Readouts from POTUS's Economic Task Force calls
Passing along White House readouts from POTUS’ calls with industry leaders today.
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Transcript of today's Rose Garden Briefing
Remarks by President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Members of the Coronavirus Task Force in Press Briefing
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The Senate should either fulfill its duty and vote on my nominees or it should formally adjourn so that I can make recess appointments. We have a tremendous number of people that have to come into government – and now more so than ever before, because of the virus and the problem. We have to do it, and we have to do whatever we have to do. They’ve made it very, very difficult to run government. I don't think any administration has done anywhere near what we've done in three and a half years.
But every block – every week, they put up roadblocks, whether it's “Russia, Russia, Russia,” or whether it's impeachment hoax, or whatever it may be. It's always roadblocks and a waste of time.
If the House will not agree to that adjournment, I will exercise my constitutional authority to adjourn both chambers of Congress. The current practice of leaving town while conducting phony pro forma sessions is a dereliction of duty that the American people cannot afford during this crisis. It is a scam, what they do. It's a scam, and everybody knows it. And it’s been that way for a long time. And perhaps it's never done before – it's never been done before; nobody is even sure if it has. But we're going to do it. We need these people here. We need people for this crisis, and we don't want to play any more political games.
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