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Vol. 163 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017 No. 107 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was will be a win for the American worker traditional classroom setting. We all called to order by the Speaker pro tem- and for American families. know people who have lost jobs or are pore (Mr. CARTER of Georgia). Mr. Speaker, America is ready for a underemployed and are looking for win. f good-paying, family-sustaining jobs. First, I would like to thank the We all know people who are aspiring DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO House Education and Workforce Com- for a promotion, but keep falling short TEMPORE mittee Chairwoman VIRGINIA FOXX and year after year. We all know people The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- Ranking Member BOBBY SCOTT for who are living in poverty. Maybe their fore the House the following commu- their support in bringing this bill to families have been living in poverty for nication from the Speaker: the floor. I want to thank the Demo- generations, for so long, they can’t re- cratic lead, Representative RAJA WASHINGTON, DC, member what put them there in the June 22, 2017. KRISHNAMOORTHI; and my colleague and first place. This bill is for every one of I hereby appoint the Honorable EARL L. CTE Caucus co-chair, JIM LANGEVIN. these people. CARTER to act as Speaker pro tempore on I also want to thank House leader- We have heard the voices of those this day. ship, including Conference Chairwoman struggling to find the opportunities PAUL D. RYAN, CATHY MCMORRIS RODGERS, Leader that they need to get ahead, the voices Speaker of the House of Representatives. KEVIN MCCARTHY, Speaker PAUL RYAN, of those struggling to make ends meet. f and Majority Whip STEVE SCALISE, who We have seen their frustration. Many remains in all of our prayers for a full MORNING-HOUR DEBATE are stuck in a job market that trans- recovery. formed quickly due to advancements in Mr. Speaker, this legislation aims to The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- technology, and they have been left be- restore rungs on the ladder of oppor- ant to the order of the House of Janu- hind. tunity, because all Americans deserve ary 3, 2017, the Chair will now recog- This bill will change that. It puts em- nize Members from lists submitted by a good-paying, family-sustaining job. One of the biggest challenges facing phasis on advancing policies that pro- the majority and minority leaders for mote good-paying jobs, and I look for- morning-hour debate. career and technical education is the stigma, or the bias, associated with it. ward to the House passing it this after- The Chair will alternate recognition noon. I urge my colleagues to support between the parties. All time shall be Through the years, we have seen wrong-headed claims that students in- the Strengthening Career and Tech- equally allocated between the parties, volved in the trades lacked ambition. nical Education for the 21st Century and in no event shall debate continue These misplaced assumptions are slow- Act so everyone from all walks of life beyond 11:50 a.m. Each Member, other ly subsiding, but not soon enough. We can have the opportunity to succeed. It than the majority and minority leaders have also seen students pushed down is the American way. and the minority whip, shall be limited the college-for-all pathway that just f to 5 minutes. doesn’t work for some students. THE HYPE OF STATEHOOD FOR f CTE, or skills-based education, has PUERTO RICO HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE established itself as a path that many high-achieving students choose in pur- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The OF CAREER AND TECHNICAL Chair recognizes the gentleman from EDUCATION suit of industry certifications and hands-on skills they can use right out Illinois (Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ) for 5 minutes. ´ The SPEAKER pro tempore. The of high school in skills-based education Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, so Chair recognizes the gentleman from programs or in college. the ruling party in Puerto Rico staged Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) for 5 By modernizing the Federal invest- an election, and they are very proud of minutes. ment in CTE programs, we will be able the results. They say 97 percent of Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. to connect more educators with indus- Puerto Ricans support statehood and Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak try stakeholders and close the skills that the United States should grant about the Strengthening Career and gap that exists in this country. There statehood right away because of it. Technical Education for the 21st Cen- are good jobs out there, but people Yeah, they got 97 percent of the vote. tury Act, which will be considered on need to be qualified and trained to be That is pretty impressive; the kind of the floor this afternoon. able to get them. numbers that would make Putin jeal- I proudly championed this bill, be- Mr. Speaker, we have all met young ous and Saddam Hussein green with cause I truly believe that passing it people who haven’t been inspired in a envy if he weren’t dead already.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:40 Jun 22, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.000 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5052 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 The reason why the statehooders got ernor Rossello, the Democrat, praising Afghanistan is a failed policy. I 97 percent of the vote was pretty much him for his conservative approach to would like to share a few sentences of the same reason those two guys get 97 helping bondholders over school- an email I received this week from a percent of the vote: only one political children. And the Governor has with- great American, my friend and unoffi- party participated. held his criticism of President Trump, cial adviser, the 31st Commandant of All the other parties thought the which few Democrats are able to resist, the United States Marine Corps, Gen- election was so rigged and so predeter- and for Latino Democrats is darn near eral Chuck Krulak, regarding his mined for the outcome the sponsors impossible unless you are just playing thoughts on Afghanistan: wanted that they didn’t even think it the Democratic role to get ahead. ‘‘Sixteen years we have been involved was worth participating. When confronted with the obvious, in Afghanistan . . . 16 years fighting in The vast majority of Puerto Ricans that Trump has denigrated Mexicans as a country that has really never seen agree. Only 23 percent of the people rapists and murderers, promised to peace. Sixteen years with fluctuating voted. Seventy-seven percent boy- build a wall to keep Latinos out, and troop strength—100,000 to 5,000—with cotted the election because they didn’t sneered at Puerto Rico’s desire for no definition to who we are fighting— think it was worth their time; and they what Donald Trump called a bailout, al-Qaida, Taliban or ISIS . . . you pick were absolutely right, but I guess in Rossello responded, saying of the Presi- ’em—with no strategy, no strong rea- the era of alternative facts and made- dent: ‘‘My view is I don’t know that he son for entering the fray, no real meas- up statistics about how many people is anti-Latino. Obviously, I have heard ure of effectiveness, no use of the five attend your inauguration, you can try some derogatory remarks, but I don’t elements of national power, no support to make a one-party vote of 23 percent know him personally, and it doesn’t from the people themselves, a weak of the people look like a mandate for deter me.’’ government, and no exit strategy, and statehood. But I am here to warn my So instead of spending money to help fighting a war that is unwinnable in fellow Democrats not to believe the children whose schools are closing, to any real sense of the word.’’ hype for one second. fix roads that are falling apart, or to Mr. Speaker, it is disappointing when Those who are peddling the fantasy pay doctors enough to prevent them the President, the Commander in Chief, of statehood sometimes call them- from leaving Puerto Rico and going to abdicates the responsibility of increas- selves Democrats, but we should be Florida, it seems the entire Puerto ing the number of troops in Afghani- aware of an elephant in donkey’s cloth- Rican government is now dedicated to stan to the Secretary of Defense, Sec- ing. pursuing the unlikely chance of state- retary Mattis. Let’s look at leaders of the statehood hood. There is more reason today than ever party here in Washington. Our col- It is certainly useful as a distraction before to have a debate on the future of league, the Resident Commissioner from what the Governor and his D.C. Afghanistan. That is the reason why who ran on the statehood ticket, is a operatives are actually doing. Speaker RYAN should instruct commit- Republican who caucuses with the Re- Mr. Speaker, I have said this before: tees in the House to come forward with publicans here in the House. She is a I hope to be buried one day on that a new Authorization for Use of Mili- proud supporter of Donald Trump and beautiful island of Puerto Rico. But tary Force. pals around with STEVE KING and other when I am buried, I hope it happens in Where is the Congress? Don’t we have Members who we might say aren’t too a free, sovereign nation that has a congressional responsibility to de- friendly to Latinos and Latino causes, thrown off the yoke of colonialism and bate war if we are going to send a par- much less the Democratic Party line. ent’s young man or woman to die for The Governor’s Washington, D.C., of- dependence on an overseas master, just this country? fice is headed by a Republican, Carlos as this country did, the United States I think we do have that responsi- Mercader, who was appointed to the po- of America, the country in which I was bility. sition by Governor Rossello after serv- born. In closing, I am going to share an- ing as executive director of the right- I look forward to celebrating the other quote from General Krulak, the wing political organization called Fourth of July. In the meantime, I former Commandant of the Marine Latino Partnership for Conservative think it is important to warn my fel- Corps: Principles, infamous for its constant low Democrats that they should get no ‘‘I go back to what I have always said bashing, yes, of President Obama. more in bed with the statehooders than That is who is pushing statehood in with any other group of rightwing con- . . . back years ago. Afghanistan can- D.C., which makes me wonder why any servatives with an agenda. not be viewed through the lens of a Democrat would be embracing them, f true nation-state or as a true country. especially the chairman of the DNC, It is fragmented . . . tribal . . . con- THE HOUSE SHOULD DEBATE THE trolled by war lords, economically a unless, of course, as the media reports, WAR IN AFGHANISTAN it is a payback for votes for DNC chair- basket case, no real government out- manship. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The side of Kabul, and that is questionable, And as for Governor Ricardo Chair recognizes the gentleman from a poorly organized and led Army who Rossello, leader of the statehood party, North Carolina (Mr. JONES) for 5 min- will shoot at Americans as well as the the ‘‘Democrat,’’ his conservative utes. ‘enemy,’ and no sense of what the record speaks for itself, even though he Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, I am again country wants to be. No one has ever has only been in office for less than a on the floor to talk about a waste of conquered Afghanistan . . . and many year. life, a waste of money in Afghanistan. have tried. We will join the list of na- As a candidate, he sided with the We have been there 16 years, and noth- tions that have tried and failed. Af- bondholders and vulture capital funds ing has changed. Many of my col- ghanistan is the origin of ‘whack a and opposed any debt restructuring for leagues agree with me that it is time mole,’ whether it is al-Qaida, ISIS, or Puerto Rico, saying that Puerto Rico to debate our country’s longest war. the Taliban. You can’t beat them in a should pay its debt in full to Wall In response, I, along with JOHN geographic area . . . they will just pop Street speculators, in spite of massive GARAMENDI from California, have intro- up someplace else.’’ cuts that that would entail for police, duced H.R. 1666 in hopes of forcing that Mr. Speaker, that is why many of us fire, health, pensions, roads, and discussion. I am not asking for Mem- in this Congress, in both parties, feel schools. bers or leadership to agree with the bill that we have an obligation to our He hosted, yes, a Democrat, the GOP itself or even vote for it, but I am ask- young men and women in uniform. Presidential candidate, Ben Carson; ing that we be able to bring to the floor I have beside me a photo of a flag- and the Governor opposes LGBT rights, of the House the bill for the purpose of draped coffin being taken off a plane at including same-sex marriage, and op- a debate. Dover. My question is this: How many poses the teaching of gender equality We have not debated our role in Af- more flag-draped coffins are we going in the schools. ghanistan since 2001. Members can ei- to see when we increase the number of Townhall, the uber conservative ther vote for or against the bill; just troops in Afghanistan without one website, sees a kindred spirit in Gov- give the House a debate after 16 years. word from Congress—not one word?

