E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 115 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

Vol. 164 WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018 No. 95 Senate The Senate was not in session today. Its next meeting will be held on Monday, June 11, 2018, at 3 p.m. House of Representatives FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018

The House met at 9 a.m. and was last day’s proceedings and announces ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER called to order by the Speaker pro tem- to the House his approval thereof. PRO TEMPORE. pore (Mr. MARSHALL). Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The f nal stands approved. Chair will entertain up to five requests DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. for 1-minute speeches on each side of PRO TEMPORE Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule the aisle. I, I demand a vote on agreeing to the f The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Speaker’s approval of the Journal. fore the House the following commu- INTRODUCING THE FAMILY VIO- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The nication from the Speaker: LENCE PREVENTION AND SERV- question is on the Speaker’s approval WASHINGTON, DC, ICES ACT June 8, 2018. of the Journal. (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania I hereby appoint the Honorable ROGER W. The question was taken; and the MARSHALL to act as Speaker pro tempore on Speaker pro tempore announced that asked and was given permission to ad- this day. the ayes appeared to have it. dress the House for 1 minute and to re- vise and extend his remarks.) PAUL D. RYAN, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I object to the vote on the Mr. Speaker, too many Americans find f ground that a quorum is not present themselves in dangerous and life- and make the point of order that a PRAYER threatening situations as a result of quorum is not present. Monsignor Stephen J. Rossetti, domestic violence. Catholic University of America, Wash- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Victims need access to emergency ington, D.C., offered the following ant to clause 8, rule XX, further pro- shelter, crisis counseling, and advocacy prayer: ceedings on this question will be post- services. Good and gracious God, the psalmist poned. That is why I was proud to introduce reminds us that ‘‘The Lord’s is the The point of no quorum is considered H.R. 6014, the Family Violence Preven- Earth and its fullness, the world, and withdrawn. tion and Services Act of 2018, with my those who dwell in it.’’ Indeed, all of colleagues, Representatives GWEN creation bears the image of Your beau- f MOORE, ELISE STEFANIK, and LISA ty and Your love. BLUNT ROCHESTER. May Your spirit guide the work of PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Since it was enacted in 1984, the our hands to nurture in love the people Family Violence Prevention and Serv- of this Earth and the beautiful world The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the ices Act has addressed domestic vio- that sustains them. gentleman from Florida (Mr. DUNN) lence through community-driven solu- We make this prayer in the power of come forward and lead the House in the tions and a network of programs and Your spirit, and in Your holy name. Pledge of Allegiance. services dedicated to responding to do- Amen. Mr. DUNN led the Pledge of Alle- mestic violence across the country. f giance as follows: One example is the National Domes- tic Violence Hotline. The hotline oper- THE JOURNAL I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Repub- ates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The lic for which it stands, one nation under God, is available in 170 languages. It pro- Chair has examined the Journal of the indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. vides crisis intervention, counseling,

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Jun 08, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JN7.000 H08JNPT1 H4984 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 and safety planning, and can directly Alex Ovechkin was chosen as the In recognition of his monumental connect calls to a seamless referral most valuable player, having scored 15 contributions to the preservation and system of more than 4,500 community goals in the playoffs. protection of our environment, espe- programs across the United States. Mr. Speaker, I want to say one last cially on Long Island’s beautiful North Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to thing. My father was born in Denmark. Shore, I am proposing the renaming of support this bipartisan legislation. Do- Lars Eller, a member of the Wash- the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Ref- mestic violence has no place in our so- ington Capitals, was born and lives in uge to the Congressman Lester Wolff ciety, and we must stand up for victims Denmark, scored the winning goal. National Wildlife Refuge. and work to eradicate domestic vio- The colors of the Danish flag, as These precious wetlands, at Con- lence for good. some of you may know, are red and gressman Lester Wolff’s urging, were f white. How appropriate. How wonder- protected in 1968. In 1967, the New York CELEBRATING A TREMENDOUS ful. How grateful we are for the vision state legislature had, at the insistence VICTORY LAST NIGHT BY THE of Abe Pollin and the sponsorship of of then-Governor Nelson Rockefeller WASHINGTON CAPITALS Ted Leonsis. and master planner Robert Moses, au- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The thorized a bridge across the Long Is- (Mr. HOYER asked and was given Chair will remind Members to appear land Sound. permission to address the House for 1 on the floor in proper attire. Lester immediately saw this bridge minute.) Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, it is warm f would spoil the pristine and precious resource of the Long Island Sound, and in here. COMMEMORATING THE 136TH ANNI- soon found himself at the center of an Mr. Speaker, there is joy in the VERSARY OF THE YAKAMA enormous political fight. Lester won, Washington Capital Region today. TREATY When I get up in the morning every and the Oyster Bay Wildlife Refuge was day and I read the front page of the (Mr. NEWHOUSE asked and was born. Washington Post, I say: Oh, my good- given permission to address the House Lester’s efforts in 1968 are an impor- ness. for 1 minute and to revise and extend tant part of our Nation’s environ- Today, I read the front page of the his remarks.) mental history. I urge my colleagues to Washington Post. ‘‘At last, Capitals,’’ Mr. NEWHOUSE. Mr. Speaker, I rise support the renaming to the Lester with Alex Ovechkin holding the Stan- today to commemorate the 136th anni- Wolff National Wildlife Refuge, and I ley Cup high, celebrates. versary of the Yakama Nation Treaty wish Lester a happy 100th year and Mr. Speaker, I was in the Maryland of 1855. many more. State Senate in 1973, and one of the On June 9 in 1855, the United States f great citizens of our region, Abe Pollin, entered into an agreement with the said to us, to me, and to others: We confederated tribes and bands of the SUPPORTING THE MILITARY CON- want to build an arena in Prince Yakama Nation. This treaty marked STRUCTION AND VETERANS AF- George’s County. It was called the Cap- the beginning of a successful relation- FAIRS APPROPRIATIONS BILL ital Center. ship between the Yakamas, the Federal (Mr. DUNN asked and was given per- And in 1974, Abe Pollin brought hock- Government, and the people of Central mission to address the House for 1 ey to the Washington Metropolitan Washington State. minute and to revise and extend his re- area. I am proud to display a copy of the marks.) Abe Pollin died not too long ago. Be- treaty of 1855 in my office here in Mr. DUNN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today fore he died, he sold the Caps to Ted Washington, D.C. as a reminder of the in support of the Military Construction Leonsis. Abe Pollin and Ted Leonsis Federal Government’s obligations. and Veterans Affairs Appropriations are ecstatic today. The Yakama Nation’s presence and bill. Forty-four years, and now we are the influence is evident in my district. The Providing robust funding to the VA national champions. Mr. Speaker, I rise Yakama Nation Museum and Cultural is a step in the right direction to en- with great joy and excitement to cele- Center provides students and visitors sure our veterans receive the best pos- brate the tremendous victory last an inside look at the history and the sible care. night by the Washington Capitals in values of the Tribes. The newly opened This legislation increases funding to the Stanley Cup finals. Yakama Warriors Association’s Vet- the VA to the highest level ever. That The Caps had an extraordinary sea- erans Center provides resources and as- son and brought home a victory for the funding will go towards providing for national capital region; its first major sistance to veterans on or near the America’s heroes. We are increasing sports championship since 1992. Yakama Reservation. Events and cele- funding for homeless veterans’ serv- When team captain Alex Ovechkin brations bring communities together ices, mental healthcare, suicide pre- raised the Stanley Cup over his head to honor and preserve the Yakama Na- vention, opioid abuse, traumatic brain last night, he did so on behalf of thou- tion’s cultural traditions. injury research and treatments, and sands upon thousands upon thousands Mr. Speaker, I am grateful for the rural health initiatives, just to name a of Caps fans across our region, includ- Yakamas’ input as I work to represent few. ing, of course, my district. all of Central Washington, and I look As the son of an Army family and an That moment came after a 4–3 vic- forward to continuing to ensure their Army surgeon, I have seen firsthand tory over an extraordinary team, the voices are heard on the important deci- many issues that our veterans face. As Vegas Golden Knights, who, in their sions that affect the land that we all chairman of the VA Subcommittee on first season as an expansion team in love. Health, I am working to instill real the National Hockey League, became f changes at the VA. This means better care for our men and women who have the first team to come to the finals in RENAMING THE OYSTER BAY NA- served our Nation. that status. They had a magnificent TIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE TO Funding these important initiatives season and their own exciting path to THE CONGRESSMAN LESTER is a crucial part of repaying those who the finals during their inaugural sea- WOLFF NATIONAL WILDLIFE fought for our freedoms. I urge all of son. REFUGE As the celebrations continue from my colleagues to support this impor- last night into today and over the com- (Mr. SUOZZI asked and was given tant legislation. ing days, I want to offer my congratu- permission to address the House for 1 f lations to the players, coaches, mana- minute.) gerial staff, and my thanks to all the Mr. SUOZZI. Mr. Speaker, I rise TODAY IS WORLD OCEANS DAY fans who made the Caps’ victory pos- today in honor of the illustrious public (Ms. BONAMICI asked and was given sible. service career of a former Member of permission to address the House for 1 I hope my colleagues, dare I say even this body, Congressman Lester Wolff, minute.) the ones from Nevada, will join me in who will soon be celebrating his 100th Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, in the congratulating them as well. birthday. time I make these remarks, 1 minute,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Jun 08, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.003 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4985 and every minute after, the equivalent b 0915 never had a constituent or a company of an entire garbage truck full of plas- LET’S WORK TOGETHER TO HELP ask me to turn total control of the tic will be dumped into the oceans. AMERICAN FAMILIES HAVE internet over to the ISPs. That is about 8 million metric tons a HEALTHCARE Congress can act to prevent this year, endangering marine life. takeover. That is why I am a cosponsor Today is World Oceans Day, a good (Mr. KILMER asked and was given of the Congressional Review Act, a bill time to recommit to protect, conserve, permission to address the House for 1 to disable the administration’s give- maintain, and rebuild our oceans and minute.) away of the internet. Mr. Chair, I urge Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, first, do our ocean resources. my colleagues to stand on the right no harm. That is rule number one for The health of our oceans reflects the side of history with millions of Ameri- every doctor, and it should be rule health of our planet. We have work to cans and do the same. number one for this President and this do. Oceans absorb CO produced by 2 Congress as well. But because of the f human activities, and increasing car- harmful, partisan healthcare politics in ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOP- bon emissions are stressing the oceans Washington, D.C., next year, a quarter MENT AND RELATED AGENCIES and threatening the livelihood of coast- million people in Washington State APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 al communities. will have to spend 19 percent more per As oceans become more acidic, shell- GENERAL LEAVE month on their health insurance. Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, fish struggle to build shells. Oysters That adds up for a lot of folks. It will I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- and clams are especially vulnerable. add up to the difference between being bers have 5 legislative days in which to Harmful algal blooms produce acid able to afford healthcare or not. Fami- revise and extend their remarks and in- that accumulates in shellfish, like lies in Washington State will have less clude extraneous material in the fur- Dungeness crab, and can be poisonous money in their pockets because of the ther consideration of H.R. 5895, and to humans. choices to do harm by this Congress that I may include tabular material on We must invest in research to better and this administration. understand the challenges to ocean It is a choice to cut, as this adminis- the same. health, like ocean acidification, harm- tration did, the Federal payments that The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. ful algal blooms, marine debris, and make healthcare cheaper for families. NEWHOUSE). Is there objection to the overfishing. It is a choice to obsessively try to dis- request of the gentleman from Texas? There was no objection. The ocean is resilient, but we cannot mantle the Affordable Care Act, as this The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- afford to wait. On World Oceans Day, I House and this administration have ant to House Resolution 923 and rule invite all of my colleagues to join the done, creating uncertainty and driving XVIII, the Chair declares the House in bipartisan Oceans Caucus. The time to up costs. take action is now. Listen, the Affordable Care Act was the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for the further f not perfect, but it meant cheaper healthcare and more people with insur- consideration of the bill, H.R. 5895. HONORING ISRAEL’S 70TH ance. Let’s fix it rather than harm peo- Will the gentleman from Kansas (Mr. ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE ple. MARSHALL) kindly take the chair. (Mr. PALMER asked and was given Rather than partisan attacks that do b 0919 harm to the healthcare system and permission to address the House for 1 IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE harm to family budgets, let’s first do minute and to revise and extend his re- Accordingly, the House resolved no harm, and then let’s work together marks.) itself into the Committee of the Whole to actually help American families Mr. PALMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise House on the state of the Union for the have healthcare. today in honor of Israel’s 70th anniver- further consideration of the bill (H.R. sary of independence. The United f 5895) making appropriations for energy States has no stronger ally in the Mid- JUNE 11 WILL BE THE FIRST DAY and water development and related dle East than the State of Israel. WITHOUT NET NEUTRALITY PRO- agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- Our relationship is one rooted in TECTIONS tember 30, 2019, and for other purposes, shared values and a commitment to (Ms. ESHOO asked and was given per- with Mr. MARSHALL (Acting Chair) in freedom and democracy. Israel’s dedi- mission to address the House for 1 the chair. cation to political and economic free- minute and to revise and extend her re- The Clerk read the title of the bill. dom, free and fair elections, and free- marks.) The Acting CHAIR. When the Com- dom of religion provides a stark con- Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, Monday, mittee of the Whole rose on Thursday, trast with other regimes in the region. June 11, will be the first day without June 7, 2018, amendment No. 27 printed On this anniversary, I also want to net neutrality protections, thanks to in part B of House Report 115–712 of- recognize the important relationship the Trump administration. fered by the gentleman from Kentucky between Israel and the State of Ala- For the last decade and a half, the (Mr. BARR) had been disposed of. bama. internet has become the biggest driver AMENDMENT NO. 28 OFFERED BY MR. CARBAJAL Few people know that 5 years prior of our economy, of education, access to The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to Israel gaining independence, Ala- information, and the conduct of com- to consider amendment No. 28 printed bama became the first and perhaps merce. It all happened under net neu- in part B of House Report 115–712. only State to call for the establish- trality, because each of us had the free- Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Chairman, I ment of a Jewish state. dom to go where we wanted to go, see have an amendment at the desk. Seventy-five years ago, on June 10, what we wanted to see, and read what The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will 1943, in the midst of World War II, the we wanted to read. designate the amendment. Alabama legislature unanimously On Monday, the rules to protect an The text of the amendment is as fol- passed a joint resolution calling for a open internet will cease to exist. Con- lows: Jewish state, and for the Jewish people sumers will no longer be guaranteed Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, to have the right to self-government that they can choose to go where they insert ‘‘(increased by $8,000,000)’’. and self-determination. want to go or do what they want to do Page 132, line 10, after the dollar amount, Since that day, in acknowledgment online. Businesses can be made to pay insert ‘‘(reduced by $8,000,000)’’. and support of our mutual values, Ala- tolls to reach their customers. The The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to bama and Israel have maintained a spe- huge internet service providers can House Resolution 923, the gentleman cial friendship. Indeed, Alabama and reign with impunity over the most im- from California (Mr. CARBAJAL) and a the United States are proud to call portant tool in our economy and our Member opposed each will control 5 Israel our ally, and look forward to our democracy. minutes. continued support of Israel and our Over all the years I have represented The Chair recognizes the gentleman continued friendship. my Silicon Valley district, I have from California.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:36 Jun 08, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.005 H08JNPT1 H4986 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Chairman, my through joint efforts with VA’s Office pared to provide those who suffer from amendment seeks to provide additional of Rural Health and veterans service chronic pain with the help that they funding for the Veterans Transpor- organizations. need. It is the responsibility of this tation Program, which would provide This is a valuable program that has Congress to do our part to ensure they additional resources for the Highly clearly been recognized and high- are receiving the level of healthcare Rural Transportation Grants, Bene- lighted by the gentleman from Cali- they deserve. ficiary Travel, and Veterans Transpor- fornia, that helps veterans who are vis- According to VA data, despite the tation Service. ually impaired, elderly, or immobilized number of opioid prescriptions at the A major challenge facing veterans due to disease or disability, and par- VA declining—and that is the good across the Nation, including the cen- ticularly those living in remote and news—since 2012, the number of vet- tral coast of California, is the lack of rural areas, to get to their medical ap- erans with opioid use disorders has access to transportation when trying pointments. spiked 55 percent between 2011 and 2016. to get their medical appointments. At a time with the VA where we are Additionally, the American Public This is especially prevalent in districts struggling to make sure both in terms Health Association found that veterans like mine, where veterans don’t live in of time that veterans have to wait to are twice as likely to overdose on pre- close proximity to a major VA medical get an appointment and the difficulty scription opioids as the general popu- center. in getting through a long distance to lation. Available local transportation to get that service, this is an important The Veterans Health Administration health appointments at the local com- amendment. has taken initial steps to combat the munity-based outpatient clinic is a Mr. Chair, I appreciate the gen- growing opioid crisis by rolling out its constant challenge, as there are an in- tleman from California’s contribution Opioid Safety Initiative for VA health sufficient number of buses and drivers. and I strongly support it. settings, and the VA has also begun to Currently, there is only one bus serv- Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair, I publish toolkits for its community ing my district, and this one bus must yield back the balance of my time. health providers so they better under- make six stops before reaching the VA Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Chair, I would stand why veterans are looking to hospital in Los Angeles. Once there, just appeal to my colleagues that them for help. veterans only have a short window of ‘‘thank you for your service’’ is just My amendment provides the re- time to attend to all their appoint- not enough anymore for our veterans. sources for the VA to take their efforts ments before needing to rush back to We need to step up. We need to make a step further. It would direct the VA the bus to catch their transportation sure that they know we are here and to utilize the opioid safety resources home. we have their back when they need the already available at the VA and create In many cases, with these time con- services at the end of their tenure in a similar opioid toolkit for healthcare straints, veterans are unable to fit all the armed services. providers at civilian facilities who help of their necessary appointments into Mr. Chair, this is an important veterans with opioid use disorders. one day, and must again struggle with amendment. I urge my colleagues to This is even more important, Mr. transportation to get back to the hos- support it. Chairman, because of the establish- pital. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of ment of the Veterans Choice Program. Passage of this amendment would my time. The toolkit will provide safe pre- provide more transportation solutions The Acting CHAIR. The question is scribing practices provide additional for our veterans, allowing them to get on the amendment offered by the gen- resources for effective pain manage- to their medical appointments on time tleman from California (Mr. ment, and it will ultimately save lives. and receive proper medical care with- CARBAJAL). Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to out the fear of being left behind, unable The amendment was agreed to. join with me in support of this. to get back home. AMENDMENT NO. 29 OFFERED BY MR. KEATING Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. support this amendment, and I reserve to consider amendment No. 29 printed WASSERMAN SCHULTZ). the balance of my time. in part B of House Report 115–712. Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair- Mr. KEATING. Mr. Chairman, I have Chair, I thank the gentleman for yield- man, I claim the time in opposition to an amendment at the desk. ing. the amendment, even though I am not The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will I support the efforts by the gen- opposed to it. designate the amendment. tleman from Massachusetts to combat The Acting CHAIR. Without objec- The text of the amendment is as fol- opioid abuse, which really has been a tion, the gentleman from Texas is rec- lows: scourge in every region of this country ognized for 5 minutes. Page 132, line 25, after the dollar amount, and has left almost no region in this There was no objection. insert ‘‘(reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by Nation untouched. Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair, we $5,000,000)’’. The rates of prescription opioid mis- understand the gentleman’s concerns, The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to use and overdose continue to increase and we certainly will keep them in House Resolution 923, the gentleman sharply, and prescription opioids are mind during conference. from Massachusetts (Mr. KEATING) and now a leading cause of death in the Mr. Chair, I yield such time as she a Member opposed each will control 5 United States. In fact, Mr. Chairman, may consume to the gentlewoman from minutes. we are about to reach the third year in Florida (Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ). The Chair recognizes the gentleman a row that life expectancy in the Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. from Massachusetts. United States will have gone down. Chair, I thank the gentleman for yield- Mr. KEATING. Mr. Chairman, I rise That is the first time that has hap- ing. today to offer an amendment that pened since all the way back to World Mr. Chairman, in 2017, the VTP pro- would direct the VA to establish an War I, and it can be directly attributed gram transported a total of 557,331 vet- opioid abuse kit for community to opioid abuse and the resulting erans, of which 103,704 were disabled healthcare providers. deaths that has caused. veterans. We are fortunate to live in a time So I agree with my friend from Mas- The VTP office is the authoritative when, because of medical advance- sachusetts that the VA should have a source for all veteran-related travel ments, members of the military are toolkit similar to the mental health initiatives. Its core mission is to assist surviving combat injuries at unprece- toolkit and that it could save lives. I in the improvements of access to care dented rates. However, our duty of care support the amendment. and assist veterans in overcoming for military veterans does not stop Mr. KEATING. Mr. Chair, I thank the transportation barriers to accessing there. gentlewoman for her comments, and I VHA services. As our Nation welcomes home thou- reserve the balance of my time. VTS has established a network of sands of veterans from missions all Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair- transportation options for veterans over the world, we must be better pre- man, I claim the time in opposition to

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We veterans seeking treatment for a sub- The Acting CHAIR. Without objec- understand the gentleman’s concern, stance use disorder also have PTSD. tion, the gentleman is recognized for 5 and we will keep them in mind during My amendment addresses this chal- minutes. conference. lenge by helping those who provide There was no objection. May I say, having been a criminal healthcare services to veterans to learn MR. CARTER of Texas. I understand trial judge for many years, dealing the latest pain management tech- the gentleman’s concerns, and I will with prescription drug abuse and treat- niques, understand safe prescribing keep them in mind during conference. ing prescription drug abuse is one of practices, and spot the signs of poten- I yield back the balance of my time. the hardest things we have to deal with tial behavioral health conflicts and Mr. KEATING. Mr. Chairman, it is in criminal law. There is something challenges, including substance abuse another area where we can keep work- about the mental attitude towards a disorders. ing together to help veterans, and this prescription that causes people to Further, my amendment recognizes amendment will bring us forward in think it is safe. that VA healthcare providers already that task. I yield back the balance of my time. b 0930 need continuing education credits to maintain their State-issued profes- The Acting CHAIR. The question is This abuse that is going on in this sional licenses. The amendment does on the amendment offered by the gen- country, we have to do something not add to the total number of credits tleman from Massachusetts (Mr. about it, so I commend the gentleman. that prescribers already have to take. KEATING). I yield back the balance of my time. It simply makes sure that appropriate The amendment was agreed to. Mr. KEATING. Mr. Chairman, I know time is spent learning about this im- AMENDMENT NO. 31 OFFERED BY MS. EDDIE the gentleman from Texas and I will portant issue. BERNICE JOHNSON OF TEXAS work together on this going forward My constituents are fortunate in The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order and, hopefully, this amendment will Massachusetts because we have State to consider amendment No. 31 printed move us in that direction further. laws that deal with this and require in part B of House Report 115–712. I yield back the balance of my time. that kind of continuing education on Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of The Acting CHAIR. The question is this matter. However, in the other part Texas. Mr. Chairman, I have an amend- on the amendment offered by the gen- of my district, in the southwestern por- ment at the desk. tleman from Massachusetts (Mr. tion, most of the veterans in that area The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will KEATING). go to the Rhode Island veterans center designate the amendment. The amendment was agreed to. and, in Rhode Island, this is not cov- The text of the amendment is as fol- AMENDMENT NO. 30 OFFERED BY MR. KEATING ered by the State. lows: The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order Healthcare professionals in Provi- Page 135, line 12, after the dollar amount, to consider amendment No. 30 printed dence, Rhode Island, already have pain insert ‘‘(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by in part B of House Report 115–712. management education available, but $1,000,000)’’. Mr. KEATING. Mr. Chairman, I have there is no guarantee that they are The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to an amendment at the desk. taken. There is a recommendation, but House Resolution 923, the gentlewoman The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will no guarantee. My amendment simply from Texas (Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN- designate the amendment. makes sure that our veterans get that SON) and a Member opposed each will The text of the amendment is as fol- guarantee. I urge my colleagues to join control 5 minutes. lows: in support of this amendment. The Chair recognizes the gentle- Page 132, line 25, after the dollar amount, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Will woman from Texas. insert ‘‘(reduced by $1,500,000) (increased by the gentleman yield? Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of $1,500,000)’’. Mr. KEATING. I yield to the gentle- Texas. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to woman from Florida (Ms. WASSERMAN the ranking member for her help on House Resolution 923, the gentleman SCHULTZ). this issue. from Massachusetts (Mr. KEATING) and Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. I appreciate the opportunity to speak a Member opposed each will control 5 Chairman, pain management education about an issue that is very important minutes. for the prescription of opioids in the to my constituents and, of course, to The Chair recognizes the gentleman VA could help with opioid abuse; that me. I began my career as a nurse, from Massachusetts. is clear. The VA already has guidelines where I provided hands-on patient care Mr. KEATING. Mr. Chairman, I rise regarding the management of opioid for 15 years at the Dallas Veterans Ad- to offer an amendment that would di- therapy for chronic pain and provides ministration Hospital. I actually rect healthcare providers with VA af- clear and comprehensive, evidence- opened the psychiatric service. filiation to continue their efforts at based recommendations incorporating I rise today regarding an issue that is continuing education courses in spe- current information and practices for prevalent in my district and, more cific areas to manage pain, opioids, and practitioners throughout the DOD and likely, is coming around the country: substance abuse disorders. the VA healthcare systems. the Department of Veterans Affairs de- Nationally, about 30 percent of Amer- Mr. Chairman, these guidelines are laying, sometimes for years, payments icans have some form of chronic pain. provided to minimize harm and in- for services that have been authorized However, the percentage of veterans crease patient safety in patients who by the VA and performed subject to who report chronic pain is significantly require opioid therapy, but these guide- their requirements. higher. Over 50 percent of elderly vet- lines only work if the prescriber is ade- Small business vendors depend on erans report chronic pain, as do 60 per- quately trained. And that is why the timely payments in order to pay for cent of veterans returning from cur- gentleman from Massachusetts’ their services, pay their employees, rent conflicts. In fact, chronic pain is amendment would be so helpful, be- and conduct business that they have the most common medical problem ex- cause we all know that the key to agreed to perform for the price the VA perienced by returning combat vet- making sure that we can reach people has agreed to pay. erans over the last decade. and maximize the effectiveness of the Veterans and their care are very im- Of course, pain is not a standalone program is to ensure that the appro- portant to me, and one thing I have no- problem. We are increasingly aware of priate and significant training is done ticed in my career, both at the VA and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.009 H08JNPT1 H4988 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 here in Congress, is that it is impor- pitals in my home State are owed at Mr. Chairman, this simple amend- tant that getting the payment, what- least $134 million in payments that ment to H.R. 5895 would ensure suffi- ever and wherever it is owed, and have not been paid by the VA. cient funds for the Veterans Affairs Of- whether that is the veteran, a physi- I mean, I don’t care how big your op- fice of the Inspector General to provide cian, or a contractor, is important. eration is, that is a tremendous rigorous oversight of the Washington, I could talk about a number of things amount of money, and prompt payment D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center, about the VA, but one of the things is a critical issue because we need to a center that has been plagued with that is really hurting veterans is the make sure that the resources that are management problems, many of which delay of payment of vendors that appropriated to our healthcare system have been described in previous amend- render service. and the revenue that we need gen- ments here this morning. The other week, one of the small ven- erated to contribute to our economy The inspector general recently con- dors came into my office and said he and the care that we need provided is cluded a year-long investigation into was still waiting for payment from done so promptly. the critical deficiencies at that center. 2015. These vendors, for the most part, What we don’t want to have happen In its final report, issued on March 7 of offer services to the veterans away is healthcare providers deciding not to this year, the IG highlighted that lead- provide services outside the VA to VA from the hospital. It should not take ership failures and pervasive under- patients. And my discussion with them that long for them to be paid. staffing underpinned widespread issues yesterday was that there are It is ruining the home healthcare in inventory management, sterile proc- healthcare providers in our State that program because they cannot continue, essing, and patient safety itself. These are starting to decide not to take VA year after year, to deliver this care are our veterans we are talking about. without getting paid; and many of the patients anymore, and that would be a travesty. The IG found continual mismanage- small vendors have stopped servicing ment of protected information and sig- the veterans because they never see The gentlewoman is absolutely cor- rect. Waiting 2 or 3 years for pay- nificant government resources, putting payment in sight. So that is a major them at risk for fraud, waste, and issue which I came to speak about ment—that is the kind of length of time we are talking about here—can abuse. The report makes clear these today. failures have persisted for the better Fee-basis care is preapproved by the have a devastating impact, particu- part of a decade. Entrenched problems VA, and the veteran, VA facility, and larly on small business. like these will not be resolved over- provider are all aware of the costs of It is not a new issue at the VA. For night. the care being performed. There should example, former Secretary David not be a delay in delivering payment Shulkin started rapid response teams b 0945 whose goal was to settle the most sub- for essential services provided to the Following the final report’s release, veteran. stantial outstanding bills as quickly as possible. officials from the U.S. Department of Many of these small businesses have Veterans Affairs briefed House Vet- to file lawsuits and get attorneys to re- Mr. Chairman, the issue of prompt payments must be addressed as more erans Affairs’ Committee staff that trieve their money. Many of them have veterans seek services outside of the delays in patient care and supply been put out of business and made up VA. It is a tremendous problem, and I shortages were no longer occurring as their mind they cannot service vet- am really pleased that the gentle- of January 2018. erans because they cannot get paid in a woman has brought it to our attention, Yet recent reports show, contrary to timely manner. Two or 3 years late for raised the issue, because we need to that, that seven procedures were can- payment is a long time for small busi- know the full scope of VA delinquent celed due to supply shortages in Feb- nesses. payments. So I support this amend- ruary and March of this year, contrary My concern is this slow-walking of ment, and I yield back the balance of to the Department’s own claims. The claim payments is endemic throughout my time. VA inspector general has played a vital the VA, and veterans are being held re- Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of role in covering that crisis at the D.C. sponsible for the delay. Not all con- Texas. Mr. Chairman, I really appre- VA Medical Center, and we must en- tractors are as savvy as my con- ciate the comments of the ranking sure that the VA IG has adequate re- stituent and might not know what the member, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and sources to carry out its essential man- next step should be to resolve these Chairman DENT agreeing to look into date. issues. this issue. The bill before us today meets the My amendment is designed to en- I yield back the balance of my time. President’s 2019 budget request of $172 courage the VA to report on the num- The Acting CHAIR. The question is million. However, the VA inspector ber of vendors who are being held hos- on the amendment offered by the gen- general, Michael Missal, recently wrote tage to slow payment around the coun- tlewoman from Texas (Ms. EDDIE BER- that $172 million will not be sufficient try and how much money is being tied NICE JOHNSON). for the IG to fully meet its mission of up in these delays. These small vendors The amendment was agreed to. effective oversight of the programs and cannot survive these long delays in AMENDMENT NO. 32 OFFERED BY MR. CONNOLLY operations of the Veterans Administra- getting paid. The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order tion. We need to know how big the prob- to consider amendment No. 32 printed Furthermore, the IG said that an lem is and how we can figure out how in part B of House Report 115–712. FY19 appropriation of $172 million to fix it. Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chairman, I would actually likely require a de- Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance have an amendment at the desk. of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will crease of about 28 OIG staff. This could Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. designate the amendment. not be a worse time to have that hap- Chairman, I claim the time in opposi- The text of the amendment is as fol- pen, and I know the chairman and the tion, even though I am not opposed to lows: ranking member share in that view. the amendment. Page 138, line 13, after the dollar amount, Across the inspector general commu- The Acting CHAIR. Without objec- insert ‘‘(reduced by $1,000,000) (increased by nity, the IG staffing at the VA is tion, the gentlewoman from Florida is $1,000,000)’’. among the smallest ratio of oversight recognized for 5 minutes. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to staff to agency staff, and the OIG budg- There was no objection. House Resolution 923, the gentleman et represents less than 0.1 percent of Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. from Virginia (Mr. CONNOLLY) and a the total Veterans Administration Chairman, the gentlewoman from Member opposed each will control 5 budget. Texas has identified a very important minutes. This week, the Senate Appropria- issue, one that was brought to my at- The Chair recognizes the gentleman tions Committee voted to fund the IG tention in sharp relief by my own hos- from Virginia. at a level of $192 million for FY 2019, pital association just yesterday. Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chairman, I and I hope my colleagues will support In Florida, we are now the third-larg- yield myself such time as I may con- that higher funding level when this bill est State in the Union, and the hos- sume. gets to conference.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:25 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.014 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4989 We have a sacred obligation to ensure facility is failing the veterans in the priorities if OIG staffing and resources de- that the men and women, who sac- Metro D.C. area who deserve better. crease at a time when VA is experiencing rificed so much to defend our freedom, This is an important amendment, growth, including large and complex projects receive the highest quality care they and making sure that the VA takes such as VA’s new electronic health records initiative, improving VA’s financial systems, can possibly receive. The IG’s yearlong care of its patients and is not negligent enhancing and consolidating VA’s IT sys- investigation revealed that the D.C. or derelict in its duties at every single tems, and expansion of community care pro- VA Medical Center has, at times, fallen place that those veterans are serviced grams. The OIG will need additional funds to far below that standard. We owe it to is critical. not only conduct oversight of these costly our veterans not only to address these Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of programs, but also to expand our investiga- problems, but also to understand how my time. tions of other high-risk VA programs, such they were allowed to arise in the first Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chairman, I as construction, procurement, education place. would conclude simply by thanking my benefits, and the delivery of timely and qual- ity healthcare. The VA OIG’s staffing is Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to friend from Florida for detailing that among the smallest ratio of oversight staff support this amendment to this bill horror story. Unfortunately, these to agency staff across the Inspector General and to ensure the highest quality for aren’t isolated incidents. This is a pat- community. Moreover, the OIG budget rep- our veterans who fought for their coun- tern of shoddy care for our veterans at resents less than .1 percent of VA’s overall try, and I reserve the balance of my this center, and we need the IG to be budget, which again is less than a significant time. doing his work over time to make sure number of OIGs at other cabinet level agen- Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. that these deficiencies are corrected, cies. An FY2019 appropriation of $172 million Chair, I claim the time in opposition, and corrected as soon as possible. That will undermine progress achieved to ‘‘right even though I am not in opposition to size’’ the OIG oversight capacity to the is the intent of this amendment. growth and demands of VA’ new initiatives. the amendment. Again, I thank my friend from Texas, The Acting CHAIR. Without objec- but I especially thank my good friend DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, tion, the gentlewoman from Florida is DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ from Flor- INSPECTOR GENERAL, recognized for 5 minutes. ida for their support on this amend- Washington, DC, April 3 2018. There was no objection. ment. Hon. PATTY MURRAY, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. I include in the RECORD two letters U.S. Senate, Chairman, you just can’t make this from the Department of Veterans Af- Washington, DC. stuff up. The committee members have fairs inspector general. DEAR SENATOR MURRAY: Your question re- garding the VA Office of Inspector General’s been to the D.C. VA Medical Center, DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, and they put on a nice show when I (OIG) budget for fiscal year (FY) 2019 was re- INSPECTOR GENERAL, ferred to the OIG for a response. We appre- first became ranking member. They Washington DC, March 23, 2018. ciate your interest and are grateful for your leave a good impression. But the docu- Hon. PHIL ROE, M.D., support. mented issues at the D.C. VA Medical Chairman, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, The budget request for the OIG FY 2019 of Center are well known, and I want to House of Representatives, Washington, DC. $172 million will not be sufficient for the OIG just walk our colleagues through a few DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Enclosed is a re- to fully meet its mission of effective over- sponse from the Office of Inspector General of them because this is how egregious sight of the programs and operations of VA. (OIG) to a question for the record received While that amount would represent an in- it is. The gentleman’s suggestion from Congressman Mike Bost following the through this amendment to make sure crease over the OIG’s funding of $164 million February 15th hearing before the Committee for FY 2018, it falls short of even the OIG’s that the IG takes a very close look at on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs actual FY 2018 operating budget of $179.9 mil- what is going on at this medical center Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2019. We re- lion (which includes $15.9 million of carry- is critical. quest that it be added to the hearing record. over due to a late hiring cycle that was out The D.C. VA Medical Center was Thank you for your interest in the OIG. of synch with the budget cycle). found to have paid exorbitant amounts Sincerely, There will not be a carryover of that size MICHAEL J. MISSAL. for FY 2019 as those funds will have been ex- for supplies and equipment, including Enclosure. $300 per speculum, which could have pended primarily on new hires to conduct OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL, DEPARTMENT been purchased for $122 each, and $900 our oversight work. In addition, we are now OF VETERANS AFFAIRS RESPONSE TO QUES- each for a special needle that was funding our Office of Contract Review ap- TIONS FOR THE RECORD FROM HOUSE COM- proximately $5 million that was previously available for $250. In one case, the med- MITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS HEARING ON paid by VA through a reimbursable agree- ical center rented in-home hospital U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ment, and there are other increased costs in beds for three patients for 3 years at a BUDGET REQUEST FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 FY 2019. Consequently, a FY 2019 appropria- total cost of $877,000. The medical cen- 65. The budget includes a request for $172 tion of $172 million would likely require a de- ter could have bought the three beds million for the Office of Inspector General to crease of about 28 OIG staff. This would in- for $21,000. strengthen accountability. Will this level of evitably result in a curtailment of some of A review of 124 veteran patient funding be sufficient to properly enforce ac- our oversight activities at a time when VA is records found problems with supplies countability throughout the VA? experiencing growth, including large and complex projects such as VA’s new electronic or instruments in 74 of the cases be- VA Office of Inspector General Response: The budget request for the Office of Inspec- health records initiative, improving VA’s fi- tween 2014 and 2017. tor General (OIG) for fiscal year (FY) 2019 of nancial systems, enhancing and consoli- One surgery was canceled after the $172 million will not be sufficient for the OIG dating VA’s IT systems, and expansion of patient was already under anesthesia to fully meet its mission of effective over- community care programs. The OIG will because a retractor was unavailable be- sight of the programs and operations of VA. need additional funds to not only conduct cause it had not been sterilized since While that amount would represent an in- oversight of these costly programs, but also its previous use a week earlier. crease over the OIG’s funding of $164 million to expand our investigations of other high- A surgeon had to improvise when a for FY 2018, it falls short of even the OIG’s risk VA programs, such as construction, pro- tool used to prepare a skin graft was actual FY 2018 operating budget of $175.5 mil- curement, education benefits, and the deliv- lion (which includes $15.9 million of carry- ery of timely and quality healthcare. The VA broken and the graft failed. A surgical over due to a late hiring cycle that was out OIG’s staffing is among the smallest ratio of staff member had to run to a private of synch with the budget cycle). oversight staff to agency staff across the In- sector hospital across the street to bor- There will not be a carryover of that size spector General community. Moreover, the row mesh to repair a hernia for FY 2019 as those funds will have been ex- OIG budget represents less than .1 percent of midprocedure. pended led primarily on new hires to conduct VA’s overall budget, which again is less than Investigators received more than our oversight work. In addition, we are now a significant number of OIGs at other cabi- 1,300 boxes of unsecured records from funding our Office of Contract Review ap- net level agencies. A FY 2019 appropriation two warehouses, the hospital base- proximately $5 million that was previously of $172 million will undermine progress ment, and a large trash dumpster in paid by VA through a reimbursable agree- achieved to ‘‘right size’’ the OIG oversight ment, and there are other increased costs in capacity to match the growth and demands April 2017. Of those records, 81 percent FY 2019. Consequently, an FY 2019 appropria- of VA’s new initiatives. contained confidential patient infor- tion of $172 million would require a decrease We will provide a copy of this letter to mation, including medical scans and of about 28 OIG staff. This would result in a Chairman Isakson and request that it be records dating back to the 1970s. This likely curtailment of some of our oversight made part of the hearing record.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:35 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.017 H08JNPT1 H4990 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 Again, thank you for interest and support increase permanent housing and case man- try, there are approximately 107,000 of the OIG. agement for area Veterans. veterans, male and female, who are Sincerely, ‘‘This initiative will strengthen our ongo- homeless on any given night, even MICHAEL J. MISSAL. ing efforts to eliminate Veteran homeless- though communities are working very Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chair, I yield ness and improve quality of life for Vet- hard. erans,’’ said Adam C. Walmus, M.H.A., M.A., back the balance of my time. I know in my hometown of Houston, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. F.A.C.H.E., director of the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. ‘‘Working with we work hard to reduce the numbers of Chair, the gentleman deserves credit our partners at HUD, we continue to make homeless veterans. Many of us work for bringing this to the House’s atten- good progress to reduce Veteran homeless- with homeless veterans, attend what tion. The outrage at this medical cen- ness, though much work remains. VA is com- we call stand down, where we provide ter speaks for itself, and I look forward mitted to providing Veterans and their fami- them with the maximum support on to making sure that the IG has the re- lies with access to affordable housing and the street. We want them to get off the sources that are needed to be able to medical services that will help them get street, but we want to bring the serv- get to the bottom to help fix this prob- back on their feet.’’ ices to them. In 2012 alone, 35,905 vet- The funding, from Housing and Urban De- erans lived in public housing provided lem. velopment’s Veterans Affairs Supportive Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of Housing program (HUD–VASH), is a coordi- by the VASH program. my time. nated effort by HUD, VA, and local housing So I want to continue this focus, and The Acting CHAIR. The question is agencies to provide permanent housing for this amendment is to suggest that no on the amendment offered by the gen- homeless Veterans. matters in this bill, no language in this tleman from Virginia (Mr. CONNOLLY). Homeless Veterans are referred to the Har- bill will be in contravention of our pro- The amendment was agreed to. ris County Housing Authority for ‘‘Housing grams that deal with our homeless vet- AMENDMENT NO. 33 OFFERED BY MS. JACKSON Choice’’ Section 8 vouchers to assist with erans. LEE rent payment. With this latest grant, the Let me also make the point that Mi- Harris County Housing Authority will re- chael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order ceive 125 additional housing vouchers. to consider amendment No. 33 printed has been involved in changing lives in Eligible homeless Veterans receive VA-pro- a mighty way by providing veterans in part B of House Report 115–712. vided case management, and services to sup- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chair, I have port stability and recovery from physical and their families with access to af- an amendment at the desk. and mental health, substance use, and func- fordable housing and medical services The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will tional concerns contributing to or resulting that would help to get them back on designate the amendment. from homelessness. their feet. The text of the amendment is as fol- Veterans participating in the HUD–VASH I had the privilege of knowing Dr. lows: program rent privately owned housing and Michael E. DeBakey and naming the generally contribute no more than 30 percent hospital after him. His whole value and At the end of division C (before the short of their income toward rent. VA offers eligi- his whole purpose as he continued to do title), insert the following: ble homeless Veterans clinical and sup- magical surgery was to remind us, as SEC. ll. None of the funds made available portive services through the Michael E. by this Act may be used by the Secretary of he created the MASH unit in World DeBakey VA Medical Center. War II, that our veterans yesterday, Veterans Affairs in contravention of sub- About one-third of the adult homeless pop- chapter III of chapter 20 of title 38, United ulation has served their country in the today, and tomorrow should be our pri- States Code. Armed Services. ority. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to Current population estimates suggest that Mr. Chair, I ask my colleagues to House Resolution 923, the gentlewoman about 107,000 Veterans (male and female) are support this amendment. from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE) and a homeless on any given night and perhaps Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the Member opposed each will control 5 twice as many experience homelessness at desk, it is Jackson Lee Amendment No. 33, minutes. some point during the course of a year. which simply provides that: Many other Veterans are considered near The Chair recognizes the gentle- ‘‘None of the funds made available by this homeless or at risk because of their poverty, Act for the Department of Veteran Affairs— woman from Texas. lack of support from family and friends, and Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, Benefits for Homeless Veterans and Training dismal living conditions in cheap hotels or in and Outreach Programs may be used in con- my first order of business is to thank overcrowded or substandard housing. travention of the title 38, Part II, Chapter 20, both Judge CARTER and Congress- If you know a Veteran who needs assist- Subchapter II and III of the U.S. Code. woman WASSERMAN SCHULTZ for their ance, please call 1–877–4AID VET (877–424– 3838) or the Health Care for Homeless Vet- This amendment will help ensure that the leadership and, as well, for their shep- rate of homelessness among veterans in the herding this bill that is based and fo- erans Program at 713–794–7848. More informa- tion about VA’s homeless programs is avail- United States does not increase. cused on help for our veterans. able online at http://www.va.gov/homeless. I thank Subcommittee Chairman CALVERT This past month and coming into the and Ranking Member WASSERMAN SCHULTZ Fourth of July and Veterans Day in Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chair, my amendment is an amendment to ensure for their hard work in shepherding this impor- November may be just one or two or tant legislation to the floor. three of the times that we acknowledge that we will focus the VA on its obliga- tion to provide our veterans the assist- I offer Jackson Lee Amendment No. 33 be- those who have fallen as well as our cause I believe reducing and eliminating ance needed to avoid homelessness. It veterans, but it really is a responsi- homelessness among veterans, those who will help to ensure the rate of home- bility of this country and this Congress risked their lives to protect our freedom, lessness among veterans in the United to acknowledge and work on behalf of should also be one of the nation’s highest pri- States does not increase, because I be- our veterans every single day. orities. I hold up a picture of and will include lieve in reducing and eliminating Homelessness among the American veteran in the RECORD an article about Army homelessness among veterans. Those population is on the rise in the United States Veteran Vivian Unce, Navy veteran who risked their lives to protect our and we must be proactive in giving back to Victoria Lewis, and Navy veteran freedom should also be one of the Na- those who have given so much to us. Veronica Vernon. They met each other tion’s highest priorities. Jackson Lee Amendment No. 33 will help in a homeless shelter. They have come I am grateful that this particular leg- focus the VA on its obligation to provide our to know each other, and I would say to islation, likewise, recognizes the im- veterans the assistance needed to avoid Mr. Chairman there are homeless vet- portance of dealing with homelessness homelessness, which includes adequately erans every night across this country. and working with the VA and its public funding for programs Veterans Administration [Wed., July 20, 2011] housing assistance. That is where these Supportive Housing (VASH) that provide case- individuals were able to find housing, MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY VA MEDICAL CENTER— management services, adequate housing fa- through the grant for the permanent HOUSTON, TEXAS GRANT PROVIDES MORE cilities, mental health support, and address THAN $666K FOR PERMANENT HOUSING FOR housing for homeless veterans. other areas that contribute to veteran home- HOMELESS VETERANS It is important to recognize that per- lessness. HOUSTON.—The Department of Veterans haps twice as many, 200,000, experience VASH is a jointly-administered permanent Affairs has announced the award of $666,765 homelessness at some point during the supportive housing program for disabled Vet- to the Harris County Housing Authority to course of the year. Today, in our coun- erans experiencing homelessness in which VA

