Paycheck Protection Program (Cong. Rec., June 4, 2020)
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Congressional Record, Senate proceedings of Thursday, June 4, 2020 (Vol. 166, No. 104, 116th Congress, second session), beginning at S2701. The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Senator from the State of Mississippi, and the Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, offered the prayer. A letter from the President pro tempore, Chuck Grassley, appoints Hyde-Smith to perform the duties of the Chair. Mr. McConnell states that the Senate passed a few targeted changes to the Paycheck Protection Program yesterday evening and that the program has delivered more than a half a trillion dollars in relief. He also remarks on the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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116 th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
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of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
Vol. 166 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020 No. 104
Senate
The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was Mrs. HYDE-SMITH thereupon as- thank and recognize the architects of
called to order by the Honorable CINDY sumed the Chair as Acting President this historic program—the senior Sen-
HYDE-SMITH, a Senator from the State pro tempore. ators from Maine and Florida—for
of Mississippi. f helping to soften the blow of this pan-
f demic for so many American families.
RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY
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The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- CHINA
fered the following prayer: pore. The majority leader is recog- Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President,
Let us pray. nized. on an entirely different matter, today
Eternal God, in these difficult and f marks the 31st anniversary of the
challenging times, remind us that the Tiananmen Square massacre in Bei-
Earth belongs to You, and You have PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
jing.
not abandoned it. Unite us with the un- Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, Because of China’s censorship and
derstanding that You are our Father, yesterday evening, the Senate passed a disinformation, we still do not know
and we are all members of the human few targeted changes so that Senator how many brave Chinese people were
family. We pray for all who have been COLLINS’ and Senator RUBIO’s historic killed by their own government on
impacted by the pain of this crisis sea- Paycheck Protection Program will June 4, 1989. Conservative estimates
son. Use our Senators to make the continue to protect American workers say hundreds. Others say thousands—a
weak strong, the sick healthy, and the and small businesses through this pan-
burst of violence against peaceful de-
broken whole. Lord, surround those demic.
mocracy protesters, weeks of arrests,
who have been shaken by anguish with Back in March, these Senate leaders
hand designed this plan to push unprec- roundups, and executions, and then
Your divine presence and peace. total silence.
We pray in Your loving Name. Amen. edented assistance to working families
and Main Street businesses. Once Never since have the Chinese people
f been able to freely and openly remem-
again, in April, they led the charge to
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE refill their popular and successful pro- ber the atrocity. Never outside the
gram with more money so it could help oasis of Hong Kong has a single formal
The Presiding Officer led the Pledge gathering on Chinese soil been per-
of Allegiance, as follows: even more Americans. In the weeks
since, our colleagues have continued to mitted to commemorate the victims.
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Now even that oasis of freedom is at
United States of America, and to the Repub- track the program’s operation and rec-
lic for which it stands, one nation under God, ommend further tweaks where nec- risk. We learned this week that, under
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. essary. new pressure from Beijing, Hong Kong
In recent days, both Senator COLLINS is refusing to permit the annual can-
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and Senator RUBIO helped to strength- dlelight vigil for the first time ever.
APPOINTMENT OF ACTING en and improve the House’s proposed This year, the Chinese Communist
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE PPP modifications before it actually Party wants no candles lit even in
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The passed the bill and sent it over to us, Hong Kong—just more darkness.
clerk will please read a communication and I know the senior Senators from It was 31 years ago that brave Chi-
to the Senate from the President pro Maine and Florida have already identi- nese flooded that public square and
tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). fied several more technical fixes for others across their nation in the fer-
The senior assistant legislative clerk the new legislation that, I hope, Con- vent hope that economic liberalization
read the following letter: gress will address. would also lead to a less authoritarian,
U.S. SENATE, Talk about legislation making a dif- more open society. What they got were
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, ference. Thanks to Senator COLLINS, bodies littering the ground.
Washington, DC, June 4, 2020. Chairman RUBIO, and our other col- A shocked world sanctioned the PRC,
To the Senate: leagues who helped to make this pro- but as time passed, the world relaxed
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, somewhat and returned to a strategy of
gram a success, the PPP has delivered
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby
more than a half a trillion dollars in welcoming China into our global public
appoint the Honorable CINDY HYDE-SMITH, a
Senator from the State of Mississippi, to per- relief and has literally saved tens of square, bringing the PRC into inter-
form the duties of the Chair. millions of American jobs. national institutions in the hope that
CHUCK GRASSLEY, So, as we continue to stay nimble an included China would actually play
President pro tempore. and continue our efforts, I just had to by the rules. Time and again, those
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