Senate on PPP, Deborah Sampson Act and Coronavirus Relief — Congressional Record, December 16, 2020
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Page S7521 of the Senate section of the Congressional Record for December 16, 2020, with Senate remarks headed on the Paycheck Protection Program, the Deborah Sampson Act and coronavirus relief, in interleaved columns. One speaker says the Senate has invested $670 billion in the Paycheck Protection Program, that Texas received more than $41 billion through more than 417,000 loans, and that relief should proceed where there is consensus, which is that speaker's view. Another speaker discusses expanding VA care options for women veterans. A cloture motion is read on the nomination of Charles Edward Atchley, Jr. to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
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December 16, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7521
invested $670 billion in the Paycheck lief bill, and I guarantee all 535 Mem- expanding care options women can ac-
Protection Program. Every time I say bers of Congress would like to see more cess at the VA to reduce the need for
a number like that—or $3 trillion—I for other things in the relief bill. But referrals to community care, increas-
still have to pinch myself that we are the fact of the matter is, we have been ing trained medical professionals who
spending the money. We need to spend unable to reach an agreement on a bill specialize in women’s health issues,
this money in order to meet this pan- that includes the most controversial and enhancing privacy in exam rooms.
demic, but the Paycheck Protection priorities, and it is time to take action These are reasonable steps that the VA
Program, in particular, has been a life- where we can act and where we do have can implement to ensure equitable ac-
line for America’s small business own- consensus and come back next year and cess to services.
ers, especially in my State. try to do more and try to do better. The good news is, we are one step
Texas received more than $41 billion Each of these areas I just men- closer to making these upgrades a re-
through more than 417,000 individual tioned—support for vaccines, our work- ality, thanks to Senate passage of the
PPP loans. This has given our busi- ers, and small businesses—have that Deborah Sampson Act. The Veterans’
nesses the resources they need to stay sort of strong bipartisan support. So I Affairs ranking committee member,
afloat and stay connected to their em- think all 100 of us—whether Repub- JON TESTER, and I introduced this leg-
ployees until things can return to licans, Independents, or Democrats— islation, fittingly, named after a Revo-
whatever the next normal is. should be able to line up behind a bill lutionary War veteran who disguised
But we know the process is hap- that supports these goals. Over the last herself as a man to help defeat the
pening much faster for some businesses several days, we have seen more bipar- British. In her spirit, we must do more
than others. It is interesting: A number tisan communication and cooperation to address the gender disparities at the
of businesses, I would say, are flour- than we saw in months—in the months VA.
ishing during the pandemic—it is real- leading up to this point, certainly since We used the recommendations we
ly, really interesting—while others are March. And I hope we are able to reach heard from veterans in Arkansas, Mon-
just flat on their backs or nonexistent. an agreement and pass another relief tana, and all across the country to de-
Many small businesses that have al- bill before gaveling out. As a matter of velop our legislation to eliminate the
ready received PPP loans are still op- barriers to care. The Deborah Sampson
fact, I heard the majority leader say we
erating at a significant loss. They are Act creates a dedicated Office of Wom-
are not leaving until we do, and I agree
unable to bring in enough revenue to en’s Health at the VA, expands the re-
with that.
keep their businesses and employees The American people have repeatedly integration and readjustment group,
above water, and they need more as- called on Congress to provide support counseling retreats for women veterans
sistance. Again, that is because of a for those hit hardest by this pandemic, and their families, and improves call
lack of demand or because of restric- center services.
and we simply cannot and will not let
tions governments have placed on peo- It increases the number of gender-
them down.
ple in the interest of public health— I yield the floor. specific providers and coordinators in
some of them seemingly pretty arbi- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. VA facilities, trains clinicians, and ret-
trary. I won’t go down that path here. BLUNT). The Senator from Arkansas. rofits VA facilities to bolster privacy
But these folks need help. DEBORAH SAMPSON ACT and improve the environment. It pro-
Currently, those businesses aren’t el-
Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I rise vides access to legal services for
igible for a second draw of the PPP,
today to recognize a significant legisla- women veterans and expands childcare
and unless we want Main Streets
across the country to turn into ghost tive victory the Senate delivered for for veterans receiving healthcare at
towns, that needs to change. We need women veterans that will eliminate the VA.
