Did House and Senate recess for the week?

Spouseanon came home from work and asked me to update on days events. Then asked why did POTUS say " I don't need to do this" ? I didn't immediately have an answer until we discussed past events. POTUS alread signed 3 EOs for National Emergency on these subjects. He didn't need to do a 4th but he did it anyway. That's the answer to that statement by POTUS