We need to concentrate our efforts on ensuring we protect the most vulnerable from COVID-19.

Americans want their privacy protected. For far too long, the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, commonly referred to as FISA, have been used to trample the civil liberties of American citizens. For Montanans, the…

this amendment is about protecting American privacy, about making sure that Government is not intruding on our most private data. It is about respecting the Constitution and the Fourth Amendment. The Wyden-Daines amendment simply prohibits…

Last night, we learned a Montanan died to COVID-19, the first in our State. Our hearts are heavy back home. Mr. Speaker, Montanans are concerned. They are concerned about the health of their families and communities. They are concerned…

Senator Graham, thank you, and we will conclude here. This is a moment in our history as a nation. Truly, we have got to come together. The American people are asking us to come together. Senator Graham, I thought for certain we would have…

When you step back for a moment and think about the basics--of the panic and fear that the American people have with regard to this economy--the panic and the fear will not stop until the pandemic stops, and the pandemic will not stop…

There has been plenty of time to negotiate, Senator Graham. There have been good faith negotiations on both sides, and there has been shuttle diplomacy going on between both sides. There has been a lot of give and get. We are at a point…

So their first choice is, Would you please help me keep my job. For whatever reason, if we can't do that, there will be the unemployment insurance. I will tell you that Montanans don't want a handout, but it is there if they need it…

It more than doubles what they would otherwise receive in the State of Montana in unemployment benefits. By the way, this unemployment insurance backstop that is part of this rescue package is not what Montanans are after. They want their…

This is a moment in which I am just bringing the frustration and the fear that I hear in the voices of Montanans who are asking: What in the world is going on back in Washington, DC? We have a package. As you can see, what happened today…

Senator Graham, I support the idea, if we don't get something done here, that Members of Congress shouldn't be paid. Again, there are constitutional issues, but we can get around that by just saying we will donate our paychecks to some…

Listen. They are in trouble. They are temporarily closed. In fact, they just closed Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park today. This business owner said they are currently looking at additional layoffs. They are looking at…

He wouldn't have to lay them off today. In fact, he continues to write that they just canceled conferences in the last week that total $848,000. This is a big deal in Montana. In fact, another small business owner in Montana let us know…

Senator Graham, that is in this bill. For these small businesses, help is on its way. But we can't send the help, Senator Graham, until we pass the bill. Yet the good news for the general manager of Fairmont Hot Springs is that, as the…

It is breaking the hearts of these employees who are losing their jobs while the Senate is sitting here fiddling at the moment. We have got to come together and pass this bill tonight. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Senator Graham.

We are at the 1-yard line, we were told last night. Negotiations would go all night. Everybody here said it has to be a good, bipartisan bill. But what we have right now is an economic emergency on our hands. This is like somebody has been…

Senator Graham, thank you for joining me here tonight. I wish the C-SPAN camera, for a moment, could pan this Chamber. It is empty. There are three Senators in this Chamber right now. Senator Rounds is the Presiding Officer from South…

the health and livelihoods of the American people are at risk; they are in danger. We cannot afford to keep squabbling and arguing in the U.S. Senate. Time is not on our side. Each day matters. In fact, every hour matters. As we look at…