Congressional Record United States Th of America PROCEEDINGS and DEBATES of the 109 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

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Vol. 152 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2006 No. 119 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was THE JOURNAL To add to the insult, free washers and called to order by the Speaker pro tem- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The dryers were brought in for Sabine Pass pore (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan). Chair has examined the Journal of the citizens who lost everything. Soon, illegals were dropping off their clothes f last day’s proceedings and announces to the House her approval thereof. and their wives so they could get clothes cleaned for free. DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- My family and neighbors lost every- PRO TEMPORE nal stands approved. thing they own. There is no way to pur- f The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- chase food or fuel in my hometown. Im- fore the House the following commu- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE migration officials will not send any- nication from the Speaker: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the one to Sabine Pass to perform immi- WASHINGTON, DC. gentleman from Ohio (Mr. KUCINICH) gration checks, because they have been September 21, 2006. mandated not to do so. This is not ac- I hereby appoint the Honorable CANDICE S. come forward and lead the House in the ceptable. MILLER to act as Speaker pro tempore on Pledge of Allegiance. this day. Mr. KUCINICH led the Pledge of Alle- Madam Speaker, Jason Pitts is right. J. DENNIS HASTERT, giance as follows: Seal our borders, crack down on em- Speaker of the House of Representatives. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the ployers hiring illegals, or risk losing United States of America, and to the Repub- the quality of life of our own citizens. f lic for which it stands, one nation under God, And that’s just the way it is. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. PRAYER f f The Chaplain, the Reverend Daniel P. SIGNS OF WAR PREPARATION Coughlin, offered the following prayer: ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given Lord God of our ancestors in faith, PRO TEMPORE permission to address the House for 1 and animator of faith in the American The SPEAKER pro tempore. The minute.) people today, we come before You with Chair will entertain five 1-minute Mr. KUCINICH. Madam Speaker, all humility and gratitude. As Christians speeches per side. the signs of preparation for war against and people of other faiths, we join our f Iran are there for anyone who can see. Jewish brothers and sisters as they ap- Covert action, the Strategic Air Com- proach Rosh Hashanah. Together we LONE STAR VOICE: JASON PITTS, mand, the selection of 1,500 targets, offer prayers of forgiveness, both as in- SABINE PASS, TEXAS and a plan for a naval blockade, a dividuals and as a Nation. (Mr. POE asked and was given per- faked or hyped intelligence report on If we cannot admit our mistakes be- mission to address the House for 1 the degree of uranium enrichment and fore you, O Lord, and firmly desire to minute.) the manipulation of the media. turn a new page, how can we become Mr. POE. Madam Speaker, last year It is Iraq all over again, but instead the people You require us to be, and the tiny coastal community of Sabine of a Nation of 25 million, Iran is a Na- where will people of virtue and true Pass, Texas, was literally drowned by tion of 70 million sitting right next to leadership be found in a world search- Hurricane Rita. A year later it is still Iraq, where 130,000 U.S. troops are in ing for stability and hope? in shambles. Now the people who live danger simply because of the war plan- As the festival of Rosh Hashanah in Sabine Pass say that they survived ning. celebrates all the freshness of a new Rita, but they may not survive the Today, while our government bor- year and the abundance of a rich har- illegals hired to repair the area. rows money from China, Japan and vest, we ask You, Almighty Lord, to Jason Pitts writes about these fears. Korea to pay for a war in Iraq that bless this Nation in its fullness and in In the morning hundreds of vehicles could cost up to $3 trillion, the admin- all its institutions of lawful govern- loaded with illegals make their way istration is preparing to spend more ment. into my town of Sabine Pass. The traf- money for a war against Iran. This Let our people taste the sweet honey fic problems caused by the illegals are Congress must not permit this admin- of Your presence and serve You and one terrible. These drivers have no regard istration to open up another war with- another with a refreshed perspective for traffic laws. They pass on the top of out permission, without oversight, and renewed heart, now and forever. bridges, and they speed like they are in without justification, without the fi- Amen. a NASCAR race. nancial resources, without the human

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VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:27 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE7.000 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE H6850 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 21, 2006 resources, without a shred of common PROTECT OUR BORDERS and the Reid-Kennedy amnesty plan, sense or realism. (Mr. STEARNS asked and was given House Republicans left Washington in Bombs are no substitute for diplo- permission to address the House for 1 August tasked with answering one macy. You can bomb the world to minute and to revise and extend his re- question: How did the American people pieces, but you can’t bomb the world to marks.) want us to handle this issue? After peace. Mr. STEARNS. Madam Speaker, it holding multiple field hearings and f has been more than 5 years since the town hall meetings across America, we COMMENDING 125TH ANNIVERSARY terrorist attacks on September 11. In are back in Washington, and the Amer- OF NORWOOD, NORTH CAROLINA looking back, we have made great ican people expect us to act, and that IN STANLY COUNTY progress in uprooting the terrorists is just what we are doing. from their havens and liberating mil- We began by passing the Secure (Mr. HAYES asked and was given Fence Act last week, and today we will permission to address the House for 1 lions of people. We also have provided our law enforcement and intelligence consider three more bills vital to se- minute and to revise and extend his re- curing our borders and restricting the marks.) agencies with new tools to combat these threats. Yet there is so much flow of illegal aliens into our country. Mr. HAYES. Madam Speaker, today I It is time to curtail the invasion of il- want to recognize the town of Nor- more to do. We are at war with terrorists, and we must protect our borders. legal aliens, and we must begin at our wood, North Carolina, for its 125th an- borders. House Republicans are keeping niversary. Norwood has a rich and vi- If we cannot control our borders, how up our end of the bargain. Now it is brant history as the area’s earliest set- can we prevent those who would murder us from entering our Nation? Mil- time for the Senate to follow suit. tlers arrived in the 1750s, and the town In conclusion, God bless our troops, lions attempt to enter our Nation ille- officially was incorporated in 1881. and we will never forget September 11. In the beginning, Norwood was a gally every year. Many are appre- town thriving on agriculture and newly hended. f established railroad lines. Local entre- I commend our Border Patrol for APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER TO preneur Troy J.W. McKenzie relocated their fine work under difficult situa- HOUSE COMMISSION ON CON- his business to Norwood and com- tions; however, millions have crossed GRESSIONAL MAILING STAND- mented that the town will very soon, the border successfully in the past 5 ARDS unless indications are false, become an years, and we do not know how many The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- important trade center. terrorists there are. Our borders are ant to 2 U.S.C. 501(b), and the order of McKenzie was correct. In the 21st another battleground in the war on ter- the House of December 18, 2005, the century, Norwood is the home of many ror. Chair announces the Speaker’s ap- local and international manufacturing f pointment of the following Member of companies, and this business-friendly the House to the House Commission on environment has the potential for con- HOLD ON FDA COMMISSIONER Congressional Mailing Standards: tinued economic growth. Today I say OVER RU–486 Mr. EHLERS, Michigan, Chairman. congratulations to the town of Nor- (Mr. PITTS asked and was given per- f wood for 125 years, many exciting years mission to address the House for 1 to come. minute and to revise and extend his re- PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION f marks.) OF H.R. 4830, BORDER TUNNEL PREVENTION ACT OF 2006; FOR FEDERAL CONTRACTS AND SUDAN Mr. PITTS. Madam Speaker, I rise today to comment on Senator Jim CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 6094, (Ms. LEE asked and was given per- DEMINT’s decision to put a hold on An- COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT mission to address the House for 1 drew van Eschenbach’s nomination to OF 2006; AND FOR CONSIDER- minute.) ATION OF H.R. 6095, IMMIGRA- Ms. LEE. Madam Speaker, more than head the FDA. This has to do with a drug, an abortifacient called RU–486. TION LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT $600 million of Federal contracts has OF 2006 gone to companies whose business in This drug has been linked to eight Sudan may directly or indirectly sup- deaths, nine life-threatening incidents Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, by di- port the Sudanese Government’s cam- and more than 200 hospitalizations. rection of the Committee on Rules, I paign of genocide in Darfur. No one The FDA is charged with safe- call up House Resolution 1018 and ask should have to worry that their tax guarding public health, so it only for its immediate consideration. dollars are supporting genocide, and makes sense that the FDA Commis- The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- that is why I am introducing the sioner would support suspension of the lows: Darfur Accountability and Divestment drug, RU–486, until a full investigation H. RES. 1018 Act of 2006. can be completed on its effect on wom- Resolved, That upon the adoption of this This bill is designed to wash the en’s health. Nine other drugs have been resolution it shall be in order without inter- blood off of our Federal contracts and suspended in the past 8 years that vention of any point of order to consider in the House the bill (H.R. 4830) to amend chap- increase the financial pressure on didn’t cause a single death, yet this known health threat remains on the ter 27 of title 18, United States Code, to pro- Khartoum to end the genocide in hibit the unauthorized construction, financ- Darfur. It also protects the rights of market as we speak. Madam Speaker, ing, or reckless permitting (on one’s land) States to divest their own public pen- this is nothing less than irresponsible, the construction or use of a tunnel or sub- sion funds from companies doing busi- and it is time the FDA exerted some terranean passageway between the United ness in Sudan, because some in the leadership on the issue. States and another country. The bill shall be other body insist on stripping that lan- Senator DEMINT has acted in the in- considered as read. The previous question guage out of the Darfur Peace and Ac- terest of women’s health and common shall be considered as ordered on the bill to sense. I thank him for his leadership. final passage without intervening motion ex- countability Act. cept: (1) one hour of debate equally divided Divestment played a critical role in f and controlled by the chairman and ranking ending apartheid in South Africa, and CONGRESS IS ACTING ON ILLEGAL minority member of the Committee on the it is unconscionable that anyone in Judiciary; and (2) one motion to recommit. IMMIGRATION Congress would try to prevent people SEC. 2. Upon the adoption of this resolution from washing the blood from their pen- (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina it shall be in order without intervention of sions and doing their part to end this asked and was given permission to ad- any point of order to consider in the House genocide. We have a moral responsi- dress the House for 1 minute and to re- the bill (H.R. 6094) to restore the Secretary vise and extend his remarks.) of Homeland Security’s authority to detain bility to use every tool at our disposal dangerous aliens, to ensure the removal of to end this genocide. Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. deportable criminal aliens, and combat alien I call on my colleagues to cosponsor Madam Speaker, faced with two con- gang crime. The bill shall be considered as my bill and support the growing na- flicting bills regarding illegal aliens, read. The previous question shall be consid- tional divestment movement. the House-passed border security bill ered as ordered on the bill to final passage

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Securing our borders is not a clude more Border Patrol agents, more the bill (H.R. 6095) to affirm the inherent au- Democratic versus Republican issue, fencing and uniform penalties for thority of State and local law enforcement and it is not about the election in 7 smugglers, it is unbelievable that we to assist in the enforcement of immigration weeks. It is an issue of protecting our don’t already have that, and removing laws, to provide for effective prosecution of Nation and restoring integrity to our the question of jurisdiction for local alien smugglers, and to reform immigration system of immigration. law enforcement, an issue that my col- litigation procedures. The bill shall be con- If immigration were a Republican sidered as read. The previous question shall league from Georgia, Dr. Norwood, in be considered as ordered on the bill to final issue, 64 Democrats would not have his CLEAR Act has just emphasized passage without intervening motion except: voted last week for the Secure Fence over and over again and, thank good- (1) one hour of debate equally divided and Act. Indeed, we are a Nation of immi- ness, was part of our original bill in controlled by the chairman and ranking migrants, but we are also a Nation of laws December. We also need more on-site nority member of the Committee on the Ju- based on the principles found in the immigration judges, we are woefully diciary; and (2) one motion to recommit. United States Constitution. inadequate in that manpower, border In 1986, President Reagan pushed for b 1015 tunnel detection and criminal deten- reforms to address the problem of ille- tion and removal. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- gal immigration. In 1996, the 104th Con- The three bills we are considering tleman from Georgia (Mr. GINGREY) is gress pushed for more reforms. And under this bill address many of the recognized for 1 hour. now, 10 years later, this Congress once problems that Customs and Border Pa- Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, for again has an opportunity to debate trol and ICE agents brought to our at- the purpose of debate only, I yield the how to best secure our borders and re- tention during that August trip to the customary 30 minutes to the gen- move incentives for illegal immigra- three sectors of our border with Mex- tleman from Massachusetts (Mr. tion by enacting these meaningful ico. MCGOVERN), pending which I yield my- changes. The Community Protection Act of self such time as I may consume. Dur- Today this Congress continues an on- 2006 includes language from the Dan- ing consideration of this resolution, all going and difficult debate, and I want gerous Alien Detention Act, the Crimi- time yielded is for the purpose of de- to thank Chairman SENSENBRENNER nal Alien Removal Act, and the Alien bate only. and Chairman DREIER for the bills Gang Removal Act. Madam Speaker, H. Res. 1018 provides being considered under this rule, H.R. One of the most eye-opening mo- for consideration of H.R. 4830 under a 6094, the Community Protection Act of ments on my tour of the border was closed rule. It allows 1 hour of debate 2006, H.R. 6095, the Immigration Law seeing the transport of prisoners at an in the House, equally divided and con- Enforcement Act of 2006, finally H.R. airport in El Paso, Texas. An airplane trolled by the chairman and ranking 4830, the Border Tunnel Prevention Act landed with prisoners for Mexico and minority member of the Committee on of 2006. so-called OTMs, other countries south the Judiciary, it waives all points of Together, these three bills, along of the border. These individuals were order against consideration of the bill, with the Secure Fence Act we passed not being held and deported just simply and provides one motion to recommit last week, reaffirm some of the high- because they had illegally crossed the H.R. 4830. lights from the House-passed legisla- border seeking jobs. No, these individ- In addition, the rule provides for con- tion in December, almost a year ago. uals were being sent back to their sideration of H.R. 6094 under a closed By addressing these issues sepa- home countries after serving out sen- rule. It allows 1 hour of debate in the rately, we have a better chance of tences in this country for rape, murder, House, again equally divided and con- achieving at least some degree of im- child molestation, and grand larceny. trolled by the chairman and ranking migration reform in 2006. Procrasti- The scenario addressed in H.R. 6094 minority member of the Committee on nating or ignoring this problem will would involve detaining individuals the Judiciary, it waives all points of simply not make it go away. Every day with similar offenses and also, also, order against consideration of the bill, we put off debating and passing immi- Madam Speaker, in cases of highly con- and provides one motion to recommit gration reform creates more and more tagious diseases and mental illnesses, H.R. 6094. opportunities for illegal immigrants to detaining them longer than current Finally, Madam Speaker, the rule break our laws and violate our borders. law allows, a 6-month limit which be- also provides for consideration of H.R. Each and every one of these offenses gins when they are ordered removed. 6095 under a closed rule. It allows 1 has social, economic and, indeed, secu- This legislation would make sure that hour of debate in the House, equally di- rity repercussions. these criminals are not released back vided and controlled by the chairman For instance, according to the United into our society because of that 6- and ranking minority member of the States Census Bureau release last month rule to cause serious safety Committee on the Judiciary, waives all month, there are an estimated 795,419 problems in our local communities. points of order against consideration of illegal immigrants who live in my Also included in H.R. 6095 is the the bill, and provides one motion to re- home State of Georgia, almost double Alien Gang Removal Act to deport commit H.R. 6095. the same estimate from 2 years ago. alien gang members such as MS–13 and Madam Speaker, last December the During the August district work pe- prevent them from being protected House of Representatives debated and riod, I had an opportunity to visit some under this out-dated asylum law that passed H.R. 4437, the Border Protection of the more porous areas on our south- we are burdened with. It is important Antiterrorism and Illegal Immigration ern border with my colleague Mr. to stop these gang members from en- Control Act with a 57-vote margin. SODREL from Indiana and Mr. PRICE tering and staying in the United States However, despite phone calls and let- from Georgia. After meeting with Bor- so that we can make progress toward ters from constituents, our hard work der Patrol and Immigration and Cus- not only deterring violent crime, but in December met difficulty because tom Enforcement agents, inspecting also the spread of the methamphet- some of our colleagues in the other the infrastructure, checking out places amine plague. body opted to support an amnesty pro- for improvement, the most important The Immigration Law Enforcement gram that simply cannot be sub- lesson that we learned was that with Act of 2006 would reaffirm, indeed, cod- stituted for border security. the right tools and with the right man- ify, the authority of local law enforce- The need for immigration reform is power, securing our border can be a re- ment officers to have jurisdiction in critical and long overdue. I remind my ality, and it is not a lost cause, as Federal immigration laws, CHARLIE colleagues that we need to secure our some would suggest. NORWOOD’s CLEAR Act. Many officers

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That gives us 1 week to con- sence, Madam Speaker, to deputize we are considering today will help sider these bills in both Chambers, pass them and codify it. them tremendously. and reconcile them before next Friday. Also included in H.R. 6095 is language So I encourage all my colleagues on Now, it is not impossible, but the to end this catch-and-release system both sides of the aisle, please support truth is there are competing com- that I mentioned earlier and expedite this rule and support the underlying prehensive immigration and border se- the process of removal of illegal immi- legislation. curity bills that have been passed by grants. The legislation includes the Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- the House and Senate, as I have men- Alien Smuggler Prosecution Act to cre- ance of my time. tioned. The House passed its bill on De- ate uniform guidelines, let me repeat, Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I cember 16, 2005, and the Senate passed to create uniform guidelines for the yield myself such time as I may con- its version on May 25, 2006, but again, prosecution of smuggling offenses. sume. this House has refused to go to con- On our trip to the southern border, (Mr. MCGOVERN asked and was ference. It is puzzling because the Re- we had a night tour at the Arizona sec- given permission to revise and extend publicans, Madam Speaker, control the tor. In our group, Congressman his remarks.) White House, the Republicans control Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I SODREL, the gentleman from Indiana, the House of Representatives, and the want to thank the gentleman from Congressman PRICE from Georgia and Republicans control the Senate. One Georgia (Mr. GINGREY) for yielding me myself, we watched agents catch an in- would think that since the Republicans the customary 30 minutes. control everything, they can get along dividual trying to bring close to 400 Madam Speaker, immigration and pounds of marijuana into this country. with each other and actually move im- border security are not new issues. portant legislation forward. The reason why, we were told by Cus- These issues have been around for a toms and Border Patrol agents, that he Madam Speaker, what we see on the while. They are serious issues, but they issue of immigration reform and border chose 400 pounds was because in that have been issues that have been ig- particular area, in that particular security, quite frankly, is a failure of nored by this Republican leadership leadership. You have a dismal record county, there would be no prosecution and this Republican Congress for years. for anything less than 500 pounds. So on protecting our borders, a dismal Notwithstanding the fact that Presi- record on dealing with illegal immigra- he was playing it safe, gaming the sys- dent Bush has challenged us to come tion. This is a failure of being able to tem, if you will. While some areas pros- up with comprehensive immigration legislate, to be able to do your job. ecute for 5 pounds, others will not reform, which also includes tight bor- Instead, we are here again with an- budge for anything under 500. So we are der security, and notwithstanding the other set of immigration and border se- addressing this problem of smuggling. fact that this Congress passed what I curity bills. Let us be honest with the We need uniform and stringent guide- believe is an objectionable immigra- American public. This is not a serious lines to prevent these smugglers from tion reform bill and the Senate has effort to legislate. No, Madam Speaker, overwhelming certain areas of the bor- passed a more acceptable immigration this is about election politics. This is der; and as I said, they are attempting reform bill and we are supposed to go about the Republican leadership in the to use this loophole to game the sys- to conference and work out the dif- House trying to appeal to the cheap tem. That has got to stop, Madam ferences and produce a comprehensive seats and gain some political points 1 Speaker. immigration reform bill, as the Presi- week before we adjourn for the Novem- Finally, Border Tunnel Prevention dent has requested, the leaders of this ber election. Act, the Border Tunnel Prevention Act House have chosen to do nothing, not a The gentleman from Georgia men- of 2006 introduced by Chairman DREIER thing. tioned with great pride this legislative to address the problem of these border So while many of us may disagree on accomplishment that we passed last tunnels. H.R. 4830 would increase pen- some of the issues, this is a high pri- week, the border fence security bill alties for border tunnel construction, ority for all Members of Congress. But which the Senate is now dealing with. with up to 20 years’ imprisonment. some of us are questioning, why not do It is important to point out to the One of the agents I met in Nogales, what we are supposed to do? Why not American people that while it sounds Arizona, mentioned that they really go to conference and work out the dif- nice, there is no money in it. There is need more tools to combat border tun- ferences and come out with a com- no money to provide for the construc- nel construction, tougher penalties and prehensive immigration reform bill tion of such a fence. The chairman of a means to detect tunnels before their that deals with border security and the Homeland Security Committee be- completion. Often organized crime on that deals with the issue that a lot of fore the Rules Committee last week both sides of the United States-Mexi- people are concerned about, what do could not even tell me how much it was can border will invest substantial re- you do with the 12 million people here going to cost, but we know it is going sources into the construction of tun- in the United States who are undocu- to be hundreds of millions of dollars, if nels for drug smuggling and human mented? not billions of dollars. So we pass a bill trafficking. The tunnels, if we find saying we want to do this, but no b 1030 them, they are filled with cement as money. Guess what? Without the soon as they are detected, but we don’t Madam Speaker, the rule before us money, you cannot build it. know how many pounds of drugs or the and the bills that will be considered if So what are we really doing here? number of illegal immigrants have this rule is adopted is not about border Are we protecting the borders, or are made it through the tunnel before it security and immigration. That is not we trying to put on a show for the was closed for business. Despite the ag- what we are doing here today. For American people before elections that gressive nature of our Border Patrol, it those who are watching, this is not somehow we are doing something is still difficult for them to detect tun- about real legislative progress. No, meaningful when, in fact, we are not? nels and discourage their construction. Madam Speaker, this rule and these We are wasting time. H.R. 4830 takes the first step by in- bills are about politics. It is about a The American people want com- creasing the penalties for that con- press release and trying to convince prehensive, compassionate immigra- struction. the voters that we in this Congress are tion reform, and they want strict bor- Madam Speaker, once again, I reit- actually doing something when, in der security plans, not partisan legisla- erate that border security is eminently fact, we are doing nothing. tion and not just a show to imply that doable. Our Immigration and Customs Now, before my friends on the other somehow we are doing something Enforcement and Border Patrol agents side of the aisle roll their eyes and say, when, in fact, we are not.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:27 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21SE7.006 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6853 Madam Speaker, for 5 years the Re- bills? Why does this have to be brought cause the leadership of both the Demo- publican-controlled House, Senate and up under a closed process? cratic Party and the Republican Party, White House have failed to move for- This is one rule we are debating on in deference to the fact that tomorrow ward on comprehensive immigration which is a closed rule, but really it is is a high Jewish holiday, that we not and border security. Done nothing. We three closed rules because there are be in so that people could worship and have a crisis today. It is a serious crisis three separate bills we are going to be observe these holidays. in border security because Republican taking up and all of them under a So it is disingenuous these things infighting has crippled anyone’s ability closed process; you cannot amend that my good friend and colleague is to enact comprehensive reform. them. mentioning. Madam Speaker, with 1 week left be- Now, it is not surprising that it is The other thing about going to con- fore we adjourn, we should be consid- being brought to the House in this ference with the Senate. Well, he ering meaningful legislation that will manner because democracy is dead in knows that in the Senate bill there is actually affect people’s lives today. the House of Representatives. This a revenue provision which makes their Where is a clean bill increasing the place is run poorly and cynically. It bill unconstitutional. If they want to minimum wage? The Federal minimum has lost the trust of the American peo- remove that provision and then send wage is at $5.15 an hour. It has been ple. Every public opinion poll out there that bill back over, we can go to con- that way for 9 years. I mean, how can shows that we are held in the lowest ference. So it is just a game that they you live on $5.15 an hour? We need to esteem possible. People have had it. are playing. pass an increase in the minimum wage, They know the way this place operates. My colleague also, and he is perfectly not a minimum wage increase tied to a They want this to be the people’s within his rights to do this, he talks tax break for millionaires, but let us House, not the House where a few spe- about some issues that are more impor- all agree that $5.15 an hour is not cial interests get to call the shots. tant to him and maybe to his party and enough for somebody to live. They can- Madam Speaker, over the last several his leadership and brings up the issue not get out of poverty on $5.15 an hour. years, the Democrats have tried to of the minimum wage and a stand- Why can we not pass a clean minimum offer amendments to various bills to alone minimum wage bill. Madam wage bill today? That would be some- improve our border security. Over the Speaker, if we solve this problem of po- thing meaningful. That would impact last 5 years, if these amendments were rous borders and prevent these millions people’s lives today. We had time this adopted, there would be 6,600 more Bor- of illegal immigrants from flooding year to vote ourselves a pay raise here der Patrol agents, 14,000 more deten- into this country, taking jobs away in the Congress. Do you not think we tion beds and 2,700 more immigration from American citizens and legal im- could take a few minutes and pass a and enforcement agents along the bor- migrants and, in the process, driving pay raise for those workers who are der that now exists. That would be a down wages, if we can stop that hem- earning $5.15 an hour? positive thing if those things were orrhaging, then we will not need to in- Where is legislation implementing adopted, but each and every time they crease the minimum wage because it the rest of the 9/11 Commission’s rec- have been objected to by the Repub- will be increased automatically by em- ommendations? The gentleman talks lican majority in this House. They ployers. about homeland security and the need have been against increasing Border So he wants to take a rifle approach to protect our border security. The Patrol agents, against increasing de- and say we are taking a shotgun ap- nonpartisan 9/11 Commission has given tention beds, against more immigra- proach. We are going to get the job this Congress Ds and Fs on imple- tion enforcement agents along our bor- done, and we are going to solve many menting homeland security legislation. der that now exists. Instead, we get a of these problems with this bill. We should be ashamed of ourselves. We fence bill that is not paid for. Instead, Madam Speaker, I proudly yield 21⁄2 should be ashamed of ourselves that we we get these bills that are before us minutes to the gentleman from Colo- have not enacted all of those rec- today that in all likelihood are going rado (Mr. TANCREDO), my good friend ommendations. We need to do that. We nowhere before we adjourn for Con- who knows of what he speaks in regard could do that today. We should stay in gress. to immigration and secure borders. session to tomorrow and do it. This is not the way we should run the Mr. TANCREDO. Madam Speaker, I Where is the Labor-HHS appropria- House of Representatives. This is not thank the gentleman for yielding. tion bill? Where are some of the other the way to deal with border security We have used a lot of analogies here important pieces of legislation? issues and immigration reform. This is to describe what is happening, and, of Madam Speaker, the truth is that cynical what is going on here today. course, I have one, too, and that is that this Republican leadership has proven This is a rifleshot approach to a prob- we are looking at a patient that is the that they are incapable of running the lem that needs a comprehensive ap- United States of America, and we are House of Representatives. Their prior- proach. hemorrhaging at our borders. When ities just do not mesh with those of the We need to do so much better. So I that occurs, you first do something to American people. Bringing divisive am asking my colleagues to defeat this stop the hemorrhaging. You may want bills to the floor to be used as political rule. to think about how you may treat the ammunition in the upcoming elections Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- patient subsequent to that, but you is not leadership, but time and time ance of my time. stop the hemorrhaging, and this is again it is how the Republican leader- Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, I what we are trying to do on the border. ship in the House operates. Instead of yield to myself such time as I may con- That is the first way of addressing this doing what is right for the American sume to respond to a couple of the horrible problem that we have got. people, they continue to do what they comments that my good friend made in It is important for us to do this and think is necessary to be reelected. regard to the point of the Senate- important for us to keep reminding the Madam Speaker, the American peo- passed bill that is more acceptable, the American people that there are things ple are sick and tired of business as so-called comprehensive reform bill. that can be done, that should be done usual. It is time for a change in leader- Well, I will tell you, my colleague by the Federal Government in order to ship in this House. It is time for a new said that would be more acceptable. try and protect them and do what we direction. That comprehensive reform bill, by the should be doing to live up to our re- One other thing, Madam Speaker, way, is just a euphemism for amnesty, sponsibilities under the Constitution. this is a closed rule. It is a closed rule, and 90 percent of my constituents One of the bills today is of particular which means you cannot amend it. You would beg to differ with him, and I interest to me. It is the State and have to take it as is. No amendments think that is true across this country. Local Law Enforcement Cooperation are in order, not one. If these issues are He also made the point about this Act, and it talks about what we need to so important, why can Members not Congress not doing its work and taking do and the authority of the State and have the opportunity to deliberate and off tomorrow. Well, he knows and all of local law enforcement to voluntarily to legislate, to be able to offer amend- us know that the reason we are not investigate, identify, apprehend, ar- ments? Why can we not amend these going to be in session tomorrow is be- rest, detain, and transfer to Federal

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And colleagues DUNCAN HUNTER from San the country illegally comes in contact that was voted down along party lines; Diego, I know that J.D. HAYWORTH is with the local police. In this case, he all the Democrats voted for an open strongly in support of this effort; and was driving a car that had a warrant process, the Republicans as usual stuck one of the items that we have here is out for it across the country. He was together and voted to shut this process something that I think again is a com- driving without a license. He was driv- down. That is objectionable. This is so monsense reform. Anyone can come to ing with a forged identifier, something important, we should be able to, it the conclusion that the idea of boring a that was observable to the policeman, should be open to amendments to any tunnel between our two countries is who said he saw that the picture had Member. just plain wrong. And so I believe that been cut out. That happened in early You know, again, I would say to the we have done the right thing. We have April. He was taken in and let go. No gentleman from Georgia, Democrats, if recognized that border security is na- contact was made with ICE whatso- you would follow our lead and you had tional security. And while there is no ever. adopted the amendments that we pro- evidence whatsoever of a Mexican ter- Just a few days ago he dragged an- posed over the last 5 years, there would rorist, the threat of someone utilizing other person, we are not even sure who be 6,600 more Border Patrol agents, one of those tunnels to pose a terrorist this other person is because there is there would be 14,000 more detention threat to the United States is still not much left of the body, but dragged beds, and 2,700 more immigration en- there, and I believe that we need to do her behind a truck until she was dis- forcement agents along our border everything that we can to make sure membered. than now exist. That, to me, would that we secure it. Now, if the everybody had done their have been a positive accomplishment. Madam Speaker, since September 11 job there, including the Federal Gov- But you rejected all that time and time of 2001, 38 tunnels have been discovered ernment, and the job had been done at again. between the United States and Mexico the local level, this gentleman would So I object to the manner in which and Canada and Mexico. Frankly, 37 of have been off of the streets. If it was you are bringing these bills up. This is them between Mexico and the United done at the Federal level, he would all about politics. This is about trying States, one from Canada into the have never gotten into the country. If to imply that you are doing something United States. And just this past week- the local police had been able to do when you are not. And I object, once end a tunnel was discovered from their job, except for their sanctuary again, to a closed process. We need a Mexicali to Calexico, in my State of city provisions that stop them, he little democracy in the House of Rep- California. would have been off the streets in April resentatives. This should be an open We have a problem. It needs to be ad- and would not have been able to com- process; it should be open to amend- dressed, and it is being addressed in a mit this horrible crime. bipartisan way: Democrats and Repub- But all these things are happening. ments. I reserve the balance of my time. licans in the House working together, They happen on a daily basis. We need Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, at Democrats and Republicans in the Sen- to engage the local communities in this time I want to proudly yield as ate working together to try and step up this effort to help us, and the Federal much time as he may consume to the to the plate and deal with this issue. Government must take on the respon- distinguished chairman of the Rules It is a very clear measure that we sibility here to secure our borders. It is Committee, the gentleman from Cali- have, and I am very proud again to our true and one single responsibility. have such strong support for it. We I thank the gentleman for yielding fornia (Mr. DREIER). (Mr. DREIER asked and was given criminalize the utilization of property, the time. permission to revise and extend his re- and we criminalize those who would Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may con- marks.) bore under the border and come into sume. Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, I first the United States. And what we also do Madam Speaker, let me again point want to extend my congratulations to is we double the penalties for the areas out to everybody in this Chamber that my Rules Committee colleague, Dr. where there already is criminalization. the Republicans have controlled this GINGREY, and thank him for his fine If the drugs are brought by way of a place for a long time, and for the last work on this rule as he does such a tunnel, we double the penalty, because 5 years, they have even controlled the great job on so many other measures it is outrageous that this kind of thing White House. It is puzzling to me why that we bring forward from the Rules is being used. they are all lamenting that we need to Committee. We have a wide range of things that get things done when they have been in You know, this issue of working to- we have done. I heard my friend talk charge. Why can they not work with gether which my friend from Massa- about the fact that we haven’t been each other? Why can you not get things chusetts has just talked about is some- able to do a lot of things. The Senate done? thing I am very proud of. Included in just yesterday had a vote on cloture on The gentleman from Georgia talked this measure is a package that was bringing up the issue of building these about this comprehensive immigration first brought to my attention by my strategic fences. Now, I don’t believe bill. The one in the House he voted for. Democratic colleague from California that we can fence the entire border. I The one in the Senate he may not like. who serves in the other body, DIANNE think that we have got 21st-century When the Senate passes a bill, and the FEINSTEIN, and she raised concern technology that can be utilized, with House passes a bill, in this case Repub- about the issue of tunnels going be- motion detectors, unmanned aerial ve- lican control both Houses, you get to- tween Canada and the United States hicles, other things that can be used. gether, work out the differences and and Mexico and the United States. And But in heavy urban areas and in the come up with a compromise. she and I spoke about this, and we said five areas where we see a large problem let’s see if there would be a way in with human and drug trafficking, b 1045 which we could put into place a com- building a fence is the right thing to You know, we should have a con- monsense reform. do. ferees meeting and work out that com- She was shocked, my Democratic And I regularly heard my friends in promise and do what you are supposed Senator, DIANNE FEINSTEIN, as I was the Rules Committee say, oh, the Sen- to do, your job. This is not a radical or shocked, when we found that it is not a ate is never going to bring this up. We controversial idea. Let’s work it out; crime to bore a tunnel from Mexico passed it last week, and part of the let’s do it right. into the United States or to bore a tun- criticism of it was the Senate wasn’t

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But when we can find areas allow us just the right to offer amend- uals who happened to be of Hispanic of agreement like securing our border ments to be able to address some of surname, suggesting in one hearing in and we in the House of Representatives these issues and have been rejected California that all of the jailhouses can provide leadership to do that, it is over and over and over again. were filled up with individuals from something that needs to be done. Why? So I would simply restate what I said Mexico and other places, the mental fa- Because the American people are ex- in the very beginning, and that is that cilities were filled up, the hospitals pecting us to do this. It is our responsi- what is going on here today is some- were filled up. It was an imbalance. bility; it is the Federal Government’s what cynical, because I think the other So we are simply asking that there responsibility to secure our borders. side knows that at least with the three be a comprehensive approach. And Madam Speaker, I am proud of all bills that we are talking about here Democrats are not taking a back seat three pieces of legislation that we have today, the chances of them being en- to border security, and that is why I here. I am proud of the other things acted by the Senate are almost zero be- am offering the previous question that that we have done to make sure that tween now and a week from Friday; indicates the hard work of Democrats, we do secure our borders. It is our job and we are not going to accomplish particularly as it relates to the idea of to do it, and I am very happy that we anything except a press release. And at alien smuggling, and that we have of- are stepping up to the plate and doing the same time, we are not addressing fered amendments to enhance immi- that. the challenge that President Bush has gration enforcement resources. And as I thank my friend for yielding. put before us, which is comprehensive my good friend from Massachusetts has Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, immigration reform. said, if our amendments had passed, we first let me say to my colleague, the Madam Speaker, I yield 6 minutes to would have 14,000 more detention beds chairman of the Rules Committee, that the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. today, 2,700 more immigration agents I am glad he can point to an instance JACKSON-LEE). along the borders. where he has worked with a Democrat. (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked I went to the borders. I saw our Cus- My question remains, why can’t Repub- and was given permission to revise and toms and Border Protection agents licans work with Republicans? The extend her remarks.) working 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. comprehensive Senate immigration bill Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. I thank And when they have to have what we has a fence provision in it. And if the the distinguished member of the Rules call a secondary inspection, when you Senate and the House can go to con- Committee, and I thank him for high- stop a car and then you say it doesn’t ference and start working out these lighting some of the failures in our look right, you must send them to the differences, he could get his fence and Achilles heel in this process. other building for a secondary inspec- we could also get a lot of other issues Certainly as a member of the House tion. Do you know that there is nobody solved as well. Judiciary Committee and the ranking there because we don’t have enough Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, will member on the Judiciary Committee staff. So it befuddles me when my Re- the gentleman yield? on Immigration, none of these bills publican colleagues come forward with Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield to the gen- these three separate bills that are al- tleman from California. have come through the committee. There have been no hearings, no fact ready in the bills we passed and we can Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, I just go to conference right now. And would simply say to the gentleman finding. Certainly the reason might be given by our colleagues on the other that is why we are offering this pre- that I very much want us to be able to vious question so that we can ensure complete and address a wide range of side of the aisle is because we have already passed this bill. This bill is a that you know on the record that out issues. The fact that we are able to of this we will get 250 more immigra- come together now in a bipartisan way clone of the Sensenbrenner bill passed through the House and ready for con- tion agents; detention officers by 250; and address these areas of agreement is U.S. marshal officers by 250; 25,000 something I think that can be cele- ference. I think it is important to note that more detention beds; and by 1,000 the brated, because Republicans are work- number of investigators of fraudulent ing with Republicans, but Republicans even though my friends in the other body have come to cloture on the tun- schemes and documents would in- are also working with Democrats who crease. are like-minded to try and deal with nel provision or the fence provision, let some of these very important security me make it very clear that Senator b 1100 issues. I thank my friend for yielding. FRIST, the majority leader, has indi- None of this has happened. But on Mr. MCGOVERN. Again, it is frus- cated that there is a heavy, heavy the other hand, we have three border trating that when the President of the agenda for next week. When the Senate bills that my friends on the other side United States is urging us to approach goes out at the end of the week, the of the aisle know for sure have poison this issue in a comprehensive way, that question is whether or not this will be pills. We are okay with the tunnel. the Republican leadership of this House an item that will be addressed. Who wants to have our Nation exposed? can’t get together with the Republican What really should have happened 2 But we want real border security, not leadership of the Senate and address a months ago, 3 months ago when both forcing local jurisdictions to engage in whole range of issues. bills had been passed, the Senate civil enforcement. I think it is also important to point passed a bill, the House passed a bill, Let me remind you of the Canadian out so that there is no misunder- we could have gone to conference. citizen who was mislabeled as a ter- standing for those who may be observ- Maybe my colleagues don’t realize that rorist and sent wrongly to Syria. This ing these proceedings that, even if the there was fencing language in the Sen- bill has provisions to detain people in- Senate passes the so-called fence bill, ate bill. That means when you go to definitely who may be just children, they should be under no illusion that conference, you can expand that lan- mothers, fathers who have come across all of a sudden a fence is going to be guage if that was the desire. the border for economic reasons. Of built along the southern border of this Now, I know many of my friends on course we want to regulate this process country. The fact of the matter is the other side of the aisle will talk and make sure that we address com- there is no money for it. This is an au- about the immigration hearings that prehensively the immigration concern. thorization, not an appropriation; and they attended, and I would venture to We want to ask and answer the ques- nobody has been able to identify where say that at many of them I met them tions of Americans. the money is going to come from. because I had the responsibility and But Democrats have gone on the The other thing is, again, I go back privilege of attending at least one- record year after year, these bills rep- to what I said before. We need more third to one-half of them. And those resent a series of poison pills that, if

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The alien is that immigration has become about talk and voluntarily assist the 2,000 ICE agents gang removal possibly will remove peo- show, and winning elections. in this country so when we have a situ- ple who live in a house where a gang The majority has done nothing to pass real, ation in the future like we had on 9/11 member is. meaningful immigration reform that addresses where four of those hijackers had been So we believe that you vet a bill so all needs—including the 12 million undocu- stopped by local police for speeding that the American people can have mented already in our Nation, the needs for prior to the attacks, they can call into confidence in this process. And we have improved family reunification policies, and re- that hotline and, if there is suspicious these bills already passed. forms to the non-functional workplace enforce- activity, can look into the immigra- My friend is going to get up and show ment, in addition to the critically needed bor- tion status of those people who are horrific pictures. I come from Texas. der security and enforcement enhancements. here in this country illegally. There is a drug war at the border, but We know that 5 years after 9–11, the Bush Let me also say that the Community I go down to the border. I have friends Administration still does not have any control Protection Act is coming up under this at the border. I interact with the sher- over the borders. If the Bush Administration rule, and criminal gangs today like iffs and the mayors. There is also trade had properly secured the border, we would not MS–13 are no longer just the neighbor- and jobs at the border. So they want a be facing the security issue of millions of un- hood kids who may be up to no good, comprehensive approach. They want known people in our country. the kinds of gangs we remember from the bad guys arrested, drug dealers and If the Bush Administration had enforced the our youth, because we have smugglers, which we can do. Nobody workplace laws, we wouldn’t have more than transnational criminal gangs active here is talking about the Drug Enforce- 7 million undocumented aliens working in the around the country that now resemble ment Agency. Nobody is telling you United States. organized crime syndicates. They have that the Colombia cartels that were If Congress had funded the 9–11 Commis- highly organized leadership and organi- raging in the 1990s have been somewhat sion’s recommendations or conducted proper zational models, and networks that stomped out, and they moved to Mex- oversight, we would not be voting on these stretch across this Nation. They oper- ico. Mexicans don’t want the drug vio- same enforcement provisions for the second ate across the border. They will bring, lence going on. Texans don’t want the or third time. We would be in conference, in the words of one sheriff, anything or drug violence going on. hammering out a compromise with the Senate anybody across that border for a price. But it is not an immigration issue. as we were elected to do. I don’t believe post-9/11 that we can We need to secure the borders, but we When we bring these bills to the floor, bills have an open borders policy. I think we don’t want to mix apples and oranges. which we held no hearings on, which did not have to fence the borders. I think we We want to get rid of the alien smug- go through committee, we owe the American need these commonsense bills to pass glers and the drug smugglers, but these people a meaningful debate. We must have without that massive amnesty that our poison pills, and these bills are not the an Open Rule and an opportunity to debate friends would like to attach to it. I way to comprehensive immigration re- our Amendments in the Nature of a Substitute urge passage of this measure. form. I ask my colleagues to defeat the to address the real needs of immigration and Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield rule so the previous question can go border security reform. myself such time as I may consume. forward. I urge you to vote against House Rule H. I think we need to be careful with I rise in opposition to House Rule H. Res. Res. 1018. words. Nobody is advocating amnesty. 1018, which provides for a closed rule on the Mr. GINGREY. Madam Speaker, I I don’t think President Bush is advo- Border Tunnel Prevention Act, H.R. 4830; the would like to yield 3 minutes to the cating an amnesty. I don’t think Sen- Community Protection Act, H.R. 6094; and the gentleman from California (Mr. ators HAGEL or MARTINEZ or MCCAIN Immigration Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 6095. ROYCE), who, in his capacity as chair- are advocating amnesty. We need an Open Rule for these immigration man of the Subcommittee on Inter- What people want is action. What bills so that they may properly be considered national Terrorism and Nonprolifera- people are frustrated with is the fact debated. tion, held hearings in August. that this Republican Congress has done The Bush Administration has been in office Mr. ROYCE. Madam Speaker, I rise nothing. We passed the comprehensive for 6 years, and the majority has controlled in support of this rule. immigration reform bill in the House. Congress for more than 10 years, but only We do have a philosophical disagree- They passed one in the Senate. We now, in an election year, have we begun to ment over open borders. Some of us want to go to conference to work out examine how to address the critical need to fix support fencing those borders. We do the differences and come up with an ap- our broken immigration security systems. have a philosophical disagreement over proach that will work. The House and Senate passed their bills on a massive amnesty. Some of us believe Instead, what have you done? You immigration reform and border security months that massive amnesty in 1986 made the have gone around the country holding ago. Under regular order, we should be ap- situation worse. That is why we don’t hearings at taxpayers’ expense, and the pointing conferees and engaging the process want to go forward with another am- reviews have been dismal. The head- of reconciling the two bills. However, in a sub- nesty of that type. lines from the leading newspapers from stantial deviation from normal practice, the Let me say I did chair the hearings in across the country are ‘‘All Talk No House Majority Leadership decided to launch San Diego and in Texas. I toured that Action on Immigration,’’ and ‘‘Immi- a traveling road-show of committee hearings southern border with local law enforce- gration Hearings Misfire.’’ ‘‘Field Hear- in States across the country. The American ment and immigration officials. I ings a Waste of Time and Money.’’ ‘‘Im- people saw through this charade and con- heard their arguments in favor of put- migration Hearing Staged to Run Out demned the hearings as a waste of time and ting up that border fence and their ar- the Clock’’ so we don’t do anything taxpayer money, when Congress should have guments about doing something about meaningful. That is not what we want; been focused on resolving the immigration these tunnels. This was a tunnel that we want real action. problem in conference. was six ballfields long. I went through Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the Now that it is September, and the nation- this tunnel. Contraband was trafficked gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. wide hearings are over, the House Leadership illegally over these cement floors, OLVER). continues to skirt its duty to conference with under electric lighting. The tunnel had Mr. OLVER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the Senate, hiding behind procedural hold-ups water pumps, full ventilation, and a the gentleman for yielding me this and creating busy-work by bringing these system of pulleys through it. There time, and I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on the same provisions that were passed in H.R. have been other tunnels discovered previous question and on the rule. 4437 last December to the floor again, just be- since. I don’t believe in open borders. Mr. Speaker, America needs com- fore the election. We are going to criminalize the action prehensive immigration reform. I Consistently, the majority has sought great of putting up these tunnels. think every American who is paying fanfare land publicity for their supposed border We are also, with the Immigration any attention agrees we need com- security initiatives. But consistently, they have Law Enforcement Act, we are going to prehensive immigration reform. refused to fund these promises and have allow local law enforcement, and there Everybody in this people’s House, failed to carry out the security measures for are 700,000 local law enforcement. Democrats, Republicans, and even the

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Mr. Speaker, I am and gentlemen, is what America wants. publican and Democrat and Inde- proud to yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gen- They want the borders closed. They pendent, every Member understands tleman from Arizona (Mr. HAYWORTH), want to make sure that people are not that in order to get a reform bill passed a member of the Ways and Means Com- entering into our country illegally, ei- and signed by the President, that one mittee. ther crossing the borders or via the has to have a single piece of legislation Mr. HAYWORTH. Mr. Speaker, my tunnels. that is agreed to by both of the bodies. colleagues, I rise in strong support of We all know that coyotes use them So everyone knows that for immigra- the rule and the legislation. Let me to bring illegal aliens into the United tion reform of a comprehensive form to start with this observation. States, bypassing our legal immigra- become law, that that must pass both With all due respect to my colleague tion system. bodies in exactly the same form and be from Massachusetts, it is never a sham Listen up, America. Congress should signed by the President or passed over when we come to the people’s House not ignore these consistent breaches of with the President’s veto. with legitimately different points of our security. Now, the process of doing that is not view to be articulated. That is the b 1115 understood by everybody in this coun- strength of our constitutional Repub- try, but in general form much of the lic. And that is what the bill before us is country understands that. And I am And to my other friend from Massa- all about. The bill before us will do just not sure whether the majority party chusetts managing the rule for the that. That is one reason why we abso- here believes that people in this coun- other side, let me respectfully suggest lutely need to pass this rule, because try are not knowledgeable, ignorant of that this is not a Republican problem we need to make it a crime to build or those processes, so much that they or a Democratic problem, it is an finance an unauthorized tunnel into think that this kind of a sham that we American problem. the United States. are going through can be carried out. Now, with the preceding speaker, I I urge my colleagues to support the The majority party in the House of take great exception to the notion that rule and the underlying bill. Representatives is the Republican somehow this is a masquerade. I appre- Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield Party. The majority party in the other ciate the delineation of process, and myself the balance of my time. body is also the Republican Party. This following that logic, let’s make this I hope that all Members will join me process that we are engaged in today is point. What we do in process is and vote ‘‘no’’ on the previous question a sham. It is meant to mislead people prioritize. so I can amend the rule and allow the that something is actually being done I, for example, have a provision in House to consider an amendment by about immigration before we go home the underlying legislation that deals Representative JACKSON-Lee that for the elections in November, before with outlawing the tunnels, which is would really take on the issue of bor- we recess for those elections, when, in not a crime, believe it or not. This is a der security rather than just pay it lip fact, nothing really is being accom- reasonable and necessary action. This service. The proposal would amend plished. H.R. 6095 to equip the Department of In our people’s House on the 16th of is a reasonable and necessary action to Homeland Security with the resources December last year, the Border Protec- be taken. the 9/11 Commission says we need to se- tion Antiterrorism and Illegal Immi- My friend from Texas got up and cure our borders, to shut down the gration Act passed by 239–182, a margin spoke about a bill that had passed alien smuggling business, and to catch much larger than is the margin by through the Senate dealing with a and hold illegal immigrants entering which the majority party holds the ma- fence. The problem was that in the our country. jority. So it was a bipartisan bill in final bill passed by the Senate, there Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- part. was a provision to ask for the Mexican In the other body on the 25th day of Government’s permission to have such sent to print the text of the amend- May of this year, 4 months ago, their a fence. Clearly that doesn’t sit well ment and extraneous materials imme- Comprehensive Immigration Reform with the American people. diately prior to the vote on the pre- Act was passed by a vote of 62–36, again Although my friends lament taking vious question. by a margin much larger than the mar- the hearings to the people out of Wash- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. gin by which their majority party, also ington, D.C., it is exactly what we WAMP). Is there objection to the re- the Republican Party, passed the bill. should have done. We have heard from quest of the gentleman from Massachu- It is again a comprehensive and bipar- the people. Support the rule and the setts? tisan bill. legislation. Let’s make these tunnels There was no objection. So this process where we have legis- illegal, let’s strengthen the border, and Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, the lation where two of the bills are in we can do it for America, not for either Republican majority in this House con- large part within the legislation that is political party. tinues to approach border security and being put forward today, and also is Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I immigration control in its usual inef- part of the bill that passed back in De- would just respond to the gentleman fective and piecemeal approach, put- cember by this body, by this people’s that I think he has conceded that this ting election-year politics ahead of real body, and the other one has been is a sham by virtue of the fact that it and responsible solutions. Republicans passed in a different form by the other is being brought up under a closed rule, are big talkers when it comes to border body, all one has to do is go to con- a closed process. security and immigration reform, but ference. It would be possible to go to Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of they have never been willing to put conference and work out the dif- my time. their money where their mouth is. The ferences between those two pieces of Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 bills we will consider on the House legislation so a single bill could go to minutes to the gentlewoman from floor today are more of the same. This the President and be signed and pro- Florida (Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE). debate and these bills are supposed to vide what everyone in America, every- Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Flor- remind voters that Republicans are one in this body and everyone in the ida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong somehow tough on immigration, but other body would call comprehensive support of the rule for H.R. 4830, the instead they just remind all of us that immigration reform. Border Tunnel Prevention Act. Our Na- Republicans have not been able to That is the way that this ought to be tion’s border security is essential to make any progress on the urgent issue done. The process that we are involved having effective homeland security. of border security.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:27 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21SE7.013 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE H6858 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 21, 2006 So I urge all Members of this body to migration, and addressing the status of illegal lease of illegal aliens apprehended after they vote ‘‘no’’ on the previous question so immigrants now in the United States. cross the border. It would take only $360 mil- that we can bring up this amendment So they have cut three pieces off the immi- lion to hire, train and equip 2,000 border patrol to actually do something about the gration bill the House passed last year, and agents, while $400 million, 250 more port-of- problems on our Nation’s borders in- are bringing them to the floor under this rule entry inspectors and 25 percent more canine stead of just talking about it. which prohibits us from even debating any detection teams could be added to the field. The 9/11 Commission has given this amendments or offering any additions to the Or for $400 million every U.S. port of entry Congress Ds and Fs when it comes to menu. could have a radiation portal monitor, so that homeland security, and we have a par- In other words, it’s take it or leave it, and all incoming cargo can be screened to detect ticularly low grade when it comes to forget about trying to make any improve- nuclear or radiological material. protecting our borders. Let us not only ments—just like it was with last week’s serv- The three bills we will consider today are do the right thing. Let us do something ing, the bill for 730 miles of high-price fencing not perfect, but they are less problematical that is real. along the border. I think that is wrong, and I and I will vote for them. People are cynical. They are tired of cannot support that procedure. H.R. 4830, the Border Tunnel Prevention politics as usual in this House. They However, I will vote for the three separate Act would establish new criminal penalties for are tired of these last-minute bills that bills covered by this rule, because while I have people involved with constructing illegal tun- come up before elections to somehow some concerns about some of their provisions, nels beneath our borders, including those who imply that we are doing something on balance I think they would improve current knowingly finance such actions, with particu- when we are not. We have a serious law and policies. larly severe penalties for using such tunnels to problem on our borders. We need seri- That was why last year I voted for H.R. smuggle illegal immigrants, drugs, weapons of ous action. This is not serious action. 4437, the Border Protection, Antierrorism, and mass destruction or other illegal goods into I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005, the the United States. I strongly support this the previous question. If that vote does overall bill from which today’s bills have been strengthening of current law. not prevail, vote ‘‘no’’ on a closed rule. sliced. H.R. 6094, called the Community Protection If these issues are important, we Among other ingredients, that bill also in- Act, like corresponding parts of the larger bill should be able to amend these bills. We cluded provisions added by the amendment by I supported last year, would allow for longer need a little democracy in this House. our colleague from California, Mr. HUNTER. As detentions of illegal aliens prior to deportation Let’s get this right. I mentioned, those provisions were sliced off if they have refused to comply with deportation Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance last week and served up as H.R. 6061, the so- proceedings, pose a threat to community safe- of my time. called Secure Fence Act. ty or public health, because they have a highly Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I yield I am not opposed to the construction of communicable disease, or if their release myself the balance of my time. fencing or other barriers along our borders, would threaten national security or have seri- Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to but I am not convinced Members of Congress ous adverse consequences for American for- once again thank Chairman SENSEN- should attempt to substitute our judgment eign policy. It includes provisions for periodic BRENNER, Chairman DREIER, and the about technical questions of engineering and review of such detentions and affords these House leadership for continuing the de- law enforcement for the expertise of those re- detained aliens an opportunity to seek recon- bate in favor of securing our borders. sponsible for border security. sideration of their cases and to present evi- The pattern in recent years has been to I voted against the Hunter amendment, and dence in support of their release. In addition, address the issue of immigration and against H.R. 6061, because Immigration and it would centralize judicial review of legal chal- border security once a decade. In 1986 Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities—those lenges to the detention of illegal immigrants— we had an immigration reform bill. In with the most experience in border security something that I think is of dubious value but 1996 we had an immigration reform bill. have not requested such a mandated expendi- not so bad as to outweigh the rest of the legis- But the results at best were mixed, and ture, and in fact, have expressed a preference lation. this year we have yet another oppor- for different resources and tools to do their Further, the bill would explicitly bar admis- tunity to get it right. Ninety percent job. Moreover, I am skeptical that the kind of sion to the United States of members of crimi- of the American people are demanding fence-building mandated by the Hunter nal street gangs, allow the deportation of ille- that we secure our borders and secure amendment and H.R. 6061 is a cost-effective gal aliens who belong to gangs convicted of our borders now. response to the problem of illegal entries into threatening or attempting crimes, and requires The legislation offered under this the United States. that they be held in detention prior to deporta- rule will help our current agents detain According to the Department of Homeland tion and makes criminal street gang members and apprehend criminals, not just Security, about 730 miles of new fencing ineligible to receive asylum or temporary pro- those crossing in search of work, Mr. would be required by H.R. 6061. They say tected status. I strongly support these provi- Speaker, but truly dangerous individ- that it costs about $4.4 million for a single sions, because criminal street gangs whose uals as well. Security on our borders layer of fencing per mile—but the bill calls for members include illegal aliens are a serious remains a crisis. Our agents on the bor- double-fencing, which costs more, and also for and growing problem in too many commu- der need our help. Our constituents are building all-weather roads in the middle. So, nities. forcefully voicing their support for im- using a conservative estimate of $9 million a Finally—for today, at least—H.R. 6095, the migration reform, with an emphasis on mile, it would cost nearly $6.6 billion to build Immigration Law Enforcement Act would es- border security. the 730 mile fence called for in H.R. 6061. tablish new procedures to speed resolution of And I ask my colleagues, please sup- I think it would be better from Congress to lawsuits brought against the Federal Govern- port this rule and the underlying bills resist the temptation to micro-manage the De- ment that are based on the implementation of so we can start to solve this problem partment of Homeland Security and instead to immigration laws and require the Justice De- and solve it now. allow it the discretion to spend those billions of partment to hire more people to prosecute Mr. UDALL of Colorado. Mr. Speaker, it’s dollars on a variety of measures—fences in human smuggling cases. often said legislating is like making sausage— some places and other kinds of barriers in It also includes language reaffirming the ex- stuffing various ingredients into one product. other places, plus other technology and in- isting inherent authority of the States, their po- But sometimes it’s more like slicing salami— creased border patrol manpower—that it de- litical subdivisions, such as counties or cities, cutting something into pieces, to be swallowed cides, based on experience and expertise, will and their law-enforce agencies to investigate, one at a time. do the best job of securing the border. identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or transfer Today, the Republican leadership clearly And if those steps turned out to cost less to Federal custody aliens in the United States has decided that sliced salami will be the blue than 730 miles of double fencing, the Depart- . . . for the purposes of assisting in the en- plate special, and that there can be no ment could put the rest of the money to good forcement of the immigration laws of the changes or substitutions. They are saying they use. United States in the course of carrying out favor a piecemeal approach to immigration re- For example, $2 billion would pay for the routine duties. I find this acceptable because form and are more interested in political pos- 35,000 detention beds called for the Intel- the bill says ‘‘Nothing in this section may be turing than in trying to enact legislation that ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act construed to require law enforcement per- will meet all the challenges involved in of 2004 (the 9/11 Act) that are need to imple- sonnel of a State or political subdivision of a strengthening our borders, reducing illegal im- ment the ending of the so-called catch and re- State to—(1) report the identity of a victim of,

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This in- laws of the United States.’’ is the implementation of the 9/11 Commission cludes U.S. citizens who cannot provide proof In other words, this is not a mandate and immigration recommendations which I have of citizenship in the seven-day window, or will not interfere with the ability or any state or voted for seven times in Committee or on the someone abused or eligible for asylum who local government to decide whether and how Floor. Those seven votes would have author- cannot build their case in time. it will undertake to respond to question of im- ized and funded thousands of new immigration We all want to stop gang violence. It is an migration law and policy, matters which are agents and detention beds. Instead we are insidious problem in my district and in the dis- essentially the responsibility of the federal voting to impose a HUGE unfunded mandate tricts of many of my colleagues. But we al- government. in our local law enforcement by deputizing ready have laws to deport criminals. We need Mr. Speaker, nobody should think that pass- them to be first line immigration officers. If the to stop wasting time passing laws we don’t ing these bills today—something I support— leadership in the House and Senate want real need to deport people who aren’t committing will come close to completing the work that immigration reform, they need to fully fund all crimes and start working on real solutions to Congress needs to do regarding immigration. the immigration agents, detention officers as solve gang violence. This plateful of slices is not even the full sa- called for by the 9/11 Commission report. Unfortunately, it seems this Congress con- lami the House passed last year—a bill that, I do not support illegal immigration and be- sistently passes laws that allow us to avoid by itself, dealt with only part of the full menu lieve that anyone who enters the US in viola- real reform. The misnamed ‘‘Immigration Law of issues that must be addressed. tion of U.S. immigration laws should be penal- Enforcement Act’’ (H.R. 6095) also passed I voted for that bill because I think improving ized. But our country is in need of an immigra- today, is one such example. This bill should border security is absolutely necessary. But I tion policy that accounts for the fears be renamed the ‘‘Pass the Buck for Immigra- am convinced it is not sufficient. 9/11 instilled, in addition to the hope that im- tion Law Enforcement Act.’’ While it claims to It does not address the most difficult and migrants bring to our nation. simply ‘‘reaffirm’’ the authority of states to en- challenging aspect of immigration reform, Immigration reform should include family re- force immigration law, it actually distracts local namely the question of how to deal humanely unification, asylum and refugee admissions, law enforcement from their most important and effectively with the millions of illegal immi- and employment-based immigration. It must job—safeguarding our communities—and grants currently living and working in this be compassionate and humanitarian and strike forces them to do the job that this Congress country or the difficulties that their employers the delicate balance between American jobs, has repeatedly failed to do. We should enact including many Colorado companies that have border safety and national security interests. real border security and comprehensive immi- contacted me—during the transition to a H.R. 4830, H.R. 6094, and H.R. 6095 do none gration reform; instead, we are passing the changed labor market that may follow revi- of this. buck to our local communities and, without di- sions in current immigration laws. I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on these bills. rection or funding, making them carry out Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Speaker, I stand to As we all know, the Senate has passed complicated immigration enforcement. En- explain my votes on the immigration bills that what its supporters—including President forcement of our immigration laws is a federal this Congress considered today. responsibility. Let’s not shirk that responsi- Bush—say is intended to be a comprehensive I applaud our decision to pass the Border immigration reform measure. We should follow bility. Let’s not pretend this is someone else’s Tunnel Prevention Act (H.R. 4830), which problem. their lead. would make it illegal for any person to build or Following the Senate’s lead does not mean The Montgomery County and Prince finance a cross-border tunnel and for any per- George’s County Police in my district are op- simply accepting their bill as it stands. I think son to use such a tunnel to smuggle drugs, that would be a mistake, because I think that posed to this legislation. They do not have the weapons, or undocumented immigrants. time or the resources to handle the increased bill has defects that must be remedied. In- These tunnels have become remarkably so- stead, it means recognizing the full dimen- workload that immigration enforcement brings. phisticated ways for lawbreakers to enter our It is not their job. It is the job of the federal sions of the problems that must be addressed country, and I strongly support this bill to ban and the need to address them without unnec- government. And we need to do our job. If we their construction and use. This is, at least, a abdicate our responsibility on vital issues, we essary delay. It means appointing House con- small step to better border patrol. ferees and directing them to meet with their are failing the American people. Moreover, it is But though we took one small step forward irresponsible to make local police forces han- counterparts from the other body to resolve today, it is not enough. Instead of working on differences and shape a final, comprehensive dle immigration without giving them any addi- real reform, we passed the so-called ‘‘Commu- tional resources or any training in immigration bill that addresses those problems in a way nity Protection Act’’ (H.R. 6094). This bill is not that is in the best interests of our country and law. Our police are already overburdened. We about protecting our community; it is about cannot ask them to do our job, too. the American people. election-year scare tactics and fearmongering. If that effort succeeds—as I think it can and I want to be clear—I believe that we should We need to fight crime and we need to de- have tougher enforcement of our immigration am convinced it must—the result not only will port criminals. But we can already do that. be better than any of the bills before us today, laws. But we need to do it in a way that This bill does not deal with people who are in makes sense. And it does not make sense to it will be better than either the bill we passed our country illegally. We can already deport in- pass the buck to local communities. This is last year or the bill that the Senate passed dividuals who are here illegally. Nor does this another unfunded mandate from a Congress earlier this year and in fact will deserve to be bill relate to non-U.S. citizens who are legally that repeatedly fails to seriously address the sent to the President for signing into law. in the United States but commit a crime. We important issues. Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, how long will the can already deport gang members and any Republican Majority continue to bring to this So today this Congress has approved a bill foreign national who is convicted of a crime that creates a law we don’t need to punish House Floor piecemeal legislation that pur- ranging from murder to shoplifting. This bill ports to fix the immigration crisis in our coun- those who don’t break the law and a bill that gives the Executive Branch unprecedented passes the buck to local law enforcement. try? powers to deport legal immigrants who have When is Congress going to do the work we H.R. 4830, H.R. 6094 and H.R. 6095 are not committed any crime. It gives the Attorney were elected to do? When are we going to not real reform. In fact, these bills are largely General of the United States the unprece- pass real immigration reform and real security a repacking of previously enacted bills dented power to declare any group a gang. instead of superficial band-aid bills? It’s time dressed up to look like the Republicans are And it gives the Department of Homeland Se- to stop playing politics, and to start protecting serious about immigration reform. Higher mon- curity the power to deport any non-citizen who etary and sentencing penalties, more enforce- our borders. is legally residing in the United States if they The material previously referred to ment and the usurping of du process are all declare, without any due process, that such an by Mr. MCGOVERN is as follows: tactics that have been tried throughout the individual is a member of those groups. This PREVIOUS QUESTION ON H. RES. 1018, RULE years and have brought us to the situation we means the Department of Homeland Security FOR: H.R. 4830—BORDER TUNNEL PREVEN- find ourselves today. The American people are can deport a legal immigrant who has obeyed TION ACT, H.R. 6094—COMMUNITY PROTEC- being duped into thinking these three Repub- all of our laws. This violates our First Amend- TION ACT, H.R. 6095—IMMIGRATION LAW EN- lican bills will prevent illegal immigrants from ment right of association and our Fifth Amend- FORCEMENT ACT entering our country. I cannot in good con- ment right to be treated as individuals and not In the Section 3 of the resolution strike science vote for these three bills not because as guilty by association. ‘‘and (2)’’ and insert the following:

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Evi- vided and controlled by the proponent and an House of Representatives, (VI, 308–311) de- dently a quorum is not present. opponent; and (3)’’ scribes the vote on the previous question on The Sergeant at Arms will notify ab- At the end of the resolution add the fol- the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the sent Members. lowing new section: consideration of the subject before the House Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of ‘‘Sec. 4. The amendment to H.R. 6095 re- being made by the Member in charge.’’ To rule XX, this 15-minute vote on order- ferred to in Section 3 is as follows: defeat the previous question is to give the ing the previous question on House Insert the following in section 201(a): opposition a chance to decide the subject be- ‘‘(2) Alien smuggling is a continuing threat fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s Resolution 1018 will be followed by 5- to our nation’s security, leaving the United ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that minute votes as ordered on adopting States vulnerable to terrorist attacks. ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- the resolution, and suspending the (3) Alien smuggling continues to be a mand for the previous question passes the rules and passing S. 418. threat to the security of the United States control of the resolution to the opposition’’ The vote was taken by electronic de- because of the record of failure of the Repub- in order to offer an amendment. On March vice, and there were—yeas 225, nays lican House, Senate and Administration, in- 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- 195, not voting 12, as follows: cluding: fered a rule resolution. The House defeated (A) Seven times over the last four and a the previous question and a member of the [Roll No. 461] half years, Democrats have offered amend- opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, YEAS—225 ments to enhance immigration enforcement asking who was entitled to recognition. Aderholt Gallegly Moran (KS) resources, which would have enhanced ef- Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R–Illinois) said: Akin Garrett (NJ) Murphy forts to combat alien smuggling. If these ‘‘The previous question having been refused, Alexander Gerlach Musgrave Democratic amendments had been adopted, the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- Bachus Gibbons Myrick there would be 14,000 more detention beds, gerald, who had asked the gentleman to Baker Gilchrest Neugebauer and 2,700 more immigration agents along our yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to Barrett (SC) Gillmor Northup Bartlett (MD) Gingrey Norwood borders than now exist. Each time, these ef- the first recognition.’’ Barton (TX) Goode Nunes forts have been rejected by the Republican Because the vote today may look bad for Bass Goodlatte Nussle majority. the Republican majority they will say ‘‘the Beauprez Granger Osborne (B) In the 9/11 Act of 2004, the Republican vote on the previous question is simply a Biggert Graves Otter Congress promised to provide 8,000 additional vote on whether to proceed to an immediate Bilbray Green (WI) Oxley detention beds and 800 additional immigra- vote on adopting the resolution * * * [and] Bilirakis Gutknecht Paul tion agents per year from FY 2006 through has no substantive legislative or policy im- Bishop (UT) Hall Pearce Blackburn Hart Pence FY 2010. Over the last two years, the Repub- plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what Blunt Hastings (WA) Peterson (PA) lican Congress has left our nation short 5,000 they have always said. Listen to the Repub- Boehlert Hayes Petri detention beds and nearly 500 immigration lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative Boehner Hayworth Pickering agents short of the promises they made in Process in the United States House of Rep- Bonilla Hefley Pitts the Intelligence Reform (or 9/11) Act of 2004, resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s Bonner Hensarling Platts to the detriment of efforts to combat alien how the Republicans describe the previous Bono Herger Poe smuggling. question vote in their own manual: Although Boozman Hobson Pombo Boustany Hoekstra Porter (C) From 1993–2000, the Clinton Adminis- it is generally not possible to amend the rule Bradley (NH) Hostettler Price (GA) tration added, on average, 642 new immigra- because the majority Member controlling Brady (TX) Hulshof Pryce (OH) tion agents per year. Despite the fact that 9/ the time will not yield for the purpose of of- Brown (SC) Hunter Putnam 11 highlighted the heightened need for these fering an amendment, the same result may Brown-Waite, Hyde Radanovich resources, in its first five years, the Bush be achieved by voting down the previous Ginny Inglis (SC) Ramstad Administration added, on average, only 411 question on the rule * * * When the motion Burgess Issa Regula new immigration agents, to the detriment of for the previous question is defeated, control Burton (IN) Istook Rehberg Buyer Jenkins Reichert efforts to combat alien smuggling. of the time passes to the Member who led the Calvert Jindal Renzi (4) Alien smuggling continues to be a opposition to ordering the previous question. Camp (MI) Johnson (CT) Reynolds threat to the security of the United States That Member, because he then controls the Campbell (CA) Johnson (IL) Rogers (AL) because of continuing inaction by the Repub- time, may offer an amendment to the rule, Cannon Johnson, Sam Rogers (KY) lican congress, including the failure to go to or yield for the purpose of amendment.’’ Cantor Jones (NC) Rogers (MI) Conference to resolve differences between Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House of Capito Keller Rohrabacher competing immigration reforms, was valu- Representatives, the subchapter titled Carter Kelly Ros-Lehtinen Castle Kennedy (MN) Royce able resources and time on a series of field ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal Chabot King (IA) Ryan (WI) hearings during the Congressional recess to order the previous question on such a rule Chocola King (NY) Ryun (KS) that excluded the input of local citizens and [a special rule reported from the Committee Coble Kingston Saxton leaders, and engaging in political showman- on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- Cole (OK) Kline Schmidt ship by using the last few days of the Con- ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- Conaway Knollenberg Schwarz (MI) gress to consider new immigration legislation 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: Upon rejec- Crenshaw Kolbe Sensenbrenner tion when it has failed to complete work on tion of the motion for the previous question Culberson Kuhl (NY) Sessions Davis (KY) LaHood Shadegg immigration bills that have already passed on a resolution reported from the Committee Davis, Jo Ann Latham Shaw the House and Senate.’’ on Rules, control shifts to the Member lead- Davis, Tom LaTourette Shays Insert the following after section 201(c): ing the opposition to the previous question, Deal (GA) Leach Sherwood ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO PROTECT who may offer a proper amendment or mo- Dent Lewis (CA) Shimkus AGAINST ALIEN SMUGGLING BY IMPLEMENTING tion and who controls the time for debate Diaz-Balart, L. Lewis (KY) Shuster THE 9/11 COMMISSION ACT.—In each of fiscal thereon.’’ Diaz-Balart, M. Linder Simmons years 2007–2010, there are authorized such Clearly, the vote on the previous question Doolittle LoBiondo Simpson on a rule does have substantive policy impli- Drake Lucas Smith (NJ) sums as may be necessary to increase by 2000 Dreier Lungren, Daniel Smith (TX) the number of Immigration agents, by 250 cations. It is one of the only available tools Duncan E. Sodrel the number of detention officers, by 250 the for those who oppose the Republican major- Ehlers Mack Souder number of U.S. Marshals, by 25,000 the num- ity’s agenda to offer an alternative plan. Emerson Manzullo Stearns ber of detention beds, by 1000 the number of Mr. GINGREY. Mr. Speaker, I yield English (PA) Marchant Sullivan Everett McCaul (TX) Sweeney investigators of fraudulent schemes and doc- back the balance of my time, and I uments which violate sections 274a, 274c, 274d Feeney McCotter Tancredo move the previous question on the res- Ferguson McCrery Taylor (NC) of Title 2, Chapter 8 of the Immigration and olution. Fitzpatrick (PA) McHenry Terry Nationality Act.’’ Flake McHugh Thomas The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Foley McKeon Thornberry THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT question is on ordering the previous Forbes McMorris Tiahrt IT REALLY MEANS question. Fortenberry Rodgers Tiberi The question was taken; and the Fossella Mica Turner This vote, the vote on whether to order the Foxx Miller (FL) Upton previous question on a special rule, is not Speaker pro tempore announced that Franks (AZ) Miller (MI) Walden (OR) merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- the ayes appeared to have it. Frelinghuysen Miller, Gary Walsh

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:08 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE7.008 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6861 Wamp Westmoreland Wilson (SC) The question was taken; and the NOES—195 Weldon (FL) Whitfield Wolf Abercrombie Weldon (PA) Wicker Young (AK) Speaker pro tempore announced that Grijalva Oberstar Ackerman Weller Wilson (NM) Young (FL) the ayes appeared to have it. Gutierrez Obey Allen Harman Olver NAYS—195 RECORDED VOTE Andrews Hastings (FL) Ortiz Baca Herseth Owens Abercrombie Green, Gene Oberstar C Baird Higgins Pallone Ackerman Grijalva Obey Mr. M GOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I de- Baldwin Hinchey Pascrell Allen Gutierrez Olver mand a recorded vote. Bean Hinojosa Pastor Andrews Harman Ortiz Becerra Holden Payne Baca Hastings (FL) Owens A recorded vote was ordered. Berkley Holt Pelosi Baird Herseth Pallone Berman Honda The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Peterson (MN) Baldwin Higgins Pascrell Berry Hooley will be a 5-minute vote. Pomeroy Barrow Hinchey Pastor Bishop (GA) Hoyer Price (NC) Bean Hinojosa Payne Bishop (NY) Inslee The vote was taken by electronic de- Rahall Becerra Holden Pelosi Blumenauer Israel Berkley Holt vice, and there were—ayes 227, noes 195, Rangel Peterson (MN) Boren Jackson (IL) Berman Honda Reyes Pomeroy not voting 10, as follows: Boswell Jackson-Lee Berry Hooley Ross Price (NC) Boucher (TX) Bishop (GA) Hoyer Rothman Rahall [Roll No. 462] Boyd Jefferson Bishop (NY) Inslee Roybal-Allard Rangel Brady (PA) Johnson, E. B. Blumenauer Israel AYES—227 Brown, Corrine Jones (OH) Ruppersberger Boren Jackson (IL) Reyes Aderholt Gilchrest Nussle Butterfield Kanjorski Rush Boswell Jackson-Lee Ross Akin Gillmor Osborne Capps Kaptur Sabo Boucher (TX) Rothman Alexander Gingrey Otter Cardin Kennedy (RI) Salazar Boyd Jefferson Roybal-Allard Bachus Gohmert Oxley Cardoza Kildee Sa´ nchez, Linda Brady (PA) Johnson, E. B. Ruppersberger Baker Goode Carnahan Kilpatrick (MI) T. Brown, Corrine Jones (OH) Rush Paul Barrett (SC) Goodlatte Carson Kind Sanchez, Loretta Butterfield Kanjorski Sabo Pearce Barrow Granger Chandler Kolbe Sanders Capps Kaptur Salazar Pence Bartlett (MD) Graves Clay Kucinich Schakowsky Cardin Kennedy (RI) Sa´ nchez, Linda Peterson (PA) Barton (TX) Green (WI) Cleaver Langevin Schiff Cardoza Kildee T. Petri Bass Gutknecht Clyburn Lantos Schwartz (PA) Carnahan Kilpatrick (MI) Sanchez, Loretta Pickering Beauprez Hall Conyers Larsen (WA) Scott (GA) Carson Kind Sanders Pitts Biggert Hart Cooper Larson (CT) Scott (VA) Chandler Kucinich Schakowsky Platts Bilbray Hastings (WA) Costa Lee Serrano Clay Langevin Schiff Poe Bilirakis Hayes Costello Levin Sherman Cleaver Lantos Schwartz (PA) Pombo Bishop (UT) Hayworth Cramer Lewis (GA) Skelton Clyburn Larsen (WA) Scott (GA) Porter Blackburn Hefley Crowley Lipinski Conyers Larson (CT) Price (GA) Slaughter Scott (VA) Blunt Hensarling Cuellar Lofgren, Zoe Cooper Lee Pryce (OH) Smith (WA) Serrano Boehlert Herger Cummings Lowey Costa Levin Putnam Snyder Sherman Boehner Hobson Davis (AL) Lynch Costello Lewis (GA) Radanovich Solis Skelton Bonilla Hoekstra Davis (CA) Maloney Cramer Lipinski Ramstad Spratt Slaughter Bonner Hostettler Davis (FL) Markey Crowley Lofgren, Zoe Regula Stark Smith (WA) Bono Hulshof Davis (IL) Marshall Cuellar Lowey Rehberg Stupak Snyder Boozman Hunter Davis (TN) Matheson Cummings Lynch Reichert Tanner Solis Boustany Hyde DeFazio Matsui Davis (AL) Maloney Renzi Tauscher Spratt Bradley (NH) Inglis (SC) DeGette McCarthy Davis (CA) Markey Reynolds Taylor (MS) Stark Brady (TX) Issa Delahunt McCollum (MN) Davis (FL) Marshall Rogers (AL) Thompson (CA) Stupak Brown (SC) Istook DeLauro McDermott Davis (IL) Matheson Rogers (KY) Thompson (MS) Tanner Brown-Waite, Jenkins Dicks McGovern Davis (TN) Matsui Rogers (MI) Tierney Tauscher Ginny Jindal Dingell McIntyre DeFazio McCarthy Rohrabacher Towns Taylor (MS) Burgess Johnson (CT) Doggett McKinney DeGette McCollum (MN) Ros-Lehtinen Udall (CO) Thompson (CA) Burton (IN) Johnson (IL) Doyle McNulty Delahunt McDermott Royce Udall (NM) Thompson (MS) Buyer Johnson, Sam Edwards Meek (FL) DeLauro McGovern Ryan (WI) Van Hollen Tierney Calvert Jones (NC) Emanuel Meeks (NY) Dicks McIntyre Ryun (KS) Vela´ zquez Towns Camp (MI) Keller Engel Melancon Dingell McKinney Saxton Visclosky Udall (CO) Campbell (CA) Kelly Eshoo Michaud Doggett McNulty Schmidt Wasserman Udall (NM) Cannon Kennedy (MN) Etheridge Millender- Doyle Meek (FL) Schwarz (MI) Schultz Van Hollen Cantor King (IA) Evans McDonald Edwards Meeks (NY) Sensenbrenner Waters ´ Capito King (NY) Farr Miller (NC) Emanuel Melancon Velazquez Sessions Carter Kingston Fattah Miller, George Watson Engel Michaud Visclosky Shadegg Castle Kirk Filner Mollohan Watt Eshoo Millender- Wasserman Shaw Chabot Kline Ford Moore (WI) Waxman Etheridge McDonald Schultz Shays Chocola Knollenberg Frank (MA) Moran (VA) Weiner Evans Miller (NC) Waters Coble Kuhl (NY) Sherwood Gonzalez Murtha Wexler Farr Miller, George Watson Cole (OK) LaHood Shimkus Gordon Nadler Woolsey Fattah Mollohan Watt Conaway Latham Shuster Green, Al Napolitano Wu Filner Moore (WI) Waxman Crenshaw LaTourette Simmons Green, Gene Neal (MA) Wynn Ford Moran (VA) Weiner Culberson Leach Simpson Frank (MA) Murtha Wexler NOT VOTING—10 Davis (KY) Lewis (CA) Smith (NJ) Gonzalez Nadler Woolsey Davis, Jo Ann Lewis (KY) Smith (TX) Brown (OH) Harris Ryan (OH) Gordon Napolitano Wu Davis, Tom Linder Sodrel Capuano Meehan Strickland Green, Al Neal (MA) Wynn Deal (GA) LoBiondo Souder Case Moore (KS) NOT VOTING—12 Dent Lucas Stearns Cubin Ney Diaz-Balart, L. Lungren, Daniel Sullivan Brown (OH) Gohmert Moore (KS) Diaz-Balart, M. E. Sweeney b 1154 Capuano Harris Ney Doolittle Mack Tancredo So the resolution was agreed to. Case Kirk Ryan (OH) Drake Manzullo Taylor (NC) Cubin Meehan Strickland Dreier Marchant Terry The result of the vote was announced Duncan McCaul (TX) Thomas as above recorded. Ehlers McCotter Thornberry A motion to reconsider was laid on b 1145 Tiahrt Emerson McCrery the table. Messrs. OBEY, HOLDEN, GEORGE English (PA) McHenry Tiberi Everett McHugh Turner f MILLER of California, DICKS and Feeney McKeon Upton HOLT changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ Ferguson McMorris Walden (OR) MILITARY PERSONNEL FINANCIAL to ‘‘nay.’’ Fitzpatrick (PA) Rodgers Walsh SERVICES PROTECTION ACT Flake Mica Wamp So the previous question was ordered. Foley Miller (FL) Weldon (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- The result of the vote was announced Forbes Miller (MI) Weldon (PA) finished business is the question of sus- as above recorded. Fortenberry Miller, Gary Weller pending the rules and passing the Sen- Stated for: Fossella Moran (KS) Westmoreland Foxx Murphy Whitfield ate bill, S. 418. Mr. KIRK. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 461 Franks (AZ) Musgrave Wicker The Clerk read the title of the Senate I was unavoidably detained. Had I been Frelinghuysen Myrick Wilson (NM) bill. present, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Gallegly Neugebauer Wilson (SC) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Garrett (NJ) Northup Wolf The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Gerlach Norwood Young (AK) question is on the motion offered by question is on the resolution. Gibbons Nunes Young (FL) the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr.

