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DONNA WILL COMPARE THEIR

COGNITIVE SKILLS.

WE ARE A FEW MINUTES AWAY.

>> Dana: THE SENATE IN A

SURPRISE MOVE LAST NIGHT PASSING

THE APPLICATION DEADLINE

EXTENSION FOR PAYCHECK

PROTECTION BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT.

THIS AS BUSINESSES CONTINUE TO

STRUGGLE NATIONWIDE AS ECONOMIC

REAL OPENINGS ARE BEING ROLLED

BACK DUE TO THE SPIKE IN COVID

CASES.

WITH ME AS SENATE MAJORITY

LEADER MITCH McCONNELL.

IT’S GOOD TO HAVE YOU WITH US. PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST GAVE AN

PRESIDENT TRUMP JUST GAVE AN

INTERVIEW TO BLAKE BURMAN OF THE

FOX BUSINESS NETWORK AND HE

TALKED ABOUT MASKS.

>> I AM ALL FOR MASKS.

I THINK MASKS ARE GOOD.

IF I WERE IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE

AND I WAS CLOSE.

>> YOU WOULD WEAR ONE.

>> I HAVE.

PEOPLE HAVE SEEN ME WEARING ONE.

IF WE ARE IN A GROUP OF PEOPLE.

USUALLY I’M NOT IN THAT

POSITION.

EVERYONE IS TESTED.

THEY GET TESTED BEFORE THEY SEE

ME BUT IF I WERE IN A TIGHT

SITUATION WITH PEOPLE.

>> WILL THE PUBLIC SEE THAT AT

SOME POINT?

>> I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM.

I HAD A MASK ON.

I SORT OF LIKE THE WAY I LOOK.

>> Dana: SENATOR, YOU WERE

URGING THE PRESIDENT TO TALK

MORE ABOUT MASKS.

IS THAT MORE OF THE MESSAGE THAT

YOU THINK WILL HELP THE NATION

RECOVER IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC

RECOVERY GETTING PEOPLE TO WEAR

MORE MASKS BUT ALSO MAYBE HELP

HIS CANDIDACY GOING INTO THE

REELECTION EFFORT.

>> I THINK IT’S HELPFUL.

WE HAVE ALL BEEN TOLD, THE

SINGLE EASIEST THING WE CAN DO

IS WE REOPEN THE ECONOMY WITH

THE CORONAVIRUS STILL VERY MUCH

OUT THERE IS TO PROTECT

OURSELVES AND OTHERS BY WEARING

A MASK.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING THAT IN THE

SENATE.

WE HAVE BEEN IN SESSION MOST OF

THE TIME SINCE MAY.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN JUNE, THE HOUSE

WAS IN SESSION THREE DAYS AND WE

WERE HERE THE WHOLE MONTH.

THEY HAVE BEEN IN EIGHT DAYS

SINCE MARCH.

WE WILL -- WE WERE HERE ALL

OF MAY AND JUNE AND WE HAVE BEEN

WORKING SAFELY, WEARING MASKS,

DISTANCING OURSELVES.

THIS IS THE WAY TO DEAL WITH THE

CONTINUING CORONAVIRUS UNTIL WE

GET A VACCINE.

IT’S GOING TO BE WITH US.

WE KNOW THAT.

WE DON’T WANT TO SHUT THE

ECONOMY DOWN AGAIN AND SO WE

NEED TO WEAR A MASK SO I’M GLAD

THE PRESIDENT SAID WHAT HE SAID.

>> Dana: IT WAS A DIFFERENT

TAKE FROM HIM ALTHOUGH MAY BE A

LITTLE BIT MORE EMPHATIC.

WHEN HE HAS A LIGHT TOUCH OF

HUMOR, THAT ALWAYS HELPS A

LITTLE BIT TO LAND THE MESSAGE.

HE ALSO SAID SOMETHING ELSE,

THAT HE WOULD VETO THE DEFENSE

AUTHORIZATION ACT.

THIS IS WHAT WOULD FUND THE

TROOPS.

BECAUSE THERE IS A PROVISION

THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE

CHANGING OF NAMES OF MILITARY

BASES NAMED AFTER CONFEDERATE

SOLDIERS OR GENERALS FROM BACK

IN THE DAY OF THE DAYS OF THE

CIVIL WAR.

HOW WOULD YOU CHANGE THE BILL TO

BE ABLE TO GET IT TO THE

PRESIDENT WITHOUT A VETO?

>> I WOULD HOPE THE PRESIDENT

REALLY WOULDN’T VETO THE BILL

OVER THIS ISSUE.

