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Vol. 163 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 2017 No. 54 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was The RECLAIM Act will send $1 bil- gram that helps low-income families called to order by the Speaker pro tem- lion in Federal funds to Appalachia to lead healthier lives through education. pore (Mr. WOODALL). revitalize and diversify coal commu- SNAP-Ed works to help individuals f nities and to create new jobs. For West who benefit from the Supplemental Nu- Virginia, that means nearly $200 mil- trition Assistance Program, SNAP. It DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO lion over 5 years to invest in our coal- aims to help people make healthy TEMPORE fields. This money will allow us to re- choices within a limited budget and The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- develop abandoned mine lands, bring choose active lifestyles consistent with fore the House the following commu- new companies and industries to West the current dietary guidelines for nication from the Speaker: Virginia, and provide more jobs for our Americans. people. WASHINGTON, DC, As chairman of the Agriculture Com- March 28, 2017. Now, the RECLAIM Act doesn’t mean mittee’s Nutrition Subcommittee, we I hereby appoint the Honorable ROB we are giving up on coal. Far from it. have been examining SNAP and how we WOODALL to act as Speaker pro tempore on Coal is our heritage and must play an can improve it in the next farm bill. this day. important part in our State’s future. SNAP-Ed is an important part of this, PAUL D. RYAN, But while we are bringing back our and the results show that it works. Speaker of the House of Representatives. coal jobs, we must also look at how we In my home State of Pennsylvania, f can redevelop these former mine sites. 17 percent of people are living below Many of these sites are currently sit- the poverty line; 1.8 million Pennsylva- MORNING-HOUR DEBATE ting vacant, and our towns and coun- nians are eligible for SNAP; 85 percent The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ties just don’t have the funds to rede- of Pennsylvania adults do not eat the ant to the order of the House of Janu- velop these sites so that their job-cre- recommended daily amounts of fruits ary 3, 2017, the Chair will now recog- ating potential can be unleashed. The and vegetables; and 14 percent of Penn- nize Members from lists submitted by RECLAIM Act will prioritize hard hit sylvanians are food insecure, meaning the majority and minority leaders for States like West Virginia and help em- they lack reliable access to a sufficient morning-hour debate. ploy hundreds of laid-off West Vir- quantity of affordable, nutritious food. The Chair will alternate recognition ginians to prepare these sites for new Mr. Speaker, SNAP-Ed helps low-in- between the parties, with each party developments and new industries. come families stretch tight budgets limited to 1 hour and each Member In addition, once these sites are open and bring home healthy foods from the other than the majority and minority for business, new employers will create grocery store. It teaches low-income leaders and the minority whip limited hundreds, if not thousands, of good- families how to prepare nutritious to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- paying jobs. The RECLAIM Act can be meals. bate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. and should be part of the solution to SNAP-Ed is a $400 million program revitalize our coal fields. awarded through Federal grants to f I want to say thank you to Leader State agencies. SNAP-Ed has the flexi- MCCONNELL and Senator CAPITO in the SUPPORTING RECLAIM ACT bility to work in schools, grocery Senate for their leadership on this The SPEAKER pro tempore. The measure as well. stores, parks, even public gyms. SNAP- Chair recognizes the gentleman from Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues in Ed offers many different forms of di- West Virginia (Mr. JENKINS) for 5 min- both the House and the Senate to join rect education and takes community utes. us in supporting this important legisla- input into consideration when devel- Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Mr. tion and helping Appalachia. oping education programs. Speaker, coal communities in my dis- Another food education program au- trict and across America and across f thorized through the farm bill is the Appalachia are struggling. The war on SNAP-ED HELPS LOW-INCOME Expanded Food and Nutrition Edu- coal has decimated many small towns FAMILIES cation Program. This program is an ap- and left thousands of hardworking coal The SPEAKER pro tempore. The proximately $68 million initiative oper- miners without jobs. Chair recognizes the gentleman from ated through the Cooperative Exten- Help is on the way—the RECLAIM Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) for 5 sion Service of land grant universities. Act, introduced by Congressman HAL minutes. It delivers direct education via peer ROGERS. I am proud to be a sponsor Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. educators in a series of interactive with him. Mr. Speaker, I rise to highlight a pro- hands-on lessons to improve four core

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A28MR7.000 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2468 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 areas: diet quality and physical activ- Chernobyl’s and the more recent one in people for their concerns about the ity, food resource management, food Fukushima, Japan. But Belarus has Astravets nuclear power plant. I share safety, and food security. chosen to skip four of the six steps, in- their concerns. I hope Belarus will The Expanded Food and Nutrition cluding crucial steps, and ignore the calm their fears by allowing in inter- Education Program tends to be less people in the land of Lithuania. national experts and representatives. flexible in how it delivers services than There is a real concern that the main Belarus should also comply with the SNAP-Ed, but it has the capacity to purpose behind the project is to grow International Atomic Energy Agency’s reach more people than SNAP-Ed be- Russian influence and power, especially recommendations for the design, con- cause it operates in more areas, both over energy, in the European Union. struction, and running of safe nuclear urban and rural, across this country. The President of Belarus said that the power plants. Mr. Speaker, both of these edu- Astravets plant and another Russian f cational programs are helping low-in- plant are a fishbone in the throat of come families lead healthier lives and the European Union and the Baltic RECESS make better choices when it comes to States. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- nutritious food. Through education we Nuclear power plants in sensitive ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair can help ensure that American fami- areas should be discussed within the declares the House in recess until noon lies—especially children—learn about Espoo Convention. Nearly all of Lith- today. the importance of a balanced diet as uania is within 186 miles of the plant, Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 12 part of a healthy lifestyle and the joy which means that, if a disaster were to minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- of preparing their own meals. strike, the land of Lithuania could be cess. Mr. Speaker, I look forward to affected. The country’s drinking water f strengthening these programs in the could also be affected since the plant is next farm bill so that we can continue supposed to draw water from the Neris b 1200 to educate and serve American fami- River that supplies drinking water to AFTER RECESS lies. Lithuania. The recess having expired, the House f But incidents are occurring that cast doubt on Belarus’ commitment to was called to order by the Speaker pro CONCERNS BREWING ABOUT NU- working with neighbors and ensuring tempore (Mr. POE of Texas) at noon. CLEAR POWER PLANT CON- the plant is safe. In 2016, four accidents f STRUCTION occurred, and Belarus has failed to be PRAYER The SPEAKER pro tempore. The upfront with Lithuania about any of Chair recognizes the gentleman from them. Rabbi Sanford D. Akselrad, Con- Illinois (Mr. SHIMKUS) for 5 minutes. A 330-ton nuclear reactor shell was gregation Ner Tamid, Henderson, Ne- Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I rise to allegedly dropped from about 13 feet vada, offered the following prayer: address concerns brewing in Lithuania last summer. Belarus did not reveal O source of wisdom, gathered before and other Baltic States about the con- anything about the incident until inde- this august body, I ask Your blessings struction of a nuclear power plant. pendent media reported it, and then upon us. This plant is 121⁄2 miles from the Lith- downplayed it. Decisions impacting the fate of our uanian border and in sight of Vilnius, Building a nuclear power plant re- country weigh heavily upon our lead- Lithuania’s capital and largest city. quires care in construction according ers. They stand here with backs bowed, I speak here not only as a friend of to the most stringent standards with eyes turned downward, shoulders the Baltic people and as a descendant the utmost transparency, and for the formed into an amorphous shrug. of Lithuanian immigrants, but also as best reasons. This plant fails on all I pray, therefore, that You will grant co-chair of the Baltic Caucus and four counts. It is in the wrong location. our leaders strength to stand tall. chairman of the Subcommittee on En- It has been irresponsibly handled. With eyes raised skyward, seeing vironment. Instead of transparency, we have today, tomorrow, and the next, let Like all my colleagues here, I am seen stonewalling and obfuscation. In- them govern our country with compas- concerned about ensuring the security, stead of making the most economic sion, courage, and insight. integrity, and safety of nuclear sense, this plant seems to make good Let them stand tall to give voice to projects in Europe and around the geopolitical sense—and for Russia, not those who feel unheard and presence to world. Here is the capital of Lithuania, for Belarus. those too long ignored. Vilnius, and that is where the power Mr. Speaker, let me be clear. No one Let the pursuit of justice and mercy plant is being built. here objects to the safe, secure design, lift them with heavenly wings, closer This site was first chosen during the construction, and running of a nuclear still to Heaven than before. era of the Soviet Union but was halted power plant. But the people of Lith- Let them stand tall. after the Chernobyl disaster in 1986, uania are firmly opposed to irrespon- Amen. which contaminated a quarter of sible attitudes toward nuclear power, f Belarus. Now, in 2019, Belarus is sup- particularly so close to their most pop- posed to house a different Moscow-run ulous city. THE JOURNAL nuclear power plant, this one run by This concern makes sense. As chair- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the Russian state-owned company man of the House Subcommittee on Chair has examined the Journal of the Rosatom. Environment and long-time observer of last day’s proceedings and announces This project is very environmentally Eastern Europe, Mr. Speaker, I can as- to the House his approval thereof. sensitive. Both Lithuania and Belarus sure you that the people of the United Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- are signatures to the Espoo Conven- States have no better friend than the nal stands approved. tion. The Espoo Convention calls for people of Lithuania. f member states to consult with bor- Lithuanians have the right and the dering countries about such projects, responsibility to ensure their and their PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE to allow experts to review information children’s environmental security. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the about the projects, and to share infor- They should not be expected to accept gentleman from New York (Mr. HIG- mation with bordering countries about inadequate or misleading information GINS) come forward and lead the House safety and security of these projects. about a serious, environmentally sen- in the Pledge of Allegiance. Building a nuclear power plant is sitive project right on their borders. Mr. HIGGINS of New York led the hard, especially when it is a country’s The Government of Belarus should re- Pledge of Allegiance as follows: first. That is why the International spect the commitments it has made, I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Atomic Energy Agency has rec- including with its neighbors. United States of America, and to the Repub- ommended a six-step review process Until these issues are resolved, Mr. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, meant to prevent disasters like Speaker, I cannot fault the Lithuanian indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.002 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 28, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2469 WELCOMING RABBI SANFORD reach Committee (to interfaith families) of the investigation for defrauding Medicare AKSELRAD URJ. and the Federal Government out of bil- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Rabbi Akselrad’s community contributions lions of dollars. UnitedHealthcare’s objection, the gentlewoman from Ne- and leadership are the best example of Con- CEO made $66 million in 2014—one man, vada (Ms. ROSEN) is recognized for 1 gregation Ner Tamid’s commitment to Tikkun one salary, in 1 year—$66 million under minute. Olam and Social Justice. investigation for defrauding the Medi- There was no objection. May he continue to serve us all with grace, care program; and your bill, on page 67, Ms. ROSEN. Mr. Speaker, I am proud compassion, and strength. in seven simple words, would have re- to stand here today and introduce my f warded this potentially criminal be- friend, Rabbi Sanford Akselrad. As havior with a massive tax cut. leader of Congregation Ner Tamid, he ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Mr. Speaker, Americans, on average, has been a friend, a mentor, and my PRO TEMPORE will pay more than $10,000 per person rabbi for 25 years. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The for health care this year. Let’s use the His vision for a campus, a spiritual Chair will entertain up to 15 further re- enormous leverage of the Federal Gov- hub, has been realized in his nearly 30- quests for 1-minute speeches on each ernment to drive down those costs and year career at Congregation Ner side of the aisle. to drive up quality for all Americans. Tamid. He has led us with strength, f f with poise, and with wisdom as he has REMEMBERING JOHN CRUTCHER shared in the sorrows and joys—from NATIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR DAY (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- the simchas to the shivas—of our en- (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina mission to address the House for 1 tire community. asked and was given permission to ad- minute.) His work in both the outreach and dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, today I rise interfaith communities has left impact vise and extend his remarks.) to mourn the loss of John Crutcher, and meaning on so many lives across Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. who passed away on March 12, 2017, at the Las Vegas Valley and beyond. Speaker, last Saturday, March 25, the age of 100. May he continue to serve us all with marked National Medal of Honor Day. grace, compassion, and strength. A native of Kansas, John spent many Designated by Congress in 1990, the Na- years in public service, including Mr. Speaker, as leader of Congregation Ner tional Medal of Honor Day celebrates Tamid, he has been a friend, a mentor, and teaching in a one-room school on the each of the men and women who have prairie. He was elected to a seat in the my rabbi for 25 years. earned America’s highest, most pres- Since moving to Las Vegas in 1988, Rabbi Kansas Senate and served two terms as tigious military decoration. Lieutenant Governor in his home Akselrad has served as the spiritual leader of I am grateful that South Carolina Congregation Ner Tamid. State. In 1982, President Reagan ap- has a long tradition of military service, pointed him to the Federal Postal Rate His vision for a campus, a spiritual hub has with 34 Medal of Honor recipients, in- been realized in his nearly 30-year career at Commission, where he gained a reputa- cluding the youngest living honoree, tion as an outspoken critic of the Post- Congregation Ner Tamid. Corporal Kyle Carpenter of Gilbert. He has led us with strength, with poise, and al Service. To mark National Medal of Honor with wisdom and has shared in the sorrows In World War II he served as a Navy Day, I join Medal of Honor recipient and joys from the simchas to the shivas of our officer in the Pacific theater and Major General James Livingston and entire community. Korea. He retired as a captain in the South Carolina Attorney General Alan His work in both the Interfaith and Outreach U.S. Naval Reserve and always re- Wilson with a wreath-laying ceremony communities has left impact and meaning on mained active in Navy organizations. at Mount Pleasant Memorial Garden. so many families across the Las Vegas Valley. A true, very modest gentleman, John His unwavering commitment to building a The inspiring program was organized was respected and beloved by all who strong community as our Congregation’s spir- by the Fort Sullivan Chapter, National knew him. He will be greatly missed in itual leader and in creating a vibrant Jewish Society Daughters of the American the mountains of North Carolina, community in Southern Nevada has not gone Revolution, led by Regent Nancy which he came to call home after unnoticed. Herritage. marrying his lovely wife, Edith. Additionally, congratulations to the During this time, the Synagogue grew from f approximately 60 to over 600 families, becom- University of South Carolina women’s KEEP THE CLEAN POWER PLAN ing the largest Reform Synagogue in the State basketball team and head coach Dawn INTACT of Nevada. In his nearly 27 years of service to Staley on their victory in the Elite our Congregation, Rabbi Akselrad has served Eight last night. I am happy to cheer (Mr. WELCH asked and was given on a wide variety of community boards includ- for the Gamecocks as they head to Dal- permission to address the House for 1 ing the Humana Hospital Pastoral Advisory las, Texas, for their second Final Four minute and to revise and extend his re- Board, the Jewish Federation of Las Vegas, appearance in just 3 years. marks.) Jewish Family Services and the National Con- In conclusion, God bless our troops. Mr. WELCH. Mr. Speaker, President ference of Community and Justice. We will never forget September the Trump today plans to unravel the A firm believer in K’lal Israel and building a 11th in the global war on terrorism. Clean Power Plan that, once imple- strong Jewish community, Rabbi Akselrad has f mented, would reduce carbon emissions spearheaded many community-wide boards, by 870 million tons, the equivalent of USE LEVERAGE OF FEDERAL GOV- commissions, and organizations that have 166 million cars. ERNMENT TO IMPROVE QUALITY helped shape the Jewish community we live in Why? False science, false economics. AND COST OF HEALTH CARE today. Some of the best minds of the 18th In the wake of the Great Recession of the (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and century apparently are advising Presi- late 2000’s, Rabbi Akselrad envisioned Project was given permission to address the dent Trump on science matters. This Ezra, a partnership between the Jewish Fed- House for 1 minute.) planet is melting. We have had the eration of Las Vegas, the Board of Rabbis, Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. worst wild weather in centuries; the and Jewish Family Service Agency. Project Speaker, last week’s healthcare dis- three hottest years on record. Let’s not Ezra helps people of all faiths secure new em- aster was instructive because, in the deny what is before our very eyes, false ployment in this changing economic climate. end, it was never really about health economics. Rabbi Akselrad is currently a board member care at all. President Trump apparently believes of the Anti-Defamation League of Las Vegas Your plan was a thinly-veiled scheme we have to make a choice: either jobs and the Interfaith Council of Southern Nevada. to deliver a massive tax cut to health or a clean environment. The exact op- Rabbi Akselrad has served on the National insurance executives and their cronies. posite is true; 8.1 million people world- Commission on Jewish Living, Worship and UnitedHealthcare is one of America’s wide work in clean energy. It will be 24 Music for the Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) largest, private healthcare insurance million in 2030. Solar jobs in Vermont since 1999. He has also served on the Out- companies. UnitedHealthcare is under grew at the fastest pace of any jobs.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.004 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2470 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 President Trump believes we either WAUSAU-AREA TRAGEDY We should be standing with the pro- have jobs or a clean environment. He (Mr. DUFFY asked and was given testers. Two-thirds of Americans want has it exactly wrong. We have both or permission to address the House for 1 to see a complete, independent 9/11- we have neither. minute.) style investigation into the Russian A confident nation faces its prob- Mr. DUFFY. Mr. Speaker, it is with a connection, and we owe them no less. lems. It doesn’t deny them. Keep the heavy heart that I rise today to recog- f Clean Power Plan intact. nize the loss of four members of our b 1215 greater-Wausau community. It was last f week that four lives were taken from HONORING THE LIFE OF NEYLE WILSON CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF us all too early. ANAND NALLATHAMBI Karen Barclay was warm and caring (Mr. RICE of South Carolina asked to everyone around her. At Marathon and was given permission to address (Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California Savings Bank, she made sure that no the House for 1 minute.) asked and was given permission to ad- child left the bank without a lollipop. Mr. RICE of South Carolina. Mr. dress the House for 1 minute.) Dianne Look, known as Dee-Dee, Speaker, I rise today to recognize my Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of California. celebrated her 25th wedding anniver- friend and an outstanding man from Mr. Speaker, I rise in memory of sary last month. Dianne loved to make my home in Horry County, South Caro- Anand Nallathambi, who passed away jewelry, raising money for the Amer- lina, who has dedicated his entire life on March 2. Mr. Nallathambi epito- ican Cancer Society. to education and public service. Mr. mized the American Dream, rising Sara Quirt-Sann had an infectious Neyle Wilson retired last month after from humble beginnings to become the laugh. She ran her own law practice, 14 years of serving as the president of president and CEO of CoreLogic, a and she proudly served as a guardian Horry Georgetown Technical College global company based in Irvine. ad litem for kids in our community. and leaves behind a great legacy of He led CoreLogic from its 2010 launch We also lost Detective Jason Weiland selflessness and devotion to education as a public company and transformed it of the Everest Metro Police Depart- in the community. into a high-performing leader in the ment, who was killed in the line of Under Mr. WILSON’s direction, Horry housing market, employing over 5,000 duty. Serving 18 years in what was de- County Technical College added nine Americans. Beyond his business leader- scribed as his dream job, Detective new buildings, 40 new programs of ship, Mr. Nallathambi volunteered his Weiland wore the Everest Metro PD study, and saw enrollment double. He time generously with many organiza- uniform because he wanted to protect never failed to go above and beyond to tions, including Operation HOPE and people and keep his community safe. complete the task at hand. Often he Cal State Fullerton. On behalf of this institution, I rise to was called on at the last minute to pro- He will long be remembered for his extend my deepest regrets to their fam- vide education or skilled workplace outstanding leadership, warm person- ilies, their mothers and fathers, hus- training to fill spots at existing local ality, integrity, devotion to his family bands and wives, and children, who no businesses or businesses looking to and faith, and service to the commu- longer have a special member in their move to Horry County to employ nity. homes. South Carolinians, and he always came Please join me in celebrating the life f through. of Mr. Nallathambi. COMPLETE INVESTIGATION NEED- Mr. WILSON was a credit to Horry County Technical College and the en- f ED INTO RUSSIAN CONNECTION tire Grand Strand community. He led (Mr. RASKIN asked and was given thousands of South Carolinians to LEAVE REPEAL AND REPLACE permission to address the House for 1 EFFORTS BEHIND meaningful jobs. Through these and his minute.) many other meaningful contributions, (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, every he will always be remembered. permission to address the House for 1 American who loves freedom, democ- minute.) racy, and public integrity this week is f Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, on Friday, expressing solidarity with the hundreds CELEBRATING MONROE COUNTY when House Republicans withdrew of thousands of anticorruption pro- DUCKS UNLIMITED TrumpCare, it was a victory for Amer- testers in Russia who took to the (Mr. WALBERG asked and was given ican families. It was a victory for 24 streets on Sunday. That huge throng of permission to address the House for 1 million people who would have lost brave Russians, including hundreds ar- minute.) coverage under that plan. It was also a rested and jailed by agents of Vladimir Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, this victory for the millions of Americans Putin, were protesting the autocrats past weekend I had the privilege of at- who attended townhall meetings, who and kleptocrats running their country, tending the Monroe County Ducks Un- wrote letters and emails, who spoke up. a key target being Prime Minister limited annual dinner. More than 1,000 Their voices were heard. But we have Dmitry Medvedev, who has amassed people came out to the MB&T Expo more work to do, Democrats and Re- vineyards, luxury yachts, and man- Center to celebrate our hunting and publicans, in order to make sure that sions worth more than $1 billion. fishing heritage. all Americans have access to affordable We should be standing with the pro- As a lifelong outdoorsman, I have health care. testers, but the corrupt autocrats of been a proud supporter of conservation We need now to turn our attention to Russia have found good friends in the policies that protect our wetlands and doing what we can to improve the Af- billionaire Cabinet of international wildlife habitats. The Great Lakes Res- fordable Care Act in a bipartisan way. businessman Donald Trump, whose ad- toration Initiative is a model example We have ways to make this work bet- ministration is administering a spread- of a public-private partnership that has ter. It is not a perfect bill; of course it ing staph infection: disgraced former been invaluable to the health of the isn’t. Nothing we do here is perfect. It National Security Adviser Michael Great Lakes ecosystem. needs improvement, significant im- Flynn, who was paid by Russian com- The GLRI has received widespread bi- provement. We have ways to make that panies to appear at Russian events; partisan support because of the eco- happen that I think Democrats and Re- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, nomic and environmental benefits it publicans can come together on. former CEO of ExxonMobil and a close brings to Lake Erie, the State of For example, improving access to friend of Vladimir Putin who was Michigan, and the entire Great Lakes prescription drugs by reducing the cost awarded in 2013 a title of nobility region. Mr. Speaker, this critical ini- of those drugs in the marketplace. called the Russian Order of Friendship; tiative is getting results and needs to There are so many things we can do, Paul Manafort, the former Trump cam- be preserved. Republicans and Democrats. We have paign manager who collected $10 mil- I want to thank Monroe County got to roll up our sleeves and get to lion a year to advance the agenda of Ducks Unlimited for all of their con- work. Russia and Russian oligarchs. servation efforts, and I will continue

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.006 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 28, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2471 working to ensure that future genera- I hope that my Democratic and Re- That the Senate agreed to S.J. Res. 35. tions can enjoy our precious natural publican colleagues hear the outcry That the Senate agreed to S.J. Res. 36. Appointments: resources just like we do today. from across this country that says Congressional-Executive Commission on Mr. Speaker, in a point of personal enough is enough. Let’s fix our broken the People’s Republic of China. privilege, I want to welcome my newest immigration system. With best wishes, I am granddaughter, Hanna Belle, born less We are, after all, a nation of immi- Sincerely, than 2 hours ago in Africa. I welcome grants and a nation of laws. It is the KAREN L. HAAS. her to this life, and God bless her. work of this body to reconcile those f f two to make sure that, moving for- PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION ADDRESSING THE FAITH-BASED ward, we can do immigration in a legal OF H.R. 1430, HONEST AND OPEN COMMUNITY CENTER PROTEC- way rather than an illegal way, a way NEW EPA SCIENCE TREATMENT TION ACT that benefits our economy, American ACT OF 2017 workers, and American businesses. Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, by di- (Mr. MAST asked and was given per- Let’s move forward on comprehensive rection of the Committee on Rules, I mission to address the House for 1 immigration reform now. minute.) call up House Resolution 229 and ask Mr. MAST. Mr. Speaker, a few weeks f for its immediate consideration. ago, I spoke in this Chamber about the CONGRATULATING ELLWOOD The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- threats made against Jewish commu- NATIONAL CRANKSHAFT lows: H. RES. 229 nity centers across this country. I rise (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania today because, this week, we have Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- asked and was given permission to ad- lution it shall be in order to consider in the taken bipartisan action to address dress the House for 1 minute and to re- these threats. House the bill (H.R. 1430) to prohibit the En- vise and extend his remarks.) vironmental Protection Agency from pro- As Members of Congress, we have a Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. posing, finalizing, or disseminating regula- responsibility not only to speak out Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize tions or assessments based upon science that against hate, but to take real action to Ellwood National Crankshaft on receiv- is not transparent or reproducible. All points put an end to bigotry and violence. ing STAR certification in the OSHA of order against consideration of the bill are waived. The bill shall be considered as read. This week, I joined with a bipartisan Voluntary Protection Program. group of my colleagues introducing the All points of order against provisions in the Ellwood National Crankshaft, located bill are waived. The previous question shall Faith-Based Community Center Pro- in Irvine, Pennsylvania, is a unique tection Act. be considered as ordered on the bill and on manufacturer of new and reconditioned any amendment thereto to final passage I also want to thank Senator HEIN- crankshafts for medium-speed engines without intervening motion except: (1) one RICH for his leadership on this issue in in the 800- to 6,000-horsepower range. hour of debate equally divided and controlled the Senate. by the chair and ranking minority member Our bill provides over $20 million in Mr. Speaker, in order to attain this distinguished certification, a facility of the Committee on Science, Space, and additional funding to the Department Technology; and (2) one motion to recommit. has met or exceeded the performance- of Homeland Security specifically dedi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- based criteria for a managed safety and cated to safeguarding faith-based com- tleman from Georgia is recognized for 1 health system. It also passed the rig- munity centers, and it would double hour. the Federal penalty against making orous onsite evaluation conducted by a Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, for the bomb threats from 5 years to 10 years. team of OSHA safety and health ex- purpose of debate only, I yield the cus- Think about that, bomb threats from perts. tomary 30 minutes to my friend from This recognition is even more signifi- just 5 years to 10 years. These are com- Colorado (Mr. POLIS), pending which I monsense changes, and this is a simple, cant, knowing that Ellwood National yield myself such time as I may con- affordable solution to a very serious Crankshaft is one of only a few forging sume. During consideration of this res- problem. and process safety management facili- olution, all time yielded is for the pur- Mr. Speaker, today I am calling on ties to obtain the STAR status. Its pose of debate only. motto, ‘‘Injury free every day,’’ echoes my colleagues to join us as defenders of GENERAL LEAVE human dignity because it is the decent, the importance of safety throughout Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I ask humane thing to do. the plant. unanimous consent that all Members I commend Ellwood National Crank- f have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- shaft for making safety a top priority. tend their remarks. TIME FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM Everyone wins when there are fewer The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there IS NOW days missed due to injuries or illness. objection to the request of the gen- (Mr. POLIS asked and was given per- Congratulations on earning this pres- tleman from Georgia? mission to address the House for 1 tigious certification and for placing There was no objection. minute and to revise and extend his re- such a high standard on the welfare of Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I hold marks.) all the people employed at Ellwood Na- in my hand House Resolution 229. You Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, the time for tional Crankshaft. heard the Clerk read it moments ago. immigration reform is now. f Page 1 and page 2. Folks can find it on If we want to increase the growth rules.house.gov if they haven’t had a COMMUNICATION FROM THE rate of our economy, fixing our broken chance to see it already. It provides a immigration system will do that. CLERK OF THE HOUSE closed rule for consideration of H.R. If we want to restore the rule of law The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- 1430, Honest and Open New EPA and improve our national security so fore the House the following commu- Science Treatment Act of 2017. we know who is here, immigration re- nication from the Clerk of the House of If you work through that title, Mr. form will do that. Representatives: Speaker, the Honest and Open New If we want to prevent undocumented OFFICE OF THE CLERK, EPA Science Treatment Act, you will workers from undermining wages for HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, find that ‘‘honest’’ is what those let- American workers, immigration re- Washington, DC, March 28, 2017. ters spell out. It is the HONEST Act. form will do that by making sure that Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, In the past, the Rules Committee has people who work here are registered The Speaker, House of Representatives, reported structured rules for consider- and get right with the law and can Washington, DC. ation of this very bill. In this case, Mr. move forward in a legal manner. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- Speaker, there were no amendments of- There are so many reasons to pass a mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- fered in committee. There were no bipartisan immigration reform bill tives, the Clerk received the following mes- amendments presented in the Rules similar to the one that passed the sage from the Secretary of the Senate on Committee last night. We have re- United States Senate with more than March 28, 2017, at 9:14 a.m.: ported a closed rule for consideration two-thirds support just a few years ago. That the Senate agreed to S.J. Res. 30. of this bill.

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He critical than ever that we make that parency, why don’t we start with the said, and I quote: ‘‘Each agency shall information available to the public. lawmaking process and have an open ensure the objectivity of any scientific With the ability today to understand rule that allows Democrats and Repub- and technological information and that information, to process that infor- licans to improve a bill and offer their processes used to support the agency’s mation, to compile that information, best ideas forward? And if they are regulatory actions.’’ to inspect that information in details good ideas, they will be incorporated We talk so much about what divides never before imagined, it is incumbent into the bill. If they are bad ideas and us in this institution, in this town, upon us to make sure that America has can’t command a majority of this body, sometimes even in this country, Mr. that opportunity. they will be defeated. Speaker, I think that point is worth With that, Mr. Speaker, I would en- But, unfortunately, these partisan dwelling on. courage my colleagues to support this tactics that were seen trying to ram Again, quoting from former Presi- rule to bring the bill to the floor and through legislation last week that dent Barack Obama: ‘‘Each agency then to support the underlying legisla- failed when the Speaker and the Presi- shall ensure the objectivity of any sci- tion so that we can pass the HONEST dent refused to work across the aisle entific and technological information Act, bringing clarity and transparency with us on healthcare reform and now and processes used to support the agen- to the EPA rulemaking process. on improving the process at the EPA, cy’s regulatory actions.’’ Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of instead of working with us to improve It is what the HONEST Act aims to my time. science, they are seeking to undermine do, Mr. Speaker. It aims to provide the b 1230 the integrity of the important sci- American public with the data that the entific work done at the Environ- EPA uses in each of its regulatory ac- Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- mental Protection Agency and bury tions. self such time as I may consume, and I the Environmental Protection Agency It would come as a surprise to many thank the gentleman for yielding me in red tape. Americans, Mr. Speaker, to learn that the customary 30 minutes. The underlying legislation that this there are Agency actions that take Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to rule talks about has a lot of problems, place based entirely on undisclosed the rule and the underlying legislation. Mr. Speaker, and so many problems, in data sets, that the regulatory arm of First, when the gentleman from Geor- fact, I won’t even be able to talk about government can be at work based on gia said there were no amendments them all during my limited time for secret data that will never be released brought forward on this in the Rules debate here. Hopefully they will be to the American public to verify, to Committee, that is partial truth but able to cover some more during the de- confirm in this what is often, in sci- not the entire truth. bate on the bill. entific communities, referred to as The entire truth is, when we have a The first issue I want to address that peer-reviewed literature. process whereby Members believe that is highly problematic with this bill, We believe that, if we are making the there might be an amendment process, rules, we should be able to expose the and it is something that is so impor- there is something called a call for tant to the American people—liberal, data on which those rules are based to amendments which is issued. Often our scrutiny and, in fact, to challenge, Mr. conservative, and moderate—and that chair, Mr. SESSIONS, and my friend Speaker. is the issue of privacy. from Georgia has heard Mr. SESSIONS One thing I have learned in this job is This bill would undermine the pri- come down to the floor and say: We are sometimes I am not as smart as I think vacy of American families in a number calling for amendments on this bill. I am. I don’t know if that has ever hap- of ways. What it would do is prohibit pened to you, Mr. Speaker. I am sure it Submit them. The Rules Committee the Environmental Protection Agency, has never happened to my friend from will consider them and allow some of an agency that exists to protect our Colorado. But sometimes we are not as them to advance to the floor. At least health, from taking any action unless smart as we think we are. Sometimes you know you have a fair shot. it is based on data that is fully avail- being challenged makes us better. In this particular case, there was no able to the public. Now, that sounds The HONEST Act, Mr. Speaker, aims call for amendments issued, which good, ‘‘fully available to the public.’’ to provide the opportunity simply by means, yes, Members could have spun But what does that mean? looking at the data for any American their wheels, and sometimes you feel You see, normally the EPA has relied citizen to understand the regulatory like a hamster doing that, just running on peer-reviewed, scientifically valid actions being taken at the EPA, and, around and not moving anywhere in research to inform its actions. Now yes, if necessary, to challenge those ac- one of those circles. And if we thought that is something that the process of tions if they believe they are not based there was any realistic hope that science across the world informs. It is on sound science. amendments could be included, I, my- a very important, well-founded process Mr. Speaker, I know what you are self, would have been happy to submit that respects the efforts of scientists thinking. You are thinking: Is this bill one, as would many of my colleagues. everywhere and the diligence of a peer- necessary? The EPA’s mission is to Chairman SMITH actually requested a reviewed process. protect the environment and public closed rule on this. So, again, the Much of these bodies of work utilize health, so, of course, it is going to use chairman of the committee and the personal health information and con- the best science. Rules Committee gave every indication fidential data which, currently, are le- The answer should be yes. The an- that we are not allowing any amend- gally protected from public disclosure. swer should be yes that in every set of ments to this bill; and that is what dis- The EPA identifies the academic pa- circumstances we are always using the courages Members from going through pers that it uses in the Federal Reg- very best data. But as you know, time the work of submitting an amendment ister so we have that transparency, but and time again, you can bring an ex- if they have a good idea what the out- it doesn’t release the legally protected pert into your office. A scientist on one come is already going to be. private data—participants in studies, side of the issue will tell you one thing; So this is a closed rule. This is an health of people—to the general public a scientist on the other will bring an antiscience bill. It is another example nor is there any scientific value to that equally compelling compendium of in- of how we go around the ability of personal information. formation to tell you the next. It is left Members to improve bills and, instead, The value is in the studies, which are to us, to the American people, to de- work in a partisan, smoky, backroom done scientifically and are already cide who is right and who is wrong. manner where this bill emerges fully made public. This bill would force the This is nothing to be feared. This is formed. The chair of the committee of EPA to either ignore these valuable something to be embraced. It has cer- jurisdiction himself didn’t want any studies because they utilize private

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How can that possibly health or lifestyle issues that are re- undermines the scientific process, is further our goal to protect the health searched by the agency. unscientific, and is opposed by so many and welfare of the American people? The majority here, the Republicans, scientific advocacy organizations, in- So, at the same time, we have this are trying to include a provision in the cluding opposed by the Union of Con- legislation undermining the scientific bill that allows personally identifiable cerned Scientists who are strongly op- process of the Environmental Protec- information to be redacted prior to the posed to this legislation. tion Agency and burying the Environ- EPA making the information avail- Now, on top of the red tape and mental Protection Agency under red able. I am sure my colleague from antiscience aspects of the bill, this tape, coordinated the same week with Georgia will cite that, but that is woe- would also cost the government $1 bil- the President’s disastrous executive fully inefficient because it has a loop- lion of EPA funds; that is according to order that will hurt the health of the hole in that very provision that basi- analysis of a very similar bill last Con- American people and, ultimately, cost cally negates that provision in another gress. These are funds that would be di- lives. section by allowing the EPA adminis- verted away from protecting our health These are just another step in the un- trator to allow any person who signs a and safety, which is what they are dermining of science and the work to confidentiality agreement to have ac- doing now, toward creating more red improve and protect the health of the cess to all the redacted data. tape and bureaucracy for the very people of our country. The Environ- So, again, basically, at the whim of agency that the American people en- mental Protection Agency relies on the the administrator, they can allow com- trust with the goal of keeping our air best science available when developing panies and people in there—the infor- and water clean and the American peo- new standards, and they are fully mation can be put in front of people ple healthy. transparent about posting those sci- who have access to it, to use it in any Look, we all know what this bill is. way they want, and that is highly per- entific studies. It is a thinly veiled attack on science, However, because many of the stud- sonal information. part of the antiscience agenda that we ies that this bill requires would impact Again, whether it is under the cov- are seeing from the Republican Party. erage of a confidentiality agreement or legally protected private data, like per- The budget that the President offered sonal medical records, to reach their not, it is shown with unknown part- earlier this month cuts science funding ners. This is not the Federal agency findings, the Environmental Protection to the bone. Enormous setbacks in the Agency could even be prohibited from itself. This is perhaps even the com- very research into lifesaving science in considering that research. pany that caused the pollution that the future that would help improve our wants to come in and look at it or just This ridiculous restriction would quality of life and duration of life and force the EPA to ignore a lot of rel- various Americans with prurient inter- help our economy boom are being dev- ests who want to know intimate health evant information because of the desire astated under the President’s budgets. of the researchers and the legal imper- details, and there is effectively no pro- Scientific research creates billions of ative of the researchers to protect the tection for that. It is entirely at the dollars of economic impact and innova- private data of the participants, ulti- whim of the administrator of the Envi- tion in States like mine, Colorado, and ronmental Protection Agency. every other State. Science helps keep mately leading to policies that are in- So that is an enormous setback for us healthy. It keeps crops alive and effective and are not based on sound the privacy of American families and a productive. It keeps our businesses facts or science. Mr. Speaker, facts exist. Science and woefully insufficient privacy protec- open and keeps America as a global tion with a loophole that is big enough leader in innovation. the pursuit of truth is an incredibly to drive a truck through. There is not I also want to take a moment to important human endeavor, and we even a numerical limit on the amount highlight that, while this bill is being can’t afford to disregard that quest for of people or corporations that would be heard on the floor today, President truth in the name of a fiction-based re- allowed access of that data. There Trump is signing an executive order ality that we increasingly seem to be could be a blanket permission from the that effectively repeals all of the work headed toward as a nation. administrator allowing thousands, tens that the Environmental Protection Without sound and strong science, of thousands of people, again, to see Agency and other Federal agencies America will fall behind in the world. the individually identifiable data, in- have done in the last 8 years to protect Americans will—our lifespans will be of cluding your Social Security Number, our planet from the impacts of climate lower quality and lower duration, and including your health details or med- change. our economy will be hurt as we cede ical records, including things that af- Unfortunately, while we focus on a our leadership role to more forward- fect property value and affect health. bill that forces scientists to not use the looking countries willing to invest in Another major issue with this bill, best science available, the President the future. major fault, is it actually undermines has signed an executive order that will If this bill had been in place over the the goal of the Agency itself. The Envi- essentially begin the repeal process of last few decades, I am pretty sure that ronmental Protection Agency, which the Clean Power Plan. The Clean the cloud of smog over Denver, Colo- has the congressional mandate to keep Power Plan is a basic requirement for rado, would probably still be there. our air and water clean, to protect our States to bring their emissions down to Rivers and lakes across this country health, this bill actually does the oppo- a sustainable level to protect Ameri- would suffer from pollution in a signifi- site by burying the Agency under a cans’ health, to reduce the amount of cantly worse way, and that is not the mountain of red tape and bureaucracy. pollution in our air and water, and to future that the American people want. This bill removes sound, scientific, reduce the human impact on climate If the EPA is prevented from using objective decisionmaking and replaces change. the best available peer-reviewed re- it with ridiculous amounts of red tape, The executive order also, unfortu- search data on air quality, asthma will adding to the process of regulations, nately, undermines some of the com- be causing more attacks and, yes, even adding to the process of rules, requir- monsense protections we have with re- deaths of children across our country. ing the Environmental Protection gard to fracking, something that is Let’s see this legislation for what it Agency to jump through additional bu- near and dear to my constituents and is—an attack on science, a giveaway to reaucratic hoops to use certain infor- people in Colorado, as an area that is corporations who benefit from pollu- mation, and making their entire goal impacted by extraction activities. tion, who don’t like the fact that the of fulfilling their mission less efficient This repeal, for example, would allow EPA is using sound silence, who want than if this bill were not the law. oil and gas companies to hide the to create and live in their own fictional