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McDonald Rehberg Stupak The text of the bill is as follows: The vote was taken by electronic de- Miller (FL) Reichert Sullivan vice, and there were—yeas 418, nays 3, Miller (MI) Renzi Sweeney H.R. 4830 not voting 11, as follows: Miller (NC) Reyes Tancredo Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Miller, Gary Reynolds Tanner resentatives of the United States of America in [Roll No. 463] Miller, George Rogers (AL) Tauscher Congress assembled, YEAS—418 Mollohan Rogers (KY) Taylor (MS) Moore (WI) Rogers (MI) SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. Abercrombie Davis (CA) Honda Taylor (NC) This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Border Tun- Moran (KS) Rohrabacher Terry Ackerman Davis (FL) Hooley Moran (VA) Ros-Lehtinen nel Prevention Act of 2006’’. Thomas Aderholt Davis (IL) Hostettler Murphy Ross Thompson (CA) SEC. 2. CONSTRUCTION OF BORDER TUNNEL OR Akin Davis (KY) Hoyer Murtha Rothman Thompson (MS) PASSAGE. Alexander Davis (TN) Hulshof Musgrave Roybal-Allard Thornberry (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 27 of title 18, Allen Davis, Jo Ann Hunter Myrick Royce Tiahrt United States Code, is amended by adding at Andrews Davis, Tom Hyde Nadler Ruppersberger Tiberi Baca Deal (GA) Inglis (SC) Napolitano Rush the end the following: Tierney Bachus DeFazio Inslee Neal (MA) Ryan (WI) ‘‘§ 554. Border tunnels and passages Towns Baird DeGette Israel Neugebauer Ryun (KS) Baker Delahunt Issa Turner ‘‘(a) Any person who knowingly constructs Northup Sabo or finances the construction of a tunnel or Baldwin DeLauro Istook Norwood Salazar Udall (CO) Barrett (SC) Dent Jackson (IL) Nunes Sa´ nchez, Linda Udall (NM) subterranean passage that crosses the inter- Barrow Diaz-Balart, L. Jackson-Lee Nussle T. Upton national border between the United States Bartlett (MD) Diaz-Balart, M. (TX) Oberstar Sanchez, Loretta Van Hollen and another country, other than a lawfully ´ Barton (TX) Dicks Jefferson Obey Sanders Velazquez authorized tunnel or passage known to the Bass Dingell Jenkins Olver Saxton Visclosky Secretary of Homeland Security and subject Bean Doggett Jindal Ortiz Schakowsky Walden (OR) Beauprez Doolittle Johnson (CT) Walsh to inspection by the Bureau of Immigration Osborne Schiff and Customs Enforcement, shall be impris- Becerra Doyle Johnson (IL) Otter Schmidt Wamp Berkley Drake Johnson, E. B. Owens Schwartz (PA) Wasserman oned for not more than 20 years. Berman Dreier Johnson, Sam Oxley Schwarz (MI) Schultz ‘‘(b) Any person who recklessly permits the Berry Duncan Jones (NC) Pallone Scott (GA) Waters construction or use of a tunnel or passage Biggert Edwards Jones (OH) Pascrell Scott (VA) Watson described in subsection (a) on land that the Bilbray Ehlers Kanjorski Pastor Sensenbrenner Watt person owns or controls shall be imprisoned Bishop (GA) Emanuel Kaptur Payne Serrano Waxman for not more than 10 years. Bishop (NY) Emerson Keller Pearce Sessions Weiner ‘‘(c) Any person who uses a tunnel or pas- Bishop (UT) Engel Kelly Weldon (FL) Pelosi Shadegg sage described in subsection (a) to unlaw- Blackburn English (PA) Kennedy (MN) Weldon (PA) Pence Shaw fully smuggle an alien, goods (in violation of Blumenauer Eshoo Kennedy (RI) Peterson (MN) Shays Weller Blunt Etheridge Kildee Peterson (PA) Sherman Westmoreland section 545), controlled substances, weapons Boehlert Evans Kilpatrick (MI) Petri Sherwood Wexler of mass destruction (including biological Boehner Everett Kind Pickering Shimkus Whitfield weapons), or a member of a terrorist organi- Bonilla Farr King (IA) Pitts Shuster Wicker zation (as defined in section 212(a)(3)(B)(vi) Bonner Fattah King (NY) Platts Simmons Wilson (NM) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 Bono Feeney Kingston Poe Simpson Wilson (SC) U.S.C. 1182(a)(3)(B)(vi))) shall be subject to Boozman Ferguson Kirk Wolf Pombo Skelton twice the penalty that would have otherwise Boren Filner Kline Pomeroy Slaughter Woolsey Boswell Fitzpatrick (PA) Knollenberg Porter Smith (NJ) Wu been imposed had the unlawful activity not Boucher Foley Kucinich Price (GA) Smith (TX) Wynn made use of such a tunnel or passage.’’. Boustany Forbes Kuhl (NY) Price (NC) Smith (WA) Young (AK) (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of Boyd Ford LaHood Pryce (OH) Snyder Young (FL) sections for chapter 27 of title 18, United Bradley (NH) Fortenberry Langevin States Code, is amended by adding at the end Brady (PA) Fossella Lantos NAYS—3 the following: Brady (TX) Foxx Larsen (WA) Flake Kolbe Paul Brown (SC) Frank (MA) Larson (CT) ‘‘554. Border tunnels and passages.’’. Brown, Corrine Franks (AZ) Latham NOT VOTING—11 (c) CRIMINAL FORFEITURE.—Section Brown-Waite, Frelinghuysen LaTourette Bilirakis Cubin Ney 982(a)(6) of title 18, United States Code, is Ginny Gallegly Leach Brown (OH) Harris amended by inserting ‘‘554,’’ before ‘‘1425,’’. Burgess Garrett (NJ) Lee Ryan (OH) Capuano Meehan Burton (IN) Gerlach Levin Strickland SEC. 3. DIRECTIVE TO THE UNITED STATES SEN- Case Moore (KS) Butterfield Gibbons Lewis (CA) TENCING COMMISSION. Buyer Gilchrest Lewis (GA) b 1208 (a) IN GENERAL.—Pursuant to its authority Calvert Gillmor Lewis (KY) under section 994 of title 28, United States Camp (MI) Gingrey Linder So (two-thirds of those voting having Code, and in accordance with this section, Campbell (CA) Gohmert Lipinski responded in the affirmative) the rules the United States Sentencing Commission Cannon Gonzalez LoBiondo shall promulgate or amend sentencing guide- Cantor Goode Lofgren, Zoe were suspended and the Senate bill was Capito Goodlatte Lowey passed. lines to provide for increased penalties for Capps Gordon Lucas The result of the vote was announced persons convicted of offenses described in section 554 of title 18, United States Code, as Cardin Granger Lungren, Daniel as above recorded. Cardoza Graves E. added by section 1. Carnahan Green (WI) Lynch A motion to reconsider was laid on (b) REQUIREMENTS.—In carrying out this Carson Green, Al Mack the table. section, the United States Sentencing Com- Carter Green, Gene Maloney Stated for: mission shall— Castle Grijalva Manzullo Chabot Gutierrez Marchant Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I did not have (1) ensure that the sentencing guidelines, Chandler Gutknecht Markey the opportunity to cast a recorded vote on S. policy statements, and official commentary Chocola Hall Marshall 418. Had I been present, I would have voted reflect the serious nature of the offenses de- Clay Harman Matheson scribed in section 554 of title 18, United Cleaver Hart Matsui ‘‘yea.’’ States Code, and the need for aggressive and Clyburn Hastings (FL) McCarthy f appropriate law enforcement action to pre- Coble Hastings (WA) McCaul (TX) vent such offenses; Cole (OK) Hayes McCollum (MN) BORDER TUNNEL PREVENTION (2) provide adequate base offense levels for Conaway Hayworth McCotter ACT OF 2006 Conyers Hefley McCrery offenses under such section; Cooper Hensarling McDermott Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam (3) account for any aggravating or miti- Costa Herger McGovern Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution gating circumstances that might justify ex- Costello Herseth McHenry ceptions, including— Cramer Higgins McHugh 1018, I call up the bill (H.R. 4830) to amend chapter 27 of title 18, United (A) the use of a tunnel or passage described Crenshaw Hinchey McIntyre in subsection (a) of such section to facilitate Crowley Hinojosa McKeon States Code, to prohibit the unauthor- other felonies; and Cuellar Hobson McKinney ized construction, financing, or reck- Culberson Hoekstra McMorris (B) the circumstances for which the sen- Cummings Holden Rodgers less permitting (on one’s land) the con- tencing guidelines currently provide applica- Davis (AL) Holt McNulty struction or use of a tunnel or sub- ble sentencing enhancements;

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If there is insuffi- On December 16, 2005, all 218 House (5) make any necessary and conforming cient evidence to prosecute these indi- Republicans voting that day opposed a changes to the sentencing guidelines and policy statements; and viduals for drug smuggling or alien Democratic motion to recommit to (6) ensure that the sentencing guidelines trafficking, there are virtually no con- H.R. 4437 to improve border security adequately meet the purposes of sentencing sequences for the criminal organiza- and immigration enforcement by ful- set forth in section 3553(a)(2) of title 18, tions that build and use these tunnels. filling the 9/11 Commission’s border se- United States Code. The Border Tunnel Prevention Act curity recommendations. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. plugs this glaring loophole. The bill Fifty days before election day, the EMERSON). Pursuant to House Resolu- criminalizes the construction or fi- House Republican leadership has sched- tion 1018, the gentleman from Wis- nancing of a tunnel or subterranean uled votes on bills we have already consin (Mr. SENSENBRENNER) and the passage across our international bor- voted on. As usual, Republicans are all gentleman from Michigan (Mr. CON- der. An individual prosecuted under talk, but cheap on action to securing YERS) each will control 30 minutes. this offense faces a penalty of up 20 the border. Last week they voted on a The Chair recognizes the gentleman years in prison. Additionally, any per- border fence bill, but refused to provide from Wisconsin. son convicted of using a tunnel or sub- the money needed to build a 700-mile GENERAL LEAVE terranean passage to smuggle aliens, fence along the Texas-Mexico border. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam weapons, drugs, terrorists, or illegal If Republicans were serious, they Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that goods will be punished by doubling the would have moved forward with a all Members may have 5 legislative sentence for the underlying offense. House-Senate conference that protects days within which to revise and extend The bill also provides for the for- United States borders, strengthens our their remarks and include extraneous feiture of assets or property traceable Nation’s security and addresses the Na- material on H.R. 4830, currently under to the construction or use of a border tion’s immigration problems com- consideration. tunnel and instructs the sentencing prehensively. Instead, they spent the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there commission to adopt guidelines that summer conducting 22 sham hearings objection to the request of the gen- properly reflect the severity of this of- across the Nation. tleman from Wisconsin? fense. Republicans talk about the fence as There was no objection. Madam Speaker, the bill is supported if it is the sole solution. Meanwhile, on Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam by Members from both sides of the September 15, DEA agents discovered Speaker, I yield myself such time as I aisle. This legislation provides a crit- yet another tunnel located beneath a may consume. ical tool for protecting our national se- residence in Calexico, California, and Madam Speaker, I rise in support of curity and combating the drug and extending approximately 400 feet to a H.R. 4830, the Border Tunnel Preven- alien smuggling that plagues our bor- residence in Mexicali, Mexico. tion Act of 2006, to prohibit the con- ders. I urge my colleagues to support We are spending $1.5 billion per week struction and use of border tunnels for it. in Iraq, but the Republican leadership the purposes of smuggling. Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- will not even commit to funding to se- For over a decade, drug cartels and ance of my time. cure our Nation’s borders. ‘‘coyotes’’ have used border tunnels to Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I am Democrats do not want to pass the smuggle elicit drugs and illegal immi- pleased to yield such time as he may buck on State and local governments grants into the United States. Border consume to the gentleman from Mis- to enforce immigration laws simply tunnels range from rudimentary go- sissippi (Mr. THOMPSON), the ranking while the Republican-led Congress and pher holes to more sophisticated tun- member of the Homeland Security administration fail to properly fund nels equipped with electricity, ventila- Committee. border security officers. States and lo- tion and even rails for electric carts. Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. calities are already robbing Peter to These tunnels have been used to pene- Madam Speaker, it is with great dis- pay Paul by using a huge amount of trate both our northern and southern appointment that I stand before you their homeland security grant funding borders. Fifty tunnels have been dis- today to discuss a bill that fails once to secure the border, purchase commu- covered along the southwest border again to provide us with a comprehen- nications equipment, and fortify since 1990, and 36 of them have been un- sive approach to handling border secu- bridges, ports and buildings. earthed in just the last 5 years. rity. Democrats do not want to stay the This January, a joint investigation Last week, Republicans introduced a course on President Bush and the Re- between the U.S. and Mexican law en- border fence bill which was exactly publicans’ failed border enforcement. forcement led to the discovery of a nar- what they voted against in December Madam Speaker, we need a com- cotics smuggling tunnel just east of 2005. Today we are going to discuss prehensive border security and immi- the Otay Mesa, California, port of three bills already considered by this gration plan, not a piecemeal plan. entry. Authorities seized nearly two body. In other words, the Republican Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam tons of marijuana. The tunnel, approxi- leadership is forcing us to participate Speaker, I yield myself 1⁄2 minute. mately 86 feet deep and nearly three- in their cheap political gambit to mis- Madam Speaker, we hear complaints quarters of a mile long, began inside a lead the public. Simply put, the Repub- all the time about the fact that Repub- small warehouse in Otay Mesa, Mexico, licans have morphed from a ‘‘do-noth- licans are not acting. We are acting and ended inside a vacant warehouse in ing’’ Congress to a ‘‘do-over’’ Congress. today. We acted in December. We acted San Diego, California. Unfortunately, we continue to have a last week on the fence. We see the In 2005, Federal agents discovered a long way to go, and we will get no- Democrat actions. All they do is say 360-foot tunnel between British Colum- where with this piecemeal approach no, no, no, no. bia, Canada, and Washington State. they are masterminding. They are not where the American This tunnel was also used for illegal people are. They are not where our pri- drug trafficking, though DEA agents b 1215 orities ought to be. The Senate has not noticed that it could easily have been The Bush administration has had al- messaged their bill, even though they used to smuggle persons or to facilitate most 6 years, and the Republican Con- passed it in May. We are running out of terrorism. We were reminded again of gress 11 years, to secure the border. time in this Congress. The American the growing problem just a few days Since 9/11, House Republicans re- people say border security first. ago when another drug smuggling bor- jected eight Democratic amendments Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to der tunnel was discovered between to enhance border security resources. If the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. California and Mexico. these Democratic amendments had HAYWORTH). Despite the clearly illegal purposes been adopted, there would be 6,600 more Mr. HAYWORTH. Madam Speaker, I of these border tunnels, efforts to fully Border Patrol agents, 14,000 more de- thank the chairman of the Judiciary and effectively prosecute the smug- tention beds, and 2,700 more immigra- Committee for the recognition.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:12 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE7.015 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE H6864 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 21, 2006 I come to the well of the House to po- Mr. HAYWORTH. Madam Speaker, what the people want and are not mov- litely but profoundly take issue with will the gentleman yield? ing an immigration bill which has my friend from Mississippi. You see, Mr. CONYERS. I yield to the gen- passed this House, the counterpart has party labels do not ensure unanimity tleman from Arizona. passed in the Senate, and we have not any more than trying to cast the chal- Mr. HAYWORTH. Madam Speaker, I gone to conference yet. Somebody in lenge we confront as a people through am not a custodian of the hearing the course of this discussion and debate a partisan prism. record in the United States House of ought to be able to explain why that is. I come to the floor of this House to Representatives, any more than the Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- reiterate the basic concern confronting gentleman is, no matter the—— ance of my time. us. The problem we are dealing with at Mr. CONYERS. So, in other words, Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam the border is not a Democratic prob- you do not know. Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. lem. It is not a Republican problem. It Mr. HAYWORTH. Would the gen- First of all, the gentleman from is an American problem. And, Madam tleman let me attempt to answer the Michigan says that we have not had Speaker, I politely take issue with my question? any hearings in the Judiciary Com- friend from Mississippi when he says a Mr. CONYERS. No. Let us ask the mittee. Since I became the chairman, comprehensive approach is needed. gentleman another question—— we have had 68 hearings on the need to The trouble with that notion is that ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE strengthen border security and enforce- despite the goodwill and best inten- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the ment of immigration law, and I will in- tions of many, regardless of party af- gentleman suspend? clude the list of all 68 hearings in the filiation, so-called comprehensive re- Mr. CONYERS. Yes, ma’am. RECORD at this point. form subordinates the first and most The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- 109TH CONGRESS basic responsibility of government, tleman from Michigan has the time. Immigration, Border Security, and Claims protection of our citizens to an eco- Members may not interject remarks in 7–27–2006 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on nomic exception of amnesty and spe- debate unless they have been recog- ‘‘Whether Attempted Implementation of the cial considerations for noncitizens. nized or yielded to for such purposes, Senate Immigration Bill Will Result in an To this provision before the House and a Member under recognition should Administrative and National Security Night- today, which I am proud to bring for- be allowed to yield and reclaim time in mare.’’ ward, again from bipartisan concerns, an orderly fashion. Immigration, Border Security, and Claims 7–18–2006 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on as noted earlier in another debate, the The gentleman may continue. ‘‘Should We Embrace the Senate’s Grant of chairman of the Rules Committee men- Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, Amnesty to Millions of Illegal Aliens and tioned that it was bipartisan, the sen- thank you. Repeat the Mistakes of the Immigration Re- ior Senator from his State happens to That was for your benefit. form and Control Act of 1986?’’ be a Democrat, working with the chair- Now, let me ask you another ques- Immigration, Border Security, and Claims man of the Rules Committee, a Repub- tion. Were there Judiciary hearings, 6–22–2006 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on lican; my junior Senator from my even though you are not a custodian of ‘‘Is the Labor Department Doing Enough to the record? Well, I can answer that one Protect U.S. Workers?’’ State, working with me on this because Immigration, Border Security, and Claims it is an American problem. The chair- for you. I think you ought to listen to 6–8–2006 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on man pointed out that there is cur- the Madam Speaker a little bit more. ‘‘The Need to Implement WHTI to Protect rently a hole in the law as genuine as You cannot speak on the floor. I know U.S. Homeland Security.’’ some of the holes in our border. you have been here a while. You cannot Immigration, Border Security, and Claims We have to criminalize the financing interrupt a speaker unless you are 5–18–2006 Hearing—Legislative Hearing on and construction of border-crossing yielded to. And I would—— H.R. 4997, the ‘‘Phvsicians for Underserved tunnels that currently serve as smug- Mr. HAYWORTH. Madam Speaker, Areas Act’’. Immigration, Border Security, and Claims gler subways and actually promote ille- will the gentleman yield? 3–30–2006 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on gal access to our country. The chair- Mr. CONYERS. I would be very happy ‘‘Should Congress Raise the H–IB Cap?’’ man delineated the threat. Now we see to yield to answer my question. Immigration, Border Security, and Claims contraband, we see narcotics brought Mr. HAYWORTH. Madam Speaker, I 3–2–2006 Oversight—Joint Oversight Hearing through these tunnels, but the real would answer his question with an on ‘‘Outgunned and Outmanned: Local Law question before this House and before interrogative of my own. Is the gen- Enforcement Confronts Violence Along the the American people is this: If nar- tleman aware of the extensive hearings Southern Border.’’ held this summer by many different Immigration, Border Security, and Claims cotics can be smuggled, what of a 11–17–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on weapon of mass destruction? Just as Members of the House outside Wash- ‘‘How Illegal Immigration Impacts Constitu- assuredly as the House passed the fence ington, D.C.—— encies: Perspectives from Members of Con- bill last week and the other Chamber Mr. CONYERS. Is the answer yes or gress (Part II).’’ takes it up in the coming days to move no? Immigration, Border Security, and Claims forward, believe me, there will be in- Mr. HAYWORTH. Equally as valid as 11–17–2005 Oversight—Joint Oversight Hear- tense and renewed interest in using any committee hearings held in Wash- ing on ‘‘Weak Bilateral Law Enforcement Presence at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Terri- subterranean facilities. ington, D.C., no matter the jurisdiction? torial Integrity and Safety Issues for Amer- We must pass this bill today as part ican Citizens.’’ and parcel of what the American people Mr. CONYERS. Taking my time Immigration, Border Security, and Claims are calling for, and they are calling for back, I assume that the gentleman 11–10–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on enforcement first. Pass this legislation. knows that the Judiciary Committee ‘‘How Illegal Immigration Impacts Constitu- Let’s get this done. did not hold hearings either. encies: Perspectives from Members of Con- Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I And so we have this very urgent, im- gress (Part I).’’ yield myself as much time as I may portant bill that has not had one hear- Immigration, Border Security, and Claims consume. ing anywhere that I know of, and I 9–29–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on ‘‘Dual Citizenship, Birthright Citizenship, (Mr. CONYERS asked and was given think it explains something about the and the Meaning of Sovereignty.’’ permission to revise and extend his re- gentleman from Arizona’s comment Immigration, Border Security, and Claims marks.) about what the American people want. 9–15–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on: Mr. CONYERS. While my neighbor Because in today’s newspaper, I am ‘‘Sources and Methods of Foreign Nationals and friend J.D. HAYWORTH is on the reading that only 25 percent in a poll Engaged in Economic and Military Espio- floor, let me gain his attention for just voice approval of the Congress, an echo nage.’’ (Classified portion of hearing begins a moment. I am sorry that you do not of 1994 findings. Links to special inter- at 1 p.m.) want a comprehensive bill. Most people ests are cited. Standing of Bush also Immigration, Border Security, and Claims 9–15–2005 Oversight—CONTINUATION of UN- do in the Congress. And I would like lags. CLASSIFIED PORTION of Oversight—Hear- you to respond to this inquiry: Were So I do not know if we are doing what ing on: ‘‘Sources and Methods of Foreign Na- there hearings held on this bill in the the people really want that much. I tionals Engaged in Economic and Military Homeland Security Committee? think it is because we are not doing Espionage.’’

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Immigration, Border Security, and Claims ‘‘How Would Millions of Guest Workers Im- 107TH CONGRESS 9–8–2005 Markup Subcommittee on Immigra- pact Working Americans and Americans ‘‘Immigration and Naturalization Service tion, Border Security & Claims—Markup of Seeking Employment?’’ and the Executive Office for Immigration H.R. 1219, the ‘‘Security and Fairness En- Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Review’’, 5–15–2001 Oversight Hearing hancement for America Act of 2005.’’ 3–18–2004 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on ‘‘Guestworker Visa Programs’’, 6–19–2001 Immigration, Border Security, and Claims ‘‘US VISIT: A Down Payment on Homeland ‘‘United States Population and Immigra- 7–28–2005 Markup Subcommittee on Immigra- Security.’’ tion,’’ 8–2–2001 tion, Border Security & Claims Markup of Immigration, Border Security, and Claims ‘‘Using Information Technology to Secure H.R. 1219, the ‘‘Security and Fairness En- 3–11–2004 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on America’s Borders: INS Problems with Plan- hancement for America Act of 2005.’’ ‘‘Funding for Immigration in the President’s ning and Implementation,’’ 10–11–2001 Immigration, Border Security, and Claims 2005 Budget.’’ ‘‘Immigration and Naturalization Service 6–30–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Performance: An Examination of INS Man- ‘‘Immigration Removal Procedures Imple- 3–4–2004 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on agement Problems,’’ 10–17–2001 mented in the Aftermath ofthe September ‘‘Alien Removal Under Operation Predator.’’ ‘‘A Review of Department of Justice Immi- 11th Attacks.’’ Immigration, Border Security, and Claims gration Detention Policies,’’ 12–19–2001 Immigration, Border Security, and Claims 2–25–2004 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on ‘‘The Operations of the Executive Office for 6–28–2005 Hearing Legislative Hearing on ‘‘Funding for Immigration in the President’s Immigration Review,’’ 2–6–2001 H.R. 2933, the ‘‘Alien Gang Removal Act of 2005 Budget.’’ ‘‘Implications of Transnational Terrorism 2005.’’ Immigration, Border Security, and Claims and the Argentine Economic Collapse for the Immigration, Border Security, and Claims 10–30–2003 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on Visa Waiver Program,’’ 2–28–2001 6–21–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on the ‘‘Prospects for American Workers: Immi- ‘‘The INS’ March 2002 Notification of the the ‘‘Lack of Worksite Enforcement & Em- gration’s Impact.’’ Approval of Pilot Training Status for Ter- ployer Sanctions.’’ Immigration, Border Security, and Claims rorist Hijackers Mohammed Atta and Immigration, Border Security, and Claims 10–16–2003 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on Marwan Al-Shehhi’’, 3–19–2001 6–15–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on ‘‘Visa Overstays: A Growing Problem for ‘‘Immigration and Naturalization Service the ‘‘Diversity Visa Program.’’ Law Enforcement.’’ and Office of Special Counsel for Immigra- Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Immigration, Border Security, and Claims tion Related Unfair Employment Practices,’’ 5–12–2005 Hearing Legislative Hearing on 10–1–2003 Hearing—Legislative Hearing on 3–21–2001 H.R. 98, the ‘‘Illegal Immigration Enforce- H.R. 2671, the ‘‘Clear Law Enforcement for The INS’ Interior Enforcement Strategy, ment and Social Security Protection Act of Criminal Alien Removal Act of 2003’’ 6–19–2002 2005.’’ (CLEAR Act). Risk to Homeland Security from Identity Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Fraud and Identity Theft (Held jointly with 5–5–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on the 9–11–2003 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and ‘‘New ‘Dual Missions’ of the Immigration En- ‘‘Should There Be a Social Security Total- Homeland Security), 6–25–2002 forcement Agencies.’’ ‘‘Role of Immigration in the Proposed De- Immigration, Border Security, and Claims ization Agreement with Mexico?’’ partment of Homeland Security pursuant to 5–4–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims H.R. 5005, the Homeland Security Act of ‘‘New Jobs in Recession and Recovery: Who 7–15–2003 Markup—Subcommittee Markup of 2002.’’ are Getting Them and Who are Not?’’ H.R. 2152, To amend the Immigration and ‘‘The INS’s Implementation of the Foreign Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Nationality Act to extend for an additional 5 Student Tracking Program,’’ 9–18–2002 4–21–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on years the special immigrant religious worker ‘‘Preserving the Integrity of Social Secu- ‘‘October 2005 Statutory Deadline for Visa program. rity Numbers and Preventing Their Misuse Waiver Program Countries to Produce Secu- Immigration, Border Security, and Claims by Terrorists and Identity Thieves (Held rity Passports: Why It Matters to Homeland 7–11–2003 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on jointly with the Subcommittee on Social Se- Security.’’ ‘‘Immigration Relief Under the Convention Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Against Torture for Serious Criminals and curity of the Committee on Ways and 4–13–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on Human Rights Violators.’’ Means),’’ 9–19–2002 ‘‘Immigration and the Alien Gang Epidemic: Immigration, Border Security, and Claims ‘‘The INS’s Interactions with Hesham Problems and Solutions.’’ 6–26–2003 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on Mohamed Mohamed Ali Hedayet,’’ 10–9–2002 Immigration, Border Security, and Claims ‘‘The Federal Government’s Response to the ‘‘United States and Canada Safe Third 3–10–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on Issuance and Acceptance in the U.S. of Con- Country Agreement,’’ 10–16–2002 ‘‘Interior Immigration Enforcement Re- sular Identification Cards.’’ Secondly, again, this Congress is run- sources.’’ Immigration, Border Security, and Claims ning out of time. It is not the fault of Immigration, Border Security, and Claims 6–24–2003 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on anybody in the House of Representa- 3–3–2005 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on the ‘‘The Deadly Consequences of Illegal Alien tives why a conference has not been ‘‘Immigration Enforcement Resources Au- Smuggling.’’ thorized in the Intelligence Reform and Ter- Immigration, Border Security, and Claims created. We cannot set up a conference rorism Prevention Act of 2004.’’ 6–19–2003 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on without the other body sending papers 108TH CONGRESS ‘‘The Issuance, Acceptance, and Reliability to us. They have not sent us the papers of Consular Identification Cards.’’ Immigration, Border Security, and Claims on the bill that they passed in May. 6–23–2004 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Once the papers are here, then some- ‘‘Families and Businesses in Limbo: The Det- 5–13–2003 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on body can make a motion to send the rimental Impact of the Immigration Back- ‘‘John Allen Muhammad, Document Fraud, bill to conference, but until the papers log.’’ and the Western Hemisphere Passport Excep- are here, there is nothing to send to tion.’’ Immigration, Border Security, and Claims conference. 6–17–2004 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims 5–8–2003 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on On the other hand, when we passed ‘‘Families & Businesses in Limbo: The Detri- our immigration bill last December, mental Impact of the Immigration Backlog.’’ ‘‘War on Terrorism: Immigration Enforce- Immigration, Border Security, and Claims ment Since September 11, 2001.’’ the papers had been sitting over in the 6–3–2004 Markup—Subcommittee Markup on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims other body. They can set up the con- H.R. 4453, the ‘‘Access to Rural Physicians 5–6–2003 Hearing—Legislative Hearing on ference merely by taking up the House- Improvement Act of 2004.’’ H.R. 1714, H.R. 1275, H.R. 1799, H.R. 1814, and passed bill, striking out all after the Immigration, Border Security, and Claims H.R. 1685, the ‘‘House Military Naturaliza- enacting clause, inserting the Senate 5–18–2004 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on tion Bills.’’ Immigration, Border Security, and Claims text and asking for a conference. They ‘‘Pushing the Border Out on Alien Smug- have not done it. gling: New Tools and Intelligence Initia- 4–10–2003 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on tives.’’ ‘‘Department of Homeland Security Transi- Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to Immigration, Border Security, and Claims tion: Bureau of Immigration and Customs the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. 4–29–2004 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on Enforcement.’’ SOUDER). the ‘‘Diversity Visa Program, and its Suscep- Immigration, Border Security, and Claims (Mr. SOUDER asked and was given tibility to Fraud and Abuse.’’ 4–2–2003 Oversight, Oversight Hearing on permission to revise and extend his re- Immigration, Border Security, and Claims ‘‘Immigration Student Tracking: Implemen- marks.) 4–1–2004 Hearing—Legislative Hearing on tation and Proposed Modifications.’’ Mr. SOUDER. Madam Speaker, first H.R. 3191, To prescribe the oath of renunci- Immigration, Border Security, and Claims ation and allegiance for purposes of the Im- 2–27–2003 Oversight, Oversight Hearing on off, I have had hearings on this very migration and Nationality Act. ‘‘New York City’s ‘Sanctuary’ Policy and the subject, not as a whole, but because Immigration, Border Security, and Claims Effect of Such Policies on Public Safety, certain gentlemen may only be ab- 3–24–2004 Oversight—Oversight Hearing on Law Enforcement, and Immigration.’’ sorbed in their own realm and may not

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These individuals were multiple. this country, regardless of expense and labor. later arrested, pled guilty to various offenses It has been brought to the attention As the lead Federal agency tasked with and were sentenced to nine years in Federal in a bipartisan way about this problem bringing down the DTOs both in this country prison. with tunnels, and I am thrilled that and abroad, the Drug Enforcement Administra- Finally, we can hardly forget that the terror- the Judiciary Committee chairman has tion (DEA) is well aware of this threat and has ists who attacked us on September 11, 2001 brought this bill. There have been 50 of worked ceaselessly to counter it. Working with did so under false pretenses. We have in- these tunnels, 51 now with the new one their Federal, State, local and foreign counter- creased our security considerably since then, just recently. There is a huge problem parts, the DEA has worked hard to develop and this undoubtedly makes the possibility of in the narcotics area. confidential sources in this country and abroad entering this country through one of these tun- The reason it is primarily an issue in who will provide information leading to the dis- nels a more attractive proposition for potential the narcotics area is because of the covery of more of these tunnels. terrorists. While the DTOs are not likely to use cost of building these tunnels, because It is evident from the size and sophistication their tunnels for smuggling average illegal im- of the engineering, particularly the of recently discovered tunnels that they are migrants, they might allow them to be used by ones with lighting and ventilation, linked to some of the largest and most ruth- special-interest aliens for the right price. that go between warehouse to ware- less DTOs operating along our borders. Finan- Therefore, we can be thankful for all the ef- house is so expensive, that you basi- cial resources to construct and operate these forts of DEA and other agencies to detect and cally want to use it for high-dollar tunnels cost millions of dollars, which are only shut down these tunnels before they lead to items. The high-dollar items are usu- available to these large-scale organizations. catastrophic harm to our people. ally cocaine, heroin, marijuana. Narco- Tunnels discovered by DEA have been Mr. Speaker, the problems of cross-border terrorism on the major streets in the equipped with reinforced ceilings, water evac- tunnels is urgent and growing, and we would United States is coming through these uation and ventilation systems, and even con- be shirking our duty to the people if we dither tunnels, and it is about time we dealt crete floors. However, the smuggling of drugs any more. We don’t need to study and ponder with this subject. through these tunnels can result in a signifi- the challenge any longer. We need to pass Furthermore, it appears, and the cant return on this investment. As such, the this bill now and give Federal agencies like DEA believes, that the people who en- discovery and removal from service of these DEA stronger leverage in going after those gineer and design these tunnels are tunnels significantly disrupts the operations of people who seek to use this insidious method then murdered afterwards, and some- these organizations which count on these con- to smuggle dangerous narcotics and—poten- times the tunnels work night and day. duits for entry into the U.S. Most importantly, tially—dangerous people into our country. The one in January was a larger one closing down these underground corridors hits b 1230 and appeared to be working night and the DTOs where it hurts—their bank accounts. Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I day and were discovered; other ones Recent successes have been encouraging. now yield with pleasure to the ranking they would only bring open for high- The most ambitious of these was discov- member of the Judiciary Sub- value targets to move through. ered on January 26 of this year, a tunnel committee on Immigration, Ms. SHEILA Now, a high-value target is in the which opened into a vacant warehouse just JACKSON-LEE, as much time as she may eyes of the person willing to pay. Yes, east of the Otay Mesa port of entry in Cali- consume. cocaine, heroin, and those are the gen- fornia. A tip from a confidential informant to (Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas asked eral things moved through, but a high- the Tunnel Task Force—staffed by DEA and and was given permission to revise and value target can also be a terrorist. A Immigration and Customs Enforcement extend her remarks.) high-value target can also be someone (ICE)—led to the discovery of this tunnel, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Madam who is dealing with chemical, biologi- which started 150 yards south of the border Speaker, the gentleman from Michigan cal or nuclear weapons, because they and proceeded an incredible one-half mile into has been waging a valiant defense, if are willing to pay the amount to move the United States. A DEA investigation deter- you will, of the ongoing efforts that we through those tunnels. It is more than mined that the tunnel—which was equipped have made to confront this issue. worth it to the person who built the with electric lighting and ventilation—had prob- Might I take some of my time to cor- tunnel to recoup their costs. ably been operating since November and had rect the record. A good friend of mine This is extremely important. It is a been used day and night since its completion who was just here on the floor did not loophole in the law that we need to ad- to smuggle marijuana and other illegal drugs want to answer some very simple ques- dress. into the country. Any trucks leaving the ware- tions. And you need not be the custo- I also serve on the border sub- house loaded with drugs would have quickly dian of any records to know whether committee on Homeland Security. The disappeared into the steady and heavy traffic there have been specific hearings in the fact is we are making progress. We are of legitimate goods flowing through that imme- Homeland Security Committee on stopping these people. The fact is the diate area. these bills. I am a member of that com- DEA, through their hard effort, have Thanks to the hard work of DEA and other mittee, and the answer is absolutely found 51 of these tunnels. What we need agencies, at least 51 of these tunnels have not. That is regular order. We do that is a law that holds the people account- been discovered and shut down already. Al- not to hear ourselves talk; we do that able who have done this, and it is that most all of these are in the San Diego and so the American people can have a we cannot sit around and wait for the Tucson sectors of the border. Of note, Fed- truly vetted bill that really addresses Senate to come back on all this kind of eral, state, and local organizations have band- the question that you are concerned stuff. This should be done now, and the ed together and fused resources in the estab- about. Then, if we want to know border needs to be secured. lishment of a Tunnel Task Force, which is re- whether they have been in front of the I favor looking at comprehensive, but sponsible for bringing to justice those respon- Judiciary Committee, they have not. first seal this border. I thank the chair- sible for this threat to our national security. Of- So we have not had an opportunity to man for his leadership. ficers from DEA, ICE, CBP, the San Diego Po- determine the concreteness, if you will, Mr. Speaker, given the more vigorous ef- lice Department, Chula Vista Police Depart- of these bills and whether or not they forts in recent years to intercept drug traf- ment, and the National City Police Department will work. fickers on the high seas, drug-trafficking orga- all participate in this endeavor. The other aspect of it, let me let you nizations (DTOs) have clearly shifted their op- But the discovery of a tunnel under the attend to this factor, these are author- erations to the U.S.-Mexico border. The vast U.S.-Canada border into Washington State izing bills. None of these will go any- bulk of these drugs are smuggled through the shows that our northern border can also be where if they are not appropriated, if ports of entry and—to a lesser extent—be- threatened by this new smuggling tactic. DEA there are funds that are not appro- tween those ports. Such illegal shipments are agents working with their counterparts in the priated. And that has been the general difficult to intercept, in part due to the enor- Royal Canadian Mounted Police discovered issue. mous volume of legitimate traffic of people the 360-foot long tunnel after setting up secret I listened to the eloquence of my and goods at these locations. But recent dis- surveillance on the American side in early friend from Indiana, and I agree with

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We forcement agents who are out there you have a tunnel, and those who build have failed that we don’t have enough working every day and we are under- it, many of the individuals who do it Customs and Border Protection agents funding them. are coming across for criminal reasons, so that when you come through the So when we talk about immigration, drug smugglers and others, then we northern border and we note something I go to my seat by simply saying, bring should have some response. suspicious and we are at the port of the tunnel prosecution on. This bill But what we do today is only isolated entry and we are in the outside area, was offered by Senator FEINSTEIN on today. There is no question that we there is not enough Custom and Border the Senate side. But the method and have delayed and delayed and delayed Protection agents that are there for the methodology is failed. We need and delayed the work of this House and what we call secondary inspection. comprehensive immigration reform, we this Senate and this body. We have de- That is shame on us. need a pathway to citizenship, we need layed it because we passed 2, 3, 4 This Congress, this Republican Con- to stop the farce, and we certainly need months ago comprehensive immigra- gress, has refuted time and time again to stop telling the American people by tion reform. You may not have liked Democratic amendments that would passing these bills without funding the bill out of the House, you may have have generated 14,000 detention beds, that they are going to be any more se- voted for it or voted against it, but it increased U.S. marshals, increased Bor- cure than they were yesterday. did pass. You may not have liked the der Patrol agents. It is all falling at Democrats put their money where Senate bill. You may have voted ‘‘yes’’ the feet of this majority. Now they their mouth was and offered any num- or ‘‘no,’’ but it passed. Regular order. want to rush to the floor bills that ber of amendments since 2004, all to be And I want to correct the record. have already been passed, but yet we defeated by this Republican majority. I Over and over again we hear: we can’t haven’t had any hearings to suggest would think the question needs to be do our job because they haven’t sent that there might be some additions we asked, are you serious, or you playing papers. Well, my question is, did they might add. The rule is closed so we with the minds and hearts of the Amer- not send papers on the Iraq resolution couldn’t give you any enhanced, maybe ican people? My belief is that the and we didn’t resolve it? Did they not we want to have immediate 100,000 de- American people deserve better, and send papers on the Medicare bill? This tention beds. We couldn’t even offer an comprehensive immigration reform is is a paper response. This is a straw amendment. the call of the day. man’s response. So, my friends, I simply want to sug- I rise in opposition to the Border Tunnel Let me tell you what is being dis- gest as the distinguished ranking mem- Prevention Act of 2006, H.R. 4830. The Bor- cussed. In the Senate bill there are ber, and I want to thank him for his der Tunnel Prevention Act would make the what we call fee enhancers or tax pro- leadership, he has attended and been construction and financing of tunnels crossing visions. The only authorizing entity eloquent at the field hearings. And I the U.S. international border a crime subject to that can increase taxes is the United think he would agree with me, in the a fine and up to 20 years of imprisonment. States House of Representatives. Now, ones that both of us have attended we Also, landowners who know about or reck- isn’t it interesting that the House is were looking for the Americans, if you lessly disregard the construction or use of a controlled by Republicans, the Senate will. When I say that, we were looking border tunnel would be subject to a fine and is controlled by Republicans. So, in es- for the people in Detroit, we were look- up to 10 years of imprisonment. Border tunnels are a problem. A significant sence, the Republicans can get to- ing for the people in Iowa, we are look- number of tunnels have been detected in re- gether and work it out. ing for the people in New York; and all cent years, and the fences that will be erected They want to have this conflict be- we had were witnesses. We appreciate pursuant to a recently passed fence bill will re- cause, in fact, one of the Members here, those witnesses, who had been here sult in even more tunnels. I agree that we it is alleged, in the House side would over and over again in testimony in need to prosecute people involved in building blue slip the Senate bill, this is all Washington. So when my good friend or using them. The question, however, is not complicated, and that means they the chairman speaks about, and others whether we should facilitate such prosecutions would stop it from going to conference. about, these hearings, let me make it but whether we should pass such narrowly fo- All of that can be worked out, my very clear. Whether you were against cussed legislation before we have addressed friends. That is like a playground or for immigration, you are outside the the larger immigration problems. squabble between siblings. And we room or you were in the audience. You The Border Tunnel Prevention Act will facili- know that it can be worked out. Moth- were not witnesses. I mean, I went to tate the prosecution of people who build or er can come to the playground, teacher many and there were protesters for and use tunnels to cross the border illegally. It will can stop the siblings. But they want to against. We didn’t let them speak. And not secure our borders. If tunnels cannot be use that as an excuse so they can frus- so it is disingenuous to suggest that built to cross under a fence, the immigrants trate the process and make the Amer- these hearings heard anything from simply will go around the fence. Instead of vot- ican people think we are doing our job. America. ing on H.R. 4830 and other bills that raise a Even if we pass this bill, which I When I went to Iowa, every single re- few issues on a piecemeal basis, we should think it is almost going to be quite a ligious leader, bishops of the Lutheran be going to conference to resolve the dif- big vote because we are arguing Church, of the Methodist Church, and ferences between the House and Senate im- against nothing and we are arguing many others stood against the House migration reform bills that have already against something that could have bill. They were not allowed to testify. passed. been handled in, if you will, in con- And in Houston, the chairman there If we fix our broken immigration system and ference, there is no money. There is no played a 1992 tape about violence at the provide a sufficient number of visas for lawful money to do some of the things that border. Couldn’t even have current in- entries, we will not need to worry about tun- many of these bills will be engaged in. formation. nels that take people across the border. And, frankly, that is why we come to Lastly, as I close, I have been work- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam the floor with these complaints. ing on this drug issue and drug vio- Speaker, I reserve the balance of my Why not do comprehensive immigra- lence for a number of years. I sit on the time. tion reform, get ourselves in a posture Subcommittee on Crime. I have toured Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I to be able to appropriate immediately the Caribbean and seen some of the yield back the balance of my time. even in this session the dollars that we work of our DEA agents. It is unfortu- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam will need to fund comprehensive re- nate that we mix drug violence at the Speaker, I yield myself the balance of form? The Border Tunnel Prevention border, which does occur, and we need the time. Act will facilitate the prosecution of funding of drug enforcement agents I think we ought to get back to what people who build or use tunnels across with this issue of immigration. Drug this bill does so that Members are the border illegally. It will not secure dealers use any mode so they may be properly advised on how to cast their our borders. It is not the only thing. I engaged in smuggling, but that issue votes.

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The ex- criminal offense to prohibit the unau- fense, or any property that is traceable to the istence of these tunnels also points to an even thorized construction, financing, or offense. more ominous danger: they could be used by reckless permitting on one’s land the While those attempting to enter our country terrorists to exploit our porous borders and construction or use of a tunnel or sub- were being closely scrutinized and airline pas- strike within the U.S. Unfortunately, the Otay terranean passageway between the sengers were taking their shoes off or turning Mesa and Calexico tunnels are just two of United States and another country. over their nail clippers, 40 border tunnels were several underground corridors discovered be- Now, if you want that to be criminal, being constructed in the United States, and tween America’s land borders, trafficking un- vote ‘‘aye,’’ and if you don’t, vote thousands of pounds of illegal drugs and ille- known numbers of individuals and illicit sub- ‘‘no.’’ I am going to vote ‘‘aye.’’ I hope gal aliens were pouring into our country. stances. In fact, 38 border tunnels have been all the Members do. Those patrolling our borders believe there is discovered since September 11, 2001. All but Mr. SCHIFF. Madam Speaker, I rise today a direct correlation between the increased for- one was on the Southern border. to express my support for H.R. 4830, the Bor- tification of the border and the increase in the der Tunnel Prevention Act. number of tunnels being found. If this problem Using manpower and technology to find Since September 11th, I have been ex- is not addressed, it will just be a matter of these tunnels and shut them down will not tremely concerned with the security of our Na- time before these tunnels serve as an entry stop others from being built and used. Tun- tion’s points of entry and the securing of point for weapons and explosives, dangerous neling will only begin to subside after tough weapons of mass destruction. materials, and terrorists. and clear penalties are enacted for anyone in- I have worked with my colleagues to estab- As a former federal prosecutor, I can appre- volved in this pernicious violation of our border lish screening of our air cargo, to deploy radi- ciate how this legislation will serve as a useful and our sovereignty. Surprisingly, the laws on ation detectors at our ports and borders, and tool in going after those who finance or con- the books are ineffectual and, in many ways, to secure nuclear materials throughout the struct these tunnels. non-existent. This is a serious problem that world. Most recently, I have worked with Sen- If the tunnel discovered earlier this week in deserves serious punishment for anyone who ators FEINSTEIN and KYL on securing our sea- Calexico, California, had been abandoned with so flagrantly compromises our border security. ports from terrorist attacks and sabotage, leg- no evidence remaining of drug or alien smug- The Border Tunnel Prevention Act criminal- islation that was signed into law earlier this gling, those responsible for its construction izes the construction of border tunnels that year. should not be free from punishment. And span our international borders. Specifically, That is why the discovery in January of this those who negligently permit a tunnel opening the bill creates a new Federal law to crim- year of a 2,400 foot tunnel near San Diego or passage on their property should not be inalize the construction of illegal border tun- which was equipped with sophisticated drain- able to escape harsh penalties. nels crossing into the U.S., punishable by a ing, lighting, and pulley systems should shock I appreciate the opportunity to work with maximum 20 years in prison. It also imposes the conscience of every Member of Congress. Senators FEINSTEIN and KYL and Representa- a maximum 10-year prison sentence on those In fact, just this week, the U.S. Drug Enforce- tives DREIER and HUNTER on this important who recklessly allow others to build such tun- ment Administration announced that they had legislation and I applaud Senator FEINSTEIN’s discovered yet another cross-border drug- leadership on this crucial issue. nels on their land. In addition, the bill doubles smuggling tunnel beneath a private residence We must address this crucial national secu- the sentence for using a tunnel to smuggle in Calexico, California, that extended nearly rity matter, and I ask my colleagues to join me aliens, weapons, drugs, terrorists, or illegal 400 feet to a house in Mexicali, Mexico. in supporting this much-needed legislation to goods. For example, under current law, know- This is not a California problem or an Ari- stiffen penalties and successfully prosecute ingly smuggling an illegal alien into the U.S. is zona problem—it is a national one. those who construct or finance tunnels under punishable by a maximum 10-year prison sen- Madam Speaker, all of our other efforts to the U.S. border. tence. Under this bill, that penalty would dou- secure our Nation’s points of entry will be fu- Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, it is time ble to a maximum 20-year prison term if the tile if this growing national security problem on to stop this charade on immigration. Since the illegal alien was smuggled in through an illegal our borders is not addressed. Although these Republican leadership is unable to reach an border tunnel. Finally, the bill enables the Fed- tunnels have been principally used to smuggle agreement with its members, or even their Re- eral Government to seize any of the assets or drugs and illegal immigrants, there is nothing publican president, they have become more property involved in the construction of the ille- preventing their use for the smuggling of interested in producing harsh rhetoric and gal border tunnel. chemical, biological, or radiological material. meaningless acts than passing comprehensive The Border Tunnel Prevention Act is just the The 9/11 Commission warned against a ‘‘fail- and realistic immigration reform. latest example of House Republicans taking a ure of imagination’’, and it takes little to imag- The House and Senate have each passed strong stand when it comes to border security. ine terrorists making use of these holes in our their respective bills. It is past time to convene House Republicans have provided the funding border security. a conference committee to reconcile these to hire 1,500 new Border Patrol agents this Since 9/11, U.S. border officials have dis- bills. Both chambers must work together to year and 1,200 next year. Last December, we covered 40 tunnels along American borders. reach an agreement that produces true immi- passed H.R. 4437, the Border Security Protec- They range in complexity from short ‘‘gopher gration reform instead of wasting its time tion, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration holes’’ to massive drug-cartel built passages harassing immigrants and local businesses Control Act to enhance border security and re- like the one found near San Diego in January. and passing meaningless provisions that have form our outdated immigration laws. Last We know that terrorists have and will con- little chance of becoming law. week, we approved H.R. 6061, the Secure tinue to try to enter our country via our bor- Mr. DREIER. Madam Speaker, illegal border Fence Act, to construct fences at five specific ders. The 2000 LAX millennium bomb attack tunnels entering our country undermine our ef- border zones where deaths are common, drug plot was foiled when a terrorist was arrested forts to protect the border and pose a signifi- smuggling is rampant and illegal border cross- at the U.S.-Canadian border after crossing by cant threat to our national security. Last Janu- ings are numerous. And today, we will con- ferry. Customs officials found nitroglycerin and ary, I was shocked to hear that the San Diego sider legislation to swiftly detain and deport four timing devices concealed in a spare tire Tunnel Task Force, a group composed of dangerous illegal immigrants and enhance well of his automobile. agents from the Border Patrol, Immigration prosecution of alien smugglers, cooperation I am proud to be an original cosponsor to and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Drug between local law enforcement and Federal the legislation that we are considering today Enforcement Administration (DEA), discovered immigration officials, and removal of illegal im- which would impose a punishment of up to 20 an elaborate border tunnel connecting Otay migrants. years in prison for individuals who are con- Mesa, California and Tijuana, Mexico; a com- victed of constructing or financing a subterra- plex 2,500 foot tunnel complete with electricity Cracking down on those who use and con- nean tunnel under the U.S. border. It would, and ventilation systems, and harboring two struct tunnels, as well as those who allow furthermore, impose a punishment of up to 10 tons of marijuana. Just last weekend, officials them to be constructed on their property, is years in prison for anyone who permits others discovered a 400 foot tunnel connecting another commonsense step to our full-court to construct or use an unauthorized tunnel on Calexico, California and Mexicali, Mexico. This press to securing our border. When combined their land. The bill also doubles penalties for tunnel was equipped with lighting and sup- with a strengthened Border Patrol, enhanced those who use a tunnel or subterranean pas- ported by wooden beams. use of sensory technology, and strategic fenc- sage to smuggle aliens, weapons, drugs, ter- The underground corridors prove just how ing in heavily trafficked areas, we will have an rorists or other illegal goods, and permits the persistent the criminals and drug smugglers across-the-board approach to smarter border

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Madam Speaker, I rise in oppo- land Security prescribes for the alien, in f order to prevent the alien from absconding, sition to H.R. 4830, the Border Tunnel Preven- or for the protection of the community, or tion Act, H.R. 6094, the Community Protection COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT OF 2006 for other purposes related to the enforce- Act, and H.R. 6095, the Immigration Law En- ment of the immigration laws.’’; forcement Act. Only in the backward world of Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam (7) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘removal Republican campaign strategy would passing Speaker, pursuant to House Resolution period and, if released,’’ and inserting ‘‘re- more ineffective bills be seen as a way to 1018, I call up the bill (H.R. 6094) to removal period, in the discretion of the Sec- highlight ‘‘progress’’ on illegal immigration. store the Secretary of Homeland Secu- retary of Homeland Security, without any I hope that the American people ask what rity’s authority to detain dangerous limitations other than those specified in this happened to the massive immigration bill that aliens, to ensure the removal of deport- section, until the alien is removed. If an the House passed in December. I hope they able criminal aliens, and combat alien alien is released, the alien’’; and question why House Republicans are today gang crime, and ask for its immediate (8) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para- spending time debating three bills they know consideration. graph (10) and inserting after paragraph (6) the following: the Senate will never consider. The truth is The Clerk read the title of the bill. that Republicans aren’t interested in stopping ‘‘(7) PAROLE.—If an alien detained pursuant The text of the bill is as follows: to paragraph (6) is an applicant for admis- illegal immigration. If they were, they’d crack H.R. 6094 sion, the Secretary of Homeland Security, in down on employers. Or at least make an effort Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- the Secretary’s discretion, may parole the to resolve differences with their colleagues in resentatives of the United States of America in alien under section 212(d)(5) and may pro- the Senate. Congress assembled, vide, notwithstanding such section, that the If you define progress by anything other SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. alien shall not be returned to custody unless than fear-mongering rhetoric, then this Con- This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community either the alien violates the conditions of gress is no more likely to secure the border Protection Act of 2006’’. the alien’s parole or the alien’s removal be- than the Capitol Police are to stop an armed TITLE I—DANGEROUS ALIEN DETENTION comes reasonably foreseeable, but in no cir- intruder. ACT OF 2006 cumstance shall such alien be considered admitted. Because this Republican Congress long ago SEC. 101. DETENTION OF DANGEROUS ALIENS. abandoned the idea of purposeful governing, Section 241(a) of the Immigration and Na- ‘‘(8) ADDITIONAL RULES FOR DETENTION OR they slapped together these three immigration tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1231(a)) is amended— RELEASE OF CERTAIN ALIENS WHO HAVE MADE bills without concern for constitutionality or (1) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each AN ENTRY.—The following procedures apply only with respect to an alien who has ef- feasibility. No bad idea from a backbench place it appears, except for the first ref- fected an entry into the United States. These right-winger was too extreme. If these bills be- erence in paragraph (4)(B)(i), and inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; procedures do not apply to any other alien came law: detained pursuant to paragraph (6): Immigrants could be indefinitely detained at (2) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end of subparagraph (B) the following: ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF A DETENTION RE- the whim of the Department of Homeland Se- VIEW PROCESS FOR ALIENS WHO FULLY COOPER- ‘‘If, at that time, the alien is not in the cus- curity. Hey, it hasn’t worked at Guantanamo, ATE WITH REMOVAL.—For an alien who has tody of the Secretary of Homeland Security but why not try it on U.S. soil? made all reasonable efforts to comply with a (under the authority of this Act), the Sec- The Attorney General could order immediate removal order and to cooperate fully with retary shall take the alien into custody for the Secretary of Homeland Security’s efforts deportation of anyone deemed to be a mem- removal, and the removal period shall not to establish the alien’s identity and carry ber of a designated street gang, regardless of begin until the alien is taken into such cus- out the removal order, including making whether members had committed crimes. In tody. If the Secretary transfers custody of timely application in good faith for travel or other words, hanging around the wrong crowd, the alien during the removal period pursuant other documents necessary to the alien’s de- to law to another Federal agency or a State at least in the eyes of Alberto Gonzales, would parture, and has not conspired or acted to or local government agency in connection be a deportable offense. prevent removal, the Secretary shall estab- Federal courts hearing immigration cases with the official duties of such agency, the removal period shall be tolled, and shall lish an administrative review process to de- would be instructed that any relief granted to termine whether the alien should be detained immigrants would have to be the ‘‘minimum begin anew on the date of the alien’s return to the custody of the Secretary, subject to or released on conditions. The Secretary necessary’’ and ‘‘least intrusive’’ to govern- clause (ii).’’; shall make a determination whether to re- ment agencies. So if the government wrongly (3) by amending clause (ii) of paragraph lease an alien after the removal period in ac- jailed you for 20 years, you might get re- (1)(B) to read as follows: cordance with subparagraph (B). The deter- leased, but don’t expect any compensation for ‘‘(ii) If a court, the Board of Immigration mination shall include consideration of any the loss of your livelihood. Appeals, or an immigration judge orders a evidence submitted by the alien, and may in- They say that desperate times call for des- stay of the removal of the alien, the date the clude consideration of any other evidence, perate measures, and the Republican Party is stay of removal is no longer in effect.’’; including any information or assistance pro- (4) by amending paragraph (1)(C) to read as vided by the Secretary of State or other Fed- clearly desperate to cling to power. I urge my eral official and any other information avail- colleagues to vote no. follows: ‘‘(C) SUSPENSION OF PERIOD.—The removal able to the Secretary of Homeland Security Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam pertaining to the ability to remove the alien. Speaker, I yield back the balance of period shall be extended beyond a period of 90 days and the alien may remain in deten- ‘‘(B) AUTHORITY TO DETAIN BEYOND THE RE- my time. tion during such extended period if the alien MOVAL PERIOD.— The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time fails or refuses to make all reasonable efforts ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Home- for debate has expired. to comply with the removal order, or to fully land Security, in the exercise of the Sec- Pursuant to House Resolution 1018, cooperate with the Secretary of Homeland retary’s discretion, without any limitations the bill is considered read and the pre- Security’s efforts to establish the alien’s other than those specified in this section, vious question is ordered. identity and carry out the removal order, in- may continue to detain an alien for 90 days The question is on the engrossment cluding making timely application in good beyond the removal period (including any ex- and third reading of the bill. faith for travel or other documents nec- tension of the removal period as provided in The bill was ordered to be engrossed essary to the alien’s departure, or conspires paragraph (1)(C)). and read a third time, and was read the or acts to prevent the alien’s removal sub- ‘‘(ii) SPECIFIC CIRCUMSTANCES.—The Sec- third time. ject to an order of removal.’’; retary of Homeland Security, in the exercise The SPEAKER pro tempore. The (5) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end of the Secretary’s discretion, without any the following: ‘‘If a court, the Board of Im- limitations other than those specified in this question is on the passage of the bill. section, may continue to detain an alien be- The question was taken; and the migration Appeals, or an immigration judge orders a stay of removal of an alien who is yond the 90 days authorized in clause (i)— Speaker pro tempore announced that subject to an administratively final order of ‘‘(I) until the alien is removed, if the Sec- the ayes appeared to have it. removal, the Secretary, in the exercise of the retary determines that there is a significant Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam Secretary’s discretion, may detain the alien likelihood that the alien— Speaker, on that I demand the yeas during the pendency of such stay of re- ‘‘(aa) will be removed in the reasonably and nays. moval.’’; foreseeable future; or