barriers to care and services that many These are just a few of the improve-
to reopen the PPP with additional
women face when accessing the Depart- ments this bill requires the VA to im-
funding for the hardest hit businesses
ment of Veterans Affairs. plement so we can better serve the
to receive a second loan. This is the
The VA estimates that women make needs of women veterans.
most effective way of keeping Ameri- I appreciate the leadership of Senator
up approximately 10 percent of our Na-
cans connected with their employers TESTER and the support of veterans
tion’s veteran population. That number
and more small businesses on track for service organizations and encourage
is expected to increase to more than 16
a strong postpandemic recovery. Members of Congress to support this
There are a number of other busi- percent within the next 25 years. As a
result, the number of women veterans legislation. I applaud the Senate for
nesses—small businesses—that didn’t
receiving healthcare from the VA has advancing the legislation and urge my
qualify for the PPP which need our as-
sistance, too. Things like small, inde- more than tripled since 2000. colleagues in the House of Representa-
pendent music venues are the best ex- The changing face of our military re- tives to quickly approve this bill so we
ample of a critical Main Street indus- quires us to reexamine how we can best can ensure women who serve in uni-
try that is dying under the current serve these veterans. The VA has been form receive the care and services that
COVID restrictions. slow to modernize its delivery of they so earned.
That is why I worked with our friend healthcare and benefits to support Also, as always, I want to thank the
from Minnesota, Senator KLOBUCHAR, their needs. Women veterans are more staffs of myself and Senator TESTER
to introduce the Save Our Stages Act, likely to face homelessness, unemploy- who worked so hard in this regard, and,
which will keep independent venues ment, and go without needed medical simply, this would not have become
across America from closing their healthcare. They are reluctant to turn law without their tremendous efforts.
doors for good. This wouldn’t just to the VA for help. More than 50 per- So, with that, I yield the floor.
apply to live music venues in Austin, cent of women veterans believe they The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr.
TX. This would apply to symphonies are not entitled to or eligible for VA BRAUN). The Senator from Wyoming.
and, potentially, Broadway. This would care. We must do more to fulfill our CORONAVIRUS
apply across the board. promise. Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I
I am proud to say that 56 of our col- We need to create a culture at the come to the floor today to ask our
leagues have cosponsored the Save Our VA that welcomes women veterans and Democratic colleagues to join us Re-
Stages Act, making it one of the most makes them feel like they belong. It is publicans in providing immediate re-
widely supported stimulus proposals long overdue, and we need to update lief—relief in the fight against
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before the Senate. the belief that when a women seeks coronavirus and economic relief for the
Again, I know the Presiding Officer care at the VA, it is because her hus- people of this country.
has had his shoulder to the grindstone band is the veteran. So often, it is not Americans don’t ask much of their
on this topic for a long time now. We uncommon for a veteran employee to government, but they are asking us for
still have a lot of work to do, but we pass a woman in line and ask, you something right now. No. 1, they are
don’t have much time. know, is her husband around. asking to help control the spread of the
Beyond these three goals, there is a Arkansans have shared with me sug- coronavirus, and, No. 2, they are asking
lot more I would like to see in the re- gestions for improvement that include: to help with an economic recovery.
