Steve Daines

It is breaking the hearts of these employees who are losing their jobs while the Senate is sitting here fiddling at the moment. We have got to come together and pass this bill tonight. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Senator Graham.

He wouldn't have to lay them off today. In fact, he continues to write that they just canceled conferences in the last week that total $848,000. This is a big deal in Montana. In fact, another small business owner in Montana let us know…

It more than doubles what they would otherwise receive in the State of Montana in unemployment benefits. By the way, this unemployment insurance backstop that is part of this rescue package is not what Montanans are after. They want their…

Senator Graham, thank you for joining me here tonight. I wish the C-SPAN camera, for a moment, could pan this Chamber. It is empty. There are three Senators in this Chamber right now. Senator Rounds is the Presiding Officer from South…

We are at the 1-yard line, we were told last night. Negotiations would go all night. Everybody here said it has to be a good, bipartisan bill. But what we have right now is an economic emergency on our hands. This is like somebody has been…

There has been plenty of time to negotiate, Senator Graham. There have been good faith negotiations on both sides, and there has been shuttle diplomacy going on between both sides. There has been a lot of give and get. We are at a point…

Senator Graham, that is in this bill. For these small businesses, help is on its way. But we can't send the help, Senator Graham, until we pass the bill. Yet the good news for the general manager of Fairmont Hot Springs is that, as the…

Senator Graham, thank you, and we will conclude here. This is a moment in our history as a nation. Truly, we have got to come together. The American people are asking us to come together. Senator Graham, I thought for certain we would have…

When you step back for a moment and think about the basics--of the panic and fear that the American people have with regard to this economy--the panic and the fear will not stop until the pandemic stops, and the pandemic will not stop…

Listen. They are in trouble. They are temporarily closed. In fact, they just closed Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park today. This business owner said they are currently looking at additional layoffs. They are looking at…

This is a moment in which I am just bringing the frustration and the fear that I hear in the voices of Montanans who are asking: What in the world is going on back in Washington, DC? We have a package. As you can see, what happened today…

So their first choice is, Would you please help me keep my job. For whatever reason, if we can't do that, there will be the unemployment insurance. I will tell you that Montanans don't want a handout, but it is there if they need it…

Senator Graham, I support the idea, if we don't get something done here, that Members of Congress shouldn't be paid. Again, there are constitutional issues, but we can get around that by just saying we will donate our paychecks to some…

the health and livelihoods of the American people are at risk; they are in danger. We cannot afford to keep squabbling and arguing in the U.S. Senate. Time is not on our side. Each day matters. In fact, every hour matters. As we look at…

I can give you a very long list to describe everything we are doing here to help small business people in this country, our hospitals, personal protective equipment. Let me say this. This bill was written by both Democrats and Republicans…

Senator Cassidy, thank you--Dr. Cassidy. It is a really good thing to have a physician serving on the floor of the U.S. Senate and your additional insight you have as a physician. Thank you. Madam President, I am grateful for not only…

I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 10; further, that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be…

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate at 7:10 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at 10 a.m.

I understand there is a bill at the desk, and I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (S. 3422) to…

I now ask for a second reading, and in order to place the bill on the calendar under the provisions of rule XIV, I object to my own request. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection having been heard, the bill will receive its second reading on…

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

we are here today to discuss two pieces of legislation that will be voted on tomorrow in the U.S. Senate. These two important bills address the issue of life, a most basic human right--the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act and the…

Senator, thank you, and thanks for your very moving story about Micah Pickering. It helps to take these ideas and translate them directly into these children today, whom you can see there as a little baby. There are critics of the…

I ask unanimous consent to engage in a colloquy with my Senate colleagues. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I ask unanimous consent that the votes in this series be 10 minutes in length. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. By unanimous consent, the mandatory quorum call has been waived. The question…