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Vol. 163 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017 No. 97 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was that country and Turkey’s continued prison as prosecutors seek to sentence called to order by the Speaker pro tem- denial of the Armenian genocide. him to 143 years of confinement. About a mile away, Turkey’s Presi- pore (Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana). Turkey has become the world’s lead- dent, Tayyip Erdogan was received f ing jailer of journalists, most recently warmly by President Trump at the DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO White House, with no mention of Tur- adding French photojournalist Mathias TEMPORE key’s human rights abuses and growing Depardon, held in solitary confinement and without charge, to the ranks of 81 The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- authoritarianism. The protesters felt, fore the House the following commu- and rightly so, that they had to exer- journalists currently imprisoned. nication from the Speaker: cise their First Amendment rights and Mr. Speaker, Erdogan cannot export WASHINGTON, DC, raise their voices in dissent, the very the violent repression he visits on his June 7, 2017. dissent which has been violently own citizens to our streets. The vio- I hereby appoint the Honorable MIKE JOHN- squelched by Erdogan in his own coun- lence of May 16 can’t go unanswered or SON to act as Speaker pro tempore on this try. forgotten. day. What happened next was a chaotic PAUL D. RYAN, and violent confrontation that left 11 Yesterday the House unanimously Speaker of the House of Representatives. people injured, 2 of whom required hos- passed H. Res. 354, condemning the at- f pitalization. Tensions were already tacks and calling on the administra- tion to pursue justice and hold those MORNING-HOUR DEBATE high, with pro-Turkish counter-pro- testers outside the residence scuffling who carried out these attacks respon- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- with protesters. sible, whether they be Turkish or not. ant to the order of the House of Janu- When Erdogan and his entourage ar- ary 3, 2017, the Chair will now recog- This is a good start, but it cannot be rived, the situation quickly spiraled the end. The D.C. police department is nize Members from lists submitted by out of control. As he exited his car, ob- carrying out an investigation into the the majority and minority leaders for serving the protests, Erdogan can be attacks, and ultimately they will re- morning-hour debate. seen on video speaking briefly to his The Chair will alternate recognition security detail, and soon thereafter, quire cooperation from Turkish au- between the parties. All time shall be several of these men, some of them thorities in identifying those respon- equally allocated between the parties, armed with handguns, rushed past D.C. sible. Nothing that Turkey has done so and in no event shall debate continue police officers to violently confront far indicates that that cooperation will beyond 11:50 a.m. Each Member, other protesters, causing several injuries. be forthcoming, and indeed, rather than the majority and minority leaders The images that you see to my right than show even the slightest contrition and the minority whip, shall be limited are indelible and bloody. A Kurdish after their security forces assaulted to 5 minutes. woman was put in a choke hold and Americans, authorities in Ankara in- f told by the dark-suited man who at- stead summoned the U.S. Ambassador tacked her that he was going to kill to lodge a complaint against the TURKISH CRACKDOWN ON her. Protesters, men and women alike, United States and police officers who PEACEFUL PROTESTERS were knocked to the ground and as- sought to keep the peace. The message The SPEAKER pro tempore. The saulted with kicks to the face and from Turkey is as clear as day: We can Chair recognizes the gentleman from torso. do as we please whether at home to our California (Mr. SCHIFF) for 5 minutes. This was not a scuffle. It was a full- own citizens or on your own American Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, on May 16, fledged assault by professional thugs soil. a group of peaceful protesters gathered on a peaceful protest. Such scenes have at a public park outside the Turkish become common in Turkey, where Mr. Speaker, I stand here today to af- Ambassador’s residence in northwest state-sponsored violence and repression firm that we will not allow Turkey to Washington, D.C. They came from a va- have become the chief instrument to beat innocent protesters on the streets riety of backgrounds—Armenian, Kurd- cement Erdogan’s power. of our Nation’s capital. We will con- ish, Yazidi, and more—but they shared Selahattin Demirtas was, until re- tinue to pursue justice and to make a common concern about developments cently, the leader of the Kurdish HDP clear that America will always stand in Turkey, including the crackdown on party and someone I had the honor to up for the right of peaceful and free ex- political opposition and free speech in meet 2 years ago, and now he sits in pression.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise throughout central Minnesota. have been less than truthful about today to speak about the importance of I am proud to stand here today and their meetings and relationship with the U.S. International Affairs Budget to thank Heide for her commitment to this foreign adversary. And other com- for America’s economic prosperity. Re- our children’s future. We wish you the mittees in this body and the Senate cently, more than 220 leaders from best in your retirement, Heide. You de- and at the Justice Department have America’s business community, from serve it. launched investigations into the behav- Fortune 500 companies to local cham- BUSH FELLOWSHIP FOR MINNESOTANS ior and truthfulness of the President, bers of commerce, wrote to Secretary Mr. EMMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise his subordinates, his family; but from of State Rex Tillerson about the stra- today to honor the achievements of the House Judiciary Committee, we tegic investments in development and two Minnesotans from my district. have heard exactly nothing, not a peep, diplomacy that advance America’s in- Scott Glew of Elk River and Emmanuel not a hearing or a subpoena, nada, zip, terests overseas and support jobs at Oppong of St. Cloud have received Bush nothing. Just crickets. When I joined the Judiciary Com- home. Fellowships. mittee, I remember hearing something I am particularly proud that the During his service in the Army Na- CEOs of Land O’Lakes and Cargill—two about how the committee has jurisdic- tional Guard, Scott was deeply affected tion over the enforcement of laws, the Minnesota-based companies—helped by the human suffering he witnessed. lead this critical effort. Minnesota courts, the conduct of the executive That is why, in his current job as an branch, especially when it comes to businesses understand they need the educator, Scott is determined to teach support of America’s diplomats and de- law enforcement agencies like the FBI, his students about global conflicts. He Justice Department, activities that velopment professionals at the State has advocated for making social stud- Department and USAID in the inter- may or may not be criminal. ies a main component of our students’ And guess what. I was right. You national marketplace to succeed. curriculum. With his fellowship, Scott For less than 1 percent of the Federal need look no further than the commit- plans to earn a Ph.D. to expand and im- tee’s website, where it proudly pro- budget, our diplomats and development prove upon our education curriculum. workers help create good governance claims: ‘‘The committee’s weighty Mr. Oppong is originally from Ghana agenda has frequently placed it in a and stability in developing countries and knows firsthand that mental around the world. These efforts enable central role in American politics, most health is not a priority for many cul- notably during its consideration of im- their economies to grow, creating new tures. That is why he works as a coun- markets for American goods in a high- peachment charges against Presidents selor for immigrants and refugees deal- of the United States in both 1974 and ly competitive global marketplace. ing with culture shock and trauma. With 95 percent of the world’s con- 1998.’’ With his fellowship, Emmanuel plans So with all due respect to the Intel- sumers living outside of our borders, to learn how to raise awareness of men- ligence Committee, the Oversight Com- some of our fastest growing economies tal health issues and implement edu- mittee, and our colleagues in the Sen- are in developing countries. Currently, cation plans to improve the health and ate, it is the Judiciary Committee in 41 million American jobs depend on well-being of our communities. the House where impeachment begins. international trade, including 800,000 in I am deeply impressed with these in- We are like the grand jury of the House the great State of Minnesota. We sim- dividuals and their commitment to the of Representatives when it comes to ply can’t afford to disengage from the common good, and I wish them well as impeachment. world. We also know that individuals they pursue their goals. Robert Mueller, the former FBI Di- who experience economic growth and AN INCREDIBLE GOLD STAR rector investigating the President, will trade with one another prefer peace not be able to indict him while he is over conflict. Mr. EMMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and thank Ally President no matter what he uncovers. If the United States is to remain an Most legal scholars argue a sitting economic powerhouse that continues to Haas, a student at Sartell High School. Recently, Ally completed a project President cannot be indicted in crimi- create jobs for hardworking Americans nal court. here at home, we must invest in our that has helped elementary students at St. Francis Xavier Elementary School So it is the Judiciary Committee critical development and diplomacy that will bring charges if there is evi- by pairing them with high school and agencies. If we don’t, our economic dence of ‘‘Treason, Bribery, or other college students for weekly tutoring competitors and, God forbid, our en- high Crimes and Misdemeanors,’’ as sessions. The project has been incred- emies certainly will. provided in Article II, Section 4 of the ibly successful. I look forward to working with my Constitution. colleagues on both sides of the aisle to Due to the success of her project, But here we are with evidence that protect funding for the International Ally received a Gold Award from the the Attorney General lied to a com- Affairs Budget. Girl Scouts. This is the highest award mittee of Congress about his contacts A WELL-DESERVED AWARD the Girl Scouts has to offer. It is no co- with senior Russian officials and lied Mr. EMMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise incidence that Ally has become such a on his security clearance application today to celebrate the career of Forest civic-minded young woman, as she is a about contacts with Russian officials Lake Area Schools’ early childhood fourth-generation Girl Scout. In fact, who are suspected by our government special education teacher, Heide Muhs. Ally’s mother received the Gold Award of being covert espionage operatives, Heide is retiring at the end of this in 1985. with evidence that hacking and other school year. Heide is concluding her Congratulations, Ally. We are proud activities, in fact, took place directed professional career in education with a of you and we are looking forward to by Russia. And nothing from the Judi- huge achievement. Recently she re- your bright future and continued suc- ciary Committee. ceived the Early Childhood Profes- cess. The Attorney General publicly sional of the Year Lifetime Excellence f recused himself from any matters at Award. This award recognizes an indi- the Justice Department related to the vidual who has made a lasting dif- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE investigation of Russia contacts, but ference in the lives of children with The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the Attorney General played a role in special needs and their families. This is Chair recognizes the gentleman from the firing of FBI Director James an area where Heide has excelled dur- Illinois (Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ) for 5 minutes. Comey. And we know now, because the ing her career. Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. Mr. Speaker, we President said so, that the firing of Heide is no stranger to the needs of waste a lot of time in the House Judici- Comey, the FBI Director that was in- these families. For her, it is personal. ary Committee passing bills we have vestigating him, was done because the

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In 1974, we had a criminal con- Lest there be any doubt, the Paris trary, America has been and is, by al- spiracy that involved tampering with climate accord intentionally hurt most every standard, the greatest Na- elections that went all the way to the America to the benefit of competitor tion in world history. Oval Office. It involved firing senior nations. In a global redistribution of With an America First attitude, Justice Department officials who were the wealth scheme, the Paris climate America will continue its 75-year part of the investigation. They asked accord called for America to give away streak as the greatest Nation in the the intelligence community to dis- tens of billions of dollars to other history of the world, second to none. credit those investigations in 1974. And countries. That is tens of billions of ad- f there were secretly recorded conversa- ditional taxpayer dollars on top of EXTEND HAITIAN TEMPORARY tions. America’s existing foreign aid give- Sound familiar? aways. That is money America does PROTECTED STATUS President Nixon soon resigned be- not have, has to borrow to get, and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The cause he knew what was coming. cannot afford to pay back. That is Chair recognizes the gentleman from In 1998, the issue of whether the nuts. Illinois (Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS) for 5 min- President of the United States had lied America must stop borrowing money utes. to a grand jury about an extramarital to send overseas to help other coun- Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. sexual encounter with a consenting tries take jobs from Americans. Is that Speaker, I rise in support of the 6- adult who was a subordinate, that is really so hard for the left to under- month extension for Haitian temporary what that was about. House Judiciary stand? protected status recipients living in Chairman Henry Hyde of the great The Paris climate accord undermined the United States, and for whom I be- State of Illinois, who, as it turned out, America’s economy by putting Amer- lieve our country should offer perma- knew a thing or two about extra- ican employees at a competitive dis- nent residency. Temporary protected marital sexual encounters with con- advantage. By way of but one example, status, also known as TPS, offers forms senting adults, passed four Articles of a comprehensive new study prepared by of relief from removal under changing Impeachment, along an almost exclu- NERA Economic Consulting estimates living conditions. sively party-line vote. An impeach- that the Paris climate accord could In 2010, Haiti was struck by the worst ment trial was held in the Senate, cost the American economy $3 trillion earthquake in the past 200 years, kill- which became an epic embarrassment in gross domestic product and 6.5 mil- ing more than 160,000 people and dis- to the Republican Party and to this lion industrial sector jobs over the placing close to 1.5 million. body. But now, given all of the evi- next two decades. The United States played an intri- dence of electoral tampering, the ap- President Trump is right. America cate role in bringing some of the Hai- parent efforts to cover it up, the ac- must lead by putting America’s na- tians to the United States, providing tions of the President and the Attorney tional interests first. The Paris climate them with a safe haven, because that is General to deflect and derail investiga- accord failed to do that. what we do. tions, that, to me and to others, ap- By way of example, under the Paris Booker Washington captured well the pears to be attempts at or actual ob- climate accord, China and India, two of importance of assisting people in need struction of justice. the biggest and worst polluters on when he said: ‘‘The highest test of the From the committee of jurisdiction Earth, have no new air pollution con- civilization of any race is in its will- that is supposed to be in charge and trol obligations until 2030, at the ear- ingness to extend a helping hand to the taking action, what do we have? Not a liest. less fortunate.’’ With this in mind, peep, not a hearing, not a subpoena, Contrast the abysmal environmental America should move the temporary nada, zip, nothing. Just crickets. record of China and India with that of protected status to permanent resi- Mr. Speaker, that has got to change, America. And let’s be clear, without a dency. and I suspect it will, because it has to. Paris climate accord, America’s carbon Return of the Haitian natives would The Constitution says it has to. dioxide emissions have been and are only continue to set back the progress Judiciary Committee, it is time to being reduced. For example, between Haiti has made. The country of Haiti act and fulfill your constitutional re- the years 2000 and 2014, the United continues to feel the ramifications of sponsibilities. States reduced its carbon dioxide emis- the 2010 earthquake. Tens of thousands f sions by more than 18 percent. of people sleep in the streets or under Further, over the past 50 years, plastic sheets in makeshift camps. The b 1015 America has been the world’s environ- conditions that Haitians endure in the PARIS CLIMATE ACCORD mental leader. No country on Earth country has led to the spread of dis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The has done more to reduce pollution by ease, which has become a major con- Chair recognizes the gentleman from cleaning our air, cleaning our water, cern. The cholera epidemic has affected Alabama (Mr. BROOKS) for 5 minutes. and properly disposing of hazardous nearly 800,000 Haitians, killing over Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. Mr. Speak- waste. That 50-year record is compel- 9,000. Cholera is primarily found in er, I rise today to commend President ling evidence that America’s focus on countries with inadequate access to Trump on his decision to withdraw being good environmental stewards clean water, sanitation, and hygiene. from the Paris climate accord. will continue, with or without the In short, the quality of living in Haiti For emphasis, the Paris climate ac- Paris climate accord. That is world has created a need for a better life. cord is not now and never has been an leadership. The economic disparity, extreme agreement that binds the United I know of nothing that says we are poverty, and underdevelopment of States of America because it was never going to stop being the world’s envi- Haiti continues to loom. Though it is ratified by Congress. ronmental leader. That 50-year record an island nation with rich culture, More specifically, the Paris climate is also compelling evidence that Amer- Haiti remains the poorest country in accord, a treaty, was never ratified by ica can and will lead on our own with- the Western Hemisphere. Among the 9 the Senate pursuant to Article II, sec- out hamstringing ourselves with a million people who reside in Haiti, over tion 2 of the United States Constitu- badly negotiated, one-sided Paris cli- half live in extreme poverty, some even tion. mate accord that reduces America’s living on less than a dollar a day. Rather, in yet another example of wealth while costing struggling Amer- While in the United States, people con- disdain for America’s constitutional ican families their jobs. tinue to contribute to our economy,

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Our cultures and our respective This is unconscionable, Mr. Speaker. home of the Jewish people. economic histories and destinies are Venezuela’s pervasive corruption f deeply intertwined. means any infusion of cash like Gold- I greatly urge my colleagues to sup- man Sachs will not benefit the people HEALTHY FARMS: HEALTHY port the permanent extension of Hai- of Venezuela who desperately need it. ECONOMY AND A SECURE NATION tians being protected from mass depor- Instead, Maduro and his thugs fill their The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tation. For 7 years, these Haitians have coffers and use the cash to abuse the Chair recognizes the gentleman from greatly benefited the American com- Venezuelan people and use it to stay in California (Mr. COSTA) for 5 minutes. munities of which they have been a power. Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today part. To pull them away from these Venezuela’s state-owned oil com- to speak about the foundation of communities at such a pivotal point in pany, PDVSA, was already sanctioned healthy living and healthy commu- both the United States’ and Haiti’s his- in the year 2011, for helping Iran avoid nities: our food, which comes from our tory would equate to nothing short of its own sanctions. Venezuela’s Tarek farms. gross negligence. Let us not neglect El Aissami, second in command to This month is both National Fresh the principle of which our Nation was Maduro, was sanctioned by our U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Month and Na- founded upon and continue to assume Treasury Department early this year tional Dairy Month. Although we the role of our predecessors. Help those under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin should bring attention to the impor- who are less fortunate. Designation Act. Can you imagine? The tance of eating these nutrient-rich f regime’s longstanding ties to drug traf- foods, dairy and fresh fruits and vege- ficking and other illicit activities are tables play a much larger role, as we VENEZUELA only now being exposed, and U.S. busi- know, in the health of our commu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The nesses should be avoiding deals with nities and our country, and they do so Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from Maduro like the plague. not just by providing us food. Florida (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) for 5 min- But the private sector is not the only In California, we know that dairy utes. one aiding the Maduro regime. Sadly, products and fresh fruits and vegeta- Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, in the U.S. government is also helping bles are an integral part of our healthy the last 2 months alone, reports indi- prop up the regime. How? By allowing community and a strong economy. Our cate that nearly 3,000 Venezuelans have purchases of Venezuelan oil. This keeps farmers also provide economic develop- been jailed and 69 have been killed by Maduro afloat. In 2016, Venezuela re- ment in other sectors as businesses are the regime. Peaceful protests have led mained the third largest foreign crude created and expand, investments are Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro oil supplier to the United States behind made, and innovations arise to support to issue a decree to convene a con- Canada and Saudi Arabia. In 2016, oil the needs of these farmers and farm stituent National Assembly, what he exports from Venezuela were valued at communities. calls a constituente, in order to rewrite $10.5 billion. During the first 3 months But the economic contributions of Venezuela’s constitution. of 2017, value of oil exports from Ven- California agriculture—American agri- But as we all know, Mr. Speaker, ezuela to us here in the United States culture—do not end at our borders. In Maduro is fooling no one. This is just was already worth $3.5 billion. Finan- California, we produce half of the Na- another attempt to undermine and dis- cial transactions like these made to tion’s fruits and vegetables, and we are credit the current democratically Maduro or any other despotic regime the top milk producing State in the elected legislature in the National As- should be prevented. Nation. The men and women who own sembly. Another attempt of a power We have a moral obligation to re- and work on these farms provide both grab which seeks to consolidate more spect the suffering needs of the Ven- nutritious food for our families and power around the executive and pos- ezuelan people and help alleviate this create thousands of jobs across the sibly rewrite the constitution to favor suffering. country. only one individual: Nicolas Maduro. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REUNIFICATION OF We know we must make sure that our Another attempt to pull a fast one over JERUSALEM farmers have the tools to do so, but our some in the international community Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, farmers need a reliable source of water, who may make the mistake and call later today, together with Israel’s Am- a legal and stable workforce, and ac- this weak and dangerous gesture bassador to the United States, Ron cess to export markets, in other words, progress. Dermer, we will be joined live from Je- fair trade agreements. But we know the truth. This is not rusalem by Prime Minister Netanyahu We must also ensure that American progress. In fact, this is a major set- and Speaker of the Knesset Edelstein agriculture is sustainable. We must back to democracy. Maduro is once for a special event to commemorate continue to ensure that it is sustain- again trying to delay the inevitable: the 50th anniversary of the reunifica- able for our well-being and the well- free, fair, transparent, and democratic tion of Jerusalem—Israel’s eternal cap- being of future generations to come be- elections in Venezuela under the super- ital. cause the bottom line is food does not vision of credible international observ- I led a congressional delegation visit come from a grocery store. Food comes ers. to Israel last week, and we met with from our farmers and the land that Making matters worse, Goldman both Prime Minister Netanyahu and they farm. Sachs is also adding to the Venezuelan Speaker Edelstein at the Knesset in Je- Our food supply is a national security people’s misery. Last week, the invest- rusalem. issue, but it never really gets looked at ment bank bought $2.8 billion in Ven- in that light. So by investing in crit- ezuelan bonds, not only providing the b 1030 ical programs and infrastructure Maduro regime a lifeline in the short We also toured the famous City of projects—by ensuring that our farmers term but saddling the Venezuelan peo- David and saw discoveries that prove, have the water, the workforce, and the ple with crippling debt repayments in without a doubt, that Jews have lived access to foreign markets—we are not the long term. in Jerusalem for millennia. This is im- only investing in our farms, but we are When, not if, a democratically elect- portant, Mr. Speaker, because there investing in the long-term health and ed president comes to the Venezuelan are efforts at the United Nations—at security of our Nation. people, they will be stuck with the bill UNESCO and the Human Rights Coun- What is more, people don’t realize it, and face the responsibility to pay for cil—that seek to erase all Jewish ties but less than 3 percent of our Nation’s this debt. to Jerusalem. population is directly involved in the

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That means im- youth baseball and soccer leagues, and ity to independent military prosecu- proving NAFTA, continuing to engage was a dedicated fan and supporter of tors. with our European allies, and not turn- every sports team that his son played I have met with countless survivors ing our back on Asia. on and every child played on in Hills- who have suffered in unique and horri- In fiscal year 2016, the United States boro, Illinois. He was especially fond of fying ways. There is a hauntingly clear exported $129 billion worth of agricul- the Hillsboro Junior High Dragons that pattern to nearly all of their experi- tural products. We not only feed our his son started on, clear up until his ences: the perpetrator was let off the Nation every night, but we grow more son played for the Gateway Grizzlies. hook and the victim fellow service- than enough to export abroad. We must My thoughts and prayers are with member was revictimized by an unjust maintain good relations with our top Nanci and the rest of Roy’s family and system, all at the hands of the chain of trade partners and continue to lower friends, as central Illinois has lost a command that is supposed to be there trade barriers to existing and new for- leader whose presence will be tremen- to protect and defend them. eign markets. dously missed. The sense of betrayal by their com- mand is marrow deep and life altering. So let’s not just focus on healthy eat- f ing during National Fresh Fruit and Many describe the feelings of this be- Vegetable Month and National Dairy REFORM OUR BROKEN MILITARY trayal more akin to a violation at the Month; let’s take the opportunity to JUSTICE SYSTEM hands of a family member rather than discuss how we will work together to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The a boss or coworker. ensure that our farmers, ranchers, and Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from All that we need to do is to allow dairymen and -women can continue to California (Ms. SPEIER) for 5 minutes. trained and experienced lawyers in the contribute not only to America’s din- Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, for more military to make a legal judgment ner tables, but to our communities and than 7 years, I have spoken out against about a crime. This in no way impacts to our economy. The health and secu- the broken military justice system the commander’s authority. It simply rity of our Nation depends on it. that allows commanders to decide how gives servicemembers what we civil- ians take for granted, which is relying CONGRATULATING ANANYA VINAY sexual assaults and other criminal of- on a trained prosecutor to decide Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, let me also fenses are prosecuted under the Uni- whether to move forward with serious give a shout-out to Ananya Vinay, the form Code of Military Justice. Our servicemembers are stuck in a world charges of sexual assault. 2017 National Spelling Bee champion, Our servicemembers deserve and need from Fresno, California. We are all where their fates rest within the chain of command, where bias is king and a system that they can trust to be fair proud of her accomplishments. Obvi- and impartial. Letting a convicted rap- ously, this young lady has a great fu- justice often a jester. Today, I stand here sick at heart ist walk free because of a mere appear- ture ahead of her. ance of unlawful command influence— Congratulations, once again, on be- that, once again, a rape conviction has forget the fact that he was, in fact, coming the 2017 National Spelling Bee been overturned because of the broken convicted of the assault—shows just champion. military justice system. In this in- stance, the U.S. Court of Appeals for how deep the problem runs. f the Armed Forces threw out Airman As this case shows, the perception HONORING THE LIFE AND Rodney Boyce’s rape and assault con- and the reality is that commanders MEMORY OF ROY HERTEL viction because of the involvement of with a built-in conflict of interest and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Lieutenant General Craig Franklin, with little or no legal training are de- Chair recognizes the gentleman from who referred the case to court-martial. ciding whether to move forward to trial. They make this decision not sole- Illinois (Mr. RODNEY DAVIS) for 5 min- This all came about because, in 2013, utes. General Franklin was admonished by ly based on legal reasoning, but a myr- Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. his superiors for tossing out the aggra- iad of other factors—like how well they Speaker, I rise today to honor the life vated sexual assault conviction of a fly a jet or how well they are liked by and memory of my friend Roy Hertel, fellow F–16 pilot, a unanimous decision others—that should not be injected who passed away Thursday, May 25, at by a jury of his peers. Certainly, a gen- into the decisionmaking. Our servicemembers deserve and need the age of 68. eral should not have the power to over- Roy was a true public servant and turn the findings of a court of law sim- a system that they can trust to be fair community leader in Montgomery ply because he thinks his buddy could and impartial. We have the power and County, Illinois. Throughout his life not possibly have committed the sex- duty to fundamentally reform the sys- and career, he held many roles in the ual assault. tem to ensure that they are treated region and had an immeasurable im- But because Franklin was appro- with a level of fairness that befits their pact on countless lives, including mine. priately admonished for this abuse of sacrifice and service. Mr. Speaker, the words of one mili- As a teacher, circuit clerk, county power, the U.S. Court of Appeals found tary servicemember still haunt me and board chairman, and administrator for that his subsequent decision to move ring in my ears, when she said to me: the county’s Department of Health and forward with an entirely separate Human Services in the State of Illi- Boyce case constituted unlawful com- I joined the military to fight the enemy. I never thought that he would be right next to nois, Roy’s career was defined by his mand influence. me. dedication to bettering the lives of This is made more ridiculous by two those not only in Montgomery County, facts: first, the military judge during f but also throughout central Illinois. the actual trial found no evidence of HONORING THE AMERICAN His involvement in the region went unlawful command influence; second, FARMER far beyond his career. Roy was an ac- the appeals court that threw out the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. tive member of the Disciples of Christ Boyce case also did not find evidence of RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois). The Chair in Hillsboro; a 45-year member of the unlawful command influence, just the recognizes the gentleman from Indiana Lions Club, where he had held all of- ‘‘appearance’’ of it. (Mr. MESSER) for 5 minutes. fices, the district lieutenant governor So, apparently, unlawful command Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise and district governor in 1991 and 1992; a influence is like pornography: there is today to honor an often overlooked and member of the Mt. Moriah Masonic no definition, but judges know it when sometimes underappreciated American Lodge Number 51 A.F. & A.M. in Hills- they see it. hero: the American farmer. boro; president of the Circuit Clerk’s Colleagues, it is past time to reform The American farmer has been work- Association; a member of the Hillsboro this unjust system that ignores jury ing the land since before the founding

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Fast-forward a few hundred years, working on the next farm bill, I hope Warming winters cause more and and today the United States is the my colleagues recognize the value of more of the mountain’s precipitation number one exporter of agricultural our Federal crop insurance program to fall as rain instead of snow, allowing products in the world. In fact, farming and the important role that it plays in it to run off or soak into the soil. The accounts for over $163 billion each supporting the American farmer while snowpack, which for generations has year. This production not only helps he or she supports the American con- fed the Colorado River, is diminishing make our GDP the highest in the sumer. and, with it, our reliable and already world, but it also helps feed billions f taxed water source for seven Western worldwide, often in the most hard-to- ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL States. reach places where food insecurity and PARK AND THE EFFECTS OF CLI- It was uncanny, Mr. Speaker, to be malnutrition are chronic problems. MATE CHANGE standing at the headwaters of the Colo- According to the most recent data rado River, a mere creek in the Rock- from the USDA, family farms account The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ies, learning about the ways manmade for 99 percent of all farms in the U.S. Chair recognizes the gentleman from warming is changing the world around and 89 percent of America’s agricul- Illinois (Mr. QUIGLEY) for 5 minutes. us at the same time the President was Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, last tural production. Ninety percent of the withdrawing the United States from week, I spent our congressional recess farms in the U.S. are considered small, the historic Paris Agreement. in the Rocky Mountain National Park, and these small farms account for the It was tragic irony to be in that envi- home to some of America’s most vast majority of American farmers. ronment to hear this devastating an- unique and breathtaking natural won- This is equally true in Indiana, where, nouncement. It was truly inexplicable ders, in an attempt to better under- to be surrounded by one of many na- although we are the 38th largest State stand the mounting impacts climate tional treasures as our Federal Govern- geographically, we rank in the top 10 in change has on our national parks and ment announced their decision to aban- total agricultural sales. all of our public lands across the coun- Production in Indiana supports over don them when they are needed most. try. The agreement, an unprecedented 245,000 jobs, and corn, soybeans, hogs, More than 4.5 million people from show of global will to tackle a truly poultry, and dairy have a combined $10 across America and the world visit the global problem, isn’t an end-all, as billion economic impact statewide. Rockies every year to take in the some less-enlightened critics have said. Simply put, ag is a really big deal in snowcapped peaks, the winding rivers, Indiana, and the Hoosier farmer does and the endless evergreen forests. They It is a framework, a roadmap to get the all of the heavy lifting. see herds of elk and bighorn sheep, and pollution reductions started, to ensure Safe, affordable food is important to hear the screeching call of the moun- a safe, sustainable, and economically our national security, and a reliable, tain pika, a small furry creature that I prosperous future. It supports an eco- sustainable food source is crucial to can personally attest makes one of the nomic model built for the long haul, safeguarding public health while pre- most distinctive sounds in the moun- one that protects lives and livelihoods, serving economic independence. That tains. while wasting less and producing more. is why we should support our Nation’s Visitors to the park, like me, can ex- These are irrefutable costs to leaving agricultural producers in every way perience all four seasons in an hour as the Paris Agreement. that we can. they drive up Trail Ridge Road from By removing us from the agreement, the President isn’t canceling it. He is b 1045 the sunny, low-elevation valleys, to the top of 12,000-foot peaks covered in 20- simply ensuring that we are the ones This includes supporting the U.S. foot snowdrifts. It is impossible not to who will be left behind as the world crop insurance program, which pro- appreciate the intricate balance of na- moves forward without us. We will be vides an important safety net to farm- ture while standing in that environ- left behind with the cost of polluted ers who assume major risks with each ment, the way that each species is fine- air, preventable and expensive illness, seed that they put in the ground. As re- ly tuned to survive in its surroundings and shrinking, uncompetitive fossil cent natural disasters have made all and the way that each depends on the fuel industries that imperil their work- too clear, widespread weather events other. ers and drag the economy down. can trigger huge losses for America’s Unfortunately, this careful balance is It will cost us standing as a world family farmers. being shaken to its very core by man- leader in innovation as other countries Without a national reinsurance pool, made climate change as well as the de- step forward to fill the void that we growers would have far fewer options nial of its existence by a very small have created and realize the benefits of available, many crops would be ex- group of post-science, post-research clean-energy jobs, reliable public tran- cluded, few could participate in the skeptics. sit, and stable supply chains for busi- program, and growers would be forced For centuries, bark beetles and nesses. to turn to Congress for assistance lodgepole pines maintained a special They understand that climate change whenever disaster struck. That would relationship. Beetles, held in check by affects us all, no matter our income or be particularly true in areas where deep, cold winters, ate and killed some whether we are in the middle of a droughts and floods are common. of the largest and oldest trees, opening major city or on the top of the great Through the crop insurance program, up valuable forest real estate for new, Rocky Mountains. insurers can extend coverage to crops younger trees to thrive. Now, however, The 194 nations that remain in the of all kind, providing farmers with the thanks to warming global tempera- Paris Agreement will continue to act, protections they need to do what they tures, those cold winters haven’t come not because the U.S. once told them to do best: grow food. This program is an and beetle populations have boomed, do so, but because it is the right thing example of the government partnering killing literally millions of trees in the to do and it is in their best interest with industry to offer an exceptionally Rocky Mountains. from economic gain and public health valuable service while maintaining a Formerly green mountainsides are to national security and stewardship. carefully limited Federal Government dotted, or even dominated, by the sil- I encourage everyone to go visit the role. Frankly, it should be used as a ver skeletons of pines, it is one of the mountains. Go spend a week with the model for other Federal reinsurance most conspicuous changes to visitors of incredible men and women of the Na- programs. the park. tional Park Service who have dedi- It is a success story, and even if you The little pika is another of many cated their lives to understanding and are not a farmer, you have benefited species whose way of life is dis- protecting America’s precious natural

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Conroy, offered the following prayer: Infrastructure Week. After four con- licans, when we can get something We give You thanks, O God, for giv- tentious months of a new President, done with this President that will be ing us another day. and all that has been contained in meaningful to our constituents. And I As we begin the 84th year since the those 4 months, I actually saw a glim- know they, and many other Democrats, heroic efforts of our troops and our al- mer of hope and possibility around the will be there for that conversation. lies on D-day, help us to be mindful of idea that we might finally come to- To my conservative, even to my the freedoms we enjoy and must be gether to do something for our con- Freedom Caucus friends, there is noth- vigilant in protecting. stituents in an area that they tell us is ing more conservative than the idea Bless our allies throughout the world absolutely essential. that you keep your house in order; that and all those who stand with us in con- I worry, Mr. Speaker, that we are you invest so that your children can fronting the dangers and evils of our going to let this opportunity be lost in have the kind of prosperity that we time. In all things, may the United the political roil that is already con- were able to experience. States continue to be a beacon of light suming this idea of a week that we de- and hope. vote to infrastructure. And to the President, I would say: Sir, you seem to be a builder. You seem Bless the Members of this people’s So I want to stand here, Mr. Speaker, House. Give them the wisdom and pa- and say, let’s not let this idea go. It is to have recognized the need for this kind of program when you promised a tience to do the work of Congress even too important. The improvement of our in times of complexity both at home roadways and our bridges, our airports, $1 trillion infrastructure investment. And, sir, I would say, if you look at and abroad. and our railways is absolutely essential God bless America, and help us all to to the quality of life of every single some of our highways that were built in the 1950s, at the entrance ramp to be our best selves. May all that is done constituent of every single Member of this day be for Your greater honor and this House. those highways you will see a sign that says the Dwight D. Eisenhower Inter- glory. As I talk to the business leaders in Amen. my district, the fact that they have a state Highway System. Sir, there is no challenge in moving their people and reason why those signs couldn’t have f your name on them. their goods, that sometimes getting to THE JOURNAL work is a 2-hour proposition, are the So, Mr. Speaker, this problem is so The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- things that hold them back. urgent, it is so potentially bipartisan I know that the Republicans and the in its solution, that I want to close ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- Democrats disagree on an awful lot, with the observation that we need to ceedings and announces to the House but we have to be able to agree on the lift this out of the partisan maw and his approval thereof. fundamental notion that if we don’t observe, Mr. Speaker, that yesterday Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- have a functioning transportation in- we celebrated the Greatest Generation nal stands approved. frastructure, if our airplanes and ships because, 73 years ago yesterday, they f stormed the beaches of Normandy. and rails and cars don’t move well, this PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE country cannot be great, and our econ- That is part of why we call them the omy will be damaged. Greatest Generation. But the other The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman These last 4 months have been pretty part and the other reason we call them from California (Mr. PANETTA) come rough. We got—kicked off with a repeal that is because they came back to forward and lead the House in the of the Affordable Care Act; and I under- America and they set aside their dif- Pledge of Allegiance. stand that my Republican friends had ferences and they invested in projects Mr. PANETTA led the Pledge of Alle- been promising that for years, but it like the Interstate Highway System giance as follows: was a brutal experience. It failed on that we all use every day. That is a big I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the the floor. The American public hates part of why we call them the Greatest United States of America, and to the Repub- the bill that so many of my Republican Generation. They built our country. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, friends were cajoled into voting for, And now that generation looks at us indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. much to their political peril. and they have a question, and that f question is: What will you do with that There was an alternative start to ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER this Presidency. There was this fantasy legacy that we built for you? alternative start that has the Presi- Mr. Speaker, let’s answer that ques- The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- dent, shortly after his inauguration, tion in a way that will make them tain up to 15 requests for 1-minute saying to the American people: I know proud. speeches on each side of the aisle. that this campaign was tough and the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- f rhetoric was as ugly as it ever has been bers are reminded to address their re- PRESIDENT TRUMP IS in an American campaign, but we are marks to the Chair. going to come together now, in Janu- COURAGEOUS ary of 2017, to restitch the Nation, lit- f (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina erally and figuratively. Literally asked and was given permission to ad- means we are going to work together dress the House for 1 minute and to re- RECESS to rebuild the infrastructure of this vise and extend his remarks.) country. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Sadly, that is an alternate reality ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Speaker, President Donald Trump last that did not happen, and so we are con- declares the House in recess until noon week courageously announced the sumed in Twitter feuds and partisan- today. withdrawal of the United States from ship and some of the most difficult to Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 57 the unconstitutional Paris accords, an pass legislation that ultimately is not minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- unconstitutional treaty comprised of likely to become law, but which will cess. burdensome regulations destroying

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REMEMBERING JACK O’NEILL treaty would prevent American jobs Her parents thought it would be a good while having no positive achievement lesson in entrepreneurship, but it be- (Mr. PANETTA asked and was given for American families. came so much more when she decided permission to address the House for 1 Additionally, the Paris Agreement on her own to donate her proceeds to minute.) constitutes a treaty, a treaty that charity. Since then, Emily and her Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise should have been submitted for ap- brother, Michael, have raised over today to remember Jack O’Neill, a proval to the Senate. Instead, the $13,000 for the Homeless Education Santa Cruz resident, a cultural icon, former President unconstitutionally Project. They expect to raise $7,000 this and a surfing legend. Jack passed away adopted the treaty by executive order. year. last week at 94 years young. There has The best way to achieve a cleaner en- Emily and Michael have selflessly been a great amount of love for this vironment is through limited govern- put others’ needs before their own. I man and a great amount of apprecia- ment and free market economic am proud to recognize them and their tion for what this man did. growth, creating jobs—not Big Govern- example today as role models for our After serving in the U.S. Navy, he ment mandates with higher taxes, de- community. moved to Santa Cruz, where he loved stroying jobs. f surfing in its cold waters, so much so In conclusion, God bless our troops, that he was quoted as saying: ‘‘When and may the President, by his actions, ‘‘WRONG’’ CHOICE ACT you get screwed up, just jump in the never forget September the 11th in the (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given ocean and everything is all right.’’ global war on terrorism. Our sympathy permission to address the House for 1 Jack’s love for being in the ocean to the citizens of London on the mur- minute.) was demonstrated by being one of the derous terrorist attacks Saturday, as Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, this week first people to create and the first per- we cherish our shared heritage of D- the House considers the ‘‘Wrong’’ son to market the wetsuit. This led to Day to liberate Europe for freedom. CHOICE Act, so I have one question for him and millions of other people being f this body: Has this House completely able to surf at any time and at any forgotten how much pain the housing temperature. MEDICARE crisis that triggered the Great Reces- He was a trailblazer not just in the (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and sion has caused the American people? ocean, but in life. As a father of seven was given permission to address the Eleven million people lost their and grandfather of six, he understood House for 1 minute.) homes; 8 million Americans lost their how important it was to preserve our Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. jobs; people lost their life savings—and ocean for our children. Speaker, a major western New York that was not some sort of an accident He was instrumental in designating health insurance provider announced of history. It was the effect of bad pol- Santa Cruz as a world surfing reserve, today that they are seeking an almost icy that allowed financial institutions one of only four locations in the world 50 percent increase in health insurance to prey upon unwitting customers and that preserve surf spots and their sur- premiums next year. They cite rising take everything that they have worked rounding environment. medical and drug costs as reasons for for. That is what precipitated this cri- He created the O’Neill Sea Odyssey, seeking this increase. sis. It wasn’t a storm. It was bad pol- an educational program on a 65-foot- Medicare is the most successful and icy. long catamaran that teaches our chil- popular healthcare system in America. And so what do we have? A bill that dren how to be stewards of the ocean. With low administrative costs and will take us right back to where we Jack not only bestowed upon us the high-quality outcomes, Americans ages were, to the conditions that caused the wetsuit and year-round surfing, he left 50 to 65 should be able to buy in, at financial crisis in the first place, and a legacy for our children to understand their own expense, to Medicare. Under take the cop off the beat, essentially that being in and around the ocean this plan, Medicare could add 10 mil- eliminating the Consumer Financial really can make everything all right. lion more Americans, using the lever- Protection Bureau to protect people. For that, I thank and I honor Jack age of 67 million Americans. We cannot do this. Let’s reject this O’Neill. Mr. Speaker, this is real leverage to bill. f drive down healthcare costs and drive f THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY up the quality of that coverage. With SUPPORTING THE FINANCIAL real patient protections and full and af- (Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee asked CHOICE ACT fordable coverage for preexisting dis- and was given permission to address eases like cancer and diabetes, Medi- (Mr. MARCHANT asked and was the House for 1 minute and to revise care should be an option for Americans given permission to address the House and extend his remarks.) 50 to 65 years old. for 1 minute.) Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. f Mr. MARCHANT. Mr. Speaker, I rise Speaker, the Chaplain mentioned, in today to support H.R. 10, the Financial his prayer a few minutes ago, D-day. I RECOGNIZING EMILY AND CHOICE Act, replacing the harmful rise today, Mr. Speaker, to honor the MICHAEL BROADBRIDGE Dodd-Frank Act, with reforms that brave Americans who fought the most (Mr. MITCHELL asked and was given help all Americans. influential naval battle of World War permission to address the House for 1 The CHOICE Act keeps the promise II: the Battle of Midway. minute and to revise and extend his re- to my constituents to remove Obama- This week marks 75 years since U.S. marks.) era regulations, increase choice for forces defeated the Japanese Imperial Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise consumers in my community, and im- Navy, forever changing the course of today to talk about some incredible pose the toughest penalties in history history. Victory in this battle allowed young people back home in Michigan. for financial fraud. the United States and its allies to go Meet Emily and Michael Broadbridge. Strong communities like the ones I on offense for the duration of the war. Emily is a sixth grader and Michael is represent in north Texas are based on This was a real turning point in World a first grader in Macomb County. the strength of their local businesses. War II. This is no ordinary lemonade stand. Under Dodd-Frank, America loses an The Japanese came to the battle Instead of simply making money for average of one community bank every from June 4 to June 7, 1942, with the themselves, Emily and Michael are do- day. The Financial CHOICE Act will largest armada they had ever assem- nating all the money they earn to the help businesses on Main Street reform bled and the intention to finally defeat

