Statements on Introduced Bills (Cong. Rec., May 7, 2020)
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A page of the Congressional Record, Senate, dated May 7, 2020, at page S2325, with Additional Cosponsors and Statements on Introduced Bills. It lists senators added as cosponsors of bills including S. 3607, to extend public safety officer death benefits to officers whose death is caused by COVID-19, and S. 3608, to amend the CARES Act to provide flexibility in use of funds by States, Indian Tribes and municipalities. A statement on an introduced bill says it would provide State and local governments an additional $600 billion, including a $5 billion small State minimum, $59 billion allocated by relative infection rates and $205 billion reserved for local governments. The page ends with resolution text on Women's History Month and V-E Day, May 8, 2020.
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May 7, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2325
State for their extensive efforts to repatriate S. 3607 zon States have to spend the money in
United States citizens and legal permanent At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the order to ensure they have the flexi-
residents during the COVID–19 pandemic; to name of the Senator from Montana
the Committee on Foreign Relations.
bility to equitably allocate and dis-
(Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor burse the funding and help commu-
f of S. 3607, a bill to extend public safety nities combat COVID–19 and recover.
ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS officer death benefits to public safety
officers whose death is caused by Unfortunately, the costs of respond-
S. 636
COVID–19, and for other purposes. ing to the coronavirus and keeping our
At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the
names of the Senator from Delaware S. 3608
economy afloat have only increased as
(Mr. COONS), the Senator from Ohio At the request of Mr. KENNEDY, the result of this Administration’s inabil-
(Mr. BROWN) and the Senator from name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. ity to formulate and execute a public
Massachusetts (Ms. WARREN) were MCSALLY) was added as a cosponsor of health strategy based on facts and
added as cosponsors of S. 636, a bill to S. 3608, a bill to amend the CARES Act science, or implement effectively the
designate Venezuela under section 244 to provide flexibility in use of funds by resources and programs Congress au-
of the Immigration and Nationality States, Indian Tribes, and municipali- thorized to keep our economy afloat.
Act to permit nationals of Venezuela ties. To meet these increasing costs, this
to be eligible for temporary protected S. 3610 bill would provide State and local gov-
status under such section. At the request of Mr. PAUL, the name ernments an additional $600 billion in
S. 738 of the Senator from Georgia (Mrs. funding. The bill includes a protective
At the request of Mr. UDALL, the LOEFFLER) was added as a cosponsor of $5 billion small State minimum, treats
name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. S. 3610, a bill to amend the Employee the District of Columbia and the Com-
SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S. Retirement Income Security Act of monwealth of Puerto Kico as States,
738, a bill to require the Federal Com- 1974 to allow health share pools to be and reserves funds for territories and
munications Commission to make the deemed an employer under section 3(5) Tribes. In addition, $59 billion would be
provision of Wi-Fi access on school of such Act for purposes of offering a allocated to States based on their rel-
buses eligible for E-rate support. group health plan or group health in- ative coronavirus infection rates, and
S. 1720 surance coverage, and for other pur- $205 billion would be reserved elusively
At the request of Mr. ROUNDS, the poses.
for local governments.
names of the Senator from Montana S.J. RES. 68
(Mr. DAINES) and the Senator from At the request of Mr. KAINE, the State and local governments are
North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER) were added name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. being pushed to the financial brink by
as cosponsors of S. 1720, a bill to amend BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of skyrocketing costs and plunging rev-
the Federal Meat Inspection Act and S.J. Res. 68, a joint resolution to direct enue, and they need stability in order
the Poultry Products Inspection Act to the removal of United States Armed to have a chance at recovery. While
allow the interstate sale of State-in- Forces from hostilities against the Is- some of my colleagues on the other
spected meat and poultry, and for lamic Republic of Iran that have not side of the aisle have tried to paint this
other purposes. been authorized by Congress. issue as a ‘red State vs. blue State’
S. 2085 S. RES. 510 problem, all fifty States are suffering
At the request of Ms. ROSEN, the At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the and need financial relief from the Fed-
name of the Senator from South Da- name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. eral government to prevent massive
kota (Mr. THUNE) was added as a co- CRUZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. layoffs, cuts to needed services, and fu-
sponsor of S. 2085, a bill to authorize Res. 510, a resolution commending the ture tax hikes.