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‘‘(bb) would be removed in the reasonably ‘‘(iii) HEARING.—The Secretary of Home- (c) LENGTH OF DETENTION.—Section 236 of foreseeable future, or would have been re- land Security may request that the Attorney such Act (8 U.S.C. 1226) is amended by adding moved, but for the alien’s failure or refusal General or the Attorney General’s designee at the end the following: to make all reasonable efforts to comply provide for a hearing to make the determina- ‘‘(f) LENGTH OF DETENTION.— with the removal order, or to cooperate fully tion described in item (dd)(BB) of subpara- ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With regard to length of with the Secretary’s efforts to establish the graph (B)(ii)(II). detention, an alien may be detained under aliens’ identity and carry out the removal ‘‘(D) RELEASE ON CONDITIONS.—If it is deter- this section, without limitation, until the order, including making timely application mined that an alien should be released from alien is subject to an administratively final in good faith for travel or other documents detention, the Secretary of Homeland Secu- order of removal. necessary to the alien’s departure, or con- rity, in the exercise of the Secretary’s dis- ‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION.—The length of deten- spiracies or acts to prevent removal; cretion, may impose conditions on release as tion under this section shall not affect the ‘‘(II) until the alien is removed, if the Sec- provided in paragraph (3). validity of any detention under section 241 of retary of Homeland Security certifies in ‘‘(E) REDETENTION.—The Secretary of this Act.’’. writing— Homeland Security, in the exercise of the SEC. 103. SEVERABILITY. ‘‘(aa) in consultation with the Secretary of Secretary’s discretion, without any limita- If any provision of this title, or any Health and Human Services, that the alien tions other than those specified in this sec- amendment made by this title, or the appli- has a highly contagious disease that poses a tion, may again detain any alien subject to cation of any such provision to any person or threat to public safety; a final removal order who is released from circumstance, is held to be invalid for any ‘‘(bb) after receipt of a written rec- custody if the alien fails to comply with the reason, the remainder of this title, and of the ommendation from the Secretary of State, conditions of release, or to continue to sat- amendments made by this title, and the ap- that release of the alien is likely to have se- isfy the conditions described in subparagraph plication of the provisions and of the amend- rious adverse foreign policy consequences for (A), or if, upon reconsideration, the Sec- ments made by this title to any other person the United States; retary determines that the alien can be de- or circumstance, shall not be affected by ‘‘(cc) based on information available to the tained under subparagraph (B). Paragraphs such holding. Secretary of Homeland Security (including (6) through (8) shall apply to any alien re- SEC. 104. EFFECTIVE DATES. classified, sensitive, or national security in- turned to custody pursuant to this subpara- (a) SECTION 101.—The amendments made by formation, and without regard to the graph, as if the removal period terminated section 101 shall take effect on the date of grounds upon which the alien was ordered re- on the day of the redetention. the enactment of this Act, and section 241 of moved), that there is reason to believe that ‘‘(F) CERTAIN ALIENS WHO EFFECTED the Immigration and Nationality Act, as the release of the alien would threaten the ENTRY.—If an alien has effected an entry, but amended, shall apply to— national security of the United States; or has neither been lawfully admitted nor has (1) all aliens subject to a final administra- ‘‘(dd) that the release of the alien will been physically present in the United States tive removal, deportation, or exclusion order threaten the safety of the community or any continuously for the 2-year period imme- that was issued before, on, or after the date person, conditions of release cannot reason- diately prior to the commencement of re- of the enactment of this Act; and ably be expected to ensure the safety of the moval proceedings under this Act or deporta- (2) acts and conditions occurring or exist- community or any person, and either (AA) tion proceedings against the alien, the Sec- ing before, on, or after the date of the enact- the alien has been convicted of one or more retary of Homeland Security, in the exercise ment of this Act. aggravated felonies (as defined in section of the Secretary’s discretion, may decide not (b) SECTION 102.—The amendments made by 101(a)(43)(A)) or of one or more crimes identi- to apply paragraph (8) and detain the alien section 102 shall take effect upon the date of fied by the Secretary of Homeland Security without any limitations except those which the enactment of this Act, and sections 235 by regulation, or of one or more attempts or the Secretary shall adopt by regulation. and 236 of the Immigration and Nationality conspiracies to commit any such aggravated ‘‘(9) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Without regard to Act, as amended, shall apply to any alien in felonies or such identified crimes, if the ag- the place of confinement, judicial review of detention under provisions of such sections gregate term of imprisonment for such at- any action or decision pursuant to para- on or after the date of the enactment of this tempts or conspiracies is at least 5 years; or graphs (6), (7), or (8) shall be available exclu- Act. (BB) the alien has committed one or more sively in habeas corpus proceedings insti- TITLE II—CRIMINAL ALIEN REMOVAL ACT tuted in the United States District Court for crimes of violence (as defined in section 16 of SEC. 201. EXPEDITED REMOVAL FOR ALIENS IN- title 18, United States Code, but not includ- the District of Columbia, and only if the ADMISSIBLE ON CRIMINAL ing a purely political offense) and, because of alien has exhausted all administrative rem- GROUNDS. a mental condition or personality disorder edies (statutory and regulatory) available to (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 238(b) of the Im- and behavior associated with that condition the alien as of right.’’. migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. or disorder, the alien is likely to engage in SEC. 102. DETENTION OF ALIENS DURING RE- 1228(b)) is amended— acts of violence in the future; or MOVAL PROCEEDINGS. (1) in paragraph (1)— ‘‘(ee) that the release of the alien will (a) DETENTION AUTHORITY.—Section 235 of (A) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ and in- threaten the safety of the community or any the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 serting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security in person, conditions of release cannot reason- U.S.C. 1225) is amended by adding at the end the exercise of discretion’’; and ably be expected to ensure the safety of the the following: (B) by striking ‘‘set forth in this sub- ‘‘(e) LENGTH OF DETENTION.— community or any person, and the alien has section or’’ and inserting ‘‘set forth in this ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—With regard to length of been convicted of at least one aggravated fel- subsection, in lieu of removal proceedings detention, an alien may be detained under ony (as defined in section 101(a)(43)); or under’’; this section, without limitation, until the ‘‘(III) pending a determination under sub- (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘paragraph alien is subject to an administratively final clause (II), so long as the Secretary of Home- (1) until 14 calendar days’’ and inserting order of removal. land Security has initiated the administra- ‘‘paragraph (1) or (3) until 7 calendar days’’; ‘‘(2) CONSTRUCTION.—The length of deten- tive review process not later than 30 days (3) by striking ‘‘Attorney General’’ each tion under this section shall not affect the after the expiration of the removal period place it appears in paragraphs (3) and (4) and validity of any detention under section 241. (including any extension of the removal pe- inserting ‘‘Secretary of Homeland Security’’; ‘‘(f) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Without regard to riod, as provided in subsection (a)(1)(C)). the place of confinement, judicial review of (4) in paragraph (5)— ‘‘(C) RENEWAL AND DELEGATION OF CERTIFI- any action or decision made pursuant to sub- (A) by striking ‘‘described in this section’’ CATION.— section (e) shall be available exclusively in a and inserting ‘‘described in paragraph (1) or ‘‘(i) RENEWAL.—The Secretary of Homeland habeas corpus proceeding instituted in the (2)’’; and Security may renew a certification under United States District Court for the District (B) by striking ‘‘the Attorney General may subparagraph (B)(ii)(II) every 6 months with- of Columbia and only if the alien has ex- grant in the Attorney General’s discretion’’ out limitation, after providing an oppor- hausted all administrative remedies (statu- and inserting ‘‘the Secretary of Homeland tunity for the alien to request reconsider- tory and nonstatutory) available to the alien Security or the Attorney General may grant, ation of the certification and to submit doc- as of right.’’. in the discretion of the Secretary or Attor- uments or other evidence in support of that (b) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—Section 236(e) of ney General, in any proceeding’’; request. If the Secretary does not renew a such Act (8 U.S.C. 1226(e)) is amended by add- (5) by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and certification, the Secretary may not con- ing at the end the following: ‘‘Without re- (5) as paragraphs (4), (5), and (6), respec- tinue to detain the alien under subparagraph gard to the place of confinement, judicial re- tively; and (B)(ii)(II). view of any action or decision made pursuant (6) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol- ‘‘(ii) DELEGATION.—Notwithstanding sec- to subsection (f) shall be available exclu- lowing new paragraph: tion 103, the Secretary of Homeland Security sively in a habeas corpus proceeding insti- ‘‘(3) The Secretary of Homeland Security may not delegate the authority to make or tuted in the United States District Court for in the exercise of discretion may determine renew a certification described in item (bb), the District of Columbia and only if the alien inadmissibility under section 212(a)(2) (relat- (cc), or (ee) of subparagraph (B)(ii)(II) below has exhausted all administrative remedies ing to criminal offenses) and issue an order the level of the Assistant Secretary for Im- (statutory and nonstatutory) available to of removal pursuant to the procedures set migration and Customs Enforcement. the alien as of right.’’. forth in this subsection, in lieu of removal

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proceedings under section 240, with respect interstate and foreign travel or transpor- ‘‘(B) REVIEW OF DESIGNATION UPON PETI- to an alien who— tation in aid of racketeering enterprises), TION.— ‘‘(A) has not been admitted or paroled; section 1956 of such title (relating to the ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General ‘‘(B) has not been found to have a credible laundering of monetary instruments), sec- shall review the designation of a criminal fear of persecution pursuant to the proce- tion 1957 of such title (relating to engaging street gang under the procedures set forth in dures set forth in section 235(b)(1)(B); and in monetary transactions in property derived clauses (iii) and (iv) if the designated gang or ‘‘(C) is not eligible for a waiver of inadmis- from specified unlawful activity), or sections association files a petition for revocation sibility or relief from removal.’’. 2312 through 2315 of such title (relating to within the petition period described in (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments interstate transportation of stolen motor ve- clause (ii). made by subsection (a) shall take effect on hicles or stolen property). ‘‘(ii) PETITION PERIOD.—For purposes of the date of the enactment of this Act but ‘‘(ee) Any conduct punishable under sec- clause (i)— shall not apply to aliens who are in removal tion 274 (relating to bringing in and har- ‘‘(I) if the designated gang or association proceedings under section 240 of the Immi- boring certain aliens), section 277 (relating has not previously filed a petition for revoca- gration and Nationality Act as of such date. to aiding or assisting certain aliens to enter tion under this subparagraph, the petition TITLE III—ALIEN GANG REMOVAL ACT OF the United States), or section 278 (relating to period begins 2 years after the date on which 2006 importation of alien for immoral purpose) of the designation was made; or this Act.’’. SEC. 301. RENDERING INADMISSIBLE AND DE- ‘‘(II) if the designated gang or association PORTABLE ALIENS PARTICIPATING (b) DEPORTABLE.—Section 237(a)(2) of the has previously filed a petition for revocation IN CRIMINAL STREET GANGS. Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. under this subparagraph, the petition period (a) INADMISSIBLE.—Section 212(a)(2) of the 1227(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end begins 2 years after the date of the deter- Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. the following: mination made under clause (iv) on that pe- 1182(a)(2)) is amended by adding at the end ‘‘(F) CRIMINAL STREET GANG PARTICIPA- tition. the following: TION.— ‘‘(iii) PROCEDURES.—Any criminal street ‘‘(J) CRIMINAL STREET GANG PARTICIPA- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any alien is deportable gang that submits a petition for revocation TION.— who— under this subparagraph must provide evi- ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Any alien is inadmissible ‘‘(I) is a member of a criminal street gang dence in that petition that the relevant cir- if— and is convicted of committing, or con- cumstances described in paragraph (1) are ‘‘(I) the alien has been removed under sec- spiring, threatening, or attempting to com- sufficiently different from the circumstances tion 237(a)(2)(F); or mit, a gang crime; or that were the basis for the designation such ‘‘(II) the consular officer or the Secretary ‘‘(II) is determined by the Secretary of that a revocation with respect to the gang is of Homeland Security knows, or has reason- Homeland Security to be a member of a warranted. able ground to believe that the alien— criminal street gang designated under sec- ‘‘(iv) DETERMINATION.— ‘‘(aa) is a member of a criminal street gang tion 219A. ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days and has committed, conspired, or threatened ‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this after receiving a petition for revocation sub- to commit, or seeks to enter the United subparagraph, the terms ‘criminal street mitted under this subparagraph, the Attor- States to engage solely, principally, or inci- gang’ and ‘gang crime’ have the meaning ney General shall make a determination as dentally in, a gang crime or any other un- given such terms in section 212(a)(2)(J)(ii).’’. to such revocation. (c) DESIGNATION OF CRIMINAL STREET lawful activity; or ‘‘(II) PUBLICATION OF DETERMINATION.—A ‘‘(bb) is a member of a criminal street gang GANGS.— determination made by the Attorney Gen- designated under section 219A. (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title II of the eral under this clause shall be published in Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. ‘‘(ii) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this the Federal Register. 1181 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end subparagraph: ‘‘(III) PROCEDURES.—Any revocation by the the following: ‘‘(I) CRIMINAL STREET GANG.—The term Attorney General shall be made in accord- ‘criminal street gang’ means a formal or in- ‘‘DESIGNATION OF CRIMINAL STREET GANGS ance with paragraph (6). formal group or association of 3 or more in- ‘‘SEC. 219A. (a) DESIGNATION.— ‘‘(C) OTHER REVIEW OF DESIGNATION.— dividuals, who commit 2 or more gang crimes ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General is ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If in a 5-year period no (one of which is a crime of violence, as de- authorized to designate a group or associa- review has taken place under subparagraph fined in section 16 of title 18, United States tion as a criminal street gang in accordance (B), the Attorney General shall review the Code) in 2 or more separate criminal episodes with this subsection if the Attorney General designation of the criminal street gang in in relation to the group or association. finds that the group or association meets the order to determine whether such designation ‘‘(II) GANG CRIME.—The term ‘gang crime’ criteria described in section 212(a)(2)(J)(ii)(I). should be revoked pursuant to paragraph (6). means conduct constituting any Federal or ‘‘(2) PROCEDURE.— ‘‘(ii) PROCEDURES.—If a review does not State crime, punishable by imprisonment for ‘‘(A) NOTICE.— take place pursuant to subparagraph (B) in one year or more, in any of the following ‘‘(i) TO CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS.—Seven response to a petition for revocation that is categories: days before making a designation under this filed in accordance with that subparagraph, ‘‘(aa) A crime of violence (as defined in sec- subsection, the Attorney General shall, by then the review shall be conducted pursuant tion 16 of title 18, United States Code). classified communication, notify the Speak- to procedures established by the Attorney ‘‘(bb) A crime involving obstruction of jus- er and Minority Leader of the House of Rep- General. The results of such review and the tice, tampering with or retaliating against a resentatives, the President pro tempore, Ma- applicable procedures shall not be reviewable witness, victim, or informant, or burglary. jority Leader, and Minority Leader of the in any court. ‘‘(cc) A crime involving the manufac- Senate, and the members of the relevant ‘‘(iii) PUBLICATION OF RESULTS OF REVIEW.— turing, importing, distributing, possessing committees of the House of Representatives The Attorney General shall publish any de- with intent to distribute, or otherwise deal- and the Senate, in writing, of the intent to termination made pursuant to this subpara- ing in a controlled substance or listed chem- designate a group or association under this graph in the Federal Register. ical (as those terms are defined in section 102 subsection, together with the findings made ‘‘(5) REVOCATION BY ACT OF CONGRESS.—The of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. under paragraph (1) with respect to that Congress, by an Act of Congress, may block 802)). group or association, and the factual basis or revoke a designation made under para- ‘‘(dd) Any conduct punishable under sec- therefor. graph (1). tion 844 of title 18, United States Code (relat- ‘‘(ii) PUBLICATION IN FEDERAL REGISTER.— ‘‘(6) REVOCATION BASED ON CHANGE IN CIR- ing to explosive materials), subsection (d), The Attorney shall publish the designation CUMSTANCES.— (g)(1) (where the underlying conviction is a in the Federal Register seven days after pro- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Attorney General violent felony (as defined in section viding the notification under clause (i). may revoke a designation made under para- 924(e)(2)(B) of such title) or is a serious drug ‘‘(B) EFFECT OF DESIGNATION.— graph (1) at any time, and shall revoke a des- offense (as defined in section 924(e)(2)(A)), (i), ‘‘(i) A designation under this subsection ignation upon completion of a review con- (j), (k), (o), (p), (q), (u), or (x) of section 922 shall take effect upon publication under sub- ducted pursuant to subparagraphs (B) and (C) of such title (relating to unlawful acts), or paragraph (A)(ii). of paragraph (4) if the Attorney General subsection (b), (c), (g), (h), (k), (l), (m), or (n) ‘‘(ii) Any designation under this subsection finds that— of section 924 of such title (relating to pen- shall cease to have effect upon an Act of ‘‘(i) the circumstances that were the basis alties), section 930 of such title (relating to Congress disapproving such designation. for the designation have changed in such a possession of firearms and dangerous weap- ‘‘(3) RECORD.—In making a designation manner as to warrant revocation; or ons in Federal facilities), section 931 of such under this subsection, the Attorney General ‘‘(ii) the national security of the United title (relating to purchase, ownership, or shall create an administrative record. States warrants a revocation. possession of body armor by violent felons), ‘‘(4) PERIOD OF DESIGNATION.— ‘‘(B) PROCEDURE.—The procedural require- sections 1028 and 1029 of such title (relating ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A designation under this ments of paragraphs (2) and (3) shall apply to to fraud and related activity in connection subsection shall be effective for all purposes a revocation under this paragraph. Any rev- with identification documents or access de- until revoked under paragraph (5) or (6) or ocation shall take effect on the date speci- vices), section 1952 of such title (relating to set aside pursuant to subsection (b). fied in the revocation or upon publication in

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Such aliens may be de- designation under this subsection has be- lowing: tained for periods of 6 months at a time come effective under paragraph (2)(B) an ‘‘(vi) the alien is described in section and the period of detention can be re- alien in a removal proceeding shall not be 212(a)(2)(J)(i) or section 237(a)(2)(F)(i) (relat- newed. permitted to raise any question concerning ing to participation in criminal street The title also provides for appro- the validity of the issuance of such designa- gangs); or’’. priate judicial review of detention deci- tion as a defense or an objection at any hear- (c) DENIAL OF REVIEW OF DETERMINATION OF sions. ing. INELIGIBILITY FOR TEMPORARY PROTECTED Title II, the Criminal Alien Removal ‘‘(b) JUDICIAL REVIEW OF DESIGNATION.— STATUS.—Section 244(c)(2) of such Act (8 Act, was also passed as a part of H.R. ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days U.S.C. 1254(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the 4437. It would allow the Department of after publication of the designation in the end the following: Federal Register, a group or association des- ‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON JUDICIAL REVIEW.— Homeland Security to use the same ex- ignated as a criminal street gang may seek There shall be no judicial review of any find- pedited procedures available for the re- judicial review of the designation in the ing under subparagraph (B) that an alien is moval of aggravated felons to remove United States Court of Appeals for the Dis- in described in section 208(b)(2)(A)(vi).’’. other inadmissible criminal aliens who trict of Columbia Circuit. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- are not permanent residents and other- ‘‘(2) BASIS OF REVIEW.—Review under this ant to House Resolution 1018, the gen- wise are ineligible for release. At the subsection shall be based solely upon the ad- present time, these aliens must be ministrative record. tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. SENSEN- BRENNER) and the gentleman from placed in lengthy removal proceedings ‘‘(3) SCOPE OF REVIEW.—The Court shall before an immigration judge, despite hold unlawful and set aside a designation the Michigan (Mr. CONYERS) each will con- court finds to be— trol 30 minutes. the fact that they are not eligible for ‘‘(A) arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of dis- The Chair recognizes the gentleman any relief. cretion, or otherwise not in accordance with from Wisconsin. b 1245 law; GENERAL LEAVE ‘‘(B) contrary to constitutional right, This title permits removal of crimi- power, privilege, or immunity; Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam nal aliens as expeditiously as possible. ‘‘(C) in excess of statutory jurisdiction, au- Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Title III of the bill contains the thority, or limitation, or short of statutory all Members may have 5 legislative ‘‘Alien Gang Removal Act’’ authored right; days within which to revise and extend by the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. ‘‘(D) lacking substantial support in the ad- their remarks and include extraneous FORBES), which was also included in ministrative record taken as a whole; or materials on H.R. 6094 currently under H.R. 4437. Crime by alien members of ‘‘(E) not in accord with the procedures reconsideration. criminal street gangs is a growing quired by law. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there menace. Moreover, while criminal alien ‘‘(4) JUDICIAL REVIEW INVOKED.—The pend- gangs are spreading throughout the ency of an action for judicial review of a des- objection to the request of the gen- ignation shall not affect the application of tleman from Wisconsin? country, they often terrorize immi- this section, unless the court issues a final There was no objection. grant communities and subvert the order setting aside the designation. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam qualities of honesty and hard work ‘‘(c) RELEVANT COMMITTEE DEFINED.—As Speaker, I yield myself such time as I that typify most of these communities. used in this section, the term ‘relevant com- may consume. Despite the clear threat that the vio- mittees’ means the Committees on the Judi- Madam Speaker, I rise in strong sup- lent street gangs pose to our neighbor- ciary of the House of Representatives and of hoods and communities, immigrants the Senate.’’. port of H.R. 6094, the Community Pro- tection Act, which consists of 3 crucial who are members of these gangs are (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of not deportable or inadmissible, and can contents for the Immigration and Nation- provisions to ensure the safety of all ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is amended by Americans: receive asylum and temporary pro- inserting after the item relating to section Title I includes the Dangerous Alien tected status. DHS must wait until 219 the following: Detention Act which contains provi- they are caught and convicted of a spe- ‘‘Sec. 219A. Designation of criminal street sions similar to those passed by the cific criminal act before it can act to gangs.’’. House last December as a part of H.R. remove them. SEC. 302. MANDATORY DETENTION OF SUS- 4437. One of the most violent and fastest- PECTED CRIMINAL STREET GANG growing gangs, MS–13, was formed by MEMBERS. In Zadvydas v. Davis (2001) and Clark v. Martinez (2005), the Supreme Court Salvadorans who entered the U.S. dur- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 236(c)(1)(D) of the ing the civil war in El Salvador in the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. decided that under current law, immi- 1980s, and has an estimated 8,000 to 1226(c)(1)(D)) is amended— grants under orders of removal can al- 10,000 members in 31 States. (1) by inserting ‘‘or 212(a)(2)(J)’’ after most never be detained for more than 6 This bill renders alien gang members ‘‘212(a)(3)(B)’’; and months if for some reason they cannot deportable and inadmissible, mandates (2) by inserting ‘‘or 237(a)(2)(F)’’ before be removed from the country within ‘‘237(a)(4)(B)’’. their detention, and bars them from re- that time. As a result, the Department (b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March ceiving asylum or temporary protected 1 of each year (beginning 1 year after the of Homeland Security has had no status. The bill adopts procedures simi- date of the enactment of this Act), the Sec- choice but to release hundreds of lar to those used by the State Depart- retary of Homeland Security, after consulta- criminal aliens back into our commu- ment to designate foreign terrorist or- tion with the appropriate Federal agencies, nities. shall submit a report to the Committees on ganizations in order to enable the At- The Department of Justice has testi- torney General to designate gangs as the Judiciary of the House of Representa- fied that the government is now re- tives and of the Senate on the number of criminal street gangs. aliens detained under the amendments made quired to release numerous rapists, Madam Speaker, I urge my col- by subsection (a). child molesters, murderers, and other leagues to support this bill to make SEC. 303. INELIGIBILITY FROM PROTECTION dangerous illegal aliens into our America’s streets safer for all. FROM REMOVAL AND ASYLUM. streets. ‘‘Vicious criminal aliens are Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- (a) INAPPLICABILITY OF RESTRICTION ON RE- now being set free within the United ance of my time. MOVAL TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES.—Section States.’’ One of the aliens released was Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I 241(b)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nation- subsequently arrested for shooting a ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1251(b)(3)(B)) is amended, yield myself such time as I may con- in the matter preceding clause (i), by insert- New York state trooper in the head. sume. ing ‘‘who is described in section 212(a)(2)(J)(i) This bill will end this perilous prac- (Mr. CONYERS asked and was given or section 237(a)(2)(F)(i) or who is’’ after ‘‘to tice by allowing the Department of permission to revise and extend his re- an alien’’. Homeland Security to detain certain marks.)

VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:20 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE7.023 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6873 Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, it is is being criticized by the Democrats. ties, 5.3 million undocumented immi- unfortunate that we are not focusing But our hearings were not condemned grants have come into the United our attention on proposals that would by the media. Far from it, because at States. Since 2001, when President actually make our Nation’s borders our hearings we heard from the border Bush assumed the Presidency, over 2 more secure, but I think we find our- agents, the sheriffs, the investigators, million undocumented immigrants selves once again on the floor of the the men and women whose task it is to came into the United States. We have House engaging in a kind of a political enforce border security. They called for seen 12 years, basically, 12 years of Re- gamesmanship that forecasts an elec- the border fence that the Democrats publican rule in the House and Senate, tion some 48 days from now. opposed. their power, and basically nothing has By now many people in our country Now the Democrats are referring to happened. Nothing has happened. have lost their patience for political their motion to recommit our bill, H.R. And now with 5 legislative days left theater and expect movement toward 4437. Well, their motion would have before we adjourn and go out to meet comprehensive immigration reform. I gutted this critical immigration en- our voters, there are these bills that used that phrase earlier, and it was re- forcement bill. If the Democrat motion are being brought to the floor that jected by a Member on the other side of had passed, there would have been no haven’t had hearings, that don’t the aisle as not being pragmatic. provision to crack down on violent scratch the issues of the real security The House and the Senate have alien gang members. There would have issues that face us. Interesting enough, passed bills on immigration reform and been no provision to allow for the de- these bills don’t even come close to border security a number of months tention of dangerous aliens. There what several of the witnesses at what ago. Under regular order we should would be no provision to crack down on Congressman FLAKE termed the ‘‘faux’’ have had conferees appointed and been employees hiring those here illegally. hearings in August, what those wit- engaged in the process of reconciling Their motion to recommit was mean- nesses told us. the two bills. As a matter of fact, the ingless and ineffectual. Only the Ap- For example, Sheriff Lee Baca of Los chairman of this committee and myself propriations Committee can actually Angeles County, I think the largest as ranking member would undoubtedly allocate funds. The Democrats know sheriff’s jurisdiction in the country, have been two of the conferees. this, and they know that our appropri- said he supported comprehensive re- However, in a substantial deviation ators over this year and next have in- form, not piecemeal reform and sets of from what is normal practice in the creased Border Patrol strength by 2,700 bills that failed to address the full bor- House, the leadership decided to launch agents. This is the maximum number der security issue. a traveling road show of committee I think if we take a look at the sub- of new agents who can realistically be hearings in the States across the coun- stance of these bills, and I don’t think recruited and adequately trained in try in an attempt to make citizens be- that is even what is intended here, but that time span. lieve that they were being active on But in the meantime we have the if we do, we will see how little these this subject of comprehensive immigra- question of the broader border security proposals would actually accomplish. tion reform. But most Americans, or at No one is going to stick up for crimi- issue of whether you are going to erect least many of them, saw through the nal alien gangs, not me, not anybody. that fence, whether you are going to charade and the hearings were con- But the provisions in the act are not allow State and local law enforcement demned in the media across the coun- going to be effective. to assist our ICE agents, whether or try as both a waste of taxpayers’ The State and local cooperation, the not you are going to crack down on money and a waste of congressional enforcement of the Immigration Law criminal gangs. Those are the provi- time when we should have been focused Act, does not require police to report sions that we are bringing up today and on resolving the immigration dif- immigration status of crime victims, passing over into the Senate. ferences that we have between the two and it really is not going to do what I Our hope is that the Senate leader- committees. think the authors suggest. Now here we are at the end of Sep- ship, Republican leadership, can get Title II, is a provision, it is a sense of tember. The nationwide hearings are past the Democratic opposition this the Congress that the Attorney Gen- over, some 21 hearings covering more time and get past the argument that eral should adopt guidelines for the than a dozen States, and we still have all we should do is a blanket amnesty. prosecution of smuggling offenses. no notice of when we are going to have We tried a blanket amnesty in 1986. It That should have been done quite some a conference on the two measures con- didn’t work. It did not work. And the time ago. It reminds me of the bill that cerning immigration that have been al- concept that the answer to all of this is we passed earlier this week, and I was ready passed months ago by the House open borders and another blanket am- unable to be on the floor, where we of Representatives and the Senate. nesty is simply wrong. It is a wrong- urge that the Attorney General and the Now, by bringing parts of these pro- headed notion. I urge passage. Department of Homeland Security gain visions to the floor again, I don’t think Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I am control of our borders in 18 months’ is going to give much encouragement very pleased to yield to the gentle- time. What about now? What about the to the citizens who are quickly losing woman from California (Ms. ZOE last 12 years? confidence in the Congress. I think our LOFGREN), a distinguished member of So again, we are going through pret- ratings are down to 25 percent support. the Committee on the Judiciary and a ty much a charade here. Meanwhile, That’s as of today. We may fall lower member on the Immigration Sub- the President zeroed out funding for after these hearings because people are committee, such time as she may con- the State criminal alien assistance tired of theater, and they would like to sume. program. Really every year since 2001 have a little show, a little progress, a Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. he has zeroed it out, and the Repub- little action. Madam Speaker, as the ranking mem- lican-controlled Congress barely fund- So here we are reworking many pro- ber has mentioned, I am a member of ed it at half of what was authorized. In visions that were already passed in the Immigration Subcommittee and fiscal year 2006, Congress only appro- H.R. 4437 last December. I think very also the Homeland Security Com- priated $405 million even though $750 few people are going to be fooled by mittee. As a consequence, I had an op- million was authorized. what it is that is going on here. portunity to participate in some of The list of failures goes on and on, Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- these so-called immigration hearings but the truth or the proof is in the pud- ance of my time. in the last several months. ding. And I think as voters take a look Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam I must say that the impression that at a situation that is not a good one, Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- one receives, the inevitable impression, the border is not orderly, at millions of tleman from California (Mr. ROYCE). is that there has been a lot of talk, but illegal aliens who have come in under Mr. ROYCE. Madam Speaker, I thank as they say in the South, not much the watch of the Republican Congress the gentleman for yielding me this walk. Unfortunately, I think today is and see here today the scrambling time. more of the same. around to look like we are doing some- The border security bill that was Since 1995, when the Senate and thing, I think they will understand passed by the House of Representatives House gained their Republican majori- that they are being played for fools.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:20 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21SE7.034 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE H6874 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 21, 2006 Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Madam schools, stand outside our neighbor- what the 9/11 Commission rec- Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. hoods with a placard that says: I am a ommended. What happened? On a Madam Speaker, what we have heard member of the most violent criminal party-line vote, that additional re- from the other side of the aisle I think gang in the world. I am here illegally, sources to keep gang members out was basically falls into the category of the and our law enforcement people cannot defeated. perfect being the enemy of the good. do anything at all to touch them. In 2003, rollcall vote No. 301 in June When the perfect defeats the good, then And the common sense of this provi- of 2003, Republicans voted against con- bad prevails. sion is simply this: it says, first of all, sideration of an amendment that would The way checks and balances were when they come into the country, we have added $300 million for border secu- set up, it is really hard to pass a per- are going to treat them like we do ter- rity, including making a further down fect bill. I think one has been passed rorists, and we are going to say if you payment on the promise of the Con- since 1789 in this House of Representa- are a member of a violent criminal gress in the 2001 PATRIOT Act to triple tives. gang, we are not letting you in. If you the number of border agents and in- What we are doing at the end of the get into the country and you are here spectors along the northern border, and session is some good stuff. Criminal as our guest and we let you in and you all the Republicans on the floor here alien gangs and all of the other things join a violent criminal gang, we don’t today voted against that. that I described in my opening state- believe there is any socially redeeming Vote No. 305 in 2003 was additional ments, I think they are good. If they value at all in being a member of a vio- appropriations that Democrats were are good, we ought to vote for them. If lent criminal gang. recommending, $300 million, again to it isn’t good to deal with criminal alien So if you join that gang, we are going enhance border security and keep gang gangs that are poisoning and terror- to send you out of this country, and we members and others out of the United izing our streets, then vote ‘‘no.’’ are not going to just set up some hear- States. And again Republicans all Madam Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to ing date that is 30, 60, 90 days away voted against it; the Democrats voted the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. that you won’t show up at, but we are for it. FORBES). going to stop you. We are going to de- Rollcall vote No. 243 in 2004, again Mr. FORBES. Madam Speaker, I tain you, and we are going to send you Republicans voted against consider- want to begin by thanking Chairman out before we have a victim of a violent ation of an amendment that would SENSENBRENNER for taking up this crime. have added $750 million for border secu- fight and for not giving up on this fight Madam Speaker, I would just close rity. and continuing to work hard to get by saying we had testimony of one sit- In 2005, rollcall vote No. 160, Demo- some of these provisions through. uation in Massachusetts where we had crats tried again, and Republicans I guess the longer I am here, I should a young girl who was deaf and she had voted against a motion to report back not be surprised by anything that I a mental illness. She was in a wheel- to conference with instructions to add hear on the floor, but I still am chair, and she and another handicapped $284 million for additional border secu- shocked. I am shocked this afternoon child were taken out and raped by six rity measures. That $284 million would as I hear statements like, ‘‘There has gang members, and two of them were have included funding for an additional been a lot of talk, but not much walk,’’ here, one protected by temporary pro- 550 Border Patrol agents, 200 additional and then that bringing part of these tected status and the other one who immigration agents, and additional provisions certainly will not give any had applied for it. border aerial vehicles. confidence to our citizens. Madam Speaker, I think it is time for In 2005, rollcall vote 174, once again Madam Speaker, I say that because I us to use some common sense when Republicans voted against consider- want to talk about just one part of dealing with violent criminal gangs ation of amendments that would have these provisions today, and that is vio- and to say that we are going to do added $400 million to border security. lent criminal gangs. When we began something about them. We are not And later in 2005, rollcall vote No. 187, talking about violent criminal gangs going to just talk about them, but we Republicans voted against a Demo- and trying to do something about it, are going to get some action done. cratic substitute that would have our friends on the other side of the I thank the chairman for continuing added 800 additional immigration aisle first suggested to us in the com- this fight, and I hope we will pass this agents and 8,000 additional detention mittees that we didn’t even have a measure. beds, helping to meet the promise of problem with violent criminal gangs in Mr. CONYERS. Madam Speaker, I the 9/11 Commission. the United States. yield such time as she may consume to In 2005, rollcall vote 188, again Re- Ms. LOFGREN. publicans voted against a motion to re- b 1300 Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. commit the Homeland Security Au- But today they have backed off of Madam Speaker, really, we are talking thorization bill with instructions so that because they know that as we are a lot, but if we had acted in the last 12 that we could add 800 additional immi- sitting here talking today, there are years, we would be in a lot better situ- gration agents and 8,000 additional de- over 850,000 criminal gang members in ation. tention beds. this country. It has been mentioned that violent And, of course, rollcall vote 56 in A lot of talk, but not much walk. gang members should not be admitted 2006, Republicans defeated an amend- They have fought us on every single as- to the United States and that somehow ment to H.R. 4939, the supplemental pect of trying to do something to stop we need to change the law in order to approps that would have added $600 those violent criminal gangs. And, accomplish that. I would note, how- million for border security measures in Madam Speaker, I would just tell you ever, that under section 212 of the Im- the bill, including $400 million for in- that of those 850,000 violent criminal migration and Nationality Act, gang stallation, 1,500 radiation portal mon- gang members, if you look at the most members are already inadmissible to itors and air patrols and the like. violent gangs, all of our testimony in the United States; and if we had ade- Again, rollcall vote 210 this year, Re- the Judiciary Committee suggested quate personnel, they would have been publicans voted against consideration that between 60 and 85 percent of them turned away at the border. And think- of an amendment that would have were here illegally. ing about what we could have done, we added $2.1 billion for border security, When they come into our country, we could have voted the resources over the helping us to meet our commitments don’t even ask them today if they are years to do that. I will just mention a by adding additional Border Patrol a member of a violent criminal gang; few votes that every Republican on the agents, immigration agents, and deten- and what is worse is once they get floor voted against. tion beds. here, we actually cloak them in protec- In 2001, rollcall vote No. 454 in No- Now, in the face of all of this nega- tions, either by giving temporary pro- vember of 2001, Democrats suggested tivism, we have here in the last 6 days tected status or by giving them polit- that we add $223 million for border se- of this Congress fluff. Fluff. I don’t ical asylum, which basically means curity to help meet the promises of the think the American people are going to this: they can stand outside our PATRIOT Act on border staffing and buy it.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 02:20 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21SE7.036 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6875 Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I have penned those words. It is true today, come about spewing hateful, rhetoric. These no further requests for time, and I particularly in the light of the failure bills will contribute to the incitement of attacks yield back the balance of my time. of the 1986 Simpson-Mazzoli bill. against the immigrant community, such as the Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- The legislation we have before us recent arson on a Mexican restaurant in Cali- er, I yield myself the balance of my now attempts to fulfill the admonition fornia, or the attack on the young Latino stu- time. that Father Hesburgh and his commis- dent in Texas earlier this year. Mr. Speaker, the gentlewoman from sion gave to the country in 1981. That Mr. Speaker, these bills are nothing but a California has recited a litany of roll- is why it should pass. cynical attempt 7 weeks before an election to calls, and all of those rollcalls, from Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, score political points. That’s not only irrespon- what I heard, deal with appropriations I rise today in opposition to H.R. 6064, the sible it’s reprehensible. legislation. Community Protection Act of 2006. The Nation I urge my colleagues to reject these hateful We have a budget. We cannot fully has been calling for comprehensive immigra- bills. fund every request that comes down in tion reform. By focusing only on enforcement, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, the budget; otherwise, the deficit the majority would have us ignore our Nation’s I rise in opposition to the Community Protec- would balloon to even higher levels. economic dependence on immigrant labor and tion Act of 2006, H.R. 6094. H.R. 6094 will not But the fact is that the most generous does nothing to address the millions of un- protect United States borders, strengthen our parts of the budget have been for de- documented individuals already living and national security, or address the Nation’s im- fense and homeland security since 9/11, working in the country today. migration problems comprehensively. Instead and there have been some pretty large H.R. 6064 will have the effect of restricting of voting on H.R. 6094 and other bills that increases in that. the rights of immigrants to due process protec- raise a few issues on a piecemeal basis, we Then the gentlewoman from Cali- tions, like judicial review and immigration hear- should be going to conference to resolve the fornia says that this bill is unnecessary ings, and could have serious, possibly life-en- differences between the House and Senate because we already can refuse to admit dangering consequences for immigrants and immigration reform bills that have already gang members into this country. And asylum-seekers. Permitting the indefinite de- passed. she is not correct on that. In order to tention of an individual, even a non-citizen, is The Community Protection Act would permit refuse to admit a gang member into a practice one would associate with oppres- indefinite detention of aliens who are consid- this country under the Immigration sive regimes. Applying that decision retro- ered dangerous and are waiting for the execu- and Naturalization Act, that gang actively is a direct violation of due process; tion of a final order of deportation. The most member had to have been convicted of due process is essential when you consider common reason for a delay in executing the a crime. And the difference between order is difficult in obtaining travel documents her side of the argument and our side the number of documented failures in custody that authorize the alien’s admission to another of the argument is pretty simple: review procedures and administrative delays. They require there to be a victim The measure grants Department of Home- country. first. Somebody has to be a victim of a land Security officials, rather than immigration I object to the practice of indefinite detention crime that has been committed by a officials or other courts, the authority to deter- for a number of reasons, but the one that con- gang member who serves time in an mine whether expedited removal of individuals cerns me most is the possibility that people American prison and then is deported is admissible. The language does not specify will spend the rest of their lives in detention and attempts to come back. that an individual be convicted of any crime; it simply because they are viewed as being dan- We don’t think that a gang member instead allows low-level officers to play judge gerous. should have to be convicted first to and jury deciding whether an individual poses In Zadvydas v. Davis (2001), the U.S. Su- keep him out of our country. That is a a threat to public safety. In doing so it denies preme Court held that a statute permitting in- big difference between the Democrats individuals the rights to safeguards provided definite detention would raise serious constitu- and the Republicans. by judicial review, which has been so impor- tional problems because the due process Now, we have heard an awful lot of tant to protecting civil liberties in our Nation. clause of the fifth amendment prohibits depriv- rhetoric on this floor about the fact I strongly encourage my colleagues to reject ing any person, including aliens, of liberty that we have to have a comprehensive this measure and instead move forward with without due process of law. immigration bill. We passed a com- negotiations for comprehensive immigration The Community Protection Act would allow prehensive immigration bill in 1986, reform that responsibly addresses all aspects expedited removal of aliens who have not and the failure of that bill has caused of this critical issue. been inspected or paroled into the United the problems that this country faces Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong States, are inadmissible on the basis of a today with 11 to 12 million illegal im- opposition to all three of these bills. criminal ground, a conviction would not be re- migrants in this country and the num- We should be passing real immigration required, do not have a credible fear of persecu- ber growing by over half a million ever form today not these mean-spirited, divisive tion, and are not eligible for a waiver or relief year. bills. from removal. The 1986 bill was triggered by a com- Real immigration reform should include a The Immigration and Nationality Act, INA, mission that was appointed by Presi- clear path to citizenship not targeting people already has provisions for the expedited re- dent Carter which was headed by the who don’t fit the Republican majority’s concep- moval of criminal aliens, but it applies to aliens then-President of Notre Dame Univer- tion of what a citizen should look like. Under who have been convicted of an aggravated sity, Father Theodore Hesburgh. Let the provisions of H.R. 6094, they want to be felony. As a practical matter, relief from depor- me quote a little bit from the commis- able to single out two or three minorities walk- tation is not available to an alien who has sion report, and, remember, this was ing down the street, call them a gang, and been convicted of an aggravated felony. Only the Hesburgh Commission. have an easy route to deport them by two issues are involved in these cases, is the Five years before the 1986 bill was classifying them as a ‘‘criminal street gang.’’ person an alien and has he been convicted of passed, the Hesburgh Commission said: Not only is that an infringement on the con- an aggravated felony. ‘‘We do not believe that the United stitutional guarantee to right of a assembly, it’s In contrast, H.R. 6089 would establish expe- States should begin the process of le- indicative of the xenophobic sentiment shroud- dited removal proceedings for aliens who do galization until new enforcement ing the Republican’s version of immigration re- not have a credible fear of persecution and measures have been instituted to make form. are inadmissible under section 212(a)(2) of the it clear that the United States is deter- Real immigration reform should take mean- INA on the basis of a crime involving moral mined to curtail new flows of undocu- ingful steps at securing our borders like invest- turpitude, a controlled substance violation, two mented/illegal aliens. Without more ef- ing in infrastructure at our ports and airports. or more offenses for which the aggregate sen- fective enforcement than the U.S. has We shouldn’t be deputizing local law enforce- tence was 5 years or more, prostitution or had in the past, legalization could ment as border police. commercialized vice, trafficking in persons, serve as a stimulus to further illegal Real immigration reform should recognize money laundering, and other criminal of- entry. The select commission is op- the intrinsic value that diversity through immi- fenses. posed to any program that would pre- gration has brought to our Nation and not These cases would raise complicated legal cipitate such movement.’’ seek to divide us as these three bills do. Un- issues and difficult questions of fact, such as That was true 25 years ago when Fa- fortunately, this debate is no longer about bor- whether the alien is removable under any of ther Hesburgh and his commission der security, jobs, or the economy—it has be- the numerous grounds of inadmissibility in

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PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL RE- but H.R. 6094 does not take the right ap- SOURCES TO APPREHEND CRIMINAL we go again. More piecemeal proposals. proach. It would cast a broad net that would ALIENS. More tired, old, narrow, short-sighted ensnare innocent children along with the dan- (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as fol- policies of the past. gerous criminals. lows: I think we should let the people H.R. 6094 would establish new grounds of (1) In the 9/11 Act of 2004, the Republican around the country who are watching inadmissibility, which would include the belief Congress promised to provide 8,000 additional and listening to this debate know that of an immigration inspector that the alien is a detention beds and 800 additional immigra- they are not watching a rerun. This is, tion agents per year from fiscal year 2006 gang member entering to engage in unlawful through fiscal year 2010. Over the last two in fact, original programming. Yes, the activity. It also would make someone remov- years, the Republican Congress has left our plot lines are the same. We even have able solely on the basis of membership in a Nation short 5,000 detention beds, and nearly many of the same characters, many of group that has been designated by the Attor- 500 immigration agents short of the promises the same arguments; and if the issues ney General as ‘‘a criminal street gang.’’ they made in the Intelligence Reform (or 9/ weren’t so serious to our national secu- In addition, members of designated criminal 11) Act of 2004, to the detriment of efforts to rity, it would almost be humorous. street gangs would be ineligible for asylum, apprehend criminal aliens. b 1315 withholding of removal, and Temporary Pro- (2) Criminal aliens continue to be a prob- tected Status; and they would be subject to lem in part because the Committee on the But it is not, Mr. Speaker. It is un- Judiciary and other relevant committees forgivable. It is unforgivable that in- the criminal alien detention provisions. have not engaged the Senate Committee on This approach might be less objectionable if the Judiciary in discussion on resolving the stead of rolling up our sleeves and get- every youth in a gang was a violent criminal, differences between the House and Senate on ting a real immigration bill to the but that is not the case. immigration legislation that the House of President’s desk, we are revisiting I urge you to vote against the Effective Im- Representatives or the Senate have already issues that this body has already ad- migration Enforcement and Community Pro- passed during the 109th Congress and has not dressed. tection Act. reported the same back to the House in a Why? Why are we doing this again if Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, H.R. form agreed to by the two committees, in similar language has already passed? 6094, the Community Protection Act of 2006, consultation with other relevant commit- Could it be that there are less than 7 will fix a U.S. Supreme Court decision that has tees, that protects United States borders, strengthens our national security, and ad- weeks to the next election? We have so inadvertently put us in danger. dresses the Nation’s immigration problem much work to get done. Why are we The bill allows the Federal Government to comprehensively. going back and repassing provisions detain illegal immigrants convicted of serious (b) ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO APPREHEND and addressing issues that have already crimes for 6-month periods beyond their incar- CRIMINAL ALIENS BY IMPLEMENTING THE 9/11 passed this body? ceration, as long as at the end of each 6- COMMISSION ACT.—In each of fiscal years 2007 A poll out today by CBS and the New month period the detention is renewed by the through 2010, there are authorized to be ap- York Times showed that only 25 per- Department of Justice. propriated such sums as may be necessary to cent, 25 percent of the American people increase— Current law states that if a convicted illegal approve of the job Congress is doing. immigrant is ordered deported, but can’t be (1) by 2,000 the number of immigration agents; And two-thirds said they believe Con- deported because their home country refuses (2) by 250 the number of detention officers; gress accomplished less than it typi- to take them back, the U.S. Government can (3) by 250 the number of U.S. Marshals; cally does in a 2-year session. only detain them for a 6-month period. (4) by 25,000 the number of detention beds; Maybe that is because the majority After that, the Government is forced to re- and is bringing up the same bills over and lease the criminal immigrant knowing they (5) by 1,000 the number of investigators of over and over again. Mr. Speaker, I may be a danger to the community. fraudulent schemes and documents that vio- know that the men and women of this late sections 274A, 274C, and 274D of the Im- We have a responsibility to make sure the Chamber are good people, I know they laws of this land protect Americans rather than migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a, 1324c, 1324d). are compassionate, and they are seri- endanger them. ous about addressing the needs of our Under this bill convicted illegal immigrants Mr. GUTIERREZ (during the reading). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous Nation. So let’s show the American will be detained until arrangements can be people that we care about their fami- made to have them deported. consent that the motion to recommit be considered as read and printed in lies, that we care about husbands, I urge my colleagues to support the bill. American citizen husbands and wives Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- the RECORD. being separated by our bad immigra- er, I yield back the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. objection to the request of the gen- tion policy. We care about defenseless children CULBERSON). All time for debate has ex- tleman from Illinois? pired. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- who are being punished for decisions Pursuant to House Resolution 1018, er, reserving the right to object, has that they have no control over. We the bill is considered read and the pre- the minority provided our side of the care about workers who are being ex- vious question is ordered. aisle with a copy of this motion? ploited, about the father who is fight- The question is on the engrossment Mr. GUTIERREZ. Yes. ing to remain with his wife and daugh- and third reading of the bill. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Further re- ter in America. The bill was ordered to be engrossed serving the right to object, Mr. Speak- Mr. Speaker, rather than just talking and read a third time, and was read the er, we do not have it. I object. I ask about family values, we have the op- third time. that the motion be read. portunity today to show the American MOTION TO RECOMMIT OFFERED BY MR. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Objec- people that we really, really believe in GUTIERREZ tion is heard. family values. We have that ability Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I The Clerk will continue reading. today. Mr. Speaker, the motion to re- offer a motion to recommit. The Clerk continued to read the mo- commit I am offering is really simple. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the tion to recommit. The House has already passed an immi- gentleman opposed to the bill? Mr. SENSENBRENNER (during the gration bill. I do not like it, but that is Mr. GUTIERREZ. In its present form, reading). Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my how the process works. The Senate I am. objection to waive the reading. passed its own immigration bill. Some The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without on the other side do not like that Clerk will report the motion to recom- objection, the reading is suspended. version. That is the way democracy mit. There was no objection. works.

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My motion simply suggests a better tions laid out by the 9/11 Commission The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- way to handle the subject matter of and increase the number of detention tleman may be heard on the point of this bill, which is to go to conference beds and immigration agents. Mr. order. with the comprehensive bills the two Speaker, the American people want ac- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Houses have already passed, and that is tion, they do not want more talk. They er, H.R. 6094 restores the Secretary of why I consider it germane. do not want more excuses, they cer- Homeland Security’s authority to de- Look, we all agree the drug dealers, tainly do not want more debate. They tain certain dangerous aliens, to en- gang members have no place in our so- want solutions, and that is why they sure the removal of the deportable ciety. Alien smugglers who live out of sent us here. criminal aliens and to combat alien the hopes and aspirations of this who At the end of the day, if these bills gang crime. wish to come, but rape and rob and pass, what have those who support The legislation provides DHS author- murder people should be thrown into them really done to address the issue ity to detain beyond 6 months aliens jail, and we should throw away the of our broken immigration system? under orders of removal who cannot be key. They have done nothing. Because, as removed in a number of situations, There are 11 to 12 million people former Secretary of Homeland Secu- such as if an alien has a highly con- walking around this country, and we do rity Tom Ridge wrote just last week, tagious disease, release would have se- not know who they are. We do not have he said, ‘‘Trying to gain operational rious adverse foreign policy con- an address, an employer. We believe control of the borders is impossible un- sequences, release would threaten na- that they should have a place in this less our enhanced enforcement efforts tional security, or release would society if they have followed the rules. are coupled with a robust temporary threaten the safety of the community Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- guest worker program and a means to and the alien is either an aggravated er, point of order. entice those now working illegally out felon or is mentally ill and has com- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- of the shadows into some type of legal mitted a crime of violence. tleman will suspend. The gentleman status.’’ The legislation also provides DHS from Illinois must confine his remarks Homeland Security Secretary Tom with expedited procedures for the re- to the point of order before the House Ridge said, ‘‘It is impossible.’’ Mr. moval of inadmissible criminal aliens Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I will. Speaker, impossible. For the sake of and provides new tools to prosecute I believe I have. I want to do exactly our national security, for the sake of criminal alien gang members. the same thing. Members on this side millions of families adversely affected The motion to recommit pertains to of the aisle want to do exactly the by our immigration laws, for the sake a subject matter different from that same things, and we can agree on of our economy, let’s work together to contained in the legislation under con- them. Let’s sit down at a table. Let’s make comprehensive immigration re- sideration. Specifically on page 2, line do it in a comprehensive manner. form a reality. Let’s name the con- 18 of the motion to recommit, it in- Mr Speaker, that is why think the ferees and allow them the time to work creases the number of United States point of order is not good on this par- it out. Let’s ensure that the important marshals. ticular issue, I think it is germane. recommendations of the 9/11 Commis- United States marshals do not do im- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The sion are fulfilled, because each day migration enforcement, and thus it ex- Chair is prepared to rule. The bill is that goes by with silence and inaction pands the bill beyond the scope of the confined to immigration matters. As on this issue means the potential for bill and is nongermane. And as a re- argued by gentleman from Wisconsin, another dead body turning up in the sult, the motion fails the test of ger- the motion to recommit addresses U.S. desert, another child separated from maneness contained in clause 7 of rule marshals beyond their work in an im- her parents, another worker exploited, XVI and thus is not in order. migration context. another dream denied. The current sys- Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I Accordingly, the point of order is tem is failing our Nation, Mr. Speaker. would like to be heard on the point of sustained. It hurts families, it hampers business, order. Mr. GUTIERREZ. With all due reit harms the United States of America, Mr. Speaker, the gentleman makes a spect, Mr. Speaker, I move to appeal it makes us less safe. point of order that the proposed sub- the ruling of the Chair on the point of The status quo is simply unaccept- section 3 that I would add to section order. able to the needs of our Nation and un- 210(a) of the bill is not germane. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- worthy of our Nation’s proud history of I would argue that this paragraph is er, I move to lay the appeal on the welcoming newcomers seeking a better germane to the bill. When the subject table. life. So let’s work together to create an matter of the whole bill is taken into The SPEAKER pro tempore. The immigration that works for families, consideration, H.R. 6094 presents a question is, shall the decision of the works for businesses, and works to number of different immigration re- Chair stand as the judgment of the keep our Nation truly safe. The time to form proposals that my subsection 3 House? do so is now, and the time for excuses addresses, related legislation that ad- MOTION TO TABLE OFFERED BY MR. is over. dresses the same exact subject matter. SENSENBRENNER I urge you to vote ‘‘yes’’ on my mo- All day today, Mr. Speaker, we have Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- tion to recommit, so that we can show been hearing the proponents of this bill er, I move to lay the appeal on the the American people that this Congress argue that the various immigration re- table. is truly serious about protecting our form proposals included in the bill are The SPEAKER pro tempore. The borders, bolstering our national secu- a valuable alternative to a more com- question is on the motion to table. rity, and fixing our broken immigra- prehensive immigration reform legisla- The question was taken; and the tion system. tion that is stalled in the 109th Con- Speaker pro tempore announced that POINT OF ORDER gress. the ayes appeared to have it. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- In other words, Mr. Speaker, they are Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, on er, I insist upon my point of order. conceding that this bill is related to that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. the many other immigration reform The yeas and nays were ordered. CULBERSON). The gentleman will state proposals this House has considered The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- his point of order. over the past 2 years. ant to clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:05 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21SE7.041 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE H6878 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 21, 2006 minute vote on the motion to lay the Capuano Israel Pelosi Barrow Gallegly Michaud appeal on the table may be followed by Cardin Jackson (IL) Peterson (MN) Bartlett (MD) Garrett (NJ) Miller (FL) Cardoza Jackson-Lee Pomeroy Barton (TX) Gerlach Miller (MI) a 5-minute vote on passage, if arising Carnahan (TX) Price (NC) Bass Gibbons Miller (NC) without further debate or proceedings Carson Jefferson Rahall Bean Gilchrest Miller, Gary in recommittal. Chandler Johnson, E. B. Rangel Beauprez Gillmor Mollohan Clay Jones (OH) The vote was taken by electronic de- Reyes Berkley Gingrey Moran (KS) Cleaver Kanjorski Ross Berry Gohmert Moran (VA) vice, and there were—yeas 225, nays Clyburn Kaptur Rothman Biggert Gonzalez Murphy 195, not voting 12, as follows: Conyers Kennedy (RI) Roybal-Allard Bilbray Goode Murtha Cooper Kildee Ruppersberger Bilirakis Goodlatte Musgrave [Roll No. 464] Costa Kilpatrick (MI) Rush Bishop (GA) Gordon Myrick Costello Kind YEAS—225 Ryan (OH) Bishop (NY) Granger Neugebauer Cramer Kucinich Aderholt Gibbons Sabo Bishop (UT) Graves Northup Northup Crowley Langevin Akin Gilchrest Blackburn Green (WI) Norwood Norwood Cuellar Lantos Salazar Alexander Gillmor ´ Blunt Green, Al Nunes Nunes Cummings Larsen (WA) Sanchez, Linda Bachus Gingrey Boehlert Green, Gene Nussle Nussle Davis (AL) Larson (CT) T. Baker Gohmert Boehner Gutknecht Oberstar Osborne Davis (CA) Lee Sanchez, Loretta Barrett (SC) Goode Bonilla Hall Obey Otter Davis (FL) Levin Sanders Barrow Goodlatte Bonner Harman Ortiz Oxley Davis (IL) Lewis (GA) Schakowsky Bartlett (MD) Granger Bono Hart Osborne Paul Davis (TN) Lipinski Schiff Barton (TX) Graves Boozman Hastings (WA) Otter Pearce DeFazio Lofgren, Zoe Schwartz (PA) Bass Green (WI) Boren Hayes Oxley Pence DeGette Lowey Scott (GA) Beauprez Gutknecht Boswell Hayworth Pascrell Peterson (PA) Delahunt Lynch Scott (VA) Biggert Hall Boucher Hefley Paul Petri DeLauro Maloney Serrano Bilbray Hart Pickering Boustany Hensarling Pearce Dicks Markey Sherman Bilirakis Hastings (WA) Pitts Boyd Herger Pelosi Dingell Matheson Skelton Bishop (UT) Hayes Platts Bradley (NH) Herseth Pence Doggett Matsui Slaughter Blackburn Hayworth Brady (TX) Higgins Peterson (MN) Poe Doyle McCarthy Blunt Hefley Smith (WA) Brown (OH) Hinojosa Peterson (PA) Pombo Edwards McCollum (MN) Boehlert Hensarling Snyder Brown (SC) Hobson Petri Porter Emanuel McDermott Boehner Herger Solis Brown, Corrine Hoekstra Pickering Price (GA) Engel McGovern Bonilla Hobson Spratt Brown-Waite, Holden Pitts Pryce (OH) Eshoo McIntyre Bonner Hoekstra Stark Ginny Hooley Platts Putnam Etheridge McKinney Bono Hostettler Stupak Burgess Hostettler Poe Radanovich Evans McNulty Boozman Hulshof Tanner Burton (IN) Hulshof Pombo Ramstad Farr Meeks (NY) Boustany Hunter Tauscher Butterfield Hunter Pomeroy Regula Fattah Melancon Bradley (NH) Inglis (SC) Taylor (MS) Buyer Inglis (SC) Porter Rehberg Filner Michaud Brady (TX) Issa Thompson (CA) Calvert Inslee Price (GA) Reichert Ford Millender- Brown (SC) Istook Thompson (MS) Camp (MI) Issa Pryce (OH) Renzi Frank (MA) McDonald Brown-Waite, Jenkins Tierney Campbell (CA) Istook Putnam Reynolds Gonzalez Miller (NC) Ginny Jindal Cannon Rogers (AL) Gordon Miller, George Towns Jefferson Radanovich Burgess Johnson (CT) Rogers (KY) Green, Al Mollohan Udall (CO) Cantor Jenkins Rahall Burton (IN) Johnson (IL) Rogers (MI) Green, Gene Moore (WI) Udall (NM) Capito Jindal Ramstad Buyer Johnson, Sam Rohrabacher Grijalva Moran (VA) Van Hollen Cardin Johnson (CT) Regula Calvert Jones (NC) Ros-Lehtinen Gutierrez Murtha Vela´ zquez Cardoza Johnson (IL) Rehberg Camp (MI) Keller Royce Harman Nadler Visclosky Carnahan Johnson, E. B. Reichert Campbell (CA) Kelly Ryan (WI) Hastings (FL) Napolitano Wasserman Carter Johnson, Sam Renzi Cannon Kennedy (MN) Ryun (KS) Herseth Neal (MA) Schultz Castle Jones (NC) Reyes Cantor King (IA) Saxton Higgins Oberstar Waters Chabot Kanjorski Reynolds Capito King (NY) Schmidt Hinchey Obey Watson Chandler Kaptur Rogers (AL) Carter Kingston Schwarz (MI) Hinojosa Olver Watt Chocola Keller Rogers (KY) Castle Kirk Sensenbrenner Holden Ortiz Waxman Clay Kelly Rogers (MI) Chabot Kline Sessions Holt Owens Weiner Clyburn Kennedy (MN) Rohrabacher Chocola Knollenberg Shadegg Honda Pallone Wexler Coble Kennedy (RI) Ross Coble Kolbe Shaw Hooley Pascrell Woolsey Cole (OK) Kildee Rothman Cole (OK) Kuhl (NY) Shays Hoyer Pastor Wu Conaway Kind Royce Conaway LaHood Sherwood Inslee Payne Wynn Cooper King (IA) Ruppersberger Crenshaw Latham Shimkus Costa King (NY) Ryan (OH) Culberson LaTourette Shuster NOT VOTING—12 Costello Kingston Ryan (WI) Davis (KY) Leach Simmons Cramer Kirk Ryun (KS) Case Meehan Strickland Davis, Jo Ann Lewis (CA) Simpson Crenshaw Kline Salazar Cubin Meek (FL) Sullivan Davis, Tom Lewis (KY) Smith (NJ) Cuellar Knollenberg Sanchez, Loretta Harris Moore (KS) Thomas Deal (GA) Linder Smith (TX) Culberson Kuhl (NY) Sanders Hyde Ney Whitfield Dent LoBiondo Sodrel Davis (AL) LaHood Saxton Diaz-Balart, L. Lucas Souder Davis (CA) Langevin Schiff Diaz-Balart, M. Lungren, Daniel Stearns b 1352 Davis (FL) Lantos Schmidt Doolittle E. Sweeney Mr. MEEKS of New York changed his Davis (KY) Larsen (WA) Schwartz (PA) Drake Mack Tancredo Davis (TN) Larson (CT) Schwarz (MI) Dreier Manzullo Taylor (NC) vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Davis, Jo Ann Latham Sensenbrenner Duncan Marchant Terry So the motion to table was agreed to. Davis, Tom LaTourette Sessions Ehlers Marshall Thornberry The result of the vote was announced Deal (GA) Leach Shadegg Emerson McCaul (TX) Tiahrt as above recorded. DeFazio Levin Shaw English (PA) McCotter Tiberi DeLauro Lewis (CA) Shays Everett McCrery Turner A motion to reconsider was laid on Dent Lewis (KY) Sherwood Feeney McHenry Upton the table. Dicks Linder Shimkus Ferguson McHugh Walden (OR) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Doggett Lipinski Shuster Fitzpatrick (PA) McKeon Walsh Doolittle LoBiondo Simmons Flake McMorris Wamp question is on the passage of the bill. Drake Lucas Simpson Foley Rodgers Weldon (FL) The question was taken; and the Dreier Lungren, Daniel Skelton Forbes Mica Weldon (PA) Speaker pro tempore announced that Duncan E. Slaughter Fortenberry Miller (FL) Weller the ayes appeared to have it. Edwards Mack Smith (NJ) Fossella Miller (MI) Westmoreland Ehlers Manzullo Smith (TX) Foxx Miller, Gary Wicker Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Emerson Marchant Smith (WA) Franks (AZ) Moran (KS) Wilson (NM) er, on that I demand the yeas and nays. English (PA) Marshall Snyder Frelinghuysen Murphy Wilson (SC) The yeas and nays were ordered. Etheridge Matheson Sodrel Gallegly Musgrave Wolf Everett McCarthy Souder Garrett (NJ) Myrick Young (AK) The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Feeney McCaul (TX) Spratt Gerlach Neugebauer Young (FL) will be a 5-minute vote. Ferguson McCotter Stearns Fitzpatrick (PA) McCrery Stupak NAYS—195 The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were—yeas 328, nays 95, Flake McHenry Sullivan Abercrombie Becerra Boswell Foley McHugh Sweeney Ackerman Berkley Boucher not voting 9, as follows: Forbes McIntyre Tancredo Allen Berman Boyd [Roll No. 465] Ford McKeon Tanner Andrews Berry Brady (PA) Fortenberry McMorris Tauscher Baca Bishop (GA) Brown (OH) YEAS—328 Fossella Rodgers Taylor (MS) Baird Bishop (NY) Brown, Corrine Aderholt Allen Baird Foxx McNulty Taylor (NC) Baldwin Blumenauer Butterfield Akin Baca Baker Franks (AZ) Melancon Terry Bean Boren Capps Alexander Bachus Barrett (SC) Frelinghuysen Mica Thomas

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:05 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21SE7.043 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6879 Thompson (CA) Visclosky Wicker There was no objection. Issa Miller (MI) Sanders Thompson (MS) Walden (OR) Wilson (NM) Istook Miller (NC) Saxton Thornberry Walsh Wilson (SC) f Jackson (IL) Miller, Gary Schiff Tiahrt Wamp Wolf Jackson-Lee Miller, George Schmidt Tiberi Weldon (FL) Wu MOTION TO CLOSE CONFERENCE (TX) Mollohan Schwartz (PA) Tierney Weldon (PA) Jefferson Moore (WI) Young (AK) COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON H.R. Schwarz (MI) Turner Weller Young (FL) Jenkins Moran (KS) Scott (GA) Udall (CO) Westmoreland 5631, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Jindal Moran (VA) Scott (VA) Upton Whitfield APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2007, Johnson (CT) Murphy Sensenbrenner Johnson (IL) Murtha NAYS—95 WHEN CLASSIFIED NATIONAL Serrano Johnson, E. B. Musgrave Sessions Abercrombie Holt Owens SECURITY INFORMATION IS Johnson, Sam Myrick Shadegg Ackerman Honda Pallone UNDER CONSIDERATION Jones (NC) Nadler Shaw Andrews Hoyer Pastor Jones (OH) Napolitano Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, Shays Baldwin Israel Payne Kanjorski Neal (MA) Sherman Kaptur Neugebauer Becerra Jackson (IL) Price (NC) pursuant to clause 12 of rule XXII, I Sherwood Berman Jackson-Lee Rangel Keller Northup move that meetings of the conference Shimkus Blumenauer (TX) Ros-Lehtinen Kelly Norwood Shuster Brady (PA) Jones (OH) Roybal-Allard between the House and the Senate on Kennedy (MN) Nunes Simmons Capps Kilpatrick (MI) Rush H.R. 5631 be closed to the public at such Kennedy (RI) Nussle Simpson Capuano Kolbe Sabo Kildee Oberstar times as classified national security in- Skelton Carson Kucinich Sa´ nchez, Linda Kilpatrick (MI) Obey Cleaver Lee T. formation may be broached, providing Kind Olver Slaughter Conyers Lewis (GA) Schakowsky that any sitting Member of the Con- King (IA) Ortiz Smith (NJ) Crowley Lofgren, Zoe Scott (GA) gress shall be entitled to attend any King (NY) Osborne Smith (TX) Smith (WA) Cummings Lowey Scott (VA) meeting of the conference. Kingston Otter Davis (IL) Lynch Serrano Kirk Owens Snyder DeGette Maloney Sherman The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Kline Oxley Sodrel Delahunt Markey Solis ant to clause 12 of rule XXII, the mo- Knollenberg Pallone Solis Diaz-Balart, L. Matsui Stark tion is not debatable, and the yeas and Kolbe Pascrell Souder Diaz-Balart, M. McCollum (MN) Towns Kuhl (NY) Pastor Spratt Dingell McDermott Udall (NM) nays are ordered. LaHood Paul Stearns Doyle McGovern Van Hollen The vote was taken by electronic de- Langevin Payne Stupak Emanuel McKinney Vela´ zquez vice, and there were—yeas 411, nays 12, Lantos Pearce Sullivan Engel Meek (FL) Wasserman not voting 9, as follows: Larsen (WA) Pelosi Sweeney Evans Meeks (NY) Schultz Larson (CT) Pence Tancredo Farr Millender- Waters [Roll No. 466] Latham Peterson (MN) Tanner Fattah McDonald Watson YEAS—411 LaTourette Peterson (PA) Tauscher Filner Miller, George Watt Leach Petri Taylor (MS) Frank (MA) Moore (WI) Waxman Abercrombie Cardin Feeney Levin Pickering Taylor (NC) Grijalva Nadler Weiner Ackerman Cardoza Ferguson Lewis (CA) Pitts Terry Aderholt Carnahan Filner Gutierrez Napolitano Wexler Lewis (KY) Platts Thomas Akin Carson Fitzpatrick (PA) Hastings (FL) Neal (MA) Woolsey Linder Poe Thompson (CA) Alexander Carter Flake Hinchey Olver Wynn Lipinski Pombo Thompson (MS) Allen Castle Foley LoBiondo Pomeroy Thornberry NOT VOTING—9 Andrews Chabot Forbes Lofgren, Zoe Porter Tiahrt Baca Chandler Ford Case Harris Moore (KS) Lowey Price (GA) Tiberi Cubin Hyde Ney Bachus Chocola Fortenberry Lucas Price (NC) Baird Clay Fossella Tierney Eshoo Meehan Strickland Lungren, Daniel Pryce (OH) Towns Baker Cleaver Foxx E. Putnam b 1402 Baldwin Clyburn Frank (MA) Turner Mack Radanovich Udall (CO) Barrett (SC) Coble Franks (AZ) Maloney Rahall Mr. ISRAEL changed his vote from Udall (NM) Barrow Cole (OK) Frelinghuysen Manzullo Ramstad Upton ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Bartlett (MD) Conaway Gallegly Marchant Rangel Van Hollen So the bill was passed. Barton (TX) Conyers Garrett (NJ) Markey Regula Vela´ zquez The result of the vote was announced Bass Cooper Gerlach Marshall Rehberg Visclosky Bean Costa Gibbons Matheson Reichert as above recorded. Beauprez Costello Gilchrest Walden (OR) A motion to reconsider was laid on Matsui Renzi Becerra Cramer Gillmor McCarthy Reyes Walsh the table. Berkley Crenshaw Gingrey McCaul (TX) Reynolds Wamp Wasserman f Berman Crowley Gohmert McCollum (MN) Rogers (AL) Berry Cuellar Gonzalez McCotter Rogers (KY) Schultz APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON Biggert Culberson Goode McCrery Rogers (MI) Watson H.R. 5631, DEPARTMENT OF DE- Bilbray Cummings Goodlatte McGovern Rohrabacher Watt Bilirakis Davis (AL) Gordon McHenry Ros-Lehtinen Waxman FENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, Bishop (GA) Davis (CA) Granger McHugh Ross Weiner 2007 Bishop (NY) Davis (FL) Graves McIntyre Rothman Weldon (FL) Bishop (UT) Davis (IL) Green (WI) Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, McKeon Roybal-Allard Weldon (PA) Blackburn Davis (KY) Green, Al McMorris Royce Weller pursuant to clause 1 of rule XXII and Blunt Davis (TN) Green, Gene Rodgers Ruppersberger Westmoreland by direction of the Committee on Ap- Boehlert Davis, Jo Ann Grijalva McNulty Rush Wexler propriations, I move to take from the Boehner Davis, Tom Gutierrez Meek (FL) Ryan (OH) Whitfield Bonilla Deal (GA) Gutknecht Speaker’s table the bill (H.R. 5631) Meeks (NY) Ryan (WI) Wicker Bonner DeFazio Hall Melancon Ryun (KS) Wilson (NM) making appropriations for the Depart- Bono DeGette Harman Mica Sabo Wolf ment of Defense for the fiscal year end- Boozman Delahunt Hart Michaud Salazar Wu ing September 30, 2007, and for other Boren DeLauro Hastings (FL) Millender- Sa´ nchez, Linda Wynn Boswell Dent Hastings (WA) purposes, with a Senate amendment McDonald T. Young (AK) Boucher Diaz-Balart, L. Hayes Miller (FL) Sanchez, Loretta Young (FL) thereto, disagree to the Senate amend- Boustany Diaz-Balart, M. Hayworth ment, and agree to the conference Boyd Dicks Hefley NAYS—12 asked by the Senate. Bradley (NH) Dingell Hensarling Blumenauer Lewis (GA) Schakowsky Brady (PA) Doggett Herger Hinchey Lynch Stark The Clerk read the title of the bill. Brady (TX) Doolittle Herseth The motion was agreed to. Kucinich McDermott Waters Brown (OH) Doyle Higgins Lee McKinney Woolsey A motion to reconsider was laid on Brown (SC) Drake Hinojosa the table. Brown, Corrine Dreier Hobson NOT VOTING—9 Brown-Waite, Duncan Hoekstra Capps Harris Ney The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Ginny Edwards Holden Case Meehan Strickland KUHL of New York). Without objection, Burgess Ehlers Holt Cubin Moore (KS) Wilson (SC) the Chair appoints the following con- Burton (IN) Emanuel Honda ferees: Messrs. YOUNG of Florida, HOB- Butterfield Emerson Hooley Buyer Engel Hostettler b 1423 SON, BONILLA, FRELINGHUYSEN, TIAHRT, Calvert English (PA) Hoyer WICKER, KINGSTON, Ms. GRANGER, Camp (MI) Eshoo Hulshof So the motion was agreed to. Messrs. LAHOOD, LEWIS of California, Campbell (CA) Etheridge Hunter The result of the vote was announced MURTHA, DICKS, SABO, VISCLOSKY, Cannon Evans Hyde as above recorded. Cantor Everett Inglis (SC) MORAN of Virginia, Ms. KAPTUR, and Capito Farr Inslee A motion to reconsider was laid on Mr. OBEY. Capuano Fattah Israel the table.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:05 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE7.032 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE H6880 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 21, 2006 PERMISSION TO REDUCE TIME (2) arrest such victim or witness for a vio- ciently detailed to allow review by another FOR ELECTRONIC VOTING DUR- lation of the immigration laws of the United court. ING FURTHER PROCEEDINGS States. (3) EXPIRATION OF PRELIMINARY INJUNCTIVE TODAY TITLE II—ALIEN SMUGGLER RELIEF.—Preliminary injunctive relief shall PROSECUTION ACT automatically expire on the date that is 90 days after the date on which such relief is Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, I ask SEC. 201. EFFECTIVE PROSECUTION OF ALIEN unanimous consent that, during fur- SMUGGLERS. entered, unless the court— ther proceedings today, the Chair be (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as fol- (A) makes the findings required under authorized to reduce to 2 minutes the lows: paragraph (1) for the entry of permanent prospective relief; and minimum time for electronic voting on (1) Recent experience shows that alien smuggling is flourishing, is increasingly vio- (B) makes the order final before expiration any question that otherwise could be of such 90-day period. subjected to 5-minute voting under lent, and is highly profitable. (2) Alien smuggling operations also present (4) REQUIREMENTS FOR ORDER DENYING MO- clause 8 or 9 of rule XX. terrorist and criminal organizations with op- TION.—This subsection shall apply to any The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there portunities for smuggling their members order denying the Government’s motion to objection to the request of the gen- into the United States practically at will. vacate, modify, dissolve or otherwise termi- tleman from Ohio? (3) Alien smuggling is a lucrative business. nate an order granting prospective relief in There was no objection. Each year, criminal organizations that any civil action pertaining to the adminis- smuggle or traffic in persons are estimated tration or enforcement of the immigration f to generate $9,500,000,000 in revenue world- laws of the United States. (b) PROCEDURE FOR MOTION AFFECTING REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER wide. ORDER GRANTING PROSPECTIVE RELIEF (4) Alien smuggling frequently involves AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 2048 AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT.— dangerous and inhumane conditions for (1) IN GENERAL.—A court shall promptly Mr. ROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ask smuggled aliens. Migrants are frequently rule on the Government’s motion to vacate, unanimous consent to have my name abused or exploited, both during their jour- modify, dissolve or otherwise terminate an removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 2048. ney and upon reaching the United States. order granting prospective relief in any civil The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Consequently, aliens smuggled into the action pertaining to the administration or United States are at significant risk of phys- objection to the request of the gen- enforcement of the immigration laws of the ical injury, abuse, and death. tleman from New Jersey? United States. (5) Notwithstanding that alien smuggling There was no objection. (2) AUTOMATIC STAYS.— poses a risk to the United States as a whole, (A) IN GENERAL.—The Government’s mo- f uniform guidelines for the prosecution of tion to vacate, modify, dissolve, or otherwise smuggling offenses are not employed by the IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT terminate an order granting prospective re- various United States attorneys. Under- ACT OF 2006 lief made in any civil action pertaining to standing that border-area United States at- the administration or enforcement of the im- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- torneys face an overwhelming workload, a migration laws of the United States shall er, pursuant to House Resolution 1018, I lack of sufficient prosecutions by certain automatically, and without further order of United States attorneys has encouraged ad- call up the bill (H.R. 6095) to affirm the the court, stay the order granting prospec- ditional smuggling, and demoralized Border inherent authority of State and local tive relief on the date that is 15 days after Patrol officers charged with enforcing our law enforcement to assist in the en- the date on which such motion is filed unless anti-smuggling laws. forcement of immigration laws, to pro- the court previously has granted or denied (b) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the Government’s motion. vide for effective prosecution of alien the Congress that the Attorney General (B) DURATION OF AUTOMATIC STAY.—An smugglers, and to reform immigration should adopt, not later than 3 months after automatic stay under subparagraph (A) shall litigation procedures, and ask for its the date of the enactment of this Act, uni- continue until the court enters an order immediate consideration. form guidelines for the prosecution of smug- granting or denying the Government’s mo- gling offenses to be followed by each United The Clerk read the title of the bill. tion. States attorney in the United States. The text of the bill is as follows: OSTPONEMENT (c) ADDITIONAL PERSONNEL.—In each of the (C) P .—The court, for good H.R. 6095 fiscal years 2008 through 2013, the Attorney cause, may postpone an automatic stay Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- General shall, subject to the availability of under subparagraph (A) for not longer than resentatives of the United States of America in appropriations, increase by not less than 20 15 days. Congress assembled, the number of attorneys in the offices of (D) ORDERS BLOCKING AUTOMATIC STAYS.— SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. United States attorneys employed to pros- Any order staying, suspending, delaying, or This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Immigration ecute cases under section 274 of the Immigra- otherwise barring the effective date of the Law Enforcement Act of 2006’’. tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324), as automatic stay described in subparagraph compared to the previous fiscal year. (A), other than an order to postpone the ef- TITLE I—STATE AND LOCAL LAW EN- fective date of the automatic stay for not FORCEMENT COOPERATION IN THE EN- TITLE III—ENDING CATCH AND RELEASE longer than 15 days under subparagraph (C), FORCEMENT OF IMMIGRATION LAW ACT ACT OF 2006 shall be— SEC. 101. FEDERAL AFFIRMATION OF ASSIST- SEC. 301. APPROPRIATE REMEDIES FOR IMMI- (i) treated as an order refusing to vacate, ANCE IN IMMIGRATION LAW EN- GRATION LITIGATION. modify, dissolve or otherwise terminate an FORCEMENT BY STATES AND POLIT- (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ORDER GRANTING injunction; and ICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES. PROSPECTIVE RELIEF AGAINST THE GOVERN- (ii) immediately appealable under section (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any MENT.— 1292(a)(1) of title 28, United States Code. other provision of law and reaffirming the (1) IN GENERAL.—If a court determines that (c) SETTLEMENTS.— existing inherent authority of States, law prospective relief should be ordered against (1) CONSENT DECREES.—In any civil action enforcement personnel of a State or a polit- the Government in any civil action per- pertaining to the administration or enforce- ical subdivision of a State have the inherent taining to the administration or enforcement of the immigration laws of the United authority of a sovereign entity to inves- ment of the immigration laws of the United States, the court may not enter, approve, or tigate, identify, apprehend, arrest, detain, or States, the court shall— continue a consent decree that does not com- transfer to Federal custody aliens in the (A) limit the relief to the minimum nec- ply with subsection (a). United States (including the transportation essary to correct the violation of law; (2) PRIVATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS.— of such aliens across State lines to detention (B) adopt the least intrusive means to cor- Nothing in this section shall preclude parties centers), for the purposes of assisting in the rect the violation of law; from entering into a private settlement enforcement of the immigration laws of the (C) minimize, to the greatest extent prac- agreement that does not comply with sub- United States in the course of carrying out ticable, the adverse impact on national secu- section (a) if the terms of that agreement are routine duties. This State authority has rity, border security, immigration adminis- not subject to court enforcement other than never been displaced or preempted by Con- tration and enforcement, and public safety; reinstatement of the civil proceedings that gress. and the agreement settled. (b) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section (D) provide for the expiration of the relief (d) EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS.—It shall be may be construed to require law enforcement on a specific date, which is not later than the duty of every court to advance on the personnel of a State or political subdivision the earliest date necessary for the Govern- docket and to expedite the disposition of any of a State to— ment to remedy the violation. civil action or motion considered under this (1) report the identity of a victim of, or a (2) WRITTEN EXPLANATION.—The require- section. witness to, a criminal offense to the Sec- ments described in paragraph (1) shall be dis- (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: retary of Homeland Security for immigra- cussed and explained in writing in the order (1) CONSENT DECREE.—The term ‘‘consent tion enforcement purposes; or granting prospective relief and must be suffi- decree’’—

