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Vol. 165 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 No. 81 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was hands of the chief executive officer of The Framers of the Constitution called to order by the Speaker pro tem- the government, in fact, is to prevent a never intended for a President to just pore (Ms. SHALALA). concentration of power in any aspect. totally disregard the Congress. And f There is power that is spread across notwithstanding all that might happen the government. in the courts, notwithstanding all of DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO There are three branches of the gov- the subpoenas that may be taken to TEMPORE ernment. I want to focus this morning, court and have them litigated properly, The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- if I may, on two—the executive and the the ultimate check on a President is fore the House the following commu- legislative—because, Madam Speaker, Article II, Section 4 of the Constitu- nication from the Speaker: this morning, as I stand before you, a tion, and that is impeachment when he WASHINGTON, DC, proud American, I must inform all that commits impeachable acts. May 15, 2019. the system of checks and balances is at We have the Mueller report. It speaks I hereby appoint the Honorable DONNA E. risk. for itself. And there are many constitu- SHALALA to act as Speaker pro tempore on It is at risk because we now have a tional scholars who have said there has this day. President who does not believe that he been an obstruction to take place. NANCY PELOSI, can or will be impeached. We have a There are many lawyers who have Speaker of the House of Representatives. President who refuses to allow Con- worked in the Justice Department. f gress to perform its constitutionally They number hundreds now, the law- MORNING-HOUR DEBATE accorded oversight responsibilities. yers who have signed on, indicating When you have a President who does that the President should be beneath The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- this, Madam Speaker, you lose the the law just as everyone else is, or the ant to the order of the House of Janu- power of Congress. It becomes con- law should apply to him. He shouldn’t ary 3, 2019, the Chair will now recog- centrated in the President. The Presi- be above the law. nize Members from lists submitted by dency becomes a place where power is They are indicating that, if we don’t the majority and minority leaders for concentrated because the President has act, we are showing the President that morning-hour debate. no fear: he is above the law. He then becomes a The Chair will alternate recognition He doesn’t believe that there are con- monarch, and we then become a weaker between the parties. All time shall be sequences for his going beyond what form of government. equally allocated between the parties, the Constitution allows; So I call upon this Congress: Let us and in no event shall debate continue He will engage in conduct that Arti- do what is expected of us. The Framers beyond 11:50 a.m. Each Member, other cle II, Section 4 of the Constitution of the Constitution gave us the way. than the majority and minority leaders would prohibit; and They have shown the way. We but only and the minority whip, shall be limited He will engage in impeachable of- have to have the will, and it is worth it to 5 minutes. fenses because he knows that the Con- for us to do this because the country is f gress will not impeach him. at stake in the sense that the govern- It is impeachment that is the ulti- ment is at risk. SYSTEM OF CHECKS AND mate guard against a reckless, ruth- Madam Speaker, I love my country. BALANCES IS AT RISK less, lawless President; and if we do not The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The exert our authority, this President, bers are reminded to refrain from en- Chair recognizes the gentleman from knowing that we won’t, is capable of gaging in personalities toward the Texas (Mr. GREEN) for 5 minutes. doing things that we cannot imagine. President. Mr. GREEN of Texas. Madam Speak- Madam Speaker, it is up to us, the f er, and still I rise because I love my Members of this Congress, to assure country. And still I rise because there that this government continues to RECOGNIZING LIONS CLUBS is a crisis that has to be addressed. have the checks and balances that the INTERNATIONAL Madam Speaker, the system of Framers of the Constitution intended. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The checks and balances that we have in- If we do not, if Congress does not fulfill Chair recognizes the gentleman from stilled within our government, a sys- its responsibility, we won’t have a Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) for 5 tem that the Framers of the Constitu- Presidency. The power will be so con- minutes. tion devised such that there would not centrated that we will have a mon- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. be a concentration of power in the archy. Madam Speaker, I rise today to speak

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:36 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY7.000 H15MYPT1 H3796 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 about an organization that is near and NEWBORN SCREENING SAVES The bill also renews the Secretary’s dear to my heart: the Lions Clubs LIVES Advisory Committee on Heritable Dis- International. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The orders in Newborns and Children, I am a member of my hometown or- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from which maintains and updates the rec- ganization, the Howard Area Lions California (Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD) for 5 ommended uniform screening panel Club. The Howard Area Lions Club has minutes. that States adopt and implement. consistently earned the recognition as Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. Madam The bill funds research to identify the largest Lions Club in Pennsylvania. Speaker, I recently introduced the new screening technologies and treat- There are probably many factors that Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reau- ments, and a new provision in the bill have led them to this, but none more thorization Act, which will continue commissions the National Academy of significant than their commitment to the important work of the original bill Medicine to issue recommendations to the Lions Club motto, ‘‘We Serve.’’ and expand its critical programs to im- modernize newborn screening systems The members of my club served as prove infant health across the United into the 21st century. the chartering organization for the States. Every year, thousands of babies The Newborn Screening Saves Lives are born with genetic, metabolic, hor- Howard Boy Scout Troop 353; and, in Reauthorization Act will continue to monal, and functional conditions that the past, I was proud to serve as Scout- ensure that parents and health pro- severely affect their development. master of that unit. viders are knowledgeable about the Fifty years ago, these rare disorders value of newborn screening, and it will Simply put, service is of the utmost in infants would have gone undetected help ensure that infants across the importance to the Lions. The clubs are until symptoms appeared, often too United States receive comprehensive places where individuals can join to- late to provide them with the essential and consistent testing. gether to give their valuable time and treatment needed to prevent lifelong A coalition of public health groups, effort to improving their communities disability or even death. Today, we can including the March of Dimes, the As- and the world. give newborn babies a simple blood test sociation of Public Health Labora- Where there is a need, there is a that can identify such life-threatening tories, the American College of Medical Lion. There are 1.4 million Lions genetic illnesses before symptoms ap- Genetics, and the National Organiza- around the world, 47,000 Lions Clubs in pear. tion for Rare Disorders, support the In 2008, Congress passed my original more than 200 countries. For more than Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reau- bill, which was a major step toward es- 100 years, Lions have been serving hu- thorization Act. Their leadership has manity. tablishing newborn screening guide- lines across the United States. Until been critical to advance newborn The idea of the Lions Club began in screening across the United States. 1917. A 38-year-old Chicago business that time, only 10 States and the Dis- trict of Columbia required newborn Madam Speaker, newborn screening leader named Melvin Jones told mem- is one of the most important public bers of his local business club that they screening for a complete panel of rec- ommended disorders, and there was no health interventions of the 20th cen- should reach beyond business issues tury. It is critical that, in the 21st cen- and address the betterment of their Federal repository of information on these diseases. Today, 49 States and tury, we continue and strengthen the communities and the world. They programs and research of the Newborn agreed. the District of Columbia screen for at least 31 of the 35 currently rec- Screening Saves Lives Act. Three years later, Lions Clubs be- ommended core conditions. I urge my colleagues to sponsor the came an international organization. Each year, with newborn screening, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reau- Melvin Jones inspired generations of healthcare professionals identify ap- thorization Act to enhance the lives of people to become civic-minded individ- proximately 12,000 babies who test posi- hundreds of infants and families each uals, dedicated to using their talents tive for one of these rare conditions. year in the United States. and ambitions to improve their com- This invaluable early detection allows munities without financial reward. for timely treatment to prevent long- f Melvin Jones had a personal code: term damage and severe health com- ‘‘You can’t get very far until you start plications, which gives babies the op- RECOGNIZING ZANE MOORE OF doing something for somebody else.’’ portunity to live relatively normal and THE BUCKS COUNTY YMCA Madam Speaker, service to others is healthy lives. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The what makes the Lions Clubs Inter- For thousands of mothers and fami- Chair recognizes the gentleman from national such a powerful force for good lies, this early and simple intervention Pennsylvania (Mr. FITZPATRICK) for 5 in the world. can also reduce the emotional stress of minutes. trying to identify their baby’s correct There are nearly 70 Members of Con- Mr. FITZPATRICK. Madam Speaker, gress who are involved in service orga- diagnosis. Investments in newborn screening I rise today to recognize an individual nizations, and that is why I am proud and organization in Bucks County, to be working with my colleague Con- can also save up to $1 million over a child’s lifetime. This is a significant Pennsylvania, working to make our gressman JIMMY PANETTA to establish community a better place. the Congressional Service Organization savings for American families and our financially burdened healthcare sys- Earlier this month, Zane Moore, the Caucus. We plan to launch the caucus president and CEO of the YMCA of soon. tem. While it is true that since the origi- Bucks County, walked across the en- It will support the many operations nal passage of the Newborn Screening tire county to raise awareness of the that are dedicated to giving back to Saves Lives Act, significant advance- positive impact the YMCA has on our their communities. I encourage my col- ments have been made in early detec- neighbors and funding for its programs. leagues to join because there are few tion and treatment, serious gaps in Last Thursday, Zane began his trek gifts greater than the gift of time and newborn screening remain. The New- at the YMCA in Quakertown, wrapping service to others. born Screening Saves Lives Reauthor- up at the YMCA in Doylestown. He Madam Speaker, Lions Clubs Inter- ization Act will build on the current picked up on Friday where he left off, national is on Capitol Hill today to newborn screening infrastructure and completing his journey that same day, raise awareness about how helpful serv- strengthen early detection of prevent- all the way to the YMCA in Lower ice organizations are to communities able disease. Bucks County in Fairless Hills. across the Nation. To ensure the quality of laboratories Madam Speaker, I applaud Zane and I am grateful that Lions Clubs involved in newborn screening, the bill all the local leaders who joined him around the globe serve millions annu- reauthorizes the Centers for Disease along the way on his journey. We ap- ally, and I am so proud to be a member Control grants, and it continues HRSA preciate the work of the YMCA and all of an organization that not only lives grants to empower parents and health of its efforts to promote education, up to its remarkable ideals but exceeds professionals with education and re- physical well-being, and recovery pro- them time and time again. sources to improve newborn screening. grams for those in our community.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.003 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3797 b 1015 I began my journey at Head Start as In addition to my support here in RECOGNIZING ROTARIAN OF THE YEAR MAX ROSE an assistant teacher and later became making sure that the funding con- the supervisor of parent involvement tinues and that it grows, I also focus on Mr. FITZPATRICK. Madam Speaker, and volunteer services, helping parents the oversight, supervision, and man- I rise to recognize a resident of Bucks participate and contribute to their agement of Head Start programs. County, Pennsylvania, who was re- children’s educational experiences. In the greater Los Angeles commu- cently honored as Rotarian of the Year Head Start services include health nity, many of our delegate agencies are by the Rotary Club of Doylestown. screenings, nutritional education, and overseen by LACOE. This is a county Last month, 24-year Rotary Club social support for families with chil- organization. member Max Rose received this dis- dren in the program. Early Head Start I want LACOE to get more involved tinction at the 10th annual Four-Way provides services like home visits to in keeping Head Start programs rather Test Awards Fundraiser. During his children at birth. Head Start even than shutting them down. I believe distinguished tenure, he twice served funds research and functions as a lab- there must be a strong component that as president of the Rotary Club of oratory for early learning innovation. works with compliance and works with Doylestown, has been an instrumental From the moment I became involved training to make sure that the pro- force in the organization’s youth ex- with Head Start, I saw the potential it grams meet all the requirements be- change program, and has assisted had to empower and uplift children and cause our teachers, our assistant greatly in local events such as the Bor- their families. Since then, I have teachers, and our volunteers are doing ough Dam cleanup and the Doylestown worked hard to improve and expand the very best job they can do. Many of at Dusk Car Show. Head Start so that this potential is re- them need that kind of support. I am Madam Speaker, I congratulate Max alized and more families have an op- not so sure they are getting all of it, on this well-deserved recognition. I portunity for a better life. but I am going to pay even more atten- also thank Rotary Club president Gail My role as supervisor of parent in- tion to LACOE in the greater Los An- Linenberg, along with all the members volvement and volunteer services pro- geles area to ensure that they are pro- of the Rotary Club of Doylestown, for vided me with insights into the unique viding the kinds of services that their dedication and their service to and pivotal role parents play in the strengthen Head Start programs and do our community. Head Start community. the kind of outreach in the commu- RECOGNIZING STUDENTS AND FACULTY OF ST. I am so appreciative of the Head nities to make sure that our families ANDREW SCHOOL, NEWTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Start and Early Head Start programs know the availability of the Head Start Mr. FITZPATRICK. Madam Speaker, in my home district in California. programs. I rise today to recognize an out- These programs basically provide re- I believe that Head Start has been standing group of students in Bucks sources and referral services, and re- one of the most significant programs of County, Pennsylvania, who recently search innovative new programs in the the overall poverty program, and I am partnered with a local organization to areas of childcare, development, and one of its greatest supporters. comfort children who have experienced family well-being. f traumatic events. These programs serve tens of thou- At St. Andrew School in Newtown, a sands of low-income children and their THIS HOUSE IS NOT IN ORDER group of third-grade students partici- families, usually in communities like The SPEAKER pro tempore. The pated in a service project in collabora- South Los Angeles, Gardena, Haw- Chair recognizes the gentleman from tion with the Newtown Quilters’ Guild. thorne, Inglewood, and Lawndale, and New York (Mr. ZELDIN) for 5 minutes. Using lighthearted drawings by the demonstrate Head Start’s trans- Mr. ZELDIN. Madam Speaker, this students, the guild will create colorful formative potential. Chamber is going in the wrong direc- quilts and distribute them to the New- I will continue to strengthen Con- tion in the effort to combat the BDS town Township Police Department and gress’ relationship with Head Start and movement, to combat anti-Israel hate, emergency services personnel to give parents and encourage more Members to combat anti-Semitism. to young children who have been and families to become involved. I went through kindergarten through through difficult situations. Since President Johnson first an- 12th grade, college, law school, 4 years Madam Speaker, I applaud these stu- nounced Head Start in the spring of of Active Duty. I never once experi- dents and the faculty of St. Andrew 1965, the program and its services have enced anti-Semitism. But now I hear School in Newtown, especially Prin- reached over 32 million children. Study countless stories all across our country cipal Nancy Matteo and third-grade after study shows that providing early and college campuses today. It is infil- teachers Ashlyn Kalicki and Lynn childhood education to children is trating American politics, college cam- Dixon. transformative to their future aca- puses, and the Halls of Congress. I also thank all the members of the demic success. We need to do something about it, Newtown Quilters’ Guild for their Children who joined Head Start grad- not just send a strong message, which thoughtfulness, along with all the offi- uated high school and attended college is important, but actually pass some- cers of the Newtown Township Police at higher rates than their siblings who thing with teeth to do something about Department on this National Police did not participate in the program. it. Week. We appreciate all the work they Head Start participants consistently One of my colleagues from Michigan do for our community. show substantial improvements on test gave a talk last Friday, gave an inter- f scores early in life. Adults who partici- view. She was asked about her support pated in Head Start in their youth are for a one-state solution that would re- CELEBRATING 54TH ANNIVERSARY less likely to be charged with a crime move Jews from power in their own OF HEAD START or become a teenage parent. country, in Israel. Her response was The SPEAKER pro tempore. The These programs are so much more that the Holocaust gives her a calming Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from than federally funded preschool pro- feeling because of the safe haven that California (Ms. WATERS) for 5 minutes. grams for the youngest Americans. the Palestinians provided to Jews. Ms. WATERS. Madam Speaker, I rise They are a lifeline for vulnerable com- Now, that happens to be the opposite in strong support and celebration of munities and provide future genera- of factually accurate. But then, if you the 54th anniversary of the Head Start tions a chance to succeed. have any problem with those words, program and the 25th anniversary of This critical program is our national that makes you automatically an the Early Head Start program. pledge that every child, regardless of Islamophobe and a racist idiot, accord- As a former Head Start teacher, I circumstances at birth, has an oppor- ing to the person who had said that. know how vital the program is to over tunity to achieve and excel in school Then the Speaker of the House is 100,000 low-income children in Cali- and in life. There is perhaps no greater calling for us to come to the floor and fornia and the more than 1 million purpose for an elected official than apologize to Ms. TLAIB. families across the country who rely on working toward the realization of that Well, here I am. My apology is for ev- its essential services. pledge. I will never stop. eryone who is insulted across America

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.005 H15MYPT1 H3798 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 that we passed a watered-down, spine- Tamika Mallory says that Louis Even at age 81, Norman still self- less resolution, after countless acts of Farrakhan is the ‘‘greatest of all lessly served his community. His spirit anti-Semitism by another Member, time,’’ Louis Farrakhan, the same guy of volunteerism, his spirit of giving, that does not name names. who said: ‘‘So when they talk about should be an example for us all. I apologize to everyone across this Farrakhan, call me a hater, you do We thank him for his years of serv- country expecting this House to act. what they do, call me an anti-Semite. ice. We failed them. Stop it, I’m anti-Termite’’; or, ‘‘Sa- Madam Speaker, I ask everyone to The students at the University of tanic Jews have infected the whole join me in keeping his family and the California who had to read the posting: world with poison and deceit’’; or what members of Willow Street Fire Com- ‘‘Gas them, burn them, and dismantle he said about Adolf Hitler of Nazi Ger- pany in our prayers. their power structure. Humanity can- many, who was responsible for mur- Madam Speaker, members of our vol- not progress with the parasitic Jew.’’ dering 6 million Jewish people and mil- unteer fire companies are true heroes. The founder of BDS was blatantly lions of others, ‘‘He was a very great Today, we honor Norman Franck, a anti-Semitic. Take his own words: ‘‘No man.’’ hero who served in my community. Palestinian—rational Palestinian, not We have Members of this Chamber f a sellout Palestinian—will ever accept who have associated themselves with a Jewish state in Palestine.’’ Farrakhan, not just Tamika Mallory. HOLD POLLUTERS ACCOUNTABLE Or this other quote: ‘‘We are wit- I mentioned Linda Sarsour. She said: FOR PFAS CONTAMINATION nessing the rapid demise of Zionism, ‘‘Only Jews . . . are the ones that con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and nothing can be done to save it, for done violence against Arabs and are Chair recognizes the gentleman from Zionism is intent on killing itself. I, cool with mosques being attacked.’’ California (Mr. ROUDA) for 5 minutes. for one, support euthanasia.’’ We have an issue in this Chamber, Mr. ROUDA. Madam Speaker, I rise Or we could take this quote: ‘‘Many and we need to do something about it, today to shed light on PFAS contami- of the methods of collective and indi- not mask it, not empower it, not ele- nation, a crisis affecting water systems vidual ‘punishment’ meted out to Pal- vate it. It must be identified and that serve upward of 19 million people estinian civilians at the hands of crushed. across our great country. young, racist, often sadistic and ever And no, Madam Speaker, I am not For decades, manufacturing compa- impervious Israeli soldiers . . . are coming to this floor and apologizing to nies have known that these chemicals reminiscent of common Nazi practices my colleagues who push it. I will apolo- are extremely hazardous to human against the Jews.’’ This is the founder gize to everyone across this country of- health, have actively taken steps to of the BDS movement. fended by the lack of action by the bury unfavorable research, and have You want an apology, Madam Speak- Speaker. used false uncertainty to fight off regu- er? Well, how about the students at Madam Speaker, your House is not in lations that could help ensure public Berkeley who sit in the classroom and order. safety. the maps that go up on the board? The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- That is why I introduced H.R. 2570, Where it is supposed to say Israel, it bers are reminded to address their re- the PFAS User Fee Act, to hold chem- says Palestine. Or the students in marks to the Chair and not to a per- ical manufacturers financially ac- Michigan whose professor refused to ceived viewing audience. countable for their role in this con- sign off on a letter of recommendation f tamination crisis. These manufacturers because the student wanted to study MOURNING THE PASSING OF R. must take responsibility for their role abroad in Israel. NORMAN FRANCK in this crisis and contribute to the so- This past Thursday, we had an imam lution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The give the opening prayer here before Congress must finally hold these pol- Chair recognizes the gentleman from this Chamber. This imam—a simple luters accountable for the harm they Pennsylvania (Mr. SMUCKER) for 5 min- Google search, by the way, in the vet- continue to cause. The safety of our utes. ting would have come up with the water systems and the air we breathe Mr. SMUCKER. Madam Speaker, it is background, and it is a long list—is not is at stake. with a heavy heart that I rise today to just a supporter of the BDS movement mourn the passing of Norman Franck, f but has compared the Israelis to the a fire police officer and member of the RECESS Nazis, called the Israelis a terrorist re- Willow Street Fire Company. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- gime, called for a third Palestinian After responding to a crash this past ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair intifada, and posted in support of the weekend, Norman fell ill and then declares the House in recess until noon Muslim Brotherhood. passed away at Lancaster General Hos- I mentioned earlier one of my col- today. pital. It was a tremendous loss to our Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 31 leagues who had multiple anti-Semitic community and, certainly, even more postings. One started with: ‘‘Israel has minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- so to his wife, Marian. cess. hypnotized the world, may Allah awak- Today, we remember her in our en the people and help them see the thoughts and prayers and wish her f evil doings of Israel’’; or saying that if comfort and peace in this time of b 1200 you support Israel, then you must have mourning. been bought off by Jews; or when she AFTER RECESS said if you support the U.S-Israel rela- b 1030 The recess having expired, the House tionship, then you must have pledged Norman will be remembered as a giv- was called to order by the Speaker at your allegiance to a foreign power. ing man, described by Willow Street noon. You want an apology, Madam Speak- Fire Company Chief Craig Rhineer as f er? How about the students at Warren someone who would do anything for Wilson College who had a speaker tell you. Norman, by the way, was also con- PRAYER them Jews are doing the same thing to sidered an authority on the history of Dr. Benny Tate, Rock Springs the Palestinians as the Nazis did to the the Willow Street Fire Company. Church, Milner, Georgia, offered the Jews? He lived a life in service to the com- following prayer: Students from coast to coast all munity, as a member of the fire service Our most kind, gracious Heavenly across this entire country are expect- and ambulance company since the Father, we come to You in the name of ing, demanding, this House to act. 1980s. When he moved to Maryland, he our Lord, Jesus Christ. We lift this Now, you could go to the Twitter ac- served there at the St. Michael’s Vol- body up to You because You admonish count of Ms. TLAIB. You will see over unteer Fire Company. Then, after re- us to pray for kings and for all who are the course of the last few days postings turning to Lancaster County, he re- in authority. from Tamika Mallory and fellow orga- sumed his service once again at the I, first and foremost, lift up their nizer Linda Sarsour. Willow Street Fire Company. spiritual lives to You, realizing we are

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.006 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3799 a spirit that has a soul, housed in a paralleled, and I am truly honored to DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CLI- body. May each Member have spiritual have Dr. Benny Tate here with us MATE RESILIENCY and READI- peace. today. NESS ACT I also pray for each Member f (Ms. ESCOBAR asked and was given relationally. The Scripture admonishes permission to address the House for 1 for leaders to lead a peaceable life. May ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER minute.) the blessing of peace rest on their PRO TEMPORE Ms. ESCOBAR. Madam Speaker, cli- homes. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. mate change is a major threat to our Lastly, I pray for them physically. BLUNT ROCHESTER). The Chair will en- national security; and military leaders Would You grant strength, health, and tertain up to 15 further requests for 1- agree. wisdom to each one. Lord, may every minute speeches on each side of the Last year, the Department of Defense Member realize You have placed them aisle. studied 79 mission-critical bases and here and acknowledge their ultimate found that climate change threatened accountability is to You. f most of them. In the past year alone, Lord, I thank You for this great op- three of our military installations suf- WE THE PEOPLE portunity, and I pray this prayer in the fered significant damage from natural name above every name, the name of (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given disasters, and they are still not fully our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. permission to address the House for 1 recovered. Amen. minute and to revise and extend his re- It is clear that the scale of this chal- f marks.) lenge is great. That is why today I am Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, ‘‘We introducing the Department of Defense THE JOURNAL the People’’ is a bold opening state- Climate Resiliency and Readiness Act The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- ment enshrined in our Constitution. to help tackle this challenge. ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- Yet, the truth is that in most parts of By setting clear goals and ensuring ceedings and announces to the House our country, LGBTQ Americans are not regular dedicated resources, my bill her approval thereof. included in ‘‘We the People.’’ gives military leaders the tools and Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Students in Arizona should go to flexibility to implement policies that nal stands approved. school free from fear and bullying. work best for their missions. We will f Workers in Texas should not be afraid also ensure the DOD budgets for resil- of being fired because of who they are. iency and maintains a focus on cut- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Renters in Mississippi should not be ting-edge technologies like hybrid The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman evicted because of who they love. microgrids and additive manufac- from California (Mr. TAKANO) come for- No person, no matter where they live turing. ward and lead the House in the Pledge in America, should face discrimination. As one of the world’s largest energy of Allegiance. Equality should not depend on the ZIP consumers, DOD can offer invaluable Mr. TAKANO led the Pledge of Alle- Code where you live. It is time to make leadership toward addressing the global giance as follows: equality for LGBTQ people the law of climate challenge, while bolstering I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the the land and to ensure that we, too, are U.S. national security; and that starts United States of America, and to the Repub- part of ‘‘We the People.’’ today. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, I urge my colleagues to be on the f indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. right side of history and to vote ‘‘yes’’ WORK IN A BIPARTISAN WAY TO f on the Equality Act. DEFEAT RUSSIAN ELECTION IN- WELCOMING DR. BENNY TATE f TERFERENCE The SPEAKER. Without objection, UMITA WILL HELP STATE AND (Mr. GAETZ asked and was given per- the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. FER- mission to address the House for 1 GUSON) is recognized for 1 minute. LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE RE- NEWAL minute and to revise and extend his re- There was no objection. marks.) Mr. FERGUSON. Madam Speaker, I (Ms. FOXX of North Carolina asked Mr. GAETZ. Madam Speaker, by ex- rise today to honor Dr. Benny Tate, and was given permission to address panding American energy, expelling whose leadership and guidance have the House for 1 minute.) diplomats, and ensuring that the made him an incredibly valuable mem- Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam United States takes its position in the ber of his community in Milner, Geor- Speaker, as the national conversation world, President Trump has been gia, and our Third District. revolves around infrastructure this tougher on Russia than any President Dr. Tate has been the senior pastor of week, I would like to highlight H.R. in a generation. Rock Springs Church in Milner for over 300, the Unfunded Mandates Informa- But the fact remains that the Rus- 25 years. In that time, when it started tion and Transparency Act, or UMITA, sian military attacked the U.S. elec- as a church of just 60, it has now grown which I introduced with my Demo- tion. And so it would seem reasonable to a church of over 6,000. cratic colleague, Representative that, along with the Department of Through this work, Dr. Tate has also CUELLAR. Homeland Security, the FBI, and the shepherded the creation of several min- UMITA will further our goal of re- CIA, we would want the United States istries, including the Rock Springs newing our country’s infrastructure by military offering the full suite of capa- Medical Clinic, the Rock Springs Chris- making sure that overly burdensome bilities, both offensive and defensive, tian Academy, the Potter’s House for Federal regulations don’t hinder to combat Russian election inter- Women, and Impact Christian Min- progress on State and local levels. ference. istries for the homeless. State and local governments shoul- Today, the House Armed Services Benny has been married to his wife, der the greatest cost of infrastructure Committee held a classified briefing on Barbara, for over 30 years, and they projects, and any Federal legislation to the U.S. military and their participa- have one daughter, Savannah Abigail, assist their efforts must account for tion in this critical mission. I was who is here with him today. costs of regulatory compliance. Every deeply disappointed in what I learned. I want to commend Dr. Tate for his dollar spent on compliance with bur- The U.S. military is not sufficiently commitment to our community. There densome mandates is less money for engaged or informed on critical aspects is not a week that goes by where he the projects States and localities need. of the Russian election interference isn’t a welcoming part of the Third UMITA passed with a bipartisan vote campaign. They don’t even know which District of Georgia. in the last four Congresses, and I call two Florida counties were hacked. The grace and love he has shown to for it to be included in any comprehen- And when DOD sent 11 people to go his parishioners and neighbors sive infrastructure legislation consid- work with the Department of Home- throughout his 25 years in Milner is un- ered in this body. land Security to have the full suite of

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.009 H15MYPT1 H3800 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 authorities available to respond to prevent States from offering lower cost make up our 3,000 drug courts. We have Russia, they were told they weren’t healthcare plans. got a long road ahead, but I look for- needed. Democrats want to increase ward to ensuring drug courts remain a Russia has a whole-of-government ObamaCare enrollment regardless of central part of that journey. approach to this problem, and I would cost, but ObamaCare is not affordable f urge us to work in a bipartisan way in for many Americans. The average GUN SHOPS SHOULD MEET MIN- the Defense Authorization Act to en- monthly premium for a family of four IMUM SECURITY REQUIREMENTS sure that we are ready with our full au- is over $1,500, forcing Missourians to thorities to defeat Russia and their ef- cut housing and child care so they can (Mr. MORELLE asked and was given forts to interfere with our election. pay skyrocketing premiums. It is not a permission to address the House for 1 f solution. We must take immediate ac- minute and to revise and extend his re- tion to allow States to promote choices marks.) HIGHLIGHTING THE STRUGGLE OF and affordability. Mr. MORELLE. Madam Speaker, RAIL COMMUTERS IN NEW JER- across our Nation, we face an epidemic. f SEY’S SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL In schools, in churches, on our streets, DISTRICT BLUE WATER NAVY VETERANS Americans are dying from gun vio- (Mr. MALINOWSKI asked and was (Ms. SCANLON asked and was given lence. given permission to address the House permission to address the House for 1 We have a moral responsibility to do for 1 minute and to revise and extend minute.) everything in our power to prevent his remarks.) Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, yes- more people from suffering the loss of a Mr. MALINOWSKI. Madam Speaker, terday the House passed H.R. 299, the loved one to the scourge of illegal guns. today I rise to highlight the struggle Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans That is why I have introduced the Gun that rail commuters in New Jersey’s Act of 2019. This long overdue legisla- Theft Prevention Act. Seventh District face each day. tion would finally provide disability Last year, more than 500 gun shops Public transportation is vital to my benefits to veterans who served in the were burglarized nationwide, releasing State, where twice as many of us de- territorial seas surrounding Vietnam thousands of deadly weapons onto our pend on it than the national average. during the Vietnam war and were ex- streets and into the hands of criminals. Right now, though, the 23,000 people posed to Agent Orange. In my district, a single gun shop was who rely on the main rail line that This change is long overdue but, broken into twice in the same week, cuts through the heart of my district, sadly, thousands of brave Vietnam vet- seven times in the span of a decade. the Raritan Valley Line, are the only erans have already suffered the con- Yet licensed gun dealers are not re- commuters in northern New Jersey sequences of Agent Orange-related ill- quired to take even the most basic pre- without one-seat ride access to Man- nesses. cautions, like locking their doors at hattan during peak hours. To get to A longtime resident of Media, Penn- night, to prevent these dangerous New York, they must transfer to New- sylvania, John Bury, was a 22-year vet- weapons from falling into the wrong ark, adding at least 25 minutes to their eran of the Navy and a legendary advo- hands. commutes. cate for sailors sickened by Agent Or- My bill requires gun shops to meet Now, you might ask, why am I bring- ange. He, himself, survived cancer six minimum security requirements, like ing this local issue to the House? Why times related to Agent Orange, and locked cabinets and video surveillance, can’t New Jersey solve it by itself? knew firsthand the challenges of navi- creates strong enforcement mecha- Well, I will tell you why. Because gating the VA due to his service being nisms, requires reporting of stolen every rail passenger trying to get to on ships, rather than land. guns, and authorizes 650 new ATF in- work along this economic corridor that John passed away in late 2016, but his spectors. is so vital, not just to my State, but to memory and service will live on. Sail- This is commonsense legislation that the economy of the United States, ors like John are heroes and deserve to will save lives, and I will work tire- must squeeze through a crumbling, 110- be treated as such by the VA. lessly to ensure its passage. year old bottleneck of a tunnel under I urge the Senate to quickly take up f the Hudson River that is owned and op- this legislation and send it to the PEACE OFFICERS MEMORIAL DAY erated by the Federal Government, and President’s desk so that thousands of (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania the Federal Government won’t fix it. others like John can get the care they asked and was given permission to ad- The Raritan Valley Line Mayor’s Al- deserve. liance, representing over 30 mayors, dress the House for 1 minute and to re- has been working to get one-seat ride. f vise and extend his remarks.) We need to do our part by passing an b 1215 Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. infrastructure bill this year that will Madam Speaker, today is Peace Offi- NATIONAL DRUG COURT MONTH fund the Gateway tunnel. cers Memorial Day, when we pay trib- f (Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky asked and ute to local, State, and Federal law en- was given permission to address the forcement officers who serve and pro- HEALTHCARE PRICES House for 1 minute.) tect our communities. (Mrs. WAGNER asked and was given Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Madam Today is an extra special day for one permission to address the House for 1 Speaker, May is National Drug Court of my constituents and his family: minute and to revise and extend her re- Month, and I rise to recognize these re- Sugarcreek Police Sergeant Anthony marks.) markable facilities on their 30th anni- Gorman, who was shot April 4, 1997, Mrs. WAGNER. Madam Speaker, I versary. Since 1989, drug courts have while investigating a suspicious car in rise to support the Payment Commis- provided countless addicted Americans a parking lot in Franklin, Pennsyl- sion Data Act, which would make pre- referral to treatment and a lifesaving vania. He never fully recovered from scription drug prices more transparent, alternative to incarceration. his injuries. and the BLOCKING Act, which would When I first started Operation In October of 2014, Sergeant Gorman bring generic drugs to the market fast- UNITE in my district in 2003, there died at the age of 72, more than 17 er. were only five drug courts in the whole years after that initial gunshot. While I also support the Protecting Con- district of 30 counties. Today, we have his death was a direct consequence of sumer Access to Generic Drugs Act, one in all 30 counties, and those volun- the 1997 shooting, a doctor listed his which would prohibit drug companies teer judges are changing more lives cause of death as natural, which pre- from delaying the entry of generic than ever before. vented him from being honored at the drugs into the market. At this moment, drug courts are pro- National Law Enforcement Officers Unfortunately, Madam Speaker, viding a new lease on life to 144,000 Memorial here in Washington, D.C. Democrats have packaged these bills Americans around the country. Thank His son, Christopher, then embarked together with poison pills that would you to the countless professionals who on a mission to have his dad’s name

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.011 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3801 memorialized. After years of research, Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and for other as I may consume. During consider- petitions, and advocacy, it is now en- purposes. All points of order against consid- ation of this resolution, all time yield- graved at the East Pathway of Remem- eration of the bill are waived. The amend- ed is for the purpose of debate only. ment in the nature of a substitute rec- brance at section 25, line 31. GENERAL LEAVE ommended by the Committee on Natural Re- Sergeant Gorman’s family was here sources now printed in the bill shall be con- Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I this week for the candlelight vigil held sidered as adopted. The bill, as amended, ask unanimous consent that all Mem- Monday on The Mall, and thanks to shall be considered as read. All points of bers be given 5 legislative days to re- Christopher Gorman’s determination, order against provisions in the bill, as vise and extend their remarks. his dad’s name is finally where he be- amended, are waived. The previous question The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there longs. shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as objection to the request of the gentle- amended, and on any further amendment f woman from Pennsylvania? thereto, to final passage without intervening There was no objection. COMMUNICATION FROM THE motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, on CLERK OF THE HOUSE divided and controlled by the chair and rank- Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and ing minority member of the Committee on reported a rule, House Resolution 377, The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Natural Resources; and (2) one motion to re- fore the House the following commu- commit with or without instructions. providing for consideration of H.R. 5 nication from the Clerk of the House of SEC. 3. At any time after adoption of this under a closed rule, with 90 minutes of Representatives: resolution the Speaker may, pursuant to debate equally divided and controlled clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House by the Chair and ranking minority OFFICE OF THE CLERK, resolved into the Committee of the Whole member of the Committee on the Judi- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, House on the state of the Union for consider- Washington, DC, May 15, 2019. ciary. ation of the bill (H.R. 987) to amend the Pa- Hon. NANCY PELOSI, The resolution also provides for con- tient Protection and Affordable Care Act to The Speaker, House of Representatives, sideration of H.R. 312 under a closed provide for Federal Exchange outreach and Washington, DC. rule, with 1 hour of general debate educational activities. The first reading of DEAR MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to the the bill shall be dispensed with. All points of equally divided and controlled by the permission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II order against consideration of the bill are Chair and ranking minority member of of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- waived. General debate shall be confined to the Committee on Natural Resources. tives, the Clerk received the following mes- the bill and amendments specified in this Lastly, this resolution provides for sage from the Secretary of the Senate on section and shall not exceed 90 minutes, with consideration of H.R. 987 under a struc- May 15, 2019, at 9:39 a.m.: 60 minutes equally divided and controlled by tured rule, with 90 minutes of general That the Senate passed S. 1231. the chair and ranking minority member of That the Senate passed S. 1436. debate, 60 minutes equally divided and the Committee on Energy and Commerce and Appointment: controlled by the Chair and ranking 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by The Senate National Security Working minority member of the Committee on the chair and ranking minority member of Group. Energy and Commerce and 30 minutes the Committee on Education and Labor. With best wishes, I am, After general debate the bill shall be consid- equally divided and controlled by the Sincerely, ered for amendment under the five-minute Chair and ranking minority member of CHERYL L. JOHNSON. rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature the Committee on Education and f of a substitute recommended by the Com- Labor. Twenty-seven amendments are PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION mittee on Energy and Commerce now printed made in order. in the bill, an amendment in the nature of a Madam Speaker, we are here today to OF H.R. 5, EQUALITY ACT; PRO- substitute consisting of the text of Rules debate the rule for three important VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF Committee Print 116-14 shall be considered pieces of legislation: H.R. 987, H.R. 312, H.R. 312, MASHPEE WAMPANOAG as adopted in the House and in the Com- and H.R. 5. TRIBE RESERVATION REAFFIR- mittee of the Whole. The bill, as amended, H.R. 987 is the Strengthening Health MATION ACT; AND PROVIDING shall be considered as the original bill for Care and Lowering Prescription Drug FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 987, the purpose of further amendment under the five-minute rule and shall be considered as Costs Act, a package of several bills, MARKETING AND OUTREACH many of them bipartisan, that went RESTORATION TO EMPOWER read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are waived. No fur- through the House Energy and Com- HEALTH EDUCATION ACT OF 2019 ther amendment to the bill, as amended, merce Committee under regular order. Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, by shall be in order except those printed in the This bill combines three key bills to direction of the Committee on Rules, I report of the Committee on Rules accom- lower drug costs by promoting generic call up House Resolution 377 and ask panying this resolution. Each such further competition and four key bills to for its immediate consideration. amendment may be offered only in the order strengthen healthcare, reverse the sab- printed in the report, may be offered only by The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- a Member designated in the report, shall be otage of the ACA by this administra- lows: considered as read, shall be debatable for the tion with respect to marketing and H. RES. 377 time specified in the report equally divided outreach, and rescind the Trump ad- Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- and controlled by the proponent and an op- ministration’s efforts to promote junk lution it shall be in order to consider in the ponent, shall not be subject to amendment, plans that lack the protections of the House the bill (H.R. 5) to prohibit discrimi- and shall not be subject to a demand for divi- Affordable Care Act. nation on the basis of sex, gender identity, sion of the question in the House or in the The American people are justifiably and sexual orientation, and for other pur- Committee of the Whole. All points of order demanding action by Congress to make poses. All points of order against consider- against such further amendments are prescription drugs more affordable. ation of the bill are waived. The amendment waived. At the conclusion of consideration of the bill for amendment the Committee shall Prices are so high that recent data in the nature of a substitute recommended show 24 percent of Americans didn’t fill by the Committee on the Judiciary now rise and report the bill, as amended, to the printed in the bill shall be considered as House with such further amendments as may a prescription in the past year due to adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be con- have been adopted. The previous question high costs. sidered as read. All points of order against shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as My constituents have been vocal in provisions in the bill, as amended, are amended, and on any further amendment demanding action on drug pricing, pa- waived. The previous question shall be con- thereto to final passage without intervening tients like Bill, a senior with diabetes sidered as ordered on the bill, as amended, motion except one motion to recommit with who attends my church, parents like and on any further amendment thereto, to or without instructions. Sarah with children who have special final passage without intervening motion ex- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- health needs. Folks like these need cept: (1) 90 minutes of debate equally divided tlewoman from Pennsylvania is recog- help now. and controlled by the chair and ranking mi- nized for 1 hour. This package would lower costs by nority member of the Committee on the Ju- Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, for diciary; and (2) one motion to recommit with banning anticompetitive practices that or without instructions. the purpose of debate only, I yield the large drug companies employ to keep SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it customary 30 minutes to the gen- generics off the market. shall be in order to consider in the House the tleman from Oklahoma (Mr. COLE), This bill will also tackle many of the bill (H.R. 312) to reaffirm the Mashpee pending which I yield myself such time reasons we have seen enrollment

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:36 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.013 H15MYPT1 H3802 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 through the Affordable Care Act de- and the right, religious groups, and It is also important to note what the cline in recent years. myriad civil rights groups to make Equality Act does not do. The Equality Since coming into office, President sure that the language of the Equality Act does not impinge on religious lib- Trump has cut paid advertising and Act achieved full legal equality while erty. Religious liberty is a cornerstone outreach efforts for healthcare ex- doing nothing to undermine existing value of our Constitution and our coun- changes by 90 percent. This wanton po- civil rights protections for other try. Religious organizations are able to litical decision to cut these efforts is marginalized groups. prefer their own members and their but one part of the administration’s at- The resulting bill is supported by 130 version of morality in hiring for reli- tempts to dismantle the Affordable of the largest employers in the coun- gious positions such as ministers, rab- Care Act. try, our largest labor unions, and hun- bis, or schoolteachers. The Equality Furthermore, lack of transparency dreds of organizations, including, to Act does nothing to change that. on the part of Health and Human Serv- name just a few, the Leadership Con- The Equality Act clarifies what has ices around funding levels for outreach ference for Civil and Human Rights, long been held, though, that religious plan enrollment rates and other vital the NAACP, the National Women’s freedom laws do not create an exemp- statistics has created an information Law Center, the Episcopal Church, the tion to civil rights laws. Just like a vacuum on the performance of the Union for Reform Judaism, and the person can’t use a claim of religious ACA. United Church of Christ. freedom to refuse to sell a house to an Greater transparency is required in Most importantly, it is supported by interracial couple, under the Equality order for Congress to hold the adminis- a clear and overwhelming majority of Act, LGBTQ families will be protected tration accountable for its efforts to the American people. Seventy-one per- defund education and outreach for the from discrimination, regardless of its Affordable Care Act. cent of Americans support legislation motivation. Second, we have H.R. 312, the Mash- like the Equality Act to protect Consider the stakes facing LGBTQ pee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Re- LGBTQ people against discrimination people too often across this country. A affirmation Act. This important bill in employment, housing, and public ac- same-sex couple walks into a res- recognizes and respects the Tribal sov- commodations. taurant. They hired a babysitter to ereignty of the Mashpee Wampanoag, a Rarely does Congress have the look after their young children and are Tribe that has inhabited New England chance to take up legislation so clearly hoping to have a relaxing night out. for over 12,000 years and, in fact, wel- supported by our constituents. That is They are seated and looking at the comed the Pilgrims to the new world. probably why, since the day that Con- menu when the manager comes over This legislation has strong bipartisan gressman CICILLINE first introduced and tells them they have to leave. support in Massachusetts among other this version of the Equality Act in 2015, They are not welcome there. Tribal nations and with Tribal allies in it has always earned bipartisan support This kind of insecurity and humilia- Congress. Had President Trump not and currently has Republican cospon- tion occurs on a daily basis across this tweeted about this bill last week, it sors in both the House and the Senate. country. In 30 States, the couple would would have likely passed on suspension The clear majority of both this have no legal recourse. Often, humilia- and been sent to the Senate for consid- Chamber and the American people rec- tion is just the tip of the iceberg. eration. The members of this Tribe ognize that, for far too long, LGBTQ Same-sex couples are far more likely cannot wait any longer for recognition, people have faced discrimination with to be denied housing. Qualified and and we need to pass this critical legis- no Federal legal recourse. It is beyond high-performing transgender people are lation without further delay. dispute that LGBTQ people, especially more likely to be fired from their jobs. Finally, Madam Speaker, this is a transgender people and especially LGBTQ young people face rejection, week that will be remembered in our transgender women of color, face dis- homelessness, and discrimination in history books because, at long last, crimination across this country. school, denying them an education. this body is taking up consideration of This is a personal issue for me. It has These injuries compound and lead to the Equality Act. Forty-five years ago been personal since my baby sister poverty, homelessness, and violence. this week, the legendary Congress- came out to me about 40 years ago. The impact is felt hardest by woman Bella Abzug introduced the For many people in this country, transgender women of color, who con- first version of the Equality Act, a bill that is when the fight hits home. It front racial discrimination, sex dis- that will give full legal protections to gets personal when someone you love crimination, and gender-identity dis- LGBTQ people all across our country. says, ‘‘This is who I am,’’ and you crimination. The intersection of these This version of the Equality Act that know and value that person, and you forms of discrimination can even be we consider today is the result of years will do whatever you can to make sure deadly, as it was for Shantee Tucker, a of careful legislative drafting and that your loved one can live life to the transgender woman of color from amends existing civil rights laws to fullest, free from hate and discrimina- Philadelphia who was murdered last provide protections from discrimina- tion. fall. tion based on sexual orientation and I am sad to say that my home in the The protections provided by the gender identity in key areas of public Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is one Equality Act give LGBTQ people an life: employment, housing, credit, edu- of the 30 States that defies the will of equal chance at the American Dream. cation, public spaces and services, fed- its people by not having legal protec- While discrimination and rejection erally funded programs, and jury serv- tions for LGBTQ people. The idea that have ended the lives of too many ice. my sister, someone who put her life on transgender people, many are suc- Additionally, the Equality Act up- the line for our country when she ceeding, despite discrimination. dates the public spaces and services served in the armed forces, could drive In Pennsylvania, Dr. Rachel Levine, covered in current law to include retail across State lines and lose protections a transgender woman, serves in the stores, services such as banks, legal is heartbreaking. Governor’s cabinet as secretary for services, and transportation services. The Equality Act ends the patchwork health. Mara Keisling, a Pennsylvania These important updates will strength- of State laws and creates uniform na- native, is the founder and executive di- en existing protections for everyone. tionwide protections. LGBTQ people rector of the National Center for The journey to this final version of won’t have to worry that being trans- Transgender Equality and a pioneer for the Equality Act was led by a man who is a history maker in his own right, co- ferred to another State by their em- civil rights protections. Danica Roem, chair of the LGBTQ Equality Caucus ployer or needing to move home to the first transgender State legislator, and my colleague on the Judiciary take care of ailing parents will cause serves in the Virginia House of Dele- them to lose civil rights protections. gates. LaLa Zannell is fighting vio- Committee, Congressman DAVID From sea to shining sea, LGBTQ people lence in New York City. Raffi Freed- CICILLINE from Rhode Island. will have the security and stability man-Gurspan was the first openly b 1230 that comes from knowing that if they transgender White House staffer. Miss Congressman CICILLINE worked with face discrimination, they have legal re- Major Griffin-Gracy, who was at Stone- lawyers and advocates from the left course. wall, has spent her life fighting to end

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.015 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3803 the over-incarceration of transgender the principle that all people should be ing that land for the benefit of the people. The list goes on and on. treated equally under the law. But Tribe and Tribal members both now I am proud that the House will fi- even as we strive toward that goal, and into the future. It ensures that the nally act to provide Federal protec- when we are dealing with legislation of Tribes have a home, that they have a tions to LGBTQ people with passage of this magnitude, we must consider how stable place to build communities and the Equality Act. The fight for equal the bill will work in practice. to marshal their resources and conduct rights is far from over, but I am proud Unfortunately, I don’t think my business. It ensures that the land that to be part of a majority that prioritizes friends in the majority have clear an- was promised to Tribes, and that was equal treatment for all of its citizens, swers to very legitimate questions. held by those Tribes, in many cases for regardless of whom they love. Last night, during debate at the Rules many centuries, remains in Tribal Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- Committee, our concerns were dis- hands. ance of my time. missed as we were told that the courts Holding land in trust is a commit- Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield and administrative bureaucrats would ment made to Tribes by the Federal myself such time as I may consume. sort out these unanswered issues. That Government. It affirms Tribes will con- Madam Speaker, I want to begin by is simply unacceptable. tinue to be able to exercise sovereignty thanking the gentlewoman from Penn- Why would we want any ambiguity over their own land. That is really all sylvania (Ms. SCANLON), my good when it comes to a person’s civil this issue is about today, whether or friend, for yielding me the customary rights? We should be very clear about not the Mashpee Wampanoag will be 30 minutes. congressional intent, and the only way able to exercise their own sovereignty We, Madam Speaker, are here today to do that is to write a law the way you over their own land. on three very different pieces of legis- intend for it to be carried out. Sadly, Unfortunately, some who oppose this lation, which, unfortunately, makes this bill falls well short of that cer- bill are doing so because they are view- this a complicated rule. One of our bills tainty. ing this issue through a purely polit- concerns civil rights, one concerns The second bill, H.R. 987, is actually ical lens rather than what our own healthcare, and one concerns Native seven bills: three genuinely bipartisan Constitution says about Tribal sov- Americans. I will move through each of bills addressing prescription drug costs ereignty. This isn’t a bill about a par- these bills relatively quickly, and then and four partisan and controversial ticular use for the land, and it isn’t a I want to address the process we fol- bills addressing ObamaCare. bill about particular Members of this lowed to get here today. As I pointed out last night in our institution or the Senate. Instead, this The first bill, Madam Speaker, H.R. hearing, I don’t particularly under- is a bill about keeping Federal prom- 5, is a complicated and complex piece stand what the majority is trying to ises to Tribes. of legislation that would make sweep- accomplish here. There are three bills Our country hasn’t always kept those ing changes to our Nation’s civil rights that are all bipartisan that could eas- promises, and we have an opportunity laws, if enacted. In general, the bill ily progress to becoming law. I am even today to step up and make clear that adds the terms ‘‘sexual orientation’’ a cosponsor of one of those bills. Yet, I regardless of what happened in the and ‘‘gender identity’’ to the list of have to vote against the entire package past, today, the Federal Government protected classes under the Civil because I do not support the partisan keeps its promises to Tribes, no ifs, Rights Act, joining classes like race, and controversial bills attached by ands, or buts. gender, religion, and national origin. Democrats. Before I close, I would like to make a As I noted in our hearing yesterday, Madam Speaker, at some point, the couple of points about the process this most Republicans in the House will op- majority needs to decide if they are week, particularly on the Equality Act pose this bill not because we do not be- here to score political points or if they and the healthcare issue. lieve that all people should receive are here to govern. If they want to con- On the Equality Act, 35 amendments equal treatment under the law but be- tinue scoring rhetorical victories, then were proposed. I thought that many, if cause we have real concerns about how by all means, they should keep doing not most, of these should have been this bill will work in practice. A term what they are doing, keep putting up considered on the floor. Yet, in the like ‘‘gender identity’’ has such a partisan bills that won’t go anywhere final rule, not one amendment was vague definition that even proponents in the Senate and won’t be signed into made in order, and we are considering of the bill do not agree on exactly what law, keep putting up messaging bills this bill under a closed rule. the term means. for the purpose of signaling to their The majority is choosing not to That should cause legislators to be primary voters, and keep spending make in order many amendments that especially thoughtful and provide clar- their days engaged in show votes that deserve our consideration on the floor, ity about what the term means and won’t ever improve the lives of those like Ms. HOLMES NORTON’s amendment how the law will be applied. But we they were elected to represent. to clarify that Washington, D.C., resi- have not done so here. If they want to govern for the Amer- dents cannot be excluded or disquali- Republicans have raised numerous ican people, then the majority must fied from jury service based on sexual questions about how this bill will work move forward with real legislation that orientation or gender identity, or the in practice. Will female athletes in jun- can get real support here, in the Sen- bipartisan amendment that would re- ior high, high school, and college be ate, and at the White House. store the application of the Religious forced to compete in women’s athletics We had the chance to do that with Freedom Restoration Act to this bill, against competitors who were born bio- this package. The majority chose not or Representative JOHNSON’s common- logically male? Will female sexual as- to do so. I think that is a real missed sense amendment clarifying that noth- sault victims be forced to share vulner- opportunity for us, both as an institu- ing in the act should be construed as to able same-sex spaces like locker rooms tion and as a country. deny parents the right to be involved and dressing rooms with other individ- Finally, the third bill, H.R. 312, the in their minor child’s medical care. uals who were born biologically male? Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reserva- These are all deserving amendments And since the legislation appears to tion Reaffirmation Act, is a matter I that should have been heard on the allow people to define their own gender want to discuss at some length because floor, and yet the majority chose to identity, will it allow people to shift I think there has been, frankly, a lot of make precisely none in order. back and forth between gender as it misinformation put out about this par- On H.R. 987, the majority went in a suits them? ticular piece of legislation. different direction. In total, 51 amend- These are not rhetorical questions. The Mashpee Wampanoag is a feder- ments were submitted to the Rules They are real concerns that we have ally recognized Tribe based in Mash- Committee, and 15 of those were spon- raised, with good reason, throughout pee, Massachusetts. H.R. 312 would sored by Republicans. Yet with today’s the process. simply reaffirm the taking of land into rule, 27 amendments were made in H.R. 5 is known as the Equality Act, trust for the benefit of this Tribe. order, but just one amendment was and I know every Member of the House, When the Federal Government takes made in order that was sponsored by a Republican and Democrat, agrees with land into trust for a Tribe, it is reserv- Republican, along with one bipartisan

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Congress cannot erase hatred with Look, it is pretty clear: You can say Madam Speaker, I think we can do legislation, but Congress has an obliga- that it is more important to have a better than that. tion to lead, to stamp out discrimina- navigated program that would never Last week, I reminded the House that tion wherever it exists. pass any cost-benefit analysis; you can when my party was in charge of the We can and must all rise for the say it is more important to have an last Congress, we went out of our way LGBTQ community. earmark for the State of New Jersey to to make minority and bipartisan Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield set up an ObamaCare exchange; or you amendments in order. Forty-five per- myself a few seconds to respond to my can say it is more important to reau- cent of all amendments made in order friend from Pennsylvania. thorize Community Health Centers. in the last Congress were sponsored We don’t consider the markup in Reauthorizations are tough. We did solely by Democrats, while a further 17 committee a very good markup. Only multiple reauthorizations in the last percent were bipartisan. four amendments were considered, Congress, and they are difficult to get As of today’s rule, the stats are look- none were accepted, and, frankly, a across the line because so many people ing much worse for the current major- number of Members seeking recogni- have so many opinions. ity. Seventy-three percent of all tion for amendments were not recog- All of these programs are going to ex- amendments made in order were solely nized. So to think that this was any- pire in September, and we have taken sponsored by Democrats through May thing other a train moving through a no activity towards reauthorization in 14. Thirteen percent are bipartisan. station, I think, is to mischaracterize the Energy and Commerce Committee. Just 14 percent were sponsored by Re- how that particular markup worked. These reauthorizations, again, take a publicans. With that, Madam Speaker, I yield 3 substantial amount of time. The clock We had an opportunity today, par- minutes to the gentleman from Texas is ticking, and we should act as soon as ticularly on H.R. 5 and H.R. 987, to (Mr. BURGESS), my very good friend, possible. take steps toward remedying this fellow member of the Rules Com- Again, unfortunately, that amend- issue. mittee, and also a leading member of ment was not made in order, but I do I must continue to encourage my the Committee on Energy and Com- encourage Members to look at H.R. good friend, and he is my good friend, merce. 2700, a good bill. For this morning, I the chairman of the Rules Committee, Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I think The Washington Post had it to work with us to make more bipar- thank the gentleman from Oklahoma. right. tisan and minority amendments in Madam Speaker, you can imagine my Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I order and to ensure that all Members, surprise this morning checking the yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from regardless of party, have an oppor- email and the Health 202, an email put Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), the tunity to be heard on the floor, as he out by The Washington Post—The distinguished chairman of the Com- has often promised. Washington Post, for crying out loud— mittee on Rules. Madam Speaker, I urge opposition to and here is the headline: ‘‘Democrats Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I the rule, and I reserve the balance of Are Putting a Political Pothole in the want to thank the gentlewoman from my time. Way of Bipartisan Drug Pricing Bills.’’ Pennsylvania (Ms. SCANLON) for yield- b 1245 They go on to say: ‘‘ObamaCare battles ing me the time. Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I threaten even the most bipartisan So maybe it is just me. You know, I would just note that, with respect to healthcare efforts on Capitol Hill.’’ am still suffering from trauma, having H.R. 5, we had regular order. H.R. 5, the What a strange turn of events. served in the minority under my Re- Equality Act, went through the Com- So here we have a rule today that publican friends for 8 years where, rou- mittee on the Judiciary. It had a hear- will allow a bill to be brought to the tinely, we were given a process where ing, and then we also had a markup. floor where the Democrats are using bi- we were almost always shut out. This is a new process, apparently, since partisan drug pricing bills to pay for In the last Congress, we had a record- the last Congress. And then, of course, partisan politics. breaking 103 closed rules on major we had the Rules hearing last night. Look, I am on the Energy and Com- bills—completely closed. You can’t Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to merce Committee as well as the Rules amend it. And they talk about all the the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Committee, so I am on the oldest and amendments they made in order, but SPEIER). second oldest committees in the United they don’t talk about the thousands Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, I States House of Representatives. We they did not make in order. thank the gentlewoman from Pennsyl- worked in a bipartisan manner to en- Now, look, I don’t want them to feel vania for her leadership and for the sure that the BLOCKING Act, the CRE- the same way that I did in the minor- time. ATES Act, and the Protecting Con- ity. I want them to not have to go Today is, indeed, a historic day. It is sumer Access to Generic Drugs Act through the trauma that so many of us a day that we will say to the LGBTQ would deliver drug pricing solutions to went through where we were routinely community across the land that you Americans. shut out. And that is why, when we matter, that you count, that the In the Rules Committee, I offered an came up with the Rules package, we Equality Act will be the new law of amendment that keeps the three drug did things like required that bills had this country. It is a basic heralding of policies and uses the savings—some $5 to have hearings in committees of ju- human decency. billion from those policies—to pay for risdiction before they came to the America stands at a crucial cross- bipartisan public health priorities. Rules Committee, that they had to roads in this generation’s fight for civil I also introduced the standalone bill, have markups in the committee of ju- rights. We should not have to remind H.R. 2700, if you are keeping score at risdiction before they came to the our Republican colleagues that no one home. This is the Lowering Prescrip- Rules Committee. should ever be discriminated against tion Drug Costs and Extending Com- I mean, they routinely brought legis- because of who they are, yet here we munity Health Centers and Other Pub- lation to the floor where committees of are. lic Health Priorities Act. H.R. 2700 cou- jurisdiction never had a hearing, never Without the explicit Federal protec- ples the bipartisan drug pricing poli- had a markup. They mysteriously ap- tion provided in the Equality Act, the cies with reauthorization of programs peared. They would come to the Rules LGBTQ community is at risk of being such as community health centers, spe- Committee; they would get a closed marginalized, or worse, in the work- cial diabetes programs, and the Na- rule; and then we were forced to vote place, housing, education, and even in tional Health Service Corps. up or down on it. the military. Every Republican member of the En- So I don’t really appreciate being lec- This administration is seeking to ergy and Commerce Committee is a co- tured on process. Yes, we need to do make our LGBTQ families and friends sponsor of H.R. 2700, signifying the better, and, yes, I understand that my

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.018 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3805 Republican friends want more amend- support the Equality Act, and every criminates against people of faith. In ments in order, but let’s not forget why Member of this House who wants to reality, this bill should be called the we are here today. We are here to pass deal with the high cost of prescription women’s inequality act. a historic civil rights bill. We are here drugs ought to support that bill as The policies of H.R. 5 have already to pass the Equality Act. well. been used to trample female athletics, When I look at the amendments that Madam Speaker, with that, I thank eliminate safe spaces for women, harm were brought to the Rules Committee, the gentlewoman for yielding. children, terminate parental rights, amendment after amendment would Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield and undermine the free exercise of reli- target trans Americans and carve out myself such time as I may consume for gious freedom. ways for discrimination to continue. just a few minutes to respond to my The legislation also provides for a This is on a bill that is meant to elimi- good friend, the chairman. I want to universal right to abortion, com- nate discrimination. They were trying tell you, there is nobody I hold in high- promises taxpayers’ safeguards against to enshrine discrimination. They were er regard in the House of Representa- funding abortion, and eliminates con- trying to weaken the Civil Rights Act. tives than Chairman MCGOVERN, no- scious protections for healthcare pro- And, quite frankly, I think most of us body I consider a better personal viders that do not want to participate felt: You know what? We are not going friend, nobody I consider a more re- in an abortion. to allow that to happen. sponsible Member. As a former track coach, I am deeply That is not an appropriate use of the On this, we disagree. The gentleman committed to providing women and rules of the House, to try to take away is right, neither side is perfect. In this girls with a level playing field. Title the rights of people in this country, to case, we are going to bring attention to IX, however, becomes irrelevant under try to allow discrimination to con- this amendment issue until we see re- the women’s inequality act. tinue. sults. That is precisely what my friend Vulnerable women seeking haven in We believe too strongly in the ideals did when he was in the minority, and homeless women’s shelters will be re- of the Civil Rights Act to risk letting there are some times we should have victimized under H.R. 5. This is already it be transformed into another weapon listened to him and we did not. happening. for division and discrimination. I In this case, I think the imbalance is In California, women who were sexu- mean, we listened to groups like the so egregious that we are going to con- ally harassed in the shower by a bio- National Urban League, the National tinue to make that case until we see a logical male were threatened with ex- Action Network, the NAACP, the Lead- change. Maybe we won’t. Hopefully we pulsion from the women’s shelter. ership Conference on Civil and Human will, because I know my friend ap- In Alaska, a women’s shelter is being Rights, and others that asked us to proaches this with good intentions. sued for sending a transitioning indi- give this bill a straight up-or-down Secondly, I would say this bill was so vidual to the hospital instead of letting vote. important, the Equality Act, it ought him sleep 3 feet away from rape vic- And let’s be clear, Madam Speaker, a to have amendments. That is the point. tims. good process is about more than just That is how you build consensus. I This is absurd. Under H.R. 5, women- amendments, as I mentioned. This bill think they are missing the opportunity only spaces will be a thing of the past. had a hearing, and it had a markup. to get a lot of people who would sup- This bill also places children at risk On the healthcare bill that we are port the basic concept that they are of medical experimentation and bleak going to deal with, it is about lowering trying to advance. futures when they are given the right the cost of prescription drugs. And, finally, on the drug bill, I have to hormone blockers and sex change My friends on the other side of the just got to be honest with you. When operations. aisle spent what seemed like an eter- they had a chance to pass something b 1300 nity trying to rip away healthcare pro- that would work and chose to bundle it tections for people, I mean, bringing up with something that they knew Most children, 98 percent of boys and one bill after another after another to couldn’t pass, that makes me wonder 88 percent of girls, who question their the floor that never went through reg- how serious they are about dealing gender identity will grow into their ular order, that would literally take with that problem. birth gender after passing through pu- away protections from people with pre- But, hopefully, we will get an oppor- berty. existing conditions. tunity to deal with that again. And Parents who dare to oppose doctors The SPEAKER pro tempore. The that is an area we know we can work using off-label drugs that may sterilize time of the gentleman has expired. together on. We have proved it in com- their child, or performing life-altering Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I mittee. surgical procedures, will be considered yield the gentleman from Massachu- So, with that, I look forward to con- abusive and neglectful. This has al- setts an additional 1 minute. tinuing to work with my good friend, ready happened with an Ohio couple Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, the chairman. I know that we will oc- who lost custody of their daughter. they did nothing to lower the cost of casionally have differences. That is For the first time ever, H.R. 5 waives prescription drugs. what this is all about. We will work the Religious Freedom Restoration Then we had an election in Novem- those differences out. Act, enabling unhindered government ber, and the big issue was healthcare. Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to discrimination against the faith com- People didn’t want to have their the distinguished gentlewoman from munity. It also actively prohibits the healthcare protections ripped away. Missouri (Mrs. HARTZLER), my very religious community from partnering And now, all of a sudden, they are con- good friend, who also is a distinguished with the Federal Government. verts, and they say they want to pro- member of the House Armed Services Catholic schools will no longer be tect people’s healthcare and expand Committee. able to participate in the National healthcare protections. Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Speaker, I School Lunch Program. Jewish syna- The bottom line is this: We are not rise today in opposition to this rule gogues will lose Federal grant funding perfect all the time, and we need to do and to the underlying legislation, H.R. to protect against terror threats, and better, but I believe that we are im- 5. houses of worship will lose FEMA dis- proving the process. I look forward to Contrary to what has just been said aster aid unless—here is the catch— working with the gentleman, the rank- on the floor, this bill does not end dis- they abandon their core teachings on ing member from Oklahoma, to try to crimination. In fact, the Equality Act morality, marriage, and sexuality. find ways forward. imposes top-down, government-led dis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The But on the legislation here today crimination against all Americans who time of the gentlewoman has expired. that we are going to consider, this is hold a differing view of human sexu- Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield important legislation. This is historic ality and gender. an additional 30 seconds to the gentle- legislation. Quite frankly, every Mem- This grossly misnamed bill punishes woman from Missouri. ber of this House who wants to end dis- everyday citizens, silences free speech Mrs. HARTZLER. Madam Speaker, crimination in this country ought to and viewpoint disagreements, and dis- Members from both sides of the aisle,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.020 H15MYPT1 H3806 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 especially those who claim to be pro- the Senate passed with an over- tunity to succeed. No one should have access women and pro-children, need to stop whelming majority vote in February. to services or doors to opportunity closed be- this devastating legislation. The most critical title of H.R. 336, in cause of outdated gender stereotypes about The future of women’s rights, pri- my opinion, is the Combating BDS Act how people should act, look or behave. This requires stronger national nondiscrimination vacy, protection, and athletic potential of 2019, which will allow a State or protections based on sex, sexual orientation depends on it. local government to adopt measures to and gender identity. Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I divest assets from entities using boy- The Equality Act is historic civil rights yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman cotts, disbursements, or sanctions to legislation that would amend and supple- from Massachusetts (Mrs. TRAHAN). influence Israel’s policy. ment the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and other Mrs. TRAHAN. Madam Speaker, I Madam Speaker, yesterday was the key federal nondiscrimination laws that pro- rise to offer my strong support for the 71st anniversary of the founding of the vide protection from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin or reli- rule and for H.R. 5, the Equality Act. State of Israel. I can think of no better gion. This legislation would strengthen pro- Recent years have brought extraor- way to celebrate Israel’s independence, tections from discrimination on the basis of dinary progress in the fight for full reaffirm our support for Israel, and in- sex, and add critical new protections from equality for our LGBTQ community. dicate our ongoing commitment to a discrimination on the basis of sexual ori- Like millions of others across the peaceful and more secure Middle East entation and gender identity. Specifically, it country, I joined with friends and fam- than to consider and pass H.R. 336 im- would provide clear, explicit protection ily to celebrate Supreme Court rulings mediately. against discrimination based on sexual ori- paving the way for same-sex couples to Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous entation and gender identity in education, employment, housing, credit, federally fund- marry. But in the midst of these joyful consent to insert the text of my ed programs and federal jury services. These and historic victories, we knew that amendment in the RECORD, along with protections are essential in ensuring that the work was just beginning. extraneous material, immediately LGBTQ people have the right to live with Though LGBTQ people could now get prior to the vote on the previous ques- dignity and equality. married, in a majority of States they tion. While the primary focus of the Equality could still be fired for having a picture The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Act is on LGBTQ people, the Act would also of their spouse on their desk or kicked objection to the request of the gen- close longstanding gaps in federal law and out of their home just for being who tleman from Oklahoma. provide important new legal protections for all women by, for the first time, prohibiting they are. The fact is, LGBTQ people There was no objection. discrimination on the basis of sex in public are still at risk of discrimination Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I urge a spaces and services and in all federally-fund- across key areas of life in huge swaths ‘‘no’’ vote on the previous question, ed activities. This means that, for example, of our country. and I reserve the balance of my time. when women experience harassment as cus- Recent national surveys of LGBTQ Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I tomers in restaurants, stores, hotels, taxis or people show that 42 percent of lesbian, yield myself such time as I may con- airports, there will now be a remedy. The gay, and bisexual people; and 78 per- sume. law will also ensure that breastfeeding par- cent of transgender people have experi- Madam Speaker, I include in the ents aren’t excluded from or treated less fa- vorably in public places just for feeding their RECORD four letters, first, a letter from enced discrimination or harassment on children, and it will make clear that phar- the job because of who they are. the National Partnership for Women & macies can’t refuse to fill a woman’s birth Only 21 States have explicit laws bar- Families urging support; second, a let- control prescription. ring discrimination based on sexual ter from the Human Rights Campaign, The bill’s provisions that would ensure orientation and employment, housing also urging support for H.R. 5; third, a that sex does not stand as a barrier to full and public accommodations, and only letter from the American Federation of participation in federally funded programs 20 States have such protections for Government Employees; and finally, a or activities will mean, for example, that a letter from several civil rights groups, developer with a federal grant couldn’t dis- gender identity. criminate against women-owned businesses The time to end this patchwork of all urging support for H.R. 5. in its contracting. Women would also have protections once and for all is now, and NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP new tools to challenge a police department’s to do that, we must pass this impor- FOR WOMEN & FAMILIES, systematically inadequate response to sex- tant legislation. Washington, DC, May 14, 2019. ual violence and intimate partner violence, The promotion of fairness and justice DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: The National Part- if the police department received federal is a hallmark of who we are as Ameri- nership for Women & Families is a nonprofit, funds; and would be able to challenge denials nonpartisan organization that has fought for of reproductive health care where a feder- cans. Everyone should be afforded all of decades to advance the rights and well-being the rights provided for in our Constitu- ally-funded entity otherwise provides com- of America’s women and families. We work parable or comprehensive health care. tion and outlined in our Declaration of to foster a society in which workplaces are These protections against sex discrimina- Independence. These rights are funda- fair, equitable and family friendly; where ev- tion are a critical step forward in advancing mental to all human beings, and all eryone has access to quality, affordable women’s equality in this country. Americans deserve the same civil health care, including reproductive health As a leading national women’s rights orga- rights regardless of gender, race, and care; and where every person has the oppor- nization we also feel compelled to state em- sexual orientation. We don’t need to tunity to achieve economic security and live phatically that the Equality Act’s protec- with dignity. tions for transgender and gender noncon- amend that. We write to voice our strong support for forming people in no way undermine the Let’s pass the rule and let’s pass the the Equality Act (H.R. 5) and to urge you to rights or protections afforded to women and Equality Act. vote YES on this groundbreaking legislation. do not jeopardize women’s safety or their Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield We also urge you to vote NO on any motion ability to participate fully or equally in myself such time as I may consume. to recommit that may be offered to under- sport or in any other aspect of our society. Madam Speaker, I want to take this mine or alter the Equality Act or otherwise Transgender women are women, and any at- opportunity to inform the House that harm civil liberties. tempt to mischaracterize their gender iden- if we defeat the previous question, I Despite significant progress, lesbian, gay, tity or suggest that they are trying to ‘‘take will offer an amendment to the rule to bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) advantage’’ of protected class status fun- people still face considerable discrimination damentally misunderstands the reality of immediately bring up H.R. 336, the and lack necessary protections across the transgender people’s lives and experiences. Strengthening America’s Security in country. While some states have enacted Furthermore, it causes real harm to the the Middle East Act of 2019. laws that protect against discrimination, the more than one million Americans who iden- This bill includes four titles, three of patchwork nature of these protections means tify as transgender, a population already which passed the House last Congress, that millions of people continue to face har- subject to high rates of violence and abuse, and one of which has already passed assment, exclusion and uncertainty that negative mental and physical health out- the House this Congress on suspension. negatively impact their safety, their day-to- comes, and experiences with discrimination My amendment will also include day lives, their families and their ability to and stigmatization. participate fully in society. The Equality Act is a long-overdue step three additional provisions agreed to Part of achieving our nation’s promise of forward in extending civil rights protections by the Senate when they considered equality, dignity and fairness is ensuring to millions of women and LGBTQ people. Es- their version of this bill, so that what that all people, regardless of sexual orienta- tablishing clear protections is critical at a we will debate will be identical to what tion or gender identity, have equal oppor- time when vulnerable communities are

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Currently, it is not a violation of federal Bills which are of immediate concern in- Sincerely, civil rights law for employers to fire, land- clude, The Equality Act and the American National Partnership for Women & Families. lords to deny housing, or for schools to with- Housing and Mobility Act; however, it is our hold educational opportunities from people understanding that there may be others. HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN, solely because they are a member of the Below is a list of some of the safeguards/ Washington, DC, May 14, 2019. LGBTQ community. While some jurisdic- guardrails we feel must be in place if/when HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, tions provide protections to the LGBTQ com- legislation proposing to amend civil rights Washington, DC. munity, the federal government cannot re- statutes is introduced. Each of these have DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the main silent in the face of continued discrimi- been discussed and agreed to by civil rights Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s larg- nation. The Equality Act extends protec- groups, as well as the current sponsors of the est civil rights organization working to tions against discrimination based on sexual Equality Act. They include: achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, orientation or gender identity in employ- Establish a strong legislative record for and queer (LGBTQ) equality, I write to urge ment, housing, access to public places, fed- any proposed changes to core Civil Rights you to vote in favor of H.R. 5, the Equality eral funding, credit education, and jury serv- statutes. This standard must be maintained; Act, and against any Motion to Recommit. ice. Federal workers provide services to all Hearings, reports, testimony, etc. We will consider both key votes. members of the public without discrimina- Written assurances from Party Leadership Everyone—including LGBTQ people— tion and expect our nation’s laws to protect that existing protections will be preserved. should have an opportunity to earn a living all individuals in the same manner. Written assurances from Sponsors that ex- and provide a home for their families with- The Equality Act is endorsed by civil and isting protections will be preserved. out fear of constant harassment or discrimi- human rights advocates, educators, the busi- Written assurances from Party Leadership nation. The Equality Act would update our ness community, and labor unions because that if an amendment(s) to existing protec- nation’s existing civil rights laws to explic- the United States can only move forward to- tions or amendment(s) creating restrictions itly include sexual orientation and gender gether when all, including citizens who are on any of the existing protections is ad- identity, which would finally provide con- LGBTQ, have full protection under the law vanced the bill will be pulled and no vote(s) sistent non-discrimination protections for from discrimination. Again, I urge you to will be taken. LGBTQ people across key areas of life, in- vote in support of H.R. 5, the Equality Act. Written assurances from Sponsors that if cluding employment, housing, credit, edu- Sincerely, an amendment(s) to existing protections or cation, public spaces and services, federally ALETHEA PREDEOUX, amendment(s) creating restrictions on any of funded programs, and jury service. This Director, Legislative Department. the existing protections is advanced* they would ensure LGBTQ people have access to will withdraw their introduction of the bill the exact same protections as are currently MARCH 12, 2019. and work to have the bill pulled and no provided under federal law based on other CHARLES E. SCHUMER, vote(s) will be taken. protected characteristics. Senate Minority Leader, A demonstrated and shared understanding Currently, 30 states lack non-discrimina- Washington, DC. from party leadership and legislative spon- tion protections for LGBTQ people. The NANCY PELOSI, sors of the ability to impact the process once patchwork nature of current laws leaves mil- Speaker of U.S. House of Representatives, legislation is introduced given current polit- lions of people subject to uncertainty and po- Washington, DC. ical dynamics, including an explanation of tential discrimination that impacts their DEAR SENATOR SCHUMER AND SPEAKER the procedural path forward and the proce- safety, their families, and their day-to-day PELOSI: We write today to memorialize the dural path for withdrawal if that becomes lives. In fact, two-thirds of LGBTQ Ameri- shared agreement of African American civil necessary. cans report having experienced discrimina- rights groups regarding the importance of Inclusion of Congressional Findings sec- tion. The Equality Act would provide a na- ensuring the protection of the provisions of tion in every bill. tionwide standard for non-discrimination core civil rights statutes e.g. the Civil Rollout strategies which include explicit protections. Rights Act of 1964, the Fair Housing Act, the statement(s) about need to preserve existing The Equality Act has unprecedented sup- Equal Credit Opportunity Act, etc., even as protections and intent to withdraw the bill if port. More than 200 major corporations have legislators pursue amendments to those stat- existing protections are threatened in any endorsed the legislation, as well as more utes to add additional protections against manner. than 40 trade associations including U.S. discrimination. We stand in solidarity and Continue to explore standalone legislation Chamber of Commerce and the National As- support with our partners and colleagues in that does not amend the existing statute(s), sociation of Manufacturers. Recent polling a shared commitment to ensuring that these should this prove to be the safer course. finds that a growing majority of Ameri- protections are extended. But we have also The history of civil rights in this country cans—including Republicans, Democrats and collectively agreed that these efforts must is one fraught with violence, hostility and Independents—support LGBTQ non-discrimi- not result in a weakening of the provisions long suffering. The fight to enforce those nation protections and LGBTQ equality. A and protections of our bedrock civil rights rights continues to this day with resistance recent survey by PRRI found that nearly statutes, each of which represents the power- and opposition morphing and growing. As seven in 10 Americans support laws like the ful and unrelenting demand of civil rights stewards of these critical laws, we all have a Equality Act. More than 500 national, state, activists and leaders—often at risk to their responsibility and obligation to ensure that and local organizations have endorsed the own lives. While we have been gratified dur- the protections they embody are preserved. legislation, including social justice, reli- ing our conversations with House and Senate We therefore want to be clear and direct in gious, medical, and child welfare organiza- committee leaders and bill sponsors, we re- expressing our insistence that any legisla- tions. gard this matter as one of such importance tion proposing to amend legacy civil rights Again, I urge you to vote in favor of the that we are memorializing by this letter the statutes which is permitted to move forward, Equality Act and against any Motion to Re- understanding we have shared in our con- do so ONLY when there is a commitment and commit. versations for efforts that may arise by indi- agreement to do no harm to the existing Thank you for your consideration. If you vidual legislators or groups during the proc- statutes and where the safeguards/guardrails have any questions or need more informa- ess of advancing these bills. outlined in this letter are put in place. tion, please do not hesitate to reach out to The reasons for our caution and concern Sincerely, me. are, no doubt, evident to you. The current SHERRILYN IFILL, Sincerely, environment is one in which we have seen President and Direc- DAVID STACY, alarming animus and hostility to various tor-Counsel, NAACP Government Affairs Director, ethnic and minority groups, as well as legal Legal Defense and Human Rights Campaign. challenges to what were once regarded as un- Educational Fund, assailable civil rights legal standards. With- Inc. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF out question we are confronting a concerted HILLARY O. SHELTON, GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL–CIO, and unrelenting effort to chip away and evis- Director, Washington Washington, DC, May 14, 2019. cerate existing civil rights protections. This Bureau/SVP for Ad- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, means that there are inherent dangers in vocacy and Policy, Washington, DC. opening any civil rights statutes to legisla- NAACP. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the tive debate and review. Thus, the efforts cur- REVEREND AL SHARPTON, 700,000 federal and District of Columbia gov- rently underway to extend anti-discrimina- President and Found- ernment employees represented by the tion protection in our core civil rights stat- er, National Action American Federation of Government Em- utes, must not be advanced without the clear Network. ployees, AFL–CIO (AFGE) I write to urge and explicit agreement among sponsors, MELANIE L. CAMPBELL,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:36 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY7.011 H15MYPT1 H3808 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 President and CEO, Quite frankly, had the process on Advocacy Association; Advocates for Youth; National Coalition these bills been different, I think the AFL-CIO; African American Ministers In Ac- on Black Civic Par- vote that we would see in this Chamber tion; AIDS United; Alan and Leslie Cham- bers Foundation; American Association for ticipation. would be very different today. I think, MARC H. MORIAL, Access, Equity and Diversity; American As- President and Chief literally, a more fulsome and more sociation of University Women (AAUW); Executive Officer, open process and amendments on H.R. American Atheists; American Bar Associa- National Urban 5 might have unlocked dozens of addi- tion; American Civil Liberties Union; Amer- League. tional votes for that legislation. ican Conference of Cantors. KRISTEN CLARKE, I think with H.R. 987 we don’t have to American Counseling Association; Amer- President & Executive speculate. We know three of those bills ican Federation of State, County, and Mu- Director, Lawyers’ nicipal Employees (AFSCME); American passed out of the Energy and Com- Federation of Teachers; American Humanist Committee for Civil merce Committee with unanimous, bi- Rights Under the Association; American Medical Association; Law. partisan support, all of them dealing American Psychological Association; Amer- VANITA GUPTA, with drug prices. That would have been ican School Counselor Association; amfAR, President and CEO, an easy vote. We could have moved Foundation for AIDS Research; Anti-Defa- Leadership Con- that through. mation League; Asian Americans Advancing ⎢ ference for Civil and My friends could have still brought Justice AAJC; Asian Pacific American Human Rights. the other four matters that they cared Labor Alliance (APALA); Association of Flight Attendants—CWA; Athlete Ally; Au- Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I about under a rule, brought it to the burn Seminary; Autistic Self Advocacy Net- yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from floor. They have got the votes to move work. Pennsylvania (Mr. CARTWRIGHT). it. It would have precisely the same BALM Ministries; Bend the Arc Jewish Ac- Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Madam Speaker, prospects of success it is going to have tion; Black and Pink; Campaign for Youth for nearly a decade, the Patient Pro- in the United States Senate. Justice; Caring Across Generations; Catho- tection and Affordable Care Act has The President has already made it lics for Choice; Center for American clear, since he issued a statement, that Progress; Center for Black Equity; Center for helped millions of Americans get the Inclusivity; Center for Inquiry; Center for care that they need. It has allowed par- he is very likely to veto it if it were to LGBTQ and Gender Studies; CenterLink: The ents to keep their kids on their own in- make it to his desk. So why in the Community of LGBT Centers; Central Con- surance plans, and it has protected mil- world we threw away an opportunity to ference of American Rabbis; Child Welfare lions and millions of Americans who do some good for the American people League of America; Coalition of Labor Union are living with preexisting conditions, in an area where we agree, in order to Women. and that piece is so important. advance something that we know can- Communications Workers of America; Community Access National Network It means that Americans living with not become law, is mystifying to me, (CANN); Consortium for Children; Council cancer, living with heart disease, and to say the least. for Global Equality; DignityUSA; Disciples living with diabetes can no longer be Again, H.R. 5 is well-intentioned and Justice Action Network; Disciples LGBTQ+ thrown off their plans or denied cov- designed to expand civil rights, but it Alliance; Disability Rights Education & De- erage simply because of their medical also adds a term with no clear defini- fense Fund (DREDF); Equal Rights Advo- history. tion to our civil rights laws without re- cates; Equality Federation; Estuary Space; In my own State of Pennsylvania, gard for how it will work in practice. Faith in Public Life; Family Equality Coun- more than 5.4 million people depend on H.R. 987 has four bills that are unac- cil; Feminist Majority; The Fenway Insti- tute. these protections to treat their asth- ceptable, three bills that are eminently FORGE, Inc.; Forward Together; Freedom ma, to afford their insulin, and to re- acceptable. I do want to close though Center for Social Justice; Freedom for All ceive treatments for other preexisting on a positive note. Americans; Freedom to Work; Gay Men’s illnesses. Madam Speaker, I do applaud my Health Crisis (GMHC); Gender Spectrum; Madam Speaker, I promise these friends for bringing the Native Amer- Generation Progress; Georgetown University families that I will keep fighting to ican issue to fruition today. I am going Law Center—Civil Rights Clinic; Girls Inc.; keep them healthy, which is why this to be opposing them on the rule but GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality; Global Justice Institute, week I am voting for the Strength- supporting them on that legislation. I Metropolitan Community Churches; GLSEN; ening Health Care and Lowering Pre- think it was a very wise decision to put Guttmacher Institute; Hadassah, The Wom- scription Drugs Costs Act which will it under a rule, quite frankly, and I ap- en’s Zionist Organization of America, Inc. ban junk insurance plans that don’t plaud my good friend Chairman GRI- Harm Reduction Coalition; HealthHIV; offer sufficient coverage, bring lower- JALVA for working with my good friend Hindu American Foundation; Hispanic Fed- priced generic prescription drugs to Chairman MCGOVERN and making sure eration; Hispanic Health Network; HIV Medi- market more quickly, and invest in that that happened. This important cine Association; Human Rights Campaign; Human Rights Watch; Impact Fund; In Our helping Americans sign up for piece of legislation, which, quite frank- Own Voice: National Black Women’s Repro- healthcare. ly, is important not just to the Tribe in ductive Justice Agenda; Indivisible; Integ- That is what Democrats are focused question, but establishes the principle rity USA: Episcopal Rainbow; Interfaith Al- on, moving forward, making sure sen- that we won’t let land going into trust liance; International Association of Machin- iors, veterans, and working families be taken out of trust, is very impor- ists & Aerospace Workers; International As- across our Nation have the healthcare tant. sociation of Providers of AIDS Care. they need. I hope the current adminis- Madam Speaker, I urge my col- Japanese American Citizens League; Jew- ish Women International; Justice in Aging; tration will see this as an opportunity leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on the previous Keshet; Labor Council for Latin American to work with our House majority in question, ‘‘no’’ on the rule, and I yield Advancement (LCLAA); Lambda Legal; order to lower the cost of prescription back the balance of my time. Latino Commission on AIDS; LatinoJustice medications, and I hope Republicans in Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I PRLDEF; League of United Latin American Congress will join us in our mission to yield myself such time as I may con- Citizens; Lesbian and Gay Veterinary Med- keep working for the people and to sume. ical Association (LGVMA); LGBT Tech- make sure that every American can af- Madam Speaker, I include in the nology Partnership & Institute; Main Street Alliance; MANA, A National Latina Organi- RECORD a list of 364 organizations en- ford their prescription medications and zation; MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hun- their healthcare. dorsing the Equality Act, as well as a ger; Men of Reform Judaism. Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, I yield list of companies supporting H.R. 5 who Methodist Federation for Social Action; myself the balance of my time. employ over 9.8 million workers in the Metropolitan Community Churches; Madam Speaker, in closing, I want to United States. MomsRising; More Light Presbyterians; urge opposition to the rule. The major- EQUALITY ACT Movement Advancement Project; Muslim Advocates; Muslim Public Affairs Council; ity has proposed three different meas- 364 ORGANIZATIONS ENDORSING THE EQUALITY Muslims for Progressive Values; NAACP; ACT ures today, and while I am a supporter NARAL Pro-Choice America; NASTAD (Na- of the bill concerning Tribal rights, I NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS tional Alliance of State & Territorial AIDS am opposed to H.R. 5 and H.R. 987, and 9 to 5, National Association of Working Directors); National AIDS Housing Coali- I regret that. Women; A Better Balance; ACRIA; ADAP tion; National Alliance for Partnerships in

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City Health Officials; National Association STATE AND LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS Latinos in the Deep South, NC. of School Psychologists; National Associa- National Organization for Women Char- Alaskans Together For Equality, AK. tion of School Superintendents; National As- lotte chapter, NC. AIDS Alabama, AL. sociation of Secondary School Principals; North Dakota Human Rights Coalition, Equality Alabama, AL. National Association of Social Workers; Na- ND. Arizona Coalition to End Sexual & Domes- tional Black Justice Coalition; National OutNebraska, NE. tic Violence, AZ. Center For Lesbian Rights; National Center New Hampshire Coalition Against Domes- Equality Arizona, AZ. for Transgender Equality; National Center tic and Sexual Violence, NH. 9to5 California, CA. on Adoption and Permanency; National Coa- Garden State Equality, NJ. Bienestar Human Services, CA. lition for LGBT Health; National Coalition Hudson Pride Center, NJ. California Employment Lawyers Associa- of Anti-Violence Programs; National Council Equality New Mexico, NM. tion, CA. for Occupational Safety and Health (COSH); KWH Law Center for Social Justice & California LGBTQ Health and Human Serv- National Council of Jewish Women; National Change, NM. ices Network, CA. Crittenton. Southwest Women’s Law Center, NM. Equality California, CA. National Education Association; National Tewa Women United, NM. Hollywood NOW, CA. Employment Law Project; National Employ- Association of Legal Aid Attorneys Latino Equality Alliance, CA. ment Lawyers Association; National Fair (ALAA) of UAW 2325, LGBTQ+ Caucus, NY. Legal Aid At Work, CA. Housing Alliance; National Hispanic Media Brooklyn Community Pride Center, NY. LGBT Center OC, CA. Coalition; National Hispanic Medical Asso- Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, LGBT Community Center of the Desert, ciation; National Latina Institute for Repro- NY. CA. ductive Health; National Latinx Psycho- Empire State Pride Agenda, NY. Missiongathering Christian Church, CA. logical Association; National LGBT Chamber Equality New York, NY. Religious Coalition for Reproductive of Commerce; National LGBTQ Task Force Forefront Church NYC, NY. Right—California, CA. Action Fund; National Organization for Gay & Lesbian Independent Democrats Stonewall Democratic Club, CA. Women; National Partnership for Women & (GLID), NY. The Diversity Center of Santa Cruz Coun- Families; National PTA; National Queer Gender Equality Law Center, NY. ty, CA. Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA); LGBT Bar Association of Greater New The Los Angeles LGBT Center, CA. National Taskforce on Tradeswomen Issues. York, NY. The Source LGBT+ Center, CA. National Trans Bar Association; National LGBT Bar Association of New York, NY. 9to5 Colorado, CO. Urban League; National Women’s Health Sakhi for South Asian Women, NY. Network; National Women’s Law Center; One Colorado, CO. The Volunteer Lawyers Project of Onon- NEAT—National Equality Action Team; Out Boulder County, CO. daga County, Inc., NY. NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Jus- Rocky Mountain CARES, CO. Theatre of the Oppressed NYC, NY. tice; New Ways Ministry; NMAC; North Triangle Community Center Inc., CT. VillageCare, NY. American Council on Adoptable Children; Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Equality Ohio, OH. Out & Equal Workplace Advocates; Resource Project, DC. Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive OutServe-SLDN; Oxfam America; Parity; GLAA, DC. Choice, OH. People For the American Way; PFLAG Na- The DC Center for the LGBT Community, TransOhio, OH. tional. DC. Freedom Oklahoma, OK. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufactur- Trans-Latinx DMV (DC, Maryland and Vir- Basic Rights Oregon, OR. ers of America; Physicians for Reproductive ginia), DC. Cascade AIDS Project, OR. Health; Planned Parenthood Federation of Whitman-Walker Health, DC. Christ Church: Portland, OR. America; Population Connection Action Compass LGBTQ Community Center, FL. Oregon Abuse Advocates & Survivors in Fund; Positive Women’s Network-USA; Pride Equality Florida, FL. Service, OR. at Work; Promundo-US; Public Justice; Rab- QLatinx, FL. Mazzoni Center, PA. binical Assembly; Reconciling Ministries The Pride Center at Equality Park, FL. Ni-ta-nee NOW (Centre County, PA), PA. Network; ReconcilingWorks: Lutherans for Visuality, Inc., FL. PA Religious Coalition for Reproductive Full Participation; Religious Coalition for 9to5 Georgia, GA. Justice, PA. Reproductive Choice; Religious Institute; Georgia Equality, GA. The Montgomery County LGBT Business RootsAction; Ryan White Medical Providers Lake Oconee Community Church, GA. Council, PA. Coalition. The Rush Center, GA. PA Religious Coalition for Reproductive SafeBAE; SAGE; Secular Coalition for One Iowa, IA. Justice, PA. America; Secular Policy Institute; SER Jobs AIDS Foundation of Chicago, IL. Washington County Gay Straight Alliance, for Progress National Inc.; Service Employ- Arab American Family Services, IL. Inc., PA. ees International Union; Sexuality Informa- Association of Latinas & Latinos Moti- Women’s Law Project, PA. tion and Education Council of the U.S. vating Action (ALMA), IL. New Voices for Reproductive Justice, PA (SIECUS); Soulforce; Southern HIV/AIDS Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploi- and OH. Strategy Initiative (SASI); Stop Sexual As- tation, Chicago Metropolitan Battered Wom- Women’s Rights and Empowerment Net- sault in Schools (SSAIS); SurvJustice; en’s Network, Life Span, & Resilience, IL. work (WREN), SC. T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights; Equality Illinois, IL. Equality South Dakota, SD. The AIDS Institute; The Episcopal Church; Illinois Accountability Initiative, IL. Tennessee Equality Project, TN. The lnanna Project. Pride Action Tank, IL. American Association of University The Leadership Conference on Civil and Resilience, formerly Rape Victim Advo- Women Texas (AAUW Texas), TX. Human Rights; The National Coalition of cates, IL. Cathedral of Hope United Church of Christ, Anti-Violence Programs; The National United Latinx Pride, IL. TX. LGBTQ Workers Center; The TransLatin@ Women Employed, IL. Equality Texas, TX. Coalition; The Trevor Project; The Tyler Indiana Youth Group, IN. Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, TX. Clementi Foundation; The Williams Insti- End Rape on Campus, LA. Open Arms Rape Crisis Center & LGBT+ tute; Transgender Law Center; Transgender Louisiana Progress Action, LA. Services, TX. Legal Defense & Education Fund; Treatment Lousiana Trans Advocates, LA. Resource Center, TX. Action Group; True Colors United; UFCW MassEquality, MA. Texas Freedom Network, TX. OUTreach; Ultra Violet; UMForward; FreeState Justice, MD. The Afiya Center, TX. (un)common good collective; UnidosUS. Gender Rights Maryland, MD. Transgender Education Network of Texas Unio´ n = Fuerza Latinx Institute; Union for Public Justice Center, MD. (TENT), TX. Reform Judaism; Union of Affirming Chris- EqualityMaine, ME. Equality Utah, UT. tians; Unitarian Universalist Association; Affirmations, MI. Diversity Richmond, VA. Unitarian Universalist Women’s Federation; Equality Michigan, MI. Equality Virginia, VA. United Church of Christ, Justice and Witness Kalamazoo Gay Lesbian Resource Center, Entre Hermanos, WA. Ministries; United State of Women; United MI. Gay City: Seattle’s LGBTQ Center, WA. Synagogue of Conservative Judaism; URGE: Ruth Ellis Center, Inc., MI. Gender Justice League, WA. Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity; Gender Justice, MN. Legal Voice, WA. Voice for Adoption; Voices for Progress; OutFront MN, MN. Oasis Youth Center, WA. Vote Common Good, Greater Things; Voto PROMO, MO. Rainbow Center, WA.