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.012 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2474 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 reality, where the externalities of their poenas to get them to share that infor- H.R. 1030—SECRET SCIENCE REFORM ACT OF actions somehow don’t matter. mation. Clearly, transparency is not 2015 We need the truth. The American the norm, it is the exception. As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on people deserve the truth. We deserve We talk about costs. My friend ref- the benefit of the outcome of the proc- March 3, 2015 erences $1 billion in costs from some ess of objective science, and this bill SUMMARY study, apparently, not a peer-review undermines that by burying the Envi- H.R. 1030 would amend the Environmental study. I have not seen the data backing ronmental Protection Agency under Research, Development, and Demonstration immense red tape, while preventing up this study. But the good news is I Authorization Act of 1978 to prohibit the En- don’t actually need the study. I have vironmental Protection Agency (EPA) from them from using some of the very peer- proposing, finalizing, or disseminating a reviewed studies that would lead to the the bill itself, Mr. Speaker, and I will turn to the relevant part here. Para- ‘‘covered action’’ unless all scientific and very best decisionmaking possible to technical information used to support that protect the health of the American graph 5, clarify that the administrator action is publicly available in a manner that people. shall implement this section in a mat- is sufficient for independent analysis and Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of ter that does not exceed $1 million per substantial reproduction of research results. my time. year from the amounts otherwise au- Covered actions would include assessments Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I yield thorized to be appropriated. Now, you of risks, exposure, or hazards; documents don’t have to spend the entire million specifying criteria, guidance, standards, or myself such time as I may consume. limitations; and regulations and regulatory Mr. Speaker, you know that I con- dollars, Mr. Speaker, but in the name impact statements. sider the gentleman from Colorado to of transparency, to make sure that Although H.R. 1030 would not require EPA be a good friend of mine. I find myself, folks have access to the data, we have to disseminate any scientific or technical in- after that presentation, though, won- said it is worth investing resources but formation that it relies on to support cov- dering if that was a cloud of smog over not to exceed $1 million. ered actions, the bill would not prohibit EPA Denver or if it was another cloud of from doing so. Based on information from Finally, Mr. Speaker, we talk about smoke over Denver in these days. EPA, CBO expects that EPA would spend $250 the burden of red tape. I don’t know if million annually over the next few years to That is just not true. It is just not ensure the transparency of information and true. I will start with what I am proud you have had to deal with the EPA or the DOT or the DOD or the DOE—in- data supporting some covered actions. about because I think we do focus too Enacting H.R. 1030 would not affect direct often on divisions. sert DO acronym here—red tape is spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you- Mr. Speaker, you know that we want- abundant in this Federal Government, go procedures do not apply. H.R. 1030 con- ed to hold the Obama administration and asking the Federal Government to tains no intergovernmental or private-sector accountable for sound science. And now be transparent is the antithesis of red mandates as defined in the Unfunded Man- that there is a Republican in the White tape. Since when did it become a bur- dates Reform Act (UMRA) and would not af- den on the institutions of government fect the budgets of state, local, or tribal gov- House, we want to hold a Republican ernments. administration accountable for sound to be transparent with the American ESTIMATED COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT science. people? Since when, when you are mak- ing rules and regulations that affect This legislation would direct EPA to im- b 1245 plement H.R. 1030 using up to $1 million a the lives of every single American, did So often in this town, we see one set year from amounts authorized to be appro- it become a burden to share the data priated for other activities under current of rules when you agree with the per- on which those regulations are based? law. Although H.R. 1030 would not authorize son in office and another set of rules I will say to you, Mr. Speaker, we get additional appropriations to implement the when you disagree with the person in requirements of the bill, CBO estimates that office. I don’t think that is the right wrapped around the axle so often here implementing H.R. 1030 would cost about way to govern a country. I am proud that we end up getting further and fur- $250 million a year for the next few years, that we are not falling into that trap. ther from our goals. Sharing data, get- subject to appropriation of the necessary If it is good for the Obama administra- ting peer-reviewed comments on that amounts. Costs in later years would probably tion, it is good for the Trump adminis- data, and having folks come out in sup- decline gradually from that level. The addi- port of the conclusions reached on that tional discretionary spending would cover tration. the costs of expanding the scope of EPA Number two, there is no smoke-filled data are going to make us stronger as studies and related activities such as data backroom deal here. Number one, there a nation not weaker. If you are proud collection and database construction for all is no smoke-filled room anywhere on of your underlying data, you should be of the information necessary to meet the leg- Capitol Hill. Speaker Boehner is gone, proud to share that data. If you are islation’s requirements. and smoking is banned from all of our embarrassed of your underlying data, I BASIS OF ESTIMATE spaces. This bill went through a full understand why you might want to Under current law, EPA typically spends committee hearing, the full committee keep it a secret. about $500 million each year to support re- process. So often, Mr. Speaker, you search and development activities, including We have an opportunity not to hide know at the beginning of a year like assessments to determine the potential risk from science but to embrace science, this one, we are trying to move legisla- to public health from environmental con- we have an opportunity not to reach taminants. The number of studies involved tion to the floor quickly. Some things political conclusions but scientific con- in supporting covered actions depends on the that we have already had hearings and complexity of the issue being addressed. For debate on, like this bill, from last Con- clusions, and we have an opportunity to restore the American people’s trust example, when addressing a recent issue with gress, we bring to the floor outside of flaring at petroleum refineries, EPA relied regular order, and we skip the com- in the institutions of government that on a dozen scientific studies. In contrast, mittee hearing process. Not so with are issuing these regulations. This is a when reviewing the National Ambient Air this bill. It went through the Science, small step in the right direction with Quality Standards, the agency relied on Space, and Technology Committee for the HONEST Act, Mr. Speaker, but it thousands of scientific studies. In total, the agency relies on about 50,000 scientific stud- a full hearing. is an important step in the right direc- tion. I hope my colleagues will support ies annually to perform its mission—al- Mr. Speaker, we talk about trans- though some of those studies are used more parency as if it exists at the EPA. I it. than once from year to year. will remind my friend from Colorado, Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of The costs of implementing H.R. 1030 are Mr. Speaker, we have to issue sub- my time. uncertain because it is not clear how EPA poenas from the United States Con- would meet the bill’s requirements. Depend- gress to get the EPA to share its data Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- ing on their size and scope, the new activi- with us, notwithstanding to get them self such time as I may consume. ties called for by the bill would cost between $10,000 and $30,000 for each scientific study to share it with the University of Geor- Mr. Speaker, I have some scoring used by the agency. If EPA continued to rely gia or Georgia Tech or Caltech, or from the Congressional Budget Office, on as many scientific studies as it has used wherever the best scientific minds of dated March 11, 2015, that I include in recent years, while increasing the collec- the day are. We have to issue sub- into the RECORD. tion and dissemination of all the technical

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There is no struction activities to a relatively small ex- Office whose director was appointed by dispute, among our intelligence agen- pansion of existing study-related activity; in the Republicans on a substantially cies, that he had a strong preference that scenario, implementing the bill would similar bill. for Donald Trump, and the most terri- be much less costly. Mr. Speaker, we are deeply concerned fying finding that our intelligence Thus, the costs of implementing H.R. 1030 by reports from our intelligence com- agencies made was that Russia is would ultimately depend on how EPA adapts munity regarding Russian interference sharpening their knives and under- to the bill’s requirements. (It would also de- pend on the availability of appropriated in last year’s election. Even more trou- taking a lessons-learned campaign be- funds to conduct the additional data collec- bling is FBI Director Comey’s sworn cause they will go at us and our allies tion and database construction activities testimony that the FBI is now inves- again. and related coordination and reporting ac- tigating the possibility of collusion be- Unfortunately, we have seen that tivities under the legislation.) CBO expects tween members of President Trump’s those charged with getting to the bot- that EPA would modify its practices, at campaign team and Russia. tom of what has happened have been least to some extent, and would base its fu- Mr. Speaker, the legitimacy of our compromised. The American people are ture work on fewer scientific studies, and es- electoral system is at stake; and, counting on us to defend this great de- pecially those studies that have easily acces- mocracy, a democracy that so many sible or transparent data. Any such modi- frankly, it is time that we rise above fication of EPA practices would also have to partisanship and that we get our job men and women in our armed services take into consideration the concern that the done and get to the bottom of this. have fought for and sacrificed for and quality of the agency’s work could be com- Unfortunately, recent actions by the who are fighting for and sacrificing for promised if that work relies on a signifi- House Intelligence Committee chair- today. cantly smaller collection of scientific stud- man have left many Members of both Unfortunately, the Attorney General, ies; we expect that the agency would seek to sides of the aisle convinced and the twice when asked under oath as to reduce its reliance on numerous studies American public convinced that the whether he had any prior contacts with without sacrificing the quality of the agen- committee is unable to conduct an im- Russia, said that he had not. We later cy’s covered actions related to research and learned that, indeed, during the Repub- development. partial investigation of this critical On balance—recognizing the significant matter of national security. lican Convention and afterwards, he uncertainty regarding EPA’s potential ac- Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the pre- had met with Russia’s Ambassador. He tions under the bill—CBO expects that the vious question, I will offer up an is now recused from any investigation agency would probably cut the number of amendment to the rule to bring up into Russia. That is the executive studies it relies on by about one-half and Representative SWALWELL’s and Rep- branch. that the agency would aim to limit the costs resentative CUMMINGS’ bill which would Unfortunately, our investigation in of new activities required by the bill, such as create a bipartisan commission to in- the House has also been compromised. data collection, correspondence and coordi- I have long enjoyed working with nation with study authors, construction of a vestigate Russian interference in the database to house necessary information, 2016 election. Chairman NUNES. I think he is a good and public dissemination of such informa- Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- man who has led our committee over tion. As a result, CBO estimates the incre- sent to insert the text of my amend- the last few years to bipartisan results mental costs to the agency would be around ment in the RECORD, along with extra- that have made us safer. For the last $250 million a year initially, subject to ap- neous material, immediately prior to few weeks, Republicans and Democrats propriation of the necessary amounts. In our the vote on the previous question. on the House Intelligence Committee assessment that figure lies near the middle The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there have gone down an investigative road of a broad range of possible outcomes under objection to the request of the gen- together. We had a very productive H.R. 1030. CEO expects that the additional costs to implement the legislation would de- tleman from Colorado? open hearing last week where we were cline over time as EPA became more adept There was no objection. able to connect the dots of Donald and efficient at working with authors and re- Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 Trump’s, his family’s, his campaign’s, searchers to ensure that the data used to minutes to the gentleman from Cali- and his business’ personal, political, support studies are provided in a standard- fornia (Mr. SWALWELL), a member of and financial ties to Russia that were ized and replicable form. the Intelligence Committee, to discuss converging with a Russian interference PAY-AS-YOU-GO CONSIDERATIONS our proposal. campaign. Those dots were validated None. Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. by the FBI Director confirming that, INTERGOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE-SECTOR Speaker, I thank the gentleman from indeed, President Trump’s campaign IMPACT Colorado for yielding me this time. was under counterintelligence and H.R. 1030 contains no intergovernmental or Mr. Speaker, Russia attacked our de- criminal investigations. private-sector mandates as defined in UMRA mocracy this past election. I urge my Unfortunately, the chairman, in the and would not affect the budgets of state, colleagues to defeat the previous ques- last week, exited this bipartisan inves- local, or tribal governments. tion and for all of us to get to the busi- tigative road to work with the White ESTIMATE PREPARED BY: ness of forming an independent com- House; going to the White House to re- Federal Costs: Susanne S. Mehlman; Im- mission to find out how we were at- ceive classified information before pact on State, Local, and Tribal Govern- tacked, who was responsible, whether sharing it with any members on the ments: Jon Sperl; Impact on the Private Sec- any U.S. persons were involved, and, committee, Democratic and Repub- tor: Amy Petz. most importantly, promise the Amer- lican; and going again to the White ESTIMATE APPROVED BY: ican people we will do everything we House the next day to share that infor- Peter H. Fontaine, Assistant Director for can to make sure we never find our- mation with the President. Budget Analysis. selves in a mess like this again. The actions of the Attorney General Mr. POLIS. This is based on H.R. 1030 Congressman CUMMINGS and I intro- and the actions of the leaders in this from last session, the Secret Science duced H.R. 356, the Protecting Our De- House who are supposed to be under- Reform Act of 2015, effectively the mocracy Act, because we always be- taking this campaign demand that we same operating provisions as this new lieved that the only way to have a take this outside of politics and that bill. If there are any cost-saving ele- comprehensive understanding of what we take this outside of Congress. The ments in this new bill that weren’t in happened and who was responsible and only way to do that is to have an inde- H.R. 1030, I would encourage my col- to make recommendations was through pendent commission that can league from Georgia to let us know be- an independent commission. However, depoliticize this, that can declassify cause we are voting without scoring or it also now is an insurance policy the facts to the extent possible, and costs on the newest version of this leg- against compromised investigations that can debunk the myths that our

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A28MR7.005 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2476 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 President has put forward about what of our courtrooms, you got to show the input of scientific experts in the review happened with Russia. why there is a reason to take action. of complex issues and add undue industry in- Mr. Speaker, I was a 20-year-old in- But since the EPA has been at this fluence into EPA’s decision-making process. tern in Washington, D.C., when we were level where they were basically unques- As written, the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act would make unneeded and attacked on September 11. I will never tionable for so long and could make ar- unproductive changes that would: forget watching Republicans and bitrary and capricious decisions which Restrict the ability of scientists to speak Democrats stand on the House steps, could not be challenged effectively, on issues that include their own expertise; arm in arm, singing ‘‘God Bless Amer- this may be a very helpful start to Block scientists who receive any EPA ica.’’ But what was more moving than stopping the EPA from being so heav- grants from serving on the EPA Scientific that moment of symbolism was the enly they are not earthly good. Advisory Board, despite their having the ex- unity that Republicans and Democrats So I think it is a fantastic bill. It is pertise and conducted relevant research that earned them these highly competitive showed when they came together to something I hope will be a bipartisan grants; make important reforms to ensure that vote as we require the EPA to just Prevent the EPA Scientific Advisory Board never again would we be attacked from show the basis of what you are doing, from making policy recommendations, even the skies, when they made many re- and then we can know whether this though EPA administrators have regularly forms that were put in place by an American god, this EPA, actually has sought their advice in the past; independent commission that was par- feet of clay or is back in the real world Add a notice and comment component to allel to investigations that were being or is actually killing jobs unneces- all parts of the EPA Scientific Advisory Board actions, a burdensome and unneces- done in Congress. sarily. sary requirement since their reviews of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The b 1300 major issues already include public notice time of the gentleman has expired. and comment; and Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield an Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- Reallocate membership requirements to additional 1 minute to the gentleman self such time as I may consume. increase the influence of industry represent- from California. Mr. Speaker, the EPA protecting our atives on the scientific advisory panels. Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. quality of life, our air, and our water In short, EPA Science Advisory Board Re- Speaker, there is still time for Repub- has nothing to do with Heaven or God. form Act would limit the voice of scientists, licans and Democrats in this House to It is based on science. Individual Amer- restrict the ability of the Board to respond to important questions, and increase the in- icans like Mr. GOHMERT and myself unite. There is still time for us to up- fluence of industry in shaping EPA policy. hold that solemn duty to ensure that have our own faith traditions. I don’t This is not in the best interest of the Amer- we always put our public safety and think there is anybody in the country ican public. our sacred democracy first. The best whose faith tradition is to worship the We also have concerns with the HONEST way to do that is to bring before this EPA. Act. This legislation would limit the kinds of House for consideration the Protect We have created the EPA for a pur- scientific data EPA can use as it develops Our Democracy Act. This country is pose: to protect the health of the policy to protect the American public from environmental exposures and permit viola- still worth defending. American people and protect our air and water. There are people alive today tion of patient confidentiality. If enacted, Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I yield the legislation would: 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas and people who are healthier today be- Allow the EPA administrator to release (Mr. GOHMERT). cause of the work of the EPA. The con- confidential patient information to third Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I do verse of that, without the Environ- parties, including industry; thank my friend from Georgia (Mr. mental Protection Agency, some of us Bolster industry’s flawed arguments to dis- WOODALL) for his able presentation on wouldn’t even be here and others of us credit research that documents the adverse this very good bill and our colleague, would be sickly. health effects of environmental pollution; It really doesn’t make any sense to and Mr. SMITH. Impose new standards for the publication I am sorry to change the subject talk about people worshipping the and distribution of scientific research that back to something that is relevant, EPA. We respect the scientific work of go beyond the robust, existing requirements material, and germane. By the way, I the EPA, and maybe this confusion be- of many scientific journals. am also looking forward to the inves- tween faith and science is what is lead- Science, developed by the respected men tigation into Russia and the sale of ing to the undermining of the scientific and women scientists at colleges and univer- such a huge percentage of our uranium aspects that the EPA reaches their sities across the United States, has always by Hillary Clinton’s State Department. conclusions on. been the foundation of the nation’s environ- mental policy. EPA’s science-based decision- They approved it. But we will get into Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD making process has saved lives and led to that later. a letter that shows the strong opposi- dramatic improvements in the quality of the Right now we are talking about a tion from those who advocate for our air we breathe, the water we drink and the fantastic bill because the EPA is very health against this bill. Alliance of earth we share. All Americans have benefited close to being omniscient, omnipotent, Nurses, American Lung Association, from the research-based scientific advice and ubiquitous—they are everywhere American Public Health Association, that scientists have provided to EPA. all the time. We have had a hard time National Medical Association, Asthma Congress should adopt policy that fortifies in the last 20, 30 years as it got more and Allergy Foundation of America, our scientists, not bills that undermine the scientific integrity of EPA’s decision-mak- and more heavenly in getting informa- and others have all signed a letter in ing or give polluters a disproportionate voice tion on why they were making the de- opposition to this bill because this bill in EPA’s policy-setting process. cisions they were. As the EPA has con- threatens the health of the American We strongly urge you to oppose these bills. tinued to crush jobs, like in Texas if people. Sincerely, there were no EPA, we have agencies MARCH 27, 2017. KATIE HUFFLING, RN, CNM, that have continued to make our water DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: The undersigned Director, Alliance of and air cleaner and cleaner every year, health and medical organizations are writing Nurses for Healthy Environments. and, despite the EPA’s constant inter- to express our opposition to the EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017 and the HAROLD P. WIMMER, ference, they are doing a great job. Honest and Open New EPA Science Treat- National President But one of the things that we have ment Act of 2017. Our organizations are dedi- and CEO, American wanted, as my friend, Mr. WOODALL, cated to saving lives and improving public Lung Association. was pointing out for years, is whether health. GEORGES C. BENJAMIN, MD, it is a Democrat in the White House or Science is the bedrock of sound medical Executive Director, a Republican, we just wanted some and public health decision-making. The best American Public openness. We wanted to know what science undergirds everything our organiza- Health Association. these seemingly arbitrary rules were tions do to improve health. Under the Clean STEPHEN C. CRANE, Ph.D., Air Act, EPA has long implemented a trans- MPH, based upon. So the purpose of this rule parent and open process for seeking advice Executive Director, coming from Chairman SMITH is let’s from the medical and scientific community American Thoracic go ahead and require the EPA to do on standards and measures to meet those Society. what anybody would have to do in one standards. Both of these bills would restrict CARY SENNETT, MD, Ph.D.,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.016 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 28, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2477 FACP, Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I have spend every moment of the hours that President & CEO, no further speakers, and I reserve the we have debating the nitty-gritty of Asthma and Allergy balance of my time. the issue before us—talking about how Foundation of Amer- Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- quickly should that data be disclosed; ica. self the balance of my time. how many folks should have access to PAUL BOGART, Executive Director, Mr. Speaker, I want to inquire if the it. Are there going to be episodes where Health Care Without gentleman from Georgia has any infor- the data needs to be kept super secret Harm. mation as to why the new bill would and folks can’t be trusted with it? RICHARD ALLEN WILLIAMS, cost any different amount than the What should we do about new and MD, prior version of the bill from the last emerging business practices, propriety 117th President, Na- Congress that was scored? technologies? How do we deal with tional Medical Asso- Mr. WOODALL. Will the gentleman those questions? ciation. yield? I enjoy those rules, Mr. Speaker, be- JEFF CARTER, JD, cause we are doing exactly what we Executive Director, Mr. POLIS. I yield to the gentleman Physicians for Social from Georgia. came here to do, and that is to delve Responsibility. Mr. WOODALL. I would say to the into the details and get it right for the gentleman, as he may know, the lan- American people. Mr. POLIS. Last Congress, we consid- What I am led to believe on a day ered a bill called the Secret Science guage is different in this section. When the CBO scored the bill last like today is that we are pretty close Act, which was nearly identical to this year, they presumed that the EPA to getting it right for the American bill. That was a bill that I submitted would have the obligation of compiling people because we are not talking was at a cost of billion dollars. If the all the data and making it all public about the nitty-gritty of the legisla- gentleman from Georgia has any evi- themselves. In this bill, it presumes tion. We are talking about the Clean dence that this bill will cost less, I en- the EPA will only make use of publicly Power Plan that the past administra- courage him to bring it forward. available data. I would refer the gen- tion put forward. We are not talking This bill, frankly, would force the tleman to the committee report. about the details of the legislation; we EPA to be dishonest, to not use the Mr. POLIS. Reclaiming my time, are talking about the Russians today. I best available science, and threaten the what the bill essentially does is two think that is because there aren’t privacy of the American people. things in this regard. One, it will foist many things much more common sense Our goal should be to help the agen- an unfunded mandate onto those who than sharing with the American people cies that we charge with protecting our are conducting the research to go that data on which the laws of the land health to use the best possible science through the effort themselves of releas- are made. to do the best possible job that they ing the data. But more perniciously, it Mr. Speaker, there is no doubt that can. We should not be throwing up will prevent data and scientific studies the EPA is involved in a complicated roadblocks and red tape and bureau- that there are legal protections from line of work, a critically important cratic mazes that hurt the quality of even being looked at by the Environ- line of work. I can’t find a single constituent in work and the science that we base our mental Protection Agency. They won’t the great State of Georgia that doesn’t protections on. even be able to consider that data. believe in clean water and clean air. I We need to protect American lives I think it is important that we get can find a whole lot of them who think from things like dirty air, dirty water, back to the topics that the American that they believe more in clean water and pollution. We should protect the people care about. I hope that we can and clean air than does any institution privacy of all Americans, but this bill move forward with Representatives in Washington, D.C. I promise you, no doesn’t protect the privacy of Ameri- SWALWELL’s and CUMMINGS’ bill to cre- one cares more about the Chattahoo- cans. It undermines the goal of the En- ate a bipartisan commission to inves- chee River National Recreation Area vironmental Protection Agency. tigate the Russian influence in the 2016 than those of us who live along the My colleague, Mr. SWALWELL, election rather than attack and under- Chattahoochee River National Recre- brought forward a very important mo- mine science, attack and undermine tion. When we defeat the previous ques- ation Area. privacy, and attack and undermine the Nobody cares more about protecting tion, we have a motion to create a bi- American people. partisan commission to investigate the Earth in the great State of Georgia This bill undermines our privacy pro- than those farmers who are creating Russian interference in the 2016 elec- tections and opens the door for more tion. the largest export we have in the great Americans to get sick and hurt by pol- State of Georgia, which are our agri- That is what I hear about from my lution in our air and water. I hope that constituents. I haven’t heard from any culture products. we can stand up against that. We are in this together, which is constituents that say: We want our Mr. Speaker, I ask Members to vote why, when this bill came before the personal data to be revealed by the En- ‘‘no’’ on this bill and vote ‘‘no’’ on this House last Congress, it passed with a vironmental Protection Agency or we rule. bipartisan vote. These are common- want to stop them from citing sci- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance sense ideas that bring us together more entific papers. of my time. than they divide us. That is simply not on the minds of Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. Speaker, I think the real surprise the American people. myself such time as I may consume. is that folks believe the EPA to be What is on the minds of the Amer- Mr. Speaker, I often wonder what it transparent, and learn that it is not. ican people is that we need a full ac- is like to be in your position there, a Folks would not believe that this Con- counting for the Russian interference distinguished career as a judge, and gress has to subpoena information in in the 2016 election, which is why we you come down here to talk about the order to get its hands on it. have a bill to create a bipartisan com- EPA and whether or not the rules and What this bill would say is not only mission to investigate that Russian in- regulations should be based on sound should Congress be able to access the terference in a manner that has credi- science or not, and you end up with a information, but any reputable sci- bility with the American people, that discussion over the Russians. There is entist should be able to access the in- can end this increasingly bizarre spy no objection that can be lodged here formation. novel that seems to be unfolding in for going outside of the scope of the What my friend says about privacy this city that we are meeting in now, bill. concerns, they are a shared concern in and replace it with investigations and I can always tell, when I come down this institution. There is absolutely facts and a full accounting for the for Rules Committee debate, whether nothing in this underlying legislation American people as to what happened or not we are really talking about that threatens those privacy concerns. and who was involved. something that divides us or whether In fact, it requires that all private in- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of we are just talking. If we are talking formation be redacted before the infor- my time. about something that divides us, we mation be utilized.

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Mr. Speaker, by di- That it is a pretty simple bill and a 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- rection of the Committee on Rules, I pretty simple rule. It asks that we lift fered a rule resolution. The House defeated call up House Resolution 230 and ask the previous question and a member of the the curtain of secrecy around the regu- for its immediate consideration. lations that protect our health and opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, asking who was entitled to recognition. The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- safety. It asks that we make health lows: and safety issues not things that divide Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R-Illinois) said: ‘‘The previous question having been refused, H. RES. 230 us around process, but things that the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- unite us around results. gerald, who had asked the gentleman to Candidly, I came to this institution lution it shall be in order to consider in the yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to House the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 34) pro- to achieve those results, Mr. Speaker, the first recognition.’’ viding for congressional disapproval under and I am proud to be carrying this rule The Republican majority may say ‘‘the chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of to the floor today. I encourage all of vote on the previous question is simply a the rule submitted by the Federal Commu- my colleagues to please support this vote on whether to proceed to an immediate nications Commission relating to ‘‘Pro- bill, and with its passage we can get to vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] tecting the Privacy of Customers of the underlying legislation, end the has no substantive legislative or policy im- Broadband and Other Telecommunications shroud of secrecy, and restore public plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what Services’’. All points of order against consid- they have always said. Listen to the Repub- confidence in the laws that protect all eration of the joint resolution are waived. lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative The joint resolution shall be considered as of our health and safety. Process in the United States House of Rep- read. All points of order against provisions The material previously referred to resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s in the joint resolution are waived. The pre- by Mr. POLIS is as follows: how the Republicans describe the previous vious question shall be considered as ordered AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 229 OFFERED BY question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- on the joint resolution and on any amend- MR. POLIS though it is generally not possible to amend ment thereto to final passage without inter- At the end of the resolution, add the fol- the rule because the majority Member con- vening motion except: (1) one hour of debate lowing new sections: trolling the time will not yield for the pur- equally divided and controlled by the chair SEC. 2. Immediately upon adoption of this pose of offering an amendment, the same re- and ranking minority member of the Com- resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- mittee on Energy and Commerce; and (2) one clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House vious question on the rule.... When the motion to commit. resolved into the Committee of the Whole motion for the previous question is defeated, The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- control of the time passes to the Member House on the state of the Union for consider- tleman from Texas is recognized for 1 ation of the bill (H.R. 356) to establish the who led the opposition to ordering the pre- National Commission on Foreign Inter- vious question. That Member, because he hour. ference in the 2016 Election. The first reading then controls the time, may offer an amend- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, for the of the bill shall be dispensed with. All points ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of purpose of debate only, I yield the cus- of order against consideration of the bill are amendment.’’ tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman waived. General debate shall be confined to In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House from Colorado (Mr. POLIS), pending the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal- of Representatives, the subchapter titled which I yield myself such time as I ly divided and controlled by the chair and ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal may consume. During consideration of ranking minority member of the Committee to order the previous question on such a rule this resolution, all time yielded is for on Foreign Affairs. After general debate the [a special rule reported from the Committee the purpose of debate only. bill shall be considered for amendment under on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- the five-minute rule. All points of order ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- GENERAL LEAVE against provisions in the bill are waived. At tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I ask the conclusion of consideration of the bill for jection of the motion for the previous ques- unanimous consent that all Members amendment the Committee shall rise and re- tion on a resolution reported from the Com- may have 5 legislative days to revise port the bill to the House with such amend- mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- and extend their remarks. ments as may have been adopted. The pre- ber leading the opposition to the previous The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there vious question shall be considered as ordered question, who may offer a proper amendment on the bill and amendments thereto to final or motion and who controls the time for de- objection to the request of the gen- passage without intervening motion except bate thereon.’’ tleman from Texas? one motion to recommit with or without in- Clearly, the vote on the previous question There was no objection. structions. If the Committee of the Whole on a rule does have substantive policy impli- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, House rises and reports that it has come to no reso- cations. It is one of the only available tools Resolution 230 provides for a rule to lution on the bill, then on the next legisla- for those who oppose the Republican major- consider a Congressional Review Act tive day the House shall, immediately after ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- resolution which will undo a duplica- the third daily order of business under clause native views the opportunity to offer an al- tive regulation put into place by the 1 of rule XIV, resolve into the Committee of ternative plan. the Whole for further consideration of the previous administration in the final bill. Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I yield hours of that Presidency. SEC. 3. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not back the balance of my time, and I The rule brings before the House this apply to the consideration of H.R. 356. move the previous question on the res- resolution so that Congress may re- olution. move through the proper legislative THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT process rules promulgated by bureau- IT REALLY MEANS The SPEAKER pro tempore. The crats who remain unaccountable to the This vote, the vote on whether to order the question is on ordering the previous previous question on a special rule, is not question. American people. This process allows those who are accountable—the elected merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- The question was taken; and the Representatives in Congress—to fight dering the previous question is a vote Speaker pro tempore announced that for our constituents’ rights and lib- against the Republican majority agenda and the ayes appeared to have it. a vote to allow the Democratic minority to erties. offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, on that I House Resolution 230 provides for a what the House should be debating. demand the yeas and nays. closed rule for the Congressional Re- Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the The yeas and nays were ordered. view Act resolution, S.J. Res. 34, the House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- scribes the vote on the previous question on The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- standard procedure for such resolu- the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- tions, since the sole purpose of the res- consideration of the subject before the House ceedings on this question will be post- olution is to remove a regulation from being made by the Member in charge.’’ To poned. the Federal Register.

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I urge my colleagues to sup- tion to commit. ferently from the rest of the internet, port today’s rule and the underlying The Federal Communications Com- amounting to government intervention Congressional Review Act resolution. mission issued its Open Internet Order, in the free market. The Federal Com- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of reclassifying broadband providers as munications Commission stated that my time. common carriers, which brought them the rules would provide more trans- Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, up until under the jurisdiction of the Federal parency, the rules would provide more now, every President since Gerald Ford Communications Commission. The choice, the rules would provide more has disclosed their tax return informa- Federal Trade Commission is the pri- protection; however, these expanded tion. These returns provide a basic mary regulator of companies’ privacy provisions may also result in more fre- level of transparency that helps ensure and data security practices; however, quent breach notifications, leading to a the public’s interest is placed first. The the Federal Trade Commission’s regu- weaker focus on security by consumers American people deserve the same latory authority under section 5 of the who do suffer from notification fatigue. level of disclosure from this adminis- Federal Trade Commission Act does While the Federal Communications tration. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat the not extend to common carriers. There- Commission’s privacy rules were meant previous question, I will offer an fore, the reclassification of broadband to protect consumers, they actually amendment to the rule to bring up internet service providers as common can inhibit security and market com- Representative ESHOO’s bill that would carriers created a legal enforcement petition while creating confusion by require Presidents and major party gap. subjecting parts of the internet eco- nominees for the Presidency to release The Federal Communications Com- system to different rules and different their tax returns. mission determined that the privacy jurisdictions. To correct this policy, on Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- provisions of the Communications Act March 23, 2017, the Senate passed S.J. sent to insert the text of my amend- would now apply to broadband internet Res. 34, a Congressional Review Act ment in the RECORD, along with extra- service providers and that new and ex- resolution of disapproval to nullify the neous material, immediately prior to panded privacy rules were necessary. privacy rulemaking promulgated by the vote on the previous question. Therefore, the Federal Communica- the Federal Communications Commis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there tions Commission promulgated new sion. objection to the request of the gen- privacy rules for common carriers on Prior to the reclassification of tleman from Colorado? October 27, 2016. These rules were broadband internet service providers as There was no objection. adopted a mere 10 days before the 2016 common carriers under the jurisdiction Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 7 Presidential election. They were adopt- of the Federal Communications Com- minutes to the gentlewoman from Cali- ed on a party-line vote and over serious mission, the Federal Trade Commis- fornia (Ms. ESHOO) to discuss this pro- objections by the minority Commission sion regulated companies’ privacy posal and also the important aspects of members and the internet service pro- practices while preserving the Federal the underlying bill that need to be re- viders. The Federal Communications Communications Commission’s author- sponded to. Commission’s rules are a departure ity to enforce privacy obligations of Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I thank my from the privacy protections that have broadband service providers on a case- friend and colleague from Colorado for been applied by the Federal Trade by-case basis. his leadership and for yielding time to Commission for years. This Congressional Review Act will me. The Federal Trade Commission em- restore the status quo that existed First of all, I would like to respond ploys an opt-out model that requires prior to the Federal Communications to the gentleman’s presentation about companies to provide consumers notice Commission’s Open Internet Order and the underlying bill. of the data that is collected and how it bring the privacy practices of all parts Make no mistake about it, what the will be used. Consumers are then given of the internet back into balance. Not underlying bill does today is it wipes the option to opt out of this data col- only will this level the playing field for out—it totally wipes out—privacy pro- lection if they so choose. Instead of im- an increasingly anticompetitive mar- tections for consumers on the internet. plementing well-established collection ket, but it will ensure parity in the That is what it does. There are not du- practices that are accepted industry- protection of consumer data. plicative regulations. I know that it wide, the Federal Communications The new Chairman of the Federal was stated on the floor that there are Commission chose to promulgate an Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, duplicative regulations. opt-in model for its new internet serv- has called to halt the Federal Commu- There are two agencies—the Federal ice providers. This model prohibits nications Commission’s privacy rules. Communications Commission and the broadband internet service providers He stated: ‘‘All actors in the online Federal Trade Commission—however, from using, disclosing, or providing ac- space should be subject to the same it is only the FCC, the Federal Commu- cess to customer proprietary informa- rules. . . . The Federal Government nications Commission, that can actu- tion without the customer’s affirma- shouldn’t favor one set of companies ally protect consumers by enforcing tive opt-in consent. Such data includes over another.’’ This is precisely the the protections. The FTC does not have browsing history, application usage, type of limited government that we that authority. and location data, among other types should be striving for after years of What happens today if these privacy of information. overreaching by the previous adminis- protections are ripped away from the While this may sound like a good tration and its regulations. The Con- American people? Well, all the infor- thing to opt in to, in reality, it un- gressional Review Act protects con- mation that you give to your internet fairly skews the market in favor of pro- sumers, and it restores the free market service provider, whether it is viders that already have access to con- competitiveness that actually allows Comcast, whether it is cable providers, sumer information. For example, our economy to thrive. Charter, AT&T, the one that you pay a search engines, social media sites, and The Congressional Review Act is an pretty big bill to, they can take all of internet content providers like Netflix, important tool in maintaining ac- the information that they have—my Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Apple, countability at the Federal level. Its account, your account, your account, these providers, known as edge pro- necessity has never been more appar- your account—and use that informa- viders, are free to collect consumer ent than over the past 2 months, where tion to sell it to the highest bidder to data that broadband internet service this Congress has needed to step in and make money off of it. providers, under the jurisdiction of the remove burdensome, unbalanced regu- Now, there is an additional charge in Federal Communications Commission, lations put in place by the prior admin- this thing, alleged charge, and that is,

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You President has 564 financial positions in Commission. don’t have to go to Netflix in order to companies located in the United States FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION get your internet service. That is why and around the world, according to the PROTECTING CONSUMER PRIVACY the FCC did not apply these rules to Federal Election Commission, making The FTC has been the chief federal agency them. Maybe there should be a debate him more susceptible to conflicts of in- on privacy policy and enforcement since the about them. But to equalize and say terest than any President in our his- 1970s, when it began enforcing one of the that Google and Facebook are equal to tory. Without disclosure of his tax re- first federal privacy laws—the Fair Credit your internet service provider suggests turns, the American people are pre- Reporting Act. Since then, rapid changes in to me that some people just don’t know vented from knowing where his income technology have raised new privacy chal- what they are talking about. comes from, whether he is dealing with lenges, but the FTC’s overall approach has This is a subject that the American been consistent: The agency uses law en- foreign powers, what he owes and to forcement, policy initiatives, and consumer people feel very, very deeply about. In whom, and how he may directly benefit and business education to protect con- fact, I think it is in the DNA of every from the policies he proposes. sumers’ personal information and ensure American: ‘‘I want my privacy, and it There are daily revelations about that they have the confidence to take advan- should be protected.’’ We all feel that previously undisclosed meetings be- tage of the many benefits of the ever-chang- way. tween the President’s staff and Russian ing marketplace. What is being done today is a ripping officials, as well as a steady flow of FTC’s Privacy Report: Balancing Privacy away. It is like taking a bandage, just and Innovation; troubling information about The The Do Not Track Option: Giving Con- stripping it away. Who do you go to? Trump Organization’s ties to state-con- sumers a Choice; Who do you go to complain to? No one. nected businesses and individuals in Making Sure Companies Keep Their Pri- No one. Because there isn’t anything Turkey, Azerbaijan, China, and other vacy Promises to Consumers; left to enforce. countries. Last week, The New York Protecting Consumers’ Financial Privacy; I think it is a sad day if the under- Times reported that The Trump Orga- The Children’s Online Privacy Protection lying bill passes. I think it is shocking nization is finalizing an agreement to Act (COPPA): What Parents Should Know. that my Republican colleagues, either build a hotel in partnership with a firm Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I thank out of a lack of understanding of how that has ‘‘deep Turkish roots’’ and the men and women of the Federal the internet works, how their constitu- business ties in Russia, Kazakhstan, Trade Commission for all the work ents—all of our constituents benefit and two dozen other countries. they have done over the years in pro- from these protections of our privacy, Without the disclosure of the Presi- tecting our privacy. and our information is private. I don’t dent’s tax returns, there is no way for Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of want anyone to take my information the American people to know the full my time. and sell it to someone and make a ton extent of his foreign entanglements Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- of money off of it just because they can and possible conflicts of interest on self such time as I may consume. get their mitts on it. That is why the this or other deals that his family busi- Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to privacy protections were adopted. ness is engaged in. the rule and the resolution. May I ask how much time is remain- This resolution undermines funda- 1330 ing? b mental privacy for every internet user. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- I think the House is failing, Mr. You hear my colleague on the other tlewoman has 3 minutes remaining. Speaker, to exercise our constitutional side trying to conflate different things. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield an obligation to conduct effective over- When your broadband provider can sell additional 1 minute to the gentle- sight and operate as a check on the ex- your information, and there is no rule woman from California. ecutive branch. We can change that prohibiting them from doing so—effec- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- today by taking up and passing this bi- tively that includes all of your brows- tlewoman has 4 minutes remaining. partisan bill, which will ensure that ing history, data entered in forms, ev- Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I will close the President, and all future Presi- erything that you have done on the that one off and go to the other reason dents, will be held to a baseline level of internet that has absolutely nothing to that I am on the floor today. I thank disclosure. That is why I urge my col- do with a relationship with a par- the gentleman again for yielding me leagues to defeat the previous question, ticular content provider or e-commerce the time. so we can hold an immediate vote on company; you can enter information, I rise in opposition to the rule and, the Presidential Tax Transparency obviously, for the express purpose of obviously, the underlying resolution; Act. them optimizing your experience or and I urge my colleagues to defeat the Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield selling you a product—they are then previous question so that my bipar- myself 1 minute. the owners of that information, and tisan bill, the Presidential Tax Trans- Mr. Speaker, to bring us back to the you have choice in the marketplace. parency Act, can be made in order for business at hand, which is the rule al- Whereas, with our broadband providers, immediate floor debate and a vote. lowing the vote on the Congressional most of us don’t have a choice. You ei- Mr. Speaker, my legislation would Review Act later today, I want to ther sign up for the local cable com- require the President and all future quote now from the web page of the pany or you don’t. Presidents and Presidential nominees Federal Trade Commission, under the Before I discuss the many disastrous to publicly disclose their tax returns. title of Protecting Consumer Privacy. facets of this resolution, I also want to It is a very simple bill. Reading from their website: point out that this is yet another This is the third time this year that The Federal Trade Commission has been closed rule. There have been absolutely I have offered this bill as the previous the chief Federal agency on privacy policy no open rules that allow Democrats question motion, and for the last sev- and enforcement since the 1970s when it and Republicans to bring forward eral weeks, Members—including Mr. began enforcing one of the first Federal pri- amendments. No amendments are al- POLIS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. CROWLEY, vacy laws—the Fair Credit Reporting Act. lowed under this rule here on the floor Ms. LOFGREN, and myself—have offered Since then, rapid changes in technology have of the House of Representatives. Sadly, privileged resolutions directing the raised new privacy challenges, but the Fed- that has become the norm. eral Trade Commission’s overall approach House to request the President’s tax has been consistent. The agency uses law en- The FCC recently took steps to re- returns. Nearly every day we give the forcement, policy initiatives, and consumer evaluate their rule. Commissioner Pai majority the opportunity to dem- and business education to protect con- even paused their implementation to onstrate leadership on this issue, and sumers’ personal information and ensure examine the FCC doing their job.