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:05 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21SE7.049 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6881 (A) means any relief entered by the court Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Mr. Speaker, this provides law en- that is based in whole or in part on the con- er, I yield myself such time as I may forcement agencies at all levels of gov- sent or acquiescence of the parties; and consume. ernment with the clear authority to (B) does not include private settlements. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. help ensure the integrity and enforce- (2) GOOD CAUSE.—The term ‘‘good cause’’ 6095, the Immigration Law Enforce- ability of our Nation’s immigration does not include discovery or congestion of the court’s calendar. ment Act of 2006, which will allow Fed- laws. (3) GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Government’’ eral, State, and local law enforcement I urge my colleagues to support the means the United States, any Federal de- officers to more effectively enforce our bill. partment or agency, or any Federal agent or immigration laws along the border and Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of official acting within the scope of official du- in the interior of the United States. my time. ties. Title I of the legislation is based on Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield (4) PERMANENT RELIEF.—The term ‘‘perma- an amendment to H.R. 4437 offered by myself such time as I may consume. nent relief’’ means relief issued in connec- the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. NOR- Today, my colleagues, we are going tion with a final decision of a court. WOOD). The title reaffirms the inherent through an exercise to convince the (5) PRIVATE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT.—The authority of State and local law en- American people that now is the time term ‘‘private settlement agreement’’ means forcement to voluntarily, and I empha- for comprehensive reform, a week bean agreement entered into among the parties size the word ‘‘voluntarily,’’ assist in fore recess, with continued disagree- that is not subject to judicial enforcement ment between the House, the Senate, other than the reinstatement of the civil ac- the enforcement of U.S. immigration tion that the agreement settled. laws. Many local and State law en- and the administration, and with nar- (6) PROSPECTIVE RELIEF.—The term ‘‘pro- forcement officers are eager to assist rowly repackaged bills. spective relief’’ means temporary, prelimi- in the enforcement of our immigration These bills, and this one before us in- nary, or permanent relief other than com- laws to protect their communities and troduced just 2 days ago, are sub- pensatory monetary damages. serve as a valuable force multiplier to stantively flawed and do not provide SEC. 302. EFFECTIVE DATE. overburdened Department of Homeland for comprehensive reform. (a) IN GENERAL.—This title shall apply Security officers. We should provide 1430 with respect to all orders granting prospec- b tive relief in any civil action pertaining to them with the clear authority they H.R. 6095 is touted as a law enforce- the administration or enforcement of the im- seek rather than placing obstacles in ment bill, but it is opposed by our migration laws of the United States, whether their way. State and local law enforcement offi- such relief was ordered before, on, or after Title II of the bill contains the Alien cials. the date of the enactment of this Act. Smuggler Prosecution Act. Currently, Mr. Speaker, I include for the (b) PENDING MOTIONS.—Every motion to va- the various United States Attorney of- RECORD the comments of law enforce- cate, modify, dissolve or otherwise termi- fices do not use uniform guidelines to ment associations and departments, nate an order granting prospective relief in prosecute smuggling offenses. While police chiefs, sheriff associations, de- any such action, which motion is pending on border area U.S. Attorneys face a the date of the enactment of this Act, shall partment heads across this country, be treated as if it had been filed on such date heavy workload, a lack of sufficient and other law enforcement individuals of enactment. smuggling prosecutions in some areas to demonstrate how the policy is con- (c) AUTOMATIC STAY FOR PENDING MO- has become a serious problem. This has sidered dangerous in this proposal. TIONS.— encouraged additional smuggling and This bill, opposed by State and local (1) IN GENERAL.—An automatic stay with demoralized Border Patrol and DHS law enforcement raises the question: respect to the prospective relief that is the agents who have seen many of the Why would they be opposed to a bill in subject of a motion described in subsection smugglers they have apprehended re- which they are being invited in to take (b) shall take effect without further order of leased. over some national law enforcement the court on the date which is 10 days after This title contains a sense of Con- the date of the enactment of this Act if the responsibilities? motion— gress that the Attorney General should Well, it is because it will strain the (A) was pending for 45 days as of the date adopt uniform guidelines for the pros- relationship between the police and im- of the enactment of this Act; and ecution of smuggling offenses by each migrants and citizens. It will obstruct (B) is still pending on the date which is 10 U.S. Attorney’s office and authorizes police in their mission of keeping our days after such date of enactment. an increase in the number of attorneys streets safe. Essentially the bill is ask- (2) DURATION OF AUTOMATIC STAY.—An in U.S. Attorneys’ offices to prosecute ing the State and local police to pick automatic stay that takes effect under para- such cases. The bill requires an in- up the slack for the Federal Govern- graph (1) shall continue until the court en- crease of not less than 20 new attorneys ment. ters an order granting or denying the Gov- over the previous years’ level in each of Now, title II of this same measure, ernment’s motion under section 301(b). There the Alien Smuggler Prosecution Act, shall be no further postponement of the fiscal years 2008 to 2013, to affirm the automatic stay with respect to any such urgency of prosecuting the alien smug- should really be examined carefully. pending motion under section 301(b)(2). Any glers who prey on the most vulnerable. Increasing resources for alien smug- order, staying, suspending, delaying or oth- Title III provides for ending the gling prosecution is quite appropriate; erwise barring the effective date of this auto- Catch and Release Act. DHS is subject however, this bill will not decrease im- matic stay with respect to pending motions to Federal court injunctions entered as migrant smuggling, and it will not re- described in subsection (b) shall be an order much as 30 years ago that impact its solve any of the fundamental flaws in blocking an automatic stay subject to imme- ability to enforce immigration laws. our immigration system. The bill has diate appeal under section 301(b)(2)(D). For instance, one injunction dating nothing to do with the practice known The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- from the El Salvadoran civil war of the as ‘‘catch and release’’ which has been ant to House Resolution 1018, the gen- 1980s effectively prevents DHS from referred to already. This proposal does tleman from Wisconsin (Mr. SENSEN- placing Salvadorans in expedited re- little more than tie the hands of courts BRENNER) and the gentleman from moval proceedings. DHS is using expe- in immigration cases. Judges will be Michigan (Mr. CONYERS) each will con- dited removal to expeditiously remove burdened with new requirements, and trol 30 minutes. other non-Mexican illegal immigrants other civil cases will be denied their GENERAL LEAVE who are apprehended along the south- day in court. Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- ern border in order to end the policy of Just like the field hearings between er, I ask unanimous consent that all catch and release, but not Salvadorans. the bills passed in the House and the Members may have 5 legislative days Under the catch and release policy, immigration bills passed in the Senate, within which to revise and extend their non-Mexican illegal aliens picked up by today’s bills are clearly meant to dis- remarks and include extraneous mate- the Border Patrol were simply released tract the American public. Too bad, rial on H.R. 6095 currently under con- into our communities and told to show though, this country has already got- sideration. up months later for removal hearings. ten wise to the smoke-and-mirrors The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there They almost never attended. Catch and show. Americans want comprehensive objection to the request of the gen- release made a mockery of border en- immigration reform and secure bor- tleman from Wisconsin? forcement and has terribly demoralized ders, and once again this body is failing There was no objection. Border Patrol agents. to deliver.

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PROPOSALS TO EXPAND THE IMMIGRATION AU- Hispanic American Police Command Offi- Gilroy (CA) Police Department, Assistant THORITY OF STATE AND LOCAL POLICE—DAN- cers Association, National President Elvin Chief Lanny Brown—‘‘We’re not going out GEROUS PUBLIC POLICY ACCORDING TO LAW Crespo—‘‘The CLEAR Act jeopardizes public and doing sweeps for illegal immigrants or ENFORCEMENT, GOVERNMENTS, OPINION safety, it undermines local police roles in en- anything like that, because we don’t believe LEADERS, AND COMMUNITIES hancing national security, it undermines fed- that’s the right thing to do. But it sure LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSOCIATIONS AND eral law Enforcement priorities, it piles makes sense to us if people are here—com- DEPARTMENTS more onto state and local police officers’ al- mitting crimes, convicted of crimes, and are International Association of Chiefs of Po- ready full platters, it bullies and burdens here illegally—to turn them over to ICE so lice, President Joseph Estey—‘‘Many leaders state and local governments, it is unneces- they can be deported.’’ (‘‘Immigration Offi- in the law enforcement community have se- sary law-making and most significantly, it cials Ask for Police Assistance,’’ The Gilroy rious concerns about the chilling effect any forgets the important fact that you can’t tell Dispatch (CA), 9/12/2005) measure of this nature would have on legal by looking who is legal and who isn’t.’’ (let- Princeton (NJ) Police Department, Chief and illegal aliens reporting criminal activity ter to National Council of La Raza, 10/21/2003) Anthony V. Federico—‘‘Local police agencies or assisting police in criminal investiga- National Latino Peace Officers Associa- depend on the cooperation of immigrants, tions. This lack of cooperation could dimin- tion, Founder Vicente Calderon—‘‘The role legal and illegal, in solving all sorts of ish the ability of law enforcement agencies of police is to protect and serve. Clear Law crimes and in the maintenance of public to police effectively their communities and Enforcement for Criminal Alien Removal order. Without assurances that they will not protect the public they serve.’’ (IACP press [CLEAR Act] will greatly contribute toward be subject to an immigration investigation release, 12/1/2004) hindering police from accomplishing these and possible deportation, many immigrants International Association of Chiefs of Po- goals.’’ (letter to National Council of La with critical information would not come lice, Legislative Counsel Gene Voegtlin—‘‘A Raza, 10/16/2003) forward, even when heinous crimes are com- key concern is that state and local enforce- Federal Hispanic Law Enforcement Offi- mitted against them or their families.’’ ment involvement in immigration can have cers Association, National President (‘‘State orders cops to help U.S. immigration a chilling effect on the relationship with the Sandalio Gonzalez—‘‘The CLEAR Act bullies agents,’’ The Record, 9/20/2005) immigrant community in their jurisdic- and burdens State and Local governments by El Paso (TX) Police Department, Chief tion.’’ (‘‘Cities and States Take on Difficult coercing them into participating, even Richard Wiles—‘‘There is no way that we Duty of Handling Undocumented Workers,’’ though it means burdensome new reporting would be able to take any time away from an The Wall Street Journal, 2/2/2006) and custody requirements, because failure to officer’s busy day to enforce immigration Major Cities Chiefs Association—‘‘Such a do so means further loss of already scarce laws.’’ (‘‘EP chief opposes bill to let police go divide between the local police and immi- federal dollars.’’ (letter to President Bush after immigrants,’’ El Paso Times, 10/6/2005) grant groups would result in increased crime and Congress, 9/30/2003) San Diego (CA) Police Department, Chief against immigrants and in the broader com- Costa Mesa (CA) Police Department, Chief William Lansdowne—‘‘The only time we munity, create a class of silent victims and John Hensley—‘‘We’re not going to be doing work with the Border Patrol is if there is a eliminate the potential for assistance from sweeps. We’re not going to be squeezing em- criminal nexus.’’ (Police Chief William immigrants in solving crimes or preventing ployers. We do not want to be the enemy of Lansdowne, ‘‘Local Police, U.S. Agents Dif- future terroristic acts.’’ (Immigration Com- the immigrant community.’’ (‘‘City puts fer on Raids,’’ Los Angeles Times, 6/6/2005) mittee Recommendations for Enforcement of itself on immigration watch,’’ USA Today, 1/ Muscatine (IA) Police Department, Chief Immigration Laws By Local Police Agencies, 26/2006) Gary Coderoni—‘‘These proposals are unnec- adopted June 2006) West Palm Beach (FL) Police Department, essary, and counterproductive to the public California State Sheriffs’ Association, Officer Freddy Naranjo—‘‘The major thing is safety of our city residents. They will place President Bruce Mix—‘‘CSSA is concerned to come out and report these crimes, not an added burden in our department and in- that the proposed CLEAR Act will under- hold back.’’ (‘‘Here Illegally, Guatemalans still fear and non-cooperation in the commu- mine our primary mission of protecting the Are Prime Targets of Crime,’’ New York nity.’’ (letter to Congress, 6/2004) public. In order for local and state law en- Times, 8/27/2006) Nashville (TN) Metropolitan Police De- forcement associations to be effective part- Phoenix (AZ) Police Department, Sergeant partment, Chief Ronal Serpas—‘‘With great ners with their communities, we believe it is Andy Hill—‘‘As we move out deeper into the respect and deference to our federal partners, imperative that they not be placed in the community, especially with reaching out to we are not the INS (Immigration and Natu- role of detaining and arresting individuals the Spanish-speaking community, we believe ralization Service). As long as I am chief of based solely on a change in their immigra- there may be other victims out there that the Nashville police department, I’m going tion status.’’ (letter to Senator Feinstein, 3/ haven’t come forward,’’ Hill said. ‘‘We want to be steadfastly against police being INS 10/2004) that information. We need that information. agents. It’s just not our job.’’ (‘‘Hispanics California Police Chiefs Association, Presi- There will not be sanctions to victims who press police for more help,’’ Tennessean, 2/24/ dent Rick TerBorch—‘‘It is the strong opin- come forward as far as their status in this 2004) ion of the California Police Chiefs’’ Associa- community other than the fact that they are Boston (MA) Police Department, Commis- tion that in order for local and state law en- victims.’’ (‘‘Police want Spanish speakers’ sioner Paul Evans—‘‘The Boston Police De- forcement organizations to be effective part- help in serial killer search,’’ Associated partment, as well as state and local police ners with their communities, it is imperative Press, 7/27/2006) departments across the nation have worked that they not be placed in the role of detain- Phoenix (AZ) Police Department, Chief diligently to gain the trust of immigrant ing and arresting individuals based solely on Jack Harris—‘‘There are a lot of folks here residents and convince them that it is safe to a change in their immigration status.’’ (let- in the Valley that may have limited English contact and work with police. By turning all ter to Senator Feinstein, 9/19/2003) skills, and they can still very much be wit- police officers into immigration agents, the Connecticut Police Chiefs’ Association, nesses or know something about these CLEAR Act will discourage immigrants from President James Strillacci—‘‘We rely on peo- crimes, so we want to step forward and go coming forward to report crimes and sus- ple’s cooperation as we enforce the law in out to that community and seek their assist- picious activity, making our streets less safe those communities. With this [legislation], ance.’’ (‘‘Police want Spanish speakers’ help as a result.’’ (letter to Senator Kennedy, 9/30/ there’s no protection for them.’’ (‘‘Mayor in serial killer search,’’ Associated Press, 7/ 2003) asks for federal help,’’ Danbury News-Times, 27/2006) Arlington County (VA) Police Department, 3/26/2004) Fresno (CA) Police Department, Captain Spokesman Matt Martin—‘‘[A] very likely El Paso (TX) Municipal Police Officers’ As- Pat Farmer—‘‘Sometimes folks are here ille- outcome of local enforcement of immigra- sociation, President Chris McGill—‘‘From a gally, and they’re the victim of a crime. We tion laws is] an entire segment of the popu- law-enforcement point of view, I don’t know want them to call us. If someone is a wit- lation shutting down because they are afraid how productive it would be to have police of- ness, we want them to trust us. [A month of you. And what you create is a group of ficers ask for green cards. It’s more impor- earlier, after a shooting outside a conven- people who’s ripe for additional victimiza- tant that people feel confident calling the ience store] there were numerous witnesses, tion.’’ (‘‘Some Laborers Arrested In Va. Face police.’’ (‘‘Immigration proposal puts burden a lot of folks who were probably illegal. It Deportation,’’ Washington Post, 10/27/2004) on police,’’ El Paso Times, 10/9/2003) was critical that they talk to our detec- Dearborn (MI) Police Department, Chief Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police, tives.’’ (‘‘Shift Work: Should policing illegal Timothy Strutz—‘‘In my opinion, the best Executive Director Dana Schrad—‘‘There’s a immigration fall to nurses and teachers?’’ way to fight criminals of all types, including real concern among [the immigrant commu- Washington Monthly, April 2006) terrorists, would be to have an excellent, nity] that [a new Virginia law] means police Fairfax County (VA) Police Department, trusting, working relationship with the com- are going to sweep through neighborhoods Spokesman Jon Fleischman—‘‘Our job is to munity, with them being your eyes and ears. and pick up anyone with immigration viola- protect people. And I’m concerned that peo- I think much of that important information tions and deport them; that isn’t true. We ple who are victims of a crime, whether citi- would be stifled [if the CLEAR Act passed].’’ are concerned we’ll loose cooperation of law- zens or not, are not calling us because (‘‘Metro police balk at plan to hunt illegal abiding residents who have helped solve they’re afraid we’re going to check [legal] immigrants,’’ Detroit News, 5/11/2004) crimes.’’ (‘‘Some Immigrants Can Be Held status only.’’ (‘‘Va. Police Back off Immigra- Seattle (WA) Police Department, Chief R. For Up To Three Days,’’ Daily News-Record, tion Enforcement,’’ Washington Post, 6/6/ Gil Kerlikowske—‘‘Traditionally we have 6/30/2004) 2005) seen that reporting of crime is much lower in

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Adding the fear of immigration enforcement, would make us all dealers present a much bigger threat than arrest or deportation to this could have a less safe,’’ San Jose Mercury News editorial, any illegal immigrant.’’ (Tucson Citizen edi- tremendous impact on the rate of reporting. 4/15/2004) torial, ‘‘Immigration role not for local po- At a time when trusting relationships be- Hamtramck (MI) Police Department, Chief lice,’’ 10/15/2003) tween immigrant communities and the po- Jim Doyle—‘‘It is important that people Des Moines (IA) Police Department, Chief lice are vital, the CLEAR Act would have learn to trust us without looking over their William McCarthy—‘‘When we don’t ac- just the opposite effect.’’ (letter, 3/4/2004) shoulders and thinking, These are the guys knowledge the reality of who is here, we cre- Clearwater (FL) Police Department, Chief that are going to deport us.’’ (‘‘Metro police ate our own problems, and we are a better Sid Klein—‘‘It doesn’t take very long for balk at plan to hunt illegal immigrants,’’ society than that, frankly. They (illegal im- that open door of communication to be Detroit News, 5/11/2004) migrants) are family-oriented people and un- slammed shut. Then we in local law enforce- Orange County (CA) Sheriff’s Office, As- derpin our churches and society in many ment (pay the price).’’ (‘‘Immigration duty a sistant Sheriff George Jaramillo—‘‘We ways. Plus they are human beings. They are burden, police say,’’ St. Petersburg Times, 7/ wouldn’t be interested in pulling people over here. And we ought to deal with them as 19/2004) and trying to figure out what their status human beings.’’ (‘‘Cops shouldn’t be INS Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, is.’’ (‘‘Police May Join Hunt for Illegal Mi- agents,’’ Des Moines Register editorial, 10/13/ Sheriff Leroy Baca—‘‘I am responsible for grants; Advocates see a way to boost en- 2003) the safety of one of the largest immigrant forcement, but officers and civil rights Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I re- groups fear abuses,’’ Los Angeles Times, 11/ communities in this country. My Depart- serve the balance of my time. ment prides itself in having a cooperative 11/2003) and open relationship with our immigrant Bexar County (TX) Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- community. [The CLEAR] act would under- Ralph Lopez— ‘‘I’m totally against [the er, I yield myself 2 minutes. mine this relationship.’’ (letter to Los Ange- CLEAR Act]. It plays the race card, and from Mr. Speaker, I want to give an exam- les County Neighborhood Legal Services, 10/ that perspective it is just a bad act. We will ple of why this bill is necessary. Again, 6/2003) not go out and create probable cause just be- there is a differentiation between what Kansas City (KS) Police Department, Chief cause we think this person, who is dark-com- Republicans and Democrats are saying Ronald Miller—‘‘Our Police Department has pleted or speaks with an accent or dresses here. The Democrats want to have a taken the lead in establishing a meaningful different, should be automatically ques- victim first before somebody is de- relationship with our minority communities, tioned about their legal status. That is a especially the Hispanic community. If the total violation of due process.’’ (‘‘Politicians ported. Republicans want to make sure CLEAR Act becomes law, it will have a dev- are using fear to push through the CLEAR that there isn’t a victim by making astating effect on how we provide law en- Act, one of the most sinister changes in im- them excludable and, if they are forcement/police service.’’ (letter to Sen- migration policy,’’ The San Antonio Current, caught, kicking them out. ators Brownback and Roberts, 11/19/2003) 12/11/2003) So let’s talk about domestic vio- Hillsborough (FL) Sheriff’s Office, Spokes- Overland Park (KS) Police Department, lence. On Monday, 2 days ago, the man Rod Reder—‘‘We obviously need [immi- Chief John Douglass—‘‘The CLEAR Act strangled and battered body of an as grants] to trust us. Our main focus is on the would be a detriment to all who live, work, yet unidentified woman was found in a crime itself. We’re not immigration ex- and visit Overland Park. We want all to perts.’’ (‘‘Immigration duty a burden, police know that the police are available to protect subdivision about 20 miles south of say,’’ St. Petersburg Times, 7/19/2004) them no matter whom they are or where Denver. An orange tow rope was found Montgomery County (MD) Police Depart- they come from.’’ (letter to Representative around her neck, and her face was un- ment, Captain John Fitzgerald—‘‘We abso- Moore, 10/29/2003) recognizable. Preliminary autopsy re- lutely do not enforce any immigration law. Portland (ME) Police Department, Chief sults indicated that the woman died of We encourage our residents to trust their po- Michael Chitwood—‘‘As Police Chief of Port- asphyxiation and head injuries after lice department regardless of their immigra- land, Maine and someone who has been in- being dragged along a road for more tion status. We want them to know that if volved in law enforcement for nearly forty they are victims, we’ll help them, and if years, I can tell you with certainty that the than a mile. they’re witnesses, we need their help.’’ CLEAR Act is a bad idea.’’ (letter to Con- A suspect was arrested Tuesday night (‘‘Groups Fret Over Giving Police Immigra- gress, 11/11/2003) in that case. Jose Luis Rubi-Nava, age tion Control,’’ Fox News Channel, 10/29/2003) St. Paul (MN) Police Department, Chief 36, is being held without bail on a first Tampa Police Department, Officer Brenda William Finney—‘‘How am I supposed to de- degree murder charge at the Douglas Canino-Fumero—‘‘[If the CLEAR Act cide as a police officer who I should ask for County, Colorado, jail. The New York passes], (immigrants) are not going to come papers? ‘Well can’t you look at them and tell Times reported this morning that Mr. to police and report anything.’’ (‘‘Immigra- you should be asking them for papers?’ No, I Rubi-Nava is an illegal immigrant. tion duty a burden, police say,’’ St. Peters- can’t! .... So I’d just have to ask every- burg Times, 7/19/2004) body. All the ‘real Americans’ would be very News reports suggest that the victim Lowell (MA) Police Department, Police Su- offended, because they’ve got First Amend- was his girlfriend. perintendent Edward Davis III—‘‘If the ment rights. But people that are brand new Records obtained by KUSA–TV, the CLEAR Act were passed into law, residents here don’t. Well, that’s not what the Con- Denver NBC affiliate, showed that would be less likely to approach local law stitution says; everybody in this country’s Rubi-Nava was arrested on April 1 and enforcement for fear of exposing themselves got First Amendment rights.’’ (‘‘This is your charged with false identification and or their immigrant family members to de- ministry,’’ Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, driving without a driver’s license and portation. This would make state and local 12/11/2003) proof of insurance, but was let go. Los Angeles Police Commission, President law enforcement officers’ jobs nearly impos- If local law enforcement had detained sible.’’ (letter to Senator Kennedy, 3/9/2004) David S. Cunningham III—‘‘There are safety Dearborn (MI) Police Department, Cor- mechanisms in place for deporting people this illegal immigrant for ICE, he poral Daniel Saab—‘‘[If the CLEAR Act who are criminally inclined. In the end, the could have been removed from the passed] people would not work with us. It policy position on Special Order 40 is that we United States. He was not, and now would make it very hard for us to do our are a nation of immigrants and we don’t there is a woman that is dead. If this job.’’ (‘‘Metro police balk at plan to hunt il- want to dissuade them from having contact bill had been law and there had been a legal immigrants,’’ Detroit News, 5/11/2004) with police.’’ (‘‘Is L.A. soft on illegals?’’ Los voluntary agreement between local law Ann Arbor (MI) Police Department, Chief Angeles Daily News, 11/15/2003) Dan Oates—‘‘I have a great deal of concern Lenexa (KS) Police Department, Chief enforcement and the Federal Govern- about altering hard-won relationships with Ellen T. Hanson—‘‘We are, like many juris- ment, this horrible crime could have immigrant communities. Having those com- dictions across the country, short on re- been avoided. munities think we are agents of the federal sources and manpower and struggling to Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of government—that can do real harm.’’ (‘‘Po- meet our citizen’s service demands. This my time. lice could get more power,’’ Detroit Free mandate will magnify that problem and Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 Press, 6/1/2004) force us to make cuts in other areas to com- minutes to the gentleman from Texas San Jose Police Department, Chief Rob ply with the CLEAR Act. . . . The most trou- (Mr. GENE GREEN). Davis—‘‘We have been fortunate enough to bling aspect of this act is that it would cause Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. solve some terrible cases because of the will- members of certain groups to not report Speaker, I thank my Michigan col- ingness of illegal immigrants to step for- crimes or come forward with information ward, and if they saw us as part of the immi- about crimes for fear of being deported.’’ league for yielding me this time. gration services, I just don’t know if they’d (letter to Representative Moore, 8/26/2003) I rise to oppose H.R. 6095, but let me do that anymore. That would affect our mis- South Tucson (AZ) Police Department, follow up on what the chairman of the sion, which I thought was to protect and Chief Sixto Molina—‘‘We don’t have the time committee talked about. If somebody

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But ac- it has a sense of Congress, and then tion Control and Enforcement. tively there are groups here and groups says we authorize, but no funding, 20 What this bill would do is allow for in California that are telling local law more people to do something about our local police and sheriffs and con- enforcement officers they can’t get in- alien smuggling. stables to actually be standing in the volved in the illegal immigration issue And the third one is designed to deal place of immigration officers. I support until there has been a major crime with catch and release, the practice strong law enforcement of our immi- such as murder, rape or mayhem. That whereby non-Mexicans who are caught gration laws, but we shouldn’t burden is absolutely absurd. in this country in the past have been our local law enforcement officers to The frustration in law enforcement is released rather than returned imme- enforce Federal immigration laws. being pulled both ways on these issues. diately to the country they came from This Congress and this administra- Anyone who is sworn to enforce the law because Mexico is not the country that tion has cut the COPS program since knows the impact of illegal immigra- they are from. 2001. Asking our local law enforcement tion, and every law enforcement officer According to the Director of the De- agencies to enforce Federal immigra- in the long run wants to do everything partment of Homeland Security, we are tion law without any commitment of they can to participate. currently detaining all El Salvadorans, funds is unfair and takes officers out of I just cringe to think about what our or virtually all, because we now have our neighborhoods and off our streets. drug policy and drug enforcement pol- enough beds, and we have enough to The role of local law enforcement is to icy would be in this country if we took significantly reduce the total number protect our property and our families. the same attitude, that if a San Diego of non-Mexicans. Catch and release is Most local police departments are al- police officer saw a drug smuggler com- over. This bill won’t make it. It is over. ready stretched thin as it is. In Hous- ing across the border, somehow he or No one should be under the illusion ton, our officers have had the challenge she could not intervene because that is that we are doing anything about the of protecting an additional 100,000 peo- a Federal drug law that is being ad- program catch and release by this bill ple who evacuated to Houston from dressed. because that program has ended. New Orleans over a year ago. Adding Mr. Speaker, I ask that we stop find- What this bill in the larger context immigration enforcement to their du- ing excuses on not allowing our local is, it is another one-House bill. Let me ties would make their jobs tougher and law enforcement to get involved. quote from the September 21 Wash- our neighborhoods less safe. Let me throw this out. If we want to ington Post. ‘‘With little more than a Currently if law enforcement officers talk about the money issue, let’s ask week left before the September 29 start catch someone committing a crime our colleagues on the other side of the of the Congress’s scheduled recess, GOP that is here illegally or legally, they aisle to join with us, and why don’t we leaders are considering appending some are turned over to Immigration Con- talk about doing fines and forfeiture or all of the bills to must-pass spending trol and Enforcement, and they are de- allocations like we do with drug inter- measures before they leave town. But ported. Now, they need to pay their diction. Let’s allow the local law en- Senate Appropriations Committee debt to our own county or State, but forcement to be able to keep a large Chairman THAD COCHRAN (R–MS) ap- they will be deported. If someone percentage of the assets if they catch peared to close off that avenue last breaks into my home, either the Hous- someone smuggling or is caught. night, saying he will not add any legis- ton Police Department, the sheriff’s de- Maybe that is something we can talk lative language onto the spending bills partment or the county constables will about, but not today find an excuse for that could slow their progress in the show up, not the Border Patrol, not Im- not giving the authority to our local final days before the coming recess.’’ migration Customs Enforcement offi- law enforcement to do what they know Another one-House bill. And then cers. They don’t come to protect my is right, and that is fight illegal immi- what will happen, a week from now we home. gration. will recess, and the Republicans and Securing our borders is a Federal re- Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am the majority hope that the American sponsibility. This body is responsible pleased now to yield to a distinguished people will be conned into thinking for ensuring that there is enough fund- member of the Committee on the Judi- they have done something about one of ing for detention beds and Border Pa- ciary, the gentleman from California the most serious national crises we trol officers. We shouldn’t put the re- (Mr. BERMAN) for 51⁄2 minutes. have, and that is the crisis of inability sponsibility on our local law enforce- Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I thank to enforce our borders. There are 12 ment officers to fill the gaps, and we my ranking member for yielding. million people in this country using should be doing our own part to ensure Mr. Speaker, I would like to remind false identifiers, the absence of any the security of our borders and interior the body of what we have here. We employer verification system. enforcement. The cuts in funds for have a bill with three sections, the But in reality, none of that will have local police make it hard to protect our first of which, in the chairman’s own happened. The Republican Congress lives and property. I urge my col- words, reinforms the authority of the will have recessed for the elections leagues to vote against H.R. 6095. local governments to do something with the mere hope that maybe when Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- that he apparently believes and we all we come back with the lame duck, or er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman accept that they would have the au- maybe if you reelect us next year, we from California (Mr. BILBRAY). thority to do anyway. will get serious about this problem. Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, I rise I call that one the let’s use the Iraq There is nothing in this bill or other today in support of H.R. 6095. Let me model for dealing with the issue of ille- bills that are being sent over to a say as somebody who was involved in gal immigration; subcontract large House that will not take them up and local law enforcement as a county su- functions of it, but unlike in Iraq not consider them that will make this pervisor, mayor, and city council mem- where we overpay the subcontractors, crisis better. ber, it is astonishing to me when it here tell the local law enforcement And what do we have to do to do comes down to enforcing our immigra- people we are giving up at the Federal something serious? Back in June or tion laws how individuals in this insti- level trying to deal with this problem, July or in the beginning of September, tution can find every excuse in the we are not going to give you a penny a motion to go to conference on the world to not enforce the laws or not for more jail cells or a penny for more two larger bills that the Senate and wanting the laws enforced. resources, we are not going to give you the House passed. This won’t work. Now, in all fairness, you want to talk a single dime to do anything about it, This bill is nothing. It doesn’t do any- about the cost of law enforcement. Mr. but we are here to tell you if you want thing for anybody. It won’t become Speaker, in my County of San Diego, to, you have the authority to arrest law.

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Consequently, they are detained Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support stand how the majority explains the for an average of 48 days prior to removal in of H.R. 6095. But before I address the fact that they were not willing to contrast to those aliens apprehended on the specific provisions of this legislation, I make a motion to go to conference to Southwest border for illegal entry and placed think it is important to put this bill in reconcile the differences between the into expedited removal who are detained for the larger context because, Mr. Speak- two bills, because in 1 week we will an average of only 19 days prior to removal. er, we are having a debate that has At an average cost of $95 per day for deten- have done nothing to implement an tion, the inability to fully utilize expedited been ongoing for a number of months employer verification system. We will removal for this population costs the tax- in this body; and, Mr. Speaker, there have done nothing about 12 million payer approximately $2,755 per alien. are many of us who believe that border people who are here under false identi- In addition, the injunction requires that security is national security. We ignore fiers, some portion of whom might be unrepresented aliens subject to the court de- our borders at our own peril. actual threats to our own national se- cision be detained in the same geographic Iraqis have been caught trying to in- area in which they are apprehended for seven filtrate our southern border. Jor- curity. We will have done nothing to days prior to transfer in order to afford them provide the meaningful, comprehensive the opportunity to obtain counsel. DHS ac- danians have been captured. Iranians approach, which is the only way to deal quires detention space based on current mi- have been captured, having infiltrated with the problem of illegal immigra- gration trends. If aliens shift migration our border. Areas of the world where al tion in this country. routes to a jurisdiction outside of the cur- Qaeda recruits, these people have rent area where extra bed space is available, crossed our border. Al Qaeda has made b 1445 this injunction could have serious repercus- contact with human smugglers in Mex- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- sions on DHS’s ability to detain such aliens ico. Every evening thousands are at- er, I yield myself 1 minute. due to the restriction on transferring them to areas of higher detention capacity. If the tempting to cross our borders, and only Mr. Speaker, once again the gen- some are apprehended. tleman from California repeats the shift is sudden and large, the injunction could place enormous strain on available de- Now, Mr. Speaker, I know that many same old refrain that it is the fault of tention space, potentially forcing a return to are good folks who are merely trying this House that a conference has not the recently ended practice of ‘‘catch and re- to feed their families and mean us no been set up. lease’’ until additional resources could be ob- harm. Yet some also come here because That is not the case. The Senate tained, if available, in appropriate locations. they seek free education and free never messaged their bill to the House This decision was issued at a time when El Salvador was in the midst of a civil war and health care and welfare. Some are com- when they passed it in May. The only ing here because they are bringing vio- place where a conference can be set up when immigration was governed by very different statutes. Yet, the decision continues lence and pushing drugs to our children is in the other body, and they can take to dictate the processing of Salvadorans al- and grandchildren. And, unfortunately, up the House-passed bill and strike out most 20 years later. On November 17, 2005, there may be a few who are coming all after the enacting clause and set up DHS fully explained to the district court the here to try to bring down our airlines. a conference. And only they can ex- dramatic changes in the facts and the law Again, we ignore border security at plain why that has not been done. that have occurred since the entry of its per- our own peril. Yet Democrats are hold- petual injunction in 1988. DHS asked the dis- Secondly, the gentleman from Cali- ing our border security hostage for fornia says that the catch and release trict court to lift its order; but, I have no firm date for when this process will reach its their views on amnesty, their views on change is meaningless. The Secretary conclusion in the district court or upon ap- giving government benefits and welfare of Homeland Security disagrees. I have peal. to those who are here illegally. Mr. a letter supporting the changes, spe- There are additional longstanding civil in- Speaker, this is unacceptable. cifically stating that the injunction junctions that impede DHS’ s ability to ef- Now, this bill will help, help elimi- that was issued against expedited re- fectively enforce the Nation’s immigration nate the catch and release program. At laws. These district court decisions have cre- moval of Salvadorans is costing the least in my part of Texas when con- taxpayers money. This bill changes ated onerous operating procedures that require the commitment of vast amounts of stituents hear ‘‘catch and release,’’ that. government resources. They detrimentally they think it has something to do with And I will include the letter sent to impact immigration enforcement on a daily bass. They have no idea that we have me by Secretary of Homeland Security basis, often frustrating DHS’s efforts. One been apprehending illegal immigrants Michael Chertoff on September 20 in such order has resulted in the creation of and letting them back on this side of the RECORD at this point. extra procedures requiring substantial addi- the border. That is unacceptable. And tional resources for routine visa processing. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, contrary to what some of our friends Washington, DC, September 20, 2006. Another such injunction has resulted in certain Freedom of Information Act requests have said on the other side of the aisle, Hon. F. JAMES SENSENBRENNER, Jr. this does not mandate that local law Chairman, Committee on the Judiciary, being given priority over other pressing House of Representatives, Washington, DC. work. enforcement get involved in this bat- For all practical purposes, such invasive DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Thank you for your tle, but it helps empower them. And we support of critical injunction reform legisla- court-ordered requirements hamstring the are fighting a global war on terror, and tion, which will significantly support the De- President and the Congress’s authority over shoring up porous borders is a critical partment of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ef- the borders even when the conditions that part of that war. Why can’t we come gave rise to such requirements may have forts to maintain ‘‘catch and remove’’ of together as Republicans and Democrats non-Mexican illegal aliens apprehended changed. Under current law and court procedures, it can be extremely time-consuming and Independents and secure our border along our Nation’s borders. DHS urgently first? needs Congress to approve this legislation to and difficult to end these injunctions. With ensure that long-outdated court decisions do this legislation, Congress will be taking sig- I understand there are many legiti- not frustrate efforts to secure the border. nificant steps to ensure that DHS is no mate issues, but at the end of the day, DHS has made great strides in increasing longer held hostage by these antiquated Mr. Speaker, we are not debating im- the number of non-Mexican illegal aliens de- court orders. migration, yes or no; but we are debat- tained for removal along the Nation’s bor- Thank you again for your support of DHS’s immigration enforcement efforts. I look for- ing immigration, legal or illegal, and ders. In fact, DHS now detains all eligible in- we allow illegal immigration at our dividuals for prompt removal upon apprehen- ward to continuing to work with you on this and other measures to ensure that this issue own peril. sion along both the Southwest and Northern Let’s secure our borders, and let’s borders. However, I am concerned that DHS is fully resolved. Sincerely, will not be able to maintain this success be- support H.R. 6095. MICHAEL CHERTOFF. cause of a 1988 court order that impedes its Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am ability to quickly remove Salvadorans Mr. Speaker, I now yield 3 minutes to pleased to yield such time as he may caught after illegally crossing the Nation’s the gentleman from Texas (Mr. consume to the gentleman from Cali- borders. HENSARLING). fornia (Mr. BERMAN).

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:22 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21SE7.054 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE H6886 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 21, 2006 Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I will be wants either. And if you don’t like the Mr. Speaker, this short bill is the very brief. bill, just vote ‘‘no,’’ as you have on key component in the CLEAR Act that There is only one response to my many immigration bills. But this is I introduced 3 years ago. It has already friend the chairman. If the issue is what we have today, and the American passed this House twice as a part of about papers and the only reason we people want to see us proceed. larger legislation. I think my friend haven’t gone to conference committee This bill reasserts that State and law from California didn’t vote for it, but it is because the papers haven’t been de- enforcement can and should help Fed- did pass this House. Let’s send this livered, I do have Senator FRIST’s eral officers on immigration law when- over to the Senate as a clean, short bill phone number, and I am happy to pro- ever they reasonably can and if they and see what they have got to say vide it. I cannot conceive that it is a choose to. What a weird thought. We about that. matter of paperwork and process that might get help from our local law en- I thank the chairman for yielding me is keeping us from going to conference forcement as they do in drug enforce- the time. committee on one of the most serious ment. Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, before I domestic issues this country has faced. It is a policy that our law enforce- yield to Mr. BECERRA, I yield myself Secondly, in response to the fol- ment community has conducted suc- such time as I may consume. lowing speaker, the reason we cannot cessfully for decades in helping this I always like to hear the gentleman quite unite to do something here, ap- government, the Federal Government, from Georgia describe these bills. He parently, is because we are not going enforce Federal drug and racketeering says it only targets violent felons, and to unite on a fool’s errand. Everyone laws. This is not new. I would love to find that place in the on your side of the aisle, from the gen- Why then the outrage and the mass bill where that is the case. tleman from Colorado (Mr. TANCREDO) lobbying against it by the pro-illegal Nothing in this bill says that State to the chairman to others, has ac- immigration crowd, or should I say and local law enforcement are author- knowledged over and over again we are open border crowd? ized to enforce immigration law but Because this bill goes to the heart of not going to deport 12 million people. only to focus their efforts on immi- our enforcement problem, that is, sim- You are not going to have local law en- grants who are serious felons. In a news ply a lack of enforcement. That has forcement pick up the task for you of release, the gentleman from Georgia been our problem. Across the board, deporting 12 million people. said that this bill would provide fund- A meaningful response is border secu- from the borders to the workplace to ing for training and resources for State rity, because there are people there illegal immigrant crime, we have al- and local enforcement agencies to vol- who are national security issues and lowed the odds to become hopelessly untarily enforce immigration laws. there are people who are aiming to stacked against enforcement. Nothing in the bill provides any money hurt us who want to cross this border In regards to rounding up criminal il- for training or resources for State and illegally, and dealing with 12 million legal aliens, we currently have roughly local law enforcement. Not a dime. And people who are operating under false 5,000 Federal agents trying to appre- that is why I have 25 pages of law en- identifiers, some of whom are bad peo- hend 500,000 illegal aliens with court forcement officers that are opposed to ple, and finding some system to either orders against them. Eighty thousand isolate and narrow that group or have of them are serious felons, such as the bill. Chiefs of police, mayors, sher- them come forward, and most impor- murderers, drug dealers, child molest- iffs are all opposed to this bill. Repub- tant of all, to get an employer ers, and rapists. Vote against this bill licans and Democrats, I might add. verification system in place. None of if you want those people to stay out on And, of course, I should remind ev- these bills does anything about it. We the street. That is all right. eryone in the body that we can already are going to leave here in a week doing These odds, obviously, are impos- detain criminals or anyone that com- nothing about it. I don’t understand sible. There is no way we are going to mits a criminal act, whether they are how you are going to explain to your have 5,000 Feds catch 500,000 violent an immigrant or a citizen, but the constituents and the people who are criminals. But if we allow our 700,000 problem is that only the Federal Gov- understandably upset about this issue State and local police to volunteer to ernment can deport anyone. So any- that this Congress has addressed a very help, and they are American citizens body committing a crime is subject to serious, urgent issue in a serious and too, the odds get a lot better. That being detained. coherent fashion. We haven’t. might start an epidemic of looking at b 1500 Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- other ways to improve our odds, Mr. This bill isn’t about immigration re- er, I yield myself 1 minute. Speaker, in fighting overall illegal im- Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from migration. form. It is further evidence of a failure California is right. This is an issue And that undermines the illegal im- of leadership for us to have this body about papers. It is about a pretty immigration lobby’s theme song, which is connect with the other body to get a portant paper that has served our coun- the lie that we cannot stop illegal im- conference going. try well called the Constitution of the migration. So, well, let’s just give up. The gentleman from California (Mr. United States. Article I, section 7 says: Let’s just give in. BERMAN) offered to make a phone call. ‘‘All bills for raising revenue shall Well, we can stop all these problems I would offer to bring the news of the originate in the House of Representa- if we only have the will. This body passage of the immigration bill in the tives, but the Senate may propose or needs to have the will. The Senate has House to the majority leader of the concur with amendments as on other to do what it has to do, but we are the Senate myself. I will deliver it if that bills. people’s House. We need to show the would help them get the news that The ‘‘comprehensive amnesty immi- gumption to get this done. This legisla- there ought to be a conference. gration bill’’ that the Senate passed tion proves how using commonsense I think that patently it is obvious and didn’t message contains $50 billion partnerships between State and Fed- that they know about this, and some- in new taxes. They ignore this sacred eral authorities to multiply manpower where in the Republican leadership paper that has been the foundation of will get the job done. there is a huge desire not to have a our government, and are we supposed We are not talking about going after conference. to ignore that and thus subject any- illegal aliens who are otherwise obey- Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the thing they do to endless litigation being our laws and are just here to work. gentleman from California (Mr. BECER- cause they deliberately violated the This bill is targeted only on criminal RA), a former member of the Judiciary Constitution? I think not. aliens. Ironically, most of their fellow Committee. Mr. Speaker, I now yield 4 minutes to victims are their fellow immigrants. Mr. BECERRA. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. NOR- Let’s make one point absolutely the gentleman for yielding me the time WOOD). clear. There is nothing in this bill that and for his leadership. Mr. NORWOOD. Mr. Speaker, I rise prevents local police from granting im- Mr. Speaker, with 5 days left in this very much in support of this bill. munity from being reported for depor- session, with the failure of this House Is it exactly like I want? No. Obvi- tation to any illegal immigrant crime to pass comprehensive immigration re- ously, it is not like what Mr. BERMAN victim who comes to them for help. form to accept the challenge posed by

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It is a shame that the House has again what we are dealing with is vol- Unfortunately, this legislation, like not decided to follow suit. I would urge untary. the previous bills that we are debating Members to vote against this legisla- No local government agency or local on this floor, fail to do one very impor- tion. law enforcement agency is forced to do tant thing, and that was, ask the very Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield anything under this piece of legislation people who this bill would impact myself such time as I may consume. in helping the Federal Government en- most. And that is our local and State What we are witnessing in the last force our immigration laws. law enforcement officers what they few days is an effort to make sure But if they do do it, they should have think about this. somebody believes that we have sin- statutory authorization. And where are Because if you would have talked to cerely worked on immigration rather the benefits going to be if there is co- them, they would tell you, please do than going to conference with the two operation between the Federal Govern- not do this. We have had sufficient ex- major bills left. ment and State and local law enforce- perience with what the Federal Gov- We tried during the recent recess by ment in helping enforce our immigra- ernment wishes to do when it comes to holding a series of hearings across 13 tion laws? It is going to be in the im- its Federal laws on immigration, and States, to make sure people thought migrant communities themselves. Be- that we were working and concerned that is, it passes the buck without cause most of the crimes that are com- about immigration. As the newspaper passing the money. This bill is no dif- mitted by illegal immigrants in our reports show, it failed dismally. country are against other immigrants, ferent. This passes the buck, but offers So what we are doing now is to say both legal and illegal. not a single cent to enforce the immi- let’s keep the immigrants out. Let’s As a result of the current system, gration laws that are a Federal respon- keep them out. Let’s keep them out. which this bill hopes to encourage to sibility. But let’s let them in through the back For years our State and local govern- change, we will be able to make those door. Republicans do not prosecute em- immigrant communities safer. Now, ments have been asking Congress to fix ployers, but then they blame Demo- the bill specifically states that nothing the broken immigration laws that we crats for talking about other ways to in it may be construed to require State have. Instead, this bill asks State and deal with those who are already work- local police officers to pick up the tab, ing here. We all know that letting im- or local law enforcement personnel to pick up the slack where the Feds have migrants in helps corporations and report the identity of a victim or a wit- failed. businesses that are using immigrants ness to a criminal offense to the De- Mr. Speaker, you do not need to look as the cheapest labor that they can partment of Homeland Security. So if one of the bad guys hits an ille- very far for proof of that. Take a look find to benefit their activities. at the State Criminal Alien Assistance And the reason we are not at con- gal immigrant over the head, the local Program. That is the Federal Govern- ference is because many in our business law enforcement that investigates this ment’s effort to try to help States deal world need immigrant labor, and the does not have to report to DHS the fact with the incarceration of criminal companies that support the Republican that the victim is an illegal immi- aliens. Party that says, get tough on immigrant, and nor does that illegal immi- The President’s budget included not grants, are the same ones that then grant victim have to be arrested be- a single dime of funding to help States turn their back and do nothing. cause that person is a victim or a wit- offset the cost of having to incarcerate Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance ness, and the arrest would be for an im- criminal aliens. The Congress did a lit- of my time. migration law violation. tle bit better, but still is funding that Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- State and local law enforcement are program for all 50 States at less than er, I yield myself the balance of the not going to be reporting victims of one-third of what they are currently time. crime. And they know best how to inte- spending to incarcerate aliens who Mr. Speaker, during the debate on grate immigration law enforcement should be deported but committed this bill and the debate on the two pre- into their duties in a way that will in- crimes in our country. vious border security and law enforce- crease the safety and well-being of im- What else? Take a look at the Fed- ment bills, we have heard time and migrant communities. eral Government’s enforcement of our time again why there not a conference Now, many immigrant communities laws that prohibit individuals in this between the Senate and the House on are held hostage by violent alien gangs. country from fraudulently hiring peo- the differing bills that we passed, and Many of those gang members have al- ple who do not have permission to that this is just merely a matter of pa- ready been deported for criminal activ- work in this country. How many en- pers, and this can be solved with a cou- ity and have returned to this country forcement actions did this government, ple of phone calls over to the other illegally. If State and local law en- this Federal Government, take against body. forcement officers identify such aliens, people who are abusing the laws and Well, the constitutional problem can- they can either turn a blind eye or wait taking advantage of the fact that not be solved with a couple of phone until the aliens commit new crimes, or American citizens would like to take calls. Because the Constitution’s man- they can apprehend the gang members those jobs? Three enforcement actions date that revenue-raising bills origi- and turn them over to the Department in all of 2004. nate in the House of Representatives is of Homeland Security to get them out State and local law enforcement offi- pretty clear, and it has been there of this country. cers know what happens when those since 1789. Clearly, immigration communities bills are passed: the buck gets passed Frankly, the other body has not will be safer if those vicious criminals with it, and no money gets passed passed a bill that can be sent to con- are taken off the streets before they along. Mr. Speaker, police officers are ference because of the revenue-raising can kill or rob again. And what other also telling us why would we want to provisions that were contained in their circumstances are State and local law have to enforce Federal immigration bill. They chose to do that; we did not. enforcement likely to report to DHS? laws when we have to enforce the local And it is unfair and probably unconsti- As an example, they may report on il- laws to protect our citizenry. tutional to blame this House for not legal aliens they come across in the If a crime is committed, why would rolling over and playing dead over the normal course of carrying out their du- an immigrant who is already living in fact that the Senate bill violates arti- ties, such as after stopping for speeding the shadows come out of the shadows cle I, section 7 of the Constitution of a smuggling van carrying illegal immi- to report a crime that he or she wit- the United States. grants.

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I rise today to express strong op- example. beds, but passing this bill is something position to the majority’s failure to seriously that we can do now to increase the ef- address the important issue of immigration re- Not only did we not fund most of that bill, fectiveness of law enforcement in deal- form. breaking many of our promises in it we ing with these issues. Congress has had a real opportunity this passed virtually the same bill but added ex- Mr. Speaker, I will repeat once again year to produce meaningful bipartisan com- treme provisions to criminalize those here. that the communities that will be safer prehensive immigration reform. But instead In May of 2006, when the Senate passed an will be the immigrant communities, Republican leaders have decided to play elec- astonishingly better bill, the House closed both the legal immigrants that are tion year politics and cater to their base with down the process—refused to negotiate a final present there as well as those that are bills like these. These bills are further proof bill. not legal. Pass the bill. that Republicans are not serious about real re- Instead, they passed an awful bill last De- Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in sup- form on immigration. cember then spent the summer stalling any port of H.R. 6095, the ‘‘Immigration Law En- On the other hand, Democrats are serious negotiation with deceptive ‘‘hearings.’’ forcement Act of 2006.’’ This legislation takes about immigration reform and border security. an important step toward greater prosecution If our amendments had been adopted over the If the House Republicans were serious of human smugglers, known as ‘‘coyotes,’’ and last five years, there would be 6,600 more about border security, they would have moved I thank Judiciary Committee Chairman JIM Border Patrol Agents and 2,700 more immi- forward with a House-Senate conference on SENSENBRENNER for bringing this legislation gration enforcement agents along our borders. border security and actual immigration reform before us. This legislation also authorizes Republicans instead have held ‘‘sham’’ legislation. State and local cooperation with Federal immi- hearings that produced no results—nothing, Today—in an effort to appear to have ac- gration enforcement efforts, as well as helping zero. Second, they have not moved forward to end the catch-and-release of criminal complished something, anything related to im- with a House-Senate conference on border migration and border security—we are consid- aliens. security/immigration reform legislation. Finally, I have spoken about the need for increased ering the same bill we passed twice already, they are trying to fool our American public by prosecution of coyotes many times. I have just chopped into smaller pieces. bringing up these token bills that will not be corresponded numerous times with the Attor- even considered in the Senate. This is what it means to fool people. ney General on the subject imploring in- These narrow-minded bills would have little So, let us remember the old wisdom: you creased prosecution. Last year I introduced impact on closing the numerous security gaps can fool some of the people some of the time, the Criminal Alien Accountability Act that but thank God, you can’t fool all the people all would stiffen the penalties for coyotes and along our borders. Let’s not confuse, again other criminal aliens. My legislation was incor- and again, the real concern here. the time. porated in large part into H.R. 4437, the ‘‘Bor- After five years Republicans have nothing to That, I suppose, is the bad news for the der Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immi- show except for a few votes on band-aid at- crowd that thinks passing the same bills over gration Control Act of 2005,’’ which passed the tempts to address a complex issue. and over is good politics. It’s time for a new direction. House last December. However, major road- Good politics these days means paying for blocks impeding the prosecution of coyotes re- Mr. ORTIZ. Mr. Speaker, it is deeply offensive for this House to continue on a piecemeal the Nation’s protection and none of these bills main, and they are the lack of acceptance of take care of that business. these cases by U.S. Attorneys and a lack of approach to the border security and immigra- uniform prosecution guidelines among the tion problem. Mr. BONILLA. Mr. Speaker, I am proud that U.S. Attorney offices along the southern bor- The fact is this Congress has not done any today Congress will pass vital legislation der. heavy lifting to effectively solve our border se- based upon legislation I drafted, the Fairness The U.S. Attorney’s Office has stated in the curity crisis. in Immigration Litigation Act of 2006, to close past that it does not have the resources need- That’s an awful record for the majority party an egregious loophole that allows thousands ed to fully prosecute arrested coyotes. For ex- to carry into the election season, so we are of illegal aliens to remain in our country every ample, the Border Patrol was instructed to re- forced to deal again with redundant legislation week. Passage of this legislation will result in lease known coyote Antonio Amparo-Lopez, so the majority party can seem to be accom- safer communities across our nation. plishing something. an individual with 21 aliases and 20 arrests. Currently, the Orantes injunction mandates But we aren’t accomplishing a single thing. Releasing a criminal such as this is completely that the U.S. Government afford all Salva- What we’re doing today—in all these bills— unacceptable, and is demoralizing to the Bor- doran immigrants the benefit of full deportation is blowing more hot air at voters who are der Patrol agents who work so hard to make proceedings and undermines the authority of angry that we say we’re doing things to im- the arrests in the first place. the Department of Homeland Security to apply prove our border security—but we never pay I, along with Chairman SENSENBRENNER, re- expedited removal procedures. The court for them. cently met with U.S. Border Patrol Sector order was issued in 1988 when EI Salvador Each year since 2001, Democrats have tried Chief Darryl Griffin and U.S. Attorney Carol was in the midst of a bloody civil war and was to add amendments to defense, homeland se- Lam in San Diego to discuss these problems. designed to protect those seeking refuge in curity, and emergency supplemental appro- Our meetings demonstrated the differences in the United States. However, on January 16, priations bills. opinion between those who arrest human 1992, a peace accord was signed ending 11 smugglers and those who prosecute them. Im- Not a single one was passed—if they were, we’d have 6,600 more Border Patrol agents, years of civil war and implementing strict portantly, we learned that U.S. Attorney offices human rights restrictions. Today EI Salvador have varying prosecution guidelines for human 14,000 more detention beds, and 2,700 more immigration agents. enjoys a democratically elected government smugglers depending on where the office is and a developing economy. located. This causes smugglers to use access On the border, our not funding our promises points in states with weaker prosecution brings local law enforcement a very large Illegal aliens stream across our border by standards, increasing the criminal element in bill—yet another unfunded mandate. the hundreds on a daily basis. They present those communities. When Border Patrol finds an immigrant law- an immediate danger to the lives of people in H.R. 6095 calls on the Attorney General to breaker—mostly small drug possessions—they every Texas community and across the United adopt uniform guidelines for the prosecution of take them to the local jail where the local tax- States of America. For over 14 years I have smuggling offenses. This change could help payers foot the bill to hold them. worked to raise awareness on Capitol Hill lessen the burden on borders areas within the The same local taxpayers then have to pay about the crisis facing our border commu- United States that currently are overrun by for the prosecutors and there aren’t enough nities. I have met with law enforcement offi- coyote operations, in addition to reducing judges. This is a cycle that won’t end. cials along the border and discussed this crit- smuggling in total. Additionally, H.R. 6095 au- Now the House Leadership is cutting up leg- ical issue with my colleagues in Congress, thorizes 20 new U.S. attorneys for each year islation we’ve already passed into many dif- providing those in Washington with a first- from FY 2008 through FY 2013 to help pros- ferent bills to make it seem like we are work- hand perspective on how to increase our bor- ecute human smuggling offenses. ing on this issue. der security.

