E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 113 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2014 No. 55 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, April 7, 2014, at 2 p.m. House of Representatives FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2014

The House met at 9 a.m. and was PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ing the State for over a decade. This called to order by the Speaker. The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman year, Bell Street finished first in 12 of from Georgia (Mr. BARROW) come for- the 20 individual competitions in the f ward and lead the House in the Pledge State tournament. Last year, the school placed in the of Allegiance. PRAYER Mr. BARROW of Georgia led the top six in the Dynamic Planet competi- tion in the Science Olympiad national The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick Pledge of Allegiance as follows: tournament. J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the We are very proud of these students Loving and gracious God, we give United States of America, and to the Repub- and what they accomplished. I am con- You thanks for giving us another day. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. fident they will go on to represent Bless the Members of the people’s South Carolina well in the national House. There are many important f competition. issues to be considered, with multiple ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER I want to thank the students, teach- interests and priorities dividing the The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- ers, the parents, and the volunteers House in its deliberations. tain up to 5 requests for 1-minute who have worked tirelessly to make May the inertia of habit that has so- speeches. the dream a reality. lidified various blocs of opinion be I wish the team great success in the stirred to productive action, and grant f upcoming national competition and that a new light might shine on cre- RECOGNIZING BELL STREET continued success in the State tour- ative solutions to longstanding and MIDDLE SCHOOL nament for years to come. vexing disagreement. (Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina f The benefit of so many Americans de- asked and was given permission to ad- RAISE THE FEDERAL MINIMUM pends on the creativity and intentions dress the House for 1 minute and to re- WAGE of those who serve here. May their vise and extend his remarks.) (Ms. KELLY of Illinois asked and was hopes and prayers for constructive leg- Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. Mr. given permission to address the House islation be satisfied to Your divine Speaker, I rise today to recognize Bell grace and the goodwill of all in this for 1 minute.) Street Middle School in Clinton, South Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I Chamber. Carolina, for the outstanding accom- May all that is done this day be for rise today to address the urgent need plishment of winning their 12th con- to raise the Federal minimum wage to Your greater honor and glory. secutive Science Olympiad State Amen. $10.10 per hour. Championship. Since 2009, we have had the same You hear a lot about sports teams, f $7.25 per hour minimum wage. Over the but this is a science olympiad team. last 5 years, inflation rates caused the Each year, the South Carolina Science value of that to decrease by an average THE JOURNAL Olympiad competition brings together of 13.6 cents per year. The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- schools from all over the State to com- Today, $7.25 is worth 9 percent less ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- pete in science-related contests, with than it was in 2009. For someone work- ceedings and announces to the House the goal of changing the way science is ing full time on minimum wage, this is his approval thereof. perceived and taught. like getting a $26 decrease in pay. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Bell Street Middle School has repeat- Meanwhile, the cost of everyday neces- nal stands approved. edly excelled in the competition, lead- sities continues to increase. Between

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He was able more per month. standing third grade student at South- to pour much of his success back into Many times, I have urged my col- west Laurens Elementary School in the community through his generous leagues on the other side of the aisle to Dublin, successfully completed the endowment for the University of Cali- do the right thing and allow a vote to Barrow’s Bookworms reading program fornia at Riverside, which is now home ensure American families can have the and was selected as the winner of our to the Marlan and Rosemary Bourns comfort of a livable wage. first bookmark design contest. Bekah College of Engineering. For those who are not working and is an exceptional student and a great His friends and family will always re- struggling to keep afloat in these example to peers. member a creative and inventive man tough times, let’s vote to extend the I want to take this opportunity to who carried with him an incredibly unemployment benefits that expired. congratulate Bekah and all of the stu- gentle nature and giving spirit. He will I urge my colleagues to stop brushing dents who participated this year, and I be greatly missed. working Americans under the rug and look forward to next year’s Barrow’s f pass a fair minimum wage. Bookworms challenge. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW f f CASTLE RED HURRICANES SAVE AMERICAN JOBS ACT CONDOLENCES FOR THE TRAGEDY (Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania asked AT FORT HOOD (Mr. SMITH of Missouri asked and and was given permission to address was given permission to address the (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania the House for 1 minute.) House for 1 minute and to revise and asked and was given permission to ad- Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Mr. extend his remarks.) dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Speaker, I am here today to offer con- Mr. SMITH of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, vise and extend his remarks.) gratulations to the New Castle Red the problems with ObamaCare never Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Hurricanes for winning their first-ever seem to stop hurting families and indi- Mr. Speaker, I rise today to offer my Pennsylvania AAAA State champion- viduals in Missouri’s Eighth District. thoughts and prayers to the individ- ship, with an undefeated 31–0 record. They are experiencing huge increases uals, families, and loved ones of those The ’Canes pulled this off with a 52– in their monthly premiums, and bu- affected by the tragedy at Fort Hood. 39 victory over Philadelphia’s La Salle reaucrats are continuing to get be- To have this happen a second time adds College High School 2 weeks ago in tween doctors and patients. more heartbreak to a community still Hershey, Pennsylvania, making them Additionally, workers are seeing re- grieving from the tragic events of 2009. only the fourth undefeated Pennsyl- duced hours because of the 30-hour rule There are still a lot of questions to vania class AAAA boys’ basketball contained in ObamaCare. The Save be answered. Assuredly, like many champions in State history. American Workers Act will repeal cases where suicide is involved, we may I send a special congratulations to ObamaCare’s 30-hour rule. never know the motive. Undoubtedly, the players’ families, as well as head Because of this legislation, small the gunman’s mental wellbeing, along coach Ralph Blundo and New Castle su- businesses will no longer be forced to with many other variables, continue perintendent John Sarandrea. choose between providing health insur- under investigation. According to the Pittsburgh Post-Ga- ance to part-time workers or dras- Not until we know more from the zette, the day after the ’Canes won, tically cutting jobs or even eliminating leadership in charge of the investiga- Coach Blundo told a group of kinder- employees. tion would it be appropriate to specu- gartners that the ’Canes aren’t special A recent study estimated a 30-hour late facts or other variables. because they won the State champion- workweek rule could cost as many as Yes, given a preliminary description ship. 2.6 million Americans jobs. of events, it is hard not to place a trag- He says they are special because of Make no mistake, I am still fighting edy in perspective—in the context of their good grades and the fact that to fully repeal ObamaCare, but the the grave challenge our Nation faces every one of his seniors are going to Save American Workers Act will not when it comes to better addressing college next year. He says his players fix every problem with the ObamaCare issues of behavioral health, mental ill- just do things the right way. I couldn’t health care mandate, but it will imme- ness, and suicide. diately save millions of American jobs, For now, we pray. For now, we agree more. Go ’Canes. and it will help families who are strug- praise. For now, we honor each indi- f gling to make ends meet. vidual and each sacred life lost. HONORING THE ANNIVERSARY OF f f DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING’S AS- BARROW’S BOOKWORMS A TRIBUTE TO MARLAN BOURNS SASSINATION CHALLENGE (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given (Mr. COHEN asked and was given per- (Mr. BARROW of Georgia asked and permission to address the House for 1 mission to address the House for 1 was given permission to address the minute and to revise and extend his re- minute.) House for 1 minute and to revise and marks.) Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, today extend his remarks.) Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I rise marks the 46th anniversary of Dr. Mar- Mr. BARROW of Georgia. Mr. Speak- today to pay tribute to Marlan Bourns, tin Luther King being gunned down in er, today, I rise to recognize the ele- a local Riverside County inventor and Memphis, Tennessee. mentary school students in my district philanthropist who recently passed Dr. King is well-known for his in Georgia who are part of the inau- away at the age of 93. speech, ‘‘I Have a Dream,’’ about civil gural class of Barrow’s Bookworms. Marlan and his wife Rosemary found- rights and social justice. When he died, Last fall, I challenged students in my ed what was then known as Bourns he was fighting for economic justice. district to read 20 books over the Laboratories out of their garage in He was fighting for the right to orga- course of the semester. Upon comple- Michigan, but its quick growth pro- nize and for better wages for human tion, they would be recognized for their pelled their relocation to my home- beings and to attack poverty. good work with a ceremony in the dis- town of Riverside, California. Unfortunately, in this House, too trict. There, Mr. Bourns’ business grew to often we hear about opposition to jobs For this first-ever Barrow’s Book- becomes a significant contributor in bills, opposition to the minimum wage, worms program, more than 1,300 stu- the fields of engineering and tech- opposition to health care for individ- dents in Georgia’s 12th District accept- nology. His inventions would be used uals who cannot afford it. ed the challenge and completed the by NASA, the medical device industry, We even see the voting rights bill program, collectively reading more telecommunication companies, and being struck down by the Supreme than 27,000 books. personal computer manufacturers. Court and the difficulty of getting a As part of this program, students His fair pay for employees and re- new one in this House, and we see peo- were also asked to create a bookmark spectful treatment of them are several ple in the other Chamber who even

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I hope that day comes soon. bill, to this floor. thereto to final passage without intervening In Memphis, it is a holiday for Dr. f motion except: (1) one hour of debate equally King. It should be a holiday for every- divided and controlled by the chair and rank- PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION one, and we remember a great man and ing minority member of the Committee on OF H.R. 1874, PRO-GROWTH BUDG- his great works. the Budget; and (2) one motion to recommit ETING ACT OF 2013; PROVIDING with or without instructions. f FOR CONSIDERATION OF H.R. SEC. 3. Upon adoption of this resolution it 1871, BASELINE REFORM ACT OF shall be in order to consider in the House the CONGRATULATING WOMEN VET- bill (H.R. 1872) to amend the Balanced Budg- ERANS CHAMPIONS OF CHANGE 2013; AND PROVIDING FOR CON- SIDERATION OF H.R. 1872, BUDG- et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to increase transparency in Federal budg- (Mr. HULTGREN asked and was ET AND ACCOUNTING TRANS- given permission to address the House eting, and for other purposes. All points of PARENCY ACT OF 2014 order against consideration of the bill are for 1 minute and to revise and extend Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, by di- waived. The amendment in the nature of a his remarks.) substitute recommended by the Committee Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise rection of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 539 and ask on the Budget now printed in the bill shall today to recognize an inspiring leader be considered as adopted. The bill, as amend- from Illinois’ 14th District. For her ex- for its immediate consideration. ed, shall be considered as read. All points of emplary service last month, Erica The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- order against provisions in the bill, as Borggren was named one of only 10 of lows: amended, are waived. The previous question the White House’s Women Veterans H. RES. 539 shall be considered as ordered on the bill, as amended, and on any amendment thereto to Champions of Change. Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant final passage without intervening motion ex- Since August 2011, Erica has served cept: (1) one hour of debate equally divided as director for Illinois’ Department of to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House resolved into the Committee of the and controlled by the chair and ranking mi- Veterans Affairs. Under her leadership, Whole House on the state of the Union for nority member of the Committee on the IDVA has launched, among other suc- consideration of the bill (H.R. 1874) to amend Budget; and (2) one motion to recommit with cessful programs, the nationally ac- the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to pro- or without instructions. claimed Illinois Joining Forces, which vide for macroeconomic analysis of the im- b 0915 connects veterans with more than 200 pact of legislation. The first reading of the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. veterans-serving organization. bill shall be dispensed with. All points of DUNCAN of Tennessee). The gentleman She is a Rhodes scholar, Truman order against consideration of the bill are from Georgia is recognized for 1 hour. scholar, and was valedictorian at West waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal- Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, for the Point. Her military service spans from ly divided and controlled by the chair and purpose of debate only, I yield the cus- South Korea, as an Army Medical Serv- ranking minority member of the Committee tomary 30 minutes to my friend from ice Corps officer, to Iraq, as com- on the Budget. After general debate the bill Florida (Mr. HASTINGS), pending which manding General David Petraeus’ shall be considered for amendment under the I yield myself such time as I may con- five-minute rule. The amendments rec- trusted speech writer. sume. During consideration of this res- General Petraeus calls her: ommended by the Committee on the Budget now printed in the bill and the amendment olution, all time yielded is for the pur- One of the most talented officers with printed in part A of the report of the Com- pose of debate only. whom I have ever served and exemplary in mittee on Rules accompanying this resolu- GENERAL LEAVE every respect. tion shall be considered as adopted in the Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I ask Erica’s strong leadership and record House and in the Committee of the Whole. unanimous consent that all Members of excellence ensures a bright future The bill, as amended, shall be considered as have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- read. All points of order against provisions for Illinois’ military servicemembers tend their remarks. and veterans. in the bill, as amended, are waived. No fur- ther amendment to the bill, as amended, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there f shall be in order except those printed in part objection to the request of the gen- tleman from Georgia? REMEMBERING THE PASSAGE OF B of the report of the Committee on Rules. Each further amendment may be offered There was no objection. THE BRADY HANDGUN VIOLENCE only in the order printed in the report, may Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, this is PREVENTION ACT be offered only by a Member designated in a big day for me down here on the (Ms. HANABUSA asked and was the report, shall be considered as read, shall House floor. I don’t know if you were given permission to address the House be debatable for the time specified in the re- catching every word of the rule as it for 1 minute.) port equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be sub- was being read, but what you’ve got Ms. HANABUSA. Mr. Speaker, Feb- ject to amendment, and shall not be subject here in a nutshell, Mr. Speaker, is a ruary of this year marked the 20th an- to a demand for division of the question in rule that makes in order absolutely niversary of the passage of the Brady the House or in the Committee of the Whole. every germane amendment that was of- Handgun Violence Prevention Act. All points of order against such further fered, not to one budget reform bill, Since becoming law, it is credited with amendments are waived. At the conclusion not to two budget reform bills, but to stopping more than 2.1 million gun of consideration of the bill for amendment three budget process reform bills. sales to prohibited purchasers, includ- the Committee shall rise and report the bill, We talk so much about numbers in ing convicted felons, domestic abusers, as amended, to the House with such further this institution, Mr. Speaker. We talk amendments as may have been adopted. The and fugitives. previous question shall be considered as or- about baselines. We talk about CBO The recent tragedy of 2 days ago at dered on the bill, as amended, and any fur- scores. We also talk a lot about people. Fort Hood brings to light again the ther amendment thereto to final passage We talk a lot about families. We talk issues of PTSD, mental illness, and without intervening motion except one mo- about why what we do here matters in what our men and women in uniform tion to recommit with or without instruc- the lives of folks back home. have suffered throughout all of our tions. Father Conroy prayed this morning, wars, and I mean all of our wars. SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it Mr. Speaker, that we could get out of We cannot continue to ignore Vir- shall be in order to consider in the House the some of our old habits that the inertia bill (H.R. 1871) to amend the Balanced Budg- ginia Tech; Fort Hood; what our col- et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 leads us to disagree and find those leagues Gabby Gifford and RON BARBER to reform the budget baseline. All points of things around on which we do agree. endured; Aurora, Colorado; Sandy order against consideration of the bill are There is one thing that is undisputed Hook; Washington Navy Yard; Little- waived. The amendment recommended by in this Chamber—in fact, on Capitol

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We can get a little That is not what we do around the din- What I am particularly proud of, Mr. today at the expense of a little tomor- ner table. That is not what any busi- Speaker, is that, when we received row, or, conversely, we can lose a little ness in America does. That is not what some amendments that were not quite bit today in exchange for gaining a lit- we should be doing. within the four corners of the rules, tle bit tomorrow. So H.R. 1871 says we are going to as- rather than just rejecting those amend- There is no free lunch when it comes sume you are going to get next year ments out of hand, which would have to budgeting, Mr. Speaker. I only get what you got this year, with absolutely been a perfectly appropriate response, to spend each dollar once in this insti- no inflation whatsoever. we didn’t do what was appropriate; we tution, and I can either raise that dol- Now, this is not an area of wide did what was right. And that was to go lar from today’s taxpayers or I can bor- agreement. I would argue what you get and work with those Members to im- row that dollar from tomorrow’s tax- next year ought to be less than what prove those amendments, get them payers. There are arguments on both you get this year, because we ought to within the four corners of the par- sides. Daniel Patrick Moynihan was expect some productivity increases liamentary process, and make those in fond of saying: Everyone is entitled to from you. It is fair in the industrious order today. their own opinion, but they are not en- society in which we live that we expect So, again, every single germane titled to their own facts. you to do more with less next year. But amendment that was submitted to the What these three budget process bills we are not trying to achieve all of that Rules Committee on each of these before us today, Mr. Speaker, will do is today. We are just saying that what three bills was made in order for debate make sure we are working from the you get next year is going to be what under the bill. We will do the first of same shared set of facts. Now, again, you get this year. Eliminate those those bills today. If this rule passes, we this rule, Mr. Speaker, provides for automatic inflaters that bias us to- will do the remaining two next week, these three bills. It is H. Res. 539. It is wards less productivity and more cost. and all done in the name of trans- a structured rule for H.R. 1874, the Pro- Finally, H.R. 1872, Mr. Speaker, that parency and accurate information for Growth Budgeting Act. That is going is a bill from my friend from New Jer- the American people. to be on the floor today immediately sey (Mr. GARRETT). That bill says we It is perfectly legitimate to have following this rule. If we are able to se- ought to have accurate accounting, fair your own opinion about what the Fed- cure passage, and I certainly hope that cost accounting, of government loan eral budget ought to look like, but you we can, we will be debating H.R. 1874. programs. are not entitled to your own facts H.R. 1874 will instruct the Congres- We are in the business of guaran- about what the impact of those deci- sional Budget Office to calculate, when teeing a whole lot of loans in this insti- sions will be. we make these decisions, whether we tution, Mr. Speaker, loans for all sorts With that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the are going to spend a little today and of meritorious activities that we would balance of my time. mortgage tomorrow or whether we are agree on both sides of the aisle are wor- Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. going to save a little bit today in ex- thy of being carried on, but the ques- Speaker, I yield myself such time as I change for growth tomorrow, to cal- tion is how do we account for that in may consume. culate that impact. It is not enough to the budget process. I would like to thank the gentleman spend the dollar, it is not enough to Today we assume that those loans from Georgia (Mr. WOODALL), my save the dollar. We have to explain, not will never go bad—that those loans will friend, for yielding the customary 30 just to our colleagues, but to the never go bad—and that we will only re- minutes for debate. American people, what the benefit or flect a cost of the American taxpayer I rise today in opposition to the rule the burden of that decision is going to guaranteeing those loans when and if and underlying bills. be. H.R. 1874 brings some clarity to those loans do go bad. But that is not In my friend’s commentary, I per- that decision. what happens in the real world. That is ceived him as being very reasonable, One of my personal favorite bills, Mr. not what we ask of our bankers down particularly when he gets to the part of Speaker, is H.R. 1871. H.R. 1871 and on Main Street. That is not what we the rule that deals with those amend- H.R. 1872 are also made in order by this ask of any financial institution. We ments that were made in order that are bill. H.R. 1871 happens to be the would run you right out of town if you germane. It is a particular concern Woodall bill, Mr. Speaker. It is the tried to do your accounting that way in that he has demonstrated in the period Baseline Reform bill. Candidly, I can’t the real world, Mr. Speaker. that he has been on the Rules Com- claim credit for it. I want to, pride of So what Mr. GARRETT says is: Why mittee. He also is an advocate for open authorship and all. But, Mr. Speaker, can’t we apply real world accounting to rules. the truth is it is the gentleman from this institution? Why can’t we hold That said, one of the down sides to the great State of Texas. Mr. LOUIE ourselves to the same high standard our process, in my judgment, is that I GOHMERT has been fighting for this bill that we hold folks back home? I ap- would imagine that at least a signifi- long before I arrived in this institu- plaud him for that. I think that is cant portion of this body—not the ma- tion. I happened to get a seat on the something, again, that brings us to- jority—don’t even know what we are Budget Committee; he happens to serve gether rather than divides us. debating today and won’t know until elsewhere; so I am carrying this lan- What I like most about this rule, they come here to vote. For that rea- guage. I couldn’t be prouder to do it, though, Mr. Speaker, is that when the son, we should make open rules; where- but I want to give credit where credit amendments were offered—and that is as, ideas that germinate during the is due. the way the process goes, for folks who course of the debate could be put for- The fight that the gentleman from don’t watch the Rules Committee as ward by Members under our rules proc- Texas has been making over the closely as my friend from Florida and I ess. years—and it is not a fight against one do. Members of Congress come; they Mr. Speaker, this rule provides for another; it is a fight against inertia, as submit their amendments to the Rules consideration of three bills. Before get- Father Conroy talked about this morn- Committee; and the Rules Committee ting into it, normally when people ing—is to say that it is just crazy in to- decides what is made in order. But we leave our offices or when we complete day’s tight economic environment to do that in consultation with the Par- the process of debating a measure and assume that if the government spent X liamentarians. We need to make sure want to give kudos to the staff, we do dollars this year, we are going to give that amendments are germane. We so at the end of the process. But today them X plus 3 percent next year, that want to make sure that the conversa- I want to recognize the rather extraor- irrespective of what your mission is, ir- tion is on the topic that the bill is on. dinary staff on both sides of the Rules

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I have lived here long graduate from Maine, and Mike Sykes, the many endeavors that are critical to enough to see ‘‘trickle down’’ fail re- a wounded warrior. Many of the words improving the lives of all Americans. peatedly. Republicans make it easier that I will speak henceforth are from In H.R. 1871—Mr. WOODALL’s favorite to cut taxes for the rich rather than to those three gentlemen, and I thank bill and for good reason as he is the au- build bridges and schools for the rest of them for that. thor of this iteration of it, and he gave us. Normally, like my friend from Geor- attribution to the person who has This bill specifically instructs the gia (Mr. WOODALL), we both are, in my struggled to put this measure for- CBO to ignore the positive economic judgment, good extemporaneous speak- ward—it is proposed that the Congres- effects that would come about from in- ers. But today, I am going to stick to sional Budget Office not include annual vestments in things like infrastructure the script because of these two young inflation when making its budget base- and education. I want to underscore men. Then, if I am provoked by my lines. This seems like a rather mun- the word ‘‘infrastructure.’’ We talk friend from Georgia, I will speak ex- dane, technical change, but it isn’t. about it all the time around here, and a decade ago, one of our colleagues temporaneously. I would be pleased to support this, Mr. Speaker, because it means that, in spent a portion of his career here ask- b 0930 making my own personal budget pro- ing us to spend money on bridges. Mr. Speaker, this rule provides for jections, I can simply ignore the fact When I came here in 1992, we had 14,000 the consideration of three bills, all of that the costs for everyday items and bridges in this Nation that were in which impose tortuous new rules on an activities tend to go up every year. I need of repair, and we have not ad- already convoluted budget process and can just assume that what I am paying dressed the circumstances surrounding attempt to embed Republican dogma today I can keep paying 10 years from that, and we need to and we can. It is into what is intended to be an objective now and still expect the exact same as if dealing with infrastructure and analysis based on reality, not fantasy. number of goods and services. But, of education—as if spending on things The bouquet of imagery to explain course, we all know that isn’t true. that Americans want and need—won’t this latest budgetary behavior is cer- Simply wishing away inflation won’t boost the economy, which is the way tainly painful: Yogi Berra and de´ja` vu make it so. Fuzzy math, as it has been their approach suggests. Mr. Speaker, the Republicans are at all over again; Groundhog Day with described by some, does not equal fis- it again with H.R. 1872. This proposal Bill Murray’s character, Phil Connors, cal responsibility. seeks to significantly change how the doomed to repeat the same day over By eliminating inflation adjustments Office of Management and Budget and and over again; Sisyphus sentenced for from discretionary spending projec- the Congressional Budget Office cal- his hubris to push a boulder up a moun- tions, Republicans are actually reduc- culate the costs of government loans tain only to see it careen to the bottom ing the funding for a Federal program. and loan guarantees. This bill would and have to start all over again. Since the dollar amount would stay the just add an extra price tag to programs We have seen these proposals before, same every year, the number of serv- based on what an individual would pay Mr. Speaker. Yet, once again, my ices that could be covered would de- for a loan in the private market. Never friends across the aisle try their best crease. I hasten to add that I agree mind the fact that the United States to throw up smokescreens right and with my friend Mr. WOODALL that ac- further right. Once again, my friends, Government is not an individual acting countability ought to be factored in in a private credit market. led by Chairman PAUL RYAN, present and that these programs should be able What this bill really represents is an- reforms that are not common sense but to perform in a way that is accountable other attempt by the Republicans to that are actually nonsense. Once again, to the public. When they do not, they make important programs for the poor Republicans propose budget process should be dispensed with, and that is a and middle class families appear too changes that are nothing more than prerogative that we can exercise, but it expensive to be continued—programs gimmicks to eliminate the spending on doesn’t have to be done the way that it meant to help young people get an edu- essential government services and to is put forward. It is our responsibility cation, programs that help struggling dress up tax cuts for the wealthy. Once to have the oversight of these struc- families afford homes, programs that again, we have to waste time consid- tures in our government. help the elderly in their need of secu- ering budgetary gimmicks like ‘‘dy- Over the long term, this results in a rity in their failing health, programs namic scoring’’ and whether we should massive decrease in essential services that help farmers and small businesses factor in inflation when accounting for that millions of Americans rely on. grow this economy. By artificially in- future spending instead of dealing with This technical change then is actually flating the costs of these programs, the the important issues of the day. a backdoor effort to slowly starve nec- Republicans hope to fool us into think- The need for immigration reform essary government programs. Rather ing that we can’t afford them. isn’t going anywhere, friends. The need than be up front about which programs But as far as I know, April Fool’s for investment in our infrastructure my friends on the other side want to Day started and ended on Tuesday. I isn’t going anywhere. The need to pro- eliminate, they would rather put will tell you this: I am not going to be vide health care for our veterans is not sneaky rules into place to guarantee fooled; my constituents aren’t going to going anywhere, and will I tell you the outcome they want without having be fooled; and the American people that your budget gimmicks aren’t to have an open debate. aren’t going to be fooled by your gim- going anywhere either, and you know Through H.R. 1874, Mr. Speaker, Re- micks—and these budget bills are only it. You can pass these gimmicks all publicans want to introduce dynamic the appetizers. day long. You are in the majority. You scoring into the CBO’s projection proc- The entree was served up by Chair- can pass them all day—24 hours a day— ess. Dynamic scoring? Take a closer man RYAN when he recently introduced and twice and three times on Sunday, look. It is more like dynamic stealing. his next budget, which he dubbed—and but you know that they are dead on ar- By implementing this fantasy math, I was reading it last night—the Path to rival in the Senate. the Republicans artificially inflate the Prosperity, but it would be more accu- So let’s turn to serious business, costs of important programs as a way rately called a path to poverty. As business the American people would to steal them out from underneath much as I had hoped for the oppor- like us to take up, rather than wasting those who are most in need of them. tunity to turn down a path where we our time and the time of millions of They tweak the CBO’s analysis so that consider meaningful legislation, we are Americans. The changes envisioned tax cuts for the wealthy seem like they again forced to battle against Chair- within these bills tie Congress and the grow the economy while investments man RYAN’s latest march down his

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We will hear the b 0945 echo chamber recite the mantra of Families don’t budget this way. Busi- those who would feed their base. I sup- Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I yield nesses don’t budget this way. It would pose this budget is a solid start for a myself 2 minutes to thank my friend have made my life a whole lot easier as 10-minute standup set at your local from Florida for laying out exactly sheriff if my budget automatically in- yuck-yucks, but that is about the best what the case is that needs to be made creased 3 percent because of inflation that I can say for it. today. that may or may not exist within the I mean, you are going to cut spending It just so happens all of those spend- program. by $966 billion over the next 10 years by ing priorities that the gentleman from If you change the baseline every year cutting funding for food stamps, by Florida mentioned are spending prior- by inflation, no one has to justify what cutting funding for income assistance ities I share—investments in edu- their increase is; but then, again, we to help needy families, by cutting Pell cation; investments in roads and live in this fantasy world called Wash- grants for kids to go to college. You bridges; investments in cutting-edge ington, D.C. This is where we live can’t be serious. You are going to im- research that makes a difference in today. plement draconian cuts to programs people’s lives, not just in terms of The fantasy is that we can spend millions of Americans rely upon, but treatments, but in terms of cures. more money than you take in, and it you make sure that we increase defense In the absence of crystal-clear budg- will all work out in the end. We can be $17 trillion in debt today, but don’t spending. You can’t be serious. eting, in the absence of the reforms Mr. Speaker, what the Republicans that we have proposed here today, the worry about it because it will get bet- are really showing us here is their $5 trillion that the Budget Committee ter on its own. How does it work? It doesn’t work blueprint for America’s future. You passed that proposes to reduce Federal that way. Mr. Speaker, our current don’t even have to look that closely to spending over the next 10 years is ex- budget process is broken. By assuming see that this blueprint creates nothing actly the same as the interest that automatic increases in spending, our but structural integrity problems for that very same budget proposes to pay system favors more and more spending our economy. The Republicans’ blue- over the next 10 years. I want you to hear that, Mr. Speaker. without any accountability. print lays bare their full frontal as- Under this scenario, programs don’t Every single reduction in spending that sault on middle class families and the receive a real examination as to wheth- the gentleman just laid out is neces- poor. Their blueprint calls for turning er or not they deserve the increases. sitated because, dollar for dollar, we Medicare into a voucher program. They They just get it anyway. Just because are wasting those same amounts on will describe it differently, but it they exist, they get more money; not paying the debts that previous Con- comes out to nothing more than a that they need it, not that they can gresses have racked up. voucher program. Their blueprint calls show folks that they absolutely have That is a Budget Committee-passed for non-defense discretionary spending to have it, we just get it. budget. The President’s budget, Mr. to be cut to the tune of $791 billion. As Chairman RYAN pointed out last This will result in draconian cuts to Speaker, proposes to spend $6 trillion night in the Rules Committee, our cur- education, public works, medical re- over the next 10 years on interest rent budget process has not been sig- search, and the list continues. It goes alone—interest alone. nificantly reformed since the Budget on and on. Mr. Speaker, by not taking responsi- Control Act of 1974. That is 40 years Do you want to better yourself by ob- bility today, not only are we mort- ago. We haven’t done a thing. Given taining a college degree? RYAN’s road gaging our children’s future by piling our fiscal situation, it is about time we to ruin is going to make sure that these debts on them, we are trading do something to try to get this on the there is no money there for you to do away opportunities to make a dif- right track. so. ference in their future. I appreciate the committee’s work, Do you want to help grow our econ- Because those dollars that we are and I particularly appreciate Mr. omy by shipping your goods on our sending to the Chinese and Germans WOODALL’s bill today. These are impor- roads and bridges? Good luck, since who loan us money and the money that tant steps to refine and reform the your goods will undoubtedly be held up we are spending to pay our debts is budget process. at one of the many Ryan roadblocks to money that we could be spending on You hear folks from the other side of prosperity that will strip the budget of those shared investment priorities that the aisle say that these are gimmicks. much-needed infrastructure invest- the gentleman from Florida and I have Well, I will tell you that, back home, it ments. in common. is not a gimmick when I stand there Are you or is any member of your With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 and have to justify why I need more family suffering from a disease, the minutes to the gentleman from the money in my budget as sheriff. cure for which would certainly be State of Florida (Mr. NUGENT), one of I had to stand there with the appro- furthered by Federal medical research the great members of the Rules Com- priators and say: Here are the reasons dollars? Sorry, but with this Repub- mittee, a former sheriff. why I need more money; and by the lican budget proposed by Mr. RYAN, Mr. NUGENT. Thank you, Mr. way, here is what we have done with you have found yourself on Mr. RYAN’s WOODALL. I certainly do appreciate it; the money. fast track to despair. and to my colleague from Florida on So we show that we have actually Rather than using the budget process the other side of the aisle, once again, earned it, and the taxpayers can see to lead this country into a new era of it is always a pleasure. that there was a reward at the end of economic growth, Republicans want to Mr. Speaker, only in Washington can the day and that they got what they cut taxes for the rich, cut programs for politicians pat themselves on the back paid for. everyone else, and then feel like they for cutting spending while actually in- There is none of that up here. I sit in have set this country on the right creasing spending. That is a novel idea. committee meetings, day in and day track. This is no way to run an econ- Say, for example, we spent $100 on a out, in regards to seeing money being omy, no way to run a budget process, program 1 year. The next year, we spent by government. Nobody is held and it is no way to stick up for the mil- automatically assume that we are accountable. We give people five-digit lions of struggling Americans, as my going to spend $103 on that same pro- bonuses, Mr. Speaker, for doing a lousy friends on the Democratic side are gram, due to inflation. If we only end job, but that is the way government doing and have done for years, who up spending $102 versus the $103, ac- works. We reward mediocrity.

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When So to Mr. WOODALL and to Mr. RYAN, People think that those of us up here we vote on it Wednesday, I say let’s go I do appreciate all their hard work and in Congress live a life of luxury with a into debate Thursday and debate it what they have done and where they high salary of $174,000 a year. Well, the until its conclusion and then vote on are trying to move this process for- simple fact of the matter is—and right- it. ward. ly, perhaps—we have not had a raise I guarantee you we are not going to Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. for Congress Members for 5 years. vote on the Ryan budget, everybody Speaker, I yield myself such time as I At the very same time, if I use my- knows that, and I challenge my friends may consume. self as an example, my rent here in this to bring it forth any day after next Now, I turn to the extemporaneous town has gone up $600 during that pe- Monday when we do the rule. I reserve side. Mr. Speaker, on Monday evening riod of time. My salary didn’t go up. So the balance of my time. of next week, my friend Mr. WOODALL where was I supposed to meet these Mr. Speaker, how much time is re- and I will be in the Rules Committee, needs? maining? and we will be taking up the Ryan The simple fact is that, when we talk The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. budget. I might add that we use the about a household budget, that is an WOMACK). The gentleman from Florida names of individuals. entirely different set of circumstances has 5 minutes remaining, and the gen- I have great respect for PAUL RYAN. I than a Federal budget or a State budg- tleman from Georgia has 16 minutes re- think he is a brilliant young man; and et or a city budget. They do not oper- maining. clearly, ideologically, he and I have ate the same, and we should stop mak- Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. I reserve our differences. ing that analogy. the balance of my time. I remember being on the floor and It is not like I sit down and fill out b 1000 hearing the two best speeches in the 21 my budget. This is an extremely com- years I have been here that were made plex process. The Congressional Budget Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I yield pertaining to issues of the moment. Office only gives us the numbers that myself such time as I may consume. One was made by Ron Dellums, chair- we tell them that the policy is going to It never surprises me how much I man of Armed Services at the time, be, and they tell us what the numbers have in common with my friend from and the other by John Kasich, who is are going to look like. They don’t pro- Florida. We come from very different now the Governor of Ohio. vide the numbers. They don’t do the parts of the world, Mr. Speaker. If you I still consider those two speeches to oversight on the programs that we go to many events in this town, they be the best that I have heard in the make here. will generally have a Southeastern time that I am here, mine and Mr. We don’t have to just give them the State section and a Florida section. WOODALL’s notwithstanding. money, but if we set a baseline and if Florida is a little bit different from the On that night that Mr. Kasich made we do allow for inflation, when those rest of those Southeastern States. Our his remarks, I listened very intently to programs have failed or those that are constituencies may not look the same him. I forget the exact numbers that sunsetting—and more of them should demographically, may not look the the budget was proposing, but after he sunset and too many of them have same on paper, but when it comes to finished his remarks, I went up to him failed—then that is our responsibility. caring about one another, I have no and congratulated him on his remarks When we cut poor people, when we doubt that our communities are incred- I then said to him what I will say to cut middle class people in this coun- ibly similar, as the gentleman from Mr. RYAN at some point in the future: try—that is the base of this country, Florida and I are very similar. I understand what it is that you want that is the bedrock of this country. It The debate is not about whether or to spend, and I believe that we would has been and will continue to be. not we have an obligation to our neigh- probably spend right at or about the If we go the path that my friends bors. We do. The question is are we same amount of money. The difference want us to pass through, what we will meeting our obligation to our neigh- is what you want to spend it on and do is allow for those people that are bors, and I will tell you that we are what I want to spend it on. better off in our society—who could af- not. The pathway up in this country is That is what I said to John that ford to help more the poor and the mid- what our obligation is here. I would night. I find myself in that situation dle class—to get richer, and it will say to my friends that providing a safe- repeatedly through the years. I myself, cause more middle class people to be- ty net that has no ladder out is a cruel and certainly many others, am a cham- come poorer; and then the needs will be and unsatisfactory path for this House. pion of those who are less fortunate in greater. If we don’t see ourselves as a I was talking with a gentleman down our society, and I don’t believe that my better society than that, then some- in southeast D.C., Mr. Speaker, and he friends are unmindful of the great need thing is drastically wrong with us. runs a project that takes folks from that our constituents have, be they Re- I don’t begrudge a single rich person homelessness and drug addiction to publican, Democrat, Independent, or on Earth, but I do feel strongly respon- employment. He said: The problem otherwise situated politically. sible for those that are poor and not with you Republicans is all you do is The simple fact of the matter is that poor necessarily by virtue of their cir- offer people hope: pick yourself up by there are people in this country who cumstances. your bootstraps; tomorrow will be bet- are not as well off as some others in What we tend to do to poor people ter than today. He said hope in the ab- the country. There should be nothing here is, rather than ask them what we sence of access is futile. He said: But to decry the fact that there are some in can do with them to lift them out of Democrats offer help. If you are naked, our society who have done exceedingly poverty, we do things to them. That is I will clothe you. If you are hungry, I well, even during recessions. why most of us know that they won’t will feed you. If you are in prison, I I have a friend that is a billionaire. vote at voting time, largely for the rea- will visit you. But he said help in the He told me he made money during the son that they have the most reasons to absence of a pathway out is to con- Depression, he made money before the vote and, at the same time, have the demn someone to a life of poverty. He Second World War, after the Second relative least reasons to vote. said: What you all have to do is to World War, and made money after The insufferable triumvirate of inad- come together. You have to provide every recession, largely for the reason equate jobs, inadequate housing, inad- that help to meet people’s immediate that he knows how to make money; equate educational opportunity per- needs, but you have to provide that and I don’t begrudge him that. sists in this country, and the fact of pathway out. But that same individual told me the matter is that we can do better— Mr. Speaker, I don’t care if you are that any amount of taxes that he paid, and we should do better—by those that rich today; I care whether or not the

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I don’t but I am not going to help them get spent less, and he is correct. But in know where that ever got started. The choices for another 4 years. Six-year 2011, more people needed food stamps; American Dream is to be able, by the program, $1 trillion. in 2012, more people needed housing; in sweat of your brow and the power of The Pro-Growth Budgeting Act says 2013, more people needed to get across your ideas, to be your own man or we need to look at programs over 40 safe bridges and safe roads. So I am not woman, to make your own decisions. years because that $1 trillion, 6-year sure where the twain meets. I listened deeply to the words of my program explodes in years 7 and 8 and I agree with my colleague that he friend and I looked for where we might 9 and 10. And it may be money well and I have more in common than we do find that common ground, because, Mr. spent. I hope that is what the gen- differences, but I hearken back to my Speaker, I would say to my friend from tleman from Florida believes because I earlier comment. He wants to spend or not spend on what he wants to spend or Florida, if you go into any public hous- know he supported the program. I don’t not spend, and I want to spend or not ing facility in my district, they will believe it is money well spent. I think spend on what I want to spend or not tell you that the Federal Government we are losing trillions of dollars in spend. prevents them from succeeding. The health care costs that could be better controlled. I think we are losing tril- I want to spend on roads. I want to residents would say: You have got to spend on children’s education. I want let us kick the bad actors out. The lions of dollars in care that could have been provided to folks but, instead, is to spend on people who are hungry. residents would say: We have got folks And I believe he does as well, but you being lost in an inefficient health care here who are trying to make a dif- cannot do that if you keep cutting ev- ference, and we have got folks here who system. But we don’t have those answers erything all the time. are bringing us down. You have got to Mr. Speaker, these bills and Chair- when those bills come to the floor of give us the ability to keep our kids man RYAN’s budget are nothing more this House for a vote. Who is it that op- safe. You have got to give us the abil- than base attempts to rally the fringe poses that, Mr. Speaker? Who is it that ity to keep our community safe. You of the Republican Party, and I stand opposes, when we make trillion-dollar have got to give us the ability to run steadfastly against each one of these decisions that are multigenerational, our lives. attempts to drag us down a Ryan road But Federal law says no, Mr. Speak- that we don’t have access to long-term to ruin. er. Federal law says we know what is data? To quote the great American poet, The gentleman from Florida says it fair; we know what is best. Robert Frost: seems disingenuous for us to pretend But I know the gentleman from Flor- I shall be telling this with a sigh some- ida and I share a heart for letting folks inflation does not exist. That is not where ages and ages hence. Two roads di- in these communities take control of what I am proposing, but disingenuous verged in a wood and I took the one less their lives, make those choices that to pretend that it does. I think it is traveled, and that has made all the dif- similarly odd to pretend that the pro- ference. will enable tomorrow to be better than gram stops after 10 years instead of it today. Mr. Speaker, friends, today we stand Mr. Speaker, with this budget— continuing on in perpetuity, as these before two roads: one, a road to ruin again, I can’t make this point sharply programs do. These bills do nothing paved with pummeling cuts to hurt the but provide us with other information. enough—the President proposes to poor and attack middle class families, I will close with this, Mr. Speaker. spend $6 trillion on interest alone over simply put, to protect the better off in My experience in this House with a our society, the real rich; the other the next 10 years—$6 trillion. Now, at voting card began in 2011. And while the President’s spending levels, Mr. road, a road that helps the poor ascend the gentleman is absolutely right, Mr. out from poverty, not a ladder out that Speaker, that is almost 18 months of Speaker, when he talks about inflation has its ladder rungs with holes in it, as running this country. Understand that and how services can be eroded, my ex- my friend discussed that ladder out, a because of the borrowing patterns of perience in this House, your experience road that helps middle class families past Congresses and administrations, in this House, Mr. Speaker, is that we more fully achieve their dreams, a road we are losing 18 months of the very spent less in 2011 than we did in 2010, that helps our businesses and economy services the gentleman from Florida not more. Inflation was there, but we grow, a road that embraces our vet- proposes that we provide. Eighteen spent less. My experience, Mr. Speaker, erans and fights for them as vigorously months are eroded out of the next 10 is that we spent less in 2012 than we did as they fought for us. And if Fort Hood years with interest alone. in 2011, less in 2013 than we did in 2012, doesn’t teach us anything about the Mr. Speaker, one of the things that less in 2014 than we did in 2013. Every mental health of our soldiers and our the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act does, year I have been here we have spent society, then I don’t know what will. for example, is say you have got to less. I think that is what our constitu- Unfortunately, I believe this latter project out over 40 years. ency expects from us, not to cut crit- road traveled by my fellow Democrats You will remember, when the Presi- ical service programs, but to increase and by me today will be the road less dent proposed his health care bill, no our productivity and prioritize their traveled, and this fact will certainly question, his intention was to help dollars, prioritize their dollars to those make a significant difference for the folks; no question, his intention was to places where they can do the most millions of Americans trying to fully make life better for folks. We can abso- good. realize their dreams. lutely debate whether or not those Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the pre- were successes or failures, but this is my time. vious question, I will offer an amend- the way that budget sorted itself out. Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. ment to the rule to bring up H.R. 1010, He said: I am not going to spend more Speaker, I would inquire and ask the our bill to raise the Federal minimum than $1 trillion on this program. Speaker to inquire if my colleague is wage to $10.10 an hour. Now, I don’t know when in the world, prepared to close. I have no further Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- Mr. Speaker, $1 trillion became the low speakers at this time, and I am pre- sent to insert the text of the amend- number that we decided would be toler- pared to close. ment in the RECORD along with extra- able as a program, but he said: I don’t Mr. WOODALL. I would say to my neous material immediately prior to want to spend more than $1 trillion on friend from Florida, Mr. Speaker, I, the vote on the previous question. this program. too, am prepared to close. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there So, instead of creating a 10-year pro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- objection to the request of the gen- gram, he created a 6-year program, put tleman from Florida has 5 minutes re- tleman from Florida?