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PNC Financial Services Group Inc., The, support the Equality Act, which would fi- Edison International, Rosemead, CA. Pittsburgh, PA. nally guarantee explicit, permanent protec- Ernst & Young LLP, New York, NY. PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, New York, tions for lesbian, gay, bisexual and Estee Lauder Companies Inc., The, New NY. transgender people under our existing civil York, NY. Procter & Gamble Co., Cincinnati, OH. rights laws. Evolent Health Inc., Arlington, VA. Pure Storage Inc., Mountain View, CA. The companies: Exelon Corp., Chicago, IL. QUALCOMM Inc., San Diego, CA. Employ over 9.8 million workers in the Expedia Group, Bellevue, WA. Realogy Holdings Corp., Madison, NJ. U.S. Facebook Inc., Menlo Park, CA. Replacements Ltd., McLeansville, NC. Have combined revenue that exceeds $4.2 First Data Corp., Atlanta, GA. Royal Bank of Canada, New York, NY. trillion. Food Lion, Salisbury, NC. S&P Global Inc., New York, NY. Have operations in all 50 States: Gap Inc., San Francisco, CA. Salesforce, San Francisco, CA. A.T. Kearney Inc., Chicago, IL. General Electric Co., Boston, MA. SAP America Inc., Newtown Square, PA. Abercrombie & Fitch Co., New Albany, OH. General Mills Inc., Minneapolis, MN. Seagate Technology plc, Cupertino, CA. Accenture, New York NY. General Motors Co., Detroit, MI. Shire PLC, Lexington, MA. Adobe Systems Inc., San Jose, CA. Giant of Maryland LLC, Landover, MD. Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP, Kansas City, ADP, Roseland, NJ. Gilead Sciences Inc., Foster City, CA. MO. Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sunnyvale, Glassdoor Inc., Mill Valley, CA. Shutterstock Inc., New York, NY. CA. Google Inc., Mountain View, CA. Siemens Corp., Washington, DC. Airbnb Inc., San Francisco, CA. Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, Sodexo Inc., Gaithersburg, MD. Alaska Airlines, Seattle, WA. The, New York, NY. Spotify USA Inc., New York, NY. Alcoa Corp., Pittsburgh, PA. Gusto, San Francisco, CA. Square Inc., San Francisco, CA. Ally Financial Inc., Detroit, MI. HERE North America LLC, Chicago, IL. SurveyMonkey Inc., San Mateo, CA. Amalgamated Bank, New York, NY. Hershey Co., The, Hershey, PA. Symantec Corp., Mountain View, CA. Amazon.com Inc., Seattle, WA. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., Palo Alto, Synchrony, Stamford, CT. American Airlines, Fort Worth, TX. CA. Takeda Pharmaceuticals USA Inc., Deer- American Eagle Outfitters Inc., Pitts- Hilton Inc., McLean, VA. field, IL. burgh, PA. HP Inc., Palo Alto, CA. Target Corp., Minneapolis, MN. American Express Global Business Travel, HSF Affiliates LLC, Irvine, CA. Tech Data Corp., Clearwater, FL. Jersey City, NJ. HSN Inc. St., Petersburg, FL. TIAA, New York, NY. Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA. Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP, New York, T-Mobile USA Inc., Bellevue, WA. Arconic, New York, NY. TPG Global LLC, Forth Worth, TX. NY. Ascena Retail Group Inc., Mahwah, NJ. TransUnion, Chicago, IL. Hyatt Hotels Corp., Chicago, IL. Aspen Skiing Company LLC, Aspen, CO. Turner Construction Co., New York, NY. IBM Corp., Armonk, NY. AT&T Inc., Dallas, TX. Twitter Inc., San Francisco, CA. IHS Markit Ltd., New York, NY. Atlassian, San Francisco, CA. U.S. Bancorp, Minneapolis, MN. IKEA Holding US Inc., Conshohocken, PA. Bain & Co. Inc./Bridgespan Group, Boston, Uber Technologies Inc., San Francisco, CA. Ingersoll-Rand Company, Davidson, NC. MA. Ultimate Software, Weston, FL. Insight Enterprises Inc., Tempe, AZ. Bank of America Corp., Charlotte, NC. Under Armour Inc., Baltimore, MD. Intel Corp., Santa Clara, CA. Bayer U.S. LLC, Whippany, NJ. Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Intercontinental Hotels Group Americas, BD, Franklin Lakes, NJ. United Airlines, Chicago, IL. Atlanta, GA. Best Buy Co. Inc., Richfield, MN. United Parcel Service Inc., Atlanta, GA. Iron Mountain Inc., Boston, MA. Biogen, Cambridge, MA. Univision Communications Inc., New York, John Hancock Financial Services Inc., Bos- Boehringer Ingelheim USA Corp., NY. ton, MA. Ridgefield, CT. Verizon Communications Inc., New York, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., McLean, VA. NY. JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, NY. Boston Scientific Corp., Marlborough, MA. Visa, Foster City, CA. Juniper Networks Inc., Sunnyvale, CA. Box Inc., Redwood City, CA. Warby Parker, New York, NY. Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA. Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York, NY. WeddingWire Inc., Chevy Chase, MD. Kellogg Co., Battle Creek, MI. Broadridge Financial Solutions Inc., Lake Wells Fargo & Co., San Francisco, CA. Kenneth Cole Productions Inc., New York, Success, NY. Whirlpool Corp., Benton Harbor, MI. NY. Brown-Forman Corp., Louisville, KY. Williams-Sonoma Inc., San Francisco, CA. KPMG LLP, New York, NY. Caesars Entertainment Corp., Las Vegas, Workday Inc., Pleasanton, CA. Lendlease Americas Inc., New York, NY. NV. Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc., Parsip- Levi Strauss & Co., San Francisco, CA. Capital One Financial Corp., McLean, VA. pany, NJ. Linden Research Inc., Davis, CA. Cardinal Health Inc., Dublin, OH. Xerox Corp., Norwalk, CT. Lush Fresh Handmade Cosmetics, Wil- Cargill Inc., Wayzata, MN. Yelp Inc., San Francisco, CA. mington, NC. Chevron Corp., San Ramon, CA. Yext Inc., New York, NY. Lyft Inc., San Francisco, CA. Chobani, Norwich, NY. Zillow Group, Seattle, WA. Macy’s Inc., Cincinnati, OH. Choice Hotels International Inc., Rock- Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc., Warsaw, IN. ville, MD. Marriott International Inc., Bethesda, MD. Cisco Systems Inc., San Jose, CA. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co., Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, Citigroup Inc., New York, NY. Springfield, MA. today we will move forward on three Citrix Systems Inc., Fort Lauderdale, FL. Mastercard, Purchase, NY. pieces of legislation whose timely con- CME Group Inc., Chicago, IL. Medtronic PLC, Minneapolis, MN. sideration is long overdue. We will CNA Financial Corporation, Chicago, IL. Merck, Kenilworth, NJ. move to protect Americans’ access to Coca-Cola Co., The, Atlanta, GA. Meredith Corp. Des Moines, IA. health insurance; provide much-needed MGM Resorts International, Las Vegas, Compass Bancshares Inc. (BBVA Compass), relief on prescription drug prices; pro- Birmingham, AL. NV. Corning, Corning, NY. Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA. vide Federal recognition to a Native Converse Inc., Boston, MA. Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, Taylors- American community; and at long last, Cox Enterprises Inc., Atlanta, GA. ville, NC. pass the Equality Act, to remove the CSAA Insurance Group, Walnut Creek, CA. Moody’s Corp., New York, NY. burden of discrimination and move us Cummins Inc., Columbus, IN. Morgan Stanley, New York, NY. closer to a country where members of CVS Health Corp., Woonsocket, RI. Nationwide, Columbus, OH. the LGBTQ community have an equal Danone North America, White Plains, NY. Navient, Wilmington, DE. opportunity to achieve the American Darden Restaurants Inc., Orlando, FL. Navigant Consulting Inc., Chicago, IL. Deloitte LLP, New York, NY. Netflix Inc., Los Gatos, CA. Dream. Dell Technologies Inc., Round Rock, TX. Nike Inc., Beaverton, OR. The Equality Act will not be the end Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., The, Northrop Grumman Corp., Falls Church, of our long journey towards full New York, NY. VA. LGBTQ equality, but it will finally get

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:36 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY7.007 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3811 our laws in line with the values our The need for this legislation is all the more ‘‘SEC. 408. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON WITH- country was founded upon. As was rec- DRAWALS OF UNITED STATES urgent following recent news that the Supreme FORCES FROM SYRIA AND AFGHANI- ognized in our founding documents, we Court has granted a writ of Certiorari to a trio STAN must continually take steps to make of three cases to test the reach of the Civil ‘‘(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the fol- our country more perfect. Rights act to determine if they cover gay and lowing findings: Acknowledging in law the challenges transgendered individuals. ‘‘(1) The foreign terrorist organization al facing LGBTQ people, and taking con- With the political reality on the Court as it is, Qaeda, responsible for the attacks of Sep- crete action to correct them, brings us this body—the House of Representatives— tember 11, 2001, maintains a presence in Af- ghanistan. one step closer to that perfect union. owes it to our constituents to ensure that crit- ‘‘(2) The Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham, Madam Speaker, I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote ical issues related to the civil rights of our fel- better known by its acronym ISIS, flour- on the rule and the previous question. low citizens are handled by their elected rep- ished in the chaos unleashed by the civil war Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, I rise resentatives, and not left to the whims of a re- in Syria and at one point controlled exten- in strong support of the rule governing debate constituted Trump Court demonstrably antago- sive territory in Iraq and Syria. of H.R. 5, the Equality Act, and the underlying nistic towards the interests of minorities. ‘‘(3) Al Qaeda, ISIS, and their affiliates legislation. This is why the Equality Act has the bipar- have murdered thousands of innocent civil- tisan support of Members of Congress, the ians. I am proud to be an original co-sponsor of ‘‘(4) Al Qaeda, ISIS, and their affiliates this legislation and I commend once more the strong support of the business community, have proven resilient and have regrouped tireless work of my colleague, the gentleman and the overwhelming support of the American when the United States and its partners have from Rhode Island, Mr. CICILLINE. people—with more than 7 in 10 supporting the withdrawn from the fight against them. I was proud to stand by him at its introduc- Equality Act. ‘‘(b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—Congress— tion, and championed it during our hearing on On behalf of LGBTQ Texans and all Ameri- ‘‘(1) acknowledges that the United States cans, I am proud to be one of the original co- military and our partners have made signifi- the matter in this committee, the first such cant progress in the campaign against al hearing on the matter, for which I would also sponsors of H.R. 5, the Equality Act. I look forward to voting YES when it comes Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and al like to commend the Judiciary Committee Sham (ISIS), and honors the contributions Chairman, JERRY NADLER. to the House Floor, tomorrow and working to- and sacrifice of the members of the United Much has changed in recent years about wards full enactment. States Armed Forces who have served on the Americans’ attitude towards members of the With this critical legislation, we will finally, front lines of this fight; LGBTQ community. fully end discrimination against LGBTQ Ameri- ‘‘(2) recognizes the continuing threat to While Americans can be happy that we as cans, and move our nation closer to fulfilling the homeland and our allies posed by al Qaeda and ISIS, which maintain an ability a society have made strides in marriage the promise of equality, opportunity and justice for every American. to operate in Syria and Afghanistan; equality, there is much work to do. ‘‘(3) expresses concern that Iran has sup- Despite significant legal advances over the In the meanwhile, I support the rule gov- erning debate of H.R. 5 and the underlying ported the Taliban in Afghanistan and past several years—including marriage equal- Hizballah and the Assad regime in Syria, and legislation. ity, LGBTQ Americans remain vulnerable to has sought to frustrate diplomatic efforts to The text of the material previously resolve conflicts in these two countries; discrimination on a daily basis and too often referred to by Mr. COLE is as follows: have little recourse. ‘‘(4) recognizes the positive role the United States and its partners have played in Syria Fifty percent of the national LGBTQ commu- AMENDMENT TO HOUSE RESOLUTION 377 At the end of the resolution, add the fol- and Afghanistan fighting terrorist groups, nity live in states where, though they have the countering Iranian aggression, deterring the right to marry, they have no explicit non-dis- lowing: SEC. 4. Immediately upon adoption of this further use of chemical weapons, and pro- crimination protections in other areas of daily resolution, the House shall proceed to the tecting human rights; life. consideration in the House of the bill (H.R. ‘‘(5) warns that a precipitous withdrawal of In most states, a same-sex couple can get 336) to make improvements to certain de- United States forces from the ongoing fight married one day and legally denied service at fense and security assistance provisions and against these groups, without effective, a restaurant, be fired from their jobs or evicted to authorize the appropriation of funds to countervailing efforts to secure gains in Israel, to reauthorize the United States-Jor- Syria and Afghanistan, could allow terror- from their apartment the next. ists to regroup, destabilize critical regions, The Equality Act is historic legislation that dan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015, and to halt the wholesale slaughter of the Syrian and create vacuums that could be filled by says, unequivocally, that LGBTQ Americans people, and for other purposes. All points of Iran or Russia, to the detriment of United deserve the full protections guaranteed by the order against consideration of the bill are States interests and those of our allies; landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964. waived. The amendment described in section ‘‘(6) recognizes that al Qaeda and ISIS pose The Equality Act extends anti-discrimination 5 of this resolution shall be considered as a global threat, which merits increased protections to LGBTQ Americans with regard adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be con- international contributions to the counter- terrorism, diplomatic, and stabilization ef- to employment, education, access to credit, sidered as read. All points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, are forts underway in Syria and Afghanistan; jury service, federal funding, housing, and ‘‘(7) recognizes that diplomatic efforts to waived. The previous question shall be con- public accommodations. secure peaceful, negotiated solutions to the sidered as ordered on the bill, as amended, No American should ever be treated as less conflicts in Syria and Afghanistan are nec- and on any further amendment thereto to essary to long-term stability and counterter- than equal in the eyes of the law. final passage without intervening motion ex- rorism efforts in the Middle East and South The Equality Act will guarantee that LGBTQ cept: (1) one hour of debate equally divided Asia; Americans in Texas and across the country and controlled by the Majority Leader and ‘‘(8) acknowledges the progress made by the Minority Leader or their respective des- cannot be discriminated against because of Special Representative Khalilzad in his ef- ignees; and (2) one motion to recommit with who they are or whom they love. forts to promote reconciliation in Afghani- or without instructions. It is long past time for this legislation to be- stan; SEC. 5. The amendment referred to in Sec- come law and that is why I proudly joined my ‘‘(9) calls upon the Administration to con- tion 4 is an amendment to H.R. 336 to add at duct a thorough review of the military and colleagues today to get the job done. the end of the bill the following: In some areas, federal law prohibiting sex diplomatic strategies in Syria and Afghani- ‘‘SEC. 406. CLARIFICATION OF DEADLINE FOR RE- stan, including an assessment of the risk discrimination has already been properly inter- PORT ON ESTABLISHING AN ENTER- that withdrawal from those countries could preted by federal courts and administrative PRISE FUND FOR JORDAN agencies to include discrimination on the basis ‘‘For purposes of section 205(a), the term strengthen the power and influence of Russia and Iran in the Middle East and South Asia of sexual orientation or gender identity. ‘establishment of the United States Develop- ment Finance Corporation’ means the end of and undermine diplomatic efforts toward ne- The Equality Act affirms these interpreta- gotiated, peaceful solutions; tions of existing law and makes the prohibition the transition period, as defined in section 1461 of the Better Utilization of Investments ‘‘(10) requests that the Administration, as against discrimination on the basis of sexual Leading to Development Act of 2018 (division part of this review, solicit the views of orientation or gender identity explicit, in order F of Public Law 115–254). Israel, our regional partners, and other key troop-contributing nations in the fight to provide greater clarity to members of the ‘‘SEC. 407. FORM OF REPORT ON THE COOPERA- public, employers, schools, businesses and TION OF THE UNITED STATES AND against al Qaeda and ISIS; ‘‘(11) reiterates support for international others. ISRAEL WITH RESPECT TO COUN- TERING UNMANNED AERIAL SYS- diplomatic efforts to facilitate peaceful, ne- In areas where sex discrimination is not al- TEMS gotiated resolutions to the ongoing conflicts ready prohibited, the bill amends existing law ‘‘The report required under section 123(d) in Syria and Afghanistan on terms that re- to bar discrimination on the basis of sex, as shall be submitted in unclassified form, but spect the rights of innocent civilians and well as sexual orientation and gender identity. may include a classified annex. deny safe havens to terrorists;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.024 H15MYPT1 H3812 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 ‘‘(12) calls upon the Administration to pur- Levin (MI) Panetta Sires Williams Womack Yoho sue a strategy that sets the conditions for Lewis Pappas Slotkin Wilson (SC) Woodall Young the long-term defeat of al Qaeda and ISIS, as Lieu, Ted Pascrell Smith (WA) Wittman Wright Zeldin well as the protection of regional partners Lipinski Payne Soto Loebsack Perlmutter ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—1 and allies, while ensuring that Iran cannot Spanberger Lofgren Peters Speier Richmond dominate the region or threaten Israel; Lowenthal Peterson Stanton ‘‘(13) encourages close collaboration be- Lowey Phillips Stevens NOT VOTING—13 tween the Executive Branch and the Legisla- Luja´ n Pingree Suozzi Abraham Higgins (LA) Roby tive Branch to ensure continuing strong, bi- Luria Pocan Takano Aderholt Johnson (LA) Ryan partisan support for United States military Lynch Porter Thompson (CA) Brooks (IN) Keating Swalwell (CA) Malinowski Pressley operations in Syria and Afghanistan; and Thompson (MS) Cummings Norcross Maloney, Price (NC) Titus Davis, Rodney Pence ‘‘(14) calls upon the Administration to cer- Carolyn B. Quigley Tlaib tify that conditions have been met for the Maloney, Sean Raskin Tonko Matsui Rice (NY) b 1341 enduring defeat of al Qaeda and ISIS before Torres (CA) McAdams Rose (NY) initiating any significant withdrawal of Torres Small Messrs. TURNER, PALAZZO, McBath Rouda United States forces from Syria or Afghani- (NM) McCollum Roybal-Allard MULLIN, and DIAZ-BALART changed stan. Trahan McEachin Ruiz their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ ‘‘(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in Trone McGovern Ruppersberger Messrs. LARSON of Connecticut, this section shall be construed as a declara- McNerney Rush Underwood tion of war or an authorization of the use of Meeks Sa´ nchez Van Drew SCOTT of Virginia, and Mrs. BUSTOS military force.’’. Meng Sarbanes Vargas changed their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to Veasey EC Moore Scanlon ‘‘yea.’’ S . 6. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not Vela apply to the consideration of H.R. 336. Morelle Schakowsky Mr. RICHMOND changed his vote Moulton Schiff Vela´ zquez Ms. SCANLON. Madam Speaker, I Mucarsel-Powell Schneider Visclosky from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘present.’’ yield back the balance of my time, and Murphy Schrader Wasserman So the previous question was ordered. Nadler Schrier Schultz The result of the vote was announced I move the previous question on the Napolitano Scott (VA) Waters resolution. Neal Scott, David Watson Coleman as above recorded. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Neguse Serrano Welch The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on ordering the previous O’Halleran Sewell (AL) Wexton question is on the resolution. Ocasio-Cortez Shalala Wild The question was taken; and the question. Omar Sherman Wilson (FL) The question was taken; and the Pallone Sherrill Yarmuth Speaker pro tempore announced that Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. the ayes appeared to have it. NAYS—189 Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, on that I Mr. COLE. Madam Speaker, on that I Allen Gohmert Moolenaar demand the yeas and nays. Amash Gonzalez (OH) Mooney (WV) The yeas and nays were ordered. demand the yeas and nays. Amodei Gooden Mullin The yeas and nays were ordered. Armstrong Gosar Newhouse The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Arrington Granger Norman 5-minute vote. ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Babin Graves (GA) Nunes The vote was taken by electronic de- Bacon Graves (LA) Olson vice, and there were—yeas 229, nays will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum Baird Graves (MO) Palazzo time for any electronic vote on the Balderson Green (TN) Palmer 188, not voting 14, as follows: question of adoption of the resolution. Banks Griffith Perry [Roll No. 206] Barr Grothman Posey The vote was taken by electronic de- Bergman Guest Ratcliffe YEAS—229 vice, and there were—yeas 228, nays Biggs Guthrie Reed Adams Davids (KS) Hoyer 189, answered ‘‘present’’ 1, not voting Bilirakis Hagedorn Reschenthaler Aguilar Davis (CA) Huffman Bishop (UT) Harris Rice (SC) Allred Davis, Danny K. Jackson Lee 13, as follows: Bost Hartzler Riggleman Axne Dean Jayapal [Roll No. 205] Brady Hern, Kevin Rodgers (WA) Barraga´ n DeFazio Jeffries Brooks (AL) Herrera Beutler Roe, David P. Bass DeGette Johnson (GA) YEAS—228 Buchanan Hice (GA) Rogers (AL) Beatty DeLauro Johnson (TX) Adams Courtney Gottheimer Buck Hill (AR) Rogers (KY) Bera DelBene Kaptur Aguilar Cox (CA) Green (TX) Bucshon Holding Rooney (FL) Beyer Delgado Keating Allred Craig Grijalva Budd Hollingsworth Rose, John W. Bishop (GA) Demings Kelly (IL) Axne Crist Haaland Burchett Hudson Rouzer Blumenauer DeSaulnier Kennedy Barraga´ n Crow Harder (CA) Burgess Huizenga Roy Blunt Rochester Deutch Khanna Bass Cuellar Hastings Byrne Hunter Rutherford Bonamici Dingell Kildee Beatty Cunningham Hayes Calvert Hurd (TX) Scalise Boyle, Brendan Doggett Kilmer Bera Davids (KS) Heck Carter (GA) Johnson (OH) Schweikert F. Doyle, Michael Kim Beyer Davis (CA) Higgins (NY) Carter (TX) Johnson (SD) Scott, Austin Brindisi F. Kind Bishop (GA) Davis, Danny K. Hill (CA) Chabot Jordan Sensenbrenner Brown (MD) Engel Kirkpatrick Blumenauer Dean Himes Cheney Joyce (OH) Shimkus Brownley (CA) Escobar Krishnamoorthi Blunt Rochester DeFazio Horn, Kendra S. Cline Joyce (PA) Simpson Bustos Eshoo Kuster (NH) Bonamici DeGette Horsford Cloud Katko Smith (MO) Butterfield Espaillat Lamb Boyle, Brendan DeLauro Houlahan Cole Kelly (MS) Smith (NE) Carbajal Evans Larsen (WA) F. DelBene Hoyer Collins (GA) Kelly (PA) Smith (NJ) Ca´ rdenas Finkenauer Larson (CT) Brindisi Delgado Huffman Collins (NY) King (IA) Smucker Carson (IN) Fletcher Lawrence Brown (MD) Demings Jackson Lee Comer King (NY) Spano Cartwright Foster Lawson (FL) Brownley (CA) DeSaulnier Jayapal Conaway Kinzinger Stauber Case Frankel Lee (CA) Bustos Deutch Jeffries Cook Kustoff (TN) Stefanik Casten (IL) Fudge Lee (NV) Butterfield Dingell Johnson (GA) Crawford LaHood Steil Castor (FL) Gabbard Levin (CA) Carbajal Doggett Johnson (TX) Crenshaw LaMalfa Steube Castro (TX) Gallego Levin (MI) Ca´ rdenas Doyle, Michael Kaptur Curtis Lamborn Stewart Chu, Judy Garamendi Lewis Carson (IN) F. Kelly (IL) Davidson (OH) Latta Stivers Cicilline Garcı´a (IL) Lieu, Ted Cartwright Engel Kennedy DesJarlais Lesko Taylor Cisneros Garcia (TX) Lipinski Case Escobar Khanna Diaz-Balart Long Thompson (PA) Clark (MA) Golden Loebsack Casten (IL) Eshoo Kildee Duffy Loudermilk Thornberry Clarke (NY) Gomez Lofgren Castor (FL) Espaillat Kilmer Duncan Lucas Timmons Clay Gonzalez (TX) Lowenthal Castro (TX) Evans Kim Dunn Luetkemeyer Tipton Cleaver Gottheimer Lowey Chu, Judy Finkenauer Kind Emmer Marchant Turner Clyburn Green (TX) Luja´ n Cicilline Fletcher Kirkpatrick Estes Marshall Upton Cohen Grijalva Luria Cisneros Foster Krishnamoorthi Ferguson Massie Wagner Connolly Haaland Lynch Clark (MA) Frankel Kuster (NH) Fitzpatrick Mast Walberg Cooper Harder (CA) Malinowski Clarke (NY) Fudge Lamb Fleischmann McCarthy Walden Correa Hastings Maloney, Clay Gabbard Langevin Flores McCaul Walker Costa Hayes Carolyn B. Cleaver Gallego Larsen (WA) Fortenberry McClintock Walorski Courtney Heck Maloney, Sean Clyburn Garamendi Larson (CT) Foxx (NC) McHenry Waltz Cox (CA) Higgins (NY) Matsui Cohen Garcı´a (IL) Lawrence Fulcher McKinley Watkins Craig Hill (CA) McBath Connolly Garcia (TX) Lawson (FL) Gaetz Meadows Weber (TX) Crist Himes McCollum Cooper Golden Lee (CA) Gallagher Meuser Webster (FL) Crow Horn, Kendra S. McEachin Correa Gomez Lee (NV) Gianforte Miller Wenstrup Cuellar Horsford McGovern Costa Gonzalez (TX) Levin (CA) Gibbs Mitchell Westerman Cunningham Houlahan McNerney

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY7.024 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3813 Meeks Raskin Stanton Johnson (LA) Ryan Walker bill (H.R. 375) to amend the Act of June Meng Rice (NY) Stevens Pence Swalwell (CA) Weber (TX) Moore Richmond Suozzi Roby Thompson (PA) 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of Morelle Rose (NY) Takano the Secretary of the Interior to take Moulton Rouda Thompson (CA) b 1350 land into trust for Indian Tribes, and Mucarsel-Powell Roybal-Allard Thompson (MS) So the resolution was agreed to. for other purposes. Murphy Ruiz Titus Nadler Ruppersberger Tlaib The result of the vote was announced The Clerk read the title of the bill. Napolitano Rush Tonko as above recorded. The text of the bill is as follows: Neal Sa´ nchez Torres (CA) A motion to reconsider was laid on H.R. 375 Neguse Sarbanes Torres Small Norcross Scanlon (NM) the table. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- O’Halleran Schakowsky Trahan f resentatives of the United States of America in Ocasio-Cortez Schiff Trone Congress assembled, REPORT ON H.R. 2740, DEPART- Omar Schneider Underwood SECTION 1. AUTHORITY REAFFIRMED. Pallone Schrader Van Drew MENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND (a) REAFFIRMATION.—Section 19 of the Act Panetta Schrier Vargas HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDU- Pappas Scott (VA) Veasey of June 18, 1934 (commonly known as the ‘‘In- Pascrell Scott, David Vela CATION, AND RELATED AGEN- dian Reorganization Act’’; 25 U.S.C. 5129), is Payne Serrano Vela´ zquez CIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2020 amended— Perlmutter Sewell (AL) Visclosky (1) in the first sentence— Ms. DELAURO, from the Committee Peters Shalala Wasserman (A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting Peterson Sherman Schultz on Appropriations, submitted a privi- ‘‘Effective beginning on June 18, 1934, the Phillips Sherrill Waters leged report (Rept. No. 116–62) on the Pingree Sires Watson Coleman term’’; and Pocan Slotkin Welch bill (H.R. 2740) making appropriations (B) by striking ‘‘any recognized Indian Porter Smith (WA) Wexton for the Departments of Labor, Health tribe now under Federal jurisdiction’’ and in- Pressley Soto Wild and Human Services, and Education, serting ‘‘any federally recognized Indian Price (NC) Spanberger Wilson (FL) and related agencies for the fiscal year Tribe’’; and Quigley Speier Yarmuth ending September 30, 2020, and for (2) by striking the third sentence and in- NAYS—188 other purposes, which was referred to serting the following: ‘‘In said sections, the term ‘Indian tribe’ means any Indian or Allen Gosar Norman the Union Calendar and ordered to be Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, pueblo, Amash Granger Nunes printed. village, or community that the Secretary of Amodei Graves (GA) Olson The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Armstrong Graves (LA) Palazzo the Interior acknowledges to exist as an In- Arrington Graves (MO) Palmer ant to clause 1, rule XXI, all points of dian tribe.’’. Babin Green (TN) Perry order are reserved on the bill. (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments Bacon Griffith made by this section shall take effect as if Posey f Baird Grothman Ratcliffe included in the Act of June 18, 1934 (com- Balderson Guest Reed REQUEST TO CONSIDER H.R. 962, monly known as the ‘‘Indian Reorganization Banks Guthrie Reschenthaler Act’’; 25 U.S.C. 5129), on the date of the en- Barr Hagedorn BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SUR- Rice (SC) actment of that Act. Bergman Harris Riggleman VIVORS PROTECTION ACT Biggs Hartzler Rodgers (WA) Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bilirakis Hern, Kevin Roe, David P. ant to the rule, the gentleman from Ar- Bishop (UT) Herrera Beutler ask unanimous consent that the Com- Rogers (AL) izona (Mr. GRIJALVA) and the gen- Bost Hice (GA) Rogers (KY) mittee on the Judiciary be discharged Brady Hill (AR) Rooney (FL) from further consideration of H.R. 962, tleman from Utah (Mr. BISHOP) each Brooks (AL) Holding Rose, John W. the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Pro- will control 20 minutes. Buchanan Hollingsworth Rouzer Buck Hudson tection Act, and ask for its immediate The Chair recognizes the gentleman Roy from Arizona. Bucshon Huizenga Rutherford consideration in the House. Budd Hunter Scalise GENERAL LEAVE Burchett Hurd (TX) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Schweikert Burgess Johnson (OH) guidelines consistently issued by suc- Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Speaker, I Scott, Austin Byrne Johnson (SD) Sensenbrenner cessive Speakers, as recorded in sec- ask unanimous consent that all Mem- Calvert Jordan Shimkus tion 956 of the House Rules and Man- bers may have 5 legislative days in Carter (GA) Joyce (OH) Simpson Carter (TX) Joyce (PA) ual, the Chair is constrained not to en- which to revise and extend their re- Smith (MO) Chabot Katko marks and include extraneous material Smith (NE) tertain the request unless it has been Cheney Kelly (MS) Smith (NJ) cleared by the bipartisan floor and on the measure under consideration. Cline Kelly (PA) Smucker The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Cloud King (IA) committee leaderships. Cole King (NY) Spano Mr. BURGESS. Madam Speaker, lives objection to the request of the gen- Collins (GA) Kinzinger Stauber tleman from Arizona? Stefanik are literally hanging in the balance. I Collins (NY) Kustoff (TN) urge the Speaker to immediately There was no objection. Comer LaHood Steil Conaway LaMalfa Steube schedule this important bill. Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Speaker, I Cook Lamborn Stewart The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- yield myself such time as I may con- Crawford Langevin Stivers sume. Taylor tleman has not been recognized for de- Crenshaw Latta Madam Speaker, 10 years ago, the Curtis Lesko Thornberry bate. Davidson (OH) Long Timmons f Supreme Court handed down what is DesJarlais Loudermilk Tipton known as the Carcieri decision. In that Diaz-Balart Lucas Turner ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER decision, the Court determined that Upton Duffy Luetkemeyer PRO TEMPORE trust land acquisition under the Indian Duncan Marchant Wagner Dunn Marshall Walberg The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Reorganization Act of 1934 only applies Emmer Massie Walden ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair to Tribes that were under Federal ju- Walorski Estes Mast will postpone further proceedings risdiction in 1934. Ferguson McAdams Waltz Fitzpatrick McCarthy Watkins today on motions to suspend the rules Mr. Speaker, up until 2009, the De- Fleischmann McCaul Webster (FL) on which a recorded vote or the yeas partment of the Interior, under both Flores McClintock Wenstrup and nays are ordered, or votes objected Republican and Democratic adminis- Fortenberry McHenry Westerman trations, had consistently construed Foxx (NC) McKinley Williams to under clause 6 of rule XX. Fulcher Meadows Wilson (SC) The House will resume proceedings that the IRA authorizes the placement Gaetz Meuser Wittman on postponed questions at a later time. of land into trust for any Tribe so long Gallagher Miller Womack as the Tribe is federally recognized at Woodall f Gianforte Mitchell the time of the trust application. Gibbs Moolenaar Wright REAFFIRMING AUTHORITY OF Gohmert Mooney (WV) Yoho The decision overturned 75 years of Gonzalez (OH) Mullin Young SECRETARY OF INTERIOR TO agency practice, both Democratic and Gooden Newhouse Zeldin TAKE LAND INTO TRUST FOR IN- Republican administrations, and cre- DIAN TRIBES NOT VOTING—14 ated a two-tiered system for trust land Abraham Brooks (IN) Davis, Rodney Mr. GRIJALVA. Madam Speaker, I acquisition. This also opened up the Aderholt Cummings Higgins (LA) move to suspend the rules and pass the Tribes to frivolous lawsuits on land

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY7.013 H15MYPT1 H3814 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 that they had held in trust for years, Tribal enterprises and promotes eco- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I sometimes decades. nomic development in communities yield myself such time as I may con- While this has been great for lawyers that are often underserved and pov- sume. and their firms, it is detrimental to the erty-stricken. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate this oppor- health of a Tribe. The money to defend In 2009, the Supreme Court of the tunity to be here. I also appreciate Mr. these lawsuits could, instead, be used United States overturned long-existing COLE for his work on this particular to provide and improve the lives of precedent in its decision on the issue and the time he has put in over their members. Carcieri v. Salazar case. The Supreme the last decade in trying to find a We have had to pass standalone bills Court ruled specifically that the Sec- Carcieri fix. for individual Tribes on a piecemeal retary’s authority to hold land in trust That 2009 Supreme Court made the basis to protect their lands, and we under the Indian Reorganization Act decision, but it actually opened up should, since these Tribal lands are was limited only to recognized Tribes more questions than it provided solu- under direct assault right now. We ‘‘now under Federal jurisdiction,’’ with tions and answers in the process. must also address this going forward so the word ‘‘now’’ meaning June 18, 1934, In the years since that decision, the that other Tribes do not find them- the date of the enactment of the Indian Democrats, when they controlled the selves in the same dire straits. Reorganization Act. House, the Senate, and the White Passage of H.R. 375 will restore clar- Previously, lower courts have viewed House, did not find a solution. Repub- ity and stability for all federally recog- the word ‘‘now’’ as the instant when licans, when we were in the same situa- nized Tribes by ensuring they are all the Secretary invoked trust acquisi- tion, didn’t find a solution either, prob- treated equally, regardless of date of tion authority. However, the Supreme ably because there is even a bigger recognition. Court reversed the lower court ruling question than what was decided in this Let’s not forget history and the deci- on the interpretation that the term particular case. That bigger question is mation of Tribes and their homeland ‘‘now under Federal jurisdiction’’ in one that is extremely complex and by the hand of the Federal Govern- section 19 of the Indian Reorganization grave, and it indicates the complexity ment. It has taken almost a century Act was to be interpreted. It found that of this particular issue. for us to even attempt to undo the the phrase refers only to those Tribes Lands taken into trust by Tribes damage we inflicted upon the indige- that were under Federal jurisdiction of definitely have a benefit and an advan- nous peoples of this Nation. the United States when the Indian Re- tage to the Tribe, but it also has an im- This work is not complete. We are organization Act was enacted in 1934. pact on the counties and local govern- As a result of the Carcieri decision, still federally acknowledging Tribes to ments where this trust issue is taking the Secretary of the Interior may no this day. We are still striving to return place. longer use the Indian Reorganization merely a portion of the land back to Let’s be clear that, prior to Carcieri, Act to acquire trust land for any post- Tribes. To say that Tribes that were the fee-to-trust process was broken and 1934 Tribe without specific authoriza- recognized after 1934 are somehow infe- fraught with conflicts. In fact, many tion from Congress. Because the Sec- will still argue that even today, the rior to Tribes that were recognized by retary has acquired lands in trust for 1934 is dangerously ignorant of history. current Bureau of Indian Affairs proc- dozens of Tribes recognized after 1934, ess provides very limited incentives for H.R. 375, introduced by Representa- the Carcieri ruling calls into question tive COLE of Oklahoma, is short, sim- any community or stakeholder to be the validity of the trust status of such partners in this process. As a result, we ple, and to the point. It will amend the lands and jeopardizes their immunity are often left with conflict and polit- IRA to ensure that all federally recog- from State and local taxation and reg- ical turmoil and accusations and re- nized Tribes are treated equally, re- ulatory jurisdiction. gardless of their date of recognition. Many Tribes have been forced into criminations on the local level. Some areas of local government, es- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of court to defend the status of their trust pecially the California State Associa- my time. land, costing them millions of dollars tion of Counties, have been repeatedly Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I and compromising their investments yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from and jurisdiction. asking us to try to come up with a re- Oklahoma (Mr. COLE), the sponsor of H.R. 375 would amend the Indian Re- form to the overall process because the this bill. organization Act and clarify the lan- process impacts taxes and zoning in Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I thank my guage the Supreme Court ruled against communities where these trust lands friend, the distinguished ranking mem- by striking ‘‘the term,’’ which I have are acquired. ber, for yielding time. previously referenced, and inserting Local governments, States, and I want to thank both my friends, the the words ‘‘effective beginning on June stakeholders who have some kind of chairman and the ranking member, for 18, 1934, the term.’’ It would also amend role to play in this area, should they their help in bringing this legislation the statute language from ‘‘any recog- have a seat at the table? Should they to the floor. It could not have happened nized Indian Tribe now under Federal be consulted? Should they have some without both of their assistance. jurisdiction’’ to ‘‘any federally recog- kind of input? Yes, obviously. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support nized Indian Tribe.’’ Should they have a veto in the proc- of H.R. 375, legislation that would The modest changes clarify that the ess? I don’t think so. amend the Indian Reorganization Act Secretary does have authority to take Where we draw that line to ensure of 1934 and reaffirm the authority of land into trust for any Tribe that the that there is consultation, so you en- the Secretary of the Interior to take Federal Government has recognized. sure that people have a voice in the land into trust for Indian Tribes. As a member of the Chickasaw Na- process, that is the underlying ques- Between the passage of the Dawes tion and co-chair of the Native Amer- tion. That is the complex question. Act in 1887 and the passage of the In- ican Caucus, I commend the Natural During markup of this bill, Mr. dian Reorganization Act in 1934, the In- Resources Committee for favorably HUFFMAN from California and Mr. dian landmass in the United States marking up this legislation and this GOSAR from Arizona entered into a col- shrank by 86 million acres. body for moving forward with the pas- loquy. They actually had a discussion, one of the few times a committee did b 1400 sage of this bill. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to what a committee is supposed to do, Since the enactment of the Indian vote ‘‘yes’’ on H.R. 375. talking about the need to come up with Reorganization Act, the Department of Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I re- some kind of variance to this under- the Interior has taken back approxi- serve the balance of my time. lying issue that is not necessarily the mately 9 million acres of land into Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, crux of the 2009 decision. But how do trust status. Tribes have used their may I inquire, first of all, if the gen- we come up with this process? trust lands to build community facili- tleman from Arizona has any speakers. If this bill is going to go all the way ties such as schools, health centers, I do have several. to the Senate and ultimately become and housing that serve their Tribal Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, we law, we need some help in finding a so- members. This land is also used for have one speaker. lution to the bigger issue of how much

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This, by itself, is a great cause of con- we can move forward to prevent future Indian Country has been clamoring cern. litigation that has plagued the land-in- for this clean, simple fix for a decade, Let’s be clear about H.R. 375 and how trust process. The Tribes and every and we cannot make them wait any a bill of this scope and magnitude de- stakeholder in this process deserve as longer. serves more careful consideration than much. Mr. Speaker, I urge all my colleagues is being given here today. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of to support this bill. Currently, there are almost 600 rec- my time. Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I ognized Tribes in the United States, Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I yield yield 6 minutes to the gentleman from about 240 of which have gaming oper- as much time as he may consume to Arizona (Mr. GOSAR). ations. H.R. 375 removes the dam that the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I thank provided some restraint on the number GALLEGO), my colleague and chair of Ranking Member BISHOP for yielding. of Tribal casinos and would be a dra- the Subcommittee for Indigenous Peo- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong matic departure from existing Federal ples of the United States. opposition to the current form of H.R. law that has been in place for almost a Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, I rise 375. century. today in support of H.R. 375 introduced In 1988, Congress enacted the Indian Before voting on this bill, I hope by my friend Representative COLE from Gaming Regulatory Act, or IGRA, with Members all understand that H.R. 375 Oklahoma. the intent to restrict casinos to Tribes’ will open the floodgates to off-reserva- H.R. 375 is a simple, straightforward original reservations. H.R. 375 reverses tion Tribal casinos all over the United fix to a problem that has caused chaos a major 2009 Supreme Court decision, States. If H.R. 375 passes, all federally and uncertainty in Indian Country for and the bill would lead to future abuses recognized Tribes will be eligible to re- a decade. of IGRA. ceive land in trust and potentially open Ten years ago, the Supreme Court The bill gives unelected bureaucrats off-reservation casinos. This includes handed down what is now known as the a blank check to take any land in trust any Tribe recognized by the Depart- Carcieri decision. In that decision, the without respect for impacted commu- ment of the Interior that was ineligible Court determined that eligibility for nities, including other Tribes. More to receive land in trust and/or was de- trust land acquisition under the Indian importantly, H.R. 375 allows reserva- nied land in trust prior to H.R. 375. Reorganization Act of 1934 only applies tion shopping and for lands to be taken According to the National Indian to Tribes that were federally recog- into trust for off-reservation casinos in Gaming Commission fact sheet, as of nized as of 1934. places where States, local govern- 2016, approximately 329, or 58 percent, The acquisition of trust land for the ments, and other Tribes oppose such of the recognized Tribes had no gaming benefit of Indian Tribes is absolutely action. operations. essential to Tribal self-determination, H.R. 375 will result in a flood of new President Trump opposes H.R. 312 economic development, and protection off-reservation casinos that cause harm and with good reason. That bill gives of Tribal homelands. The Carcieri deci- to States and local communities. Many land in trust and a casino to a single sion created an unfair, impractical, of these casino locations that are no- Tribe that is otherwise ineligible to re- two-tiered system for Tribes that where near Tribes’ historic reserva- ceive those benefits, as well as reverses wanted to engage in this essential tions will be handpicked by gambling Federal court and Interior decisions. function of Tribal sovereignty. investors and Washington bureaucrats. But H.R. 375 does all that and more. H.R. 375 simply amends the IRA to If H.R. 375 passes, all Tribes would Instead of giving land in trust to ensure that all federally recognized have to do in order to get land taken only one Tribe, it lets an unelected bu- Tribes are treated equally, regardless into trust and open off-reservation ca- reaucracy give whatever land it wants of the date of recognition. sinos is to show that they are federally to all recognized Tribes. Thus, the The Carcieri decision and its con- recognized by the Department of the same concerns that exist with respect sequences harken back to the Federal Interior. to H.R. 312, which we will be talking Government’s shameful history of op- In the Natural Resources Committee later about, exist at an even greater pression in Native communities. The markup of this bill, the gentleman level with respect to H.R. 375. decimation of Tribes and their home- from the Second District of California, The purpose of considering bills land by the Federal Government is well Mr. HUFFMAN, and I engaged in a pro- under suspension is to dispose of non- documented. For centuries, we ignored ductive debate on this bill. We both controversial measures expeditiously, their treaties and systematically agreed to try to find common ground but H.R. 375 has controversy written stripped them of their land. It has on which to respond to my concerns all over it. taken almost a century for us to even about off-reservation casino abuse and H.R. 375 has ridden alongside H.R. 312 begin to undo the damage we have in- the valid concerns brought to the com- largely unnoticed, and no one has flicted on indigenous peoples. mittee by State and county govern- pointed out two crucial facts: one, that Mr. Speaker, that work is nowhere ments. Bringing H.R. 375 up via suspen- it exists as a contingency plan in case near done. To this day, we are still fed- sion this week and not allowing any its sister bill, H.R. 312, fails; and two, erally recognizing tribes that the gov- amendments prohibits us from making that its effect would be national rather ernment tried to destroy. We are still good on that agreement. than local. striving to return merely a small por- H.R. 375 should have been amended H.R. 375 and H.R. 312 are two heads of tion of ancestral land back to Tribes so prior to being brought to the floor to the same snake, one large, one small. they can have homelands to call their address these bipartisan concerns. Senator WARREN, regardless, will get own. Taking land into trust divests the af- her casino if either bill passes. In order to continue to undo the fected State and local governments of harm we have done, we must end this jurisdiction. When land is taken into b 1415 system of haves and have-nots for trust trust, for example, the Tribe will not Further, passage of H.R. 375 will land acquisition. We must level the pay any applicable taxes on the land, allow for new off-reservation casinos to playing field and alleviate the cata- but the county or city in which the be opened in your States and commu- strophic consequences this decision has land is located might nonetheless be nities and for land to be ripped away had in Indian Country. required to supply the Tribe with coun- from local jurisdictions without re- We must pass H.R. 375, the clean ty and city services, and non-Tribal course. Carcieri fix. If we do not, this adminis- residents will pay for it. At least con- Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Mem- tration will continue to strip trust sultation should be a minimum. ber BISHOP for the opportunity to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.033 H15MYPT1 H3816 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 speak on this important issue. I urge of the aisle to work on stand-alone leg- good faith consultation’’ with local govern- all Members to vote ‘‘no’’ on H.R. 375. islation that would codify some of the ments. While saying the Gosar amendment Send it back to get consultation, at process. went too far, Mr. Huffman expressed a will- least, put in. I agree with the gentleman’s state- ingness to ‘‘continue collaborating on this issue’’ to ‘‘come up with something that Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I yield ment about veto abilities. Any provi- would at least codify that good faith con- such time as he may consume to the sion which would give counties or local sultation part of a better process.’’ gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. governments veto power over trust Bringing the bill to the Floor this Wednes- KENNEDY). land decisions is, frankly, a nonstarter. day is not a sign that such collaboration is Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, I thank Local input is vital to these decisions being taken seriously by Democrat Leader- the chairman for his assistance, for his and should be taken into account. How- ship nor is it a pragmatic approach to resolv- leadership on this important issue, and ever, Tribal consultation is solely the ing Carcieri for the benefit of Indian Country. for the time. responsibility of the Federal Govern- The fee-to-trust system is broken because Mr. Speaker, this debate has been 10 of a provision of a 1934 law that has not been ment, as is any final decision on trans- updated since that law’s enactment. Real- years in the making for Indian Coun- ferring land into trust. istically, H.R. 375 offers an opportunity try. A decade ago, a Supreme Court And I think because of the national through which to fix it. Moving forward ruling created unnecessary confusion implications of the question of trust without reasonable consultation safeguards in the interpretation and application of land and the role that communities, on BIA’s authority will undermine successful the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. i.e., counties and municipalities, would resolution of Carcieri. This bill, H.R. 375, would clarify the play, I think there is a need to some- It was our hope that after debate on the ensuing confusion. Among other how accommodate a level of Tribal bill during markup you’d allow Messrs. things, it would ensure the IRA applies Huffman and Gosar, and other interested consultation, because they are going to Members (on and off the Committee), an op- to all Native American Tribes recog- be the most affected party by any deci- portunity to explore solutions with H.R. 375’s nized by the Federal Government, re- sion that is made. sponsor, Mr. Tom Cole. We need to work on gardless of their date of recognition. With that said, I do commit, Mr. a compromise bill that solves the underlying For the last 10 years, the unnecessary Speaker, to looking at any proposal on issues and can become law. confusion has caused uncertainty for the issue and to work moving forward Sincerely, Tribes seeking recognition and recog- if it is to the betterment of all the ROB BISHOP, nized lands, has halted economic devel- stakeholders and I would assist the leg- Ranking Member. opment projects on Tribal lands, and islation in its final passage. Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I has resulted in costly and protracted Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, yield back the balance of my time. litigation. reclaiming my time, I appreciate the Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, for 10 Members and staff on both sides of gentleman’s commitment and I appre- years, the Carcieri decision has caused the aisle deserve significant recogni- ciate the comments that he will be anxiety and confusion in Indian Coun- tion for getting us to where we are there. try, creating dangerous legal ambigu- today. But, in particular, Chairman There is this bigger question that ities related to Indian trust lands. GRIJALVA, Representative MCCOLLUM, needs to be answered. Where we draw Today, we can finally end all that. and Representative COLE have been ex- the line is a matter that still needs We can remove the ambiguity and un- traordinary. I thank them for their in- some kind of discussion, I recognize certainty, and finally offer Tribal na- credible leadership on Tribal issues, that. tions peace of mind that their lands are and their perseverance in pursuing a Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD protected. clean Carcieri fix. a brilliant letter from me to Chairman Mr. Speaker, I urge swift passage of I am honored to have the opportunity GRIJALVA on this particular issue.’ H.R. 375, and I yield back the balance to speak on this. I urge my colleagues HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, of my time. to support this important legislation. COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES, The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I Washington, DC, May 6, 2019. RUIZ). The question is on the motion yield myself such time as I may con- Hon. RAU´ L GRIJALVA, offered by the gentleman from Arizona sume to engage in a colloquy with the Chairman, Committee on Natural Resources, (Mr. GRIJALVA) that the House suspend Washington, DC. gentleman from Arizona (Mr. GRI- the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 375. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: It is frustrating that The question was taken. JALVA). the Democrat Leadership has scheduled H.R. If we, indeed, are going to be serious 375, legislation to reverse Carcieri v. Salazar, The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the about a legislative solution to Carcieri, under suspension one week after the com- opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being then we need to work out some kind of mittee markup of the bill. It disregards what in the affirmative, the ayes have it. compromise that could pass both I believe was a bipartisan agreement to work Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, on that I Houses of Congress and be signed by on an amendment to the bill to improve con- demand the yeas and nays. the President. sultation between the Bureau of Indian Af- The yeas and nays were ordered. I have been encouraged by the debate fairs (BIA) and states and counties to miti- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- not only on the floor here, but also in gate the impacts of taking land in trust in ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- their jurisdictions. The Carcieri decision cre- our committee, regarding the need to ated vast uncertainty over the fee-to-trust ceedings on this motion will be post- consult with affected parties before process for tribes and impacted stakeholders. poned. land is taken into trust. I voted for H.R. 375 in committee as a display f Mr. Speaker, I ask Mr. GRIJALVA of my support for resolving Carcieri. My sup- whether he will commit to work with port for the bill’s advancement is contingent MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE us on this type of legislation to solve upon the inclusion of reasonable safeguards RESERVATION REAFFIRMATION this underlying problem as this bill on BIA’s powers. ACT moves forward? During markup on H.R. 375, Messrs. Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, pursu- Huffman and Gosar discussed a mutual, bi- ant to House Resolution 377, I call up Mr. GRIJALVA. Will the gentleman partisan desire to respond to long-standing yield? state and local concerns. The California the bill (H.R. 312) to reaffirm the Mash- Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I yield to the State Association of Counties (CSAC), in a pee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, and gentleman from Arizona. letter submitted for the markup record, reit- for other purposes, and ask for its im- Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, when a erated the counties’ ‘‘longstanding, valid mediate consideration in the House. Tribe applies to have land taken into concerns’’ they have with a fee-to-trust proc- The Clerk read the title of the bill. trust through the Department of the ess conducted under a ‘‘fundamentally The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Interior, local concerns are already flawed regulatory framework’’ and they also ant to House Resolution 377, the strongly considered, even more so when submitted proposals to resolve these prob- amendment in the nature of a sub- lems. I can attest that many counties in the land is located away from existing Utah share these same concerns. stitute recommended by the Com- reservation lands. Mr. Huffman explained that he found him- mittee on Natural Resources, printed However, I do recognize there is a de- self in partial agreement with CSAC’s posi- in the bill, is adopted, and the bill, as sire from some Members on both sides tion, and that there should be ‘‘meaningful amended, is considered read.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:26 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.035 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3817 The text of the bill, as amended, is as their own. They fought long and hard make up for that shortfall? By uti- follows: over the years to reestablish both their lizing their land for economic develop- H.R. 312 Tribe and their land base. ment, including gaming. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- The Tribe first petitioned the Federal Economic development on Tribal resentatives of the United States of America in Government for recognition in 1978. Fi- lands is vital to the prosperity of a Congress assembled, nally, after 30 years, the Bush adminis- Tribe and the ultimate goal of self-de- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. tration extended formal recognition to termination and self-reliance. We have This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Mashpee the Tribe in 2007. However, they still seen it numerous times across the Na- Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffirmation remained landless. tion: Tribes using those dollars to fund Act’’. This was remedied in 2015, when the their programs, construct housing and SEC. 2. REAFFIRMATION OF INDIAN TRUST LAND. Department of the Interior took ap- health clinics, and take care of the (a) IN GENERAL.—The taking of land into proximately 320 acres into trust to needs of their people. trust by the United States for the benefit of the serve as the Tribe’s reservation lands. The Mashpee Tribe should not be hin- Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Massachusetts as described in the final Notice of Reservation The two parcels that compose the 320 dered from economic development on Proclamation (81 Fed. Reg. 948; January 8, 2016) acres are both within the Tribe’s his- their land solely because the State of is reaffirmed as trust land and the actions of the toric and ancestral homelands. Rhode Island wants to protect its own Secretary of the Interior in taking that land The Tribe constructed a government State-run gaming interest. into trust are ratified and confirmed. center on the land, which includes H.R. 312 is widely supported in Indian (b) APPLICATION.—Notwithstanding any other their schools, courtrooms and multi- Country, with letters of support from provision of law, an action (including an action purpose room, as well as a medical over 50 individual Tribes and pan-Trib- pending in a Federal court as of the date of en- clinic facility. And they broke ground al organizations. actment of this Act) relating to the land de- on a gaming facility that would even- Additionally, the bill has strong sup- scribed in subsection (a) shall not be filed or port, including from the cities of Taun- maintained in a Federal court and shall be tually bring in much-needed revenue promptly dismissed. for Tribal operations and programs. ton and Mashpee, the Chambers of (c) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (includ- However, in 2016, a group of Taunton Commerce of both cities, the State of ing regulations) of the United States of general residents, backed by an out-of-state Massachusetts, numerous Members of applicability to Indians or nations, Indian commercial gaming company, filed a the Massachusetts State House and Tribes, or bands of Indians (including the Act of Carcieri suit in federal court to chal- State Senate, the Mayflower Society, June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.)), shall be lenge the Department of the Interior’s and many local businesses and business applicable to the Tribe and Tribal members, ex- action. leaders. cept that to the extent such laws and regula- Passage of H.R. 312 will protect the tions are inconsistent with the terms of the Initially, the executive branch de- Intergovernmental Agreement, dated April 22, fended the decision to create the Mash- Mashpee Tribe’s reservation lands and 2008, by and between the Mashpee Wampanoag pee reservation. However, in May 2017, make clear that the Tribe is entitled to Tribe and the Town of Mashpee, Massachusetts, the Department of Justice, under the be treated the same way as other feder- the terms of that Intergovernmental Agreement Trump administration, inexplicably ally recognized Tribes. shall control. withdrew from the litigation and is no Mr. Speaker, I urge its adoption, and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill, longer defending the status of the I reserve the balance of my time. as amended, shall be debatable for 1 Tribe’s land. b 1430 hour, equally divided and controlled by Then, in September 2018, the Depart- Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- the chair and ranking minority mem- ment of the Interior issued its first self such time as I may consume in ber of the Committee on Natural Re- Carcieri decision in which it refused to strong opposition to H.R. 312. sources. reaffirm its own authority to confirm H.R. 312 is contrary to the view of the The gentleman from Arizona (Mr. the status of the Tribe’s lands into Department of the Interior. It con- GRIJALVA) and the gentleman from Ari- trust. The effect of this decision cannot tradicts a Supreme Court decision and zona (Mr. GOSAR) each will control 30 be overstated. For the first time in this aims to reverse Federal court decisions minutes. century, a Tribe was stripped of its on this matter in order to build a mas- The Chair recognizes the gentleman sovereign rights to its land. It would sive 400,000-square-foot, off-reservation from Arizona (Mr. GRIJALVA). mark the first time since the dark days gaming complex for the benefit of GENERAL LEAVE of the termination era that the United Genting, a foreign Malaysian gaming Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I ask States acted to disestablish an Indian company. unanimous consent that all Members reservation and render a Tribe land- H.R. 312 creates two reservations for may have 5 legislative days in which to less. the Mashpee Tribe of Massachusetts: revise and extend their remarks and to These attacks on the reservation and One reservation will be the town of insert extraneous material on H.R. 312. on the Tribe’s very status have been Mashpee, the Tribe’s historic reserva- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there devastating. The legal uncertainty tion lands. No casino will be allowed objection to the request of the gen- that has been imposed by these events within the geographical boundaries of tleman from Arizona? is forcing the Tribe to borrow thou- the town of Mashpee. There was no objection. sands of dollars every day just to keep The other reservation is, oddly, 50 Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I yield its government running, resulting in miles away from Mashpee, in the city myself such time as I may consume. devastating cuts to essential services, of Taunton. This site is not part of the Mr. Speaker, H.R. 312, the Mashpee and massive layoffs of Tribal members. Tribe’s historic reservation and was se- Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffir- This is completely unacceptable. We lected by the Tribe and Genting for a mation Act, will reaffirm the trust sta- cannot idly stand by as Tribal people billion-dollar casino project because of tus of Mashpee’s Tribal land and pro- are once again harmed by yet another its proximity to the Providence, Rhode tect the Tribe from further attacks on action by the Federal Government. Island, casino market, 20 miles distant. its land and its sovereignty. Let’s be honest, the Federal Govern- There is no reason for the second res- The Mashpee relationship with the ment has done a terrible job of living ervation, other than to build an off-res- Federal Government is one of the old- up to its moral and legal obligations to ervation casino 50 miles away from the est in the United States. In fact, their Indian Country. Mashpee Tribe, where they currently ancestors are the ones who welcomed Housing, education, healthcare, and reside. In fact, the new off-reservation the pilgrims who landed at Plymouth basic needs often go unmet in Tribal casino will be only 20 miles from the Rock, as well as the people who aided lands. These are not extras or handouts New England Patriots’ football sta- those pilgrims through hard times in to Tribal people. It is part of a trust re- dium and, again, 50 miles from the 1621, in what we now refer to as the sponsibility, enshrined in numerous Mashpees’ historic reservation. ‘‘First Thanksgiving.’’ treaties, court rulings, and laws. In 1988, Congress enacted the Indian Like many Tribes, the Mashpee were But the needs still need to be met, Gaming Regulatory Act, with the in- intentionally and systematically ren- despite the Federal Government’s tent to restrict casinos to Tribes’ origi- dered landless, through no fault of failings. So how do Tribes attempt to nal reservations. By placing land in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.037 H15MYPT1 H3818 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 trust for the Mashpee Tribe for gaming In short, H.R. 312 authorizes an off- And this is the Tribe, I think, that in Taunton, H.R. 312 creates an off-res- reservation casino, bails out a foreign best shows the inequities that are in- ervation casino, which is inconsistent corporation from major financial prob- volved in these types of recognition. with congressional intent. This is often lems of its own making, reverses the I will just say, I introduced this bill called reservation shopping, and it is judgment of a Federal court, and con- last Congress when we first heard ru- an abuse of the Indian Gaming Regu- tradicts the Supreme Court ruling. mors that the Department of the Inte- latory Act. Wow, all in one breath. rior was going to, for the first time, re- The Tribe’s lawyers knew that res- Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members on verse the position of the previous ad- ervation shopping was a political head- both sides of the aisle to vote against ministration and refuse to defend the ache, so they went to the bureaucrats H.R. 312, and I reserve the balance of Mashpee Wampanoag’s right to their within the BIA to obtain the two res- my time. historic land. They are the only Tribe ervations through administrative ac- Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I yield that has received recognition and then tion. RedState recently reported: as much time as he may consume to had it taken away from them. No one is more desperate for H.R. 312 to the gentleman from Massachusetts Now the Tribe’s reservation is hang- succeed than Genting Malaysia. If the casino (Mr. KEATING), the sponsor of the legis- ing by a thread, and they have been doesn’t come through, the Tribe doesn’t have left to defend their land on their own. to pay Genting back the over half a billion lation. Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I thank This is an existential threat. dollars it borrowed. Without support from Congress, it H.R. 312 is a financial bailout for the chairman for yielding, and I thank the chairman for all his hard work on will be nearly impossible for the Mash- Genting. The Tribe is swamped with a pee to engage in any kind of true self- $500 million-plus debt to Genting, and this bill and so many others that are related to this. government because they won’t own there is no way the Tribe can ever pay their own land: no economic develop- this back and still make enough money I also want to thank the Natural Re- sources subcommittee chair and rank- ment, no Tribal headquarters, no elder to sustain itself. Genting, therefore, housing, no pre-K programs. It means will be the real owner of the project, ing member, Mr. GALLEGO and Mr. COOK. being treated as a second-class Tribe not the Tribe. with no future. This kind of arrangement where the I want to thank my colleague from Massachusetts who has worked so hard Bipartisan legislation to help a Tribe creditor practically controls the finan- like the Mashpee would normally pass and is a cosponsor, Mr. KENNEDY. cial future of a debtor Tribe is contrary the House without issue. Just 2 weeks to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, I also want to give particular thanks to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. ago, we passed a parallel Republican- which requires every Tribal casino to led bill for a Tribe in California with- be 100 percent tribally owned. COLE) for his support and also voice my strong support for H.R. 375, the bill out a single Member objecting—not a At the committee hearing on this peep from the other side. President bill, counsel for the Governor of Rhode that was just debated that is well thought out, well worked through— Obama signed a bill like this into law Island testified that H.R. 312 will cause in 2014, and, importantly, President over a decade—and well worth the sup- the State significant harm with re- Trump did the same just last year. port of everyone here. gards to revenues for education, infra- Sadly, although the substance of Mr. Speaker, the Mashpee structure, and social programs and is H.R. 312 is noncontroversial, the tac- Wampanoag Tribe has resided in south- contrary to the limitations contained tics employed by the bill’s few oppo- ern New England for more than 12,000 in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. nents are not. Throughout this process, Moreover, the American Principles years. To not have their land federally we have seen gross mischaracterization Project also reported on the ties be- recognized is simply a disgrace. and outright lying for personal and fi- We have seen them in our history tween convicted lobbyist Jack nancial gain. Abramoff and the Mashpee Wampanoag books, in historical paintings, in iconic My Republican colleague, ranking Tribe, stating: murals. They are the Tribes that wel- member in the Rules Committee, a The expansive Abramoff investigation un- comed the Pilgrims for the first member of the Chickasaw Nation, a Re- covered major corruption within the Mash- Thanksgiving. This President even put publican from Oklahoma and an expert pee Wampanoag Tribe. Its chief, Glenn Mar- them in his own Thanksgiving procla- shall, pled guilty in 2009 to multiple Federal on these issues, said last night at the mation just last year. He recognized Rules meeting, never has he seen such charges, including embezzling Tribal funds them. and campaign finance violations committed misinformation about a simple bill, to while working with Abramoff to secure the Tragically, like so many Native the point of being scurrilous. Federal recognition of the Tribe in 2007. Americans, the Mashpee Wampanoag This is not about gaming. It is not For my Republican colleagues: The Tribe has lived through centuries of in- about picking winners and losers. It is bill was opposed by 10 of the 13 voting justice, the latest of which this House simply about a Tribe’s rightful place in Republicans during the committee is debating today. its native land. That is all. markup, including the ranking mem- For years, I have worked personally Mr. Speaker, I believe in the best in ber, ROB BISHOP; President Trump with the Tribe as they have used hard- this institution. I believe that many of tweeted that he opposed the bill and earned Federal recognition to provide us in Congress are here to lead. We are urged Republicans to do the same; adequate housing, jobs, job training, here to debate issues on their merits; House Minority Whip STEVE SCALISE and essential services, including native we are here to find common ground also sent an email recommending language learning, early childhood edu- when we might otherwise disagree; and Members vote ‘‘no’’ on H.R. 312. Do you cation. we are here to set an example to show really want to vote for ELIZABETH WAR- And this is important. We all know, the American people what is right. Yet REN’s top Tribal priority? in my region, the plague of the opioid what we have seen happen to the Mash- For my Democratic colleagues: Rep- epidemic, through Cape Cod, in that re- pee bill in the past week reflects the resentatives CICILLINE and LANGEVIN gion. The incidence of overdose for the worst. No low seems too low. strongly oppose this bill, and it is op- Wampanoag Tribe is 400 times. I will Where is the bottom? posed by the Democratic Governor of repeat that, 400 times more, the num- We have seen the President, through Rhode Island. The bill is also ‘‘strenu- ber of overdoses for that Tribe. I have his tweets, trying to sink an entire Na- ously opposed’’ by other federally rec- worked with them and will continue to tive American Tribe in the name of ognized Tribes in Massachusetts. work with them, if they are in exist- special interests, dirty lobbying, and For Members on both sides of the ence, to try and help them deal with outright bigotry. aisle: Do you really want your name this scourge. The cast of characters behind the tied to a Tribe that only received Fed- The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is scenes spewing information is reveal- eral recognition in 2007 as a result of also a Tribe that, as you look at the ing: a rightwing lobbyist, Trump loy- shady lobbying by Jack Abramoff? Do landscape for Tribes around the coun- alist; a Trump campaign operative who you really want to vote for a $500 mil- try, is suffering so many things that worked for convicted felon and Trump lion bailout for a former gaming cor- other Tribes are—the uncertainty of campaign manager Paul Manafort; in- poration? their status. dividuals with financial interests that

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It is a bipartisan bill, and it is nec- time—Congress ever reversed a final eager to let him get away with it. But essary. It will reaffirm the trust status Federal court ruling that determined a not me, not my cosponsors, and not the of the Mashpee reservation. Tribe did not meet the Federal stand- majority of this House. The local elected officials with juris- ard to have land taken into trust by I still believe this House has an op- diction over the land are supportive of the U.S. Department of the Interior. portunity today to do what is right. We the bill, as is the State’s entire con- The impact of this bill would be dis- can show the Native American people gressional delegation, as is the Repub- astrous and would open a floodgate for that we will stand up for them, that lican Governor of the State. Tribes to come to Washington to hire after nearly 250 years since our coun- Mr. Speaker, a ‘‘yes’’ vote on this bill the biggest lobbyists they can to get try’s founding we would not be where will right a wrong. It is a vote for local their carve-out from Congress. we are without them. They deserve control. It is a vote for Tribal sov- Do we really want to go down this that dignity; they deserve that respect; ereignty, and it brings the Mashpee road? Does Congress want to be in the and they deserve that sovereignty for land back into trust. It marks another business of picking winners and losers? their historic homeland. important step in our shared American That is exactly what this bill does. Mr. Speaker, let’s be on the right journey. The Tribal land system shouldn’t de- side of history today. Vote ‘‘yes’’ and Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to pend on which Tribes hire the most ex- save the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe. vote ‘‘yes’’ on the bill. pensive lobbyists. Instead, it should be The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- based on fairness under our law and ap- b 1445 bers are reminded to refrain from en- plied equally. gaging in personalities toward the Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I re- Instead of this bill directly bene- President. serve the balance of my time. fiting the Tribe, as some have sug- Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I want to Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 gested, the bill will bail out Genting, make sure that my colleagues on the minutes to the gentleman from Rhode the Malaysian hedge fund that is fi- other side understand that, as the city Island (Mr. CICILLINE). nancing this deal. Even if this bill of Mashpee, no one has any problems, Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, I thank passes today and the Mashpee build a but it is the city of Taunton that is the gentleman for yielding. casino, it is very unlikely, according to part of the problem, and that is where Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in all the experts, that the Mashpee ca- we have the gist. So I caution them to strong opposition to H.R. 312, the sino will ever be profitable for the watch their rhetoric. Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reserva- Tribe because they owe Genting a half- Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the tion Reaffirmation Act. This bill will billion dollars. gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. COLE). allow the Mashpee Tribe to open a mas- Proponents of this bill have argued Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I thank my sive off-reservation casino right on the that Congress is the last hope for the friend for yielding. It is a very gen- border of Rhode Island and Massachu- Mashpee Tribe and that they will go erous gesture when we have a different setts, nearly 40 miles away from their bankrupt without this casino, but point of view on the bill. historic Tribal lands in Cape Cod. Genting Malaysia has already written Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe be- off the half-billion dollars it gave to support of H.R. 312, the Mashpee came federally recognized in 2007. the Tribe as a loss on its financial Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffir- Under the Indian Reorganization Act, statements. If today’s bill fails, the mation Act. the United States Department of the Mashpee Tribe does not need to pay Mashpee Wampanoag people have Interior is only allowed to take land back this money because, under the lived in the Massachusetts area for into trust for Tribes recognized before agreement with Genting, it is contin- thousands of years. In fact, our shared 1934. gent on the casino being built. The Thanksgiving tradition highlights a In 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court con- debt is erased. celebration of Pilgrims and Indians firmed this Federal standard in the Regardless of what happens with this breaking bread together over the first Carcieri v. Salazar decision. In 2015, the bill today, the Mashpee Tribe will still colonial holiday, and it is the Mashpee U.S. Department of the Interior ig- be a federally recognized Tribe and will who sat at the table. nored the Indian Reorganization Act continue to receive Federal benefits. In 2007, the Mashpee Wampanoag and the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Mr. Speaker, I started off opposing Tribe was federally recognized. Mr. and took land into trust for the Mash- this bill because of the damage it Speaker, 8 years later, the Bureau of pee Tribe. would do to Rhode Island’s economy. Indian Affairs approved the decision to A year later, the residents of Taun- The casino in Rhode Island generates take land into trust on behalf of the ton, Massachusetts, sued and won in over $300 million in economic activity Mashpee for a reservation. The Tribe U.S. district court to stop the casino and is responsible for thousands of jobs was then able to provide services di- from being built in their town. The dis- in Rhode Island. I am very proud of my rectly to its citizens, become eligible trict court ruled that the Department fierce defense for my State, and put- for Federal programs, and explore eco- of the Interior should not have taken ting an off-reservation casino on the nomic opportunities. land into trust for the Mashpee Tribe border will have a significant, negative Shortly after, in 2016, the Mashpee’s and instructed the Department to con- impact on Rhode Island. reservation decision was challenged in duct a further review of the Tribe’s eli- But the more I learned about this court by plaintiffs stating that, be- gibility. legislation, the more I realized the cause the Tribe was federally recog- After reviewing the Mashpee Tribe’s dangerous precedent this bill would set nized after 1934, the Department of the application last year, the U.S. Depart- if it became law. H.R. 312 would reverse Interior could not take land into trust ment of the Interior rejected the a Federal court ruling, undermine the on behalf of a Tribe. This decision Tribe’s claim based on the finding that Indian Reorganization Act, ignore a stems from the 2009 Supreme Court de- the Tribe was not under Federal juris- U.S. Supreme Court ruling, and reject cision, Carcieri v. Salazar. It is an ex- diction in 1934, which meant the De- the 2018 decision by the U.S. Depart- ample of why that law needs to be partment lacked authority under Fed- ment of the Interior. Most per- fixed. eral law to take land into trust on niciously, it is a special deal for a sin- In 2018, the administration issued a their behalf. gle Tribe, and that is just wrong. decision that would take the Mashpees’ Today’s bill would reverse this final I stand here in opposition to this bill reservation out of trust. This marked decision of the Federal court and the not only because of the impact on my

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I am ashamed of how our Nation has rectly and 100 percent in line with lin- I urge my colleagues to defeat this treated many Native people through- ing their own pockets for the opposi- bill, and I thank the gentleman for out our history and how we have taken tion to this bill. yielding. their land, silenced their voices, They said that the Tribe is about to Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I yield to poisoned their water, and disrupted go bankrupt. The Tribe is about to go the gentleman from Rhode Island so their culture. We have dismissed their bankrupt, but all of a sudden, the Tribe that we may have a quick colloquy. very humanity. doesn’t owe the financiers money. As the gentleman made mention, it It is that shame that leaves us here Which one is it? was locals in Taunton that actually today with a decision to make. Today, Next, Federal benefits, they are say- sued; is that true? as this House debates this bill, the ing that all the Federal benefits will Mr. CICILLINE. Will the gentleman Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe is on the remain. That ignores the Federal bene- yield? verge of dissolution. An unjust Su- fits that come with Federal recognition Mr. GOSAR. I yield to the gentleman preme Court decision, followed by a re- of reservations: the Indian Business from Rhode Island. versal by the Department of the Inte- Development Program, Financial As- Mr. CICILLINE. Yes. rior to take the Tribe’s land into trust, sistance and Social Services, employ- Mr. GOSAR. Does the gentleman has left the Tribe with no other op- ment assistance for adult Indians, vo- think that the court in which they tions. They are without access to crit- cational training for adult Indians, sued had any of the information ical Federal funds to support their pub- educational contracts under the John- skewed in front of it, in front of their lic services, including health centers son-O’Malley Act, food distribution jurisdiction? and schools. programs on the Indian reservation, Mr. CICILLINE. I am not aware of The question today is, do we allow Tribal transportation programs, Bu- the information they had. Mr. GOSAR. All this information this to become a closing chapter in the reau of Justice Assistance Tribal jus- that we are hearing, that is myth story of an indigenous people who put tice system grants, treatment as a versus fact; is that true? their faith and trust into strangers? Do State under the Clean Water Act, Mr. CICILLINE. Again, I don’t know we allow a legal loophole to define treatment as a State under the Clean about the legal proceedings. I know American citizens out of existence? Air Act, exercise of Special Domestic that the litigation was begun by the Or do we begin to right the wrongs of Violence Criminal Jurisdiction. All of people in the local community. our past? Do we begin to march down a those are contingent on this bill today. Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I thank path of justice and equality and hope A dangerous precedent is going to be the gentleman for engaging in the col- for the Native people whose dreams for set. The dangerous precedent that is loquy, and I reserve the balance of my this country outlive our very democ- going to be set is that Massachusetts time. racy? residents legalized gambling. The Tribe Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I yield To me, that choice is simple. It is a went through a compact with the State myself such time as I may consume to matter of right and wrong, of cor- that was approved. They went through address a point that was brought up recting a historical injustice that has a referendum with the people of Taun- during the debate on this bill, that the perpetrated for far too long. It would ton that was approved nearly 60–40 that Mashpee Tribe will not lose its Federal simply put the Mashpee Tribe on equal townspeople in Taunton want this bill. recognition if H.R. 312 does not pass. footing with all other federally recog- They want this development. That is true. We have never stated the nized Native American Tribes. It is a billion dollars for a working- Federal recognition was in jeopardy. I want to take a minute, Mr. Speak- class community. The folks who don’t What we are talking about, which is er, to rebut some of the arguments are, yes, a few residents of that com- fundamental to the survival of the made by our colleagues. munity whose lawsuit has been fi- Tribe, is destroying a Tribe’s sovereign One, that this is an off-reservation nanced by a rival casino developer to government. That is really what is at development: There is no reservation. end this project so they can build a dif- stake. There is nothing to be off-reservation. ferent one down the road. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he I cannot imagine that the argument They say that this is too close to the may consume to the gentleman from actually is that, for a Tribe that called Rhode Island border. There is an exist- Massachusetts (Mr. KENNEDY), another thousands of acres home, you are going ing casino in Rhode Island that re- sponsor of this legislation. to say they can only represent one cently started 500 yards from the Mas- Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, I thank small portion of that and not have two sachusetts border. You cannot be seri- the chairman for moving this critical facilities. That can’t possibly be how ous about this. piece of legislation forward and for the U.S. Government is dictating what There is no argument, other than shepherding it to the House floor Tribal lands can be today of an area greed, that comes back to why anyone today. they called home for 12,000 years. should vote against this bill. This is I thank my colleague and friend, Two, my colleagues argued that this about the recognition of a sovereign Congressman KEATING, for his advo- overrules a court decision. The last nation that welcomed strangers to cacy on behalf of the Mashpee time I checked, that is what Congress their land 400 years ago and helped us Wampanoag Tribe, which calls both of does. We write laws. The courts inter- celebrate our first Thanksgiving, and our districts home. pret them. They strike down laws all the ability of our Federal Government Nearly four centuries ago, the Mash- the time. We write them again. That is to recognize them for who they are. If pee Wampanoag Tribe opened their in the Constitution. That is inherent in nothing else, this Tribe deserves that. homes and their lands to the Pilgrims our responsibilities, in our obligation. Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 who sailed to our shores. That same The actual court decision, if you read minutes to the gentleman from Rhode welcoming spirit survives in their an- it, indicates that Congress has the in- Island (Mr. LANGEVIN). cestors who live in Massachusetts herent power to do exactly what we are Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I today. doing, 100 percent. thank the gentleman for yielding, and That is why I am proud to have the Three, our colleagues referenced the I hope that I won’t take the whole 3 Wampanoag people call my district Gun Lake decision and the Gun Lake minutes. their home. They have planted their legislation. Gun Lake was a response Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposi- roots deeply in Massachusetts, and to a decision by the Supreme Court as tion to H.R. 312, the Mashpee they see a future of self-determination well, 100 percent. Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffir- and prosperity in the city of Taunton. We have heard allegations of lobby- mation Act. But I am ashamed of how our Nation ists. The lobbyist for our colleagues in This bill will have enormous impacts has treated them in the 398 years since Rhode Island for their casinos is mar- on my home State of Rhode Island. The

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The Mashpee Tiverton Casino Hotel of Rhode Island Arizona really concerned about any- Tribe will not lose its Federal recogni- generate $300 million each year, rep- thing that is going on in Rhode Island. tion and will continue to receive Fed- resenting the State’s third largest For that matter, I haven’t heard many eral benefits and funding even if H.R. source of funding. These dollars sup- people in Rhode Island that concerned 312 does not pass. Further, if this is not port vital education and infrastructure about what is happening in Massachu- solely about a casino, then my amend- programs in Rhode Island. Rhode Is- setts. ment should have been considered and land would suffer tremendously if H.R. But this is what it is about, I guess. adopted in committee. The amendment 312 became law. It is not what it is about to me. It is was a compromise that would have se- Beyond the economic damage that not what it is about to our cosponsors. cured a reservation for the Mashpee for would occur to Rhode Island, the prece- I know it is not what it is about to Mr. all purposes but not gaming. dent that would be set by this bill is KENNEDY. I know it is not what it is Myth number three: H.R. 312 is not a fundamentally unfair. The bill would about to the chairman of this com- casino giveaway nor a case of reserva- overturn a 2018 decision by the U.S. De- mittee. tion shopping. partment of the Interior, and it would I am puzzled. People are saying this Fact: It is both. There is no reason reverse a 2016 ruling by the U.S. Dis- is a circumvention dealing with gam- for the second reservation other than trict Court for the District of Massa- ing. This bill isn’t about gaming. Let to build an off-reservation casino 50 chusetts. me bring it back into focus, but let me miles away from where the Mashpee If Congress grants the Mashpee Tribe just address one thing first. Tribe currently resides. If this weren’t this exception, then other Native I am puzzled because this Tribe went solely about a casino, then my amend- American Tribes would seek individual through the State process. This wasn’t ment would have also been adopted in relief. Congress would be creating an a circumvention. They went through committee. unbalanced patchwork process for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Myth: The two tracts of land in the Tribes to put land into trust. Such a process for deciding gaming institu- town of Mashpee and the city of Taun- system would be based on lobbying, not tions. The State decided this. Congress ton both are sites within the Tribal on firm principles or deliberative rule- isn’t deciding this. The Commonwealth historical territories. My colleague making. of Massachusetts decided this. They from Massachusetts actually alluded to created an area in southeastern Massa- this. b 1500 chusetts along with two other areas in That would be false. The Mashpee The process to take Tribal lands into the State where this would be located. Tribe will build a massive, 400,000- trust is complex and requires careful So I have got news for the people in square-foot, off-reservation casino consideration of the interests of our in- Rhode Island: They can do their best to away from their Tribal land on the bor- digenous peoples in conjunction with kill this bill and destroy this Tribe, but der. That would be Taunton, Rhode Is- local communities. We know this com- it is still going to get a casino because land. plexity firsthand in Rhode Island, as the State of Massachusetts said so. In 1988, Congress passed the Indian the Supreme Court decision Carcieri v. So now that I am through just point- Gaming Regulatory Act with the in- Salazar directly concerned our State. ing out what this bill isn’t about, let tent to restrict casinos to Tribes’ origi- But the solution is to create a uni- me just make the last point about nal reservations. By placing land in form standard for the whole country, what it is about. trust for gaming in Taunton 50 miles not a haphazard process wherein Con- It is about justice. It is about doing away from the Tribe’s historic reserva- gress chooses winners and losers, the right thing. It is about taking a tion—he also brought that point up, again, based on lobbying. This is why I Tribe that, through its whole history, that it wasn’t their traditional land— urge my colleagues to oppose this bill. has lost all of its land even though it what Congress intended in the Gaming The bill creates evident harms to our did occupy that land where it is in Regulatory Act would be severely State revenues in Rhode Island, but it Taunton, where it occupies it now. harmed. also represents a slipshod way of ad- This is about doing the right thing, Myth: This bill has nothing to do dressing the very real issues of how and it is a disgrace in this Congress with approving a specific casino Tribes have land taken into trust. that politics, special interests, lob- project. My friends in the Massachusetts dele- bying, and conflicts have taken over Fact: We actually heard it again gation insist that this issue be handled this debate. Let’s do the right thing. from the other side. If that were the with alacrity. I respectfully disagree. This is part of our history. We wouldn’t case, then my amendment would have The urgency they express is grounded be here where we are without this been made in order and received votes in the dollars and cents of gaming de- Tribe. Let’s respect that. Let’s pass or deemed adopted at the committee velopment, money loaned on the prom- this bill. level. The amendment would have se- ise of casino riches. Those loans may Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- cured a reservation for the Mashpee have been imprudently granted, but we self such time as I may consume. Tribe for any nongaming purposes. cannot allow imprudent financial deal- Mr. Speaker, the rhetoric coming These may include, but not be lim- ings to force our hand. from the other side is hot and heavy ited to, the construction and operation Rather than rush a Tribe-specific like I don’t know what I am talking of Tribal government facilities and in- loophole, I ask my colleagues to vote about with Native American Tribes frastructure, housing, a hospital, a ‘‘no’’ on H.R. 312 and to, instead, up- when I have lived my whole life in as- school and library, a museum, a com- date the Indian Reorganization Act to sociation with Tribes. So let’s get munity center, assisted living for Trib- make this process more transparent through some of the false myths that al elders, business development, nat- and fair. Mr. Speaker, I urge my col- are out here that continually are being ural resources management, the leagues to vote ‘‘no.’’ talked about. Tribe’s exercising its government juris- Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, may I Now, the myth is that Congress has diction over Tribal members, and many inquire as to how much time is remain- done this for other Tribes, i.e, we have other Tribal uses. ing. heard about the Gun Lake Tribe. The next myth is that H.R. 312 is not The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Fact: That is false. This will be the a bailout. tleman from Arizona (Mr. GRIJALVA) first time, as my colleague from Rhode H.R. 312 is not a bailout? In fact, the has 10 minutes remaining. The gen- Island said, that Congress would over- Malaysian hedge fund, Genting Malay- tleman from Arizona (Mr. GOSAR) has turn a Federal Court decision where sia, that is underwriting the casino— 15 minutes remaining. the court ruled that the Tribe did not yes, underwriting this casino.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.044 H15MYPT1 H3822 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 The Mashpee Tribe will not receive a be called into question after this bill is Supreme Court said that the Tribal as- penny of revenue from the casino for passed should be debated later. That pect of the IRA of 1934 does not author- many years, if ever, because of the has nothing to do with what this spe- ize the Secretary of the Interior to massive size of the $500 million-plus cific bill applies to. place land in trust for Tribes that were debt they have incurred to Genting. Our role here is very simple. We have not under Federal jurisdiction on the Genting, therefore, will be the real got to recognize the Mashpee Tribe’s date of enactment of IRA, or 1934. owner of the project, not the Tribe. reservation. We have got to recognize Fact: There is no evidence that Con- This kind of arrangement where the their sovereignty and their self-deter- gress, in 1934, thought that off-reserva- creditor practically controls the finan- mination. tion gaming would turn into the con- cial future of a debtor Tribe is contrary Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- troversial mess it has become today. to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, self such time as I may consume. Myth: After a Federal judge struck which requires every Tribal casino to Mr. Speaker, I just want to address down the Obama administration’s sec- be 100 percent tribally owned. Congress’ intent, under article I, sec- ond definition of Indian analysis, the The last myth: The Mashpee Tribe tion 8. Trump administration chose not to de- will go bankrupt if H.R. 312 does not As I said before, the Mashpee reserva- fend the decision. pass. tion of the city of Mashpee is not of Fact: The Trump administration Fact: The Mashpee Tribe will only be consequence. It is the area outside of chose not to defend the decision be- required to repay its debt to the Ma- their previous homeland of Taunton cause the judge said it was ‘‘not even laysian company underwriting the deal that is of discussion. That is only the close,’’ and the Obama administration if H.R. 312 is enacted and the casino is aspect here. What has happened here is had not used this analysis in any other approved. the bypassing of protocol and law that Tribe’s trust land case. It was used Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of actually causes the problem. once only for the Mashpee. The Court my time. So let me give you a little bit of remanded the matter back to Interior Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I yield background about why I have this 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from for an examination under the same problem. ‘‘first definition of Indian’’ analysis Kansas (Ms. DAVIDS). We had seen previous abuse in the used for all other Tribes. Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, past where the off-reservation land was In applying the Obama administra- I rise today in support of this bill. I taken in a trust against the will of tion’s analysis used for all other have heard a lot of rhetoric today States, compacts, and local commu- Tribes, the Trump administration de- about the role of Congress and the role nities for the sole purpose of building termined the Mashpee did not qualify, of the administration in recognizing or new casinos. not recognizing Tribal lands, Tribal This was certainly the case of the and yet Tribes blame the Trump ad- governments, reservations, and the Tohono O’odham Nation right in Ari- ministration for something the Obama ability of Tribes to participate in what- zona when they acted against the fel- administration could have done years ever kind of economic development low Tribes, the State of Arizona, and ago but chose not to. they so desire. the general public to open an off-res- b 1515 I have also heard a lot of talk and ervation casino in Glendale, despite Could the fate of a billion-dollar ca- discussion. I am pleased to hear talk agreeing to a voter-approved compact and discussion on this House floor sino be the reason why the Obama ad- not to build any more casinos in the ministration bent the rules? I wonder. about the need to make sure that Phoenix metro area until the compact Tribes are recognized, that Tribal sov- H.R. 312 doesn’t amend the IRA. It was renegotiated. Litigation discovery doesn’t amend any law. Rather, H.R. ereignty is recognized, and that this and audio recordings affirm this government needs to do right by Na- 312 declares the Obama action struck shameful conspiracy implemented by down by the U.S. district court to be tive people and indigenous people to the Tohono O’odham. this land. lawful and proper. The bill also orders I am concerned that this bill as writ- the court to dismiss the lawsuit con- But the basis for support of this bill ten will encourage future abuse in that today is not necessarily rooted in cerning the casino property and to pro- regard and allow for more off-reserva- hibit the filing of any future lawsuit whether or not we are doing the ‘‘right tion casinos to be built against the ob- thing.’’ Congress has a duty to properly over it. jections of local communities. exercise our plenary power over inter- Mr. Speaker, we constantly see over Furthermore, there is no CBO score and over again, the problem with H.R. actions with Tribal people and with for this bill. There is no committee re- Tribal governments. The Constitution 312 is it is once again being rushed to port that I have seen. We are pushing the floor. gives Congress plenary power over this bill through that has no chance of interactions with Indian Tribes. What I want to reference a letter from being signed into law without amend- Eagle Forum and highlight, basically, is at stake here today is how Congress ment and without knowing the full and the Federal Government are going their reservations. ramifications of this legislation. ‘‘This bill is a deceptive plan to un- to continue to interact with Indian Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of dermine the Federal Government’s de- Tribes. my time. Tribes don’t need Congress Members’ Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I re- cision to deny the Mashpee Tribe land sympathy. What Tribes need is for us serve the balance of my time to close. for a new casino. The Mashpee Tribe to properly exercise our duty. This bill Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- has previously engaged in questionable does that. This bill exercises Congress’ self the balance of my time. financial and lobbying dealings. They proper power to recognize a Tribe, to Let’s go back to some more of the are currently $450 billion in debt to recognize Tribal reservation lands, and myths. Genting, a foreign Malaysian gaming it has nothing to do with what happens The Mashpee Tribe will lose its Fed- company, because of this project. afterwards. eral recognition and benefits if H.R. 312 ‘‘The Tribe has no way of paying the This bill wouldn’t abrogate or alter does not pass. company back, which means Genting the application of the Indian Gaming Once again, that is false. The Mash- will be the true owner of this project. Regulatory Act or any other piece of pee Tribe will not lose its Federal rec- Taxpayers should not be responsible for legislation. This bill would simply do ognition and will continue to receive the bailout of their irresponsible deal- exactly what Congress’ job is to do: Federal benefits and funding even if ings.’’ recognize the Federal-Tribal relation- H.R. 312 does not pass. Down further it goes: ship that exists and the Tribal lands Here is the next myth. It was the in- ‘‘Just the issue of gambling alone has that are properly held in trust and tent of Congress for all Tribes to have been devastating to families across the should be held in trust for an Indian land and trust under the IRA of 1934 re- United States, especially among Native Tribe. That is what we are doing right gardless of when the Tribes obtained Americans.’’ now. Federal recognition. Further down it goes: All the talk and discussion about Fact: That is not what the Supreme ‘‘For these reasons, we urge you to other pieces of legislation that might Court said in Carcieri v. Salazar. The vote ‘no’ on H.R. 312, Mashpee

