The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mrs. Blackburn), the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Braun), the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr), the Senator from Texas (Mr. Cornyn), the Senator from Mississippi…

like most other sectors of our economy, agriculture has taken a huge hit from the coronavirus. The pandemic has caused significant market volatility, sending many commodity futures prices plummeting. Increased consumer demand for beef led…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3938 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

one of the things that we have really seen during the COVID-19 pandemic is the value of telehealth. As a resident of a rural State, I have long been a proponent of telehealth for the access it gives to rural communities. If you live in a…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from North Carolina (Mr. Burr) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. Hyde-Smith).

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3918 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

as I begin this morning, I would like to just briefly comment on the outlandish idea of dismantling police departments that has seen substantial coverage in recent days. While there are exceptions, the vast majority of our Nation's police…

I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the text of the bill was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: S. 3893 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

responding to the coronavirus continues to be one of our top priorities here in Congress, I think, as evidenced that yesterday the Senate moved a bill across the floor of the Senate that will be on its way now to the President's desk for…

I want to speak here in just a moment to the issue of internet traffic and how that has been impacted by the coronavirus, how it has impacted our lives during the coronavirus. Before I do that, though, I want to just respond to a few…

I believe so. Again, there is a dispute as to what the language actually says. Again, I have no problem with the full $660 billion that has already been appropriated to be spent whenever. But I don't want to reauthorize the program past…

The way we are working this out, there would be no change required, just a letter for the Congressional Record stating what I believe the intent was, just to allow people to spend to the end of December. We are just working out the details…

What we are working on is not a change to this legislation. The way we are working this we will still be able to pass this piece of legislation unamended, unchanged, with a letter of intent from the chairs and the ranking members of the…

So, again, CRS actually interprets it as a full authorization, so we just need to show what that true intent is, put that letter into the Congressional Record so that we are certain that we are not reauthorizing this or authorizing it…

reserving the right to object, I appreciate my colleague's desire to help small businesses. I really don't think there is a stronger advocate in support of small business in all of Congress. I think I have proved that with my work in tax…

Yes. With cooperation from the chairmen and the ranking members of both committees, I think we will be able to get this thing done. Again, our request is really very simple. I am not the only one. We don't want to see this program…

I am happy to come back or let you come back and ask for unanimous consent if we get this hammered out, and I will not object. But, at this point, I am going to object until we get this hammered out. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is…

I have no demands other than one--again, we are so close. We are first working it out on our side, and then we will consult you, and maybe we will pass it yet tonight or early tomorrow morning. That is my goal as well. The PRESIDING…