Amy Klobuchar: “I rise today to thank all of my colleagues who worked so hard on the bill that is coming to the floor today, the…”

“I rise today to thank all of my colleagues who worked so hard on the bill that is coming to the floor today, the pandemic relief package. We know all the top priorities in there--the vaccine distribution-- and I want to thank Senator Schumer and leaders and those on both sides of the aisle who put more funding into that. I want to thank the group who has worked so hard on this agreement and this negotiation in the Senate for their work, including Senator Manchin and Senator Romney and Senator Warner and Senator Shaheen and Senator Hassan and Senator Durbin, as well as all of their Republican colleagues, Senator Collins and Senator Murkowski, Senator Cassidy, who worked so hard on this original agreement, with many others who joined in as well. This bill contains such important priorities, including unemployment and help for our hospitals and help for our rural areas--housing, rent, small businesses, unemployment, the direct checks. I think we all know that there is more work to be done, including next year, including for our cities and our States, but it is so important that we get this done by the end of the year. I wanted to focus on something that I have worked on for quite a while with Senator Cornyn from Texas. We have done this on a bipartisan basis from the beginning, and it is the Save Our Stages Act.…”