HEALS Act (Cong. Rec., Aug. 6, 2020)
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Page S5229 of the Congressional Record for Thursday, August 6, 2020, Volume 166, No. 140, headed HEALS Act, with the House noted as not in session and its next meeting set for August 7, 2020 at 10 a.m. The Senate met at 9:30 a.m., with a prayer by the Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black. Mr. Grassley speaks about the Meskwaki Nation in Iowa, and a speaker says extra Federal benefits were blocked when Democrats refused to act, which is that speaker's view. Mr. Schumer opens remarks on coronavirus, and the majority leader says the Senate convenes Monday with 24-hours notice before a vote.
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116 th CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION
United States
of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
Vol. 166 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020 No. 140
House of Representatives
The House was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Friday, August 7, 2020, at 10 a.m.
Senate
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 2020
The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was MESKWAKI POWWOW another rescue package that would
called to order by the President pro Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I have kept extra Federal benefits flow-
tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). want to speak about a Native Amer- ing. The Democrats refused to act, so
f ican tradition in the State of Iowa. It we tried to force the issue.
is about the Meskwaki Nation—the One of our Senators requested unani-
PRAYER mous consent to continue these bene-
only federally recognized Tribe in
The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- Iowa. fits through the end of the year at a
fered the following prayer: This year, many important annual still historically generous level. This
Let us pray. community events have been canceled plan would have also corrected the bi-
O God, our shield, we rejoice in the due to the COVID–19 pandemic. Each zarre choice facing American workers
gift of Your salvation. year, the Meskwaki Powwow serves as whom the system was actually paying
Look with favor upon our Senators an opportunity to bring the Meskwaki more to stay home than to resume
today, delivering them from fear and Tribe together with fellow Iowans to working, but that wasn’t good enough
guiding them around the obstacles that share, learn, and honor the Meskwakis’ for the Democratic leader, and he ob-
hinder their progress. Lord, unite them unique contributions to our State. This jected.
for the common good of this great land. gathering is important to preserving Another Republican Senator then
Manifest Your purposes to them, mak- the Meskwakis’ heritage and sharing it asked unanimous consent to extend
ing clear Your plans and guiding them with the next generation. Federal support exactly as it had been
with Your love. Give them the wisdom In light of the cancellation, the for 1 more week so that jobless Ameri-
to have confidence in Your power as Meskwakis are posting a number of cans didn’t have to bear the cost of the
You inspire them to use their talents educational resources on their Democrats’ leisurely negotiating pace.
as instruments of liberation and heal- Facebook page, at Meskwaki Nation, Once again, the Democratic leader ob-
ing. to honor the Meskwaki Annual Pow- jected.
Almighty God, have compassion upon wow week. I encourage Iowans to visit Finally, Republicans forced a floor
our Nation and world. and learn. vote to demonstrate whether Senators
We pray in Your Holy Name. Amen. I yield the floor. were even willing to debate the issue,
f f whether Senators would even consider
extending these benefits, and every sin-
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY gle Democrat present voted no.
The President pro tempore led the LEADER The week since then has seen plenty
Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- of talk and plenty of stalling from the
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the jority leader is recognized. Democratic leaders, who have insisted
United States of America, and to the Repub- f on handling this themselves—but no
lic for which it stands, one nation under God, significant movement toward progress.
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. HEALS ACT They have still kept their ranking
The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, it members and more reasonable voices
TILLIS). The Senator from Iowa. has been 1 week since Senate Demo- locked up. The Speaker and the Demo-
Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask crats forced the additional Federal cratic leader continue to obstruct the
unanimous consent to speak for 1 benefit for jobless Americans to expire. kinds of committee-level discussions
minute in morning business. Senate Republicans tried everything that delivered the CARES Act, which
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without to prevent the lapse. That Monday, we are no longer in style. Only they are al-
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objection, it is so ordered. rolled out a comprehensive proposal for lowed to speak. Only they among the
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S5230 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE August 6, 2020
Democrats are allowed to have an opin- This is why the Senate Republicans’ Washington. The House has already
ion. blueprint for another major rescue skipped town, but the Senate will not
Day after day, they have stonewalled package would put $190 billion into a adjourn for August unless and until the
the President’s team. Day by day, they second draw of the PPP for the busi- Democrats demonstrate they will never
have tried to invent new euphemisms nesses that most need help. The House let an agreement materialize.
to create the illusion of progress. Yes- Democrats’ $3 trillion wish list totally A lot of Americans’ hopes—a lot of
terday’s contribution from the Speaker left that out. They ignored the PPP. American lives—are riding on the
was this: There is now a light at the We want to re-up it. Democrats’ endless talk. I hope they
end of the tunnel, but ‘‘how long that This is just one of the many ways our are not disappointed.
tunnel is remains to be seen.’’ Well, serious proposal beats the absurd far- f
there are a lot of struggling Americans left wish list the Democrats’ own mod-
who could tell Speaker PELOSI exactly erate Members laughed out of the MEASURE PLACED ON THE
how long this tunnel has been and that room. While they focus on unrelated CALENDAR—S. 4461
it will continue to be endless unless the liberal demands, like tax cuts for rich Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I
Democrats let us provide more relief to people in blue States, we are focused on understand there is a bill at the desk
the country. serious solutions for the problems fac- due for a second reading.