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:40 Jun 22, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.002 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5053 Mr. Speaker, we do owe it to the friend or a stranger in need. At the age of 17, Mrs. Miller joined American people who pay their taxes, TrumpCare does. the United States Army Nurse Corps we do owe it to the parents whose The America that I know doesn’t tell and attended the University of Georgia young men and women will go and die the sick, the elderly, or the frail that to study nursing, where she was a for America. We do owe it to have a de- you are on your own. TrumpCare does. member of the last graduating class to bate on the floor of the House. It has The America that I know doesn’t tell receive their RN degrees. been 16 years since we have had a de- the young woman struggling through Following the war, Mrs. Miller put bate. an opioid recovery that your next re- her training to work with the Naval God help America and, please, God lapse, well, that one was one too many. Hospital in Dublin, where she eventu- bless America. TrumpCare does. ally rose to the position of head nurse The America that I know under- f before retiring in 1983. stands that our greatness comes from As a young nurse, Mrs. Miller met AMERICAN HEALTH CARE ACT our goodness; that we lean into chal- the late George Anderson Miller, to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The lenges, you don’t yield to them; that whom she was married for 55 years. Chair recognizes the gentleman from the frustration that we see in our The Millers were active members of Massachusetts (Mr. KENNEDY) for 5 streets and our communities is a cry their community that helped form the minutes. for our government to be as good and Pine Forest United Methodist Church. Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, like in as decent as the people we aim to Mrs. Miller was also a member of the anyone’s office, the photos and trin- serve. They, we, deserve nothing less. Pilot Club of Dublin, the Order of the kets on display in mine tell a little bit TrumpCare is not that cure. Blarney Stone, and the American about who I am: a wedding photo, a f Nurses Association. picture of me and my family on our IN MEMORY OF A.A. ‘‘GUS’’ KARLE Today, I have the pleasure of work- swearing-in day, a copy of the first bill ing with Mrs. Miller’s granddaughter, The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. JEN- I had signed into law, the moments Brooke. I can say from my own experi- KINS of West Virginia). The Chair rec- ence that Brooke’s commitment to that I am proud of, the pieces of me ognizes the gentleman from Georgia that I want to share with the world. public service and dedication to our (Mr. CARTER) for 5 minutes. constituents is a wonderful testament In this body, the people’s House is no Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- to the legacy of her grandmother. different. We have always been proud of er, I rise today to remember the re- our democracy and even prouder to dis- Mr. Speaker, I hope all Members will markable life of Mr. ‘‘Gus’’ Karle of join me; my wife, Amy; and my staff in play it for all the world to see. That is Waycross, Georgia, who passed away on sending our thoughts and prayers to why we keep these cameras on when- Sunday, May 7, 2017. the Miller family as they remember ever we are in session. It is why every From a young age, Mr. Karle was single word that is uttered on this floor deeply interested in trains and rail- the life and legacy of Mrs. Nan Thomp- is documented and preserved long after ways. In 1939, he skipped school to visit son Miller. the day we draw our last breath. It is his local train station, where he landed GEORGIA PRESS ASSOCIATION AWARD RECIPIENT, why we walk beside Americans of all his first job at the young age of 12, KATHLEEN RUSSELL Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- backgrounds and beliefs through the working as an assistant porter, respon- er, I rise today to honor Ms. Kathleen rotunda with the same awe of our Na- sible for loading and unloading train Russell, from Darien, Georgia, who re- tion’s history embodied in bronze stat- passengers. ceived the President’s Award on behalf ues and bold paintings. It is why every After graduating from Wabash Col- of the Georgia Press Association on single night this building glows lege in Indiana, he went on to start a career in railroad industry design and Friday, June 2, 2017. through the darkness; because the Ms. Russell’s strong dedication to her light of democracy not only lays bare construction, working as an adminis- trator for nearly 40 years. role as longtime editor of The Darien our divisions and dissent, but it lights News makes her worthy of such an a path to our proudest moments. Mr. Karle’s career was extremely im- portant to the economic development honor. Each year, an individual who In times of war and peace, fights over has exhibited outstanding leadership civil rights and equality, our debates in of the City of Waycross, Georgia, by way of his involvement in the design of abilities and who serves as an inno- these halls have always been driven by vator in Georgia’s media industry is a fierce conviction of our beliefs and a Rice Yard, one of the busiest CSX rail crossroads in the Nation. Rice Yard named a recipient of this prestigious shared vision of a kinder, stronger award. country. Disagreements, yes, but en- serves as a daily transfer point for nearly 3,000 rail cars and remains one For generations, members of Ms. lightened by ideals, by vision, by a of the city’s biggest employers, staffed Russell’s family have worked in the shared commitment to our American by nearly 1,300 people from Ware and press, and it is only fitting that Ms. experiment. surrounding counties. Russell would find herself working as a And when you stand behind those Mr. Karle retired from CSX Railroad journalist. principles and your policies, you wel- in 2016. Last year, former CSX presi- Constituents remember Ms. Russell’s come that spotlight; you engage in dent, Clarence Gooden, whom Mr. beloved father, Mr. Charles that debate; you are eager to answer Karle hired and trained in 1970, pro- Williamson, as a journalist who stood questions; you are ready to be held ac- claimed every November 16 ‘‘A.A. ‘Gus’ up to wrongdoers in McIntosh County, countable. Karle Day’’ in commemoration of Mr. exposing corruption and theft by a And so, Mr. Speaker, we should all be Karle’s hard work with the company. multitude of former county officials. concerned by what has transpired in Mr. Karle is a legend around As a child, Kathleen assisted her par- our Capitol over the course of the past Waycross. I want to thank him and his ents in the production of the weekly few weeks. For if you are proud of your family for everything that he did to newspaper. During that time, her par- legislation, you don’t lock it behind make Waycross and the First Congres- ents nurtured her love for the press. closed doors; you don’t shield it from sional District of Georgia what it is After graduating from the University the very people that are going to be today. of Georgia in 1974, Ms. Russell began a hurt most by it; you don’t turn off the IN REMEMBRANCE OF MRS. NAN THOMPSON career as an educator. She left edu- cameras and then call it mean; you MILLER cation in pursuit of a career as a jour- don’t sabotage a healthcare system and Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- nalist and assumed the role of asso- leave a wake of devastation and de- er, I rise today to remember the life of ciate editor of The Darien News. In struction to score political points. Mrs. Nan Thompson Miller, who passed 2009, Ms. Russell was honored for her Drafting TrumpCare under the cover away on Saturday, June 10, at the age hard work when she was named pub- of darkness is an admission that this of 89, and was laid to rest last week in lisher and editor of the newspaper. bill cannot—cannot—withstand the Dublin, Georgia. Ms. Russell has remained an active sunlight of our neighbors. Mrs. Miller worked hard during her member of McIntosh County, serving Mr. Speaker, the America that I long life, selflessly serving others on several boards over the years, in- know would never turn its back on a through a profession she loved. cluding the Division of Family and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:40 Jun 22, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.004 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5054 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 Children Services, Darien Downtown REMEMBERING FLOOD OF JUNE 23, Americans. House Republicans had Development Authority, and the Col- 2016 years—let me say that again—had lege of Coastal Georgia Foundation. