after the Senate Republicans spent 4 months dithering and delaying, last week, Leader McConnell pushed a partisan, emaciated COVID bill. It was so paltry and ladened with poison pills that it was clearly designed to fail. And fail it did…

today the Senate will take a rather pointless vote on the latest highly partisan, Republican, emaciated COVID relief bill. Now, the Republican leader keeps claiming that his bill is an attempt at a bipartisan solution, but of course the…

I am proud to support the resolution by the Senator from Illinois, and we will hear from her shortly. I very much appreciate her work. Now, in his famous letter to Lydia Bixby, mother of five sons who all died in the Civil War, President…

the amount of 1984-like doublespeak that comes out of the other side never ceases to amaze, and I guess it is becoming more and more extreme. The Republican leader calls his bill bipartisan? I would remind the leader that ``bipartisan''…

in the 3 weeks since the Senate last met, America eclipsed 6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. Nearly 190,000 Americans have died, and those totals climb by tragic amounts each day. Too many businesses remain closed, schools begin the…

The truth is, if you wanted to draft a bill that was certain to fail, this is it. This is one of the most cynical moves I have ever seen. We all know what is going on here. Leader McConnell had to create the most paltry, partisan, cynical…

We are not going to stop fighting until state election systems and the Post Office, which is part of getting the mail there, on time, get the resources that they need.

What a despicable derogation of democracy. What is his rational? It's a small amount of money. Ballots are a small percentage of the mail that's delivered. It is to discourage people from voting. He ought to be ashamed of himself.

Now, Mr. President, America is living through a crisis that exceeds anything we have seen in generations. Other countries were able to test their populations, isolate cases, and contain the spread of the disease, but here the failure of…

one final matter, millions of Americans rely on the U.S. Postal Service to deliver their mail reliably and on time. For decades, the hard-working people of the Postal Service have been doing just that. During this pandemic, USPS has been…

over the weekend, the United States achieved an ignominious milestone. Five million Americans are confirmed to have contracted COVID-19--by far, the most in the world. Our country went from 4 million Americans having had the disease to 5…

over the past week and a half, Speaker Pelosi and I have been engaged in serious discussions and negotiations with the White House over another round of emergency relief for the American people. Our motivation is simple: Americans are…

negotiations on the next round of COVID relief continued yesterday and will continue again today. Speaker Pelosi and I are making progress with the White House, but we remain far apart on a large number of issues. As I mentioned yesterday…

I just listened to my friend the Republican leader. The Republican leader is so tied in a knot by his own caucus and his President that all he can do is give Alice-in- Wonderland, partisan speeches. All he can do is threaten to force sham…

I just heard the Republican leader speak out on the floor. Leader McConnell is busy giving partisan speeches while for the last 2\1/2\ hours Speaker Pelosi, myself, Secretary of Treasury Mnuchin, and Chief of Staff Meadows were sitting in…

I am going to ask once again that our Republican colleagues support the Heroes Act. This is a dramatic crisis affecting all of America in many different ways. We Democrats have come up with a bold, strong plan supported by the vast…

this UC request is clearly a stunt. A 1- week fix can't be implemented in time, and the Senator knows that. Plus, there are many other problems Arizonans have in addition to this one. Arizonan parents are worried that schools will not open…

just two quick things on what President Trump said today. I know my colleague from Oregon brought it up--the idea that, once again, all he wants to do is divert from his abject failure on the coronavirus crisis. He says: Oh, well, maybe we…

first, before I do my UC, I would remind my good friend--I remind myself to take off my mask--I would remind my good friend that it took us 10 years to get out of the crisis of 2008. Unemployment stayed high. Job numbers stayed high…

the Senate will soon acknowledge a moment of silence for the 150,000 Americans who have now died from COVID-19--more lives than our country lost in World War I. This national tragedy is more keenly felt because it has not and cannot be…

in reserving the right to object, let's talk about how we got here. For over 3 months, our Republican colleagues have dithered, dallied, and not taken seriously the most enormous health crisis we have had in 100 years and the most enormous…

two quick points. One, my friend from Ohio--and I know he has lots of good ideas and a great deal of sincerity--made my point. The vast majority of Republicans oppose $600 for any time. That is why they are not calling it up for a vote--it…

Well, we have had a lot of words from the leader--none of them talk about reality. One picture equals all his words: Schumer, Pelosi, Mnuchin, Meadows in a room negotiating, where the Republican leader can't even show up because his caucus…

I ask to be recognized to respond to the leader. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader is recognized.

over the past 3 months, as Americans stayed home and forfeited their routines and their livelihoods to combat the spread of the virus, as essential workers risked their safety and their families' safety, as 50 million Americans filed…