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:35 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN7.009 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4991 medical Centers provide referrals and case Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, Supportive Services for Veteran Families management while Public Housing Agencies let me again express my appreciation. team. (PHAs) administer the Section 8 housing As I indicated, there is a very solid I include in the RECORD an article vouchers. and strong stand on this bill regarding about Liz. Mr. Chair, our veterans deserve the best providing for our homeless veterans. It ‘‘HEROISM KNOWS NO GENDER’’ services available, and I believe that we could is something that we contend with in Liz is an Army Veteran and a single mom. be doing much more for them. our city of Houston, but we are grate- After losing her job, she struggled to pay the Today, in our country, there are approxi- ful that the local officials are very con- rent and provide for her daughter. Liz’s land- mately 107,000 veterans (male and female) cerned about it. lord said she had always been an excellent who are homeless on any given night. I want to make sure as we go to con- tenant but his patience was wearing thin as And perhaps twice as many (200,000) expe- ference that our focus will continue to her rent arrears continued to increase. Dis- be on making sure that maybe in our heartened with a fruitless job search and un- rience homelessness at some point during the sure of where else to turn, Liz came to the course of a year. lifetime we extinguish this concept of Veterans Outreach Center (VOC). She was Many other veterans are considered near homeless veterans and homelessness immediately connected with a Case Man- homeless or at risk because of their poverty, among veterans by providing them ager, an Employment Specialist, an Accred- lack of support from family and friends, and with a pathway to opportunity and suc- ited State Veterans Benefits Counselor, and dismal living conditions in cheap hotels or in cess. the SSVF team. overcrowded or substandard housing. So I ask my colleagues to support my In order to avoid the immediate crisis of While significant progress has been made, amendment, and I yield back the bal- homelessness, the Services To Enable Posi- ance of my time. tive Solutions (S.T.E.P.S) program at the ending homelessness among veterans re- VOC paid Liz’s rent arrears, which had esca- mains a big challenge. The Acting CHAIR. The question is lated to an amount that was insurmount- In my hometown of Houston for example, on the amendment offered by the gen- able. Within a few short days of connecting between the years 2010 and 2017, the num- tlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON with the team at VOC, Liz had a job inter- ber of homeless veterans increased from 771 LEE). view that resulted in full-time, meaningful to 1,162. The amendment was agreed to. employment. In less than a week, she had a We must remain vigilant and continue to AMENDMENT NO. 34 OFFERED BY MS. JACKSON benefits review with an on-site counselor fight for those who put on the uniform and LEE from the New York State Division of Vet- fought for us. The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order erans Affairs during which she applied for an increase in disability compensation. The Providing a home for veterans to come to consider amendment No. 34 printed payment of Liz’s back rent allowed her and home to every night is the very least we can in part B of House Report 115–712. her daughter to keep a roof over their head. do. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chair, I have With a roof over their heads and their living Mr. Chair, programs like VASH have suc- an amendment at the desk. situation stabilized, Liz was able to focus on ceeded in changing lives. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will her employment and securing her benefits, In 2012 alone, 35,905 veterans lived in the designate the amendment. which are both components of an Individual public housing provided by VASH. The text of the amendment is as fol- Development Plan (IDP) that will help Liz I have seen the impact of such grants in my lows: sustain permanent housing in the future. The VOC was able to stabilize Liz and her home state of Texas, and within my congres- At the end of division C (before the short daughter while concurrently providing the sional district in Houston, and I am sure that title), insert the following: supportive services necessary for her to this funding has positively impacted many SEC. ll. The amounts otherwise provided maintain permanent housing. The temporary communities across this country. by this Act are revised by reducing the financial assistance was delivered to the In Texas, there are committed groups in amount made available for ‘‘Department of landlord in a timely, efficient manner with Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administra- the help of a S.T.E.P.S collaborative partner. Houston, working to eradicate the issue of tion—Information Technology Systems’’ homelessness. Through coordinated case management, the (and the amount specified under such head- aforementioned supportive services were pro- For example, the Michael E. DeBakey VA ing for operations and maintenance), and by Medical Center has been involved in changing vided quickly and effectively. The longterm increasing the amount made available in fis- result of this effort is yet to be determined, veterans’ lives in a mighty way by providing cal year 2019 for ‘‘Veterans Health Adminis- but at the 90-day benchmark, Liz has re- Veterans and their families with access to af- tration—Medical Services’’, by $2,500,000 and tained both her job and her home. She has fordable housing and medical services that will $2,000,000, respectively. realized this goal independently, without re- help them get back on their feet. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to questing any additional financial assistance. Mr. Chair, we cannot let this issue of home- House Resolution 923, the gentlewoman Consequently, the VOC was able to better lessness continue. from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE) and a the lives of a mom (a Veteran) and her child I urge my colleagues to support Jackson Member opposed each will control 5 immeasurably through SSVF funding. Lee Amendment No. 33 and commit ourselves minutes. Ms. JACKSON LEE. This is a very to the hard but necessary work of ending vet- The Chair recognizes the gentle- conspicuous and daily occurrence that eran homelessness in America. woman from Texas. happens where our veterans are able to Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, go to a supportive team that under- my time. let me explain the Jackson Lee amend- stands their service, appreciates their Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair- ment, which makes a modest but im- plight, and works to help them so that man, I claim the time in opposition, al- portant improvement to the bill by in- they do not go into the cycle of home- though I don’t intend to oppose this creasing the amount of funding for the lessness. amendment. supportive services for veterans’ fami- I think it is particularly important The Acting CHAIR. Without objec- lies account by $2 million, offset by a when we think about veterans and tion, the gentleman is recognized for 5 certain amount to the $4 billion allo- their families. They are many times minutes. cated to the VA’s information tech- single parents, many times disabled or There was no objection. nology systems. with family concerns, mental health Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair, we Let me read a story that talks about needs, and these services that are pro- understand and commend the gentle- Liz, who is an Army veteran and a sin- vided include healthcare, daily living, woman’s concern about safeguarding gle mom: legal services, fiduciary and payee the homeless programs. Looking at After losing her job, she struggled to pay services, personal financial planning, what we have done, we have gotten in the rent and provide for her daughter. Liz’s childcare, transportation, and housing this bill $7.4 billion in homeless vet- landlord said she had always been an excel- counseling. erans’ treatment services, housing, and lent tenant, but his patience was wearing Veterans like the Air Force veteran job training, and we certainly are thin as her recent rent arrears continued to who, hoping to utilize the skills he going to keep in mind, when we go to increase. Disheartened with a fruitless job learned in the service, instead bounced search and unsure where else to turn, Liz conference, what the gentlewoman has came to the Veterans Outreach Center. She from job to job after being discharged, presented us here today. was immediately connected with a case man- found himself sleeping at night on the Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of ager, an employment specialist, and an ac- cold cement under a bridge in Chicago. my time. credited State benefits counselor, and the But, of course, he was able to get the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JN7.011 H08JNPT1 H4992 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 support from our veterans support leave via physician’s orders, she was termi- vide supportive services to very low-income services. nated from her employer. A single mother of veteran families living in or transitioning to per- This is, again, a valuable statement two, her biggest concern was maintaining manent housing. made by this legislation, and I ask my her current residency. The SSVF Program ensures that eligible On December 21st, when Cherie´ met with colleagues to continue to support the Katie, she was very emotional and had dif- veteran families receive the outreach, case services given by this particular pro- ficulty processing her thoughts. She was ex- management, and assistance in obtaining VA gram. tremely overwhelmed with how to pay for and other benefits. Again, I hope that we will see the end her rent and utilities and provide for her These services may include health care, of homelessness among our veterans children while unemployed. Katie provided daily living, legal services, fiduciary and payee and the increase in support services to emotional support as well as resources for a services, personal financial planning, child help them in their pathway to success. food box, an application for food stamps care, transportation, housing counseling. Mr. Chair, I ask my colleagues to through the county, contact information for The SSVF Program enables VA staff and a Veterans employment team representative support my amendment, and I reserve and lastly, information about a support local homeless service providers to work to- the balance of my time. group for women Veterans in the Bismarck gether to effectively address the unique chal- Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair- community. In Cherie´’s own words, ‘‘The lenges that make it difficult for some veterans man, I rise in opposition to the amend- SSVF assistance provided peace of mind and and their families to remain stably housed. ment, although I do not oppose the helped keep me on my feet, especially with Many homeless veterans, including in my amendment. having kids. Katie has been such a calming own state of Texas, lack housing because The Acting CHAIR. Without objec- influence, good about following up and very they lost their job or could no longer afford supportive.’’ rent; many suffer from an untreated mental ill- tion, the gentleman is recognized for 5 Since Cherie´ has been involved with the minutes. Salvation Army, she has been able to focus ness that keeps them from working. There was no objection. on recovering from her TBI, has found tem- Every day the SSVF program makes a real porary full-time employment for which per- difference in the lives of real people. b 1000 manent placement is promising, and is able Veterans like the Air Force veteran who, Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair- to provide for her children and keep a roof hoping to utilize the skills he learned in the man, our bill includes $340 million for over their heads. She’s also spreading the service, instead bounced from job to job after the Supportive Services for Veteran word to fellow Veterans throughout the being discharged and found himself sleeping Family Program, which is $20 million state about the SSVF program. at night on the cold cement under a bridge in above the President’s budget request. Ms. JACKSON LEE. I ask my col- Chicago. But we understand the gentlewoman’s leagues to support the program overall Through the Thresholds Veterans Project, concerns and we will certainly keep and my amendment. funded through the SSVF, this hero received them in mind in conference. Mr. Chair, thank you for this opportunity to steady community service support and eventu- Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- briefly explain Jackson Lee Amendment No. ally was placed in his own studio apartment. ance of my time. 34. He now says, in his own words: I have a Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chairman, Before I begin, let me express my apprecia- home. I enjoy bein’ inside.’’ let me close by acknowledging and tion and thanks to good friends, Chairman Veterans like the one in Texas who because thanking the chairman and ranking CALVERT and Ranking Member WASSERMAN he lost his job at a manufacturing plant and member again for their leadership on SCHULTZ, for their hard and constructive work was unable to pay the bills, was forced to this bill and to remind my colleagues in shepherding this legislation to the floor. seek shelter for himself and his family at a that there are a series of stories of vet- Chairman CALVERT and I have worked to- homeless shelter. erans who really needed these services. gether constructively for many years and he Fortunately, the homeless shelter was a Katie, an SSVF caseworker at the has always distinguished himself as one of the SSVF grantee and was able to assist the vet- Salvation Army Bismarck, received a more bipartisan members of the House. eran obtain employment and his family in se- call from a veteran named Cherie. And Ranking Member WASSERMAN SCHULTZ curing affordable low-cost housing. Cherie was referred by the family as- has for years been one of the ablest Members There are thousands of similar success sto- sistance adviser at the military service of this body; I thank them both for their com- ries made possible by the SSVF Program that center in Bismarck. According to mitment to the important work of ensuring that I could share but all of them share a common Cherie, she didn’t know the Salvation our veterans receive the care and support theme: they involve veterans who served their Army had the veterans program until they have earned from a grateful nation. country proudly, fell down on their luck, picked she inquired for help. Jackson Lee Amendment No. 34 makes a themselves back up, and found affordable and Cherie approached them. She had suf- modest but important improvement to the bill sustainable housing for their families because fered a head injury resulting in a 3-inch by increasing the amount of funding for the of the assistance and support made possible blood clot, skull fracture, severe con- ‘‘Supportive Services for Veterans’ Families’’ by the SSVF program. cussion. In short, she suffered trau- account by $2 million, offset by a reduction of Ensuring that veterans have a place of their matic brain injury. While on unpaid $2.5 million to the $4 billion allocated to the own to call home is the very least we can do. medical leave via physician’s orders, VA’s ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ ac- I urge my colleagues to support the Jackson she was terminated from her employer. count. Lee Amendment and commit ourselves to the This is the kind of devastating news Today, in our country, there are approxi- hard but necessary work of ending veteran that will be heard from veterans who mately 107,000 veterans (male and female) homelessness in America. will seek and receive this kind of help. who are homeless on any given night. I urge my colleagues to support Jackson Mr. Chairman, I include in the Any perhaps twice as many (200,000) expe- Lee Amendment No. 34. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- RECORD articles explaining the plight rience homelessness at some point during the of a veteran in Bismarck: course of a year. ance of my time. The VA’s ‘‘Supportive Services for Veterans’ The Acting CHAIR. The question is HOW THE SALVATION ARMY HELPED A MOTHER on the amendment offered by the gen- AND HER CHILDREN KEEP THEIR HOME Families’’ Program helps veterans, and their tlewoman from Texas (Ms. JACKSON On December 20, 2011, Katie, an SSVF families, who may have fallen on hard times or LEE). Caseworker at the Salvation Army Bismarck hit a rough patch in life and need a little help Corps, received a call from a Veteran named from the country they selflessly risked their life The amendment was agreed to. Cherie´. Cherie´ was referred by the Family to defend. AMENDMENT NO. 35 OFFERED BY MR. WALBERG Assistance Advisor at the Military Service Homeless veterans or veterans facing The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order Center in Bismarck, ND. According to homelessness who have minor age children to consider amendment No. 35 printed Cherie´, she ‘‘didn’t know the Salvation Army are in need of special programs that allow in part B of House Report 115–712. had the Veterans program until [she] re- housing that welcomes children. Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I have quired help.’’ Cherie´ approached the SSVF program because on November 19th, she suf- Jackson Lee Amendment No. 34 will enable an amendment at the desk. fered a head injury resulting in a 3-inch this vital program to serve more veterans’ fam- The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will blood clot, skull fracture and a severe con- ilies in need of help by provide a bit more designate the amendment. cussion; in short, she suffered a traumatic funding for grants to private non-profit organi- The text of the amendment is as fol- brain injury (TBI). While on unpaid medical zations and consumer cooperatives that pro- lows:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:35 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.025 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4993 At the end of division C (before the short conference with the Senate, we will Now the Army is justifying its sale of title), insert the following: keep this in mind and be glad to work Shenandoah Square on the grounds SEC. ll. None of the funds made available the gentleman. that there is declining demand for by this Act may be used by the Secretary of Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- military housing in the bay area, but Veterans Affairs to implement, administer, or enforce section 17.3240 of title 38, Code of ance of my time. this is hardly the case. In fact, it is ab- Federal Regulations, as proposed in 82 Fed. Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I surd. Reg. 48018 (October 16, 2017). thank the chairman for his commit- I have met with the families and servicemembers living at Shenandoah The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to ment and I certainly respect his posi- Square who serve in the region with House Resolution 923, the gentleman tion and that he will carry that out. I the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, from Michigan (Mr. WALBERG) and a have legislation to do this, but this is Navy, and the Coast Guard. The resi- Member opposed each will control 5 the opportunity to at least make the point and give some certainty to our dents have consistently raised concerns minutes. that the property management com- The Chair recognizes the gentleman veterans that their care has and will be pany contracted by the Army has been from Michigan. taken in deep and grateful consider- working to drive out the remaining Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I rise ation. military personnel living in the Shen- today in support of my commonsense Mr. Chairman, I encourage my col- leagues to support this amendment and andoah complex to artificially depress amendment to ensure our Nation’s in- military demand for housing to justify jured and amputee veterans will con- empower our veterans in making their personal healthcare decisions, and I its decision to sell the land. tinue to have the ability to choose the My Silicon Valley district is facing yield back the balance of my time. orthotist or prosthetist that best one of the most severe housing crises The Acting CHAIR. The question is meets his or her healthcare needs, in the country, and the 17 acres of land on the amendment offered by the gen- whether that practitioner is a VA em- that Shenandoah sits on is some of the ployee or a VA-contracted provider. tleman from Michigan (Mr. WALBERG). most valuable in our entire country. The VA currently is proposing a rule The amendment was agreed to. Clearly, the Army is selling Shen- that I fear will reverse a decades-old AMENDMENT NO. 36 OFFERED BY MS. ESHOO andoah Square to pay down the debt it policy of allowing injured and amputee The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order created and keep the California Mili- veterans to choose who provides their to consider amendment No. 36 printed tary Communities entity from going artificial limbs and orthotic braces. in part B of House Report 115–712. bankrupt. This is really wrong and The VA would have the sole authority Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I have an does a huge disservice to the military to make what they describe as this amendment at the desk. families living in this housing. ‘‘administrative business decision.’’ The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will This House is already on record ex- But choice of provider is a clinical designate the amendment. pressing concerns about the Army’s decision and an important patient pro- The text of the amendment is as fol- plans to sell Shenandoah Square. I of- tection. These men and women have lows: fered an amendment to the National sacrificed greatly for our country and At the end of division C (before the short Defense Authorization Act for 2019 ex- it is imperative we do everything we title) insert the following new section: pressing the sense of Congress that the can to make sure they receive the SEC. ll. None of the funds appropriated Army should explore all possible alter- timely and patient-centered healthcare or otherwise made available by this division natives to a sale, including subleasing they have earned and deserve. may be used to convey the 17.1 acres of land the property to an entity that can bet- O&P care is very intimate and spe- and the 126 existing housing units known as ter develop affordable housing on the cialized, and the correct practitioner Shenandoah Square and located in Mountain property, and the amendment was View, California. for that veteran makes all the dif- adopted by a voice vote. ference in the lifestyle the veteran The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to The Army can pursue a win-win situ- leads. We should do everything we can House Resolution 923, the gentlewoman ation by subleasing this land to one of do in our power to make the often dif- from California (Ms. ESHOO) and a the many willing partners in Silicon ficult and frustrating transition from Member opposed each will control 5 Valley seeking to develop housing and service to civilian life as easy as pos- minutes. generate a regular stream of income to sible, especially when veterans have in- The Chair recognizes the gentle- make this LLC whole again, but they curred a disabling condition. woman from California. refuse to. This has been a very important issue Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, this Mr. Chairman, I want to make some- to me, and I would like to take the amendment will prevent the Army thing very clear. I would support new time to thank my colleague, Rep- from moving forward with its plan to housing for our military families if they included our military families. resentative RUTHERFORD, for working sell 17 acres of Federal land and 126 with me on this amendment. military housing units known as Shen- They are offering housing for 8 fami- Mr. Chairman, I would also like to andoah Square in the heart of my con- lies, when we have 109. I think that this thank both the Appropriations Com- gressional district. is really unacceptable. We can’t allow military families to mittee and the Veterans’ Affairs Com- Shenandoah Square is located next to be left without housing as they serve mittee for working with me on this im- Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, California, and houses 108 mili- our country in one of the most expen- portant and timely issue. sive housing markets in the country. Mr. Chairman, I encourage my col- tary and civilian families serving in That is why I urge my colleagues to do leagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ and empower our the Air National Guard, the Army Na- the right thing and support this veterans in making their personal tional Guard, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Marine amendment. healthcare decisions, and I reserve the Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance Corps. balance of my time. of my time. Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair- Established in 2004, Shenandoah Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair- man, I rise in opposition to the amend- Square is part of the California Mili- man, I claim the time in opposition, al- ment, although I do not oppose the tary Communities privatized military though I will not oppose the amend- amendment. housing entity, which consists of 2,900 ment. The Acting CHAIR. Without objec- homes located at Fort Irwin, Camp The Acting CHAIR (Mr. BYRNE). tion, the gentleman is recognized for 5 Parks, Moffett Federal Airfield, and Without objection, the gentleman is minutes. Shenandoah Square. recognized for 5 minutes. There was no objection. This entity is overleveraged and is in There was no objection. Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair- hundreds of millions of dollars in debt Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair- man, we understand that to allay con- because of the Army’s decision to over- man, the FY2018 omnibus included re- cerns regarding this proposed rule, the invest in housing at Fort Irwin that as- port language asking the Army to look VA is planning to propose a supple- sumed greater than realized gains in at alternatives for conveying this prop- mental rule to amend it. But we will the Basic Housing Allowance provided erty. We have yet to receive this re- monitor the situation. As we move to to servicemembers. port. This amendment has no effect, as

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JN7.015 H08JNPT1 H4994 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 the underlying bill does not include veterans who are homeless or at risk of it sends a strong message to the De- any funding for the conveyance of this becoming homeless. I have furthered partment that it must respect congres- property. this work over the last year and a half sional priorities. Mr. Chairman, for that reason, I will as a member of the House Committee I urge all Members to support the not oppose the amendment, and I yield on Veterans’ Affairs. gentleman’s amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. These vets took an oath to protect back the balance of my time. Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Chairman, I thank our country, and now America must The Acting CHAIR. The question is the chairman. I urge my colleagues to keep its promise to take care of them. on the amendment offered by the gen- support my amendment, and I yield They should not be struggling, and tleman from California (Mr. PETERS). back the balance of my time. they most certainly should not be liv- The amendment was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR. The question is ing on the streets. AMENDMENT NO. 38 OFFERED BY MR. RATCLIFFE on the amendment offered by the gen- San Diego has achieved some The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order tlewoman from California (Ms. ESHOO). progress in getting vets off the streets to consider amendment No. 38 printed The amendment was agreed to. and into housing in recent years. Other in part B of House Report 115–712. AMENDMENT NO. 37 OFFERED BY MR. PETERS cities, like Salt Lake City, New Orle- Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Chair, I have The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order ans, and Houston, have reached func- an amendment at the desk. to consider amendment No. 37 printed tional zero, which means that home- The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will in part B of House Report 115–712. lessness among veterans is rare, brief, designate the amendment. Mr. PETERS. Mr. Chairman, I have and nonrecurring. But across the coun- The text of the amendment is as fol- an amendment at the desk. try, the problem is still far too preva- lows: The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will lent. At the end of division C (before the short designate the amendment. I ask my colleagues to support this title) insert the following: The text of the amendment is as fol- amendment that will help protect valu- SEC. ll. None of the funds made available lows: able resources that our veterans des- by this Act may be used to propose, plan for, or execute a new or additional Base Realign- At the end of division C (before the short perately need, and I look forward to ment and Closure (BRAC) round. title), insert the following: working with my colleagues on both SEC. ll. None of the funds made available sides of the aisle to fund veterans The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to by this Act may be used by the Secretary of homelessness programs and to make House Resolution 923, the gentleman Veterans Affairs to transfer funds made sure that Federal dollars committed to from Texas (Mr. RATCLIFFE) and a available for the following programs: that purpose are used for that impor- Member opposed each will control 5 (1) The Homeless Providers Grant and Per tant need. minutes. Diem program. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- The Chair recognizes the gentleman (2) The Domiciliary Care for Homeless Vet- ance of my time. from Texas. erans program. Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. (3) The Supportive Services for Veteran Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Chair, I would Families program. Chairman, I claim the time in opposi- like to thank Chairman CARTER and (4) The Department of Housing and Urban tion, although I do not oppose the Ranking Member WASSERMAN SCHULTZ Development Department of Veterans Af- amendment. for their hard work on behalf of the fairs Supported Housing (HUD–VASH) pro- The Acting CHAIR. Without objec- 63,000 veterans in my district, as well grams. tion, the gentlewoman from Florida is as servicemembers and veterans across The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to recognized for 5 minutes. the country. House Resolution 923, the gentleman There was no objection. Mr. Chairman, I am grateful to once from California (Mr. PETERS) and a Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. again have the opportunity to offer Member opposed each will control 5 Chairman, the committee opposed the this important amendment, which minutes. Department’s tentative decision last would simply prohibit any funds made The Chair recognizes the gentleman fall to convert almost a billion dollars available in this act from being used to from California. of funding for homeless programs from propose, to plan for, or to execute a Mr. PETERS. Mr. Chairman, I rise special purpose funding to general pur- new or additional round of BRAC. today to offer an amendment to divi- pose funding. Mr. Chairman, I am privileged to rep- sion C of the Appropriations bill re- This action would have been a funda- resent the Fourth Congressional Dis- lated to the Department of Veterans mental change to the manner in which trict of Texas, which is home to the Affairs. medical care funding is allocated to Red River Army Depot. The Depot has In September 2017, the VA issued a the field, and I support giving more supported the warfighter since 1941; plan to shift funding away from pro- local flexibility to Veterans Integrated and although the Depot community grams that helped homeless veterans. Service Networks and medical center has weathered a lot of changes over the After national outcry, the proposal was directors. years, its commitment to mission has tabled, but that attempt is the reason b 1015 remained the same. On the placards in- for my amendment. However, I strongly support trans- side of every vehicle are the words ‘‘We Its goal is simple: It prohibits taking parency when it comes to changing the build it as if our lives depend on it. funding from VA programs that pro- levels that Congress sets for VA pro- Theirs do.’’ vide services to homeless veterans, in- grams. The Depot is a vital job creator in cluding the Homeless Providers Grant We are the appropriations institu- northeast Texas, and it is a critical and Per Diem program, a clinical reha- tion. We are the ones that make those component, Mr. Chairman, of our na- bilitation and treatment program, the decisions. The proposed realignment by tional defense. In this fiscal environ- Supportive Services for Veteran Fami- VA would have potentially risked fund- ment, we have to be careful stewards of lies Program, and HUD–VASH housing ing for essential programs such as the taxpayer dollars and focus our limited vouchers. Supportive Services for Veteran Fami- resources on addressing critical na- Congress has made money available lies Program. tional security objectives and our mili- in a bipartisan way to reduce homeless- Thankfully, after numerous discus- tary readiness. Having another round ness for veterans. It is unconscionable sions with the committee and public of BRAC simply won’t help us achieve that the VA would use funds specifi- outrage, the Department decided not to this goal. cally intended for that purpose on an- move forward with its proposal in To that point, the Government Ac- other purpose. FY18. We fully expect for the VA to countability Office said that the last San Diego County has the third-larg- comply with the levels that we set for round of BRAC back in 2005 cost the est veterans population nationwide, be- programs; and if the levels need to be American taxpayers over $35 billion, hind Los Angeles and Maricopa Coun- adjusted, then the VA must consult which was 67 percent more than the ties. This is why, since being elected, I with Congress before making changes. original cost estimate. have worked with my colleagues to I thank the gentleman from Cali- Starting another round of BRAC provide more funding and services to fornia for his amendment, and I believe would weaken our capabilities while

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The Chair under- propriations bill. deficit expansion, and include amend- stands that amendment No. 39 will not Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of ments like this one that prevent the be offered. my time. military, who have asked repeatedly to Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. be able to at least engage in a discus- Chair, as the designee of Ranking Chair, I claim the time in opposition to sion about another BRAC round, to Member LOWEY, I move to strike the the amendment. save millions of dollars and close facili- last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman ties that are no longer needed. Yet, the The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Florida is recognized for 5 min- last several years, the majority has re- from Florida is recognized for 5 min- utes. fused to make the tough decisions and utes. Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. at least have a discussion about this. Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. Chair, I do oppose this amendment. I, It is not responsible. Certainly not Chairman, I want to thank the chair- like many Members, have concerns and fiscally responsible. Mr. Chair, I urge man of the full committee and our share the gentleman’s concerns about my colleagues to oppose the amend- ranking member, Mrs. LOWEY, for the another round of BRAC. I realize that ment, and I yield back the balance of incredible work that they have done to this is a complex issue for all Members my time. get us to this point. of Congress, especially those with mili- The Acting CHAIR. The question is While in the minority we have had tary facilities in their district. on the amendment offered by the gen- some concerns about the process, the I know that previous rounds of BRAC tleman from Texas (Mr. RATCLIFFE). opportunity to work closely side by have ended up being far more expensive The amendment was agreed to. side with our colleagues, the oppor- and expansive than we were initially Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair, I tunity that I had to work with Chair- led to believe. However, I have con- move to strike the last word. man DENT and looking forward to cerns about maintaining the infra- The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman working with Chairman CARTER, is structure that the Department of De- from New Jersey is recognized for 5 really an example of how we should be fense doesn’t need. For example, the es- minutes. working together throughout the en- timate of excess capacity for the Army Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair- tire legislative process. is 22 percent. The Air Force’s estimate man, as we complete debate on these I want to thank our staff for doing a of excess capacity is roughly 30 per- three bills and these amendments, I remarkable job on this work product, cent. would like to say a few words in clos- and I look forward to continuing to I can tell you that, since I became ing. conference. the ranking member of this sub- I know I join my ranking member, Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of committee, when I have traveled Mrs. LOWEY, in thanking our col- my time. around the world, almost to a person, leagues for the very constructive and Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Chair, as the des- when we have spoken to a leader on a civil debate over the last couple of ignee of Ranking Member LOWEY, I military base, they raise the issue of days. I thank the chairman, certainly move to strike the last word. needing to go through another round of Judge CARTER, as well as Ms. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman BRAC. Both the Army and the Air WASSERMAN SCHULTZ and their coun- from California is recognized for 5 min- Force are strong supporters of another terparts for the other two bills, for utes. BRAC round. being involved in work products that Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Chair, I acknowl- While this amendment has no real ef- have been part of an open and collabo- edge the work of the appropriators. As fect, it does send a message that Con- rative process. an appropriator myself, I have great re- gress is unwilling to tackle a tough The Appropriations Committee re- spect for the work that they do. But I issue. This amendment is an abdication ceived over 57,000 Member requests to have concerns about the bill that is be- of our duties as Members of this House our database and through our Member fore us on the floor today. to ensure taxpayer resources are being Day hearings, the majority of which Mr. Chair, as you know, a budget used in a wise and fiscally responsible are reflected in the bills that have been should be a statement of our national way. Therefore, I urge my colleagues to discussed over the last couple of days. values. What is important to us as a oppose this amendment and have a se- Secondly, now Members have the op- Nation should be how we allocate our rious conversation about another portunity to further make their mark resources in that budget, and its mani- BRAC round. through the amendment process on the festations in terms of appropriations While I am not suggesting that we floor. The result, after two days here, bills should not be doing harm. This is support another BRAC round, we is that we have legislation that truly really a partisan spending bill that should not be tying our hands by tak- represents the priorities of the Amer- tramples over some of our American ing it off the table. ican people. These priorities include values, gutting smart investments in Mr. Chair, I urge Members to oppose caring for our veterans, our troops, and our economy, hurting Americans’ the amendment, and I reserve the bal- their families; rebuilding our Armed health, and endangering families. ance of my time. Forces; sustaining our national de- The Republicans are pushing forward Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Chair, I yield fense; and investing in essential infra- a minibus appropriations bill that fails to my colleague from Texas, Chairman structure that grows our economy and to protect the interests of the Amer- CARTER. creates jobs. ican people. Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Chair- I urge all of my colleagues, both Re- Many of us have been attracted to man, I rise in support of the gentle- publicans and Democrats, to support the political process—as moms, as par- man’s amendment. I want to reassure these bills. These are bills that fund ents—to effect public policy to pro- my fellow Texans that this sub- Federal programs that all Americans, mote the well-being of our children in committee is committed to protecting especially our veterans and our troops, ways that are beyond our own control. the installations in the great State of rely on to keep themselves safe, pro- We can give them all the love, atten- Texas, and I will be on top of that. tect their lives and livelihoods, and tion, and care, but we cannot guar- Mr. RATCLIFFE. Mr. Chair, I yield preserve our Nation’s ideals. These are antee the quality of air that they back the balance of my time. programs that all of us can support. breathe, the cleanliness of the water Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. Mr. H.R. 5895 begins the 2019 appropria- that they drink, and the world in which Chair, just to reiterate, we shouldn’t be tions process on a strong footing and they live in terms of the environment.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.037 H08JNPT1 H4996 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 So I have very serious concerns about work of both the chairs and ranking House Report 115–712 offered by the the danger posed in the Energy and members. I urge Members, both Repub- gentleman from Texas (Mr. RATCLIFFE) Water portion of this bill. It cuts vital licans and Democrats, to support these had been disposed of. clean energy initiatives, even as gas bills, as they historically have done, ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR prices surge because of the President’s and look after the interests of the The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to reckless policies. It attacks job-cre- American people, especially those who clause 6 of rule XVIII, proceedings will ating investments in transformational serve in our military today and those now resume on those amendments energy technologies and slashes fund- who have paid the supreme sacrifice. printed in part B of House Report 115– ing for critical nuclear nonprolifera- Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of 712 on which further proceedings were tion priorities. my time. postponed, in the following order: In terms of the children of whom I b 1030 Amendment No. 10 by Mr. GOHMERT spoke earlier, this GOP bill also in- of Texas. cludes unacceptable poison pill riders Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair- Amendment No. 15 by Mr. MEADOWS man, I move that the Committee do that permit deadly firearms to be car- of North Carolina. ried on public land, assaults the clean now rise. Amendment No. 16 by Mr. TAKANO of water our children drink, encourages The motion was agreed to. California. pollution of our oceans, and pushes our Accordingly, the Committee rose; The Chair will reduce to 2 minutes Nation’s already endangered species to- and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. the time for any electronic vote after ward extinction. ZELDIN) having assumed the chair, Mr. the first vote in this series. This bad bill is a first step in the Re- BYRNE, Acting Chair of the Committee publicans’ plan to choke off funding— of the Whole House on the state of the AMENDMENT NO. 10 OFFERED BY MR. GOHMERT and this is really the critical part of it Union, reported that that Committee, The Acting CHAIR (Mr. BYRNE). The for me—for vital Democratic priorities having had under consideration the bill unfinished business is the demand for a for America’s families later in the ap- (H.R. 5895) making appropriations for recorded vote on the amendment of- propriations process. It paves the way energy and water development and re- fered by the gentleman from Texas for their plan to starve key invest- lated agencies for the fiscal year end- (Mr. GOHMERT) on which further pro- ments in health, education, and good- ing September 30, 2019, and for other ceedings were postponed and on which paying jobs for communities across the purposes, had come to no resolution the ayes prevailed by voice vote. country. thereon. The Clerk will redesignate the Mr. Chairman, the Republicans are f amendment. wasting everyone’s time when we The Clerk redesignated the amend- should be focused on meeting the ur- RECESS ment. gent needs of the American people. The The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- RECORDED VOTE majority has spent this entire Congress ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote stacking the deck for special interests, declares the House in recess for a pe- has been demanded. as they do in these poison pills in this riod of less than 15 minutes. A recorded vote was ordered. bill, while undermining the interests of Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 31 The vote was taken by electronic de- families. minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- vice, and there were—ayes 212, noes 201, The Democrats are focusing on what cess. not voting 14, as follows: matters in the lives of the American f [Roll No. 253] people. We are committed to giving the American people A Better Deal: Better b 1045 AYES—212 Abraham Denham Hultgren Jobs, Better Pay, Better Future; and AFTER RECESS for our children, not to promote air Aderholt DeSantis Hunter The recess having expired, the House Allen DesJarlais Hurd pollution, which is what this bill would Amash Donovan Issa do, but to eliminate it. was called to order by the Speaker pro Arrington Duffy Jenkins (KS) I urge my colleagues to join in voting tempore (Mr. BYRNE) at 10 o’clock and Babin Duncan (SC) Jenkins (WV) 45 minutes a.m. Bacon Duncan (TN) Johnson (LA) ‘‘no’’ on this bill for our economy. You Banks (IN) Dunn Johnson (OH) know what the sad part of it is: it is so f Barletta Emmer Johnson, Sam close to doing a better job for the Barr Estes (KS) Jones ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOP- American people. The poison pills take Barton Ferguson Jordan MENT AND RELATED AGENCIES Biggs Fleischmann Joyce (OH) it in a bad direction. The process under APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Bilirakis Flores Katko which it was put forth is harmful to Bishop (MI) Fortenberry Kelly (MS) other priorities that I know we share The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bishop (UT) Foxx Kelly (PA) ant to House Resolution 923 and rule Black Frelinghuysen King (IA) in a bipartisan way across the aisle. Blackburn Gaetz King (NY) Hopefully we can work more closely XVIII, the Chair declares the House in Blum Gallagher Kinzinger as we go forward in a bipartisan way. the Committee of the Whole House on Bost Garrett Knight That is the tradition of the Appropria- the state of the Union for the further Brat Gianforte Kustoff (TN) Brooks (AL) Gibbs Labrador tions Committee. consideration of the bill, H.R. 5895. Brooks (IN) Gohmert LaHood Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of Will the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Buchanan Gonzalez (TX) LaMalfa my time. YOUNG) kindly take the chair. Buck Goodlatte Lamborn Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair, I Bucshon Gosar Latta b 1046 Budd Gowdy Lesko move to strike the last word. Burgess Granger Lewis (MN) The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE Byrne Graves (GA) LoBiondo from New Jersey is recognized for 5 Accordingly, the House resolved Calvert Graves (LA) Long Carter (GA) Graves (MO) Loudermilk minutes. itself into the Committee of the Whole Carter (TX) Griffith Love Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Chair, House on the state of the Union for the Chabot Grothman Lucas with all due respect to the minority further consideration of the bill (H.R. Cole Guthrie Luetkemeyer leader, the process has been collabo- 5895) making appropriations for energy Collins (GA) Handel MacArthur Collins (NY) Harper Marchant rative, Republicans and Democrats. and water development and related Comer Harris Marino These are the three bills that have his- agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- Comstock Hartzler Marshall torically received both Republican and tember 30, 2019, and for other purposes, Conaway Hensarling Massie Cook Herrera Beutler McCarthy Democratic support. They embody with Mr. YOUNG of Iowa (Acting Chair) Cramer Hice, Jody B. McCaul American values. in the chair. Crawford Higgins (LA) McClintock What could be more important than The Clerk read the title of the bill. Cuellar Hill McHenry looking after our veterans and their The Acting CHAIR. When the Com- Culberson Holding McKinley Curtis Hollingsworth McMorris families? Energy and water, infrastruc- mittee of the Whole rose earlier today, Davidson Hudson Rodgers ture. We are enormously proud of the amendment No. 38 printed in part B of Davis, Rodney Huizenga McSally

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.038 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4997 Meadows Rokita Thornberry NOT VOTING—14 Pearce Russell Trott Messer Rooney, Thomas Tipton Perry Rutherford Turner Beatty Kennedy Shuster Mitchell J. Turner Pittenger Sanford Valadao Brady (TX) Noem Tsongas Poe (TX) Scalise Moolenaar Ross Upton Cheney Palazzo Wagner Walters, Mimi Posey Scott, Austin Mooney (WV) Rothfus Valadao Costello (PA) Polis Walberg Walz Ratcliffe Sensenbrenner Mullin Rouzer Wagner Diaz-Balart Sewell (AL) Walden Newhouse Russell Walberg Renacci Sessions Walker Norman Rutherford Walden Rice (SC) Shimkus Weber (TX) Roby Simpson Nunes Sanford Walker b 1110 Webster (FL) Roe (TN) Sinema Olson Scalise Walorski Wenstrup Mr. RICE of South Carolina changed Rogers (AL) Smith (MO) Palmer Schweikert Weber (TX) his vote from ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ Rogers (KY) Smith (NE) Westerman Pearce Scott, Austin Webster (FL) Williams Messrs. WOMACK, SANFORD, Rohrabacher Smith (NJ) Perry Sensenbrenner Wenstrup Rokita Smith (TX) Wilson (SC) Pittenger Sessions Westerman CRAMER, BACON, and HILL changed Rooney, Francis Smucker Wittman Poe (TX) Shimkus Williams their vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Rooney, Thomas Stewart Womack Poliquin Simpson Wilson (SC) So the amendment was agreed to. J. Stivers Yoder Posey Smith (MO) Wittman Ross Taylor Yoho Ratcliffe Smith (NE) Womack The result of the vote was announced Rothfus Tenney Young (AK) Reed Smith (NJ) Woodall as above recorded. Rouzer Thornberry Young (IA) Reichert Smith (TX) Yoder AMENDMENT NO. 15 OFFERED BY MR. MEADOWS Royce (CA) Tipton Zeldin Renacci Smucker Yoho The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Roby Stewart Young (AK) NOES—201 Roe (TN) Stivers Young (IA) business is the demand for a recorded Adams Garamendi Norcross Rogers (AL) Taylor Zeldin vote on the amendment offered by the Aguilar Gomez O’Rourke Rogers (KY) Tenney gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Banks (IN) Gonzalez (TX) Pallone Barraga´ n Gottheimer Rohrabacher Thompson (PA) MEADOWS) on which further pro- Panetta Bass Green, Al Pascrell NOES—201 ceedings were postponed and on which Bera Grijalva Paulsen the ayes prevailed by voice vote. Beyer Hanabusa Payne Adams Gabbard Norcross Bishop (GA) Handel Pelosi Aguilar Gallego O’Halleran The Clerk will redesignate the amendment. Blumenauer Hastings Perlmutter Amodei Garamendi O’Rourke Blunt Rochester Heck Peters ´ Barragan Gomez Pallone The Clerk redesignated the amend- Bonamici Higgins (NY) Peterson Bass Gottheimer Panetta ment. Boyle, Brendan Himes Pingree Bera Green, Al Pascrell F. Hollingsworth Pocan RECORDED VOTE Bergman Green, Gene Paulsen Brady (PA) Hoyer Poliquin Beyer Grijalva Payne The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Brooks (IN) Hurd Price (NC) Bishop (GA) Gutie´rrez Pelosi has been demanded. Brown (MD) Jackson Lee Quigley Blumenauer Hanabusa Perlmutter A recorded vote was ordered. Brownley (CA) Jayapal Raskin Blunt Rochester Hastings Peters Bustos Jeffries Reichert Bonamici Heck Peterson The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Butterfield Johnson (GA) Rice (NY) Boyle, Brendan Higgins (NY) Pingree minute vote. Capuano Johnson, E. B. Richmond Carbajal Kaptur F. Himes Pocan The vote was taken by electronic de- Ros-Lehtinen Ca´ rdenas Katko Brady (PA) Hoyer Price (NC) Rosen vice, and there were—ayes 207, noes 201, Carson (IN) Keating Brown (MD) Huffman Quigley Roskam Brownley (CA) Jackson Lee not voting 19, as follows: Cartwright Kelly (IL) Roybal-Allard Raskin Castor (FL) Khanna Bustos Jayapal [Roll No. 254] Ruiz Rice (NY) Castro (TX) Kihuen Butterfield Jeffries Ruppersberger Rice (SC) AYES—207 Chu, Judy Kildee Capuano Johnson (GA) Rush Richmond Cicilline Kilmer Carbajal Abraham Diaz-Balart Johnson (OH) Ryan (OH) Johnson, E. B. Rooney, Francis Clark (MA) Kind ´ Aderholt Donovan Johnson, Sam Sa´ nchez Cardenas Kaptur Ros-Lehtinen Clarke (NY) Kinzinger Allen Duffy Jones Sarbanes Carson (IN) Keating Rosen Clay Krishnamoorthi Amash Duncan (SC) Jordan Schakowsky Cartwright Kelly (IL) Roskam Cleaver Kuster (NH) Castor (FL) Khanna Amodei Duncan (TN) Joyce (OH) Schiff Roybal-Allard Arrington Dunn Kelly (MS) Clyburn Lamb Castro (TX) Kihuen Schneider Royce (CA) Babin Emmer Kelly (PA) Cohen Lance Chu, Judy Kildee Schrader Ruiz Bacon Estes (KS) King (IA) Connolly Langevin Cicilline Kilmer Schweikert Ruppersberger Barletta Faso King (NY) Cooper Larsen (WA) Clark (MA) Kind Scott (VA) Rush Barr Ferguson Knight Correa Larson (CT) Clarke (NY) Scott, David Krishnamoorthi Ryan (OH) Bergman Fleischmann Kustoff (TN) Courtney Lawrence Clay Kuster (NH) Crist Lawson (FL) Serrano Sa´ nchez Biggs Flores Labrador Shea-Porter Cleaver Lamb Crowley Lee Sarbanes Bilirakis Fortenberry LaHood Sherman Clyburn Lance Cuellar Levin Schakowsky Bishop (MI) Foxx LaMalfa Sires Coffman Langevin Cummings Lewis (GA) Schiff Bishop (UT) Frelinghuysen Lamborn Smith (WA) Cohen Larsen (WA) Curbelo (FL) Lipinski Schneider Black Gaetz Latta Soto Connolly Larson (CT) Davis (CA) Loebsack Schrader Blackburn Gallagher Lesko Speier Cooper Lawrence Blum Garrett Davis, Danny Lofgren Scott (VA) Lewis (MN) Stefanik Correa Lawson (FL) Bost Gianforte Lieu, Ted DeFazio Lowenthal Scott, David Suozzi Costa Lee Brat Gibbs LoBiondo DeGette Lowey Serrano Swalwell (CA) Courtney Levin Brooks (AL) Gohmert Long Delaney Lujan Grisham, Shea-Porter DeLauro M. Takano Crist Lewis (GA) Buchanan Goodlatte Loudermilk Sherman DelBene Luja´ n, Ben Ray Thompson (CA) Crowley Lieu, Ted Buck Gosar Love Sinema Demings Lynch Thompson (MS) Cummings Lipinski Bucshon Gowdy Lucas Thompson (PA) Sires Budd Granger DeSaulnier MacArthur Curbelo (FL) Loebsack Luetkemeyer Titus Smith (WA) Burgess Graves (GA) Marchant Deutch Maloney, Davis (CA) Lofgren Tonko Soto Byrne Graves (LA) Marshall Dingell Carolyn B. Davis, Danny Lowenthal Torres Speier Calvert Graves (MO) Massie Doggett Maloney, Sean DeFazio Lowey Upton Stefanik Carter (GA) Green, Gene Mast Doyle, Michael Marino DeGette Lujan Grisham, Vargas Suozzi Carter (TX) Griffith McCarthy F. Matsui Delaney M. Veasey Chabot Grothman McCaul Ellison McCollum DeLauro Luja´ n, Ben Ray Swalwell (CA) Vela Coffman Guthrie McClintock Engel McEachin DelBene Lynch Takano Vela´ zquez Cole Harper McHenry Eshoo McGovern Demings Maloney, Thompson (CA) Visclosky Collins (GA) Harris McKinley Espaillat Meeks DeSaulnier Carolyn B. Thompson (MS) Walorski Collins (NY) Hartzler McMorris Esty (CT) Meng Maloney, Sean Titus Wasserman Deutch Comer Hensarling Rodgers Evans Moore Tonko Schultz Dingell Mast Comstock Herrera Beutler McNerney Fitzpatrick Moulton Torres Doggett Matsui Conaway Hice, Jody B. McSally Foster Murphy (FL) Waters, Maxine Trott Doyle, Michael McCollum Cook Higgins (LA) Meadows Frankel (FL) Nadler Watson Coleman Vargas F. McEachin Costa Hill Messer Fudge Napolitano Welch Ellison McGovern Veasey Cramer Holding Mitchell Gabbard Neal Wilson (FL) Engel McNerney Vela Crawford Hudson Moolenaar Gallego Nolan Yarmuth Eshoo Meeks Vela´ zquez Culberson Huizenga Mooney (WV) Espaillat Meng Visclosky Curtis Hultgren Mullin NOT VOTING—19 Esty (CT) Moore Wasserman Davidson Hunter Newhouse Barton Gutie´rrez Palazzo Evans Moulton Schultz Davis, Rodney Issa Norman Beatty Huffman Polis Faso Murphy (FL) Waters, Maxine Denham Jenkins (KS) Nunes Brady (TX) Kennedy Reed Fitzpatrick Nadler Watson Coleman DeSantis Jenkins (WV) Olson Cheney Noem Foster Napolitano Welch DesJarlais Johnson (LA) Palmer Costello (PA) O’Halleran Frankel (FL) Neal Wilson (FL) Fudge Nolan Yarmuth