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.046 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3823 Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffir- cans for Limited Government, the American ensure Tribal sovereignty and self-gov- mation Act.’’ Principles Project, the Coalition for Amer- ernance, land is critical to the connec- I also want to reference Americans ican Values, Eagle Forum, the Governor of tion of people to their land. And the for Limited Government: Rhode Island, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay real-world decisions that we are mak- Head, Congressman David Cicilline, Con- ‘‘The House of Representatives gressman James Langevin, and President ing have real consequences. should reject H.R. 312, the Senator Donald Trump in opposing this bill. To strip people of their land is to ELIZABETH WARREN-led attempt to President Trump tweeted that he opposed strip them of their identity, to strip punch piecemeal holes through the In- the bill and urged Members of Congress to do them of their self-governance and their dian Gaming Regulatory Act. This the same last week. House Minority Whip self-determination. It is a sad state isn’t about the ability of Tribes using Steve Scalise also sent an email recom- that, nearly 400 years later, the Mash- land that is part of their long-estab- mending Members vote ‘‘no’’ on H.R. 312. pee still have to fight for land that is lished heritage for casino development, The bill is also strenuously opposed by the rightfully theirs. only other Federally-recognized Tribe in But we can remedy that today. but, instead, it is about whether Con- Massachusetts. gress should place gambling institu- All of this opposition was enough to have I want to thank our colleagues Mr. tions on unrelated land based upon the bill pulled from consideration by the KEATING and Mr. KENNEDY, as well as proximity to urban areas. House of Representatives under the suspen- the entire Massachusetts delegation, ‘‘If Senator WARREN and her bene- sion of the rules procedures one week after it for spearheading this effort to save the factors wish to change the Indian gam- was considered in committee with no bill re- Mashpee’s land, preserve their way of ing laws, they should introduce whole- port or score—actually, there was a bill re- life, and reestablish and not allow a sale reforms rather than turning the port but no score from the Congressional precedent to stand where trust land Budgetary Office. that was given is taken away. existing law into Swiss cheese for noth- Now, the Democrat leadership is using a ing more than investor pecuniary in- closed rule and not allowing any amend- This is an important piece of legisla- terests. ments to get this controversial bill out of tion with implications across Indian ‘‘Rick Manning, President, Ameri- the House of Representatives. Given that Country. cans for Limited Government.’’ H.R. 312 authorizes an off-reservation casino, Mr. Speaker, I urge the swift adop- We actually have our opposition to bails out a foreign corporation from major tion of H.R. 312, and I yield back the 312: financial problems of its own making, and remainder of my time. reverses the judgment of a Federal court and Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, I include in the I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on 312, contradicts Interior and Supreme Court deci- the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation RECORD the following letter from the sions, it is no wonder that the majority had Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah ex- Reaffirmation Act, when it comes before the to resort to these drastic measures. House today. I urge everyone to vote ‘‘no’’ and to oppose pressing their concerns about this legislation. H.R. 312 is contrary to the view of the De- this bill that sets a dangerous precedent that I want to reiterate that I support this legisla- partment of the Interior, contradicts a Su- will open the floodgates to off-reservation tion. However, I believe it is important that the preme Court decision, and aims to reverse Tribal casinos all over the United States if concerns of this sister tribe be included in this Federal court decisions on this matter in enacted into law. debate. order to build a massive, 400,000-square-foot, off-reservation gaming complex for the ben- Once again, I want to reiterate, if WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF efit of Genting, a foreign Malaysian gaming you have a problem with the Indian GAY HEAD AQUINNAH, company. Gaming Regulatory Act, let’s do the Aquinnah, MA. The bill forever strips the Federal Govern- wholesale changes on a massive scale, To: The United States House of Representa- ment of its jurisdictions over this Tribal ca- tives, Honorable Representatives not do it one piece at a time, one Tribe From: Chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, sino and overturns a well-reasoned decision at a time, not allowing lawful actions from a Federal judge. The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head H.R. 312 also provides a massive tax shelter to occur. Aquinnah (The Aquinnah Wampanoag) for Genting by shielding the land—and the So, I ask all my colleagues to vote Date: May 15, 2019 casino on it—from taxation and State regu- ‘‘no’’ against this bill. Send a clear Re: H.R. 312 lation. message that we have got to follow the THE WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD The bill creates two reservations for the law or change it wholesale for every- AQUINNAH (AQUINNAH WAMPANOAG TRIBE) Mashpee Tribe of Massachusetts, one res- body. STRENUOUSLY OPPOSES H.R. 312, MASHPEE ervation which we have no problem with, in Mr. Speaker, I ask a ‘‘no’’ vote from WAMPANOAG TRIBE RESERVATION REAFFIR- the town of Mashpee, the Tribe’s historic my colleagues, and I yield back the MATION ACT reservation lands. No casino will be allowed The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head within the geographical boundaries of the balance of my time. Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Speaker, I yield Aquinnah (Aquinnah Wampanoag) strenu- town of Mashpee. ously opposes the above referenced Bill due The other reservation will be 50 miles away myself such time as I may consume. to the fact that it creates two classes of from Mashpee in the city of Taunton. This Upholding the establishment of Trib- Tribes within the same Wampanoag Tribal site is not part of the Tribe’s historic res- al homelands should be, and is, one of Nation. ervation and was selected by the Tribe and the most important actions that this H.R. 312 unfairly provides a pathway for Genting for a billion-dollar casino project Congress can take. It is not just about economic development for one Tribe (the because of its proximity to the Providence, tax-exempt status or economic devel- Mashpee Wampanoag) while simultaneously Rhode Island, casino market, 20 miles away. opment, both of which are vitally im- creating an obstruction to the other In 1988, Congress enacted the Indian Gam- Wampanoag Tribe (the Aquinnah ing Regulatory Act with the intent to re- portant to Tribal communities. Wampanoag) whose Tribal community also strict casinos to Tribes’ original reserva- It is also about the construction of lives within the same shared Ancestral terri- tions. schools, housing, clinics, elder care fa- tory of the Wampanoag Nation. By placing land in trust for gaming in cilities, things that are extremely vital The Bill sets forth a pathway for one Tribe Taunton, H.R. 312 creates an off-reservation to the quality of life and well-being of (the Mashpee) to acquire lands in trust out- casino, which is inconsistent with congres- Tribal members. side of its original homeland ‘‘village site’’ sional intent. This is often called ‘‘reserva- It is also about recognizing a Tribe’s of the Town of Mashpee and does not provide tion shopping,’’ and it is an abuse of the In- historical, cultural, and spiritual con- the same opportunity for the other Tribe dian Gaming Regulatory Act. (the Aquinnah). The Tribe’s lawyers knew that reservation nection. H.R. 312 also removes all clouds of the ap- shopping was a political headache, so they It is not about protecting a market plicability of the Indian Reorganization Act went to the previous administration to ob- share. It is not about the tweets from (as Amended), and all other laws enacted for tain the two reservations through adminis- the President. It is not about the scare the benefit of Federally Recognized Tribes trative action. tactics and hysteria of off-reservation for one Tribe (the Mashpee) and not for the Once again, the Federal judge, however, gaming that is constantly used in try- Aquinnah who is of the same Wampanoag ruled that what the previous administration ing to fight the self-determination and Nation and who was federally recognized 25 did was unlawful, so now they need legisla- the ability of Tribes to take care of years earlier. tion to authorize this off-reservation casino. The Bill provides a remedy to the Depart- The bill was opposed by 10 of the 13 voting themselves. ment of the Interior’s (DOI’s) egregious de- Republicans in the committee markup. And it is about identity. termination that the Wampanoag are not eli- Ranking Member Rob Bishop was one of I want to just follow up on the gen- gible to have lands taken into trust for one those. These Members are joined by Ameri- tlewoman from Kansas’ comment. To Tribe (the Mashpee Wampanoag), while

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.048 H15MYPT1 H3824 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 omitting the other Wampanoag Tribe (the Eshoo Lieu, Ted Roybal-Allard Latta Ratcliffe Taylor Aquinnah Wampanoag) from this remedy Espaillat Lipinski Ruiz Lesko Rice (SC) Timmons from which the Aquinnah Wampanoag are Evans Loebsack Ruppersberger Long Riggleman Tipton Loudermilk Rodgers (WA) also suffering. Ferguson Lofgren Rush Turner Finkenauer Lowenthal Sa´ nchez Luetkemeyer Roe, David P. The Aquinnah Wampanoag would support Wagner Fitzpatrick Lowey Sarbanes Marchant Rogers (AL) Walberg this Bill, H.R. 312 if included as part of ‘‘and Fletcher Lucas Scanlon Marshall Rose, John W. Walker ´ for other purposes’’. The simple request is Foster Lujan Schakowsky McCarthy Roy Waltz McCaul Rutherford for a simple amendment to create fairness, Frankel Luria Schiff Weber (TX) Fudge Lynch McKinley Scalise equity and parity for both Wampanoag Schneider Webster (FL) Gabbard Malinowski Meadows Schweikert Tribes within Massachusetts. Schrader Wenstrup Gallego Maloney, Meuser Sensenbrenner Schrier Westerman SEC. (d) REAFFIRMATION OF INDIAN TRUST Garamendi Carolyn B. Miller Shimkus Scott (VA) LAND TO ALSO INCLUDE THE Garcı´a (IL) Maloney, Sean Mitchell Smith (MO) Williams Scott, Austin WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD Garcia (TX) Massie Mooney (WV) Smith (NE) Wilson (SC) Scott, David AQUINNAH (THE AQUINNAH Golden Mast Norman Smucker Wittman WAMPANOAG) Gomez Matsui Serrano Olson Spano Womack (a) IN GENERAL.—The taking of any land Gonzalez (OH) McAdams Sewell (AL) Palazzo Steil Woodall into trust by the United States for the ben- Gonzalez (TX) McBath Shalala Palmer Steube Wright Gottheimer McClintock Sherman Perry Stewart Yoho efit of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Sherrill Aquinnah of Massachusetts is reaffirmed as Green (TX) McCollum Posey Stivers Zeldin Grijalva McEachin Simpson trust land and the actions of the Secretary Haaland McGovern Sires NOT VOTING—10 of the Interior in taking that land into trust Hagedorn McHenry Slotkin Abraham Higgins (LA) Ryan are ratified and confirmed. Harder (CA) McNerney Smith (NJ) Brooks (IN) Johnson (LA) Swalwell (CA) (b) APPLICABILITY OF LAWS.—All laws (in- Hastings Meeks Smith (WA) Cleaver Pence cluding regulations) of the United States of Hayes Meng Soto Cummings Roby general applicability to Indians or nations, Heck Moolenaar Spanberger Indian Tribes, or bands of Indians (including Higgins (NY) Moore Speier b 1555 Hill (CA) Morelle Stanton the Act of June 18, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 51O1 et Himes Moulton Stauber Mr. MARSHALL changed his vote seq.)), shall be applicable to the Wampanoag Hollingsworth Mucarsel-Powell Stefanik from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah and its Tribal Horn, Kendra S. Mullin Stevens Messrs. BERGMAN, AUSTIN SCOTT members. Horsford Murphy Suozzi The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time Houlahan Nadler Takano of Georgia, SMITH of Washington, for debate has expired. Hoyer Napolitano Thompson (CA) HORSFORD, BABIN, and MASSIE Huffman Neal Thompson (MS) changed their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to Pursuant to House Resolution 377, Hurd (TX) Neguse Thompson (PA) ‘‘yea.’’ the previous question is ordered on the Jackson Lee Newhouse Thornberry bill, as amended. Jayapal Norcross Titus So the bill was passed. Jeffries Nunes The question is on the engrossment Tlaib The result of the vote was announced Johnson (GA) O’Halleran Tonko and third reading of the bill. Johnson (TX) Ocasio-Cortez as above recorded. Torres (CA) A motion to reconsider was laid on The bill was ordered to be engrossed Joyce (OH) Omar Torres Small and read a third time, and was read the Kaptur Pallone (NM) the table. Katko Panetta Trahan third time. Keating Pappas Trone f Kelly (IL) Pascrell The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Underwood Kennedy Payne question is on the passage of the bill. Upton REAFFIRMING AUTHORITY OF Khanna Perlmutter Van Drew The question was taken; and the Kildee Peters SECRETARY OF INTERIOR TO Vargas Speaker pro tempore announced that Kilmer Peterson TAKE LAND INTO TRUST FOR IN- Veasey the ayes appeared to have it. Kim Phillips DIAN TRIBES Kind Pingree Vela ´ Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Speaker, on that I King (NY) Pocan Velazquez The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- demand the yeas and nays. Kirkpatrick Porter Visclosky ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin- The yeas and nays were ordered. Krishnamoorthi Pressley Walden Walorski ished business is the vote on the mo- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Kuster (NH) Price (NC) LaMalfa Quigley Wasserman tion to suspend the rules and pass the ant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15- Lamb Raskin Schultz bill (H.R. 375) to amend the Act of June minute vote on passage of the bill will Larsen (WA) Reed Waters 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of be followed by 5-minute votes on: Larson (CT) Reschenthaler Watkins Lawrence Rice (NY) Watson Coleman the Secretary of the Interior to take The motion to suspend the rules and Lawson (FL) Richmond Welch land into trust for Indian Tribes, and pass H.R. 375; and Lee (CA) Rogers (KY) Wexton for other purposes, on which the yeas The motion to suspend the rules and Lee (NV) Rooney (FL) Wild and nays were ordered. pass H.R. 1892. Levin (CA) Rose (NY) Wilson (FL) Levin (MI) Rouda Yarmuth The Clerk read the title of the bill. The vote was taken by electronic de- Lewis Rouzer Young The SPEAKER pro tempore. The vice, and there were—yeas 275, nays question is on the motion offered by NAYS—146 146, not voting 10, as follows: the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. GRI- [Roll No. 207] Aderholt Collins (GA) Graves (MO) JALVA) that the House suspend the Allen Collins (NY) Green (TN) YEAS—275 Amash Comer Griffith rules and pass the bill. Adams Calvert Crist Arrington Conaway Grothman This is a 5-minute vote. Aguilar Carbajal Crow Baird Crawford Guest The vote was taken by electronic de- Allred Ca´ rdenas Cuellar Balderson Crenshaw Guthrie vice, and there were—yeas 323, nays 96, Amodei Carson (IN) Cunningham Banks Curtis Harris Armstrong Cartwright Davids (KS) Barr Davidson (OH) Hartzler not voting 12, as follows: Axne Case Davis (CA) Biggs DesJarlais Hern, Kevin [Roll No. 208] Babin Casten (IL) Davis, Danny K. Bilirakis Duncan Herrera Beutler Bacon Castor (FL) Davis, Rodney Bishop (UT) Dunn Hice (GA) YEAS—323 Barraga´ n Castro (TX) Dean Bost Emmer Hill (AR) Adams Bilirakis Byrne Bass Chu, Judy DeFazio Brady Estes Holding Aguilar Bishop (GA) Calvert Beatty Cisneros DeGette Brooks (AL) Fleischmann Hudson Allred Bishop (UT) Carbajal Bera Clark (MA) DeLauro Buchanan Flores Huizenga Amash Blumenauer Ca´ rdenas Bergman Clarke (NY) DelBene Buck Fortenberry Hunter Armstrong Blunt Rochester Carson (IN) Beyer Clay Delgado Bucshon Foxx (NC) Johnson (OH) Axne Bonamici Carter (TX) Bishop (GA) Clyburn Demings Budd Fulcher Johnson (SD) Babin Bost Cartwright Blumenauer Cohen DeSaulnier Burchett Gaetz Jordan Bacon Boyle, Brendan Case Blunt Rochester Cole Deutch Burgess Gallagher Joyce (PA) Baird F. Casten (IL) Bonamici Connolly Diaz-Balart Byrne Gianforte Kelly (MS) Balderson Brindisi Castor (FL) Boyle, Brendan Cook Dingell Carter (GA) Gibbs Kelly (PA) Barr Brooks (AL) Castro (TX) F. Cooper Doggett Carter (TX) Gohmert King (IA) Barraga´ n Brown (MD) Chu, Judy Brindisi Correa Doyle, Michael Chabot Gooden Kinzinger Bass Brownley (CA) Cisneros Brown (MD) Costa F. Cheney Gosar Kustoff (TN) Beatty Buchanan Clark (MA) Brownley (CA) Courtney Duffy Cicilline Granger LaHood Bera Bucshon Clarke (NY) Bustos Cox (CA) Engel Cline Graves (GA) Lamborn Bergman Bustos Clay Butterfield Craig Escobar Cloud Graves (LA) Langevin Beyer Butterfield Clyburn

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Carbajal Graves (LA) Massie Correa Kind Rogers (AL) Comer Hudson Roy Ca´ rdenas Graves (MO) Mast Costa King (IA) Rogers (KY) Courtney Huizenga Rutherford Carson (IN) Green (TN) Matsui Cox (CA) King (NY) Rooney (FL) Crenshaw Hunter Scalise Carter (GA) Green (TX) McAdams Craig Kinzinger Rose (NY) Curtis Johnson (OH) Schweikert Carter (TX) Griffith McBath Crawford Kirkpatrick Rouda Davidson (OH) Jordan Sensenbrenner Cartwright Grijalva McCarthy Crist Krishnamoorthi Rouzer DeLauro Joyce (PA) Shimkus Case Grothman McClintock Crow Kuster (NH) Roybal-Allard DesJarlais Kelly (MS) Smith (NE) Casten (IL) Guest McCollum Cuellar LaMalfa Ruiz Duncan Kelly (PA) Steube Castor (FL) Guthrie McEachin Cunningham Lamb Ruppersberger Estes Kustoff (TN) Stewart Castro (TX) Haaland McGovern Flores LaHood Taylor Davids (KS) Lamborn Rush Chabot Hagedorn McHenry Foxx (NC) Langevin Timmons Davis (CA) Larsen (WA) Sa´ nchez Cheney Harder (CA) McKinley Davis, Danny K. Larson (CT) Fulcher Latta Titus Sarbanes Chu, Judy Harris McNerney Davis, Rodney Lawrence Gaetz Lee (NV) Walker Scanlon Cicilline Hartzler Meadows Dean Lawson (FL) Gianforte Lesko Weber (TX) Schakowsky Cisneros Hastings Meeks DeFazio Lee (CA) Gibbs Long Webster (FL) Schiff Clark (MA) Hayes Meng DeGette Levin (CA) Gohmert Loudermilk Wenstrup Schneider Clarke (NY) Heck Meuser DelBene Levin (MI) Gooden Marchant Westerman Schrader Clay Hern, Kevin Miller Delgado Lewis Gosar McKinley Williams Cloud Herrera Beutler Mitchell Demings Lieu, Ted Schrier Graves (GA) Meuser Woodall Scott (VA) Clyburn Hice (GA) Moolenaar DeSaulnier Lipinski Graves (LA) Miller Wright Cohen Higgins (NY) Mooney (WV) Deutch Loebsack Scott, Austin Graves (MO) Norman Yoho Scott, David Cole Hill (AR) Moore Dingell Lofgren Green (TN) Olson Zeldin Collins (GA) Hill (CA) Morelle Doggett Lowenthal Serrano Sewell (AL) NOT VOTING—12 Collins (NY) Himes Moulton Doyle, Michael Lowey Mucarsel-Powell Shalala Comer Holding F. Lucas Abraham Cummings Pence Conaway Hollingsworth Mullin Sherman Duffy Luetkemeyer Brady Diaz-Balart Roby Connolly Horn, Kendra S. Murphy ´ Sherrill Dunn Lujan Brooks (IN) Higgins (LA) Ryan Cook Horsford Nadler Simpson Emmer Luria Cleaver Johnson (LA) Swalwell (CA) Cooper Houlahan Napolitano Sires Engel Lynch Correa Hoyer Neal Escobar Malinowski Slotkin b 1603 Costa Hudson Neguse Eshoo Maloney, Smith (MO) Courtney Huffman Newhouse Espaillat Carolyn B. Smith (NJ) Ms. GRANGER changed her vote Cox (CA) Huizenga Norcross Evans Maloney, Sean Smith (WA) from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Craig Hunter Norman Ferguson Marshall Smucker So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Crawford Hurd (TX) Nunes Finkenauer Massie Soto Crenshaw Jackson Lee O’Halleran Fitzpatrick Mast Spanberger tive) the rules were suspended and the Crist Jayapal Ocasio-Cortez Fleischmann Matsui Spano bill was passed. Crow Jeffries Olson Fletcher McAdams Speier The result of the vote was announced Cuellar Johnson (GA) Omar Fortenberry McBath Stanton Cunningham Johnson (OH) Palazzo Foster McCarthy as above recorded. Stauber Pallone Frankel McCaul A motion to reconsider was laid on Curtis Johnson (SD) Stefanik Davids (KS) Johnson (TX) Palmer Fudge McClintock Steil the table. Gabbard McCollum Davidson (OH) Jordan Panetta Stevens Davis (CA) Joyce (OH) Pappas Gallagher McEachin Stivers f Gallego McGovern Davis, Danny K. Joyce (PA) Pascrell Suozzi Davis, Rodney Kaptur Payne Garamendi McHenry Takano QUADRENNIAL HOMELAND SECU- ´ Dean Katko Perlmutter Garcıa (IL) McNerney Thompson (CA) Garcia (TX) Meadows RITY REVIEW TECHNICAL COR- DeFazio Keating Perry Thompson (MS) Golden Meeks RECTIONS ACT OF 2019 DeGette Kelly (IL) Peters Thompson (PA) Gomez Meng DeLauro Kelly (MS) Peterson Thornberry Gonzalez (OH) Mitchell The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- DelBene Kelly (PA) Phillips Tipton Gonzalez (TX) Moolenaar ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the unfin- Delgado Kennedy Pingree Tlaib Gottheimer Mooney (WV) Demings Khanna Pocan Tonko ished business is the vote on the mo- DeSaulnier Kildee Porter Granger Moore tion to suspend the rules and pass the Green (TX) Morelle Torres (CA) DesJarlais Kilmer Posey Griffith Moulton Torres Small bill (H.R. 1892) to amend the Homeland Deutch Kim Pressley Grijalva Mucarsel-Powell (NM) Security Act of 2002 to make technical Diaz-Balart Kind Price (NC) Trahan Dingell King (IA) Quigley Guest Mullin corrections to the requirement that Haaland Murphy Trone Doyle, Michael King (NY) Raskin Hagedorn Nadler Turner the Secretary of Homeland Security F. Kinzinger Ratcliffe Harder (CA) Napolitano Underwood submit quadrennial homeland security Duffy Kirkpatrick Reed Harris Neal Upton Duncan Krishnamoorthi Reschenthaler Van Drew reviews, and for other purposes, on Dunn Kuster (NH) Rice (NY) Hastings Neguse which the yeas and nays were ordered. Heck Newhouse Vargas Emmer Kustoff (TN) Rice (SC) Hern, Kevin Norcross Veasey The Clerk read the title of the bill. Engel LaHood Richmond Herrera Beutler Nunes Vela The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Escobar LaMalfa Riggleman ´ Eshoo Lamb Rodgers (WA) Higgins (NY) O’Halleran Velazquez question is on the motion offered by Hill (AR) Ocasio-Cortez Visclosky Espaillat Lamborn Roe, David P. Hill (CA) Omar Wagner the gentlewoman from New Mexico Estes Langevin Rogers (AL) Holding Pallone Walberg (Ms. TORRES SMALL) that the House Evans Larsen (WA) Rogers (KY) Hollingsworth Panetta Walden suspend the rules and pass the bill. Finkenauer Larson (CT) Rooney (FL) Walorski Fitzpatrick Latta Rose (NY) Horn, Kendra S. Pappas This is a 5-minute vote. Horsford Pascrell Waltz Fleischmann Lawrence Rose, John W. Houlahan Payne Wasserman The vote was taken by electronic de- Fletcher Lawson (FL) Rouda Hoyer Perlmutter Schultz vice, and there were—yeas 415, nays 0, Flores Lee (CA) Rouzer Fortenberry Lee (NV) Roy Huffman Peters Waters not voting 16, as follows: Hurd (TX) Peterson Watkins Foster Lesko Roybal-Allard Jackson Lee Phillips Watson Coleman [Roll No. 209] Foxx (NC) Levin (CA) Ruiz Frankel Levin (MI) Ruppersberger Jayapal Pingree Welch YEAS—415 Jeffries Pocan Wexton Fudge Lewis Rush ´ Johnson (GA) Porter Wild Adams Banks Bonamici Fulcher Lieu, Ted Sanchez Johnson (SD) Pressley Wilson (FL) Aderholt Barr Bost Gabbard Lipinski Sarbanes ´ Johnson (TX) Price (NC) Wilson (SC) Aguilar Barragan Boyle, Brendan Gaetz Loebsack Scalise Joyce (OH) Quigley Wittman Allen Bass F. Gallagher Lofgren Scanlon Kaptur Raskin Womack Allred Beatty Brady Gallego Long Schakowsky Katko Ratcliffe Yarmuth Amash Bera Brindisi Garamendi Loudermilk Schiff ´ Keating Reed Young Amodei Bergman Brooks (AL) Garcıa (IL) Lowenthal Schneider Armstrong Beyer Brown (MD) Garcia (TX) Lowey Schrader NAYS—96 Arrington Biggs Brownley (CA) Gianforte Lucas Schrier Axne Bilirakis Buchanan Gibbs Luetkemeyer Schweikert Aderholt Banks Burchett Babin Bishop (GA) Buck Golden Luja´ n Scott (VA) Allen Biggs Burgess Bacon Bishop (UT) Bucshon Gomez Luria Scott, Austin Amodei Buck Carter (GA) Baird Blumenauer Budd Gonzalez (OH) Lynch Scott, David Arrington Budd Chabot Balderson Blunt Rochester Burchett Gonzalez (TX) Malinowski Sensenbrenner

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY7.023 H15MYPT1 H3826 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 Serrano Takano Walden fairs, and related agencies for the fiscal To all of our police officers, thank Sewell (AL) Taylor Walker Shalala Thompson (CA) Walorski year ending September 30, 2020, and for you for your service to our commu- Sherman Thompson (MS) Waltz other purposes, which was referred to nities. God bless you. Sherrill Thompson (PA) Wasserman the Union Calendar and ordered to be f Shimkus Thornberry Schultz printed. Simpson Timmons Waters The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AND Sires Tipton Watkins UKRAINE Slotkin Titus Watson Coleman ant to clause 1, rule XXI, all points of Smith (MO) Tlaib Weber (TX) order are reserved on the bill. (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given Smith (NE) Tonko Webster (FL) permission to address the House for 1 Smith (NJ) f Torres (CA) Welch minute.) Smith (WA) Torres Small Wenstrup EXPAND HEALTHCARE ACCESS Smucker (NM) Westerman Ms. KAPTUR. Madam Speaker, how Soto Trahan Wexton (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given does one define a traitor? Spanberger Trone Wild permission to address the House for 1 According to Merriam Webster, a Spano Turner Williams Speier Underwood Wilson (FL) minute and to revise and extend his re- traitor is one who betrays another’s Stanton Upton Wilson (SC) marks.) trust or is false to an obligation or Stauber Van Drew Wittman Mr. PAYNE. Madam Speaker, the duty. Stefanik Vargas Womack contrast between Republicans and Steil Veasey Woodall How does one define a traitor to a Steube Vela Wright Democrats on the issue of healthcare Nation? Stevens Vela´ zquez Yarmuth could not be any clearer. By this definition, the Trump admin- Stewart Visclosky Yoho Why do Republicans in the Trump ad- istration and some of its minions have Stivers Wagner Young ministration want to make Americans Suozzi Walberg Zeldin some explaining to do. While snub- sick again? bing—and even offending—key U.S. al- NOT VOTING—16 They want to eliminate protections lies, the President and several of his Abraham Ferguson Roby for people with preexisting conditions. crew have cozied up with Russia time Brooks (IN) Gohmert Rutherford They want to take us backward. after time. Cleaver Higgins (LA) Ryan Democrats, on the other hand, want Cline Johnson (LA) Swalwell (CA) This certainly doesn’t strike me as Cummings McCaul to make America healthy. dutiful. Doggett Pence We want to expand healthcare access. Well, look at Paul Manafort, his cam- We want to strengthen the Affordable b 1613 paign manager, or Michael Flynn, who Care Act, and we want to make sure have chosen to serve their Nation now So (two-thirds being in the affirma- that people with preexisting conditions in Federal prison because of violating tive) the rules were suspended and the are not denied insurance coverage. the trust of the American people. bill was passed. Madam Speaker, more than 200,000 This blatant disregard of duty has The result of the vote was announced people in New Jersey who purchased reached new lows. President Trump’s as above recorded. their insurance through the Affordable personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, re- A motion to reconsider was laid on Care Act marketplace have preexisting cently announced a visit to Ukraine to the table. conditions. That is why H.R. 986, the chase conspiracy theories. Protecting Americans with Preexisting f This is a dangerous time for Ukraine. Conditions Act, is so important. b 1615 It would block the Trump adminis- Following a historic election, the Na- tion is now undergoing a transition of REQUEST TO CONSIDER H.R. 962 tration’s efforts to weaken the Afford- power in the face of Russian invasion. BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SUR- able Care Act’s protections for pre- The House of Representatives is VIVORS PROTECTION ACT existing conditions, because there is no watching. The American people are Mr. CLOUD. Mr. Speaker, I ask unan- going back to healthcare discrimina- tion. watching. Pay attention to traitors. imous consent that the Committee on The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. f the Judiciary be discharged from fur- TLAIB). Members are reminded to re- ther consideration of H.R. 962, the NATIONAL POLICE WEEK 2019 frain from engaging in personalities to- Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protec- (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and ward the President. tion Act, and ask for its immediate was given permission to address the f consideration in the House. House for 1 minute and to revise and The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under REBUILDING OUR NATION’S extend his remarks.) CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE guidelines consistently issued by suc- Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam cessive Speakers, as recorded in sec- Speaker, I rise today to recognize this (Mr. SPANO asked and was given per- tion 956 of the House Rules and Man- week, May 12 through 18, as National mission to address the House for 1 ual, the Chair is constrained not to en- Police Week 2019. minute and to revise and extend his re- tertain the request unless it has been It is a privilege to take time this marks.) cleared by the bipartisan floor and week to remember and honor our Fed- Mr. SPANO. Madam Speaker, I rise committee leaderships. eral, State, and local law enforcement today in honor of Infrastructure Week, Mr. CLOUD. Mr. Speaker, if this officers who courageously defend a week to highlight the importance and unanimous consent cannot be enter- American citizens and protect our com- necessity of rebuilding our country’s tained, I urge the Speaker and the ma- munities. crumbling infrastructure, thus invest- jority leader to immediately schedule They selflessly put their lives on the ing in our own future. the Born-Alive bill. line to ensure that this Nation is one of The American Society of Civil Engi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- safety and order. neers gives U.S. infrastructure a ‘‘D tleman has not been recognized for de- Just this past week, in the First Con- plus’’ with over 56,000 bridges consid- bate. gressional District of Georgia, this re- ered structurally deficient, major air- f ality hit home when Sergeant Kelvin ports unable to keep up with the de- Ansari passed away in the line of duty mand and outdated water pipelines ex- REPORT ON H.R. 2745, MILITARY while investigating a robbery. periencing an estimated 240,000 water CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS Overall last year, 158 police officers main breaks annually. AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGEN- died in the line of duty across the In fact, my own district in Central CIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2020 country. Florida, one of the fastest growing in Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, from As tens of thousands of police officers America, is crisscrossed by Interstate the Committee on Appropriations, sub- gather this week in Washington, D.C., 4, which has been deemed one of the mitted a privileged report (Rept. No. and other cities throughout America, I most dangerous highways in the entire 116–63) on the bill (H.R. 2745) making hope that everyone will take some Nation. appropriations for military construc- time to thank these individuals who The need to invest in highway im- tion, the Department of Veterans Af- work to keep us all safe. provements, auxiliary roads, public

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY7.027 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3827 transportation, and airports is pal- years. We have collaborated on drug b 1630 pable. task forces, and other community ini- THE MUELLER REPORT As a member of the House Transpor- tiatives, and I can’t say enough about tation and Infrastructure Committee, his dedication and commitment to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under upgrading infrastructure with 21st cen- combating the drug crisis. the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- tury technology would benefit all I can say without a doubt, Athens, uary 3, 2019, the gentlewoman from Illi- Americans, and can be done in a bipar- Hocking and Vinton Counties—and nois (Ms. SCHAKOWSKY) is recognized tisan manner. truly, all of southeastern Ohio—are for 60 minutes as the designee of the If we seek to sustain the economic better and healthier places as a result majority leader. Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, growth witnessed these last 2 years or of his efforts. I rise today to lead a reading of parts simply keep our citizenry safe, further Madam Speaker, I am incredibly of the Mueller report, otherwise called expansion of infrastructure hubs is nec- grateful for Bill’s service and his lead- the ‘‘Report On The Investigation Into essary, and we should no longer delay ership. I wish him the best in his next Russian Interference In The 2016 Presi- in investing in our future. It is time to chapter. build and time for Congress to get to dential Election.’’ As I said, it is more work. f commonly known as the Mueller re- f port. It documents widespread and ef- ENSURING RELIGIOUS LIBERTY fective foreign intervention to target HONORING THE KNIGHTS OF (Mr. LIPINSKI asked and was given voters and influence the outcome of COLUMBUS permission to address the House for 1 the 2016 election. (Mr. VAN DREW asked and was given minute and to revise and extend his re- This operation, led by Russian permission to address the House for 1 marks.) agents, was a direct attack on our de- minute and to revise and extend his re- Mr. LIPINSKI. Madam Speaker, all mocracy. The report has not been marks.) Americans deserve equal treatment taken seriously by the administration. Mr. VAN DREW. Madam Speaker, under the law and should have these Even worse, it has been ignored for fear from the moment of their founding in rights protected, including individuals it would somehow minimize President 1882, the Knights of Columbus have in the LGBT community. Trump’s electoral college victory and made charity their first principle. They should be able to compete bruise his ego. Their Liberty Council 1910, based at equally for jobs, be assured equal op- It is critical that we set the record the parish of the Holy Cross in Bridge- portunity in education, housing, finan- straight and work to address an ongo- ton, New Jersey, is made up of a di- cial, and judicial settings. ing threat that Russia poses to our fu- verse group of men of the Catholic At the same time, the free exercise of ture elections. faith who are guided by the principles My fellow Members and I will be religious beliefs is a core ideal of our of charity, unity, fraternity, but par- reading excerpts taken directly from country, protected in the Constitution ticularly, by charity. the report, documenting the Russian and through Federal law. A short list of the good works they campaign to secure a Trump Presi- The Equality Act explicitly prevents do includes: blood drives, planning and dency. implementing youth activities, paint- application of the Religious Freedom The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- ing the parking lines in their churches, Restoration Act, RFRA. This law was bers are reminded to refrain from en- helping the homeless, advocating for passed nearly unanimously in 1993 by a gaging in personalities toward the the most vulnerable in our society, Democratic House, Senate, and White President. leading a diaper drive for new mothers House. Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, in need of assistance, and helping with Congress has never passed a law that I yield to the gentleman from Wash- shrinks or exempts itself from RFRA. various fundraisers in the parish. ington (Mr. HECK), to read his quote. The Knights are committed to serv- It is critical to ensuring that religious Mr. HECK. Madam Speaker, from ing their parish, their community, and freedom stands a chance of being fully volume I, page 14, section 2, entitled: their country, and they do it without lived out and fairly treated in court. ‘‘Russian ‘Active Measures’ Social fanfare and without expecting thanks. This week, I will vote for the Equal- Media Campaign,’’ it read as follows: I want to thank the men of Liberty ity Act for the broader goals. But be- ‘‘The IRA’’—which was a Russian Council 1910 and all the local councils fore it becomes law, we must do more troll farm. ‘‘The IRA and its employees for their service to South Jersey, and to ensure religious liberty. began operations targeting the United States as early as 2014. Using fictitious the National Organization for its serv- f ice to our great country, the United U.S. personas, IRA employees operated States of America. THE EQUALITY ACT ENDGAME social media accounts and group pages f designed to attract U.S. audiences. (Mr. FULCHER asked and was given These groups and accounts, which ad- IN RECOGNITION OF BILL DUNLAP permission to address the House for 1 dressed divisive U.S. political and so- (Mr. STIVERS asked and was given minute and to revise and extend his re- cial issues, falsely claimed to be con- permission to address the House for 1 marks.) trolled by U.S. activists. Over time, the minute and to revise and extend his re- Mr. FULCHER. Madam Speaker, usu- social media accounts became a means marks.) ally it is easy to identify the endgame to reach large U.S. audiences. IRA em- Mr. STIVERS. Madam Speaker, I rise for bad policy. ployees traveled to the United States today to honor an outstanding con- Those who want open borders are in mid-2014 on an intelligence-gath- stituent of the 15th Congressional Dis- looking for more votes. Those who sup- ering mission to obtain information trict, Mr. Bill Dunlap, as he retires port things like the Green New Deal and photographs for use in their social from his role as deputy director of the want to eliminate fossil fuels and media posts.’’ Athens-Hocking-Vinton 317 Board. American energy strength along with Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, Madam Speaker, it is not news that it. I thank the gentleman for coming. we are facing a drug epidemic in this But here is the endgame for the I yield to the gentlewoman from Wis- country. Families from Ohio to Oregon Equality Act, or H.R. 5. It would flip consin (Ms. MOORE) to read a quote are torn apart by addiction, and we our moral, social, legal, and religious from the Mueller report. can’t hope to overcome this crisis with- fabric of this Nation upside down. Ms. MOORE. Madam Speaker, of out outstanding individuals on the By erasing the recognition of gender course I am reading from volume I, ground in each of those communities, from Federal law, the traditional fam- pages 22 through 24, inclusive. without people who are compassionate ily, laws, religious beliefs, morality ‘‘Dozens of IRA employees were re- and dedicated to their neighbors, with- and/or identity gets erased with it. sponsible for operating accounts and out people like Bill Dunlap. Madam Speaker, every man and personas on different U.S. social media I have had a chance to see Mr. woman in this body are special, and platforms. The IRA referred to employ- Dunlap’s work firsthand over the they should vote ‘‘no’’ on H.R. 5. ees assigned to operate the social

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.057 H15MYPT1 H3828 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 media accounts as ‘specialists.’ Start- That is volume I, page 14. Trump rallies included three in New ing as early as 2014, the IRA’s U.S. op- I am going the read one more, and York, a series of pro-Trump rallies in erations included social media special- this is from volume I, pages 14 and 15. Florida in August 2016, and a series of ists focusing on Facebook, YouTube, ‘‘By the end of the 2016 U.S. election, pro-Trump rallies in October 2016 in and Twitter. The IRA later added spe- the IRA’’—that is that Russian organi- Pennsylvania. The Florida rallies drew cialists who operated on Tumblr and zation that has influenced the media in the attention of the Trump campaign, Instagram accounts. the United States of America in our which posted about the Miami rally on ‘‘Initially, the IRA created social elections—‘‘the IRA had the ability to candidate Trump’s Facebook account media accounts that pretended to be reach millions of U.S. persons through (as discussed below). the personal accounts of U.S. persons. their social media accounts. Multiple ‘‘Many of the same IRA employees By early 2015, the IRA began to create IRA-controlled Facebook groups and who oversaw the IRA’s social media ac- larger social media groups, or public Instagram accounts had hundreds of counts also conducted the day-to-day social media pages that claimed (false- thousands of U.S. participants. IRA- recruiting for political rallies inside ly) to be affiliated with the U.S. polit- controlled Twitter accounts separately the United States.’’ ical and grassroots organizations. In had tens of thousands of followers, in- Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, certain cases, the IRA created accounts cluding multiple U.S. political figures let me just remind everyone that the that mimicked real U.S. organizations. who retweeted IRA-created content. In IRA stands for the organization that For example, one IRA-controlled Twit- November 2017, a Facebook representa- coordinated all of the online activities ter account, @TEN—GOP, purported to tive testified that Facebook had identi- dealing with interference in the U.S. be connected to the Tennessee Repub- fied 470 IRA-controlled Facebook ac- election. lican Party. More commonly, the IRA counts that collectively made 80,000 Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- created accounts in the name of ficti- posts between January 2015 and August tlewoman from California (Ms. SPEIER) tious U.S. organizations and grassroots 2017. Facebook estimated the IRA to read a quote. groups and used these accounts to pose reached as many as 126 million persons Ms. SPEIER. Madam Speaker, this is as anti-immigration groups, Tea Party through its Facebook accounts. In Jan- from volume I, page 6. activists, Black Lives Matter pro- uary 2018, Twitter announced that it ‘‘Summer 2016. Russian outreach to testers, and other U.S. social and polit- had identified 3,814 IRA-controlled the Trump campaign continued into ical activists. Twitter accounts and notified approxi- the summer of 2016, as candidate ‘‘The IRA closely monitored the ac- mately 1.4 million people Twitter be- Trump was becoming the presumptive tivity of the social media accounts—re- lieved may have been in contact with Republican nominee for President. On dacted. By February 2016, internal IRA an IRA-controlled account.’’ June 9, 2016, for example, a Russian documents referred to support for the Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- lawyer met with senior Trump cam- Trump campaign and opposition to tlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. MOORE). paign officials Donald Trump, Jr., candidate Clinton. For example,—re- Ms. MOORE. ‘‘The IRA organized and Jared Kushner, and campaign chair- dacted—directions to IRA operators— promoted political rallies inside the redacted. ‘Main idea: Use any oppor- man Paul Manafort to deliver what the United States while posing as U.S. email proposing the meeting had de- tunity to criticize Hillary Clinton and grassroots activists. First, the IRA the rest, (except Sanders and Trump— scribed as ‘official documents and in- used one of its preexisting social media formation that would incriminate Hil- we support them)’—redacted. personas (Facebook groups and Twitter ‘‘The focus on the U.S. Presidential lary.’ ’’ accounts, for example) to announce and campaign continued throughout 2016. 1645 promote the event. The IRA then sent b In—redacted—2016 internal—redacted— a large number of direct messages to ‘‘The materials were offered to reviewing the IRA-controlled Facebook followers of its social media account Trump Jr. as ‘part of Russia and its book ‘Secured Borders’ the author government’s support for Mr. Trump.’ criticized the ‘lower number of posts asking them to attend the event. From The written communications setting dedicated to criticizing Hillary Clin- those who responded with interest in up the meeting showed that the cam- ton’ and reminded the Facebook spe- attending, the IRA then sought a U.S. paign anticipated receiving informa- cialist, ‘it is imperative to intensify person to serve as the event’s coordi- tion from Russia that could assist can- criticizing Hillary Clinton.’ IRA em- nator. In most cases, the IRA account didate Trump’s electoral prospects, but ployees also acknowledged that their operator would tell the U.S. person the Russian lawyer’s presentation did work focused on influencing the U.S. that they personally could not attend not provide such information.’’ Presidential election—redacted.’’ the event due to some preexisting con- Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Madam Speaker, flict or because they were somewhere Testimony of Colin Stretch, the gen- I thank the gentlewoman for reading. else in the United States. The IRA then eral counsel of Facebook. This is in Madam Speaker, I am going to read a further promoted the event by con- volume I, page 15. quote from the Mueller reporter deal- tacting U.S. media about the event and ‘‘ ‘We estimate that roughly 29 mil- ing with Russian interference. directing them to speak with the coor- lion people were served content in their ‘‘The first form of Russian election dinator. After the event, the IRA post- news feeds directly from the IRA’s,’’ ’ influence came principally from the ed videos and photographs of the event and that stands for the Internet Re- Internet Research Agency’’—and you to the IRA’s social media accounts. search Agency’s, ‘‘ ‘80,000 posts over the will hear this evening, over and over ‘‘The office identified dozens of U.S. 2 years.’ ’’ again, the name IRA, and that is what rallies organized by the IRA. The ear- The IRA is the Russian organization it is—‘‘the Internet Research Agency, liest evidence of a rally was a ‘confed- in which some 30 persons have been in- LLC (IRA), a Russian organization, erate rally’ in November 2015. The IRA dicted. funded by Yevgeniy Viktorovich continued to organize rallies, even ‘‘ ‘Posts from these pages were also Prigozhin and companies he controlled, after the 2016 U.S. Presidential elec- shared, liked, and followed by people including Concord Management and tion. The attendance at rallies varied. on Facebook, and, as a result, three Consulting LLC and Concord Catering, Some rallies appear to have drawn few times more people may have been ex- (collectively ‘Concord’). The IRA con- (if any) participants, while others drew posed to a story that originated from ducted social media operations tar- hundreds. The reach and success of the Russian operation. Our best esti- geted at large U.S. audiences with the these rallies was closely monitored— mate is that approximately 126 million goal of sowing discord in the U.S. polit- redacted.’’ people may have been served content ical system. These operations con- ‘‘Redacted.’’ from a page associated with the IRA at stituted ‘active measures’’’—and it is ‘‘From June 2016 until the end of some point during the 2-year period.’ translated into Russian—‘‘a term that Presidential campaign, almost all the ‘‘The Facebook representative also typically refers to operations con- U.S. rallies organized by the IRA fo- testified that Facebook had identified ducted by Russian security services cused on the U.S. election, often pro- 170 Instagram accounts that posted ap- aimed at influencing the course of moting the Trump campaign and op- proximately 120,000 pieces of content international affairs.’’ posing the Clinton campaign. Pro- during that time. Facebook did not

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.059 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3829 offer an estimate of the audience In all cases, the IRA contacted the Trump), internal policy documents reached via Instagram.’’ campaign while claiming to be U.S. po- (such as recommendations on how to Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Reading from litical activists working on behalf of a address politically sensitive issues), volume I, page 33. conservative grassroots organization. analyses of specific congressional ‘‘The investigation identified two dif- The IRA’s contacts included requests races, and fundraising documents. Re- ferent forms of connections between for signs and other materials to use at leases were organized around thematic the IRA and members of the Trump rallies, as well as requests to promote issues, such as specific States (e.g., campaign. (The investigation identified the rallies and help coordinate logis- Florida and Pennsylvania) that were no similar connections between the tics. perceived as competitive in the 2016 IRA and the Clinton campaign.) First, ‘‘While certain campaign volunteers U.S. Presidential election.’’ on multiple occasions, members and agreed to provide the requested support That is volume I, pages 42 and 43. surrogates of the Trump campaign pro- (for example, agreeing to set aside a This is now volume I, pages 49 and 50. moted—typically by linking, number of signs), the investigation has ‘‘Unit 26165 officers also hacked into retweeting, or similar methods of re- not identified evidence that any Trump a DNC account hosted on a cloud-com- posting—pro-Trump or anti-Clinton campaign official understood the re- puting service—redacted. On Sep- content published by the IRA through quests were coming from foreign na- tember 20, 2016, the GRU began to gen- IRA-controlled social media accounts. tionals.’’ erate copies of the DNC data using—re- Additionally, in a few instances, IRA Volume I, page 35. dacted—function designed to allow employees represented themselves as ‘‘In sum, the investigation estab- users to produce backups of databases U.S. persons to communicate with lished that Russia interfered in the 2016 (referred to—redacted—as ‘snapshots’). members of the Trump campaign in an Presidential election through the ‘ac- The GRU then stole those snapshots by effort to seek assistance and coordina- tive measures’ social media campaign moving them to—redacted—account tion on IRA-organized political rallies carried out by the IRA, an organization that they controlled; from there, the inside the United States.’’ funded by Prigozhin and companies copies were moved to GRU-controlled Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- that he controlled. As explained fur- computers. The GRU stole approxi- tlewoman from the great State of Wis- ther . . . the office concluded (and a mately 300 gigabytes of data from the consin (Ms. MOORE). grand jury has alleged) that Prigozhin, DNC cloud-based account.’’ Ms. MOORE. Madam Speaker, I will his companies, and IRA employees vio- That was volume I, pages 49 and 50. be reading now from volume I, page 36. lated U.S. law through these oper- This is volume I, page 50. ‘‘Beginning in March 2016, units of ations, principally by undermining ‘‘In addition to targeting individuals the Russian Federation’s Main Intel- through deceptive acts the work of involved in the Clinton campaign, GRU ligence Directorate of the General Federal agencies charged with regu- officers also targeted individuals and Staff (GRU) hacked the computers and lating foreign influence in the U.S. entities involved in the administration email accounts of organizations, em- elections.’’ of the elections. Victims included U.S. ployees, and volunteers supporting the That is also volume I, page 35. State and local entities, such as State Clinton campaign, including the email Volume I, pages 42 and 43. boards of elections (SBOEs), secre- account of campaign chairman John ‘‘On June 14, 2016, the DNC and its taries of state, and county govern- Podesta. Starting in April 2016, the cyber-response team announced the ments, as well as individuals who GRU hacked into the computer net- breach of the DNC network and sus- worked for those entities. The GRU works of the Democratic Congressional pected theft of DNC documents. In the also targeted private technology firms Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the statements, the cyber-response team responsible for manufacturing and ad- Democratic National Committee alleged that Russian state-sponsored ministering election-related software (DNC). actors (which they referred to as and hardware, such as voter registra- ‘‘The GRU targeted hundreds of ‘Fancy Bear’) were responsible for the tion software and electronic polling email accounts used by Clinton cam- breach. stations.’’ paign employees, advisers, and volun- ‘‘Apparently in response to that an- teers. In total, the GRU stole hundreds nouncement, on June 15, 2016, GRU offi- b 1700 of thousands of documents from the cers,’’ that is, the Russian spy agency ‘‘The GRU continued to target these compromised email accounts and net- officers, ‘‘using the persona Guccifer victims through the elections in No- works. The GRU later released stolen 2.0 created a WordPress blog. In the vember 2016. While the investigation Clinton campaign and DNC documents hours leading up to the launch of that identified evidence that the GRU tar- through online personas, ‘DCLeaks’ WordPress blog, GRU officers logged geted these individuals and entities, and ‘Guccifer 2.0,’ and later through into a Moscow-based server used and the office did not investigate further. the organization WikiLeaks. The re- managed by Unit 74455 and searched for The office did not, for instance, obtain lease of the documents was designed a number of specific words and phrases or examine servers or other relevant and timed to interfere with the 2016 in English, including ‘some hundred items belonging to these victims. The U.S. Presidential election and under- sheets,’ ‘illuminati,’ and ‘worldwide office understands that the FBI, the mine the Clinton campaign. known.’ Approximately 2 hours after U.S. Department of Homeland Secu- ‘‘The Trump campaign showed inter- the last of those searches, Guccifer 2.0 rity, and the States have separately in- est in the WikiLeaks releases and, in published its first post, attributing the vestigated that activity.’’ the summer and fall of 2016—redacted. DNC server hack to a lone Romanian This is volume I, pages 51 and 52. After—redacted—WikiLeaks’ first Clin- hacker and using several of the unique ‘‘The Trump campaign showed inter- ton-related release—redacted—the English words and phrases that the est in WikiLeaks’ releases of hacked Trump campaign stayed in contact—re- GRU officers had searched for that day. materials throughout the summer and dacted—about WikiLeaks’ activities. ‘‘That same day, June 15, 2016, the fall of 2016—redacted. The investigation was unable to re- GRU also used the Guccifer 2.0 ‘‘On June 12, 2016, Assange claimed in solve—redacted—WikiLeaks’ release of WordPress blog to begin releasing to a televised interview to ‘have emails the stolen Podesta emails on October 7, the public documents stolen from the relating to Hillary Clinton which are 2016, the same day a video from years DNC and DCCC computer networks. pending publication,’ but provided no earlier was published of Trump using The Guccifer 2.0 persona ultimately re- additional context. graphic language about women.’’ leased thousands of documents stolen ‘‘In debriefings with the office, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Volume I, page from the DNC and DCCC in a series of former Deputy Campaign Chairman 35. blog posts between June 15, 2016, and Rick Gates said that,—redacted. Gates ‘‘Starting in June 2016, the IRA con- October 18, 2016. recalled candidate Trump being gen- tacted different U.S. persons affiliated ‘‘Released documents included oppo- erally frustrated that the Clinton with the Trump campaign in an effort sition research performed by the DNC emails had not been found.’’ to coordinate pro-Trump IRA-orga- (including a memorandum analyzing ‘‘Gates recalled candidate Trump nized rallies inside the United States. potential criticisms of candidate being generally frustrated’’—again it

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And consider the threat I am hoping that some more Mem- the IRA purchased dozens of advertise- to our elections and that we have to do bers come down, but if not, I am going ments supporting the Trump campaign, everything we can to make sure that to read just a couple more things. predominantly through the Facebook there is no outside interference. ‘‘Many IRA operations used groups ‘Being Patriotic’, ‘Stop All In- Madam Speaker, with that, I yield Facebook accounts created and oper- vaders’ and ‘Secured Borders.’ back the balance of my time. ated by its specialists—redacted. ‘‘Collectively, the IRA’s social media f ‘‘IRA Facebook groups active during accounts reached tens of millions of REPUBLICAN STUDY COMMITTEE the 2016 campaign covered a range of U.S. persons. Individual IRA social BUDGET political issues and included purported media accounts attracted hundreds of conservative groups (with names such thousands of followers. For example, at The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- as ‘Being Patriotic,’ ‘Stop All Immi- the time they were deactivated by uary 3, 2019, the gentleman from Indi- grants,’ ‘Secured Borders,’ and ‘Tea Facebook in mid-2017, the IRA’s ana (Mr. BANKS) is recognized for 60 Party News,’), purported Black social ‘United Muslims of America’ Facebook minutes as the designee of the minor- justice groups (’Black Matters,’ group had over 300,000 followers, the ity leader. ‘Blacktivist,’ and ‘Don’t Shoot Us’), ‘Don’t Shoot Us’ Facebook group had GENERAL LEAVE LGBTQ groups (’LGBT United’), and over 250,000 followers, the ‘Being Patri- Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, I ask religious groups (’United Muslims of otic’ Facebook group had over 200,000 unanimous consent that all Members America.’) followers, and the ‘Secured Borders’ may have 5 legislative days in which to ‘‘Throughout 2016, IRA accounts pub- Facebook group had over 130,000 fol- lished an increasing number of mate- revise and extend their remarks. lowers. According to Facebook, in total The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there rials supporting the Trump campaign the IRA-controlled accounts made over objection to the request of the gen- and opposing the Clinton campaign. 80,000 posts before their deactivation in tleman from Indiana? For example, on May 31, 2016, the oper- August 2017, and these posts reached at There was no objection. ational account ‘Matt Skiber’ began to least 29 million U.S. persons and ‘may Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, the privately message dozens of pro-Trump have reached an estimated 126 million former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Facebook groups asking them to help people.’ ’’ Staff, Mike Mullen, called our national plan a ‘pro-Trump rally near Trump That is Volume I, pages 24 to 26. debt ‘‘the single biggest threat to na- Tower.’ Madam Speaker, I am going to yield tional security.’’ ‘‘To reach larger U.S. audiences, the back my time. Since then, we have added more than IRA purchased advertisements from I think it is worth people taking a $7 trillion more in red ink. Our na- Facebook that promoted the IRA look at the Mueller report. You can get tional debt today stands at $22 trillion, groups on the news feeds of U.S. audi- it in book form. You can also download and it is only getting worse. ence members. According to Facebook, it for free. It can be downloaded for The Congressional Budget Office is the IRA purchased over 3,500 advertise- free from—I think it is the Justice De- projecting trillion-dollar deficits in ments and the expenditures totaled ap- partment, isn’t it? The Justice Depart- perpetuity. These deficits will leave fu- proximately $100,000. ment website. ture generations like my daughter’s ‘‘During the U.S. Presidential cam- I think, seeing the extent and read- generation saddled with higher taxes, paign, many IRA-purchased advertise- ing the words that talk about the ex- stagnant growth, and a lower standard ments explicitly supported or opposed tent of Russian interference in our of living. This is simply unacceptable. a Presidential candidate or promoted elections is really important, espe- Thankfully, pro-growth policies im- U.S. rallies organized by the IRA (dis- cially as we head into a new election plemented by President Trump and cussed below). As early as March 2016, cycle where Americans want to have congressional Republicans have led to the IRA purchased advertisements that confidence that their vote really mat- a booming economy with 3.2 percent overtly opposed the Clinton campaign. ters, that the messages that they are GDP growth and unemployment below For example, on March 18, 2016, the getting are legitimate ones from inside 4 percent. Our strong economy provides Con- IRA purchased an advertisement de- the United States of America, and that gress a unique opportunity to tackle picting candidate Clinton and a caption Russian or any other foreign influence this problem, but bold leadership is re- that read in part, ‘If one day God lets is not using the internet, using names this liar enter the White House as a quired to do so. that are supposed to sound like they Unfortunately, it is clear that there President—that day would be a real na- are American organizations and Amer- will be no such leadership from the tional tragedy.’ ’’ ican websites and American Facebook Democrats. The Democrats have failed That was a quote from the ad that pages. to perform the most basic function of they paid for. I think it is very important for peo- government, which is passing a budget. ‘‘Similarly, on April 6, 2016, the ple to learn about that. It is worth the In fact, they have not even bothered to IRA purchased advertisements for read. bring a budget to the floor for a vote. its account ‘Black Matters’ calling for Actually, if you consider all the Why, you might ask? Because the rad- a ‘flash mob’ of U.S. persons to ‘take a redactions, it is not as long a read as ical left is now in control of the Demo- photo with you might think. And then all of us cratic agenda and demanding trillions #HillaryClintonForPrison2016 or would be informed. of dollars in additional spending for #noHillary2016.’ IRA-purchased adver- About 3 percent of Americans have programs like the Green New Deal, tisements featuring Clinton were, with read the Mueller report, and I would which aims to eliminate everything very few exceptions, negative.’’ certainly encourage more. from air travel to requiring every sin- Again, this is a Russian agency, Rus- One of our colleagues, MARY GAY gle building in the United States to be sian corporation. SCANLON, I know, is going to begin at rebuilt or upgraded, banning farting ‘‘IRA-purchased advertisements ref- noon tomorrow with a full reading. It cows, and will cost upwards of $92 tril- erencing candidate Trump largely sup- is going to be done in one of the House lion to implement; or, another budget- ported his campaign. The first known rooms here, upstairs in the Rules Com- busting initiative like Medicare-for-all, IRA advertisement explicitly endorsing mittee, a reading of the Mueller report. which would increase government the Trump campaign was purchased on Otherwise, I think people have mis- spending by $32 trillion over the next April 19, 2016. The IRA bought an ad- guided information about what is in it decade. vertisement for its Instagram account and the idea that there is really noth- ‘Tea Party News’ asking U.S. persons ing at all that is important. b 1715 to help them ‘make a patriotic team of Those Americans who are interested Think about that for a moment. The young Trump supporters’ ’’—I will say in the sanctity of our elections, I would Democrats look at $22 trillion in debt,

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We about it, and we have taken the chal- what Congress does when considering can fix individual items in our budget, lenge head-on. new spending. but long term, we need to fix the proc- As chairman of the Republican Study Congress relies on the nonpartisan ess, or we are, in fact, as noted earlier Committee’s Budget and Spending Congressional Budget Office and the by Mr. CLOUD, doomed for some pretty Task Force, I am very proud to have Joint Committee on Taxation to esti- dire outcomes. worked with a task force of eight of my mate the cost of legislation. But Con- The Federal budget and appropria- colleagues, as well as the rest of our gress does not require either of them to tions restraints under current law are 141-member strong Republican Study include the cost of servicing the addi- totally ineffective. They simply do not Committee, to produce the ‘‘Preserving tional debt that is created by author- work. And you know what? We can fix American Freedom’’ budget resolution. izing or reauthorizing spending. This this. This budget reduces government debt results in an incomplete picture of the Virtually all Federal spending right by cutting $12.6 trillion in wasteful total actual cost. now is mandatory. Two-thirds of what spending over the next 10 years. Servicing national debt is becoming we spend every year is called manda- It ensures permanent solvency for a substantial part of Federal spending. tory spending. It is on autopilot. Medicare and Social Security so that Within just a few years, our Nation Let me give you some examples of these programs will exist for the sen- will be spending more on interest pay- what that means. $2,523 billion is man- iors who rely on them today, as well as ments than on the entire Department datory. Our interest payments in 2018 for future generations. of Defense. This should alarm all of us, will be $325 billion. I want you to stop It repeals ObamaCare and gives un- as this will increasingly crowd out and think about what a massive num- precedented control to the States to other spending priorities. ber that is. design healthcare programs that fit the I introduced H.R. 638, the Cost Esti- The Federal debt crossed $22 trillion unique needs of their citizens. mates Improvement Act, to address last year. It now exceeds the entire an- It reforms welfare to move more peo- these problems by requiring the Con- nual production of the United States ple into employment with a sense of gressional Budget Office and the Joint and equates to more than $67,000 for purpose and self-reliance. Committee on Taxation to add the cost every American in this country. Over Finally, it matches President of servicing the debt to the cost esti- the next 10 years, interest alone on the Trump’s commitment to national secu- mates of any future legislation. Federal debt will be the third largest rity by fully funding the border wall In essence, Congress is not consid- Federal expenditure. and making the necessary investments ering the comprehensive budgetary im- Now, at home, if that was what you in our military to ensure the safety of pact of spending and tax proposals. were dealing with, you would be calling the American people from foreign This distorts congressional decision- a debt counselor. If your interest pay- threats. making in favor of more spending and ment alone was the third highest ex- The ‘‘Preserving American Freedom’’ debt accumulation. penditure you had—never mind prin- budget is the only serious proposal Congress routinely ignores the true cipal, just the interest—you are in seri- from Congress to address Washington’s costs and overstates the benefits of ous trouble. Here, we call it govern- addiction to spending and a bloated new spending. The American people ment. and growing national debt. I am very have to account for the cost of debt in This process robs the American peo- proud to have led the RSC’s effort to their family budgets, and providing ple of their voice, their representation. tackle this generational challenge and Congress with accurate cost estimates Long term, it will rob them of the ensure a brighter future for all Ameri- that include the cost of debt servicing basic opportunity for services if we cans. is a commonsense reform that would don’t get this under control. Madam Speaker, tonight, we are hold Congress to the same standard, The RSC ‘‘Preserving American Free- going to hear from some of my col- forcing lawmakers to reckon with the dom’’ budget proposal and what I pro- leagues about this very important actual cost of raising our national pose address that issue. budget proposal and what we can do to debt. First and foremost, we must address address fiscal responsibility so des- Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, I yield what is called mandatory spending. perately needed in Washington, D.C. to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Mandatory spending has taken on this Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- MITCHELL), my good friend and fellow huge component. As I said, it is two- tleman from Texas (Mr. CLOUD). classmate of the last congressional thirds of Federal expenditures. Mr. CLOUD. Madam Speaker, I am class, a great conservative leader in We need to move everything except rising also to join my coworkers in ad- the Congress. Social Security, Medicare, and vocating for fiscal responsibility as Mr. MITCHELL. Madam Speaker, I TRICARE to discretionary spending Congress seeks to craft a budget. thank the budget action team chair for and require everybody in this room and The RSC budget is bold, and I am this fine work and for yielding time. this building to vote, to put their pri- pleased to see it include such proposals We should be debating right now in orities forward, rather than have it be as requiring the Congressional Budget Congress a budget. We should be debat- on autopilot. Office to account for debt servicing in ing ideas from the Democrats, ideas The second thing we need to do is not the cost estimates they prepare for from the Republicans, the RSC budget. have it simply be whatever we spent Congress. My bill, H.R. 638, the Cost We should be doing that to develop a last year. How much more are we going Estimates Improvement Act, would do road map for the current year and for to spend? We need to require zero-based that very thing. future years for appropriations, what budgeting of all agencies every few Before legislation passes either the our priorities are. years—maybe 3 years because they are House or the Senate, lawmakers should You will note that we are talking so big, frankly—where they have to know how much it will actually cost. about it, but it is pretty quiet down justify down to the penny what they This would seem to go without saying, here today. Why? Because, unfortu- are spending money on. Because you but lawmakers consistently overlook nately, the leadership of the Demo- know what a budget cut is in Wash- one key cost, the new interest pay- cratic Party has been unable to ington? A budget cut in Washington is ments their spending will create. Folks produce a budget. They can’t agree, you get less money than the increase back home understand how important even among themselves, what a budget you asked for and they tell you they this is, that we should be honest about should be. took a budget cut. the true cost of spending. I spent 35 years in private business. I spent 35 years in private business. A If you were budgeting for monthly Budgets are pretty basic. Without budget cut means you actually spend car payments and only considered the them, I don’t know how you operate. less than what you spent last year. You

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No, I didn’t give you as much as you body who is a true American hero and Madam Speaker, I just want to pub- asked for. one of the great conservative leaders of licly commend my colleagues who have Second, the next thing we need to do this freshman class in the new Con- labored so diligently to put together is we need to use a 51-vote requirement gress. this draft. I especially want to recog- for budgets, 51 votes to pass a budget, Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- nize the RSC chairman, MIKE JOHNSON, a simple majority. We need to say 51 tleman from Indiana (Mr. BAIRD). and the Spending Task Force chair- votes to make any change in discre- Mr. BAIRD. Madam Speaker, I rise man, JIM BANKS, my good friend. Their tionary outlays. That way, in fact, we today to offer my support for the RSC leadership has been invaluable, and we can manage our budget appropriations 2020 budget. are deeply appreciative to all of them. and not have the system manage us, I have a copy of that here, so I en- I am particularly pleased that in this not have the Senate decide no, we need courage everyone to take the oppor- budget they have included a proposal 60 votes, and we just go along our tunity to study it and look for those to eliminate official time. This is merry way, putting out money hand positive aspects that are important something I have been working on for a over fist. that Congressman BANKS and his team long time. Additionally, we need to change a put together to have a balanced budg- For those who may not be familiar few rules about how we manage our- et. with it, official time allows a Federal selves. We need to require there be no It reduces Federal spending by over employee who is part of a union to con- recess until budget appropriations are $12 trillion in the next decade and bal- duct union activities in the course of completed. Everyone stays here. ances our Federal budget in the next 6 their workday even if that means not Frankly, I think we just lock the doors years. doing the job that they were hired to and stay here till we get it done be- As the gentleman mentioned, the do. cause, far too often, we will just do a State of Indiana passed an amendment In many cases, people are hired to do continuing resolution. to the constitution in 2018 to require a job and yet 100 percent of their time You would be disgusted at the num- our budgets to balance, and Hoosiers is spent doing Federal union activities, ber of continuing resolutions that hap- have enjoyed a balanced State budget and so the taxpayer is paying these pen for a week, 3 days. All these con- since 2012. people to do a job which they are not tinuing resolutions, all we do is spend We are among a minority of States doing. It ends up these agencies have to the same money. So, sorry, no recess that have a Triple-A credit rating, and hire someone else to do a job while the until we get it done. Indiana has cut 15 different taxes while first individual is doing union activi- Additionally, we need to withhold still balancing our budget and funding ties rather than that for which they the pay for all Members of Congress key State priorities. were hired. until we get the job done, until there This proposed budget addresses out- Over the years since I have been here, are budget and appropriations resolu- of-control spending and rightfully aims I have personally tried to cut some of tions done for the year. to significantly decrease our national the official time usage. That didn’t When we hit the time that we should debt. We are $22 trillion in debt as a work. We have tried diligently to re- be funded already for the year, if it is Nation. That is not my money. That is form official time, to no avail. We have not done, everyone on the payroll here money that belongs to the taxpayers. even tried to just provide some degree that is a Member of Congress doesn’t Because we have been paying interest of transparency, and yet in every at- get paid, because I know how to get on this debt for decades, it is really the tempt, everything that we have tried folks’ attention after 35 years in pri- money of our next generation of Amer- to do, we have faced tremendous oppo- vate business. ican taxpayers, our kids and our grand- sition both from Federal employee There is one way to put it: Follow children. unions and many of their allies here in the money. Other ways are not appro- Madam Speaker, I am proud of what Congress. priate on the floor of the House, but Hoosiers have been able to do in our Make no mistake, the opposition is you have the idea. State, and I will continue to fight for We have to address this issue. The real; it is strong; it is entrenched in that same Hoosier common sense here this place. And yet we have got to con- only way to address this is to get our in D.C. appropriations under control. tinue to move forward. We have got to One of the things I proposed, in con- b 1730 try to address these issues. junction with another Member, is the Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, the The Federal bureaucracy has tremen- Protecting Our Children’s Future Act, State of Indiana has so much to be dous power and influence over our which talks about these changes that proud of. Indiana provides a road map lives, and yet in this case of official must be made in how we do budgeting for the rest of the Nation when it time, there is little to no transparency and appropriations in a process. Other- comes to fiscal responsibility. or accountability. wise, we just do the same thing over There are few leaders in the House of To add to the problem, it is virtually and over again here in Congress, and Representatives who do as much for impossible to remove a Federal em- that, Madam Speaker, is the perfect the conservative cause and promote fis- ployee. According to the GAO, the Gov- definition of insanity. cal responsibility as Representative ernment Accountability Office, it can I appreciate the time to talk about HICE from the great State of Georgia. take between 170 and 370 days to re- something I think is so urgent because, Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- move a bad actor, a bad worker in a without this fundamental change, we tleman from Georgia (Mr. HICE). Federal position, and this is because of are tilting at windmills. We need to Mr. HICE of Georgia. Madam Speak- the appeals process, grievances that make this change sooner than later. er, I thank my good friend for yielding, can be filed, complaints that just drag Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, what I and I appreciate those kind words. on and on and on. hear from Hoosiers all over my district Madam Speaker, I rise with my col- There are thousands, by the way, of is that they sent their Representatives leagues this evening in support of the Federal employees who agree with me. here to bring back fiscal sanity, to bal- Republican Study Committee budget Recently, a survey found that 31 per- ance our budget. That is what hard- for 2020. cent of Federal employees feel that working Hoosier families do every day. Here in Congress, there are immense there are few to little steps taken to It is what they have come to find in problems and vast issues that we deal remove or deal with poor-performing their State legislature in my great with, and sometimes they can feel employees in the Federal Government. home State of Indiana as well. Indiana overwhelming. For that reason, it is So, Madam Speaker, we need to re- has a balanced budget amendment. We important that we have a purpose, that store fiscal sanity around here. We

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It is rather chilling the Republican Study Committee have stark contrast to the nonexistent budg- that we borrow money from other na- done in presenting here this evening. et of the Democratic majority. tions to fund things like our military, This budget exemplifies fiscal sanity So with that, again, I thank my who then must protect us from the and preserves American freedom. friend for yielding to me. very nations that we borrow money As most of you know, I spent my ca- Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, I thank from. reer in the running of small businesses, the gentleman for his comments to- We can only defend ourselves on bor- starting out in the construction indus- night. rowed money for so long. What happens try, then participating in the banking Madam Speaker, as I said before, when we run out of other people’s industry and electronic medical there are 140 members of the Repub- money? records and real estate development. I lican Study Committee. Many of those I find it interesting that Democrats did this in conjunction with my wife, 140 members are new freshman Mem- only seem to care about our debt after Robin, as my partner. bers who were elected just beginning of we start putting taxpayer dollars back Many times, we would sit down at this Congress, who are conservative in people’s pockets. No one is talking the kitchen table, just like every other Members who stepped up to the plate about the fact that Democrat proposals American family, and we would map to preach fiscal responsibility, to keep coming from Congress will, alone, cost out a budget. I knew that spending the commitments that they made on over $100 trillion in new spending. Why more than my means was simply out of the campaign trail. One of those new aren’t we holding hearings about that? the question. Members is my colleague and friend, This budget is the only budget put Well, folks, why can’t we do that Representative HERN from Oklahoma. forward in the House so far. It deserves here in Washington? We need more fis- cal common sense here in Washington, Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- our attention and our consideration be- and the RSC fiscal year 2020 budget tleman from Oklahoma (Mr. KEVIN cause we are the only ones trying to HERN). does just that. right the ship. Picture this: $12.6 trillion in total Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma. Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, I thank deficit reduction over 10 years, bal- Madam Speaker, I thank the gen- the gentleman for his comments. ancing the budget in just 6 years by tleman for yielding. As the gentleman from Oklahoma Madam Speaker, I stand with my col- 2025. On that fact alone, I would hope said, the Republican Study Committee leagues today to stress the importance that every Member of this body would budget is the only budget proposal on of fiscal health in our country. offer their support. the table. It is the only proposal that There is a very real problem here. If This budget also fosters a rewarding balances the budget, that begins to we don’t address it, we are condemning environment for economic growth and rein in wasteful government spending our children to doom. job creation. My colleagues across the aisle like to and begins to pay down a disastrous $22 We have heard it over and over again use the 12 years left hyperbole to talk trillion national debt. from those who deal in investments about the necessity to act on climate There are few Members in this Con- and deal with the economy and the change, but they ignore the fiscal cliff gress whom I have served with who growth of the economy that the biggest we are standing on, a much more immi- have preached fiscal responsibility as wind at our face is this budget deficit. nent threat to the well-being of our much as my friend and my colleague It is a headwind. It is going to be a country and our people. from Georgia (Mr. ALLEN). headwind against the growth of this Instead of addressing the debt crisis, Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- economy if we don’t get serious about the Democrat majority chose not to tleman from Georgia (Mr. ALLEN). a budget. draft a budget at all this year. That Mr. ALLEN. Madam Speaker, I thank This budget will give us that oppor- tells us all we need to know about their Congressman BANKS for yielding, for tunity for economic growth and job priorities. the Special Order here this evening, for creation. Speaker PELOSI herself said: Show his leadership in crafting this very im- Right now, we have the best economy me your budget, and I will show you portant budget, and for this discussion in the world: 263,000 jobs were created your values. we are having on it tonight. last month, and over 7 million jobs are So, without a budget, what are the Madam Speaker, obviously, we have available throughout this Nation, far majority’s values? been waiting on a budget to vote on in exceeding the number of jobseekers. The RSC budget addresses our defi- the United States Congress and have I was so glad to work with my col- cits and aims to balance by 2025. This yet to see a budget. Then I think we leagues here in Congress the last 2 budget refocuses spending on our core learned that there may not be a budget years and with the President in mak- constitutional responsibilities and lim- in the United States Congress this ing this happen. But the American peo- its the growth of government. year. ple made it happen. All we did was pro- Forty-nine out of the 50 United That is very hard to understand be- vide an opportunity. We reformed regu- States are required to have a balanced cause we are spending $4 trillion to $4.2 lations and we passed a tax reform bill budget, but the Federal Government trillion. Two-thirds of that $4.2 trillion that gave the economy a boost. does not have that requirement. A is mandatory spending, which is basi- Frankly, in dealing with the budget budget that balances is the first and cally on automatic pilot, and it is sky- deficit and going forward, our only most important step towards financial rocketing. The biggest increases in our hope in this is to grow our economy. well-being for our country. deficit are created by this mandatory We must have GDP growth. I spent more than 30 years as a busi- spending. In a telephone townhall with con- ness owner before coming to Congress. On the discretionary side, it is about stituents from Georgia’s 12th District In the business world, a company will a third of what we spend totally. As far last night, 73 percent of participants fail if they continually spend more as discretionary spending goes, we have reported that our economy is headed in money than they bring in. You just had some modest increases. the right direction. When I ran for Con- can’t do it. For the first part of the time that I gress in 2014, 70 percent of the people in That is a foreign concept to many of was in Congress, we basically had budg- my district said that the economy was my colleagues here. In fact, several et caps, and, actually, discretionary going in the wrong direction, and we people in this building believe that the spending was held to the same level the have flipped it. best way to address our debt is to ig- entire time. However, a soaring economy also cre- nore its existence entirely. That is just I think it is sad that we are financing ates challenges. As we face increasing simply ridiculous. Problems don’t just our standard of living in my generation workforce needs, this budget prioritizes disappear. They don’t disappear for you on the backs of my children and their moving Americans off the sidelines and or me. You have to take corrective ac- children and their children and their back into the workforce, rewarding tion, and this budget does just that. children. work and promoting innovation.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.068 H15MYPT1 H3834 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 Madam Speaker, I am the grand- ally solvent again, not only for current Over the past several weeks, we met father of 13 beautiful grandchildren, seniors, but for younger people, too, on a weekly basis, almost a dozen and the last thing I want to do is leave who don’t think it will be there. In times, to put together this budget pro- an insurmountable debt behind for our fact, it won’t be there for them the way posal, assembling a task force of eight future generations. I strongly encour- it is for current seniors if we don’t conservative members, who gathered age all of my colleagues to get onboard make these bold reforms. on a weekly basis to comb through the with the RSC budget to restore a sense Madam Speaker, we also save the So- Federal budget to talk about ways that of fiscal responsibility to Washington. cial Security program, another impor- we could put forth something that con- Our future depends on it. tant promise made to people who work servatives, not just in Congress but Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, I thank through their years and then want to throughout the country, could be very the gentleman from Georgia, a great retire and have a safety net. And, proud of. friend and a great conservative in the today, maybe they have got a lot of I am really proud that, on our task House of Representatives, for being other means of savings, too. They force, we had Members who came from here tonight. might have 401(k)s, or they might have different States, different perspectives, Madam Speaker, when the chairman a pension plan from their company. who had different ideas. That made the of the Republican Study Committee, But they also paid into that Social Se- effort stronger and, in the end, it al- MIKE JOHNSON from Louisiana, asked curity trust fund. And, again, if we do lowed us to produce a stronger budget me to take on this task as chairman of nothing, that program goes bankrupt, proposal. One of those members, I am the Budget and Spending Task Force, I as well. So we save that program, very proud to say, is my friend, the was very proud to do so, not just be- again, not only for current seniors, but representative from Florida, my col- cause I have enormous respect for then for younger people. It will also be league, Representative YOHO. Chairman JOHNSON as a conservative there for them, too, generationally sav- Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- leader in this Congress, but because of ing it. tleman from Florida (Mr. YOHO). Mr. YOHO. Madam Speaker, I appre- the stature and reputation of the Re- Just like when Ronald Reagan ciate the chairman of the RSC Budget publican Study Committee. worked with Tip O’Neill to save Social Security from bankruptcy, they did it Committee for yielding to me, along b 1745 in a way that actually strengthened with Chairman MIKE JOHNSON, for lead- At one point, our Vice President, the program. So for those people who ing the way on this task. I thank all of from my home State, MIKE PENCE, one want to hold their head in the sand and my colleagues who participated in this, of the greatest conservative leaders in say, don’t do anything, not doing any- and the RSC staff who did the hard this Nation, was chairman of the Re- thing means those two vital pro- work. They were there every night and every day to bring this budget to- publican Study Committee. And so, grams—Medicare and Social Security— gether—Richard Stern, Jay, and Mark. too, was another man whom I respect would go bust for seniors today. We Many times, they don’t get recognized just as much, one of the greatest lead- can’t let that happen. ers in our Nation, the Republican whip, Madam Speaker, I thank our leader, for the work that they did, but yet they put in a lot of effort. Mr. STEVE SCALISE, from Louisiana, Mr. BANKS, for doing that. So why do a budget? Everybody asks, chair of the Republican Study Com- And then, again, we strengthen de- why do you guys worry about a budget? mittee, too. The reputation of RSC is fense. We continue to build on the re- Well, this House is tasked with the important because it is the conserv- forms we have made to our economy so power of the purse. We are the ones ative vehicle in the Congress to ad- that we are able to create more jobs, so who are supposed to be in charge of a vance conservative principles. No one that we repeal the death tax. We con- budget and spending the people’s does that more on a daily basis than tinue lowering taxes, which has gotten money, because the American people my friend from Louisiana (Mr. SCA- such a great revolution in job creation care how we spend their money. They LISE). and higher wages for workers. The want us to spend it smartly, prudently, Madam Speaker, I yield to the gen- things that we are doing that are work- and responsibly. If you don’t have a tleman from Louisiana (Mr. SCALISE). ing, we build upon those things and Mr. SCALISE. Madam Speaker, I budget, can you do that? make this country even stronger and We have got a budget. Right here, we thank the gentleman from Indiana for greater for generations. have got a budget. This is a budget. yielding and for his kind words, too, es- So while putting a budget together is This is a good budget. We are at $22 pecially. He has been a great friend and tough—and I know the other side trillion in debt. This Nation is at $22 a great leader on this front. I want to hasn’t even passed a budget out of com- trillion in debt. commend him for taking on the task of mittee, Madam Speaker—we, with this In the previous administration, we putting together a budget, Madam RSC budget, have shown what bold saw the debt double. This administra- Speaker, that confronts some of the conservative reforms can do to tion, it will probably double again. And challenges that our country is facing in strengthen programs like Medicare, if a Democrat gets in, or a Republican, a way that not only protects those like Social Security, encourage innova- it will probably double again. If this promises that were made, for example, tion in failing programs, block grant- body does not come together, not as to seniors. ing Medicaid to States so States can Republicans or Democrats, but as Seniors were promised the safety net innovate, strengthening defense, and, Americans, this problem will never be of Medicare, and yet, if we do nothing— again, building on the great successes addressed. What happens is a political and there are some suggesting that we we are seeing in our economy so that divide happens because we can blame leave Medicare where it is today—it ac- wages can be higher, and we protect the other side for not doing what they tually goes bankrupt, Madam Speaker, people with preexisting conditions. are supposed to. in the next 8 years. It would be irre- These are the kinds of things that We didn’t have a budget last year and sponsible for us, as Members of Con- people call on us to do. We come here the Democrats don’t have a budget this gress, to sit back and say we are afraid to Congress to do the big things, to year. So how serious is this body about to confront these important issues, be- tackle the tough problems in a way correcting this? The Republican Study cause failing to confront them literally where we protect people who count on Committee has a budget. This budget would lead to a bankrupt program for us and actually strengthen this coun- needs to be looked at. seniors today and a broken promise by try for future generations, so we can I was born in the fifties—1955—and I the Federal Government to those sen- build on this great American Dream. grew up during the sixties. Our manda- iors. Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, this tory spending in this country was So we save Medicare from bank- Republican Study Committee budget roughly 30 percent: 70 percent was dis- ruptcy and, in fact, we do it in a way proposal was a gigantic effort: over 300 cretionary spending. Do you know that nothing changes for current sen- member proposals from the 141 mem- what that allows you to do? That al- iors. In fact, the only thing that would bers of the Republican Study Com- lows you to do an interstate system, change is if we didn’t do this, it would mittee who offered ideas and proposals and it allows you to have a space pro- go bankrupt. So the program is actu- to include in this budget proposal. gram and have aspirations of going to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.070 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3835 the Moon and coming back by a Demo- MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT cyber-enabled actions, including eco- cratic President who put country above A message in writing from the Presi- nomic and industrial espionage against politics. We came together, and we did dent of the United States was commu- the United States and its people. Al- that because we could. nicated to the House by Ms. Mariel though maintaining an open invest- Do you know what? We can’t do that Ridgway, one of his secretaries. ment climate in information and com- today, because, today, 71 percent of our munications technology, and in the spending is mandatory, and 29 percent f United States economy more generally, is discretionary. But let me tell you COMMUNICATION FROM THE is important for the overall growth and who can do that. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF prosperity of the United States, such China can go to the Moon. China can THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER openness must be balanced by the need do infrastructure. In fact, they are OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA- to protect our country against critical doing it all over the world. Do you TIVES national security threats. To deal with know why? Because they are cash rich. this threat, additional steps are re- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- quired to protect the security, integ- We are cash poor. In fact, they hold a fore the House the following commu- large portion of our debt. rity, and reliability of information and nication from the Honorable CHUCK Let me tell you what $22 trillion in communications technology and serv- GRASSLEY, President pro tempore of debt is. If you take $22 trillion and di- ices provided and used in the United the Senate, and the Honorable NANCY vide it by 330 million Americans, States. PELOSI, Speaker of the House of Rep- The Executive Order prohibits cer- roughly, that comes down to $67,000, resentatives: not per family, but per individual. So tain transactions involving informa- CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, tion and communications technology for 300 million Americans, they are Washington, DC, May 15, 2019. $67,000 in debt. Pursuant to the provisions of Section or services where the Secretary of Is it my fault? Yeah, I guess so, be- 201(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget and Im- Commerce (Secretary), in consultation cause I am here. It is your fault, it is poundment Control Act of 1974, Public Law with the Secretary of the Treasury, the their fault. If we are here, this is our 93–344, the President pro tempore of the Sen- Secretary of State, the Secretary of generation’s fault, and this is some- ate and the Speaker of the House of Rep- Defense, the Attorney General, the thing that we have to come together as resentatives hereby appoint Dr. Phillip Secretary of Homeland Security, the Americans to fix. Swagel as the Director of the Congressional United States Trade Representative, Budget Office, effective June 3, 2019, for the the Director of National Intelligence, If we don’t have a budget, can we fix term expiring January 3, 2023. the Administrator of General Services, a budget problem? If we don’t have a CHUCK GRASSLEY, budget, can we acknowledge a problem? President pro tempore the Chairman of the Federal Commu- As I pointed out, the other side of the Senate. nications Commission, and, as appro- doesn’t have a budget. There is a budg- NANCY PELOSI, priate, the heads of other executive de- et and if we come together as Ameri- Speaker of the House partments and agencies (agencies), has cans and put down the crazy politics of of Representatives. determined that: fighting one side over the other, we can f (i) the transaction involves informa- fix the problems of this country. We tion and communications technology can fix education, we can fix DECLARING A NATIONAL EMER- or services designed, developed, manu- healthcare, we can fix infrastructure, GENCY TO SECURE THE INFOR- factured, or supplied, by persons owned and we can plan for a future brighter MATION AND COMMUNICATIONS by, controlled by, or subject to the ju- than today. We can create a vision for TECHNOLOGY AND SERVICES risdiction or direction of a foreign ad- this country 50 to 100 years down the SUPPLY CHAIN—MESSAGE FROM versary; and road, but we can’t do it if we are fight- THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED (ii) the transaction: ing over budgetary problems in this STATES (H. DOC. NO. 116–35) (A) poses an undue risk of sabotage Nation. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- to or subversion of the design, integ- Madam Speaker, I appreciate the fore the House the following message rity, manufacturing, production, dis- honor to be able to be on this com- from the President of the United tribution, installation, operation, or mittee. I hope it sinks into the other States; which was read and, together maintenance of information and com- side that we come together, and we with the accompanying papers, referred munications technology or services in come together as Americans. to the Committee on Foreign Affairs the United States; Mr. BANKS. Madam Speaker, we and ordered to be printed: (B) poses an undue risk of cata- need to confront this fiscal challenge To the Congress of the United States: strophic effects on the security or re- now, as it is no longer a far-off con- Pursuant to the International Emer- siliency of United States critical infra- cern. gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. structure or the digital economy of the Currently, we are set to run trillion- 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National United States; or dollar deficits in perpetuity. The So- Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), (C) otherwise poses an unacceptable cial Security trust fund will be bank- and section 301 of title 3, United States risk to the national security of the rupt by 2035. The Medicare trust fund Code, I hereby report that I have issued United States or the security and safe- will be bankrupt by 2026. Without bold an Executive Order declaring a na- ty of United States persons. and immediate action, this growing tional emergency to deal with the I have delegated to the Secretary the debt will condemn America to a future threat posed by the unrestricted acqui- authority to, in consultation with, or that is less prosperous and less free. sition or use in the United States of in- upon referral of a particular trans- My colleagues and I from the Repub- formation and communications tech- action from, the heads of other agen- lican Study Committee are determined nology or services designed, developed, cies as appropriate, take such actions, to make sure that this never material- manufactured, or supplied by persons including directing the timing and izes. The Republican Study Committee owned by, controlled by, or subject to manner of the cessation of transactions preserving the American freedom budg- the jurisdiction or direction of foreign prohibited pursuant to the Executive et would not only prevent that bleak adversaries. Order, adopting appropriate rules and future, it would ensure even greater Foreign adversaries are increasingly regulations, and employing all other prosperity for all Americans for years creating and exploiting vulnerabilities powers granted to the President by and generations to come. in information and communications IEEPA, as may be necessary to imple- I could not be prouder to lead this ef- technology and services, which store ment the Executive Order. All agencies fort on behalf of the Republican Study and communicate vast amounts of sen- of the United States Government are Committee and its 141 conservative sitive information, facilitate the dig- directed to take all appropriate meas- members. ital economy, and support critical in- ures within their authority to carry Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- frastructure and vital emergency serv- out the provisions of the Executive ance of my time. ices, in order to commit malicious Order.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:05 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K15MY7.072 H15MYPT1 H3836 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE May 15, 2019 I am enclosing a copy of the Execu- supposed to make ends meet and make legislation that better serves them and tive Order I have issued. childcare work to fulfill my military better serves their families. DONALD J. TRUMP. responsibilities and serve our country. This is not a Democratic issue nor is THE WHITE HOUSE, May 15, 2019. I was going against the system in it a Republican issue. It is neither a f many ways, a new mother serving in man’s issue nor a woman’s issue. It is the military with a working civilian an intrinsically American and human b 1800 husband. That is not what most people issue, and that is why this caucus has WOMEN IN THE ARMED FORCES picture when they picture a traditional members from both sides of the aisle, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under military family. It wasn’t even what I and that is why we have veterans and the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- saw as a young girl when I was growing nonveterans as participants, men and uary 3, 2019, the Chair recognizes the up. women. gentlewoman from Pennsylvania (Ms. I was the daughter and grand- This caucus is comprised of people daughter of career Naval officers and who are held together by a shared un- HOULAHAN) for 30 minutes. career Navy wives, and I watched as derstanding that, when Congress ne- GENERAL LEAVE my mother and my grandmother glects its duty to support the men and Ms. HOULAHAN. Madam Speaker, I moved us all around the country and women who serve, it hasn’t done its ask unanimous consent that all Mem- cared for us while my father and my job. It undermines our country’s na- bers may have 5 legislative days in grandfather served. My mother’s job tional security and our military’s read- which to revise and extend their re- was to create a sense of home in every iness. marks on the subject of my Special new place that we moved. Her job was I remember thinking to myself when Order. my brother and I. I got here that I was just one person. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there So there I was with a new baby of my Then when I got here, I met Represent- objection to the request of the gentle- own and a mission to deal with bal- ative TULSI GABBARD, Representative woman from Pennsylvania? listic missile defense, no viable options ELAINE LURIA, Representative MIKIE There was no objection. for childcare, and working within a SHERRILL, and the one became four. Ms. HOULAHAN. Madam Speaker, system that had not yet caught up And now, today, I am launching that there are over a dozen caucuses in Con- with me and my career. So I decided to Servicewomen and Women Veterans gress today that address issues facing make a very difficult choice, and I sep- Congressional Caucus, the very first servicemembers and/or veterans, but arated from the Air Force. caucus in our country’s history to spe- none of these are geared towards ad- You see, at that time, I didn’t really cifically address the issues facing serv- dressing the issues faced by the fastest have any role models, anyone that I icewomen and women veterans. growing cohort in our Nation’s mili- knew or could look up to who had We are more than 50 strong in num- tary: women. walked in my boots, so to speak, and ber now; 1 became 4, and 4 became Today, that changes. had navigated being a new mother more than 50. We have a mission. We My name is CHRISSY HOULAHAN, and I while simultaneously serving our coun- have our marching orders. And speak- represent Pennsylvania’s Sixth Con- try. So few women were really high up ing as an Air Force veteran, I can gressional District. Today I am an- in the Air Force’s ranks at the time, so promise I won’t stop fighting until our nouncing the launch of the first ever there were very few I knew who could mission has been accomplished. Servicewomen and Women Veterans show me what Active Duty looked like Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- Congressional Caucus. as a mother. ance of my time. When the draft ended in 1973, women But that is changing. In 2019, women f represented just 2 percent of the en- represent the fastest growing cohort in listed force and 8 percent of the officer America’s military. More and more MAKING THE MATH WORK corps. Today, those numbers have women are hearing that same call that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under grown to 16 percent and 18 percent, re- I and my friends here heard—the call the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- spectively. Currently, there are 2 mil- to serve. uary 3, 2019, the Chair recognizes the lion living women veterans in the What is upsetting, though, is 27 years gentleman from Arizona (Mr. United States, and in the next 25 years, later, despite women’s increased pres- SCHWEIKERT) for 30 minutes. women veterans are projected to nearly ence across all branches of the mili- Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Madam Speaker, double their population and will ac- tary, we all still struggle with many of this is actually something we try to do count for one in five living veterans. the same issues, including access to about once a week, come in here and We cannot afford to wait, and the quality and affordable childcare, and I actually sort of talk about our unified time to act is now. find this unacceptable. theory in our office: What do we do to, Twenty-seven years ago, I gave birth In this 116th Congress, we set a basically, keep our promises? to my first child, my daughter Molly. I record. For the first time in history, Here is a thought experiment. was Active Duty at the time, and I was there are more than two women vet- Social Security and Medicare are two given 6 weeks of maternity leave. When erans serving in the House of Rep- of the greatest fragilities we have in I returned, I intended to enroll my resentatives. There are now four. It our society because we are getting daughter in the on-base childcare but was the realization that I was sur- older very fast. Remember, we have discovered that there was a 6-month- rounded by three other women who talked about this over and over and long waiting list. I looked for private served our country that inspired me to over. In about 81⁄2 years, 50 percent of care in Boston where I was serving, but start this caucus. the spending in this body, less interest, the cost was too high. In fact, my en- Now is the time to address these will be to those 65 and up. tire paycheck would have gone to issues that have been plaguing our How do you make the math work? childcare. servicewomen and women veterans for And in an intellectual, lazier time, you I was a lieutenant in the Air Force, years, and that is what today is about. would get some that would say: Well, stationed at Hanscom Air Force Base That is what the Servicewomen and we could raise taxes here or we can do at the time, and my assignment, my Women Veterans Congressional Caucus entitlement reform here. job, was to determine what kind of in- is about. Well, it turns out that math really formation people needed and in what We four women are here to enact actually doesn’t work anymore. Now, order and in what visual display when change to better support the brave we actually have to do everything to ballistic missiles were raining down on women who have also answered the call make the math work. So we have been them and the end of the world was to serve. We four are here as four trying to actually sell this concept coming. women veterans who will lead this cau- that it is economic growth, and within I am a very well-educated engineer. I cus with our lived experiences in the economic growth it is how we design became an engineer in the Air Force, Armed Forces and who will evaluate our tax system, how we design trade, and yet I couldn’t, with my skills and the unique issues that our women face how we design our regulatory environ- my education, figure out how I was and who will work towards enacting ment, how we actually do population

