On the recordJune 29, 2020
Mr. President, I wasn't here when the tax bill was done. I cut taxes of over $10 billion. We cut taxes and fees. And what happened is our economy grew. We added 1.7 billion jobs. Let's go back and look at this. We talk about money. We have given $150 billion for the expenses. We have given loans. We have given FEMA disaster funds. We have given education funds. We have given mass transit funds. We have given emergency appropriations for a variety of different sections. We have given many healthcare dollars for Medicaid. On top of that, we allocated $175 billion to our healthcare system, and we gave our States $11 billion for testing. It is not like we have been up here and not responding. We have responded. By the way, the dollars have not all been spent. What we need to do is, let's see what these Governors come back with. I have gotten a response from four Governors so far. Let's look at what they said, and then we can make a responsible decision on how we spend our money going forward. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Connecticut.