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JN7.020 H08JNPT1 H4998 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 Sewell (AL) Tsongas Walz McNerney Rice (NY) Speier Woodall Yoho Young (IA) Shuster Walters, Mimi Woodall Meeks Richmond Stefanik Yoder Young (AK) Zeldin Meng Ros-Lehtinen Suozzi ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE ACTING CHAIR NOT VOTING—15 Moore Rosen Swalwell (CA) The Acting CHAIR (during the vote). Moulton Roybal-Allard Takano Beatty Huffman Sewell (AL) There is 1 minute remaining. Murphy (FL) Ruiz Tenney Brady (TX) Kennedy Shuster Nadler Ruppersberger Thompson (CA) Cheney Noem Tsongas b 1115 Napolitano Rush Thompson (MS) Collins (GA) Palazzo Walters, Mimi Nolan Russell Titus Costello (PA) Polis Walz Norcross Ryan (OH) Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee changed Tonko O’Halleran Sa´ nchez his vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ Torres b 1120 O’Rourke Sarbanes Vargas So the amendment was agreed to. Pallone Schakowsky So the amendment was rejected. The result of the vote was announced Panetta Schiff Veasey The result of the vote was announced Pascrell Schneider Vela as above recorded. Vela´ zquez as above recorded. Stated for: Payne Schrader Pelosi Scott (VA) Visclosky The Acting CHAIR (Mr. MARSHALL). Mr. REED. Mr. Chair, I was unavoidably de- Perlmutter Scott, David Walden There being no further amendments tained. Had I been present, I would have Peters Serrano Wasserman under House Resolution 923, the Com- Schultz voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 254. Peterson Shea-Porter mittee rises. Pingree Sherman Waters, Maxine Stated against: Pocan Sinema Watson Coleman Accordingly, the Committee rose; Mr. MCNERNEY. Mr. Chair, during rollcall Price (NC) Sires Welch and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. vote No. 254 on H.R. 5895, I mistakenly re- Quigley Smith (WA) Wilson (FL) BYRNE) having assumed the chair, Mr. Raskin Soto Yarmuth corded my vote as ‘‘yea’’ when I should have MARSHALL, Acting Chair of the Com- voted ‘‘nay.’’ NOES—217 mittee of the Whole House on the state AMENDMENT NO. 16 OFFERED BY MR. TAKANO Abraham Gowdy Mullin of the Union, reported that that Com- The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished Aderholt Granger Neal mittee, having had under consideration business is the demand for a recorded Allen Graves (GA) Newhouse the bill (H.R. 5895) making appropria- Amodei Graves (LA) Norman tions for energy and water develop- vote on the amendment offered by the Arrington Graves (MO) Nunes ment and related agencies for the fiscal gentleman from California (Mr. Babin Griffith Olson TAKANO) on which further proceedings Bacon Guthrie Palmer year ending September 30, 2019, and for were postponed and on which the noes Banks (IN) Handel Paulsen other purposes, and, pursuant to House Barletta Harper Pearce prevailed by voice vote. Barr Harris Resolution 923, he reported the bill, as Perry The Clerk will redesignate the Barton Hartzler amended by that resolution and by Pittenger Bergman Hensarling amendment. Poe (TX) House Resolution 918, back to the Biggs Herrera Beutler House with sundry further amend- The Clerk redesignated the amend- Bilirakis Hice, Jody B. Poliquin ment. Bishop (MI) Higgins (LA) Posey ments adopted in the Committee of the Ratcliffe RECORDED VOTE Bishop (UT) Hill Whole. Black Holding Reed The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under The Acting CHAIR. A recorded vote Blackburn Hollingsworth Reichert has been demanded. Blum Hudson Renacci the rule, the previous question is or- A recorded vote was ordered. Bost Huizenga Rice (SC) dered. The Acting CHAIR. This is a 2- Brat Hunter Roby Is a separate vote demanded on any Brooks (AL) Hurd Roe (TN) further amendment reported from the minute vote. Brooks (IN) Issa Rogers (AL) The vote was taken by electronic de- Buchanan Jenkins (KS) Rogers (KY) Committee of the Whole? If not, the vice, and there were—ayes 195, noes 217, Buck Jenkins (WV) Rohrabacher Chair will put them en gros. Bucshon Johnson (LA) not voting 15, as follows: Rokita The amendments were agreed to. Budd Johnson (OH) Rooney, Francis The SPEAKER pro tempore. The [Roll No. 255] Burgess Johnson, Sam Rooney, Thomas Byrne Jones question is on the engrossment and AYES—195 J. Calvert Jordan Roskam third reading of the bill. Adams Cummings Hultgren Carter (GA) Joyce (OH) Ross The bill was ordered to be engrossed Aguilar Curbelo (FL) Jackson Lee Carter (TX) Katko Rothfus and read a third time, and was read the Amash Davis (CA) Jayapal Chabot Kelly (MS) Rouzer Barraga´ n Davis, Danny Jeffries Cole Kelly (PA) Royce (CA) third time. Bass DeFazio Johnson (GA) Comer King (IA) Rutherford MOTION TO RECOMMIT Bera DeGette Johnson, E. B. Comstock King (NY) Sanford Beyer Delaney Kaptur Conaway Kinzinger Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. Mr. Bishop (GA) DeLauro Keating Cook Knight Scalise Speaker, I have a motion to recommit Schweikert Blumenauer DelBene Kelly (IL) Correa Kustoff (TN) at the desk. Blunt Rochester Demings Khanna Cramer Labrador Scott, Austin Bonamici DeSaulnier Kihuen Crawford LaHood Sensenbrenner The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the Boyle, Brendan Deutch Kildee Culberson LaMalfa Sessions gentlewoman opposed to the bill? F. Dingell Kilmer Curtis Lamborn Shimkus Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. I op- Brady (PA) Doggett Kind Davidson Larson (CT) Simpson Brown (MD) Doyle, Michael Krishnamoorthi Davis, Rodney Latta Smith (MO) pose the bill in its current form. Brownley (CA) F. Kuster (NH) Denham Lesko Smith (NE) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Bustos Ellison Lamb DeSantis Lewis (MN) Smith (NJ) Clerk will report the motion to recom- Butterfield Eshoo Lance DesJarlais Long Smith (TX) mit. Capuano Espaillat Langevin Diaz-Balart Loudermilk Smucker Carbajal Esty (CT) Larsen (WA) Donovan Love Stewart The Clerk read as follows: Ca´ rdenas Evans Lawrence Duffy Lucas Stivers Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire moves to re- Carson (IN) Fitzpatrick Lawson (FL) Duncan (SC) Luetkemeyer Taylor commit the bill H.R. 5895 to the Committee Cartwright Foster Lee Duncan (TN) Lynch Thompson (PA) on Appropriations with instructions to re- Castor (FL) Frankel (FL) Levin Dunn MacArthur Thornberry port the same back to the House forthwith, Castro (TX) Fudge Lewis (GA) Emmer Marchant Tipton Chu, Judy Gabbard Lieu, Ted Engel Marino with the following amendment: Trott Page 135, line 12, after the dollar amount, Cicilline Gallagher Lipinski Estes (KS) Marshall Turner Clark (MA) Gallego LoBiondo Faso Massie Upton insert ‘‘(reduced by $10,200,000)’’. Clarke (NY) Garamendi Loebsack Ferguson Mast Valadao Page 131, line 9, after ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ Clay Gomez Lofgren Fleischmann McCarthy Wagner insert ‘‘, and $10,000,000 shall become avail- Cleaver Gonzalez (TX) Lowenthal Flores McCaul able on October 1, 2018’’. Clyburn Green, Al Lowey Fortenberry McClintock Walberg Coffman Green, Gene Lujan Grisham, Foxx McHenry Walker The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Cohen Grijalva M. Frelinghuysen McKinley Walorski tlewoman from New Hampshire is rec- Collins (NY) Grothman Luja´ n, Ben Ray Gaetz McMorris Weber (TX) Connolly Gutie´rrez Maloney, Garrett Rodgers Webster (FL) ognized for 5 minutes in support of her Cooper Hanabusa Carolyn B. Gianforte McSally Wenstrup motion. Costa Hastings Maloney, Sean Gibbs Meadows Westerman Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. Mr. Courtney Heck Matsui Gohmert Messer Williams Speaker, this is the final amendment Crist Higgins (NY) McCollum Goodlatte Mitchell Wilson (SC) Crowley Himes McEachin Gosar Moolenaar Wittman to the bill, which will not kill the bill Cuellar Hoyer McGovern Gottheimer Mooney (WV) Womack nor send it back to committee. If

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:57 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JN7.021 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H4999 adopted, the bill will immediately pro- ity medical healthcare for our veterans Cleaver Johnson, E. B. Payne Clyburn Jones Pelosi ceed to final passage as amended. and will provide the resources they Cohen Kaptur Perlmutter As a member of the House Veterans’ need to give veterans the healthcare Connolly Keating Peters Affairs Committee, I have made robust they deserve. Cooper Kelly (IL) Peterson funding for veterans’ healthcare and It is unconscionable that this admin- Correa Khanna Pingree Courtney Kihuen Pocan benefits a top priority. istration would purposefully pull the Crist Kildee Price (NC) New Hampshire is one of only three rug out from underneath our veterans Crowley Kilmer Quigley States without a full-service VA Hos- by denying them access to convenient Cuellar Kind Raskin pital, which creates unique challenges care and preferred medical providers. It Cummings Krishnamoorthi Rice (NY) Davis (CA) Kuster (NH) Richmond for Granite State veterans’ access to is time we put partisan politics aside Davis, Danny Lamb Rosen care, particularly in the rural parts of and come together to ensure that all DeFazio Langevin Roybal-Allard my State. veterans can go to the VA medical cen- DeGette Larsen (WA) Ruiz Thankfully for the veterans of New Delaney Larson (CT) Ruppersberger ters and receive the care they need. DeLauro Lawrence Rush Hampshire and the Nation, this Con- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance DelBene Lawson (FL) Ryan (OH) gress came together to pass historic bi- of my time. Demings Lee Sa´ nchez partisan reform for the VA Community Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, DeSaulnier Levin Sarbanes Deutch Lewis (GA) Schakowsky Care program, known as the Veterans I rise in opposition to the motion to re- Dingell Lieu, Ted Schiff Choice Program. commit. Doggett Lipinski Schneider That program provided veterans a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Doyle, Michael Loebsack Schrader choice to see their preferred healthcare F. Lofgren Scott (VA) tleman from New Jersey is recognized Ellison Lowenthal Scott, David provider within their community. How- for 5 minutes. Engel Lowey Serrano ever, in the wake of the Phoenix VA Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, Eshoo Lujan Grisham, Shea-Porter scandal, the implementation of this each year, it is our constitutional duty Espaillat M. Sherman Esty (CT) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Sinema program fragmented veterans’ care, ac- to provide funding for the Federal Gov- Evans Lynch Sires cording to GAO reports, and even ex- ernment. We began that process on the Foster Maloney, Smith (WA) tended wait times for veterans using House floor yesterday, considering Frankel (FL) Carolyn B. Soto the Choice program. Fudge Maloney, Sean Speier three very important funding bills: En- Gabbard Matsui Suozzi Reform was much needed, and I was ergy and Water, Legislative Branch, Gallego McCollum Swalwell (CA) proud to cosponsor the bill known as and Military Construction and Vet- Garamendi McEachin Takano the VA MISSION Act that would erans’ Affairs. Gomez McGovern Thompson (CA) streamline healthcare and ensure con- Gonzalez (TX) McNerney Thompson (MS) Gottheimer Meeks Titus tinuity of care for those who have b 1130 Green, Al Meng Tonko ‘‘borne the battle.’’ Mr. Chairman, these three bills focus Green, Gene Moore Torres VA has some of the best healthcare Grijalva Moulton Vargas on bipartisan values, caring for our Gutie´rrez Murphy (FL) Veasey in the country, healthcare that is spe- veterans and military families, rebuild- Hanabusa Nadler Vela cialized for the unique wounds of war, ing our Armed Forces, strengthening Hastings Napolitano Vela´ zquez both seen and unseen, and healthcare our national security, and investing in Heck Neal Visclosky that is provided by physicians experi- Higgins (NY) Nolan Wasserman critical and essential water and energy Himes Norcross Schultz enced in understanding veterans. Inte- infrastructure. These are among the Hoyer O’Halleran Waters, Maxine grating it with the rest of our Nation’s highest priorities as Congressmen and Jackson Lee O’Rourke Watson Coleman healthcare is paramount to improving Jayapal Pallone Welch women. Please vote against the motion Jeffries Panetta Wilson (FL) veterans’ quality of life. to recommit and support this bill. Johnson (GA) Pascrell Yarmuth Yet, despite this historic act of Con- I yield back the balance of my time. gress, the Trump administration has The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without NOES—225 indicated that they would not only objection, the previous question is or- Abraham Culberson Hartzler spurn the will of Congress, but under- dered on the motion to recommit. Aderholt Curbelo (FL) Hensarling mine the very system of integrated Allen Curtis Herrera Beutler There was no objection. Amash Davidson Hice, Jody B. healthcare that veterans have de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Amodei Davis, Rodney Higgins (LA) manded. This last week, the adminis- question is on the motion to recommit. Arrington Denham Hill tration has deemed it necessary to pur- The question was taken; and the Babin DeSantis Holding posefully underfund portions of the re- Bacon DesJarlais Hollingsworth Speaker pro tempore announced that Banks (IN) Diaz-Balart Hudson form because it did not meet their de- the noes appeared to have it. Barletta Donovan Huizenga sired outcomes. Barr Duffy Hultgren RECORDED VOTE In other words, and let’s be frank, the Barton Duncan (SC) Hunter Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. Mr. Bergman Duncan (TN) Hurd administration wanted to privatize the Biggs Dunn Issa VA and was displeased that the Senate, Speaker, I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. Bilirakis Emmer Jenkins (KS) the House, and a near unanimous group Bishop (MI) Estes (KS) Jenkins (WV) of veterans service organizations had The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Bishop (UT) Faso Johnson (LA) Black Ferguson Johnson (OH) worked together to create a common- ant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 5-minute vote on the motion to re- Blackburn Fitzpatrick Johnson, Sam sense, integrated healthcare system to Bost Fleischmann Jordan ensure that veterans received the best commit will be followed by 5-minutes Brat Flores Joyce (OH) votes on: Brooks (AL) Fortenberry Katko care possible. Brooks (IN) Foxx Kelly (MS) The possibility that the administra- Passage of the bill; and Agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of Buchanan Frelinghuysen Kelly (PA) tion undermines the VA’s Community Buck Gaetz King (IA) Care program should not be taken the Journal, if ordered. Bucshon Gallagher King (NY) lightly. And since the start of this ad- The vote was taken by electronic de- Budd Garrett Kinzinger vice, and there were—ayes 187, noes 225, Burgess Gianforte Knight ministration, we have seen leaked Byrne Gibbs Kustoff (TN) memos that show the true intent to not voting 15, as follows: Calvert Gohmert Labrador circumvent the will of Congress and, [Roll No. 256] Carter (GA) Goodlatte LaHood Carter (TX) Gosar LaMalfa most notably, to slash homeless vet- AYES—187 Chabot Gowdy Lamborn erans’ funding at a time when home- Adams Bonamici Ca´ rdenas Coffman Granger Lance lessness is on the rise. Aguilar Boyle, Brendan Carson (IN) Cole Graves (GA) Latta Barraga´ n F. Cartwright Collins (GA) Graves (LA) Lesko My motion to recommit will provide Bass Brady (PA) Castor (FL) Collins (NY) Graves (MO) Lewis (MN) additional funding to the VA medical Bera Brown (MD) Castro (TX) Comer Griffith LoBiondo services account, will ensure that VA Beyer Brownley (CA) Chu, Judy Comstock Grothman Long hospitals will have the funding to help Bishop (GA) Bustos Cicilline Conaway Guthrie Loudermilk Blum Butterfield Clark (MA) Cook Handel Love address the persistent provider short- Blumenauer Capuano Clarke (NY) Cramer Harper Lucas ages that stymie the delivery of qual- Blunt Rochester Carbajal Clay Crawford Harris Luetkemeyer

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.048 H08JNPT1 H5000 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 MacArthur Reichert Smucker Huizenga McKinley Russell Sarbanes Smith (WA) Veasey Marchant Renacci Stefanik Hultgren McMorris Rutherford Schakowsky Soto Vela´ zquez Marino Rice (SC) Stewart Hunter Rodgers Scalise Schiff Speier Visclosky Marshall Roby Stivers Hurd McSally Schrader Schneider Suozzi Wasserman Massie Roe (TN) Taylor Issa Meadows Scott, Austin Schweikert Swalwell (CA) Schultz Mast Rogers (AL) Tenney Jenkins (KS) Messer Sessions Scott (VA) Takano Waters, Maxine McCarthy Rogers (KY) Thompson (PA) Jenkins (WV) Mitchell Shimkus Scott, David Thompson (CA) Watson Coleman McCaul Rohrabacher Thornberry Johnson (LA) Moolenaar Shuster Sensenbrenner Thompson (MS) Welch McClintock Rokita Serrano Titus Tipton Johnson (OH) Mooney (WV) Simpson Wilson (FL) McHenry Rooney, Francis Johnson, Sam Mullin Sinema Shea-Porter Tonko Trott Yarmuth McKinley Rooney, Thomas Turner Joyce (OH) Murphy (FL) Smith (MO) Sherman Torres McMorris J. Upton Katko Newhouse Smith (NE) Sires Vargas Rodgers Ros-Lehtinen Valadao Keating Norman Smith (NJ) Meadows Roskam NOT VOTING—13 Wagner Kelly (MS) Nunes Smith (TX) Messer Ross Kelly (PA) O’Halleran Smucker Walberg Beatty Kennedy Tsongas Mitchell Rothfus King (IA) O’Rourke Stefanik Walden Brady (TX) Noem Walters, Mimi Moolenaar Rouzer King (NY) Olson Stewart Cheney Palazzo Walker Walz Mooney (WV) Royce (CA) Kinzinger Palmer Stivers Costello (PA) Polis Walorski Mullin Russell Knight Paulsen Taylor Huffman Sewell (AL) Weber (TX) Newhouse Rutherford Kuster (NH) Pearce Tenney Norman Sanford Webster (FL) Kustoff (TN) Peters Thompson (PA) ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Nunes Scalise Wenstrup LaHood Peterson Thornberry Westerman The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Olson Schweikert LaMalfa Pittenger Tipton the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Palmer Scott, Austin Williams Lamb Poe (TX) Trott Paulsen Sensenbrenner Wilson (SC) Lamborn Poliquin Turner ing. Pearce Sessions Wittman Lance Posey Upton Perry Shimkus Womack Larsen (WA) Ratcliffe Valadao b 1143 Pittenger Shuster Woodall Latta Reed Vela So the bill was passed. Poe (TX) Simpson Yoder Lawson (FL) Reichert Wagner Poliquin Smith (MO) Yoho Lesko Renacci Walberg The result of the vote was announced Posey Smith (NE) Young (AK) Lewis (MN) Rice (SC) Walden as above recorded. Ratcliffe Smith (NJ) Young (IA) LoBiondo Roby Walker A motion to reconsider was laid on Reed Smith (TX) Zeldin Loebsack Roe (TN) Walorski the table. Long Rogers (AL) Weber (TX) NOT VOTING—15 Loudermilk Rogers (KY) Webster (FL) Stated against: Beatty Huffman Polis Love Rohrabacher Wenstrup Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I was absent for Brady (TX) Kennedy Sewell (AL) Lucas Rokita Westerman the vote on passage of H.R. 5895 (rollcall No. Cheney McSally Tsongas Luetkemeyer Rooney, Francis Williams Costa Noem Walters, Mimi Lynch Rooney, Thomas Wilson (SC) 257), but had I been present, I would have Costello (PA) Palazzo Walz MacArthur J. Wittman voted ‘‘no’’ on final passage. Marchant Ros-Lehtinen Womack PERSONAL EXPLANATION ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Marino Roskam Woodall The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Marshall Ross Yoder Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, due to the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Mast Rothfus Yoho an unavoidable scheduling conflict, I was un- McCarthy Rouzer Young (AK) able to cast my votes on time. ing. McCaul Royce (CA) Young (IA) McHenry Ruiz Zeldin Had I been present, I would have voted b 1136 ‘‘Yea’’ on rollcall No. 253, ‘‘Yea’’ on rollcall No. NAYS—179 254, ‘‘Nay’’ on rollcall No. 255, ‘‘Nay’’ on roll- So the motion to recommit was re- Adams Dingell Levin call No. 256, and ‘‘Yea’’ on rollcall No. 257. jected. Aguilar Doggett Lewis (GA) PERSONAL EXPLANATION The result of the vote was announced Amash Doyle, Michael Lieu, Ted Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on the day of as above recorded. Barraga´ n F. Lipinski Bass Duncan (TN) Lofgren June 8th, 2018, I was unavoidably detained The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Beyer Ellison Lowenthal and as a result, I was absent for rollcall votes question is on the passage of the bill. Biggs Engel Lowey 254–257. Under clause 10 of rule XX, the yeas Bishop (GA) Eshoo Lujan Grisham, Had I been present for the rollcall vote 254, and nays are ordered. Blumenauer Espaillat M. Blunt Rochester Esty (CT) Luja´ n, Ben Ray on Agreeing to the Amendment, I would have This is a 5-minute vote. Bonamici Evans Maloney, voted ‘‘no.’’ The vote was taken by electronic de- Boyle, Brendan Foster Carolyn B. Had I been present for the rollcall vote 255, vice, and there were—yeas 235, nays F. Frankel (FL) Maloney, Sean Brady (PA) Fudge Massie on Agreeing to the Amendment, I would have 179, not voting 13, as follows: Brooks (AL) Gabbard Matsui voted ‘‘aye.’’ [Roll No. 257] Brown (MD) Gallego McClintock Bustos Gomez McCollum Had I been present for the rollcall vote 256, YEAS—235 Butterfield Gonzalez (TX) McEachin on motion to recommit with Instructions, I Abraham Carter (TX) Flores Capuano Gosar McGovern would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ Aderholt Chabot Fortenberry Ca´ rdenas Green, Al McNerney Had I been present for the rollcall vote 257, Allen Coffman Foxx Carson (IN) Green, Gene Meeks Amodei Cole Frelinghuysen Cartwright Grijalva Meng on passage of H.R. 5895, I would have voted Arrington Collins (GA) Gaetz Castor (FL) Gutie´rrez Moore ‘‘no.’’ Babin Collins (NY) Gallagher Castro (TX) Hanabusa Moulton Bacon Comer Garamendi Chu, Judy Hastings Nadler f Banks (IN) Comstock Garrett Cicilline Heck Napolitano THE JOURNAL Barletta Conaway Gianforte Clark (MA) Higgins (NY) Neal Barr Cook Gibbs Clarke (NY) Himes Nolan The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Barton Costa Gohmert Clay Hollingsworth Norcross finished business is the question on Bera Cramer Goodlatte Cleaver Hoyer Pallone Bergman Crawford Gottheimer Clyburn Jackson Lee Panetta agreeing to the Speaker’s approval of Bilirakis Crist Gowdy Cohen Jayapal Pascrell the Journal, which the Chair will put Bishop (MI) Culberson Granger Connolly Jeffries Payne de novo. Bishop (UT) Curbelo (FL) Graves (GA) Cooper Johnson (GA) Pelosi Black Curtis Graves (LA) Correa Johnson, E. B. Perlmutter The question is on the Speaker’s ap- Blackburn Davis, Rodney Graves (MO) Courtney Jones Perry proval of the Journal. Blum Denham Griffith Crowley Jordan Pingree Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- Bost DeSantis Grothman Cuellar Kaptur Pocan nal stands approved. Brat DesJarlais Guthrie Cummings Kelly (IL) Price (NC) Brooks (IN) Diaz-Balart Handel Davidson Khanna Quigley f Brownley (CA) Donovan Harper Davis (CA) Kihuen Raskin Buchanan Duffy Harris Davis, Danny Kildee Rice (NY) REPORT ON HOUSE RESOLUTION Buck Duncan (SC) Hartzler DeFazio Kilmer Richmond 898 DIRECTING SECRETARY OF Bucshon Dunn Hensarling DeGette Kind Rosen HOMELAND SECURITY TO Budd Emmer Herrera Beutler Delaney Krishnamoorthi Roybal-Allard Burgess Estes (KS) Hice, Jody B. DeLauro Labrador Ruppersberger TRANSMIT CERTAIN DOCUMENTS Byrne Faso Higgins (LA) DelBene Langevin Rush Mr. KATKO, from the Committee on Calvert Ferguson Hill Demings Larson (CT) Ryan (OH) Carbajal Fitzpatrick Holding DeSaulnier Lawrence Sa´ nchez Homeland Security, submitted an ad- Carter (GA) Fleischmann Hudson Deutch Lee Sanford verse privileged report (Rept. No. 115–

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JN7.029 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5001 714) on the resolution (H. Res. 898) di- family, our neighbors, are lost every What he did not observe, but we are recting the Secretary of Homeland Se- day to substance abuse. Simply put, we happy about, is that President Obama, curity to transmit certain documents need all hands on deck to attack this under his leadership, took this econ- to the House of Representatives relat- crisis. omy from the worst economy that the ing to Department of Homeland Secu- That is why we will bring over 60 gentleman and I have experienced in rity policies and activities relating to bills from eight different committees our lifetimes to one of the best. homeland security information pro- to the floor in the coming weeks to Now, it was not the best, because the duced and disseminated regarding cy- combat this crisis and save lives. This best economy was under Bill Clinton in bersecurity threats posed by the ZTE includes: the late 1990s in terms of almost every Corporation, headquartered in H.R. 5788, the Securing the Inter- indication. But it is certainly positive Shenzhen, China, which was referred to national Mail Against Opioids Act, information, as the gentleman has the House Calendar and ordered to be sponsored by Representative MIKE pointed out, of where the economy is printed. BISHOP. This bill will close loopholes in now. So we all welcome that. We are hope- f international shipping to stop the flow of synthetic opioids; ful, of course, that we will build on LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM Next, H.R. 5735, the THRIVE Act, that. (Mr. HOYER asked and was given sponsored by Representative ANDY The gentleman mentions there are permission to address the House for 1 BARR, which would establish a pilot over 6 million jobs available. One of minute.) program for evidence-based transi- the challenges, as the gentleman Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise for tional housing nonprofits that have ex- knows, is that we don’t have the skill the purpose of inquiring of the major- perience in recovery and skills train- sets matching the jobs, and that is why ity leader the schedule for the week to ing; they are vacant. That is why they are come. H.R. 2851, the Stop Importation and unable to fill them. We need to, I I yield to the gentleman from Cali- Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues think, focus on that. We need to focus fornia (Mr. MCCARTHY), the majority Act, sponsored by Representative JOHN on investing in our infrastructure. But as was mentioned on the floor leader. KATKO. This bill will enable law en- yesterday in terms of a couple of the (Mr. MCCARTHY asked and was forcement to more swiftly respond to given permission to revise and extend synthetic drugs and keep our commu- bills TIM RYAN, in particular, men- his remarks.) nities safe. tioned, there are still 4 in 10 adults who Mr. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I Along with numerous other bills, can’t pay a $400 bill if it came present. thank the gentleman for yielding. passing these will truly help us form a So we have work to do, and hopefully Mr. Speaker, on Monday, no votes more perfect Union. we can do that together. But it certainly is good news that un- are expected in the House. On Tuesday, Lastly, Mr. Speaker, I want to con- employment is down and the economy the House will meet at noon for morn- gratulate my friend across the aisle. is moving along, continuing in the path ing hour and at 2 p.m. for legislative We are no strangers to droughts in that, from our perspective, was set by business. Votes will be postponed until California, but a 44-year championship President Obama, and that President 6:30 p.m. On Wednesday and Thursday, drought is quite something. So Trump, unlike President Obama, inher- the House will meet at 10 a.m. for congrats to my friend’s beloved Wash- ited a thriving, robust, growing econ- morning hour and noon for legislative ington Capitals on finally winning omy. So I am pleased that we have business. On Friday, the House will Lord Stanley’s cup. It was a fun series meet at 9 a.m. for legislative business. gone to that place. to watch. It was a well-deserved vic- Now, I know the gentleman indicated Last votes of the week are expected no tory for your team and for all of the that a number of opioid-related bills later than 3 p.m. fans of this region. will be on the floor next week. I talked Mr. Speaker, the House will consider Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman to the chairman of the committee yes- a number of suspensions next week, a for yielding. terday, the gentleman from Oregon, complete list of which will be an- Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank and most of those are bipartisan bills. nounced by close of business today. All my friend for the information he has I hope all of them will end up, as they of these bills will be focusing on one given us, and I certainly thank him for come to the floor, as bipartisan bills. thing: fighting our Nation’s opioid epi- his comments at the close of his initial The addiction crisis, of course, re- demic. statement on the colloquy. quires that we invest in a comprehen- America has the greatest mission We are all ecstatic, as I am sure the sive, long-term approach to expanding statement in the world: form a more gentleman can understand, that after access to substance abuse treatment. I perfect Union. This is our task here. 44 years—and I might say I was an ini- hope we can tackle this issue in a I am encouraged by all of the good tial season ticket holder to the Wash- meaningful and bipartisan way. But I things I am seeing around the country. ington Capitals, who started their ca- do want to address a number of other We have 6.7 million jobs open. We have reer at the Capital Center in Prince upcoming items for this work period, just created our millionth job since the George’s County under the ownership starting with the farm bill. tax cut has been passed. Unemploy- and tutelage of Abe Pollin, an extraor- As the gentleman knows, last month, ment is tying a 50-year low. In fact, dinary member of our community who the farm bill failed on the House floor, Mr. Speaker, in the last 49 years, there died, and then now under Ted Leonsis’ and we have until June 22 to recon- has only been 7 months where unem- leadership, and, of course, Alex sider. My question is: Does the gen- ployment has been below 4 percent, and Ovechkin’s extraordinary accomplish- tleman expect that we will see a farm two of those months were April and ments of his own, being named the bill on the floor by June 22? May that we just went through. most valuable player. I yield to my friend. Americans’ net worth has increased And I might say, as I know the gen- Mr. MCCARTHY. I thank the gen- to $100 trillion. That is $7 trillion since tleman would join me in saying, the tleman for yielding. the election, the highest we have ever Las Vegas team had an extraordinary The answer to the question is yes. seen. We also just passed last night, accomplishment themselves, being the I believe the farm bill is incredibly Mr. Speaker, the largest rescission first expansion team ever to make it to important for so many reasons. The package in the history of Congress. the finals in the National Champion- food and agriculture industry drive But I also know that it is our respon- ship. more than 43 million jobs, over a quar- sibility to work every day to make our So, it was a wonderful night for those ter of all American jobs. Nation even stronger. So, Mr. Speaker, of us who live in the Washington Na- And it is what you talked about ear- we are in the middle of the deadliest tional Capital area, and we thank the lier. Yes, the economy is moving so drug crisis in history. For the first gentleman for his observation. well after the tax cut: more than 3 mil- time, drug overdoses are now the lead- Let me say as well, that we share the lion new jobs, more than 1 million just ing cause of death for Americans under gentleman’s happiness that the econ- since the tax cut bill went through, we the age of 50. 174 of our friends and omy is doing well. It is doing well. recently reached.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.054 H08JNPT1 H5002 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 And the other challenge we now find off. Our proposal only applies to those tax revenues to the richest people in ourselves in, and it is an interesting age 18 to 59. It exempts pregnant America. CBO says that; I don’t say challenge we haven’t found ourselves in women, individuals who are mentally that. And 17 percent to all the rest; i.e., in quite some time: there are 6.7 mil- or physically disabled, and the primary some 300 million-plus Americans. lion jobs out there, but only 6.3 million caregivers of a child under the age of 6. Yes, we have a philosophical dif- people looking for them. It has been What we do is give them the job train- ference. We would have suggested that the reverse for quite some time, and we ing to get back into the workforce. the mix be a little fairer to those in the are actually in a stronger position, so Because of that, according to the middle and the bottom of the economic we need to have job training. Foundation for Government Account- growth. But, no, you chose to give your The uniqueness of this farm bill, it ability, 83 percent of Americans sup- benefits to the wealthiest in America. provides those able bodies who do not port work requirements for SNAP. Not surprising. It is trickle-down eco- have underage children, that we are That includes 71 percent of Democrats. nomics one more time. going to give them the training to help Unfortunately, when that bill came to In 2001 and 2003, what happened? You them get into the workforce. So it is the floor, every Democrat said no. did the tax cuts. just more good news, and our intention Mr. Speaker, that was the same thing And what happened 6 years later? is to pass that this month; and as soon that happened when we gave the Amer- The country was plunged into the deep- as it is scheduled, I will inform all ican public tax cuts and created new est recession you, Mr. Majority Leader, Members. jobs and the lowest unemployment— or me have ever experienced in our life. Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank unemployment claims gives you the As a matter of fact, you have to be the gentleman for his observation. best projection of unemployment—in 44 over 90 years of age to have experi- He talks about work. We are requir- years. Forty-four years, Mr. Speaker. enced a deeper recession than was ing those to work to work in order to Do you know another statistic that brought on by the Bush economic poli- get government benefits. What is con- just came out? cies in the last decade, a depth of reces- Small businesses are the greatest troversial about that? sion which the Obama policies brought creators of new jobs. Since 1974 they Democrats support work. We want to us out of faster than any other nation have always surveyed them and they see people working. We oppose, how- in the world. asked them this question: Is now a ever, your SNAP proposal because it is Those are the statistics. Faster than good time to expand? any other nation. The stock market— antiwork. You are taking a work re- Mr. Speaker, remember what a small we are all about the stock market. The quirement that is working and replac- business is. They don’t have a great stock market went up almost 300 per- ing it with one that won’t work. amount of capital. It is at its highest This is not about putting people to level since they took this poll. cent under Barack Obama. Now, when work. It is about pretending that you So I don’t mind having a philo- you get to 300 percent, we will about care about work as cover for taking as- sophical difference of agreement, be- how well you have done. We will see sistance away from struggling families. cause there is a contrast between us. what your trade policies that the As a result of this bill, there will be There is a contrast in philosophy. One President is imposing on the country fewer working—I know the majority believes it would be Armageddon if you do to employers and to employees and leader wants to hear this particular let people keep more of what they earn. to consumers. We will see. piece of information. The facts don’t pan out. Thankfully, But let me tell you what has hap- As a result of this bill as it is cur- we were successful, Mr. Speaker. The pened over the last 68 years under rently written, there will be fewer American people can keep more. Democratic Presidents and under Re- working SNAP beneficiaries, not more, The other thing that happened, Mr. publican Presidents. The gentleman and millions more people going hungry. Speaker, is that 48 out of 50 States wants to know about history. Under That is the working poor who are get- have a lower electrical bill. Also, in Republican Presidents over the 36 ting nutritional assistance for them- one company, 1.2 million of their em- years that your party enjoyed control selves and their families. There will be ployees have longer maternity leave. of the Presidency, the GDP grew by an less of them under your bill. The sad part is, I wish I could have average of 2.5 percent. Under Demo- I yield to my friend. sat here and said: As America, making crats for 32 years, by 4.1 percent. Mr. MCCARTHY. Well, I thank my it a more perfect Union, this whole Now, what did that 1.6 percent dif- friend for yielding, and this is just a body voted for it. Unfortunately, Mr. ference mean? clear example of the difference in phil- Speaker, one side had to carry the What it meant was, under Republican osophical opinion. load. Presidents over the last 68 years, 35 Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, the gen- million jobs were created. The gen- b 1200 tleman is ecstatic about recent statis- tleman talks about jobs. Under Demo- We had this same debate when it tics. I think that he has, of course, cratic Presidents—4 less years, 32 came to the tax bill—that it was going warrant to be. years—there were 64.960 million jobs to be Armageddon; if people got bo- Let me read to the gentleman statis- created. nuses, it would be crumbs; and that we tics over a 68-year period where Demo- Now, I hope, unlike your past per- would be in a really worse position crats have had the Presidency and Re- formance, that the job growth con- than we are. publicans have had the Presidency on tinues, that the stock market increase Well, as we found out, Mr. Speaker, and off. The gentleman’s words are al- continues, but that has not been the that is totally untrue. The economy is most exactly the same words I heard in history. We will see. stronger. Again, in the last 49 years 2001 and 2003 when we were told and the So I hope that when you deal with there has only been 7 months in the country was told, if we adopted those the farm bill, notwithstanding your history of America where unemploy- tax bills that the gentleman is so very statistics, that you bring a bipartisan ment was below 4 percent. Two of those proud of—which is plunging our coun- bill. Very frankly, the farm bill has seven months are April and May of this try $1.8 trillion into additional debt, historically been a farm bill. But what year. We just hit 1 million new jobs, which he and his party wrung their you did was passed a tax bill giving the based upon that tax cut. More so since hands about so repeatedly—and that rich 83 percent of its benefits. And in the election. Household wealth has in- the CBO says is a result of what I be- the farm bill you were taking nutri- creased by $7 trillion just since the lieve to be the most fiscally irrespon- tional assistance away from families election. sible Congress in which I have served. and children. That is why you couldn’t Now, this is the philosophical dif- Let me repeat that. I have served in pass it, among other reasons. It was ference. Currently, two-thirds of able- 18 Congresses. I believe this past Con- not bipartisan, as it was two Con- bodied adults report no earned income gress to be, this Congress that we are gresses ago when we reauthorized this. at all. Why? in, the most fiscally irresponsible Con- You tried to cut the SNAP program by Because the SNAP program is letting gress in which I have served. $40 billion. them down. Not a single child or fam- Yes, we have a philosophical dif- The gentleman well knows the Sen- ily who currently qualifies will be cut ference. You gave 83 percent of your ate is not pursuing your policies either

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.056 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5003 on the Republican side or the Demo- going to be broken. Even though at the He mentions about the rescission cratic side. end of the day he couldn’t vote for that package. Mr. Speaker, if you will re- You are missing a lot of good infor- agreement and trust that we worked so call, when we had this debate some mation. hard together on in an omni, that if we weeks ago, he said everything in this The fact of the matter is, you know did anything in a rescission package to rescission bill is what we don’t need. your farm bill is not going to pass the cut funding that the taxpayers would Guess what, Mr. Speaker? Ebola Senate. want us to do, that he couldn’t deal money was rescinded in that bill some Mr. Leader, on the farm bill I would with the omni. weeks ago, but not in this bill. He urge you to come together with us. I So I took him at his word. He said: changed it because, very frankly, Mr. don’t know that there is a more bipar- You had 1, 2, 3 years in these commit- Speaker, they found out, oops, we need tisan member of this Congress than tees. They just sat there in these pro- the Ebola money. So they took it out COLLIN PETERSON, the ranking Demo- grams. of this bill. cratic on the Agriculture Committee. There is a program in there that has We think you need the CHIP money. Very frankly, the chairman was not in- $4.7 billion parked by the Obama ad- We think we need the CHIP money to terested in a bipartisan bill. I don’t ministration to help fund electric cars. make sure that if there is a happening know whether it was by direction or What was the one automotive company or an occurrence that occurs, the CHIP his own view. that went bankrupt and took the money is needed either directly or indi- But let us come to a bipartisan money as well? Fisker. That is $4.7 bil- rectly to make sure that children, in agreement on this farm bill and pass it lion. Nothing has been done on that fact, are taken care of. over to the Senate so that you can do since 2011. b 1215 something, not just talk about how you So I took him at his word. We worked are reducing nutritional assistance to with the administration. We brought Who has said that? Mr. TOM COLE has people that rely on it for their food the largest rescission package here, be- said that. We have used that money ef- every day. cause, yes, we want to take care of this fectively and appropriately. Mr. Speaker, I yield to my friend. debt. We think it is the responsibility So, Mr. Speaker, it is hard to believe Mr. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I of everybody here. But, no, those words that if the Ebola money—which I was thank the gentleman for yielding. rang hollow that day. There wasn’t a assured was not needed—that cut was I would be upset, too, if I voted vote for that, but we were able to pass restored by our Republican friends, Mr. against every economic bill brought to it anyway. Speaker, because they found out, yes, this floor that had the opportunity to I look right here at the Economic it is needed. grow America—and the statistics prove Cycle Research Institute in October Now, in terms of wasting time, 65 it. 2016. It is their numbers. There was a 2 votes over the last Congress to repeal It is not me saying it. It is The New percent average growth under Obama the Affordable Care Act—65—with a York Times. To be frank, Mr. Speaker, versus 2.7 under Bush. In terms of aver- full and unquestioned knowledge that I don’t think they have ever said many age pace of GDP growth, Obama’s was none of those votes would result in nice things about Republicans. But this the slowest expansion on record. The something happening for our country is what they said about the economics numbers prove otherwise on what you in the United States Senate. They of today: ‘‘We ran out of words to de- say, but the most important thing it weren’t going to vote for that. They scribe how good the job numbers are. proves is that people are working. Peo- knew that. So we spent a lot of time on The economy is in a sweet spot, with ple care about the security of their job. that. steady growth and broad improvement People care about the security and Let me also say: The gentleman says in the labor market.’’ That is The New safety of the country. let’s get about our business. Let me York Times. I feel very thankful that next week ask the gentleman: Does he expect a I don’t have a problem if you are our President will be sitting down with bill on the DACA protectees, the upset by the fact that the economy is the leader of North Korea with the Dreamers, to come on the floor next exactly what we said would happen if hopes that we can make this world week? we got the economic changes we de- more secure. Mr. Speaker, I yield to my friend. sired. Just as when we looked at de- We are building the security of jobs. Mr. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I regulation, we will continue to make We are building the security of the thank the gentleman for yielding. this move forward. world. I would firmly believe: Let the I said it before, and I will say it Now, Mr. Speaker, I have heard many American public judge whether they again: Republicans are committed to times on the other side of the aisle in are better off today than they were a solving this issue for good, not passing these colloquies: Work with us. Work few short years ago. a bill and patting ourselves on the with us on CHIP. I don’t need numbers to show it. I can back, but for dealing with this issue in But, Mr. Speaker, they are being di- just see every statistic, the jobs, the a meaningful way that is beneficial to rected by people higher up not to work people, and I am proud of that fact. hardworking Americans. with us in the committee, just as they I ask, Mr. Speaker, the other side to As you know, my door is always said not to work with us on the farm follow through. I have heard time and open. You have been there many times. bill, when we were working together again: I would never shut the govern- I am committed to bringing all Mem- the whole time. But we kept the things ment down; we wouldn’t go that polit- bers to the table and working together they wanted inside that bill. ical. But when the day came, they did. to solve this problem. Just as we voted on this floor a little Politics and the election are over. In fact, Mr. Speaker, I need to go to earlier today, there was a message that Let’s put people before politics. Let’s a meeting dealing with this subject. I went out from the leader on the other make sure this country is secure eco- am late to it right now. But we will side to not vote at all. So they held nomically and secure with safety continue to work to solve this problem. their votes until it passed, and 23 around the world. And that is exactly Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank brave, courageous individuals on the what we are doing here. the gentleman. I would only say, I ap- other side broke from the letter that Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I hear the preciate his comments. But, Mr. the leadership asked them not to vote words of the majority leader. He and Speaker, I have heard them a long for. his party, without exception, opposed time, many, many times: We are going What was it about? President Obama’s programs. Without to solve this issue. It was about VA and veterans. exception. Mr. RYAN came to the floor and said: I think you have got to stop playing We became the majority in 2007, and We are going to solve this issue. You politics. we worked with President Bush on a vote for this caps bill, and we will get Just last night on this floor, Mr. number of things, including a very sub- an immigration bill on the floor that Speaker, I heard from my dear friend stantiation environmental bill signed will solve this issue. who was very concerned because there by President Bush, and other bills as That was some 21⁄2 months ago. It is was an agreement and the trust was well. not solved yet, Mr. Speaker. I hope the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.058 H08JNPT1 H5004 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 leader does, in fact, bring a bill to the ADJOURNMENT FROM FRIDAY, I think we can expand on this con- floor quickly. JUNE 8, 2018, TO TUESDAY, JUNE cept of mercy and pass sentencing re- In fact, the suggestion that had been 12, 2018 duction, which goes to the reflection made by many Members of his party Mr. MCCARTHY. Mr. Speaker, I ask on sentencing that has been done under mandatory minimums for nonviolent and mine to bring four options to the unanimous consent that, when the offenses where individuals are incarcer- floor seems absolutely consistent with House adjourns today, it adjourn to ated across the Nation for 25, 30, 40, 50 the Speaker’s pledge to take the tough meet on Tuesday, June 12, 2018, when it years, and even life. If we do that issues head-on; and that is, bring the shall convene at noon for morning-hour debate and 2 p.m. for legislative busi- through the legislative process, we will Democratic bill that is cosponsored by have a structure that will look at these one of the senior Republicans, ILEANA ness. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. individuals to make sure that they can ROS-LEHTINEN, to the floor; bring the RRINGTON). Is there objection to the contribute to society. Goodlatte bill, which has been reported A request of the gentleman from Cali- We need the National Sheriffs’ Asso- out of the Republican Judiciary Com- fornia? ciation, the National Association of mittee, to the floor; bring a bill co- There was no objection. Law Enforcement, the evangelicals, sponsored by Mr. HURD and Mr. f people of all faiths; we need lawyers; AGUILAR to the floor. we need social workers; we need physi- NORTHERN CALIFORNIA POWER Then what we provide, Mr. Leader, is cians to look at how this impacts fami- AGENCY’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY that the Speaker can bring a bill to the lies. We can do this with the House and floor of his choosing. What could be (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given the Senate. I commit to this Congress fairer than that to let the people’s permission to address the House for 1 the interest in sentencing reduction. House speak on this critically impor- minute and to revise and extend his re- f marks.) tant issue? So I would hope the gen- CLEAN WATER PROVIDES CHIL- Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise tleman would facilitate that coming to DREN WITH A CAREFREE RE- today to commend the Northern Cali- the floor. CESS fornia Power Agency, also known as Lastly, Mr. Speaker, let me say that NCPA, on its 50th anniversary. (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was this is the most closed Congress in his- NCPA was established in 1968 by a given permission to address the House tory. He talks about coming to his of- consortium of locally owned electric for 1 minute and to revise and extend fice, and I have. We have worked con- utilities to make joint investments in his remarks.) structively and positively together, energy resources that would ensure an Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, for and I have great respect for the major- affordable, reliable, and clean supply of most students here in the United ity leader. I know he is very close to electricity for customers in its member States, recess is a time for recreation. President Trump, and he has talked communities. For the pupils of Balkumari Primary about his working with President The agency’s mission is to provide School in Kathmandu, Nepal, recess is Trump to move forward. members with reliable, efficient, and the only opportunity for them to get cost-effective wholesale power and en- water. Let us hope that the talks with ergy-related services. I can tell you For decades, the school relied on a Korea bear fruit. We have had a lot of that, during my time in Congress as tiny stream as its only source of drink- talks with the Koreans. They have well as my time in the California State able water, a 20-minute walk away. In made a lot of pledges, and they haven’t Legislature, the agency meets that 2013, however, the stream dried up, followed them. We will see what hap- mission with flying marks. leaving the school without access to pens. We are hoping for the best. They also own and operate nearly 260 drinkable water. So the education In coming to your office, we have had megawatts of in-state hydropower re- stopped. some discussions. We have had discus- sources that generate carbon-free elec- Mr. Speaker, the story has a happy sions about DACA. But, very frankly, tricity for Californians while also pro- ending because the Balkumari Primary when we come to this floor, this is the viding many outdoor recreational ben- School received U.S. aid for water. Now most closed Congress, Mr. Leader, in efits, helping to meet the renewable with water access, students scramble recent history, if not history. We have mandate for electricity in the State. out of the schoolyard, learning and de- had 85 closed rules. Zero, not a single Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to veloping with an education, as normal open rule have we considered. join me in commending the NCPA for kids should. 50 years of invaluable service to its This is why the Water for the World Over 2,000 germane amendments have public power members and their re- Act that Representative BLUMENAUER been blocked by the Rules Committee. spective communities. and I authored is so important, which Mr. Speaker, that is amendments that f is now the law of the land. The legisla- are in order, and they have been tion requires a comprehensive plan for blocked. In fact, 194 Republicans—Re- SENTENCING REDUCTION the United States to aid other coun- publicans—have been refused the op- (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was tries in securing clean water. portunity to move forward on their given permission to address the House We have it within our power to help amendments. for 1 minute and to revise and extend kids like the Balkumari Primary Now, I know that the leader’s sched- her remarks.) School because, Mr. Speaker, water is ule is such that we can conclude this Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I life. debate. I have other things to say. But have had the opportunity to serve on And that is just the way it is. I am hopeful that, frankly, whatever the Judiciary Committee for a number f of years. It is a committee that has al- we bring to the floor, bring it on a rule WORLD OCEANS DAY that provides for full consideration, most two-thirds of the jurisdiction of bring it that reflects facing the tough the United States Congress. What I (Ms. GABBARD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 issues, bring it so the House can work love about it: It is a protector of the rights of the American people through minute.) its will on these bills, including the the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, water is farm bill, including an immigration The pardon is an act of mercy, and life. Growing up in Hawaii, we have a bill that protects the Dreamers, and in- this past week I applauded the act of unique appreciation for the protection cluding other legislation so critical to mercy that was generated for a woman of our resources, from our mountains this country. Let the House work its in Alabama who had a sentence of 100 all the way down to our oceans. It is will through the amendatory process. years for a small, nonviolent drug of- something that we grow up with, that Mr. Speaker, unless the gentleman fense. That woman became a minister we have a responsibility to take care of wants to say something, I yield back and worked on degrees while she was our home, to keep it clean, not only for the balance of my time. incarcerated. us, but for future generations.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.060 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5005 Today is World Oceans Day, and we ward-deployed on the peninsula and Amazingly, Bill was a passenger on have the opportunity to celebrate the stands on the front lines of freedom 24 three Japanese prisoner ships that beauty of our world’s oceans and also hours a day, 7 days a week, facing the were struck by the U.S. Army Air commit to keeping them clean. North Korean People’s Army eye to eye Force, yet he survived all three inci- Right now we see all over the world in defense of democracy and our way of dents. that our oceans are under siege. Tem- life. In August of 1945, he was finally lib- peratures are rising, pollution riddles As the son of a Korean war company erated by the American forces from our waters and beaches, coral reefs are commander myself, I am honored that Camp Hoten in Manchuria. For his dying off, and marine life are being my constituent is taking the helm of honorable and distinguished service, killed. this command at such a crucial time. Bill received many honors, including a So as you recognize World Oceans Sean is a warrior-scholar. A Ph.D. can- Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, the Dis- Day, we can think about how, in our didate in international relations at the tinguished Unit Badge, three Oak Leaf own lives—individually, as a family, as University of Chicago, he is committed Clusters, and the Prisoner of War communities—we can do our part to to protecting the United States on the Medal. take care of our planet by changing battlefield but also rigorously studying After the war, Bill resumed life in things like making sure we are not the pressing national security chal- America, and he married the love of his using toxic sunscreens that kill off our lenges we face and their solutions. He life, Margaret Jacobs, in 1946. He also coral reef or the single-use plastics has dedicated his life and his career to began working for the Santa Fe Rail- that pollute our waters. keeping our Nation safe. road as a bridge engineer. Bill worked We cannot wait for the tide to Mr. Speaker, I wish Sean, his wife for the Santa Fe Railroad company for change. We have got to take action to Meghan, and their three children God’s 38 years and was known as an exem- make sure that our oceans and our very best, and I thank him for his serv- plary employee. planet are safe and clean for all life for ice. A man of great character, Bill was an integral part of the veterans commu- generations to come. f nity and was a member of the Reserve f b 1230 Officers Association, Defenders of the MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT HONORING WILLIAM ‘‘BILL’’ Bataan and Corregidor, and American A message in writing from the Presi- HAMILTON, JR. Ex-Prisoners of War. dent of the United States was commu- Mr. Speaker, selfless service to those The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under around him defined Bill Hamilton’s nicated to the House by Ms. Mariel the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- Ridgway, one of his secretaries. life. He worked tirelessly to defend our uary 3, 2017, the gentleman from Texas freedom and to better communities in f (Mr. FLORES) is recognized for 60 min- which he lived. He is loved by his com- utes as the designee of the majority AZERBAIJAN’S 100TH munity, and he certainly left an endur- leader. ANNIVERSARY ing impression on our Nation. He will Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I rise be forever remembered as a selfless sol- (Mr. GAETZ asked and was given per- today to honor Bill Hamilton, Jr. of dier, community member, husband, fa- mission to address the House for 1 Overland Park, Kansas, who passed ther, friend to hundreds, and an honor- minute and to revise and extend his re- away on January 4, 2018. Bill was born ably fighting Texas Aggie. marks.) in Dallas, Texas, on February 18, 1918. My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise to In 1940, he graduated from the Agricul- and heartfelt condolences to the Ham- commemorate the 100-year anniversary tural and Mechanical College of Texas, ilton family. We also lift up the family of the independence of Azerbaijan and now known as Texas A&M University, and friends of Bill in our prayers. to highlight the significance and im- with a degree in civil engineering. I have requested that a United States portance of the U.S.-Azerbaijan rela- In World War II, Bill served as a lieu- flag be flown over the Capitol to honor tionship. tenant in the Army. He was in com- the life and legacy of Bill Hamilton, Jr. Throughout its history, Azerbaijan mand of an antiaircraft unit in the As I close today, I urge all Americans has resisted invasion from the Soviet Philippines at Corregidor Island. Bill to continue praying for our country Union. They were pioneers in advanc- was part of the American defensive during these difficult times, for our ing the cause of women’s suffrage. Day forces trying to hold Corregidor Island military men and women who protect in and day out, Azerbaijan cooperates from the Japanese. us from external threats, and for our on defense, counterintelligence, and Fighting valiantly, the American first responders who protect us here at counterterrorism activities. Azerbaijan forces held the island for 5 months, home. established the first secular parliamen- only surrendering to Japanese forces HONORING WILTON A. LANNING tary democracy in the Muslim world. after all ammunition and supplies were Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I rise They have offered unconditional sup- exhausted. The Japanese had expected today to honor Wilton Lanning of port to the United States after 9/11. to take the island in 3 weeks. Waco, Texas, who passed away on Jan- Here is to another 100 years of great On April 21, 1942, while defending uary 10, 2018. prosperity for the people of Azerbaijan Corregidor, he and approximately 24 Wilton was born on June 12, 1936, in and a strong relationship with the other Texas Aggies gathered together Waco. He graduated from Waco High United States. at The Rock, as Corregidor is now School and would go on to graduate f known, to observe Aggie Muster. While from Baylor University and would be a Japanese bombs fell on the island, proud Baylor Bear for the rest of his CONGRATULATING LIEUTENANT those Aggies participated in this proud life. At Baylor, Wilton met his wife of COLONEL SEAN MORROW tradition and called the roll for those 57 years, Lanell ‘‘Lee’’ Lanning. (Mr. ROSKAM asked and was given Aggies who had lost their lives during Wilton was a lifelong Waco resident, permission to address the House for 1 the preceding months. This event dur- a proud advocate for Waco businesses, minute and to revise and extend his re- ing wartime brought the solemn Aggie and an avid amateur historian of the marks.) Muster tradition to the attention of city. He worked for 40 years at Waco’s Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I would the entire world. then oldest business, Tom Padgitt, like to congratulate Lieutenant Colo- With the passing of Bill Hamilton, we Inc., where he served as president and nel Sean Morrow, a constituent of the have lost the last of the survivors of CEO. Sixth District of Illinois. the 1942 Muster at The Rock. Always looking for ways to push de- On June 19, Sean will be taking com- After being captured at Corregidor velopment in Waco, he served as the mand of the United Nations Security Island, Bill spent 31⁄2 years as a pris- executive director of the Waco Busi- Battalion in the Joint Security Area of oner of war, being held at camps, in- ness League, chairman of the Greater the Demilitarized Zone on the Korean cluding Camp Cabanatuan in the Phil- Waco Chamber of Commerce, and he Peninsula. This unit is the most for- ippines and Camp Fukuoka in Japan. was a member of the Baylor Waco

