I thank my friend for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I had a speech prepared to give, but I am not going to read that speech because I think the chairman from Massachusetts highlighted the crux of the problem we face in this Chamber today. We don't trust each other any longer in this institution. As he just alluded to, don't give over the floor, don't give over control of this body to the other side because we don't know what the Republicans will bring up. I give my word that what we would bring up is a bill that will provide immediate relief under the Paycheck Protection Program of $138 billion to our small businesses, our families, and individuals who are suffering in America today. We need to start trusting each other again. We don't trust each other in this institution and that is what is causing the American people to suffer. I ask my colleagues: When you vote ``yes'' on this previous question, be on notice. You are turning your back on the American people that need the Paycheck Protection Program assistance today. And when you make that vote, you do it with your eyes wide open. You do it on notice that you will be turning your back on those individuals who cry out for help as we speak here on this floor today. What we are talking about here is that we need to do our job as Congress.…
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