today is the second time in the last 2 years that I have had the opportunity to join the Senator from Alabama, coming together with a bipartisan group of Senators to read Dr. King's letter from the Birmingham jail. I want to thank the…

I rise at a time of crisis. For several months now, our Nation been dealing with two simultaneous crises--a global health pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 115,000 Americans and over 400,000 people across the globe--and an…

I rise at a time of crisis. For several months now, our Nation has been dealing with two simultaneous crises: a global health pandemic that has claimed the lives of over 100,000 Americans, over 300,000 people across the globe, and an…

I rise today to discuss the single most dangerous geopolitical threat that America faces now and through the next century--China. We are in the midst of a pandemic that has infected over 5 million people and has claimed the lives of over…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Young). Without objection, it is so ordered. (The remarks of Mr. Cruz pertaining to the introduction of S. 3835 are printed in today's…

I do. I am going to vote for it, but it doesn't create an incentive. This is where too many in the Democratic Party don't understand the incentives of trapping people out of work. Incentives are future looking. In sending these checks…

These quarantines are going to end. The period of staying at home is going to end. But under the policy favored by the Democratic Senators, there is going to be an incentive that is going to end up with more people being unemployed. Let's…

So, with respect, the Senator from Illinois is suggesting this is somehow some negative moral judgment that it makes them lazy. It is exactly the contrary. I am saying people behave according to rational incentives. Look, our girls are 11…

A question to the Senator. The Senator said that you were concerned about implementation and that it may not be timely at the State level to implement this. I think, just prior to when you came to the floor, I suggested a possible…

The incentives matter. We don't want to delay a recovery from this crisis by 4 months. Hopefully, we stop this global pandemic, and we stop it soon. You don't know how soon that will be. I don't know. One of the benefits of this bill is…

this bill is going to pass overwhelmingly. It may pass unanimously tonight, but I think this amendment would make it substantially better. I expect we will see a party-line vote on this amendment, and I think that is unfortunate because…

this is a time of extraordinary crisis for our Nation. In this time of crisis, I call upon each of our colleagues on both sides of the aisle to rise above--rise above paid partisanship, rise above the bickering that so often consumes…