HAVE IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT IS
GOING TO STICK TO THEIR SHOES
FOR A LONG TIME TO COME.
BUT RATHER THAN SPENDING TIME ON
THE PRESIDENT’S PLANNED
DISTRACTIONS BY TALKING ABOUT
WHAT HE’S TAKING OR ISN’T
TAKING, WHAT HE’S WEARING OR
ISN’T WEARING, I’D RATHER TALK
ABOUT PUTTING THAT ASIDE AND
TALKING ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO
TO GO FORWARD TO OPEN UP OUR
ECONOMY BY HAVING TESTING,
TESTING, TRACING AND TREATMENT,
BY HONORING OUR HEROES, BY
SUPPORTING STATE, LOCAL, TRIABLE
AND TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENTS.
THAT’S IN THE HERO’S ACT.
THAT’S WHY IT’S CALLED THE
HERO’S ACT, THERE ARE HEROES AND
BY INJECTING FUNDS INTO OUR --
THE POCKETS OF THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE WITH WHAT WE HAVE WITH
DIRECT PAYMENTS, UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE, ET CETERA BECAUSE
THAT’S WHAT IS NEEDED.
THOSE ARE THE THREE PILLARS OF
THE HEROES ACT AND ALL THREE OF
THEM HAVE STRAINS IN PREVIOUS
BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION THAT HAS
BEEN PASSED BY THE CONGRESS IN
RECENT WEEKS AND MONTHS.
SO IT ISN’T ANYTHING NEW.
IT IS BUILT ON WHAT WE HAVE
WORKED TOGETHER IN A BIPARTISAN
WAY, EXCEPT BIGGER AND NOW IN
ADDITION TO THAT, I HAVE FOUR
OTHER THINGS.
I HAVE OHSHA WHICH WE HAVEN’T
CONVINCED THEM OF DOING AND POST
OFFICE, WHICH IS ESSENTIAL OVER
A BILLION PACKAGES OF MEDICINE
WENT THROUGH THE MAIL DELIVERED
TO THE AMERICA’S FAMILIES LAST
YEAR.
90% OF VETERANS GET THEIR
MEDICINE THROUGH THE MAIL.
WE HAVE VOTING.
VOTING AT HOME, VERY IMPORTANT
TO THE HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND WE HAVE
FOOD.
AT A TIME SNAP AND FOOD STAMPS
AND THE REST.
SO THOSE ARE WHAT I CALL THE
SEVEN HILLS OF ROME, THE THREE
ORIGINAL PILLARS, THE FOUR
ISSUES I JUST MENTIONED THAT WE
ARE THERE TO MAKE SURE PREVAIL
WHEN WE GO TO THE TABLE FOR
NEGOTIATION.
>> I WANT TO TRY TO GET THROUGH
ALL OF THOSE IF WE CAN BEGINNING
WITH FOOD SECURITY BECAUSE YOU
EMPHASIZED IT STRONGLY IN YOUR
COMMENTS EARLIER TODAY.
HOW IS IT THAT FOOD SECURITY HAS
BECOME A LEGISLATIVE CHALLENGE
AND IT APPEARS TO BE PARTISAN
WHEN THE MODERN VERSION OF FOOD STAMPS WAS AN ALLIANCE OF
STAMPS WAS AN ALLIANCE OF
REPUBLICAN BOB DOLLE AND GEORGE
MCELDERRY GLOVE
MCGOVERN IN THE TIME.
HOW ARE THE REPUBLICANS REGARDED
AS SOMETHING THEY MIGHT OR MIGHT
NOT GIVE YOU IN SOME KIND OF
LEGISLATIVE TRADE OFF?
>> IT’S HARD TO UNDERSTAND
BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, BEING ON
THE SENATE SIDE OF THINGS, THOSE
TWO GREAT CHAMPIONS BOTH OF WHOM
ARE SO WONDERFUL, I LOVE THEM
BOTH, STILL LOVE SENATOR DOLE,
ONE OF MY HEROES AND HIS WIFE,
BUT THEY -- THEY ARE FROM THE
HEARTLAND OF AMERICA AND THEY
KNEW THAT WHAT WAS GOOD FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE IN TERMS OF THE
HEALTH AND WELL BEING OF OUR
PEOPLE AND THEIR PREPAREDNESS
FOR EDUCATION AND EVEN FIGHTING
OUR WARS REQUIRED THEM TO HAVE
GOOD FOOD AND THAT IT HELPED THE
FARMERS AT THE SAME TIME.
HOW ARE REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES
DECIDED THAT THIS IS SOMETHING
THEY CAN GRANT OR WITH HOLD WHEN
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE OF
FAITH?
WHEN I WAS HUNGRY, YOU FED ME.
THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW.
HOW CAN WE IGNORE SUCH A THING
ESPECIALLY WHEN THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE AT THIS TIME ARE SO WELL
AWARE OF FOOD INSECURITY?
OUR CHILDREN NOT IN SCHOOL
GETTING SCHOOL LUNCHES,
BREAKFAST AND FOR SOME THOSE ARE
THE MEALS THEY GET ANY DAY.
FOR OUR SENIORS, MEALS ON
WHEELS, ALL OF THESE KINDS OF
THINGS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY
SNAP BUT PART OF THE EMERGENCY
FOOD INITIATIVES.
WE HAVE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
THE HEROES ACT, SOME OF IT
BUILDING ON OTHER SUPPORT IN THE
PAST, SOME OF IT GREATLY
ADDITIONAL IN LIGHT OF
CORONAVIRUS.
BUT IT’S REALLY VERY HARD TO
EXPLAIN TO ANYONE.
MOMS HAVE TESTIFIED THAT THEIR
CHILDREN UNDER 12 BY IN LARGE AT
LEAST ONE IN FIVE GOES TO SLEEP
HUNGRY AT NIGHT.
THAT’S A FIGURE THAT CHALLENGES
THE CONSCIENCE OF AMERICA ALL
THE TIME, BUT THE TIME OF THE
CORONAVIRUS, IT’S EVEN WORSE AND
EVEN SADDER THAT THEY JUST
HAVEN’T -- THEY JUST WON’T
SUPPORT IT BUT WE BELIEVE, AS
LINCOLN DID, PUBLIC SENTIMENT IS
ANYTHING, YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH
ALMOST ANYTHING WITHOUT
PRACTICALLY NOTHING AND WE THINK
PUBLIC OPINION WILL WEIGH IN AND
THAT THEY WILL SUPPORT ENDING