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:05 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04AP7.011 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2925 There was no objection. port for higher education because the going to raise spending by $1, you Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. only dollars I am going to spend, I am should say you are going to raise Speaker, I urge my colleagues to vote going to borrow from you. I am bor- spending by $1. Dadgummit, Mr. Speak- ‘‘no’’ and defeat the previous question, rowing it from you. er, I can’t even have a town hall meet- vote ‘‘no’’ on the underlying bill, and I We all love our children. We all want ing these days and talk about budget yield back the balance of my time. our children to succeed. But we are numbers—because I am a budget guy— Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I yield borrowing from them. Every decision I can’t talk about budget numbers myself the balance of my time. we make. These three bills ask for without someone raising their hand Two paths diverged in the wood, and three things, and three things only be- and saying, now, ROB, when you talk I took the path less traveled, and that fore we make the decision to borrow about spending reductions, is that real- has made all the difference. from our children: ly a spending reduction, or is that just Mr. Speaker, this is Washington, D.C. Number one, the Pro-Growth Budg- a reduction in the rate of growth? That There is a term called ‘‘Washington, eting Act. It asks that for those pro- is how it has become. D.C., math,’’ which, as my friend from grams that are going to have a big im- For 4 years in this institution, we Florida, the sheriff, described earlier is pact on our economy, that we look not have spent less each and every suc- when you can raise spending by $5 and just at what the 1-year impact is, not ceeding year. Now, I would argue, con- call it a cut. That is Washington, D.C., just at what the 10-year impact is, but trary to what my friend from Florida math. that we look at a generation of impact. suggested, that we are prioritizing The path less traveled in this town is Before we start down that road less spending on shared goals, and we are the path of fiscal responsibility; the traveled, Mr. Speaker, we should know deprioritizing spending on which we do path less traveled in this town is the what it is going to cost us and how it not have those shared goals. It seems path of accountability; the path less is going to benefit us. We don’t get fair in these difficult economic times, traveled in this town is the path of that information today, as the gen- as we are taking those dollars from transparency, and that is what these tleman from Florida, the sheriff, noted. hardworking American taxpayers three measures before us today pro- We have not reformed the Congres- across the country, that we identify pose, Mr. Speaker. sional Budget Act since 1974. That kind high-priority spending and low-priority I held a townhall meeting, Mr. of multigenerational information is spending. Speaker, about 12 months ago. They worthy of this body. This bill would I will take the work at NIH, as I asked if I was going to support the con- provide it to us for the very first time. mentioned earlier, Mr. Speaker. That gressional pay raise. I said: Well, we The Budget and Accounting Trans- is high-priority spending. That is basic are not going to do a congressional pay parency Act. If you are going to lend research that is going to make a dif- raise this year, but I hope one day to money, you ought to account for it; ference in people’s lives and not a dif- come home and tell you that I have you ought to evaluate it. ference in something minor, Mr. earned it. We often talk about our $17.5 trillion Speaker, but perhaps a life-and-death I do. I want to show up back home, debt, Mr. Speaker. That comes from difference. It is a goal that we share. It Mr. Speaker, and tell folks that, Washington math because if we were is a goal that the Appropriations Com- dadgummit: I have earned it. Be proud anywhere else other than this town, we mittee shares. It is a goal that we are of what we have done in Washington, would have to evaluate all the prom- going to be able to realize. But I don’t think there is a single D.C. I have earned it. ises that we have made. I mean, you man or woman at NIH, I don’t think I think that is true of every dime of know how Social Security is funded, there is a single professor at NIH, I spending the Federal Government does. for example, Mr. Speaker. It is today’s don’t think there is a single Ph.D. can- I don’t think we ought to assume, as workers that are paying for today’s re- didate at NIH who is embarrassed to the current baseline does, that every tirees. There is not a dime set aside for come up here and say, I have done well. single Federal agency is going to have today’s workers when they retire. I am a good steward of the taxpayers’ their budget increase next year by the The true cost of government, the true national debt, as recently cal- money. Trust me again. cost of inflation. I think those agencies Mr. Speaker, that is where I want to should come to this institution, as culated by Dr. Larry Kotlikoff of Bos- ton University, not a conservative by take us with these budget bills. I want they do in an annual appropriation to have folks proud of how they are process, and say: I have earned it. I any stretch of the imagination, is over $200 trillion—$200 trillion. ‘‘Trillion’’— spending the dollars, proud to come have earned it. and share that with us here in this I am not just talking about making a we throw these words around as if they are nothing—that is 1 million millions. Congress and have the American people difference in people’s lives; here are the proud to get onboard with renewing results. I am not just talking about We have not had 1 million days since the birth of Christ, Mr. Speaker. We those dollars once again. lifting people up; here are the results. Mr. Speaker, I ask all of my col- won’t for another 730 years. Mr. Speak- The hardest thing to end in this leagues to support this rule. This rule er, 1 million millions is 1 trillion. We town, Mr. Speaker, is a Federal pro- has made in order every amendment have borrowed and promised on behalf gram. Once they get started, they seem that was germane to these three bills. to last forever. Mission creep. If they of our children $200 trillion. The fair value accounting request is I ask them to support this rule so that solve one mission, they are going to we can begin voting these bills this adopt a new mission, roll right on down only that we be honest with the Amer- ican people. I am prepared to live by very day. the line. Nobody wants to work them- The material previously referred to whatever decision the American people selves out of a job. by Mr. HASTINGS of Florida is as fol- make. I believe in our Republic. But we Is it so outrageous, is it the role only lows: of the fringe, as my friend from Florida cannot ask people to make decisions without providing people with good in- AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 539 OFFERED BY proposed, to suggest that, if we are MR. HASTINGS OF FLORIDA formation. This bill does that. going to borrow and spend more of our At the end of the resolution, add the fol- children’s money, we should come and Then finally, Mr. Speaker, the bill, lowing new sections: justify it? again, sponsored by my good friend SEC. 4. Immediately upon adoption of this from Texas, LOUIE GOHMERT, a long resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to b 1015 champion that I have the privilege of clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House Mr. Speaker, that kind of budget serving with in this Congress, the Base- resolved into the Committee of the Whole transparency has become relevant only line Reform Act. The Baseline Reform House on the state of the Union for consider- to the fringe of America. It is not the Act says, if you are going to raise ation of the bill (H.R. 1010) to provide for an America I know. increase in the Federal minimum wage. The spending by $1, you are actually raising first reading of the bill shall be dispensed I tell the young people—and I try to spending by $1. with. All points of order against consider- start every day back home with young I know it sounds radical, Mr. Speak- ation of the bill are waived. General debate people, Mr. Speaker. I say, listen, just er. I know it sounds like the province shall be confined to the bill and shall not ex- tell me what you want in terms of sup- of the fringe, but it is not. If you are ceed one hour equally divided and controlled

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:05 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04AP7.012 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2926 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 4, 2014 by the chair and ranking minority member to order the previous question on such a rule Mullin Rogers (MI) Stutzman of the Committee on Education and the [a special rule reported from the Committee Mulvaney Rohrabacher Terry Workforce. After general debate the bill on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- Murphy (PA) Rokita Thompson (PA) shall be considered for amendment under the ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- Neugebauer Rooney Thornberry five-minute rule. All points of order against tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- Nugent Ros-Lehtinen Tiberi Nunes Roskam Tipton provisions in the bill are waived. At the con- jection of the motion for the previous ques- Nunnelee Ross Turner clusion of consideration of the bill for tion on a resolution reported from the Com- Olson Rothfus Upton amendment the Committee shall rise and re- mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- Palazzo Royce Valadao port the bill to the House with such amend- ber leading the opposition to the previous Paulsen Runyan Wagner ments as may have been adopted. The pre- question, who may offer a proper amendment Pearce Ryan (WI) Walberg vious question shall be considered as ordered or motion and who controls the time for de- Perry Sanford Walden on the bill and amendments thereto to final bate thereon.’’ Petri Scalise Walorski passage without intervening motion except Clearly, the vote on the previous question Pittenger Schock Weber (TX) one motion to recommit with or without in- on a rule does have substantive policy impli- Pitts Schweikert Webster (FL) structions. If the Committee of the Whole cations. It is one of the only available tools Poe (TX) Scott, Austin Wenstrup rises and reports that it has come to no reso- for those who oppose the Republican major- Pompeo Sensenbrenner Westmoreland lution on the bill, then on the next legisla- ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- Posey Sessions Whitfield Price (GA) Shimkus Williams tive day the House shall, immediately after native views the opportunity to offer an al- Reed Shuster Wilson (SC) the third daily order of business under clause ternative plan. Reichert Simpson Wittman 1 of rule XIV, resolve into the Committee of Mr. WOODALL. With that, I yield Renacci Smith (MO) Womack the Whole for further consideration of the back the balance of my time, and I Ribble Smith (NE) Woodall bill. move the previous question on the res- Rice (SC) Smith (NJ) Yoder SEC. 5. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not Rigell Smith (TX) Yoho apply to the consideration of H.R. 1010. olution. Roby Southerland Young (AK) THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT IT The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Roe (TN) Stewart Young (IN) REALLY MEANS question is on ordering the previous Rogers (AL) Stivers Rogers (KY) Stockman This vote, the vote on whether to order the question. previous question on a special rule, is not The question was taken; and the NAYS—193 merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- Speaker pro tempore announced that dering the previous question is a vote the ayes appeared to have it. Barber Grayson Neal against the Republican majority agenda and Barrow (GA) Green, Al Negrete McLeod Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Bass Green, Gene Nolan a vote to allow the Democratic minority to Speaker, on that I demand the yeas Beatty Grijalva O’Rourke offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about and nays. Becerra Hahn Owens what the House should be debating. Bera (CA) Hanabusa Pallone Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the The yeas and nays were ordered. Bishop (GA) Hastings (FL) Pascrell House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bishop (NY) Heck (WA) Pastor (AZ) scribes the vote on the previous question on ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair Blumenauer Higgins Payne the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum Bonamici Himes Pelosi consideration of the subject before the House time for any electronic vote on the Brady (PA) Hinojosa Perlmutter Braley (IA) Holt Peters (CA) being made by the Member in charge.’’ To question of adoption of the resolution. defeat the previous question is to give the Brown (FL) Honda Peters (MI) The vote was taken by electronic de- Brownley (CA) Horsford Peterson opposition a chance to decide the subject be- Bustos Hoyer Pingree (ME) fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s vice, and there were—yeas 222, nays 193, not voting 16, as follows: Butterfield Huffman Pocan ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that Capps Israel Polis ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- [Roll No. 157] Capuano Jackson Lee Price (NC) mand for the previous question passes the YEAS—222 Ca´ rdenas Jeffries Quigley control of the resolution to the opposition’’ Carney Johnson, E. B. Rahall in order to offer an amendment. On March Aderholt Dent Huelskamp Carson (IN) Kaptur Richmond Amash DeSantis Huizenga (MI) Cartwright Keating Roybal-Allard 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- Bachmann DesJarlais Hultgren Castro (TX) Kelly (IL) Ruiz fered a rule resolution. The House defeated Bachus Diaz-Balart Hunter Chu Kennedy Ruppersberger the previous question and a member of the Barletta Duffy Hurt Cicilline Kildee opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, Barr Duncan (SC) Issa Rush Barton Duncan (TN) Jenkins Clark (MA) Kilmer Ryan (OH) asking who was entitled to recognition. ´ Benishek Ellmers Johnson (OH) Clarke (NY) Kind Sanchez, Linda Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R–Illinois) said: Clay Kirkpatrick T. ‘‘The previous question having been refused, Bentivolio Farenthold Jolly Bilirakis Fincher Jones Cleaver Kuster Sanchez, Loretta the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- Bishop (UT) Fitzpatrick Jordan Clyburn Langevin Sarbanes gerald, who had asked the gentleman to Black Fleischmann Joyce Cohen Larsen (WA) Schakowsky yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to Blackburn Fleming Kelly (PA) Connolly Larson (CT) Schiff the first recognition.’’ Boustany Flores King (IA) Conyers Lee (CA) Schneider The Republican majority may say ‘‘the Bridenstine Forbes King (NY) Cooper Levin Schrader vote on the previous question is simply a Brooks (AL) Fortenberry Kingston Costa Lewis Schwartz vote on whether to proceed to an immediate Brooks (IN) Foxx Kinzinger (IL) Courtney Lipinski Scott (VA) Broun (GA) Franks (AZ) Kline Scott, David vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] Crowley Loebsack Buchanan Frelinghuysen Labrador Cuellar Lofgren Serrano has no substantive legislative or policy im- Bucshon Gardner LaMalfa Cummings Lowenthal Sewell (AL) plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what Burgess Garrett Lamborn Davis (CA) Lowey Shea-Porter they have always said. Listen to the Repub- Byrne Gerlach Lance Davis, Danny Lujan Grisham Sherman lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative Calvert Gibbs Latham DeFazio (NM) Sinema Process in the United States House of Rep- Camp Gibson Latta DeGette Luja´ n, Ben Ray Sires resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s Campbell Gingrey (GA) LoBiondo Delaney (NM) Slaughter Cantor Gohmert Long DeLauro Lynch Speier how the Republicans describe the previous Capito Goodlatte Lucas DelBene Maffei Swalwell (CA) question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- Carter Gowdy Luetkemeyer Deutch Maloney, Takano though it is generally not possible to amend Cassidy Granger Lummis Dingell Carolyn Thompson (CA) the rule because the majority Member con- Chabot Graves (GA) Marchant Maloney, Sean Thompson (MS) Chaffetz Graves (MO) Marino Doggett trolling the time will not yield for the pur- Matheson Coble Griffin (AR) Massie Doyle Tierney pose of offering an amendment, the same re- Duckworth Matsui Titus sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- Coffman Griffith (VA) McAllister Cole Grimm McCarthy (CA) Edwards McCarthy (NY) Tonko vious question on the rule.... When the Collins (GA) Guthrie McCaul Ellison McCollum Tsongas motion for the previous question is defeated, Collins (NY) Hall McClintock Engel McDermott Van Hollen control of the time passes to the Member Conaway Hanna McHenry Enyart McGovern Vargas who led the opposition to ordering the pre- Cook Harper McKeon Eshoo McIntyre Veasey vious question. That Member, because he Cotton Harris McKinley Esty McNerney Vela then controls the time, may offer an amend- Cramer Hartzler McMorris Farr Meeks Vela´ zquez Fattah Meng ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of Crawford Hastings (WA) Rodgers Visclosky Crenshaw Heck (NV) Meadows Foster Michaud Walz amendment.’’ Culberson Hensarling Meehan Frankel (FL) Miller, George Wasserman In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House Daines Herrera Beutler Messer Fudge Moore Schultz of Representatives, the subchapter titled Davis, Rodney Holding Mica Gabbard Moran Waters ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal Denham Hudson Miller (MI) Gallego Murphy (FL) Welch Garamendi Nadler Wilson (FL) Garcia Napolitano Yarmuth

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:05 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A04AP7.004 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2927 NOT VOTING—16 Sanford Stewart Walorski b 1054 Scalise Stivers Weber (TX) Amodei Johnson, Sam Salmon Schock Stockman Wenstrup So the resolution was agreed to. Brady (TX) Lankford Smith (WA) Schweikert Stutzman Castor (FL) Miller (FL) Westmoreland The result of the vote was announced Waxman Scott, Austin Terry Gosar Miller, Gary Whitfield Wolf Sensenbrenner Thompson (PA) as above recorded. Gutie´rrez Noem Williams Sessions Thornberry A motion to reconsider was laid on Johnson (GA) Rangel Wilson (SC) Shimkus Tiberi Wittman the table. Shuster Tipton Womack b 1047 Simpson Turner f Woodall Smith (MO) Upton Mr. RICHMOND changed his vote Yoder Smith (NE) Valadao PRO-GROWTH BUDGETING ACT OF from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Smith (NJ) Wagner Yoho 2013 Messrs. POSEY and LONG changed Smith (TX) Walberg Young (AK) their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Southerland Walden Young (IN) GENERAL LEAVE So the previous question was ordered. Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I NOES—194 The result of the vote was announced ask unanimous consent that all Mem- as above recorded. Barber Green, Al Nolan bers may have 5 legislative days in Barrow (GA) Green, Gene O’Rourke which to revise and extend their re- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bass Grijalva Owens question is on the resolution. Beatty Hahn Pallone marks on H.R. 1874. The question was taken; and the Becerra Hanabusa Pascrell The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Bera (CA) Hastings (FL) Pastor (AZ) objection to the request of the gen- Speaker pro tempore announced that Bishop (GA) Heck (WA) Payne tleman from Georgia? the ayes appeared to have it. Bishop (NY) Higgins Pelosi Blumenauer Himes RECORDED VOTE Perlmutter There was no objection. Bonamici Hinojosa Peters (CA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Brady (PA) Holt Peters (MI) Braley (IA) Honda ant to House Resolution 539 and rule Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. Peterson Brown (FL) Horsford XVIII, the Chair declares the House in A recorded vote was ordered. Pingree (ME) Brownley (CA) Hoyer the Committee of the Whole House on The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Pocan Bustos Huffman the state of the Union for the consider- 5-minute vote. Butterfield Israel Polis The vote was taken by electronic de- Capps Jackson Lee Price (NC) ation of the bill, H.R. 1874. Capuano Jeffries Quigley The Chair appoints the gentleman vice, and there were—ayes 220, noes 194, Rahall Ca´ rdenas Johnson, E. B. from Georgia (Mr. COLLINS) to preside not voting 17, as follows: Richmond Carney Kaptur over the Committee of the Whole. [Roll No. 158] Carson (IN) Keating Roybal-Allard Cartwright Kelly (IL) Ruiz AYES—220 Castro (TX) Kennedy Ruppersberger b 1057 Rush Aderholt Forbes Luetkemeyer Chu Kildee IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Amash Fortenberry Lummis Cicilline Kilmer Ryan (OH) Bachmann Foxx Marchant Clark (MA) Kind Sa´ nchez, Linda Accordingly, the House resolved Bachus Franks (AZ) Marino Clarke (NY) Kirkpatrick T. itself into the Committee of the Whole Barletta Frelinghuysen Massie Clay Kuster Sanchez, Loretta House on the state of the Union for the Barr Gardner McAllister Cleaver Langevin Sarbanes consideration of the bill (H.R. 1874) to Barton Garrett McCarthy (CA) Clyburn Larsen (WA) Schakowsky Benishek Gerlach McCaul Cohen Larson (CT) Schiff amend the Congressional Budget Act of Bentivolio Gibbs McClintock Connolly Lee (CA) Schneider 1974 to provide for macroeconomic Bilirakis Gibson McHenry Conyers Levin Schrader analysis of the impact of legislation, Bishop (UT) Gingrey (GA) McKeon Cooper Lewis Schwartz Black Gohmert McKinley Costa Lipinski Scott (VA) with Mr. COLLINS of Georgia in the Blackburn Goodlatte McMorris Courtney Loebsack Scott, David chair. Boustany Gowdy Rodgers Crowley Lofgren Serrano The Clerk read the title of the bill. Bridenstine Granger Meadows Cuellar Lowenthal Sewell (AL) The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the Brooks (AL) Graves (GA) Meehan Cummings Lowey Shea-Porter Brooks (IN) Graves (MO) Messer Davis (CA) Lujan Grisham Sherman bill is considered read for the first Broun (GA) Griffin (AR) Mica Davis, Danny (NM) Sinema time. ´ Buchanan Griffith (VA) Miller (MI) DeFazio Lujan, Ben Ray Sires The gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Bucshon Grimm Mullin DeGette (NM) Slaughter PRICE) and the gentleman from Mary- Burgess Guthrie Mulvaney Delaney Lynch Speier DeLauro Maffei Byrne Hall Murphy (PA) Swalwell (CA) land (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) each will con- DelBene Maloney, Calvert Hanna Neugebauer Takano trol 30 minutes. Deutch Carolyn Camp Harper Nugent Thompson (CA) Dingell Maloney, Sean The Chair recognizes the gentleman Campbell Harris Nunes Thompson (MS) Doggett Matheson from Georgia. Cantor Hartzler Nunnelee Tierney Capito Hastings (WA) Olson Doyle Matsui Titus Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, Carter Heck (NV) Palazzo Duckworth McCarthy (NY) Tonko I yield myself such time as I may con- Cassidy Hensarling Paulsen Edwards McCollum Tsongas Chabot Herrera Beutler Pearce Ellison McDermott sume. Van Hollen Chaffetz Holding Perry Engel McGovern Mr. Chairman, before I begin, I want Vargas Coble Hudson Petri Enyart McIntyre Veasey to thank Chairman RYAN of the Budget Coffman Huelskamp Pittenger Eshoo McNerney Committee for his tireless work and ac- Cole Huizenga (MI) Pitts Esty Meeks Vela ´ Collins (GA) Hultgren Poe (TX) Farr Meng Velazquez tivity, especially in the area of budget Collins (NY) Hunter Pompeo Fattah Michaud Visclosky process reform. He understands, as we Conaway Hurt Posey Foster Miller, George Walz all do, that the budget process is bro- Cook Issa Price (GA) Frankel (FL) Moore Wasserman Cotton Jenkins Reed Fudge Moran Schultz ken, clearly by the results that we Cramer Johnson (OH) Reichert Gabbard Murphy (FL) Waters have had or have not had here in Con- Crawford Jolly Renacci Gallego Nadler Waxman gress over the past number of years. I Crenshaw Jones Ribble Garamendi Napolitano Welch also want to commend the Budget staff Culberson Jordan Rice (SC) Garcia Neal Wilson (FL) Daines Joyce Rigell Grayson Negrete McLeod Yarmuth and my staff for the work that they Davis, Rodney Kelly (PA) Roby have done on bringing this bill forward Denham King (IA) Roe (TN) NOT VOTING—17 and the work they have done on the Dent King (NY) Rogers (AL) Amodei Johnson (GA) Rangel DeSantis Kingston Rogers (KY) commonsense kinds of reforms that are Brady (TX) Johnson, Sam Salmon DesJarlais Kinzinger (IL) Rogers (MI) necessary in the budget process. Castor (FL) Lankford Smith (WA) Diaz-Balart Kline Rohrabacher Duncan (TN) Miller (FL) Mr. Chairman, this is a simple and a Duffy Labrador Rokita Webster (FL) Gosar Miller, Gary Wolf commonsense piece of legislation. Duncan (SC) LaMalfa Rooney Gutie´rrez Noem Ellmers Lamborn Ros-Lehtinen b 1100 Farenthold Lance Roskam ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Fincher Latham Ross What we do here has consequences. Fitzpatrick Latta Rothfus The SPEAKER pro tempore (during What we do in Congress has con- Fleischmann LoBiondo Royce Fleming Long Runyan the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- sequences. Some of them are good; Flores Lucas Ryan (WI) ing. some of them are bad.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:05 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A04AP7.002 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2928 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 4, 2014 This amendment, when adopted, will ing we should have more information unknown variables. That is why they allow us to have more information rather than less. As I look at this legis- had eight. upon which to make decisions here in lation, on page 3, they say they want Now you want them to somehow Congress. This is especially helpful in more information on the dynamic ef- come up with one when they have re- the area of economic activity. Econo- fects of different policies but specifi- peatedly informed this Congress that it mists from across the political spec- cally exclude, for example, the Com- depends so much on the different as- trum agree that legislation considered mittee on Appropriations; investments sumptions that you make, that you by Congress can have significant ef- that we might make in our kids’ edu- can’t make one prediction on that kind fects on economic growth, what hap- cation; or investments that we might of legislation. pens in the real world. make in other areas to power our econ- I have trouble with this legislation Major legislation, such as the tax re- omy—research and development, for for a variety of reasons; one being, form legislation that is being discussed example. when it comes to tax policy, we have right now, is likely to have longer- It is particularly interesting because been informed by the experts that it is term macroeconomic effects that will the Republican budget that was just re- hard to pinpoint one number and boil it increase growth and, as a result, leased and voted on the other night in down to a growth figure. Then, as I produce increased revenues, reduce the Budget Committee, according to mentioned, my colleagues have left out spending, or some combination of the CBO, in the next couple of years will the benefits of investing in things like two. For example, the Congressional create a drag on the economy, will ac- infrastructure, things like our kids’ Budget Office’s, CBO’s, prior macro- tually hurt jobs in the next couple of education, things like scientific re- economic work has shown that deficit years. Why is that? That is, in part, search, so they are certainly not ask- reduction has positive economic ef- due to the fact that they make deep ing for more information when it fects. I will quote from one of their re- cuts in parts of the budget for invest- comes to those important investments. ports: ment in research and development and I reserve the balance of my time. Over the medium term and long term, other areas that help power our econ- Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, when economic output is determined by the omy. So it is kind of interesting, Mr. I urge my friend from Maryland to read supply of labor and capital in the produc- Chairman, that they specifically ex- the bill. Read the bill. This isn’t about tivity of those inputs, the reduction in Fed- cluded the CBO from doing an analysis tax increases or tax decreases specifi- eral borrowing that would result from small- on that. cally. er deficits would induce greater national Now, a couple of my colleagues will Page 4, the macroeconomic impact saving and investment and, thereby, increase have amendments to the bill, and if our analysis. An estimate of the changes of output and income. Republican colleagues don’t somehow economic output: employment, interest In another report, Congressional mean to ignore those important invest- rates, capital stock, tax revenues, all. Budget Office work concluded that: ments, hopefully they will join us in In fact, the kinds of things that the Higher marginal tax rates tend to discour- supporting those amendments. gentleman points to in infrastructure age some economic activity. If you were the CEO of a company or education, if they have an economic Now, while the current law that we and you were projecting your growth impact of greater than .25 percent of operate under requires that the Con- and you were projecting your income, the gross domestic product, they would gressional Budget Office provide Con- you would want to look at how much be evaluated and we would get a report gress with information on the fiscal you are going to make from certain in- from CBO on that. impact—what something costs—of all vestments you make in your workforce I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the legislation reported from a committee, and those kinds of investments. Ac- gentleman from Utah, CHRIS STEWART. there is no systematic requirement for cording to this bill, you don’t want Mr. STEWART. Mr. Chairman, I analysis of the economic impact, the that. What this bill is after is simply to thank Dr. PRICE, who is one of the real- realistic effects in the real world out do an analysis primarily on a tax pol- ly bright lights here in Congress, for there in the economy. This bill rem- icy. It is motivated primarily by this his leadership on this. edies that shortcoming. idea that, if you provide big tax breaks Imagine the CEO of a business telling This bill would require that the Con- to people at the very high end of the the board of directors that he would gressional Budget Office provide a mac- income ladder, it will trickle down and like to buy a new piece of equipment. roeconomic impact analysis for legisla- lift up all the boats, everybody else, Unfortunately, this piece of equipment tion that the CBO—that the Congres- trickle-down theory. is fairly expensive. But there is good sional Budget Office—estimates would We saw how well that worked in the news, and that is, by buying and mak- have a budgetary impact of more than 2000s. We had big tax cuts in 2001 and ing this investment, they are going to .25 percent of the annual gross domes- 2003. A few years later, for a variety of become more profitable; they are going tic product. That is about $43 billion. reasons, the economy tanked. You to improve their cash flow; they are In addition, the bill would require that heard the former Chairman of the Fed- going to be able to hire more people the Congressional Budget Office pro- eral Reserve who predicted that those and grow the business. That is a beau- vide a statement of the critical as- tax cuts would generate growth come tiful thing. sumptions and sources of data under- back and say, you know, he was wrong. But then imagine that the board of lying their estimate. So, I am all for additional informa- directors goes back to the CEO and This new macroeconomic impact tion. On that point, I want to say to says, yes, you have to consider the cost analysis would not, Mr. Chairman— my colleagues that, on the most recent of this equipment but you cannot con- would not—replace the current work tax reform proposal that came out of sider the benefits of buying this piece that CBO does, but it would provide the Ways and Means Committee, you of equipment, so it messes up entirely more important information. I can’t actually do have a number of scores his profit projections. They are not imagine anybody in this House who de- from the Joint Tax Committee, from able to consider the higher revenue and sires us not to have more information our nonpartisan scores. the growth that this company would on the pieces of legislation that we are They have eight. They have eight undertake. That would be absurd and, dealing with. scenarios. One projects .1 percent of course, that wouldn’t be a sound So, again, this is a simple, common- growth; one projects 1.6 percent business decision. But that is exactly sense, and, I hope, bipartisan bill that growth. That is, of course, the one that the situation that we find ourselves in we will be talking about and voting on Chairman CAMP ran with in all the in- right now. today. I urge my colleagues to support formation he put out. But what he The Congressional Budget Office does this legislation, and I reserve the bal- failed to mention is they came up with not have the ability to account for eco- ance of my time. eight scenarios. The reason they came nomic growth, specifically, the impact Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I up with eight scenarios is because they on GDP when it comes from tax cuts. rise in opposition to this legislation. couldn’t boil it down to say this will be CBO is, unfortunately, in the role of I was interested to hear my colleague the dynamic impact of that particular the board of directors telling the from Georgia end his comments by say- legislation because there are too many businessowner—or the business CEO, in

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It is certainly policies have destroyed jobs and Demo- lief to middle class families, it would something that we could do, and we cratic policies have created them. have been much more likely to stay in hurt ourselves when we don’t allow us I will now attempt to explain why America. to take advantage of this modeling. this is and why the simplified macro- So, in the real world, Republican There is something that Members economic modeling promoted by this policies trickle down, but they trickle from both sides of the aisle can agree legislation will fail to match the real down to jobs in China, and that is why upon, and it is that many times the world. the Bush tax cuts have generated zero numbers provided by CBO are simply Generally speaking, Democratic tax jobs in the 8 years after having been not accurate. This is a way that will breaks deliver benefits to the middle enacted. fix that. Part of the reason they object, class while Republican tax breaks de- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIR frankly, is that it underestimates the liver benefits to the very wealthy, and, The CHAIR. The Chair will remind impact of tax cuts. as it turns out, the very wealthy spend all persons in the gallery that they are Mr. Chairman, this is something that and invest their money very differently here as guests of the House and that could help us make better decisions. I than the middle class. any manifestation of approval or dis- implore Members to support it. Mr. Chairman, the macroeconomic approval of the proceedings is in viola- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, models promoted in this legislation tion of the rules of the House. look, the gentleman who just spoke typically model our economy with a Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, mentioned some important examples. single aggregated consumer. Like the I am now pleased to yield 5 minutes to If you are a CEO, you want to know Republicans, they pretend that giving the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. when you buy a piece of equipment or an extra dollar to a billionaire is no RYAN), the chairman of the Budget capital what the economic dividend is different than giving an extra dollar to Committee and an individual who going to be on that. But I go back to a working class family. However, if you knows well the imperative of reforming the fact, on page 3, our Republican col- give an extra dollar to a middle class the budget process. leagues are asking for information on family, they will spend it in the local Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I thank the economic growth impacts of all sorts of economy, increasing local economic gentleman for yielding. I want to things, but they specifically exclude growth, or they will invest it in some thank the vice chair of the Budget anything that comes out of the Appro- of the highest return investments Committee for bringing this bill for- priations Committee. available to anyone, investing in their ward and for his hard work on this It is not a surprise, because the Con- children’s college education or, per- issue. gressional Budget Office, in its analysis haps, buying a second car so that their Mr. Chairman, this bill is really pret- of the Republican budget, says that spouse can get a job. ty simple. It will help Members under- during the next couple of years it will Now, if you give that same dollar to stand how legislation affects the econ- actually slow down economic growth. a very wealthy individual, they will omy. Under current law, the CBO In fact, if you look at their proposal, it not change their spending habits be- doesn’t have to provide that kind of big calls for deep cuts in important invest- cause they are already spending as picture analysis. It usually assumes ments. CBO says that will have a nega- much as they feel like spending and the economy will stay the same no tive economic impact over the next this will not change, so there will be no matter how much in government taxes couple of years. So it is not surprising local economic growth. is spent. Think about that. We all that they don’t want that information The investments of the very wealthy know that that is not true. People re- provided as part of this analysis. are also very different since they no spond to incentives. Federal policy Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to longer have available to themselves changes the economy, and under this the distinguished gentleman from Illi- the high-return investments available administration, the economy has con- nois (Mr. FOSTER), a member of the Fi- to the middle class. The very wealthy sistently failed to meet expectations. nancial Services Committee. have already spent everything they can This is the chart that the CBO has Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Chairman, I rise to send their children to the finest shown over the years where they have today in opposition to H.R. 1874 and to schools. They already have seven Cad- consistently lowered their economic explain to my Republican colleagues illacs in their garages. So the marginal outlook. This has had a huge effect on why their tax policies have not worked investments of the wealthy are intrin- our budget, and it has made balancing and will not work to produce economic sically less productive due to the basic the budget that much harder. Tradi- growth and jobs. principle of economics known as the tionally, our economy has grown at I am a scientist who has spent over 20 ‘‘law of diminishing returns.’’ about 3 percent a year, but over the years at Fermi National Accelerator Since economic growth is equal to in- past 4 years, it has grown only by 2 per- Laboratory conducting research and a vestments times return on invest- cent a year. It has grown less than half successful businessman before that, ment—sorry about the equation—the the average rate of other recoveries and a scientist proceeds on the basis of economic growth from channeling since World War II. The labor force par- facts. The historical facts on Repub- money to the wealthy is far less than ticipation rate has fallen to 63 percent. lican tax policies are clear. the same relief being given to the mid- That is close to the lowest level in over Tax policies during the Clinton dle class. 35 years. There are 10.5 million Ameri- years, predicted by the Republicans to cans who are now unemployed, and 7.2 restrict economic growth, in fact gen- b 1115 million Americans are working part erated the strongest uninterrupted pe- Democratic middle class policies are time for economic reasons. Those who riod of job growth in our lifetimes— pro-growth policies, and Republican are working have seen meager growth over 22 million new American jobs in 8 policies are not. in their wages. The typical household years. Mr. Chairman, there is also another income for families has actually de- Then the Bush tax cuts enacted in important effect not captured by the clined. In fact, it is at the lowest level 2001 reversed those policies, and in the single-consumer macroeconomic mod- since 1995. following 8 years, the net number of els in this legislation, which is the in- This weak recovery isn’t something new jobs was essentially zero—actu- creasing propensity for wealthy people that just happened to us. It is not just ally, slightly negative. Twenty million to move their money offshore. by accident. It is clear that now that Americans entered the workforce dur- If you give an extra dollar to wealthy we are 5 years into this that the Presi- ing the Bush years, and the Republican people, they will turn it over to their dent’s policies are weighing down the

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Since just last year, the process, as I indicated earlier, this bill formation—the more the better—but it baseline deficit has grown by $1.2 tril- specifically exempts those pieces of needs to be information that the econo- lion. The top line shows you last year’s legislation even if they meet the mists say they can usefully provide us. estimate, and the bottom red line threshold with respect to the other leg- I get back to the fact that, when it shows you this year’s estimate. Just islation in here. comes to the tax reform proposal, for from last year’s estimate of where the Again, it is, perhaps, not surprising. I example, that Chairman CAMP put in, economy was heading to this year’s es- think the American public knows that they said that they couldn’t narrow it timate of where the economy is head- we have a short-term budget agree- down to one answer. They gave eight ing by the Congressional Budget Office, ment, the Murray-Ryan agreement, but different models based on different as- it tells us there will be $1.2 trillion in if you look at the budget that Repub- sumptions. Our Republican colleagues more deficits because of these failed licans in Congress are proposing, it are trying to say to professional econo- economic policies. calls for a 24 percent cut to the current mists, We really don’t care what you We want to stop the failure. We want services in the recent bipartisan legis- say; you come up with a particular an- to get this economy growing. The CBO lation over a 10-year period. swer. Whereas, we think we should be knows that if you actually have a bet- Let’s just take one category of in- asking for information in every case ter policy that actually grows the vestments—in our kids. That means where it can be plausibly provided. Un- economy, you will help the budget out- about an $18 billion cut in early edu- fortunately, our Republican colleagues look, and you will help get people back cation. It means about an $80 billion don’t want it everywhere it can be to work. You will help increase take- cut in K–12 education. It means about a plausibly provided because they spe- home pay. Just as a weak economy can $205 billion cut in current policy higher cifically exclude the economic benefit drag us into the red, a good budget can education. It calls for charging college of important investments in our econ- push the economy forward. That is why students higher interest rates for the omy and jobs. Members need to know this before they period of time when they are in college. I reserve the balance of my time. vote on legislation. They need to know That raises about $40 billion at a time Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, what the world might look like under a when that same budget doesn’t ask for I am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to new law. It is common sense to ask anything from the highest-income indi- the gentleman from California (Mr. how legislation will affect the econ- viduals and doesn’t raise one penny to MCCLINTOCK), a very productive mem- omy. reduce the deficit from closing special ber of the Budget Committee. interest tax breaks. Mr. MCCLINTOCK. I thank the gen- This bill requires the CBO to give So it is no surprise to me that they tleman for yielding and for his kind Members just that estimate. We are would want to exclude the economic words. asking the CBO to give the same kind impacts of those investments that they Mr. Chairman, the question before of analysis that we use in our own are dramatically cutting. As I said ear- the House is whether we are going to budget. In an analysis provided by the lier, the CBO, in its most recent anal- continue to ignore the economic con- CBO, they find the deficit reduction ysis of the House Republican budget, sequences of the major actions that we like we are proposing will help the says it will slow down economic growth take or whether we are going to start economy grow. In 2024, economic out- in the next couple of years. It is very recognizing that incentives matter and put will be 1.8 percent higher per per- interesting that they don’t want that that the legislation we pass has pro- son than it otherwise would be. That is quantified with respect to the appro- found economic consequences that about $1,100 per person. That is a pret- priations bills. At the same time our must be taken into account. ty crucial piece of information. So we Republican colleagues are saying they Why does Amsterdam have the nar- are adding to the toolkit. We are not want more information, they specifi- rowest houses on Earth? It is because taking anything away. cally limit the information to certain they tax by street frontage. To the criticism I am hearing from areas. Incentives matter. others that, gosh, you are not doing The other thing I want to mention, What happens to our revenues if we this on every piece of legislation, you Mr. Chairman, is immigration reform. tax all of a person’s $100,000 income? need to do this for the appropriations We want the CBO to give us an anal- The static scoring on which we now ex- process, do you have any idea how ysis, when they have a specific bill, so clusively depend says that that would many thousands of estimates come they can determine the economic ben- raise us $100,000, but we all know the from the Appropriations Committee? If efit and the impact of it. That is a good correct answer is that we would raise you actually gummed up the works thing, and the CBO has done that for zero dollars because that person now like that, you would bring this place immigration reform. In fact, of all of has no incentive to work. and the estimating agencies to a the pieces of legislation that are before Macroeconomics gives us tools to an- screeching halt. That is why there is this House right now, one of the things ticipate the real-world effect of major an important threshold that is for sig- that could have the most immediate policy changes, and we ought not to be nificant pieces of legislation, legisla- economic growth benefit is the bipar- blind to them. It is not perfect, but it tion that is a quarter a point of the tisan immigration bill before this comes far closer to the mark than does economy or higher, so that we can be House. a static model that assumes that peo- well informed on big pieces of fiscal The Congressional Budget Office has ple are mindless automatons whose be- policy and so that we don’t gum up the looked at that. They say that will gen- havior never varies despite major works and bring this agency and this erate a lot more economic activity. In changes in the economic environment institution to a screeching halt. fact, they say, over year 10, it will ac- that our laws create. We think this hits the fine balance tually boost economic growth by 5 per- This measure doesn’t presume to tell between the two. We think it is impor- cent compared to what it would other- the CBO how to do its job or what for- tant that Members of Congress have a wise be. They say it will reduce the def- mula to use in its analysis. We will sense of how their votes will be affect- icit in this 10-year window by almost still get all of the static scoring the ing the economy. That is only common $200 billion and, in the 20-year window, same as before, but on major legisla- sense, and I urge the adoption of this by almost $1 trillion. That is an anal- tion that greatly impacts the overall bill. ysis that we all should benefit from. economy, this bill says: give us the I thank the gentleman from Georgia Interestingly, while that would pro- complete picture. If a proposal is going for actually bringing this to our atten- vide great economic growth, based on to affect the economy by more than a tion. CBO reports, and when Democrats the quarter percent for good or ill, then

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This is not a conversation Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, mation is better than less.’’ We agree. that we easily engage with our friends may I inquire as to how much time re- This is why it is so interesting, that on the other side of the aisle. mains on both sides. they specifically exclude information As you are passing the budget resolu- The CHAIR. The gentleman from based on bills that come out of the Ap- tion, the process that you are in, to my Maryland has 16 minutes remaining, propriations Committee that call for knowledge, there was no effort to in- and the gentleman from Georgia has investments in our economy and in clude an increase to the minimum 171⁄2 minutes remaining. areas that can help promote job wage. Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I growth. There was no effort to ensure that continue to reserve the balance of my They say they want more informa- 164,000 persons in the State of Texas time. tion, but their bill says they want it would get an unemployment insurance Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, only in one area and not in another. extension, thereby ceasing them from I am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to Again, Mr. Chairman, I guess I am losing their homes or being evicted the gentleman from Texas (Mr. HEN- not surprised, given the fact that the from their rental properties or literally SARLING), the chairman of the Finan- budget that the Republicans just voted not being able to support their fami- cial Services Committee. out of the Budget Committee and ex- lies. Mr. HENSARLING. I thank the gen- pect to be on the floor next week Now, we have on the floor of the tleman for yielding. I really want to makes dramatic, historic cuts to im- House legislation that simply exacer- thank the vice chairman of our Budget portant investments that this country bates the circumstance of those who Committee for his leadership in trying has made in the past. In fact, it is 40 are aspiring to be in the middle class. to continually protect the working percent below the lowest investments It is a push toward dynamic scoring. family budget from the onslaught of Dynamic scoring is an attempt to as a share of the economy we have the Federal budget. measure the microeconomic effects of made since the 1950s. I am a little bit in disbelief, Mr. policy changes before they happen and Chairman, from what I hear on the This country has been able to com- pete and has been an economic power- continue to pop up everywhere. In fact, floor. Rarely has there been a more it was even in negotiations of the Joint commonsense bill that has come to house, in part, because of the great in- vestments we have made as a Nation in Select Committee on Deficit Reduc- this floor. It simply says two things. As tion, also known as the supercom- we make important legislative deci- important areas like science, research, infrastructure, and education; and yet mittee, which, by the way, with no sions in this body, we should have more condemnation, did not work. It could information instead of less, and we Republicans want to exclude that in this bill. not get a common ground. should think longer term as opposed to You would wonder why Republicans Again, it is not surprising because shorter term. Yet it is opposed by our are pushing this dynamic scoring bill. the Congressional Budget Office, the friends on the other side of the aisle. It is because they claim the traditional very entity that they say they want to I am somewhat incredulous. I would cost estimates prepared by the CBO are provide us this analysis, has said, over say, if my Democratic colleagues don’t not enough, when we have used the the next couple of years, their budget want the information, maybe they Congressional Budget Office for dec- is going to slow down the economy and don’t have to pay attention to the in- ades, and it has been an effective tool economic growth, in part, because of formation. I have heard, Well, not all to balance between revenue and tax. of the information I want is going to the deep cuts they make in this one So you wonder why the dynamic come from this particular piece of leg- area of budget that they don’t want scoring comes in because it breaks the islation. I would encourage the distin- this information about. Surprise, sur- backs of poor people and the middle guished gentleman from Maryland to prise. class. encourage his staff to provide him then Mr. Chairman, I yield 4 minutes to We believe that it is simply an at- with the information that he wants. the distinguished gentlelady from the tempt to force Congress and the CBO to What is really important here, Mr. State of Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE). accept this concept of dynamic scoring Chairman, is that we understand in an Ms. JACKSON LEE. Let me thank and promote the efforts of the Repub- economy in which millions of our fel- the distinguished ranking member and licans to, again, give more tax cuts. low countrymen are unemployed or are the manager of this bill. We know that tax cuts did not work. underemployed how major pieces of I want to associate myself with Mr. In the good intentions of the Bush ad- legislation will impact the economy VAN HOLLEN’s analysis and add some ministration, those tax cuts put us in and their hopes, their dreams, their as- other thoughts. the predicament we are in, after leav- pirations as they lay awake at night, We are on the floor today, April 4, ing the Clinton administration with a wondering how they are going to make and might I make mention of two billion-dollar surplus and the ability to ends meet. I just wonder if one of the points that are not particularly re- invest in infrastructure. reasons that our Democratic colleagues lated, but I do want to, again, acknowl- I remember the smiles on those citi- are opposing this bill is that they know edge the men and women at Fort Hood, zens during that timeframe that the the Congressional Budget Office has Texas. economy was turning. now told us that ObamaCare is going to I was there in 2009 to mourn with The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- cost this economy 2.5 million jobs that those families. Today, I mourn as well woman has expired. otherwise we would have had. with those families whose loved ones Mr. VAN HOLLEN. I yield the gentle- have lost their lives and those who suf- lady an additional 30 seconds. b 1130 fer. It is important for us as a Nation Ms. JACKSON LEE. In the context of What if we had that information be- to be responsive to their needs. I know this particular legislation, a budget fore the bill instead of after the bill? that we will do so in a bipartisan man- bill led by Mr. RYAN has now given a Maybe the crown jewel would not have ner. $200,000 tax cut already to those who appeared. I also want to make mention that hold most of the wealth, but yet cut- So maybe they don’t want the Amer- today is the date of the assassination ting Medicaid and cutting food stamps ican people or Members of Congress to of one of the greatest peacemakers in to give an opportunity for soldiers’ have that information, but the Amer- the world, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. families to be able to eat. ican people deserve this information, Besides his concern for those who did I am against this bill because I think and we demand it on their behalf. not have equal rights, he was also an CBO has an effective structure to give

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I ask my colleagues to oppose this tracting opportunities in the form of ‘‘set- As a business guy, when you have bill. asides,’’ sole-source awards, and price-eval- that kind of logic, you can’t make cor- Mr. Chairman, I appreciate the opportunity uation preferences. rect decisions. to explain my amendment to H.R. 1874, The According to the Congressional Research This is about job growth, Mr. Chair- Pro-Growth Budget Act of 2013. Service, in FY2010, the federal government man. We lost 400 jobs in the last 48 My amendment requires the Congressional awarded contracts valued at $12.7 billion to hours in my district. That is 400 fami- Budget Office to include as part of their mac- HUBZone certified businesses, with about lies that are going to have to start to roeconomic analysis, estimates of the potential $3.6 billion of that amount awarded through worry about putting food on the table. impact, if any, on HUBZone areas as defined the HUBZone program. Mr. Chairman, we need to get behind by the Small Business Act. Mr. Chairman, that’s the gist of my amend- this and have informed decisions so My amendment only seeks to look at the ef- ment—job creation—because that’s what we that we can make good decisions on fect, should this measure pass, on HUBZones, should be talking about in this Committee legislation going forward. as defined in the Small Business Act. today. Mr. VAN HOLLEN. I yield myself In all actuality, Mr. Chairman, this bill could The Budget Committee has held hearings such time as I may consume. very well be entitled the Revenge of Dynamic on the general topic of budget process reform Mr. Chairman, I just ask one more Scoring Champions Act, because that’s in es- and the recommendations crossed party lines. time, if our Republican colleagues sence what’s going on here. Former Budget Committee Chairman Jim want information to make informed Dynamic scoring is an attempt to measure Nussle, a Republican witness, testified that, ‘‘It decisions, why did they specifically ex- the macroeconomic effects of policy changes may not be that the budget process is broken. clude one whole category of informa- before they happen, and continues to pop up It may not be, in other words, that tools are tion based on legislation coming out of everywhere; in fact, even in negotiations of the broken, but it may be the fact that the tools the Appropriations Committee to make Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, are not even being used.’’ some important investments that can also known as the Super Committee. Similarly, Dr. Philip Joyce, former Congres- help our economy grow? They say they Dynamic scoring finds its roots in the anti- sional Budget Office (CBO) staff member and want all this additional information, tax movement. Dynamic scoring is problematic a Democratic witness, testified that ‘‘My main but apparently, they didn’t. for the agencies that score and estimate the message is that most of the tools that you Again, I say it is not surprising be- cost of legislation, and has been soundly re- need to solve the budget problems faced by cause some of the changes that the Re- jected. the country are already in your toolbox. If the publican budget makes in that area do, It is clear from the bill’s language and ap- goal is to deal with the larger fiscal imbalance according to the Congressional Budget proach that it is designed to make it easier to that faces us, the most important thing to do Office, create a drag on the economy in enact deficit-increasing tax cuts. is to make use of them, not search for more the coming few years. The bill requires CBO to produce supple- tools.’’ So, again, you are going to have an mentary estimates of the economic impact of Mr. Chairman, dynamic scoring is the wrong amendment later on offered by Mr. major bills using dynamic scoring, an ap- tool at the wrong time—though—in the interest CONNOLLY—and he will talk about that proach that involves more uncertainty and of fairness to the small businesses in dis- point—to find out if our Republican subjectivity than current scoring rules. tressed communities around this country, I ask colleagues really do want full informa- None other than Former Republican Budget my colleagues to support my amendment, tion, but at least in the current form of Committee Chairman Jim Nussle opposed even though I have serious reservations about this bill, they don’t. moving to dynamic scoring, noting that CBO dynamic scoring. With that, Mr. Chairman, I reserve ‘‘generally have done a better job than some Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, the balance of my time. of the dynamic score-keeping. That has been I am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, part of the challenge of moving to something the gentleman from North Carolina I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the called dynamic scoring is that we have not (Mr. MEADOWS). gentleman from Indiana (Mr. found anything that was any more accurate Mr. MEADOWS. I thank the gen- STUTZMAN). than the current way.’’ tleman from Georgia for this common- Mr. STUTZMAN. I thank Congress- Believers in dynamic scoring argue that tax sense piece of legislation. man PRICE and the Budget Committee cuts pay for themselves, generally by spurring Mr. Chairman, to hear the debate on for their hard work in trying to give so much economic growth, to the extent that the floor this morning about Mr. Members of this body better informa- revenues will actually increase. If I didn’t know RYAN’s budget, you would think that tion. any better, Mr. Chairman, I’d think they were we are arguing about increases or de- Families and small businesses back talking to us about trickle-down economics. creases in taxes, but indeed, we are de- home didn’t need to read today’s jobs Mr. Chairman, where have we heard that bating more information to make in- report to know that this isn’t the before? formed decisions, Mr. Chairman. It has strong recovery they deserve. They I recall that the Bush administration at- nothing to do with those. know that, with Washington’s $17 tril- tempted to impose the use of dynamic scoring There will be a time to debate the lion of debt, it isn’t hard to see why to estimate the cost of its tax cuts, asserting new budget, but this is about job cre- our economy isn’t creating enough that tax cuts would increase revenue enough ation, Mr. Chairman. This is about the jobs. to pay for themselves, sort of a trickle-down CBO and the flawed method—many Hoosiers understand the problems, form of budgeting. times—that they use in preparing doc- but they wonder if Washington even Unfortunately Mr. Chairman, the Bush tax uments for us to make informed deci- cares. cuts did no such thing, but instead caused our sions. Republicans owe taxpayers a clear national debt to explode. My amendment only I will give you a prime example. We plan to tackle the debt and jumpstart seeks to look at the effect, should this meas- had CBO come in and talk to us about the economy with private sector job ure pass, on HUBZones, as defined in the energy policy. I said: Well, if we start growth. That is why my colleagues and Small Business Act. to tax some of our natural resources so I are offering a commonsense reform to The Small Business Administration (SBA) that we can lower gas prices for those Washington’s broken budget process. administers several programs to support small people that are having to fill their We have to force the Federal Govern- businesses, including the Historically Underuti- tanks and having to make decisions be- ment to take an honest look at how its lized Business Zone Empowerment Con- tween food on the table and gas in policies affect Americans struggling in tracting, better known as the HUBZone pro- their tank, if we tap that, what would this real economy. It is not too late to gram. be the impact? save the American Dream from a fu- The HUBZone program is a small business They say: Oh, well, you would get a ture of debt and decline, but we have to federal contracting assistance program negative CBO score. I said: Well, how do that work now.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:16 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04AP7.024 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2933 We owe taxpayers a clear vision for it. They gave the Congress information Now, this issue may strike many how we can force Washington to stop just like our colleagues are asking for. Americans as somewhat arcane, but it spending money we don’t have and They didn’t say that it had any nega- has very important and real-world im- make ends meet without raising taxes. tive job impact at all right now. Now, plications for our Nation’s economic That starts with reforms like the Pro- they said, in the outyears, that now growth, for job creation, and for wage Growth Budgeting Act. that people are able to go into ex- levels. Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I changes to afford health care, that peo- Under current law, when legislation continue to reserve the balance of my ple may decide to not go to a job where is introduced, our Budget Office is pre- time. the job had been the only way to get vented from taking into account how Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, taxpayer-benefited health care. individual Americans will actually re- I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the Under our current system, if you spond to that legislative proposal; so gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. want a tax benefit for your health care, our Budget Office has to produce this WILSON), a senior member of the House if you want preferential tax treatment artificial sort of analysis, failing to ac- Republican Conference. on your health care, where do you go? curately estimate the true costs or Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. I You go to a job. That is where the tax benefits of a given proposal. This ob- thank the gentleman for yielding. benefit comes from. As a result of the scures, for policymakers, for members As an original cosponsor, I am very Affordable Care Act, people now can of the media, and for many rank-and- grateful to Congressman Dr. TOM PRICE get a tax credit and go into the ex- file Americans, the true negative im- for his insight and leadership on this change. So they can decide to launch a pact that tax hikes can have on our very important issue. business from their home and get Nation’s economy, on the private sec- It is no secret that Washington’s health insurance without having been tor, and so forth; and it fails to recog- budget process is broken. The over $17 locked into another job which had been nize how tax cuts can actually stimu- trillion debt jeopardizes our national the only place where they got tax-bene- late the very work, savings, and invest- fiscal security and threatens future op- fited health care. ment that lead to jobs, higher wages, portunities for our children and grand- So I encourage my colleagues to read and a secure retirement. children. the CBO reports that have already been So the Price bill takes an important I appreciate House Budget Com- issued on the Affordable Care Act. I first step to eliminating CBO’s unreal- mittee Chairman PAUL RYAN’s work to also urge them to read the CBO reports istic economic analysis by requiring produce a path forward that restores that have already been issued on the CBO to apply real-world analysis of the prosperity and makes substantial re- recovery bill because the Congressional impact a proposal will have on our Na- ductions to our debt over the next 10 Budget Office has indicated that, as a tion’s economy. years. result of the recovery bill, the economy Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I For far too long, Congress has passed actually saved millions of jobs, that yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from bills without a full understanding of that helped the economy from falling Virginia (Mr. CONNOLLY), who will be how policies will affect jobs and our farther and farther. offering an amendment a little bit economy. The Congressional Budget Remember, when President Obama later. Office, the body we as lawmakers de- was sworn in, we were losing 800,000 Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chairman, I pend upon to provide fiscal and eco- jobs every month, and the recovery bill thank my friend from Maryland. nomic impacts of all legislation, has a helped stop that free fall and turned Listening to the debate on the floor, bad track record of providing accurate that around. That is what the Congres- one feels one is living out an ‘‘Alice in information due to a significant loop- sional Budget Office said, the non- Wonderland’’ chapter. My friends on hole. partisan Congressional Budget Office. the other side of the aisle continue to House Republicans have made mean- So it is great our colleagues are ask- repeat their orthodoxy that slashing ingful strides in restoring fiscal ac- ing the Congressional Budget Office for taxes and slashing spending leads to countability and responsibility back to more information, and we welcome prosperity. We went down that road in Washington. We recognize, as the Lex- that. It would be great if they read the spades under the previous President’s ington County Chronicle promotes, it information the Congressional Budget administration, President Bush’s, and is the taxpayers’ money, not money Office has already issued. it led to the most ruinous economic the government allows citizens to hold I just want to make one final point, performance since the Great Depres- temporarily. Mr. Chairman. I have made it before, sion. Providing the CBO with the nec- but it is important because we keep Now they want to sell us a budget, essary toolkit to determine a bill’s po- saying we want more information, once again, that slashes $5 trillion in tential fiscal impacts on every aspect more complete information, and if you this investment. This is actually of our economy is a step in the right read this legislation, it says that. Then disinvesting in America. It is direction. it says: except. We want information disinvesting in research and develop- Take ObamaCare, for example. See- except. We don’t want any information ment. It is disinvesting in human cap- ing its failed implementation, which on the job impact of those parts of our ital. It is disinvesting in education. It has destroyed jobs, proves we must see budget that invest in jobs and our is disinvesting in infrastructure. how a law will impact American job economy, like R&D at places like NIH, We are handing over our future with creators and the way families spend National Institutes of Health, like our this budget and this philosophy to our hard-earned paychecks. kids’ education. We want all the infor- world competitors, and somebody is I urge my colleagues on both sides of mation, but don’t tell us about the ben- going to have to stand on this floor 20 the aisle to support this legislation and efits of those investments. years hence and explain to that genera- give CBO the likely consequences that And I wonder why. It is because the tion how a great Congress handed over may occur. Republican budget slashes our invest- the country’s future to foreign com- ments in those areas. So don’t tell us petition. b 1145 about the impact of that, Congres- Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I sional Budget Office. I am pleased to yield 11⁄2 minutes to the yield myself such time as I may con- Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance gentleman from Texas (Mr. OLSON). sume. of my time. Mr. OLSON. I thank my friend from The CBO provides lots of information Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, Georgia. right now. I hope all Members of Con- I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong sup- gress will take advantage of the infor- gentleman from Indiana (Mr. YOUNG). port of a commonsense budget pro- mation they provide. Mr. YOUNG of Indiana. Mr. Chair- posal, the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act We have now heard, for the second man, I rise in support of the Pro- of 2014. time today, that the Affordable Care Growth Budgeting Act of 2013. This bill is genius. It is simple and it Act has cost the economy jobs. Well, I thank Dr. PRICE for his leadership is darn important. It requires the Con- the CBO looked at that. They studied on this issue. gressional Budget Office to analyze the

