H2 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 3, 2019 Spano Wasserman Yoho Payne Sires Van Drew WASHINGTON Steube Schultz Sherrill Smith Watson Coleman DelBene Kilmer Waltz Webster Newhouse NEW MEXICO Heck Larsen Schrier GEORGIA Herrera Beutler McMorris Smith Haaland Lujan Torres Small Jayapal Rodgers Allen Graves McBath Bishop Hice Scott, Austin NEW YORK WEST VIRGINIA Carter Johnson Scott, David Brindisi Lowey Rice McKinley Miller Mooney Collins Lewis Woodall Clarke Maloney, Ferguson Loudermilk Rose Collins Carolyn B. Serrano WISCONSIN HAWAII Delgado Maloney, Sean Stefanik Duffy Kind Sensenbrenner Engel Meeks Gallagher Moore Steil Case Gabbard Suozzi Espaillat Meng Tonko Grothman Pocan Higgins Morelle ´ IDAHO Velazquez WYOMING Jeffries Nadler Zeldin Fulcher Simpson Katko Ocasio-Cortez Cheney King Reed ILLINOIS b 1239 Bost Kelly Rush NORTH CAROLINA The CLERK. Four hundred thirty-one Bustos Kinzinger Schakowsky Adams Holding Price Casten Krishnamoorthi Schneider Budd Hudson Rouzer Representatives-elect have recorded Davis, Danny K. LaHood Shimkus Butterfield McHenry Walker their presence. A quorum is present. Foster Lipinski Underwood Foxx Meadows Garcia Quigley f NORTH DAKOTA INDIANA ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CLERK Armstrong Baird Bucshon Pence The CLERK. Credentials, regular in Banks Carson Visclosky OHIO form, have been received showing the Brooks Hollingsworth Walorski Balderson Gonzalez Ryan election of: IOWA Beatty Johnson Stivers The Honorable JENNIFFER GONZA´ LEZ- Axne King Chabot Jordan Turner COLO´ N as Resident Commissioner from Finkenauer Loebsack Davidson Joyce Wenstrup Fudge Kaptur the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for KANSAS Gibbs Latta a term of 4 years beginning January 3, 2017; Davids Marshall OKLAHOMA Estes Watkins The Honorable ELEANOR HOLMES Cole Horn, Kendra S. Mullin NORTON as Delegate from the District KENTUCKY Hern, Kevin Lucas of Columbia; Barr Guthrie Rogers Comer Massie OREGON The Honorable Michael F. Q. San Blumenauer DeFazio Walden Nicolas as Delegate from Guam; LOUISIANA Bonamici Schrader The Honorable STACEY E. PLASKETT Abraham Johnson Scalise as Delegate from the Virgin Islands; Graves Richmond PENNSYLVANIA The Honorable AUMUA AMATA COLE- Boyle, Brendan Fitzpatrick Perry MAINE MAN ADEWAGEN F. Houlahan Reschenthaler R as Delegate from Golden Pingree Cartwright Joyce Scanlon American Samoa; and Dean Kelly Smucker The Honorable GREGORIO KILILI MARYLAND Doyle, Michael Lamb Thompson CAMACHO SABLAN as Delegate from the Brown Hoyer Sarbanes F. Marino Wild Cummings Raskin Trone Evans Meuser Commonwealth of the Northern Mar- Harris Ruppersberger iana Islands. RHODE ISLAND MASSACHUSETTS f Cicilline Langevin Clark Lynch Neal ELECTION OF SPEAKER Keating McGovern Pressley SOUTH CAROLINA Kennedy Moulton Trahan The CLERK. Pursuant to law and Clyburn Norman Wilson precedent, the next order of business is MICHIGAN Cunningham Rice Duncan Timmons the election of the Speaker of the Amash Lawrence Stevens House of Representatives for the 116th Bergman Levin Tlaib SOUTH DAKOTA Dingell Mitchell Upton Congress. Johnson Huizenga Moolenaar Walberg Nominations are now in order. Kildee Slotkin TENNESSEE The Clerk recognizes the gentleman MINNESOTA Burchett DesJarlais Kustoff from New York (Mr. JEFFRIES). Craig McCollum Phillips Cohen Fleischmann Roe, David P. Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Clerk, let me Emmer Omar Cooper Green Rose, John W. begin by welcoming all of the Members Hagedorn Peterson TEXAS and our families to the people’s House in connection with the start of the MISSISSIPPI Allred Escobar Marchant Guest Palazzo Arrington Fletcher McCaul 116th Congress. Kelly Thompson Babin Flores Olson The Scripture says: Brady Garcia Ratcliffe MISSOURI Weeping may endure during the long night, Burgess Gohmert Roy but joy will come in the morning. Carter Gonzalez Taylor Clay Hartzler Smith Madam Clerk, it is with great joy Cleaver Long Wagner Castro Gooden Thornberry Graves Luetkemeyer Cloud Granger Veasey that I rise today, as directed by the Conaway Green Vela House Democratic Caucus, to place the MONTANA Crenshaw Hurd Weber name of NANCY PELOSI in nomination Gianforte Cuellar Jackson Lee Williams Doggett Johnson Wright to be the next Speaker of the United NEBRASKA States House of Representatives. UTAH Bacon Fortenberry Smith Without question, NANCY PELOSI has Bishop McAdams a track record of legislative success NEVADA Curtis Stewart that is unparalleled in modern Amer- Amodei Lee Horsford Titus VERMONT ican history. Welch NANCY PELOSI captained the ship that NEW HAMPSHIRE defeated the effort to privatize Social Kuster Pappas VIRGINA Security; rescued our economy in the Beyer Luria Spanberger NEW JERSEY midst of the Great Recession; saved the Cline McEachin Wexton Gottheimer Malinowski Pallone Connolly Riggleman Wittman American automobile industry; pro- Kim Norcross Pascrell Griffith Scott vided affordable healthcare to more