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. years to come up with ways to make Ms. Russell, I applaud your efforts to CARTER of Georgia). The Chair recog- healthcare more affordable. But in- keep the citizens of Georgia’s First nizes the gentleman from West Vir- stead, they would rather pull the plug Congressional District in tune with ginia (Mr. JENKINS) for 5 minutes. out from millions of families who put current events throughout our State Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Mr. their healthcare in the hands of the in- and country. Speaker, 1 year ago, on June 23, 2016, surance companies. we experienced one of the darkest days Since the Affordable Care Act was f in West Virginia’s history. signed into law, nearly 40,000 of my Floodwaters raced through small constituents have enrolled in Covered California, and nearly 200,000 in San TRIBUTE TO COOK COUNTY towns without warning, washing away Bernardino County, our residents, have COMMISSIONER ROBERT STEELE homes, washing away businesses, and, yes, washing away lives. Twenty-three been added to Medi-Cal following the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The souls were lost, while thousands were ACA expansion. TrumpCare will end Chair recognizes the gentleman from left without shelter and food. Medicaid and leave millions of Ameri- Illinois (Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS) for 5 min- Now as we approach the 1-year anni- cans without coverage. utes. versary of this tragic event, we pause Children will be stripped of their cov- Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. to remember those we lost and honor erage because their parents will fall Speaker, on Monday of this week, I was their lives. We reflect on how our com- into an income bracket that doesn’t saddened to know of the passing of munities changed over this past year. satisfy our President. This legislation Cook County Commissioner and Presi- We pledge to continue rebuilding until isn’t just bad, it is detestable. Accord- dent Pro Tem Robert Steele, whom I our towns and our cities are better ing to Donald Trump, it is even mean. have known since his childhood days. than they were before the rivers rose. Though, apparently, it doesn’t matter As a matter of fact, I lived in the same We have seen so many examples of how mean it is for middle class fami- neighborhood with the Steele family strength, faith, and hope in this past lies as long as it gives tax breaks to his from the year that Commissioner Rob- year, examples that carry us forward wealthy friends. ert Steele was born. and inspire us all. More work remains And now, Senate Republicans have I count myself as a Steele family to be done. We still have churches, taken a page out of the House Repub- friend and have worked with Bob’s schools, libraries, and other commu- lican playbook and are writing their mother, Bobbie, since the late 1960s. nity centers that need to be rebuilt, re- healthcare bill in secret. This is not His father, Robert, was a mentor to my placed, and restocked. Many are still in how we govern. This is not what the son Stacey. temporary and rental housing. The American people expect. I had the pleasure of watching Com- scars still remain. f missioner Steele grow from a child into But the message that we should carry forward is the one that carried us SUPPORT CAREER AND becoming an adult and an outstanding TECHNICAL EDUCATION local and national leader. through this terrible event: the knowl- Commissioner Steele was so much edge that West Virginians will always The SPEAKER pro tempore. The more than a man with a title. He was have each other’s backs. We are strong- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from part of the glue which held his commu- er when we stand united than when we Alabama (Mrs. ROBY) for 5 minutes. Mrs. ROBY. Mr. Speaker, I rise to nity together. He was a big brother to stand alone. Through everything that lies ahead, offer my full support for H.R. 2353, the neighborhood boys whom he often took we will stay strong. We will thank Strengthening Career and Technical with him to events and activities. He those who put their lives on the line to Education for the 21st Century Act. was a mentor and an inspiration to help rescue others. We will remember For more than 30 years, Federal fund- those who came into contact with him. and honor those whom we lost, and we ing, known as Perkins funding, has He was a great advocate for organ do- will continue to offer our support to helped support career and technical nation and transplantation. You see, those who are rebuilding their lives. education programs at the State and he was a recipient from his sister, who That is what we do as neighbors. That local level. This legislation reauthor- gave him a kidney. is what we do as friends. That is what izes that funding and makes needed im- He was an Omega man, a great frat we do as West Virginians. provements to ensure Perkins dollars brother, and he was a leader of the f are spent efficiently and effectively. West Side and countywide Black elect- Mr. Speaker, I am a big believer in ed officials. He meant the world to his b 1030 career tech programs for three simple family and brought great pride and joy NEW HEALTHCARE BILL IS ONLY reasons: They help prepare students for to his parents, Robert and former Cook GOOD FOR THE WEALTHY rewarding careers; they ensure Amer- County Board President Bobbie Steele. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ican workers have the tools necessary Robert Steele was an absolute leader Chair recognizes the gentleman from for skilled trades that are foundational who provided leadership and guidance California (Mr. AGUILAR) for 5 minutes. to our society; and they boost our on a regular basis wherever he went. Mr. AGUILAR. Mr. Speaker, earlier economy by providing a quality work- He was active in his church, in his this year, we watched President Donald force. community, in his neighborhood. He Trump and Speaker PAUL RYAN ram When it comes to higher education, was intelligent, astute, and not afraid. their healthcare bill through the House we all know that there has been a si- Of all the people that I have known of Representatives before it even had a lent stigma attached to not completing who come from the West Side of Chi- cost analysis. an academic degree at a 4-year univer- cago as elected officials, none has It didn’t take long for us to learn sity. For years, we were afraid to say brought more to the table than Bob, why. It will strip over 20 million Amer- that college isn’t for everybody, when except, perhaps, his mother, Bobbie. icans of affordable healthcare. It will the truth is, career tech programs can Our community will long remember drive up premiums and out-of-pocket actually lead many Americans to bet- the work of Cook County Commis- expenses for older Americans by as ter quality of life. sioner Bobbie Steele. Perhaps the song- much as 25 percent. It will allow insur- Thankfully, I believe those days are writer was correct when he said that ance companies to discriminate over. Efforts like Mike Rowe’s ‘‘Go ‘‘the good die young.’’ Bob was indeed against pregnant women, children, and Build Alabama’’ campaign has been young, but he was a leader among lead- seniors. And this is all so Donald tremendously successful in raising ers and a man among men. Trump can give a tax break to his awareness and dispelling myths about I salute you, Commissioner Robert wealthiest friends. the jobs that exist in skilled trades. Steele, and long may your life, your Mr. Speaker, this healthcare bill will This rising generation is showing signs work, and your legacy continue. literally be a death sentence to some of being more entrepreneurial, with a

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K–12 law. was live-streamed on Facebook and Mr. Speaker, my State of Alabama is Mr. Speaker, with the modern work- showed a 4-year-old girl sitting behind blessed with a strong network of com- place changing at a rapid pace, it is im- him as seven rounds were emptied into munity colleges offering a wide array perative that educators and facilities his chest. A 4-year-old girl, that even of career training. Alabama Commu- keep up. With this bill, these programs Philando’s murderer said ‘‘was in my nity College System has more than can continue to successfully connect line of fire.’’ 79,000 students enrolled in CTE pro- today’s students with the careers of to- Mr. Speaker, this murder was so grams, and over 70 public high schools morrow. downright outrageous that it led The in Alabama are now offering CTE Mr. Speaker, we have an opportunity Federalist, a publication that pre- courses. They are working hand in to take the next step in career and viously published an article on how glove with industry to make sure that technical education today. The Black Lives Matter protests were de- the training matches the jobs that will Strengthening Career and Technical stroying America, to call the not- be waiting for students when they com- Education for the 21st Century Act will guilty verdict an abomination. plete their courses. help equip our students with skills, Indeed, this is an abomination and a I visited one such program recently knowledge, and experience they need to complete miscarriage of justice. The in Tallassee, a small town in central start their careers. Federalist and I see eye to eye on this Alabama. Tallassee High School ad- I urge my colleagues on both sides of one thing. Groups in the center, on the ministrators have worked tirelessly to the aisle to pass this legislation and right, on the left, have publicly and vo- build a program that serves the grow- support our future workforce. cally condemned his murder, except for ing needs of local students. The city f one: the National Rifle Association. and county are working together to The NRA’s silence is sickening, deaf- HONORING THE LIFE OF improve facilities and make sure stu- ening, and very hypocritical in this PHILANDO CASTILE dents have access to transportation. tragic American hour. For decades, the Up until now, students in Tallassee The SPEAKER pro tempore. The NRA has used fearmongering to claim have had to take a bus 30 minutes away Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from that they are the sole organization to Wetumpka, or even an hour away to Illinois (Ms. KELLY) for 5 minutes. fighting to protect the rights of every Montgomery to Trenholm State, to ac- Ms. KELLY of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I American to carry a firearm. cess these career tech