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We should invest in transpor- favor, a true underdog story. The land- change is a major world threat, with tation and infrastructure; invest in re- based air supports that Midway Island potential to cause widespread and long- search and development; invest in tech- allowed and our naval officers’ un- lasting damage if not acted upon. nology and innovation; and invest in canny ability to adapt and think on So the news of President Trump’s working families, middle class folks, their feet led to our success and kept unilateral decision drew sharp criti- our country safe from the Axis powers. and senior citizens. cism and deep concern. Our longtime Instead, House Republicans have I was very pleased to work with the allies viewed withdrawal as America late Senator Jesse Helms and the shortened the workweek and canceled ceding international leadership and votes on Friday. International Midway Memorial Foun- turning its back on the world. dation to pass legislation declaring Why? Indeed, withdrawing from the Paris Apparently because James Comey is Midway Island a national memorial so climate accord reduces our ability to that it may be protected and forever testifying tomorrow and they want to help shape a solution to the climate get out of town before sundown. That is serve to honor the American lives lost change crisis and retreats from our re- in the pursuit of victory in this war. an abdication of responsibility, a dere- sponsibility to serve as a global leader. liction of duty, and a classic example f It also ignores the role we, here in the of legislative malpractice. THE ‘‘WRONG’’ CHOICE ACT United States, play in contributing to ‘‘Where are the jobs?’’ the American climate change. (Mr. DEFAZIO asked and was given people are asking. House Republicans permission to address the House for 1 I stand in strong support of American are missing in action and the American minute.) businesses and State and local leaders people deserve better. across our country who see beyond the Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, today f the House will consider the ‘‘Wrong’’ shortsighted approach of this decision CHOICE Act. The Republicans would and will remain committed to fur- FINANCIAL CHOICE ACT WOULD BE take us back to the good old days. thering the goals of the Paris accord. A DISASTER FOR THE ENTIRE Remember the good old days? Enron, FINANCIAL SYSTEM f the collapse of Wall Street because of (Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of millions of bad mortgages and virtual New York asked and was given permis- collateralized debt obligations, and b 1215 sion to address the House for 1 minute.) other schemes that pyramided the Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New problem to a point where it caused the ROLLING BACK FINANCIAL REGU- York. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in worst economic collapse since the LATIONS WILL PUT OUR COUN- strong opposition to H.R. 10, the Great Depression. TRY’S ECONOMIC SECURITY AT ‘‘Wrong’’ CHOICE Act. Now Goldman Sachs populates the RISK This bill would take us back to the White House. They run the Treasury. (Ms. GABBARD asked and was given regulatory stone age and would be a Now they want to deregulate Wall permission to address the House for 1 disaster for our entire financial sys- Street again with a so-called CHOICE minute.) tem. It would actually increase risk in Act. Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, rolling the financial system because, under Now, there are problems with over- back financial regulations that are in this bill, any bank that meets an arbi- regulation of the community banks place to protect the American people trary new 10 percent leverage ratio and small banks; they didn’t cause the will put them and our country’s eco- would be exempted from all other cap- problem. But they want to say, ‘‘No, nomic security at risk. However, the ital and liquidity requirements. The let’s just deregulate everybody again,’’ Financial CHOICE Act that is being problem with the leverage ratio is that not targeting the problem. So they are considered by Congress today does just it treats all assets equally risky. Under going to repeal the Volcker Rule. They that: it erodes protections against dis- the leverage ratio, a subprime mort- are going to do away with the Con- honest big bank practices that rob peo- gage-backed security is considered just sumer Financial Protection Bureau. as risky as a U.S. Treasury bond. No more requiring lenders to be cer- ple of their hard-earned salaries. As a result, many banking regulators tain that people are borrowers who can This bill repeals the Volcker rule. It have pointed out that relying solely on repay their loans. No, the credit card dismantles the Consumer Financial the leverage ratio would give banks an companies, the payday lenders, the Protection Bureau, strips regulations incentive to get rid of their safest as- debt collectors, there are no abuses in place to protect the American peo- sets, like U.S. treasuries, and load up there. We don’t need a watchdog over- ple’s savings, and actually lets the big on riskier assets. looking them. banks maintain even less capital that And then, finally, they do away with they need to absorb catastrophic Incentives matter, Mr. Speaker, and something called orderly liquidation losses, making it so that they are rely- this bill gives banks a huge incentive authority. Back to the good old days ing once again on the American tax- to load up on risk. We know what risk when firms on Wall Street were too big payer to bail them out. is like. Eleven million people lost their to fail. We can’t have in place a process We don’t need to remind the families homes, and many lost their jobs. Let’s that would allow us to remove overpaid who have suffered so much about the not remove the safety net that was put executives who crash their firm and to pain caused by the Great Recession. In in place with the Dodd-Frank bill. make the stockholders pay instead of my own home State of Hawaii, from I oppose the ‘‘Wrong’’ CHOICE Act. It the taxpayers. 2008 to 2010, our unemployment rate is bad for America, bad for people, and That is what this bill does today. It more than doubled, and 11 million peo- the wrong direction. I urge a strong is the ‘‘Wrong’’ CHOICE Act. ple in America lost their homes. The ‘‘no’’ vote. f big banks of 2008 are even bigger and f more powerful today. WITHDRAWING FROM PARIS I urge my colleagues to reject this DEFEATING THE ISIS ENEMY CLIMATE ACCORD dangerous bill and, instead, pass H.R. (Mr. YODER asked and was given (Ms. TSONGAS asked and was given 790, the Return to Prudent Banking permission to address the House for 1 permission to address the House for 1 Act, which would reinstate a 21st cen- minute and to revise and extend his re- minute.) tury Glass-Steagall Act. marks.)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:23 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K07JN7.015 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE H4660 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 7, 2017 Mr. YODER. Mr. Speaker, I rise resent different aspects or parties to of Trustees of the Institute of Amer- today to stand shoulder to shoulder really speak to what is right. ican Indian and Alaska Native Culture with our friends and allies in Great I just came from Europe, meeting and Arts Development: Britain, who have suffered three hor- with Europeans from a number of coun- Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N, New Mexico rific terror attacks in a period of less tries. I was passing through London in f than 3 months. the backdrop of the heinous and tragic PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION These attacks at the hands of Islamic London Bridge incident. Many of us OF H.R. 2213, ANTI-BORDER COR- State in Iraq and Syria are barbaric, saw the courageous mayor of London RUPTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT evil, and must be condemned by the en- speak to the people, along with na- OF 2017 tire world. These cowards have used ve- tional leadership. hicles, knives, and bombs to rein terror So I must indicate my disappoint- Ms. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, by direc- down on London and Manchester, even ment in the comments of the Com- tion of the Committee on Rules, I call targeting innocent young girls at a mander in Chief of this Nation to bash up House Resolution 374 and ask for its concert hall. in time of trouble Mayor Khan, a Mus- immediate consideration. Radical Islamic extremism is a vile lim, who has stood against terrorism. The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- ideology that must be stamped out at Then, of course, the precipitous actions lows: every corner of the world. This is a of firing Director Comey and the ru- H. RES. 374 time for unity of purpose and strong mors of either firing or asking for the Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- leadership. resignation of Attorney General Ses- lution it shall be in order to consider in the The United States, our NATO allies, sions gives me great pause for legisla- House the bill (H.R. 2213) to amend the Anti- and our allies in the Middle East must tion like the Financial CHOICE Act Border Corruption Act of 2010 to authorize certain polygraph waiver authority, and for chart a unified course towards com- that would take away the independent plete destruction of ISIS. As we begin other purposes. All points of order against authority of the Consumer Financial consideration of the bill are waived. The to succeed in the fight, their resolve to Protection Bureau and make the head attack us will only grow stronger, but amendment in the nature of a substitute rec- of that an appointee of the President, ommended by the Committee on Homeland we cannot be deterred. so the person who protects consumers Security now printed in the bill shall be con- Mr. Speaker, freedom and liberty will be able to be fired by this Presi- sidered as adopted. The bill, as amended, must win over hatred and extremism. dent. shall be considered as read. All points of We must defeat this enemy, and this With the words against the London order against provisions in the bill, as Congress stands ready to support this amended, are waived. The previous question mayor, the firing of Comey, and the administration in its efforts to do so. shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as threatening of Attorney General Ses- amended, and on any further amendment f sions, I wonder whether or not we can thereto, to final passage without intervening CONGRATULATING VIRGIN ISLAND tolerate any other authority given to motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally STUDENTS this White House to be able to fire peo- divided and controlled by the chair and rank- ple who are to protect the rights of the ing minority member of the Committee on (Ms. PLASKETT asked and was given Homeland Security; (2) the further amend- permission to address the House for 1 American people, and to be able to stand for comments that undermine ment printed in the report of the Committee minute and to revise and extend her re- on Rules accompanying this resolution, if of- marks.) our allies and the friendships that we fered by the Member designated in the re- Ms. PLASKETT. Mr. Speaker, this have established over the decades port, which shall be in order without inter- month marks the end of the school working to secure the American peo- vention of any point of order, shall be con- year for students. And, of course, that ple. Let us think about it. sidered as read, shall be separately debatable means graduation and promotion cele- f for the time specified in the report equally brations. divided and controlled by the proponent and I want to congratulate all of our stu- COMMUNICATION FROM THE an opponent, and shall not be subject to a de- CLERK OF THE HOUSE mand for division of the question; and (3) one dents on their achievements and their motion to recommit with or without instruc- proud family members. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. tions. To our teachers, faculty, and staff, DUNCAN of Tennessee) laid before the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- we thank you for your continued com- House the following communication tlewoman from Wyoming is recognized mitment to educating our children. We from the Clerk of the House of Rep- for 1 hour. know that there are many challenges resentatives: Ms. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, for the in today’s learning environment, but OFFICE OF THE CLERK, purpose of debate only, I yield the cus- amid the challenges we face, you stand HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman strong. We appreciate all of your work. Washington, DC, June 7, 2017. from Florida (Mr. HASTINGS), pending As a representative in Congress for Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, the Virgin Islands, I pledge to continue The Speaker, House of Representatives, which I yield myself such time as I to support legislation and initiatives Washington, DC. may consume. During consideration of that make our children, teachers, and DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- this resolution, all time yielded is for mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the purpose of debate only. administrators a priority. the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- GENERAL LEAVE To the students of the U.S. Virgin Is- tives, the Clerk received the following mes- lands, I have a message for you: During sage from the Secretary of the Senate on Ms. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask these summer months, please take this June 7, 2017, at 9:17 a.m.: unanimous consent that all Members time to continue to learn, participate That the Senate passed S. 1094. may have 5 legislative days to revise in the Governor’s reading challenge, With best wishes, I am, and extend their remarks. find a new hobby, work, and please ex- Sincerely, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there plore the natural wonder of our home, KAREN L. HAAS. objection to the request of the gentle- the Virgin Islands of the United States. f woman from Wyoming? There was no objection. Be safe, and best wishes to you all as REAPPOINTMENT OF MEMBER TO you continue a productive educational Ms. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE IN- support of House Resolution 374, which journey. Have a safe and fun-filled STITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN summer. provides a structured rule for consider- AND ALASKA NATIVE CULTURE ation of H.R. 2213, the Anti-Border Cor- f AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT ruption Reauthorization Act, and AUTHORITY OF THE WHITE HOUSE The SPEAKER pro tempore. The makes in order one amendment. (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was Chair announces the Speaker’s re- H.R. 2213 is a commonsense, bipar- given permission to address the House appointment, pursuant to 20 U.S.C. tisan bill, introduced by Ms. MCSALLY for 1 minute.) 4412, and the order of the House of Jan- from Arizona, that will help ensure we Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, it uary 3, 2017, of the following Member have sufficient Border Patrol agents to is often difficult when Members rep- on the part of the House to the Board secure our border. At this point in

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Mr. Speaker, I yield the congressionally mandated staffing agents who have passed a stringent myself such time as I may consume. levels for Customs officers and Border background investigation, and veterans I welcome the opportunity to share Patrol agents. with three consecutive years in the the floor today with the gentleman With these ever-increasing threats to military who have held a security from Florida (Mr. HASTINGS), my good our national security, it is vital that clearance and passed a background friend from the Rules Committee. I we ensure CBP can quickly hire capa- check. just would point out that, as a Con- ble and trustworthy individuals to se- Mr. Speaker, we understand the im- gress, as a body, we have actually cure our border. Currently, prospective portance of ensuring that our Federal passed more pieces of legislation, got- officers and Border Patrol agents are law enforcement agencies are oper- ten them on the President’s desk, and required to undergo a background ating at full capacity, but there are gotten them signed at this point in check that includes passing a poly- other big-ticket items that we are ig- Congress than at any time since Presi- graph test. This process has been very noring in this institution. So I ask: dent Truman was in office. long and has drastically delayed the Where is the Republican agenda? So it may be that my colleague is not CBP’s ability to hire officers and Bor- With control of both Chambers of in agreement with many of the things der Patrol agents. Congress and the White House, my col- that we have done, but, Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2213 simply provides a limited, leagues across the aisle have made it we have actually been working very voluntary exemption to the pre-em- through nearly half of their first year hard to begin the process of recovery ployment polygraph requirement for in power without a single major legis- from 8 years of rules and regulations State and local law enforcement offi- lative achievement. It appears that that have really strangled the people of cers that are in good standing and who President Donald John Trump is more this Nation. have already passed a State and local interested in slashing old policies than We have passed, as the gentleman law enforcement polygraph test, for proposing new ones. noted, healthcare reform out of this Federal law enforcement officers who Mr. Speaker, President Trump and body. We repealed ObamaCare, and are in good standing, and members of congressional Republicans have yet to every single day we get more and more the armed services or veterans who put forward the promised $1 trillion in- indication about the failures of that have received or who are eligible to re- frastructure package. Voters are still healthcare plan, with insurance compa- ceive an honorable discharge and have waiting for the massive tax cuts prom- nies pulling out of markets and leaving held a security clearance and under- ised to them during the campaign. citizens all across this Nation unable gone a thorough background check in The American people have yet to see to get access to affordable care. The the past 5 years. a single jobs bill, let alone the super- Republican plan will change that. Mr. Speaker, this exemption is very secret plan to defeat ISIS. And looming We are also in the process and will, narrow and only applies to men and over this long to-do list is the inves- tomorrow, be voting to repeal the women that we already trust to protect tigation into Russia’s blatant attempts Dodd-Frank legislation, which has had and defend us at home or abroad: men to interfere in our election, an issue a devastating effect on our community and women who have already been that many of my Republican colleagues banks all across this country and on through relevant security background seem more than happy to ignore. our communities, and moving away checks. The CBP would not be required Instead, President Donald John from the really misguided approach of to use this waiver authority; and, if Trump and my friends across the aisle the last 8 years that centralized power there is anything in any applicant’s have spent their time rolling back pro- here in Washington, D.C. history that warrants further inves- tections for workers, consumers, teach- One thing that didn’t happen in the tigation, the CBP Commissioner is ers, students, and the environment. last 8 years though was the security of fully authorized and encouraged to use Instead of tackling a bipartisan the border. And far too often we saw a polygraph test to resolve any out- spending deal, addressing budget cuts laws that weren’t enforced. We saw standing questions. under sequestration, and avoiding debt people turning the other way for sanc- Mr. Speaker, for years, the CBP has default, the Republican-controlled Con- tuary cities, for example, and the fail- struggled to recruit and vet potential gress insists on dismantling the Afford- ure on the part of the last administra- employees. There is no more urgent able Care Act and replacing it with a tion to do what was necessary to make need that we have right now than se- plan that will raise deductibles, lessen sure that we could know who is coming curing our border and making sure we coverage, and leave 23 million more into this country and that we had the have the resources there to be able to people uninsured. resources necessary to secure our bor- do that job. Mr. Speaker, there are still plenty of der. people without jobs in this country. We So I am very proud to be here today, b 1230 have plenty of families worried that to be able to debate this rule, to be H.R. 2213 is a commonsense approach they will be tossed off of their health able to debate the underlying legisla- that will help address this issue and en- insurance plan, and we have plenty of tion, which is sadly needed, so that we sure the CBP has the men and women folks who are pleading with Congress can get those resources we need. it needs to keep our borders and our to pass compassionate immigration re- Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the Nation secure. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, form. gentleman from Florida (Mr. RUTHER- I urge support for the rule to allow for Yet President Donald John Trump is FORD). consideration of H.R. 2213, and I re- tweeting about his travel ban and at- Mr. RUTHERFORD. Mr. Speaker, I serve the balance of my time. tacking London Mayor Sadiq Khan rise today in support of the rule pro- Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I yield hours after a terrorist attack hit Lon- viding for the consideration of H.R. myself such time as I may consume. don which, sadly, killed seven people 2213, the Anti-Border Corruption and Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentle- and injured dozens more. Reauthorization Act of 2017. woman from Wyoming (Ms. CHENEY), Mr. Speaker, after being the As someone who has spent their en- my friend, for yielding to me the cus- antigovernment party—and I find it tire career and adult life in law en- tomary 30 minutes for debate. hypocritical that people in the admin- forcement, I know full well the impor- H.R. 2213 would broaden the criteria istration are declaring that we are ob- tance of being able to hire quality men for waiving the polygraph require- structionists. They gave, during that and women to provide for the security ments for certain applicants at U.S. period of the previous President, ob- of our communities and our Nation at Customs and Border Protection. struction absolutely new meaning. large. Under the Anti-Border Corruption After being the antigovernment party H.R. 2213 simply provides the Border Reauthorization Act, the Commis- for so many years, it appears that the Patrol and U.S. Customs a tool in their

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It allows Federal, State, and local forcement agencies.’’ It is not too big a burden to ask that law enforcement officers who have In 2016, this same panel observed that applicants have a polygraph test and be served in good standing for more than ‘‘corrupt CBP law enforcement per- clean. 3 years and who have undergone a poly- sonnel pose a national security b 1245 graph exam to be eligible to have their threat.’’ And it recommended that the current polygraph test be expanded, The Sinaloa cartel is recruiting peo- CBP preemployment polygraph waived ple to apply to become CBP officers. in order to expedite their hiring. not reduced. Now, this bill allows for an exemp- Our protection is to make sure that we As a former sheriff who mandated—I completely screen every single appli- mandated preemployment polygraphs tion for local law enforcement and former members of the Armed Forces cant so that the cartel is unsuccessful in my own department. I have full con- in infiltrating our first line of defense fidence in thoroughness of the vetting from the polygraph requirement. For example, if a polygraph has been taken at the U.S. borders. conducted by State and local law en- So, with that, I know that the au- forcement agencies prior to hiring an in the prior 10 years, I think it is a mistake to think that that will protect thors are well-intentioned, but this is a officer. Those exams do not need to be serious mistake for the security of our duplicated by CBP in order to hire a us. In fact, the Inspector General at country, and I urge Members to vote prospective officer or agent who has al- against the bill. ready been vetted by their local depart- DHS, John Roth, advises against this bill. He explained that the polygraph Ms. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 ment and has a proven track record of minutes to the gentleman from Ala- changes, including this legislation— performance. bama (Mr. BYRNE). and this is a quote—‘‘could put CBP at If CBP finds derogatory information Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, I want to significant risk.’’ on an applicant whose polygraph has thank my Rules Committee colleague He says: ‘‘While it may sound reason- been waived, then they still have the for yielding. I am proud to support this able to say you could waive require- authority to conduct their standard rule and the Anti-Border Corruption ments from former military personnel CBP polygraph to determine whether Reauthorization Act. because they have passed a polygraph, that applicant should, in fact, be hired. Mr. Speaker, last November, the Border Patrol agents work in a dif- This bill does not lower standards. I American people sent a strong mes- ferent environment that is not as con- want to say that again. This bill does sage: They want a secure southern bor- trolled as the military.’’ not lower standards. It merely takes a der. Having a strong system of border Now, it is important to note that, of commonsense approach to hiring by security is critical to our national de- the applicants for the CBP, two-thirds giving CBP the option not to duplicate fense and the safety and the security of fail the polygraph test. That may be a a polygraph exam already completed the American people. President Trump concern, but we ought to be glad that by a highly qualified applicant’s pre- has asked us to get more boots on the people who are a risk are not actually vious law enforcement agency. ground protecting our border, and this I represent the Port of Jacksonville, hired by the CBP. I will just note that the Government bill is an important step in that proc- which moved 82 tons of cargo last year Accountability Office advises that, be- ess. and is one of only 16 ports of call au- U.S. Border Patrol agencies are the tween 2005 and 2012, there were 2,170 re- thorized to move military cargo ones serving on the front lines when it ported incidents of arrest of CBP per- through our national security oper- comes to border security. These hard- sonnel for misconduct. That is about ations. working men and women serve day at one arrest a day of CBP officials. It is absolutely vital that U.S. Cus- CBP’s own Integrity Advisory Panel, night at the border, at airports, and at toms and Border Protection are able to and these are law enforcement experts, sea and land ports in an effort to keep hire enough quality officers to main- outside law enforcement experts, con- us safe. We should be grateful for their tain the flow of commerce. cluded in 2015 that ‘‘there is data indi- service and their sacrifice. Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I yield Unfortunately, U.S. Customs and cating that arrests for corruption of 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from Border Protection, or CBP, is woefully CBP personnel far exceed, on a per cap- California (Ms. LOFGREN), my good understaffed. In fact, the numbers show ita basis, such arrests at other Federal friend and a member of the Judiciary that we are short 1,000 officers and 1,800 law enforcement agencies.’’ And in its Committee. Border Patrol agents. This shortage is final report, that panel recommended Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in making it harder to secure the border that the current polygraph testing be opposition to the rule and the under- and help keep bad actors out of our expanded to include postemployment lying bill. The bill, in fact, does weak- country. tests that are best practices at the FBI en critical screening of potential CBP That is where this bill comes in. It and agencies in the U.S. intelligence officers, and our country actually would amend the Anti-Border Corrup- service. tion Act of 2010 to provide necessary should be working to increase the secu- Now, I will just give you some exam- discretionary waiver authority to the rity relative to CBP. CBP is essential. ples that are real life examples from CBP Commissioner in an effort to re- It is our first line of defense to stop CBP, and this is from the agency itself. duce the staffing shortage. The bill spe- terrorists, to stop drugs, to stop dan- These are individuals who could be ex- cifically would provide the Commis- gerous persons coming in, and we empted. should not weaken our standards. An officer who, when faced with a sioner with the authority to waive the Now, the overwhelming majority of polygraph, admitted possession of ap- polygraph examinations in three cir- CBP officers are honest, hardworking proximately 100 videos and 10,000 still cumstances. The polygraph exam would be waived public servants. Crime and corruption images of child pornography. has, however, been a persistent prob- A police officer who admitted to sex- for current State and local law enforce- lem for the agency. Numerous CBP of- ual assault. ment officers who have already passed ficers have been found to have strong The SPEAKER pro tempore. The a polygraph examination, Federal law connections to organized crime, includ- time of the gentlewoman has expired. enforcement officers who have already ing drug cartels. They are in prison Mr. HASTINGS. I yield the gentle- passed a stringent background inves- now. woman an additional 1 minute. tigation, and veterans with at least 3 In many cases, cartels try and infil- Ms. LOFGREN. An Afghan veteran consecutive years in the military who trate the CBP by recruiting people to who had classified information that he have held a clearance and passed a apply for CBP positions. This results in admitted he had taken out of theater. background check. These are three illicit drug smuggling and other dan- An Army officer who would meet the very tailored and specific cir- gerous activities. criteria who admitted that he had re- cumstances, and these are exactly the

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There but around the world—and make sure case-by-case basis whether to issue a are only 30 working days before our that we do everything necessary to waiver. The Commissioner can order a 5-week August recess. That is not stand up against both Russian hacking, polygraph. much time, but those of us on this side to stand up against the kind of Russian The SPEAKER pro tempore. The of the aisle stand ready to work in a bi- attacks that we are seeing on electoral time of the gentleman has expired. partisan manner with our Republican processes in Europe, and, Mr. Speaker, Ms. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield an colleagues in order to make sensible to ensure that we secure ourselves. additional 30 seconds to the gentleman reforms to our Tax Code, our infra- At the end of the day, that is what from Alabama. structure and healthcare system, in this debate is about here this after- Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, the Com- short, to work hard for the American noon. We have got to make sure that missioner can still order a polygraph people, because that is what we were we all recognize in this body that there for any applicant they deem necessary. sent here to do. is nothing more important than the se- This is a commonsense, bipartisan It is far past time for my friends curity of our Nation. bill that passed out of the Homeland across the aisle to come to the table Frankly, Mr. Speaker, we are at a Security Committee on a voice vote, ready to work on behalf of the Amer- crisis moment. We are at a crisis be- and I hope to see more bipartisan sup- ican people in a bipartisan manner. We cause, for the last 8 years, our military port here in the full House. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to support on this side of the aisle continue to has been strangled. For the last 8 this bill, and I urge all of my col- stand ready to do so, and I urge a ‘‘no’’ years, our borders weren’t secure. We leagues to join me in supporting a vote on the rule. have had threats growing around the stronger and more robust border secu- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance world. rity system. of my time. We have seen the rise of ISIS. We Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I yield Ms. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield have seen the rise of al-Qaida—the ex- myself such time as I may consume. myself such time as I may consume. pansion of al-Qaida around the world Mr. Speaker, we continue to be deep- Mr. Speaker, I want to thank my col- into many more countries than it ever ly concerned by revelations that Rus- league from Florida for his participa- existed before. sia hacked last year’s elections. In tion in this debate today. We have seen the Iranians make fact, just this week we learned that I think it is important for the record steady progress towards obtaining a Russian military intelligence engaged to be clear and to be accurate, Mr. nuclear weapon under what is the most in a monthlong cyber attack against Speaker. This House of Representa- misguided treaty agreement ever en- our voting infrastructure, specifically tives, in the time that we have been in tered into by any American President: targeting a voting software supplier session, has been the most productive the Iranian nuclear agreement. and 122 local election officials. House during the first 100 days of a We have seen Chinese aggression in This most recent revelation comes on Presidency in 30 years. the South China Sea. We have seen the back of earlier determinations by I am sure that my colleagues on the Russian aggression in Europe. the intelligence community that Rus- other side of the aisle may not want to Mr. Speaker, we have seen North sia hacked the DNC and distributed agree to that. They may not want to Korea attempting, on a near weekly fake news in order to sway the election acknowledge that because Speaker basis it sometimes seems, to make sure in Donald Trump’s favor. This has been PELOSI held the record previously when that it has perfected and acquired bal- made even more troublesome by the she was Speaker, but I am very proud listic missile technology, while they fact that Donald John Trump recently of that, that we have done a tremen- also work to make sure that they are admitted that he fired FBI Director dous amount for the American people able to put a nuclear warhead on those Comey over the Bureau’s investigation in the time that we have been in ses- ballistic missiles. into links between the Trump cam- sion. Mr. Speaker, we are living in a very paign and Russia. We have overturned 14 Obama regula- dangerous world. We are living in a Mr. Speaker, the integrity of our tions in this Congress alone, which has world in which America’s ability to de- electoral system is at stake. It is time had a tremendous impact on our con- fend and protect itself is under threat the Republican-controlled Congress stituents. We have already taken steps in a way that it has not been certainly does its job and acts to defend our de- that will save them $3.7 billion in regu- since the end of the Cold War, and mocracy. latory costs, 4.2 million hours in paper- maybe even since World War II. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the pre- work. Defending and protecting this Na- vious question, I will offer an amend- Mr. Speaker, when I think about the tion, Mr. Speaker, will require, both, ment to the rule to bring up the bipar- communities across my home State of that we provide the resources our mili- tisan bill, H.R. 356, which would create Wyoming, this relief could not have tary needs to defend us so that we can, a nonpartisan commission to inves- come soon enough. We are in a position Mr. Speaker, get out from underneath tigate Russian interference into our today where we have faced strangling the policies of the last 8 years, but it 2016 election. regulation out of Washington, D.C., for also will require that we secure our This marks the eighth time we have the last 8 years, regulation that was border. tried to bring this bill to the House truly intended in too many instances This bill today on the floor will pro- floor. On the previous seven occasions, to drive businesses out of business, to vide the relief necessary for the CBP to the Republican majority, regrettably, drive our community banks out of do what is necessary to keep us safe. refused to allow the House to even de- business, and to create a situation We have no greater responsibility than bate this important legislation. But where Washington, D.C., was creating providing for our security. today, they will have yet another op- one-size-fits-all policies. But those I would remind the gentleman from portunity to redeem themselves. I hope days are over. This is a new day, and Florida that this bill passed out of the they will finally put country ahead of we take very seriously our obligations Homeland Security Committee on a party. to put country ahead of party. voice vote, on a bipartisan basis, with Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- With respect to Russia, Mr. Speaker, sponsors from both sides of the aisle. It sent to insert the text of my amend- as my colleague is well aware, there is crucially important that we take ment in the RECORD, along with extra- are multiple investigations underway this step to provide the relief—and not neous material, immediately prior to in the Congress. We on the Republican mandatory relief, but the relief—that the vote on the previous question. side—I think this is a bipartisan the CBP can use if it needs.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K07JN7.023 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE H4664 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 7, 2017 Mr. Speaker, as we discuss the range the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the of accomplishments that we have had gerald, who had asked the gentleman to House resolved into the Committee of the that I am very proud of in this Con- yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to Whole House on the state of the Union for gress and the accomplishments still to the first recognition.’’ consideration of the bill (H.R. 10) to create The Republican majority may say ‘‘the hope and opportunity for investors, con- come, I think that we have to also rec- vote on the previous question is simply a sumers, and entrepreneurs by ending bail- ognize that nothing is more important vote on whether to proceed to an immediate outs and Too Big to Fail, holding Wash- than the security of the Nation. This vote on adopting the resolution.... [and] ington and Wall Street accountable, elimi- bill goes to the heart of that, to mak- has no substantive legislative or policy im- nating red tape to increase access to capital ing sure that the CBP can do its job. plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what and credit, and repealing the provisions of Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I urge adop- they have always said. Listen to the Repub- the Dodd-Frank Act that make America less tion of both the rule and H.R. 2213. lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative prosperous, less stable, and less free, and for other purposes. The first reading of the bill The material previously referred to Process in the United States House of Rep- resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s shall be dispensed with. All points of order by Mr. HASTINGS is as follows: how the Republicans describe the previous against consideration of the bill are waived. AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 374 OFFERED BY question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- General debate shall be confined to the bill MR. HASTINGS though it is generally not possible to amend and shall not exceed 90 minutes equally di- At the end of the resolution, add the fol- the rule because the majority Member con- vided and controlled by the chair and rank- lowing new sections: trolling the time will not yield for the pur- ing minority member of the Committee on SEC 2. Immediately upon adoption of this pose of offering an amendment, the same re- Financial Services. After general debate the resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- bill shall be considered for amendment under clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House vious question on the rule.... When the the five-minute rule. In lieu of the amend- resolved into the Committee of the Whole motion for the previous question is defeated, ment in the nature of a substitute rec- House on the state of the Union for consider- control of the time passes to the Member ommended by the Committee on Financial ation of the bill (H.R. 356) to establish the who led the opposition to ordering the pre- Services now printed in the bill, it shall be in National Commission on Foreign Inter- vious question. That Member, because he order to consider as an original bill for the ference in the 2016 Election. The first reading then controls the time, may offer an amend- purpose of amendment under the five-minute of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of rule the amendment in the nature of a sub- of order against consideration of the bill are amendment.’’ stitute printed in part A of the report of the waived. General debate shall be confined to In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House Committee on Rules accompanying this res- the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal- of Representatives, the subchapter titled olution. That amendment in the nature of a ly divided and controlled by the chair and ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal substitute shall be considered as read. All ranking minority member of the Committee to order the previous question on such a rule points of order against that amendment in on Foreign Affairs. After general debate the [a special rule reported from the Committee the nature of a substitute are waived. No amendment to that amendment in the na- bill shall be considered for amendment under on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- ture of a substitute shall be in order except the five-minute rule. All points of order ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- those printed in part B of the report of the against provisions in the bill are waived. At tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- Committee on Rules. Each such amendment the conclusion of consideration of the bill for jection of the motion for the previous ques- may be offered only in the order printed in amendment the Committee shall rise and re- tion on a resolution reported from the Com- the report, may be offered only by a Member port the bill to the House with such amend- mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- designated in the report, shall be considered ments as may have been adopted. The pre- ber leading the opposition to the previous as read, shall be debatable for the time speci- vious question shall be considered as ordered question, who may offer a proper amendment fied in the report equally divided and con- on the bill and amendments thereto to final or motion and who controls the time for de- trolled by the proponent and an opponent, passage without intervening motion except bate thereon.’’ shall not be subject to amendment, and shall one motion to recommit with or without in- Clearly, the vote on the previous question not be subject to a demand for division of the structions. If the Committee of the Whole on a rule does have substantive policy impli- question in the House or in the Committee of rises and reports that it has come to no reso- cations. It is one of the only available tools the Whole. All points of order against such lution on the bill, then on the next legisla- for those who oppose the Republican major- amendments are waived. At the conclusion tive day the House shall, immediately after ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- of consideration of the bill for amendment the third daily order of business under clause native views the opportunity to offer an al- the Committee shall rise and report the bill 1 of rule XIV, resolve into the Committee of ternative plan. to the House with such amendments as may the Whole for further consideration of the Ms. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield have been adopted. Any Member may de- bill. back the balance of my time, and I mand a separate vote in the House on any SEC. 3. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not move the previous question on the res- apply to the consideration of H.R. 356. amendment adopted in the Committee of the olution. Whole to the bill or to the amendment in the nature of a substitute made in order as origi- THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT The SPEAKER pro tempore. The nal text. The previous question shall be con- IT REALLY MEANS question is on ordering the previous sidered as ordered on the bill and amend- This vote, the vote on whether to order the question. The question was taken; and the ments thereto to final passage without inter- previous question on a special rule, is not vening motion except one motion to recom- merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- Speaker pro tempore announced that mit with or without instructions. dering the previous question is a vote the ayes appeared to have it. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. against the Republican majority agenda and Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, on that SCHWEIKERT). The gentleman from Col- a vote to allow the Democratic minority to I demand the yeas and nays. orado is recognized for 1 hour. offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about The yeas and nays were ordered. Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, for the pur- what the House should be debating. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the pose of debate only, I yield the cus- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- tomary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman ceedings on this question will be post- scribes the vote on the previous question on from New York (Ms. SLAUGHTER), pend- poned. the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the ing which I yield myself such time as I consideration of the subject before the House f may consume. During consideration of being made by the Member in charge.’’ To defeat the previous question is to give the b 1300 this resolution, all time yielded is for opposition a chance to decide the subject be- PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION the purpose of debate only. fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s OF H.R. 10, FINANCIAL CHOICE GENERAL LEAVE ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that ACT OF 2017 Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- mous consent that all Members may mand for the previous question passes the Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, by direction have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- control of the resolution to the opposition’’ of the Committee on Rules, I call up tend their remarks. in order to offer an amendment. On March House Resolution 375 and ask for its The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- immediate consideration. objection to the request of the gen- fered a rule resolution. The House defeated The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- the previous question and a member of the tleman from Colorado? opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, lows: There was no objection. asking who was entitled to recognition. H. RES. 375 Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R-Illinois) said: Resolved, That at any time after adoption in support of the rule and the under- ‘‘The previous question having been refused, of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant lying legislation. This rule provides a

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This legislation touches incredible power to regulate the finan- major bank failures or bank failures of at the very heart of our economy, en- cial industry but that has nearly no ac- any kind since we passed it, and I suring that our financial system facili- countability. The judicial branch has would say, indeed, this law has worked. tates job creation, economic growth, actually declared its structure uncon- Since it has been enacted, our econ- and fairness. stitutional. omy has had over 80 consecutive Nearly 10 years ago, the American The CFPB is causing problems for months of private sector job growth. economy cratered. The Great Recession consumers. They have a database for That is pretty good. In fact, it is a of the late 2000s revealed that our fi- complaints from consumers, but it pub- record-setting streak. More than 16 nancial system was fragile, and many lishes consumer complaints before even million jobs have been created, and Americans got the short end of the checking if they are true. The CFPB business lending has been increased by stick. also weighs in on financial regulations 75 percent. I am not getting all the In 2010, Democrats passed H.R. 4173, where Congress should instead be mak- complaints that I used to get that they the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform ing these decisions, and the CFPB could not borrow money from banks, and Consumer Protection Act. They wasted over $200 million on lavish ren- particularly the small businesses. promised the bill would lift the Amer- ovations of their office space in down- Along the way, the Consumer Finan- ican economy. They promised an end to town Washington, D.C. cial Protection Bureau established Wall Street bailouts. They promised to This legislation we are considering under this law has helped 29 million protect consumers. Seven years later, today will restructure the CFPB, re- people in all of our 50 States to receive we know that these promises never storing congressional oversight duties nearly $12 billion in relief from compa- came true. and moving the agency back under the nies that engaged in irresponsible or Due to Dodd-Frank’s excessive regu- regular legislative appropriations proc- predatory practices. latory burden, big banks are getting ess. We will also be refocusing the One group that sent us a letter beg- bigger while small banks and credit CFPB on enforcing consumer protec- ging us not to do away with Dodd- unions are disappearing. There have tion laws, rather than making up their Frank was the Veterans of Foreign only been six new bank charters since own laws that only hurt the average Wars who said that far too often their Dodd-Frank—a drastic decline from the American consumer. veterans were the victims of predatory 170 on average per year before the bill. Perhaps most important to Colo- lenders—shysters, people not telling In fact, 43 percent of banks with assets radans, the Financial CHOICE Act cre- them the truth—and that is exactly under $100 million have disappeared. ates economic growth and jobs by mak- what the Consumer Financial Protec- Large banks survive because they ing credit easier to access for Main tion Bureau was established to do. can afford armies of lawyers to under- Street America. Thanks to the TAI- You can’t argue about whether or not stand Dodd-Frank regulations. In 2010, LOR Act, introduced by my friend and it has been a success if 29 million peo- Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein colleague from Colorado (Mr. TIPTON), ple in 50 States have gotten back $12 even suggested his bank would be regulators will be able to craft custom billion in relief of bad practices. But among the biggest beneficiaries of regulations to reflect the specific busi- this legislation completely will do Dodd-Frank. But for community banks ness model of local banks. away with the Consumer Financial with community budgets, the effects of This bill also creates jobs and eco- Protection Bureau, the only thing we the law have been devastating. nomic growth by requiring more trans- have left to protect Main Street and Dodd-Frank also failed to address the parent policymaking at the Federal the small investors. too-big-to-fail problem. Under the Reserve. We rein in stifling regulations These gains weren’t a coincidence, Dodd-Frank law, big banks are growing on small, community banks, allowing Mr. Speaker. They were the result of larger, and taxpayers are still respon- them to compete against their larger the Dodd-Frank law. Gutting Wall sible for bailing them out. Further- counterparts. We increase consumer Street reform will be a historic give- more, Dodd-Frank has made access to choice by ensuring Americans can ac- away to special interests. banking and credit more difficult for cess a bank and a credit card. b 1315 average Americans. Since the passage Mr. Speaker, we have the oppor- of the bill, bank fees have increased tunity today to transform our Nation’s The Wall Street firms who plunged and millions more Americans are now financial system. We have the oppor- our country to the brink, in 2008, would considered unbanked or underbanked. tunity to level the playing field be- be free once again to take advantage of Declining liquidity has limited ac- tween big and small banks. We have consumers and force middle class fami- cess to credit for small businesses and the opportunity to turn up the heat on lies to go it alone, without the protec- the regulatory restrictions on mort- financial fraud. We have the oppor- tions this bill has provided them. gages have pushed homeownership out tunity to return regulatory power from The CHOICE Act is the wrong choice of reach for the middle class. Seventy- the hands of unelected bureaucrats to for consumers and families. Instead of two percent of community banks say the people. We have the opportunity to standing with financial lobbyists, I that the Dodd-Frank regulations re- roll back hurtful regulations. urge the majority to uphold the trust strict their ability to offer mortgage We are here to restore hope and op- of the people we all represent. loans. portunity through the Financial Five years ago, Democrats and Re- Mr. Speaker, this is not the price we CHOICE Act. publicans came together to almost must pay to be a hopeful and pros- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of unanimously pass my bill to end in- perous nation. That is why I am here my time. sider trading in Congress. The STOCK supporting the Financial CHOICE Act. Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I Act passed this Chamber by a vote of It repeals Dodd-Frank, replacing the yield myself such time as I may con- 417–2, one of the most bipartisan bills harmful law with reasonable regula- sume. I thank my colleague for yield- of that entire session of Congress. tions that ensure consumer protection, ing me the time. It wasn’t easy. I led a 6-year fight to job growth, economic growth, and Mr. Speaker, 7 years ago, I brought get it signed into law after learning strong community banks. the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform that Members of Congress and their The Financial CHOICE Act ends the and Consumer Protection Act to the staffs were abusing their positions by coddling of big banks. It implements floor of the House as chairwoman of making money from the information historically tough penalties on finan- the House Rules Committee. This law that they gleaned and that was not cial fraud and insider trading. It ends was a statement from Congress on be- available to everybody else in America. taxpayer-funded bailouts and creates half of the American people that un- They gleaned this information while

