Congressional Record Daily Digest, May 28, 2020 — Senate and House Chamber Action, Committee Meetings
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Daily Digest for Thursday, May 28, 2020, at pages D448 and D449 of the Congressional Record. Under Senate Chamber Action, the Senate met at 11:00:08 a.m. in pro forma status and adjourned at 11:00:43 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Monday, June 1, 2020. The House entries record the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, H.R. 7010, passed under suspension of the rules by 417 yeas to 1 nay (Roll No. 114), and a failed suspension vote on H.R. 6782 of 269 yeas to 147 nays (Roll No. 113). The committee entries include a hearing by the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Education and Labor on actions to protect workers from COVID–19.
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Thursday, May 28, 2020
Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action Committee Meetings
The Senate met at 11:00:08 a.m. in pro forma ses- No committee meetings were held.
sion, and adjourned at 11:00:43 a.m. until 3 p.m.,
on Monday, June 1, 2020.
h
House of Representatives
Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of
Chamber Action 2020: H.R. 7010, amended, to amend the Small
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 22 pub- Business Act and the CARES Act to modify certain
lic bills, H.R. 7042–7063; and 6 resolutions, H. provisions related to the forgiveness of loans under
Res. 982–987, were introduced. Pages H2358–59 the paycheck protection program, to allow recipients
Additional Cosponsors: Pages H2359–60 of loan forgiveness under the paycheck protection
program to defer payroll taxes, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today. vote of 417 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 114.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she Pages H2332–38, H2339–40
appointed Representative Carson (IN) to act as Suspensions: The House failed to agree to suspend
Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H2325
the rules and pass the following measure:
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules Small Business Transparency and Reporting for
and pass the following measures: the Underbanked and Taxpayers at Home Act:
Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjust- H.R. 6782, amended, to require the Administrator
ment Act of 2020: H.R. 6168, to increase, effective of the Small Business Administration to submit a re-
as of December 1, 2020, the rates of compensation port on recipients of assistance under the paycheck
for veterans with service-connected disabilities and protection program and the economic injury disaster
the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation loan program, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 269 yeas
for the survivors of certain disabled veterans; to 147 nays, Roll No. 113. Pages H2330–32, H2338–39
Pages H2327–28 Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment
Major Medical Facility Authorization Act of of silence in remembrance of the over 100,000
2020: S. 3414, to authorize major medical facility Americans who have passed away from the
projects for the Department of Veterans Affairs for COVID–19 virus. Page H2340
fiscal year 2020; Pages H2328–29 USA FREEDOM Reauthorization Act of 2020:
Amending title 38, United States Code, to mod- The House agreed to the Nadler motion to disagree
ify the limitation on pay for certain high-level em- to the Senate amendments and request a conference
ployees and officers of the Department of Veterans with the Senate on H.R. 6172, to require the Ad-
Affairs: S. 3084, amended, to amend title 38, ministrator of the Small Business Administration to
United States Code, to modify the limitation on pay submit a report on recipients of assistance under the
paycheck protection program and the economic in-
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for certain high-level employees and officers of the
Department of Veterans Affairs; and Pages H2329–30 jury disaster loan program, by a yea-and-nay vote of
284 yeas to 122 nays, Roll No. 115. Pages H2340–46
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May 28, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D449
The Chair appointed the following conferees: Rep- EXAMINING THE FEDERAL
resentatives Nadler, Schiff, Lofgren, Jordan, and GOVERNMENT’S ACTIONS TO PROTECT
Nunes. Page H2346 WORKERS FROM COVID–19
Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on
of silence in memory of the Honorable Sam Johnson Workforce Protections held a hearing entitled ‘‘Ex-
of Texas. Page H2346 amining the Federal Government’s Actions to Pro-
tect Workers from COVID–19’’. Testimony was
Quorum Calls—Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes de- heard from Loren Sweatt, Principal Deputy Assistant
veloped during the proceedings of today and appear Secretary, Occupational Safety and Health Adminis-
on pages H2338–39, H2339–40, and H2345–46. tration, Department of Labor; and John Howard,
There were no quorum calls. M.D., Director, National Institute for Occupational
Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and ad- Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and
journed at 4:37 p.m. Prevention, Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices.
Committee Meetings Joint Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS— No joint committee meetings were held.
RESPONSE TO COVID–19 f
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Mili- COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,
tary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related MAY 29, 2020
Agencies held a hearing entitled ‘‘Department of (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Veterans Affairs—Response to COVID–19’’. Testi-
mony was heard from the following Department of Senate
Veterans Affairs officials: Paul Lawrence, Under Sec- No meetings/hearings scheduled.
retary for Benefits; Jennifer MacDonald, Chief Con-
sultant to the Deputy Under Secretary for Health; House
Jon Rychalski, Assistant Secretary for Management Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Sub-
and Chief Financial Officer; and Robert Wilkie, Sec- committee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation,
retary. hearing entitled ‘‘The Status of the U.S. Maritime Supply
Chain During the COVID–19 Pandemic’’, 1 p.m.,
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