Coronavirus (Cong. Rec., Sept. 29, 2020)
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Page S5889 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for September 29, 2020, headed Coronavirus, in interleaved columns. Mr. Schumer says the New York Times reported that President Trump paid $750 in income taxes in 2016 and nothing in 10 of the prior 15 years, and that Republicans cannot argue the merits of Judge Barrett's position on the Affordable Care Act, which are his views. The pending business is H.R. 8337, a continuing appropriations bill, with McConnell amendments No. 2663 and No. 2664. Mr. Enzi asks to speak in morning business, and a statement describes students inventing devices to fight COVID.
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September 29, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S5889
could proceed because of some solemn TRUMP TAX RETURNS Pending:
constitutional duty because they ar- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, one McConnell amendment No. 2663, to change
gued the exact opposite position 4 final matter: Over the weekend, the the enactment date.
years ago. New York Times reported that Presi- McConnell amendment No. 2664, of a per-
They certainly can’t argue the mer- fecting nature.
dent Trump paid $750 in income taxes
its of Judge Barrett’s position on the in 2016 and nothing in 10 of the prior 15 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
Affordable Care Act because they know years, largely because he reported los- ator from Wyoming.
it is dreadfully unpopular with the ing more money than he made. No New Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unani-
American people. No wonder—no won- Yorker was at all surprised by this re- mous consent to speak for a few min-
der Republicans are so desperate to port. All the hallmarks of President utes as if in morning business.
talk about, literally, anything else. Trump’s career before and after poli- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
f tics are there: hyperbole, fraud, avoid- objection, it is so ordered.
CORONAVIRUS ing responsibility, and pursuing selfish TRIBUTE TO JOHN DAVID ARNOLD
interests above all else. That is Presi- Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I thought I
Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, on an-
dent Trump in a nutshell. would deliver a little good news. It is a
other matter, COVID–19, yesterday, the The documents obtained by the New
House of Representatives unveiled leg- little hard to get good news these days,
York Times showed a long history of but I ran across some.
islation to provide $2.2 trillion in emer- President Trump’s egregious tax avoid-
gency funding to help the American I want to tell you about a man
ance and potentially criminal activity named Dr. John David Arnold, who,
people in the fight against COVID–19. and include the astounding figure that
The proposal includes a number of many years ago, started out teaching
the President owes more than $500 mil- school. He taught school in Arizona. He
crucial provisions that families, busi-
lion—$500 million—in personal obliga- had a little blue bus from which he had
nesses, local leaders, and hospitals des-
tions. Who does he owe that money to? ripped out the seats and put in desks.
perately need, including $600 in weekly
And $500 million is not chump change. He used that blue bus to follow the mi-
emergency unemployment insurance,
Who does the President owe $500 mil- grant workers from Arizona clear to
funding for our schools, support for
lion to? the northern border as they worked,
State and local governments, assist- If President Trump wants another 4-
ance for renters and homeowners, addi- teaching the migrant kids.
year term as President, the people have He came up with an idea. As tech-
tional resources for testing and contact to know who President Trump is so
tracing, and measures to strengthen nology advanced, he said: You know, if
deeply indebted to. These documents I give the kids a computer, I can han-
the post office and complete the cen- reveal that President Trump was an
sus. dle a whole lot more kids. They could
abject failure in business and a serial use the phone to send their assign-
It includes important aid for transit tax cheat.
systems, by the way, vital to our Na- ments in. He did that. So remote learn-
We have already heard the President ing has been around for a long time—
tion’s economy. It includes crucial sup- claim the reporting in the New York
port for economic drivers like res- probably 40 years.
Times is fake. Well, President Trump, One of the benefits he found was that
taurants, music venues, independent put your tax returns where your mouth
theaters, and more that we have named the parents benefited from it too. The
is. parents of these migrant workers
in our Save Our Stages Act, and it in- I yield the floor.
cludes critical workplace standards and learned along with their kids. That
I suggest the absence of a quorum.
protections for our workers. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The program grew.
Is this new bill everything that clerk will call the roll. Then he came up with another prob-
Democrats want? No, but it is an hon- The senior assistant legislative clerk lem that he saw a solution for, and
est attempt to provide the relief our proceeded to call the roll. that is that, in Phoenix, there were a
country needs and reach an agreement Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I ask unani- lot of high school dropouts and some
by moving closer to our Republican mous consent that the order for the kids being expelled. There weren’t good
colleagues who want to provide much quorum call be rescinded. results from that. So he thought
less relief, if they want to provide any The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. KEN- maybe he could start a school for these
at all. NEDY). Without objection, it is so or- kids, and he would only take a student
Once again, the bill demonstrates the dered. who had dropped out or been expelled if
willingness on the part of Democrats to f they would sign a contract. They and
compromise. COVID–19 remains the No. their parents had to sign a contract be-
1 issue in America. Weekly unemploy- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME fore they could become students. That
ment claims are still through the roof. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under contract had to say, of course, that
Schools are struggling to adapt. Over the previous order, the leadership time they would behave, they would do their
200,000 Americans have died. We are a is reserved. work, and what their goal was for a job
long way from putting this crisis in the f after they got out of high school. Then
rearview mirror. he trained them for that.
CONCLUSION OF MORNING
But none of this seems to concern the That was also a successful edu-
BUSINESS
Republican majority in the Senate. As cational endeavor that goes on today.
countless businesses are going under, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning There have been a lot of graduates
as thousands continue to get sick, as business is closed. from that, and, today, there are stu-
millions of Americans are waiting for f dents helping students.
the Senate to do its job, Leader LEGISLATIVE SESSION A lot of people who graduated from
MCCONNELL and Senate Republicans that want to work with their hands and
are moving at a lightning pace to jam do things. He has turned out a lot of
through a Supreme Court nominee—a CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS mechanics, and he has helped some me-
nominee who could rip healthcare away ACT, 2021 AND OTHER EXTEN- chanics get their own garages. Those
from tens of millions of Americans in SIONS ACT mechanics have contributed money so
the middle of a pandemic. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under that other kids who graduate can go
Leader MCCONNELL chose to put the into competition with them, but so
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the previous order, the Senate will re-
Senate on pause for 4 months while sume consideration of H.R. 8337, which that they will have the same kind of a
COVID devastated our country. Now the clerk will report. start that they had.
Leader MCCONNELL has the Senate on The senior legislative clerk read as Now the students in the school and
fast-forward to rush through a partisan follows: the graduates are working on inven-
nomination to the Supreme Court. It A bill (H.R. 8337) making continuing appro- tions to fight against COVID. This isn’t
goes to show you the priorities on the priations for fiscal year 2021, and for other their first crisis. They were there after
other side of the aisle. purposes. Katrina, and they are still there doing
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