courses. Now, rise today to remember a public serv- Where were they for Philando? Where thanks to the hard work of Tallassee’s ant taken from us too soon; an indi- is their outrage? Where is their stand leaders and educators, students are be- vidual who, through his life and exam- for Philando’s freedoms and rights? ginning to access these programs right ple, inspired others, especially chil- Where is their demand for better police in their own hometown. dren, to be respectful and kind; a man training when dealing with citizens au- I visited another thriving career-type who lived his life in service to others, thorized to carry a firearm? program a few months ago in Geneva, a Philando Castile. Shame, they have no outrage at this small town in Alabama’s Wiregrass re- In recent days, his name has been verdict. Shame for their double stand- gion. Geneva High School has back in the headlines, but I want to ard in supporting people with valid partnered with the Alabama National talk about the person behind the sto- concealed-carry permits. They offer Guard, whose local armory serves as a ries. I want to talk about a man failed nothing but a tepid Facebook state- training site for high-demand skills, by our creed of liberty and justice for ment expressing concern. such as automotive technology, weld- all. Philando Castile was the beloved Concern? The NRA has concern for ing, aviation maintenance, and health nutrition services supervisor at J.J. Philando? Shame on the NRA. For science. Students from city and county Hill Montessori Magnet School, who them, it clearly isn’t about rights for schools can get ahead on their college was so invested in the young people he all. For NRA members who don’t fit coursework via dual enrollment with served, that he memorized the names the right profile, they should give seri- Lurleen B. Wallace Community College and food allergies of more than 500 stu- ous thought to even being members of or Enterprise State. dents. the NRA. Geneva and Tallassee are not alone One of his coworkers said: Kids loved f in their commitment to our students. him. He was quiet, respectful, and Dothan’s Wallace Community College kind. I knew him as warm and funny. RECESS offers training in 16 high-demand ca- Another said: He was as much a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- reer fields. Wallace takes their pro- teacher as any teacher in that build- ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair grams to the next level by combining ing. declares the House in recess until noon traditional study with hands-on experi- His life was an example of living hon- today. ence. Their criminal justice program, orably for your community, for your Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 41 for example, utilizes a virtual law en- family, and for the more than 500 stu- minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- forcement training simulator, the only dents who loved him. Even in his final cess. of its kind on an Alabama college cam- moments, he showed respect and dig- f pus. nity in what must have been a terri- b 1200 These programs serve as a model, not fying experience. only for the State of Alabama but for Mr. Castile’s loss is our loss. He lived AFTER RECESS the Nation as a whole. Their successes life as we all should: loving and re- The recess having expired, the House demonstrate the potential career-type specting those around him. When he was called to order by the Speaker at programs hold. was told by an officer to get his ID, he noon. Mr. Speaker, this bill is so much complied and respectfully informed the f more than just funding. It makes im- officer that he was lawfully carrying a portant improvements to our career concealed firearm; that he had a valid PRAYER tech policy, including: simplifying the permit. When he went to get his ID, as Reverend Kevin Kitrell Ross, Unity application process that community ordered, he was shot—not once, but of Sacramento, Sacramento, Cali- and State leaders have to navigate in seven times—not because of non- fornia, offered the following prayer: order to receive Federal funds; pro- compliance, not because he was vio- May we turn within and look higher viding more flexibility to administra- lent, not because he was a menacing to the God of our understanding and tors so they can adjust to the needs of threat. What killed him was his Black- pray. the students and the industry; improv- ness, or, more precisely, fear of his Loving Presence, we invoke from the ing accountability and transparency to Blackness killed him. celestial balconies the witness of the

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Let them reach higher for Council of Sacramento, and a three- What was the result? crowns of conscience to exemplify com- time delegate to the Parliament of the Fourteen States had new voting re- passion and bring from their districts World’s Religions. strictions, including strict voter ID, to their desks sharp pencils that carve Kevin and his wife, Anita, have three cuts to same-day registration and early on their hearts the faces of freedom children and reside in Elk Grove, Cali- voting, and fewer polling places. This that they represent. fornia. Anita is the founder of Women suppressed the vote, particularly Let this House be an incubator for for Equality. They are both committed among voters of color and in poor com- our best ideals, not a prison for our to building a world that works for all. munities, and had a major impact in poorest politics. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to close races in North Carolina, Virginia, Let these heroes and sheroes of the join me in welcoming Reverend Kevin and Florida, according to the Brennan people’s House summon the intellec- Ross and thank him for offering to- Center for Justice. tual imagination and intuitive naviga- day’s opening prayer in the U.S. House The Voting Rights Act once enjoyed tion to serve bolder together and break of Representatives. bipartisan support, and Congress should, once again, come together to through the ideological gridlock that f arrests the potential of our great Re- modernize the law and respond to the public. RECOGNIZING THE NORA SANDIGO Supreme Court’s objections. Yet de- Let these innovators of cooperation CHILDREN FOUNDATION spite calls to pass legislation for the and builders of the beloved community (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was past 4 years, nothing has happened. reunite these States of America and given permission to address the House Voting is a right, not a privilege, and lead the way for a world that works for for 1 minute and to revise and extend there is no debating that point. all. her remarks.) The Founders in Philadelphia, This is enough. In the name of a love Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I women at Seneca Falls, and marchers supreme we pray, and so it is. would like to recognize the Nora in Selma all recognized the power of Amen. Sandigo Children Foundation, a non- the vote. When we protect the rights of f profit organization in my home city of voters to make their choices, whatever they may be, we do our part to build a THE JOURNAL Miami, working around the clock to serve kids in our community who have more perfect union. The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- been separated from their parents by We can’t wait for the next election. ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- deportation. Congress must restore the full protec- ceedings and announces to the House I have known Nora, the founder of tions of the Voting Rights Act now. his approval thereof. this organization, for many years, and f Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- I have seen firsthand her true passion TIME TO BAN TOURIST TRAVEL nal stands approved. for ensuring the well-being of these TO NORTH KOREA f children. Through the support of do- (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina nors and volunteers, this organization PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE asked and was given permission to ad- is able to provide assistance in the dress the House for 1 minute and to re- The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman form of food, clothing, educational pro- vise and extend his remarks.) from Michigan (Mr. TROTT) come for- grams, legal advice, and many other Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. ward and lead the House in the Pledge vital services. Speaker, Otto Warmbier was a shining of Allegiance. This week, Nora will be visiting our example of what American families Mr. TROTT led the Pledge of Alle- Nation’s Capital, with a delegation of hope for sons and daughters: intellectu- giance as follows: 50 children from Florida, to advocate ally curious, interested in the world, I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the for the restructuring of our immigra- and bright. Sadly, Otto was murdered United States of America, and to the Repub- tion policies so that the kids for whom by the North Korean dictatorship. By lic for which it stands, one nation under God, she cares, who are as American as you indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. imprisoning him under sham charges, and I, don’t have to grow up apart from the Communist totalitarian North Ko- f their parents. rean regime is clearly responsible for Mr. Speaker, our Nation must do WELCOMING REVEREND KEVIN his death. KITRELL ROSS right for these children, and I urge my Otto’s story highlights the brutality The SPEAKER. Without objection, colleagues in Congress and the admin- of the North Korean murderers, one the gentleman from California (Mr. istration to work together so that we that wrongfully imprisons American can have an immigration system that BERA) is recognized for 1 minute. citizens and uses them as bargaining There was no objection. reflects our Nation’s compassion and chips in an effort to gain attention on Mr. BERA. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased provides a solution that is fair and just the world stage. It is past time we to introduce the House to our guest to everyone. strongly restrict tourist travel to this chaplain, Reverend Kevin Kitrell Ross, f Potemkin atrocity. Senior Minister of Unity of Sac- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER I am grateful to have introduced bi- ramento. PRO TEMPORE partisan legislation, with Congressman Kevin is regarded as a respected ADAM SCHIFF, that would enable the interfaith social justice leader, com- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Treasury Department to regulate trav- mitted to building bridges of under- ROGERS of Kentucky). The Chair will el to North Korea through licenses, and standing and cooperation across race, entertain up to 15 further requests for no licenses would be able to be granted culture, class, and religious lines. 1-minute speeches on each side of the for tourist travel. Foreign Affairs Com- Whether in his role leading one of the aisle. mittee Chairman ED ROYCE has been Nation’s most diverse and integrated f instrumental for legislative success. congregations, conducting diversity We will be most successful defeating and implicit bias trainings, or being an CONGRESS MUST RESTORE THE brutality by denying the dictatorship outspoken activist for healing the cri- FULL PROTECTIONS OF THE any source of income and depriving it sis between law enforcement and com- VOTING RIGHTS ACT NOW of the opportunity to use innocent munities of color, Kevin is dedicated to (Mr. BROWN of Maryland asked and Americans like UVA student Otto strengthening communities through was given permission to address the Warmbier as hostages.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:40 Jun 22, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.012 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5057 In conclusion, God bless our troops, home in peace and harmony. Remem- b 1215 and we will never forget September the ber that Scripture tells us ‘‘the peace CONGRATULATING BABCOCK & 11th in the global war on terrorism. of God, which transcends all under- WILCOX ON THEIR 150TH ANNI- f standing, will guard your hearts and VERSARY your minds.’’ WISHING LIEUTENANT JEFF Mr. Speaker, our friend, Patricia Lu- (Mr. PITTENGER asked and was NEVILLE A SPEEDY RECOVERY cille McKenzie, will be dearly missed, given permission to address the House (Mr. KILDEE asked and was given but we go on to remember and honor for 1 minute and to revise and extend permission to address the House for 1 her legacy, just as she would want us his remarks.) Mr. PITTENGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise minute.) to do. Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, in honor of one of Charlotte’s most ex- in my hometown of Flint, Michigan, f emplary businesses, Babcock & Wilcox, there was a violent attack on a police which today celebrates their 150th an- officer at Flint Bishop International REPUBLICAN HEALTHCARE BILL niversary. Boilers made by Babcock & Wilcox Airport. And like many in my commu- IS A REPULSIVE SCAM nity, I am shocked and horrified by powered Thomas Edison’s laboratories (Mr. HIGGINS of New York asked and this cowardly attack. and New York’s first subway. was given permission to address the My thoughts are with injured officer, During World War II, much of the House for 1 minute.) Lieutenant Jeff Neville, and his family; U.S. Navy fleet was powered by Bab- Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. and I am relieved that he is in stable cock & Wilcox boilers, and the com- Speaker, the Senate bill that was un- condition. He is expected to recover. I pany supplied components for the vital veiled this morning, much like the have known Jeff for decades, dating Manhattan Project. Later Babcock & House Republican healthcare bill, is a back to our service together in county Wilcox fabricated components for the repulsive scam perpetrated against the government. He is a true public serv- USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear- American people. ant, and he is deeply committed to the powered submarine. On page 30 of the bill, section 120, More recently, Babcock & Wilcox has community that he serves. under Executive Compensation Tax become a leading innovator in emis- His actions to subdue the attacker, Cut, UnitedHealthcare will get a tax sions control technologies, helping to even while he was under attack, are cut, under this bill, representing $15.5 protect our air, water, and land by con- truly heroic. He helped save others million. If that is not egregious trolling emissions from hundreds of from potential harm. enough, the fact is that power plants and industrial facilities I also want to thank those individ- UnitedHealthcare is under investiga- around the world. uals who put themselves in harm’s way tion today by the United States De- In 2010, Babcock & Wilcox moved to to help Lieutenant Neville, including partment of Justice for defrauding the Charlotte and became a vital part of the Bishop chief of police, Chris Miller, Medicare program of billions of dollars the Charlotte region’s growing cluster and an airport maintenance worker over the last 7 years. of industry-leading energy firms. who stepped in, Richard Cruell. Their This should be rejected today and, Congratulations today to Babcock & actions saved lives. decisively, by all decent Members of Wilcox’s 5,000 employees on this 150th I am thankful that the FBI, the this Congress who believe there is a anniversary. Michigan State Police, the Flint Po- moral responsibility to ensure that the lice, and other agencies are inves- f legislation passed here is fair and just. tigating this terrible attack as a poten- CONGRATULATIONS TO ALZ- tial incident of terror. HEIMER’S DISEASE ADVOCATE f I just hope all my colleagues will join JEANNIE CASTELLS me in extending their prayers to Lieu- CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION OF (Mr. LANCE asked and was given per- tenant Neville and his family in hopes ROSE HISTORICAL CEMETERY IN mission to address the House for 1 for his speedy recovery. TARPON SPRINGS, FLORIDA minute.) f Mr. LANCE. Mr. Speaker, I rise (Mr. BILIRAKIS asked and was given IN MEMORY OF PATRICIA LUCILLE today to celebrate the tireless dedica- permission to address the House for 1 tion of one of New Jersey’s greatest MCKENZIE minute and to revise and extend his re- Alzheimer’s awareness advocates, (Mr. TROTT asked and was given per- marks.) Jeannie Castells of Lambertville, mission to address the House for 1 Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, last Hunterdon County. minute.) weekend, I had the honor of attending Jeannie has served as a congressional Mr. TROTT. Mr. Speaker, I rise the centennial commemoration of Rose ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Asso- today to honor the life of Patricia Lu- Historical Cemetery in Tarpon Springs, ciation since 2014, meeting with Mem- cille McKenzie, of Garden City, Michi- Florida. bers of Congress here on Capitol Hill, gan. Patricia passed away on May 31, Rose is the oldest African-American holding educational events in which I 2017, and is dearly missed by her many cemetery in Pinellas County and is have participated in Congressional Dis- family and friends, including her hus- listed in the National Register of His- trict Seven, and organizing fundraisers band of 55 years, Doug McKenzie, and toric Places. It was an especially mean- like the Walk to End Alzheimer’s. her children, Pamela, Barbara, Phil, ingful ceremony because it was held on Unfortunately, Jeannie’s advocacy and Marcia, as well as her 12 grand- Juneteenth, the anniversary marking does not come without tragedy because children. the end of slavery in the U.S. the disease has claimed the lives of In her 78 years, Patricia was devoted Those who have been laid to rest at both her mother and her husband. to her loving family, her faith, and to Rose represent a major part of Tarpon And Jeannie’s family is not alone, her strong belief in the principles of Springs history and culture. Civil Mr. Speaker. Alzheimer’s is the Na- American democracy. She is also re- rights pioneers, veterans, and many tion’s sixth leading cause of death. membered for her love of her dog, others, including friends I grew up with More than 5 million Americans are cur- Patty Lou, and, of course, for her pas- in Tarpon, are buried there. rently living with Alzheimer’s, and as sion for the Montreal Canadiens. I would like to especially thank Tar- many as 16 million Americans are esti- Patricia’s story is the story of count- pon Springs Mayor Chris Alahouzos, mated to have Alzheimer’s by 2050. less Americans: a hardworking person, Annie Dabbs, a member of the ceme- That is why in June, Alzheimer’s a patriotic citizen, a loving wife, and a tery’s board, and the dozens of volun- Awareness Month, I urge advocates devoted mother. teers who work tirelessly year-round to around the country, like Jeannie, to To Patricia’s many family and preserve the legacy of Rose Cemetery. continue to fight for Alzheimer’s re- friends, I hope that during this difficult Because of their dedication, Rose con- search funding. We are on the verge of time you will find comfort in the tinues to be a beautiful, historical site a breakthrough, and with your help, we knowledge that she has been called for our community. will certainly find one.