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That is why Mr. Speaker, let me take just a few signed to hold scam artists account- I am waging a new battle to strengthen moments to talk to you about the able. That is exactly what the CFPB the STOCK Act, after learning that harmful effects Dodd-Frank has had on has done. Whether it is payday lenders some in this Congress have used legal my home State of Texas. As of just a or deceitful language in the fine print loopholes to get around this law. few months ago, in Texas alone, 358 of financial agreements, reverse mort- Once again, we see the importance of State or federally chartered banks, gages, contracts denying consumers investigative journalism and a free credit unions, or thrifts have either their legal remedies to address wrong- press, which has shined a light on the closed or merged since 2010, when doing, or many other issues, this agen- fact that some Members of Congress Dodd-Frank became law. cy has been there to protect the con- have purchased private, discounted According to our Texas State Bank- sumers. stock deals and taken a part in initial ing Commission, the last bank or cred- Among those most threatened that public offerings outside of the United it union chartered in Texas was in 2009, have benefited from this law enforce- States. These special deals are not in a State with one of the healthiest ment agency are our military families, available to the general public. economies in the country. Mass con- who face unique financial challenges, All this would have remained in the solidations and closures have left many from illegal foreclosures, to cheating dark, had the STOCK Act not put into Texans few options, something the pre- them on student loans, to payday lend- place a new requirement to timely dis- vious administration promised. ers who overcharge their families. This close sales and purchases of stock. This While Dodd-Frank aimed at fixing law enforcement agency has been there is precisely the kind of outrageous con- our recovering financial system, one- to protect them. Today, it would be duct we intended to outlaw under the size-fits-all regulations have only hurt substantially weakened by this legisla- STOCK Act. It plays directly into the one person: the consumer. Increased tion. public’s most cynical view of Congress. bank fees, less access to consumer One of the leading examples of the This, Mr. Speaker, comes at a time credit products, 1,000-page rules, and success of this law enforcement agency when just 20 percent of the public ap- billions of dollars in regulatory costs is Wells Fargo: fined $100 million, $85 proves of how Congress is doing its job all have become the hallmark of our fi- million in restitution, $75 million in under the majority’s leadership. That nancial system over the last 7 years. claw-backs from executives, a CEO re- is according to the latest figures from To my friends on the other side of signed. None of that happened to the Gallup. the aisle, I will leave you with this: If other banks, but Wells Fargo was This Chamber put aside partisanship you support crushing regulations that caught. It was caught because there and took a strong, bipartisan stand have hurt our community banks and was a law enforcement agency on the against this abhorrent behavior just a our credit unions, if you support tax- beat doing something about it. few years ago. It has become increas- payer bailouts, if you support an agen- There are those who fought this leg- ingly clear that we need to act again cy that is accountable to none, and if islation from the start, and they won’t today to hold ourselves accountable to you support less accountability for give up on trying to undermine it. both the letter and the spirit of the both Washington and Wall Street, You need only look at what happened STOCK Act law. would you please vote against this rule this year in enforcement actions to see We are not doing that today. Once and the underlying bill? what this agency is doing: a company again, we are taking away the regula- But if you support financial oppor- failed to provide redress for illegal col- tions because some people find them so tunity for all, taxpayer bailout for lection tactics, deceived consumers terribly abhorrent, but they protect none, less regulations on small commu- about credit scores, misstated the the small investor and the people in nity financial institutions, and more charges associated with pawn loans, de- the banks. We surely will never, I hope, accountability and transparency, then nied consumers access to their own see the day where we will ask the tax- support this bill, support consumers, money, and kept borrowers in the dark payers of the United States to bail out and support Main Street America. about options to avoid foreclosure. One the enormously rich, big banks. One of In God we trust. bit of wrongdoing after another. Why the worst things of that whole era was Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I not have a cop on the beat working for not a single fraudulent banker went to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from us? Some people want to have the un- jail. Texas (Mr. DOGGETT). limited right to exploit consumers. Just 535 of us in a country of more Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Speaker, those This agency is the one thing standing than 300 million people have been cho- wondering why Republican lips are in the way to protect them. sen to serve on the American people’s sealed so very tight when it comes to I say: stop this Republican inter- behalf in Congress. It is a sacred re- President Trump jeopardizing our na- ference with law enforcement and send sponsibility, one we should not be tional security, threatening our democ- a message at the same time to Presi- squandering, doing the bidding of the racy, and engaging in one crazy action dent Donald J. Trump that our laws financial lobbyists or Wall Street after another need look no further than apply to him too, and ought to be en- firms, who are the ones behind the this bill. forced against him when he is engaged CHOICE Act. You see, this is a bill to handcuff the in wrongdoing. The majority should stop fulfilling cop on Wall Street. So many of our Re- Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 the wish list of Wall Street and act on publican colleagues are so eager to minutes to the gentleman from New behalf of millions of Americans out- shield Wall Street from action and Mexico (Mr. PEARCE). raged by insider trading and other chi- eventually to bestow one tax break Mr. PEARCE. I thank the gentleman canery that still permeates the halls of after another on Wall Street, that they for yielding. Congress today. This Chamber must are willing to pay almost any price in Mr. Speaker, one of the most decep- take action so that Americans recog- silence concerning Mr. Trump’s out- tive things that Congress does is regu- nize we came here to represent them, rages. late one part of an industry for the not enrich ourselves. As a person who voted against all of problems created by another part. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of the big bank bailouts, I am most con- The community banks had nothing my time. cerned that this bill will produce only to do with the collapse in 2008. It was Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 more. When the banks were bailed out, Wall Street, the people in New York, minutes to the gentleman from Texas American families paid the price, as the big banks. Yet the Dodd-Frank reg- (Mr. WILLIAMS), the vice chair of the taxpayers. They paid the price for the ulation kind of let them scoot by and

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It was a county Act, would repeal the orderly liquida- Michiganders and citizens around the prosecutor who actually uncovered it. tion authority, which is the only tool country to lose their jobs, families to So this idea that we here in Congress that would allow large financial insti- lose their savings, and way too many are going to do things that are going to tutions like Lehman Brothers or AIG to lose their homes. Since that time, get it in check simply is not true. What to be wound down safely, without re- our friends on the other side of the is true is that the agency created by quiring a taxpayer bailout or causing a aisle have attempted to convince the Dodd-Frank, the CFPB, or the Con- financial panic, like Lehman. American people that Dodd-Frank was sumer Financial Protection Bureau, We had two choices in the crisis: ei- ‘‘the answer’’ to the financial crisis, was so annoying that it put New Mexi- ther bail them out—a bad choice—or despite the law failing to actually ad- co’s most sparsely populated county, let them fail—another bad choice. dress the root cause of the downturn. with about 8 people per square mile, to The liquidation authority is helpful, In reality, Dodd-Frank has made it be regulated the same as New York yet the majority claims that the liq- more difficult for hardworking tax- City. That is how much CFPB under- uidation authority codifies taxpayer payers to secure a future for them- stood. bailouts. Nothing could be further from selves and their children by denying In the process of their regulating, the truth. Under the liquidation au- them the economic recovery that they they shut down the loans for manufac- thority, the FDIC wipes out the firm’s deserve. tured housing. That means nothing to shareholders, imposes losses on the Let’s be honest: Dodd-Frank was an the people in New York, but in New firm’s creditors, fires the firm’s man- agenda waiting for a crisis. So many Mexico, that is 50 percent of the homes agement, and completely liquidates the issues not related to economic stability in my district. The CFPB didn’t much entire firm. The only people who are were crammed into this flawed law care. guaranteed not to suffer losses are the that, now, big banks have gotten even They also limited the ability of reg- taxpayers. bigger and small banks have dis- So if we wipe out this protection to ular banks to make loans on mort- appeared at an alarming rate. Even the taxpayers, we are putting the tax- gages, establishing something called worse, Dodd-Frank enshrined ‘‘too big payers in harm’s way yet again. qualified mortgages. They simply said to fail’’ and, frankly, put in place ‘‘too all balloon notes are prejudicial. Those b 1330 small to save.’’ things were hurting and penalizing the This bill would also devastate inves- Enough is enough. In order to in- rural parts of this country. The people tors by rolling back decades of investor crease economic opportunity, we must who suffered most were the people at protections and trampling on the prop- enact commonsense regulatory reform the lowest end of the economic spec- erty rights of shareholders by making and restore accountability to Wall trum. it virtually impossible for them to in- Street and to Washington. The House Our credit agencies, our credit sys- fluence the management of the compa- Financial Services Committee achieves tem in the U.S., has done much in nies that they own. this goal through a carefully crafted order to make credit available, no mat- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Financial CHOICE Act, which we are ter where you are in the political and PALMER). The time of the gentlewoman debating here today. income spectrum. has expired. The Financial CHOICE Act elimi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I nates Dodd-Frank’s one-size-fits-all time of the gentleman has expired. yield the gentlewoman an additional 1 regulatory structure that has strangled Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield the minute. community financial institutions with gentleman an additional 30 seconds. Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New Mr. PEARCE. The people at the low overly burdensome regulations that York. Finally, the bill would com- end of the spectrum had access to were meant for the largest banks in pletely gut the Consumer Financial many different ways of borrowing. America. By enacting the CHOICE Act, Protection Bureau, which has been an CFPB simply routinely eliminated al- community banks and credit unions incredible, effective watchdog for con- most every single one of them. can utilize their resources to help indi- As a representative of one of the sumers and has protected the con- vidual customers and small businesses poorest districts in the country, I have sumers who were often not thought achieve financial independence. found CFPB’s efforts to be meaningless about first of all or second of all—or If we want small businesses to con- to the big guys and punitive to us who not thought about at all. This agency tinue to be the engine of economic are just trying to make a living out in protects them. If we would have had it, growth, we must remove the regu- the rural parts of the world. we would not have had the financial latory red tape that is preventing these Mr. Speaker, I urge support for this crisis we suffered. This would just community lenders from supporting rule and support for the underlying make it easier for banks like Wells small business job creators. bill. Fargo to rip off consumers and would Additionally, the Financial CHOICE Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I protect them from being punished if Act holds Wall Street accountable by yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman they are caught. imposing the toughest penalties in his- from New York (Mrs. CAROLYN B. So I want to point out that the Re- tory. To protect consumers from finan- MALONEY) the distinguished ranking publican ‘‘Wrong’’ CHOICE Act puts cial fraud is a key goal for all of us. member of the Financial Services Sub- Wall Street ahead of Main Street, leads The SPEAKER pro tempore. The committee on Capital Markets, Securi- to taxpayer bailouts for big banks, guts time of the gentleman has expired. ties, and Investments. consumer protections for seniors and Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield an Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New their families, and brings back risky additional 30 seconds to the gentleman York. I thank the gentlewoman for her practices that caused the 2008 financial from Michigan. leadership and for yielding. crisis. It is the wrong direction, it is a Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Speaker, this Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong wrong vote, and I caution my friends important legislation also holds Wash- opposition to H.R. 10, the ‘‘Wrong’’ on the other side of the aisle the voters ington bureaucrats accountable by cre- CHOICE Act. are going to remember this vote. Don’t ating constitutional checks and bal- This bill will take us back to the reg- turn us back to the Stone Age of regu- ances for the Consumer Financial Pro- ulatory stone age and would be a dis- lation. tection Bureau so that it can more ef- aster for the entire financial system. I urge a very strong ‘‘no’’ vote on fectively do its job. No government Let us remember why we passed this wrongly directed ‘‘Bad’’ CHOICE agency should be unaccountable to the Dodd-Frank: we confronted the worst Act. American people.

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Real people are struggling to recover to bring accountability and trans- The process that she was talking from that 2008 crisis, still, and instead parency to a Bureau that has been about, this orderly liquidation author- of rolling back protections for con- thwarting congressional oversight and ity, the government runs the bank for sumers, we should be investing in jobs due process. 5 years, and that is unacceptable. for everyday Americans. We should be Additionally, the CHOICE Act will So I hope you will join me in sup- making sure that the guy on Main increase lending in our communities, porting this rule and supporting the Street or the woman on Main Street open up our economy, end taxpayer- underlying bill. has a chance against those big banks funded bailouts, and hold Wall Street Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I am and against all those predatory prac- and Washington accountable. Ameri- pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gen- tices. cans today deserve the ‘‘Right’’ tlewoman from Washington (Ms. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to CHOICE Act. JAYAPAL). support consumers and working Ameri- Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, may Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, I rise cans and to oppose the ‘‘Wrong’’ I inquire of my colleague if he has fur- today in strong opposition to the CHOICE Act. ther speakers? Mr. BUCK. I do. ‘‘Wrong’’ CHOICE Act. This bill will Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I note for Ms. SLAUGHTER. I reserve the bal- have a devastating impact on the abil- the record that the best way for a stu- ance of my time. ity of regulators to protect everyday dent to repay student loans is to have Americans from future wrongdoing on Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 a strong economy and not the anemic minutes to the gentleman from Ken- Wall Street. recovery that we had from the last re- If you support consumers, you must tucky (Mr. BARR), the chair of the Sub- cession. committee on Monetary Policy and oppose the ‘‘Wrong’’ CHOICE Act. If I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman you want to make sure that consumers Trade. from Missouri (Mrs. WAGNER), the chair have a fighting chance against those Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, when former of the Subcommittee on Oversight and President Obama signed the Dodd- big banks and against illegal practices, Investigations. then you must oppose the ‘‘Wrong’’ Frank financial control law into law Mrs. WAGNER. Mr. Speaker, I am about 7 years ago, supporters promised CHOICE Act, because this act guts the proud to stand before you today to Consumer Financial Protection Bu- that it would repair the economy; they speak on the rule and in support of promised that it would end too big to reau. H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act, In nearly 6 years, the Consumer Fi- fail; they promised it would enhance fi- which represents years of hard work by nancial Protection Bureau has re- nancial stability and protect con- our chairman, JEB HENSARLING, and turned nearly $12 billion to 29 million sumers. But none of those promises the entire Financial Services Com- Americans hurt by illegal financial have been kept. mittee. practices, reduced $7.7 billion in con- Nearly 9 years after the financial cri- For nearly 8 years, Dodd-Frank has sumer debts while winning $3.7 billion sis, Americans are still stuck in the targeted Main Street pocketbooks and in compensation for consumers, and it slowest, weakest economic recovery in stripped families of real opportunities has benefited nearly 50 million house- 70 years. The percentage of Americans for financial success and independence. holds in the form of new protections who are actually in the workforce is at For instance, the CFPB has spent years shielding consumers from surprise its lowest level since the late 1970s, and removing choices and making access to costs in terms on their mortgages and we still have not fully reached the po- financial products more difficult to ob- their credit cards. tential of our economic recovery. This Now, at a time when we have a stu- tain. Under these regulations, it is now is precisely because of the Dodd-Frank dent loan crisis in this country, $1.4 harder for families to qualify for a law. The Dodd-Frank law has clogged trillion in student debt, we have to mortgage, to obtain an auto loan, and the plumbing of our economy with an make sure that we are protecting fami- to access other forms of credit that avalanche of red tape. lies, students, and young people around they have depended on every day of Far from ending too big to fail, Dodd- these predatory debt collection prac- their lives. Meanwhile, the CFPB fails Frank has guaranteed that too-big-to- tices and all working families around to monitor and prevent actual and real fail banks will get a taxpayer bailout predatory lending. instances of consumer fraud like we whenever they go into distress. My home State of Washington was saw with the opening of millions of un- As big banks have gotten bigger as a proud to work with the CFPB on those authorized customers’ accounts at result of Dodd-Frank, the small banks, new regulations that would actually Wells Fargo. the community banks, the credit protect working people, make sure that Mr. Speaker, I have the privilege of unions—the credit providers for the en- they have off-ramps if they get into chairing the Oversight and Investiga- trepreneurs, the small businesses, the predatory loans and make sure that we tions Subcommittee on Financial Serv- job creators in this country—are fewer. regulate that industry. ices, and today—today—we released a That is a huge problem for the dyna- The benefits of Dodd-Frank are not report titled, ‘‘Was the Cop on the mism of the economy, and that is one limited just to consumers, by the way. Beat?’’ This is regarding the CFPB’s of the reasons why we haven’t seen eco- Big and small banks have benefited: wholly inadequate role in investigating nomic recovery the way that we lending is at record highs, and 2016 the Wells Fargo fraudulent account should. data from the FDIC shows that those scandal. Dodd-Frank has made it more dif- banks are doing pretty well. We have received numerous records ficult for small businesses and startups The financial crisis, which destroyed from both Wells Fargo and the OCC and to obtain capital to grow, invest, and trillions of dollars in wealth and others that indicate that the CFPB was hire. Before Dodd-Frank, small busi- wreaked havoc on the financial lives of asleep at the wheel when it came to in- ness lending was more than 150 percent millions of families, was not a random vestigating Wells Fargo. Unfortu- of large bank lending. Today, due to event. nately, the CFPB has produced no such Dodd-Frank, small bank lending is The SPEAKER pro tempore. The documents, even under subpoena, that about 80 percent below that of large time of the gentlewoman has expired. contradict this assertion and support bank lending. This is why new business Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I the testimony of Director Cordray in formation is at a generational low, be- yield an additional minute to the gen- front of this committee earlier in the cause small businesses and startups tlewoman. year. This report highlights the need and entrepreneurs have much more Ms. JAYAPAL. The Financial Crisis for reforms to the CFPB that are con- success obtaining capital from commu- Inquiry Commission itself said that tained in the CHOICE Act. nity banks than Wall Street banks.

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It begins to trict, a status quo that allows unac- banks in my home State of Kentucky undo the damage caused by Dodd- countable agencies in this town to con- have disappeared as a result of Dodd- Frank by removing onerous Wash- tinue to have too much power and tak- Frank. ington mandates, very expensive regu- ing away choices from individuals. Consumer protection? Hardly. Tak- lations, by cutting off access to finan- This legislation will end too big to ing away financial services and prod- cial products that the American people fail and will end too small to succeed. ucts, eliminating competition and need and desire. Regardless of who you are or where you choice from the marketplace, elimi- Additionally, the Financial CHOICE come from, you should have access to nating free checking, taking away ac- Act actually addresses the plight of affordable reliable financial services. cess to credit, that is not protecting small businesses by cleaning up these Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I consumers. That is hurting consumers. messy regulations that are unclear, continue to reserve the balance of my Dodd-Frank is the worst bill for con- that have made the marketplace less time. sumers that we could possibly have. safe and secure for lending and small Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I have no We need the Financial CHOICE Act, businesses, and encouraging the use of further speakers at this time. The which will preserve access to financial innovative new forms of capital forma- points have been made. I am prepared services and products and give con- tion that help businesses grow and to close, and I reserve the balance of sumers access to mortgages and access prosper. my time. to financial products like credit cards That means jobs. This bill is directed Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I and overdraft protection and home eq- at growing the American economy, get- yield myself the balance of my time. uity loans. All of these services and ting us back on our feet, and helping With each passing day, we learn more products are going away because of expand prosperity not just to urban or about the tangled web of conflicts of Dodd-Frank and the busybodies in rural areas, but to both, to all Ameri- interest and links to Russia and the Washington. cans. Trump administration. Just last week We need to protect consumers. There Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to we learned that President Trump’s son- is nothing wrong with effective regula- vote for this important bill and get on in-law, Jared Kushner, attempted to tion, but this is regulation gone awry. with the business of legislating. establish a back channel of commu- It is unaccountable, it is not trans- Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I nications with Russia and the Trump parent, it is hurting the American con- continue to reserve the balance of my transition team before they were even sumers, and it is certainly not adding time. inaugurated. to financial stability when big banks Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 Tomorrow, former FBI Director and Wall Street are getting bigger and minutes to the gentleman from Penn- James Comey will likely testify that our community banks are going away. sylvania (Mr. ROTHFUS), the vice chair President Trump attempted to influ- of the Subcommittee on Financial In- ence the FBI’s investigation into pos- b 1345 stitutions and Consumer Credit. sible collusion between his campaign Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, I re- Mr. ROTHFUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise and the Russian Government. serve the balance of my time. today in support of this rule and the Who knows what further ties to Rus- Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 underlying legislation, the Financial sia we will uncover from his testimony. minutes to the gentleman from North CHOICE Act. The acronym CHOICE Without President Trump’s tax re- Carolina (Mr. MCHENRY), the chief dep- stands for Creating Hope and Oppor- turns, we simply have no way of know- uty whip of the Republican Conference. tunity for Investors, Consumers, and ing if he himself has financial ties to Mr. MCHENRY. Mr. Speaker, I thank Entrepreneurs. This legislation could Russia, as news reports have suggested. my colleague for yielding me time. be very well entitled the ‘‘Make Amer- The American people deserve to know Mr. Speaker, small businesses and ica Grow Again Act.’’ whether or not our President has any families are the backbone of small I cannot, Mr. Speaker, understate the business dealings with Russia or other rural communities like the ones I rep- importance of economic growth and foreign governments. It is imperative resent in western North Carolina. The what that means to this country: jobs, that we prevent the White House from fact is that Dodd-Frank has had a better jobs; wages, higher wages; and becoming another arm of the Trump crushing impact both on the ability of revenues, more revenues coming into organization. families and small businesses to access the Federal Treasury as a result of Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the pre- loans and the financial products that healthy economic growth that will vious question, I will offer an amend- they need and deserve. allow us to pay for the critical pro- ment to the rule to bring up Represent- Half of what community banks did grams that people in this country de- ative ESHOO’s bill, H.R. 305, which prior to Dodd-Frank was lending to pend on, whether seniors, veterans, in- would require Presidents and major small businesses. Now it is down to 20 frastructure. party nominees for the Presidency to percent of what they do. That is as a You pay for your government with a release their tax returns. result of massive regulations that have healthy growing economy. That is not If the President has nothing to hide, come about as a result of Dodd-Frank. what we have today. We must grow including financial interests or busi- For families, the availability of serv- again, especially as we think of these ness dealings with Russia, then he ices that they used to commonly think individuals. should freely release his tax returns to is acceptable, like free checking and Opponents of this legislation are de- reassure the American people. mortgage lending, are significantly di- fending a stagnant status quo. They Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- minished or altogether gone for them. are defending a status quo that has sent to include in the RECORD the text Since Dodd-Frank became law, nearly given us the slowest economy since the of my amendment, along with extra- three-quarters of community banks Great Depression, a status quo respon- neous material, immediately prior to have either left or greatly reduced sible for the loss of 1,400 community the vote on the previous question. their mortgage businesses. This is banks, a status quo that has a commu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there problematic for families. The impact of nity bank or credit union closing every objection to the request of the gentle- these changes has hit rural commu- single day, a status quo that has re- woman from New York? nities like the ones I represent in west- sulted in the noncreation of 650,000 There was no objection. ern North Carolina the hardest. small businesses—that would mean 6.5 Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, let But it doesn’t end there. The law’s million jobs. Six and a half million me remind the majority why we en- mandates have driven up the cost of people who would be paying taxes, pay- acted the Wall Street reform in the borrowing, making it harder and more ing Social Security taxes, paying Medi- first place.

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During the 2008 financial crash, House on the state of the Union for consider- so that the House can vote on my bi- ation of the bill (H.R. 305) to amend the Eth- more than 8 million Americans lost partisan legislation, the Presidential ics in Government Act of 1978 to require the their jobs, $13 trillion in wealth van- Tax Transparency Act. disclosure of certain tax returns by Presi- ished overnight, and 11 million homes I first introduced the Presidential dents and certain candidates for the office of were lost. Tax Transparency Act exactly one year the President, and for other purposes. The After years of excesses and dodging ago today, along with my Senate coun- first reading of the bill shall be dispensed regulation, the financial firms were fi- terpart RON WYDEN. This bill would with. All points of order against consider- nally brought under control by the codify the longstanding tradition of ation of the bill are waived. General debate Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and presidents disclosing their tax returns. shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex- Consumer Protection Act. The perverse The bill is simple, it is bipartisan, and ceed one hour equally divided among and notion of too big to fail was finally controlled by the respective chairs and rank- it has the support of the American peo- ing minority members of the Committees on ended, and the financial playing field ple. A recent poll found that 80 percent Ways and Means and Oversight and Govern- was tilted back toward consumers. of Americans believe the President ment Reform. After general debate the bill We have all seen the results of the should disclose his tax returns. Earlier shall be considered for amendment under the law in the form of record-setting pri- today, a petition was delivered to Con- five-minute rule. All points of order against vate sector job growth, millions of new gress with over 4 million signatures provisions in the bill are waived. At the con- jobs, and historic rates of business calling on the House to take up this clusion of consideration of the bill for lending. It is beyond me why anyone in bill. amendment the Committee shall rise and re- the world would want to repeal this Since I introduced the Presidential port the bill to the House with such amend- law and threaten this progress. Instead Tax Transparency Act a year ago, can- ments as may have been adopted. The pre- vious question shall be considered as ordered of doing the bidding of the financial didate Trump and now President lobbyists who don’t really care for the on the bill and amendments thereto to final Trump has amassed serious ethical passage without intervening motion except law, we should be acting to uphold the lapses, troubling connections to Rus- one motion to recommit with or without in- trust of the people who sent us here. sian officials, and countless potential structions. If the Committee of the Whole This begins with passing the End conflicts of interest, all while hiding rises and reports that it has come to no reso- Congressional Stock Market Abuse Act his full financial information from the lution on the bill, then on the next legisla- to bring an end to the egregious use of public. tive day the House shall, immediately after exclusive stock deals and foreign ini- Mr. Trump is the first president in the third daily order of business under clause tial public offerings by Members of decades to refuse to disclose his tax re- 1 of rule XIV, resolve into the Committee of Congress. the Whole for further consideration of the turns as a candidate and as President. bill. The American people must be able to We know from his candidate financial trust what we are doing here and trust SEC. 3. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not disclosure filed last year that the apply to the consideration of H.R. 305. that it is right for them without con- President has 564 financial positions in cern that we are using our position to companies around the world, and owes THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT enrich ourselves. at least $300 million in debts to various IT REALLY MEANS My bill would enhance the STOCK banks. But there’s no way for us to This vote on whether to order the previous Act, which passed the Chamber vir- verify these claims without his tax re- question on a special rule, is not merely a tually unanimously—two ‘‘no’’ votes— procedural vote. A vote against ordering the in 2012, with provisions that I think we turn information. Disclosure of the President’s tax re- previous question is a vote against the Re- could all agree on: no exclusive stock turns would provide answers to many publican majority agenda and a vote to allow deals for Members of Congress, no ini- of the troubling questions surrounding the Democratic minority to offer an alter- tial public offerings, regardless of native plan. It is a vote about what the this Administration’s connections to where they are offered. House should be debating. Mr. Speaker, that is what we should Russia. In recent weeks, the President Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the be focusing on today, not dismantling a pressured the FBI Director to stop in- House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- law that has brought financial security vestigating Michael Flynn’s Russia scribes the vote on the previous question on to millions of Americans. connections and then fired him. There the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to are near-daily revelations of undis- consideration of the subject before the House closed meetings with Russian officials, being made by the Member in charge.’’ To oppose the rule, to oppose the under- defeat the previous question is to give the lying legislation, the ‘‘Wrong’’ CHOICE disclosures of classified information, and more evidence that the Russians opposition a chance to decide the subject be- Act, and I yield back the balance of my fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s time. sought to directly interfere in our elec- ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, the legisla- tion. ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- tion before us today is not for the big Only with full disclosure of his tax mand for the previous question passes the banks. It is not for the bureaucrats and returns will we know the true sources control of the resolution to the opposition’’ their swanky downtown office at of the President’s income, the holders in order to offer an amendment. On March CFPB. This legislation was crafted for of his debt, and the extent of any busi- 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- the American people, the men and ness ties to Russia and other foreign fered a rule resolution. The House defeated women who work hard every day to countries. the previous question and a member of the opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, earn a living. These individuals want I urge my colleagues to listen to the will of the American people and join asking who was entitled to recognition. choice in the financial products they Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R–Illinois) said: can buy. They want healthy commu- our bipartisan effort to exercise ‘‘The previous question having been refused, nity banks. They want lower taxes in- Congress’s constitutional duty to serve the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- stead of Wall Street bailouts. as a check on the Executive Branch. By gerald, who had asked the gentleman to The Financial CHOICE Act was writ- defeating the Previous Question and yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to ten over the past several years with voting to approve the Presidential Tax the first recognition.’’ these people in mind. We will restore Transparency Act today, this body can The Republican majority may say ‘‘the hope and opportunity for them. start the process of obtaining the truth vote on the previous question is simply a I thank Chairman HENSARLING and that the American people want and are vote on whether to proceed to an immediate vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] the Financial Services Committee for entitled to. their hard work on this bill. I thank has no substantive legislative or policy im- The material previously referred to plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what Chairman SESSIONS for bringing this by Ms. SLAUGHTER is as follows: they have always said. Listen to the Repub- bill to the floor. AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 375 OFFERED BY lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to vote MS. SLAUGHTER Process in the United States House of Rep- ‘‘yes’’ on the resolution, and then to At the end of the resolution, add the fol- resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s vote ‘‘yes’’ on the underlying bill. lowing new sections: how the Republicans describe the previous

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When the waiver authority, and for other pur- Bass Green, Gene Panetta motion for the previous question is defeated, poses, on which the yeas and nays were Beatty Grijalva Pascrell control of the time passes to the Member ordered. Bera Gutie´rrez Payne Beyer Hanabusa who led the opposition to ordering the pre- The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Pelosi vious question. That Member, because he Bishop (GA) Hastings Perlmutter tion. Blumenauer Heck then controls the time, may offer an amend- Peters The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Blunt Rochester Higgins (NY) Peterson ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of Bonamici Himes question is on ordering the previous Pingree amendment.’’ Boyle, Brendan Hoyer Pocan In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House question. F. Huffman Polis of Representatives, the subchapter titled The vote was taken by electronic de- Brady (PA) Jackson Lee Price (NC) Brown (MD) Jayapal ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal vice, and there were—yeas 228, nays Quigley to order the previous question on such a rule Brownley (CA) Jeffries Raskin 189, not voting 13, as follows: Bustos Johnson (GA) [a special rule reported from the Committee Rice (NY) Butterfield Johnson, E. B. Richmond on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- [Roll No. 288] Capuano Jones ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- Rosen YEAS—228 Carbajal Kaptur Roybal-Allard ´ tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- Cardenas Keating Ruiz jection of the motion for the previous ques- Abraham Garrett Murphy (PA) Carson (IN) Kelly (IL) Allen Gibbs Newhouse Ruppersberger tion on a resolution reported from the Com- Cartwright Kennedy Rush Amash Goodlatte Noem Castor (FL) Khanna mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- Ryan (OH) Amodei Gosar Nunes Castro (TX) Kihuen Sa´ nchez ber leading the opposition to the previous Arrington Gowdy Olson Chu, Judy Kildee Sarbanes question, who may offer a proper amendment Bacon Granger Palazzo Cicilline Kilmer Schakowsky or motion and who controls the time for de- Banks (IN) Graves (GA) Palmer Clark (MA) Kind Schiff bate thereon.’’ Barletta Graves (LA) Paulsen Clarke (NY) Krishnamoorthi Schneider Barr Graves (MO) Pearce Clay Kuster (NH) Clearly, the vote on the previous question Schrader Barton Griffith Perry Cleaver Langevin on a rule does have substantive policy impli- Scott (VA) Bergman Grothman Pittenger Cohen Larsen (WA) cations. It is one of the only available tools Scott, David Biggs Guthrie Poe (TX) Connolly Larson (CT) Serrano for those who oppose the Republican major- Bilirakis Harper Poliquin Conyers Lawrence ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- Bishop (MI) Harris Posey Cooper Lawson (FL) Sewell (AL) native views the opportunity to offer an al- Bishop (UT) Hartzler Ratcliffe Correa Lee Shea-Porter ternative plan. Black Hensarling Reed Costa Levin Sherman Blackburn Herrera Beutler Renacci Courtney Lewis (GA) Sinema Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, I yield back Blum Hice, Jody B. Rice (SC) Crist Lieu, Ted Sires the balance of my time, and I move the Bost Higgins (LA) Roby Crowley Lipinski Slaughter previous question on the resolution. Brady (TX) Hill Roe (TN) Cuellar Loebsack Smith (WA) Brat Holding Soto The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Rogers (AL) Davis (CA) Lofgren Bridenstine Hollingsworth Rogers (KY) Davis, Danny Lowenthal Speier question is on ordering the previous Brooks (AL) Hudson Rohrabacher DeFazio Lowey Suozzi question on the resolution. Brooks (IN) Huizenga Rooney, Francis DeGette Lujan Grisham, Swalwell (CA) The question was taken; and the Buchanan Hultgren Rooney, Thomas DeLauro M. Takano Buck Hunter Thompson (CA) Speaker pro tempore announced that J. DelBene Luja´ n, Ben Ray Bucshon Hurd Ros-Lehtinen Demings Lynch Thompson (MS) the ayes appeared to have it. Budd Issa Roskam DeSaulnier Maloney, Titus Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, on Burgess Jenkins (KS) Ross Deutch Carolyn B. Tonko that I demand the yeas and nays. Byrne Jenkins (WV) Rothfus Dingell Maloney, Sean Torres Calvert Johnson (LA) Rouzer Doggett Matsui Tsongas The yeas and nays were ordered. Carter (GA) Johnson (OH) Royce (CA) Doyle, Michael McCollum Vargas Carter (TX) Jordan The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Russell F. McEachin Veasey Chabot Joyce (OH) ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- Rutherford Ellison McGovern Vela Chaffetz Katko Sanford Eshoo McNerney Vela´ zquez ceedings on this question will be post- Cheney Kelly (MS) Scalise Espaillat Meeks Visclosky poned. Coffman Kelly (PA) Schweikert Esty (CT) Meng Walz Cole King (IA) f Scott, Austin Evans Moore Wasserman Collins (GA) King (NY) Sensenbrenner Foster Moulton Schultz Collins (NY) Kinzinger ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Sessions Frankel (FL) Murphy (FL) Waters, Maxine Comer Knight Shimkus Fudge Nadler Watson Coleman PRO TEMPORE Comstock Kustoff (TN) Shuster Gabbard Neal Welch Conaway Labrador The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Simpson Gallego Nolan Wilson (FL) ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings Cook LaHood Garamendi Norcross Yarmuth Costello (PA) LaMalfa Smith (MO) will resume on questions previously Cramer Lamborn Smith (NE) NOT VOTING—13 postponed. Crawford Lance Smith (NJ) Smucker Aderholt Engel Reichert Votes will be taken in the following Culberson Latta Babin Gohmert Rokita Curbelo (FL) Lewis (MN) Stefanik Clyburn Johnson, Sam Smith (TX) order: Davidson LoBiondo Stewart Ordering the previous question on Stivers Cummings Marino Davis, Rodney Long Delaney Napolitano House Resolution 374; Denham Loudermilk Taylor Tenney Adopting House Resolution 374, if or- Dent Love b 1419 DeSantis Lucas Thompson (PA) dered; DesJarlais Luetkemeyer Thornberry Messrs. KILDEE, PANETTA, Ms. SE- Ordering the previous question on Diaz-Balart MacArthur Tiberi WELL of Alabama, Mr. LEVIN, and Ms. House Resolution 375; and Donovan Marchant Tipton Trott WILSON of Florida changed their vote Adopting House Resolution 375, if or- Duffy Marshall Duncan (SC) Massie Turner from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ dered. Duncan (TN) Mast Upton So the previous question was ordered. The first electronic vote will be con- Dunn McCarthy Valadao The result of the vote was announced ducted as a 15-minute vote. Remaining Emmer McCaul Wagner as above recorded. Estes (KS) McClintock Walberg The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. electronic votes will be conducted as 5- Farenthold McHenry Walden minute votes. Faso McKinley Walker WOMACK). The question is on the reso- f Ferguson McMorris Walorski lution. Fitzpatrick Rodgers Walters, Mimi The question was taken; and the PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Fleischmann McSally Weber (TX) Speaker pro tempore announced that OF H.R. 2213, ANTI-BORDER COR- Flores Meadows Webster (FL) Fortenberry Meehan Wenstrup the ayes appeared to have it. RUPTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT Foxx Messer Westerman RECORDED VOTE OF 2017 Franks (AZ) Mitchell Williams Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I de- Frelinghuysen Moolenaar Wilson (SC) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Gaetz Mooney (WV) Wittman mand a recorded vote. finished business is the vote on order- Gallagher Mullin Womack A recorded vote was ordered.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:02 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A07JN7.004 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE H4672 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 7, 2017 The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Clark (MA) Kaptur Pingree Whereas, according to the Tax His- 5-minute vote. Clarke (NY) Keating Pocan tory Project, every President since Clay Kelly (IL) Polis The vote was taken by electronic de- Cleaver Kennedy Price (NC) Gerald Ford has disclosed their tax re- vice, and there were—ayes 231, noes 185, Cohen Khanna Quigley turn information to the public; not voting 14, as follows: Connolly Kihuen Raskin Whereas, tax returns provide an im- Conyers Kildee Rice (NY) portant baseline of reasonable informa- [Roll No. 289] Cooper Kilmer Richmond Correa Kind Rosen tion including whether the President AYES—231 Costa Krishnamoorthi Roybal-Allard paid taxes, ownership interests, chari- Courtney Kuster (NH) Abraham Goodlatte Olson Ruiz table donations made, and whether tax Crist Langevin Allen Gosar Palazzo Ruppersberger Crowley Larsen (WA) deductions have been exploited; Amash Gowdy Palmer Rush Cuellar Lawrence Whereas, disclosure of the Presi- Amodei Granger Paulsen Ryan (OH) Davis (CA) Lawson (FL) Arrington Graves (GA) Pearce ´ dent’s tax returns could help those in- Davis, Danny Lee Sanchez Bacon Graves (LA) Perry DeFazio Levin Sarbanes vestigating Russian influence in the Banks (IN) Graves (MO) Pittenger DeGette Lewis (GA) Schakowsky 2016 election understand the Presi- Barletta Griffith Poe (TX) DeLauro Lieu, Ted Schiff Barr Grothman Poliquin dent’s financial ties to the Russian DelBene Lipinski Schneider Barton Guthrie Posey Federation and Russian citizens, in- Demings Loebsack Schrader Bergman Harper Ratcliffe DeSaulnier Lofgren Scott (VA) cluding debts owed and whether he Biggs Harris Reed Deutch Lowenthal Scott, David shares any partnership interests, eq- Bilirakis Hartzler Renacci Dingell Lowey Serrano Bishop (MI) Hensarling Rice (SC) uity interests, joint ventures or licens- Doggett Lujan Grisham, Sewell (AL) Bishop (UT) Herrera Beutler Roby Doyle, Michael M. Shea-Porter ing agreements with Russia or Rus- Black Hice, Jody B. Roe (TN) F. Luja´ n, Ben Ray Sinema sians; Blackburn Higgins (LA) Rogers (AL) Ellison Lynch Sires Whereas, the President recently fired Blum Hill Rogers (KY) Bost Holding Eshoo Maloney, Slaughter Federal Bureau of Investigation Direc- Rohrabacher Espaillat Carolyn B. Brady (TX) Hollingsworth Rokita Smith (WA) tor James Comey, under whose leader- Brat Hudson Esty (CT) Maloney, Sean Soto Rooney, Francis Evans Matsui ship the FBI was investigating whether Bridenstine Huizenga Rooney, Thomas Speier Brooks (AL) Hultgren Foster McCollum Suozzi the Trump campaign colluded with J. Frankel (FL) McEachin Brooks (IN) Hunter Ros-Lehtinen Swalwell (CA) Russia to influence the 2016 election; Buchanan Hurd Fudge McGovern Takano Roskam Gabbard McNerney Whereas, President Trump reportedly Buck Issa Thompson (CA) Ross Gallego Meeks Bucshon Jenkins (KS) Thompson (MS) stated to Russian officials during a Rothfus Garamendi Meng Budd Jenkins (WV) Titus White House meeting that he fired Di- Rouzer Gonzalez (TX) Moore Burgess Johnson (LA) Royce (CA) Tonko rector Comey to ease pressure on the Byrne Johnson (OH) Gottheimer Moulton Russell Green, Gene Murphy (FL) Torres ongoing investigation of Russia’s influ- Calvert Jones Rutherford Tsongas Carter (GA) Jordan Grijalva Nadler ence in the 2016 election; Sanford ´ Vargas Carter (TX) Joyce (OH) Gutierrez Neal Scalise Veasey Whereas, Senate Russia investigators Chabot Katko Hanabusa Nolan Schweikert Vela have requested information from the Chaffetz Kelly (MS) Hastings Norcross Scott, Austin Vela´ zquez Cheney Kelly (PA) Heck O’Halleran Treasury Department’s criminal inves- Sensenbrenner Visclosky Coffman King (IA) Higgins (NY) O’Rourke tigation division, the Financial Crimes Sessions Walz Cole King (NY) Himes Pallone Shimkus Wasserman Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, Collins (GA) Kinzinger Hoyer Panetta Shuster Schultz which handles cases of money laun- Collins (NY) Knight Huffman Pascrell Simpson Waters, Maxine Comer Kustoff (TN) Jackson Lee Payne dering, for information related to Smith (MO) Watson Coleman Comstock Labrador Jayapal Pelosi President Trump, his top officials and Smith (NE) Jeffries Perlmutter Welch Conaway LaHood campaign aides. FinCEN has been in- Cook LaMalfa Smith (NJ) Johnson (GA) Peters Wilson (FL) Costello (PA) Lamborn Smucker Johnson, E. B. Peterson Yarmuth vestigating allegations of foreign Stefanik Cramer Lance NOT VOTING—14 money-laundering through purchases Crawford Latta Stewart of U.S. real estate; Stivers Aderholt Engel Napolitano Culberson Lewis (MN) Whereas, the President’s tax returns Curbelo (FL) LoBiondo Taylor Babin Green, Al Reichert Davidson Long Tenney Clyburn Johnson, Sam Sherman would show us whether he has foreign Davis, Rodney Loudermilk Thompson (PA) Cummings Larson (CT) Smith (TX) bank accounts and how much profit he Denham Love Thornberry Delaney Marino Tiberi receives from his ownership in myriad Dent Lucas b 1427 DeSantis Luetkemeyer Tipton partnerships; DesJarlais MacArthur Trott So the resolution was agreed to. Whereas, Donald Trump Jr. said The Diaz-Balart Marchant Turner The result of the vote was announced Trump Organization saw money ‘‘pour- Donovan Marshall Upton ing in from Russia’’ and that ‘‘Russians Duffy Massie Valadao as above recorded. Duncan (SC) Mast Wagner A motion to reconsider was laid on make up a pretty disproportionate Duncan (TN) McCarthy Walberg the table. cross-section of a lot of our assets’’; Dunn McCaul Walden f Whereas, Congress gave itself the au- Emmer McClintock Walker thority to review an individual’s tax Estes (KS) McHenry Walorski NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER Farenthold McKinley Walters, Mimi returns to investigate and reveal pos- Faso McMorris Weber (TX) RESOLUTION RAISING A QUES- sible conflicts of interest of executive Ferguson Rodgers Webster (FL) TION OF THE PRIVILEGES OF branch officials involved dating back Fitzpatrick McSally Wenstrup THE HOUSE Fleischmann Meadows Westerman to the Teapot Dome scandal; Flores Meehan Williams Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, pursu- Whereas, it has been reported that Fortenberry Messer Wilson (SC) ant to clause 2(a)(1) of rule IX, I rise to federal prosecutors have issued grand Foxx Mitchell Wittman give notice of my intent to raise a jury subpoenas to associates of former Franks (AZ) Moolenaar Womack Frelinghuysen Mooney (WV) Woodall question of the privileges of the House. National Security Advisor Michael Gaetz Mullin Yoder The form of the resolution is as fol- Flynn seeking business records as part Gallagher Murphy (PA) Yoho lows: of the ongoing probe into Russian in- Garrett Newhouse Young (AK) Gibbs Noem Young (IA) Expressing the sense of the House of volvement in the 2016 election; Gohmert Nunes Zeldin Representatives that the President Whereas, according to his 2016 can- shall immediately release his tax re- didate filing with the Federal Election NOES—185 turn information to Congress and the Commission, the President has 564 fi- Adams Blunt Rochester Capuano American people. nancial positions in companies located Aguilar Bonamici Carbajal Barraga´ n Boyle, Brendan Ca´ rdenas Whereas, in the United States’ sys- in the United States and around the Bass F. Carson (IN) tem of checks and balances, Congress world; Beatty Brady (PA) Cartwright has responsibility to hold the executive Whereas, against the advice of ethics Bera Brown (MD) Castor (FL) branch of government to a fair and attorneys and the Office of Govern- Beyer Brownley (CA) Castro (TX) Bishop (GA) Bustos Chu, Judy equal standard of transparency ensur- ment Ethics, the President has refused Blumenauer Butterfield Cicilline ing the public interest is placed first; to divest his ownership stake in his

