ask unanimousne consent, to get Something Real done should have bipartisan support on both sidesot of the aisle. Who can be against transparency. Who can be against accountability. Know where close to 700 billion that taxpayers money is going, to the right places. And impartially today at least 200 publicly traded companies have managed to secure pp e and most of those are not very small. Including some companies, as owners are large c...

The coronavirus. After touring the Companies Face mask someone line. It has been a very very exciting day for honeywell today. I cannot be more excited to welcome to our new facility the president of the United States and other members of his cabinet, members of congress, senator mcsally, we are thrilled to have you here today. [laughter] [applause] [laughter] [applause] mr. President , we all want to thank you for your leadership during this time of crisis for the nation. And all of the support that we also received for from your administration. I am pleased that you took the time to come to ...