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Current law requires CBO to provide eting, our Republican colleagues don’t The Pro-Growth Budgeting Act simply Congress with information from want the CBO to tell us about the pro- allows the Congressional Budget Office fantasyland on the fiscal impact of leg- growth benefits of those important in- to take a policy proposal and measure islation. There is no requirement to vestments. its impact on future growth. And un- stay in our world and analyze the eco- Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance derstand, that also means future gen- nomic impact of legislation, of jobs. of my time. erations. That way we can tell if it is Some of my colleagues on the other Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, a good or a bad policy and make more side of the aisle argue that such scor- may I inquire as to the time remaining informed decisions. Some people really ing is impossible, yet they proudly tout on each side? don’t want to do that. that CBO used a macroeconomic anal- The CHAIR. The gentleman from This bill is about doing what is right for the next generation. No more pass- ysis in its report on the impact of the Georgia has 61⁄2 minutes remaining. ing the buck. Let’s bring realistic Senate’s immigration bill last year. The gentleman from Maryland has 11⁄4 They left fantasyland, joined our minutes remaining. budgeting and accountability to Wash- ington, D.C. Let’s pass this bill today. world. Welcome. Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, The more information we have about I am now pleased to yield 2 minutes to b 1200 the economic impacts of bills, the bet- the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. The CHAIR. The Chair wishes to ter decisions we can make. Mr. Chair- WALBERG). make a clarification on the time re- man, a simple but important policy Mr. WALBERG. I thank the gen- maining. The gentleman from Mary- change like this will help get our econ- tleman for yielding. land has 13⁄4 minutes remaining. omy back on track, create jobs, protect Mr. Chairman, I rise today to offer Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I hardworking Americans, and keep us in my support for the Pro-Growth Budg- know I sound like a broken record. Our their world. eting Act, and I thank Dr. PRICE for his colleagues keep saying they want more I urge my colleagues to support this leadership on this issue. information, but the bill specifically bill. This simple legislation would require excludes a major portion of informa- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I the Congressional Budget Office to pro- tion. yield myself such time as I may vide a full analysis of major legislation I now yield the balance of my time to consume. so that we know how bills will impact the gentleman from New York (Mr. I was glad the last speaker men- our economy and our Nation’s employ- JEFFRIES), a terrific new member of the tioned the CBO report on immigration ment. Budget Committee. reform. I just wish that, if they really It appears today that Democrat oppo- Mr. JEFFRIES. I thank the distin- wanted to have a pro-growth policy, sition to this bill seems to indicate guished gentleman from Maryland. they would adopt the bipartisan immi- their satisfaction with the anemic job Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this gration legislation that the CBO wrote growth, a historic $17 trillion debt and bill. Dynamic scoring, as contemplated about, because what the CBO report growing, no attempt to balance our in this legislation, is nothing more said was that would be a great boost to budget, and devastation of the middle than a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It is a economic growth in our country. It class. desperate attempt to revive a failed would create more jobs. It would create Before Congress even considers pass- theory of trickle-down economics that more economic activity. As I said, be- ing another legislative overhaul like has been widely discredited by aca- cause it would generate more economic the Dodd-Frank or stimulus or the demics but, more importantly, has activity and more pro-growth revenue, President’s health care law, let’s un- been discredited in practice. Let’s just look at a side-by-side com- it would actually reduce the deficit derstand exactly how these thousand- parison: Eight years under Bill Clinton, over the next 10 years by $190 billion, page bills will impact our economy and he raises the top tax rate to 39.6 per- and almost a trillion over 20. So, great. potentially result in lost jobs and lost cent, and 20.3 million jobs were cre- I haven’t really heard a response to futures. ated. George Bush comes into office. He this, Mr. Chairman, but we want more As we craft fiscal policy to get our lowers the top tax rate from 39.6 per- information. CBO does reports all the economy back on track and improve cent to 35 percent, and what happens? time. But they have this big except. We the livelihoods of our constituents, I Did the economy grow? Did the rich in- want more information, except we would ask my colleagues: Is it better vest more in the economy? Does the don’t want information about this part for us to have more information or economy take off? No. We lose 650,000 of our budget that deals with impor- less? understanding or ignorance? re- jobs. A side-by-side comparison. tant investment in our future. ality or spin? Dynamic scoring is just designed to As Mr. CONNOLLY said, a lot of our Supporting the Pro-Growth Budg- revive a theory that has hurt the economic competitors have been copy- eting Act is a commonsense step that American people when put into prac- ing successful models from the United will help us judge the long-term impact tice by a Republican Congress and States. For example, the Chinese are of legislation, and I would urge my col- George Bush. trying to hire more scientists in the leagues to join me in support. We should be investing in job train- areas of biomedical research, yet the Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I ing, investing in education, investing Republican budget, if you apply it reserve the balance of my time. in transportation and infrastructure, across the board, cut 24 percent—cut— Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, investing in research and development, over the next 10 years from the amount I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the and investing in technology and inno- for research at NIH that was in the gentleman from Florida (Mr. POSEY). vation. Instead of trying to promote Ryan-Murray document. Again, not Mr. POSEY. Mr. Chairman, I thank progress for the greatest number of surprising they don’t want the Con- the gentleman from Georgia for yield- Americans possible, this budget, this gressional Budget Office to look in de- ing. bill, this Republican majority is simply tail at that. It is time to end the budget games in trying to protect prosperity for the When the Congressional Budget Of- Washington, D.C., and this bill is one few. And that is why we should reject fice looked at the budget that just way to bring more accountability and this bill. came out of the Budget Committee the more honest budgeting to Washington. The CHAIR. The time of the gen- other night, which will be on the floor Four years ago, when the President’s tleman has expired. next week, they said, over the next health care law was passed, it included Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, couple of years, these fiscal policies a number of budget gimmicks so that I yield myself such time as I may con- would reduce output and employment it appeared to be cheaper than it really sume.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:16 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04AP7.026 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2935 I have to admit, I am puzzled. All we are able to make more wise deci- A of House Report 113–400, shall be con- this bill does is say that Members of sions. And I urge adoption of the un- sidered as adopted, and the bill, as Congress ought to have more informa- derlying piece of legislation. amended, shall be considered as read. tion about the decisions that we are I yield back the balance of my time. The text of the bill, as amended, is as making here on behalf of the American Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Chair, as chair of the follows. people, not less. That is a pretty simple Committee on Rules, I submit my exchange of H.R. 1874 concept in the real world. Only here in letters with the chair of the Committee on the Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Washington do we not want more infor- Budget regarding the provisions that war- resentatives of the United States of America in mation. I guess we want to stick our ranted a referral of H.R. 1874 to the Com- Congress assembled, heads in the sand. mittee on Rules. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pro-Growth The gentleman who just spoke said COMMITTEE ON RULES, Budgeting Act of 2014’’. that this bill’s purpose is to trot out HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, and continue to put in place a failed Washington, DC, August 27, 2013. SEC. 2. MACROECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSES. (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title IV of the theory. Hon. PAUL RYAN, Chairman, Committee on the Budget, Cannon Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended This bill doesn’t do anything about by adding at the end the following new sec- the outcome of the results that CBO House Office Building, Washington, DC. DEAR CHAIRMAN RYAN: On June 19, 2013, the tion: would give us under this bill. We don’t Committee on the Budget ordered reported ‘‘MACROECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF MAJOR game the system at all. What we do is H.R. 1874, the Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of LEGISLATION want the Congressional Budget Office 2013. As you know, the Committee on Rules ‘‘SEC. 407. (a) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OF- to give us more information. If the gen- was granted an additional referral upon the FICE.—The Congressional Budget Office shall, tleman is correct, then that is the in- bill’s introduction pursuant to the Commit- to the extent practicable, prepare for each formation that we will get. Why would tee’s jurisdiction under rule X of the Rules of major bill or resolution reported by any he not want more information? the House of Representatives over the rules committee of the House of Representatives What else has been said here this of the House and special orders of business. or the Senate (except the Committee on Ap- Because of your willingness to consult morning, Mr. Chairman? We had a sci- propriations of each House), as a supplement with my committee regarding this matter, I to estimates prepared under section 402, a entist take the floor and say that he will waive consideration of the bill by the macroeconomic impact analysis of the budg- was against using more information. A Rules Committee. By agreeing to waive its etary effects of such bill or resolution for the scientist. consideration of the bill, the Rules Com- ten fiscal-year period beginning with the As a physician, I can tell you that I mittee does not waive its jurisdiction over first fiscal year for which an estimate was never met an individual—any of my H.R. 1874. In addition, the Committee on prepared under section 402 and each of the medical colleagues—who didn’t want Rules reserves its authority to seek con- next three ten fiscal-year periods. The Direc- all of the information that they could ferees on any provisions of the bill that are tor shall submit to such committee the mac- within its jurisdiction during any House- get. In fact, that is what happens in the roeconomic impact analysis, together with Senate conference that may be convened on the basis for the analysis. As a supplement real world. In families and in commu- this legislation. I ask your commitment to to estimates prepared under section 402, all nities and in businesses, people want as support any request by the Committee on such information so submitted shall be in- much information as they can so that Rules for conferees on H.R. 1874 or related cluded in the report accompanying such bill they can make wise decisions. And that legislation. or resolution. is what this bill would do, give us more I request that you include this letter and ‘‘(b) ECONOMIC IMPACT.—The analysis pre- information so that hopefully, hope- your response as part the Congressional pared under subsection (a) shall describe the fully Congress would be able to make Record during consideration of the legisla- potential economic impact of the applicable tion on the House floor. major bill or resolution on major economic more wise decisions. Thank you for your attention to these variables, including real gross domestic I will tell you, I am puzzled by the matters. product, business investment, the capital gentleman from Maryland who stands Sincerely, stock, employment, interest rates, and labor up over and over and talks about the PETE SESSIONS. supply. The analysis shall also describe the benefits of dynamic scoring on a par- potential fiscal effects of the bill or resolu- ticular piece of legislation that he sup- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, tion, including any estimates of revenue in- ports. But then he doesn’t want dy- COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET, creases or decreases resulting from changes namic scoring or a macroeconomic Washington, DC, August 27, 2013. in gross domestic product. To the extent Hon. PETE SESSIONS, analysis of legislation on anything practicable, the analysis should use a variety Chairman, Committee on Rules, The Capitol, of economic models in order to reflect the else, just what he supports. You talk Washington, DC. full range of possible economic outcomes re- about being duplicitous, Mr. Chairman. DEAR CHAIRMAN SESSIONS: Thank you for sulting from the bill or resolution. The anal- I am telling you. your letter regarding H.R. 1874, the Pro- ysis (or a technical appendix to the analysis) The gentleman from Maryland keeps Growth Budgeting Act of 2013, which the shall specify the economic and econometric talking about slower growth in the Committee on the Budget ordered reported models used, sources of data, relevant data budget that we are going to be talking on June 19, 2013. transformations, and shall include such ex- about next week, and he always adds I acknowledge that certain provisions in planation as is necessary to make the models this legislation are in your Committee’s ju- ‘‘over the next few years’’ because he comprehensible to academic and public pol- risdiction. I appreciate your decision to fa- icy analysts. doesn’t want to talk about the out- cilitate prompt consideration of the bill by ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— years, where the growth explodes, and the full House. I understand that by fore- ‘‘(1) the term ‘macroeconomic impact anal- we have that pro-growth economy and going a sequential referral, the Committee ysis’ means— getting people back to work and the on Rules is not waiving its jurisdiction. ‘‘(A) an estimate of the changes in eco- jobs that are going to be created. Per your request, I will include a copy of nomic output, employment, interest rates, So, Mr. Chairman, this really is pret- our exchange of letters with respect to H.R. capital stock, and tax revenues expected to ty doggone simple. Either we want 1874 in the Congressional Record during result from enactment of the proposal; House consideration of this bill. We appre- more information or we don’t. Repub- ‘‘(B) an estimate of revenue feedback ex- ciate your cooperation and look forward to pected to result from enactment of the pro- licans in this House at this point want working with you as this bill moves through posal; and more information. In fact, in the Sen- the Congress. ‘‘(C) a statement identifying the critical ate, a piece of legislation that is simi- Sincerely, assumptions and the source of data under- lar to this—asking for macroeconomic PAUL RYAN, lying that estimate; analysis, offered by Senator PORTMAN— Chairman. ‘‘(2) the term ‘major bill or resolution’ was voted on in a bipartisan way. The The CHAIR. All time for general de- means any bill or resolution if the gross Senate, in a bipartisan way, supported bate has expired. budgetary effects of such bill or resolution that amendment. Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be for any fiscal year in the period for which an So I call on my colleagues on both considered for amendment under the 5- estimate is prepared under section 402 is esti- mated to be greater than .25 percent of the sides of the aisle, Republicans and minute rule. current projected gross domestic product of Democrats, to stand up today and say The amendments recommended by the United States for any such fiscal year; to the American people, yes, we want the Committee on the Budget, printed ‘‘(3) the term ‘budgetary effect’, when ap- more information, so that, hopefully, in the bill, and the amendment in part plied to a major bill or resolution, means the

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If I did not know my scribed in subsection (c) shall rely on macro- Chairman. Every single appropriations friend from Virginia as well as I do, I economic analysis prepared by the Joint bill, the entire funding of the Federal would have thought I had detected a Committee on Taxation for any provisions of Government, is exempted. I thought little sense of sarcasm in his remarks, such legislation that are described in section my friends wanted full disclosure. I but, frankly, I know that is not the 201(f). For legislation consisting solely of thought they wanted full information. case. I know it is a sincere proposal. provisions described in section 201(f), the I must say, though, as chairman of macroeconomic analysis described in sub- I heard my friend talk about the par- section (c) shall be prepared by the Joint allel with the medical profession. No the Legislative Branch Subcommittee Committee on Taxation.’’. doctor wants to be deprived of key in- of Appropriations, which has jurisdic- (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of formation when making a key decision tion over the CBO, I am pretty familiar contents set forth in section 1(b) of the Con- about a patient, a client. It could be with its operations, its resources, and gressional Budget and Impoundment Control life-and-death. Well, it is no less than its capabilities, and the simple fact of Act of 1974 is amended by inserting after the here in the House of Representatives. the matter is that the amendment item relating to section 406 the following Mr. Chairman, I would say that in re- would create an unsustainable amount new item: of work for the CBO for no benefit in ‘‘Sec. 407. Macroeconomic impact analysis sponse to my friend from Georgia, I of major legislation.’’. have a simple but important amend- new or additional information to the ment to ensure that the broader eco- Congress of the United States. By arbi- The CHAIR. No further amendment nomic analysis required by the bill is trarily picking $1 billion as the thresh- to the bill, as amended, shall be in applied equally to all congressional ac- old for the analysis, this amendment order except those printed in part B of tions. The bill, as currently drafted, as would force CBO to conduct analyses the report. Each such further amend- I said, it exempts all appropriations on dozens of additional bills. ment may be offered only in the order bills. CBO Director Elmendorf wrote to printed in the report, by a Member des- Now, I know some of my friends on Chairman RYAN yesterday to explain ignated in the report, shall be consid- the other side of the aisle don’t want to the limits of their capability and ca- ered as read, shall be debatable for the acknowledge this, but funding basic re- pacity. Let me quote from his letter: time specified in the report, equally di- search, making transportation im- The CBO would not be able to perform the vided and controlled by the proponent provements, and purchasing ships for analyses envisioned by that set of amend- and an opponent, shall not be subject the Navy, to name just a few examples ments: We do not have the analytical capa- to amendment, and shall not be subject in which we invest taxpayer money, bilities or the level of staffing that would be to a demand for division of the ques- needed to undertake and complete the tasks have a stimulative effect on the econ- tion. that would be assigned to us, nor would the omy. For example, it is estimated that usual timetable for considering legislation AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. CONNOLLY 28,000 construction jobs are created allow the time that would be required to The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- with every $1 billion we invest in trans- complete such analyses, even if we did not sider amendment No. 1 printed in part portation infrastructure. In addition, face those analytical and staffing con- B of House Report 113–400. the Federal Government spent $13 bil- straints. Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chairman, I lion over the past 25 years supporting The time that it would take the CBO have an amendment at the desk. the Human Genome Project. That $13 to produce these additional estimates The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate billion Federal investment, it is esti- showing no discernible impact would the amendment. mated, had a receipt to it of $780 bil- delay Congress’ legislative work at The text of the amendment is as fol- lion, and counting. both the committee level and on the lows: We have arrived at the point, Mr. floor. The simple fact is, the amend- Page 3, lines 16 and 17, strike ‘‘(except the Chairman, sometimes in our debate ment is unworkable and ill-conceived, Committee on Appropriations of each here on the floor, where we know the and I urge its rejection. House)’’. cost of everything but the value of Mr. PRICE of Georgia. I yield back Page 3, line 18, before the comma, insert ‘‘or as a standalone analysis in the case of nothing. Investments have returns on the balance of my time. the Committee on Appropriations of each them. Mr. CONNOLLY. Let me just say, Mr. House’’. Whatever the cost of the Internet, Chairman, that I have the utmost re- Page 5, lines 13 through 15, strike ‘‘.25 per- which originally started out as entirely spect—and he knows it—of my friend cent of the current projected gross domestic a Federal investment, DARPANET, from Oklahoma. No sarcasm was product of the United States for any such fis- whatever that cost, it was worth every meant. cal year;’’ and insert ‘‘$1,000,000,000 for any penny because the return on it has But he might forgive me for being such fiscal year;’’. been transformative throughout the shocked at a speech I took certainly at The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- globe. face value about the need for full infor- lution 539, the gentleman from Virginia Dwight D. Eisenhower’s decision to mation and then a carve-out explicitly (Mr. CONNOLLY) and a Member opposed invest in infrastructure in the inter- in the law, the draft law, that exempts each will control 5 minutes. state highway system, whatever it all appropriations. The Chair recognizes the gentleman cost, is a gift that keeps on giving. Its Now, if my friend feels that it is too from Virginia. returns continue to this day, and it has much work for the CBO with this Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chairman, I helped America. threshold, then let’s name a threshold. yield myself such time as I may con- Let’s not disinvest in America, and But his threshold in this bill is zero. sume. let’s make sure we do have full dy- There will be no dynamic scoring by You know, I listened to my friend namic scoring for all appropriations CBO on any appropriations. I think from Georgia, and Lord Almighty, do I bills in the spirit that my friend from that is not serving the American peo- agree with him. We should have all Georgia has laid down. ple well. I don’t think that is full dis- that information available to us on dy- I reserve the balance of my time. closure. I don’t think that is trans- namic scoring, including—and I assume Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, parency in government. I don’t think the gentleman will support my amend- I rise in opposition to the amendment. that is good government. And I think ment—to correct what must have been The CHAIR. The gentleman is recog- that suggests we have something to a mistake in the Republican majority’s nized for 5 minutes. hide around here. And I am sure that is bill on page 3. Because knowing my Mr. PRICE of Georgia. I am pleased not the message we intended to send. friend’s commitment to full informa- to yield such time as he may consume That is the spirit of my amendment, tion available to the public and Mem- to the gentleman from Oklahoma (Mr. full disclosure. And I am sorry if this

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We can’t keep So, for all the high-minded speeches from Virginia (Mr. CONNOLLY). pushing off these costs and the accom- that we hear from my friends about The question was taken; and the panying uncertainty surrounding this needing to protect the taxpayer, oppos- Chair announced that the noes ap- funding. That is why my amendment is ing this amendment essentially says to peared to have it. so important, Mr. Chairman. It would the taxpayer you foot the bill for the Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chairman, I de- tell us if we are actually being fiscally decisions we make here. mand a recorded vote. responsible at all levels, or are we sim- So we talk about cutting taxes and The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of ply moving costs from one level of gov- we put out our press releases and we rule XVIII, further proceedings on the ernment to the other? pat ourselves on the back for cutting amendment offered by the gentleman I hope my friends will support this Federal taxes and cutting spending from Virginia will be postponed. amendment. We all represent not just when what we are really doing is stab- AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. ISRAEL Federal taxpayers but local taxpayers, bing local taxpayers in the back with The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- and we should protect the interests of those decisions. sider amendment No. 2 printed in part both. With that, I yield back the balance of B of House Report 113–400. I reserve the balance of my time. my time. Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I have Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, The CHAIR. The question is on the an amendment at the desk. I rise in opposition to the amendment. amendment offered by the gentleman The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate The CHAIR. The gentleman is recog- from New York (Mr. ISRAEL). the amendment. nized for 5 minutes. The question was taken; and the The text of the amendment is as fol- Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, Chair announced that the noes ap- lows: this truly is a great idea. There is no peared to have it. Page 4, line 9, strike ‘‘, and labor supply’’ question that Congress ought to have Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, I de- and insert ‘‘, labor supply, and State and more information about the legislation mand a recorded vote. local governments’’. that we are going to consider and how The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- it affects State and local governments. rule XVIII, further proceedings on the lution 539, the gentleman from New Far too often, we in Washington decide amendment offered by the gentleman York (Mr. ISRAEL) and a Member op- that we are smarter than everyone else from New York will be postponed. posed each will control 5 minutes. and choose to impose burdens on those AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. CICILLINE The Chair recognizes the gentleman governments that are closer to the peo- The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- from New York. ple. sider amendment No. 3 printed in part Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, my Frankly, far too many of us here in B of House Report 113–400. amendment is very simple. It would di- Congress simply don’t take the prin- Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Chairman, I rect the CBO to analyze the impact of ciple of federalism seriously. In fact, have an amendment at the desk. our major bills here in Congress on this is such a great idea that a Repub- The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate some of the Nation’s most critical in- lican Congress passed it and a Demo- the amendment. stitutions, our State and local govern- cratic President signed it into law in The text of the amendment is as fol- ments, and State and local taxpayers. 1995. It is called the Unfunded Man- lows: The State Budget Crisis Task Force dates Reform Act or, more popularly, Page 4, after line 20, insert the following is cochaired by former Lieutenant Gov- UMRA. This law requires CBO to ana- new subsection: ernor of the State of New York Richard lyze every piece of legislation for the ‘‘(c) JOBS IMPACT.—The analysis prepared Ravitch and the former Federal Re- burdens that it imposes on State and under subsection (a) shall also, using analyt- serve Board Chair Paul Volcker. They local governments. ical principles and procedures consistent spent a great deal of time analyzing Here is how CBO describes their work with section 402, provide an estimate of the the impacts of what we do here on under the law: number of jobs which would be created, sus- tained, or lost in carrying out the applicable In 1995, the UMRA was enacted to ensure State and local governments and tax- major bill or resolution in the fiscal year in that the Congress receives information, dur- payers. which it is to become effective and in each of ing the legislative process, about Federal What did they find? They found that the 4 fiscal years following such fiscal year, mandates—requirements that would be im- fiscal stress runs downhill, and very together with the basis for each such esti- posed on State, local, and tribal govern- often, local taxpayers are the recipient mate, and to the extent practicable, the ments and on entities in the private sector. of that stress. Everything we do here in analysis shall include regional and State- Congress, Mr. Chairman, or everything So, as with this amendment we are level estimates of jobs that would be created, that we don’t do has significant impli- debating, the job is already done; and, sustained, or lost. cations on broader levels of govern- as with the next amendment, the job is Page 4, line 21, strike ‘‘(c)’’ and insert ‘‘(d)’’. ment and local taxpayers. already done. The issue is already ad- But no mechanism exists at all to as- dressed. So I appreciate the gentle- The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- sess the fiscal impact of Federal ac- man’s interest in the issue, but there is lution 539, the gentleman from Rhode tions on those taxpayers. I am offering simply no need for the amendment, Island (Mr. CICILLINE) and a Member this amendment today because if we and, consequently, we will have to op- opposed each will control 5 minutes. are going to analyze how our fiscal ac- pose the amendment. The Chair recognizes the gentleman tions affect the economy, we need to I yield back the balance of my time. from Rhode Island. make sure we are not just pushing off Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Chairman, two re- Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Chairman, the the hard decisions to local taxpayers. sponses to my friend from Georgia: most important issue confronting our Let me give you an example. The Re- Number one, the law that he cites Nation today is the jobs crisis, some- publican budget, offered by my good does not analyze the impact of budget thing my constituents and I know all friend, the gentleman from Wisconsin, and tax decisions that we engage in too well as my home State of Rhode Is- cuts over $50 billion from road repair here in Washington, D.C. So the gentle- land continues to be plagued with the and infrastructure investments. man’s response, with all due respect, in highest unemployment rate in the Na- the world, is wrong. tion, currently 9 percent. b 1215 Secondly, I do find it ironic that this While most Members would agree And so the implication of that budget entire debate has focused on the crit- that the best way to address this jobs is that the Federal Government does ical need for more information. I have crisis is to pass legislation that gets

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In fact, providing this have that important conversation in am so proud that as drafted—as draft- amendment will only ensure that that great detail next week as the House is ed—this bill, introduced by my friend analysis happens in both places. scheduled to consider the Republican from Georgia, Dr. PRICE, requires ‘‘em- You have recognized in the under- budget authored by Chairman RYAN ployment and labor supply analysis’’ in lying bill that jobs impact matters—we and the substantive alternatives on the subsection B. agree—but let’s not limit that informa- floor. Now, that is incredibly important, tion. Let’s be sure there is a jobs im- Today, however, we have before the Mr. Chairman, because what we do in pact both in the static analysis that is House a bill that modifies the budget Washington absolutely has con- done by CBO as well as in your new process. Specifically, this bill changes sequences, and what those con- provision for dynamic scoring. Let’s the rules that our independent umpire, sequences are is a fair subject of debate have an assessment in both of those the Congressional Budget Office, uses here in the Chamber. But today there side by side. It will provide a full pic- to determine the costs of implementing is no mechanism for determining, ture of the potential range of likely major pieces of legislation, defined as again, employment and labor supply employment effects in our commu- those impacting gross domestic prod- numbers on a dynamic basis over time nities. We certainly have a responsi- uct by more than approximately $40 recognizing what those actions are. bility to understand that and to deal billion. Now, my concern about the amend- with as much information as we can While your new rules would supple- ment from my friend is that, rather about the impact on jobs. ment—not replace—existing scoring than scoring those jobs dynamically— There is no more urgent issue, and rules, let’s be clear, the macro- again, understanding that for every ac- we have heard lots of conversations economic impact analysis, or dynamic tion there is a reaction—it scores in a this morning about how important it is scoring process, that is called for under static methodology assuming that the that we have good data, good informa- the bill is something my colleagues government creates jobs, that there is tion. This simply supplements that. and I on this side of the aisle view with anything at all that the government Let’s make sure that jobs analysis hap- great apprehension and serious con- does that actually creates a job. pens in both places at the CBO. cern, as it relies upon much more un- Now, we can redistribute the wealth, With that, I yield back the balance of certain and subjective analytical prin- but short of putting someone on the my time. ciples, procedures, and assumptions Federal payroll, this amendment per- The CHAIR. The question is on the than what the Congressional Budget petuates the myth that the govern- amendment offered by the gentleman Office currently utilizes for scoring the ment is in the job-creation business. from Rhode Island (Mr. CICILLINE). costs of legislation. The government is absolutely in the The question was taken; and the So while my colleagues across the job-destroying business, and we both Chair announced that the noes ap- aisle pursue what they believe is an work together on that facet, and we peared to have it. ideal set of scoring rules, I rise today can make some decisions that help the Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Chairman, I de- with a proposal to give a more targeted private sector to succeed. It is those mand a recorded vote. and specific picture of the impact pend- decisions, Mr. Chairman, that the bill, The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of ing legislation will have on jobs in our as drafted, will make sure are meas- rule XVIII, further proceedings on the communities. ured, recorded, and reported here on amendment offered by the gentleman The amendment I offer does not the House floor for the first time. from Rhode Island will be postponed. change your desired dynamic scoring Again, I very much appreciate the in- AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. BISHOP OF analysis; it merely requires production tent of the gentleman to make sure NEW YORK of a separate estimate, using CBO’s ex- that this Congress is focused like a The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- isting analytical principles and proce- laser on job creation, but scoring it as sider amendment No. 4 printed in part dures, of the number of jobs that will if the government is creating jobs in- B of House Report 113–400. be created, sustained, or lost, including stead of recognizing it is only our ac- Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Chair- regional- and State-level estimates tions that the private sector is being man, I have an amendment at the desk. when practicable, for the same pro- impacted on that creates those jobs, I The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate posals my colleagues wish to score believe, would take what is a very good the amendment. using their preferred set of rules. underlying bill and move it in the The text of the amendment is as fol- Keep in mind, this is not a partisan wrong direction. lows: proposal. This amendment is derived With that, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on the Page 4, after line 20, insert the following from legislation, the Jobs Score Act, amendment and yield back the balance new subsection: which I introduced along with Senator of my time. ‘‘(c) REPORTING ON ACCURACY OF MACRO- MANCHIN, and has received balanced, Mr. CICILLINE. Well, I thank my ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSES.—Upon comple- bipartisan support in both Chambers. colleague for his kind words, but I tion of the fifth fiscal year beginning after So I urge my colleagues to support think he is actually missing the point. the date of enactment of any major bill or my amendment and help ensure that The dynamic scoring, in fact, does joint resolution for which the Congressional Members of Congress are fully prepared allow you to assess the employment Budget Office prepared an analysis under impact, and, obviously, we think it subsection (a), the Congressional Budget Of- to conduct their due diligence and have fice shall report on the accuracy of the origi- the most complete understanding pos- does that through a tainted lens be- nal macroeconomic impact analysis of such sible of how the major bills considered cause such analysis will be subjective enacted bill or joint resolution and submit in Congress impact jobs in our commu- and uncertain, and we have made the these reports to the Committees on the nities. arguments about dynamic scoring. But Budget of the House of Representatives and I reserve the balance of my time. it doesn’t impact that at all. That re- the Senate. Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Chairman, I rise mains in the bill. Page 4, line 21, strike ‘‘(c)’’ and insert in opposition to the amendment. This simply adds a provision that ‘‘(d)’’. The CHAIR. The gentleman from would require an analysis be done The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- Georgia is recognized for 5 minutes. under the traditional methods that the lution 539, the gentleman from New Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Chairman, I CBO uses. It will ensure that CBO con- York (Mr. BISHOP) and a Member op- thank my friend from Rhode Island for ducts the same kind of analysis of jobs posed each will control 5 minutes. bringing the amendment. He and I were impact when using the static method The Chair recognizes the gentleman elected in the same class together just currently used by CBO. And we can and from New York. 3 years ago, and I think we have been should do both. Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Chair- able to work together to make a dif- The fact of the matter is this is an man, my amendment is straight- ference in the short time that we have opportunity to be sure that we have as forward but one that I think is impor- been here. much information as possible about the tant to consider. Simply put, my

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Under H.R. 1874, very few pieces of lows: With that, I ask my colleagues to legislation are likely to meet the Page 5, after line 23, insert the following: support my amendment, and I reserve threshold for requiring this type of ‘‘(d) HUBZONE.—The Director shall include the balance of my time. macroeconomic analysis. However, as in any macroeconomic impact analysis sub- Mr. Chair, I appreciate the opportunity to ex- mitted pursuant to this section the impact, we have heard during this debate, the if any, of the applicable major bill or resolu- plain my amendment to H.R. 1874, The Pro- use of these estimates is controversial. tion on any historically underutilized busi- Growth Budget Act of 2013. There is a body of opinion that says ness zone, as that term is defined in section My amendment requires the Congressional that this type of scoring is legitimate, 3(p)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. Budget Office to include as part of their mac- and there is a body of opinion that as- 632(p)(1)).’’. roeconomic analysis, estimates of the potential serts that this type of scoring under- The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- impact, if any, on HUBZone areas as defined mines the budget process and produces lution 539, the gentlewoman from by the Small Business Act. highly uncertain projections. My Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE) and a Member My amendment only seeks to look at the ef- amendment would provide a way to fol- opposed each will control 5 minutes. fect, should this measure pass, on HUB low up on estimates performed under The Chair recognizes the gentle- Zones, as defined in the Small Business Act. H.R. 1874 and help shed light on wheth- woman from Texas. In all actuality, Mr. Chair, this bill could very er those estimates, in fact, offered ac- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I well be entitled the, Revenge of Dynamic curate data. rise with the spirit of cooperation and Scoring Champions Act, because that’s in es- I will confess that I, for one, remain recognition that there are definitive sence what’s going on here. skeptical of dynamic scoring; but if we distinctions and differences of opinion Dynamic scoring is an attempt to measure proceed in this vein and enact dynamic on the underlying legislation. I am try- the macroeconomic effects of policy changes scoring, I think having the account- ing to make this bill better. before they happen, and continues to pop up ability put in place by having the CBO My amendment requires the Congres- everywhere; in fact, even in negotiations of the come back to Congress with informa- sional Budget Office to include as part Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, tion on whether the actual economic of their macroeconomic analysis, if also known as the Super Committee. impact of certain legislation turns out this bill passes, estimates of the poten- Dynamic scoring finds its roots in the anti- to be, in fact, accurate would be very tial impact, if any, on HUBZone areas tax movement. Dynamic scoring is problematic helpful in helping us assess whether or as defined by the Small Business Act. for the agencies that score and estimate the not this particular form of scoring is, My amendment only seeks to look at cost of legislation, and has been soundly re- in fact, legitimate and fact-based. the effects, should this measure pass, jected. So, Mr. Chairman, I urge support for on HUBZones as defined in the Small It is clear from the bill’s language and ap- this amendment, and I reserve the bal- Business Act. proach that it is designed to make it easier to ance of my time. In all actuality, Mr. Chairman, this enact deficit-increasing tax cuts. Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, bill could be entitled the ‘‘Revenge of The bill requires CBO to produce supple- although I don’t oppose the amend- Dynamic Scoring Act.’’ If that is the mentary estimates of the economic impact of ment, I ask unanimous consent that I essence of the bill, we need to find the major bills using dynamic scoring, an ap- may claim the time in opposition. impact of it. proach that involves more uncertainty and The CHAIR. Without objection, the Dynamic scoring is an attempt meas- subjectivity than current scoring rules. None other than Former Republican Budget gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes. ure that macroeconomic effects of pol- There was no objection. icy changes before they happen. We Committee Chairman Jim Nussle opposed Mr. PRICE of Georgia. I am pleased want to know in the defined areas that moving to dynamic scoring, noting that CBO to yield such time as he may consume deal with underserved areas all around ‘‘generally have done a better job than some to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. America, in everyone’s State, whether of the dynamic score-keeping. That has been part of the challenge of mov- RYAN), the chairman of the Budget or not there is an impact on these im- Committee. portant areas. ing to something called dynamic scoring is Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I thank the I believe that dynamic scoring has an that we have not found anything that was any vice chairman for his time. impact on the outreach and the fund- more accurate than the current way.’’ Looking at the amendment, it makes ing that we have to support the con- Believers in dynamic scoring argue that tax sense. It looks like the right thing to cept of a HUBZone, and therefore, my cuts pay for themselves, generally by spurring do. I think it is important that we al- amendment is clear in its effort to so much economic growth, to the extent that ways reassess these models to make make sure that those particular areas revenues will actually increase. If I didn’t know sure that we are getting it right. Peo- are in fact impacted. any better Mr. Chair, I’d think they were talk- ple call this dynamic scoring. I like to The Small Business Administration ing to us about trickle-down economics. call it reality-based scoring, and we al- administers several programs that sup- Mr. Chair, where have we heard that be- port small businesses, including the ways want to have a better measure- fore? Historically Underutilized Business I recall that the Bush administration at- ment of reality. So I think the gentle- Zone Empowerment Contracting, bet- tempted to impose the use of dynamic scoring man’s amendment makes sense, and we ter known as the HUBZone. to estimate the cost of its tax cuts, asserting would accept it. I recall that the Bush administration Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chair, I that tax cuts would increase revenue enough tried to use dynamic scoring to esti- yield back the balance of my time. to pay for themselves, sort of a trickle-down Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Chair, mate the cost their tax cuts—asserting form of budgeting. I thank the majority for accepting the that tax cuts would increase revenue in Unfortunately Mr. Chair, the Bush tax cuts amendment, and I yield back the bal- sort of a trickle-down budgeting, but did no such thing, but instead caused our na- ance of my time, as well. the question is, these smaller busi- tional debt to explode. My amendment only The CHAIR. The question is on the nesses that are attempting to thrive seeks to look at the effect, should this meas- amendment offered by the gentleman and impacted by Small Business Ad- ure pass, on HUBZones, as defined in the from New York (Mr. BISHOP). ministration programs, how would this Small Business Act. The amendment was agreed to. type of structure impact them. The Small Business Administration (SBA) The HUBZone program is a small administers several programs to support small b 1230 business Federal contracting assist- businesses, including the Historically Underuti- AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MS. JACKSON ance program whose primary objective lized Business Zone Empowerment Con- LEE is job creation and increasing capital tracting, better known as the HUBZone pro- The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- investment in distressed communities. gram. sider amendment No. 5 printed in part That is an important responsibility, The HUBZone program is a small business B of House Report 113–400. and it is an important goal for this Na- federal contracting assistance program

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PRICE for his earlier kind words about asides,’’ sole-source awards, and price-eval- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I the gist of this legislation, and I would uation preferences. thank my colleague Ms. JACKSON LEE. ask for his reconsideration. This is a According to the Congressional Research We have heard from our colleagues all good amendment, and I ask my col- Service, in FY2010, the Federal Government morning that they want more informa- leagues to support it. I ask my col- awarded contracts valued at $12.7 billion to tion, a more complete picture of the leagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ on the Jackson HUBZone certified businesses, with about impact of legislation on our economy. Lee amendment. $3.6 billion of that amount awarded through Well, the legislation before us, as we I yield back the balance of my time. the HUBZone program. have pointed out repeatedly today, ex- The Acting CHAIR. The question is Mr. Chair, that’s the gist of my amend- empts the part of the budget that deals on the amendment offered by the gen- ment—job creation—because that’s what we with investments in discretionary tlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON should be talking about in this Committee spending. From the start, it does that. LEE). today. Then they said no to amendments on The question was taken; and the The Budget Committee has held hearings the impact on jobs. They have said no Chair announced that the noes ap- on the general topic of budget process reform to getting more information on the im- peared to have it. and the recommendations crossed party lines. pact on State and local governments Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, I Former Budget Committee Chairman Jim and local taxpayers, and now, they are demand a recorded vote. Nussle, a Republican witness, testified that, ‘‘It saying no to getting more information The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to may not be that the budget process is broken. on vital portions of our economy. clause 6 of rule XVIII, further pro- It may not be, in other words, that tools are This doesn’t say the CBO can’t look ceedings on the amendment offered by broken, but it may be the fact that the tools at other things. It just says that it is the gentlewoman from Texas will be are not even being used.’’ important that they look at this part postponed. Similarly, Dr. Philip Joyce, former Congres- of the economy. There are HUBZones ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR sional Budget Office (CBO) staff member and in every part of the country, and they The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to a Democratic witness, testified that, ‘‘My main are an important part of our strategy clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will message is that most of the tools that you that a lot of us are working towards to now resume on those amendments need to solve the budget problems faced by try to make sure that everyone in this printed in part B of House Report 113– the country are already in your toolbox. If the country has an opportunity to move 400 on which further proceedings were goal is to deal with the larger fiscal imbalance forward and succeed. postponed, in the following order: So it is discouraging to hear our col- that faces us, the most important thing to do Amendment No. 1 by Mr. CONNOLLY is to make use of them, not search for more leagues reject a request for more infor- of Virginia. mation on jobs, local taxpayers, and tools.’’ Amendment No. 2 by Mr. ISRAEL of Mr. Chair, dynamic scoring is the wrong tool now in this particular area. New York. Ms. JACKSON LEE. I thank the gen- at the wrong time—though—in the interest of Amendment No. 3 by Mr. CICILLINE of tleman for his astute comments and fairness to the small businesses in distressed Rhode Island. build on the comments made by the communities around this country, I ask my col- Amendment No. 5 by Ms. JACKSON ranking member. leagues to support my amendment, even LEE of Texas. Let me put into the record that the though I have serious reservations about dy- The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes Congressional Research Service, in namic scoring. the minimum time for any electronic Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, FY2010, the Federal Government vote after the first vote in this series. I claim the time in opposition. awarded contracts valued at $12.7 bil- AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. CONNOLLY The Acting CHAIR (Mr. HOLDING). lion to HUBZone certified businesses, The gentleman is recognized for 5 min- with about $3.6 billion of that amount The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished utes. awarded through the HUBZone pro- business is the demand for a recorded Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, gram. That is an investment in small vote on the amendment offered by the I want to thank the gentlelady for of- business. That is the creation of jobs. gentleman from Virginia (Mr. CON- fering this amendment and for recog- Mr. Chairman, the gist of my amend- NOLLY) on which further proceedings nizing the value and importance of eco- ment is jobs and what will be the im- were postponed and on which the noes nomic analysis for legislating here in pact of this type of budget structuring prevailed by voice vote. Congress. on the HUBZones. Why wouldn’t we The Clerk will redesignate the Too often, we hear from the other want that information? amendment. side of the aisle these taunts about Let me quote former Budget chair- The Clerk redesignated the amend- magic asterisks and phony numbers, man Jim Nussle, a Republican witness ment. but your amendment rightly recognizes who testified: RECORDED VOTE that legislation can make a difference It may not be that the budget process is The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote on the economy. broken. It may not be, in other words, that has been demanded. However, what we can’t accept about tools are broken, but it may be the fact that A recorded vote was ordered. the amendment is the idea that CBO the tools are not even being used. The vote was taken by electronic de- should try to estimate its effects on If you are going to add more respon- vice, and there were—ayes 182, noes 214, only small sections of the country sibilities to the CBO, give them addi- not voting 35, as follows: rather than the Nation as a whole. tional tools to assess who the job-cre- [Roll No. 159] Instead of dictating every detail of ating small businesses are going to be AYES—182 the macroeconomic analysis for CBO, impacted by this bill. Barrow (GA) Brownley (CA) Clark (MA) we think that we need to give them the Dr. Philip Joyce, former CBO staff Bass Bustos Clarke (NY) flexibility to adapt their analysis to member, said: Beatty Butterfield Clay the specifics of particular legislation. My main message is that most of the tools Becerra Capps Cleaver Bera (CA) Capuano Clyburn This amendment would unnecessarily that you need to solve the budget problems Bishop (GA) Ca´ rdenas Cohen limit that flexibility, so we urge its de- faced by the country are already in your Bishop (NY) Carney Connolly feat. toolbox. Blumenauer Carson (IN) Conyers I yield back the balance of my time. Therefore, I am saying if we are put- Bonamici Cartwright Cooper Brady (PA) Castro (TX) Courtney Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, ting another tool in the toolbox, if this Braley (IA) Chu Crowley how much time is remaining? bill passes, then give them the ability Brown (FL) Cicilline Cuellar

