PPP Extension Act of 2021 (Cong. Rec., March 17, 2021)
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The opening page of the Congressional Record for Wednesday, March 17, 2021, No. 50 of Vol. 167, covering the Senate at page S1577. After the prayer, the Pledge of Allegiance and the appointment of Mr. Heinrich as Acting President pro tempore, Mr. Schumer speaks on the PPP Extension Act of 2021. He says the bill passed the House overwhelmingly, with fewer than 10 votes against, that the program expires on March 31, and asks Republicans to cooperate, and H.R. 1799 is read the first time. Mr. Schumer then objects to his own request for a second reading so the bill receives its second reading on the next legislative day, and he speaks on the shootings in Georgia.
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117 th CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
United States
of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE
Vol. 167 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021 No. 50
Senate
(Legislative day of Tuesday, March 16, 2021)
The Senate met at 10:30 a.m., on the Senator from the State of New Mexico, to at the desk, and I ask for its first read-
expiration of the recess, and was called perform the duties of the Chair. ing.
to order by the Honorable MARTIN PATRICK J. LEAHY, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
President pro tempore.
HEINRICH, a Senator from the State of pore. The clerk will read the bill by
New Mexico. Mr. HEINRICH thereupon assumed title for the first time.
the Chair as Acting President pro tem- The senior assistant legislative clerk
f pore. read as follows:
PRAYER f A bill (H.R. 1799) to amend the Small Busi-
The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME ness Act and the CARES Act to extend the
fered the following prayer: covered period for the paycheck protection
The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- program, and for other purposes.
Let us pray. pore. Under the previous order, the
Father in Heaven, bless our Senators. leadership time is reserved. Mr. SCHUMER. I now ask for a sec-
May they strive to act with integrity. ond reading, and in order to place the
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Guide them to listen to the voice of bill on the calendar under the provi-
conscience, seeking to please You with RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY sions of rule XIV, I object to my own
their motives as well as their actions. LEADER request.
Lord, give them such ethical congru- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem-
ence that their words will be validated pore. The majority leader is recog- pore. Objection having been heard, the
by laudable actions. Test their hearts nized. bill will receive its second reading on
with Your unfailing love, empowering f the next legislative day.
them to become instruments of Your f
peace. Mighty God, keep their feet on PPP EXTENSION ACT OF 2021
solid ground. Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, in a GEORGIA SHOOTINGS
We pray in Your great Name. Amen. second, I will move the PPP bill to the
floor. I hope—and I ask our Republican Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, now
f let me proceed to my remarks.
colleagues to cooperate—that we can
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE move this bipartisan PPP proposal First, on the terrible tragedy in
without delay. It passed the House Georgia, the people of Atlanta, GA, and
The Presiding Officer led the Pledge the surrounding communities were just
of Allegiance, as follows: overwhelmingly. A vast majority of
Democrats and Republicans voted for shocked last night by a series of shoot-
I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the ings that left eight people dead, six of
United States of America, and to the Repub-
it. I hope we can move it quickly here
in the Senate as it expires on March 31, whom were of Asian descent.
lic for which it stands, one nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. and there are some changes that were The motivations behind this dev-
made in the ARP that people need time astating tragedy are still unknown, but
f there is a legitimate concern that
to adapt to and implement. To allow a
APPOINTMENT OF ACTING lapse would not be the right thing to these killings may have been racially
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE do for so many of our small business motivated. Over the past year, the
people across the country. So I am hop- Asian-American community has faced
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The
ing that our Republican colleagues will a rising tide of abuse and violence in
clerk will please read a communication
move the bill with the same alacrity the wake of COVID–19, driven by igno-
to the Senate from the President pro
with which it passed in the House with rance, by misinformation, and by age-
tempore (Mr. LEAHY).
an overwhelmingly bipartisan major- old prejudices against the Asian-Amer-
The senior assistant legislative clerk
ity. I think there were fewer than 10 ican community. Tragically, hate
read the following letter:
votes against it. crimes against Asian Americans have
U.S. SENATE, skyrocketed.
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, f
There is bigotry in the land and far
Washington, DC, March 17, 2021. MEASURE READ THE FIRST
To the Senate: too much of it. These dark forces have
TIME—H.R. 1799 always existed in America, but, re-
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3,
of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby Mr. SCHUMER. With that, Mr. Presi- cently, they seem to have been un-
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appoint the Honorable MARTIN HEINRICH, a dent, I understand that there is a bill leashed. The sort of superego that puts
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