the Secretary of Education to award people of Taiwan on holding free and
fair democratic presidential and legis- In addition, on May 6, 2020, CNBC re-
grants to eligible entities to carry out
lative elections, and congratulating ported ‘‘[p]rivate payrolls hemorrhaged
educational programs about the Holo-
caust, and for other purposes. Madame Tsai Ing-wen on her re-elec- more than 20 million jobs in April as
S. 2438 tion to the presidency of Taiwan. companies sliced workers amid a co-
At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the f rona virus-induced shutdown that took
name of the Senator from Massachu- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED most of the U.S. economy offline, ac-
setts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a co- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTION cording to a report Wednesday from
sponsor of S. 2438, a bill to prevent, ADP. In all, the decline totaled
By Mr. REED: 20,236,000—easily the worst loss in the
treat, and cure tuberculosis globally. S. 3671. A bill to amend title VI of the
S. 3419 survey’s history going back to 2002 but
Social Security Act to provide addi-
At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the tional funding for States, Tribal Gov- not as bad as the 22 million that econo-
name of the Senator from South Da- ernments, and local communities due mists surveyed by Dow Jones had been
kota (Mr. THUNE) was added as a co- to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 expecting. The previous record was
sponsor of S. 3419, a bill to amend the (COVID–19) public health emergency, 834,665 in February 2009 amid the finan-
Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, to and for other purposes; to the Com- cial crisis and accompanying Great Re-
provide for the establishment of a trust mittee on Appropriations. cession.’’
for the benefit of all unpaid cash sell- Mr. REED. Mr. President, in order to Mr. President, the scale and pace of
ers of livestock, and for other purposes. build on a key provision I authored in our public health emergency and the
S. 3486 the CARES Act, which provided states impact it has having on our economy
At the request of Mr. UDALL, the with $150 billion in Coronavirus Relief requires each of us to swiftly set aside
name of the Senator from Arizona (Ms. Funds (CRF), I am introducing the ideology and work urgently to address
SINEMA) was added as a cosponsor of S. State and Local Emergency Stabiliza- these generational challenges head on.
3486, a bill to improve State, local, and tion Fund Act so that States and local
tribal public health security. Failure to respond in a timely manner
governments can continue to be sup-
S. 3563
will only result in more layoffs and a
ported as they shoulder the costs of
At the request of Mr. CASEY, the longer recession. It will mean States
battling the corona virus.
names of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. The State and Local Emergency Sta- and local governments will be left un-
BROWN), the Senator from Minnesota bilization Fund Act would cut needless able to provide needed health, edu-
(Ms. SMITH), the Senator from New red tape that was bureaucratically im- cation, public safety, and sanitation
York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND), the Senator posed by the Trump Administration, services, just when those services are
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from Wisconsin (Ms. BALDWIN) and the which is constraining States from needed most. Any economic recovery
Senator from Connecticut (Mr. spending the CRF money that Congress needs reliable State and local govern-
BLUMENTHAL) were added as cosponsors unanimously approved to save lives ments that provide the business cer-
of S. 3563, a bill to modify nutrition and help rescue our economy. My legis- tainty that make our attractive to
programs to address the Coronavirus lation makes it clear that lost revenue businesses and investors throughout
Disease 2019, and for other purposes. is a cost. It also extends the time hori- the world.
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S2326 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 7, 2020
Nobody is immune from this crisis. which provides, ‘‘The right of citizens of the SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS
Congress should come together, do the United States to vote shall not be denied or
right thing, and provide States the re- abridged by the United States or by any
State on account of sex.’’; and SENATE RESOLUTION 564—COM-
sources they need to save lives and (2) the enactment of the Voting Rights Act MEMORATING MAY 8, 2020, THE
livelihoods and get the economy work- of 1965 (52 U.S.C. 10301 et seq.), which ex- 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY
ing again. I urge each of my colleagues tended the protection of the right to vote to IN EUROPE DAY, THE DAY ON
to join me in working to enact this leg- women of color and language minorities; WHICH THE ALLIES ACHIEVED
islation so that we can get more crit- Whereas, in 2020, the United States cele- VICTORY IN EUROPE DURING
ical federal resources to our States and brates the 100th anniversary of the ratifica- WORLD WAR II, AND HONORING
local governments who are on the front tion of the 19th Amendment to the Constitu- DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, SU-
lines of battling this public health and tion of the United States, which guarantees PREME COMMANDER OF THE AL-
women the constitutional right to vote; LIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
economic emergency. Whereas women have been and continue to FOR THE INVASION OF EUROPE
f be leaders in the forefront of social change IN 1944 AND THE 34TH PRESI-
efforts, business, science, government, math, DENT OF THE UNITED STATES
SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS ON art, literature, music, film, athletics, and Mr. ROBERTS (for himself and Mr.
MAY 6, 2020 other fields; MORAN) submitted the following reso-
Whereas women now represent approxi- lution; which was referred to the Com-
mately half of the workforce of the United mittee on Foreign Relations:
SENATE RESOLUTION 563—DESIG- States;
S. RES. 564
NATING MARCH 2020, AS ‘‘NA- Whereas women once were routinely barred
from attending medical schools in the Whereas, in 1941, leaders, soldiers, and citi-
TIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY zens of the United States joined a multi-
United States, but now are enrolling in med- national campaign to defeat the German
MONTH’’ ical schools in the United States at higher Army, a tyrannical force led by Adolf Hitler
Mrs. FEINSTEIN (for herself, Ms. numbers than men; that had conquered Europe;
MURKOWSKI, Ms. HIRONO, Ms. CORTEZ Whereas women previously were turned Whereas, in 1942, Army General Dwight D.