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:27 Jan 04, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A03JA7.003 H03JAPT2 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with HOUSE January 3, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3 than 20 million Americans; created the ing up with my home State of Wyo- Leader MCCARTHY led us in repealing Consumer Financial Protection Bu- ming, the first place in all the world historic numbers of Obama-era regula- reau; enacted a minimum wage in- where women had suffrage, beginning tions that were strangling families, crease for the first time in 10 years; in 1869. small businesses, and community struck a blow against mass incarcer- Now, Madam Clerk, we have not al- banks all across our Nation. ation with passage of the Fair Sen- ways gotten it right. One legislator fa- He was the leader in the important tencing Act; and provided relief to tens mously said: ‘‘We have the power to do fight to combat human trafficking. of millions of Americans who are credit any damn fool thing we want to do, and And, Madam Clerk, Leader MCCAR- card holders that were being defrauded. we seem to do it about every 10 min- THY led us in passing legislation to se- But NANCY PELOSI is just getting start- utes.’’ cure our borders, keep our Nation safe, ed. Madam Clerk, that was a Senator end the devastating practice of sanc- In the 116th Congress, she will con- and a Democrat. tuary cities, and, yes, Madam Clerk, tinue to fight hard for the people. On this ground, Madam Clerk, we build the wall. have inaugurated Presidents and NANCY PELOSI will fight to lower Leader MCCARTHY also led to ensure mourned them, declared wars and cele- healthcare costs; strengthen the Af- that we pass the American Health Care brated peace, debated all the issues fac- fordable Care Act; protect people with Act to expand access and options, and ing this great Republic down through preexisting conditions; increase pay for put patients and families in the driv- everyday Americans; enact a real infra- the years. Today, as we take our oath of office, er’s seat, not government bureaucrats. structure plan; clean up construction; Democrat and Republican alike, we in- Finally, Leader MCCARTHY made sure defend the Dreamers; fix the Voting herit that legacy and that duty to de- that we passed on time and at a suffi- Rights Act; and end the era of voter fend and protect our Constitution. cient level for the first time in a dec- suppression once and for all. Madam Clerk, it is my high honor ade appropriations to fund the United b 1245 today to have the great privilege to States Armed Forces to fulfill our most sacred and important constitutional She will fight for a country that pro- nominate the gentleman from Cali- duty to provide for the common de- vides for the poor, works for working fornia (Mr. MCCARTHY) to lead us in fense. families, makes sense for the middle that work as Speaker of the United Madam Clerk, because he will lead us class, stands up for senior citizens, in- States House of Representatives. Leader MCCARTHY is the grandson of in fighting for all the people of this novates in the inner cities, and a cattle rancher. He is the son of a fire- great Nation from all walks of life; be- strengthens suburban communities. fighter. He grew up in a working class cause he will stand against the fraud of NANCY PELOSI is a woman of faith; a family. He started and ran his own socialism, which strips power from the loving wife; a mother of five; a grand- small business, Kevin O’s Deli, in Ba- people and gives it to the government; mother of nine; a sophisticated strate- kersfield. He paid his way through col- because he knows that the most impor- gist; a legendary legislator; a voice for lege. He learned firsthand that the tant words of our founding document the voiceless; a defender of the disen- Government of the United States is are the very first words, ‘‘We the Peo- franchised; a powerful, profound, pro- more of a burden than a help to small ple,’’ as chair of the Republican House phetic, principled public servant, and businesses all across this country. Conference, I am honored and directed that is why we stand squarely behind No one has fought harder, Madam by the vote of that conference to her today. Clerk, for the rights and freedoms of present for election to the Office of Let me be clear: House Democrats American families to ensure that they Speaker of the House of Representa- are down with NDP, NANCY get to keep more of what they earn so tives for the 116th Congress the name D’ALESANDRO PELOSI, the once and fu- that the American Dream is accessible of the Honorable KEVIN MCCARTHY, a ture Speaker of the United States to all. Representative-elect from the State of House of Representatives. I proudly No one has been a greater champion California. place her name in nomination. of ensuring our government is limited, The CLERK. The names of the Hon- May God bless her. May God bless the exercising its constitutional obliga- United States of America. orable NANCY PELOSI, a Representative- tions to defend our rights and resisting elect from the State of California, and The CLERK. The Clerk recognizes the urge that our colleagues on the the gentlewoman from Wyoming (Ms. the Honorable KEVIN MCCARTHY, a Rep- other side of the aisle constantly seek resentative-elect from the State of CHENEY). to fulfill of empowering Federal bu- California, have been placed in nomina- Ms. CHENEY. Madam Clerk, I would reaucrats to tell us how to live. like to begin, I think, by thanking my tion. Leader MCCARTHY will always look Are there further nominations? colleague, the gentleman from New for ways to work with our colleagues York (Mr. JEFFRIES), and welcoming There being no further nominations, on the other side of the aisle when we the Clerk appoints the following tell- all of the Members and the families can, but he will never compromise on