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.062 H08JNPT1 H5006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 Foundation. He also served on several her family. She also worked as a wait- Joe was born in 1941 in Ansonia, boards, including the Hillcrest Baptist ress, picked cotton, and worked at a Ohio. His family soon moved to Texas, Medical Center, the Waco Industrial grocery store to earn money for the where he grew up under difficult cir- Foundation, the Waco Mammoth Foun- family. cumstances in a tough neighborhood dation, the Brazos Higher Education When Beatrice was 18 years old, she between Bellmead and Waco. The Service Corporation, and as president met the love of her life, Richard Rodri- neighborhood was known as No Man’s of the board of the Waco YMCA. guez, at a dance in Caldwell, Texas. Land, where residents were known to Upon his retirement from the Waco After the dance, Richard and Beatrice dig their own wells for water. Joe at- Business League, Wilton received the became inseparable. tended La Vega High School and went Waco Business League Lifetime Richard asked Beatrice’s father for on to attend McLennan Community Achievement Award. He was also the her hand in marriage, but her father College in Waco. During that time, he recipient of awards such as the James refused. The couple then decided to also met and married the love of his H. Lockwood Masonic Lodge 1343, the elope, which they did on October 31, life, Alice Martinez. A.F. & A.M. Community Builder 1960. They were married for 57 loving Overcoming his difficult upbringing, Award, the National Philanthropy years and had three daughters. Joe became a leader in the Waco area. Lifetime Achievement Award, and the In their thirties, the couple started He served two terms as mayor of Silver Eagle Award from the Boy their first restaurant and named it the Bellmead and was a union leader at the Scouts of America. Buccaneer. When a chance to move the General Tire and Rubber Company Wilton built his life on a foundation business to downtown Bryan came up, plant. He also served as the director of of serving and giving back to others, a the couple took the opportunity and the Economic Opportunities Advance- value he learned as an Eagle Scout and named the new restaurant Casa Rodri- ment Corporation’s Head Start pro- certainly reenforced by his father who guez. Opened in 1978, the restaurant gram. In one of his more prominent served as a captain in the United serves authentic home-style Mexican roles, Joe also served as the CEO of the States Army. cuisine and has repeatedly been voted Cen-Tex Hispanic Chamber of Com- Wilton was a lifelong supporter of as one of the best restaurants in the merce for over 20 years. Baylor University and an active mem- Brazos Valley. Always sticking to his principles and ber of the Baylor Alumni Association. Beatrice was a local celebrity in our looking for ways to better our commu- In recognition of this, his family has Brazos Valley community. She was nity, Joe was committed to providing received the Baylor Alumni Associa- known to always keep up a distin- equal opportunities for all, empowering tion’s First Family of Baylor Award. guished appearance in public, and she youth, and helping Hispanic-owned Wilton also held a special place in his owned a large collection of hats, which businesses in the area succeed. He was heart for the Waco-born soft drink, Dr earned her the nickname ‘‘The Hat a strong advocate for minority commu- Pepper. As a result, he cofounded the Lady’’ around town. She had a warm nities and believed that there was Dr Pepper Museum in Waco, which de- and fun-loving demeanor, which helped strength in diversity, and he advocated tails the origins of this famous soft her easily connect to those who en- drink. for higher education as a way so that When he became a grandfather, he countered her. anyone could make it in America. Her caring heart came, in part, from asked to be called ‘‘Dr Pepper’’ by his Mr. Speaker, selfless service to those her deep faith in God. She was a devout grandkids. When he was rebuffed, he around him defined Joe’s life. He Catholic and attended Santa Teresa settled on being called, simply, ‘‘Pep- worked tirelessly to better our commu- per.’’ Catholic Church in Bryan. You could nity, and he built strong relationships Mr. Speaker, Wilton Lanning worked often find her in the church praying for throughout Waco. He is loved by his tirelessly to better the Waco commu- loved ones. city, and he has certainly left an en- nity. From his 40 years at Padgitt’s to She was also a loving grandmother during impression on our central Texas his time with the Business League, and affectionately called Grandma Bea community. He will be forever remem- Wilton certainly left an impression on by her seven grandchildren. bered as a selfless community member, central Texas. He will be forever re- Mr. Speaker, selfless service to her leader, husband, father, grandfather, membered by his passion for Waco as a community and to our community de- great-grandfather, and friend. great philanthropist, a businessman, a fined Beatrice’s life. She worked tire- My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest husband, a father, a grandfather, and a lessly to uphold the values of Bryan- and heartfelt condolences to the Rodri- friend. College Station and brought smiles, guez family. We also lift up the family My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest great food, and love to those around and friends of Joe in our prayers. and heartfelt condolences to the her. She is loved by our residents and I have requested that a United States Lanning family. We also lift up the certainly left an enduring impression flag be flown over the Capitol in honor family and friends of Wilton in our on our Brazos Valley community. She of the life and legacy of Joe Rodriguez. prayers. will be forever remembered as a selfless As I close today, I ask all Americans I have requested that a United States community leader, a wife, a mother, a to continue praying for our country flag be flown over the Capitol to honor grandmother, and a dear friend. during these difficult times, for our the life and legacy of Wilton Lanning. My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest military men and women who protect As I close, I urge all Americans to and heartfelt condolences to the Rodri- us from external threats, and for our continue praying for their country dur- guez family. We also lift up the family first responders who protect us here at ing these difficult times, for our mili- and friends of Beatrice Rodriguez in home. tary men and women who protect us our prayers. HONORING ARNOLD MATHIAS from external threats, and for our first I have requested that a United States Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I rise responders who protect us here at flag be flown over the Capitol to honor today to honor my dear friend, Arnold home. the life and legacy of Beatrice Rodri- Robert Mathias, of Waco, Texas, who HONORING BEATRICE RODRIGUEZ guez. passed away on April 27, 2018. Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I rise As I close today, I ask all Americans Arnold Mathias was born in 1922 in today to honor Beatrice Rodriguez of to continue praying for our country Copperas Cove, Texas. While born in Bryan, Texas, who passed away on Feb- during these difficult times, for our very modest circumstances, his parents ruary 28, 2018. families, for our military men and would raise both him and his brother in Beatrice was born in Somerville, women who protect us from external a loving and nurturing family during Texas, in 1941. Her father was a rail- threats, and for our first responders the Great Depression. road worker, who was paralyzed on the who protect us here at home. After graduating from Copperas Cove job while he was in his thirties. Her HONORING JOE RODRIGUEZ High School, Arnold attended the Uni- mother took care of the home and her Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I rise versity of California at Berkeley and father after he was paralyzed. today to honor Joe Rodriguez of Waco, Texas Tech University, from which he Beatrice was one of nine children and Texas, who passed away on March 15, received a bachelor of business admin- learned to cook at an early age to help 2018. istration.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.064 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5007 Shortly after the bombing of Pearl of the Texas District of the Lutheran and her mind is super sharp. She lis- Harbor, Arnold volunteered for the Church. tens to talk radio daily and is a strong U.S. Army. While initially, as an 18- As a veteran, Arnold’s post-military Republican. She loves to tell stories year-old, the bombing meant little to affiliations included the Disabled about her colorful past to friends and him, he ultimately experienced a surge American Veterans, the American Le- family, and she is surrounded by a of patriotism for our great Nation, and gion, and the Military Order of the community who loves her. he felt committed to serve. That patri- Purple Heart. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to recognize otism and commitment stayed with In 2012, Arnold was nominated by Emily Tooker-Blake on this joyous oc- him throughout his lifetime. members of our community to receive casion, and I know that her family and During World War II, Arnold was the the Texas 17th Congressional District friends love her and are proud of her. I leader of a tank platoon in the 13th Ar- Veteran Commendation. It was an wish her many more years of health mored Division, 24th Tank Battalion honor to bestow him with this unique and happiness. that was incorporated into General award that recognized not only his self- I have requested that a United States Patton’s 3rd Army. He was wounded in less service to our Nation, but also a flag be flown over the Capitol to honor the battle for the German Ruhr Valley community volunteer to our central Emily Tooker-Blake on the occasion of when his tank exploded while under Texas community. her 100th birthday. heavy fire from the Germans. Even after Arnold’s death, his service As I close today, I ask all Americans After recovering from his wounds, he continued as he had his body sent to to continue praying for our country returned to the front lines. Once vic- the Anatomical Board of the State of during these difficult times, for our tory was declared in Europe, he was Texas for use in teaching and scientific military men and women who protect told to prepare for the Japanese inva- purposes. us from external threats, and for our sion. He was spared from being de- Mr. Speaker, selfless service to those first responders who protect us here at ployed to Japan after President Tru- around him defined Arnold’s life. He home. man ordered the use of atomic bombs worked tirelessly to better our commu- to achieve victory over Japan. nity and built strong relationships in HONORING THE BRAZOS COUNTY WORLD WAR I After the war, Arnold married Margie Waco. He is loved by his city, and cer- CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE Dane Calhoun in 1950. Their 68-year tainly left an enduring impression on Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I rise marriage produced a loving family our central Texas community. He will today to honor the men and women with three daughters who blessed him be forever remembered as a selfless who trained in Brazos County, Texas, with four grandchildren and three community leader, a war hero, a vet- who defended our freedom during World great-grandchildren. eran, a husband, a father, a grand- War I. I also rise to recognize the Braz- Upon leaving Active Duty, Arnold father, a great-grandfather, and a dear os County World War I Centennial began a long and fruitful career of pub- friend. Committee, who are making sure these lic service. He managed a couple of My wife, Gina, and I offer our deepest veterans are honored on the 100-year community chambers of commerce in condolences to the Mathias family. We anniversary of the United States enter- central Texas before becoming a dis- also lift up the family and friends of ing World War I. trict manager for the U.S. Chamber of Arnold in our prayers. Brazos County has a deep history Commerce headquartered in Houston. I have requested that a United States with World War I. In 1917, the United He also served as chairman of the zon- flag be flown over the Capitol to honor States Council of Defense selected ing commission and was elected to the the life and service of Arnold Mathias. Texas A&M University as one of the six city commission and served as the As I close today, I ask all Americans colleges in the United States to host mayor of a small city in Harris County, to continue praying for our country training for a division of the United Texas. He then served as the south- during these difficult times, for our States Army Signal Corps. Signal western regional manager for the U.S. military men and women who protect Corps members received instruction in: Chamber in Dallas. us from external threats, and for our electrical engineering, telegraphy, Upon retiring from the U.S. Cham- first responders who protect us here at radio work, induction sets, pack sets, ber, Arnold served as district director home. field work, visual signaling, telephony, for the 11th Congressional District, HONORING EMILY TOOKER-BLAKE dry and storage batteries, outside wir- which at the time included Waco and Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I rise ing, switch boards, and construction of other portions of central Texas. He today to honor Emily Tooker-Blake of lance pole and tripod lines. then went on to continue working in Waco, Texas, who turned 100 years old Texas A&M University was also the politics and public affairs as a consult- on March 18, 2018. only Allied training location for mete- ant. Emily was raised during the Great orology, and trained nearly 4,000 troops Depression, and worked as an assistant and mechanics. b 1245 to her father, who was a dentist in In addition to his professional career, Waco. Money was difficult to come by, The Brazos County World War I Cen- Arnold served and participated in and her father used to trade dental tennial Committee has identified over many civic and service associations, work for eggs or chickens to feed their 800 veterans buried in Brazos County, including central Texas chairman of family. and it is committed to honoring their the Girl Scouts of America, chairman Graduating from Waco High School, memory as the centennial of their serv- of the United Way, board member of Emily soon married Leslie Tooker, who ice approaches. Among those veterans the Lions Club, the Downtown Dallas worked for his father and who owned buried in Brazos County are men, Rotary Club, the Waco Rotary Club, a an ice cream shop in town. Leslie even- women, African Americans, Jewish Paul Harris Fellow, the National Trust tually learned the dental tradecraft Americans, Hispanics, and first-genera- for Historic Preservation, the Cameron from his father-in-law and followed in tion Americans. Park Zoological Society, Keep Waco his footprints to become a dentist in It is an honor to recognize their dis- Beautiful, and the Waco Historic Foun- Waco. Emily worked alongside her hus- tinguished service to our country dur- dation. band, working as a part-time dental as- ing our time of great need, and to rec- Arnold’s Christian faith was also sistant until her retirement at age 60. ognize the Centennial Committee for very important to him and his family. Emily and Leslie raised three chil- their work to make sure that these At one time or another, he headed dren: Max; Leslie, Jr.; and their daugh- veterans’ legacies are honored and re- nearly every office in the local con- ter, Leroy. Emily and Leslie also had a membered not only on the centennial gregation of which he was a member. knack for adventure and followed their anniversary, but for generations to He also held leadership positions as the son, Leslie, Jr., to South America, liv- come. president of the Lone Star District of ing there until moving back to Texas Our Brazos County cities of Bryan the Walther League, as state treasurer in 1990. and College Station have each joined of the Lutheran Laymen’s League, and Today, Emily lives with her daughter with the Brazos County World War I as a member of the Board of Directors in Waco. She still makes her own food Centennial Committee to proclaim

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.066 H08JNPT1 H5008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 April 17, 2017, as World War I Remem- And that is not all. This week, we Now, the mess hall is basically a caf- brance Day. I encourage other commu- learned that Pruitt ordered his govern- eteria for the top officers of the White nities in our great country to consider ment bodyguards to seek out a luxury House. I have been in it. I was there taking similar actions. moisturizer that is exclusively offered under the Obama administration. It is I have requested that a United States to patrons of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. an honor to be invited to go, and it is flag be flown over the Capitol to honor Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman great food at a very low price. the life and legacy of those World War from California (Mr. TED LIEU), my Pruitt has misused this privilege so I veterans who trained in the Brazos friend and colleague. much so that he has been asked to not Valley, and to honor the Brazos Valley Mr. TED LIEU of California. Mr. come back. You are that egregious World War I Centennial Committee. Speaker, I thank Congressman that, as a sitting member of the Cabi- As I close today, I ask that all Amer- GALLEGO for yielding. net, you have been told by White House icans continue to pray for our country, Mr. Speaker, what Congressman staff to not come back to the cafeteria. for our military men and women who GALLEGO didn’t say is, first of all, both That tells you a lot. protect us from external threats, and of us are veterans, and we serve on Ac- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman for our first responders who protect us tive Duty in the United States military from California (Mr. TED LIEU) to tell here at home. because we believe in this country, we us about number nine. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance believe in America, we believe we are Mr. TED LIEU of California. Mr. of my time. an exceptional nation. Speaker, number nine is the dinner res- f But Scott Pruitt has made a joke of ervation. It was publicly reported that Federal service. He is under 12 inves- EMPEROR OF THE SWAMP EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt asked tigations. He has wasted taxpayers’ the security detail to turn on lights The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under money, he has used taxpayers’ money and sirens so that they could drive him the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- to enrich himself, and he has used tax- down the crowded traffic streets of uary 3, 2017, the gentleman from Ari- payers’ money to help his wife. Washington, D.C., and get him to din- zona (Mr. GALLEGO) is recognized for 60 Based on what Congressman GALLEGO ner at Le Diplomate restaurant. minutes as the designee of the minor- said about this lotion thing, he had his That is an abuse of taxpayer funds, ity leader. personal security detail, paid for at and that is not what sirens are for. Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, in taxpayer expense, drive around to Ritz- Trump’s ‘‘Cabinet of corruption,’’ one Carltons to try to find lotion. That is They are for actual emergencies, not to individual stands head and shoulders why I have a picture here of the Ritz- make sure that a Trump Cabinet offi- above the rest. He is a man that Sen- Carlton lotion. cial can make his dinner reservation on time. ator UDALL crowned ‘‘the Emperor of There is also this thing, by the way, the Swamp.’’ known as the internet. You can just go Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, I also If we created a Mount Rushmore of on the internet and search for Ritz- recommend just taking the Metro. It is American corruption, his face would be Carlton lotion. The first link will take much quicker, but that is just me. carved into it. His scandals are so out- you to the Ritz-Carlton shops, and he Number eight, $130 fountain pens: rageous that even Sarah Sanders has could have just ordered it without Scott Pruitt has spent over $1,500 tax- stopped defending him and just started using his taxpayer-funded staff to drive payer dollars on personalized $130 foun- telling jokes at his expense. around to find this lotion. This is just tain pens. Now, I recommend the BIC I am speaking, of course, about EPA an example of the joke he has made of pen. It does the job well. Administrator Scott Pruitt. Federal service. But, more importantly, it seems like, I will give you an example. Pruitt Mr. GALLEGO and I are going to break on one hand, he doesn’t seem to mind tried to use his office to get his wife a down for the American people today spending taxpayer dollars on really ex- Chick-fil-A franchise. When he was the top 10 scandals of EPA Adminis- pensive things, such as these really questioned about it, the EPA chief trator Scott Pruitt. fancy pens, and then personally, in his said: Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, before own personal life, he is really cheap by It is one of the best restaurants in the we go into the top 10, I think one of the looking for cheap used Trump mat- country. We need more of them in Tulsa and pretty scandalous other abuses of tax- tresses. So he is, essentially, using the we need more of them across the country. payers is the fact that he had his per- taxpayer dollar as his personal piggy Anyway, it is an exciting time. sonal detail asking and searching for bank so he can live the lifestyle he Mr. Speaker, don’t get me wrong, I used Trump mattresses. wants. enjoy a chicken sandwich just as much Now, this is not a joke, this is not On to the mattress. Pruitt used his as any other person, but Scott Pruitt from an episode of ‘‘Veep.’’ Your EPA EPA staff to help him look for a dis- talks about Chick-fil-A like they are Administrator, a supposed adult in the count Trump Home Luxury Plush Euro some kind of social service or some room, is using taxpayer dollars to try Pillow Top mattress. It is apparently group that hands out food to the home- to find used Trump mattresses. his favorite. less. He thinks it is an organization Right now, all I can think of are two He also inappropriately used aids to setting up soup kitchens and homeless things. Number one, this person is just look for apartments and help arrange shelters. egregiously using our taxpayer dollars family vacations to the Rose Bowl. Frankly, this is probably one of the in the worst possible manner. And, TED and I are lucky to have some weakest excuses I have ever heard from number two, he is trying to set up one very smart, young staff, and they work any administration, but this adminis- of the weirdest bed and breakfasts in hard, but they are not here to be our tration seems to specialize in weak ex- the history of Washington, D.C. personal valets. They are here to make cuses. But this is actually real. This is not sure we do our job well, we get to our Scott also rented a Washington, D.C., TV. This is actually happening in your meetings, and we have the resources apartment from a lobbyist with mat- government. that we need to make the right deci- ters before the EPA. And it won’t sur- Mr. Speaker, let me go into the top sions. prise you at all that he got a really 10 things that EPA Administrator Pru- They certainly aren’t there to help good sweetheart deal. Pruitt was pay- itt has done to embarrass this country, you find the right type of Trump Home ing $50 a night and was only charged and possible corruption. And 10 is what Luxury Plush Euro Pillow Top mat- the days he actually slept there. we have. There are a lot more than tress. I definitely don’t recommend Now, for everybody back in Arizona that, but we have to at least keep this that. Or, as TED LIEU has said, there is who may not understand this, the D.C. somewhat bitable for everybody else. the internet. You can find it there also. rental market is really high here. Let Let me start with number 10, as re- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman just assure you, what he did was not cently reported: the mess hall. Pruitt from California (Mr. TED LIEU). normal and probably illegal. I am not a has overused his privileges at the Mr. TED LIEU of California. Mr. lawyer or a law enforcement officer, swanky, but affordable, White House Speaker, number six is the lotion, but this arrangement definitely looks mess hall, despite being warned against which we have already talked about. like a bribe to me. doing so. But what we didn’t talk about is, in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:35 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.068 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5009 using his security detail, you should So Scott Pruitt got this deal with To finish, we had a President who know, this is a really expensive secu- lobbyists that no ordinary American said he was going to come and drain rity detail 24/7. They have already could have gotten. It was a $50-a-night the swamp. Scott Pruitt is the swamp. spent $3.5 million on that security de- deal on a condo in Washington, D.C., He is the biggest swamp monster there tail in 2017. near the Capitol, and market rates is right now when it comes to the cul- were much higher than $50 a night. b 1300 ture of corruption here in Washington, But in addition, he structured a lease D.C. This is, again, just a waste of tax- so he only had to pay for the nights Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance payer funds. No other Cabinet official that he was there. So many nights that of my time. has this kind of security, and it is he wasn’t there, the landlord just had f something that we really should look to eat those costs. That is not a lease at if we had a functioning GOP House that any normal American could have THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA oversight structure. gotten. SHOULD BECOME THE 51ST STATE Unfortunately, the majority here in The reason that Scott Pruitt got this The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the House has refused to look at EPA’s is because he was dealing with these the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- Scott Pruitt scandals, and I don’t even lobbyists, who also lobbied on issues uary 3, 2017, the gentlewoman from the know how they can defend him at this before him. This is what most people District of Columbia (Ms. NORTON) is point. would call corruption. recognized for the remainder of the Mr. GALLEGO. Number five, first And before we go to the last one, hour as the designee of the minority class travel: Pruitt has spent over which is about the Chick-fil-A res- leader. $100,000 on first class commercial trav- taurant, I just want to say the fact Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I appre- el since entering office, citing security that Chick-fil-A—I can’t even say this ciate this time on the floor to speak without laughing. Maybe RUBEN concerns, apparently not satisfied with about making the District of Columbia GALLEGO can talk about this with a his $3.5 million currently spent on se- the 51st State. curity escort. straight face. Mr. GALLEGO. Look, you have an I am not going to simply glow about Let me tell you, number one, unfor- EPA Administrator who is literally how important that would be for my tunately for, I think, many Americans, using his staff to go track down and try district, because we have found that nobody knows who Scott Pruitt is. You to speak to the CEO of Chick-fil-A to most Americans believe we already do not need to be flying first class for, try to get a very hard-to-get franchise, have the same rights they do. quote/unquote, security reasons, and essentially using his public office to I want to describe one of the oldest you certainly should not be making the put pressure on them to get a very, cities in the United States, a city that American public be paying for your very hard-to-get and lucrative fran- is bigger than two States, that is to first class tickets. chise. say, has more residents than two Mr. TED LIEU of California. Number In any world, if we had just told you States, more residents than Vermont, four, the $43,000 soundproof phone that this was being done by 1 or 2 or more residents than Wyoming, and booth: So EPA Administrator Scott even 10 people, this all would not just about as many residents as seven Pruitt is so paranoid that he wasted be really, really, really weird, but real- States of the Union. $43,000 of your taxpayers’ money to ly, really, really corrupt. The people I represent, 700,000 of build a soundproof phone booth for him But the fact that there is one person them, are number one in taxes paid to to make phone calls. that is doing this, and consistently support the Government of the United So if the President doesn’t want to doing this, and has not been fired by States, yet they have no representa- fire EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt the man who said he enjoys firing peo- tion whatsoever in that body down the for his corruption, I think the Presi- ple, by the man who had a show for so hall, the Senate of the United States. dent should just fire him for being many years about firing people, and In fact, I am grateful that the House super weird, right? You have got Scott yet for some reason, he cannot find a understands that I should vote in com- Pruitt using a security detail to get lo- reason to fire this weird, corrupt EPA mittee, where most of the work is tion at the Ritz-Carlton, to have his Administrator, that is the problem done, but when a bill comes to the staff trying to find used Trump Hotel here. House floor, even if that bill singularly mattresses, and he has built this pri- You have a corrupt Cabinet official affects the residents of the District of vate phone booth. That is just creepy and you have a Presidency that will Columbia, every Member of this body, and strange. not keep him in check. except the Member who represents the Mr. GALLEGO. Number three, I yield to my good friend, TED LIEU, District of Columbia, can vote on that unsanctioned raises: In a time in Amer- to close. bill. ica where every American is hoping to Mr. TED LIEU of California. Again, That is not justice, that is un-Amer- just get a pay raise next month, Scott Congressman GALLEGO and I served on ican, and it offers strong evidence, I Active Duty in the military. We are Pruitt was told: You are not allowed to think, of the underlying reasons why veterans. We believe in this country. give your employees—the certain em- the District of Columbia should be- ployees that he wanted to give—a pay That is why we are up here. Some of the things we said today come the 51st State of the Union. raise. We are making progress. We have got may have sounded funny, because we He was specifically told: They do not are trying to point out the absurdity of almost all the Democrats on our state- deserve that pay raise. You will not why EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt is hood bill. And if there is Democratic give them a pay raise. still in office. control of the next Congress, I will So instead, he used an obscure provi- Scott Pruitt has wasted taxpayer seek a vote on D.C. statehood on the sion of the Safe Drinking Water Act to funds, he has abused taxpayer funds for House floor. actually find a way to give them a pay his personal profit, he has abused his I got a vote on D.C. statehood when I raise in spite of the White House say- relationship with lobbyists to person- first came to the Congress. It is time to ing: You will not give them a pay raise. ally profit, he has also abused his rela- have another vote on D.C. statehood. Now, this would be actually some- tionships to help his family profit. We have more than half of the Demo- what okay, in my opinion, if he was ac- Scott Pruitt, at the end of the day, is crats in the Senate, and I will get all tually trying to protect safe drinking not just an embarrassment to us, he is the Democrats in the House and all the water, but, in fact, he is not doing that. an embarrassment to the Republicans Democrats in the Senate before the end He is actually only using the fund to in this House, to the Democrats in this of the 115th Congress. pay for these increases for his well-con- House, to the Trump Cabinet, and to Most Members of the House come to nected friends and get them higher the United States of America. this place knowing little about the pay. Scott Pruitt has to go. Capital City. I don’t blame them. I Mr. TED LIEU of California. Number Mr. GALLEGO. Mr. Speaker, I thank don’t see why they should know much two is the sweetheart condo deal with Representative LIEU for his comments about it, except that it is the tourist lobbyists. during this Special Order. mecca of our country; that 30 million

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.069 H08JNPT1 H5010 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 people from around the world, includ- have the right to have the final say on Imagine if just anybody could have an ing from their States, come to see the its own budget, because any Member of assault weapon in the Nation’s capital, extraordinary monuments in our city. the Congress can try to overturn the particularly today. So Members shouldn’t know any District’s budget. Yes, I have been able to stop it. But more about my district than I know Are they interested in the budget? Do why should I have been put to that ef- about their districts, and yet Members they try to overturn the budget itself? fort when I represent 700,000 tax-paying come to this floor to not only vote on No. But when the budget comes here, citizens of the United States who had matters affecting my district, but on Republicans use it as a vehicle to over- already done it? laws that would take away or overturn turn laws that they don’t agree with, I do have to show you how low or laws passed by the legitimate govern- and that is why our budget is here, this laughable these efforts can become. I ment of the District of Columbia. budget that was raised by the residents have stopped a bill that prohibited my When Members come, I greet them, of the District of Columbia, this local city from using its own funds to keep offer them help in finding housing and budget. certain kinds of flushable products the rest, and that is about the end of it. from being sold in the District of Co- b 1315 So if they come to the House to vote, lumbia. They stop up toilets. they don’t know anything more about In order to keep our budget from The Member who proposed this, Rep- the city, except if they happen to stay coming here at all—what is it doing resentative ANDY HARRIS of Maryland, here, and we welcome them, than they here—a referendum overwhelmingly perhaps because it is so laughable, ulti- did when they walked in the door. passed by residents called the Local mately withdrew it. We came on the But every Member needs to know Budget Autonomy Amendment Act es- House floor to expose it. that 700,000 Americans host them, and sentially said, that is it. It shouldn’t But I cite the flushable wipes amend- they need to know, when they are come here. ment to show these anti home rule ef- called upon to interfere with the local The House has tried to repeal that at forts know no bounds. You might ask, laws of the District of Columbia, they least three times. I have saved it from well, why would Representative ANDY should treat our local laws the way being repealed largely from marching HARRIS want to do this? I don’t know they would have their local laws treat- over to the Senate. for sure, except that there is a manu- ed. Perhaps the most persistent attempt facturer of those wipes that has sur- I particularly speak of my Repub- on the part of the Congress are efforts faced and, as you may know, many lican colleagues, who are the chief pro- to wipe out the District’s gun safety Members get campaign funds from peo- ponents of local control. They don’t laws. It is a big city and, yes, big cities ple who ask them to place matters in want the Federal Government into not are where you have most of the gun vi- bills. They don’t ask them to put them only their business, but sometimes olence, so the District has tough gun in our appropriations, but that is what happened, and I had to get that one they try to get the Federal Govern- safety laws. And yet, every single year out. I do want to publicly thank Rep- ment out of Federal business, and yet I have to protect our gun safety laws resentative HARRIS for withdrawing his it is my Republican colleagues who are from Members of Congress who are not amendment. the chief abusers of what we call Dis- answerable, are in no ways responsive, to the people of the District of Colum- To give you some sense, though, of trict Home Rule, what Americans call how the District of Columbia has to the right to self-government. bia. Our residents can’t vote them out of pay attention, not only to its own local I need to give you examples of what laws and preserving them, but has to I mean when I say Members try to office. They can vote only me out of of- fice. They can’t touch them. If that ask its Member to do what every other overturn our laws, and I need to say Member does a lot on national matters. doesn’t fly in the face of American de- that I often am able to keep them from So while I am working on national mocracy, I can’t tell you what does. doing so, even without a vote on this bills, during the first year of the Senator MARCO RUBIO has introduced House floor, because of the way I think Trump Presidency, I had to defeat 15 a bill to wipe out all of our gun safety through what my role is. bills to overturn the District’s gun laws since 2015. I have saved D.C. gun I have got to think of a way to keep laws. people who overwhelmingly outnumber laws from being eliminated. But Sen- I had to block bills that would gut me, obviously, and are the majority in ator MARCO RUBIO from the State of the public school system laws by mak- this House, from overturning my own Florida, where the Parkland young- ing D.C. use its own local funds for pri- local laws. We have barely succeeded in sters are, who have taken nationwide vate schools. Yet Congress has defeated doing so, but I will give you an idea of their own campaign to get this Con- an education bill that defeated amend- what I mean. gress to pass sensible gun laws. ments to an education bill that would I should begin by saying that because Yet Senator RUBIO, aided by Rep- have allowed school districts to spend this is a city, a big city, that its laws resentative TOM GARRETT of this body, its own money on private schools. would be more progressive than in would eliminate all of the District’s They took private school vouchers many other parts of the United States. gun safety laws, including the Dis- out of the national bill, but a Member For example, the District of Colum- trict’s ban on guns in schools; includ- tried to put vouchers on the District. bia government has passed a Death ing making the District of Columbia a Defeated that one. And there are oth- With Dignity Act. This is a controver- unique exception to a Federal law ers, but I won’t go down the list of sial bill. Six States have passed it, in- called Gun-Free School Zones Act, them all. cluding States represented by the Re- which means you cannot have a gun Understand that that work is impor- publican leadership of this House. It is within a school zone. Everybody could tant to my District, but it is work that a bill that allows a person to take his have that except the District of Colum- no other Member has to pursue because own life with minimal help from a phy- bia. you cannot interfere with the local sician. It is very controversial. Six Senator RUBIO and Representative laws of any other Member. States have passed it; so has the Dis- GARRETT would repeal the District’s At the same time, however, for exam- trict of Columbia. It is nobody’s busi- ban on assault weapons and large-ca- ple, I had and did get full funding to re- ness but theirs. pacity magazines. Assault weapons in habilitate the Memorial Bridge. That I have kept this law from being over- the Nation’s capital? Imagine who happens to be important because mil- turned, but I have had to fight to do so would be endangered if there were as- lions of Americans use that bridge. for at least three years. sault weapons here? And I do not refer They come to Arlington Memorial Let me give you another example: to the residents of the District of Co- Cemetery and use that bridge to get the Local Budget Autonomy Act. Why lumbia alone. there. They come to the Nation’s Cap- would there be a Local Budget Auton- Anyone who visits our city will often itol to see our iconic sights, and they omy Act? Everybody knows that if you find traffic stopped while caravans of use that bridge. Now that was a na- levy your own local taxes, no one high-level officials go by. Sometimes tional bill. That is the kind of bill, should have anything to do with that, they will be Members of Congress. Federal bill, that most Members work but the District of Columbia does not More often they will be world figures. on that they are proud of.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:47 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.082 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5011 I bring it up because that work, his surprise to know that the District’s Senators as well—even with fewer resi- which as a Member of Congress I must financial condition and reserves and its dents than the number who live in the do for the Nation, as well as my city, is growth as a local economy, were Nation’s Capital. quite apart from protecting the local among the best in the Nation. One way to understand why the resi- laws of my city. After that hearing, learning, for ex- dents of the District of Columbia re- Let’s take the affordable healthcare ample, that our budget was the envy of sent being treated as second-class citi- act. Virginia has just signed on, belat- the States, Representative ISSA himself zens is to understand its highest tax edly, to the affordable healthcare act. I endorsed budget autonomy and worked rate, Federal tax rate—the highest in am in the national fight with most tirelessly with me and with local offi- the Nation—amounts to $12,000 per Members, certainly on my side of the cials, as well as Republican interest resident, more per capita than any aisle, to maintain that law. And we groups, to try to secure at least the au- residents of any States. Yet no matter have maintained that law. In spite of tonomy over our budget; at least over what the bill, no matter how impacted President Trump’s attempt to overturn our budget. These are what we call the the District is, I will not vote on that it. In spite of more than 40 attempts by components of statehood. bill. my Republican colleagues to overturn So even if my Republican friends are What hurts more than the failure to it. not for statehood, there is no reason allow the District to vote on most bills D.C. needed it, because with the ACA, not to be or to stand against the ele- is the failure to allow the District to 96 percent of D.C. residents are now ments of statehood. And we certainly vote on bills to go to war. The resi- covered by healthcare. That means vir- may well get those before we get state- dents of this city have fought and died tually everybody. But in that effort I hood itself. in every war, including the war that am in league with other Members on a For example, clemency. The Presi- created the United States of America. national law. That is what I should be dent has the authority of clemency Please remember the slogan that the paying attention to, first and foremost. over the District of Columbia. Well, he Framers and the residents threw up to Another example of a national law doesn’t know a thing about the Dis- win their freedom. It wasn’t, ‘‘Freedom which is important to the Nation and trict and, as a result, when clemency in the large.’’ It was, ‘‘No taxation to me is passage of the Dream Act, to comes out, normally the District in- without representation.’’ protect these children who were mates are not even included. That is a We ask for statehood based on the brought to the United States as infants classic matter for local governments. original understanding of the Founders or small children by their parents, who Yes, budget autonomy is one of them. of our Nation who were willing and, in- know no other country, and now face Even the District’s local laws have to deed, did go to war for the principle of deportation because technically they, come here and sit for 60 days, 30 days, no taxation without representation. of course, are not citizens; even though or for criminal laws, 60 days, to see if Well, the people I represent have gone they don’t know El Salvador or Mexico anybody wants to overturn these laws. to war without a vote to go to war and or any other of the countries from This is a remnant of more than 200 without a vote upon returning from which they would have come. years ago, when the District had no war. Of the 800,000 Dreamers, 800 of them home rule, as we called it, or self-gov- The sacrifices should be clear to see. are in the District of Columbia, so I am ernment. World War I—and here we are talking like many Members who come to the Of course the Congress doesn’t choose about casualties—more than three floor on that issue. But that is a na- to use that section, so they could get States. World War II, more casualties tional bill. That is what I am supposed rid of this legislative autonomy be- from the District of Columbia than to do in the Congress. cause they reserve their energy for the four States. And then it only goes up. In our city, if somehow we could not budget. With a budget here, they use The Korean war had more casualties save the Dreamers, that would be $50 that as the vehicle to overturn the Dis- than eight States. And, of course, the million annually gone from our econ- trict’s laws. Vietnam war had more casualties than omy; that is how productive they are. I 10 States. b 1330 have had a town meeting with them. That ought to be reason enough for These are the most impressive young What I think most Members of Con- the District of Columbia to be made people I have ever seen speak to our gress do not know is that the District’s the 51st State. More important than residents. local economy is one of the strongest paying the highest Federal taxes per Mr. Speaker, could I ask how much in the Nation, and let me prove that. capita, more important than being ex- time I have remaining. It has got a $12.5 billion budget. That cluded from a vote on the floor of the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. is larger than the budget of 12 States. Senate, it is the sacrifices our resi- BACON). The gentlewoman from the My district has a $1.75 billion surplus. dents have made for their country that District of Columbia has 27 minutes re- That kind of surplus, that large sur- speak loudest, most prophetically, maining. plus, almost $2 billion, is the envy of about the right of residents to be treat- Ms. NORTON. After you have heard the States. ed equally. all of these abuses of American democ- My district has a per capita income May I inquire of the time remaining, racy, you may have some under- higher than that of any State, higher please. standing why I believe that the Dis- than that of California, of Massachu- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- trict of Columbia should become a setts, of New York. That is one of the tlewoman has 151⁄2 minutes remaining. State, and why statehood is the only reasons why the people I represent pay Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, it is not remedy for the abuses that I have de- the highest taxes per capita in the as if the Congress of the United States scribed. United States. has never understood the injustices be- But, do not think that there are no The total income of the residents of fore you. The reason I come to the Republicans who understand some of the District of Columbia is higher than House floor today is because there is the issues I have described. I regret the income of seven States. Its con- turnover in the House all the time and that my good friend, a conservative Re- sumption, given its income expendi- many Members have never heard this publican, Representative DARRELL tures, is higher than those of any until now. ISSA—and I say I regret, because I don’t State. And, of course, what we are see- And why not? Because you don’t lis- think that every Republican should be ing is a city that is flourishing. Its pop- ten to what happens to somebody else’s put in the same category. ulation growth rate is the highest since district. You are too busy dealing with I cite Rep. DARRELL ISSA, because he the 2010 Census. In fact, the District your own district. was chair of a committee on which I now has a larger population, as I indi- That is how we like it, and that is serve, and decided to have a hearing on cated, than two other States that have how we would like to make it for every our local jurisdiction. He asked the representation to vote on this House Member of the House. Mayor to come, the chair of the City floor. Yes, almost 45 years ago, the House Council, and those who handle the DC would only qualify for one vote, understood the injustice of what was budget. He listened and he indicated and Vermont and Wyoming, have two then the case. The District had no self-