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:10 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A04AP7.021 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2941 Cummings Keating Pingree (ME) Palazzo Roskam Tiberi Bishop (GA) Hahn Nolan Davis (CA) Kelly (IL) Pocan Paulsen Ross Tipton Bishop (NY) Hanabusa O’Rourke Davis, Danny Kennedy Polis Pearce Rothfus Turner Blumenauer Hanna Owens DeFazio Kildee Price (NC) Perry Royce Upton Bonamici Hastings (FL) Pallone DeGette Kilmer Quigley Petri Ryan (WI) Valadao Brady (PA) Heck (WA) Pascrell Delaney Kind Rahall Pittenger Scalise Visclosky Braley (IA) Higgins Pastor (AZ) DeLauro Kirkpatrick Richmond Pitts Schock Wagner Brown (FL) Himes Payne DelBene Kuster Roybal-Allard Poe (TX) Schweikert Walberg Brownley (CA) Hinojosa Pearce Deutch Langevin Ruiz Pompeo Scott, Austin Walden Bustos Holt Perlmutter Dingell Larsen (WA) Ruppersberger Posey Sensenbrenner Walorski Butterfield Honda Peters (CA) Price (GA) Sessions Doggett Larson (CT) Ryan (OH) Weber (TX) Capps Horsford Pingree (ME) Doyle Lee (CA) Sa´ nchez, Linda Reed Shimkus Capuano Hoyer Webster (FL) Pocan Duckworth Levin T. Reichert Shuster Ca´ rdenas Huffman Wenstrup Polis Edwards Lewis Sanford Renacci Simpson Carney Israel Westmoreland Price (NC) Ellison Lipinski Sarbanes Ribble Smith (MO) Carson (IN) Jackson Lee Whitfield Quigley Engel Loebsack Schakowsky Rice (SC) Smith (NE) Cartwright Jeffries Rahall Rigell Smith (NJ) Williams Enyart Lowenthal Schiff Castro (TX) Johnson, E. B. Reed Roby Smith (TX) Wilson (SC) Eshoo Lowey Schneider Chu Jones Richmond Roe (TN) Southerland Wittman Esty Lujan Grisham Schrader Cicilline Kaptur Roybal-Allard Farr (NM) Schwartz Rogers (AL) Stewart Wolf Clark (MA) Keating Ruiz Fattah Luja´ n, Ben Ray Scott (VA) Rogers (KY) Stivers Womack Clarke (NY) Kennedy Ruppersberger Foster (NM) Scott, David Rogers (MI) Stutzman Woodall Clay Kildee Ryan (OH) Frankel (FL) Maloney, Sean Serrano Rohrabacher Terry Yoder Cleaver Kilmer Sa´ nchez, Linda Fudge Matsui Shea-Porter Rokita Thompson (PA) Yoho Clyburn Kind T. Gabbard McCarthy (NY) Sherman Ros-Lehtinen Thornberry Young (AK) Cohen Kirkpatrick Sarbanes Gallego McCollum Sinema Connolly Kuster Schakowsky Garamendi McDermott Sires NOT VOTING—35 Conyers Langevin Schiff Gibson McGovern Slaughter Barton Johnson, Sam Pelosi Cooper Larsen (WA) Schneider Gohmert McNerney Speier Brady (TX) Joyce Peters (MI) Costa Larson (CT) Schrader Grayson Meadows Stockman Campbell Lankford Rangel Courtney Lee (CA) Schwartz Green, Al Meeks Swalwell (CA) Castor (FL) Lofgren Rooney Crowley Levin Scott (VA) Green, Gene Meng Takano Coble Lynch Runyan Cuellar Lewis Scott, David Grijalva Michaud Thompson (CA) Costa Maloney, Rush Cummings Lipinski Serrano Hahn Miller, George Tierney Garcia Carolyn Salmon Davis (CA) Loebsack Sewell (AL) Hanabusa Moore Titus Garrett Miller (FL) Sanchez, Loretta Davis, Danny Lofgren Shea-Porter Hastings (FL) Murphy (FL) Tonko Gosar Miller, Gary Sewell (AL) DeFazio Lowenthal Sherman Heck (WA) Nadler Tsongas Gutie´rrez Moran Smith (WA) DeGette Lowey Higgins Napolitano Van Hollen Honda Noem Thompson (MS) Delaney Lujan Grisham Sinema Himes Neal Vargas Johnson (GA) Nunes Young (IN) DeLauro (NM) Sires Hinojosa Negrete McLeod Veasey DelBene Luja´ n, Ben Ray Slaughter Holt Nolan Vela Deutch (NM) Speier Horsford O’Rourke Vela´ zquez b 1303 Dingell Maloney, Stockman Hoyer Owens Walz Doggett Carolyn Swalwell (CA) Huffman Pallone Wasserman Messrs. LOBIONDO, BROOKS of Ala- Doyle Maloney, Sean Takano Israel Pascrell Schultz bama, CAMP, STUTZMAN, Mrs. BACH- Duckworth Massie Thompson (CA) Jackson Lee Pastor (AZ) Waters MANN, and Mr. MESSER changed Edwards Matheson Tierney Titus Jeffries Payne Waxman their vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ Ellison Matsui Johnson, E. B. Perlmutter Welch Engel McCarthy (NY) Tonko Jones Peters (CA) Wilson (FL) Messrs. HECK of Washington, Enyart McCollum Tsongas Kaptur Peterson Yarmuth STOCKMAN, CLEAVER, MEADOWS, Eshoo McDermott Van Hollen and PETERSON changed their vote Esty McGovern Vargas NOES—214 Farr McIntyre Veasey from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Fattah McNerney Vela Aderholt DesJarlais Jenkins So the amendment was rejected. Foster Meeks Vela´ zquez Amash Diaz-Balart Johnson (OH) Frankel (FL) Meng Visclosky Amodei Duffy Jolly The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. Fudge Michaud Walz Bachmann Duncan (SC) Jordan Gabbard Miller, George Wasserman Bachus Duncan (TN) Kelly (PA) Stated for: Gallego Moran Schultz Barber Ellmers King (IA) Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Chair, on roll- Garamendi Murphy (FL) Waters Barletta Farenthold King (NY) call No. 159 I missed the vote, but I would Gibson Nadler Waxman Barr Fincher Kingston Grayson Napolitano Welch Benishek Fitzpatrick Kinzinger (IL) have voted ‘‘yes.’’ Green, Al Neal Wilson (FL) Bentivolio Fleischmann Kline Stated against: Grijalva Negrete McLeod Yarmuth Bilirakis Fleming Labrador Mr. ROONEY. Mr. Chair, on rollcall No. 159 Bishop (UT) Flores LaMalfa NOES—211 Black Forbes Lamborn I was unavoidably detained. Had I been Blackburn Fortenberry Lance present, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ Aderholt Cook Goodlatte Boustany Foxx Latham Amash Cotton Gowdy Bridenstine Franks (AZ) Latta AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. ISRAEL Amodei Cramer Granger Brooks (AL) Frelinghuysen LoBiondo The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Bachmann Crawford Graves (GA) Brooks (IN) Gardner Long business is the demand for a recorded Bachus Crenshaw Griffin (AR) Broun (GA) Gerlach Lucas Barr Culberson Griffith (VA) Buchanan Gibbs Luetkemeyer vote on the amendment offered by the Benishek Daines Grimm Bucshon Gingrey (GA) Lummis gentleman from New York (Mr. ISRAEL) Bentivolio Davis, Rodney Guthrie Burgess Goodlatte Maffei on which further proceedings were Bilirakis Denham Hall Byrne Gowdy Marchant postponed and on which the noes pre- Bishop (UT) Dent Harper Calvert Granger Marino Black DeSantis Harris Camp Graves (GA) Massie vailed by voice vote. Blackburn DesJarlais Hartzler Cantor Graves (MO) Matheson The Clerk will redesignate the Boustany Diaz-Balart Hastings (WA) Capito Griffin (AR) McAllister amendment. Bridenstine Duffy Heck (NV) Carter Griffith (VA) McCarthy (CA) Brooks (AL) Duncan (SC) Hensarling Cassidy Grimm McCaul The Clerk redesignated the amend- Brooks (IN) Duncan (TN) Herrera Beutler Chabot Guthrie McClintock ment. Broun (GA) Ellmers Holding Chaffetz Hall McHenry RECORDED VOTE Buchanan Farenthold Hudson Coffman Hanna McIntyre Bucshon Fincher Huelskamp Cole Harper McKeon The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Burgess Fitzpatrick Huizenga (MI) Collins (GA) Harris McKinley has been demanded. Byrne Fleischmann Hultgren Collins (NY) Hartzler McMorris A recorded vote was ordered. Calvert Fleming Hunter Conaway Hastings (WA) Rodgers Camp Flores Hurt Cook Heck (NV) Meehan The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Cantor Forbes Issa Cotton Hensarling Messer minute vote. Capito Fortenberry Jenkins Cramer Herrera Beutler Mica The vote was taken by electronic de- Carter Foxx Johnson (OH) Crawford Holding Miller (MI) vice, and there were—ayes 189, noes 211, Cassidy Franks (AZ) Jolly Crenshaw Hudson Mullin Chabot Frelinghuysen Jordan Culberson Huelskamp Mulvaney not voting 31, as follows: Chaffetz Gardner Kelly (PA) Daines Huizenga (MI) Murphy (PA) [Roll No. 160] Coffman Garrett King (IA) Davis, Rodney Hultgren Neugebauer Cole Gerlach King (NY) Denham Hunter Nugent AYES—189 Collins (GA) Gibbs Kingston Dent Hurt Nunnelee Barber Barrow (GA) Becerra Collins (NY) Gingrey (GA) Kinzinger (IL) DeSantis Issa Olson Barletta Beatty Bera (CA) Conaway Gohmert Kline

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:37 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A04AP7.013 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2942 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 4, 2014 Labrador Perry Simpson Ca´ rdenas Himes O’Rourke Massie Posey Smith (TX) LaMalfa Peterson Smith (MO) Carney Hinojosa Owens Matheson Price (GA) Southerland Lamborn Petri Smith (NE) Carson (IN) Holt Pallone McAllister Reed Stewart Lance Pittenger Smith (NJ) Cartwright Honda Pascrell McCarthy (CA) Reichert Stivers Latham Pitts Smith (TX) Castro (TX) Horsford Pastor (AZ) McCaul Renacci Stockman Latta Poe (TX) Southerland Chu Hoyer Payne McClintock Ribble Stutzman LoBiondo Pompeo Stewart Cicilline Huffman Perlmutter McHenry Rice (SC) Terry Long Posey Stivers Clark (MA) Israel Pingree (ME) McKeon Rigell Thompson (PA) Lucas Price (GA) McKinley Roby Stutzman Clarke (NY) Jackson Lee Pocan Thornberry Luetkemeyer Reichert Clay Jeffries McMorris Roe (TN) Terry Polis Tiberi Lummis Renacci Cleaver Johnson, E. B. Rodgers Rogers (AL) Thompson (PA) Price (NC) Tipton Maffei Ribble Clyburn Kaptur Meadows Rogers (KY) Thornberry Quigley Turner Marchant Rice (SC) Tiberi Cohen Keating Rahall Meehan Rogers (MI) Marino Rigell Connolly Kelly (IL) Messer Rohrabacher Upton Tipton Richmond Valadao McAllister Roby Turner Conyers Kennedy Roybal-Allard Mica Rokita McCarthy (CA) Roe (TN) Wagner Upton Cooper Kildee Ruiz Miller (MI) Rooney McCaul Rogers (AL) Mullin Ros-Lehtinen Walberg Valadao Costa Kilmer Ruppersberger McClintock Rogers (KY) Courtney Kind Mulvaney Roskam Walden Wagner Ryan (OH) McHenry Rogers (MI) Crowley Kinzinger (IL) Murphy (PA) Ross Walorski Walberg Sa´ nchez, Linda McKeon Rohrabacher Cuellar Kirkpatrick Neugebauer Rothfus Weber (TX) Walden T. McKinley Rokita Cummings Kuster Nugent Royce Webster (FL) Walorski Sarbanes McMorris Rooney Davis (CA) Lance Nunes Ryan (WI) Wenstrup Weber (TX) Schakowsky Rodgers Ros-Lehtinen Davis, Danny Langevin Nunnelee Sanford Webster (FL) Schiff Westmoreland Meadows Roskam DeFazio Larsen (WA) Olson Scalise Schneider Whitfield Meehan Ross Wenstrup DeGette Larson (CT) Palazzo Schock Westmoreland Schrader Williams Messer Rothfus Delaney Lee (CA) Paulsen Schweikert Wilson (SC) Mica Royce Whitfield Schwartz Pearce DeLauro Levin Scott, Austin Wittman Miller (MI) Ryan (WI) Williams DelBene Lewis Scott (VA) Perry Sensenbrenner Wolf Mullin Sanford Wilson (SC) Dent Lipinski Scott, David Peters (CA) Sessions Womack Mulvaney Scalise Wittman Deutch Loebsack Serrano Peterson Shimkus Woodall Murphy (PA) Schock Wolf Dingell Lofgren Sewell (AL) Petri Shuster Neugebauer Schweikert Womack Doggett Lowenthal Shea-Porter Pittenger Simpson Yoder Nugent Scott, Austin Woodall Doyle Lowey Sherman Pitts Smith (MO) Yoho Nunnelee Sensenbrenner Yoder Duckworth Lujan Grisham Sinema Poe (TX) Smith (NE) Young (AK) Olson Sessions Yoho Edwards (NM) Sires Pompeo Smith (NJ) Young (IN) Palazzo Shimkus Young (AK) Ellison Luja´ n, Ben Ray Slaughter Paulsen Shuster Young (IN) Engel (NM) Speier NOT VOTING—26 Enyart Maloney, Swalwell (CA) Barton Johnson, Sam Peters (MI) NOT VOTING—31 Eshoo Carolyn Takano Brady (TX) Joyce Rangel Thompson (CA) Barton Johnson (GA) Pelosi Esty Maloney, Sean Campbell Lankford Runyan Tierney Bass Johnson, Sam Peters (MI) Fattah McCarthy (NY) Castor (FL) Lynch Rush Titus Brady (TX) Joyce Rangel Foster McCollum Coble Matsui Salmon Tonko Campbell Kelly (IL) Runyan Frankel (FL) McDermott Farr Miller (FL) Sanchez, Loretta Tsongas Castor (FL) Lankford Rush Fudge McGovern Gosar Miller, Gary Van Hollen Smith (WA) Coble Lynch Salmon Gabbard McIntyre Gutie´rrez Noem Vargas Thompson (MS) Garcia Miller (FL) Sanchez, Loretta Gallego McNerney Johnson (GA) Pelosi Garamendi Meeks Veasey Gosar Miller, Gary Smith (WA) Graves (MO) Moore Garcia Meng Vela Thompson (MS) b 1312 Green, Gene Noem Gibson Michaud Vela´ zquez Gutie´rrez Nunes Grayson Miller, George Visclosky So the amendment was rejected. Green, Al Moore Walz The result of the vote was announced b 1308 Green, Gene Moran Wasserman Grijalva Murphy (FL) Schultz as above recorded. So the amendment was rejected. Hahn Nadler Waters AMENDMENT NO. 5 OFFERED BY MS. JACKSON The result of the vote was announced Hanabusa Napolitano Waxman LEE as above recorded. Hastings (FL) Neal Welch Heck (WA) Negrete McLeod Wilson (FL) The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Stated against: Higgins Nolan Yarmuth business is the demand for a recorded Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Chair, on Fri- vote on the amendment offered by the day, April 4, I missed a rollcall vote. Had I NOES—219 gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON been present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on Aderholt Crenshaw Hanna LEE) on which further proceedings were No. 160. Amash Culberson Harper postponed and on which the noes pre- Amodei Daines Harris AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MR. CICILLINE Bachmann Davis, Rodney Hartzler vailed by voice vote. The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Bachus Denham Hastings (WA) The Clerk will redesignate the business is the demand for a recorded Barletta DeSantis Heck (NV) amendment. Barr DesJarlais Hensarling vote on the amendment offered by the Benishek Diaz-Balart Herrera Beutler The Clerk redesignated the amend- gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Bentivolio Duffy Holding ment. CICILLINE) on which further pro- Bilirakis Duncan (SC) Hudson RECORDED VOTE ceedings were postponed and on which Bishop (UT) Duncan (TN) Huelskamp Black Ellmers Huizenga (MI) The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote the noes prevailed by voice vote. Blackburn Farenthold Hultgren has been demanded. The Clerk will redesignate the Boustany Fincher Hunter A recorded vote was ordered. amendment. Bridenstine Fitzpatrick Hurt Brooks (AL) Fleischmann Issa The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- The Clerk redesignated the amend- Brooks (IN) Fleming Jenkins minute vote. ment. Broun (GA) Flores Johnson (OH) The vote was taken by electronic de- RECORDED VOTE Buchanan Forbes Jolly vice, and there were—ayes 185, noes 222, Bucshon Fortenberry Jones The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Burgess Foxx Jordan not voting 24, as follows: has been demanded. Byrne Franks (AZ) Kelly (PA) [Roll No. 162] A recorded vote was ordered. Calvert Frelinghuysen King (IA) Camp Gardner King (NY) AYES—185 The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Cantor Garrett Kingston Barber Butterfield Cohen minute vote. Capito Gerlach Kline Barrow (GA) Capps Connolly The vote was taken by electronic de- Carter Gibbs Labrador Bass Capuano Conyers vice, and there were—ayes 186, noes 219, Cassidy Gingrey (GA) LaMalfa Beatty Ca´ rdenas Cooper Chabot Gohmert Lamborn Becerra Carney Costa not voting 26, as follows: Chaffetz Goodlatte Latham Bera (CA) Carson (IN) Courtney [Roll No. 161] Coffman Gowdy Latta Bishop (GA) Cartwright Crowley Cole Granger LoBiondo Bishop (NY) Castro (TX) Cuellar AYES—186 Collins (GA) Graves (GA) Long Blumenauer Chu Cummings Barber Bishop (GA) Brown (FL) Collins (NY) Graves (MO) Lucas Bonamici Cicilline Davis (CA) Barrow (GA) Bishop (NY) Brownley (CA) Conaway Griffin (AR) Luetkemeyer Brady (PA) Clark (MA) Davis, Danny Bass Blumenauer Bustos Cook Griffith (VA) Lummis Braley (IA) Clarke (NY) DeFazio Beatty Bonamici Butterfield Cotton Grimm Maffei Brown (FL) Clay DeGette Becerra Brady (PA) Capps Cramer Guthrie Marchant Brownley (CA) Cleaver Delaney Bera (CA) Braley (IA) Capuano Crawford Hall Marino Bustos Clyburn DeLauro

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:37 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A04AP7.014 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2943 DelBene Kirkpatrick Price (NC) Palazzo Rooney Thornberry same back to the House forthwith with the Deutch Kuster Quigley Paulsen Ros-Lehtinen Tiberi following amendments: Dingell Langevin Rahall Pearce Roskam Tipton Page 3, lines 16 and 17, strike ‘‘(except Doggett Larsen (WA) Richmond Perlmutter Ross Turner the Committee on Appropriations of each Doyle Larson (CT) Roybal-Allard Perry Rothfus Upton Duckworth Lee (CA) Peters (CA) Royce House)’’. Ruiz Valadao Page 4, line 4, insert ‘‘AMERICA’S FIRST Edwards Levin Ruppersberger Peterson Ryan (WI) Wagner PRIORITY IS JOB CREATION, INVESTING IN Ellison Lewis Ryan (OH) Petri Sanford Walberg Pittenger Scalise AMERICA’S FUTURE, AND’’ before ‘‘ECONOMIC Engel Lipinski Sa´ nchez, Linda Walden Enyart Loebsack Pitts Schock T. Walorski IMPACT’’. Eshoo Lofgren Poe (TX) Schweikert Sarbanes Weber (TX) Page 4, line 12, insert ‘‘The analysis shall Esty Lowenthal Pompeo Scott, Austin Schakowsky Webster (FL) include the impact of Federal expenditures Farr Lowey Posey Sensenbrenner contained in the applicable bill or resolu- Schiff Price (GA) Sessions Wenstrup Fattah Lujan Grisham tion, including investments in education, Foster (NM) Schneider Reed Shimkus Westmoreland Frankel (FL) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Schrader Reichert Shuster Whitfield transportation, and infrastructure, in pro- Fudge (NM) Schwartz Renacci Simpson Williams moting job creation and economic growth.’’ Gabbard Maloney, Scott (VA) Ribble Smith (MO) Wilson (SC) after ‘‘product.’’. Gallego Carolyn Scott, David Rice (SC) Smith (NE) Wittman Mr. PRICE of Georgia (during the Garamendi Maloney, Sean Serrano Rigell Smith (NJ) Wolf Garcia Matsui Sewell (AL) Roby Smith (TX) Womack reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous Gibson McCarthy (NY) Shea-Porter Roe (TN) Southerland Woodall consent to suspend with the reading of Green, Al McCollum Sherman Rogers (AL) Stewart Yoder the motion to recommit. Green, Gene McDermott Sinema Rogers (KY) Stivers Yoho The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Grijalva McGovern Sires Rogers (MI) Stutzman Young (AK) objection to the request of the gen- Hahn McIntyre Slaughter Rohrabacher Terry Young (IN) Hanabusa McNerney Speier Rokita Thompson (PA) tleman from Georgia? Hastings (FL) Meeks Stockman NOT VOTING—24 There was no objection. Heck (WA) Meng Swalwell (CA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Higgins Michaud Barton Johnson, Sam Rangel Takano tlewoman from New Hampshire is rec- Himes Miller, George Thompson (CA) Brady (TX) Lankford Runyan Hinojosa Moore Tierney Campbell Lynch Rush ognized for 5 minutes. Holt Moran Titus Castor (FL) Miller (FL) Salmon Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, this is Honda Murphy (FL) Tonko Coble Miller, Gary Sanchez, Loretta Horsford Murphy (PA) the final amendment to the bill, which Tsongas Gosar Noem Smith (WA) Hoyer Nadler Gutie´rrez Pelosi Thompson (MS) will not kill the bill or send it back to Van Hollen Huffman Napolitano Johnson (GA) Peters (MI) Waxman Vargas committee. If adopted, the bill will im- Israel Neal mediately proceed to final passage as Jackson Lee Negrete McLeod Veasey b 1317 Jeffries Nolan Vela amended. Johnson, E. B. O’Rourke Vela´ zquez So the amendment was rejected. Mr. Speaker, some of us will support Jones Owens Visclosky The result of the vote was announced this bill, and some of us will oppose it; Walz Kaptur Pallone as above recorded. but Republican and Democrat alike, we Keating Pascrell Wasserman The Acting CHAIR. There being no Kelly (IL) Pastor (AZ) Schultz can all agree on the need for both par- Kennedy Payne Waters further amendments, under the rule, ties to work together, invest in our fu- Kildee Pingree (ME) Welch the Committee rises. ture, and help create jobs and oppor- Kilmer Pocan Wilson (FL) Accordingly, the Committee rose; Kind Polis Yarmuth tunity for all Americans. and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. COL- Yes, we must reduce the deficit and NOES—222 LINS of Georgia) having assumed the tackle our national debt, and yes, we chair, Mr. HOLDING, Acting Chair of the Aderholt Duffy Jenkins need to cut wasteful spending whenever Amash Duncan (SC) Johnson (OH) Committee of the Whole House on the we can, but to get the Federal budget Amodei Duncan (TN) Jolly state of the Union, reported that that in order, we need to make smart in- Bachmann Ellmers Jordan Committee, having had under consider- Bachus Farenthold Joyce vestments to help grow our economy. Barletta Fincher Kelly (PA) ation the bill (H.R. 1874) to amend the To help American workers and busi- Barr Fitzpatrick King (IA) Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to nesses compete and win, we need to Benishek Fleischmann King (NY) provide for macroeconomic analysis of double down on education, job training, Bentivolio Fleming Kingston the impact of legislation, and, pursu- Bilirakis Flores Kinzinger (IL) research, and infrastructure, the very Bishop (UT) Forbes Kline ant to House Resolution 539, he re- foundation of our economy; and yet the Black Fortenberry Labrador ported the bill, as amended by that res- legislation we are debating today dis- Blackburn Foxx LaMalfa olution, back to the House with a fur- Boustany Franks (AZ) Lamborn regards the importance of these invest- Bridenstine Frelinghuysen Lance ther amendment adopted in the Com- ments. Brooks (AL) Gardner Latham mittee of the Whole. This bill will require the Congres- Brooks (IN) Garrett Latta The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under sional Budget Office to study the long- Broun (GA) Gerlach LoBiondo the rule, the previous question is or- Buchanan Gibbs Long term benefits of some proposals, but Bucshon Gingrey (GA) Lucas dered. not others. Under this bill, the CBO Burgess Gohmert Luetkemeyer The question is on the amendment. would have to tell us how another tax Byrne Goodlatte Lummis The amendment was agreed to. break would help billionaires, but not Calvert Gowdy Maffei The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Camp Granger Marchant how early investments in education Cantor Graves (GA) Marino question is on the engrossment and will help middle class families and Capito Graves (MO) Massie third reading of the bill. long-term economic growth. Carter Grayson Matheson The bill was ordered to be engrossed Cassidy Griffin (AR) McAllister That just doesn’t make any sense to Chabot Griffith (VA) McCarthy (CA) and read a third time, and was read the my constituents in New Hampshire. Chaffetz Grimm McCaul third time. Under this bill, the CBO would not Coffman Guthrie McClintock MOTION TO RECOMMIT analyze the impact of investments to Cole Hall McHenry Collins (GA) Hanna McKeon Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I have a revitalize our bridges and highways; Collins (NY) Harper McKinley motion to recommit at the desk. train our veterans for good jobs when Conaway Harris McMorris The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the they return home; prepare students for Cook Hartzler Rodgers careers in science, technology, engi- Cotton Hastings (WA) Meadows gentlewoman opposed to the bill? Cramer Heck (NV) Meehan Ms. KUSTER. I am opposed in its neering, and mathematics; fund cut- Crawford Hensarling Messer current form. ting-edge medical research; or expand Crenshaw Herrera Beutler Mica The SPEAKER pro tempore. The our National Network for Manufac- Culberson Holding Miller (MI) Daines Hudson Mullin Clerk will report the motion to recom- turing Innovation, which is already Davis, Rodney Huelskamp Mulvaney mit. helping more workers and businesses Denham Huizenga (MI) Neugebauer The Clerk read as follows: make it in America. Dent Hultgren Nugent These investments make our econ- DeSantis Hunter Nunes Ms. Kuster moves to recommit the bill DesJarlais Hurt Nunnelee H.R. 1874, as reported, to the Committee on omy stronger and are of long-term ben- Diaz-Balart Issa Olson the Budget with instructions to report the efit to our economy. If we are going to

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Kirkpatrick Nadler Shea-Porter Terry Weber (TX) Yoho These are the issues that the Amer- Kuster Napolitano Sherman Thompson (PA) Webster (FL) Young (AK) Langevin Neal Sinema Thornberry Wenstrup Young (IN) ican people want us to focus on, so let’s Larsen (WA) Negrete McLeod Sires work together across the aisle, Repub- Larson (CT) Nolan Slaughter NOT VOTING—26 licans and Democrats, to improve this Lee (CA) O’Rourke Speier Barton Johnson, Sam Rangel bill and to invest in a better future for Levin Owens Swalwell (CA) Bass Lankford Richmond Lewis Pallone Takano Brady (TX) Lynch Runyan our children. Lipinski Pascrell Thompson (CA) Campbell Miller (FL) Rush I urge support for my amendment, Loebsack Pastor (AZ) Tierney Castor (FL) Miller, Gary Salmon and I yield back the balance of my Lofgren Payne Titus Coble Noem Sanchez, Loretta Lowenthal Perlmutter Tonko Gosar Nunnelee Smith (WA) time. Lowey Peters (CA) Tsongas ´ Gutierrez Pelosi Thompson (MS) Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I Lujan Grisham Peterson Van Hollen Johnson (GA) Peters (MI) rise in opposition to the motion. (NM) Pingree (ME) Vargas ´ ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Lujan, Ben Ray Pocan Veasey (NM) Polis Vela The SPEAKER pro tempore (during tleman is recognized for 5 minutes. Maffei Price (NC) Vela´ zquez the vote). There is 1 minute remaining. Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I Maloney, Quigley Visclosky have very good news for my friend from Carolyn Rahall Walz 1332 Maloney, Sean Roybal-Allard Wasserman b New Hampshire. The underlying bill Matheson Ruiz Schultz So the motion to recommit was re- would include macroeconomic analysis Matsui Ruppersberger Waters jected. on all of these items: education, infra- McCarthy (NY) Ryan (OH) Waxman McCollum Sa´ nchez, Linda Welch The result of the vote was announced structure, employment, growth, and so McDermott T. Wilson (FL) as above recorded. much more. Therefore, we must oppose McGovern Sarbanes Yarmuth The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the MTR, as it is redundant and unnec- NOES—218 question is on the passage of the bill. essary. The question was taken; and the I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote, and I yield back Aderholt Franks (AZ) McCarthy (CA) Speaker pro tempore announced that the balance of my time. Amash Frelinghuysen McCaul Amodei Gardner McClintock the ayes appeared to have it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Bachmann Garrett McHenry RECORDED VOTE objection, the previous question is or- Bachus Gerlach McKeon Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I de- dered on the motion to recommit. Barletta Gibbs McKinley Barr Gibson McMorris mand a recorded vote. There was no objection. Benishek Gingrey (GA) Rodgers A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bentivolio Gohmert Meadows The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a question is on the motion to recommit. Bilirakis Goodlatte Meehan 5-minute vote. The question was taken; and the Bishop (UT) Gowdy Messer Black Granger Mica The vote was taken by electronic de- Speaker pro tempore announced that Blackburn Graves (GA) Miller (MI) vice, and there were—ayes 224, noes 182, the noes appeared to have it. Boustany Graves (MO) Mullin Bridenstine Griffin (AR) Mulvaney not voting 25, as follows: RECORDED VOTE Brooks (AL) Griffith (VA) Murphy (PA) [Roll No. 164] Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I demand Brooks (IN) Grimm Neugebauer AYES—224 a recorded vote. Broun (GA) Guthrie Nugent A recorded vote was ordered. Buchanan Hall Nunes Aderholt Davis, Rodney Hastings (WA) Bucshon Hanna Olson Amash Denham Heck (NV) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Burgess Harper Palazzo Amodei Dent Hensarling ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the 5-minute Byrne Harris Paulsen Bachmann DeSantis Herrera Beutler vote on the motion to recommit will be Calvert Hartzler Pearce Bachus DesJarlais Holding Camp Hastings (WA) Perry Barletta Diaz-Balart Hudson followed by a 5-minute vote on the pas- Cantor Heck (NV) Petri Barr Duffy Huelskamp sage of the bill, if ordered. Capito Hensarling Pittenger Barrow (GA) Duncan (SC) Huizenga (MI) The vote was taken by electronic de- Carter Herrera Beutler Pitts Benishek Duncan (TN) Hultgren vice, and there were—ayes 187, noes 218, Cassidy Holding Poe (TX) Bentivolio Ellmers Hunter Chabot Hudson Pompeo Bilirakis Farenthold Hurt not voting 26, as follows: Chaffetz Huelskamp Posey Bishop (UT) Fincher Issa [Roll No. 163] Coffman Huizenga (MI) Price (GA) Black Fitzpatrick Jenkins Cole Hultgren Reed Blackburn Fleischmann Johnson (OH) AYES—187 Collins (GA) Hunter Reichert Boustany Fleming Jolly Barber Clyburn Farr Collins (NY) Hurt Renacci Bridenstine Flores Jones Barrow (GA) Cohen Fattah Conaway Issa Ribble Brooks (AL) Forbes Jordan Beatty Connolly Foster Cook Jenkins Rice (SC) Brooks (IN) Fortenberry Joyce Becerra Conyers Frankel (FL) Cotton Johnson (OH) Rigell Broun (GA) Foxx Kelly (PA) Bera (CA) Cooper Fudge Cramer Jolly Roby Buchanan Franks (AZ) King (IA) Bishop (GA) Costa Gabbard Crawford Jordan Roe (TN) Bucshon Frelinghuysen King (NY) Bishop (NY) Courtney Gallego Crenshaw Joyce Rogers (AL) Burgess Gardner Kingston Blumenauer Crowley Garamendi Culberson Kelly (PA) Rogers (KY) Byrne Garrett Kinzinger (IL) Bonamici Cuellar Garcia Daines King (IA) Rogers (MI) Calvert Gerlach Kline Brady (PA) Cummings Grayson Davis, Rodney King (NY) Rohrabacher Camp Gibbs Labrador Braley (IA) Davis (CA) Green, Al Denham Kingston Rokita Cantor Gibson LaMalfa Brown (FL) Davis, Danny Green, Gene Dent Kinzinger (IL) Rooney Capito Gingrey (GA) Lamborn Brownley (CA) DeFazio Grijalva DeSantis Kline Ros-Lehtinen Carter Gohmert Lance Bustos DeGette Hahn DesJarlais Labrador Roskam Cassidy Goodlatte Latham Butterfield Delaney Hanabusa Diaz-Balart LaMalfa Ross Chabot Gowdy Latta Capps DeLauro Hastings (FL) Duffy Lamborn Rothfus Chaffetz Granger LoBiondo Capuano DelBene Heck (WA) Duncan (SC) Lance Royce Coffman Graves (GA) Long Ca´ rdenas Deutch Higgins Duncan (TN) Latham Ryan (WI) Cole Graves (MO) Lucas Carney Dingell Himes Ellmers Latta Sanford Collins (GA) Grayson Luetkemeyer Carson (IN) Doggett Hinojosa Farenthold LoBiondo Scalise Collins (NY) Griffin (AR) Lummis Cartwright Doyle Holt Fincher Long Schock Conaway Griffith (VA) Marchant Castro (TX) Duckworth Honda Fitzpatrick Lucas Schweikert Cook Grimm Marino Chu Edwards Horsford Fleischmann Luetkemeyer Scott, Austin Cotton Guthrie Massie Cicilline Ellison Hoyer Fleming Lummis Sensenbrenner Cramer Hall Matheson Clark (MA) Engel Huffman Flores Marchant Sessions Crawford Hanna McAllister Clarke (NY) Enyart Israel Forbes Marino Shimkus Crenshaw Harper McCarthy (CA) Clay Eshoo Jackson Lee Fortenberry Massie Shuster Culberson Harris McCaul Cleaver Esty Jeffries Foxx McAllister Simpson Daines Hartzler McClintock

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:37 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04AP7.052 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2945 McHenry Renacci Southerland NOT VOTING—25 The first bill, H.R. 1871, the Baseline McIntyre Ribble Stewart Barton Johnson, Sam Richmond Reform Act, authored by Representa- McKeon Rice (SC) Stivers Brady (TX) Lankford Runyan McKinley Rigell Stockman tive ROB WOODALL of Georgia, would Campbell Lynch Rush McMorris Roby Stutzman require CBO and OMB, when scoring Castor (FL) Miller (FL) Salmon Rodgers Roe (TN) Terry Coble Miller, Gary Sanchez, Loretta legislation, to assume that the baseline Meadows Rogers (AL) Thompson (PA) Farr Noem Smith (WA) does not increase or decrease for dis- Meehan Rogers (KY) Thornberry Gosar Pelosi Thompson (MS) cretionary spending, which they do Messer Rogers (MI) Tiberi Gutie´rrez Peters (MI) Mica Rohrabacher Tipton Johnson (GA) Rangel now. This practice added $1.2 trillion to Miller (MI) Rokita Turner the baseline in 2013. Mullin Rooney Upton ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE The second bill, H.R. 1872, the Budget Mulvaney Ros-Lehtinen Valadao The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. and Accounting Transparency Act, Murphy (PA) Roskam Wagner WEBER of Texas) (during the vote). written by Representative SCOTT GAR- Neugebauer Ross Walberg There are 2 minutes remaining. Nugent Rothfus Walden RETT of New Jersey, brings off-budget Nunes Royce Walorski b 1341 programs on-budget to provide a more Nunnelee Ryan (WI) Weber (TX) accurate accounting of these programs. Olson Sanford Webster (FL) Mr. DEFAZIO changed his vote from Finally, Mr. Speaker, the House will Palazzo Scalise Wenstrup ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ consider and pass a budget resolution Paulsen Schock Westmoreland So the bill was passed. on time for a fourth consecutive year. Pearce Schweikert Whitfield The result of the vote was announced The Republican budget, under the lead- Perry Scott, Austin Williams as above recorded. Petri Sensenbrenner Wilson (SC) ership of Chairman PAUL RYAN of Wis- Pittenger Sessions Wittman A motion to reconsider was laid on consin and the Budget Committee Pitts Shimkus Wolf the table. members, will adhere to the agreed- Poe (TX) Shuster Womack PERSONAL EXPLANATION upon spending limits and balance the Pompeo Simpson Woodall Posey Smith (MO) Yoder Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, due to budget in 10 years, as we did last year, Price (GA) Smith (NE) Yoho attending the funeral of Tuskegee Airman, increase economic growth and job cre- Reed Smith (NJ) Young (AK) Chief Master Sergeant Walter H. Richardson, ation, create opportunity, lessen the Reichert Smith (TX) Young (IN) USAF, Retired, I missed the following rollcall middle class squeeze, cut wasteful gov- votes: No. 157 through 164 on April 4, 2014. ernment spending, and strengthen our NOES—182 If present, I would have voted: entitlement programs. Barber Garcia Neal Rollcall vote No. 157—H. Res. 539, On Or- Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman Bass Green, Al Negrete McLeod Beatty Green, Gene Nolan dering the Previous Question, ‘‘aye.’’ for that information. It is wonderful Becerra Grijalva O’Rourke Rollcall vote No. 158—H. Res. 539, On news that that budget is going to do all Bera (CA) Hahn Owens Agreeing to the Resolution, ‘‘aye.’’ of those things, I want you to know. Bishop (GA) Hanabusa Pallone Rollcall vote No. 159—Connolly of Virginia And we are pleased that a budget is Bishop (NY) Hastings (FL) Pascrell coming forward. We may not be pleased Blumenauer Heck (WA) Pastor (AZ) Amendment to H.R. 1874, ‘‘nay.’’ Bonamici Higgins Payne Rollcall vote No. 160—Israel of New York with the budget, but we are pleased Brady (PA) Himes Perlmutter Amendment to H.R. 1874, ‘‘nay.’’ that it is coming forward. Braley (IA) Hinojosa Peters (CA) Rollcall vote No. 161—Cicilline of Rhode Is- As the gentleman knows, we have al- Brown (FL) Holt Peterson Brownley (CA) Honda land Amendment to H.R. 1874, ‘‘nay.’’ ready had the budget levels for fiscal Pingree (ME) year ’15. You indicate that the budget Bustos Horsford Pocan Rollcall vote No. 162—Jackson Lee of Butterfield Hoyer Polis Texas Amendment to H.R. 1874, ‘‘nay.’’ will adhere to the Ryan-Murray agree- Capps Huffman Price (NC) ment. I assume that also means that it Capuano Israel Rollcall vote No. 163—H.R. 1874, Motion to Quigley Ca´ rdenas Jackson Lee Recommit, ‘‘nay.’’ will adhere to the firewall division be- Rahall Carney Jeffries tween defense and nondefense discre- Roybal-Allard Rollcall vote No. 164—H.R. 1874, Pro- Carson (IN) Johnson, E. B. Ruiz Growth Budgeting Act of 2013, ‘‘aye.’’ tionary spending as well. Cartwright Kaptur Ruppersberger Is that accurate, Mr. Leader? Castro (TX) Keating f Mr. CANTOR. I would say to the gen- Chu Kelly (IL) Ryan (OH) ´ Cicilline Kennedy Sanchez, Linda b 1345 tleman, for this fiscal year, he is cor- T. Clark (MA) Kildee LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM rect. Clarke (NY) Kilmer Sarbanes Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman Schakowsky Clay Kind (Mr. HOYER asked and was given for that information. Cleaver Kirkpatrick Schiff permission to address the House for 1 Clyburn Kuster Schneider I will tell my friend, the majority Cohen Langevin Schrader minute.) leader, The Wall Street Journal had an Connolly Larsen (WA) Schwartz Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I am editorial of about 13 or 14 paragraphs. I Conyers Larson (CT) Scott (VA) pleased to yield to the gentleman from disagreed with the first 13 paragraphs, Cooper Lee (CA) Scott, David Virginia (Mr. CANTOR), the majority Costa Levin Serrano but I did agree with the last paragraph. Courtney Lewis Sewell (AL) leader, for the purpose of inquiring It said, ‘‘But the Ryan outline does Crowley Lipinski Shea-Porter about the schedule for the week to the service of showing the policy direc- Cuellar Loebsack Sherman come. tion in which Republicans would head Cummings Lofgren Sinema Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, I thank Davis (CA) Lowenthal Sires if they regain control of the Senate Davis, Danny Lowey Slaughter the gentleman from Maryland, the next year.’’ DeFazio Lujan Grisham Speier Democratic whip, for yielding. Then it goes on to say, ‘‘Senate DeGette (NM) Swalwell (CA) On Monday, the House will meet at Delaney Luja´ n, Ben Ray Democrats don’t want to declare them- Takano DeLauro (NM) noon for morning-hour and 2 p.m. for selves with any votes, but they favor Thompson (CA) DelBene Maffei legislative business. Votes will be post- Tierney higher taxes and much more spending Deutch Maloney, Titus poned until 6:30 p.m. On Tuesday and for everything other than defense. Vot- Dingell Carolyn Doggett Maloney, Sean Tonko Wednesday, the House will meet at 10 ers will have to decide on the direction Doyle Matsui Tsongas a.m. for morning-hour and noon for they want Congress to go.’’ Duckworth McCarthy (NY) Van Hollen legislative business. On Thursday, the So, Mr. Leader, as I said, we welcome Vargas Edwards McCollum House will meet at 9 a.m. for legisla- a debate on this budget. We do believe Ellison McDermott Veasey Engel McGovern Vela tive business. Last votes of the week it expresses the priorities of your Enyart McNerney Vela´ zquez are expected no later than 3 p.m. On party, and, as you know, we differ with Eshoo Meeks Visclosky Friday, no votes are expected. those priorities in many instances. So I Esty Meng Walz Fattah Michaud Wasserman Mr. Speaker, the House will consider think the American people will get a Foster Miller, George Schultz a few suspensions next week, a com- spirited, informative, and educational Frankel (FL) Moore Waters plete list of which will be announced. debate on the Ryan budget, and I think Fudge Moran Waxman In addition, Mr. Speaker, the House that that will do much to inform them Gabbard Murphy (FL) Welch Gallego Nadler Wilson (FL) will consider three bills from the Budg- of the priorities of both parties. As I Garamendi Napolitano Yarmuth et Committee. say, we look forward to that budget.

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But yes, we want to have every- because we have eliminated the safety Does the gentleman have any expec- body back to work. net that we constructed. tation that if the Senate passes that The issue that I ask about, Mr. I would say to the gentleman, this is bill today whether or not that bill Speaker, is that if we don’t get every- the longest time in history—and we are might be on the floor next week? body back to work—and we haven’t going to hear a lot of information from I yield to my friend. gotten everybody back to work. There members of the Ways and Means Com- Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, first I were 192,000 new jobs created this past mittee—the longest time in history would ask the gentleman just to refer month. That is good, but it is not good that we have had this level of long- to a letter by the National Association enough. And that is why we have a con- term unemployment. One of the rea- of State Workforce Agencies, dated tinuing 6.7 percent unemployment rate. sons for that is, obviously, the disloca- March 19, to the Majority Leader and Mr. Speaker, my question to the ma- tions in the marketplace and that we the minority leader in the other body. jority leader was to assume, for argu- experienced the deepest recession that This letter essentially lays out the ment, that the letter to which he refers anybody—maybe RALPH HALL is an ex- case for why their bill is unworkable. is accurate. I don’t accept that ception—that anybody in this body has Again, these are the folks that are in premise. But accepting that premise experienced. the business of administering these for the minute, would the majority b 1400 programs. leader be amenable to, rather than to I would also say to the gentleman, I do as the Senate does, making it retro- In other words, the last time we had think the gentleman knows our posi- spective so that the 3.5 months that as deep a recession as we had at the tion on that bill. It doesn’t create any would have gone from December 29 of end of the last administration that car- jobs. Right now, we are in the business last year to today and paying that ried over into this administration was of trying to see how we can get people back, simply extending for 5 months the deep Depression, and you have to back to work, for an America that while people continue to look for em- be 90 years or older to have really re- works for more people, and I would say ployment but have been unable to find membered and experienced that. to the gentleman, I look forward to it because there are three times as So there is a lot of pain out there. All joining him and focusing on that. many people looking for jobs as there I am saying is we agree there is no dis- Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman are jobs available—and we are adding agreement. We want to get people to for his comments. 72,000 people on a weekly basis to the work. We want to take actions that I am informed by the ranking mem- unemployed roles. So if we made it pro- give them the skills. ber of the Ways and Means Committee spective, that would save an awful lot As I have told you—and we haven’t that we also have a letter from the of people the pain and suffering that done this as vigorously, and that is as Secretary of Labor, or one of the peo- they are experiencing because they much my fault as anybody—I want to ple that works with him, indicating can’t find a job. do that. You were focused on your that, in fact, they believe this would be I yield to my friend. SKILLS Act. Clearly, we want to make workable. But very frankly, notwith- Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, I would sure people have the skills to get em- standing the letters, let me ask the say to the gentleman that what we are ployment. majority leader: If, in fact, we made it amenable to is looking to try to fix the I would hope that we could look at— prospective—which, of course, would problem. I would also refer the gen- assuming the Senate passes this bill— clearly be workable—and made it 5 tleman to the fact that the emergency to give relief to 2.8 million people who months prospectively, rather than 3 or unemployment insurance that the gen- are in dire straits, increasing by 72,000 3.5 months retrospectively and a month tleman speaks of was in place for the a week, give them some support while and a half prospectively, as you know, longest time, I am told, in history, and we are trying and, hopefully together, through May 30, would that be an ac- that it was in place for an emergency. create the kind of jobs and skills nec- ceptable alternative, Mr. Majority As the gentleman well knows, we essary to get them out of the hole that Leader? have in place 6 months of unemploy- they are in. Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, I would ment insurance benefits for those who If I might note, there are 193 Demo- say back to the gentleman, it is my are out of work. I know that what crats who have signed a discharge peti- opinion that what the gentleman asked those who are out of work beyond that, tion to bring the unemployment insur- for is a continuance of the status quo. who are deemed chronically unem- ance to the floor. If I might do one We want to get people back to work. ployed, want most is an opportunity to other issue, last week, we had the sus- We are in the business of job creation. get back to work. That is where I be- tainable growth rate. We extended it. We want to provide a better environ- lieve we ought to focus our efforts and We worked together to get that done. ment for businesses to hire folks. We really help people get back into a job Without going into it at length, I want to help those folks who are chron- so that they can support themselves, know the gentleman and I have had ically unemployed access the skills their families, and create a better fu- discussions about the sustainable necessary to fill the job openings ture. growth rate, the so-called doc fix. We today. As the gentleman knows—and I So I hope the gentleman will join us put a temporary patch on it. am sure his district is not unlike mine in refocusing away from accepting the That was, in my opinion, the wrong and many others—there are a lot of job status quo as the new norm and, in- thing to do. It was the right thing to do openings that are left open because the stead, try to enhance the prospects for temporarily, but it was the wrong workforce doesn’t have access to prop- the pursuit of happiness for more peo- thing to do. The gentleman knows that er training and skills. ple. And we are about an America that fixing the sustainable growth rate is I look forward to joining with the works for everybody, including those now, from a scorable standpoint, less gentleman in looking towards the fu- who are chronically unemployed. expensive to do than it has been in over ture and to how we can help those who Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman 5 years. are out of work get a job. for his comments. As he knows, we I would hope that, Mr. Leader, work- Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman have an agenda to do just that. It is ing together, that we could address for his response, Mr. Speaker. called Make It In America, to expand this issue at some time before this Con- But it seems to me that it begs the manufacturing, create the kinds of jobs gress adjourns sine die. We need to fix question. The question is, yes, we want where people can make good salaries, this, and we need to fix it permanently. to get people back to work. Everybody have good benefits, and have good secu- I yield to my friend. on this floor wants to get people back rity for the long term. There is no dis- Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, we, too, to work. I don’t think there is any agreement on that, Mr. Speaker. The would like to see the SGR overhaul re- doubt about that. Hopefully we would only disagreement seems to be, while placed with something that works. Our

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I thank the gentleman side of the aisle has put a lot of work passed by a 68–32 margin, supported by for his comments. into this issue, together with the Ways the Chamber of Commerce, supported I want to say on border security, H.R. and Means Committee and the Energy by the AFL–CIO, supported by growers, 15, we refer to as a comprehensive bill, and Commerce Committee, have come farmers, ag interests, as well as farm as you know, included the border secu- up with a plan, as the gentleman workers, supported by the faith com- rity provision passed out of the Home- knows, that had bipartisan support. munity across the board, and supported land Security Committee, chaired by The problem is how to pay for it, and by 70-plus percent of the American peo- your Republican chairman, passed out as I think the gentleman would agree, ple. on a voice vote, essentially unani- we can’t go and continue to incur costs You would think, in the context of mously, is included in our bill. without finding out ways to pay for it, that broad base of support, that we So, on the border security issue, we and that seems to continue to vex— could bring a bill which has such posi- apparently have a very broad-based many of the problems around here are tive affects for human beings, for indi- agreement on that issue. The gen- trying to discover bipartisan pay-fors. viduals, and for our country, as well as tleman says you want to do it individ- We made a commitment to continue a positive economic affect. ually. The gentleman knows that the to work with those Members who are I would hope, very sincerely, that Judiciary Committee has passed out most engaged in this issue and look once we get past the budget and come individual, discrete bills dealing with forward to continue working with the back after the Easter break, that we discrete parts of the immigration issue, gentleman to try to find those pay- address comprehensive immigration re- what you say is a broken system. fors, so we can put in place a long-term form. Bring out discretely those bills. The plan to give some certainty to our pro- I yield to my friend if he has any bill that the Homeland Security re- viders under Medicare. comments. ported out unanimously has not been Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. CANTOR. I would just say to the brought to the floor. The four bills that the gentleman for his comments, and I gentleman, as he knows, both the have been reported out of the Judiciary look forward to working with him. I Speaker, I, and others have said we re- Committee have not been brought up would observe, as he well knows, and I ject the comprehensive approach taken to the floor. They were passed months have discussed with the Speaker, the by the Senate. and months and months ago. So that if you don’t want to do a pay-fors that were included in the tem- Also, as the gentleman correctly comprehensive—if that is the view of porary patch were as elusory as any states, we are in favor of trying to fix the majority leader, Mr. Speaker, then other pay-for we could find. a very broken, antiquated, legal immi- I would suggest to the majority leader We simply accelerated dollars. We gration system, as well as trying to do that he bring out discrete bills, indi- didn’t have due dollars. We didn’t real- something to stop illegal immigration. vidual bills, not comprehensive, and ly pay for it. We just simply put the We just have an issue about the Presi- see if we can deal with those. dent’s insistence on, first of all, saying debt off a month or so and collected I will tell you our disappointment the money early and pretended that it is his way or the highway. also is that it was not only the Senate Secondly, the gentleman and I have that was going to pay for it. bill that was rejected, but the Speaker talked before about the growing frus- Whether that is any more real than put out some principles with respect to tration that many Americans have, as doing any of the other options that comprehensive—or immigration re- well as Members on our side of the have been suggested, I think, is ques- form, I won’t call it comprehensive, aisle, about the seeming disregard for tionable, but I look forward to working put out some principles. with the gentleman. the law by this administration in selec- We received those positively. We Because I mention it every time, but tively implementing laws that have thought that was a positive step. Un- I want to mention it in a slightly dif- passed, specifically as it relates to the fortunately, those—the Speaker’s pro- ferent context, I will bring up com- Affordable Care Act. posal were rejected apparently by a prehensive immigration reform again. How would one know provisions that very large number of your party in and The majority leader says it is a broken will be upheld, implemented, executed outside of this institution. As a result, system. We all agree on that, and we in whole or not, given this situation 6 days after he issued the principles, he ought to move forward. surrounding the ACA? Those are the said that they were not going to be We are going to be considering the kinds of challenges we face. pursued. budget. The budget, we don’t think is I would also note to the gentleman Yes, we were frustrated and dis- paid for. We will have a discussion that the kind of thing that he refers to, appointed with that because we about that as we go down. We think it comprehensive immigration, we reject thought the Speaker had taken a posi- increases the deficits; it is not bal- that notion that the Senate bill, and tive step forward. I don’t know whether anced in 10 years. we reject comprehensive efforts that the majority leader was, Mr. Speaker, But that aside, comprehensive immi- have been undertaken over the last part of those principles, but in any gration reform, the CBO released its several years because they haven’t event, we accepted them as good-faith score on our bill H.R. 15, which we worked so well. efforts to come to an agreement, and think is a bipartisan bill, found it Instead, we should be looking to try we were prepared to pursue discussions would reduce the deficit by $900 billion and do the things that we agree on. on those principles. Unfortunately, as I over the next 2 decades, including $200 What about border security—border se- say, the Speaker withdrew them. billion over the first 10 years. curity itself? If we can agree to say Mr. Speaker, I am prepared to yield Therefore, comprehensive immigra- that is going to be our position, we are back the balance of my time, unless tion reform, in our opinion, is not only not negotiating on a comprehensive the majority leader wants me to yield the right thing to do, it is economi- bill, that we have to take care of that. to him. cally the smart thing to do. That is in What about the kids? The gentleman I yield back the balance of my time. the context of a bill that was brought knows I am very focused on trying to f to the floor this week that increases do something that we can agree on, but the deficit by nearly $74 billion, deal- without saying that that has to be a ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, ing with the ACA. precursor to something that the Presi- APRIL 7, 2014 It is a bit ironic that, during the dent insists, or otherwise, we can’t Mr. CANTOR. Mr. Speaker, I ask time of enormous deficits, that we have even have the discussion. unanimous consent that when the been unwilling to bring to the floor a So, again, we have got a lot of issues House adjourns today, it adjourn to bill that is scored by CBO as close to a with regards to immigration. I would meet on Monday next, when it shall trillion dollars positive reduction of say to the gentleman I understand his convene at noon for morning-hour de- our deficit in the coming 20 years. I frustration. I think that we have plen- bate and 2 p.m. for legislative business. would hope that we could look at that. ty of people who are also frustrated, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there As I say, it is not only the right given how things have gone with this objection to the request of the gen- thing to do, but it is supported across White House. tleman from Virginia?