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S7522 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 16, 2020
America and Americans shouldn’t $6 billion is additionally needed to help at different times—once the first pa-
have to choose between staying open in a full distribution of the vaccine. tient came, they continued to come,
and staying healthy. We need both, and Well, I am ready to vote for that. I and they are still coming today. That
Congress needs to provide a path be- want to make sure we have that money is why this vaccine is such a welcome
yond the pandemic. so the vaccine, which has been amazing relief and why, for the healthcare pro-
A path forward, as the Presiding Offi- in terms of the speed of development, viders who have done such remarkable
cer knows, is something Republicans can also be deployed similarly to what work, we can say this is their finest
have been proposing now for a long was done. hour. They have kept us going, kept
time. We have done it, first, with the This vaccine was done in an unprece- patients, offered of themselves, and
CARES Act, and we need to do it right dented scale—the number of people now the vaccines have arrived.
now with additional coronavirus and who are going to be vaccinated, the We need to do more in this body. We
economic relief legislation. success, the timeline. A safe, effective, have healthcare workers leading by ex-
Our bill is practical. It supports our and powerful vaccine is truly aston- ample. We have folks in assisted living.
neighborhoods—men and women work- ishing. Never has a vaccine been devel- Close to half of all the people who lost
ing on Main Street in our small towns oped or distributed faster. their lives because of coronavirus were
and communities all across the coun- It truly is this Senate, under the residents of assisted living. But of
try. We also need to provide unemploy- CARES Act, and this administration, those millions of healthcare workers,
ment help for those who, for no reason under Operation Warp Speed, which we need to make sure that the vaccines
of their own, happen to find themselves stood this operation up and made it continue to flow to them and to all of
out of work as a result of the pan- successful. So we are seeing the real ef- society and to all people in this coun-
demic. We need to get the vaccine to as fects as people are getting the shot. try.
many Americans as we can as quickly When you think about it in the big
It is by doing that, that we will put
and safely as we can, especially during picture—and you know this, Mr. Presi-
this disease behind us. We will be back
dent, from your background in business
this holiday season, when we are really to our strong, robust, and growing
and contributing in your community—
looking at a medical miracle. economy. Our kids will be back full
Now, what we have seen from the this is what we talk about when we
time in school. The universities will be
other side is gridlock—no path forward talk about American ingenuity. It is
returning to the robust future that we
on the economy, no path forward on why people around the world look to
know is ahead of them.
America for answers, because when
coronavirus. We have seen them play It is because of the work of this body,
things that are critical occur, it is
politics with the pandemic. House and months ago, with the CARES Act.
America that finds the solutions, as we
Senate Republicans have tried now 40 But our work is not done. As we ap-
have done right now with this vaccine.
times—40 different times—to get some- We have come together, public as proach the Christmas holidays, there is
thing accepted that can be sent to pro- well as private, over the last 8 more work to be done. I turn to my col-
vide that relief for the American pub- months—the FDA—to approve a vac- leagues on the other side of the aisle
lic. The Democrats, each and every cine. It is interesting: Who should get and say: Please, join us this holiday
time, blocked it. The gridlock must it first—the doctors, the nurses? I season to make sure that the American
end today. know firefighters are getting it here in people, who don’t ask for much, are
Mr. President, I would like to spend the District of Columbia. Firefighters able to continue to keep their lives on
just a moment on this historic vaccine have been getting it at home in Wyo- track, get back on track, and move for-
discovery. It is, to me as a doctor, com- ming, and people like the healthcare ward into the year 2021 with a vaccine
parable to insulin, comparable to the providers, and then, of course, those available to everyone and for a much
vaccine for polio, and comparable to who are most vulnerable, people who better new year.
penicillin as an antibiotic. It is going are in our nursing homes right now and Thank you.
to be that dramatic in terms of the in assisted living facilities, people who I yield the floor.
change in the world. are most vulnerable. That is who ought The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen-
As we gather on the floor today, to get it first. ator from Vermont.
planes, trucks, UPS, and Federal Ex- I know when the time comes for me, Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, let me
press are all taking vaccines across the I am going to get it. My wife is going say a few words on the coronavirus re-
country to many, many locations— to get it. We will be saying yes because lief package that is now being nego-
over 636 this first week. So it is not I believe it is safe, I believe it is effec- tiated. In my view, this bill of roughly
just a scientific triumph. It is also a tive, and I believe it is the solution $900 billion has a number of enor-
logistical triumph. that gets us through this. It gets us mously important provisions in it
Every newspaper in the country yes- through the disease, and it gets the which will do a great deal of service
terday, I believe, had a picture of some- economy back on track. and help for the American people.
