We must, my friends, orient our policymaking towards long-term economic viability in our new scientific reality.

We need to clarify this issue now because we need clarity on it now.

I consider the bill that we are going to vote on today as a must-pass piece of legislation.

The passage of the PPP program, Paycheck Protection Program, was absolutely necessary, and replenishing it today is as well.

In Michigan, we have been deeply hard hit by this crisis.

I do have some of the most aggressive actions on the books in our nation because I've got one of the worst problems in our nation. I am trying to save lives here, and so while we can respect and revere the right of dissent, the right to…

I'm really afraid of what will happen with our healthcare workers if too many of them fall ill.

Americans everywhere are eager to get back to normal. Trust me, we governors are, too, but we need to get this right.

The guidelines call for 14 days seeing numbers start to level off or drop. The guidelines call for, you know, observing best practices even if we do go back to work. Six feet away, wearing masks. These are - these are absolutely essential.

If the Defence Production Act was utilized and we went to work and started producing these swabs, they're not complicated things to produce. We just need to have a national strategy and the full force and effect of the Defence Production…

We have the power to bring this virus to its knees. But we have to observe these practices, and that's how we save lives and that's how we shorten the amount of time that we are in this posture and we can thoughtfully, responsibly think…

The vast majority of the people in this state, and I think across the country, are doing the right thing, and we want to thank them.

We really should have a national strategy instead of a patchwork of policies. But that's what we're doing. And that's why I think it's important that we governors are leading and showing the way and being aggressive.

Had there been a recorded vote, I would have voted ``nay'' on H.R. 748, Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, as amended.

Think about the most iconic images from 9/ 11: Just after the attacks, people running away from the towers as our first responders were running toward the flames. It was a generational event. Today, as so many stay home, those who are…

Let's face it: Coronavirus has totally disrupted our lives across the country, in every community and certainly around the globe. To all of us, it is frightening. It is a nightmare. This bill is a partial response to end that disruption…

I thank my friend for yielding. This is an unprecedented moment for this country, and it is important that this Congress respond in a way consistent with this threat. We have differences about this bill. There are things in it that many of…

I request 30 more seconds because I rise before you adorning these latex gloves not for personal attention, but to encourage you to take the----