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This H.R. 6095 presents a sense of Congress ercing and otherwise improperly encouraging legislation removes obstacles that prevent our that the Attorney General should adopt, not Salvadorans to waive their rights to a deporta- government from effectively enforcing the im- later than three months after the date of the tion hearing and to seek asylum as a defense migration laws that Congress intended. enactment, uniform guidelines for the prosecu- to deportation. The threat of terrorism is real. Each day our tion of smuggling offenses to be followed by H.R. 6095 appears to be an attempt to ter- border communities witness violence and fear each United States attorney in the United minate the Orantes injunction through legisla- created by ruthless members of drug cartels. States. It also requires the hiring of additional tion, but its reach goes beyond the injunction. We must not allow terrorists and criminals personnel for prosecuting alien smuggling Among other things, a judge would not be per- from around the world to abuse loopholes in cases. For each year from FY2008 through mitted to provide relief in any immigration case our legal system, turning our southwest border FY2013, subject to the availability of appro- without attaching a written explanation of the into a revolving door. The efforts of our law priations, the Justice Department would be re- impact the relief would have on national secu- enforcement officials to catch, detain, and de- quired to increase by not less than 20 the rity, border security, immigration administration port those who enter illegally must not be ob- number of attorneys in the offices of United and enforcement, and public safety. It also structed by those looking to abuse the system. States attorneys employed to prosecute alien would impose arbitrary, unreasonable time lim- I am proud that today Congress will overturn smuggling cases. its on courts attempting to provide prospective the outdated and obsolete Orantes injunction I find nothing objectionable about these pro- relief. to protect the integrity of our legal immigration visions, but I do not believe that they will sub- DHS has filed a motion to dissolve the in- process. stantially improve our ability to deal with the junction. Wilfredo v. Gonzales, No. CV 82– Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I support alien smuggling problem. It would be more 1107MM (C.D.Cal. 2005). H.R. 6095, the Immigration Law Enforcement productive to consider an alien smuggling bill I urge you to vote against the Immigration Act of 2006. that I introduced a few years ago, the Com- Law Enforcement Act of 2006. It’s important to Americans that local law en- mercial Alien Smuggling Elimination Act of AUGUST 14, 2006. forcement officials are doing everything pos- 2003, the CASE Act. It would establish a HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, sible to arrest and prosecute criminals. three-point program that was drafted with as- Committee on Homeland Security, Sub-Com- And it’s important that law enforcement offi- sistance from government officials who are in- mittee on Immigration, Washington, DC. cials know under exactly what circumstances volved in the investigation, disruption, and DEAR SUB-COMMITTEE MEMBERS: I am writ- they can lawfully arrest or detain a suspected prosecution of commercial alien smugglers. ing to respond to your invitation to testify before your sub-committee hearing on criminal. H.R. 6095 would give State and local police Wednesday, August 16th, 2006, at 9:30 a.m., at Take for instance the situation in which a officers the authority to enforce civil immigra- the Civil Courthouse 201 Caroline St., Hous- police officer has reasonable suspicion to stop tion laws. I do not want local police forces to ton Texas. First let me say as Chief of the an individual and finds out that individual is in enforce immigration law. Immigration violations Houston Police Department (HPD) and also the United States in violation of our immigra- are different from the typical criminal offenses as President of the Major Cities Chiefs Asso- tion laws. It’s contrary to common sense that that police officers normally face. The typical ciation (MCC) that I appreciate and wish to the police officer would not be able to arrest law enforcement activities of local police offi- thank you for the honor and privilege of put- that person simply because immigration is a cers involve crimes such as murders, assaults, ting into the official congressional record Law Enforcement’s comments and concerns Federal responsibility. But this is the argument narcotics, robberies, burglaries, domestic vio- on Immigration prior to the full enactment of those who oppose this bill. lence, and traffic violations. It would require of any legislation on this important subject. H.R. 6095 affirms the authority of State and extensive training to prepare them to enforce I will be submitting as an attachment to my local law enforcement officials to investigate, civil immigration provisions. testimony today the MCC’s Immigration apprehend, and arrest illegal immigrants. If police act as immigration agents, undocu- Committee Recommendations for Enforce- Several Federal Courts of Appeals, includ- mented immigrants are likely to be afraid to ment of Immigration Laws by Local Police ing the Tenth and Fifth Circuits, have agreed contact the police when a crime has been Agencies (chaired by my Deputy Director that State and local law enforcement officials committed. If they as victims, witnesses, or Craig E. Ferrell, Jr.), which were adopted on have the authority to do so. concerned residents contact the police, they or June 7th by the MCC for inclusion in the official congressional record. I also have addi- Unfortunately, opponents of this legislation their family members could risk deportation. tional attachments for the sub-committee believe that if a police officer comes in contact Experience shows that this fear would extend members, but due to their length I have been with a suspected criminal who has violated im- not only to contact with local police, but also told they can not be part of the written migration law, they should simply let the per- to the fire department, hospitals, and the pub- record. son go. lic school system. Let me begin by giving my reaction to a This situation was addressed in the 1996 H.R. 6095 also would undermine local po- recent federal legislative amendment aimed immigration legislation that I authored. Be- lice’s role in enhancing national security. Na- at eliminating federal law enforcement fund- cause of that law, the Immigration and Nation- tional security experts and State and local law ing to local police. In short, both myself and chiefs of major cities across the country are ality Act contains section 287(g), which allows enforcement officers agree that good intel- dismayed by any legislative action aimed at the Attorney General to enter into written ligence and strong community relationships excluding the City of Houston and/or other agreements with States and localities to set are the keys to keeping our Nation and our local jurisdictions from receiving needed fed- out provisions under which State and local law streets safe. Undocumented immigrants who eral law enforcement funds. These funds are enforcement officers can help enforce Federal might otherwise be helpful to security inves- needed to put more officers on the streets of immigration laws. tigators would be reluctant to come forward for Houston, protect our neighborhoods, inves- But the law does not mean that just be- fear of immigration consequences. tigate and prevent murders, rapes, assaults, cause there is no such written agreement, the H.R. 6095 has an ‘‘Ending Catch and Re- robberies, burglaries, and provide for home- police don’t have the authority to arrest illegal lease Act of 2006,’’ title, but the provisions land security efforts. It seems clear that some in Congress and the public fervently immigrants. under that title deal with injunctions in federal believe local police should become involved Law enforcement officers should arrest any- immigration litigation. ‘‘Catch and release’’ is a in enforcing federal civil immigration laws. one who breaks the law. This bill is necessary reference to the practice of apprehending Given these strong beliefs, we are left to to settle the debate once and for all. aliens in the vicinity of the border and then re- wonder why the recent legislative amend- I urge my colleagues to support the bill. leasing them pending removal proceedings. ments were not written to provide increased Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mr. Speaker, Apparently, the connection is the permanent federal funding to local police to support I rise in opposition to the Immigration Law En- injunction in Orantes-Hernandez v. Gonzalez, such enforcement. Instead the amendments forcement Act of 2006, H.R. 6095. It will not No. 82–1107KN (C.D.Cal. 1982). Homeland have sought to eliminate funding and penal- ize not only the City of Houston, but also protect United States borders, strengthen our Security Secretary Chertoff has claimed that Harris County, and other local and national national security, or address the nation’s immi- the Orantes injunction interferes with efforts to jurisdictions, which will be negatively ef- gration problems comprehensively. Instead of end the catch and release practice. fected by this amendment. The end result of voting on H.R. 6095 and other bills that raise I am not aware of any provision in the any law enforcement funding exclusion a few issues on a piecemeal basis, we should Orantes injunction that would interfere with ef- amendment, if it is applied to Houston and

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The Local officers have worked very hard to Illegal immigration is being hotly debated police department further clarified that our build trust and a spirit of cooperation with in Congress and in our local communities. officers are allowed to take into custody any immigrant groups through community based Opinions on how to address this complex person who the federal authorities state is a policing and outreach programs and special- issue differ greatly and emotions run high. criminal suspect and for whom they will au- ized officers who work with immigrant Extremes exist on either side of the debate thorize detention directly into a federal de- groups. We have a clear need to foster trust as represented by the recent mass dem- tention facility. In addition, whenever the and cooperation with everyone in these im- onstrations by immigrant groups and their department has a person in custody on other migrant communities. Assistance and co- supporters and the funding exclusion amend- criminal charges, the department will not operation from immigrant communities is ment and the referendum effort of the group release the person from custody for up to 24 especially important when an immigrant, Protect Our Citizens in Houston. Both my- hours after we have received formal notice whether documented or undocumented, is the victim of or witness to a crime. These self and chiefs of police in MCC representing from federal authorities that they are want- persons must be encouraged to file reports first responders to over fifty (50) million ed for criminal violations. and come forward with information. Their residents respectfully disagree with any ef- The City is committed to assisting I.C.E cooperation is needed to prevent and solve fort to eliminate federal law enforcement and any other federal agency wherever pos- crimes and maintain public order, safety, funding and in effort to create an unfunded sible and reasonable to enforce against and security in the whole community. Local mandate. Illegal immigration is an issue criminal violations and address criminal police contacts in immigrant communities that effects our nation as a whole and any matters. The Houston Police Department are important as well in the area of intel- solution should begin first at the federal has always acted to enforce laws relative to ligence gathering to prevent future terror- level with securing the borders and increas- criminal violations and criminal matters, istic attacks and strengthen homeland secu- ing enforcement by federal agencies. accepted criminal warrants and criminal de- rity. Local enforcement of immigration laws tainers and assisted in criminal investiga- Immigration enforcement by local police raises complex legal, logistical and resource tions, regardless of whether they emanated would likely negatively effect and under- issues for local communities and their police from other jurisdictions or arose out of fed- mine the level of trust and cooperation be- agencies. The City of Houston’s policies and eral or state laws. Our officers are currently tween local police and immigrant commu- those of most major cities across America involved in various federal task forces ad- nities. If the undocumented immigrant’s pri- reflect the challenges and realities faced by dressing criminal matters including violent mary concern is that they will be deported a City and police agency that is responsible criminal gangs. Because we have and will or subjected to an immigration status inves- for protecting and serving a diverse commu- continue to enforce laws relative to criminal tigation, then they will not come forward nity comprised of citizens, non-citizens, violations against any and all persons, re- and provide needed assistance and coopera- legal residents, visitors and undocumented gardless of their immigration status, the de- tion. Distrust and fear of contacting or as- immigrants. The City’s policies seek to best partment and thus the City does not have a sisting the police would develop among legal protect and serve this diverse community as ‘‘sanctuary policy’’ as opponents of our poli- immigrants as well. Undoubtedly legal im- a whole, while taking into account: the re- cies have alleged. This is not only the City’s migrants would avoid contact with the po- ality that the City does not have unlimited or the police department’s opinion but also lice for fear that they themselves or undocu- resources; its officers are prohibited by state that of Robert Rutt the Deputy Special mented family members or friends may be- law from racial profiling and arresting per- Agent in Charge for Immigration and Cus- come subject to immigration enforcement. sons without warrants and without well es- toms Enforcement [I.C.E]. In a recent Hous- Without assurances that contact with the tablished probable cause; is subject to civil ton Chronicle article he stated that ‘‘Hous- police would not result in purely civil immi- liability for violating such laws; and has the ton is not a sanctuary City . . .’’ In the same gration enforcement action, the hard won clear need to foster assistance and coopera- article he further acknowledged the police trust, communication and cooperation from tion from the public including those persons department’s significant cooperation with the immigrant community would disappear. who may be undocumented immigrants. In I.C.E. [Exhibit 3] Such a divide between the local police and an effort to clarify the City’s reasoned and Concerns with local enforcement of federal im- immigrant groups would result in increased model approach to this issue I have provided migration law crime against immigrants and in the broader the following statements regarding the Local enforcement of federal immigration community, create a class of silent victims City’s policy and why we oppose the posi- laws raises many daunting and complex and eliminate the potential for assistance tions represented by the federal fund exclu- legal, logistical and resource issues for the from immigrants in solving crimes or pre- sion amendment and Protect Our Citizens’ venting future terroristic acts. City of Houston and the diverse community referendum. it serves. Like other jurisdictions our policy Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in City does not have a sanctuary policy in this area must recognize the obstacles, strong support of H.R. 6095, the Immigration Currently, the police department is oper- pitfalls, dangers and negative consequences Law Enforcement Act of 2006 and to affirm ating under General Order 500–5 [See at- to local policing that would be caused by im- the inherent authority of State and local law tached Exhibit 1]. General Order 500–5 was migration enforcement at the local level. enforcement to assist in the implementation of implemented in 1992 by then Chief Nuchia, our immigration laws. who is currently serving as a Justice in the * * * * * were detained by the police were later deter- Texas Judiciary’s First Court of Appeals. This year, I had the privilege to participate mined to be either citizens or legal immi- The General Order includes the following in two Government Reform Subcommittee field grants with permission to be in the country. provisions: hearings in North Carolina on this very sub- The Katy police department faced suits from Houston police officers may not stop or ap- ject, one of which took place in my district. these individuals and eventually settled prehend individuals solely on the belief that Illegal immigration has consistently been the their claims out of court. they are in this country illegally. No. 1 topic prompting my constituents to write Because local police officers currently lack Officers shall not make inquiries as to the clear authority to enforce immigration laws, and call my office. It is also the No. 1 problem citizenship status of any person, nor will of- are limited in their ability to arrest without expressed to me by many of the local officials ficers detain or arrest persons solely on the a warrant, are prohibited from racial I represent. belief that they are in the country illegally. profiling and lack the training and experi- In recent years, State and local govern- Officers will contact the [Federal Immigra- ence to enforce complex federal immigration ments have had to make extraordinary adjust- tion Authorities] regarding a person only if laws, it is more likely the City/police depart- that person is arrested on a separate crimi- ments to accommodate illegal immigration. ment will face the risk of civil liability and nal charge (other than Class C misdemeanor) Over 300,000 illegal aliens are estimated to litigation if we actively enforced federal im- and the officer knows the prisoner is an ille- reside in North Carolina, and that number is migration laws. gal alien.’’ increasing. As a whole, our counties and com- The department has issued clarifications of UNDERMINES TRUST AND COOPERATION OF munities, now saturated with illegal aliens, are our ‘‘immigration’’ policies and implemented IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES spending billions of dollars on public health, changes to the department’s enforcement Major urban areas throughout the nation public education, law enforcement and social policies to increase cooperation between the are comprised of significant immigrant com- services for people who are residing here ille- department and federal agencies on immi- munities. In some areas the immigrant com- gration matters that are criminal in nature. munity reaches 50–60 percent of the local gally. Every dollar spent on an illegal alien is [Exhibit 2] In the summer of 2005, I directed population. Local agencies are charged with a dollar diverted away from a law abiding, tax- Executive Assistant Chief Thaler, Assistant providing law enforcement services to these paying citizen. Illegal immigration affects vir- Chief Perales and Deputy Director/General diverse populations with communities of tually every aspect of life in America. Counsel Craig Ferrell to meet jointly with both legal and illegal immigrants. The re- Few States have had to struggle with this representatives of the U.S. Attorney’s office ality is that undocumented immigrants are a burden as much as North Carolina, where the

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During the 90s, the immigrant popu- antics and appoint conferees so we can create (1) by 2,000 the number of immigration lation of Forsyth County alone exploded by a good bill. agents; 515 percent, meaning that two-thirds of the Mr. Speaker, given the fact that we have (2) by 250 the number of detention officers; county’s foreign-born population had entered had very little time to consider this legislation, (3) by 250 the number of U.S. Marshals; in just 10 years. and that we cannot even offer amendments on (4) by 25,000 the number of detention beds; My State’s government estimates that Med- the floor to try and do what the committees (5) by 1,000 the number of investigators of icaid costs due to illegal immigration have could not, I will vote ‘‘no’’ and urge my col- fraudulent schemes and documents that violate sections 274A, 274C, and 274D of the Im- doubled in 5 years. The State is spending leagues to do the same. migration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. over $200 million annually to educate the chil- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- 1324a, 1324c, 1324d). dren of illegal aliens, more than a 2,000 per- er, I yield back the balance of my time. Mr. GUTIERREZ (during the read- cent increase in 10 years. Across the State, The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. ing). Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous the criminal justice system is disrupted as SWEENEY). Pursuant to House Resolu- consent that the motion to recommit courts and law enforcement struggle, particu- tion 1018, the bill is considered read be considered as read and printed in larly in rural counties, to find translators to as- and the previous question is ordered. the RECORD. sist in investigations and court proceedings for The question is on the engrossment The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there foreign-speaking defendants. and third reading of the bill. objection to the request of the gen- Too many stresses and strains are being The bill was ordered to be engrossed tleman from Illinois? put on State and local governments at once and read a third time, and was read the There was no objection. and there is a clear need for government offi- third time. POINT OF ORDER cials at all levels to decisively reverse these MOTION TO RECOMMIT OFFERED BY MR. trends. GUTIERREZ Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- It is in cities like Winston-Salem, as well as Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I er, I make a point of order against the smaller communities, that the presence of ille- offer a motion to recommit. motion to recommit. gal aliens who’ve committed other crimes is The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- most keenly felt. One solution to these dilem- gentleman opposed to the bill? tleman from Wisconsin is recognized. mas that has been growing in use since it was Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I am Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- first tried in 2002 is known as the ‘‘287(g) in its present form. er, I make a point of order against the cross-designation training’’ program. By the Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- motion to recommit for the same rea- authority of section 287(g) of the Immigration er, I reserve a point of order on the mo- son that I made a point of order and Nationality Act, the Department of Home- tion. against the gentleman from Illinois’ land Security can enter into assistance agree- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- previous motion to recommit. ments with State and local agencies. The tleman from Wisconsin reserves a point Clause 7 of rule XVI precludes 287(g) training and certification gives local law of order. amendments on a subject different enforcement a vital tool in combating the The Clerk will report the motion to from that under consideration. growing problems from illegal immigration. recommit. b 1515 Many illegal aliens who’ve committed crimes The Clerk read as follows: H.R. 6095 reaffirms the inherent au- in America can now be held and processed for Mr. Gutierrez moves to recommit the bill deportation or Federal prosecution through H.R. 6095 to the Committee on the Judiciary thority of State and local law enforce- use of the 287(g) program. State and local of- with instructions to report the same back to ment to voluntarily investigate, iden- ficers can even interview suspects and prison the House forthwith with the following tify, apprehend, arrest, detain or trans- inmates to determine if immigration laws have amendments: fer to Federal custody aliens in the been violated; they can process and finger- Page 3, after line 12, insert the following: United States in order to assist in the print them for such violations; and they can (2) In the 9/11 Act of 2004, the Republican enforcement of immigration laws, and Congress promised to provide 8,000 additional prepare documents for deportation and refer clarifies guidelines for the prosecution detention beds and 800 additional immigra- of smuggling offenses. It also ends the criminal aliens to ICE for potential Federal tion agents per year from fiscal year 2006 prosecution. through fisal year 2010. Over the last two practice of catch and release by DHS to It is the constitutional responsibility of the years, the Republican Congress has left our ensure that immigration laws are en- Federal Government to protect the borders Nation short 5,000 detention beds, and nearly forced in the manner in which they and enforce our laws. Given the scope of the 500 immigration agents short of the promises were intended. problem of illegal immigration, the Federal they made in the Intelligence Reform (or 9/ This motion to recommit pertains to Government should move quickly to provide 11) Act of 2004, to the detriment of efforts to a subject matter different from the leg- authority to State and local law enforcement to combat alien smuggling. islation under consideration. It is the (3) Alien smuggling continues to be a prob- same motion to recommit that the gen- combat illegal immigration. We will never get lem in part because the Committee on the a handle on this growing problem if we don’t. Judiciary and other relevant committees tleman from Illinois made to the pre- Mr. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong have not engaged the Senate Committee on vious bill by increasing the number of opposition to the three bills being considered the Judiciary in discussion on resolving the U.S. marshals by 250, which is on page today in House. The rush to bring these bills differences between the House and Senate on 2, line 15 of the motion to recommit. to the floor for a vote makes it clear that the immigration legislation that the House of The U.S. marshals do not have a role majority has one thing on its mind, election Representatives or the Senate have already in enforcing the immigration law. year political concerns. As far as I can tell, passed during the 109th Congress and has not Thus, the motion to recommit expands reported the same back to the House in a the scope of the bill and is non- these bills were not given hearings or marked form agreed to by the two Committees, in up in committee. In fact, two of these bills consultation with other relevant commit- germane, and it fails the test of ger- were just introduced this week. Members have tees, that protects United States borders, maneness contained in clause 7 of rule had very little time to look at these bills, and strengthens our national security, and ad- XVI. to consider the ramifications should these bills dresses the nation’s immigration problem The SPEAKER pro tempore. Do other be enacted into law. This is no way to craft comprehensively. Members wish to be heard on the point good, solid legislation. Page 3, line 13, strike ‘‘(2)’’ and insert of order? These bills represent a half-hearted attempt ‘‘(4)’’. The Chair recognizes the gentleman at beefing up immigration enforcement and Page 3, line 17, strike ‘‘(3)’’ and insert from Illinois. ‘‘(5)’’. border security. Instead of taking a rifle shot Page 3, line 21, strike ‘‘(4)’’ and insert Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I approach to the immigration issue, the House ‘‘(6)’’. would argue that it is germane to the and Senate should have went to conference Page 4, line 3, strike ‘‘(5)’’ and insert ‘‘(7)’’. bill. When you take the whole bill sub- on the immigration bills that passed each Page 4, after line 25, insert the following: ject to consideration, and we look at

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:22 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE7.067 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE H6892 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 21, 2006 representing a number of different im- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does violate sections 274A, 274C, 274D of the Immi- migration reform proposals, and my any other Member wish to be heard on gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a, sections address those same exact mat- the point of order? 1324c, 1324d). ters. All day, Mr. Speaker, we have The Chair is prepared to rule. Mr. REYES (during the reading). Mr. been hearing from the proponents of The bill is confined to matters of im- Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that this and other immigration bills argue migration. The motion to recommit the motion to recommit be considered that the various immigration reform addresses matters unrelated to immi- as read and printed in the RECORD. proposals included in this bill are via- gration. For the reasons stated by the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ble alternatives to much more com- Chair earlier today, the motion is not objection to the request of the gen- prehensive immigration reform legisla- germane. tleman from Texas? tion that has stalled in the 109th Con- The point of order is sustained. There was no objection. gress. MOTION TO RECOMMIT OFFERED BY MR. REYES POINT OF ORDER In other words, Mr. Speaker, they are Mr. REYES. Mr. Speaker, I offer a Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- conceding that this bill is related to motion to recommit. er, I make a point of order against the many other immigration reform pro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the motion to recommit. It is the same posals this House has considered over gentleman opposed to the bill? point of order that I made on the pre- the past 2 years. Republicans are try- Mr. REYES. Yes, I am. vious motion to recommit. The motion ing to pretend that the 109th Congress Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- to recommit violates clause 7 of rule has not debated the immigration issues er, I reserve a point of order on his mo- XVI and on page 3, lines 1 and 2, it has on many other occasions other than tion to recommit as well. the same defect of increasing the num- today. That is simply wrong. This The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- ber of U.S. marshals who do not have House has debated the subject matter tleman from Wisconsin reserves a point jurisdiction over immigration viola- of this bill many times. of order. tions. My motion certainly suggests a bet- The Clerk will report the motion to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does ter way to handle the subject matter recommit. any Member wish to be heard on the on this bill, which is to go to con- The Clerk read as follows: point of order? ference with the comprehensive bills Mr. Reyes moves to recommit the bill H.R. The Chair recognizes the gentleman that the two Houses have already 6095 to the Committee on the Judiciary with from Texas. passed. The subject matter of this bill instructions to report the same back to the Mr. REYES. Mr. Speaker, my motion is immigration reform. The subject House forthwith with the following amend- to recommit states that the assets matter of my motion to recommit is ments: would go to the immigration matters also immigration reform. The only dif- Page 3, after line 12, insert the following: that are in the jurisdiction of the Judi- ference is that my proposal would actu- (2) Alien smuggling is a continuing threat ciary Committee. It has no reference at to our Nation’s security, leaving the United ally require Congress to do something. all about going to conference. I think Republicans are addressing the immi- States vulnerable to terrorist attacks. (3) Alien smuggling continues to be a those are very germane differences. gration issue with press releases. I am The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does saying the more responsible way to ad- threat to the security of the United States because of, among other things, the fol- any other Member wish to be heard on dress the subject matter of this bill is lowing: the point of order? to go to conference and actually pass a (A) The 9/11 Act of 2004 provided for 8,000 Does the gentleman from Wisconsin law. additional detention beds and 800 additional insist on his point of order? Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- immigration agents per year from fiscal year Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- er, point of order. 2006 through fiscal year 2010, which provision er, I withdraw the point of order. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- has not been implemented. Over the last two The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tleman will suspend. years, the Nation has been left short 5,000 de- Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- tention beds, and nearly 500 immigration point of order is withdrawn. er, the gentleman’s comments are not agents short of the authorized amount in the Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman addressing the point of order which I Intelligence Reform (or 9/11) Act of 2004, to from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes have raised. the detriment of efforts to combat alien in support of his motion. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- smuggling. Mr. REYES. Mr. Speaker, before (B) From 1993 to 2000, there were added, on being elected to represent a border dis- tleman from Illinois must confine his average, 642 new immigration agents per remarks to the point of order. trict in Congress, I served for 261⁄2 years year. Despite the fact that 9/11 highlighted in the United States Border Patrol, in- Mr. GUTIERREZ. Well, it seems to the heightened need for these resources, me that it is germane, Mr. Speaker. We from 2001 to 2006, there were added, on aver- cluding 13 years as sector chief in have heard on repeated occasions that age, only 411 new immigration agents, to the McAllen and El Paso, Texas. I have what we are considering is the first detriment of efforts to combat alien smug- years of experience of patrolling the step. We have heard that repeatedly gling. tough terrain of the U.S.-Mexico border here today. We have other bills, and (4) Since 2001, the Congress has not enacted region, supervising thousands of dedi- simply what my motion to recommit legislation to address the 9/11 Commission cated Border Patrol agents and work- recommendations to combat alien smug- instructs us that we go to conference ing to do everything in our power to gling. strengthen America’s borders and to to take it into consideration into the Page 3, line 13, strike ‘‘(2)’’ and insert totality. ‘‘(5)’’. reduce illegal immigration. So I know We agree, Mr. SENSENBRENNER and I, Page 3, line 17, strike ‘‘(3)’’ and insert from firsthand personal experience if we were actually to sit around a ‘‘(6)’’. what works and what doesn’t when it table and use regular order, we would Page 3, line 21, strike ‘‘(4)’’ and insert comes to border security and to immi- find that we have much agreement on ‘‘(7)’’. gration law enforcement. securing our borders, on a number of Page 4, line 3, strike ‘‘(5)’’ and insert ‘‘(8)’’. Given my background, Mr. Speaker, I Page 4, after line 25, insert the following: the issues that have been raised here attended many of the hearings on the (d) ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO PROTECT today. No one on this side of the aisle AGAINST ALIEN SMUGGLING BY IMPLEMENTING border security and immigration that is pretending to stand up for gang THE 9/11 COMMISSION ACT.—In each of fiscal were called by the majority this sum- members and drug dealers. We want years 2007 through 2010, there are authorized mer, along with my Republican col- them out of the country also. to be appropriated such sums as may be nec- leagues. It is obvious from the bill be- But we also understand that like Mr. essary to increase— fore us today, however, that though the Tom Ridge, of Homeland Security, and (1) by 2,000 the number of immigration Republicans held these hearings, they Congressman SENSENBRENNER referred agents; did not actually do very much listen- to the current Homeland Secretary in (2) by 250 the number of detention officers; ing. Rather than charging our already (3) by 250 the number of U.S. Marshals to his statement, we have statements assist the courts in immigration matters; overburdened local law enforcement from the former Director of Homeland (4) by 25,000 the number of detention beds; agencies with enforcing immigration Security that we need to deal with. So (5) by 1,000 the number of investigators of law, which is, I might point out, a Fed- I think it is germane, Mr. Speaker. fraudulent schemes and documents which eral responsibility, we need to give the

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:31 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21SE7.063 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6893 Department of Homeland Security the also guts the ability to end the catch Davis (IL) Lantos Rangel resources that they need to do their and release of illegal immigrants Davis (TN) Larsen (WA) Reyes DeFazio Larson (CT) Ross job. caught along our borders. Now, in the DeGette Lee Rothman With this motion to recommit, we letter from Secretary Chertoff of the Delahunt Levin Roybal-Allard help rectify the failure of the Repub- Department of Homeland Security that DeLauro Lewis (GA) Ruppersberger Dicks Lipinski Rush lican leadership to fulfill the rec- I introduced into the RECORD earlier in Dingell Lofgren, Zoe Ryan (OH) ommendations of the 9/11 Commission, this debate, clearly shows the problem Doggett Lowey Sabo which, by the way, Mr. Speaker, is 5 that has occurred as a result of an in- Doyle Lynch Salazar years overdue. junction against expedited removal of Emanuel Maloney Sa´ nchez, Linda Engel Markey Specifically, over the next 4 years, T. Salvadorans. Eshoo Marshall Sanchez, Loretta we would authorize a total of 8,000 new Now, what nationality are the people Etheridge Matheson Sanders Border Patrol immigration agents, in the MS–13 gangs? Largely Salva- Farr Matsui Schakowsky Fattah McCarthy Schiff 1,000 additional immigration detention dorans. So to get rid of MS–13, we have Filner McCollum (MN) officers, 1,000 more U.S. marshals and Schwartz (PA) got to pass this bill and vote down the Ford McDermott Scott (GA) Frank (MA) McGovern 100,000 new detention beds. motion to recommit. Scott (VA) Gonzalez McIntyre The idea that we have here, Mr. Serrano Now, this motion is ineffectual, be- Gordon McKinney Sherman Speaker, is simple. If we are really se- cause only the Appropriations Com- Green, Al McNulty Skelton rious about helping to stop illegal im- Green, Gene Meehan mittee can actually fund increases in Slaughter Grijalva Meek (FL) migration, we have to give the Depart- any account, whether it is the Depart- Smith (WA) ment of Homeland Security the per- Gutierrez Meeks (NY) ment of Homeland Security or any- Harman Melancon Snyder sonnel and the detention space that place else. Hastings (FL) Michaud Solis they so desperately need today. Led by Republicans, the House and Herseth Millender- Spratt Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, it is Higgins McDonald Stark Senate Appropriations Committee have Hinchey Miller (NC) Stupak clear to me that there are some Mem- done a stellar job in increasing the Hinojosa Miller, George Tanner bers of this House who either have no funding for new agents. Over this year Holden Mollohan Tauscher Taylor (MS) idea what Congress really needs to do and next, our appropriators will in- Holt Moore (WI) to help keep Americans safe, or they Honda Moran (VA) Thompson (CA) crease Border Patrol strength by 2,700 Hooley Murtha Tierney are more interested in scoring cheap agents. This is close to the maximum Hoyer Nadler Towns political points with the voters back number of new agents who can realisti- Inslee Napolitano Udall (CO) home this election season than in actu- Israel Neal (MA) Udall (NM) cally be recruited and adequately Jackson (IL) Oberstar Van Hollen ally protecting our country. trained in this time span. Jackson-Lee Obey Vela´ zquez It is now 5 years after the terrorist Now, the other side can have a pie-in- (TX) Olver Visclosky attacks of 9/11, and the Republican the-sky number, thousands or hundreds Jefferson Ortiz Wasserman leadership is still wasting our precious Johnson, E. B. Owens Schultz of thousands and the like, but we have Jones (OH) Pallone Waters time. We need real action now. We a limited capacity to recruit and train Kanjorski Pascrell Watson don’t need more rhetoric. The Amer- new agents, and the appropriators are Kaptur Pastor Watt Waxman ican people are counting on us, and we very close to the max in doing this. Kennedy (RI) Payne cannot fail them yet again. Let’s fi- Kildee Pelosi Weiner Vote down this pernicious motion; Kilpatrick (MI) Peterson (MN) Wexler nally give the Department of Homeland pass the bill. Kind Pomeroy Woolsey Security the resources that they need Kucinich Price (NC) Wu Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Langevin Rahall Wynn to keep this great country of ours safe. of my time. I ask all my colleagues to vote in The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without NAYS—226 favor of this motion to recommit. objection, the previous question is or- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Aderholt Davis (KY) Hayworth dered on the motion to recommit. Akin Davis, Jo Ann Hefley of my time. There was no objection. Alexander Davis, Tom Hensarling Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Bachus Deal (GA) Herger The SPEAKER pro tempore. The er, I rise in opposition to the motion to Baker Dent Hobson question is on the motion to recommit. Barrett (SC) Diaz-Balart, L. Hoekstra recommit. Bartlett (MD) Diaz-Balart, M. Hostettler The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that Barton (TX) Doolittle Hulshof tleman from Wisconsin is recognized Bass Drake Hunter for 5 minutes. the noes appeared to have it. Beauprez Dreier Hyde Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Mr. REYES. Mr. Speaker, on that I Biggert Duncan Inglis (SC) demand the yeas and nays. Bilbray Edwards Issa er, this motion to recommit guts the Bilirakis Ehlers Istook bill. There is no question about the The yeas and nays were ordered. Bishop (UT) Emerson Jenkins fact. My friends on the other side of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Blackburn English (PA) Jindal ant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, Blunt Everett Johnson (CT) the aisle do not want to have coopera- Boehner Feeney Johnson (IL) tive agreements between the Federal this 15-minute vote on the motion to Bonilla Ferguson Johnson, Sam Government and State and local law recommit will be followed by 2-minute Bonner Fitzpatrick (PA) Jones (NC) enforcement to help enforce the immi- votes on passage of the bill, passage of Bono Flake Keller H.R. 4830, and motion to suspend the Boozman Foley Kelly gration laws. Boustany Forbes Kennedy (MN) The bill that was never messaged by rules on S. 2832, if ordered. Bradley (NH) Fortenberry King (IA) the other body prohibits such a prac- The vote was taken by electronic de- Brady (TX) Fossella King (NY) vice, and there were—yeas 196, nays Brown (SC) Foxx Kingston tice, and that means that our State Brown-Waite, Franks (AZ) Kirk and local law enforcement officials 226, not voting 10, as follows: Ginny Frelinghuysen Kline have their hands tied behind their back [Roll No. 467] Burgess Gallegly Knollenberg Burton (IN) Garrett (NJ) Kolbe when they see violations of immigra- YEAS—196 Buyer Gerlach Kuhl (NY) tion laws. They have to see a crime ac- Abercrombie Blumenauer Chandler Calvert Gibbons LaHood tually committed, which means that if Ackerman Boren Clay Camp (MI) Gilchrest Latham the other side has their way, you are Allen Boswell Cleaver Campbell (CA) Gillmor LaTourette Andrews Boucher Clyburn Cannon Gingrey Leach going to have victims, and we don’t Baca Boyd Conyers Cantor Gohmert Lewis (CA) want that. We want to make sure that Baird Brady (PA) Cooper Capito Goode Lewis (KY) the immigration laws are enforced, and Baldwin Brown (OH) Costa Carter Goodlatte Linder Barrow Brown, Corrine Costello Castle Granger LoBiondo we need the help, voluntarily, of State Bean Butterfield Cramer Chabot Graves Lucas and local law enforcement to be able to Becerra Capps Crowley Chocola Green (WI) Lungren, Daniel do that. Berkley Capuano Cuellar Coble Gutknecht E. The motion to recommit also guts Berman Cardin Cummings Cole (OK) Hall Mack Berry Cardoza Davis (AL) Conaway Hart Manzullo the ability to ensure vigorous enforce- Bishop (GA) Carnahan Davis (CA) Crenshaw Hastings (WA) Marchant ment against alien smugglers, and it Bishop (NY) Carson Davis (FL) Culberson Hayes McCaul (TX)

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:31 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21SE7.067 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE H6894 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 21, 2006 McCotter Pombo Simpson Castle Israel Platts Jackson-Lee Meeks (NY) Sanders McCrery Porter Smith (NJ) Chabot Issa Poe (TX) Michaud Schakowsky McHenry Price (GA) Smith (TX) Chandler Istook Pombo Jefferson Millender- Schiff McHugh Pryce (OH) Sodrel Chocola Jenkins Pomeroy Johnson, E. B. McDonald Scott (VA) McKeon Putnam Souder Coble Jindal Porter Jones (OH) Miller, George Serrano McMorris Radanovich Stearns Cole (OK) Johnson (CT) Price (GA) Kennedy (RI) Moore (WI) Sherman Rodgers Ramstad Sullivan Conaway Johnson (IL) Pryce (OH) Kildee Nadler Slaughter Mica Regula Sweeney Cooper Johnson, Sam Putnam Kilpatrick (MI) Napolitano Smith (WA) Miller (FL) Rehberg Kind Neal (MA) Tancredo Costa Jones (NC) Radanovich Snyder Miller (MI) Reichert Cramer Kanjorski Kolbe Oberstar Taylor (NC) Rahall Solis Miller, Gary Renzi Crenshaw Kaptur Kucinich Olver Terry Ramstad Stark Moran (KS) Reynolds Culberson Keller Langevin Ortiz Thomas Regula Tierney Murphy Rogers (AL) Davis (AL) Kelly Reichert Lantos Owens Musgrave Rogers (KY) Thornberry Davis (FL) Kennedy (MN) Larsen (WA) Pallone Towns Tiahrt Renzi Udall (NM) Myrick Rogers (MI) Davis (KY) King (IA) Rogers (AL) Larson (CT) Pascrell Neugebauer Rohrabacher Tiberi Lee Pastor Van Hollen Davis (TN) King (NY) Rogers (KY) Northup Ros-Lehtinen Turner Levin Payne Vela´ zquez Davis, Jo Ann Kingston Rogers (MI) Norwood Royce Upton Davis, Tom Kirk Lewis (GA) Pelosi Wasserman Rohrabacher Nunes Ryan (WI) Walden (OR) Deal (GA) Kline Lofgren, Zoe Price (NC) Schultz Ross Nussle Ryun (KS) Wamp DeFazio Knollenberg Lowey Rangel Waters Royce Osborne Saxton Weldon (FL) Dent Kuhl (NY) Lynch Reyes Watson Ryan (OH) Otter Schmidt Weldon (PA) Doolittle LaHood Maloney Ros-Lehtinen Watt Ryan (WI) Oxley Schwarz (MI) Weller Drake Latham Markey Rothman Waxman Ryun (KS) Paul Sensenbrenner Westmoreland Dreier LaTourette Matsui Roybal-Allard Weiner Pearce Sessions Duncan Leach Salazar McCollum (MN) Ruppersberger Whitfield Saxton Wexler Pence Shadegg Wicker Edwards Lewis (CA) McDermott Rush Wilson (NM) Peterson (PA) Shaw Schmidt McGovern Wilson (NM) Ehlers Lewis (KY) Sabo Woolsey Petri Shays Emerson Schwartz (PA) McKinney Sa´ nchez, Linda Wilson (SC) Linder Wynn Pickering Sherwood English (PA) Lipinski Schwarz (MI) Meehan T. Wolf Pitts Shimkus Etheridge LoBiondo Scott (GA) Meek (FL) Sanchez, Loretta Young (AK) Platts Shuster Everett Lucas Sensenbrenner Poe Simmons Young (FL) Feeney Lungren, Daniel Sessions NOT VOTING—15 Ferguson E. Shadegg Boehlert Harris Reynolds NOT VOTING—10 Fitzpatrick (PA) Mack Shaw Carter Moore (KS) Strickland Boehlert Harris Thompson (MS) Flake Manzullo Shays Case Ney Thompson (MS) Case Moore (KS) Walsh Foley Marchant Sherwood Cubin Pitts Walsh Cubin Ney Forbes Marshall Shimkus Evans Rehberg Weldon (PA) Evans Strickland Ford Matheson Shuster Fortenberry McCarthy Simmons ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Fossella McCaul (TX) Simpson The SPEAKER pro tempore (during The Acting SPEAKER pro tempore Foxx McCotter Skelton the vote). Members are advised there is (during the vote). Members are advised Franks (AZ) McCrery Smith (NJ) Frelinghuysen McHenry Smith (TX) 1 minute remaining on this vote. there are 2 minutes remaining in this Gallegly McHugh Sodrel vote. Garrett (NJ) McIntyre Souder b 1556 Gerlach McKeon Spratt So the bill was passed. Gibbons McMorris Stearns b 1552 Gilchrest Rodgers Stupak The result of the vote was announced Messrs. BRADY of Texas, DENT, Gillmor McNulty Sullivan as above recorded. Gingrey Melancon Sweeney A motion to reconsider was laid on SAXTON, BROWN of South Carolina, Gohmert Mica Tancredo the table. Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. HALL, Mr. TIBERI, Goode Miller (FL) Tanner Ms. GRANGER and Mrs. EMERSON Goodlatte Miller (MI) Tauscher f Gordon Miller (NC) Taylor (MS) changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to Granger Miller, Gary Taylor (NC) BORDER TUNNEL PREVENTION ‘‘nay.’’ Graves Mollohan Terry Green (WI) Moran (KS) ACT OF 2006 Mr. CLAY changed his vote from Thomas Gutknecht Moran (VA) ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Thompson (CA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Hall Murphy So the motion to recommit was re- Harman Murtha Thornberry pending business is the vote on passage jected. Hart Musgrave Tiahrt of H.R. 4830, on which the yeas and Tiberi The result of the vote was announced Hastings (WA) Myrick nays are ordered. Hayes Neugebauer Turner as above recorded. Hayworth Northup Udall (CO) The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Hefley Norwood Upton The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the passage of the bill. Hensarling Nunes Visclosky question is on the passage of the bill. Walden (OR) The question was taken; and the Herger Nussle This will be a 2-minute vote. Herseth Obey Wamp Speaker pro tempore announced that Higgins Osborne Weldon (FL) The vote was taken by electronic de- the ayes appeared to have it. Hobson Otter Weller vice, and there were—yeas 422, nays 0, Mr. SENSENBRENNER. Mr. Speak- Hoekstra Oxley Westmoreland not voting 10, as follows: Holden Paul Whitfield er, on that I demand the yeas and nays. Hooley Pearce Wicker [Roll No. 469] The yeas and nays were ordered. Hostettler Pence Wilson (SC) YEAS—422 Hulshof Peterson (MN) Wolf The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Abercrombie Bilirakis Burgess will be a 2-minute vote. Hunter Peterson (PA) Wu Hyde Petri Young (AK) Ackerman Bishop (GA) Burton (IN) The vote was taken by electronic de- Inglis (SC) Pickering Young (FL) Aderholt Bishop (NY) Butterfield vice, and there were—yeas 277, nays Akin Bishop (UT) Buyer NAYS—140 Alexander Blackburn Calvert 140, not voting 15, as follows: Allen Blumenauer Camp (MI) [Roll No. 468] Abercrombie Cleaver Engel Andrews Blunt Campbell (CA) Ackerman Clyburn Eshoo Baca Boehner Cannon YEAS—277 Allen Conyers Farr Bachus Bonilla Cantor Aderholt Bilirakis Brady (TX) Andrews Costello Fattah Baird Bonner Capito Akin Bishop (GA) Brown (OH) Baca Crowley Filner Baker Bono Capps Alexander Bishop (NY) Brown (SC) Baldwin Cuellar Frank (MA) Baldwin Boozman Capuano Bachus Bishop (UT) Brown-Waite, Becerra Cummings Gonzalez Barrett (SC) Boren Cardin Baird Blackburn Ginny Berkley Davis (CA) Green, Al Barrow Boswell Cardoza Baker Blunt Burgess Berman Davis (IL) Green, Gene Bartlett (MD) Boucher Carnahan Barrett (SC) Boehner Burton (IN) Blumenauer DeGette Grijalva Barton (TX) Boustany Carson Barrow Bonilla Butterfield Boucher Delahunt Gutierrez Bass Boyd Carter Bartlett (MD) Bonner Buyer Brady (PA) DeLauro Hastings (FL) Bean Bradley (NH) Castle Barton (TX) Bono Calvert Brown, Corrine Diaz-Balart, L. Hinchey Beauprez Brady (PA) Chabot Bass Boozman Camp (MI) Capps Diaz-Balart, M. Hinojosa Becerra Brady (TX) Chandler Bean Boren Campbell (CA) Capuano Dicks Holt Berkley Brown (OH) Chocola Beauprez Boswell Cannon Cardin Dingell Honda Berman Brown (SC) Clay Berry Boustany Cantor Carnahan Doggett Hoyer Berry Brown, Corrine Cleaver Biggert Boyd Capito Carson Doyle Inslee Biggert Brown-Waite, Clyburn Bilbray Bradley (NH) Cardoza Clay Emanuel Jackson (IL) Bilbray Ginny Coble

VerDate Aug 31 2005 03:31 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE7.047 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6895 Cole (OK) Honda Miller, George Smith (NJ) Thomas Watson Gerlach Marshall Rogers (MI) Conaway Hooley Mollohan Smith (TX) Thompson (CA) Watt Gibbons McCarthy Ros-Lehtinen Conyers Hostettler Moore (WI) Smith (WA) Thornberry Waxman Gilchrest McCaul (TX) Ross Cooper Hoyer Moran (KS) Snyder Tiahrt Weiner Gillmor McCotter Roybal-Allard Costa Hulshof Moran (VA) Sodrel Tiberi Weldon (FL) Gohmert McCrery Ryan (OH) Costello Hunter Murphy Solis Tierney Weldon (PA) Goode McHenry Ryun (KS) Cramer Hyde Murtha Souder Towns Weller Goodlatte McIntyre Sanchez, Loretta Crenshaw Inglis (SC) Musgrave Spratt Turner Westmoreland Gordon McKeon Saxton Crowley Inslee Myrick Stark Udall (CO) Wexler Graves McKinney Schmidt Cuellar Israel Nadler Stearns Udall (NM) Whitfield Hall McMorris Schwarz (MI) Culberson Issa Napolitano Stupak Upton Wicker Harman Rodgers Shaw Cummings Istook Neal (MA) Sullivan Van Hollen Wilson (NM) Hart Mica Shays Davis (AL) Jackson (IL) Neugebauer Sweeney Vela´ zquez Wilson (SC) Hastings (WA) Miller (NC) Sherwood Davis (CA) Jackson-Lee Northup Tancredo Visclosky Wolf Hayes Miller, Gary Shimkus Davis (FL) (TX) Norwood Tanner Walden (OR) Woolsey Herger Mollohan Shuster Davis (IL) Jefferson Nunes Tauscher Wamp Wu Hinojosa Moore (WI) Simmons Davis (KY) Jenkins Nussle Taylor (MS) Wasserman Wynn Hobson Moran (KS) Simpson Davis (TN) Jindal Oberstar Taylor (NC) Schultz Young (AK) Hoekstra Murphy Smith (NJ) Davis, Jo Ann Johnson (CT) Obey Terry Waters Young (FL) Holt Musgrave Smith (TX) Hulshof Myrick Smith (WA) Davis, Tom Johnson (IL) Olver NOT VOTING—10 Deal (GA) Johnson, E. B. Ortiz Hyde Napolitano Sodrel DeFazio Johnson, Sam Osborne Boehlert Harris Thompson (MS) Issa Northup Souder DeGette Jones (NC) Otter Case Moore (KS) Walsh Jenkins Norwood Spratt Delahunt Jones (OH) Owens Cubin Ney Jindal Nunes Sullivan DeLauro Kanjorski Oxley Evans Strickland Johnson (CT) Nussle Tancredo Dent Kaptur Pallone Johnson, Sam Obey Taylor (MS) Diaz-Balart, L. Keller Pascrell b 1602 Jones (OH) Osborne Taylor (NC) Diaz-Balart, M. Kelly Pastor Kaptur Otter Terry Dicks Kennedy (MN) Paul So the bill was passed. Keller Oxley Thomas Dingell Kennedy (RI) Payne The result of the vote was announced Kelly Pearce Tiahrt Doggett Kildee Pearce King (IA) Peterson (PA) Tiberi as above recorded. King (NY) Pickering Turner Doolittle Kilpatrick (MI) Pelosi Kirk Pitts Udall (NM) Doyle Kind Pence A motion to reconsider was laid on Kline Pombo Upton Drake King (IA) Peterson (MN) the table. Knollenberg Porter Visclosky Dreier King (NY) Peterson (PA) Kolbe Price (NC) Walden (OR) Duncan Kingston Petri f LaHood Pryce (OH) Wamp Edwards Kirk Pickering Latham Putnam Waters Ehlers Kline Pitts APPALACHIAN REGIONAL DEVEL- LaTourette Radanovich Watson Emanuel Knollenberg Platts OPMENT ACT AMENDMENTS OF Leach Rahall Weldon (FL) Emerson Kolbe Poe Lewis (CA) Ramstad Weldon (PA) Engel Kucinich Pombo 2006 Lewis (KY) Regula Weller Kuhl (NY) English (PA) Pomeroy The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Linder Rehberg Whitfield Eshoo LaHood Porter LoBiondo Reichert Wicker Etheridge Langevin Price (GA) finished business is the question of suspending the rules and passing the Sen- Lucas Renzi Wilson (NM) Everett Lantos Price (NC) Mack Reynolds Woolsey Farr Larsen (WA) Pryce (OH) ate bill, S. 2832. Manzullo Rogers (AL) Young (AK) Fattah Larson (CT) Putnam The Clerk read the title of the Senate Marchant Rogers (KY) Young (FL) Feeney Latham Radanovich Ferguson LaTourette Rahall bill. NAYS—204 Filner Leach Ramstad The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Akin Delahunt Kennedy (MN) Fitzpatrick (PA) Lee Rangel question is on the motion offered by Allen DeLauro Kennedy (RI) Flake Levin Regula the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Andrews Dent Kildee Foley Lewis (CA) Rehberg Baca Dicks Kilpatrick (MI) Forbes Lewis (GA) Reichert SHUSTER) that the House suspend the Baird Dingell Kind Ford Lewis (KY) Renzi rules and pass the Senate bill, S. 2832. Baldwin Doggett Kingston Fortenberry Linder Reyes The question was taken. Barrett (SC) Doyle Kucinich Fossella Lipinski Reynolds Bean Edwards Kuhl (NY) Foxx LoBiondo Rogers (AL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the Berkley Engel Langevin Frank (MA) Lofgren, Zoe Rogers (KY) opinion of the Chair, two-thirds of Berman Farr Lantos Franks (AZ) Lowey Rogers (MI) those present have voted in the affirm- Berry Filner Larsen (WA) Frelinghuysen Lucas Rohrabacher ative. Bilirakis Flake Larson (CT) Gallegly Lungren, Daniel Ros-Lehtinen Bishop (GA) Ford Lee Garrett (NJ) E. Ross Mr. OBERSTAR. Mr. Speaker, on Bishop (NY) Fossella Levin Gerlach Lynch Rothman that I demand the yeas and nays. Bishop (UT) Frank (MA) Lewis (GA) Gibbons Mack Roybal-Allard The yeas and nays were ordered. Blumenauer Franks (AZ) Lipinski Gilchrest Maloney Royce Bonilla Gingrey Lofgren, Zoe Gillmor Manzullo Ruppersberger The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Boren Gonzalez Lowey Gingrey Marchant Rush will be a 2-minute vote. Boswell Green (WI) Lungren, Daniel Gohmert Markey Ryan (OH) The vote was taken by electronic de- Boyd Green, Al E. Gonzalez Marshall Ryan (WI) vice, and there were—yeas 215, nays Brown, Corrine Green, Gene Lynch Goode Matheson Ryun (KS) Brown-Waite, Grijalva Maloney Goodlatte Matsui Sabo 204, not voting 13, as follows: Ginny Gutierrez Markey Gordon McCarthy Salazar [Roll No. 470] Burgess Gutknecht Matheson Granger McCaul (TX) Sa´ nchez, Linda Camp (MI) Hastings (FL) Matsui Graves McCollum (MN) T. YEAS—215 Campbell (CA) Hayworth McCollum (MN) Green (WI) McCotter Sanchez, Loretta Abercrombie Brown (OH) Diaz-Balart, L. Capps Hefley McDermott Green, Al McCrery Sanders Aderholt Brown (SC) Diaz-Balart, M. Capuano Hensarling McGovern Green, Gene McDermott Saxton Alexander Burton (IN) Doolittle Cardoza Herseth McHugh Grijalva McGovern Schakowsky Bachus Butterfield Drake Carnahan Higgins McNulty Gutierrez McHenry Schiff Baker Buyer Dreier Carson Hinchey Meehan Gutknecht McHugh Schmidt Barrow Calvert Duncan Carter Holden Meek (FL) Hall McIntyre Schwartz (PA) Bartlett (MD) Cannon Ehlers Chabot Honda Meeks (NY) Harman McKeon Schwarz (MI) Barton (TX) Cantor Emanuel Clay Hooley Melancon Hart McKinney Scott (GA) Bass Capito Emerson Cleaver Hostettler Michaud Hastings (FL) McMorris Scott (VA) Beauprez Cardin English (PA) Conaway Hoyer Miller (FL) Hastings (WA) Rodgers Sensenbrenner Becerra Castle Eshoo Conyers Hunter Miller (MI) Hayes McNulty Serrano Biggert Chandler Etheridge Cooper Inglis (SC) Miller, George Hayworth Meehan Sessions Bilbray Chocola Everett Costello Inslee Moran (VA) Hefley Meek (FL) Shadegg Blackburn Clyburn Fattah Crowley Israel Murtha Hensarling Meeks (NY) Shaw Blunt Coble Feeney Cuellar Istook Nadler Herger Melancon Shays Boehner Cole (OK) Ferguson Culberson Jackson (IL) Neal (MA) Herseth Mica Sherman Bonner Costa Fitzpatrick (PA) Cummings Jackson-Lee Neugebauer Higgins Michaud Sherwood Bono Cramer Foley Davis (CA) (TX) Oberstar Hinchey Millender- Shimkus Boozman Crenshaw Forbes Davis (FL) Jefferson Olver Hinojosa McDonald Shuster Boucher Davis (AL) Fortenberry Davis (IL) Johnson (IL) Ortiz Hobson Miller (FL) Simmons Boustany Davis (KY) Foxx Davis (TN) Johnson, E.B. Owens Hoekstra Miller (MI) Simpson Bradley (NH) Davis, Jo Ann Frelinghuysen DeFazio Jones (NC) Pallone Holden Miller (NC) Skelton Brady (PA) Davis, Tom Gallegly DeGette Kanjorski Pascrell Holt Miller, Gary Slaughter Brady (TX) Deal (GA) Garrett (NJ)

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:22 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A21SE7.049 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE H6896 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 21, 2006 Pastor Sa´ nchez, Linda Tanner There was no objection. and that we were going to get out on Paul T. Tauscher the 29th. But that being Friday, we Payne Sanders Thompson (CA) f might go over to Saturday if we did not Pelosi Schakowsky Thornberry REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER Pence Schiff finish on Friday, and we have advised Tierney AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 65 Peterson (MN) Schwartz (PA) Towns Members to make sure that their Sat- Petri Scott (GA) Udall (CO) Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- urday schedule was flexible to accom- Platts Scott (VA) Van Hollen Poe Sensenbrenner mous consent to remove my name as a Vela´ zquez modate that. But can you clarify that Pomeroy Serrano cosponsor of H.R. 65. Wasserman additionally as to what your thoughts Price (GA) Sessions Schultz The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Rangel Shadegg are and the possibility of being here on Watt objection to the request of the gen- Reyes Sherman Saturday? Rohrabacher Skelton Waxman tleman from California? I yield to my friend. Rothman Slaughter Weiner There was no objection. Westmoreland Mr. BOEHNER. I thank my colleague Royce Snyder f Ruppersberger Solis Wexler for yielding. Rush Stark Wilson (SC) LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM I have told Members and have told Ryan (WI) Stearns Wolf you for months that we will be finished Sabo Stupak Wu (Mr. HOYER asked and was given on the 29th. We will be finished on the Salazar Sweeney Wynn permission to address the House for 1 29th. Now, how long the 29th lasts, I NOT VOTING—13 minute.) don’t know. But I would expect that we Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, at this Ackerman Granger Ney would be here on the evening of the time I yield to my friend, the majority Boehlert Harris Strickland 29th and hopefully not much longer Case Millender- Thompson (MS) leader, Mr. BOEHNER, for the purposes than that. Cubin McDonald Walsh of inquiring about the schedule for the Evans Moore (KS) Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman week to come. for that information. b 1610 Mr. BOEHNER. I thank my colleague It reminds me that before we had a from Maryland for yielding. Messrs. GUTKNECHT, PETRI, court of appeals opinion in Maryland, Next week, Mr. Speaker, the House SWEENEY, BURGESS, INGLIS of before I went to the Senate, constitu- will convene on Monday at 12:30 for South Carolina, and FORD, and Ms. tionally you had a 90-day session, but morning hour and 2 p.m. for legislative GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida as you point out, on the last day you business. No votes will occur before 6:30 changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to weren’t quite sure how long that last on Monday evening. We will have a ‘‘nay.’’ day would be. number of measures considered under So (two-thirds of those voting having Mr. BOEHNER. If the gentleman suspension of the rules. We will have a not responded in the affirmative) the would yield, we have both been here final list of those bills to Members’ of- motion was rejected. long enough to know that that last day The result of the vote was announced fices by tomorrow afternoon. before the recess for the election lasts as above recorded. For the balance of the week, the House will consider H.R. 6054, the Mili- a little longer than an average day. f Mr. HOYER. I hear you. I will advise tary Commissions Act; H.R. 5825, the our Members not to have Friday night REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER Electronic Surveillance Modernization planes scheduled, and to have maybe a AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 65 Act; H.R. 748, the Child Interstate little later Saturday scheduled, maybe Mr. SIMMONS. Mr. Speaker, I ask Abortion Notification Act; H.R. 2679, well into the morning. unanimous consent that my name be the Public Expression of Religion Act; November is when we will next recon- removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 65. H.R. 5631, Department of Defense ap- vene, it is my understanding. You pre- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. propriations conference report; the Na- viously indicated that after we have GUTKNECHT). Is there objection to the tional Institutes of Health reauthoriza- our last votes, the House will not be in request of the gentleman from Con- tion bill; H.R. 5313, Open Space and session again until Monday, November necticut? Farmland Preservation Act; and H.R. 13. Is that still your intention? There was no objection. 5092, the BATFE Modernization and I yield to my friend. f Reform Act of 2006. Mr. BOEHNER. It is. In addition to that, I would note that APPOINTMENT OF CONFEREES ON Mr. HOYER. What can you tell us a conference report may be brought up H.R. 5441, DEPARTMENT OF about the rest of the November and De- at any time, and I expect to see H.R. HOMELAND SECURITY APPRO- cember schedule so that Members 5122, the Sonny Montgomery National PRIATIONS ACT, 2007 might be planning for that as well? Are Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal we likely to have votes on Friday, the Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. Year 2007 conference report. 17th, for example; and what about the Speaker, pursuant to clause 1 of rule In addition to these, we do hope to following week and Thanksgiving XXII and by direction of the Com- have suspension authority for all of week? mittee on Appropriations, I move to next week to try to accommodate Mr. BOEHNER. I would expect that take from the Speaker’s table the bill Members who have suspension items on we would have votes all that week, in- (H.R. 5441) making appropriations for both sides of the aisle. It is expected cluding the 17th. But once you get be- the Department of Homeland Security that there will be many suspensions yond there, it really is unclear as to for the fiscal year ending September 30, next week, and I want to prepare Mem- when we will be back. I have been 2007, and for other purposes, with a bers for that. Senate amendment thereto, disagree to working with the Senate leadership the Senate amendment, and agree to b 1615 trying to come to some understanding. the conference asked by the Senate. Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman We have not come to any agreement or The Clerk read the title of the bill. for that information. To clarify, am I understanding. But I can say this. If we The motion was agreed to. correct that the three bills that you cannot complete our work by Thanks- A motion to reconsider was laid on mentioned prior to the mentioning of giving, which in my view is doubtful, the table. the last conference report, the NIH au- that the House would be off the week of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without thorization bill, the Open Space and Thanksgiving and the following week objection, the Chair appoints the fol- Farmland Preservation Act, and the and would come back the week of De- lowing conferees: Messrs. ROGERS of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire- cember 4 for a week or two to finish Kentucky, WAMP, LATHAM, Mrs. EMER- arms Modernization Reform Act, am I our business. SON, Messrs. SWEENEY, KOLBE, ISTOOK, correct they will all be suspension I think that is the most realistic CRENSHAW, CARTER, LEWIS of Cali- bills? schedule that I see. Is it firm? Nowhere fornia, SABO, PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. BOEHNER. Likely they will. close. But in terms of trying to be help- SERRANO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Messrs. Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman. ful to Members as they plan, that is as BISHOP of Georgia, BERRY, EDWARDS, On the schedule, last week we talked helpful as I can be with the knowledge and OBEY. about the 29th being the target date, that I have today.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today would be available for time if we need badly hurt by floods, droughts and in support of the President’s initiative it. other natural disasters? to surveil known and suspected terror- You have not noted, but there has Mr. BOEHNER. I am not familiar ists who call from outside the United been a lot of talk about tax-related leg- with the bill, but I will be happy to States into their calls within our bor- islation and speculation as to whether take a look at it. ders. Simply put, this initiative has or not we will consider any tax or Mr. HOYER. I appreciate that. saved lives by gathering valuable intel- trade-related legislation, for example, The last question will not come as a ligence our law enforcement has used the tax extenders, prior to leaving for surprise to you, I know. We still have to prevent and foil terrorist attacks the elections. It is not on your sched- yet to pass one appropriation bill. that have and continue to be planned, ule. Do you have any expectation that Mr. BOEHNER. That’s right. We are as I speak. we would be considering prior to the still talking about it. It simply escapes me how anyone, es- election, not after the election but Mr. HOYER. We have passed the oth- pecially the Democrats, could be prior to, any tax legislation, extenders ers, but it is still out there. It is a against such a vital program in the or otherwise? large bill that deals with the education global war on terror. Mr. BOEHNER. I do not. of our children, the health of our peo- Maybe my colleagues are confused Mr. HOYER. You do not. Thank you. ple, and the ability of our working peo- about the purpose and parameters of There is noted on the calendar a bill ple to succeed. I know that there is this program. This is not a program to which is the Child Interstate Abortion great attention being given to that listen in on American citizens’ con- Notification Act. Would it be your ex- bill. We are hopeful that it will come versations. To the contrary, it is a nar- pectation there would be any other leg- to the floor, and we are hopeful when it rowly tailored program that is used islation prior to the election dealing comes to the floor, there will be an op- only in the case of international calls with that subject, abortion? portunity to vote up or down on incoming into the United States from Mr. BOEHNER. I am not sure that creasing the minimum wage over a pe- known or suspected terrorists. there is any definitive answer on that. riod of time. Is there any hope or ex- As a Nation, we are facing a new kind We do have this interstate notification pectation that that bill might come to of war and an enemy using new and un- bill up next week. There was some con- the floor? conventional means of warfare. Many sideration to the unborn child pain bill Mr. BOEHNER. The gentleman is have characterized this war as a clash that some Members have been hoping aware there are some problems with of civilizations. It is time we face the to get up. At this point I do not expect the bill. We have been having conversa- realization that we can use all of the to have it on the floor next week. But tions about trying to solve those prob- tools available to win this war, or we at this point that is as much informa- lems. I don’t expect it to be on the can ignore the threat and pay heavy tion as I have. floor next week. consequences through American lives. Mr. HOYER. I thank you for that. With regard to raising the minimum You mentioned we are going to have, wage, the House did, in fact, vote on f and you are going to try to pass a rule, that in late July. We sent it to the SPECIAL ORDERS I suppose, to give you suspension au- Senate where it remains under consid- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under thority all of next week. Are there any eration. the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- other bills that you are contemplating Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman. uary 4, 2005, and under a previous order bringing up under suspension? You Reclaiming my time, we would hope of the House, the following Members noted the three that we discussed. Are that you would continue to consider will be recognized for 5 minutes each. there any others? that. I yield to my friend. f Mr. BOEHNER. Which of the several f The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a hundred bills that Members have asked previous order of the House, the gen- me to bring to the floor next week ADJOURNMENT TO MONDAY, tleman from Illinois (Mr. EMANUEL) is would you like to know about? SEPTEMBER 25, 2006 recognized for 5 minutes. Mr. HOYER. It is a challenge, isn’t (Mr. EMANUEL addressed the House. it, Mr. Leader? Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, I ask His remarks will appear hereafter in Mr. BOEHNER. If the gentleman unanimous consent that when the the Extensions of Remarks.) House adjourns today, it adjourn to would yield, we are working with Mem- f bers on both sides of the aisle who have meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday next for issues that have been through com- morning hour debate. REPUBLICANS OUT OF TOUCH mittee or are almost through com- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, I ask mittee that they would like to bring to objection to the request of the gen- unanimous consent to speak out of the floor. As typically happens, I and tleman from Ohio? turn. my staff will work closely with you There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without and your staff to schedule those so ev- objection, the gentleman from Wash- eryone has fair notice and we have f ington is recognized for 5 minutes. gone through the usual scrubbing proc- There was no objection. ess. DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, on Mr. HOYER. I thank the gentleman. I WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ON November 7 the American people will understand there are a lot of bills that WEDNESDAY NEXT go to the polls. As the New York Times are possible, and we appreciate that Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, I ask reported this morning, only one in four fact and appreciate his working with us unanimous consent that the business Americans approves of the job being to try to accommodate Members on in order under the Calendar Wednesday done by the Republican-controlled Con- both sides. rule be dispensed with on Wednesday gress. Seventy-five percent of Amer- Two last things. Mr. GOODLATTE and next. ican believes that Republicans have Mr. PETERSON have been very con- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there not governed in the best interests of cerned, as you know, about the drought objection to the request of the gen- the American people. That is a land- and the stress that many of our farm- tleman from Ohio? slide vote of no confidence to the Re- ers in rural areas of our country have There was no objection. publican Party, and I will include for

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The President speeches and events surrounding the fifth an- for America is to let the privileged few considers Syria our enemy, but his ad- niversary of the 9/11 attacks. The speeches run the country. That’s what the ministration used flimsy Canadian in- were at the heart of a Republican strategy to record demonstrates. As incredible as telligence to deport a Canadian citizen thrust national security to the forefront in the fall elections. it is, the American people today are to Syria, where he was tortured. The Mr. Bush’s job approval rating was 37 per- subsidizing oil companies. Democrats man was innocent. Colin Powell, the cent in the poll, virtually unchanged from introduced legislation months ago to former Republican Secretary of State the last Times/CBS News poll, in August. On end the taxpayers’ subsidy, but Repub- for Mr. Bush, said, ‘‘The world is begin- the issue that has been a bulwark for Mr. licans will not even debate it. At a ning to doubt the moral basis of our Bush, 54 percent said they approved of the time when the American people are fight against terrorism.’’ way he was managing the effort to combat paying $3 a gallon for gas, they are This President answers to no one be- terrorists, again unchanged from last month, though up from this spring. paying even more to Big Oil in tax- cause congressional Republicans have Republicans continued to hold a slight payers’ subsidies. surrendered oversight to the White edge over Democrats on which party was bet- Republicans are out of touch with House. So it should come as no surprise ter at dealing with terrorism, though that the American people. Their taxpayer that the Republicans decided to erect a edge did not grow since last month despite subsidy pipeline flows your money to security fence throughout America, Mr. Bush’s flurry of speeches on national se- Big Oil. separating millions of Americans from curity, including one from the Oval Office on the night of Sept. 11. So does the doughnut hole that the their constitutional right to vote. They But the Times/CBS News poll found a elderly are beginning to fall through did it yesterday. slight increase in the percentage of Ameri- because Republicans care more about Some say Republicans have given cans who said they approved of the way Mr. drug companies than they do about the America a do-nothing Congress. But Bush had handled the war in Iraq, to 36 per- American elderly. A report released by the record shows that the Republicans cent from 30 percent. The results also sug- the House Ways and Means Committee have done one thing after another over gest that after bottoming out this spring, Democrats concludes that 88 percent of and over again. They have sold out the Mr. Bush’s approval ratings on the economy and foreign policy have returned to their lev- seniors who bought a drug plan American people to the special inter- els of about a year ago, both at 37 percent. through Medicare bought one with a ests. And payback is coming on the 7th The number of people who called terrorism big financial hole in it, dug by Repub- of November. The American people will the most important issue facing the country licans. We are talking about 7 million have an opportunity to change and doubled to 14 percent, from 7 percent in July; seniors. Within a month, they will have reach for new directions where we will 22 percent named the war in Iraq as their top to pay their drug bill even as they con- take care of student loans. We will concern, little changed from July. Across the board, the poll found marked tinue their insurance premium to big take care of health care. We will take disenchantment with Congress, highlighting business. care of security. We will take care of the opportunity Democrats see to make the the things that the middle class in this b 1630 argument for a change in leadership and to country wants taken care of, not the 1 make the election a national referendum on Under Republican rules, special in- percent at the top. the performance of a Republican-controlled terests got special treatment and the Congress and Mr. Bush’s tenure. In one striking finding, 77 percent of re- seniors fell in the hole. The Repub- [From the New York Times, Sept. 21, 2006] licans have left no special interest be- spondents—including 65 percent of Repub- ONLY 25 PERCENT IN POLL APPROVE OF THE licans—said most members of Congress had hind. College tuition is up 57 percent at CONGRESS not done a good enough job to deserve republic universities since President (By Adam Nagourney and Janet Elder) election and that it was time to give new Bush took office. What did the Repub- With barely seven weeks until the midterm people a chance. That is the highest number lican-controlled Congress do for the elections, Americans have an overwhelm- of voters saying it is ‘‘time for new people’’ middle class? They passed legislation ingly negative view of the Republican-con- since the fall of 1994. cutting $12 billion in student aid, and trolled Congress, with substantial majorities ‘‘You get some people in there, and they’re in there forever,’’ said Jan Weaver, of Aber- they raised the interest rates on stu- saying that they disapprove of the job it is doing and that its members do not deserve deen, S.D., who described herself as a Repub- dent loans. lican voter, in a follow-up interview. Republicans also passed sweetheart re-election, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. ‘‘They’re so out of touch with reality.’’ rules to indenture the American people The disdain for Congress is as intense as it In the poll, 50 percent said they would sup- to banks after personal bankruptcy. It has been since 1994, when Republicans cap- port a Democrat in the fall Congressional elections, compared with 35 percent who said is worth noting that the number one tured 52 seats to end 40 years of Democratic they would support a Republican. But the control of the House and retook the Senate reason for personal bankruptcy in poll found that Democrats continued to as well. It underlines the challenge the Re- America today is staggering, unpaid struggle to offer a strong case for turning publican Party faces in trying to hold on to medical expenses. What have the Re- government control over to them; only 38 power in the face of a surge in anti-incum- publicans done? They have allowed the percent said the Democrats had a clear plan bent sentiment. for how they would run the country, com- number of uninsured in this country to By broad margins, respondents said that pared with 45 percent who said the Repub- swell to almost 47 million people. They members of Congress were too tied to special gave the rich a tax cut, called health licans had offered a clear plan. interests and that they did not understand Overall discontent with Congress or Wash- savings accounts, out of reach for most the needs and problems of average Ameri- ington does not necessarily signify how peo- Americans. Out of reach, out of touch. cans. Two-thirds said Congress had accom- ple will vote when they see the familiar The Republican Party caters to the top plished less than it typically did in a two- name of their member of Congress on the 1 percent. year session; most said they could not name ballot, however. The Republicans gave the superrich a single major piece of legislation that Democrats face substantial institutional cleared this Congress. Just 25 percent said on average $100,000 a year in tax breaks obstacles in trying to repeat what Repub- they approved of the way Congress was doing licans accomplished in 1994, including a Re- while the average American gets 50 its job. publican financial advantage and the fact bucks. Then the Republicans held hos- But for all the clear dissatisfaction with that far fewer seats are in play. tage the Democrats’ proposal to raise the 109th Congress, 39 percent of respondents Thus, while 61 percent of respondents said the minimum wage for the first time in said their own representative deserved re- they disapproved of the way Congress was 9 years. They do not care about work- election, compared with 48 percent who said handling its job, just 29 percent said they ers. And while Republicans talk a lot it was time for someone new. disapproved of the way their own ‘‘represent- What is more, it seems highly unlikely ative is handling his or her job.’’ about being afraid, they fail to protect Democrats will experience a sweep similar to The New York Times/CBS News poll began the American people by implementing the one Republicans experienced in 1994. last Friday, four days after the commemora- the recommendations of the bipartisan Most analysts judge only about 40 House tion of the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 at- 9/11 Commission. Republicans spend seats to be in play at the moment, compared tacks, and two weeks after the White House

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Presidential address- They’re not getting hardly anything done.’’ the attorney for one of these agents. I es often produce shifts in public opinion that He added, ‘‘It’s time to elect a whole new have written to the President of the tend to be transitory. bunch so they can do something.’’ United States, asking him to please The nationwide poll was conducted by tele- f look into this matter. I have written phone Friday through Tuesday. It included two letters to Attorney General APPRECIATION FOR U.S. BORDER 1,131 adults, of whom 1,007 said they were Gonzales, asking him to reopen this registered to vote, and had a margin of sam- PATROL AGENTS case for a fuller investigation before pling error of plus or minus three percentage The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a points. these men are sentenced in October of As part of the Republican effort to gain ad- previous order of the House, the gen- this year. I hope that the American vantage on the war in Iraq, Republicans have tleman from North Carolina (Mr. people will agree that this prosecution accused Democrats who want to set a time- JONES) is recognized for 5 minutes. is an outrageous injustice and that the table for leaving Iraq of wanting to ‘‘cut and Mr. JONES of North Carolina. Mr. situation must be investigated. run.’’ But 52 percent of respondents said they Speaker, I am on the floor today to ex- With that, Mr. Speaker, I will close would not think the United States had lost press appreciation for the more than by asking my colleagues on both sides the war if it withdrew its troops from Iraq 12,000 U.S. Border Patrol agents who today. of the political aisle to please join us The poll also found indications that voters perform an invaluable service to our in this and find out why these two were unusually intrigued by this midterm Nation. agents were prosecuted and will be sent election: 43 percent said they were more en- Though support for the U.S. Border to a Federal prison on October 19. thusiastic than usual about voting. However, Patrol and other law enforcement offi- Mr. Speaker, I ask God to please with turnout promising to be a critical fac- cers often goes unspoken, the Amer- bless our men and women in uniform tor in many of the closer Senate and House ican people and Members of Congress and their families. races, there was no sign that either party owe our sincere appreciation for these had an edge in terms of voter enthusiasm. courageous men and women for their f Evidence of the antipathy toward Congress dedication to keeping our Nation safe The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a in particular—and Washington in general— previous order of the House, the gen- was abundant: 71 percent said they did not by protecting our borders. tleman from New Jersey (Mr. PALLONE) trust the government to do what is right. While protecting the United States ‘‘If they had new blood, then the people from an influx of illegal immigration, is recognized for 5 minutes. that influence them—the lobbyists—would drugs, counterfeit goods, and terror- (Mr. PALLONE addressed the House. maybe not be so influential,’’ said Norma ists, U.S. Border Patrol agents face His remarks will appear hereafter in Scranton, a Republican from Thedford, Neb., high-risk situations and dangerous en- the Extensions of Remarks.) in a follow-up interview after the poll. ‘‘They vironments while working on our bor- f don’t have our interest at heart because ders. Often working alone in some of they’re influenced by these lobbyists. If they U.S. CONGRESS MUST LEAD ON the most remote and dangerous areas were new, maybe they would try to please PEACE their constituents a little better. ‘‘ of the country, these agents routinely Lois Thurber, a Republican from Axtell, encounter heavily armed human and Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask Neb., said in a follow-up interview: ‘‘There’s drug traffickers. unanimous consent to speak out of so much bickering, so much disagreement— Despite these dangerous conditions, order. they just can’t get together on certain the men and women of the U.S. Border The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without issues. objection, the gentlewoman from Cali- ‘‘They’re kind of more worried about them- Patrol work tirelessly to protect our selves than they are about the country.’’ Nation’s borders, and they deserve the fornia is recognized for 5 minutes. Incumbents and challengers nationwide are utmost praise for their dedication and There was no objection. trying to accommodate this sour mood. bravery. Ms. WOOLSEY. Mr. Speaker, today, Democrats are presenting themselves as a Unfortunately, Mr. Speaker, two U.S. September 21, 2006, the world cele- fresh start—‘‘Isn’t it time for a change?’’ Border Patrol agents who deserve our brates International Peace Day. Unfor- asked an advertisement by the Democratic appreciation have instead become vic- tunately, as we look around the world, Senatorial Campaign Committee directed tims of a grave injustice. we see more unrest and more people against Senator Jim Talent, Republican of living in poverty, and certainly not Missouri. Agents Ramos and Compean were And Republican incumbents are seeking to found guilty in a Federal court for more genuine peace. distance themselves from fellow Republicans wounding a drug smuggler who brought This administration has chosen the in Washington. ‘‘I’ve gone against the presi- 743 pounds of marijuana across our road of conflict and war, leaving diplo- dent and the Republican leadership when I southern border into Texas. These macy and discussion on the side of the think they are wrong,’’ Representative agents now face up to 20 years in Fed- road. The President’s cowboy swagger Christopher Shays, a Connecticut Repub- eral prison. and use of ‘‘You’re either with us or lican locked in a tough reelection battle, Agent Ramos served the Border Pa- you’re against us’’ gets us absolutely said in a television advertisement broadcast this week. trol for 9 years and was a former nomi- nowhere. The Republicans continue to be seen as the nee for Border Patrol Agent of the Mr. Speaker, today, International better party to deal with terrorism, but by Year. Agent Compean had 5 years of ex- Peace Day, is the appropriate time for nowhere near the margin they once enjoyed: perience as a Border Patrol agent. a new direction for our foreign policy it is now 42 percent to 37 percent. When These agents never should have been and for our country. That is why on asked which party took the threat of ter- prosecuted for their actions last year. Tuesday of next week I will be hosting rorism more seriously, 69 percent said they By attempting to apprehend a Mexican a third congressional forum on the oc- both did; 22 percent named Republicans, drug smuggler, these agents were sim- cupation of Iraq. I am doing this be- compared with 6 percent who said Demo- crats. ply doing their job to protect the cause until the Congress begins real Voters said Democrats were more likely to American people. These agents should oversight into the tragedies of our oc- tell the truth than Republicans when dis- have been commended for their ac- cupation in Iraq, forums like these cussing the war in Iraq and about the actual tions, but instead the U.S. Attorney’s serve as one of the only ways, the only threat of terrorism. And 59 percent of re- Office prosecuted the agents and grant- ways to examine our actions. spondents said Mr. Bush was hiding some- ed full immunity to the drug smuggler I am organizing this forum on the thing when he talked about how things were for his testimony against our agents. cost of our actions in Iraq because going in Iraq; an additional 25 percent said he was mostly lying when talking about the The drug smuggler received full med- President Bush’s Iraq policy has been war. ical care in El Paso, Texas, was per- an absolute failure and our Nation will Not that Democrats should draw any sol- mitted to return to Mexico, and is now suffer. Our Nation will suffer its effects ace from that: 71 percent of respondents said suing the Border Patrol for $5 million for years to come. Besides making us

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After Rita, our coast is William Odem and former CIA em- tory. even more vulnerable, and some worry ployee and Georgetown professor Dr. Rita was as equally devastating as a modest category one hurricane could Paul Pillar. Additional testimony will Hurricane Katrina, causing widespread deal an even more destructive blow to come from experts from Save the Chil- destruction to our communities and our coastal parishes and the energy in- dren, the National Priorities Project, our Nation’s critical energy infrastruc- frastructure that they support. and a representative from the Iraq and ture. Since then there has been a pal- During Rita, oil platforms and drill- Afghanistan Veterans of America. pable view among many of my con- ing rigs in the storm’s path were forced This war, Mr. Speaker, has many un- stituents that their story has been for- to shut down and evacuate their work- seen costs: the costs to our military gotten and their needs unknown. ers. This led to the halting of 98 per- and diplomatic standing in the region; Throughout the past year, I have cent of oil and natural gas production the cost to the Iraqi civilians, espe- worked hard to ensure that Rita does in the Gulf of Mexico. cially the most innocent victims, the not become ‘‘the forgotten storm’’ And when the Nation’s 12th largest children; the cost to America’s work- among Members of this body, and to port in Lake Charles was forced to shut ing families who see funds being di- date Congress has approved unprece- down, energy production and distribu- verted away from important domestic dented Federal funding for our recov- tion were brought a virtual standstill. programs to fund the ongoing occupa- ery. And for this the people of south- Protecting and strengthening our tion; and the cost to our brave men and west Louisiana are grateful. coasts is not only a Louisiana problem, women in service to our country. Al- But not until you visit the coastal it is an American problem. And it is most 2,700 troops have given their lives parishes of southwest Louisiana, one that affects American families and for this misguided cause. Vermilion Parish, Calcasieu Parish, businesses that rely on energy we And the costs to our veterans, which and Cameron Parish, can you under- produce in Louisiana and transport may be the most heartbreaking of all: stand the scope and magnitude of the throughout this country. Thousands of oil and gas facilities the underfunding of veterans clinics, destruction of Rita and the long road are concentrated throughout the gulf the lack of support for those dealing we have to protect our coast and our coast and in southwest Louisiana, with posttraumatic stress, the families energy infrastructure from future dis- meaning that any future storm could left behind with little benefits or sup- aster. have a crippling effect on our Nation’s port from the Department of Defense. In the year since Rita, I have brought domestic energy production. Over one- Veterans have sacrificed for our coun- 19 House Members, including Speaker third of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum try. They deserve to receive our Na- HASTERT, to southwest Louisiana to Reserve is stockpiled in Cameron Par- see these towns and communities and tion’s support. We have a responsi- ish in my district, and soon over 25 per- to meet the great residents of my dis- bility, Mr. Speaker, a responsibility to cent of our Nation’s natural gas supply trict who were able to ensure a safe take care of those who sacrifice and de- will run through that parish as well. fend us during times of war. and thorough evacuation that did not Mr. Speaker, often in the past year I Mr. Speaker, I voted against this result in the loss of life as we saw in am stopped by my colleagues here in war. Some of my colleagues voted for New Orleans. the body who ask, how can I help? My it. We disagreed then, but I think we All of my colleagues who have joined answer to them now is very clear. Help can all agree now our troops need our me in visiting the communities hit us to protect ourselves. This year the support, and the best way to support hardest by Rita have come away with House and Senate have already re- the troops is to bring them home. an increased awareness of the impor- sponded to this request by approving Earlier this year I introduced H.R. tance of southwest Louisiana to the en- legislation that would give Louisiana 5875, a bill to repeal the President’s ergy infrastructure of the United its fair share of oil and gas revenues Iraq war powers, because Congress States, as well as the need to protect produced off our shores. This solution needs to stand up. Congress needs to our coastal wetlands and provide a con- will provide our State with the nec- take back its constitutional respon- tinuous stream of funding to protect essary funding to protect our coastal sibilities. And Congress needs to insist our communities. wetlands and, in turn, the critical en- that the President, the Commander in The eye of Hurricane Rita made land- ergy infrastructure that is so impor- Chief, stop this misguided occupation fall in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, tant to our U.S. economy. of Iraq. bringing with it a storm surge over 15 The Louisiana congressional delega- I urge my colleagues to join me at feet. In the coastal parishes of tion is working to ensure a final com- the forum on Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m., Vermilion, Cameron, and Calcasieu, promise is presented to President Bush and I urge you to cosponsor the Iraq the destruction was undescribable, but before the end of the this year. Now, it War Powers Repeal Act. I also urge you no lives were lost. Local officials in is up to the leadership in this body and to stand up for our troops by standing southwest Louisiana were commended in the Senate to bring the bill to con- up for peace. for managing an orderly evacuation of ference and to get a compromise to f residents and offering a detailed plan President Bush. The sooner Congress The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a for recovery and rebuilding. In short, acts, the sooner southwest Louisiana previous order of the House, the gen- the people of southwest Louisiana did, can protect itself from the devastation tleman from Nebraska (Mr. OSBORNE) is and are doing, everything right. we saw from Hurricane Rita 1 year ago. recognized for 5 minutes. Amidst the ruin, the one constant Mr. Speaker, in closing, the people of (Mr. OSBORNE addressed the House. was the spirit and determination of the southwest Louisiana never asked for a His remarks will appear hereafter in people of southwest Louisiana. The Federal handout, but rather for a help- the Extensions of Remarks.) common question from local residents ing hand. For many Americans last f was not, ‘‘Where do we go from here?’’ year’s hurricane season will be remem- but rather, ‘‘When can we rebuild our bered by the images of chaos and con- COMMEMORATING THE 1-YEAR AN- homes, our businesses, and our way of fusion. For those of us who were there NIVERSARY OF HURRICANE RITA life?’’ to witness the devastation in south- Mr. BOUSTANY. Mr. Speaker, I ask More than any other storm, Rita ex- west Louisiana, the recovery of the unanimous consent to speak out of posed the critical state of our coastal people whose lives it forever changed, turn. wetlands and the role they play in sup- we come away with a much different The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without porting the energy infrastructure of story, one that gives us hope, one that objection, the gentleman from Lou- the United States. These wetlands shows the resiliency of the people of isiana is recognized for 5 minutes. serve as a critical buffer against ocean southwest Louisiana.