body receiving the vaccine, receiving I talked to one of the doctors who We are talking about funding for vac-
the shot in that local community. It is runs the intensive care unit at Wyo- cine distribution, which is a no-
a remarkable time for our Nation. As ming Medical Center. The healthcare brainer. We have got to get that vac-
Christmas packages are being deliv- personnel are exhausted. They have cine out to every State in this country
ered, so is this great hope for people re- been working double shifts. If one gets if we are going to finally put an end to
ceiving the vaccine. sick, others have to pick up the work- this horrific pandemic. We are talking
All told, this week, there were 3 mil- load, as more and more people show up about, in this bill, in this proposal, in-
lion doses distributed to people around in the hospitals and the emergency creased funding for education,
the country, in 636 sites. In my State rooms with coronavirus. This is very healthcare, childcare, nutrition, hous-
alone, Wyoming, there are 5 different welcome relief. ing, transportation, and many other
locations where the vaccine has arrived I talked to a physician who works in very important areas.
and over 5,000 people being vaccinated the emergency room. She is going to be I agree with all of that, but the prob-
this week. By the end of the year, there vaccinated on Friday. So this is what lem is that, while this proposal ad-
will be 15,000. I am sure in the Pre- we need. dresses some of the major crises facing
siding Officer’s State of Indiana, there It is so interesting. The pundits talk our country and the families of our
are more locations than that, more about the dark winters of the country, there is simply not enough
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people being vaccinated. The frontline coronavirus surge, but for the money in the proposal to deal with the
workers are getting it first, and that is healthcare providers in our home com- unprecedented crises that we now face.
the way we need to do it. munities, they have to keep the doors It is no secret to anybody that right
As part of the CARES Act—the Pre- open every day and keep the lights on now, at this moment in America, we
siding Officer and I voted for it—$10 and take care of these patients, one face the worst set of crises that this
billion went to help develop the vac- after another after another. country has seen for perhaps a hundred
cine and money spent to distribute the Once the first one came—and the years. The pandemic is surging
vaccine. But we need to do more. About wave hit different parts of the country throughout America. More and more
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December 16, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S7523
people are being diagnosed with the evicted from their apartments or their As you know, the CARES Act pro-
virus. More and more people are ending homes because they no longer have the vided $1,200 for every working-class
up in hospital. More and more people income to pay their rent or pay their adult in this country; that is, for an in-
are dying. mortgage—that is the crisis that we dividual earning less than $75,000 a
But it is not just a public health cri- are in right now. And, unfortunately, year; for a couple, $150,000; plus $500 for
sis that we are addressing; we are deal- this proposal does not address that cri- their kids. That means, for a family of
ing with a terrible, terrible economic sis to the degree that it should. four—husband, wife, and two kids—
meltdown, where many, many millions Now, that is the bad news. My hope— that is $3,400.
of people have lost their jobs; they very sincere hope—is that when the Now, you don’t get rich with that,
have lost their healthcare. People are Biden administration comes into office but when you get a check for $3,400 for
working, in many cases, for fewer in late January, their very first pri- a family of four, it means that maybe
hours. Rather than 40 hours a week, ority will be to address the deficiencies you can pay your bills; maybe you can
they are working 30 hours a week—less and the inadequacies in this bill. breathe a little bit easier; maybe, come
income coming in. The American people today, the Christmastime, you might actually be
So this bill has a lot in it that is working class of this country today, able to buy your kids a few gifts;
good, but given the enormity of the cri- are struggling in a way that we have maybe the fear of eviction is lessened
ses that we face, it simply does not go not seen since the Great Depression of just a little bit.
