April 26, 2021 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2191 the rosiest of predictions for the num- Khan. Faith in our and Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby ber of vaccinations. President Biden trust in our elections were brought to move to bring to a close the debate on the initially promised 100 million vaccina- new lows by the persistent and menda- nomination of Executive Calendar No. 61, tions to be administered in the first 100 cious lies by the former President, cul- Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Agency days, but the pace of vaccinations was minating in an armed insurrection here for International Development. so fast that the President had to dou- in the Capitol. Charles E. Schumer, Mazie K. Hirono, ble his initial goal to 200 million in the Part of our mission here in Congress, Ron Wyden, Jack Reed, Benjamin L. first 100 days, and we have already in working with the Biden administra- Cardin, Patrick J. Leahy, Michael F. reached it. It is fair to say that, in the tion, is to restore Americans’ faith in Bennet, Tim Kaine, Christopher Mur- first 100 days, America is winning the our institutions and Americans’ faith phy, Richard J. Durbin, Christopher A. all-important ‘‘arms race’’ to get our in our government. Through the Amer- Coons, Cory A. Booker, Robert P. citizens vaccinated. ican Rescue Plan and the successful Casey, Jr., Martin Heinrich, Chris Van On the most important measure of Hollen, Sherrod Brown, Edward J. Mar- roll-out of the vaccine, we are slowly key, Bernard Sanders. progress—getting the country pro- proving to the American people that Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I tected against COVID–19—the new government can work for them. ask unanimous consent that the man- Democratic administration and con- So we have a long way to go, but in datory quorum call for the cloture mo- gressional majorities have been a roar- the first hundred days, this new Con- tion filed today, April 26, be waived. ing success. Thanks to the American gress has made an important downpay- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Rescue Plan, our economy has gotten ment. Congressional approval is now objection, it is so ordered. its own shot in the arm, too. Over the the highest it has been since June of Mr. SCHUMER. I yield the floor and past several weeks, the Biden adminis- 2009. once again thank my friend from tration has delivered more than 150 Here in the Senate, the first hundred Vermont. million stimulus checks to the Ameri- days have shown that this Chamber can The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- cans who have needed them the most. legislate. Bipartisan work on the anti- ator from Alaska. Weekly unemployment claims have Asian hates crime bill, the water bill fallen to their lowest level during the this week, and hopefully an American pandemic. The month of March saw the competitiveness bill in the coming Mr. SULLIVAN. Madam President, I economy create nearly 900,000 jobs. Re- weeks proves that there are still many rise today on the Senate floor to call tail sales are surging. Consumer con- issues that unite Republicans and for the resignation of John Kerry as a fidence has rebounded. Economic fore- Democrats. Of course, our two parties member of the Biden administration’s casters are now projecting that our are not always going to agree. In those National Security Council. economy could grow as fast as 7 per- instances, the Senate must still make Now, I don’t do this lightly. As a cent this year. In the wake of the progress on the challenges of our time. matter of fact, in my entire time in the American Rescue Plan, the economic We did that through the American Res- Senate, I have never called for any- boost was so significant that fore- cue Plan. one’s resignation—Obama-Biden ad- casters had to increase their projec- So in the first hundred days, the Sen- ministration, Trump administration, tions for global growth as well. ate has accomplished a lot more than Biden administration now. I have been Our former President blithely pre- most observers might have predicted. tempted, particularly when some in dicted that electing would The next hundred days will bring more government have tried to hurt my crash the stock market. It turns out of the same. State. A lot of that is going on right President Biden’s first 100 days have now with the Biden administration. delivered the best stock market results f But his record—John Kerry’s record— in 75 years, since President Eisen- LEGISLATIVE SESSION of undermining working families and working against American national se- hower. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I At the same time, the Democratic curity interests is too much to bear. He move to proceed to legislative session. majority in Congress has made sure needs to go. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The that our Nation’s economic recovery Today, I have heard such disturbing question is on agreeing to the motion. will be felt by everyone. The American news that, if true, it should absolutely The motion was agreed to. Rescue Plan is expected to boost in- result in the call of John Kerry either comes of the lowest 20 percent by 20 f being fired or resigning. Enough is percent. Guess what those in the top 1 EXECUTIVE SESSION enough. Why am I saying this? First, percent will receive? It will be so con- he is killing jobs, arrogantly killing trary to what the Republicans did American jobs. That is a fact. He is when they had power. They will get EXECUTIVE CALENDAR putting hard-working Americans, par- zero percent instead of the over- ticularly in the energy sector—the Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I whelming percentage in their bill, great men and women who make our move to proceed to executive session to their tax cuts. Just one policy in the country strong by developing oil and consider Calendar No. 61. American Rescue Plan—the historic gas resources; a lot of my constitu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The expansion of the child tax credit—is ex- ents—in the name of climate goals, he question is on the motion. pected to cut child poverty in half. is putting them out of work. He is The story of the first 100 days is The motion was agreed to. going to Wall Street, saying: Don’t fi- about shots going into arms, checks The PRESIDING OFFICER. The nance these projects anymore. That is going into pockets, and life finally re- clerk will report the nomination. what reporters are saying. turning to normal. The story of the The bill clerk read the nomination of On these issues, I completely and first 100 days is about the country Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to adamantly disagree with the arrogant turning a corner and seeing some hope be Administrator of the United States way—frankly, callous way—he says: on the horizon. More broadly, the first Agency for International Development. Hey, people need to move on to better 100 days of this administration and this CLOTURE MOTION jobs. But for this issue alone, I Congress have proven two things: one, Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I wouldn’t be calling for his resignation. that the government can work for the send a cloture motion to the desk. This is a major difference in the Biden American people; and, two, that the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- administration’s policies and priorities Senate can legislate. ture motion having been presented with regard to the American people. I The last few decades have brought under rule XXII, the Chair directs the think it is going to really come back faith in our government to alltime clerk to read the motion. and hit this administration hard be- lows. You don’t have to look very far The bill clerk read as follows: cause the vast majority of Americans in the past to find surveys about how CLOTURE MOTION don’t agree with putting people out of Congress has been less popular than We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- work, energy workers out of work dur- traffic jams, root canals, and Genghis ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the ing a recession and pandemic, but that

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