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:02 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K07JN7.041 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE June 7, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4673 businesses, and can still withdraw ing the previous question on the reso- Stewart Valadao Williams funds at any time from the trust of lution (H. Res. 375) providing for con- Stivers Wagner Wilson (SC) Taylor Walberg Wittman which he is the sole beneficiary; sideration of the bill (H.R. 10) to create Tenney Walden Womack Whereas, the Emoluments Clause was hope and opportunity for investors, Thompson (PA) Walker Yoder included in the U.S. Constitution for consumers, and entrepreneurs by end- Thornberry Walorski Yoho Tiberi Walters, Mimi the express purpose of preventing fed- ing bailouts and Too Big to Fail, hold- Young (AK) Tipton Weber (TX) Young (IA) eral officials from accepting any Trott Webster (FL) ing Washington and Wall Street ac- Zeldin ‘‘present, Emolument, Office, or Title countable, eliminating red tape to in- Turner Wenstrup . . . from any King, Prince, or foreign crease access to capital and credit, and Upton Westerman state’’; repealing the provisions of the Dodd- NAYS—185 Whereas, the Chairmen of the Ways Frank Act that make America less Adams Garamendi Norcross and Means Committee, Joint Com- prosperous, less stable, and less free, Aguilar Gonzalez (TX) O’Halleran mittee on Taxation, and Senate Fi- and for other purposes, on which the Barraga´ n Gottheimer O’Rourke nance Committee have the authority Bass Green, Gene Pallone yeas and nays were ordered. Beatty Grijalva Panetta to request the President’s tax returns The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Bera Gutie´rrez Pascrell under section 6103 of the Tax Code; tion. Beyer Hanabusa Payne Whereas, the Joint Committee on Bishop (GA) Hastings Perlmutter The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Blumenauer Taxation reviewed the tax returns of Heck Peters question is on ordering the previous Blunt Rochester Higgins (NY) Pingree President Richard Nixon in 1974 and Bonamici Himes question. Pocan Boyle, Brendan Hoyer made the information public; Polis This is a 5-minute vote. F. Huffman Whereas, the Ways and Means Com- Price (NC) Brady (PA) Jackson Lee The vote was taken by electronic de- Quigley mittee used IRC 6103 authority in 2014 Brown (MD) Jayapal to make public the confidential tax in- vice, and there were—yeas 228, nays Brownley (CA) Jeffries Raskin formation of 51 taxpayers; 185, not voting 17, as follows: Bustos Johnson (GA) Rice (NY) Richmond Whereas, Director Comey has testi- [Roll No. 290] Butterfield Johnson, E. B. Capuano Jones Rosen fied that tax returns are a common YEAS—228 Carbajal Kaptur Roybal-Allard tool in investigations because they can Ca´ rdenas Keating Ruiz Abraham Fleischmann Marshall Carson (IN) Kelly (IL) Ruppersberger show income and motives; Allen Flores Massie Cartwright Kennedy Rush Whereas, the American people have Amash Fortenberry Mast Castor (FL) Khanna Ryan (OH) Amodei Foxx McCarthy the right to know whether or not their Castro (TX) Kihuen Sa´ nchez Arrington Franks (AZ) McCaul President is operating under conflicts Chu, Judy Kildee Sarbanes Bacon Frelinghuysen McClintock Cicilline Kilmer Schakowsky of interest related to international af- Banks (IN) Gaetz McHenry Clark (MA) Kind Schiff fairs, tax reform, government con- Barletta Gallagher McKinley Clarke (NY) Krishnamoorthi Schneider Barr Garrett McMorris tracts, or otherwise: Clay Kuster (NH) Schrader Barton Gibbs Rodgers Now, therefore, be it resolved, that Cleaver Langevin Bergman Gohmert McSally Scott (VA) Cohen Larsen (WA) the House of Representatives shall: Biggs Goodlatte Meadows Scott, David Connolly Larson (CT) One, immediately request the tax re- Bilirakis Gosar Meehan Serrano Conyers Lawrence Bishop (MI) Gowdy Messer Sewell (AL) turn information of Donald J. Trump Cooper Lawson (FL) Bishop (UT) Granger Mitchell Shea-Porter for tax years 2006 through 2015 for re- Correa Lee Black Graves (GA) Moolenaar Sinema Costa Levin view in closed executive session by the Blackburn Graves (LA) Mooney (WV) Sires Courtney Lewis (GA) Blum Graves (MO) Mullin Slaughter Committee on Ways and Means, as pro- Crist Lieu, Ted Bost Griffith Murphy (PA) Smith (WA) vided under section 6103 of the Internal Crowley Lipinski Brat Grothman Newhouse Soto Cuellar Loebsack Revenue Code, and vote to report the Bridenstine Guthrie Noem Speier Davis (CA) Lofgren information therein to the full House Brooks (AL) Harper Nunes Suozzi Davis, Danny Lowenthal Brooks (IN) Harris Olson Swalwell (CA) of Representatives; DeFazio Lowey Buchanan Hartzler Palazzo Takano Two, support transparency in govern- DeGette Lujan Grisham, Buck Hensarling Palmer Thompson (CA) Delaney M. ment and the longstanding tradition of Bucshon Herrera Beutler Paulsen Thompson (MS) DeLauro Luja´ n, Ben Ray Presidents and Presidential candidates Budd Hice, Jody B. Pearce DelBene Lynch Titus Burgess Higgins (LA) Perry disclosing their tax returns. Demings Maloney, Tonko Byrne Hill Peterson The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under DeSaulnier Carolyn B. Torres Calvert Holding Pittenger Deutch Maloney, Sean Tsongas rule IX, a resolution offered from the Carter (GA) Hollingsworth Poe (TX) Dingell Matsui Vargas floor by a Member other than the ma- Carter (TX) Hudson Poliquin Doggett McCollum Veasey Chabot Huizenga Posey jority leader or the minority leader as Doyle, Michael McEachin Vela Chaffetz Hultgren Ratcliffe F. McGovern Vela´ zquez a question of the privileges of the Cheney Hunter Reed Eshoo McNerney Visclosky House has immediate precedence only Coffman Hurd Renacci Espaillat Meeks Walz Cole Issa Rice (SC) at a time designated by the Chair with- Esty (CT) Meng Wasserman Collins (GA) Jenkins (KS) Roby in 2 legislative days after the resolu- Evans Moore Schultz Collins (NY) Jenkins (WV) Roe (TN) Foster Moulton Waters, Maxine tion is properly noticed. Comer Johnson (LA) Rogers (AL) Frankel (FL) Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman Pending that designation, the form of Comstock Johnson (OH) Rogers (KY) Fudge Nadler Welch Conaway Jordan Rohrabacher the resolution noticed by the gen- Gabbard Neal Wilson (FL) Cook Joyce (OH) Rokita tleman from Massachusetts will appear Gallego Nolan Yarmuth Costello (PA) Katko Rooney, Francis in the RECORD at this point. Cramer Kelly (MS) Ros-Lehtinen NOT VOTING—17 The Chair will not at this point de- Crawford Kelly (PA) Roskam Culberson King (IA) Ross Aderholt Engel Reichert termine whether the resolution con- Babin Green, Al Rooney, Thomas stitutes a question of privilege. That Curbelo (FL) King (NY) Rothfus Davidson Kinzinger Rouzer Brady (TX) Johnson, Sam J. determination will be made at the time Davis, Rodney Knight Royce (CA) Clyburn Marino Sherman designated for consideration of the res- Denham Kustoff (TN) Russell Cummings Napolitano Smith (TX) Ellison Pelosi Woodall olution. Dent Labrador Rutherford DeSantis LaHood Sanford ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE f DesJarlais LaMalfa Scalise The SPEAKER pro tempore (during PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Diaz-Balart Lamborn Schweikert Donovan Lance Scott, Austin the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- OF H.R. 10, FINANCIAL CHOICE Duffy Latta Sensenbrenner ing. ACT OF 2017 Duncan (SC) Lewis (MN) Sessions Duncan (TN) LoBiondo Shimkus The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Dunn Long Shuster b 1443 objection, 5-minute voting will con- Emmer Loudermilk Simpson tinue. Estes (KS) Love Smith (MO) So the previous question was ordered. There was no objection. Farenthold Lucas Smith (NE) The result of the vote was announced Faso Luetkemeyer Smith (NJ) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Ferguson MacArthur Smucker as above recorded. finished business is the vote on order- Fitzpatrick Marchant Stefanik Stated for:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:02 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A07JN7.010 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE H4674 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 7, 2017 Mr. THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida. Mr. Renacci Scott, Austin Valadao ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Speaker, I was unavoidably detained. Had I Rice (SC) Sensenbrenner Wagner The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Roby Sessions Walberg been present, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on Roe (TN) Shimkus Walden the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- rollcall No. 290. Rogers (AL) Shuster Walker ing. PERSONAL EXPLANATION Rogers (KY) Simpson Walorski b 1449 Rohrabacher Smith (MO) Walters, Mimi Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I was un- Rokita Smith (NE) Weber (TX) So the resolution was agreed to. avoidably detained. Had I been present, I Rooney, Francis Smith (NJ) Webster (FL) The result of the vote was announced would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 289 Rooney, Thomas Smucker Wenstrup as above recorded. and ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 290. J. Stefanik Westerman Ros-Lehtinen Stewart Williams A motion to reconsider was laid on PERSONAL EXPLANATION Roskam Stivers Wilson (SC) the table. Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Ross Taylor Wittman Stated against: today I missed the following votes: Rothfus Tenney Womack Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, during rollcall 1. H. Res. 374, Rule providing for consider- Rouzer Thompson (PA) Woodall vote No. 291 on H.R. 10, I mistakenly re- Royce (CA) Thornberry Yoder ation of H.R. 2213. Had I been present, I Russell Tiberi Yoho corded my vote as ‘‘yea’’ when I should have would have voted ‘‘no’’ on this motion. Rutherford Tipton Young (AK) voted ‘‘nay.’’ 2. Motion on ordering the Previous Question Sanford Trott Young (IA) PERSONAL EXPLANATION on the Rule. Had I been present, I would have Scalise Turner Zeldin Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I was ab- Schweikert Upton voted ‘‘no’’ on this motion. sent during rollcall votes No. 288, No. 289, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The NAYS—188 No. 290, and No. 291 due to my spouse’s question is on the resolution. Adams Garamendi O’Rourke health situation in California. Had I been The question was taken; and the Aguilar Gonzalez (TX) Pallone present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on the Mo- Speaker pro tempore announced that Barraga´ n Gottheimer Panetta tion on Ordering the Previous Question on the the ayes appeared to have it. Bass Green, Al Pascrell Rule—Providing for consideration of H.R. Ms. SLAUGHTER. Mr. Speaker, on Beatty Green, Gene Payne 2213. I would have voted ‘‘no’’ on H. Res. that I demand the yeas and nays. Bera Grijalva Pelosi Beyer Gutie´rrez Perlmutter 374—Rule providing for consideration of H.R. The yeas and nays were ordered. Bishop (GA) Hanabusa Peters 2213—Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Blumenauer Hastings Peterson Act of 2017. I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on the 5-minute vote. Blunt Rochester Heck Pingree Motion on Ordering the Previous Question on The vote was taken by electronic de- Bonamici Higgins (NY) Pocan Boyle, Brendan Himes Polis the Rule providing for consideration of H.R. vice, and there were—yeas 231, nays F. Hoyer Price (NC) 10. I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on H. Res. 188, not voting 11, as follows: Brady (PA) Huffman Quigley 375—Rule providing for consideration of H.R. [Roll No. 291] Brown (MD) Jackson Lee Raskin 10—Financial CHOICE Act of 2017. Brownley (CA) Jayapal Rice (NY) YEAS—231 Bustos Jeffries Richmond f Abraham Donovan Kelly (MS) Butterfield Johnson (GA) Rosen ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Allen Duffy Kelly (PA) Capuano Johnson, E. B. Roybal-Allard PRO TEMPORE Amash Duncan (SC) King (IA) Carbajal Jones Ruiz Amodei Duncan (TN) King (NY) Ca´ rdenas Kaptur Ruppersberger The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. POE Arrington Dunn Kinzinger Carson (IN) Kelly (IL) Rush of Texas). Pursuant to clause 8 of rule Bacon Emmer Knight Cartwright Kennedy Ryan (OH) Banks (IN) Estes (KS) Kustoff (TN) XX, the Chair will postpone further Castor (FL) Khanna Sa´ nchez Barletta Farenthold Labrador Castro (TX) Kihuen Sarbanes proceedings today on the motion to Barr Faso LaHood Chu, Judy Kildee Schakowsky suspend the rules on which a recorded Barton Ferguson LaMalfa Cicilline Bergman Fitzpatrick Lamborn Kilmer Schiff vote or the yeas and nays are ordered, Biggs Fleischmann Lance Clark (MA) Kind Schneider or on which the vote incurs objection Bilirakis Flores Latta Clarke (NY) Krishnamoorthi Schrader under clause 6 of rule XX. Bishop (MI) Fortenberry Lewis (MN) Clay Kuster (NH) Scott (VA) Bishop (UT) Foxx LoBiondo Cleaver Langevin Scott, David Any record vote on the postponed Black Franks (AZ) Long Cohen Larsen (WA) Serrano question will be taken later. Blackburn Frelinghuysen Loudermilk Connolly Larson (CT) Sewell (AL) f Blum Gaetz Love Conyers Lawrence Shea-Porter Bost Gallagher Lucas Cooper Lawson (FL) Sherman NATIONAL GEORGE C. MARSHALL Brady (TX) Garrett Luetkemeyer Correa Lee Sinema MUSEUM AND LIBRARY Brat Gibbs MacArthur Costa Levin Sires Bridenstine Gohmert Marchant Courtney Lewis (GA) Slaughter Mr. BRAT. Mr. Speaker, I move to Brooks (AL) Goodlatte Marshall Crist Lieu, Ted Smith (WA) suspend the rules and agree to the con- Brooks (IN) Gosar Massie Crowley Lipinski Soto current resolution (H. Con. Res. 33) des- Buchanan Gowdy Mast Cuellar Loebsack Speier Buck Granger McCarthy ignating the George C. Marshall Mu- Davis (CA) Lofgren Suozzi Bucshon Graves (GA) McCaul Davis, Danny Lowenthal Swalwell (CA) seum and George C. Marshall Research Budd Graves (LA) McClintock DeFazio Library in Lexington, Virginia, as the Burgess Graves (MO) McHenry Lowey Takano Byrne Griffith McKinley DeGette Lujan Grisham, Thompson (CA) National George C. Marshall Museum Calvert Grothman McMorris Delaney M. Thompson (MS) and Library. ´ Carter (GA) Guthrie Rodgers DeLauro Lujan, Ben Ray Titus The Clerk read the title of the con- Carter (TX) Harper McSally DelBene Lynch Tonko Chabot Harris Meadows Demings Maloney, Torres current resolution. Chaffetz Hartzler Meehan DeSaulnier Carolyn B. Tsongas The text of the concurrent resolution Cheney Hensarling Messer Deutch Maloney, Sean Vargas is as follows: Coffman Herrera Beutler Mitchell Dingell Matsui Veasey H. CON. RES. 33 Cole Hice, Jody B. Moolenaar Doggett McCollum Vela Collins (GA) Higgins (LA) Mooney (WV) Doyle, Michael McGovern Vela´ zquez Whereas General George C. Marshall served Collins (NY) Hill Mullin F. McNerney Visclosky as Army Chief of Staff during World War II, Comer Holding Murphy (PA) Ellison Meeks Walz Special Ambassador to China, Secretary of Comstock Hollingsworth Newhouse Eshoo Meng Wasserman State, and Secretary of Defense; Conaway Hudson Noem Espaillat Moore Schultz Whereas General George C. Marshall was Cook Huizenga Nunes Esty (CT) Moulton Waters, Maxine Costello (PA) Hultgren Olson promoted to General of the Army in 1944, one Evans Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman Cramer Hunter Palazzo of only five Army five-star generals in the Foster Nadler Welch Crawford Hurd Palmer Frankel (FL) Neal history of the United States; Culberson Issa Paulsen Wilson (FL) Whereas General George C. Marshall was Fudge Nolan Yarmuth Curbelo (FL) Jenkins (KS) Pearce Gabbard Norcross awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in Davidson Jenkins (WV) Perry Gallego O’Halleran 1946 for his military strategy and vital role Davis, Rodney Johnson (LA) Pittenger during World War II; Denham Johnson (OH) Poe (TX) Dent Jordan Poliquin NOT VOTING—11 Whereas General George C. Marshall was DeSantis Joyce (OH) Posey Aderholt Engel Napolitano awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for de- DesJarlais Katko Ratcliffe Babin Johnson, Sam Reichert veloping the European economic recovery Diaz-Balart Keating Reed Clyburn Marino Smith (TX) strategy known as the Marshall Plan; Cummings McEachin

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A07JN7.012 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE June 7, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4675 Whereas the George C. Marshall Founda- and tumultuous times of the 20th cen- regarding the life and career of General tion was established in 1953 and is devoted to tury. The Marshall Foundation pre- Marshall, it is apt to make this institu- preserving the legacy of General George C. serves this legacy through educational tion the National George C. Marshall Marshall through educational scholarship facilities and scholarship programs. Museum and Library. programs and facilities; Whereas the George C. Marshall Founda- The George C. Marshall Foundation Mr. Speaker, considering the impor- tion opened the George C. Marshall Museum opened the George C. Marshall Museum tant place in our Nation’s history that and George C. Marshall Research Library in and George C. Marshall Research Li- General Marshall holds, I urge my col- 1964 in Lexington, Virginia, on the post of brary in 1964, in Lexington, Virginia, leagues to support the resolution, and I the Virginia Military Institute, which is the on the post of the Virginia Military In- reserve the balance of my time. alma mater of General George C. Marshall; stitute, the alma mater of General Mr. BRAT. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 Whereas the George C. Marshall Museum Marshall. The library provides scholars minutes to the gentleman from Vir- educates the public about the military and with a documented record of the life of ginia (Mr. GOODLATTE). diplomatic contributions of General George C. Marshall through extensive exhibits; and General Marshall and his public serv- Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise Whereas the George C. Marshall Research ice, and the museum shares his inspir- today to urge passage of H. Con. Res. Library maintains the most comprehensive ing story with visitors through exhibi- 33. This resolution would designate the collection of records documenting the life tions, artifacts, and educational pro- George C. Marshall Museum and the and leadership of General George C. Mar- grams. George C. Marshall Research Library shall: Now, therefore, be it General Marshall’s contributions to in Lexington, Virginia, as the National Resolved by the House of Representatives (the our Nation and our world cannot be George C. Marshall Museum and Li- Senate concurring), That Congress designates overstated, and I hope to see this reso- brary. the George C. Marshall Museum and George lution adopted to designate the George C. Marshall Research Library in Lexington, I would like to thank Chairwoman Virginia, as the National George C. Marshall C. Marshall Museum and George C. FOXX, Ranking Member SCOTT, and Mr. Museum and Library. Marshall Research Library as the Na- BRAT for their work in bringing this The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- tional George C. Marshall Museum and legislation to the floor today. ant to the rule, the gentleman from Library. It is only fitting that we consider Both institutions work tirelessly to Virginia (Mr. BRAT) and the gentleman this resolution on the week of the 70th highlight and share General Marshall’s from Virginia (Mr. SCOTT) each will anniversary of George C. Marshall’s work and service, and this is a fitting control 20 minutes. speech at Harvard University where he tribute to a man who spent a lifetime The Chair recognizes the gentleman proposed a comprehensive foreign as- faithfully and courageously serving his from Virginia. sistance program—later coined as the country at home and abroad. Marshall Plan—to help rebuild the war- GENERAL LEAVE Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to torn and devastated economies in Mr. BRAT. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- support this resolution, and I reserve Western Europe after World War II. mous consent that all Members may the balance of my time. General George Catlett Marshall have 5 legislative days in which to re- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, dedicated his life to public service— vise and extend their remarks and in- I yield myself such time as I may con- serving honorably in the United States clude extraneous material on H. Con. sume. Army, as Army Chief of Staff during Res. 33. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support World War II, Special Ambassador to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there of H. Con. Res. 33, designating the China, Secretary of State, and Sec- objection to the request of the gen- George C. Marshall Museum and retary of Defense. He was one of only tleman from Virginia? George C. Marshall Research Library five five-star generals ever to serve in There was no objection. in Lexington, Virginia, as the National our military. Mr. BRAT. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- George C. Marshall Museum and Li- From his allied plan to storm the self such time as I may consume. brary. I appreciate my good friend, the beaches of Normandy to the Marshall Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support gentleman from Virginia (Mr. GOOD- Plan, his leadership changed the world. of H. Con. Res. 33, a resolution that LATTE), for sponsoring the resolution The history of the United States and designates the George C. Marshall Mu- and note that the entire Virginia dele- the global community would be a dif- seum and George C. Marshall Research gation has signed on as original co- ferent place if not for the contributions Library in Lexington, Virginia, as the sponsors. of General Marshall. National George C. Marshall Museum General George C. Marshall is a na- At the recommendation of former and Library. tional hero, a distinguished public President Harry Truman, the Marshall George C. Marshall was one of Amer- servant, and treasured piece of Vir- Foundation was established in 1953. On ica’s most distinguished soldiers, a ginia’s history. Located in Lexington, May 23, 1964, the Marshall Museum and dedicated statesman, and a genuine Virginia, the George C. Marshall Mu- Library was dedicated on the post of peacemaker. General Marshall served seum and Library are located on the the Virginia Military Institute—Gen- as Army Chief of Staff during World campus of the Virginia Military Insti- eral Marshall’s alma mater. War II, Special Ambassador to China, tute, his alma mater. and Secretaries of both the Depart- General Marshall served our country ments of State and Defense. He was as the Chief of Staff during World War b 1500 promoted to General of the Army in II, Special Ambassador to China, Sec- For over 50 years, the Marshall Foun- 1944—one of only nine individuals in retary of State, president of the Red dation has devoted its mission to edu- our Nation’s history to rise to the rank Cross, Secretary of Defense, and is one cating the public about the important of a five-star officer—and was also of only five Army five-star generals in contributions of General Marshall. awarded the Congressional Gold Medal the United States. The museum has five extensive ex- in 1946. After World War II, General Marshall hibits and houses General Marshall’s In addition, General Marshall was was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 Nobel Peace Prize. The research li- awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 1953, for his role in developing the Eu- brary collects, preserves, and shares for developing the European economic ropean Recovery Program better the largest collection of documents recovery strategy known as the Mar- known as the Marshall Plan. This week pertaining to General Marshall’s life. shall Plan, which was essential to we are commemorating the 70th anni- Just last year, the Marshall Founda- bringing peace to the postwar Euro- versary of the Marshall Plan speech tion reached a huge milestone with the pean continent. given on June 5, 1947, at Harvard Uni- completion of the Papers of George To honor the legacy of such an ac- versity. The Marshall Plan contributed Catlett Marshall. This project began in complished man, the George C. Mar- to European integration and growth in 1977 with a goal to create a published shall Foundation was created in 1953, the aftermath of World War II. record of every document that General to pay tribute to General Marshall’s As the holder of the George C. Mar- Marshall produced. The final project contributions to our Nation and the shall papers and with a mission to col- consists of 7 volumes and includes 4,260 world during some of the most perilous lect, preserve, and share information documents spanning over 5,666 pages.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A07JN7.016 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE H4676 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 7, 2017 In addition to its extensive research A motion to reconsider was laid on ponent thereof) or a veteran, if such indi- work, the Marshall Foundation pro- the table. vidual— vides educational opportunities for col- ‘‘(A) has served in the Armed Forces for not f fewer than three years; lege students and future military lead- ‘‘(B) holds, or has held within the past five ers. ANTI-BORDER CORRUPTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2017 years, a Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret / Sen- The Marshall Undergraduate Schol- sitive Compartmented Information clearance; ars program sends college history stu- Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, pursuant ‘‘(C) holds, or has undergone within the past dents to the Marshall Foundation to to House Resolution 374, I call up the five years, a current Tier 4 background inves- conduct primary research in the li- bill (H.R. 2213) to amend the Anti-Bor- tigation or current Tier 5 background investiga- brary’s archives. The Marshall Army der Corruption Act of 2010 to authorize tion; ROTC Award Seminar also provides the certain polygraph waiver authority, ‘‘(D) received, or is eligible to receive, an hon- orable discharge from service in the Armed top ROTC cadet at each college in the and for other purposes, and ask for its Forces and has not engaged in criminal activity United States the opportunity to par- immediate consideration. or committed a serious military or civil offense ticipate in a national security con- The Clerk read the title of the bill. under the Uniform Code of Military Justice; and ference with fellow award recipients The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ‘‘(E) was not granted any waivers to obtain and current Army leaders. The Mar- ant to House Resolution 374, the the clearance referred to subparagraph (B). shall-Arnold Air Force ROTC Award amendment in the nature of a sub- ‘‘(c) TERMINATION OF WAIVER AUTHORITY.— Seminar provides a similar opportunity stitute recommended by the Com- The authority to issue a waiver under sub- section (b) shall terminate on the date that is to top senior cadets at each college mittee on Homeland Security, printed five years after the date of the enactment of the with an Air Force ROTC program. in the bill, shall be considered as Anti-Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of Two years ago, the Marshall Founda- adopted, and the bill, as amended, is 2017.’’. tion began the Marshall Legacy Se- considered read. SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMISSIONER AUTHOR- ries—this multiyear series of exhibits, The text of the bill, as amended, is as ITY AND DEFINITIONS. lectures, and events to showcase Gen- follows: (a) SUPPLEMENTAL COMMISSIONER AUTHOR- ITY.—Section 4 of the Anti-Border Corruption eral Marshall’s contributions during H.R. 2213 the 20th century, and connects those Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–376) is amended to Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- read as follows: contributions to today’s world. resentatives of the United States of America in This is just a snapshot of the impor- ‘‘SEC. 4. SUPPLEMENTAL COMMISSIONER AU- Congress assembled, THORITY. tant work the Marshall Foundation SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘(a) NON-EXEMPTION.—An individual who re- conducts to honor and preserve the leg- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Anti-Border ceives a waiver under subsection (b) of section 3 acy of General Marshall. I am honored Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017’’. is not exempt from other hiring requirements re- to have such a distinguished institu- SEC. 2. HIRING FLEXIBILITY. lating to suitability for employment and eligi- tion in my district, the Sixth Congres- Section 3 of the Anti-Border Corruption Act of bility to hold a national security designated po- sional District of Virginia. 2010 (Public Law 111–376; 6 U.S.C. 221) is sition, as determined by the Commissioner of General Marshall once said: ‘‘Sin- amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting U.S. Customs and Border Protection. cerity, integrity, and tolerance are, to the following new subsections: ‘‘(b) BACKGROUND INVESTIGATIONS.—Any indi- my mind, the first requirements of ‘‘(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Commissioner vidual who receives a waiver under subsection of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may (b) of section 3 who holds a current Tier 4 back- many to a fine, strong character.’’ ground investigation shall be subject to a Tier 5 I applaud the Marshall Foundation’s waive the application of subsection (a)(1) in the following circumstances: background investigation. work in sharing Marshall’s vision and ‘‘(1) In the case of a current, full-time law en- ‘‘(c) ADMINISTRATION OF POLYGRAPH EXAM- character with a new generation of forcement officer employed by a State or local INATION.—The Commissioner of U.S. Customs Americans. I urge passage of this reso- law enforcement agency, if such officer— and Border Protection is authorized to admin- lution to honor one of America’s most ‘‘(A) has served as a law enforcement officer ister a polygraph examination to an applicant sincere and distinguished public serv- for not fewer than three years with no break in or employee who is eligible for or receives a ants by congressionally designating service; waiver under subsection (b) of section 3 if infor- ‘‘(B) is authorized by law to engage in or su- mation is discovered prior to the completion of a the museum and library in Lexington, background investigation that results in a deter- Virginia, as the National George C. pervise the prevention, detection, investigation, or prosecution of, or the incarceration of any mination that a polygraph examination is nec- Marshall Museum and Library. person for, any violation of law, and has statu- essary to make a final determination regarding Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, tory powers for arrest or apprehension; suitability for employment or continued employ- I thank my Virginia colleagues for ‘‘(C) is not currently under investigation, has ment, as the case may be.’’. their leadership, and I urge my col- not been found to have engaged in criminal ac- (b) REPORT.—The Anti-Border Corruption Act leagues to support the resolution. tivity or serious misconduct, has not resigned of 2010 is amended by adding at the end the fol- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance from a law enforcement officer position under lowing new section: of my time. investigation or in lieu of termination, and has ‘‘SEC. 5. REPORTING. Mr. BRAT. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- not been dismissed from a law enforcement offi- ‘‘Not later than one year after the date of the self the balance of my time. cer position; and enactment of this section and every year for the Mr. Speaker, I am pleased we are ad- ‘‘(D) has, within the past ten years, success- next four years thereafter, the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection shall pro- vancing a bipartisan proposal today, fully completed a polygraph examination as a condition of employment with such officer’s cur- vide the Committee on Homeland Security of the one that means a great deal to the peo- rent law enforcement agency. House of Representatives and the Committee on ple in my home State of Virginia, to ‘‘(2) In the case of a current, full-time law en- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of designate the George C. Marshall Mu- forcement officer employed by a Federal law en- the Senate information on the number, seum and Library as the National forcement agency, if such officer— disaggregated with respect to each of para- George C. Marshall Museum and Li- ‘‘(A) has served as a law enforcement officer graphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (b) of sec- brary. We do this to honor a great for not fewer than three years with no break in tion 3, of waivers requested, granted, and de- American hero and his enduring leg- service; nied, and the reasons for any such denial, and ‘‘(B) has authority to make arrests, conduct the final outcome of the application for employ- acy. investigations, conduct searches, make seizures, ment at issue. Such information shall also in- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to carry firearms, and serve orders, warrants, and clude the number of instances a polygraph ex- support this resolution, and I yield other processes; amination was administered under the condi- back the balance of my time. ‘‘(C) is not currently under investigation, has tions described in subsection (c) of section 4, the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The not been found to have engaged in criminal ac- result of such examination, and the final out- question is on the motion offered by tivity or serious misconduct, has not resigned come of the application for employment at the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. from a law enforcement officer position under issue.’’. BRAT) that the House suspend the rules investigation or in lieu of termination, and has (c) DEFINITIONS.—The Anti-Border Corruption and agree to the concurrent resolution, not been dismissed from a law enforcement offi- Act of 2010, as amended by subsection (b) of this cer position; and section, is further amended by adding at the end H. Con. Res. 33. ‘‘(D) holds a current Tier 4 background inves- the following new section: The question was taken; and (two- tigation or current Tier 5 background investiga- ‘‘SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. thirds being in the affirmative) the tion. ‘‘In this Act: rules were suspended and the concur- ‘‘(3) In the case of an individual who is a ‘‘(1) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.—The term rent resolution was agreed to. member of the Armed Forces (or a reserve com- ‘law enforcement officer’ has the meaning given

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Mr. Speaker, I yield my- ‘‘(A) a member of the Armed Forces may be agile. They adapt to the measures that self such time as I may consume. discharged or separated from service in the we take to stop them. It is obvious Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. Armed Forces; and that we need a new approach. 2213, the Anti-Border Corruption Reau- ‘‘(B) a punitive discharge is, or would be, au- When it comes to strengthening our thorization Act of 2017. thorized for the same or a closely related offense I have forcefully rejected the Presi- under the Manual for Court-Martial, as pursu- borders, additional funds and new tech- nology will be necessary. However, our dent’s mass deportation efforts from ant to Army Regulation 635-200 chapter 14-12. the beginning, and I will continue to do ‘‘(4) TIER 4; TIER 5.—The terms ‘Tier 4’ and strongest assets are the courageous ‘Tier 5’ with respect to background investiga- men and women who serve as Border so. Many of us have appropriately criti- tions have the meaning given such terms under Patrol agents and Customs and Border cized our President for wrongfully at- the 2012 Federal Investigative Standards.’’. Protection officers. These patriots put tributing the criminal actions of a few The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- their lives on the line every single day undocumented individuals to the entire tleman from Texas (Mr. MCCAUL) and to protect us while also safeguarding undocumented population. Equally the gentleman from Texas (Mr. VELA) our economic relationships that boost here, it would be hypocritical to at- each will control 30 minutes. American jobs and grow American The Chair recognizes the gentleman tribute the criminal actions of a few businesses. rogue agents to the hardworking men from Texas (Mr. MCCAUL). However, we are almost 1,800 Border and women that protect our Nation GENERAL LEAVE Patrol agents and 1,000 CBP officers every day and who uphold the ethical short of having the force that we need Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I ask standards that we should expect. unanimous consent that all Members to keep our borders secure. Our forces The Anti-Border Corruption Reau- may have 5 legislative days within are stretched thin and our efforts to re- thorization Act of 2017 will assist CBP which to revise and extend their re- cruit additional officers and agents in fulfilling its mission to facilitate le- marks and include extraneous mate- have slowed due to strict requirements gitimate trade and travel at our ports rials on the bill, H.R. 2213. for new applicants. Currently, it takes of entry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there an average of 113 applicants to hire just According to the Joint Economic objection to the request of the gen- one new officer or agent. This is a Committee, the volume of commerce tleman from Texas? major problem that must be addressed. crossing our borders has more than tri- There was no objection. This legislation offers a solution by pled in the last 25 years. Currently, 1.1 PERMISSION TO POSTPONE PROCEEDING ON providing the CBP Commissioner with million people and $5.9 billion in goods AMENDMENT TO H.R. 2213, ANTI-BORDER COR- the flexibility to hire State and local enter and exit the U.S. at 328 U.S. ports RUPTION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2017 law enforcement officers who have al- of entry every day. Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I ask ready served for 3 years without a In fiscal year 2016, CBP officers and unanimous consent that the question break in service, are not under inves- agents seized and/or disrupted more of adopting amendment No. 1 to H.R. tigation or have been found guilty of than 3.3 million pounds of narcotics 2213 may be subject to postponement as misconduct, and have previously across the country, including approxi- though under clause 8 of rule XX. passed a law enforcement polygraph mately 46,000 pounds of methamphet- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there exam. amine, 48,000 pounds of heroin, and 440 objection to the request of the gen- It also provides the CBP Commis- pounds of fentanyl, keeping these tleman from Texas? sioner with the authority to hire mem- harmful drugs off of our streets. There was no objection. bers and veterans of the armed services CBP has struggled with recruiting Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield who have held security clearances and the officers and agents to fill its front- myself such time as I may consume, who have already completed a robust line ranks at our Nation’s air, land, and in support of the Anti-Border Cor- background check. and seaports. Currently, there are 1,400 ruption Reauthorization Act of 2017. To put it simply, this bill will make unfilled positions within the CBP Mr. Speaker, the failed immigration it easier for some of America’s finest workforce at our Nation’s ports of policies of the previous administration law enforcement officers and soldiers entry. Delays and short staffing at our have kept our borders open, weakened to help protect our borders. ports of entry costs the United States our national security, and put millions As drugs continue to creep into our economy up to $5.8 billion each year. of American lives at risk from an in- neighborhoods and wreak havoc on our Under this bill, the CBP Commis- creasing number of grave and growing communities and terrorists advance sioner may, on a case-by-case basis, ex- threats. These threats come from drug their plans to attack our country and empt certain veterans and State and cartels, gang members, human traf- disrupt our way of life, we must make local law enforcement officers who fickers, and international terrorists sure we have an adequate force to pro- meet specific standards, such as hold- who seek to do our country harm. tect our borders. ing a security clearance and previously Fortunately, we now have a partner This needs to be a priority. This passing a polygraph, from having to in the White House who understands should not be a partisan issue. In fact, take the CBP polygraph as a part of that we cannot rely on the oceans or Mr. Speaker, this bill passed unani- the hiring process. All other vetting re- other natural boundaries alone to sepa- mously out of my committee. Members quirements in the 12-step hiring proc- rate us from those looking to infiltrate from both parties should come to- ess for these applicants will still apply. our homeland. gether, as they did at the committee This bill simply grants CBP limited This morning, I was once again level, as Mr. VELA did, and support this authority to waive a single step in its pleased to welcome Secretary Kelly be- effort. robust vetting process for qualifying fore the Committee on Homeland Secu- American families deserve to know applicants who hold security clear- rity and listen to him articulate the that we are doing everything we can to ances or who have successfully com- importance of border security to the keep our homeland safe. This legisla- pleted polygraphs. Trump administration. tion gives us a chance to do just that. I would like to thank Chairman We know we need a 21st century bor- I would like to thank my colleague MCCAUL, Ranking Member THOMPSON, der to meet 21st century threats. and chairwoman of the Subcommittee and Chairwoman MCSALLY for their Sadly, every few days, we hear a story on Border and Maritime Security, Con- work on this bill. I also thank Chair- on the news that reminds us of the dan- gresswoman MCSALLY from Arizona, man MCCAUL and Chairwoman gerous consequences of Washington’s for all of her hard work on this bill. As MCSALLY by accepting changes offered inability to achieve that goal. a Representative from a district along by the minority to improve this bill.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A07JN7.017 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE H4678 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 7, 2017 Ranking Member THOMPSON offered At the current hiring rate, approxi- hire those who have already been vet- an amendment in committee to require mately 113 applicants go through the ted and proven by their service in uni- CBP to report to Congress how many of process in order to hire a single officer form that they are suitable to become these waivers are requested, granted, or agent. That means CBP needs to agents and officers. and denied; the reasons for these deni- have hundreds of thousands of people The National Treasury Employees als; as well as whether these applicants apply just to meet their current needs. Union, who represent the officers who are ultimately hired or not. We need more manpower to properly are stationed at the ports of entry; the b 1515 secure our border, screen passengers at Non Commissioned Officers Associa- our Nation’s airports who arrive from Additionally, it requires CBP to in- tion, who represent many of our vet- overseas, and facilitate cross-border erans; the Fraternal Order of Police; form Congress on the number of appli- commerce that powers our economy. cants who are granted a waiver but un- the Border Trade Alliance; the U.S. There are several underlying issues Chamber of Commerce; and the Depart- dergo a polygraph examination anyway that are responsible for these current based on information discovered during ment of Homeland Security all support staffing woes. For starters, it takes this bill. Indeed, this is a rare bill that their background investigation. Con- more than 292 days for these 12 distinct gress must remain vigilant about how has united both management and steps, on average, to hire a new officer labor. the waiver authority is used, and this or agent. And even with the newer ex- amendment will ensure we have the in- pedited system that is supposed to con- I include these letters of support in formation to do so. dense these steps into just several the RECORD. Mr. Speaker, in short, the men and days, it still takes an average of 160 THE NATIONAL TREASURY women on the front lines of CBP need days to complete the process. Very few EMPLOYEES UNION, our help. I urge my colleagues to sup- people can wait somewhere between 6 June 5, 2017. port this bill. months to a year for a job. We are los- DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the I reserve the balance of my time. ing very experienced and already vet- Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Offi- Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield as ted applicants. cers at the Department of Homeland Secu- much time as she may consume to the Several years ago, the committee rity who are stationed at 328 land, sea and gentlewoman from Arizona (Ms. began working directly with the pre- air ports of entry represented by the Na- tional Treasury Employees Union (NTEU), I MCSALLY), the sponsor of the bill and vious administration to find solutions the chairwoman of the Subcommittee ask you to vote YES on H.R. 2213, the Anti- to these staffing problems and the hir- Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of on Border and Maritime Security. ing process. The bill under consider- 2017. This legislation would expand the appli- Ms. MCSALLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise ation today represents the fruits of cant pool for vacant CBP Officer positions by today in strong support of my bill, H.R. that bipartisan work and, as a result, allowing the CBP Commissioner to waive 2213, the Anti-Border Corruption Reau- was passed out of the Homeland Secu- polygraph requirements for certain cat- thorization Act of 2017. rity Committee unanimously last egories of job applicants. U.S. Customs and Border Protection month. NTEU continues to have significant con- has two key missions: securing the bor- My bill allows the Commissioner of cerns about the slow pace of hiring at CBP. der and facilitating cross-border com- CBP to waive the polygraph require- CBP has struggled to fill 2,000 Officer posi- merce that powers the Nation’s eco- ment for current State and local law tions that Congress authorized in 2014. A major impediment to fulfilling CBP’s hiring nomic growth. In order to accomplish enforcement officers who have already those missions, they need enough goal is that CBP is the only federal agency passed a polygraph examination, Fed- with a congressional mandate that all front- agents and officers to be able to make eral law enforcement officers who have line officer applicants receive a polygraph arrests, interdict drug loads, screen already passed a stringent background test. Two out of three applicants fail its cargo from countries of concern, or investigation, and veterans with at polygraph—about 65 percent—more than move legitimate commerce and pas- least 3 consecutive years in the mili- double the average rate of eight law enforce- sengers through an air, land, and sea tary who have held a security clear- ment agencies according to data provided to port of entry. ance and passed a background check. the Associated Press. The eight law enforce- U.S. Border Patrol agents and CBP These exemptions are purely discre- ment agencies that supplied this information officers are, at the end of the day, the showed an average failure rate of 28 percent. tionary, not mandatory. If there is As an example, the U.S. Drug Enforcement most important border security and something in an applicant’s history or Administration failed 36 percent of appli- trade resource we have. Unfortunately, background that causes CBP concern, cants in the past two years. they are in short supply these days, they can still use the polygraph exam NTEU does not seek to reduce the stand- which has created a national security to resolve those questions. ards used by CBP in their hiring process, but and economic vulnerability that this These small changes will provide believes that there is a problem with how the Congress must address. CBP with immediate relief so they are polygraph is currently administered. We CBP is critically understaffed and re- able to quickly, yet judiciously, hire have asked CBP to review its current poly- mains well below its congressionally officers and agents from a pool of graph policy to understand why CBP is fail- mandated staffing levels by more than qualified applicants who already main- ing applicants at a much higher rate than in- 1,000 CBP officers and 1,800 border pa- tain the public’s trust and put their dividuals applying to work at other federal trol agents. The manpower shortage is lives on the line for our security and law enforcement agencies. H.R. 2213 expands getting worse. We are losing ground the authority to waive polygraph examina- our safety on a daily basis. tions for certain veterans and law enforce- every single month, and there is no end I want to make my position very ment officers, while also safeguarding CBP’s in sight as we continue to lose experi- clear. Everyone who applies to be a right to administer the polygraph for these enced agents and officers through at- CBP officer or Border Patrol agent exempted applicants if a need arises. trition without the ability to effi- should be thoroughly vetted to ensure Improving the current polygraph program ciently hire new ones. For example, there are no integrity issues in their should help in expediting the CBP Officer CBP has invested $200 million in a port background and they are not at risk hiring process so that the existing 1,400 va- of entry infrastructure in Arizona, for corruption. That is how the current cancies can be filled allowing CBP to move alone, over the last 8 years, but there system operates, and nothing in this forward with funding and hiring the 2,107 ad- is simply not enough staff to open up bill would change that. That is why ditional Officers required by CBP’s Work- every lane that is available. Congress required polygraph examina- force Staffing Model. NTEU also rec- I want to emphasize this point: offi- ommends that CBP allow immediate poly- tions and stringent background checks graph re-testing opportunities to those with cer and agent shortages did not happen for agents in the first place. a No Opinion or Inconclusive result, includ- overnight. The U.S. Border Patrol has I fully support the use of polygraph ing those with a No Opinion Counter Meas- not met its congressionally mandated examinations to weed out people who ures finding. hiring numbers since fiscal year 2014, are unfit to wear the badge or carry a NTEU asks you to vote YES on H.R. 2213. and CBP has been losing officers to gun, but we can and should make these Sincerely, man our ports since early in fiscal year very narrow, sensible, and straight- ANTHONY M. REARDON, 2016. forward allowances to permit CBP to National President.