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:52 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY7.029 H15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3837 stability—and this one actually gets Today, we are actually going to start These are things we often don’t think complicated. to talk about technology, which is one about. It is not enough to have the You saw the article in The Wall of our five pillars, and how aggressive I technology. How do you get the power Street Journal today about what has believe the adoption of technology has to where it needs to be consumed? We happened to U.S. birth rates. How do to be to keep the economic growth have never fixed the bureaucratic bar- you encourage family formation, but going. riers to moving that power. also how do you deal with the immigra- We have done lots of floor time over It is like some of the discussions we tion system that maximizes a talent- the last couple months on the have had in our office. A couple of based immigration system to maximize healthcare technology, the revolution years ago, we did a math experiment. A that economic velocity? that I believe, our office believes, some pipeline in west Texas, a pipeline loop Remember, this is about us having a of the people we work with believe, that would capture methane so you vibrant enough economy so we can that is about to happen and the ability didn’t have to flare it off, had a really keep our promises, but within that, we for you to take care of yourself, the impressive calculation in U.S. green- also have some other issues. How do wearables—the kazoo you blow into house gas emissions, but it requires you do what we call labor force partici- that instantly tells you if you have the permitting a pipeline. pation? flu, to the other side of the spectrum, I need us to remove some of our ideo- Countries like Japan and some in the single shot cure for hemophilia— logical blinders and think of pro- Western Europe are dealing with how and how do we finance those types of growth, pro-environment, pro-effec- they get those who are older, and if disruptions. tiveness. We have to be willing to they are healthy and want to, how they Wouldn’t it be amazing if this body change the permitting system and so create incentives to actually say: Are were no longer having the, actually, in much of the litigation and bureaucracy you willing to stay in or come back some ways, insane debate we have had that slows these things down. into the labor force? for decades about who gets subsidized, We are going to walk through a cou- We actually have this quirky math who gets to pay in healthcare, and ple of these boards, just because I here in our country of millennial started actually talking about what we think there is incredible optimism out males. In December, we started to see pay and how we are going to cure our there. this breakthrough of millennial fe- brothers and sisters who have chronic This one I am sort of thrilled with. males entering the workforce. We still conditions? We all know, the 5 percent This is a chart that talks about battery actually have a whole bunch of millen- of Americans with those chronic condi- efficiency. For those of you that geek nial males who are missing in the tions are well over half of our out on this stuff with me, you probably workforce who should be there. How do healthcare spending. all saw the article—I think it was April we build a society that encourages par- So what happens when we actually 1—on some new solid-state battery ticipation in that labor force? bring cures to market? And then our technology. It looks like they finally It turns out, if you actually look at a obligation: How do we finance them so have a major breakthrough on what we lot of our economic data, from the we roll them out as fast as possible? call power density. But today, we are going to talk about Joint Economic Committee to the This chart here, do you see that com- another fixation of mine, and that is Joint Committee on Taxation, when ing down? That is the cost of battery environment issues. they talk about what are the barriers I wish I had a more delicate way to storage. It is a remarkable reduction. In Arizona, we have our largest and for us to be able to keep growing and talk about this. Often, the discussion best utility, Arizona Public Service. continue this actually incredibly ro- around here is almost Malthusian, say- When you read some of the articles bust cycle we are having right now, it ing the pie is only so big. If you care that are going on right now with them, is capital stock. about global warming, if you care Well, actually, the numbers since tax the amount of solar that is now in about greenhouse gases, we must reform have been dramatically their portfolio, they have baseline nu- shrink the economy; we must get indi- healthier than we modeled for, with clear and now the holy grail. What hap- viduals to drive less; we must generate folks having savings, and that savings pens when you live in the desert South- less power; we must do these types of actually becoming lendable capital. west as I do? I am blessed to live in the things. You actually can see that in just na- And a decade or so ago, maybe that Phoenix-Scottsdale area. We produce tionwide interest rates. was a legitimate view, but they have lots of solar. The second fragility that was being missed an entire technology revolution Into the peak of the afternoon, Cali- written about was labor force partici- that is going on around us, and there fornia now produces so much alter- pation, and we now live in a society should be optimism in this body that, native solar generation that they can’t where we have hundreds and hundreds if you are someone who cares about use it all. On some days, they paid Ari- and hundreds of thousands of jobs and greenhouse gases in our national and zona to buy it off them. What happens when a company like no workers. So who would have ever world environment, the revolution is APS gets really creative and says: How thought a couple years ago you would here, and it is a technology one. live in a society with more job open- do we have solar power at night when, ings than available workers? b 1815 if you live in the Phoenix area, you are This is a wonderful problem, but it How does this body start to remove still running your air-conditioner into actually does genuinely become a bar- the barriers that have slowed down the the evening? It turns out the battery rier to economic growth, and it is adoption of this clean generation, these investment is about to bring solar gen- something we have to find a way to alternative generations that are in our eration into the hours it is dark be- deal with. marketplace? A simple thought: solar cause they will store it. If you design Part of this is actually really opti- generation. that type of battery storage that holds mistic, though, as we started to see in I hope I get this story, which is com- for about 4 hours, you get us through the data over the last several months ing out of New Mexico, correct. They the peak. the number of business organizations wanted to run a power line to Arizona. It is referred to as the duck curve. If and others who are taking a chance on They have been working on the power you see the back of a duck, we have all people, hiring right out of correctional transmission lines for a dozen years. this production, and then it collapses. facilities, making accommodations for We have seen the discussion in the Yet, we still have all this demand. How our brothers and sisters who may have upper Midwest. I believe it is Iowa, do you cover that gap? a personal impairment, a personal with wind generation, finally figuring In the past, we used peaking power handicap; and we actually see that in it out and saying maybe we can run the plants, fire them up to cover those few some of the Social Security disability power lines in the railroad right-of-way hours. Now, with what is happening numbers of individuals actually mov- because we want this power to make it with battery storage, it is here. ing into the labor force. to Illinois. That is where the demand Our privately owned utility in Ari- So, look, this is just our unified the- is, and over here is where the clean zona, APS, recently did an RFP or ory. generation is. RFQ. The numbers that came back

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I am one of those who has been In the desert Southwest and moun- around us. really excited because I have been fol- tain Southwest, uranium mining has How do you keep curves like this line lowing a facility that is going up in always been a dodgy issue. We need it. continuing? When we are reading that Canada. It looks like they have suc- We know we need it. We need it for ev- there is a breakthrough in battery ceeded in the breakthrough of mining erything from our X-rays to refining technology, how do we remove barriers the air to pull CO2 out of it. Mathe- and refining and refining for a nuclear so that technology rolls out and be- matically, we had lots of smart people power plant. comes part of what we do here in the saying this is absurd, that you are not In previous decades, we have been United States and around the world? going to be able to do it. able to take very high grades and step Here is something else. I am blessed We had a very smart professor in Ari- it down, but that was some of the ex- to be on the Ways and Means Com- zona at Arizona State University who cess that was out there after the Cold mittee. Last year, we updated a tax had been working on sort of a carbon War. That stock has been substantially credit mechanism for carbon sequestra- capture artificial tree. This technology used up. So what are we going to do? tion. It turns out that we have mul- is rolling out. It is under production There is a technology breakthrough tiple facilities now that were an experi- right now, and they are moving up to of mining seawater for uranium. We ment, but they are growing. They are industrial scale. The amazing thing is, should be joyful and pushing these about to go to large-scale commercial they think they can do it for about $100 technologies. They solve some of the where they capture all the carbon. a ton, which is remarkable if you have moving problem of wanting nuclear This first one, I believe this is the actually played the math game. This is generation but where are we going to NET Power facility outside Houston. It for the new facility. get the uranium? How are we going to is a natural gas-fired facility, so they What happens if they start to break step it up? It turns out, even on that, are using a hydrocarbon and they have that curve? If you understand that car- the technology has moved forward. no smokestack. They capture not only bon that has been captured, to have the Look at other little thought experi- the manmade CO , but they even cap- ability to refine it and do other things, 2 ments. How many of us in high school ture any other gas throw-off. even make another fuel source out of with Popular Science magazine used to The remarkable design is that they it? throw a little oxygen. They heat it up, The other thing is, think about the get excited about how you generate and heat it really, really hot. They use article we hopefully all saw last week power from ocean waves? It turns out that to spin the turbines. Then they about what the Dutch are doing. The that a new design is rolling out. It is sort of a bobbing power generation. It cool it down and pull out the CO2 and Dutch are basically about to take a de- then use that to sell for other purposes. pleted oil field and take carbon that exists now, and it works. It is much They don’t have a smokestack. they have captured and shove it back more robust than anything that has This technology is up and running in the ground and sequester it. ever been designed. today. The proof of concept is done. All of a sudden, it is a negative cal- We should be joyful and trying to Now we are heading toward, I believe, a culation. In this place, in a lot of the promote more of this type of tech- fairly substantial expansion in the debate, for a lot of the witnesses we nology, but we have to deal with how scale of the facility. have had in previous years, the concept you bring the power in from the shore. This was research that has been of mining and having negative emis- All of a sudden, you have a whole other going on for years. Those of us here in sions was considered absurd. It is here. layer of regs, rules, and permitting. this body, a year ago, we updated the The technology is here. You want clean power. We all want carbon sequestration tax credits. It is This is a facility that has, appar- it, but we have to deal with the bureau- paying off. ently, really smart, really wealthy peo- cratic malaise, mess, and blocks that The next one is another facility that ple investing in it because they are so stop us from being able to pull this is also in Texas. This one was really an excited about the technology. We need type of new power generation into our interesting experiment because, in to understand that there is optimism communities and our country. many ways, it broke through a bit of out here. What is exciting about that is that is folklore. How do we get ourselves up to date a type of power generation that, if we It sits right next to an existing coal- on the cutting-edge technology? How make it work, it can be all over the fired generation facility. It is a coal- do we move it forward and promote it? world. Being someone who, as a young- fired carbon capture plant. They are We also need to understand that the er man, trekked Indonesia, Vietnam, spinning the turbines, burning coal, theater that we engage in here often is lots of India, and Sri Lanka, think and they capture the carbon. not good math. I wish I had a more re- about most of the world’s population It was only 2 or 3 years ago when we cent date, but the latest we could find living near coastal communities. had witnesses around here saying this is 2015 on this. Wouldn’t that be exciting? sort of technology would not work. It Do you see the yellow bar on the Why aren’t we promoting these types is up and running today. side? That is all the photovoltaic solar of technologies? We need to get rid of There should be joy and optimism that rolled out in 2015. It was an im- this Malthusian mindset that the pie is around this place because the ability to pressive year. There were fairly aggres- only so big, that we can cut it only so basically say, for the hydrocarbons we sive subsidies, State, local, and Fed- many ways, that once you cut it those have, what happens if we can use them eral. ways, there is never an opportunity for to help us through this transition of Do you see the other bar chart next it to grow. time and we are capturing the CO2? to it? That was all the nuclear that There are still people who believe This is wonderful. went offline that year. that the 1968 book ‘‘The Population Let’s go even further. If we are going The reality of it is, in 2015, if you Bomb’’ was real. The only thing they to continue the thought experiment, were thinking about power generation got accurate was the author’s name. you have already seen the United in the United States that did not b 1830 States do some pretty remarkable re- produce CO2 and you were joyful that ductions. Most of it has come from nat- this much solar hit the grid, under- We need to understand there is a ural gas, but there have been some stand that almost the equal amount of technology breakthrough happening pretty remarkable reductions in our nuclear came off the grid. We were ped- around us, in particularly power gen- CO2 production. dling in place. eration. But if you want to have a rev- A lot of the rest of the world hasn’t We need to be honest about the math, olution—and I am sort of banking on even come close. For the number of and we need to be honest about that being one of the first people to talk

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Appropriations Act, 2020, as reported by the ten. This body here immediately should Committee on Appropriations. Madam Speaker, you remember your figure out what aid programs we have, Accordingly, I am revising aggregate high school biology class talking about what research, what we can do to go to spending levels for fiscal year 2020 and the plants and plant cells having a certain those 10 rivers that are 90 percent of allocation for the House Committee on Ap- inherent inefficiency, where there is a the plastic in the ocean and help, in- propriations for fiscal year 2020. For pur- flaw that has been there for millions poses of enforcing titles III and IV of the stead of complaining about it and in- CBA and other budgetary enforcement provi- and millions of years where it reaches stead of doing a nice video of going out sions, the revised aggregates and allocation out and grabs the oxygen molecule and saying, I am going to pick up plas- are to be considered as aggregates and allo- when it should have grabbed the carbon tic off a beach. cations included in the budget resolution, molecule. No. If you care, it is 10 rivers, we pursuant to the Statement published in the Through some synthetic biology they know where the problem is. If you real- Congressional Record on May 3, 2019. fixed the inefficiency. It now will reach ly want to have an impact, go where it Questions may be directed to Jennifer over and grab the carbon molecule is coming from. This is a simple exam- Wheelock or Raquel Spencer of the Budget every time. All of a sudden it means a ple of we talk, talk, talk, talk, and Committee staff. JOHN YARMUTH. 40 percent efficiency in growth. talk around this place, but if we solve So, what happens tomorrow when it, then we don’t get to actually talk TABLE 1.—REVISION TO ON-BUDGET AGGREGATES crops require 40 percent less water, 40 about it. But solving is the most eth- [On-budget amounts, in millions of dollars] percent less land, and 40 percent less ical thing we can do as a body. fuel? Policy that is made with math and 2020 2020–2029 What does it mean to the world? policy that is made with facts can do Current Aggregates: Thought experiment: I need you to amazing things for our country, my 3- Budget Authority ...... 3,709,585 n.a. Outlays ...... 3,676,452 n.a. take it a step further. World agri- year-old little girl, and for this world. Revenues ...... 2,740,533 34,847,515 culture represents 2.2 times the total Policy around here that is done by Revision for Program Integrity (H.R 2740): Budget Authority ...... 1,842 n.a. greenhouse gases of every automobile folklore, by an anecdote, and by feel- Outlays ...... 1,481 n.a. on Earth. Just adopting this plant ings, time and time again, when we Revenues ...... – – – – – – Revision for Overseas Contingency Operations technology in our agriculture equals look back, it may have been well-in- (H.R. 2745): removing every car off the face of the tended, but ultimately it hurts people. Budget Authority ...... 921 n.a. Outlays ...... 7 n.a. Earth. If we get our math right, if we actu- Revenues ...... – – – – – – As this rolls out, how fast would it ally understand the underlying basis of Revised Aggregates: Budget Authority ...... 3,712,348 n.a. take to change the seed stock around a problem, figure out an honest solu- Outlays ...... 3,677,940 n.a. the world? tion that continues to grow our econ- Revenues ...... 2,740,533 34,847,515 There are solutions, and they are not omy and continues to provide opportu- n.a. = Not applicable because annual appropriations for fiscal years always a linear thought. They some- nities instead of this sort of constant 2021 through 2029 will not be considered until future sessions of Congress. times require some creativity. Let’s Malthusian echo around here that says face it. We work in a math-free zone that we can’t grow anymore, we can’t TABLE 2.—REVISED ALLOCATION OF SPENDING AUTHOR- that also lacks creativity. This exists. do this—they are wrong, and the folks ITY TO THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS This is rolling out. It is a revolution. who embrace that philosophy have [In millions of dollars] Yes, it is going to be incredibly dis- been wrong for centuries now. 2020 ruptive to agriculture around the There are technology breakthroughs world. It is going to be incredibly dis- Base Discretionary Action: happening all around us. You actually BA ...... 1,295,018 ruptive. saw the latest one on this. Finally, we OT ...... 1,360,935 At the same time, what happens Revision for Program Integrity (H.R. 2740): have broken the code on a plastic that BA ...... 1,842 when you want to plant trees and you truly breaks down. Let’s incentivize OT ...... 1,481 can grow them 40 percent more effi- Revision for Overseas Contingency Operations (H.R. 2745): that. There are solutions. This body is BA ...... 921 ciently, and they are just little carbon an honorable body, but it needs to be- OT ...... 7 capture machines? Revised Allocation: come one about solutions instead of BA ...... 1,297,781 This is here. We should be excited theatrics. OT ...... 1,362,423 about it. Current Law Mandatory: Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- BA ...... 1,075,820 The last one is just more of the ance of my time. OT ...... 1,067,358 thought experiment of trying to say, if f we really care, we need to stop the the- f PUBLICATION OF BUDGETARY ater that seems to be what happens be- ADJOURNMENT hind these microphones and actually MATERIAL understand the problem, understand REVISION TO THE AGGREGATES, ALLOCATIONS, Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Madam Speaker, the math, and then focus on that solu- AND OTHER BUDGETARY LEVELS FOR FISCAL I move that the House do now adjourn. tion. Because often around here I be- YEAR 2020 The motion was agreed to; accord- lieve a solution is a problem for us be- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ingly (at 6 o’clock and 35 minutes cause the very thing that we got elect- COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, p.m.), under its previous order, the ed on, that we love coming and com- Washington, DC, May 15, 2019. House adjourned until tomorrow, MADAM SPEAKER: Pursuant to the Congres- plaining about, oh, dear heaven, what Thursday, May 16, 2019, at 10 a.m. for sional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA), the Bal- morning-hour debate. happens if we solve it? anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control So let’s actually talk about some- Act of 1985 (BBEDCA), and H. Res. 293 (116th f thing that is part of our pop culture Congress), I hereby submit for printing in right now, but it is a real issue. For the Congressional Record a revision to the EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, someone like myself, I grew up scuba aggregates and allocations set forth in the ETC. diving. I love scuba diving, and I have Statement of Aggregates, Allocations, and Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive been blessed to do it in a lot of really Other Budgetary Levels for Fiscal Year 2020 communications were taken from the published in the Congressional Record on neat places. Ninety percent of the plas- May 3, 2019. Speaker’s table and referred as follows: tic in the world’s oceans come from 10 This revision is for allowable adjustments 1026. A letter from the Deputy Under Sec- rivers. Eight of these rivers are in Asia, for amounts for program integrity initia- retary, Comptroller, Department of Defense, and two of those rivers are in Africa. tives and Overseas Contingency Operations transmitting a semi-annual report titled,

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‘‘Acceptance of contributions for defense appropriations for military construction, the By Mr. KIND (for himself, Mr. SMITH of programs, projects, and activities; Defense Department of Veterans Affairs, and related Nebraska, Mr. SCHRADER, and Mr. Cooperation Account’’, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- YOHO): 2608(i); Public Law 101-403, title II, Sec. tember 30, 2020, and for other purposes (Rept. H.R. 2746. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- 202(a)(1) (as amended by Public Law 103-160, 116–63). Referred to the Committee of the enue Code of 1986 to provide for an exclusion Sec. 1105(b)); (107 Stat. 1750); to the Com- Whole House on the state of the Union. for assistance provided to participants in mittee on Armed Services. certain veterinary student loan repayment f 1027. A letter from the Under Secretary, or forgiveness programs; to the Committee Army, Department of Defense, transmitting PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS on Ways and Means. annual audit of the American Red Cross’s By Mr. POCAN (for himself, Mr. consolidated financial statements for the Under clause 2 of rule XII, public CARBAJAL, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CRIST, year ending June 30, 2018, pursuant to 36 bills and resolutions of the following Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. NORTON, Mr. KIL- U.S.C. 300110(b); Public Law 105-225, Sec. titles were introduced and severally re- MER, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. MCCOLLUM, 300110(b); (112 Stat. 1493); to the Committee ferred, as follows: Mr. MOULTON, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. ETERS, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. ROUDA (for himself, Mr. P 1028. A letter from the Director, Office of RYAN, Mr. SWALWELL of California, CRAWFORD, Mr. PERRY, Ms. GRANGER, White House Liaison, Department of Edu- Ms. TITUS, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. RYAN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. WEBER of cation, transmitting a notification of a des- Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. Texas, and Mr. GARAMENDI): ignation of acting officer, pursuant to 5 H.R. 2739. A bill to amend title 49, United DELBENE, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. CAROLYN U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 States Code, to limit certain rolling stock B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. PAL- LONE, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. LARSEN Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Over- procurements, and for other purposes; to the of Washington, Ms. MENG, Ms. sight and Reform. Committee on Transportation and Infra- 1029. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- MOORE, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, structure. fice of Civil Rights, Department of the Inte- Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. GRI- By Mr. PALLONE (for himself, Mr. rior, transmitting the Department’s FY 2018 JALVA, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. RUSH, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. ENGEL, Ms. No FEAR Act report, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. THOMPSON of Cali- DEGETTE, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of 2301 note; Public Law 107-174, 203(a) (as fornia, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. SCANLON, Pennsylvania, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. amended by Public Law 109-435, Sec. 604(f)); Mr. TED LIEU of California, Ms. BUTTERFIELD, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. CAS- (120 Stat. 3242); to the Committee on Over- ESHOO, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. TOR of Florida, Mr. SARBANES, Mr. sight and Reform. SOTO, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. SEAN PAT- MCNERNEY, Mr. WELCH, Mr. LUJA´ N, 1030. A letter from the Director, Federal RICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. Mr. TONKO, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Housing Finance Agency, transmitting the COHEN, Mrs. CRAIG, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. Agency’s inventories of commercial and in- Mr. NADLER, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. RUIZ, herently governmental activities performed MORELLE, and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD): Mr. PETERS, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. by federal employees for Fiscal Year 2017, H.R. 2747. A bill to prevent harassment at VEASEY, Ms. KUSTER of New Hamp- pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 501 note; Public Law institutions of higher education, and for shire, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. 105-270, Sec. 2(c)(1)(A); (112 Stat. 2382); to the ´ other purposes; to the Committee on Edu- Committee on Oversight and Reform. BARRAGAN, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. BLUNT cation and Labor. 1031. A letter from the Chairman, Federal ROCHESTER, Mr. SOTO, and Mr. By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Ms. O’HALLERAN): Labor Relations Authority, transmitting a JAYAPAL, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. NORTON, H.R. 2741. A bill to rebuild and modernize notification of a nomination, pursuant to 5 Mr. PANETTA, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. the Nation’s infrastructure to expand access U.S.C. 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 POCAN, Mr. COHEN, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. to broadband and Next Generation 9-1-1, re- Stat. 2681-614); to the Committee on Over- LEE of California, Ms. MENG, and Mr. habilitate drinking water infrastructure, sight and Reform. MCGOVERN): 1032. A letter from the Chairman, Securi- modernize the electric grid and energy sup- H.R. 2748. A bill to establish an integrated ties and Exchange Commission, transmitting ply infrastructure, redevelop brownfields, national approach to respond to ongoing and the Commission’s inventories of commercial strengthen health care infrastructure, create expected effects of extreme weather and cli- and inherently governmental activities per- jobs, and protect public health and the envi- mate change by protecting, managing, and formed by employees for fiscal year 2017, pur- ronment, and for other purposes; to the Com- conserving the fish, wildlife, and plants of suant to 31 U.S.C. 501 note; Public Law 105- mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- the United States, and to maximize Govern- 270, Sec. 2(c)(1)(A); (112 Stat. 2382); to the dition to the Committees on Natural Re- ment efficiency and reduce costs, in coopera- Committee on Oversight and Reform. sources, Science, Space, and Technology, tion with State, local, and Tribal Govern- 1033. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Ways and Means, Transportation and Infra- ments and other entities, and for other pur- ment of Energy, transmitting a letter sub- structure, and Education and Labor, for a pe- poses; to the Committee on Natural Re- mitted to amend Sec. 661 of the Department riod to be subsequently determined by the sources. of Energy Organization Act of 1977; jointly to Speaker, in each case for consideration of By Mr. NADLER (for himself, Mr. the Committees on Energy and Commerce such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. and the Judiciary. tion of the committee concerned. BONAMICI, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. 1034. A letter from the Assistant Secretary By Mr. BIGGS (for himself, Mr. WEBER CISNEROS, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COOPER, of Defense, Legislative Affairs, Department of Texas, Mr. BUDD, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Defense, transmitting a draft of proposed BILIRAKIS, Mr. BUCK, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. of Illinois, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. legislation, titled the ‘‘National Defense Au- KING of Iowa, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. GIBBS, DESAULNIER, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020’’; jointly Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. MEAD- ESPAILLAT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. to the Committees on Armed Services, Nat- OWS, Mr. GAETZ, Mr. LATTA, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GOLDEN, Mr. HAS- ural Resources, Veterans’ Affairs, Small GREEN of Tennessee, Mr. GROTHMAN, TINGS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. Business, the Judiciary, Transportation and Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. JOYCE of Penn- JAYAPAL, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KILDEE, Infrastructure, Oversight and Reform, For- sylvania, Mr. NORMAN, and Mr. ABRA- Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. eign Affairs, Appropriations, and Science, HAM): LEVIN of Michigan, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Space, and Technology. H.R. 2742. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. enue Code of 1986 to provide that amounts f MCEACHIN, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. paid for an abortion are not taken into ac- MEEKS, Ms. MUCARSEL-POWELL, Ms. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON count for purposes of the deduction for med- NORTON, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Ms. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ical expenses; to the Committee on Ways and PORTER, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of Means. RYAN, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. SCHA- By Mr. BUDD (for himself, Mr. MOONEY committees were delivered to the Clerk KOWSKY, Mr. SMITH of Washington, of West Virginia, and Mr. DAVIDSON Mr. SWALWELL of California, Mr. for printing and reference to the proper of Ohio): TAKANO, Mr. TONKO, Mr. VELA, Ms. calendar, as follows: H.R. 2743. A bill to repeal the Office of Fi- VELA´ ZQUEZ, Ms. WASSERMAN Ms. DeLAURO: Committee on Appropria- nancial Research, and for other purposes; to SCHULTZ, and Ms. CASTOR of Florida): tions. H.R. 2740. A bill making appropria- the Committee on Financial Services. H.R. 2749. A bill to prohibit forced arbitra- tions for the Departments of Labor, Health By Mr. MCCAUL (for himself and Mr. tion in work disputes, and for other pur- and Human Services, and Education, and re- ENGEL): poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary, lated agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- H.R. 2744. A bill to authorize the Adminis- and in addition to the Committee on Edu- tember 30, 2020, and for other purposes (Rept. trator of the United States Agency for Inter- cation and Labor, for a period to be subse- 116–62). Referred to the Committee of the national Development to prescribe the man- quently determined by the Speaker, in each Whole House on the state of the Union. ner in which programs of the agency are case for consideration of such provisions as Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: Committee identified overseas, and for other purposes; fall within the jurisdiction of the committee on Appropriations. H.R. 2745. A bill making to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. concerned.

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A bill to require the Secretary of Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the servicemembers and veterans; to the Com- Defense to enhance the readiness of the De- Council of the District of Columbia to enact mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to partment of Defense to challenges relating laws with respect to the organization and ju- the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, for a pe- to climate change and to improve the energy risdiction of the District of Columbia courts; riod to be subsequently determined by the and resource efficiency of the Department, to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. Speaker, in each case for consideration of and for other purposes; to the Committee on By Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- Armed Services. KINZINGER, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. SCHIFF, tion of the committee concerned. By Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Mr. Ms. NORTON, Mr. COHEN, Ms. By Ms. MOORE (for herself, Ms. SHIMKUS): WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. LANGEVIN, HAALAND, and Mrs. DINGELL): H.R. 2760. A bill to further deployment of Mr. PETERS, Mr. TONKO, Mr. H.R. 2751. A bill to amend title XIX of the Next Generation 9-1-1 to enhance and up- FITZPATRICK, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. Social Security Act to provide coverage grade the 9-1-1 systems of the United States, BEATTY, Mr. MASSIE, Mr. THOMPSON under the Medicaid program for services pro- and for other purposes; to the Committee on of Mississippi, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. vided by doulas and midwives, and for other Energy and Commerce. DELBENE, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. CLARKE of purposes; to the Committee on Energy and By Mrs. FLETCHER (for herself, Mr. New York, Mr. CICILLINE, Miss RICE Commerce. WEBER of Texas, Mr. BABIN, Mr. of New York, Mr. YOUNG, Mr. KING of By Mr. ALLRED: BRADY, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. Iowa, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. H.R. 2752. A bill to authorize the Secretary CRENSHAW, Mr. FLORES, Ms. GARCIA KILMER, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HASTINGS, ´ ´ of Veterans Affairs to furnish medically nec- of Texas, Miss GONZALEZ-COLON of Mr. SERRANO, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. essary transportation for newborn children Puerto Rico, Mr. GRAVES of Lou- CLAY, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. PRICE of of certain women veterans; to the Com- isiana, Mr. GREEN of Texas, Ms. JACK- North Carolina, Mr. ROGERS of Ken- mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. SON LEE, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. RICE of tucky, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, By Mrs. BEATTY: South Carolina, Mr. YOHO, Mr. Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. H.R. 2753. A bill to amend the Fair Credit OLSON, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, GOLDEN, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. MCGOVERN, Reporting Act to require certain consumer and Mr. BUTTERFIELD): Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. KING H.R. 2761. A bill to require the Director of reporting agencies to include a credit score of New York, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. the Office of Management and Budget to im- when providing consumers with a free annual GARAMENDI, Mr. COOPER, Ms. KAPTUR, mediately release certain grant funds award- consumer report; to the Committee on Fi- Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. SMITH of New Jer- ed for mitigation activities under the Com- nancial Services. sey, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Ms. munity Development Block Grant program, By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. and for other purposes; to the Committee on Ms. CLARKE of New York, Miss RICE ZELDIN, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. HILL of Financial Services. of New York, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. Arkansas, Mr. POCAN, Mr. BEYER, and By Mr. GALLEGO (for himself, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. COOK): SMITH of Washington, Mr. Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. HECK, and Mr. COO- H.R. 2770. A bill to waive the 24-month GARAMENDI, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms. PER): waiting period for Medicare eligibility for in- H.R. 2754. A bill to amend the Help Amer- ESCOBAR, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. VELA, dividuals disabled by Huntington’s disease; ica Vote Act of 2002 to require paper ballots Mrs. TRAHAN, and Ms. TORRES SMALL to the Committee on Ways and Means. and risk limiting audits in all Federal elec- of New Mexico): By Mrs. RODGERS of Washington (for H.R. 2762. A bill to amend title 10, United tions, and for other purposes; to the Com- herself and Mr. LOEBSACK): mittee on House Administration. States Code, to provide for the modification H.R. 2771. A bill to direct the Secretary of By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- and clarification of construction authority Health and Human Services to revise regula- sylvania (for himself, Mr. in the event of a declaration of war or na- tions with respect to payment rates for dura- tional emergency, and for other purposes; to GARAMENDI, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. POCAN, ble medical equipment under the Medicare the Committee on Armed Services. Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. program, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Ms. GARCIA of Texas (for herself, CISNEROS, Mr. SHERMAN, Mrs. LAW- mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, Ms. OCASIO- RENCE, Mr. LAMB, Mr. SOTO, Ms. dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, CORTEZ, Ms. ESCOBAR, and Mr. FINKENAUER, Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, and Mr. for a period to be subsequently determined CORREA): VEASEY): by the Speaker, in each case for consider- H.R. 2763. A bill to prohibit the Secretary H.R. 2755. A bill to standardize and extend ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- of Housing and Urban Development from im- certain Buy America provisions; to the Com- plementing certain rules; to the Committee risdiction of the committee concerned. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- on Financial Services. By Mr. RUPPERSBERGER (for him- ture, and in addition to the Committee on By Mr. LEVIN of California (for him- self, Mr. STIVERS, Ms. SEWELL of Ala- Energy and Commerce, for a period to be bama, Mr. ZELDIN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. self and Mr. NEGUSE): subsequently determined by the Speaker, in H.R. 2764. A bill to amend the Clean Air KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. GARAMENDI, each case for consideration of such provi- Act to create a national zero-emission vehi- Mr. KILMER, Mr. CUELLAR, and Mr. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the cle standard, and for other purposes; to the BARR): committee concerned. Committee on Energy and Commerce. H.R. 2772. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mr. BROWN of Maryland (for him- By Mr. MOOLENAAR (for himself and enue Code of 1986 to reinstate advance re- ANKS funding bonds; to the Committee on Ways self and Mr. B ): Mr. CUELLAR): H.R. 2756. A bill to direct the Secretary of H.R. 2765. A bill to allow qualified current and Means. Defense to develop workforce development or former law enforcement officers to pur- By Mr. SABLAN (for himself, Mr. SAN investment incentives and to consider a chase their service weapons, and for other NICOLAS, and Mrs. RADEWAGEN): qualified training program of an offeror as purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- H.R. 2773. A bill to amend title 13, United part of the past performance rating of such ary. States Code, to direct the Secretary of Com- offeror, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Mr. MOOLENAAR: merce to conduct a mid-decade census of mittee on Armed Services. H.R. 2766. A bill to nullify certain memo- population for the Northern Mariana Islands, By Mr. CUNNINGHAM (for himself, Mr. randum of the Office of Chief Counsel of the Guam, American Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin BILIRAKIS, and Mr. EVANS): Internal Revenue Service regarding the ap- Islands, and for other purposes; to the Com- H.R. 2757. A bill to amend title XVIII of the plication of the excise tax on heavy trucks mittee on Oversight and Reform. Social Security Act to provide for adjust- and trailers to certain chassis renovations; By Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself and ments to the Medicare part D cost-sharing to the Committee on Ways and Means. Ms. STEFANIK): reductions for low-income individuals; to the By Mr. MOULTON (for himself and Mr. H.R. 2774. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in MAST): enue Code of 1986 to require coverage with- addition to the Committee on Ways and H.R. 2767. A bill to amend title 10, United out a deductible of certain primary care Means, for a period to be subsequently deter- States Code, to provide for eating disorders services by high deductible health plans; to mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- treatment for members and certain former the Committee on Ways and Means. sideration of such provisions as fall within members of the uninformed services, and de- By Ms. SHALALA (for herself, Ms. HILL the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. pendents of such members, and for other pur- of California, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PA- By Ms. DELAURO (for herself and Mrs. poses; to the Committee on Armed Services. NETTA, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. MORELLE, HAYES): By Mr. NEGUSE (for himself, Ms. Mrs. CRAIG, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. DAVIDS H.R. 2758. A bill to provide disaster relief STEFANIK, and Ms. FUDGE): of Kansas, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. GARCIA assistance to individuals for the purpose of H.R. 2768. A bill to amend the General Edu- of Texas, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. clearing fallen debris, and for other purposes; cation Provisions Act to allow the release of LOWENTHAL, Mr. CISNEROS, Ms.

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CLARKE of New York, Ms. NORTON, By Mr. GUEST (for himself and Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- and Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of KING of New York): lation pursuant to the following: New York): H. Res. 383. A resolution expressing support Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. To regulate H.R. 2775. A bill to amend the Child Abuse for recognizing the week of May 13 through commerce with foreign nations, and among Prevention and Treatment Act to ensure May 19, 2019 as ‘‘National Police Week’’; to the several states, and with the Indian protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and the Committee on the Judiciary. tribes. transgender youth and their families; to the By Mr. CONNOLLY (for himself, Mr. By Mr. NADLER: Committee on Education and Labor. KING of New York, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. H.R. 2749. By Mrs. TRAHAN (for herself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, and Congress has the power to enact this legis- LAHOOD, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. BEYER): lation pursuant to the following: Ms. TLAIB, Ms. KUSTER of New Hamp- H. Res. 384. A resolution recognizing the Article 1, Section 8 shire, Mr. TRONE, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. September 11th National Memorial Trail as By Mr. CICILLINE: ESPAILLAT, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. RYAN, an important trail and greenway to be en- H.R. 2750. Mr. BEYER, and Mr. SERRANO): joyed by all in honor of the heroes of Sep- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2776. A bill to make certain munici- tember 11th; to the Committee on Natural lation pursuant to the following: palities eligible for grants under the Federal Resources. Article 1, Section 8 Water Pollution Control Act, and for other f By Ms. MOORE: purposes; to the Committee on Transpor- H.R. 2751. tation and Infrastructure. MEMORIALS Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ (for Under clause 3 of rule XII, lation pursuant to the following: herself and Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana): Article I, Section 8 H.R. 2777. A bill to amend title XVIII of the 50. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of By Mr. ALLRED: Social Security Act to protect coverage for the Legislature of the State of Oregon, rel- H.R. 2752. screening mammography, and for other pur- ative to House Joint Memorial 3, urging the Congress has the power to enact this legis- poses; to the Committee on Energy and Com- Congress of the United States to enact the lation pursuant to the following: merce, and in addition to the Committees on IDEA Full Funding Act, which would fully The constitutional authority on which this Ways and Means, and Veterans’ Affairs, for a fund the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- bill rests is the Necessary and Proper Clause. period to be subsequently determined by the cation Act; which was referred to the Com- By Mrs. BEATTY: Speaker, in each case for consideration of mittee on Education and Labor. H.R. 2753. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- f Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion of the committee concerned. lation pursuant to the following: By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN (for her- CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY To regulate Commerce with foreign Na- self, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Ms. STATEMENT tions, and among the several States, and BONAMICI, Ms. CLARK of Massachu- Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of with the Indian Tribes setts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. the Rules of the House of Representa- By Mr. BLUMENAUER: COHEN, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. DELBENE, H.R. 2754. tives, the following statements are sub- Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE Congress has the power to enact this legis- of Pennsylvania, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. mitted regarding the specific powers lation pursuant to the following: ESPAILLAT, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. granted to Congress in the Constitu- Article I, Section IV, Clause I FRANKEL, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GRI- tion to enact the accompanying bill or By Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- JALVA, Ms. HAALAND, Mr. HASTINGS, joint resolution. sylvania: Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. KELLY of Illi- By Mr. ROUDA: H.R. 2755. nois, Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, H.R. 2739. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: LEE of California, Mr. LEWIS, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- MCCOLLUM, Ms. MENG, Mr. SEAN PAT- This bill is enacted pursuant to the power tion under the General Welfare Clause. RICK MALONEY of New York, Ms. granted to Congress under Article I, Section By Mr. BROWN of Maryland: MOORE, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. NADLER, 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution H.R. 2756. Ms. NORTON, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. By Mr. PALLONE: Congress has the power to enact this legis- RASKIN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. H.R. 2741. lation pursuant to the following: RYAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. TONKO, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1, Sec. 8, TRONE, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: Cl. 18) WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. Article 1, Section 8, clause 3 of the U.S. By Mr. CUNNINGHAM: VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. Constitution. That provision gives Congress H.R. 2767. VEASEY, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. BROWN of the power ‘‘to regulate commerce with for- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Maryland, Ms. BASS, Mr. THOMPSON eign nations, and among the several states, lation pursuant to the following: of Mississippi, and Mr. RICHMOND): and with the Indian tribes.’’ This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 H.R. 2778. A bill to amend title XXVII of By Mr. BIGGS: of Article I of the United States Constitu- the Public Health Service Act to provide for H.R. 2742. tion. a special enrollment period for pregnant Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. DELAURO: women, and for other purposes; to the Com- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2758. mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- Article I, Section 8 of the United States Congress has the power to enact this legis- dition to the Committees on Ways and Constitution lation pursuant to the following: Means, Oversight and Reform, and Education By Mr. BUDD: Article I of the United States Constitution and Labor, for a period to be subsequently H.R. 2743. and its subsequent amendments, and further determined by the Speaker, in each case for Congress has the power to enact this legis- clarified and interpreted by the Supreme consideration of such provisions as fall with- lation pursuant to the following: Court of the United States. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- This bill is enacted pursuant to the power By Ms. ESCOBAR: cerned. granted to Congress under Article I, Section H.R. 2759. By Mr. MOULTON: 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.J. Res. 58. A joint resolution requiring By Mr. McCAUL: lation pursuant to the following: congressional approval prior to engaging in H.R. 2744. Constitutional Authority—Necessary and hostilities within the sovereign country of Congress has the power to enact this legis- Proper Clause (Art. I, Sec. 8, Clause 18) Iran; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. lation pursuant to the following: THE U.S. CONSTITUTION By Mr. SHERMAN (for himself, Mr. Article I, section 8 of the Constitution of ARTICLE I, SECTION 8: POWERS OF BANKS, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. FORTEN- the United States CONGRESS BERRY, Mr. LUJA´ N, and Mr. By Mr. KIND: CLAUSE 18 FLEISCHMANN): H.R. 2746. The Congress shall have power . . . To H. Con. Res. 39. Concurrent resolution ex- Congress has the power to enact this legis- make all laws which shall be necessary and pressing the sense of Congress that the Trea- lation pursuant to the following: proper for carrying into execution the fore- ty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weap- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 going powers, and all other powers vested by ons (NPT) continues to make an invaluable By Mr. POCAN: this Constitution in the government of the contribution to United States and inter- H.R. 2747. United States, or in any department or offi- national security, and noting former Senator Congress has the power to enact this legis- cer thereof. Richard G. Lugar’s indispensable contribu- lation pursuant to the following: By Ms. ESHOO: tions to international security and reducing Article I, Section 8 H.R. 2760. nuclear weapons-related risks; to the Com- By Mr. CARTWRIGHT: Congress has the power to enact this legis- mittee on Foreign Affairs. 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Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 849: Mr. PALLONE. By Mrs. FLETCHER: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 865: Ms. DELBENE. H.R. 2761. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- H.R. 873: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. KHANNA, Congress has the power to enact this legis- tion Mr. TRONE, and Ms. PINGREE. lation pursuant to the following: By Ms. SHALALA: H.R. 874: Mr. PAPPAS, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 2775. and Mr. COX of California. To make all Laws which shall be necessary Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 877: Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee. and proper for carrying into Execution the lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 884: Mrs. RODGERS of Washington. foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vest- to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, H.R. 887: Mr. MCADAMS, Mr. STEWART, and ed by this Constitution in the Government of and Excises, to pay the Debts, and provide Mr. BISHOP of Utah. the United States, or in any Department or for the common Defence and general Welfare H.R. 913: Mr. ROUDA. Officer thereof. of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts H.R. 925: Mr. POCAN. By Mr. GALLEGO: and Excises shall be uniform throughout the H.R. 929: Mr. CROW, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. PHIL- H.R. 2762. United States. LIPS, Mr. PERRY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. TED LIEU Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mrs. TRAHAN: of California, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, and lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2776. Mr. PAPPAS. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 983: Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. VAN DREW, By Ms. GARCIA of Texas: lation pursuant to the following: Ms. DEAN, and Ms. NORTON. H.R. 2763. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, of the Con- H.R. 1024: Ms. SHALALA. Congress has the power to enact this legis- stitution. H.R. 1030: Ms. DELBENE. lation pursuant to the following: By Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ: H.R. 1055: Mr. JEFFRIES. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United ´ H.R. 2777. H.R. 1139: Mr. CARDENAS and Ms. DEAN. States Constitution Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1140: Mr. TONKO, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. By Mr. LEVIN of California: lation pursuant to the following: KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Mr. CORREA, H.R. 2764. Article I, Section 8, clause 18 Mr. MALINOWSKI, and Mr. RUIZ. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1155: Ms. DEAN, Mrs. WATSON COLE- lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 1 Article I, Section 8, clause 3 MAN, and Mr. CUMMINGS. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 1171: Mrs. MURPHY, Ms. DELAURO, and granted to Congress under Article I, Section Article I, Section 8, clause 14 By Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN: Ms. LOFGREN. 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. H.R. 1200: Mr. KIND and Mrs. BEATTY. By Mr. MOOLENAAR: H.R. 2778. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1210: Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. CISNEROS, H.R. 2765. Mrs. CRAIG, and Mr. GALLEGO. Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1220: Mr. LAWSON of Florida and Mrs. lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 BEATTY. section 8 of article I of the Constitution. By Mr. MOULTON: H.R. 1225: Mr. MCCAUL. By Mr. MOOLENAAR: H.J. Res. 58. H.R. 1257: Mr. COX of California, Mr. YAR- H.R. 2766. Congress has the power to enact this legis- MUTH, and Mr. BYRNE. Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1287: Mr. HIMES. lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 H.R. 1309: Mr. DOGGETT and Ms. TITUS. Article I, Section 8, clause 1 f H.R. 1326: Mr. LOWENTHAL. By Mr. MOULTON: H.R. 1327: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, H.R. 2767. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS Mr. GIANFORTE, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. YAR- Congress has the power to enact this legis- MUTH, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. TORRES SMALL of lation pursuant to the following: Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Con- were added to public bills and resolu- New Mexico, and Mr. DEUTCH. stitution of the United States. tions, as follows: H.R. 1370: Mr. DOGGETT and Mr. HASTINGS. H.R. 1379: Mr. CROW, Mrs. LEE of Nevada, By Mr. NEGUSE: H.R. 95: Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. CLEAVER, and Mr. and Mrs. CRAIG. H.R. 2768. AMODEI. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1411: Mr. GRIJALVA. H.R. 141: Mr. BYRNE, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, and H.R. 1415: Mr. ROONEY of Florida. lation pursuant to the following: Mr. HARDER of California. Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- H.R. 1417: Mr. SERRANO and Mr. QUIGLEY. H.R. 158: Mr. HASTINGS and Mr. SEAN PAT- tion H.R. 1423: Ms. MATSUI, Mr. O’HALLERAN, RICK MALONEY of New York. By Ms. NORTON: Mr. CRIST, and Mr. PHILLIPS. H.R. 249: Mr. MAST. H.R. 2769. H.R. 1444: Mr. BYRNE. H.R. 250: Mrs. LESKO. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1450: Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. H.R. 275: Mr. QUIGLEY, Mrs. CRAIG, and Ms. ´ lation pursuant to the following: SANCHEZ, Mr. MEEKS, and Ms. KELLY of Illi- BARRAGA´ N. clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the nois. H.R. 285: Mr. KING of New York. Constitution. H.R. 1485: Mr. HIMES, Mr. SOTO, and Mr. H.R. 307: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. CON- By Mr. PASCRELL: MCGOVERN. NOLLY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. STIVERS, Mr. H.R. 2770. H.R. 1527: Ms. LOFGREN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- MALINOWSKI, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah. H.R. 1622: Mr. NEGUSE. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 336: Ms. FOXX of North Carolina, Mrs. H.R. 1629: Mrs. LEE of Nevada and Mrs. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power HARTZLER, and Mr. BALDERSON. AXNE. granted to Congress under Article I, Section H.R. 372: Mr. VEASEY and Mrs. CRAIG. H.R. 1636: Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. 8, clause 1 of the United States Constitution H.R. 444: Ms. DELBENE. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. WATERS, and Mr. CASTRO of By Mrs. RODGERS of Washington: H.R. 500: Mr. HUNTER and Mr. NORMAN. Texas. H.R. 2771. H.R. 535: Mr. ROUZER. H.R. 1641: Mr. WEBSTER of Florida and Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 553: Mr. DOGGETT, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. PAPPAS. lation pursuant to the following: LAWSON of Florida, Ms. SCHRIER, and Mrs. H.R. 1668: Mr. NORMAN. Consistent with the understanding and in- TRAHAN. H.R. 1680: Mr. FOSTER, Mr. SOTO, Ms. terpretation of the Commerce Clause, Con- H.R. 554: Mr. MALINOWSKI and Mr. TRONE. MCCOLLUM, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. PALAZZO, and gress has authority to enact this legislation H.R. 594: Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. in accordance with Clause 3 of Section 8, Ar- H.R. 613: Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. H.R. 1696: Ms. STEFANIK and Mr. ticle 1 of the U.S. Constitution. H.R. 647: Mr. MEEKS and Mr. COLE. GOTTHEIMER. By Mr. RUPPERSBERGER: H.R. 663: Mr. COOPER, Mr. PHILLIPS, and H.R. 1705: Mr. NEGUSE. H.R. 2772. Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. H.R. 1709: Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 677: Ms. SHALALA. BARRAGA´ N, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 692: Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma and VELA, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 and Article Mr. BALDERSON. of Pennsylvania, and Ms. WILD. 1, Section 8, Clause 1 H.R. 693: Mr. DESAULNIER and Mrs. LEE of H.R. 1741: Mr. HAGEDORN. By Mr. SABLAN: Nevada. H.R. 1753: Mr. CRAWFORD. H.R. 2773. H.R. 717: Mr. QUIGLEY. H.R. 1754: Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. SERRANO, and Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 720: Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. KING of New York. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 748: Mr. STEIL, Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH, H.R. 1770: Mr. RATCLIFFE, Mr. EMMER, Mr. Under Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 and Ar- Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. EVANS, and Mrs. CARO- KING of Iowa, Mr. COMER, Ms. BROWNLEY of ticle IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitu- LYN B. MALONEY of New York. California, Mr. BACON, and Ms. KUSTER of tion. H.R. 803: Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. DOG- New Hampshire. By Mr. SCHNEIDER: GETT, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mrs. ROBY, H.R. 1781: Mrs. WAGNER, Ms. UNDERWOOD, H.R. 2774. and Mr. LATTA. and Mr. STANTON.

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H.R. 1830: Mr. BOST, Mrs. LESKO, Mr. H.R. 2266: Mr. ROONEY of Florida. H.R. 2692: Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. WESTERMAN, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. SCHRIER, H.R. 2319: Mr. KIND. COLLINS of New York, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. and Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. H.R. 2329: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. POCAN, Mr. SWALWELL of California, and Mr. H.R. 1832: Mr. PHILLIPS. H.R. 2334: Ms. ESCOBAR. STIVERS. H.R. 1846: Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RUPPERS- H.R. 2335: Mr. CLOUD. H.R. 2733: Mr. MCNERNEY. BERGER, Mr. HIMES, Miss RICE of New York, H.R. 2340: Mr. PAPPAS. H.J. Res. 2: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. and Mr. CUMMINGS. H.R. 2348: Mr. EVANS and Mr. RODNEY H. Con. Res. 36: Mr. LANGEVIN, Mrs. CARO- H.R. 1851: Mr. DUNN. DAVIS of Illinois. LYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. PAYNE, H.R. 1873: Mr. KING of New York, Mr. H.R. 2349: Ms. PINGREE. Mr. RUSH, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. MARSHALL, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, H.R. 2352: Mr. CRIST. LUJA´ N, and Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, and Mr. COX of California. H.R. 2354: Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. H. Res. 23: Ms. WILD and Mr. PASCRELL. H.R. 1903: Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. DESAULNIER, Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, H. Res. 45: Mrs. CRAIG. H.R. 1910: Mr. GREEN of Tennessee. Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. MOORE, and Ms. SCHA- H. Res. 60: Ms. WILD. H.R. 1948: Mr. FERGUSON, Ms. SCANLON, Ms. KOWSKY. H. Res. 138: Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. GARCIA of Texas, Mr. STEUBE, Mr. GALLA- H.R. 2377: Mr. KIM, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. H. Res. 152: Ms. LOFGREN and Mrs. CAROLYN GHER, Mr. PETERSON, and Mr. COLLINS of New LUJA´ N. B. MALONEY of New York. York. H.R. 2382: Mr. SCHIFF, Ms. KUSTER of New H. Res. 220: Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. H.R. 1959: Mr. NEWHOUSE. Hampshire, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. LEVIN of BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. MCCOL- H.R. 1965: Mr. VARGAS. Michigan, Mr. BRINDISI, Miss RICE of New LUM, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN H.R. 1978: Mrs. NAPOLITANO. York, Mrs. AXNE, and Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD. of Oklahoma, and Mr. MALINOWSKI. H.R. 1979: Mr. LOWENTHAL. H.R. 2388: Mr. CRIST and Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H. Res. 221: Mr. PHILLIPS, Ms. KENDRA S. H.R. 1982: Ms. JACKSON LEE and Mr. H.R. 2402: Mr. CRIST, Mr. LARSEN of Wash- HORN of Oklahoma, and Mr. MALINOWSKI. SWALWELL of California. ington, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. LAMB, Mr. BLU- H. Res. 222: Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. SOTO, Mr. H.R. 1992: Mr. RASKIN. MENAUER, and Ms. OMAR. GIANFORTE, and Mr. MALINOWSKI. H.R. 1994: Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. H.R. 2410: Mr. CA´ RDENAS and Mr. COHEN. H. Res. 246: Mr. CLINE, Mr. STEWART, Mrs. MCCAUL, and Mr. MARSHALL. H.R. 2415: Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. ROONEY of H.R. 2009: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. RASKIN, and Mr. COHEN. Florida. H.R. 2010: Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. OLSON, Mr. H.R. 2428: Mr. GREEN of Texas. H. Res. 259: Mrs. ROBY, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. HICE of Georgia, and Mr. DESJARLAIS. H.R. 2430: Mr. DEFAZIO. LOFGREN, and Mr. WELCH. H.R. 2015: Ms. CHENEY and Mr. HURD of H.R. 2439: Mr. KING of New York and Mr. H. Res. 276: Mr. STANTON. Texas. KATKO. H. Res. 277: Mr. CASE and Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 2042: Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 2441: Ms. WILD. H. Res. 326: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. H.R. 2053: Mr. SWALWELL of California. H.R. 2457: Mr. GRIJALVA. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. SERRANO, Ms. H.R. 2088: Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. SLOTKIN, and H.R. 2474: Ms. MENG, Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Il- Ms. MATSUI. gia, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. linois, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. AGUILAR, and H.R. 2091: Mrs. KIRKPATRICK and Ms. LOF- SCHRIER, Ms. BASS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. Mr. PAYNE. GREN. FOSTER, Ms. SLOTKIN, and Mr. HECK. H. Res. 354: Ms. SLOTKIN, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. H.R. 2093: Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. HECK, Ms. SCHA- H.R. 2480: Mrs. MCBATH and Mr. CASTRO of WATERS, Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. ´ KOWSKY, and Mr. CARDENAS. Texas. DELBENE, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Ms. HOULAHAN, H.R. 2096: Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. PAPPAS, H.R. 2481: Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. TIMMONS, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. OCASIO-COR- Mr. TONKO, and Ms. PINGREE. Mrs. AXNE, Mr. ENGEL, and Mr. GALLAGHER. TEZ, Miss RICE of New York, Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, H.R. 2113: Ms. SLOTKIN. H.R. 2482: Mr. WATKINS, Ms. HILL of Cali- Ms. SCANLON, Mrs. AXNE, Ms. SCHRIER, Mrs. H.R. 2123: Mr. OLSON. fornia, Ms. NORTON, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of FLETCHER, Mrs. TORRES of California, Ms. H.R. 2148: Mr. HIMES. Pennsylvania, Mr. TAYLOR, Ms. KUSTER of VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mrs. H.R. 2149: Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. New Hampshire, Mr. HILL of Arkansas, and WALORSKI, Ms. GRANGER, Mrs. MILLER, Mrs. H.R. 2150: Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. SEAN PATRICK Ms. DELAURO. RODGERS of Washington, Ms. FOXX of North MALONEY of New York, and Ms. STEFANIK. H.R. 2483: Ms. SPANBERGER, Mr. CUELLAR, Carolina, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mrs. ROBY, NGEL H.R. 2151: Mr. E . Mr. SUOZZI, and Ms. HILL of California. Mr. MCCARTHY, Ms. ESHOO, Ms. PLASKETT, H.R. 2164: Mr. LOWENTHAL. H.R. 2508: Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. PINGREE, and Ms. HILL of California, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mrs. H.R. 2167: Mr. MALINOWSKI. Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. CRAIG, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. PINGREE, and Ms. H.R. 2178: Mr. DELGADO, Mr. ENGEL, and H.R. 2516: Mr. NORMAN. DAVIDS of Kansas. Mr. PETERSON. H.R. 2525: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H. Res. 369: Mr. BEYER and Mr. RASKIN. H.R. 2180: Mr. PAPPAS. AROLYN ALONEY H.R. 2534: Mrs. C B. M of H. Res. 372: Mr. CUMMINGS. H.R. 2213: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. New York and Mr. HECK. ´ H.R. 2214: Ms. PORTER, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. H.R. 2561: Mr. CICILLINE. f HIGGINS of New York, and Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H.R. 2570: Mr. KHANNA, Mr. LUJA´ N, and H.R. 2219: Mrs. WALORSKI. Mrs. DINGELL. CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS, LIM- H.R. 2231: Ms. OMAR. H.R. 2585: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. H.R. 2247: Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. CISNEROS, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO. ITED TAX BENEFITS, OR LIM- LARSEN of Washington, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. H.R. 2591: Ms. SLOTKIN. ITED TARIFF BENEFITS JAYAPAL, and Ms. SCHRIER. H.R. 2602: Ms. LEE of California, Ms. Under clause 9 of rule XXI, lists or H.R. 2249: Mr. WESTERMAN. ESCOBAR, and Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. statements on congressional earmarks, H.R. 2255: Mr. CISNEROS. H.R. 2615: Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. CASTRO of limited tax benefits, or limited tariff H.R. 2262: Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CLEAVER, Texas, Mr. HURD of Texas, and Mr. CISNEROS. Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, H.R. 2619: Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. benefits were submitted as follows: Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. NORTON, and Mr. POCAN. The amendment to be offered by Rep- GREEN of Texas, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. KELLY of Il- H.R. 2634: Mr. RASKIN. resentative PALLONE or a designee to H.R. linois, Ms. PRESSLEY, Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, H.R. 2635: Ms. OMAR. 987 the Strengthening Health Care and Low- Ms. FUDGE, Ms. MOORE, Ms. CLARKE of New H.R. 2649: Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ. ering Prescription Drug Cost Act, does not York, Ms. BASS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. H.R. 2655: Mr. TURNER. contain any congressional earmarks, limited EVANS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. MEEKS, and H.R. 2656: Mr. TURNER. tax benefits, or limited tariff benefits as de- Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. H.R. 2662: Mr. SOTO. fined in clause 9 of rule XXI.

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Vol. 165 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019 No. 81 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was EXECUTIVE SESSION truth,’’ I stuck my neck out during the called to order by the President pro Reagan administration. That is when I tempore (Mr. GRASSLEY). learned about the Pentagon’s little EXECUTIVE CALENDAR shop of price horrors. f The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Of course, ripping off the taxpayers the previous order, the Senate will pro- started during the Revolutionary War, PRAYER ceed to executive session to resume when contractors sold rotten meat to The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- consideration of the following nomina- the Continental Army, and it contin- fered the following prayer: tion, which the clerk will report. ued during the Civil War, when profit- Let us pray. The senior assistant legislative clerk eers sold ammunition filled with saw- Eternal Spirit, our shelter in the read the nomination of Kenneth Kiyul dust and shoddy shoes and horses to time of storm, when our hearts grow Lee, of California, to be United States the Union Army. It looks like it con- faint and weary, renew our strength Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. tinues to this day. and enable us to soar above our chal- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Back in 1985, Americans will recall, lenges. ator from Iowa. the Defense Department was shelling Today, fill our lawmakers with the PENTAGON OVERSIGHT out vast amounts of taxpayer dollars spirit of wisdom. May their different Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I for spare parts. Remember back then approaches to problem-solving for our come to the floor today to shed light the $450 hammers and the $640 toilet Nation and world contribute to more on yet another really dark cloud that seats? That sounds like a real bargain effective solutions for freedom in the is hanging over our Department of De- compared to the more recent wasteful years to come. Lord, deliver our Sen- fense. In fact, for decades, a dark cloud spending at the Pentagon, such as the ators from the spirit of pessimism, and of fiscal mismanagement has loomed $1,280 coffee mug and the $14,000 toilet bless them as they seek to honor You. large over the Pentagon. During my seat lid. Obviously, the cost of waste is In their thoughts, words, and deeds, very first term here in the Senate, I getting a whole lot more expensive for may they passionately strive to glorify began my quest to bring fiscal account- our taxpayers. You, ever seeking Your divine ap- ability to the Pentagon. Four decades Back in the 1980s, I fought to win a proval. later, I am still keeping tabs on the spending freeze on unchecked spending We pray in Your Holy Name. Amen. money trail. That money trail is some- sprees. Misspending and overspending times difficult to follow. Back then, it were riddling the defense budget at the f was a bit like David taking on Goliath. expense of the American taxpayer. We all know that the United States Military readiness drives the spend- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE of America has the strongest and ing decisions that Members of Congress The President pro tempore led the mightiest military in the world. I am make when we cast our votes on the Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: thankful for that because a strong defense budget. Our constituents ex- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the military is not meant to fight a war; it pect their elected representatives to United States of America, and to the Repub- is meant to maintain the peace. We make sure that the moms and dads, lic for which it stands, one nation under God, haven’t had a world war III since we sons and daughters, brothers and sis- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. have had a strong military. ters who are serving our country in Our brave men and women who serve uniform are well equipped with the f in the U.S. Armed Forces protect our best resources money can buy. But shores at home and abroad to keep us they also expect their elected rep- RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME safe and to protect the blessings of lib- resentatives to make sure their hard- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. erty for our children and grand- earned dollars that are withheld from CRAMER). Under the previous order, the children. That is exactly why it is so every paycheck—their tax dollars— leadership time is reserved. very important to keep check on the aren’t being ripped off by greedy cor- Pentagon’s ledgers, to help make sure porations, like TransDigm Group, Inc., f that every tax dollar assigned to the which I will speak about in a moment. Nation’s defense is actually spent ef- That is why I conduct robust over- CONCLUSION OF MORNING fectively and not squandered on waste, sight of defense spending. As a tax- BUSINESS fraud, and abuse. payer watchdog—and all of us are sup- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Morning With the help of brave whistleblowers posed to be watchdogs, and all of us business is closed. who stuck their necks out to ‘‘commit would claim to be watchdogs—it is our

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Obviously, to the taxpayers lis- Trimming the fat in a bloated bu- tight leash on the internal watchdogs tening or anybody else, this illustrates reaucracy won’t happen in the shad- leading the Department of Defense in- a cavalier attitude toward taxpayer ows. There is no magic wand to wave spector general’s office. Their February money that former Secretary of De- either. If there is one thing I have report exposes a galactic price gouging, fense James Mattis sought to extin- learned in my years of oversight, trans- colossal ripple, and out-of-this-world guish. By the way, I wrote him a note, parency matters. Transparency brings waste. It reads like a sequel to the complimenting him on some state- accountability. same financial shenanigans that have ments he made about taking care of Every time I come to the floor to turned the Pentagon into a taxpayer some of these problems. talk about the fiscal mess at the Pen- money pit. Change out the name of the The decades-long odyssey of tagon, I get a bit of deja vu. Earlier, I contractor, inflate the charges, submit misspending at the Pentagon keeps said my fraud-fighting efforts in the the invoice and voila—the American going around and around and around. 1980s could be compared to David v. Go- taxpayer is on the hook for another That is why—the way I see it—the De- liath. Now let’s fast-forward to this fixed-price, sole source contract. partment of Defense has a fundamental year, 2019. I am still here working as For this report, the inspector general responsibility to uphold fiscal integ- hard as ever to do away with wrong- examined one contractor, TransDigm rity. After reviewing the IG report and doing and extract fiscal accountability Group. In total, the inspector general meeting with its auditing team and the at the Pentagon. Today, some might analyzed 113 contracts between Janu- Department of Defense pricing czar, I say that job is like the one performed ary 2015 and January 2017. They re- have reached three conclusions. No. 1, by the famous character in Greek my- viewed 47 spare parts the Department fiscal control at the Department of De- thology who was destined to roll that of Defense purchased from this con- fense is AWOL. The Pentagon will heavy stone up the hill and to do it tractor. In just those 2 years, the in- never clean up its books if it cannot from then until eternity. spector general found TransDigm over- properly track the money trail and Congressional oversight can be ex- charged the Pentagon by $16–1/10th mil- connect the dots. tremely tedious, and it can be time- lion out of a total of $29–7/10th million Consider why the Department of De- consuming, but, as I like to remind in contracts. fense contracting officers were unable each of the other 534 Members of Con- The reasonable profit threshold is to even certify if a profit was ‘‘fair and gress, it is essential to our country considered by the Department of De- reasonable.’’ Do you know why? It was that we exercise this system of checks fense to be 15 percent or below. The IG because they could not obtain critical and balances. Without it, the dark fis- found that TransDigm earned excess cost data at the company TransDigm. cal cloud looming over the Pentagon profits on 46 of the 47 parts sold to the In the most egregious case—that case I would swell bigger and bigger and big- Defense Department. mentioned where there was a 4,436-per- ger. On 17 of those parts, TransDigm cent profit margin for just one spare Oversight work may feel like an up- earned more than a 1,000-percent profit. part—the contracting officer—you will hill climb, but oversight is not futile in Remarkably, the highest profit per- not believe this—certified that the the end. That is why I keep my shoul- centage was 4,436 percent. price was fair and reasonable. There is der to the wheel—to hold people at the It is obvious to our taxpayers that something very, very wrong about that Pentagon accountable, to protect tax- that is a fleecing of the American tax- procedure. A whopping 4,000-percent payers, and most importantly, when it payer. Pulling the wool over the eyes profit margin for a spare part doesn’t comes to a defense dollar, to make sure of Congress and the taxpayers will only square with our midwestern common- we have our military readiness. stop with transparency—which trans- sense standard. Right now, I am here today to share parency will bring accountability. No. 2, the leadership team at the IG some new details about the broken So that is why I am here today. Just office has exhibited an alarming hands- record of fiscal mismanagement at the think for a minute about the big pic- off approach toward stopping waste, Department of Defense. ture. This report is just one snapshot of fraud, and abuse. The lack of urgency No matter how high I turn up the a much larger problem. It is kind of a and the failure to hold anyone account- volume, the overdogs at the Pentagon spit in the ocean when you consider the able is very revealing. It sends a signal remain tone deaf to fiscal integrity. enormous $716 billion defense budget. throughout the chain of command: Consider the recent report by the De- Just imagine the boatloads of bloat Just keep on signing contracts; keep partment of Defense Office of Inspector elsewhere in the bureaucracy. The De- ordering spare parts; keep up business General. It is called ‘‘Review of Parts partment of Defense is obligated under as usual. Lastly, it shows that no one Purchased From TransDigm Group Federal law and under regulations to will be held accountable for price Inc.’’ uphold basic measures of fiscal integ- gouging. First, I want to compliment Senator rity. No. 3, the pattern of price gouging at WARREN and two Representatives, RO So where do we go from here? The in- TransDigm and its subsidiaries has KHANNA and TIM RYAN, for getting the spector general made just a few paltry gone unimpeded for decades. It has ball rolling with their request asking recommendations. For starters, it di- amassed exclusive rights to sell these the inspector general to look into the rected contracting officers to request spare parts to the Pentagon. In fact, contract—this contractor’s pricing voluntary refunds for excess profits. the Defense Department accounted for structure. We need all hands on deck in Guess the chances of getting voluntary 34 percent of its sales in 2017. Congress to conduct oversight, so I refunds. Let me suggest that I would TransDigm exploited its business thank these other Members of Congress not advise taxpayers to hold their model and took advantage of its sole just named. breath on a voluntary refund. The in- source position to leverage higher After digging into the details, I can spector’s general recommendations, prices. only conclude that the Pentagon is then, have no teeth. Their rec- Now, as a former chairman of the still, after all these years, stuck on ommendations are insufficient. What is Senate Judiciary Committee—and still autopilot. No one on board in the Pen- worse, the inspector general leadership a member of that committee—I have tagon’s mother ship seems to bother to team claims no single Department of examined anticompetitive business steer its ‘‘fiscal ship’’ into shape. Fis- Defense official is responsible for this practices over a long period of time, in- cal integrity somehow got lost in the price gouging that goes on. cluding those in agriculture and the spare parts horror story I am about to So let me repeat: The inspector gen- pharmaceutical sectors of our econ- tell. In fact, I was more than dismayed eral leadership team, the internal omy. It is very concerning to me when

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The I say to our law enforcement officers tual property—to buy the spare parts it American people need the sun to shine two words: Thank you. Thank you for needs to build the Nation’s critical in on price gouging at the Pentagon so your service. It is an honor to rep- weapon systems. That leaves the Amer- we can root out the wasteful spending resent you in the Senate, and we are ican taxpayer on the hook for exorbi- here and elsewhere. all grateful for the sacrifices you make tant price gouging. Transparency is the best ammunition every day. The inspector general report found that we have to chase away the dark NOMINATIONS that TransDigm’s choke hold has added fiscal crowd looming along the shores Mr. President, now on judges, during up to tens of millions of dollars over- of the Potomac. the same week that we mark the 65th charging to the taxpayer. This is a RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER anniversary of the historic ‘‘Brown v. good time to refresh people’s memories The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Board of Education’’ decision, Leader about my legislative and oversight Democratic leader is recognized. MCCONNELL has scheduled votes on work with anticompetitive business NATIONAL POLICE WEEK nominees whose views directly con- practices. It is pretty simple. Monopo- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I tradict the spirit of equality and jus- lies invite government regulation. If thank my colleague from Iowa for al- tice that Brown represents. It is appalling. These new people we that is the road TransDigm wants to ways staying on top of things like this. are putting on the bench turn the clock continue following, I am here to de- Mr. President, first, I would like to so backward after we have made so liver a message. The jig is up on this talk about Police Week. Today we ob- much progress, many of it through the cozy relationship. The buck stops here. serve Peace Officers Memorial Day, the courts. I have written a letter to Acting Sec- heart of National Police Week. We all Consider the nomination of Michael retary Shanahan about these flawed remember the men and women in law Truncale of Texas. He has peddled con- contracts and failures to identify price enforcement who have made the ulti- spiracies of ‘‘widespread voter fraud’’ gouging. I have asked him to make mate sacrifice, and we pause to say and once called President Obama an measurable recommendations on how thank you to all of our police officers ‘‘un-American imposter’’ who ‘‘bows to to restore accountability and end this who work day and night to keep our Arab Sheikhs and other world leaders.’’ price gouging. One thing is crystal communities safe. This is a man who we are putting on I want to share a special thanks to clear. Transparency and competition the bench, a man who is supposed to be are MIA—missing in action—when the all of our law enforcement members judicious, thoughtful, and sees both Pentagon buys spare parts from visiting from New York, who, in my sides. What we are putting on the TransDigm and its subsidiaries. Now, view, are the gold standard in police bench is hard-right ideologues who will thank God the other body, the House of work. do damage to this country for a genera- I grew up in a neighborhood where Representatives, its Committee on tion. Mr. Truncale was approved by the police officers lived. I played with their Oversight and Reform, called an over- Republican Senate yesterday for a seat sight hearing this week to examine children at their houses. You would al- on the district court in Texas, and he is TransDigm and its price-gouging she- ways know sort of instinctively, even going to sit on that bench for life—a nanigans. as a kid, when that phone rang and the man who says things like this and who Congress has a constitutional duty of spouse—almost always, in those days, thinks like this. oversight to keep check on taxpayers’ the wife of a police officer—heard the I have always tried to put on the money and hold government account- phone ring, what went through her bench people who are moderate. So able. As I said earlier, we need all head a little bit is this: I hope that is many of us have. Bill Clinton did. hands on deck to root out wasteful not the call I dreaded. This is the job of Barack Obama did. Here we have a pa- spending. police officers and their families—that rade of narrow ideologues, and that is Once again, we are back to square is, to risk their safety for our safety— not who should be on the bench be- one. The Pentagon has flunked a funda- and they do a great job. cause they will make law rather than mental benchmark of fiscal responsi- As we recognize their contributions, interpret the law. bility and stewardship. It is one of we should acknowledge what we could Here is another one, Kenneth Lee of Washington’s worst kept secrets. Year do in Congress to make their jobs safer California. His past writings reveal after year, Congress shovels more and easier. We can make our streets shocking positions on race and diver- money into the Pentagon coffers to en- safer by passing comprehensive back- sity, affirmative action, educational sure we maintain the best military in ground check legislation. We can help opportunity, and women’s reproductive the world, and I express my support for law enforcement combat foreign opioid freedom. He once wrote that the military. I express my support that trafficking by passing the bipartisan multiculturalism is a ‘‘malodorous a strong department of national de- Fentanyl Sanctions Act and the sickness’’ and that sexism—sexism, fense is also a strong keeper of the POWER Act, which provides handheld which we have all seen and heard about peace because we might not be chal- scanning devices. When a police officer and a little more than half of our popu- lenged, and we are going to be able to is on a drug bust, they can tell if lation experiences—is ‘‘irrelevant pout- help keep peace around the world, but fentanyl is part of a crime scene there, ing.’’ That is a man who should be on year after year, the Pentagon squan- and they can take precautions to pro- the bench? If confirmed today, Mr. LEE ders hundreds of millions of taxpayer tect themselves, because we know how may preside over cases dealing with dollars. Some people at the Pentagon deadly fentanyl is, even if it gets on gender discrimination. seem to think that paying $16 million your skin or in your nostrils. We can Consider Wendy Vitter, nominated to in excess profits somehow seems to be also do more to care for the families of the Eastern District of Louisiana. She small potatoes. fallen officers. once promoted the idea that contracep- In my letter to the Acting Defense That is why I have been so proud to tives caused cancer and claimed that Secretary, I made it clear that I am fight alongside my colleague Senator Planned Parenthood kills 150,000 not one of those people. I have asked GILLIBRAND and so many others to women annually. She also refused to him to answer a direct question. That make sure that the September 11th acknowledge that Brown v. Broad was question is this: What specific steps is Victim Compensation Fund has the correctly decided. On this very anni- he going to take to stop the profiteers necessary funding. versary, that is who is on the floor to from pilfering taxpayer money? Last Friday, the New York Police be voted on in lockstep by all the folks Contracts like I have described today Department, or the NYPD, added the here on the Republican side. She re- between TransDigm and the Pentagon names of nearly 50 police officers to fused to acknowledge that Brown v.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.003 S15MYPT1 S2848 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 Board was correctly decided, saying in- most draconian abortion law in the mixed immigration status from receiv- stead that the decision was correct country. It bans abortion in every ing public housing assistance, even if with the benefit of hindsight—what- stage of pregnancy, imposes criminal everyone but one member of the family ever that means. In the same district, penalties—criminal penalties—on any is a legal resident. So if it is a family where 6-year-old Ruby Bridges became doctor who performs one, and includes of six—a mother who is an American the first African-American child to at- no exception in the case of rape or in- citizen, four children who are Amer- tend an all-White elementary school in cest, even if the victim is a child. If a ican citizens, but a husband who is not the South, the Senate will consider child is raped, they have to have the and who is not here legally—they kick confirming someone who claims that baby. them all out. It risks displacing tens of hindsight was needed to understand The Alabama bill is as extreme as it thousands of legal residents and of why the decision that allowed Ruby to gets. It is a clear attack on women’s American citizens, including 55,000 go to the same school as a White child freedom. It contravenes a woman’s con- children. The administration has cre- wasn’t correct. That is who we are put- stitutional right to make private med- ated crisis after crisis with the immi- ting on the bench. ical decisions. It would deeply harm gration community. Are they going to These are not just conservatives. We women, turn doctors into criminals, create another one and take 55,000 understand that the President and Re- and deny the right of rape victims, young American children, almost all of publicans will put in conservatives, but even if they are children, to make per- whom are citizens, and just kick them hard-right, narrow ideologues who sonal medical decisions. out on the streets when we know there show no understanding or sympathy for The Alabama abortion bill is plainly is very little affordable housing? What people who don’t look like them or inhumane. It should never have passed. a cruel and callous policy. It is another pray like them or marry like them— The Governor should not sign it. If she example of the Trump administration’s what is wrong here? does, it ought to be swiftly struck desire to separate families and disrupt It is not hard. If you need the benefit down by the courts. communities. of hindsight to understand that Brown IRAN There is nothing to say about this v. Board of Education, which brought Mr. President, on Iran, over of the proposed rule but that it is cruel, an end to school segregation and led to past few days, it has come to light in wrong-headed, and would lead to even the end of American apartheid, was public reporting that the Trump ad- more chaos than the administration correctly decided, you shouldn’t be a ministration’s national security team has created already. Federal judge. I urge my colleagues, in has reviewed a plan to deploy as many In an effort to appear even more pu- the spirit of the Brown anniversary and as 120,000—yes, you heard that right, nitive toward immigrants, the adminis- what it means, to oppose Ms. Vitter’s 120,000—U.S. troops in the Mideast tration has conjured up a rule that nomination this afternoon. should tensions with Iran escalate. I could potentially force tens of thou- PUERTO RICO was stunned to read this report in the sands of children into homelessness or Mr. President, now on Puerto Rico, New York Times yesterday. away from their families. briefly, as negotiations on a final pack- The administration just started a My message to President Trump and age of disaster aid continue, I want to maximum pressure campaign of sanc- Secretary Carson is simple: Scrap this stress to everyone that we must re- tions against Iran, but is it simulta- idea now. main focused on reaching an agreement neously reviewing plans for war? That I yield the floor. as swiftly as possible. Disaster-stricken would make no sense. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Americans in the West, the South, the Meanwhile, the President oddly de- ator from Missouri is recognized. Midwest, and 3 million citizens of Puer- nied the report while also saying he MAIDEN SPEECH to Rico are waiting on Congress to de- would ‘‘absolutely’’ send ground troops Mr. HAWLEY. Mr. President, it is an liver relief, in some cases for disasters to the Middle East. But if he did, it honor to rise today to speak in this that occurred over a year ago. would be a ‘‘heck’’—and I am para- Chamber on behalf of the people of Mis- Why is this held up? phrasing—‘‘of a lot more troops [than souri. When I think of those who have We know why. Republicans are not 120,000].’’ served my State here before me, I am willing to give aid to Puerto Rico. Did we learn the lessons of the last humbled. When I think of the true and There was a bill that would never pass decade? Do we know that we have to strong Missourians who have sent me the House and something they didn’t spend our time focusing on building up here, I am sobered, because to rep- think originally, when President this country here, not build roads and resent them will be a great responsi- Trump said: Don’t do it. And they just bridges in the Middle East but do them bility indeed. I pledge to my fellow bowed down. They thought they could here? Missourians that I will work at this roll over the House and the Democratic There is an alarming lack of clarity task with all the strength that God can minority in the Senate, who wouldn’t here. There is a lack of strategy, and give me, and I will serve without fear stand up for certain Americans. there is a lack of consultation. The and without favor to any man. Well, we did. Now, thankfully, we are President ought to come up with a We Missourians are known for our making progress. Republicans are real- strategy and make it clear to Congress. frankness, and today I will be frank be- izing that Puerto Ricans cannot be left An adventure like this—120,000 troops cause this is a moment of great need out of the package, but now we must or a large number of troops—should for my State and for our Nation. This avoid poison pills at all costs. Presi- have to be approved by Congress. It Nation was born in a revolution by dent Trump, if he sticks his thumb into certainly should be discussed with Con- ‘‘We the People’’ and premised on a this again and asks for something un- gress ahead of time. There need to be revolutionary faith that it is the peo- reasonable, will delay disaster aid once open hearings and closed briefings with ple—the common man and woman who again, just as he did before. the committees of jurisdiction imme- make democracy work—and it is the To my Republican colleagues, let’s do diately. calling of every generation to renew this together. Let’s do it in the right Any potential increase in our mili- that revolution for their day. In our way. Let’s do it in the way that can tary presence in the Middle East time, our revolutionary faith is fal- pass the House. should require consultation with Con- tering, and in the heartland of this President Trump will sign the bill. gress, and anything beyond that would country, the great challenge of our age We have to make sure this legislation require this body to act. is unfolding. gets across the finish line. Every time President Trump, what is your strat- I come from a town called Lexington, the President intervenes and Repub- egy? Where are you headed? Why aren’t MO. It is a small place, but a proud lican colleagues go along, it gets held you talking to Congress about it? one. It is a place where people wake up even further. PUBLIC HOUSING early and work late to make a life for ABORTION Mr. President, finally, on public themselves and their children. It is a Mr. President, on the Alabama abor- housing, it was reported last week that place where people value honesty and tion bill, last night the Republican the Department of HUD has proposed a gumption and life’s simple pleasures: a Alabama Senate passed, perhaps, the rule that would bar families with fine morning in a deer stand, reading

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.005 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2849 to the kids before bed, and Sunday din- For too long now, neither our econ- on the rest of us. They advocate libera- ner at Mom’s. Although it is humble, it omy nor our culture has lent them tion from the duties of family and tra- is a place that reflects the dignity and much support. Instead, our policy- dition. They look down on the plain quiet greatness of the working men and makers have entrenched the new elites virtues of patriotism, self-giving, and women. and undermined the way of life that faith. They idealize fame and preach These are the people who explored a once bound this country together. It is self-realization through consuming continent, who built the railroads, and time to face the facts. more stuff, and as they do, they assault who opened the West. These are the Over the last 40 years, our economy the foundations of the great American workers whose labor launched the In- has worked best for those at the top— middle. dustrial Revolution and whose inge- the wealthy and the well-educated. If Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised, nuity made the American economy the you have a job in Silicon Valley or an then, at the epidemic of loneliness and marvel of the world. These are the fam- expensive and prestigious degree, this despair that is spreading across work- ilies who have rallied to this country’s economy has worked for you, and ing communities. Fewer young people flag at every hour of danger and who Washington has focused on how to get are getting married and starting fami- bear the burden of defending our Na- more people to join this elite. But if lies. Drug addiction is surging. The tion even now. These are the patriots you want a life built around the place opioid menace has ravaged every sec- who man the fire department and where you grew up, if your ambition is tor, every age group, and every geog- coach the Little League. These are the not to start a tech business but to join raphy of working people. generous who give $25 a month out of the family business, to serve in the It is not only pills. It is heroin, co- their gas money to assist people half- PTA or in your local church, well, you caine, fentanyl, meth, and, of course, way around the globe whom they will are told that you are not a success, and marijuana that have flooded our never meet just because they believe in you are told that you are on your own. streets and our homes. Everywhere, helping others. They don’t ask for This is no accident. The people who deaths of despair are mounting among much, and they live by a simple creed: make the rules now, who run our large farmers and among the young. Most Give the best of yourself to your fam- corporations, and who set the tone for shockingly, the young are the hope of ily, your community, and your fellow our popular culture all belong to the our society, but in America today, they man. America is a place of promise, be- same class. This economy has been are taking their lives in numbers we cause in these hearts, honor lives. their economy. They made it for them- have never seen in our history. These working men and women are selves. The well-off frequently note that our confronting crises today, and, as they But in places like the one where I Nation has never been richer, but the do, so does our democracy. After years grew up in middle Missouri, good-pay- tragedy of youth suicide betrays a pro- of sacrifice, the great American middle ing jobs that you can raise a family on found poverty of hope. And is that real- is being pushed aside by a new arrogant are going away. The jobs go overseas or ly so surprising? Today’s youth must aristocracy. The new aristocrats seek south of the border or to cities on the make their way in a society increas- to remake society in their own image, coasts. Once vibrant towns decline, ingly defined not by the genuine and to engineer an economy that works for taking with them the network of personal love of family and church but the elite but few else, and to fashion a schools and neighborhoods and church- by the cold and judgmental world of so- culture that is dominated by their own es that make up middle-class life. cial media. preferences. When they think of help- Rural America has been particularly A typical young person is bombarded ing their fellow citizens, they think of hard hit. Rural Americans’ life expect- by video games and violence and the making everyone else more like them- ancy has not just leveled off. It has ac- relentless status-seeking imposed and selves. tually dropped, and for women without modeled by our cultural elite. There is And Washington has just gone along. a high school degree, that drop has no more shocking illustration of our This town has embraced the politics of been staggering. In some rural places, cultural poverty and no more damning elite values and elite ambition rather residents struggle with outright depri- indictment of our cultural leaders than than building opportunities to thrive vation. My home State contains some these lost lives. in the great and broad American mid- of the poorest counties in America, all The sum of it all is that too many dle. This has left middle America—the in rural places that once boasted thriv- Americans are losing their standing as great American middle class—under ing small towns. As those communities citizens. They are losing their voice in siege, battling the loss of respect and struggle, want sets in. the life of this Nation, and with that, work, the decline of home and family, The crisis reaches well beyond eco- they are losing their liberty. To be free and an epidemic of loneliness and de- nomics. The message that Washington is to have a voice. It is to have a say, spair. This is the crisis of our time. has sent our whole society is loud and and it is to have the power of self-gov- I am afraid you wouldn’t know it to clear: Our elites are the people who ernment. listen to the talk of this town much of matter and those who aspire to join The chattering class often tells us the time. As the crisis deepens, the po- them. Everyone else is unimportant or that all of this—the jobs, the despair, litical establishment looks the other backward. and the loss of standing—is a result of way, rehearsing and rehashing the po- Millions of Americans are left with a forces beyond anyone’s control, as if litical debates of 30 or 40 years ago. sense that the people who run this that is an excuse to do nothing, but in There is no time for that any longer. country view them with nothing but fact, it is not true. Today’s society The 21st century is upon us, and the contempt and value them as nothing benefits those who shaped it, and it has great struggle of this century can no but consumers. These trends tear at been shaped not by working men and longer wait. The crisis that we face our country’s social fabric, and they women but by the new aristocratic goes to the heart of our revolution. undermine our common ethic of citi- elite. Big banks, big tech, and big mul- The United States is unique in his- zenship because being a free person and tinational corporations, along with tory as a republic governed not by a se- being an American isn’t just about their allies in the academy and the lect elite but by the working man and what you can buy. It is about the pride media—these are the aristocrats of our woman, because we believe it is that comes in supporting a family. It is age. They live in the United States, but through the working man and woman about contributing something of worth they consider themselves citizens of that God chooses to change the world. to your community. It is about being the world. They operate businesses or That change comes not through spec- able to look a neighbor in the eye and run universities here, but their pri- tacular feats of daring or glory but know that you are his equal. It is about mary loyalty is to their own agenda for through everyday work and everyday respect, and too many Americans a more unified, progressive, and profit- sacrifice and everyday acts of courage haven’t been getting it. able global order. and love. It has been the proud working They are certainly not getting it These modern aristocrats often claim people, our farmers and mechanics, and from our cultural elite. The media, to be a meritocracy, and many of them teachers and tradesmen who have de- Hollywood, and academia relentlessly truly believe they are. What they don’t fined the character of this country. press their values and their priorities see or will not acknowledge is that the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.007 S15MYPT1 S2850 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 society they have built works mainly The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tell me JOSHUA was the best teacher for themselves. They have effectively objection, it is so ordered. they ever had. They must not have had run this country for decades, and their WELCOMING SENATOR HAWLEY OF MISSOURI a class with Erin yet. But I am de- legacy is national division and national Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I am glad lighted that they are both part of the decline. to be joined by my good colleague Sen- discussion that will lead America for- It is time to reclaim our revolu- ator HAWLEY. He brings incredible ward. I look forward to engaging in tionary heritage and reassert the de- depth to the issues we talked about. He that discussion with them and mocracy of ‘‘We the People.’’ To those grew up in Lexington, MO, I under- partnering in the things we can find to who despair at the task ahead, I say stand, in smalltown America. He was do together and getting a chance to the hour is not too late and the crisis educated in some of the best schools in represent our strong, unique State that is not too deep for the determined ef- our country and had the great good for- I think is ready to merge into a greater fort of a great people, and to those who tune to be assigned as a John Roberts future, whether that is with all the feel forgotten and unheard, I say this is law clerk in the office of another John healthcare and ag research we see hap- your time. Now we must stand together Roberts law clerk and the good judg- pening, the GEOINT focus that is com- to renew the promise of our enduring ment to convince her to marry him. He ing into our State because of the new revolution. We must put aside the tired and Erin are a valuable asset to our NGA, the National Geospatial Intel- orthodoxies of years past and forge a State. They have two wonderful little ligence Agency facility being built new politics of national renewal. boys. I have enjoyed the time we have there. We must begin by acknowledging had together and look forward to more This is a time of great opportunity. I that GDP growth alone cannot be the time with JOSH and his family. He am glad to have the chance to share measure of this Nation’s greatness, and clearly thinks deeply about the issues part of that opportunity and look at so it cannot be the only aim of this Na- that affect the country. He is focused that future with my colleague JOSH tion’s policy because our purpose is not on not only the present but the future. HAWLEY and certainly want to join oth- to make a few people wealthy but to Those are all good things. ers in welcoming him officially to the sustain a great democracy. We need We have jointly had the opportunity Senate today as he makes his maiden not just a bigger economy but a better to represent a State that is as diverse speech to the Senate. society. We need a society that offers as any State in the country. I think a I yield back. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- rewarding work for every worker who week, a month, a year in Missouri is jority whip. wants it, wherever she is from, what- probably the closest thing to that same ever degree he might have, whether Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I want to period of time if you could somehow join with my colleague, the senior Sen- their ambition is to start a business or condense the entire United States into to start a family. We need a society ator from Missouri, and congratulate one place, where sometimes St. Louis the junior Senator from Missouri on that will allow towns and neighbor- is seen as the westernmost eastern city hoods to flourish across the great some wonderful remarks. and Kansas City may be more like Den- I came into the Congress with Sen- heartland of this country and not just ver than St. Louis. Northern Missouri in the megacities of the coasts. We ator BLUNT from the House of Rep- is more like Iowa. need a society that puts American resentatives over 20 years ago, which I I would state to Senator GRASSLEY guess makes us the old guys around workers first, that prioritizes them that when crossing the border there, over cheap goods from abroad and of- here, but it warms my heart and gives you certainly can’t tell when you cross me great hope for the future to see the fers them the chance to better their from Missouri farmland into Iowa station. All this we must fight for and caliber and the quality of people who farmland and the small cities and are entering public life in the form of more. small towns. The Bootheel, Delta We need to repair the torn fabric of people like Senator HAWLEY. South in character where JOSH and I our common life. We need a politics He is somebody who not only brings live in Springfield has that northwest that prioritizes strong marriages and great intellect, great passion, and Arkansas-Oklahoma vitality that is encourages strong families, where chil- great conviction, but he is a principled dren can know their parents and be different from anywhere else in our leader who is here for the right reasons nurtured by their love. We need strong State. As we travel actively around our and profoundly wants to make a dif- schools and churches and co-ops be- State, as we both do, I think we have a ference for the future of this country. cause these are the things that make great sense of so much of what happens In his remarks, he touched upon the liberty possible, for liberty is more in the country. It is still the popu- genius of our Founders, and that is than selling or buying or the right to lation center of America, if not the that average Americans—working men be left alone. Liberty is the ability to exact geographic center. Missouri is and women in this country—have an master our own fate and, as a free peo- where the country comes together. opportunity to make a difference with ple, to set our own course. That is the JOSH had an opportunity last year to their voices and with their votes by en- promise of the American Revolution, talk to tens of thousands of Missou- tering the public arena and being a and we will renew it for our day. rians about that and to communicate part of our democracy. That is really Washington has ignored the need for in other ways with millions of Missou- what this is all about. That is what our this renewal for too long. It has rested rians about that. I am glad he is here work should be about every day, is em- easy with the priorities of an earlier and glad to welcome him to the work powering them to do a better job in age. Now it must wake up and face the we will be doing together. We won’t raising their families and serving their facts of this day. Now we must ask new agree every single day because if we communities. questions, force new debates, articulate did, I guess we could have just one Sen- I certainly look forward to con- new priorities, and find new solutions ator and give him two votes. But it tinuing our work with the new Senator to make the great American middle gives us a chance to talk about the from Missouri and with the rest of our thrive again. issues we face and what that means for colleagues here as we embark upon This is not the work of a day or a our State but also what it means to the that task. I hope we can be successful season. It is the work of a generation. country. in restoring that vision our Founders We will make it the work of this gen- I am delighted he has committed had for what this country should be eration and so do our part to see the himself to public service. Missourians and in each day waking up and think- success of liberty in our time. have now elected him to two statewide ing about the fact that it is not about I suggest the absence of a quorum. offices in less than 3 years, and they us; it is about what we do to secure a The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. have expressed that confidence in him. better and brighter future consistent SASSE). The clerk will call the roll. With great frequency, I run into stu- with that brilliant past we have been The senior assistant legislative clerk dents both JOSH and Erin had when so blessed by because of those who have proceeded to call the roll. they were both teaching at the Law come before and have been willing to Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, I ask School at the University of Missouri, enter public life and make a difference. unanimous consent that the order for and they always tell me Erin was the So thank you and congratulations to the quorum call be rescinded. best teacher they ever had and often Senator HAWLEY. It is a great honor to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.009 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2851 serve with you, and we look forward to 2011, we saw the arrival of the 89th At- I am profoundly grateful for the working with you in the days and tack Squadron and its command and honor of representing some of the men weeks and months ahead to serve the control stations for MQ–9 Reapers. In and women of the U.S. military here in very people you talked about in your 2015, a decade-long mission paid off the Senate. We owe our soldiers, sail- remarks. with the expansion of the training air- ors, airmen, marines, and Coast Guard NATIONAL MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH space for the base. The Powder River a debt we can never repay. Mr. President, May is National Mili- Training Complex is now the largest As Military Appreciation Month con- tary Appreciation Month, a chance for training airspace in the continental tinues and Armed Forces Day ap- us to honor the service of those who United States. It is undoubtedly partly proaches, we can take the time to re- have kept our Nation free for 243 years. thanks to this airspace that Ellsworth member—to remember that we go For me, when I reflect on our mili- was just chosen not only as the home about our lives in peace and freedom tary men and women, there are always for the B–21 training mission, the first every day because of members of the two things in the forefront of my mind: bombers to the fleet, but operational U.S. military who are standing watch my dad, Harold Thune, and the men squadrons as well. for us. May God bless the members of and women of Ellsworth Air Force Base Once on the chopping block, Ells- the U.S. military, and may God con- in South Dakota and the South Dakota worth is going from strength to tinue to bless the United States of National Guard. strength, and South Dakota is deeply America. My father was a fighter pilot who proud to host this crucial base. I yield the floor. flew Hellcats off the USS Intrepid in Ellsworth’s airmen have played an I suggest the absence of a quorum. the Pacific theater during World War essential role in the armed conflicts of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The II. I came to know the ‘‘greatest gen- recent years. Ellsworth’s pilots have clerk will call the roll. eration’’ through my dad—their humil- engaged targets in the Middle East The legislative clerk proceeded to ity, their quiet service, their patriot- using Predator and Reaper remotely pi- call the roll. ism, and their deep dedication to the loted aircraft for vital reconnaissance, Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I ask cause of freedom. search and rescue, and strike missions. unanimous consent that the order for I have come to know the men and The Thunderbirds of the 34th Bomb the quorum call be rescinded. women of today’s military through Squadron and the Tigers of the 37th The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Ellsworth and through South Dakota’s Bomb Squadron have flown countless objection, it is so ordered. National Guard and the great work, missions, conducting strikes, providing ABORTION the extraordinary work they do day in deterrence, and delivering critical Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I want and day out, the professionalism, the close air support. to start today by saying I am really ap- skill, the talent, and the dedication During Operation Odyssey Dawn, B– palled by the extreme, cruel, shameful they bring to the work of defending 1s from Ellsworth launched from South abortion ban that was passed yesterday America and America’s freedoms. Dakota, flew halfway around the world in Alabama. That legislation is nothing Ellsworth has been on my mind in to Libya, dropped their bombs, and re- short of an attack on women, and it is particular this week because right now turned home—all in a single mission. part of a larger effort we are seeing the Air Force is conducting a large This marked the first time in history today around the country to take away force exercise involving B–1 bombers, that B–1s launched combat missions the constitutional right of women to B–2s, B–52s, F–16s, C–17s, KC–135s, from the United States to strike tar- safe, legal abortion and allowing politi- JSTARS and AWACS, and, for the first gets overseas. cians to make decisions for women time, F–35s. During my time advocating for Ells- about their bodies, their health, and My acquaintance with Ellsworth worth, I have had the chance to learn a their lives instead of trusting doctors began during my time as a Member of lot about aircraft and the incredible and women. the House of Representatives, but I capabilities of the U.S. military, espe- I want every woman reading the news really got to know the base and what it cially the capabilities of the U.S. Air this morning and wondering what this meant to the Rapid City area shortly Force. But the greatest part of rep- means for you, your family, and for after I became a Senator. resenting Ellsworth has been the your granddaughters to know I am Just a few months into my first term chance to meet with and get to know with you, and I am going to keep fight- in the Senate, Ellsworth found itself its airmen, from the wing commanders ing for you every step of the way. targeted for closure by the Base Re- and other base leaders to the airmen NOMINATION OF WENDY VITTER alignment and Closure Commission. who care for the planes. Mr. President, I want to turn to That summer of 2005 was a long one as Ultimately, no matter what tech- speak about my opposition to Wendy we mobilized to protect the base. I nology we have, the strength of our Vitter’s nomination, which is yet an- don’t think I missed a BRAC hearing in fighting force comes down to our mili- other step extreme politicians are tak- DC that summer. It didn’t matter tary men and women. It is because of ing to undermine women’s rights and whether Ellsworth was on the agenda; I the men and women we have that the access to healthcare. wanted to be there in case the chance United States has the strongest fight- I oppose Wendy Vitter’s nomination to advocate for Ellsworth arose. ing force in the world. to the U.S. District Court for the East- Thanks to the efforts of a lot of dedi- Members of the military are a special ern District of Louisiana. cated people, we were victorious. We breed. At an age when many are fo- President Trump and Vice President demonstrated to the Commission that cused on graduation ceremonies or PENCE have made it clear that they Ellsworth was a vital national security summer vacations, they take a dif- want to pack the Judiciary with far- asset and that moving the B–1 fleet ferent path—a path that challenges right judges who will turn back the from Ellsworth would actually cost them mentally and physically, that clock on reproductive rights, and this money. We also made the case that the pushes them to their limits and then nominee is no exception. United States shouldn’t put all of its asks them to go further, that asks Time and again, Mrs. Vitter has ad- eggs in one basket, that it shouldn’t them to forget their own needs and to vocated against women’s reproductive consolidate all of its assets in one loca- focus only on what they can do for oth- rights using inflammatory language tion. ers, and that asks them to forgo com- and falsehoods. She has demonstrated a By August, we had succeeded in hav- fort for sacrifice, up to and including keen sense of partisanship and a poor ing Ellsworth removed from the clo- the sacrifice of their lives. At 18, at 21, sense of judgment, starting with her sure list. Since then, the congressional these warriors pledge to lay down their initial response to the Senate Judici- delegation, Ellsworth, and community lives for the rest of us, and they make ary Committee’s questionnaire. leaders have worked hard to build up that pledge again every day of their Mrs. Vitter left out information the base so that we never again find service, every morning when they wake about her past statements in her re- ourselves in that same position. In up and head to work, whether that is sponse to the committee—the kinds of 2007, we saw the Air Force Financial the repair base at Ellsworth or a bat- serious submissions Republicans have Services Center open at Ellsworth. In tlefield half a world away. objected to with other nominees. I am