anywhere far enough. the 1930s. People are desperate. I will That is what we did in the CARES
As the Presiding Officer may well re- never forget, in my State, in my com- Act, and that is what I wanted in this
member, in May, in response to the cri- munity, in my neighborhood, a few bill. Now, a week ago, 10 days ago no-
sis, the Democratic House passed a He- months ago—Burlington, VT—they body here was talking about the need
roes bill calling for $3.4 trillion in new shut down—the State shut down a for direct payments, help for working
money to address the kind of crises highway, and hundreds and hundreds of families, despite the fact that that is
that we are facing. And while that bill automobiles lined up, one behind each the issue, the program that the Amer-
did not have everything that I wanted other, in order to get emergency food ican people most wanted. There are a
in it, it was a serious, serious step for- distributed by Vermont National lot of other important things that we
ward in addressing the multitude of Guard—in my community. are dealing with. That is what the
crises facing our country. It was a $3.4 That is going on all over this coun- American people wanted: Help us out.
trillion bill, passed in the House in try, where States are in worse shape Let us make a decision. Get us some
May. than the State of Vermont. People who money in this time of need.
In July, the House came back and have never, ever gone to an emergency I am happy to say, working with peo-
said: Well, we are not going to spend food shelter are now lining up for emer- ple like Senator HAWLEY of Missouri;
$3.4 trillion; we are going to reduce it gency food packages in the United working with the Progressive Caucus
to $2.2 trillion, and they passed what States of America, in the richest coun- in the House of Representatives; work-
was called a Heroes 2 bill, which called try in the history of the world, at a ing with Senators GILLIBRAND, WAR-
for $2.2 trillion in new money. Again, it time, by the way, when a number of REN, MERKLEY, MARKEY, and WYDEN;
did not go as far as I would want but billionaires are doing phenomenally working with PRAMILA JAYAPAL and
was a very serious effort. well. many others in the House, ALEXANDRIA
Among other things in that bill as So this bill, in my view, does not go OCASIO-CORTEZ, RASHIDA TLAIB, ILHAN
well as the first Heroes bill, there was anywhere near far enough in terms of OMAR, RO KHANNA, and many others
a provision to extend unemployment addressing our crises, and I hope that who have stood up in the House and
benefits for another 4 months and pro- as soon as the Biden administration said ‘‘We have to have direct pay-
vide a $600 supplementary check. And comes into office, they will address ments,’’ I am happy to say that, as of
there were provisions in it to provide a those deficiencies. now—and we are going to fight for
$1,200 direct payment to adults and $500 Now, the good news—there is some more because this process is not over—
to their children. That was the Heroes good news, and I am happy, as we enter the proposal, as I understand it, pro-
2 bill for $2.2 trillion. the holiday season, to say something vides for a direct payment of $600 for
Just a few months ago, the Trump that I think the American people are every working-class adult and $600 for
administration, represented by Sec- wanting to hear. And that is, when you their kids. That means for a family of
retary of the Treasury Mnuchin, pro- ask the American people—and the poll- four, that would be $2,400. That is half
posed a $1.8 trillion bill—$1.8 trillion. sters do that. They say to the Amer- of what I wanted, but it is a step for-
Today, the bill that is being nego- ican people that we are in the midst of ward. I am going do my best to make
tiated calls for all of $348 billion in new this terrible crisis; what do you think sure that we come as close to that
money. This is a $900 billion bill, but should happen? $1,200 as we possibly can.
most of the funding is carried over Overwhelmingly, some 80 percent of Millions of our people today are liv-
from the CARES Act—$348 billion in the American people—overwhelmingly, ing in desperation. Half of our workers
new money. In other words, this is Republicans, Democrats, Independents, are living paycheck to paycheck, while
roughly 10 percent of what Democrats they say that, in the midst of this one out of four American workers
in the House passed in the first Heroes emergency, we need the U.S. Govern- today is either unemployed or making
bill. ment to respond to our pain because we a starvation wage of less than $20,000 a
Now, I was a mayor for 8 years. I don’t want to get evicted; we don’t year. During the holiday season, over
know a little bit about negotiating. I, want our kids to go hungry; we don’t one-third of Americans expect to lose
frankly, don’t know how you negotiate want to be saddled with incredible income—one-third—and are having a
from $3.4 trillion down to $348 billion. debt. The government has got to do difficult time paying for basic house-
You got 10 percent of what you origi- something. hold expenses. In America today, hun-
nally started with. Eighty percent of the American peo- ger is at its highest level in decades.
