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Including some turtles. Thats right. Your tax dollars actually paid for a study that put turtles on treadmills. So here we have our turtles on a treadmill. To no ones surprise, it turns out that turtles are really, really slow. Okay. Thats what our tax dollars went to. In fact, this wasteful study found that turtles moved at nearly the same pace as dead turtles on a treadmill. Arent you glad that washington bureaucrats used your hard earned dollars to conduct this study . Good grief, folks. Now how many of your tax dollars went to this study exactly . Well, folks, your guess is actually as goo...

The gift of this day. In spite of challenges that often seem insurmountable, you remain our hope for the years to come. As our senators strive to meet the challenges of the coronavirus, validate their efforts with your divine blessing. You are the righteous judge who knows even the motives of our hearts. May your providential purposes be fulfilled in our nation and world. Touch this land we love with your healing hands. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The president pro tempore please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United St...

Many you do not see , and for theenes protection of everyone who works ,ere, there are policeman people engaged in basic activities to keep this magnificent structure hereioning, and they come in the midst of a Public Health challenge where most every american has been told, stay home. If you can stayathome, do it. Social distancing, stay a certain distance from yourself and some other person. Yet they come here and we thank them for it. The obvious question, why are we here . We were called back into a week of legislative activities scheduled to be a week or we were home in our individual sta...

This is not a time for fear mr. Durbin madam president. The presiding officer the senator from illinois. Mr. Durbin madam president , yesterday, the president of the United States and the center for Disease Control contacted us individually and at least through the media to advise us to avoid gatherings of more than ten people. Its a reflection of the National Emergency we face and the Public Health crisis that america is facing head on, as it should. This morning, as we opened the senate, there were 18 people gathered on the floor of the senate, three senators and 15 staff people. As those wh...

Mr. Isakson madam president. The presiding officer the senator from georgia. Mr. Isakson madam president , i ask unanimous consent to be able to address the senate. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Isakson thank you, madam president. Its an honor to be here today on whats not my last day but everybody is acting like it. A few months ago i had to an announce that after much consideration to be able to serve the people of georgia, when i knew i couldnt do the job i was going to quit and let somebody do it who wouldnt be hampered. Im not hampered yet. Im pretty tough. But its getting ...