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.010 S15MYPT1 S2852 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 not talking about a small memory sibility of deciding the historic cases of ings in America, though, we are mak- lapse. I am talking about nearly 200 ad- tomorrow. Someone who has worked to ing two huge mistakes. First, we are ditional pages that had to be added to spread misinformation about contra- ignoring our responsibility to address a her response once they were brought to ceptives and undermine the constitu- much more direct cause of these trage- light. I am not talking about insignifi- tional right to safe, legal abortion that dies—guns. Second, we are unfairly and cant statements, things that are hard is enshrined in Roe v. Wade cannot be falsely stigmatizing mental illness. to find or easy to forget. I am talking trusted to fight for the truth or uphold Here is another thing we can’t say about campaign ads, panel discussions, women’s reproductive rights. In other often enough: It is exceedingly rare political rallies. I am not talking about words, someone like Wendy Vitter can- that one’s mental illness leads one to innocent uncontroversial comments. I not be trusted with a lifetime seat on a commit acts of violence. In fact, one is am talking about the fearmongering of Federal bench. much more likely to be a victim of vio- an activist who is entirely unfit for the I urge my colleagues to join me in re- lence than to be a perpetrator, and we Federal bench. jecting this nomination. While Presi- must not make it harder for people to Mrs. Vitter initially failed to disclose dent Trump and Vice President PENCE seek help by falsely tagging them, as her remarks at a political rally oppos- may keep sending us these far-right we do, as being potentially dangerous. ing the construction of a Planned Par- nominees and Senate Republicans may Yes, these tragedies are reminders enthood clinic, remarks where she keep jamming them through under the that we need to spend more time talk- claimed Planned Parenthood—which, radar, Democrats are not going to ing about mental health, but let’s have by the way, provides low-cost stand by or stand down. They may try the right conversation. For most peo- healthcare like cancer screenings and to push our courts to the right. We are ple who struggle with mental illness in STI screenings and contraceptive care going to keep pushing back. We are America, the struggle is not about life to millions of people. She claimed going to keep holding a spotlight on or death; it is about the quality of the Planned Parenthood is responsible for these nominees and making clear just lives we lead. Mental health is a con- killing 150,000 women a year. That is how extreme they are, and we are tinuum, and many of our fellow citi- careless, it is reckless, and it is wrong. going to keep fighting for women and zens fall somewhere along this con- It is incredibly poor judgment for men and families in this country. tinuum. These millions of Americans somebody who is being considered for a Thank you. deserve our attention, and these mil- lifetime judicial appointment. I yield the floor. lions of Americans deserve our help. She also failed to disclose the time I suggest the absence of a quorum. The other reason I want to focus on she moderated a deeply dishonest panel The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mental health care while I am here in called ‘‘Abortion Hurts Women’s clerk will call the roll. the Senate is that I am one of them. Health.’’ Mrs. Vitter prompted panel- The legislative clerk proceeded to When it started for me, I thought I was ists to peddle misinformation about call the roll. just having a bad day or, really, a se- women’s health, encouraging a discus- Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, I ask ries of bad days. While growing up, I sion that falsely suggested abortion is unanimous consent that the order for had always been a pretty cheerful kid, linked to cancer and infertility. One the quorum call be rescinded. but at some point during my second panel spoke at length about a deeply The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without year of college, I had started to find it inaccurate brochure she had authored objection, it is so ordered. harder and harder to cope with the called ‘‘How the Pill Kills.’’ As you can MENTAL HEALTH daily challenges of life. Actually, it tell from that title, the brochure was Ms. SMITH. Mr. President, when I had been my roommate who had no- loaded with glaring falsehoods, like the first came to the Senate, I knew I ticed that I had not been myself and false claim that birth control causes wanted to make mental health one of hadn’t been myself for a long time. She breast cancer or that women on birth my top priorities. As a Minnesotan, I had suggested that I talk to someone control are more likely to die a violent am proud of the way our Senators have over at the Student Health Services. It death. In response to that speaker’s led the way on this important issue, had been a completely foreign idea to long string of very dangerous lies from Paul Wellstone to Al Franken, to me, and I had responded in the way a about women’s healthcare, Mrs. Vitter AMY KLOBUCHAR. I am honored to have lot of people would have—‘‘I have encouraged the attendees to download the chance to further our proud legacy this.’’ Eventually, I had realized that the brochure, bring it to their doctors, when it comes to improving our mental maybe I had been wrong about that. and ask them to put it in their waiting health system, but that is not the only It was really hard to make that rooms. reason I have chosen to make mental phone call, walk over to the coun- It is incredibly alarming that a nomi- health a focus. selor’s office, and sit in the waiting nee for the Federal bench would be so I am glad it has become a more room. I didn’t know what to expect, willing to voice her support for such prominent issue here in Washington, and to be honest, I was embarrassed. dangerous propaganda, especially when but I have noticed it usually comes to The counselor’s name was Charlotte. that same nominee is unwilling to the forefront in the context of some She was nice, had common sense, and voice her support for one of the land- unthinkable tragedy. When a high-pro- wasn’t patronizing or judgmental. She mark civil rights cases in our country’s file celebrity takes his or her own life, just asked me some simple questions history, Brown v. Board of Education. we immediately want to reach out to about how I was feeling, and I remem- During her confirmation hearing, other people who are suffering in si- ber what a relief it was just to talk Mrs. Vitter was asked whether Brown lence. Of course, we do. That is not a about it. Over the course of a few v. Board was decided correctly. It bad thing. months, Charlotte gave me some ideas wasn’t a trick question. Many past ju- We can’t repeat the number often about how to cope a little bit better dicial nominees, including Chief Jus- enough. If you are having thoughts of with the challenges I was facing, and I tice Roberts, have been able to answer suicide, please, please call the National would always walk out of her office it. Mrs. Vitter refused. Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1–800– feeling a little bit more courageous and This week, we are going to celebrate 273–8255. Even if you aren’t suffering a little bit more hopeful. the 65th anniversary of the Brown v. from acute mental illness, put that Did I live happily ever after? Well, Board decision. Do Republicans really number in your cell phone so you can, not quite. That is not how mental ill- want to mark this occasion by con- someday, help someone who is. ness works. There isn’t a box for when firming a judge who has voiced more On the other hand, when a profoundly you are healthy and a box for when you support for outright lies about wom- disturbed person commits a horrible are not. Like I said, it is a continuum, en’s health than for the historic deci- act of violence, we immediately want and you try to get a little closer to the sion that struck down State-sponsored to intervene before the next time it healthy end every day. segregation? This should be simple. happens. Of course, we do. At one point in my thirties, though, Someone whose statements and record When we bring up the need to im- I found myself sliding back in the fail to support the Brown v. Board deci- prove our mental health system as the wrong direction. There was nothing un- sion cannot be trusted with the respon- answer to the epidemic of mass shoot- usually traumatic going on in my life.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:01 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.012 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2853 I had a career, and Archie and I were worse? On the other hand, what if it did keep up with the number of kids who raising our two sons. We were busy, work? Would I really be better, or need urgent intervention to make sure and we were tired, but that is the way would it just be an illusion of feeling that, for example, their behavioral it is when you are a young parent. better? issues don’t become so significant that Still, something was wrong. Susan convinced me to give it a try, they get them kicked out of school al- All who have suffered from depres- and I was lucky again when the first together. sion have their own metaphors to de- medication we tried worked. I didn’t As for kids whose issues are very real scribe it, but most can identify with feel better right away. There was no but not so acute—like the ninth grader the sensation of the color just sort of big milestone moment where I woke up whose anxiety makes her sick to her draining out of your world. The things and everything was great again. But I stomach every day—they wind up that used to give you joy don’t give remember feeling like I was slowly stuck on waiting lists for treatment. you joy anymore. The things that you coming out of a fog. The color started And that is even before psychologists used to love to do may just make you to seep back into my day a little bit can do any active outreach to the stu- exhausted. Basically, you are just try- more every day. I began to reengage dents who haven’t reached out for help. ing to slog through the day. Of course, with my family and my friends and my That is why last month I reintro- when you feel this way, just making it work, and I could see hope on the hori- duced my Mental Health Services for through the day is tough. I found my- zon again. After a couple of years on Students Act. This bill would create a self struggling to be a good mom, a medication, I slowly ramped down, and grant program for school districts good wife, a good friend, a good col- I haven’t had to get treatment since. looking to expand the mental health league. I just felt off all the time— As I said, there is no happily ever services they are able to offer to stu- clumsy and slow. I forgot things and after when it comes to mental illness, dents by partnering with community got angry at the drop of a hat. but happier is possible. If anyone needs mental health system organizations. See, the thing is, depression messes proof, just talk to me. If we are going to get our arms with your memory. I will never forget So that is my story, but really it is around this crisis, we need to train the story of millions of Americans. I when my young son asked me quietly more teachers, administrators, and chose to share mine—first in an op-ed and cautiously: ‘‘Mom, are you OK?’’ It members of the school community, in- in the Rochester Post-Bulletin and now was a spiral. The worse things got, the cluding parents, to recognize when kids here on the floor of the Senate—be- more frustrated I became, but I are struggling and to connect them cause I want to urge anyone who strug- couldn’t get it together. Down and with help. If we here in the Senate are gles with depression or anxiety or sub- down I went until I could no longer see serious about addressing mental health stance abuse or post-traumatic stress hope on the horizon. I was never suici- in our schools, we should pass this bill disorder or any other mental health dal, but I struggled to function. I defi- without delay. issue to reach out and seek help. nitely wasn’t living my best life. I real- A comprehensive approach to mental Destigmatizing and demystifying health means improving the system all ly wasn’t living at all. mental illness is just the beginning. along the age continuum. Over in the That is the reality of mental illness Everyone can be a friend to those in HELP Committee, we will have an op- for millions of Americans. I am one of need by urging them to take advantage portunity this year to reauthorize the the lucky ones. I was lucky that my of the resources that are available to Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment college had excellent mental health re- them, but the 100 of us here in the Sen- Act, or CAPTA. And I have a bill, spon- sources and that my roommate cared ate have a responsibility to make sure sored in the House by my friend Rep- enough about me to urge me to take those resources are available to every- resentative DEAN PHILLIPS, that would advantage of those resources. I was one. We can’t afford to leave holes in improve the delivery of mental health lucky that when my depression came the net we build to catch people when back with a vengeance, I had health in- they fall, especially when one of the services within our child welfare sys- surance that covered treatment. There biggest holes is in our schools. tem. For example, our bill would make was a therapist named Susan with the I have spent a lot of time over the sure that young, at-risk children get skill and the expertise to help me. last months having conversations with important developmental screenings Susan asked me a few questions: teachers and administrators in public when they need it. How are you sleeping? schools across Minnesota. Time and We are learning that childhood trau- Terrible. again, when I ask them ‘‘What keeps ma can be a major factor in future Are you forgetting things? you up at night?’’ they come back to mental illness. The more we do to ad- All the time. the mental health of their students. dress the underlying trauma, whether She then suggested that I take a di- They talk about the causes—every- it is poverty, the death or incarcer- agnostic test, which basically consisted thing from increased social pressure ation of a loved one or a parent, or sex- of answering questions like those. Even that comes from social media to the ual abuse, the better we address those then, I was resistant. People often say trauma of losing a parent to opioids— issues, the better chance we will have that depression lies, and the biggest lie but they also tell me what the crisis of turning the tide on this epidemic. depression tells is that what is wrong really looks like at ground level. The mental health crisis isn’t only with you is you. So you resist getting A principal in St. Paul told me about affecting our kids; it is affecting our help because you refuse to accept that the regular phenomenon of an ambu- parents too. According to a study by there is anything happening except lance pulling up at the school doors, the Centers for Disease Control, one in that you stupidly forgot it was recy- rushing to the aid of a student who has five adults age 55 or older experiences a cling day again. suffered a break. It has happened more mental health issue, and a third of I went ahead and I did the diagnostic than a half a dozen times at his school them never receive treatment. Men test, and Susan came back and said: alone this year. Meanwhile, the prin- over the age of 75 have a higher suicide Yes, you are clinically depressed, so cipal in Parkers Prairie—a town in rate than any other age group. The so- let’s talk about what we can do about Otter Tail County of just over 1,000, cial isolation that too often comes it. people—tells me that she sees students with aging or caring for a loved one One thing I would say to people who experiencing homelessness and other isn’t just unfortunate; it is a public are resisting going in for that appoint- trauma, students dealing with PTSD, health risk. ment is that even after I got that diag- and students with eating disorders. Just as we have learned to reach out nosis, I was still in control. When Just this year, she has had three stu- to the veterans in our lives and in our Susan brought up the idea of medica- dents end up in the hospital for self- communities to let them know we are tion, it was a suggestion and not an harming. They have a heroic social there for them if they are struggling, order. I will admit it—it was a sugges- worker who comes in but only every we should do the same for our elders. tion I had a hard time with. I didn’t other day because they have to share As the HELP Committee takes up the want to become a different person. I her with another school in the district. reauthorization of the Older Americans didn’t want some pill messing with my School psychologists across Min- Act this year, I will be working to do brain. What if it didn’t work and I got nesota tell me they are struggling to my part.

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So even in the things may happen if you take this crisis support for those in acute dis- midst of this public health crisis, I be- drug or the other drug. On they go for tress. It should also be there for people lieve there is hope on the horizon for 60 seconds without stopping. Yet they in every ZIP Code, and unfortunately, the millions of Americans who struggle never disclose the price of the drug. some of the biggest holes in our system with mental illness, but they are After Senator GRASSLEY and I put can be found in rural areas. counting on us to make this hopeful vi- our bill in last year, I got a call from As a Senator, I am proud to serve on sion a reality. the Secretary of Health and Human the Agriculture Committee. I fre- I yield the floor. Services, Alex Azar. He decided he quently meet with farm groups, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- wanted to pick up on our effort and today mental health is one of the first ator from Illinois. join us. Think about that for a topics to come up. Farming is an inher- f minute—a Republican Senator, a ently stressful profession, especially Democratic Senator, and the Trump REMEDY ACT these days, when the numbers for sui- administration agreeing on something. cide prevention hotlines regularly ap- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, if you It turns out, he thinks it is a good idea, pear in farm publications. But we need watched ‘‘60 Minutes’’ on Sunday, you and I do too. to include the entire rural community, would not have been surprised that If we had price disclosure on these from bankers and pastors to grocers there was a segment relating to pre- ads on television, it might open the and fertilizer sellers. We need to in- scription drug pricing. Everywhere we eyes of a lot of people as to what it clude them in this conversation, and turn, somebody is raising the question costs. What is the most heavily adver- we need to make sure that when people about why we are paying so much for tised drug on television today? do reach out for help, there is help prescription drugs and why the cost of HUMIRA. Why was HUMIRA invented there for them. these drugs has gone through the roof. or discovered? To treat arthritis, par- Unfortunately, rural communities in We want to encourage research. We ticularly psoriatic arthritis. Guess general are often underserved by men- want to encourage innovation. We un- what they discovered. It also had a side tal health professionals compared to derstand that these are profit-making benefit they didn’t anticipate. You cities and suburbs. Many still have in- companies, so we understand we will know the little red patch on your consistent access to the internet, pay for that. But what we are seeing in elbow—psoriasis? If you take HUMIRA, meaning that even online resources can terms of the pricing of drugs across all of a sudden, that little red patch be out of reach for someone who is America now is inconsistent with any goes away. So if you are watching the struggling. That is why, in the last of the history that we have had. It ads on television, some of them are farm bill, we set up a rural health liai- seems as if pharma believes that if about arthritis, but some of them show son in the Department of Agriculture— they own a drug, they can charge what- ladies sitting by swimming pools with someone who understands the specific ever they can charge, and no one will flawless skin because they are taking needs of rural communities and is question them. HUMIRA. It is very interesting. charged with paying attention to a cri- It makes a difference. Blue Cross There is one thing they leave out. Do sis that has too often lurked beneath Blue Shield, the largest health insurer you know what HUMIRA costs? It costs the surface. in my State of Illinois, analyzed the $5,500 a month. This red patch on my Last year, Senator MURKOWSKI and I cost of care in our State and nearby elbow may trouble me when it comes worked together to pass a law that and asked: What is driving the increase to the swimsuit competition, but I am would provide mental health profes- in health insurance premiums? The not going to spend $5,500 to deal with sionals in the National Health Service cost of prescription drugs, even more it. I think they ought to have to dis- Corps with greater flexibility in where than the cost of inpatient hospital close the price of the drug. We take they practice and deliver care, increas- care. their prices; we do not make up the ing the resources available in under- Look at all of those big hospitals and price. The price they declare as phar- served rural communities. all of the important work they are maceutical manufacturers—we believe I hope my colleagues will join me in doing and expensive procedures they that is the one that should be adver- continuing to take action to address are involved in. All of that cost does tised. the mental health crisis, and I hope not equal the rising cost of prescrip- On Monday, Senator GRASSLEY and I that sharing my own story will make it tion drugs. That is why our health in- introduced the bill to codify this rule easier for more Americans to add their surance premiums are going up, so it is that the Trump administration is push- voices to this fight. understandable that more and more of ing for price disclosure and to ensure Still, there is no magic cure for de- us are talking about this and trying to its long-term implementation. We are pression. There is no magic bill to find practical ways to approach it that happy to have on board with us Sen- solve this problem. Mental health is a might make things better. ator LAMAR ALEXANDER, Republican of reality of life for millions of people in Can you consider one policy that Tennessee, and Senator KING, Inde- our country, and we can’t legislate it might have the support of Democrats pendent Democrat from Maine. Dis- away. If we work to help more Ameri- and Republicans, the American Asso- closing prices in drug ads is a simple cans bring their struggles out of the ciation of Retired Persons, the Amer- step to give patients a break at the shadows into the sunshine, if we reach ican Medical Association, the Amer- pharmacy. We have to do a lot more. I out to people in need and connect them ican Hospital Association, 88 percent of think this is a good starting point, with people who can help, and if we un- Americans, and the Trump administra- though. derstand the factors that make people tion? What in the world could that be? American patients and taxpayers pay vulnerable to these problems and focus Here it is: a measure I introduced in the highest prices in the world for most our energies on making sure the net is 2017 to require pharmaceutical compa- medications. Eli Lilly, out of Indianap- there to catch them if they fall—if we nies to disclose the prices with new olis, IN—they make a drug called do these things, then we can take steps prescription drug advertising. Humalog. It is for diabetes. It is an in- in the right direction, one right after Last year, Senator CHUCK GRASSLEY, sulin drug that can cost up to $329 per the other and one day at a time. Republican of Iowa, and I teamed up to dose here in the United States. I still remember what it felt like in pass a measure in the Senate to require Humalog, insulin, diabetes—the cost is those weeks and months after I began pricetags on the television ads. We $329. to treat my depression—the sense of were stopped in conference by a single What does the same vial of the same empowerment that came with finally House Republican. drug made by the same company cost

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:25 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.015 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2855 in Canada? It costs $38. It is $329 here $35 to more than $270 because Sanofi extends the monopoly period for the and $38 there. has successfully bought lower cost ge- drug again, and it incentivizes the fil- In 2017, Canadians could purchase neric competitors, and it is not just ing of secondary follow-on patents that AbbVie’s HUMIRA, which I mentioned Lantus or insulin. may not add to the safety or efficacy of earlier, for $20,000; for Americans, Celgene’s cancer drug, REVLIMID, the drug. $40,000. The worst part of this price dis- has been awarded 96 patents, many of This automatic 30-month freeze on parity is that American taxpayers are which were awarded after the initial competition encourages pharma to the ones paying to develop these drugs FDA approval. As a result, REVLIMID, amass large numbers of secondary pat- in the first place. Our tax dollars at the effectively, has gone 40 years without ents and block generic companies from National Institutes of Health provide competition. putting on the market a drug that the clues and the direction for these The same goes for Pfizer’s nerve pain would be in competition with their companies to take our federally funded drug, Lyrica. You have seen that one brand name drug. No matter how weak research and turn it into a valuable advertised on TV. I have. That entered the patent is, how peripheral it may drug, a valuable medical device, and the market in 2004. Lyrica has received be—like the coating on a pill that I then charge us more than any other 68 patents, including filing more than 2 mentioned earlier—it works. For 30 place in the world. dozen after initial FDA approval. They months, there is another delay before All 210 drugs approved by the Food are gaming the system to avoid com- there is competition. and Drug Administration between the petition to keep their prices high. The REMEDY Act, which Senator years 2010 and 2016 received funding In fact, the top 12 best-selling drugs CASSIDY and I introduced, would re- from the National Institutes of Health, in America each have an average of 71 strict this 30-month freeze of FDA ap- supported by nearly $40 billion by U.S. patents. Why do they get a new patent? proval so that it applies only to pri- taxpayers each year. I am all for that, Because they have decided that instead mary substance patents. This removes incidentally—funding the NIH and of a 150-mg tablet, there will be a 75-mg an incentive for brand name manufac- leading to this research. But make no tablet, and they get a new patent. Or turers to continue to game the system mistake, these breakthrough drugs they put a new coating on the outside by filing excessive follow-on patents, start at the National Institutes of of the pill or they have a new manufac- and it makes it easier for low-cost ge- Health at taxpayers’ expense. So Amer- turing technique. They get the patent. neric competitors to come to market. ican taxpayers get hit twice. We pay They have exclusivity in the market Big Pharma is gaming the system at for the initial research, which leads to for another extended period of time. the expense of American patients, at the drug, and then we, of course, pay The top 12 best-selling drugs in the expense of the American health for the drugs at the highest levels. America each have an average of 71 system, and at our expense when it The heart of the problem is that our patents, and 74 percent of all new drug comes to health insurance premiums. system does not function as a free mar- patents are for drugs that are already What are we going to do about it? Well, ket. There are too many forces at work on the market. They are gaming the it turns out, we happen to be working when it comes to prescription drugs system. in a place which makes laws, the U.S. that limit competition. Often Big We can and we should reward innova- Senate. We are supposed to take a chal- Pharma charges as much as they can tive research so that companies can lenge like this and do something about it—not just lament the fact that pre- get away with because they manipulate earn a profit for good work and big scription drug pricing is out of control, the patent system to avoid competi- ideas. But an abusive manufacturer should not be allowed to game the gov- but actually do something. tion. Lucky me, I serve on the Senate Ju- The theory used to be that if you dis- ernment patent system while being diciary Committee, which has author- covered the drug, you could sell it ex- shielded from competition. ity over many of these issues, particu- clusively for, say, 20 years, and then This month I am going to give what larly when it comes to patent law. everybody could take your formula, I call my Pharma Fleece Award. I made There are things we can do as members make generic drugs, and there would be a special sign here so that pharma of the committee to bring down pre- would know what we are talking about. open competition so that the price scription drug pricing. would go down. That is not how it This month we are going to give this Honestly, if you follow the U.S. Sen- works. Pharma Fleece Award to Celgene, ate, we can do something other than a The core issue is that roughly 10 per- Pfizer, and Sanofi for stacking exces- nomination, which is all we have done cent of brand name, patent-protected sive secondary patents to block generic around here for a long, long time. I am drugs account for 80 percent of spend- competition. The net result, of course, sure the American voters are happy to ing in America. The overwhelming pre- is that American consumers pay more see us work on nominations, but they scriptions are for generic drugs, which for their products. would be much happier if we worked on are affordable drugs, but it turns out To address this, I introduced legisla- the high cost of prescription drugs. We that even though 90 percent of the pre- tion last month with Senator CASSIDY, have done little or nothing on this sub- scriptions are for generic drugs, they Republican from Louisiana and a med- ject, other than talk about it for the account for only 20 percent of all the ical doctor, called the REMEDY Act. last few months. spending. It is that 10 percent of brand Our bipartisan bill reduces incentives Senator MCCONNELL, the Republican name drugs that account for 80 percent for Big Pharma to ‘‘evergreen,’’ which leader, has decided not to bring legisla- of all prescription drug spending be- is a technical term in this application. tion to the floor of the Senate any- cause they are so expensive. It is an effort to amass endless quan- more. That is just from the days of yes- In what other industry does the price tities of follow-on patents that shield teryear when we actually debated a of the consumer product increase year blockbuster drugs from competition bill, offered amendments, had votes. after year after being introduced on from generics. You see, under an act, a People showed up on the floor because the market? Maybe a collector of art- law known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, we were doing something. work or baseball cards but certainly when a generic drug manufacturer Look at it now. not when it comes to something that is seeks approval from the FDA, they are American patients need help from a life-and-death commodity like a routinely blocked by a maze of patents the high drug prices, not more unquali- drug. held by the brand name company. fied, divisive nominees but actual leg- The point is, I don’t believe our The generic company has the option islation to help American families. Founding Fathers envisioned a scheme to say whether they think the patents What a break it would be if the U.S. where Sanofi’s Lantus, insulin that covering the brand name drug are not Senate became the U.S. Senate again. was approved in the year 2000, would valid or relevant. If so, that can trigger I hope Senator MCCONNELL will allow receive 45 additional patents after it a patent infringement lawsuit. When us to put a bill on the floor of the Sen- was approved by the FDA, providing a this happens, the FDA issues a 30- ate. It would be a great celebration massive 37-year monopoly by Sanofi on month freeze on the generic company’s here in the Senate. I think Republicans this insulin product. During that time, application to hash out the issue. The and Democrats would enjoy the oppor- the price of insulin has increased from problem with this 30-month freeze is it tunity to actually come to the floor,

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NOMINATIONS nated to the District Court for the Because my Republican colleagues Once again, this week the Republican Eastern District of Louisiana. used the nuclear option to change the Leader has scheduled no legislation for Like Mr. Lee, Ms. Vitter also ini- Senate rules, there is now less time for votes on the Senate floor. tially failed to disclose more than 100 the Senate to debate controversial Instead, our Republican colleagues speeches and documents to the Judici- nominees like Mr. Truncale, Ms. Vit- are spending another week rubber ary Committee. ter, and Mr. Rosen. The matters she failed to disclose in- stamping President Trump’s nominees. But the American people see what is This week, the Republican majority cluded a panel she moderated in 2013 at going on. They see the rush by Presi- scheduled votes on three Trump judi- a Louisiana Right to Life conference. dent Trump and Senate Republicans to cial nominees. Each of these nominees At this panel, she told the audience to confirm nominees who are ideological has expressed views that are ideolog- urge their doctors to put in their wait- or who lack the right qualifications for ical and extreme. ing rooms a brochure entitled ‘‘The the job. First there was Michael Truncale, Pill Kills.’’ This is a brochure about I oppose these nominees. And I regret nominated to the District Court for the how birth control pills supposedly kill that the Senate’s advice and consent Northern District of Texas. Mr. women. process has become an exercise in Re- Ms. Vitter also claimed in a 2009 Truncale gave a speech in 2011 where he publican rubber stamping. This institu- speech that we are ‘‘throwing out our outrageously called President Obama tion can, and should, do better. Constitution’’ by counting the full pop- ‘‘an un-American imposter.’’ I see that my colleague from Texas is He described the Supreme Court’s de- ulation in the national census. here on the floor, and I don’t want to All three of these judicial nominees cision in Shelby County that gutted take any more time. have expressed extreme ideological the Voting Rights Act as ‘‘a victory.’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. views that raise serious questions He has called for defunding Planned LANKFORD). The Senator from Texas. about their judgment. Yet Republicans Parenthood and said that he opposes ORDER OF PROCEDURE are rubber stamping all three of them the bipartisan DREAM Act. Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I ask to lifetime appointments on the federal He has called the Environmental Pro- unanimous consent that notwith- bench. standing rule XXII, at 5:30 p.m., all tection Agency a ‘‘job killer’’ and Then there is President Trump’s called for eliminating the Departments postcloture time on the Lee nomina- nominee for Deputy Attorney General, tion be considered expired; further, of Education and Energy. Jeffrey Rosen. Mr. Rosen simply does Mr. Truncale also gave a radio inter- that if confirmed, the motion to recon- not have the right qualifications for view in 2012 thanking the Tea Party sider be considered made and laid upon this important job. the table and the President be imme- movement ‘‘for what it has meant to The Deputy Attorney General runs our country and to our Republican diately notified of the Senate’s action. the day-to-day operations of the Jus- I ask that following disposition of the party.’’ tice Department and oversees its law Despite all this, only one Republican Lee nomination, the Senate vote on enforcement components. the cloture motions for the Vitter, Senator, Senator ROMNEY, voted At this critical moment, we need a against Mr. Truncale. Bulatao, and Rosen nominations; fi- Deputy Attorney General who is famil- nally, that if cloture is invoked on Then there’s Ninth Circuit nominee iar with the Justice Department, who Kenneth Lee of California, who has those nominations, the confirmation has experience in overseeing criminal votes on the Vitter and Bulatao nomi- been advanced by Republicans over the investigations and prosecutions, and objection of both home State Senators. nations occur at noon on Thursday and who is committed to the Department’s the Rosen confirmation vote occur at That never happened before until this role of enforcing the law independently year, but this is now the fifth time we 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, and that without fear or favor. if confirmed, the motions to reconsider have seen a nominee advance with no Mr. Rosen has no experience working be considered made and laid upon the blue slip. in the Justice Department or handling table and the President be immediately Mr. Lee initially failed to provide criminal cases. When I questioned him notified of the Senate’s action. dozens of his controversial writings to about core DOJ functions and agencies the Senate Judiciary Committee. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without he will oversee if confirmed, he wasn’t objection, it is so ordered. I remember when President Obama’s familiar with them and said he would Ninth Circuit nominee Goodwin Liu (The remarks of Mr. CORNYN per- have to get up to speed. taining to the introduction of S. 1480 initially failed to fully disclose articles For example, when I met with him are printed in today’s RECORD under he had written to the Judiciary Com- and asked him about the landmark mittee. Republican members of the ‘‘Statements on Introduced Bills and First Step Act, he said he had ‘‘begun Joint Resolutions.’’) Committee said it was ‘‘potentially getting informed about it.’’ disqualifying’’ and said it showed ei- Mr. CORNYN. I yield the floor. When I asked him about the Deputy I suggest the absence of a quorum. ther incompetence or an attempt to Attorney General’s role in overseeing The PRESIDING OFFICER. The hide his writings. the Federal Bureau of Prisons and ad- clerk will call the roll. Senate Republicans ended up filibus- dressing their critical staffing short- The senior assistant legislative clerk tering Goodwin Liu’s nomination. Yet ages, he said he wasn’t familiar and proceeded to call the roll. every Republican member of the Judi- couldn’t comment. Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, I ask ciary Committee voted for Mr. Lee’s When I asked him about voting unanimous consent that the order for nomination. The double standard is ob- rights and voter suppression, he said he the quorum call be rescinded. vious. hadn’t had occasion to study the issue. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ROM- When we were finally able to review When I asked him about the DEA’s NEY). Without objection, it is so or- Mr. Lee’s writings, we saw he routinely role in setting opioid production dered. expressed extreme views. Here are just quotas, which he will oversee, he didn’t Mr. LANKFORD. I suggest the ab- a few examples: know about it. sence of a quorum. He wrote: ‘‘Charges of sexism often When I asked him about DOJ’s role The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amount to nothing but irrelevant pout- in immigration matters, including his clerk will call the roll. ing.’’ priorities for the immigration courts The senior assistant legislative clerk He said: ‘‘homosexuals generally are he will oversee, he said he looked for- proceeded to call the roll. more promiscuous than heterosexuals, ward to learning more about it. Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I ask and thus their risk factor [for AIDS] Mr. Rosen was a longtime colleague unanimous consent that the order for increases exponentially.’’ of Attorney General Barr at a law firm, the quorum call be rescinded.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:13 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.018 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2857 The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CAS- exercises. Our men and women in the was cut by almost 25 percent during SIDY). Without objection, it is so or- Air Force, in particular, do some won- the second term of the Obama adminis- dered. derful training there. tration—25 percent—and readiness MILITARY APPRECIATION MONTH We were in this community meeting, plummeted. We are changing that be- Mr. SULLIVAN. Mr. President, I am and some Air Force pilot was flying cause no man or woman in this country going to be on the floor with some of low and fast. He probably broke the who volunteers to support and defend my colleagues in the next hour. sound barrier because there was a giant the Constitution by joining the mili- I thank my colleague from Iowa, Sen- sonic boom. It shook the whole build- tary should be joining a military that ator ERNST—Lieutenant Colonel Ernst, ing. It shook the whole meeting room. is not at the highest level of readiness by the way, of the Iowa National Now, I would say, in most States, that and lethal in terms of its getting the Guard—for organizing the series of dis- would probably result in having people job done. So I am going to pass this on cussions we are going to have in the complain and call their Congressmen to some of my colleagues here. As the next couple of minutes on the Senate and Senators in their being mad about Senator from a State where commu- floor that will focus on Military Appre- what the military would be doing— nities support our military so much, I ciation Month. I think we are all going shaking the buildings with sonic booms just want to thank all the members, re- to talk about how wonderful our mili- because they would be breaking the gardless of where you live, for the tary is, and we will probably do a little speed of sound as they would be train- great work you do and to let you know bit of bragging about our different ing. Yet the mayor of Delta just looked that the Senate supports you with all States and how we support and appre- at me and said, ‘‘The sound of free- its heart and soul. ciate our military so much. dom.’’ There were no complaints, just I yield the floor. I like to come down on the floor and support. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- talk in superlatives about my State, Let me give another example. ator from North Carolina. the great State of Alaska. It is true In so many of our smaller Native Mr. TILLIS. Mr. President, while my that most Senators love to talk about communities—Native villages—across friend and colleague from Alaska is their States in all of their superlatives, Alaska, one sees what I refer to as spe- still on the floor, I want to thank him which is good. We are proud States. We cial patriotism. Alaska Natives and the for his many years of service as a ma- each think we live in the best State in lower 48 American Indians serve in the rine. the country. We all believe that. I hap- military at higher rates than any eth- I am here to talk about North Caro- pen to think my State is the best State nic group in the country. That is a spe- lina and Military Appreciation Month. in the country. cial patriotism because—let’s face it— We have a special relationship with In talking about our military and its these great American patriots weren’t members of the military and their fam- support and Military Appreciation always supported by their government ilies in North Carolina. We have a mil- Month, we certainly have a large mili- when they came home after fighting in lion veterans in the State. Literally tary presence in Alaska. We have about World War II or in Vietnam. hundreds of thousands of people serve 32 military facilities and 5 major in- As a matter of fact, there was a docu- in the military. You may have heard of the Global stallations. Roughly, 10 percent of the mentary that was produced about the Response Force. The Global Response population is either in the military or community of Hoonah, AK, which is in Force is out of Fort Bragg. When there is a family member of someone who is Southeast Alaska. The film was called is a crisis anywhere in the world, in the military. ‘‘Hunting and Wartime.’’ It was about whether it is a military conflict or a I like to say that Alaska actually the fact that almost every single male relief effort, it is the 82nd Airborne constitutes three pillars of our Na- high school senior in the late 1960s in that goes out to the green ramp down tion’s military might. Whether the at- these small communities went off to in Fort Bragg, NC, and goes wherever tacks be from Kim Jong Un or the Ira- fight in Vietnam—almost every one of they need to go, sometimes with 48 nians, we are the cornerstone of missile them. hours’ notice. defense, which are the missiles and the That is special patriotism. This sup- Just down the street from there, we radar that protect the entire country port for the military isn’t a recent phe- have the marines at Camp Lejeune. from attacks. This all resides in Alas- nomenon in Alaska. In 1942, during The marines who are based in Camp ka. We are the hub air combat power World War II, Alaskans oversubscribed Lejeune and Cherry Point and New for the Asia-Pacific and the Arctic, and their war bond quota by 300 percent, River constitute about 45 percent of all we will have over 100 fifth-generation which surpassed that of every State in the marines serving in the Marine fighters—F–22s, F–35s—by the end of the Union. Corps. next year. We are also a vital platform So many Senators—Democratic and We can go up to Seymour Johnson for some of America’s best trained Republican—are going to come down to Air Force Base, and we have a proud troops to be deployed anywhere around the floor and talk about our Military number of men and women in the Air the world because of our strategic loca- Appreciation Month, as they should. Force who are part of a base that will tion. Alaska also boasts the largest There is some talk in the country be the home to the new KC–46, a next- number of veterans per capita of any about the 1 percent and the less than 1 generation tanker. State in the country. These are the percent. Well, the 1 percent I really To say we have a close bond with the facts, and they are all good. care about is the less than 1 percent of military is an understatement. We love What is so unique about Alaska—and, young men and women who still, them, and we love their families. I would say, as in most States—is how today, raise their right hands to sup- I chair the Personnel Subcommittee proud we are of our military and how port and defend the Constitution and of the Senate Armed Services Com- much the communities of Alaska—big to defend our liberty, knowing it could mittee, so I have an opportunity to communities, small communities—sup- even cost them their lives by their have a direct role in showing apprecia- port the men and women who serve in joining the U.S. military. tion to not only the men and women the military. It is almost a part of our We all have wonderful veterans and who are serving in the military but DNA in Alaska. Let me just give you wonderful men and women in the mili- also their spouses. It is a tough job. one example. tary whom we support in the U.S. Sen- They are serving too. I was in a group of community lead- ate. I tell my constituents that the one As we think about Military Apprecia- ers in Delta Junction, which is in Alas- thing we are focused on doing is mak- tion Month, let’s make sure we are, ka’s interior. It is actually near Fort ing sure, when you send your son or first and foremost, thinking about not Greely, where we have our missile de- daughter to join the military, that it is only those brave men and women who fense fields. It is right on the outskirts the top military in the world, the most have sworn the oath to defend and pro- of what is called the JPARC, which is ready military in the world, and the tect our Nation but also their families, the biggest air training range in the most capable military in the world. who are an integral part of their being entire United States. The airspace is One thing we are doing is reversing a capable and ready to do the job. actually the size of Florida. There is dangerous trend. From 2010 to 2015, de- I also want to make sure we don’t great training, and we have Red Flag fense spending for the U.S. military lose sight of the veteran population—a

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:13 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.021 S15MYPT1 S2858 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 million of them in my State alone. a stronger proponent of the nuclear equipment supporting our commu- One-tenth of our population are vet- triad than you will in me because it is nities, our States, our Nation. erans. the only base of its kind. If I might elaborate a little bit on We should also talk about the Na- As the base’s motto goes, ‘‘Only the homeland issues, just a few short years tional Guard and the reservists. If you best come North.’’ Our greatest defense ago, our State called on our National take a look at a State like North Caro- is in detouring our adversaries, and Guard to meet that mission. We were lina, we have had a number of people in certainly the nuclear triad is impor- abandoned by the Federal Government, the National Guard who have been de- tant to that. Every day, the airmen in and the North Dakota National Guard ployed multiple times to Iraq and Af- Minot wake up with literally the was deployed to help keep the peace. It ghanistan—some of the most dangerous weight of the world, in many cases, on is appropriate today, on this Peace Of- places you could be. They do it with their shoulders. So for their service ficers Memorial Day, that we recognize courage, and they do it with honor. and their willingness to stand in the this relationship. The National Guard During Military Appreciation Month, I gap in the defense of the world, I am was deployed to keep the peace as out- think we should pay special attention immensely grateful and always im- of-State activists with no interest, to this special group of people. I hope pressed. really, in North Dakota—they flooded that every day of the year, each and Of course, I would be remiss to not our State to violently protest the le- every one of you shows them the appre- also mention the airspace station in gally permitted Dakota Access Pipe- ciation and the respect they deserve. Cavalier. I think it is the Air Force’s line. Absent Federal help, our Governor Thank you, Mr. President. smallest base, but it is a very impor- called on our National Guard as a last I yield the floor. tant installation. As we debate in this resort. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Chamber the need for a modernized You would think that would have ator from North Dakota. space force, understanding the work some serious ramifications. Well, the Mr. CRAMER. Mr. President, like my this base does has further compelled reality is, because of the quality of our colleagues and like people from around me to stand in support of a modern, ca- guardsmen, they did what the previous the country, North Dakotans are very pable military unit able to defend the administration would not—they stood proud of our military heritage. In fact, emerging domain that space has be- up for the rule of law, and they stood in come. A special thank-you to those 40 North Dakotans sign up at a rate four the way of radical protesters even or so airmen in Cavalier who do an in- times the national average. I think you while their own families were targets credible job far from home and in many will hear that theme throughout the of the radical protests, the harassment cases far from a lot of other people Midwest especially. of radical protesters from everywhere I am grateful to Senator ERNST for around them. On a more personal note, I want to other than North Dakota. They put her leadership today as we stand and their lives at risk and did it without do something we ought to do every say ‘‘thank you’’ to the military fami- lies and spouses of those stationed in provocation, without escalation, and day. It is something we ought to do in with a calming presence. They didn’t church when we are sitting next to North Dakota, as my colleagues have done. As we know, in a family, every- run from their orders. They didn’t balk them in the pews and when we are at their commands. They answered the talking to our neighbors who are serv- body serves. In a small community, ev- erybody serves together. They come call to peacefully and professionally ing or their spouses or family mem- from all over the country, and they defend our State from the chaos that bers. We are saying: Thank you. For- bless our local communities and our descended upon us. give us for not saying it more often. State with their work in North Dakota. Again, ‘‘thank you’’ is inadequate. It Frankly, part of why we don’t say They deserve a very special thanks for is all we can do today. I would just ‘‘thank you’’ more often is because we that service. compel people to say ‘‘thank you’’ go about our business in complete com- Our military community is not, of more often. As you see that neighbor, fort, unaware of the dangers around course, defined solely by our Air Force as you see that person sitting next to the world because you all do your jobs bases; it is also defined by our incred- you, make it a point to say ‘‘thank so very well. Thank you. Thank you. ible Army and Air National Guard in you’’ out loud, in front of friends. Thank you. North Dakota. In Fargo, for example, I I yield the floor. Mr. President, North Dakota is home am going to highlight this one unit— The PRESIDING OFFICER. Thanks to two Air Force bases. I recently fin- the 119th Wing of North Dakota’s Air to the Senator from North Dakota. ished a tour of the military bases in National Guard, known as the Happy The Senator from Iowa. North Dakota, and I want to speak Hooligans. They are frequent recipients Ms. ERNST. Mr. President, during briefly about the airmen at those two of the Air Force’s Outstanding Unit Military Appreciation Month, we honor bases. Award. In fact, earlier this year, they the men and women who wear our Na- Grand Forks, ND, houses the 319th received their 20th Outstanding Unit tion’s uniform, those who have worn it Air Base Wing, known as the Warriors Award. This is an award that is given in the past, and those who have sac- of the North. Just last Saturday, Air to the units that distinguish them- rificed their lives for our freedom. Force Secretary Heather Wilson visited selves by exceptional service and out- As a Senator and a combat veteran Grand Forks and redesignated this base standing achievement. No group better with over 23 years of service between as the 319th Reconnaissance Wing. This exemplifies that than the Happy Hooli- the Army Reserves and the Iowa Army is one of only three of its kind. I am gans. In fact, no unit has received more National Guard, I am grateful to have continually impressed with the mission Outstanding Unit Awards either in the the opportunity to get to know so of the Global Hawk. The Global Hawk active Air Force or in the Guard than many patriotic and selfless Americans, mission that is headquartered out of the Happy Hooligans. Congratulations. and Iowans are well represented in Grand Forks is remarkable. I believe While we are talking about the those ranks. Nearly 9 percent of our that Grand Forks is a place that is Guard, I want to say a special thanks State’s adult population are veterans. well-positioned for the future of not only to the families—because, as I The national average is just above 61⁄2 warfighting. said, they all serve—but in the Guard, percent. From World War II to the To the west of Grand Forks a couple there are a lot of people who serve, in- global war on terrorism, Iowans have hundred miles is the community of cluding their employers. I don’t think served with honor and distinction. Minot. Minot, ND, is home to the 5th we say ‘‘thank you’’ to the employers Military Appreciation Month is also Bomb Wing and the 91st Missile Wing often enough who accommodate—no, a time to recognize our military fami- at the Minot Air Force Base. This is in- facilitate—no, encourage the incredible lies who sacrifice so much and faith- teresting because, of course, the bomb military personnel who do a great job fully support our men and women in wing operates the intercontinental bal- for us on the homefront, as well as uniform. They keep things running listic missiles and the B–52 bombers at when called into action beyond our during long deployments and help dur- the same base. That is two of the three borders. ing the transition back to civilian legs of the nuclear triad we hear so The mission of the National Guard is life—they help that family member— much about. You are not going to find to provide ready units, individuals, and and, of course, long, long after. So to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:25 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.022 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2859 all of our military families in Iowa it is my great honor and responsibility and it just wouldn’t work. I think we and, of course, across the Nation, to support our warfighters during and all realize that. thank you for choosing to serve. after their service. It puts people who are budget hawks, This month is also a good oppor- Whenever they were needed, they like me, and military hawks in a very tunity for those of us in the Senate to were there, and so we have to do a bet- awkward situation because we have a highlight some of the work we are ter job in supporting them. We went situation where, as a result of the 8 doing to support our servicemembers, through 8 years of not adequately sup- years of Obama, we have a thing called our military families, and, of course, porting the military, and it is some- parity so that for every dollar you put our veterans. Next week, the Senate thing that many of them are suffering in the military, there has to be a dollar Armed Services Committee will be from now. that goes to the nondefense programs. starting our yearly national defense Now, next week, as it was pointed This is something that doesn’t work. authorization bill process. In anticipa- out, we are going to do the Defense au- So the continuing resolution, we all tion of that process, I will be joining thorization bill. It is not very often know, is something that should not be my Democratic colleague from Ari- you can stand here and say we are an option. zona, Senator SINEMA, to introduce two going to introduce a bill, and we know The responsibility carries a great new bills to address military sexual as- it is going to pass. The reason we know weight now. We ask our men and sault—one to improve prevention and it is going to pass is because it has women in uniform to do more in the the other to streamline prosecution. passed for the last 58 years. So this one face of danger and more in a dangerous I will also be introducing a bill with is going to pass. and unpredictable world than at any Senator WARREN that will explore ways I can remember a few years that we time. to better track traumatic brain inju- actually had to go into September to I think the Trump administration is ries sustained by our warfighters. Help- get the Defense authorization bill right. They try to categorize the two ing our servicemembers with injuries passed. In the event it got to the end of threats that are out there, one being sustained in battle is a top priority of December, and the same thing would be the threat of the rogue nations that mine. We owe it to our wounded war- true this coming year, then we would are out there, and we are talking about riors to seek out game-changing treat- have hazard pay that wouldn’t be paid, North Korea and some of these other ments and to help them heal and re- and we would have flight pay that nations. At the same time, we also cover. wouldn’t be paid. There would not be have the major threat of the great As the chairman of the Sub- adequate funding to take care of any of power threat, and this is one we face, committee on Emerging Threats and that. and we know that. Yes, we are used to Capabilities, I will also use the NDAA So we can’t let that happen, and we dealing with the threats of the rogue process to ensure that the bill fosters are not going to let it happen. nations, but after the 8 years of the technological advancements to better I am a little confused now because a Obama administration, we watched equip our warfighters for success. month from today we will actually Russia and China forge ahead of us in Military Appreciation Month is an mark up that bill in the U.S. Senate. many areas. Hypersonic weapons are a important reminder of the daily sac- Yet the House isn’t going to do it, it is good example, and that is something rifice made by our servicemembers, our my understanding, until the middle of that is taking place now. military families, and our veterans. It June. So during that period of time, during is also a solemn time to remember Then I also heard that they may, the last 5 years of the Obama adminis- those who made the ultimate sacrifice over in the House, actually do the ap- tration, the amount of money that we to keep America free, safe, and pros- propriations bill first. had to run our military with was re- perous. We have many of our own Mem- Well, if you do the appropriations bill duced by almost 25 percent. Now, we bers who have served in the military, before you do the bill we will be mark- have made up a lot of this in fiscal year and I want to thank them all very ing up, the NDAA, then there is no rea- 2018 and in fiscal year 2019, thanks to much. So for those of us who have worn son to even do the NDAA from the the Trump administration. We have in- boots, we take a look at this legisla- House perspective. creased that funding back up to $700 tion and find ways that we can better So we do know that good things are billion, then again $716 billion, and this support those who serve. going to happen. We are going to im- time I think we are going to be at $750 In the Senate, members of our mili- plement the national defense strategy. billion. tary, families, and veterans have our We have talked about the national de- There is some dispute as to what the support and our gratitude, not only fense strategy several times on the exact figure will be, but nonetheless we today but every day. floor and on how we have done, I think, have started to rebuild. So we will be I know the folks back home in Iowa a very good job in putting this to- modernizing our forces, including our feel the same. nuclear arsenal now, in order to main- So from all of us to all of you who gether. Most importantly, we are sup- tain our military superiority—or to re- have worn the uniform and those who porting our All-Volunteer Force. I may be the last person on the Sen- gain is a better word than maintain be- have supported those who have worn ate Armed Service Committee who still cause we have actually lost some of our the uniform, thank you for your serv- believes in compulsory service. superiority—well into the future. Our ice, and God bless you. God bless our great State of Iowa, I often wonder what would have hap- Armed Forces have long been the best God bless the great United States of pened in my life if I hadn’t been draft- in the world, but we have problems now America and those men and women ed. I always remember coming back at in trying to rebuild, and that is what who make it possible to be free. Christmastime, Eisenhower was Presi- this is all about. I yield the floor. dent, and I was enrolled at the Univer- So we will support our troops and The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. sity of Mexico, and I looked in the their families who sacrifice a great PERDUE). The Senator from Oklahoma. mailbox and there was a card. It was deal to protect our Nation. This in- Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, first of from the President, and I thought how cludes making meaningful reforms to all, let me associate myself with the nice of the President to remember me privatize on-base housing. We went remarks of the Senator from Iowa. at Christmastime. It was my draft no- through this housing trauma just the It is so important for all of us, par- tice. So that changed my plans, and I other day. We found out a lot of people ticularly those of us who have had oc- often wonder where I would be today if are not being treated properly. A lot of casion to serve, to really pay attention I hadn’t had that experience. the spouses of our members and our to what is going on. This is Military We are going to provide the Armed members are living in housing that is Appreciation Month, and it is very sig- Forces with adequate funding, and I totally unacceptable, but we came to nificant, what is going on. Every hope we will find a budget solution. We that realization and we are correcting month should be Military Apprecia- can’t do it with a continuing resolu- that now and that is going to be cor- tion. tion. We have asked all of our leaders rected even further in the Defense au- As the chairman of the Senate Armed in the hearings what would happen to thorization bill that we will mark up a Services Committee and as a veteran, us if we did a continuing resolution, week from today.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:25 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.024 S15MYPT1 S2860 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 So we want to thank every man and National Guard because they are now tecting freedom and democracy across woman who ever put on a uniform and deploying to the Middle East. Some 300 the globe. those who are doing this in defense of Wyoming soldiers from six units will For decades, we have invested in the country, congratulate them and be sent to the Middle East between building our military into the most le- pay particular attention to them and January and September—the largest thal fighting force in the history of the support them in every way we can. Wyoming deployment in nearly a dec- world, but we live in a dangerous The fabric of our Nation is stronger ade. world, and we must avoid complacency. because of the guys in uniform and The deployments began in January Our military readiness was dimin- those who have been in uniform, and with the G Company of the 2nd Bat- ished by budget cuts and the sequester we will endure for the years to come talion, 211th Aviation, a medical evacu- under President Obama, which reduced because of their service. God bless all ation company—the most deployed defense spending across the board. The of the men and women in uniform. unit in the Wyoming Guard. dysfunction in Washington has many I yield the floor. The medevac unit that was sent to consequences, but a significantly weak- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Afghanistan includes Wyoming soldiers ened military is the most dangerous. ator from Wyoming. from Bear River, from Casper, from Our military superiority is never Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I Carpenter, from Guernsey, from Chey- guaranteed. Russia and China continue come to the floor as part of Military enne, Laramie, and Wheatland. to build up their militaries with a sin- Appreciation Month. It is a time, clear- This past week, Wyoming Governor gle goal in mind: to dominate the world ly, to remember our brave service men Mark Gordon participated in a sendoff stage. and women, to reflect on their faithful ceremony in Casper for 130 Wyoming To avoid a national security emer- service to this country and to recall National Guard troops headed to Texas gency, we must act now. That is why, the many sacrifices our troops and ahead of a 9-month deployment to the as a member of the Armed Services their families have made and continue Middle East. Committee, I am fighting to match the to make in defense of this great Na- The Wyoming troops from the 2nd President’s request of $750 million in tion. Battalion of the 300 Field Artillery, the defense spending, and I am fighting to Many of us will be heading overseas ‘‘Cowboy Cannoneers,’’ the group my secure a pay raise for our men and for the 75th anniversary of D-day to father-in-law, Bob Brown, was part of— women in uniform—our heroes. commemorate the efforts of an incred- they are from more than two dozen I have also sponsored the Pay Our ible group of allies on the fateful day communities from Casper to Lovell, to Coast Guard Act to make sure military and the weeks and the months that fol- Cheyenne, to Moorcroft. This Guard pay is never affected by a government lowed. As I stand here today, I think of unit will serve under the U.S. Central shutdown. We must also work together to pass those soldiers, and I think of my wife Command covering Iraq, Afghanistan, disaster relief funding immediately, Bobbi’s dad, Bob Brown—currently 92 Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates. which will help rebuild Tyndall Air years old, living in Thermopolis, WY, Wyoming and the entire Nation owe Force Base following the devastation of longtime postmaster. He still drives an incredible debt of gratitude to these Hurricane Michael. Meals on Wheels, as he says, ‘‘for the fearless fighters for our freedom. God bless the U.S. Armed Forces, I will never lose sight of one of the old folks.’’ He was called to Europe in World War God bless our troops, our veterans, and most important roles I have as a U.S. II, and he is one of those few who was God bless the United States of Amer- Senator: to protect and serve the fami- in World War II in the European the- ica. lies of our Nation. None of us should ater as well as in Japan as part of that I yield the floor. lose sight of that. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- I look forward to working closely first occupation and then called back ator from Florida. with each of you to invest in America’s to Korea as part of the 2–300 who con- Mr. SCOTT of Florida. Mr. President, greatest asset—the men and women of tinued in the fight for our freedoms. He continues today to serve our I am proud to speak today in honor of our Armed Forces. United States. His wife, Jerry, who Military Appreciation Month. I yield the floor. went through all of this in Our men and women in uniform are The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Thermopolis, WY, knows the sacrifices true heroes. They risk their lives every ator from Arkansas. Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I he and so many have made. day to protect our freedoms and our My dad, World War II, Battle of the way of life. would like to echo the sentiments my Bulge. I still carry his dog tags from I had the opportunity to serve in the colleagues have expressed in apprecia- the Battle of the Bulge with me. I have U.S. Navy during the Vietnam war, and tion of the men and women who serve them with me today on the floor of the my adopted father was one of the few in our Armed Forces. Senate, and I carry them with me when who made all four combat jumps in the While it may seem like the Members I go to see our troops overseas. 82nd Airborne during World War II. of this Chamber, much like America He is the guy who had to quit school As Governor, I made it my mission to itself, are strongly divided on issues of in ninth grade because of the Depres- turn Florida into the most military- national policy, I can say, without a sion. In World War II—and I have gone and veteran-friendly State in the Na- doubt, that we are all united in support through some of his old papers—I found tion, and we succeeded. We championed of our troops and their efforts to pro- pictures of him and a number of mem- important legislation and funding to tect and defend our Nation and its bers of the artillery who were part of support priorities that matter most to ideals. That is why I am appreciative of the liberation of France. Florida’s military families, and we the opportunity to join with my col- From the time I was a little boy, he took every opportunity to recognize leagues today to thank the soldiers, would say: John, you should thank God veterans for their service. sailors, airmen, marines, and coast- every day because you live in America. Florida has 20 military bases and 3 guardsmen working tirelessly to pro- You don’t know how fortunate you are. unified commands—more than almost tect the American people from the We are so blessed to live in this great any other State. As Governor, I met multitude of threats that face our Na- country, and it is to the men and regularly with Florida’s base com- tion. women who continue to protect this manders to see how I could help sup- The men and women who wear our land, who fought for our freedoms—my port their missions and their troops. As Nation’s uniform selflessly serve. They dad, his wife, Louise, the sacrifices a Senator, I continue to host base com- are fully aware of the risks they face. they have made on behalf of all of us. mander meetings to make sure our Despite that, they bravely put them- Today we honor all of our Armed military has every resource they need. selves in harm’s way to defend our Forces, the Army, the Navy, the Air America is blessed with the protec- country, ideals, and allies around the Force, the Coast Guard, the Marines, tion of the strongest military in the world. the National Guard. world. Our military provides not only They didn’t choose this life to seek In particular, today I want to salute for the safety of our country but also recognition, awards or honors. Like the members of the Wyoming Army leads in supporting our allies and pro- those who wore the uniform before

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So to every sol- giver. very special place it is—truly hallowed dier, sailor, airman, marine, and coast- I know my fellow Arkansans share ground. guardsman, I extend my gratitude, my my gratitude and appreciation for all I yield the floor. respect, and my thanks to you and of our military personnel and their The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- your family for your honorable service, families who sacrifice at home while ator from Arkansas. not just today, not just this month but their loved ones are abroad. Mr. COTTON. Mr. President, we are every day. Arkansas has a storied military her- here in the middle of National Military I yield the floor. itage and a long and proud history of Appreciation Month. So I am pleased The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- supporting our Nation’s defense. to join my colleagues in showing our ator from Montana. Troops stationed in the State served Nation’s gratitude for every single sol- Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, in the our country honorably even before it dier, sailor, airman, marine, and coast- United States we are known as the was admitted to the Union. Today, Ar- guardsman who is serving or has served land of the free. There is a reason for kansans are stationed around the our Nation with honor. that. It is because we are the home of globe, and our personnel at the Little This month is specially dedicated to the brave. Our military men and Rock Air Force Base, Camp Robinson, our Armed Forces, but, of course, we women represent the very best of Ebbing Air National Guard Base, Pine have ample reason to celebrate and ap- America. In fact, the good Word tells Bluff Arsenal, and Fort Chaffee con- preciate them year-round, because our us that ‘‘Greater love hath no man troops serve year-round and around the tinue to make the Natural State proud. than this, that a man lay down his life We highlight their service during the clock and willingly accepting limita- for his friends.’’ month of May, which includes six mili- tions on their own freedom and com- When a young man or a young tary-related national observance days, forts so their fellow Americans can live woman volunteers to serve, he or she is as a way to express our gratitude. That in freedom and security. writing a blank check made payable to Right now, thousands of American gratitude endures in perpetuity. the United States of America for an troops serve in dangerous conditions We simply cannot thank our service- amount up to and including their life. overseas far from home. Even now, at members enough for the tremendous In Montana, we are very fortunate to this moment, our troops are engaged in sacrifice they made to ensure that we have so many heroes hail from our combat, surrounded by the enemy, continue to live in the greatest, freest great State, including many who now fighting courageously. work on my staff and on behalf of the country that the world has ever known. We are all thankful and proud of As the son of an Air Force master people of Montana. Great Montanans their service and indebted for their sac- like Christy Hagler, Denny Lenoir, sergeant, I learned at a young age rifice. But it is not only them. Two about the sacrifices our men and Robin Baker, and Jim Korth. We are weeks ago I had the privilege of attend- all so very fortunate to have Dillon women in uniform make. I also learned ing a medal ceremony in Arkansas very early on that military families Vaden and Doug Pack on staff here in where seven veterans of the Korean DC currently serving in the Marine face unique challenges. It truly is a war were honored for their service and Corps. family affair. for actions they took in defense of our Thank you for your service to our My father joined the National Guard freedom nearly seven decades ago, so country. Thank you for your service to while he was in high school, and while that these long-ago actions were not the people of Montana. still in high school, his unit was forgotten. In fact, just last fall, I had the honor shipped out to prepare for World War One week ago, I had the opportunity of visiting the men and women of II. He remained in the Air Force long to thank our military spouses—the un- Kalispell’s 495th CSSB while they were after the war was over, serving over 20 sung heroes of our Armed Forces—for deployed in Afghanistan. They flew years in uniform. The example set by their work raising families despite the over to Kabul and to Bagram Air Base. my father’s military career—and the hardships of military life. I had a chance to spend time with these lessons we learned growing up in a Those are just a couple of events great Montanans. military family—helped my siblings from the last couple of weeks. Yet they Just a few months ago, I had the and me to prepare for a productive are multiplied countless times every privilege of welcoming these same sol- service-centered life. The experience day across our country and around the diers home after they had been de- taught us one of the most valuable les- world wherever our troops and their ployed for 9 long months. These men sons which I continue to carry with me families are present. At airports, and women had been far away from today. Through their service to our troops returning from overseas are their families and from their friends country, the men and women of our greeted with hugs and cheers. The re- across the holidays. Many of them were military are part of something much mains of our fallen heroes are greeted with us that night on the tarmac as bigger than themselves. with odd silence. they were risking their lives to protect My father was not only my hero, but At dinners and restaurants, a uni- our freedom. Seeing them reunited as a World War II veteran, he and his form or even a veteran’s hat will some- with their loved ones was a powerful fellow servicemembers in my home- times still earn a veteran or soldier a experience for both Cindy, my wife, and town of Fort Smith were embraced in free meal from a grateful neighbor and me. It is one that I will never, ever for- the same manner by the community as fellow citizen. get. But the sad reality is that some of a whole. The respect and admiration Here in Washington, honor flights for our Montana heroes do not make it our community displayed for military our veterans still get police escorts back. SSG Travis Atkins is a Bozeman members was not faked or forced. It with flashing sirens, and children sa- native. In fact, Travis and I both went was genuine. lute those veterans, sometimes asking to the same high school. He was re- It remains just as strong today in innocently about their memories at cently awarded the highest military communities across our great Nation. battle. distinction in this country by Presi- While those displays may be more pub- Across the river at Arlington Na- dent Trump, and that is the Medal of licly visible during National Military tional Cemetery, sentinels of the Old Honor. Appreciation Month, the feelings of re- Guard stand at attention and walk the You see, Sergeant Atkins willingly spect, admiration, and gratitude will mat around the clock and in all weath- laid down his life when he tackled a carry on long after the end of this er—just as they have for the past 82 suicide bomber to shield the blast from month. Our Nation is eternally grate- years—to ensure that those unknown his fellow soldiers in order to save ful for the sacrifice of every service- soldiers and every person whose head- their lives—a true hero. The sacrifice member working to keep America safe, stone graces those beautiful rolling he made for his country and his fellow strong, and free. fields rest in eternal peace. soldiers will never be forgotten.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.027 S15MYPT1 S2862 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 Over in Fort Harrison, MT, MSG into several different theaters. While mate of Kendrick’s described his her- Jesse Edinger of the Army National they are fully deployed, their family oism by telling NBC News about his ac- Guard has been welcoming home the waits, and it is a long and difficult tions, ‘‘giving all of us enough time to fallen since 2006. He knows what sac- wait. It is tough for the family. get underneath our desks, to get our- rifice looks like. He is no stranger to For those who serve in our National selves safe, and to run across the room combat, having served three deploy- Guard, it is tough on employers. It is to escape.’’ ments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He tough on their personal finances. It is a Brendan Bialy, a classmate who earned his national instructor certifi- stressful environment. For those folks charged the assailants with Kendrick, cation and has taught over the years who have done it and continue to told ABC News: hundreds of soldiers within his region serve—that 1 percent of our Nation Kendrick Castillo died a legend. He died a to be honor guard trained. He has also that defends the other 99 percent of our trooper. I know he will be with me for the performed more than 1,100 military fu- Nation—we could not be more grateful rest of my life. nerals for Montana veterans, which in- for them and for their family members. John Castillo reflected on his son’s cluded the service for SSG Travis At- To our Gold Star families, those who actions by saying: kins. are left behind to continue the legacy He did what he had to do, and I knew that While we all appreciate our brave of those who have made the ultimate was my son’s nature. That was who he was. men or brave women who serve in the sacrifice, we thank you for your service Kendrick Castillo displayed courage military every day, this month is Mili- and for your love of country. well beyond his years. He was a mem- tary Appreciation Month. This month As a nation, it is our duty to con- ber of the robotics club and wanted to is about giving these men and women tinue to support our Gold Star fami- study electrical engineering in college the added appreciation they richly de- lies, to encourage them, to check on and loved spending his free time fishing serve. them, and to live life with them. and camping. I will continue to advocate for poli- Just last week, I introduced legisla- Today, Colorado mourns the loss of a cies that strengthen our military and tion with Senator CARPER to expand hero as we say good-bye to Kendrick give our men and our women who serve certain educational benefits to the sur- Castillo. As his friends, family, and the strategic advantages they need to vivors of guardsmen and reservists who community all gather at Highlands win. have died as a result of their service. Ranch for a final farewell, we must Thank you to all who serve and to all This is the least we could do as a na- pledge to never forget this young man. who have served. On behalf of a very tion to walk alongside those Gold Star Kendrick Castillo lost his life saving grateful Nation, we honor you, and we families. his fellow classmates. The students of appreciate you. Over 33,000 Active-Duty Guard, Re- the STEM school in Highlands Ranch I yield back. serve, and Active-Duty personnel are experienced an absolute tragedy and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- currently assigned in Oklahoma. We showed fearlessness well beyond their ator from Oklahoma. have Oklahomans serving our country years as they took charge in the face of Mr. LANKFORD. Mr. President, the and protecting our interests, literally, danger. month of May is Military Appreciation all over the world right now. We are Now is the time to come together in Month. It is a time when we as a coun- home to Altus Air Force Base, Tinker tragedy to rise above it and remind try can come together, pause, and rec- Air Force Base, Vance Air Force Base, every single student at that school ognize the sacrifices of those who have Fort Sill Fires Center of Excellence in that we love them, we are with them, raised their right hands, worn the cloth the McAlester Army Ammunition and we will never forget them. of our country, and continue to serve Plant, as well as countless different I also want to take a moment to the world’s greatest military day in National Guard locations all around honor the first responders who, once and day out. the State. We train and equip our sol- again, displayed true bravery in their They have exceptionally long days diers, airmen, sailors, and marines, and response to this tragedy. The deputies and difficult tasks. Sometimes they I am proud of the Oklahomans who of the Douglas County Police Depart- fight the fight of boredom while hang- wear the uniform. ment, South Metro Fire Rescue, and all ing out and guarding a spot. Some- As we continue this Military Appre- of the neighboring first responders on times they are in exceptionally stress- ciation Month, I hope all Americans the scene acted quickly to help sta- ful full-on combat mode. They are pre- take the time to remember that 24 bilize the situation and lead the stu- pared for both. hours a day, 7 days a week, whether dents and faculty to safety. Throughout the month of May, there you are awake or asleep, someone is on This week is National Police Week, a are actually six different days of obser- guard watching our Nation right now, fitting time to reflect on those who vation to honor our Nation’s military and someone is defending our freedoms protect our sons and daughters every and their families, who have sacrificed right now. Whether you are hearing day. so much: Loyalty Day, Public Service about Military Appreciation Month NATIONAL POLICE WEEK Recognition Week, Victory in Europe while you are at work, while you are at Mr. President, in Washington, DC, Day, or V-E Day, Military Spouse Ap- play, or while you are at rest, someone this week, we are celebrating National preciation Day, Armed Forces Day, is not resting right now. They are de- Police Week, a time we take each year and, of course, at the end of the month fending your freedoms, and we are to thank law enforcement for pro- of May, a pause for Memorial Day. All grateful. tecting our communities and to re- of these observances within 1 month, in With that, I yield the floor. member the cost of providing this com- May. It is a clear sign that our mili- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- fort. tary is one of the most important cor- ator from Colorado is recognized. Today, thousands of officers and nerstones of our country and that their REMEMBERING KENDRICK CASTILLO their families will gather on the west sacrifice is unmatched. So we should Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, front lawn of the Capitol to participate honor and celebrate it. Kendrick Castillo was an 18-year-old in the 38th Annual Peace Officers’ Me- In addition to our servicemembers senior set to graduate high school at morial Service, an event to honor all of and veterans, I hope all Americans also the end of the week when his life was those we have lost in the line of duty. recognize the service of their family tragically cut short. On Tuesday, May I hope the camaraderie and support members while their husband, wife, 7, Kendrick Castillo sat in his British they have experienced during the cere- son, daughter, mom, and dad are wear- literature class, just like any other day mony and throughout the week will ing the uniform. They could be gone for in school, when two schoolmates burst bring a bit of comfort to law enforce- months at a time on multiple deploy- into a classroom at the STEM school in ment and our law enforcement commu- ments. Highlands Ranch and opened fire. nity. I also hope it demonstrates the I had the opportunity to meet with When faced with the unthinkable, tremendous gratitude that we all have many family members in Oklahoma. Kendrick acted out of pure heroism as for these sacrifices. Their spouse, mom, dad, son, or daugh- he put his classmates’ lives before his Police Week also serves to show the ter has been deployed multiple times own and charged the shooters. A class- law enforcement community that the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.028 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2863 lawmakers in Washington have their taken away and replaced,’’ as she said, to take over healthcare, who raised the back. We will continue to help depart- ‘‘with a one-size-fits-all government loudest objections? Well, it was the ments all over the country afford life- program.’’ public sector unions, of course. saving equipment, like bulletproof I agree. The fact is, according to the So again, we have millions of union vests to help as many officers as pos- Census Bureau, 90 percent of Ameri- workers, Federal and State employees, sible return home safely every day. In cans have healthcare coverage. Of and their families, all with excellent fact, just this week, the Senate is those, 200 million are covered by pri- healthcare benefits that are on the working on legislation to make sure we vate health plans, and 180 million have Democrats’ chopping block. Instead of are providing lifesaving equipment employer-provided healthcare cov- helping fix the Nation’s healthcare through the Bulletproof Vest Grant erage. Most say that their current plan problems, Democrats are looking to de- Program. We are also working on legis- works well for them. stroy what is actually working. lation this week that will help address The 180 million Americans covered Remember, it is more than union mental health needs, not just for law through their jobs work hard. These workers and public sector employees enforcement officers themselves but people go out every morning and sup- who are threatened. Democrats’ one- for their families, as well, because we port their families. According to a sur- size-fits-all healthcare plan is gunning know the pressure and strain that this vey released last year, the vast major- for retired military members’ health duty can create and put upon the fam- ity of people with employer-provided insurance as well. We are talking about ily. coverage—71 percent of them, to be the TRICARE health insurance pro- I know my colleagues in the Senate precise—like their current healthcare gram for military families. There are will join me in thanking the many offi- plans. more than 9 million military families cers who have joined us in Washington So who exactly are those workers on enrolled in TRICARE. Our servicemem- this week. Their bravery and courage employer-sponsored plans? Well, many bers have earned their TRICARE cov- allow all of us to enjoy the safety and are union members. They negotiate erage through years of faithful service security we so often take for granted. their health coverage through their defending this Nation. I believe one of It should not take a tragedy for any of union representatives. Many are public our greatest responsibilities is to pro- us to reach out to a police officer, employees, Federal and State employ- vide for those who protect this Nation, EMS, or a firefighter, to thank them ees, people who serve this country. So both those who currently serve and our for their work, and to let them know why do Democrats who support one- retired servicemembers. their bravery does not go unnoticed. size-fits-all healthcare want to outlaw Back home in Wyoming I talk with Yesterday I had the honor of joining proven, popular, and predictable health servicemembers, with veterans, nearly the Colorado memorial ceremony at coverage for millions of these working every weekend. These proud Americans the fallen officers’ memorial. There families? want me to make sure that TRICARE have been 320 Coloradans over the Democrats certainly seem to be put- works for them and to protect and years who have been added to the fall- ting politics above principle. What is strengthen benefits that work and that en officers’ memorial. That is 320 too more, they clearly believe that Wash- they have earned through their service. many. Four were added this week: ington knows best. But shouldn’t we be Still, far-left Democrats don’t want to Adams County deputy Heath Gumm, El asking what these hard-working Amer- listen to reason. They are hell-bent on Paso County deputy Micah Flick, Las icans who have good private health in- a one-size-fits-all approach to Animas County sergeant Matthew surance want? Well, shouldn’t we ask healthcare. Moreno, and Littleton police officer them what is best for them and what is It is especially ironic that Democrats Kevin Denner. best for their families? even want to ban ObamaCare plans— One of the most poignant moments Let’s take the Teamsters Union, for the plans they voted for and put in at the ceremony yesterday was the example. In an article published in place. It has been less than a decade comment made by a police officer who 2017, the Teamsters said: since Democrats passed ObamaCare, spoke to a widow of a fallen officer, The availability of high-quality health and now they want to repeal it and re- who said: Support for the law enforce- care has been a top selling point for those place it, basically saying that ment community is needed long after who belong to unions. It is a benefit these ObamaCare has failed. the bagpipes have played. I think that workers have bargained for, and oftentimes is what we have to do as colleagues to- they have sacrificed higher pay for these ex- For years I have come to the floor to gether. While the pomp and ceremony cellent insurance benefits. discuss the shortcomings of memorials end, it is after the bagpipes Let me underscore this point: The ObamaCare. Every time Republicans have finished that we must continue to Teamsters Union believes their health have offered to improve healthcare, we stand with the men and women on that benefits are excellent, and maybe have heard from the Democrats that blue line of service to our commu- Democrats should ask the United ObamaCare is off-limits and they can’t nities. Steelworkers about their insurance possibly make any changes to that law. Thank you. coverage. If you go to the steelworkers’ Now that the Democrats are running I yield the floor. website, you will find their answer: for President, suddenly they are sing- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. COT- ‘‘The Steelworkers Benefit Plan . . . ing a different tune. They are done de- TON). The Senator from Wyoming. provide[s] high-quality, affordable fending ObamaCare. In fact, Democrats HEALTHCARE health and welfare benefits to USW are happy to repeal ObamaCare so they Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I [United Steelworkers] members and can replace it with a one-size-fits-all come to the floor to address again their families.’’ healthcare plan for America. today the Democrats’ one-size-fits-all Basically, if you are a union worker Senator Heitkamp is actually warn- healthcare scheme. It is a radical plan watching this debate right now, you ing them not to cast aside ObamaCare to take over all of healthcare in Amer- need to know that Democrats in Wash- and start all over again with a one- ica and to take away health insurance ington are coming for your hard-earned size-fits-all plan. from millions of Americans. healthcare benefits. Make no mistake. Well, let me just say as a doctor, as Still, nearly every Senate Democrat Under the one-size-fits-all healthcare a physician who has taken care of pa- running for President and 109 Members legislation offered by Senator BERNIE tients for decades, my focus continues of the House of Representatives, Demo- SANDERS and so many Democrats run- to be on improving healthcare for crats all, have backed one-size-fits-all ning for President, this high-quality American patients and their families. healthcare. Last week, former Senator health insurance program and their in- Americans want to focus on real Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota had surance will cease to exist. healthcare reforms that make a dif- words of wisdom for her fellow Demo- It is no wonder that last year some ference for them and their families in crats. She writes in the Washington high-profile public sector unions start- terms of the cost and in terms of the Post: ‘‘Most Americans are satisfied ed sounding the alarm about losing quality of their care. These are the with the healthcare they receive and their health benefits. When New York issues that Republicans are working on do not want their coverage options State debated a Sanders-like proposal right now: protecting patients with

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.034 S15MYPT1 S2864 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 preexisting conditions, lowering pre- same age group and same geography. It While I hear there is a briefing for all scription drug costs, and ending sur- was the Affordable Care Act that ended Senators rumored for next week, that prise medical bills. that discrimination and created the is not confirmed, nor is it an accept- Surprise medical bills are bills pa- protections. able timeline. Next week may be too tients receive that come out of no- It was the Affordable Care Act that late. We do not need another Iraq where. These bills are an unfair finan- ended lifetime caps so that if you had weapons of mass destruction moment cial burden on many families, com- a major illness such as cancer, before that led us to one of the worst, most pletely unexpected medical costs that you hit the ceiling on your insurance disastrous military engagements when they can’t afford and aren’t expecting. and you were one illness away from there were no weapons of mass destruc- Just last week I was at the White bankruptcy—the Affordable Care Act tion to be found. We need clarity. We House with President Trump announc- ended lifetime caps so that if you had need answers, and we need them now. ing a plan to help patients by ending a serious illness you were still covered. We cannot make foreign policy and na- these surprise bills. The Affordable Care Act created the tional security decisions while flying Republicans also remain committed possibility for our children to be able in the blind. to protecting patients with preexisting to stay on our insurance until the age Make no mistake—I have no doubts conditions and to lowering the cost of of 26. That was not the law before. that Iran continues to be a bad actor in prescription drugs. The list goes on and on. So it is that the region and throughout the world. Democrats have a choice to make. which Democrats have been about and, Iranian leaders continue to support They can follow the far-left Democrats expanding upon that, the opportunity dangerous proxy actors throughout the pushing their radical one-size-fits-all to create a universal system for every- region. Iran continues to violate arms approach to healthcare. Again, this ex- one—something we all desire. embargoes. Iran continues to oppress treme scheme will mean the loss of IRAN its own people. Indeed, I have spent the health insurance coverage for millions Mr. President, as important as that better part of two decades developing and millions and millions of hard- issue is, I have come to the floor in legislation and policies to stop Iran’s working people, union workers and alarm to demand answers by this ad- quest for a nuclear weapon and attacks their families, our veterans, people who ministration about Iran, about its pol- against our allies, including Israel. helped protect and save this country, icy, about what intelligence the admin- Working across the aisle, often cajol- Federal and State employees and their istration has. For more than a week we ing and prodding the executive branch families, and all of the Americans who have seen press reports and heard ru- and our allies, Congress led the effort are currently enrolled in ObamaCare mors about the ‘‘threats’’ to U.S. inter- to build an extensive economic and po- plans. ests and possibly American citizens by litical pressure campaign to force Iran The better option for Democrats is to Iran. to the negotiating table. Our allies in work with Republicans on common- For more than a week I have been de- Europe, Asia, and across the world, sense, bipartisan solutions, real re- manding, along with others, that the most of whom share our concern about forms that improve healthcare for all administration provide senior level of- Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear Americans. Let’s reject one-size-fits-all ficials to brief Members of the U.S. weapon and its broader maligned ac- healthcare that will make Americans Senate. tivities, have been critical to this ef- pay more to wait longer for worse care. For more than a week, the adminis- fort. That is the key. One-size-fits-all tration has ignored these requests. For When building a policy to effectively healthcare, I will tell people listening all intents and purposes, it has refused confront an adversary, you must have in today, means that you will pay more to provide Members of Congress with an end goal, you must have clear objec- to wait longer for worse care. It is time information critical to our national se- tives, and you must take actions in to reject one-size-fits-all care for curity—information it says indicates pursuit of those objectives. With Iran, Americans. Let us work together to that American citizens and American our objective was to ensure that Iran give all patients the care they need assets may be in harm’s way. never develops a pathway toward a nu- from a doctor they choose at a lower After specifically requesting infor- clear weapon. So I am all for putting cost. mation on security posture at our dip- on as much pressure as we can, but Thank you. lomatic facilities in Iraq on Monday, that requires also having a clear way of I yield the floor. this morning, I read from press reports showing how it can be alleviated. There The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that the administration is ordering the must be a viable, tenable, diplomatic ator from New Jersey. departure of staff from our Embassy in track. If I were to put you in a room, Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, I Baghdad and our consulate in Erbil. As lock the door, throw away the key, and came to the floor to speak about rising the ranking member—the senior Demo- tell you there is no way out and no way tensions and potential challenges with crat—of the Senate Foreign Relations to survive, you would sure as hell start Iran, but after my distinguished col- Committee, it is outrageous to be looking for ways to fight and break league’s remarks and as a Member of learning about the evacuation of an down that door. the Senate Finance Committee who Embassy from media reports. There are For a campaign of maximum pres- helped write the Affordable Care Act, I only two reasons to make such an sure, when the moment of maximum wouldn’t want to have my silence be an order: We have credible intelligence leverage is reached, it must be seized. acceptance of his views. that our people are at risk, or there is That requires working with our allies For nearly a decade Republicans have some type of preparation for military to offer a real, diplomatic path to nego- sought to tear down the Affordable action against Iran. tiations. Care Act, which some derisively call This behavior is unacceptable. By re- British Major General Chris Ghika, ObamaCare, with no substitute, with fusing to provide Members of Congress the deputy commander of the Amer- no plan. This administration is actu- with critical information, this admin- ican-led coalition to fight the Islamic ally in a Federal court, arguing that istration is blatantly disregarding the State, has called into question some of the law is unconstitutional—the very fundamental governing structures of the credibility of the intelligence our law that gives protections to everyone the United States as outlined in our officials say we have regarding Iranian- in this country who has a preexisting Constitution. backed forces in Iraq. condition, such as a child born at birth The Senate Foreign Relations Com- Yesterday, Spain pulled a frigate with some heart disease, a husband mittee is charged with writing the laws from a U.S.-led naval group that had who had a heart attack, a woman sim- that authorize the use of military force been scheduled for a joint training mis- ply because she is a woman and before and of oversight of the State Depart- sion 2 years ago, saying the original was discriminated against because she ment and the safety of those who work mission had changed. was a woman. Somehow that was a pre- there. The administration must pro- Our allies are critical not just in con- existing condition and allowed insur- vide this committee with the informa- fronting Iranian malign activity but in ance companies to charge twice as tion we need to judiciously and appro- securing our interests across the world. much as their male counterparts in the priately make policies. Let me conclude with two points.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.036 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2865 Now is the moment to invest in a dip- ly are called. This is their calling to border have created an environment lomatic surge to meaningfully engage public service, and we thank them for where now, at this point, every State is our allies and Iran in serious negotia- answering that call and that they a border State and every town is a bor- tions to end its pathway toward nu- choose to serve in our communities to der town because those problems that clear weapons and its malign activi- keep us safe so that we know our com- come across the southern border with ties. munities are a place where we can rear the human trafficking, with the drug Second, Congress has not authorized our families, where we can enjoy cama- trafficking, with the gangs—all of this war with Iran. The administration, if it raderie with family members, with ends up on the streets in your commu- is contemplating military action with friends, with our churches. nity. Iran, must come to Congress to seek I will tell you, as I was thinking We are working on legislation that approval. about this week, I thought, there are so we hope is going to help with this situ- I call on every Member of this body many moms and grandmoms who I ation. It will target traffickers of unac- on both sides of the aisle to assert our think are pretty much like me. Many companied minors in the care of Health institutional and constitutional pre- times I will say I am a ‘‘security and Human Services. One of the things rogatives and demand information mom.’’ I want to make certain that my that has not happened and needs to from this administration, demand clas- children and my grandchildren are happen is that Health and Human Serv- sified briefings. When matters this se- safe, that our children are safe when ices and Homeland Security need to be rious are at stake, we have to demand they go to sporting events and when able to share all of the information more. We cannot and we will not be led they go to school. We say a prayer they have on individuals who are bring- into dangerous military adventures. when they get behind the wheel of a ing these unaccompanied children, in- The administration must provide this car. We are so grateful that there are dividuals who say ‘‘I am a next of kin,’’ critical information to Congress, and it law enforcement officers who are there individuals who say ‘‘I am here, and must do so immediately. at public events to keep them safe, who this child is coming to me.’’ We want I yield the floor. watch out if they are going to be speed- to make certain they are in the coun- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ing on the road and provide the secu- try legally. We want to make certain ator from Tennessee. rity that is so essential to our way of they have a relationship with these NATIONAL POLICE WEEK life. children so that we are protecting and Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. President, I I have the opportunity as one of looking out for the security of these think many of our colleagues here in these security moms, if you will, to children and making certain they are the Chamber know that Senator ALEX- serve on our Senate Judiciary Com- not being trafficked. ANDER and I host a breakfast on Tues- mittee. Just last week, Chairman GRA- As we talk about our children, some day Mornings called Tennessee Tues- HAM brought forward three bills that of the trafficking—of course, much of day. This week at the breakfast, one of we approved. These are things that are the trafficking takes place in the vir- our Tennesseans said: I have seen so going to help law enforcement officers tual space. It takes place online. It many men and women in law enforce- and their families—providing mental seems impossible, but that is what hap- ment uniforms in DC. What is going health support for law enforcement and pens with the human trafficking and on? Is this normal? their families, which is vitally impor- the sex trafficking. The adverse impact It gave me the opportunity to say: tant, and, of course, lifesaving bullet- that this has on young girls and women Actually, this is National Police Week, proof vests, which are now essential, is horrifying. and this is a week we set aside to honor and ensuring that our first responders Because of my work to prohibit these those men and women who are in law get the benefits they have earned by traffickers from working online, we are enforcement. standing for that duty. When they get pushing forward with privacy legisla- There are tens of thousands of police ready to retire, those benefits are tion. You and I do not want our chil- officers and sheriffs and highway pa- going to be there. dren to be followed online. That is trolmen across our country. My hope is This week, I have joined Senator what is happening, and it is why we that each of us will stop this week CORNYN on his Back the Blue Act, and need to make certain that moms have when we see them and say ‘‘thank you’’ I thank him for his leadership. I think the tools they need—that parents have to them for the service they provide many of us who stand in this Chamber the tools they need—to guard the pri- our communities, because when it know that we stand to back that ‘‘thin vacy of their families online. comes to fighting so many of the issues blue line’’—that line is the difference I recently introduced the BROWSER that affect our communities on a day- between order and chaos in our com- Act. This is legislation I introduced to-day basis—the issues we face be- munities. This bill is going to create while I was in the House of Representa- cause of drugs and drug trafficking, new penalties for killing or assaulting tives. It is one of the first bipartisan human trafficking, gangs—it is our law enforcement officers and will pro- privacy bills we have had. The BROWS- local law enforcement that is on those tect officers from lawsuits when they ER Act will require you to give your frontlines, and we say ‘‘thank you’’ to intervene to stop a violent crime. It is consent if you are going to opt in and them. a commonsense provision, and I am allow someone to share your informa- This year in Tennessee, three officers pleased to be in support of this bill. tion, to have access to your sensitive have lost their lives. During this week, As we talk about law enforcement information. we remember them and express our and security and having safe commu- In this Nation, we have a history of gratitude to their families for their nities, we also need to remember our respecting informed consent, and that service and their sacrifice. We lost Customs and Border Patrol agents and is what we are saying—that individuals Trooper Matthew Elias Gatti from the officers who are on the southern bor- need to give their consent to a com- Tennessee Highway Patrol, who died on der. When you talk about being a secu- pany before that company looks at Monday, May 6, 2019; Sergeant Steve rity mom, of course you are going to their private information or, worse yet, Hinkle from the Sullivan County Sher- talk about economic security, data mines or, worse yet, shares that iff’s Office, who died on Tuesday, Feb- healthcare security, job security, and information about those individuals ruary 26, 2019; and Police Officer Nich- national security, but border security with third parties—people they do not olas Scott Galinger from the Chat- is a part of that. It is a way that we know, people they have never seen, tanooga Police Department, who died work to keep our communities safe. people they never will see. Then that on Sunday, February 24, 2019. As I talk We all know there is a humanitarian tech company—guess what—sells ads. to our sheriffs and police chiefs and pa- crisis on the southern border. Much of It is paid with your information. trol captains, I know there are many it is fueled by cartels that are big busi- The BROWSER Act also prohibits more who have been injured, and we re- ness. They deal in drug trafficking and companies from denying their services member them. human trafficking. It is our first re- to users who refuse to waive their pri- We also say ‘‘thank you so much’’ to sponders who address this in our com- vacy rights. You have a right to pri- the families of these men and women munities and on our city streets. The vacy, and these companies should not who have chosen—you know, they real- issues and the lack of security at that deny you their services because you