This is not just numbers. What this is ple—Democrats, Republicans, Inde- More than half a million Americans are
about is whether, in this moment of pendents—understand that. homeless, and over 30 million of our
unprecedented crisis, when families are Then, when you ask them, ‘‘What is people are on the brink of eviction. By
struggling to feed their children, when the most important thing that can be January 1, 12 million Americans will
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a half a million people are sleeping out done?’’—there is a long list of things— owe an average of $5,800 in back rent.
on the street, when in the midst of this what they say is the most important As bad as this crisis is for the whole
awful pandemic over 90 million Ameri- thing that can be done is, in this mo- population, from coast to coast, it is
cans are uninsured or underinsured and ment, help my family out. Get me worse for the African-American and
can’t go to the doctor in the midst of a some money so I can pay my bills, so I Latino and Native American commu-
pandemic, when they are sick, at a don’t get evicted, so I can feed my kids, nities. During this pandemic, nearly 60
time when many, many millions of so I can go to the doctor when I get percent of Latino families and 55 per-
families are worried about getting sick. Get me a direct payment. cent of African-American families and
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many, many, many Native American from Wyoming (Mr. ENZI), the Senator Tennessee, to be United States District
families have either experienced a job from Nebraska (Mrs. FISCHER), the Sen- Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
loss or a pay cut. ator from Georgia (Mrs. LOEFFLER), Mitch McConnell, James E. Risch, Mike
Crapo, Roy Blunt, Shelley Moore Cap-
All across this country, working fam- and the Senator from Georgia (Mr.
ito, Tom Cotton, John Cornyn, Chuck
ilies are standing up and saying: You PERDUE). Grassley, Thom Tillis, Richard Burr,
know what, we have served in the mili- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Pat Roberts, Cory Gardner, Lindsey
tary. We are doing our best to raise our Senator from California (Ms. HARRIS) is Graham, Todd Young, Marco Rubio,
kids in this unprecedented moment in necessarily absent. John Boozman, John Barrasso.
history. We need help. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. COT- The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan-
I want to thank not only my friends TON). Are there any other Senators in imous consent, the mandatory quorum
in the Congressional Progressive Cau- the Chamber desiring to vote? call has been waived.
cus in the House of Representatives— The result was announced—yeas 56, The question is, Is it the sense of the
JAYAPAL, TLAIB, OMAR, OCASIO-CORTEZ, nays 39, as follows: Senate that debate on the nomination
RO KHANNA, and many, many others—I [Rollcall Vote No. 270 Ex.] of Charles Edward Atchley, Jr., of Ten-
also want to thank the millions of YEAS—56 nessee, to be United States District
Americans who have stood up and de- Alexander Grassley Risch Judge for the Eastern District of Ten-
manded that the government respond Barrasso Hawley Roberts nessee, shall be brought to a close?
to the needs of working families. Blackburn Hoeven Romney The yeas and nays are mandatory
I want to thank the over 60 groups Blunt Hyde-Smith Rounds under the rule.
Boozman Inhofe Rubio
representing millions of working fami- Braun Johnson The clerk will call the roll.
Sasse
lies, progressives, the elderly and Burr Jones Scott (FL)
The legislative clerk called the roll.
young people, including Public Citizen, Capito Kelly Scott (SC)
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators
Cassidy Kennedy are necessarily absent: the Senator
the Center for Popular Democracy, the Collins King
Shelby
Sunrise Movement, Social Security Cornyn Lankford
Sinema from Wyoming (Mr. ENZI), the Senator
Sullivan from Nebraska (Mrs. FISCHER), the Sen-
Works, Presente, and People’s Action, Cotton Lee
Tester
for pushing a progressive agenda for- Cramer Manchin ator from Georgia (Mrs. LOEFFLER),
Crapo McConnell Thune
ward and for demanding that this gov- Tillis and the Senator from Georgia (Mr.