who are here with us today. ers: our fundamental rights and freedoms. The gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Madam Clerk, we gather today in Leader MCCARTHY knows our rights KAPTUR); this magnificent place, in this body, a come from God. They are enshrined in The gentleman from Illinois (Mr. place where there is no other like it in our Constitution. He knows govern- RODNEY DAVIS); the world, the United States House of ment is not the source of our liberty; The gentlewoman from California Representatives, the people’s House. rather, it is instituted among men and (Ms. LOFGREN); and This is the place where the great bat- women to secure our liberty. tles and debates about human liberty Leader MCCARTHY has led us through The gentlewoman from North Caro- and freedom have been waged since the the 115th Congress in unmatched his- lina (Ms. FOXX). beginning of our Republic. toric productivity, including passage of The tellers will come forward and It was on these grounds, Madam the historic Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, be- take their seats at the desk in front of Clerk, that Abraham Lincoln sought to cause we know, Madam Clerk, that the the Speaker’s rostrum. heal this Nation in his second inau- American people know better than the The roll will now be called, and those gural address. government how to spend their money. responding to their names will indicate It was here that we passed the 14th Leader MCCARTHY led us in passage by surname the nominee of their choos- Amendment to the Constitution, guar- of the SUPPORT Act, providing impor- ing. anteeing equal protection under the tant resources to help address the dev- The Reading Clerk will now call the law. astating opioid crisis across this roll. It was here, Madam Clerk, in this Nation. The tellers having taken their places, Chamber 100 years ago this year, that He helped work to pass the VA MIS- the House proceeded to vote for the we passed the 19th Amendment, grant- SION Act, so that we could finally pro- Speaker. ing women the right to vote—I would vide our veterans with the care that The following is the result of the point out, Madam Clerk, finally catch- they deserve. vote:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:57 Jan 04, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03JA7.005 H03JAPT2 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with HOUSE H4 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 3, 2019 [Roll No. 2] Fulcher Latta Scalise of the State of Illinois has received 4, Gaetz Lesko Schweikert the Honorable TAMMY DUCKWORTH of PELOSI—220 Gallagher Long Scott, Austin Adams Garcia (TX) Norcross Gianforte Loudermilk Sensenbrenner the State of Illinois has received 2, the Aguilar Gomez O’Halleran Gibbs Lucas Shimkus Honorable Stacey Abrams of the State Allred Gonzalez (TX) Ocasio-Cortez Gohmert Luetkemeyer Simpson of Georgia has received 1, the Honor- Gonzalez (OH) Marchant Axne Gottheimer Omar Smith (MO) able Joseph Biden of the State of Dela- Barraga´ n Green (TX) Pallone Gooden Marino Smith (NE) Granger Marshall Bass Grijalva Panetta Smith (NJ) ware has received 1, the Honorable Graves (GA) Mast Beatty Haaland Pappas Smucker MARCIA FUDGE of the State of Ohio has Graves (LA) McCarthy Bera Harder (CA) Pascrell Spano received 1, the Honorable JOSEPH P. Beyer Hastings Payne Graves (MO) McCaul Green (TN) McClintock Stauber KENNEDY III of the State of Massachu- Bishop (GA) Hayes Pelosi Stefanik Blumenauer Heck Griffith McHenry setts has received 1, the Honorable Perlmutter Steil Blunt Rochester Higgins (NY) Peters Grothman McKinley Steube JOHN LEWIS of the State of Georgia has Bonamici Hill (CA) Peterson Guest McMorris Stewart received 1, the Honorable THOMAS Boyle, Brendan Himes Phillips Guthrie Rodgers Stivers F. Horn, Kendra S. Pingree Hagedorn Meadows MASSIE of the State of Kentucky has Brown (MD) Horsford Pocan Harris Meuser Taylor received 1, the Honorable STEPHANIE Hartzler Miller Thompson (PA) Brownley (CA) Houlahan Porter MURPHY of the State of Florida has re- Bustos Hoyer Pressley Hern, Kevin Mitchell Thornberry Butterfield Huffman Price (NC) Herrera Beutler Moolenaar Timmons ceived 1, with 3 recorded as present. Carbajal Jackson Lee Quigley Higgins (LA) Mooney (WV) Tipton Therefore, the Honorable NANCY Ca´ rdenas Jayapal Raskin Hill (AR) Mullin Turner PELOSI of the State of California, hav- Holding Newhouse Carson (IN) Jeffries Richmond Upton ing received a majority of the votes Cartwright Johnson (GA) Rouda Hollingsworth Norman Wagner Case Johnson (TX) Roybal-Allard Hudson Nunes Walberg cast, is duly elected Speaker of the Casten (IL) Kaptur Ruiz Huizenga Olson Walden House of Representatives for the 116th Castor (FL) Keating Ruppersberger Hunter Palazzo Walker Hurd (TX) Palmer Congress. Castro (TX) Kelly (IL) Rush Walorski The Clerk appoints the following Chu, Judy Kennedy Ryan Johnson (LA) Pence Waltz Johnson (OH) Posey Cicilline Khanna Sa´ nchez Watkins committee to escort the Speaker-elect Johnson (SD) Ratcliffe Cisneros Kildee Sarbanes Weber (TX) to the chair: Jordan Reed Clark (MA) Kilmer Scanlon Webster (FL) The gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Clarke (NY) Kim Schakowsky Joyce (OH) Reschenthaler Joyce (PA) Rice (SC) Wenstrup HOYER) Clay Kirkpatrick Schiff Westerman Cleaver Krishnamoorthi Schneider Katko Riggleman The gentleman from California (Mr. Kelly (MS) Roby Williams Clyburn Kuster (NH) Schrier Wilson (SC) MCCARTHY) Cohen Langevin Scott (VA) Kelly (PA) Roe, David P. Wittman The gentleman from South Carolina Connolly Larsen (WA) Scott, David King (IA) Rogers (AL) Womack Correa Larson (CT) Serrano King (NY) Rogers (KY) (Mr. CLYBURN) Woodall Costa Lawrence Sewell (AL) Kinzinger Rooney (FL) The gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Kustoff (TN) Rose, John W. Wright Courtney Lawson (FL) Shalala SCALISE) Cox (CA) Lee (CA) Sherman LaHood Rouzer Yoho Craig Lee (NV) Sires LaMalfa Roy Young The gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. Crist Levin (CA) Smith (WA) Lamborn Rutherford Zeldin LUJA´ N) Cuellar Levin (MI) Soto JORDAN—5 The gentlewoman from Wyoming Cummings Lewis Speier (Ms. CHENEY) Davids (KS) Lieu, Ted Stanton Biggs Hice (GA) Perry Davis (CA) Lipinski Stevens Gosar Massie The gentleman from New York (Mr. Davis, Danny K. Loebsack Suozzi JEFFRIES) BUSTOS—4 Dean Lofgren Swalwell (CA) The gentleman from North Carolina DeFazio Lowenthal Takano Cunningham Sherrill DeGette Lowey Thompson (CA) Golden Spanberger (Mr. WALKER) DeLauro Luja´ n, Ben Ray Thompson (MS) The gentlewoman from Massachu- DelBene Luria Titus HON. TAMMY DUCKWORTH—2 setts (Ms. CLARK) Delgado Lynch Tlaib Crow Rose (NY) The gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Demings Malinowski Tonko DeSaulnier Maloney, Torres (CA) MASSIE—1 PALMER) Deutch Carolyn B. Torres Small Amash The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Dingell Maloney, Sean (NM) SMITH) Doggett Matsui Trahan JOSEPH BIDEN—1 And the Members of the California Doyle, Michael McBath Trone Brindisi F. McCollum Underwood delegation: Engel McEachin Vargas LEWIS—1 Ms. WATERS Escobar McGovern Veasey Kind Mr. CALVERT Eshoo McNerney Vela Ms. ESHOO Espaillat Meeks Vela´ zquez KENNEDY—1 Evans Meng Visclosky Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD Finkenauer Moore Wasserman Lamb Ms. LOFGREN Fletcher Morelle Schultz MURPHY—1 Mr. SHERMAN Foster Moulton Waters Frankel Mucarsel-Powell Watson Coleman McAdams Ms. LEE Fudge Murphy Welch Mrs. NAPOLITANO FUDGE—1 Gabbard Nadler Wexton Mr. THOMPSON Gallego Napolitano Wild Schrader Mrs. DAVIS Garamendi Neal Wilson (FL) Garcia (IL) Neguse Yarmuth STACEY ABRAMS—1 Mr. SCHIFF Rice (NY) Mr. NUNES MCCARTHY—192 Ms. SA´ NCHEZ ANSWERED ‘‘PRESENT’’—3 Abraham Buchanan Cook Mr. COSTA Cooper Slotkin Van Drew Aderholt Buck Crawford Ms. MATSUI Allen Bucshon Crenshaw Amodei Budd Curtis NOT VOTING—1 Mr. MCNERNEY Armstrong Burchett Davidson (OH) Jones Ms. SPEIER Arrington Burgess Davis, Rodney Mr. HUNTER Babin Byrne DesJarlais b 1515 Mr. MCCLINTOCK Bacon Calvert Diaz-Balart Baird Carter (GA) Duffy The CLERK. The tellers agree in Ms. JUDY CHU Balderson Carter (TX) Duncan their tallies that the total number of Mr. GARAMENDI Banks Chabot Dunn votes cast is 430, of which the Honor- Ms. BASS Barr Cheney Emmer Bergman Cline Estes able NANCY PELOSI of the State of Cali- Mr. BERA Bilirakis Cloud Ferguson fornia has received 220, the Honorable Ms. BROWNLEY Bishop (UT) Cole Fitzpatrick KEVIN MCCARTHY of the State of Cali- Mr. CA´ RDENAS Bost Collins (GA) Fleischmann fornia has received 192, the Honorable Mr. COOK Brady Collins (NY) Flores Brooks (AL) Comer Fortenberry JIM JORDAN of the State of Ohio has re- Mr. HUFFMAN Brooks (IN) Conaway Foxx (NC) ceived 5, the Honorable CHERI BUSTOS Mr. LAMALFA

VerDate Sep 11 2014 11:27 Jan 04, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A03JA7.007 H03JAPT2 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with HOUSE January 3, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5 Mr. LOWENTHAL us: America is too great for small all have the ability and the privilege to Mr. PETERS dreams. When we work together, we serve, with over 100 women Members of Mr. RUIZ succeed together as one Nation. Congress, the largest number in his- Mr. SWALWELL We are now entering a period of di- tory. Mr. TAKANO vided government, but that is no ex- b 1430 Mr. VARGAS cuse for gridlock or inaction. We are at Mr. AGUILAR our best when we focus not on retribu- As Leader MCCARTHY said, each of us Mr. DESAULNIER tion but on building a more perfect comes to this Chamber strengthened by Mr. TED LIEU Union. the trust of our constituents and the Mrs. TORRES But while we seek cooperation, there love of our families. Let us congratu- Ms. BARRAGA´ N is one core principle upon which we late and welcome all of the families Mr. CARBAJAL will not compromise: Republicans will who are here today. Thank you to our Mr. CORREA always choose personal freedom over families. Mr. KHANNA government control. Let me take the privilege of thank- Mr. PANETTA On this very floor, we served on and ing my dear husband, Paul, and our Mr. GOMEZ hosted some of the toughest debates in five children, Nancy Corinne, Chris- Mr. Cisneros the Nation’s history, but it is also tine, Jacqueline, Paul, and Alexandra, Mr. Cox where some of the most noblest and our nine grandchildren, Madeleine Mr. Harder achievements have happened. and Alexander, Liam, Sean and Ryan, Ms. Hill This House has weathered times of Thomas and Paul, Bella, and Octavio. Mr. LEVIN triumph and crisis. It still stands be- We are so proud of all of our grand- Ms. Porter cause it is built not on sand but on the children, and we are proud of every- Mr. Rouda solid rock of constitutional principles. one’s grandchildren and children who The committee will retire from the Today marks a new chapter in this are here today. We will see more of