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.037 S15MYPT1 S2866 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 say: You cannot share my information. My colleagues and I in the Senate ological weapons, and dangerous mis- You cannot share my sensitive infor- were deeply saddened to hear of the siles. Quite simply, Senator Lugar’s mation. I am not going to opt-in to passing of our dear colleague and work changed the course of history— allow you to do that, big tech com- friend. His selfless service and tireless toward a safer world for the genera- pany. I am also going to opt-out on dedication to the State of Indiana and tions that followed. non-sensitive data. I am not going to to this Nation inspired many to follow I had the honor of working with Sen- allow you to do that. I do not want my in his footsteps and govern using his ator Lugar when I was on the Health, children followed, and I do not want principled commitment to the rule of Education, Labor, and Pensions Com- you to be following me. I do not want law and desire for constructive com- mittee. He was instrumental in the you to sell my information. I do not promise. origination and legislation of President want my spam to run crazy with ads From an early age, Senator Lugar Bush’s program, named the President’s and information I do not want. understood the value of hard work and Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or Individuals deserve their privacy. dedication to what was important. He PEPFAR for short. PEPFAR was life- Americans deserve to know they are became an Eagle Scout and was the changing legislation for those stricken protected and have that privacy in the valedictorian of his classes in both with potentially fatal diseases like HIV online universe. They deserve to know high school and college. He was later a and AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. they are not going to be followed and Rhodes Scholar at the prestigious Uni- Unlike many foreign assistance pro- they are not going to be tracked. versity of Oxford in England. Senator grams that do not impact those di- While we are talking about tech- Lugar’s commitment to his education rectly on the ground, PEPFAR taught nology, I’d like to bring attention to served him very well later in his career people how to avoid contracting the the global race for 5G, or fifth-genera- as a distinguished statesman. HIV/AIDS disease and provided coun- tion wireless technology. You are hear- As a fellow Eagle Scout, Senator tries with the ability to care for their ing a good bit about this. It doesn’t Lugar knew that the knowledge and citizens who were already infected. matter if it is in our commercial sector skills gained in Scouting always had a Senator Lugar was also a committed or in our military sector; we are at the use and were a central part of the Boy man of faith. As a member of the forefront of this debate to make cer- Scout motto ‘‘Be prepared.’’ He learned United Methodist Church, his moral tain that we win this race on 5G—that early on the importance of core Scout- compass was guided strongly by his China does not get a foothold, that ing values, such as trust, loyalty, cour- faith. He was always one to do what he Huawei does not penetrate our delivery tesy, reverence, and the rest. He dis- thought was right rather than what systems—and to make certain that we played these values not only in his was the easiest. win this race just like we did the race nearly four decades-long career in the The United States is a better place to 4G, which brought forward a lot of Senate but also as a loving husband because of Senator Lugar’s tireless the technologies we all use and take and father to Charlene, his wife, and service and commitment to what is for granted, like those devices we hold their four sons. right. I and Diana, my wife, send our in our hands on which we receive our These critical skills also served him deepest condolences to his loved ones emails, make our phone calls, send text well as the mayor of Indianapolis. As a and know he will find eternal peace and messages, pull up maps, get to a favor- former mayor myself, I know the need happiness in knowing he had a pro- ite site on which we want to make a for every citizen to play an active role found effect on all who knew him as a purchase, and log on to social media in the day-to-day lives of their towns accounts. This is all from a handheld colleague, as a father, and as a friend. and cities. Senator Lugar understood I yield the floor. device, and it is what 4G brought us. this, too, and the value in working to- I suggest the absence of a quorum. Well, 5G is going to be as revolutionary gether to make our cities, States, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. The as going from analog to digital, and we Nation better places. As mayor, he en- clerk will call the roll. are going to stay on top of this to visioned the unification of the city of The senior assistant bill clerk pro- make certain we win this race. ceeded to call the roll. Because of this, we have a couple Indianapolis with the surrounding Mar- Mr. MANCHIN. Madam President, I more pieces of legislation that I am ion County, and he did it. He ushered ask unanimous consent that the order going to discuss on the floor at a later in steady, uninterrupted economic for the quorum call be rescinded. date. We have the SECURE 5G and BE- growth for that region. In a nearly four decades-long career The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. YOND Act. Senator CORNYN has the BLACKBURN). Without objection, it is so lead on that. I have the SUPPLY in the Senate, it is difficult to pinpoint ordered. CHAIN Act, which will be focused on Senator Lugar’s greatest achieve- security in the virtual space and make ments. However, I think it is safe to AMERICAN MINERS ACT certain that we will be rooting out say that some of his most important Mr. MANCHIN. Madam President, I these threats that may come to our work came as chairman or ranking rise today to call for immediate action supply chain and affect our private sec- member of the Senate Foreign Rela- on the American Miners Act. tor or our governmental sector. tions Committee. Under his steady We have an obligation to the miners We know it is imperative that, yes, leadership and acute attention to de- across America who served our Nation we win the race in 5G but that we pro- tail, the committee considered critical by providing us with the energy tect our networks and that we secure issues at a milestone in the future of throughout our greatest advancements. them so the American public knows world diplomacy and democracy. They deserve to know that their pen- that its information is not being ex- Senator Lugar’s contributions were sions, which they rightfully worked ploited. instrumental in, as its name suggests, for, will be funded fully, and they de- As a mom who values and puts a pri- the formation of the Nunn-Lugar Coop- serve to have accessible healthcare, ority on keeping children and grand- erative Threat Reduction Program in which was guaranteed to them as well. children safe, it is an honor for me to 1991, which was intended to dismantle As the Senate fails to act, we con- come to this floor to salute the men nuclear warheads at the close of the tinue to put our retired miners’ and women of law enforcement and to Cold War. This program was enacted at healthcare and pension benefits in talk about what we need to do every a critical moment in the Soviet jeopardy yet again. single day from this Chamber to pro- Union’s dissolvent. If action had not I have been working with everyone tect our Nation’s security and to pro- been taken by Congress at this impor- and from every angle in order to pre- tect our citizens. tant juncture, dangerous nuclear weap- vent our miners from losing their I yield the floor. ons from the former Soviet Union healthcare and retirement benefits, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- could have been at risk of falling into but, once again, they are facing a dead- ator from Wyoming. the wrong hands. line that puts their whole livelihood at REMEMBERING RICHARD LUGAR These efforts laid the groundwork for risk. Mr. ENZI. Mr. President, I honor the the implementation of future programs This has been a long fight, and it is life and legacy of the late Senator that have been responsible for disman- far from over. Everyone who has joined Richard Lugar. tling hundreds of nuclear warheads, bi- me on this journey understands that

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.039 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2867 fighting for working people is what we My husband was employed by a UMWA rep- I yield the floor. were sent here to do. resented mine for the 34 years he worked in the mining industry. He worked a 6 day The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- These retired miners are walking the ator from Minnesota. halls and fighting for what is rightfully workweek. He turned down some very prom- ising job offers because we were always led theirs. I am doing this for them and PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS to believe that after 20 years of UMWA serv- their families. I promised them that ice, we would have family insurance for life. Ms. KLOBUCHAR. Madam President, this body would not abandon them, and A large part of the reason he stayed loyal to I rise today to join my colleagues in I refuse to let them down. the mining industry was because of the re- calling for necessary and long-overdue The 1974 Pension Plan will be insol- tirement pension and family health insur- changes in how our country addresses vent by 2022 if we do not act now. Min- ance we would have upon his retirement. the cost and affordability of prescrip- He was injured on the job in 2013 and was ers who receive their healthcare tion drugs. through companies who went bankrupt unable to return to work. We had the com- in 2018 are at risk of losing coverage in fort of knowing that he would be able to re- You are going to hear today from, in the coming months if we fail to act ceive his pension and that the two of us addition to myself, Senator soon. Unlike many other public and would have no worries about health insur- BLUMENTHAL, Senator SMITH, and Sen- ance. private pension plans, the 1974 Pension ator KAINE, as well as Senator DURBIN, In April 2015, I was diagnosed with breast who spoke on these issues earlier, to Plan was well managed and 94 percent cancer that spread to my lymph nodes. I had funded prior to the crash of 2008. How- chemotherapy from May 2015 to November highlight this egregious public health ever, the 2008 financial crisis hit at a 2015, followed by radiation that lasted until issue facing our country. time when this plan had its highest February 2016. I was hospitalized three times It is unacceptable that lifesaving payment obligations due to retire- during treatment, had to undergo a lot of di- treatments and cures are increasingly ments. agnostic testing, and a blood transfusion. out of reach for the people who need Unfortunately, I was unable to finish my If the plan becomes insolvent, these them the most. That is why the Senate beneficiaries face benefit cuts, and the treatment due to this rigorous and intense treatment damaging my heart. I have to fol- must act now to pass legislation that Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation low up with regular treatment by a cardiolo- would lower the cost of prescription will assume billions of dollars in liabil- gist and now have frequent testing to make drugs. Healthcare represents one-sixth ities. sure the cancer hasn’t come back. of our economy, and out-of-pocket To address this, we have to shore up Another side effect I have from having had costs account for over 10 percent of our the 1974 Pension Plan, which is heading chemotherapy is chemo-induced peripheral Nation’s healthcare spending, from for insolvency due to the coal company neuropathy that effects both my hands and consumers to hospitals and nursing feet. My medications cost several hundred bankruptcies and the 2008 financial cri- homes. sis; ensure that the miners who are at dollars a month. I am 53 years old and unable risk due to 2018 coal company bank- to work due to all the side effects from my One report found that between 2012 having cancer. My medical bills and medica- and 2016, the price of branded prescrip- ruptcies will not lose their healthcare; tions have cost many thousands of dollars and extend the Black Lung Disability tion drugs increased 110 percent. That and I don’t have to worry about anything is not 11 percent; that is 110 percent. Trust Fund tax at $1.10 per ton of un- other than getting well, thanks to the derground-mined coal and 55 cents per UMWA insurance we have. Even drugs that have been available for ton of surface-mined coal for 10 years. Since my husband can no longer work and decades, like insulin, are no longer af- West Virginia has more retired union I too am unable to work, our income has fordable. It is outrageous, it is dan- miners than any other State. More taken a downward turn. The security of hav- gerous, and it has real consequences for than 27,000 retirees live in West Vir- ing this insurance means the world to us. We real people. ginia alone. [are] neither asking nor expecting nothing For most Americans, this is deeply I have two letters that I would like other than what we were promised. Please, please pass this Senate Bill, not only for the personal. I know it is for me. I will to read into the RECORD that explain two of us, but for the many other UMWA re- never forget the frightening day when what we are dealing with in all parts of tirees and spouses that are also in the same we learned my daughter had a nut al- our State. situation. lergy. She was a toddler, and we were This is Roy from West Virginia, and We have countless letters that come actually in a cabin. We were out in the he says: in on a weekly basis, and it is basically middle of nowhere, and she ate a cash- I am a 63 year old, 3rd generation coal stories. The thing I would want to ew for the first time. Her throat start- miner. I started in the mine 3 days prior to make sure that all my colleagues know ed to close up, although we didn’t real- graduating from high school. Unfortunately, ly know that was what was happening. I had to find other employment in 1999 after and all of America knows is that the 27 years of mining because my mine shut miners provided the energy that built I still remember us driving as fast as down. Although the job that I was hired at the industrial might that we have—an we could through the woods for about paid a lot less (75% less), I felt that we would industrial revolution. They built the 45 minutes to the closest emergency survive because of the promise of lifetime factories. They mined the coal and room, where finally they were able to healthcare. made the steel to build the factories, When I went into mining, I felt that if I help her. That was when we discovered put in my time, I would be taken care of in and they built the guns and ships that that she had a nut allergy. my older years. Now that I am approaching defended this country. They have given She now keeps an EpiPen with her at that stage of my life and am faced with the everything they have had, and this was all times. So when the price of an fact of healthcare concerns of people my age a promise by the U.S. Government in EpiPen increased by three times the group, I am fearful of losing the security 1946. original amount, I knew just how dan- that my pension and health benefits will pro- Because of the bankruptcy laws that gerous that cost increase would be to vide to me and my wife of 43 years. erupted and basically evolved over the Fourteen years ago, my wife was diagnosed the people who rely on the medication, 1980s, they were left with nothing, and with severe rheumatoid arthritis. The cost of and I spoke out. that is what they have. They didn’t her medications alone would total more than It wasn’t just me. It was moms and my pension income, making retirement an take home in the paycheck extra impossibility. The idea of her not being able money. They didn’t take home any- dads across the country who spoke out. to receive the proper treatment for her con- thing else except the promise and guar- They spoke out by writing letters. dition is not an option. If necessary, I will antee that they would have their They spoke out on email. They spoke continue to work to provide the medical care healthcare and the benefits of a pen- out on their Facebook pages. They that she needs and deserves. sion. spoke out on social media. It was lit- Senator Manchin, for the concerns that The average pension for a miner re- erally a nationwide effort to take this have been mentioned in this letter, I deeply on. We successfully worked to bring appreciate the support that you have lent to tired is less than $600, and most of the passage of the Miner’s Protection Act those are for widows. This is something that cost down, but companies and hope that your fellow legislators will that we promised. This is something we shouldn’t just respond when there is consider the same. worked for, we are fighting for, and I outrage over social media. This is Lisa from Fraziers Bottom, am not going to give up until this By the way, not every drug has a con- WV: promise is fulfilled. stituency like that of parents who have

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There are House Judiciary Committee have al- McCain, and we have introduced that drugs that have constituencies who are ready advanced with bipartisan support bill. disabled or people who aren’t going to are companions to bipartisan legisla- LIFEBOAT ACT be able to basically mob the halls of tion that I am leading in the Senate Madam President, finally, we should Congress to make a change. with Senator GRASSLEY: the Stop act to hold drugmakers accountable for Besides that, I don’t think that is STALLING Act, which addresses the the opioid crisis they helped to create how we want to make change, anyway. abuse of the FDA petition process by by passing the LifeBOAT Act, led by Wouldn’t it be better if we responded in pharma companies, and my bill to our colleague Senator MANCHIN, who a policy way, in a bipartisan way, and crack down on anti-competitive pay- was just in this Chamber, which would simply made some changes to the poli- for-delay agreements. establish a permanent funding stream cies of our government and of our In addition to these commonsense to provide and expand access to treat- country to bring down the price of pre- measures, the House Judiciary Com- ment for addiction. It is only fair that scription drugs—not just the drugs mittee also passed a version of the bi- the companies made wealthy from ad- that are most famous but for all drugs. partisan CREATES Act, which Senator diction be held responsible to fund a There are many examples of why pre- LEAHY and Senator LEE and others pathway for recovery. There are many scription drug pricing is now out of have led and which I have been a co- options, and, alone, none of these will control and why we have to take ac- sponsor of for years, to deter branded fix this problem. But, together, along tion. For instance, a Wall Street Jour- drug companies from withholding test- with other legislation that has been nal article reported that the price for a ing samples to develop new generics. proposed by my colleagues, we can multiple sclerosis drug went up 21 Recently, on ‘‘60 Minutes,’’ there was make a difference. We can no longer times in a decade—21 times. No one a story of the work that is being done pretend this is happening. It is time for could explain that except that it allows in Connecticut in response to what is us to make a dent, to bring down the the company that makes that drug to going on between the generic compa- cost of prescription drugs, and to stop profit big time. nies and the pharmaceutical compa- coddling the pharmaceutical compa- A Stat News story reported that the nies. That is what these bills get at—to nies. price for a leukemia drug was raised get products out on the market, to stop This is about, as I mentioned, Nicole four times over the course of a single and her son, whom she no longer can year, and it now costs nearly $199,000 a the pay-for-delay, in which Big Pharma pays off generics to keep their products share time with. He has left us, but she year. will not let it go. We know that the price of certain in- off the market. Yes, we should take up these bills. It This is about Jessica, a mother sulin products rose 700 percent, ac- whose specialty drug costs to treat her counting for inflation, in two decades. is very important, but we must do more. We must also make sure that arthritis are $50,000 a year. When the State of the Union happened This is about a woman from Crystal, Medicare negotiates for prices. Right this year, I invited a guest, and that MN, who told me ‘‘I am practically now there is literally a ban on negotia- guest was a woman named Nicole going without food’’ to pay for her pre- tion, so 43 million seniors cannot get Smith Holt, and it was her son, a scriptions. This is happening in Amer- the benefit of less expensive drug young man named Alec, who was a 26- ica. year-old restaurant manager. He prices. That doesn’t help just 43 million Madam President, I note that my col- seniors if we lift that ban; it also helps worked in my State. He worked hard. league Senator BLUMENTHAL is here, He was a good guy, and he was on his everyone in America because they are and I know that he has remarks as parents’ health insurance until he was such big purchasers of prescription well. 26. When that health insurance ended, drugs that it will bring down the cost I yield the floor. when he could not get that health in- for everyone. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- surance, he then had to pay for the in- The other bill I noted was the one ator from Connecticut. sulin himself since he was a diabetic. It about the petitioning process that was Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Thank you, was $1,200 a month. He was unable to designed to allow interested parties to Madam President. I will be speaking in afford his insulin. So what did he do? raise legitimate health and safety just a moment, but I understand the Sadly, he did what too many people are issues related to generic drug applica- minority leader, Senator SCHUMER, is doing in America right now. He started tions, but for years branded on his way to speak before me, so he rationing that insulin. He rationed drugmakers have filed sham petitions should be here within moments. that insulin, and he died waiting for to delay the FDA’s approval of the Ms. KLOBUCHAR. While we await for his next paycheck. He was a restaurant competing generic drugs. Senator SCHUMER, I want to mention manager in the suburbs of the Twin Studies show that the FDA denies just a few examples of what we are Cities. more than 90 percent of petitions relat- talking about here with drug prices—a His mother sat at the State of the ing to generics and that more than 10 woman named Paula. Paula has been Union, looking down at the President, percent of generics between 2011 and prescribed a treatment for her multiple looking down at the Congress, to make 2015 were filed by branded pharma- sclerosis. It costs over $5,000 a month. the point that she needed action, and ceutical companies. Our legislation She has been getting copay assistance in the memory of her son Alec, she was would help to deter those who engage from a grant but does not know how going to make sure that action hap- in sham petitioning. According to the she is going to afford it and whether pens. CBO—the Congressional Budget Of- she is going to be able to afford her Congress has a duty to act, and the fice—that would save U.S. taxpayers lifesaving medication. President should support these efforts. $117 million over the next 10 years. Julie, another example, is covered Committees in the House of Represent- These are ideas that have been out under her husband’s employer plan. atives, for the first time, have already there for a long time. These are things She currently has to pay a $500 copay advanced proposals to reduce the cost that we believe would make a major for a drug that she needs—the same of prescription drugs, and we should be difference. drug that was once offered in a generic moving similar legislation here in the SAFE AND AFFORDABLE DRUGS FROM CANADA form for $50, a fraction of the new cost. Senate. ACT The generic drug has been discon- Yes, it is true that there are two Madam President, another one I tinued, creating an impossible choice pharma lobbyists for every Member of would like to mention is a bill that I between paying $500 or not filling her Congress. That is a fact, and for years first introduced with the late Senator prescription. Because of the high cost, they have felt that they owned Con- John McCain to allow Americans to she goes without this drug. gress. That has to change. They do not bring in certain safe, less expensive Diane—Diane has an EpiPen for bee own me, and they do not own the peo- drugs from Canada. I have continued stings and is unhappy with the high ple who are speaking up today. this bipartisan effort by introducing cost. She says:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.042 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2869 Now that I am retired, it is horrific how I So I repeat: The American people de- fronting the skyrocketing cost of pre- have to buy them in a pack of two, and they serve to know what is going on. If the scription drugs. Drug companies’ price- cost more than before. The prices have just President and Republicans in Congress gouging, their manipulation of their skyrocketed. Every year I throw away some- are planning to take the United States monopolistic power to raise those thing that is so expensive that I cannot use. It is way overpriced. into a conflict, even a war in the Mid- prices and make the industry’s prac- dle East, the American people deserve tices noncompetitive and to exclude Angie, from Savage, MN, is a mother, to know that, and they deserve to even new products from coming to a wife, and a teacher. In May of 2018, know why. market—all of these abuses have be- she was admitted to a hospital, where I yield the floor. come so extreme and so outrageous MRI scans showed brain lesions. She The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that there is now bipartisan consensus was eventually discharged from the ator from Connecticut. that we need to stop it. hospital and was instructed to follow Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi- I am proud today to support the Af- up with a neurologist. She received a dent, I want to begin by thanking the fordable Prescriptions for Patients Act. multiple sclerosis diagnosis. She was minority leader for bringing this issue It is a bipartisan piece of legislation, prescribed a new medication that is as straightforwardly and as clearly as and it will finally put a stop to some of also one of the most effective drugs he has. As a member of the Armed the most egregious monopolistic and available today for treating MS. Pay- Services Committee, I demand to know predatory tactics within the drug in- ment for the expensive drug was de- from the Acting Secretary of Defense dustry. These tactics would make even nied. and other relevant officials why we the robber barons of the Gilded Age These are just examples of the people have deployed these American military blush with guilt and embarrassment we see every day. assets, including an aircraft carrier for the obvious anti-consumer effects I yield the floor. group, a number of bombers and Pa- that impact the average American. Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, triot missile units to one of the most These patent abuses go by colorful first, I want to thank the Senator from dangerous parts of the world, where names like ‘‘patent thicketing’’ and Minnesota—the senior Senator—for all they may unexpectedly provoke act of ‘‘product hopping,’’ but these names of the great work she has done in work- war. obscure their very pernicious purpose. ing to reduce the high cost of drugs for We are on a dangerous path without Patent thicketing and product hopping the American people. a strategy. We are embarked on a are only the tip of this monopolistic THE MIDDLE EAST course of potential war without in- iceberg. While these terms may be un- Madam President, on a much dif- forming the Congress or the American familiar to many Americans, almost ferent subject but a very important people. We have demanded repeatedly everyone is familiar with the harmful one—Iran and the Middle East—I have that we be briefed, and it must be in effects these predatory practices returned to the floor this afternoon public. produce. amid several concerned reports about This situation has reached a point of The fault here is with the people who the Trump administration’s position potential conflagration. The tinderbox take advantage of shortages and mar- on Iran. of the Middle East is no place to oper- ket power. They exploit them in the Earlier this week, it was reported ate on impulse or whim. That is the ap- same way that anti-trust abuses have that the administration’s national se- pearance this administration has cre- been done over the decade, and they curity team discussed a plan that ated by lacking a clearly articulated are the reason we have anti-trust laws. would deploy at least 120,000 U.S. strategy for the American people to Now, to confront this even more egre- troops in the Middle East. Today we know and assess. On the Armed Serv- gious example of abuses of market learned that personnel were removed ices Committee, we have asked repeat- power, we need these new laws. from the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. The edly for this kind of information, and According to one study in 2017, across President himself initially denied there so far the administration has refused the top 12 grossing drugs in America, was a plan and then seemed to confirm to provide it. So this kind of open hear- drugs companies filed an average of 127 the reports by saying that he would ing is necessary to be open information patent applications per drug. By cre- ‘‘absolutely’’ send troops, and, if he for the American people, and they de- ating a thicket, a genuine thicket of did, ‘‘it would be a hell of a lot more serve and need no less. patents around their drugs, drug com- than 120,000.’’ PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS panies are able to double the number of The news comes as quite a surprise to Madam President, I turn now to a years of market exclusivity that they the American people, who have grown topic that is of great consequence to have before a competitor can enter the quite tired of wars in the Middle East, the American people for their health market. of the loss of life and fortune when and their economic well-being. During this time, these drug compa- there is so much that has to be done in As we all know and as the senior Sen- nies are able to charge consumers ex- America. ator from Minnesota, my great friend traordinarily high prices for drugs they The American people deserve to AMY KLOBUCHAR, has very eloquently desperately need. If you use HUMIRA know what is going on here. We are and powerfully described, the high cost or have rheumatoid arthritis, you talking about not only putting 120,000 of essential medicines in this country should be deeply concerned about pat- troops in harm’s way in this possible is a national disgrace. It is immoral. ent thicketing. According to one study, deployment but also about the safety For the greatest country in the world the manufacturer of HUMIRA has filed and the actions of the thousands of to compel ordinary Americans to 247 patents so it can exclude competi- troops we have stationed in the Middle choose between covering the cost of tors from the market. It keeps those East right now. their rent and putting food on the table competitive adversaries from pro- So I am calling on Acting Defense or paying for their medicine needed to ducing drugs and can do so for a total Secretary Shanahan and the Chairman stay alive is absolutely abhorrent and of 39 years. During those 39 years, the of the Joint Chiefs, General Dunford, unacceptable. cost of HUMIRA in the future—they to come testify before the Senate The only people who benefit under will do it for 39 years—is just going to Armed Services Committee in an open the current system are the high-paid keep climbing. According to reports, setting before the end of the week. The executives, whose pay is increased even between 2012 and 2015 alone, the aver- hearings that are done in secret do not more by this unjust and intolerable age amount that Medicare and Med- inform the American people of what is system. It yields them greater profit icaid spent on each patient using going on, and they are entitled to know without any greater help to the Amer- HUMIRA more than doubled—from because the lessons of history teach us ican people. $16,000 to $33,000. Things will only get that when things are done in secret, be- It has to stop, and the good news is, worse in the years to come. hind closed doors, mistakes can be we have bipartisan agreement that it Rheumatoid arthritis patients are made and momentum built for a course must stop. After years of disagreement, hardly the only ones who should be of action that the Nation ultimately we are starting to see Republicans and concerned about patent thicketing. A regrets. Democrats coming together and con- large number of patents have been filed

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.044 S15MYPT1 S2870 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 to protect the market exclusivity of it has taken many months to draft and multiple sclerosis in Brooklyn Park, drugs that treat conditions like cancer, introduce this measure. I thank his MN. Nikki received her MS diagnosis stroke, blood clots, diabetes, multiple staff, as well as my own, for all of their only 3 months after running her first myeloma, and macular degeneration. hard work on this bill reaching this bi- half-marathon. The diagnosis was Patent thickets will keep competi- partisan consensus. frightening, and Nikki wondered if she tors off the market. It will cost con- This legislation will embolden and would ever be able to run again. I am sumers thousands, perhaps hundreds of encourage our anti-trust forces to pur- happy to say that 4 years later, Nikki thousands of dollars, each year. It isn’t sue pharma companies that are getting is walking and running just fine. Her only the patients who use the drugs away with anti-competitive practices. progress is due largely to the treat- It will also give clear guidance to our who suffer these effects; we all pay the ment regimen her doctors prescribed. courts to allow them to quickly and cost of higher insurance when those in- However, with the rising price of her surers have to pay higher costs for easily distinguish between product primary medication, Nikki wonders drugs. It hits all of us, not just the pa- hopping and patent thicketing from how long she is going to be able to af- tients who suffer from these medical truly innovative, truly inventive con- ford it. When her medication was first conditions. duct that benefits patients. Unfortunately, this obviously anti- This legislation makes sure that any introduced to the market in 2004, the competitive practice is not the only company caught redhanded engaging in price was around $16,000 a year. Today, way drug companies abuse the patent these harmful practices will have to it is more than $80,000. system to keep drug prices high. Just pay and be held accountable. Without significant changes in the before the protections for their first This legislation will also lower formulation of her medicine, the price drug expire, brand-name drug compa- healthcare costs for millions of Ameri- has skyrocketed 440 percent. Those cans by increasing competition in the nies pull a bait-and-switch, pushing higher prices translated to higher market. If we pass this legislation, mil- consumers onto a new, slightly dif- monthly costs and a constant source of lions of Americans may no longer have ferent drug. That means any generic worry for Nikki. competition coming to market will to choose between food on the table, struggle to penetrate the market, and their rent payment, and the medicine Finally, I am inspired by the memory consumers will be stuck with the they need and deserve. That is a choice of Alec Smith. Here is Alec’s story. brand-name drug for even longer, like- no one should ever have to make in the Alec transitioned off his mom’s health ly at a significantly higher cost. In this greatest country in the history of the insurance at age 26. He was a type 1 di- way, the brand-name company suc- world. abetic, so he depended on insulin to We cannot allow drug companies to ceeds in gouging customers and keep- survive. Without insurance, Alec faced continue their monopolistic practices ing their profits growing. That is their a $1,300-a-month cost for managing his and predatory abuses that only in- objective—not better product, not bet- diabetes. Most of that was driven by crease the profit of those companies. ter health, not better patient experi- the high price of the insulin. Alec had We cannot allow those drug companies ences, only higher profits. a good job, but his diabetes treatment to reap massive personal benefits for One of the most famous examples of was eating up nearly 45 percent of his their executives, while Americans are product hopping—the practice I have monthly salary, and that is on top of struggling to make ends meet. I urge just described—concerns Namenda, a regular expenses for food and rent and the Senate to immediately take up this drug to treat Alzheimer’s. This drug other basic necessities. So Alec did legislation to protect American pa- was produced by a company called what he had to do. He rationed his in- tients today. Actavis. When Actavis originally re- I happily yield the floor to my col- sulin to make ends meet. Unfortu- leased Namenda, it was usually taken league from Minnesota. nately, less than a month after his 26th by patients twice a day, but a number The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- birthday and less than 1 month after he of years before Namenda’s market ex- ator from Minnesota. transitioned off his mom’s insurance, clusivity was going to expire, Actavis Ms. SMITH. Madam President, I rise Alec passed away. He was the victim of went to the FDA to approve a new today to join Senator KLOBUCHAR and insulin rationing. version of Namenda, this one taken my colleagues on behalf of all Minneso- Colleagues, we are at a crisis point. just once a day. A new drug? No. A dif- tans and Americans who struggle to af- Thousands of people like Alec are ra- ferent way of taking it? Maybe. To im- ford their prescription drugs. tioning their prescriptions so they can prove patient health? No. To increase The increasing price of prescription afford them, and sometimes they are profits? Yes. drugs is a top concern for Americans literally paying with their lives. Pa- Although the FDA had approved this and Minnesotans. Every day, compa- tients with health insurance, like drug in 2010, Actavis strategically nies are launching new treatments at waited 3 years to introduce this, with astronomical prices, and they are spik- Nikki and Rachael, are facing higher the apparent goal of extending its ex- ing the price of older drugs, like insu- and higher out-of-pocket costs, and clusivity in the U.S. market. Once the lin. Americans are taking notice of this seniors are being forced to choose be- new drug was introduced, Actavis greedy behavior that puts patients tween paying for groceries and paying pushed all of its customers onto it, last. for their medicine. while pulling the old drug from the The No. 1 issue I hear about from In the wealthiest country in the market. As a result, Actavis was able Minnesotans is the cost of healthcare world, this is unacceptable. It is mor- to continue charging monopoly prices and specifically the cost of prescription ally wrong that the pharmaceutical on essentially the same drug long after drugs. Every day, Minnesotans inspire companies are raking profits off of sky- Namenda’s first patent was expected to me to fight to lower the price of pre- rocketing prices while Americans expire. scription drugs, Minnesotans like struggle to pay for their prescription We have reached the time to stop Rachael Malmberg, a military veteran drugs. That is simple to understand, patent thicketing and product hopping with cancer. but the industry would have you be- once and for all. We have reached the Before Rachel battled cancer, she lieve otherwise. time to bring sanity and fairness to the battled teams on the ice, playing hock- drug market so consumers can see ey for the University of Minnesota and Their first argument. Well, drug pric- lower prices. the U.S. Olympic Team. Rachael’s ing is so complex; it is impossible to I am proud to be joining with Sen- daily medicine is stabilizing her can- understand; and Congress should study ator CORNYN of Texas to introduce the cer, but it comes at a great cost. Even the problem. I would argue this com- Affordable Prescriptions for Patients with health insurance, she still pays plexity serves a function. Complexity Act. It will fight these abusive prac- $9,000 a month. For Rachael, affording obscures all the ways the drug compa- tices and give consumers some much her prescription drugs is a matter of nies are gaming the system to drive up needed relief from higher drug costs. I life or death. profits. Colleagues, we can’t be para- thank Senator CORNYN for his leader- I have also talked with Minnesotans lyzed by complexity. We need to create ship. We joined in this partnership, and like Nikki Foster, a mom living with more transparency in drug pricing.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:09 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.046 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2871 So then the pharmaceutical compa- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- my hand without the drug. The drug compa- nies come back with their second argu- ator from Virginia is recognized. nies are getting away with robbery. We need ment. They say high prices are the re- Mr. KAINE. Madam President, I rise Medicare to have the authority to negotiate sult of altruistic purposes, like invest- with my colleagues to just tell stories drug prices. ing in research, development, and inno- I am hearing from Virginians. Having Ron from Arlington, just across the vation, but, colleagues, remember, it is completed a campaign last November, I Potomac, wrote me after he went to taxpayers, not drug companies, who was out doing a lot of listening and renew a prescription he had been tak- are subsidizing the basic research that have continued to do a lot of listening ing for more than a year. leads to innovation and new cures since then. In your own mind, you kind That is an outrageous increase of 100 per- through the National Institutes of of categorize the stories, and, first, cent or $100 more out of my pocket for ex- Health. Innovation can’t help people if above all else, are stories about actly the same thing [every time I buy it]. I am a retired federal employee on a limited it is too expensive to afford. healthcare. I hear stories about a lot of So then comes their closing argu- income and I am locked into this insurance things, but I hear stories about plan for the rest of the year. So I have to ment. We aren’t the problem, say the healthcare probably as much as all take $100 more out of my pocket to obtain drug companies. It is the PBMs. It is other areas combined. In the area of the exact same thing. the insurers. It is everybody else but healthcare, the issue of the price of Every time he buys it, 100 percent in- us. I would argue that everyone has a prescription drugs is No. 1. crease in the price. role to play. Lots of companies profit Hundreds of Virginians have reached Marie from Virginia Beach wrote me from high drug prices all along the sup- out to me to let me know about the about a drug that costs $375,000 a year. ply chain. That needs to be fixed, and high cost of prescription drugs and how She writes: all of these players need to be held ac- that affects not only their health but countable. Pointing fingers and shift- Without the drug I most likely will be bed- even their ability to put food on their ridden. I cannot afford the exorbitant price. ing blame will not bring down high table or a roof over their heads. Today . . . I recognize the recovery cost of research drug prices. Comprehensive solutions I want to share some stories from Vir- is the main expense, since manufacturing will. ginians and then talk about some com- cost is extremely cheap, but when the suf- In the coming weeks, I will be re- monsense legislation and a present op- ferers cannot afford your drug, then what introducing the Affordable Medications have you gained? portunity to bring drug prices down. Act, which is a comprehensive solution Andrew from Great Falls shared this Medicare is prohibited from negoti- that targets the multiple causes of the story with me. His father was being ating the price of prescription drugs. skyrocketing price of prescription treated for CML, which is a leukemia Medicare Part D enrolls over 43 million drugs, and a number of my Democratic that is effectively curable, and he was seniors nationwide, giving the program colleagues are working with me on this prescribed the drug Gleevec. Now, this incredible bargaining power if it could bill. It would increase transparency story goes back a little bit, and here is only be used for their benefit. and hold pharmaceutical companies ac- what Andrew said: Many seniors are on fixed incomes. countable for their role in setting high The average senior gets Social Secu- In the United States, Gleevec costs ap- prices. My bill would make prescrip- rity. Their median income is $28,000, so tion drugs more affordable by allowing proximately $159 to manufacture for a year’s dose. an $8,000 drug cost is one-third to a Medicare to use its buying power to ne- That is the manufactured cost. quarter of their income. In the wealthi- gotiate lower prices, just like we al- est Nation in the world, seniors should In India, a generic version of this drug ready do with the Department of Vet- not have to choose between paying for erans Affairs. costs about $400 a year to purchase for use. In Canada, the price is around $8,800 a year their medication and putting food on My bill goes further by penalizing the table or heating their home. So drug companies that spike prices and for a generic of the drug, and $38,000 a year for the branded drug. In the United States, many of these seniors tell me about allowing for the safe importation of there is no available generic, and the brand getting medication and then thinking: lower cost drugs from other countries name drug’s marketing cost is $146,000 a If I cut the pill in half and just take like Canada. My bill would spur inno- year. This is not a drug that consumers can half a dose, maybe I can save some vation by creating a fund for new anti- simply choose to take or not take—to be money—but that then comes at an in- biotics and funding for clinical drug blunt, they will . . . literally die of cancer if they don’t take it. credible reduction in the efficacy of the trials, and it would protect competi- prescription you are taking to control tion by blocking unfair, anticompeti- Now, since Andrew wrote me the let- your healthcare condition. tive drug monopoly practices. This bill ter, a generic has been approved in the This is why I joined with Senator would eliminate the blame game and United States that has provided him KLOBUCHAR, and I appreciate her orga- put patients at the center of the solu- and other families relief, but for a long nizing this group of us on the floor tion. period of time, $146,000 in the United today, to introduce the Empowering Now, I recently introduced bipartisan States for a drug that costs $159 to Medicare Seniors to Negotiate Drug legislation with Senator CASSIDY to manufacture, and the price to patients Prices Act, which allows Medicare to help bring low-cost biosimilars, like in- in other countries is dramatically less. sulin, to the market. I am working to negotiate drug prices. This is simple, Daniel from Martinsville in Southern basic, best business practice. Every- reintroduce legislation that would Virginia wrote to me about the high limit the ability of the big brand name body will negotiate prices. Why should price of insulin, which is a common we bar the Medicare Part D Program drug companies to keep lower cost ge- theme, I know, for all of us here with neric drugs off the market. that provides a prescription drug ben- constituents. efit to 43 million people—why should Many of these proposals have bipar- He writes: tisan support. Many more should, but we bar them from negotiating for drug I paid $505.00 for 3 bottles of Humalog Insu- prices? we haven’t brought any of these bills lin . . . at Walgreens. This is a three month up for a vote in the Senate. I urge my According to a recent analysis, Medi- supply, but another Eli Lilly insulin is re- care would have saved $14.4 billion. colleagues to take up these proposals quired by my wife in order for her to avoid and the drug pricing bills making their death [and that is hundreds of dollars more]. That is billion with a ‘‘b.’’ Medicare would have saved $14.4 billion on just 50 way through the House right now as we Laurie from Norfolk wrote to me to drugs in 2016 if the program had paid speak. Alec, Nikki, Rachael, and all of share her story. Laurie has rheumatoid the same prices as the Department of our constituents don’t have the luxury arthritis, and she lives on Social Secu- Veterans Affairs, which is allowed to of waiting for Congress to break rity. She writes: through legislative gridlock until they negotiate. That is a whole separate The drug company wants $65,000 for the can afford what they need to live. level of absurdity. Why would we, as drug. With my Medicare part D, they only Congress, allow the Department of Vet- Thank you, Senator KLOBUCHAR, for want $8,000—[that is good, but that is] over 1/ drawing attention to this issue and for 3 of my annual income [as a senior on Social erans Affairs, as they buy these same inviting me to join with you today. Security for one drug]. I have applied for the drugs from the same manufacturers, to I yield to my colleague from Vir- drug companies patient assistance program negotiate and get a volume discount ginia, Senator KAINE. [because] the pain is too great. I can’t use but tell the Medicare Program they

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:09 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.048 S15MYPT1 S2872 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 can’t? We actually know how much United States, and insulin is a critical negotiation, unleashing the power of 43 money we would save because of allow- and life-sustaining daily treatment for million Americans. That is a lot of peo- ing the Veterans Affairs Department to 71⁄2 million of those people. Yet, be- ple. Seniors are good at getting deals. negotiate, which they should be able tween 2012 and 2016, spending on insulin That is 43 million people. Yet they are to, but why would we then handcuff nearly doubled, even while there was banned from negotiating with Medicare Medicare Part D and not allow them? little change in the actual use of insu- to get better deals for themselves. That If Medicare would have saved $14.4 lin. So what explains that? should change. billion just in those 50 drugs in 1 year, The price hikes we have experienced We need less expensive drugs from that is $14.4 billion that could be used have caused Virginians who need these other countries—safe drugs. That for better healthcare, the deficit reduc- drugs, whose stories I have indicated, would certainly create more competi- tion, tax relief, Pell grants, education to endure severe financial hardship, ra- tion. We had bipartisan support for a expenses. There is also a savings not tion their supplies, or even skip the proposal like that. Senator GRASSLEY just to Medicare but to patients that needed medication. and I have the bill that would take one would also be in the billions. In February, I joined all my Demo- country, Canada. In Minnesota and in Every corner pharmacy negotiates cratic colleagues on the Health, Edu- the Presiding Officer’s State of North the price of prescription drugs. Every cation, Labor, and Pensions Com- Dakota we can see Canada from our Walmart does. When they are buying mittee, where I sit with Senator SMITH, porch. The point is that we see those prescription drugs to sell in their phar- who preceded me, and we sent a letter less expensive drugs right across the macy, they negotiate based on volume. to three insulin manufacturers request- border. We should be able to have that It makes no sense that the Federal ing information about recent price in- competition. Government is not allowed to do the creases, how the revenue contributes to Then, look at the CREATES Act and same thing. research and development, and what some of the other ways of stopping Another area is biologic medicines. companies are doing to help patients pay-for-delay and stopping, as Senator They represent a new and very prom- access affordable insulin. BLUMENTHAL was describing, these pat- ising area of treatment. I do want to In closing, I said there are not only ent abuses to try to make sure we have stop here and say I am not one of these good ideas in Senator KLOBUCHAR’s bill more competition. I think there is people who use a big broad brush and and in others, but there is also a good starting to be general agreement on say pharmaceutical companies are bad. time. In the Health, Education, Labor, this issue that we have to take on Why are we living longer? Why is the and Pensions Committee, our Chair, these pharmaceutical prices. The time average age going up and up and up? It Senator ALEXANDER, and our ranking for describing the problem is still here is going up and up and up because of member, Senator MURRAY, have indi- because it seems like some of our col- better medical care, and much of that cated that one of the bills we want to leagues don’t get it, but the time for medical care and improvement is inno- work on this year is a bill of single- action is certainly now. vation in the pharmaceutical industry, shot strategies to reduce medical costs. Thank you, Mr. President. so I am not on a campaign to say phar- It is not going to be the rewrite of the I yield the floor. maceutical companies are bad. They healthcare system. Senator ALEXANDER The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- are producing lifesaving prescriptions and Senator MURRAY were heard to de- ator from Kansas. that are easing suffering and pro- scribe that if we can do a bill with a se- NATIONAL POLICE WEEK longing life. It is just that the price ries of singles, that would be a very Mr. MORAN. Mr. President, this Americans pay for those drugs is so far good thing. So we will work together week, as we know, our Nation observes out of whack with what other nations as colleagues to come up with a series National Police Week, a time when we do, and one of the things that is inno- of strategies that could bring pay tribute to our law enforcement of- vative, that is great is biologic medi- healthcare costs down, and we have an ficers, especially those who died in the cines. opportunity in this bill to have some of line of duty. Today I rise to honor their When competing products—they are those provisions deal with provisions dedication and their significant and called biosimilars—attempt to enter just like those I have described that tremendous sacrifice. the market, they often find it impos- can reduce the cost of prescription On Monday evening, thousands of sible to navigate the thicket of patent drugs. people gathered on the National Mall laws that protect the branded product I am proud to join my colleagues to to pay tribute to the 371 officers who because they lack access to readily ac- share stories of Virginians. It is prob- gave their lives in the line of duty. cessible information. So when bio- ably the single-most frequent com- Four officers from Kansas were among similar manufacturers are able to un- plaint I hear, and it is a complaint we those memorialized on Monday. cover the web of patents, expensive can do something about. Last June, Wyandotte County sher- litigation too often results in patents With that, I yield the floor. iff’s deputies Theresa King and Patrick being found to be invalid or unenforce- The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Rohrer were shot and killed while pre- able. CRAMER). The Senator from Minnesota. paring to transport a prisoner. Theresa That is why I joined with Senator Ms. KLOBUCHAR. I thank the Sen- King joined the Wyandotte County COLLINS from Maine on a second bill to ator from Virginia for his thoughtful Sheriff’s Office in 2005. A working introduce the Biologic Patent Trans- remarks and the Senator from Con- mother of three children, Theresa, or parency Act. Our bill promotes patent necticut, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, as well as ‘‘TK,’’ was known for coming to work transparency by requiring manufactur- Senator SMITH, my colleague. every day with a smile and a willing- ers of approved products to disclose The time for action is now. We have ness to help out in any way that she and list patents covering their prod- all cited numerous examples of people could. She is a founding member of the ucts with the FDA in what we call the who, literally, are taking drugs that, in Kansas City-based Lancaster-Melton FDA Purple Book. The legislation en- the case of insulin, was $17 a vial and is Peacekeepers Civitan Club, a group of courages manufacturers to apply for now $1,213 a month. That is simply out- law enforcement officers and their fam- patents sooner, allow prospective bio- rageous. We have people who can’t af- ilies dedicated to honoring slain offi- similar manufacturers to challenge ford drugs that they used to just take cers. weaker or invalid patents earlier in the as commonplace, and there were no Patrick Rohrer, a husband and father product development process to elimi- changes made. of two children, joined the Wyandotte nate waste, and the legislation will So for me, a lot of this is what hap- County Sheriff’s Office in 2011. Patrick help us bring needed biosimilar treat- pens when you have monopolies, what was known as a dedicated deputy that ments to patients faster and ulti- happens when you don’t have competi- never lost his sense of humor and often mately help lower drug prices. tion. So the answer is to look at all of peppered his colleagues with his favor- Finally, a word about insulin. Over 30 the measures we could take to ensure ite ‘‘Star Wars’’ quotes. He was also million people—that is like the com- that there is better price negotiation known for his competitive spirit. bined population of about 19 or 20 and more competition. One of them, as Patrick had been a varsity letterman States—live with diabetics in the Senator KAINE mentioned, is Medicare on the swim team at Shawnee Mission

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:09 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.050 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2873 Northwest High School. His family’s who have departed but as a reminder to legacy left behind by Linda Brown and motto became ‘‘Keep on Swimming.’’ all of us that remain. her parents. Linda Brown just passed I will echo Wyandotte County’s Sher- May God bless our law enforcement away last year, and we honor her, her iff Don Ash’s words in memorializing officers and protect them from harm as family, and all those involved in the the deputies: ‘‘Theresa and Patrick they faithfully perform their duties civil rights movement. were heroes in every sense of the word’’ each and every day. This legacy is one that requires all when they put ‘‘their lives between a 65TH ANNIVERSARY OF BROWN V. BOARD OF Americans—each of us—to uphold the cold-blooded killer and the citizens EDUCATION self-evident truth that all men and they swore an oath to protect.’’ Mr. President, on the of 65th anniver- women are created equal. Let us re- In September, Deputy Sheriff Robert sary of the Supreme Court decision on member the legacy of Brown v. Topeka Kunze of the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Brown v. Board of Education, I rise to Board of Education, and in doing so, I Office was fatally shot during an en- pay tribute to the Topeka, KS, fami- ask every American to commit to ra- counter with a suspect in a stolen vehi- lies, led by the Browns and all Kansans cial justice and equal opportunity. cle. He, too, was a husband and father who took part in challenging the injus- DISASTER RELIEF who had served with the Sedgwick tice of racial segregation. Mr. President, I rise to speak about County Sheriff’s Office for 12 years and For 60 years, leading up to Brown, the devastation I have seen as I toured had previously served with the Shaw- much of America adhered to the Su- flooded areas of Kansas, as well as nee County Sheriff’s Office for 6 years. preme Court ruling in Plessy v. Fer- parts of Missouri, Nebraska, and Iowa, Robert Kunze’s impact on the depart- guson that established the doctrine of and the need for Congress to pass a dis- ment was made apparent when Sedg- ‘‘separate but equal.’’ However, when aster bill to provide assistance to im- wick County’s Sheriff Jeff Easter re- applied to school buildings and the edu- pacted agricultural producers. ferred to his death as the loss of a cation of our children, nothing about it Kansas farmers and ranchers have ‘‘family member.’’ Robert was known was equal. endured several challenging years. as an exceptional law enforcement offi- In 1951, Linda Carol Brown was in the Since 2013, net farm income has been cer and has been remembered by his third grade and would walk six blocks cut in half due to low commodity colleagues as having a contagious to a bus stop that would take her to prices. The flooding across Kansas and laugh that always made others feel Monroe Elementary, more than a mile the Midwest has been one more setback welcome. away from her home, despite the fact in the long list of challenges facing our This year we also memorialized Jef- that Sumner Elementary was seven farmers and ranchers. ferson County undersheriff George blocks from her home. Even after re- In the days following the worst flood- Burnau, who died in the line of duty on peated applications for attendance at ing, I visited areas of Kansas that were April 29, 1920. His dedication set an ex- the neighborhood school, the Browns underwater. I saw farm ground that ample for generations of law enforce- and other families were rejected. They cannot be planted or put into use until ment officers in Kansas and around the were rejected because of the color of significant time, effort, and resources country, those that followed him. their skin. are invested in restoring that land. I would like to honor one additional In that year, 13 parents, led by Continued rainfall across the State and law enforcement officer who is serving Linda’s father Oliver, filed suit against region has threatened to cause addi- on my staff as a Department of Justice the Topeka Board of Education on be- tional flooding in many areas as well fellow. ATF Special Agent Matt Beccio half of their 20 children. Combining as delayed planning for many farmers. has become an integral part of our other cases throughout the country, It is important and it is necessary team over the past year, giving sound Thurgood Marshall argued on their be- that Congress meet the challenge of advice on issues relating to Justice and half before the U.S. Supreme Court— providing assistance to those pro- traveling to Kansas to meet with local the Court that he would later join as a ducers, many of whom lost everything. law enforcement officials. His firsthand Justice. As negotiations continue on a disaster enforcement experience and passion for On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court bill, I would like to highlight the im- bettering the lives of law enforcement unanimously issued its landmark deci- portance of providing funds for the officers across the country have been sion announcing that Plessy’s ‘‘sepa- Emergency Conservation Program and tremendous assets to our office. This rate but equal’’ doctrine violated the amending the current disaster program week Matt led members of my staff in Fourteenth Amendment. While full in- to help cover the cost of lost stored participating in Police Week’s 5K me- tegration would take years to accom- grain. morial run alongside Kansas law en- plish, the events set in motion by these The Emergency Conservation Pro- forcement and their colleagues from determined parents were irreversible, gram was authorized to help producers across the country. and they are worthy of our respect and restore land damaged from natural dis- Thank you, Matt, for your dedication honor today. asters, including floods. Kansans are, and for using your role in our office to Nowhere was this truer than in the unfortunately, familiar with ECP as a better support your colleagues in law city where it all started. Before the result of assistance our State received enforcement. case had even reached the Supreme to help rebuild fences following the During National Police Week and Court, the Topeka Board of Education devastating wildfires of 2017 and 2018. throughout the year, we are reminded began integrating its primary schools. However, this program does not cur- that law enforcement needs our sup- Kansas had its pre-Civil War blood- rently have sufficient funds to cover port. We must provide them with the shed to determine whether the Terri- producers impacted by this year’s resources they need to do their jobs. As tory would enter the Union as a free floods. chairman of the Appropriations Sub- State or slave State, and Wichita was I asked Secretary Perdue about the committee that funds the Department home to one of the first sit-ins to inte- ECP budget shortfall at a recent Ag of Justice and, particularly, those law grate drugstore lunch counters. But it Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, enforcement grants, I am committed to is Brown v. Board of Education that is and as expected, he gave his full en- doing so. our State’s greatest connection to the dorsement and support for Congress to We know we must provide the tools Nation’s pursuit of racial justice. provide funds for ECP in this disaster that law enforcement needs to build That these events happened in Kan- bill. Secretary Perdue recognizes that and strengthen the bonds of trust with sas reflect the imperfect history of our funds must be provided to ECP and those they serve and provide our best State and of our Nation, but also the other ag disaster programs to help pro- efforts to address the underlying chal- resolve of individual Kansans and na- ducers restore damaged land and re- lenges and the challenges of our soci- tional organizations like the NAACP to move flood debris. Congress must also ety and of our country that face each right wrongs and to make ‘‘a more per- provide assistance to producers who and every community. fect union,’’ as our Constitution con- lost stored grain due to floods. We honor the service and sacrifice of templates. Oftentimes, the farmer’s income or our Nation’s fallen law enforcement of- On this anniversary of Brown v. revenue is not money in the bank but ficers, not only for the sake of those Board of Education, we remember the instead grain stored in a bin waiting to

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In the lowest quintile—those at Currently, disaster programs are not was not as complicated to set up pen- the lowest incomes—44 percent have equipped to help these producers who sion plans. access to retirement savings through lost a year’s worth of work and income We established a saver’s credit. We their employment; yet only half that when their stored grain was damaged did that because we recognized that the number actually participate. or destroyed. Congress has the oppor- Tax Code itself wasn’t necessarily a The urgency of this is really under- tunity in the disaster bill to give great enough incentive to get younger scored by the fact that we have now USDA the authority to cover the loss and lower wage workers interested in gone from a landscape that included of stored grain and to help these pro- participating in a retirement plan. We mostly defined-benefit plans where the ducers get back on their feet. found that if an employer put money employer had a plan for you, that em- While faced with these great chal- on the table, most employees would opt ployer took the risks, and you had a lenges, farmers and ranchers continue to join that pension plan. Witness the guaranteed benefit when you retired— to provide the food, fuel, and fiber to Thrift Savings we have here as Federal you didn’t have to think about how our Nation and the world. Agriculture employees. much money you put away because is one of the most demanding ways of We recognized that a lot of the small- your company was protecting you on life. It is full of uncertainty, but it is er companies didn’t offer those types of retirement with a defined benefit. We also a very noble calling. plans. So we developed the saver’s cred- have gone from a defined-benefit world It is imperative that Congress pass a it, which allowed lower wage workers to a defined-contribution world. disaster bill to help producers who lost to be able to get government help with I am going to yield at this point to goods to floods and other disasters and putting money away for their retire- Senator PORTMAN to go over the provi- to make certain farmers and ranchers ment. sions we are including in the Portman- across the Nation know that we appre- Quite frankly, the law that was Cardin bill. I believe we will have time, ciate what they do to provide for our passed back then did dramatically help and I will come back and comment on Nation. the number of people who participated some of the particular provisions. I yield the floor. in retirement savings. We also included I want to compliment Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- an automatic enrollment feature, and PORTMAN for his longstanding commit- ator from Maryland. that also helped dramatically increase ment to dealing with this national Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I would the number of people participating in need. America’s economy is strong, but ask unanimous consent that Senator retirement savings. it is not strong on personal savings and PORTMAN and I be recognized for up to I give that as background because retirement savings, and we need to do 25 minutes. Senator PORTMAN and I have joined up better. It has been a pleasure to work The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without again in the Senate in an effort to with Senator PORTMAN in regard to objection, it is so ordered. build on the success we had over a dec- these issues. RETIREMENT SECURITY ade ago. Mr. PORTMAN. Thanks to my col- Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, shortly, We had a hearing this past week, and league from Maryland for yielding to I am going to be joined by Senator in that hearing, we brought up the fact me. It is great to be back on the floor PORTMAN. The two of us have been that several provisions that Senator with him talking about retirement sav- working for well over a decade on re- PORTMAN and I had been working on ings. tirement savings issues. When both of are included in the recent legislation, Back in 1996 and again in 2001 and us were Members of the House of Rep- which is legislation that had passed the 2006, we passed legislation while we resentatives, we worked on pension leg- House of Representatives and passed were in the House of Representatives islation together. It was unusual at the Senate Finance Committee in the together to encourage people to save that time to have a Democrat and a last Congress and the chairman and more for their retirement by providing Republican working together. ranking member of the Senate Finance more incentives, such as increasing, as There was a great deal of discussion Committee have filed in this Congress. an example, the amount you could put about tax reform at that time, and it That includes many important provi- aside in a 401(k) or an IRA and catchup seemed like neither the Democratic sions to improve retirement savings. contributions and simplifying the rules nor Republican leadership was inter- We hope that bill will be considered for small businesses, and we made some ested in dealing with retirement sav- on the floor very shortly. We want to progress. ings at that point. Yet Congressman get that done. Yet we recognize that Those legislative initiatives resulted Portman and I joined forces, recog- we need to go further than that. For in about a doubling of 401(k) assets and nizing the need to strengthen retire- that reason, Senator PORTMAN and I about a tripling of IRA assets but still ment savings in this country. We au- have introduced the Retirement Secu- way too little in savings. Senator thored a bill known as the Portman- rity and Savings Act this year, and it CARDIN talked a little about that. Our Cardin bill. It was more of a process includes many important provisions. It national savings rate is a problem. Our than it was legislation. We brought all deals with the fact that we have yet to personal savings rate is a problem. Our stakeholders together, and we sat fully accomplish what we need to for economy would be stronger if we had around, listened to each other, and retirement savings. more savings. came to a consensus bill that was en- According to a 2019 GAO estimate, 48 The real problem is that people just acted into law and made permanent. It percent of those who are near retire- aren’t saving enough for their retire- provides greater portability among the ment age—those over 55 years of age— ment. Social Security is an absolutely different pension plans in this country, have no retirement nest egg, and 29 essential safety net. Everybody wants recognizing that employees were shift- percent have no savings or pensions. to be sure it will be there into the fu- ing jobs, and therefore it was necessary Since the great recession, personal ture. But it is tough to live on your So- for them to be able to protect their re- savings rates in this country have been cial Security benefit alone. People tirement savings. flat. need that private retirement savings. We looked at increasing the amount Access to employer-sponsored plans We want to encourage people to save of money that individuals could put and participation are still at way too more for their own retirement. What is away for retirement. One of the provi- low of a rate. For private sector work- more important than peace of mind in sions provided for catchup for people ers, 68 percent have access to plans, but retirement, knowing that you have the over 50 years of age because we recog- barely over 50 percent actually partici- ability to take care of your needs— nized that people—particularly pate in plans. For part-time workers, maybe long-term care needs, maybe

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:09 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.053 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2875 healthcare needs, or maybe just being First, it allows those who saved too ones. The smaller businesses tend not able to have a comfortable retirement. little to set more aside for their retire- to. This is something we are focusing on ment. The Bureau of Labor Statistics sur- again. For seniors—people who are over 60 vey that Senator CARDIN talked about The Senate did recently pass legisla- years old—we have a special catchup earlier shows that 68 percent of private tion that helps. It is called the RESA contribution. If you are over 60 years sector workers have access to em- legislation. We both support that old, under our legislation, you have the ployer-sponsored plans, but it drops to strongly, but our legislation builds on opportunity to put more aside in your only 49 percent for small businesses. that and expands it pretty substan- retirement plan. That is important. So, if you work for a small business, it tially. Senator CARDIN just talked a Contribution limits go from $6,000 to is less than half. By the way, it is only little about it. It is legislation that we $10,000 for workers over age 60 with a 39 percent if you are a part-time work- spent 18 months developing. 401(k). er, which we also address. We heard from stakeholders all over Senator CARDIN talked a little about The bill takes a number of important the country. There is a reason that a this, but among these baby boomers, steps to help small businesses offer lot of people are supporting this legis- based on a 2019 GAO report this year, 401(k)s and other retirement plans for lation, including the AARP, the cham- nearly half—48 percent of all retirees the workers. It increases the current ber of commerce, and a lot of people over the age of 55 have no retirement law tax credit that is already out who are in the retirement business— nest egg saved. Some may have a pub- there, but it improves it and increases the American Benefits Council and oth- lic pension, for instance, but still, it from $500 to as much as $5,000 for ers—because we took our time and when you add that in, 30 percent have small businesses that are starting new went to them and said: Hey, what do neither private retirement savings nor retirement plans. It simplifies top- people really need right now to expand any kind of pension benefits that they heavy rules for small business plans to their choices in retirement to be able are going to get in the future. You reduce the cost of enrolling new em- to save more? have a lot of people out there with ployees. It also establishes a new 3- We came up with four or five dif- nothing. This will help with regard to year, $500-per-year tax credit for small ferent challenges in our current retire- those individuals. businesses that automatically reenroll ment system and then specific pro- We also say that with regard to this all of the participants in the plans at posals to address those. first issue, it is not just being able to least once every 3 years. This is one of One is, we have an aging baby boom- make a catchup contribution, but we the issues out there. If you don’t do er population—I am among them, and I tell employers: If you set up a plan auto enrollment—in other words, opt think all three of us are, Mr. Presi- that allows you to match 6 percent of in—and you opt out, you are not going dent—that is not saving enough. That pay rather than 3 percent of pay, we to get the participation rate you want. is a concern. will give you a break from some of the By the way, this is legislation that Second is a lack of access to em- onerous retirement rules in a safe har- Senator CARDIN and I promoted back in ployer-sponsored plans. We want every- bor. the 2006 legislation that said to em- body who is in the workplace to have That will encourage more of those ployers: Hey, you can do an auto en- access to a 401(k). Yet, when we look at employers to do that. That provides a rollment. The participation then went this, particularly with smaller busi- tax credit to those employers who offer from 75 percent to about 95 percent be- nesses, a lot of people don’t have access these safe harbor plans. So it gives cause there was auto enrollment. It is or a chance to save. more generous benefits to employees. good for younger people. If you are just A 401(k) is great because the em- We think that is appropriate to help told ‘‘Hey, unless you do something, ployer typically puts in a match for save for retirement. It also helps em- you are going to automatically be en- you. So it is not just your money that ployees who are struggling to save for rolled in this 401(k),’’ that really en- is at a tax advantage, but, unlike an retirement and pay off student loan courages them to get into retirement IRA, the employer puts in a match, and debt, people who are saying: I would savings. All of that is to help these usually they help you with your deci- love to save for retirement, but how small businesses, and we think it is sions in terms of what kinds of invest- can I do that when I have this student going to make a big difference. ments to make with that 401(k). loan debt to pay off? Third, one of the big problems we Third, we found that typically with In Ohio, by the way, the average debt face is that plan participation rates for lower income Americans, there was a for someone coming out of a college or low-income workers are well below real issue with the amount of savings. university is $27,000. A lot of people what they are for others. So this bill Who needs money more in retirement don’t have enough disposable income to expands access to retirement savings than lower income Americans, because say: I am going to save for retirement plans for hard-working, lower income that is when they don’t have other sav- and pay off college debt. Americans. The way we do that—and ings to help them through retirement. What we do here is we say that em- Senator CARDIN is the expert on this— Again, all of this is predicated upon ployers will now be able to make a is to ensure that those people who are the reality that we are living longer as matching contribution to the employ- of low income have the ability to get Americans, longer and healthier lives, ee’s retirement account in the amount into retirement plans with matches. so we need more of those assets in re- of his or her student loan payment. So That will incentivize them to get in. tirement. employers can do this. It is a good way Only 22 percent of low-income workers The final one is inadequate lifetime to help people pay off their debt, to participate in retirement plans today. savings. A lot of people have a 401(k) or help the individual pay off their debt. Again, these are people who need sav- an IRA, and when they stop working, The employer putting a match in for ings the most. they think, this is great. They take the the same amount is also a good way to The bill expands what is called the lump sum and maybe spend some of attract employees. If you are a busi- saver’s credit. It expands the income that—maybe buy the boat, maybe go ness owner out there, you will like this thresholds to give more Americans ac- on a nice vacation—and suddenly find, because it will give you an advantage cess to increased credit amounts. It in- oh my gosh, I am living longer and in the marketplace by saying: Hey, creases the government match for low- longer. I hadn’t expected to be in my come work for me. We will help you on income savers with a saver’s credit. By nineties and still here. Yet the trend your student debt. the way, the saver’s credit goes di- right now is that people are living The second issue we talked about rectly into the retirement accounts. I longer. We have to ensure that there is today is with regard to small busi- think it is important because you don’t longer lifetime savings as people are nesses. This is important because we want this money wasted, and you don’t living longer and healthier lives. know that this is where most people want it used for other purposes—so- After 18 months working with all work who don’t have access to retire- called leakage in retirement accounts. these troops on the outside, we came ment plans. They work for smaller This goes right into retirement ac- up with 57 different provisions to ad- businesses. Bigger businesses tend to counts. We mentioned that only 39 per- dress these four areas. How do we do it? offer retirement plans, very generous cent have plans but, again, that only 22

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:09 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.055 S15MYPT1 S2876 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 percent participate. So this is impor- The bill also provides help in other up a plan for your employees will be tant. ways. It reduces the current penalty matched with this credit so that more It also expands the eligibility of for one’s failing to take the required workers will have opportunities for 401(k)s to include part-time workers. distribution from 50 percent of the savings retirement. This is very important to the AARP shortfall amount to 25 percent in most It expands part-time workers—a and others out there who are looking cases and to as low as 10 percent in group that, today, is underrepresented at these part-time numbers and saying: some cases if one self-corrects the in retirement savings. Oh my gosh. There are only 22 percent error. It deals with the student debt issue. I who participate. That is it. So we have Finally, in order to help those who really thank Senator PORTMAN and to do more there. It allows part-time are in retirement, the legislation en- also Senator WYDEN for their help in workers who complete between 500 and courages the use of qualifying lon- recognizing that a lot of young workers 1,000 hours of service for 2 consecutive gevity annuity contracts, QLACs. What would love to put money into retire- years to be able to join in with a 401(k). are they? They are retirement plans ment, but they have to pay off their These provisions are all designed to that provide annual payments to indi- student loan debt. So that, at least, help particularly low-income Ameri- viduals who outlive their life can be used as a match by an employer cans start to build nest eggs for retire- expectancies. Basically, think of an an- for a savings account. ment. nuity or a periodic payment. When you It also deals with lifetime income. A significant challenge we face— retire, instead of taking a lump sum, How many people have we run into, as again, as I said earlier—is this lack of you have one of these contracts in Senator PORTMAN has pointed out, who lifetime savings. Our bill provides more which you are able to ensure that you have outlived their retirements? They certainty and flexibility during Ameri- are not going to outlive your retire- didn’t expect to live to be 95 and still cans’ retirement years. ment savings. have active lifestyles. So we signifi- Last year, a study by Northwestern There are affordable options for a lot cantly increase the opportunities for Mutual found that 66 percent of Ameri- of Americans who are trying to hedge lifetime income options, as well as cans believe they will outlive their re- the risk of outlasting their savings. We what Senator PORTMAN said in dealing tirement savings. So two-thirds of should encourage those more, and that with required minimum distributions. Americans are saying: I am going to is what we do in our legislation. There are a lot of other issues. I live longer than my retirement sav- These are all commonsense reforms. think there are 50 issues in the bill. ings. By the way, they are probably They deal with all four of these chal- There are a lot of other issues that are right. People are living longer and lenges that we have seen, as we have important. There are issues that we healthier lives and are running out of looked at the retirement system, that want to work on, including relating to their retirement savings. It is a major have been based on a lot of input from the recoupment of benefit payments. concern. a lot of people. My hope is that we will The bottom line is that we want to We have a number of initiatives to be able to get this done. improve the retirement security for try to provide more certainty and flexi- Our coalition includes the American Americans. As Senator PORTMAN point- bility to seniors in their retirement Benefits Council, the AARP, the U.S. ed out, Social Security is very impor- years. Specifically, the bill increases Chamber of Commerce, the Insured Re- tant. It is a three-legged stool. Let’s the age for the required minimum dis- tirement Institute, Fidelity, Nation- work together to increase private sav- tribution from age 701⁄2, which it is wide, T. Rowe Price, Vanguard, the ings in retirement, which is exactly now, to 72 and to 75. So it takes it up Women’s Institute for a Secure Retire- what this bill does. to 75 years old. Why is that important? ment, the International Association of I think we have 1 minute left, so I For those of you who are not in retire- Fire Fighters, the American Council of yield to Senator PORTMAN. ment, you may not know there is a rule Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I that says you have to start taking your Life Insurers, and The ERISA Industry Committee, to name a few. There are a thank my colleague from Maryland for money out of retirement at 701⁄2. Now, his partnership on this over the years. if you are like my father, who was lot more too. We have had the opportunity to work Let me just make the obvious point working full time at 701⁄2, it was a head together for a couple of decades now on for those who are watching today. I am scratcher. Why should I take my these issues. I am glad that we are tak- a Republican, and he is a Democrat. We money out of my 401(k) when I am still ing this next step to provide additional are actually talking about doing legis- working? I ran into a guy like that last options for people to build and save for lation together. It is bipartisan. I weekend in Ohio who said the same their retirements and to have more would say, in the retirement space, we thing—that this makes no sense. peace of mind in retirement. have tried to keep it nonpartisan be- What we have said is, OK, we are cause this is so important to the people going to kick it up to 75 years old but I yield to Senator CARDIN. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- we represent. that if you have less than $100,000 in ator from Maryland. The committee also happens to be your retirement account, you will not Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, let me represented by a Republican and a be subject to the minimum required again thank my colleague Senator Democrat who believe in this. Senator distribution rules at all. This is a great PORTMAN. GRASSLEY was the chairman of the relief to a lot of seniors who are trying He has explained what is included in committee back in 2001 when we first to save that money for retirement and the Retirement Security and Savings passed this major legislation to in- don’t want to pull it out because, al- Act that we filed this week. It builds crease what people could save for their though they may work until 75, they on what has worked, and it takes on retirement. He is the chairman again, still know they are going to have an- new opportunities to increase savings and he believes in this. Senator WYDEN other, maybe, 20 years to live, and they and retirement security. is the ranking Democrat, the top Dem- want to be sure they have that retire- He mentioned the automatic enroll- ocrat. He also was a former Gray Pan- ment savings in there. ment, which is the safe harbor here, be- thers executive director and also has a I am really excited about all of these cause Americans make decisions by in- provision in our bill that is very impor- provisions. tant, as Senator CARDIN talked about, I am hearing a lot about this last action. Now, with automatic enroll- ment, they will be in retirement plans with regard to student loan debt. one. Here is Tom Kermode, from The constellations are kind of prop- Geauga County, OH, who wrote: and will have the opportunity to opt out. erly aligned. I think the ability for us Relief from required minimum distribu- to get this done might be counter to a tions would be very helpful in that it affords It increases the saver’s credit’s eligi- me and other senior taxpayers the freedom bility, but, importantly, it makes it re- lot of the partisanship and the gridlock to save to help fund my retirement years. fundable, and it deposits it directly we see here in this town. This is bipar- Why should I be forced to deplete my retire- into a savings account so that low- tisan stuff. It always has been. We have ment account at age 701⁄2 instead of remain- wage workers will, indeed, have savings spent our time, have done it right, and ing financially independent? opportunities. have used input from all sorts of out- You are darned right, Tom. Thanks It increases the tax credits for small side stakeholders. We have the oppor- for your letter. business so that the burden of setting tunity here to improve our national

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:09 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.056 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2877 savings, which everyone says is impor- close either to my and Senator HAR- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- tant, including the Congressional RIS’s screening commissions or to the ator from Ohio. Budget Office, and to help people have Judiciary Committee itself more than f peace of mind in retirement. What 75 articles. LEGISLATION SESSION could be more important? Importantly, several of Mr. Lee’s ar- Again, I thank my colleague from ticles demonstrate a continuity be- Maryland for allowing me to join him tween what he wrote and the positions MORNING BUSINESS on the floor to talk about the impor- he has continued to advocate well into tance of this legislation. his legal career. Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I ask I urge my colleagues on both sides of For example, Mr. Lee was a vocal unanimous consent that the Senate the aisle to take a look at this. I hope critic of affirmative action, writing: proceed to legislative session and be in they will sign it and be cosponsors on ‘‘Our stance on affirmative action has a period of morning business, with Sen- this legislation. Let’s get this passed. always been that it ultimately hurts ators permitted to speak therein for up Let’s do it this year. the recipients instead of helping them. to 10 minutes each. I yield the floor. . . . Black students will unfortunately The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? NOMINATION OF KENNETH KIYUL LEE be treated as inferiors because people Without objection, it is so ordered. Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I will always assume that they were ac- rise today in opposition to the nomina- cepted solely because of their race.’’ f In a 2003 piece, written while he was tion of Kenneth Lee to the United MEASURES PLACED ON THE a practicing attorney, Mr. Lee criti- States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CALENDAR—H.R. 986 and H.R. 2157 cized the Supreme Court’s opinion in Circuit. the Bakke case, which upheld the use Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I un- Mr. Lee has been nominated to a derstand there are two bills at the desk California seat on the Ninth Circuit of race as one of several criteria to be considered in college admissions. due for a second reading en bloc. over the objections of Senator HARRIS Mr. Lee wrote that ‘‘[t]he Supreme The PRESIDING OFFICER. The and myself. Neither Senator HARRIS Court can no longer hide behind the clerk will read the titles of the bills for nor I returned blue slips for Mr. Lee; wishful thinking of Bakke,’’ which he the second time. yet the majority moved forward with said ‘‘was based on the naive assump- The senior assistant bill clerk read as his nomination, disregarding our con- tion that universities would consider follows: cerns. race merely as a tie-breaker.’’ A bill (H.R. 986) to provide that certain In doing so, the majority is violating Mr. Lee has not backed away from guidance related to waivers for State innova- Senate norms and traditions by—for his opposition to affirmative action tion under the Patient Protection and Af- the first time ever—ignoring the lack and so the Congressional Black Caucus fordable Care Act shall have no force or ef- of a blue slip from the Judiciary Com- wrote a letter stating: ‘‘While many of fect. mittee’s ranking member. Let me re- [Mr. Lee’s] most disturbing writings A bill (H.R. 2157) making supplemental ap- peat: This has never been done before. propriations for the fiscal year ending Sep- have come from when he was in college tember 30, 2019, and for other purposes. There was no need to proceed with and law school, there is every indica- Mr. PORTMAN. In order to place the Mr. Lee’s nomination over our objec- tion that these views were well-settled bills on the calendar under the provi- tions. and carried through his career.’’ As has been true of many of my In a 2005 article, written years after sions of rule XIV, I would object to fur- Democratic colleagues, Senator HARRIS he graduated from law school, Mr. Lee ther proceeding en bloc. and I made it clear to the Trump ad- criticized President George W. Bush’s The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- ministration that we were ready to plan to allow undocumented immi- tion having been heard, the bills will be work with the White House to find a grants to work legally within the placed on the calendar. consensus pick for this and two other United States. f Ninth Circuit California seats. Mr. Lee wrote: ‘‘By describing illegal RECOGNIZING AND SUPPORTING Sadly, our willingness to work with immigrants as ‘hard-working men and THE GOALS AND IDEALS OF NA- the administration has not been recip- women’ who are pursuing ‘better lives,’ TIONAL SEXUAL ASSAULT rocated. Once again, the majority is in- [President Bush] blurs the distinction AWARENESS AND PREVENTION sisting on moving ahead with a nomi- between illegals and those who came to MONTH nation, despite the strong objections of America following the rules.’’ both home-State Senators. Mr. Lee’s portrayal of undocumented Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I ask Senator HARRIS and I refused to re- immigrants is both inaccurate and unanimous consent that the Judiciary turn blue slips for Mr. Lee for two key troubling. Committee be discharged from further reasons. Mr. Lee has also taken extreme posi- consideration of S. Res. 178 and that First, Mr. Lee has a long record of tions on women’s rights. He argued the Senate proceed to its immediate controversial writings and statements that feminism ‘‘is not about extending consideration. on race and diversity, immigration, af- equal rights and opportunities to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The firmative action, women’s rights, and women . . . [but] is about adhering to a clerk will report the resolution by other issues. stifling orthodoxy.’’ He attacked femi- title. Second, Mr. Lee failed to disclose nists for ‘‘support[ing] unfettered abor- The senior assistant bill clerk read as dozens of problematic writings to our tion-on-demand.’’ follows: in-state judicial commissions and to As NARAL put it in a letter sub- A resolution (S. Res. 178) recognizing and the Judiciary Committee itself. mitted to the committee, Lee’s supporting the goals and ideals of National That failure raises significant doubts writings ‘‘suggest a disdain for women Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention about Mr. Lee’s candor and judgment, that is concerning in any context, but Month. and it should be concerning to all especially so for someone up for a life- There being no objection, the com- Members of this body. In fact, when an- time seat on the federal bench.’’ mittee was discharged, and the Senate other nominee for the Ninth Circuit, In conclusion, I believe Mr. Lee’s proceeded to consider the resolution. Ryan Bounds, also failed to turn over record shows that he is far outside the Mr. PORTMAN. I further ask unani- his writings, his nomination was re- legal mainstream. mous consent that the resolution be jected by the Senate. Given the positions he has taken in agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, Mr. Bounds had failed to identify to dozens of articles and given his failure and the motions to reconsider be con- Oregon’s in-state judicial screening to disclose writings to my commission sidered made and laid upon the table commission at least five articles that and to the Judiciary Committee I can- with no intervening action or debate. took controversial positions on issues not support Mr. Lee’s nomination to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without including campus sexual assault and the Ninth Circuit. objection, it is so ordered. diversity at institutions of higher edu- I will vote against Mr. Lee and I urge The resolution (S. Res. 178) was cation, whereas Mr. Lee failed to dis- my colleagues to do the same. agreed to.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:09 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.058 S15MYPT1 S2878 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 The preamble was agreed to. be immediately notified of the Senate’s Carper Kaine Sanders Casey King Schatz (The resolution, with its preamble, is action. Collins Klobuchar Schumer printed in the RECORD of April 30, 2019, ORDER OF BUSINESS Coons Leahy Shaheen under ‘‘Submitted Resolutions.’’) Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Cortez Masto Manchin Sinema Duckworth Markey Smith f ask unanimous consent that the re- Durbin Menendez Stabenow maining votes be 10 minutes in length. Feinstein Merkley Tester EXECUTIVE SESSION The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Gillibrand Murphy Udall Harris Murray Van Hollen objection, it is so ordered. Hassan Peters Warner EXECUTIVE CALENDAR—Continued f Heinrich Reed Whitehouse Jones Rosen Wyden Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I ask CLOTURE MOTION unanimous consent that the Senate re- NOT VOTING—4 sume executive session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant Booker Hirono Cruz Warren The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the objection, it is so ordered. Senate the pending cloture motion, The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Under the previous order, all which the clerk will state. vote, the yeas are 51, the nays are 45. postcloture time has expired. The senior assistant legislative clerk The motion is agreed to. read as follows: The question is, Will the Senate ad- f vise and consent to the Lee nomina- CLOTURE MOTION tion? We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- CLOTURE MOTION Mr. ROUNDS. Mr. President, I ask ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant for the yeas and nays. Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Senate the pending cloture motion, nation of Wendy Vitter, of Louisiana, to be sufficient second? United States District Judge for the Eastern which the clerk will state. There appears to be a sufficient sec- District of Louisiana. The senior assistant legislative clerk ond. Mitch McConnell, James E. Risch, Roy read as follows: The clerk will call the roll. Blunt, Mike Rounds, Thom Tillis, CLOTURE MOTION The legislative clerk called the roll. David Perdue, John Cornyn, Mike We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is Crapo, John Thune, John Hoeven, ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the necessarily absent: the Senator from Johnny Isakson, John Boozman, Roger Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby F. Wicker, Pat Roberts, Steve Daines, Texas (Mr. CRUZ). move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- John Kennedy. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the nation of Brian J. Bulatao, of Texas, to be an Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER) The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- Under Secretary of State (Management). and the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. imous consent, the mandatory quorum Mitch McConnell, Roger F. Wicker, call has been waived. Steve Daines, James E. Risch, Roy HIRONO) are necessarily absent. Blunt, Tim Scott, Mike Rounds, David The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there The question is, Is it the sense of the Senate that debate on the nomination Perdue, Mike Crapo, John Thune, John any other Senators in the Chamber de- Hoeven, Johnny Isakson, John Booz- siring to vote? of Wendy Vitter, of Louisiana, to be man, Pat Roberts, John Kennedy, The result was announced—yeas 52, United States District Judge for the Thom Tillis, John Cornyn. nays 45, as follows: Eastern District of Louisiana, shall be The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- brought to a close? [Rollcall Vote No. 110 Ex.] imous consent, the mandatory quorum The yeas and nays are mandatory YEAS—52 call has been waived. under the rule. The question is, Is it the sense of the Alexander Gardner Portman The clerk will call the roll. Barrasso Graham Senate that debate on the nomination Risch The senior assistant legislative clerk Blackburn Grassley Roberts of Brian J. Bulatao, of Texas, to be an Blunt Hawley Romney called the roll. Boozman Hoeven Under Secretary of State (Manage- Rounds Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is ment), shall be brought to a close? Braun Hyde-Smith Rubio necessarily absent: the Senator from Burr Inhofe Sasse The yeas and nays are mandatory Texas (Mr. CRUZ). Capito Isakson Scott (FL) under the rule. Cassidy Johnson Scott (SC) Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Collins Kennedy The clerk will call the roll. Shelby Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), Cornyn Lankford This is a 10-minute vote. Sullivan Cotton Lee the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. HIRONO), The senior assistant legislative clerk Cramer McConnell Thune and the Senator from Massachusetts Tillis called the roll. Crapo McSally (Ms. WARREN) are necessarily absent. Toomey Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is Daines Moran The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there Enzi Murkowski Wicker necessarily absent: the Senator from Young any other Senators in the Chamber de- Ernst Paul Texas (Mr. CRUZ). Fischer Perdue siring to vote? Mr. DURBIN. I annnounce that the The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 51, NAYS—45 Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), nays 45, as follows: Baldwin Hassan Rosen the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. HIRONO), Bennet Heinrich Sanders [Rollcall Vote No. 111 Ex.] the Senator from Minnesota (Ms. KLO- Blumenthal Jones Schatz YEAS—51 Brown Kaine Schumer BUCHAR), and the Senator from Massa- Cantwell King Shaheen Alexander Gardner Perdue chusetts (Ms. WARREN) are necessarily Cardin Klobuchar Sinema Barrasso Graham Portman absent. Carper Leahy Smith Blackburn Grassley Risch Casey Manchin Stabenow Blunt Hawley Roberts The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there Coons Markey Tester Boozman Hoeven Romney any other Senators in the Chamber de- Cortez Masto Menendez Udall Braun Hyde-Smith Rounds siring to vote? Duckworth Merkley Van Hollen Burr Inhofe Rubio The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 90, Durbin Murphy Warner Capito Isakson Sasse Feinstein Murray Warren Cassidy Johnson Scott (FL) nays 5, as follows: Gillibrand Peters Whitehouse Cornyn Kennedy Scott (SC) [Rollcall Vote No. 112 Ex.] Harris Reed Wyden Cotton Lankford Shelby Cramer Lee Sullivan YEAS—90 NOT VOTING—3 Crapo McConnell Thune Alexander Brown Coons Booker Cruz Hirono Daines McSally Tillis Baldwin Burr Cornyn Enzi Moran Toomey Barrasso Cantwell Cortez Masto The nomination was confirmed. Ernst Murkowski Wicker Bennet Capito Cotton The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Fischer Paul Young Blackburn Cardin Cramer the previous order, the motion to re- Blumenthal Carper Crapo NAYS—45 Blunt Casey Daines consider is considered made and laid Baldwin Blumenthal Cantwell Boozman Cassidy Duckworth upon the table, and the President will Bennet Brown Cardin Braun Collins Durbin

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:13 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G15MY6.059 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2879 Enzi Lee Rubio Burr Hoeven Roberts SYRIA Ernst Manchin Sasse Capito Hyde-Smith Romney Feinstein Markey Schumer Cassidy Inhofe Rounds Mr. MENENDEZ. Mr. President, Fischer McConnell Scott (FL) Collins Isakson Rubio today I wish to bring attention to the Gardner McSally Scott (SC) Cornyn Johnson Sasse Graham Menendez Shaheen Cotton Kennedy Scott (FL) Assad regime and its Russian and Ira- Grassley Merkley Shelby Cramer Lankford Scott (SC) nian backers’ latest assault on inno- Hassan Moran Sinema Crapo Lee Shelby Hawley Murkowski Smith Daines McConnell cent civilians under a rain of airstrikes Sullivan Heinrich Murphy Stabenow Enzi McSally and barrel bombs, which has sparked Thune Hoeven Murray Sullivan Ernst Moran Tillis the worst violence in a year and a half Hyde-Smith Paul Tester Fischer Murkowski Inhofe Perdue Thune Gardner Paul Toomey in the Idlib and Hama provinces. The Isakson Peters Tillis Graham Perdue Wicker regime and its enablers would yet Johnson Portman Toomey Grassley Portman Young again have us believe that they are Jones Reed Van Hollen Hawley Risch striking ‘‘terrorists.’’ However, facts Kaine Risch Warner Kennedy Roberts Whitehouse NAYS—44 simply bely that worn-out ruse; their King Romney Wicker Baldwin Hassan Rosen airstrikes have hit 18 hospitals in the Lankford Rosen Wyden Bennet Heinrich Sanders past 2 weeks alone, denying lifesaving Leahy Rounds Young Blumenthal Jones Schatz Brown Kaine facilities to more than 100,000 people NAYS—5 Schumer Cantwell King Shaheen and destroying at least 10 schools, ac- Gillibrand Sanders Udall Cardin Klobuchar Sinema cording to NGOs monitoring the situa- Harris Schatz Carper Leahy Smith tion. Relief workers on the ground as- Casey Manchin Stabenow NOT VOTING—5 Coons Markey sess that Assad’s forces are responsible Tester Booker Hirono Warren Cortez Masto Menendez Udall for scores of civilian deaths over the Cruz Klobuchar Duckworth Merkley Van Hollen past 2 weeks, as well as displacing Durbin Murphy The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Feinstein Murray Warner 150,000 desperate and terrified people. Whitehouse vote, the yeas are 90, the nays are 5. Gillibrand Peters Assad’s barrel bombs and starvation The motion is agreed to. Harris Reed Wyden campaign, along with violence from f NOT VOTING—4 terrorist organizations, has already CLOTURE MOTION Booker Hirono sent 5 million Syrians fleeing to neigh- Cruz Warren The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant boring Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Iraq. Despite already fragile economic vote, the yeas are 52, the nays are 44. and political systems, these countries Senate the pending cloture motion, The motion is agreed to. which the clerk will state. have shown an extraordinary openness The bill clerk read as follows: f in hosting those fleeing. It is abso- CLOTURE MOTION EXECUTIVE CALENDAR lutely critical that those refugees be We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The allowed to return in a manner that is ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the clerk will report the nomination. safe, voluntary, and dignified and that Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby The bill clerk read the nomination of they not be forced to return to situa- move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be tions in Syria where they face con- nation of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General. Deputy Attorney General. scription, retaliation, detention, tor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ture, or murder at the hands of the Mitch McConnell, John Hoeven, Roger F. ator from Colorado. Wicker, Chuck Grassley, James E. Assad regime. f Risch, Johnny Isakson, John Barrasso, In the face of such wanton cruelty LEGISLATIVE SESSION Steve Daines, David Perdue, Jerry and profound suffering, the United Moran, John Cornyn, John Thune, Richard Burr, Mike Crapo, Pat Rob- States can and must show renewed erts, Lindsey Graham, Shelley Moore MORNING BUSINESS leadership in Syria, but instead, Presi- Capito. Mr. GARDNER. Mr. President, I ask dent Trump froze and then terminated The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- unanimous consent that the Senate stabilization assistance in Syria. The imous consent, the mandatory quorum proceed to legislative session and shall Trump administration must restart call has been waived. be in a period of morning business, stabilization funding in Syria. Further- The question is, Is it the sense of the with Senators permitted to speak more, Congress can show leadership by Senate that debate on the nomination therein for up to 10 minutes each. passing the Caesar Syria Civilian Pro- of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tection Act, which would impose new Deputy Attorney General, shall be objection, it is so ordered. sanctions on the Assad regime and its brought to a close? f Russian and Iranian supporters. The yeas and nays are mandatory GHOST ARMY CONGRESSIONAL under the rule. GOLD MEDAL ACT f The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, due to a regrettable clerical error, the senior 54TH ANNIVERSARY OF HEAD Mr. THUNE. The following Senator is START necessarily absent: the Senator from Senator from Maine, Ms. COLLINS, was Texas (Mr. CRUZ). not added as an original cosponsor and Mr. MURPHY. Mr. President, I would Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the co-lead of S. 1421, the Ghost Army Con- like to take a moment to celebrate the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), gressional Gold Medal Act, when we in- 54th anniversary of Head Start and the the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. HIRONO), troduced the bill together on May 9, 25th birthday of Early Head Start. and the Senator from Massachusetts 2019. I wish to clarify that Senator COL- Head Start and Early Head Start pro- (Ms. WARREN) are necessarily absent. LINS is in fact the lead cosponsor of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there this important legislation and has been vide essential early childhood edu- any other Senators in the Chamber an indispensable partner in this en- cation services to almost 6,000 low-in- wishing to vote or to change their deavor. I thank her for her leadership come children and families in Con- vote? in ensuring that the heroic Americans necticut. In addition, across the 38 The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 52, of the 23d Headquarters Special Troops Connecticut centers, over 7,000 children nays 44, as follows: and the 3133d Signal Service Company have been able to access healthcare [Rollcall Vote No. 113 Ex.] are appropriately honored for their services, 2,000 families have gotten help YEAS—52 service as a ‘‘Ghost Army’’ during through crisis intervention programs, Alexander Blackburn Boozman World War II with a Congressional Gold and over 800 parents advanced their Barrasso Blunt Braun Medal. own education. For these families and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:13 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY6.008 S15MYPT1 S2880 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 thousands of others across the country, Throughout its 58 years as a func- in our State, increasing access to qual- Head Start is a lifeline for struggling tioning law school, it educated over ity education, mentoring, or fighting families and a stepping stone out of 1,200 students from throughout the Na- to expand social services, Assembly- poverty. tion. Tapping Reeve counts Con- man Thompson always followed Fifty-four years since its founding, necticut Governor Samuel A. Foot, through on his word. Our community the work of Head Start and Early Head U.S. Senator John C. Calhoun, Con- lost a champion on May 4, 2019, but Ty- Start remains paramount. Children in necticut Governor Roger Sherman rone Thompson lives on through a leg- poverty are more than twice as likely Baldwin, and Levi Woodbury, the first acy unmatched in Nevada. He touched to suffer traumatic childhood experi- U.S. Supreme Court justice to attend countless lives, inspired so many, and ences such as abuse, neglect, homeless- law school, among its alumni. Now the planted seeds of selfless acts through- ness, and parental substance abuse. Ex- restored law school building and Tap- out Nevada. posure to these kinds of trauma results ping Reeve House are available for pub- We honor him and his family as we in greater likelihood of chronic dis- lic tours, thanks to the Litchfield His- carry his heart, passion, selflessness, ease, mental illness, and substance use torical Society. and community-minded spirit with us disorders, as well as decreased likeli- The Connecticut General Assembly every day.∑ hood of high school graduation and in- recognized Litchfield’s rich past and f creased likelihood of involvement with important role throughout our State’s MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT the juvenile justice system. We know history by designating the borough of that children having access to safe and Litchfield a historic district in 1959. A message from the President of the stable environments mitigates these Litchfield remains a constantly grow- United States was communicated to effects and that Head Start is on the ing yet still peaceful part of our State, the Senate by Ms. Roberts, one of his frontline of providing children with which is highly regarded by residents secretaries. nurturing relationships. and visitors alike. I have greatly en- f This Saturday, not only do we cele- joyed visiting Litchfield on numerous PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE brate the Head Start program reaching occasions and appreciating its quin- another milestone, but we celebrate tessential New England characteris- the hundreds of thousands of dedicated tics. REPORT RELATIVE TO THE Head Start staff and educators who A town with a commendable dedica- ISSUANCE OF AN EXECUTIVE work hard every day to support and tion to its impressive past and a posi- ORDER DECLARING A NATIONAL teach the next generation. tive, thoughtful look toward the fu- EMERGENCY TO DEAL WITH THE f ture, Litchfield is an extraordinary THREAT POSED BY THE UNRE- Connecticut town. I hope my col- STRICTED ACQUISITION OR USE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS leagues will join me in congratulating IN THE UNITED STATES OF IN- Litchfield on three centuries of distinc- FORMATION AND COMMUNICA- 300TH ANNIVERSARY OF tion, and I send my best wishes for the TIONS TECHNOLOGY OR SERV- ∑ LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT town’s future success. ICES DESIGNED, DEVELOPED, MANUFACTURED, OR SUPPLIED ∑ f Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, BY PERSONS OWNED BY, CON- REMEMBERING TYRONE today I wish to recognize the town of TROLLED BY, OR SUBJECT TO THOMPSON Litchfield, CT, as it celebrates 300 THE JURISDICTION OR DIREC- years of local government. ∑ Ms. ROSEN. Mr. President, today, it TION OF FOREIGN ADVER- Incorporated in 1719 by an act of the is with both great pride and tremen- SARIES—PM 17 Colonial Assembly of Connecticut, dous sadness that I honor the legacy of The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- Litchfield was first settled the fol- an incredible Nevadan, Assemblyman fore the Senate the following message lowing year and consisted of a mere Tyrone Thompson, who was taken from from the President of the United home lots. Before long, the town grew us far too soon, earlier this month. A States, together with an accompanying thanks to a breadth of small indus- proud native of Las Vegas, Assembly- report; which was referred to the Com- tries, its significant position as part of man Thompson, a product of Nevada’s mittee on Banking, Housing, and two stagecoach lines, and its 1751 des- public education system, graduated Urban Affairs: ignation as the county seat. from Valley High School in 1985. He A beautiful, welcoming place to live then went on to earn his bachelor’s de- To the Congress of the United States: and flourish, Litchfield is located in gree in criminal justice with a minor in Pursuant to the International Emer- the bucolic hills of western Con- sociology from Northern Arizona Uni- gency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. necticut and is home to a multitude of versity, and he earned his masters of 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National historic places of interest. arts degree in organizational manage- Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), One of the most notable parts of the ment from the University of Phoenix in and section 301 of title 3, United States town are its historical houses. These 2000. Code, I hereby report that I have issued remarkable structures are not only fas- Thompson was first appointed to the an Executive Order declaring a na- cinating because of their fine, antique Nevada State Legislature by the Clark tional emergency to deal with the architecture and design, but also for County Commission on April 16, 2013 as threat posed by the unrestricted acqui- their many famous residents. Some the representative for District 17. Dur- sition or use in the United States of in- held temporary visitors, such as Shel- ing the 79th and 80th legislative ses- formation and communications tech- don’s Tavern, where George Wash- sions, he fought for improvements to nology or services designed, developed, ington slept during the American Rev- our States’ public education system as manufactured, or supplied by persons olution. Others were the homes of im- chairman of the education committee. owned by, controlled by, or subject to portant Connecticut luminaries includ- Then, during the 80th session, Assem- the jurisdiction or direction of foreign ing Revolutionary War patriot Ethan blyman Thompson’s leadership skills adversaries. Allen, Governor and signer of the Dec- were recognized by his peers in the Foreign adversaries are increasingly laration of Independence Oliver Wol- Statehouse when he was appointed ma- creating and exploiting vulnerabilities cott, cofounder of the Litchfield China jority whip for the Nevada Assembly. in information and communications Trading Company Alexander Catlin, In October 2017, Thompson was in- technology and services, which store and Continental Army Colonel Ben- ducted into the College of Social and and communicate vast amounts of sen- jamin Tallmadge. Behavioral Sciences Hall of Fame at sitive information, facilitate the dig- Litchfield has a number of other Northern Arizona University, his alma ital economy, and support critical in- wonderful historical attractions, in- matter. frastructure and vital emergency serv- cluding the Tapping Reeve Law School. Assemblyman Tyrone Thompson had ices, in order to commit malicious Started in 1775, Tapping Reeve began a heart that was bigger than life. cyber-enabled actions, including eco- with Aaron Burr as its first student. Whether it was tackling homelessness nomic and industrial espionage against