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His remarks will appear hereafter in Union, Armenians here in America and nian-Americans have enriched our Na- the Extensions of Remarks.) around the world were key allies in our tion. They are also committed to con- decades-long struggle against the So- tributing to an ever brighter future for f viet threat to freedom. This coopera- Armenia. I have been privileged to MARKING 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF tion contributed to bringing an end to work with many of the community on REESTABLISHMENT OF INDE- the Soviet Union, to the rebirth of an ending this government’s tragic failure PENDENCE OF ARMENIA independent Armenia, and to the de- to recognize the Armenian genocide, on mocracy movement and self-deter- ending the Turkish and Azerbaijani Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I ask mination of Karabagh. economic blockade, on securing aid to unanimous consent to speak out of Armenia has made tremendous Armenia, and securing permanent nor- order. progress in building up a free-market- mal trade relations with Armenia. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without oriented economy over the past decade Armenia has come a long way in 15 objection, the gentleman from Cali- and a half. According to the Heritage short years, and I look forward to fornia is recognized for 5 minutes. Foundation/Wall Street Journal Index much more progress in the years There was no objection. of Economic Freedom, Armenia is con- ahead. Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, today sistently ranked as a free economy, f marks the 15th anniversary of the rees- and is currently the 27th freest in the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a tablishment of the independence of the index’s 2006 rankings. previous order of the House, the gen- Republic of Armenia. On behalf of the Recognizing this, the United States tleman from Indiana (Mr. BURTON) is tens of thousands of Armenia Ameri- has named Armenia as one of only a recognized for 5 minutes. cans in my district, the largest Arme- handful of countries to have qualified (Mr. BURTON of Indiana addressed nia community outside of Armenia, for assistance through the Millennium the House. His remarks will appear ‘‘Oorakh Angakhootyan Or,’’ congratu- Challenge Account, a program which hereafter in the Extensions of Re- lations to the people of Armenia on a targets development assistance to marks.) decade and a half of freedom. countries that rule justly, invest in f Building upon the foundations of the their people and encourage economic OUTLAW OF THE UNDERGROUND first Armenian Republic of 1918, to- freedom. day’s Armenia has, in the years since it Armenia has also sought to integrate Mr. POE. Request permission to take declared its independence from the dis- itself in the world economy as a mem- Mr. BURTON’s time and speak out of integrating Soviet Union in 1991, ber of the World Trade Organization, order. strengthened democracy and the rule and I was pleased to join many of my The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without of law, promoted free-market reforms, colleagues in working to extend the objection, the gentleman from Texas is and sought a just and lasting peace in Permanent Normal Trade Relations recognized for 5 minutes. a troubled region. There was no objection. status to Armenia. Mr. POE. Mr. Speaker, it is said that With America’s help, Armenia is Armenia’s economic accomplish- justice is the one thing that you should overcoming the brutal legacy of Otto- ments are more extraordinary when man persecution, Soviet oppression, always find. And hopefully we will find you factor in the crippling and illegal justice soon. Just a few days ago in Azerbaijani aggression against economic blockades imposed by Tur- Karabagh, and the ongoing dual block- South Carolina, on an afternoon like key and Azerbaijan. The blockades cost every afternoon throughout America, ades by Turkey and its allies in Baku. Armenia an estimated $720 million a Recognizing this progress, John school buses take children home, and year and have forced more than 800,000 this particular school bus dropped off a Evans, the former U.S. Ambassador, Armenians, close to a quarter of Arme- 14-year-old girl named Elizabeth near said in 2004, that ‘‘Armenia now has nia’s population, to leave their home- her home so she could walk through well-founded hopes for a prosperous land over the past decade. this rural place where she lived. and democratic future.’’ The biggest challenge Armenia faces Soon after getting off the school bus, I am proud of the role that the is the hostility of its neighbors. While though, she came in contact with a United States Congress has played in the primary threat from Turkey is eco- local villain. His name is Vincent strengthening the enduring bond be- nomic and diplomatic, Azerbaijan has Filyaw, 37 years old. He started talking tween the American and Armenian peo- been far more bellicose. Both Armenia to Elizabeth. He kidnapped her. He ples. This special relationship is rooted and Nagorno Karabagh have dem- took her to the woods. He was posing in our shared values and experiences onstrated their commitment to a as a police officer. And after he finally over the course of more than a century. peaceful resolution of the Karabagh walked her around so she could be dis- Among these shared values are a com- conflict through the Organization for oriented about where she was, he took mitment to democracy, tolerance, reli- Security and Cooperation in Europe. In her to a hole in the ground, 15 feet gious freedom, human rights and the contrast, Azerbaijan has taken reckless deep, where he kept her for 10 days. peaceful resolution of conflicts. steps that have contributed to insta- In this hole in the ground, the cover In the 1890s, Clara Barton, the found- bility in a region of strategic and eco- of it was a piece of plywood. Down in er of the American Red Cross, traveled nomic importance. this hole he had a camp stove, he had to Armenia to help the Armenian vic- Armenia’s Soviet past and the eco- another hole dug for a toilet, he had a tims of massacres being perpetrated by nomic and security challenges it faces shelf and some dirty cooking utensils. the Ottoman Turkish Government. have impeded the country’s progress It looked like an underground out- In 1915, as the Ottoman Empire began towards full democracy and the rule of house. I have seen photographs of it. its campaign of genocide against the law. Those of us who care deeply about This was Elizabeth’s dark dungeon of Armenian people, the U.S. Ambassador Armenia and the Armenian people depravity for 10 days. He had booby- to Constantinople, Henry Morgenthau, must continue to help Armenia to per- trapped this hole in the ground so that documented and, at the risk of his own fect its institutions and expand the when he was gone, and if she tried to career, protested the ongoing mas- rule of law. leave, it would blow up and kill her. sacres, death marches and other bar- Mr. Speaker, nobody knows the need When he was there, he abused her. He barities. for broad engagement with Armenia abused her as much as he wished. He Later, President Woodrow Wilson led more than the Armenian-American had weapons. He had homemade gre- the formation of the Near East Relief community, which has strong ties to nades to protect himself from the po- Foundation to help the survivors of the its ancestral homeland. Armenian lice if they ever found him. It is hard

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And with And that’s just the way it is. to remain underfunded, underequipped those simple words, the police were f and undertrained. But the AU forces able to track down, through cell tow- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a only have 7,000 boots in the ground, and ers, the near location of where this lit- previous order of the House, the gen- the region of Darfur is about the size of tle girl was. tleman from Missouri (Mr. SKELTON) is France. We need a U.N. force with a The deputies came looking for her. strong, clear mandate to protect the The villain had already left. And as recognized for 5 minutes. (Mr. SKELTON addressed the House. defenseless people of Darfur on the these deputy sheriffs approached Eliza- ground as soon as possible. beth, she saw them, and, of course, she His remarks will appear hereafter in the Extensions of Remarks.) Security Council Resolution 1706 does immediately started to cry because she not say that we have to wait for was safe in the arms of the law. f Khartoum’s permission to deploy it. After deputy sheriffs rescued her, b 1700 We need an enforced no-fly zone over they were still looking for Filyaw. He GENOCIDE IN DARFUR Darfur, most likely coordinated by was not out there. He wasn’t in this NATO, so we can put a stop to hole because he was out trying to Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I ask Khartoum’s aerial bombing and its air carjack a woman at 2 o’clock in the unanimous consent to speak out of support of Janjaweed militia attacks morning. order. against villages and refugee camps. We The sheriff’s department had been The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without need the United States Senate to sup- looking for him for 10 months because objection, the gentleman from Massa- port the House-passed Darfur Peace he was wanted for, yes, kidnapping and chusetts is recognized for 5 minutes. and Accountability Act so that we can assaulting a 12-year-old. And when There was no objection. get that critical litigation to the Presi- they went to his house months before Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, mil- dent’s desk as quickly as possible. to try to find him, he had already dug lions of Americans and millions of peo- We need universities and State and a tunnel, like the rat that he is, to es- ple around the world are outraged at local governments to divest their pub- cape. And he had escaped the police the genocide taking place in Darfur. lic funds from company stocks that do and was on the lam for 10 months. By Hundreds of thousands of people in business with the Sudanese Govern- the way, he was aided in this escape by Darfur have been murdered by the Su- ment. The Senate should not strip this his mother and his mother-in-law, who, danese military and government-sup- provision from the Darfur Peace and by the way, are in jail where they ported militias. Accountability Act, and I encourage all ought to be. Millions have been forced from their He was finally caught this week, and of my colleagues in the House to co- homes, their villages destroyed. Men, sponsor the bill in support of divest- he went to court to see the judge, to women and children left homeless have have a bond hearing. And this little ment that Congressman BARBARA LEE died from hunger and disease as they of California introduced today. girl, this 14-year-old, decided to go to are forced to wander, hoping to find court to see this outlaw of the under- Mr. Speaker, the House has acted and someplace that will keep them safe. spoken in a unified bipartisan voice to ground here in this bond hearing. And Women and girls, many of them chil- his bond, thank goodness, the judge did end the violence and genocide in dren, have been raped. International Darfur. the right thing and denied this bond. workers providing humanitarian relief Now he awaits trial for committing a I would like to thank my House col- have been abused, and some have even leagues Representatives DONALD crime against the greatest resource in been murdered. The world calls it geno- our country, children, little girls. PAYNE, FRANK WOLF, MIKE CAPUANO, cide, the United States of America Mr. Speaker, like most Members of and TOM TANCREDO and so many others calls it genocide, and still it is allowed this House, I am a parent. I am a father who have been leaders in calling atten- of four kids; three of them are girls. I to continue. tion to and taking action on the crisis have five grandkids. I have a grand- Mr. Speaker, we are once again at in Darfur. daughter named Elizabeth. It is hard to yet another critical crossroads in how But most of all I want to thank the imagine pain that is suffered by your we deal with ending the genocide in American people, who, in their church- own child. And here we have this little Darfur. es, synagogues, temples and mosques, girl suffering pain because of this On Tuesday, in his speech before the on college campuses and the local com- criminal that lives among us. General Assembly of the United Na- munity centers, have organized and While it is true we should be con- tions, President Bush appointed An- mobilized to make sure that the Presi- cerned about the terrorists overseas, drew Natsios as his Special Envoy for dent and this Congress get the message we need to be concerned about the Sudan, providing the U.S. once more that we have not done enough so long street terrorists that live among us. As with a high-ranking official charged as the killing continues. a former judge, I hope that justice pre- solely to focus on the crisis in Darfur. Mr. Speaker, we must do more. We vails in this case. President Bush also called on the must end the genocide. We must pro- Mr. Speaker, I do not normally quote U.N. to act on Security Council Resolu- tect the people of Darfur, and we must Toby Keith or Willie Nelson, but I tion 1706, authorizing a U.N. peace- do it today. think they had the right thing to say keeping force in Darfur. Yesterday the f in their song, when they said, Back in African Union Peace and Security The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. my day a man had to answer for the Council voted to extend the mandate of POE). Under a previous order of the wicked that he had done. You have to the AU peacekeeping force into Darfur, House, the gentleman from Texas (Mr. find a tall oak tree, round up all of the which had been set to expire at the end GOHMERT) is recognized for 5 minutes. bad boys and hang them high in the of next week. (Mr. GOHMERT addressed the House. street for the people to see. I wish I could celebrate, Mr. Speaker, His remarks will appear hereafter in We got too many gangsters doing but we can’t. The situation in Darfur the Extensions of Remarks.) dirty deeds, we have got too much cor- grows more desperate every day. Fight- f ruption, too much crime in the streets. ing has intensified. The Sudanese Gov- It is time the long arm of the law put ernment has renewed aerial bombing. SKYLINE MEMBERSHIP a few more in the ground. Send them Many humanitarian aid groups have CORPORATION all to their maker, and He will settle had to pull out, leaving hundreds of Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I ask per- them down, because justice is the one thousands of people without food and mission to address the House for 5 min- thing you should always find. water. utes.

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Without the Fifth District of North Carolina, its steadfast dedication, not only to objection, the gentleman from Mis- but also to our Nation and the global the global war on terror, is that they sissippi is recognized for 5 minutes. war on terror. It is my pleasure to con- ensure their employees have the best There was no objection. gratulate them upon receiving the 2006 possible accommodations overseas. Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi. Mr. Employer Support of the Guard and One example is the recent action the Speaker, on Wednesday of this week, Reserve’s Secretary of Defense Em- Skyline Membership Corporation took Mr. Edward Rust, Jr., the CEO of State ployer Support Freedom Award. It is of to support their employee’s unit over- Farm Insurance Company, was sup- great note that they are only one of 15 seas in Iraq. Upon learning that an em- posed to be in Washington. I had hoped recipients this year. ployee’s unit was in dire need of light- that I would have the opportunity to This award publicly recognizes em- weight cabin cots for shelter from in- speak to him on behalf of the people of ployers for exceptional support for the sects, sand, heat and other elements, south Mississippi. National Guard and reservists above the Skyline Corporation sent 44 cots in State Farm is one of three firms that Federal law requirements. This award, a matter of days to that employee’s for thousands of south Mississippians the ESGR, as it is commonly known, is units. has denied their claims on wind policy, the highest in a series of Department some of them for over $1 million; have Skyline has gone above and beyond of Defense awards that honors employ- said that they are not going to give a the call. That is why they have been ers who provide excellent support for dime as a result of what happened at chosen for such a prestigious award. It their excellent Guard and Reserve em- Hurricane Katrina. ployees. has supported its employees who are Had Mr. Rust been there, I also would The Skyline Membership Corporation serving their country by answering the have had the opportunity to tell him is a local member-owned cooperative call to go to such places as Iraq and Af- that last Saturday I met with two established in 1951 to help bring tele- ghanistan. Skyline has provided every- whistleblowers, two sisters, Cori and phone service to rural communities, thing from continued benefits during Carey Rigsby, who walked away from and I am a member. Since its inception deployment to care packages. Not only jobs that paid well over $200,000 a year, it has grown into the second largest of are the folks at Skyline making a dif- investigating claims for State Farm, the nine telephone cooperatives in ference in their employees’ lives, but because they felt that company was North Carolina. Today it serves over they are supporting our military and abusing the people who paid for their 360,000 access lines, covering an 840- Nation’s security. policies, that their company was en- square-mile area in northwest North Skyline has been such a successful gaging in fraudulent behavior by deny- Carolina and Tennessee. business because of the strong leader- ing these claims. Instead of being re- Skyline Membership Corporation is ship it has shown. It recognizes that warded by that subcontractor to State governed by a nine-member board of di- when hiring National Guard and Re- Farm for telling the truth, they are rectors and operates with a staff of 125 serve members, it can expect superior being sued by that subcontractor for employees. Today it has expanded to employees whose military training in- telling the truth. provide a number of telecommuni- stills them with virtues such as effi- So, Mr. Rust, if you had been there, I cations services and has promoted job ciency, dedication, loyalty and team- would have presented you with this let- growth and economic development. It work. These employees share dedica- ter, detailing what I think you have is a leading example of a prosperous tion to excellence, which has made done to the taxpayers and to the people business that also played an integral Skyline a successful business, and, in of south Mississippi. But since you role in community development. turn, Skyline has returned the favor by were not there, I am going to put it in The ESGR is a Department of De- encouraging and supporting its em- the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD and mail fense agency that was established in ployees in every way possible to serve you a copy. 1972 by the Secretary of Defense Wil- our country. But there are two things I want you liam Perry with the sole purpose to Skyline recognizes the importance of to know. You see, when you didn’t pay gain and maintain active support for national security and serving our Na- people’s wind claims in south Mis- the National Guard and Reserve from tion. Its actions are truly deserving of sissippi, you hurt them individually. all private and public employers. the honor of such a prestigious award. You hurt average Joes like Joe Dee I am honored and thrilled that such a I wish Skyline all the best, and I Benvenutti, who, interestingly enough, fantastic business in North Carolina have a message for them. Keep up the is also an insurance salesman; or guys has been one of the 15 chosen out of good work. You have made North Caro- like Mike Chapoton, who is a banker; thousands of companies across the lina and our Nation proud. or Dr. Leroy McFarland, who was my country. It goes to show that in the I am pleased to be able to commend Sky- family’s physician when I was a kid, Fifth District of North Carolina, we line Membership Corporation for its tremen- and now in his 70s has been denied over have some of the hardest-working peo- dous contributions to our Nation and to its em- $1 million claim. ple who are dedicated to our country But you also denied guys like Sen- ployees. In a post 9/11 world their work, sup- and have a steadfast resolve to support ator TRENT LOTT and U.S. Judge Lou port and leadership exemplifies the best there our Nation. They are committed to Guirola. It is one thing to tell a banker is in North Carolina and highlights the exem- shield it from terrorism and ensure our or a former corrugated box salesman plary work of the people of Western NC. Nation is protected by their brave em- that you can’t read a policy, but I Again, I commend The Skyline Corporation for ployees who choose to answer the call think it is something else to tell a Fed- its service, support and dedication. of our country. eral judge that he couldn’t read his pol- This is a true honor for Skyline icy, to tell a U.S. Senator with a law Membership Corporation. It is being f degree from the University of Mis- recognized alongside major businesses The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a sissippi apparently he can’t read his such as DuPont, Starbucks, MGM Mi- previous order of the House, the gen- policy. rage and various large public agencies tleman from Illinois (Mr. DAVIS) is rec- If they are doing that to the average for its contributions to the Guard and ognized for 5 minutes. Joes, I am sorry, if they are doing that Reserve units. This award exemplifies (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois addressed the to the bigshots like U.S. Senators and the commitment and leadership of the House. His remarks will appear here- Federal judges, then the question is, corporation and their determination to after in the Extensions of Remarks.) what are they doing to grandmothers?

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The lucky ones will recover Mr. Rust, you not only denied those their house was destroyed to get some only after depleting their savings and retire- people, but, in my opinion, you also justice out of you. ment accounts and assuming large new stole from the taxpayers. Let me walk Lastly, I am going to work for Fed- debts. Worst of all, I fear that your actions the taxpayers through this. Flood in- eral legislation because you have will result in unnecessary deaths in future surance is paid through you, the tax- picked the States apart. You are pick- disasters. If you succeed in establishing that ing on 50 little States, 50 sets of rules. the burden of proof is on policyholders to payers. It is heavily subsidized this prove that wind and wind alone caused dam- year to the tune of over $20 billion. Ac- You are taking advantage of the citi- age, I am convinced that some people who cording to the Rigsby sisters, your zens of this country when you ought to should evacuate will stay behind next time agents were instructed to walk on a be dealing with our Nation’s govern- to record the damage. piece of property, and, without looking ment. State Farm and other insurers have con- at any of the evidence, blame it all on Mr. Speaker, I submit for printing in tracts with the National Flood Insurance the water. It was all water; offer to pay the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a copy of a Program that permit you to sell flood policies and adjust flood claims that are backed that water claim immediately, and say, letter from me to Mr. Edward B. Rust, CEO, State Farm Insurance Companies, by federal taxpayers. When your adjusters we will get back to you on the wind, assigned all damage to flooding, I believe knowing full well that an investigation dated September 20, 2006. you committed fraud against the United would not take place on the wind pol- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, States government. State Farm’s contract icy, and that the only check those peo- Washington, DC, September 20, 2006. with NFIP obligates your company to apply ple are going to get would be from the Mr. EDWARD B. RUST, Jr., the same standards to flood claims as you CEO, State Farm Insurance Companies, Bloom- apply to your own claims. The federal regu- taxpayers. ington, IL. You see, that broke the law, because lations do not empower you to assume flood DEAR MR. RUST: I am writing to make you damage anywhere it is possible, while deny- under the False Claims Act, when you fully aware of the consequences of the bad ing wind claims unless no other cause is pos- ask your Nation to pay a bill that it faith actions and policies that State Farm sible. should not pay, you are liable for triple has carried out against the people of South I believe that State Farm and other com- damages and a $10,000-per-incident fine. Mississippi since Hurricane Katrina. panies violated the False Claims Act by ma- I think that is exactly what went on. First, allow me to establish a few basic nipulating damage assessments to bill the facts about Katrina’s damage in Mississippi. This House has passed language asking federal government instead of the compa- There is no property in Mississippi that was nies. I have written the Justice Department the inspector general of the Homeland damaged solely by flooding. More than to recommend that the Katrina Fraud Task Security Department to look into that. 300,000 properties, including many that were Force investigate whether insurance compa- Unfortunately, the other body has not hundreds of miles inland, sustained wind nies defrauded federal taxpayers by assigning acted on that. Senator LOTT, for his damages but no flooding. Properties nearest damages to the federal flood program that part, has passed the funding for that the coastline were damaged or destroyed by should have paid by the insurers’ wind poli- investigation for $3 million, but this some combination of hurricane winds and cies. storm surge. House has not voted on that. In late June, the House approved my State Farm’s assertion that hundreds of amendment to the Flood Insurance Reform So, in return for your behavior to- coastal homes were destroyed without suf- and Modernization Act to instruct the In- wards the people of south Mississippi, fering any wind damage has been easily and spector General of the Department of Home- where over 1,000 south Mississippi fami- overwhelmingly refuted by every meteorolo- land Security to investigate the Katrina lies feel like the only chance they have gist, engineer, eyewitness, or investigator claims practices of the insurance companies of any justice is to go to court, I am who is not on the payroll of an insurance that adjusted flood claims. Sen. Trent Lott going to try to do three things in my company or an insurance company’s con- added a similar provision to the Homeland tractor. Every community on the Mississippi time remaining as a Member of this Security Appropriations Act. Coast suffered four or five hours of high hur- Even before Katrina, I was an original co- House. ricane winds and powerful gusts before the sponsor of legislation introduced by Rep. Number one, I am going to push for surge. High winds continued to cause addi- Peter DeFazio to repeal the antitrust exemp- that investigation, because I am con- tional damage during the surge, and the tion that was granted to the business of in- fident in my heart that you stole from wind and water in combination caused the surance by the McCarran Ferguson Act. the taxpayers when you did that. worst destruction. After Katrina, this issue will be much higher The second thing is I am going to State Farm recently reported that it has on my agenda. It is obvious that the large in- work to remove your antitrust exemp- handled more than 84,700 property claims in surance companies conspired together to ma- Mississippi, yet requested engineering re- tion. I bet you it would surprise the av- nipulate the claims process. It also is clear ports for only 1,100 of the claims. Since engi- that state resources were inadequate to pro- erage American to know that if the neering reports are needed for the purpose of tect consumers from underhanded insurance two hardware stores in town called determining whether damage was caused by practices on such a large scale. each other up and said, let’s charge wind or by water, State Farm must have ac- In the decades since enactment of this much money for a gallon of paint, knowledged that other 83,600 properties were McCarran Ferguson, the federal government if they were caught doing that, they damaged by winds alone. In other words, has assumed responsibility for insuring some would go to jail. But Allstate can call State Farm has paid claims for wind damage risks that the insurance industry refuses to far inland where you could not blame flood- State Farm, who can call Nationwide, cover. Medicare and Flood Insurance are ob- ing, while denying wind claims on the coast vious examples. The federal government also who can call Farm Bureau, and they where the winds were much stronger, but provides disaster assistance and loans to in- can say, this is how much we are going where you could blame flooding. dividuals, businesses, and communities to to charge for an insurance premium, Many homeowners near the coastline had help offset their uninsured losses. It does not and this is what the benefit is going to flood insurance, but not for the full value of make sense for the federal government to fill be. Yes, let us all play hardball and not their properties. Hundreds of homeowners in the gaps left behind by the insurance in- pay any claims. It is perfectly legal. who bought every property insurance policy dustry and yet have very little role in regu- that was available to them—homeowners, Check my facts on that, it is perfectly lating and investigating insurance compa- windstorm, and flood—are nevertheless left nies and their practices. legal. with huge uncovered losses because State In the next session of Congress, I plan to Look at your own pay stub. I would Farm and other insurers have decided that press for a vote on legislation to have the guarantee probably that at least the only the federal flood insurance program, federal government take responsibility for fourth biggest expenditure in every and federal taxpayers, should pay on homes regulation of insurance. It is ridiculous for American family is insurance. Do you that were destroyed by the combination of the industry to claim that insurance is not want to know one reason why it is so wind and water. ‘‘interstate commerce’’ rightfully under fed- expensive? There is no real competi- State Farm’s twisted legal argument that eral jurisdiction when companies stop the anti-concurrent causation language in issuing policies in New York and Florida be- tion. They are exempt from the anti- your policies allows you to deny wind cause of claims in Mississippi and Louisiana. trust laws. No one should be above the claims, even where you acknowledge that Congress and federal regulators should have laws. I am going to work to take away wind was a cause of the damage, is an espe- clear responsibility for oversight of the in- that exemption. cially cynical and despicable act. surance industry.

VerDate Aug 31 2005 04:22 Sep 22, 2006 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K21SE7.099 H21SEPT1 bajohnson on PROD1PC69 with HOUSE September 21, 2006 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6905 I also pledge to work tirelessly to enact a (Mr. CUMMINGS addressed the the American people are moving in a natural disaster insurance program that pro- House. His remarks will appear here- direction away from the President of vides for all-perils insurance coverage. There after in the Extensions of Remarks.) the United States. They no longer, as is no reasonable way to distinguish the wind Mort Zuckerman said, they no longer damage from the water damage from a major f give the President the benefit of the hurricane. The worst destruction almost al- b 1715 ways results from the combination of the doubt. And when the President loses two. The division of wind and flood coverage THE ISSUES AFFECTING AMERICA the benefit of the doubt, the President guarantees that legal disputes will consume loses the kind of authority and persua- millions and millions of dollars for engineer- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under sive nature, basic nature of the office. ing reports and legal fees instead of going to the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- So let’s talk about what is going on pay damage claims. uary 4, 2005, the gentleman from Ohio here. This war in Iraq has made us less I cannot support plans to provide federal (Mr. RYAN) is recognized for 60 minutes safe. It has given us more terrorists in reinsurance for the current system that al- as the designee of the minority leader. lows insurance companies to shift their li- the world. It has increased the polar- Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I ization. And if you look just on the abilities to taxpayers and property owners. thank you for the opportunity, and I Any effort to provide a federal reinsurance front page where we have the President would like to thank Leader PELOSI and backstop for insurance losses must insist on being called a devil, which I don’t nec- elimination of the exclusions and gaps in STENY HOYER, JIM CLYBURN and also essarily agree with, being called a devil property coverage. Homeowners need to be JOHN LARSON, our Vice Chair, the lead- at the United Nations, now, we can all able to purchase insurance and know that ers of our caucus, for the opportunity at least say that that kind of rhetoric, disaster damage will be covered. to come down here and speak to other although it is not helpful, signals the Finally, I will continue to urge the leader- Members of this body about the issues kind of discontent that there is out ship and my colleagues in Congress to under- of the day. take detailed hearings and investigations of there in the world for the United Day in and day out, as we continue to States of America. insurance industry practices. Please know have debates here on the floor of the that the actions of your company have When you are fighting a global war helped make the case that Congress and the House of Representatives, one of the on terror, Mr. Speaker, you need federal government must move to regulate main topics here and back in our dis- friends. You need people who are going and investigate your industry in order to tricts is the issue of the war in Iraq, to help you. You need assistance from protect consumers and taxpayers. the issue of the standing, on the stat- all quarters, whether you are a Demo- Sincerely, ure of the United States of America crat or whether you are a Republican, GENE TAYLOR, and the opinion of those around the Member of Congress. whether you are a Member of the world of us, and the need for us to build United States Congress or you are a f coalitions across the globe in order to member of a parliament in Europe or ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER fight this global war on terror. South America. You need help. We PRO TEMPORE We have major differences. We have can’t fight this global war on terror by had major differences, and we continue The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ourselves, so we need to engage the to have major differences in this body, Chair must remind Members to direct international community. We need to in the body that is created by Article I, remarks in debate to the Chair, not to engage the international community. section 1 of the United States Constitu- others in the second person. I want to share with the American tion, as to how we should administer people some of what is going on. We are f and execute this war on terror. going to start with what is going on The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a The Bush administration has tried to with the money. previous order of the House, the gen- implement their philosophy with the We can see here what the war in Iraq tleman from Missouri (Mr. HULSHOF) is war in Iraq, and I must say, Mr. Speak- is currently costing the American tax- recognized for 5 minutes. er, that their actions have created payers, $8.4 billion per month. It is (Mr. HULSHOF addressed the House. more terrorists in the world, it has costing the American people, this war His remarks will appear hereafter in made the bull’s eye on the United on terror, $1.9 billion per week, $275 the Extensions of Remarks.) States bigger, and it has completely al- million per day, $11.5 million per hour. f most eliminated the goodwill that was This is to fund what is going on in Iraq. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a given to this country from around the And this has basically put us in the previous order of the House, the gentle- globe after 9/11. middle of a civil war. Only about 7 per- woman from California (Ms. ZOE Many Members of this Chamber can cent of the fighters in Iraq are al Qaeda LOFGREN) is recognized for 5 minutes. remember the editorials and foreign types. The rest are Sunni and Shia, and (Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California ad- newspapers where some were saying they are fighting with each other, with dressed the House. Her remarks will that today we are all Americans after the American soldiers right in the mid- appear hereafter in the Extensions of 9/11. Today we are all Americans. That dle of the mix. Remarks.) political capital that we had, that We found out 2 weeks ago that Sec- f goodwill that we had, was squandered retary Rumsfeld said that he would fire The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a by a very divisive policy, a policy that the next person who asked for a post- previous order of the House, the gen- was based on misinformation, was mis- war plan. leading. tleman from Florida (Mr. MACK) is rec- Now, Mr. Speaker, we can agree and ognized for 5 minutes. As the days and the weeks and the disagree on a lot of things here, but (Mr. MACK addressed the House. His months go by, we continue to see time when you have the Secretary of De- remarks will appear hereafter in the and time and time again how this ad- fense say to some of his underlings Extensions of Remarks.) ministration misled the Congress and that the next person that asks me misled the American people. And if we about a post-war plan will be fired, f had a huge intelligence failure on 9/11, that goes right to the heart of the lead- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a it only makes sense to be very, very ership of the Pentagon, the leadership previous order of the House, the gen- careful before believing the intel- of the Defense Department. tleman from Maine (Mr. ALLEN) is rec- ligence that is then being presented to How do you go into a war with no ognized for 5 minutes. you for the war in Iraq. post-war plan? This was a mistake to (Mr. ALLEN addressed the House. His This issue is the defining issue. The begin with. And then at the end of the remarks will appear hereafter in the President can continue to try, Mr. day you start hearing about all the ties Extensions of Remarks.) Speaker, to somehow change the topic, between al Qaeda and Iraq that didn’t f somehow try to change the debate to end up to be true. Then you find out The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a something that may be more favorable. the Secretary of Defense didn’t want previous order of the House, the gen- But when you look at what is hap- anybody to submit any kind of post- tleman from Maryland (Mr. CUMMINGS) pening with our foreign policy and with war plan at all to him, or the next one is recognized for 5 minutes. our domestic policy, you will see that that did would be fired. It goes to the

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I don’t care if you are a liberal and ‘‘bring it on,’’ and ‘‘mission accom- 6,455, and 1,389 in 2003 under the Bush or a conservative, the United States plished,’’ and you have major maga- administration. has always prided itself on making sure zines saying it is the end of cowboy di- If you look at what we followed as we balanced our budgets. plomacy, well, when you look at the the immigration debate here in Con- In 1993 in this Chamber, controlled by comments of some of the foreign lead- gress has raged, you will see that if the Democrats, without one Repub- ers, calling the President of the United Democratic amendments, the amend- lican vote, we balanced the budget. 20 States a devil, it doesn’t seem like ments that we tried to get on over the million new jobs. Economic expansion they think this is the end of cowboy di- last 5 years, would have succeeded, that benefited everyone. Welfare roles plomacy. there would be 6,600 more Border Pa- decreased and declined. So we have all got to move forward trol agents, 14,000 more detention beds, b 1730 on this issue, Mr. Speaker, and we have and 2,700 more immigration enforce- got to somehow figure out together ment agents along our borders than Then we look at what this President how we are going to do this. now exist. and this Congress has done. In the last One of the things that the Democrats It is clear that the Democratic Party 4 or 5 years, this President and a Re- want to do when we take over the doesn’t only provide the rhetoric, but publican-controlled Congress has bor- House in January is to start having we provide the solutions necessary to rowed more money from foreign inter- some hearings, to start providing some try to solve some of these problems. ests than any other President before oversight. Day in and day out, as we continue to him. So 224 years, Mr. Speaker, all of If we could get that quote from Mr. have this debate, we can talk about it, the Presidents added up did not borrow Gingrich. Mr. Gingrich, the former or we can put our money where our as much as President Bush has bor- Speaker, the man who led the Repub- mouth is and fund these Border Patrol rowed. lican revolution in 1994, said in the agents. We can make sure that more So we have a solution, Mr. Speaker, Wall Street Journal column he wrote a than 6 percent of the cargo that comes that is not a Democratic solution or a couple of weeks ago that the only way in and out of the United States is Republican solution. It seems to be to begin to fix this is to have an honest checked for weapons of mass destruc- based on reality, and, Mr. Speaker, this assessment of what is going right and tion, and for illegal immigrants, for is the advice that Mr. Gingrich has what is going wrong in the intel- that matter. given on the broken system in Wash- ligence, NSA, the war in Iraq. We have to do this, and we have to be ington. He said in the Washington Post But if we don’t have an honest assess- willing to put the resources necessary in July, ‘‘The correct answer,’’ Ging- ment, if we don’t have honest hearings, into the programs. That means that rich said, ‘‘is for the American people and we get briefed every now and again there are going to be some difficult de- to just start firing people.’’ from the Secretary of Defense and it is cisions, because over the last few years And I think that is about the senti- not helpful. It doesn’t make any sense. ment in the United States right now is And we continue to go down this road, we have seen the budget in the United States of America go bust, billions and that the American people are ready for to stay the course. new leadership. When you think about Here is what Speaker Gingrich is say- billions and billions of dollars wasted, what Mr. Gingrich is saying, and you ing to us on staying the course. This is billions given to the pharmaceutical read his Wall Street Journal articles, from the Wall Street Journal, Sep- industry, billions given to the oil in- and you read his books, and you think tember 7: ‘‘Just consider the following: dustry, to corporate welfare. Osama bin Laden is still at large. Af- If we don’t begin to change that, if about what he is saying, in 1994, when ghanistan is still insecure. Iraq is still we don’t begin to put in some basic the Republican Congress came in and violent. North Korea and Iran are still structural changes to the way the the Republican revolution, and you building nuclear weapons and missiles. budget process works by putting in think about what was said and how Terrorist recruiting is still occurring PAYGO rules, by making sure you many times, and it was masterful cam- in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain and can’t spend money that you don’t go paigning, about we need to run the gov- across the planet.’’ get somewhere else so you don’t have ernment like a business, we need to This is Newt Gingrich saying that to borrow it. And that is what is hap- balance the budget, we need to make this has been a real failure in leader- pening right now. government more efficient, there is too ship on the war on terrorism. I must commend, Mr. Speaker, Sen- much waste, there is too much fraud, Then you come back to homeland se- ator VOINOVICH from Ohio, who is talk- there is too much abuse, and if we just curity. You come back to what are we ing about waking up the Congress to squeeze the government, we are going doing here at home with the ports, say we have got to balance our budg- to be able to get the kind of resources with the immigration issue, with what ets. We have to, because we have two that we need to fund the programs that the Democrats want to do compared to options. We can ask the top 1 percent we need and give tax cuts and some re- what the Republicans want to do. of the people in this country, the top 1 lief to the American people; and if you If you look at what we were able to percent wage earners, people who make look now, in 2006, as to what the Re- accomplish under President Clinton more than $1 million a year, we can ei- publican majority has done with that compared to what has gone on with ther ask them to contribute their fair opportunity that the American people President Bush, this is just border se- share, and they have benefited greatly gave them, it is really a shame because curity numbers, Mr. Speaker, the aver- over the last couple of years, and use we have huge budget deficits. We are age number of new Border Patrol some of that to help us reduce our borrowing money from foreign inter- agents added per year. In the Clinton budget deficits. We either ask them to ests. The government is fat and bloated administration, 642. New border agents help, or we borrow the money from and bureaucratic, and we lose $9 billion per year under the Bush administra- China and Japan. Those are really our in Iraq, and nobody really knows or tion, 411. Under the Clinton adminis- two options. seems to care as to where it goes. tration, we actually increased the Over the past few years we have been You have all this pay to play going number of Border Patrol agents much borrowing the money from China, we on. You have a K Street Project going more so, by 230-some a year more than have been borrowing the money from on, started by the Republican Party, the Republicans have under the Bush Japan, and it puts us at a tremendous that basically says if you are a lobbyist administration. weakness when we have to go to China and you want us to help you, if you Immigration, INS fines for immigra- and ask them for help with North want the Republican Party to help you, tion enforcement. In 1999, 417 under Korea, when we have to go to China you need to hire my ex-chief of staff to

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You do not promote sponse problems that we had, we find When you talk about running the them. out again that this government really government like a business, and you And you look and see what these gen- was not run like a business, that this look at the waste and you look at the erals are saying. ‘‘Rumsfeld and his emergency response system was not bloatedness and you look at the gov- team turned what should have been a streamlined because we had Wal-Mart ernment’s inability to address two, at deliberate victory into a prolonged and we had some of these other busi- least, of the major responsibilities that challenge,’’ John Batiste in the Na- nesses, they were getting water and we all could agree on here, and that is tional Journal, chief military aide to supplies in and out. Their response was national defense and emergency re- Paul Wolfowitz, brigade commander in much better, much more efficient, sponse. Bosnia. much more effective than the Federal The national defense side, look at the Anthony Zinni: ‘‘We’re paying the Government’s. war in Iraq. This great Republican rev- price for the lack of credible planning But it is the Federal Government’s olution gives the power and the respon- or the lack of a plan. Ten years worth responsibility to make sure that we sibility to Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz and of planning were thrown away.’’ can address these national and natural then does not take that responsibility How can you have lack of planning in disasters that happen in the United away, then does not demand that they a major war? Again, we are not talking States of America. That is our respon- get fired, but they promote him. about a Rotary Club building a river sibility. That is our constitutional ob- Wolfowitz is now at the World Bank, walk. We are not talking about a ligation. So it is very important that and Rumsfeld, no one will dare dis- Kiwanis group in our local community we figure out how to streamline that. appoint him, Mr. Speaker. This is the putting flowers in a courthouse square. Where are the hearings? Where is the architect of one of the great catas- We are talking about going to war. We oversight? Where is the accountability? trophes in the history of the United are talking about the most deliberate There is not any. States of America. No one’s been fired. act that a government can make, that And then when you talk about the I run into business people, hard-core we are going to put our soldiers in bloatedness of government, I want to conservative Republican business peo- harm’s way. There are probably going share with you, Mr. Speaker, and the ple in my district, and they say, if I to be innocent lives that are going to other Members of this body about one was running the business, Rumsfeld be killed, and we are going to kill other of the great proposals that we have would have been fired 2 years ago. people, and now we have these generals here and that the Democrats will offer This is not a partisan issue, but you saying we did not have a plan. That is in January when we take over this have to provide oversight. It is not the height of irresponsible leadership. Chamber. about putting your party before the You look at what General Charles Those are two bills, one by Rep- country, and that is what is happening Swannack, Jr., said: ‘‘I do not believe resentative TANNER from Tennessee now, and no one will admit it, this stay Secretary Rumsfeld is the right person and one by Representative CARDOZA the course, bury your head in the sand to fight that war based on his absolute from California. These bills say that we and somehow forget about the reality failures in managing the war against are going to run an audit, a real audit, that is happening on the ground. Saddam in Iraq.’’ That was in the New of the Federal Government, and we are When you see time and time again, York Times in April. going to squeeze this government. We time and time again, generals that This is not the Democratic Caucus are going to make it fit an informa- leave and retire and then all of the sud- saying this. This is not me. tion-, knowledge-based economy, and den have a lot to say about what is Look at what another general said: we are not going to sit back and just going on on the ground, and they have ‘‘If I was President, I would have re- allow the bureaucracy to grow and a lot of opinions about what is hap- lieved him 3 years ago.’’ This is some- grow and grow and keep feeding the pening in the administration because one who has got the Bronze Star medal beast and just say if we write a bigger no one was being listened to, first it with Combat V, Silver Star medal with check, somehow the problem will go was not enough troops, then how it had gold star, Legion of Merit. These are away. You cannot fix it without pro- to change on the ground and the lack well-respected people in the military viding some auditing and then the re- of responsiveness. That is not running establishment saying we need to get form necessary. government like a business. That is not rid of Rumsfeld, which I think would be The programs that do not work, we responding to the market in the case of a great gesture to the international get rid of. The programs that work, we Iraq. That is ignoring the facts on the community to say we have made a lot fund them, and we fund them by ground to benefit yourself politically. of mistakes. Maybe we can be a bit squeezing the waste and the bureauc- That is putting the Republican Party humble and say that and ask for help racy out of some of these other pro- ahead of the Republic, and it does not and say that we need to make this a grams, and making sure that every dol- work that way. global effort. lar that we get from the taxpayer is Sometimes you make mistakes and If you have this kind of irresponsible spent well and accounted for. you get egg on your face. It does not behavior, this lack of self-awareness to What I like most about these two mean you go get a new banner printed say that we have made some mistakes bills is that we are going to hold the or a new slogan printed. It means you and we want to go about fixing them I Secretaries of the departments ac- admit it, and you go forward. think disrespects the process here, and countable, and so if there is an audit, Let us have hearings. I am fortunate quite frankly, it disrespects the Amer- and recommendations are made, then enough, Mr. Speaker, to sit on the ican people. To try to pitch this al the Secretary, the CEO of that depart- Armed Services Committee. The brain- Qaeda-Saddam Hussein pie, when we ment, will be held accountable. If they power on that committee, the kind of find out that Saddam did not want to do not meet the requirements of that experience of Members on that com- help al Qaeda at all, when you see that, audit, that Secretary will have to go mittee, is tremendous, and it has been and then yet you continue to ignore back to the Senate to get confirmed one of the nonpartisan committees for the facts on the ground, Mr. Speaker, again. the most part. Why not go before this it only puts us in a deeper hole and That is accountability. That is say- committee? Let us let all these people makes things more difficult. ing no matter who you are, whether who have traveled the world, who have So the war side has not been exe- you are Secretary Rumsfeld or you are been involved in the war in 1990, people cuted like a business because we have Secretary of Health and Human Serv- like Mr. MURTHA who are on the De- not changed, we have not streamlined. ices, if the GAO audits you, a real fense Appropriations Subcommittee, And you look at the wasted money on audit, and we make sure that we know

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So how are we woman will yield, because I think this if we do not reform this government, if going to be ready, Mrs. TUBBS JONES, fits. If we are going to be competitive we do not get it ready and able to move to compete in a global economy when as a Nation, we need to have healthy us into an information-, knowledge- we are not making the proper invest- citizens. All of them, not just some of based economy, we are going to con- ments here at home? them. The days of us just being able to tinue to fall behind because we do not I yield to my friend from Ohio (Mrs. compete globally by having everyone have the resources. We cannot keep JONES). in the steel mill and just a few percent- going back to the taxpayer, asking Mrs. JONES of Ohio. I absolutely age healthy and working in the office them for more money and more money agree with you, my colleague. And I are over, and we know that, in north- and more money, because they do not want to thank you for your leadership east Ohio. And so if we don’t have have it. on this issue, and I thought I would these kids and our citizens healthy and Now, if you look at what is going on, give you a moment to take a break. educated, and provided some oppor- why they do not have it and the The real reality is that in Cleveland tunity, it is going to be hard for us to squeeze that the average people are we have suffered so greatly since 2001. compete. So that is a key component of going through now, look at this. Since 2001, in the city of Cleveland us being a great country. alone we have lost 60,000 jobs, and Mrs. JONES of Ohio. Absolutely. And b 1745 those 60,000 jobs were high-paying jobs. it is a security crisis for us to have The minimum wage is now at its low- These were jobs of steel workers; these people who are going to work that are est level in 50 years adjusted for infla- were jobs of people in the auto manu- unhealthy. How many of you have ever tion. Real household income has de- facturing area. And when you start gone to work and get to work and clined nearly $1,300 under the Bush ad- talking about unemployment, the dis- somebody has the flu, or they have ministration. So you are making $1,300 cussion always is that these folks have something, and you get to work and less. The cost of family health insur- gone back to work. They have gone you have the flu and people start ance has skyrocketed 71 percent since back to work, but what kind of money coughing on one another and the whole Bush took office. And if you look, the are they making? They are making $5, office needs to go home because that cost of tuition and fees at a 4-year pub- $6, $7, $8 an hour instead of the $20 that one person couldn’t go somewhere and lic university has exploded by 57 per- they were making. So they move from get taken care of? It is a terrible situa- cent. These are facts. These are not being part of the middle class to part of tion for us to be in currently. I have got one more chart, and then made up. the working poor, where they are I am going to leave it to the 30-some- So hourly wages are down 2 percent, working every day, they are getting thing Group. I am 30-something-plus, consumer confidence is down, gas paid wages, and they are still very but I am going to leave it to the 30- prices are up 20 percent, and mortgage poor. debt is up 97 percent since the year Let me give you an example. Presi- somethings when I get done. Let’s look at another increase, con- 2000. dent Bush talks about economic gressional salary increase versus min- We can’t keep going back to these change that has occurred since he has imum wage increase. I am a Member of people and asking them for more and been in this administration. But the re- more money. And the unfunded man- Congress. I voted for a congressional ality is that economic change has not salary increase. But I have always dates that are coming from this Con- hit those of us who go to work every gress down to the States and the local voted and screamed and hollered for a day. minimum wage increase, and I can’t tax burden is being increased for men- Let’s take a look at this chart here. tal health levies, for library levies, for seem to get it to happen. If you look, the minimum wage has not In 1998, the congressional salary in- community development projects, and increased any in 9 years, but whole crease was $3,100; minimum wage, a big these cities and many of them, and one milk, the cost of whole milk has in- fat zero. In 2000, the congressional sal- of them is one I represent, Youngs- creased 24 percent. How many families ary increase was $4,600; minimum wage town, another one Akron in Ohio, these end up having to purchase gallons of increase, zero. 2001, $3,800; minimum cities don’t have the resources. And if milk, gallons of milk to take care of wage increase, zero. 2002, $4,900; min- we are going to compete as a country, their babies and their kids and their imum wage increase, zero. And the you have got to look at it like this: high school students? Let’s look at chart goes on. And as recent as this right now it is much different. Cities bread. Bread costs have increased 25 year, 2006, the congressional wage in- like Youngstown, cities like Akron, percent. Minimum wage still at zero. crease was $3,100. And you know what? northeast Ohio, Cleveland, we are not Let’s look at a 4-year public college Minimum wage was zero. longer competing with each other, and education, increased 77 percent, and Now, there are some of my colleagues we are no longer competing with New minimum wage is still at the same. who won’t vote for a congressional sal- York and Chicago. We are all now com- Let’s look at health insurance, in- ary increase. And you know why they peting in a global economy. creased almost 100 percent, 97 percent; won’t vote for it? Because they think And as we compete in this global and minimum wage is still a zero in- their constituents will say, why should economy, as regions and as a country, crease. And then let’s take a look at you get an increase? But they won’t we have got to recognize that we only regular gasoline, increased 136 percent. vote for a congressional increase and have 300 million people in the United Now, right now, the gas is going they won’t vote to increase the min- States of America. And when you com- down, and we don’t want people to be imum wage. It is unfair; it is out- pare that to the 1.3 billion people in fooled that gas is going down in re- rageous. And if we are going to be a China and the billion people in India, ality, because this election is about to competitive country, working people, you will see that we have got to be at come up, and they don’t want to be ac- people at the bottom of the rung, the the top of our game because we only cused of having high gas prices very working poor who go to work every have 300 million people. And when we close to the election. But don’t be day, who work hard to take care of have many of those people living in fooled. Minimum wage still has not their families ought to get paid. poverty, and Cleveland is now rated the gone up, bread has not gone down, milk I am so glad to join the 30-something poorest city in the entire country. I see has not gone down, college education Group here. My colleague, KENDRICK Mrs. TUBBS JONES is here who rep- has not gone down, health insurance MEEK, I want you to know how proud I resents that area. With the poverty has not gone down. In fact, there are am of you, of the work that you are rates in Youngstown and all of these people who are in bankruptcy as a re- doing in your area and on the national cities where 80 percent of the kids who sult of not being able to afford health scene.

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I yield to my col- bring into balance. on Accountability have also identified league, Mr. KENDRICK MEEK, the gen- And this Democratic caucus, when in as major issues that are facing our tleman from Florida. the majority, if allowed to be in the country that we haven’t faced in the Mr. MEEK of Florida. I thank you, majority by the American people, have history of the Republic. Mr. RYAN. already said one of the first business b 1800 I can tell you, Mrs. TUBBS JONES, actions that we would take is increas- when I pulled in here close to the ing the minimum wage, amongst other I am saying since we have been a Chamber, I was off campus, and I saw things. country, we haven’t been in the pos- your car there and I knew everything Mrs. JONES of Ohio. And the beau- ture that we are in right now, and I was going to be well represented here tiful thing about it is, and maybe I think it is important that we present on the floor. And I am glad that you misstated when I said that we haven’t those facts. brought issue and put life in the lungs voted for a minimum wage increase, we We are saying on this side of the aisle of what is actually happening here. haven’t voted for a stand-alone min- we want to take America in a new di- When you talk about minimum wage, I imum wage increase. rection. That new direction consists of can tell you right now, as it relates to You know how they did that? What six points. It goes beyond, but mainly the middle-class squeeze on families, they did is, Okay, working folk, we are six points. First, the protection of So- especially as it relates to lower in- going to take care of you. We will say cial Security is so very, very impor- comes and higher costs, these are ris- we will give you a minimum wage in- tant. I am from Florida, and Social Se- ing health care costs up here. And here crease, but it will be included in a curity is a major issue in Florida and are the falling incomes of those indi- package where we give the top 1 per- throughout this country. As we look at viduals as they continue to make less cent, a few families, $1 trillion in tax disability benefits for American work- and less and they are having to spend cuts. Outrageous. It doesn’t make any ers when they are injured on the job, to more and more. sense. be able to have Social Security which And I think it is also important, Mrs. And know when the Democratic lead- they paid into, they can receive their TUBBS JONES, to point out the fact that ership takes over, we are going to take full benefits. When you have retirees, we want to take this country in a new care of the working people, and they one thing they can count on, and they direction. That is what we are talking won’t have to worry about anything probably can’t count on a pension from about. else. They want to couch us as being a company that they have been work- You want to talk about salary in- tax-and-spend Democrats and not con- ing for or at for some 25 or 30 years, but creases, Mr. Speaker. For Members of cerned about security, but we are going they can count on Social Security be- Congress, we are saying here on the to take care of the working people, and cause it is backed by the U.S. Govern- Democratic side of the aisle we are not they will know that we will be there ment. going to vote for another pay increase for them. And also survivor benefits. As we for Members of Congress until the Gentlemen, thank you very much. On look at survivor benefits for folks that American people get an increase. that, I am going to see you later. were working, and if they pass on, And we do know, Mrs. TUBBS JONES, Mr. MEEK of Florida. Thank you so their children have an opportunity to that we had some legislation on the very much, Mrs. TUBBS JONES. And I educate themselves. There are some floor because we were hammering away can tell you, it is always good, Mr. Members of Congress here who are at the Republicans on this side, major- RYAN, having a member of the Ways presently serving who have taken ad- ity, okay, on the other side of the aisle and Means Committee here to be able vantage of survivor benefits that have about an increase for American work- to share some higher thoughts on legis- made our country stronger in pre- ers. What did they do? The Potomac lation here that we are talking about. paring these bright, young minds to be two-step, put together all kind of stuff But, Mr. Speaker, I think it is impor- able to lead our country in the future. that was unpassable in the Senate, and tant, I think it is very, very important I am really sad to report that it con- then brought it to the floor knowing that we shed light on what has actually tinues to be under attack by the Re- full well that it wasn’t a well-inten- happened here in this Chamber and publican majority and the Bush admin- tioned minimum wage increase. We what has not happened. There are a lot istration. I am concerned about that. want to take it to $7.25 an hour. They of pieces of legislation that are coming But we have made a commitment for know full well, and I am saying ‘‘they’’ to the floor as we close out this 109th 2006, taking America in a new direc- because that is what Newt Gingrich is Congress, as we start right before the tion, that we will protect Social Secu- calling the Republican majority. That elections, before we go on what we call rity, as we have protected it from at- is not me, Mr. Speaker. That is what a lame duck session after the elections. tempts by the Republican majority and Mr. Gingrich said when he said ‘‘they.’’ Members of Congress, many are on jets the President, who burned all kind of It is important for us to say that we and driving, or planes, trains, or what jet fuel to try to ram a privatization are willing to stand up on behalf of the have you, going back to their districts. plan down the throats of the American American people, all American people, We decided to be here, the 30-some- people. I think it is important that Republican, Democrat, Independent, thing Working Group. We have another Members go on HouseDemocrats.gov those who are not voting yet, Mrs. hour after the Republican hour to come and get our plan as it relates to secur- TUBBS JONES, and to make sure that back here to be able to share the infor- ing Social Security. they receive an increase. And what mation not only with the Members but Looking at affordable health care, I happens with salaried workers, let’s also with the American people and think it is important that we look not just say there are people in our dis- make sure that they know that we are only at prescription drugs, but also tricts that are not individuals that are here on their behalf as Americans first. make sure that there is a major focus making the minimum wage, they are I think the facts are overwhelming on health care. And there are health making a little more than the min- here, but I just want to make sure, be- care professionals, I had a major health imum wage. And if they make $8, $10 cause whenever you identify a problem, care insurance company come into my an hour, when the minimum wage goes you have to have a solution coming office just this week and say something up, then there is going to be a renegoti- shortly thereafter or right before. So I has to happen. ation of their salary. And these CEOs, am going to take the opportunity in From the small business to the Fords I mean, I am not disliking CEOs. Mr. addressing the Members and talking and the GMs of the world, health care RYAN and I always say that profits are about the solution, and then identi- is crippling this country. We have a good, we think it is a good word, it is fying the obvious problem. Not a prob- war in Iraq, but we have a war here as not a bad word. But when you have lem that we have identified within the relates to health care in the United

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No. that there are two other similar pro- We talk about energy independence, Well-thought-out, well-fleshed-out grams prior to this program that has investing in the Midwest versus the ideas as relates to homeland security been renamed for the third time that Middle East. We are talking about E85 that the 9/11 Commission has called for, spent $426 million of the taxpayers’ and alternative fuels and using coal. and making sure that we implement money. Towers were built in some We are the Saudi Arabia here in the the 10 unimplemented recommenda- areas, cameras did not work in other United States in regards to coal. We tions by the bipartisan Commission areas, it was not monitored the way it have enough coal to supply the whole that went through this Congress and was supposed to be monitored, yet we world as it relates to energy, and we that the President spoke to, the Na- awarded a $2.5 billion contract to a can use it for our own benefits to se- tional Security Director testified in company. cure America, and that is homeland se- front of, former and present Members We have the inspector general of the curity in making us stronger. of Congress, members from our intel- Department of Homeland Security who We have already put out our innova- ligence organizations spoke before it, is going to be coming before our sub- tion agenda, Mr. Speaker, and also en- 9/11 families spoke before, and sur- committee after the election in No- ergizing America, making us energy vivors of 9/11. They all took an oppor- vember, I must add, and he will report independent. Members can also view tunity to testify in front of this com- that the Department of Homeland Se- that on HouseDemocrats.gov. That is mittee, and there are a number of curity doesn’t have the capacity to be making sure that the next generation issues that are unfinished business as able to take on such contract, or mon- is ready to take over. And for this gen- it relates to that. itor the contract, in a way to make eration, broadband for all Americans, Some of the higher points, and I sure that we don’t have cost overruns making sure that all Americans have won’t go over all of the 10 points right and making sure that taxpayer dollars access to the superhighway, and mak- now, but one simple one, air cargo. are not spent inappropriately. ing sure that they have broadband op- What is going on with that? I mean, we The 9/11 Commission, one of the 10 portunities. are running around at the airport giv- points was that we add 2,000 border pro- Making sure that we reverse the tax ing up hand sanitizer, shaving cream; tection officers yearly. The President increase that the Republican majority taking off your jacket, belts and shoes sent his budget to this Congress and has put as it relates to student loan op- only asked for 215 border officers. You portunities. There is legislation filed in before you get on the plane. Mean- want to talk about Article I, section 1 this 109th Congress that would reverse while, cargo goes in the bottom of the oversight, making sure that we ask the that and cut it in half; and make sure plane, no problem whatsoever. It took the Brits to disclose a liquid tough questions? We are not doing it. that we give tax credits to students, explosive attempt on a plane that was The Republican majority doesn’t want and also parents who are trying to edu- headed to the United States of America to do it. We are saying that we have cate their children. That is something the will and the desire to do. So let’s that is very, very important. The Re- before the Department of Homeland make that we do it, and we are up front publican majority has brought a great Security started saying maybe we increase in the cost of college. We have ought to deal with that because that and straight with the American people. Mr. RYAN, as we start to look at not said that we are dedicated, and we have was one of the 9/11 recommendations. We are saying that we don’t want to only the new direction we want to take the will and desire to make that hap- be reactionary. We want to be American in, as the Democratic Caucus pen. That is part of our six-point plan. We have talked about the minimum proactive. We want to implement the and as a Congress, we want to make wage. That is so very, very important. full recommendations of the 9/11 Com- sure that we identify where we are fall- We have Members on the majority side mission, and that is something that we ing short. that want to belittle that idea. But are dedicated to doing if we have an op- Mr. Speaker, all of this is very when you haven’t increased the min- portunity to do it. achievable if individuals were just to imum wage since 1997, and say it is Some may say, Congressman, why legislate and have oversight and work okay for you to give Members of Con- aren’t you doing it? We are not doing it in a bipartisan way. Legislation is gress pay increases as far as the eye because we don’t have the chairman- brought to the floor in the closing days can see since 1997, $3,100, $4,600, $3,800, ship of the committees or the ability to of this 109th Congress to split the Con- $4,900, and on and on and on, continued bring a bill here to the floor after going gress as it relates to philosophy. pay increases for Members of Congress. through the Rules Committee, to bring There was a bill up last week that And don’t get me wrong, it is dif- these pieces of legislation and ideas to talked about building a double-link ficult for Members who have decided to the floor. chain fence along 200 miles or so of the serve their country and have a home in Another thing, Mr. Speaker, and I border with no funding. That is like me their district and try to have some sort will to go beyond the six points here to saying, Mr. RYAN, I would like to build of a place to live here in Washington, say that we have the will and desire to a monument out on the Washington D.C. Yes, I am not knocking cost-of- work in a bipartisan way. I feel person- Mall to celebrate the great victories living increases for Members of Con- ally that there are some Members on that this country has had, whether gress, but I must say that I am very, the Republican side that understand they be educationally or whatever the very concerned with the fact that those the importance of implementing the case may be, over the history of our individuals that punch in and punch full recommendations of the 9/11 Com- country, but I am not going to appro- out every day, 15-minute break in the mission. priate any money for it. But we are morning and afternoon, 30 minutes for I don’t want to go off on a philosophy going to take it to the floor, and we lunch, we put them at an unfair dis- that nothing major is happening in the will pass it anyway. Just on that, on advantage when we allow ourselves to United States so we must be doing the basis of the fact that there is no receive pay increases. something right. I would be on the side funding, it is like an empty suit. It is The Republican majority has done of recommendations by a bipartisan like a suit hanging up in the closet and that. We have said on this side not an- commission led by a Republican former no one in it. other pay increase for the Members of governor who continues to give low It is important that we come straight Congress until the American people get marks to this legislative branch be- with the American people. If we are se- a pay increase. That is something that cause we have not carried out the rious about protecting our borders, we are standing very close to and mak- things that we needed to carry out. let’s do it for real. Let’s not pass a bill ing sure that we deal with it. Mr. RYAN, before I yield back to you, without appropriations. Let’s not bring When we talk about homeland secu- I want to mention as the ranking mem- a bill to the floor talking about giving rity, homeland security, there is a lot ber on the Subcommittee on Homeland authorization to local law enforcement

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Weekly officers to the House when they know erty for our Nation. we are transferring responsibility for we need 2,000. Let’s stop handing it Lynn Weir told me that if he would the security in many provinces,’’ and down to local governments and saying have tried, and he didn’t, to keep his another one was transferred yesterday, it is your responsibility. Let’s man up, son from going, he could not have kept ‘‘and cities back to the Iraqi military. woman up and leader up and do what his son from going. He said David Weir, While certain people want to say it is a we have to do on behalf of the Amer- from the time he was a little boy, ‘civil war,’ I want to tell you firsthand ican people. We are saying if we are in wanted to serve his country in uni- it is more about Islamic jihadists the majority, we will do it. form. He was a member of the 101st crossing over the borders. They con- Mr. RYAN of Ohio. As I stated ear- Airborne. This was his career. This was tinue to attempt to disrupt a young lier, if Democratic amendments over his way of life. He leaves a wife behind, emerging democracy. The insurgents the course of the past few years, the Alison; a little 18-month-old son, are capitalizing on the inexperience of last 5 years, would have been adopted, Gavin, who does not understand what this government and directly causing there would be 6,600 more Border Pa- has happened. But everyone else knows the sectarian violence and so-called trol agents. There would be 1,400 more very clearly what has happened. A fueling the fire. They get more and detention beds, and 2,700 more immi- great American patriot died doing more strength and resolve when they gration enforcement agents along our what he wanted to do, which was to hear the discourse in our country. They know it is only a matter of time borders to help us solve some of these stand in harm’s way on behalf of our before we give up because we perceive problems. civilian population, as the Greatest Generation did, as other generations the war in Iraq is too difficult. It is a lot like when you invite me ‘‘We all know anything worthwhile is have been called to, at a time when out to dinner and you offer to buy me not easy. Freedom is not free. The there is a very real and imminent dinner, and then you don’t bring your Iraqis are trying to make it work. If we threat to our way of life called the Is- wallet, you know what I mean, and retreat, the terrorists win. They win lamic jihadists. then I end up paying for the dinner. It now and they win in the future when And Sergeant Weir goes to heaven, is just the same thing. You say you are they have a safe haven to plan, train, leaves this Earth, as others have, in going to provide the Border Patrol and operate and attack us again. agents, and then there is no money the most sacrificial way, answering the ‘‘It is our choice. We are either going there. You invite me to dinner, and scriptural call that says ‘‘No greater to support our efforts to win the global then there is no money there. It is love hath any man than to lay down war on terror, or we are going to sup- pretty much the same thing. his life for his friends.’’ port those that want to retreat inside Mr. Speaker, as we wrap up here, this And I say to Jackie and to Lynn and our borders and wait for the next at- is the 30-something Working Group. We to Alison and to Gavin, your father; tack. We found out on 9/11 if we re- are taking e-mails. You can visit us at your husband; Chris, his brother; your treat, they attack. www.HouseDemocrats.gov/ son gave his life for everyone in our ‘‘Finally, why did we go to Iraq? Ask 30something. All of the charts that you country. We will never forget him. We yourself why did we fight Germany in see here, Mr. Speaker, are accessible on will always remember him. We hail his World War II? Japan attacked us, not that Web page. life, a sacrificial life of service to oth- Germany. The same principle applies. f ers, putting everyone else above him- We couldn’t take the chance then and self, believing in his mission and his we can’t now. Those that say otherwise MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT comrades. are sympathizing with the enemy.’’ A message in writing from the Presi- His father said he talked to him the That is from Lieutenant Colonel dent of the United States was commu- day before and he was so excited about Brett Hale to me on the ground in Iraq. nicated to the House by Ms. Wanda getting out in the streets of Baghdad What a patriot. As he says, the word is Evans, one of his secretaries. because he didn’t want to be sitting be- not getting out in this country in a fair f hind a desk, because that was not what way of the progress that we are mak- he was trained to do. That was not ing. As General Casey said, ‘‘If we HONORING SERVICEMEMBERS IN what he volunteered to do. That was leave, they will follow us home.’’ These GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR not what he was prepared to do. He did threats are real. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. what he went there to do, and it cost Mr. Speaker, I have been down here 4 REICHERT). Under the Speaker’s an- him his life. And while his parents weeks in a row as I have been in Wash- nounced policy of January 4, 2005, the grieve, our State and our Nation stand ington to try to go through the sever- gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. WAMP) united, I believe, in their full apprecia- ity of these real threats around the is recognized for 60 minutes as the des- tion of his life and his sacrifice and his world and the fact that the jihadists ignee of the majority leader. extraordinary courage and bravery. are spreading like wildfire through Eu- Mr. WAMP. Mr. Speaker, as I rise to- On Monday, this coming Monday, I rope. Read the book ‘‘While Europe night to begin this hour, I rise with a am honored to be with the family in Slept.’’ Read the book ‘‘Londonstan.’’ very heavy heart, but with the most re- Chattanooga, Tennessee, with full mili- You will know that through the newed sense of pride and patriotism I tary honors as we lay him to rest in mosques there is a radicalization under have ever had as I honor the life of Ser- the national cemetery. way. Even the Pope can’t speak of it geant David Thomas Weir. Thank you, Sergeant Weir, for loving because it is not politically correct to Sergeant David Weir died 8 days ago our country so much that you were say that fanaticism in religion is not on the streets of Baghdad in service to willing to die for it. good for the world. It ought to be obvi- our country. He is from Cleveland, TN, Another friend from my district, ous. Regardless of what the religion is where last night over 2,000 people Lieutenant Colonel Brett Hale, is there or how many there are or what is po- showed up at the Bradley Central High serving in Iraq today. He is the com- litically correct, fanaticism does lead School football arena to honor a great mander of the Dragon Slayers. He too to holy wars and the crusades. And we American hero. is a patriot. His family is back home don’t want that. We want the mullahs praying for him every day, a wife and and the ayatollahs to condemn suicide b 1815 children. bombings. We want peace and security I spoke with Sergeant Weir’s mother He sent me an e-mail 10 days ago. I for the world. We want our allies to and father 2 days ago, Lynn and Jackie want to read part of it in my tribute have a backbone and stand up and ac- Weir, and it is just extraordinary to me and our honor on the House floor to- knowledge the threat. We want our

