Political Quotes

“I would like to call up amendment No. 1369, as modified, and ask it be reported by number. Additional Cosponsor I ask that Senator Hagerty be added as cosponsor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment, as modified. The senior assistant bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from South Carolina [Mr. Graham], for himself and others, proposes an amendment numbered 1369, as modified, to amendment No. 891. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To improve the bill) Strike section 9901 and insert the following: SEC. 9901. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND. (a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS FISCAL RECOVERY FUND. ``(a) Appropriation.-- ``(1) In general.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for making payments to States, Tribal governments, and units of local government under this section, $350,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. ``(2) Reservation of funds.--Of the amount appropriated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall reserve-- ``(A) $4,500,000,000 for making payments to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa; and ``(B) $20,000,000,000 for making payments to Tribal governments.…”