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Josie proudly vironmental Protection Agency and violence. told us she had worked since she was a the Army Corps of Engineers has pro- f teenager, but now, at age 60, she could posed under waterways of the United not find a job. States rules that the EPA claims juris- b 1415 Her unemployment benefits were diction not just over nearly every navi- COMMENDING CHICAGO ON helping her to keep her head above gable waterway, but virtually every INITIATING NEW POLICIES water as she searched for work, but body of water in the Nation, no matter when her benefits were cut off, she fell how large or how small. (Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois behind on her mortgage payments, Using a creative interpretation of a asked and was given permission to ad- struggled to keep the power on, and 40-year-old law, the EPA argues that it dress the House for 1 minute and to re- worried about becoming homeless, wor- holds jurisdiction over any activities vise and extend his remarks.) ried about that every day. that could conceivably impact not just Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Josie and over 2 million Americans navigable waters, but any waterway Speaker, I rise to commend the mayor just like her are desperately waiting to that eventually flows into a river, even of the city of Chicago for initiation of see if this Congress will finally act to a waterway or wetland, which is simply a new set of policies designed to help help those seeking jobs, not saying we near a navigable waterway. facilitate the reentry of individuals are ratifying the status quo, but as I Furthermore, the EPA doesn’t stop with criminal records back into normal said to the majority leader, not letting at claiming control over water. It also and productive life. the status quo—which is changing a bit claims control over any activity that These policies include apprenticeship but not enough—let that status quo pe- could impact those waters in any way. and job opportunities with the Chicago nalize her. This rule drastically limits private Transit Authority, city departments, Indeed, the good news is that the property rights by inserting the Fed- and other municipal agencies, and—on Senate is expected to take that critical eral Government into local land use de- a limited basis—the ability to access step on Monday by passing bipartisan cisions. public housing as a place to live. legislation—bipartisan legislation—to The rule would also expand EPA’s au- These are important initiatives for retroactively extend the unemploy- thority from rivers, bays, and wetlands the reentry into community and for ment insurance program through May. into manmade waterways like storm the citizens of Chicago. I commend So the question is this: Whether this drains, drain ditches, farm ponds— Mayor Rahm Emanuel. House will also act or will it leave unconnected in any way to a water- f town and leave America’s jobseekers in way—and even puddles. That’s right, EXTENDING UNEMPLOYMENT the lurch? puddles. If every Member of this Chamber will INSURANCE EPA’s first draft of that rule specifi- simply take a few minutes to talk with cally exempted puddles. Tellingly, the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under unemployed workers in their district, final draft does not exempt them any- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- to people like Josie, I have no doubt we more. uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Michi- will do the right thing and act; but up Mr. Speaker, enough is enough. It is gan (Mr. LEVIN) for 60 minutes as the to this point, action has been scant, time to put an end to the government minority leader. while the excuses have been plentiful. overreach and defund these efforts in Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, several of We have heard that an extension of the appropriations process and ensure us come together to talk about unem- unemployment benefits must be paid that only America’s elected represent- ployment insurance. for, even though these emergency bene- ative make the laws that govern the The majority leader said to accept fits have traditionally not been offset, Nation. the Senate bill is to accept the status but the Senate unemployment exten- f quo. That is simply not correct. No, it sion is fully paid for with bipartisan is not accepting the status quo; it is offsets, so end of excuse. VERA HOUSE’S WHITE RIBBON whether we will penalize over 2 million We have heard that any legislation CAMPAIGN long-term unemployed looking for extending unemployment benefits (Mr. MAFFEI asked and was given work who have lost their unemploy- must also create jobs, but the CBO has permission to address the House for 1 ment insurance because of the overall estimated that continuing emergency minute.) economic situation in this country unemployment benefits would create Mr. MAFFEI. Mr. Speaker, I rise that is getting better, but for them, 200,000 jobs by raising consumer de- today, with what is left of my voice, to not nearly good enough. So don’t raise mand, so, again, end of excuse. support Vera House’s 20th annual the issue of the status quo as a reason We have heard that extended unem- White Ribbon campaign. For more than to penalize over 2 million Americans. ployment benefits aren’t needed any 35 years, Vera House has played a cru- Mr. Speaker, 2 months ago, a number more because the economy has recov- cial role in combating domestic and of us invited a number of unemploy- ered. The economy certainly has im- sexual violence. ment workers to be our guests at the proved from the depths of the Great Located in the Syracuse area in my President’s State of the Union Address. Recession, but we continue to have district, Vera House provides a safe We wanted to give a voice to the over near-record rates of long-term unem- shelter, counseling services, and other 2 million Americans who have had ployment. services for rape and sexual abuse vic- their unemployment benefits cut off. Indeed, the percentage of those long- tims and helps survivors rebuild their When these jobseekers told their sto- term unemployed in this country are lives. It also provides life-saving pre- ries one by one, I thought to myself: the largest in our records, and we have vention and education throughout cen- This is America, these are folks who never cut off these benefits in the past tral New York. come from every walk of life, who have with anything close to this level of It is critically important that we worked hard, very hard, and who have long-term unemployment, so end of continue to support Vera House’s ongo- played by the rules in pursuit of the that excuse. ing mission to end domestic abuse and American dream; now, they have lost Again, we have heard that it is too sexual violence and to empower the their jobs, through no fault of their late to help the unemployed because victims to promote equality and re- own, and they are desperately seeking the Federal UI program has been ex- spect in relationships. new employment. pired for too long, but as the whip said,

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These are people who, de- in benefits, so let there be an end of ents who are struggling because of con- spite their best attempts, have not that excuse. gressional inaction. In fact, I have had been able to find work in over six So let’s get past any excuses and the opportunity to talk with some of months. The reality that these Ameri- focus on the facts. Anyone receiving an them and hear their stories personally. cans face is abysmal. unemployment benefit must look for They come from all walks of life, Research by Princeton University work, and they have ample reason to from working class backgrounds to shows that, in any given month, the do so, given that the average unem- even educated professionals who hold long-term unemployed have only a one ployment benefit is only $300 a week. master’s and doctorate degrees, and in 10 chance of finding work, and a big Even at that modest level—and I they all share one thing in common, reason for this is because employers want to emphasize this—unemploy- they want to work. are more likely to discriminate against ment benefits have lifted 11 million If I may, I would like to share one of long-term unemployed, even if they Americans out of poverty since 2008, their stories with you. One of my con- have the same skills and experience as according to the Census Bureau. stituents wrote to me: other applicants. The end of the Federal emergency Linda, in the past, I benefited from unem- b 1430 unemployment program in December ployment insurance when I was between has left only one out of every four job- jobs. Part of my responsibility every time I Mr. Speaker, these people are waiting seekers receiving unemployment bene- went to pick up a check was to certify that for Congress to act. fits, the lowest coverage in over 50 I was actively searching for a job. I will share one more note from Ron years. This motivated me to continue searching in Pasadena, California, who says: The bipartisan Senate bill that will for a job because I knew that the small in- I just hope that our representatives are come from unemployment benefits allowed be voted on—we now expect Monday— able to see beyond political polarities to the me to pay for my needs, such as copies of my faces of those families to whom this issue would restore this vital lifeline to resume, gasoline to travel to prospective does not merely exist as a statistic or a the- nearly 2.8 million Americans, including work sites and interviews, and the phone ory, but more genuinely as a question of sur- Josie Maisano, and 106,000 other job- calls I made to potential employers who were vival. seekers in my home State of Michigan. looking for employees. Next week, the Senate is set to vote Someone recently asked me if this Nowadays, it seems that the unemployed and pass an extension of unemploy- issue is personal to me. It is. When you are being punished for being jobless through no fault of their own. ment insurance benefits. The measure hear the unemployed tell their stories, would reinstate Federal unemployment when you see the anguish in their That is just one of the many letters benefits for the long-term unemployed faces, and when you know how hard my office has received, but all of them and allow for retroactive payments to they are struggling to find work, it is share the same message: they want my go out to more than 2 million Ameri- impossible to not take it personally. colleagues on other side of the aisle to cans who lost their benefits in late De- America, these are our friends, our know they are not lazy or cember. neighbors, our fellow Americans. How unmotivated; they want to work. I hope that my colleagues here in the can we give them the cold shoulder? As they continue to navigate the House summon the courage to act and This poster, 2.8 million Americans, tough labor market, they need unem- follow the Senate’s lead. It is time to these are the people whose livelihoods, ployment benefits to provide for their stop disrespecting people who are whose lifelines are at stake here. I fer- families and pay for the gas and phone working hard to try to find work. vently hope that this institution will bills that help them look for work and Mr. Speaker, don’t leave millions of rise up to its greatest traditions, to re- connect with potential employers. millions behind. Give unemployment spond to the needs of Americans out of Mr. Speaker, unemployment insur- insurance the vote that it deserves. work through no fault of their own, ance is not a handout. Workers earned Mr. LEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the looking hard for work, unable to find those benefits. They paid into the un- gentlewoman for her moving remarks. it. employment insurance program, so I hope the country is listening. Often, people who are in their forties, they would have a safety net when Now, another person who has devoted fifties, and older find it difficult to find times got tough. Unfortunately, my so much time as Ms. SA´ NCHEZ has to someone who will give them a fair colleagues on the other side of the aisle this effort to bring to the attention of shot. These are people like us, and they don’t seem to agree, so perhaps an eco- this country what this is really all are everywhere. We need to act. nomic argument might sway them. about, the gentleman from Nevada (Mr. I now yield to a colleague and friend The Congressional Budget Office esti- HORSFORD). of mine, a member of our committee, mates that an extension of unemploy- Mr. HORSFORD. Mr. Speaker, I the gentlewoman from California (Ms. ment insurance benefits would grow thank the gentleman. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ). our GDP by 0.2 percent and add 200,000 First, I would like to extend my ap- Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- jobs to our economy in this year alone. preciation to my colleague, my good fornia. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. LEVIN That is because recipients are more friend, and the ranking member, Mr. for yielding and for his leadership on likely to take the money they receive LEVIN, from the great State of Michi- that committee. and spend it on essential goods and gan, for hosting this critically impor- I rise to join Mr. LEVIN today in lend- services. As a result, employers would tant Special Order hour on extending ing a voice to the 2.8 million American hire more people to meet consumer de- unemployment insurance benefits for workers who are waiting for Congress mand for those goods and services. It is over 2.2 million people who have been to act and renew unemployment insur- simple economics, Mr. Speaker. cut off since the end of last year. ance benefits. My Republican colleagues say they Thank you for your leadership and te- These people have been waiting 17 care about creating jobs and growing nacity in making sure that this issue weeks for Congress to reinstate the our economy, but when an opportunity remains a priority here in this House. I benefits that help them stay afloat as comes around to do exactly that, they commend you, sir, for your leadership. they search for a job. Imagine having refuse to act. The timing of this Special Order hour to decide between putting food on the It has been 17 weeks since millions in this session is not coincidental. The table and having a roof over your head, lost their unemployment insurance Senate is well on their way towards but these are the decisions that mil- benefits, so what are they waiting for? passing a bipartisan bill to restore this lions of workers, including more than Each week that we delay, 72,000 new critical financial lifeline that the peo- 514,000 in California alone, continue to unemployed Americans lose their bene- ple in this country depend on while face. fits. That is one more household, one they search for work.

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It is a small victory for him, great State of Nevada, and the other were moving to the great State of Ne- but his story of losing his home is the great U.S. Senator from Nevada, DEAN vada to help us build and to grow. same as thousands of people around HELLER, a Republican, who have But during the recession that this Nation. worked in a bipartisan manner with changed, and so now over 100,000 Ne- That is why I am proud to be a lead Senator JACK REED to get to the point vadans are unemployed and have been sponsor of the Stop Foreclosures Due they are in the Senate. primarily from the construction, engi- to the Congressional Dysfunction Act I want to go further in recognizing neering, and architecture sectors of our introduced by Congressman MATT Senator DEAN HELLER in calling Speak- economy. These aren’t people who CARTWRIGHT from Pennsylvania. The er BOEHNER just recently to ask him don’t want to work. There is an envi- legislation would impose a 6-month what it would take to bring up a clean ronment that is not allowing them to moratorium on foreclosures for indi- vote on extending unemployment in- go to work. viduals who have lost their unemploy- surance benefits, because this is not a Now, if we pass the Senate bill, 31,500 ment insurance compensation due to partisan issue—at least it shouldn’t be. Nevadans would see their unemploy- the recent congressional inaction. Helping 2 million Americans who rely ment benefits extended. It is not a lot Until we do the right thing, Mr. on unemployment insurance as a of money. As I said, it is not enough to Speaker, by extending unemployment bridge while they search for work is live off of, but for these families and insurance, we must do everything that basic, fundamental, and should be sup- the stories that they have told us, it we can to keep families with a roof ported by Members on both sides of the can make all the difference between over their heads. Congressman CART- aisle, extending the Emergency Unem- being on the brink and literally falling WRIGHT and I have also sent a letter to ployment Compensation program off. Federal Housing Finance Agency Di- through May and restoring the finan- Now, I want to share a couple of sto- rector Mel Watt requesting that he cial bridge to nearly 2.8 million Ameri- ries of constituents whom I have met take action and use his regulatory au- cans. These are our neighbors. They over the last few weeks as we have thority to establish the 6-month mora- are people that we know. tried to bring attention to this issue. torium if Congress fails to act to pass Now, the Democratic Caucus in the Before coming to Congress, I ran an this important legislation. House comes to the floor today with a employment and training agency that Another constituent who I talked unified voice to respectfully ask the helped thousands of people get training with recently is Elizabeth. Like my colleague Representative SA´ NCHEZ said, Speaker of this House for a vote. We to go to work in Las Vegas. I know many of these workers, or unemployed have heard the calls from our constitu- what it takes to put people back to people who want to work, happen to be ents, and they cannot wait another day work. So I went and visited one of our older Americans who feel that age has for the Republican leadership to con- workforce centers and met with a something to do with why they are not tinue to play political games. group of unemployed workers to hear able to get back into the workforce. My colleague, Representative directly what they are facing and what ´ She lost her job with the Nevada Divi- SANCHEZ, just said it has been 17 weeks it has meant to lose their unemploy- since these unemployment insurance sion of Insurance last year after suf- ment insurance. They told us that they benefits have expired. For each week, fering a stroke and two severe concus- didn’t know where else to turn. And that is $300, on average, that family sions. She has been searching every they surely, if Speaker BOEHNER could members who use this to pay the rent, single day for work. She, like Monty, hear from them, they want him to to keep the utilities on, to put some was uninsured until receiving coverage know that they want to do right by our gas in the car so that they can search under the Affordable Care Act. Her un- fellow citizens and return to work. for work have been lost. employment benefits helped pay her So we come here today to talk about Now, among the Nevadans who have premium and for the expense of medi- the lives that have been affected by been cut off from unemployment insur- cations that help prevent her seizures. this Congress’ inaction at a time when ance is Monty. He was laid off from his After losing her benefits, she had to the American people expect us to act. job on December 4, 2013, and he lost his cut down on taking her medication, We are here to put the face to the num- benefits on December 28, 2013. When he now taking it every other day instead bers, because there are real people be- called my office in February, his life of daily, and now risks suffering an- hind the 2.8 million Americans who are had gone from bad to worse. Monty other accident. Given her new condi- suffering, to give voice to those who told my staff: tion, she made it her goal to become a are being ignored while they struggle I’ve had to basically pawn everything of caretaker and companion for senior to stay in their homes and to put food value that I own to try and stay in my apart- citizens, which requires she attend ment. That came to an end last week when I classes and trainings. The unemploy- on their table for themselves and their couldn’t afford to stay there anymore and I family. was evicted. Right now, I am sleeping on ment benefits that she was receiving Now, I am from Nevada. In our State, rocks outside of a brick wall at night with a helped pay to put gas in her car to at- we recently had our numbers released blanket to keep me warm, and during the tend those classes. When she lost her today, and fortunately the numbers are daytime I go out and look for work. benefits, she had to stop taking the getting better. Now we are the third Prior to losing unemployment benefits, I classes, which was devastating, because worst in unemployment. So that is was able to pay my rent on a weekly basis, this was part of her goal and the tran- good news, but it is still not good have bus fare to get around and look for jobs, sition that she was trying to make to enough. Nevada, along with other and provide a little bit of food for myself and return to work. States like Rhode Island, continue to keep looking. But like many people, she had tough face higher unemployment in the Na- Monty hasn’t given up because he is choices to make. She told us it wasn’t tion, not because the people in our determined to get back on his feet. He a lot of money when she had a job, but States don’t want to work, but because has never been in this situation before now her family barely has enough to the environment in our States hasn’t and, Mr. Speaker, he is not a lazy per- stay in their home and to pay their recovered fast enough from the reces- son. When he was employed, he hadn’t bills. Elizabeth wants to work. She told sion. missed a day of work in 25 years. Now us: Do you think it is fun sitting Now, in Nevada, we like boasting he just can’t understand why Congress around every day feeling like you are more about being the entertainment has turned its back on him. Unemploy- worthless, like you are nothing? She capital of the world and the fact that ment benefits were providing him the told us that most of all she wants to be we have some of the most magnificent opportunity to keep looking for work able to get back to work to help pro- natural resources anywhere, but, un- and to stay in his home so that he vide for her neighbors, for those senior fortunately, the prolonged recession could have a bed to sleep in and a hot citizens that need that care and atten- has hit our State and the people of Ne- shower before he goes on work inter- tion, for those who are worse off than vada to our core. views. she is. As I said, it is because, in large part, Now, there was recently some good One of the hardest parts of being in our economy was a growth economy. news for Monty. He recently signed up financial straits, for her, is not being

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:37 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04AP7.063 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2951 able to give to charity. That is true nearly 72,000 people are losing unem- fault of their own, who are looking for citizenship, Mr. Speaker, and House ployment insurance, on average, every work, many of them never having been Republicans could learn a lot from week, adding to the 202 million people unemployed before. If there is a vote Elizabeth. who have already lost their benefits. allowed in this institution, this bill These are the personal stories of The Department of Labor estimated will pass. There is only one obstacle to those who have been hurt by Congress’ that the bipartisan Senate agreement our doing what is right, and that is failure to act. If Republicans don’t to extend emergency unemployment whether there will be a decision on the want to extend unemployment insur- insurance would benefit nearly 2.8 mil- part of the leadership of this House to ance because it is the right thing to do lion people. That is a big part of Amer- let us vote, and it won’t be ourselves for our fellow Americans, then maybe— ica. voting. It will be America voting. then maybe—you will do it because it Long-term unemployment wrecks America wants a vote to help the sev- is the right thing to do for the econ- people’s lives. It makes it almost im- eral million and their families. omy. possible for them to ever catch up be- So I leave here, going out of Wash- Overall, failing to renew the Emer- cause they have gotten behind. They ington, hoping that when all of us re- gency Unemployment Compensation have lost what they had. They have turn that we will have looked into the program will cost the economy 200,000 been evicted from their homes. Their eyes of fellow and sister Americans out jobs this year, according to the Con- children have had to leave college. of work, that we will have reached out gressional Budget Office, including They just have not known which way and will have listened to their stories, 3,000 jobs in my home State of Nevada. to turn except to turn to their govern- and that we will come back with a Failing to extend unemployment insur- ment, which they believe has their in- sense of urgency, with a sense of de- ance has drained, already, nearly $5 bil- terests at heart and will do the right cency, and with a conscience. This lion from our State economies, includ- thing by and for them. issue should be on the consciences of ing $70 million from Nevada’s economy, Illinois, my State—the home of Lin- every Member of this House. at a time when economic growth is coln—is estimated to have lost Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance needed the most. $296,763,435, just under $300 million, in of my time. unemployment benefits during the first b 1445 f 3 months of the year. Any way you THE RYAN BUDGET For every $1 that is spent on unem- count it, that is a lot of money, and it ployment insurance, it grows the econ- takes that money away from and out of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under omy by $1.52. So, whichever way you the economy. Those of us who under- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- look at it, there is no excuse for inac- stand a certain kind of economics uary 3, 2013, the Chair recognizes the tion. know that, if you are not able to ex- gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. When the Senate acts next week, the change goods and services, if people are NOLAN) for the remainder of the hour. country’s attention will turn to the not able to go to the store and get a Mr. NOLAN. Thank you, Mr. LEVIN, House, and I am here with my col- bottle of milk or to stop at the service for this Special Order and for bringing leagues today to urge the Speaker to station and buy gasoline, there is no to the attention of our colleagues and listen to the Americans in this country point in talking about economic recov- the country the importance of pro- who are desperately depending on us to ery. So, not only is it in the best inter- viding unemployment insurance for the act. At the end of next week, we will go ests of those individuals who are in millions of people who are struggling into a work period for 2 weeks. During need of unemployment benefits, but it and who are in danger of losing their those 2 weeks, Americans will suffer if is also in the best interest of our Na- homes and the ability to feed their we don’t act. tion as a whole. families. Mr. Speaker, we must be ready to Mr. LEVIN, I want to commend you As a businessman over the last 32 act, and I urge my colleagues to do the for the leadership that you have pro- years, I would like to point out to right thing by extending unemploy- vided on this issue. I want to thank these people who somehow like to char- ment insurance for the millions of you for the tremendous leadership and acterize these people as scofflaws who Americans who need it now. for your understanding of the issues don’t want to work and remind them Again, I would like to thank the gen- facing America. that you don’t qualify for unemploy- tleman from Michigan and my other I hope that, next week, when we re- ment insurance unless you are a work- colleagues who have joined for this turn, that our colleagues will realize er and have found yourself unemployed Special Order. that we, too, can make a difference, by virtue of circumstances you had no Mr. LEVIN. Thank you so much for that we can join with the Senate and control over. your eloquence. I hope this country is pass unemployment insurance benefits You are so right that this is the right listening as well as your beloved State. for more than 2.8 million Americans. thing to do. It is bipartisan, and there Now I yield to another friend of mine Mr. LEVIN. I thank you for your elo- is a pay-for here. We should have the and, most importantly, to somebody quent remarks. good judgment and the decency to ex- whose life embodies caring for others, Mr. Speaker, how much time is left tend the unemployment insurance for the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. in our hour? these people. So I thank you very DANNY K. DAVIS). The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. I tleman from Michigan has 25 minutes Mr. Speaker, I would like to address want to thank the ranking member of remaining. another issue, and it is the fact that the Ways and Means Committee. I am Mr. LEVIN. Before I yield to the gen- most of us here in the Congress grew pleased to join with him and others of tleman from Minnesota (Mr. NOLAN) up at a time when our leaders weren’t my colleagues as we come to the floor for the remainder of my time, I just afraid to invest in our country, to in- to call for the immediate passage of want to conclude in this way. vest in human development, and be- legislation in the House to concur with This is a bipartisan bill that is com- cause of them, education was afford- the Senate in the restoration of unem- ing over from the Senate. This country able. Guess what? That is no longer ployment benefits to the more than 2.2 has asked for bipartisanship. That bill true. million Americans who have been cut embodies it. This country has asked for Now we are faced with a Ryan budget off of extended unemployment insur- fiscal care. Traditionally, unemploy- that cuts Pell grants for poor and ance because our Republican col- ment insurance has not been paid for. needy kids who would like to get a leagues continue to block an extension This bill is paid for on a bipartisan postgraduate education. of the program. basis. Medicare. Nothing has ever done Mr. Speaker, it is inconceivable to So what more is America asking for? more to extend the lives of more people me that, as a government, as a nation, It is asking for people in this institu- than Medicare. In a little over a gen- we would leave all of these individuals tion to step into the shoes of several eration, we went from a nation with a hanging, many of them since December million people who are hardworking, life expectancy of about 47 to over 77. 28 of last year, in 2013. Nationally, who have lost their jobs through no What does the Ryan budget do with

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:45 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04AP7.064 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2952 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 4, 2014 Medicare? It eliminates it as we know important that we needed to put our I also want to get to another topic it. It turns the elderly back over to the children, grandchildren, and great- today that has been so much on the insurance industry. grandchildren in hock just so we would minds and hearts of people all over the Our leaders in the past invested in not have to quit spending money so ir- country this week as Killeen, Fort transportation, in health, in education. responsibly. Hood, Texas, has had another mass They created the strongest economy I could not agree more with that last shooting. and the strongest and largest middle statement. Let’s do for the next gen- The first one was in the civilian sec- class in the history of the world, and eration what the last generation did tor in a cafeteria. That caused Texas to now our bridges are falling down. What for us. Thank goodness I have a friend rise up and pass a concealed-carry per- does the Ryan budget do? It cuts fund- on the other side saying that. He point- mit law, which was driven by a woman ing for transportation. ed out the verse of Scripture: whose parents were killed there. She Mr. Speaker, let’s be honest. The To whom much is given, much is required. had to put her gun in the glove com- simple truth is that the Ryan budget We have been given much. We have partment and couldn’t take it in. She guts funding for all of the investments been blessed more than any nation in could have saved her parents had we that created and were responsible for the history of the world. We have got had a concealed-carry permit law in the incredible national and individual more freedoms than Solomon’s Israel place at the time of that mass shoot- success that our generation has en- could have ever dreamed of and more ing. joyed. It cuts everything from Head individual assets than any nation in I have had people ask, as I know my Start to health to essential air service, history could have dreamed of. We have friend from Georgia has: What have funding for basic research for health been given much. you guys in Congress done since the and technology—so many of the things As a result, this generation has be- last shooting at Fort Hood to protect that made us a great Nation. Now, come so self-centered, so narcicisstic, our soldiers? What has the Commander after being the beneficiaries of what so self-indulgent, so obese that we in Chief done to protect the military our generation before us did, we don’t want to engorge ourselves at the ex- members under his command? Under this Commander in Chief, we want to invest in the future of our chil- pense of future generations. Let me just say I haven’t decided saw in Afghanistan that in half the dren and their children. what I am going to do about the Ryan time he had twice as many fatalities— It is time for a budget that acknowl- budget. I am still going through it. even more than that in injuries—of our edges the real foundations of our pros- PAUL RYAN and I have had some very military members in Afghanistan. That perity, of our opportunities, and of our severe disagreements during my 9-plus is half the time of the Bush adminis- freedom here in this country. Let’s put years here, but I know this: he does not tration and about twice as many fatali- forth a budget that shows our gratitude want to hurt future generations. He ties. for the next generation. Let’s pay it wants to do for the next generation We have seen what happened there. forward. Let’s be mindful of how many what the last generation did for us. But what about right here? important things that leaders in the And we will not—we cannot—do that After the first Fort Hood shooting, it past did for us in laying this founda- if we are spending money so irrespon- was an outrage—as it should be to tion. Where I come from there is a won- sibly that generations to follow us will every military member and everybody derful, old Biblical saying that says, be paying the debts and the interest on that understands anything about the ‘‘For those to whom much is given, those debts without getting a dime of military—when this Commander in much is expected’’—not less but more. the benefits that we engorged ourselves Chief allowed the incident to be called Let’s do for the next generation what with in this generation. So it is time to workplace violence when, clearly, the past generation did for us. be responsible. Nidal Hasan, according to all the wit- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance I disagree with something my col- nesses, stood up, made the universal of my time. league said when he said, basically, the cry that a radical Islamist terrorist f Ryan bill destroys Medicare as we makes, claiming, in essence, that he is LET’S DO FOR THE NEXT GENERA- know it. I don’t know if I like what going to kill innocent people on behalf TION WHAT THE LAST GENERA- PAUL RYAN has been able to do about of a god who likes people like him to TION DID FOR US Medicare. I would have handled it dif- kill innocent people, just as they think ferently. It is one of the things I am there is a god that liked planes being The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under struggling with. flown into buildings to kill thousands the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- What he is trying to do is what of innocent men, women, and children. uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Texas Democrats should have done for 40 That is a god I don’t know, and I know (Mr. GOHMERT) is recognized for 60 min- years before the Republicans took of- that is a god I will never meet. utes as the designee of the majority fice. They had the majority before the But I want to talk at this time about leader. 1994 election. They put us on a course what we should be doing for our sol- Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I just to destroying Social Security. Since diers. want to chime in in agreement with the sixties, after Medicare was passed, I have got a bill that legislative the last thing that my colleague across we have been on a course to bankrupt counsel is working on right now. We the aisle said. He said let’s do for the Medicare so our children and grand- will be filing it early next week. We an- next generation what the last genera- children will have nothing for them- ticipate calling it the Save Our Sol- tion did for us. selves because we spent it all on our- diers bill, or SOS. They have been cry- Mr. Speaker, I think that is incred- selves. ing ‘‘SOS.’’ It is just that nobody in ibly important. What a great thing my So I don’t know if it was the best way their highest chain of command has lis- Democratic friend said, because every to do it, but I know what PAUL RYAN tened. generation before ours has tried to live was trying to do. He is trying to make Well, Congress is listening and we are within its means. sure that we protect our seniors and we going to get something done, if there make sure that we can have future gen- are enough people down the hall in the b 1500 erations have some of the same protec- Senate who worry about their election This generation that is in power in tions. And from what I was reading, he next November that they will actually this Congress is the first generation is trying to do that. Some changes take this bill up and do something to that continues to spend not only chil- would come in Social Security, from protect our soldiers, other than lip dren’s money, but grandchildren’s and what I am reading, but not for anybody service. Lip service doesn’t really pro- great-grandchildren’s money. 56 or older. tect you against an incoming round. We have accumulated such debt that Anyway, I am still making up my At this point, I would yield to my our children are not only not going to mind on the bill, but I know what PAUL dear friend from South Carolina (Mr. rise up and call us blessed, they are RYAN was trying to do. He was trying DUNCAN). going to rise up and swear at our to do an honorable thing for future Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. I names. Because this is the generation generations, just like my colleague want to thank the gentleman from that has felt that it was so incredibly said he felt we should be doing. Texas.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:45 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04AP7.066 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2953 There was a tragedy this week at A lady named Carolyn Chandler says: sands of pounds of bombs, and yet for Fort Hood, Texas. The folks in South Our own soldiers, without guns, shot down too long political correctness has said, Carolina once again stand with the on our own base in our own country. A ban even though they may fire 105 Howit- people in Texas. on guns gives the criminals free targets. The zers or some of the most modern weap- The President’s former Chief of Staff, criminals will have the guns. Criminals do ons we have, tanks, drop thousands of and now the mayor of Chicago, Rahm not obey laws. pounds of bombs, we probably can’t Emanuel, infamously said: Steve Carey says: trust them to carry a little pistol. Never let a crisis go to waste. The victims at Fort Hood are not dan- Yeah, they may be on a ship. They may That is what we are seeing going on gerous. The politicians who have disarmed fire rounds that are bigger than I am, the soldiers at a military base are dangerous. today with HARRY REID looking to use but, gee, we might not better trust the recent Fort Hood tragedy to pursue Ken Crowe says: them with a pistol. We don’t need more gun laws; we need his agenda of control. HARRY REID said And what we have seen over and over fewer gun-free zones. this week that the recent shooting in the tragedies here in the United should renew discussion about gun con- I agree with him on that. States, the norm is for a criminal who It is time for America to wake up. trol, and then went on to talk about wants to shoot and hurt and kill people The only lawbreakers in Fort Hood, background checks and mental health to go to a gun-free area. That is why Texas, in both of these tragic events issues. the shooter in the theater in Colorado Mr. Speaker, these comments have were the killers themselves who took a could have gone to much closer thea- nothing to do with the facts at hand. firearm into a gun-free zone. ters, but those theaters did not restrict I am reminded of an old adage that However, HARRY REID wants to use this the right to have weapons in them, so says, when seconds count, the police as a way to restrict Americans’ Second they probably would have had someone that can protect you in these gun-free Amendment rights. I don’t agree with who could have pulled a gun very zones are just minutes away. his motives, but I do agree with his quickly and ended the rampage. When seconds count, the police are From the reports of what happened suggestion that we need to revive a dis- just minutes away. Think about that, cussion on the Second Amendment. It this week at Fort Hood, when the hero, America. It is time to let our soldiers female military member pulled her should reawaken our discussions about and law-abiding Americans defend Americans’ constitutionally affirmed weapon, he took his own life rather themselves and reaffirm our Second than risk ending up in a wheelchair or rights to keep and bear arms to defend Amendment and constitutional rights ourselves, to defend our families, to de- worse. He wasn’t going to take chances in this country on firing at anyone else once someone fend our property, and, ultimately, to I appreciate the gentleman bringing had a weapon leveled on him. defend this great Nation. forth the SOS law. I look forward to We have lost enough lives in gun-free With regard to our military, the gen- cosponsoring that. Let’s allow law- zones. It is time to allow the law-abid- tleman from Texas and I had a con- abiding Americans, soldiers, sailors, ing, the qualified, to protect them- versation earlier. I fully understand airmen, and marines to defend them- that when you join the military, you selves, to save our military. selves. SOS sends a warning signal. It I hope that our leadership will allow give up some rights. You give up the is an alarm. It is put on the beach when right to speak unless you are spoken to the bill to be brought to the floor here someone needs to be rescued. Well, because I know good and well, if we or it is appropriate. You give up the guess what? The people in gun-free right to assemble peacefully. You as- bring it to the floor here—I am open to zones need to be rescued as well by amendments, suggestions—we get a bill semble when they tell you to on the pa- having the ability to defend them- rade ground, I have been told, but you like that passed here, then the pressure selves. will be on the Senate. don’t have the right to assemble. You So I thank the gentleman from Texas don’t have a right to trial by jury. We Yes, I know Senator REID protects for giving me the time to talk about his Democratic Members all he can. If set the jury of court-martial for the this important are issue. May God military. I get that. there is a bill that his Members would bless him, may God bless the Republic get defeated for voting against, then he Yet we trust these soldiers with both of Texas, and may God bless the United high-tech and low-tech weapon systems just doesn’t bring it to the floor for a States of America. vote. Protecting his Members from that they use to defend this great Na- Mr. GOHMERT. The gentleman from having to cast a vote for a bill that is tion, but then we turn around and cre- South Carolina has just made clear a good bill or against a bill that would ate these gun-free zones on their bases, why I am such a big fan of his. which have resulted in two incidents. And, yes, I was in the Army. By nam- get them defeated because it was a Gun-free zones have resulted in two in- ing the bill ‘‘Save our Soldiers,’’ I am good bill, he just keeps it from going to cidents at Fort Hood and the killing of not saying the Army is more impor- the floor. We have seen that in so many unarmed and law-abiding citizens. tant, because it is, generically speak- of the bills we have passed here from I will mention, as the gentleman ing, inclusive of our soldiers, sailors, the House that would have an imme- from Texas did, that the President marines, Coast Guard, and everybody diate helpful effect on our economy. It wants to call this an episode of work- that is in the uniformed military. That would have had an immediate helpful place violence. Well, nothing could be is who it pertains to. effect on our government. further from the truth. Major Hasan For heaven’s sake, I know the main- was an Islamist jihadist intent on b 1515 stream media will never get this right. doing harm in the war against America But we wanted a title that people Even our own Speaker didn’t under- that we see raging all over the world in would remember and think of all of our stand what happened that day, appar- places like Afghanistan and Iraq. soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, ently. But last fall, our House of Rep- The folks that were wounded there Coast Guard, people that are pro- resentatives—a majority, at least—be- and the soldiers that were killed at tecting us. lieved that ObamaCare was very detri- Fort Hood deserve the medals that The greatest irony still comes back mental to this Nation, to its economy, they have earned, and it is time to call to this: we have military members who to people’s health. So what did we do? this for what it was. It was an episode are qualified to fire tank weapons. We We did what we believed, and we voted of terrorism, and the original Fort have got military members—I think to completely defund ObamaCare. That Hood shooting incident requires, I be- the largest thing I fired in the Army is what we believed. That was the vote lieve, that those victims receive the was a 105 Howitzer. But we have a mas- we did first. medals. That is something I renew the sive number of weapons, rocket-pro- But understanding that in Wash- call on. pelled grenades of different kinds, SAM ington you have to have two Houses I raised this issue about the travesty missiles. We have got all kinds of pass a bill, we passed a compromise this week and the gun-free zones to my things that our military are able to measure that simply said, look, obvi- constituents via Twitter and Facebook. utilize. ously ObamaCare is not ready for These are some of the things they had We have got airmen who operate air- prime time. You have had going on 4 to say. planes that drop thousands and thou- years to get ready, and it is not ready

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:45 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04AP7.067 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2954 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 4, 2014 for prime time, so we are offering you that HARRY REID was not going to even the State Department. Here is an arti- a gift, Democrats in the Senate and accept a gift of a 1-year suspension or cle, April 4, today, from The Fiscal Democrats in the House. We are offer- the following compromise offered gift Times, Brianna Ehley: ing a gift. Our compromise is this: we of a year suspension of the individual The State Department has no idea what passed the bill. It said let’s suspend mandate and a year suspension of the happened to $6 billion used to pay its con- ObamaCare for a year. Clearly, it is not business mandate, then we did what tractors. In a special ‘‘management alert’’ ready. Many people will be hurt. was almost unthinkable—bid against made public Thursday, the State Depart- That was an incredible gift of a com- ourselves for the third time. We voted ment’s inspector general, Steve Linick, warned ‘‘significant financial risk and a lack promise to the Senate Democrats and to approve conferees from the House. the House Democrats and even to the of internal control at the Department has These are people who would have led to billions,’’ that is with a b, ‘‘billions of President himself. But our Democratic reached an agreement if the Senate had unaccounted dollars over the last six years.’’ friends down the hall had bought in to bothered to even appoint conferees or Mr. Speaker, by the way, that is the mainstream conventional wisdom negotiators. while this President was in office. that if the Democrats could cause a It was understood here, if HARRY The unaccountability is dramatic. shutdown, the mainstream media REID will go ahead and appoint Senate Future generations will have to pay for would protect them by blaming Repub- conferees, they can start immediately, the waste, fraud, and abuse that not licans, and then that would help them and before even anybody is required to only will we not clean up, but we bor- win the majority in the House in the be at work at 8 a.m., we could probably rowed money in our children and next election. So HARRY REID refused have a deal worked out, get it passed, grandchildren’s name to lavish on mas- to even bring that gift that Repub- and people would have never known sive, wasteful, fraudulent government, licans in the House offered to the Sen- there was a shutdown for 8 hours. But abusive government, because we ate Democrats, the President, and HARRY REID was so determined to fol- couldn’t control ourselves. House Democrats. He wouldn’t accept low through on what was the main- it. stream conventional wisdom: HARRY, if b 1530 I bet there are times that their you can just cause a shutdown, the Re- There is going to be a price to pay for Democrats in the House and Senate publicans will be blamed—they didn’t the irresponsibility of this government really wish they had accepted our offer even know the Speaker would accept in the decades ahead. If we do not get of compromise and said: Okay. All the blame because he didn’t know what this country turned around and back right. We don’t want to do it; but, we did that day—but they will be as- on a responsible track, then there will okay, we will suspend ObamaCare for a sessed the blame by the mainstream be books written about the rise and fall year. media, and then you can get the major- of the United States of America. And There were some in our party that ity back. our generation will be blamed, and the felt like, gosh, if we suspend it for a So he forced a shutdown. Actually, line of my Democratic friend will be at year, who knows what will happen in a he tried to do that a few years ago, and the forefront in that book, that this year from now. Maybe we are better off our leadership and the Republican side generation refused to do for the next letting America find out how bad it is capitulated at 10:30 the night that the generation what was done for us. so then we can get it repealed outright. shutdown was going to begin at 12 mid- Mr. Speaker, I had hoped—that is But we knew the suffering that would night. Probably, if the truth be known, why I am still here. That is why I have ensue once that bill fully kicked in, the Democratic Leader, HARRY REID, run again. I have hoped that we are and how could we want people to suffer may have hoped that he would have a going to get back on track, that we like we knew they would once shutdown at midnight that night be- will be able to rein in the government, ObamaCare kicked in? that at some point, HARRY REID will be But HARRY REID wouldn’t bring that cause he consistently said: It is my willing to bring bills to the floor that to the floor. I didn’t think it was wise way or nothing, my way or nothing, no we have sent down there passed by a when they rejected a clear offer of compromise whatsoever. Of course, our compromise down the hall by refusing leadership came back and said: Well, majority here in the House that do to even bring it to the floor for a vote. we actually cut $26 billion. And it things like get the economy going, that allow businesses to start hiring We funded everything HARRY REID turned out we did no such thing. But, wanted. We just had a 1-year suspen- anyway, we came so close to a shut- again without worry about just irre- sion on ObamaCare. down that night. sponsibility and overregulation. So then we came back and said, But some of us still have enough We need to be providing privacy for okay, the President has unconsti- faith in the American people that we Americans that began deteriorating in tutionally signed an executive order believe a majority will ferret out the prior administrations before this but that put off the business mandate for a truth, come to the truth, regardless of that this administration has taken to year, so we will offer what was an in- what the mainstream media says, re- an all-time high with regard to indi- credible compromise. We will agree to gardless of what anybody on television vidual privacy information taken away postpone the individual mandate in a who gets a thrill up their leg when and held onto by the government. legal manner—not unconstitutional, they see certain Democrats, no matter People want to know, gee, well just but a legal manner—and we will go what they say, eventually the majority what does the government have that ahead and put in writing that the busi- of the American people will eventually would be invasive of our privacy? Well, ness mandate would be suspended for a come to the truth and that will save for one thing, we now know the NSA year, and that would protect the Presi- our Nation. has logs of every call that every Amer- dent’s order. So, clearly, there are areas in which ican makes. That is outrageous. It is HARRY REID wouldn’t bring it to the we agree, as my Democrat friend indi- unnecessary. And we can’t go into clas- floor for a vote. He knew good and well cated when he said let’s do for the next sified briefings. But, Mr. Speaker, I if he brought either one of our com- generation what the last generation stand here to tell you that even though promise bills to the floor that there did for us. That is all I want to try to there are some in our intelligence that would be Democrats that would either do. Let’s give our children and grand- have said, gee, if we had not gathered have to vote for the bill or, for sure, children a nation where they have the every log of every phone call ever lose their Senate seat come Novem- freedoms that we have enjoyed, where made, we may not have stopped a sub- ber—Democrats in the Senate, that is. they have the privacy that we used to way bombing, like we did. And from So he protected them and didn’t allow enjoy, where they don’t have $20 tril- the evidence that we know from the that to come to the floor. And his lion of debt from the prior generation public arena, it was clear—it sure Members seemed quite happy to just because the prior generation was so seemed to me, as a former prosecutor sit back and let HARRY REID try to pro- selfish, so self-centered that they and judge and chief justice—that there tect them by not allowing them to didn’t even care to clean up the waste, was plenty of evidence for an officer of vote. fraud, and abuse in the government. the law—Federal, State, or local—to go Then, at 1:10 a.m. on October 1, when I read an article that talked in terms before a judge and swear this informa- it was clear to us here in the House of the massive amount of fraud just at tion and get a warrant from the judge