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I just want b 1830 We are all amazed in this country to make it abundantly clear to Hugo that from our own hemisphere to the Chavez or any other president, do not VIRGINIA FOXX is a new Member, but south, the President of Venezuela come to the United States and think you would never know it because she comes to our country and says this. because we have problems with our has got tons of experience, and she has Hugo Chavez is his name. In this coun- President that any foreigner can come been down here standing up for what try we call each other out of respect. to our country and not think that she believes, day in and day out. I want Even the people who just spoke, whom Americans do not feel offended when to yield to her on this most important I couldn’t disagree with more. The peo- you offend our Commander in Chief.’’ issue of global security. ple who just spoke are all talking poli- Thank you, CHARLIE RANGEL, for Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I want to tics. They are all interested in the next being an honorable Democrat who thank my colleague from Tennessee election, not, frankly, the future of our stands united at this time of war. (Mr. WAMP) for organizing this event country and preserving liberty and Hugo Chavez is a troublemaker in a tonight, and the other ones that he has standing up and meeting the challenge big way. He wants to work with Iranian mentioned. I think it is important that of this generation. It is all for them President Ahmadinejad. I watched his we stand up here and explain to the about 47 days from now in an election interview last night on Anderson Coo- American people things that they may instead of ‘‘I believe in my gut,’’ stand- per, and he calmly looked Anderson not hear on their local television sta- ing up and protecting our country. But Cooper in the eyes, and he gave a very tion, and that we let folks know how despite that, because we are decent, warped view of history, not even will- strongly some of us feel about what is reasonable, we call them ‘‘honorable.’’ ing to acknowledge that the Holocaust happening in this world and what op- We call each other ‘‘honorable,’’ retook place. Completely in denial. You tions we have and what things we gardless of whether we agree or not. would have to wonder where in the ought to be doing about it. I have got to tell you what the Presi- world he gets his facts or his view of Mr. Speaker, the proliferation of dent of Venezuela did in this country the world. Islam extremism and jihadism has al- yesterday was dishonorable. It dishon- This is a troubling time in American ready inflicted our Nation with great ored his nation. It dishonors the people history. I say to young people every- pain; and it continues to grow and of his nation. It dishonors everyone where I go, the days ahead will be very, spread. And it is our job to continue to south of here in our hemisphere be- very difficult. We need to be honest fight these Islamofascists on their land cause what it does is it causes people in with them about this. But the char- and on our terms. Any other option is this country not to trust or even like acter of this great Nation was born out unacceptable. people who come into this country and of the sacrifices, the courage, and the When the Islamic religion is per- say what President Hugo Chavez said willingness to face these challenges of verted, twisted and turned into an ex- yesterday. our grandparents and our great-grand- cuse for hatred, violence and the exter- He said this: ‘‘The devil was here yes- parents. The Greatest Generation, they mination of entire populations, we terday. It still smells of sulfur around are the standard for stepping up to must stand against it and remain here,’’ he added. He said, ‘‘The Presi- meeting global challenges, and they steadfast in our battle to eliminate dent of the United States, the gen- gave us our character. We didn’t get this extremism. tleman to whom I refer as the devil, our character by the big buildings or This situation has been brewing for a came here, talking as if he owned the Wall Street or wealth or even military long time. It is not something that just world, truly, as the owner of the world. power. We got it by sacrifice and dedi- happened overnight. It is a clash of ‘‘I think we could call a psychiatrist cation and commitment and family, ideologies. It is a fight between free- to analyze yesterday’s statement made and they are the standard. dom and democracy versus terrorism by the President of the United States. They didn’t cower or retreat from and tyranny. This is a battle we cannot As the spokesman of imperialism, he these challenges. They stood up. They afford to lose. came to share his nostrums, to try to faced them head on. They showed us To allow the terrorists to win would preserve the current pattern of domi- what it took to preserve freedom and destroy America and modern civiliza- nation, exploitation, and pillage of the extend it from one generation to the tion as a whole. We must persist in peoples of the world.’’ next. And we must do the same thing. rooting out terrorist cells and those He said, ‘‘The President of the United We must come together as a Nation. who preach hatred and death and con- States came to talk to the peoples—to I hate it that we are in the middle of tinue to adapt to the needs of the war the peoples of world. What would those this political campaign while we are at on terror to ensure security, stability peoples of the world tell him if they war because it is not good for us to say and freedom throughout the world. were given the floor? . . . I think I the things we say, even on the floor of Make no mistake about it, this goal have some inkling of what the peoples this House. It is not good for Lieuten- will yield a prolonged effort. We must of the south, the oppressed peoples, ant Colonel Hale and others to look never forget the day America awoke to think. They would say, ‘Yankee impe- back here and see the potshots being the frightening new world where rialist, go home.’ fired. I hate it that over half of the jihadists flew planes into buildings, ‘‘I have the feeling, dear world dic- Democrats in the Senate voted to re- killing over 3,000 innocent civilians. tator, that you are going to live the move Saddam Hussein by force and al- While we have yet to experience an- rest of your days as a nightmare be- most half of the Democrats voted and other attack on American soil, there cause the rest of us are standing up, all now they all say it was a mistake. are continuous plots that have been ex- those who are rising up against Amer- Let me tell you there has never been ecuted and others that have been ican imperialism, who are shouting for a pretty war. Never. There has never foiled. The bombing of a night club in equality, for respect, for the sov- been one perfectly executed, and you Bali, the bombing of a commuter train ereignty of nations.’’ do not remove a genocidal mass mur- in Spain, and the bombings last sum- This was the President of Venezuela, derer with a picnic. It is ugly. And a mer in London on the subway and in our country, saying this. brand new democracy takes a while to buses are only a brief list of terrorist And let us praise a Democrat in this develop. And it is tough. Tough. But attacks that have been planned and ex- House named CHARLIE RANGEL, whom I thank goodness that men and women ecuted by Islamofascists. seldom agree with. But, boy, do I ap- in uniform will volunteer to go serve Yet, through intelligence sharing, preciate his patriotism in defense of and carry out this tough mission and surveillance programs, and effective our country and its traditions when he extend liberty from one generation to antiterrorist initiatives, other plans said this today. He said, ‘‘You do not the next. These are difficult days. have been foiled, such as the attempt come into my country, my congres- America needs to pull together. of shoe bomber Richard Reed and the

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There is no nego- powerful, he does not realize that the If we left Iraq tomorrow, the terror- tiating with Islamofascists who de- foundation of our power is rooted in ists would not only win, but it would mand death and violence against any- the freedom of our great people to pur- advance their cause. And it is spread- one who does not accept their warped sue happiness, to innovate and to speak ing. This is a real threat, and it did not world view. We must remain vigilant freely. just start on September 11. That was against this very brutal and very real This tyrant accuses the free world one more attack. It happened to be the threat. that they are denying the people of largest. But it was not the first on As I speak of the rising threat of Iran their right to nuclear energy. Yet American soil or American sov- Islamofascism and its role in the global he forgets that the Islamic regime is ereignty. war on terror, I must object to the un- denying the great people of Iran their They tried to bring the World Trade believable and outright deceptive God-given rights to self-respect and Center down in 1993, and their engi- speech of the President of Iran, human dignity. He spoke of universal neering did not work. We did not pay Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. While we justice, yet he denies the existence of enough attention to it. But they had should be condemning such tyrannical the Holocaust. hit our embassies, which is sovereign leaders who preach hate and destruc- This regime wrongfully portrays the U.S. land in other countries, time and tion, I was stunned that he was given war on terror as a war of civilizations. time again, the same people. the opportunity to address the United Yet, he uses every opportunity to ex- It all started, Mr. Speaker, in 1979 in Nations, an organization whose resolu- port its brutal ideology violently to Iran, the sponsor of Hezbollah, which tions he has repeatedly ignored. other nations. We are not at war with has now exported terrorism and frank- It points out again how dysfunctional any peaceful religion or civilization. ly stolen the government of Lebanon the U.N. has become. He mentioned We are at war with terrorists, and ter- from the Lebanese people and engaged that justice was a victim of force and rorists’ warped interpretation of reli- in war with Israel, and elected terrorist aggression, which it certainly was gion. leadership in Palestine called Hamas. when he participated in the overthrow We need to protect the civilized And these terror networks are coordi- of the American embassy in Iran in world from the threat that these people nating and spreading and the threats 1979 and held American hostages for 444 represent. Mr. Speaker, we suffered a are growing, and our way of life in the days. setback on the war on terrorism by al- future will be at stake if men and He spoke of ridding the world of nu- lowing this terrorist a podium from women do not stand in harm’s way on clear, biological, and chemical weap- which to address the world. our behalf. ons, yet he continually refuses to halt And, again, I think that it is our And you may say, well, that is over the production of enriched uranium in place here in the United States Con- there on the other side of the ocean. Iran. He wants to rid the world of ag- gress to remind the world of who is the But I will tell you when Hugo Chavez gression and strive for peace, even country that represents true freedom, comes here and says what he said yes- though he created a proxy war in Leb- true democracy, true opportunity for terday, and he is coordinating and anon and continually funnels weapons people, and to continue to bring this communicating with these terrorist to Hezbollah. message to people and speak the truth, leaders from other countries, and iden- I was astonished when he spoke of instead of allowing people like that to tifying himself with them, standing dignity for all human beings and his come to this country and live in a fan- with them, wanting to be on their longing for peace. These words are sur- tasy world that they live in. team, and he is in our hemisphere, and prising to hear from a man who has Again, I want to thank my colleagues through his oil he is trying to bribe prayed for the demise of America and for being here tonight, and for the and own other South American coun- constantly calls for Israel to be wiped other times that they have been here tries by lending them oil so they will off the map. to bring this message to the country be obligated to him, and he has a His biography reads like a horror and to anyone who is watching us. I warped sense of reality, and comes and novel, directing multiple assignments want to turn the time back over to my says these ridiculous crazy things like while he was in elite military units and colleague, Mr. WAMP from Tennessee. he said yesterday, we have threats. working with Ansar-I Hizbullah, the Mr. WAMP. Mr. Speaker, I thank the That brings us to the southern bor- violent Islamic vigilante group. His gentlewoman for her service and for der. Because I will tell you, our secu- main goal is the destruction of Western her message tonight on this global rity in this country is critically at- Civilization. threat. tached to our ability to keep people That speech was a complete farce. He Before I yield to the gentleman from that we do not want in this country has shown his true agenda time after Michigan, let me just remind everyone from coming across the most porous time, and one misleading speech at the here in the House of Representatives place, and that is our southern border. United Nations will not fool America and anyone who may be watching our I want to talk about that again in a or the world. While we witnessed the proceedings tonight, Mr. Speaker, that moment, but right now I want to yield Iranian dictator lecture us on freedom, regardless of what some would have to a Member from Michigan who people democracy and justice, it is ironic that you believe, or even you may get fil- from one side of the spectrum to the in his own country this tyrant denies tered to you through the national other here in this House look at as one his own people the basic rights of free- media, this war is with fanatics called of the most knowledgeable, intellec- dom of speech and freedom to assem- the jihadists, who, by their own char- tual, thoughtful, tough Members of the ble. ter and their own doctrine, want to re- House, THADDEUS MCCOTTER from His speech focused on freedom, jus- establish a caliphate for themselves Michigan. I am so honored he came to tice and dignity for human beings. But and their rule that extends from north- the floor tonight to stand with me and as the president, he has done nothing west Africa all of the way east, basi- go through this Special Order. The gen- to bring any of his so-called goals to cally, to the Far East, through Indo- tleman from Michigan. his own people. Women are denied nesia, above Australia. Mr. MCCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rights of inheritance, divorce and child And I say that because those are the thank the gentleman. For a moment custody, and use of their rights of self- words that were in the letter that there I thought you were introducing expression and economic creativity. Zarqawi wrote to Zawahari before we someone else. But I appreciate the Basic rights are denied to the people killed Zarqawi. The top al Qaeda lead- compliment, however misguided it may of Iran, and that is why, even with the ers, in their own communication with be. We in America are so seemingly se- soaring prices of oil, more than 40 per- each other, said, use the infidels’, the cure in our rights, our liberties, our

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We also, because of the size slave the globe under its warped wor- are not. Our enemies believe our of our country and its vast beauty, ship of death. If we fail in the task be- strengths are our weaknesses. It is up tend to overlook world geography and fore us in the Middle East, if we allow to us to prove them wrong. the relative situation of other nations the newly emancipated people of Iraq, For as every generation of Americans to each other. the newly emancipated people of Af- before us, when faced with a challenge We cannot do that any longer. We ghanistan, to be thrown to the wolves to their own liberty and security, have cannot ignore the mistakes of past his- at their door, and allow Iraq to evolve met that challenge directly, they have tory. We cannot ignore the realities of back into a state sponsor of terror, if defeated it, and they have expanded geography. And we cannot ever endeav- we allow the Taliban and its blood- liberty to their fellow human beings or to forget our own history. As the thirsty ilk to again rule Afghanistan abroad. I have no doubt we will continue to gentleman pointed out, we call each and turn female parliamentarians back do the same, because as Americans it other in this house ‘‘honorable,’’ and into property, slavery will have con- has been our tradition, and it is our rightly so. For we are all people who sumed them, and our liberty will be duty, and we have never shirked from have been elected to serve our fellow imperiled. our duty as a free people. Americans. When we look at the efforts of Ahmadinejad and Chavez, we see a Mr. WAMP. I thank the gentleman so And he rightly pointed out the re- much for his articulation of these prob- marks of the gentleman, the distin- common union between oppressors. We see that the Iranian President would lems, and the potential threats. Clearly guished and honorable gentleman from our hemisphere could become a serious New York (Mr. RANGEL). He could not seek to impose the oppression that he puts upon his own people, and his com- problem for us because of these rela- have pointed to a finer example. Be- tionships. If you don’t think it’s a glob- mon link with the Venezuelan oppres- cause Mr. RANGEL not only serves his al problem, you should follow what has sor of his own people. It would be easy Nation in this Chamber; Mr. RANGEL happened in East and North Africa just at this point in time to see Mr. Chavez also is a decorated veteran who served in recent weeks where, in Somalia, one is nothing but a third-rate Castro his Nation in a foreign war. of the top al Qaeda members on our clone, but he is not, because while Mr. I bring up history to Mr. RANGEL be- watch list is put in charge of the Gov- Chavez may seem to us to be a bit of a cause like the gentleman from Ten- ernment of Somalia. nessee and the gentlewoman from caricature, he is actually a very cun- The Sudan is a meltdown, there is a North Carolina, to Mr. RANGEL history ning individual, as is the President of vacuum; Algeria, much the same. Just has a way of revealing the elemental Iran. last week, for the first time, our coun- The President of Iran, I believe, has a truths of a Nation to itself however un- try established a U.S. military com- willing we may be at the time to recog- very good grasp of geography. The mand in northern Africa. Why? Be- nize them, for the very same Mr. RAN- President of Iran understands that cause there is a vacuum in leadership. GEL who defended our Nation abroad, while we have helped to expand liberty What interests do the terrorist net- had ancestors in this country who were on the frontiers of Iran in places such works have in a vacuum of leadership? enslaved by the government and the as Afghanistan and Iraq, which have That is what they had in Afghanistan. people of this Nation. put nascent democracies on his door- The Taliban took over Afghanistan be- The gentleman from Tennessee and step, he needs only to look to South cause there was no leadership, and it the gentlewoman from North Carolina America to see the conditions of pov- gave them a sovereign nation from and myself doubtless had relatives in erty and oppression that are rife within which to operate. the United States at the time of the that continent and seek to prey upon Frankly, one of the elemental factors Civil War who were sworn enemies who them by joining league not with duly in my decision to vote to remove Sad- endeavored to kill each other. elected democratic governments that dam Hussein by force was to make sure are out to better the quality of lives of that in the heart of the Middle East we b 1845 their people, but he joins hands with didn’t give them another sovereign na- Yet because of the foundational truth Hugo Chavez to attack the President of tion from which to operate, and we of this Nation, we stand here today rec- the United States, to attack the United sure don’t want to let them come into ognizing each other as honorable and States of America, to distract both one of these areas in northern Africa joined in the peaceful resolution of our their citizens, citizens of both coun- and take over a country like they did political disputes, because where there tries, from the reality that it is they Afghanistan. is liberty, there is a chance to tran- who are oppressing them, not the You know, it was a crafty way that scend history to a better tomorrow. In United States, who is emancipating Hezbollah took control in Lebanon. Go our Nation’s history, we have always them. in with some money backed by Iran, done so. If we look at our southern border and money and oil revenues, and basically When we look abroad, we can go back the absence of security, the comity be- put people to work, make them obli- to the past of that great conflagration tween Mr. Ahmadinejad and Mr. Cha- gated to you. Frankly, it is the same that emancipated a race and forged a vez is clear, and the danger to our secu- kind of thing that Castro did years ago more perfect Union, to what we are rity becomes clear. If we have, as some with communism in Central and South trying to do today. For it is by remem- reports lead us to believe, indications America. Meet them at their point of bering that in the age of industrializa- of Jihadist fascism in South America, need, make friends with them, and tion America could not endure half in Mexico, in other places, that are then put them to work for your way of slave and half free that we realize in an willing to cross the border, or joining thinking, dictatorial; speaking of im- age of globalization our world cannot with gangs to cross the border, it is perialism, repressing all human rights. endure half slave and half free. painfully obvious to see that what the You know, I tell you what, I daresay When we face the grim contest, the President of Iran will do is export his that people in Venezuela don’t have the unsought struggle in which we find version of worldwide slavery, through right to speak there as Chavez spoke ourselves against Jihadist fascism, the person of Mr. Chavez, with the as- here in just the most blatant way. which is more akin to a death cult sistance of the Cuban dictator Fidel These threats are real. No one, no one than any governing political philos- Castro, and try to utilize our lax and likes war.

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He said a person who has These threats are real, they are glob- they don’t want to go to the hassle and nothing for which they are willing to al, and we have to watch our own the risk of dying or being injured or fight, nothing they care more about southern border. whatever, and then not be released into than their own personal safety, is a Let me continue on the southern bor- our country. miserable creature, who has no chance der. There is a lot of talk about immi- But it was so easy for so long that it of ever being free, unless those very gration reform, and we need to con- happened so often, and we ended up freedoms are made and kept by better tinue to carry it out. But I will tell with 12 million. As a matter of fact, in persons than himself, end quote. you, the American people just want to July of this year alone, our Border Pa- Those better persons are the men and see that southern border that I men- trol apprehended 66,000 illegal aliens women in uniform of our Armed tioned was 2,000 miles long secured. along the Mexican border, a staggering Forces, who every single one volun- But one thing that we haven’t had number in 1 month, 66,000 illegal teered to serve our country; whether in much help in is the word getting out of aliens. the Guard, Reserve or Active Duty, what has happened, because I want to b 1900 tell you, as a member of that sub- every single one of them volunteered to But, guess what? That was 31,000 committee, what has happened in the stand in harm’s way on our behalf. fewer than the previous year in the The President of the United States last 12 months, because there has been same month. Word is getting out: we believes deep in his soul that this mis- a serious effort under way to secure the are not going to allow you to stay; sion must be carried out and com- southern border in the last 12 months. don’t come here illegally. pleted, and I agree with him. It is so Last week our chairman, Hal Rogers Yet we are going to come up with, I important, especially right now, with from Kentucky, gave testimony to our believe before the end of this year, not all of these voices in the world and all entire leadership at a hearing, and I at- only strengthened border security in a of these people jockeying for legit- tended it, that is really compelling. meaningful way, which is well under imacy and position, that we are not in One of the most important things that way with 6,000 National Guard troops. retreat, that we follow through on our the Department of Homeland Security $21.2 billion has been spent on the commitments, that we don’t leave the has done is they ended the policy that southern border in the last 12 months. people of the Middle East wondering if had evolved from 20 years back that $21.2 billion, on everything from agents America has all of a sudden, for the was known as catch and release, and to detention beds. first time in 230 years, lost our heart, replaced it with a new policy called We now have 13,000 agents and 4,000 lost our backbone, our resolve. catch and return. new detention beds, 1,500 new Border We can’t afford to fail in Iraq. No Now, catch and release said that if Patrol agents, for over 13,000 agents matter how you voted, or no matter you were an illegal immigrant coming and 6,000 Guardsmen. That is 18,000 peo- how many mistakes have been made, or across our southern border, and you ple on the southern border, catching no matter how you spin it, we can’t af- were apprehended, you would be ar- these people by the minute and sending ford to fail. We can’t afford to retreat. rested for a misdemeanor charge of il- them home and getting the word out: We can’t afford to leave early. There is legally entering the United States and you are not going to be released into a lot at stake. The enemy is real. The released on your own recognizance de- this country. It is an effective deter- enemy is all over the place. pending on your open court date, and rent. Things are changing. I am a member of the Homeland Se- people obviously would not come to But I do believe by the end of the curity Appropriations Subcommittee, court. So thereby people would gain year we are not only going to have ad- have been since we established the De- into our country and disappear into our ditional legislation to continue the partment of Homeland Security. Some country and probably get a bogus So- fence, sometimes it is visible, somethings I can say, some things I can’t cial Security card so that they could be times it is not because you can have a say. There are a lot of people in this hired by somebody, and that would protective barrier by using the latest country we don’t want here, because constitute the 12 million illegals that in technology depending on the fre- we are free, because there are 2,000 we have here now. quency of people coming, but we are miles along the Mexican-U.S. border, We stopped that policy. In the last 60 also, I believe, going to come up with because there are 5,500 miles along the days, 99 percent of aliens apprehended some kind of a guest worker plan, so Canadian-U.S. border, because there along the southwest and northern bor- that the work gets done in agriculture, are 12,000 miles of U.S. coastline, be- ders are detained and removed from in construction, that needs to be done; cause there are 328 million people that this country. So catch and release was but everybody is going to know. come across our land border crossings replaced by catch and remove. A year You have got to identify yourself and each year, because there are 71 million ago, it was 34 percent were sent back to have a real card, biometrically cer- people that come in through our inter- their country of origin. Today it is 99 tified, that this is you. Employers are national airports from all over the percent, a huge change in the culture. going to have a period of time to com- world. There are 157 land ports of Now, let me tell you what that act ply, or there will be serious enforce- entry. says, and the gentleman in the chair ment. I believe we are going to deliver We have a lot of people coming and knows that better than anybody be- this whole thing by the end of the year. going from this country, and now there cause of his background. It acts as a But the border is much more secure are a lot of people in this country that, deterrent. What you want in law en- than it was a year ago. Tremendous the truth is, we don’t want them here; forcement is not a perfect system that progress has been made. that because we are a free country and catches every single person every sin- More Members have come to join me. they haven’t yet done anything wrong gle time; you want a deterrent that is When the gentleman from Texas is here, we don’t remove them. We don’t raised a level at which it keeps things ready, I want to yield time to him, be- line them up and ship them out until from happening because most of the cause few people have the experience they do something wrong. But I have people get caught. that he has, both in the law and being got to tell you, we are watching them, This is an effective deterrent, be- from the State of Texas on this par- because the threats are real. cause word has spread back through ticular issue of border security. Hezbollah is the A team in terrorism. Central and South America that if you Let me also say that the Department They are the source of the conflict be- go to all the hassle of getting to the of Homeland Security is going to roll tween the Lebanese, well, actually, be- southern border, and then somehow out this month, in September, a multi- tween Hezbollah and Israel in Lebanon, you get across, I am going to tell you billion dollar border security tech- because they pirated the country from in a minute that is not as easy as it nology and tactical infrastructure pro- the Lebanese, not their fault. That was used to be either, and you get caught, gram called SBI Net, a program that is

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They need to give credit where force along the enemy’s main line of Science and Technology Directorate at credit is due. resistance where as stated in the Silver the Department of Homeland Security I spent 4 years in the Army, and I can Star citation: ‘‘He repeatedly exposed under the incredibly capable leadership tell you having visited troops around himself to enemy fire as he engaged of Admiral Cohen is deploying finally different spots in the globe and the enemy targets at point-blank range all the abundant technology that we country, we have the best fighting while directing the rifle platoon’s relief have. Even Thomas Friedman, who forces, men and women, ever in our his- and coordinating recovery operations.’’ wrote ‘‘The World is Flat,’’ has had to tory; and they deserve better treat- Ultimately, Lieutenant Glover and amend his book to say, I overlooked a ment than they have been getting. Oh, his marines fought their way through lot of technology that exists in this yes, we hear, oh, we support our troops, to the marines trapped and were able country. and in the same breath turn around to get them and the slain marine’s We are now taking that technology and lambaste them. body out. to the border to put it to use through So if it would be permissible, I would When asked about the war, Lieuten- the Department of Homeland Security like to pay tribute to one more. I did ant Glover humbly diverted attention to secure the border and biometrically this last night, a man that won the away from himself and said, ‘‘I received certify people. Congressional Medal of Honor for his this award because of something we did Now, we don’t want a national ID bravery and heroism. I would like to as a platoon. I am really proud of what card, but we want people who are com- pay tribute right now to another gen- we accomplished that day.’’ ing here to work to have a card that tleman. I have been asking for informa- He said, ‘‘When you are in combat, I shows that is them. I believe that is tion on people that won our Nation’s think you do it for your fellow ma- going to be part of this more com- highest awards, to pay tribute, as a rines. You know you got 60 reasons prehensive solution. I don’t want to contrast to what some of our friends why you have got to do it well.’’ even use the word ‘‘comprehensive so- across the aisle have done in While the battle for which Glover lution,’’ because the Senate passed a lambasting and criticizing so unfairly was awarded was a success, he feels the bill earlier this year that they called our troops. enormity of the price that was paid. ‘‘I comprehensive immigration reform Tonight, I would like to recognize an- lost a marine that day, as did another that is going to cause many, many, other true American hero. On October unit in the battalion. We cannot sepa- many more problems than it is going 28, 2005, Dallas native Captain Joshua rate the victory from the loss, and I to solve. Glover was presented this Nation’s think we need to do our best to make So we don’t want to be associated third highest award for valor in com- them and their families proud.’’ with that comprehensive approach. We bat, the Silver Star Medal. In addition to the Silver Star, Cap- The 2001 Naval Academy graduate re- want to say that we want a guest work- tain Glover has also received two Pur- ceived his award in Washington, D.C. er plan with border security and get it ple Hearts, a Navy Achievement Medal from the commandant of the Marine done, and we are getting it done. and a Navy Commendation Medal, both Corps, General Michael Hagee. Mr. Speaker, at this time I yield to Glover received the award for con- with combat distinguishing device for the gentleman from Texas (Mr. spicuous gallantry and intrepidity in valor. He served three tours in Iraq. GOHMERT). action against the enemy while serving Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to stand Mr. GOHMERT. I thank the gen- as 81mm mortar platoon commander here tonight and share this story of tleman. I appreciate the time, and I ap- with Weapons Company and quick re- heroism, bravery and humility. Josh preciate your calling attention to so action force platoon commander, 1st Glover, like so many others fighting many of these important issues. We Marine Battalion, 5th Marine Regi- alongside him, represent the best of the have heard today that there is an ment, 1st Marine Division, in support best. That is the kind of story America agreement between the White House of Operation Iraqi Freedom on April 13, needs to hear, not predetermined judg- and the Senate on the issue of interro- 2004, in Fallujah. ment of our fine troops. They deserve gation. That morning, First Lieutenant Josh our support, not just in lip service It has amazed me, Mr. Speaker, that Glover led and directed his platoon that, oh yes, we support the troops, but so many people that work here in the through enemy lines to recover classi- are they ever a bunch of cold-blooded Capitol, most of them down at the fied material from a downed CH–53 hel- killers. That is not support. That is other end, have not understood what icopter. As the sun came up, they both condemnation and hypocrisy. really goes on. You would have started receiving incoming fire, includ- So it is an honor to stand here with thought, especially someone who had ing a mortar fire explosion that cre- my colleagues, Mr. Speaker, and pay been a POW, would understand what ated three casualties. tribute to our troops. They are not people like my hero, former POW Sam With wounded marines, Glover got only protecting freedom, they are Johnson, understands, that, as he has permission to return to base. On the spreading freedom, and we ought to pointed out to me, Korea signed on to way back, the convoy ran into between thank God for them, as we do, and the Geneva Convention, Vietnam 30 and 40 insurgents hiding in reeds, ir- thank God for our freedom, thank God signed on to the Geneva Convention, rigation ditches and standing by the for our liberty, and thank God for the they did not observe it at all. Yet we road firing from the hip. As they opportunity all of us have to serve. had people in this Capitol saying, gee, plowed on, one of the Humvees was hit, Mr. WAMP. I thank the gentleman we have got to be careful because it wounding several more marines, which from Texas. I want to yield again to might cause mistreatment of our also included one fatality. the gentleman from Michigan. troops. Running on flat tires, the convoy Mr. MCCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, I know All you got to do is look around, look made its way back to base, only to be our time is short. I thank the gen- at the news, read the news. Our troops sent out again 7 hours later. Despite tleman. have been, are being, mistreated. When losing one of their own that morning, I wish to emphasize why, as the gen- you stick a knife and cut the guy’s Lieutenant Glover’s marines were tleman from Texas pointed out, our throat and head as he is screaming, ready to go again under his command. border security efforts to date have that is not somebody that observes the About 15 marines were trapped be- been a good step, but they must be in- Geneva Accords. We don’t do that kind hind enemy lines after insurgents hit creased. of thing. We never have, never will. But their amphibious vehicle with several History shows us that once before an we are in a war for our survival. rocket-propelled grenades, killing one enemy of the United States, the com- One of the things that has probably marine and wounding two others. munist Soviet Union and its Bolshevik amazed my friends on this side of the Under heavy insurgent fire, a rocket- dictators, joined league with the com- aisle is we have heard even from a propelled grenade, or an RPG, was shot munist Castro on the island of Cuba to former marine lambasting current ac- at Glover’s vehicle at close-range and plant nuclear weapons 70 miles off the tive duty marines as being cold-blood- thankfully missed. United States shores.

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America, especially on the Democratic E85, using coal and other alternative I think we should look back to what side of the aisle, that if we are in con- fuel initiatives, to make sure that we President Kennedy talked about when trol we look forward to working in a invest in the Midwest versus the Mid- he addressed the Cuban missile crisis in bipartisan way, making sure that Re- dle East. And what is happening right order to steel ourselves for the strug- publicans who do want to be a part of now, the Republican Congress is voting gles ahead. President Kennedy pointed this new direction can definitely par- to invest in the Middle East versus the out that America does not keep its ticipate in that process if it is within Midwest. word only when it is easy. America the spirit of making sure that we have Making sure that health care is af- does not keep its word only when it is real security here, here in the United fordable for every American. I think easy. And while the price of freedom is States as it relates to implementing that is very, very important. Some always high, Americans have always the 9/11 Commission recommendations. people may say, well, Congressman, paid it. you are talking about individuals. We 1915 I am convinced that if we learn from b are not talking about individuals. We the lessons of histories and from the Also, making sure that we have bet- are talking about small business hav- successes of individuals like President ter pay for jobs that American workers ing an opportunity to provide health Kennedy, from his commitment to de- carry out day in and day out. The min- care for their employees. We are talk- fending this Nation, to the expansion imum wage has not been increased ing about companies as big as Ford of liberty, we ourselves will see the day through this Congress and through the having a plan to lay off or a plan to where both Cuba and Venezuela and White House since 1997. It is very un- have early retirement for many of the people of Iran are free. fortunate that we do have some Mem- their employees, mainly because of Mr. WAMP. I thank the gentleman, bers on the other side of the aisle that health care costs, of what it is costing and in closing, let me say this. I am are willing to vote for pay increases to big companies here in the U.S. and not the most partisan person here at Members of Congress, including Sen- small companies as they go to provide all. As a matter of fact, I don’t think ators, but not pay increases or a min- opportunities for their workers. either party has an exclusive on integ- imum wage increase for the American And looking at the issue of balancing rity or ideas. I grew up a Democrat, people, which we have said on this side the budget, I think that is very, very and now I’m a Republican. of the aisle that one of the first actions important as relates to bringing this Argue with us about the role of the of the Congress, of the Democratic out-of-control spending and borrowing Federal Government in education and Congress, would be to make sure that Congress. The Republican majority has whether it is best at the local level, the we move the minimum wage to $7.25. borrowed more money from foreign na- State level or Federal level. Argue Making sure that we deal with the tions in 4 years than in the history of with us whether the health care system cost of the increased college tuition this country. No other time, 224 years should be turned over to the govern- that has been brought about through prior to this Republican administra- ment or private. this rubber-stamp Republican major- But don’t argue with us whether we tion that we have now and the rubber- ity. We are willing to reverse that and are fighting these threats of global stamp Republican majority that we make sure that we give tax deductions jihadism and whether we unite any- have here in the House, no other time to those that want to educate them- more at the water’s edge in defense of in the history of the country, this is selves and those family members who liberty. Don’t argue with us on that. not our numbers, these are the num- want to assist in that process, making Join us. Be patriotic and honor the sac- bers of the U.S. Department of Treas- sure that we expand Pell Grants. A lot rifice and the legacy of the Greatest ury, that we see that kind of activity of promises were made right up here at Generation. taking place. this podium just below your podium We are the only party, Mr. Speaker, f there, Mr. Speaker, the President made I must add here, in this House that has THE NEW DIRECTION FOR as it relates to the expansion of Pell actually balanced the budget. Other AMERICA Grants, and that has not happened. It people can talk about it. We have actu- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. has decreased in many ways. ally done it. If there was a job inter- REICHERT). Under the Speaker’s an- Energy independence. It is important view, and the Republican Conference nounced policy of January 4, 2005, the that we do this. Just today I was versus Democratic Caucus and individ- gentleman from Florida (Mr. MEEK) is watching the evening news talk about uals talk about balancing the budget, recognized for 60 minutes. how some billionaires in other parts of the qualifications are clear that here Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it the world and here have invested in an on this side of the aisle, without one is an honor to address the House once initiative of the Clinton Foundation as Republican vote, I do not like to say again. I would like to thank the Demo- it relates to making us energy inde- that, but without one Republican vote, cratic leadership for allowing us to pendent. Some $10 billion of the presi- that we balanced the budget. It is what have this hour, the 30-something Work- dent and CEO of Virgin Airlines has it is. It is history, and it could be the ing Group. We come to the floor for the put in over the next 4 or 5 years to future as it relates to this House if al- second time tonight to share the new make sure we can look for alternative lowed to lead this House by the Amer- direction for America. fuels. These are private citizens that ican people. There is great reason to promote a are now stepping up to try to look for Also, when we look at the Social Se- new direction for America, especially alternative fuels because they have curity, we talked about this in our last as it relates to our actions near the seen what it has done to the United hour. There are a number of Repub- U.S. House of Representatives. States of America. licans and also the President has just I don’t want to take any great deal of Since the Congress does not want to said if he gets the kind of rubber-stamp responsibility for what is said or what rein in big oil companies and wants to Congress he has right now, he is going is done in the White House, because I have a special relationship with big oil to continue to celebrate in moving to- am a Member of Congress, and Article companies where they receive more wards the area of privatization, I, section 1 authorizes us to take legis- subsidies than they will ever receive in privatizing Social Security. That is not lative action. Also within our rules and the history of the Republic, and also what I am saying. That is what the the spirit of our rules is to have a level higher profits and the highest profits President has said. So I think it is im- of oversight and also investigative that they have ever experienced in the portant for people to understand that. powers here in the House. history of the world, leave alone the On this side of the aisle, there was There are a number of things that United States of America, and still about 1,000 town hall meetings that are taking place in our country that there is no legislation that is really took place in districts throughout the

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Meanwhile, When you look at the cuts that are concerned about Social Security not while the police officer and the first re- going on here at home, when you look only for seniors, but also making sure sponder, Mr. Speaker, I must say that at the lack of investment here at that we have survivor benefits for I was once a upon a time in life as a home, we can all say that what value those that have passed. They had paid State trooper. Goodness, we had are we getting from this investment into Social Security so that their fam- enough to deal with not only enforcing into Iraq, which are in the middle of a ily members would be able to educate the laws of the State of Florida and civil war? We have ethnic groups fight- themselves, and those individuals that local ordinances there, but at the same ing with each other, with the United were on the job and all of the sudden time now I have got to become a border States in the middle. The number of were injured on the job, regardless of agent because the Republican Congress terrorists are going up. The number of what the benefits of the job, Social Se- decided to shortchange me, but allow incidents in regards to American sol- curity was there to give a little bit to- these big companies to run away with diers and international forces and Iraqi wards making their lives somewhat liv- the lack of oversight. troops there, all going up. able. The headlines of the Department of This is not getting better, it is get- And through the privatization Homeland Security is not today, Mr. ting worse, and we have some 84 or 85 scheme that Republican majority, rub- Speaker, about how secure in America. former members of the national secu- ber stamp, along with the President of It is about how someone ran off with a rity saying that we are losing the war the United States, who flew all around contract, how we overspent as it rein Iraq. We are certainly not winning the country and tried to sell, and the lates to Katrina contracts, how we con- it. It is time for us to reevaluate, and American people still said no, taking tinue to have overspending and lack of EEK and myself and Mr. us through that process all over again I think Mr. M versus trying to balance the budget accountability in the war in Iraq. MURTHA and Mr. SKELTON and the All of these issues, the cost overruns, and go back to the years when the members of the Armed Services Com- I went over to the Department of De- Democrats were in control. We actu- mittee are saying let us have some fense. There is a lot of stuff over there, ally balanced the budget, and we saw oversight. Let us have real hearings, but I am saying cost overruns and the surpluses as far as the eye can see and because how can you have the Sec- lack of oversight as it relates to the a healthy future for the Social Secu- retary of Defense, who is in charge of Department of Homeland Security, and rity Trust Fund. That is not Demo- this whole operation, still be in place, I am a member of the committee, try- cratic talk. That is American talk. And failure after failure, bad intelligence, guess what? It is action, and it was ac- ing to bring about change, but guess bad information, lack of a plan, and at tion. what? I am in the minority. The only the end of the day, you may be able to What we are hearing now is a lot of thing I can change here is that the accept all that, but 2 weeks ago, about we want to cut it in half, we think we Members, I am almost done, Mr. a week and a half, 2 weeks ago, when it are going to cut the budget in half, we Speaker, in trying to encourage the all came out that the Secretary of De- believe that we are going to do the bet- Republican majority to see the light, fense was quoted as saying that he ter job versus the other person. I mean, like the 9/11 Commission and first re- would fire, Mr. Speaker, the next per- you can talk about the issues. sponders throughout this country have son who asked him when are we going You want to talk about border secu- seen the light and survivors of 9/11 fam- to come up with a postwar plan, when rity, Mr. Speaker, Republican major- ilies have seen the light, of saying just are we going to come up with a postwar ity, we can talk about it. They said the do what we have laid out, the work plan. And one of the main provisions American people are fed up. Well, how product from the 9/11 Commission. for going to war is how are we going to did they get fed up? And how do we get Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, if get in, what is the strategy, and the to the point that they got up to 80 or the gentleman would yield, this is what most important question, how are we 90 percent of some of the things I heard it comes down to here. Here is the war going to get out. here on this floor today; how did they in Iraq costs, okay? So when you are This Secretary of Defense said he get there? talking about whether it is homeland does not have a plan to get out, and the I guess some members of the Repub- security, whether it is the cargo or next person that asks him in his inner lican majority come and say, well, it is whether it is the planes, whether it is circle about having a plan, they are the Democrats’ fault. We are in the mi- the first responders, whether it is the going to be fired. Now, that is not lead- nority. We do not have the power to kind of technology that we need, all of ership. bring legislation to the floor, to be able these other issues, here are the costs, Then we get caught in these situa- to have real border security, because if Mr. Speaker: $8.4 billion per month we tions, and we have, it is like if some- we had the power, Mr. Speaker, when are spending in Iraq; $1.9 billion per thing is going wrong, we have to get a the 9/11 Commission report and rec- week in Iraq; $275 million per day; and new banner we put out and a new slo- ommendations were sent to this House $11.5 million per hour. gan that we put out and mission ac- and to this Congress and to this White So when you are looking at what we complished. That is unfair to the House, we would have 6,000-plus more need to spend on and what the costs are American people. border agents right now on the border. here, whether you are a Democrat or We would have a real strategy. Maybe you are a Republican, Mr. Speaker, we b 1930 we would save $429 million that was can agree that this money that has Because the lack of oversight, the wasted in monitoring the border in been spent to the tune of $400 billion, lack of review, the lack of account. cost overruns and scandals that the in- and when you look at the projection And it is amazing to see how poorly spector general, Department of Home- for war spending in Iraq over the next this has been executed and no one has land Security, has identified. I am few years, when you look at what we been fired. Nobody has been fired. talking fact, not fiction. Maybe, just are going to spend and you look at the And so we call upon the Republican maybe, the new plan that has just been situation that we are in while we are in Congress to execute their constitu- released to a U.S. company for $2.5 bil- Iraq right now, we are in the middle of tional obligations, Article I, section 1 lion would have the oversight that a civil war. So we are basically dump- of the Constitution that creates this they have and also have agents that ing good money after bad, getting mis- body we think needs to provide the can respond to monitoring our borders. information from the administration. kind of oversight. And it is not a coin- I mean, we are understaffed as it re- Here are the projected costs for the cidence. No one can be appointed to lates to law enforcement on the border. growing cost in Iraq in billions of dol- this body. You have to run. You have Meanwhile, the Republican Congress lars, and we see in the blue over there to be directly elected to this body. If wants to do everything that they have about $318 billion, getting close to $400 something happens to a Senator, they

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All those billions of dollars. didn’t go in the back and print this up. take place and when all these kinds of And when you compare those costs to He says it right here. And I think, Mr. things take place where people thought what we could spend that money on Speaker, that it is important that we that they were going to have some- here in the United States, it is baffling, identify those issues and that we bring thing and they don’t necessarily have it is mind-boggling. it to the floor and we also share with it the way they thought they were Mr. MEEK mentioned the Homeland the American people. going to have it, one thing that they Security Department, $33 billion for a I guarantee you, there is not one can count on, Mr. Speaker, and that is year. That could be paid for, our home- Member of the Republican conference Social Security. One thing that they land security budget could be paid for that is going home that is having a can count on. with 4 months of spending in Iraq. How town hall meeting, because very few So when we start talking about about equipping commercial airlines took place, as it relates to the privat- privatizing Social Security, there were with the proper defenses against shoul- ization of Social Security, since it was going to be some very happy special in- der-fired missiles? $10 billion. That so unpopular. I guarantee you, while terest folk that for Medicare thought could be paid for by 5 weeks in Iraq. we all go back to our districts and ask that they were going to be able to bank And on and on and on. our constituents for their vote and for in on the sweat and sacrifice of Amer- Now, a lot of our cities, I represent their vote of confidence, that nowhere ican workers and taking that Social Youngstown, Ohio; Akron, Ohio; War- in campaign literature that may be Security benefit and put it into some ren, Ohio. A lot of the issues we face printed are we saying, I support the sort of stock exchange scheme, and to say that, oh, we are going to let every- back home are the issues of cops and President in privatizing Social Secu- one have their own students. And they making sure we have police on the rity. beat. And a lot of these local commu- Well, you know why that is not the really went after young people. And I want to commend a number of nities, very poor, they don’t have the case, Mr. Speaker? It is because it is so people that need to be: Rock the Vote, necessary resources, Mr. MEEK, to fund unpopular, because the only people and different coalitions that were out the police and fire. There are always that have a guaranteed benefit in a So- there that worked so very, very hard. levies going on the ballot getting shot cial Security privatization plan is Wall And the 30-something Working Group, down. We could double the COPS pro- Street, over $535-plus billion. I believe Mr. Speaker, we came to this floor gram which provides community polic- the GAO just came out with a report night after night and day after day recently. And also I stand here, Mr. ing grants. We could double the COPS commending those organizations, as we program, $1.4 billion a year with 5 days Speaker, I mean, we come to the floor moved down the line. The AARP and a in Iraq. to do business. We don’t come to the number of other groups were out there So you want to talk about homeland floor to play around and whatever, against this. security? You want to talk about mak- picking things out of the sky saying And, now, for the President, after ing our neighborhoods safe? Just a few that we believe or are using fiction and being defeated by the American people weeks in Iraq, we could be able to fund all. Here is something right here. Mem- and by the Democratic minority, I this program. bers can go on WWW.house.gov/ must add, here in this House, by de- Mr. MEEK of Florida. Thank you, waysandmeans—democrats where you feating the Republican majority that Mr. RYAN. The COPS program is some- can get this report here of ‘‘Social Se- was willing to walk in lock step and thing that the Association of Police curity Privatization, A Continuing rubber-stamping what this Republican Chiefs wants; it is what the Associa- Threat.’’ And it quotes the Govern- President, and regardless if it is a Re- tion of Sheriffs wants. It is something mental Accountability Office and what publican or Democratic President, that local communities, Mr. Speaker, they found. And here is a copy of the there is something fundamentally they want it. The cops support commu- GAO report, just a summary right here, wrong when you have a President that nity-oriented policing support from the just some points, confirming that the can say yes in the Oval Office. And U.S. Congress. impact of the Bush plan would result in that the U.S. Congress, forget about Now, if 20 percent or 10 percent of a benefit cut. And I think it is very, Article I, section 1 of the U.S. Con- that funding is in place, it would be very important that people understand stitution, forget about what is here. shocking, and it is not there. As a mat- that and that you understand that ben- The President can say, yeah, we can ter of fact, in many areas it has been efits will be cut. do it. Just like Vice President CHENEY zeroed out. And so this is where people We had some folks here on this floor, and his aides had the conversation with get an opportunity to see its govern- Mr. Speaker, it happened in 109th Con- Big Oil executives in the White House ment at work: bike patrols, preventing gress, all of us here in this Chamber who cut a deal on energy in 2001, gave crime before it happens. I think it is right now. And those Members in their them a head nod there in the White very, very important. offices know full well that people came House, and then came to Capitol Hill Mr. RYAN, because we believe in here to the floor and said, you will not and got exactly what they wanted that third-party validators in the 30-some- experience a benefit cut. then turned around in record-breaking thing Working Group, I just wanted to It is not about the special interests profits, oil companies. Here it is right take out the Washington Times, by no getting what they want, Mr. Speaker. here, Mr. Speaker. Like I said, we come stretch of the imagination the liberal It is about the American people getting to the floor to carry out business on paper, because as the Republican ma- what they need and what they deserve. behalf of the American people. We jority always talks about, you know, Because special interests is not paying don’t come here, somebody hand us a when I was in Florida, they had this into Social Security, when you look at sheet and say you start reading this, caucus called the Freedom Caucus, and what the average American has to pay this is what we want you to read. they wanted to be conservatives. into Social Security. And then we are Look at these profits. A meeting hap- But I just wanted to say that I think going to privatize it so that others can pens in the White House. I know I have it is important that we bring third- benefit off of social security benefits my article here somewhere, and I will party validators, not just fiction, but for the American people? pick up the article on the back end of third-party validators. The Washington If you drive an F–10 or you drive a this chart. It happens in 2001. In 2002, Times. It is an article, I guess Members flex vehicle, this is your issue. If you $34 billion in profits for Big Oil compa- can go online, July 9 of 2006. I take this are an American worker and you got nies. 2003, $59 billion. 2004, $84 billion in stuff and I read it, and I make sure injured on the job and you are on dis- profits. Record-breaking. 2005, $113 bil- that we get it to be able to bring out in ability, this is your issue. If you are a lion in profits, and climbing, Mr. such a time as this. retired American or coming close to re- Speaker.

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The ple at the same time these profits were just put ‘‘cannot use your Mobil credit first day of Congress we will pass the 9/ taking place were paying through the card’’ and leave that ‘‘non-Mobil prod- 11 Commission recommendations and nose, and still in my opinion paying uct’’ off, then someone may say, well, make America safer. through the nose, for overpriced fuel that is a little bit too unfair. But I We will make our economy fairer, and for overpriced gas here in the think it is important as we look at and we will begin by passing the min- United States, need it be heating oil, this, if you can walk into a Mobil sta- imum wage. We can do it next week. need it be diesel or what have you. And tion and buy a bag of chips or a carton The bill is in the hopper. To make our the American public is paying for this of cigarettes or 10 gallons of milk with economy fair, we can pass the min- because now trucking companies have your Mobil credit card, which you can imum wage, and certainly not have a fuel surcharge on it, and so not only do, then why can’t you buy E–85, an al- Congress have any increase in its sal- are you paying at the pump, you are ternative fuel that is going to help us ary until there is an increase and un- paying at the grocery store and you are continue to invest in the Midwest less there is an increase in the min- paying at the department stores. versus the Middle East and help us to- imum wage. Again, third-party validator, and I wards energy independence? Mr. RYAN. We can also remove the incentives am going to yield over to Mr. RYAN Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I want to thank for companies to send jobs overseas. here in a minute, is the fact that we Mr. MEEK. Imagine taxpayers are giving incen- have the White House documents. Here There is no question about it, Mr. tives for companies to send job over- is a Washington Post story, 2005, No- MEEK. And whether you are dealing seas. We will end that. We will make colleges more afford- vember 16, front-page article. This is with the environment, whether you are able. It is important to broaden the op- the kind of stuff you save, Mr. Speaker. dealing with the oil industry, the en- portunity for a college education, and You don’t like, oh, read it and then put ergy industry, whether you are talking we will begin by making college tui- it somewhere off to the side in the re- about the pharmaceutical industry, tion tax deductible and cutting in half cycling bin and let it go. You keep this you have got it. And I think Mr. Ging- the interest on student loans. because you want to remind your col- rich has said it best. We will make health care more af- leagues on the other side of the aisle And we are joined with a guest here, fordable, and we will begin by allowing that you know exactly what they are a special guest for the 30-somethings. the government to negotiate for lower doing to the American people: And I just want to share, Madam Lead- prices for prescription drugs. ‘‘White House documents shows that er, real briefly, on July 13 what even And we will promote stem cell re- executives from Big Oil companies met Newt Gingrich is saying, the third- search. That is better for a healthy with Vice President CHENEY’s Energy party validator, Mr. Speaker, about America. Task Force in 2001,’’ it goes back to the lack of leadership here in the United We will move towards energy inde- chart that I just identified here, States Congress. pendence that our colleagues were ‘‘something long suspected by environ- b 1945 talking about here. We will begin by mentalists but denied as recently as repealing the subsidies that have been He said, ‘‘When facing a crisis at last week by industry executives testi- given to big oil and big energy compa- home and abroad, it is important to fying before Congress.’’ nies, and instead use that $18 billion That is okay if the Congress doesn’t have an informed independent legisla- for research in alternative energy re- want to hold their feet to the fire and tive branch,’’ created by Article I, sec- sources. hold them in contempt, but folks tion 1 of the Constitution, ‘‘coming to Every day that we are here, we will thought they were going to jail. And grips with this reality and not sitting work for a dignified retirement by pre- these are our constituents that are around waiting for Presidential leader- serving Social Security, protecting paying through the nose. Meanwhile, ship.’’ pensions and encouraging savings for we are letting them out the door. It is time for this body to step up and America’s seniors. This we will do The document obtained by The Wash- start leading. And with that I yield to within the first 100 hours of a new Con- ington Post shows that officials from our fearless leader, Ms. PELOSI from gress, given the opportunity. But we ExxonMobil Corp., also Shell Oil Com- California. could do it now even before Congress pany, BP of America met in the White Ms. PELOSI. I thank the gentleman leaves. Instead, we have a do-nothing, House complex with Cheney aides who for yielding. I thank you, Mr. RYAN of rubber-stamp Congress. were developing national energy pol- Ohio, Mr. MEEK from Florida and Ms. I see the rubber stamp here. Here we icy, parts of which became law, parts WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, the cochairs of are just a few days from the end of the that are still being debated here in our 30-something Working Group, for fiscal year, and this Congress has still Congress. the boundless energy that you have ex- not passed the budget for this fiscal Mr. Speaker, I rest my case. I don’t pended, the tremendous intellect and year. How could it be, a week before need to come up with any slick slo- the great commitment to a new direc- the end of the fiscal year, and this do- gans. I don’t need to talk to anyone tion and a better future. nothing Congress has not even passed about what will sound good on the Our 30-something Working Group has the budget? floor. I don’t need to do that. I can been an inspiration to Congress and In addition, we have a crying need in walk through these Halls of Congress invigoration to us all, and I join as a our country for comprehensive, bipar- with great confidence. I sleep well at mother of 30-somethings, and in thank- tisan immigration reform. We cer- night because I know we are here saying you for what you have done. tainly are not moving in any direction ing we are willing to put this country It is appropriate that the 30-some- to make that possible. in a new direction, we are willing to thing Group is advocating advancing in The list goes on. We haven’t finished deal with real energy-efficient ways of a new direction because this new direc- our appropriations bills. We shouldn’t dealing with fuel and alternative fuels. tion is absolutely essential for young leave here until we have an increase in Last point, Mr. RYAN. This is what people in our country. Our 30-some- the minimum wage. happens when you have a rubber-stamp things are committed to a better fu- But when we return, and hopefully Congress and special interests that ture for all Americans. So is our new with a verdict from the American peo- reach right into the legislative process direction, a new direction for all Amer- ple, we will get about the people’s busi- here, or the lack thereof. Here is icans, not just the privileged few. ness, the issues that are relevant to the ExxonMobil. I didn’t do this; this is We can begin with our Six for ‘06, to lives of the American people, their what they have done. make America safer. We will begin by jobs, their health care, their economic You have the regular, special, super passing the 9/11 Commission rec- security, the health care for their fami- plus. You have got a couple of prices ommendations. We have just observed lies, the education of their children,

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You definitely cement what we much laid it out as relates to the integrity, to sever the link between have been talking about for 3 years on Democratic plan, put this country in a special interests and legislation so that this floor. new direction and have real security. we are here for the people’s interest in- Mr. Speaker, we had it from the top Forget about the first 100 days, like a stead. With civility, with bipartisan person. If we have an opportunity to lot of politicians like to talk about; the administration of the House so that lead this House, and we sure hope that first 100 hours of a Democratic Con- every voice in the country is heard, not we will have that opportunity, you gress and all of the things that she only the voices of those who happen to heard it from the person who will drive identified. have their Member be in the majority; the agenda and make sure that we are I am willing to yield to Mr. RYAN, and we will do it with fiscal discipline. able to do what we have to do. and we can close out, and then we can No more deficit spending. Pay as you Leader, I want to thank you for hav- move on from this point. I don’t think go, audit the books, account for the ing confidence in those of us who are that we can add any more this evening money to the American people. young Members here in this House to to what the leader has already said. All of this is possible because of the be able to carry the message, to carry A lot of times we can talk about energy and enthusiasm of our 30-some- the fight to stop Social Security from what the leadership said they would do, things, Mr. RYAN, Mr. MEEK, and Ms. being privatized. We have an article in but when you have the leader of our DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, and all of the Washington Times that talks about caucus, the leader of the House Demo- the other 30-something members who the fact that if the Republican major- crats, hopefully the future Speaker of have participated here on the floor of ity is back after the elections, that the this House of Representatives, she has the House and throughout the country President feels that he has the support said on the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, not to talk about a new direction. here in the House to privatize Social for the first time, second time, third The American people are an opti- Security, and they may very well do it. time or fourth time, but tonight of I want to thank you for allowing us mistic, confident, hopeful lot, and we what we would do if given the oppor- to come to this floor and share with build on that spirit, American spirit, as tunity. we go forth with an optimism into the Members our plans and alter- Mr. RYAN of Ohio. I thank the gen- these elections, an optimism about a natives, and make sure that they know tleman, and I want to thank the leader better future. We owe it to our troops full well that we are ready to move in again because I think you are exactly who work to protect us. We owe it to a new direction. right. This is in the CONGRESSIONAL our Founders and the vision they had One thing that I mention all the RECORD. This is not a campaign prom- for America, and we owe it to our chil- time, and you mentioned in your comments, bipartisanship can only be al- ise on the stump somewhere across dren. America. This is right here with the With that, I yield back with all of the lowed if the majority allows it. I per- stenographer taking down the words compliments in the world to these two sonally appreciate as a Member who and making sure this is recorded for distinguished gentlemen for bringing has spent 8 years in the State legisla- posterity. the idea of a rubber-stamp Congress to ture and has worked in the Florida I think the reason this is possible, the floor here. It is a fact of life on the Senate in a bipartisan way, a lot can be Mr. MEEK, the reason that this first 100 floor of Congress, and they are pointing accomplished on then the State and hours is possible and why it will hap- that out to the American people, but now this country. And I know if we are pen, is because our leadership has gone not without a spirit of optimism about allowed to lead with that philosophy, to great lengths over the past couple of change. Change is necessary, change is America’s agenda will move forward. years to unify our caucus. Never before possible, and it will happen because of Like the leader said, the American has the Democratic Caucus been more the leadership of the Congressman TIM people are far ahead of us. We are try- unified in support of basic legislative RYAN and Congressman KENDRICK ing to catch up with them. We are say- initiatives which we can actually move MEEK. Thank you so much. ing that we have the will and the desire Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Thank you so to do so. Thank you for coming here. on. much. It is an honor to have you down Ms. PELOSI. I thank you again for What has happened for years and here with us. We come here a lot, and your leadership in the fight to preserve years is we tend to always talk about to be graced with your presence, I Social Security, to stop the privatiza- what divides us. We come down here think it is important what the leader tion, to stop the raid on the trust fund, and we are critical of the administra- said about what we can do not within and to stop the reduction in benefits. tion, but what we want to do as leaders the first 100 days, but within the first Without the participation of the 30- is figure out what can unite us. Ms. 100 hours. They are some very basic, somethings, we would not have been as PELOSI has done that not only in this simple steps. successful as we were. caucus, but also with the Senate, also We talk about just the average per- But the threat still looms. The Presi- working with HARRY REID in the Sen- son, what changes will happen in their dent and the leadership of this House ate and their leadership for a new di- own lives if their student loan rates are talks about it, and the leadership of rection for this country. So it is very cut in half and the minimum wage is the Republican Party nationally talks important. raised within the first 100 hours. That about it, and the President’s staff also I was corrected by a good friend of is a significant impact on people talks about it. This is something that mine, Mr. MACK from Florida, about around the country. is an ongoing fight. With you in the the ability of someone to be appointed It is not that we are going to wave forefront, with you as a voice for your to this body. No Member can be ap- some magic wand, but we are going to generation, and as a voice for our coun- pointed, but the general membership do the people’s business. With the gen- try, that we will prevail. Thank you. can appoint a Speaker, and the Speak- tlewoman’s leadership, it is going to be Mr. MEEK of Florida. Thank you. er doesn’t necessarily have to be a an exciting time. Mr. RYAN, I look forward to con- Member of this body, so I am told. And Mr. Speaker, you see excitement tinuing, until the clock runs out on so someone can be appointed to this among Democrats about some alter- this Congress, to continue to come body to oversee it. natives. We have some challenges, but down to the floor to share with the Now, someone on the other side any time you challenge the American American people. should think about maybe looking at people, they seem to step up. I know Mr. Speaker, we can’t get any higher that and taking advantage of it. But I Ms. PELOSI will provide us with that than where we are right now as it re- know when we get elected and we take leadership. lates to the commitment and the will over this Congress, I know it is going Ms. PELOSI. I think the American and the desire to put America in a new to be Ms. PELOSI who is going to be our people are way ahead of this Congress, direction. Speaker.

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It was not that we went to anniversary date of its declaration, the what have you, I could be a million- the Democratic caucus and said, hey, President publishes in the Federal Reg- aire, but I am not. Let me just say this, let’s just come up with a number of ister and transmits to the Congress a and I didn’t stay in a Holiday Inn Ex- what we think should happen. We took notice stating that the emergency is to press last night, either. But let me just the bipartisan recommendation from continue in effect beyond the anniver- say this. As we continue on with the 30- the 9/11 Commission. sary date. In accordance with this pro- somethings coming to a close, as we So like I said, the leader has already vision, I have sent the enclosed notice wait on our Republican colleague to laid the foundation. The leader has to the Federal Register for publication, come get his or her next hour, I just come to the floor here in the p.m., a stating that the national emergency want to say that it is very, very impor- little bit before 8 p.m. eastern standard with respect to persons who commit, tant because this is very serious busi- time, to deliver the message on behalf threaten to commit, or support ter- ness. Sometimes here in the 30-some- of the Democrats in this House that rorism is to continue in effect beyond thing Working Group we spend a num- have the will and the desire to lead and September 23, 2006. The most recent no- ber of hours, I must say, Mr. Speaker, said what we would do in the first 100 tice continuing this emergency was a number of hours not only studying hours. published in the Federal Register on before we come to the floor, of sharp- So now that I know that our Repub- September 22, 2005 (70 FR 55703) . ening our tools and talking about what lican colleague is here now, Mr. RYAN, The crisis constituted by the grave we are going to do, how we are going to I know that you were going to give the acts of terrorism and threats of ter- do it, talk about the history of what we information out. rorism committed by foreign terror- have done in the past, and talking Mr. RYAN of Ohio. As you were talk- ists, including the terrorist attacks in about the legislation that is filed in ing, and we have all reviewed the Con- New York, in Pennsylvania, and this Congress. stitution, one of the things I found against the Pentagon of September 11, very interesting as I was reading this is b 2000 2001, and the continuing and immediate the very beginning, the ‘‘We the peo- threat of further attacks on United You heard Leader PELOSI. She said ple’’ paragraph. ‘‘ . . . in order to form States nationals or the United States we have a minimum wage increase for a more perfect union, establish justice, that led to the declaration of a na- the American workers at $7.25 already insure domestic tranquility,’’ and then tional emergency on September 23, filed. It is not some saying, well, if we this last little phrase here hit me: 2001, has not been resolved. These ac- could or we are dreaming of a piece of ‘‘provide for the common defense and tions pose a continuing unusual and ex- legislation. It is already there. So when promote the general welfare.’’ The gen- traordinary threat to the national se- we talk about the first 100 hours to the eral welfare. Not the special interest curity, foreign policy, and economy of Republican majority and to the Amer- groups, not the oil companies, not the the United States. For these reasons, I ican people, this is not something that energy companies, not the pharma- have determined that it is necessary to we have to say, well, wait one second, ceutical companies, but the general continue the national emergency de- wait one minute, we have to draw up welfare, Mr. Speaker. clared with respect to persons who some plans. They are already there. And that is what we are here to do is commit, threaten to commit, or sup- They are already there because the provide for the general welfare. And I port terrorism, and maintain in force American people have said that they think next year in January, when we the comprehensive sanctions to repond want it, overwhelmingly. agree as a caucus to elect a Member of to this threat. And at the same time we talk about this Chamber, an elected Member in GEORGE W. BUSH. real security and securing America. It Ms. PELOSI, we can move in that direc- THE WHITE HOUSE, September 21, 2006. is not something where we are going to tion, our constitutional obligation to f come up with some plan or some gim- provide for the general welfare. mick. It is already there. Taking the www.HouseDemocrats.gov/ THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THE recommendations, you heard the lead- 30something. All of the charts and the REPUBLICANS AND THE DEMO- er, in the first 100 hours, the Demo- rubber stamp and everything are on CRATS cratic majority, the 10 uninitiated 9/11 the Web site for people to access. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under recommendations that are vital to se- HouseDemocrats.gov/30something. the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- curing this country will be imple- Mr. MEEK of Florida. Mr. Speaker, uary 4, 2005, the gentleman from Iowa mented. we would like to thank the Democratic (Mr. KING) is recognized for 60 minutes. Like I said, as the ranking member of leadership for allowing us to have this Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I ap- the Oversight Subcommittee of the hour. We would also like to share with preciate the privilege to be recognized Homeland Security Committee here in not only the Members but the Amer- on the floor of the United States Con- this House, Mr. Speaker, I have seen ican people that it was an honor to ad- gress again and the opportunity to the schemes that have been brought dress the House this evening, sir. share some of my thoughts and hope- about, that we are going to monitor f fully enlighten some folks as they lis- the border and what have you. The ten in on our conversation here to- American people want something more CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL night, Mr. Speaker. than monitoring. They want to secure EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO But as I listen to the previous con- the border, whether it be south or PERSONS WHO COMMIT, THREAT- versation here on the floor, generally north. They want to secure it, not just EN TO COMMIT, OR SUPPORT that will help or redirect the things I monitor it. TERRORISM—MESSAGE FROM am about to say as I get down here, and So let’s just say, for instance, Mr. THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED perhaps I could just take a few of them Speaker, that this new $2.5 billion ini- STATES (H. DOC. NO. 109–135) from the bottom back towards the top. tiative to monitor the border actually The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. One of the things I would point out as works. And the reality, Mr. Speaker, is CAMPBELL of California) laid before the a distinction from my esteemed col- the fact that the President, years after House the following message from the leagues on the other side of the aisle, the 9/11 Commission report has been President of the United States; which and I especially appreciate their consent to the Congress and went to was read and, together with the accom- tinuing their dialogue here until such Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com and panying papers, without objection, re- time as I arrived, but one of the things folks have copies of it, two or three ferred to the Committee on Inter- that was repeated over and over again

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We know Social Security unless you want to just And nothing could be further from that the only way, with the propensity raise the rates. And if you want to the truth, Mr. Speaker. I would point for spending that comes from that side raise the rates, there is no sense in out that if this is a rubber-stamp Con- of the aisle, to balance the budget, doing it next year because it is some- gress, and, in fact, we should do it this would be if we raise taxes, raise taxes, thing that could be adjusted anytime way: when the President proposes an raise taxes. And then it only lasts for a along the way. agenda, a piece of legislation, a piece of little while until business activity be- But the truth is that there is a sur- policy, if we need to endorse a piece of gins to shrink, shrink, shrink; and at plus coming into Social Security right foreign policy, then we need to evalu- that point you could either make a de- now, and that Social Security trust ate that to the fullest extent that we cision on whether you want to cut fund is a little over $1.7 trillion, and can. We need to bring the collective taxes to stimulate the economy or that is an IOU from the government to brains together in this place, and we whether you want to continue to kill the government. They are actually need to have a vote in this Congress. the goose that lays the golden egg. bonds printed on cheap copy paper, no We do that. We do that, Mr. Speaker. Rubber-stamp Congress, Mr. Speak- more valuable than this piece of paper In fact, we initiate all spending here er? Rubber-stamp Congress? The Presi- right here, Mr. Speaker. And those in this House of Representatives. That dent wanted Social Security reform. He bonds are in a filing cabinet in Par- is according to the Constitution. The went out in the cities of America be- kersburg, West Virginia, keeping deliberation comes from here. When fore gathering after gathering, before track, stacking up, 3, 4, 5, $8 billion to the President has a budget request, he the media, everywhere he could and in- a bond, an IOU from the government to puts his budget together and offers it vested a tremendous amount of polit- the government. to the Congress. We evaluate that ical capital just in the aftermath of his And even when we use the resources budget. We produce our own. In the fantastic second inaugural address that from the year when this runs out, and time I have been here, we have not rub- took place here on the west portico of this surplus runs out in about 2017, ber-stamped the President’s budget. We the Capitol building. We left that ad- that is when the revenue stream goes have produced our own. And we have dress full of enthusiasm and optimism negative. When the revenue stream had some struggles with the President for the second term of President goes negative, we are going to have to on the things that we were not willing George W. Bush. find some money because that $1.7 tril- to fund and on some of the things that And the agenda that he drove was to lion is not money. It is IOUs from the he wanted to and vice versa. That is as reform Social Security, save it so it government to the government. It is it should be. We are to put our collec- doesn’t go bankrupt, save it so it can like writing yourself an IOU and then tive brains together and come to a be there for the next generations, and putting it in your pocket. Well, I am compromise conclusion so that we can preserve and protect and guarantee the going to cash that IOU in on myself in get appropriations passed out of here. sacred covenant we have with the sen- about 2017. That is not rubber stamp. That is ior citizens. We pledged that we will But even if that money were there, hard-fought due diligence done not just hold their benefits together, that we over the period of time from 2017 until in the Budget Committee that puts will not increase the funds that are 2042, that fund of $1.7 trillion, which some limits on our appropriations, but paid into that. We will not increase the will have grown substantially by then, done in every appropriations com- payroll tax. We will hold the benefits will diminish and reduce itself down to mittee within the limits of the author- together for the senior citizens, and zero by 2042, Mr. Speaker. izations that are done by the standing the President proposed an opportunity So the reform that is promised here committees, and in that process we are for young people to take a portion of tonight on the other side of the aisle carrying out our constitutional obliga- their payroll tax Social Security con- can only be, We will raise the rates and tion and doing due diligence, Mr. tribution and put that into a personal we will take it out of the pockets of Speaker. Not a rubber stamp. And if it retirement account, a limited retire- the working people. were a rubber stamp, the President’s ment account. Not a wild investment In fact, the working people of Amer- budget would get a rubber stamp. kind of a venture capital thing but a ica pay the highest percentage of their There wouldn’t be deliberations here, controlled kind of investment that the revenue into payroll tax of anybody in and he would get his way. Sometimes Federal employees all have access to as the country. We look at a regressive he gets his way; sometimes he does part of their pension program that tax, Social Security, Medicare and not. Sometimes the Congress holds they have. Tried, true, very popular Medicaid, but especially Social Secu- sway over the President. But it is far among Federal employees. Offer the rity is a regressive tax. It is .0765, 15.3 from a rubber stamp in that process. same thing to young people in America percent altogether for the payroll tax. Many of the initiatives that the and guaranteed to our seniors. The And that 15.3 percent, if you do that President has brought forward have President invested a tremendous calculation, and I do not have the num- been denied by this Congress. And, in amount of political capital and a log- ber in front of me, but it will be in the fact, the allegation that it is a rubber- ical, rational solution for Social Secu- area of for the first $10,000 you earn, stamp Congress fits right into the same rity. you will pay $1,500 in tax. breath as ‘‘the President wants to pri- And what happened, Mr. Speaker, vatize Social Security.’’ Well, there are was the other side of the aisle b 2015 two things wrong with that statement. demagogued the issue and over and That becomes a 15 percent tax on the The President has never stated that he over again stated, they want to pri- payroll of someone who is making only wanted to privatize Social Security vatize your Social Security. They want $10,000. And once you go up, that per- and neither has anyone in Congress to turn it over into the markets. They centage rate you hit the trigger, the who I know of. In fact, I would chal- want to dump it into Wall Street, and cap point, and then the percentage that lenge the minority to identify a public it is all going to blow up and the mar- you pay in a payroll tax goes down. statement by any Member of Congress kets will crash and everybody will be So this is a regressive tax that would that they wanted to privatize Social broke and live in poverty forever after. be increased in order to, I suppose, Security. That is the mantra. That is That was the demagoguery that Amer- keep a promise in the first 100 days the allegation. It is false. No one in ica was faced with, and that scared sen- that we would reform Social Security. this Republican majority has taken a ior citizens off their support that was But you are not told we are going to in- position to privatize Social Security. necessary to reform Social Security. crease your payroll tax on the poorest

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I drove down their roads. fits that our senior citizens have today, they cannot crack the 60 votes that is They only have 20,000 miles of hard- and the same kind of benefits that we necessary to beat the filibuster, the surfaced roads in Brazil. And their eth- guarantee to our people that are, say, cloture vote. anol production, as a percentage of the 50 and above all over the United States Who are the people over there ob- gallons burned on the roads, all of the today. structing legislation? The people that roads in Brazil, is only 15 percent; not We will keep that sacred covenant are in the minority in the Senate, just 100 percent, 15 percent. That is all, Mr. with our seniors. And I stand here and like the people that are in the minority Speaker. say this, Mr. Speaker, and I am con- here in the House of Representatives, If you take out of that mix the die- fident when I make this pledge, and I the ones who are obstructors, pointing sel-burning vehicles, the cars and the am confident that I represent perhaps their finger at the people that have trucks that are burning diesel fuel and the most senior congressional district been passing legislation and actively just get them down to the vehicles that in America. moving policy that is good for America are flex-fuel gas burners, ethanol burn- The State of Iowa has the highest and saying, you are do-nothing. ers, those cars that can conceivably be percentage of its population over the Well, if nothing gets finally accom- retrofitted to burn ethanol, then your age of 85 of all of the States in the plished and onto the President’s desk number becomes 37 percent of that is Union. And in the 99 counties in Iowa, for a signature, it is not because this ethanol, and the balance is gasoline. of those 99 counties, I represent 10 of House of Representatives did nothing. They have a blend. We burn a 10 per- the 12 most senior counties in Iowa. We In fact, it is not because the Repub- cent blend in Iowa. That is popular are healthy. We get fresh air. We work. lican leadership in the United States across the country. That is a standard We get exercise. And we live longer in Senate did nothing; it is because the ethanol mix. But the blend that they western Iowa than maybe anyplace else obstructors in the minority party on use is 25 percent. When we got down in America, for a congressional dis- each side of the aisle stepped in the there, they had just dropped the 25 per- trict. way, did everything they could to slow cent blend down to 20 percent because But out of that 10 of the 12 most sen- down the process, obfuscated the issue, Brazil did not have enough ethanol to ior counties in Iowa in the Fifth Con- demagogued the issue, and then said, meet the demands of their market- gressional District, and Iowa being per- you are do-nothing. place. So they burn more gas, less eth- haps the most senior State in the That would be like having somebody anol, did not have enough sugar cane, Union, I believe I represent the most dump sugar in your gas tank and then and were not able to produce enough senior congressional district in Amer- argue that you were not there on time ethanol, and we are considering going ica. when you went to go to work, blame down there to learn from them. When I stand here, Mr. Speaker, and you for something that they did. Mr. Speaker, I would submit the say, we will keep this sacred covenant Another case in point would be the United States of America produces a with our seniors, we will not raise the energy issue that was raised here. We lot more ethanol than Brazil does now rates on you, and we will not reduce are going to solve the energy problem or ever will. And we are in an aggres- the benefits, that is our pledge to you. in America is what was said. We have sive growth mode. It is such an aggres- You are the greatest generation. You been working to solve this energy prob- sive growth mode that now, in fact have carried the torch for us ever since lem in America. And, Mr. Speaker, and today, there is discussion in the hear- you cut your teeth on the Depression for the information of the minority ing in the Ag Committee about how we and fought and won World War II, car- leader in the United States Congress, I are going to have enough grain left ried us through the victory in the Cold will point out that we are producing over to feed our livestock if a huge per- War, and the transition into this time more renewable energy than any coun- centage of it goes to fuel production. when we will keep our pledge. try in the world today, right now, And I can tell you, Mr. Speaker, that The promise to reform Social Secu- today. in my congressional district there were rity in the face of that, I would be in- I have heard people on this side of producers there that for the first time, terested in the details of that plan, Mr. the aisle say we need to go to Brazil I will say the first time anywhere, the Speaker. and learn what they are doing with first time in history, owned shares that But a rubber-stamp Congress? Cannot ethanol down there, because we need to were invested in an ethanol production possibly be. That argument cannot sus- do what they are doing. Well, the prob- facility for corn, and a biodiesel pro- tain itself at the same time that you lem with that is two- or three- or ten- duction facility for biodiesel. And so demagogue the President’s need and fold, Mr. Speaker. And one of them is they had to make a decision do I plant leadership to reform Social Security. Brazil is producing ethanol out of more soybeans because I am likely to You demagogue that issue and then say sugar cane. We do not have a lot of get a better return off my shares in- you are a rubber stamp. If this had sugar cane here; we are not likely to vested in the biodiesel plant, soybeans been a rubber-stamp Congress, Mr. get a lot of sugar cane here. But we are go into that diesel, or do I plant more Speaker, the President would have by producing it out of corn. And we will corn because I am likely to realize now had Social Security reform. produce it out of cellulosic material more profit when my corn goes into my Most of us wanted to vote for it. We such as switchgrass, cornstalks, hay ethanol plant. did not have the 218 votes or we would grounds, you name it. What do I do? I have got, say, 1,000 have passed it, and it would no longer But to go down to Brazil to learn acres. How do I balance that all out? be an issue. But it was killed by the what they are doing with ethanol, Those questions were being asked by other side. And now they say rubber- when they are making it out of sugar producers when they put the crop in stamp Congress. The argument does cane, and they are making a lot of it the ground this spring for the first not hold up. If you cannot pass the with archaic equipment, when Brazil, time ever, and next year there will be President’s agenda, no matter how even though they burn far less ethanol hundreds more with the same happy hard you try, you are not a rubber- than we do, cannot produce enough to predicament, Mr. Speaker. stamp Congress. meet their own needs, and to repeat And the list goes on and on. And in And that is not the only thing, Mr. the argument that Brazil is a 100 per- the Fifth District where we are close to Speaker, but there are a series of cent, they are burning 100 percent eth- the number one ethanol producer in those. And then the argument that anol, it was not made here tonight, America, I believe we will be there by things would get done within 100 days, that I heard, Mr. Speaker, and I want the end of next year, there are at least does that include the Senate? We pass to clarify that, but I have heard that 14 ethanol production facilities that