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NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS transitioning Veterans to find meaningful swiftly, or our borders will continue to be ASSOCIATION, employment. characterized by long delays and congestion. June 6, 2017. Respectfully, Your bill wisely seeks to streamline the re- Hon. RON JOHNSON, JON OSTROWSKI, cruitment process by waving the existing Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security BMCS (ret.) U.S. Coast Guard, polygraph exam process for current state or and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate, Executive Director, NCOA. local law enforcement officers in good stand- Washington, DC. ing if they have already completed a poly- DEAR CHAIRMAN JOHNSON: On behalf of the NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER graph examination as a condition of their Non-Commissioned Officers Association OF POLICE, employment or, in the case of federal law en- (NCOA), a Veteran Service Organization of Washington, DC, June 7, 2017. forcement officials, have already completed over 55,000 members, I am writing to offer Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, a Tier 4 or 5 background investigation. In support for the ‘‘Anti-Border Corruption Re- Speaker of the House, House of Representatives, the case of members of the military or vet- authorization Act of 2017,’’ which was or- Washington, DC. erans, your bill allows the polygraph exam dered reported as S. 595 by the Senate Home- Hon. KEVIN O. MCCARTHY, to be waived for individuals who have re- land Security and Governmental Affairs Majority Leader, House of Representatives, ceived high level security clearances. Fi- Committee on May 17, 2017, and reported as Washington, DC. nally, your legislation contains an added level of security by permitting CBP to ad- H.R. 2213 by the House Homeland Security Hon. NANCY P. PELOSI, Committee on May 16, 2017. NCOA supports Minority Leader, House of Representatives, minister a polygraph exam in those cases where a background investigation indicates the goal of increasing border security Washington, DC. a polygraph examination is necessary to through easing polygraph requirements for Hon. STENY H. HOYER, make a final determination regarding an ap- Veterans who have already taken a poly- Minority Whip, House of Representatives, plicant’s suitability for employment or an graph and are interested in serving the bor- Washington, DC. employee’s continued employment. DEAR MR. SPEAKER AND REPRESENTATIVES der security mission. The reforms contained in your legislation NCOA has been working with CBP to help MCCARTHY, PELOSI AND HOYER: I am writing are important as we seek new ways to at- fulfill its hiring and recruiting mission. CBP on behalf of the members of the Fraternal tract talented, qualified individuals into is faced with numerous challenges—many of Order of Police to advise you of our support CBP careers with as few redundant, bureau- which can be assisted by looking to our na- for H.R. 2213, the ‘‘Anti-Border Corruption cratic hurdles as possible, while still tion’s transitioning Veterans. NCOA has had Reauthorization Act,’’ and to urge the House to pass it. strengthening border security and ensuring an extensive and national transition pro- the highest degree of confidence in new re- gram for our NCOs for decades and believe The pace of hiring at the Customs and Bor- der Protection in the U.S. Department of cruits. that our Veterans are qualified, trained, and The Border Trade Alliance is proud to sup- committed to the mission of protecting our Homeland Security has been problematic for several years. This legislation would expand port your legislation and we commend you nation. for working in a bipartisan fashion. Our or- NCOA supports amendments to the Anti- the applicant front line officers pool to fill vacant officer positions at CBP by allowing ganization stands ready to assist you in your Border Corruption Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. efforts to advance this bill through to pas- 111–376), which fosters integrity in the work- the Commissioner to waive the polygraph re- quirements in certain cases. The CBP is one sage. place by requiring that all CBP applicants Sincerely, for law enforcement positions receive a poly- of the few Federal agencies that requires all its front-line officers to pass a polygraph—a RUSSELL L. JONES, graph examination before being offered em- Chairman. ployment. The amendments proposed by S. test that two of three applicants will fail. This rate of failure is considerably higher BRITTON CLARKE, 595 and H.R. 2213 would enable CBP to de- President. velop a risk-based approach to extend poly- than other Federal law enforcement agencies graph waiver eligibility to an applicant who and the FOP strongly recommends that how these tests are administered be reviewed to CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE falls under one of three categories and satis- determine why this is the case. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, fies specific criteria including but not lim- The bill will give the CBP greater flexi- Washington, DC, May 4, 2017. ited to: bility by allowing the polygraph test to be Hon. MICHAEL MCCAUL, 1. A Current State or Local Law Enforce- waived for certain veterans and law enforce- Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, ment Officer with a successfully completed ment officers. This will enable the CBP to House of Representatives, Washington, DC. polygraph examination with the applicant’s fill its positions without compromising the Hon. BENNIE THOMPSON, law enforcement agency, at least three con- integrity of their hiring process. Ranking Member, Committee on Homeland Se- secutive years employed as a fully author- On behalf of the more than 330,000 members curity, House of Representatives, Wash- ized law enforcement officer, and no history of the Fraternal Order of Police, we are ington, DC. of criminal activity or serious misconduct; pleased to support this legislation and look DEAR CHAIRMAN MCCAUL AND RANKING 2. A Current Federal Law Enforcement Of- forward to its passage in the House. If I can MEMBER THOMPSON: The U.S. Chamber of ficer with at least three consecutive years be of any further assistance on this or any Commerce supports H.R. 2213, the ‘‘Anti-Bor- employed as a fully authorized federal law other issue, please do not hesitate to contact der Corruption Reauthorization Act of 2017.’’ enforcement officer, a current/in-scope Tier 4 me or my Senior Advisor Jim Pasco in my This legislation is a positive development for Background Investigation or a Tier 5 Single Washington, D.C. office. national security, veterans’ employment, Scope Background Investigation, and no his- Sincerely, and facilitating trade and travel as it ad- tory of criminal activity or serious mis- CHUCK CANTERBURY, dresses the shortage of U.S. Customs and conduct; or National President. Border Protection (CBP) officers at our bor- 3. A Transitioning Military Service Mem- ders. ber, Veteran, or Member of the Reserves or BORDER TRADE ALLIANCE, Over the past several years, attempts have National Guard who has at least four years Washington, DC, June 7, 2017. been made to increase the ranks of CBP offi- of service in the military, no history of Hon. MARTHA MCSALLY, cers. It is clear from CBP’s own staffing criminal activity or serious misconduct, and Washington, DC. model that additional resources are needed who holds or has held (within the past five DEAR REPRESENTATIVE MCSALLY: The Bor- to adequately secure the homeland and fa- years) a Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/ der Trade Alliance (BTA) supports your leg- cilitate legitimate trade and travel. This leg- Sensitive Compartmented Information clear- islation, H.R. 2213, The Anti-Border Corrup- islation would provide the flexibility to ex- ance and was not granted any waivers to ob- tion Reauthorization Act of 2017, which con- pedite the hiring process for qualified indi- tain that clearance. tains important reforms to the polygraph ex- viduals who have already proven themselves NCOA believes the flexibility to waive the amination process employed in the recruit- through service in local law enforcement or polygraph for the Veteran categories out- ment of Customs and Border Protection offi- the military. lined in the amendment makes sense and cers. To meet the staffing levels set by Con- would potentially expedite their onboarding For over 30 years, the BTA has sought to gress, this legislation is critical and would to a position in border patrol. Currently, the support public policies that encourage robust help on both the national security and eco- onboarding process simply takes too long cross-border trade while ensuring our ports nomic fronts. A recent study found that and CBP loses great candidates, and Vet- of entry have the resources necessary to every batch of 33 CBP officers hired could erans go elsewhere. process that trade securely and efficiently. lead to an increase in GDP of $61.8 million We also strongly disagree with objections Adequate port staffing is critical to realizing and employment gains of 1,053 jobs in the to this small alteration to the polygraph those goals. U.S. policies—we are talking about Veterans and We share your belief that CBP’s ability to The Chamber appreciates the Committee’s others who have already committed their recruit new officers into its ranks is ham- continued engagement to ensure that our lives to protecting the nation and its citizens strung by a polygraph screening that is over- borders have the appropriate resources and and to say otherwise is pure fallacy and ly burdensome and not properly aligned with looks forward to advancing this bipartisan dirty politics. the needs of today’s CBP. legislation. Thank you for your attention and for your CBP’s failure to meet Congress’ calls for Sincerely, efforts to help secure our borders and enable hiring 2,000 new officers must be addressed NEIL L. BRADLEY.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:46 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A07JN7.022 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE H4680 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 7, 2017 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF populations would potentially expedite their I would like to thank Chairman HOMELAND SECURITY, onboarding and allow CBP to direct more re- MCCAUL and Ranking Member THOMP- Washington, DC, June 2, 2017. sources toward the processing of other SON, and especially my ranking mem- Hon. MICHAEL MCCAUL, groups of applicants, preventing potential ber, Mr. VELA, for his support and work Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, bottlenecks in the hiring pipeline. Addition- House of Representatives, Washington, DC. ally, the bills would retain the requirement with us on this important bill. DEAR CHAIRMAN MCCAUL: On behalf of the for these specific applicants, like all CBP Mr. VELA. Mr. Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 Department of Homeland Security (DHS), I law enforcement applicants, to undergo a minutes to the gentlewoman from Cali- am writing to offer support for the ‘‘Anti- Tier 5 background investigation. Should de- fornia (Ms. LOFGREN). Border Corruption Reauthorization Act of rogatory information be detected during an 2017,’’ which was ordered reported as S. 595 applicant’s background investigation, CBP Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I do not by the Senate Homeland Security and Gov- may then choose to administer a polygraph at all question the intentions of the ernmental Affairs Committee on May 17, examination. proponents of this bill. I understand 2017, and reported as H.R. 2213 by the House DHS believes this approach enables CBP to that the entire rationale is to expedite Homeland Security Committee on May 16, weigh pre-employment risks and implement hiring because of the vast number of 2017. DHS supports the goal of increasing mitigation measures in order to improve its vacancies. I do, however, question the border security through balanced invest- hiring capacity without lowering standards. wisdom of this approach. ments in infrastructure, technology, and per- By affording CBP the flexibility to waive the sonnel. polygraph examination for eligible individ- I think it is worth noting that, cur- CBP has worked aggressively during the uals in one of these categories, DHS believes rently, two-thirds of the applicants for past two years to implement its multifaceted CBP will be able to boost applicant numbers CBP fail the polygraph test; and that is recruitment strategy and execute large-scale and the number of persons entering the acad- important not as a barrier, but because improvements to its frontline hiring process. emy to begin training. Additionally, retain- that polygraph test reveals misconduct While these efforts have led to considerable ing the requirement for all law enforcement that makes them ineligible. progress in many areas, CBP is examining applicants to undergo a Tier 5 background every aspect of its pre-employment hiring investigation (the highest level), coupled Now, the current Department of process to identify areas in which additional with random drug testing, periodic reinves- Homeland Security inspector general, improvements can be made. CBP’s chal- tigation, and the continuous evaluation of John Roth, has expressed strong res- lenges in recruitment are, to a great extent, employees for criminal conduct, will assist ervations about polygraph changes, the contingent on our rigorous hiring process, in mitigating any potential risk. waivers, and, specifically, about these which is designed to ensure only those indi- The Office of Management and Budget ad- viduals who meet the qualifications of CBP’s vises that, from the standpoint of the Ad- bills. He indicates that we need to iden- frontline positions and have the highest de- ministration’s program, there is no objection tify other ways to make hiring more gree of integrity are recruited to serve as to the presentation of this letter to Con- efficient ‘‘without sacrificing integrity agents and officers safeguarding our borders gress. and effectiveness.’’ And, in fact, the and ports of entry. While many modifica- I appreciate your support of DHS, and I DHS OIG is currently auditing the CBP tions to streamline the pre-employment hir- look forward to working with you on this polygraph program, as is the GAO. ing process are being considered, CBP will polygraph waiver legislation and future not lower its high standards for any of its homeland security issues. I have sent iden- If you take a look at the bill, it al- frontline personnel. tical letters of support to the Ranking Mem- lows for exemptions of the polygraph DHS supports amendments to the Anti- ber of the Senate Homeland Security and to certain categories of people, one of Border Corruption Act of 2010 (Pub. L. No. Governmental Affairs Committee, the Chair which is law enforcement officers who 111–376), which fosters integrity in the work- and Ranking Members of the House Com- have undergone a polygraph examina- place by requiring that all CBP applicants mittee on Homeland Security and its Border tion as a condition of employment and Maritime Security Subcommittee, for law enforcement positions receive a poly- within the past 10 years. Well, you graph examination before being offered em- whose Chairwoman introduced H.R. 2213, and ployment. The amendments proposed by S. Senator Flake who introduced S. 595. know, there was actually a Freedom of 595 and H.R. 2213 would enable CBP to de- Respectfully, Information request on who flunked velop a risk-based approach to extend poly- BENJAMIN CASSIDY, the polygraph tests in the CBP, and graph waiver eligibility to an applicant who Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs. what has come out is that people who falls under one of three categories and satis- Ms. MCSALLY. Let me close with fall into this exemption admitted con- fies specific criteria including but not lim- just this example. duct that would make them ineligible, ited to: I served in the Air Force for 26 years. 1. A Current State or Local Law Enforce- including child pornography, smug- ment Officer with a successfully completed In that time, I held a Top Secret/SCI gling of drugs, theft. polygraph examination with the applicant’s clearance with access to compartmen- It is fine to say that this would only law enforcement agency, at least three con- talized programs as well, some of the be used when you knew that there secutive years employed as a fully author- most sensitive information that our wasn’t a problem. The problem with ized law enforcement officer, and no history government possesses. I was entrusted that argument is sometimes you don’t of criminal activity or serious misconduct; to fly a $12 million aircraft, command find out what the problem is until you 2. A Current Federal Law Enforcement Of- a squadron, run counterterrorism oper- ficer with at least three consecutive years subject the applicant to a polygraph or employed as a fully authorized federal law ations and combat search and rescue they know that they are about to be enforcement officer, a current/in-scope Tier 4 operations, retiring as a colonel, yet I subjected to a polygraph, in which Background Investigation or a Tier 5 Single have never taken a polygraph exam case, they own up. Scope Background Investigation, and no his- like the one required if I wanted to be So the Border Patrol is to be hon- tory of criminal activity or serious mis- a Border Patrol line agent after I re- ored; they do a great job for us. But we conduct; or tired, but I was subjected to periodic, 3. A Transitioning Military Service Mem- know that the Sinaloa drug cartel is very detailed background checks, back- ber, Veteran, or Member of the Reserves or trying to recruit applicants. The last ground investigations, now called a National Guard who has at least four years thing we need is for them to succeed, tier 5 investigation, which is one that of service in the military, no history of for our sake as well as for our brave every single one of these agents and of- criminal activity or serious misconduct, and men and women in the Border Patrol. who holds or has held (within the past five ficers will also have to go through. It is years) a Secret, Top Secret, or Top Secret/ a very invasive and thorough investiga- Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 Sensitive Compartmented Information clear- tion. They talk to your neighbors, your minutes to the gentleman from Lou- ance and was not granted any waivers to ob- coworkers, look in your financial isiana (Mr. HIGGINS). tain that clearance. Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. Mr. DHS values the demonstrated commitment records, your employers, you name it, and trustworthiness that these applicants to make sure that you are qualified. Speaker, today I rise in support of H.R. bring to the mission, and the quality of vet- So this example is a mismatch of 2213, the Anti-Border Corruption Reau- ting already performed at the state, local public trust and it doesn’t make any thorization Act of 2017. and Federal levels for these individuals in sense, and we need to give the CBP Mr. Speaker, this bill is about stand- sensitive positions. Waivers will not be Commissioner discretion on a narrow ing up for Border Patrol cops. Border granted lightly as each criterion will be case-by-case basis to fully vet appli- Patrol is woefully undermanned. This carefully vetted and reviewed to ensure verification. cants in the way that makes the most bill addresses this serious issue. In DHS believes the flexibility to waive the sense to fill these positions while pre- order to stand strong against jihadist polygraph for individuals in these limited venting corruption. terror and cartel organized crime, we

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Mr. ARRINGTON. Mr. Speaker, in H.R. 2213 would add the option to Hear my words: These are high cal- the preamble of the Constitution, our waive the polygraph test for a select iber law enforcement professionals, but Founding Fathers explained a more few individuals who have already suc- they are well below the staffing levels perfect Union required the Federal cessfully taken and passed a similar mandated by Congress. Government to do a few things, and to polygraph test in the past. These indi- This bill is not about lowering stand- do them well. At the top of the list is viduals are veterans, members of our ards, as some critics claim. To the con- the Federal Government’s responsi- Armed Forces, or law enforcement offi- trary, this bill allows for a common- bility to provide for the common de- cers with clean records and years of sense approach to hire experienced, fense and secure our freedom. honorable service. highly qualified patriots to fill the There is no freedom without secu- A veteran with secret clearance and ranks of our front lines. This bill al- rity. These concepts, these pillars upon an honorable discharge, 3 years of serv- which this great Nation was founded, lows reasonable degrees of discretion ice, and a tier 5 background check is must be proactively protected every that streamline the vetting and hiring someone I would hold in high regard day by men and women across this Na- process at Customs and Border Patrol. and exempt from an unnecessary poly- tion. A select few of those men and I would like to thank Chairwoman graph. women wake up every morning to pa- MCSALLY for introducing this bill, and I would not be in favor of this bill if trol and protect our sovereign Nation’s I urge my colleagues to support the law it was exempting a polygraph test to border in the face of drug smuggling, enforcement community and vote in human trafficking, and violent crimi- the general public. This is a special favor of this important legislation. nal activity. group—our veterans and our law en- Mr. VELA. Mr. Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 forcement. minutes to the gentlewoman from New b 1530 This legislation would not change the Mexico (Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRIS- They work to safeguard our Nation, United States Customs and Border Pa- HAM). enforce the rule of law, and promote trol requirements for background Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of free trade and commerce through our checks or interviews. Customs and Bor- New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I had the ports of entry. Yet the previous admin- der Patrol would still have their can- benefit, of course, of hearing my col- istration’s policy left our Border Pa- didates undergo the regular battery of league, Congresswoman LOFGREN, and I trol and Customs operations ham- tests and checks. Customs and Border appreciate my colleagues on the other strung and significantly understaffed. Patrol would still ask a candidate who side because, agreed, we all want there As someone who represents a border waived the polygraph under these pro- to be the right sort of national security State, I have seen and experienced posed changes to take the examination. protections at the border, but we want those vulnerabilities firsthand. This bill will not lower the standards to make sure that we are maximizing To say that our Border Patrol and for entry. Rather, the flexibility it pro- those opportunities and recognize that Customs operations are woefully vides would prevent potential bottle- there has been an issue of being able to understaffed is woefully understated. necks in the hiring pipelines and elimi- address the shortage of officers. But to We are almost 3,000 officers and agents nate redundancy. address a workforce shortage by mini- short of the minimum that is man- Mr. Speaker, I would like to appease mizing the very requirements that not dated by Congress. One reason for this the concerns of several of my col- only preserve our national security and understaffing is the unreasonable and leagues and say that this is not about protect the men and women at our bor- protracted hiring processes. building up a deportation force. Mr. In 2015, it took more than 460 days, der, I would agree, is not the way that Speaker, I would like to reaffirm that on average, and 11 separate steps to we should be proceeding. this legislation exclusively applies to hire a new officer or agent. This is ab- Mr. Speaker, in fact, I rise in opposi- Customs and Border Patrol, and it will solutely absurd, even by government tion to the Anti-Border Corruption Re- standards, and it must be fixed. That is not change the hiring procedures for authorization Act. As a Member from a why today I am proud to cosponsor Immigration and Customs Enforce- border State that heavily trades with H.R. 2213. This legislation provides a ment. This bill is about ensuring the Mexico, I certainly understand the more commonsense and expeditious agency hires only the best and the value of having sufficient customs offi- process for hiring border personnel. most honorable candidates. This bill is cials manning our ports of entry and We also need enough Customs officers about providing employment and ad- agents protecting our border; but to foster efficient trade for a robust vancement opportunities for our serv- eliminating the critical polygraph re- economy. A recent study found that icemembers and law enforcement and quirements for certain CBP applicants every batch of 33 CBP officers hired creating job opportunities for those liv- only undermines our Nation’s safety, could lead to an increase in GDP of $60 ing in our border communities and bor- given this agency’s historic connection million and an employment gain of der States. to organized crime, drug cartels, and over 1,000 jobs. For too long, the Fed- Mr. Speaker, I also live in a border corruption. eral Government has abdicated its community, and I support this bill. The DHS inspector general has chief responsibility of securing our bor- Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 warned that weakening CBP polygraph ders and protecting our citizens. We minutes to the gentleman from Texas requirements would make our southern must put the safety and security of the (Mr. CARTER), the chairman of the border more vulnerable and that we American people first and give our Bor- Homeland Security Appropriations should, instead, identify ways to make der Patrol and the CBP the staff they Subcommittee. hiring more efficient without sacri- need to do their job. Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ficing integrity and effectiveness. Mr. Speaker, therefore, I urge my this polygraph waiver provision that is Mr. Speaker, in fact, I live in a com- colleagues to support H.R. 2213, and I proposed here is a darn good idea that munity that the FBI has now identified applaud Chairman MCCAUL, Ranking is a long time overdue from happening. as one of the most dangerous cities in Member VELA, and Representative The reality is the hiring process of the the country, Albuquerque, New Mexico, MCSALLY for their leadership on this Border Patrol, and, in fact, I would primarily because of the drug cartel. critical issue. argue almost everything under my ju- The drug trade in our city and in our Mr. VELA. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 risdiction in Homeland Security, is as State is significant, so we understand minutes to the gentleman from Texas slow as molasses in the wintertime. It having sufficient officers. (Mr. GONZALEZ). just doesn’t move.

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That is to have more men and women at the setting a priority for those people who going to make America safe. I doubt it. border, and this is why I ask you to have served, proving their worth, and Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I reserve support this legislation. are asking to be part of the defense of the balance of my time. Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I have no our national borders. I support this Mr. VELA. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 additional speakers, and I reserve the wholeheartedly. I support Chairwoman minutes to the gentleman from Texas balance of my time to close. MCSALLY’s concept here. It is great. It (Mr. CUELLAR). Mr. VELA. Mr. Speaker, I have no starts a new way of doing things. We Mr. CUELLAR. Mr. Speaker, I want further speakers, and I yield myself the need more than anything else in the to thank Representative VELA for balance of my time. Federal Government—if a new way of yielding time to me and also Chairman Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2213, the Anti-Bor- doing things is the right way, we ought MCCAUL and the folks who have been der Corruption Reauthorization Act of to be doing it. Nobody is going to keep working on this particular bill. 2017, aims to bring some relief to the from checking on people. You can still CBP currently has a staffing deficit tremendous staffing shortages at our make them take a polygraph if you run of 3,000 individuals for the uniform ports of entry by providing CBP with across something you don’t like. But it components, that is the U.S. Border limited authority to waive its poly- is a good idea whose time has come. Patrol, Office of Field Operations, Air graph requirement on a case-by-case Let’s be modern Americans and have and Marine Operations, which jeopard- basis for certain veterans and State new ideas and make those new ideas izes our national and our economic se- and local law enforcement officers in work. curity. its hiring process. I commend everyone here in support This legislation does not cover ICE. H.R. 2213 is endorsed by the NTEU, of this. I am proud to be a cosponsor of CBP, Border Patrol, and Air and Ma- the union that represents frontline this bill, and I think, for a change, gov- rine. Nobody else. This has nothing to CBP officers. ernment is making a good start at new do with deportation. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to ideas. Long before President Trump became support the bill, and I yield back the Mr. VELA. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 a candidate for the office, Congress au- balance of my time. minutes to the gentleman from Illinois thorized CBP to hire an additional 2,000 Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I yield (Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ). officers. That was about 4 years ago. myself the balance of my time. Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. Mr. Speaker, I will Chairman CARTER, MICHAEL MCCAUL, Mr. Speaker, in concluding this de- not mince words. Anyone who votes for we authorized 2,000 officers. Up to now, bate, it is important to note this bill is this bill is voting to support and imple- Mr. Speaker, we have not been able to a bipartisan effort, passing unani- ment Donald Trump’s views on immi- hire those 2,000 officers because of the mously out of my committee. It is sup- gration, his desire to militarize our polygraph exam. ported by Ranking Member THOMPSON, southern border, and his fantasy of a In fact, 65 percent of those individ- Congressman VELA, and we thank you mass deportation force. You cannot uals who applied for CBP are rejected, for that, and others. Again, it passed spin it any other way. which is twice the amount that you out unanimously. If we want to lower the standards for have for other Federal officers, FBI, I was pleased to see also a Dear Col- screening and hiring CBP officers, DEA, when they take their polygraph. league letter sent by my Democratic eliminate checks that could help weed I am talking about polygraph exams. counterparts on the Homeland Secu- out candidates with criminal histories Again, this does not cover ICE. What rity Committee urging the passage of or criminal intentions, and water down this bill actually does, it will strength- this bill. This only further underscores the integrity of this important na- en CBP’s efforts to secure our border the bipartisan nature of this effort. tional security source, this bill is for by filling those positions. I represent It is also supported, Mr. Speaker, by you. Laredo, the largest inland port, 14,000 the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the But if you care about border security traders a day. They have been delayed Border Trade Alliance, the CBP offi- and the integrity of the officers, you because we don’t have enough CBP offi- cers’ union, and the Fraternal Order of should join me in voting against the cers, and we need to get them. Police, among others. bill. What this bill does, it does not lower The issue is very clear. Not passing To me and a lot of other people the standards. I emphasize, it does not this bill will continue to keep Amer- watching this debate, this is about lower the standards. It streamlines the ican families at risk from dangers of something else. Remember that man background investigation for a limited human traffickers, drug smugglers, and descending the golden escalators at number of veterans, military officers, international terrorists. Right now, we Trump Tower announcing his campaign law enforcement. If you are a local law simply don’t have an adequate number for President by saying Mexicans who enforcement and you take a polygraph of Border Patrol agents and CBP offi- come to the U.S. are rapists, drug deal- exam, then you can ask for this waiver. cers to safeguard our Nation’s border. ers, and murderers? Remember him? Or if you are a servicemember or a vet- We need to fix that. That is what this Do you want to buy into his vision of eran with the highest background in- legislation does. It will allow us to bol- immigrants as a brown horde intent on vestigation, you can get a waiver. Or if ster our forces with talented law en- doing America harm? you are current Federal law enforce- forcement officials and military per- If you are onboard with this, you are ment with the highest background sonnel who have been previously vetted also onboard with building a wall; on- exam, you can get a waiver. But, again, and have already demonstrated their board with billions to be spent on de- if somebody finds out those vetted indi- commitment and patriotism to their porting moms and dads who have lived viduals still need to take a polygraph, fellow Americans. here for decades; going after DREAM- then you would take it. ers as the Trump administration is Finally, the last thing to conclude is, b 1545 doing today, deporting DREAMers Members, this is not the first time we As I have stated before, while new in- from the United States of America. have gotten a waiver. frastructure and technology will be im- Where do you want to draw the line on The SPEAKER pro tempore. The portant in protecting this Nation, the the Trump deportation agenda? I say time of the gentleman has expired. brave men and women who confront draw the line right here, right now, and Mr. VELA. I yield the gentleman an threats to our homeland are our great- don’t give another inch. There are additional 30 seconds. est assets. many ways to secure the Nation, but Mr. CUELLAR. If you look at the Na- Once again, I thank Congresswoman watering down the hiring standards of tional Defense Authorization poly- MCSALLY, Ranking Members VELA and

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Mr. Speaker, this is, in thank the gentlewoman from New Mex- present, I would vote against the bill. fact, a national security issue. No ico for yielding. I appreciate her lead- While this bill purports to fast track the hir- other Federal law enforcement agency ership on this issue, and, as a cospon- ing of Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) in the country—not the FBI, DEA, sor, I rise in strong support of this agents in order to ensure our national security, ATF, or Secret Service—makes any ex- amendment. it would actually water down hiring practices ceptions to their polygraph exam. Our Customs and Border Patrol offi- and allow potential vulnerabilities in the coun- I understand that the CBP has a cers face a difficult mission in an ex- try’s largest law enforcement agency. H.R. staffing shortage, but watering down tremely challenging environment. 2213 would allow certain CBP applicants to vetting standards is dangerous and Polygraph testing is an important tool bypass polygraph testing. could lead to more corruption at the to ensure those charged with patrolling In 2010 Congress passed the Anti-Border largest law enforcement agency in the our border are not corruptible by drug Corruption Act, which mandated CBP appli- country. In fact, 2,170 CBP personnel traffickers or other criminal elements. cants pass a polygraph test as part of their were arrested for sexual assault, exces- I am sympathetic to the hiring and hiring process. This bill was an essential step sive force, conspiring with inter- staffing challenges facing this agency, after an influx of corruption cases were re- national drug trafficking organiza- but we cannot cut corners or jeopardize vealed within the agency—ranging from drug tions, and other offenses between 2005 the security of our border. trafficking to accepting bribes. Decreasing hir- and 2012. This amendment delays the imple- ing standards as proposed by H.R. 2213 In response, Congress enacted legisla- mentation of this legislation until CBP would do exactly what the Anti-Border Corrup- tion to require every applicant to un- can complete its ongoing test of an al- tion Act of 2010 fixed. dergo a polygraph exam—no excep- ternative, more efficient polygraph tions. DHS’ own Integrity Advisory Instead of finding common-sense ways to test. expedite the hiring process without compro- Panel and the GAO have both rec- This amendment also requires DHS mising the integrity of the agency, H.R. 2213 ommended that the current polygraph determine these changes in the under- testing be expanded, not reduced, given irresponsibly cuts corners in an attempt to lying bill to our polygraph procedures the higher rates of corruption at CBP keep President Trump’s campaign promises of do not endanger our national security. quickly increasing border patrol agents. than any other Federal law enforce- I urge my colleagues to join me in ment agency. I am absolutely committed to regaining con- supporting this amendment to ensure This bill takes us backward, and trol of our country’s borders and have contin- we do not create unnecessary risks to ually fought to restrict individuals who would some current and former DHS officials have expressed concerns that the bill the security of our border. do our citizens harm—both through terrorist Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of could expose the agency to corrupt in- attacks or drug smuggling—from entering the New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 United States. This ill-conceived legislation dividuals who could undermine the in- tegrity of the workforce. minute to the gentlewoman from Cali- does nothing to ensure increased border secu- fornia (Ms. LOFGREN), my colleague. rity. DHS Inspector General John Roth warned that the proposed legislation Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I think The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time this is a good solution to the dilemma for debate has expired. ‘‘could put CBP at significant risk and that while it may sound reasonable to that faces us. We do have a hiring def- AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MS. MICHELLE icit in the Border Patrol, but we can- LUJAN GRISHAM OF NEW MEXICO say you could waive requirements from former military personnel because they not give up on the need to fully vet Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of these people. New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I have an have passed a polygraph, Border Patrol agents work in a different environment The independent inspector said that amendment at the desk. the polygraphs had stopped dozens of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The that is not as controlled as the mili- tary.’’ applicants who have admitted to par- Clerk will designate the amendment. ticipation in human trafficking, de- The text of the amendment is as fol- Former CBP head of Internal Affairs frauding the government, and have lows: has stated that ‘‘very few members of links with cartels intent to infiltrate Page 9, after line 4, insert the following: the military take polygraphs or have comprehensive background checks, and CBP. SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. There has been, actually, a release This Act and the amendments made by the quality of State or local law en- this Act shall take effect on the later of the forcement polygraphs varies widely.’’ from the Freedom of Information Act following dates: My amendment would delay the im- of people who would be eligible for the (1) The date on which all of the following plementation of the bill until, one, exemption who admitted, under the have been completed: CBP completes its ongoing pilot pro- polygraph, to sexual assault, to child (A) The Commissioner of U.S. Customs and gram of an alternative polygraph test pornography, to taking classified infor- Border Protection has conducted an evalua- that may help speed up hiring while mation from Afghanistan, to taking tion and pilot program of the Test for Espio- maintaining vetting standards; and, classified information from Iraq, a nage, Sabotage, and Corruption (TES-C). sheriff’s employee who engaged in (B) The Inspector General of the Depart- two, the DHS inspector general deter- ment of Homeland Security has certified mines that the bill would not endanger theft, and a police officer who was a such evaluation and pilot program. our national security, undermine work- smuggler. The Border Patrol cannot af- (C) The Commissioner submits to Congress force integrity, or, in fact, increase ford this. a report on such evaluation and pilot pro- corruption. I think the gentlewoman’s amend- gram. I recognize that CBP is managing ment actually preserves what we want, (2) The date on which the Inspector Gen- hiring and staffing issues. Passing this and I would highly recommend that we eral of the Department of Homeland Secu- bill without knowing its potential approve it. rity completes a risk assessment of the popu- risks or consequences is not only short- Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of lation of individuals who could receive waiv- ers under section 3(b) of the Anti-Border Cor- sighted, but I think it is irresponsible. New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I yield back ruption Act of 2010, as amended by this Act, We shouldn’t blindly experiment with the balance of my time. and submits to Congress certification that our Nation’s security given that drugs, Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I claim providing waivers to such individuals would weapons, and human trafficking, as the time in opposition to the amend- not endanger national security, undermine well as terrorism, are all threats we ment. workforce integrity, or increase corruption. are facing at the border. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- I urge my colleagues to join me in tleman from Texas is recognized for 5 ant to House Resolution 374, the gen- voting ‘‘yes’’ for my amendment to minutes.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:46 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K07JN7.060 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE H4684 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 7, 2017 Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in need relief now, and any delay tactics Whereas, the President’s tax returns would opposition to the Lujan Grisham should be rejected. Therefore, I urge show us whether he has foreign bank ac- amendment. opposition, and I yield back the bal- counts and how much profit he receives from Let me say, first, that the Secretary his ownership in myriad partnerships; ance of my time. Whereas, Donald Trump Jr. said the Trump of Homeland Security testified before The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Organization saw money ‘‘pouring in from my committee this morning, a deco- ant to the rule, the previous question Russia’’ and that ‘‘Russians make up a pret- rated four-star general serving in Iraq is ordered on the bill, as amended, and ty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of and Afghanistan. He is the head of on the amendment offered by the gen- our assets.’’ SOUTHCOM. This man knows the bor- tlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Whereas, Congress gave itself the author- der. Secretary Kelly supports this leg- MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM). ity to review an individual’s tax returns to islation. The question is on the amendment investigate and reveal possible conflicts of offered by the gentlewoman from New interest of executive branch officials in- I find it a bit offensive that decorated volved dating back to the Teapot Dome scan- veterans who have already received Mexico (Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRIS- dal. clearances somehow would present a HAM). Whereas, it has been reported that federal threat to the security of the United The question was taken; and the prosecutors have issued grand jury sub- States, so I reject that argument. Speaker pro tempore announced that poenas to associates of former National Se- This amendment strikes me as an un- the ayes appeared to have it. curity Advisor Michael Flynn seeking busi- necessary and harmful delay tactic Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, on that I ness records as part of the ongoing probe that would prevent CBP from imple- demand the yeas and nays. into Russian involvement in the 2016 elec- tion; menting the much-needed flexibility The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Whereas, according to his 2016 candidate provided for in the underlying bill. filing with the Federal Election Commission, If the delays called for in this amend- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, and the the President has 564 financial positions in ment were put in place, CBP would order of the House of today, further companies located in the United States and have to sit and wait until certain un- proceedings on this question will be around the world; necessary obstacles were overcome, postponed. Whereas, against the advice of ethics at- some of which are completely out of f torneys and the Office of Government Ethics, the President has refused to divest his own- their control. All the while, they would RAISING A QUESTION OF THE ership stake in his businesses; and can still continue to hemorrhage officers and PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE withdraw funds at any time from the trust of agents, threatening the Nation’s border which he is the sole beneficiary; security and the flow of commerce in Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Whereas, the Emoluments Clause was in- and out of the country. This could put a question of the privileges of the cluded in the U.S. Constitution for the ex- our national security at risk and would House that was previously noticed. press purpose of preventing federal officials The SPEAKER pro tempore. The be, further, detrimental to the flow of from accepting any ‘‘present, Emolument, Clerk will report the resolution. Office, or Title . . . from any King, Prince, legitimate trade and travel. The Clerk read as follows: or foreign state’’; CBP has missed hiring targets for Whereas, the Chairmen of the Ways and Border Patrol agents for 4 years and Expressing the sense of the House of Rep- resentatives that the President shall imme- Means Committee, Joint Committee on Tax- CBP officers for almost 18 months. We diately release his tax return information to ation, and Senate Finance Committee have need additional officers and agents Congress and the American people. the authority to request the President’s tax now, simply to meet the congression- Whereas, in the United States’ system of returns under Section 6103 of the tax code; ally mandated CBP staffing levels that checks and balances, Congress has a respon- Whereas, the Joint Committee on Taxation reviewed the tax returns of President Rich- have been put in place for a year. We sibility to hold the Executive Branch of gov- ernment to a fair and equal standard of ard Nixon in 1974 and made the information cannot wait for more reports and eval- public; uations. transparency ensuring the public interest is placed first; Whereas, the Ways and Means Committee Sadly, this amendment looks to me Whereas, according to the Tax History used IRC 6103 authority in 2014 to make pub- like an attempt by opponents of the Project, every President since Gerald Ford lic the confidential tax information of 51 bill to prevent the important provi- has disclosed their tax return information to taxpayers; sions of this bill from going into effect the public; Whereas Director Comey has testified that tax returns are a common tool in investiga- in a timely manner, thus preventing Whereas, tax returns provide an important baseline of reasonable information including tions because they can show income and mo- the hiring of already trusted and vet- tives; ted individuals who have served their whether the President paid taxes, ownership interests, charitable donations made, and Whereas, the American people have the Nation and the military with honor whether tax deductions have been exploited; right to know whether or not their President and distinction. Whereas, disclosure of the President’s tax is operating under conflicts of interest re- It is also important to underscore returns could help those investigating Rus- lated to international affairs, tax reform, two points here: one, that all appli- sian influence in the 2016 election understand government contracts, or otherwise: Now, cants will continue to be fully vetted, the President’s financial ties to the Russian therefore, be it: Resolved, That the House of Representa- including a rigorous tier 5 background Federation and Russian citizens, including debts owed and whether he shares any part- tives shall— investigation, which is equivalent to 1. Immediately request the tax return in- nership interests, equity interests, joint ven- the investigation performed for all formation of Donald J. Trump for tax years tures or licensing agreements with Russia or 2006 through 2015 for review in closed execu- servicemembers who hold a top secret Russians; tive session by the Committee on Ways and clearance; and second, the authority Whereas, the President recently fired Fed- Means, as provided under Section 6103 of the granted under this bill is discretionary. eral Bureau of Investigation Director James Internal Revenue Code, and vote to report If the CBP Commissioner wishes to re- Comey, under whose leadership the FBI was the information therein to the full House of investigating whether the Trump campaign quire a polygraph examination for any Representatives. colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 applicant for any reason, he can and 2. Support transparency in government and election; should still do so. the longstanding tradition of Presidents and Whereas, President Trump reportedly stat- Mr. Speaker, we cannot afford to Presidential candidates disclosing their tax ed to Russian officials during a White House returns. wait any longer. As the Speaker meeting that he fired Director Comey to ease knows, who is briefed on the threats, as pressure on the ongoing investigation of The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. do I, in a classified setting, the threats Russia’s influence in the 2016 election; SIMPSON). Does the gentleman from are real. This Nation is at risk, and we Whereas, Senate Russia investigators have Massachusetts wish to present argu- cannot afford to wait. requested information from the Treasury De- ment on the parliamentary question So, for these reasons, I oppose the partment’s criminal investigation division, whether the resolution presents a ques- amendment, and I urge my colleagues the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, tion of the privileges of the House? or FinCEN, which handles cases of money to reject it. laundering, for information related to Presi- Mr. CAPUANO. Yes, Mr. Speaker, I Let me just close, again, by saying I dent Trump, his top officials and campaign would like to do so. oppose the amendment. The men and aides. FinCEN has been investigating allega- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- women wearing the uniform on the tions of foreign money-laundering through tleman is recognized on the question of front lines of our ports and borders purchases of U.S. real estate; order.