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Most of us use broadband through our What we are worried about is that, if They could charge pricing of goods cable because it is the most cost-effec- this bill were to become law, it would and services discriminating against tive way to have high-speed internet essentially be impossible for the FCC you based on your income or your past access, and that is the case for most to act to protect the privacy of Ameri- purchasing behavior. Your sensitive fi- American families. cans who use broadband ever again. So nancial information could be used to So this is not the time to get rid of it is not a matter of a nuance under steer you to higher costs and worse fi- privacy rules and convey the vast eco- this rule. If we go through the process nancial products. This rule would lit- system that is the internet away from of passing a CRA, the FCC wouldn’t be erally change how broadband providers the content and dynamism that exists able to pass any rule—or if they did, it have access to your entire personal there to the broadband side. That is ab- would be under a legal cloud—to pro- life. It would make the broadband pro- surd. tect the privacy of the American peo- viders the most valuable part of the People can choose not to use social ple. That is the danger: that CRAs are internet value chain. media accounts, can choose what they effectively permanent. Now, we all want broadband pro- share, and can choose who to enter The second aspect is that the FCC viders to have compensation for the in- contracts with with regard to searches has already established a notice and frastructure costs and a reasonable or purchases. Social media is an op- comment period that allows for com- profit. There is no doubt about that. tional platform that you can choose be- ment on the new rules. By going Those of us who advocate for net neu- tween many providers, but the around that, we would avoid govern- trality, as I do, or those who advocate broadband access side frequently looks ment transparency. for privacy, we want them to have a and acts more like a monopoly. So here is what is at stake. On Octo- reasonable return on investment so Supporters of this bill also mention ber 27, 2016, after a 6-month rule- that we can all have access to how this somehow levels the playing making process that was open to public broadband. And we have that largely field for broadband providers. What it comment and received comments, the through user fees and subscription fees. does is it tilts the playing field entirely FCC developed a commonsense rule to Have you seen your cable bill, Mr. in their favor. Internet service pro- protect our privacy. The rule that we Speaker? viders are a gateway to the internet. are talking about undoing basically I have seen my cable bill. It ain’t They do not own the internet. does three things, which are great. cheap anymore. But many families pay The second protection the rule offers It requires broadband internet access for it because it is the best way to have is to require reasonable measures be service providers to obtain opt-in con- fast access to the internet. taken to protect the data that they sent before using or sharing sensitive And guess what? want to collect. Again, we all value cy- information. Sounds obvious that we The cable companies are able to jus- bersecurity and protection of this data. would want that. We wouldn’t want in- tify broadband in many areas. Given the countless incidents of cyber formation that doesn’t have an opt-in Again, maybe there are some tweaks, hacking incidents, how can we enter- consent to be sold or used. That in- and it would be great if there is a way tain the idea of rolling back a rule that cludes things like web browsing history we could have greater value for rural requires reasonable measures to pro- or data that is entered on forms. broadband and have them have an ROI. tect consumer data? What are pro- It would also require broadband pro- We would love that. But the answer is ponents advocating for? No measures viders to use reasonable measures to not to turn over the keys to the inter- to protect consumer data? protect the cybersecurity of our data. net and all your personal data to cable The third important protection under Again, of course. companies and say: You own it all. You this rule is the consumers whose data Third, it requires that broadband are more powerful than Amazon, more has been breached should be notified. providers notify consumers in the powerful than Google, more powerful Again, that is important. I had my event of a breach of information. than every consumer site because you credit card stolen a few years ago and Again, just like we have with credit own everything that is entered into got notified that it was. I used it at an- card companies, we want some kind of every one of those and more, and you other location where it might have affirmative information that is given can sell it and use it as you see fit been compromised and I received noti- to consumers that your information without restriction, without even re- fication. This eliminates that notifica- may be breached if there is a cyberse- quiring that users opt in. tion from users of broadband. It would curity threat that might do that. The value conveyance from the con- do away with that. This bill undoes all those things. It tent side to the infrastructure side of I would like to know, as would con- says that you don’t have to notify peo- this bill would be game-changing and sumers, if my credit card information ple if there is a breach, you don’t need game-destroying for the free and open was hacked. I want to know if my per- to have reasonable measures to protect internet. It simply makes no sense. sonal profile or medical records or cybersecurity, and, most importantly, Look, consumers should have the emails were hacked. If someone is able with regard to privacy, it will no right to choose with who and how they to attain my children’s names, our longer require opt-in consent before share their personal information. When home address, information about the using, sharing, or selling your most in- it comes to a broadband provider, we schools they attend, or the homework timate personal data that you use on simply don’t have that choice that you they do, I would want to know. the internet. do with consumer websites like Now, look, this bill moves entirely Now, look at the implications of this Facebook or Google, which are gov- the wrong direction. It basically seizes rollback. It is not just a collection of erned under a separate set of laws. the value of the internet from content, internet data usage, but bulk collec- Proponents of this bill are arguing from e-commerce, from all of the im- tion of all of your network traffic. A that, because there is not adequate portant dynamism that occurs there broadband provider could collect every protection somehow in social media and tries to apply that to the search, every website visited, every and the edge providers here, somehow broadband side rather than simply find email written and received, every piece the standard should be lower for a reasonable way for broadband pro- of data entered, every article read, see broadband internet services. It makes viders to see a return on investment. how often you log in and how you use no sense. In today’s day and age, not Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of various accounts for all members of having internet access is simply not an my time. your family, including minors, and option for many Americans. To say you Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield even your location, sell that informa- can choose not to have broadband, myself 1 minute.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.027 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2482 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 Mr. Speaker, just to put some things is not in jeopardy. This is plain and is saleable, but it is just their business? in context, I wanted to share some in- simple, and I don’t get this. Well, somebody else is going to know formation from a blog called When I was growing up, I thought one now. And they may well be able to redstate.com, posted by Seton Motley, of the tenets of the Republican Party monetize it, gather it, and distribute on March 27, 2017, talking about the that I admired the most was privacy. It it. difference between the size and scope of is mine, not yours, not the govern- It is outrageous what the majority is edge providers versus the ISPs, the ment’s—mine. You can’t have it unless doing today, and I can’t possibly be- internet service providers. The parent I give it to you. lieve that it is conservative, that it is company of one of the largest edge pro- My phone number, my Social Secu- small government. I can’t believe that viders is valued at over $500 billion. He rity number, my credit card number, they believe that this is what a govern- points out in his blog post, by way of my passwords—everything is mine. Yet ment in restraint should do. The gov- comparison, the nation of Singapore’s you just want to give it away. You ernment should be protecting our gross domestic product, the entire out- make one good argument: let’s level rights, protecting our privacy. Small put for every man, woman, and child in the playing field. You are right. I agree government means that the individual a very productive country is $508 bil- with you. But you don’t level the play- ought to be protected from the big lion. Basically, the same. So the edge ing field by getting rid of the playing powers out there, like the corporate in- provider stands on equal financial foot- field. You level it by raising it on those terests, yet the majority is handing us over to them at this very hour. ing of the world’s 40th richest country. who are not subject to this rule. Mr. Speaker, I urge Members of the By way of contrast, the Nation’s Please give me one—not two—one majority to vote against this. I can’t largest internet service provider has a good reason why all of these people here, why all of these people watching believe that a person who is a constitu- net worth of $148 billion. So the edge tional conservative would ever vote for would want Comcast or Verizon to provider is more than three and a half a monstrosity like this. It is beyond have information unless they give it to times larger than the Nation’s largest my comprehension that a conservative them. We are talking medical informa- ISP. libertarian would say: oh, yeah, give tion. We are talking passwords. We are The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the individuals’ information over to time of the gentleman has expired. talking financial information. We are the big commercial interests. This is Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield talking college applications. There is one of those moments. myself an additional 30 seconds. nothing in today’s society that every The majority, you guys have the I think we can begin to see the scope one of us doesn’t do every day on the House, you have the Senate, and you of the problem and why unbalancing internet, yet Comcast is going to get have the White House. The only re- this playing field is inherently a bad it—not because I said it is okay. straint you have is yourselves. And I idea. And what are you going to do with know there has got to be somebody in Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of it? Kind of look at it and say: oh, yeah, that body who believes that Comcast, my time. hey, Mike takes a size 38 underwear. Sprint, and all of the rest should not Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, the evalua- That is great. They are going to sell it have anybody’s underwear size in this tion is as it should be. Again, when in- to the underwear companies. Hey, he body. frastructure is laid, we want a reason- bought this kind of underwear. He likes It is an outrage. It is an abuse, and I able ROI. It is like utility infrastruc- this color. Let’s give him ads. By the urge a very emphatic ‘‘no.’’ ture or water infrastructure. I would way, most of those ads are useless, be- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- never expect that the world’s most val- cause I already bought the underwear. bers are reminded to direct their re- uable companies would be the pipes in I don’t need any more. marks to the Chair. the people’s homes. The magic of the But it is none of their information. It Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I re- internet is the content. That is what is none of their business. Go out in the serve the balance of my time. 1 drives the desire for broadband access. street, please, leave Capitol Hill for 5 Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 ⁄2 And, of course, there are other ways minutes. Go anywhere you want, find minutes to the gentleman from Cali- that people can access the internet, but three people on the street who think it fornia (Mr. KHANNA). Mr. KHANNA. Mr. Speaker, I thank broadband and cable have a technical is okay, and you can explain to them Mr. POLIS for yielding and for your advantage on price and speed. ROIs, the company has to make progress, and we have to make money. leadership on this issue. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the This resolution would overturn rules You will lose that argument every gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. that protect a consumer’s privacy, and single time, as you should. And I guar- CAPUANO). they would be a handout to internet antee you, you won’t find anybody in Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, I thank service providers: Comcast, Verizon, your district who wants this bill the gentleman for yielding. AT&T. Now, as it is, the average Amer- I have a simple question: What the passed. ican, 80 percent of Americans, don’t Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I re- heck are you thinking? What is in your have a choice about which internet mind? Why would you want to give out serve the balance of my time. service provider they can use, and they Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 any of your personal information to a pay six to seven times more than peo- faceless corporation for the sole pur- minutes to the gentleman from Min- ple pay in France, than people pay in chase of them selling it? nesota (Mr. ELLISON). Britain. And people wonder: Why is Give me one good reason why Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Speaker, I do this? Comcast should know what my moth- quite agree with what Mr. CAPUANO Obviously, the United States did all er’s medical problems are. Do you just shared, but I will say this: for any- of the research that invented the inter- know how they would know? Because body listening to this broadcast today, net. Why are Americans paying more? when I went to the doctor with her and this is a classic fight of the big money It is because they have monopolistic, they told me what it was, I had no clue against the many. The big money, they anticompetitive practices. So what is what they were talking about, so I say that they want even more money, the solution? Instead of making the in- came home and I searched it on the so they want to be able to dig into your dustry more competitive so Americans net, and I searched the drugs that she private information so that they can have more choice and don’t have to pay was taking. The same with my chil- figure out when you get up, when you as much, what this bill wants to do is dren. go to bed, what you looked up, and give these four or five internet service Just last week, I bought underwear then write ads just so they could try to providers even more power, allowing on the internet. Why should you know sell you more stuff. them to take an individual’s data and what size I take, or the color, or any of And as disgusting as that is, you can sell it to whoever they want. that information? see easily how that is not the end of it. The fear of Big Brother is so real out What if you have somebody who has there, as it is, people fear that the bu- b 1345 something really sensitive that they reaucracy and big companies are con- These companies are not going broke. just want a little bit more information trolling their lives. This bill would That is not the situation. The internet about, that is not of a nature where it allow that to continue and get worse.

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Mr. Speaker, I re- lets them choose the terms on which control over their personal information and serve the balance of my time. ISPs can use it, share it, or sell it.’’ lets them choose the terms on which ISPs Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I would like can use it, share it, or sell it. Americans are Consumers should be in control of increasingly concerned about their privacy, to inquire if the gentleman has any re- their own information. and in some cases have begun to censor their maining speakers. The second letter is from Consumers online activity for fear their personal infor- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I appar- Union, the policy arm of Consumer Re- mation may be compromised. Consumers ently do not have any additional ports. They say, in part, that this bill have repeatedly expressed their desire for speakers. ‘‘would strip consumers of their pri- more privacy protections and their belief Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- vacy rights and . . . leave them with that the government helps ensure those pro- self such time as I may consume. no protections at all.’’ tections are met. The FCC’s rules give It is no surprise that nobody wants to I include in the RECORD those two broadband customers confidence that their come to the floor and talk in favor of letters, Mr. Speaker. privacy and choices will be honored, but it this bill because it is such an awful does not in any way ban ISPs’ ability to JANUARY 27, 2017. market to users who opt-in to receive any bill. This bill would allow your Hon. PAUL RYAN, such targeted offers. broadband provider of internet services Speaker of the House, House of Representatives, to sell all of your personal information. Washington, DC. The ISPs’ overreaction to the FCC’s broadband privacy rules has been remark- So, again, the other side is trying to Hon. NANCY PELOSI, Minority Leader, House of Representatives, able. Their supposed concerns about the rule conflate two entirely different things. are significantly overblown. Some broadband When you do a transaction within an e- Washington, DC. Hon. MITCH MCCONNELL, providers and trade associations inac- commerce site or search site, you are Senate Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, Wash- curately suggest that this rule is a full ban agreeing to their terms of service, and ington, DC. on data use and disclosure by ISPs, and from you are engaging in a discrete trans- Hon. CHARLES SCHUMER, there complain that it will hamstring ISPs’ action, and the information that you Minority Leader, U.S. Senate, ability to compete with other large adver- enter is subject to their terms of use— Washington, DC. tising companies and platforms like Google and Facebook. To the contrary, ISPs can and completely appropriate. A competitor DEAR SPEAKER RYAN, SENATOR MCCONNELL, REPRESENTATIVE PELOSI, AND SENATOR SCHU- likely will continue to be able to benefit is only a click away. from use and sharing of their customers’ Whether there are any monopolistic MER: The undersigned media justice, con- sumer protection, civil liberties, and privacy data, so long as those customers consent to content providers is a different matter groups strongly urge you to oppose the use of such uses. The rules merely require the ISPs for a different day, and a different Fed- the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to to obtain that informed consent. eral agency—the FTC. What we are adopt a Resolution of Disapproval over- The ISPs and their trade associations al- talking about here is the access piece, turning the FCC’s broadband privacy order. ready have several petitions for reconsider- the broadband access piece. They actu- That order implements the mandates in Sec- ation of the privacy rules before the FCC. ally, through the pipes, get to see all of tion 222 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, Their petitions argue that the FCC should ei- the information that is entered that which an overwhelming, bipartisan majority ther adopt a ‘‘Federal Trade Commission you see: every email; all of your credit of Congress enacted to protect telecommuni- style’’ approach to broadband privacy, or cations users’ privacy. The cable, telecom, card information; if you use the inter- that it should retreat from the field and its wireless, and advertising lobbies request for statutory duty in favor of the Federal Trade net for any personal medical research, CRA intervention is just another industry Commission itself. All of these suggestions all of your personal medical research; attempt to overturn rules that empower are fatally flawed. Not only is the FCC well your kids’ information, everything users and give them a say in how their pri- positioned to continue in its statutorily your kids and minors in the family do. vate information may be used. mandated role as the privacy watchdog for And what this bill says is: you don’t Not satisfied with trying to appeal the broadband telecom customers, it is the only have to require people to opt in to have rules of the agency, industry lobbyists have agency able to do so. As the 9th Circuit re- their information used. asked Congress to punish internet users by cently decided in a case brought by AT&T, way of restraining the FCC, when all the Consumers should be in control of common carriers are entirely exempt from agency did was implement Congress’ own di- FTC jurisdiction, meaning that presently their own information. They shouldn’t rective in the 1996 Act. This irresponsible, there is no privacy replacement for be forced to sell and give that informa- scorched-earth tactic is as harmful as it is broadband customers waiting at the FTC if tion to who knows who simply for the hypocritical. If Congress were to take the in- Congress disapproves the FCC’s rules here. dustry up on its request, a Resolution of Dis- price of admission for access to the This lays bare the true intent of these in- internet. approval could exempt internet service pro- viders (ISPs) from any and all privacy rules dustry groups, who also went to the FCC Again, we all want there to be a rea- asking for fine-tuning and reconsideration of sonable capital return on infrastruc- at the FCC. As you know, a successful CRA on the privacy rules could preclude the FCC the rules before they sent their CRA request. ture and on broadband. That is some- from promulgating any ‘‘substantially simi- These groups now ask Congress to create a thing we can agree on. If there is a case lar’’ regulations in the future—in direct con- vacuum and to give ISPs carte blanche, with to be made that we can do better in flict with Congress’ clear intention in Sec- no privacy rules or enforcement in place. providing an economic return to en- tion 222 that telecommunications carriers Without clear rules of the road under Sec- courage rural broadband, I am for it. I protect their customers’ privacy. It could tion 222, broadband users will have no cer- tainty about how their private information know many of my colleagues on the also preclude the FCC from addressing any of the other issues in the privacy order like re- can be used and no protection against its other side would be for it. Let’s do it. abuse. ISPs could and would use and disclose What we don’t want to do in that quiring data breach notification and from re- visiting these issues as technology continues consumer information at will, leading to ex- process is turn over the entire value to evolve in the future. The true con- tensive harm caused by breaches and by mis- chain of the internet to the infrastruc- sequences of this revoked authority are ap- use of data properly belonging to consumers. ture and provider side, rather than the parent when considering the ISPs’ other ef- Congress told the FCC in 1996 to ensure dynamic innovative content and e- forts to undermine the rules. Without these that telecommunications carriers protect commerce side. rules, ISPs could use and disclose customer the information they collect about their cus- I would like to read an excerpt from information at will. The result could be ex- tomers. Industry groups now ask Congress to two letters from groups who are op- tensive harm caused by breaches or misuse ignore the mandates in the Communications posed to this bill. The first is a coali- of data. Act, enacted with strong bipartisan support, tion of 19 media, justice, consumer pro- Broadband ISPs, by virtue of their position and overturn the FCC’s attempts to imple- as gatekeepers to everything on the internet, ment Congress’s word. The CRA is a blunt in- tection, civil liberties, and privacy have a largely unencumbered view into their strument and it is inappropriate in this in- groups. customers’ online communications. That in- stance, where rules clearly benefit internet Their concern that: ‘‘Without these cludes the websites they visit, the videos users notwithstanding ISPs’ disagreement rules, ISPs could use and disclose cus- they watch, and the messages they send. with them.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.029 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2484 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 We strongly urge you to oppose any resolu- first have to scrap Title II reclassification— [From the Huffington Post, March 22, 2017] tion of disapproval that would overturn the not an easy task which would be both time- WHY AMERICANS SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT FCC’s broadband privacy rule. consuming and subject to judicial review, THEIR ONLINE, BROADBAND PRIVACY Sincerely, and jeopardize the legal grounding of the 2015 (By Jared Polis) Access Now, American Civil Liberties Open Internet Order. Congress, in turn, Union, Broadband Alliance of Mendocino would have to pass legislation to remove the Over the last couple of months, the dia- County, Center for Democracy and Tech- common carrier exemption, thus granting logue surrounding government surveillance nology, Center for Digital Democracy, Cen- the FTC jurisdiction over those ISPs who are and consumer privacy has shifted in a trou- ter for Media Justice, Color of Change, Con- common carriers. We are skeptical Congress bling direction. While news outlets are cov- sumer Action, Consumer Federation of would take such an action. Finally, the FTC ering everything from false claims of wire- America, Consumer Federation of California, does not enjoy the same robust rulemaking taps to outlandish claims of reconnaissance Consumer Watchdog, Consumer’s Union, authority that the FCC does. As a result, microwaves, Republicans are quietly taking Free Press Action Fund, May First/People consumers would have to wait for something real and dramatic steps to protect corporate Link, National Hispanic Media Coalition, bad to happen before the FTC would step in profits at the cost of your privacy. A few New America’s Open Technology Institute, to remedy a violation of privacy rights. Any weeks ago, Senator Jeff Flake (R–Ariz.) and Online Trust Alliance, Privacy Rights Clear- fondness for the FTC’s approach to privacy is Representative Marsha Blackburn (R–Tenn.) ing House, Public Knowledge. merely support for dramatically weaker pri- filed bills in both the House of Representa- vacy protections favored by most corpora- tives and the Senate that, if passed, will per- CONSUMERS UNION, tions. manently eliminate broadband users’ pri- March 27, 2017. There is no question that consumers favor vacy protections, affecting nearly everyone House of Representatives, the FCC’s current broadband privacy rules. who uses the Internet. Washington, DC. Consumers Union launched an online peti- The legislation allows broadband providers DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: Consumers Union, tion drive last month in support of the Com- to access and sell consumers’ information the policy and mobilization arm of Consumer mission’s strong rules. To date, close to without their permission. As our gateway to Reports, writes regarding House consider- 50,000 consumers have signed the petition the Internet, Broadband Internet Service ation of S.J. Res. 34, approved by a 50–48 and the number is growing. Last week, more Providers—commonly referred to as ISPs— party line vote in the Senate last week. than 24,000 consumers contacted their Sen- have access to a wealth of personal informa- This resolution, if passed by the House and ators urging them to oppose the CRA resolu- tion, from our physical location to our shop- signed into law by President, would use the tion in the 24 hours leading up to the vote. ping habits and the medical issues we re- Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify Consumers care about privacy and want the search—can reveal potentially sensitive de- the Federal Communication Commission’s strong privacy protections afforded to the tails about our personal lives. (FCC) newly-enacted broadband privacy them by the FCC. Any removal or watering Every search, every website visited, every rules that give consumers better control down of those rules would represent the de- article read online, see how often you log over their data. Many Senators cited ‘‘con- struction of simple privacy protections for into and use your various online accounts sumer confusion’’ as a reason to do away consumers. and even, in some cases, collect your loca- with the FCC’s privacy rules, but we have Even worse, if this resolution is passed, tion. Think about what someone could con- seen no evidence proving this assertion and using the Congressional Review Act here will clude from this information about you—your fail to understand how taking away in- prevent the FCC from adopting privacy overall health, risk activity, political affili- creased privacy protections eliminates con- rules—even weaker ones—to protect con- ation, preferences. What could they do with fusion. Therefore, we strongly oppose pas- sumers in the future. Under the CRA, once a that information? Could they change pricing sage of this resolution—it would strip con- rule is erased, an agency cannot move for- of goods and services depending on your in- sumers of their privacy rights and, as we ex- ward with any ‘‘substantially similar’’ rule come and past purchasing behaviors? Could plain below, leave them with no protections unless Congress enacts new legislation spe- you face challenges obtaining insurance due cifically authorizing it. Among other im- at all. We urge you to vote no on S.J. Res. 34. to perceptions on your health or risk behav- pacts, this means a bare majority in the Sen- The FCC made history last October when it ior based on your search activity? This rule ate can void a rule, but then restoration of adopted consumer-friendly privacy rules change will literally allow broadband pro- that rule is subject to full legislative proc- that give consumers more control over how viders to have access to your entire personal their information is collected by internet ess, including a filibuster. The CRA is a blunt instrument—and if used in this con- life on a network and sell it. service providers (ISPs). Said another way, After years of advocating for further con- these rules permit consumers to decide when text, blatantly anti-consumer. We are more than willing to work with you sumer protections, in October 2016, the Fed- an ISP can collect a treasure trove of con- and your fellow Representatives to craft pri- eral Communications Commission (FCC) sumer information, whether it is a web vacy legislation that affords consumer effec- took a responsible and commonsense step to browsing history or the apps a consumer tive and easy-to-understand protections. The establish broadband privacy protections—but may have on a smartphone. We believe the FCC made a step in that direction when it only months later Republicans are trying to rules are simple, reasonable, and straight- adopted the broadband privacy rules last roll back the progress made and repeal the forward. year, and getting rid of them via the Con- existing rules, fighting alongside corporate ISPs, by virtue of their position as gate- broadband providers. keepers to everything on the internet, enjoy gressional Review Act is a step back, not for- ward. Therefore, we encourage you to vote The legislation is unnecessary, as the FCC a unique window into consumers’ online ac- has already taken steps to review the rules, tivities. Data including websites consumers no on S.J. Res. 34. Respectfully, pausing implementation to conduct a careful visit, videos viewed, and messages sent is examination of the complexities of imple- LAURA MACCLEERY, very valuable. Small wonder, then, that ISPs mentation. The Republican legislation, are working so hard to have the FCC’s new Vice President, Con- sumer Policy & Mo- would stop this process, bypass public com- privacy rules thrown out through use of the ment, and eliminate the privacy protections Congressional Review Act. But we should bilization, Consumer Reports. permanently and irrevocably. make no mistake: abandoning the FCC’s new That is why I am drawing attention to this JONATHAN SCHWANTES, privacy rules is about what benefits big cable critical issue, before it’s too late. Senior Policy Counsel, companies and not about what is best for Mr. POLIS. Like these groups, I also consumers. Consumers Union. Many argue the FCC should have the same KATIE MCINNIS, believe that privacy is worth defend- privacy rules as those of the Federal Trade Policy Counsel, Con- ing. In the wrong hands, information Commission (FTC). FCC Chairman Ajit Pai sumers Union. can be damaging and used for the went so far as to say ‘‘jurisdiction over Mr. POLIS. I also include in the wrong reasons. broadband providers’ privacy and data secu- RECORD an op-ed that I had the oppor- Simply put, this bill is about con- rity practices should be returned to the FTC, tunity to publish last week on this veying the value of the internet to the the nation’s expert agency with respect to topic. My piece is entitled ‘‘Why Amer- infrastructure side rather than the these important subjects,’’ even though the FTC currently possesses no jurisdiction over icans should be worried about their on- content side. And rather than finding the vast majority of ISPs thanks to the com- line broadband privacy,’’ talking about common ground to establish reasonable mon carrier exemption—an exemption made this very bill that Congress has the te- ROI for broadband and internet invest- stricter by the Ninth Circuit Court of Ap- nacity to try to bring to the floor ments, this bill would hurt the entire peals in last year’s AT&T Mobility case. We under this rule to force the most per- internet ecosystem by breaking down have heard this flawed logic time and time sonal information pieces of informa- the trust between consumers and serv- again as one of the principal arguments for tion about every aspect of your inter- ice providers. getting rid of the FCC’s strong privacy rules. net behavior, and that of your family What they are really trying to do Unfortunately, this is such a poor solution that it amounts to no solution at all. members, to be given to the broadband here is shift the reasonable burden for For the FTC to regain jurisdiction over the provider to do whatever they want cybersecurity measures from the inter- privacy practices of ISPs, the FCC would with. net servers onto consumers. At the

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Instead—after last year’s the sensitivity of information col- and every user of the internet vulner- election—the FCC finalized privacy regula- lected, used or shared online, and ap- able to violations of our privacy and tions that deviate extensively from the FTC plies protections in a consistent and vulnerable to cybersecurity threats framework in several key respects. evenhanded way across business sec- without even receiving notifications of The FCC rules subject all web browsing tors. Consumer behavior demonstrates when our own intimate information, and app usage data to the same restrictive the success of the FTC’s regulatory ap- requirements as sensitive personal informa- like credit card numbers, is com- tion. That means that information generated proach: Each day people spend more promised. from looking up the latest Cardinals score or time engaging in online activities.’’ The FCC took a responsible, delib- checking the weather in Scottsdale is treat- Now, continuing to quote here: ‘‘The erate, and commonsense step to estab- ed the same as personal health and financial FCC’s overreach is a dangerous devi- lish broadband privacy protections in data. ation from successful regulation and October 2016. If they need to be The new rules also restrict an ISP’s ability commonsense industry practices. But tweaked or changed, let’s have a proc- to inform customers about innovative and don’t take my word for it. The FTC ess to do that. This bill is not that cost-saving product offerings. So much for concluded that the FCC’s decision to process. It not only undoes those pri- consumer choice. The FCC’s overreach is a dangerous devi- treat ISPs differently from the rest of vacy protections but prevents the FCC ation from successful regulation and com- the internet ecosystem was ‘not opti- from ever issuing a rule that has those mon-sense industry practices. But don’t just mal’—agencyspeak for ‘a really bad privacy protections in it. take my word for it. The FTC concluded that idea.’ ’’ Mr. Speaker, if passed, this bill would the FCC’s decision to treat ISPs differently One final quote from Senator FLAKE’s be an irrevocable step in the wrong di- from the rest of the internet ecosystem was op-ed: ‘‘This CRA resolution does noth- rection. I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘not optimal—agency-speak for ‘‘a really ing to change the privacy protections ‘‘no’’ on this rule and the underlying bad idea.’’ consumers currently enjoy. I hope Con- bill, and I yield back the balance of my Outside of the FTC’s well-founded con- gress and the FCC will continue work- cerns, the new rules are also a departure time. from bipartisan agreement on the need for ing together to address issues of con- Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield consistent online privacy rules. President cern down the road. However, it is im- myself the remainder of my time. Obama noted in 2012 that ‘‘companies should perative for rulemaking entities to I include in the RECORD an op-ed present choices about data sharing, collec- stay in their jurisdictional lanes. We from The Wall Street Journal from tion, use, and disclosure that are appropriate need to reject these harmful midnight March 1, 2017, by JEFF FLAKE, a mem- for the scale, scope, and sensitivity of per- privacy regulations that serve only to ber of the other body. The title of the sonal data in question at the time of collec- empower bureaucrats and hurt con- op-ed is ‘‘Settling a Bureaucratic Turf tion.’’ In other words, privacy rules should sumers.’’ War in Online Privacy Rules.’’ be based on the data itself. But that’s not how the FCC sees it. The Mr. Speaker, today’s rule provides [From The Wall Street Journal, Mar. 1, 2017] commission’s rules suffocate industry and for the consideration of a critical Con- SETTLING A BUREAUCRATIC TURF WAR IN harm consumers by creating two completely gressional Review Act resolution to re- ONLINE PRIVACY RULES different sets of requirements for different peal a duplicative Federal regulation (By Jeff Flake) parts of the internet. dropped on the doorstep of the Amer- To protect consumers from these harmful When you shop online from your tablet or ican people in the last hours of the pre- new regulations, I will soon introduce a reso- browse the internet on your smartphones, vious administration. The rule the lution under the Congressional Review Act you expect your personal data to be secure. House will be voting on today to repeal to repeal the FCC’s flawed privacy rules. Technology companies invest billions of dol- While the resolution would eliminate those would create uncertainty and chaos lars on data security to protect consumer rules, it would not change the current statu- surrounding the protection of people’s privacy. privacy online. Privacy is also a cornerstone of consumer tory classification of broadband service or I want to thank Mrs. BLACKBURN of protection, with federal enforcement agen- bring ISPs back under FTC jurisdiction. In- cies striking an appropriate balance between stead, the resolution would scrap the FCC’s Tennessee, the chairwoman of the En- innovation and security in their regulations. newly imposed privacy rules in the hope that ergy and Commerce Subcommittee on But just as a flawed line of code can render it would follow the FTC’s successful sensi- Communication and Technology, for a new firewall program useless, the new pri- tivity-based framework. her work on this critical issue. vacy rules that were rushed through in the This CRA resolution does nothing to I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ change the privacy protections consumers waning days of the Obama administration on the rule and vote ‘‘yes’’ on the un- risk crashing our longstanding privacy-pro- currently enjoy. I hope Congress and the FCC will continue working together to ad- derlying resolution. tection regime. The material previously referred to For two decades, the Federal Trade Com- dress issues of concern down the road. How- mission has been America’s sole online pri- ever, it is imperative for rule-making enti- by Mr. POLIS is as follows: vacy regulator. Under the FTC’s watch, our ties to stay in their jurisdictional lanes. We AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 230 OFFERED BY internet and data economy has been the need to reject these harmful midnight pri- MR. POLIS envy of the world. The agency’s evidence- vacy regulations that serve only to empower At the end of the resolution, add the fol- based approach calibrates privacy and data- bureaucrats and hurt consumers. lowing new sections: security requirements to the sensitivity of Mr. BURGESS. I want to read from a SEC. 2. Immediately upon adoption of this information collected, used or shared online, couple of the lines from this op-ed. The resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to and applies protections in a consistent and Senator states here: ‘‘Privacy is also a clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House evenhanded way across business sectors. cornerstone of consumer protection, resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for consider- Consumer behavior demonstrates the success with Federal enforcement agencies of the FTC’s regulatory approach: Each day ation of the bill (H.R. 305) to amend the Eth- people spend more time engaging in online striking an appropriate balance be- ics in Government Act of 1978 to require the activities. tween innovation and security in their disclosure of certain tax returns by Presi- But in 2015, in a bid to expand its own regulations. But just as a flawed line of dents and certain candidates for the office of power, the Federal Communications Com- code can render a new firewall program the President, and for other purposes. All mission short-circuited the effectiveness of useless, the new privacy rules that points of order against consideration of the the FTC’s approach by reclassifying internet were rushed through in the waning bill are waived. General debate shall be con- service providers as common carriers, sub- days of the Obama administration risk fined to the bill and shall not exceed one ject to Title II of the Communications Act. hour equally divided among and controlled In taking that unprecedented action, the crashing our longstanding privacy-pro- by the respective chairs and ranking minor- FCC unilaterally stripped the FTC of its tra- tection regime.’’ ity members of the Committees on Ways and ditional jurisdiction over ISPs. The FTC can Continuing to quote here: ‘‘For two Means and Oversight and Government Re- no longer police the privacy practices of pro- decades, the Federal Trade Commission form. After general debate the bill shall be

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.032 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2486 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 considered for amendment under the five- on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- ing the previous question on the reso- minute rule. All points of order against pro- ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- lution (H. Res. 229) providing for con- visions in the bill are waived. At the conclu- tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- sideration of the bill (H.R. 1430) to pro- sion of consideration of the bill for amend- jection of the motion for the previous ques- hibit the Environmental Protection ment the Committee shall rise and report tion on a resolution reported from the Com- the bill to the House with such amendments mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- Agency from proposing, finalizing, or as may have been adopted. The previous ber leading the opposition to the previous disseminating regulations or assess- question shall be considered as ordered on question, who may offer a proper amendment ments based upon science that is not the bill and amendments thereto to final or motion and who controls the time for de- transparent or reproducible, on which passage without intervening motion except bate thereon.’’ the yeas and nays were ordered. one motion to recommit with or without in- Clearly, the vote on the previous question The Clerk read the title of the resolu- on a rule does have substantive policy impli- structions. If the Committee of the Whole tion. rises and reports that it has come to no reso- cations. It is one of the only available tools lution on the bill, then on the next legisla- for those who oppose the Republican major- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tive day the House shall, immediately after ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- question is on ordering the previous the third daily order of business under clause native views the opportunity to offer an al- question. 1 of rule XIV, resolve into the Committee of ternative plan. The vote was taken by electronic de- the Whole for further consideration of the Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I yield vice, and there were—yeas 231, nays bill. back the balance of my time, and I 189, not voting 19, as follows: SEC. 3. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not move the previous question on the res- [Roll No. 197] apply to the consideration of H.R. 305. olution. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The YEAS—231 THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT question is on ordering the previous Abraham Gaetz Meehan IT REALLY MEANS Aderholt Gallagher Messer This vote, the vote on whether to order the question. Allen Garrett Mitchell previous question on a special rule, is not The question was taken; and the Amash Gibbs Moolenaar merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- Speaker pro tempore announced that Amodei Gohmert Mooney (WV) the ayes appeared to have it. Arrington Goodlatte Mullin dering the previous question is a vote Babin Gosar Murphy (PA) against the Republican majority agenda and Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, on that I Bacon Gowdy Newhouse a vote to allow the Democratic minority to demand the yeas and nays. Banks (IN) Granger Noem offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about The yeas and nays were ordered. Barletta Graves (GA) Nunes what the House should be debating. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Barr Graves (LA) Olson Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- Barton Graves (MO) Palazzo House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- Bergman Griffith Palmer ceedings on this question will be post- Biggs Grothman Paulsen scribes the vote on the previous question on poned. Bilirakis Guthrie Pearce the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the f Bishop (MI) Harper Perry consideration of the subject before the House Bishop (UT) Harris Poe (TX) being made by the Member in charge.’’ To RECESS Black Hartzler Poliquin defeat the previous question is to give the Blackburn Hensarling Posey opposition a chance to decide the subject be- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Blum Herrera Beutler Ratcliffe fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Bost Hice, Jody B. Reed declares the House in recess until ap- Brady (TX) Higgins (LA) Reichert ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that Brat Hill Renacci ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- proximately 3 p.m. today. Bridenstine Holding Rice (SC) mand for the previous question passes the Accordingly (at 2 o’clock and 1 Brooks (AL) Hollingsworth Roby control of the resolution to the opposition’’ minute p.m.), the House stood in re- Brooks (IN) Hudson Roe (TN) in order to offer an amendment. On March cess. Buchanan Huizenga Rogers (AL) 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- Buck Hultgren Rogers (KY) fered a rule resolution. The House defeated f Bucshon Hunter Rohrabacher Budd Hurd Rokita the previous question and a member of the b 1500 Burgess Issa Rooney, Francis opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, AFTER RECESS Byrne Jenkins (KS) Roskam asking who was entitled to recognition. Calvert Jenkins (WV) Ross Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R–Illinois) said: The recess having expired, the House Carter (GA) Johnson (LA) Rothfus ‘‘The previous question having been refused, was called to order by the Speaker pro Carter (TX) Johnson (OH) Rouzer Chabot Johnson, Sam Royce (CA) the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- tempore (Mr. HULTGREN) at 3 p.m. gerald, who had asked the gentleman to Chaffetz Jones Russell f Cheney Jordan Rutherford yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to Coffman Joyce (OH) Sanford the first recognition.’’ ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Cole Katko Scalise The Republican majority may say ‘‘the PRO TEMPORE Collins (GA) Kelly (MS) Schweikert vote on the previous question is simply a Collins (NY) Kelly (PA) Scott, Austin vote on whether to proceed to an immediate The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Comer King (IA) Sensenbrenner vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings Comstock King (NY) Sessions has no substantive legislative or policy im- will resume on questions previously Conaway Kinzinger Shimkus Cook Knight Shuster plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what postponed. Costello (PA) Kustoff (TN) Smith (MO) they have always said. Listen to the Repub- Votes will be taken in the following Cramer Labrador Smith (NE) lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative order: Crawford LaHood Smith (NJ) Process in the United States House of Rep- Ordering the previous question on Culberson LaMalfa Smith (TX) resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s Curbelo (FL) Lamborn Smucker House Resolution 229; Davidson Lance Stefanik how the Republicans describe the previous Adoption of House Resolution 229, if question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- Davis, Rodney Latta Stewart ordered; Denham Lewis (MN) Stivers though it is generally not possible to amend Dent LoBiondo Taylor the rule because the majority Member con- Ordering the previous question on House Resolution 230; and DeSantis Long Tenney trolling the time will not yield for the pur- DesJarlais Loudermilk Thompson (PA) pose of offering an amendment, the same re- Adoption of House Resolution 230, if Diaz-Balart Love Thornberry sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- ordered. Donovan Lucas Tiberi vious question on the rule.... When the The first electronic vote will be con- Duffy Luetkemeyer Tipton motion for the previous question is defeated, ducted as a 15-minute vote. Remaining Duncan (SC) MacArthur Trott Duncan (TN) Marchant Turner control of the time passes to the Member electronic votes will be conducted as 5- Dunn Marshall Upton who led the opposition to ordering the pre- minute votes. Emmer Massie Valadao vious question. That Member, because he f Farenthold Mast Wagner then controls the time, may offer an amend- Faso McCarthy Walberg ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Ferguson McCaul Walden amendment.’’ OF H.R. 1430, HONEST AND OPEN Fitzpatrick McClintock Walker In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House Fleischmann McHenry Walorski NEW EPA SCIENCE TREATMENT Flores McKinley Walters, Mimi of Representatives, the subchapter titled ACT OF 2017 Fortenberry McMorris Weber (TX) ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal Foxx Rodgers Webster (FL) to order the previous question on such a rule The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Franks (AZ) McSally Wenstrup [a special rule reported from the Committee finished business is the vote on order- Frelinghuysen Meadows Westerman

