[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 212 (Tuesday, December 15, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                   Recognition of the Minority Leader

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Democratic leader is recognized.


                             2020 Elections

  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, as the Republican leader rightly 
acknowledged a few moments ago, Joe Biden will be the next President of 
the United States, and our colleague Kamala Harris will be the next 
Vice President of the United States. Leader McConnell's Republican 
Senators ought to follow suit. They ought to acknowledge that Joe Biden 
will be the next President and that Kamala Harris will be the next Vice 
President.
  For the sake of the country, President Trump should take his cue from 
Leader McConnell that it is time to end his term with a modicum of 
grace and dignity--qualities that his predecessors took great pains to 
display during our grand tradition of a peaceful transfer of power.
  Enough is enough. Our Republican colleagues, for the sake of our 
democracy and for the sake of the peaceful transition of power, should 
stop the shenanigans, stop the misrepresentations, and acknowledge that 
Joe Biden will be our next President. Enough is enough. Republican 
Senators and Republicans throughout the country should follow Leader 
McConnell's lead and acknowledge now that Joe Biden will be the next 
President of the United States.