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.083 H08JNPT1 H5012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 government. It intermittently had the District of Columbia a vote in that tion, if my party controls this Cham- some self-government in the 19th cen- House. ber, I will ask for a vote on the House tury—and may I add, that the height of The Governor of Utah came to testify floor. I will ask for that vote, even that self-government was about the for it. The Republican Members from though I am not certain by any means same as the District has now: a Dele- the House and the Senate voted for it. that that vote would result in state- gate Member of the House and the It was a one-to-one, and it was perhaps hood. I will ask for that vote, because right to local government. the best chance for voting rights, cer- I want to put it to this body exactly And who gave them that? It was the tainly, that we have had since the cre- what it means not to have the same post-Civil War Congress, which was a ation of the Republic. rights they have. Republican Congress. Well, if we got that kind of bipar- When my party controlled this The Republicans lost their way, and tisan support for at least the House House, I did not get statehood, but I they are chiefly responsible now for the vote, why doesn’t the District of Co- was able to get what is called the vote District’s not having what their own lumbia have a vote on the House floor in the Committee of the Whole. That is party understood should happen after as I speak? The answer is that the Na- a vote on some business on the House the Civil War. They had fought a Civil tional Rifle Association succeeded in floor. War for democracy for everyone, and getting a Member to attach to the bill, My Republican friends actually sued they, indeed, began the home rule proc- in the House, an amendment that, in the House for allowing the District of ess that was lost after Reconstruction exchange for the House vote, the Dis- Columbia, whose residents are number and renewed again almost 45 years ago trict would have had to give up all of one per capita in Federal taxes, this with the 1974 Home Rule Act. its gun safety laws. vote on the House floor. They went to Here again in the 20th it wasn’t the I have just indicated to you the kinds the Federal District Court, then to the Democrats who were solely responsible. of sacrifice that would have meant. Court of Appeals, but they did not have Yes, it was a Democratic Congress, but The assault weapons ban would be the gumption to go to the Supreme it was a Republican President, Presi- gone, just to name, perhaps, the worst Court. dent Richard Nixon. He said, in signing of them. That is an offer we had to So I voted for my District at least on the Home Rule Act: ‘‘As a longtime refuse, and it is the closest we have some matters in the Committee of the supporter of self-government for the come to equal rights as a Federal dis- Whole. And I will seek that vote, even District of Columbia, I am pleased to trict. short of statehood. sign into law a measure which is of his- But it is not the closest we will ever I represent one of the Nation’s oldest toric significance for the citizens of come. We will give priority during the cities. I represent 700,000 residents who our Nation’s Capital.’’ next Congress to budget autonomy, au- have overpaid their dues—have over- Remember, this is President Nixon tonomy over our own budget; legisla- paid them in war, have overpaid them talking, saying: ‘‘I first voted for home tive autonomy, to keep our legislation in taxes. We are overdue as we pursue rule as a Member of the House of Rep- from having to come to this floor. democracy for other people around the resentatives in 1948, and I have en- A local prosecutor—the DA who ev- world in assuring that there is democ- dorsed the enactment of home rule leg- eryone associates with your local juris- racy for everyone in our own country. islation during both my terms as Presi- diction is not who enforces criminal We should begin with the residents of dent.’’ law in the District of Columbia. It is our own proud Nation’s capital. Then he went on to say: ‘‘. . . it is the U.S. attorney for the District of I ask the House to think deeply particularly appropriate to assure Columbia who does both local law, about what lies in your hands, and that those persons who live in our Capital local criminal law, and, of course, Fed- is not only the ability, but the obliga- City rights and privileges which have eral law. tion to make the 700,000 residents of long been enjoyed by most of their Mayoral control over the National the District of Columbia whole by countrymen.’’ Guard; your Governor can call out your making the District of Columbia the That was a Republican President and National Guard because only he knows 51st State of the United States of a Democratic House acting in a bipar- the ins and outs of safety when there America. tisan way to give the District self-gov- are issues affecting the National Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance ernment, a self-government which it Guard. The National Guard is usually of my time. has handled better than most of the used for things that are local in nature, f State and city governments since. such as hurricanes and flooding. And that is not the only example of CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL b 1345 Republicans working with us to do EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO what almost surely will take some bi- The President knows almost nothing THE ACTIONS AND POLICIES OF partisanship. Representative Tom about that or about the authority to CERTAIN MEMBERS OF THE GOV- Davis of Virginia worked with me on a grant clemency, as I mentioned earlier ERNMENT OF BELARUS AND bill that, in fact, got a vote in both in these remarks. Also, of course, con- OTHER PERSONS TO UNDERMINE houses and, indeed, we would now have trol over the appointment of local DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES OR IN- in the District, a House vote if that bill judges and the operations of the local STITUTIONS OF BELARUS—MES- had passed. courts. Yes, D.C. courts are title I SAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF I was in the minority. Representative courts. What that means is that these THE UNITED STATES (H. DOC. Tom Davis was in the majority as a Re- judges who handle only local matters— NO. 115–131) publican. I regret that he has resigned local criminal and civil matters—are The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- from Congress to go on to higher and appointed by the President of the fore the House the following message better things, as he saw it. He worked United States and have to stand in line from the President of the United with me and had hearings. What he dis- to get approved by the Senate of the States; which was read and, together covered was that the State of Utah, a United States. with the accompanying papers, referred very Republican State, had missed get- I have simply summarized some of to the Committee on Foreign Affairs ting a vote it thought due that State, the hardships of not being treated as and ordered to be printed: and Representative Davis discussed an equal jurisdiction under the Con- with me the possibility of pairing the stitution of the United States and To the Congress of the United States: District of Columbia with Utah—one some of the benefits of citizenship that Section 202(d) of the National Emer- Democratic vote and one Republican the District would obtain if such equal- gencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides vote—and nobody would gain if the ity were indeed granted. for the automatic termination of a na- District got a House vote. It is true that the District has never tional emergency unless, within 90 Now, Representative Tom Davis was achieved this equality, but I do not fret days before the anniversary date of its not for statehood, but he did not be- that it is out of hand. When the next declaration, the President publishes in lieve that we would call it the people’s Congress resumes, I have indicated any the Federal Register and transmits to House without giving the residents of number of things I will pursue. In addi- the Congress a notice stating that the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.085 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5013 emergency is to continue in effect be- ruary. I think some people have a sense grades. Some of them even say that yond the anniversary date. In accord- of a consensus from the meeting yes- they are as fine a group of people as we ance with this provision, I have sent to terday, but I do not believe that we can select out of American citizens. the Federal Register for publication the have anything that gets to 218 votes. So I began asking some of those ques- enclosed notice stating that the na- So, generally, Mr. Speaker, the con- tions of our bureaucracy. I had actu- tional emergency with respect to the servatives and Republicans would agree ally begun asking those questions as actions and policies of certain mem- with four of the five pillars that Presi- far back as last September and intensi- bers of the Government of Belarus and dent Trump has laid out. I don’t know fied the request in January and focused other persons to undermine democratic if I will get them exactly right, but one on it very hard. processes or institutions of Belarus is to build the wall. Another one is to With a lot of work to try to get to that was declared in Executive Order secure the border. Another one is to the bottom of it, I found out a number 13405 of June 16, 2006, is to continue in end chain migration. Another one is to of things about who are the DACA re- effect beyond June 16, 2018. establish merit-based immigration, in- cipients. First, I want to characterize, The actions and policies of certain stead of having it be the chain migra- just a little bit, about how we got here. members of the Government of Belarus tion that we have experienced. Barack Obama made DACA, the De- and other persons to undermine I recall witnesses before the Immi- ferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Belarus’s democratic processes or insti- gration Committee years ago who tes- made it his tool for an unconstitu- tutions, to commit human rights tified that between 7 and 11 percent of tional amnesty. We should not forget, abuses related to political repression, our legal immigration in America—the Barack Obama, on at least 22 different and to engage in public corruption con- legal immigration in America—only locations and times, said on videotape tinue to pose an unusual and extraor- between 7 and 11 percent is based upon that he didn’t have the constitutional dinary threat to the national security anything that we have control over, authority to create this DACA policy. and foreign policy of the United States. which presumably would be merit. He said at a school here in Wash- For this reason, I have determined that The balance of the legal immigra- ington, D.C., not that long ago, before it is necessary to continue the national tion, then, is really not in the control he left office, before he implemented emergency declared in Executive Order of the American people or in the con- the DACA policy, he said: You are 13405 with respect to Belarus. trol of the United States Congress. It is smart students here; you understand DONALD J. TRUMP. in the control of the people who are, I this. He said: I can’t write the laws. THE WHITE HOUSE, June 8, 2018. will say, utilizing the current policy Congress writes laws. The President f that we have, that we can’t find the and the executive branch carry out consensus to reverse. And those who those laws, execute those laws, and the IMMIGRATION are coming in the country sometimes court interprets the laws. So it is up to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under by hook, by crook, and shenanigan, and Congress to change the policy. the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- sometimes just simply exploiting the But just a couple of months after uary 3, 2017, the Chair recognizes the laws that we have. that statement, President Obama im- gentleman from Iowa (Mr. KING) for 30 So it has always been very simple for plemented by executive edict a DACA minutes. me, Mr. Speaker; that is, we need to se- policy that no thinking constitu- Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, it is cure the border. Without a border you tionalist can really take the position a privilege to address you here on the don’t have a nation. Any sovereign na- that it is anything other than utterly, floor of the United States House of tion has to secure its borders and has blatantly, and self-confessed by Barack Representatives. to control those borders. That goes for Obama unconstitutional. I would say, first of all, I want to any sovereign nation all over the Yet, we have had a couple of Federal compliment the gentleman on the se- world, including the Vatican. Judges who say that President Trump, lection of his tie—the nice Washington I look at that big, 30-foot-tall wall who was elected to end the DACA pol- Capitals red tie that he has on. Every- around the Vatican and understand icy—and we all expected that January body behind me who is dressed in red that they don’t have an open borders 20, 2017, at noon, when President and up there dressed in red, Mr. Speak- policy there. Neither do other coun- Trump took his oath of office, he would er, has to be celebrating the jinx being tries around the world, except for the have already had the order ready to go broken and the Washington Capitals United States of America, who, under that would have ended the DACA pol- winning the Stanley Cup last night. the 8 of years of Barack Obama, icy and stopped any new permits from The streets were full of people cele- watched the rule of law be so eroded being issued and stopped any renewals brating. that it has clouded the minds of a lot of existing permits, and perhaps even By the way, it was fairly calm, con- of Republicans here in the House of cancel the existing ones that were sidering the exhilaration that drove all Representatives. there, but that didn’t happen. of that. A few people came here a little There was a question asked yester- Five to six weeks later, Mr. Speaker, tired today, but with a big smile on day that I wrote down here that I think we learned that the Trump administra- their face. So a lot of happy, tired peo- is really important to contemplate. I tion was still issuing new DACA per- ple in Washington, D.C. My congratula- hadn’t put it in those kind of words be- mits in just as unconstitutional a fash- tions goes out to them. fore, although I had thought about it ion as Barack Obama was. He just I came here today speak about a and I actually did research on it. And wasn’t the author of it. He wasn’t the topic that has been essentially con- the question is this: I’ll put it this creator of it. President Trump wasn’t suming a lot of our time here in these way—this discussion, by the way, on the creator of it. He was the continuer debates, Mr. Speaker, and that is this immigration, the sticking point is of the unconstitutional DACA policy topic of immigration. about DACA, Deferred Action For created and established by Barack We had a 2-hour conference on Thurs- Childhood Arrivals. Obama. day morning from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.—it So the question that was posed was So there were extensions, renewals of may have gone after that a little this: We stopped the entire political existing, and there were creations and ways—to try to reach a resolution. It world for these people, DACA recipi- new permits handed out for DACA. We seems as though we got about the same ents. So the question was posed: Who all knew it was unconstitutional. kind of conclusion with our effort to are they? Who are they? Then, as we went along, I want to reach a resolution as they did in the We hear continually they are valedic- really thank a number of States, but in United States Senate when they de- torians or they came across the border particular, Texas, who put together a bated on the floor of the Senate for 4 on their mother’s arm when they were lawsuit, to file a lawsuit, on the uncon- days on immigration issues, trying to 3 years old. They know no country but stitutional policy of DACA, which is get a consensus to bring any single bill this one. They only speak one lan- costing Texas taxpayers money and op- out of the Senate that could get guage: English. They don’t have a portunity and every other State in the enough votes to pass. They fell short memory of any other country. They Union, as far as I know, money and op- and nothing passed. That was Feb- study hard and work hard and get good portunity.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JN7.038 H08JNPT1 H5014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 Ken Paxton, the Attorney General of Hanen’s circuit court or whether it ries of questions. Here is one of the Texas, prepared a lawsuit that he had, goes on to the Supreme Court, which I things that he concurred on: 80 percent I believe the number were 12 states expect it would, the Supreme Court to 90 percent of the illegal drugs con- that agreed to join with that suit, and will come down with a decision that al- sumed in America come from or they were prepared to file that suit last lows and recognizes that the Chief Ex- through Mexico. September 5, was the date. ecutive Officer of the United States of Mr. Speaker, 80 percent to 90 percent Yet, they negotiated with the White America—right now, President Donald of those illegal drugs. House. So, President Trump agreed to Trump—has the authority to reverse We have had 64,000 Americans die be- end the DACA policy. He took this ac- any executive action of any of his pred- cause of drug overdose, primarily tion last September 5. Part of that ne- ecessors. opioid abuse, and at least two-thirds of gotiation was so that the lawsuit would That is how our Constitution is that are illegal opioids. not be filed by Texas and other states. structured. And if it is any other way, The physicians are getting this under Because clearly, they would prevail. if a President can, by executive action, control, tightening down their pre- DACA is unconstitutional. visit a horrible policy on the American scriptions. They addressed this some President Trump conceded, appar- people and we don’t have a way to undo time ago. ently, that point and ended the DACA that, our Founding Fathers didn’t But the illegal drugs are killing policy effective in 6 months, which serve us up a document like that. They Americans, and those illegal drugs are would be the 5th of March this year. gave us a document with checks and coming from or through Mexico, 80 per- b 1400 balances and the authorities to be set cent to 90 percent of them. It is a matter of note that—I will find Then he challenged Congress to pass up in a proportional way. this along the way. But over a period of legislation that would resolve the So DACA, if it is allowed to continue DACA issue and resolve the balance of through the litigation process, will be about 3 years, from 2013 until 2016—and the immigration issues that we have. thrown out by the Supreme Court. that is the first year, 2013 was the first That deadline, presumably, was March Let’s let that happen. Let’s find out. I year after the DACA announcement— 5. am willing to take a Supreme Court de- the Mexican poppy fields tripled in However, there were a couple of Fed- cision on this, because if it goes the acres. They tripled in size. eral judges who decided that they were other way, our Republic is essentially We wonder why we have a heroin legislators, and they came to a deci- lost anyway. problem and an opioid problem in the sion, an order, that said that President So who are these people? Who are United States and where it comes from: Trump couldn’t cancel the DACA pol- they? from or through Mexico, by the testi- icy, that he is compelled to continue it, Well, Barack Obama made this a tool mony of Robert Patterson. to issue new permits, and to extend ex- for his unconstitutional method of get- We also have that the drug crisis is isting permits, for no constitutional ting people, I will say, quasi-legalized. directly related to the growth of MS– reason that I am aware of and no statu- When that happened, specifics went out 13. That is a statement that was made tory reason that I am aware of, just ac- the window. When you read through by Commissioner Geraldine Hart, Com- tivist judges who are seeking to legis- these documents—and I have finally missioner of Suffolk County, Long Is- late from the bench and impose their gotten my hands on the documents, land, New York. That is some of the in- personal policy preference on the rest Mr. Speaker. Each one of the applica- formation that is in here. of America. tions is a 7-page application. So who are they? Who are the DACA Well, that can’t stand, Mr. Speaker. Altogether, there are about 2 million recipients, Mr. Speaker? We know that can’t stand. It has got to applications. Roughly half of them are As I dug through the records and fi- get to the Supreme Court. And the Su- renewals. That means there are 14 mil- nally got my hands on the data, one of preme Court, in nobody’s imagination, lion pieces of paper, a lot of them filled the hardest pieces of information I is going to come down with a decision out by hand, in fact, most of them have ever had to work for in this that says that a preceding President filled out by hand. They only went town—and the nature of this town can implement a blatantly and clearly electronic in 2015, I believe November 1 makes you work for information that and, I said, self-confessedly—that is a of 2015. So it is hard to pull the data politically they don’t want you to word, I hope, ‘‘self-confessedly’’—ille- out. That is why we had to work so have. Well, I have it now in my hands. gal policy, unconstitutional policy. hard to get it. And I will say no other Member of Con- Barack Obama established that pol- Some other things that came along gress has this information, and it has icy. that we are learning from reading not been shared outside of a very tight No Supreme Court is going to say: through the press: circle in my own shop. And by the way, every succeeding We are finding more and more DACA Here are some things: President has to accept the executive recipients who are MS–13. We shouldn’t The overall number of DACA recipi- actions of his predecessor no matter be surprised at that. A lot of them ents, 817,798 is the overall number— how unconstitutional they are; that he came in as unaccompanied alien mi- 817,798. can’t end, by executive action, some- nors. Then they get recruited into I began looking down through those thing that was unconstitutionally im- gangs, or they came in as a member of records, and of those who even filled plemented by the executive action of a gang. out the form, that they came in too his predecessor, Barack Obama. They weren’t all 3-year-old girls early, that they would be disqualified But that is the decision that we have brought across the Rio Grande River by because they came in too early or they right now before the courts. Thank- their mother. A whole lot of them were would be disqualified because they fully, Attorney General Ken Paxton of unaccompanied alien minors. And some came in too late, the initial entry Texas ramped this back up again, and of them who were accompanied went dates disqualify, of the 817,798, 8,964 of they are going back to court now. This right into the highest gang areas in the them because they didn’t fit the pa- goes before Judge Hanen, who has been country, MS–13 gang areas. rameters of the dates that they had to a stellar constitutionalist, an There is a large percentage of them have come into the United States, originalist, and a textualist. who are also prime gang-age recruit- some for the first time. I appreciate the work he has done in ment. Out of 817,000 DACA recipients, Another 2,100, their records are not the past. I can’t speak to his decision that universe who are currently under available. They just simply don’t have coming up on this, except this, that we DACA, there are about 135,000 who were those records. If we are going to make have the rule of law sitting here hang- prime gang-age recruitment from that sure that they are getting an education ing in the balance. That is what has 13-, 14-, 15-year-old age. and learning English and working and been pushed into the middle of the To remind folks, Mr. Speaker, we had that whole list of meritorious things table. That is the bet, the rule of law, the Drug Enforcement Administration that you always hear about when peo- up or down. Chief Administrator there, Robert Pat- ple talk about DACA, the least they And if the court is allowed to resolve terson, before the Judiciary Committee could do is fill out the form. So there this issue, whether it is before Judge a couple of weeks ago. I asked him a se- are 2,100 records that are not available.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.073 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5015 Then they transferred the applica- That is 68.9 percent of the DACA re- harder to find the ones you would want tion form into form N–400 about that cipients we don’t have even a record in this group. time in late winter of 2015, early winter that they ever went to school. Then, of those based upon the data of 2016. They transferred it over to I have to believe a good number of entry I mentioned earlier, 8,964, they form N–400. That is a foundational doc- them went to school but not long would be out, disqualified; 2,100 with no ument that can be transferred into enough, apparently, to write that down data available, they would be disquali- citizenship. So they set up the book- on this form. And most of them had fied; And of those who went back home, work to turn them into citizens clear help filling out the applications. That it disqualifies them, also, because they back then. is those where the records were not knew when they came back in that It always was the unconstitutional, available. they were violating the law. It wasn’t lawless plan of Barack Obama to push Then they have this mushy question through no fault of their own. That is this all on us. I will say I thought Re- in there that is designed—this whole 775. publicans were stronger than they thing is designed to grant amnesty, so b 1415 seemed to be. He must have had them the questions are asked in such a way, judged just about right, because he when you read through there, that it Mr. Speaker, I am sure that you have thought he could feed this to us, but he was never designed to understand and added this up in your head, as I have also believed that Hillary Clinton get an honest reporting that came out. run through these numbers, and the would be the President of the United Regardless, those who have no di- conclusion you will have drawn is that, States. ploma and may or may not be in of the 817,798 DACA recipients on How many of them traveled out of school, that is another 179,719, or 21.9 record at the time we pulled this data the United States? percent. They say, well, they don’t off last month, there was 789,851 of ‘‘They are afraid to go back home.’’ have a degree, they don’t have a di- them who would be disqualified on the ‘‘They don’t know any other country ploma, they may or may not be in records because they didn’t meet the but this country.’’ We have heard this school, by the way the question was standards that were put down by over and over again. But 775 confessed asked. Barack Obama that were designed to on the form that they had gone back to In any case, if you add together those give amnesty in the first place. That is their home country. That should dis- with no data available and those with how bad these records are. qualify them. no verification of any kind of edu- I can’t believe these people are these Of those who already reported that cational experience, that comes to 90.8 bad, but the records certainly are hor- they were too old to qualify, over age percent of all of the DACA recipients rible, and we are here pontificating as 31 by the closing date, there were 2,464 without a validation of their edu- if we know what we are doing. States- who were too old to qualify. cation. Of those who attest that they men and women here are deciding: Oh, And here is the number of those who yeah, I can give amnesty to DACA re- were prime gang recruitment age: qualify—now, remember, there is no verification here. All the stuff on this cipients because it is the humane thing 135,250 of them. But that also includes to do. It is the right thing to do for the boys and girls. Of the boys and girls, 7-page document they attest to, but the verification is almost nonexistent, country. Don’t call it amnesty because more boys get recruited, of course, by it hurts my feelings. And, by the way, far, but the girls are being recruited, although there is a little bit. Of those who attest they are qualified by edu- we need to do this because if we don’t too. We know how bad that can be. give amnesty to DACA recipients, we That is just up to age 16. The legisla- cation, that is 9.2 percent is all. can’t get the money for the wall, and tion that they want to bring to this So I found myself adding up these we can’t pass the border security, and floor takes it to age 18, and that adds things and seeing what is the worst- we can’t end chain migration, and we about another 33,000 or 34,000 for each case scenario. year. So that number, then, would go Oh, the best-case scenario is believe can’t pass Kate’s Law, and we can’t to 100—let’s see. Well, 66,000 to 68,000 everything and expect that there is an pass Sarah’s Law, and we can’t end more on top of that, so just round that excuse for 564,000 not even putting out sanctuary cities. up. It would be 200,000 would be the uni- a number on the form. Really? This United States of Amer- verse from which MS–13 and other So I began to add this up. I think I ica, this shining city on a hill, this gangs would recruit while they waited left some things out, though, Mr. stellar country that has eclipsed any- for the younger kids to get a little Speaker. I will start this way. thing that any country has ever done older. Of 817,798, you would subtract from before, we can’t restore the essential They are growing up in these MS–13 that the 564,103 that they had no data pillar of American exceptionalism neighborhoods. They are being deliv- on for education at all, because they called the rule of law? In fact, Mr. ered to MS–13 neighborhoods. We are would have been disqualified by the re- Speaker, when Ronald Reagan spoke of eroding the culture of the civilization quirements of the program. the shining city on a hill, I always of America with this policy, and every- The second group, you can’t tell thought a little bit differently. I was body is afraid to say who they are. No- whether they went to school or not. always inspired by the image that he body is even asking the question. They That is 179,719. Subtract that. They are drew, but America is, instead, a shin- are just saying, ‘‘valedictorian,’’ ‘‘3- disqualified, also, because you can’t ing city built upon pillars, and those year-old girls.’’ tell. pillars are the pillars of American There are a few who are. I found Oh, here is a really interesting one. exceptionalism, and most of them are them in this data, too. Actually, they Of those who confessed to being crimi- in the bill of rights. are a little better represented than I nals, 66 percent of those who self-re- You have a pillar for freedom of expected they would be, but that is ported that they are criminals, they re- speech, a pillar for freedom of religion, only my judgment, not the data. ceived their DACA permit. Two-thirds a pillar for freedom of the press, a pil- On education: They are supposed to of those who said ‘‘I am a criminal’’ lar for freedom of assembly. We have a be getting an education. Here is what I got their DACA permit anyway. pillar for Second Amendment rights to found out from looking at the edu- Those are the initial applications. keep and bear arms, and then we have cation: no data available. Then, once their status was up for re- a pillar for property rights and one for We are out of this universe of 817,798, newal, of the group who said they— no double jeopardy and a jury of your Mr. Speaker. Out of that universe, that was a much bigger group then, peers and the enumerated powers in there were 564,103 where there was no those up for renewal. 31,854 of them the Constitution, the framework of the data available at all in their applica- were granted. The 94 percent of the intergenerational contractual guar- tion on education. roughly 33,000 or so altogether, 94 per- antee, which is our Constitution, all of Were they going to school or weren’t cent of them got renewed even though that is there. they? Did they have an education of they said, ‘‘I am a criminal.’’ It leaves out a couple of things in the any kind? Where did it take them to? So we are not really cleaning out the Constitution. It doesn’t point out that Was it sixth grade? third grade? 11th folks that we wouldn’t want in this this is a Judeo-Christian society with a grade? No data available. group, and it is getting harder and belief and a moral foundation that

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.075 H08JNPT1 H5016 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 guides us in our everyday life and a Iowa (Mr. KING) was saying, there is an in Puerto Rico. It is the same as in level of expectations of living up to article here from this week—Hans A. Guam or the Mariana Islands or the American standards, that is not there. von Spakovsky says: ‘‘Alabama is ar- U.S. Virgin Islands—all the areas that But it is a pillar of American guing that by including illegal immi- are not States, they are territories— exceptionalism. It is a pillar of the grants in its count of the population, it because in those, as in Puerto Rico, be- shining city on the pillars. And free en- deprives the State of representation in cause they do not elect a full voting terprise, capitalism, is another compo- the U.S. House of Representatives. The representative into the U.S. House or nent. key to Alabama’s case is the definition Senate, then the Founders, up through All of these things come together to of ‘persons’ who should be counted and the current time, have said it is not make America great. You know, you thus used in apportionment. This is not fair. Just like Ben Franklin said, it is can maybe wound two or three of those an issue the court has addressed be- not fair to make them pay Federal in- pillars, and we would still be a great fore.’’ come tax, Federal tax, if they don’t Nation. But the central pillar—think of That is interesting. elect a full voting representative. these others that I have described all ‘‘Alabama has filed an unprecedented So there is no U.S. territory, no non- around a circle holding up that city, but little-noticed lawsuit against the State U.S. property that has to pay but the middle, the important one, the U.S. Census Bureau. If the State wins, Federal income tax if they are not a central pillar of American it could have major political ramifica- State that elects a representative, ex- exceptionalism is the rule of law. It is tions and restore fundamental fairness cept for the District of Columbia. sacrosanct to a free people. If we don’t in political representation in Con- And once I realized that, I went: live by the rule of law, our country col- gress.’’ Well, it may not seem to people to be lapses, our other pillars fall, and we And I might insert parenthetically a Republican issue, but that really is fall into the Third World. here, I heard my friend, the delegate not fair for the District of Columbia, And yet, this Congress is in the busi- from the District of Columbia (Ms. because the people in the District of ness right now of negotiating away the NORTON) was talking about hoping to Columbia pay Federal income tax. rule of law under some myopic belief have a vote, whether it was making So if we are really going to be con- that if we just reward this group of D.C. a State or whatnot. But in the lit- sistent, we are really going to be fair people for breaking the law, somehow tle research that I ended up doing after to the people of the District of Colum- the rest of those folks that are out I got here is I have seen the license bia, there is only one thing to do: Ei- there in other sympathetic categories plate, ‘‘Taxation without representa- ther make them a State, which a form are just going to go away and say: tion.’’ I thought: Well, you know, of of that was tried in the 1970s and it Sorry, I guess I missed the boat; I course, that was something that was didn’t work, or the other—actually there are three things. The other is to wasn’t DACA; I was a parent that said during the Revolution, ‘‘Taxation make the law as it is for every other brought DACA in; or I got in too early without representation is tyranny.’’ non-State, that the residents of that and so I was disqualified; or I got in too Ben Franklin said, if we don’t get to non-State do not pay Federal income late and I was disqualified. These are elect even one of the members of par- tax. all illegal entries, by the way. Or I liament that put taxes on us, then they came into America, had a baby with an So I filed that bill in a number of the should not be able to put taxes on us. Congresses, including this one. It was anchor baby. Now I am a parent of an So I am familiar with that situation, very basic, you know—residents of American. How do we split up families? but I didn’t know, until after I had You have to draw a line. The only Washington, District of Columbia, will been here awhile, I find out that terri- place to draw the line is right down the not pay Federal income tax, just like tories, like—or any U.S. property that rule of law, and we cannot be sup- all the other territories. And I have is not part of a State, they do not have porting amnesty. To grant amnesty is been intrigued that I have not gotten a U.S. representative because the Con- to pardon immigration lawbreakers support from Democrats, including the stitution is very clear, very succinct, it and reward them with the objective of delegate from the District of Columbia. says that the representative shall come their crime. I understand, you know, folks like What nation does that? What think- from the several States. my colleague want to have a full vot- ing nation would do such a thing when In the late 1970s, all of the pro- ing U.S. representative. Fine. But why we have got so much at stake; and how ponents of giving Washington, D.C. a not let your constituents at least be this multiplies itself throughout the representative, a U.S. representative, treated like every other resident U.S. generations? they understood there is only one way citizen of a non-State. Don’t make 1986 Ronald Reagan made one mis- to do that, and that is to have a con- them pay income tax until you get take. He signed the amnesty act of stitutional amendment to amend where what you want. Maybe some day you’ll 1986. We have been paying for that ever it says the representative shall come get it, but until you do, why don’t you since because it created the expecta- from the several States and include, join forces with me and just say: We tion that there would be other amnes- and the District of Columbia, some- want to pass this law; we are going to ties. thing like that. be fair to the residents of Washington, There have been at least six other Well, they passed it with a signifi- D.C. just like we are to all the other minor amnesties since then. This is the cant percentage in the House and the non-States that are U.S. territories; we big one. This is at least as big as Ron- Senate that allowed it to go forward as are going to say you don’t pay Federal ald Reagan, and it sets the stage for a constitutional amendment, but they income tax. another 10 to 20 million people re- never got—in the late 1970s, they never But I have been amazed that I am warded for breaking American law. got the requisite number of States be- still not getting support from the other And what do we tell our children and cause I guess, from the State stand- side of the aisle, just to be fair, until what will our descendants think if we point, they are thinking: Well, if we they—I am not in favor of making the can’t think any more clearly than we ratify this as a constitutional amend- District of Columbia a State. I like appear to be doing right now? ment, it slightly, but still does, dilute what the Founders did, with that one Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance a little bit of our power in the House of exception, they should not have to pay of my time. Representatives. So it didn’t get the tax since they don’t elect a full voting f requisite number of States. representative. But, again, after I was here, I was So, anyway, I am hoping that at ISSUES OF THE DAY talking to a friend from Puerto Rico, some point at least one or more of my The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under and I said: I know there have been Democratic friends will join forces the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- votes in the past about whether Puerto with me and maybe we can push that uary 3, 2017, the Chair recognizes the Ricans want to be a State or not. Why issue to the floor so we can treat the gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) has that not passed previously? This is residents of the District of Columbia for 30 minutes. several years ago. fairly. But until the person rep- Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, just to And he said: Well, there are people resenting the people here in the Dis- follow up on what my good friend from that kind of like the current situation trict of Columbia disagree, then it is

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So one way to be fair to the resi- of Washington, District of Columbia. ment. dents of the District of Columbia would But, anyway, back to this article ‘‘This results in ‘representational in- be to say: No Federal income tax, since from the Heritage Foundation, June 5, equality’ by devaluing the vote of Ala- you don’t elect a full voting represent- talking about the lawsuit about count- bama’s legal residents. This redistribu- ative. ing illegal immigrants in the Census. It tion of political power ‘disincentivizes The other would be to do what was says: ‘‘Conversely, the lawsuit argues, States with large illegal alien popu- done in the late 1840s when there were the practice of counting illegal immi- lations from cooperating with Federal major complaints from residents of the grants in the Census gives States that immigration authorities (lest they lose District of Columbia. They were part of protect them (California, for example) political power that comes with addi- the 10-mile-by-10-mile square District seats and votes they are not entitled to tional Representatives and votes in the of Columbia, but were on the western have. Electoral College),’ Alabama argues. side of the Potomac River. They were ‘‘The 14th Amendment to the Con- ‘‘Moreover, including illegal immi- protesting. They were upset. Look, you stitution provides that Representatives grants in the Census ‘punishes States are not using any of our land as Fed- in the House ‘shall be apportioned who do cooperate with Federal immi- eral land, so why don’t you just cede among the several States . . . accord- gration authorities in the identifica- the land west of the Potomac back to ing to their respective Numbers’ ’’— tion and removal’ of illegal aliens, Ala- just like I was talking about—‘‘with Virginia and then we can participate in bama’s lawsuit states. the ‘Numbers’ determined by ‘counting the election of not only representa- ‘‘Alabama’s final complaint is mone- the whole number of persons in each tives, but also two Senators? We will tary. Including illegal immigrants in State.’ the Census, it says, will likely cause it get to participate in that since you are ‘‘After every Census, House seats are to lose its fair share of the almost $700 not using the land. reapportioned according to the popu- billion distributed annually by the b 1430 lation of each State. Electoral College Federal Government in grants and votes are reapportioned according to Well, of course, nowadays, the Fed- other funds. the number of each State’s congres- eral Government is using a lot of that ‘‘The key to Alabama’s case is the land. You have not only Reagan Na- sional Representatives. ‘‘Alabama is right about the unfair- definition of ‘persons’ who should be tional Airport, you have Arlington Na- counted and thus used in apportion- tional Cemetery, the Pentagon, and so ness of the current system. Illegal im- migrants, by definition, have no right ment. Alabama argues the term ‘per- many other things across the river. sons’ was understood at the ‘time of But back in the late 1840s, that was to be in this country. It is unjust to allow States to gain a political advan- the founding and when the 14th Amend- ceded back to Virginia. That is why ment was ratified’ to mean the ‘inhab- when people look at a map of the Dis- tage over other States by flouting Fed- eral immigration law. itants’ of a State. trict of Columbia, it is no longer a 10- ‘‘The number of Representatives in ‘‘Furthermore, ‘in the public law of mile-by-10-mile square. It is uneven on the House—435—has been fixed by the the founding era, the term ‘inhabitant’ the west side because it follows the Po- law since 1910. So as Alabama says in did not encompass unlawful residents tomac, going back to that ceding of its complaint, apportionment is ‘a zero because inhabitance was a legal status land back to Virginia. sum proposition: Each State’s gain is that depended upon permission to set- So I have filed a bill before, and I am another State’s loss.’ tle granted by the sovereign nation in not planning on filing it again because ‘‘Alabama argues that by including which an alien wished to reside,’ Ala- it just didn’t get any real support at illegal immigrants in apportionment, bama argues. all. But we drew a line with a metes congressional seats and Electoral Col- ‘‘In other words, ‘persons’ does not and bounds description around all of lege votes are unfairly distributed. include individuals who are in the U.S. the nonresident Federal buildings in ‘‘Based on the 2010 Census, Louisiana, illegally, without the permission of the the District of Columbia. We keep Missouri, and Ohio each lost a seat in Federal Government. those as Federal enclaves, and then the House and a vote in the Electoral ‘‘The ‘Residence’ rule adopted by the cede all of the other land east of the College, while Montana failed to gain a Census Bureau for the 2020 Census stip- Potomac back to Maryland. seat and an electoral vote. By contrast, ulates that foreign nationals will be I remember my friend from the Dis- California gained two House seats and counted and allocated to the State trict of Columbia, across the aisle, ask- two Electoral College votes. And Flor- where their ‘usual residence’ is located, ing me one time on this floor, when I ida and Texas each gained one seat and regardless of whether they are legally was talking about this bill: But what if one vote. present.’’ Maryland didn’t want to take this land ‘‘As a result, says Alabama in its There is some hypocrisy, I have no- back? lawsuit: ‘four House seats and four ticed, among some of our friends here. And I looked at my friend, Mr. HOYER Electoral College votes were redistrib- On the one hand, they are constantly from Maryland, and I said—I am sure uted by the inclusion of illegal aliens saying: We have to bring these illegal that our friend here, Mr. HOYER, would in the apportionment base in the 2000 aliens, undocumented people, whatever say—any State would be thoroughly Census.’ they want to call them, we have to pleased to have you and your constitu- ‘‘Alabama claims that including ille- bring them out of the shadows. ents as residents of their State. I didn’t gal immigrants in the 2020 Census will And I remember, on one occasion, we get an ‘‘amen’’ or ‘‘sure, of course’’ likely cause it to lose a congressional had a bunch of folks claiming to be il- from Mr. HOYER, but I am sure, deep in seat and an Electoral College vote. It legal aliens in the gallery right here. his heart, he felt that way. But, like I says this ‘will rob the State of Ala- They were shouting and proud to be il- said, I never got any real support for bama and its legal residents of their legal aliens at some point. I looked up, that. rightful share of representation. looked around the gallery at all of So I am hoping, at some point, my ‘‘This also violates the ‘one person, these people making noise, have T- friend from the District of Columbia one vote’ equal representation stand- shirts, and I thought: It doesn’t look will join me and say: Okay, at least ard of the 14th Amendment. According like they are in the shadows to me. I until—and even if it doesn’t happen—at to Alabama, ‘the gains from including mean, it looks like there is plenty of least until it did happen, the residents illegal aliens in the apportionment light up there. of the District of Columbia should be base flow to citizens who live in State They keep using the term that they treated fairly, like we do those from with large numbers of illegal aliens.’ are ‘‘in the shadows,’’ yet Alabama has

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.078 H08JNPT1 H5018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 this lawsuit and they are saying: We people who are harmed under your I would just encourage our own Re- need to know who is in the country il- State or city color of law. It just seems publican leadership, what got Presi- legally and who is not so we can get a fair. dent Trump elected was he was prom- fair count. So, hopefully, we will get something ising that we would build a wall. He And people that have been saying, on done on that and let the lawsuits com- was promising an end to the unconsti- the one hand: We want everybody that mence against the sanctuary cities. As tutional DACA that Obama did. He was is coming into the country illegally to a former lawyer who tried a lot of promising no amnesties. So I think in come out of the shadows; when it cases, I have seen the good that can the time we have left in this year, comes to apportionment, they are say- come. Sometimes there are places wouldn’t it be a good idea if we as Re- ing: No, no, no, no, we want them where the litigation system is abused, publicans in the House quit worrying counted, but you can’t ask them often a topic on FOX News, but there about a discharge petition and started whether they are here illegally or not. are some laws we don’t really have to being concerned about keeping our So we want their status to stay in the pass if you have a good court system promises to the American people? shadows. We want to keep their status that aggrieved parties can come in and Let’s get the wall built where it is secret. they can sue and collect. needed, but for heaven’s sake, get the Sanctuary cities are basically doing And just the threat of that suit and border secure. Secure the border so the same thing. They might as well put collection voids the needs for us to people coming in are coming in law- the Statue of Liberty out in San Fran- come in here or run in and pass a law fully. cisco harbor saying: Give us your tired, every time there is some illegality or We should not have to process any- your poor, your felons, your people impropriety or some damage done to body who comes in anywhere except that like to shoot other people and rob other parties. Let the courts mete it through an authorized entry point into them, because that is basically what out. our country. If you try to come in an- When somebody is penalized finan- San Francisco has been saying: We other way, the Federal officers ought cially in a sufficient amount, then it don’t care if you are a felon, we don’t to do like the State of Texas officers will change their conduct. I think you care if you kill people, you rape do, and that is stand in the way: You would see sanctuary cities change once women, or raped anybody, we want you are not coming into our country. You their taxpayers realize they are going here, and we won’t tell on you, so you are not putting a foot on American soil to keep paying out multimillion dol- come right in here. until you come in legally. lars or hundreds of millions of dollars I am going to file a bill. I have been But the Federal officers haven’t been working on it too long. I haven’t got- constantly in court costs and damages assessed. doing that, and we need to make that ten the cooperation I thought I should happen as well. That is what we do. from some folks. But, anyway, basi- b 1445 Once we have secured the borders, then cally, I think it ought be a civil right I bet you would see a whole lot of we can work something out about who living in a city in the United States folks say: Do you know what? Maybe it is here and who stays, who goes. that is violated when a city says: We is time that we quit having a sanc- But until then, the border patrolmen are going to welcome, encourage, real- tuary in our city for people who came again reaffirmed for me this last week, ly try to recruit people to be in our in illegally and who also commit vio- every time we mention DACA, am- city who are felons, who are here ille- lent felonies or property theft or what- nesty, any kind of legalization, any gally and felons. ever it is. Let’s protect people and give kind of stay, any kind of path to this, And when that kind of action under them that right through litigation. that, or the other, there is another State law robs people of their lives or Now, this article from Bob Price surge of people illegally coming into their sexual purity or any other thing, says: ‘‘Border Patrol Agents Arrest Sex the country. Let’s stop the surges. there ought to be a cause of action Offenders, Gang Members in South Let’s do whatever it takes to secure against that city or that State that is Texas.’’ It points out that: ‘‘Border pa- the border. Let’s forget about dis- saying: We encourage people that are trol agents assigned to the Rio Grande charge petitions. here illegally and who are committing Valley Sector stopped sex offenders and Concentrate on that secured border. felonies, we want you here. gang members from making their way That will keep our oath. That will keep That really ought to be a right of the to their U.S. destinations over the our promise. That defends the Con- others who are U.S. citizens that is weekend. During a 4-day period, agents stitution, and it also actually helps being violated by the sanctuary city or arrested four child molesters and three people get reelected, because we kept the sanctuary State. So if a State or gang members after they illegally our promises. city wants to keep encouraging felons crossed the border. The arrests include Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance to live within their bounds and it costs fugitives who fled the country to avoid of my time. people their lives or their property, prosecution and previously deported f there ought to be a civil rights lawsuit criminal aliens. lodged against that State or city gov- ‘‘Rio Grande City Station agents ar- ADJOURNMENT ernment, or county government for rested a man who illegally crossed the Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I move that matter. border near Roma, Texas, on Sunday. that the House do now adjourn. So we will get it done and we will get During processing, agents learned the The motion was agreed to; accord- it filed. That way it is fair. So, say, if Salvadoran national was convicted in ingly (at 2 o’clock and 49 minutes San Francisco, for example, wants to Angleton, Texas, in February 2015 for a p.m.), under its previous order, the keep encouraging people, like the guy 2014 charge of sexual assault of a child. House adjourned until Tuesday, June that shot Kate Steinle, to come into The Salvadoran national received a 5- 12, 2018, at noon for morning-hour de- the city, and that way others may be year prison sentence and was deported bate. similarly situated, as was Kate Steinle, after being released early by prison of- and get shot and killed as they beg ficials.’’ f their daddy to help them, I mean, I just And then obviously coming back, EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, can’t imagine anything much worse some other child was probably saved ETC. than that as a father. from another sexual assault, because I Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive The father should not have his law- know from my experience as a pros- communications were taken from the suit thrown out of court, as happened ecutor and a felony judge, when some- Speaker’s table and referred as follows: in the Steinle case. We ought to give body is that kind of evil that they the means to the aggrieved party to would commit that kind of assault on a 5083. A letter from the Congressional Re- say to San Francisco, or say to the city view Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health child, it just seems to be the kind of Inspection Service, Department of Agri- or State when they are acting as a evil that they keep coming back to. culture, transmitting the Department’s final sanctuary city or State: Do you know So it is something that needs to stop. rule — Threshold for De Minimis Activity what, you can do that if you want, but Thank God we have Border Patrol offi- and Exemptions From Licensing Under the you are going to monetarily pay to the cers who are protecting us. Animal Welfare Act [Docket No.: APHIS-

