[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 56 (Sunday, March 22, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1893]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                              CORONAVIRUS

  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I bet all of our fellow Senators have 
been hearing from businesses, hospitals, nursing homes, and local civic 
business and political leaders about the issues they are facing right 
now due to the coronavirus health crisis.
  Likewise, I have been talking to family and friends back home in 
Iowa. I find that they are banding together to support one another. In 
times of strife, Iowans can count on each other.
  We have to give special attention to the hard work of our medical 
professionals and first responders. They are under immense pressure and 
going above and beyond to serve their communities. I believe they are 
doing God's work, keeping the American people safe and healthy. So I 
thank our medical professionals and first responders for their 
dedication to their communities and send my encouragement to keep up 
their essential work in the days and weeks ahead, as we see ourselves 
through this virus pandemic we are in.
  I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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