I thank the gentleman for his observations. He is right; we are for this. We are also for making sure that children have food on their tables. We are also supportive of making sure that education facilities have the money to keep their…

I thank the gentleman for suggesting that. I didn't hear him talk about the children who are having trouble getting food on their tables every morning and every evening. I didn't hear him talk about the unemployed, the 12 million American…

Mr. President, just very briefly in response, I think everyone knows what is going on here. This is a very simple proposal. If you want to participate in President Trump's deferral, you can continue to participate in the deferral program…

Mr. President, just to respond to the Senator from Montana, I think he well knows that it has been over 6 months since the House of Representatives passed the first Heroes Act with comprehensive COVID-19 relief. They have also passed an…

Mr. President, I am on the floor today to discuss a question of fundamental fairness to members of our Armed Forces and to Federal employees. I think we all may recall a few months ago when President Trump ordered the Department of the…

I send to the desk a resolution and ask unanimous consent for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the title of the resolution. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Trone). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Maryland…

I thank my friend, the chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, Mr. Bobby Scott, for yielding. He has done such an extraordinary job through the years in the minority and in the majority watching out for workers and creating jobs and…

Mr. President, earlier today, Senator Wicker and I participated in a call with our colleagues from Europe in regard to their efforts to pass a Global Magnitsky statute. I mention that because this month represents the 11th year anniversary…

Mr. President, yesterday, we came together as a country--not as Republicans, not as Democrats or Independents, but as Americans--to recognize the service and sacrifice of our veterans, men and women who served in uniform to protect our…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. 2020 Elections

Mr. President, November 15, 2020, will mark the 25th World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, commemorating the millions of people killed and injured on the world's roads. It is also a day to thank emergency responders for their…

Mr. President, earlier this year we lost one of our Senate alumnae--a constituent and a personal friend--Ellen Michelle Bloom. She was a devoted mother and wife, who dedicated her career to public service and advocating for consumers…

Mr. President, I want to start by thanking my friend and colleague, the Senator from Pennsylvania, for talking this evening about what is at stake for so many of his constituents with this Supreme Court nomination and the very real…

Mr. President, I rise in opposition to the pending confirmation vote of Amy Coney Barrett to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whom we lost in September of…

Mr. President, every day we see more Americans dying from COVID-19 and more Americans contracting this virus. As of today, we have hit the awful mark of over 220,000 Americans dead from COVID- 19, the highest death level in the entire…

Mr. President, I will be very brief in response. This is a bipartisan bill. It has bipartisan cosponsorship. We have been working for 3 years. We have made changes. And the proof that everything we are doing right now is not working is the…

Mr. President, I thank my colleague for the comments, but to suggest that this is a fight over the schedule and not an effort to protect our elections from what we know is an ongoing and continuing imminent threat, I believe, misses the…

Mr. President, today I mourn the loss of a tremendous champion for human rights and the State of Israel and one of my personal heroes and mentors, Ambassador Richard Schifter. Ambassador Schifter lived a truly remarkable life. After…