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K08JN7.080 H08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5019 2014-0059] (RIN: 0579-AD99) received June 4, 5092. A letter from the Director, Regu- hour Ozone Maintenance Plan Revision for 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public latory Management Division, Environmental Baton Rouge [EPA-R06-OAR-2018-0111; FRL- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 9978-44-Region 6] received May 22, 2018, pur- Committee on Agriculture. cy’s final rule — Ethoxylated Fatty Acid suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 5084. A letter from the Congressional Re- Methyl Esters; Exemption from the Require- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee view Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health ment of a Tolerance [EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0666; on Energy and Commerce. Inspection Service, Department of Agri- FRL-9976-39] received June 1, 2018, pursuant 5101. A letter from the Director, Regu- culture, transmitting the Department’s final to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, latory Management Division, Environmental rule — Importation of Tree Tomatoes From Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Ecuador Into the Continental United States Energy and Commerce. cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Rhode [Docket No.: APHIS-2015-0072] (RIN: 0579- 5093. A letter from the Director, Regu- Island; Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection AE23) received June 4, 2018, pursuant to 5 latory Management Division, Environmental and Maintenance Program [EPA-R01-OAR- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 2009-0436; FRL-9978-30-Region 1] received May 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ag- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 22, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); riculture. of Implementation Plans; Texas; Infrastruc- Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to 5085. A letter from the Congressional Re- ture and Interstate Transport for the 2012 the Committee on Energy and Commerce. view Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health Fine Particulate Matter Ambient Air Qual- 5102. A letter from the Director, Regu- Inspection Service, Department of Agri- ity Standard [EPA-R06-OAR-2015-0843; FRL- latory Management Division, Environmental culture, transmitting the Department’s final 9978-48-Region 6] received June 1, 2018, pursu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- rule — National Environmental Policy Act ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; OR; In- Implementing Procedures [Docket No.: 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee frastructure Requirements for the 2010 Nitro- APHIS-2013-0049] (RIN: 0579-AC60) received on Energy and Commerce. gen Dioxide, 2010 Sulfur Dioxide, and 2012 May 25, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5094. A letter from the Director, Regu- Fine Particulate Matter Standards [EPA- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 latory Management Division, Environmental R10-OAR-2016-0056; FRL-9978-47-Region 10] re- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- ceived May 22, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5086. A letter from the Chairman and Chief cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administra- of Air Quality Implementation Plans; PA; Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and tion, transmitting the Administration’s pro- Emissions Statement Requirement for the Commerce. posed rule — Standards of Conduct and Re- 2008 Ozone Standard [EPA-R03-OAR-2017-0739; 5103. A letter from the Director, Regu- ferral of Known or Suspected Criminal Viola- FRL-9978-98-Reigon 3] received June 1, 2018, latory Management Division, Environmental tions; Standards of Conduct (RIN: 3052-AC44) pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- May 24, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Illinois; 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Volatile Organic Compounds Definition mittee on Energy and Commerce. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture. 5095. A letter from the Director, Regu- [EPA-R05-OAR-2017-0323; FRL-9978-45-Region 5087. A letter from the Director, Office of latory Management Division, Environmental 5] received May 22, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Legislative Affairs, Federal Deposit Insur- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 ance Corporation, transmitting the Corpora- cy’s final rule — Alpha-cypermethrin; Pes- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and tion’s final rule — Regulatory Capital Rules: ticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0234; Commerce. Removal of Certain Capital Rules That Are 5104. A letter from the Director, Regu- FRL-9976-73] received June 1, 2018, pursuant No Longer Effective Following the Imple- latory Management Division, Environmental to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, mentation of the Revised Capital Rules (RIN: Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on 3064-AE51) received May 30, 2018, pursuant to cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; Illinois; 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Energy and Commerce. Nonattainment Plans for the Lemont and 5096. A letter from the Director, Regula- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Fi- Pekin SO2 Nonattainment Areas; Correction tion Management Division, Environmental nancial Services. [EPA-R05-OAR-2016-0138; FRL-9978-43-Region Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 5088. A letter from the Regulations Coordi- 5] received May 22, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval and Air nator, Centers for Disease Control and Pre- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Quality Designation; SC; Redesignation of vention, Department of Health and Human Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and the Greenville-Spartanburg Unclassifiable Services, transmitting the Department’s Commerce. final rule — Control of Communicable Dis- Area [EPA-R04-OAR-2018-0017; FRL-9978-93- 5105. A letter from the Chief of Staff, Media eases; Technical Correction [Docket No.: Region 4] received June 1, 2018, pursuant to 5 Bureau, Federal Communications Commis- CDC-2016-0068] (RIN: 0920-AA63) received May U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. sion, transmitting the Commission’s final 30, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- rule — Amendment of Section 73.202(b), Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to ergy and Commerce. Table of Allotments, FM Broadcast Stations the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 5097. A letter from the Director, Regu- (Desert Hills, Arizona) [MB Docket No.: 18- 5089. A letter from the Regulations Coordi- latory Management Division, Environmental 27] (RM-11796) received June 6, 2018, pursuant nator, Health Resources and Services Admin- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, istration, Department of Health and Human cy’s final rule — Additional Air Quality Des- Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Services, transmitting the Department’s ignations of the 2015 Ozone National Ambi- Energy and Commerce. final rule — 340B Drug Pricing Program Ceil- ent Air Quality Standards [EPA-HQ-OAR- 5106. A letter from the Deputy Archivist of ing Price and Manufacturer Civil Monetary 2017-0548; FRL-9977-72-OAR] (RIN: 2060-AT94) the United States, National Archives and Penalties Regulation (RIN: 0906-AB18) re- received June 1, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Records Administration, transmitting the ceived June 4, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Administration’s final rule — National In- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and dustrial Security Program [FDMS No.: Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. NARA-16-0006; Agency No.: NARA-2018-032] Commerce. 5098. A letter from the Director, Regu- (RIN: 3095-AB79) received May 24, 2018, pursu- 5090. A letter from the Director, Regu- latory Management Division, Environmental ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- latory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- cy’s final rule — Pydiflumetofen; Pesticide on Oversight and Government Reform. cy’s final rule — State of Iowa; Approval and Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2015-0775; FRL- 5107. A letter from the Assistant General Promulgation of the State Implementation 9976-66] received May 22, 2018, pursuant to 5 Counsel, Office of Justice Programs, Depart- Plan, the 111(d) Plan and the Operating Per- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. ment of Justice, transmitting the Depart- mits Program [EPA-R07-OAR-2017-0470; FRL- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- ment’s final rule — Public Safety Officers’ 9979-10-Region 7] received June 1, 2018, pursu- ergy and Commerce. Benefits Program [Docket No.: OJP (BJA) ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 5099. A letter from the Director, Regu- 1722] (RIN: 1121-AA85) received May 30, 2018, 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee latory Management Division, Environmental pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law on Energy and Commerce. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- 5091. A letter from the Director, Regu- cy’s final rule — Approval of California Air mittee on the Judiciary. latory Management Division, Environmental Plan Revisions, Antelope Valley Air Quality 5108. A letter from the Director, Regu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Management District [EPA-R09-OAR-2017- latory Management Division, Environmental cy’s withdrawal of direct final rule — New 0760; FRL-9977-86-Region 9] received May 22, Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Source Performance Standards and National 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public cy’s final rule — Ocean Disposal; Temporary Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pol- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Modification of an Ocean Dredged Material lutants; Delegation of Authority to New Committee on Energy and Commerce. Disposal Site in Massachusetts Bay [EPA- Mexico [EPA-R06-OAR-2016-0091; FRL-9978-89- 5100. A letter from the Director, Regu- R01-OW-2017-0528; FRL-9978-51-Region 1] re- Region 6] received June 1, 2018, pursuant to 5 latory Management Division, Environmental ceived May 22, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- ergy and Commerce. of Implementation Plans; Louisiana; 2008 8- tation and Infrastructure.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:36 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4636 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L08JN7.000 H08JNPT1 H5020 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 8, 2018 5109. A letter from the Deputy General under the Medicaid program (Rept. 115–717). PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Small Referred to the Committee of the Whole Business Administration, transmitting the House on the state of the Union. Under clause 2 of rule XII, public Administration’s final rule — Debt Refi- Mr. ROYCE of California: Committee on bills and resolutions of the following nancing in 504 Loan Program (RIN: 3245- Foreign Affairs. H.R. 5480. A bill to improve titles were introduced and severally re- AG79) received May 24, 2018, pursuant to 5 programs and activities relating to women’s ferred, as follows: U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. entrepreneurship and economic empower- By Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee: 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on ment that are carried out by the United H.R. 6049. A bill to remove the limitation Small Business. States Agency for International Develop- on large accelerated filers qualifying as an 5110. A letter from the Chief, Publications ment, and for other purposes; with an emerging growth company, and for other and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue amendment (Rept. 115–718). Referred to the purposes; to the Committee on Financial Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only Committee of the Whole House on the state Services. rule — Update of 2018 Standard Mileage of the Union. By Mr. BURGESS: Rates Notice [Notice 2018-42] received May Mr. HENSARLING: Committee on Finan- H.R. 6050. A bill to allow all individuals 30, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); cial Services. H.R. 5735. A bill to amend the purchasing health insurance in the indi- Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to United States Housing Act of 1937 to estab- vidual market the option to purchase a lower the Committee on Ways and Means. lish a demonstration program to set aside premium copper plan; to the Committee on 5111. A letter from the Chief, Publications section 8 housing vouchers for supportive Energy and Commerce. and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue and transitional housing for individuals re- By Mr. CARSON of Indiana: Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only covering from opioid use disorders or other H.R. 6051. A bill to amend title 5, United rule — Credit for Renewable Electricity Pro- substance use disorders, and for other pur- States Code, to apply certain annuity bene- duction and Refined Coal Production, and poses; with amendments (Rept. 115–719). Re- fits to Federal Protective Service law en- Publication of Inflation Adjustment Factor ferred to the Committee of the Whole House forcement officers, and for other purposes; to and Reference Prices for Calendar Year 2018 on the state of the Union. the Committee on Oversight and Govern- [Notice 2018-50] received May 30, 2018, pursu- Mr. WALDEN: Committee on Energy and ment Reform. ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- Commerce. H.R. 3331. A bill to amend title By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee XI of the Social Security Act to promote TAKANO, Mr. POCAN, Ms. CLARKE of on Ways and Means. testing of incentive payments for behavioral New York, and Mr. CICILLINE): 5112. A letter from the Chief, Publications health providers for adoption and use of cer- H.R. 6052. A bill to amend title XVIII of the and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue tified electronic health record technology; Social Security Act to provide for coverage Service, transmitting the Service’s IRB only with an amendment (Rept. 115–720, Pt. 1). Re- under the Medicare Program of hearing aids rule -Indexing Adjustments for Certain Pro- ferred to the Committee of the Whole House and related hearing services; to the Com- visions under Section 36B of the Internal on the state of the Union. mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- Revenue Code (Revenue Procedure 2018-34) Mr. WALDEN: Committee on Energy and dition to the Committee on Ways and Means, received May 24, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Commerce. H.R. 5582. A bill to direct the for a period to be subsequently determined 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Secretary of Health and Human Services to by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ways and conduct a study and submit a report on bar- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- Means. riers to accessing abuse-deterrent opioid for- risdiction of the committee concerned. f mulations for individuals enrolled in a plan By Mr. DEUTCH (for himself and Ms. under part C or D of the Medicare program; ROS-LEHTINEN): REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON with an amendment (Rept. 115–721, Pt. 1). Re- H.R. 6053. A bill to prohibit the modifica- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ferred to the Committee of the Whole House tion of civil penalties under export control on the state of the Union. and sanctions laws of the United States with Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of Mr. BRADY of Texas: Committee on Ways committees were delivered to the Clerk respect to Chinese telecommunication com- and Means. H.R. 5788. A bill to provide for panies; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. for printing and reference to the proper the processing by U.S. Customs and Border By Mr. DONOVAN (for himself, Mr. calendar, as follows: protection of certain international mail KING of New York, Mr. BUDD, and Mr. Mr. GOODLATTE: Committee on the Judi- shipments and to require the provision of ad- GOSAR): ciary. H.R. 2851. A bill to amend the Con- vance electronic information on inter- H.R. 6054. A bill to amend title 18, United trolled Substances Act to clarify how con- national mail shipments of mail, and for States Code, to provide penalty enhance- trolled substance analogues are to be regu- other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. ments for committing certain offenses while lated, and for other purposes; with an 115–722, Pt. 1). Ordered to be printed. in disguise, and for other purposes; to the amendment (Rept. 115–713, Pt. 1). Ordered to DISCHARGE OF COMMITTEE Committee on the Judiciary. be printed. Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, the By Mr. GOMEZ (for himself, Ms. LOF- Mr. MCCAUL: Committee on Homeland Se- Committee on Ways and Means dis- GREN, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. curity. H. Res. 898. Resolution directing the charged from further consideration. SMITH of Washington, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit NORTON, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. MCGOV- certain documents to the House of Rep- H.R. 5582 referred to the Committee of ERN, and Mr. QUIGLEY): resentatives relating to Department of the Whole House on the state of the H.R. 6055. A bill to amend the Immigration Homeland Security policies and activities re- Union. and Nationality Act to indemnify govern- lating to homeland security information pro- Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, the ment employees, and employees entities that duced and disseminated regarding Committee on Ways and Means dis- have contracts with such governments, from cybersecurtiy threats posed by the ZTE Cor- charged from further consideration. certain judgements for acting within their poration, headquartered in Shenzhen, China; H.R. 3331 referred to the Committee of capacity to comply with their official duties adversely (Rept. 115–714). Referred to the the Whole House on the state of the and responsibilities, and other purposes; to House Calendar. the Committee on the Judiciary. Mr. WALDEN: Committee on Energy and Union. By Mr. GOTTHEIMER (for himself, Mr. Commerce. H.R. 5685. A bill to amend title Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XIII, the MACARTHUR, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. NOR- XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Committee on Homeland Security dis- CROSS, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, and educational resources regarding opioid use charged from further consideration. Mr. LANCE): and pain management as part of the Medi- H.R. 5788 referred to the Committee of H.R. 6056. A bill to amend title XVIII of the care & You handbook (Rept. 115–715, Pt. 1). the Whole House on the state of the Social Security Act to establish rules for Ordered to be printed. Union. payment for graduate medical education Mr. WALDEN: Committee on Energy and (GME) costs for hospitals that establish a Commerce. H.R. 5583. A bill to amend title new medical residency training program f XI of the Social Security Act to require after hosting resident rotators for short du- States to annually report on certain adult rations; to the Committee on Ways and health quality measures, and for other pur- TIME LIMITATION OF REFERRED Means, and in addition to the Committee on poses (Rept. 115–716). Referred to the Com- BILL Energy and Commerce, for a period to be mittee of the Whole House on the state of Pursuant to clause 2 of rule XII, the subsequently determined by the Speaker, in the Union. each case for consideration of such provi- Mr. WALDEN: Committee on Energy and following action was taken by the sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Commerce. H.R. 5800. A bill to require the Speaker: committee concerned. Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access H.R. 5788. Referral to the Committee on By Mr. GROTHMAN: Commission to conduct an exploratory study Oversight and Government Reform extended H.R. 6057. A bill to amend the Controlled and report on requirements applicable to and for a period ending not later than June 11, Substances Act to provide for enhanced pen- practices of institutions for mental diseases 2018. alties for trafficking in fentanyl, and for

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A bill to direct the Secretary of PANETTA, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. tions, and among the several States, and Transportation to make grants for the estab- ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. LANCE, Mr. with the Indian Tribes; lishment of pilot programs to advance high- CURBELO of Florida, Mr. SANFORD, By Mr. CARSON of Indiana: definition road mapping in order to further Mr. ISSA, Mr. MOULTON, Ms. H.R. 6051. the safe deployment of highly automated ve- HANABUSA, and Mr. TED LIEU of Cali- Congress has the power to enact this legis- hicles; to the Committee on Transportation fornia): lation pursuant to the following: and Infrastructure. H. Res. 929. A resolution recognizing World Clause 1 of section 8 of Article I of the Con- By Mr. MOULTON: Oceans Day and the necessity to protect, stitution. H.R. 6059. A bill to designate the facility of conserve, maintain, and rebuild the ocean By Mr. CARTWRIGHT: the United States Postal Service located at and its resources; to the Committee on Nat- H.R. 6052. 51 Willow Street in Lynn, Massachusetts, as ural Resources, and in addition to the Com- Congress has the power to enact this legis- the ‘‘Thomas P. Costin, Jr. Post Office Build- mittee on Science, Space, and Technology, lation pursuant to the following: ing’’; to the Committee on Oversight and for a period to be subsequently determined Article I; Section 8; Clause 1 of the Con- Government Reform. by the Speaker, in each case for consider- stitution states The Congress shall have By Mr. MOULTON (for himself, Mr. ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Im- GRIJALVA, Mr. HUFFMAN, and Mr. risdiction of the committee concerned. posts and Excises, to pay the Debts and pro- KEATING): By Ms. BASS (for herself, Mr. CON- vide for the common Defence and general H.R. 6060. A bill to assist in the conserva- NOLLY, Mr. MARINO, Mr. COOPER, Ms. Welfare ofthe United States . . . tion of the North Atlantic right whale by SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. WOODALL, Mr. MAC- By Mr. DEUTCH: supporting and providing financial resources ARTHUR, Mr. GOMEZ, Ms. JUDY CHU of H.R. 6053. for North Atlantic right whale conservation California, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. TAKANO, Congress has the power to enact this legis- programs and projects of persons with exper- and Ms. JACKSON LEE): lation pursuant to the following: tise required for the conservation of North H. Res. 930. A resolution encouraging re- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Con- Atlantic right whales; to the Committee on unions of divided Korean-American families; stitution. Natural Resources, and in addition to the to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. DONOVAN: Committee on the Budget, for a period to be By Mr. LEVIN (for himself, Ms. KAP- H.R. 6054. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in TUR, Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- each case for consideration of such provi- QUIGLEY, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. STEWART, lation pursuant to the following: sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. ‘‘To make all Laws which shall be nec- committee concerned. BILIRAKIS, Mr. LAMBORN, Mrs. DIN- essary and proper for carrying into Execu- By Mr. NORMAN: GELL, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- tion the foregoing Powers, and all other H.R. 6061. A bill to require the head of each sylvania, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. CART- Powers vested by this Constitution in the agency to submit to the Government Ac- WRIGHT, Mr. TONKO, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. Government of the United States, or in any countability Office a monthly travel log, and COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. PRICE Department or Officer thereof.’’ United for other purposes; to the Committee on of North Carolina, Mr. CONNOLLY, and States Constitution, Article I, Section 8 Oversight and Government Reform. Mr. ROSKAM): By Mr. GOMEZ: By Mr. PAYNE: H. Res. 931. A resolution expressing the H.R. 6055. H.R. 6062. A bill to amend title XVIII of the sense of the House of Representatives that Congress has the power to enact this legis- Social Security Act to provide coverage the 85th anniversary of the Ukrainian Fam- lation pursuant to the following: under the Medicare program for FDA-ap- ine of 1932-1933, known as the Holodomor, This bill is enacted pursuant to the power proved qualifying colorectal cancer screen- should serve as a reminder of repressive So- granted to Congress under Article I, Section ing blood-based tests, and for other purposes; viet policies against the people of Ukraine; 8, Clause 3 of the United Sates Constitution. to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. GOTTHEIMER: and in addition to the Committee on Ways By Mr. ROHRABACHER: H.R. 6056. and Means, for a period to be subsequently H. Res. 932. A resolution expressing soli- Congress has the power to enact this legis- determined by the Speaker, in each case for darity with the Tuidang Movement whereby lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- consideration of such provisions as fall with- Chinese citizens renounce their ties to the tion in the jurisdiction of the committee con- Chinese Communist Party and its affiliates, By Mr. GROTHMAN: cerned. and calling for an immediate end to the cam- H.R. 6057. By Mr. SENSENBRENNER: paign to persecute Falun Gong practitioners; Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 6063. A bill to enact certain existing to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. laws relating to domestic security as title 6, lation pursuant to the following: United Staes Code, ‘‘Domestic Security’’, f Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitu- and to make technical amendments to im- CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY tion, Congress has the power ‘‘to make all prove the United States Code; to the Com- STATEMENT Laws which shall be necessary and proper for mittee on the Judiciary. carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- By Mr. SUOZZI: Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- H.R. 6064. A bill to rename the Oyster Bay the Rules of the House of Representa- stitution in the Government of the United National Wildlife Refuge as the Congressman tives, the following statements are sub- States, or any Department or Officer there- Lester Wolff National Wildlife Refuge; to the mitted regarding the specific powers of’’. Committee on Natural Resources. granted to Congress in the Constitu- By Mr. LOEBSACK: H.R. 6058. By Mr. WALDEN (for himself and Ms. tion to enact the accompanying bill or JENKINS of Kansas): Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 6065. A bill to amend title 49, United joint resolution. lation pursuant to the following: States Code, to limit eligibility for essential By Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee: The constitutional authority of Congress air service for certain locations, and for H.R. 6049. to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- other purposes; to the Committee on Trans- Congress has the power to enact this legis- cle I, Section 8 of the United States Con- portation and Infrastructure. lation pursuant to the following: stitution. By Mr. WENSTRUP: The Constitutional Authority on which By Mr. MOULTON: H.R. 6066. A bill to amend title 38, United this bill rests is the explicit power of Con- H.R. 6059. States Code, to improve the productivity of gress to regulate in commerce in and among Congress has the power to enact this legis- the management of Department of Veterans the states, as enumerated in Article 1, Sec- lation pursuant to the following: Affairs health care, and for other purposes; tion 8, Clause 3, the Commerce Clause, of the Article 1, Section 8, of the Constitution of to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. United States Constitution. the United States By Mr. TED LIEU of California (for Additionally, Article 1, Section 7, Clause 2 By Mr. MOULTON: himself and Mr. PASCRELL): of the Constitution allows for every bill H.R. 6060. H. Res. 928. A resolution of inquiry request- passed by the House of Representatives and Congress has the power to enact this legis- ing the President and directing the Attorney the Senate and signed by the President to be lation pursuant to the following: General to transmit, respectively, certain codified into law; and therefore implicitly al- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Con- documents to the House of Representatives lows Congress to repeal any bill that has stitution of the United States

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By Mr. NORMAN: H.R. 2077: Mr. PAULSEN. H.R. 5774: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. H.R. 6061. H.R. 2119: Mr. GOMEZ. H.R. 5780: Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2151: Mr. KHANNA, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MOORE, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. BONAMICI, and Ms. lation pursuant to the following: TONKO, and Ms. ROSEN. WILSON of Florida. Article I, Section 7 H.R. 2215: Mr. TROTT. H.R. 5788: Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. HILL, and Mr. By Mr. PAYNE: H.R. 2295: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. FASO. H.R. 6062. H.R. 2306: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. H.R. 5795: Mr. MAST, Mrs. NOEM, and Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2315: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. ROSEN. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2345: Mr. CRAWFORD. H.R. 5812: Mr. BUCK. Article I Section 8 Clause 3—Congress has H.R. 2452: Mr. SUOZZI. H.R. 5861: Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. ESTES of the ability to regulate Commerce with for- H.R. 2491: Mr. GOMEZ and Mr. SOTO. Kansas, and Mr. BANKS of Indiana. eign Nations, and among the several States, H.R. 2556: Mr. OLSON. H.R. 5876: Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. and with the Indian Tribes. H.R. 2598: Mr. WELCH, Mr. O’ROURKE, and H.R. 5889: Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. By Mr. SENSENBRENNER: Mr. LANGEVIN. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. FRANCIS H.R. 6063. H.R. 2651: Mr. PAULSEN. ROONEY of Florida, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. GUTH- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2652: Mr. SUOZZI. RIE, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. MESSER, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2790: Mr. MEEKS. ESTES of Kansas, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Con- H.R. 2827: Mr. SOTO. TAKANO, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. POLIS, Mr. stitution confers on Congress the authority H.R. 2917: Mr. NORMAN. COURTNEY, and Ms. FOXX. to make all laws necessary and proper for H.R. 2918: Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. H.R. 5890: Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. carrying into execution the powers vested by LAMALFA, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. BUDD, and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. FRANCIS the Constitution in the government of the HARPER. ROONEY of Florida, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. GUTH- United States, or in any department or offi- H.R. 3032: Mr. SCHIFF. RIE, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. ESPAILLAT, cer thereof. This legislation makes technical H.R. 3077: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. TAKANO, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr. POLIS, Mr. amendments to update statutory references H.R. 3086: Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. COURTNEY, and Ms. FOXX. to certain provisions classified to title 34, H.R. 3192: Mr. MITCHELL. H.R. 5891: Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. United States Code, as necessary to keep the H.R. 3272: Mr. HIMES and Ms. CLARK of Mas- THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Ms. STEFANIK, title current and make technical corrections sachusetts. Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. BYRNE, Mrs. HANDEL, Mr. and improvements. Codifying Federal stat- H.R. 3330: Mr. HUNTER. ROKITA, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. utes is a necessary role of Congress with re- H.R. 3410: Ms. CLARKE of New York and Mr. BONAMICI, Mr. POLIS, and Ms. FOXX. spect to executing the powers vested by the CARSON of Indiana. H.R. 5892: Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. Constitution in the legislative branch of the H.R. 3692: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY and Mr. TUR- THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. FRANCIS United States. NER. ROONEY of Florida, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. GUTH- By Mr. SUOZZI: H.R. 3780: Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. RIE, Mr. BYRNE, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. H.R. 6064. H.R. 3891: Ms. ESHOO and Mr. BILIRAKIS. WALBERG, Ms. ROSEN, and Ms. FOXX. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3919: Mr. SCHRADER. H.R. 5899: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3945: Mr. DEFAZIO. H.R. 5924: Mr. CHABOT, Mr. SENSEN- Under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitu- H.R. 3960: Mr. ADERHOLT. BRENNER, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LANCE, Mr. tion, Congress has the power ‘‘to make all H.R. 4107: Mr. PAULSEN. ZELDIN, Mr. BACON, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. Laws which shall. be necessary and proper H.R. 4202: Mr. KILMER and Mr. MEEKS. FITZPATRICK, Mr. HASTINGS, and Mr. NOR- for carrying into Execution the foregoing H.R. 4253: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of CROSS. Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Texas and Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. H.R. 5963: Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. Constitution in the Government of the H.R. 4256: Mr. LUETKEMEYER and Mr. CRAMER, and Mrs. COMSTOCK. United States, or any Department or Officer AGUILAR. H.R. 5977: Mr. PAYNE, Mr. COHEN, Ms. BASS, H.R. 4268: Ms. CLARKE of New York. thereof’’ Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, and Ms. EDDIE BER- H.R. 4506: Mr. DENHAM and Ms. STEFANIK. By Mr. WALDEN: NICE JOHNSON of Texas. H.R. 4518: Mr. JEFFRIES and Mr. RUIZ. H.R. 6065. H.R. 5988: Mr. HARPER. H.R. 4732: Mr. ENGEL. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 6012: Mr. LANCE. H.R. 4760: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas and lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 6033: Mr. WELCH, Mr. KILDEE, and Mr. Mr. COMER. Article 1, Section 8 TED LIEU of California. H.R. 4861: Mr. BARR. H.R. 6043: Mr. AMASH and Mr. CRIST. By Mr. WENSTRUP: H.R. 4898: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. H.R. 6048: Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- H.R. 6066. H.R. 5002: Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. BUCK, Mr. sylvania, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- HILL, Mr. COFFMAN, and Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of THOMPSON of Mississippi, and Mr. SOTO. lation pursuant to the following: Illinois. H.J. Res. 95: Mr. COHEN and Ms. WILSON of Article 1, Section 8 of the United States H.R. 5009: Mr. HILL and Mr. MOOLENAAR. Florida. Constitution. H.R. 5036: Ms. SINEMA. H.J. Res. 129: Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. f H.R. 5041: Mr. MOOLENAAR. H.J. Res. 135: Mrs. BLACKBURN. H.R. 5058: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. H. Con. Res. 72: Mr. GAETZ, Mr. SENSEN- ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 5065: Mr. KING of New York. BRENNER, and Mr. MEEKS. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 5129: Mr. KILMER, Mr. ROSKAM, and H. Res. 401: Mr. SWALWELL of California. were added to public bills and resolu- Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H. Res. 405: Mr. KIHUEN, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. H.R. 5161: Mr. PERLMUTTER. JAYAPAL, Ms. BASS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. CRIST, tions, as follows: H.R. 5167: Mr. PALLONE. Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. TONKO, H.R. 53: Mr. RASKIN and Mr. HASTINGS. H.R. 5191: Ms. SINEMA. Mr. PANETTA, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. H.R. 333: Mr. CUMMINGS and Mr. AMODEI. H.R. 5199: Mr. ROSS. BARRAGA´ N, Mr. SOTO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, H.R. 398: Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. H.R. 5222: Mr. KILMER. and Mr. DOGGETT. H.R. 489: Ms. SA´ NCHEZ. H.R. 5248: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. H. Res. 864: Mr. KING of New York and Mr. H.R. 778: Mr. LARSEN of Washington. H.R. 5281: Mr. HENSARLING. SUOZZI. H.R. 795: Mr. TURNER. H.R. 5329: Mr. DONOVAN and Mr. RODNEY H. Res. 896: Mr. ESPAILLAT and Ms. CLARK H.R. 912: Mr. NORCROSS. DAVIS of Illinois. of Massachusetts. H.R. 959: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. H.R. 5339: Mr. ENGEL. H. Res. 915: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, H.R. 992: Mr. LARSEN of Washington. H.R. 5343: Mr. HARRIS. Mr. POCAN, and Mr. HASTINGS. H.R. 1100: Mr. SUOZZI. H.R. 5353: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. H. Res. 926: Mr. MCGOVERN and Mr. PAL- H.R. 1156: Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. H.R. 5385: Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. VALADAO, Ms. LONE. H.R. 1205: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. JUDY CHU of California, and Mr. SMITH of f LAMB, Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, and Mr. Missouri. FASO. H.R. 5477: Mr. MITCHELL. DISCHARGE PETITIONS— H.R. 1298: Mr. VALADAO. H.R. 5480: Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. ADDITIONS AND WITHDRAWALS H.R. 1318: Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of H.R. 5534: Mr. BARR. The following Members added their Texas, Mr. PERLMUTTER, and Mr. ROYCE of H.R. 5539: Mr. HOLDING. California. H.R. 5590: Mr. MITCHELL. names to the following discharge peti- H.R. 1377: Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 5640: Mr. SHUSTER. tions: H.R. 1409: Mr. EVANS and Mr. REICHERT. H.R. 5671: Mr. GRIFFITH. Petition 10 by Mr. CURBELO of Florida on H.R. 1606: Mr. SCHIFF. H.R. 5684: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. House Resolution 774: Mr. Vela, Mr. Gonzalez H.R. 1615: Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. HECK, and Mr. H.R. 5701: Mr. CORREA. of Texas. HUFFMAN. H.R. 5728: Mr. CICILLINE. Petition 11 by Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of H.R. 1683: Mr. BLUMENAUER. H.R. 5735: Mrs. HANDEL and Mr. TURNER. Pennsylvania on House Resolution 873: Mr.

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HONORING MICHAEL POTEMRA June 10, her milestone will be honored with a HONORING MONROE ELEMENTARY portrait dedication ceremony at the McCall SCHOOL IN HINSDALE, ILLINOIS HON. PAUL D. RYAN Neighborhood Center in our mutual home- OF WISCONSIN town, and I rise today to note her achieve- HON. PETER J. ROSKAM ments and congratulate her on a distinguished IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ILLINOIS career thus far. Friday, June 8, 2018 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Representative LEE was born in El Paso, Friday, June 8, 2018 Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I rise Texas, where she attended St. Joseph’s to express my deepest condolences on the Catholic School. During her childhood, El Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to passing of Michael Potemra, longtime literary Paso remained a segregated community. For recognize Monroe Elementary School in editor of National Review Magazine. instance, Representative LEE and other Afri- Hinsdale, Illinois for earning the prestigious Mike Potemra was a conservative thought can American citizens were not able to enter Green Ribbon Award from the United States leader who served President Reagan and landmark buildings in El Paso such as the Department of Education. The Department of three United States Senators—Kasten of Wis- Plaza Theatre due to segregation laws. De- Education awards the Green Ribbon to consin, Durenberger of Minnesota, and spite this adversity, her family achieved mile- schools that reduce their environmental im- DeWine of Ohio—before joining the Editorial stones for racial equality in El Paso: her moth- pact, improve the health and wellness of their Board of National Review in 1999. Mike was er was one of the first African Americans to students, and provide effective environmental a valued and proud member of the Reagan graduate from Texas Western College (now and sustainability education. I am proud to Revolution. the University of Texas at El Paso) and her fa- represent many of the students at this award I knew Mike when we worked in Senator ther was the first African American mail carrier winning school; Monroe Elementary has Kasten’s office together nearly 30 years ago. in El Paso. earned due credit for a job well done. Mike’s desk was around the corner from the Monroe Elementary provides a unique envi- mailroom where I started as an intern. He was Her upbringing and experiences in the di- ronmental education program through their a speechwriter for Senator Kasten, and a verse community of El Paso inspired in her a ‘‘Living Classroom’’—a set of gardens that masterful one at that. With brilliance and abso- passion for justice and equality, a quality that stretch across approximately .85 acres of the lute integrity, Mike took everyone he worked endured when she moved away from El Paso school’s property including a butterfly garden, with to a higher level . . . so much from him. to California when she was 13 years old. Fol- a prairie, a pond, and their ‘‘George Wash- Mike loved America and the mobility and lowing high school, she not only raised two ington Vegetable Garden.’’ In the Living Class- economic liberty that America embraces. He sons as a single mother and worked to create room, students get the opportunity outside the was born in Youngstown, Ohio to Slovakian a better life for her family, but also attended classroom to explore nature and learn about immigrants and grew up speaking both Slovak Mills College, served as president of the plants and animals. and English. His life embodies the American school’s Black Student Union and later re- Monroe also sponsors a student ‘‘Green Dream: as a child of immigrants, he attended ceived her master’s degree from the University Club,’’ which monitors lunch waste and leads Catholic University, Harvard Law School, and of California at Berkeley. the school’s recycling and upcycling programs. served in the White House and the U.S. Sen- Her ensuing career in politics further dem- I commend the Green Club for their environ- ate. onstrates her resiliency and determination: she mental stewardship. Their work highlights how Mike was a profound and dedicated con- rose through Congressman Ron Dellums’ con- engaged the school body is in protecting the servative, but he was never partisan. He was gressional office over the course of 11 years, environment. intellectually curious about everything and em- beginning as an intern and eventually earning Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu- braced political discourse as a true American the title of Chief of Staff. Similarly, she was lating Monroe Elementary School for earning does—always providing people with the oppor- elected a California State Assembly member the U.S. Department of Education Green Rib- tunity to change his mind—which rarely hap- in 1990, a California State Senator in 1996, bon, and for their tireless work protecting the pened. and a Congresswoman for California in 1998. environment. On a human level, Mike was a wonderful During her time as a state representative f person with a keen sense of humor. More and the 20 years she has served as a Mem- PERSONAL EXPLANATION often than not, everyone who visited Mike’s ber of Congress, she has made it a priority to desk left with a smile and a hearty laugh at his represent some of the most underserved jokes, observations, and uncanny impressions Americans by fighting for justice, equality, and HON. TERRI A. SEWELL of William F. Buckley, Ronald Reagan, and peace. Through that desire, she helped found OF ALABAMA Jack Kemp. the Out of Poverty Caucus and the Congres- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Let us take this time to remember Mike’s life sional HIV/AIDS Caucus. She also began Friday, June 8, 2018 and service to our country, and pray for the serving as chair of the Democratic Whip Task people who loved him dearly—his family, Force on Poverty, Income Inequality and Op- Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, dur- friends, and colleagues. He was a good man, portunity in 2013. ing the votes held the night of June 7, 2018, and a great American. and votes held on June 8, 2018, I was ines- Furthermore, she has consistently been a f capably detained and away handling important leader in opposing our involvement in endless matters related to my District and the State of RECOGNIZING REPRESENTATIVE war, even when it was not politically popular to Alabama. Had I been present, I would have BARBARA LEE FOR 20 YEARS OF do so. She was the only member of the House voted NO on H.R. 3. Regarding amendments CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE to vote against the 2001 Authorization for Use to H.R. 5895, I would have voted YES on the of Military Force, which demonstrated her fore- Tsongas Amendment; YES on the Beyer HON. BETO O’ROURKE sight on the open-ended authorization. To rec- Amendment; NO on the Gosar (No. 24) ognize her work on these issues, she was OF TEXAS Amendment; YES on the Lee Amendment; nominated, as part of a group of 1000 women IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES YES on the Connolly Amendment; NO on the around the world, for the Nobel Peace Prize in Gosar (No. 29) Amendment; YES on the Friday, June 8, 2018 2003 to recognize her dedication to peace and Lowenthal Amendment; NO on the Blackburn Mr. O’ROURKE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to human welfare. Amendment; No on the Norman Amendment; honor Representative BARBARA LEE, a native Please join me in recognizing Congress- NO on the Gohmert Amendment; NO on the of El Paso, Texas, who this year is celebrating woman LEE’s successful and distinguished ca- Meadows Amendment; and YES on the her 20th year as a Member of Congress. On reer and her roots in El Paso, Texas. Takano Amendment. I would have voted YES

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.001 E08JNPT1 E804 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 8, 2018 on the Democratic Motion to Recommit H.R. RECOGNIZING THE 75TH ANNIVER- M.A. in General Experimental Psychology from 5895, and NO on Final Passage of H.R. 5895. SARY OF THE Y–12 NATIONAL Illinois State University. He then began his ca- SECURITY COMPLEX reer in education in 1974 as a psychology and f history teacher. From there, he quickly ex- HON. CHARLES J. ‘‘CHUCK’’ panded his duties and involved himself in stu- SUPPORTING INTEGRATION OF dent activities and recruitment, going above FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH FLEISCHMANN and beyond his core responsibilities. In 1979, OF TENNESSEE CENTERS IN THE VA MISSION Jim found his way to Brother Rice High IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ACT OF 2018 School, where, in addition to his teaching role, Friday, June 8, 2018 he would serve as the baseball coach, Dean Mr. FLEISCHMANN. Mr. Speaker, I rise of Faculty, Dean of Students, and eventually HON. DARRELL E. ISSA today to recognize the 75th anniversary of the Principal. His students and peers have fre- Y–12 National Security Complex in Oak quently praised him, describing him as a fa- OF CALIFORNIA Ridge, Tennessee. Construction of the Y–12 ther figure, lauding his calm and consistent IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES plant in 1943 was a vital step in winning World leadership, and applauding his honest, caring, War II, and 75 years later, Y–12 and the and compassionate demeanor. As one student Friday, June 8, 2018 NNSA still play an essential role in protecting recalled, Jim never forgot a name, not just in our nation. Today, Y–12 not only helps to his own class, but in the entire school. This Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to high- outstanding public servant has devoted his life light two important pieces of legislation that maintain the nation’s nuclear deterrent, but provides fuel stock for the United States nu- to his students, both in the classroom and on address the care of our nation’s veterans. Ear- clear navy, retrieves and stores vulnerable nu- the field. lier this week, President Donald Trump signed clear material from around the world, and sup- In addition to cultivating the future of Amer- the bipartisan VA Maintaining Internal Systems ports other essential government missions. ica, Jim has also stood in defense of it. He and Strengthening Integrated Outside Net- The Y–12 National Security Complex is an served in the U.S. Army while engaged in works, or VA MISSION Act, into law, enacting integral part of the fabric of its community and Vietnam where he was stationed outside of key reforms at the Department of Veterans Af- of the greater East Tennessee region. It is a Qui Nhon at Camp Granite. Jim has not only fairs. This bill will help us fulfill our nation’s powerful economic driver, with more than taught history but has been a part of it—pro- viding the students of Brother Rice with a promise to veterans by increasing access to 6,000 full-time contractors, subcontractors, unique perspective to our nation’s story. He quality, timely care and benefits, while increas- and federal employees working at the site. In addition to being a key component of the re- has also provided them with wisdom, knowl- ing accountability and transparency at the edge, and direction, while helping to guide agency. gion’s economy, Y–12 gives back to the Oak Ridge community, providing more than countless students through high school. I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring Today, the House passed an appropriations $400,000 annually to area nonprofits and edu- Principal James P. Antos and his accomplish- package that funds the Department of Vet- cational institutions. erans Affairs for Fiscal Year 2019, including On Y–12’s 75th anniversary, we reflect not ments. I congratulate him on his retirement and thank him for his decades of service at the new VA MISSION Act. Specifically, I would only on its great history, but look to its bright Brother Rice High School. like to highlight a provision included in the bill future. The Uranium Processing Facility, a f that ensures the newly created Center for In- $6.5 billion dollar project, will transform the novation for Care and Payment has the re- site by replacing outdated, legacy facilities, RECOGNIZING THE UNITED sources it needs to improve quality and ac- and during construction, create thousands of STATES COAST GUARD AT THE jobs and have a positive economic impact on cess to care for our vets, while finding cost PORT ANGELES MARITIME FES- the region. Through collaborations with labor TIVAL savings at the VA by cutting through bureau- organizations, colleges, universities, and cratic red tape and establishing common- schools, the Y–12’s lead contractor, Consoli- sense partnerships with sister agencies in the HON. DEREK KILMER dated Nuclear Security, encourages students OF WASHINGTON federal government. to consider careers in trades and crafts, as IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES well as engineering and other technical fields. One such partnership I hope the Center will Friday, June 8, 2018 consider exploring is the opportunity for VA Seventy five years ago, the men and Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to Medical Centers to integrate care with Federal women of the Y–12 plant worked tirelessly to protect our national interests and help us win recognize the men and women who are serv- Qualified Health Centers, or FQHCs. Many World War II, and generations on they con- ing in the United States Coast Guard on the veterans, especially those who live in rural tinue to serve their nation and their commu- Olympic Peninsula. communities, face challenges accessing care nity. The 75th anniversary of the Y–12 Na- In my travels across our region, I often have through the traditional VA system, and tional Security Complex is an occasion to re- the privilege of crossing paths with these out- partnering with FQHCs that already provide flect on this proud history and celebrate the standing professionals. quality care in local communities could be the people of the complex for their contributions. For example, I recently attended a cere- mony recognizing Petty Officer Jacob most effective alternative for veterans facing f Hylkema, who received the Coast Guard transportation, mobility, or additional concerns HONORING THE CAREER AND AC- Medal for his actions during a storm last sum- with traveling to the nearest VA hospital. COMPLISHMENTS OF PRINCIPAL mer in which he risked his life to save a fisher- With over 10,000 FQHC service sites lo- JAMES P. ANTOS man who had fallen overboard. His entire unit cated across the U.S., a pilot program exam- received a citation for their actions that day. ining the opportunity for FQHCs to work with HON. DANIEL LIPINSKI Together, they rescued 9 people in a 20-hour VA Medical Centers could demonstrate the vi- OF ILLINOIS period. ability of this program on a larger scale. Under IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, the good work isn’t just limited to one unit. Recently, the crew of the Active the VA MISSION Act, FQHCs are already des- Friday, June 8, 2018 based in my hometown, Port Angeles, Wash- ignated as eligible providers, just as they have Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ington, seized more than $78 million in illegal been under current law for years. The Innova- honor the career and accomplishments of drugs during a patrol near the coast of Central tion Center has the authority to conduct pilot Principal James P. Antos of Brother Rice High America. According to a report in The Penin- programs studying the best way to connect School in Chicago. As he prepares to retire, sula Daily News, the crew seized more than veterans to the high-quality care they deserve, we cannot help but admire his service and three tons of illegal drugs and arrested mul- and measuring the impact of a potential VA– hope that his example and distinguished ten- tiple people suspected of smuggling drugs into FQHC partnership will generate the critical ure are emulated in the future. the United States. data necessary to determine how to achieve Jim, a local Chicagoan, has been nurturing This kind of work makes the news, but the missions of Veterans’ Choice while cutting young minds for 44 years. After deciding in his every day the Coast Guard in our region costs at the VA. junior year of high school to become a teach- keeps us safe and keeps our economy mov- er, Jim earned a B.A. in Psychology and an ing.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K08JN8.003 E08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E805 Just as importantly as coming to the rescue REMEMBERING JOHN WESLEY The story of Shiloh Manor exemplifies how of folks in distress, the U.S. Coast Guard Mar- WARDROP a group of inspired individuals can create itime Force Protection Unit Bangor quietly pro- meaningful change in their community. I com- tects the Navy vessels homeported in our re- HON. BRADLEY BYRNE mend the late Pastor Davis and those who gion as they make the first and final stretches OF ALABAMA carry on his vision for a strong, inclusive com- of their missions. I’m looking forward to wel- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES munity. I wish them well as they celebrate this coming members of the unit to Port Angeles Friday, June 8, 2018 milestone anniversary through fellowship and when their new facilities are complete. worship. Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to re- f Mr. Speaker, this weekend our grateful com- member a great Alabamian who tragically died munity will recognize the Active’s crew and the morning of Thursday, May 31 in a single- IN RECOGNITION OF THE 80TH Maritime Force Protection Unit Bangor at the car crash near Atmore, Alabama. BIRTHDAY OF ELIZABETH ROSE 2018 Port Angeles Maritime Festival. At 10 a.m., an Alabama Army National O’HANDLEY They deserve every bit of recognition. The Guard Humvee was involved in an automobile men and women serving our region in the accident on I–65 that killed one soldier and in- HON. WILLIAM R. KEATING jured the other. John Wesley Wardrop, 38, of Coast Guard work selflessly around the clock OF MASSACHUSETTS Satsuma was killed when his 2009 military to protect our fishermen, the environment and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES our region’s security. Humvee left the roadway and overturned. Wardrop had devoted much of his life to Friday, June 8, 2018 Please join me in honoring them today. serving our state and nation. He was a squad Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in leader for the Alabama National Guard’s recognition of Elizabeth O’Handley, a resident f 1165th Military Police Company out of of Rockland, Massachusetts, who today cele- Fairhope. At the time of the crash, he was on brates her 80th birthday. HONORING RYAN GRAHAM, COM- a mission preparing for his unit’s annual train- Elizabeth, more affectionately known as MANDER OF THE QUEENS COUN- ing. Betty or Betty O’, was born on June 19, 1938 TY COUNCIL VFW Wardrop was a staff sergeant for the Na- to Daniel and Rose MacDonald. She is the tional Guard. He served our country in the oldest of three sisters, mother to nine children, military for over twenty years and completed grandmother to 42, biological and through HON. GRACE MENG four tours of duty overseas. love, and great-grandmother to 10. Family members say that Wardrop was a OF NEW YORK In her 40s, Betty made the decision to re- man of steadfast faith. The night before his turn to school to pursue her degree. She IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES passing, he visited Living Hope Church in worked a full-time job and a part-time job and Saraland and made a donation to support the Friday, June 8, 2018 attended nursing school full-time while raising children’s bible school program. He embodied the 7 of her children who were still at home. Ms. MENG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to what it means to be a servant leader. There were many nights when she could be Sergeant Wardrop left this worldly place honor the service of Ryan Scott Graham as found at Dunkin’ Donuts doing homework or helping others. That legacy of service and the commander of the Queens County Council studying because it was quieter than at home. sacrifice is how he should always be remem- of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United She currently works at the Brockton VA bered. States. Ryan graduated from John Adams Hospital, where she has worked for over 35 On behalf of Alabama’s First Congressional High School in Ozone Park, New York in years in the spinal cord injury unit. She was District, I want to share our deepest condo- 2001. He then enlisted in the United States Air the recipient of the Pierik Award in recognition lences with his wife, Terri, and their two chil- of her outstanding nursing skills. Force, where he served from 2002 to 2008. dren, Madi and Logan. I hope you can take Betty has been a devoted parishioner of While in the Air Force, Ryan was deployed to comfort in knowing that Sergeant Wardrop will Holy Family Church in Rockland since 1970 Baghdad in support of Operation Iraqi Free- forever be remembered for his service and where all of her children were confirmed . She dom. His honorable service included working sacrifice to our community, state, and nation. as a stock control technician at Hurlburt Field has lived her life as a woman of great faith f to provide support for 257 special operations who shared this by providing religious edu- forces, and as a computer systems analyst at IN RECOGNITION OF THE 25TH cation to children through teaching CCD for Langley Air Force Base to provide support for ANNIVERSARY OF SHILOH MANOR many years. She has shown that being trust- 136 combat air force units across the globe. worthy, generous, and making everyone feel For the last four years, Ryan has tirelessly ad- HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT included are traits to be emulated. The words vocated on behalf of the veterans of Queens OF PENNSYLVANIA ‘‘great’’ and ‘‘exceptional’’ do not even begin County as commander of the Queens County IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to describe the truly amazing people like Betty. Council VFW. Friday, June 8, 2018 Mr. Speaker, I am proud to honor Betty During his time as commander, he diligently Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to O’Handley on this joyous occasion of her 80th worked with local, state, and federal govern- celebrate the 25th anniversary of Shiloh birthday. I ask that my colleagues join me in ment officials to promote legislation benefiting Manor, a senior housing complex located in wishing her continued health and happiness. veterans and improving VA services. Ryan is the South Side neighborhood of Easton, Penn- f committed to helping his fellow veterans and sylvania. The vision of Shiloh Manor began in will continue in his role as a legislative advo- the mind of the late Pastor Fred Davis of the HONORING REPRESENTATIVE cate for the VFW and the veterans of Queens Shiloh Baptist Church. In 1987, while attend- LESTER WOLFF County. ing a world conference in Japan, Pastor Davis Ryan is extremely well-respected in the met a former associate and a Philadelphia re- HON. THOMAS R. SUOZZI Queens County community and is very atten- altor who specialized in building complexes for OF NEW YORK tive to the needs of his local veterans, pro- senior citizens. With their renewed fellowship, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES viding them with the resources and support Pastor Davis and Mr. Hatton developed a strategy to apply for a HUD sponsored loan to Friday, June 8, 2018 they need. When WWII veteran Leonard Mil- build a senior citizen’s home. On their third Mr. SUOZZI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in ler’s flagpole was destroyed twice by two application attempt in 1992, the application honor of the illustrious public service career of major storms, Ryan and the Queens County was approved for $3.7 million dollars. Since former member of this body—Congressman Council VFW came to his aid and replaced the the completion of Shiloh Manor in July 1993, Lester Wolff—who will soon be celebrating his flagpole allowing Mr. Miller to again proudly the Greater Shiloh Church congregation, now 100th birthday. display the American flag. led by Senior Pastor Phillip Davis, as well as In recognition of his monumental contribu- For his service to the veterans of Queens the Board of Directors and the larger commu- tions to the preservation and protection of our County and to our country, I ask all of my col- nity rejoice in the Manor’s 58 units, which pro- environment, especially on Long Island’s leagues in the House of Representatives to vide affordable housing for senior citizens of beautiful North Shore, I am proposing the re- join me in honoring Mr. Ryan Graham. diverse backgrounds. naming of the Oyster Bay National Wildlife

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:21 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K08JN8.007 E08JNPT1 E806 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 8, 2018 Refuge to the Congressman Lester Wolff Na- Dr. Langberg has always been a strong ad- zanne, raised two wonderful children during tional Wildlife Refuge. vocate of quality care and making it available LTG Tovo’s illustrious career. This country These precious wetlands, at Congressman for poorer communities. He is a highly re- cannot repay the debt we owe to LTG Tovo Lester Wolff’s urging, were protected in 1968. spected national leader on patient safety and and his family—the Tovos are true American In 1967, the New York State Legislature—at health care quality, who led the work at the heroes. I wish him well in what is sure to be the insistence of then Governor Nelson American Hospital Association to review new an active retirement. Rockefeller and master planner Robert care policy, identify potential unintended con- Mr. Speaker, please join me today in com- Moses—authorized a bridge across the Long sequences, and convey those issues to the memorating the career of Lieutenant General Island Sound. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Kenneth E. Tovo. Lester immediately saw that this bridge (CMS). His work also laid the foundation for f would despoil the pristine and precious re- the provision in the bipartisan 21st Century source of the Long Island Sound and soon Cures Act that directed CMS to include an ad- RECOGNIZING THE RIBBON CUT- found himself at the center of an enormous justment to the Hospital Readmissions Reduc- TING OF THE NEW SARAH MIL- political fight. tion Program to recognize the impact of DRED LONG BRIDGE Lester eventually won this fight and the sociodemographic factors on readmission Oyster Bay Wildlife Refuge was born. Lester’s rates. HON. CHELLIE PINGREE efforts in 1968 are an important part of our na- In addition to Dr. Langberg’s many suc- OF MAINE tion’s environmental history. cesses, he has been an advocate for sharing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I urge my colleagues to support the renam- both successes and failures in order to dis- Friday, June 8, 2018 ing to the Lester Wolff National Wildlife Ref- seminate best practices and advance improve- uge and I wish Lester a happy 100th year and ments in quality and safety, which has helped Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Speaker, as Represent- many more. many hospitals across the nation learn how to ative for Maine’s 1st Congressional District, I f keep patients safe and improve quality in care. rise to mark a historic occasion in my home state. Today is the official ribbon cutting of the TRIBUTE TO EARL HAFNER Dr. Langberg has been an invited speaker at the Health Management Academy, the Na- newly built Sarah Mildred Long Bridge. tional Patient Safety Congress, and the Insti- This span is one of three critical connec- HON. DAVID YOUNG tute for Healthcare Improvement, and has tes- tions between Portsmouth, New Hampshire, OF IOWA tified before the California State Senate on and Kittery, Maine. Its predecessor, built in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES physician quality performance in order to help 1940, carried thousands of people between Friday, June 8, 2018 legislators craft better public policy that sup- our states every day, bore a rail line used to Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise ports improvement in health and health care. refuel submarines at the Navy’s Portsmouth today to recognize and congratulate Earl For these reasons, I am delighted to recog- Naval Shipyard, and lifted to make way for Hafner. He was honored by Practical Farmers nize Dr. Michael Langberg and offer thanks for marine traffic on the mighty Piscataqua River. of Iowa with the 2018 Sustainable Agriculture his selfless commitment to his community. Retired after 76 years, that structure did Achievement Award at their annual conference f these jobs well. But the one dedicated today is designed to do them even better and last an in January. HONORING THE CAREER OF LIEU- This award is granted annually to someone incredible 125 years. It was built by the hard- TENANT GENERAL KENNETH E. working men and women of Maine company who has shown dedication to sustainable agri- TOVO culture, helped by sharing their knowledge and Cianbro Corp., with the oversight of the Maine work toward making communities, farms, and Department of Transportation and its counter- food healthy and diverse. Earl farms with his HON. RICHARD HUDSON parts at the New Hampshire Department of son at Early Morning Harvest and Hafner, Inc. OF NORTH CAROLINA Transportation. It should be noted that a $25 It is a 2000 acre diversified farm that includes IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES million grant from the federal Transportation Infrastructure Generating Economic Recovery certified organic row crops and grass-fed cat- Friday, June 8, 2018 tle and hogs. They also raise tilapia in an program helped bring the costs of this size- Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to aquaponics greenhouse. able project within reach. recognize the extraordinary career of Lieuten- Mr. Speaker, I applaud and congratulate A time capsule bearing this statement, along ant General Kenneth E. Tovo, the retiring Earl Hafner for this award and for working dili- with other mementos of 2018, will be buried Commanding General of the United States gently in the Third Congressional district to with instructions to open in 125 years. Until Army Special Operations Command located at make his community a better place to live and then, may this bridge serve our communities Fort Bragg in North Carolina’s Eighth Con- work. I am proud to represent him in the well and bear current and future generations gressional District. United States Congress and I ask that my col- of travelers safely to their destinations. Raised in Saint James, New York, LTG leagues join me in congratulating Earl and in f Tovo began his military career while attending wishing him nothing but continued success. the United States Military Academy at West TRIBUTE TO ZACH STEWART f Point. After graduation, he was stationed at HONORING THE LIFE OF MICHAEL Fort Bragg as a Rifle Platoon Leader in the HON. DAVID YOUNG LANGBERG 82d Airborne Division. Serving in combat all OF IOWA over the world allowed LTG Tovo to gain in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES valuable experience that helped shape his dis- HON. TED LIEU Friday, June 8, 2018 OF CALIFORNIA tinguished career. Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Deployed on numerous operational assign- ments around the globe and through some of today to recognize and congratulate Zach Friday, June 8, 2018 our nation’s toughest times, LTG Tovo always Stewart of Perry High School for winning the Mr. TED LIEU of California. Mr. Speaker, I answered the call to serve our great nation. Class 3–A, 138-pound bracket at the Iowa rise to celebrate the prestigious career of Dr. Some of his most notable engagements took High School State Wrestling tournament. Zach Michael Langberg who retired from Cedars place during his assignments with the 10th had a 54–5 record for the season. Sinai Hospital on May 1, 2018 after 37 years Special Forces Group. These deployments Iowa has a long and proud history of strong of service. Dr. Langberg, Senior Vice Presi- sent him to Iraq, Bosnia-Herzegovina and sev- wrestling programs, producing college and dent and Chief Clinical Officer at Cedars Sinai eral countries in Europe supporting Operation Olympic champions for years. Zach contrib- Hospital, was also a permanent member of Desert Storm, Joint Guard and Iraqi Freedom. utes his success to years of hard work and the California Department of Public Health’s Throughout these operations, he delivered on commitment and for the support from his par- health care-associated infection advisory com- the promise to keep America safe and directly ents, family, coaches and fellow teammates. mittee. He leaves behind a legacy of better confront our enemies under the most difficult Mr. Speaker, the example set by Zach dem- quality care, improved health policy, and col- of conditions. onstrates the rewards of dedication and perse- laboration with hospitals around the country to While defending our nation overseas, LTG verance. It is an honor representing Zach and ensure patient safety, particularly for those of Tovo’s most important commitment remained his family in the United States Congress and limited means or with complex medical needs. to his family back home. He and his wife, Su- it is with great pride that I recognize them