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In light There aren’t any Americans that public, or at least the committees, first of the testimony that was just released don’t believe they have a right to know of all, his tax returns. today of former Director Comey and that their President has not been sub- We are not talking about a 1040. We what he is scheduled to say, his written ject to undue influence. That is all this are talking about thousands of pages testimony tomorrow, if it is not clear does. It draws no conclusion from it, that go into a businessperson’s, who is by now that the Congress should con- and it allows the majority party to call a billion-, zillionaire, whatever the tinue its investigation—as we speak, on it to make the determination; not heck he is, that is what it takes. we have several committees in this me, but the majority party; the chair The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Congress investigating the Russian in- of the Ways and Means Committee. tleman must confine his remarks to fluence on our election and what its re- That is why I offered this resolution. the question of order; whether the pro- lationship is with the Trump adminis- That is why I think this resolution is posed resolution constitutes a question tration. going to continue to be offered, and, at of the privileges of the House. Clearly and unequivocally, one of the some point, the House is going to do it. Mr. PASCRELL. Oh, I think this is a questions that must be answered for I don’t know why Members of the privilege of the House, sir. the integrity of this investigation and, House want to drag this out and pre- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Not to therefore, the integrity of the House, is tend that somehow you are going to be the merits of the resolution. whether the President himself had any able to avoid it. You are not. It is Mr. PASCRELL. Right. I understand undue influence in his actions. going to happen. that. I understand that. Thank you for Now, the answer may be ‘‘no,’’ and I With that, I would like to invite my pointing that out. personally hope that it is ‘‘no.’’ I have friend, Mr. PASCRELL, to say a few Mr. Speaker, I am sure you know no personal reason to want to have the words. He has been the leader on this who Walter Shaub is. S-H-A-U-B. Wal- President do something wrong. particular issue for months now. ter Shaub is the Director of the United But, at the same time, we, the Amer- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The States Office of Government Ethics. ican people, have a right to know the Chair will hear each Member individ- That is pretty important. In fact, in answer that our President has not been ually. the last administration—talk about subject to undue influence. And as a Does any other Member wish to be the privilege of the House—this is the Member of Congress, we have a respon- heard on the question of order? document that was presented on June sibility to our constituents to provide The gentleman from New Jersey is 21, the day after inauguration, 2009, the them those answers. recognized on the question of order. Ethics Commitments by the Executive The investigations are ongoing. At Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, just Branch of Personnel. some point, it is unquestioned that the when you think you heard it all, you This document goes into such things President’s tax returns will become rel- haven’t. And as my friend from Massa- as the revolving door ban on lobbyists evant to what the FBI is doing. It is chusetts (Mr. CAPUANO) just pointed or pertaining to the executive branch only a matter of time. out, what we need to do is uphold the of government because that is what we For the integrity of the House, for integrity of this body, the legislative are talking about. the dignity of the House, I believe firm- branch of government. Just when you think you have heard ly that we should exercise the law that Now, just a brief review, because I it all, you haven’t. the Congress put in place itself to do have about 2,000 pages of reference. We Two weeks ago, Mr. Speaker, this ad- our own due diligent investigation and are not going to go into that all to- ministration threw out there in a trial not just simply sit on our hands while night, but if you will allow me, I will balloon that we are going to start to others do our work for us. go into some of it. sell off—— These documents will become public, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does Is there a problem? Is there a prob- and when they do, regardless of what this pertain to the question of order? lem? they show, I believe firmly it will re- Mr. PASCRELL. Yes, sir. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- flect negatively on this House for not We started out on February 1. We tleman must confine his remarks to having done our duty, for having have had a letter to the chairman of the question of order. shirked our responsibilities. That is the Ways and Means Committee. We Mr. PASCRELL. That is correct. why I believe this is a privilege of the have had an amendment in the Ways That is exactly what I am doing. House. That is why I believe this House and Means Committee, which is one of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- should take this action. the three committees under 6103, para- tleman is wandering far from the ques- And again, I hope we find nothing. graph F, section 1 of the Tax Code, tion of order. That would be good for America, cer- written in 1924, that allows the Ways Mr. PASCRELL. I never wander, Mr. tainly good for Mr. Trump, good for and Means Committee, along with the Speaker. I may not stick to the sub- America. We have plenty of other Senate Finance Committee, along with ject, but I don’t wander. things to argue about and debate. This the Joint Committee on Taxation, to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- shouldn’t be one of them. do its due diligence. tleman is in the wilderness. And if anybody can look me in the We have had one, two, three, four, Mr. PASCRELL. No, I am not. I am face and say that they believe this in- five, six, seven privileged resolutions. not in Idaho. vestigation is just going to go away, if Mr. CAPUANO has offered tonight’s priv- The fact of the matter is, this is a they believe the investigators are not ileged resolution. very specific document that each ad- going to look at the President’s finan- We have had a resolution, two resolu- ministration presents when it is sworn. cial records, they can’t because any- tions of inquiry through the Ways and This is the set of rules which govern body who has ever been involved in any Means Committee—just having a little the executive branch of government. type of an investigation knows it is in- review here of what we have done. We When I read in documentation that evitable. And since it is inevitable, why have debated all of these. They must we are getting set to sell off public should we wait? Why should we wait? have all been in order. lands, what am I reminded of? I ran for office, taking an oath to up- And we have a discharge petition Talk about the integrity of the House hold the Constitution and giving my right now before the Congress of the of Representatives. What am I re- constituents my promise of only one United States, and if we get to 218 in minded of? thing: I will do my job as best as I see that discharge petition, we will have to I am reminded of what happened in fit. I won’t shirk my responsibilities. take another vote. As Mr. CAPUANO 1922, 1923, 1924, when they tried to sell

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K07JN7.065 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE H4686 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 7, 2017 off oil reserves, and it got them into Herrera Beutler McHenry Rutherford Ryan (OH) Sires Vargas ´ trouble. Republicans had their hands Hice, Jody B. McKinley Scalise Sanchez Slaughter Veasey Higgins (LA) McMorris Schweikert Sarbanes Smith (WA) Vela out. Democrats had their hands out, Hill Rodgers Scott, Austin Schakowsky Soto Vela´ zquez which led, Mr. Speaker—— Holding McSally Sensenbrenner Schiff Speier Visclosky The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Hollingsworth Meadows Sessions Schneider Suozzi Walz Hudson Meehan Schrader Swalwell (CA) Chair is prepared to rule. Shimkus Wasserman Huizenga Messer Shuster Scott (VA) Takano Schultz Scott, David Thompson (CA) The gentleman from Massachusetts Hultgren Mitchell Simpson Waters, Maxine Hunter Moolenaar Serrano Thompson (MS) seeks to offer a resolution as a ques- Smith (MO) Watson Coleman Hurd Mooney (WV) Sewell (AL) Titus tion of the privileges of the House Smith (NE) Welch Issa Mullin Smith (NJ) Shea-Porter Tonko under rule IX. Jenkins (KS) Murphy (PA) Sherman Torres Wilson (FL) Smucker Yarmuth As the Chair most recently ruled on Jenkins (WV) Newhouse Stefanik Sinema Tsongas May 24, 2017, the resolution directs the Johnson (LA) Noem Stewart Johnson (OH) Nunes ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—1 Committee on Ways and Means to meet Stivers Jordan Olson Taylor Sanford Joyce (OH) Palazzo and consider an item of business under Tenney Katko Palmer NOT VOTING—15 the procedures set forth in 26 U.S.C. Thompson (PA) Kelly (MS) Paulsen Aderholt DeFazio Marino Thornberry 6103 and, therefore, does not qualify as Kelly (PA) Pearce Babin Engel Napolitano Tiberi a question of the privileges of the King (IA) Perry Brady (TX) Grothman Reichert Tipton King (NY) Peterson Clyburn Jackson Lee Richmond House. Trott Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, I appeal Kinzinger Pittenger Cummings Johnson, Sam Smith (TX) Knight Poe (TX) Turner the ruling of the chair. Kustoff (TN) Poliquin Upton b 1639 Valadao The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Labrador Posey Messrs. YARMUTH, CONYERS, and question is, Shall the decision of the LaHood Ratcliffe Wagner LaMalfa Reed Walberg GENE GREEN of Texas changed their Chair stand as the judgment of the Lamborn Renacci Walden vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ House? Lance Rice (SC) Walker So the motion to table was agreed to. Walorski MOTION TO TABLE Latta Roby The result of the vote was announced Lewis (MN) Roe (TN) Walters, Mimi Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I have a LoBiondo Rogers (AL) Weber (TX) as above recorded. motion at the desk. Long Rogers (KY) Webster (FL) A motion to reconsider was laid on The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Loudermilk Rohrabacher Wenstrup the table. Love Rokita Westerman Stated for: Clerk will report the motion. Lucas Rooney, Francis Williams The Clerk read as follows: Luetkemeyer Rooney, Thomas Wilson (SC) Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on roll- Mr. McCaul moves that the appeal be laid MacArthur J. Wittman call No. 292, I was unavoidably detained to Womack on the table. Marchant Ros-Lehtinen cast my vote in time. Had I been present, I Marshall Roskam Woodall would have voted ‘‘yes.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Massie Ross Yoder question is on the motion to table. Mast Rothfus Yoho f McCarthy Rouzer Young (AK) The question was taken; and the McCaul Royce (CA) Young (IA) CONGRESSIONAL SHOOT-OUT AND Speaker pro tempore announced that McClintock Russell Zeldin INDUSTRY CHALLENGE the ayes appeared to have it. (Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina NAYS—186 Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, on that asked and was given permission to ad- I demand the yeas and nays. Adams Dingell Levin dress the House for 1 minute.) The yeas and nays were ordered. Aguilar Doggett Lewis (GA) Barraga´ n Doyle, Michael Lieu, Ted Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. Mr. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bass F. Lipinski Speaker, I rise today as chairman of ant to clause 8 of rule XX, and the Beatty Ellison Loebsack the Congressional Sportsmen’s Cau- order of the House of today, this 15- Bera Eshoo Lofgren Beyer Espaillat Lowenthal cus—the largest bipartisan caucus minute vote on the motion to table Bishop (GA) Esty (CT) Lowey within the Halls of Congress—to talk will be followed by 5-minute votes on Blumenauer Evans Lujan Grisham, about the recent May 16 congressional adoption of amendment No. 1 to H.R. Blunt Rochester Foster M. shoot-out, a competition of sporting 2213 and passage of H.R. 2213, if ordered. Bonamici Frankel (FL) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Boyle, Brendan Fudge Lynch clays, skeet, and trap that pit Repub- The vote was taken by electronic de- F. Gabbard Maloney, lican and Democrat Members of Con- vice, and there were—yeas 228, nays Brady (PA) Gallego Carolyn B. gress against each other in a great 186, answered ‘‘present’’ 1, not voting Brown (MD) Garamendi Maloney, Sean Brownley (CA) Gonzalez (TX) Matsui afternoon of enjoying outdoor shooting 15, as follows: Bustos Gottheimer McCollum sports. [Roll No. 292] Butterfield Green, Al McEachin We had a bipartisan shoot. The Re- Capuano Green, Gene McGovern publican team won this year. I am just YEAS—228 Carbajal Grijalva McNerney Abraham Carter (GA) Emmer Ca´ rdenas Gutie´rrez Meeks the chairman and team captain. Allen Carter (TX) Estes (KS) Carson (IN) Hanabusa Meng I would like to say that I won one of Amash Chabot Farenthold Cartwright Hastings Moore the individual awards this year—I have Amodei Chaffetz Faso Castor (FL) Heck Moulton in the past—but this year we had Mem- Arrington Cheney Ferguson Castro (TX) Higgins (NY) Murphy (FL) Bacon Coffman Fitzpatrick Chu, Judy Himes Nadler bers on our side that won. The top gun Banks (IN) Cole Fleischmann Cicilline Hoyer Neal Member of Congress was RICHARD HUD- Barletta Collins (GA) Flores Clark (MA) Huffman Nolan SON from North Carolina. The top shot Barr Collins (NY) Fortenberry Clarke (NY) Jayapal Norcross Barton Comer Foxx Clay Jeffries O’Halleran Democrat was TIM WALZ. The best Bergman Comstock Franks (AZ) Cleaver Johnson (GA) O’Rourke shooter for skeet was COLLIN PETER- Biggs Conaway Frelinghuysen Cohen Johnson, E. B. Pallone SON. The top sporting clays was a fresh- Bilirakis Cook Gaetz Connolly Jones Panetta man Member from North Carolina, TED Bishop (MI) Costello (PA) Gallagher Conyers Kaptur Pascrell Bishop (UT) Cramer Garrett Cooper Keating Payne BUDD. I am saving the best for last: the Black Crawford Gibbs Correa Kelly (IL) Pelosi top trap was none other than DON Blackburn Culberson Gohmert Costa Kennedy Perlmutter YOUNG from Alaska. Blum Curbelo (FL) Goodlatte Courtney Khanna Peters It is a great afternoon where we can Bost Davidson Gosar Crist Kihuen Pingree Brat Davis, Rodney Gowdy Crowley Kildee Pocan honor the outdoor economy, the larg- Bridenstine Denham Granger Cuellar Kilmer Polis est industry of the United States, serve Brooks (AL) Dent Graves (GA) Davis (CA) Kind Price (NC) the outdoors in a lot of ways, and the Brooks (IN) DeSantis Graves (LA) Davis, Danny Krishnamoorthi Quigley Buchanan DesJarlais Graves (MO) DeGette Kuster (NH) Raskin heritage of sportsmen outdoor commu- Buck Diaz-Balart Griffith Delaney Langevin Rice (NY) nity activity is critical to the Amer- Bucshon Donovan Guthrie DeLauro Larsen (WA) Rosen ican story. Budd Duffy Harper DelBene Larson (CT) Roybal-Allard Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman Burgess Duncan (SC) Harris Demings Lawrence Ruiz Byrne Duncan (TN) Hartzler DeSaulnier Lawson (FL) Ruppersberger from Texas (Mr. GENE GREEN), who is Calvert Dunn Hensarling Deutch Lee Rush the Democrat co-chair.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:46 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K07JN7.066 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE June 7, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4687 Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. This will be a 5-minute vote. Gottheimer Luetkemeyer Ross Gowdy MacArthur Rothfus Speaker, we have had this competitive The vote was taken by electronic de- Granger Marchant Rouzer shoot for a number of years, and I have vice, and there were—yeas 179, nays Graves (GA) Marshall Royce (CA) to admit, this year I had a job fair at 238, not voting 13, as follows: Graves (LA) Massie Russell home, so I am going to turn it over to Graves (MO) Mast Rutherford [Roll No. 293] Griffith McCarthy Sanford my vice chair, MARC VEASEY, who was YEAS—179 Grothman McCaul Scalise actually out there. It is a great com- Guthrie McClintock Schweikert Adams Gallego Pallone Harper McHenry Scott, Austin petition between the Republicans and Aguilar Garamendi Panetta Harris McKinley Sensenbrenner the Democrats, but we work together Amash Green, Al Pascrell Hartzler McMorris Sessions Barraga´ n Green, Gene on a lot of other issues. Payne Hensarling Rodgers Shimkus Bass Grijalva Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. Mr. Pelosi Herrera Beutler McSally Shuster Beatty Gutie´rrez Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Perlmutter Hice, Jody B. Meadows Simpson Bera Hanabusa Peters Higgins (LA) Meehan Sinema Texas (Mr. VEASEY). Beyer Hastings Pingree Hill Messer Smith (MO) Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank Bishop (GA) Heck Pocan Holding Mitchell Smith (NE) Blumenauer Higgins (NY) my colleague from Houston, Represent- Poe (TX) Hollingsworth Moolenaar Smucker Blunt Rochester Himes ative GREEN, and I also thank the Re- Polis Hudson Mooney (WV) Stefanik Bonamici Hoyer Price (NC) Huizenga Mullin Stewart publicans that participate in the shoot Boyle, Brendan Huffman Quigley Hultgren Murphy (FL) Stivers every year. Obviously, we all play to F. Jayapal Raskin Hunter Murphy (PA) Taylor Brady (PA) Jeffries win every time and we take the com- Hurd Newhouse Tenney Brown (MD) Johnson (GA) Rice (NY) petition very seriously. Democrats Issa Noem Thompson (PA) Brownley (CA) Johnson, E. B. Richmond Jenkins (KS) Nunes Thornberry only lost by about 13 shots this year. Bustos Keating Roybal-Allard Jenkins (WV) O’Halleran Tiberi We actually did pretty good. So we are Butterfield Kelly (IL) Ruiz Johnson (LA) Olson Tipton Capuano Kennedy Ruppersberger improving. Johnson (OH) Palazzo Trott Carbajal Khanna Rush I want to remind everybody that we Jones Palmer Turner Ca´ rdenas Kihuen Ryan (OH) Jordan Paulsen Upton work on issues like conservation, envi- Carson (IN) Kildee Sa´ nchez Joyce (OH) Pearce Valadao ronmental issues, and other things Cartwright Kilmer Sarbanes Kaptur Perry Vela Castor (FL) Kind Schakowsky where Democrats and Republicans can Katko Peterson Wagner Castro (TX) Krishnamoorthi Schiff come together for the greater cause of Kelly (MS) Pittenger Walberg Chu, Judy Kuster (NH) Schneider Kelly (PA) Poliquin Walden the country. I want to remind the gen- Cicilline Langevin Schrader King (IA) Posey Walker tleman that next year we are going to Clark (MA) Larsen (WA) Scott (VA) King (NY) Ratcliffe Walorski Clarke (NY) Larson (CT) find those 13 shots. Scott, David Kinzinger Reed Walters, Mimi Clay Lawrence Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. Mr. Serrano Knight Renacci Weber (TX) Cleaver Lawson (FL) Sewell (AL) Kustoff (TN) Rice (SC) Webster (FL) Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Cohen Lee Shea-Porter Labrador Roby Wenstrup Georgia (Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT), who is Connolly Levin Sherman LaHood Roe (TN) Westerman Conyers Lewis (GA) MARC VEASEY’s co-chair on the caucus. Sires LaMalfa Rogers (AL) Williams Cooper Lieu, Ted Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Slaughter Lamborn Rogers (KY) Wilson (SC) Correa Lipinski Smith (NJ) Lance Rohrabacher Wittman Speaker, I would like to remind my Courtney Loebsack Smith (WA) Latta Rokita Womack colleague that those shots were in my Crist Lofgren Soto Lewis (MN) Rooney, Francis Woodall Crowley Lowenthal bag and on our side. Speier LoBiondo Rooney, Thomas Yoder Davis (CA) Lowey We are going to win again next year. Suozzi Long J. Yoho Davis, Danny Lujan Grisham, We always enjoy the friendship, and I Swalwell (CA) Loudermilk Ros-Lehtinen Young (AK) DeGette M. Takano Love Rosen Young (IA) look forward to seeing the gentleman Delaney Luja´ n, Ben Ray Thompson (CA) Lucas Roskam Zeldin again out there and standing up for the DeLauro Lynch Thompson (MS) rights of sportsmen. I certainly appre- DelBene Maloney, NOT VOTING—13 Demings Carolyn B. Titus ciate his friendship and look forward to DeSaulnier Maloney, Sean Tonko Aderholt DeFazio Napolitano traveling again with him. Deutch Matsui Torres Babin Engel Reichert Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. Dingell McCollum Tsongas Brady (TX) Jackson Lee Smith (TX) Clyburn Johnson, Sam What a great event. It was a great op- Doggett McEachin Vargas Doyle, Michael McGovern Veasey Cummings Marino portunity for us to get together, get to F. McNerney Vela´ zquez know each other better, and spend Visclosky Ellison Meeks b 1652 some time in the outdoors. Eshoo Meng Walz I invite all Members to join the cau- Espaillat Moore Wasserman Ms. SINEMA changed her vote from Esty (CT) Moulton Schultz ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ cus. Come and be a part of this next Evans Nadler Waters, Maxine year. Republicans retain the trophy Foster Neal Watson Coleman Mr. PETERS changed his vote from this year, and I hope we will next year. Frankel (FL) Nolan Welch ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Fudge Norcross Wilson (FL) f So the amendment was rejected. Gabbard O’Rourke Yarmuth The result of the vote was announced ANTI-BORDER CORRUPTION NAYS—238 as above recorded. REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2017 Abraham Byrne DesJarlais Stated against: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Allen Calvert Diaz-Balart Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, on roll- objection, 5-minute voting will con- Amodei Carter (GA) Donovan Arrington Carter (TX) Duffy call No. 293, I was unavoidably detained to tinue. Bacon Chabot Duncan (SC) cast my vote in time. Had I been present, I There was no objection. Banks (IN) Chaffetz Duncan (TN) would have voted ‘‘no.’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Barletta Cheney Dunn (By unanimous consent, Mr. BLU- finished business is the question on Barr Coffman Emmer MENAUER was allowed to speak out of adopting amendment No. 1 to the bill Barton Cole Estes (KS) Bergman Collins (GA) Farenthold order.) (H.R. 2213) to amend the Anti-Border Biggs Collins (NY) Faso MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR PORTLAND VICTIMS Corruption Act of 2010 to authorize cer- Bilirakis Comer Ferguson tain polygraph waiver authority, and Bishop (MI) Comstock Fitzpatrick Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, for other purposes, offered by the gen- Bishop (UT) Conaway Fleischmann May 26 was a dark moment in my com- Black Cook Flores munity, as a hateful tirade toward two tlewoman from New Mexico (Ms. Blackburn Costa Fortenberry MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM) on which Blum Costello (PA) Foxx young women, evidently based on their the yeas and nays were ordered. Bost Cramer Franks (AZ) race and faith, led to tragedy. Brat Crawford Frelinghuysen In the face of this menacing behav- The Clerk will redesignate the Bridenstine Cuellar Gaetz amendment. Brooks (AL) Culberson Gallagher ior, three brave Portlanders intervened The Clerk redesignated the amend- Brooks (IN) Curbelo (FL) Garrett to protect these young women. Two ment. Buchanan Davidson Gibbs lost their lives, another had his throat The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Buck Davis, Rodney Gohmert slashed. They were Ricky Best, Bucshon Denham Gonzalez (TX) question is on agreeing to the amend- Budd Dent Goodlatte Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche, and ment. Burgess DeSantis Gosar Micah David-Cole Fletcher. Micah

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There has been a tremendous Gottheimer Marchant Rutherford Visclosky Gowdy Marshall Perlmutter Serrano outpouring of support and a commit- Sanford Wasserman Granger Massie Pocan Sewell (AL) Scalise Schultz ment to help the vulnerable. We all Graves (GA) Mast Polis Shea-Porter Schrader Waters, Maxine think about whether we would have Graves (LA) McCarthy Schweikert Price (NC) Sherman had that courage. Graves (MO) McCaul Quigley Sires Welch Scott, Austin Wilson (FL) Who knows what might have hap- Green, Gene McClintock Sensenbrenner Raskin Slaughter Griffith McEachin Roybal-Allard Smith (WA) Yarmuth pened to those two young women if Sessions Grothman McHenry Shimkus Ruiz Soto those courageous people had not inter- Guthrie McKinley Shuster NOT VOTING—11 vened. Based on what happened, it is Harper McMorris Simpson highly likely that they would have Harris Rodgers Sinema Aderholt DeFazio Napolitano Hartzler McSally Babin Engel Reichert been physically assaulted, injured, or Smith (MO) Hensarling Meadows Smith (NE) Clyburn Johnson, Sam Smith (TX) worse. Herrera Beutler Meehan Smith (NJ) Cummings Marino We think this is a wake-up call for Hice, Jody B. Meeks Smucker Higgins (LA) Messer Stefanik all of us to protect the vulnerable, to Higgins (NY) Mitchell b 1706 Stewart Hill Moolenaar resist intolerance, and to condemn be- Stivers Mr. SCHNEIDER changed his vote Holding Mooney (WV) haviors and language that would incite Suozzi Hollingsworth Mullin from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ Swalwell (CA) violent behavior. We all have a stake in Hudson Murphy (FL) So the bill was passed. Taylor this so that we don’t have more vic- Huizenga Murphy (PA) Tenney The result of the vote was announced Hultgren Newhouse tims and that these three brave peo- Thompson (MS) as above recorded. Hunter Noem ple’s sacrifice was not in vain. Thompson (PA) Hurd Nolan A motion to reconsider was laid on Thornberry I respectfully request the Chamber Issa Nunes the table. observe a moment of silence. Jenkins (KS) O’Halleran Tiberi Tipton PERSONAL EXPLANATION The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Jenkins (WV) O’Rourke Johnson (LA) Olson Titus Mr. MARINO. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to objection, 5-minute voting will con- Johnson (OH) Palazzo Trott Turner attend votes on June 7, 2017 on account of tinue. Jones Palmer attending my son’s graduation. Had I been There was no objection. Jordan Paulsen Upton Valadao present, I would have voted as follows: ‘‘yea’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Joyce (OH) Pearce Katko Perry Veasey for rollcall vote No. 288, ‘‘yea’’ for rollcall vote question is on the engrossment and Keating Peters Vela Wagner No. 289, ‘‘yea’’ for rollcall vote No. 290, ‘‘yea’’ third reading of the bill. Kelly (MS) Peterson for rollcall vote No. 291, ‘‘yea’’ for rollcall vote The bill was ordered to be engrossed Kelly (PA) Pingree Walberg Kind Pittenger Walden No. 292, ‘‘yea’’ for rollcall vote No. 293, and and read a third time, and was read the King (IA) Poe (TX) Walker ‘‘yea’’ for rollcall vote No. 294. third time. King (NY) Poliquin Walorski PERSONAL EXPLANATION The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Kinzinger Posey Walters, Mimi Walz question is on the passage of the bill. Knight Ratcliffe Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I was ab- Kuster (NH) Reed Watson Coleman sent during rollcall votes No. 292, No. 293, The question was taken; and the Weber (TX) Kustoff (TN) Renacci and No. 294 due to my spouse’s health situa- Speaker pro tempore announced that Labrador Rice (NY) Webster (FL) the ayes appeared to have it. LaHood Rice (SC) Wenstrup tion in California. Had I been present, I would LaMalfa Richmond Westerman have voted ‘‘nay’’ on the Motion to Table the RECORDED VOTE Lamborn Roby Williams Appeal of the Ruling of the Chair. I also would Mr. MCCAUL. Mr. Speaker, I demand Lance Roe (TN) Wilson (SC) Langevin Rogers (AL) Wittman have voted ‘‘yea’’ on the Lujan Grisham a recorded vote. Larson (CT) Rogers (KY) Womack Amendment. I also would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on A recorded vote was ordered. Latta Rohrabacher Woodall Final Passage of H.R. 2213—Anti-Border Cor- The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Lawson (FL) Rokita Yoder ruption Reauthorization Act of 2017. will be a 5-minute vote. Lewis (MN) Rooney, Francis Yoho Lipinski Rooney, Thomas Young (AK) The vote was taken by electronic de- LoBiondo J. Young (IA) f vice, and there were—ayes 282, noes 137, Loebsack Ros-Lehtinen Zeldin not voting 11, as follows: PERSONAL EXPLANATION NOES—137 [Roll No. 294] Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I Adams Davis, Danny Jeffries was delayed with constituency matters AYES—282 Aguilar DeGette Johnson (GA) Abraham Bucshon Culberson Barraga´ n DeLauro Johnson, E. B. in a hearing and was not able to be Allen Budd Curbelo (FL) Bass DelBene Kaptur present on the floor on the vote on the Amash Burgess Davidson Beyer DeSaulnier Kelly (IL) motion to table the appeal of the rul- Amodei Bustos Davis, Rodney Bishop (GA) Deutch Kennedy Arrington Byrne Delaney Blumenauer Dingell Khanna ing of the Chair. If I had been present, Bacon Calvert Demings Bonamici Doggett Kihuen I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ Banks (IN) Carter (GA) Denham Boyle, Brendan Doyle, Michael Kildee I was also detained on congressional Barletta Carter (TX) Dent F. F. Kilmer business in a hearing on the Lujan Barr Cartwright DeSantis Brady (PA) Ellison Krishnamoorthi Barton Castor (FL) DesJarlais Brown (MD) Eshoo Larsen (WA) Grisham amendment to H.R. 2213. If I Beatty Chabot Diaz-Balart Brownley (CA) Espaillat Lawrence had been present, I would have voted Bera Chaffetz Donovan Butterfield Esty (CT) Lee ‘‘aye.’’ Bergman Cheney Duffy Capuano Evans Levin Biggs Cleaver Duncan (SC) Carbajal Foster Lewis (GA) Bilirakis Coffman Duncan (TN) Ca´ rdenas Frankel (FL) Lieu, Ted f Bishop (MI) Cole Dunn Carson (IN) Gabbard Lofgren Bishop (UT) Collins (GA) Emmer Castro (TX) Gallego Lowenthal REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER Black Collins (NY) Estes (KS) Chu, Judy Garamendi Lowey AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 2560 Blackburn Comer Farenthold Cicilline Green, Al Lujan Grisham, Blum Comstock Faso Clark (MA) Grijalva M. Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I Blunt Rochester Conaway Ferguson Clarke (NY) Gutie´rrez Luja´ n, Ben Ray ask unanimous consent to be removed Bost Cook Fitzpatrick Clay Hanabusa Maloney, Brady (TX) Cooper Fleischmann Cohen Hastings Carolyn B. as a cosponsor from H.R. 2560. Brat Costa Flores Connolly Heck Matsui The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Bridenstine Costello (PA) Fortenberry Conyers Himes McCollum JOHNSON of Louisiana). Is there objec- Brooks (AL) Courtney Foxx Correa Hoyer McGovern tion to the request of the gentlewoman Brooks (IN) Cramer Franks (AZ) Crist Huffman McNerney Buchanan Crawford Frelinghuysen Crowley Jackson Lee Meng from Florida? Buck Cuellar Fudge Davis (CA) Jayapal Moore There was no objection.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:46 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K07JN7.072 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE June 7, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4689 CONGRATULATING LOCAL HERO in support of the Financial CHOICE Mr. Speaker, Americans expect more THALIA RODRIGUEZ Act. Financial Services Committee than showmanship. It is time for a real (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was Chairman JEB HENSARLING’s bill aims bipartisan jobs and infrastructure plan given permission to address the House to bring economic opportunity to all to help modernize America from stem for 1 minute and to revise and extend Americans. to stern and keep her great for years to After Speaker PELOSI and House her remarks.) come. Democrats passed the Dodd-Frank Act Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I f of 2010, dozens of small community fi- would like to recognize a young and nancial institutions in my district CONGRATULATING DEAN WILLIAM valiant member of our south Florida were forced to close or merge with big EASTERLING community, Thalia Rodriguez. Just 17 banks. In fact, my State of Georgia has (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania years old, Thalia used her skills that lost more than 40 of these institutions asked and was given permission to ad- she learned from her high school’s over this period of time. This was due dress the House for 1 minute and to re- emergency medical responder class to to the unbelievable complexity and vise and extend his remarks.) save the life of one of our Miami-Dade compliance costs of the regulations im- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. police officers. posed on them. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Major Ricky Carter was off duty, With the Financial CHOICE Act, Penn State’s own Dean William traveling on his motorcycle, when an community banks will finally be able Easterling on his appointment to head unexpected crash left him critically in- to get some relief from these regula- the National Science Foundation’s Di- jured at the side of the road. Thalia tions. As a businessowner myself, I rectorate for Geosciences, or GEO. came upon the scene, immediately know how important access to capital Dr. Easterling was dean of Penn began to apply first aid to the injured can be for a new business. We know State College of Earth and Mineral police major. Realizing that his inju- that 70 percent of all new job creation Sciences prior to beginning his 4-year ries were too severe to wait for the is created by the growth of small busi- appointment last week. This is an in- first responders to arrive, Thalia made ness. credible opportunity for Dean the split-second decision to fashion a Once these banks are able to get back Easterling, and Happy Valley is most tourniquet out of a belt, thereby buy- to the business of lending, my hope is proud of his achievement. ing Major Carter precious time. that it will spur small-business growth Science was part of Dean Easterling’s Thalia’s brave act that Sunday morn- and entrepreneurship in my district life from a very young age, as his fa- ing saved Major Ricky Carter’s life. and across this great Nation. ther was a medical school physician. Thank you to Thalia Rodriguez, a This legislation also ends taxpayer- He told our local newspaper that he graduating senior at Westland Hialeah funded bailouts once and for all, finally was taken at an early age by environ- Senior High School, for her out- fulfilling the promises that Democrats mental sciences, geology, and weather, standing heroism. failed to keep. and these interests have always stuck And did I mention it reduces the def- f with him. icit by $33.6 billion over 10 years? Dr. Easterling has been the dean of CELEBRATING LADY BETTY COLES President Trump has asked us to do a Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn number on Dodd-Frank, and I support (Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN asked and State since 2007. He plans to return to him in this endeavor, and believe the was given permission to address the the university after his appointment to Financial CHOICE Act does just that. House for 1 minute and to revise and the National Science Foundation. extend her remarks.) f I wholeheartedly congratulate Dean Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT Easterling on this momentous achieve- Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given ment. I wish him the best over the next and celebrate the 90th birthday of Lady permission to address the House for 1 4 years. And I know that his hunger for Betty Coles of Trenton, New Jersey. minute.) learning and his advanced research She was wonderfully celebrated this Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, today, skills will serve this Nation well. weekend at a party attended by over President Trump visited Ohio to tout Congratulations, Dean Easterling. 100 family members and friends, thanks his infrastructure plan. Well, Ohio f to her daughter and son-in-law, Tracy needs the good jobs that direct na- b 1715 and Robert Ross. tional investment in infrastructure Lady Coles has distinguished her could provide, so my Democratic Ohio DISAPPROVING OF WITHDRAWAL family, church, and community with colleagues, Mr. RYAN, Ms. FUDGE, Mrs. FROM THE PARIS CLIMATE AC- countless years of dedicated service, BEATTY, and I sent President Trump a CORD love, and leadership by example. She letter encouraging him to take a wide (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was has enriched our community as charter view of what infrastructure should en- given permission to address the House member of the Epsilon Upsilon Omega compass in States like Ohio. for 1 minute and to revise and extend Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha since We urged the President to consider his remarks.) 1952, and continues her years of service upgrading our foundational assets, Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a member of Shiloh Baptist Church. such as drinking water systems, our today to express my strong disapproval Personally, I am grateful for her national electric grid, energy effi- of President Trump’s decision to with- friendship, her stewardship, her ciency, roofing and lead removal in in- draw the United States from the inter- mentorship, her leadership, and her dividual homes, plus modernizing roads national Paris Agreement on global dedication to not only New Jersey, but and bridges, our seaports and water- climate change. The world is watching our global community. ways, our airports and rail systems. In- us, and history will judge this ill-con- May God continue to bless Lady deed, infrastructure investments sidered decision harshly. Coles on this milestone year, and we present the best opportunity to revi- Withdrawing from the accord weak- are forever grateful to Him, having talize our battered domestic steel in- ens America’s global leadership, will sent her our way. dustry as well. slow our transition to renewable f We hope President Trump’s infra- sources of energy, and make it more structure plan won’t lead to more bro- likely the clean energy jobs of tomor- BRINGING ECONOMIC ken promises like with his budget, row will be created overseas rather OPPORTUNITY TO ALL AMERICANS which zeros out assistance for our than here at home. (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given Great Lakes. The President’s plan Let me be clear: Climate change is permission to address the House for 1 lacks quantifiable specifics, but some real and a present threat. America can minute and to revise and extend his re- warning signs are there. Privatization and should be the global leader in de- marks.) and tax breaks mean bearing down veloping innovative solutions, but this Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise more costs on taxpayers through user decision leaves us as an international today to urge my colleagues to join me fees and tolls. outlier.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:22 Jun 08, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K07JN7.074 H07JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with HOUSE H4690 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 7, 2017 I am proud my hometown, Chicago, at by the President, trying to get him Mr. Speaker, on National Cancer Sur- joins cities and States across the coun- to ask for his job or pledge loyalty or vivors Day, we are grateful for those try that have pledged to continue hon- commit to derail that investigation. who have won their fight against can- oring the emission reductions that are I thank him for his integrity. I thank cer, and now we commit to honoring part of the Paris Agreement. That is him for his service to the FBI. And I more survivors through research for why I am introducing a resolution to certainly hope that no one will try to new and improved cures. commend these States and localities disparage his integrity or his honesty f and to urge the administration to re- tomorrow. IMMIGRATION verse its position. f I invite my colleagues to join me. Ir- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under respective of President Trump’s short- LORAL O’HARA IS A MEMBER OF the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- sighted policies, we must continue to 2017 NASA ASTRONAUT CAN- uary 3, 2017, the gentlewoman from Ha- seek solutions to protect our planet for DIDATE CLASS waii (Ms. GABBARD) is recognized for 60 future generations. (Mr. OLSON asked and was given per- minutes as the designee of the minor- f mission to address the House for 1 ity leader. minute and to revise and extend his re- GENERAL LEAVE IN MEMORIAM OF SPECIALIST marks.) Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, I ask ETIENNE J. MURPHY Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, my home- unanimous consent that all Members (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and town of Sugar Land, Texas, is bursting have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- was given permission to address the with pride. A few hours ago, at the tend their remarks and include extra- House for 1 minute and to revise and Johnson Space Center, Vice President neous material on the subject of my extend his remarks.) PENCE announced that Loral O’Hara is Special Order. Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- a member of the 2017 NASA astronaut The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there er, I rise today to remember the life of candidate class. objection to the request of the gentle- Army Specialist Etienne J. Murphy, She is a native Texan. Her high woman from Hawaii? who died on May 26 when his vehicle school is in my neighborhood. She is a There was no objection. overturned in Syria as part of Oper- proud Clements High School Ranger, Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, our cur- ation Inherent Resolve. class of 2001. She has a bachelor’s from rent immigration policies are hurting Specialist Murphy was raised in a school in the former Republic of families, tearing them apart, and de- porting people who are part of the very Loganville, Georgia, where, from an Texas, the University of Kansas, and a fabric of our communities. early age, he showed a keen interest in master’s from Purdue University. I have a few people in particular I the American Armed Forces and for Growing up with astronauts, I know plan to talk about and whose stories I serving his country. He enlisted in the they like to take lots of huge risks, will be sharing, but first I yield to the Army at 18 years old, and 2 years later and by that standard, Loral is the most he joined the 1st Battalion of the 75th gentleman from Texas (Mr. O’ROURKE ), qualified candidate ever. She is a pri- my colleague and friend. Ranger Regiment, stationed at Hunter vate pilot, an EMT, a wilderness first Army Airfield. Mr. O’ROURKE. Mr. Speaker, I would responder, a surfer, a sailor, a skier. like to thank the gentlewoman from Murphy was just 5 days into his first Currently, she works at the Woods deployment in Syria when his vehicle Hawaii for yielding to me and for her Hole Oceanographic Center. That is leadership on this issue. I served with was involved in a nontactical rollover- perfect training for her because she related accident which is still under in- her for 2 years on the Homeland Secu- will spend hours in the water at the rity Committee of the House of Rep- vestigation. Sonny Carter Neutral Buoyancy Lab Murphy’s wife and two young sons resentatives and saw her ability to bal- outside the Johnson Space Center. continue to reside in Savannah, Geor- ance the national interests and capital- Loral, you know how to come home gia, where he was stationed. izing and maximizing the opportunity Only a short time after Memorial in style like only a Texas woman can that immigrants provide and have al- Day, Specialist Murphy’s passing re- do. You are an astronaut. Welcome ways provided to the United States minds us all that freedom comes at a home. while ensuring that we protect the high price, and servicemen and -women f homeland and our sacred commitment face danger daily when fighting to pre- NATIONAL CANCER SURVIVORS to every person and family that we rep- serve American values against ter- DAY resent to make sure that they are safe. rorism. I think that the community that I (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given I want to share my deepest condo- have the honor of representing in Con- permission to address the House for 1 lences to his family and thank Spe- gress, El Paso, Texas, is a case in minute and to revise and extend his re- cialist Murphy for his service, bravery, point. We are one of the safest cities in marks.) and sacrifice. the United States today. Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, a few If you use the FBI’s crime statistics f days ago on June 4, we recognized Na- as crunched by CQ Press, they rou- JAMES COMEY WILL TESTIFY tional Cancer Survivors Day to honor tinely rank El Paso, Texas, the safest (Mr. COHEN asked and was given per- all of the incredible men and women city in not just the State of Texas, but mission to address the House for 1 who have battled cancer and have in the United States. For the last 20 minute and to revise and extend his re- emerged triumphant. years, we have been the safest, second marks.) This year, an estimated 1.6 million safest, or third safest in the country. Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, tomorrow new cases of cancer will be diagnosed, That is not in spite of the fact that we morning James Comey will address the and nearly 700,000 people will die of are connected with Mexico—our sister Senate Intelligence Committee. I read cancer in the United States. city is Ciudad Juarez—and it is not in his testimony today. The Centers for Disease Control and spite of the fact that 24 percent of the It is obvious to me that the President Prevention lists cancer now as the sec- people that I represent were born in an- leaned on James Comey to try to get ond leading cause of death. Fortu- other country, most of them in Mexico. him to take actions in the Michael nately, we are taking steps to lower In fact, our security, our success, our Flynn situation that were contrary to those numbers. Last year’s 21st Cen- strength is connected to the fact that what Mr. Comey and I think justice tury Cures Act, a bipartisan initiative, we are a city of immigrants, that we would require, and that is an open in- authorized $1.8 billion in funding for are connected to the rest of the world vestigation for the benefit of the Amer- the Cancer Moonshot Foundation, aids through our shared border with Mex- ican people and for the independence of in cancer research, and strives to in- ico, and that understanding that is the American Government in dealing crease the availability of a wide vari- critical to preserving the security and with its relations with Russia. ety of treatment options while also public safety which is such a critical I commend James Comey for being helping to help prevent cancer and de- part of our job. I will give you an ex- strong after being looked down on and tect it at early stages. ample.