MASTO, Mr. MARKEY, Ms. CANTWELL, away from law school, but now represent ap- Eisenhower of Kansas was named Supreme
proximately half of law students in the Commander of the Allied Expeditionary
Mr. CASEY, Mr. COONS, Mr. BOOKER, Ms. Force for the Allied invasion of Europe;
United States;
STABENBOW, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. Whereas, since the American Revolution, Whereas, on June 6, 1944, General Eisen-
KAINE, Ms. WARREN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. women have been vital to the mission of the hower led a mission from England
VAN HOLLEN, Mr. PETERS, Mr. CARPER, Armed Forces, with more than 200,000 women codenamed ‘‘Operation Overlord’’ across the
English Channel to invade the German-occu-
Mr. CARDIN, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. serving on active duty and 2,000,000 women pied Normandy coast of France;
BROWN, Mr. KING, Mr. JONES, Mr. veterans representing every branch of serv- Whereas, in 1945, the success of the inva-
MENENDEZ, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. REED, Mr. ice; sion and further military missions led to the
Whereas more than 10,000,000 women own defeat and surrender of the German Army;
MERKLEY, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. ROSEN, businesses in the United States; Whereas, on May 8, 1945, the world cele-
Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. WYDEN, Ms. COLLINS, Whereas Jeannette Rankin of Montana was brated the end of World War II in Europe;
Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, Mrs. BLACKBURN, the first woman elected to the House of Rep- Whereas, in 1999, Congress authorized the
Mrs. LOEFFLER, Mr. DURBIN, and Ms. resentatives in 1916 and Hattie Wyatt Cara- creation of a memorial to recognize the life-
ERNST) submitted the following resolu- way of Arkansas was the first woman elected time of achievements of Dwight D. Eisen-
to the United States Senate in 1932; hower, both as a general and as the 34th
tion; which was considered and agreed President of the United States;
to: Whereas Margaret Chase Smith of Maine
Whereas, in 2020, the Dwight D. Eisenhower
was the first woman to serve in both Houses Memorial Commission, an entity charged
S. RES. 563 of Congress; with creating a worthy memorial to Eisen-
Whereas National Women’s History Month Whereas, in 2020, a record total of 131 hower in the National Capital Region, ful-
recognizes and spreads awareness of the im- women are serving in Congress, including 105 filled its mission; and
portance of women in the history of the women in the House of Representatives and Whereas, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memo-
United States; 26 women in the Senate; rial Commission, chaired by Senator Pat
Whereas, throughout the history of the Whereas President Jimmy Carter recog- Roberts of Kansas, has scheduled a dedica-
United States, whether in their homes, in nized March 2 through 8, 1980, as ‘‘National tion and ribbon-cutting ceremony to occur
their workplaces, in schools, in the courts, on September 17, 2020: Now, therefore, be it
Women’s History Week’’;
or during wartime, women have fought for Whereas, in 1987, a bipartisan group of Sen- Resolved, That the Senate—
themselves, their families, and all people of ators introduced the first joint resolution to (1) wishes to commemorate the 75th anni-
the United States; pass Congress designating ‘‘Women’s History versary of Allied victory in Europe on May 8,
Whereas, even from the early days of the Month’’; 2020;
history of the United States, Abigail Adams Whereas, in 1987, President Ronald Reagan (2) honors the men and women of the
urged her husband to ‘‘Remember the La- issued a Presidential proclamation pro- United States who sacrificed their lives for
dies’’ when representatives met for the Con- claiming March 1987 as ‘‘Women’s History the freedoms that millions of people
tinental Congress in 1776; Month’’; and throughout the world continue to enjoy;
Whereas women were particularly impor- Whereas, despite the advancements of (3) recognizes the contributions of the
tant in the establishment of early chari- women in the United States, much remains thousands of members of the Armed Forces
table, philanthropic, and cultural institu- to be done to ensure that women realize who returned home to their families and
tions in the United States; their full potential as equal members of soci- communities and reentered life in the United
Whereas women led the efforts to secure ety in the United States: Now, therefore, be States;
suffrage and equal opportunities for women, it (4) celebrates the extraordinary service of
and also served in the abolitionist move- Resolved, That the Senate— 5-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower, whose
ment, the emancipation movement, labor (1) designates March 2020 as ‘‘National mission it was to defeat the German Army
movements, civil rights movements, and Women’s History Month’’; and end World War II in Europe; and
other causes to create a more fair and just (2) recognizes the celebration of National (5) joins all people of the United States on
society for all; Women’s History Month as a time to reflect the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe
Whereas suffragists wrote, marched, were on the many notable contributions that Day (also known as ‘‘V-E Day’’), May 8, 2020,
arrested, and ultimately succeeded in women have made to the United States; and in saluting the members of the Armed Forces
achieving— (3) urges the people of the United States to who gave of themselves and willingly sac-
(1) the ratification of the 19th Amendment observe National Women’s History Month rificed so that future generations could be
to the Constitution of the United States, with appropriate programs and activities. blessed with a more peaceful world.
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