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.006 E08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E807 today. I ask that all of my colleagues in the East Policy Survey, a Washington-based TRIBUTE TO TODD PEVERILL United States House of Representatives join newsletter, and wrote regularly on foreign af- me in congratulating Zach on competing in fairs for the Los Angeles Times. HON. DAVID YOUNG this rigorous competition and in wishing him Ken joined NDI as executive vice president OF IOWA nothing but continued success in his education in 1986 and was elected president by the In- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and his future endeavors. stitute’s board of directors in 1993. He has Friday, June 8, 2018 f now led the Institute for more than two-thirds Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise HONORING THE LIFE OF SEAMAN of its history, working on five continents to today to recognize and congratulate Todd 1ST CLASS EDWARD SLAPIKAS strengthen political and civic organizations, Peverill of Glenwood, Iowa for being selected safeguard elections, promote citizen participa- by the Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce HON. LOU BARLETTA tion, and champion openness and account- as their Citizen of the Year. Todd received this OF PENNSYLVANIA ability in government. award for his many years of coaching suc- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Through his years of service, Ken has testi- cessful cross country and track teams at Glen- wood Community High School. Friday, June 8, 2018 fied before numerous congressional commit- tees and has appeared on national television Todd has coached track since 1992 and Mr. BARLETTA. Mr. Speaker, it is my honor and radio as a trusted authority on world af- cross country since 1998. Through his coach- to recognize the life and legacy of Seaman 1st fairs. He has served on various task forces ing and leadership skills he has led the Glen- Class Edward Slapikas, who has finally come sponsored by the United States Institute of wood High School Rams to several team and home to rest almost 80 years after his heroic Peace, the Council on Foreign Relations, the individual championships and honors. Todd passing. Brookings Institution, the Bipartisan Policy has been active in the Glenwood community Seaman Slapikas was tragically killed in ac- Center, the Center for U.S. Global Engage- by developing and maintaining cross country tion at the age of 24 while serving aboard the trails at Glenwood Lake Park and he has been USS Oklahoma. He was one of 429 crewmen ment, and the Atlantic Council. He currently serves on USAID’s Advisory Committee on an advocate for high school athletes and out- who perished on December 7, 1941 during the door exercise enthusiasts. Voluntary Foreign Aid, sits on the Commission attack on Pearl Harbor. Seaman Slapikas was Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- on Presidential Debates’ Board of Directors, interred in the National Memorial Cemetery of resent leaders like Todd in the United States the Pacific, where his name was marked as and was chairman of the development pro- Congress. It is with great pride that I recog- ‘‘unidentified’’ on the Walls of the Missing. gram of the U.S. Committee for the United Na- nize him for his selection as the Citizen of the Now, 77 years later, Seaman Slapikas’ re- tions. Year by the Glenwood Area Chamber of Com- mains have been identified thanks to the com- In a speech given at the 10th Anniversary of merce and for his commitment to his commu- bined efforts of the Defense Prisoner of War/ Georgetown University’s Masters Program in nity and school. I ask that my colleagues in Missing in Action Accounting Agency (DPPA) Democracy and Governance Ken reflected, ‘‘I the United States House of Representatives and Seaman Slapikas’ surviving family mem- confess to be an incurable optimist who for 32 join me in congratulating Todd on receiving bers. Since 2015, the DPPA has provided clo- years has worked in the optimism business.’’ this award and in wishing him nothing but con- sure to over 120 families of fallen servicemen His optimism and tireless dedication to pro- tinued success. killed aboard the USS Oklahoma. moting and protecting democracy, good gov- f The return of Seaman Slapikas marks a mo- ernance, and human rights have earned re- IN RECOGNITION OF THE CEN- mentous occasion, not only for the Slapikas spect and appreciation across the political family, but also for the community of TENARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF spectrum in our country and abroad. Wanamie, Pennsylvania. The bravery of Sea- AZERBAIJAN man Slapikas was commemorated through the I have been honored to work with Ken and establishment of the American Legion Post the entire team at NDI in implementing this HON. GENE GREEN 971, named for Seaman Slapikas and Petty hopeful vision through the bipartisan work of OF TEXAS Officer Keith Jeffries, a fellow serviceman who the House Democracy Partnership (HDP). IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES perished aboard the USS Arizona during the From the time HDP began its work in 2005, Friday, June 8, 2018 same attack. Seaman Slapikas’ niece, Ms. NDI and its partner organization within the Na- Leona Hotko, plans to ensure that her ‘‘favor- tional Endowment for Democracy, the Inter- Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ite uncle’’ is laid to rest near his childhood national Republican Institute (IRI), have been I rise today in honor of the 100th anniversary home in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Wanamie. indispensable partners in strengthening legis- of the Republic Day of Azerbaijan, and to con- Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring the lative institutions in twenty emerging or re- vey my congratulations to the Republic of heroic life of Seaman 1st Class Edward emerging democracies—ranging from Indo- Azerbaijan and to all Azerbaijanis. Slapikas, and posthumously thanking him for nesia and Kenya to Ukraine, Georgia, Peru, On May 28, 1918, the Democratic Republic his service to our great nation. Tunisia, and Sri Lanka. HDP has engaged of Azerbaijan was founded, becoming the first f member-to-member and staff-to-staff, while Muslim democratic state and gaining their NDI and IRI have helped us organize work- independence from the Russian Empire for the HONORING PRESIDENT KEN first time. While that independence was initially shops and exchange visits and have carried WOLLACK OF THE NATIONAL short-lived, taken away when Russia invaded out mentoring and consultation aimed at im- DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE in 1920, Azerbaijan again became an inde- proved legislative practice day-to-day in our pendent nation on October 18, 1991, and has HON. DAVID E. PRICE partner countries. since been an increasingly important ally for OF NORTH CAROLINA This work simply could not have occurred the U.S. in the South Caucasus. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES without steadfast leadership from Ken. We Like the city I represent, Houston, Azer- have learned a great deal from him and have baijan’s impressive economic growth has been Friday, June 8, 2018 been strengthened and sustained by his un- driven by the oil and gas industry and shaped Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Mr. Speaker, failing support. I will forever be grateful to him. by adapting to the evolution of that industry. A I rise today to honor the life and work of Ken- It is a pleasure, Mr. Speaker, to join with number of American and international energy neth Wollack, President of the National Demo- companies thrive in Azerbaijan and the Cas- friends and colleagues in commending Ken for cratic Institute (NDI), who is stepping down pian Sea. Azerbaijan’s rapid development of his remarkable career and for the commitment after a career in foreign affairs, journalism, its energy infrastructure and expertise has he has shown to our country’s highest ideals and politics that has spanned 46 years. helped it play a crucial role in protecting Euro- and purposes. In turn, he has enjoyed the An Illinois native and graduate of Earlham pean energy security and U.S. geopolitical in- steadfast support and love of his wife Leslie, College, Ken broke into national politics as a terests by ensuring a stable and sufficient flow member of the national staff of the McGovern his daughters Lauren and Alison, and his of energy to Europe. presidential campaign in 1972. From 1973 to grandson, Cooper. As a secular Muslim country, Azerbaijan 1980 he was legislative director of the Amer- We thank Ken Wollack for his exemplary was a pioneer in extending equal political ican Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). service and wish him and his family well as he rights to women, becoming the first Muslim He then became a co-editor of the Middle begins the next chapter in his life. country to give women the right to vote in

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.011 E08JNPT1 E808 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 8, 2018 1918. After 9/11, Azerbaijan was and con- of The Kappa Foundation’s Women of combine scholastic merit, personal achieve- tinues to be an important counterterrorism Achievement. She has distinguished herself ment, and the rich historic African-American partner for the United States, participating in with her entrepreneurship and service to the culture to create a women’s collegiate-service coalitions combating international terrorism state. based organization that has lasted 110 years. and sending its own troops to support U.S.-led f She deserves a stamp. military efforts in Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Mr. Speaker, as members of Congress and Iraq. HONORING ETHEL HEDGEMAN Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, we are humbled Azerbaijan is an important actor for the ad- LYLE to be able to support this effort. Thousands of vancement of global security and diplomatic our members across the globe have signed engagement on the world stage. It holds ob- HON. FREDERICA S. WILSON letters in support of the initiative She Deserves server status in the World Trade Organization, OF FLORIDA a Stamp. Just making that statement puts me was a non-permanent member of the United IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in awe of how incredible Soror Ethel Nations Security Council from 2012 to 2013, Friday, June 8, 2018 Hedgeman Lyle and her classmates really and is a member of the NATO Partnership for were. Peace Program and the OSCE. Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I, You see, when they agreed to come to- I congratulate the people of Azerbaijan on Congresswoman FREDERICA S. WILSON, from gether to make history by doing what had their centennial celebration, and wish them the 24th district of the great state of Florida, never been done before, African Americans many centuries more of prosperity and suc- along with my colleagues and Alpha Kappa and women didn’t have the right to vote. cess. Alpha sorority sisters Congresswomen ALMA African Americans couldn’t even share a f S. ADAMS, SHEILA JACKSON LEE, EDDIE BER- lunch counter or schools with whites in 1908. NICE JOHNSON, TERRI A. SEWELL, and BONNIE IN RECOGNITION OF TEKISHA LEE But, today, 49 African Americans are serv- WATSON COLEMAN, rise today to acknowledge FOR BEING NAMED A WOMAN OF ing in Congress . . . and seven of them are and honor the 110th anniversary of Alpha ACHIEVEMENT BY THE KAPPA members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, In- Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, and the FOUNDATION corporated. contributions of its founder, Ethel Hedgeman Mr. Speaker, I think Soror Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. Ethel Hedgeman Lyle was a visionary Lyle knew that one day African Americans and HON. DEBBIE DINGELL ahead of her time, an advocate for women’s women would be able to vote. She knew that OF MICHIGAN rights, and a dedicated community servant. one day African Americans would serve in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES We stand to bring witness that Ethel Congress. And, I strongly believe she knew Friday, June 8, 2018 Hedgeman Lyle deserves to be commemo- that if given the opportunity, African-American Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rated by a U.S. postage stamp in support of women would become the most educated de- recognize Tekisha Lee and her acknowledge- her many achievements. mographic in America. She knew this at a time ment as Ypsilanti’s Woman of Achievement by Mr. Speaker, we are especially honored to when most women were denied an education. the Kappa Foundation. Ms. Lee founded be joined by our international president Dr. She deserves a stamp. DiverseNote, a career management social net- Dorothy Buckhanan Wilson of Alpha Kappa She is a ‘‘Guiding Light.’’ She still shines on work for professionals within an all-inclusive Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, to validate our the path others didn’t know existed. community of professionals. efforts. She has been on this mission for a Her work has lighted a path for many social The Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti-Inkster Alumni long time. It is a journey she hopes to see to and academic organizations that tear down Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity was es- fruition. the walls of racial and gender inequality. Her tablished on December 6, 1958. The organiza- Mr. Speaker, we are beaming with pride and work has lighted the path for millions of tion was founded in order to foster relation- overflowing with excitement because we are women to attend college. Her work has shone ships between Michigan Kappa Alpha Psis, on the verge of making history by bestowing brightly to highlight how living a life that is provide leadership to current students at an honor that is about 110 years overdue. dedicated to ‘‘Service to All Mankind’’ can Michigan universities and mentor youth in sub- Mr. Speaker in recognition of her great change the world in ways we never thought urban Detroit. Since its founding, group mem- achievements, Ethel Hedgeman Lyle deserves possible. She deserves a stamp. bers have come together to serve the local to be commemorated with a United States Mr. Speaker, now, she needs our support. community in a variety of ways including golf postage stamp. We have to be a part of this movement. This tournaments, college fairs, pancake break- Mr. Speaker, Ethel Hedgeman Lyle founded is our chance to give back to someone who fasts, Meals on Wheels programs and robust Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority in 1908 on a cold has given the world so much, and continues to scholarship programming. In addition to their January day on the campus of Howard Univer- give through her legacy. To paraphrase an Af- myriad civic endeavors, the fraternity’s Kappa sity during a time when Jim Crow laws seg- rican proverb, ‘‘We are, because she was.’’ Foundation honors female leaders in south- regated African-American women and pre- And, if anyone has ever deserved to be on a east Michigan annually at their ‘‘Women On vented us from joining established Greek or- stamp, it is the prestigious, wonderful, vision- Achievement’’ event. This year’s honorees in- ganizations. Undeterred by the obstacles of ary Ethel Hedgeman Lyle, the founder of clude Tekisha Lee, a well-respected leader race and gender, she created a legacy of sis- Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, the and businesswoman in our community. terhood that continues to inspire millions of first African American Greek Letter Sorority. A graduate of Howard University, Ms. women to devote their lives to community She deserves a stamp. Tekisha Lee has turned her lifelong passion service and activism. She deserves a stamp. f for educating and mentoring the next genera- Mr. Speaker, Soror Ethel Hedgeman Lyle tion of leaders into a successful career. She is cut through the bitter cold of that winter day TRIBUTE TO KYLE BISCOGLIA the Founder and CEO of DiverseNote, a ca- like a ray of hope, a guiding light, if you will. reer recruitment and retention platform that And, today we have an opportunity to propel HON. DAVID YOUNG connects candidates with organizations, re- the initiative to further immortalize her impec- OF IOWA cruiters, Fortune 500 companies, colleges, cable character and extraordinary achieve- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES universities and alumni associations seeking ments through her commemoration on a U.S. Friday, June 8, 2018 top talent across the United States. Ms. Lee postage stamp. was also selected as a U.S. Department of Mr. Speaker, today, Alpha Kappa Alpha So- Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise State Delegate to the Maghreb region of Africa rority, Incorporated, is an international service today to recognize and congratulate Kyle to advise on job creation and economic devel- organization with more than 300,000 members Biscoglia of Waukee High School for winning opment and serves in leadership positions on in more than 1,000 graduate and under- the Class 3A, 120-pound bracket at the Iowa various non-profit boards including Jobs for graduate chapters across the globe. The so- High School State Wrestling tournament. This Michigan Graduates, the state’s top workforce rority is headquartered in Chicago and over- is Kyle’s third straight championship. development organization. Ms. Lee has de- sees the operations of two charitable founda- Iowa has a long and proud history of strong voted her life to helping others succeed, and tions. Alpha Kappa Alpha, Incorporated, has wrestling programs, producing college and she is truly deserving of the Kappa Founda- inspired millions of women to dedicate their Olympic champions for years. Kyle contributes tion’s recognition. lives to realize its motto, ‘‘Service to All man- his success to years of hard work and commit- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me kind.’’ These accomplishments were made ment and the support of his parents, family, in honoring Tekisha Lee for being named one possible by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle’s vision to coaches and fellow teammates.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.015 E08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E809 Mr. Speaker, the example set by Kyle dem- RECOGNIZING JOHN AND BENJEAN of the State of Michigan. She has served in onstrates the rewards of dedication and perse- RAPP various positions including the Acting Director verance. It is an honor representing Kyle and of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Diver- his family in the United States Congress and HON. EVAN H. JENKINS sity Programs at the Michigan Department of it is with great pride that I recognize them OF WEST VIRGINIA Human Services as well as co-Project Man- ager of the 2008 Poverty Summit put on by today. I ask that all of my colleagues in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES United States House of Representatives join the state. She is known for her dedication to Friday, June 8, 2018 me in congratulating Kyle on competing in this her work and local community and seeks to rigorous competition and in wishing him noth- Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Mr. Speaker, give back as often as possible. She currently ing but continued success in his education I rise today to recognize John and Benjean serves as the President of Pearls and Ivy Foundation of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and in his future college education at the Uni- Rapp of Summersville, West Virginia. Mr. and Inc. and as the Chairperson of a branch of the versity of Northern Iowa. Mrs. Rapp are cornerstones in their commu- nity, who have dedicated their lives to NAACP. Dr. Hall-Thiam is well-known in southeast Michigan for her engagement and f bettering our nation, and improving West Vir- ginia. activism, and we are grateful for her lifetime of John Rapp served our country in the United service to our state. HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN OUR Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me BACKYARD AND IN OUR CONVEN- States Air Force and returned home to the Mountain State to serve as a West Virginia in recognizing Mary Hall-Thiam for being IENCE STORES named one of The Kappa Foundation’s State Trooper for over 20 years. Outside his Women of Achievement. Her leadership has time in uniform, John also served as county opened doors for all residents of our state and commissioner for Mercer county from 1990 to HON. TED POE will continue to better public institutions for 1996. While a county commissioner he years to come. OF TEXAS prioritized growing the economy and infra- f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES structure development. Benjean Rapp has been an active member A BAD YEAR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Friday, June 8, 2018 of her church and serves as a local leader IN VIETNAM through multiple civic groups. Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, May 29th Benjean has played an integral part in work- HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH marked the 3-year anniversary of the Justice ing to restore the historic Old Main High for Victims of Trafficking Act (JVTA). This leg- OF NEW JERSEY School in Summersville. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES islation officially declared that modern-day Together, they have made a tremendous Friday, June 8, 2018 slavery will not be tolerated in our country. team and have had a positive impact in their Since its passage the United States has seen community and the Mountain State. Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, enormous efforts to find and protect victims of I would like to thank them for their service yesterday we held a hearing on human rights this scourge on society. While JVTA took an and dedication to not just their communities in Vietnam. It has been a very bad year in important step forward in the fight against but to our nation. I wish them all the best as Vietnam for human rights. Since the beginning human trafficking, much more must be done. they continue to work to better our world. of 2018 alone, the Vietnamese government has handed out sentences totaling over 100 The International Labor Organization esti- f years in prison and house arrest to human mates that there are still hundreds of thou- IN RECOGNITION OF MARY HALL- rights defenders and democracy advocates. sands of victims of human trafficking in Amer- THIAM FOR BEING NAMED A In the past year alone, 22 bloggers have ica. One challenge we face in this fight is the WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT BY been jailed as well as six members of the difficulty associated with finding and commu- THE KAPPA FOUNDATION Brotherhood for Democracy. An outrageous nicating with victims. 15-year sentence was given to Nguyen Van Since 2006, the nonprofit organization ‘In HON. DEBBIE DINGELL Dai, whose wife Vu Minh Khanh testified be- fore this committee in 2016. Our Backyard’ has been advocating and fight- OF MICHIGAN Nguyen Van Dai should be released uncon- ing against the horrors of human trafficking. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Recently, this group has created a program ditionally and immediately. I know he is coura- known as CSAT—Convenience Stores Against Friday, June 8, 2018 geous and he wants to remain in his own Trafficking. Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to country seeking rights and reform. However, if he desires to leave Vietnam, he should be al- Not only does this program train clerks to recognize Dr. Mary Hall-Thiam for being named a Woman of Achievement by the lowed to leave with his wife immediately. Viet- spot signs of human trafficking in victims, it nam’s loss will be the world’s gain. also utilizes the convenience and isolation of Kappa Foundation. Dr. Hall-Thiam has distin- guished herself through her civic activism and The Vietnamese government has gotten a the convenience store bathrooms as a way to her public service. free pass on human rights for too long. reach victims. Convenience stores can be There are currently 169 political and reli- The Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti-Inkster Alumni found on almost every corner, and they see gious prisoners in Vietnam, including bloggers, Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity was es- hundreds of customers each day—making labor and democracy advocates, and religious tablished on December 6, 1958. The organiza- leaders. them an easy place for traffickers to bring their tion was founded in order to foster relation- victims without the fear of being found out. Freedom House rates Vietnam as ‘‘Not ships between Michigan Kappa Alpha Psis, Free’’ and possessing of some of the world’s Now, In Our Backyard is attempting to turn provide leadership to current students at highest press and internet restrictions. the tables on these criminals and transform Michigan universities and mentor youth in sub- The U.S. Commission on International Reli- convenience stores into places where victims urban Detroit. Since its founding, group mem- gious Freedom again this year recommended can come across both highly trained staff bers have come together to serve the local that Vietnam be designated as a ‘‘Country of members and information on hotlines and community in a variety of ways including golf Particular Concern’’ for egregious religious websites where they can get help. With over tournaments, college fairs, pancake break- freedom abuses. U.S. policy has failed the Vi- 11,000 convenience store locations in 29 fasts, Meals on Wheels programs and robust etnamese people. This is a bipartisan criti- states—including my home state of Texas— scholarship programming. In addition to their cism. We have enriched Vietnam’s Communist this organization has been able to help victims myriad civic endeavors, the fraternity honors leaders and coddled their interests at the ex- all over the country. female leaders in southeast Michigan annually pense of the hopes and desires of the Viet- at their ‘‘Women of Achievement’’ event. This The fight against human trafficking is not namese people of liberty and human rights. year’s honorees include Mary Hall-Thiam, a over. We must recognize and appreciate the The Trump Administration has an oppor- longtime public servant and educational cham- tunity to bring about real reforms in Vietnam if volunteers and organizations such as In Our pion. tangible human rights improvements are linked Backyard that have taken up this fight as well. After receiving her Educational Doctorate in to better U.S.-Vietnam relations. Together, we will succeed in making trafficking Guidance and Counseling from the University The U.S. has leverage to encourage re- a thing of the past. of Michigan, Dr. Hall-Thiam began a distin- form—Vietnam needs a strong U.S. partner- And that’s just the way it is. guished tenure of service in the public sector ship—particularly as China’s aggressiveness

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.018 E08JNPT1 E810 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 8, 2018 increases. The questions is—will this leverage U.S. policy must send the unmistakable aster recovery efforts. When someone’s home be used to help the people of Vietnam or their message to the Government of Vietnam that is destroyed in a hurricane, wildfire, or vol- Communist rulers? human rights improvements are fundamental canic explosion, they should not have to I have been to Vietnam. I have met with its to better relations, critically linked to our mu- spend months trying to discern their eligibility rights advocates and young activists for dec- tual economic and security interests, and will for federal disaster relief. They should be able ades now. The younger generation in Viet- not be ignored or bargained away. to focus on rebuilding their home and their life. nam—66 percent of Vietnam is under the age f Another hurricane season is just beginning, of 40—looks to the U.S. as a land of oppor- and it is expected to again be a season with tunity and freedom. TRIBUTE TO JOHN MCCONKEY above-average activity. We must learn from This generation wants the same liberties en- past disasters to better respond to disasters joyed by their relatives in California, Texas, HON. DAVID YOUNG that are still to come. Virginia, Louisiana and so many other places OF IOWA And that’s just the way it is. where former Vietnamese refugees have flour- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f ished. They want to speak freely, blog freely, wor- Friday, June 8, 2018 IN RECOGNITION OF THE ESTAB- ship freely, and be free to choose and change Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise LISHMENT OF A GOLD STAR their leaders. today to recognize and congratulate John FAMILIES MEMORIAL MONU- Failing to press for concrete human rights McConkey of CAM High School for winning MENT AT WASHINGTON CROSS- improvements underestimates U.S. leverage the Class 2A, 285 pound bracket at the Iowa ING NATIONAL CEMETERY and will disappoint the young generation in High School State Wrestling tournament. John Vietnam who are that country’s dynamic fu- finished the season with a record of 57–1. ture. HON. BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK The President will face pressure from his Iowa has a long and proud history of strong OF PENNSYLVANIA advisors and the business community to look wrestling programs, producing college and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Olympic champions for years. John contrib- at Vietnam through the lens of trade deals and Friday, June 8, 2018 the containment of China. Hopefully, he will be utes his success to years of hard work and able to see the situation more clearly than commitment and for the support from his par- Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I am proud past Administrations. ents, family, coaches and fellow teammates. to recognize Washington Crossing National I know there is great interest in the Pen- Mr. Speaker, the example set by John dem- Cemetery as the first national veterans’ ceme- tagon about a partnership with Vietnam to op- onstrates the rewards of dedication and perse- tery to accept from the Hershel ‘Woody’ Wil- pose China’s aggressive South China Sea pol- verance. It is an honor representing John and liams Medal of Honor Foundation the gift of a icy. The U.S. has an interest in free and open his family in the United States Congress and beautiful Gold Star Families Memorial Monu- sea lanes. it is with great pride that I recognize them ment, which will be dedicated on Saturday But no government that represses its own today. I ask that all of my colleagues in the June 9, 2018. Approximately 35 similar monu- people or restricts fundamental freedoms can United States House of Representatives join ments have been dedicated across the coun- be a trusted ally of the United States. No gov- me in congratulating John on competing in this try, but this one is the very first in a national ernment that censors the Internet, tortures and rigorous competition and in wishing him noth- veterans’ cemetery. jails dissidents, and crushes civil society ing but continued success in his education The Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams Foundation is should be given generous trade or security and in his future endeavors. a nonprofit organization that seeks to erect benefits without conditions. f monuments for Gold Star families throughout Robust championing of individual rights will the United States, and provides scholarships meet with some success—if recent history is REFORMING OUR DISASTER to children of fallen heroes. our guide. RESPONSE SYSTEM At the request of John C. Heenan, Project The Vietnamese government has responded Chairman, I would like to honor the important to concerns expressed by the last two Admin- HON. TED POE and enthusiastic help provided by the Director istrations when they linked human rights im- OF TEXAS of Washington Crossing National Cemetery, provements to better U.S.-Vietnam relations. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Gregory J. Whitney, and his team along with Whether to gain entry into the World Trade the official support group, The Guardians of Organization (WTO), the TransPacific Partner- Friday, June 8, 2018 the Washington Crossing National Cemetery, ship (TPP) or to address U.S. concerns over Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Hurricane to bring this most noble project to fruition. religious freedom abuses, the Vietnamese Harvey hammered Houston last August, bring- Since opening in January 2010, more than government took steps toward reform when ing with it a deluge of rain. In the nine months 11,000 of our nation’s veterans have made pressed by past American Presidents. since then, Houston has begun to recover. this cemetery their final resting place. The It is when the U.S. loses interest in human Downtown Houston is full of students and rights that conditions regress—as it has in the Gold Star Families Memorial Monument is a workers of all ages, strolling the streets during tribute to Gold Star Families—to those who past year. their lunch break. However, there is still lots to The business of the Communist Party is made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom be done. Only minutes north of downtown staying in power and repressing those they and their loved ones who continue to honor Houston, Minute Maid Park, and the Toyota believe will challenge their power. They will their memory. Center is Kashmere Gardens, a neighborhood not embrace human rights improvements or We must never forget our fallen service that 10,000 Houstonians have called home. the rule of law unless it is a firm condition of members, who paid the ultimate sacrifice to better relations with the U.S. Each street in this neighborhood has houses uphold our liberties and cherished way of life. Putting human rights and the rule of law at that are no longer habitable, with destroyed For the families of those departed, may this the center of bilateral relations is the goal of doors and gutted interiors. monument serve as a small token of our hum- H.R. 5621—the Vietnam Human Rights Act— While the rest of Houston is flourishing, ble gratitude for the heroism of their loved bipartisan legislation that was introduced last Kashmere Gardens is floundering. This is not ones. month. due to the actions of any one agency, but f The bill emphasizes the connection between rather the convoluted and bureaucratic dis- human rights improvements and U.S. interests aster-response system that almost everyone IN RECOGNITION OF THEOLA and states that U.S. policy should prioritize the agrees is failing to provide the necessary sup- JONES FOR BEING NAMED A freedom of religion, freedom of the press, port in the wake of these disasters. Federal WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT BY Internet Freedom, independent labor unions, recovery funding currently comes from 17 dif- THE KAPPA FOUNDATION the protection of women and girls from traf- ferent federal agencies, including HUD and ficking, and advances in the rule of law as crit- DHS, which oversees FEMA. We must HON. DEBBIE DINGELL ical components of both U.S.-Vietnam rela- streamline the recovery process for the sake OF MICHIGAN tions and any U.S.-led effort to ensure a free of those who are impacted by disasters. There IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and open Indo-Pacific region. are still Houstonians, including those in Similar bills passed three times in the Kashmere Gardens, who are living in transi- Friday, June 8, 2018 House with overwhelming margins, only to tional housing because they are unable to Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to stall in the Senate. navigate the government’s cumbersome dis- recognize Theola Jones for being named a

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.022 E08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E811 Woman of Achievement by the Kappa Foun- of Mt. Tamalpias Railroad’s historic Gravity was very ill and remained in my congressional dation. Mrs. Jones has impacted countless Car Barn and Depot, where she once held the district in Miami to recuperate. Had I been lives through her career at Wayne County position of Project Director for the Mount present, I would have voted YES on Roll Call General Hospital and work in the Inkster com- Tamalpias Association. Working on her pas- Vote No. 231; YES on Roll Call Vote No. 232; munity. sion project to the very end, just weeks before YES on Roll Call Vote No. 233; NO on Roll The Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti-Inkster Alumni her passing, Mrs. Halligan helped to secure Call Vote No. 234; NO on Roll Call Vote No. Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity was es- the final steps to bring back to Marin County 235; NO on Roll Call Vote No. 236; YES on tablished on December 6, 1958. The organiza- the No. 9 Heisler from where it has been lo- Roll Call Vote No. 237; YES on Roll Call Vote tion was founded in order to foster relation- cated in Scotia, California. It was the only re- No. 238; and YES on Roll Call Vote No. 239. ships between Michigan Kappa Alpha Psis, maining locomotive from the Mt. Tamalpias provide leadership to current students at Scenic Railway. f Michigan universities and mentor youth in sub- In addition to her extensive community serv- urban Detroit. Since its founding, group mem- ice, Mrs. Halligan was well known around IN RECOGNITION OF LOIS RICH- bers have come together to serve the local Marin and beyond for her famous Christmas ARDSON FOR BEING NAMED A community in a variety of ways including golf Eve parties, which many residents looked for- WOMAN OF ACHIEVEMENT BY tournaments, college fairs, pancake break- ward to all year long. Mrs. Halligan could also THE KAPPA FOUNDATION fasts, Meals on Wheels programs and robust be found playing a lively game of tennis, trav- scholarship programming. In addition to their eling around the world, passionately dis- myriad civic endeavors, the fraternity’s Kappa cussing politics, or voraciously reading any- HON. DEBBIE DINGELL Foundation honors female leaders in south- thing she could get her hands on. OF MICHIGAN east Michigan annually at their ‘‘Women of Mrs. Halligan is survived by her son Shea IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Achievement’’ event. This year’s honorees in- Halligan, daughter Kelly Halligan and son in- clude Theola Jones, a beloved public servant law Don LeBuhn, and her three grandchildren Friday, June 8, 2018 in Inkster. Samantha, Andrew, and Mackenzie LeBuhn. Mrs. Jones distinguished herself throughout Mr. Speaker, the depth of Mrs. Halligan’s Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to her 33-year career at Wayne County General service to her community has left a positive recognize Lois Richardson for being named a Hospital, serving in numerous roles, including legacy across Marin County and the entire Woman of Achievement by the Kappa Foun- Ward supervisor and Worksite supervisor for Bay Area, and she will be profoundly missed. dation. Mrs. Richardson has distinguished her- students involved in Wayne County’s Score It is therefore appropriate that we pay tribute self through her civic activism and advocacy program. Additionally, Mrs. Jones was a reg- to her today and honor her memory. on behalf of the Ypsilanti community. ular contributor to local newspapers and pub- f The Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti-Inkster Alumni lished the Caregiver’s Companion, a collection TRIBUTE TO GAVIN RODGERS Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity was es- of prayers and reflections drawn from her ca- tablished on December 6, 1958. The organiza- reer and work as a caregiver to her mother. tion was founded in order to foster relation- Mrs. Jones has also been active in community HON. DAVID YOUNG ships between Michigan Kappa Alpha Psis, organizations, chairing the first federally spon- OF IOWA provide leadership to current students at sored food programs in Inkster, serving on the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Michigan universities and mentor youth in sub- local YWCA Board of Directors, and remaining Friday, June 8, 2018 urban Detroit. Since its founding, group mem- engaged in supporting many other local orga- Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise bers have come together to serve the local nizations. As a result of her service to the city today to recognize and congratulate Gavin community in a variety of ways including golf of Inkster and its residents, Mrs. Jones has re- Rodgers of Glenwood, Iowa for being selected tournaments, college fairs, pancake break- ceived numerous awards, including a Lifetime by the Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce fasts, Meals on Wheels programs and robust Achievement Award and Key to the City of as their Junior Citizen of the Year. Gavin is a scholarship programming. In addition to their Inkster from city mayor Byron Nolen. She is senior at Glenwood Community High School myriad civic endeavors, the fraternity honors well-known in the community for her engage- and has received numerous awards and hon- female leaders in southeast Michigan annually ment and activism and remains involved in ors for his instrumental and vocal music tal- at their ‘‘Women Of Achievement’’ event. This civic life. ents. year’s honorees include Lois Richardson, a Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Gavin is an accomplished drummer and spiritual and beloved leader in Ypsilanti, Michi- in recognizing Theola Jones for being named singer and according to the Glenwood Opin- gan. one of The Kappa Foundation’s Women of ion-Tribune, ‘‘Gavin provides drum lessons to A lifelong resident of Ypsilanti, Mrs. Richard- Achievement. Mrs. Jones’ work and involve- younger students and is always willing to give son received a B.S. in Social Work from East- ment in the Inkster community has been crit- his time at school and to his community. He ern Michigan University in 1965 and has ical to its growth and development. is known for offering encouragement and in- served the community in various capacities f spiration to fellow students and always going during her distinguished career. She is a li- IN MEMORY OF ARLENE BEVERLY the extra mile for others.’’ censed and ordained minister, having grad- Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- HALLIGAN uated from Freedom Center Bible College in resent leaders like Gavin in the United States 1977, where she also served as an instructor. Congress. It is with great pride that I recog- Mrs. Richardson has also compiled an out- HON. JARED HUFFMAN nize and applaud him for his selection as the standing record of public service through her OF CALIFORNIA Junior Citizen of the Year by the Glenwood time on the Ypsilanti City Council. She was IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Area Chamber of Commerce, and for his com- first elected to the Council in 2000 and has Friday, June 8, 2018 mitment to his community and school. I ask been a strong advocate for strengthening the that my colleagues in the United States House Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in city’s public education system, as well as of Representatives join me in congratulating memory of Arlene Beverly Halligan, who spearheading initiatives to address the needs Gavin on receiving this award and in wishing passed away on April 1, 2018 at the age of of working families and children. Mrs. Richard- him nothing but continued success in all his 82, after a lifetime of public service to her son’s selection as Ypsilanti Mayor Pro-Tem future endeavors. community. from 2008 through 2016 by her fellow Council Mrs. Halligan was born on March 30, 1936 f members underscores the respect she has in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, and later moved to PERSONAL EXPLANATION earned for her outstanding service on behalf San Francisco in the late 1950s, looking .to of Ypsilanti and its residents. enjoy the single life in a big city. Not long HON. FREDERICA S. WILSON Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me after, she would meet and marry Jim Halligan, OF FLORIDA in recognizing Lois Richardson for being named one of The Kappa Foundation’s and settle in Marin County to raise their chil- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dren Shea and Kelly. Women of Achievement. Mrs. Richardson has Known in and around Marin County as a Friday, June 8, 2018 distinguished herself with her work as a public prominent philanthropist, Mrs. Halligan’s most Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I was official and through her involvement in Ypsi- recent, treasured venture was the restoration not present for the following votes because I lanti civic life.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.026 E08JNPT1 E812 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 8, 2018 HONORING MR. RAFAEL BARBOZA THE TOTE PROJECT IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH AN- ON THE OCCASION OF HIS RE- NIVERSARY OF ABERDEEN TIREMENT AS A GUIDANCE TOWNSHIP HOSE & CHEMICAL COUNSELOR AT COACHELLA HON. TED POE CO. NO. 1 VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL OF TEXAS HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NEW JERSEY HON. RAUL RUIZ Friday, June 8, 2018 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF CALIFORNIA Friday, June 8, 2018 Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, friends al- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ways bring out the best in each other. In the congratulate Aberdeen Township Hose & Friday, June 8, 2018 case of Fay Grant and Michelle Chavez, Chemical Co. No. 1 in Aberdeen, New Jersey friendship yielded a business idea that would on its 100th anniversary. The fire company Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con- combat a social ill. continues to provide exemplary service to the gratulate Mr. Rafael Barboza on his retirement These best friends have always had a heart residents of Aberdeen and is truly deserving of after more than 30 years of service as a guid- this body’s recognition. ance counselor for the students of Coachella for helping others. Several years ago, Grant had a full-time job as a music editor for Sony. Officially named the Aberdeen Township Valley High School. Hose & Chemical Co. No. 1 in 1977 after the On the side, however, she made tote bags by change of the township’s name, the fire com- For more than 30 years, Mr. Barboza has hand from old fabrics and clothing scraps, spearheaded Coachella Valley High School’s pany was organized in 1918 as the Oak which she then sold to raise money to help Shades Fire Company, which is still used by efforts to make attending college a reality, the victims of human trafficking. Chavez, a leading college application workshops and many as the unofficial name to this day. music director for a website at the time, had connecting students with financial aid and Prior to Oak Shades Fire Company’s found- also taken on roles to help fight human traf- ing, the section of Matawan Township that is scholarship opportunities. He has influenced ficking. She became an active campaigner, at- now Aberdeen had no official fire company, countless students’ lives, and our entire com- tempting to broaden awareness and exposure leaving the protection of its residents to an un- munity is grateful for his dedication and com- derstanding with the Matawan Borough Fire mitment to the next generation of leaders. to fair trade and human trafficking. Department. Disagreements over the arrange- The two friends realized that they could do When I was a student at Coachella Valley ment spurred citizens to organize its own fire even more by combining forces, so they de- High, my goal was to one day attend medical company. The company included 27 charter school and become a doctor. That dream cided to turn Grant’s bag endeavor into a full- members, four of whom served as the charter often felt very far away, and at times, I won- time business, which they named the Tote officers. In 1920, its name was changed, and dered whether it might just be a fantasy. If it Project. The main goals of this venture are to in 1932, the Matawan Township Hose & wasn’t for the support and encouragement of give back to others, to promote ethical manu- Chemical Company No. 1 was official incor- my teachers and counselors, especially Mr. facturing, and to spread awareness of human porated with the State of New Jersey. Barboza, I do not know whether I would have trafficking. Throughout its 100 year history, Aberdeen achieved my lifelong dream of becoming a The business took off, and soon Grant and Township Hose & Chemical Co. No. 1 has physician. Chavez were struggling to keep up with an been supported by its members and the com- munity. The fire company continued to expand ever-increasing demand for their eye-catching Mr. Barboza was my guidance counselor and add equipment, ensuring the safety of its and mentor, as he has been for thousands of bags, with requests pouring in from not only residents. Today, the fire company is housed Coachella students over the years. Few peo- from America but also from Australia, Ger- in the Lloyd Road Firehouse, which was built ple have had such a positive impact on my many, Japan, Korea, and several other foreign in 1962 and includes five truck bays, a training life. Mr. Barboza drove me to become a better countries. room, a kitchen and a meeting room. student and a better person. He taught me the Rather than selling these trendy, hip bags Mr. Speaker, please join me in recognizing value of hard work, integrity, and persever- for profit, however, the two decided that they the 100th anniversary of Aberdeen Township ance. would use a portion of the proceeds to help Hose & Chemical Co. No. 1 and thanking its Like myself, many students in my congres- victims of human trafficking. They found a will- members for upholding the duty to serve and protect the community. This milestone and the sional district aspire to pursue a higher edu- ing partner in Two Wings, an organization that dedication of the members of Aberdeen Town- cation, but often struggle to afford the applica- mentors human trafficking victims and helps tion fees, tuition, textbooks, and many other ship Hose & Chemical Co. No. 1 are to be them achieve their vocational and professional celebrated. expenses. When the time came for me to goals. Ten percent of the profits made by the f apply for college, and money was tight at Tote Project go directly to this organization. home, Mr. Barboza paid for my application, as TRIBUTE TO CALEB SANDERS The two have gone a step further in pro- I’m sure he has done for others. Without his generosity, the first step in my journey towards viding not only financial assistance to human trafficking victims but also employment and job HON. DAVID YOUNG becoming a doctor would never have been OF IOWA training. All of the bags for sale on the com- possible. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES pany’s website are handmade by women who Mr. Barboza has also lent his voice to local were either trafficked themselves or have Friday, June 8, 2018 and national conversations about the rising deemed to be at risk of being trafficked. Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise cost of higher education. As someone on the today to recognize and congratulate Caleb Human trafficking occurs in America and front lines of our public school system, I hope Sanders of Glenwood High School for winning he will continue to enrich this discussion with around the globe. Thousands of people are the Class 3A, heavyweight state title at the his insights. coerced or kidnapped to be trafficked, and Iowa High School State Wrestling Tour- thousands more are living with terrible phys- In recognition of the positive impact he has nament. Caleb has a 45–3 season and this is ical and emotional scars as survivors of traf- had on my life, and the lives of countless stu- Glenwood’s first state championship since ficking. dents and alumni of Coachella Valley High 2016. School, it was my privilege to host Mr. The Tote Project’s logo features the blue Iowa has a long and proud history of strong Barboza as my guest for President Barack rose, a symbol of achieving the impossible wrestling programs, producing college and Olympic champions for years. Caleb contrib- Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address. and defying the odds to fight human traf- ficking. Mr. Speaker, we need more individuals utes his success to years of hard work and Now, on the eve of his retirement, I am hon- commitment, and the support he has received in the world today like Fay Grant and Michelle ored to congratulate my counselor and men- from his parents, family, coaches, and fellow Chavez striving to achieve the impossible and tor, Mr. Rafael Barboza, on his well-earned re- teammates. tirement and wish him health and happiness in end this scourge on humanity once and for all. Mr. Speaker, the example set by Caleb this new chapter of life. And that’s just the way it is. demonstrates the rewards of dedication and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.031 E08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E813 perseverance. It is an honor to represent THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT OF- By law, BPA is required to sell power at Caleb and his family in the United States Con- FICIALS ENCOURAGED BANKS TO cost. No private company would buy BPA’s gress and it is with great pride that I recognize VIOLATE THE LAW assets unless it was assured it would make a them today. I ask that all of my colleagues in profit, which would translate into higher elec- the House of Representatives join me in con- HON. TED POE tricity costs. gratulating Caleb on competing in this rigorous OF TEXAS Additionally, BPA serves millions of rural competition and in wishing him nothing but customers, and maintaining transmission infra- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES continued success in his education and in his structure is costly. There is no guarantee that future college football career at South Dakota Friday, June 8, 2018 a private company would invest in less profit- State University. Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, it appears able lines that serve rural areas, harming rural the past Administration would stop at nothing communities. In fact, it could lead to serious f to boost Iran’s economy, even if it meant vio- neglect or complete abandonment of the lines. lating the law. In May, President Trump thankfully listened IN RECOGNITION OF THE LADIES For years, we imposed sanctions on Iran re- to Northwest lawmakers and scrapped his PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIA- stricting the Ayatollah’s access to American fi- FY19 proposal. This amendment would ensure TION’S INTERNATIONAL LEADER- nancial institutions and to the U.S. Dollar. that no funds could be spent to reconsider the SHIP During the Iran deal negotiations, we re- idea. ceived repeated assurances from senior offi- f cials at the U.S. Department of the Treasury HON. DEBBIE DINGELL INTRODUCTION OF THE FEDERAL that the U.S. would not give the Ayatollahs ac- PROTECTIVE SERVICE REFORM OF MICHIGAN cess to the dollar. ACT OF 2018 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES But this week, a Senate report indicated that Friday, June 8, 2018 this was a bold-faced lie. ´ Behind closed doors, the Treasury Depart- HON. ANDRE CARSON Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ment deliberately attempted to violate U.S. OF INDIANA recognize the Ladies Professional Golf Asso- law. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ciation (LPGA) for years of devoted and distin- In early 2016, the Obama Administration se- Friday, June 8, 2018 guished leadership as they are recognized by cretly issued a license to let Iran sidestep U.S. ATHENA International. The organization’s de- sanctions so that it could convert billions in Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, votion to the professional and athletic develop- frozen assets through an American bank. today, I am pleased to introduce a bill to re- ment of women is deserving of acclaim. Luckily, American banks refused and in- form the Federal Protective Service (FPS) be- cause I believe it is long overdue to improve ATHENA International was founded in 1982 stead decided to comply with U.S. law. These former officials must be held account- the important organization. In the aftermath of by Lansing businesswoman Martha Mertz to the 1995 Murrah Building bombing, the De- honor the contributions of those who help able for trying to convince American banks to skirt U.S. law on behalf of a state sponsor of partment of Justice (DOJ) assessed the vul- women to succeed. Ms. Mertz has long held nerability of Federal office buildings in the the belief that it takes a village to help women terrorism. Justice must be served. And that’s just the way it is. United States, particularly to acts of terrorism in our communities thrive and has seen her and other forms of violence. The DOJ report small nonprofit grow exponentially over the f made several recommendations, including up- years. Today, ATHENA International is a glob- ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOP- grading the Federal Protective Service (FPS) al organization that mentors and trains women MENT AND RELATED AGENCIES and bringing each Federal facility up to min- in more than 500 cities and 8 countries around APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 imum standards suggested for its security the world. The ATHENA Leaders of Huron level. When the Murrah Building in Oklahoma Valley help develop and support women SPEECH OF City was attacked, it was after careful planning through various programming initiatives includ- that focused on gaps in the federal building ing entrepreneurial classes and one-on-one HON. PETER A. DeFAZIO security at the site to allow the massive de- mentoring. The great work of Michigan’s fe- OF OREGON struction and the loss of life that touched all male leaders is honored at the ATHENA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Americans. Awards each year. This year’s winners include Thursday, June 7, 2018 The DOJ report noted that the FPS has the the Ladies Professional Golf Association, an The House in Committee of the Whole experience and historical character to provide organization dedicated to promoting women in security services in Federal buildings for much sport. House on the state of the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 5895) making ap- of the Federal workforce. But, the report also Founded in 1950 by a group of female propriations for energy and water develop- noted that FPS has limited resources to deter- golfers dedicated to integrating women into ment and related agencies for the fiscal year mine building security requirements to address the sport, the LPGA is the oldest women’s ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur- terrorist threats. FPS, according to the report, professional sports organization in the country. poses: needs to re-establish its role and take the lead The association’s 13 founders are revered as Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Chair, as the co-chair of in emphasizing the need for security. trailblazers for standing up for equality in a the Northwest Energy Caucus, I was pleased Unfortunately years later, many of the re- time where women’s sports organizations to be a cosponsor of the Newhouse amend- forms that DOJ found necessary have not were not in existence. In the 78 years since ment. taken place. Since the bombing of the Murrah LPGA was established, the tenacity and cour- Included in President Trump’s Fiscal Year Building, the Government Accountability Office age of the organization’s founders has trans- 2018 and 2019 budget requests were pro- (GAO) and the Department of Homeland Se- lated into today’s leadership and program- posals to sell off transmission assets of the curity Inspector General have both issued nu- ming. In addition to its publicized competitive Power Marketing Administrations, including the merous reports indicating where FPS needs to tours, the LPGA supports golf teachers and Bonneville Power Administration. Previous improve in order to prevent another tragedy develops young players through its qualifying presidents, of both parties, have proposed the and improve security in Federal buildings. The school. The association is known for its dedi- same. The theory behind selling the assets is GAO has made very clear that FPS must in- cation to the players of tomorrow and gives the U.S. gets a one-time influx of cash with no crease its oversight of its contract guard force, young golfers playing privileges on the LPGA harm to ratepayers. improve screening practices, and be more tour. Their years of work have both equipped I recognize these proposals for what they nimble in responding to threats to Federal and inspired countless women to follow their are: budget gimmicks that will only serve to buildings. dreams and reach their full potential as golfers drive up energy costs for Oregon and other The Federal Protective Service is a part of and community leaders. Northwest residents and businesses. It’s im- the frontline defense for thousands of Federal Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me portant to note that BPA costs the federal gov- buildings, which include Federal courthouses, in honoring the Ladies Professional Golf Asso- ernment nothing; it is entirely funded by Pa- Social Security Administration buildings, Agen- ciation for their dedication to cultivating the cific Northwest ratepayers. Any money BPA cy headquarters, and other buildings. FPS has athletes of tomorrow. We are grateful for their borrows from the U.S. treasury is repaid, with approximately 1,300 employees, including ap- years of service. interest. proximately 1,000 Law Enforcement Officers