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A28MR7.019 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 28, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2487 Williams Woodall Young (IA) A recorded vote was ordered. Castro (TX) Jeffries Pelosi Wilson (SC) Yoder Zeldin Chu, Judy Johnson (GA) Perlmutter Wittman Yoho The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Cicilline Johnson, E. B. Peters Womack Young (AK) 5-minute vote. Clark (MA) Kaptur Peterson Clarke (NY) Keating NAYS—189 The vote was taken by electronic de- Pingree vice, and there were—ayes 231, noes 185, Clay Kelly (IL) Pocan Adams Fudge Napolitano Clyburn Kennedy Polis Aguilar Gabbard Neal not voting 13, as follows: Cohen Khanna Quigley Barraga´ n Gallego Nolan [Roll No. 198] Connolly Kihuen Raskin Bass Garamendi Norcross Conyers Kildee Rice (NY) Cooper Kilmer Beatty Gonzalez (TX) O’Halleran AYES—231 Richmond Correa Kind Bera Gottheimer O’Rourke Abraham Gibbs Newhouse Rosen Beyer Green, Al Courtney Krishnamoorthi Pallone Aderholt Gohmert Noem Roybal-Allard Bishop (GA) Green, Gene Crist Kuster (NH) Panetta Allen Goodlatte Nunes Ruiz Blumenauer Grijalva Crowley Langevin Pascrell Amash Gosar Olson ´ Cuellar Larsen (WA) Ruppersberger Blunt Rochester Gutierrez Payne Amodei Gowdy Palazzo Cummings Larson (CT) Ryan (OH) Bonamici Hanabusa Pelosi Arrington Granger Palmer Davis (CA) Lawrence Sa´ nchez Boyle, Brendan Hastings Perlmutter Babin Graves (GA) Paulsen Davis, Danny Lawson (FL) Sarbanes F. Heck Peters Bacon Graves (LA) Pearce DeFazio Lee Schakowsky Brady (PA) Higgins (NY) Peterson Banks (IN) Graves (MO) Perry DeGette Levin Schiff Brown (MD) Himes Pingree Barletta Griffith Poe (TX) Delaney Lewis (GA) Schneider Brownley (CA) Hoyer Pocan Barr Grothman Poliquin DeLauro Lieu, Ted Schrader Bustos Huffman Polis Barton Guthrie Posey DelBene Lipinski Scott (VA) Butterfield Jackson Lee Quigley Bergman Harper Ratcliffe Demings Loebsack Serrano Capuano Jayapal Raskin Biggs Harris Reed DeSaulnier Lofgren Carbajal Jeffries Rice (NY) Bilirakis Hartzler Sewell (AL) ´ Reichert Deutch Lowenthal Cardenas Johnson (GA) Richmond Bishop (MI) Hensarling Shea-Porter Renacci Dingell Lowey Carson (IN) Johnson, E. B. Rosen Bishop (UT) Herrera Beutler Sherman Cartwright Kaptur Rice (SC) Doggett Lujan Grisham, Roybal-Allard Black Hice, Jody B. Sinema Castor (FL) Keating Roby Doyle, Michael M. Ruiz Blackburn Higgins (LA) Sires Castro (TX) Kelly (IL) Roe (TN) F. Luja´ n, Ben Ray Ruppersberger Blum Hill Smith (WA) Chu, Judy Kennedy Rogers (KY) Ellison Lynch Ryan (OH) Bost Holding Soto Cicilline Khanna Rohrabacher Engel Maloney, Sa´ nchez Brady (TX) Hollingsworth Speier Clark (MA) Kihuen Rokita Eshoo Carolyn B. Sarbanes Brat Hudson Suozzi Clarke (NY) Kildee Rooney, Francis Espaillat Maloney, Sean Schakowsky Bridenstine Huizenga Swalwell (CA) Clay Kilmer Roskam Esty Matsui Schiff Brooks (AL) Hultgren Takano Cleaver Kind Ross Evans McCollum Schneider Brooks (IN) Hunter Thompson (CA) Clyburn Krishnamoorthi Foster McEachin Buchanan Hurd Rothfus Thompson (MS) Schrader Frankel (FL) McGovern Cohen Kuster (NH) Buck Issa Rouzer Scott (VA) Fudge McNerney Titus Connolly Langevin Bucshon Jenkins (KS) Royce (CA) Serrano Gabbard Meeks Tonko Conyers Larsen (WA) Budd Jenkins (WV) Russell Sewell (AL) Garamendi Meng Torres Cooper Larson (CT) Burgess Johnson (LA) Rutherford Shea-Porter Gonzalez (TX) Moore Tsongas Correa Lawrence Byrne Johnson (OH) Sanford Sherman Gottheimer Moulton Vargas Costa Lawson (FL) Calvert Johnson, Sam Scalise Sinema Green, Al Murphy (FL) Veasey Courtney Lee Carter (GA) Jones Schweikert Sires Green, Gene Nadler Vela Crist Levin Carter (TX) Jordan Scott, Austin Smith (WA) Grijalva Napolitano Vela´ zquez Crowley Lewis (GA) Chabot Joyce (OH) Sensenbrenner Soto Gutie´rrez Neal Visclosky Cuellar Lieu, Ted Chaffetz Katko Sessions Speier Hanabusa Nolan Walz Cummings Lipinski Cheney Kelly (MS) Shimkus Davis (CA) Loebsack Suozzi Hastings Norcross Wasserman Coffman Kelly (PA) Shuster Davis, Danny Lofgren Swalwell (CA) Heck O’Halleran Schultz Cole King (IA) Smith (MO) Takano Higgins (NY) O’Rourke Waters, Maxine DeFazio Lowenthal Collins (GA) King (NY) Thompson (CA) Smith (NE) Hoyer Pallone Watson Coleman DeGette Lowey Collins (NY) Kinzinger Thompson (MS) Smith (NJ) Huffman Panetta Welch Delaney Lujan Grisham, Comer Knight Titus Smith (TX) Jackson Lee Pascrell Wilson (FL) DeLauro M. Comstock Kustoff (TN) ´ Tonko Smucker Jayapal Payne Yarmuth DelBene Lujan, Ben Ray Conaway Torres Labrador Stefanik Demings Lynch Cook LaHood Tsongas Stewart NOT VOTING—13 DeSaulnier Maloney, Costa LaMalfa Vargas Stivers Deutch Carolyn B. Costello (PA) Lamborn Cleaver Price (NC) Rush Veasey Taylor Dingell Maloney, Sean Cramer Lance Gallego Rogers (AL) Scott, David Vela Tenney Doggett Matsui Crawford Latta Himes Rooney, Thomas Simpson Vela´ zquez Thompson (PA) Doyle, Michael McCollum Culberson Lewis (MN) Marino J. Slaughter Visclosky Thornberry F. McEachin Curbelo (FL) LoBiondo Pittenger Ros-Lehtinen Walz Tiberi Ellison McGovern Davidson Long Wasserman Tipton ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Engel McNerney Davis, Rodney Loudermilk Schultz Trott Eshoo Meeks Denham Love The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Waters, Maxine Turner Espaillat Meng Dent Lucas the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Esty Moore Watson Coleman Upton DeSantis Luetkemeyer ing. Evans Moulton Welch DesJarlais MacArthur Valadao Foster Murphy (FL) Wilson (FL) Wagner Diaz-Balart Marchant b 1532 Frankel (FL) Nadler Yarmuth Donovan Marshall Walberg Walden NOT VOTING—9 Duffy Massie So the resolution was agreed to. Duncan (SC) Mast Walker The result of the vote was announced Marino Rooney, Thomas Scott, David Duncan (TN) McCarthy Walorski Pittenger J. Simpson Dunn McCaul Walters, Mimi as above recorded. Price (NC) Ros-Lehtinen Slaughter Emmer McClintock Weber (TX) A motion to reconsider was laid on Rush Farenthold McHenry Webster (FL) the table. b 1525 Faso McKinley Wenstrup Ferguson McMorris Westerman f Mr. BLUMENAUER and Ms. ROY- Fitzpatrick Rodgers Williams BAL-ALLARD changed their vote from Fleischmann McSally Wilson (SC) PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Wittman ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Flores Meadows OF S.J. RES. 34, PROVIDING FOR Fortenberry Meehan Womack CONGRESSIONAL DISAPPROVAL Mr. CULBERSON changed his vote Foxx Messer Woodall from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Franks (AZ) Mitchell Yoder OF A RULE SUBMITTED BY THE So the previous question was ordered. Frelinghuysen Moolenaar Yoho FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS Gaetz Mooney (WV) Young (AK) COMMISSION The result of the vote was announced Gallagher Mullin Young (IA) as above recorded. Garrett Murphy (PA) Zeldin The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The finished business is the vote on order- NOES—185 question is on the resolution. ing the previous question on the reso- The question was taken; and the Adams Blumenauer Bustos Aguilar Blunt Rochester Butterfield lution (H. Res. 230) providing for con- Speaker pro tempore announced that Barraga´ n Bonamici Capuano sideration of the joint resolution (S.J. the ayes appeared to have it. Bass Boyle, Brendan Carbajal Res. 34) providing for congressional dis- ´ RECORDED VOTE Beatty F. Cardenas approval under chapter 8 of title 5, Bera Brady (PA) Carson (IN) Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I demand a Beyer Brown (MD) Cartwright United States Code, of the rule sub- recorded vote. Bishop (GA) Brownley (CA) Castor (FL) mitted by the Federal Communications

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A28MR7.012 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2488 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 Commission relating to ‘‘Protecting NAYS—184 The vote was taken by electronic de- the Privacy of Customers of Broadband Adams Fudge Napolitano vice, and there were—ayes 231, noes 189, and Other Telecommunications Serv- Aguilar Gabbard Neal not voting 9, as follows: Barraga´ n Gallego Nolan ices’’, on which the yeas and nays were Bass Garamendi Norcross [Roll No. 200] ordered. Beatty Gottheimer O’Halleran AYES—231 The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Bera Green, Al O’Rourke tion. Beyer Green, Gene Pallone Abraham Gohmert Noem Bishop (GA) Grijalva Panetta Aderholt Goodlatte Nunes The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Blumenauer Gutie´rrez Pascrell Allen Gosar Olson question is on ordering the previous Blunt Rochester Hanabusa Payne Amash Gowdy Palazzo question. Bonamici Hastings Pelosi Amodei Granger Palmer Boyle, Brendan Heck Perlmutter Arrington Graves (GA) Paulsen This will be a 5-minute vote. F. Higgins (NY) Peters Babin Graves (LA) Pearce The vote was taken by electronic de- Brady (PA) Himes Peterson Bacon Graves (MO) Perry vice, and there were—yeas 232, nays Brown (MD) Hoyer Pingree Banks (IN) Griffith Poe (TX) Brownley (CA) Huffman Pocan Barletta Grothman Poliquin 184, not voting 13, as follows: Bustos Jackson Lee Polis Barr Guthrie Posey [Roll No. 199] Butterfield Jayapal Quigley Barton Harper Ratcliffe Capuano Jeffries Raskin Bergman Harris YEAS—232 Reed Carbajal Johnson (GA) Rice (NY) Biggs Hartzler Reichert Abraham Gohmert Newhouse Ca´ rdenas Johnson, E. B. Richmond Bilirakis Hensarling Renacci Bishop (MI) Herrera Beutler Aderholt Goodlatte Noem Cartwright Keating Rosen Rice (SC) Bishop (UT) Hice, Jody B. Allen Gosar Nunes Castor (FL) Kelly (IL) Roybal-Allard Roby Black Higgins (LA) Amash Gowdy Olson Castro (TX) Kennedy Ruiz Roe (TN) Blackburn Hill Amodei Granger Palazzo Chu, Judy Khanna Ruppersberger Rogers (AL) Blum Holding Arrington Graves (GA) Palmer Cicilline Kihuen Ryan (OH) Rogers (KY) Clark (MA) Kildee ´ Bost Hollingsworth Babin Graves (LA) Paulsen Sanchez Rohrabacher Clarke (NY) Kilmer Sarbanes Brady (TX) Hudson Bacon Graves (MO) Pearce Rokita Clay Kind Schakowsky Brat Huizenga Banks (IN) Griffith Perry Rooney, Francis Barletta Grothman Poe (TX) Cleaver Krishnamoorthi Schiff Bridenstine Hultgren Brooks (AL) Hunter Roskam Barr Guthrie Poliquin Clyburn Kuster (NH) Schneider Brooks (IN) Hurd Ross Barton Harper Posey Cohen Langevin Schrader Buchanan Issa Rothfus Bergman Harris Ratcliffe Connolly Larsen (WA) Scott (VA) Buck Jenkins (KS) Rouzer Biggs Hartzler Reed Conyers Larson (CT) Serrano Bucshon Jenkins (WV) Royce (CA) Bilirakis Hensarling Reichert Cooper Lawrence Sewell (AL) Budd Johnson (LA) Russell Bishop (MI) Herrera Beutler Renacci Correa Lawson (FL) Shea-Porter Burgess Johnson (OH) Rutherford Bishop (UT) Hice, Jody B. Rice (SC) Costa Lee Sherman Byrne Johnson, Sam Sanford Black Higgins (LA) Roby Courtney Levin Sinema Calvert Jones Scalise Blackburn Hill Roe (TN) Crist Lewis (GA) Sires Carter (GA) Jordan Schweikert Blum Holding Rogers (AL) Crowley Lieu, Ted Smith (WA) Cuellar Lipinski Carter (TX) Joyce (OH) Scott, Austin Bost Hollingsworth Rogers (KY) Soto Cummings Loebsack Speier Chabot Katko Sensenbrenner Brady (TX) Hudson Rohrabacher Davis (CA) Lofgren Swalwell (CA) Chaffetz Kelly (MS) Sessions Brat Huizenga Rokita Davis, Danny Lowenthal Takano Cheney Kelly (PA) Shimkus Bridenstine Hultgren Rooney, Francis DeGette Lowey Thompson (CA) Coffman King (IA) Shuster Brooks (AL) Hunter Roskam Delaney Lujan Grisham, Thompson (MS) Cole King (NY) Smith (MO) Brooks (IN) Hurd Ross DeLauro M. Titus Collins (GA) Kinzinger Smith (NE) Buchanan Issa Rothfus DelBene Luja´ n, Ben Ray Tonko Collins (NY) Knight Smith (NJ) Buck Jenkins (KS) Rouzer Demings Lynch Torres Comer Kustoff (TN) Smith (TX) Bucshon Jenkins (WV) Royce (CA) DeSaulnier Maloney, Tsongas Comstock Labrador Smucker Budd Johnson (LA) Russell Burgess Johnson (OH) Deutch Carolyn B. Vargas Conaway LaHood Stefanik Rutherford Byrne Johnson, Sam Dingell Maloney, Sean Veasey Cook LaMalfa Stewart Sanford Calvert Jones Doggett Matsui Vela Costello (PA) Lamborn Stivers Scalise Carter (GA) Jordan Doyle, Michael McCollum Vela´ zquez Cramer Lance Taylor Schweikert Carter (TX) Joyce (OH) F. McEachin Visclosky Crawford Latta Scott, Austin Tenney Chabot Kaptur Ellison McGovern Walz Culberson Lewis (MN) Sensenbrenner Thompson (PA) Chaffetz Katko Engel McNerney Wasserman Curbelo (FL) LoBiondo Thornberry Sessions Davidson Long Cheney Kelly (MS) Eshoo Meeks Schultz Tiberi Shimkus Davis, Rodney Loudermilk Coffman Kelly (PA) Espaillat Meng Waters, Maxine Tipton Shuster Denham Love Cole King (IA) Esty Moore Watson Coleman Trott Smith (MO) Dent Lucas Collins (GA) King (NY) Evans Moulton Welch Turner Smith (NE) DeSantis Luetkemeyer Collins (NY) Kinzinger Foster Murphy (FL) Wilson (FL) Upton Comer Knight Smith (NJ) Frankel (FL) Nadler Yarmuth DesJarlais MacArthur Smith (TX) Diaz-Balart Marchant Valadao Comstock Kustoff (TN) Wagner Conaway Labrador Smucker NOT VOTING—13 Donovan Marshall Stefanik Walberg Cook LaHood Carson (IN) Price (NC) Scott, David Duffy Massie Stewart Duncan (SC) Mast Walden Costello (PA) LaMalfa DeFazio Rooney, Thomas Simpson Walker Cramer Lamborn Stivers Duncan (TN) McCarthy Gonzalez (TX) J. Slaughter Walorski Crawford Lance Taylor Dunn McCaul Marino Ros-Lehtinen Suozzi Walters, Mimi Culberson Latta Tenney Emmer McClintock Pittenger Rush Weber (TX) Curbelo (FL) Lewis (MN) Thompson (PA) Farenthold McHenry Webster (FL) Davidson LoBiondo Thornberry ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Faso McKinley Wenstrup Davis, Rodney Long Tiberi The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Ferguson McMorris Denham Loudermilk Tipton Fitzpatrick Rodgers Westerman Dent Love Trott the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Fleischmann McSally Williams DeSantis Lucas Turner ing. Flores Meadows Wilson (SC) DesJarlais Luetkemeyer Upton Fortenberry Meehan Wittman Diaz-Balart MacArthur Valadao Foxx Messer Womack Donovan Marchant Wagner b 1539 Franks (AZ) Mitchell Woodall Duffy Marshall Walberg Frelinghuysen Moolenaar Yoder Duncan (SC) Massie Walden So the previous question was ordered. Gaetz Mooney (WV) Yoho Duncan (TN) Mast Walker The result of the vote was announced Gallagher Mullin Young (AK) Dunn McCarthy Walorski as above recorded. Garrett Murphy (PA) Young (IA) Emmer McCaul Walters, Mimi Gibbs Newhouse Zeldin Farenthold McClintock Weber (TX) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Faso McHenry Webster (FL) question is on the resolution. NOES—189 Ferguson McKinley Wenstrup The question was taken; and the Adams Boyle, Brendan Castor (FL) Fitzpatrick McMorris Westerman Speaker pro tempore announced that Aguilar F. Castro (TX) Fleischmann Rodgers Williams Barraga´ n Brady (PA) Chu, Judy Flores McSally Wilson (SC) the ayes appeared to have it. Bass Brown (MD) Cicilline Fortenberry Meadows Wittman RECORDED VOTE Beatty Brownley (CA) Clark (MA) Foxx Meehan Womack Bustos Clarke (NY) Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I demand a Bera Franks (AZ) Messer Woodall Beyer Butterfield Clay Frelinghuysen Mitchell Yoder recorded vote. Bishop (GA) Capuano Cleaver Gaetz Moolenaar Yoho Carbajal Clyburn A recorded vote was ordered. Blumenauer Gallagher Mooney (WV) Young (AK) Ca´ rdenas Cohen Blunt Rochester Garrett Mullin Young (IA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Carson (IN) Connolly Bonamici Gibbs Murphy (PA) Zeldin 5-minute vote. Cartwright Conyers

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.041 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 28, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2489 Cooper Keating Perlmutter The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- stitute estimates that Federal regula- Correa Kelly (IL) Peters Costa Kennedy Peterson ant to House Resolution 230, the joint tions cost our economy $1.9 trillion in Courtney Khanna Pingree resolution is considered read. 2015. Crist Kihuen Pocan The text of the joint resolution is as Since President Trump took office, Crowley Kildee Polis follows: Republicans have been working dili- Cuellar Kilmer Quigley Cummings Kind Raskin S.J. RES. 34 gently to loosen the regulatory envi- Davis (CA) Krishnamoorthi Rice (NY) Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep- ronment that is suffocating hard- Davis, Danny Kuster (NH) Richmond resentatives of the United States of America in working taxpayers. DeFazio Langevin Rosen Congress assembled, That Congress dis- Here is what multiple House Demo- DeGette Larsen (WA) Roybal-Allard Delaney Larson (CT) Ruiz approves the rule submitted by the Federal crats said in a letter to the FCC last DeLauro Lawrence Ruppersberger Communications Commission relating to May regarding the FCC’s privacy rules: DelBene Lawson (FL) Ryan (OH) ‘‘Protecting the Privacy of Customers of The rulemaking intends to go well beyond Demings Lee Sa´ nchez Broadband and Other Telecommunications the traditional framework that has guarded DeSaulnier Levin Sarbanes Services’’ (81 Fed. Reg. 87274 (December 2, Deutch Lewis (GA) Schakowsky consumers from data practices of internet 2016)), and such rule shall have no force or ef- service providers and ill-served consumers Dingell Lieu, Ted Schiff fect. Doggett Lipinski Schneider who seek and expect consistency in how Doyle, Michael Loebsack Schrader The SPEAKER pro tempore. The their personal data is protected. F. Lofgren Scott (VA) joint resolution shall be debatable for 1 Ellison Lowenthal Serrano Further, FTC Commissioner Joshua Engel Lowey Sewell (AL) hour equally divided and controlled by Wright testified before Congress that Eshoo Lujan Grisham, Shea-Porter the chair and ranking minority mem- the FTC has unique experience in en- Espaillat M. Sherman ber of the Committee on Energy and forcing broadband service providers’ Esty Luja´ n, Ben Ray Sinema Commerce. Evans Lynch Sires obligations to protect the privacy and Foster Maloney, Smith (WA) The gentlewoman from Tennessee security of consumer data. He added Frankel (FL) Carolyn B. Soto (Mrs. BLACKBURN) and the gentleman that the rules will actually do less to Fudge Maloney, Sean Speier from Pennsylvania (Mr. MICHAEL F. Gabbard Matsui Suozzi protect consumers by depriving the Gallego McCollum Swalwell (CA) DOYLE) each will control 30 minutes. FTC of its longstanding jurisdiction in Garamendi McEachin Takano GENERAL LEAVE the area. Once again, these rules hurt Gonzalez (TX) McGovern Thompson (CA) Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I Gottheimer McNerney Thompson (MS) consumers. Green, Al Meeks Titus ask unanimous consent that all Mem- Incredibly, former FCC Chairman Green, Gene Meng Tonko bers may have 5 legislative days to re- Tom Wheeler referred to the internet Grijalva Moore Torres vise and extend their remarks and to as the most powerful and pervasive Gutie´rrez Moulton Tsongas Hanabusa Murphy (FL) Vargas include extraneous material on S.J. network in the history of the planet Hastings Nadler Veasey Res. 34. before these rules were even created. I Heck Napolitano Vela The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there found this really odd because it implied Higgins (NY) Neal Vela´ zquez objection to the request of the gentle- Himes Nolan Visclosky that the FTC regulation had indeed Hoyer Norcross Walz woman from Tennessee? been successful and ought to continue, Huffman O’Halleran Wasserman There was no objection. ultimately undermining his own ra- Jackson Lee O’Rourke Schultz Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I tionale for additional FCC privacy reg- Jayapal Pallone Waters, Maxine Jeffries Panetta Watson Coleman yield myself such time as I may con- ulation. Johnson (GA) Pascrell Welch sume. Now, there are a couple of myths Johnson, E. B. Payne Wilson (FL) Mr. Speaker, I do rise today in sup- that are going around that I want to Kaptur Pelosi Yarmuth port of S.J. Res. 34, which disapproves take the time to dispel. Our friends NOT VOTING—9 of the rule submitted by the Federal claim there will be a gap for ISPs in Marino Rooney, Thomas Scott, David Communications Commission relating the FCC privacy rules when they are Pittenger J. Simpson to protecting the privacy of customers overturned. This simply is false, and Price (NC) Ros-Lehtinen Slaughter of broadband and other telecommuni- let me tell you why. The FCC already Rush cation services. has the authority to enforce the pri- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE I applaud Senator FLAKE’s work on vacy obligations of broadband service The SPEAKER pro tempore (during this issue, as S.J. Res. 34 was passed by providers on a case-by-case basis. the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- the Senate last week. I also filed a Pursuant to section 201 of the Com- ing. companion resolution in the House. munications Act, they can police prac- The FCC finalized its broadband pri- b 1547 tices of the ISPs that are unjust or un- vacy rules on October 27, 2016. At that reasonable. Sections 202 and 222 also So the resolution was agreed to. time, they assured us that the rules protect consumers. It is already in The result of the vote was announced would provide broadband customers statute. So I encourage my friends to as above recorded. meaningful choice, greater trans- read title II of the Communications A motion to reconsider was laid on parency, and stronger security protec- Act. Also, the State attorneys general the table. tions for their personal information have the ability to go after companies f collected by internet service providers, for unfair and deceptive practices. but the reality is much different. Third, litigation is another avenue PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL There are three specific problems consumers can pursue against ISPs for DISAPPROVAL OF A RULE SUB- with which the FCC has gone about mishandling personal data. Service MITTED BY THE FEDERAL COM- these rules. First, the FCC unilaterally providers have privacy policies. If they MUNICATIONS COMMISSION swiped jurisdiction from the Federal violate the policy, guess what? They Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, pur- Trade Commission. The FTC has served can be sued. I know Democrats will suant to House Resolution 230, I call up as our Nation’s sole online privacy reg- certainly understand that, as they the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 34) pro- ulator for over 20 years. have many trial lawyer friends, and I viding for congressional disapproval Second, having two privacy cops on urge them to speak to the trial bar. under chapter 8 of title 5, United the beat will create confusion within Fourth, the free market is another States Code, of the rule submitted by the internet ecosystem and will end up great equalizer. Can you imagine the the Federal Communications Commis- harming consumers. embarrassment for an ISP that is sion relating to ‘‘Protecting the Pri- Third, the FCC already has authority caught unlawfully selling data? We vacy of Customers of Broadband and to enforce privacy obligations of have all seen the economic fallout from Other Telecommunications Services’’, broadband service providers on a case- something such as a data breach. Com- and ask for its immediate consider- by-case basis. These broadband privacy panies have a financial incentive to ation in the House. rules are unnecessary and are just an- handle your personal data properly be- The Clerk read the title of the joint other example of Big Government over- cause to do otherwise would signifi- resolution. reach. The Competitive Enterprise In- cantly impair their financial standing.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A28MR7.018 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2490 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 To my Democrat friends across the One, internet service providers rule. Specifically, the D.C. Circuit has stated aisle, the bottom line is this: the only should ask permission before selling that ‘‘[i]n the absence of notice—for exam- gap that exists is in these arguments your private internet browsing history, ple, where the regulation is not sufficiently clear to warn a party about what is expected that you have made. app usage, or other sensitive informa- of it—an agency may not deprive a party of Consumer privacy is something we tion; property.’’ Thus, an agency cannot at once all want to protect, and consumer pri- Two, once they have your informa- invent and enforce a legal obligation. vacy will continue to be protected and tion, internet service providers should Yet this is precisely what has happened will actually be enhanced by removing take reasonable measures to protect it; here. In this case, there is no pre-existing the uncertainty and confusion these and legal obligation to protect personally identi- rules will create, as the Democrats fiable information (also known as PII) or no- Finally, if the information gets sto- tify customers of a PII data breach to en- Rush, Schrader, and Green indicated in len, the company should quickly let force. The Commission has never interpreted a letter to the FCC last May. you know. the Communications Act to impose an en- I also want to speak, for just a mo- That is it. That is all that is being forceable duty on carriers to ‘‘employ rea- ment, on the edge providers because asked of them. sonable data security practices to protect’’ there has been some question about These modest rules don’t stop inter- PII. The Commission has never expounded a who has visibility into your data. Clin- net service providers from using data duty that carriers notify all consumers of a ton administration veteran privacy ex- data breach of PII. The Commission has for advertising and profiling or what- never adopted rules regarding the misappro- pert Peter Swire offered a report in ever else so long as they ask first. priation, breach, or unlawful disclosure of February 2016 titled ‘‘Online Privacy in ISPs have an obligation under these PII. The Commission never identifies in the ISPs.’’ rules not to dive into the personal lives entire Notice of Apparent Liability a single ISP’s access to consumer data is lim- of Americans unless that is what those rule that has been violated. ited and often less than access to oth- Americans want. They just need to ask Nevertheless, the Commission asserts that these companies violated novel legal inter- ers. Swire found that ISPs have less first. visibility into consumer behavior on- pretations and never-adopted rules. And it This is particularly true because seeks to impose a substantial financial pen- line than search, social media, adver- broadband providers see literally ev- alty. In so doing, the Commission runs afoul tising, and big tech companies. erything you do online, every website of the fair warning rule. I cannot support Swire’s study found that, as a result you visit, every app, every device, such ‘‘sentence first, verdict afterward’’ deci- of advancing technologies, the rise of every time. By analyzing your internet sion-making. To the extent that the circumstances giv- encryption, and the various ways and usage and browsing history, these com- locations individuals access the inter- ing rise to today’s item merited the Commis- panies will know more about you than sion’s attention, there was a better (and law- net, ISPs now have increasingly lim- members of your own family, more ful) path forward. We could have opened a ited insight into our activities and in- than you tell your doctor, more than notice-and-comment rulemaking. This proc- formation online. you know about yourself. Without ess would have given the public an oppor- By contrast, however, so-called edge these rules, these companies don’t have tunity to speak. And in turn, the agency providers, like search engines, social to ask before selling all of that infor- would have had a chance to formulate clear, well-considered rules—rules we then could media, advertising, shopping, and other mation, and they don’t have to take services online, often have greater visi- have enforced against anyone who violated reasonable measures to protect that in- them. Instead, the Commission proposes a bility into personal consumer data. formation when they collect it. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of forfeiture today that, if actually imposed, Make no mistake about this, col- has little chance of surviving judicial review. my time. leagues: Anyone who votes for this bill One more thing. The Commission asserts Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- is telling your constituents that they that the base forfeiture for these violations vania. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such no longer have the freedom to decide is nine billion dollars—that’s $9,000,000,000— time as I may consume. which is by far the biggest in our history. It Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong how to control their own information. strains credulity to think that Congress in- opposition to S.J. Res. 34. You have given that freedom away to tended such massive potential liability for Today, colleagues, we are waist deep big corporations. More importantly, ‘‘telecommunications carriers’’ but not re- in the swamp. The American people did there aren’t rules to fall back on if tailers or banks or insurance companies or Congress scraps these. tech companies or cable operators or any of not ask for this resolution. the myriad other businesses that possess In fact, no company will even put its Critics of the rules argue that the Federal Trade Commission should consumers’ PII. Nor can I understand how name behind this effort. Instead, this such liability can be squared with the En- resolution is the result of an explicit oversee the privacy protection for forcement Bureau’s recent consent decrees written request from Washington lob- broadband providers, but, under cur- with these companies. Under those consent byists. These lobbyists make the bogus rent law, they have no authority to do decrees, the companies paid the Treasury claim that having actual protections so, and the CRA won’t do a thing to fix $440,000 and $160,000 for flouting our actual will confuse consumers and the only that. Under a Federal court of appeals rules and draining the Universal Service case, the FTC has no authority over Fund by seeking Lifeline support multiple way to help clear up this information times for the same customer. is to have no rules at all. mobile broadband providers at all. Consumer protection is a critical compo- No consumer has come forward to And to those that say the FCC can nent of the agency’s charge to promote the support this position. No consumer has evaluate complaints on a case-by-case public interest. But any enforcement action said this argument even makes sense. basis using its statutory authority, the we take in that regard must comport with I challenge every Member of this current Chairman—your current Chair- the law. For the reasons stated above, I dis- body at your next townhall meeting to man—stated that section 222 cannot be sent. have a show of hands of how many peo- used to protect personal information Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- ple think it is a good idea to allow your and that rules are necessary to enforce vania. Without these protections, there internet service provider to sell their this statute. will be no clear rules of the road. At a personal information without their Mr. Speaker, I include for the time when foreign actors like the Rus- permission. RECORD a statement by the FCC Com- sians, the Chinese, and everyone else missioner. under the sun are constantly trying to b 1600 steal our data and compromise our se- DISSENTING STATEMENT OF COMMISSIONER Then after you get that show of curity, it would be irresponsible to roll AJIT PAI hands, ask them how many of them back the only Federal safeguards we would vote for you if you support al- Re TerraCom, Inc. and YourTel America, Inc., Apparent Liability for Forfeiture, have. I want my colleagues to think lowing corporations to do that. File No. EB–TCD–13–00009175. long and hard before you give corpora- This resolution is of the swamp and tions the ability to sell your informa- for the swamp and no one else. The A core principle of the American legal sys- tem is due process. The government cannot tion without their permission. rules of this resolution would overturn sanction you for violating the law unless it Mr. Speaker, I include several arti- rules that are simple and make com- has told you what the law is. cles in the RECORD by Free Press and mon sense. They don’t require much, In the regulatory context, due process is the Open Technology Institute oppos- only three things: protected, in part, through the fair warning ing the CRA, an op-ed from a current

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:49 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.046 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 28, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2491 FTC Commissioner opposing this CRA, broadband service had become one of the ISPS KNOW ALL and a memorandum from engineers at first pay-for-privacy plans on the market. YOU DESERVE MORE PRIVACY FROM YOUR EFF opposing this CRA. The AT&T deal allows customers to opt out BROADBAND PROVIDER of some information sharing if they pay an (By Eric Null) [From Free Press, May 10, 2016] extra $29 a month or more. As you read this post, your internet service PAY-FOR-PRIVACY SCHEMES PUT THE MOST For a struggling family, that could mean provider is collecting information about you: VULNERABLE AMERICANS AT RISK choosing between paying for privacy and what you’re reading right now on Slate, (By Sandra Fulton) paying for groceries or the public transpor- tation needed to get to work. And while what URL you go to next, what time of day The FCC has opened a proceeding on the AT&T might be the first to launch this kind it is, and whether you’re on your home com- rules and policies surrounding privacy rights of service, an article in Fortune notes that puter or your mobile device, among many for broadband service. One industry practice other companies are eager to roll out similar other data points. Your ISP has similar data called into question in that proceeding could plans. about apps you’ve used, how much data you have a devastating impact on our most vul- Under pay-for-privacy models, consumers consume at any given time of day, and your nerable populations. who are unable to pay the higher broadband other daily internet habits and rhythms. Of Internet service providers charge cost will likely see their ISPs share their course, your ISP has other up-to-date per- broadband customers a ton for Internet ac- data with shadowy online data brokers who sonal information as well—things like your cess. ISPs are increasingly finding new rev- use this information to tailor marketing name, address, telephone number, credit card enue streams too, by taking part in the messages. While unregulated and unaccount- number, and likely your Social Security multibillion-dollar market that’s evolved able data brokers are a threat to everyone’s number. In this way, ISPs have access to a out of selling users’ personal information to privacy, they’re notorious for targeting low- uniquely detailed, comprehensive, and accu- online marketers. As the debate around pri- income communities, people of color and rate view of you and every other subscriber. vacy has heated up, ISPs have tried to pla- other vulnerable demographics. All of this at a time when consumer concern cate the public’s growing interest in privacy One particularly damning report from the over privacy is increasing and has actually protections while maintaining revenues they Senate Commerce Committee offered this caused people to refrain from engaging in e- can get when they auction off their cus- glimpse into how these brokers categorize commerce and other activities online. tomers’ valuable personal information. and label these target audiences: To make matters worse, you are essen- One proposed solution that AT&T has The Senate committee’s report notes, for tially powerless to limit the data your ISP largely ‘‘pioneered’’? Have customers pay to example, that the ‘‘Hard Times’’ category in- collects about you. While you may, in some preserve their privacy. cludes people who are ‘‘Older, down-scale and instances, defend yourself against tracking The potential harms and discriminatory ethnically diverse singles typically con- by websites and apps by disallowing cookies implications of this practice are obvious. It centrated in inner-city apartments.’’ or turning on ‘‘Do Not Track’’ in your brows- could mean that only people with the nec- It continues: ‘‘This is the bottom of the so- er settings, in many cases there is no way to essary financial means could protect their cioeconomic ladder, the poorest lifestyle seg- protect against ISP tracking except by privacy and prevent their ISPs from sharing ment in the nation. Hard Times are older avoiding the internet altogether. their personal information with predatory singles in poor city neighborhoods. Nearly While there are some tools that can help online marketers. The FCC rulemaking pro- three-quarters of the adults are between the consumers protect themselves, they are not ceeding seeks comments on whether to allow ages of 50 and 75; this is an underclass of the prevalent. For example, ISPs cannot see full such ‘‘financial inducements’’ for the sur- working poor and destitute seniors without website addresses when that site uses render of private information. If the agency family support . . .’’ encryption—denoted by a small lock icon in decides not to ban such practices outright, it These classifications can influence not just your browser bar. However, the website—not wants to know how it should regulate them. what kinds of ads people see, but the interest you—decides whether it will use encryption. As our lives have moved online, ISPs have rates they’re offered or the insurance pre- And while Netflix traffic is encrypted (so gained access to our most sensitive personal miums they pay. These targeted commu- your ISP only knows you’re watching videos, information. Advanced technologies allow nities are precisely the ones who can’t pay not specifically which ones you’re watching), companies to track us invisibly, collecting extra to shield their personal information WebMD traffic is not (so your ISP likely and selling data on nearly every detail of from these dangerous companies. knows every page you’ve visited on WebMD), what we do online. There may be some argument that if big even though medical symptoms are clearly But ISPs don’t just stop at knowing what companies are going to profit from our data much more personal than your favorite TV we’re doing. The location tracking that’s anyway, it’s actually good if their customers program. needed to provide mobile service to our get a share of that. The FCC’s rulemaking Another example of ways consumers can phones lets the ISPs know when and where proposal notes that brickand-mortar stores purportedly protect themselves is through we do it too. And they can figure out the and websites alike offer all sorts of ‘‘free’’ virtual private networks, or VPNs, which people and organizations we associate with services, discounts and perks in exchange for route web traffic through another network by looking at who we talk to and which the data they mine from their customers and and therefore effectively ‘‘hide’’ the traffic websites we visit. users. from the person’s ISP. But VPNs are dif- As ISPs track their customers, they create But the nature of the broadband market— ficult to use and configure. They often cost comprehensive dossiers containing sensitive where users have no real options when it extra money, slow down your browsing, and information on each person’s finances, comes to choosing their providers, and no simply send your data through some other health, age, race, religion and ethnicity. way to opt out short of staying offline— access provider that may be collecting data Their reach is so pervasive that information makes the tradeoffs here especially worthy about you, too. These options are not prac- like a visit to a website discussing mental of attention. If users could get fair value for tical defenses for most consumers. health, a search on how to collect unemploy- their data, and if they got a real discount on Currently, there are no rules to prevent ment benefits, or a visit to a church or broadband and not just a privacy penalty, your ISP from using these data for almost Planned Parenthood office could be swept up and if they were providing truly informed any purpose, including categorizing you and into their databases. consent with full knowledge of all the per- serving you advertisements based on those How do you feel about your ISP selling nicious uses data brokers have for their in- categories. Targeted ads may even be based such a personal glimpse into your life to on- formation, then maybe we could have a con- on whether you have (or the ISP has inferred line advertisers? Under a pay-for-privacy versation about the fairness of such schemes. you have) a certain disease or what your in- scheme, you wouldn’t need to worry about it But those are some very big ifs. come level is. Recently, Cable One was found so long as you could afford to shell out the We need better transparency rules for mar- to be using predictive analytics to determine hush money. But those who aren’t so fortu- keters and easy-to-use disclosures and opt-in which of its customers were ‘‘hollow’’ (that nate would have to relinquish any control mechanisms before we get there. We also is, had low credit scores) and then offering over how their personal data is spread across need strong baseline privacy protections them low-quality customer service. Cable the Web. guaranteed for all, including rules that pro- One technicians, the company’s CEO stated, The FCC raised concerns about this dy- hibit ISPs from using discriminatory aren’t going to ‘‘spend 15 minutes setting up namic when it launched its rulemaking pro- schemes that jeopardize the rights of their an iPhone app’’ for someone with a low cred- ceeding, noting that such pay-for-privacy most vulnerable customers. it score. Of course, making decisions based practices might disadvantage low-income We applaud the FCC for taking this crucial on credit scores is going to disproportion- people and members of other vulnerable first step to protect privacy from broadband ately affect communities of color and other communities. But it didn’t make any spe- ISPs’ overreach and abuse. As gatekeepers to vulnerable populations. Additionally, the cific recommendations or issue any pro- the Internet, ISPs hold a wealth of informa- data ISPs collect, often compiled into a posals on how to regulate in this space. tion about their customers, and the Commu- ‘‘profile,’’ might be sold to third parties (like Long before the FCC launched this inquiry nications Act commands the FCC to estab- advertisers or data brokers) and used and re- at the end of March 2016, and even before the lish strong safeguards for that private info. used for purposes for which they were not agency had clarified its authority to protect But the FCC also must also remember that initially collected—in ways that often annoy broadband users in the February 2015 Open our rights are not for sale—and that privacy people, such as when personal information is Internet Order, AT&T’s GigaPower is not a luxury for the wealthy. used to send a ‘‘barrage of unwanted

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SUFFER IF CONGRESS REPEALS THE FCC privacy while also allowing for private So you may find yourself between a rock PRIVACY RULES sector innovation and the new jobs and and a hard place: Use the internet and give If the House votes to repeal the FCC’s re- economic growth that accompany it. up your privacy, or forego internet access cent privacy rules, Americans’ cybersecurity The resolution before us today re- entirely—something that’s not exactly rea- will be put at risk. That’s because privacy verses overreaching, shortsighted, and sonable. But there is good news. The Federal and security are two sides of the same coin: Communications Commission is trying to privacy is about controlling who has access misguided rules adopted by unelected make sure that you and all other ISP cus- to information about you, and security is bureaucrats at the Federal Commu- tomers don’t have to confront this choice. In how you maintain that control. You usually nications Commission. These rules do 2015, as part of decision to uphold net neu- can’t break one without breaking the other, little to enhance privacy, but clearly trality, the FCC ruled that ISPs are ‘‘com- and that’s especially true in this context. To add a new layer of Federal red tape on mon carriers.’’ (The U.S. Court of Appeals show how, here are five ways repealing the innovators and job creators. This is ex- for the District of Columbia Circuit recently FCC’s privacy rules will weaken Americans’ actly the type of government overreach upheld that ruling.) Since then, the FCC has cybersecurity. that the Congressional Review Act was had a statutory obligation to protect the 1. Internet providers will record our brows- data ISPs collect about their customers. To ing history, and the systems they use to meant to stop. accomplish that, the FCC recently proposed record that information (not to mention the The Federal Communications Com- a new rule that would require ISPs, in most information itself) will become very tempt- mission, frankly, overstepped its cases, to seek opt-in consent from customers ing targets for hackers. (Just imagine what bounds on many issues during the before using data collected for purposes would happen if a foreign hacker thought she Obama administration, including pri- other than to provide service, such as to de- could blackmail a politician or a celebrity vacy regulations. After stripping the liver certain kinds of ads or to sell to data based on their browsing history.) Federal Trade Commission of its au- brokers. That means that if the rule passes, 2. In order to record encrypted browsing thority over the privacy practices of your ISP would have to notify you of any history (i.e. https websites), Internet pro- new intended use of the data and give you viders will start deploying systems that re- internet service providers, ISPs, the the opportunity to say ‘‘yes, that is OK with move the encryption so they can inspect the FCC adopted shortsighted rules that me’’ or ‘‘no, that is not OK with me.’’ Of key data. Although US-CERT (part of DHS) just only apply to one part of the internet. importance in this rule is that if you said put out an alert saying that this is ex- Despite the FTC’s proven case-by-case ‘‘no,’’ your ISP couldn’t just refuse to serve tremely dangerous for Americans’ cybersecu- approach to privacy enforcement that, you—it would have to respect your wishes rity, FCC Chairman Pai just decided not to frankly, has protected consumers, and still provide you with service. enforce rules that keep Internet providers while simultaneously allowing ISPs to The FCC’s proposal should be enacted, be- from doing this. innovate, the FCC opted to abandon cause you should not have to trade your pri- 3. Internet providers will insert ads into our browsing, but that could break the exist- this model in favor of an approach that vacy to access the internet. (New America’s assumes the Federal Government Open Technology Institute, where I work, ing code on webpages. That means security has been actively engaged on this issue and features might be broken, which could ex- knows best what consumers want. has submitted comments in the record. New pose Americans to a greater risk of attack. Simply put, the rules that the FCC America is a partner with Slate and Arizona 4. Internet providers will insert tracking applied to ISPs are illogical. The regu- State University in Future Tense.) It should tags into our browsing—and that means lations would require companies to go without saying, but it’s important enough every website will be able to track you, not apply the same privacy protections to that I will say it anyway: Internet access is just your Internet provider, and there’s consumer data, regardless of its impor- nothing you can do to stop them. imperative for personal and professional suc- tance or sensitivity. It hardly makes cess in today’s digital world. Yet to gain ac- 5. Internet providers will pre-install soft- ware to record information directly from our sense to treat a local weather update cess to the most important tool of the 21st and personal financial information the century, you have to allow your ISP access mobile phones (after all, it’s just one more to incredibly rich and private information source of information they can monetize). same way. about what you do online. You should get to But if the software that does that recording In addition, the FCC’s approach only control what it does with that data. Con- has bugs or vulnerabilities, hackers could protects consumer data as far as the sumers deserve real choice when it comes to break into that software, and then access ev- internet service provider is involved. protecting their data, and the opt-in regime erything the Internet provider could see. Do An entirely separate set of rules ap- you trust your Internet provider, which can’t proposed by the FCC is a huge step in the plies to providers of edge services. That right direction. even keep an appointment to fix your cable, to write completely bug-free software? means the giant search corporations, Yet—perhaps unsurprisingly—ISPs and The net result is simple: repealing the one of which controls up to 65 percent several House committees have responded to FCC’s privacy rules won’t just be a disaster of your searches on the internet, don’t the FCC’s proposal as if the sky is falling. for Americans’ privacy. It will be a disaster live by the same set of privacy rules as They have mounted an all-out assault on the for America’s cybersecurity, too. your small town ISP. idea that you should have the right to choose how ISPs use your data. Their argu- Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- What America needs is one standard, ments range from the highly dubious (the vania. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the bal- across-the-internet ecosystem, and the proposal exceeds the FCC’s authority) to the ance of my time. Federal Trade Commission is the best downright silly (consumers will be confused The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. place for that standard. by having different privacy rules for ISPs as ROGERS of Kentucky). The gentleman The impact of these rigid regulations compared with other companies, like search is reminded to address his remarks to has the potential to stifle one of the engines and social networks). Chances are the Chair. most innovative sectors of our Nation’s your ISP is telling the FCC that you don’t Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I economy, and it is consumers who will need protections against exploitation of your will remind my colleagues across the suffer. These rules, which Congress will data. (If you’re interested, you can see ex- actly what your ISP is saying—here are the aisle that, again, section 222 of the repeal, only lead to higher costs, less responses from AT&T, Comcast, Communications Act covers the au- competition, and fewer service offer- CenturyLink, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Sprint; thority that the FCC needs. Tradition- ings. This approach is particularly bur- unnamed ISPs may be represented by var- ally, online privacy has been handled densome for small businesses, which do ious trade associations like the National by the FTC. That is an authority that not have hallways full of lawyers to Cable and Telecommunications Association we have designated to them. navigate these tedious and unnecessary and CTIA for wireless.) However, as with the Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the rules. net neutrality debate that led to this pro- gentleman from Oregon (Mr. WALDEN), The benefits of the FCC’s privacy posal, consumers may feel differently. chairman of the Energy and Commerce regulations are questionable, but the The FCC has proposed a very strong rule Committee. harms are certain, which is why I urge that will help protect ISP customers from Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleagues to support this resolu- exploitative uses of their data. This battle for consumer choice will be ongoing for my colleagues for their good work on tion. And once these rules are reversed, many months, but soon, you may finally be this legislation. the FCC can turn back to working to- able to choose both having internet access As we increasingly rely on tech- gether with the FTC to ensure that our and protecting your privacy. nology in nearly every area of our privacy framework allows the internet