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:15 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY6.009 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2881 the United States and its people. Al- MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE abroad; to the Committee on Banking, Hous- though maintaining an open invest- ing, and Urban Affairs. At 10:02 a.m., a message from the H.R. 1037. An act to increase transparency ment climate in information and com- House of Representatives, delivered by munications technology, and in the with respect to financial services benefitting Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- state sponsors of terrorism, human rights United States economy more generally, nounced that the House has passed the abusers, and corrupt officials, and for other is important for the overall growth and following bill, in which it requests the purposes; to the Committee on Banking, prosperity of the United States, such concurrence of the Senate: Housing, and Urban Affairs. openness must be balanced by the need H.R. 1060. An act to provide regulatory re- H.R. 2379. An act to reauthorize the Bullet- lief to charitable organizations that provide to protect our country against critical proof Vest Partnership Grant Program. national security threats. To deal with housing assistance, and for other purposes; this threat, additional steps are re- At 12:01 p.m., a message from the to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. quired to protect the security, integ- House of Representatives, delivered by rity, and reliability of information and H.R. 1313. An act to amend the Imple- Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- menting Recommendations of the 911 Com- communications technology and serv- nounced that the House has passed the mission Act of 2007 to clarify certain allow- ices provided and used in the United following bills, in which it requests the able uses of funds for public transportation States. concurrence of the Senate: security assistance grants and establish peri- The Executive Order prohibits cer- H.R. 299. An act to amend title 38, United ods of performance for such grants, and for tain transactions involving informa- States Code, to clarify presumptions relating other purposes; to the Committee on Home- tion and communications technology to the exposure of certain veterans who land Security and Governmental Affairs. or services where the Secretary of served in the vicinity of the Republic of H.R. 1437. An act to amend the Homeland Commerce (Secretary), in consultation Vietnam, and for other purposes. Security Act of 2002 to require the Under with the Secretary of the Treasury, the H.R. 389. An act to authorize the Secretary Secretary for Management of the Depart- Secretary of State, the Secretary of of the Treasury to pay rewards under an ment of Homeland Security to achieve secu- rity of sensitive assets among the compo- Defense, the Attorney General, the asset recovery rewards program to help iden- tify and recover stolen assets linked to for- nents of the Department of Homeland Secu- Secretary of Homeland Security, the rity, and for other purposes; to the Com- United States Trade Representative, eign government corruption and the proceeds of such corruption hidden behind complex fi- mittee on Homeland Security and Govern- the Director of National Intelligence, nancial structures in the United States and mental Affairs. the Administrator of General Services, abroad. H.R. 1594. An act to amend the Homeland the Chairman of the Federal Commu- H.R. 1037. An act to increase transparency Security Act of 2002 to establish a process to nications Commission, and, as appro- with respect to financial services benefitting review applications for certain grants to pur- priate, the heads of other executive de- state sponsors of terrorism, human rights chase equipment or systems that do not partments and agencies (agencies), has abusers, and corrupt officials, and for other meet or exceed any applicable national vol- purposes. untary consensus standards, and for other determined that: purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Se- (i) the transaction involves informa- H.R. 1060. An act to provide regulatory re- lief to charitable organizations that provide curity and Governmental Affairs. tion and communications technology H.R. 1912. An act to amend the Homeland or services designed, developed, manu- housing assistance, and for other purposes. H.R. 1313. An act to amend the Imple- Security Act of 2002 to provide for require- factured, or supplied, by persons owned menting Recommendations of the 9/11 Com- ments relating to documentation for major by, controlled by, or subject to the ju- mission Act of 2007 to clarify certain allow- acquisition programs, and for other pur- risdiction or direction of a foreign ad- able uses of funds for public transportation poses; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- versary; and security assistance grants and establish peri- rity and Governmental Affairs. (ii) the transaction: ods of performance for such grants, and for H.R. 2066. An act to amend the Homeland (A) poses an undue risk of sabotage other purposes. Security Act of 2002 to establish the Intel- to or subversion of the design, integ- H.R. 1437. An act to amend the Homeland ligence Rotational Assignment Program in the Department of Homeland Security, and rity, manufacturing, production, dis- Security Act of 2002 to require the Under Secretary for Management of the Depart- for other purposes; to the Committee on tribution, installation, operation, or Homeland Security and Governmental Af- maintenance of information and com- ment of Homeland Security to achieve secu- rity of sensitive assets among the compo- fairs. munications technology or services in nents of the Department of Homeland Secu- f the United States; rity, and for other purposes. (B) poses an undue risk of cata- H.R. 1594. An act to amend the Homeland MEASURES PLACED ON THE strophic effects on the security or re- Security Act of 2002 to establish a process to CALENDAR siliency of United States critical infra- review applications for certain grants to pur- The following bills were read the sec- structure or the digital economy of the chase equipment or systems that do not ond time, and placed on the calendar: United States; or meet or exceed any applicable national vol- H.R. 986. An act to provide that certain (C) otherwise poses an unacceptable untary consensus standards, and for other purposes. guidance related to waivers for State innova- risk to the national security of the tion under the Patient Protection and Af- United States or the security and safe- H.R. 1912. An act to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to provide for require- fordable Care Act shall have no force or ef- ty of United States persons. fect. I have delegated to the Secretary the ments relating to documentation for major acquisition programs, and for other pur- H.R. 2157. An act making supplemental ap- authority to, in consultation with, or poses. propriations for the fiscal year ending Sep- upon referral of a particular trans- H.R. 2066. An act to amend the Homeland tember 30, 2019, and for other purposes. action from, the heads of other agen- Security Act of 2002 to establish the Intel- f cies as appropriate, take such actions, ligence Rotational Assignment Program in including directing the timing and the Department of Homeland Security, and EXECUTIVE AND OTHER manner of the cessation of transactions for other purposes. COMMUNICATIONS prohibited pursuant to the Executive H.R. 2578. An act to reauthorize the Na- The following communications were Order, adopting appropriate rules and tional Flood Insurance Program, and for laid before the Senate, together with other purposes. regulations, and employing all other accompanying papers, reports, and doc- powers granted to the President by f uments, and were referred as indicated: IEEPA, as may be necessary to imple- MEASURES REFERRED EC–1284. A communication from the Senior ment the Executive Order. All agencies The following bills were read the first Official performing the duties of the Under of the United States Government are Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readi- and the second times by unanimous ness), transmitting the report of nine (9) offi- directed to take all appropriate meas- consent, and referred as indicated: ures within their authority to carry cers authorized to wear the insignia of the H.R. 389. An act to authorize the Secretary grade of major general in accordance with out the provisions of the Executive of the Treasury to pay rewards under an title 10, United States Code, section 777, this Order. asset recovery rewards program to help iden- will not cause the Department to exceed the I am enclosing a copy of the Execu- tify and recover stolen assets linked to for- number of frocked officers authorized; to the tive Order I have issued. eign government corruption and the proceeds Committee on Armed Services. DONALD J. TRUMP. of such corruption hidden behind complex fi- EC–1285. A communication from the Chair- THE WHITE HOUSE, May 15, 2019. nancial structures in the United States and woman of the Nuclear Weapons Council,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:15 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY6.020 S15MYPT1 S2882 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 transmitting, pursuant to law, a report rel- Air Force nomination of Maj. Gen. Marc H. Air Force nomination of Lt. Gen. Marshall ative to the President’s budget request for Sasseville, to be Lieutenant General. B. Webb, to be Lieutenant General. the National Nuclear Security Administra- Air Force nomination of Maj. Gen. Eric T. Army nominations beginning with Col. tion for fiscal year 2020; to the Committee on Fick, to be Lieutenant General. Jack M. Davis and ending with Col. Mark W. Armed Services. Army nomination of Lt. Gen. Joseph M. Thompson, which nominations were received EC–1286. A communication from the Assist- Martin, to be General. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- ant Director, Senior Executive Management Army nomination of Lt. Gen. Laura J. sional Record on May 2, 2019. Office, Department of Defense, transmitting, Richardson, to be Lieutenant General. Army nomination of Brig. Gen. Jeffery D. pursuant to law, a report relative to a va- Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Robert P. Broadwater, to be Major General. cancy in the position of Assistant Secretary White, to be Lieutenant General. Mr. TILLIS for Mr. INHOFE. Mr. of Defense (Nuclear, Chemical & Biological Navy nomination of Vice Adm. William R. President, for the Committee on Armed Merz, to be Vice Admiral. Defense Program), Department of Defense, Services I report favorably the fol- received in the Office of the President of the Navy nomination of Rear Adm. Ross A. Senate on May 14, 2019; to the Committee on Myers, to be Vice Admiral. lowing nomination lists which were Armed Services. Marine Corps nomination of Lt. Gen. Eric printed in the RECORDs on the dates in- EC–1287. A communication from the Assist- M. Smith, to be Lieutenant General. dicated, and ask unanimous consent, to ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- Air Force nomination of Lt. Gen. Arnold save the expense of reprinting on the ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to W. Bunch, Jr., to be General. Executive Calendar that these nomina- law, a report on the ongoing bilateral secu- Air Force nomination of Col. David A. Har- tions lie at the Secretary’s desk for the rity relationship between the United States ris, Jr., to be Brigadier General. *Navy nomination of Adm. William F. information of Senators. and the Republic of Cyprus; to the Commit- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tees on Foreign Relations; Armed Services; Moran, to be Admiral. and Appropriations. Navy nomination of Vice Adm. Robert P. objection, it is so ordered. EC–1288. A communication from the Chair- Burke, to be Admiral. Air Force nomination of Christopher B. man of the Securities and Exchange Com- Marine Corps nomination of Lt. Gen. Her- Athearn, to be Colonel. mission, transmitting, pursuant to law, the man S. Clardy III, to be Lieutenant General. Air Force nominations beginning with Commission’s fiscal year 2017 FAIR Act Com- Army nominations beginning with Brig. Erika O. Bernardo and ending with Carole M. mercial and Inherently Governmental Ac- Gen. Peter B. Andrysiak, Jr. and ending with Y. Villamaria, which nominations were re- tivities Inventory; to the Committee on Brig. Gen. David Wilson, which nominations ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Homeland Security and Governmental Af- were received by the Senate and appeared in Congressional Record on April 11, 2019. fairs. the Congressional Record on April 11, 2019. Air Force nominations beginning with (minus 1 nominee: Brig. Gen. David M. Ham- Corey T. Beals and ending with Christopher f ilton) R. Williams, which nominations were re- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES Air Force nomination of Col. Tracy D. ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Smith, to be Brigadier General. Congressional Record on April 11, 2019. The following reports of committees Air Force nomination of Col. Frank W. Air Force nomination of Daniel W. were submitted: Roy, to be Brigadier General. Schlieder, to be Major. By Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Leopoldo A. Air Force nominations beginning with Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Quintas, Jr., to be Lieutenant General. Deborah J. Angeles and ending with Keri L. fairs, without amendment: Army nomination of Brig. Gen. Kenneth A. Young, which nominations were received by S. 347. A bill to designate the facility of Nava, to be Major General. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- the United States Postal Service located at Army nominations beginning with Brig. sional Record on April 11, 2019. 40 Fulton Street in Middletown, New York, Gen. Francis J. Evon, Jr. and ending with Air Force nomination of Douglas P. as the ‘‘Benjamin A. Gilman Post Office Brig. Gen. David J. Mikolaities, which nomi- Wickert, to be Colonel. Building’’. nations were received by the Senate and ap- Air Force nomination of Richard T. H.R. 540. A bill to designate the facility of peared in the Congressional Record on April Cooney, Jr., to be Colonel. the United States Postal Service located at 29, 2019. Air Force nominations beginning with 770 Ayrault Road in Fairport, New York, as Army nomination of Brig. Gen. Mark J. Tammie A. Canada and ending with Douglas the ‘‘Louise and Bob Slaughter Post Office’’. Schindler, to be Major General. N. Schneekloth, which nominations were re- H.R. 828. A bill to designate the facility of Army nominations beginning with Brig. ceived by the Senate and appeared in the the United States Postal Service located at Gen. John F. Hussey and ending with Col. Congressional Record on April 29, 2019. 25 Route 111 in Smithtown, New York, as the Michael K. Pyle, which nominations were re- Air Force nominations beginning with ‘‘Congressman Bill Carney Post Office’’. ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Alexander A. Adeleye and ending with H.R. 829. A bill to designate the facility of Congressional Record on April 29, 2019. Desbah R. Yazzie, which nominations were the United States Postal Service located at Army nominations beginning with Col. Ni- received by the Senate and appeared in the 1450 Montauk Highway in Mastic, New York, cole M. Balliet and ending with Col. James Congressional Record on April 29, 2019. as the ‘‘Army Specialist Thomas J. Wilwerth A. Zollar, which nominations were received Air Force nominations beginning with Leo Post Office Building’’. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- J. Burkardt and ending with David M. S. 1196. A bill to designate the facility of sional Record on April 29, 2019. Maurer, which nominations were received by the United States Postal Service located at Army nominations beginning with Col. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- 1715 Linnerud Drive in Sun Prairie, Wis- Bradley J. Cox and ending with Col. Adam C. sional Record on April 29, 2019. consin, as the ‘‘Fire Captain Cory Barr Post Volant, which nominations were received by Air Force nominations beginning with Mi- Office Building’’. the Senate and appeared in the Congres- chael R. Cabral and ending with Ray A. f sional Record on April 29, 2019. Zuniga, which nominations were received by Army nominations beginning with Col. An- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF drew C. Diefenthaler and ending with Col. sional Record on April 29, 2019. COMMITTEES James M. Jones, which nominations were re- Air Force nomination of Tann S. Jones, to The following executive reports of ceived by the Senate and appeared in the be Major. Congressional Record on April 29, 2019. Army nomination of Theodore W. Kleisner, nominations were submitted: Navy nomination of Rear Adm. Sean S. to be Colonel. By Mr. TILLIS for Mr. INHOFE for the Buck, to be Vice Admiral. Army nomination of Robert W. Hughes, to Committee on Armed Services. Marine Corps nomination of Lt. Gen. John be Colonel. Army nomination of Col. Edward S. Smith, J. Broadmeadow, to be Lieutenant General. Army nomination of Larry R. Jordan, Jr., to be Brigadier General. Marine Corps nomination of Lt. Gen. Brian to be Colonel. Marine Corps nominations beginning with D. Beaudreault, to be Lieutenant General. Army nomination of Kontrina S. Park, to Col. Marcus B. Annibale and ending with Col. Marine Corps nomination of Lt. Gen. be Major. Brian N. Wolford, which nominations were George W. Smith, Jr., to be Lieutenant Gen- Army nomination of Marcus L. Jordan, to received by the Senate and appeared in the eral. be Lieutenant Colonel. Congressional Record on January 15, 2019. Marine Corps nomination of Lt. Gen. Rob- Army nominations beginning with Robert (minus 1 nominee: Col. Daniel Q. Greenwood) ert F. Hedelund, to be Lieutenant General. M. Hudson and ending with James D. Army nomination of Maj. Gen. Duane A. Army nominations beginning with Brig. Sizemore, which nominations were received Gamble, to be Lieutenant General. Gen. Rodney L. Faulk and ending with Col. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Navy nomination of Rear Adm. Scott D. Wanda N. Williams, which nominations were sional Record on April 4, 2019. Conn, to be Vice Admiral. received by the Senate and appeared in the Army nominations beginning with John E. *Army nomination of Gen. James C. Congressional Record on April 30, 2019. Callihan II and ending with Jeffrey F. Ryan, McConville, to be General. (minus 1 nominee: Col. Jed J. Schaertl) which nominations were received by the Sen- *Marine Corps nomination of Lt. Gen. Air Force nomination of Maj. Gen. David ate and appeared in the Congressional David H. Berger, to be General. S. Nahom, to be Lieutenant General. Record on April 4, 2019.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:52 May 17, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD19\MAY\S15MY9.REC S15MY9 abonner on DSKBCJ7HB2PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2883 Army nomination of Boguslaw A. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND Augustyn, to be Colonel. sional Record on April 11, 2019. JOINT RESOLUTIONS Army nominations beginning with James Navy nomination of Steven J. Debich, to R. Achenbach and ending with Keith B. be Commander. The following bills and joint resolu- Weber, which nominations were received by Navy nomination of Neil Partain, to be tions were introduced, read the first the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Commander. and second times by unanimous con- sional Record on April 4, 2019. Navy nomination of Robert G. Graham, to sent, and referred as indicated: be Lieutenant Commander. Army nominations beginning with Keith By Mr. HEINRICH (for himself and Mr. A. Archibald and ending with Frank L. Navy nomination of Laura C. Gilstrap, to be Commander. PORTMAN): Witsberger, which nominations were re- S. 1471. A bill to require digital engineering ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Navy nomination of Micheal K. Wagner, to be Captain. as a core competency of the Armed Forces, Congressional Record on April 4, 2019. and for other purposes; to the Committee on Army nominations beginning with Tim- Navy nomination of Jason T. Stepp, to be Armed Services. othy B. Alexander and ending with Wing Y. Captain. By Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. Yu, which nominations were received by the Navy nomination of Stephen C. Plew, to be BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. Senate and appeared in the Congressional Captain. Navy nomination of Michael D. Krisman, MERKLEY, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. Record on April 4, 2019. SCHATZ, Ms. WARREN, Mr. BOOKER, Army nomination of Christopher L. to be Captain. Navy nomination of Michael J. Cirivello, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. Metzger, to be Major. SANDERS, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. CANTWELL, Army nomination of Jonathan W. Ander- to be Commander. Navy nomination of Zachary J. Conley, to Mr. BROWN, and Mr. BENNET): son, to be Major. be Commander. S. 1472. A bill to amend the Help America Army nomination of Brian J. Reed, to be Navy nomination of Brentone E. Helbig, to Vote Act of 2002 to require paper ballots and Colonel. be Commander. Army nomination of Thomas J. Wargo, to risk limiting audits in all Federal elections, Navy nomination of Patrick H. be Colonel. and for other purposes; to the Committee on O’Mahoney, to be Captain. Army nomination of Terrence Sommers, to Rules and Administration. Navy nominations beginning with Guy W. By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and be Colonel. Jensen and ending with Venita M. Simpson, Army nomination of David M. Rozelle, to Mrs. CAPITO): which nominations were received by the Sen- be Colonel. S. 1473. A bill to amend the Safe Drinking ate and appeared in the Congressional Army nomination of Tony L. Dedmond, Water Act to require the Administrator of Record on April 4, 2019. the Environmental Protection Agency to set Jr., to be Colonel. Navy nomination of Marissa A. Mayor, to Army nomination of Ray G. McCulloch II, maximum contaminant levels for certain be Lieutenant Commander. to be Lieutenant Colonel. chemicals, and for other purposes; to the Navy nomination of Adam C. Hancock, to Committee on Environment and Public Army nomination of Cory J. Cousins, to be be Captain. Lieutenant Colonel. Works. Navy nomination of John J. Eastman, to By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Army nomination of Damon L. Augustine, be Commander. TILLIS, Mr. WICKER, Mr. GARDNER, to be Lieutenant Colonel. Navy nomination of Terence B. McAdoo, to Mr. REED, Mr. KAINE, and Mr. Army nomination of Paul J. Stambaugh, be Lieutenant Commander. BLUMENTHAL): to be Lieutenant Colonel. Navy nomination of Donald A. Sinitiere, to S. 1474. A bill to amend the Afghan Allies Army nomination of Brenton D. Griffith, be Lieutenant Commander. Protection Act of 2009 to make 4,000 visas to be Lieutenant Colonel. Navy nominations beginning with Robert available for the Afghan Special Immigrant Army nomination of Andrew E. Radbill, to H. Battle and ending with Keith E. Wilber, Visa program, and for other purposes; to the be Major. which nominations were received by the Sen- Committee on the Judiciary. Army nominations beginning with Richard ate and appeared in the Congressional By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. CASEY, Elias and ending with William A. Watts, Record on April 11, 2019. which nominations were received by the Sen- Navy nomination of Riley A. Walls, to be Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. ROBERTS): ate and appeared in the Congressional Lieutenant Commander. S. 1475. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Record on April 29, 2019. Navy nomination of Benjamin D. Adams, enue Code to extend and modify certain Army nominations beginning with Marlon to be Lieutenant Commander. charitable tax provisions; to the Committee G. Burns and ending with Michael F. Wood, Navy nomination of Jessica M. Miller, to on Finance. which nominations were received by the Sen- be Lieutenant Commander. By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself and ate and appeared in the Congressional Navy nomination of Frank R. Bittner, to Mr. CASSIDY): Record on April 29, 2019. be Lieutenant Commander. S. 1476. A bill to waive the 24-month wait- Army nominations beginning with Paul R. Navy nomination of David M. Groves, to be ing period for Medicare eligibility for indi- Barbo and ending with Mark A. Wurth, Lieutenant Commander. viduals disabled by Huntington’s disease; to which nominations were received by the Sen- By Mr. JOHNSON for the Committee on the Committee on Finance. ate and appeared in the Congressional Homeland Security and Governmental Af- By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. Record on April 29, 2019. fairs. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. WAR- Army nominations beginning with Fred- *Ron A. Bloom, of New York, to be a Gov- NER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. SANDERS, Ms. erick W. Alf III and ending with Michael D. ernor of the United States Postal Service for HASSAN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. Lewis, which nominations were received by a term expiring December 8, 2020. CARDIN): the Senate and appeared in the Congres- *Roman Martinez IV, of Florida, to be a S. 1477. A bill to amend the Federal Power sional Record on April 29, 2019. Governor of the United States Postal Service Act to establish an Office of Public Partici- Army nominations beginning with Tim- for a term expiring December 8, 2024. pation and Consumer Advocacy; to the Com- othy S. Adams and ending with Dennis R. *James A. Crowell IV, of the District of Co- mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. Turner, which nominations were received by lumbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Su- By Mr. CRUZ (for himself, Mr. COTTON, the Senate and appeared in the Congres- perior Court of the District of Columbia for and Mr. TILLIS): sional Record on April 30, 2019. the term of fifteen years. S. 1478. A bill to repeal the Office of Finan- Army nominations beginning with Carol A. *Jason Park, of the District of Columbia, cial Research, and for other purposes; to the Anderson and ending with Abdul R. Willis, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban which nominations were received by the Sen- Court of the District of Columbia for the Affairs. ate and appeared in the Congressional term of fifteen years. By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself and Record on April 30, 2019. *Michael Eric Wooten, of Virginia, to be Ms. CORTEZ MASTO): Army nominations beginning with Thomas Administrator for Federal Procurement Pol- S. 1479. A bill to further development of A. Bryant and ending with Arthur F. Yeager, icy. Next Generation 9–1–1 to enhance and up- which nominations were received by the Sen- *Dale Cabaniss, of Virginia, to be Director grade the 9–1–1 systems of the United States, ate and appeared in the Congressional of the Office of Personnel Management for a and for other purposes; to the Committee on Record on April 30, 2019. term of four years. Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Army nominations beginning with Jeremy * Nomination was reported with rec- By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. J. Bearss and ending with Michelle Thomp- ommendation that it be confirmed sub- CRUZ, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. RUBIO, Mr. son, which nominations were received by the ject to the nominee’s commitment to BOOZMAN, Mr. BARRASSO, Mr. Senate and appeared in the Congressional respond to requests to appear and tes- PERDUE, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mrs. FISCHER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. PORTMAN, Record on April 30, 2019. tify before any duly constituted com- Army nomination of Rebecca A. Brawner, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. BLUNT, Mrs. HYDE- to be Major. mittee of the Senate. SMITH, and Mr. DAINES): Marine Corps nominations beginning with (Nominations without an asterisk S. 1480. A bill to protect law enforcement Leslie S. Albers and ending with Sean E. were reported with the recommenda- officers, and for other purposes; to the Com- Zukowsky, which nominations were received tion that they be confirmed.) mittee on the Judiciary.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:15 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY6.022 S15MYPT1 S2884 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 By Mr. BROWN (for himself, Ms. By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. S. Res. 211. A resolution recognizing the SMITH, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. MAR- BALDWIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. Aviation Cadet Museum in Eureka Springs, KEY, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. TESTER, Ms. BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, Mr. CASEY, Ms. Arkansas, as ‘‘America’s National Aviation HASSAN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Ms. HAR- CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. Cadet Museum’’; to the Committee on En- RIS, Mr. CASEY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. KING, ergy and Natural Resources. BOOKER, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. PETERS, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. Mr. KING, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. LEAHY, Ms. MERKLEY, Mr. REED, Mr. SANDERS, YOUNG, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. PAUL, CORTEZ MASTO, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Ms. WARREN): Mr. MARKEY, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. BROWN, JONES, and Mr. KAINE): S. 1491. A bill to prohibit forced arbitration Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CARDIN, Mrs. GILLI- S. 1481. A bill to amend title XXVII of the in work disputes, and for other purposes; to BRAND, Ms. SMITH, and Mrs. FEIN- Public Health Service Act to provide for a the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, STEIN): special enrollment period for pregnant and Pensions. S. Con. Res. 16. A concurrent resolution ex- women, and for other purposes; to the Com- By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. pressing the sense of Congress that the Trea- mittee on Finance. BALDWIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. ty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weap- By Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CASEY, Ms. ons (NPT) continues to make an invaluable BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mrs. contribution to United States and inter- BOOKER, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. HARRIS, GILLIBRAND, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, national security, and noting former Senator Mr. CARPER, and Mr. WYDEN): Ms. HIRONO, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. Richard G. Lugar’s indispensable contribu- S. 1482. A bill to establish an integrated MARKEY, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. tions to international security and reducing national approach to respond to ongoing and MERKLEY, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. SANDERS, nuclear weapons-related risks; to the Com- expected effects of extreme weather and cli- Mr. SCHATZ, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. mittee on Foreign Relations. mate change by protecting, managing, and SMITH, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. WARREN, conserving the fish, wildlife, and plants of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. WYDEN): f the United States, and to maximize Govern- S. 1492. A bill to prevent harassment at in- ment efficiency and reduce costs, in coopera- stitutions of higher education, and for other ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS tion with State, local, and Tribal govern- purposes; to the Committee on Health, Edu- S. 116 ments and other entities, and for other pur- cation, Labor, and Pensions. poses; to the Committee on Environment and By Mr. JONES: At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Public Works. S. 1493. A bill to direct the Secretary of De- the name of the Senator from Hawaii By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Ms. BALD- fense to develop workforce development in- (Ms. HIRONO) was added as a cosponsor vestment incentives and to consider a quali- WIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Ms. of S. 116, a bill to address maternal fied training program of an offeror as part of HIRONO): mortality and morbidity. S. 1483. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- the past performance rating of such offeror, S. 133 cation Act of 1965 to require institutions of and for other purposes; to the Committee on higher education to have an independent ad- Armed Services. At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the vocate for campus sexual assault prevention By Mr. GRAHAM: name of the Senator from Illinois (Ms. S. 1494. A bill to amend the William Wil- and response; to the Committee on Health, DUCKWORTH) was added as a cosponsor berforce Trafficking Victims Protection Re- Education, Labor, and Pensions. authorization Act of 2008 to protect alien mi- of S. 133, a bill to award a Congres- By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and nors and to amend the Immigration and Na- sional Gold Medal, collectively, to the Mr. MURPHY): tionality Act to end abuse of the asylum sys- United States merchant mariners of S. 1484. A bill to provide disaster relief as- tem and establish refugee application and sistance to individuals for the purpose of World War II, in recognition of their processing centers outside the United States, clearing fallen debris, and for other purposes; dedicated and vital service during and for other purposes; to the Committee on World War II. to the Committee on Homeland Security and the Judiciary. Governmental Affairs. By Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. S. 151 By Mr. MANCHIN (for himself and Mr. TILLIS, Mr. BLUNT, Ms. ERNST, Mr. At the request of Mr. THUNE, the GARDNER): SCOTT of Florida, and Mr. ROUNDS): names of the Senator from Virginia S. 1485. A bill to improve the collection and S. 1495. A bill to amend title 10, United aggregation of fixed and mobile broadband (Mr. WARNER) and the Senator from States Code, to enhance the prevention of California (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) were added internet access coverage data, and for other sexual assault and related offenses in the purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Armed Forces, to enhance protections of vic- as cosponsors of S. 151, a bill to deter Science, and Transportation. tims of such offenses, to improve the inves- criminal robocall violations and im- By Mr. MANCHIN: tigation and prosecution of such offenses, prove enforcement of section 227(b) of S. 1486. A bill to amend title 11, United and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Communications Act of 1934, and States Code, to include certain pension as Armed Services. for other purposes. administrative expenses in bankruptcy, and By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. S. 178 for other purposes; to the Committee on GARDNER, Mr. KAINE, and Mr. SCOTT Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. of South Carolina): At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Ms. S. 1496. A bill to amend the loan counseling name of the Senator from Connecticut HARRIS, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. SAND- requirements under the Higher Education (Mr. MURPHY) was added as a cosponsor ERS, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and Mr. Act of 1965, and for other purposes; to the of S. 178, a bill to condemn gross SCHATZ): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and human rights violations of ethnic S. 1487. A bill to amend the Clean Air Act Pensions. Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang, and call- to create a national zero-emission vehicle By Mr. WYDEN: standard, and for other purposes; to the S. 1497. A bill to amend title XVIII of the ing for an end to arbitrary detention, Committee on Environment and Public Social Security Act to improve cost and torture, and harassment of these com- Works. quality transparency under the Medicare munities inside and outside China. By Mr. UDALL (for himself and Mr. program, and for other purposes; to the Com- S. 286 WYDEN): mittee on Finance. At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the S. 1488. A bill to improve the integrity and By Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. name of the Senator from Minnesota safety of interstate horseracing, and for SCHATZ, and Mr. WHITEHOUSE): other purposes; to the Committee on Com- S. 1498. A bill to require the Secretary of (Ms. SMITH) was added as a cosponsor merce, Science, and Transportation. Defense to enhance the readiness of the De- of S. 286, a bill to amend title XVIII of By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. partment of Defense to challenges relating the Social Security Act to provide for RUBIO, and Mr. CORNYN): to climate change and to improve the energy the coverage of marriage and family S. 1489. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- and resource efficiency of the Department, therapist services and mental health cation Act of 1965 to authorize borrowers to and for other purposes; to the Committee on counselor services under part B of the separate joint consolidation loans; to the Armed Services. Medicare program, and for other pur- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and f Pensions. poses. By Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND S. 362 ISAKSON): SENATE RESOLUTIONS At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the S. 1490. A bill to amend the General Edu- The following concurrent resolutions name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. cation Provisions Act to allow the release of education records to facilitate the award of a and Senate resolutions were read, and COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. recognized postsecondary credential; to the referred (or acted upon), as indicated: 362, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and By Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. enue Code of 1986 to reform taxation of Pensions. COTTON): alcoholic beverages.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:15 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY6.029 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2885 S. 371 S. 511 hibit the payment by members of the At the request of Mrs. FISCHER, the At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Armed Forces of deposits or other fees name of the Senator from North Caro- the names of the Senator from Massa- relating to such housing units, and for lina (Mr. TILLIS) was added as a co- chusetts (Mr. MARKEY) and the Senator other purposes. sponsor of S. 371, a bill to provide regu- from Nevada (Ms. ROSEN) were added as S. 754 latory relief to charitable organiza- cosponsors of S. 511, a bill to promote At the request of Mr. CRAPO, the tions that provide housing assistance, and protect from discrimination living name of the Senator from New Hamp- and for other purposes. organ donors. shire (Ms. HASSAN) was added as a co- S. 373 S. 569 sponsor of S. 754, a bill to encourage At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, At the request of Mr. YOUNG, the partnerships among public agencies the name of the Senator from New Jer- name of the Senator from Kentucky and other interested parties to promote sey (Mr. MENENDEZ) was added as a co- (Mr. PAUL) was added as a cosponsor of fish conservation, and for other pur- sponsor of S. 373, a bill to provide for S. 569, a bill to direct the Secretary of poses. the retention and service of Transportation to issue regulations re- S. 756 transgender individuals in the Armed lating to commercial motor vehicle At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the Forces. drivers under the age of 21, and for name of the Senator from North Caro- S. 382 other purposes. lina (Mr. BURR) was added as a cospon- At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the S. 589 sor of S. 756, a bill to modify the prohi- name of the Senator from Tennessee At the request of Mr. LANKFORD, the bition on recognition by United States (Mrs. BLACKBURN) was added as a co- name of the Senator from Rhode Island courts of certain rights relating to cer- sponsor of S. 382, a bill to authorize a (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) was added as a co- tain marks, trade names, or commer- special resource study on the spread sponsor of S. 589, a bill to provide for a cial names. vectors of chronic wasting disease in period of continuing appropriations in S. 758 Cervidae, and for other purposes. the event of a lapse in appropriations At the request of Ms. DUCKWORTH, S. 457 under the normal appropriations proc- the name of the Senator from Massa- At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the ess, and establish procedures and con- chusetts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. sequences in the event of a failure to cosponsor of S. 758, a bill to ensure af- SCOTT) was added as a cosponsor of S. complete regular appropriations. fordable abortion coverage and care for 457, a bill to require that $1 coins S. 622 every woman, and for other purposes. issued during 2019 honor President At the request of Mr. JONES, the S. 802 George H.W. Bush and to direct the name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. At the request of Mr. DAINES, the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bul- CORNYN) was added as a cosponsor of S. name of the Senator from Idaho (Mr. lion coins during 2019 in honor of Bar- 622, a bill to amend title 10, United RISCH) was added as a cosponsor of S. bara Bush. States Code, to repeal the requirement 802, a bill to amend part A of title IV of S. 460 for reduction of survivor annuities the Social Security Act, and for other At the request of Mr. WARNER, the under the Survivor Benefit Plan by purposes. names of the Senator from Iowa (Ms. veterans’ dependency and indemnity S. 820 ERNST) and the Senator from Montana compensation, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the (Mr. DAINES) were added as cosponsors S. 636 name of the Senator from Nebraska of S. 460, a bill to amend the Internal At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the (Mrs. FISCHER) was added as a cospon- Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the ex- names of the Senator from Minnesota sor of S. 820, a bill to strengthen pro- clusion for employer-provided edu- (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) and the Senator from grams authorized under the Debbie cation assistance to employer pay- Nevada (Ms. CORTEZ MASTO) were added Smith Act of 2004. ments of student loans. as cosponsors of S. 636, a bill to des- S. 839 S. 466 ignate Venezuela under section 244 of At the request of Mr. KAINE, the At the request of Mr. WARNER, the the Immigration and Nationality Act name of the Senator from Delaware names of the Senator from Michigan to permit nationals of Venezuela to be (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor (Ms. STABENOW), the Senator from Cali- eligible for temporary protected status of S. 839, a bill to extend Federal Pell fornia (Ms. HARRIS) and the Senator under such section. Grant eligibility of certain short-term from Illinois (Mr. DURBIN) were added S. 651 programs. as cosponsors of S. 466, a bill to provide At the request of Mr. CASEY, the S. 846 that certain guidance related to waiv- names of the Senator from Rhode Is- At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the ers for State innovation under the Pa- land (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) and the Senator name of the Senator from South Da- tient Protection and Affordable Care from New Hampshire (Ms. HASSAN) kota (Mr. THUNE) was added as a co- Act shall have no force or effect. were added as cosponsors of S. 651, a sponsor of S. 846, a bill to amend title S. 500 bill to amend the Internal Revenue 49, United States Code, to limit certain At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the Code of 1986 to increase the age re- rolling stock procurements, and for name of the Senator from New York quirement with respect to eligibility other purposes. (Mrs. GILLIBRAND) was added as a co- for qualified ABLE programs. S. 880 sponsor of S. 500, a bill to amend title S. 684 At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the 54, United States Code, to establish, At the request of Mr. HEINRICH, the names of the Senator from Arkansas fund, and provide for the use of names of the Senator from Vermont (Mr. BOOZMAN), the Senator from Ari- amounts in a National Park Service (Mr. LEAHY) and the Senator from West zona (Ms. SINEMA) and the Senator Legacy Restoration Fund to address Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO) were added as from Mississippi (Mr. WICKER) were the maintenance backlog of the Na- cosponsors of S. 684, a bill to amend the added as cosponsors of S. 880, a bill to tional Park Service, and for other pur- Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal provide outreach and reporting on com- poses. the excise tax on high-cost employer- prehensive Alzheimer’s disease care S. 504 sponsored health coverage. planning services furnished under the At the request of Ms. SINEMA, the S. 703 Medicare program. name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the S. 901 DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. name of the Senator from Maryland At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the 504, a bill to amend title 36, United (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. States Code, to authorize The Amer- of S. 703, a bill to amend title 10, RUBIO), the Senator from Arkansas ican Legion to determine the require- United States Code, to address health, (Mr. BOOZMAN) and the Senator from ments for membership in The Amer- safety, and environmental hazards at Mississippi (Mr. WICKER) were added as ican Legion, and for other purposes. private military housing units, to pro- cosponsors of S. 901, a bill to amend the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:15 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY6.024 S15MYPT1 S2886 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 Older Americans Act of 1965 to support souri (Mr. HAWLEY), the Senator from added as cosponsors of S. 1235, a bill to individuals with younger onset Alz- Iowa (Ms. ERNST), the Senator from require the Secretary of the Treasury heimer’s disease. Tennessee (Mrs. BLACKBURN), the Sen- to mint coins in commemoration of S. 944 ator from North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER), ratification of the 19th Amendment to At the request of Mr. SCHATZ, the the Senator from Mississippi (Mrs. the Constitution of the United States, name of the Senator from Montana HYDE-SMITH), the Senator from Mis- giving women in the United States the (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor sissippi (Mr. WICKER), the Senator from right to vote. of S. 944, a bill to enhance the security North Carolina (Mr. TILLIS) and the S. 1263 operations of the Transportation Secu- Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. INHOFE) At the request of Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, rity Administration and the stability were added as cosponsors of S. 1168, a the name of the Senator from West of the transportation security work- bill to amend the Higher Education Act Virginia (Mrs. CAPITO) was added as a force by applying a unified personnel of 1965 to ensure campus access at pub- cosponsor of S. 1263, a bill to require system under title 5, United States lic institutions of higher education for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to es- Code, to employees of the Transpor- religious groups. tablish an interagency task force on tation Security Administration who S. 1195 the use of public lands to provide med- are responsible for screening pas- At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, ical treatment and therapy to veterans sengers and property, and for other the names of the Senator from Mary- through outdoor recreation. purposes. land (Mr. VAN HOLLEN), the Senator S. 1370 S. 998 from Virginia (Mr. KAINE), the Senator At the request of Mr. CASSIDY, the At the request of Mr. HAWLEY, the from Virginia (Mr. WARNER), the Sen- names of the Senator from Arkansas name of the Senator from New Hamp- ator from Missouri (Mr. BLUNT), the (Mr. BOOZMAN), the Senator from Ari- shire (Ms. HASSAN) was added as a co- Senator from Indiana (Mr. YOUNG), the zona (Ms. MCSALLY), the Senator from sponsor of S. 998, a bill to amend the Senator from Idaho (Mr. CRAPO) and Colorado (Mr. GARDNER), the Senator Omnibus Crime Control and Safe the Senator from California (Ms. HAR- from Louisiana (Mr. KENNEDY) and the Streets Act of 1968 to expand support RIS) were added as cosponsors of S. 1195, Senator from Nebraska (Mrs. FISCHER) for police officer family services, stress a bill to amend title 38, United States were added as cosponsors of S. 1370, a reduction, and suicide prevention, and Code, to clarify presumption relating bill to amend the Internal Revenue for other purposes. to the exposure of certain veterans who Code of 1986 to treat certain military served in the vicinity of the Republic S. 1012 survivor benefits as earned income for of Vietnam, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the purposes of the kiddie tax. S. 1203 name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. S. 1374 At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, MERKLEY) was added as a cosponsor of At the request of Ms. MCSALLY, the the name of the Senator from Massa- S. 1012, a bill to amend the Public names of the Senator from New Hamp- chusetts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a Health Service Act to protect the con- shire (Ms. HASSAN) and the Senator cosponsor of S. 1203, a bill to amend the fidentiality of substance use disorder from South Dakota (Mr. ROUNDS) were Higher Education Act of 1965 in order patient records. added as cosponsors of S. 1374, a bill to to improve the public service loan for- S. 1039 amend title II of the Social Security giveness program, and for other pur- Act to eliminate the waiting periods At the request of Mr. UDALL, the poses. names of the Senator from Maryland for disability insurance benefits and S. 1209 (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) and the Senator Medicare coverage for individuals with At the request of Mr. CASSIDY, the from Maryland (Mr. CARDIN) were metastatic breast cancer, and for other name of the Senator from Alaska (Ms. added as cosponsors of S. 1039, a bill to purposes. MURKOWSKI) was added as a cosponsor limit the use of funds for kinetic mili- S. 1388 of S. 1209, a bill to amend the Federal tary operations in or against Iran. Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with re- At the request of Mr. PETERS, the S. 1060 spect to approval of abbreviated new name of the Senator from New Hamp- At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN, drug applications. shire (Ms. HASSAN) was added as a co- the names of the Senator from Virginia sponsor of S. 1388, a bill to manage sup- S. 1210 (Mr. WARNER) and the Senator from ply chain risk through counterintel- At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the ligence training, and for other pur- Iowa (Mr. GRASSLEY) were added as co- name of the Senator from Pennsyl- sponsors of S. 1060, a bill to deter for- poses. vania (Mr. TOOMEY) was added as a co- eign interference in United States elec- sponsor of S. 1210, a bill to amend the S. 1394 tions, and for other purposes. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to in- At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the S. 1148 crease and make permanent the exclu- name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. At the request of Mr. HOEVEN, the sion for benefits provided to volunteer DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. name of the Senator from West Vir- firefighters and emergency medical re- 1394, a bill to provide collective bar- ginia (Mrs. CAPITO) was added as a co- sponders. gaining rights for public safety officers sponsor of S. 1148, a bill to amend title S. 1218 employed by States or their political 49, United States Code, to require the At the request of Mr. VAN HOLLEN, subdivisions. Administrator of the Federal Aviation the names of the Senator from Okla- S. 1416 Administration to give preferential homa (Mr. LANKFORD) and the Senator At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the consideration to individuals who have from Michigan (Mr. PETERS) were name of the Senator from West Vir- successfully completed air traffic con- added as cosponsors of S. 1218, a bill to ginia (Mrs. CAPITO) was added as a co- troller training and veterans when hir- require the review of the service of cer- sponsor of S. 1416, a bill to amend the ing air traffic control specialists. tain members of the Armed Forces dur- Federal Trade Commission Act to pro- S. 1162 ing World War I to determine if such hibit anticompetitive behaviors by At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the name members should be awarded the Medal drug product manufacturers, and for of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. of Honor, to authorize the award of the other purposes. INHOFE) was added as a cosponsor of S. Medal of Honor based on the results of S. 1421 1162, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- the review, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the enue Code of 1986 to make permanent S. 1235 name of the Senator from Maine (Ms. the individual tax provisions of the tax At the request of Mrs. BLACKBURN, COLLINS) was added as a cosponsor of S. reform law, and for other purposes. the names of the Senator from New 1421, a bill to award a Congressional S. 1168 York (Mr. SCHUMER), the Senator from Gold Medal to the 23d Headquarters At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the Alabama (Mr. JONES), the Senator from Special Troops and the 3133d Signal names of the Senator from Louisiana Maine (Mr. KING) and the Senator from Service Company in recognition of (Mr. CASSIDY), the Senator from Mis- Connecticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) were their unique and distinguished service

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:15 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY6.026 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2887 as a ‘‘Ghost Army’’ that conducted de- to a civilian-led political authority in mines the application of the amendments ception operations in Europe during the Republic of the Sudan, and for made by this section would cause undue bur- World War II. other purposes. den without a delay, the Secretary may delay the application of such amendments, S. 1422 f but such delay shall not apply to any taxable At the request of Mr. CASEY, the STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED year beginning on or after the date 2 years name of the Senator from Minnesota BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS after of the enactment of this Act. (Ms. SMITH) was added as a cosponsor (ii) SMALL ORGANIZATION.—For purposes of of S. 1422, a bill to transfer revenues By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. clause (i), the term ‘‘small organization’’ from the net investment income tax to CASEY, Mr. WYDEN, and Mr. means any organization— the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust ROBERTS): (I) the gross receipts of which for the tax- able year are less than $200,000; and Fund. S. 1475. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to extend and modify (II) the aggregate gross assets of which at S. 1438 the end of the taxable year are less than certain charitable tax provisions; to At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the $500,000. the Committee on Finance. name of the Senator from Maryland (B) ORGANIZATIONS FILING FORM 990–T.—In Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) was added as a co- the case of any organization described in sec- unanimous consent that the text of the sponsor of S. 1438, a bill to amend title tion 511(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of bill be printed in the RECORD. 1986 which is subject to the tax imposed by 39, United States Code, to extend the There being no objection, the text of section 511(a)(1) of such Code on its unrelated authority of the United States Postal the bill was ordered to be printed in business taxable income, or any organization Service to issue a semipostal to raise required to file a return under section 6033 of the RECORD, as follows: funds for breast cancer research. such Code and include information under S. 1475 S. 1448 subsection (e) thereof, the Secretary may Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- delay the application of the amendments At the request of Mr. MARKEY, the resentatives of the United States of America in made by this section, but such delay shall name of the Senator from California Congress assembled, not apply to any taxable year beginning on (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a co- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. or after the date 2 years after of the enact- sponsor of S. 1448, a bill to require cer- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Charities ment of this Act. tain practitioners authorized to pre- Helping Americans Regularly Throughout SEC. 4. MODIFICATION OF RULES RELATING TO scribe controlled substances to com- the Year Act of 2019’’. DONOR ADVISED FUNDS. (a) ALLOWANCE OF TAX-FREE CHARITABLE plete continuing education. SEC. 2. DETERMINATION OF STANDARD MILEAGE DISTRIBUTIONS FROM INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT S. 1459 RATE FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBU- TIONS DEDUCTION. ACCOUNTS.— At the request of Mr. HAWLEY, the (a) DETERMINATION OF STANDARD MILEAGE (1) IN GENERAL.—Clause (i) of section name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. RATE FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS DEDUC- 408(d)(8)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. TION.—Subsection (i) of section 170 of the In- 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘or any fund or 1459, a bill to control the export to the ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to account described in section 4966(d)(2)’’. People’s Republic of China of certain read as follows: (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this subsection shall apply to dis- technology and intellectual property ‘‘(i) STANDARD MILEAGE RATE FOR USE OF tributions made in taxable years beginning important to the national interest of PASSENGER AUTOMOBILE.—For purposes of computing the deduction under this section after December 31, 2018. the United States, and for other pur- (b) RETURN DISCLOSURES.— poses. for use of a passenger automobile, the stand- ard mileage rate shall be the rate deter- (1) DISTRIBUTIONS.—Subsection (k) of sec- S. 1462 mined by the Secretary, which rate shall not tion 6033 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 At the request of Mr. CASEY, the be less than the standard mileage rate used is amended— names of the Senator from Nevada (Ms. for purposes of section 213.’’. (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment ROSEN), the Senator from New York (B) in paragraph (3), by striking the period (Mrs. GILLIBRAND), the Senator from made by this section shall apply to miles traveled after the date of the enactment of at the end and inserting a comma; and New Hampshire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) and the this Act. (C) by adding at the end the following new Senator from California (Mrs. FEIN- paragraphs: SEC. 3. MANDATORY E-FILING BY EXEMPT ORGA- ‘‘(4) list the total number of such funds STEIN) were added as cosponsors of S. NIZATIONS. which were in existence for the 36-month pe- 1462, a bill to prevent a person who has (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6033 of the Inter- riod ending at the close of such taxable year, been convicted of a misdemeanor hate nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by re- ‘‘(5) list the total number of funds de- crime, or received an enhanced sen- designating subsection (n) as subsection (o) scribed in paragraph (4) which made at least and by inserting after subsection (m) the fol- tence for a misdemeanor because of 1 grant during the period described in such lowing new subsection: hate or bias in the commission, from paragraph, and ‘‘(n) MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING.—Any obtaining a firearm. ‘‘(6) set forth— organization required to file a return under S.J. RES. 11 ‘‘(A) whether such organization has a pub- this section shall file such return in elec- licly available policy with respect to funds At the request of Mr. MERKLEY, the tronic form.’’. which are inactive, dormant, or do not make name of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph distributions during the period described in (7) of section 527(j) of such Code is amended WYDEN) was added as a cosponsor of paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘if the organization has’’ and all S.J. Res. 11, a joint resolution to pro- ‘‘(B) a description of the organization’s that follows through ‘‘such calendar year’’. hibit the unauthorized use of United policy for responding to funds described in (c) INSPECTION OF ELECTRONICALLY FILED States Armed Forces in hostilities with subparagraph (A) or a statement that no ANNUAL RETURNS.—Subsection (b) of section such policy is in effect, and respect to Venezuela. 6104 of such Code is amended by adding at ‘‘(C) whether such organization regularly S. CON. RES. 10 the end the following: ‘‘Any annual return and consistently monitors and enforces com- required to be filed electronically under sec- At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the pliance with the policy described in subpara- tion 6033(n) shall be made available by the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. graph (A) with respect to such funds.’’. Secretary to the public as soon as prac- RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment ticable in a machine readable format.’’. Con. Res. 10, a concurrent resolution made by this subsection shall apply to re- (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— recognizing that Chinese telecommuni- turns for taxable years beginning after De- (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in cember 31, 2019. cations companies such as Huawei and paragraph (2), the amendments made by this ZTE pose serious threats to the na- SEC. 5. MODIFICATION OF THE TAX RATE FOR section shall apply to taxable years begin- THE EXCISE TAX ON INVESTMENT tional security of the United States ning after the date of the enactment of this INCOME OF PRIVATE FOUNDATIONS. and its allies. Act. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4940(a) of the In- S. RES. 188 (2) TRANSITIONAL RELIEF.— ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by (A) SMALL ORGANIZATIONS.— At the request of Mr. CRUZ, the name striking ‘‘2 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘1 per- (i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any small of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. cent’’. organizations, or any other organizations for (b) ELIMINATION OF REDUCED TAX WHERE WYDEN) was added as a cosponsor of S. which the Secretary of the Treasury or the FOUNDATION MEETS CERTAIN DISTRIBUTION Res. 188, a resolution encouraging a Secretary’s delegate (hereafter referred to in REQUIREMENTS.—Section 4940 of such Code is swift transfer of power by the military this paragraph as the ‘‘Secretary’’) deter- amended by striking subsection (e).

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:15 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY6.028 S15MYPT1 S2888 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 15, 2019 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments That is why I think the committee Memorial, which is here in Wash- made by this section shall apply to taxable work that is being done in the Senate, ington, DC. It is a beautiful tribute to years beginning after the date of the enact- in the Environment and Public Works the Federal, State, and local law en- ment of this Act. Committee, and, hopefully, in the forcement officials who have died in By Mr. CORNYN (for himself, Mr. House is so important. Once the Envi- the line of duty and features marble CRUZ, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. RUBIO, ronment and Public Works Committee walls filled with more than 21,000 Mr. BOOZMAN, Mr. BARRASSO, makes a proposal and votes that out of names. Each of those names represents Mr. PERDUE, Mrs. BLACKBURN, the committee on a bipartisan basis, an American hero. Sadly, this year, we Mrs. FISCHER, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. then, the Senate Finance Committee add the names of 13 Texans to that me- PORTMAN, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. will be asked to come up with a way to morial. These officers gave their lives BLUNT, Mrs. HYDE-SMITH, and pay for it. That is always the part that in service to their communities and to Mr. DAINES): people want to talk about the least, our country, and we thank them and S. 1480. A bill to protect law enforce- but it is important. their families for their sacrifices, and ment officers, and for other purposes; It is important we not continue to we remember and honor their names. to the Committee on the Judiciary. spend money we don’t have and in- Each year for Police Week, we pay Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I come crease our deficits and debt. Rather, we tribute to those who go to work and to the floor to talk about Police Week need to come up with a user-fee model, never come home. We honor the lives of and some legislation we have intro- which is what the gas tax is designed those we have lost. We share in the duced to honor and support our men to do, and find a way not to pay for grief of their families, and we promise and women in blue called, not surpris- that infrastructure and deal with the never to forget the stories of heroism ingly, the Back the Blue Act. With re- congestion and traffic by just bor- they left behind. gard to the comments of my friend rowing from Peter to pay Paul, lit- While we remember the fallen this from Illinois, who was bemoaning the erally just increasing the money we week, I hope we will also take time to fact that there didn’t seem to be bipar- borrow and giving that tab to our chil- consider how we can do more to sup- tisan legislation that could come to dren and grandchildren to pay back. port and serve those who have taken the floor of the Senate, be debated, There are a lot of really good ideas out the oath to defend us. voted on, and passed with concurrence there and ones on which I think we Throughout my career in public of- of the House of Representatives and ought to work together. fice, I have had the pleasure of inter- the President’s signature, I note that, I don’t share the dystopian views of acting with law enforcement officials actually, there is a lot we could be the Senator from Illinois in terms of from across my State and, certainly, doing together. the Senate. The Senate is not broken. here at the Federal level, including our I have been on the floor a number of It is just a matter of political will to incredible Capitol Police officers. I am times describing the humanitarian and try to work together to get beyond the continually impressed and inspired by security crisis at our southern border. petty disagreements that seem to come their professionalism, their conviction, That is something we could work to- up every day and to just do our work. and their unwavering commitment to gether to address. I have introduced bi- Sometimes you don’t necessarily ap- enforcing the law, and I want to ensure partisan and bicameral legislation with pear on TV or have your name appear that they have what they need when my friend and colleague HENRY in lights when you are doing that sort they put on that uniform with con- CUELLAR at the House of Representa- of hard work, but it is essential to get fidence every morning. tives that would address that humani- the Senate’s work done and, indeed, to Last Congress we made a lot of tarian crisis and, I believe, take big get the work of the American people progress, and two bills that I intro- steps toward stopping it. That is some- done. Those are some things we could duced then are now law. The first is the thing we could do together. work on together if there is a political Justice Served Act, which I introduced I know the Democratic whip from Il- will to do so. with my colleague Senator KLOBUCHAR, linois doesn’t particularly like the idea Mr. President, this week, tens of another example of bipartisan legisla- that President Trump is nominating thousands of Americans will make tion. This bill provides grants to State highly qualified people for the judici- their way to Washington for National and local governments to prosecute ary and for executive branch nomina- Police Week, our annual opportunity cold cases by making sure the newly tions—the types of people we are vot- to honor the brave men and women in tested DNA evidence is used to inves- ing on today and will vote on tomor- blue who have lost their lives while tigate and prosecute unsolved cases. row. Obviously, that is not high on his protecting our communities. The Justice Served Act helps to ensure agenda, but I submit that there are a Of course, this includes many officers that violent criminals are taken off the lot of other things we could do besides from Texas. I am particularly proud of streets and brought to justice. fixing this humanitarian crisis. the Fort Worth Police Pipes and Drums We also passed legislation I intro- We could work on roads and bridges Band and the Texas Department of duced with Senator PETERS from together. I know that Chairman BAR- Public Safety Pipes and Drums Corps Michigan to authorize the Project Safe RASSO of the Environment and Public that performed on the National Mall Neighborhoods program at the Depart- Works Committee is soliciting the yesterday. ment of Justice. This is a nationwide views of a number of Senators and is Law enforcement is a calling an- partnership among Federal, State, and going to come to the floor, hopefully, swered by a select few. These brave local law enforcement and prosecutors in the next couple of months with some men and women have chosen a difficult who use data-driven, evidence-based, ideas on what that infrastructure pack- and sometimes dangerous life, dedi- and trauma-informed practices to re- age should look like. I actually think cated to upholding the law, defending duce violent crime. It is inspired by a that is the best way to handle that. or civil liberties, and protecting our successful program that was initiated Again, these are nonpartisan issues. cities and our neighborhoods. They at the State level in Texas, when I was Infrastructure is not a partisan issue, wake up each morning and put on a attorney general, but the truth is it but figuring out how to pay for it is the uniform, never knowing what the day started in the Eastern District. I be- biggest challenge. may hold. It requires a lot of courage lieve it was in Virginia. Of course, it I note that Ms. PELOSI, Senator and sacrifice—both from the officers was designed to focus on reducing gun SCHUMER, the Democratic leader, and and their families—and I am grateful crime and gun violence by targeting the President met and talked about a for those who selflessly serve our com- those who repetitively used firearms in $2 trillion pricetag. Well, it seems to munities each day. the commission of violent crimes. me that is backward. We ought to be Each year for Police Week, we honor We were glad to use the examples in talking about what sort of plan makes the law enforcement community to re- Virginia and in Texas to bring the sense and where we can get the votes member those who have made the ulti- model to the Nation and to promote to build consensus on that plan rather mate sacrifice. One of the most em- this proactive and collaborative ap- than saying that we want to spend this blematic reminders of that sacrifice is proach to prevent violence in our much money on a plan to come. the National Law Enforcement Officers neighborhoods.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:15 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY6.033 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2889 I am appreciative of the fact that our ual assault prevention and response; to pension as administrative expenses in colleagues have seen fit to work to- the Committee on Health, Education, bankruptcy, and for other purposes; to gether to pass both of these bills and of Labor, and Pensions. the Committee on Health, Education, President Trump for signing those, but Mr. KAINE. Mr. President. Sexual as- Labor, and Pensions. I know there is a lot more that we can sault is a major issue on our Nation’s Mr. MANCHIN. Mr. President, today and should do. college campuses. In 2016, the Depart- I am introducing the Prioritizing Our Today I am introducing another ment of Justice found that one in four Workers Act, which will make changes piece of legislation called the Back the college women are sexually assaulted to the current bankruptcy code, requir- Blue Act, which I am introducing along while in school. Alarmingly, the major- ing companies going through bank- with our colleagues Senator CRUZ from ity of these crimes will go unreported. ruptcy proceedings to pay unpaid vest- Texas and Senator TILLIS from North The consequences of these crimes are ed benefits, like workers’ pensions, be- Carolina. This legislation sends a often damaging to a student’s mental, fore they pay out other claims against strong message to the more than physical, and emotional well-being and them. 900,000 law enforcement officers serving the aftermath can drive many sur- I firmly believe that no one should be in our country that we support them vivors to drop out of school. denied their pension because their em- and that we will not tolerate any act of Sexual assault survivors deserve ac- ployer goes bankrupt. Hard-working violence against them, period. cess to a safe and supportive edu- men and women across the country go In recent years, we have seen brutal cational environment. I have met with to work every day for years, paying and inexcusable attacks on law en- students in Virginia, most recently at into these pension plans each paycheck forcement officers across the United the University of Virginia and Virginia with the expectation that one day they States, including one in Texas that Tech, who have expressed the need for can retire and provide for their fami- rocked our entire State. someone on campus to turn to for unbi- lies. In 2016, a man killed five police offi- ased advice, guidance, and support fol- Companies offering pension plans cers and injured nine others in Dallas. lowing an assault. Given the preva- made promises to their workers and It was a sobering reminder of the dan- lence of this issue, it is clear that our need to live up to those promises, no ger these officers face every day and a federal higher education policy must matter what else happens to that com- call for us to take action to do more to do more to prevent sexual assaults and pany financially. support them. ensure that survivors have access to In West Virginia, we are far too fa- This bill makes clear our support for and can navigate through a plethora of miliar with coal and steel companies these public servants who dedicate resources. leaving their workers out to dry in this their lives to protecting and serving us. This is why I am pleased to reintro- way. This is absolutely unacceptable. The Back the Blue Act would add stiff duce today the Survivor Outreach and That is why I am introducing this bill, mandatory penalties and make it a Support Campus Act of 2019 or SOS and I look forward to my fellow Sen- Federal crime to kill or attempt to kill Campus Act. The SOS Campus Act re- ators joining me to support and protect a law enforcement officer, a Federal quires every institution of higher edu- pensions across this country. judge, or a federally funded public safe- cation that receives federal funding to ty officer. It would also make it a Fed- designate an independent advocate for By Mr. UDALL (for himself and eral crime to assault a law enforce- campus sexual assault prevention and Mr. WYDEN): ment officer. response. The advocate will help stu- S. 1488. A bill to improve the integ- There is zero justification for attack- dents access all of the resources avail- rity and safety of interstate horse- ing a police officer—none. We need to able to them, both on and off campus, racing, and for other purposes; to the show that we value their lives, and we in the wake of a sexual assault and will Committee on Commerce, Science, and need to make it absolutely clear that guide them through the process of re- Transportation. we will hold those who carry out porting their assault if they choose to Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I ask crimes against them accountable. The do so, acting always in the interests of unanimous consent that the text of the Back the Blue Act sends that message the victim, not the university. bill be printed in the RECORD. loud and clear. The SOS Campus Act requires that There being no objection, the text of I think it is important to point out the confidential advocate is responsible the bill was ordered to be printed in that this legislation would also help for ensuring that survivors, regardless the RECORD, as follows: make our communities stronger by al- of whether they decide to report the S. 1488 lowing grant funds to be used for ef- crime, have access to emergency and Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- forts that help foster more trust be- follow-up medical care, guidance on re- resentatives of the United States of America in tween the police and the communities porting assaults to law enforcement, Congress assembled, they protect. This bill would better medical forensic or evidentiary exams, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. serve the men and women who work crisis intervention, and information on This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Racehorse Doping Ban Act of 2019’’. tirelessly in our communities each day. their legal rights. The advocate will SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. There is no doubt in my mind that also conduct a public information cam- In this Act: our Nation is better and safer because paign on campus to inform students of (1) INTERSTATE OFF-TRACK WAGER; HORSE- of the hard work and dedication of our their services, and train other univer- MEN’S GROUP; HOST RACING ASSOCIATION; OFF- law enforcement officials. Here in the sity staff to provide information to TRACK BETTING SYSTEM.—The terms ‘‘inter- Senate we should do all we can to help students about the advocate. state off-track wager’’, ‘‘horsemen’s group’’, them do their job as effectively and as I am proud to reintroduce this legis- ‘‘host racing association’’, and ‘‘off-track safely as possible. The Back the Blue lation with Senators BALDWIN, HIRONO betting system’’ have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Interstate Act would be a great start. and FEINSTEIN, which would ensure all Horseracing Act of 1978 (15 U.S.C. 3002). I hope my colleagues will consider college students across our country (2) VETERINARIAN-CLIENT-PATIENT RELA- this legislation and decide to support it have access to a supportive advocate TIONSHIP.—The term ‘‘veterinarian-client-pa- and, more importantly, show our law for sexual assault survivors. It is our tient relationship’’ has the meaning of that enforcement across the country that responsibility as public servants to ad- term as used in the Principles of Veterinary we stand shoulder to shoulder with vocate relentlessly for reforms to pre- Medical Ethics of the American Veterinary them. vent sexual assault and protections for Medical Association (as in effect on the date survivors. I strongly encourage my col- of the enactment of this Act). By Mr. KAINE (for himself, Ms. leagues in the Senate to consider this SEC. 3. INDEPENDENT ANTI-DOPING ORGANIZA- BALDWIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and TION FOR INTERSTATE HORSE- legislation when we consider reauthor- RACING. Ms. HIRONO): ization of the Higher Education Act. (a) IN GENERAL.—There shall be an inde- S. 1483. A bill to amend the Higher pendent anti-doping organization with re- Education Act of 1965 to require insti- By Mr. MANCHIN: sponsibility for ensuring the integrity and tutions of higher education to have an S. 1486. A bill to amend title 11, safety of horseraces that are the subject of independent advocate for campus sex- United States Code, to include certain interstate off-track wagers.

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(b) DUTIES.—The duties of the independent pating in a horserace described in subsection sively preserve and promote an under- anti-doping organization referred to in sub- (a) if— standing of the role of aviation cadets in the section (a) with respect to horseraces de- (1) the horse is 3 years old or older; and 20th century; and scribed in that subsection are the following: (2) the use of furosemide— Whereas the Aviation Cadet Museum is (1) Developing, publishing, and maintain- (A) complies with the requirements of the dedicated to celebrating the spirit of the ing rules with respect to— document entitled ‘‘ARCI-011-020 Medica- United States and recognizing the team- (A) substances, methods, and treatments tions and Prohibited Substances’’ published work, collaboration, patriotism, and courage that may not be administered to a horse par- by the Association of Racing Commissioners of the individuals who trained and fought ticipating in such a horserace; International, Inc.; and and the individuals on the homefront who (B) substances, methods, and treatments (B) is within the context of a veterinarian- mobilized and supported the national avia- that may be administered to a horse partici- client-patient relationship. tion effort: Now, therefore, be it pating in such a horserace in the context of (g) DESIGNATION OF ORGANIZATION.—The Resolved, That the Senate recognizes the a veterinarian-client-patient relationship; independent anti-doping organization des- Aviation Cadet Museum in Eureka Springs, and ignated pursuant to section 701 of the Office Arkansas, as ‘‘America’s National Aviation (C) the use of substances, methods, and of National Drug Control Policy Reauthor- Cadet Museum’’. treatments permitted under subparagraph ization Act of 2006 (21 U.S.C. 2001) shall serve f (B), including rules with respect to the pe- as the independent anti-doping organization riod before a horserace (which may not be referred to in subsection (a). SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- less than 24 hours before a horserace) during SEC. 4. CONSENT REQUIRED FOR ACCEPTANCE TION 16—EXPRESSING THE which a horse may no longer receive such OF INTERSTATE OFF-TRACK WA- SENSE OF CONGRESS THAT THE substances, methods, and treatments. GERS. TREATY ON THE NON-PRO- (2) Implementing programs relating to (a) IN GENERAL.—On and after the date of LIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAP- anti-doping education, research, testing, and the enactment of this Act, a host racing as- ONS (NPT) CONTINUES TO MAKE adjudication to prevent any horse partici- sociation may conduct a horserace that is AN INVALUABLE CONTRIBUTION pating in a horserace described in subsection the subject of an interstate off-track wager, (a) from racing under the effect of any sub- and an interstate off-track wager may be ac- TO UNITED STATES AND INTER- stance, method, or treatment that could af- cepted by an off-track betting system, only NATIONAL SECURITY, AND NOT- fect the performance of the horse (other than if consent is obtained from the independent ING FORMER SENATOR RICHARD a substance, method, or treatment described anti-doping organization referred to in sec- G. LUGAR’S INDISPENSABLE in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) adminis- tion 3(a). CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTER- tered during a time period that is permitted (b) REQUIREMENT FOR AGREEMENT.— NATIONAL SECURITY AND RE- under subparagraph (C) of that paragraph). (1) IN GENERAL.—A host racing association DUCING NUCLEAR WEAPONS-RE- (3) Excluding from participating in any shall obtain the consent required by sub- LATED RISKS horserace described in subsection (a) any section (a) of the independent anti-doping or- person that the independent anti-doping or- ganization referred to in section 3(a) pursu- Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. ganization or a State racing commission de- ant to an agreement entered into between YOUNG, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. PAUL, Mr. termines— the association and the organization that MARKEY, Mr. BRAUN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. (A) has violated a rule with respect to a specifies the terms and conditions relating COLLINS, Mr. CARDIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, substance, method, or treatment that may to such consent, including— Ms. SMITH, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) sub- not be administered to a horse participating (A) compliance with the rules published in such a horserace under subparagraph (A) under section 3(b); and mitted the following concurrent resolu- of paragraph (1); (B) payments to the organization to defray tion; which was referred to the Com- (B) has violated 3 or more times a rule the costs of carrying out the duties of the or- mittee on Foreign Relations: with respect to a substance, method, or ganization under this Act. S. CON. RES. 16 treatment permitted under subparagraphs (2) DEFRAYAL OF COSTS.—The independent Whereas the Treaty on the Non-Prolifera- (B) and (C) of that paragraph that has the anti-doping organization referred to in sec- tion of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) opened for ability to affect the performance of a horse; tion 3(a) shall ensure that all of the costs in- signature 50 years ago on July 1, 1968; or curred by the organization in carrying out Whereas the United States and the former (C) is subject to a suspension from horse- the duties of the organization under this Act Soviet Union averted a catastrophic nuclear racing activities by any State racing com- are defrayed pursuant to agreements entered exchange during the October 1962 Cuban Mis- mission. into under paragraph (1). sile Crisis, which led to a series of bilateral (c) DEADLINE.—The independent anti- f and multilateral agreements to lessen the doping organization referred to in subsection chance of nuclear war, including the NPT; (a) shall publish the rules required by sub- SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS Whereas President John F. Kennedy pre- section (b) not later than one year after the dicted in 1963 that as many as 25 countries date of the enactment of this Act. would acquire nuclear weapons by 1970 ab- (d) SUSPENSION OF EXCLUSION PERIOD.—The SENATE RESOLUTION 211—RECOG- sent a treaty to control nuclear weapons; independent anti-doping organization re- NIZING THE AVIATION CADET Whereas the United States Senate provided ferred to in subsection (a) may— MUSEUM IN EUREKA SPRINGS, its advice and consent to the NPT on March (1) suspend a period of exclusion from par- ARKANSAS, AS ‘‘AMERICA’S NA- 13, 1969, with a vote on ratification of 83 to ticipating in a horserace imposed on a person TIONAL AVIATION CADET MU- 15; pursuant to subsection (b)(3) if the person SEUM’’ Whereas the NPT has grown to include 191 provides substantial assistance to the orga- State Parties, making an irreplaceable con- nization or other persons that results in the Mr. BOOZMAN (for himself and Mr. tribution to international security by pre- discovery of— COTTON) submitted the following reso- venting the spread of nuclear weapons; (A) a violation of a rule published under lution; which was referred to the Com- Whereas former Senator Richard G. Lugar subsection (b) by another person; or mittee on Energy and Natural Re- made indispensable contributions to reduc- (B) a violation of Federal or State law by sources: ing nuclear weapon risks, most notably another person; and through his leadership in standing up the Co- (2) reinstate all or part of a period of exclu- S. RES. 211 operative Threat Reduction Program (com- sion imposed on a person and suspended Whereas, in 1994, former Aviation Cadet monly referred to as the ‘‘Nunn-Lugar Pro- under paragraph (1) if the person fails to pro- and United States Air Force First Lieuten- gram’’), which eliminated 7,600 nuclear weap- vide substantial assistance described in that ant Errol Severe founded the Aviation Cadet ons in the former Soviet Union; paragraph. Museum; Whereas Senator Lugar successfully se- (e) CONSULTATIONS.—In developing, pub- Whereas the flying cadet and succeeding cured the advice and consent of the Senate lishing, and maintaining rules under sub- aviation cadet programs served as the pri- to the Treaty between the United States of section (b)(1), the independent anti-doping mary production source of nearly 500,000 America and the Russian Federation on organization referred to in subsection (a) United States Air Force pilots, navigators, Measures for the Further Reduction and may consult with State racing commissions, and bombardiers from 1917 to 1961; Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, host racing associations, horsemen’s groups, Whereas the bravery, courage, dedication, signed at Prague April 8, 2010, and entered and other interested persons. and heroism of United States aviators from into force February 5, 2011 (commonly known (f) TRANSITION RULE WITH RESPECT TO across the Air Corps and Army Air Forces as the ‘‘New START Treaty’’); FUROSEMIDE.—During the 2-year period be- were critical factors in defeating the en- Whereas Article III of the NPT obligates ginning on the date of the enactment of this emies of the United States during World War each nonnuclear weapon state to the NPT to Act, the independent anti-doping organiza- I and World War II; conclude a Safeguards Agreement with the tion referred to in subsection (a) shall permit Whereas the Aviation Cadet Museum in International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) the use of furosemide in a horse partici- Eureka Springs, Arkansas, exists to exclu- to verify treaty compliance, 174 of which are

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:15 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY6.040 S15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2891 Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements the benefits of stability and transparency would enhance United States and global se- crafted to detect the diversion of nuclear provided by existing agreements. curity by building upon other treaties, materials from peaceful to non-peaceful Whereas, in a March 2018 speech, President agreements, and transparency measures that uses; Vladimir Putin of the Russian Federation reduce nuclear risk; and Whereas the 2018 Department of Defense unveiled details of new kinds of strategic nu- (7) the United States should continue to Nuclear Posture Review affirms, ‘‘The Nu- clear weapons under development, including encourage opportunities for cooperation with clear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a hypersonic nuclear weapons, nuclear-pow- other nuclear weapon possessing states to re- cornerstone of the nuclear nonproliferation ered cruise missiles, and multi-megaton nu- duce the salience, number, and role of nu- regime. It plays a positive role in building clear torpedoes shot from drone submarines clear weapons in their national military consensus for non-proliferation and enhances that may be accountable under the New strategies. START Treaty; international efforts to impose costs on f those that would pursue nuclear weapons Whereas the Russian Federation erro- outside the Treaty.’’; neously claimed that the United States may AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO Whereas the success of the NPT has and have not reached New START Treaty central MEET will continue to depend upon the full imple- limits by February 5, 2018, as is mandated by the Treaty; Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I have mentation by all State Parties of the Trea- 10 requests for committees to meet ty’s three mutually reinforcing pillars: non- Whereas the Bilateral Consultative Com- proliferation, access to peaceful uses of nu- mission (BCC) is the appropriate forum for during today’s session of the Senate. clear energy, and disarmament; the Parties to engage constructively on any They have the approval of the Majority Whereas, over the past half century, the New START Treaty implementation issues and Minority leaders. United States has exhibited leadership in that arise; and Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph strengthening each of the NPT’s three pillars Whereas the collapse of the INF Treaty 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen- for the global good, including— and expiration of the New START Treaty ate, the following committees are au- (1) reducing its nuclear weapons stockpile would lead to the absence of any binding, bi- thorized to meet during today’s session by more than 85 percent from its Cold War lateral treaty or agreement governing of the Senate: United States and Russian nuclear forces, heights of 31,225 in parallel with equally COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN massive reductions of the Russian Federa- which account for 90 percent of those cur- rently in existence globally, for the first AFFAIRS tion’s stockpile through bilateral coordina- The Committee on Banking, Housing, tion; time since 1972: Now, therefore be it Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- and Urban Affairs is authorized to (2) cooperating with Kazakhstan, Ukraine, resentatives concurring), That it is the sense and Belarus to facilitate the surrender of nu- meet during the session of the Senate of Congress that— on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at 9:30 clear weapons on their soil after the fall of (1) the United States should continue to the Soviet Union—leading to each country’s a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled encourage all States Party to the Treaty on ‘‘Oversight of financial regulators.’’ accession to the NPT as nonnuclear weapons the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons states; (NPT) to comply fully with the Treaty; COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC (3) providing voluntary contributions to (2) the United States should maintain sup- WORKS the IAEA to promote peaceful nuclear activi- port for the IAEA through its assessed and The Committee on Environment and ties exceeding $378,000,000 since 2010, includ- voluntary contributions and promote the Public Works is authorized to meet ing activities that help in the treatment of universal adoption of the IAEA Additional during the session of the Senate on cancer and other life-saving applications; Protocol; Wednesday, May 15, 2019, at 10 a.m., to and (3) the United States should— conduct a hearing. (4) extending deterrence to United States (A) consider extending the New START COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organiza- Treaty, within the context of wider enhance- tion (NATO), Japan, and the Republic of ment of strategic stability between the The Committee on Foreign Relations Korea—which is an unmistakable demonstra- United States and the Russian Federation is authorized to meet during the ses- tion of the United States commitment to and provided the Treaty continues to ad- sion of the Senate on Wednesday, May collective security; vance United States national security; 15, 2019, at 10:15 a.m., to conduct a Whereas heightened geopolitical tensions (B) assess whether Russia’s recently an- hearing. in recent years have made cooperation on nounced nuclear capabilities should be ac- COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND nonproliferation and arms control issues countable under the New START Treaty, and GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS with the Russian Federation more chal- raise the issue directly with the Russian The Committee on Homeland Secu- lenging; Federation; Whereas a range of actions by the Govern- (C) conclude an interagency process to con- rity and Governmental Affairs is au- ment of the Russian Federation has led to a sider an extension of the New START Treaty thorized to meet during the session of deterioration in bilateral relations with the and to engage with the Russian Federation the Senate on Wednesday, May 15, 2019, United States, including Russia’s brazen in- on the full range of strategic stability issues at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing on terference in the 2016 United States presi- and other arms control and nonproliferation pending legislation and the following dential elections, its violation of the Treaty issues; nominations: James A. Crowell IV, and between the United States of America and (D) begin negotiations with the Russian Jason Park, both to be an Associate the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Federation on an agreement to address the Judge of the Superior Court of the Dis- the Elimination of Their Intermediate- massive disparity between the nonstrategic trict of Columbia, Ron A. Bloom, of Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (com- nuclear weapons stockpiles of the Russian New York, and Roman Martinez IV, of monly known as the ‘‘INF Treaty’’), signed Federation and of the United States and to at Washington, D.C., December 8, 1987, and secure and reduce nonstrategic nuclear Florida, both to be a Governor of the entered into force June 1, 1988, its use of a weapons in a verifiable manner; and United States Postal Service, Dale chemical nerve agent in an assassination at- (E) consider the consequences of the New Cabaniss, of Virginia, to be Director of tempt against Sergei Skripal and his daugh- START Treaty’s expiration in 2021 in rela- the Office of Personnel Management, ter Yulia in the United Kingdom in March tion to the insights it provides into the loca- and Michael Eric Wooten, of Virginia, 2018, its illegal annexation of Crimea, its in- tion, movement, and disposition of current to be Administrator for Federal Pro- vasion of Eastern Ukraine, and its desta- and future Russian strategic systems; curement Policy. bilizing actions in Syria; (4) the United States strongly condemns COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS Whereas, within a difficult environment, the Russian Federation’s violations of the The Committee on Indian Affairs is preserving agreements that continue to con- INF Treaty and its noncompliance with its tribute to United States and global security, other arms control commitments and treaty authorized to meet during the session particularly the New START Treaty, is im- obligations, and urges the Russian Federa- of the Senate on Wednesday, May 15, portant, and that to that end, the Depart- tion to come back into full compliance; 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a business ment of State confirmed in February 2018 (5) in responding to the Russian Federa- meeting. that Russia had met New START’s Central tion’s deployment of INF-range systems, ad- COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS Treaty Limits and stated that ‘‘implementa- vocate for those defense and deterrence steps The Committee on Indian Affairs is tion of the New START Treaty enhances the which preserve NATO alliance cohesion and authorized to meet during the session safety and security of the United States’’; are aimed at averting an arms race on the of the Senate on Wednesday, May 15, Whereas United States efforts to reduce European continent; 2019, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing dangers associated with nuclear arsenals (6) pursuit of a verifiable and comprehen- through ambitious arms control agreements sive arms control agreement with the Rus- on pending legislation. with both the Russian Federation and the sian Federation and the People’s Republic of COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION People’s Republic of China would advance China, which may capture strategic and non- The Committee on Rules and Admin- United States and global security, adding to strategic nuclear weapons capabilities, istration is authorized to meet during

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HONORING JAMES BOGART the University of Southern California, and en- CONGRATULATING MARK K. COLIP, joying life with his wife, Janis; two stepsons, OD ON HIS APPOINTMENT AS HON. JIMMY PANETTA David and Aaron; and his grandchildren. THE SIXTH PRESIDENT OF THE OF CALIFORNIA Madam Speaker, the agricultural community ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOM- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on the Central Coast will miss Mr. Bogart, and ETRY I ask my colleagues to join me in wishing him Wednesday, May 15, 2019 a long and fulfilling retirement. HON. BOBBY L. RUSH Mr. PANETTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today OF ILLINOIS to recognize Mr. James Bogart for his dec- f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ades of service to the central coast of Cali- Wednesday, May 15, 2019 fornia with the Grower-Shipper Association of HONORING DAVID BARTLETT Central California. Through his decades of Mr. RUSH. Madam Speaker, I wish to ac- serving agricultural producers on the Central HON. SAM GRAVES knowledge Mark K. Colip, OD on his appoint- Coast, Mr. Bogart leaves an indelible legacy in ment as the sixth president of the Illinois Col- OF MISSOURI our community. lege of Optometry, the oldest and largest col- Mr. Bogart joined the Grower-Shipper Vege- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES lege of optometry in the country and the larg- table Association on November 3, 1980 as a est provider of eye and vision care in Illinois. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Dr. Colip has dedicated his career to im- Staff Attorney. In 1998, began his leadership Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam Speaker, proving optometric education and the profes- role by serving as President and General sion of optometry and has served in increas- Counsel for what would later be re-named the I proudly pause to recognize David Bartlett. David is a very special young man who has ing positions of responsibility at the Illinois Grower-Shipper Association of Central Cali- College of Optometry for the past twenty fornia, where he has helped lead the Associa- exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship and leadership by taking an active part in the years. He has led multiple projects and cam- tion and its members on many issues in the paigns that have garnered unprecedented Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Santa Boy Scouts of America, Troop 606, and earn- ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. alumni and community support and devoted Clara Counties. He is the longest serving his life’s work to studying, understanding, and president of the Grower-Shipper Association David has been very active with his troop, influencing the national optometry applicant and is a highly respected advocate for agri- participating in many scout activities. Over the pool. culture. many years David has been involved with Because of his leadership, Madam Speaker, Mr. Bogart has been a prominent leader in scouting, he has not only earned numerous the Illinois College of Optometry had a 250 agriculture and his community all of his profes- merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- percent increase in fundraising revenues over sional life. His community activities include ily, peers, and community. Most notably, David the past nine years, demonstrating significant service on several boards of directors, includ- has received the Paul Bunyon Award, and is successes compared to any prior period in the ing but not limited to the Community Founda- a member of the Order of the Arrow. David college’s history. Dr. Colip is dedicated to the tion of Monterey County, Salinas Valley has also contributed to his community through sound financial management of the College, Chamber of Commerce (Chairman of the his Eagle Scout project. David built a wooden utilizing his business acumen and service Board), California Bar Association (Agri- dumpster enclosure at his church to aid in prioritization to enhance essential fiscal strate- business Committee), Monterey County Bar aesthetics and security. gies, and has served in volunteer positions Association (Labor Committee), Ag Against Madam Speaker, I proudly ask you to join within the American Optometric Association, Hunger (Founding Director), Monterey County me in commending David Bartlett for his ac- the Association of Schools and Colleges of Agricultural Education (Founding Director), complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- Optometry, and the Accreditation Council on Grower-Shipper Association Foundation (Co- ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the Optometric Education throughout his stellar Founder and Incorporator), ‘‘AgKnowledge’’ highest distinction of Eagle Scout. career. Executive Leadership and Education Program He has earned the recognition of Distin- (Past President and Founding Director), f guished Scholar and Fellow by the National Hartnell College Ag Steering Committee Academies of Practice for his extensive in- (Founder and Past Chairman), Spreckels RECOGNIZING KYLER REESE volvement and dedication to furthering prac- Union School District Board of Trustees, Mon- tice, scholarship, and policy in support of inter- terey County Legal Services (Founding Direc- HON. BRYAN STEIL professional care and his dedication to helping tor), Community Homeless Solutions (Past the underserved, participating in six inter- OF WISCONSIN Chairman and Member of the Board of Direc- national medical mission trips. tors), and the Salinas Valley Chapter of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Needless to say, Dr. Colip has a deep-seat- American Cancer Society (Past President). Wednesday, May 15, 2019 ed passion and commitment to the success of Mr. Bogart takes pride in the growth of the the College and its students, alumni, patients, Grower-Shipper Association in both member- Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to employees, and community. So, Madam ship and in their leadership. Through the recognize one of our hardworking D.C. office Speaker, I applaud Dr. Colip for his years of AgKnowledge program, he has focused efforts interns, Kyler Reese. Kyler was born and hard work and congratulate him on his ap- to educating community stakeholders in the raised in Virginia and is working towards a pointment as president of the Illinois College importance of the produce industry. Mr. Bogart concentration in Sports Management from of Optometry and wish him nothing but contin- has been tenacious in working on issues that George Mason University. ued success. impact the produce industry, including labor Our office was fortunate to have Kyler as f part of the Gregg and Livingston Harper Con- relations, water, food safety, and crop protec- RECOGNIZING TANJA FRANSEN OF gressional Internship Program for Individuals tion tools. He has led by example and worked GLASGOW to build relationships with individuals on all with Intellectual Disabilities. Kyler lit up the of- sides of an issue by emphasizing work to fice with his smile and energy, and enjoyed identify common ground. He is well known for learning from staff and helping with our mail HON. GREG GIANFORTE OF MONTANA entertaining all with his good sense of humor. program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. James Bogart exemplifies what it means We’ll miss having Kyler in the office and to be a conscientious and engaged citizen of wish him all the best in the future. On behalf Wednesday, May 15, 2019 the Central Coast. In retirement, Mr. Bogart of Wisconsin’s First Congressional District, we Mr. GIANFORTE. Madam Speaker, I rise will be cheering on his beloved alma mater, thank Kyler for his help. today to honor Tanja Fransen of Glasgow, an