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Mr. workers; medical certifications, such with a civilian building. With complete as EMTs and certified nursing aides; disregard for his own personal safety, Speaker, for 71⁄2 years before coming to Congress, I was a judge in Tennessee certification of OSHA and HAZMAT Michael pulled his car over to the site trying felony criminal cases. I tried the agencies; and culinary arts and build- of the accident and rushed to the scene. attempted murder of James Earl Ray ing maintenance repair. The front of the motor home was and many other high-profile cases. These are all programs, Mr. Speaker, crushed, and Michael saw that the driv- Robert Mueller, with his close rela- that help the working person and the er had life-threatening injuries to his tionship with James Comey, should young person to become prepared—just head and leg. never have been appointed as special not going to college. They can become With gasoline still rapidly spilling prosecutor in a case in which Mr. someone that can contribute to the from the vehicle, Michael was able to Comey is such a central player. Mr. good of our State and our Nation. gain access to the passenger side of the Mueller should never have accepted Mr. Speaker, I urge the passage of motor home and fashion a makeshift such an appointment when offered. this legislation. I proudly stand here to tourniquet. Oak Grove Police Officer That would have been the honorable support H.R. 2353. Sergeant Havens arrived on scene and thing to do. f handed Michael a combat application tourniquet, which he swiftly applied. Then, to make matters much worse, HONORING THE LIVES OF CURTIS he has hired several lawyers who are Despite the imminence of fire or ex- BILLUE AND CHRISTOPHER plosion, Michael went into the back of big contributors to and are active cam- MONICA paigners for Hillary Clinton and other the motor home to locate a first-aid (Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia asked Democrats. kit. Michael conveyed lifesaving infor- and was given permission to address Most people believe there are many mation to EMS about the driver’s dis- the House for 1 minute and to revise conflicts of interest here. There are position that prompted the call for im- and extend his remarks.) hundreds of thousands of lawyers who mediate flight evacuation services. Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia. Mr. If Specialist Michael Marteney had could have been hired who had not been Speaker, I rise in honor of two Georgia not taken control of the situation and involved in any way for either the State corrections officers, Sergeants implemented key medical assistance, President or Mrs. Clinton. Curtis Billue and Christopher Monica, the wounded driver would not have sur- This investigation has been tainted, who were killed in the line of duty on vived the trauma sustained. and any action now will look like a June 13 in Putnam County, Georgia. I am honored to recognize Specialist partisan witch hunt. Former Speaker I share with their families the deep Marteney’s lifesaving actions, an in- Gingrich said what we now need is a sorrow perpetrated by the violence of spiring illustration of the good will of special counsel to investigate the spe- two rogue inmates, and I pray that God others and the consequences of brave cial counsel. comforts the Billue and Monica fami- deeds. I thank Specialist Marteney for f lies in their time of grief. his bravery and all others in Oak Grove Described as hardworking, kind, and SUPPORT CAREER AND who were involved in the rescue. devoted, Sergeants Billue and Monica TECHNICAL EDUCATION f will be remembered for their service (Mr. YOUNG of Alaska asked and was and sacrifice, for their loyalty as pub- RECOGNIZING 50TH ANNIVERSARY given permission to address the House lic servants, and for their love and OF GRAND VALLEY STATE UNI- for 1 minute and to revise and extend dedication to their families. VERSITY’S PIONEER CLASS his remarks.) I am grateful that the two perpetra- (Mr. HUIZENGA asked and was given Mr. YOUNG of Alaska. Mr. Speaker, I tors of this crime have been brought permission to address the House for 1 rise today to speak on behalf of the back into custody, and I am confident minute.) Strengthening Career and Technical that justice will be served. Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Speaker, today I Education for the 21st Century Act, American law enforcement officers rise to recognize the 50th anniversary legislation set to pass today to reau- make a promise to keep our country of Grand Valley State University’s pio- thorize and improve upon the Carl Per- and communities safe. In return, we neer class. kins—a Member of this House in the must restore the tradition of respect In June of 1967, in a tent on its past—Career and Technical Education and honor that is owed to all members Allendale, Michigan campus, Grand program. of the law enforcement community Valley held its long dreamed of first As a former teacher, it is my firm be- who are on the front lines. commencement ceremony. On that lief that school is not just and cannot In gratitude to Sergeants Billue and day, 138 seniors, including 86 members be one size fits all. The Carl Perkins Monica, Governor Nathan Deal ordered of the pioneer class that started in funding has allowed school districts the flags of Georgia to fly at halfstaff 1963, received their diplomas from and school boards from across the on July 17 and 20. Michigan’s newest college. country to develop innovative pro- I ask my colleagues to join me in rec- These first graduates laid the founda- grams to educate our Nation’s youth. ognizing their lives and service and to tion of a university that would grow to I have always supported alternative say ‘‘thank you’’ to every brother and offer 124 degrees, enroll students from forms of education. Education not only sister in uniform who stand on that 82 different countries, and boast a 94 trains the mind, but trains our Na- thin blue line. percent employment rate for its grad- tion’s youth with valuable skills to f uates—always a good thing. succeed outside the classroom and in After that first graduation ceremony the workforce. COMMENDING ARMY SPECIALIST in 1967, GVSU had 138 alumni. Today, Many students in my State and MICHAEL MARTENEY FOR HIS the university has over 110,000 proud across the Nation rely on nontradi- HEROISM alumni throughout Michigan and, tional opportunities to achieve success, (Mr. COMER asked and was given frankly, around the globe. and Carl Perkins grants have done the permission to address the House for 1 Under the leadership of its first presi- job of providing additional opportuni- minute.) dent, James Zumberge, followed by the ties for our youth. Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to continued guidance of Arend Lubbers, In my State, these programs have led pay special recognition to Army Spe- Mark Murray, and current president, the way to providing our workforce cialist Michael Marteney for an incred- Thomas Haas, Grand Valley has come

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It shall be in order at any time on local governments will be able to bet- imagine that the pioneer class could the legislative day of June 22, 2017, for the ter utilize their TANF dollars to help have dreamed of the role that they Speaker to entertain motions that the House move individuals into paying work and would be playing in helping Grand Val- suspend the rules, as though under clause 1 eventually help them transition out of ley State University achieve such great of rule XV, relating to the bill (H.R. 2353) to the welfare system altogether. reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Helping people get back to work is a heights. Technical Education Act of 2006. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to great deal for the individuals who will The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- join me in honoring Grand Valley be helped under this program, for the tleman from Oklahoma is recognized State University’s pioneer class of 1967, employers, for the economy, and for for 1 hour. the American people. This bill is, at its the original ‘‘Lakers for a Lifetime.’’ Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, for the pur- core, about helping unemployed Ameri- f pose of debate only, I yield the cus- cans get back to work. tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Mr. Speaker, we are a nation filled from Florida (Mr. HASTINGS), pending OF H.R. 2842, ACCELERATING IN- with hardworking people, and I have which I yield myself such time as I DIVIDUALS INTO THE WORK- seen over and over again how badly may consume. During consideration of FORCE ACT, AND PROVIDING many of the unemployed want to re- this resolution, all time yielded is for FOR CONSIDERATION OF MO- turn to work. Many, if not most, re- the purpose of debate only. TIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES cipients of TANF are in the program GENERAL LEAVE Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, by direction not because they want to be, but be- Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- of the Committee on Rules, I call up cause they have been forced to be by mous consent that all Members may House Resolution 396 and ask for its circumstance. These unemployed have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- immediate consideration. Americans want nothing more than to tend their remarks. return to the dignity of the workforce The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there as quickly as they are able to do so. lows: objection to the request of the gen- This bill will help remove barriers to H. RES. 396 tleman from Oklahoma? employment and will incentivize em- Resolved, That at any time after adoption There was no objection. of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, on Wednes- ployers to hire current TANF recipi- to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the day the Rules Committee met and re- ents. House resolved into the Committee of the ported a rule for consideration of a Workers re-entering the workforce is Whole House on the state of the Union for very important measure. The resolu- a good thing for society. Not only will consideration of the bill (H.R. 2842) to pro- workers who receive jobs under this vide for the conduct of demonstration tion provides for consideration of H.R. 2842, Accelerating Individuals into the program be taken off of welfare rolls, projects to test the effectiveness of sub- thus ensuring the continued success of sidized employment for TANF recipients. Workforce Act. that program, but these new workers The first reading of the bill shall be dis- b 1230 pensed with. All points of order against con- will be better able to contribute to bet- sideration of the bill are waived. General de- The rule provides for 1 hour of debate ter lives for themselves, for their fami- bate shall be confined to the bill and shall equally divided and controlled by the lies, and for their communities. not exceed one hour equally divided and con- chair and the ranking member of the Here in Washington, we too often de- trolled by the chair and ranking minority Ways and Means Committee. scribe policy solutions as being ‘‘com- member of the Committee on Ways and Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2842 is a common- monsense’’ or ‘‘win-win,’’ but in this Means. After general debate the bill shall be sense proposal to help transition wel- case it is absolutely true. H.R. 2842 is