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Congress must fix this over- and that it was your Commissioner, consumers have access to more than reach so the new administration can your current FCC Commissioner, that one high-speed broadband provider. create a comprehensive, consistent set said that they can’t do it under section So the majority is telling Americans of privacy protections. 222 also, which I have submitted for the today, particularly those in rural b 1615 record. areas, that they need to choose be- Mr. Speaker, I yield 4 minutes to the tween their privacy and their access to Consumers expect their privacy to be gentlewoman from California (Ms. the internet. If this resolution passes, protected the same way no matter ESHOO). people across the country will cer- what type of entity holds their data. Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I thank my tainly not have both. Having two sets of requirements cre- friend, Mr. DOYLE, for both his leader- This resolution is—excuse the ates confusion for consumers and may ship and for yielding time to me. phrase—repeal without replace. The jeopardize their confidence in the America, listen up today. There may Republicans have not put forward any internet. not be that many people on the floor of privacy proposal at all to replace the Our internet economy has thrived the House, but this is a big one. This is FCC’s rules, despite knowing that re- under the privacy regime created by really a big one. Congress is poised pealing these rules will leave a gap in the FTC. Yet the FCC, under its pre- today to betray the American people the Federal protections. vious Chairman, Tom Wheeler, wanted on one of the issues they care the most So the message to the American peo- to undermine that success by bifur- about: their privacy—their privacy. ple is clear: Your privacy doesn’t mat- cating privacy protections to serve Every single one of us cares about it, ter, and your web browsing history outside political interests, not the and so do the American people. I often should be available to anyone who will American consumer. say that every American has it in their pay the highest price for it. By contrast, the FCC’s approach did DNA: Keep your mitts off my privacy, For all these reasons, I urge my col- not base its requirements on con- what I consider to be private. leagues to stand up for privacy rights sumers’ preferences about sensitive in- Now, the consequences of passing and oppose this joint resolution. formation and to set opt-in and opt-out this resolution are clear. Broadband Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I defaults. Accordingly, its overall ap- providers like AT&T, Comcast, and yield the balance of my time to the proach was top-down, heavyhanded reg- others will be able to sell your personal gentleman from Texas (Mr. FLORES), ulation in stark contrast to the FTC’s information to the highest bidder with- and I ask unanimous consent that he greater reliance on markets and con- out your permission, and no one will be may control that time. sumer preferences. able to protect you, not even the Fed- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there The FCC’s rule has a number of prob- eral Trade Commission that our friends objection to the request of the gentle- lematic issues: on the other side of the aisle keep talk- woman from Tennessee? The first is that the opt-in/opt-out ing about. It is like open the door and There was no objection. regime reduces consumer choice and there is no one there. That is what this Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I yield would be detrimental to the survival of thing creates. myself such time as I may consume, many businesses in this country. The Republicans are blowing a gap- and I thank the gentlewoman for yield- The second is that the FCC would ing hole in Federal privacy protections ing the balance of her time to me. have prohibited unforeseeable future by barring the FCC from ever adopting Mr. Speaker, as an original cosponsor uses of collected data regardless of similar protections in the future. So, if of the House companion to S.J. Res. 34, what consumers actually preferred and it is gone today, it is gone, period. I rise to strongly urge my colleagues to businesses may need. The FCC rules are simple. They re- support the resolution before us today. Third, the FCC would also have un- quire broadband providers to get the Like all of my colleagues in the House, justly applied its heavyhanded ap- permission of their customers—includ- I care deeply about protecting the pri- proach to broadband providers, treat- ing all of us—before they can sell their vacy of our constituents, but I cannot ing them more harshly than other web browsing history, their location support the Federal Communications players in the internet ecosystem. information, and other sensitive data Commission’s counterproductive rules In sum, the FCC’s broadband privacy to third parties. that will actually harm consumers and protection approach would have re- The majority claims that we need to stifle innovation. jected free markets and ignored sound repeal these protections because they For 20 years, the Federal Trade Com- economics. treat broadband providers differently mission—or the FTC, as we call it, fre- Alternatively, the FTC private en- than other online service providers, quently—oversaw consumer privacy for forcement is market oriented and flexi- edge providers. Broadband providers the entire internet ecosystem: content ble and adaptable to changes in con- are in the unique position of seeing ev- providers, advertisers, and internet sumer preferences and markets. It also erything we do on the internet. This is service providers, or ISPs. The FTC’s treats companies and players neu- the reason, and it is reason enough, to privacy program focused on preserving trally, fostering an environment of put privacy protections in place; but it sensitive consumer data and took the competition and innovation. is also important to keep in mind that context of a consumer’s relationship This resolution rescinds the FCC’s consumers, all of us, pay a high month- with businesses into consideration. The rule, but it does provide the FCC the ly fee to broadband providers, and they FTC’s experience in implementing a opportunity to provide oversight more face serious barriers if they want to wide range of rules and regulations has in line with the FTC, which has been switch. If I want to switch, if you want resulted in over 500 cases protecting successfully regulating online privacy to switch, you have to, many times, consumer information, ensuring their for nearly two decades. pay early termination fees. privacy online. This joint resolution does not lessen This is completely different from In a flawed political move, absent or impede privacy and data security other online services that collect con- any finding, complaints, or investiga- standards that have already been es- sumer data. Consumers don’t pay to tions to determine whether broadband tablished. We are simply restoring a use search engines or social media ap- providers have violated consumers’ pri- more stable regulatory playing field to plications like Google and Facebook. If vacy or that the FTC had failed at ensure that consistent, uniform pri- they don’t like Google’s privacy policy, doing its job, the FCC proceeded with a vacy security standards are maintained they can switch over to Bing without partisan vote to target ISPs and to ex- to protect consumers and future inno- paying any fees. But consumers can’t pand its regulatory footprint. vation. do this with broadband providers, and After stripping the FTC of its author- Once Congress rejects these rules, the therein lies the difference. ity over the privacy practices of inter- FCC can turn back to cooperating with

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.050 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2494 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 the FTC to ensure that both consumer Ultimately, consumers are actually American people are rightfully con- privacy across all aspects of the inter- harmed by the artificial sense of pro- cerned about companies selling their net is provided through vigorous en- tection created by these rules. It is es- personal information, including sen- forcement and also that innovation is sential that we take steps to restore sitive information like their location, allowed to flourish. the time-tested framework embraced financial and health information, So- I urge my colleagues to support this by the Federal Trade Commission. cial Security numbers, and information resolution. We have talked a lot about pro- about their children. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of tecting consumer privacy and data, but Late last year, the FCC took steps to my time. I haven’t heard a lot about allowing protect every American citizen’s data Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- the consumer to decide how their infor- and privacy, and the rules were simple: vania. Mr. Speaker, I would just re- mation is used. Consumers deserve to first, broadband providers had to ask mind my colleague, once again, that have the autonomy to control their in- their customers before selling any the FTC has no authority to regulate formation and their internet experi- data; second, the companies had to ISPs once this bill is implemented; and ence. take reasonable measures to protect consumers will not be protected, and As Acting Chairman of the FTC that data; and third, the companies their current FCC Commissioner has Maureen Ohlhausen pointed out: had to let people know if their data stated that. 1 The FTC approach reflects the fact that was stolen. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 ⁄2 minutes to consumer privacy preferences differ greatly That was a good first step, Mr. the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. depending on the type of data and its use. Speaker. But Congress also has a role DEGETTE). There is widespread agreement that in protecting our data, and we should Ms. DEGETTE. Mr. Speaker, I oppose be working in a bipartisan fashion to this resolution because it would re- sensitive data, like financial or health discuss ways we can better protect the move consumers’ right to control their information, should be strongly pro- American people’s data. Instead, the online privacy and put it in the hands tected and opt-in appropriate. But Republicans have decided to spend this of corporations. what about other types of nonsensitive Every time people go online, they data? Let’s not forget the ways that time wiping out the few privacy safe- create trails of data that have tremen- consumers benefit from allowing ISPs guards that we already have. dous commercial value. This creates access to that kind of information. The FCC’s cybersecurity rules are, in incentive for the ISPs to sell web his- Consumers should retain the ability my opinion, not burdensome. They tory to a third party, be it an advocacy to make the decisions that make sense simply tell the network providers to be group, a for-profit company, or even a for them when it comes to how their reasonable when protecting the data. foreign government. nonsensitive data is used and obtain That is all. The FCC left it to the com- Late last year, the FCC put Ameri- the discounts or lower prices that can panies, themselves, to use their best cans in charge of how ISPs use and result. This vote isn’t about reducing judgment about how to get the job share their consumer data. The FCC’s the level of privacy protection for con- done. They just needed to be reason- rule also required that the ISPs engage sumers; it is about an FCC decision able. in reasonable data security practices. that ignored the preferences of con- It seems being reasonable is still too Even if people believe that the FCC’s sumers in favor of a regulatory power much for the Republicans—first in the rule went too far and should be modi- grab. Senate, and now here in the House. fied, it is unclear how the FCC could The SPEAKER pro tempore. The This resolution tells the companies move forward with such a plan given time of the gentleman has expired. charged with running the country’s the constraints of the Congressional Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I yield an broadband networks that they no Review Act. Furthermore, as several additional 15 seconds to the gentleman. longer have to be reasonable when it people have mentioned, the FCC, which Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. The FCC’s comes to their customers’ data. is charged with protecting consumers’ privacy rules are an overreaching regu- So I say, Mr. Speaker, make no mis- privacy, does not even have the author- latory mess that create confusion and take: This resolution is a gift to coun- ity to oversee ISP practices. inconsistency for consumers, harm tries like Russia who want to take our Given the number of data breaches in competition, and upend internet pri- citizens’ personal information. And if recent years at companies such as vacy as we know it. the House passes this resolution, it will Yahoo, we should, frankly, be strength- Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- go straight to the President’s desk, a ening data retention requirements, not vania. Mr. Speaker, might I inquire as President who will be more than happy weakening them. At its core, S.J. Res. to how much time remains on both to sign his name to this gift to the 34 weakens consumer protections today sides? Russians. and makes them harder to implement The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- This resolution also gives large cor- in the future, which is why I urge my tleman from Pennsylvania has 19 min- porations free rein to take customers’ colleagues to oppose it. utes remaining. The gentleman from data without anyone’s permission. This Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 Texas has 113⁄4 minutes remaining. debate is about whether Americans minutes to the gentleman from Ohio Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- have the freedom to decide on our pri- (Mr. JOHNSON). vania. Mr. Speaker, I would remind my vacy. Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, colleagues that, whether it is nonsen- We hear all kinds of complicated ar- when the FCC reclassified the internet sitive information or sensitive infor- guments about jurisdiction, implemen- as a common carrier, utility-style serv- mation, the ISP should ask for your tation dates, and who knows what else, ice and adopted their rules regulating permission to use it. but these arguments just muddy the the use of consumer data by internet Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the water. service providers, it represented a mon- gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. PAL- Republicans will say that the FCC’s umental shift in the way we view pri- LONE), the ranking member of the En- rules are confusing to consumers, peo- vacy. ergy and Commerce Committee. ple won’t know what to do if they are Instead of a uniform, technology-neu- Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, nearly asked first before broadband companies tral standard that balanced data pro- every day now, we hear about new ways sell their sensitive information. If that tection with consumer choice, internet our enemies are trying to steal Ameri- were the case, we would have heard users were stuck with a two-sided ap- cans’ information. Just a couple weeks from people who oppose the rules, but proach that causes confusion and ago, two Russian hackers were indicted we simply have not heard any of those dampens competition. There is one set for stealing personal information from concerns. The facts speak for them- of rules for service providers, and one millions of us. selves. Consumers want more privacy set for the rest of the internet eco- American consumers visit billions of protection, not less. system. But how often do consumers internet destinations through a mul- Seventy-four percent of Americans really recognize the difference between titude of devices. Broadband providers say it is very important that they be in where their data is accessed and where potentially have access to every bit of control of information, and 91 percent it is stored? data that flows from a consumer. The of people feel they have lost control

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That is why they over- Trade Commission’s jurisdiction if it Federal Trade Commission cannot whelmingly support stronger protec- engages in any common carrier activi- bring cases against broadband pro- tions. ties, even if the company also engages viders. That is why the FTC supported The FCC listened to the American in non-common carrier activity. these rules when the FCC adopted them people and adopted reasonable rules. I have introduced legislation to ad- last year. Despite Republican claims to the con- dress the court’s ruling with the gen- Even if you think the FCC did not trary, the rules were not hard to fol- tleman from Texas (Mr. OLSON). It is get these rules right, this resolution ef- low. The rules still allow broadband my hope that our colleagues will join fectively eliminates the FCC from ever companies to offer services based on us. acting to protect consumer privacy in their customers’ data, and they can S.J. Res. 34 makes clear that the the future. We should be working to- still customize ads or send reminders. Federal Trade Commission has author- gether to address any real short- The FCC’s rules simply required com- ity over common carriers when they comings if these rules need to be fixed. panies to ask people first before selling are acting outside the scope of the That is not what the resolution before their sensitive information. That is it. common carrier. us will do. In fact, I had hoped the FCC would The repeal of the Federal Commu- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to have gone even further, but the agency nications Commission’s misguided pri- vote against this damaging resolution. chose this more moderate approach. vacy rule in the Ninth Circuit’s opinion Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 So as this debate proceeds, we should creates a gap and an irrational ap- minutes to the gentleman from New be asking one simple question: Should proach to privacy for consumers and Jersey (Mr. LANCE). the American people have the freedom would leave portions of the internet Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to to choose how their information is used ecosystem completely outside the Fed- support S.J. Res. 34, which seeks to or should the government give that eral Trade Commission’s jurisdiction. halt agency overreach of the Federal freedom away? This bill makes clear that the common Communications Commission con- I think the answer is clear. I stand carrier exemption is important to en- cerning the way broadband internet with the American people, and, there- sure that no duplication regulation oc- service providers handle their cus- fore, I strongly oppose this legislation. curs. At the same time, there are no tomers’ personal information. Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 loopholes left for certain companies to The FCC’s broadband privacy rule, a minutes to the gentleman from Ohio be outside the jurisdiction of the Fed- midnight regulation adopted by execu- (Mr. LATTA). eral Trade Commission. tive order in the waning days of the Mr. LATTA. Mr. Speaker, I thank Obama administration, unnecessarily the gentleman for yielding. b 1630 targets internet service providers and Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support We need to be consistent in our ap- does very little to protect consumer of the resolution and want to address proach to privacy and focus on con- privacy. an issue created by the Federal Com- sumer-oriented enforcement. This ap- The rule adds costly and unnecessary munication Commission’s misguided proach has been the foundation not innovation-stifling regulations to the privacy rule in a recent Ninth Circuit just of Silicon Valley, but innovators internet and is another example of the case. across the country; and the S.J. Res. 34 Federal Government’s picking winners For decades, the Federal Trade Com- sets right the decades of innovation and losers. mission has been the privacy cop on that has spurred job growth in the When passed, the FCC claimed that the beat for most industries, including United States and greater online serv- the rule would provide broadband cus- the technology sector, protecting con- ices for consumers. tomers meaningful choice, greater sumers from unfair or deceptive acts or Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- transparency, and strong security pro- practices. The Federal Trade Commis- vania. Mr. Speaker, I remind my tections for their personal information sion has brought over 500 privacy and friend, since he acknowledges the court collected by internet service providers. data security cases to protect con- decision does not allow FTC jurisdic- In reality, the FCC’s rules arbitrarily sumers. These include cases against tion and that he wants to introduce a treat ISPs differently from the rest of internet service providers and some of bill, perhaps the Republicans should the internet, creating a false sense of the largest edge providers. have done that first, before scrapping privacy. The Federal Communications Com- the rules that leave ISPs with no rules. Consumer data privacy is of signifi- mission is a regulatory body focused on Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the cant concern to every American. The regulating interstate and international gentlewoman from California (Ms. proper parties should address the issue. communications by radio, television, MATSUI). In this area, the Federal Trade Com- wire, satellite, and cable. Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I rise in mission has historically held authority The Federal Trade Commission’s strong opposition to S.J. Res. 34. This on the establishment and enforcement work in privacy and data security has is just the latest attempt from our Re- of general online privacy rules. long been held up as a model by both publican colleagues to use the Congres- Repealing the FCC’s privacy action is parties, praising the agency for strong sional Review Act to gut critical pro- a critical step toward restoring a sin- enforcement without overly burden- tections for American consumers. gle, uniform set of privacy rules for the some regulations. During negotiations The internet is increasingly inter- internet. This legislation puts all seg- with the European Union to finalize twined with our daily lives, and nearly ments of the internet on equal footing the U.S.-European privacy shield, the every American family uses the inter- and provides American consumers with Obama administration held up the Fed- net to access and share personal and a consistent set of privacy rules to per- eral Trade Commission as the premier sensitive information. The business we mit the FCC and the FTC to continue privacy enforcement agency. conduct online includes financial infor- to work to ensure consumer privacy Unfortunately, in a midnight action, mation, details about our medical his- through enforcement. the Federal Communications Commis- tory, and even information on our kids. The FTC, the premier agency in this sion jammed through its own privacy If this resolution of disapproval regard, has the experience to protect rule that is very different from the passes today, there will be no rules on the privacy of the American people re- framework that the Federal Trade the books to stop internet service pro- garding the internet—at least 20 years Commission has been enforcing for dec- viders from selling that browsing his- of experience. Bifurcation between the ades. tory without your permission. Because FTC and the FCC is not productive. A While we can reverse the poorly con- our Republican colleagues are using good question to ask the FTC: Why did structed FCC rule today, we must still the Congressional Review Act to over- it wait until the last minute of the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.053 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2496 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 Obama administration to promulgate Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 Back at home in New York’s capital its regulation? minutes to the gentleman from Lou- region, I have been hearing from many Mr. Speaker, I believe it is important isiana (Mr. SCALISE), the GOP whip. people who are frightened by the that we pass S.J. Res. 34, and I rise to Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Speaker, I thank thought that S.J. Res. 34 will become ask all of my colleagues to support it. the gentleman from Texas for bringing law and the last shred of their online Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- forward this legislation. privacy will be lost forever. vania. Mr. Speaker, I have heard about The FTC’s light touch in case-by-case They know how much information this last-minute dropping and late at enforcement had fostered an internet their internet service provider has night. Just for the other side’s infor- economy that has become the envy of mined from their search and browsing mation, after a 7-month rulemaking the world, much to the benefit of all history, including financial, medical, process, this rule was adopted midday American families and consumers and other very personal and sensitive on October 26. So let’s get the record across this country. details. They rightly believe that they straight. But rather than following the FTC’s should have a say in when that infor- Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the proven framework of privacy protec- mation can be bought and when it can gentleman from California (Mr. tion, the FCC came in and overreached be sold. MCNERNEY). and missed the mark with these rules, They understand that gutting these Mr. MCNERNEY. Mr. Speaker, first, I injecting more regulation into the privacy protections would mean that thank Mr. DOYLE for his opposition to internet ecosystem. With all due re- internet service providers could sell S.J. Res. 34. I rise in opposition as well. spect, the internet was not broken and their private information without their The FCC’s broadband privacy rules did not need the Federal Government permission. It means their private are commonsense rules. These rules to come in and try to fix it. internet browsing and search history, give consumers the ability to choose The bottom line is that families ex- the text of their emails, and their mo- how their information is used and pect and deserve to be protected online bile app usage can all be sold without shared by their internet service pro- with a set of robust and uniform pri- their permission. viders. vacy protections. These rules simply do They have a right to control what According to the Pew Research Cen- not live up to that standard. they search for, their financial infor- ter, a large majority of Americans say Rather than regulating based on the mation, their health insurance, and in- it is very important that they control sensitivity of our data, these rules are formation about their children. They who has access to their information. applied unevenly, based on what type have a right to protect their Social Se- Despite a loud cry from the American of company you are or what kind of curity numbers and the contents of people that they want to be able to technology you use. their emails. These rights are en- Consumers should feel assured online choose how their information is used, shrined in our Constitution. that there is a cop on the beat with a S.J. Res. 34 strips consumers of the Privacy rules also require providers track record of success, not an agency power to choose how their ISPs use and to use reasonable measures to protect with a history of regulatory overreach. share their information. consumers’ personal information, a These midnight rules are harmful, in- This resolution also leaves con- clear and commonsense standard that consistent, and should be repealed. sumers more vulnerable to attacks be- all who do business online should be re- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to cause their ISP will no longer be re- quired to uphold. adopt this important resolution. quired to make reasonable steps to se- Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- Finally, internet service providers cure their personal information. vania. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how must notify customers if hackers In recent years, we have seen numer- much time is remaining on both sides? breach the system and may have access ous data breach incidents that have The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- to their private data. With hackers jeopardized consumers’ personal infor- from Russia and elsewhere running tleman from Pennsylvania has 103⁄4 mation. Some examples are Yahoo, minutes remaining. The gentleman rampant across the net, this is a crit- Target, Home Depot, LinkedIn, and from Texas has 5 minutes remaining. ical provision for our American fami- Anthem. The list goes on. Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- lies. Given the growing cyber threats that vania. Mr. Speaker, I remind the gen- This is not too much to ask. The our Nation faces, it is critical that we tleman that these heavy-handed regu- American people deserve to know that do more, not less, to secure consumers’ lations that he speaks of are simply: their data will be protected and that data. Strong data security practices ask permission, protect people’s data, they will be notified if their data is are critical for protecting our con- and tell them if it gets stolen. compromised. sumers’ confidentiality. That doesn’t sound too heavy-handed Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I yield 11⁄2 This resolution would make con- to me. minutes to the gentleman from Texas sumers’ data more susceptible to being Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the (Mr. OLSON). stolen and used for identity theft and gentleman from New York (Mr. TONKO). Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today other harmful unauthorized purposes. Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of S.J. Res. 34, which will Consumers want to be heard. They today in opposition to S.J. Res. 34, a protect consumers and the future of want more privacy. They want their in- bill that would strike most of the internet innovation. formation to be secure. We have an ob- internet privacy guarantees protecting The internet is changing the way we ligation to respond to their requests. the American people today. communicate, shop, learn, and enter- I am appalled that one of the Repub- I have grave concerns with this ef- tain. It is changing how we control our licans’ first acts in this Congress after fort. Our agenda here should be work- homes, our cars, and many other parts trying to take health coverage away ing on behalf of our constituents to of our lives, including my two teenage from 24 million people is to attack con- protect their privacy and give them, kids. These changes give us certain ex- sumer protections and weaken data se- not their service providers, data secu- pectations of privacy on the internet. curity. Americans are just now hearing rity. Instead, this effort would evis- Until last year, the Federal Trade about this legislation, and my phones cerate any real online privacy protec- Commission provided a robust, con- are ringing off the hook in opposition. tions and would limit data security. sistent privacy framework for all com- I have to rhetorically ask the other Some of my colleagues have claimed panies in the internet services market. side: Why are you pushing this? that this commonsense rule has cre- Their holistic and consistent approach Americans don’t want it. Your voters ated challenges for consumers. I have struck the right balance. Consumers’ are beginning to pay attention. This is found just the opposite. My office has use of internet services continues to in- just after your humiliating defeat with been inundated with calls demanding crease and their privacy has been pro- the ACA repeal. I ask that you with- that Congress protect their privacy and tected. draw this bill and start listening to data security by opposing S.J. Res. 34. The resolution we are voting on your constituents. To everyone who has called, I hear you today puts all segments of the internet Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to and I stand with you in opposing this on equal footing. It provides consumers reject S.J. Res. 34. harmful and misguided effort. with a consistent set of privacy rules.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.055 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 28, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2497 Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to a couch during the presentation of the Both the FCC and the FTC will retain vote for S.J. Res. 34. television program and prior to an ad- authority over consumer privacy on a Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- vertisement break. Based on the de- case-by-case basis. ISPs will continue vania. Mr. Speaker, I remind my tected . . . action . . . the device would to be subject to the Communications friends once again that this does not select a commercial associated with Act of 1934, which protects all con- put us on equal footing. The FTC has cuddling.’’ sumer proprietary network informa- no power to regulate ISPs under cur- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tion. This is in addition to the many rent law. time of the gentleman has expired. other existing Federal and State pri- Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- vacy rules that ISPs must continue to gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. vania. Mr. Speaker, I yield an addi- follow. CAPUANO). tional 30 seconds to the gentleman This proposed system, separating b 1645 from Massachusetts. edge providers from ISPs, creates con- Mr. CAPUANO. For example: ‘‘a com- fusion for both consumers and business Mr. CAPUANO. Mr. Speaker, we all mercial for a romantic getaway vaca- operations. This legislation works to know that our cell phones are tracking tion, a commercial for a contraceptive, reduce the confusion that has been cre- every move we make and keeping a a commercial for flowers . . . et ated from this unnecessary regulation record of it. Many people don’t know, cetera.’’ that has stifled competition and im- but your automobile is also doing the I didn’t make up a single word of peded innovation. I am happy to sup- same thing. They keep a record of what I just read, and every one of you port this legislation which will provide where you go. They keep a record of is sitting there with your mouth open much-needed clarity to the ongoing de- whether you wore your seatbelt. They that this might happen in your world. bate. keep a record of whether you applied That is what this resolution will allow, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- the brakes or turned the turn signal and you can’t turn it off. You can’t vania. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how on. Okay. That is your automobile. say: Don’t watch my children. Don’t much time remains on both sides? You don’t have to drive. watch my wife. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Just recently, in the last couple This is a terrible resolution. As I tleman from Pennsylvania has 51⁄4 min- months, we have learned that our tele- asked earlier today, what are you visions and children’s dolls are doing utes remaining. The gentleman from thinking? Texas has 2 minutes remaining. the same thing. Last month, it was re- Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, we are Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- vealed that Vizio had spied on 11 mil- thinking that the gentleman’s com- vania. Mr. Speaker, I just remind my lion consumers by listening to them ments do not pertain to this resolu- friend, you can say it as many times as while their TV was off because they tion, that this resolution in no way is you want, but the fact of the matter is can do it. going to allow any of the activities that, under current law, the FTC has Also, last month, a child’s doll called that were described, whether it is no authority to regulate the FCC, and My Friend Cayla for little girls or boys cuddling or anything that is going to the FCC Commissioner has said that was banned in Germany—banned in get in the way of any of that or allowed you cannot do this without a rule in Germany—because that doll listens and to be sold. responds. It goes into the internet, and Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the section 222. the doll’s owner keeps and sells that gentleman from New York (Mr. COL- I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman ELOSI information. LINS). from California (Ms. P ), our This month—this month—a teddy Mr. COLLINS of New York. Mr. House Democratic leader, the magic bear manufactured by a company Speaker, I would like to thank the peo- minute. called CloudPets was exposed for col- ple who worked to make this legisla- Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, on behalf lecting more than 2 million voice re- tion a reality. As we become increas- of my five children and my nine grand- cordings of children talking to their ingly concerned with cyber threats, on- children and everyone I know, as a teddy bear. line privacy is a critical concern for matter of fact, I thank the gentleman Now, maybe we accept that. I know every American. for being a champion for privacy for that those are not the items that this Unfortunately, in October of last the American people. I thank the gen- resolution would address, but the prob- year, the FCC issued regulations titled, tleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. MI- lem is you are taking an item for ISPs ‘‘Protecting the Privacy of Customers CHAEL F. DOYLE) for his leadership. I and reducing it down to this level. You of Broadband and Other Telecommuni- thank the gentleman from New Jersey say your privacy is protected. I just cations Services,’’ also known as (Mr. PALLONE) for his leadership. The gave you three examples in the last 2 broadband privacy rules. These titles gentlewoman from California (Ms. months where your privacy is not pro- do not actually accurately reflect the ESHOO) has been a champion on this tected. Neither is your children’s. Nei- impact these regulations are having on issue as well. ther is your family’s. constituents’ electronic privacy. Mr. Speaker, Americans turn to the In 2012, a giant international com- These broadband privacy rules took internet for so many things these days: pany—international ISP company, by internet service providers, ISPs, which buying books, filing taxes, learning the way—filed for a U.S. patent for a you subscribe to for TV and internet about why they are feeling sick. The cable box that would sit in your house. access, and edge providers that deliver Republicans want this information to It would watch you. It would record online applications, services, and be sold without your permission: the you. It contained an infrared sensor website content, and separated them websites you visit, the apps you use, and even take your body temperature into two different groups. This has your search history, the content of with a thermographic—and that is a caused confusion among businesses try- your emails, your health and financial quote—thermographic camera. It ing to adhere to this change. data. Overwhelmingly, the American would do all this without telling you While writing this regulation, the people do not agree with the Repub- and would work whether the cable box FCC had the opportunity to employ licans that this information should be was on or not. If you don’t believe me, FTC precedent in drafting the sold, and it certainly should not be sold if you still have the courage to go on broadband privacy rules, but instead without your permission. the internet, go find patent application chose to ignore existing precedent and Our broadband providers know deeply number—now, write this one down— create additional and onerous regula- personal information about us and our 2012/0304206. That is the patent applica- tions. The FCC believed that these new families: where we are, what we want, tion number. It is still online. rules would give consumers more what we are looking for, what informa- I want to read you one small segment choice and heightened transparency; tion we want to know, every site we from that 25-page patent application. however, this has not been the case. visit, and more. Our broadband pro- This is a direct quote. I am not making This legislation does not remove pri- viders can even track us when we are up a single word. The device ‘‘may de- vacy protections for consumers, and it surfing in private, browsing in a pri- tect . . . that two users are cuddling on does not expose consumer information. vate browsing mode.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.057 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2498 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 Americans’ private browser history have picked the week after Russian data, have their data reasonably pro- should not be up for sale. Yet Repub- spies were caught hacking into half a tected, and receive notice when their licans are bringing S.J. Res. 34 to the billion American email accounts to data is compromised. But this dan- floor to allow internet service pro- open the floodgates, overturning the gerous resolution puts America’s pri- viders to profit—to profit; this is about requirement that internet service pro- vacy and data security at risk. profit—from America’s most intimate viders keep their sensitive data secured Mr. Speaker, I urge all of my col- personal information without our from cybercriminals. leagues to stand up for consumers and knowledge or our consent. Republicans’ The American people deserve to be vote ‘‘no.’’ use of the Congressional Review Act able to insist that intimate details and Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I con- will do permanent damage to the FCC’s information about their browser his- tinue to reserve the balance of my ability to keep Americans’ personal in- tory be kept private and secure. time. formation safe. So how is this? Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- As FCC Commissioner Clyburn and We have this magnificent technology vania. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to FTC Commissioner McSweeny warned: that science has made available to peo- the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. ‘‘This legislation will frustrate the ple to facilitate commerce, to learn LANGEVIN). FCC’s’’—the Federal Communications about different subjects, to privately Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. Commission’s—‘‘future efforts to pro- pursue, in a way that they may not Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposi- tect the privacy of voice and broadband even want their families to know, what tion to this resolution of disapproval, customers.’’ symptoms they have and what illness which would repeal broadband privacy It is important for our constituents that might tell them about. rules being implemented by the FCC. to know that, if the Republicans had a Most Americans have no or limited As co-chair of the Congressional Cy- problem with this particular policy, choices for broadband providers and no bersecurity Caucus, I hope I can offer they might tweak it and say we don’t recourse against these invasions of some additional perspective on this de- like it this way or that in regular legis- their privacy because, with this meas- bate. Studying the many threats our lation so that we could have a debate ure, Republicans turn their back on the country faces in cyberspace, I have be- on it. It could go back to the Federal overwhelming number of Americans come deeply aware of how ingrained Communications Commission. They who want more control over their the internet is in every aspect of our could revise it and send it back if it internet privacy. lives and our economy. And that has were a legitimate presentation of con- Americans can choose who represents also helped me understand the unique cerns. But it is not about a legitimate them in Congress. Americans are pay- role of broadband service providers to presentation of concerns. It is about in- ing close attention. They want to know grant access to the great potential of creasing profits at the expense of the who is taking a stand with them in op- the Information Age. privacy of the American people. posing efforts to sell the private infor- By necessity, ISPs see every bit of So, as I say, the Republicans’ use of mation of the American people. traffic that leaves your network for the the Congressional Review Act does per- This is staggering. This is almost a broader internet. Even when you use manent damage and also damages the surrender. If the Republicans are al- encryption, ISPs can still capture data FCC’s ability to keep America’s per- lowed to do this, we have surrendered about whom you are talking to or what sonal information safe. With this meas- all thoughts of privacy for the Amer- sites you are visiting. These data are ure, Republicans would destroy Ameri- ican people. sensitive, and consumers have a right cans’ right to privacy on the internet— Privacy is a value that the American to decide whether or not they can be we made that clear—and forbid any ef- people treasure. It is about their dig- shared or monetized. Unfortunately, fort to keep your personal information nity. It is about their dignity. We can- the resolution of disapproval under safe. Republicans are bending over not allow the Republicans to sell the consideration would strip consumers of backwards. dignity of the American people. I hope that right and presumptively allow Think of it. Think of the context of that everyone will vote ‘‘no’’ on this sharing and selling without your per- all of this. most unfortunate assault on the dig- mission. Since Gerald Ford was President, nity of the American people. Mr. Speaker, the resolution before us every candidate for President, every b 1700 today that the Republicans have pro- nominee of a major party, every can- posed is downright creepy. It is going Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I reserve didate for President of the United to allow potentially unprecedented the balance of my time. States, Democrat and Republican, has abuse of personal or private informa- Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- released their income tax returns out tion be shared without your permis- vania. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to of respect for the American people—out sion. This cannot stand. I urge my col- the gentlewoman from Illinois (Ms. of respect for the American people. leagues to oppose it. Week in and week out—in fact, some- SCHAKOWSKY). Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I con- times day in and day out—in com- Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I tinue to reserve the balance of my mittee as well as on the floor, the Re- thank the gentleman for yielding. time. publicans have kept the President’s in- Last week, Republicans tried to take Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- come tax returns private when the pub- away your health care; and, today, vania. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire how lic has a right to know that, that the they are trying to take away your pri- much time I have remaining? public has always known that about vacy. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- every President since Gerald Ford—in Republicans have said broadband pro- tleman from Pennsylvania has 2 min- fact, since Richard Nixon; although, in viders and other internet companies utes remaining. The gentleman from his case, it wasn’t voluntary. should be under the same privacy rules. Texas has 2 minutes remaining. So while they are hiding President But oddly enough, when the committee Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- Trump’s tax returns, some discrete considered an amendment to give the vania. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to piece of information that the public FTC, the Federal Trade Commission, the gentlewoman from Florida (Mrs. has a right to know, they are selling rulemaking authority like the FCC, a DEMINGS). your most personal, selling your most change that would allow the agencies Mrs. DEMINGS. Mr. Speaker, please personal and sensitive information— to adopt the same privacy protection, stop me if you have heard this one be- again, your browsing history, your every single Republican voted no. In fore and know how it ends. My col- children’s location, everything—to fact, Republicans proposed making it leagues on the other side are once anyone with the money to buy it. harder for the FTC to pursue privacy again trying to sell the American peo- Incognito tabs or private browsing and data security cases. ple a broken alternative to something modes will not protect you from the The protections that the FCC adopt- that is working pretty much as it was internet service providers watching ed last year were very simple: con- intended to. and selling, as Mr. CAPUANO pointed sumers should know what data is being The FCC privacy rule just says that out, watching and selling. Republicans collected, opt in to sharing of sensitive customers must opt in before internet

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.059 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE March 28, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2499 companies can sell their web browsing JANUARY 27, 2017. The ISPs’ overreaction to the FCC’s history, and that those companies Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, broadband privacy rules has been remark- must make reasonable efforts to pro- Speaker of the House, House of Representatives, able. Their supposed concerns about the rule tect customers’ sensitive information. Washington, DC. are significantly overblown. Some broadband Hon. MITCH MCCONNELL, providers and trade associations inac- These are not unreasonable require- Senate Majority Leader, U.S. Senate, Wash- curately suggest that this rule is a full ban ments. ington, DC. on data use and disclosure by ISPs, and from The internet is our gateway to the Hon. NANCY PELOSI, there complain that it will hamstring ISPs’ world. Whether we connect through our Minority Leader, House of Representatives, ability to compete with other large adver- tising companies and platforms like Google mobile phone or our home computer, Washington, DC. Hon. CHARLES SCHUMER, and Facebook. To the contrary, ISPs can and we pay companies for access. If those Minority Leader, U.S. Senate, likely will continue to be able to benefit companies want to sell information Washington, DC. from use and sharing of their customers’ about what we do on the internet, they DEAR SPEAKER RYAN, SENATOR MCCONNELL, data, so long as those customers consent to should have to get our permission first. REPRESENTATIVE PELOSI, AND SENATOR SCHU- such uses. The rules merely require the ISPs It is the right thing to do. MER: The undersigned media justice, con- to obtain that informed consent. sumer protection, civil liberties, and privacy The ISPs and their trade associations al- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues on groups strongly urge you to oppose the use of ready have several petitions for reconsider- the other side to simply do the right the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to ation of the privacy rules before the FCC. thing. adopt a Resolution of Disapproval over- Their petitions argue that the FCC should ei- turning the FCC’s broadband privacy order. ther adopt a ‘‘Federal Trade Commission Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I con- That order implements the mandates in Sec- style’’ approach to broadband privacy, or tinue to reserve the balance of my tion 222 of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, that it should retreat from the field and its time. which an overwhelming, bipartisan majority statutory duty in favor of the Federal Trade Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- of Congress enacted to protect telecommuni- Commission itself All of these suggestions cations users’ privacy. The cable, telecom, vania. Mr. Speaker, I include in the are fatally flawed. Not only is the FCC well wireless, and advertising lobbies request for positioned to continue in its statutorily RECORD letters from a coalition of CRA intervention is just another industry mandated role as the privacy watchdog for small ISPs, a coalition of civil rights attempt to overturn rules that empower broadband telecom customers, it is the only organizations, the Consumers Union, users and give them a say in how their pri- agency able to do so. As the 9th Circuit re- and an article by Terrell McSweeny all vate information may be used. cently decided in a case brought by AT&T, opposing this CRA. Not satisfied with trying to appeal the common carriers are entirely exempt from rules of the agency, industry lobbyists have FTC jurisdiction, meaning that presently ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION, asked Congress to punish internet users by there is no privacy replacement for San Francisco, CA. way of restraining the FCC, when all the broadband customers waiting at the FTC if Re Oppose S.J. Res 34—Repeal of FCC Pri- agency did was implement Congress’ own di- Congress disapproves the FCC’s rules here. vacy Rules. rective in the 1996 Act. This irresponsible, This lays bare the true intent of these in- scorched-earth tactic is as harmful as it is DEAR U.S. REPRESENTATIVES: We, the un- dustry groups, who also went to the FCC hypocritical. If Congress were to take the in- asking for fine-tuning and reconsideration of dersigned founders, executives, and employ- dustry up on its request, a Resolution of Dis- the rules before they sent their CRA request. ees of ISPs and networking companies, spend approval could exempt intemet service pro- our working lives ensuring that Americans viders (ISPs) from any and all privacy rules These groups now ask Congress to create a have high-quality, fast, reliable, and locally at the FCC. As you know, a successful CRA vacuum and to give ISPs carte blanche, with provided choices available when they need to on the privacy rules could preclude the FCC no privacy rules or enforcement in place. connect to the Internet. One of the corner- from promulgating any ‘‘substantially simi- Without clear rules of the road under Sec- stones of our businesses is respecting the pri- lar’’ regulations in the future—in direct con- tion 222, broadband users will have no cer- vacy of our customers, and it is for that pri- flict with Congress’ clear intention in Sec- tainty about how their private information mary reason that we are writing to you tion 222 that telecommunications carriers can be used and no protection against its today. protect their customers’ privacy. It could abuse. ISPs could and would use and disclose We urge Congress to preserve the FCC’s also preclude the FCC from addressing any of consumer information at will, leading to ex- Broadband Privacy Rules and vote down the other issues in the privacy order like re- tensive harm caused by breaches and by mis- plans to abolish them. If the rules are re- quiring data breach notification and from re- use of data properly belonging to consumers. Congress told the FCC in 1996 to ensure pealed, large ISPs across America would re- visiting these issues as technology continues that telecommunications carriers protect sume spying on their customers, selling their to evolve in the future. The true con- the information they collect about their cus- data, and denying them a practical and in- sequences of this revoked authority are ap- tomers. Industry groups now ask Congress to formed choice in the matter. parent when considering the ISPs’ other ef- forts to undermine the rules. Without these ignore the mandates in the Communications Perhaps if there were a healthy, free, rules, ISPs could use and disclose customer Act, enacted with strong bipartisan support, transparent, and competitive market for information at will. The result could be ex- and overturn the FCC’s attempts to imple- Internet services in this country, consumers tensive harm caused by breaches or misuse ment Congress’s word. The CRA is a blunt in- could choose not to use those companies’ of data. strument and it is inappropriate in this in- products. But small ISPs like ours face many Broadband ISPs, by virtue of their position stance, where rules clearly benefit internet structural obstacles, and many Americans as gatekeepers to everything on the intemet, users notwithstanding ISPs’ disagreement have very limited choices: a monopoly or du- have a largely unencumbered view into their with them. opoly on the wireline side, and a highly con- customers’ online communications. That in- We strongly urge you to oppose any resolu- solidated cellular market dominated by the cludes the websites they visit, the videos tion of disapproval that would overturn the same wireline firms. they watch, and the messages they send. FCC’s broadband privacy rule. Under those circumstances, the FCC’s Even when that traffic is encrypted, ISPs Sincerely, Access Now, American Civil Liberties Broadband Privacy Rules are the only way can gather vast troves of valuable informa- Union, Broadband Alliance of Mendocino that most Americans will retain the free tion on their users’ habits; but researchers County, Center for Democracy and Tech- market choice to browse the Web without have shown that much of the most sensitive nology, Center for Digital Democracy, Cen- being surveilled by the company they pay for information remains unencrypted. ter for Media Justice, Color of Change, Con- an Internet connection. The FCC’s order simply restores people’s sumer Action, Consumer Federation of Signed, control over their personal information and lets them choose the terms on which ISPs America, Consumer Federation of California, Sonic, MonkeyBrains, Cruzio Internet, can use it, share it, or sell it. Americans are Consumer Watchdog, Consumer’s Union, Etheric Networks, Aeneas Communications, increasingly concerned about their privacy, Free Press Action Fund, May First/People Digital Service Consultants Inc., Hoyos Con- and in some cases have begun to censor their Link, National Hispanic Media Coalition, sulting LLC, Om Networks, Motherlode online activity for fear their personal infor- New America’s Open Technology Institute, Internet, Goldrush Internet, Credo Mobile, mation may be compromised. Consumers Online Trust Alliance, Privacy Rights Clear- Andrew Buker (Director of Infrastructure have repeatedly expressed their desire for ing House, Public Knowledge. Services & Research computing, University more privacy protections and their belief of Nebraska at Omaha), Tim Pozar (co-found- that the government helps ensure those pro- CONSUMERSUNION®, POLICY & er, TwoP LLC), Andrew Gallo (Senior Net- tections are met. The FCC’s rules give ACTION FROM CONSUMER REPORTS, work Architect for a regional research and broadband customers confidence that their March 27, 2017. education network), Jim Deleskie (co-found- privacy and choices will be honored, but it HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, er, Mimir networks), Randy Carpenter (VP, does not in any way ban ISPs’ ability to Washington, DC. First Network Group), Kraig Beahn (CTO, market to users who opt-in to receive any DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: Consumers Union, Enguity Technology Corp). such targeted offers. the policy and mobilization arm of Consumer