Chamber to escort the Speaker-elect to House’s pursuit of a more perfect them. the chair. Union. The country knows NANCY I am also proud of my D’Alesandro The Sergeant at Arms announced the PELOSI as an experienced leader with family that is here from Baltimore for Speaker-elect of the House of Rep- three decades of service in Congress, a us too. And in that spirit, my mother resentatives of the 116th Congress, who fighter for her causes, and a true trail- and father and my brother, Tommy, was escorted to the chair by the Com- blazer. who was also mayor of Baltimore, mittee of Escort. Even when we disagree with one an- taught us, through their example, that other completely, it is important to re- public service is a noble calling, that b 1415 member that we are bound together in we should serve with our hearts full of Mr. MCCARTHY. Madam Speaker, a common cause: our love for America. love, and that America’s heart is full of colleagues, friends, and fellow Ameri- As fellow citizens and friends, let us love. cans, it is an honor to serve with you lead together to show the people that Singing that to us last night, my and to welcome you to the first day of we are truly their voice and their vote: comrade, an Italian American, with all the 116th United States House of Rep- in that spirit, in the spirit of a more that pride, I want to acknowledge Tony resentatives. perfect Union, and in the unshakeable Bennett, who is here with us today as We are here in this Chamber because belief that America was, is, and always well. Thank you, Tony. He helped free of the faith of your neighbors and sup- will be the greatest Nation on the face the concentration camps during the port of your families. We are here of the Earth. time of World War II. He marched with today to represent the voice and the In that spirit, I extend my hand of Martin Luther King. He is a true Amer- vote of 325 million Americans. friendship to every Member of this ican patriot. Thank you, Tony. Now I would like everyone to pause. body. And to the Speaker of the House, Again, I want to thank my constitu- I want you to reflect on this fact. In NANCY PELOSI, I extend to you this ents from San Francisco who have en- the last 230 years, dating back to the gavel. trusted me to represent them in Con- founding of our Republic, fewer than Ms. PELOSI. Thank you very much, gress in the spirit of St. Francis, the 11,000 Americans have had the privilege Leader MCCARTHY. I look forward to patron saint of San Francisco, and his to stand here as a Member of the working with you in a bipartisan way song of St. Francis is our anthem: House, just as you do, chosen by their for the good of our country, respecting Make me a channel of Thy peace. We fellow citizens to represent them in our constituents—who you are, every heard that in church this morning, but Washington. one of you. I respect you and the con- it is our mission. What an amazing, invigorating, and, stituents who sent each and every one Let me thank our men and women in yes, frustrating experiment that is: of us here. They expect and deserve for uniform, our veterans, and our mili- representative democracy. us to try to find our common ground, tary families and caregivers whose The ink was barely dry on the Con- and we must try to do that: stand our service reminds us of our mission to stitution when Ben Franklin wondered ground where we can’t, but always ex- make the future worthy of their sac- out loud whether this new Nation was tend the hand of friendship. rifice. To our men and women in uni- capable of keeping its government and Thank you, KEVIN MCCARTHY, for form. its freedom that had been granted to us your leadership. I look forward to We enter this new Congress with a generation to generation. Centuries working with you. Congratulations on sense of great hope and confidence for later, people still harbor similar con- being a leader of the Congress. the future and deep humility and pray- cerns. They wonder if Congress truly And congratulations to each and erfulness in the face of challenges represents them, if it is still capable of every one of you. New Members of Con- ahead. solving big problems. gress, newly re-elected Members of Our Nation is in a historic moment. Well, there are no guarantees. It is Congress, thank you for your courage Two months ago the American people up to us, all of us in this room, to to run for office and to serve in this spoke and demanded a new dawn. They make Congress work, to create and de- distinguished body. called upon the beauty of our Constitu- bate, just like our Founding Fathers Every 2 years, we gather in this tion, that our system of checks and did many years ago, with courage, with Chamber for a sacred ritual under the balances that protects our democracy, commitment and resolve. dome of this temple of democracy, the remembering that the legislative We are a very small group with a Capitol of the United States. We renew branch is Article I, the first branch of very large responsibility. The burden the great American experiment. government, coequal to the Presidency on us 435 Members is to represent 325 I am particularly proud to be woman and to the judiciary. They want a Con- million Americans faithfully, to work Speaker of the House of this Congress, gress that delivers results for the peo- together so that tomorrow is better which marks the 100th year of women ple, opening up opportunity, and lifting than today. As Ronald Reagan advised having the right to vote, and that we up their lives.