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.034 E08JNPT1 E814 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 8, 2018 (LEOs) or ‘‘inspectors’’ and 15,000 contract the Economic Development, Public Buildings, The Exchange’s Core Values are family, com- guards, also known as Protective Security Of- and Emergency Management Subcommittee munity and country, and these pillars of serv- ficers (PSOs). After the Oklahoma City bomb- and a former law enforcement official, I be- ice are no better exemplified than by the work ings in 1995, FPS’ authorized staffing level lieve it is imperative that I do everything pos- done by members of the Exchange Club of was 1,450. FPS maintained about the same sible to protect the millions of federal workers Wyandotte. level of staffing until it dropped to 1,100 in and daily visitors, and to keep federal build- Since its founding, the Exchange Club has 2007. After concerns about the decrease and ings safe. With increased oversight and addi- grown both in size and scope. Its increase in its effect on security, Congress, through the tional legislative authority I believe the Federal membership and funding has allowed the or- appropriations process, began mandating a Protective Service can thrive in its mission of ganization the increased ability to focus on minimum staffing level. Ultimately, this means protecting Federal Facilities, their occupants, helping children, families and other local civic that the FPS has fewer employees than it had and visitors by providing superior law enforce- agencies. The Exchange Club is known as a in 1996, in the immediate aftermath of the ment and protective security services. force for good within Wyandotte and its dedi- bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal I look forward to working with my colleagues cation to partnering with other local charities Building in Oklahoma City, while GSA has ex- to consider this legislation and pass it as soon and schools without seeking recognition. From panded its real estate holdings since 1996 by as possible. partnering with local churches to holding fund- nearly 33 percent. f raising events to supporting the Wyandotte FPS spends about $1.3 billion in executing Soup Kitchen, the Wyandotte Exchange Club its mission while delivering security and law TRIBUTE TO CORY FAUST has provided invaluable service and friendship enforcement services for the 8,700 assets that to our southeast Michigan community for the the General Services Administration (GSA) HON. DAVID YOUNG past 90 years. The Exchange Club of Wyan- owns, controls, or leases. FPS services in- OF IOWA dotte’s longevity and record of success are clude providing a visible uniformed presence IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES testaments to the great work that it has done, in major Federal buildings; responding to Friday, June 8, 2018 and it is my hope that the organization con- criminal incidents and other emergencies; in- tinues to build on these achievements in the stalling and monitoring security devices and Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise years ahead. systems; investigating criminal incidents; con- today to recognize and congratulate Cory Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me ducting physical security assessments; coordi- Faust of Glenwood, Iowa for being selected by in honoring the Exchange Club of Wyandotte nating a comprehensive program for occu- the Glenwood Area Chamber of Commerce as on its 90th anniversary. The Exchange Club pants’ emergency plans; presenting formal their Educator of the Year. Cory has had a has successfully supported important local ini- crime prevention and security awareness pro- lasting influence on the success of the Glen- tiatives in Wyandotte since its founding. grams; and providing police emergency and wood Rams football, track, and athletic pro- f special security services during natural disas- grams. ters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and Cory is the physical education teacher, head HONOR FLIGHT NORTHERN major civil disturbances, including man-made football coach and girls track team coach. He COLORADO 2018 disasters, such as bomb explosions and riots. has been at Glenwood High School for the As the Federal inventory of buildings has past six years and led the Rams to three state HON. KEN BUCK steadily increased over the last 30 years, the football playoffs and to a district championship OF COLORADO quality and implementation of security stand- in 2015. He has also led the girls track team IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ards have varied greatly. The Subcommittee to two championships. Cory’s positive impact Friday, June 8, 2018 on Economic Development, Public Buildings on the entire athletic program at Glenwood and Emergency Managment has unfortunately High School has earned him the reputation Mr. BUCK. Mr. Speaker, in honor of Amer- found that security in Federal buildings is not and respect as a man of character and faith. ica’s heroic veterans, the Honor Flight Net- uniform and is often set by non-security per- Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- work conducts two annual Honor Flight cere- sonnel employed by tenant agencies through resent leaders like Cory in the United States monies to Washington, D.C. to give our na- a Building Security Committee for each indi- Congress. It is with great pride that I recog- tion’s heroes a day to visit and reflect at their vidual public building. This approach to secu- nize and applaud him for his selection as the war memorials. On May 6, 2018, Honor Flight rity makes it difficult to gauge properly the ac- Educator of the Year by the Glenwood Area Northern Colorado held its 20th Honor Flight tual risk at Federal facilities and then allocate Chamber of Commerce and for his commit- that gave many of our courageous veterans FPS resources appropriately. ment to his community and school. I ask that this extraordinary opportunity. I am pleased to My bill, the FPS Reform Act of 2018, ad- my colleagues in the United States House of recognize the May 6, 2018 Honor Flight hon- dresses some of the long-standing issues Representatives join me in congratulating Cory oring World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam identified by the original DOJ report in the on receiving this award and in wishing him War veterans of Northern Colorado. aftermath of the bombing of Alfred P. Murrah nothing but continued success. Mr. Speaker, those who participated in this Building and subsequent reports by the GAO. f flight are as follows: It creates a minimum level of training for Pro- World War II: William Behrns, Leila Morri- tective Service Officers (PSOs) while increas- IN RECOGNITION OF THE EX- son, Gail Wares. Korean War: Melvin Cook, ing the authority of PSOs to carry firearms and CHANGE CLUB OF WYANDOTTE Eldred Cooley, Eugene Curry, Bearl Dennison, detain suspects accused of a felony. The bill ON THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF James Dewey, Tito Garcia Jr, Karl Gruber, also improves the training and procedures for ITS FOUNDING Manuel Jimenez, Donald Johnson, Myron federal agencies participating in the Building Kapperman, Roger Lindgren, Bobby Lewis, Security Committees to ensure that that there HON. DEBBIE DINGELL John Mansfield, Thomas Mathias Jr, Dale are uniform and appropriate security standards OF MICHIGAN Mikkelson, Mary Miller, Robert Murphy, How- for individual buildings occupied by federal IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ard Nomes, James Onorato, Wilbur Smith, agencies. Finally, the bill requires the Sec- Sigvard Stenlund. Friday, June 8, 2018 retary of DHS to study and report back to Vietnam War: Bruce Abel, Gary Allen, Rus- Congress on several areas of concern with re- Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sell Ayer, Roger Baker, John Ballenski, Philip spect to securing federal buildings including recognize the Wyandotte Exchange Club’s 90 Ballenski, Robert Beckman, Delmar the level of personnel needed to secure fed- years of service to our southeast Michigan Benkendorf, Joseph Bicek, Ivan Birdsall, eral buildings, the best model for funding FPS, community. The organization has bettered Roger Booker, James Boyle, Ronnie Brown, the feasibility of federalizing FPS contract offi- countless lives through its service initiatives. Robert Buchanan, Ronald Byers, Wesley Car- cers, and best practices in preventing explo- Chartered on May 1st, 1928, the Exchange ter, Timothy Casseday, Everett Collins, David sives from entering Federal buildings. Club of Wyandotte has grown exponentially Cordova, John Cordova, Keith Cross, Terry More than 22 years after the bombing of the since its humble beginnings. The organization Curry, Terry Dack, Scott Dallman, James Ehr- Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, it is readily stems from the National Exchange Club, the lich, Rodney Enriques, Gary Evans, Brian apparent that although FPS has made some only national service organization that solely Finkle, Lewis Finch, Rudolph Gallegos, Pete strides in improving the protection of Federal serves communities within the United States. Gomez, Clayton Goss, Stanley Graffis, John buildings there is more progress that needs to Today, there are over 650 local clubs that Haddick, Michael Hadwick, William Hamlin, Ar- be made. In my role as Ranking Member of support the unique cities that they exist in. thur Harris, Michelle Herdengen, Charles Hill,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.038 E08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E815 Richard Hill, William Hilgenberg, Ronald cated public servant and an active member of and everyone who had the pleasure of serving Hoagland, Robert Johnson, Ronald Klug, the community for years, he also previously with him. Although Governor Deukmejian may Terry Kramer, Lonnie Kruise, Darrel Kyger, served on the New Jersey State Parole Board, be gone, the many life-changing contributions Bertram Langeberg, Gerald Lauer, Jay Lee, the New Brunswick Theological Seminary he made in California will have a lasting im- James Lichty, Anthony Lucas, Thomas Board of Trustees and as Chaplain for the pact. Mannix, Juan Martinez, Modesto Martinez, Piscataway Police Department and Council. f James McDaniel, Kenneth McDonald, Ronald A community leader in her own right, Sister McDuff, Phyllis Minch, Alfred Montoya, Thom- Shirley has also endeavored to improve the PERSONAL EXPLANATION as Moreno, Donald Morris, Stephen Morris, lives of others. Through her work with the New Dennis Moss, Joseph Muzy, Emery Patrick, Jersey Conference Women’s Missionary Soci- HON. RODNEY DAVIS Joseph Plummer, Steven Prater, Benjamin ety, the Nubian Sisters for Christ Ministry, the OF ILLINOIS Prieb, Ronald Rains, Donald Ratliff, Richard Shirley A. Saunders Youth Liturgical Dance IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Regan, Frederick Reiter, Thomas Robb, Ministry, the North Stelton Scholarship Min- Friday, June 8, 2018 Bonnie Rohn, Fernando Romero Jr, Charles istry, and many others, Sister Shirley has Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speak- Rossi, Janice Schilling, Dennis Seitz, William been a staunch advocate for youth and family er, on June 7, 2018, during consideration of Sladek, Michael Smith, Stephen Smith, Ed- issues . Her involvement with the New Bruns- H.R. 5895, the Energy and Water Develop- ward Snider Jr, John Tallman, Bruce Tibboel, wick Theological Seminary Ladies Auxiliary ment and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Gary Todd, Gary Trippel, Billy Trobee, David and the New Jersey Conference Women’s of 2019, I am recorded as voting ‘aye’ on roll Valdez, Wesley Van Pelt, Louis Velasquez, Missionary Society, as well as other faith- call No. 246. On this vote, I was misreported. Stuart Veltkamp, Paul Wallace, Bryan War- based organizations, exemplifies her commit- I duly intended to vote ‘no’ on roll call No. 246. wick, Tom Wasmer, Robert Watters, Steven ment to serving the Lord and community. f Wilson, John Yost, William Young. Mr. Speaker, I sincerely hope that my col- It is my distinct pleasure as the U.S. Rep- leagues will join me in congratulating Rev. Dr. IN RECOGNITION OF PAT MONT- resentative of the 4th District of Colorado to Kenneth Saunders and his wife, Sister Shirley GOMERY FOR HER IMPACT ON recognize the honor, courage, and sacrifice of Harris Saunders on their retirement and thank- MICHIGAN’S EDUCATIONAL these heroes, along with all members of ing them for their years of service and leader- LANDSCAPE America’s Armed Forces. I thank them for ship to the North Stelton A.M.E. Church and their dedication and service to this nation. the greater Piscataway community. HON. DEBBIE DINGELL f f OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PERSONAL EXPLANATION TRIBUTE TO GEORGE DEUKMEJIAN Friday, June 8, 2018 HON. JARED POLIS HON. KEN CALVERT Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to OF COLORADO OF CALIFORNIA recognize Pat Montgomery for years of de- voted and distinguished leadership as she is IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES recognized by ATHENA International. Her Friday, June 8, 2018 Friday, June 8, 2018 service to her students has given them the Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I was absent for Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today confidence to go out into the community and the vote on passage of H.R. 5895 (Roll Call along with the entire California Republican make a difference. No. 257). Had I been present, I would have Delegation to honor and pay tribute to former ATHENA International was founded in 1982 voted ‘‘No’’ on final passage. California Governor George Deukmejian, who by Lansing businesswoman Martha Mertz to H.R. 5895 is a consolidation of three appro- passed away in Long Beach, California on honor the contributions of those who help priations bills, all which deserve individual con- Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Deukmejian served the woman to succeed. Ms. Mertz has long held sideration. The FY19 Energy and Water ap- people of California in many ways throughout the belief that it takes a village to help women propriations bill does little to protect our envi- his life and he will be deeply missed. in our communities thrive and has seen her ronment, cuts investment in clean energy ini- Deukmejian’s parents, George Sr. and Alice small nonprofit grow exponentially over the tiatives, weakens safeguards to protect endan- Gairden, were Armenians who emigrated from years. Today, ATHENA International is a glob- gered species and makes drinking water less the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s to es- al organization that mentors and trains women safe for children. cape the Armenian Genocide. George Jr. was in more than 500 cities and 8 countries around f born on June 6, 1928, in Menands, New York. the world. The ATHENA Leaders of Huron Deukmejian graduated with a B.A. in Soci- Valley help develop and support women IN HONOR OF REVEREND DR. KEN- ology from Siena College in 1949 and then through various programming initiatives includ- NETH SAUNDERS, SR. AND FIRST earned a Juris Doctor from St. John’s Univer- ing entrepreneurial classes and one-on-one LADY SHIRLEY HARRIS SAUN- sity in 1952. Shortly thereafter he served for mentoring. The great work of Michigan’s fe- DERS two years in the U.S. Army, assigned to the male leaders is honored at the ATHENA Judge Advocate General’s Corps. In 955, Awards each year. This year’s winners include HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. Deukmejian moved to California and later met Pat Montgomery, an educator who sees end- OF NEW JERSEY his future wife Gloria Saatjian. They married less potential in each one of her students. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on February 16, 1957, and had three children. Inspired to promote education in an Following a brief time in private law practice unstructured setting, in 1967, Ms. Montgomery Friday, June 8, 2018 in Long Beach, Deukmejian entered politics founded Clonlara School in Ann Arbor in an Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct and, in 1962, was elected to the California effort to further her vision of a school that al- honor to rise today to congratulate Rev. Dr. State Assembly. A few years later, lowed students the freedom to explore their in- Kenneth Saunders, Sr. and his wife, First Lady Deukmejian was elected to the State Senate, terests in an intellectually stimulating learning Shirley Harris Saunders, as they celebrate where he would serve for twelve years and environment. Initially consisting of only 8 stu- their retirement. Dr. Saunders and Sister Shir- rise to become the Majority Leader. With a dents, Clonlara’s education offerings have ley have dedicated nearly 30 years of service legacy of advocating for law and order, grown and expanded over the decades, and to North Stelton A.M.E. Church in Piscataway, Deukmejian successfully ran for Attorney Gen- the school today runs a homeschooling pro- New Jersey, and their leadership and commit- eral in 1978. In 1982, Deukmejian was elected gram that serves students through inter- ment are truly deserving of this body’s rec- to his first term as Governor of California. He national offices in Europe and Central Amer- ognition. would later be re-elected to a second term in ica, as well as with online offerings. Ms. Mont- Dr. Saunders and Sister Shirley are devoted 1986. Throughout his time as Governor, gomery was the driving force behind the con- to their faith and community. Dr. Saunders is Deukmejian was known as a fiscal conserv- ception and development of Clonlara, serving Treasurer of the New Jersey Annual Con- ative who was tough on crime and helped as a teacher, executive director and in other ference and First Episcopal District, a member make the state economically competitive. roles and has been fundamental to the of the Episcopal Committee for the African Along with the entire California Republican school’s longevity. Her efforts have created a Methodist Episcopal Church and an officer on Delegation, I want to extend my heartfelt con- lasting impact on the Michigan educational the Middlesex County Black Caucus. A dedi- dolences to the Deukmejian family, his friends, community and have bettered countless lives.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.041 E08JNPT1 E816 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 8, 2018 Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me many more. I ask that my colleagues in the the nation. Mr. Van Camp joined Southwest in honoring Pat Montgomery for her years of United States House of Representatives join Solutions as an administrative assistant in service. She has set a high bar for educators me in congratulating them on this momentous 1973 and worked at the company for years in Michigan and across the country. occasion and in wishing them nothing but the before being named Executive Director in f best. 1981. Throughout his tenure as CEO of f Southwest Solution, the company has ex- ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOP- panded into one of the largest nonprofits in MENT AND RELATED AGENCIES PERSONAL EXPLANATION the state of Michigan. APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019 Mr. Van Camp is known by his coworkers and friends for his leadership abilities and SPEECH OF HON. SALUD O. CARBAJAL OF CALIFORNIA dedication to the men and women of metro HON. JACKY ROSEN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Detroit. Under his leadership, Southwest Solu- OF NEVADA tion offers over 70 programs for Michigan resi- Friday, June 8, 2018 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dents ranging from housing assistance to Mr. CARBAJAL. Mr. Speaker, in order to at- Thursday, June 7, 2018 workforce development to community engage- tend my son’s graduation on Thursday, June ment. The programs assist various populations The House in Committee of the Whole 7, 2018, I was unable to cast my votes on roll throughout southeast Michigan, primarily fo- House on the state of the Union had under call numbers 240 through 252. cusing on vulnerable populations including the consideration the bill (H.R. 5985) making ap- Had I been present, I would have voted: propriations for energy and water develop- homeless, veterans and children. Southwest ment and related agencies for the fiscal year NAY on Roll Call No. 240—On ordering the Solutions is lauded for its unparalleled work in ending September 30, 2019, and for other pur- previous question; housing development—the company has poses: NAY on Roll Call No. 241—On agreeing to spearheaded over 700 units of affordable Ms. ROSEN. Mr. Chair, I rise in support of the resolution; housing and restored 25 multi-story buildings. our amendment, which strikes a provision in NAY on Roll Call No. 242—On approving Mr. John Van Camp has made a tremendous this bill that would prohibit the future closure of the Journal; impact on the direction of mental health and the Yucca Mountain project. NAY on Roll Call No. 243—On passage of rehabilitation services in Michigan, and his This extreme language severely undercuts H.R. 3, a rescissions bill, which eliminates hard work and expertise will be missed. any opportunity to pursue viable alternatives Children’s Health Insurance Program funding; Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me for Yucca Mountain, including job-creating al- AYE on Roll Call No. 244—On agreeing to in honoring John Van Camp for his service as ternatives that OMB would be required to the Tsongas amendment to increase funding CEO of Southwest Solutions. Mr. Van Camp study under my bill, the Jobs, Not Waste Act. for the purposes of offshore wind job training has effectively served the state of Michigan Even worse, this language we’re seeking to grants; and its vulnerable populations through his strike would essentially prevent another com- AYE on Roll Call No. 245—On agreeing to nonprofit work. munity that consents to storing nuclear waste the Beyer amendment to restore funding for f from being considered as the nation’s nuclear clean energy research; HONORING KENT BRAITHWAITE ON repository—effectively closing the door to NAY on Roll Call No. 246—On agreeing to THE OCCASION OF HIS RETIRE- safer, more viable sites and forcing Nevada to the Gosar amendment to eliminate funding for MENT AS A SOCIAL STUDIES become the sole dumping ground for nuclear clean energy; AND ENGLISH TEACHER AT waste we never even generated. AYE on Roll Call No. 247—On agreeing to COACHELLA VALLEY HIGH Based on DOE’s own studies, Yucca Moun- the Lee amendment; SCHOOL tain is unfit as a repository site for nuclear AYE on Roll Call No. 248—On agreeing to waste because of the impact it would have on the Connolly amendment; national transportation. NAY on Roll Call No. 249—On agreeing to HON. RAUL RUIZ This bill throws evidence-based policy mak- the Gosar amendment; OF CALIFORNIA ing out the window in a narrow-minded effort AYE on Roll Call No. 250—On agreeing to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Lowenthal amendment to support clean to force Nevada into being a nuclear waste Friday, June 8, 2018 dump. oceans; Instead of spending billions more in hard- NAY on Roll Call No. 251—On agreeing to Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con- earned taxpayer money on this project that’s the Blackburn amendment; and gratulate Mr. Kent Braithwaite on his retire- destined to fail and that will inevitably put fam- NAY on Roll Call No. 252—On agreeing to ment after 39 years of service as a teacher, ilies across the country at risk, let’s leave the the Norman amendment. counselor, and role model for the students of door open to forward-thinking alternatives for f Coachella Valley High School. Yucca Mountain. During his tenure, Mr. Braithwaite has left IN RECOGNITION OF JOHN VAN an indelible impression on countless students. f CAMP FOR HIS DISTINGUISHED As a social studies and English teacher, an TRIBUTE TO DONNABELLE AND CAREER WITH SOUTHWEST SO- advisor, and a mentor, he has helped count- ELVIN ERNEST LUTIONS less students prepare for and pursue a college education. More importantly, he instilled in his HON. DAVID YOUNG HON. DEBBIE DINGELL students a lifelong love of learning. OF IOWA OF MICHIGAN Many years ago, I was one of those stu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dents in Mr. Braithwaite’s English class. I like to think I tried my best in every class—but Mr. Friday, June 8, 2018 Friday, June 8, 2018 Braithwaite was the kind of teacher who not Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to only taught, but inspired his students to work today to recognize and congratulate recognize Mr. John Van Camp for his out- even harder. He challenged my classmates Donnabelle and Elvin Ernest of Bedford, Iowa standing career at Southwest Solutions. Mr. and me every day, pushing us to write clearly, on the very special occasion of their 70th wed- Van Camp has served the state of Michigan read carefully, and question the beliefs and ding anniversary. They were married on March and its homeless population well through his assumptions we brought to his classroom. 8, 1948. service. In the Coachella Valley—the region I grew Donnabelle and Elvin’s lifelong commitment Mr. John Van Camp returned to his home- up in and have the privilege to represent— to each other and their family truly embodies town of Detroit, Michigan after living overseas there are still far too many young people who Iowa values. As they reflect on their 70th anni- and serving in the Peace Corps. Once back in drop out of school before they can graduate or versary, may their commitment grow even the United States, he attended graduate pursue a higher education. Teachers like Mr. stronger, as they continue to love, cherish, school at Wayne State University and became Braithwaite are helping to show these students and honor one another for many years to involved in the newly created Southwest Solu- that they can achieve their dreams by pur- come. tions. The company was established as a suing their education. Mr. Speaker, I commend this great couple mental health agency in 1972 in response to During his nearly four decades of teaching, on their 70th year together and I wish them deinstitutionalization in Michigan and across Mr. Braithwaite has served his fellow teachers

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.046 E08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E817 and the Coachella Valley Unified School Dis- 1,500 personnel. With six times more loading PERSONAL EXPLANATION trict in various leadership positions, and re- capacity of any base on the East Coast, the ceived prestigious recognitions from the Cali- support Naval Weapons Station Earle provides HON. JARED POLIS fornia State Assembly, the House of Rep- to our country is invaluable. OF COLORADO Mr. Speaker, I sincerely hope that my col- resentatives, and many local advocacy organi- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES zations for his excellence in teaching. Most leagues will join me in recognizing the vital importantly, he has the gratitude of thousands contributions of Naval Weapons Station Earle Friday, June 8, 2018 of Coachella Valley High School alumni. as it celebrates 75 years of operation. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I was absent for Mr. Braithwaite is joining his wife and fellow f the vote on passage of H.R. 3 (Roll Call No. teacher, Jennifer Braithwaite, for a well-earned 243). Had I been present, I would have voted retirement. Over her 38-year career, Mrs. IN RECOGNITION OF JIM KOSTEVA ‘‘No’’ on final passage. Braithwaite invited Holocaust survivors and FOR HIS CAREER OF SERVICE ON This bill cuts critical funding from the Chil- Vietnam veterans to speak to her classes, BEHALF OF THE SOUTHEAST dren’s Health Insurance Program, education gave out scholarships to her students, and MICHIGAN COMMUNITY and job-training programs. H.R. 3 was brought helped bring the Advanced Placement pro- to the floor in a rushed and closed process, gram to Coachella Valley High School. Like HON. DEBBIE DINGELL with the Appropriations Committee holding no her husband, Mrs. Braithwaite has always OF MICHIGAN hearings or mark-ups and limiting the oppor- gone above and beyond to serve her students. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tunity for Members to review the legislation. On behalf of all the students whose lives Friday, June 8, 2018 f Mr. and Mrs. Braithwaite have touched, I would like to offer my sincerest thanks and Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to TRIBUTE TO GABE PAULEY congratulations to them both on their inspiring recognize Jim Kosteva as he retires from the and meaningful careers. University of Michigan. Jim has been an out- HON. DAVID YOUNG standing public servant who has served the f OF IOWA students of southeast Michigan with distinc- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN RECOGNITION OF THE 75TH AN- tion. NIVERSARY OF NAVAL WEAPONS After receiving his bachelor degree in Metro- Friday, June 8, 2018 STATION EARLE politan Studies from North Central College, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. Kosteva took a position as the Director of today to recognize and congratulate Gabe HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. Community Planning for Canton Township in Pauley of AHSTW High School for winning the OF NEW JERSEY southeast Michigan. It was there that his pas- 170-pound Class 1A Iowa High School State IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sion for the state and the issues facing Michi- Wrestling Championship. Gabe finished the gan residents grew. He was elected to the season with a record of 56–0. This is Gabe’s Friday, June 8, 2018 Michigan House of Representatives in 1984 second individual State Wrestling champion- Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to where he served for four terms. During his ship. celebrate the 75th anniversary of Naval Weap- tenure as a Michigan legislator, he focused on Gabe said, ‘‘I’ve always wanted to be a ons Station Earle. Since its opening, Naval the issues of school finance reform, public state champ and now I have it. It feels great. Weapons Station Earle has been a pivotal transportation, solid waste management and I don’t even have any words for it.’’ Gabe fin- base for the United States Department of De- land use. His legislation, the Michigan Edu- ished third in the 2017 wrestling championship fense and its significance is truly deserving of cation Trust, was passed into law during his meet. ‘‘It takes dedication, training, and per- this body’s recognition on this historic mile- first term and created one of the first pre-paid fection in order to become a champion,’’ Gabe stone. college tuition plans in the country. His years added. Named after Rear Admiral Ralph Earle, the of effective public service and passion for edu- Iowa has a long and proud history of strong Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance during WWI, cation issues allowed him to excel in his next wrestling programs, producing college and Naval Weapons Station Earle was called role as Director of Communications at the Uni- Olympic champions for years. Gabe contrib- Naval Ammunition Depot Earle until 1974. It is versity of Michigan. utes his success to years of hard work and based in two facilities in Monmouth County, Mr. Jim Kosteva joined the University of commitment and the support of his parents, New Jersey—the Waterfront, located in the Michigan in 1994 as the Director of Commu- family, coaches and fellow teammates. Leonardo section of Middletown, and Mainside nity relations. In this position, he coordinates Mr. Speaker, the example set by Gabe bordering Colts Neck, Howell, Tinton Falls and partnerships with local and national organiza- demonstrates the rewards of dedication and Wall Township. The two sections are con- tions, works with the City of Ann Arbor on perseverance. It is an honor representing nected by the military corridor and rail line, issues of mutual concern and fosters philan- Gabe and his family in the United States Con- Normandy Road. The Waterfront includes a thropic engagement among the student body gress and it is with great pride that I recognize miles long finger pier—the longest in the and faculty. Under his leadership, the Univer- them today. I ask that all of my colleagues in Western Hemisphere—into Sandy Hook Bay. sity has cultivated a meaningful relationship the United States House of Representatives The pier sustained damage in Superstorm with the City of Ann Arbor that has led to the join me in congratulating Gabe on competing Sandy and now includes oyster reefs as an resolution of public and campus safety con- in this rigorous competition and in wishing him additional protection measure from future cerns as well as a 62.3 percent growth in Ann nothing but continued success in his education storms. Arbor’s tax base since 2001. Mr. Kosteva is and in his future endeavors. Naval Weapons Station Earle was estab- known by his colleagues and students for his f lished out of the need for a munitions loading creative and strong leadership as well as his base in the Port of New York, a need that be- passion for city-university relations. Through- IN RECOGNITION OF ANA MCCUNE came increasingly pressing during World War out his career, he has represented the Univer- VAN DE VELDE FOR BEING II. The Leonardo and Colts Neck locations sity on a variety of local boards including the NAMED A WOMAN OF ACHIEVE- were chosen for their distance from densely Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce, the Ann MENT BY THE KAPPA FOUNDA- populated and developed neighborhoods yet Arbor Convention and Visitors Bureau and TION their proximity to important landmarks such as Washtenaw United Way. He has had a tre- New York City, New York Harbor and the At- mendous impact on the direction of the Uni- HON. DEBBIE DINGELL lantic Ocean. versity of Michigan’s community relations, and OF MICHIGAN During WWII, the base served a vital role in we look forward to his continued positive im- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES transporting ordnance, including most of the pact on our Michigan community in the coming munitions used in the invasion of Normandy. years. Friday, June 8, 2018 Naval Weapons Station Earle’s strategic loca- Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tion has remained critical to our military, load- in honoring Jim Kosteva and his years of serv- recognize Ana McCune van de Velde for ing ships used in Operation Desert Storm and ice to the southeast Michigan community. His being named a Woman of Achievement by the Operation Iraqi Freedom. Naval Weapons Sta- dedication and tireless efforts on behalf of the Kappa Foundation. Mrs. McCune has distin- tion Earle encompasses nearly 12,000 acres University of Michigan made him an exem- guished herself through her leadership and and remains an active base today with over plary public servant. community involvement.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.051 E08JNPT1 E818 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 8, 2018 The Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti-Inkster Alumni IN RECOGNITION OF MR. Matthew’s passion for farming is a reflection Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity was es- MATTHEW ROSA of his upbringing. As the son of a dairyman, tablished on December 6, 1958. The organiza- Matthew has learned the lessons of hard work tion was founded in order to foster relation- HON. DAVID G. VALADAO and dedication growing up at the Rosa Broth- ships between Michigan Kappa Alpha Psis, OF CALIFORNIA ers Dairy and Creamery. provide leadership to current students at IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues in the Michigan universities and mentor youth in sub- Friday, June 8, 2018 United States House of Representatives to urban Detroit. Since its founding, group mem- join me in commending Mr. Matthew Rosa on bers have come together to serve the local Mr. VALADAO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to his election and wishing him well on his future community in a variety of ways including golf recognize Mr. Matthew Rosa on his election service to the California Future Farmers of tournaments, college fairs, pancake break- as President of the California Future Farmers America. fasts, Meals on Wheels programs and robust of America. Matthew Rosa was born on March 25, 2000, scholarship programming. In addition to their f myriad civic endeavors, the fraternity honors in Visalia, California to his parents, Noel and female leaders in southeast Michigan annually Holly Rosa. He attended local schools, most IN RECOGNITION OF RABBI at their ‘‘Women of Achievement’’ event. This recently El Diamante High School in Visalia, BENNETT F. MILLER year’s honorees include Ana McCune van de California. During his high school tenure, Mat- Velde, a well regarded leader in southeast thew served in many leadership posts in the HON. FRANK PALLONE, JR. Michigan. El Diamante Chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA), including Sentinel from 2015 OF NEW JERSEY A lifelong Midwesterner, Mrs. McCune IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES moved to Michigan after graduating from col- through 2016, Vice President from 2016 lege. She is an accomplished entrepreneur through 2017, and President from 2017 Friday, June 8, 2018 and businesswoman, serving at various com- through 2018. In the role of Chapter President, Matthew concurrently held the position of San Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to panies including AT&T Corporation, New De- congratulate Rabbi Bennett F. Miller on his re- troit and the Automotive Strategy Corporation. Joaquin Region FFA President. Beyond FFA, Matthew is an avid golfer, tirement as Senior Rabbi of Anshe Emeth Me- Although she is an accomplished leader in the playing for the El Diamante Miners golf team morial Temple in New Brunswick, New Jersey. private sector, Mrs. McCune’s real passion lies in his sophomore, junior, and senior years of Rabbi Miller has dedicated over 40 years to in civic work, specifically children’s education. high school. He served as a member of St. Anshe Emeth and his commitment and leader- She sponsors the Pink Panthers, an all-girls Mary’s Youth Leadership Team from 2015 ship are truly deserving of this body’s recogni- robotics team in Detroit and has served on the through 2016 and is active in the Good Shep- tion. Indiana University Alumni Association Execu- herd Catholic Parish of Visalia. Ordained a Rabbi in 1974, Rabbi Miller tive Council. Her distinguished career and phil- During his participation in FFA, Matthew joined Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple the anthropic engagement has bettered countless was a member of the winning FFA Coopera- same year. Since that time, he has provided industries and individuals and we are grateful tive Marketing Team in 2017 and earned a outstanding spiritual guidance to the con- for her commitment to southeast Michigan. State Proficiency Award for Dairy Production gregation and has promoted and supported a Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Placement. In his academic pursuits, Matthew mission of social action and community serv- in recognizing Ana McCune van de Velde for became a lifetime member of the California ice. In addition to his work at Anshe Emeth being named one of The Kappa Foundation’s Scholarship Federation and was a two-time re- Memorial Temple, Rabbi Miller is also a mem- Women of Achievement. Mrs. McCune has cipient of the Visalia Unified School District ber of the Jewish Agency for Israel Board of distinguished herself with her work as an en- Board Student Achievement Award. Governors and is Immediate Past-Chair of the trepreneur and through her philanthropic work. In early 2018, Matthew was one of seventy- Association of Reform Zionists of America. four members of California’s extended FFA or- Prior to his service at Anshe Emeth Memo- f ganization to apply to run for state office. After rial Temple, Rabbi Miller served as the spir- itual leader of Congregation Havurah in New PERSONAL EXPLANATION many interviews during the California FFA Convention in Anaheim, California, Matthew York and the New Jersey State Advisory advanced among the twelve finalists to ad- Council on the Holocaust. Rabbi Miller earned HON. DANNY K. DAVIS dress the convention. Following voting, Mat- his doctorate from Princeton Theological Sem- OF ILLINOIS thew was declared the winning candidate for inary and his Master of Arts and Hebrew Let- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES President of California FFA on April 25, 2018. ters from the Hebrew Union College—Jewish As California State FFA President, Matthew Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, as well as a Friday, June 8, 2018 will be tasked with the three primary tenets of certificate in Non-Profit Management and Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speak- FFA leadership: motivating members to Fundraising from New York University. er, on roll call No. 216, I inadvertently voted achieve their highest potential, serve as a Mr. Speaker, please join me in congratu- ‘aye.’ I strongly oppose the Economic Growth, goodwill ambassador to the community at- lating Rabbi Miller on his retirement and Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection large, and provide key direction and execute thanking him for his many years of dedicated Act, and I intended my vote be recorded as the various programs undertaken by FFA re- service and leadership to Anshe Emeth Me- ‘nay.’ gions and chapters. morial Temple and the greater community.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:06 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A08JN8.056 E08JNPT1 Friday, June 8, 2018 Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action Committee Meetings The Senate was not in session and stands ad- No committee meetings were held. journed until 3 p.m., on Monday, June 11, 2018. h House of Representatives H.R. 5480, to improve programs and activities re- Chamber Action lating to women’s entrepreneurship and economic Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 17 pub- empowerment that are carried out by the United lic bills, H.R. 6049–6066; and 4 resolutions, H. States Agency for International Development, and for Res. 929–932, were introduced. Pages H5020–21 other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. Additional Cosponsors: Page H5022 115–718); Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: H.R. 5735, to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937 to establish a demonstration program to H.R. 2851, to amend the Controlled Substances set aside section 8 housing vouchers for supportive Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are and transitional housing for individuals recovering to be regulated, and for other purposes, with an amendment (H. Rept. 115–713, Part 1); from opioid use disorders or other substance use dis- orders, and for other purposes, with amendments (H. H. Res. 898, directing the Secretary of Homeland Rept. 115–719); Security to transmit certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to Department of Home- H.R. 3331, to amend title XI of the Social Secu- land Security policies and activities relating to rity Act to promote testing of incentive payments homeland security information produced and dis- for behavioral health providers for adoption and use seminated regarding cybersecurity threats posed by of certified electronic health record technology, with the ZTE Corporation, headquartered in Shenzhen, an amendment (H. Rept. 115–720, Part 1); China; adversely; (H. Rept. 115–714); H.R. 5582, to direct the Secretary of Health and H.R. 5685, to amend title XVIII of the Social Se- Human Services to conduct a study and submit a re- curity Act to provide educational resources regarding port on barriers to accessing abuse-deterrent opioid opioid use and pain management as part of the formulations for individuals enrolled in a plan under Medicare & You handbook (H. Rept. 115–715, Part part C or D of the Medicare program, with an 1); amendment (H. Rept. 115–721, Part 1); and H.R. 5583, to amend title XI of the Social Secu- H.R. 5788, to provide for the processing by U.S. rity Act to require States to annually report on cer- Customs and Border Protection of certain inter- tain adult health quality measures, and for other national mail shipments and to require the provision purposes (H. Rept. 115–716); of advance electronic information on international H.R. 5800, to require the Medicaid and CHIP mail shipments of mail, and for other purposes, with Payment and Access Commission to conduct an ex- an amendment (H. Rept. 115–722, Part 1). ploratory study and report on requirements applica- Page H5020 ble to and practices of institutions for mental dis- Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he eases under the Medicaid program (H. Rept. appointed Representative Marshall to act as Speaker 115–717); pro tempore for today. Page H4983 D645

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:08 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D08JN8.REC D08JNPT1 D646 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST June 8, 2018 Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the lies by $2 million offset by a reduction of a $2.5 Guest Chaplain, Monsignor Stephen J. Rossetti, million in the funding for the VA’s information Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. Technology Systems; Pages H4991–92 Page H4983 Walberg amendment (No. 35 printed in part B of Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker’s approval H. Rept. 115–712) that prevents funds from being of the Journal by voice vote. Pages H4983, H5000 used to implement, administer, or enforce a proposed rule by the VA to limit an injured or amputee vet- Energy and Water Development and Related eran’s ability to choose a prosthetist or orthotist who Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019: The House meets his or her needs whether employed by the VA passed H.R. 5895, making appropriations for energy or on contract with the VA; Pages H4992–93 and water development and related agencies for the Eshoo amendment (No. 36 printed in part B of fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, by a yea-and- H. Rept. 115–712) that states that none of the nay vote of 235 yeas to 179 nays, Roll No. 257. funds made available by this Act may be used by the Consideration began yesterday, June 7th. Army to convey the 17.1 acres of land and the 126 Pages H4985–96, H4996–H5000 existing housing units known as Shenandoah Square Rejected the Kuster (NH) motion to recommit in Mountain View, California; Pages H4993–94 the bill to the Committee on Appropriations with Peters (CA) amendment (No. 37 printed in part instructions to report the same back to the House B of H. Rept. 115–712) that prohibits funds from forthwith with an amendment, by a recorded vote of being transferred from programs supporting veteran 187 ayes to 225 noes, Roll No. 256. homelessness services; Page H4994 Pages H4998–H5000 Ratcliffe amendment (No. 38 printed in part B of Agreed to: H. Rept. 115–712) that prohibits funds from being Carbajal amendment (No. 28 printed in part B of used to propose, plan, or execute a new round of H. Rept. 115–712) that provides $8 million for the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC); Veterans Transportation Program to assist veterans Pages H4994–95 in attending to all their medical appointments in a Gohmert amendment (No. 10 printed in part B timely manner; Pages H4985–86 of H. Rept. 115–712) that was debated on June 7th Keating amendment (No. 29 printed in part B of that prohibits the use of funds to prepare, propose, H. Rept. 115–712) that allocates funding for the or promulgate any regulation or guidance related to VA to create an opioid abuse healthcare kit for com- the social cost of carbon (by a recorded vote of 212 munity healthcare providers; Pages H4986–87 ayes to 201 noes, Roll No. 253); and Pages H4996–97 Keating amendment (No. 30 printed in part B of Meadows amendment (No. 15 printed in part B H. Rept. 115–712) that allocates funding for admin- of H. Rept. 115–712) that was debated on June 7th istrative costs at the VA to ensure providers at VA that reestablishes a semiannual Government Ac- health facilities complete a continuing medication countability Office financial review of obligated ex- course in pain management; Page H4987 penditures from the Independent Counsel permanent Eddie Bernice Johnson (TX) amendment (No. 31 indefinite appropriation, and requires the report’s printed in part B of H. Rept. 115–712) that re- findings to be submitted to the Committees on Ap- quires the VA to report on how many delinquent propriations of the House and Senate, the Commit- payments by the VA to vendors and contractors tees on Oversight and Government Reform and Ju- there are and the total amount of money; diciary of the House, and the Committees on Home- Pages H4987–88 land Security and Governmental Affairs and Judici- Connolly amendment (No. 32 printed in part B ary of the Senate (by a recorded vote of 207 ayes to of H. Rept. 115–712) that ensures sufficient funds 201 noes, Roll No. 254). Pages H4997–98 for the Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector Rejected: General to provide rigorous oversight of the Wash- Takano amendment (No. 16 printed in part B of ington, D.C. Veterans Affairs Medical Center; H. Rept. 115–712) that was debated on June 7th Pages H4988–90 that sought to appropriate $2.5 million to re-insti- Jackson Lee amendment (No. 33 printed in part tute the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) to B of H. Rept. 115–712) that prohibits the use of help Congress understand emerging technologies and funds in contravention of the U.S. Code regarding their policy implications; offset by funds from an ad- benefits for homeless veterans in training and out- ministrative account within the Architect of the reach programs; Pages H4990–91 Capitol (by a recorded vote of 195 ayes to 217 noes, Jackson Lee amendment (No. 34 printed in part Roll No. 255). Page H4998 B of H. Rept. 115–712) that increases the amount H. Res. 923, the rule providing for further con- of funding for Supportive Services for Veterans Fami- sideration of the bill (H.R. 5895) and providing for

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:08 Jun 09, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D08JN8.REC D08JNPT1 June 8, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D647 consideration of the bill (H.R. 3) was agreed to yes- Defense Appropriations Bill. The FY 2019 Defense terday, June 7th. Appropriations Bill was forwarded to the full Com- Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that mittee, without amendment. This markup was when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet closed. at 12 noon on Tuesday, June 12th for Morning Hour debate. Page H5004 QUESTIONS REGARDING THE U.S. CENSUS Presidential Message: Read a message from the Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Con- President wherein he notified Congress that the na- stitution and Civil Justice held a hearing entitled tional emergency declared with respect to the actions ‘‘Questions Regarding the U.S. Census’’. Testimony and policies of certain members of the Government was heard from Steve Marshall, Attorney General, of Belarus and other persons to undermine Belarus’s Alabama; and public witnesses. democratic processes or institutions is to continue in effect beyond June 16, 2018—referred to the Com- mittee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed Joint Meetings (H. Doc. 115–131). Pages H5012–13 No joint committee meetings were held. Quorum Calls—Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and f four recorded votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H4996–97, COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR MONDAY, H4997–98, H4998, H4999–H5000, and H5000. JUNE 11, 2018 There were no quorum calls. (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and ad- journed at 2:49 p.m. Senate Committee Meetings No meetings/hearings scheduled. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE House Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense No hearings are scheduled. held a markup on June 7, 2018, on the FY 2019

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3 p.m., Monday, June 11 12 noon, Tuesday, June 12

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: Senate will resume consideration Program for Friday: To be announced. of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act, post-cloture, and vote on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 5:30 p.m.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Fleischmann, Charles J. ‘‘Chuck’’, Tenn., E804 Polis, Jared, Colo., E815, E817 Green, Gene, Tex., E807 Price, David E., N.C., E807 Barletta, Lou, Pa., E807 Hudson, Richard, N.C., E806 Rosen, Jacky, Nev., E816 Buck, Ken, Colo., E814 Huffman, Jared, Calif., E811 Roskam, Peter J., Ill., E803 Byrne, Bradley, Ala., E805 Issa, Darrell E., Calif., E804 Ruiz, Raul, Calif., E812, E816 Calvert, Ken, Calif., E815 Jenkins, Evan H., W.Va., E809 Carbajal, Salud O., Calif., E816 Keating, William R., Mass., E805 Ryan, Paul D., Wisc., E803 Carson, Andre´, Ind., E813 Kilmer, Derek, Wash., E804 Sewell, Terri A., Ala., E803 Cartwright, Matt, Pa., E805 Lieu, Ted, Calif., E806 Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E809 Davis, Danny K., Ill., E818 Lipinski, Daniel, Ill., E804 Suozzi, Thomas R., N.Y., E805 Davis, Rodney, Ill., E815 Meng, Grace, N.Y., E805 Valadao, David G., Calif., E818 DeFazio, Peter A., Ore., E813 O’Rourke, Beto, Tex., E803 Wilson, Frederica S., Fla., E808, E811 Dingell, Debbie, Mich., E808, E809, E810, E811, E813, Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E812, E815, E817, E818 Young, David, Iowa, E806, E806, E807, E808, E810, E811, E814, E815, E816, E817, E817 Pingree, Chellie, Me., E806 E812, E814, E816, E817 Fitzpatrick, Brian K., Pa., E810 Poe, Ted, Tex., E809, E810, E812, E813

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