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K28MR7.060 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2500 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 Reports, writes regarding House consider- mission’s strong rules. To date, close to As we connect more devices in our home ation of S.J. Res. 34, approved by a 50–48 50,000 consumers have signed the petition and on our bodies, the array of technologies party line vote in the Senate last week. and the number is growing. Last week, more that raise data privacy and security con- This resolution, if passed by the House and than 24,000 consumers contacted their Sen- cerns is expanding. The privacy landscape signed into law by President, would use the ators urging them to oppose the CRA resolu- will likely continue to be shaped as tech- Congressional Review Act (CRA) to nullify tion in the 24 hours leading up to the vote. nologies evolve. the Federal Communication Commission’s Consumers care about privacy and want the Different consumer technologies may jus- (FCC) newly-enacted broadband privacy strong privacy protections afforded to the tify different approaches. For example, the rules that give consumers better control them by the FCC. Any removal or watering safety issues inherent in cars and medical over their data. Many Senators cited ‘‘con- down of those rules would represent the de- devices may warrant particularly strong pri- sumer confusion’’ as a reason to do away struction of simple privacy protections for vacy and security protections. In the future, with the FCC’s privacy rules, but we have consumers. privacy rules could come from the FCC as seen no evidence proving this assertion and Even worse, if this resolution is passed, well as the Department of Commerce, Na- fail to understand how taking away in- using the Congressional Review Act here will tional Highway Traffic Safety Administra- creased privacy protections eliminates con- prevent the FCC from adopting privacy tion, Food and Drug Administration, and fusion. Therefore, we strongly oppose pas- rules—even weaker ones—to protect con- other agencies. sage of this resolution—it would strip con- sumers in the future. Under the CRA, once a Consider that your bank can—and probably sumers of their privacy rights and, as we ex- ride is erased, an agency cannot move for- does—sell your contact and financial infor- plain below, leave them with no protections ward with any ‘‘substantially similar’’ rule mation unless you opt out. Yet if you rent a at all. We urge you to vote no on S.J. Res. 34. unless Congress enacts new legislation spe- movie, online or off, the rental service can’t The FCC made history last October when it cifically authorizing it. Among other im- sell information about your media consump- adopted consumer-friendly privacy rules pacts, this means a bare majority in the Sen- tion without your consent, and it must de- that give consumers more control over how ate can void a rule, but then restoration of lete your rental history after it’s no longer their information is collected by internet that rule is subject to full legislative proc- needed. Congress enacted those protections service providers (ISPs). Said another way, ess, including a filibuster. The CRA is a to shield intellectual freedom, so that one these rules permit consumers to decide when blunt instrument—and if used in this con- can enjoy controversial movies without fear an ISP can collect a treasure trove of con- text, blatantly anti-consumer. of one’s curiosity resulting in extortion or sumer information, whether it is a web We are more than willing to work with you embarrassment. browsing history or the apps a consumer and your fellow Representatives to craft pri- This brings us to our second point: If con- may have on a smartphone. We believe the vacy legislation that affords consumer effec- sistency and reducing consumer confusion is rules are simple, reasonable, and straight- tive and easy-to-understand protections. The the goal, consumers should demand stronger forward. FCC made a step in that direction when it internet privacy norms. Given the animating ISPs, by virtue of their position as gate- adopted the broadband privacy rules last purpose of protecting movie rental informa- keepers to everything on the internet, enjoy year, and getting rid of them via the Con- tion, why not require consumers to consent a unique window into consumers’ online ac- gressional Review Act is a step back, not for- to the sharing any information about their tivities. Data including websites consumers ward. Therefore, we encourage you to vote online behavior? After all, our web activity visit, videos viewed, and messages sent is no on S.J. Res. 34. is the ultimate manifestation of our intellec- very valuable. Small wonder, then, that ISPs Respectfully, tual curiosity, representing second-by-sec- are working so hard to have the FCC’s new LAURA MACCLEERY, ond decisions about consuming news and en- privacy rules thrown out through use of the Vice President, Con- tertainment. Congressional Review Act. But we should sumer Policy & Mo- In addition to existing federal laws, legis- make no mistake: abandoning the FCC’s new bilization, Consumer lators could, as professor Helen Nissenbaum privacy rules is about what benefits big cable Reports. has suggested, look to offline contexts, such companies and not about what is best for KATIE MCINNIS, as the strong privacy norms governing consumers. Policy Counsel, Con- searching for a book in a library, to guide Many argue the FCC should have the same sumers Union. the privacy rules we ought to enjoy when privacy rules as those of the Federal Trade JONATHAN SCHWANTES, using a search engine. The government also Commission (FTC). FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Senior Policy Counsel, could take a page from the confidentiality went so far as to say ‘‘jurisdiction over Consumers Union. standards patients enjoy when conversing broadband providers’ privacy and data secu- with physicians and apply those same norms rity practices should be returned to the FTC, [From wired.com, Mar. 22, 2017] to medical information websites. Policy- the nation’s expert agency with respect to CONGRESS IS ABOUT TO GIVE AWAY YOUR makers could look to the last two centuries these important subjects,’’ even though the ONLINE PRIVACY of privacy in the postal mail to guide rules FTC currently possesses no jurisdiction over (By Terrell McSweeney and Chris Hoofnagle) for commercial scanning of email. Yet in all the vast majority of ISPs thanks to the com- The resolution that could come to a Con- these contexts, web business models drive de- mon carrier exemption—an exemption made gressional vote this week aims to tackle dif- sign decisions that have turned social and stricter by the Ninth Circuit Court of Ap- ferences in how the FCC rule treats ISPs personal behaviors into marketplace trans- peals in last year’s AT&T Mobility case. We compared with other internet companies. actions. have heard this flawed logic time and time Your broadband provider has to offer you a Left standing, the FCC rule offers an op- again as one of the principal arguments for choice about what information it shares portunity for a meaningful debate about how getting rid of the FCC’s strong privacy rules. about you, but ecommerce sites and search to better translate our analog privacy norms Unfortunately, this is such a poor solution engines do not. into the digital world. Broadband ISPs are that it amounts to no solution at all. Advocates for repealing the current protec- essentially utilities, like postal mail and the For the FTC to regain jurisdiction over the tions—the resolution is sponsored by Sen- telephone. Subscribers have little or no com- privacy practices of ISPs, the FCC would ator Jeff Flake (R–AZ)—argue that Congress petitive choice as to which provider to use. first have to scrap Title II reclassification— should void the FCC’s rule using the Con- ISPs know our identities, and their position not an easy task which would be both time- gressional Review Act. They contend that in gives them the technical capacity to surveil consuming and subject to judicial review, order to properly govern privacy and avoid users in ways that others cannot. It makes and jeopardize the legal grounding of the 2015 confusing consumers, the FCC should main- sense to ensure consumers can choose wheth- Open Internet Order. Congress, in turn, tain consistent rules across the internet eco- er to share data related to their Internet would have to pass legislation to remove the system. But inconsistent standards pervade usage. common carrier exemption, thus granting privacy and consumer law. Furthermore, The majority of consumers—91 percent in a the FTC jurisdiction over those ISPs who are consistent standards militate in favor of in- recent survey—feel they’ve lost control of common carriers. We are skeptical Congress creasing protections for privacy, rather than their personal information. Yet, paradox- would take such an action. Finally, the FTC unraveling them as the current proposal ically, the late, great privacy researcher and does not enjoy the same robust rulemaking would do. historian Alan Westin consistently found authority that the FCC does. As a result, An alphabet soup of state and federal laws that Americans expect companies to handle consumers would have to wait for something set the privacy requirements for everything personal data in a ‘‘confidential’’ way. In re- bad to happen before the FTC would step in from our financial information to data about ality, the modern internet is like a one-way to remedy a violation of privacy rights. Any our children. That’s largely because privacy mirror, where users are often unaware that fondness for the FTC’s approach to privacy is is both essential to and sometimes in con- they are being silently watched by third par- merely support for dramatically weaker pri- flict with our most deeply held value, lib- ties. The FCC rule exposes this one-way mir- vacy protections favored by most corpora- erty. So, legislators have never been able to ror and allows people to decide whether to tions. craft omnibus privacy protections. Instead, draw a curtain on it. There is no question that consumers favor they’ve developed frameworks informed by Maintaining the current rules would make the FCC’s current broadband privacy rules. prevailing norms, incentives, political econ- ISP practices more consistent with con- Consumers Union launched an online peti- omy, and ways the information might be sumers’ expectations of confidentiality. Con- tion drive last month in support of the Com- used. gress should spend time examining the

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Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to This resolution does not lessen or im- Whereas, in 2009, the Office of Legal Coun- the gentlewoman from California (Ms. pede the privacy and data security sel clarified that corporations owned or con- LOFGREN), my colleague from the class standards that we already have estab- trolled by foreign governments presump- of ’94. lished. We are simply restoring a more tively qualify as foreign States under the Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, a ‘‘yes’’ stable regulatory playing field to en- foreign Emoluments Clause, and; vote exempts all broadband service sure that consistent uniform privacy Whereas, the word ‘‘emoluments’’ means providers from all rules on user privacy standards are maintained to protect profit, salary, fees, or compensation which and all limitations on how they use would include direct payment, as well as consumers and future innovation. other benefits, including extension of credit, your data. They are in a unique posi- Once Congress rejects these rules, the forgiveness of debt, or the granting of rights tion to see every place you go, every FCC can turn back to cooperating with of pecuniary value, and; website you visit, they can do deep the FTC to ensure both the consumer Whereas, according to The New Yorker, in packet inspection and see what is in privacy across all aspects of the inter- 2012, The Trump Organization entered into a your emails. net is protected through vigorous en- deal with Ziya Mammadov to build the What protects your privacy? forcement and that innovation is al- Trump Tower Baku in the notoriously cor- This rule that is about to be re- lowed to flourish. rupt country Azerbaijan in possible violation pealed. I urge all of my colleagues to support of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and, by profiting from business with the Mammadov If you have problems with the pri- this commonsense resolution. family, due to their financial entanglements vacy policies of your email provider or Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance with the Iran Revolutionary Guard may have social network, you have got competi- of my time. also violated the Emoluments Clause if in- tion to go to. But most Americans have The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time come from this project continues to flow to just one or, at most, just two choices for debate has expired. The Trump Organization, and; for their broadband provider. And, in- Pursuant to the rule, the previous Whereas, The Trump Organization has terestingly enough, all of those pro- question is ordered on the joint resolu- deals in Turkey, admitted by the President himself during a 2015 Brietbart interview, viders are supporting the repeal of this tion. The question is on the third reading and when the President announced his travel privacy rule. ban, Turkey’s President called for President Why? of the joint resolution. Trump’s name to be removed from Trump They are going to make money sell- The joint resolution was ordered to Towers Istanbul, according to The Wall ing your information. be read a third time, and was read the Street Journal, and President Trump’s com- The idea that we could have an FTC third time. pany is currently involved in major licensing solution is an interesting one, but The SPEAKER pro tempore. The deals for that property which may implicate there is no way to do it. In the Ninth question is on the passage of the joint the Emoluments Clause, and; Whereas, shortly after election, the Presi- Circuit’s 2016 ruling of AT&T v. FTC, resolution. The question was taken; and the dent met with the former U.K. Independence they ruled that the FTC is barred from Party leader, Nigel Farage, to get help to imposing data breach rules. So vote Speaker pro tempore announced that stop obstructions of the view from one of his ‘‘no’’ and protect your constituents’ the ayes appeared to have it. golf resorts in Scotland, and according to privacy. Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- The New York Times, both of the resorts he Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I con- vania. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand owns there are promoted by Scotland’s offi- tinue to reserve the balance of my the yeas and nays. cial tourism agency, a benefit that may vio- time. The yeas and nays were ordered. late the Emoluments Clause, and; The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Whereas, at Trump Tower in New York, Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- the Industrial and Commercial Bank of vania. Mr. Speaker, I ask my col- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- ceedings on this question will be post- China is a large tenant, according to leagues to vote against this horrible Bloomberg; the United Arab Emirates leases resolution, and I yield back the balance poned. space, according to the Abu Dhabi Tourism of my time. f & Culture Authority; and the Saudi Mission Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I yield RAISING A QUESTION OF THE to the U.N. makes annual payments, accord- ing to the New York Daily News, and money myself the balance of my time. PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE We have heard a lot of interesting from these foreign countries goes to the claims today in the discussion about Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to President, and; a question of the privileges of the Whereas, according to NPR, in February this fairly simple resolution to roll China gave provisional approval for 38 new back overreaching regulation from the House, and offer the resolution that was previously noticed. trademarks for The Trump Organization, FCC that were passed late in the which have been sought for a decade to no The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Obama administration’s time. avail, until President Trump won the elec- Clerk will report the resolution. I would remind everybody, Mr. tion. This is a benefit the Chinese Govern- The Clerk read as follows: Speaker, that this CRA has nothing to ment gave to the President’s businesses in do with the President’s tax return, it Expressing the sense of the House of Rep- possible violation of the Emoluments Clause, resentatives that the President shall imme- and; has nothing to do with Russian hack- diately disclose his tax return information Whereas, the President is part owner of a ing, and there have been some gross to Congress and the American people. New York building carrying a $950 million mischaracterizations of what this reso- Whereas, the Emoluments Clause was in- loan, partially held by the Bank of China, ac- lution does. cluded in the U.S. Constitution for the ex- cording to The New York Times, when owing Why do we need this resolution? press purpose of preventing federal officials the Government of China by the extension of The three reasons are, as Chair- from accepting any ‘‘present, Emolument, loans and credits by a foreign State to an of- woman BLACKBURN opened up at the be- Office, or Title . . . from any King, Prince, ficer of the United States would violate the or foreign State’’; Emoluments Clause, and; ginning: Whereas, in Federalist No. 22 (Alexander Whereas, NPR reported that the Embassy First of all, the FCC swiped jurisdic- Hamilton) it is said, ‘‘One of the weak sides of Kuwait held its 600 guest National Day tion from the FTC. of republics, among their numerous advan- celebration at Trump Hotel in Washington, Second, two cops on the beat create tages, is that they afford too easy an inlet to D.C., last month, proceeds to Trump, and; confusion among consumers and among foreign corruption,’’ and; Whereas, according to The Washington the ISP providers. Whereas, the delegates to the Constitu- Post, the Trump International Hotel in Third, the FTC already has jurisdic- tional Convention specifically designed the Washington, D.C., has hired a ‘‘director of tion over this space. Emoluments Clause as an antidote to poten- diplomatic sales’’ to generate high-priced tially corrupting foreign practices of a kind business among foreign leaders and diplo- Let me close with this: this resolu- that the Framers had observed during the matic delegations, and; tion of disapproval only rescinds the period of the Confederation, and; Whereas, according to his 2016 candidate FCC’s rule, but it still provides the Whereas, Article 1, section 9, clause 8 of filing with the Federal Election Commission, FCC the opportunity to provide more the Constitution states: ‘‘no person holding the President has 564 financial positions in

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Mr. Speaker, under offer a resolution as a question of the torneys and the Office of Government Ethics, clause 1 of rule IX, questions of the privileges of the House under rule IX. the President has refused to divest his own- ership stake in his businesses, and; privileges of the House are: ‘‘those af- In evaluating the resolution under Whereas, the Director of the nonpartisan fecting the rights of the House collec- rule IX, the Chair must determine Office of Government Ethics said that the tively, its safety, dignity, and the in- whether the resolution affects ‘‘the President’s plan to transfer his business tegrity of its proceedings.’’ rights of the House collectively, its holdings to a trust managed by family mem- The dignity and integrity of the safety, dignity, and the integrity of its bers is ‘‘meaningless’’ and ‘‘does not meet House’s proceedings have been vio- proceedings.’’ the standards that . . . every President in lated, and continue to be violated, be- The resolution offered by the gentle- the past four decades has met’’, and; cause Congress has not had the con- woman from California directs the Whereas, in the United States’ system of stitutionally afforded opportunity to checks and balances, Congress has a respon- House to request the President’s tax sibility to hold the executive branch of gov- consent to emoluments being received return information as part of a deter- ernment to the highest standard of trans- by the President or to enforce, if con- mination as to whether the President parency to ensure the public interest is sent is not given. is in violation of the Foreign Emolu- placed first and the Constitution is adhered I would note that Congress has the ments Clause of the Constitution. to, and; authority to request the President’s Section 702 of the House Rules and Whereas, the House Judiciary Committee taxes under section 6103 of the Internal Manual states that ‘‘rule IX is con- has the first responsibility among the com- Revenue Code, and use of this author- cerned not with the privileges of the mittees of the House to see that elements of ity would not be unprecedented, as it our Constitution are adhered to and, in fur- Congress, as a legislative branch, but therance of that responsibility, Judiciary was used in 1974 to request President only with the privileges of the House, Committee members have historically uti- Nixon’s tax returns that revealed that as a House.’’ As such, reviews of extra- lized fact-finding and research prior to for- he owed nearly half a million dollars in mural activities, even with regard to mal hearings, and; back taxes. constitutional prerogatives, have not Whereas, tax returns provide an important I would note that issues of the Con- met the standards of rule IX. baseline disclosure because they contain stitution and the House’s prerogatives The Chair would also cite the pro- highly instructive information including under the Constitution have a prece- ceedings of May 21, 2009. On that date, whether the filer paid taxes, what they own, dent in using rule IX as a privileged what they have borrowed and from whom, a resolution proposing a review of the whether they have made any charitable do- resolution. accuracy of certain public statements nations, and whether they have taken advan- For example, if a revenue measure is made by the Speaker regarding com- tage of tax loopholes and that such informa- initiated in the Senate instead of in munications to Congress from the exec- tion would be material to members of the the House as required by the Constitu- utive branch was held not to qualify as Judiciary Committee as research is under- tion, that is a matter of a privilege of a question of privilege, because it nec- taken on whether President Trump is in vio- the House. I would argue that the essarily would have required a review lation of the Emoluments Clause of the Con- Emoluments Clause is at least as im- stitution, and; not only of the Speaker’s statements portant, possibly more important, than but also of actions by extramural ac- Whereas, disclosure of the President’s tax the origination of a revenue measure in returns would be an effective means for the tors in the executive branch. President to provide evidence either refuting either the House or Senate. The resolution offered by the gentle- or confirming claims of violations of the I have been a member of the Judici- woman from California does not invoke Emoluments Clause, and; ary Committee for 22 years. I am well a unique prerogative of the House, as a Whereas, the President’s tax returns are aware of how the Judiciary Committee House. Instead, it seeks documents likely to be essential as members of the Ju- operates and the need for individual from the President, an actor entirely diciary Committee work to research poten- Members to do research before any offi- tial violations of the Emoluments Clause, extramural to the House. Accordingly, cial action is taken in that committee. the resolution does not qualify as a and; And since it is the Judiciary Com- Whereas, the chairmen of the Ways and question of the privileges of the House. Means Committee, Joint Committee on Tax- mittee, it has the first responsibility Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, I appeal ation, and Senate Finance Committee have for adhering to the Constitution among that ruling. the authority to request the President’s tax the committees of the House. I think it The SPEAKER pro tempore. The returns under section 6103 of the Tax Code, is absolutely essential for the Presi- question is, Shall the decision of the and this power is an essential tool in learn- dent’s tax returns to be released so ing whether the President may be in viola- Chair stand as the judgment of the that the members of the Judiciary House? tion of the Emoluments Clause, and; Committee can do their job to research MOTION TO TABLE Whereas, questions involving constitu- whether the Emoluments Clause has tional functions and the House’s constitu- Mr. FLORES. Mr. Speaker, I have a tionally granted powers have been recog- been violated and whether permission should be given to the President to re- motion at the desk. nized as valid questions of the privileges of The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the House. ceive payments from foreign states. Resolved, That the House of Representa- I would note that there is no question Clerk will report the motion. tives shall— that the Emoluments Clause of the The Clerk read as follows: 1. Immediately request the tax return in- Constitution was placed there to pre- Mr. Flores moves to lay the appeal on the formation of Donald J. Trump for tax years vent corruption in the system. It was table. 2000 through 2015 for review by Congress, as based on a sad experience during the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The part of a determination as to whether the question is on the motion to table. President is in violation of the Foreign Articles of Confederation. It is nec- Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. essary to make sure that the President The question was taken; and the and all other officers of the United Speaker pro tempore announced that b 1715 States have loyalty to only one thing, the ayes appeared to have it. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Does the and that is to the United States of Ms. LOFGREN. Mr. Speaker, on that gentlewoman from California wish to America, not to any foreign power. I demand the yeas and nays. present argument on the parliamen- In order to do that, we need to review The yeas and nays were ordered. tary question of whether the resolution the data. As I say, the dignity and in- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- presents a question of the privileges of tegrity of the House requires that the ant to clause 8 of rule XX, this 15- the House? Constitution be upheld, and in order to minute vote on the motion to table Ms. LOFGREN. I do, Mr. Speaker. uphold the Constitution, we must have will be followed by a 5-minute vote on The SPEAKER pro tempore. The re- this information. passage of S.J. Res. 34. marks of the gentlewoman must be For these reasons, the resolution The vote was taken by electronic de- confined to the question of whether the raises a question of the privileges of vice, and there were—yeas 228, nays resolution presents a question of the the House and should be permitted, Mr. 190, answered ‘‘present’’ 2, not voting 9, privileges of the House. Speaker. as follows:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:20 Jun 16, 2017 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD17\MARCH\H28MR7.REC H28MR7 March 28, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2503 [Roll No. 201] Deutch Larsen (WA) Quigley The vote was taken by electronic de- Dingell Larson (CT) Raskin YEAS—228 Doggett Lawrence Rice (NY) vice, and there were—yeas 215, nays Abraham Gohmert Noem Doyle, Michael Lawson (FL) Richmond 205, not voting 9, as follows: Aderholt Goodlatte Nunes F. Lee Rosen [Roll No. 202] Allen Gosar Olson Ellison Levin Roybal-Allard Amash Gowdy Palazzo Engel Lewis (GA) Ruiz YEAS—215 Eshoo Lieu, Ted Amodei Granger Palmer Ruppersberger Abraham Gosar Olson Espaillat Lipinski Ryan (OH) Arrington Graves (GA) Paulsen Aderholt Gowdy Palazzo Esty Loebsack Sa´ nchez Babin Graves (LA) Pearce Allen Granger Palmer Evans Lofgren Sarbanes Bacon Graves (MO) Perry Amodei Graves (GA) Paulsen Foster Banks (IN) Griffith Poe (TX) Lowenthal Schakowsky Arrington Graves (MO) Frankel (FL) Pearce Barletta Grothman Poliquin Lowey Schiff Babin Griffith Fudge Lujan Grisham, Perry Barr Guthrie Ratcliffe Schneider Bacon Grothman Gabbard M. Schrader Poe (TX) Barton Harper Reed Banks (IN) Guthrie Gallego Luja´ n, Ben Ray Scott (VA) Poliquin Bergman Harris Reichert Barletta Harper Garamendi Lynch Scott, David Posey Biggs Hartzler Renacci Barr Harris Gonzalez (TX) Maloney, Serrano Ratcliffe Bilirakis Hensarling Rice (SC) Barton Hartzler Gottheimer Carolyn B. Sewell (AL) Reed Bishop (MI) Herrera Beutler Roby Bergman Hensarling Green, Al Maloney, Sean Shea-Porter Renacci Bishop (UT) Hice, Jody B. Roe (TN) Biggs Hice, Jody B. Green, Gene Matsui Sherman Rice (SC) Black Higgins (LA) Rogers (AL) Bilirakis Higgins (LA) Grijalva McCollum Sinema Roby Blackburn Hill Rogers (KY) Bishop (MI) Holding Gutie´rrez McEachin Sires Roe (TN) Blum Holding Rohrabacher Bishop (UT) Hollingsworth Hanabusa Rogers (AL) Bost Hollingsworth McGovern Smith (WA) Black Hudson Rokita Hastings Rogers (KY) Brady (TX) Hudson McNerney Soto Blackburn Huizenga Rooney, Francis Heck Rohrabacher Brat Huizenga Meeks Speier Blum Hultgren Rooney, Thomas Higgins (NY) Rokita Bridenstine Hultgren Meng Suozzi Bost Hunter J. Himes Brooks (AL) Hunter Moore Swalwell (CA) Brady (TX) Hurd Rooney, Francis Roskam Hoyer Brooks (IN) Hurd Moulton Takano Brat Issa Rooney, Thomas Ross Huffman Buchanan Issa Murphy (FL) Thompson (CA) Bridenstine Jenkins (KS) J. Rothfus Jackson Lee Buck Jenkins (KS) Nadler Thompson (MS) Brooks (IN) Jenkins (WV) Roskam Rouzer Jayapal Bucshon Jenkins (WV) Napolitano Titus Buchanan Johnson (LA) Ross Royce (CA) Jeffries Budd Johnson (LA) Neal Tonko Buck Johnson (OH) Rothfus Russell Johnson (GA) Burgess Johnson (OH) Norcross Torres Bucshon Johnson, Sam Rouzer Rutherford Johnson, E. B. Byrne Johnson, Sam O’Halleran Tsongas Budd Jordan Royce (CA) Scalise Jones Calvert Jordan O’Rourke Vargas Burgess Joyce (OH) Russell Schweikert Kaptur Carter (GA) Joyce (OH) Pallone Veasey Byrne Katko Rutherford Scott, Austin Keating Carter (TX) Katko Panetta Vela Calvert Kelly (MS) Scalise Sensenbrenner Kelly (IL) ´ Chabot Kelly (MS) Pascrell Velazquez Carter (GA) Kelly (PA) Schweikert Sessions Kennedy Chaffetz Kelly (PA) Payne Visclosky Carter (TX) King (IA) Scott, Austin Shimkus Khanna Cheney King (IA) Pelosi Walz Chabot King (NY) Sensenbrenner Shuster Kihuen Coffman King (NY) Perlmutter Wasserman Chaffetz Kinzinger Sessions Smith (MO) Kildee Cole Kinzinger Peters Schultz Cheney Knight Shimkus Smith (NE) Kilmer Peterson Collins (GA) Knight Waters, Maxine Cole Kustoff (TN) Shuster Smith (NJ) Kind Pingree Watson Coleman Collins (NY) Kustoff (TN) Collins (GA) Labrador Smith (MO) Smith (TX) Krishnamoorthi Pocan Welch Comer Labrador Collins (NY) LaHood Smith (NE) Smucker Kuster (NH) Polis Wilson (FL) Comstock LaHood Comer LaMalfa Smith (NJ) Stefanik Langevin Conaway LaMalfa Price (NC) Yarmuth Comstock Lamborn Stewart Smith (TX) Cook Lamborn Conaway Lance Stivers ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—2 Smucker Costello (PA) Lance Cook Latta Taylor Stewart Cramer Latta DeFazio Sanford Costello (PA) Lewis (MN) Tenney Stivers Crawford Lewis (MN) Cramer LoBiondo Thompson (PA) NOT VOTING—9 Taylor Culberson LoBiondo Crawford Long Tenney Curbelo (FL) Long Thornberry Duffy Pittenger Rush Culberson Loudermilk Thompson (PA) Davidson Loudermilk Tiberi Marino Posey Simpson Curbelo (FL) Love Thornberry Davis, Rodney Love Tipton Nolan Ros-Lehtinen Slaughter Davis, Rodney Lucas Tiberi Denham Lucas Trott Denham Luetkemeyer Tipton Dent Luetkemeyer Turner b 1748 Dent MacArthur Trott DeSantis MacArthur Upton DeSantis Marchant Turner DesJarlais Marchant Valadao Mr. O’HALLERAN changed his vote DesJarlais Marshall Upton Diaz-Balart Marshall Wagner Diaz-Balart Massie from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Valadao Donovan Massie Walberg Donovan Mast So the motion to table was agreed to. Wagner Duncan (SC) Mast Walden Duncan (SC) McCarthy Walberg Duncan (TN) McCarthy Walker The result of the vote was announced Dunn McCaul Dunn McCaul Walorski as above recorded. Emmer McHenry Walden Walker Emmer McClintock Walters, Mimi A motion to reconsider was laid on Farenthold McKinley Farenthold McHenry Weber (TX) Ferguson McMorris Walorski Faso McKinley Webster (FL) the table. Fitzpatrick Rodgers Walters, Mimi Ferguson McMorris Wenstrup Fleischmann McSally Weber (TX) Fitzpatrick Rodgers Westerman f Flores Meadows Webster (FL) Fleischmann McSally Williams Fortenberry Meehan Wenstrup Flores Meadows Wilson (SC) PROVIDING FOR CONGRESSIONAL Foxx Messer Westerman Fortenberry Meehan Wittman DISAPPROVAL OF A RULE SUB- Franks (AZ) Mitchell Williams Foxx Messer Womack MITTED BY THE FEDERAL COM- Frelinghuysen Moolenaar Wilson (SC) Franks (AZ) Mitchell Woodall Gaetz Mooney (WV) Wittman Frelinghuysen Moolenaar Yoder MUNICATIONS COMMISSION Gallagher Mullin Womack Gaetz Mooney (WV) Yoho The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Garrett Murphy (PA) Woodall Gallagher Mullin Young (AK) Gibbs Newhouse Yoho Garrett Murphy (PA) Young (IA) finished business is the vote on passage Gohmert Noem Young (AK) Gibbs Newhouse Zeldin of the joint resolution (S.J. Res. 34) Goodlatte Nunes Young (IA) providing for congressional disapproval NAYS—190 NAYS—205 under chapter 8 of title 5, United Adams Butterfield Conyers Adams Brownley (CA) Coffman Aguilar Capuano Cooper States Code, of the rule submitted by Aguilar Bustos Cohen Barraga´ n Carbajal Correa the Federal Communications Commis- Amash Butterfield Connolly Bass Ca´ rdenas Costa sion relating to ‘‘Protecting the Pri- Barraga´ n Capuano Conyers Beatty Carson (IN) Courtney vacy of Customers of Broadband and Bass Carbajal Cooper Bera Cartwright Crist Beatty Ca´ rdenas Correa Beyer Castor (FL) Crowley Other Telecommunications Services’’, Bera Carson (IN) Costa Bishop (GA) Castro (TX) Cuellar on which the yeas and nays were or- Beyer Cartwright Courtney Blumenauer Chu, Judy Cummings dered. Bishop (GA) Castor (FL) Crist Blunt Rochester Cicilline Davis (CA) Blumenauer Castro (TX) Crowley Bonamici Clark (MA) Davis, Danny The Clerk read the title of the joint Blunt Rochester Chu, Judy Cuellar Boyle, Brendan Clarke (NY) DeGette resolution. Bonamici Cicilline Cummings F. Clay Delaney The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Boyle, Brendan Clark (MA) Davidson Brady (PA) Cleaver DeLauro question is on the passage of the joint F. Clarke (NY) Davis (CA) Brown (MD) Clyburn DelBene Brady (PA) Clay Davis, Danny Brownley (CA) Cohen Demings resolution. Brooks (AL) Cleaver DeFazio Bustos Connolly DeSaulnier This is a 5-minute vote. Brown (MD) Clyburn DeGette

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Mar 29, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A28MR7.028 H28MRPT1 SSpencer on DSK4SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H2504 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE March 28, 2017 Delaney Kind Price (NC) the chair, I am not recorded. Had I been our Tax Code has largely stayed the DeLauro Krishnamoorthi Quigley DelBene Kuster (NH) Raskin present, I would have voted ‘‘aye.’’ same. Demings Langevin Reichert On rollcall No. 202 on final passage of S.J. As we bring our Tax Code into the DeSaulnier Larsen (WA) Rice (NY) Res. 34, I am not recorded. Had I been 21st century, we must simplify the Deutch Larson (CT) Richmond present, I would have voted ‘‘aye’’ on final code. The U.S. Tax Code is over 3 mil- Dingell Lawrence Rosen Doggett Lawson (FL) Roybal-Allard passage of S.J. Res. 34. lion words long, and Americans spend billions of hours and hundreds of bil- Doyle, Michael Lee Ruiz f F. Levin Ruppersberger lions of dollars complying with Federal Duncan (TN) Lewis (GA) Ryan (OH) COMMUNICATION FROM THE tax requirements each year. Imagine if Ellison Lieu, Ted Sa´ nchez Engel Lipinski Sanford DEMOCRATIC LEADER that time and money were spent on in- Eshoo Loebsack Sarbanes The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- novation and job creation instead. As Espaillat Lofgren Schakowsky fore the House the following commu- we work to shrink taxes and erase the Esty Lowenthal Schiff excessive compliance rules, we must Evans Lowey Schneider nication from the Honorable NANCY also make sure that the taxes we col- Faso Lujan Grisham, Schrader PELOSI, Democratic Leader: Foster M. Scott (VA) lect are spent according to constitu- MARCH 27, 2017. Frankel (FL) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Scott, David tional constraints. Hon. PAUL D. RYAN, Fudge Lynch Serrano We must propose a plan that will bet- Gabbard Maloney, Sewell (AL) Speaker of the House of Representatives, U.S. Gallego Carolyn B. Shea-Porter Capitol, Washington, DC. ter serve individuals, families, and Garamendi Maloney, Sean Sherman DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to clause businesses across the country. We must Gonzalez (TX) Matsui Sinema (5)(a)(4)(A) of Rule X of the Rules of the introduce legislation that lowers taxes, Gottheimer McClintock Sires House of Representatives, I designate the fol- reduces the corporate tax rate, mini- Graves (LA) McCollum Smith (WA) Green, Al McEachin Soto lowing Members to be available to serve as mizes government interference in the Green, Gene McGovern Speier Members of an Investigative Subcommittee free market, and eases the overall cost Grijalva McNerney Stefanik established by the Committee on Ethics dur- to taxpayers to fully comply with the ´ Gutierrez Meeks Suozzi ing the 115th Congress: system. Hanabusa Meng Swalwell (CA) Suzanne Bonamici of Oregon Hastings Moore Takano Brian Higgins of New York f Heck Moulton Thompson (CA) Hakeem S. Jeffries of New York Herrera Beutler Murphy (FL) Thompson (MS) HONORING THE LIFE OF AHMED Higgins (NY) Nadler Titus William R. Keating of Massachusetts ‘‘KATHY’’ KATHRADA Himes Napolitano Torres Raja Krisbnamoorthi of Illlinois Hoyer Neal Tsongas Ed Perlmutter of Colorado (Mr. COHEN asked and was given per- Huffman Nolan Vargas Jamie Raskin of Maryland mission to address the House for 1 Jackson Lee Norcross Veasey Terri A. Sewell of Alabama minute and to revise and extend his re- Jayapal O’Halleran Vela Darren Soto of Florida ´ marks.) Jeffries O’Rourke Velazquez Dina Titus of Nevada Johnson (GA) Pallone Visclosky Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I was Johnson, E. B. Panetta Walz Best regards, awakened today to the news of a gen- Jones Pascrell Wasserman NANCY PELOSI, tleman from South Africa, who was one Kaptur Payne Schultz Democratic Leader. Keating Pelosi Waters, Maxine of the great historic men I have experi- Kelly (IL) Perlmutter Watson Coleman f enced in my life, an antiapartheid ac- Kennedy Peters Welch REPORT ON RESOLUTION PRO- tivist and a blessed man, Ahmed Khanna Peterson Wilson (FL) Kathrada, known as Kathy, passed Kihuen Pingree Yarmuth VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF Kildee Pocan Yoder H.R. 1431, EPA SCIENCE ADVI- away. Kathy was an Indian gentleman who Kilmer Polis Zeldin SORY BOARD REFORM ACT OF went to Johannesburg with his family NOT VOTING—9 2017 as a young man and found that, at age Duffy Pittenger Simpson Mr. NEWHOUSE, from the Com- 8, he had to move there because there Hill Ros-Lehtinen Slaughter Marino Rush Tonko mittee on Rules, submitted a privi- were no Indian schools in South Africa. leged report (Rept. No. 115–64) on the He became, at a very early age, an ac- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE resolution (H. Res. 233) providing for tivist for social reform and against The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. consideration of the bill (H.R. 1431) to apartheid, first for Indian rights and HULTGREN) (during the vote). There are amend the Environmental Research, then against apartheid and for South 2 minutes remaining. Development, and Demonstration Au- African rights. b 1756 thorization Act of 1978 to provide for He was arrested, along with Nelson So the joint resolution was passed. Scientific Advisory Board member Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Mbeki, Gold- The result of the vote was announced qualifications, public participation, berg, and other leaders of the ANC, as above recorded. and for other purposes, which was re- tried in the famous Rivonia trial in A motion to reconsider was laid on ferred to the House Calendar and or- 1963, and convicted as they all were. He the table. dered to be printed. spent 18 years in prison on Robben Is- land, with Nelson Mandela and others, Stated against: f and 8 additional years in prison. But Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably b 1800 when released from prison, he didn’t detained. Had I been present, I would have see bitterness, he saw only peace and a voted ‘‘nay’’ on rollcall No. 202. TAX REFORM period of commitment to resolving PERSONAL EXPLANATION (Mr. BIGGS asked and was given per- race relations in South Africa. Mr. SIMPSON. Mr. Speaker, on Monday, mission to address the House for 1 He befriended the people who had March 27 and Tuesday, March 28, I was ab- minute.) been his guards and who had subjected sent from votes due to business in my Con- Mr. BIGGS. Mr. Speaker, we know him to minority rights. He was elected gressional District. Had I been present, I the Tax Code is excessively com- to the African National Congress party would have voted as follows: plicated and takes too much money as a delegate to parliament and served Rollcall No. 195—‘‘Yea.’’ from Americans, thus we overhauled as one of Nelson Mandela’s aides. He Rollcall No. 196—‘‘Yea.’’ the United States Tax Code. received four honorary degrees in his Rollcall No. 197—‘‘Yea.’’ Over 30 years ago, President Ronald life, one from the University of Ken- Rollcall No. 198—‘‘Yea.’’ Reagan signed the last major tax re- tucky, one from Michigan State, and Rollcall No. 199—‘‘Yea.’’ form package. To put this in perspec- one from the University of Missouri. Rollcall No. 200—‘‘Yea.’’ tive, this was before the world wide He moved back to Robben Island, lived Rollcall No. 201—‘‘Yea.’’ web went live to the public, more than there, and gave tours of the museum. Rollcall No. 202—‘‘Yea.’’ 10 years ago before ‘‘google’’ was a On my second trip to South Africa, PERSONAL EXPLANATION verb, and visiting a Blockbuster was where I met him on a second occasion, Mr. DUFFY. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 201 the best way to rent a movie. America he led our group on our tour. It was re- on motion to table the appeal of the ruling of is vastly different than it was then, yet markable to see the prison guards hand

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(Mr. POE of Texas asked and was jobs, our coastlines, and our future. f given permission to address the House f for 1 minute.) THE MARCHANT FAMILY Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, for STEMMING THE TIDE OF JOB (Mr. OLSON asked and was given per- the last 8 years, the world turned its LOSSES mission to address the House for 1 cheek while Vladimir Putin—the Napo- (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given minute and to revise and extend his re- leon of Siberia—stomped on human permission to address the House for 1 marks.) rights and broke international law. minute.) Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I must con- I was there right after the Russians Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, recently fess, as my wife and kids know, I am invaded Georgia and took one-third of while announcing his manufacturing not the most romantic guy. I have the country. Then Putin went on to jobs initiative, President Trump said: never dreamed I would be a match- annex Crimea and invade Ukraine. Just ‘‘Everything is going to be based on maker. Believers say the Lord works in this month, Denis Voronenkov, a Rus- bringing our jobs back. The good jobs, mysterious ways, and, Mr. Speaker, sian lawmaker who opposed Putin and the real jobs. They have to come those words are, oh, so true. defected to Ukraine, was gunned down back.’’ In 2007, I came home and ran for Con- in broad daylight. His assassination is Well, this month, more than 700 idled gress. It was brutal: a 10-person pri- the latest incident in an ongoing pat- U.S. Steel workers in Lorain, Ohio, mary, a runoff against a former Mem- tern of Putin critics who have been were notified they will permanently ber, and a general election against an killed mysteriously. In the last 15 lose their jobs come this June. Lorain incumbent. But I had a secret weapon years, at least 11 other well-known has lost over 1,000 steel jobs since 2015. on my campaign: this man, Luke critics of Putin have been killed mys- It is ground zero on the trade and jobs Marchant. Luke is the son of our col- teriously. front. This stalwart town and its dear league, KENNY. Luke would show up in The message is clear: cross Putin, people have been battered by con- a campaign office with ratty flip flops, and you will face the lethal wrath of tinuing job washout in steel due to un- in wrinkled, baggy shorts, and an un- fair trade practices and closed markets washed T-shirt. Luke was a beast. But the Russian bear. Putin thinks he can continue killing those who oppose him abroad, particularly with China and a beauty showed up like out of Disney: Russia. Katie McDonald. The matchmaking and no one is watching. But I am here to tell him today that America is Through no fault of their own, work- began. Beauty and the beast fell in ers in too many of America’s steel love. watching, and America will never stop defending the defenseless and pro- towns are hurting because of foreign I was there on June 12, 2016, when product dumped on U.S. soil undercut- they were married. Last week, Walker tecting the human rights of people who speak against tyranny—even Russians ting our very way of life. Ross Marchant was born to these two Last week, I invited Commerce Sec- amazing young friends. who speak against tyranny. And that is just the way it is. retary Wilbur Ross to visit Lorain to Katie and Luke, congratulations. In witness firsthand the urgency of stabi- the future, for number two, maybe f lizing our manufacturing sector and Peter Graham Marchant should be a THE CLEAN POWER PLAN fulfilling President Trump’s job prom- name you all should consider. (Mr. PANETTA asked and was given ises of only a few months ago. f permission to address the House for 1 If our Nation is going to stem the HIGHLIGHTING THE DIY GIRLS minute and to revise and extend his re- tide of job losses caused by one-sided INVENTEAM marks.) trade deals on an uneven global playing field, there is no better place to start (Mr. CA´ RDENAS asked and was Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, today I than Lorain, Ohio. Please, President given permission to address the House rise in opposition of the executive Trump and Commerce Secretary Ross, for 1 minute and to revise and extend order that was signed that attempts to come to Lorain, Ohio. his remarks.) destroy the Clean Power Plan. Mr. CA´ RDENAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise Once again, we are seeing politics f today to highlight the work of the DIY driving policy. We are seeing the ful- ALZHEIMER’S IN AMERICA fillment of a past campaign promise Girls InvenTeam, a group of 12 incred- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. rather than a focus on our future. The ible young women from the San Fer- SMUCKER). Under the Speaker’s an- administration claims that the Clean nando Valley. These young scientists nounced policy of January 3, 2017, the Power Plan limits jobs. The reality is invented a tent with solar panels to aid gentleman from California (Mr. that the jobs were not lost due to refugees and the homeless. Earlier this GARAMENDI) is recognized for 60 min- tougher carbon emission standards. In- month, I had the opportunity to meet utes as the designee of the minority stead, jobs were found due to our inno- these 12 young women at their high leader. school, my alma mater, San Fernando vation, more competition based on Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, we High. cheaper natural gas, more mechaniza- are going to talk about our health, not As an engineer myself, I recognize tion due to advances in technology, about last week’s legislation and the how impressive their work is. Not only and more tax credits for renewable en- effort to change the Affordable Care did these women create something ergy. Act but rather about another part of The reality is that more jobs and amazing, but it was rooted in a desire the health of the American public. to help other people. The DIY Girls property will be lost without reducing The most remarkable proposal came InvenTeam has received one of just fif- our CO2 output. More CO2 will lead to from the President recently in his teen $10,000 grants awarded by MIT. It more acidification which will lead to budget proposals. is also noteworthy that these young less fish and less fishermen. More CO2 scientists were able to come together will lead to shrinking icecaps and ex- b 1815 through the help of DIY Girls, a grass- panding sea levels causing damage to I know that when I saw what he was roots program that empowers young property not only along the central proposing, I am thinking: You have got women to become scientists. coast of California, my district, but to be kidding. He is proposing a $5.6 bil- As their Representative, I am proud along all coastlines around the world. lion reduction in the National Insti- to highlight their work. I know we will Homes, businesses, and even our Navy tutes of Health’s research programs.