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:57 Jan 04, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03JA7.008 H03JAPT2 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with HOUSE H6 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE January 3, 2019 We are hearing the voice of the fu- We will debate and advance good Let us stand for the people to promote ture there. How beautiful. ideas, no matter where they come liberty and justice for all as we pledge When our new Members take the from. And in that spirit, Democrats every day; and always, always, keep oath, our Congress will be refreshed will be offering the Senate Republican our Nation safe from threats, old and and our democracy will be strength- appropriations legislation to reopen new, from terrorism and cyber warfare, ened by their optimism, idealism, and government later today. We will do so overseas and here at home. To protect patriotism of this transformative to meet the needs of the American peo- and defend, that is the oath we all take freshman class. Congratulations to all ple, to protect our borders, and to re- to serve in this body. That is the oath of you in the freshman class. Working spect our workers. we take, to protect and defend. together, we will redeem the promise of I pledge that this Congress will be I close by remembering a cherished the American Dream for every family, transparent, bipartisan, and unifying; former Member of this body who rose advancing progress for every commu- that we will seek to reach across the to become a beloved President of the nity. aisle in this Chamber and across divi- United States and who, last month, re- We must be pioneers of the future. sions across our Nation. turned to the Capitol once more, and This Congress must accelerate a future In the past 2 years, the American he came this time to lie in state. That that advances America’s preeminence people have spoken. Tens of thousands week we honored President George in the world and opens up opportuni- of public events were held. Hundreds of Herbert Walker Bush with eulogies, ties for all, building an economy that thousands of people turned out. Mil- tributes and tears. gives all Americans the tools they need lions of calls were made. Countless Today, I single out one of his great to succeed in the 21st century, public families, even sick little children, our achievements, working with both education, workforce development, little lobbyists, our little lobbyists Democrats and Republicans to write good-paying jobs, and secure pensions. bravely came forward to tell their sto- the Americans With Disabilities Act We have heard from too many fami- ries, and they made a big difference. into the laws of our land. I thank lies who wonder, in this time of innova- Now, the floor of this House must be STENY HOYER for being such a big, im- tion and globalization, if they have a America’s town hall, where people will portant part of that. place in the economy of the future. We see our debates and where their voices In 2010, we marked the 20th anniver- must remove all doubt that they do will be heard and affect our decisions. sary of the act by making it possible and say to them individually, we will Transparency will be the order of the for our colleagues with disabilities to have an economy that works for you. day. preside over the House by changing the Let us declare that we will call upon As Mr. JEFFRIES, our distinguished mechanics of this podium. In that spir- bold thinking to address the disparity chairman said, we will follow our man- it of equality and justice, let me an- of income in America, which is at the date for the people. I thank him for his nounce that this afternoon, the first root of the crisis of confidence felt by kind nomination, and accept those Speaker pro tempore I will yield to of so many Americans. As Justice Bran- kind remarks on behalf of the entire the 116th Congress will be Congressman deis said, we may have democracy, or House Democratic Caucus which made JIM LANGEVIN of Rhode Island. we may have wealth concentrated in all of those victories possible, some of the hands of a few, but we cannot have them in a bold partisan way. b 1445 both. We must end that injustice and Empower our mandate for the people, As we take the oath of office today, restore the public’s faith in a better fu- to lower healthcare costs and prescrip- we accept responsibility as daunting ture for themselves and their children. tion drug prices and protect people and demanding as any the previous We must be champions of the middle with pre-existing medical conditions; generations of leadership have faced. class and all those who aspire to it be- to increase paychecks by rebuilding Guided by the vision and values of cause the middle class is the backbone America with green and modern infra- our Founders, the sacrifice of our men of our democracy; it has been since the structure from sea to shining sea—we and women in uniform, and the aspira- birth of our democracy. look forward to working with the tions that we have for our children, let Aristotle said, it is manifest that the President on that—to pass H.R. 1, to us meet that responsibility with wis- best political community is formed by restore integrity to government so dom, with courage, and with grace. citizens of the middle class, in which that people can have confidence in a Together, we