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Congressional Record—Senate S6617 November 9, 2020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6617 or litigation. In January, the winner of Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I ask idea of America as a place of equal jus- this election will place his hand on a unanimous consent that the order for tice. Climate change threatens the Bible, just like it has happened every 4 the quorum call be rescinded. very future of our planet. years since 1793. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The American people have placed What we know for sure is that the objection, it is so ordered. their faith in President-Elect Biden to outcome is guaranteed to delight tens RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER confront those challenges head-on: to of millions of Americans and dis- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The relieve their suffering, to repair our de- appoint tens of millions of Americans. Democratic leader is recognized. mocracy, to recover our economy, and But we also know that we will wake up 2020 ELECTIONS rebuild the country and a planet for on January 21, still blessed to live in Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, last this generation and for the next. I have the greatest Nation the world has ever Tuesday, our country conducted the no doubt their faith will be rewarded, seen. And in no small part, that is be- most sacred process in our democratic but I also have no doubt that the task cause we respect the rule of law, we system of government, a national elec- ahead is daunting. trust our institutions, and neither of tion. CORONAVIRUS those things is outweighed by pro- It was an election unlike any other While the country prepares for a nouncements from partisans or the in modern history. Much of the voting change in administration, it must also press. was done before election day itself, as brace for the darkest days of the CORONAVIRUS the global pandemic forced States to COVID–19 pandemic. Over the weekend, Now, on an entirely different matter, adjust their balloting and voting proce- the United States recorded its 10 mil- Mr. President. The last several days dures. The counting of the vote took a lionth case. We are now confirming have brought huge good news in our little longer than most Americans nearly 100,000 new cases of COVID per fight to beat this terrible virus. might have expected or hoped. Indeed, day, on track to eclipse more than a This morning, one drug manufacturer some of the final tabulations are not million cases per week. announced that ongoing trials suggest yet complete. It is still to be deter- As exhausted and impatient as we all their candidate for a COVID–19 vaccine mined which party will hold the major- are for our lives and livelihoods to re- may be more than 90 percent effec- ity in this Chamber. turn to normal, experts are warning us tive—90 percent effective. But we do know a few things. First that the worst phase is still ahead. The This is a huge testament to the inge- and most importantly, former Vice quickest way to turn the tide, crush nuity of the American private sector President Joseph Robinette Biden will the virus, and get back to normal is to and their global partners and to the become the 46th President of the do what we should have been doing all historic efforts of Congress and the United States. Our dear colleague, the along: take the virus seriously, listen Trump administration. We flattened distinguished Senator from California, to the scientists, and dedicate the nec- regulatory roadblocks, we sped up KAMALA HARRIS, will be the next Vice essary resources to get the job done. President-Elect Biden is already pre- trials, and laid ground work to buy and President of the United States. And on distribute a vaccine as fast as possible. paring to do just that. Today, he January 20, the country will finally— Last week, we learned the unemploy- named several health experts and sci- finally—turn the page on one of the ment rate has fallen to 6.9 percent—6.9 entific advisers to serve on a COVID–19 most divisive and chaotic chapters in percent—with more than 630,000 new task force. It sends the right signal jobs added just in the month of Octo- our history. President-Elect Joe Biden has told that while the President-elect will not ber. Now, remember back in the spring- assume office for another few months, the country that it is time to come to- time, many experts estimated we his administration will hit the ground gether and heal, to unify once again to would still be saddled with double-digit running, and its policy on COVID–19 fight not our political opponents but joblessness through the end of this will refreshingly be dictated by facts our common enemies: disease and pov- year. It turns out the news is a whole and by science. lot better, another testament to the erty and injustice. There is no person It is a major turning point that soon strong economic foundations that Con- better suited to the task than the we will have an administration that ac- gress and the Trump administration former Vice President. He will be a tually acknowledges that this is a spent 3 years laying before the pan- great President for all Americans. healthcare crisis; that knows our econ- Vice President-Elect HARRIS, mean- demic struck and most of all to the re- omy won’t fully recover until we solve while, has just made history four times silience—the incredible resilience of it. I am confident that a Biden admin- the American people. over. She will be the first African- istration will do that, but Congress So, to be clear, our work is not fin- American woman, the first Asian- must play its part too. ished. Too many Americans are still American woman, the first biracial Nearly 15 million Americans have suffering economically, and infections woman, and the first woman, period, to lost health insurance through their are climbing across the country. We ever serve as Vice President of the employer. Democrats have a solution cannot give up on commonsense meas- United States. to that problem. Let’s get it done and ures like wearing masks just because I congratulate the former Vice Presi- make sure those families have health we have grown tired of them. dent, his wife Jill, our colleague Sen- coverage. The Senate is going to have a busy ator HARRIS, and her husband Doug on Medicaid Programs across the coun- few weeks. I hope our Democratic col- their hard-fought victory. try are experiencing a huge influx of leagues will finally put aside their all- More Americans voted for President- new enrollees, while State budgets or-nothing obstruction and let the tar- Elect Biden and Vice President-Elect struggle to bear the added costs. The geted pandemic relief—targeted pan- HARRIS than any ticket in our Nation’s Heroes Act ensures that Medicaid is demic relief is what we need—let it history. They have given them an enor- strengthened and secured for the dura- move forward. mous burden and a decisive mandate to tion of this pandemic. Let’s get that In any event, we will need to fund the take the reins of the executive branch done too. government, reach agreement with the and marshal this government into ac- And today, we received news that the House on the National Defense Author- tion—for they will assume the high of- entire world has been waiting for. A ization Act, and confirm more thor- fices of the Presidency and the Vice U.S. company has developed a vaccine oughly qualified nominees. Presidency at a time of unprecedented for COVID–19 that, according to the So I welcome all my colleagues back challenge. preliminary research and the news re- to the Chamber, and I look forward to Our great Nation faces the greatest ports, is 90 percent effective. The FDA finishing this year strong. Our States economic crisis in 75 years and the said it would approve a vaccine that and our country are counting on us. greatest public health crisis in a cen- was 50 percent effective. So while the I suggest the absence of a quorum. tury. Extraordinary inequalities of FDA needs to review the vaccine, to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The wealth and income strike at the heart have a vaccine that is 90 percent effec- clerk will call the roll. of the idea of America as a land of tive is about as good as it gets. The legislative clerk proceeded to equal opportunity. Racial disparities in We Democrats will do everything we call the roll. our society strike at the heart of the can to make sure this vaccine or any VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:23 Nov 10, 2020 Jkt 019060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09NO6.002 S09NOPT1 SSpencer on DSK126QN23PROD with SENATE S6618 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 9, 2020 vaccine is distributed quickly, fairly, have been silent or sympathetic to the ceded to George W. Bush. I remember equitably, and the challenge is now one President’s fantasies. Hillary Clinton, with well over 2 mil- of scale and one of delivery. Congress Even some nonpartisan members of lion more votes than Donald Trump, should fund a national vaccination pro- the current administration have re- but saying that here is what the elec- gram, and the administration, whether fused to move forward with the formal toral college is and conceded. it is the Trump administration or the process for the incoming administra- Now we see Joseph Biden, with more Biden administration, must do every- tion.
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