Coronavirus (Cong. Rec., Oct. 19, 2020)
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Page S6050 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for October 19, 2020, headed Coronavirus, in interleaved columns. One speaker says the Speaker of the House's all-or-nothing obstruction on relief has to stop, which is that speaker's view. Another speaker quotes the chair of the ABA's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary on Judge Barrett and says no one in interviews uttered a negative word about her character. The clerk reports pending business on S. 178, a bill to condemn human rights violations in Xinjiang, and Mr. McConnell proposes amendment No. 2680.
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S6050 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE October 19, 2020
The Chair of the ABA’s Standing has to stop. The Speaker’s Marie An- LEGISLATIVE SESSION
Committee on the Federal Judiciary toinette act needs to end. Zero dollars
told the committee directly that ‘‘in for working families but a whole lot of
interviews with individuals in the legal television time for the Speaker of the UIGHUR INTERVENTION AND
profession and community who know House is not a good trade for the Amer- GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN UNI-
Judge Barrett, whether for a few years ican people. FIED RESPONSE ACT OF 2019
or decades, not one person uttered a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
Speaker PELOSI’s supposed leverage
negative word about her character.’’ clerk will report the pending business.
is not putting food on the table in
Of course, there is another way you The senior assistant legislative clerk
households where one or both parents
can tell that Judge Barrett is so im- read as follows:
have lost their jobs. Speaker PELOSI’s
pressive and so qualified. It is the fact House message to the company S. 178, a
so-called leverage is not helping bill to condemn gross human rights viola-
that the people who precommitted to
schools reopen safely or struggling tions of ethnic Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang,
oppose her nomination have com-
small business to avoid layoffs. The and calling for an end to arbitrary detention,
pletely retreated from arguing the
Democrats’ talking points are not torture, and harassment of these commu-
merits. Virtually none of the politi- nities inside and outside China.
doing a single thing to fund more test-
cians, pundits, or special interests that
ing, more tracing, or double down on Pending:
opposed Judge Barrett from the begin-
ning have even tried to lay a finger on Project Warp Speed so we can produce McConnell motion to concur in the amend-
her qualifications or credentials. and distribute a vaccine. ment of the House of Representatives to the
bill, with McConnell amendment No. 2652, in
We have seen inaccurate claims that Tomorrow and Wednesday, the Sen- the nature of a substitute.
it would be abnormal for the Senate to ate is going to vote. We will see wheth- McConnell (for Tillis) amendment No. 2673
fill this seat. We have seen bizarre, er our Democratic colleagues in this (to amendment No. 2652), to amend the
barely disguised insinuations about the Chamber agree that families deserve Health Insurance Portability and Account-
nominee’s religious faith, and now, this nothing rather than something, or ability Act to prohibit pre-existing condition
morning, there was improper press whether they are ready to let the Sen- exclusions. (By 47 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No.
scrutiny of her children. We have heard 199), Senate failed to table the amendment.)
ate make law across the huge areas
Democrats try to take hostage our AMENDMENT NO. 2673 WITHDRAWN
where we do not even disagree.
very institutions of government to stop Mr. MCCONNELL. I withdraw amend-
Tomorrow, we will have a stand- ment No. 2673.
this precedent-backed process from alone vote on creating a second round
moving forward, but none of the distor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
of the historic Paycheck Protection ator has that right.
tions can even begin to cloud the in- Program for the hardest hit small busi-
credible qualifications of the nominee. The amendment is withdrawn.
nesses. The PPP has saved tens of mil- The amendment (No. 2673) was with-
I look forward to the Judiciary Com-
lions of American jobs and kept main drawn.
mittee’s vote on Thursday. The full
streets across America from turning CLOTURE MOTION
Senate will turn to Judge Barrett’s
into permanent COVID–19 ghost towns. Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President,
nomination as soon as it comes out of
committee. I will be proud to vote to The program is as bipartisan as it I send a cloture motion to the desk for
confirm this exceptional jurist. gets. Not only did it pass unanimously the motion to concur with amendment
f in the first place, but we also added No. 2652.
funding and made tweaks several times The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant
CORONAVIRUS without a single objection in either to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the
Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, Chamber. Senate the pending cloture motion,
this week the Senate will vote on more which the clerk will state.
So tomorrow, Tuesday, every Sen- The senior assistant legislative clerk
coronavirus relief that Congress could
ator will cast an up-or-down vote on es- read as follows:
deliver to American families right now.
tablishing a whole second draw of these CLOTURE MOTION
Month after month, Speaker PELOSI
emergency loans for the small busi-
has held up urgent assistance for work- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord-
ers, families, schools, and our nesses that need it the most—no more ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the
healthcare system. Month after month, all or nothing, no more endless pos- Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby
she has refused to set aside non- turing, just one clear vote on one clear move to bring to a close debate on the mo-
COVID-related demands and far-left good thing that nobody even says they tion to concur in the House amendment to S.
oppose. It would make a huge dif- 178, a bill to condemn gross human rights
policy riders that she knows are sabo- violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in
taging any shot at a deal. Why? Well, ference for workers who may otherwise
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary
because—and these are her own be laid off.
detention, torture, and harassment of these
words—she thinks agreeing to a bipar- Then, on Wednesday, the Senate will communities inside and outside China, with
tisan compromise might make the vote again on a larger bill. It will pour a further amendment No. 2652.
Democrats seem like ‘‘a cheap date’’— hundreds of billions of dollars into the Mitch McConnell, John Barrasso, Susan
her words. The Speaker said over and PPP expansion, plus more Federal un- M. Collins, Lamar Alexander, Thom
Tillis, Todd Young, Pat Roberts, Chuck
over again that she does not believe it employment insurance, more money Grassley, Deb Fischer, Rob Portman,
is better for workers to get something for safe schools, more money for test- Richard C. Shelby, Michael B. Enzi,
rather than nothing. ing, more money for vaccines, and James E. Risch, Kevin Cramer, Lindsey
Thus far, Senate Democrats have many other important priorities. Graham, Roy Blunt, John Boozman.
gone along with it. We could have AMENDMENT NO. 2680 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2652
Nobody thinks this proposal would
passed hundreds of billions of dollars in (Purpose: To improve the small busi-
resolve every problem forever. What it
relief more than a month ago, but our ness programs.)
does contain is half a trillion dollars of
Democratic colleagues voted in lock- Mr. MCCONNELL. I have a second-de-
good that Congress can do right now
step to filibuster relief and kill the gree amendment to the motion to con-
through programs that Democrats do
bill. Unless Democrats got every single cur with amendment.
not even say they oppose. American
non-COVID-related wish-list item they The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
families deserve for us to agree where
were after, American families would clerk will report the amendment.
we can, make law, and push huge
get nothing. Every single Senate Dem- The senior assistant legislative clerk
amounts of money out the door while
ocrat voted to filibuster hundreds of read as follows:
ctelli on DSK11ZRN23PROD with SENATE
billions of dollars of noncontroversial Washington continues arguing over the The Senator from Kentucky [Mr.
assistance, except our colleague who is rest. It is common sense. It is what the MCCONNELL] proposes amendment
running for Vice President. So she country needs. I hope our Democratic numbered 2680 to Amendment No. 2652.
wasn’t here at all. colleagues will finally let it happen. Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous
This has been the position for Madam President, what is the pend- consent that the reading of the amend-
months: all-or-nothing obstruction. It ing business? ment be dispensed with.
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