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Mr. Speaker, I thank Andres embodies the spirit of the order, and as that woman was leaving my friend for his leadership and his American Dream, and serves as an ex- the courtroom, she was apprehended by commitment to not only the families ample of why we should welcome cou- a plainclothes Border Patrol agent. and the people in his district, but to rageous, hardworking immigrants into That has never, to my knowledge, hap- the challenges that many families are our community. The reality that An- pened in our community in the El Paso facing all across the country, and I dres faces now, sadly, is far different. County Courthouse. look forward to continuing to work If Andres is deported to Mexico, as is The consequences of that are not just with him on these issues. supposed to happen in just a few days, that this one person was taken off the Some of these challenges that face his family, their farm, and Kona coffee streets and placed into detention and families across the country touch my growers are going to face an uncertain custody. The consequence is that we constituents in Hawaii as well. I would future. Without Andres to run the busi- have fewer people from the immigrant like to share a few of their stories and ness, his family could lose their farm community in El Paso coming forward their challenges here today in the and lose their home. Their neighbors to serve as witnesses to crimes, to re- hopes that Congress and this adminis- will lose a friend and a business part- port crimes in the first place, to tes- tration take action and do the right ner. Brenda, his wife, will be without tify, to take part in the criminal jus- thing for them and for our country. her husband, and their three children tice system in a way that has kept our We are a nation of immigrants. An- will be without their father. community safe. dres Magana Ortiz’s story is not a new If Andres is forced to leave, the law By definition, today, because of that one. It is not one that will surprise will keep him from his family for 10 one act, because of the climate of fear anyone. years. Should the family move to Mex- and intimidation and anxiety produced ico with Andres, they will have to b 1730 by this administration, El Paso, Texas, learn a new language and a new cul- the State of Texas, this country is less In fact, it will be quite recognizable ture. His daughter will have to drop safe. to most of us. No tradition is as Amer- out of college at the University of Ha- If we want to respond to the most ur- ican as telling the stories of our rel- waii and begin a new life in another gent issue that each constituent of atives and ancestors who, against all country. Relocating to Mexico would ours depends on us for, that is their odds and great difficulties, found and deprive them of the benefits afforded to safety, their security, that of the com- made a home here on our shores. the citizens of this country. munity and the country that we serve, But while our family histories re- Now, unfortunately, Andres’s story is then we need to make sure that we mind us of how far we have come, An- not a singular one. Unfortunately, treat everyone within our communities dres’ story demonstrates the progress there are more. that we represent with dignity and re- that we have yet to make and who is Just last week, Graham Ellis of spect. We need to make sure that local hurt and affected by the lack of that Waimea, a 67-year-old British national law enforcement is not seen as a tool of progress today. and leukemia patient, heard a knock Federal immigration law, but that Andres Ortiz came to Hawaii seeking on his door. It was two Department of they are there to preserve and to pro- the American Dream. With hard work, Homeland Security agents who have tect the peace and to serve the con- perseverance, and a little luck, Andres come to begin the deportation process stituents and the people who live in demonstrated what we, as Americans, back to the U.K. after Graham had those communities. know to be true and that we strive for: made Hawaii his home for over 36 I would also add that next week if you work hard, you can succeed and years. After a few short minutes of marks the fifth anniversary of the De- get ahead. conversation in front of his wife, Dena, ferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or Andres started a new life in 1996 pick- who is an American citizen, Graham DACA, program implemented under ing coffee—backbreaking, tough work, agreed to turn himself in at a field of- President Obama. It was an important for anyone who has done it before—in fice in Honolulu the following day. step that this country took to realize the Kona region on the island of Ha- Now, like Mr. Ortiz, Graham is a pil- the gains that we and future genera- waii. He proved himself smart and ca- lar within our community in Hawaii. tions will receive by ensuring that pable, and he was soon promoted to su- But unlike Mr. Ortiz, Graham had al- those young people who arrived on our pervisor. By 2010, he saved enough to ready made the decision to return to shores and through our land ports of buy his own coffee farm. Today, he the U.K. because he feared that depor- entry like El Paso, through no fault of owns 20 acres of coffee trees, and man- tation was inevitable under the height- their own, at the tender age of 5 or 6 ages another 150 acres for his neigh- ened threats faced under our current years old and who are now in school or bors. immigration policies. Graham had want to serve in our military or want Andres quickly earned a reputation made the decision to leave by the end to create jobs themselves are able to as a knowledgeable and skillful farmer. of summer, thinking that these re- stay here and flourish so that we re- When an invasive beetle, called the cof- maining months would give him time ceive the benefit of their potential. fee berry borer, began to ravish our to get his affairs in order, and say I hope this Congress, every colleague Kona coffee farms and trees, Andres good-bye to the community and the from both sides of the aisle, will work began a pioneering system to help his home that he grew to love for so long. with me and others to ensure that we community track and eradicate this in- A circus performer by training, Gra- have, if not comprehensive immigra- festation, even before our U.S. Depart- ham spent much of his life in Hawaii tion reform, which I think should re- ment of Agriculture took action. Now, teaching children from low-income and main the goal, reform in those areas this infestation was not just a small at-risk communities circus arts, bring- like for the DREAMers and the DACA matter. It was something that cost our ing smiles and laughter to their faces beneficiaries that is most urgent and farmers millions of dollars. and their lives. to the States that we represent and Our country offered Andres the He served on the Puna Community serve, like Texas, with 200,000 DACA means to become an entrepreneur, and Council, and was the founding presi- beneficiaries out of 700,000 nationwide. he paid us back in full: he started a dent of the Kalapana Seaview Estates It is the right thing to do for our secu- business, he creates jobs, he takes care Community Association. rity. It is the right thing to do for eco- of his workers, and he is a leader in our In his remaining final months, he had nomic growth and job creation. It is community. Andres is not a legal resi- planned to make a trip to Kauai, where the right thing to do in the best inter- dent of Hawaii, but Hawaii owes him a he would instruct his last group of ests and traditions of this country. debt for his contributions. young, passionate students at a 2-week

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We need real waiting for his two parents to come in grants, was asked in front of their immigration reform that keeps fami- on the same Emirates flight. We found classmates about her status. lies together and integrates hard- out that the constituent and the two Afterwards, there were a lot of fin- working, tax-paying immigrants into parents were three people who were ger-pointing and excuses that these our community. We need to preserve, held back and questioned. were questions that were being levied protect, and restore the values that un- Throughout the day, we would get to determine whether she needed to derlie the greatness of our country. updates, but what we found out is there participate in the ESEA program. But I stand with Andres and Graham and was very little information because at that moment, it was just more of the millions of hardworking immi- there was very little understanding by this anti-immigrant rhetoric that was grants who built our great Nation; and Customs and Border Protection about coming out of so many areas in central I stand with these immigrants who live how to implement this very vague Florida. in my community, who live in my dis- order. The court had just ruled that it But like that incident, which was trict, and who have a proven record of was potentially unconstitutional. covered at length, minds and hearts upstanding contributions to our com- So working with our local officials changed in central Florida. There was munity. after hours of building up, hours of an apology given to this young woman Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman waiting with the families, hours of who was a citizen, and they changed from Florida (Mr. SOTO), my colleague. press starting to arrive, hours of TV the policy so that no one would be Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, I thank the coverage, and hours of protest, right asked about immigration status in gentlewoman from the beautiful State when we were in the middle of doing front of their peers, even if it was for of Hawaii for yielding to me, and I interviews, that is when the families something as harmless as the ESEA thank her also for being a champion of were finally released, after 7 hours of program. immigrants, both in her State and being questioned without water, with- With our sheriffs clarifying their across the Nation. out food, after a 20-hour flight. policies to not join this DHS call for It is Immigrant Heritage Month this You could not have scripted this to deportation force, we were proud once month, and I think it is critical that make the point of how misguided this again to have an inclusive society in we take a few moments to talk about ban was than what happened. Right in central Florida where we welcome ev- the state of immigration here in the front of TV cameras from across cen- erybody. We are such an international United States. I can’t do that any bet- tral Florida, first, the two parents community, home to the best theme ter than by talking about a few stories came down—parents of a citizen who parks in the world, a world-class con- vention center and hotels, and we wel- of what I have experienced over the hadn’t seen his parents in over 5 years. past few months. The scene was traumatic: crying, come everybody from across the globe. Then, in addition, I just received a On January 27 of this year, we saw hugs, and welcomed by cameras won- letter from a constituent. Her daughter President Trump sign his executive dering what had happened to these two had grown up, gotten a job, fallen in order, quite expeditiously, on a travel individuals. These were simply two love, and had a bright future ahead of ban that specifically targeted the Mus- citizens of Iraq trying to come over to her. But she worried because her lim community, with seven countries, visit their son, who had already been daughter’s boyfriend potentially could where 90-plus percent of the population given visas to come on over. be deported because he is on an H–1 practice Islam. A few minutes later, our constituent visa. It was an interesting moment for me. finally arrived as well. She also had These types of policies breaking up My wife and I were having dinner with been held for 8 hours without water, families don’t serve any interest in a few friends of ours in the district, and without food, after a 20-hour flight, and helping people pursue the American one of them had asked me: Well, how is a barrage of questions. Dream and don’t serve any interest in this ban going to affect you? How is it After that, we saw public opinion protecting our economy and protecting going to affect your district? change sharply in central Florida as growth in central Florida, where we At the moment, I wasn’t really sure, people saw these were the alleged peo- have such a large cattle industry and but then I got a call only a few minutes ple that were getting extreme vetting: where we have such a large citrus in- later by my district director. Our first people who were visiting their son in dustry. constituent was identified as coming central Florida, longtime residents, Finally, we have so many DREAM- back on a United Arab Emirates flight who only had productive lives in cen- ers, young students, who live in central back from Iraq and was scheduled to tral Florida. Florida, who are working and striving, land the next morning: a girl who had A few weeks later, we had the depor- rising up in our society, and helping graduated from the University of Cen- tation force memo come down. I was people along the way, immigrants who tral Florida and lived a very productive shocked. We sent out letters to our potentially could be one of 40 percent life as a legal resident in central Flor- sheriffs, we sent out letters to our of creators of Fortune 500 companies ida for the last 6 years after her grad- schools, asking if they were planning that have been created here in Amer- uation. on participating in this deportation ica, one of the 65,000 servicemen and So we went the next day—early the force that President Trump had called -women who are immigrants, who serve next morning because, if anything, my upon to help implement and enforce in our United States military. And we legislative experience in the State leg- our immigration laws. find that, with every 100 immigrants, islature has told me: go to where the We called immediately a round table, we are creating 120 new jobs because action is, go to where the controversy where we invited immigrant groups, we our country has been founded and cre- is, and do what you can to help. invited law enforcement groups, and so ated on growth and equality. First, we went to Customs and Bor- many others to talk about the issues der Protection, and we got no response. that were happening. b 1745 We actually got surprise responses of Two of my three sheriffs imme- So I would like to see a few things what were we even doing there, because diately said they weren’t planning on happen, things that I believe Demo- this was not a matter they were pre- participating, that this was a Federal crats and Republicans can agree on. pared to handle. issue. A third ended up going from First, let’s make sure to ratify the So we went to the airport and were fully participating to, a day later, DREAMer program, the Deferred Ac- greeted by Greater Orlando Aviation walking back that position, to just tion program. You have bipartisan co- Authority officials who were very help- picking up folks who had been accused sponsorship for this bill. This is some- ful and understood that these were cen- of violent felonies. thing we could get done, especially for

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We need to ac- him to reconsider this order and to States, praying for the families, griev- knowledge the reality that we have had halt Mr. Ortiz’s deportation, taking a ing with those who were attacked, so for the last 150 years of agriculture consideration to him and his cir- many attacked, dozens attacked, in- here in the United States, which is cumstance and his longstanding com- stead of perhaps wondering, maybe we that we rely on many of our immi- mitment and leadership in our commu- don’t have our policies quite right, this grants coming from Mexico and Cen- nity. is yet another attack, and maybe the tral and South America to help with I have introduced legislation, H.R. Britain leaders should have thought, our agriculture. This has been going on 2794, which is what is called a private you know, we have been saying that for over a century. bill, specifically for the relief of Andres the real key—it has been said around What we can do is simply go from a Magana Ortiz. And the purpose of this Europe, maybe the real key to stopping 1-year to maybe a 3-year or 5-year pro- bill is to help Mr. Ortiz with his ex- radical Islam and the mutilation of in- gram. I know our immigrants’ rights tremely challenging situation and to nocent people, the slashing of throats, community would support it. I know help him on his own path to citizen- the beheading, the terrible things that our agriculture communities would ship. have been done by radical Islamists, support it; and we wouldn’t have people I urge Chairman GOODLATTE to give maybe the way to stop them we were unwittingly not getting back to their positive consideration to this bill that told—not maybe—they said the way to country of origin after the 1-year visa has been referred to his committee. I stop them is the Paris climate accord. expires, when they just want to go urge Secretary Kelly, the Department If we just show them enough love as back and come back again to help out of Homeland Security, to revisit their they are beheading us, or slashing our as seasonal labor. policy and their decision and to put a throats, and we have signed on, and we Then thirdly, there is an arbitrary halt on Mr. Ortiz’s deportation. He is are fully part embraced in the Paris cap on highly skilled workers here in not just a number. He is not just a sta- climate accord, you know, the radical this country. We train them in Ivy tistic. He and his family are facing this Islamist murders will stop. That is the League schools, in brilliant schools in reality today. kind of baloney we have been told. Texas, California, Florida, and across It is always the right time to do the And in England, there are people who this Nation. And then, because of an right thing, and I urge these leaders to have indicated as much, how out- arbitrary cap that no one wants to do that right thing. rageous it was that President Trump Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance change because of the hot-button issue pulled the United States out of the of my time. of immigration, then we send them on Paris accord, because he saw the dam- their way, back to their countries of f age that was going to be done to the origin, rather than keep them here and ISSUES OF THE DAY United States economy. He saw the harness their talent for the future of damage that would be done to the our economy. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Canada has even got word of this and KUSTOFF of Tennessee). Under the United States jobs. I talked to people in east Texas last welcomes these folks. When they real- Speaker’s announced policy of January weekend, different places around east ize their visas are up, they beg them to 3, 2017, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Texas, and they kept coming back: I come to Canada to help start new busi- GOHMERT) is recognized for 60 minutes am so grateful that Donald Trump nesses. as the designee of the majority leader. So these are some of the ideas that Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, it is al- pulled out of the Paris accord. One of we can fix, that we could all agree on, ways an honor to be here. I do greatly them has a new—some type of concrete that both parties can agree on. And of appreciate my friend from Hawaii, her business. They have got rights to a spe- course, in the end, we need a com- views. I know she is a person of integ- cific process that is great for the envi- prehensive immigration reform. But, in rity; calls them like she sees them. I ronment. It is green. the meantime, let’s get some things appreciate her very much. So then we find out our business was done that we all agree on and move our There are just a number of things going to be devastated if we stayed in country forward. that really need to be called out. Here the Paris climate accord. It would have Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentle- is an article from the Guardian. Julian gutted our business. We would have woman from Hawaii, one of the most Borger, June 6, that would be yester- been having to file for bankruptcy. beautiful States of the Union, for her day. The headline is: ‘‘Cancel Donald Others, you know, the same day, last leadership. Trump state visit, says Sadiq Khan, Saturday, were telling me the same Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, I thank after London attack tweets.’’ things, different places, same song. We my colleague and friend from Florida It states: ‘‘London mayor says U.S. found out how much our business for complimenting my State, but for, President is wrong about many things would have been gutted if the Presi- most importantly, again, putting a and that state visit to Britain should dent had not pulled out of the Paris ac- face and names to those who are suf- not go ahead. cord. fering as a result of our broken immi- ‘‘The London mayor, Sadiq Khan, has And, of course, we want to be fair to gration policy. called on the British Government to the 160 countries or so that have con- You know, for us here, we can stand cancel a planned state visit by Donald demned the United States, said that we here and talk about policies and debate Trump after being criticized in two are the one partner in the Paris cli- them and talk about legislation that tweets by the U.S. President.’’ mate accord, just like in Kyoto, and needs to be passed. But it is really Now, it really is interesting that the Reykjavik, and all these others, the those folks at home who make it all London mayor, after he has his citi- United States is the most important very real. It is not just a bill number, zens—his people are viciously muti- partner in those accords. Well, yeah, I it is their own family that is being torn lated, killed in the streets of his city, guess so. apart, it is their own children who are and, instead of being—going through a We were going to be the one country being affected. self-examination, is there something that was going to pay billions of dol- Now, you know, I talked about Mr. more I could have done as mayor of lars to other countries because we have Ortiz in Hawaii. He and his family are this town? Is there something more I been successful, and we have been inno- going through this, as we speak, where, could have encouraged? Is there some- vative, and our Constitution, the bril- in just a few days, he faces being de- thing more we could have done here in liance of the Founders to ensure in our ported. He and his family have ex- England, in Great Britain, in the U.K.? Constitution that we were going to re- hausted all the options available to Is there something we could have done ward intellectual property, intellectual them, given the time that they have. that I, in a position of authority, could thought, would stir intellectual cre- Our delegation from Hawaii, both my have done to stop this, to help, at least ations. And we loved this idea of pri- colleague, Congresswoman HANABUSA, help stop this? vate property, you know, before the

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But at least by thing innovative, and make money. I for certain Jews or Israel. But I know pulling out of Paris, we have got a shot think it is fantastic. I love the fact he meant well when he abandoned the to continue to be the most humani- that this Nation, for most of our his- Shah of Iran, not a nice man like Qa- tarian, the most charitable Nation, I tory, has done what we could to dhafi—not a great man, not a nice believe, in the history of the world; incentivize that process. man, but at least he was keeping rad- that even Solomon’s Israel did not So the mayor of London condemning ical Islam in the box, keeping it boxed have the kind of freedoms and the kind President Trump. up. of individual ability to be charitable. Well, who is this guy? When President Carter saw the Shah Billions of dollars that have been He has got plenty of his own prob- deposed and the Ayatollah Khomeini given. I don’t know. Maybe trillions lems. He has got plenty of his own comes into Iran, he didn’t recognize over the years in today’s dollars issues. But it wasn’t just the mayor of that he had literally opened Pandora’s around the world for so many good pur- London, Mr. Sadiq Khan. We also heard box, and it was going to be a plague poses. And yet if we had stayed in the from the Acting U.S. Ambassador over upon the world for years and years to Paris accord, we would have done so in London, Lewis Lukens, and he sent come, and that thousands and thou- much damage to our own economy. out this message: ‘‘I commend the sands of Americans would die trying to So I have told many people, thank strong leadership of the mayor of Lon- put radical Islam back in the box from God, and thank Donald Trump that he which President Carter let it escape got us out of that mess, so that we can don as he leads the city forward after this heinous attack.’’ and from which President Obama en- continue our climb out of the economic couraged more—not intentionally, but malaise of the Obama years; that we And by virtue of this statement, of course, he is incorporating the deci- the actions have consequences, and can continue to get back a thriving Americans have continued to die and economy that has been so sluggish for sions by the mayor of London, the deci- sions by those with whom the mayor of will continue until radical Islam, with so many years now; not the artificial the help of our Muslim friends that growth bubble that was created late in London is consorting, those decisions that have allowed so many radical don’t want to be ruled by radical the Clinton years, that was bound to Islamists, with their help—we have got burst, not that kind but based on real Islamists to be creating plots and plans to have their help—we can get it back jobs and manufacturing jobs coming to kill Londoners. That has been going on, we find out after this attack. We in the box the way it once was. back. But there are people like Lewis Lu- I know from studying history, I think should have known from the one be- kens, our highest ranking U.S. official President Trump knows just from his fore, the one before, the one before, in London, who don’t recognize this. business acumen, that any nation that that this has been going on. But the name to so many sounded fa- is considered an international world Lewis Lukens, our highest U.S. rank- miliar, Lewis Lukens. I know I have power, that cannot produce and manu- ing official in London, basically con- heard that name before. Oh, well, after facture the things that are needed in a demned President Trump by siding tweeting out, or sending out the mes- time of war will not remain a world with the mayor of London, who is more power past the next war. It won’t. So it concerned about condemning the Presi- sage from the U.S. Embassy in London, brings us back to a great thing to get dent of the United States than he is taking sides in favor of the mayor of rid of the Paris accord. about grieving for his own people, or London over the President of the Now we have got to cut taxes. And I doing everything within the mayor’s United States—let’s see, who is this— know there is a lot of screaming from conceivable power to stop the next rad- as the article from Monica Showalter the left about how, gee, wanting to cut ical attack. says: ‘‘So who is Acting Ambassador Lewis taxes for the rich. Well, actually, under Under the thinking of people like the President Obama, there was so much Lukens anyway? mayor of London, there should not ‘‘Turns out he’s a career diplomat, damage done to the middle classes. The have ever been an attack in England, middle class shrunk in numbers of peo- with nearly 30 years’ experience in as- not recently, for sure, because they sorted outposts. His most prominent ple, it appears, while the gap between didn’t pull out of the Paris accord. And the poor and the rich got even bigger. positions, however, have been at the if the Paris accord was going to save side of the person who must have And as President Obama is on video ad- the world from radical Islam, then, mitting, it must have been tough, but served as a sort of mentor, then-Sec- wow, all of the attacks should be hap- retary of State Hillary Clinton, serving he admitted, yeah, it is true. It was pening in the United States of Amer- true. as her chief administrative officer. In ica. that time frame, he managed to reach It is true that, under President Unless we get our friends on the Obama, for the first time in the history the inner circle of Clinton’s tight little other side of the aisle to help us as we circle of acolytes—on the same level as of the United States of America, first need to do to pass legislation that give time, 95 percent of the Nation’s income Cheryl Mills and Huma Abedin. us the protection we need, the attacks ‘‘In testimony to Congress, Lukens went to the top 1 percent. So we have will be coming. But it wouldn’t make heard all this stuff about Republicans claimed to have come up with the idea sense—if you believe people like this, helping the rich and hurting the poor. of having Clinton set up a private serv- There is no President’s policy in the and those that say Paris is the key to er.’’ history of our Nation that has done ending radical Islam, it wouldn’t make Oh, that is right. He is the genius more damage to the poor, to the middle sense that London would be hit twice that came up with the idea of having class, than the policies of the Obama instead of the United States. They Hillary Clinton have a private server so administration. There is no President’s didn’t pull out. They condemned us for it was more easy for our enemies to administration that has done more pulling out. hack classified information. But then damage to shrink the middle class and So it makes you think, when you again, we find out, well, it really didn’t to widen the gap between the poor and really look at everything, maybe the make that much difference because she the rich. And most of those rich who key to defeating radical Islam is what was sending it to Huma Abedin, who give money seem to just keep giving to Americans who have fought them was sending it to Mr. Weiner. the Democratic Party. know: there is only one way to defeat Anyway, it turns out, all kinds of radical Islam, and that is to defeat it; felonies were being committed, Federal b 1800 to fight it, kill it, defeat it. laws being violated. Of course, under You know, I love, whether it is Re- I saw President Carter here on tele- Director Comey, he didn’t want to pur- publicans, Democrats, or Independents vision here in the last few days. I had sue anybody like that because he is

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So I know, on be- intelligence contractor tells Circa he about this—they must show that they half of those who supported President walked away. . . .’’ can police their own ranks of people Trump, we greatly appreciate the dam- This is a U.S. intelligence contractor. who are violating Americans’ civil age that he did to the Democratic Where have we heard that term? rights and gathering information in Party. Lukens—and, hopefully, he That is what we were told that Ed- ways Orwell could never have dreamed won’t be long for being the highest ward Snowden was. of. As my friend THOMAS MASSIE was ranking U.S. official in London. Hope- Well, this says: ‘‘. . . he walked away pointing out today, Orwell thought it fully, we can send somebody over there with more than 600 million classified would take people to spy on other peo- that doesn’t have great ideas like he documents on 47 hard drives from the ple. He never dreamed that we, the gov- had for Hillary Clinton that causes our National Security Agency and the CIA, ernment, would be able to collect ware- British friends the kind of trouble he a haul potentially larger than Edward houses full of information on little caused for Hillary Clinton. Snowden’s now infamous breach.’’ disks that would be used and pulled out And then we have got this from Will But it sounded like a good thing. later any time they wanted to go after Carr, WGMD News Radio: It says: ‘‘And now he is suing former an individual—but it sure looks like it ‘‘Concerns are being raised on Capitol FBI Director James Comey and other is happening. Hill about whether partisan politics government figures, alleging the Bu- If our own justice and intelligence of- could impact the 2020 Census and swing reau has covered up evidence that he ficials cannot police themselves and congressional redistricting in favor of provided them showing widespread spy- produce the very people who have Democrats. ing on Americans that violated civil leaked information and who have un- ‘‘FOX News has learned that last liberties. masked information, I will join with summer, a pro-Democratic analytics ‘‘The suit, filed late Monday night by many of my friends on the Democratic firm that described itself as ‘a platform Dennis Montgomery, was assigned to side of the aisle to vote against them for hope and change’. . . .’’ the same Federal judge who has al- ever having those types of powers Wow. Yeah, as we saw over the last 8 ready ruled that some of the NSA’s col- again. They are going to have to police years, 95 million Americans—the high- lection of data on Americans violates themselves. They are going to have to est number in our history—even gave the U.S. Constitution’s Fourth Amend- produce the people who have been leak- up looking for work. So they weren’t ment, setting up an intriguing legal ing, who have been unmasking, and reflected in the unemployment num- proceeding in the Nation’s Capital this who have been spying on Americans bers, but they just gave up. It was so summer. without legal authority. They are hopeless. So much for hope and change. ‘‘Montgomery says the evidence he going to have to produce those people, Anyway, this analytics firm is ‘‘a gave to the FBI chronicle the because if they can’t and if they don’t, platform for hope and change,’’ but it ‘‘ warrantless collection’’—not just they have no business having this kind . . . included as a subcontractor in a phone metadata—‘‘of phone, financial of power. I know it has got a lot of our $415 million advertising contract for and personal data and the unmasking justice officials and intelligence offi- the 2020 Census. of identities in spy data about millions cials upset. ‘‘The data firm, Civis Analytics, was of Americans. Based on the way things have been founded by the chief analytics officer ‘‘ ‘This domestic surveillance was all going and from what we keep finding on former President Barack Obama’s being done on computers supplied by out, I am sure somebody has been 2012 reelection campaign. the FBI,’ Montgomery told Circa in an going through my background with a ‘‘Since congressional redistricting, interview. ‘So these supercomputers, fine-tooth comb looking for anything which occurs every 10 years, is based which are FBI computers, the CIA is so they can take me out, but good on the results of the national Census, using them to do domestic surveil- luck. the chairman of the Homeland Secu- lance.’ ’’ I am sure, as Heritage Foundation rity and Governmental Affairs Com- has written before, probably most mittee is now asking the Secretary of b 1815 Americans are committing a number of the Department of Commerce to ensure Gee, we have been assured that does Federal crimes a day we don’t even that the Census will be conducted in a not happen. We have been assured in know about. So, apparently, it can be nonpartisan fashion—and that redis- hearings in our Judiciary Committee done if Heritage is right, as I think tricting will not be impacted. over the last 12 years I have been they are. But the fact is it ought to ‘‘ ‘In 2016, the Bureau awarded an ad- here—and we have had a lot of hearings scare every American that there is this vertising contract that included a sub- on these issues. We have been assured much Federal intervention in their contractor with close ties to the par- this isn’t happening. This guy who own personal lives. tisan politics that reportedly ‘‘spun knows enough to steal 600 million clas- The truth is we have got to get rid of out of’’ the reelection campaign of sified documents on 47 hard drives the Consumer Financial Protection Bu- President Obama,’ Senator RON JOHN- without getting caught says it is hap- reau. They have no right and they have SON’’—our friend from Wisconsin— pening. no authority under our Constitution to ‘‘wrote to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Mr. Speaker, let me parenthetically gather people’s financial information Ross in a letter obtained by FOX insert here, we have had a number of unless there is probable cause to be- News.’’ conversations with FBI and different lieve a crime has been committed and Our friend, Senator RON JOHNSON, intelligence officials, because section that this person has committed the says: ‘‘This partisan lineage raises con- 702 that allows this kind of widespread crime, and then get a warrant to get it. cern in light of a Democratic initiative collection, if we are going after what It is time to end that for real. It is to use the results of the 2020 Census to we were told would be foreign terror- time to end this kind of personal draw district lines in a manner favor- ists, known foreign terrorists, and they snooping on American citizens. able to Democratic candidates.’’ happened to capture an American, the This article goes on and says: ‘‘Docu- So, wow, what a deal. The Obama ad- name is masked. You can’t get that in- ments obtained by Circa outside of the ministration has got their own con- formation. There has to be probable lawsuit show that the U.S. Attorney’s sulting firm helping with the 2020 Cen- cause to get anything about the Amer- Office in Washington in 2015 approved a sus. That ought to concern a lot of peo- ican. We are finding out names have grant of limited immunity for Mont- ple that want to make sure that our been unmasked. gomery so he could explain how he little experiment as a democratic re- Now, this information by Mont- managed to walk out of his contract public does not come to an end. As Ben gomery is that things are leaked about and the buildings he worked in with

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We are most important now project on U.S. soil,’ Montgomery al- the war on terror.’’ that we are self-aware as the courts, leged. He did not disclose the classified This is incredible. and we are going to do everything we name of the project but said he re- Then, when we hope the courts may can to limit congressional authority vealed all aspects of the project during be our help, we see another answer that and executive authority and bring all his interview with the FBI. is incredibly discouraging, Federal power and protection unto ourselves in ‘‘ ‘Can you imagine what someone courts stepping in where they have no the courts. can do with the information they were authority. Federal court, district It is getting dangerous from a con- collecting on Americans, can you court, court of appeals, they have no stitutional standpoint. All of this is oc- imagine that kind of power.’ authority to grant standing to people curring. ‘‘Officials with the FBI and CIA de- that are not in the United States, There is an article from Conservative clined to comment due to current and standing and rights to people that are Review by Daniel Horowitz, June 5: pending litigation. not American citizens and not on ‘‘7th Circuit Codifies Transgenderism ‘‘The FBI contacts with Montgomery American soil. But that is the effect of into the Constitution.’’ were encouraged by a senior status what they are doing when they say The courts did such a great thing in Federal judge who encouraged the two that the President and, actually, Con- America pointing out the importance sides to meet rather than allow for any gress, which gave the President much of immutable characteristics. Charac- of the classified materials to leak, ac- of the power he has on the issue of teristics that are immutable are not cording to interviews Circa conducted. travel bans and immigration, that we changeable, whether it is the color of ‘‘Montgomery’s lawsuit, which in- don’t have the authority. the skin, a race, or a gender. Things cluded his lawyer, the well-known con- Well, under the Constitution, we do that are immutable need to be pro- servative activist Larry Klayman, al- have the authority. Congress has the tected from discrimination. leges Montgomery provided extensive authority and the President has au- Once the courts began to get into evidence to the FBI of illegal spying on thority to protect us when it comes to protecting characteristics that change Americans ranging from judges to busi- national security. He has authority to on the whim of the carrier of those nessmen like the future President Don- make decisions like he has. There is no characteristics, then the courts started ald Trump. constitutional right under the United getting us into an area that also is a ‘‘The suit did not offer specifics on States Constitution for someone in an- threat to a constitutional republic any illegal spying, but it accused the other country to have a right to come with private property rights, with pri- Bureau of failing to take proper ac- into the United States. There is no vacy rights, and with the freedoms tions to rectify Montgomery’s con- such constitutional right. that we used to have and that are being cerns. For any harebrained judge in Amer- infringed. ‘‘Montgomery divulged to the FBI a ica to say that indicates that this is When the courts come back and say ‘pattern and practice of conducting il- like artificial intelligence becoming that you have to protect non-immu- legal, unconstitutional surveillance self-aware: Wow, I can do whatever I table characteristics that may change against millions of Americans, includ- want. day to day wholly in the mind of the ing prominent Americans such as the Once it becomes like AI, once it be- proponent, where does it stop? Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme comes self-aware, then it begins to pro- 1830 Court’ ’’—wow—‘‘ ‘other Justices, 156 tect itself. Anyone who has authority b judges, prominent businessmen, and or ability to rein them in: We have got It is a destructive force. We all others such as Donald J. Trump, as to slap them down and limit their abil- agreed on race, everybody I know. I am well as plaintiffs themselves.’ ’’ ity to rein us in with our artificial in- sure there are some racists in America. That is the allegation in the suit. telligence—which is more than some of In fact, I know there are still some. We ‘‘ ‘Plaintiffs were assured that the the judges have. have got some people who, I can’t be- FBI, under Defendant Comey, would Mr. Speaker, I am not singling out an lieve, after the lessons that should conduct a full investigation into the individual so I am not violating the have been learned from the Holocaust, grave instances of illegal and unconsti- House rules. hate Jews, hate Israel, want it de- tutional activity set forth by Mont- But this is serious. This is a blow to stroyed, removed. Incredible. gomery. However, the FBI, on Defend- our experiment as a little, self-gov- The courts are saying we have to pre- ant Comey’s orders, buried the FBI’s erning republic. It is a threat to our serve some right that none of the rest investigation because the FBI itself is ability to proceed as such. of us can know, some characteristic involved in an ongoing conspiracy to But every Federal court except for none of the rest of us can know. It not only conduct the aforementioned the Supreme Court owes its entire ex- could change moment by moment. One illegal, unconstitutional surveillance, istence and jurisdiction to the United moment someone is saying: I feel like but to cover it up as well,’ the suit States Congress. Congress brings those a girl; I am going in the girl’s rest- added. courts into being, and we can take room; or I feel like a boy today. ‘‘Klayman and Montgomery also al- them out. Congress gives them their Who can know? If it is not apparent, leged that they have evidence that jurisdiction, and we can take them out. then how can somebody be said to be they themselves have been improperly I think it is time to begin to take out bigoted against or take some action spied upon by U.S. intelligence. The some of these courts that, like artifi- against when you couldn’t even know suit named numerous other defendants cial intelligence, have become self- what was in their head? How did I as well, including NSA Director Mike aware and now are trying to lash out know? Rogers, former CIA Director John and take power away from those under I didn’t discriminate against some- Brennan, and even former President our Constitution that have it and to body for something I didn’t know they Barack Obama. take it unto themselves in a self-pro- had. It was all in their mind. How can ‘‘Court records indicate the suit was tection mode. I know? When the courts get us into assigned in Washington to U.S. District It is getting dangerous in the United that kind of quagmire, we can’t re- Judge Richard Leon, who in 2015 issued States of America for a number of rea- cover. It will sink our ship. an historic ruling that the NSA’s past sons. Radical Islam is only one of the In this case, as Daniel Horowitz says: bulk collection of Americans’ phone reasons, but courts are going so far to ‘‘Last week, the Seventh Circuit records most likely violated the Con- overrule common sense and overrule Court of Appeals became the latest stitution.’’ the words of the Constitution and over- Federal appeals court to codify

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Paul McHugh, at Johns Hopkins Hos- the liberal whims of Education Sec- ‘‘This is part of a broader hypocrisy pital, the first hospital in America to retary Betsy DeVos, the courts are en- in which the transgender lobby is filing have actually carried out sex-change gaging in their own social trans- lawsuits to apply disability laws to operations in America. formation on behalf of the defeated gender-confused individuals, but, on These were liberal, far-thinking, far- Democrats. the other hand, are suing on discrimi- reaching ideas within surgery at Johns ‘‘In Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified nation grounds for stereotyping and Hopkins. Well, yes, we can cut off or- School District, a unanimous opinion recognizing this ‘disability’ as a dis- gans, change their sexuality. Dr. Paul from the three-judge panel ordered a ability and not as a natural phe- McHugh was head of psychiatry at Wisconsin school district to allow a nomenon. Johns Hopkins. girl to use the boys’ bathroom in ‘‘Either way, the courts will always Mr. Speaker, may I ask how much school. Following in the footsteps of reach the legal conclusion that best time I have remaining? the Sixth and Fourth Circuits, this promotes the socially licentious polit- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Seventh Circuit panel, which included ical outcome . . . even when the ‘juris- tleman has 10 minutes remaining. GOP-appointee Ilana Rovner, ruled prudence’ is contradictory. Mr. GOHMERT. Dr. McHugh is a man that the 1972 title IX education law and ‘‘Last year, the Fourth and Sixth Cir- who knows the medical science, not the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protec- cuits said that transgenderism being some idea that fleets by that may be tion Clause cover transgenderism as a codified into civil rights and the Con- gone tomorrow about someone’s sexu- protected class. stitution is ‘settled law,’ dem- ality. ‘‘As the courts redefine our national onstrating how irremediably broken Dr. McHugh says: sovereignty, rewrite election laws and the courts are. This is not just the ‘‘The transgendered suffer a disorder redistricting in favor of Democrats, re- Ninth Circuit; we have yet to find a of ‘assumption’ like those in other dis- define criminal justice law for mass single circuit willing to understand the orders familiar to psychiatrists. With murderers, and mandate publicly fund- most immutable laws of nature. Thus, the transgendered, the disordered as- ed abortions, they are using their self- it is not surprising that almost every sumption is that the individual differs acclaimed status as kings to redefine court is creating a right for Somalis to from what seems given in nature— sexuality retroactive to laws and immigrate. If marriage and human sex- namely one’s maleness or femaleness. amendments codified long before the uality are subjective, so are the bor- Other kinds of disordered assumptions sexual-identity movement was in ders of a nation. are held by those who suffer from ano- vogue. ‘‘Although the Supreme Court punted rexia and bulimia nervosa, where the ‘‘In an emotional screed disguised as the Fourth Circuit case, Grimm v. assumption that departs from physical law, this opinion uses male pronouns to Gloucester County, because that one reality is the belief by the dangerously describe a woman with female parts. In was built upon Obama’s obsolete thin that they are overweight.’’ any other era, these judges would have He goes on and says: been deemed mentally unstable to transgender mandate, it is quite clear that another case will end up before ‘‘With body dysmorphic disorder, an serve on a bench. often socially crippling condition, the ‘‘While refusing to recognize biologi- the high court within the next year. individual is consumed by the assump- cal sex as immutable—or, even signifi- ‘‘Given Justice Anthony Kennedy’s tion ‘I’m ugly.’ These disorders occur cant—the court contended that there is history on this issue—and his penchant in subjects who have come to believe absolutely no disruption or privacy for being influenced by growing mo- that some of their psycho-social con- concerns over opposite sexes using the mentum in the lower courts and the wrong bathrooms: legal profession—it’s fairly safe to say flicts or problems will be resolved if ‘‘A transgender student’s presence in we will be confronted with the they can change the way that they ap- the restroom provides no more of a risk transgender version of Obergefell in the pear to others. Such ideas work like to other students’ privacy rights than near future. ruling passions in their subjects’ mind the presence of an overly curious stu- ‘‘The transgender case comes just 2 and tend to be accompanied by a sol- dent of the same biological sex who de- months after the Seventh Circuit codi- ipsistic argument. cides to sneak glances at his or her fied sexual orientation into Title VII of ‘‘For the transgendered, this argu- classmates performing their bodily the Civil Rights Act.’’ ment holds that one’s feeling of ‘gen- functions. That is a court passing legislation il- der’ is a conscious, subjective sense ‘‘The court then appealed to common legally, unconstitutionally, just by fiat that, being in one’s mind, cannot be sense to disregard any remaining pri- by the court. Their signature, just like questioned by others. The individual vacy concerns as ‘conjecture and ab- any good oligarch. often seeks not just society’s tolerance straction.’ ‘‘This circuit, like many others, is of this ‘personal truth’ but affirmation ‘‘Why is it I have a sneaking sus- drifting more and more to the far left. of it. Here rests the support for picion that when title IX was drafted A number of the GOP appointees, such ‘transgender equality,’ the demands for in 1972, much less when the 14th as Richard Posner and Ilana Rovner, government payment for medical and Amendment was drafted in 1867, they are among the worst offenders. surgical treatments, and for access to completely understood the privacy ‘‘There are only two reliable all sex-based public roles and privi- concerns but would have never fath- originalists on the court, Michael leges.’’ omed judges maniacally referring to a Kanne and Diane Sykes. That is why it He goes on and says: Y chromosome as an X chromosome? is so important for Trump to imme- ‘‘We at Johns Hopkins University— ‘‘Amazingly, the legal liberals are diately fill the two vacancies on the which in the 1960s was the first Amer- the ones with the hypocritical argu- court with known originalists. Even ican medical center to venture into ments, even according to their own more importantly, this is yet one more ‘sex-reassignment surgery’—launched a twisted logic. How could this school reason to make the courts less con- study in the 1970s comparing the out- district be guilty of violating equal sequential by reforming their jurisdic- comes of transgendered people who had protection and engaging in stereo- tion and scope of power.’’ the surgery with the outcomes of those typing for actually applying science And I would add, taking them out. If who did not. Most of the surgically equally, and not going along with the they are that irresponsible, let’s take treated patients described themselves deliberate stereotyping requested by them out. as ‘satisfied’ by the results, but their the plaintiff? What they refuse to look at is real subsequent psycho-social adjustments ‘‘There is no greater stereotype than science—real medical science. That is were no better than those who didn’t saying that a girl, despite being a girl, exactly what Dr. Paul McHugh did. He have the surgery. And so at Hopkins we

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As Dr. Mr. CLYBURN (at the request of Ms. produced the most illuminating results McHugh says, they come close to child PELOSI) for today. yet regarding the transgendered, evi- abuse themselves. He didn’t say that Mr. DEFAZIO (at the request of Ms. dence that should give advocates about the courts; that is my insertion. PELOSI) for today after 2:30 p.m. and pause,’’ including the courts that think But as Dr. McHugh, after being open to the balance of the week on account of that they can see a fleeting thought in helping the transgendered every way a medical procedure. that was available, he bases his deci- a litigant’s mind and say, Oh, there is f a fleeting thought, that is an immu- sion on science, on medical science, on table characteristic. Therefore, we are study, not on some whim of someone ADJOURNMENT going to give it rights, even though we with a fleeting idea in their mind, Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I move can’t see it, we don’t know what it is. maybe it lasts for decades, maybe it that the House do now adjourn. We have just got some idea, so we will doesn’t. The motion was agreed to; accord- call it an immutable characteristic. But Dr. McHugh says: ‘‘A better way ingly (at 6 o’clock and 49 minutes But according to the Karolinska In- to help these children: with devoted p.m.), under its previous order, the stitute study—which is a long-term parenting.’’ House adjourned until tomorrow, It is not taking them away by the study, and, for 30 years, they followed Thursday, June 8, 2017, at 10 a.m. for government or some busybody leftwing 324 people who had sex-reassignment morning-hour debate. kooks that think they know better surgery. than their own parents. Of course there f ‘‘The study revealed that beginning are parents that aren’t fit. I have sen- about 10 years after having the sur- EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, tenced some to prison, and I hope some gery, the transgendered began to expe- ETC. of them never get out of prison. They rience increasing mental difficulties. are a danger. But for heaven’s sake, Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive Most shockingly, their suicide mor- let’s allow good parenting. communications were taken from the tality rose almost twentyfold above Dr. McHugh says and finishes: ‘‘At Speaker’s table and referred as follows: the comparable nontransgender popu- the heart of the problem is confusion 1515. A letter from the Assistant General lation. This disturbing result has as over the nature of the transgendered. Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and En- yet no explanation but probably re- ‘Sex change’ is biologically impos- ergy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency flects the growing sense of isolation re- sible.’’ and Renewable Energy, Department of En- ported by the aging transgendered Those are Dr. McHugh’s words: ‘‘Sex ergy, transmitting the Department’s Major final rule — Energy Conservation Program: after surgery. The high suicide rate change is biologically impossible.’’ certainly challenges the surgery pre- Energy Conservation Standards for Ceiling He says: ‘‘People who undergo sex-re- Fans [Docket No.: EERE-2012-BT-STD-0045] scription.’’ assignment surgery do not change from (RIN: 1904-AD28) received May 31, 2017, pursu- Some of these Federal judges don’t men to women or vice versa. Rather, ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- realize they are contributing to prob- they become feminized men or 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee lems of indescribable proportions that masculinized women. Claiming that on Energy and Commerce. may not be known, as the study indi- this is civil rights matter and encour- 1516. A letter from the Assistant General cated, for 10 years or so. aging surgical intervention is in re- Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and En- As Dr. McHugh points out: ality to collaborate with and promote a ergy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of En- ‘‘Another subgroup consists of young mental disorder.’’ men and women susceptible to sugges- ergy, transmitting the Department’s Major That is what our Federal courts are confirmation of effective date and compli- tion from ‘everything is normal’ sex engaging in. They are promoting a ance date for direct final rule — Energy Con- education, amplified by internet chat mental disorder, as it has been called servation Program: Energy Conservation groups. These are the transgender sub- in the DSM. Standards for Dedicated-Purpose Pool jects most like anorexia nervosa pa- We ought to be about helping these Pumps [EERE-2015-BT-STD-0008] (RIN: 1904- tients: They become persuaded that people, not dividing America. But as AD52) received May 31, 2017, pursuant to 5 seeking a drastic physical change will the studies have indicated, 80 percent U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. banish their psycho-social problems. of these children that have such ideas, 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- ‘Diversity’ counselors in their schools, ergy and Commerce. as others have said and he has said, 1517. A letter from the Assistant General rather like cult leaders, may encourage how many of us know girls that were Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and En- these young people to distance them- tomboys growing up but ended up being ergy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency selves from their families and offer ad- some of the most beautiful and femi- and Renewable Energy, Department of En- vice on rebutting arguments against nine women later. Some may say that ergy, transmitting the Department’s Major having transgender surgery. Treat- is sexist, but there are men who may confirmation of effective date and compli- ments here must begin with removing grow up acting feminized and they ance date for direct final rule — Energy Con- the young person from the suggestive grow up to be some of the most hand- servation Program: Energy Conservation environment and offering a counter- Standards for Residential Central Air Condi- some, beautiful men you would ever tioners and Heat Pumps [EERE-2014-BT- message in family therapy.’’ know, but quite masculine. STD-0048] (RIN: 1904-AD37) received May 31, b 1845 These courts are not helping. They 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public are playing with the latest fad, and Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the ‘‘Then there is this subgroup of very their playing is doing massive destruc- Committee on Energy and Commerce. young, often prepubescent children tive damage to our United States Con- 1518. A letter from the Assistant General who notice distinct sex roles in the cul- stitution, to our court system, to our Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and En- ture and, exploring how they fit in, freedom, and to what is left of our Re- ergy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency begin imitating the opposite sex. Mis- public. and Renewable Energy, Department of En- guided doctors at medical centers in- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance ergy, transmitting the Department’s con- firmation of effective date and compliance cluding Boston’s Children’s Hospital of my time. have begun trying to treat this behav- date for direct final rule — Energy Conserva- f tion Program: Energy Conservation Stand- ior by administering puberty-delaying LEAVE OF ABSENCE ards for Miscellaneous Refrigeration Prod- hormones to render later sex-change ucts [EERE-2011-BT-STD-0043] (RIN: 1904- surgeries less onerous—even though By unanimous consent, leave of ab- AC51) received May 31, 2017, pursuant to 5 the drugs stunt the children’s growth sence was granted to: U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec.

