Additional Cosponsors (Cong. Rec., May 7, 2020)
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Page S2325 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for May 7, 2020, headed Additional Cosponsors, in interleaved columns. At the request of Mr. Grassley, Mr. Tester is added as a cosponsor of S. 3607, a bill to extend public safety officer death benefits to officers whose death is caused by COVID-19. A resolution thanks the State for efforts to repatriate United States citizens and legal permanent residents, and cosponsor notices add Senators to S. 636 and S. 3563, the latter modifying nutrition programs. A speaker says his legislation makes clear that lost revenue is a cost.
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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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