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He not only are they getting every log of going after somebody’s private prop- changed a law that was duly passed and every phone call made, but we are not erty or private information. I can’t signed into law by Bill Clinton. And it quite sure, even now, whether some are sign the warrant. And there were times ended up being one of his most proud right to say, well, actually, they could where officers would say, give us an- accomplishments because what we saw pull the actual discussions of the con- other chance, a little more time. We after the requirement for work for wel- versation, or whether they couldn’t. see your point. We will be back. And fare was, for the first time in 30 years, But we also know that under they would come back later, and then single moms’ incomes, when adjusted ObamaCare, the Federal Government you go, okay, well, yes, this is probable for inflation, started going up. It had gets every record of everyone’s most cause. Certainly this raises probable been flatlined for about 30 years, since personal and private health insurance. cause. Sometimes they wouldn’t be aid to dependent children had started, And for so long in this body, I have able to get it. But that was the con- since welfare had started, single moms’ heard my friends on this side of the stitutional standard by which law offi- incomes, adjusted for inflation, had aisle complain about, we don’t want cers and courts are supposed to live. been flatlined for about 30 years. government in the bedroom. And then And now, in the name of a little secu- And once the Gingrich-led Repub- without a single Republican vote, they rity, we have to stand there—I can’t lican revolution took hold and a work passed the ObamaCare bill that not even count the number of times I have requirement was put on for the first only put the government in your bed- had to stand there with my arms open time in 30 years, single moms had more room, but it is in your bathroom, your and be groped by Federal agents. Some- take-home money. They had more free- kitchen, your living room, your garage. times you can tell they have got a lit- dom. They had more autonomy away It is with your Realtor. It is just every- tle bit of a grudge. And we giving that from the government, where they where you can imagine. The govern- away because we want security. didn’t have to be dependent on the gov- ment is there. That is with the health Okay. We want health care, so let’s ernment. They could make their own care law and the other bills that the let the government know every one of decisions without some law being Democrats have passed while they were our most intimate private secrets in passed by Congress to send them an- in the majority. our health care records. And, you other crumb. It gave them money, So if it is not enough that the Fed- know, we want to make sure that some more than they had ever had, and it eral Government—and, of course, we bank doesn’t take advantage of us. gave them independence. have to give credit to General Electric, Heaven forbid the investment banks That is what the people I know want because I understand they have got the take any more advantage of us. Man, for women, for African Americans, for contract to gather this information. So the investments banks brought us to everyone in America, for Hispanic it is not just the government. It is cro- the brink of ruin. Americans, for anyone, Asian Ameri- nies of this administration in private And by the way, for those who don’t cans. It is what we want for Americans. business that also have this informa- know, Mr. Speaker, Wall Street execu- One of the things that meant so tion. tives and their spouses donate four-to- much to me on 9/12/2001, as we stood Anyway, the government has got one for Democrats over Republicans. I out there, hundreds—maybe thousands your most private secrets, health care- know people think it is the Repub- of people in our town of Tyler—and I wise. They know everybody you are licans that have all the rich people on know it was going on in Longview. And calling. There is information in the their side. People are beginning to find actually, all over east Texas it was public press that says they can comb out, it is middle class. And actually, going on. People came out to the town through every email you send. poor people in America are coming to square, and they prayed together. And And then we find out that one of the the conclusion, wait a minute. We have no court would have had the nerve to bills that the Democrat majority in the one party that keeps us dependent tell America on 9/12, you have no right House and Senate passed was involving upon the government for the little to pray in public. They wouldn’t have the Consumer Financial Protection Bu- crumbs it throws out. We have got an- had the right to say that on 9/12/2001. reau. That group has apparently de- other party over here that wants us to So we were praying together as citizens cided that in order to protect us, they be president of the company, president out there. need to gather everybody’s credit card, of the country. They want us to have We sang hymns. We sang ‘‘Amazing debit card information just so they can the best education possible. And they Grace’’ and ‘‘God Bless America.’’ protect us. want us to be able to speak the lan- What is ‘‘God Bless America’’? It is a So there we go. The Federal Govern- guage of this country that gets you to prayer asking for God’s blessing to con- ment has got all of your medical infor- be president of the country, of the cor- tinue on this country. We held hands as mation. They have got all of your cred- poration, of the business, English. And we sang ‘‘God Bless America.’’ People it card and debit card information, pur- gee, they want us to have a job. They by the millions did this all over Amer- chases, loans, all of those kinds of don’t want us to be beholden and hav- ica on 9/12/2001. things. You have got regulators, Fed- ing to beg the government all the time. And as I looked around among all of eral regulators going into banks, They want us to be able to have inde- those people, my American friends, checking on your loans and things like pendence and have our own money and there was not a hyphenated American that. I mean, is there anything left in make our own decisions. Gee, maybe, in the group. We had all national reli- the way of privacy that this Federal as a poor person, I would be better off gions, races, genders. I mean, we had Government has not already co-opted supporting the Republican Party. all kinds of groups represented, but we and gotten access to without a war- As I taught a combined sociology were Americans. There were no Euro rant? class at Texas College not that long Americans, African Americans, Asian I mean, I was very serious, and the ago—Texas College started as an Afri- Americans, Irish Americans, Hispanic judges I knew were very serious about can American college and is still Americans. There were Americans. And making sure there was probable cause prominently African American. But I we stood together. We prayed together. because that is the constitutional re- am telling you, the African Americans We sang together. And there was no quirement. You have to have probable in that class had some good ideas about mess out there. We were together, one cause before you get a warrant. And how we straighten up welfare, how we people. there were times when law officers get people more independent, how we As that great speech given by Sen- would come to me in my judge’s cham- get our government on track. Those ator Barack Obama pointed out, there bers or on the bench during a recess or are folks that had some good ideas. shouldn’t be a red America and a blue at my home at 2 or 3 a.m., and I would And some of the things that they pro- America; a white America and a black

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I know back 3 years ago, One is Linda Sarsour, described by the the government. when I was concerned that our military White House as a ‘‘community activist’’ who The politics of division, that is why was going to be used as a pawn to try specializes in ‘‘community organizing’’ and to get people to vote for a bad con- ‘‘immigrants’ rights advocacy,’’ and who the World War II memorial was barri- ‘‘conducts training nationally on the impor- caded and massive man- and woman- tinuing resolution under the threat tance of civic engagement in the Arab and hours were utilized to try to keep vet- that, gee, if you don’t vote for this bad Muslim American community.’’ Evidently, erans out of the Iwo Jima Memorial for continuing resolution, our military civic engagement need not be civil engage- Marines, the World War II Memorial. I members won’t be paid, so shame on ment. Ms. Sarsour has joined her voice to couldn’t believe they had the nerve to you. Well, I was furious that our mili- that of CAIR. put up a barrier to the Martin Luther tary members had to even have it cross CAIR is the Council on American-Is- King, Jr., Memorial. their minds that they might not get lamic Relations that two Federal And I, along with my friend from paid. So I filed a bill that would ensure courts have declared is a front organi- Mississippi, opened up the streets, that if there were a government shut- zation for the Muslim Brotherhood, opened up the barriers there at the down that our military members’ pay which has appropriately been declared World War II Memorial. I clipped the would be treated like Social Security as a terrorist organization by Egypt, yellow ribbon, the crime scene tape. I is. I know there is a lot of fear and others are looking at doing the moved one barricade. He moved the mongering about that. But if there is a same, including even Great Britain. other. The World War II vets came in. shutdown, the law is and continues to But not here. No. We take our lead be and was 3 years ago, that it is basi- b 1545 from whatever CAIR says in this ad- cally on automatic pilot. If there is a ministration. STEVE KING, a few others, and I went shutdown, then the Social Security But this so-called Champion of out to the marine memorial, and we checks continue to go out. If someone Change, according to the White House opened up that memorial. We checked is entitled to more Social Security dur- Web site, has reacted to the widely out their other days and made sure ing the shutdown, they don’t get the viewed acclaimed film ‘‘Honor Dia- that that was accessible. One day, it increase until after the shutdown is ries,’’ a film about the brutalization turned out there was a bus of World over, and then they would get it. But and systematic inequality faced by War II veterans that had come out that is what the bill would do for the women in Muslim majority society. there. There was a big, plastic barri- military. And this is what Ms. Sarsour had said: cade shaped like the concrete barri- I am grateful—even though our How many times do we have to tell white cades. This was plastic, and it was Speaker did not let that bill come to women that we do not need to be saved by filled with water, a wooden barricade the floor, I was grateful that so many them? Is there code language I need to use to there. And that bus of World War II millions of Americans came on to some get through? veterans—many of them that had Web site set up for that purpose to say As Mr. MCCARTHY notes, he said: fought in the Philippines, that had put our military pay on automatic I would note that the executive producer of been to the top of the mountain and pilot just like Social Security is so if ‘‘Honor Diaries’’ is the heroic Somali human seen that flag be planted up there— there is a shutdown, people that have rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali. It features their bus ran over that barricade. their lives in harm’s way don’t have to several courageous Muslim women, including I was so proud of them. I ran up worry about their loved ones getting Pakistani-born Qanta Ahmed, a medical doc- there, and I got up there, they were al- tor who has an important column about the paid. film and the campaign to suppress it at NRO ready out there enjoying the memorial. Even last fall, we saw military mem- today. These people that saw that flag that bers whose families—when they were He also points to Bonnie Youn as a was planted there now were enjoying dying in harm’s way for us, this admin- Champion of Change as so named by the memorial to them. istration wasn’t even going to let them the White House. And Matt Boyle with When we came back by, we were get paid. It was really outrageous. We Breitbart has a column that says: going to stop at the Reverend Martin even passed a bill last fall to make sure Luther King, Jr. Memorial. They had that finally the military wouldn’t have An amnesty advocate that President barricades up all up there. And I was so Obama’s White House publicly promoted as to worry about it, and the Defense De- part of its Champion of Change series has proud that there were a slew of Ameri- partment and this administration in- been indicted in Federal Court on charges of cans. Most were African Americans. I terpreted it in such a way to inflict as fraud. was so proud of them. They didn’t let much harm on survivors of our mili- And it goes on down. Part of it reads: the barricades stop them. They climbed tary heroes as this administration The second indictment count alleges that right over and went in to that wonder- could. It was wrong. But they did it. It Youn violated a Federal immigration law ful memorial. And I didn’t even have to is the politics of division. that prohibits bringing illegal aliens into the stop to open that up. They had already It is going to be important, Mr. United States and harboring them, alleging taken care it. Speaker, that we let people know who she did so ‘‘for the purpose of commercial ad- That is the politics of division: try to the real heroes are for this country. vantage and private financial gain.’’ make people suffer and blame it on the Heroes would include those who are So, apparently, a Champion of other party. We need to be back to willing to lay down their lives for oth- Change is someone who there is prob- being Americans, not hyphenated, not ers. able cause to believe is engaged in Republican Americans, Democrat John 15:13: human trafficking. Americans, Tea Party Americans. For Greater love knows no man than this, that Mr. Speaker, this country has to re- Heaven’s sake, the Tea Party, all it a man lays down his life for his friends. awaken. If we are going to do for the means and all it is is a group who have That includes generically men and next generation what the last genera- been Taxed Enough Already. They are women, anyone willing to lay down tion did for us, we have got to stop the tired of the waste, fraud, and abuse in their lives, not to kill innocent people, indebtedness that is growing every sec- government. They want a responsible but to save lives. That is what we have ond of every day. And we keep adding government so that we can do, as my always attributed as a hero here in to the debt and the interest that Democratic friend said just a while ago America. And yet we find out—I didn’t mounts on top of that. We have got to that he wanted for us to do, for the know until I read an article by my get more responsible in protecting pri- next generation what the last genera- friend, Andy McCarthy, about this on vacy and not allowing this administra- tion did for us. That is all the Tea the President’s Web site, but white- tion to further go into people’s bed- Party wants. They are not racist. They house.gov regularly profiles young, rooms, bathrooms, credit card records, got all races in the meetings I go to. left-wing radicals that it calls ‘‘Cham- phone calls, and emails. We have got to They just want us to be responsible and pions of Change.’’ stop the insanity, or not only will the

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With jurisdiction of the committee, and then ing around this Congress that is re- that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the bal- that subcommittee acts, in which case ferred to as the ENLIST Act. ance of my time. then the bill goes to the full committee I can’t read for you the name of this f for a similar process to the broader bill because it is about as accurate as committee. the Affordable Care Act is to naming REGULAR ORDER IN THE If it comes out of that committee im- ObamaCare; but it is one that grants LEGISLATIVE PROCESS proved in theory—and actually im- amnesty to people who come into the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. RICE proved in practice most of the time— United States—are unlawfully present of South Carolina). Under the Speak- then that bill goes on the calendar here in the United States. er’s announced policy of January 3, on the floor, where in which case it is Many of them committed the crime 2013, the Chair recognizes the gen- subjected to the amendments that of unlawful entry. A good number of tleman from Iowa (Mr. KING) for 30 might come from all of the other Mem- others may have overstayed a visa or minutes. bers, the Members that are on the com- come into America on a visa waiver Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, it is mittee of jurisdiction and the Members program. In any case, they are unlaw- my privilege to be recognized to ad- who are not on the committee of juris- fully present in America. They might dress you here on the floor of the diction. sign up for the military. If they do United States House of Representa- When this Congress is set up to func- that, they are defrauding the Depart- tives. tion accurately, when we are defend- ment of Defense. We are constantly confronted with ing, protecting, and respecting the ju- We don’t recruit people into our mili- agendas and issues, some of which are risdiction of the various committees, tary who are unlawfully present in the good for the country, and some of we get the best product because we United States. They have to have a which are bad for the country. That is have the people on the committees green card, at a minimum; citizenship, why we debate here in this Congress. that have—at least in theory—the better. I would like to think that anything most knowledge about the topic that Now, one might presume that we are that passes off the floor of the House of comes before the committee. Some having trouble recruiting people to Representatives enjoys the full support have years and years of expertise accu- come into the military, so therefore, of at least a majority of the Members mulated, some not quite as long, but we should bring in mercenaries from of the House of Representatives. I they might bring that interest from outside the United States and take the would like to think that is also the their private life into the committee, oath to uphold, preserve, protect, and case with the Senate. I would like to as well. defend our Constitution and go out and think that when we disagree, we come I get very concerned when I see a bill defend the liberty of Americans. together in conference and we produce come to the floor that didn’t go That actually happens, but when it a conference report that can achieve through the committee process, that happens, it is a violation of the law. If and enjoy the majority support of the didn’t have a legitimate hearing proc- they take that oath of office, illegal House and the Senate of the conference ess, that didn’t go through sub- aliens into our military have to mis- report and go on its way to the Presi- committee or the full committee and represent themselves in order to be ac- dent’s desk, where it is either signed comes to this floor because someone cepted into the military, so that is into law or vetoed and sent back to the decided that it was so urgent that we fraud. It might well be document fraud. Chamber of origin, as the Constitution act on a subject that we didn’t have This bill called the ENLIST Act directs. time to go through regular order. would reward them for doing so, for de- There are also tactics and maneuvers frauding the Department of Defense that go on in this Congress, and this b 1600 and, yes, putting on the uniform and, more than two centuries of the struc- That concerns me a lot. I get con- at least in theory, defending America. ture of this great deliberative body has cerned when there is an expectation They take an oath to preserve, protect, developed a system within our com- that we will have a full debate here on and defend the Constitution of the mittee process to define jurisdiction the floor on a bill, and it is brought to United States. They salute our flag. committee by committee. More com- the floor and voice-voted on a weekend, They may mean it; they may not mittees have been created over the going into a weekend, without the mean it. But we know the very act of years, some committees have been knowledge of most of the Members of entering the military was a dishonest abolished over the years, but it is de- Congress. I get concerned about regular act on their part. So why would we ac- signed to function so that this con- order. cept their oath to have more value— stitutional Republic—which is guaran- I have had my conversations with our the oath to defend the Constitution, to teed in our Constitution, by the way— leadership regarding that. I am not yet have more value than their word that brings the best judgment of the people satisfied that this is the last time. they gave when they misrepresented in America through their elected rep- However, Mr. Speaker, I came to the themselves to join the military? resentatives. floor to address a different kind of reg- In any case, this ENLIST Act bill re- There are 435 House districts and 100 ular order, a kind of regular order that wards people who broke our immigra- Senators from the 50 States. The good is this: if we have committees that are tion law by putting them on a path to ideas that come from our neighbor- not committees of jurisdiction of a citizenship, giving them a green card. hoods need to go into the eyes and ears subject or a topic and that subject or The only qualifications you need is you of their Member of Congress, and we topic outside their jurisdiction is are unlawfully in the United States, need to bring it here and bring those slipped into a must-pass piece of legis- you enter into the military, you mis- best ideas forward and compete. Put lation from another committee, now represent yourself to do that because those ideas together in a competitive they have usurped the jurisdiction of we are not taking them into the mili- fashion so that as we sit down and first the committee that actually has that tary if they are unlawfully present. we draft a bill, that bill gets assigned jurisdiction, and they have placed a Then they have to assert they were to the committee of jurisdiction where topic into a subject matter that must in the United States continuously the people have accumulated expertise pass, and the people who have allowed since before December 31, 2011, which on the topic are seated. There will be that to happen on their watch, at least happens to be the date that is in the hearings for them to get better in- in theory, don’t possess the expertise Gang of Eight’s bill, and they have to formed about the bill in question itself, that exists within the committee of ju- assert that they were brought into this and then in the subcommittee, a mark- risdiction. country or came into this country by up of the base bill that allows every Now, all of this gibberish that I am the time they were 15 years old—they member of the subcommittee to offer talking about now, this technical ex- might be in their 30s when they sign up

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We gal immigrants, if they will just lie to I think this is a misguided bill. I don’t ride along and throw out citizen- us, we will let them in the military, think it is misguided to think that we ship like you do M&Ms or Tootsie Rolls and we will give them a path to citizen- need to reward people for breaking the or whatever it is that we are tossing ship. law. It is misguided to believe that out in our parades. That is what the ENLIST bill does. It Americans will not sign up for our Citizenship must be precious. The does damage to the rule of law. It is military. We are shrinking our mili- rule of law is precious. It is the center misguided, however good the hearts are tary. We are not expanding our mili- core argument on the immigration of the people who advocate for this. tary. issue, the rule of law. I think this is an important debate, We have high-quality Americans who We can’t grant amnesty to people be- Mr. Speaker. It doesn’t belong on the are lining up to join in all of our cause our hearts tell us we have sym- defense authorization bill. This debate branches of service. Yes, I am sure pathy for individuals. I have sympathy doesn’t belong in the Defense Com- there are recruiters who would like to for individuals. In fact, if I am ever de- mittee, the Armed Services Com- do a little more, but this is not an ex- clared a liberal, it is because of how I mittee. This debate belongs, if it is panding Department of Defense budget; deal with some people individually, be- going to take place at all, in the com- this is a shrinking Department of De- cause I see something in their eyes and mittee of jurisdiction, the Immigration fense budget. It is not an expanding hear something in their voice and see Subcommittee of the House Judiciary military; it is a shrinking military. how they carry themselves. Committee, where it ought to have—if But that, Mr. Speaker, isn’t so much I see something in how they conduct it deserves any debate at all, it ought the point as it is what is right and themselves and what they do that con- to have witnesses who agree with peo- what is wrong, what is justice and what vinces me that this is a good person, ple like me. is equity and what is not. and I want to invest in them, whether I have seen these hearings come out I understand there are people who it is my capital, my time, my trust, or before, even in our Judiciary Com- have sympathy, and they say: this recommendations that others do the mittee, where someone gets the idea pulls on my heart strings; I think, if same. I actually do that on occasion that we ought to grant a path to citi- they are willing to defend America, I because I have faith in an individual. zenship to several million people who think we ought to give them a path to But when you set policy—policy for are unlawfully here, and I have seen citizenship. the United States of America because the committee, even there where there I understand that, but do the advo- your heart tells you to have sympathy were four witnesses, no questions, an- cates for this ENLIST Act, do they un- for some people you know, keep in other round of four witnesses, now the derstand that it is a reward for mind there are thousands, hundreds of chairs and the ranking members get to lawbreakers? thousands, perhaps millions of people ask questions, 90 minutes after the be- They are not just someone who came that are impacted by that decision, and ginning of the hearing, the first voice across the border illegally or someone you have to say: I trust every one of of dissent might be heard. who overstayed their visa. They are those people the same way I trust the That is not a very good committee, the ones who misrepresented them- individual or the individuals that I in my opinion; but at least it was in selves to get into the United States know that bring the sympathy from the committee of jurisdiction. I would military; we would then trust them my heart. with perhaps military secrets and the We aren’t charged with having sym- like to expect that the subcommittee security of Americans and American pathy here in setting foreign policy or chairman of the Immigration Sub- installations around the world? setting our national policy because of committee would defend the jurisdic- It is not that I don’t trust them. I the sympathies of our heart. We are tion of his committee and reject the just don’t believe that we should be re- charged with providing justice and eq- idea that they sneak this bill into the warding people who have already prov- uity, and that is laid out in the Con- defense authorization bill. en they have broken the law. If they stitution. I would like to see that the chairman take the oath to the Constitution and To me, it is a clear charge; so when of the full committee defend the juris- if they are not on a path to citizenship I take an oath to preserve, protect, and diction of the committee, as he did so already, if they are unlawfully present defend this Constitution, I mean it. It effectively last year, and deny this end in the United States, then they vio- is the supreme law of the land, the round that they are attempting to run lated the law already, and we are sup- Constitution, and it is the foundation this poorly named ENLIST Act around posed to accept their word for it. I for the rest of the laws. an end run of the Judiciary Committee think it is wrong, Mr. Speaker. Congress passed a law that says we and to slip it into a must-pass piece of I look at some of the press that has are not going to bring people into our legislation that would come to the come out on this, the tactic and the ef- military that are unlawfully present in floor here under the National Defense fort that seems to be that they think the United States, and when I hear Authorization Act. they can slip a provision into the NDA from let’s say other Members, in par- Our country will be stronger. The se- bill, the National Defense Authoriza- ticular an individual Member that says curity of the country will be at least as tion bill, a provision in there that STEVE KING is dead wrong on this issue, strong. The heart of our country will would legalize people who illegally en- Mr. Speaker, I take issue with that. be just as strong. We can still have tered into the United States military I am right with the rule of law. I am sympathy for people without turning and reward them with a path to citi- right with current law. The policy is them all into Americans, and our de- zenship for their trouble? right because, otherwise, you fill our fense will be stronger because we will There are many countries in the military up with people who may and have more American citizens step up world where you are a lot better off in likely do and some certainly will have and actually qualify to get into the the United States Marine Corps than foreign interests. service. you would be, say, on the streets of It is not to the interest of the United Just think, across this country, you many cities in the countries of the States to replace on our ranks, our go to work, whether you punch a time- world. That is true. troops, people who are American citi- clock, whether you are on salary or So this would put out the advertise- zens or people who are on a path to whatever it might be, you walk into ment, this bill, this ENLIST—badly citizenship, replace them with people that workplace, and you are there, and named ENLIST Act would put out the who came into the United States ille- let’s just presume you are on a produc- advertisement, which is sneak into gally. tion line making an American car.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:45 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K04AP7.075 H04APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2959 Let’s call it a ‘‘Hord.’’ On your right riously by Americans since before oric of the very effective and persua- hand is someone working who is unlaw- there was an America, and it needs to sive demagogues, so they had a system fully present in the United States and be so for the duration of this Republic. to blackball them. If three of the mem- can’t work legally in the United Mr. Speaker, I would say, further- bers of the city-state—men of voting States. On your left hand, there is more, the idea that there are jobs that age in those days—dropped a black ball somebody who fits that same category. Americans won’t do, I looked at this into the pottery that was the voting Do the workers standing there realize and I thought: what would be the one and discarded a white one in the that there are two good, well-paying toughest, dirtiest, nastiest, most dan- nonvoting one, then they would banish jobs that Americans aren’t doing, not gerous job that Americans are ever that demagogue from the city-state for because they won’t, but someone else asked to do? When I think of this, I 7 years. But that was emotionalism. who is unlawfully in the United States think, I bet I know somebody that is an Our Founding Fathers understood we has stepped into their stead and taken authority on that, and that would be didn’t want to form a democracy here. that good-paying job, that job that ac- one of the gentlemen in my Conference We created a constitutional Republic. tually pays taxes and contributes to from Colorado that served in the Ma- It is guaranteed in our Constitution. the benefits of people who aren’t work- rine Corps. The toughest, dirtiest, And it has done so because it charges ing? nastiest, most dangerous job we ask each of us to have a cool head. And I So if you look on your right and you Americans to do is how about rooting owe my constituents, as everyone here look on your left and you see somebody terrorists out of a place like Fallujah. does, my best effort and my best judg- working who is unlawfully present, and What does that pay? How do we get ment. That includes listening to my you say, I like him, I enjoy working Americans to do that if we can’t get constituents, all of them. But it in- with him, he is efficient, probably that Americans to cut meat or pick toma- cludes also, step back, take a look at it is true. toes or whatever it might be? How do from 10,000 feet; analyze the policy; un- But what is it doing to America? we get them to do that? derstand my oath to the Constitution What is it doing to the soul of Amer- I went back and ran the numbers on and the supreme law of the land; and ica? And what is it doing to the rule of that. So a marine in the streets of act accordingly for the long-term best law to reward people who break the law Fallujah in the line of fire, if you fig- interest of the United States of Amer- while this Congress borrows money ure him at a 40-hour week, instead of ica. This Enlist Act is not in the long- every year, 42 cents or so off of every about a 70- or 80- or 90-hour week or term best interest of the United States dollar we spend from places like China, more, at a 40-hour week, they were get- of America. It is not in the best inter- Saudi Arabia? ting paid right at about $8.09 an hour. est of America that we circumvent the And with the bonds that are out If a marine will go into the line of fire jurisdiction of the committees. That is there, about half of our debt to the for God and country for $8.09 an hour— not either in the best interest of Amer- American people that so far are willing and God bless him—I bet we can find some Americans for $20 an hour to go ica. What is in the best interest is we to reinvest in the debt we have, what preserve, protect, and defend the Con- does that do to America when we are out there and cut meat and $20 an hour that might go out and pick lettuce, as stitution and the rule of law and recog- borrowing money to fund the more nize that this immigration debate is than 80 different Federal welfare pro- the Senator from Arizona used to talk about during his Presidential cam- driven by emotion on their side. The grams that are there? open borders, amnesty people are driv- We have a population of some 316 paign. So here is my point, Mr. Speaker. I en by emotion, and there are others million Americans. 101.4 million of that stand here and say: We are going those 316 million are of working age think this Enlist Act is misguided. I think the press that has spilled out on to protect the rule of law. and simply not in the workforce, and So here is what I would submit, Mr. this has illuminated a deft maneuver some of the biggest reasons are right Speaker. If they are successful in pass- to try to circumvent the jurisdiction of there in the list of the 80 different ing a Gang of 8’s bill in this House or the Judiciary Committee. I reject that. means-tested welfare programs. bringing it to the floor and trying to I am here defending the jurisdiction of So what should we do in this Con- get it passed, if they are successful in the Judiciary Committee. I think that gress, Mr Speaker? We should have eroding the rule of law with regard to those who have a heart that tells them, policies that increase the average indi- the Enlist Act, if they are successful in ‘‘I want to pass some legislation be- vidual annual productivity of our peo- getting passed what they call the cause I have sympathy for individuals ple. Each one of us should get out of DREAM Act, that also erodes the rule bed and go forward to contribute to the that I know who will make good Amer- of law. Anything that rewards people gross domestic product that day. icans,’’ I understand that. I have some for breaking the law is a continuation sympathy for individuals I know that b 1615 of the Amnesty Act that was signed by will make good Americans, too, but I Ronald Reagan in 1986. We are debating That means we come in an hour or 8 am not about—I am not about to usurp the results of the signature on that bill hours or 24 hours, if you can. You are and undermine the rule of law, because today. contributing to the GDP. That will in- I didn’t run for office telling my con- It was passed this way. It said we are crease your income. You can pay your stituents my heart is going to overrule going do legalize a million people who share of the taxes. When you make my head, my heart is going to overrule are here illegally because we don’t that contribution, you are helping pull human experience and human history know what to do, and then the promise the load. and the rule of law and the Constitu- is we are going to enforce the law here- If you are sitting, though, and you tion. We should know better. We are after and there will never be another are one of those people that has taken here to be analytical, to lead and not amnesty so long as anyone shall live. this safety net that we offer that I sup- let the emotions drive us. That was the promise of the ’86 Am- port and turned it into a hammock for As a matter of fact, Mr. Speaker, I nesty Act, and Reagan was honest yourself and you are riding here when remember a display at the National Ar- about it. you should be contributing off of some- chives as I was waiting some years ago So we live with that, but they are body else’s labor, it is wrong. to be able to walk up there where the pushing on the other side. We never got We need more Americans going to Declaration of Independence is on dis- the enforcement. The 1 million became work. We need a higher percentage of play. There I see they had the display 3 million plus. The enforcement didn’t Americans working. There is no work of the Greeks who had demagogues in come, but the implied promise of am- that Americans won’t do, including their communities. They had the pure nesty exists, and that is what they are putting on a uniform, going into basic democracy. They found out that there pushing on. training, being trained up in AIT or were demagogues that could get the If any amnesty is passed now, that wherever you might be assigned to go masses all ginned up and they would perpetuates the promise that there will and step up and defend our country. It storm off in a direction that was bad be another amnesty, which turns up has been done with honor. It has been for the city-state of Greece. They the current end of the huge electro- done with dignity. It has been done glo- couldn’t control the overheated rhet- magnet that draws people to come into

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If there I think that when they declare that I 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the is a provision that is an amnesty provi- am dead wrong, the real result is, if Committee on Agriculture. sion that passes, then that promise ex- they get their way, there will be more 5211. A letter from the Chief, Planning and ists in perpetuity that there will be an- Americans that eventually are actually Regulatory Affairs Office, Department of Ag- other one, which means we will not be dead, because there is not a day that riculture, transmitting the Department’s able to restore the rule of law in this goes by in this country that there isn’t final rule — Special Supplemental Nutrition country—at least with regard to immi- at least one American citizen that dies Program for Women, Infants and Children gration—again. I don’t know that I can at the hands of someone who is unlaw- (WIC): Revisions in the WIC Food Packages [FNS-2006-0037] (RIN: 0584-AD77) received say ‘‘ever,’’ but I can say never again fully present in the United States. March 19, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. would we see the rule of law with re- Whether it is an act of homicide, 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education gard to immigration within the dura- whether it is an act of willful man- and the Workforce. tion of this Republic, not as long as I slaughter, whether it is an OWI on the 5212. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- shall live or as long as we shall live, streets of America, hardly anybody has ment of Education, transmitting the Depart- not until death do us part. But until gone through the last 10 years and ment’s final rule — William D. Ford Federal the death of this Republic, we will not doesn’t at least see that show up in Direct Loan Program [Docket ID: ED-2013- be able to restore the rule of law, at their local newspaper, if it doesn’t OPE-0066] (RIN: 1840-AD13) received March 10, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to least with regard to immigration. And show up in their neighborhood. the Committee on Education and the Work- the argument goes to the next and the So STEVE KING is not dead wrong. force. next and the next, Mr. Speaker. Let’s keep more Americans alive. If I 5213. A letter from the General Counsel, So this is a critically important need to go to those States and have National Foundation on the Arts and the Hu- issue. I am happy to debate this with those debates, that is what I will do. manities, transmitting the Foundation’s the colleagues from my Conference in But I call upon our committee chairs final rule — Public Access to NEH Records any State where they would like to especially to defend the jurisdiction of Under the Freedom of Information Act (RIN: take this up, be it California, be it Col- our committee. If you are chairing a 3136-AA32) received March 19, 2014, pursuant orado, be it anyplace else around the to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on subcommittee or a committee in the Education and the Workforce. country. United States House of Representatives 5214. A letter from the Acting Principal This debate is one that is important. that happens to be the Judiciary Com- Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and We need more American people that mittee, the rule of law and the Con- Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Inte- are aware that our hearts cannot over- stitution are essential. I also expect rior, transmitting the Department’s final rule our heads. We cannot allow the and call upon those who have that spe- rule — Special Regulations, Areas of the Na- rule of law to be torn asunder because cial charge to renew their vigorous de- tional Park System, Lake Meredith National we have sympathy for certain people. fense of the rule of law, the jurisdiction Recreation Area, Bicycling [NPS-LAMR- 15022; PPIMLAMRS0,PPMPSPD1Z.YM0000] Let’s have sympathy for Americans of the committee, and the supreme law first. Let’s understand that America (RIN: 1024-AE12) received March 19, 2014, pur- of the land, the Constitution. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- can be defended by Americans, and if With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back mittee on Natural Resources. people want to come and join and de- the balance of my time. 5215. A letter from the Director, Office of fend and help protect America, go get Surface Mining, Department of the Interior, f in line the right way. Because the ad- transmitting the Department’s final rule — vocates for this kind of legislation will BILL PRESENTED TO THE Wyoming Regulatory Program [Stats No.: tell you, well, they go to the back of PRESIDENT WY-044-FOR; Docket ID: OSM-2013-0001; S1D1SSS08011000SX066A00067F144S180110; the line. Except this bill isn’t the back Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, of the line. It is we create a new line S2D2SSS08011000SX066A00033F14XS501520] re- reported that on April 3, 2014, she pre- ceived March 26, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. and you are in the front of it. They are sented to the President of the United 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Natural not going to allow them to go to the States, for his approval, the following Resources. back of the line. They don’t really be- bill: 5216. A letter from the Chief, Publications lieve it. They will just tell you that. and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue H.R. 4152. To provide for the costs of loan They will say there is work Ameri- Service, transmitting the Service’s final rule guarantees for Ukraine. cans won’t do. Defending America, — Update of Weighted Average Interest then how is it that marines will step in f Rates, Yield Curves, and Segment Rates [No- the line of fire for $8.09 an hour? How is tice 2014-16] received March 19, 2014, pursuant ADJOURNMENT to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on it that we have Americans working in Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I Ways and Means. every single job and profession that is 5217. A letter from the Chief, Publications listed in the Bureau of Labor Statistics move that the House do now adjourn. The motion was agreed to; accord- and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, Web site? transmitting the Service’s final rule — Per Americans are doing every work ingly (at 4 o’clock and 26 minutes Capita Distributions of Funds Held in Trust there is to do in this country. They p.m.), under its previous order, the by the Secretary of the Interior [Notice 2014- just need to be paid what the work is House adjourned until Monday, April 7, 17] received March 19, 2014, pursuant to 5 worth. The wages are being suppressed 2014, at noon for morning-hour debate. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on by elitists who are making millions of f Ways and Means. f dollars off of the cheap labor that is EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, subsidized by the taxpayers who are ETC. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON backfilling and funding these house- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS holds with the 80 different means tests Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of and welfare programs, and we are bor- communications were taken from the committees were delivered to the Clerk rowing the money from China to do it. Speaker’s table and referred as follows: for printing and reference to the proper So let’s have that discussion. 5209. A letter from the Director, Regu- Tell me how we get this budget back latory Review Group, Department of Agri- calendar, as follows: to balance. How do you do that while culture, transmitting the Department’s final Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee you are rewarding people for not work- rule — Farm Storage Facility Loan Pro- on Natural Resources. H.R. 1192. A bill to re- gram, Security Requirements (RIN: 0560- designate Mammoth Peak in Yosemite Na- ing and you are rewarding people for AI19) received March 19, 2014, pursuant to 5 tional Park as ‘‘Mount Jessie Benton Fre- breaking the law? What kind of coun- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ag- mont’’ (Rept. 113–401). Referred to the House try do you want? riculture. Calendar. I think the advocates for this bill 5210. A letter from the Congressional Re- Mr. HASTINGS of Washington: Committee that I so oppose actually want the view Coordinator, Department of Agri- on Natural Resources. H.R. 3366. A bill to

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A bill to amend title I of the Pa- ‘‘The Congress shall have power ‘To regu- cultural Research and Extension Center of tient Protection and Affordable Care Act to late commerce with foreign Nations, and Oregon State University in Hermiston, Or- impose restrictions on the risk corridor pro- among the several States, and with the In- egon, with an amendment (Rept. 113–402). Re- gram; to the Committee on Energy and Com- dian Tribes’ ’’ ferred to the Committee of the Whole House merce. By Mr. SCHRADER: on the state of the Union. By Mr. LUETKEMEYER (for himself H.R. 4401. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin: Committee on the and Mr. HARPER): Congress has the power to enact this legis- Budget. H. Con. Res. 96. A resolution estab- H.R. 4407. A bill to require the Adminis- lation pursuant to the following: lishing the budget for the United States Gov- trator of the Environmental Protection This bill is enacted pursuant to the power ernment for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth Agency to set reasonable limits on the strin- granted to Congress under Article I, Section appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years gency and timing of proposed regulations for 8, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution. 2016 through 2024 (Rept. 11–403). Referred to new residential wood heaters, new residen- By Ms. BORDALLO: the Committee of the Whole House on the tial hydronic heaters, new forced-air fur- H.R. 4402. state of the Union. naces, and new residential masonry heaters, Congress has the power to enact this legis- f and for other purposes; to the Committee on lation pursuant to the following: Energy and Commerce. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Article I. Section 8. By Mr. MAFFEI: By Ms. CLARKE of New York: Under clause 2 of rule XII, public H.R. 4408. A bill to direct the Secretary of H.R. 4403. bills and resolutions of the following Veterans Affairs to establish a task force on Congress has the power to enact this legis- titles were introduced and severally re- Agent Orange exposure; to the Committee on lation pursuant to the following: Veterans’ Affairs. ferred, as follows: Article I Sec. 8 regarding Congressional au- By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for thority to lay and collect taxes, duties, im- By Mr. DUFFY: himself, Mr. HARPER, Mr. LEWIS, and H.R. 4398. A bill to prohibit the National posts and excises. Mr. NUNNELEE): By Mr. CRAWFORD: Telecommunications and Information Ad- H.R. 4409. A bill to award posthumously a ministration from relinquishing responsi- H.R. 4404. Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Congress has the power to enact this legis- bility with respect to the Internet Assigned James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mi- Numbers Authority functions; to the Com- lation pursuant to the following: chael Schwerner to commemorate the lives Congress has the power to enact this legis- mittee on Energy and Commerce. they lost 50 years ago in an effort to bring By Mr. MICHAUD: lation pursuant to the enumerated powers justice and equality to Americans in Mis- listed in Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Con- H.R. 4399. A bill to amend title 38, United sissippi during Freedom Summer; to the States Code, to improve the performance ap- stitution. Committee on Financial Services. By Mr. ISRAEL: praisal system for senior executives of the By Ms. TSONGAS (for herself, Mr. LAN- Department of Veterans Affairs, and for H.R. 4405. GEVIN, and Mr. RUPPERSBERGER): Congress has the power to enact this legis- other purposes; to the Committee on Vet- H.R. 4410. A bill to improve the national lation pursuant to the following: erans’ Affairs. defense laboratories by increasing retention This bill is enacted pursuant to the powers By Mr. RUSH (for himself, Mr. BARTON, and hiring flexibility to enable the labora- granted to the Congress by Article I, Section Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. tories to perform breakthrough scientific re- 8, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. MCNERNEY, and Ms. SCHAKOWSKY): search and effectively fulfill the needs of By Mr. LANCE: H.R. 4400. A bill to protect consumers by members of the Armed Forces, and for other H.R. 4406. requiring reasonable security policies and purposes; to the Committee on Armed Serv- Congress has the power to enact this legis- procedures to protect data containing per- ices. sonal information, and to provide for nation- lation pursuant to the following: By Mrs. MILLER of Michigan (for her- wide notice in the event of a security breach; Article I, Sec. 8, Clause 1, of the United self, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. States Constitution This states that ‘‘Con- Texas, Mr. STIVERS, Ms. BORDALLO, By Mr. SCHRADER (for himself and gress shall have power to . . . lay and collect Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. Ms. BONAMICI): taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the PASCRELL, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, H.R. 4401. A bill to amend title II of the So- debts and provide for the common defense Mr. TURNER, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, cial Security Act to provide for the imme- and general welfare of the United States.’’ Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. SMITH of New Jer- diate designation of substitute representa- By Mr. LUETKEMEYER: tive payees, and for other purposes; to the sey, and Mr. BENTIVOLIO): H. Res. 543. A resolution affirming the sup- H.R. 4407. Committee on Ways and Means. port of the United States for Macedonia’s ac- Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. BORDALLO: cession to the North Atlantic Treaty Organi- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4402. A bill to authorize the Secretary Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United of the Navy to establish a surface danger zation (NATO); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. States Constitution. The Congress shall have zone over the Guam National Wildlife Refuge power to regulate Commerce with foreign or any portion thereof to support the oper- f Nations, and among the several States, and ation of a live-fire training range complex; CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY with Indian Tribes. to the Committee on Natural Resources, and STATEMENT By Mr. MAFFEI: in addition to the Committee on Armed H.R. 4408. Services, for a period to be subsequently de- Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of Congress has the power to enact this legis- termined by the Speaker, in each case for the Rules of the House of Representa- lation pursuant to the following: consideration of such provisions as fall with- tives, the following statements are sub- The bill is enacted pursuant to the power in the jurisdiction of the committee con- mitted regarding the specific powers granted to Congress under Article I, Section cerned. granted to Congress in the Constitu- 8. By Ms. CLARKE of New York (for her- By Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi: self, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. GRIMM, Mrs. tion to enact the accompanying bill or joint resolution. H.R. 4409. MCCARTHY of New York, and Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- RICHMOND): By Mr. DUFFY: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4403. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- H.R. 4398. Article I Section 8 enue Code of 1986 to waive the 10-percent Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Ms. TSONGAS: penalty on qualified natural disaster dis- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4410. tributions from qualified retirement plans; Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: To regulate Congress has the power to enact this legis- to the Committee on Ways and Means. Commerce with foreign Nations, and among lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. CRAWFORD (for himself and the several States, and with the Indian Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas): tribes H.R. 4404. A bill to direct the Attorney By Mr. MICHAUD: f General to acquire data, for each calendar H.R. 4399. year, about sexual offenses, including rape, Congress has the power to enact this legis- ADDITIONAL SPONSORS that occur aboard aircraft; to the Committee lation pursuant to the following: Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors This bill is enacted pursuant to the power on the Judiciary. were added to public bills and resolu- By Mr. ISRAEL: granted to Congress under Article I, Section H.R. 4405. A bill to amend chapter 44 of 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitu- tions, as follows: title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the tion. H.R. 6: Mr. WEBER of Texas.

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H.R. 10: Mr. BUCSHON, Mr. DESJARLAIS, and H.R. 2803: Mr. MCKINLEY. H.R. 4190: Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia. Mr. WALBERG. H.R. 2807: Mr. HECK of Washington and Mr. H.R. 4200: Mr. MCHENRY. H.R. 20: Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. HIGGINS. H.R. 4217: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. H.R. 29: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 2870: Mr. TIBERI and Mr. GRIMM. KING of New York, and Mr. RIGELL. H.R. 118: Ms. DUCKWORTH. H.R. 2918: Ms. DUCKWORTH. H.R. 4225: Mr. JOLLY and Mr. SHIMKUS. H.R. 148: Mr. GARAMENDI. H.R. 2932: Mr. CARTER, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. H.R. 4232: Mr. SWALWELL of California. H.R. 292: Ms. MCCOLLUM. ISSA, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mrs. ROBY, Mr. H.R. 4237: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 460: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. BRADY of ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. H.R. 4241: Mr. TIERNEY. Pennsylvania, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. PASTOR of PAULSEN, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. ROSKAM, H.R. 4277: Mr. HUFFMAN. Arizona, and Mr. GARCIA. Mr. STIVERS, and Mr. BROUN of Georgia. H.R. 4286: Mr. FARENTHOLD. H.R. 482: Mr. SWALWELL of California. H.R. 2939: Mr. POCAN, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. H.R. 4306: Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mex- H.R. 494: Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. GEORGE MILLER of California, and Mr. VIS- ico, Mr. RANGEL, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. H.R. 521: Mr. HIMES. CLOSKY. ELLISON, and Mr. VARGAS. H.R. 778: Mr. POSEY and Mr. ROSS. H.R. 2955: Mr. SWALWELL of California and H.R. 4310: Mr. FARENTHOLD. H.R. 916: Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. MORAN, and Mr. Mr. DELANEY. H.R. 4320: Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas and Mr. JOYCE. H.R. 2959: Ms. FOXX. HECK of Nevada. H.R. 929: Mrs. BUSTOS. H.R. 2971: Ms. CASTOR of Florida. H.R. 4321: Mr. HECK of Nevada. H.R. 942: Mr. PASTOR of Arizona, Mrs. H.R. 2972: Ms. CASTOR of Florida. H.R. 4323: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of WALORSKI, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. THOMPSON of H.R. 2996: Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. LANGEVIN, New York, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. CHU, Ms. JACK- ´ California, Mr. SHUSTER, Ms. BROWN of Flor- Mr. WENSTRUP, and Mr. CARDENAS. SON LEE, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. POE of Texas, ida, Mr. STIVERS, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, H.R. 3077: Mr. ROKITA. Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. NADLER, Mr. and Mrs. BUSTOS. H.R. 3086: Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mrs. COHEN, and Mr. DEUTCH. H.R. 956: Mr. HUNTER and Mr. BARLETTA. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. HECK of Nevada, Mr. H.R. 4344: Ms. TSONGAS. H.R. 988: Mr. SCHNEIDER. RUSH, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. THOMP- H.R. 4348: Mr. COURTNEY. H.R. 1015: Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. SON of Mississippi, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. H.R. 4349: Mr. FARENTHOLD. H.R. 1180: Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. POCAN, KELLY of Illinois, Mr. COTTON, and Mr. STIV- H.R. 4352: Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of and Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. ERS. New York. H.R. 1188: Mrs. ELLMERS. H.R. 3112: Mr. ISRAEL. H.R. 4365: Mr. HASTINGS of Florida and Mr. H.R. 1192: Ms. HAHN. H.R. 3121: Mr. BARR. STIVERS. H.R. 3135: Mr. GARCIA. H.R. 1199: Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. CROWLEY, and H.R. 4366: Mr. BUCSHON. H.R. 3199: Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. WEST- Mr. SWALWELL of California. H.R. 4370: Mr. BUCSHON, Mrs. MCMORRIS MORELAND, and Mr. PERRY. H.R. 1201: Mr. POCAN. RODGERS, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl- H.R. 3211: Mr. BENTIVOLIO. H.R. 1209: Mr. PALAZZO. vania, Mr. BYRNE, and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of H.R. 3367: Ms. SINEMA, Mr. GRIFFIN of Ar- H.R. 1318: Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- Illinois. kansas, and Mr. ROKITA. fornia. H.R. 4384: Mr. SWALWELL of California and H.R. 3384: Mr. WESTMORELAND. H.R. 1340: Ms. SCHWARTZ. Ms. SPEIER. H.R. 3395: Ms. DUCKWORTH. H.R. 1343: Mr. JEFFRIES and Mr. AL GREEN H.R. 4387: Mr. PITTENGER. H.R. 3471: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. of Texas. H.J. Res. 34: Mr. O’ROURKE. H.R. 3482: Mr. BENTIVOLIO. H.R. 1351: Mr. WALZ. H.J. Res. 113: Mrs. BUSTOS. H.R. 3489: Mr. PETERS of California. H.R. 1507: Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. H. Con. Res. 16: Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. H.R. 3494: Mr. KENNEDY. H.R. 1563: Ms. TSONGAS. BENTIVOLIO, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. H.R. 3508: Mr. HOLT. H.R. 1750: Mr. PETRI and Mr. GARDNER. H.R. 3530: Ms. DELAURO. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. LAMALFA, Mrs. H.R. 1812: Mr. RUSH, Mr. COBLE, and Mrs. H.R. 3580: Mr. FITZPATRICK. BACHMANN, Mr. MCALLISTER, Ms. ROS- ROBY. H.R. 3601: Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. LEHTINEN, and Mr. O’ROURKE. H.R. 1821: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. H.R. 3602: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. H. Res. 417: Mr. FARENTHOLD. H.R. 1827: Mr. SCHNEIDER and Mr. PASTOR H.R. 3604: Mr. BENTIVOLIO. H. Res. 476: Mr. PITTENGER. of Arizona. H.R. 3673: Mr. HASTINGS of Florida and Mr. H. Res. 494: Ms. NORTON, Mr. HUFFMAN, and H.R. 1851: Mr. CAPUANO. CASSIDY. Mr. PITTENGER. H.R. 1852: Mr. GARAMENDI. H.R. 3708: Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. H. Res. 525: Mr. COSTA, Mrs. CAROLYN B. H.R. 1941: Mr. COOPER. WENSTRUP, and Mr. MICA. MALONEY of New York, and Mr. GRIJALVA. H.R. 1998: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. H.R. 3712: Mr. ENYART. H. Res. 526: Mr. BUCHANAN, Mrs. CAPITO, H.R. 2041: Mr. CRAWFORD. H.R. 3717: Mr. BARR, Mr. WENSTRUP, and and Mr. WELCH. H.R. 2093: Mr. VALADAO and Mr. MASSIE. Ms. GABBARD. H.R. 2160: Mr. RYAN of Ohio. H.R. 3723: Mr. WENSTRUP. f H.R. 2203: Mr. CARTER, Mr. MATHESON, Mr. H.R. 3726: Mr. KING of New York and Mr. BUCSHON, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. CLARKE of New LANGEVIN. York, Mr. GOWDY, Mr. COHEN, Mr. RUSH, Mr. H.R. 3728: Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. HUD- DISCHARGE PETITIONS— ´ PALLONE, Ms. LINDA T. SANCHEZ of Cali- SON, and Mr. HUNTER. ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS fornia, and Mr. CLEAVER. H.R. 3740: Mr. GEORGE MILLER of Cali- H.R. 2309: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. The following Members added their fornia. names to the following discharge peti- H.R. 2329: Mr. BURGESS and Mr. ROKITA. H.R. 3854: Mr. CAPUANO, Ms. SLAUGHTER, tions: H.R. 2364: Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. ELLISON, and H.R. 2377: Mr. CASTRO of Texas. Ms. SPEIER. Petition 1 by Ms. DELAURO on the bill H.R. 2426: Mr. MCKINLEY. H.R. 3969: Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia. (H.R. 377): Katherine M. Clark. H.R. 2452: Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- H.R. 3992: Mr. JOYCE, Mr. GARDNER, and Mr. Petition 9 by Mr. GARCIA on the bill (H.R. fornia. LAMALFA. 15): Rosa L. DeLauro, David Scott, William H.R. 2499: Mr. SWALWELL of California. H.R. 4006: Mr. LONG. L. Enyart, Bennie G. Thompson, John Con- H.R. 2504: Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. TIERNEY, Mr. H.R. 4007: Mr. PERRY and Mr. VELA. yers Jr., Allyson Y. Schwartz, Eliot L. Engel, OWENS, Mr. O’ROURKE, Mrs. BROOKS of Indi- H.R. 4012: Mr. FORBES. Brad Sherman, Suzan K. DelBene, Donald M. ana, and Mr. QUIGLEY. H.R. 4013: Mr. POSEY. Payne Jr., Carolyn McCarthy, Theodore E. H.R. 2527: Mr. HONDA. H.R. 4031: Mr. MASSIE, Mrs. MCMORRIS ROD- Deutch, John B. Larson, Henry A. Waxman, H.R. 2548: Mr. DUFFY. GERS, Mr. COOPER, Mr. WALBERG, and Mr. Emanuel Cleaver, G.K. Butterfield, Andre´ H.R. 2553: Mr. CLAY. OLSON. Carson, William R. Keating, Terri A. Sewell, H.R. 2663: Mr. OLSON and Mr. THOMPSON of H.R. 4035: Mr. CONNOLLY. and Tim Ryan. Mississippi. H.R. 4056: Mr. VELA and Mr. BENTIVOLIO. The following Member’s name was H.R. 2672: Mr. MCKINLEY. H.R. 4060: Mr. OLSON. deleted from the following discharge H.R. 2707: Mr. RYAN of Ohio. H.R. 4119: Mr. CONYERS and Ms. EDWARDS. H.R. 2746: Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. KLINE, H.R. 4129: Mr. STIVERS. petition: and Mr. LATHAM. H.R. 4136: Ms. BROWNLEY of California and Petition 1 by Ms. DELAURO on H.R. 377: H.R. 2750: Mr. WELCH. Mr. MCGOVERN. Edward J. Markey.