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Health, our real defense department dollars dealing with health issues in I am the co-chair of the Medical Re- fighting for all Americans against the the United States. The result of those search Caucus. As the co-chair, I am number one enemy we all have, which research efforts, together with the im- most aware of the need for research is catastrophic illnesses and diseases. plementation, has resulted in breast and how much it has helped our coun- Mr. GARAMENDI. Thank you so very cancer deaths dropping, between 2000 try and how much it has helped many much, Mr. COHEN, for your personal and 2013, by 2 percent, prostate cancer cities and universities in their efforts story and the effect of research not deaths down 11 percent, heart disease to save us. being available to you in your early down 14 percent, stroke down 23 per- For a long time, I have realized that childhood and the result of that. We cent, HIV/AIDS down 52 percent. my enemy—and I am not suggesting to know that all across the United States Research pays in better lives, in peo- anybody, or I don’t want anybody to there are issues that are out there. Cer- ple living longer and the quality of get the wrong impression that I don’t tainly Alzheimer’s, which is our prin- their life. And yet this 18 percent re- think that we need a military, and a cipal subject matter today, together duction that has been proposed by the strong military, but I have known that with the cuts in the National Insti- President in the basic funding for med- the odds of me dying from something tutes of Health budget, but also there that happens initiated by North Korea ical research here in the United States is this thing called Zika. That is out or Iran or ISIS is about nil. But I also goes directly against these very impor- there, and the research for that, is that know that the odds of my dying from tant and very impressive changes in going to be forthcoming or is that also heart disease, stroke, diabetes, Alz- the statistics about mortality—HIV/ going to be cut? heimer’s, cancer is likely. So my AIDS, 52 percent. I noticed that our co-chair of the Alz- enemy is disease. Now, it is not all research, but it be- heimer’s Caucus is here. Ms. WATERS, if And who is working to protect me gins with research. It is unconscionable you would like to join us, the gentle- and be my defense department? The that such a proposal would be brought woman from the State of California National Institutes of Health. That is with whom I have been able to work to the House of Representatives. my defense department. That is all of We are going to go beyond these suc- now for, well, just a few years, dating America’s defense department, for we cess stories, and we are going to talk back to our time in the California Leg- all have, as an enemy, disease. Cures about this purple line here. The deaths islature. I yield to the gentlewoman. and treatments will be found through Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. from Alzheimer’s have actually in- grants and research coordinated creased by 71 percent in the same 13- I would like very much to thank my through the National Institutes of friend and colleague from California, year period, in part due to the fact that Health. the population, the baby boomers and Congressman JOHN GARAMENDI, for the Francis Collins, the genius who is the time, and I commend him for orga- those that preceded them, grow old; Director of the NIH, is really our sec- and that is where Alzheimer’s occurs, nizing this Special Order on Alz- retary of defense because he is fighting heimer’s disease. It is fitting and ap- in the older age groups. to find cures and treatments not just So what is the research funding here propriate that we would be holding this for us, but more so for the next genera- Special Order hour this evening prior on Alzheimer’s? Well, not so good. tion and the next generation. But before I go to that, I just want to to the National Alzheimer’s Dinner, So it is a perfect situation for us to which will take place tonight. take one moment and draw your atten- act to protect our constituents against tion to this little chart. This is the The National Alzheimer’s Dinner is their most serious enemy, and that is an annual event, organized by the Alz- funding level for the National Insti- disease, and to protect them no matter heimer’s Association, that brings to- tutes of Health’s projected budget: $31.7 how we fund it. For the deficit hawks gether staff, policymakers, advocates, billion. The scientists, the researchers who might suggest that some of the ex- and families impacted by Alzheimer’s out there said that that is under- penses be paid for by future genera- disease from across the country. funding not from their wish list, but tions, that is who is going to get the As the co-chair of the bipartisan Con- from viable, credible research pro- treatments and the cures, and people gressional Task Force on Alzheimer’s grams that can’t be paid for because not even born yet. Disease, I know how devastating this they have run out of money. So they In 1954, my father was a pediatrician, disease can be for patients, families, have suggested that the budget should and he gave the Salk vaccine to second and caregivers. I am proud to lead the be somewhere around $35 billion. grade children for polio. He didn’t give task force along with my co-chair, Con- So what does the President propose? it to me in the fall of 1954 or the spring gressman CHRIS SMITH. Well, he proposes, instead of going up, of 1954 because that wasn’t his charge; Alzheimer’s is a tragic disease affect- going down to $25 billion or just close it was to give it to second graders in a ing millions of Americans and has to $26 billion, $5.6 billion less. test of the Salk vaccine. reached crisis proportions. There is no The result is that this is not going to I came down with polio in September effective treatment, no means of pre- come down. We are going to talk about of 1954. And but for medical research vention, and no method for slowing the this for the next hour, about research, not being a year earlier when the Salk progression of the disease. about the National Institutes of vaccine became available to everyone According to the Centers for Disease Health, about what it means to your in the spring of 1955, I would not have Control and Prevention, that is the life, to my life, to my colleagues’ lives, had polio. CDC, 5 million Americans were living to be able to extend our lives, whether It affected me as a young person. I with Alzheimer’s disease in the year it might be prostate cancer, heart dis- spent 3 months in a hospital, lots of 2013. This number is expected to almost ease, stroke, HIV, or Alzheimer’s. It is time with physical therapists, had sur- triple to 14 million by the year 2050. a fact that, if we are to increase the re- geries, and today wear a brace because, Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause search in this area, which, until just without it, I wouldn’t be standing here. of death in the United States. In 2017, last year, was just over $500 million, we My future, I am not sure what it will the direct cost of care for Alzheimer’s can see this begin to change. be, but it would have been a lot better disease and other dementias is ex- Joining me today are my colleagues if we had the Salk vaccine a year ear- pected to hit $259 billion, with 67 per- from around the United States. I was lier. For every cure and treatment that cent of those costs paid for by Medicare looking for a more senior Member from comes a little later and a little later or Medicaid. California, MAXINE WATERS, who is the are that many more people that will Alzheimer’s disease and related de- co-chair of the Alzheimer’s Caucus. She suffer from it. mentias will increase exponentially as

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This program It puts a tremendous burden on the act now to change the trajectory of helps local communities and law en- family and the loved ones of those bat- this disease. forcement officials quickly find per- tling the disease because for every Alz- The national plan to address Alz- sons with Alzheimer’s disease who wan- heimer’s patient, there are three people heimer’s disease calls for a cure or an der away from their homes and reunite providing unpaid care. effective treatment for Alzheimer’s by them with their families. Thanks to organizations like Alz- the year 2025. Reaching this goal will The majority of American Alz- heimer’s San Diego, there are services require a significant increase in Fed- heimer’s patients live at home under to support families that are providing eral funding for Alzheimer’s research. the care of family and friends. Accord- care for their loved ones. We are grate- Fortunately, Alzheimer’s research ing to the Alzheimer’s Association, ful for that, but we need to do more. did receive a substantial increase in more than 60 percent of Alzheimer’s pa- Alzheimer’s also puts a tremendous Federal funding in fiscal year 2016. tients are likely to wander away from burden on our healthcare system, as Congress allocated $936 million for Alz- home. Wanderers are vulnerable to de- some of the speakers have mentioned. heimer’s research at NIH in funding hydration, weather conditions, traffic This year, Alzheimer’s and other de- year 2016, an increase of $350 million hazards, and individuals who prey on mentias will cost the Nation $259 bil- over the 2015 level. But that is still far seniors. lion. As our population ages, those less than what is needed to confront Let me just continue my remarks by numbers will only go up. It costs on av- the challenges we face. thanking all of the Members of Con- erage $1,150 more per month for a sen- In March of last year, I wrote a letter gress who are signing letters, who are ior with Alzheimer’s to reside in as- to the House Appropriations Com- focused on this, who understand what sisted living. That puts a financial mittee requesting an additional $500 is going on. I would like to thank the strain on Medicaid, Medicare, and mil- million increase in funding for Alz- gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. lions of families. heimer’s research, for a total appro- SMITH) and the gentleman from Cali- The research being done at UCSD and priation of almost $1.5 billion in fund- fornia (Mr. GARAMENDI) for their lead- around the country is fueled by the Na- ing year 2017. The letter was signed by ership and all the work that they have tional Institutes of Health and the Na- a bipartisan group of 74 Members of done educating the Members and help- tional Institute on Aging. The invest- Congress, including myself, co-chair ing to give exposure to what we need to ments we make in basic scientific re- CHRIS SMITH, and one of the greatest do. search to better understand the disease advocates on behalf of Alzheimer’s pa- Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I ap- are our best chance at developing new tients not only in the Congress of the preciate the leadership of Ms. WATERS. therapies and ultimately a cure. United States, but even before he came It goes on for many years in this par- One of the most bipartisan victories here, Congressman GARAMENDI. ticular area and beyond. we have had in Congress since I have Last summer, the Senate Appropria- Progress can be made. I am just been here—this is my third term—was tions Committee passed its version of going to take 2 seconds here to show to increase NIH funding and to make a the funding year 2017 Labor, Health the funding levels for cancer, almost $6.3 billion investment in scientific re- and Human Services, Education Appro- $51⁄2 billion; HIV/AIDS, almost $3 bil- search, which we did last year. Mem- priations bill and provided a $400 mil- lion; cardiovascular, $2 billion. This is bers of both parties came together with lion increase in funding for Alzheimer’s 1 year out of date. the understanding that NIH funding research at NIH, for a total appropria- Because of the work of Congress and creates high-paying jobs, grows our tion of $1.39 billion in funding year the leadership of CHRIS SMITH from the economy, and unlocks discovery that 2017. Republican side and Ms. WATERS from changes lives. In his joint address to Meanwhile, the House Labor, HHS, the Democratic side, plus many Mem- Congress this year, right here in this Education Appropriations Sub- bers, this number is not 560; it is just room, President Trump said he wanted committee passed this bill for funding under a billion dollars now. We need to find cures to ‘‘free the Earth from year 2017 on June 17. The House bill more, and we need to get at it soon. the miseries of disease.’’ provided a $300 million increase in Alz- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman Unfortunately, then he turned heimer’s research. from the southern part of California around and sent a budget to Congress Unfortunately, Congress still has not (Mr. PETERS). that slashed funding for NIH, clawing finished its work on funding the year Mr. PETERS. Mr. Speaker, I thank back the progress that we made last 2017 budget, so we don’t know how Mr. GARAMENDI so much for organizing year. Our efforts to find cures to dis- much funding Alzheimer’s research or this discussion of a really important eases like Alzheimer’s would be com- any other program, for that matter, topic. pletely undermined by the President’s will receive this year. In San Diego, we are a center of At the same time, Congress has al- budget. We just can’t allow that to genomics, a center of life sciences, and ready begun consideration of year 2018 happen. a center of collaborative scientific re- I really, again, appreciate Mr. funding levels. I am once again circu- search that makes groundbreaking dis- GARAMENDI for hosting this conversa- lating a letter to the House Appropria- coveries and improves people’s lives. In tion. I want to let him know that I tions Committee leaders requesting ro- 2015, our research institutions received would be happy to sign on to Ms. bust funding for Alzheimer’s research. This year my letter requests a $414 $768 million in NIH research funding, WATERS and Mr. SMITH’s letter, which million increase in funding for Alz- the most of any metro area in the he is also a leader of. I look forward to heimer’s research in fiscal year 2018 United States. We are home to places working with Mr. GARAMENDI and all of above the level included in the funding like the Salk Institute for Biological our other colleagues to defend the in- year 2017 Senate bill. That would be a Studies, Sanford Burnham Prebys Med- vestment we have made in scientific total appropriation of more than $1.8 ical Discovery Institute, the J. Craig research last year and to push for even billion for Alzheimer’s research in Venter Institute, and the Scripps Re- more so that we can begin to win the funding year 2018. search Institute, where world-class sci- battle against Alzheimer’s and other Although this letter just started cir- entists are making discoveries that diseases. That is what it is about, it is culating, more than 25 Members of save and improve millions of lives. about winning. That is what I have Congress have already signed this let- At the University of California San been hearing. We want to win this bat- Diego, UCSD, the Shiley-Marcos Alz- ter, of course led by Co-Chairs CHRIS tle. heimer’s Disease Research Center is I am very conscious that the United SMITH and Congressman GARAMENDI and myself. part of a collaborative national effort States has written the playbook for to better diagnose, prevent, treat, and how to lead the world in science, and it b 1830 ultimately to cure Alzheimer’s. More is by funding basic scientific research, I am also circulating a letter to than 5 million Americans are living by letting the best scientists in the House Committee on Appropriations with that disease. Alzheimer’s kills world compete for those grants that

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These cuts er it is for cancer, diabetes, even people field is appreciated and, I am sure when would forfeit American dominance in a that are suffering from post-traumatic shared with the other Members of this sector where we are global leaders. stress disorder—so that we can fund a House, will have a positive result. In New Jersey’s 12th District, Prince- wall on the border? Mr. PETERS said something toward ton University received close to $46 That may be what this is all about, the end of his conversation that I think million in NIH grants, and the College in which case it is a terrible, terrible we need to drive home. I said earlier of New Jersey received around $400,000 choice. I don’t think we are going to that the scientists suggested that in- to continue our Nation’s stature at the make that. stead of a $31.7 billion budget for the forefront of medical breakthroughs. I thank the gentlewoman from New NIH, they needed an additional $3.3 bil- The cuts proposed would, in effect, Jersey (Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN) for her lion. It is for those projects that Mr. stunt good and essential medical re- views. I really appreciate her under- PETERS described as peer-reviewed by search, lifesaving research. standing of this and her participation peers in the area of science—whether it Unlike what we have seen from this today. is heart disease, cancer, or HIV or Alz- administration, the NIH has produced I see next to you our colleague from the great State of Maryland (Mr. heimer’s—that are worthy projects for results that improve the health and RASKIN) listening very intently to you which there is no money. livelihood of the American people. For and now prepared to jump into the fray If we could fund those—not reduce example, there is no widely available here. the level of funding, as suggested by cure for sickle cell anemia. While some Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman the President, but, rather, increase it— children have been successfully treated from Maryland (Mr. RASKIN). what would be the result? with blood stem cell and/or bone mar- Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, nobody I am going to toss this up one more row transplants, this approach was takes the speech and debate clause time. This is what happens when re- thought to be too toxic for adults. more seriously in this body than Mr. search is applied to diseases. Breast However, NIH researchers successfully GARAMENDI. He speaks in debate pretty cancer down, prostate cancer down, treated adults with severe sickle cell much every day, and that is what the heart disease deaths, strokes, and HIV, disease using a modified stem cell Founders wanted us to do, not to just all down as a result of research, and transplant approach that does not re- come here in a kind of naked exercise then the application of that research quire extensive immune-suppressing of power politics and see who can get through the medical community. This drugs. more votes, but really try to learn is progress. This is what can happen. After receiving an experimental spi- from each other and engage in a dia- This is what we want to get to. nal stimulation therapy from a team of logue so we are advancing public pol- Mr. PETERS. Will the gentleman NIH-funded researchers, four young icy. yield? men paralyzed due to spinal cord inju- It was a pleasure to receive the gen- Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I ries were able to regain control of some tleman’s invitation to join this Special yield to the gentleman from California. movement, promising results for treat- Order on Alzheimer’s disease. I am de- Mr. PETERS. I want to leave time ing these devastating injuries. lighted to join him. I am also delighted for Mr. RASKIN, but we talk about this NIH-supported researchers designed a to see at the dais this evening the peer-review concept. Maybe people protocol to transform human stem Speaker pro tempore, my friend Con- don’t understand what that is. What cells into beta cells that produce insu- gressman SMUCKER from Lancaster happens is these top scientists from lin and respond to glucose. That find- County, Pennsylvania. He is just a around the world file these grants. ing could lead to new stem cell-based freshman, but he is already wielding They are reviewed not by government therapies to treat diabetes in patients the gavel. I would say that seat suits employees, not by bureaucrats, not by of all ages, a disease that is so preva- Congressman SMUCKER just fine. It is politicians, but by real scientists, the lent in our society. good to see him up there tonight. best in their field, to determine which The specific damage that occurs in Congressman GARAMENDI, I am the would win. In the good times, about 25 affected brain tissue after a concussion Congressperson from Montgomery percent of those grants will be funded has not been widely well understood. A County, Frederick County, and Carroll by NIH when there is robust funding. study by NIH researchers provided in- County, Maryland, the 8th Congres- Seventy-five percent of them are sight into the damage caused by mild sional District, which includes the turned down. That is how selective it traumatic brain injuries and suggested NIH, the National Institutes of Health; is. approaches for reducing its harmful ef- so I have the great fortune and honor Unfortunately, now we are looking at fects. and responsibility of representing 7 to 10 percent funding. That means we It has even been reported that these thousands of people who work at NIH are not discovering a lot. We are also draconian cuts will slow research that and who live in Rockville and in the turning a lot of our young people off of could lead to new ways to prevent and neighborhood. So I see this as not just science. We can’t let that happen. treat cancer, the Nation’s number two a national treasure and resource, but Again, we could talk about this all killer, which claimed the lives of al- also a vibrant and vital part of my day, but I want to turn to my col- most 600,000 Americans just last year community that I represent. leagues. Again, I thank Mr. GARAMENDI and which, incidentally, claimed the I speak tonight not just as a politi- for setting up this discussion. lives of both of my parents. cian, but I speak also as someone who Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, let’s The evidence is overwhelming, and has—I guess what we call around move to the other side of the con- these are the facts. I just want to know here—a preexisting condition because tinent. Let’s talk about the view from when this President and his supporters when I was in the Maryland State sen- New Jersey. I yield to the gentlewoman here in Congress will set aside budget ate and as a professor of constitutional from New Jersey (Mrs. WATSON COLE- gimmicks and put Americans, our law at American University, I was MAN). health and our well-being, first. given a diagnosis in the year 2010 of Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, the colon cancer. Speaker, I thank Mr. GARAMENDI for gentlewoman from New Jersey pointed sponsoring this moment that we can out a very important thing here, and b 1845 speak about such important issues. that is: When will we get real about I learned something very interesting In a budget proposal purported to this? going through the experience about the ‘‘make America great again,’’ Presi- It is my understanding that many of difference between misfortune and in- dent Trump has put forth a request to these budget cuts, the National Insti- justice. Because if you have a job that

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It which is a 19 percent reduction in the indeed, the National Institutes of can happen to anybody. It is a misfor- NIH budget. Health has a stellar representative, as tune. Why? do the American people, and certainly At the time, I was the floor leader in Well, it is very hard to know. It is the people of Maryland. Maryland on marriage equality legisla- part of a proposal to slash $60 billion in As he told his own personal story of tion, and it struck me that the misfor- science research, environmental pro- one of the dreaded diseases, I am de- tune can happen to anybody. But if you tection, housing, the human needs lighted to see him stand here in such can’t get health insurance because you budget, and to shift it into the Pen- good health. Apparently, he has recov- love the wrong person or because you tagon. Now, that is at a time, Mr. ered completely from that. are unemployed or because you are too GARAMENDI, when a committee I serve I suspect that recovery was, at least poor, that is not just a misfortune. on, Oversight and Government Reform, in part, due to, first, his good health at That is an injustice because we, as a just had hearings where Democrats and the outset, but also to the research society, can do something about that. Republicans, alike, were outraged to that was done in the preceding years So when we think about Alzheimer’s learn that $125 billion in waste, fraud, through the National Institutes of disease or cystic fibrosis or lung cancer abuse, and contractor overruns is hap- Health on cancer research. We have or diabetes 1 or 2, in a democratic soci- pening right now in the Pentagon. seen the decline in cancer deaths as a ety, our obligation is not to compound We could save $125 billion just by result of that research. What we would the misfortunes of life with govern- taking seriously the problems in con- like to do is to deal with this Alz- mental injustice; our job is to try to tracting and fraud and abuse that is heimer’s. reduce misfortune because we are all taking place with the beltway bandits. I want to take a moment just to talk citizens together. But instead of going after that corrup- about where we are. We had a huge de- So that is why I am so proud to rep- tion and waste, they want to take $60 bate last week on repealing the Afford- resent NIH because, as has been said billion out of the human needs budget able Care Act and what it would mean very eloquently by a number of speak- and shift it over to the Pentagon. to Americans, and a lot of that debate ers tonight, the NIH is in the forefront Well, that is going to have a disas- centered around the cost of medical of defending our population against trous effect on our ability to make services. Tragically, one of the ways disease and serious illness. progress. That is the point I think you that the proponents of repealing the So let’s talk about Alzheimer’s for a are making tonight, Congressman Affordable Care Act would save money little bit. More than 5 million Americans are GARAMENDI. You are saying that, when is to reduce the Medicaid program in living today with Alzheimer’s disease. we invest in basic research on the dis- different ways, but the end result was That is about the population of my eases, we make progress. to reduce the Medicaid program. Look what we have done with AIDS. State—everybody in Maryland, from Sixty percent of the Medicaid pro- Baltimore to Rockville, to Silver It is amazing. Look what is happening gram is for people in long-term care fa- Spring, to Bethesda, to Chevy Chase, to with cystic fibrosis. We are making cilities. A good percentage of those, Middletown and Frederick County, to real progress because we are investing. probably the majority of those, with Sykesville, all over Carroll County, We have got to not cut back on any of some sort of dementia or Alzheimer’s. from the eastern shore to western the research that is taking place. We What we need to do is to address this Maryland, millions of people. That is have got to double down and invest, issue straightforward. how many people across the land are and we really need to do that with Alz- I will tell my own story. suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. And heimer’s. My mother-in-law lived the last 3 it is a number that is rapidly increas- So this move to slash the human years of her life in our home. We were ing. It could be as high as 16 million needs budget, the medical research in a position where we were able to people by 2050 is what the experts at budget, and put it in the Pentagon is take care of her, so she didn’t go to a NIH are telling us. an assault on science, on medicine, and long-term care facility. Nonetheless, it Since 2000, deaths from Alzheimer’s on the health care of our people. These was one of the obligations that we felt have increased a startling 89 percent. are our people whose lives are at stake we had, and many, many other Ameri- You have shown us what the graphs that we are talking about. These are cans share that obligation. are, Mr. GARAMENDI. One in three sen- our families that are suffering the sav- This is 2015. The number $2.026 billion ior citizens today dies from Alz- age repercussions of Alzheimer’s dis- came up during the discussion that we heimer’s or another form of dementia. ease. It is a terrible infliction on the had. That is what we spent in 2016. For victims of this disease, it is demor- land. Some of that was spent by other alizing, devastating, debilitating, and So I think that the idea of slashing $6 payors. That would be insurance com- draining for the whole family. billion from research for serious dis- panies. Some was spent by family. In Maryland, Alzheimer’s affects eases like Alzheimer’s, like the doomed Medicare and Medicaid spent the great 100,000 people, and it costs us around $1 repeal-and-replace legislation that majority. billion in Medicaid dollars every year. crashed and burned on Friday of last As we go through the years, in 2020, In 2017, it is estimated that, across week, is totally counterproductive and we expect to spend $267 billion. And the country, we will spend $259 billion destructive of the true needs and prior- again, Medicare and Medicaid make up caring for people with Alzheimer’s and ities of our people. the great majority of it. As we move other kinds of dementia, with $175 bil- We spend more money on the mili- through time, we will see that there lion being borne by Medicare and Med- tary than the next five or six countries will be greater and greater expenses, icaid, alone. This means nearly one out combined, and the Pentagon is swim- rising year by year, so that in the year of every five Medicare dollars is spent ming in a deep pool of waste, fraud, 2050, which is not that far away—that on Alzheimer’s. abuse, and contractor overruns today. is one generation away—we will be So we have got to move quickly and Let’s focus on helping our own people spending over $1 trillion, and Medicare effectively to address the crisis and to right now, the way mature democracies and Medicaid will, throughout this en- solve the puzzle of Alzheimer’s disease; do, not enriching beltway bandits and tire period, be the single largest source otherwise, these costs are going to con- plutocrats and insiders the way that of money to pay for Alzheimer’s. tinue to grow even more sharply, and authoritarian governments do. The So, if we want to reduce the cost of Alzheimer’s could overwhelm our question of Alzheimer’s is an urgent premiums, if we want to reduce the healthcare system. question for our time, just like the re- cost of government, if we want to deal

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Sergeant If we can delay by a year, we will Or, another $5.6 billion for the mili- First Class Boniface entered the Army save tens of billions of dollars of tax- tary for programs that nobody has told in March 2006. After infantry basic payer money in care that has been us yet should be funded. training and advanced individual train- pushed off into the future. And the ing at Fort Benning, Georgia, he at- b 1900 quality of life for the individual that tended airborne school before being as- has one more year of quality of life We are going to make choices here. signed to the Special Warfare Center ahead of them is enormous and invalu- The President has made his choice. He and School. Sergeant First Class Boni- able. has shown what is of value in his mind. face completed the Special Forces Here is just a way of depicting the I challenge that value. I challenge Qualification Course earning his green backward nature of how we are dealing that value statement. I will tell you beret in 2010. He was assigned then to with the research for Alzheimer’s. This what is important. What is important the 7th Special Forces Group. was originally the 2015. We have been are those millions of Americans who Sergeant First Class Boniface’s at this a couple of years, and we have face Alzheimer’s in the days, the awards and decorations include: two seen progress. months, and the years ahead. I am Bronze Star Medals, the Army Com- In 2016, we spent $941 million, just looking to the generations that are 40 mendation Medal, two Army Good Con- under $1 billion, on Alzheimer’s re- and 50 years of age today who know, duct Medals, the National Defense search. At the same time, we spent $153 like my wife and I, they will be caring Service Medal, the Afghanistan Cam- billion in the care of Alzheimer’s in for their parents who are suffering paign Medal with two Campaign Stars, Medicare and Medicaid. It is Federal from dementia and Alzheimer’s. That the Global War on Terrorism Service taxpayer money. is a value that I think is important. Medal, three Noncommissioned Officer Look, $1 billion, less than $1 billion Mr. COHEN spoke to the real enemy. Professional Development Ribbons, the in research, $153 billion in out-of-pock- Is the real enemy somewhere out there Army Service Ribbon, the NATO et expense caring for these individuals around the world, or is the real enemy Medal, the Special Forces Tab, the that have come down with Alzheimer’s. the disease that will take us down—in Combat Infantryman Badge, the Spe- A pretty neat equation here, isn’t it? his case, childhood polio? cial Forces Combat Diver Badge, and If we were to ramp that up, as we We are going to make choices here, would like to see, from $941 million to the Parachutist Badge. very important choices to the everyday $1.4 billion, the researchers all across Mr. Speaker, there are no words that lives of Americans. My choice is to in- this country—some in San Diego, as we I, this body of Congress, or the Nation crease, to increase the budget, the ap- can say that might ease the bereave- heard from Mr. SCOTT PETERS; others propriation for the National Institutes in New Jersey, as we heard from Mrs. ment of the Boniface family. All I can of Health so that the $35 billion that say is that on behalf of a humble and WATSON COLEMAN; or in other parts of the scientists—who have already done California, Boston, wherever. If we grateful nation, we thank them for the the peer review on all types of diseases, were to ramp that up by an additional love, counsel, and support given to ranging from Zika, to cancer, and HIV, $500 million, the researchers believe Robert during his life, which helped and Alzheimer’s—say are worthy re- that they will untangle the tangles in make him a hero, both in uniform and the brain that lead to Alzheimer’s and search projects that should be funded. as a father. understand what is going on and, from I reject the value that the President His life stands as a testament that that point, be able to find a path to- has said to strip $5.6 billion out of the freedom is not free. His legacy will wards a solution. National Institutes of Health and echo in time as an example of the ulti- It is not hopeless. We have seen transfer it for a wall on the Mexican mate sacrifice for all free people. I pray progress. We have seen research that border or for some spending in the that God will be with Robert’s wife, was done a decade ago. The analysis in- military—some unspecified spending. Rebekah; his daughter, Mia; and all of dicated that it really didn’t work too These are choices. their family and friends during this well when they came up with a solu- I know where, in my mind, the choice time of great mourning. tion. Another researcher, 7 or 8 years should be, and I reject the choice that Mr. Speaker, may God continue to later, went back to that very research, has been made by our President. bless the United States of America. looked at the statistical analysis, and And with that, Mr. Speaker, I yield Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I cer- noticed that, for those who had early back the balance of my time. tainly thank my friend from Florida onset, that particular treatment mo- f for such a compelling tribute to a great dality had an enormous effect, not on American hero. RESTRUCTURING HEALTH CARE IN Mr. Speaker, at this time, I yield to those that were in later Alzheimer’s AMERICA but those who were in early onset. my friend, the gentleman from Ohio Whoa. What does that mean? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. (Mr. DAVIDSON). That means that there is a path. TAYLOR). Under the Speaker’s an- WELFARE BRAC ACT That means that there is an avenue to- nounced policy of January 3, 2017, the Mr. DAVIDSON. Mr. Speaker, it is an wards a solution. However, this Con- gentleman from Texas (Mr. GOHMERT) honor to address this body, and I rise gress, the 435 of us who will be here is recognized for 60 minutes as the des- today to talk about H.R. 1469, the Wel- voting on the appropriations to fund ignee of the majority leader. fare BRAC Act. the Federal Government, to fund the Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, at this Before going into the specifics of the military, to fund the highways, to fund time, I yield to my friend, the gen- bill, I would like to talk for a little bit the National Institutes of Health, will tleman from Florida (Mr. GAETZ). about how we have arrived at a point of be given a choice. We will have a HONORING THE DEDICATED SERVICE AND SELF- needing such a fundamental restruc- choice. Do we increase the funding for LESS SACRIFICE OF SERGEANT FIRST CLASS turing of our Nation’s antipoverty pro- the National Institutes of Health and ROBERT R. BONIFACE grams. Alzheimer’s research, or do we fund a Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, I thank the In 2015, the Federal Government wall on the Mexican border to the tune gentleman from Texas for yielding. spent $843 billion on welfare programs, of $20 billion? Mr. Speaker, it is with both profound means-tested welfare programs. By We just received that supplemental sadness and deep gratitude that I rise some estimates, we have spent more appropriation request from the admin- to pay tribute to a fallen decorated than $22 trillion on antipoverty pro- istration today to spend $20 billion on American hero. On March 19, 2017, Ser- grams over the past 50 years. Today, we a wall. geant First Class Robert R. Boniface of have some 92 antipoverty programs run

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Some of these pro- doctors, the healthcare providers. list. grams are clearly more effective than What seniors have noticed who I have So how did we come here? Well, as others at helping people get out of pov- talked to around Texas and in other Ronald Reagan said: ‘‘Government pro- erty, yet the reality is, Americans have places in the country, they have no- grams, once launched, never disappear. seen roughly the same percentage of ticed that when Medicare doesn’t pay Actually, a government bureau is the their fellow Americans in poverty for their doctor, doesn’t pay for tests that nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever the entire war on poverty. are needed, and doesn’t pay for medica- see on this Earth.’’ So if we look at these programs tion that they specifically need then it Why is that true? Well, it is true be- under the same three goals—employ- does affect them personally. cause touching some of these programs ment, marriage, and education—per- b 1915 is very polarizing. So when you touch haps we can find things that are effec- them, they all have a constituency. tive that lift people out, really, at the The bill that we took up, that didn’t And the reality is, if the 15th food aid end of the day, giving as many people get passed on Friday, that we didn’t program worked well, then the 16th as possible the dignity of work and a vote on, there was nothing that was wouldn’t be launched. So if you want path to escape poverty into a better fu- going to help those on Medicare. There to address a new problem, well, then ture. is apparently some difference of opin- you launch the 17th food aid program. In fact, this path is very compatible ion, but it appeared to many that some What doesn’t happen over the time is with the Better Way agenda that we of us trusted that people between the finding a way to get those programs to have laid out for poverty for the years. ages of 50 to 64 were going to get ham- work together to be a coherent whole. It is not focused on dollars. It is fo- mered. So the solution, really in a lot of ways, cused on efficiency. Later in the year, I am very encouraged to have seen is bipartisan. The Brookings Institu- we are seeking to provide off ramps so Speaker RYAN, Majority Leader tion is rarely an ally to conservatives, that you don’t find a trap in the ‘‘Bet- MCCARTHY, Whip STEVE SCALISE, and and the Heritage Foundation is rarely ter Way.’’ You don’t find a trap—if you our Deputy Whip PATRICK MCHENRY in- an ally to the left. Yet they would both get a raise, you lose your housing, or if credibly busy today talking to Repub- agree that employment, healthy mar- you take that next job, or you get mar- lican Members around the House about riages, and education alleviate poverty. ried, you lose your education benefits, how we can get to a bill that will get In fact, many of our programs, when things that would provide an on-ramp 218—actually we need 216 right now—so we look at these listed, seek to address and an off-ramp for this system. that we can send it down the hall to those needs. There are 92 programs. So that is part of the agenda for the the Senate. Maslow, in the hierarchy of needs, just year for the House. I think this is very Mr. Speaker, I am encouraged, and I addressed 5, and we have 92. compatible with it. I am seeking co- hope others are, that we are not done. I think about the young social work- sponsors. I am seeking support for this We had indications that the Senate was er who wants to help someone who bill, and it truly is with a spirit of em- not going to take up the bill—even if comes into the office and perhaps each bracing the common American value of we passed it on Friday, they were not of these programs has a 4-inch binder— providing a safety net for their fellow going to take it up until sometime in a 4-inch thick binder, 92 of them. That Americans, but they want it to be ef- May. So we have time to address this is a pretty big bookshelf. What if she fective. issue and come together on a bill that only had to know 20 programs? What if So this is not about the cause. The would pass. there were only 20 binders? What if cause is good, and fewer programs lets Once again, a reference was made, there were only 5? What if there were it be more focused and, hopefully, get a Mr. Speaker—and it is so often that 10? good result. this event is referenced by Republicans I don’t know whether the right num- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to when they get frustrated as to why we ber is a dozen or 20, but I don’t think it support this. ended up with a bill that would require is 92. So what is the solution? Well, I Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, it has so many Republican arms to be twist- have a bipartisan solution that looks been an interesting few weeks here in ed, that would endanger Republican back to the history. Washington, and we are not done with seats to have to vote for it. People ref- So in the Cold War, we had a very healthcare legislation. There has been erenced back to this. large Army, and, as we scaled down, it a lot of talk about that, but, Mr. Remember some years back, some was very politically sensitive to try to Speaker, I would like to say, I have summers back—and I believe, actually, deal with the problems of scaling down. been encouraged as today has worn on. that was the last week of July of 2014, Each base, each installation, had its We had a tough family meeting this as I recall—in which Speaker Boehner own constituency, and so we created morning together as Republicans, but, had told us that he had cobbled to- BRAC, the Base Closure and Realign- to me, what I felt was coming out of it gether a bill that embraced 10 prin- ment Commission. And the goal there in the end—disagreement on some im- ciples that every Republican in the was to have a quantitative set of objec- portant issues but agreement among House had agreed to. Some of them tives and to have a commission that Republicans that people are hurting seemed a bit esoteric to me, but we was bipartisan that gave Congress a under ObamaCare. agreed to them all. And we kept being straight up-or-down vote. That worked, People need relief from the high pre- told this is going to be a bill that em- by and large, and we were able to scale miums, the high deductibles. So many braces all the principles that all of us down the military in a way that let the people not only lost their doctor, lost have agreed to. military focus on its mission. their health insurance policy, but they So when the bill was finally filed on So what I propose with H.R. 1469, the can’t afford—they tell us—to go to the Tuesday evening, with Speaker Boeh- Welfare Benefit Realignment Commis- doctors. We talked to constituents be- ner having announced we were going to sion, is a four-Republican, four-Demo- cause they would have to get to several vote on it Thursday morning, for the crat commission, totally neutral. It thousand dollars before the insurance first time, we got a look at the bill we also does not seek to take away a dime portion would kick in. were going to be voting on. By the time of spending in it. It seeks to reduce the People are hurting across the coun- Thursday morning came rolling number of programs so that the result try, and, of course, we know that, with- around, there had been so much infor- is more focused. out a single Republican vote, mation that came out—not opinion, When Lyndon Johnson launched his ObamaCare was passed, which cut but actually verbiage from the bill. It war on poverty, he said that the goal Medicare by $716 billion dollars, with a seems like it was around 60 pages, 70

