Congressional Record — Senate, July 30, 2020, Page S4623

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Page S4623 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for July 30, 2020, in interleaved columns. The Chair directs the clerk to read a cloture motion presented under rule XXII. A speaker from Nevada says travel and tourism have been hit hard, and that unemployment reached over 30 percent in April, the highest in the Nation, which is that speaker's account. Others urge timely, targeted legislation, say a bill does not continue the eviction moratorium, and mention Mr. Wyden's vote by mail bill.

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July 30, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S4623
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- soon as this weekend when the rent doors open. We must come together
ture motion having been presented comes due. This is unacceptable. and develop timely, targeted, and
under rule XXII, the Chair directs the In Nevada, our travel and tourism in- thoughtful legislation to protect both
clerk to read the motion. dustry has been hit hard by the pan- the lives and livelihoods of the Amer-
The senior assistant legislative clerk demic, which has hurt our entire econ- ican people during this crisis. They de-
read as follows: omy. In April, unemployment reached serve no less.
CLOTURE MOTION over 30 percent—30 percent. It is the Across the country right now, sci-
We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- highest in our Nation. Even now, entists and healthcare professionals
ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the months later, unemployment is still in are working around the clock, maxi-
Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby the double digits—15 percent by the mizing resources, developing innova-
move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- last count—which is more than four tive ways to protect the health of our
nation of Mark Wesley Menezes, of Virginia, Nation and save lives. As they work
times our prepandemic level.
to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.
Mitch McConnell, Cindy Hyde-Smith,
Now, just as Nevadans feel that we day in and day out, Congress needs to
Todd Young, Pat Roberts, Lamar Alex- can’t take any more pain, this bill do the same.
ander, John Hoeven, Roy Blunt, Mike plans to slash unemployment relief? The House passed the Heroes Act
Crapo, Martha McSally, Tom Cotton, Amidst our unemployment crisis, over 2 months ago. It is long past time
Roger F. Wicker, Mike Rounds, Joni State and local governments are also for the Senate to get to work. It is im-
Ernst, Cory Gardner, Thom Tillis, struggling. In Nevada and across our perative that the Senate remain in ses-
Shelley Moore Capito, James E. Risch. country, our public employees have sion and that Senators remain in
Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I been on the frontlines of the pandemic, Washington, working tomorrow
ask unanimous consent that the man- fighting against the disease and work- through the weekend until the Senate
datory quorum call be waived. ing to ensure the safety and well-being passes a true coronavirus relief bill.
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of all Americans. Working Americans don’t get Fridays
objection, it is so ordered. With little revenue coming in and off, and neither should Congress.
The Senator from Nevada. significant costs going out, our States, Although we may not agree on every
HEALS ACT our cities, our towns, and our Tribes aspect of how to address this crisis, my
Ms. ROSEN. Mr. President, this Na- are now facing massive budget short- Democratic colleagues and I stand
tion faces a moment of crisis. The falls that will require cuts to critical ready to work across the aisle to de-
coronavirus pandemic has taken a seri- programs and which threaten the pay liver relief to the American people.
ous and devastating toll on our coun- of our teachers, our firefighters, and So I ask the majority leader, who
try. Right now, in every corner of our first responders. The HEALS Act— controls our schedule—I ask him this:
America, families are struggling to get Senator MCCONNELL’s proposal—has Don’t we owe it to our constituents, to
by, and they are worried about what zero funds for any of them. the American people, all Americans, to
the future holds in store for them. While the majority leader’s party work through the weekend until we
Americans are worried about where prides itself on helping business, our have an agreement? The essential
their next paychecks will come from. Nation’s small businesses, too, are left workers on the frontlines of this battle
They are worried about whether or not behind in his legislation. aren’t taking the weekend off to rest,
they will be able to keep their small Small businesses, the economic en- and neither should we.
businesses open. They are worried gines that keep our communities I yield the floor.
about how they will be able to pay going, have been hammered by this The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
their mortgages, their rent, or their pandemic. But the HEALS Act has ator from Washington.
utility bills, and they are worried zero—zero additional funding for the ELECTIONS
about how they are going to feed their Economic Injury Disaster Loan Pro- Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President,
children. gram, which has benefited millions of while I come to the floor this after-
As I said before, this is a time of cri- small businesses nationwide, including noon, I am kind of questioning whether
sis, but it is a moment that we can tens of thousands of small businesses the heat of Washington, DC, has gotten
overcome together. We are a nation in Nevada. to people. Clearly, it has been a record
that in the face of great challenges has Senator CORNYN and I introduced bi- July here, with 90-plus degree tempera-
responded with caring and compas- partisan legislation last week that tures every day. But the notion that we
sionate leadership. COVID–19 is a would not only provide $180 billion in should somehow cancel the election in
major challenge—make no mistake funds to the EIDL and EIDL Advance the fall, I think, is either the heat of
about that—but we as a Congress can Programs but will also lift the Small the moment or just clear
bring real and meaningful results to Business Administration’s arbitrary wrongheadedness.
the American people. I am sad to say caps on the loans and grants that all I have been waiting for some time to
that the legislation introduced by small businesses can receive. come to floor to talk about our voting
Leader MCCONNELL, the HEALS Act, Real bipartisan solutions are pos- system and why it is so important to
does not do this. In fact, it does not sible, but our bipartisan proposal to protect it and why now we should rec-
even come close. help small businesses is not in Senator ognize that Americans, in having to
This is a bill that slashes Federal un- MCCONNELL’s bill either. deal with the coronavirus, have had the
employment assistance for people who Let’s be clear. The HEALS Act is not ability to vote and the ability to get
are out of work not due to any fault of a bipartisan solution, and it does not there and the ability to be protected
their own and because of a deadly pan- address all the needs of the American while they are voting. It has occurred
demic and an unprecedented economic people. Just as a house cannot stand in several elections that we need to be
catastrophe. This is a bill that has no without support from a sturdy founda- doing more.
money for programs like SNAP to en- tion, we cannot expect the American That is why I continue to support the
sure that American children don’t go people to stand upon a bill that is the efforts of our colleagues to make sure
hungry. This is a bill that provides no legislative equivalent of cheap drywall that we are doing everything we can to
support to State and local governments and a coat of paint. protect elections.
so that they can continue to provide Our constituents, my constituents, I know that Leader MCCONNELL has
critical services during the pandemic. need real support, a lifeline, not just proposed the HEALS Act, but it doesn’t
This is a bill that provides no support window dressing. So I ask my col- contain any money for helping safe and
for the EIDL Program or EIDL Ad- leagues in this body to rise to the chal- secure elections in November. I know

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vance, which provide direct support to lenge we face and provide that lifeline that the House bill, the Heroes Act,
small businesses to pay their operating to the people of Nevada and to all of does help put money in place to keep
expenses. This is also a bill that the American people. polling workers safe during the pan-
doesn’t even continue the eviction Let’s help people keep their homes. demic. I know that we have other legis-
moratorium, putting countless Ameri- Let’s help families feed their children. lation, whether it is Senator WYDEN’s
cans at risk of losing their homes as Let’s help small businesses keep their bill, which I am on, the Vote By Mail

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