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IN RECOGNITION OF KINGSOLVER MR. ROBERT SILBERNAGEL times, the Coast Guard should examine the ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RECEIV- TRIBUTE potential cost savings resulting from the use of ING THE NATIONAL BLUE RIB- laser peening technology, which may help to BON AWARD HON. SCOTT R. TIPTON strengthen parts and extend the life of the OF COLORADO Coast Guard’s assets. Developed as a result of work at Lawrence IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. BRETT GUTHRIE Livermore National Laboratory and in conjunc- OF KENTUCKY Friday, April 4, 2014 tion with Curtiss-Wright Metal Improvement IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in Company, laser peening uses laser beam im- Friday, April 4, 2014 honor of Mr. Robert Silbernagel, Editorial pacts to strengthen metal four times deeper Page Editor for the Grand Junction Daily Sen- than conventional shot peening, resulting in in- Mr. GUTHRIE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in tinel in Grand Junction, Colorado since 1995. creased resistance to fatigue and erosion driv- recognition of Kingsolver Elementary School. After 18-plus years and through four pub- en failures. Located in Fort Knox, KY, Kingsolver Elemen- lishers, Mr. Silbernagel retired from the Sen- In ships, such as those used by the Coast tary was presented with the National Blue Rib- tinel in March, 2014. Guard, erosion and cracking can occur in met- bon Award earlier this year. Mr. Silbernagel moved to Colorado in 1973 als due to environmental and repeated I would like to commend Kingsolver Elemen- after receiving his degree in journalism from stresses. These problems can cause damage tary School’s educators and administrators on the University of Wisconsin and after meeting to key metal components of ships such as their many hours of hard work and service to his wife, Judy. In the same year, he began his propellers, rudders, ship hulls near propellers, Kentucky’s students. Your commitment and career writing news for the Vail Villager Week- control valves, pumps, and impellers. Without devotion to the education of future leaders is ly and the Glenwood Post. In 1980, he moved replacing or strengthening these important ship components, this damage can potentially commendable and I hope you are very proud to the Grand Junction Sentinel to write for the lead to the part’s unexpected failure. With a of this achievement. political, environmental, and business beats, Coast Guard fleet stretched well beyond its I join with all of Kentucky’s Second District where he also became the city editor and bu- estimated lifetime, the Coast Guard should ex- in congratulating everyone at Kingsolver Ele- reau reporter. He served for 15 years in this amine the benefits of laser peening as a way mentary School on this honor. role and in 1995 became the editor of the Edi- to reduce costs and enhance the life of its torial page, where he recently finished his dis- f ships. tinguished career. Laser peening has been proven in both In addition to writing news, Mr. Silbernagel SUPPORTING VERA HOUSE’S commercial and military settings. For example, has published three books, contributed to WHITE RIBBON CAMPAIGN in the commercial sector, laser peening has countless magazine articles, and even devel- been used by Rolls-Royce to repair and oped his own website. In addition to his robust strengthen cracked engine blades for air- HON. DANIEL B. MAFFEI career, he has received many awards, most planes. From its success with Rolls-Royce, in OF NEW YORK recently for winning first place in editorial writ- 2003 Curtiss-Wright became the first special- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing from the Colorado Associated Press Edi- ized laser peening repair station for commer- tors and Reporters Association in 2012. Friday, April 4, 2014 cial aviation to be approved by Federal Avia- When not writing, Mr. Silbernagel has been tion Administration. Within the military, laser Mr. MAFFEI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in very active in his community, serving as Chair- peening has been used by both the U.S. Navy support of Vera House’s 20th Annual White man of the Citizens Advisory Committee for and U.S. Air Force to increase lifetime of air- Ribbon Campaign. the Bureau of Land Management’s McInnis craft components and save money on mainte- For more than 35 years, Vera House has Canyons National Conservation area, Chair- nance. These successful commercial and mili- played a key role in combating domestic and man of Palisade High School’s Accountability tary applications have helped reduce costs by sexual violence in Central New York. Committee, and as a member of the United strengthening and extending the life of critical Vera House provides a safe shelter and Way of Mesa County distribution committee. components. counseling services for victims of rape and Mr. Silbernagel’s dedication to the community In past years, the House has gone on sexual abuse and helps survivors rebuild their is unquestionable and I have no doubt he will record in support of laser peening as a means lives. continue to have an impact there for years to for saving money on future repairs. For exam- come. This organization also provides life-saving ple, the Armed Services Committee report ac- Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to recognize Mr. prevention and education services to people companying H.R. 1960, the National Defense Robert Silbernagel for his contributions across my district. Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014 stated through his writing with the Grand Junction that: ‘‘laser peening has achieved consider- Vera House serves over approximately Sentinel and his civic service to the Grand able success in commercial aerospace and 1,000 victims of domestic violence, sexual as- Junction community, and the State of Colo- power-generation applications, reducing costs sault, and other crimes in a year. rado. I wish him the very best in his retire- by enabling improvements in the metal struc- They also provide nearly 20,000 people in ment. ture and mitigating high-cycle fatigue failures our local community with prevention and edu- f of a system, thus extending the system’s life- cation services annually. time.’’ The Armed Services Committee further It is critically important that we continue to COAST GUARD AND MARITIME encouraged the Department of Defense ‘‘to support Vera House’s ongoing mission to end TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 2014 examine the potential cost savings that may domestic abuse and sexual violence, to em- be derived from adopting this technology SPEECH OF power victims, and to promote equality and re- broadly across the military services, but was spect in relationships. HON. ERIC SWALWELL concerned that some military departments The White Ribbon Campaign is led by men OF CALIFORNIA have not fully explored the use of such tech- and encourages all members of the commu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nologies to reduce costs associated with prob- nity—men and women, young and old—to join lems of fatigue failure, stress corrosion crack- these efforts. Tuesday, April 1, 2014 ing, and component shape corrections. The I urge my colleagues on both sides of the Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, committee further encourages the Department aisle to stand in support of Vera House’s the Coast Guard is facing difficult challenges to explore such technologies for use in aircraft White Ribbon campaign to raise awareness of related to maintenance and costs of its aging engines to slow the rate of replacement of domestic and sexual violence. ships and aircrafts. In these difficult financial highly stressed components and parts.’’

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The for what is best for the American people. neering Healthier Communities, a partnership cost savings resulting from the use of laser When constituents called with problems, she with the City of Evanston, the YMCA, and peening could reduce the need for major solved them. She has helped countless con- health providers, which is improving individual structure rework, slow the rate of replacement stituents navigate everything from Medicare lives and community well-being. Reverend of highly stressed components and parts, and benefits to mortgage problems, and VA pay- Dennis serves as a leader in Interfaith organi- provide a longer lifetime for Coast Guard as- ments. She spearheaded our office’s Military zations and efforts in our region. sets. Service Academy nominations. She organized Reverend Dennis has been a treasured f interviews, sorted through applications, and friend and mentor to countless people inside worked with liaison officers to help make sure and out of his congregation, including me. I CONGRATULATIONS WAYZATA that young people who wanted to serve our congratulate him on his tenth anniversary as BOY’S SWIMMING AND DIVING country had the opportunity to do so. Senior Pastor at Second Baptist Church and TEAM Cheryl has an unrivaled political antenna, wish him many more years in the pulpit and and she always took time to nurture and men- the community. HON. ERIK PAULSEN tor young staff. She shared her skills and traits OF MINNESOTA with the other people in our office and be- f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cause of that, her service to our county and Friday, April 4, 2014 country will endure long past her retirement TO RECOGNIZE RALPH DIGUISEPPE, JR. Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to from our office. honor Wayzata High School’s Boy’s Swimming Cheryl is an asset to our district, a role and Diving team who recently won the Min- model to our younger staff, and a best friend HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK to me. Mr. Speaker, it is appropriate at this nesota Class 2A state title. The Trojans were OF PENNSYLVANIA able to secure the school’s first championship time that we honor and thank Cheryl for her IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with a balanced effort in the finals. Led by a invaluable service and wish her a most enjoy- first place performance from Greg Arnold in able retirement. Friday, April 4, 2014 f the 100 freestyle, Wayzata was able to secure Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today the title before the last race even began. CONGRATULATING REVEREND to honor Bristol Borough Council President, Coach Dave Plummer, in his first season as MARK A. DENNIS, JR. Ralph DiGuiseppe, Jr. head coach, pointed to the full team effort necessary to qualify in the preliminary races. Strong values and close family ties are the Six top-four finishes in the finals also helped HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY hallmark of the DiGuiseppe family. Ralph’s put the Trojans over the top. OF ILLINOIS grandparents journeyed here from Italy, pass- The dedication it takes to excel in swimming IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing through Ellis Island just as many of our and diving is to be commended. It means that Friday, April 4, 2014 own ancestors had, and then settled in the these athletes push themselves every day to Delaware Valley. Ralph’s parents met at a Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise dance in Bristol Borough. They eventually shave hundredths of a second off their per- today to pay tribute to Rev. Mark A. Dennis, sonal best or repeat dive after dive until it’s married and made Bristol Borough their home. Jr., Senior Pastor of the Second Baptist Ralph is a proud, lifelong resident of Bristol perfect. When adding in schoolwork, family Church in Evanston, Illinois. obligations, and other time commitments, it is Borough—a true ‘‘Bristolian.’’ He is proud to Ten years ago, this visionary leader took his serve as President of the Bristol Borough remarkable these student-athletes accomplish place as the eleventh Senior Pastor of the his- all that they do. Council and has passed on the value of serv- toric Second Baptist Church, Evanston’s first ice to the next generation of DiGuiseppes as Once again, congratulations to the Wayzata black Baptist Church, organized in 1882. He High School Boy’s Swimming and Diving his son, Ralph DiGuiseppe III, serves on the was called to provide greater leadership in Bristol Borough School Board. Team on a job well done. spiritual formation, strategic visioning, commu- Ralph has volunteered countless hours at f nity development, and pastoral care. St. Ann’s Parish as a project manager and a HONORING CHERYL DIEHM Reverend Dennis came with outstanding academic and professional credentials. He laborer, and strengthened the parish’s fi- nances by reinstituting the annual carnival, an HON. MIKE THOMPSON holds several degrees including a Master of Divinity, cum laude, from Howard University iconic Bristol event. Kind and generous, Ralph OF CALIFORNIA School of Divinity; a Master of Music from donates to ensure traditional Thanksgiving IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bowling Green University; and a Bachelor of feasts can be enjoyed by local families who Friday, April 4, 2014 Arts from Morehouse College. Many honors would otherwise go without. Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, have been bestowed on him, including admis- Ralph has been described as an ‘‘idealist, a I rise today to honor Cheryl Diehm upon her sion to the prestigious Preacher’s Hall of dreamer, always thinking in long term.’’ He be- retirement as the District Representative in my Fame at Morehouse College. lieves the American Dream is a dream come Congressional office. Cheryl has been an inte- Second Baptist is a highly-respected Church true for the DiGuiseppe family. From his first gral member of my staff, both in the California in the Evanston community with a dedicated day on council, his goal has been simply to State Senate and in Congress for the past congregation whose vision is to be ‘‘A beacon improve the quality of life for the residents of twenty-six years. The unwavering dedication, of light: A Christ-centered Church celebrating Bristol Borough. loyalty and compassion she has displayed faith, freedom, stewardship and the social re- ‘‘Welcome Friend’’ has been Bristol’s motto throughout these twenty-six years is both ad- sponsibility of caring for souls.’’ since a wooden sign greeted the Marquis de mirable and deserving of recognition. Reverend Dennis has more than lived up to Lafayette on his ‘‘Farewell Tour of America’’ in Cheryl came to work on my staff after my that mission, reaching well beyond the walls of 1824. The original sign still hangs within the first campaign and has been the best person Second Baptist to become an inspiring and Borough Hall, where it continues to greet to work with, both in the State Senate and in energetic leader in all aspects of the religious locals and newcomers. Ralph views every in- Congress. In twenty-six years, there is no part and civic life of our community. dividual he meets as important. He truly em- of our district that Cheryl has not touched. Under Reverend Dennis’s leadership, Sec- bodies this simple gesture, ‘‘Welcome Friend,’’ From our offices in Vallejo to Napa to Santa ond Baptist partners with my synagogue, Beth and graciously welcomes all into the Bristol Rosa, wherever I needed her to go, she went. Emet, on meaningful youth programs including Borough family. No matter what office she was in, and no mat- a joint Civil Rights Pilgrimage to the Southern I commend Ralph DiGuiseppe Jr. for his ter what her role in the office was, she made United States to visit civil rights landmarks. selfless dedication to his community and his the office better and she made the community Along with Temple Beth Israel in Skokie, Sec- never ending pursuit of the American Dream those offices served better. ond Baptist hosts a weekly soup kitchen. Rev- for his family and fellow Bristolians.

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DUNCAN, JR. communities’ very existence threatened. ‘‘But thank God that this time there is no OF TENNESSEE [From the Washington Post, Apr. 2, 2014] massacre,’’ she said. ‘‘We believe that, as Ar- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SYRIAN ARMENIANS, WHO HAD BEEN INSU- menians, what doesn’t kill you makes you LATED FROM WAR, FORCED TO FLEE AFTER stronger.’’ Friday, April 4, 2014 REBEL OFFENSIVE Once again, the Armenians see the hand of Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, (By Loveday Morris) their long-standing enemy behind their dis- placement, saying the rebel attack was today a memorial service is being held for Wil- ANJAR, LEBANON.—Some fled in their launched from Turkish soil. Many of the nightclothes, others in their farming boots liam Dean McKamey at the United States farms and homes in what was once a popular straight from the fields. Many thought Naval Academy. tourist spot offer sweeping views of the they’d be able to return in a few hours but Will was a young man for whom I had the Turkish border. now fear they may never again. privilege of nominating to the Naval Academy. The offensive, they say, began about 5 a.m. Until the shells started raining down late on March 21, with villagers waking to the A former Mr. Football winner from Grace last month, the tiny Syrian village of Kassab sound of heavy machine-gun fire, followed by Christian Academy, Will unfortunately passed and surrounding villages had been largely shelling. away on March 25 after having collapsed dur- sheltered from the three-year-old conflict ing football practice the previous Saturday. Two Syrian border posts were first struck, that has devastated other parts of Syria. But according to the accounts of several resi- Will was one of the most outstanding men now the area is the focus of a rebel offensive dents. With the posts manned only by lightly I have had the privilege of meeting. From all in the coastal province of Latakia, and an armed Syrian border police, residents said of the things I have read and heard, this accompanying social-media storm of there was little in the way of defense against young man had an incredibly bright future. He disinformation. the push by jihadist rebel groups, which in- Kassab, a lush, mountainous idyll abutting was outstanding in every way. cluded the al-Qaeda-linked Jabhat al-Nusra the Turkish border, is an ancestral home of and the Islamist Ahrar al-Sham. Will was only 19 years-old when he died, Syria’s minority ethnic Armenians, Chris- but, in his short life, he touched many lives Not long after, the main border crossing to tians who have lived on the land for a mil- Turkey fell, residents said. personally and has inspired thousands of lives lennium. But the attack by jihadist rebels Villagers had prepared evacuation plans. In in my home state of Tennessee and around sparked a mass exodus from Kassab and case of an attack, instructions were for the Country as people learn about him. nearby villages. women and children to congregate in Will was a committed Christian, and his The picturesque Armenian hillside villages Nabaeen, a village farthest from the Turkish mother Kara has noted that ‘‘Will was able to in the north of Latakia provide a foothold border, with a back road to the city of Lat- change the spirit of a community, a school for a push into the rest of the province—a akia. heartland of Syria’s minority Alawites, who By 7 a.m., one Nabaeen farmer said, about and a Navy football team . . . without really are largely supportive of President Bashar saying a word.’’ 50 people had gathered at his house. ‘‘People al-Assad. were crying and yelling that they had noth- I had the honor to attend Will’s funeral serv- The area holds little other strategic value ing with them. Some were in their slippers ice, and I saw firsthand the impact Will has for the opposition, but the limited gains and pajamas,’’ he said. ‘‘It was a sad situa- had on his community. there have boosted rebel morale amid a tion.’’ Tennessee and the Navy football family string of defeats elsewhere, with the leader Despite the chaos, many grabbed the deeds mourn the loss of such a great young man: a of the main opposition body, Ahmad al- to their houses—an instinct, they say, for a son, a friend, a teammate, and a Christian. Jarba, making a rare visit to Syria this week people with a history of displacement. Some to tour the area and meet with fighters. of the men stayed behind to see how the situ- f The Armenian diaspora, including some ce- ation developed. IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE lebrities, has expressed outrage, demanding ‘‘We left all our valuables and had nothing that the United States act to protect the Ar- OF KASSAB, SYRIA more than the clothes we were wearing,’’ menian community in Syria. The State De- said one 40- year-old mother of three. As the partment has said it is ‘‘deeply troubled’’ by shelling picked up, by 11 a.m. most of the HON. FRANK R. WOLF the developments. families had left Nabaeen for the safety of OF VIRGINIA Some Syrian government loyalists have Latakia, 35 miles south, as Syrian army re- launched a propaganda campaign accusing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES inforcements made their way north. rebels of mass killings and desecrating By March 23, the rebels had reached the Friday, April 4, 2014 churches in the area, sparking fierce center of Kassab. Villagers point to Turkey’s rebuttals from opposition activists. shooting down of a Syrian jet attempting to Mr. WOLF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in soli- But the people of Kassab, like the 7 million darity with the people of Kassab, Syria. Their hit the invading fighters later that day as others who have been displaced by the civil further evidence of Turkish support for town was overtaken by Islamist rebels late last war, are focusing on trying to rebuild their rebels. month. The town’s inhabitants, who are largely lives after being torn from their land. At A Turkish diplomat, who spoke on the con- Armenian Christians, have been forced by least 30 families have fled to neighboring dition of anonymity because of the sensi- jihadist rebels to evacuate their homes and Lebanon, seeking refuge in the Armenian vil- tivity of the subject, said that no rebels are seek refuge in Lebanon and the nearby city of lage of Anjar and in the capital, Beirut, and ‘‘deliberately’’ allowed to use the Turkish Latakia. I submit an article which ran in yester- the testimonies of more than a dozen shed border and that if there was shelling into some light on the events surrounding the of- Kassab from Turkey on March 21, it was be- day’s Washington Post which paints a deeply fensive. disturbing picture of the events unfolding in cause of new rules of engagement, which All but about 30 of the area’s roughly 2,500 allow the country’s armed forces to retaliate Kassab. residents fled within 48 hours of the attack, when fired at to deter further attacks. This is yet another case of Christians and they said. The fate of those who remained, Turkey also said that the jet it shot down other religious minorities being pulled into vio- who were too old or unwilling to leave, is un- had strayed into its airspace. lent conflicts in the Middle East. Throughout known, with communications to the villages Jihadist fighters who entered Kassab have the region, small and peaceful minority groups cut. There was no major loss of life, they gone to great lengths to stress that they are are often the first to suffer collateral damage, say, with just one known death, that of a not desecrating churches or hurting civil- as we have seen in recent years not only in local teacher who was hit in her car by a ians. sniper as she tried to flee. Still, the mass ex- The mother of three said that after she ar- Syria, but also in Iraq, in Egypt, and else- odus is particularly emotional, with Arme- rived in Latakia with her children, she called where. nians from Kassab having been forced to home, and a man who identified himself as a It is especially poignant to recognize the leave their homes twice in the past century member of Ja‘hat al-Nusra answered. people of Kassab at this time of year, since because of persecution by the Turks. ‘‘He said, ’Come back, why did you leave April 24 is the Genocide Remembrance Day The Armenians first fled during the Adana your home? We have come here to protect observed by Armenians around the world to massacre of 1909, when tens of thousands you,’ ’’ she recalled, though she added that commemorate the atrocities committed against died at the hands of the Ottomans. he later said she should convert to Islam be- Then, in 1915, as many as 5,000 residents of their people nearly a hundred years ago. fore returning. ‘‘I pleaded with him, ‘Eat and Kassab died during the fracturing empire’s drink whatever you like, but please don’t de- I have advocated for a non-governmental bi- murderous campaign against the Armenians, stroy the house.’ ’’ partisan Syria Study Group to bring a fresh which is widely recognized as a genocide. But Kassab’s displaced residents are not approach and possibly creative solutions for- ‘‘Now it’s 2014, and we are being displaced convinced by the jihadists’ assurances, and ward to address the ongoing conflict in that again,’’ said a 41-year-old farmer’s wife who some fear they will never be able to feel safe

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The Titans made during the genocide but still returned to f their first appearance in the state finals in Kassab. 1929, and 85 years later they earned their first This time, he’s not sure his family will PERSONAL EXPLANATION state championship. Their accomplishment is make it back. also significant because it has been 34 years ‘‘Our roots are there, everything is there,’’ HON. GARY C. PETERS since an Indianapolis Public School program his wife said, ‘‘but we can’t.’’ OF MICHIGAN has won this title. Additionally, all the Tech f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES fans, in particular the energetic student body should be recognized for their enthusiasm and HONORING THE BRENTWOOD, TEN- Friday, April 4, 2014 NESSEE ALUMNI CHAPTER OF pride in their team. Mr. PETERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, on KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, Today, I ask my colleagues to join me in Wednesday, April 2, 2014, I was not present INC. congratulating the Arsenal Technical High for 3 votes. I wish to submit my intentions had School Titans, coaches, school officials, teach- I been present to vote. ers and the greater Indianapolis community on HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON Had I been present for rollcall No. 152, I their accomplishments this season. OF MISSISSIPPI would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Had I been present for rollcall No. 153, I IN RECOGNITION OF LPL FINAN- Friday, April 4, 2014 would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Had I been present for rollcall No. 154, I CIAL’S NEW, SUSTAINABLE OF- Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ FICE TOWER er, I rise today to honor a group of men who f established the Brentwood Alumni Chapter of HON. SCOTT H. PETERS Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. These men RECOGNIZING JAMES BERGERON OF CALIFORNIA have shown that positive outcomes can be IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES made across the board through hard work, HON. JOHN KLINE Friday, April 4, 2014 dedication, and a desire to serve their commu- OF MINNESOTA nity. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. PETERS of California. Mr. Speaker, I This alumni chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi has rise today to recognize and applaud the lead- Friday, April 4, 2014 served as a lightning rod for other members; ership, employees and partners of LPL Finan- wherein, these members collectively seek to Mr. KLINE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- cial—the nation’s largest independent broker- indoctrinate and instruct fraternity members in ognize Education and Human Services Policy dealer and a RIA custodian—for their dedica- brotherhood, reclamation, community service, Director James Bergeron for his years of serv- tion to sustainability and social responsibility, history, and protocol; to unite in a fraternal ice to the House Committee on Education and demonstrated by the opening of the firm’s new bond college men of culture, vision and honor the Workforce—and the American people. San Diego headquarters, Tower II at La Jolla who possess a high degree of commitment to James Bergeron, who joined the Committee Commons, on April 2, 2014. La Jolla Com- serving mankind; to encourage through fra- nearly a decade ago under then-Chairman mons II was designed to be the largest net- ternal brotherhood honorable achievement in HOWARD P. ‘‘BUCK’’ MCKEON, will soon depart zero energy commercial office building in the every field of human endeavor; to mentor the Committee for a new endeavor. He leaves United States. young men through the chapter’s Guide Right an indelible mark not only on this institution, The focus of this project was to build an en- students; to sponsor community service to but also on the landscape of education policy. vironmentally friendly workplace that would be support local schools, youth and provide chari- During his tenure with the Committee, reflective of LPL’s values and work styles. table services to low-income residents and James worked tirelessly on legislation to im- With that in mind, the building design was seniors; and to promote the social intellectual, prove workforce development, revamp K–12 guided by four pillars: sustainability, health and moral welfare of brothers and service in education, support students with disabilities, and wellness, connectivity and flexibility. This the public interest. enhance early childhood care and develop- design is currently under consideration for The Brentwood (TN) Alumni Chapter of ment, and strengthen the nation’s higher edu- LEED Platinum certification, the U.S. Green Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was orga- cation system. Many of the policies James Building Council’s (USGBC) highest standard nized in the home of Vincent Abernathy, and championed have become key provisions in for environmental design. on October 2, 2010, the Brentwood Alumni federal law, helping improve the lives of count- Among other sustainability features, the 13- Chapter was established. Under the leader- less workers, students, teachers, and children. story, 416,000-square-foot office tower will re- ship of the chapter’s first Polemarch, Dewayne James is a consummate professional, a sult in an estimated $300,000 annual savings Collier, and current Polemarch, Jeff Wilson, skilled negotiator, and a trusted advisor who in electricity costs due to the incorporation of The Brentwood Alumni Chapter has become will be sorely missed. On behalf of the Com- fuel cell technology, and nearly 2.5 million gal- the second largest chapter in the Middle Ten- mittee and the whole House, I thank James lons—about 88 percent of the water used in nessee area. for his dedication, and wish him the very best the building—will be reclaimed and reused. The Brentwood Alumni Chapter’s Guide in the years ahead. Additionally, the building boasts a number of Right Program has adopted New Hope Acad- f health and wellness-related amenities includ- emy School, the Boys & Girls Club of Franklin ing a state-of-the-art gym for employees. and Ravenwood High School as partners in its IN HONOR OF THE ARSENAL TECH- I ask all Members to join me in applauding initiative to support young men 9th–12th who NICAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BAS- this incredible effort that demonstrates LPL’s show academic potential and a desire for KETBALL TEAM, 2014 STATE commitment to its employees, the city of San leadership. CHAMPIONS Diego, and to our environment. The Brentwood Alumni Chapter has charted f The Brentwood Leadership Foundation and HON. ANDRE´ CARSON awards scholarships to seniors and juniors fur- OF INDIANA H.R. 2824 ther promoting the educational advancement IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of young people. Friday, April 4, 2014 HON. CHRIS VAN HOLLEN Other event that The Brentwood Alumni OF MARYLAND Chapter participates in include: St. Jude Sun- Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, I rise IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES day of Hope, Kappa Choir, the Pepsi Refresh to congratulate the boy’s basketball team at Project, Piney Woods, Kappa on the Hill, Stu- Arsenal Technical High School which is part of Friday, April 4, 2014 dent of the Year, Kappa Foundation, United Indianapolis Public School district. The Titans Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise in op- Way of Williamson County, and Mercy Chil- were crowned the Division 4A Indiana State position to H.R. 2824, which would roll back a dren Clinic Christmas Party. Boys Basketball Champions on March 30, Reagan-era rule to protect Appalachian

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On behalf of all states to replace those existing protections Friday, April 4, 2014 with a 2008 rewrite of the rule that would residents of the Twenty-Second Congressional weaken standards and fail to safeguard water Mr. RANGEL. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to District of Texas, I congratulate Jake Crain resources from the impacts of mining waste. recognize Mr. Albert L. Nellum. Al transitioned and all of his Oiler teammates on recording a States would not be permitted to enact strong- peacefully on March 1, 2014. His impact on no-hitter. er standards to shield their drinking water from this city and our country may not be as well f contamination. I offered an amendment with known, but it is indelible. Al was a pioneer consultant, businessman, and activist in his OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL my colleagues Representatives CARTWRIGHT DEBT and LOWENTHAL to ensure States have the own way. right to take additional action if they find it Al was born in the heart of the Deep South: necessary, and I urge my colleagues to sup- Greenville, Mississippi and later grew up in HON. MIKE COFFMAN port it. Chicago, Illinois as well. He, like a number of OF COLORADO us, arrived to a Washington that now barely This legislation is particularly egregious be- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES resembles its former self. And yet, he set out cause just last month, the DC Circuit Court va- Friday, April 4, 2014 to change it for the better. Opportunities were cated the 2008 rule because the Bush Admin- scarce for African Americans, and Al paved Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January istration failed to consider the impact of waste the way for the presence of future black con- 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- dumping on threatened and endangered spe- sultants in the District. During the height of the fice, the national debt was cies. Not only would this bill write that illegally- Civil Rights Movement in 1964, he established $10,626,877,048,913.08. drafted rule into statute, it would set a five- A.L. Nellum and Associates Inc., the oldest Today, it is $17,585,625,829,197.83. We’ve year moratorium on any new rules to protect black-owned management consultant firm in added $6,958,748,780,284.75 to our debt in 5 streams from coal mining waste. the United States. years. This is over $6.9 trillion in debt our na- The Interior Department is currently in the He also supported and worked with us in tion, our economy, and our children could process of developing new rules to reflect ad- forming what would become the Congres- have avoided with a balanced budget amend- vances in mining practices and mitigate envi- sional Black Caucus. We relied on Al’s exper- ment. ronmental and health impacts from mining op- tise and advice over the years, and welcomed f erations. Rather than forcing implementation his input at various stages. He helped to orga- CHAIRMAN JIMMY R. NEWTON, JR. of a rule so flawed that it’s been tossed out by nize the first CBC Foundation dinner as well TRIBUTE the courts, we should allow this process to go as the scholarship program, which he and fel- forward to safeguard Appalachian commu- low business leaders spearheaded. Al also nities. I urge a no vote on the bill. worked with Rep. Parren Mitchell on the first HON. SCOTT R. TIPTON CBCF Braintrust on Black Business. OF COLORADO f Al’s activism was not limited to the U.S., but IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his impact can be felt internationally. His ef- PERSONAL EXPLANATION Friday, April 4, 2014 forts against anti-black racism in Japan are a testament to his commitment to making the Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in HON. DAVID N. CICILLINE world a better place. He organized a full page honor and remembrance of Chairman Jimmy ad to oppose Japanese racism and advocated R. Newton, Jr., of the Southern Ute Indian OF RHODE ISLAND for the fair depiction of blacks. He even trav- Tribe in Colorado. Chairman Newton, after IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES eled to Japan and met with its leaders at his over 10 years of service to his tribe, passed away on April 1, 2014, at the age of 37. Friday, April 4, 2014 own expense, to protest these offensive prod- ucts and derisive images. Al’s ties to Japan Beginning his service in politics at the age Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall Nos. stretched back to the 1950s when he was a of 26, Chairman Newton served as a Tribal 149, 150, 151, had I been present, I would serviceman in the U.S. Army there. Council member, Vice Chairman, and Acting have voted ‘‘yes.’’ I salute Al Nellum, and extend my deepest Chairman before becoming permanent Chair- condolences to his family and loved ones. man in 2012. Though he spent much of his life f May the memories of him sustain all of us at in public service, he earned a degree in Visual this time. Graphic Design from Al Collins Graphic De- sign School in Arizona, after which he worked PERSONAL EXPLANATION f as a reporter & photographer for the tribal RECOGNIZING JAKE CRAIN AND newspaper, the Southern Ute Drum. Chairman HON. LUIS V. GUTIE´RREZ THE PEARLAND OILERS BASE- Newton frequently sang at tribal ceremonies, OF ILLINOIS BALL TEAM exemplifying the love of his culture. He also used his voice as a dedicated servant of the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. PETE OLSON Southern Ute people, working to ensure his Friday, April 4, 2014 OF TEXAS tribe’s wellbeing in every level of government. ´ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Chairman Newton’s commitment to the Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was un- Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the State of avoidably absent in the House Chamber for Friday, April 4, 2014 Colorado has been a blessing to many com- votes on Tuesday, April 1, 2014. Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to munities, families, and individuals, and he will Had I been present, I would have voted recognize Jake Crain of Pearland High be greatly missed. He is survived by his wife, ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall vote 149, ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall School. This young man pitched an impressive Flora Murphy-Newton and daughter, Maylon vote 150, and ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall vote 151. no-hitter on Tuesday, March 25 when the K. Newton. I extend my deepest sympathies I was also absent for the following votes on Pearland Oilers defeated the Pasadena Me- and prayers to his family and friends during Friday, April 4, 2014. Had I been present, I morial Mavericks. Crain led the Oilers to an 8– this difficult time. would have voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall vote 157, 1 victory, improving their overall record to 5– Mr. Speaker, though his life was tragically ‘‘nay’’ on roll call vote 158, ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall 0 in district play. short, Chairman Newton maximized his time vote 159, and ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall vote 160, ‘‘yea’’ Professional pitchers play their entire ca- leading with strength and an exemplary heart. on roll call vote 161, ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall vote reers without pitching a no-hitter, and Jake It is an honor and a privilege to recognize 162, ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall vote 163, and ‘‘nay’’ on achieved this as a senior in high school. The Chairman Jimmy R. Newton, Jr. for his many rollcall vote 164. contributions of his teammates were also inte- accomplishments and distinguished service.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:27 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A04AP8.014 E04APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E520 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 4, 2014 CELEBRATING THE CENTER FOR and job training. The Syracuse Housing Au- for Captain David’s service to our Nation. The VOLUNTEER AND NONPROFIT thority assists residents pursue their ambi- United States is a more secure and fruitful EXCELLENCE 50TH ANNIVER- tions, building a stronger community for us all. place as a consequence of his efforts. I want SARY Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I rec- to wish Captain David and his wife Anne all ognize and commend the Syracuse Housing the best as they transition from active duty to HON. JARED HUFFMAN Authority on its 75th Anniversary of public continued public service in what will surely be service to our community. I look forward to its OF CALIFORNIA an active and fruitful retirement. continued legacy and the exciting things yet to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f come from this outstanding organization. Friday, April 4, 2014 f HONORING THE LIFE AND DEDI- Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleas- CATED SERVICE OF NORTHWEST IN HONOR OF CAPTAIN GERRAL K. FLORIDA’S BELOVED COMMIS- ure to recognize the Center for Volunteer and DAVID Nonprofit Excellence on the occasion of the SIONER JIM WILLIAMSON organization’s 50th Anniversary Celebration on April 5, 2014. HON. SAM FARR HON. JEFF MILLER OF CALIFORNIA For the last five decades, the Center for OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Friday, April 4, 2014 has advanced nonprofits and volunteerism by Friday, April 4, 2014 strengthening leadership, encouraging innova- Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend tion and empowering individuals to develop a a distinguished career of public service. On Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise vital and engaged community. CVNL is com- April 4, 2014 Captain Gerral K. David will re- to today to recognize the life and service of mitted to creating a stronger nonprofit sector linquish his command of the Naval Support Northwest Florida’s beloved Commissioner and a more engaged community by offering Activity Monterey and retire from the Navy Jim Williamson, who passed away on April 2, comprehensive leadership programs, orga- later this year. 2014. Throughout his long and distinguished nizing community fundraisers, coordinating Public service careers are often measured career in public service, Jim served as a men- volunteer opportunities, and providing many by either their long duration or some particu- tor and an inspiration to countless individuals. other resources and services. larly distinguished accomplishment. The meas- All those who have been blessed by his pres- The Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit ure of Captain David’s career invariably in- ence mourn the loss of a great man and ac- Leadership is a community treasure, and volves both. His Navy career will extend to complished public servant. Marin County has benefitted greatly from this thirty years by the time he retires. And each A life-long native resident of Santa Rosa organization’s many years of fostering vol- of those years was marked by distinguished County, Florida, Jim graduated from Milton unteerism and supporting the nonprofit sector. service. High School in 1964. He enjoyed a four-year Please join me in expressing deep apprecia- Captain David grew up in Conroe, Texas. In professional baseball career with the St. Louis tion to CVNL, and congratulations on fifty 1984, he graduated from the Naval Academy Cardinals, before establishing his own busi- years of service. and began his Naval career as a flight officer. ness, Williamson Electrical Co., Inc., in North- west Florida. f His early career took him many places, includ- ing deployments to Sigonella, Sicily, Bermuda, In 1977, Jim began his career in public RECOGNIZING THE SYRACUSE as well as numerous Special Project detach- service when he was elected as a member of HOUSING AUTHORITY’S 75TH AN- ments throughout the Atlantic Fleet. He later the Milton City Council, where he served until NIVERSARY served aboard the USS Kitty Hawk during var- 1985. He then continued his dedicated service ious deployments in the Pacific that included to the community when he won a seat on the HON. DANIEL B. MAFFEI the support of operations in Somalia and Iraq. Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners OF NEW YORK Other flight assignments took him to Diego in 1996. Thanks to his leadership and strong IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Garcia, and Japan. In 2002, Captain David as- work ethic, Jim achieved rapid success, and sumed command of Patrol Squadron 46, he was re-elected without opposition in 2000. Friday, April 4, 2014 based in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. Under Captain He then went on to serve as Chairman of the Mr. MAFFEI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to David’s command, the ‘‘Golden Swordsmen,’’ Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners recognize and congratulate the Syracuse won numerous unit awards and commenda- until his recent retirement just days ago. Housing Authority, celebrating its 75th Anni- tions, as well as deploying after 2003, to help Jim served Santa Rosa County with the ut- versary in providing quality, affordable housing support the U.S. war efforts in Iraq. most integrity. During his time in office, he to the residents of Syracuse. Interspersed with his flight commands, Cap- contributed greatly to the growth of Santa Established as one of the first housing au- tain David took on various shore duties. Early Rosa County and worked tirelessly to promote thorities in the nation, the Syracuse Housing on, he served as a recruitment officer in Hous- economic and cultural growth as well as fiscal Authority opened the doors to its first develop- ton. In 1997, he assumed duties as the Flag accountability. His efforts included streamlining ment, Pioneer Homes, in 1938. This develop- Secretary for the Superintendent of the U.S. the building permit and inspection process, en- ment began the continued success of the Syr- Naval Academy. In 2007, Captain David took hancing recreational opportunities for Santa acuse Housing Authority, which now owns and command of Naval Air Station Whidbey Island. Rosa County residents, constructing county manages 15 housing developments and over Under Captain David’s command, the Navy buildings, and implementing safety improve- 2,500 apartments throughout the City of Syra- recognized Team Whidbey as the top Naval ments at Peter Prince Airport. His achieve- cuse. Air Station three years in a row and awarded ments did not go unrecognized, as he re- The Syracuse Housing Authority provides a it with a Meritorious Unit Commendation. ceived several accolades, most notably the home to over 15,000 individuals and families, Then in 2010, Captain David took command God in Government award and Santa Rosa while also supporting the health and well- of the Naval Support Activity Monterey. In es- County Chamber Leader of the Year. Aside being of its residents. Opportunities are avail- sence, he became the city manager for the from his leadership in Santa Rosa County, Jim able for residents of the Syracuse Housing naval facilities that house the Naval Post- was actively involved in many other aspects of Authority for education, medical services and graduate School, the Navy’s Fleet meteor- the community, including coaching youth ath- homeownership. ology forecasting and research center, and a letics and worshipping the Lord at Immanuel Under the leadership of Director Bill Sim- variety of other U.S. Navy shore functions. Baptist Church. mons, the Syracuse Housing Authority cares And it is in this capacity that I have come to Throughout his life, Jim served his commu- deeply about its role as a leader in the City of know Captain David. He has helped steer sev- nity with humility. For more than twenty years, Syracuse and provides safe, affordable hous- eral significant new construction projects to I have had the privilege of working closely with ing to many members in our community, from completion and has deftly managed his facili- him on a bevy of issues that affected Santa young families to those neighbors who are el- ties relationship with the surrounding commu- Rosa County and the entire Florida Gulf derly or living with disabilities. nities. He never fails to combine an under- Coast. Jim represented everything that is Aside from a place to call home, the Syra- standing of the issue at hand with a deft per- great about Santa Rosa County. There is no cuse Housing Authority also offers a variety of sonal diplomacy. question he will be remembered as a man of programs to its residents to promote edu- Mr. Speaker, I know I speak for the whole unquestionable character, unwavering resolve cational achievement, economic independence House in extending our most sincere gratitude and unmatched determination. To his family