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A letter from the Director, Regu- plishments for the period, including informa- latory Management Division, Environmental latory Management Division, Environmental tion required under the Omnibus Consoli- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- dated Appropriations Act of 1997; to the cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation cy’s direct final rule — Approval of Alter- Committee on Oversight and Government of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Dela- native Final Cover Request for Phase 2 of the Reform. ware; Update to Materials Incorporated by City of Wolf Point, Montana, Landfill [EPA- 1535. A letter from the Chairman, U.S. Reference [DE104-1104; FRL-9961-26-Region 3] R08-RCRA-2016-0505; FRL-9962-18-Region 8] Election Assistance Commission, transmit- received May 25, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. received May 30, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ting the Commission’s Semiannual Report to 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Congress for the Period: October 1, 2016, Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and through March 31, 2017, pursuant to Public Commerce. Commerce. Law 95-452, as amended; to the Committee on 1520. A letter from the Director, Regu- 1528. A letter from the Director, Regu- Oversight and Government Reform. latory Management Division, Environmental latory Management Division, Environmental 1536. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Wash- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- ington: General Regulations for Air Pollu- of Implementation Plans; Louisiana; Revi- tion, transmitting the Administration’s tem- tion Sources, Energy Facility Site Evalua- sions to the New Source Review State Imple- porary rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Eco- tion Council [EPA-R10-OAR-2016-0785; FRL- mentation Plan; Air Permit Procedure Revi- nomic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod by Pot 9963-12-Region 10] received May 25, 2017, pur- sions [EPA-R06-OAR-2016-0206; FRL-9958-84- Catcher/Processors in the Bering Sea and suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Region 6] received May 30, 2017, pursuant to Aleutian Islands Management Area [Docket 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. No.: 150916863-6211-02] (RIN: 0648-XF189) re- on Energy and Commerce. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- ceived May 30, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1521. A letter from the Director, Regu- ergy and Commerce. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 latory Management Division, Environmental 1529. A letter from the Director, Regu- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Re- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- latory Management Division, Environmental sources. cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Vir- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 1537. A letter from the Acting Deputy Di- ginia; Update to Materials Incorporated by cy’s direct final rule — Approval and Pro- rector, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Reference [VA203-5204; FRL-9957-86-Region 3] mulgation of Air Quality Implementation NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric received May 25, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Plans; Montana; Revisions to the Adminis- Administration, transmitting the Adminis- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 trative Rules of Montana [EPA-R08-OAR- tration’s temporary rule — Atlantic Highly Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and 2017-0020; FRL-9963-15-Region 8] received May Migratory Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Commerce. 30, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Fisheries; General Category Fishery [Docket 1522. A letter from the Director, Regu- Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to No.: 150121066-5717-02] (RIN: 0648-XF284) re- latory Management Division, Environmental the Committee on Energy and Commerce. ceived May 30, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 1530. A letter from the Assistant General 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Pennsyl- Counsel for Legislation, Regulation and En- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Natural Re- vania; Update to Materials Incorporated by ergy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency sources. Reference [PA 200-4205; FRL-9959-23-Region 3] and Renewable Energy, Department of En- 1538. A letter from the Acting Deputy As- received May 25, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ergy, transmitting the Department’s con- sistant Administrator for Regulatory Pro- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 firmation of effective date and compliance grams, NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fish- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and date for Major direct final rule — Energy eries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- Commerce. Conservation Program: Energy Conservation ministration, transmitting the Administra- 1523. A letter from the Director, Regu- Standards for Miscellaneous Refrigeration tion’s final rule — Magnuson-Stevens Act latory Management Division, Environmental Products (EERE-2011-BT-STD-0043] (RIN: Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 1904-AC51) received May 31, 2017, pursuant to Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Annual cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Mary- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Specifications and Management Measures for land; Update to Materials Incorporated by 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- the 2017 Tribal and Non-Tribal Fisheries for Reference [MD 204-3120; FRL-9959-24-Region ergy and Commerce. Pacific Whiting [Docket No.: 161128999-7428- 3] received May 25, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 1531. A letter from the Director, Defense 02] (RIN: 0648-BG47) received May 30, 2017, 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Security Cooperation Agency, Department of pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Defense, transmitting a series of reports for 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- Commerce. the second quarter FY 2017, January 1, 2017 mittee on Natural Resources. 1524. A letter from the Director, Regu- — March 31, 2017, developed in accordance 1539. A letter from the Acting Deputy As- latory Management Division, Environmental with Secs. 36(a) and 26(b) of the Arms Export sistant Administrator for Regulatory Pro- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Control Act, the March 24, 1979, Report by grams, NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fish- cy’s direct final rule — Air Plan Approval; the Committee on Foreign Affairs (H. Rept. eries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- Indiana; Redesignation of the Muncie Area 96-70), and the July 31, 1981, Seventh Report ministration, transmitting the Administra- to Attainment of the 2008 Lead Standard by the Committee on Government Oper- tion’s final rule — Fisheries of the Carib- [EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0137; FRL-9962-70-Region ations (H. Rept. 97-214); to the Committee on bean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 5] received May 25, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Foreign Affairs. Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 1532. A letter from the Deputy Inspector Yellowtail Snapper Management Measures Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and General for Audit Services, Office of Inspec- [Docket No.: 160510416-6999-02] (RIN: 0648- Commerce. tor General, Department of Health and BG06) received May 30, 2017, pursuant to 5 1525. A letter from the Director, Regu- Human Services, transmitting a final report, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. latory Management Division, Environmental entitled ‘‘U.S. Department of Health and 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Nat- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Human Services Met Many Requirements of ural Resources. cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Air Plan the Improper Payments Information Act of 1540. A letter from the Acting Deputy As- Approval and Air Quality Designation; GA; 2002 but Did Not Fully Comply for Fiscal sistant Administrator for Regulatory Pro- Redesignation of the Atlanta, Georgia 2008 8- Year 2016’’, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 3321 note; grams, NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fish- Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attain- Public Law 107-300, Sec. 2(b)(2)(E)(ii) (as eries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- ment [EPA-R04-OAR-2016-0583; FRL-9962-27- amended by Public Law 112-248, Sec. 3(a)(2)); ministration, transmitting the Administra- Region 4] received May 25, 2017, pursuant to (126 Stat. 2391); to the Committee on Over- tion’s final rule — Magnuson-Stevens Fish- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. sight and Government Reform. ery Conservation and Management Act Pro- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- 1533. A letter from the Labor Member and visions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United ergy and Commerce. Management Member, Railroad Retirement States; Northeast Groundfish Fishery; 1526. A letter from the Director, Regu- Board, transmitting the Board’s Semiannual Amendment 18 [Docket No.: 150630567-7360-02] latory Management Division, Environmental Report of the Office of Inspector General for (RIN: 0648-BF26) received May 30, 2017, pursu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- the period October 1, 2016, through March 31, ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- cy’s stay of rule — Stay of Standards of Per- 2017, pursuant to Public Law 95-452, as 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee formance for Municipal Solid Waste Land- amended; to the Committee on Oversight and on Natural Resources. fills and Emission Guidelines and Compli- Government Reform. 1541. A letter from the Acting Deputy As- ance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Land- 1534. A letter from the Acting Commis- sistant Administrator for Regulatory Pro- fills [EPA-HQ-OAR-2003-0215 and EPA-HQ- sioner, Social Security Administration, grams, NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fish- OAR-2014-0451; FRL-9963-19-OAR] (RIN: 2060- transmitting the Administration’s Semi- eries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Ad- AT62) received May 30, 2017, pursuant to 5 annual Report of the Office of Inspector Gen- ministration, transmitting the Administra- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. eral for the period October 1, 2016, through tion’s final rule — International Fisheries;

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A bill to provide assistance in 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Nat- reach, to clarify that the proper constitu- abolishing human trafficking in the United ural Resources. tional authority for social transformation States; to the Committee on the Judiciary, 1542. A letter from the Counsel for Regu- belongs to the legislative branch; to the and in addition to the Committees on For- latory and Legislative Affairs, Patent and Committee on the Judiciary. eign Affairs, Energy and Commerce, and Trademark Office, Department of Commerce, By Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself and Homeland Security, for a period to be subse- transmitting the Department’s final rule — Mr. ROE of Tennessee): quently determined by the Speaker, in each July 2017 Revision of Patent Cooperation H.R. 2797. A bill to amend title XVIII of the case for consideration of such provisions as Treaty Procedures [Docket No.: PTO-P-2017- Social Security Act to provide for advanced fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 0002] (RIN: 0651-AD14) received May 30, 2017, illness care coordination services for Medi- concerned. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law care beneficiaries, and for other purposes; to By Mr. LIPINSKI (for himself and Mr. 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- the Committee on Energy and Commerce, JONES): mittee on the Judiciary. and in addition to the Committee on Ways H.R. 2804. A bill to require the Secretary of 1543. A letter from the Management and and Means, for a period to be subsequently Transportation to implement changes to im- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of determined by the Speaker, in each case for prove air transportation, and for other pur- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- consideration of such provisions as fall with- poses; to the Committee on Transportation ment’s final rule — MU-2B Series Airplane in the jurisdiction of the committee con- and Infrastructure. Training Requirements Update; Correction cerned. By Miss RICE of New York (for herself, [Docket No.: FAA-2006-24981; Amdt. Nos. 61- By Mr. PASCRELL: Mr. DONOVAN, Mr. REICHERT, and Mr. H.R. 2798. A bill to prohibit access by the 138A, 91-344A, and 135-134A] (RIN: 2120-AK63) LARSEN of Washington): Government of the Russian Federation to received May 26, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. H.R. 2805. A bill to permanently authorize certain Russian-owned diplomatic facilities 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Busi- and properties located in the States of Mary- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- ness Travel Card Program; to the Committee land and New York, and for other purposes; tation and Infrastructure. on Homeland Security. to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in 1544. A letter from the Management and By Mr. BERGMAN (for himself, Mr. addition to the Committee on Rules, for a Program Analyst, FAA, Department of UPTON, Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. DINGELL, period to be subsequently determined by the Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. Speaker, in each case for consideration of ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- KILDEE, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mr. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- tives; Dassault Aviation Airplanes [Docket LEVIN, Mr. TROTT, Mr. MITCHELL, and tion of the committee concerned. No.: FAA-2016-9569; Directorate Identifier Mrs. LAWRENCE): By Mr. MCNERNEY (for himself, Mr. 2016-NM-052-AD; Amendment 39-18865; AD H.R. 2806. A bill to increase authorized HUFFMAN, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. 2017-09-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received May 26, funding for the Soo Locks; to the Committee GARAMENDI, and Mr. SWALWELL of 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public on Transportation and Infrastructure. Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the California): H.R. 2799. A bill to amend the Reclamation By Mr. THORNBERRY (for himself, Committee on Transportation and Infra- Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Fa- Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. structure. cilities Act to authorize certain recycled STEFANIK, and Mr. LANGEVIN): 1545. A communication from the President water projects, and for other purposes; to the H.R. 2807. A bill to amend title 10, United of the United States, transmitting the Ad- Committee on Natural Resources. States Code, to require congressional notifi- ministration’s principles for reforming the cation concerning sensitive military cyber By Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Ms. NOR- Nation’s Air Traffic Control System (H. Doc. operations and cyber weapons, and for other TON, Mr. NADLER, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE No. 115—45); to the Committee on Transpor- purposes; to the Committee on Armed Serv- JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. tation and Infrastructure and ordered to be ices. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. CAPUANO, printed. By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 1546. A letter from the Acting Under Sec- New York (for himself and Mr. COFF- COHEN, Mr. SIRES, Mr. GARAMENDI, retary for Policy, Department of Defense, MAN): Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. CARSON transmitting the 2017 Global Defense Posture H.R. 2808. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- of Indiana, Mr. NOLAN, Ms. TITUS, Mr. Report; jointly to the Committees on For- enue Code of 1986 to increase the amount SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, eign Affairs and Armed Services. that can be withdrawn without penalty from Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Ms. individual retirement plans as first-time f FRANKEL of Florida, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. homebuyer distributions; to the Committee HUFFMAN, Ms. BROWNLEY of Cali- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON on Ways and Means. fornia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS By Mr. SMITH of Texas (for himself, PAYNE, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LAW- Mr. BABIN, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of RENCE, and Mr. DESAULNIER): committees were delivered to the Clerk H.R. 2800. A bill to amend title 49, United PERLMUTTER, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. States Code, to ensure improvement of air HULTGREN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. for printing and reference to the proper HIGGINS of Louisiana, and Mr. KIL- calendar, as follows: traffic control services, and for other pur- poses; to the Committee on Transportation MER): Ms. FOXX: Committee on Education and and Infrastructure, and in addition to the H.R. 2809. A bill to amend title 51, United the Workforce. H.R. 2353. A bill to reauthor- Committees on Armed Services, the Budget, States Code, to provide for the authorization ize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical and Appropriations, for a period to be subse- and supervision of nongovernmental space Education Act of 2006; with an amendment quently determined by the Speaker, in each activities, and for other purposes; to the (Rept. 115–164). Referred to the Committee of case for consideration of such provisions as Committee on Science, Space, and Tech- the Whole House on the state of the Union. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee nology. f concerned. By Mr. THORNBERRY (for himself and By Mr. RYAN of Ohio (for himself, Mr. Mr. SMITH of Washington) (both by PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS KING of New York, and Ms. SCHA- request): Under clause 2 of rule XII, public KOWSKY): H.R. 2810. A bill to authorize appropria- bills and resolutions of the following H.R. 2801. A bill to require the Secretary of tions for fiscal year 2018 for military activi- ties of the Department of Defense and for titles were introduced and severally re- Transportation to issue a rule requiring all new passenger motor vehicles to be equipped military construction, to prescribe military ferred, as follows: with a child safety alert system, and for personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and By Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. CROW- other purposes; to the Committee on Energy for other purposes; to the Committee on LEY, Ms. LEE, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. RICH- and Commerce, and in addition to the Com- Armed Services. MOND, and Ms. JACKSON LEE): mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- By Mr. CICILLINE (for himself and Mr. H.R. 2795. A bill to increase coordination ture, for a period to be subsequently deter- GAETZ): among relevant Federal departments and mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- H.R. 2811. A bill to preserve the integrity of agencies to address United States security sideration of such provisions as fall within American elections by providing the Attor- and humanitarian interests in Yemen, and the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. ney General with the investigative tools to for other purposes; to the Committee on For- By Mr. COFFMAN (for himself, Mr. identify and prosecute foreign agents who eign Affairs, and in addition to the Com- SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, seek to circumvent Federal registration re- mittee on Armed Services, for a period to be and Mrs. COMSTOCK): quirements and unlawfully influence the po- subsequently determined by the Speaker, in H.R. 2802. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- litical process; to the Committee on the Ju- each case for consideration of such provi- enue Code of 1986 to provide a tax-preferred diciary.

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Article 1, Section 8: To Make Laws which dition to the Committee on Armed Services, By Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. shall be necessary and proper for carrying for a period to be subsequently determined O’HALLERAN, Mr. JONES, Mr. SOTO, into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. THOMPSON of other Powers vested by this Constitution in ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- Pennsylvania, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. the Government of the United States, or in risdiction of the committee concerned. MCGOVERN, and Mr. BANKS of Indi- any Department or Officer thereof. By Mr. HUFFMAN: ana): By Mr. COFFMAN: H.R. 2813. A bill to prohibit the Export-Im- H.R. 2822. A bill to direct the Secretary of H.R. 2802. port Bank of the United States from pro- Defense to carry out a pilot program to lend Congress has the power to enact this legis- viding financial support for certain high car- Department of Defense farm equipment to lation pursuant to the following: bon intensity energy projects; to the Com- eligible farmers, and for other purposes; to Article I, Section 8: The Congress shall mittee on Financial Services. the Committee on Armed Services. have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, By Mr. KHANNA (for himself, Ms. LEE, By Mr. NOLAN: Imposts and Excise, to pay the Debts and Mr. POCAN, Ms. NORTON, Ms. H. Res. 377. A resolution expressing the provide for the common Defense and general BARRAGA´ N, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. RASKIN, sense of the House of Representatives that Welfare of the United States. Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. MOORE, and Mr. Congress should confirm that money is not By Mr. POE of Texas: JOHNSON of Georgia): free speech and that corporations are not H.R. 2803. H.R. 2814. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- people for purposes of the First Amendment Congress has the power to enact this legis- enue Code of 1986 to impose a tax on employ- right to make campaign contributions by en- lation pursuant to the following: Clause 18 of section 8 of article I of the ers whose employees receive certain Federal acting a constitutional amendment over- Constitution which states that Congress has benefits; to the Committee on Ways and turning the decision of the Supreme Court in the power ‘‘to make all laws which shall be Means. the case of Citizens United v. Federal Elec- necessary and proper for carrying into Exe- By Mr. LANCE (for himself, Mr. LOBI- tion Commission, and should restore the cution the foregoing Powers, and all other ONDO, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. MAC- right of Congress and the States to impose Powers vested by this Constitution in the ARTHUR, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. limits on the amount of expenditures that Government of the United States, or in any SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. NORCROSS, may be made by candidates and others in Department or Officer thereof. Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. support of elections for public office by en- By Mr. LIPINSKI: SIRES, Mr. PALLONE, and Mr. acting a constitutional amendment over- H.R. 2804. GOTTHEIMER): turning the decision of the Supreme Court in H.R. 2815. A bill to designate the facility of Congress has the power to enact this legis- the case of Buckley v. Valeo; to the Com- lation pursuant to the following: the United States Postal Service located at mittee on the Judiciary. 30 East Somerset Street in Raritan, New Jer- Article I, Section 8, Clause 3, United States f sey, as the ‘‘Sergeant John Basilone Post Of- Constitution. fice’’; to the Committee on Oversight and CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY By Miss RICE of New York: H.R. 2805. Government Reform. STATEMENT Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. MEADOWS: H.R. 2816. A bill to authorize a settlement Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 in accordance with the agreement entered the Rules of the House of Representa- By Mr. BERGMAN: into by the Tennessee Valley Authority and tives, the following statements are sub- H.R. 2806. the United States Department of the Inte- mitted regarding the specific powers Congress has the power to enact this legis- rior, and counties within the Great Smoky granted to Congress in the Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: Mountains National Park; to the Committee tion to enact the accompanying bill or Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18—To make all on Natural Resources. joint resolution. laws which shall be necessary and proper for By Mr. MESSER: By Ms. BASS: carrying into execution the foregoing powers H.R. 2817. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- vested by this Constitution in the United enue Code of 1986 to clarify eligibility for the H.R. 2795. Congress has the power to enact this legis- States, or in any Department or officer child tax credit; to the Committee on Ways therof. and Means. lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, clause 18 allows Con- By Mr. THORNBERRY: By Mr. ROSS: H.R. 2807. H.R. 2818. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- gress to make all laws ‘‘which shall be nec- essary and proper for carrying into execu- Congress has the power to enact this legis- enue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a de- lation pursuant to the following: duction for amounts contributed to disaster tion’’ any of Congress’ enumerated powers. By Mr. OLSON: The constitutional authority on which this savings accounts to help defray the cost of bill rests is the power of Congress ‘‘to pro- preparing their homes to withstand a dis- H.R. 2796. Congress has the power to enact this legis- vide for the common Defence’’, ‘‘to raise and aster and to repair or replace property dam- support Armies’’, ‘‘to provide and maintain a aged or destroyed in a disaster; to the Com- lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 1 Navy’’ and ‘‘to make Rules for the Govern- mittee on Ways and Means. By Mr. BLUMENAUER: ment and Regulation of the land and naval By Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Mr. H.R. 2797. Forces’’ as enumerated in Article I, section 8 DUNCAN of Tennessee, and Mr. WALZ): Congress has the power to enact this legis- of the United States Constitution. H.R. 2819. A bill to amend the Lobbying lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of Disclosure Act of 1995 to require the disclo- This bill modifies the Social Security Act, New York: sure of political intelligence activities, to which Congress enacted pursuant to its pow- H.R. 2808. amend title 18, United States Code, to pro- ers under the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Congress has the power to enact this legis- vide for restrictions on former officers, em- Constitution, we well as its powers to tax lation pursuant to the following: ployees, and elected officials of the executive and spend for the general welfare. Congress Article I, Section 8 and legislative branches regarding political has the power under those provisions to By Mr. SMITH of Texas: intelligence contacts, and for other purposes; enact this legislation as well. H.R. 2809. to the Committee on the Judiciary. By Mr. PASCRELL: Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. SUOZZI (for himself, Mr. ROS- H.R. 2798. lation pursuant to the following: KAM, Mr. MEEKS, and Mr. HILL): Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 18: H.R. 2820. A bill to direct the Secretary of lation pursuant to the following: The Congress shall have power to make all State to establish within the Department of Article I, Section 1 Laws which shall be necessary and proper for State the Office of Anti-Corruption relating By Mr. MCNERNEY: carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- to Illicit Russian Financial Activities in Eu- H.R. 2799. ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- rope, and for other purposes; to the Com- Congress has the power to enact this legis- stitution in the Government of the United mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to lation pursuant to the following: States, or in any Department or Officer the Committee on Intelligence (Permanent Article I, section 8 of the United States thereof. Select), for a period to be subsequently de- Constitution. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: termined by the Speaker, in each case for By Mr. DEFAZIO: The Congress shall have power to regulate consideration of such provisions as fall with- H.R. 2800. Commerce with foreign Nations, and among in the jurisdiction of the committee con- Congress has the power to enact this legis- the several States, and with the Indian cerned. lation pursuant to the following: Tribes. By Mr. TIBERI (for himself and Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1, Clause 3, and By Mr. THORNBERRY: LARSON of Connecticut): Clause 18 of the Constitution. H.R. 2810.

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Congress has the power to enact this legis- stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 807: Mr. NORCROSS. lation pursuant to the following: States, or any Department or Officer there- H.R. 820: Mr. ALLEN. The constitutional authority on which this of’’ H.R. 825: Ms. TSONGAS. bill rests is the power of Congress ‘‘to pro- By Mr. TIBERI: H.R. 846: Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. HIMES, vide for the common Defence’’, ‘‘to raise and H.R. 2821. Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. BLU- support Armies’’, ‘‘to provide and maintain a Congress has the power to enact this legis- MENAUER, Mr. POSEY, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Navy’’ and ‘‘to make Rules for the Govern- lation pursuant to the following: Illinois, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. PITTENGER, and ment and Regulation of the land and naval Article I Section 8 Mr. ROUZER. Forces’’ as enumerated in Article I, section 8 By Mr. YOHO: H.R. 848: Mr. SMUCKER and Mr. LAMALFA. of the United States Constitution. H.R. 2822. H.R. 873: Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. By Mr. CICILLINE: Congress has the power to enact this legis- MOOLENAAR, Ms. TENNEY, and Mr. LEWIS of H.R. 2811. lation pursuant to the following: Minnesota. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I of the Constitution H.R. 880: Mr. PASCRELL and Mr. HARPER. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 881: Ms. TITUS. Article I, Section 8 of the United States f H.R. 916: Mr. BARLETTA. Constitution ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 930: Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. By Mr. CORREA: DEMINGS, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. H.R. 2812. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors COOK, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. NORCROSS, Congress has the power to enact this legis- were added to public bills and resolu- Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. COURTNEY, lation pursuant to the following: tions, as follows: Mr. PALAZZO, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, (1) The U.S. Constitution including Article Mrs. BEATTY, and Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. H.R. 15: Mr. HIMES. 1, Section 8. H.R. 947: Ms. SA´ NCHEZ. H.R. 29: Mr. BUDD. By Mr. HUFFMAN: H.R. 952: Mr. HASTINGS. H.R. 38: Mr. WALDEN. H.R. 2813. H.R. 959: Mr. AGUILAR. H.R. 40: Ms. CLARKE of New York. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 964: Mr. CARBAJAL, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, H.R. 44: Mr. NORCROSS. lation pursuant to the following: and Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. H.R. 80: Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress H.R. 997: Mr. BILIRAKIS. H.R. 93: Ms. MOORE, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, H.R. 1017: Mr. LUCAS, Mr. NORCROSS, and THOMPSON of California, and Ms. PINGREE. Duties, Impost and Excises, to pay the Debts Mr. DEUTCH. H.R. 154: Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. BARRAGA´ N, and provide for the common Defense and H.R. 1034: Mr. PAYNE and Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, general Welfare of the United States; but all H.R. 1046: Mr. KILDEE, Mr. TURNER, Mr. Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, and Mr. TONKO. Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform CICILLINE, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. H.R. 169: Mr. GRIJALVA. throughout the United States. SERRANO, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. BISHOP H.R. 173: Mrs. TORRES, Mr. SCHIFF, and Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate of Utah, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. MICHELLE ESPAILLAT. Commerce with foreign Nations, and among LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Ms. MATSUI, H.R. 184: Mrs. TORRES. the several States, and with the Indian Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. DUNCAN H.R. 227: Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. RASKIN, and Tribes. of Tennessee. Mr. SCHIFF. By Mr. KHANNA: H.R. 1057: Mr. LANCE, Mr. SMITH of Texas, H.R. 299: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ and Mr. NOR- H.R. 2814. Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. JOHNSON of CROSS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Georgia, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. NOR- H.R. 314: Mr. ALLEN. lation pursuant to the following: CROSS, and Mr. COLLINS of New York. H.R. 358: Mr. GROTHMAN and Mr. DUNN. ‘‘Amendment XVI to the Constitution’’: H.R. 1064: Ms. BARRAGA´ N. H.R. 367: Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. The Congress shall have power to lay and H.R. 1090: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia and H.R. 377: Mr. GAETZ, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. collect taxes on incomes, from whatever Mr. MOULTON. OLSON, and Mr. RENACCI. source derived, without apportionment H.R. 1098: Ms. FUDGE and Mrs. COMSTOCK. H.R. 391: Mr. SESSIONS. among the several States, and without re- H.R. 1099: Mr. HIMES. H.R. 392: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. THOMAS gard to any census or enumeration. H.R. 1111: Mr. NORCROSS. J. ROONEY of Florida, and Mr. RASKIN. By Mr. LANCE: H.R. 1116: Mr. MACARTHUR. H.R. 2815. H.R. 397: Mr. ROKITA. H.R. 1120: Ms. TENNEY. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 420: Ms. SHEA-PORTER and Ms. CLARKE H.R. 1136: Mr. SMITH of Texas. lation pursuant to the following: of New York. H.R. 1146: Mr. BEYER. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7: To establish H.R. 422: Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. H.R. 1154: Mr. CULBERSON. Post Offices and post Roads; ROUZER, Mr. YOHO, Mr. KING of New York, H.R. 1158: Mr. KINZINGER and Mr. SMITH of By Mr. MEADOWS: Mr. GIBBS, Mr. ISSA, Mr. WILSON of South Missouri. H.R. 2816. Carolina, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. ROE of Ten- H.R. 1164: Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania. Congress has the power to enact this legis- nessee, and Mr. BARR. H.R. 1205: Mr. PANETTA, Ms. TITUS, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 468: Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. PALAZZO, and COMER, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. GRAVES of Lou- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 Mr. DESAULNIER. isiana. By Mr. MESSER: H.R. 478: Ms. SLAUGHTER and Mr. DONOVAN. H.R. 1212: Mrs. BEATTY. H.R. 2817. H.R. 490: Mr. HARRIS. H.R. 1231: Mr. POCAN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 507: Mr. SENSENBRENNER. H.R. 1244: Mr. TAKANO. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 529: Mr. DEFAZIO. H.R. 1251: Mrs. TORRES and Mr. RUPPERS- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1—The Con- H.R. 545: Mr. COOK, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. GON- BERGER. gress shall have power to lay and collect ZALEZ of Texas, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and Mr. H.R. 1316: Mr. VELA, Mr. HARPER, and Ms. taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the MACARTHUR. STEFANIK. debts and provide for the common defense H.R. 592: Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. JEN- H.R. 1339: Mr. GOSAR and Mr. MOOLENAAR. and general welfare of the United States; but KINS of West Virginia, Mr. FORTENBERRY, Mr. H.R. 1349: Mr. CRAMER and Mr. ROHR- all duties, imposts and excises shall be uni- ENGEL, Mr. BRIDENSTINE, Mr. COOK, Mr. JODY ABACHER. form throughout the United States. B. HICE of Georgia, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, H.R. 1361: Mr. DONOVAN and Ms. BONAMICI. By Mr. ROSS: and Mr. CRIST. H.R. 1421: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. H.R. 2818. H.R. 632: Mr. BISHOP of Utah. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 662: Mr. HASTINGS. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and Ms. TITUS. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 681: Mr. WENSTRUP, Mr. PEARCE, and H.R. 1422: Mr. LUETKEMEYER. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Mr. CONAWAY. H.R. 1441: Mr. BYRNE, Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mrs. By Ms. SLAUGHTER: H.R. 721: Mr. ROUZER, Mr. O’HALLERAN, BROOKS of Indiana, and Mr. KELLY of Mis- H.R. 2819. Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. CLARK of sissippi. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Massachusetts, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, and H.R. 1456: Mr. PAULSEN and Mr. lation pursuant to the following: Mr. LYNCH. GOTTHEIMER. Article I of the Constitution H.R. 740: Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. H.R. 1478: Mr. NORCROSS. By Mr. SUOZZI: H.R. 747: Mr. ZELDIN. H.R. 1480: Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 2820. H.R. 750: Mr. DONOVAN, Ms. BONAMICI, and H.R. 1503: Mr. PETERS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. H.R. 1511: Mr. WALZ, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Ms. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 754: Mr. CRIST. JAYAPAL. Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitu- H.R. 761: Mr. SENSENBRENNER, H.R. 1529: Mr. BARTON. tion, Congress has the power ‘‘to make all H.R. 795: Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. ROSS, Mr. H.R. 1540: Mr. ALLEN. Laws which shall be necessary and proper for WOMACK, and Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. H.R. 1552: Mrs. COMSTOCK. carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- H.R. 796: Mr. ROKITA. H.R. 1554: Mr. SWALWELL of California. ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- H.R. 799: Mr. ALLEN, H.R. 1555: Mr. GOSAR.

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H.R. 1618: Mr. KILMER. H.R. 2353: Mr. GARRETT, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. H.R. 2690: Mr. GARAMENDI. H.R. 1626: Mr. LAHOOD and Mrs. COMSTOCK. ROUZER, and Mr. GALLAGHER. H.R. 2715: Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. H.R. 1651: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey and Ms. H.R. 2358: Mr. SHIMKUS and Mr. SMITH of H.R. 2716: Mr. COLE. SHEA-PORTER. Washington. H.R. 2723: Mr. STEWART, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, H.R. 1652: Mr. BUCHANAN. H.R. 2394: Mr. KNIGHT, Ms. STEFANIK, and and Mr. BRAT. H.R. 1655: Mr. REED. Ms. ESHOO. H.R. 2747: Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. GARRETT, H.R. 1661: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. H.R. 2401: Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. FITZPATRICK. H.R. 1698: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. SHIMKUS, GUTIE´ RREZ, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. LAWRENCE, Ms. H.R. 2771: Mr. ROSS. Mrs. ROBY and Mr. MEEKS. NORTON, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. H.R. 2785: Mr. REED. H.R. 1734: Mr. RYAN of Ohio. MCGOVERN, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. H.J. Res. 13: Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH. H.R. 1810: Mr YOUNG of Alaska. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. SOTO, Mr. H.J. Res. 24: Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH. H.R. 1811: Mr BIGGS. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. POLIS, Ms. SCHA- H.J. Res. 31: Mr. KIND. H.R. 1817: Ms. LEE. KOWSKY, Mr. POCAN, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. PETER- H.J. Res. 48: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 1825: Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of SON, Ms. MOORE, Mr. O’HALLERAN, and Mr. H.J. Res. 103: Mr. LATTA. New York. LOWENTHAL. H. Con. Res. 8: Ms. ROSEN. H.R. 1828: Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. H.R. 2434: Mr. MARSHALL. H. Con. Res. 10: Mr. RENACCI and Mr. H.R. 1840: Mr. ENGEL. H.R. 2452: Mr. HIMES, Mr. KILMER, and Ms. HUIZENGA. H.R. 1844: Ms. MENG and Mr. SOTO. SHEA-PORTER. H. Con. Res. 47: Mr. EVANS and Ms. H.R. 1853: Mrs WATSON COLEMAN, Ms Nor- H.R. 2472: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia and Ms. JAYAPAL. ton, Mr. EVANS, and Ms. CLARKE of New MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico. H. Con. Res. 61: Mr. AMODEI and Mr. JONES. York. H.R. 2478: Mr. LOUDERMILK. H. Res. 15: Mr. MCEACHIN and Ms. ESTY of H.R. 1863: Mr. KING of New York. H.R. 2482: Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, Mr. EVANS, Mr. Connecticut. H.R. 1872: Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. SIRES, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. KAP- H. Res. 28: Mr. DELANEY. LOWENTHAL, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MATSUI, Mrs. TUR, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, Mr. H. Res. 31: Ms. ESTY of Connecticut. BEATTY, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, and ESPAILLAT, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of H. Res. 85: Mr. FOSTER. Mr. CICILLINE. New York, Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. COLE, Mr. H. Res. 129: Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia. H.R. 1895: Mr. MARSHALL. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Ms. CLARK of Massa- H. Res. 135: Mr. COFFMAN. H.R. 1952: Mr. DEFAZIO and Mrs. BEATTY. chusetts, Mr. O’ROURKE, and Mr. SCOTT of H. Res. 188: Mr. LUETKEMEYER. H.R. 1955: Mr. COMER. Virginia. H. Res. 219: Mr. PAULSEN. H.R. 1970: Mr. CARBAJAL. H.R. 2488: Mr. VARGAS, Ms. SEWELL of Ala- H. Res. 220: Mr. MOULTON and Ms. ROSEN. H.R. 1997: Mr. HIMES. bama, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. SIRES, Mr. H. Res. 274: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 2000: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of MCEACHIN, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. ELLI- H. Res. 276: Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. JUDY CHU of Texas. SON, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, California, and Mr. JEFFRIES. H.R. 2001: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. JUDY H. Res. 311: Ms. HANABUSA, Ms. BORDALLO, Texas. CHU of California, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. SOTO, Mr. H.R. 2004: Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. CICILLINE, COFFMAN, and Mr. BYRNE. H.R. 2012: Ms. SPEIER, Mr. AGUILAR, and Mr. PALLONE, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SCOTT of H. Res. 317: Mr. ENGEL. Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Virginia, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. LEVIN, H. Res. 321: Mr. TAKANO. H.R. 2024: Mr. ROUZER. Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. WELCH, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. H. Res. 336: Mr. SCHNEIDER. H.R. 2045: Mr. NORCROSS. GALLEGO, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. MAXINE WATERS H. Res. 342: Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. ROYBAL- H.R. 2056: Mr. SOTO. of California, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, APOLITANO ALLARD, Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. ENGEL. H.R. 2061: Mrs. N . Ms. MATSUI, and Ms. MENG. H. Res. 351: Mr. TAYLOR. H.R. 2069: Mr. CICILLINE. H.R. 2492: Mr. MACARTHUR. H. Res. 353: Mr. PALLONE, Mr. GALLEGO, H.R. 2079: Ms. PINGREE. H.R. 2499: Mr. TED LIEU of California. and Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 2091: Mrs. WALORSKI and Mr. H.R. 2519: Mr. RENACCI. C OVERN ADLER WALBERG. H.R. 2526: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. H. Res. 368: Mr. M G , Mr. N , H.R. 2106: Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia and H.R. 2564: Mr. COURTNEY. Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. HASTINGS. H.R. 2595: Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. COHEN, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. DANNY K. H.R. 2127: Mr. GOSAR and Mr. GOHMERT. H.R. 2603: Mr. WOMACK. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, H.R. 2197: Mr. SCHIFF. H.R. 2620: Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. FLORES, Mr. Ms. SHEA-PORTER, and Mr. JOHNSON of Geor- H.R. 2200: Mr. CARBAJAL and Ms. MOORE. COOK, Mr. BUDD, and Mr. COLE. gia. H.R. 2240: Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee. H.R. 2625: Mr. TAKANO. H. Res. 371: Ms. LEE, Mr. SOTO, and Ms. H.R. 2248: Mr. BEYER, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. H.R. 2632: Mr. LUETKEMEYER. JAYAPAL. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. CAPUANO, Mr. H.R. 2634: Mrs. BLACK. H. Res. 372: Mr. BROWN of Maryland, Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. LEE, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER. H.R. 2641: Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, and Mr. SOTO. H.R. 2287: Mr. BUCK. GARAMENDI, and Mr. PASCRELL. ´ H.R. 2318: Ms. VELAZQUEZ and Mr. TAKANO. H.R. 2645: Mr. CORREA and Mr. CUELLAR. f H.R. 2319: Mr. TIBERI, Mr. ROSS, Mr. DAVID H.R. 2651: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, Mr. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mrs. COMSTOCK, and Mr. DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM MOOLENAAR, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, BLUMENAUER. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS and Mrs. BEATTY. H.R. 2654: Mr. COLE. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 2322: Mr. LAMALFA. H.R. 2657: Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota. were deleted from public bills and reso- H.R. 2327: Mr. MOOLENAAR, Ms. ESTY of H.R. 2675: Mr. COLE and Mr. NADLER. Connecticut, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, H.R. 2676: Mr. RASKIN. lutions, as follows: Mr. MEADOWS, and Mr. GOODLATTE. H.R. 2687: Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. H.R. 2560: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN.

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