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When hell freezes over . . .’’ that they couldn’t vote for it; that it wealthy would say: If I needed surgery And the article goes on. didn’t embody the 10 principles that we done, I’d fly to the United States. Un- Mr. Speaker, what Leader MCCON- had all embraced. fortunately, I have heard more than NELL and Senator CORNYN are talking I was so proud of my Republican Con- once that: Yeah, and the great thing about, I think they must have been dis- ference that Thursday because particu- was that I flew back and never had to couraged when the House didn’t pass a larly a number of young Members, pay for it. bill that would come their way. But newer Members, got up in our emer- Well, somebody paid for that, that is good news for Leader MCCONNELL and gency conference that they asked for. for sure. Senator CORNYN, we are not done. Peo- Speaker Boehner said: Well, I guess we It is important that we fix our ple are hurting, and we are going to just go on home and have the August healthcare system as best we can. I come together on a bill. recess. have an article from Conservative Re- For those who attempted to say that Numerous Members said: No; let’s view that came out today from Daniel those in the Freedom Caucus kept have an emergency conference. Let’s Horowitz. I don’t agree with everything moving the goalposts, I know that was talk about this. We need to do some- in the article; but Daniel Horowitz, as not said maliciously, but it was said. thing. We need to pass a good bill. usual, is quite thought-provoking. Anyone who said that was speaking So people got up and they pointed He says: ‘‘Earlier today, a couple of just out of ignorance of what actually out, like in a good family: Look, we Republican officials, in a refreshing was the case. have got differences, but we can reach display of honesty, admitted what we Anybody that bothers to actually agreement on this. have known all along: They don’t want check and get the facts will find that, And there were probably 20 or so of to repeal ObamaCare. Even Senate Ma- as many problems as people in the us in a room for 21⁄2 hours or so, and we jority Leader MITCH MCCONNELL, Re- Freedom Caucus—and I am probably compromised, and we got a bill that we publican from Kentucky, admitted the newest member, I guess—had with could all vote on. there won’t be another attempt. this bill, we were doing what we could Unfortunately, at that time, there ‘‘He’s certainly come a long way to reach a compromise that would give was a Democratic majority in the Sen- from his 2014 campaign promise to re- enough help, enough relief to Ameri- ate, and we didn’t get our bill passed peal ObamaCare ‘root and branch’ and cans who are desperate for that help through the Senate, but we showed his 2013 CPAC speech in which he said and that relief that we could hold our that it could be done. ‘anybody who thinks we’ve moved be- nose and vote for it. Once again, after Friday’s problems, yond it is dead wrong.’ There were all kinds of issues in that there are Members that are saying: Re- ‘‘As we explained yesterday, the com- bill that create problems. For one member when we did that, where we promise solution for repealing the core thing, I would have thought a good just got people in a room and we of ObamaCare, but not quite all of it, is amendment that would easily be ac- agreed? already on the table, and PAUL RYAN, cepted would be that, since this creates Mr. Speaker, I do believe, knowing so Republican from Wisconsin, has al- a new entitlement program, a tax cred- many of the Tuesday Group so well— ready agreed to and campaigned on it. it program where you actually can get they are good people—and the number Why aren’t they doing it? Because they more money back—like a child tax one concern they have is their con- don’t want to repeal ObamaCare and credit, where we have so many people stituents and the things they are hear- never intended to.’’ who are actually illegally in the coun- ing from their constituents because That is the part I do disagree with. try, claiming children, as there have they ran and they got elected to help I know we have all said this, but it been reports—and, of course, not every- people. was in Speaker Boehner’s pledge that body cheats on this. But there are nu- Everybody that I hear from on our he and his leadership colleagues cob- merous examples of stories around the side understands people have got to bled together back in 2010 and it was in country of people claiming to have have help because ObamaCare is cre- the Better Way that Speaker RYAN and children—mass numbers, dozens of ating so many problems. I am hearing his leadership colleagues cobbled to- them in the same house, and we don’t from many seniors, and it seems to be gether last fall that we have got to re- know if they are in the country, we as a result of all of the $700-plus billion peal ObamaCare. We can’t get down to don’t know if they are in another coun- that Obama cut from Medicare. this rationed care system where we are try, we don’t know if they exist—and Whereas, 7 or 8 years ago, even 6 currently headed. people getting more and more money years ago, before ObamaCare really This says: ‘‘As early as 2014, the back. started being implemented, if they Chamber of Commerce made it clear I had a senior citizen from Tyler tell- needed surgery, if they needed some- that their official position was to fix, ing me she is no longer working for thing, under Medicare, the doctors im- not repeal ObamaCare. Money talks, H&R Block, that she used to during tax mediately took care of it. If it was everything else from there walks. season. But it just grated on her so medication, if it was a treatment, if it ‘‘The sentiment was evident today much that it created tension headaches was surgery, whatever, they took care when Senator JOHN CORNYN, Repub- and she couldn’t sleep during tax sea- of it. lican from Texas, the Senate majority son because she had so many people I am hearing more and more east whip, said that they will no longer pur- who did not have a Social Security Texans who are on Medicare tell me: sue repeal of ObamaCare through budg- number. But they got a tax number, Now, doctors are telling me they can’t et reconciliation and that ‘it needs to and she would fill out the returns for schedule it this week or next week like be done on a bipartisan basis, and so them. Invariably, each would pull out a they used to because of ObamaCare; we’re happy to work on it with Demo- sheet of paper and would say: Don’t I that the only way they can make ends crats if we can find any who are willing get this? meet and still stay in business, they to do so.’ And it was the income tax credit— need to schedule it a couple of months ‘‘There you have it, folks. They know child earned credit. down the road. darn well there are no Democrats who She would fill it out, as they re- Many of us on the Republican side will ever have incentive to work with quested. And, invariably, they would were pointing out, when ObamaCare them to repeal ObamaCare. They have get much more money back than they passed, that what this leads to is a always known that this had to be done paid in. So it was a way of redistrib- form of rationed care. Whereas, right unilaterally either through reconcili- uting—it is not wealth, because the now, if you have good insurance and ation or by blowing up the filibuster. people that are in east Texas paying

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So those were this amendment in there when we It was interesting. I didn’t realize, not problems. bring the bill back up. and I learned yesterday that, actually, I had a doctor friend back in east b 1930 that is why, in England, yes, they have Texas who said I was a purist. I like socialized medicine, but you can also him. He is a great guy. He apparently So I am hoping that that will be one pay for private care on top of the so- was a great surgeon. But I realized of the adjustments because we were cialized medicine because it just takes that, in his letter, he was speaking seeking to have something in there to forever to get the kind of treatment from a great deal of ignorance as he require you to be legally in this coun- that you need when you need it. So continued to point out things that sim- try before you could get more money people with any means in England, ply weren’t true, unless a purist is back from your income tax than you someone who says: Okay. Okay. I will paid in. It is a new form of welfare, just they have the socialized medicine that like some have found the tax credit to is so inefficient, that tax funds pay for vote for the bill, but you have got to be, where they get more back than so inefficiently, and you get as much give us something in the way of amend- they paid in. government as you do health care. But, ments to this bill that will help my So that is a concern, creating a new if you have money, then, on top of the constituents bring down the price. entitlement as we are about to go over massive taxes you pay, you can also, Now, see, to me, that is not a purist the $20 trillion mark in debt, that we then, pay for your own health care on because we were all willing to com- are coming up with a new way to go top of that. That is different from Can- promise in the Freedom Caucus. Actu- even deeper and quicker into further ada. ally, in communicating with President debt. But there were a number of issues But, look, the bottom line is we don’t Trump two different times, we thought here with the bill. need to continue down this route. So, we had an agreement. Then we would The thing that I kept hearing—and I again, I am encouraged we are going to hear back from our leadership: No. No. had telephone townhalls, Mr. Speaker, come together and we are going to You can’t do that. Either there is a with, really, tens of thousands of peo- work toward a remedy. problem with the Parliamentarian and ple that we reached out to in east It disturbed me that we heard from it puts the whole bill at risk, or, gee, Texas. The technology is so great, I people who sounded like they knew you are going to lose votes from some can ask questions and have them punch what they were talking about, that other group. a number for yes, no, and get results on rates are going to go up for a couple of But I still believe, as I did then, if we what people are thinking. It was feel- years, and we are hoping that maybe 3 would get the intermediaries out of the ings about ObamaCare and the need to years after the Republicans would lose way, that Republicans can come to- do something about it and the help the majority in the next election be- gether, Tuesday, more moderate group, that is needed and the losses of insur- cause people are so upset about their Freedom Caucus. We can get people to- ance they had before ObamaCare, prob- higher premiums that then it might gether like we did 3 years ago in July. lems they have had since ObamaCare. come down, premiums might come We can get together and work out a East Texans, my constituents, need down 10 percent. compromise. help. They want help. They want But the concern to me is not about Now, to me, someone who agrees ObamaCare repealed, and they want a losing the majority. It is about losing twice to a compromise that really system back where they can choose Americans unnecessarily if we don’t fix bothers them is not the purist that I their doctor, they have a relationship this disastrous ObamaCare that is cost- would expect, but then again, I guess it with their doctor, and they don’t have ing seniors. It is costing 50- to 64-year- depends on your own personhood as to an insurance company between them olds. It is costing young people money what you think is pure and what you and their doctor or their hospital tell- that they shouldn’t have to spend in think is not. ing them what they can or can’t have. the way that they are being required. So, anyway, I appreciate very much, And they don’t want the government in So some say we were moving the Mr. Speaker, the former Speaker, Newt between them and their healthcare pro- goalposts as the House Freedom Cau- Gingrich, pointing out yesterday that vider telling them what they can or cus, but, actually, from the beginning, it is a good thing that this bill did not cannot have. we did indicate we would like to re- pass on Friday because we know, as The health savings accounts that Re- move what experts are telling us in Speaker Gingrich pointed out, in 1994, publicans believe strongly could get us title I would dramatically bring down Democrats lost the majority in this off this final road to complete rationed the cost of premiums very quickly— room because they tried to push care, socialized medicine, like they very quickly. through HillaryCare. We know that in have in England—it was a pleasure to But we had agreed. Heck, we agreed 2010, Democrats lost the majority in talk to the sister of a member of Par- with the Democrats, before they this room because they had pushed liament from England. I have been in pushed through ObamaCare, let’s work through ObamaCare against the major- his home in England; he has been in my on a law together, bipartisan, that will ity will of the American people. home in Tyler, Texas, just a great MP. make sure that insurance companies As former Speaker Gingrich pointed But talking about our systems, and I can’t play games over preexisting con- out, if we had rammed through this bill pointed out, I have a wife, I have got ditions because it has resulted in un- and, for example, people didn’t see pre- three adult daughters, and so I am kind fairness and, at times, I can say as a miums come down before the next elec- of sensitive to being pushed into a sys- former judge, actually, fraud. Let’s tion, we would justifiably lose the ma- tem like England has, no offense to work on that one. jority in this House, and there are those in England. But when we saw the Then I think there was fairly uni- some good people that are serving here numbers back during the ObamaCare versal agreement on both sides of the that should not be defeated. They are debate that indicated a 19 percent high- aisle here that, if you are 26, you are doing the best they can. er survivability rate from the same still living with your parents, then you But we can do better than where the point of breast cancer being discovered, ought to be able to be on their health bill stood on Friday, and I am very well, that is one out of five are dying in insurance. From my standpoint, I grateful to Speaker RYAN, to leader England unnecessarily, or at least back didn’t even care. I didn’t think we ac- MCCARTHY, our whip, for working so there when we got those numbers. I am tually even needed an age, a cutoff age. hard today, reaching out, seeing them not sure what the numbers are now. If you are 50 and you are still living all over the place trying to work, talk- It may be that ObamaCare has cre- with your parents, which we hope will ing with different ones of us. It is real- ated more problems and now we are soon be remedied by an economy turn- ly encouraging, and I would hope, in

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Joint Resolution providing for Is this the insurance lobby? Where did tainly imagine if our friend, the Vice the appointment of Michael Govan as a cit- this come from? President, is in the presiding officer’s izen regent of the Board of Regents of the But bring the bill out and let us see chair in the Senate and a Democratic Smithsonian Institution; to the Committee it instead of telling every Republican: Senator stands up and says, ‘‘I make a on House Administration. It is going to go through committee; point of order because I believe this S.J. Res. 36. Joint Resolution providing for and Democrats are going to have a mil- violates the Byrd Rule, where the the appointment of Roger W. Ferguson as a House inserted a provision, you have to citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the lion amendments and we have got to Smithsonian Institution; to the Committee vote down every one of them; we don’t show that you are you lawfully in the on House Administration. want any Republican amendments; we U.S. in order to get the tax credit,’’ f are going to take it like it is. well, there may be people that are so Well, see, to some of us, that is not used to massive numbers here in Wash- ADJOURNMENT really regular order. Regular order is a ington that they would say, well, those Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, I move chance to have amendments, and espe- millions or tens or hundreds of mil- that the House do now adjourn. cially from people in the majority who lions, that may not be material, that The motion was agreed to; accord- see real problems with the bill. may be only incidental. ingly (at 7 o’clock and 47 minutes So we can do that, and I look forward b 1945 p.m.), under its previous order, the to doing that. And since we knew the House adjourned until tomorrow, I hope my friend, my Vice President, Senate wasn’t going to take it up until Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at 10 a.m. would understand that, to Americans, May sometime anyway, we have got for morning-hour debate. the kind of money we would be talking time to do that. f Mr. Speaker, I hope you felt the same about is hard-earned and it is material as I did hearing all across our Con- to the budget. So what happens if the EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ference, people saying, look, this is im- Vice President then rules—who is the ETC. portant enough. We are going to have President of the Senate—well, your Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive time where we go back to our districts point of order is overruled, it is not ap- communications were taken from the between now and the middle of May propriate, it doesn’t violate the Byrd Speaker’s table and referred as follows: rule. Well, then that same Democrat or when the Senate might take this bill 918. A letter from the Director, Regulatory up. another could jump up and say: I ap- Management Division, Environmental Pro- Let’s make sure we don’t go on re- peal the ruling of the char. tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s cess, go back to our districts to have Then what happens? final rule — Approval of Missouri’s Air Qual- Normally, a Republican would stand people scream at us because we hadn’t ity Implementation Plans; Open Burning Re- and move to table the appeal of the rul- quirements [EPA-R07-OAR-2016-0470; FRL- passed something. Let’s stay here, and ing of the Chair. And then there are far 9958-72-Region 7] received March 24, 2017, pur- let’s get it done like we did 3 years ago more than enough Republicans to vote suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- on the border security bill. to table the appeal of the ruling of the 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee But we have got a lot of work to do. on Energy and Commerce. There are serious problems with the Chair, which means the ruling stands, 919. A letter from the Director, Regulatory bill. But we also now know, despite nothing is fatal, and we get closer to a Management Division, Environmental Pro- what some have represented, that, gee, repeal of ObamaCare. Even more im- tection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — State of Iowa; Approval and Pro- we can’t know what the Parliamentar- portant than that, we get closer to giv- ing our constituents the help they real- mulgation of the Title V Operating Permits ians would say or recommend. It is Program, the State Implementation Plan, great to know that the Parliamen- ly need. So it has been a long few weeks. It and 112(1) Plan [EPA-R07-OAR-2016-0453; FRL tarian in the Senate, actually, Assist- was a very long conference, but I am 9957-84-Region 7] received March 24, 2017, pur- ant Parliamentarians work a great suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- encouraged, Mr. Speaker. I hope that deal like our splendid Parliamentarian 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee Americans end up encouraged. I am here. on Energy and Commerce. If you are getting ready to file a bill glad the bill didn’t pass on Friday just 920. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- ment of the Treasury, transmitting a six- or if you are thinking about an amend- as I was 3 years ago when the original de facto amnesty bill that Speaker month periodic report on the national emer- ment, you can actually go to any one gency with respect to persons who commit, of our Parliamentarian or assistants, Boehner tried to shove through. I think we can get to a good bill. I am looking threaten to commit, or support terrorism show them the language. They can’t that was declared in Executive Order 13224 of give an obligatory ruling, and they forward to seeing that happen and September 23, 2001, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. working with my friends here to get it generally tell us when they advise us: 1641(c); Public Law 94-412, Sec. 401(c); (90 done. This is what I think, how the rule Stat. 1257) and 50 U.S.C. 1703(c); Public Law Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance would apply there, and you may want 95-223, Sec 204(c); (91 Stat. 1627); to the Com- of my time. mittee on Foreign Affairs. to tweak this or that. 921. A letter from the Acting Assistant f They always have the caveat: But re- Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Depart- member, I am the Parliamentarian. I LEAVE OF ABSENCE ment of State, transmitting the annual re- don’t rule on anything. All I would do, By unanimous consent, leave of ab- port pursuant to Sec. 2(9) of the Senate’s if I am allowed, or it is requested, I will Resolution of Advice and Consent to the sence was granted to: Treaty with the United Kingdom Concerning whisper in the ear of the presiding— Mr. MARINO (at the request of Mr. which, in the Senate, hopefully, would Defense Trade Cooperation (Treaty Doc. 110- MCCARTHY) for today and the balance 07); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. be Vice President PENCE. of the week on account of a death in 922. A letter from the Acting Assistant And, gee, the Byrd Rule is not that the family. Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Depart- complicated. When you are under rec- Mr. RUSH (at the request of Ms. ment of State, transmitting the annual re- onciliation, it needs to be about the PELOSI) for March 27 through March 30 port pursuant to Sec. 2(8) of the Senate’s budget. So, if anything that is amended on account of a death in the family. Resolution of Advice and Consent to the Treaty with Australia Concerning Defense or added to or part of the bill will ma- f terially affect the budget, it survives Trade Cooperation (Treaty Doc. 110-10); to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. the Byrd Rule and it stays in. That is SENATE JOINT RESOLUTIONS REFERRED 923. A letter from the General Counsel, it. Government Accountability Office, trans- The word in the Byrd Rule is ‘‘inci- Joint resolutions of the Senate of the mitting the Office’s FY 2016 No FEAR Act re- dental.’’ It can’t be just incidental or following titles were taken from the port, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 2301 note; Public

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A letter from the Secretary and Chief committees were delivered to the Clerk Veterans Affairs to establish a pilot program Administrative Officer, Postal Regulatory for printing and reference to the proper for the provision of dental care to certain Commission, transmitting the Commission’s calendar, as follows: veterans, and for other purposes; to the Com- FY 2016 No FEAR Act report, pursuant to 5 Mr. NEWHOUSE. Committee on Rules. mittee on Veterans’ Affairs. U.S.C. 2301 note; Public Law 107-174, 203(a) House Resolution 233. Resolution providing By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa (for himself, (as amended by Public Law 109-435, Sec. for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1431) to Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 604(f)); (120 Stat. 3242); to the Committee on amend the Environmental Research, Devel- PETERSON, Mr. BLUM, and Mr. Oversight and Government Reform. opment, and Demonstration Authorization LAHOOD): 925. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Act of 1978 to provide for Scientific Advisory H.R. 1750. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Board member qualifications, public partici- enue Code of 1986 to expand certain excep- Security, transmitting the Department’s pation, and for other purposes; (Rept. 115–64). tions to the private activity bond rules for temporary final rule — Safety Zone; Cooper Referred to the House Calendar. first-time farmers, and for other purposes; to River Bridge Run, Cooper River and Town f the Committee on Ways and Means. Creek Reaches, Charleston, SC [Docket No.: By Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia: USCG-2017-0021] (RIN: 1625-AA-08) received PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 1751. A bill to impose sanctions in re- March 24, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Under clause 2 of rule XII, public sponse to cyber intrusions by the Govern- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 ment of the Russian Federation and other Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- bills and resolutions of the following titles were introduced and severally re- aggressive activities of the Russian Federa- tation and Infrastructure. tion, and for other purposes; to the Com- 926. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, ferred, as follows: mittee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for him- the Committees on the Judiciary, Financial Security, transmitting the Department’s self, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Services, Oversight and Government Reform, temporary final rule — Safety Zone: Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. Armed Services, and Transportation and In- Eastport Breakwater Terminal, Eastport, BEYER, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. NORTON, Mr. frastructure, for a period to be subsequently Maine [USCG-2014-1037] (RIN: 1625-AA00) re- HASTINGS, Mr. CONNOLLY, and Mr. determined by the Speaker, in each case for ceived March 24, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. LEWIS of Georgia): consideration of such provisions as fall with- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 H.R. 1746. A bill to prohibit certain individ- in the jurisdiction of the committee con- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- uals from possessing a firearm in an airport, cerned. tation and Infrastructure. and for other purposes; to the Committee on By Mr. BRAT (for himself and Mr. 927. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Homeland Security, and in addition to the GAETZ): U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to H.R. 1752. A bill to prohibit mandatory or Security, transmitting the Department’s be subsequently determined by the Speaker, compulsory checkoff programs; to the Com- final rule — Anchorage Regulations: Special in each case for consideration of such provi- mittee on Agriculture. Anchorage Areas; Marina del Rey Harbor, sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the By Mr. BRAT (for himself and Ms. Marina del Rey, CA [Docket No.: USCG-2014- committee concerned. TITUS): 0142] (RIN: 1625-AA01) received March 24, By Mr. PALLONE (for himself and Mr. H.R. 1753. A bill to prohibit certain prac- 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public TONKO): tices relating to certain commodity pro- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the H.R. 1747. A bill to amend the Comprehen- motion programs, to require greater trans- Committee on Transportation and Infra- sive Environmental Response, Compensa- parency by those programs, and for other structure. tion, and Liability Act of 1980 to reauthorize purposes; to the Committee on Agriculture. 928. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, and improve the Brownfields revitalization By Mr. LATTA (for himself and Mr. Office of Regulations and Administrative program, and for other purposes; to the Com- OLSON): Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- Homeland Security, transmitting the De- dition to the Committee on Transportation H.R. 1754. A bill to amend the Federal partment’s temporary final rule — Safety and Infrastructure, for a period to be subse- Trade Commission Act to clarify the scope of Zone; James River, Newport News, VA quently determined by the Speaker, in each the exception for common carriers; to the [Docket No.: USCG-2017-0051] (RIN: 1625- case for consideration of such provisions as Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in AA00) received March 24, 2017, pursuant to 5 fall within the jurisdiction of the committee addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. concerned. for a period to be subsequently determined 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia (for himself, by the Speaker, in each case for consider- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- Transportation and Infrastructure. Ms. ADAMS, Ms. BASS, Ms. BONAMICI, risdiction of the committee concerned. 929. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. By Mr. BLUMENAUER: U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland BROWN of Maryland, Ms. BROWNLEY of Security, transmitting the Department’s California, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- H.R. 1755. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- temporary final rule — Safety Zone, TICO fornia, Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts, enue Code of 1986 to clarify that products de- Warbird Air Show; Indian River, Titusville, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, rived from tar sands are crude oil for pur- FL [Docket No.: USCG-2017-0130] (RIN: 1625- Mr. CORREA, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. poses of the Federal excise tax on petroleum, AA00) received March 24, 2017, pursuant to 5 DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. and for other purposes; to the Committee on U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. DAVIS of California, Mr. DESAULNIER, Ways and Means. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ms. FUDGE, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, By Mrs. COMSTOCK (for herself, Mr. Transportation and Infrastructure. Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, Ms. WITTMAN, and Mr. GRIFFITH): 930. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, JAYAPAL, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. KELLY of H.R. 1756. A bill to require the Secretary of Office of Regulations and Administrative Illinois, Mr. KIHUEN, Mr. LANGEVIN, the Interior to conduct offshore oil and gas Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Mrs. LAWRENCE, Mr. LAWSON of Flor- Lease Sale 220 as soon as practicable, and for Homeland Security, transmitting the De- ida, Ms. LEE, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. other purposes; to the Committee on Natural partment’s final rule — Regulated Naviga- NAPOLITANO, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. NOR- Resources. tion Areas; Escorted Submarines Sector CROSS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois Jacksonville Captain of the Port Zone POLIS, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. (for himself, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, [Docket No.: USCG-2016-0032] (RIN: 1625- RUSH, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. SABLAN, and Mrs. BUSTOS): AA11) received March 24, 2017, pursuant to 5 Mr. SARBANES, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. H.R. 1757. A bill to address the psycho- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. logical, developmental, social, and emotional 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on SERRANO, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, needs of children, youth, and families who Transportation and Infrastructure. Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. have experienced trauma, and for other pur- 931. A letter from the Office Program Man- TORRES, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, poses; to the Committee on Education and ager, Office of Regulations Policy and Man- Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILSON of the Workforce, and in addition to the Com- agement, Office of the Secretary (00REG), Florida, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. SWALWELL of mittees on Energy and Commerce, Ways and Department of Veterans Affairs, transmit- California, and Ms. BLUNT ROCH- Means, and the Judiciary, for a period to be ting the Department’s final rule — Release ESTER): subsequently determined by the Speaker, in of VA Records Relating to HIV (RIN: 2900- H.R. 1748. A bill to provide at-risk and dis- each case for consideration of such provi- AP73) received March 24, 2017, pursuant to 5 connected youth with subsidized summer and sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. year-round employment and to assist local committee concerned. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Vet- community partnerships in improving high By Ms. ESTY (for herself, Mr. KATKO, erans’ Affairs. school graduation and youth employment Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO):

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A bill to provide that no addi- going powers, and all powers vested by this mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- tional Federal funds may be made available Constitution in the government of the dition to the Committee on Transportation for National Heritage Areas, and for other United States, or in any department or offi- and Infrastructure, for a period to be subse- purposes; to the Committee on Natural Re- cer thereof. quently determined by the Speaker, in each sources. By Mr. BRAT: case for consideration of such provisions as By Mr. VALADAO: H.R. 1752. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee H.R. 1769. A bill to affirm an agreement be- Congress has the power to enact this legis- concerned. tween the United States and Westlands lation pursuant to thefollowing: By Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Ms. Water District dated September 15, 2015, and ‘‘This bill is enacted pursuant to the power LEE, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. LANGEVIN, for other purposes; to the Committee on Nat- granted to Congress under Article 1, Section Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. TED ural Resources. 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitu- LIEU of California, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. By Mrs. COMSTOCK (for herself, Mr. tion.’’ MEEKS, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. BEYER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. BROWN of By Mr. BRAT: MCSALLY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. CAS- Maryland, Mr. DELANEY, Ms. NORTON, H.R. 1753. TOR of Florida, Mr. COSTELLO of Mr. RASKIN, and Mr. HOYER): Congress has the power to enact this legis- Pennsylvania, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. H.J. Res. 92. A joint resolution granting lation pursuant to the following: BLUMENAUER): the consent and approval of Congress for the ‘‘This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 1759. A bill to amend the Animal Wel- Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of granted to Congress under Article 1, Section fare Act to restrict the use of exotic and wild Maryland, and the District of Columbia to 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitu- animals in traveling performances; to the amend the Washington Area Transit Regula- tion.’’ Committee on Agriculture. tion Compact; to the Committee on the Judi- By Mr. LATTA: By Mr. GROTHMAN: ciary. H.R. 1754. H.R. 1760. A bill to amend the Food and Nu- f Congress has the power to enact this legis- trition Act of 2008 to eliminate the authority lation pursuant to the following: of the Secretary of Agriculture to grant a CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 waiver from the work requirements for par- STATEMENT To regulate Commerce with foreign Na- ticipation in the supplemental nutrition as- Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of tions, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes; sistance program on account of an area’s the Rules of the House of Representa- high unemployment rate or limited employ- By Mr. BLUMENAUER: ment availability for individuals who reside tives, the following statements are sub- H.R. 1755. in the area; to the Committee on Agri- mitted regarding the specific powers Congress has the power to enact this legis- culture. granted to Congress in the Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana: tion to enact the accompanying bill or The Constitution of the United States pro- H.R. 1761. A bill to amend title 18, United joint resolution. vides clear authority for Congress to pass States Code, to criminalize the knowing con- tax legislation. Article I of the Constitution, By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia: in detailing Congressional authority, pro- sent of the visual depiction, or live trans- H.R. 1746. vides that ‘‘Congress shall have Power to lay mission, of a minor engaged in sexually ex- Congress has the power to enact this legis- and collect Taxes . . .’’ (Section 8, Clause 1). plicit conduct, and for other purposes; to the lation pursuant to the following: Committee on the Judiciary. Article I, Section 8 (Clauses 1, 3, and 18), This legislation is introduced pursuant to By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Ms. which grants Congress the power to provide that grant of authority. GABBARD, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mrs. for the common Defense and general Welfare By Mrs. COMSTOCK: MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mrs. BROOKS of of the United States; to regulate Commerce H.R. 1756. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Indiana, Ms. KUSTER of New Hamp- with foreign Nations, and among the several lation pursuant to the following: shire, Mr. MEEHAN, Ms. CLARK of States, and with the Indian Tribes; and to Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the U.S. Massachusetts, Mr. COHEN, Mr. make all Laws which shall be necessary and Constitution: ‘‘The Congress shall have the SWALWELL of California, Ms. TSON- proper for carrying into Execution the fore- Power to dispose of and make all needful GAS, Mr. JOYCE of Ohio, and Ms. going Powers. Rules and Regulations respecting the Terri- SPEIER): By Mr. PALLONE: H.R. 1762. A bill to promote pro bono legal H.R. 1747. tory or other Property belonging to the services as a critical way in which to em- Congress has the power to enact this legis- United States; and nothing in this Constitu- power survivors of domestic violence; to the lation pursuant to the following: tion shall be so construed as to Prejudice Committee on the Judiciary. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 any Claims of the United States, or of any By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of By Mr. SCOTT of Virginia: particular State.’’ New York: H.R. 1748. By Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois: H.R. 1763. A bill to direct the Attorney Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1757. General to carry out a pilot program to pro- lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- vide grants to eligible entities to divert indi- Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of lation pursuant to the following: viduals with low-level drug offenses to the United States. Article 1 of the Constitution and its subse- prebooking diversion programs, and for other By Mr. BILIRAKIS: quent amendments and further clarified and purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- H.R. 1749. interpreted by the Supreme Court of the ary. Congress has the power to enact this legis- United States. By Mr. MESSER: lation pursuant to the following: By Ms. ESTY: H.R. 1764. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, H.R. 1758. enue Code of 1986 to exclude room and board Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution of the Congress has the power to enact this legis- costs and certain research expenses from United States and Article I, Section 8, lation pursuant to the following: gross income of certain students; to the Clause 7 of the Constitution of the United Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the Committee on Ways and Means. States. Constitution By Ms. NORTON: Article I, section 8 of the United State By Mr. GRIJALVA: H.R. 1765. A bill to provide that the author- Constitution, which grants Congress the H.R. 1759. ity to grant clemency for offenses against power to raise and support an Army; to pro- Congress has the power to enact this legis- the District of Columbia shall be exercised in vide and maintain a Navy; to make rules for lation pursuant to the following: accordance with law enacted by the District the government and regulation of the land U.S. Const. art. I, §§ 1 and 8. of Columbia; to the Committee on Oversight and naval forces; and provide for organizing, By Mr. GROTHMAN: and Government Reform. arming, and disciplining the militia. H.R. 1760. By Mr. ROE of Tennessee (for himself By Mr. YOUNG of Iowa: Congress has the power to enact this legis- and Mrs. BLACKBURN): H.R. 1750. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1766. A bill to prohibit conditioning Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress health care provider licensure on participa- lation pursuant to the following: shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, tion in a health plan or the meaningful use Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution of Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the of electronic health records; to the Com- the United States. Debts and provide for the common Defence mittee on Energy and Commerce. By Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia: and general Welfare of the United States; but By Mr. RUSSELL: H.R. 1751. all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uni- H.R. 1767. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- Congress has the power to enact this legis- form throughout the United States. [Page cation Act of 1965 to discontinue certain ad- lation pursuant to the following: H5913]

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By Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana: H.R. 477: Mr. LUCAS. H.R. 1515: Mr. TAKANO, Mr. BLUMENAUER, H.R. 1761. H.R. 479: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. and Ms. SINEMA. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 490: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. H.R. 1516: Mr. YARMUTH and Mr. CONYERS. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 510: Mr. FITZPATRICK. H.R. 1528: Mr. POLIS. Aticle I, Section 8. H.R. 530: Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 1552: Mr. ALLEN, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. By Mr. KENNEDY: H.R. 548: Mr. TIPTON. KELLY of Mississippi, Mrs. MIMI WALTERS of H.R. 1762. H.R. 564: Mr. MOOLENAAR. California, and Mr. ISSA. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 565: Mr. GOHMERT. H.R. 1582: Mr. PETERS, Mr. LYNCH, and Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 579: Mr. EVANS. MOOLENAAR. Article I, Section 8 H.R. 620: Mr. FOSTER and Mr. DENHAM. H.R. 1588: Mr. COHEN. By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of H.R. 671: Mr. MCEACHIN and Mr. GALLEGO. H.R. 1589: Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. New York: H.R. 672: Mr. ROYCE of California, Mr. H.R. 1609: Miss RICE of New York. H.R. 1763. DONOVAN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. POE of Texas, H.R. 1614: Mr. KHANNA, Mr. DESAULNIER, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. SIRES, and Mr. CICILLINE. and Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 676: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ and Mr. PAYNE. H.R. 1626: Mr. PETERSON. Art. I, Sec. 8 H.R. 723: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H.R. 1644: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. COOK, Ms. By Mr. MESSER: H.R. 747: Mr. ROYCE of California and Mr. GABBARD, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. H.R. 1764. LAMALFA. H.R. 1665: Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. BOST, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 754: Mr. COOK. SHIMKUS, and Mr. LAHOOD. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 807: Mr. ROTHFUS and Mr. NOLAN. H.R. 1676: Ms. DELBENE, Mr. HECK, and Ms. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Con- H.R. 816: Mr. DESAULNIER. MCCOLLUM. stitution H.R. 822: Mr. MOULTON. H.R. 1678: Mr. MAST. By Ms. NORTON: H.R. 846: Mr. VARGAS and Mr. GUTHRIE. H.R. 1694: Mr. SESSIONS. H.R. 1765. H.R. 849: Mr. OLSON, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl- H.R. 1695: Mr. SCHNEIDER. Congress has the power to enact this legis- vania, Mr. STEWART, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, H.R. 1697: Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mrs. BEATTY, lation pursuant to the following: Mr. MULLIN, Mr. MESSER, Mr. LARSON of Con- Mr. ROYCE of California, Mr. DUNCAN of clause 17 of section 8 of article I of the necticut, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. South Carolina, Mr. YODER, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Constitution. GROTHMAN, Mr. TIPTON, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. Mr. MARCHANT, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, By Mr. ROE of Tennessee: FARENTHOLD, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. COLE, Mr. BARR, Mr. STEWART, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. H.R. 1766. and Mr. HARRIS. FITZPATRICK, Mr. KINZINGER, Mr. WEBSTER of Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 873: Ms. GABBARD and Mr. WITTMAN. Florida, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Miss lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 879: Mr. ROUZER. RICE of New York, Mr. COOK, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. Consistent with the original understanding H.R. 909: Mr. CORREA, Mr. CRIST, Mrs. HIGGINS of New York, Ms. ROSEN, Mr. PETER- of the Commerce Clause, the authority to BEATTY, and Ms. ROSEN. SON, Mr. NEAL, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. SMITH of enact this legislation is found within Clause H.R. 964: Mr. CONNOLLY. New Jersey, Mr. GIBBS, and Mrs. NAPOLI- 3 of Section 8, Article 1 of the U.S. Constitu- H.R. 973: Ms. MCSALLY. TANO. tion. Furthermore, the treatment of Med- H.R. 1027: Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- H.R. 1698: Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. STIVERS, Mrs. icaid among other provisions provide for the sylvania. DAVIS of California, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. COHEN, general welfare of the Unites States and H.R. 1038: Mr. FORTENBERRY. Ms. SINEMA, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. H.R. 1116: Mr. EMMER ARTWRIGHT OUNG AT thereby retain authority within Clause 1 of C , Mr. Y of Iowa, Mrs. W - H.R. 1148: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER. Section 8, Article of the U.S. Constitution. SON COLEMAN, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. H.R. 1150: Mr. RENACCI, Mr. BARR, Mr. By Mr. RUSSELL: FARENTHOLD, Mr. KEATING, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. BOST, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. H.R. 1767. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. BROOKS of Alabama, Mr. LONG, Mr. COLE, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- YODER, Mr. DELANEY, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. BYRNE, and Mr. VALADAO. lation pursuant to the following: CHAFFETZ, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. H.R. 1155: Mr. DEFAZIO and Mr. POCAN. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 BARR, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. H.R. 1160: Mr. DELANEY. By Mr. RUSSELL: KINZINGER, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- H.R. 1172: Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. MICHAEL F. H.R. 1768. sylvania, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. WEBSTER of DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Ms. PINGREE, and Congress has the power to enact this legis- Florida, Mr. MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Miss Mr. NOLAN. lation pursuant to the following: RICE of New York, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl- H.R. 1180: Mr. BYRNE. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 vania, Mr. COOK, Mr. HIGGINS of New York, H.R. 1203: Mr. EMMER. By Mr. VALADAO: Mr. PETERSON, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. H.R. 1222: Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. SWALWELL of H.R. 1769. NEAL, Mr. WALKER, Ms. JENKINS of Kansas, California, Mr. LOEBSACK, Mr. BOST, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. SOTO, Mr. POCAN, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, lation pursuant to the following: CRAWFORD, Mr. STEWART, Mr. GIBBS, Mr. Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. WEBSTER of Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the Con- GAETZ, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Florida, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. EVANS, Mr. STIV- H.R. 1702: Mr. BLUM. stitution of the United States. ERS, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. CONNOLLY, and Ms. H.R. 1711: Mr. PALLONE, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mrs. By Mrs. COMSTOCK: NORTON. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. NADLER, Mr. BRENDAN H.J. Res. 92. H.R. 1235: Mr. PASCRELL and Mr. TED LIEU F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. CLAY, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- of California. POCAN, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1264: Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. BABIN, and MCEACHIN, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. HIGGINS of New Article I, Section 10, Clause 3: ‘‘No State Mr. POE of Texas. York, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Mr. FOSTER. shall, without the Consent of Congress . . . H.R. 1267: Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr. H.R. 1724: Mr. EVANS. enter into any Agreement or Compact with CURBELO of Florida, and Mr. KEATING. H.R. 1737: Mr. SMITH of Texas and Mr. HEN- another State . . .’’ H.R. 1303: Mr. PALLONE and Mr. MCGOVERN. SARLING. f H.R. 1318: Ms. ESTY and Mr. THOMPSON of H.R. 1739: Mr. POLIS, Mr. GRIJALVA, and California. Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 1334: Mr. ALLEN. H.J. Res. 53: Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI and Ms. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 1346: Ms. FRANKEL of Florida and Mr. GABBARD. were added to public bills and resolu- YOUNG of Alaska. H.J. Res. 59: Mr. LOUDERMILK. H.R. 1358: Mr. COHEN. H.J. Res. 73: Mr. GALLAGHER, Mr. COLLINS tions, as follows: H.R. 1393: Mr. YARMUTH. of Georgia, and Mr. WALKER. H.R. 24: Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. FITZPATRICK, H.R. 1405: Mr. PALLONE and Mr. POLIS. H. Con. Res. 38: Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. SCHRADER, Mr. BACON, and Mr. MEADOWS. H.R. 1406: Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. SWALWELL of H. Con. Res. 40: Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana. H.R. 38: Mrs. ROBY, Mr. NUNES, and Mr. California, Mr. CHABOT, and Mr. GAETZ. H. Res. 28: Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. HECK, Mr. BARTON. H.R. 1421: Ms. DEGETTE. PAYNE, Mr. YODER, and Mr. GENE GREEN of H.R. 250: Mr. BABIN, Mr. GARRETT, and Mr. H.R. 1444: Mr. PERLMUTTER and Mr. Texas. SMITH of Texas. SMUCKER. H. Res. 30: Mr. HUDSON, Ms. LOFGREN, and H.R. 282: Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. H.R. 1452: Ms. BONAMICI and Mr. Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. JONES, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. WEBSTER of Flor- DESAULNIER. H. Res. 90: Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. ida, and Mr. FASO. H.R. 1466: Mr. PERLMUTTER. H. Res. 92: Mr. POE of Texas and Mr. H.R. 352: Mr. POE of Texas. H.R. 1485: Ms. TENNEY and Mr. COOK. KINZINGER. H.R. 367: Mr. PEARCE and Mrs. ROBY. H.R. 1494: Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. H. Res. 121: Mr. GUTHRIE. H.R. 371: Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. COLE, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. HURD, Mr. CUMMINGS, H. Res. 135: Mr. BILIRAKIS. H.R. 390: Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. VISCLOSKY, Mr. POCAN, Mr. JOHNSON of H. Res. 137: Mr. SHERMAN. H.R. 392: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Ms. BLUNT Ohio, Ms. JUDY CHU of California, and Mr. H. Res. 145: Mr. CICILLINE and Mr. SHER- ROCHESTER, and Ms. DELBENE. RUIZ. MAN.

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H. Res. 148: Ms. LOFGREN. H. Res. 186: Mrs. TORRES, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, H. Res. 203: Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. H. Res. 163: Mr. EVANS. Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. KILDEE, Ms. LOF- CICILLINE, and Mr. COHEN. H. Res. 184: Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. GREN, Mr. EVANS, and Mr. CARBAJAL. H. Res. 206: Mr. EVANS. CRIST, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. LOEBSACK, Ms. H. Res. 187: Mr. WALZ, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. HANABUSA, and Mrs. DEMINGS. ENGEL, Mr. CONNOLLY, and Mr. BERA.

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