S6506 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE November 12, 2019 former slave, Dr. William Hooper University of , earned her first and more. Prine even offers technical Councill. With just $1,000 in annual ap- bachelor’s degree from AAMU in busi- assistance through a YouTube channel. propriations, 61 students, and 2 instruc- ness education. She later went on to The company’s mission to provide tors in its first year, the institution receive the first bachelor’s degree quality products, knowledge, and serv- evolved throughout multiple iterations awarded by the ice to customers has proven funda- of its 144-year history into what it is to a Black student, following her study mental to the success of the business. today. Due to its success with indus- of business management. These are Congratulations to Dennis Prine and trial education and private funding only a handful of the remarkable schol- all of the employees at Mac’s Vacs for from the Slater and Peabody Funds, ars and activists, AAMU has had a being selected as the Veteran-owned the Alabama Legislature authorized a hand in educating and training. Idaho Small Business of the Day for name change to the ‘‘State Normal and Under the leadership of its 11th presi- November 12, 2019. You make our great Industrial School in Huntsville.’’ In dent, Dr. Andrew Hugine, Jr., the uni- State proud, and I look forward to your 1891, the school became a recipient of versity comprises over 70 buildings on continued growth and success.∑ the Federal land-grant fund in order to more than 1,000 acres, is home to more further fund training in agricultural than 6,000 students, is a designated f and mechanical arts at the college ‘‘Gold Military Friendly’’ institution MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT level. Following several name changes and serves as a regional, State, na- and a location move from Huntsville to tional, and international resource Messages from the President of the Normal, AL, the school became a jun- while maintaining its mission of edu- United States were communicated to ior college in 1919 under the name ‘‘The cating the underserved and uplifting the Senate by Ms. Roberts, one of his State Agricultural and Mechanical In- the people of Alabama, the Nation, and secretaries. stitute for Negroes.’’ Twenty years the world through excellence in edu- f later, the school was permitted by the cation. State board of education to offer work Please join me in celebrating Ala- EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED at a senior college level. In 1941, the bama A&M on this auspicious occasion In executive session the Presiding Of- first graduation class since 1920 re- and wishing both their students, fac- ficer laid before the Senate messages ceived bachelor degrees. The school be- ulty, and administrators future success from the President of the United came a fully accredited member of the in all of their endeavors for another 50 States submitting sundry nominations association in 1963, following a ‘‘Class years.∑ which were referred to the appropriate A’’ rating by the Southern Association f committees. of Colleges and Secondary Schools in (The messages received today are RECOGNIZING MAC’S VACS 1946. Alabama Agricultural and Me- printed at the end of the Senate pro- chanical University received its final ∑ Mr. RISCH. Madam President, as a ceedings.) name on June 26, 1969, per a resolution member and former chairman of the from the Alabama State Board of Edu- Senate Committee on Small Business f cation. and Entrepreneurship, each month I PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGES The campus, situated on The Hill recognize and celebrate the American near downtown Huntsville, has re- entrepreneurial spirit by highlighting ceived visits from 19 Nobel laureates. the success of a small business in my REPORT RELATIVE TO THE CON- Students at AAMU have access to ad- home State of Idaho. However, in TINUATION OF THE NATIONAL vanced degree programs including honor of Veterans Day on November 11, EMERGENCY THAT WAS ORIGI- Ph.D. degrees in applied physics, food this month I will honor a veteran- NALLY DECLARED IN EXECU- science, plant and soil science, and owned small business for each of the 10 TIVE ORDER 12938 OF NOVEMBER reading and literacy. Alabama A&M days the Senate is in legislative ses- 14, 1994, WITH RESPECT TO THE University is one of the leading pro- sion. The personal sacrifices made by PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS ducers of with PhDs America’s veterans have protected the OF MASS DESTRUCTION—PM 36 in physics. very freedoms and values that give AAMU has also graduated many no- each of us and our children the ability The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- table alumni from star athletes, to to achieve the American dream. The fore the Senate the following message world class entertainers, to leaders and skills veterans learn as members of the from the President of the United pioneers in the . military are invaluable and undoubt- States, together with an accompanying Jearl Miles-Clark, an Olympic Gold edly contribute to Idaho’s flourishing report; which was referred to the Com- medalist who competed in the 400 and veteran business community. I am mittee on Banking, Housing, and 800 meter races and the 400 meter proud of the sacrifices veterans have Urban Affairs: relay, graduated from AAMU in 1989. made to protect our country and that To the Congress of the United States: NFL legend, John Stallworth, played they are choosing Idaho to call home Section 202(d) of the National Emer- football at AAMU and was an All- when they complete