Pelosi to House Democrats on Admin's COVID-19 relief offer:"On Friday,Trump Admin returned to the table with a proposal that attempted to address some of the concerns Democrats have in the coronavirus relief negotiations.This proposal amounted to one step forward,two steps back."
Pelosi: "When the President talks abt wanting a bigger relief package,his proposal appears to mean that he wants more money at his discretion to grant or withhold,rather than agreeing on language prescribing how we honor our workers,crush the virus & put $ in pockets of workers."
Pelosi: "At this point, we still have disagreement on many priorities, and Democrats are awaiting language from the Administration on several provisions as the negotiations on the overall funding amount continue." speaker.gov/newsroom/101020
Judiciary Democrats Leahy, Booker & Harris to Chair Graham on next week's SCOTUS confirmation hearings:"We urge you against unsafely moving fwd with these hearings while no clear testing regime is in place to ensure they do not become another super-spreader of this deadly virus."
Judiciary Dems:"Senate must immediately implement rigorous procedures adhering to CDC best practices if the hearings are to proceed. First,every Senator & staffer who plans to attend the hearings must test negative for COVID19 on 2 prior consecutive days." leahy.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/…
Leahy/Booker/Harris: "Second, anyone who tests positive for COVID-19 or who has come in close contact with someone who has tested positive must quarantine for the appropriate, CDC-recommended period."
Pelosi introducing 25th Amendment legislation: "This is not about President Trump. He will face the judgement of the voters, but he shows the need for us to create a process for future Presidents."
Raskin:"In the age of COVID-19,which has killed more than 210,000 Americans & now ravaged WH staff,the wisdom of the 25th Amdt is clear. What happens if the President,any President,ends up in a coma or on a ventilator & has made no provisions for the temporary transfer of power?"
Raskin (D-MD) on Congress passing his legislation to create 25th Amendment Commission on Presidential Capacity: "I wish that Congress had set up this permanent body years ago. It did not do it, but we do need to do this certainly in the new Congress."
WH Physician Sean Conley: "Saturday will be day 10 since Thursday’s diagnosis, and based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics the team has been conducting, I fully expect the President’s safe return to public engagements at that time.”
Trump campaign on President's health and next debate: "President Trump’s physician, Dr. Sean Conley, says the President will be medically cleared for ‘safe return to public engagements’ by Saturday, five full days before the originally scheduled debate in Miami on October 15."
Trump campaign: "There is therefore no medical reason why the Commission on Presidential Debates should shift the debate to a virtual setting, postpone it, or otherwise alter it in any way."
Pelosi on COVID-19 relief talks: "When the President did his tweet, that one that said that he was walking away, I think he surprised a lot of people. I do not want to go into who they are now, but it was a disservice to the discussion that we were having in good faith."
Pelosi on details of COVID-19 relief talks: "When I talked to the Administration most recently last evening, I said, you've still haven't given us a response to the language after all this time. They admitted that."
Pelosi on COVID-19 relief legislation: "Let me just be really clear. I have been very open to having a standalone bill for the airlines or part of a bigger bill, but there is no standalone bill without a bigger bill. There is no bill."