You can't have a giant scavenger hunt where 5,000 different groups and people are looking for the same supplies and bidding against each other.

There's not a -- you need -- that's why you need a central figure in command and control, because they don't have a time line and it's all -- it's a little bit too much ad hoc.

Why don't you invoke the Defense Production Act?

You need one person in charge, right now in the White House, and they're trying their best.

So all I can do is try to get something done because I think it affects health, it affects lives. It affects the well-being of my 20 million New York constituents and 300 some odd million Americans.

Well, his attacks don't phase me, Anderson. I'm trying to get something done.

I want to thank the Senator from Washington for her hard and diligent work. No one--no one--fought harder for the State of Washington, which, like my State of New York, is in such crisis, than the two Senators from Washington, and I thank…

I will speak for a little bit, briefly. The legislation now before us is historic because it is meant to match a historic crisis. Our healthcare system is not prepared to care for the sick. Our workers are without work. Our businesses…

I am pleased that the final bill includes a stabilization fund for States that the pandemic has hit hard. Given the growing dire fiscal emergency States are facing as a result of the coronavirus, I think it is very likely we will need to…

after 5 days of arduous negotiations, after sleep-deprived nights, and marathon negotiating sessions, we have a bipartisan agreement on the largest rescue package in American history. This is not a moment of celebration but one of…

first, I want to thank my good friend, the Senator from Illinois, for his outstanding work on this issue. He has been such a strong voice for the working families of America, for the people who need help. And his empathy and understanding…

I thank my colleague for his impassioned words that were right on the money. The Senate is going to adjourn shortly, but that doesn't mean negotiations are slowing down one bit. Secretary Mnuchin just left my office. We have had some very…

every time we hear the majority leader come out, it is a partisan screed. I am in my office with the President's Secretary of Treasury, the President's congressional liaison, getting things done. We Democrats are trying to get things done…

I have no objection to that. As long as we have a schedule, I have no objection to that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The understanding of the Chair is that there will be voice votes on the first two motions, and then there will be an hour of…

We have no objection to voice voting the first two and then would like to vote, if the leader wants, now on the third, and then we can have the speeches. Mr. McCONNELL. What you are proposing is that we voice vote two, and then the cloture…

I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader's objection is heard. The Senator from Louisiana.

I object. I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader's objection is heard.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I would simply like to ask the leader--before we have these speeches, because we were supposed to vote for the next time after he and I spoke--what is the schedule for the rest of the day? Will he respond? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

I have the floor. I would ask-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. No, you do not. The Senate is in a quorum call. You have to ask that the quorum call--

Reserving the right to object-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is no right to reserve the right to object.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 30 seconds. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection?

I would simply like to know for the sake of the Members-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate is in a quorum call.

They need to get the relief bill done.