Second, we are just finding out there is another $10 billion added through this amendment to State and local governments. I don't know if everybody was listening when Senator Romney gave his explanation during his amendment of what is…

everybody around here agrees that the U.S. economy is getting better--there is no argument about that--and that workers are needed. Yet, in this massive partisan spending bill, a lot of which is not even about COVID-19, the Democrats are…

let's be clear with what is going on here. The Republicans have offered a very generous unemployment system, including 300 bucks per week, as is the current law after March 15, when it would otherwise expire, and taking it to July 18. Now…

I ask unanimous consent for 15 seconds to respond, and then I will stop. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Murphy). The Senator has time remaining.

this amendment comes after about 24 hours of discussion here as a surprise because we are just looking at it for the first time. But there are two things that are very disturbing about it. One is it completely distorts workers'…

I call up my amendment No. 1092 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Ohio [Mr. Portman], for himself and others…

You wrote that Susan Collins is, quote, the worst, that Tom Cotton is a fraud, that vampires have more heart than Ted Cruz. You called Leader McConnell Moscow Mitch and Voldemort.

I worked with my colleague from Pennsylvania on some of these home care options, and I think it is a very positive thing. In fact, it saves a lot of cost for the system, but the question is, What is it doing in a COVID relief bill? You…

I want to ask you now, in this forum, will you commit to working with me to pass a sunset removal for FAST-41 that retains the current law as written?

But specifically with regard to Federal coordination, you talk about the fact that we have yet to fill this position, which is really a White House position, as I understand it.

My thought on this is you need a whole-of-government approach to this issue.

But we also have not given CISA, which is the Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity entity, all of the resources it needs along with the authority that we have provided.