Their second week of inaction has ing Americans right now. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
brought the country to a second cliff in Yet, instead of getting serious, the clerk will read the title of the bill for
coronavirus aid. Last week, it was the Democratic leaders have chosen, in- the second time.
extra Federal benefit for laid-off work- stead, to misrepresent and even lie The legislative clerk read as follows:
ers. This week, it is the enormously about what is at stake. The Demo- A bill (S. 4461) to provide for a period of
popular Paycheck Protection Program cratic leader’s repeated misstatements continuing appropriations in the event of a
that has kept millions more Americans about the legal protections that the lapse in appropriations under the normal ap-
off the unemployment rolls in the first propriations process, and establish proce-
Senate Republicans and the White
place. dures and consequences in the event of a fail-
House want for schools, doctors, ure to enact appropriations.
The PPP was written and designed in nurses, charities, and employers have
March by Chairman RUBIO and Chair- Mr. MCCONNELL. In order to place
earned him ‘‘three Pinocchios’’ from
man COLLINS as Main Street America the bill on the calendar under the pro-
the Washington Post and a ‘‘Mostly
was hurtling toward a cliff. Their inno- visions of rule XIV, I object to further
False’’ rating from another fact-check-
vative policy has saved small busi- proceedings.
er. Let me say that again. The Demo-
nesses on a massive scale. Hundreds of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec-
cratic leader’s repeated misstatements
billions of dollars have gone out in tion having been heard, the bill will be
about the legal protections the Senate
emergency loans to more than 600,000 placed on the calendar.
Republicans and the White House want
small businesses.
for schools, doctors, nurses, charities, f
I hear constantly from Kentuckians
and employers have earned him ‘‘three RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME
whose local businesses and whose jobs
would not have survived the last sev- Pinocchios’’ from the Washington Post The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under
eral months without this program. and a ‘‘Mostly False’’ rating from an- the previous order, the leadership time
From distilleries to medical device other fact-checker. He doesn’t even is reserved.
seem to realize that we modeled our
suppliers to domestic violence advo- f
cates, the PPP has helped community medical malpractice reforms on the
COVID-related protections that his fel- CONCLUSION OF MORNING
institutions weather the storm and
low Democrats put in place in New BUSINESS
keep more Kentuckians on the payroll.
This emergency program hasn’t been York. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning
perfect, but it has been a huge, huge So this is where we are—another business is closed.
success. It has remained a success be- week that the Speaker of the House f
cause, back in April, we finally got the and the Democratic leader have spent
stonewalling the President’s team in EXECUTIVE SESSION
Democrats to let us provide another
wave of funding after a pointless delay talks and holding out for ideological
and pointless brinksmanship—you may pet projects with no relationship what-
EXECUTIVE CALENDAR
detect a pattern here—but now many soever to the COVID crisis. Now, as a
result, struggling Americans are facing The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under
of these businesses are reaching the
another cliff, with another important the previous order, the Senate will pro-
ends of their ropes. Their PPP money
form of relief on its last legs. ceed to executive session to resume
is dwindling, but since the virus re-
We face a second straight week of po- consideration of the following nomina-
mains with us, even where shutdown
litical theater from our Democratic tion, which the clerk will report.
orders have been lifted, commerce has
colleagues with no result—except more The legislative clerk read the nomi-
not roared all the way back.
One survey found that one in four pain for families, more uncertainty for nation of John Peter Cronan, of New
workers who were hired back and kept workers, and more evidence to suggest York, to be United States District
getting paid because of the PPP has that perhaps the Democratic leaders Judge for the Southern District of New
now been warned he might be let go were never serious about getting some- York.
again, and you can bet that number thing accomplished in the first place. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I
will increase. All across America, small business suggest the absence of a quorum.
Here is how one business owner ex- owners are hurting and hoping the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
plained the looming danger to report- Democrats get reasonable and allow clerk will call the roll.
ers: ‘‘If there isn’t another round of another major package to move for- The legislative clerk proceeded to
stimulus, we’ll start cutting past the ward. Unemployed Americans need call the roll.
fat and to the bone, and that’s our peo- these endless talks to finally bear Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I
ple, and our people are hard to re- fruit, and so do school principals and ask unanimous consent that the order
place.’’ working parents and senior citizens for the quorum call be rescinded.
Congress should be strengthening the and nurses and doctors and university The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs.
PPP. Instead, the Democrats have put presidents and students of all ages. HYDE-SMITH). Without objection, it is
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it in jeopardy. This Saturday, August That is why I will not be adjourning so ordered.
8, is the official deadline for anyone the Senate for our August recess today RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER
who hasn’t yet gotten a loan to apply. as had been previously scheduled. I The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
The door closes the day after tomor- have told Republican Senators they Democratic leader is recognized.
row, and many firms that did receive will have 24-hours’ notice before a vote, CORONAVIRUS
the assistance are getting nearer to the but the Senate will be convening on Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President,
bottom of the well. Monday, and I will be right here in over the past week and a half, Speaker
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