I rise before you in support of awarding the Ghost Army veterans with the Congressional Gold Medal. This is such a great story. In World War II, the Ghost Army had a mission unlike any other. They were recruited in one of the greatest…

I actually believe that we make better legislation if we have two parties work together on something. In this case, we have crafted a piece of legislation that our party hasn't had any involvement in whatsoever. We tried. We went to the…

I believe I have 10 more seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator does not have 10 more seconds. Vote on Amendment No. 1364

may I respond? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah, without objection.

First of all, those States that I described didn't lay people off. They didn't lay off firefighters. They didn't lay off teachers. They have held their teachers. They have held their firefighters. My State has actually paid bonuses to…

I call up my amendment 1364 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The senior assistant bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Utah [Mr. Romney] proposes an…

I ask unanimous consent for 4 minutes of debate equally divided. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I see that as a problem. Do you feel that is a problem as well?

We have to be really careful of what we send out.

That does not make sense to me. Does this make sense to you?

I can assure you, as a former Governor, if the Federal Government is going to be handing out billions of dollars, I am going to have my hand out to get as much as I can.

I get a text message every morning that tells me what the debt is today, and actually yesterday it went over $28 trillion in national debt.

The States that feel pain, got to help them. The States that do not feel pain, we should not be sending them billions of dollars that we are borrowing for our kids to have to pay back.

I am concerned that the amount of debt we are adding to the country, even during good times, puts us in peril down the road.

I am concerned, in the COVID relief plan, that the President--by the way, I fully support helping people that need help, helping States and businesses that need help.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 220, nays 212, not voting 0, as…

We seem like we have a national emergency we ought to be concerned about, which is the amount of our national debt yielding interest costs.

To my friend from Colorado, I welcome his invitation to work together on many of these issues. I point out that we are simply asking for a study so that we know what is there. We are not stopping anything. We are simply asking for a study…