On the recordAugust 22, 2020
It is shameful and sinful that history will record that, on the great issues of our time, many of them, the Senate failed to act. On issues concerning life and death, the Senate of the United States of America refused to act. On the great issue of the HEROES Act, which has lifesaving implications--some 86,000 have died since it was passed--the Senate has failed to act. On the issue of delivering lifesaving medications by way of the Postal Service, when the Postal Service needs our help, the Senate has refused to act. And a Senate that refuses to act puts the actions of the House at risk, because the truth is this: It takes an act of Congress to help these entities; it takes an act of Congress to help the people of the United States of America; and you cannot get an act of Congress if the Senate refuses to act.
