US Senate Majority Leader McConnell speaks from the Senate floor
- Need to keep healthcare system robust
- Wants a society that functions more normally
- Kids, jobs, healthcare matter most
- Administration proposed $105 billion for education
- Next recovery package will include legal protections
- Proposing reimbursing businesses for virus expenses
- Will also propose targeted 2nd round of PPP
- Wants direct payments to help families
- New coronavirus bill will require bar partisan discussions. Says Republicans ready to work with Democrats
Meanwhile Sen. Schumer takes the floor and says:
- Republican Bill won't do enough to 8 unemployed
- payroll tax cut does nothing for those who lost jobs
- Republicans are afraid to tell Trump "No"