IN THE BILL, THERE’S A

REQUIREMENT OF A THREE YEAR

STUDY ABOUT CHANGING NAMES.

TO ME, THIS IS QUITE DIFFERENT

FROM TRYING TO AIRBRUSH THE

CAPITAL OF EVERY STATUE.

THE WAY THE STATUES IN THE

CAPITAL WORK, EACH STATE PICKS

TWO.

YOU CAN TRADE THEM OUT AT ANY

TIME.

SOME STATES ARE DOING THAT.

I HOPE THE PRESIDENT WOULD

RECONSIDER VETOING THE ENTIRE

DEFENSE BILL WHICH INCLUDES PAY

RAISES FOR OUR TROOPS OVER A

PROVISION IN THERE THAT COULD

LEAD TO CHANGING THE NAMES OF

SOME OF THESE MILITARY BASES.

>> Dana: DO YOU THINK YOU

WOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK WITH

HIM ABOUT THAT, AND ALSO YOU

HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE

POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL MONEY

AND LIABILITY PROTECTION FOR

BUSINESSES GOING FORWARD WHEN IT

COMES TO DEALING WITH THE

PANDEMIC.

IS THAT IN THE CARDS, CAN

CONGRESS GET IT DONE?

I KNOW THAT YOU HAD A BIG JUNE

AND YOU GOT A LOT OF STUFF DONE.

LOOKING FORWARD FOR BUSINESSES

IN JULY OR AUGUST.

IS IT POSSIBLE?

>> WE PASSED IN THE SENATE THE

CARES ACT AND THEN A FOLLOW-ON

TO THE CARES ACT IN MARCH.

I SAID AT THE TIME WE NEED TO

TAKE A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE THE

COUNTRY IS IN JULY, SEE WHAT

KIND OF PROGRESS IS BEING MADE

BY REOPENING THE COUNTRY.

GET AN ASSESSMENT OF WHAT DID OR

DIDN’T WORK IN THE CARES ACT AND

THEN MAKE A DECISION ABOUT

WHETHER TO DO PHASE FOUR.

WE MAY WELL DO IT AND IF WE DO

IT, WE WILL DO IT IN JULY AND I

CAN TELL YOU FOR SURE THAT IF WE

DO ANOTHER BILL, IT WILL HAVE

LIABILITY PROTECTIONS IN IT FOR

DOCTORS, HOSPITALS, NURSES,

BUSINESSES, UNIVERSITIES,

COLLEGES.

NOBODY KNEW HOW TO DEAL WITH THE

CORONAVIRUS AND UNLESS YOU ARE

GROSSLY NEGLIGENT OR

INTENTIONALLY ENGAGED IN HARMING

SOMEBODY, YOU’RE GOING TO BE

IMMUNIZED FROM THE EPIDEMIC OF

LAWSUITS THAT HAVE ALREADY

DEVELOPED SURROUNDING THE

PANDEMIC.

>> Dana: SENATOR, DO YOU

BELIEVE THAT POLICE REFORM IS

DEAD FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR

FOR THIS CONGRESS?

>> I HOPE NOT.

AS YOU I’M SURE REPORTED LAST

WEEK, SENATE DEMOCRATS WOULD NOT

EVEN ALLOW US TO GET ON THE BILL

WRITTEN BY HER COLLEAGUES,

SENATOR TIM SCOTT FROM

SOUTH CAROLINA WHO HIMSELF IS AN

AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HAS

EXPERIENCED THE KIND OF

OVERREACH, YOU MIGHT SAY, THAT

SOME POLICE ENGAGE IN BY

STOPPING PEOPLE SIMPLY BECAUSE

OF THEIR COLOR.

IT WAS A SOLID BILL SUPPORTED

ALSO BY LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE

IT WAS NOT DESIGNED TO GO AFTER

THEM INDISCRIMINATELY AND THE

DEMOCRATS WOULDN’T LET US PICK

IT UP.

I THINK THE CONCLUSION I DREW

FROM THAT WAS I’M NOT SURE THEY

WANT A BILL.

I THINK THEY WANT AN ISSUE.

>> Dana: I HAVE TIME FOR ONE

QUICK LAST QUESTION.

WE FINALLY KNOW THAT YOUR

OPPONENT IN KENTUCKY FOR THIS

YEAR’S SENATE RACE WILL BE AMY

McGRATH.

ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO THE

CAMPAIGN?

>> I AM READY FOR THE CAMPAIGN.

SHE IS GOING TO BE QUITE

WELL-FUNDED.

IT WILL BE A SPIRITED RACE RAKED