a considered for amendment under the five- fare recipients into steady, paying jobs. commonsense solution and is a win-win minute rule. In lieu of the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Moving welfare recipients into work is for everyone involved: the workers, the Committee on Ways and Means now printed a central goal of TANF, the Temporary employers, the community, and the in the bill, it shall be in order to consider as Assistance for Needy Families pro- country. an original bill for the purpose of amend- gram. This bipartisan bill would That is why this legislation will re- ment under the five-minute rule an amend- incentivize employers to hire TANF re- ceive a substantial bipartisan vote to- ment in the nature of a substitute consisting cipients and help subsidize these new morrow. Whatever their differences, of the text of Rules Committee Print 115-22. employees’ salaries for up to a year to Republicans and Democrats alike want That amendment in the nature of a sub- allow them to transition into the to put unemployed people back to stitute shall be considered as read. All points of order against that amendment in the na- workforce. work. This bill will actually succeed in ture of a substitute are waived. No amend- The policy idea behind H.R. 2842 is doing that. ment to that amendment in the nature of a simple: under this bill, States can es- Mr. Speaker, I urge support of the substitute shall be in order except those tablish partnerships with employers to rule and the underlying legislation, printed in the report of the Committee on hire recipients of TANF dollars. and I reserve the balance of my time. Rules accompanying this resolution. Each Through these partnerships, employers Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I yield such amendment may be offered only in the would receive a subsidy of up to 50 per- myself such time as I may consume. order printed in the report, may be offered cent of the wage for a TANF recipient Mr. Speaker, I thank my good friend only by a Member designated in the report, from Oklahoma for yielding to me the shall be considered as read, shall be debat- while the other 50 percent would be able for the time specified in the report paid by the employer. customary 30 minutes for debate. equally divided and controlled by the pro- Beneficiaries would have to meet This measure is a bipartisan bill that ponent and an opponent, shall not be subject three requirements: they must be a will help Americans receiving support to amendment, and shall not be subject to a TANF recipient, they must be unem- from the Temporary Assistance for demand for division of the question in the ployed, and they must have an income Needy Families find good-paying jobs. House or in the Committee of the Whole. All of 20 percent or less of the Federal pov- According to the Bureau of Labor points of order against such amendments are erty level. H.R. 2842 will direct our re- Statistics, there are more than 6 mil- waived. At the conclusion of consideration of sources to the neediest individuals and lion job openings in our country. That the bill for amendment the Committee shall is the highest level recorded since we rise and report the bill to the House with families to help them accelerate these such amendments as may have been adopted. welfare recipients back into the work- started tracking this data, yet the Any Member may demand a separate vote in force. share of Americans participating in the the House on any amendment adopted in the Mr. Speaker, President Ronald workforce is at a four-decade low. Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the Reagan once noted: ‘‘We should meas- Clearly, there are underlying issues

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Under the program, States re- stead of focusing on job creation, Don- arm with a bipartisan proposal that ceive block grants to design and oper- ald John Trump’s budget request would they had agreed to that, again, is an ate their own programs to fulfill the destroy approximately 1.4 million jobs. excellent, excellent work. goals of the TANF program. His budget would eviscerate billions It is exactly the way that Congress It is important to note that States of dollars from critical job-creating in- should work, quite frankly: find com- are at risk of financial penalty if TANF vestments in infrastructure and inno- mon ground and advance commonsense participants receive more than a year vation, dismantle skills training pro- solutions that make life better for the of education or if States have more grams like the one we are discussing American people. In this case, at least, than 30 percent of the State TANF here today, ransack education benefits, I think we have succeeded in doing caseload in education and training pro- and leave our country in a weakened that. grams. Due to these limits, States have state. Instead of bringing jobs back to It is also important to note that the largely abandoned efforts to promote communities that have fallen on hard rule authorizes the consideration of or support work in their TANF pro- times, the budget walks away from H.R. 2353, the so-called Perkins grant grams. This is important to understand them. program. The Perkins grant is some- because one of the most effective ways So, Mr. Speaker, I will leave it at thing we are pretty familiar with in to get more people employed is through this. The underlying measure we are Oklahoma. This is Federal money that employer-driven on-the-job training. debating today is a good step forward. moves into career tech systems that Research has shown that, properly But one step is not nearly enough. We helps actually, again, workers acquire structured, these programs result in need to do more, not less, to strength- the necessary skills to be productive, better and more stable employment, en our communities and help working quite often, again, working with the especially for individuals who are oth- families. employer who has already got the jobs Just as I urge Donald John Trump to erwise unlikely to find work. available. We then train the worker at Although the measure we are debat- move past the campaign rhetoric and a career tech system partly funded ing today does not address this issue, get serious, I also urge this body to with Federal dollars, and that person is this bill will help tip the scale back to- lead with more bipartisan measures assured the job the day they walk out. that will provide for necessary re- ward job-training programs. H.R. 2842 I suspect that bill, like this bill, sources for those who need them most. establishes demonstration projects when it finally reaches the floor will Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of also have substantial bipartisan sup- that combine work, training, and sup- my time. port for hard-to-employ TANF recipi- port. I want to pledge to my good Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- friend that we are going to continue to ents. self such time as I may consume. This bill provides a onetime appro- work together on things like this. I Mr. Speaker, I want to begin by don’t think anybody disagrees about priation of $100 million to subsidize agreeing with my good friend on many these programs. After the 12-month pe- putting Americans back to work. of the points that he made. I was par- Workers would rather be at work than, riod, States are going to be required to ticularly struck by the point he made report to Congress on the effectiveness frankly, just receiving government as- about the low participation rate in the sistance and not able to go work. So of subsidizing wages in moving individ- labor force. That has been a problem uals receiving TANF into full-time this bill does that. that has been with us, quite frankly, I want to urge support of the rule jobs. for, as he pointed out, several decades, Since we are talking about jobs, we and, again, the underlying legislation. and it is one that has gotten worse. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of need to recognize that we as an institu- That is attributable in large part to my time. tion have not provided the necessary another point that my friend made, ef- Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I yield resources to get people back to work. If fectively the thing around here we call 21⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman from you were to ask any Member of this the skills gap. We have literally mil- Washington (Ms. DELBENE), who is a body to outline his or her top prior- lions of jobs available in this country, distinguished member of the Com- ities, I guarantee you that job creation and employers are ready to hire people mittee on Ways and Means. would be mentioned every single time. but they simply don’t have the train- Ms. DELBENE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to We all agree on the need, but from ing. express my support for the underlying there, the conversation stops. There I couldn’t agree more with my good legislation, which includes my amend- are lots of proposals in Congress to cre- friend that on-the-job training is some- ment expanding apprenticeships for ate jobs, but we have been unable to times the best training. You actually American workers. pass a large-scale, bipartisan bill for acquire the skill that you need to be I would like to thank my colleagues quite some time. This really needs to successful, and the situation of this on both sides of the aisle for supporting change. legislation will actually, again, offset this important effort in the Ways and Given the legislation we are debating the cost of that to the employer and, Means Committee, and I look forward today, it is interesting to me that by the way, not add any cost to the to its passage. President Donald John Trump’s budget taxpayer. We can all agree that helping people proposal cut workforce training pro- That is something we ought to talk find long-term employment in a high- grams by 39 percent. Rather than about as well. We are just taking demand industry is one of the best present a jobs bill, he has presented a money that we would have been spend- ways to ensure that everyone has eco- plan that would actually stop helping ing anyway, and we are spending it a nomic security. But technological ad- people looking for jobs. That, in my lot more productively. vancements like automation and artifi- judgment, is penny-wise and pound- Now, my friend is right. This is a new cial intelligence are dramatically shift- foolish. In bringing forward this legis- program. This is a new approach. So ing the way our economy works, and lation, I think it is being made clear trying it out for a year, spending $100 these changes are only going to accel- that this body does not share that ap- million—a lot of money—but obviously erate. proach, but we need to do more than a we would spend more this way if we We cannot allow American workers single, targeted bill. would know this would be successful. to be left behind. Congress needs to be Five months into the Trump admin- But I can’t help but think it will be forward looking, not reactive, in istration, Republican leadership still successful. crafting policies that help workers who has not put forward a single large-scale It is important to note that this bill are displaced from the workforce. I be- piece of legislation to create good-pay- is actually, again, exceptionally bipar- lieve that means we need a national