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:27 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K04AP8.005 E04APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E521 and friends, he will be remembered as a man adults with disabilities in order to maximize tate and the people she assists every day. As of great faith and compassion, and a loving their potential. a 2012 recipient of the Industry Impact Award husband, father, and grandfather. His imprint on Yamhill County is enormous, from the Iowa Commercial Real Estate Asso- Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the United States and soon to be very visible along a several ciation, Niki’s influence in her company and Congress, I am privileged to honor the life of mile section of Highway 99W. Nearly three the state of Iowa as a whole cannot be under- Commissioner Jim Williamson. My wife Vicki decades ago, Dave began his legendary vol- stated. joins me in extending our sincerest condo- unteer efforts for the Newberg-Dundee By- Outside of work, Niki gives back to her com- lences and our prayers to his wife, Paulette; pass, hoping to summon enough community, munity in numerous ways. She volunteers on sons, Jayer, Jeremy, Jarrod, Randy, and regional, and State resolve to construct a new the United Way of Central Iowa Retail Com- David; 11 grandchildren; and the entire highway, circumventing traffic around the his- mittee, is a member of the Commercial Real Williamson family. Jim’s presence will be toric and traffic-plagued cities of Newberg and Estate Women, helps lead the Iowa Expo deeply missed, but his example will always be Dundee. This effort, forged through decades Committee, and chairs Couture for a Cause— with us. of teamwork, frustration, partnership, and dog- a benefit for Children’s Cancer Connection. f ged persistence in the face of doubt, has now Niki, a graduate of Valley High School, now paid off. On August 29, 2012, Dave dug his resides in Waukee with her husband Joe and A TRIBUTE TO SACRED HEART ceremonial shovel into the ground, kicking off their daughter Samantha. In all aspects of her PREP’S FOOTBALL TEAM construction of the Newberg-Dundee Bypass. life, Ms. DePhillips is an example of service, To be sure, he had partners along the way, hard work, and Iowa values that our state can HON. ANNA G. ESHOO but it is no accident that Dave Haugeberg is be proud of. OF CALIFORNIA affectionately known as the ‘Grandfather of the Mr. Speaker, it’s an honor to represent lead- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Bypass.’ With Phase I construction well under- ers like Niki in the United States Congress way, I’m hopeful he took a brief victory lap be- and it is with great pride I applaud Ms. Friday, April 4, 2014 fore, undoubtedly, redoubling his efforts to DePhillips for utilizing her talents to better both Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to complete the entire corridor. her community and our state. I invite my col- congratulate the Football Team of Sacred Dave Haugeberg is a remarkable citizen, leagues in the House to join me in congratu- Heart Prep in Atherton, California for winning the kind of person who willingly, even eagerly, lating Niki on receiving this esteemed designa- the Central Coast Championship and the gives more to his community than he antici- tion, thanking those at Business Record for Northern California CIF Championship. They pates receiving in return. His contributions to their great work, and wishing each member of made history by being the first team in San Yamhill County will always be remembered the 2014 Forty Under 40 class continued suc- Mateo County to play in the California CIF fondly by those he worked with—and for, in- cess. Championship Game. cluding the hundreds of thousands of people f The Sacred Heart Prep Football Team is a who will eventually traverse the Newberg-Dun- combination of talent and competitive spirit dee Bypass, and the local citizens who will CONGRATULATING CHANCELLOR with the highest ideals of good sportsmanship live in transformed communities where it is DEBRA SAUNDERS-WHITE IN and has established itself as an exceptional safe to work, live, and play. RECOGNITION OF HER INSTALLA- group. With great dedication, the Gators Mr. Speaker, I am honored to congratulate TION AS THE 11TH CHANCELLOR worked diligently and ended their season on Dave on this eminently deserved award, and OF NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL this historic note. wish him and his wife Kathy, and his children UNIVERSITY Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House of Rep- and grandchildren of whom he is so proud, resentatives to join me in congratulating Head continued health, happiness, and prosperity. HON. G.K. BUTTERFIELD Coach Pete Lavorato, Assistant Head Coach f OF NORTH CAROLINA Matt Moran, and Assistant Coaches Ed Larios, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mark Modeste, and Greg Sutter on an extraor- TRIBUTE TO NIKI DePHILLIPS Friday, April 4, 2014 dinary season! The entire team can look back on this season with tremendous pride. I wish HON. TOM LATHAM Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to the seniors the best of luck in your next en- OF IOWA congratulate my dear friend Dr. Debra Saun- deavors, and their younger teammates the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ders-White on her installation as the 11th best of luck in next year’s season. Go Gators! Chancellor of North Carolina Central Univer- Friday, April 4, 2014 f sity. Dr. Saunders-White will be formally in- Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to stalled as Chancellor on April 4, 2014 and will TRIBUTE TO DAVE HAUGEBERG congratulate and recognize Niki DePhillips of become the first female to hold that post at Kum & Go for being named a 2014 Forty NCCU. HON. SUZANNE BONAMICI Under 40 honoree by the award-winning cen- Great leaders motivate others to reach their OF OREGON tral Iowa publication, Business Record. full potential and show others through their ac- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Since 2000, Business Record has under- tions that they can make a difference. Dr. taken an exhaustive annual review to identify Saunders-White is a great leader who will lead Friday, April 4, 2014 a standout group of young leaders in the current and future generations of NCCU Ea- Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Greater Des Moines area who are making an gles by motivating them through her leader- pay tribute to Dave Haugeberg, community impact in their communities and their careers. ship, her words, and her actions. Like many stalwart, citizen activist, Newberg-Dundee By- Each year, forty up-and-coming community students at NCCU, she is a first-generation pass champion—and today, 2013 Chehalem and business leaders under 40 years of age college graduate. Her mother grew up a Valley Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the are selected for this prestigious distinction, sharecropper in North Carolina while her fa- Year. which is based on a combined criteria of com- ther was a car salesman. Dr. Saunders- Former Oregon Governor Tom McCall once munity involvement and success in their cho- White’s journey to become leader of a world- said, ‘‘Heroes are not giant statues framed sen career field. The 2014 class of Forty class research university will show students against a red sky. They are people who say, Under 40 honorees join an impressive roster what is possible through lifelong commitment ‘This is my community, and it is my responsi- of 600 business leaders and growing. to bettering the lives of others. bility to make it better.’ ’’ Dave Haugeberg epit- Niki DePhillips began her career with Kum & As institutions of higher learning like NCCU omizes this spirit—combining great determina- Go 12 years ago as an administrative assist- face pressure to do more with less, we in- tion with a hero’s tendency toward humility. ant. Today, Ms. DePhillips is the youngest fe- creasingly rely on strong leaders with innova- In addition to a lengthy and distinguished male executive in the company’s history and tive perspectives to shape the future of edu- legal career, Dave has a remarkable track serves as the Senior Vice President of Store cation. Dr. Saunders-White brings valuable record of community service. He is currently Development and Interim Vice President of business experience, administrative knowl- Chair of the Board of Trustees at Linfield Col- Human Resources. Niki credits her impressive edge from outstanding institutions like Hamp- lege and serves as President of the Board at and expeditious climb to senior management ton University and the University of North Mid-Valley Rehabilitation, which provides em- at such an esteemed company to utilizing the Carolina at Wilmington, and a comprehensive ployment, community inclusion services, resi- strong worth ethic instilled by her mother to understanding of higher education from serv- dential support, and transportation services to pursue her inspiring passions for both real es- ing as Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:27 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K04AP8.008 E04APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E522 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 4, 2014 Department of Education. Those experiences Fred Curls, a pioneer for civil and political IN DEFENSE OF AMERICA’S COAL will enable NCCU to become more connected rights and a resident of the Fifth District of MINERS ON THE ANNIVERSARY to the Durham community, the state, and our Missouri, which I am honored to represent. On OF THE UBB DISASTER global economy. Her vision of leveraging re- March 31, 2014, Mr. Curls turned 95 years sources, preparing students for an ever- young. Last weekend on March 29th, he was HON. NICK J. RAHALL II changing world, and guiding NCCU to the honored in Kansas City, Missouri, by family, OF WEST VIRGINIA friends, and acquaintances. forefront of affordable and quality academics IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES will position the University to excel for years to Mr. Curls is one of the original founders of Friday, April 4, 2014 come. Freedom Incorporated, an African-American Dr. Saunders-White understands that quality political organization which at one time could Mr. RAHALL. Mr. Speaker, I stand here higher education has never been as important generate nearly 70,000 votes. Freedom Inc. today, on the eve of the 4th Anniversary of the to succeeding in a global economy as it is for was and has been a very influential political tragic explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine today and tomorrow’s young minds. I con- action group. The organization has been at in Raleigh County, West Virginia—a disaster gratulate Dr. Saunders on her installation. the forefront in serving as a catalyst for that took the lives of 29 miners. I take this op- NCCU is blessed to have such an experi- change in civil rights, public accommodations, portunity to remind my colleagues and all enced, innovative, and inspirational leader as and the election of candidates at all levels of Americans of that terrible day, of the good its 11th Chancellor. government. Freedom Inc.’s office has been men we lost far too young, of those injured, of visited by City Councilpersons, Jackson Coun- f the families that still mourn and the commu- ty Executives, Mayors, Missouri State Sen- nities that were forever altered. LOU DURANTE ators and Representatives, Governors, I come here, also, to remind my colleagues Congresspersons, Senators, Presidents, and that the Upper Big Branch miners are still HON. JOSEPH CROWLEY those who have Presidential aspirations. owed our full energies and every effort to en- OF NEW YORK For more than fifty years, Mr. Curls has sure that such a tragedy will never occur IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dedicated his life to the Greater Kansas City again. community, promoting and improving political Friday, April 4, 2014 And I take this time to caution my col- empowerment and the civil rights of people of leagues—and the public—not to be duped by Mr. CROWLEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to color. His children, grandchildren, and great the self-serving sack of utter baloney being pay tribute to the life and service of Lou grandchildren have followed in his footsteps in circulated on the internet. The so-called docu- Durante. Lou was a beloved member of the acknowledging their responsibility of giving mentary ‘‘Never Again’’ is nothing more than a Bronx community and passed away this year back to the community. His son, State Senator piece of carefully crafted fiction—a transparent at 85 years of age. Phil B. Curls, Sr. was the President of Free- attempt to white wash history and revise re- Lou was born in East Harlem and lived most dom Inc. during a period when it was recog- ality. of his life in Pelham Bay. He was immensely nized as one of the most potent political orga- Four separate studies found that Massey proud of his country and served with distinc- nizations in the United States and brought Energy, with Don Blankenship at the helm, tion and valor during World War II, when he about the election of the first African-American created a callous corporate culture in which was stationed in Europe. After finishing his Congressman from the Fifth District of Mis- production was valued over safety, in which service, Lou returned to the United States and souri, U.S. Representative Alan Wheat. profit was valued over people. The families of began his career as an electrician. He also Since the mid-1950s, Mr. Curls has been in- the victims of UBB are rightly livid over the re- joined the Lawrence Keane Memorial Post volved in real estate sales and appraisals, lease of this fantasy film, and I stand with 1458, where he was a member for 65 distin- most notably in the African-American commu- them, sharing their complete disdain. guished years, recently serving as Com- nity of Kansas City. He fought against ‘‘restric- Failing to legislate to close safety loopholes mander. tive covenants’’ whereby residential homes exploited by Massey is akin to condoning that I will never forget the passion that Lou dis- could not be sold in certain areas to minori- corrupt culture and its fatal results. And Mr. played for his fellow veterans, past and ties. He was part of a class action lawsuit Blankenship is not alone in his dangerous, present, including his efforts to recognize de- which resulted in the United States Supreme fantasy view of mine safety. There are deep- ceased veterans on a monument in Keane Court outlawing such covenants. pocketed individuals who have funded studies Square Park. While visiting the monument dur- In all of his activities, Mr. Curls dem- which actually suggest that mine safety rules ing one of the annual ceremonies that Lou put onstrates his dedication and commitment to are un-needed. Nothing could be further from together, I could see firsthand how lucky the the greater good of others. He is actively in- the truth and it is immoral that the Congress Lawrence Keane Memorial Post and the Bronx volved with his high school graduating class, has not acted to protect coal miners further. were to have someone like Lou, who did so the Class of 1937, which has been very close So many of my colleagues in this body are much for his community. to this day. He was honored by Jackson Lou’s efforts went far beyond the monument County, Missouri, as one of its ‘‘Legacy defenders against what we sagely see as a at Keane Square Park. He also made sure Awardees’’ for its 175th anniversary as a polit- war on coal. It is common these days for us current Bronx veterans and residents had a ical subdivision. He also has been honored by to come to this floor, red-faced with anger to second home at the Lawrence Keane Memo- fellow Missourian U.S. Representative William shout about the unfair treatment of coal by an rial Post. Year after year, Lou worked with Lacy Clay of St. Louis and myself as an overzealous and ideological EPA. We are dis- local leaders and elected officials to ensure awardee of the ‘‘Missouri Walk of Fame’’ des- gusted and rightly so. But I believe that to be a champion for coal, the post had the funding necessary to remain ignation, as one of the pioneers of Kansas one has to be a champion for the coal miner. a place where both veterans and community City’s African-American political struggle. Defense of the coal miner cannot stop at members could come together. Throughout his life, he has believed in the the mouth of the mine. It must follow him into Mr. Speaker, Lou’s commitment to both saying ‘‘make it happen.’’ He has put his prin- the mine, ensuring that working conditions are community and country was, and will continue ciples into practice, and the results of his ef- as safe and healthy as we possibly can make to be, an inspiration to all of us. I ask my col- forts have ‘‘made it happen’’ throughout the them. leagues to join me in honoring the life and leg- Kansas City metropolitan area. Defense of the coal miner must follow after acy of Commander Lou Durante. May he rest For those reasons and more, it is indeed an a miner leaves the mine, so that the promises in peace. honor and a privilege to recognize Mr. Fred Curls on his 95th birthday celebration. Mr. of retirement and health benefits made to min- f Speaker, please join me in expressing our ap- ers and their families are honored. And so that RECOGNIZING THE 95TH BIRTHDAY preciation to Mr. Fred Curls and his endless the opportunities every American is entitled to OF MR. FRED A. CURLS commitment to serving the residents of Kan- are made available to every coal miner as sas City and the State of Missouri. Whatever well. HON. EMANUEL CLEAVER we, as African-Americans, may attain in the This Congress, however, has yet to take up OF MISSOURI political arena, Fred Curls and those who la- a package of reforms I worked on with the late great Senator Robert C. Byrd—reforms that IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES bored to act on our behalf as political pioneers have helped to change the course of history. we know are necessary to save lives in the Friday, April 4, 2014 He is a true role model not just to the African- wake of the UBB tragedy. It has, frustratingly, Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I proudly rise American community in Missouri, but to the yet to act on legislation to protect the health today in recognition of the 95th birthday of Mr. entire community at large. and retirement security of miners.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:27 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A04AP8.020 E04APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS April 4, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E523 What this Congress has done, and it has RESTORATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT ducing Turkish culture to the Chicago area; done it over and over again, is tried to repeal BENEFITS uniting the Turkish-American community; and the law containing the reforms I fought for establishing dialogue between diverse commu- over many years to better enable our miners HON. DANNY K. DAVIS nities with the goal of leading to global peace; stricken with black lung—and their spouses OF ILLINOIS and and widows—to get the benefits they are IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Whereas, The Turkish American Society’s owed. efforts to forge a stronger bond amongst all Il- Friday, April 4, 2014 I believe that the fight for the coal miner linoisans and spread the wonders of Turkish should not end when a miner retires. That has Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speak- culture are worthy of the greatest respect; now been the long-time policy of our government— er, I rise to join with the Ranking Member of therefore be it resolved by the House of Rep- during both Republican and Democratic Ad- the Ways and Means Committee and my col- resentatives of the United States of America, ministrations going all the way back to Harry leagues to call for the immediate passage of that best wishes are extended to the partici- Truman and Franklin Roosevelt. But this Con- legislation in the House concur with the Sen- pants of the Turkish American Society’s Sec- gress seems utterly indifferent and ignorant of ate in the restoration of unemployment bene- ond Annual Turquoise Art and Language Con- that commitment. fits to the more than 2.2 million Americans test, and the Turkish American Society is hon- This Congress is bent on cutting budgets for who have been cut off extended unemploy- ored and commended for its wonderful work. the agenices that help to provide medical care ment insurance because Republicans continue f to block extension of the program. and monthly benefit payments to miners strick- IN RECOGNITION OF THE 2014 HEF- en with black lung. It seems content to allow It is inconceivable that as a government and as a nation, we would leave all of these peo- LIN TAEKWONDO TIGER PRIDE black lung victims to languish for years in a DEMO TEAM legal limbo, waiting for review of their claims. ple hanging, many of them since December of This Congress is bent on cutting funds for 28 of last year 2013. Nationally, nearly 72,000 the health and safety protections that ensure people are losing unemployment insurance on HON. MIKE ROGERS miners return home after every shift. average every week, adding to the 202 million OF ALABAMA people who have already lost their benefits. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES This Congress, which boasts about its com- The Department of Labor estimated that the mitment to the future of coal, is bent on cutting Friday, April 4, 2014 bipartisan Senate agreement to extend the funds for the research and development of emergency unemployment insurance program Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, I new technologies critical to ensuring coal’s would benefit nearly 2.8 million people. ask for the House’s attention today to pay place in our Nation’s long-term energy port- Illinois, my state of Illinois is estimated to special tribute to a group of young people in folio. have lost 296,763,435 just under 300 million my Congressional district from Heflin, Ala- This Congress, in the worst and most cal- dollars in unemployment dollars in unemploy- bama. These boys and girls, the Heflin lous way, has been utterly indifferent to the ment benefits during the first three months of Taekwondo Tiger Pride Demo Team, recently plight of retired miners whose health and re- 2014 due to the Republican shutdown of the traveled to Jackson, Mississippi to compete in tirement benefits are stripped away in bank- Federal benefits program. 153,400 Illinoisans a National Taekwondo competition. They were ruptcy proceedings. would benefit from extending emergency un- awarded with the 2014 Taekwondo United The closure of the mine research facility in employment benefits. And let’s do it now. Demo Team National Championship, the high- Pennsylvania, the rewrite of grant guidelines f est honor. for black lung clinics, the denial of sufficient The Tiger Pride team consists of 14 kids funding for long-time organizations providing SECOND ANNUAL TURQUOISE ART that range in age from 8 to 15. These students essential mine rescue team training required AND LANGUAGE CONTEST have shown tremendous dedication as they by Federal and State laws—these are all prior- have practiced over the past 10 months to ities that have fallen by the wayside in the bu- HON. ROBIN L. KELLY perfect a six-minute routine they performed at reaucracy of this Administration and, appar- OF ILLINOIS the competition. The Tiger Pride team com- ently, in this uncaring and indifferent Con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES peted against four other teams from California, gress. Texas, Louisiana and North Carolina. Friday, April 4, 2014 I have always felt that fighting for our miners Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu- meant fighting for a decent wage, fighting to Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I submit lating this team for their extraordinary efforts ensure that they could retire with dignity, fight- the following: that led to their National Championship title. ing to ensure that they had access to medical Whereas, The Chicagoland area is proud to f care, and that their children had access to the host the Second Annual Turquoise Art and HAJJI SALEEM AAKHIR opportunities afforded by a college education. Language Contest, organized by the Turkish MUHAMMAD But the leadership in this House is blocking American Society, to be held at the Rosemont an increase in the minimum wage. It is pro- Theater in Rosemont, Illinois on April 12, moting cuts to Medicare and is prepared to 2014; and HON. ALBIO SIRES Whereas, The Turquoise Art and Language put Social Security on the chopping block. It is OF NEW JERSEY Contest is held annually to promote intercul- axing worker training and college grants. It is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tural understanding, friendship, and dialogue; refusing to close the loopholes that allow un- Friday, April 4, 2014 and scrupulous operators to walk away from the Whereas, The contestants will demonstrate Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to health and retirement benefits promised to diverse talents such as folk dancing, singing honor the very distinguished Hajji Saleem their workers. and poetry recitation, in a multitude of lan- Aakhir Muhammad for his service in our Where is all the anger when it comes to the guages including English, Spanish, and Turk- armed forces. coal miner now? Where is all the rage? ish; and Mr. Muhammad of Elizabeth, New Jersey, There is much more to defending coal coun- Whereas, The Turkish American Society departed this life on January 6, 2012, at the try than fighting against the EPA. began operating in 2005 in the city of Mount age of 83. He served in the United States I say to all my colleagues who regularly Prospect, Illinois to facilitate and encourage Army Air Force and was a decorated World come to this floor and raise the roof in de- cross-cultural experiences and interfaith co- War II veteran. Mr. Muhammad was also an fense of coal, we must recommit ourselves not operation; and original member of the 332nd Fighters Group just fighting the anti-coal zealots of this Admin- Whereas, The Turkish American Society is Squadron, an all Black unit known as the istration, but also to the intense and long-term involved in generous philanthropic ventures Tuskegee Airmen, for which he received Con- battle for the well-being of America’s coal min- and projects benefiting the people of the State gress’ highest and most distinguished civilian ers. of Illinois while addressing the social and cul- award, the Congressional Gold Medal of We should start by moving meaningful mine tural needs of the Turkish-American commu- Honor. Following his service, Mr. Muhammad health and safety legislation that honors the nity living in the Chicago area; creating a wel- was a small business owner and entrepreneur memories of the 29 miners who perished in coming environment for new immigrants ad- in New Jersey. the Upper Big Branch Mine on April 5th, 2010. justing to life in the United States; providing Last week the City of Elizabeth saluted a Our obligation to them is long overdue. communities with educational services; intro- legend and honored the life of Mr. Muhammad

VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:27 Apr 05, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A04AP8.023 E04APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E524 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 4, 2014 and his dedication to our country. Mr. Muham- ever thought possible. For Carlton, that person When the life of Dr. Martin Luther King was mad and his contributions are outstanding ex- was his mother, Ada Moore. Carlton rightly stolen from us, he was a very young 39 years amples of service in our military and service to gave Ada the credit for instilling in him a social old. our communities. consciousness—a sense of civic responsi- People remember that Dr. King died in f bility—that gave him the fuel to work tirelessly Memphis, but few can remember why he was on behalf of the poor. As Carlton’s friend who there. IN HONOR AND MEMORY OF FORT saw his work up close, I can tell you that Ada On that fateful day in 1968 Dr. King came LAUDERDALE CITY COMMIS- did a magnificent job, and we thank her. In- to Memphis to support a strike by the city’s SIONER CARLTON MOORE deed, Carlton often referred to Ada as his sanitation workers. ‘‘hero.’’ I hope the knowledge of his love for The garbage men there had recently formed HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS her provides solace in these undoubtedly dark a chapter of the American Federation of State, OF FLORIDA hours. I know his friendship does so for me. County and Municipal Employees to demand IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, when asked how he was better wages and working conditions. But the city refused to recognize their union, Friday, April 4, 2014 doing, Carlton would often reply, ‘‘better than good!’’ Yes you were my friend, yes you were. and when the 1,300 employees walked off Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I will miss his good cheer and friendship. My their jobs the police broke up the rally with scripture tells that ‘‘joy cometh in the morn- thoughts and prayers are with his mother Ada, mace and billy clubs. ing.’’ I don’t know, but I certainly hope so. I do and with his sons, Martin and Forrest Moore. It was then that union leaders invited Dr. know, however, that heaven has gained an My thoughts and prayers are also with King to Memphis. angel. Carlton Moore, a tireless advocate for Carlton’s sister DeNese Moore as well as his Despite the danger he might face entering the poor, and my friend, passed away on April two brothers, Benjamin Moore, Jr. and Dennis such a volatile situation, it was an invitation he 2, 2014. He will certainly be missed by his lov- Ronald Moore. could not refuse. ing family and those of us honored enough to Not because he longed for danger, but be- f call him a friend. cause the labor movement was intertwined I had the good fortune of witnessing 46TH ANNIVERSARY OF ASSAS- with the civil rights movement for which he Carlton’s entire career. He served with distinc- SINATION OF REV. DR. MARTIN had given up so many years of his life. tion in our community, and he was a business- LUTHER KING, JR. The death of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther man par excellence. He was first elected City King, Jr., will never overshadow his life. That Commissioner in 1988, a position from which HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE is his legacy as a dreamer and a man of ac- he was a tireless champion of the poor. OF TEXAS tion. Carlton worked passionately for the impover- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES It is a legacy of hope, tempered with peace. It is a legacy not quite yet fulfilled. ished northwest section of Fort Lauderdale. In- Friday, April 4, 2014 deed, the people of Fort Lauderdale can thank I hope that Dr. King’s vision of equality Carlton for the Northwest Progresso Flagler Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, 46 years under the law is never lost to us, who in the Heights Community Redevelopment Agency; ago today, one of the greatest leaders in the present, toil in times of unevenness in our the post office on Northwest Seventh Avenue; history of our country was felled by an assas- equality. the Negro Chamber of Commerce building; a sin’s bullet in Memphis, Tennessee. For without that vision—without that $550 million water and sewage project; and The assassin may have killed the dreamer, dream—we can never continue to improve on the Seventh Avenue Family Health Center. but he could not kill the dream because as the the human condition. These accomplishments led to public housing Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said in August It is for us, the living, to continue that fight that had swimming pools, tennis courts and 1963, the dream is ‘‘deeply rooted’’ in the today and forever, in the great spirit that in- child care centers. Carlton was also the first American Dream. spired the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. black City Commissioner to be elected Vice The life of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, f Mayor. Jr. reminds us that nothing is impossible when we are guided by the better angels of our na- IN RECOGNITION OF THE HAY- Mr. Speaker, no one could ever accuse my WARD POLICE DEPARTMENT’S friend Carlton of sitting on the sidelines while ture. So it is fitting that we pause to remember REACCREDITATION others did the work. As if the accomplishments the life and legacy of a man who brought hope noted above were not enough, Carlton was and healing to America. the President of the Fort Lauderdale Branch of HON. ERIC SWALWELL It is proper that we remember the man of the NAACP and did endless hours of work for OF CALIFORNIA action, who put his life on the line for freedom many boards that benefited our community. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and justice every day. Friday, April 4, 2014 He sat on the board for the Broward League Dr. King knew that it was not enough just to of Cities; the Broward County Water Advisory talk the talk, that he had to walk the walk for Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, Board; the Florida League of Cities’ Blue Rib- his words to be credible. today I want to take this opportunity to recog- bon Committee; the Strategic Planning Com- Dr. King walked the walk. He went to jail 29 nize the Hayward Police Department, which mittee; and the Broward Commission on Sub- times to achieve freedom for others. He knew was recently reaccredited by the Commission stance Abuse and Leadership. Carlton gar- he would pay the ultimate price for his leader- on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agen- nered many accolades for his dedicated ef- ship, but kept on marching and protesting and cies (CALEA). This is an honor received by forts, including the 2008 National Forum of organizing anyway. very few of the thousands of state and local Black Public Administrators’ National Leader- Dr. King once said that we all have to de- law enforcement agencies across the country, ship Award, and the Broward League of Cities’ cide whether we ‘‘will walk in the light of cre- and it is one that is well deserved. President’s Award. ative altruism or the darkness of destructive CALEA is a joint effort of major law enforce- As you can see, Mr. Speaker, Carlton selfishness. ment executive associations. It seeks to im- achieved so much in his all too brief time with ‘‘Life’s most persistent and nagging ques- prove the workings of public safety organiza- us—so many things that we can point to with tion,’’ he said, is ‘‘what are you doing for oth- tions, in part by offering its accreditation pro- pride and say ‘‘look what he did.’’ However, ers?’’ gram. perhaps his greatest legacy will not be the And when Dr. King talked about the end of The program is voluntary, so public safety tangible achievements he leaves us with. Per- his mortal life in one of his last sermons, on departments have to want to go through the haps his greatest gift will be the inspiration he February 4, 1968 in the pulpit of Ebenezer process. I applaud Hayward Police Chief instilled in others to work for the common Baptist Church, even then he lifted up the Diane Urban for being willing to take on the good. As many of my friends in Fort Lauder- value of service as the hallmark of a full life: challenge. dale know, Carlton was a surrogate father to I’d like somebody to mention on that day To be reaccredited, the Hayward Police De- many of our young people. It will be upon Martin Luther King, Jr. tried to give his life partment had to meet a variety of standards. Carlton’s shoulders that these young people serving others,’’ he said. ‘‘I want you to say They were reviewed by independent asses- stand as they strive to continue the work that on that day, that I did try in my life . . . to sors, which closely observed officers in action Carlton so ably accomplished. love and serve humanity. as well as spoke with community members. Mr. Speaker, we all have that person in our Above all, Dr. King was always willing to The Department passed with flying colors. life that inspired us to achieve more than we speak truth to power. The assessment summary noted that out of

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It added ries as being a part of the general fund, the enter the rolls of preceding radicals who re- that the Department ‘‘commits considerable re- same general fund which is partially com- ceive a monthly pension because of their pro- sources to creating and maintaining commu- prised of foreign aid. fession, killing innocent Israelis. nity partnerships, and in return, enjoys equally Over the last fifteen years the U.S. govern- I beg this body to pay close attention to this considerable overwhelmingly positive commu- ment has committed around $5 billion in bilat- issue and bring into debate the distribution of nity support and recognition.’’ CALEA officials eral assistance to Palestinians. As recent as international aid to governing bodies who re- FY2013 annual assistance to Palestine was involved in the formal hearing at which the De- ward the malignant in their society. partment was reaccredited were equally lauda- about $440 million. A Palestinian Authority report shows pris- tory. Lead CALEA Commissioner Richard f Myers said that he had ‘‘nothing but praise.’’ oner’s salaries as part of the Palestinian As a former Alameda County prosecutor, I Authority’s general salary budget which con- TRIBUTE TO THE CITY OF HAWAI- know Hayward faces a challenging law en- sists of civil servants and military personnel. IAN GARDENS, CALIFORNIA ON Former prisoners receive salaries around forcement environment. That the Hayward Po- THE OCCASION OF THE CITY’S $680 to $3,400 a month. The reason for the lice Department is operating in such an envi- 50TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF IN- range in salary is due to the perverse nature ronment makes its achievement all the more CORPORATION of this program. The more protracted the stay impressive. in an Israeli prison, the more egregious the I want to congratulate Hayward Mayor Mi- terrorist act, the higher the monthly compensa- HON. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ chael Sweeney, Police Chief Urban, and the tion. Since December of 2012 more than entire Hayward Police Department on its suc- 4,500 Palestinian prisoners who serve time for OF CALIFORNIA cess. Keep up the good work. terrorist related charges receive a monthly sal- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f ary. This means members of Hamas and Friday, April 4, 2014 THE SHOOTING AT THE FORT Fatah are able to subsidize their professional HOOD ARMY BASE activities. Ms. SA´ NCHEZ of California. Mr. Speaker, I In addition to the monthly salaries the Pal- rise today to recognize the City of Hawaiian HON. AL GREEN estinian Authority covers prisoner’s legal fees, Gardens, and ask my colleagues to join me in Israeli fines, and post-prison pensions. congratulating its residents on the city’s 50th OF TEXAS A Government Accountability Office report Anniversary of Incorporation. I am proud to titled, ‘‘Measures to Prevent Inadvertent Pay- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES represent this growing city as part of the 38th ments to Terrorists under Palestinian Aid Pro- Friday, April 4, 2014 Congressional District of California. grams Have Been Strengthened, but Some Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I Weaknesses Remain,’’ found problems with The City of Hawaiian Gardens was incor- would like to express my condolences to the U.S. paperwork vetting financial assistance to porated on April 9, 1964 and earned its name victims and their families of the senseless Palestine. from a popular fruit stand that featured bam- shooting at the Fort Hood Army Base, which GAO found U.S. sub-awards were not prop- boo stalks and palm leaves. Within the first took place on Wednesday, April 2, 2014. To erly following rules requiring they follow U.S. five years, the city quickly began its rapid and date, three soldiers have died and many oth- antiterrorism statutes before issuing aid. continued growth. ers were wounded in the aftermath of this One such example cited was when a sub- The city’s motto is ‘‘Our Youth Our Future’’, grievous violence. awardee, the United Nations, was found to not which perfectly captures the ambition and We must not let the untimely demises of properly check a list of personnel against dedication to improving community and living those who have bravely served our country known terrorist organizations. standards. Education is a priority for Hawaiian eclipse the noble sacrifices that they made in The United Nations is supposed to screen Gardens, as exemplified by its annual awards this life. We must commemorate and respect all staff, contractors, and beneficiaries to en- ceremony where the city provides scholarships each of them for their many individual sure they have no known terrorist affiliation. It for youth reaching for higher education. It has was noted that the U.N. screened all related achievements and with hearts of love cele- also made great strides through the Youth Ac- people against a U.N. Security Council list of brate their lives. tivity League, a partnership with the Los Ange- potential terrorist, the list did not include mem- While we are devastated by this violence, les County Sherriff’s Department which shows bers of Hamas and Hezbollah, which the U.S. faith will console and nurture our broken local youth a path to success through men- hearts where reason cannot. Fort Hood and designated as foreign terrorist organizations. These and other missteps in choosing the ap- toring and by providing safe facilities, planned the surrounding community have endured programs and the vital tools they need to tragedy before, and will once again rebuild propriate venues by which to send financial aid to Palestine is why Congress should be thrive and succeed. and learn from this incident. Our nation will The City of Hawaiian Gardens is dedicated honor the fallen and continue to support our concerned. GAO, since the issuing of the report, has to its citizens, taking steps to better its trans- armed forces. stated all recommendations have been imple- portation for the elderly and the disabled, f mented but the Palestinian Authority has not maintaining an impressive public library, and U.S. FOREIGN AID AND stopped subsidizing prisoner’s cost of living. offering child care services as well as a food PALESTINIAN PRISONER In accordance with Congressman’s Yoho’s bank. Its population of over 16,000 residents resolution Congress should not allow foreign has been steadily increasing in recent years HON. DOUG COLLINS aid dollars to an entity that feels it is okay to and is projected to continue to grow. provide welfare for terrorist. The city’s forward focus has been evident OF GEORGIA During this latest iteration of Israel-Pales- through its prudent financial planning, which IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tinian peace negotiations, Israel has already has resulted in the saving of over $13 million Friday, April 4, 2014 offered up three rounds of prisoners to the dollars. The city continues to make great leaps Palestinian Authority. All Israel gets in return is in regards to human services and has been Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, first an extended stay of Palestine at the negotia- I would like to thank my dear friend from Flor- recognized by First Lady Michelle Obama for tion table, nothing concrete. its activism in fighting childhood obesity. In- ida for bringing this issue to Congress’ atten- Even with three rounds of prisoner releases, vestment in youth is an investment in the fu- tion. To know that the Palestinian Authority the Palestinian Authority begs for the worst of ture, one that is opportune and bright for the provides salaries to former prisoners of Israeli the worst to be sent home. Two senior pris- city of Hawaiian Gardens. jails is alarming. To discover a Government oners Palestine is requesting to be released Accountability Office report that U.S. govern- are Marwan Barghouti and Ahmed Saadat. The city will be celebrating their 50th Anni- ment agencies may have inadvertently given Marwan Barghouti, a senior official in the versary of Incorporation with a weekend of money to these terrorist is a flagrant breach of U.S. terrorist designated Fatah party is serving festivities which will include a parade and a fiduciary responsibility. five life sentences for murdering Israeli citi- carnival. As the city commemorates this occa- In 2011 an Israeli research institute discov- zens. sion, I would like to ask my colleagues to join ered international aid to the Palestinian Au- Ahmed Saadat, head another terrorist affili- me in congratulating the city and residents of thority was paying for the salaries of Pales- ated organization is serving a life sentence for Hawaiian Gardens as they celebrate the past tinian terrorist once imprisoned in Israel. Docu- the murder of an Israeli cabinet minister. and focus on a prosperous future.

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OF FLORIDA Susie Boatman Forehand, RN: Former During his time as commissioner, Bill was a key figure in the forming of the solid waste IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nursing Professor at Valencia College who retired after 35 years. district that continues to serve the county, and Friday, April 4, 2014 Dr. Felicia Williams: President of West in the opening of the Henry County Youth Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, each Campus of Valencia College. She was former Center. He was also instrumental in bringing year, March is designated as National Wom- Assistant Vice President of Workforce Devel- Ivy Tech to New Castle. Bill’s commitment to en’s History Month to ensure the contributions opment at Valencia and has worked for 13 his community and to improving the lives of years as an adjunct professor that led a team his constituents is an example of public serv- of American women will be recognized and to create the college’s first bachelor degrees. celebrated in schools, workplaces, and com- Val Demings: Former Police Chief of the ice to which we can all aspire. munities throughout the country. Orlando Police Department from 2007 to 2011 I ask the entire 6th Congressional District to Uplifting women of character, courage and until her retirement. She was the first fe- join me in honoring Bill Cronk for a long and those who have made a lifelong commitment male to hold the position. distinguished career dedicated to serving the to serve should be acknowledged and hon- Natalie Jackson, Esq.: Founder of Women’s people of Henry County. I have no doubt that ored. Throughout history, women are found on Trial Group, and lawyer for the Family of Bill will bring the same dedication and enthu- the forefront of leadership when dealing with Trayvon Martin. siasm to the next chapter of his life as he did Kelda Senior: Public Communications Of- in the previous one. troubling issues inflicting our great country. fice for City of Mount Dora since 2012 and Currently, women face a pay gap in almost former Staff Assistant for United States f every occupation. Women are often paid less Senate. HONORING ROBERT GABLE than men in female-dominated and gender- Jean Butler: Founder of JCB Construction balanced professions. This is awful and we established in 1987. A leading minority firm must work to make a change! We shouldn’t in Central FL for site development and con- HON. ANDY BARR have to explain this disparity to our daughters struction management services. OF KENTUCKY or nieces, should they have their true worth Lynn Mims: Founder of Mims Construction IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES established in 1989 and ranked as one of the and value diminished. We must stand together top ten concrete and masonry service pro- Friday, April 4, 2014 and fight against the inequality; no one should viders in central Florida. Minority owned Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- be valued as superior over another. We must and operated ognize Frankfort resident Robert Gable, who continue to work and end the injustice now. Carolyn Fennell: Director of Public Affairs celebrated his 80th birthday on February 20. As we embark on the journey of equal rights for the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority Bob Gable is an important part of the foun- for all women, let us acknowledge and be con- that oversees the airport and general avia- dation of the modern Republican Party in Ken- tion Orlando Executive Airport. She is the scious of those remarkable and unforgettable tucky. The one-time Kentucky Commissioner leaders who struggled for equality before us— 1st female director and 1st female to hold the position of Director of Community Rela- of Parks became the Republican nominee for Susan B. Anthony, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner tions, Marketing and Public Affairs Governor of Kentucky in 1975 and ran on a Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and many Jennie Joseph: Owner and Clinical Director platform that largely continues to be relevant more. As we champion this year’s theme, of The Birth Place Birthing Center, a full- today—competitive rates of taxation, repeal of ‘‘Celebrating Women of Character, Courage service midwifery clinic. Designed and devel- the death tax, protecting Kentucky’s natural and Commitment,’’ we reflect on those oped unique model of care to address inequi- beauty and the Red River Gorge, and even women, and how they can be an inspiration to ties in health care service and delivery for advocating zero-based budgeting. minorities. us as we continue to push forward for equal- Bob did not win that race, but he continued ity. It would be my pleasure to recognize these Mercedes Clark (Deceased): Nurse at Or- ange Memorial Hospital and Winter Park to be a leader of the Republican Party in Ken- women from my district who has done out- Memorial Hospital. The 1st African Amer- tucky serving as chairman and continuing to standing work, your efforts does not go unno- ican female to be the Director of Orange be sought out for advice and council by can- ticed and continue to be great. When Women County Health Department in Orlando, Flor- didates. I was very fortunate and honored that Succeed, America Succeeds. ida. At the time of her retirement, she Bob was one of the first to endorse my origi- OUR SALUTE TO WOMEN OF THE 5TH DISTRICT worked as a Nursing Care Coordinator at Or- nal candidacy in 2009. On behalf of Kentucky OF FLORIDA lando Veteran Administration Outpatient Sixth Congressional District, I would like to Clinic. Thank you for your service and contribu- Ericka Dunlap: American Beauty Pageant wish Mr. Gable a very happy 80th birthday tions to our community. and many more years to come. The Hon. Mabel Butler: Orange County titleholder who earned title of Miss Florida f Commissioner, 1st African American to 2003 (the 1st African American) and subse- serve; elected in 1984 for 8 years. quently crowned Miss America 2004. Stephanie Henry: Founder and CEO Step PARK CENTER GIRLS’ BASKET- The Hon. Daisy Lynum: City of Orlando BALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Commissioner of District 5 elected in 1998 re- by Step Expressions, Married to Mayor of tiring in 2014. Daytona Beach, FL., Derrick Henry The Hon. Mildred Dixon (Deceased): City of Tameka Gaines Holly, MPH: Community HON. ERIK PAULSEN Rehabilitation Center, Inc. Winter Garden Commissioner, 1st African OF MINNESOTA American and woman to serve on the city f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES commission elected in 1985 and serving 7 terms, three of which she was unopposed. HONORING BILL CRONK Friday, April 4, 2014 The Hon. Yvonne Scarlett-Golden (De- Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to con- ceased): First African American Mayor of HON. LUKE MESSER gratulate the Park Center Girls’ Basketball Daytona Beach, FL (elected in 2003 and 2005). OF INDIANA team for winning the Minnesota State High The Hon. Linda Chapin: Orange County School Championship, the first title for any Chairperson (now known as Mayor) of Coun- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sport in their school’s history. While any cham- ty Commissioners from 1990–1998. Friday, April 4, 2014 Dr. Barbara Jenkins: Superintendent of Or- pionship season is going to have its trials and ange County Public Schools named in 2012. Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tribulations along the way, many do not in- Was former Deputy Superintendent, Chief of honor Henry County Commissioner Bill Cronk, clude the obstacles that Park Center had to Staff and Senior Director for Elementary who is retiring after three decades of public overcome in their championship game. Education for Orange County Public Schools service. The triple overtime victory for the Pirates did The Hon. Kat Gordon: School Board Mem- After first being elected as County Commis- not come easy. Park Center came back from ber of Orange County Public Schools elected sioner in 1987, Bill Cronk went on to serve a nine point deficit and relied on a Danielle in 2000, served as Vice-Chair in 2013. Has been five nonconsecutive terms in that position. Bill Schaub buzzer-beater to tie the game up at a librarian and counselor for 25 years in Or- ange County. became a community leader in Henry County, the end of regulation. At the end of the game, Thelma Dudley (Deceased): Retired as an working tirelessly to address the concerns of because of foul trouble, Park Center did not Adjunct Professor at UCF and working with those he served. He also mentored and be- have a player older than a sophomore on the Teacher Education for America’s Minorities friended countless public officials and commu- floor.

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TOM LATHAM gress and it is with great pride that I applaud Congratulations to the Park Center Girls’ OF IOWA Mr. Campbell for utilizing his talents to better Basketball team on their first state title. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES both his community and the great state of f Iowa. I invite my colleagues in the House to Friday, April 4, 2014 join me in congratulating Charley on receiving HONORING JOHN F. KENNEDY ME- Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to this esteemed designation, thanking those at MORIAL HIGH SHCOOL’S GIRLS congratulate and recognize Charley Campbell Business Record for their great work, and BASKETBALL TEAM of Kum & Go for being named a 2014 Forty wishing each member of the 2014 Forty Under Under 40 honoree by the award-winning cen- 40 class continued success. HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON tral Iowa publication, Business Record. f OF MISSISSIPPI Since 2000, Business Record has under- IN HONOR OF THE 100TH ANNIVER- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES taken an exhaustive annual review to identify a standout group of young leaders in the SARY OF PHILLY MACARONI Friday, April 4, 2014 Greater Des Moines area who are making an COMPANY Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speak- impact in their communities and their careers. er, I rise today to honor a group of young la- Each year, forty up-and-coming community HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK dies who has shown what can be done and business leaders under 40 years of age OF PENNSYLVANIA through hard work and dedication, the John F. are selected for this prestigious distinction, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Kennedy Lady Hornets. which is based on a combined criteria of com- On March 13th, the John F. Kennedy Me- munity involvement and success in their cho- Friday, April 4, 2014 morial High School of Mound Bayou, Mis- sen career field. The 2014 class of Forty Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, the Phila- sissippi girl’s basketball team won the State of Under 40 honorees join an impressive roster delphia Macaroni Company now celebrates a Mississippi 1–A championship with an of nearly 600 business leaders and growing. century of success as a leading pasta manu- undefeated season record. Charley Campbell has been with Kum & Go facturer in Pennsylvania. This small, family- The starting line-up is composed of all sen- for 14 years where he now serves as General owned business has surpassed the five-year iors, but the combined efforts of each player is Counsel and Corporate Secretary. Originally life span of the average, small business in what made their team so triumphant. They are from Oskaloosa, Charley attended Iowa State America through five generations. The com- as follows: Natassjha Anderson, Guard; Latina University and graduated with a degree in fi- pany was launched by Antonio Marano and Jones, Guard; Jarvis Malone, Point Guard; nance before obtaining his law degree from his son, Vincent, on South 7th Street in 1914 Aleghsa Haywood, Guard; Jakerria Malone, Drake Law School. Mr. Campbell received his and today has locations beyond Philadelphia Forward; Victoria Brown, Forward; Tanielle start at Kum & Go while in college when he and across the nation. The Philadelphia Maca- Woods, Point Guard; Kayela Franklin, For- was selected to sit on the company’s board of roni Company is a leading manufacturer of ward; Kenish Coleman, Forward; Shina Blunt, directors for a semester. That experience with pasta for many other national companies. Its Forward; Jerterika Holmes, Forward; Amiya the company and the Krause family ultimately first major contract came in the mid-1920s Clifton, Guard; Frederica Haywoor, Forward paved the way for him to garner an internship from the Campbell Soup Company—a request and Center; Ieysha Mays, Forward and Cen- in May of 2000. Today, Charley is an integral to make the small, letter-shaped noodles for ter; Danielle Thompson, Center. part of Kum & Go’s rapidly expanding oper- its popular and long-lived alphabet soup. Many The Lady Hornets reigned supreme with a ation and has had his great work recognized other ideas followed from soup marketers over 32–0 season, and for the first time in the through the company’s Founders Award and the years. In the 1970s, some companies school’s history, they were victorious in win- Values Award for Integrity. Charley was also were searching for an instant noodle that ning the gold ball as undefeated champions. recently honored with the 2013 Association of could be packaged dry in a pouch and the The history that was made and the work Corporate Counsel Value Champion Award. Marano family delivered. There are many that they put forth—as individuals and as a Outside of work, Mr. Campbell gives back to other inspiring stories associated with this team— will forever remain in the hearts and his community in a variety of ways. Charley family-owned business, but none more telling minds of their school, and this profound serves on the board of directors of the Iowa than the true spirit of American entrepreneur- achievement will carry them forward for the Grocery Industry Association, volunteers as a ship we honor here today. We congratulate rest of their lives. youth basketball coach at the YMCA, is an ac- the Philadelphia Macaroni Company and the Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me tive member at Lutheran Church of Hope, and Marano family for setting an example of busi- in recognizing the John F. Kennedy Memorial is guest speaker at both Drake Law School ness acumen, hard work and a timeless belief High School’s girl’s basketball team for their and Iowa State University. Charley resides in in the American dream.

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Jackson Lee amendment (No. 5 printed in part B APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF of H. Rept. 113–400) that sought to require CBO AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, to include as part of their macroeconomic analysis FDA, AND RELATED AGENCIES FY 2015 estimates of the potential impact on HUB ZONE BUDGET areas as defined by the Small Business Act (by a re- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agri- corded vote of 185 ayes to 222 noes, Roll No. 162). culture, Rural Development, FDA, and Related Pages H2939–40, H2942–43 Agencies held a hearing on USDA Rural Develop- H. Res. 539, the rule providing for consideration ment FY 2015 Budget. Testimony was heard from of the bills (H.R. 1874), (H.R. 1871), and (H.R. Doug O’Brien, Deputy Under Secretary, Rural De- 1872), was agreed to by a recorded vote of 220 ayes velopment; Lillian Salerno, Administrator, Rural to 194 noes, Roll No. 158, after the previous ques- Business Cooperative Services; Tony Hernandez, Ad- tion was ordered by a yea-and-nay vote of 222 yeas ministrator, Rural Housing Service; John Padalino, to 193 nays, Roll No. 157. Pages H2919–27 Administrator, Rural Utilities Service; and Michael Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House ad- Young, Budget Officer, Department of Agriculture. journs today, it adjourn to meet on Monday, April APPROPRIATIONS—BUREAU OF OCEAN 7th when it shall convene at 12 noon for Morning ENERGY MANAGEMENT AND BUREAU OF Hour Debate and 2 p.m. for legislative business. SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL Pages H2947–48 ENFORCEMENT Quorum Calls—Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Inte- seven recorded votes developed during the pro- rior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a ceedings of today and appear on pages H2926–27, hearing on Bureau of Ocean Energy Management H2927, H2940–41, H2941–42, H2942–43, H2944, and Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforce- and H2944–45. There were no quorum calls. ment. Testimony was heard from Tommy Beaudreau, Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management; and Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and ad- Brian Salerno, Director, Bureau of Safety and Envi- journed at 4:26 p.m. ronmental Enforcement. NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION Committee Meetings BUDGET REQUEST FOR INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES APPROPRIATIONS—MEMBER HEARING Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Intel- DAY ligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities held a Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense hearing on Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Au- held a hearing for Members of Congress. Testimony thorization Budget Request for Intelligence Activi- ties. Testimony was heard from Michael G. Vickers, was heard from the following Representatives: Wag- Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; Lieuten- ner, Cook, Heck (WA), Palazzo, Roby, Byrne, ant General Michael T. Flynn, Director, Defense In- Ribble, Jolly, Nunes, Farr, Barber, DeSantis, Hud- telligence Agency; Letitia A. Long, Director, Na- son, and Hanabusa. tional Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; and Richard H. Ledgett, Jr., Deputy Director, National Security APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF Agency. JUSTICE FY 2015 BUDGET PASSPORT FRAUD: AN INTERNATIONAL Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Com- VULNERABILITY merce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies held a hearing on Department of Justice FY 2015 Budget. Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Testimony was heard from Eric Holder, Attorney Border and Maritime Security held a hearing entitled General, Department of Justice. ‘‘Passport Fraud: An International Vulnerability’’. Testimony was heard from Alan D. Bersin, Assistant Secretary of International Affairs, and Chief Diplo- APPROPRIATIONS—BUREAU OF LAND matic Officer, Department of Homeland Security; MANAGEMENT FY 2015 BUDGET John Wagner, Acting Deputy Assistant Commis- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Inte- sioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Bor- rior, Environment, and Related Agencies held a der Protection, Department of Homeland Security; hearing on Bureau of Land Management FY 2015 Brenda S. Sprague, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Pass- Budget. Testimony was heard from Neil Kornze, port Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Depart- Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management. ment of State; and Shawn A. Bray, Director,

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2 p.m., Monday, April 7 12 noon, Monday, April 7

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: After the transaction of any Program for Monday: To be announced. morning business (not to extend beyond 5 p.m.), Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 3979, Protecting Vol- unteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act, post- cloture, and vote on passage of the bill at 5:30 p.m.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Farr, Sam, Calif., E520 Paulsen, Erik, Minn., E516, E526 Fitzpatrick, Michael G., Pa., E516, E527 Peters, Gary C., Mich., E518 Barr, Andy, Ky., E526 Green, Al, Tex., E525 Peters, Scott H., Calif., E518 Bonamici, Suzanne, Ore., E521 Guthrie, Brett, Ky., E515 Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E522 Brown, Corrine, Fla., E526 Gutie´rrez, Luis V., Ill., E519 Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E519 Butterfield, G.K., N.C.,E521 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E524 Rogers, Mike, Ala., E523 Carson, Andre´, Ind., E518 Huffman, Jared, Calif., E520 Sa´ nchez, Linda T., Calif., E525 Cicilline, David N., R.I., E519 Jackson Lee, Sheila, Tex., E524 Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E516 Cleaver, Emanuel, Mo., E522 Kelly, Robin L., Ill., E523 Sires, Albio, N.J., E523 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E519 Kline, John, Minn., E518 Swalwell, Eric, Calif., E515, E524 Collins, Doug, Ga., E525 Latham, Tom, Iowa, E521, E527 Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E518, E527 Crowley, Joseph, N.Y., E522 Maffei, Daniel B., N.Y., E515, E520 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E516 Davis, Danny K., Ill., E523 Messer, Luke, Ind., E526 Tipton, Scott R., Colo., E515, E519 Duncan, John J., Tenn., E517 Miller, Jeff, Fla., E520 Van Hollen, Chris, Md., E518 Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E521 Olson, Pete, Tex., E519 Wolf, Frank R., Va., E517

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