we are at an extraordinary moment in our Nation's history. The President of the United States has declared a national emergency. One has to go back to the early 1900s to the Spanish influenza to find a similar public health threat to the…

I am going to conclude for the sake of the staff and yourself and others who are here, who, as I mentioned earlier, are at risk. We are all at risk with this pandemic. But just to summarize as quickly as I can, we returned this week when…

Let me defer to the Senator from Idaho. I have just had this explained by my staff. There is an enrollment correction that was supposed to be taken up on the floor of the House today and sent over with the bill.

Through the Chair, I ask a question of the Senator from Ohio. The Senator from Idaho, who is a friend, raised a parliamentary issue, and you have gotten to the heart of the matter with the question of how families are going to survive in…

We have the Families First Coronavirus Response Act that passed the House of Representatives early on Saturday morning, which we could consider--and have in the past on a parliamentary basis--and which I have called for, and others have…

The other thing is food assistance, and I know your State struggles. There are many people, as you said. It is not paycheck to paycheck; it is week to week. Some of them qualify for food stamps, the SNAP program.

I know. The Governor has told me that we really don't know how many people are infected. We don't know the rate--whether it is going up and at what rate--and whether it is in certain areas of our State and not in others. So, if you don't…

It starts with testing. It is food assistance, and it is also additional Medicaid money coming back to the State. I am sure the State of West Virginia, like Illinois, desperately needs it. I was surprised to learn today that the capacity…

There is no reason. And if the President was credible-- and I believe he was when he called this a national healthcare emergency--we ought to act like it.

We have faced the same thing with 12.5 million people. We have tested 360 a day for the entire State. It is ridiculous.

We should have been here on Saturday. We should take it up today. What are we waiting for? For goodness' sakes, we ought to do it.

I understand a Republican Member of the House is objecting to the enrollment correction at this point, and it is being held up there because of his objection.

It is obvious that you cannot measure the actual rate of infection until you have enough tests of those who are suspicious--who have a fever or a cough.

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. 3478 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of…

today I wish to recognize the 125th anniversary of the founding of Northern Illinois University, or NIU, a renowned institution with a long record as a public research university and the proud home of Huskies. Like many great State…

On April 29, 1983, Justice Charles Freeman made history as the first African-American jurist to swear in Chicago's first, elected African-American mayor, Harold Washington. Justice Freeman went on to become the first, and so far the only…

I announce that the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I announce that the Senator from Washington (Ms. Cantwell), the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I announce that the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. Klobuchar), the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Sanders), and the Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. Warren), are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER…

I would like to address the issue which will be before us at noon on the vote, but, preceding that, I would like to say a word on a different topic that certainly is on everybody's mind, and that is the coronavirus. I was recently notified…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. (Mr. LANKFORD assumed the…

in just a few moments, we are going to be considering the motion to proceed to the borrower CRA, and I would like to say a few words, understanding that the Senators are expecting this motion to come up in about 5 minutes. This is a joint…

last year, I was proud to stand with my colleagues as we introduced the For the People Act in the Senate just weeks after it passed the House of Representatives. This measure has already passed the House of Representatives. If you took…

perhaps later today or one day this week, we will have debate on the Senate floor and a vote, and that vote literally will decide the future for over 200,000 young Americans. Politicians and elected officials are prone to exaggeration, but…

I understand there is a discharge petition at the desk for S.J. Res. 56 that has been signed by at least 30 Senators, which will cause the joint resolution to be discharged under the Congressional Review Act; is that correct? The PRESIDING…