their service in gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Con- the military. for the automatic termination of a na- ference receiver in 1972 and 1973 before As your U.S. Senator from the great tional emergency unless, within 90 joining the NFL as a wide receiver for State of Idaho, it is my pleasure to rec- days before the anniversary date of its the Pittsburgh Steelers. Stallworth ognize Mac’s Vacs in Lewiston as the declaration, the President publishes in went on to compete in four Super Idaho Small Business of the Day for the Federal Register and transmits to Bowls and was inducted into the Pro November 12, 2019. Mac’s Vacs was the Congress a notice stating that the Football Hall of Fame in 2002. Amer- founded in 1950 and is owned and oper- emergency is to continue in effect be- ican Idol winner and popular R&B art- ated by U.S. Air Force veteran Dennis yond the anniversary date. In accord- ist Ruben Studdard received a football Prine. The company first opened in a ance with this provision, I have sent to scholarship to attend AAMU, where he garage and has since moved into a local the Federal Register for publication the majored in music education. Joseph storefront in the same neighborhood. enclosed notice, stating that the na- Lowery, a United Methodist minister After serving in the Air Force, Prine tional emergency with respect to the and leader in the civil rights move- acquired Mac’s Vacs in the 1980s and proliferation of weapons of mass de- ment, also attended AAMU. Lowery has expanded and improved its services struction that was declared in Execu- later succeeded Martin Luther King, since. tive Order 12938 of November 14, 1994, is Jr, as the third president of the South- Mac’s Vacs offers a variety of appli- to continue in effect beyond November ern Christian Leadership Conference. ance services for customers, including 14, 2019. Vivian Malone Jones, one of the first vacuum sales and service, central vacu- DONALD J. TRUMP. two Black students to enroll at the um systems, commercial chemicals, THE WHITE HOUSE, November 12, 2019.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:00 Nov 13, 2019 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A12NO6.011 S12NOPT1 dlhill on DSKBBY8HB2PROD with SENATE November 12, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S6507 REPORT RELATIVE TO THE CON- which an election must be made for entitle- for Safe Sport, to provide grant account- TINUATION OF THE NATIONAL ment to educational assistance under the ability, and to protect victims of abuse from EMERGENCY THAT WAS ORIGI- All-Volunteer Educational Assistance Pro- retaliation, and for other purposes; to the NALLY DECLARED IN EXECUTlVE gram of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Committee on Commerce, Science, and to phase out the use of such program, and for Transportation. ORDER 12170 OF NOVEMBER 14, other purposes; to the Committee on Vet- By Mr. KENNEDY: 1979, WITH RESPECT TO IRAN— erans’ Affairs. S. 2839. A bill to amend the Bank Holding PM 37 By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself and Ms. Company Act of 1956 to regulate industrial The PRESIDING OFFICER laid be- SINEMA): bank holding companies, and for other pur- S. 2831. A bill to amend title 51, United fore the Senate the following message poses; to the Committee on Banking, Hous- States Code, to modify the national space ing, and Urban Affairs. from the President of the United grant college and fellowship program, and By Mr. INHOFE: States, together with an accompanying for other purposes; to the Committee on S. 2840. A bill to authorize appropriations report; which was referred to the Com- Commerce, Science, and Transportation. for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of mittee on Banking, Housing, and By Mr. MARKEY (for himself and Mr. the Department of Defense, for military con- Urban Affairs: WYDEN): struction, and for defense activities of the S. 2832. A bill to assist those subject to po- Department of Energy, and for other pur- To the Congress of the United States: litically motivated charges in Turkey, and poses; read the first time. Section 202(d) of the National Emer- for other purposes; to the Committee on For- gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides eign Relations. f for the automatic termination of a na- By Mr. MERKLEY (for himself, Mr. SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND tional emergency unless, within 90 BROWN, Mr. REED, and Mr. VAN HOL- SENATE RESOLUTIONS LEN): days before the anniversary date of its S. 2833. A bill to amend the Truth in Lend- The following concurrent resolutions declaration, the President publishes in ing Act to extend the consumer credit pro- and Senate resolutions were read, and the Federal Register and transmits to tections provided to members of the Armed referred (or acted upon), as indicated: the Congress a notice stating that the Forces and their dependents under title 10, By Mr. MURPHY: emergency is to continue in effect be- United States Code, to all consumers; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban S. Res. 417. A resolution commemorating yond the anniversary date. In accord- the 81st anniversary of Kristallnacht, or the ance with this provision, I have sent to Affairs. By Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself and Ms. Night of Broken Glass; to the Committee on the Federal Register for publication the Foreign Relations. HIRONO): enclosed notice stating that the na- S. 2834. A bill to amend the Federal Credit By Mrs. BLACKBURN (for herself, Mr. tional emergency with respect to Iran Union Act to exclude extensions of credit VAN HOLLEN, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. KAINE, declared in Executive Order 12170 of made to veterans from the definition of a Mr. WYDEN, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. November 14, 1979, is to continue in ef- member business loan; to the Committee on MARKEY, Mr. RUBIO, and Mr. Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. BLUMENTHAL): fect beyond November 14, 2019. S. Res. 418. A resolution expressing the Our relations with Iran have not yet By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. ROBERTS): sense of the Senate regarding the Govern- normalized, and the process of imple- S. 2835. A bill to include information re- ment of Turkey’s crackdown on dissent re- menting the agreements with Iran, garding VA home loans in the Informed Con- lated to its incursion into northeast Syria, dated January 19, 1981, is ongoing. For sumer Choice Disclosure required to be pro- and broader human rights violations; to the this reason, I have determined that it vided to a prospective FHA borrower who is Committee on Foreign Relations. is necessary to continue the national a veteran, to amend title 10, United States By Mr. TESTER (for himself and Mr. emergency declared in Executive Order Code, to authorize the provision of a certifi- ISAKSON): S. Res. 419. A resolution permitting the 12170 with respect to Iran. cate of eligibility for VA home loans during the preseparation counseling for members of collection of clothing, toys, food, and DONALD J. TRUMP. the Armed Forces, and for other purposes; to housewares during the holiday season for THE WHITE HOUSE, November 12, 2019. the Committee on Banking, Housing, and charitable purposes in Senate buildings; con- f Urban Affairs. sidered and agreed to. By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME f BALDWIN, Mr. MERKLEY, Ms. HASSAN, The following bill was read the first Ms. HIRONO, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS LEAHY, Mr. MARKEY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, time: S. 225 Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. S. 2840. A bill to authorize appropriations FEINSTEIN, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. VAN At the request of Mr. ISAKSON, the for fiscal year 2020 for military activities of HOLLEN, Mr. BROWN, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. name of the Senator from Louisiana the Department of Defense, for military con- SANDERS, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. KLO- ENNEDY struction, and for defense activities of the (Mr. K ) was added as a cospon- BUCHAR, Ms. WARREN, Ms. CANTWELL, Department of Energy, and for other pur- sor of S. 225, a bill to provide for part- Mr. WYDEN, Mr. MURPHY, Ms. CORTEZ poses. nerships among State and local govern- MASTO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. BENNET, Ms. ments, regional entities, and the pri- f DUCKWORTH, Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABE- vate sector to preserve, conserve, and NOW, and Mr. CARDIN): REPORTS OF COMMITTEES S. 2836. A bill to prohibit the Secretary of enhance the visitor experience at na- The following reports of committees Health and Human Services from taking any tionally significant battlefields of the were submitted: action to implement, enforce, or otherwise American Revolution, War of 1812, and give effect to the final rule, entitled ‘‘Pro- By Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on Civil War, and for other purposes. tecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Homeland Security and Governmental Af- S. 433 Health Care; Delegations of Authority’’; to fairs, with an amendment in the nature of a the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the substitute: and Pensions. name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. S. 1877. A bill to establish procedures and By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. VAN RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. consequences in the event of a failure to HOLLEN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. KING, Mr. 433, a bill to amend title XVIII of the complete regular appropriations (Rept. No. MERKLEY, and Mrs. FEINSTEIN): 116–158). Social Security Act to improve home S. 2837. A bill to amend title 51, United health payment reforms under the f States Code, to require a National Aero- Medicare program. nautics and Space Administration initiative INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions S. 457 JOINT RESOLUTIONS and noise emissions from aircraft, and for At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the The following bills and joint resolu- other purposes; to the Committee on Com- name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. tions were introduced, read the first merce, Science, and Transportation. WARNER) was added as a cosponsor of S. and second times by unanimous con- By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself, Ms. 457, a bill to require that $1 coins ERNST, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. SUL- sent, and referred as indicated: issued during 2019 honor President LIVAN, Ms. MURKOWSKI, and Mr. George H.W. Bush and to direct the By Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. PERDUE): BARRASSO): S. 2838. A bill to amend the Ted Stevens Secretary of the Treasury to issue bul- S. 2830. A bill to amend title 38, United Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to improve lion coins during 2019 in honor of Bar- States Code, to extend the period under the transparency of the United States Center bara Bush.

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