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K15MY8.001 E15MYPT1 E596 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 15, 2019 award-winning meteorologist who is recog- PURDUE MARCHING BAND’S 100TH many annual traditions, including the 4th of nized nationally for her innovation and leader- PERFORMANCE AT THE INDY 500 July Parade; and established the community ship. newsletter. Tanja is the Meteorologist in Charge at the HON. JAMES R. BAIRD The Robert E. Dingeman Elementary School Glasgow Weather Forecast Office in Montana. OF INDIANA opened in 1995, so named by the San Diego Starting as a meteorologist in Glasgow in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Unified School District to recognize Bob Dingeman’s accomplishments in the commu- 2001, she has been a supervisor since 2015. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 In fact, Tanja is one of only 8 percent of fe- nity. The school celebrates Bob Dingeman Mr. BAIRD. Madam Speaker, I rise today to male supervisors for National Weather Service Day every year on June 12, Bob’s birthday. recognize the 100th performance of Purdue (NWS) field offices. Scripps Ranch and San Diego are better off University’s ‘‘All-American’’ Marching Band at for Bob’s leadership and community involve- Tanja’s research benefits Montana’s ag pro- the Indy 500, along with Director of Bands Jay ment. His legacy of military and volunteer ducers. Tanja and colleague Bill Martin helped Gephart becoming president of the prestigious service will continue to be an example for us develop an innovative cold weather advisory American Bandmasters Association. all. tool that helps livestock producers take pre- This year marks the 100th anniversary of Please join me in honoring Bob Dingeman cautions during calving season, saving hun- the band performing pop tunes, patriotic for his dedication to Scripps Ranch and his dreds of thousands of dollars annually. Their songs, and Indy 500 ceremonial music like service to our country. work earned them the National Oceanic and ‘‘God Bless America’’ and ‘‘Back Home Again f Atmospheric Administration’s Administrator’s in Indiana.’’ The band builds the sound, color Award in 2011. and emotion leading to the start of the race, RECOGNIZING THE RETIREMENT In 2014, the American Meteorological Soci- thrilling fans for the past century. OF RICK JOHNSON ety (AMS) presented Tanja with the Kenneth The All-American band has become part of C. Spengler Award for her collaborative ap- the fabric of the ‘‘Greatest Spectacle in Rac- HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON proach to ensure weather forecasts result in ing.’’ Nearly 300 members pay their own way OF IDAHO timely and appropriate public responses. The each year to return to the Indy 500 from IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NWS recognized her with the Isaac Cline around the United States to perform on the Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Award for Outreach in 2011 and the Isaac track and under the Pagoda. Mr. SIMPSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today Cline Award for Leadership in 2002. They also invite high school bands from to congratulate Rick Johnson upon his retire- Throughout her 25-year career, Tanja has across the Midwest to participate in the Pa- rade of Bands that has marched around the ment as Executive Director of the Idaho Con- served in many public and professional advi- servation League. His leadership will be great- sory positions, and she has a passion for course before the start of the race since 1922 and have appeared in every nationally tele- ly missed by myself and many others. mentoring others. She mentors junior col- For the past three decades, Rick has been vised IPL 500 Festival Parade since its debut leagues through the AMS and the NWS. She the seminal leader in Idaho protecting Idaho’s in 1957. often encourages young people to embrace outdoors and environment. Whenever I am STEM courses and enhance their education Thanks to Director of Bands Jay Gephart, Purdue’s participation in one of Indiana’s most asked who in the conservation community to with communication, business, and leadership speak to in Idaho, the answer is always Rick training. storied traditions has held strong at the ‘‘Rac- ing Capitol of the World.’’ I congratulate every Johnson. Madam Speaker, for her accomplishments When I first met Rick in the 1990s, I would band member—former and current—and Di- in the sciences, dedication to the public, and describe the environmental community as hav- rector Gephart on their remarkable achieve- 18 years of service to Montanans, I recognize ing a single mission of fighting and objecting ments. Tanja Fransen for her spirit of Montana. to almost anything proposed by the resource f industry. f HONORING BOB DINGEMAN Through the years, I am pleased to say that both Rick and I have evolved and recognized HONORING AUSTYN SMELLEY HON. SCOTT H. PETERS that there are other ways to accomplish con- OF CALIFORNIA servation. Rick’s willingness to recognize the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES needs and concerns of others and his willing- HON. SAM GRAVES ness to look for options where all parties can OF MISSOURI Wednesday, May 15, 2019 win, have made him a leader in the nation in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. PETERS. Madam Speaker, I rise today finding ways to reach consensus on difficult to recognize the late Colonel Robert ‘‘Bob’’ conservation issues. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Dingeman, a decorated veteran and beloved Rick and I have been through many battles Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam Speaker, community leader, who dedicated his entire together. We started with a not so harmonious I proudly pause to recognize Austyn Smelley. life to service. discussion of nuclear power at my first wild Austyn is a very special young man who has Bob’s commitment to service began when Idaho and one day we ended up in the Oval exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship he was just a teenager. Bob was living with Office with the President signing the Boulder- and leadership by taking an active part in the his family in Hawaii and serving in the Re- White Clouds and Jerry Peak Wilderness bills. Boy Scouts of America, Troop 606, and earn- serve Officer Training Corps when the attack You learn a lot about an individual when ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. on Pearl Harbor occurred. you work for 15 years together on a wilder- Bob helped to get the women and children ness bill and go camping in the mountains you Austyn has been very active with his troop, to safety before joining the defense of the are both trying to protect. participating in many scout activities. Over the base. The events of that day led Bob to a life They also learn a lot about you. Rick was many years Austyn has been involved with of military service. able to recognize my sincerity and concern for scouting, he has not only earned numerous He graduated from West Point in 1945 and Idaho’s special areas and more importantly merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- went on to serve in World War II, the Korean convey that to others. ily, peers, and community. Most notably, War, and the Vietnam War. During his dec- Rick wasn’t a partner in crime, he was a Austyn has received the World Conservation ades of service, Bob earned a Silver Star, Sol- partner in conservation. We were both able to Award, Paul Bunyon Award, and Ironman dier’s Medal, Bronze Star, and a Purple Heart. maximize ‘‘wins’’ for our respective sides that Award. Austyn has also contributed to his After retiring from the Army, Bob earned they could take to the bank. He conserved community through his Eagle Scout project. multiple master’s degrees and worked as a hundreds of thousands of acres of wilderness Austyn built a series of games for the 6th college professor at San Diego Miramar Col- and I was able to create security and certainty Grade Center of the North Kansas City School lege, teaching math, history, and political for counties, ranchers and motorized users. District. science. Working together we were able to find the Madam Speaker, I proudly ask you to join Bob also became a pillar of San Diego’s proverbial ‘‘win-win’’ that everybody is looking me in commending Austyn Smelley for his ac- Scripps Ranch community, where he, his wife for but always seems elusive. We found it, complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- Gaye, and their children made their home. and Idaho is better off for it. ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the Bob helped create the town’s council, the As future generations of Idahoans gaze over highest distinction of Eagle Scout. Scripps Ranch Civic Association; organized the beautiful vistas of the Cecil Andrus-White

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K15MY8.008 E15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E597 Clouds, the Hemingway-Boulders, the fiting the American Cancer Society. Volunteers en methodology tested in the territories leaves McClure-Jerry Peaks, and the Owyhees, they from a local produce company, California the Bureau unable to include our districts and should be thanking Rick Johnson for his work, Giant Berry Farms, and agriculture industry the hundreds of thousands of Americans living his effort, and most importantly his ability to members from the Pajaro Valley commit their there. As a result, the insular areas have to compromise with others. time and energy each year to make the event wait every 10 years for critical, up-to date in- I will miss Rick greatly as a leader and as a memorable one. Live music, family friendly formation on education, income, housing, jobs, my partner in conservation, but I know he is activities, and a horseshoe tournament make and insurance that surveys like the American not leaving us forever. I will always have my this a community event for culture and fun, all Community Survey provide. This data is vital friend I can call on. while benefitting families who have been af- to sustain economic development and for pru- I am wishing Rick and his wonderful wife fected by cancer. dent government and business decisions. The Roberta, the best of luck in their future en- The Original Spring Lamb Barbecue is the decennial census is inadequate to this need. deavors and retirement. I thank them for all oldest consecutively held fundraiser for the The allocation of federal funding for numerous that both of them have done for Idaho. American Cancer Society in the United States programs is also largely based on the most re- f and has been recognized as such by the char- cent census data available. With no alter- ity. Ten years ago, the organization congratu- native, most current funding allocations to the VERTAFORE, INC. lated the Original Spring Lamb Barbecue for insular areas are based on data from the pre- raising over $1 million worth of cumulative pro- vious decennial census. 2010 Census data will HON. ED PERLMUTTER ceeds. This year, the event will celebrate its continue to be used for many federal program OF COLORADO diamond anniversary for 60 years of out- funding allocations until 2023—the earliest key IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES standing community leadership and fund- 2020 Census demographic data for the insular raising efforts for cancer research. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 areas will likely be available. Madam Speaker, it is my honor to recognize As an alternative to annual surveys, my bill Mr. PERLMUTTER. Madam Speaker, I rise the dedication and commitment to cancer pre- would require the Census Bureau to conduct today to recognize and applaud Vertafore, Inc. vention and community service that John and a mid-decade census in the insular areas. The for celebrating their 50th anniversary. Bill Moncovich and the Original Spring Lamb bill starts the first mid-decade census in 2025 For more than fifty years, Vertafore has pro- Barbecue have provided to the Central Coast. and in addition to the decennial census, a vided software services to the insurance in- We are fortunate to have such a longstanding census will be conducted every five years. dustry worldwide. Founded in 1969, Vertafore tradition of community fundraising organized This will provide more current data in the insu- was previously known as AMS Holding Group, every year by the Moncovich family and Cali- lar areas, similar to that provided by five-year Inc. In 2017, they relocated their headquarters fornia Giant Berry Farms. I ask my colleagues estimates produced by the American Commu- to Denver, Colorado where they have created to join me in celebrating the Moncovich family nity Survey. Having a mid-decade census will hundreds of jobs in the city and partnered with and the Original Spring Lamb Barbecue. also enable insular governments and the Cen- the thousands of agents across the state. The f sus Bureau to plan and conduct data collec- mission at Vertafore is to transform the way tion efforts that are often logistically chal- U.S. TERRITORIES MID-DECADE the industry operates by putting people at the lenging in these diverse, remote regions. My CENSUS ACT heart of insurance technology. By focusing on bill also authorizes appropriations for the mid- their customers and delivering results you can decade census, based on costs estimates pro- see, they offer a level of trust and security HON. GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO vided by the Census Bureau to conduct the that’s at the heart of the insurance industry. It SABLAN 2020 decennial census in U.S. insular areas. is that service and level of trust that has al- OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS I ask my colleagues for their support. lowed the company to be successful for over IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f fifty years. To all the employees of Vertafore, congratu- Wednesday, May 15, 2019 RECOGNIZING COLTON SCRUDDER lations on this remarkable accomplishment, Mr. SABLAN. Madam Speaker, today I am and I thank them for their continued commit- introducing a bill that would require the United HON. BRYAN STEIL ment to the insurance community and con- States Census Bureau to conduct a census OF WISCONSIN every five years in the U.S. insular areas of tribution to the state of Colorado. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Amer- ican Samoa, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. This Wednesday, May 15, 2019 HONORING THE MONCOVICH FAM- legislation is necessary because the priority, Mr. STEIL. Madam Speaker, I rise today to ILY AND THE ORIGINAL SPRING availability, timeliness, and types of data col- recognize one of our hardworking D.C. office LAMB BARBECUE lected by federal agencies in the insular areas interns, Colton Scrudder. Colton is a native of remains deficient compared to data collection Coppell, Texas and studies finance at George- HON. JIMMY PANETTA in the states. Without accurate and timely in- town University. He has been with our office OF CALIFORNIA formation on changes in the economy, em- since January. Colton was a great help getting IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ployment, income levels, and other key indica- our office up and running. tors, insular governments are hindered in the Wednesday, May 15, 2019 From drafting letters and memos, to giving establishment of appropriate policy. And with- Capitol tours, Colton was always eager to as- Mr. PANETTA. Madam Speaker, I rise today out these data, governments and the public sist. Colton is an intelligent, diligent young to recognize the Moncovich family for their are less able to assess the effectiveness of man who aspires to continue serving his com- commitment to philanthropy to empowering policies that have been established. munity. their community and bettering the lives of oth- Every decade, the Census Bureau conducts We’ll miss having Colton in the office and ers through the Original Spring Lamb Bar- a census throughout the country to determine wish him all the best in the future. On behalf becue. Mr. John Moncovich founded the Origi- the number of people living in the country. In of Wisconsin’s First Congressional District, we nal Spring Lamb Barbecue in Watsonville, the insular areas, detailed demographic, hous- thank Colton for his help. California 60 years ago, and his son, Mr. Bill ing, and socioeconomic data is also collected f Moncovich, has chaired the event since his fa- in the decennial census using a ‘‘long-form’’ ther’s passing in 1972. Since its inception, the questionnaire consisting of about 75 ques- HONORING GARRETT WINHEIM Original Spring Lamb Barbecue has been a tions. The decennial census conducted in the celebration of family, friends, and the fight states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto HON. SAM GRAVES against cancer on the central coast of Cali- Rico only asks 10 questions because the vital OF MISSOURI fornia. information gathered in the decennial census IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In May of 1959, John Moncovich held the is now acquired annually in the American very first Original Spring Lamb Barbecue. The Community Survey. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Original Spring Lamb Barbecue started as a The American Community Survey does not Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Madam Speaker, simple gathering among friends to collect do- include data from the insular areas. The Cen- I proudly pause to recognize Garrett Winheim. nations for charity. Held annually, it has sus Bureau has claimed that a lack of funding Garrett is a very special young man who has evolved into a beloved community event bene- to collect the data and the absence of a prov- exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K15MY8.011 E15MYPT1 E598 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 15, 2019 and leadership by taking an active part in the may visit at the funeral home 3 hours prior the Commonwealth and across the United Boy Scouts of America, Troop 247, and earn- to the service 11:00 AM–2:00 PM on Saturday. States of America. In lieu of flowers, please make donations ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. f Garrett has been very active with his troop, to Wilkinson United Methodist Church, PO Box 236, Hometown, WV 25109 or donate to IN HONOR OF HARLEY LIPPMAN participating in many scout activities. Over the the Bill O’Dell Teen Institute Fund, PO Box many years Garrett has been involved with 3041, Charleston, WV 25331. scouting, he has not only earned numerous f HON. CAROLYN B. MALONEY merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- OF NEW YORK ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Gar- PERSONAL EXPLANATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES rett is a member of the Order of the Arrow and Wednesday, May 15, 2019 has received the Boy Scout World Conserva- HON. BILL HUIZENGA Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York. tion Award. Garrett has also contributed to his OF MICHIGAN Madam Speaker, I rise to recognize Harley community through his Eagle Scout project. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Garrett built mobile shelving units to be used Lippman, who is being recognized today as as storage space and visual barriers at the Wednesday, May 15, 2019 part of Jewish American Heritage Month. Har- Kansas City Pet Project. Mr. HUIZENGA. Madam Speaker, I rise ley has been a generous philanthropist and Madam Speaker, I proudly ask you to join today regarding missed votes. Had I been humanitarian who has been dedicated to un- me in commending Garrett Winheim for his present for roll call vote number 201, on Mo- covering mass graves of Jews murdered by accomplishments with the Boy Scouts of tion to Recommit with Instructions of H.R. the Nazis in Poland. His persistence and dedi- America and for his efforts put forth in achiev- 2157, Making supplemental appropriations for cation have meant that the Nazis’ victims will ing the highest distinction of Eagle Scout. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, never be forgotten. Deeply concerned about the possibility that f and for other purposes, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Had I been present for roll call vote Jews murdered during the Holocaust would HONORING A GIANT OF PUTNAM number 202, on Passage of H.R. 2157, Mak- simply disappear from memory, Harley has COUNTY ing supplemental appropriations for the fiscal made a unique contribution to the remem- year ending September 30, 2019, and for brance of the Jewish community that was de- HON. ALEXANDER X. MOONEY other purposes, I would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ stroyed by the Nazis. With singular purpose OF WEST VIRGINIA f and dedication, Harley has searched for un- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES known gravesites and has paid for the restora- IN HONOR OF ANDRIS ‘‘ANDY’’ JON tion of historic Jewish graveyards. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 SILINS OF WEST BARNSTABLE, MA At my urging, Harley was appointed by Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. Madam President Bill Clinton to the Commission for Speaker, I include in the RECORD, the fol- HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad lowing obituary for Mr. Bill O’Dell of Putnam OF MASSACHUSETTS which is involved in restoring desecrated County: IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cemeteries in Eastern Europe. Created in WILLIAM DOUGLAS O’DELL 1993, the Commission is tasked with identi- Wednesday, May 15, 2019 William ‘‘Bill’’ Douglas O’Dell, 68, of Poca fying and reporting on cemeteries, monu- went to be with his Lord on Monday, May 6, Mr. LYNCH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in ments, and historic buildings in Eastern and 2019. honor of Andris ‘‘Andy’’ Jon Silins, in recogni- Central Europe that are associated with the Bill was a graduate of South Charleston tion of his outstanding contributions to working heritage of U.S. citizens, particularly endan- High School and Marshall University. He carpenters, their families and the Common- gered properties. Congress recognized that, worked at Regional Family Resource Net- work and was the Director of Putnam wealth of Massachusetts and to commend him as a nation of immigrants, the United States Wellness Coalition. He dedicated his life to for over fifty years of dedicated service to his has an interest in preserving sites related to drug and alcohol prevention. He was a men- community. the heritage of Americans, particularly Jewish tor to many. His impact on the youth and The son of Olga Silins and Rudolfs Silins, gravesites since the Holocaust wiped out the the community cannot be measured. He immigrants from Riga, Latvia, Andy was born communities that would ordinarily have cared touched many lives at Teen Institute, a lead- on January 12, 1947, and immigrated with his for them. It is a credit to him, his enthusiasm ership program that helps young people be- parents and older sister to the United States and dedication, that he was reappointed by come leaders around prevention of alcohol, and lived in Jamaica Plain. both Republican and Democratic Administra- tobacco, drugs and other critical daily deci- Andy attended Roslindale High School and sions. tions. He was a man of Christian faith, integrity, graduated in 1965. Subsequent to his gradua- Harley has been the sole funder of an effort great humor, positive thinking, a role model tion, Andy enlisted in the United States Marine to find mass graves in Poland—sites where to many, a devoted husband, father, grand- Corps and served his country honorably in the Jews were slaughtered by the Nazis and then father and brother. He will be greatly Vietnam War. Ultimately, Andy graduated from buried. So far, his team has found 52 sites. missed. The family would like to thank his the University of Massachusetts, Boston. When he finds a site, he ensures that a me- Church, friends, co-workers, the community, Upon completion of his distinguished service morial plaque is erected to honor the victims. our extended family and the Putnam to our country, Andy joined Carpenters Local He also arranges for a service with the Chief Wellness Coalition for their support, love 67 in 1968. In 1979, he was elected General and prayers. Rabbi of Poland, a Catholic priest and a Bill is preceded in death by his parents Dr. Agent and Executive Secretary of the Boston Protestant minister and invites school children Richard Nolan O’Dell and Vera Waldorf District Council of Carpenters, and President to help memorialize the dead. These cere- O’Dell and father-in-law, Louis ‘‘Gene’’ in 1989. In 1995, Andy was elected to the po- monies provide a meaningful opportunity to re- Barnett. He is survived by his wife Judith sition of General Secretary—Treasurer of the mind people of the Jews who perished, the O’Dell of Poca, daughter Tina (Mike) Shoe- United Brotherhood of Carpenters (UBC) and tremendous loss in culture and humanity for maker and his pride and joy, his grandson, served in that position until his retirement on Poland, the brutality of the Nazis and the suc- Caden of Ona, WV, son Joshua (Kristina) of April 1, 2019. He continues to serve the Com- cess of the Jewish community that survived. Charleston, SC; mother-in-law Lorene Barnett, brother Larry (Beverly) O’Dell of monwealth of Massachusetts as a board Harley has been a leader of a host of orga- Chesapeake, OH; sister Verajane (William) member of the Massachusetts Housing Au- nizations from the Institute for the Study of Fish of Savannah, GA, brother-in-law and thority. He is also one of the founders of First Global Anti-Semitism and Policy, an organiza- sister-in-law Adrain and Cindy Jones of Win- Trade Union Savings Bank, in Boston, where tion founded by Eli Wiesel, which he currently field, WV; nieces Wendy (Stephen) Mann, he later served as Chairman of the Board. serves as President, to the American-Israel Laura (David) Moir; nephews Keith (Jen- Andy has had the good fortune to be mar- Friendship League and American Jewish Con- nifer) O’Dell, Joseph (Marie) Fish, David ried to his wife, Diane for 37 years. He is the gress. (Heather) Fish and Logan Jones. proud father of his son, Jake, and the master With great generosity and compassion, Har- A tribute to the life of William ‘‘Bill’’ O’Dell will be 2:00 PM Saturday, May 11, 2019 of his beloved German Shepherd, Sami. ley has also helped orphans in Cambodia. He at Gatens-Harding chapel with Pastor Fred Madam Speaker, it is my distinct honor to is the sole funder of an orphanage, enabling Elliott and Pastor Wayne Hooper officiating. thank Andris ‘‘Andy’’ Jon Silins for his remark- children to find stability, get an education and Entombment will follow at Haven of Rest able service and dedication to the working car- go on to college. It truly has been life-chang- Memory Gardens, Red House, WV. Friends penters and their families and all workers in ing for many of these kids.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K15MY8.004 E15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E599 Harley Lippman created Genesis 10, a com- who stay in all six of the rooms are dubbed which has been within their purview since the pany that currently employs over 2,000 people ‘‘repeat offenders’’ for their frequent visits to creation of the modern local court system in across the country. Genesis 10 helps compa- the inn. Galena’s historic Main Street and 1970. nies solve technology problems and find talent downtown area are only a short walk away This bill is an important step to increase to address their needs. Unquestionably, Gen- and provides guests with easy access to all democratic self-government for the District. I esis 10 succeeds because it has a great lead- Galena has to offer. I commend Matthew Car- urge my colleagues to support this bill. er at the helm. USA Today ranked Harley roll for creating an excellent stop for visitors f among the top 30 CEOs in America of all hoping to catch a glimpse of some of the large companies including the Fortune 500. beauty our region has to offer and look for- RECOGNIZING THE OFFICERS AT Madam Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join ward to hearing about the Jail Hill Inn’s future THE HAVERHILL, MASSACHU- me in celebrating Harley Lippman for his ex- successes. SETTS POLICE DEPARTMENT traordinary contributions to America and the It is because of creative entrepreneurs like Jewish community. Matthew Carroll that I am especially proud to HON. LORI TRAHAN f serve Illinois’ 17th Congressional District. OF MASSACHUSETTS Madam Speaker, I would like to again formally IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN RECOGNITION OF RUTH BROWN congratulate the Jail Hill Inn for its rise to the Wednesday, May 15, 2019 top of TripAdvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Awards. HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN Mrs. TRAHAN. Madam Speaker, I rise dur- f ing National Law Enforcement Week 2019 to OF VIRGINIA INTRODUCTION OF THE DISTRICT honor the valiant men and women who protect IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF COLUMBIA COURTS HOME and serve the town of Haverhill, Massachu- Wednesday, May 15, 2019 RULE ACT setts. The Haverhill Police Department con- Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise sists of outstanding public servants who de- today in recognition of Ruth Brown’s life and HON. ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON vote their lives to keeping the citizens of the city safe, while improving the lives of count- her many accomplishments. We deeply thank OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA less individuals. her for all of her support and dedication to our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES military. Like most Americans each day, they get up, Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Ruth was born in Harryhogan, VA on Feb- say goodbye to their loved ones, and head to ruary 28, 1925. She married George W. Ms. NORTON. Madam Speaker, today, I in- work. But their work, and the work of police of- Brown Jr., Former Town Sergeant and Mayor troduce the District of Columbia Courts Home ficers around the country, is like no other. of Warsaw, VA in 1946. Ruth went on to have Rule Act. This bill would give the Council of From the moment they put on their uniform three children, six grandchildren, and five the District of Columbia authority over the ju- they have answered a call that at any moment great-grandchildren. She held her family at the risdiction and organization of the local D.C. may put their lives in harm’s way. center of her life. courts. The 1973 Home Rule Act (HRA) ex- I thank the Haverhill Police Department for Ruth was a charter member and secretary pressly prohibits D.C. from enacting any law their continued and unwavering service and of the United Methodist Women and served on with respect to any provision of the D.C. Code wish them well in their careers and future en- many committees within the Warsaw Meth- title that relates to the local D.C. courts. Con- deavors to come. odist Church. She was a charter member of gress can correct this injustice to the District’s Madam Speaker, it is with great honor that the Telephone Pioneers and retired from the tax paying residents by amending the HRA, I recognize the Officers of the Haverhill, Mas- Tidewater Telephone Company after 28 years even before the District becomes the 51st sachusetts Police Department. of service. Ruth was also a charter member of state. f the Veteran of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary Forty-six years after passage of the HRA, PERSONAL EXPLANATION Post 7167 in Warsaw, VA. Finally, Ruth’s matters involving the D.C. courts almost never heart belonged to our veterans. She spent her come to Congress, so Congress knows vir- time fighting for them and taking care of them. tually nothing about the District’s courts—and HON. GARRET GRAVES She served our nation well during her long life. could not care less. Notwithstanding the im- OF LOUISIANA Madam Speaker, I ask you to join me in portance of D.C.’s courts to District residents, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES recognizing the accomplishments, tenacity, the D.C. Council, which is the repository of Wednesday, May 15, 2019 and dedication of Ruth Brown. Words alone knowledge and experience for the District’s Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. Madam Speaker, cannot express our gratitude. May God bless criminal and civil justice systems and the body President Trump visited our home state and I Ruth Brown and her family. accountable to our residents, is irresponsibly missed two important votes. f left on the sidelines while Congress remains Had I been present, I would have voted the sole entity to correct flaws in the District’s CONGRATULATING THE JAIL HILL YEA on Roll Call No. 203; and YEA on Roll courts. Call No. 204. INN FOR WINNING THE TRAV- Under the HRA, the D.C. Council has no ELERS’ CHOICE AWARDS FOR authority to ‘‘enact any act, resolution, or rule f TRIPADVISOR with respect to any provision of title 11 of the IN RECOGNITION OF THE 2018 ALA- District of Columbia Code (relating to organi- BAMA OUTSTANDING YOUNG HON. CHERI BUSTOS zation and jurisdiction of the District of Colum- FARM FAMILY OF ILLINOIS bia courts).’’ Matters in title 11 are limited pri- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES marily to rules of criminal and civil procedure, HON. MIKE ROGERS court administration, the number of authorized OF ALABAMA Wednesday, May 15, 2019 judges, the branches of the courts, the rules of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mrs. BUSTOS. Madam Speaker, I rise today jury service and admission to the bar. Our bill to recognize the Jail Hill Inn for winning first would strike this limitation on the D.C. Coun- Wednesday, May 15, 2019 place in the Travelers’ Choice Award for cil’s authority. Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Madam Speaker, TripAdvisor in the United States and for being The District has never had authority over its I ask for the House’s attention to recognize named second place globally for the bed-and- local courts, even when it was responsible for 2018 Alabama Outstanding Young Farm Fam- breakfast/inn category. paying for their operations. Under the National ily, the Upchurch family. The brick building where Jail Hill Inn oper- Capital Revitalization and Self-Government The Upchurch family are multi-generation ates today has been around for 140 years and Improvement Act of 1997, the federal govern- farmers and received the honor at the Ala- originally served as a jail until 1977. The Jail ment assumed the costs for several state-level bama Farmer’s Federation’s 46th Commodity Hill Inn was lovingly restored and revitalized functions, including the courts because it Producers Conference in Montgomery. They by its owner, Matthew Carroll, and has been alone has jurisdiction over these courts. This also placed in the Top 10 at the American a hotel for the last 17 years. The hotel has six bill, an important first step, would not change Farm Bureau Federation national contest in luxurious rooms complete with a fireplace, wet the courts’ funding. This bill also would not af- New Orleans. bar, king-size bed, high-end linens and a fect the authority of the President to nominate, The Upchurches—Chris, Jordyn and son Bluetooth-connected sound system. Those or the Senate to confirm, local D.C. judges, Charlie—owns Rockin U farm in Clay County.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A15MY8.004 E15MYPT1 E600 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 15, 2019 Their farm encompasses over 300 acres, 130 TRIBUTE TO RON WELLMAN PERSONAL EXPLANATION cows and three poultry houses. They’re hard- working, forward-thinking stewards of the land HON. VIRGINIA FOXX HON. ERIC SWALWELL whose recent diversification allows them to OF NORTH CAROLINA OF CALIFORNIA produce over 3,500 bales of haylage annually. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES They also partner on C&J Farm, a trucking IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and poultry house clean-out business. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Off the farm, they promote agriculture and Ms. FOXX of North Carolina. Madam Mr. SWALWELL of California. Madam rural living through Clay County Young Farm- Speaker, I rise to recognize Ron Wellman, Speaker, I missed votes on Tuesday, May 7, ers, the county cattlemen’s association and Athletics Director at Wake Forest University, Thursday, May 9, and Friday, May 10. Had I Lineville Baptist Church. Chris also serves as who is retiring in May 2019. He leaves as the been present, I would have voted as follows: State Poultry Committee first vice chairman. longest-tenured athletics director in the coun- Roll Call Vote Number 185 (Passage of H. Madam Speaker, please join me in recog- try at the NCAA Division I level, having been Res. 273): YES; nizing the 2018 Outstanding Young Farm named to the position at Wake Forest in 1992. Roll Call Vote Number 186 (Passage of Family: Chris and Jordyn Upchurch. He has overseen the most successful period H.R. 1704, the Championing American Busi- f in athletics history at Wake Forest, which ness Through Diplomacy Act): YES; Roll Call Vote Number 189 (Ordering the HONORING JOHN P. LARUE ranks first in the Directors Cup in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), while achieving a Previous Question): YES; Roll Call Vote Number 190 (Passage of H. student-athlete graduation rate of 94 percent. Res. 357): YES; HON. MICHAEL CLOUD Under Mr. Wellman, Wake Forest has Roll Call Vote Number 191 (Passage of H. OF TEXAS thrived and has become a national power- AMDT. 199 to H.R. 986 offered by Rep. AN- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES house in men’s tennis, men’s soccer, and THONY BROWN): YES; Wednesday, May 15, 2019 women’s field hockey. The football program Roll Call Vote Number 192 (Passage of H. has seen the most successful stretch in school Mr. CLOUD. Madam Speaker, I rise today AMDT. 203 to H.R. 986 offered by Rep. history recently as well. to honor and recognize John LaRue, a resi- GEORGE HOLDING): NO; dent of Corpus Christi, for his commitment to Wake Forest’s accomplishments under Roll Call Vote Number 193 (Passage of H. Wellman’s leadership include five team and his community and to the Port of Corpus AMDT. 207 to H.R. 986 offered by Rep. TOM seven individual national titles, 22 ACC cham- Christi. MALINOWSKI): YES; Originally from Reading, Pennsylvania, John pionships, 171 first team All-Americans and Roll Call Vote Number 194 (Passage of H. LaRue spent the first half of his career assist- the renaissance of athletics facilities. During AMDT. 208 to H.R. 986 offered by Rep. his tenure, Wake Forest has raised over $400 ing the City of Philadelphia and its Port Au- SUSAN WILD): YES; thority. In 1994, Mr. LaRue relocated to Cor- million in philanthropic support for athletics. Roll Call Vote Number 195 (Adoption of Mo- pus Christi to became the Executive Director Wellman has also played a significant role tion to Recommit to H.R. 986): NO; of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority. His re- in shaping intercollegiate athletics on a re- Roll Call Vote Number 196 (Passage of sponsibilities included organizing, planning, gional and national level. He served on mul- H.R. 986, the Protecting Americans with Pre- and administering the Port Authority’s activi- tiple committees, including the NCAA Division existing Conditions Act): YES; ties. I Management Council and was chairman of Roll Call Vote Number 197 (Passage of H. Thanks to Mr. LaRue’s 25 years of leader- the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Cham- AMDT. 209 to H.R. 2157 offered by Rep. ED ship, the Port of Corpus Christi transformed pionship Committee. Additionally, as former PERLMUTTER): YES; from a Regional Port Authority to the ‘‘Energy president of the Division I–A Athletic Directors’ Roll Call Vote Number 198 (Passage of H. Port of the Americas’’ and the fourth-largest Association, Wellman served on the NCAA Di- AMDT. 210 to H.R. 2157 offered by Rep. port in the United States. The Port is a key versity Leadership Strategic Planning Com- GREGORIO KILILI CAMACHO SABLAN): YES; contributor to America’s global energy domi- mittee. Roll Call Vote Number 199 (Passage of H. nance and is continuing to expand. Mr. Wellman’s efforts leading Wake Forest have AMDT. 214 to H.R. 2157 offered by Rep. LaRue’s widespread expertise on port policy is not gone unnoticed. In 2007–08, he was hon- JARED HUFFMAN): YES; lauded both domestically and internationally. ored by two organizations: Street & Smith’s Roll Call Vote Number 200 (Passage of H. In addition to providing leadership and guid- Sports Business Journal named him College AMDT. 216 to H.R. 2157 offered by Rep. ance for the POCCA, Mr. LaRue also serves Athletic Director of the Year and the National LIZZIE FLETCHER): YES; on multiple advisory boards and panels. He is Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics Roll Call Vote Number 201 (Adoption of Mo- Chairman of the State of Texas Department of (NACDA) selected him as its AstroTurf AD of tion to Recommit to H.R. 2157): NO; and Transportation Port Advisory Committee and the Year for the Southeast Region—the sec- Roll Call Vote Number 202 (Passage of serves as a member of the Port Industries of ond time in his career he received that honor. H.R. 2157, the Supplemental Appropriations Corpus Christi, as well as on the Board of Di- Off the playing fields, Wellman helped en- Act, 2019): YES. rectors of the American Association of Port hance the overall development of the student- f Authorities. athlete. He stressed academics and instituted On the occasion of his upcoming retirement, programs to assist and develop student-ath- COMMENDING THE ROANOKE VAL- I would like to extend to John LaRue my letes in ways outside of competition. Most re- LEY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL BOYS thanks and appreciation for his valuable work cently, Wake Forest athletics launched its BASKETBALL TEAM at the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, and on Deacon Leader program, a comprehensive the next exciting chapter of his life. leadership development system designed to HON. H. MORGAN GRIFFITH f identify and develop student-athlete leaders OF VIRGINIA from their arrival on campus through their sen- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PERSONAL EXPLANATION ior year and beyond graduation. Wellman earned his undergraduate degree Wednesday, May 15, 2019 HON. JIM COSTA from Bowling Green State University, where Mr. GRIFFITH. Madam Speaker, it is my OF CALIFORNIA he was a pitcher on the baseball team. After pleasure to commend the Roanoke Valley IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES receiving a master’s from Bowling Green, he Christian School boys basketball team, which joined the faculty and coaching staff at Elm- captured the Virginia Association of Christian Wednesday, May 15, 2019 hurst (IL) College in 1971, serving as head Athletics state title on February 23, 2019. The Mr. COSTA. Madam Speaker, regrettably, I baseball coach, assistant basketball and foot- Eagles put on a commanding performance, was unable to attend the votes series for May ball coach and associate professor of health handily defeating an exceptional team from 14, 2019. Had I been present, I would have and physical education. Wellman was the ath- Timberlake Christian School by a score of 66 voted YEA to Roll Call No. 203, H.R. 29 Blue letics director during his last five years at Elm- to 42. Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019, hurst. This victory carries particular meaning, as it and YEA to Roll Call No. 204, H.R. 2379 To I ask the House to join me in recognizing is Roanoke Valley Christian’s first boys bas- reauthorize the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Mr. Ron Wellman, a leader of extraordinary ketball state championship in its history. Their Grant Program. conscience and character. championship caps a 27–4 season. I applaud

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A15MY8.010 E15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E601 the hard work and dedication of all members for the Advancement and Support of Edu- IN RECOGNITION OF THE SERVICE of this year’s Roanoke Valley Christian boys cation, District 1, in 2017 honored Dr. Pantic´ OF THE HONORABLE SERGIO basketball team, and congratulate the adminis- with its Chief Executive Leadership Award. AMARAL, AMBASSADOR OF trators, teachers, coaches, parents, students, That same year, Dr. Pantic´ was inducted into BRAZIL TO THE UNITED STATES and fans. In particular, I would like to recog- the National Academy of Construction. In Jan- OF AMERICA nize the contributions of the team’s seniors, uary 2018, Governor Baker appointed her to and their head coach Todd Mann. Congratula- serve on the Massachusetts Cybersecurity tions on a great end to the season. Strategy Council. And more recently, the HON. GREGORY W. MEEKS Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce hon- f OF NEW YORK ored her as one of its Pinnacle Award winners ´ IN HONOR OF ZORICA PANTIC, for 2019. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OUTGOING PRESIDENT OF ONE OF BOSTON’S TOP UNIVER- President Pantic´ has served on various Wednesday, May 15, 2019 SITIES—WENTWORTH INSTITUTE boards and professional organizations, includ- OF TECHNOLOGY ing the board of directors for the World Asso- Mr. MEEKS. Madam Speaker, I rise today ciation for Cooperative Education, the Amer- to honor the Brazilian Ambassador to the HON. STEPHEN F. LYNCH ican Association for Presidents of Independent United States, Sergio Silva do Amaral, whose Universities and Colleges, the New England invaluable commitment to the bonds of friend- OF MASSACHUSETTS Association for Schools and Colleges, the ship between Brazil and the American people IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board, has left an indelible mark on our bilateral and Wednesday, May 15, 2019 and the Presidents Council for the NCAA Divi- hemisperic relations. As Co-Chair of the Con- Mr. LYNCH. Madam Speaker, I rise today in sion III. gressional Caucus on Brazil, I have worked on honor of Zorica Pantic´, the first woman presi- Madam Speaker, Zorica is known for her numerous occasions with Ambassador Amaral dent of Wentworth Institute of Technology in love of students and for helping to guide and to deepen our bilateral relations, and build Boston and first woman engineer to lead an serve thousands of young women and men upon the great history of partnership between institution of technology in higher education in who have attended Wentworth since she be- Brazil and America. the United States. came president in 2005. She is the proud In September 2016, Sergio Amaral was ap- President Pantic´ is leaving her position at mother of one son, Daniel Tanner, who grad- Wentworth at the end of May, following a 14- uated from Wentworth and is busy building his pointed Ambassador of Brazil to the United year-tenure that can only be described as own career. States in Washington, D.C. Since then, Am- transformative and historic in scope. Dr. bassador Amaral has worked tirelessly to pro- Madam Speaker, it is my distinct honor to Pantic´’s contributions to this 115-year-old insti- mote a closer U.S.-Brazil friendship, as well as thank Zorica Pantic´ for her incredible leader- tution have earned her respect far and wide. to promote the expansion of our economic, ship over these past 14 years at one of Bos- Just recently, while saluting Dr. Pantic´ during political, defense, and cultural relations, bring- ton’s oldest and most venerable educational his keynote remarks at Wentworth’s gradua- ing a message of friendliness and cooperation institutions, and to salute her for her many tion on April 28, 2019, Charlie Baker, the es- during his travels through our country in fur- contributions to higher education in the United teemed Governor of Massachusetts, charac- therance of his mission to spread Brazil’s States. terized President Pantic´ as, ‘‘a gift to Went- message of peace and prosperity for all peo- worth and blessing to Massachusetts.’’ ple. On June 1, when he retires from his Am- f Born in Serbia, Dr. Pantic´ first became inter- bassadorial role in the U.S., he will conclude ested in electrical engineering as a young girl, IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH nearly 45 years of service to Brazil. His time while watching her father work on repairing a BIRTHDAY OF WORLD WAR II as Brazil’s Ambassador is thus an appropriate radio. She went on to earn her B.S., M.S., and VETERAN RAYMOND BURRELL capstone to his long and distinguished career. Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Nisˇ, Serbia, and became the Born in Sa˜o Paulo, Brazil, and as a grad- founding dean of the College of Engineering at uate of the University of Sa˜o Paulo and the the University of Texas at San Antonio; direc- HON. ROBERT J. WITTMAN University of Paris, France, Ambassador Amaral has served in a number of senior offi- tor of the School of Engineering at San Fran- OF VIRGINIA cisco State University; a Fulbright fellow at the cial posts in the Brazilian public service over University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES five decades. Prior to his appointment as Am- bassador to the U.S., he served as Ambas- and an associate professor at the University of Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Nisˇ. sador to London and Ambassador to Paris, as As Wentworth’s President, she has a been Mr. WITTMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise well as Minister of Development, Trade and an important role model and tireless advocate today in recognition of the 100th birthday of Industry, and Chief-Minister for Social Com- for traditionally underrepresented students, World War II Veteran, Mr. Raymond Burrell. munication of Brazil’s Presidency. His other particularly young women wishing to pursue a notable positions include Vice Minister of Envi- In the winter of 1944–45, Raymond Burrell college education and career in the STEM ronment and the Amazon, Secretary for Inter- was a member of the famous 761st Tank Bat- arenas. Under her leadership, Wentworth has national Affairs of the Ministry of Economy, talion, the Black Panthers. The 761st Tank introduced its first seven graduate programs, President of the Council of Brazil’s Chamber Battalion was the first to consist of African- becoming a master’s degree-granting institu- of Foreign Trade, and President of the Brazil- Americans and saw extensive action at the tion and achieving ‘‘university’’ status in 2017. China Business Council. Dr. Pantic´ has overseen the introduction of 10 Battle of the Bulge. Raymond Burrell dem- new undergraduate programs (seven in engi- onstrated bravery and a cunning military mind Ambassador Sergio Amaral has continu- neering), a $300 million investment in state-of- on multiple occasions. Despite experiencing ously reminded us of the great potential that the-art facilities, and a 20 percent enrollment seemingly hopeless situations, Raymond per- lies ahead of Brazil and the United States as increase on the school’s campus. severed along with the other members of the two of the largest democracies and economies During her presidency, Wentworth has en- 761st Tank Battalion and held their vital posi- in the Western Hemisphere. We must build hanced its experiential-learning educational tions on the battlefield. Our nation is lucky to upon the common beliefs that have historically model by implementing EPIC Learning (Exter- have had someone like him risk his life to pro- connected the peoples of Brazil and America: nally-collaborative, Project-based, Interdiscipli- tect us all. our commitment to democracy, our commit- nary Culture for Learning), and is focusing on Madam Speaker, I ask you to join me in ment to the rule of law, and our commitment innovation and entrepreneurship. The Institute recognizing the accomplishments, bravery, to the dignity of all people in our own coun- continues to earn annual recognition in the top and dedication of Raymond Burrell. Words tries and around the world. Today, I thank Am- national and regional college rankings. alone cannot express our gratitude. May God bassador Sergio Amaral for his service to Applauding her ‘‘energetic, entrepreneurial, bless Raymond Burrell, and I look forward to these ideals, and wish him a long and happy and ambitious leadership style,’’ the Council seeing his excellence in the future. retirement.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY8.015 E15MYPT1 E602 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 15, 2019 RECOGNITION OF SHEIDA Fork Baptist Church in honor of their 213th an- annual Saint Patrick’s Day parade in my SAHANDY niversary. hometown of Dublin, as he served as the an- A longstanding pillar in the Cookeville com- nouncer for so many years. Whether he was HON. DENNY HECK munity, the Caney Fork Baptist Church, origi- reporting from the tarmac at the Livermore Air- OF WASHINGTON nally referred to as ‘‘Brown’s Mill Church,’’ is show, hosting an election special, or a seg- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Putnam County’s oldest Baptist Church. Josh- ment of the Slice of Life show, Tom was a Wednesday, May 15, 2019 ua Bartlett and his wife, Winnie Williams Bart- trusted and revered source of news in my dis- Mr. HECK. Madam Speaker, today I recog- lett, founded the church after relocating to trict. nize Sheida Sahandy for her extraordinary and Tennessee from Boonesborough, Kentucky, in Tom’s work on behalf of our community unwavering dedication to the people of Wash- 1806. They constructed a fort, and within it continued until just two months ago, very ington state and efforts to restore Puget was the cabin first used to host worship gath- shortly before his passing. His passion and Sound. For over five years, Sheida served as erings for the Caney Fork Baptist Church. The commitment were recently memorialized when the Executive Director of the Puget Sound congregation relocated in 1931 to Highway 70 the studio at TV 30 adopted the honorary title, Partnership, the state agency leading the co- East in Cookeville, which is where they remain ‘‘Tom Morrison Studio.’’ ordination of Puget Sound recovery. today. In the early days of Tennessee’s statehood, After a long and valiant battle with cancer, Sheida received her bachelor’s degree from Tom Morrison passed away peacefully on the University of California, Berkeley, and then churches far outnumbered preachers. As was common then, the Caney Fork Baptist Church April 18, 2019. He is survived by a large and went on to study law at Columbia University. loving family, including Kathy, his wife of 23 After working as an attorney for several years, hosted traveling ‘‘revival preachers’’ for their years, his two sons, Kevin and Michael, his Sheida returned to the classroom and earned services. step-children, Stacey, Kristin, Amy, and Brad- her master’s degree in Climate, Energy, and Throughout its history, the congregation af- ley, his sister Jenean, and the eight grand- Environmental Policy from Harvard Univer- filiated with the general tenets of the Baptist sity’s Kennedy School of Government. Back in denomination. From 1865 to 1897, the con- children he absolutely adored. Washington state, Sheida used her notable gregation embraced the Independent Baptist f background and legal expertise to spearhead Christian denominational beliefs; they affiliated programs and initiatives as Assistant to the with the Free Will Baptist congregation from REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF JOHN City Manager for the City of Bellevue, where 1897 to 1918; and in 1918, the congregation K. VADAS she created the City’s first citywide environ- joined with the larger Baptist denomination. mental stewardship initiative. Today, the Caney Fork Baptist Church is affili- In January 2014, Governor Jay Inslee ap- ated with the Stone Baptist Association, the HON. TIM RYAN pointed Sheida to serve as Executive Director Tennessee Baptist Mission Board, and the OF OHIO of the Puget Sound Partnership, where for Southern Baptist Convention. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years she demonstrated her commitment to I hope my House colleagues will join me in sustainability and conservancy issues in recognizing the Caney Fork Baptist Church for Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Washington state. The Puget Sound Partner- their longstanding service to the community, Mr. RYAN. Madam Speaker, I was sad- ship works with hundreds of partners and commitment to strengthening family values, stakeholders to coalesce around a common dened to learn of the passing of Mr. John K. and unwavering faith. Vadas, age 69, who passed away peacefully goal: accelerating the collective effort to re- f cover and sustain the Puget Sound. On fed- on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. eral-level issues, Sheida worked with the Con- RECOGNIZING TOM MORRISON John’s son Matt is one of my longest serv- gressional Puget Sound Recovery Caucus— ing staff members. I very much depend on him which I co-chair along with my friend and col- HON. ERIC SWALWELL to help me fulfill my duties and I am very league, DEREK KILMER—to convene key deci- OF CALIFORNIA proud of his service. sion-makers here at the Capitol for the annual IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES John was born on January 19, 1950, in Puget Sound Day on the Hill. This event Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Warren, Ohio to John and Margaret. He was brings people from across the political spec- Mr. SWALWELL of California. Madam a 1968 graduate of John F. Kennedy High trum to Washington, D.C. to advocate for in- Speaker, I rise to recognize the life’s work of School in Warren. I too am a graduate of JFK. creased federal attention to Puget Sound. Thomas Roger Morrison, who served as a He proudly served his country in the U.S. Sheida also worked tirelessly with the Con- trusted local reporter and staple on televisions Navy from 1969 to 1972, where he was the gressional Puget Sound Recovery Caucus to in my district since 1982. radar operator on the USS Wasp. Upon his successfully craft and garner support for the Tom was born in Oakland, California on honorable discharge, John took a position PUGET SOS Act, which would increase fed- January 7, 1936 to proud parents, Lozetta and working for Packard Electric. He retired from eral and state coordination on recovery efforts. Whether it’s leading efforts at the state level John Morrison. Shortly after his graduation Delphi in 2001. to revitalize the salmon and orca populations, from Oakland High School in 1954, Tom On April 11, 1970, John married the former or working with legislators in Washington, D.C. joined the Army and deployed to Korea. He Sandra Allen. to enact critical legislation, Sheida has always patrolled the newly established Korean Demili- John loved the outdoors and found peace in been an effective leader and the driving force tarized Zone in 1956 and 1957. the woods by carving out time to go hunting behind the Puget Sound Partnership’s suc- Tom took on the role of a volunteer reporter and camping. He was an avid fan of the cess. for local Channel TV 30 in 1982. After report- Cleveland Indians and NASCAR, cheering on Madam Speaker, it is my honor to recognize ing on local stories for a time, Tom joined the driver Kevin Harvick. He stayed in touch with the selfless service of Sheida Sahandy, and I TV 30 staff and became the anchor of the his shipmates as a member of the USS Wasp wish her and her family happiness as Sheida 580/680 News. He served in this role for 10 Association. Most importantly, John was a pa- proceeds to the next chapter in her remark- years and received two prestigious Bay Area triot who loved his family and was a devoted able career. Television Association awards for his work husband and father. f during that time. After budgets no longer allowed the 580/680 After 49 years of marriage, John is survived COMMEMORATING THE 213TH ANNI- News program to continue, Tom kept our com- by his wife Sandra, and also survived by his VERSARY OF THE CANEY FORK munity informed on local news and develop- sons, (Jon) Kristopher, Jason and Matthew BAPTIST CHURCH ments through his bi-weekly ‘‘Mayor’s Report.’’ Vadas; his brother, Michael (Judy) Vadas; as With this platform, he would meet with local well as many other relatives and friends. HON. JOHN W. ROSE mayors and county supervisors to ensure that He was preceded in death by his son, Kevin OF TENNESSEE local residents had access to information Vadas; his parents; and his brother, William IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES about upcoming events and what was hap- Poppal. Wednesday, May 15, 2019 pening in their local government. I extend my deepest sympathies to Matt and Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of Tennessee. Madam Tom’s connection to the community was all the family and friends whose lives were Speaker, I rise today to recognize the Caney deep. His voice became synonymous with the blessed by John Vadas.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY8.019 E15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E603 HONORING CHIEF JEFFREY the people of our country, the highest amount 28. James E. Fenn; End of Watch: March 14, WALCOTT, SCHUYLKILL HAVEN ever. 1891; Houston, Texas, P.D. POLICE DEPARTMENT About 12 percent of them are female. 29. E.D. Fitzgerald; End of Watch: Sep- tember 30, 1930; Houston, Texas, P.D. These brave men and women risk their lives 30. C. Edward Foley; End of Watch: March HON. DANIEL MEUSER to keep the peace and keep us safe, but they 10, 1860; Houston, Texas, P.D. OF PENNSYLVANIA are too often taken by the violence they are 31. Joseph Robert Free; End of Watch: Oc- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES working to prevent. tober 18, 1912; Houston, Texas, P.D. Every year, a law enforcement officer is 32. Guy P. Gaddis; End of Watch: January Wednesday, May 15, 2019 killed somewhere in the United States every 31, 1994; Houston, Texas, P.D. Mr. MEUSER. Madam Speaker, it is with 55 hours, and there are also 60,211 assaults 33. James T. Gambill; End of Watch: De- great respect and admiration that I rise today cember 1, 1936; Houston, Texas, P.D. against our law officers each year, resulting in 34. Florentino M. Garcia, Jr.; End of to honor Schuylkill Haven Police Chief Jeffrey 17,476 injuries. Watch: November 10, 1989; Houston, Texas, Walcott for his 25 years of service. Chief Madam Speaker, I am proud to represent P.D. Walcott has been a remarkable leader of the the people of the 18th Congressional District 35. Ben Eddie Gerhart; End of Watch: June Schuylkill Haven Police Department. Through of Texas in paying tribute to the 158 fallen he- 26, 1968; Houston, Texas, P.D. promoting public safety and community he has roes who will be joining the 21,910 gallant 36. G.Q. Gonzalez; End of Watch: February become a fixture of Schuylkill Haven Elemen- men and women who gave the last full meas- 28, 1960; Houston, Texas, P.D. tary Center’s ‘‘Salute to Blue Program.’’ 37. Charles R. Gougenheim; End of Watch: ure of devotion to the communities they took April 30, 1955; Houston, Texas, P.D. A veteran of the United States Air Force, an oath to protect and serve. 38. Carl Greene; End of Watch: March 14, Chief Walcott has been a model officer and Madam Speaker, I ask for a moment of si- 1928; Houston, Texas, P.D. public servant for citizens of all ages. He is a lence in memory of the 158 officers who died 39. Leon Griggs; End of Watch: January 31, skilled officer, certified in firearms instruction, in the line of duty in 2018 and an additional 1970; Houston, Texas, P.D. active shooter response, and teaches 213 officers who died in previous years but 40. Maria Michelle Groves; End of Watch: G.R.A.P.L.E for Law Enforcement and Military whose story had been lost to history, the April 10, 1987; Houston, Texas, P.D. Personnel. He has certainly earned the re- 41. Gary Allen Gryder; End of Watch: June names of all of whom will be added to the Na- 29, 2008; Houston, Texas, P.D. spect of the community he protects and the of- tional Peace Officers Memorial Wall of Honor. 42. Antonio Guzman, Jr.; End of Watch: ficers he serves alongside. HOUSTON LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS January 9, 1973; Houston, Texas, P.D. After 25 years leading the ‘‘Salute to Blue’’ MEMORIALIZED ON THE WALL OF HONOR 43. Howard B. Hammond; End of Watch: Program, I invite my colleagues to join me in 1. Timothy Scott Abernethy; End of August 18, 1946; Houston, Texas, P.D. saluting Chief Jeffrey Walcott for his dedicated Watch: December 7, 2008; Houston, Texas, 44. James Donald Harris; End of Watch: service and dedication to the Greater Schuyl- P.D. July 13, 1982; Houston, Texas, P.D. kill Haven Community. On behalf of the United 2. Charles H. Baker; End of Watch: August 45. David Michael Healy; End of Watch: No- States House of Representatives and the citi- 16, 1979; Houston, Texas, P.D. vember 12, 1994; Houston, Texas, P.D. 3. Johnny Terrell Bamsch; End of Watch: 46. Timothy A. Hearn; End of Watch: June zens of Pennsylvania’s Ninth Congressional 8, 1978; Houston, Texas, P.D. District, I extend my sincerest appreciation January 30, 1975; Houston, Texas, P.D. 4. Claude R. Beck; End of Watch: December 47. Oscar Hope; End of Watch: June 22, 1929; and respect for Chief Walcott’s lifetime of 10, 1971; Houston, Texas, P.D. Houston, Texas, P.D. service. 5. Jack B. Beets; End of Watch: March 30, 48. Elston M. Howard; End of Watch: July f 1955; Houston, Texas, P.D. 20, 1988; Houston, Texas, P.D. 6. TROY A. BLANDO; End of Watch: May 49. David Huerta; End of Watch: September COMMEMORATING NATIONAL 19, 1999; Houston, Texas, P.D. 19, 1973; Houston, Texas, P.D. 50. James Bruce Irby; End of Watch: June POLICE WEEK 7. James Charles Boswell; End of Watch: 27, 1990; Houston, Texas, P.D. December 9, 1989; Houston, Texas, P.D. 51. Bobby L. James; End of Watch: June 26, 8. C.E. Branon; End of Watch: March 20, HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE 1968; Houston, Texas, P.D. 1959; Houston, Texas, P.D. OF TEXAS 52. John C. James; End of Watch: December 9. John M. Cain; End of Watch: August 3, 12, 1901; Houston, Texas, P.D. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1911; Houston, Texas, P.D. 53. Rodney Joseph Johnson; End of Watch: 10. Richard H. Calhoun; End of Watch: Oc- Wednesday, May 15, 2019 September 21, 2006; Houston, Texas, P.D. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, as a tober 10, 1975; Houston Texas Police Depart- 54. Ed Jones; End of Watch: September 13, ment. member of the Law Enforcement Caucus and 1929; Houston, Texas, P.D. 11. Dionicio M. Camacho; End of Watch: 55. P.P. Jones; End of Watch: January 30, a senior member of the Committees on Judici- October 23, 2009; Harris County, Texas, S.O. ary and Homeland Security, I rise to com- 1927; Houston, Texas, P.D. 12. Henry Canales; End of Watch: June 23, 56. Frank L. Kellogg; End of Watch: No- memorate National Police Week, which runs 2009; Houston, Texas, P.D. vember 30, 1955; Houston, Texas, P.D. from May 12 through May 18, 2019. 13. Frank Manuel Cantu, Jr.; End of Watch: 57. S.A. Buster Kent; End of Watch: Janu- It is altogether fitting and proper that we do March 25, 2004; Houston, Texas, P.D. ary 12, 1954; Houston, Texas, P.D. this. 14. E.C. Chavez; End of Watch: September 58. James F. Kilty; End of Watch: April 8, The National Law Enforcement Officers Me- 17, 1925; Houston, Texas, P.D. 1976; Houston, Texas, P.D. morial is the nation’s monument to law en- 15. Charles Roy Clark; End of Watch: April 59. Kent Dean Kincaid; End of Watch: May 3, 2003; Houston, Texas, P.D. 23, 1998; Houston, Texas, P.D. forcement officers who have died in the line of 16. Charles Robert Coates II; End of Watch: duty. 60. Louis R. Kuba; End of Watch: May 17, February 23, 1983; Houston, Texas, P.D. 1967; Houston, Texas, P.D. Dedicated on October 15, 1991, the Memo- 17. Pete Corrales; End of Watch: January 61. J.D. Landry; End of Watch: December 3, rial honors federal, state and local law en- 25, 1925; Houston, Texas, P.D. 1930; Houston, Texas, P.D. forcement officers who have made the ulti- 18. Rufus E. Daniels; End of Watch: August 62. Robert Wayne Lee; End of Watch: Janu- mate sacrifice for the safety and protection of 23, 1917; Houston, Texas, P.D. ary 31, 1971; Houston, Texas, P.D. our nation and its people. 19. Johnnie Davidson; End of Watch: Feb- 63. Fred Maddox, Jr.; End of Watch: Feb- Carved on its walls are the names of 21,910 ruary 19, 1921; Houston, Texas, P.D. ruary 24, 1954; Houston, Texas, P.D. 20. Worth Davis; End of Watch: June 17, officers who have been killed in the line of 64. Eydelmen Mani; End of Watch: May 19, 1928; Houston, Texas, P.D. 2010; Houston, Texas, P.D. duty throughout U.S. history, dating back to 21. Keith Alan Dees; End of Watch: March 65. A.P. Marshall; End of Watch: November the first known death in 1791. 7, 2002; Houston, Texas, P.D. 8, 1937; Houston, Texas, P.D. Added to the Wall this year will be the 22. Reuben Becerra Deleon; End of Watch: 66. Charles R. McDaniel; End of Watch: Au- names of the 158 police officers killed in the October 26, 2005; Houston, Texas, P.D. gust 4, 1963; Houston, Texas, P.D. line of duty in 2018. 23. William Edwin DeLeon; End of Watch: 67. E.G. Meinke; End of Watch: August 23, Madam Speaker, enshrined on the Memorial March 29, 1982; Houston, Texas, P.D. 1917; Houston, Texas, P.D. Wall of Honor also are the names of 1,751 24. Floyd T. Deloach, Jr.; End of Watch: 68. Harry Mereness; End of Watch: October fallen peace officers from the state of Texas, June 30, 1965; Houston, Texas, P.D. 18, 1933; Houston, Texas, P.D. 25. George D. Edwards; End of Watch: June 69. Noel R. Miller; End of Watch: June 6, the most of any state, including 115 members 30, 1939; Houston, Texas, P.D. 1958; Houston, Texas, P.D. of the Houston Police Department who gave 26. Dawn Suzanne Erickson; End of Watch: 70. Kenneth L. Moody; End of Watch: No- their lives to keep their city safe. December 24, 1995; Houston, Texas, P.D. vember 26, 1969; Houston, Texas, P.D. Madam Speaker, today there are more than 27. J.C. Etheridge; End of Watch: August 71. Horace Moody; End of Watch: August 900,000 law enforcement personnel serving 23, 1924; Houston, Texas, P.D. 23, 1917; Houston, Texas, P.D.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY8.023 E15MYPT1 E604 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks May 15, 2019 72. William Moss; End of Watch: September 115. Joe A. Zamarron; End of Watch: April 10 a.m. 12, 1983; Houston Airport Police, Texas 18, 1981; Houston, Texas, P.D. Committee on Banking, Housing, and 73. Dave Murdock; End of Watch: June 27, f Urban Affairs 1921; Houston, Texas, P.D. To hold hearings to examine combating 74. William E. Murphy; End of Watch: April SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS illicit financing by anonymous shell 1, 1910; Houston, Texas, P.D. Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, companies through the collection of 75. David Franklin Noel; End of Watch: agreed to by the Senate of February 4, beneficial ownership information. June 17, 1972; Houston, Texas, P.D. 1977, calls for establishment of a sys- SD–538 76. M.E. Palmer; End of Watch: March 24, Committee on Energy and Natural Re- 1938; Houston, Texas, P.D. tem for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate com- sources 77. Isaac Parson; End of Watch: May 24, To hold hearings to examine opportuni- 1914; Houston, Texas, P.D. mittees, subcommittees, joint commit- ties to advance renewable energy and 78. Ross Patton; End of Watch: August 23, tees, and committees of conference. energy efficiency efforts in the United 1917; Houston, Texas, P.D. This title requires all such committees States. 79. Stephen Albert Perez; End of Watch: to notify the Office of the Senate Daily SD–366 August 27, 2017; Houston, Texas, P.D. Digest—designated by the Rules Com- Committee on the Judiciary 80. W.B. Phares; End of Watch: September mittee—of the time, place and purpose To hold hearings to examine the digital 30, 1930; Houston, Texas, P.D. advertising ecosystem and the impact 81. Herbert N,Planer; End of Watch: Feb- of the meetings, when scheduled and of data privacy and competition policy. ruary 18, 1965. Houston, Texas, P.D. any cancellations or changes in the SD–226 82. Ira Raney; End of Watch: August 23, meetings as they occur. 1917; Houston, Texas, P.D. As an additional procedure along 11 a.m. 83. Winston J. Rawlings; End of Watch: with the computerization of this infor- Committee on Armed Services March 29, 1982; Houston, Texas, P.D. mation, the Office of the Senate Daily Subcommittee on SeaPower 84. Jerry Lawrence Riley; End of Watch: Digest will prepare this information for Closed business meeting to markup those June 18, 1974; Houston, Texas, P.D. printing in the Extensions of Remarks provisions which fall under the sub- 85. John Charles Risley; End of Watch: Oc- section of the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD committee’s jurisdiction of the pro- tober 23, 2000; Harris County, Texas, S.O. on Monday and Wednesday of each posed National Defense Authorization 86. Sandra Ann Robbins; End of Watch: week. Act for fiscal year 2020. March 17, 1991; South Houston, Texas, P.D. SR–232A 87. George G. Rojas; End of Watch: January Meetings scheduled for Thursday, 28, 1976; Houston, Texas, P.D. May 16, 2019 may be found in the Daily 2:30 p.m. 88. Michael P. Roman; End of Watch: Janu- Digest of today’s RECORD. Committee on Armed Services ary 6, 1994; Houston, Texas, P.D. Subcommittee on Personnel 89. John Anthony Salvaggio; End of Watch: MEETINGS SCHEDULED Business meeting to markup those provi- November 25, 1990; Houston, Texas, P.D. MAY 20 sions which fall under the subcommit- 90. Louis L. Sander; End of Watch: January tee’s jurisdiction of the proposed Na- 21, 1967; Houston, Texas, P.D. 4 p.m. tional Defense Authorization Act for 91. Jeffery Scott Sanford; End of Watch: Committee on Armed Services fiscal year 2020. September 14, 1991; Harris County, Texas, Subcommittee on Readiness and Manage- SD–G50 S.O. ment Support Committee on Commerce, Science, and 92. Kathleen C. Schaefer; End of Watch: Closed business meeting to markup those Transportation August 18, 1982; Houston, Texas, P.D. provisions which fall under the sub- Subcommittee on Communications, Tech- 93. Robert Schultea; End of Watch: August committee’s jurisdiction of the pro- nology, Innovation, and the Internet 25, 1956; Houston, Texas, P.D. posed National Defense Authorization To hold hearings to examine the use of 94. Daryl Wayne Shirley; End of Watch: Act for fiscal year 2020. persuasive technology on internet plat- April 28, 1982; Houston, Texas, P.D. SR–232A forms, focusing on optimizing for en- 95. Richard Snow; End of Watch: March 17, gagement. 1882; Houston, Texas, P.D. 5 p.m. SD–106 96. Bruno David Soboleski; End of Watch: Committee on Armed Services Committee on Homeland Security and April 12, 1991; Houston, Texas, P.D. Subcommittee on Airland Governmental Affairs 97. Jerry Leon Spruill; End of Watch: Octo- Closed business meeting to markup those Subcommittee on Federal Spending Over- ber 27, 1972; Houston, Texas, P.D. provisions which fall under the sub- sight and Emergency Management 98. R.H. Sullivan; End of Watch: March 9, committee’s jurisdiction of the pro- To hold hearings to examine the Govern- 1935; Houston, Texas, P.D. posed National Defense Authorization ment Accountability Office’s annual 99. John W, Suttle; End of Watch: August 3, Act for fiscal year 2020. duplication report. 1959; Houston, Texas, P.D. SR–232A SD–342 100. Cuong Huy Trinh; End of Watch: April Committee on Foreign Relations 6, 1997; Houston, Texas, P.D. To receive a closed briefing on the pros- 3:30 p.m. 101. Alberto Vasquez; End of Watch: May pects for Afghan peace. Committee on Armed Services 22, 2001; Houston, Texas, P.D. SVC–217 Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 102. James T. Walker; End of Watch: March Capabilities 8, 1963. Houston, Texas, P.D. 5:30 p.m. Closed business meeting to markup those 103. Victor R. Wells III; End of Watch: Oc- Committee on Armed Services provisions which fall under the sub- tober 2, 1980; Houston, Texas, P.D. Subcommittee on Strategic Forces committee’s jurisdiction of the pro- 104. R.O. Wells; End of Watch: July 30, 1927; Closed business meeting to markup those posed National Defense Authorization Houston, Texas, P.D. provisions which fall under the sub- Act for fiscal year 2020. 105. Albert Charles Wilkins; End of Watch: committee’s jurisdiction of the pro- SR–232A January 6, 1978; Harris County, Texas, C.O. posed National Defense Authorization 106. Kevin Scott Will; End of Watch: May Act for fiscal year 2020. MAY 22 29, 2011; Houston, Texas, P.D. SR–232A 107. Henry Williams; End of Watch: Feb- 9 a.m. ruary 8, 1886; Houston, Texas, P.D. MAY 21 Committee on Armed Services 108. William C. Williams Jr; End of Watch: Closed business meeting to markup the April 16, 1930; Harris County, Texas, S.O. 9:30 a.m. proposed National Defense Authoriza- 109. Edd Williams; End of Watch: January Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and tion Act for fiscal year 2020. 12, 1974; Harris County, Texas, S.O. Forestry SR–222 110. James Franklin Willis; End of Watch: To hold hearings to examine climate July 1, 1964; Houston, Texas, P.D. change and the agriculture sector. 9:30 a.m. 111. Marvin Alton Winter; End of Watch: SR–328A Committee on Appropriations December 4, 1937; Harris County, Texas, C.O., Committee on Armed Services Subcommittee on Department of the Inte- Pct. 4 Subcommittee on Cybersecurity rior, Environment, and Related Agen- 112. Andrew Winzer; End of Watch: Feb- Closed business meeting to markup those cies ruary 18, 1988; Houston, Texas, P.D. provisions which fall under the sub- To hold hearings to examine proposed 113. Jeter Young; End of Watch: June 19, committee’s jurisdiction of the pro- budget estimates and justification for 1921; Houston, Texas, P.D. posed National Defense Authorization fiscal year 2020 for the Department of 114. Herman Youngst; End of Watch: De- Act for fiscal year 2020. the Interior. cember 12, 1901; Houston, Texas, P.D. SR–232A SD–124

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A15MY8.026 E15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E605 Special Committee on Aging of care or services to which they re- thorization of appropriations to the To hold hearings to examine aging and ceived was below the standard of care, Department of Veterans Affairs for disability in the 21st century, focusing S. 221, to amend title 38, United States purposes of awarding grants to vet- on how technology can help maintain Code, to require the Under Secretary of erans service organizations for the health and quality of life. Health to report major adverse per- transportation of highly rural vet- SD–562 sonnel actions involving certain health erans, S. 857, to amend title 38, United care employees to the National Practi- States Code, to increase the amount of 10 a.m. tioner Data Bank and to applicable special pension for Medal of Honor re- Committee on Appropriations State licensing boards, S. 318, to au- cipients, S. 980, to amend title 38, Subcommittee on Department of Defense thorize the Secretary of Veterans Af- United States Code, to improve the To hold closed hearings to examine pro- fairs to furnish medically necessary provision of services for homeless vet- posed budget estimates and justifica- transportation for newborn children of erans, S. 1101, to ensure that only li- tion for fiscal year 2020 for the Missile certain women veterans, S. 450, to re- censed health care providers furnish Defense Agency. quire the Secretary of Veterans Affairs disability examinations under a certain SVC–217 to carry out a pilot program to expe- Department of Veterans Affairs pilot Committee on Environment and Public dite the onboarding process for new program for use of contract physicians Works medical providers of the Department of To hold hearings to examine legislation Veterans Affairs, to reduce the dura- for disability examinations, S. 1154, to to address the risks associated with tion of the hiring process for such med- amend title 38, United States Code, to per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances ical providers, S. 514, to amend title 38, establish an advisory committee on the (PFAS). United States Code, to improve the implementation by the Department of SD–406 benefits and services provided by the Veterans Affairs of an electronic Committee on the Judiciary Department of Veterans Affairs to health record, an original bill entitled, To hold hearings to examine pending women veterans, S. 524, to establish the ‘‘Janey Ensminger Act of 2019’’, and an nominations. Department of Veterans Affairs Advi- original bill to amend title 38, United SD–226 sory Committee on Tribal and Indian States Code, to extend the authority of Affairs, S. 711, to amend title 38, United the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 2:30 p.m. States Code, to expand eligibility for continue to pay educational assistance Committee on Homeland Security and mental health services from the De- or subsistence allowances to eligible Governmental Affairs partment of Veterans Affairs to include persons when educational institutions Committee on Small Business and Entre- members of the reserve components of are temporarily closed. preneurship the Armed Forces, S. 746, to require the SR–418 To hold hearings to examine reauthoriza- Secretary of Veterans Affairs to con- tion of the Small Business Administra- duct a study on the accessibility of MAY 23 tion Office of Advocacy. websites of the Department of Veterans SD–106 Affairs to individuals with disabilities, 9 a.m. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs S. 785, to improve mental health care Committee on Armed Services To hold hearings to examine S. 123, to re- provided by the Department of Vet- Closed business meeting to markup the quire the Secretary of Veterans Affairs erans Affairs, S. 805, to amend title 38, proposed National Defense Authoriza- to enter into a contract or other agree- United States Code, to improve the tion Act for fiscal year 2020. ment with a third party to review ap- processing of veterans benefits by the SR–222 pointees in the Veterans Health Ad- Department of Veterans Affairs, to ministration who had a license termi- limit the authority of the Secretary of 9:30 a.m. nated for cause by a State licensing Veterans Affairs to recover overpay- Committee on Homeland Security and board for care or services rendered at a ments made by the Department and Governmental Affairs non-Veterans Health Administration other amounts owed by veterans to the To hold hearings to examine resources facility and to provide individuals United States, to improve the due proc- needed to protect and secure the home- treated by such an appointee with no- ess accorded veterans with respect to land. tice if it is determined that an episode such recovery, S. 850, to extend the au- SD–342

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:14 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\M15MY8.000 E15MYPT1 Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Daily Digest Senate Congressional Budget Office, effective June 3, 2019, Chamber Action for the term expiring January 3, 2023. Page S2892 Routine Proceedings, pages S2845–2892 Message from the President: Senate received the Measures Introduced: Twenty-eight bills and two following message from the President of the United resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. States: 1471–1498, S. Res. 211, and S. Con. Res. 16. Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to Pages S2883–84 the issuance of an Executive Order declaring a na- Measures Reported: tional emergency to deal with the threat posed by H.R. 540, to designate the facility of the United the unrestricted acquisition or use in the United States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in States of information and communications tech- Fairport, New York, as the ‘‘Louise and Bob Slaugh- nology or services designed, developed, manufac- ter Post Office’’. tured, or supplied by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction or direction of for- H.R. 828, to designate the facility of the United eign adversaries; which was referred to the Com- States Postal Service located at 25 Route 111 in mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Smithtown, New York, as the ‘‘Congressman Bill (PM–17) Pages S2880–81 Carney Post Office’’. H.R. 829, to designate the facility of the United Vitter Nomination—Agreement: By 51 yeas to 45 States Postal Service located at 1450 Montauk High- nays (Vote No. EX. 111), Senate agreed to the mo- way in Mastic, New York, as the ‘‘Army Specialist tion to close further debate on the nomination of Thomas J. Wilwerth Post Office Building’’. Wendy Vitter, to be United States District Judge for S. 347, to designate the facility of the United the Eastern District of Louisiana. Page S2878 States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in A unanimous-consent agreement was reached pro- Middletown, New York, as the ‘‘Benjamin A. Gil- viding that Senate resume consideration of the nomi- man Post Office Building’’. nation, post-cloture, at approximately 10 a.m., on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Page S2892 S. 1196, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1715 Linnerud Drive Bulatao Nomination—Cloture: By 90 yeas to 5 in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Fire Captain Cory nays (Vote No. EX. 112), Senate agreed to the mo- Barr Post Office Building’’. Page S2882 tion to close further debate on the nomination of Brian J. Bulatao, of Texas, to be an Under Secretary Measures Passed: of State (Management). Pages S2878–79 National Sexual Assault Awareness and Preven- Rosen Nomination—Cloture: Senate resumed con- tion Month: Committee on the Judiciary was dis- sideration of the nomination of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of charged from further consideration of S. Res. 178, Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General, Depart- recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of ment of Justice. Page S2879 National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention During consideration of this nomination today, Month, and the resolution was then agreed to. Senate also took the following action: Pages S2877–78 By 52 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. EX. 113), Senate Appointments: agreed to the motion to close further debate on the Congressional Budget Office: The Chair made the nomination. Page S2879 following announcement: The President Pro Tem- Vitter, Bulatao, and Rosen Nominations—Agree- pore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of ment: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached Representatives, pursuant to the provisions of Section providing that notwithstanding Rule XXII, the 201(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, votes on confirmation of the nominations of Wendy have appointed Dr. Phillip Swagel as Director of the Vitter, to be United States District Judge for the D538

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:02 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D15MY9.REC D15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D539 Eastern District of Louisiana, and Brian J. Bulatao, ine an intelligence program update and global threat of Texas, to be an Under Secretary of State (Manage- assessment, after receiving testimony from Susan M. ment), occur at 12 noon, on Thursday, May 16, Gordon, Principal Deputy Director of National In- 2019, and the vote on confirmation of the nomina- telligence; Gina C. Haspel, Director, Central Intel- tion of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy ligence Agency; and General Paul M. Nakasone, Di- Attorney General, Department of Justice, occur at rector, National Security Agency and Commander, 1:45 p.m., on Thursday, May 16, 2019. Page S2856 Cyber Command, Department of Defense. Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE lowing nomination: TREASURY By 52 yeas to 45 nays (Vote No. EX. 110), Ken- neth Kiyul Lee, of California, to be United States Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Finan- Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. cial Services and General Government concluded a Pages S2845–77, S2878, S2892 hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2020 for the Department Messages from the House: Page S2881 of the Treasury, after receiving testimony from Ste- Measures Referred: Page S2881 ven T. Mnuchin, Secretary, and Charles P. Rettig, Measures Placed on the Calendar: Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, both of the Pages S2877, S2881 Department of the Treasury. Executive Communications: Pages S2881–82 BUSINESS MEETING Executive Reports of Committees: Pages S2882–83 Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favor- Additional Cosponsors: Pages S2884–87 ably reported 920 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps. Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S2887–91 FINANCIAL REGULATORS OVERSIGHT Additional Statements: Page S2880 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Authorities for Committees to Meet: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to exam- Pages S2891–82 ine financial regulators, after receiving testimony from Joseph M. Otting, Comptroller of the Cur- Privileges of the Floor: Page S2892 rency; Randal K. Quarles, Vice Chair for Super- Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. vision, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (Total—113) Pages S2878–79 System; Jelena McWilliams, Chairman, Federal De- Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad- posit Insurance Corporation; and Rodney E. Hood, journed at 7:30 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration. May 16, 2019. (For Senate’s program, see the re- BUSINESS MEETING marks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s Record on page S2892.) Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: Committee Meetings S. 737, to direct the National Science Foundation (Committees not listed did not meet) to support STEM education research focused on early childhood; APPROPRIATIONS: FOREST SERVICE S. 1228, to amend the Communications Act of Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- 1934 to provide for enhanced penalties for pirate ment of the Interior, Environment, and Related radio; Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed S. 1289, to require the Secretary of Commerce to budget estimates and justification for fiscal year conduct an assessment and analysis of the effects of 2020 for the Department of Agriculture Forest Serv- broadband deployment and adoption on the economy ice, after receiving testimony from Vicki of the United States; Christiansen, Chief, and John Rapp, Director for S. 1294, to require Federal agencies with jurisdic- Strategic Planning, Budget and Accountability, both tion over broadband deployment to enter into an of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. interagency agreement related to certain types of funding for broadband deployment, with an amend- INTELLIGENCE PROGRAM UPDATE ment in the nature of a substitute; and Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- S. 1439, to reauthorize activities of the Maritime ment of Defense concluded a closed hearing to exam- Administration, with amendments.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:02 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D15MY9.REC D15MYPT1 D540 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST May 15, 2019 NOMINATION tive, for improved detection, prevention, and recov- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: ery of improper payments to deceased individuals; Committee concluded a hearing to examine the S. 411, to establish a Counterterrorism Advisory nomination of Stephen M. Dickson, of Georgia, to Board, with an amendment in the nature of a sub- be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Adminis- stitute; tration, Department of Transportation, after the S. 1275, to require the collection of voluntary nominee testified and answered questions in his own feedback on services provided by agencies; behalf. S. 1420, to amend title 5, United States Code, to POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS improve the effectiveness of major rules in accom- plishing their regulatory objectives by promoting Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Sub- retrospective review; committee on Water and Power concluded a hearing S. 580, to amend the Act of August 25, 1958, to examine issues and challenges at the Power Mar- commonly known as the ‘‘Former Presidents Act of keting Administrations, after receiving testimony 1958’’, with respect to the monetary allowance pay- from Mark A. Gabriel, Administrator, Western Area able to a former President, with an amendment in Power Administration, Daniel M. James, Deputy the nature of a substitute; Administrator, Bonneville Power Administration, S. Con. Res. 15, expressing support for the des- Kenneth E. Legg, Administrator, Southeastern Power ignation of October 28, 2019, as ‘‘Honoring the Na- Administration, and Mike Wech, Administrator, tion’s First Responders Day’’; Southwestern Power Administration, all of the De- H.R. 1079, to require the Director of the Office partment of Energy; and Nicki Fuller, Southwestern of Management and Budget to issue guidance on Power Resources Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma. electronic consent forms; COUNCIL ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY H.R. 1654, to amend title 44, United States OVERSIGHT Code, to modernize the Federal Register; Committee on Environment and Public Works: Com- H.R. 1590, to require an exercise related to ter- mittee concluded an oversight hearing to examine rorist and foreign fighter travel; the Council on Environmental Quality, after receiv- S. 347, to designate the facility of the United ing testimony from Mary B. Neumayr, Chairman, States Postal Service located at 40 Fulton Street in Council on Environmental Quality. Middletown, New York, as the ‘‘Benjamin A. Gil- THE FUTURE OF ARMS CONTROL POST-INF man Post Office Building’’; TREATY S. 1196, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1715 Linnerud Drive Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, as the ‘‘Fire Captain Cory a hearing to examine the future of arms control post- Barr Post Office Building’’; Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, after re- H.R. 540, to designate the facility of the United ceiving testimony from Andrea L. Thompson, Under States Postal Service located at 770 Ayrault Road in Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Fairport, New York, as the ‘‘Louise and Bob Slaugh- Security; and David J. Trachtenberg, Deputy Under ter Post Office’’; Secretary of Defense for Policy. H.R. 828, to designate the facility of the United BUSINESS MEETING States Postal Service located at 25 Route 111 in Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Smithtown, New York, as the ‘‘Congressman Bill fairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the fol- Carney Post Office’’; lowing business items: H.R. 829, to designate the facility of the United S. 1378, to repeal the multi-State plan program, States Postal Service located at 1450 Montauk High- with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; way in Mastic, New York, as the ‘‘Army Specialist S. 1388, to manage supply chain risk through Thomas J. Wilwerth Post Office Building’’; and counterintelligence training; The nominations of James A. Crowell IV, and S. 1434, to prohibit the use of reverse auctions for Jason Park, both to be an Associate Judge of the Su- design and construction services procurements; perior Court of the District of Columbia, Ron A. S. 1430, to amend title 5, United States Code, to Bloom, of New York, and Roman Martinez IV, of prevent fraud by representative payees, with an Florida, both to be a Governor of the United States amendment; Postal Service, Dale Cabaniss, of Virginia, to be Di- S. 1333, to amend the Improper Payments Elimi- rector of the Office of Personnel Management, and nation and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012, in- Michael Eric Wooten, of Virginia, to be Adminis- cluding making changes to the Do Not Pay Initia- trator for Federal Procurement Policy.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:02 May 16, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D15MY9.REC D15MYPT1 May 15, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D541 BUSINESS MEETING ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favor- Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ably reported the following business items: concluded a hearing to examine the Election Assist- S. 279, to allow tribal grant schools to participate ance Commission, after receiving testimony from in the Federal Employee Health Benefits Program; Christy McCormick, Chairwoman, Ben Hovland, S. 832, to nullify the Supplemental Treaty Be- Vice Chair, and Thomas Hicks, and Donald Palmer, tween the United States of America and the Confed- both a Commissioner, all of the Election Assistance erated Tribes and Bands of Indians of Middle Or- Commission. egon, concluded on November 15, 1865; and SBA INNOVATION PROGRAMS S. 1207, to approve the settlement of the water Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Com- rights claims of the Navajo Nation in Utah. mittee concluded a hearing to examine reauthoriza- tion of the Small Business Administration’s innova- INDIAN PROGRAMS BUDGET OVERSIGHT tion programs, including S. 118, to require the Di- Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an rector of the National Science Foundation to develop oversight hearing to examine the President’s fiscal an I–Corps course to support commercialization- year 2020 budget request for Indian Programs, and ready innovation companies, after receiving testi- S. 1211, to provide for improvements to Tribal mony from Joseph Shepard, Associate Administrator, transportation facilities and Tribal transportation Office of Investment and Innovation, and John Wil- safety, after receiving testimony from Matt M. liams, Director of Innovation and Technology, both Dummermuth, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney of the Small Business Administration; Stephen J. General, Office of Justice Programs, Department of Ezell, Information Technology and Innovation Foun- Justice; John Tahsuda, Principal Deputy Assistant dation, Washington, D.C.; Jere W. Glover, Small Secretary—Indian Affairs, Department of the Inte- Business Technology Council, Annapolis, Maryland; rior; and Jamie Azure, Turtle Mountain Band of Sridhar Kota, FlexSys Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan; Chippewa Indians, Belcourt, North Dakota. and Stephen L. Hoffman, Sanaria Inc., Rockville, Maryland. h House of Representatives Recess: The House recessed at 10:31 a.m. and re- Chamber Action convened at 12 noon. Page H3798 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 38 pub- Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the lic bills, H.R. 2739, 2741–2744, 2746–2778; and 4 Guest Chaplain, Dr. Benny Tate, Rock Springs resolutions, H.J. Res. 58; H. Con. Res. 39; and H. Church, Milner, Georgia. Pages H3798–99 Res. 383–384 were introduced. Pages H3840–42 Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Reservation Reaffir- Additional Cosponsors: Pages H3843–44 mation Act: The House passed H.R. 312, to reaf- Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: firm the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe reservation, by H.R. 2740, making appropriations for the Depart- a yea-and-nay vote of 275 yeas to 146 nays, Roll ments of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and No. 207. Pages H3816–24 Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the na- ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee (H. Rept. 116–62); and on Natural Resources now printed in the bill shall H.R. 2745, making appropriations for military be considered as adopted. Pages H3816–17 construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, H. Res. 377, the rule providing for consideration and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- of the bills (H.R. 5), (H.R. 312), and (H.R. 987) tember 30, 2020, and for other purposes (H. Rept. was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 229 yeas to 116–63). Page H3840 188 nays, Roll No. 206, after the previous question Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to appointed Representative Shalala to act as Speaker 189 nays with one answering ‘‘present’’, Roll No. pro tempore for today. Page H3795 205. Pages H3801–13

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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules on pages H3812, H3812–13, H3824, H3824–25, and pass the following measure: and H3825–26. There were no quorum calls. Amending the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and ad- the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to journed at 6:35 p.m. take land into trust for Indian Tribes: H.R. 375, to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land Committee Meetings into trust for Indian Tribes, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 323 yeas to 96 nays, Roll No. 208. TO REVIEW USDA FARM BILL Pages H3813–16, H3824–25 CONSERVATION PROGRAMS Suspension—Proceedings Resumed: The House Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conserva- agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following tion and Forestry held a hearing entitled ‘‘To Review measure. Consideration began Tuesday, May 14th. USDA Farm Bill Conservation Programs’’. Testi- Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Tech- mony was heard from Matthew Lohr, Chief, Natural nical Corrections Act of 2019: H.R. 1892, to amend Resources Conservation Service, Department of Agri- the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to make tech- culture; and Richard Fordyce, Administrator, Farm nical corrections to the requirement that the Sec- Service Agency, Department of Agriculture. retary of Homeland Security submit quadrennial MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE homeland security reviews, by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 415 yeas with none voting ‘‘nay’’, Roll No. 209. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense Pages H3825–26 held a markup on the Defense Appropriations Bill, Director of the Congressional Budget Office— FY 2020. The Defense Appropriations Bill, FY 2020 Appointment: The Chair announced the joint ap- was forwarded to the full Committee, without pointment by the Speaker of the House of Rep- amendment. This hearing was closed. resentatives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate of Dr. Phillip Swagel as Director of the Con- MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE gressional Budget Office for the term expiring Janu- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy ary 3, 2023. Page H3835 and Water Development, and Related Agencies held Discharge Petition: Representative Mast presented a markup on the Energy and Water Development, to the clerk a motion to discharge the Committee on and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2020. Rules from the consideration of H. Res. 348, pro- The Energy and Water Development, and Related viding for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 336) Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2020 was for- to make improvements to certain defense and secu- warded to the full Committee, without amendment. rity assistance provisions and to authorize the appro- priation of funds to Israel, to reauthorize the United MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE States-Jordan Defense Cooperation Act of 2015, and Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Inte- to halt the wholesale slaughter of the Syrian people, rior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a and for other purposes (Discharge Petition No. 3). markup on the Interior, Environment, and Related Presidential Message: Read a message from the Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2020. The Inte- President wherein he notified Congress that he had rior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropria- issued an Executive Order declaring a national emer- tions Bill, FY 2020 was forwarded to the full Com- gency with respect to significant malicious cyber-en- mittee, without amendment. abled activities—referred to the Committee on For- eign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. KEEPING OUR PROMISE TO AMERICA’S 116–35). Pages H3835–36 SENIORS: RETIREMENT SECURITY IN THE Senate Referrals: S. 1231 was held at the desk. S. 21ST CENTURY 1436 was held at the desk. Page H3801 Committee on the Budget: Full Committee held a hear- Senate Message: Message received from the Senate ing entitled ‘‘Keeping Our Promise to America’s by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the Seniors: Retirement Security in the 21st Century’’. House today appears on page H3801. Testimony was heard from Representative Larson, and public witnesses. Quorum Calls—Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes de- veloped during the proceedings of today and appear

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Quality Talent to Meet the Needs of a Modern Mili- ‘‘Justice Denied: Forced Arbitration and the Erosion of tary?’’, 2:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn. our Legal System’’, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on En- Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy ergy, markup on H.R. 2088, a bill to amend the Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ‘‘Oil and Gas Independence and Security Act of 2007 to reauthorize the Development: Impacts of Water Pollution Above and Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Pro- Below Ground’’, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth. gram, and for other purposes; H.R. 2041, the ‘‘Weather- Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife, hear- ization Enhancement and Local Energy Efficiency Invest- ing entitled ‘‘Examining the President’s Fiscal Year 2020 ment and Accountability Act’’; H.R. 2119, a bill to Budget Proposal for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to reauthorize U.S. Geological Survey’’, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth. grants for improving the energy efficiency of public Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples of the United buildings, and for other purposes; H.R. 1315, the ‘‘Blue States, hearing entitled ‘‘Investigating the Health and Collar to Green Collar Jobs Development Act of 2019’’; Safety Risks of Native Children at BIE Boarding H.R. 2665, the ‘‘Smart Energy and Water Efficiency Act Schools’’, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth. of 2019’’; H.R. 2044, the ‘‘Smart Building Acceleration Committee on Oversight and Reform, Full Committee, Act’’; H.R. 359, the ‘‘Enhancing Grid Security through hearing entitled ‘‘HIV Prevention Drug: Billions in Cor- Public-Private Partnerships Act’’; H.R. 360, the ‘‘Cyber porate Profits after Millions in Taxpayer Investments’’, 10 Sense Act of 2019’’; H.R. 362, the ‘‘Energy Emergency a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Leadership Act’’; and H.R. 370, the ‘‘Pipeline and LNG Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, Facility Cybersecurity Preparedness Act’’, 10 a.m., 2123 hearing entitled ‘‘CFPB’s Role in Empowering Predatory Rayburn. Lenders: Examining the Proposed Repeal of the Payday Lending Rule’’, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on Education and Labor, Full Committee, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Com- markup on H.R. 2574, the ‘‘Equity and Inclusion En- mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘Event Horizon Telescope: The forcement Act’’; and H.R. 2639, the ‘‘Strength in Diver- Black Hole Seen Round the World’’, 10 a.m., 2318 Ray- sity Act of 2019’’, 10:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. burn. Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled ‘‘The entitled ‘‘Oversight of Prudential Regulators: Ensuring Future of Forecasting: Building a Stronger U.S. Weather the Safety, Soundness and Accountability of Megabanks Enterprise’’, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn. and Other Depository Institutions’’, 10 a.m., 2128 Ray- Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Con- burn. tracting and Infrastructure, hearing entitled ‘‘Oversight of Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing the SBA’s Women-Owned Small Business Federal Con- entitled ‘‘Democracy, Development, and Defense: Rebal- tract Program’’, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn. ancing U.S.-Africa Policy’’, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Com- Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘The Impacts of State-Owned Human Rights, and International Organizations, hearing Enterprises on Public Transit and Freight Rail Sectors’’, entitled ‘‘The Dangers of Reporting on Human Rights’’, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Over- entitled ‘‘Overcoming Racial Disparities and Social Deter- sight, Management, and Accountability, hearing entitled minants in the Maternal Mortality Crisis’’, 10 a.m., 1100 ‘‘Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers: Preparing Longworth. America’s Law Enforcement to Protect the Homeland’’, Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Com- 10 a.m., 310 Cannon. mittee, hearing entitled ‘‘China’s Digital Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Authoritarianism: Surveillance, Influence, and Political Commercial, and Administrative Law, hearing entitled Control’’, 9 a.m., 210 Cannon.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10 a.m., Thursday, May 16 10 a.m., Thursday, May 16

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Thursday: Senate will continue consider- Program for Thursday: Consideration of H.R. 987— ation of the nomination of Wendy Vitter, to be United Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Drug Costs Act. At 12 noon, Senate will vote on confirmation of the nominations of Wendy Vitter, and of Brian J. Bulatao, of Texas, to be an Under Secretary of State (Manage- ment). At 1:45 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nomination of Jeffrey A. Rosen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Huizenga, Bill, Mich., E598 Rogers, Mike, Ala., E599 Jackson Lee, Sheila, Tex., E603 Rose, John W., Tenn., E602 Baird, James R., Ind., E596 Lynch, Stephen F., Mass., E598, E601 Rush, Bobby L., Ill., E595 Bustos, Cheri, Ill., E599 Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E598 Ryan, Tim, Ohio, E602 Cloud, Michael, Tex., E600 Meeks, Gregory W., N.Y., E601 Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho, Northern Mariana Costa, Jim, Calif., E600 Meuser, Daniel, Pa., E603 Islands, E597 Foxx, Virginia, N.C., E600 Mooney, Alexander X., W.Va., E598 Gianforte, Greg, Mont., E595 Norton, Eleanor Holmes, The District of Columbia, Simpson, Michael K., Idaho, E596 Graves, Garret, La., E599 E599 Steil, Bryan, Wisc., E595, E597 Graves, Sam, Mo., E595, E596, E597 Panetta, Jimmy, Calif., E595, E597 Swalwell, Eric, Calif., E600, E602 Griffith, H. Morgan, Va., E600 Perlmutter, Ed, Colo., E597 Trahan, Lori, Mass., E599 Heck, Denny, Wash., E602 Peters, Scott H., Calif., E596 Wittman, Robert J., Va., E599, E601

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