Cruz Moran
ernment respond to the needs of our Daines Murkowski Toomey PERDUE).
people. Ernst Paul Whitehouse Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the
Gardner Portman Wicker Senator from California (Ms. HARRIS) is
So here we are, as this proposal con- Graham Reed Young
tinues to be negotiated. As I said ear- necessarily absent.
lier, it is my hope that not only do we NAYS—39 The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 54,
make sure that unemployment benefits Baldwin Feinstein Peters nays 41, as follows:
are extended for another 16 weeks at Bennet Gillibrand Rosen [Rollcall Vote No. 271 Ex.]
Blumenthal Hassan Sanders YEAS—54
$300 per week, it is my hope that we Booker Heinrich Schatz
can see some light here and get to the Brown Hirono Schumer Alexander Graham Risch
Cantwell Kaine Shaheen Barrasso Grassley Roberts
$1,200 direct payment that adults in Blackburn Hawley Romney
Cardin Klobuchar Smith
this country desperately need. I am Carper Leahy Stabenow Blunt Hoeven Rounds
going to do my best in the coming days Casey Markey Udall Boozman Hyde-Smith Rubio
to make sure that happens. I hope the Coons Menendez Van Hollen Braun Inhofe Sasse
Cortez Masto Merkley Warner Burr Johnson Scott (FL)
American people will join with me and Duckworth Murphy Warren Capito Jones Scott (SC)
get on the phones and call up their Durbin Murray Wyden Cassidy Kelly Shelby
Members of the House and Members of Collins Kennedy Sinema
NOT VOTING—5 Cornyn Lankford Sullivan
the Senate and say that in this unprec- Cotton Lee Tester
Enzi Harris Perdue
edented moment in American history, Fischer Loeffler Cramer Manchin Thune
government has to respond to the Crapo McConnell Tillis
needs of working families. The nomination was confirmed. Cruz Moran Toomey
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Daines Murkowski Whitehouse
With that, I yield the floor. Ernst Paul Wicker
I suggest the absence of a quorum. ator from North Carolina. Gardner Portman Young
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I ask
NAYS—41
clerk will call the roll. unanimous consent that the motion to
reconsider be considered made and laid Baldwin Gillibrand Reed
The senior assistant legislative clerk Bennet Hassan Rosen
proceeded to call the roll. upon the table and the President be im- Blumenthal Heinrich Sanders
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask mediately notified of the Senate’s ac- Booker Hirono Schatz
unanimous consent that the order for tion. Brown Kaine Schumer
Cantwell King Shaheen
the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there Cardin Klobuchar Smith
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection? Carper Leahy Stabenow
objection, it is so ordered. Without objection, it is so ordered. Casey Markey
Udall
Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, I ask Coons Menendez
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask Cortez Masto Merkley
Van Hollen
unanimous consent that the scheduled unanimous consent that the manda- Duckworth Murphy
Warner
tory quorum call be waived. Warren
vote take place now. Durbin Murray
Feinstein Peters Wyden
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without
objection, it is so ordered. objection, it is so ordered. NOT VOTING—5
All postcloture time has expired. f Enzi Harris Perdue
The question is, Will the Senate ad- Fischer Loeffler
vise and consent to the Dawson nomi- CLOTURE MOTION The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this
nation? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 41.
Mr. ROBERTS. Mr. President, I ask to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the The motion is agreed to.
for the yeas and nays. Senate the pending cloture motion, f
The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a which the clerk will state.
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sufficient second? The senior assistant legislative clerk
There appears to be a sufficient sec- read as follows: The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
ond. CLOTURE MOTION clerk will report the nomination.
The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk read the nomi-
We, the undersigned Senators, in accord-
The senior assistant legislative clerk ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the nation of Charles Edward Atchley, Jr.,
called the roll. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby of Tennessee, to be United States Dis-
Mr. THUNE. The following Senators move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- trict Judge for the Eastern District of
are necessarily absent: the Senator nation of Charles Edward Atchley, Jr., of Tennessee.
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