will let it be known the middle class is large and stronger government that works for the people, that this House will truly be the peo- than any of the other classes. We must not the special interests; H.R. 1. ple’s House. fight for the middle class that is fair This House will take overdue legisla- Let us pray that God may bless our and fiscally sound, protecting Medi- tion that has bipartisan support, bipar- work and crown our good with brother- care, Medicaid, and Social Security. tisan support in the Congress and hood and sisterhood from sea to shin- We must also face the existential across the country. We will make our ing sea. threat of our time, the climate crisis, a communities safer and keep our sacred God bless you all, and God bless the crisis manifested in natural disasters promise to the victims and survivors United States of America. of epic proportion. The American peo- and families of gun violence by passing I am now ready to take the oath of ple understand the urgency. The people commonsense, bipartisan background office. are ahead of the Congress. The Con- check legislation. I ask the dean of the House of Rep- gress must join them, and that is why We will make America fairer by pass- resentatives, the Honorable DON we have created a Select Committee on ing the Equality Act to end discrimina- YOUNG, to administer the oath of of- the Climate Crisis. tion against LGBTQ communities; and fice. But before we do, Mr. Dean, and I The entire Congress must work to we will make America more American thank you for your great leadership in put an end to the inaction and denial of by protecting our patriotic, courageous the Congress over the decades, I would science that threaten the planet and Dreamers. like to call my grandchildren up to be the future. This is a decision, a public All three of those legislative initia- here when I take the oath, and any health decision about clean air, clean tives have bipartisan support in this other children who want to join them. water for our children’s health. It is a body. And when we are talking about Mr. YOUNG then administered the decision for America’s global pre- the Dreamers, let us remember what oath of office to Ms. PELOSI of Cali- eminence in green technologies. It is a President Reagan said in his last fornia, as follows: decision, a security decision to keep us speech as President of the United Do you solemnly swear that you will sup- all safe, and a moral decision to be States. I urge you all to read it. It is a port and defend the Constitution of the good stewards of God’s creation. beautiful speech. United States against all enemies, foreign We have no illusions that our work He said, if we ever close the door to and domestic; that you will bear true faith will be easy, and that all of us in this and allegiance to the same; that you take new Americans, our leadership role in this obligation freely, without any mental Chamber will always agree. But let the world will soon be lost. Ronald reservation or purpose of evasion; and that each of us pledge that, when we dis- Reagan. you will well and faithfully discharge the du- agree, we respect each other and we re- Our common cause is to find and ties of the office on which you are about to spect the truth. forge a way forward for our country. enter, so help you God.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 10:57 Jan 04, 2019 Jkt 089060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K03JA7.010 H03JAPT2 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with HOUSE January 3, 2019 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7 (Applause, the Members rising.) The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- reservation or purpose of evasion; and that Mr. YOUNG. Congratulations, lows: you will well and faithfully discharge the du- ties of the office on which you are about to Madam Speaker. H. RES. 1 enter, so help you God. f Resolved, That Karen L. Haas of the State The SPEAKER. Congratulations. of Maryland, be, and is hereby, chosen Clerk SWEARING IN OF MEMBERS of the House of Representatives. f The SPEAKER. According to prece- That Paul D. Irving of the State of Florida RECESS dent, the Chair will swear in the Mem- be, and is hereby, chosen Sergeant-at-Arms bers-elect en masse. of the House of Representatives. MR. McGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I That Philip George Kiko of the State of The Members-elect will rise and raise ask unanimous consent that the House Ohio be, and is hereby, chosen Chief Admin- stand in recess subject to the call of their right hands. istrative Officer of the House of Representa- The Members-elect rose, and the the Chair. tives. The SPEAKER. Without objection, Speaker administered the oath of office That Father Patrick J. Conroy of the to them as follows: State of Oregon be, and is hereby, chosen the House will stand in recess subject Chaplain of the House of Representatives. to the call of the Chair. Do you solemnly swear that you will sup- There was no objection. port and defend the Constitution of the Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, I United States against all enemies, foreign yield to the gentlewoman from Wyo- Accordingly (at 3 p.m.), the House and domestic; that you will bear true faith ming (Ms. CHENEY) for the purpose of stood in recess. and allegiance to the same; that you take offering an amendment. f this obligation freely, without any mental Ms. CHENEY. Madam Speaker, I b 1513 reservation or purpose of evasion; and that have an amendment to the resolution, you will well and faithfully discharge the du- but before offering the amendment, I AFTER RECESS ties of the office on which you are about to enter, so help you God. request that there be a division of the The recess having expired, the House question on the resolution so that we The SPEAKER. Congratulations. You was called to order by the Speaker pro may have a separate vote on the Chap- are now Members of the 116th Congress. tempore (Mr. LANGEVIN) at 3 o’clock lain. and 13 minutes p.m. f The SPEAKER. The question will be f MAJORITY LEADER divided. The question is on agreeing to that CONGRATULATING THE HON. Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, as portion of the resolution providing for JAMES LANGEVIN ON BEING chairman of the Democratic Caucus, I the election of the Chaplain. SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE have been directed to report to the That portion of the resolution was House that the Democratic Members The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without agreed to. objection, the gentleman from Mary- have selected as majority leader the A motion to reconsider was laid on land (Mr. HOYER) is recognized for 1 distinguished gentleman from Mary- the table. land, the Honorable STENY HOYER. minute. AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MS. CHENEY There was no objection. f Ms. CHENEY. Madam Speaker, I Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, if the MINORITY LEADER offer an amendment to the remainder Speaker and the House would give me Ms. CHENEY. Madam Speaker, as of the resolution. leave, let me say how proud I am to see chairman of the Republican Con- The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report Mr. LANGEVIN presiding over the House ference, I have been directed to report the amendment. of Representatives; how proud I am to the House that the Republican Mem- The Clerk read as follows: that we have made a reasonable accom- bers have selected as minority leader Amendment offered by Ms. CHENEY: modation, so somebody like JIM LAN- the gentleman from California, the That Barrett Karr of the State of GEVIN from Rhode Island, whose char- Texas be, and is hereby, chosen Clerk Honorable KEVIN MCCARTHY. acter and intellect has commended him of the House of Representatives; to the electorate of Rhode Island to f That James Min of the State of Cali- send him to the House of Representa- MAJORITY WHIP AND ASSISTANT fornia be, and is hereby, chosen Ser- tives; how proud I am that we made a SPEAKER geant-at-Arms of the House of Rep- reasonable accommodation in the resentatives; and Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, as House of Representatives so that Mr. That Bill Hughes of the State of chairman of the Democratic Caucus, I LANGEVIN, as he properly should have South Dakota be, and is hereby, chosen have been directed to report to the the ability to do, preside over the Chief Administrative Officer of the House that the Democratic Members House of Representatives. House of Representatives. have selected as majority whip the dis- Congratulations, Mr. LANGEVIN, for The SPEAKER. The question is on tinguished gentleman from South your courage and your leadership and the amendment offered by the gentle- Carolina, the Honorable JAMES E. CLY- your extraordinary example. woman from Wyoming. BURN, and that we also have selected as f The amendment was rejected. our Assistant Speaker, the distin- The SPEAKER. The question is on TO INFORM THE SENATE THAT A guished gentleman from New Mexico, the remainder of the resolution offered QUORUM OF THE HOUSE HAS AS- the Honorable BEN RAY LUJA´ N. by the gentleman from New York. SEMBLED AND OF THE ELEC- f The remainder of the resolution was TION OF THE SPEAKER AND THE MINORITY WHIP agreed to. CLERK A motion to reconsider was laid on Ms. CHENEY. Madam Speaker, as Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I offer a the table. chairman of the House Republican Con- privileged resolution and ask for its The SPEAKER. The Chair will now ference, I have been directed to report immediate consideration. swear in the officers of the House: to the House that the Republican Mem- The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- Karen L. Haas, Paul D. Irving, Phillip bers have selected as minority whip the lows: George Kiko, and Patrick J. Conroy. gentleman from Louisiana, the Honor- H. RES. 2 The officers presented themselves in able STEVE SCALISE. Resolved, That the Senate be informed that the well of the House and took the oath a quorum of the House of Representatives f of office as follows: has assembled; that Nancy Pelosi, a Rep- ELECTING OFFICERS OF THE Do you solemnly swear that you will sup- resentative from the State of California, has HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES port and defend the Constitution of the been elected Speaker; and that Karen L. United States against all enemies, foreign Haas, a citizen of the State of Maryland, has Mr. JEFFRIES. Madam Speaker, I and domestic; that you will bear true faith been elected Clerk of the House of Rep- offer a privileged resolution and ask and allegiance to the same; that you take resentatives of the One Hundred Sixteenth for its immediate consideration. this obligation freely, without any mental Congress.

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