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It is a Outer continental shelf drilling, we business transaction on that yet. But significant quantity of renewable fuels. know there is a minimum conservative there is a tremendous amount of in- Who is going to solve this energy investment of 406 trillion cubic feet of vestment going into ethanol produc- problem? The people that are here that natural gas offshore. We are trying to tion all throughout the Corn Belt. We have provided for the ethanol, bio- open up the legislation to get that started, actually Minnesota initiated diesel, the people that have passed leg- drilled. It is a narrow little transaction some very good policy that initiated islation that is going to provide for going on. We should do far more. home-grown engineering that has now better sitings and more sitings for the We should simply open up the whole grown into the region where I live, and refinery of crude oil that comes into thing and let development come in and into that region in Minnesota, north this country. And we cannot refine all start pumping that gas out, pump the central Iowa, western Iowa, and parts of our crude oil anymore because it has oil out, get it into this market, grow of South Dakota and Nebraska as well. been an environmentalist barrier that the size of the energy pie, provide more That home-grown engineering has has blocked the construction of oil re- and more Btus of energy from all been a real, real asset to the develop- fineries, and it has limited our ability sources, and then start apportioning ment of ethanol production. But we to process. So we find ourselves buying the percentages of those sources ac- produce far more ethanol in the United more gas, more diesel fuel on the mar- cording to whether they are a finite or States than they do in Brazil. We have ket rather than refining from crude oil a renewable source so that we can have more modern technology than they and keeping those jobs here in the a well-managed energy policy. have in Brazil. There will be over $1 United States. Mr. Speaker, I think we can get billion of capital investment in my Who stands in the way of that, Mr. there. We are moving down that path. congressional district this year alone Speaker? The people on this side of the But every time a person on that side of put on the ground for renewable energy aisle. The people that argue that, well, the aisle is elected to this Congress, production facilities, including wind you cannot have that oil refinery in there is a great risk, and the odds are chargers. my back yard, the NIMBY phobia. You they are going to vote with the green So there is a lot of progress being cannot have that oil drilling rig off- interests, whether they understand the made economically. But, Mr. Speaker, shore from my State. And so we have issue or not. That is why we have trou- there is also a lot of progress being this situation where we are growing ble with our energy policy. That is why made to provide this supply of ethanol, the renewable energies in the United this Congress can’t open up those en- and provide this supply of biodiesel States aggressively and dramatically, ergy fields. with the renewable fuels that take the and at the same time we are sitting on And do not be deluded for a minute, burden off of Middle Eastern oil and a tremendous amount of oil, a tremen- Mr. Speaker, into thinking that there give us more freedom, more autonomy, dous amount of natural gas, being is going to be an opening up of ANWR and make us less dependent on Middle blocked by environmentalist elements or the outer continental shelf if there Eastern oil. that you will find in that caucus in happens to be some people from the That is what is going on with energy huge numbers, in my conference in other side of the aisle that will get from the renewable energy perspective. very small numbers. their hands on a gavel. There be less of It is a dynamic time. I would add, also, But it is not the Republicans that are that kind of energy, not more. Energy that in the State of Iowa, if you add holding the energy development up in prices will go up. the counties that are in our neigh- the United States, it is the other party If you believe in the law of supply boring States, one county in Min- that is doing that, Mr. Speaker. We and demand, there would be under nesota, Illinois, I better say Minnesota, need to be drilling up there on the their scenario less supply. There would Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Nebraska, North Slope of Alaska. We did so suc- probably be then more demand, which South Dakota, that circle of our neigh- cessfully starting back in 1972. That means the price would go up on energy. boring States, just one county in, you has been an environmentally friendly They will not solve the energy prob- add that to the ethanol production fa- operation going on up there, and one of lem. We have offered the solutions cilities within the State of Iowa, and the measures would be that the caribou here, and we have had to squeeze them you are looking at about 61 ethanol herd in 1972 was 7,000 head, and now, as past them, and we are going to keep plants all together. Sixty-one. And of about 3 years ago, the last numbers doing that until such time as the they will probably all not get built. I have seen, that caribou herd is 28,000 American people send us more allies But if they do, they will be able to head. here to get this job done even better. process every kernel of corn that we Now, we could not have damaged the So, the idea of the energy situation is produce in the State of Iowa, which environment and had that kind of a something that I think that needs to causes us to have to make some adjust- growth in the caribou herd on the be explored. And if were a rubber stamp ments. Absolutely. North Slope. But if you go east to Congress, as the other side of the aisle Up until just a few days ago, all of ANWR, the same kind of topography, alleges, then we would be drilling in the biodiesel production in Iowa was in there just is not a native caribou herd. ANWR right now, we would be drilling the Fifth Congressional District, Mr. They do come in from Canada and have on the outer continental shelf right Speaker. And we are aggressively their calves there and go back again now, Mr. Speaker. We would have a sig- building out biodiesel production. That about the middle of June, the latter nificant supply of energy for the Amer- is going to go out to the limits of the part of June. But we can do even better ican people to consume. Oil wouldn’t Soybean Belt. there with the new technology that we have peaked out there above $75 a bar- Ethanol production is going to go to have. rel. Thankfully it is down now. the limit of the Corn Belt. And cel- What nation, what nation, especially I would like to tell you that I am lulosic is a few years away, but there is an energy-dependent nation, would sit going to take responsibility for the gas high, high hopes for what it can do here and refuse to tap into massive prices here over the last couple of with the potential for energy. supplies of crude oil that we know lay weeks. I don’t have any credit for Those things are happening. They are underneath the North Slope of Alaska, changing those prices in the last couple happening now. We provided the tax in ANWR, along the shore in the arctic of weeks. I would like to take credit for credits. We have put the structure in coastal plain? What nation would leave it, but I can’t. But I bought gas for place so that individual entrepreneurs that oil there and buy from the Middle $2.10 last weekend, Mr. Speaker, just could invest their capital, could put to- East and buy it from Hugo Chavez? The last weekend. $2.10. It was up over $3

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And it will continue to take toned down, then we are just left with the market. So when you raise the some of these kinds of operations in Af- the criminal violence that is there for price, you can buy a lot more oil, and ghanistan for a considerable length of the most part, and it needs to get a lot more oil gets explored. time. toned down to where it is manageable, Chevron found a tremendous find But while this is going on, NATO and at that point the police force takes down in the Gulf of Mexico, and it is troops are standing up, American over. one of the largest finds anywhere at troops are supporting them, and troops So the progress that is being made in any time. As that field gets developed, from other countries are coming in Afghanistan should give us good cheer. that will change the price of oil world- under the command of NATO. We are It should give us good optimism. It has wide and it will make it more available getting Afghanistan handed over more exceeded the expectations of this Con- to us here in the Western Hemisphere. to the coalition of international forces gress, and it is to the credit of our So I am looking forward to moving underneath a NATO banner. That is a President, it is to the credit of Sec- forward. We will solve every energy very good thing, Mr. Speaker, and it is retary of Defense Rumsfeld, the Joint problem here in the United States of a very positive transition that is tak- Chiefs of Staff, General Pace, General America. We have the ability to do ing place in Afghanistan. Myers, who has commanded this during that. We have the incentive to do that. We need to understand that when you that particular period of time, our We just need to get the people out of go into a country that has no tradition commanding officers, our intelligence, the way that don’t take a rational po- of a liberal democracy, no tradition of our logistics. Our troops on the ground, sition, but take a protectionist posi- being able to go to the polls and vote, our soldiers and Marines that have tion. select their national leaders, direct served so well and honorably, have I would challenge them, if we should their national destiny, they don’t have turned out a result in Afghanistan that be starved for energy, Mr. Speaker, I that tradition, they don’t have the ex- exceeded our expectations and con- would say to them if we should be perience, they don’t have the culture tinues to be promising. So, Afghani- starved for energy, then where do you that they can get to this place where stan is moving along at an optimistic stand on opening up ANWR so we can we are fortunate to be in this country rate. get that into the pipeline? Where do without some help and guidance, and In Iraq, Iraq, Mr. Speaker, has been a you stand on opening up the outer con- are glad for that help and guidance and little more difficult. In fact, signifi- tinental shelf? they are reacting towards it and they cantly more difficult, but far from I think we know, Mr. Speaker, be- have had a significant amount of sta- hopeless. Far, far from hopeless. cause the votes are on the board. We bility in Afghanistan that has flowed The allegation was made today that have had a number of votes on those from the liberation that took place in Iraq we are in a civil war. I have de- issues in here, and we know what hap- within a couple of months of the Sep- fined a civil war here on this floor be- pens. The other side of the aisle blocks tember 11 attacks here on the United fore Mr. Speaker, for the benefit of those agendas and they don’t produce a States. those who don’t think it through. constructive result. They simply say I consider it to be a very successful ‘‘we need to pass a law that says De- operation in Afghanistan. We need also For the benefit of those that want to troit has to make a car that gets 50 to keep in mind that there are ele- throw that term around without being miles to the gallon.’’ Then that fixes ments there that do cause violence. challenged on the validity or accuracy everything. One of them is just the tribal conflicts of their prediction, they say ‘‘civil Well, it just may not be possible to that have gone on there for century war’’ because I think secretly, well, not make a car that will haul my family after century. Those tribal conflicts in secret, a civil war in Iraq would that will get 50 miles to the gallon, so still exist. We would be deluding our- serve their political interests. I don’t to legislate that kind of efficiency is selves if we tried to convince ourselves know what they secretly wish for, but not a very good return on our legisla- that there are not going to be tribal a civil war in Iraq would serve the op- tive investment, Mr. Speaker. conflicts going on over the next decade position to this White House, to this So, a number of these promises will or half a century or maybe even a cen- majority, it serves their political inter- not be kept, and I am trusting the tury. It is hard for that to get all put est. So they come to this floor regu- American people won’t provide that op- away. larly and say civil war in Iraq, civil portunity, because they will under- So there are likely to be some flare- war in Iraq. stand that. ups that are just tribal conflicts in Af- It can’t be substantiated by fact. I But I would like to shift us over, if I ghanistan. That is the way it has been. have defined what a civil war would could, Mr. Speaker, to another field of That is the frictions that have been like look. It would be when the Iraqi interest, and that field of interest there for millennia, and that is the military, Kurds and Shi’as and Sunnis would be the Afghanistan and the Iraq frictions that are likely to be there at alike, put on the same uniform, strap theaters that are there. As we review least into the future of our lifetimes. on the same helmet, charge into the those circumstances, I have been re- So there will be violence that comes same combat situations together, freshed on the issues that are before us from tribal conflicts. guarding each other’s back, when those in Afghanistan and in Iraq. There will also be conflicts that come people that are defending the freedom Mr. Speaker, I can tell you that we from the temporary resurgence of cells and the safety and providing for the se- have exceeded the expectations in Af- of the Taliban. We are always able to curity in Iraq, the Iraqi military, that ghanistan for a long time. Yes, we have go into those areas and pacify those are now over 300,000 strong, when they conflict going on there now. There has areas, and the local people have been choose up sides and start shooting at been some resurgence of the Taliban in supportive of our troops and they are each other, that, Mr. Speaker, would be Afghanistan. supportive of the NATO troops. So that the definition of a civil war. We need to keep in mind also that is an issue that we will have to con- It is not a civil war. It is not likely these kind of conflicts are seasonal. tinue with. to be a civil war. But there is rising This is the seasonal push that wraps Then there is just plain simple crimi- sectarian violence that does threaten up, and by winter they go back into the nality that goes on. It goes on in any some stability in Iraq. It is also the vi- mountains and hole up again, it is too country in varying degrees, and at olence that comes from the insurgents, cold at the high altitudes, so there some point you get the rest the vio- from the terrorists, from al Qaeda. isn’t a lot of activity going on in the lence toned down, the Taliban violence, Those people are a smaller percentage.

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I will say that in that pyramid chain of command threat to us? Israel is the bulls-eye in this global that has to go out through that coun- I would ask, produce that list. Put war that is going on right now. They try. them up on the board so we do not have would like to annihilate Israel because As the days and weeks and months go to worry about them anymore, and we they see that as doable. They would by, more and more Iraqis are trained, do not have to send anyone in there or like to annihilate the United States be- more and more are performing well, be prepared with a military contin- cause they believe we are the antith- and more and more the Iraqi people are gency plan. We can simply turn our esis of their culture. I would submit starting to see that their future is with focus on to the place where the folks that it is not a culture they represent. a strong and prosperous and unified on the other side of the aisle allege we I would ask this question. In the last Iraq. ought to be putting it which I do not 700 years, Mr. Speaker, is there any- I want to give credit to a good idea, know where that is, Mr. Speaker. All I thing in that culture that is aligned Mr. Speaker, that came from the gen- know is they tell us where it is is not, against us, radical Islam, is there any tleman who has added so much to the and they contend Iraq was never a contribution that that civilization has fiscal discussion in America, Mr. Steve threat. made in the last 700 years that would Forbes. His idea was, and I have given In fact, today, in the aftermath of be a contribution in the area of math it some thought and it is intriguing to Hugo Chavez’s speech before the United or science or physics or chemistry, any me and I am inclined to be supportive Nations, Mr. Speaker, that nearly kind of medicine? Is there any kind of and ready to endorse such a concept, frothing at the mouth, radical, emo- contribution in the last 700 years, Mr. Mr. Speaker, but he suggests that all tional, unstable speech that was deliv- Speaker? I hope that there is someone the oil revenues in Iraq really belong ered by Hugo Chavez, the President of to the Iraqi people. that can come up with a contribution Venezuela on the floor of the United in 700 years from that civilization that A significant percentage of those rev- Nations, where he said things about enues need to go to the government of has declared war on us. I cannot find it. our President that were way beyond I asked Middle Eastern scholars to find Iraq in order to run the government the pale, and remarks that the junior it for me. They seem to be stumped as and fund the operations that go on senator from Iowa said, I can under- there. But to set aside a percentage of well, Mr. Speaker. stand where he is coming from. And so is it a civilization that we are that oil revenue and then divide that He said there were people by the at war with or is it a defunct civiliza- up among Iraqis, so much to each Iraqi thousands that lit a candle and tion, hardly a civilization at all, one citizen. He said if you did that in the marched in Tehran September 11 in fashion that Alaska does that with support of the United States and in that lashes out, one that worships their people, I believe he said that the sympathy with the United States for death, one that we could never under- annual check for being an Alaskan that being victimized on that day by those stand and should not try because it is comes from the oil revenue is about terrorist attacks and that all of the not rational? It is not rational from a $834 a year. Muslim world was on our side on that Western civilization viewpoint. No de- If that number, $834 a year, is some- day. This is the statement of the junior ductive reasoning approach will help us thing that provides for Alaskans to senator from Iowa, Mr. Speaker, but figure out the Middle Eastern, suicide have a stake in Alaska, can you imag- you know, it needs to have a different Jihadists, fascist mind. ine what a similar check like that clarification. But what we must do is change the would do for Iraqis to have a stake in There may have been people walking habitat for the people who believe that Iraq? The idea that if the oil flows out in the streets of Tehran that lit a can- their path to salvation is in killing us. of Iraq, prosperity flows in, you are not dle in solidarity with the United That culture has to change or this war cut out of that economic equation if States. I would expect they were the will not be over, and this price that has you are an Iraqi. If you register your- people that were the moderate Mus- been paid with nearly 3,000 lives on self as an Iraqi with an address, you lims, the ones who were well-educated, September 11 and nearly another 3,000 end up with a group of citizens from and they were working towards a fu- lives since that period of time in the Iraq that are on a certified voter reg- ture and they had a measure of free- theaters of Afghanistan and in Iraq, istration list, a list of people there, doms until the Ayatollah came in 1979. will continue to mount week by week, people who will live by their own iden- I imagine those people that were walk- month by month, year by year in a per- tification and have to because that ing with candles with solidarity to- petual conflict until such time as we check will find them if they are who wards the United States back in 2001, change the culture of the people who they say they are. September 11, were the very people believe their path to salvation is in It is an intriguing idea. It is an inter- that are our allies today. But the jun- killing us. esting idea, because it does unify and ior senator said we turned them all Mr. Speaker, it is not Islam. It is not move towards the unification of the into enemies and now we have polar- the Muslims that are the problem. Iraqi people. If they all have a vested ized and alienated the Muslim world They are the host upon which the para- interest in producing a lot of oil and against the United States. site Islamic fascist lives, and a parasite shipping that oil out of Iraq and those I would submit, Mr. Speaker, that a will attach itself to a host, which Is- royalty checks that would come in, more objective truth is the truth that lamic fascism does to Islam. It will come into the national coffers and be in almost every major Muslim city in feed off the host, which Islamic fascism distributed out to the Iraqi people, the world on September 11, when that does to Islam, and it will reproduce on they are going to be keeping their eyes hit the news, there were people dancing the host, which Islamic fascism does to out when somebody comes out to sabo- in the streets with glee because the Islam. Sometimes it attacks the host. tage a pipeline or an oil well or a refin- United States had suffered those blows Sometimes it drops off and attacks an- ery or a distribution terminal out in on that day. That is the reality of it. other species, goes through another the Gulf. They will protect their inter- They showed their true colors. In fact, cycle and attaches itself back to the ests, and they will all line up, I believe in some of the Muslim enclaves in the host again. then, against the people that are seek- United States, people took to the That is what is going on, and I am ing to destabilize Iraq. It is a good streets to celebrate, and in some of the asking the moderate Muslim world, idea, and it is an idea that I hope our mosques in the United States, the help us eradicate the parasite from President takes a look at and one that Imam preached about what kind of within your midst. That is the only can be discussed over in the Middle blow was landed on the United States way we can do it in a relatively pain- East. favorably. less fashion. It must happen because

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Testifying witnesses have also of ideas, and a year and a month ago, I Muslim cities in the world where rad- said that in the last fiscal year, the called for a fence on our southern bor- ical Islamists, the Islamic fascists, the border patrol intercepted 1,188,000 in an der. It was an opening round that was people who are at war with us, and it is attempt to come into the United designed to sell the idea, and the idea not that we made them enemies after States, just on our Mexican border. gained momentum although I was that period of time. It is not that going The year before it was 1,159,000 that criticized roundly for such a radical into Afghanistan or going into Iraq were arrested trying to come across statement, but the idea gained momen- made them enemies. They were our en- our Mexican border. tum, and 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days emies before then. They danced in the Now, to do that calculation, Mr. later, 114 days later, we passed the streets on the very day that the junior Speaker, if you take the 25 percent fence legislation off the House of Rep- senator from Iowa said there were folks number or someplace a little higher resentatives, 700 miles, double wall in Iran carrying candles, and I thank than that of interdiction that I gave, much of it in the most important stra- those people in Iran. I believe they that means more than 4 million people tegic locations, and leaves us open I be- were, but I believe they are still with attempted to cross our southern border lieve to continue to build more fence us. last year and the year before. When I on our southern border. Our enemies are still against us. go down and talk to the border patrol We can put a fence in. We can put That dynamic has not changed except agents and I say you are getting 25 per- this concrete wall in that I have de- for the habitat has changed in Afghani- cent enforcement on people that are signed that is behind me here, Mr. stan and changed in Iraq. No longer breaking into the United States, they Speaker, and we will do this, but the can either one of those locations be a say, no. The most consistent number reason that we need to build a wall on terrorist staging area, terrorist train- they give me is perhaps 10 percent, not the border, contrary to the position ing grounds or terrorist breeding 33 percent, not 25 percent, perhaps 10 that was taken by one of our esteemed grounds. That has changed because percent. newspapers today is because we have freedom has arrived in both of those lo- One officer who was an investigative an open border that is not even marked cations, even though we have got some officer and should have been in the po- for hundreds of miles. Anybody that work to do in Iraq. sition to know, when I posed the ques- wants to, you can walk, crawl, run or I would shift to another subject mat- tion to him and said do you stop 25 per- drive, occasionally fly, across that bor- ter, Mr. Speaker, and one that I think cent, he broke up in hysterical laugh- der is free to do so. We have not even is important to have a brief discussion ter, Mr. Speaker. He said, no, not 25 defined the border, and yet the force of on. We have taken some significant percent. I said how about 10 percent? 11,000 people a night, 4 million people a steeps here on the floor of this Con- Not 10 percent. About 3 to 5 percent is year, $65 billion worth of illegal drugs gress to resolve the biggest problem about all they stop. coming across that border and people that this United States has, and that So calculate these numbers out. The that want to get a job and for a better is, how are we going to provide na- population of the United States is life, I concede that point. tional security if we do not control our growing, Mr. Speaker, and it is growing The force of all of that together can- borders, if we do not enforce our immi- a number of ways. It is growing every not be stopped by putting border patrol gration laws, if we cannot bring tonight when 11,000 illegals pour across agents shoulder to shoulder on the bor- gether a solution that resolves this our southern border. der. We can do that. It would cost a lot issue. For the period of time it works like of money, and we have to have backup The statement was made over here this. Every 8 seconds, on average, an- people, but that is not the best and on the other side of the aisle that they other illegal comes into the United most economically viable solution. would provide a comprehensive immi- States. In that 8-second period of time, If we build a barrier, we can force all gration reform policy. Well, that com- what is that comparable to? Oh, a bull human traffic through the ports of prehensive immigration reform policy ride, if you do not get bucked off, is 8 entry. That is what I submit we do. I that they are talking about, Mr. seconds. Every, I think the number is would put a chain link fence down on Speaker, is the one the President pre- 7.6 seconds in America a baby is born. the border itself, and then I would put sented. It is the one the Senate has So every time a baby is born in Amer- the concrete wall in 100 feet. I would passed. It is the one the President had ica, an illegal jumps the border. Our design it this way. I would put wire on endorsed. It is the one the Democrats population is growing simultaneously. top, and that wall would be the struc- want to vote for, and do you know, Mr. Illegals in this column, newborn babies ture that would be too difficult to cut Speaker, if this had been a rubber in this column and that graphical num- through, pretty difficult to go dig stamp Congress, we would have com- ber is going up and up simultaneously under. It would have to be patrolled prehensive immigration reform. almost to, well, within the 3 to 4/10ths and have sensors, but I believe that But the truth is, this House of Rep- of a second. Every 8 seconds an illegal this 25 percent effectiveness that we resentatives has blocked the amnesty crosses the border, every 7.6 a baby is have today would turn into a 90 or 95 legislation that is proposed by the gen- born, and every time a bull rider gets percent effectiveness if it is managed, tlewoman from California, the es- on that bull, by the time you hear the maintained and controlled and has sen- teemed minority leader who spoke here bell, another illegal has jumped across sors put on it and cameras to back it on the floor within the last hour, and the border. up and we integrate our technology also by the President and also passed That is how intense this is. 11,000 along with our physical barrier, Mr. by the United States Senate. people a night, 4 million people a year, Speaker. That is amnesty, pure and simple. Al- and it goes on and on and on. Then I would submit to the American though it is complicated and con- The leadership and the majority in people, if there are some things we voluted, it has come back to the big this Congress, the Republican major- have not considered adequately in this scarlet A word, amnesty. The Amer- ity, understand that it is a terrible debate, this idea of a comprehensive ican people have rejected amnesty, am- wound in our border that has to have a bill that really says amnesty starts nesty in any form, amnesty by any tourniquet put on it. We have got to with a couple of premises, one of them name. stop the bleeding, Mr. Speaker, and so is that there are Americans that will They want enforcement. They under- we look at a number of ways to do not do this work. stand that there is an average of 11,000 that. illegals pouring across our southern I will say behind me is a model of the b 2100 border, not every day, Mr. Speaker, concrete model that I have designed, And, truthfully, every single job every night. That is when the action and that came not because I sat here there is to do in America is being done

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Those We have 7.3 million people that are un- the cultural well-being of the United young people who don’t have a con- employed. But we have not in the States of America and use those continuing education, that don’t have a workforce between the ages of 16 and siderations and no other. If we do any- high school education, they need the 69, 61,375,000. Pardon me, that is to the thing otherwise, we are opening up our lower-skilled jobs. Some of them, that age of 74. Wal-Mart hires people to be borders to be the relief valve for pov- is what they want out of life, but their greeters there and they enjoy their erty, and we know that there are at opportunities are being taken from days. So that is 61,375,000. You add to least 4.5 billion people on the planet them by the price being undercut of that the unemployment rate, and I that have a lower standard of living money going to illegal workers in this look at this number on this chart, than the average citizen in Mexico. country by the millions. 7,591,000, the most current number that And so we cannot be the relief valve for The 30 percent of the dropouts then I have. It takes me up to 69 million poverty unless we are willing to accept end up on welfare, on crime. They end nonworking Americans. a population in the United States that up not being the quality of citizens So if you would like to reduce that would exceed, say, 5 billion people or that they could be, not realizing their smaller number there, that is about 7 more. potential, because the entry-level jobs million or so between the ages of 70 and What should the population of the and the kind of jobs that they haven’t 74, fine, you can take this number United States be 50 years from now, 100 access to because of their limited edu- down to 61 or 62 million people. years from now? A significant ques- cation are being taken away by But we have maybe, maybe 7 million tion. What is our future? What is our illegals. That is point number one on working illegals in America and maybe destiny? This is a long-term issue, and that issue. 70 million nonworking Americans. So it is one that needs to have serious Then there is the argument of we what kind of a rational policy would consideration. But enforcement, seal don’t have enough people to do this not hire one out of 10 of the non- the border, and birthright citizenship, work. That is another falsehood, Mr. working Americans rather than bring shut off the jobs magnet is what we Speaker. And I would submit the rein tens of millions of people here, 66 will do, and we will build a fence and sponse to it this way, that is, if you are million people by a significant number we will start it this year. a corporation and you are looking to of analysis of the Senate version of the f move into a city or a town, a region, or bill, match the total number of all community to establish a new produc- Americans naturalized in all of our his- SPECIAL ORDERS GRANTED tion facility of some kind, and you tory, double that, 66 million from 1820 By unanimous consent, permission to need to know what the available labor until the year 2000 and another 66 mil- address the House, following the legis- supply is to evaluate that location lion, and employ about 60 percent of lative program and any special orders versus perhaps several other locations, them and end up with having to sup- heretofore entered, was granted to: Mr. Speaker, what you would do is you port the deficiencies in health care and (The following Members (at the re- would send a little team in there to a burden on the infrastructure when quest of Ms. WOOLSEY) to revise and ex- evaluate the area, and you would meet you have got 70 million people in tend their remarks and include extra- with the mayor, the chamber of com- America that are not in the workforce neous material:) merce, the development corporation, today that are of working age. Mr. EMANUEL, for 5 minutes, today. maybe meet with the law enforcement Mr. Speaker, this approach often de- Mr. PALLONE, for 5 minutes, today. people to get a sense of what the crime fies logic. The people that have a vest- Mr. DEFAZIO, for 5 minutes, today. rate was, and you would meet with the ed interest are the ones that are driv- Mr. MCDERMOTT, for 5 minutes, educational people and get a feel for ing this debate. The libertarian power- today. that whole community. ful business interests on the other side, Ms. WOOLSEY, for 5 minutes, today. And to evaluate whether there is they are making money on this deal Mr. SKELTON, for 5 minutes, today. enough labor supply there, you and they are using that money to ad- Mr. SCHIFF, for 5 minutes, today. wouldn’t do what the advocates for am- vance an illogical approach that does Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, for 5 minutes, nesty are saying. They are saying, not take into consideration the long- today. well, there is only a 4.7 percent unem- term best interests of the United Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California, for 5 ployment rate, which means that is a States of America. And the liberals on minutes, today. full employment economy. Well, first the other side see political power, so Mr. ALLEN, for 5 minutes, today. of all, it is not, Mr. Speaker. During open the borders. And that is why they Mr. MCGOVERN, for 5 minutes, today. World War II, we had a 1.2 percent un- are hollering and calling for what they Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, for 5 min- employment rate, and that still wasn’t call a comprehensive immigration utes, today. a full employment economy, but as plan, which is an amnesty plan that Mr. CUMMINGS, for 5 minutes, today. close as it has been in the last century. would bring in 66 million new people. (The following Members (at the re- So I submit that as a number to meas- And what we know about them is quest of Mr. POE) to revise and extend ure that is a lot closer to full employ- when they come into a place, they will their remarks and include extraneous ment than 4.7 percent. assimilate into the politics of the lo- material:) Just the same, there are 7.3 million cale where they arrive. And that means Mr. OSBORNE, for 5 minutes, Sep- people in the United States that are on they aren’t going to be bipartisan split tember 25, 26, and 27. unemployment. That is not the only down the middle. If you can get them Mr. JONES of North Carolina, for 5 number you would look at if you are a to go into a Democrat enclave, that is minutes, September 25, 26, 27, and 28. corporation looking to place a facility what they are going to be. If you could Mr. SIMPSON, for 5 minutes, Sep- in a location. You would go in there get them to go into a Republican en- tember 26. and do a study and say, not how many clave, that is what they are going to Mr. MACK, for 5 minutes, today. are on unemployment, yes give me that be. If anybody doubts that, just ask Mr. HULSHOF, for 5 minutes, Sep- number, but your question would be, yourselves, how many Irish Catholic tember 25. what is the available labor supply? And Bostonian Republicans do you know? I f what is the educational level of these understand there are two. I know one. workers? And what is the wage scale They have not assimilated into the pol- ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED here? And what are we going to have to itics of the rest of America; they stay Mrs. Haas, Clerk of the House, re- provide for benefits to compete for in their political enclave. That is what ported and found truly enrolled bills of

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Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export Control visions relating to the Department of the H.R. 3858. An act to amend the Robert T. Act, as amended, Transmittal No. 06-57, con- Treasury’s investment of the Yankton Sioux Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- cerning the Department of the Air Force’s and the Santee Sioux Tribes’ Development sistance Act to ensure that State and local proposed Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance to Trust Funds; to the Committee on Re- emergency preparedness operational plans Canada for defense articles and services; to sources. address the needs of individuals with house- the Committee on International Relations. 9542. A letter from the Program Analyst, holds pets and service animals following a 9531. A letter from the Assistant Secretary FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- major disaster or emergency. for Legislative Affairs, Department of State, mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- f transmitting pursuant to section 36(c) of the worthiness Directives; The Cessna Aircraft Arms Export Control Act, certification re- Company Models 208 and 208B Airplanes SENATE ENROLLED BILLS SIGNED garding the proposed license for the export of [Docket No. FAA-2006-23648; Directorate The SPEAKER announced his signa- defense articles and services to the Govern- Identifier 2006-CE-07-AD; Amendment 39- ture to enrolled bills of the Senate of ments of Norway and Spain (Transmittal No. 14514; AD 2006-06-06] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received the following titles; DDTC 031-06); to the Committee on Inter- September 8, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. national Relations. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- S. 260. An act to authorize the Secretary of 9532. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- tation and Infrastructure. the Interior to provide technical and finan- ment of the Treasury, transmitting as re- 9543. A letter from the Program Analyst, cial assistance to private landowners to required by section 401(c) of the National FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- store, enhance, and manage private land to Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and sec- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- improve fish and wildlife habitats through tion 204(c) of the International Emergency worthiness Directives; McDonnel Douglas the Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program. Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), and Model DC-9-31, DC-9-32, DC-9-32F, DC-9-33F, S. 418. An act to protect members of the pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 31, DC-9-34, and DC-9-34F Airplanes; and Model Armed Forces from unscrupulous practices 2003, a six-month periodic report on the na- DC-9-40 and DC-9-50 Series Airplanes [Docket regarding sales of insurance, financial, and tional emergency with respect to persons No. FAA-2006-24430; Directorate Identifier investment products. who commit, threaten to commit, or support 2006-NM-048-AD; Amendment 39-14671; AD S. 1025. An act to amend the Act entitled terrorism that was declared in Executive 2006-13-18] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received Sep- ‘‘An Act to provide for the construction of Order 13224 of September 23, 2001; to the tember 8, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. the Cheney division, Wichita Federal rec- Committee on International Relations. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- lamation project, Kansas, and for other pur- 9533. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- tation and Infrastructure. poses’’ to authorize the Equus Beds Division ment of the Treasury, transmitting as re- 9544. A letter from the Program Analyst, of the Wichita Project. quired by section 401(c) of the National FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- f Emergencies Act, 50 U.S.C. 1641(c), and sec- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- tion 204(c) of the International Emergency worthiness Directives; Mitsubishi Heavy In- ADJOURNMENT Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c), and dustries MU-2B Series Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2006-23578; Directorate Identifier 2006- Mr. KING of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I pursuant to Executive Order 13313 of July 31, 2003, a six-month periodic report on the na- CE-01-AD; Amendment 39-14668; AD 2006-13- move that the House do now adjourn. tional emergency blocking property of per- 15] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received September 8, The motion was agreed to; accord- sons undermining democratic processes or 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the ingly (at 9 o’clock and 6 minutes p.m.), institutions in Zimbabwe that was declared Committee on Transportation and Infra- under its previous order, the House ad- in Executive Order 13288 of March 6, 2003; to structure. journed until Monday, September 25, the Committee on International Relations. 9545. A letter from the Program Analyst, 2006, at 12:30 p.m., for morning hour de- 9534. A letter from the White House Liai- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- bate. son, Department of Commerce, transmitting mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies worthiness Directives; Honeywell Inter- f Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on national Inc. TPE331 Series Turboprop En- Government Reform. gines [Docket No. FAA-2006-23706; Direc- EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 9535. A letter from the White House Liai- torate Identifier 2006-NE-03-AD; Amendment ETC. son, Department of Commerce, transmitting 39-14688; AD 2006-15-08] (RIN: 2120-AA64) re- Under clause 8 of rule XII, executive a report pursuant to the Federal Vacancies ceived September 8, 2006, pursuant to 5 communications were taken from the Reform Act of 1998; to the Committee on U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Speaker’s table and referred as follows: Government Reform. Transportation and Infrastructure. 9536. A letter from the Agency Tender Offi- 9546. A letter from the Program Analyst, 9526. A communication from the President cial, Installation Services, Department of FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- of the United States, transmitting a request Labor, transmitting two letters for Congres- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- for FY 2007 budget amendments for the De- sional notification in compliance with Title worthiness Directives; GROB-WERKE Model partment of Homeland Security; (H. Doc. No. III, Subtitle C, Section 326 of the Ronald W. G120A Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2005-19473; 109-134); to the Committee on Appropriations Reagan National Defense Authorization Act Directorate Identifier 2004-CE-35-AD; Amend- and ordered to be printed. of Fiscal Year 2005, Pub. L. 108-375; to the ment 39-14146; AD 2005-13-09] (RIN: 2120-AA64) 9527. A letter from the Deputy Chief of Committee on Government Reform. received September 8, 2006, pursuant to 5 Legislative Affairs, Department of Defense, 9537. A letter from the Special Assistant to U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on transmitting Notice of the decision to con- the Secretary, White House Liaison, Depart- Transportation and Infrastructure. duct a standard competition of the support ment of Veterans Affairs, transmitting a re- 9547. A letter from the Program Analyst, services function performed by civilian per- port pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Re- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- sonnel in the Department of the Navy for form Act of 1998; to the Committee on Gov- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- possible performance by private contractors, ernment Reform. worthiness Directives; Honeywell Inter- pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2461; to the Committee 9538. A letter from the Deputy General national Inc. TPE331 Series Turboprop, and on Armed Services. Counsel, Executive Office of the President, TSE331-3U Model Turboshaft Engines [Dock- 9528. A letter from the Deputy Chief of transmitting a report pursuant to the Fed- et No. FAA-2006-23704; Directorate Legislative Affairs, Department of Defense, eral Vacancies Reform Act of 1998; to the Indentifier 2006-NE-02-AD; Amendment 39- transmitting the Department’s preliminary Committee on Government Reform. 14674; AD 2006-14-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received planning for OMB A-76 commercial activity 9539. A letter from the United States Trade September 8, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. study; to the Committee on Armed Services. Representative, Executive Office of the 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 9529. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- President, transmitting the FY 2006 Per- tation and Infrastructure. ment of the Treasury, transmitting the formance Plan and FY 2004 Annual Perform- 9548. A letter from the Program Analyst, semiannual report detailing payments made ance Report, pursuant to the requirements of FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- to Cuba as a result of the provision of tele- the Government Performance and Results mitting the Department’s final rule — Estab- communications services pursuant to De- Act (GPRA); to the Committee on Govern- lishment of Class E Airspace; Nicholasville, partment of the Treasury specific licenses, ment Reform. KY; Correction [Docket No. FAA-2006-24686; as required by Section 1705(e)(6) of the Cuban 9540. A letter from the Office of the Dis- Airspace Docket No. 06-ASO-7] received Sep- Democracy Act of 1992, 22 U.S.C. 6004(e)(6), as trict of Columbia Auditor, transmitting a tember 8, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. amended by Section 102(g) of the Cuban Lib- copy of the report entitled, ‘‘Auditor’s Ex- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- erty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) amination of McKinley Technology High tation and Infrastructure.

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A letter from the Program Analyst, 22472; Airspace Docket No. 05-AGL-08] re- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON ceived September 8, 2006, pursuant to 5 mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on worthiness Directives; Short Brothers Model Transportation and Infrastructure. SD3 Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2005-23173; Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of 9550. A letter from the Program Analyst, Directorate Identifier 2005-NM-190-AD; committees were delivered to the Clerk FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- Amendment 39-14644; AD 2006-12-18] (RIN: for printing and reference to the proper mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- 2120-AA64) received August 9, 2006, pursuant calendar, as follows: worthiness Directives; Pacific Aerospace to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Mr. SENSENBRENNER: Committee on the Corporation Ltd. 750XL Airplanes [Docket Transportation and Infrastructure. Judiciary. H.R. 5092. A bill to modernize and No. FAA-2006-13-05; Directorate Identifier 9558. A letter from the Program Analyst, reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire- 2006-CE-02-AD; Amendment 39-14658; AD 2006- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- arms, and Explosives; with an amendment 13-05] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 9, mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- (Rept. 109–672). Referred to the Committee of 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the worthiness Directives; Airbus Model A319, the Whole House on the State of the Union. Committee on Transportation and Infra- A320, and A321 Airplanes [Docket No. FAA- Mr. SENSENBRENNER: Committee on the structure. 2006-24431; Directorate Identifier 2006-NM-011- Judiciary. H.R. 5418. A bill to establish a 9551. A letter from the Program Analyst, AD; Amendment 39-14748; AD 2006-12-22] (RIN: pilot program in certain United States dis- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 2120-AA64) received August 9, 2006, pursuant trict courts to encourage enhancement of ex- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on pertise in patent cases among district worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 727-200 Transportation and Infrastructure. judges; with an amendment (Rept. 109–673). Series Airplanes Equipped with a No. 3 Cargo 9559. A letter from the Program Analyst, Referred to the Committee of the Whole Door [Docket No. FAA-2006-24073; Direc- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- House on the State of the Union. torate Identifier 2002-NM-272-AD; Amend- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- ment 39-14653; AD 2006-13-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 777-200, f received August 9, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. -300, -300ER Series Airplanes [Docket No. PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- FAA-2006-24173; Directorate Identifier 2005- tation and Infrastructure. NM-262-AD; Amendment 39-14652; AD 2006-12- Under clause 2 of rule XII, public 9552. A letter from the Program Analyst, 26] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 9, 2006, bills and resolutions were introduced FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- and severally referred, as follows: mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- By Mr. BLUNT (for himself, Mr. POM- worthiness Directives; Empresa Brasiliera de ture. Aeronautica S.A. (EMBRAER) Model ERJ 9560. A letter from the Program Analyst, EROY, Ms. BALDWIN, Mrs. CAPITO, Mr. 170 Airplanes [Docket No. FAA-2006-24523; Di- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- CONAWAY, Mrs. CUBIN, Ms. HERSETH, rectorate Identifier 2006-NM-057-AD; Amend- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. LUCAS, Mr. ment 39-14654; AD 2006-13-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 737 Air- MORAN of Kansas, Mr. OBEY, Mr. received August 9, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. planes [Docket No. FAA-2006-25102; Direc- SALAZAR, Mr. SOUDER, and Mr. SEN- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- torate Identifier 2006-NM-117-AD; Amend- SENBRENNER): tation and Infrastructure. ment 39-14666; AD 2006-13-13] (RIN: 2120-AA64) H.R. 6130. A bill to enhance the State in- 9553. A letter from the Program Analyst, received August 9, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. spection of meat and poultry in the United FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- States, and for other purposes; to the Com- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- tation and Infrastructure. mittee on Agriculture. worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 757 Air- 9561. A letter from the Program Analyst, By Mr. CHOCOLA (for himself and Mr. planes [Docket No. FAA-2005-20689; Direc- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- GILLMOR): torate Identifier 2004-NM-197-AD; Amend- mitting the Department’s final rule — H.R. 6131. A bill to permit certain expendi- ment 39-14655; AD 2006-13-03] (RIN: 2120-AA64) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures; tures from the Leaking Underground Storage received August 9, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Miscellaneous Amendments [Docket No. Tank Trust Fund; to the Committee on Ways 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- 30509; Amdt. 3181] received September 8, 2006, and Means, and in addition to the Committee tation and Infrastructure. pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be 9554. A letter from the Program Analyst, mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- subsequently determined by the Speaker, in FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- ture. each case for consideration of such provi- mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- 9562. A letter from the Administrator, Gen- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the worthiness Directives; Rolls-Royce Corpora- eral Services Administration, transmitting committee concerned. tion (formerly Allison Engine Company, Al- informational copies of lease prospectuses By Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania (for lison Gas Turbine Division, and Detroit that support the General Services Adminis- himself, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. CARDIN, and Diesal Allison) 250-B and 250-C Series Turbo- tration’s Fiscal Year 2007 Capital Investment Mr. PALLONE): prop and Turboshaft Engines [Docket No. and Leasing Program; to the Committee on H.R. 6132. A bill to amend title XVIII of the FAA-2005-22594; Directorate Identifier 2005- Transportation and Infrastructure. Social Security Act to extend the exceptions NE-28-AD; Amendment 39-14659; AD 2006-13- 9563. A letter from the Regulations Coordi- process with respect to caps on payments for 06] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received August 9, 2006, nator, CMS, Department of Health and therapy services under the Medicare Pro- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Human Services, transmitting the Depart- gram; to the Committee on Energy and Com- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- ment’s ‘‘Major’’ final rule — Medicare Pro- merce, and in addition to the Committee on ture. gram; Inpatient Hospital Deductible and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- 9555. A letter from the Program Analyst, Hospital and Extended Care Services Coin- quently determined by the Speaker, in each FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- surance Amounts for Calendar Year 2007 case for consideration of such provisions as mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- [CMS-8029-N] (RIN: 0938-AO19) received Sep- fall within the jurisdiction of the committee worthiness Directives; Airbus Model A300 B2 tember 21, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. concerned. and A300 B4 Series Airplanes; and Model A300 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and By Mr. PRICE of Georgia (for himself, B4-600, B4-600R, and F4-600R Series Air- Means. Mr. GORDON, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NOR- planes, and Model C4-605R Variant F Air- 9564. A letter from the Regulations Coordi- WOOD, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. WELDON of planes (Collectively Called A300-600 Series nator, CMS, Department of Health and Florida, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. Airplanes) [Docket No. FAA-2004-19566; Di- Human Services, transmitting the Depart- BURGESS, Mr. SHIMKUS, and Mr. SHU- rectorate Identifier 2004-NM-72-AD; Amend- ment’s ‘‘Major’’ final rule — Medicare Pro- STER): ment 39-14657; AD 2006-13-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) gram; Medicare Part B Monthly Actuarial H.R. 6133. A bill to amend the Public received August 9, 2006, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Rates, Premium Rates, and Annual Deduct- Health Service Act to provide revised stand- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- ible for Calendar Year 2007 [CMS-8030-N] ards for quality assurance in screening and tation and Infrastructure. (RIN: 0938-AO23) received September 21, 2006, evaluation of gynecologic cytology prepara- 9556. A letter from the Program Analyst, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); jointly to tions, and for other purposes; to the Com- FAA, Department of Transportation, trans- the Committees on Energy and Commerce mittee on Energy and Commerce. mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- and Ways and Means. By Mr. CANTOR (for himself and Mr. worthiness Directives; Boeing Model 757-200 9565. A letter from the Acting Secretary, RYAN of Wisconsin): Series Airplanes Modified by Supplemental Department of Transportation, transmitting H.R. 6134. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- Type Certificate (STC) SA979NE [Docket No. the Department’s annual report on the ad- enue Code of 1986 to expand health coverage FAA-2006-25175; Directorate Identifier 2006- ministration of the Surface Transportation through the use of high deductible health

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plans and to encourage the use of health sav- BLUMENAUER, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, By Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself and ings accounts; to the Committee on Ways Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. CARSON, Mr. Mr. ENGEL): and Means. STARK, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, H.R. 6147. A bill to establish an Advisory By Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. Committee on Gestational Diabetes, to pro- RANGEL, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BOEH- WEINER, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. vide grants to better understand and reduce LERT, Mr. OWENS, Mr. TOWNS, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, Mr. gestational diabetes, and for other purposes; SLAUGHTER, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. LOWEY, MEEK of Florida, Mr. KENNEDY of to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. Rhode Island, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. By Mr. GOODE: WALSH, Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. MALONEY, JEFFERSON, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN- H.R. 6148. A bill to designate Campbell Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. NADLER, Ms. SON of Texas, Mr. MORAN of Virginia, County, Virginia, as a qualified nonmetro- ´ VELAZQUEZ, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. KING of Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. politan county for purposes of the HUBZone New York, Mr. FOSSELLA, Mrs. DELAURO, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. programs of the Small Business Administra- MCCARTHY, Mr. MEEKS of New York, THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. CLY- tion; to the Committee on Small Business. Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. SWEENEY, Mr. BURN, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. By Mr. AL GREEN of Texas (for him- WEINER, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. BISHOP of KUCINICH, Ms. SOLIS, Mr. HINCHEY, self, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. New York, Mr. HIGGINS, and Mr. Mr. WEXLER, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. CORRINE BROWN of Florida, Ms. KUHL of New York): ENGEL, Mr. DELAHUNT, Mr. GRIJALVA, WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. CONYERS, H.R. 6135. A bill to amend the Public Mr. CAPUANO, and Ms. WATSON): Ms. CARSON, Mr. HONDA, Mr. CLEAV- Health Service Act and title XIX of the So- H.R. 6140. A bill to require the identifica- ER, Mr. STARK, and Mr. GRIJALVA): cial Security Act to provide for a screening tion of companies that conduct business op- and treatment program for prostate cancer erations in Sudan, to prohibit United States H.R. 6149. A bill to enhance housing and in the same manner as is provided for breast Government contracts with such companies, emergency assistance to victims of Hurri- and cervical cancer; to the Committee on and for other purposes; to the Committee on canes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma of 2005, and Energy and Commerce. Financial Services, and in addition to the for other purposes; to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in By Mr. KIRK (for himself, Mr. MATHE- Committee on Government Reform, for a pe- addition to the Committees on Financial SON, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. CAMPBELL riod to be subsequently determined by the Services, and the Judiciary, for a period to of California, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Speaker, in each case for consideration of be subsequently determined by the Speaker, Mr. WILSON of South Carolina, Ms. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- in each case for consideration of such provi- ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. BROWN of South tion of the committee concerned. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Carolina, Mr. BAKER, Mr. KLINE, Mr. By Ms. SCHAKOWSKY: committee concerned. MCGOVERN, Mr. WOLF, Mr. CRENSHAW, H.R. 6141. A bill to direct the Consumer By Mr. HAYWORTH: Mr. PICKERING, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. Product Safety Commission to require cer- EHLERS, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, tain manufacturers to provide consumer H.R. 6150. A bill to establish the National product registration forms to facilitate re- Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. PETRI, Mr. Minority Business Enterprise Incubator Pro- calls of durable infant and toddler products; ROHRABACHER, Mr. BARTLETT of gram; to the Committee on Financial Serv- to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Maryland, Mr. TIAHRT, Mr. HUNTER, ices. By Mr. THOMAS: Mrs. BONO, Mr. DREIER, Mr. MCKEON, By Mr. KLINE (for himself, Mr. GUT- H.R. 6142. A bill to amend the African Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mrs. JO ANN KNECHT, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. KENNEDY Growth and Opportunity Act relating to of Minnesota, Ms. MCCOLLUM of Min- DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. GARY G. MIL- preferential treatment to apparel articles of LER of California, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. nesota, Mr. SABO, Mr. PETERSON of lesser developed countries, and for other pur- Minnesota, and Mr. OBERSTAR): KENNEDY of Minnesota, Mr. WELDON poses; to the Committee on Ways and Means. of Pennsylvania, Mr. MARIO DIAZ- H.R. 6151. A bill to designate the facility of By Mrs. BONO (for herself, Mr. PITTS, BALART of Florida, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. the United States Postal Service located at Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. DEAL of BONNER, Mr. HASTINGS of Wash- 216 Oak Street in Farmington, Minnesota, as Georgia, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. NOR- ington, Mr. KUHL of New York, Mrs. the ‘‘Hamilton H. Judson Post Office’’; to the WOOD, Mr. UPTON, Mr. BUYER, Mrs. EMERSON, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. LIN- Committee on Government Reform. MYRICK, Mr. GILLMOR, and Mr. COLN DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. POM- TERRY): BLUNT, Ms. HART, and Mr. CALVERT): H.R. 6143. A bill to amend title XXVI of the EROY, Mr. EMANUEL, and Ms. WAT- H.R. 6136. A bill to award a congressional Public Health Service Act to revise and ex- SON): gold medal to Margaret Thatcher, in rec- tend the program for providing life-saving H.R. 6152. A bill to amend the Foreign As- ognition of her dedication to the values of care for those with HIV/AIDS; to the Com- sistance Act of 1961 to provide assistance for free markets and free minds; to the Com- mittee on Energy and Commerce. developing countries to promote quality mittee on Financial Services. By Mr. BLUMENAUER: basic education and to establish the achieve- By Mr. REYNOLDS (for himself, Mr. H.R. 6144. A bill to reduce vulnerability to ment of universal basic education in all de- RAMSTAD, Mr. WELLER, Mr. FOLEY, natural disasters in foreign countries veloping countries as an objective of United and Mr. CHOCOLA): through the use of disaster mitigation tech- States foreign assistance policy, and for H.R. 6137. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- niques; to the Committee on International other purposes; to the Committee on Inter- enue Code of 1986 to double the damages, Relations. national Relations. fines, and penalties for the unauthorized in- By Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee (for him- By Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin (for her- spection or disclosure of returns and return self, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Ms. self, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, information, and for other purposes; to the KAPTUR, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. ORTIZ, Mr. and Mr. SCOTT of Georgia): Committee on Ways and Means. MELANCON, Mr. FORD, Mr. COSTELLO, H.R. 6153. A bill to improve the delivery of By Mr. KELLER (for himself, Mr. Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota, Mr. counterterrorism financing training and MCKEON, and Mr. TIBERI): OBERSTAR, Mr. MCINTYRE, Mr. H.R. 6138. A bill to temporarily extend the technical assistance by providing for greater HOLDEN, Mr. BERRY, Mr. BOYD, Mr. programs under the Higher Education Act of interagency coordination and cooperation, MARSHALL, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. KENNEDY 1965, and for other purposes; to the Com- and for other purposes; to the Committee on of Minnesota, Mr. FITZPATRICK of mittee on Education and the Workforce. Financial Services, and in addition to the Pennsylvania, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. By Mr. ANDREWS (for himself, Mr. Committee on International Relations, for a TAYLOR of Mississippi, Mr. KING of period to be subsequently determined by the WELDON of Pennsylvania, and Mr. New York, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. MUR- Speaker, in each case for consideration of PASCRELL): THA, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. LANGEVIN, H.R. 6139. A bill to direct the Secretary of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- Ms. BORDALLO, and Mr. BARROW): Homeland Security to impose requirements tion of the committee concerned. H.R. 6145. A bill to provide for programs By Mr. PAUL: for the improvement of security camera and that reduce the need for abortion, help H.R. 6154. A bill to amend part A of title video surveillance systems at certain air- women bear healthy children, and support XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify ports, and for other purposes; to the Com- new parents; to the Committee on Energy that facilities designated as critical access mittee on Homeland Security. and Commerce, and in addition to the Com- By Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. PELOSI, mittees on Education and the Workforce, hospitals may use beds certified for such hos- Mr. LANTOS, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. HONDA, Ways and Means, and Agriculture, for a pe- pitals for assisted living; to the Committee Mr. OLVER, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Ms. riod to be subsequently determined by the on Ways and Means. NORTON, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. Speaker, in each case for consideration of By Mr. PEARCE: CHRISTENSEN, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- H.R. 6155. A bill to establish guidelines and DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. KILPATRICK of tion of the committee concerned. incentives for States to establish criminal Michigan, Mr. OWENS, Ms. By Mr. FEENEY: drug dealer registries and to require the At- MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. H.R. 6146. A bill to revise the boundaries of torney General to establish a national crimi- CUMMINGS, Mr. MEEKS of New York, John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources nal drug dealer registry and notification pro- Mr. WATT, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. FATTAH, System Ponce Inlet Unit P08; to the Com- gram, and for other purposes; to the Com- Mr. PAYNE, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. mittee on Resources. mittee on the Judiciary.

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By Mr. PEARCE: WAMP, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. BRADY BALDWIN, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. MATHESON, Mrs. H.R. 6156. A bill to provide for the ex- of Texas, Mr. MCNULTY, Mr. SCHWARZ JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, and Mr. JOHNSON change of certain land in the Lincoln Na- of Michigan, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Ms. of Illinois. tional Forest, New Mexico, with the owners BORDALLO, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. H.R. 2662: Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. of Ranchman’s Camp and the C Bar X Ranch, SULLIVAN, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. BAR- H.R. 2841: Mr. BECERRA and Mr. WELDON of to adjust the proclamation boundary of that TON of Texas, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. Pennsylvania. national forest, and for other purposes; to SHIMKUS, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. BISHOP H.R. 2923: Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. EVANS, Mr. the Committee on Resources. of New York, and Mr. GRIJALVA): FILNER, and Mr. SOUDER. By Mr. TIAHRT (for himself, Mr. RYUN H. Res. 1031. A resolution requesting the H.R. 3006: Mr. EVANS. of Kansas, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mr. Department of Health and Human Services H.R. 3019: Mr. FORD. WILSON of South Carolina, and Mr. to develop a plan for a comprehensive and H.R. 3183: Mr. PASTOR and Mr. GRIJALVA. RYAN of Wisconsin): permanent program to medically monitor in- H.R. 3307: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. H.R. 6157. A bill to amend the Revised dividuals who were exposed to the toxins of H.R. 3326: Mr. DELAHUNT. Statutes of the United States to provide for 9/11 Ground Zero in New York City and to H.R. 3352: Mr. BACHUS. legal protection against frivolous lawsuits provide medical treatment for all such indi- H.R. 3509: Mr. LAHOOD. directed at statutes prohibiting picketing at viduals who are sick as a result of exposure H.R. 3559: Mr. GOODLATTE and Ms. GRANG- military and other funerals, and for other to the toxins; to the Committee on Energy ER. purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- and Commerce. H.R. 3576: Mr. FILNER. ary. By Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself, Mrs. H.R. 3605: Ms. WATSON, Mr. HASTINGS of By Mr. WHITFIELD (for himself and MALONEY, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Mr. Florida, and Mr. FILNER. Mr. STUPAK): TOWNS, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. OWENS, Mr. H.R. 3628: Mr. RUSH. H.R. 6158. A bill to amend the Interstate CROWLEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. SERRANO, H.R. 3795: Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire. Horseracing Act of 1978 to require, as a con- and Mr. MCCOTTER): H.R. 3883: Mr. ISSA. dition to the consent for off-track wagering, H. Res. 1032. A resolution honoring New H.R. 3931: Ms. SCHWARTZ of Pennsylvania. that horsemen’s groups and host racing com- York State Senator John Marchi; to the H.R. 3948: Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Flor- missions offer insurance coverage for profes- Committee on Government Reform. ida. sional jockeys and other horseracing per- By Mr. GRAVES: H.R. 4033: Mr. BRADLEY of New Hampshire. sonnel, and for other purposes; to the Com- H. Res. 1033. A resolution condemning Ven- H.R. 4042: Mr. MARCHANT. mittee on Energy and Commerce. ezuelan President Hugo Chavez for his anti- H.R. 4063: Mr. CAPUANO. By Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland (for American remarks at the September 20, 2006, H.R. 4098: Mr. PASCRELL. himself and Mr. ABERCROMBIE): United Nations General Assembly meeting; H.R. 4198: Mr. WEXLER. H. Con. Res. 477. Concurrent resolution ex- to the Committee on International Rela- H.R. 4277: Mr. MCCOTTER. pressing the sense of the Congress that the tions. H.R. 4452: Ms. SOLIS. States should enact joint custody laws for fit H.R. 4547: Mr. SHIMKUS. By Mr. JINDAL: parents, so that more children are raised H.R. 4560: Mr. FORTENBERRY and Mr. H. Res. 1034. A resolution honoring the life with the benefits of having a father and a DELAHUNT. of Sister Leonella Sgorbati; to the Com- mother in their lives; to the Committee on H.R. 4720: Mr. THOMAS. mittee on International Relations. the Judiciary. H.R. 4740: Mr. STRICKLAND and Mr. By Mr. MEEKS of New York: By Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Ms. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania. H. Res. 1035. A resolution congratulating DELAURO, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, H.R. 4746: Mr. HAYES. Commissioner Paul Tagliabue on his retire- Mr. RUSH, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of Cali- H.R. 4751: Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky and Mr. ment from the National Football League; to fornia, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HOLT, Ms. ABERCROMBIE. the Committee on Government Reform. BORDALLO, Mr. ETHERIDGE, Mrs. H.R. 4771: Mr. STARK. By Mr. SALAZAR: CUBIN, Mr. FILNER, Mrs. MCCARTHY, H.R. 4794: Mr. WEXLER. H. Res. 1036. A resolution demanding the Mr. HINCHEY, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. H.R. 4824: Mr. WELDON of Pennsylvania. return of the U.S.S. Pueblo to the United LYNCH, Mr. GORDON, Mr. BRADLEY of H.R. 4830: Mrs. BIGGERT. States Navy from North Korea; to the Com- New Hampshire, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. VAN H.R. 4910: Mr. PICKERING. mittee on International Relations. HOLLEN, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Mr. H.R. 4924: Mr. FILNER. LANGEVIN, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. f H.R. 4927: Mr. MCCRERY and Mr. LATHAM. MCNULTY, Mr. WATT, Mr. SIMMONS, H.R. 5005: Mr. BOUSTANY and Mr. KENNEDY Mr. BISHOP of New York, and Mrs. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS of Minnesota. CAPITO): Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 5014: Mr. KIND, Mr. DOGGETT, and Mr. H. Con. Res. 478. Concurrent resolution were added to public bills and resolu- GENE GREEN of Texas. supporting the goals and ideals of ‘‘Lights H.R. 5022: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. tions as follows: On Afterschool!’’, a national celebration of H.R. 5088: Mr. CONYERS, Ms. LEE, and Mr. after-school programs; to the Committee on H.R. 147: Mr. FERGUSON. GEORGE MILLER of California. Education and the Workforce. H.R. 517: Mr. STARK, Mr. MCINTYRE and Mr. H.R. 5131: Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. By Mr. HAYES: BACHUS. LEE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. REYES, H. Res. 1029. A resolution honoring the H.R. 550: Mr. POMEROY. Mr. ROTHMAN, Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of Cali- 125th anniversary of the founding of the town H.R. 583: Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. fornia, Mr. ANDREWS, Mr. FILNER, Mr. MORAN of Norwood, North Carolina; to the Com- H.R. 602: Mr. MCNULTY and Ms. ESHOO. of Virginia, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. AL mittee on Government Reform. H.R. 668: Mr. HINCHEY and Mr. WEXLER. GREEN of Texas, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. WOOL- By Mr. JONES of North Carolina: H.R. 676: Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin. SEY, Mr. FARR, Mr. WAXMAN, Ms. H. Res. 1030. A resolution expressing the H.R. 699: Mr. BOUCHER. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- sense of the House of Representatives that H.R. 791: Mr. MURTHA. fornia, Mr. GONZALEZ, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. WU, the United States Border Patrol is per- H.R. 817: Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. MCGOVERN, forming an invaluable service to the United H.R. 864: Mr. CUMMINGS and Mr. ETHERIDGE. Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mr. GEORGE MILLER States, and that the House of Representa- H.R. 910: Mr. ALLEN, Mr. MATHESON, and of California, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. BERK- tives fully supports the more than 12,000 Bor- Mr. MEEHAN. LEY, Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Mr. der Patrol agents; to the Committee on H.R. 1000: Mr. RANGEL. NADLER, Mr. WEINER, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. Homeland Security. H.R. 1059: Mr. SIMMONS. ALLEN, and Mr. SCHIFF. By Mr. FOSSELLA (for himself, Mr. H.R. 1405: Mr. WEXLER. H.R. 5134: Mr. STARK. CROWLEY, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. MCHUGH, H.R. 1443: Mr. MATHESON. H.R. 5139: Mr. DENT and Mr. OSBORNE. Mr. TOWNS, Mr. ACKERMAN, Mr. BASS, H.R. 1507: Ms. KAPTUR. H.R. 5147: Mr. WEXLER. Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, H.R. 1578: Mr. BILBRAY. H.R. 5179: Mr. PORTER. Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. KUHL of New York, H.R. 1634: Mr. FEENEY, Mr. BOREN, and Mr. H.R. 5206: Mr. SHAYS and Ms. HARRIS. Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. WEINER. H.R. 5348: Mr. OBERSTAR. SWEENEY, Mr. KING of New York, Mrs. H.R. 1649: Mr. STARK. H.R. 5470: Mr. HEFLEY. MALONEY, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, H.R. 1902: Mr. PAYNE and Mr. KUCINICH. H.R. 5472: Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr. BOSWELL, Mrs. Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. MACK, Mr. SHAYS, H.R. 1951: Mr. SOUDER. DAVIS of California, Mr. MEEHAN, Mrs. Mr. WALSH, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. POR- H.R. 1957: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. MALONEY, Mr. BOEHLERT, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. TER, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. H.R. 2014: Ms. HOOLEY, Mr. FRANK of Mas- RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. COSTELLO, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. WELDON of sachusetts, and Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. FITZPATRICK of Pennsylvania, Ms. MOORE of Pennsylvania, Mr. FRANKS of Ari- H.R. 2088: Mr. KLINE. Wisconsin, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. MCCARTHY, Ms. zona, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. JENKINS, Mr. H.R. 2184: Ms. MCCOLLUM of Minnesota and VELA´ ZQUEZ, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. ENGLISH Mr. MCDERMOTT. SCHIFF, Mr. LOBIONDO, Ms. HERSETH, Mr. of Pennsylvania, Mr. RENZI, Mr. H.R. 2421: Mr. TAYLOR of Mississippi, Ms. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Mr. ORTIZ, and Mr. TERRY, Mr. ISSA, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. WAXMAN, Mr. SALAZAR, Ms. MATHESON.

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H.R. 5478: Mr. GOODLATTE. H.R. 6092: Mr. GOHMERT. H. Res. 745: Mr. SANDERS and Ms. GRANGER. H.R. 5496: Mr. PASCRELL. H.R. 6093: Mr. ABERCROMBIE. H. Res. 863: Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RUPPERS- H.R. 5558: Mr. UPTON and Mr. DOOLITTLE. H.R. 6094: Mr. SOUDER, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. BERGER, Mr. RUSH, Mr. MICHAUD, and Mr. H.R. 5590: Mr. CULBERSON and Mr. GARY G. GARY G. MILLER of California, Ms. FOXX, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois. MILLER of California. ISSA, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mrs. H. Res. 888: Ms. CARSON and Mr. MEEHAN. H.R. 5677: Mr. WOLF. MUSGRAVE, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. SESSIONS, H. Res. 944: Mr. BERMAN, Mr. ENGLISH of H.R. 5704: Mr. SHAW, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. Mr. MARCHANT, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. MCCOTTER, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. JONES of Ohio. MCINTYRE, and Mr. HAYES. Mr. SMITH of Texas, and Mr. KING of Iowa. H. Res. 962: Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania H.R. 5738: Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia. H.R. 6095: Mr. SOUDER, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. and Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois. H.R. 5740: Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Flor- GARY G. MILLER of California, Ms. FOXX, Mr. H. Res. 969: Mr. SHAYS. ida. ISSA, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mrs. H. Res. 973: Mr. REICHERT. H.R. 5755: Mr. DEFAZIO and Mrs. JO ANN MUSGRAVE, Mr. HOSTETTLER, Mr. SESSIONS, H. Res. 989: Mr. PETRI. DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. MARCHANT, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. MCCOTTER, H. Res. 990: Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. JACKSON-LEE H.R. 5770: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. SMITH of Texas, and Mr. KING of Iowa. of Texas, and Ms. McKinney. H.R. 5771: Mr. MATHESON, Mr. PALLONE, and H.R. 6097: Mr. MCINTYRE. H. Res. 991: Ms. NORTON, Mr. CANNON, Mr. Mr. NUSSLE. H.R. 6099: Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. FORBES, Mrs. PLATTS, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. H.R. 5784: Mr. WATT. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. PETERSON of Min- MICA, Mr. MCHENRY, Ms. WATSON, Mr. HIG- H.R. 5806: Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. WYNN, Mr. nesota, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. GINS, Mr. OWENS, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. DINGELL, and Mr. CONYERS. BRADY of Texas, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. GUT- BOUSTANY, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. H.R. 5834: Mr. CAPUANO. KNECHT, Ms. HART, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. MCHUGH, Mr. DUNCAN, H.R. 5862: Mr. PICKERING. PEARCE, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. SODREL, Mr. Mr. DENT, Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia, H.R. 5864: Mr. GUTKNECHT. WAMP, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. PORTER, and Mr. HAYWORTH. H.R. 5866: Mr. GOODE and Mr. MCCOTTER. Mr. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, Mr. MOLLOHAN, IGGERT SBORNE H.R. 5888: Mrs. JO ANN DAVIS of Virginia. H. Res. 1009: Mrs. B , Mr. O , and Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina. Mr. OWENS, and Mr. HINOJOSA. H.R. 5900: Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, H.R. 6109: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. H. Res. 1014: Mr. KINGSTON. Mr. EHLERS, and Mr. DOGGETT. ENGLISH of Pennsylvania, and Ms. GINNY H.R. 5909: Mr. ROTHMAN, Mr. STARK, Mr. BROWN-WAITE of Florida. WELDON of Pennsylvania, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. H.R. 6118: Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. f MORAN of Virginia, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of H.R. 6124: Mr. ENGEL and Mrs. MCCARTHY. California, and Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota. H. Con. Res. 197: Mr. SIMMONS. DELETIONS OF SPONSORS FROM H.R. 5916: Mr. MCINTYRE. H. Con. Res. 222: Mr. HERGER, Mr. PORTER, PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 5920: Mr. SOUDER and Mr. HEFLEY. Mr. BONILLA, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. H.R. 5929: Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois and Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. PAUL, Mr. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors SHIMKUS. GRIJALVA, Mr. NUSSLE, and Mr. GINGREY. were deleted from public bills and reso- H.R. 5945: Mr. CONYERS and Mr. H. Con. Res. 348: Mr. MCGOVERN. lutions as follows: MCDERMOTT. H. Con. Res. 404: Mrs. JONES of Ohio and H.R. 65: Mr. SIMMONS and Mr. FARR. H.R. 5951: Mr. CONYERS. Mrs. DAVIS of California. OTHMAN H.R. 5954: Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. H. Con. Res. 424: Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. H.R. 2048: Mr. R . H.R. 5965: Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. BERRY, and NUSSLE, and Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. PETERSON of Minnesota. H. Con. Res. 425: Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of f H.R. 5977: Mr. GOODE. California. H.R. 5986: Mr. CULBERSON. H. Con. Res. 453: Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. STARK, DISCHARGE PETITIONS— H.R. 6030: Mr. LAHOOD, Mr. MOLLOHAN, Mr. Mr. MEEHAN, and Mr. CONYERS. CONAWAY, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mrs. WILSON of H. Con. Res. 457: Mr. MURTHA. ADDITIONS OR DELETIONS New Mexico, Mr. DAVIS of Alabama, Mr. H. Con. Res. 465: Ms. BALDWIN. The following Member added his SPRATT, and Mr. BOSWELL. H. Con. Res. 470: Mr. OLVER, Ms. MCCOLLUM name to the following discharge peti- H.R. 6036: Mr. MCINTYRE. of Minnesota, and Ms. WATSON. tion: H.R. 6038: Mr. PAYNE, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, H. Con. Res. 473: Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. KING of and Mr. RANGEL. Iowa, Mr. KNOLLENBERG, Mr. FITZPATRICK of Petition 3 by Mr. EDWARDS on House Res- H.R. 6047: Mr. REYES. Pennsylvania, Mr. WOLF, Mr. FRANK of Mas- olution 271: Marion Berry. H.R. 6053: Mr. NEUGEBAUER and Mr. KEN- sachusetts, Ms. BALDWIN, and Mr. DENT. Petition 12 by Mr. MARKEY on H.R. 4263: NEDY of Minnesota. H. Con. Res. 476: Mr. BROWN of Ohio, Ms. Barbara Lee. H.R. 6064: Mr. PAYNE. CARSON, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. DAVIS of Florida, Petition 14 by Mr. FILNER on House Reso- H.R. 6066: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. EMANUEL, Mr. FITZPATRICK of Pennsyl- lution 917: Eddie Bernice Johnson, Barney H.R. 6079: Mr. GARRETT of New Jersey and vania, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mrs. JONES of Ohio, Frank, Anna G. Eshoo, Susan A. Davis, Mi- Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. KELLY, Mr. MOORE of Kan- chael F. Doyle, Lynn S. Woolsey, Julia Car- H.R. 6080: Mr. BISHOP of Utah. sas, Mr. REICHERT, and Mr. SCOTT of Georgia. son, Barbara Lee, Doris O. Matsui, Sheila H.R. 6082: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. H. Res. 222: Ms. HERSETH. Jackson-Lee, Bart Gordon, Stephen F. H.R. 6083: Mr. SERRANO, Ms. WOOLSEY, and H. Res. 496: Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. JEFFERSON, Lynch, Betty McCollum, Mark Udall, and Mr. TOWNS. Mr. HOLT, and Mr. RUSH. John F. Tierney.

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