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Apprenticeships can be an incred- So it is a good bill all the way the United States so that you will pay ible opportunity for businesses and around, and, again, I will be urging the tolls everywhere you go, and, you workers alike. passage of the rule and the underlying know, they call it asset recycling. b 1245 legislation. They have come up with a catchy new Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of name. That has been floated, but they They allow employers to build a pipe- my time. haven’t put any substance behind it. line of qualified workers while equip- Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I yield So this amendment would allow the ping job seekers with the specific skills myself such time as I may consume. House to debate and pass H.R. 2510, they need to find and keep good-paying President Donald John Trump cam- Water Quality Protection and Job Cre- jobs. paigned on the promise of job creation; ation Act of 2017. This bill would pro- Oftentimes, they provide skills that however, his budget paints a very dif- vide $25 billion in direct infrastructure are portable and meaningful anywhere ferent picture. It cuts job training pro- investment over the next 5 years to ad- in the country, giving workers more grams by 39 percent, and its radical dress America’s crumbling wastewater freedom to transfer between companies spending cuts would lead to massive infrastructure and local water quality and industries. job losses. challenges. In my home State of Washington, in- In this body, we talk a lot about jobs, The state of our water infrastruc- vestments and apprenticeships have but we are 6 months into this Congress ture, according to the American Soci- been shown to give a higher return on and have failed to pass any major job ety of Engineers’ report card of 2017, is investment than any other job training creation bills. While the bipartisan leg- a D-plus. Meanwhile, municipalities program, returning $23 for each dollar islation before us today is, indeed, as across the country have a backlog of that is invested. my good friend points out, a step in the more than $40 billion—B, billion—in It is important to remember these in- right direction, we can and we must do clean water infrastructure projects, vestments not only have an incredible more. and, according to the EPA, commu- impact on our economy but also on Well, Mr. Speaker, I am happy to say nities need close to $300 billion over the people’s lives by helping them become that I have an amendment in my hand next 20 years to bring their systems more self-sufficient through specialized that will generate thousands of Amer- into a state of good repair. training and increased earning poten- ican jobs. If we defeat the previous It is clear that we cannot continue to tial. question, I am going to offer an amend- neglect the serious needs of our aging I appreciate my colleague’s bipar- ment to the rule to bring up Represent- water infrastructure. As these systems tisan support for this amendment, and ative DEFAZIO’s bipartisan bill, H.R. fail and degrade, they pose a risk to I urge its passage in the underlying 2510, the Water Quality Protection and the health and safety of our citizens legislation. Job Creation Act. This bill will create and obviously the environment. Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- thousands of new American jobs I know the President promised, dur- self such time as I may consume. through increased investment in our ing his campaign, to make clean water Decades of experience tell us that the Nation’s wastewater infrastructure. a priority. I agree with that. He prom- most effective antipoverty program is Here is a chance to take today’s mo- ised to triple funding for State revolv- a job, and this bill helps low-income mentum a step further and consider ing loan fund programs to help States Americans earn success through the Mr. DEFAZIO’s bill in addition to the bi- and local governments upgrade critical dignity of work. partisan TANF bill. drinking water and wastewater infra- States actually, as my good friends Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- structure. on the other side know, spend very lit- sent to insert the text of my amend- Well, here is a chance to deliver on tle of their TANF funding on moving ment in the RECORD, along with extra- that promise. H.R. 2510 does exactly people into jobs. Today, half of all neous material, immediately prior to that. It triples investment in Amer- TANF recipients are neither working the vote on the previous question. ica’s crumbling water infrastructure. nor preparing for work. This bill en- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there I was a county commissioner at a sures that money only goes to those objection to the request of the gen- time when the Federal Government who are working, providing individuals tleman from Florida? was a good partner, and, in those days, with paychecks in lieu of benefit There was no objection. they put up 85 percent of the cost of checks, a key tenet in welfare reform. Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I yield our wastewater system. We put up the This pilot only provides funding for 4 minutes to the gentleman from Or- other 15. You know, this could—by re- one fiscal year, repurposing money egon (Mr. DEFAZIO), my very good newing this legislation and a commit- that has already been appropriated friend, the distinguished ranking mem- ment to the State revolving loan fund and, frankly, using it in a better way ber of the Transportation and Infra- programs and adding in a grant compo- than it was originally appropriated to structure Committee who will discuss nent for lower income areas, that achieve. our proposal. could, you know, be a great step in The bill requires that States report Mr. DEFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I thank terms of Federal partnership and cre- on outcome measures and provide high- the gentleman for this opportunity. As ating actual jobs for the apprentices quality evaluations so that Congress he noted, the President has talked and that this bill wants to create. can make appropriate decisions after tweeted incessantly about creating There is widespread support for this we have actually seen the results yield- jobs and infrastructure investment, legislation. I include in the RECORD let- ed by the program. but, unfortunately, the only sub- ters of endorsement from 30 separate And finally, as we have been pointing stantive proposal to come out of the groups. out, but I think around here it is al- White House that relates to infrastruc- OHIO ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL, ways worth pointing out multiple ture, infrastructure investment, and Columbus, OH. times, where actually CBO estimates jobs is in his budget, and it actually re- Hon. GARRET GRAVES, the bill has no cost. So we are actually duces Federal investment in infrastruc- Chairman, Subcommittee on Water Resources doing something good without increas- ture, which would basically eliminate and Environment, Washington, DC. ing expenditures for the taxpayers, jobs. Hon. GRACE NAPOLITANO, and, indeed, we are probably in the So I mean, the bill before us today, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Water Re- sources and Environment, Washington, DC. process of creating new taxpayers, peo- bipartisan bill on apprenticeships is DEAR CHAIRMAN GRAVES AND RANKING ple who can contribute to the wealth great, but you have got to apprentice MEMBER NAPOLITANO: On behalf of the Ohio and the activity and the prosperity of for something that is real: a job in the Environmental Council, I am writing to en- the country; and people, honestly, who end, construction. thusiastically support the Water Quality

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The Clean Water Act was last reauthor- help states control water pollution and ad- years. Nationwide the demand for all clean ized in 1987 and WIN believes that consider- dress challenges from outdated sewer sys- and drinking water infrastructure needs has ation and passage of legislation providing tems. been estimated at more than $300 billion over substantial increased investment in Amer- The need for this bill has never been great- the next two decades. CASA also supports ica’s Water Infrastructure is long overdue. er as the nation faces a $40 billion backlog of the bill’s provisions to authorize grant as- WIN is encouraged by the growing bipar- clean water infrastructure projects, with cit- sistance for water recycling as well as the tisan support in Congress for investing in ies and towns needing $300 billion over 20 programs to address stormwater flows and our nation’s clean water infrastructure. The years to update their water systems. In Ohio, combined sewer overflows. In California, the FY ’17 Appropriation Package released this the American Society of Civil Engineers ability to construct water-recycling projects week calls for the Clean Water State Revolv- found our state needs a total $14.58 billion is vital to a safe and reliable water supply ing Fund to be funded at $1.39 Billion—a $414 for wastewater improvements. The Clean and to ensure protection of our ecosystems. M increase over the original FY ’17 funding Water SRF is an essential resource to help As you and your colleagues work to de- request. The Trump Administration has also meet this need. velop a comprehensive water infrastructure made investments in our nation’s water in- The Water Pollution Control Loan Fund policy for the nation, we look forward to frastructure a top priority for the Environ- (WPCLF) program, Ohio’s Clean Water SRF, working with you to advance meaningful fed- mental Protection Agency, requesting in- continues to provide fundamental capacity eral assistance programs. creases in funding for both the Clean Water to improve water quality for Ohio commu- ADAM D. LINK, Act and Safe Drinking Water Act State Re- nities and residents. The program includes Director of Government Affairs. volving Funds in their 2018 Budget. several different loan options that help both WIN believes Congress must seize this cities and rural communities prevent water AMERICAN SOCIETY OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, unique opportunity make long overdue in- pollution. This includes funding to upgrade Washington, DC, May 2, 2017. vestments in our nation’s critical water in- and replace Home Sewage Treatment Sys- Hon. PETER DEFAZIO, frastructure. Investments in water infra- tems (HSTS), as well as assistance for waste- House of Representatives, structure make eminent economic and envi- water collection and treatment, stormwater Washington, DC. ronmental sense for our nation. WIN is com- activities, and efforts to reduce nonpoint DEAR RANKING MEMBER DEFAZIO: The mitted to working with you and the bipar- source pollution. Interest from the WPCLF American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) tisan leadership of the Transportation and program funds the preservation and restora- supports The Water Quality Protection and Infrastructure Committee to advance water tion of aquatic habitat to counter the loss of Job Creation Act of 2017 to provide needed infrastructure funding legislation in the natural systems that helped maintain the funds to fix the nation’s wastewater treat- First Session of the 115th Congress. health of Ohio’s water resources. ment systems. Sincerely, Since its inception the Clean Water SRF The nation’s wastewater treatment sys- The WIN Executive Committee—Amer- has provided $7.2 billion serving 621 villages, tems are the most basic and critical infra- ican Council of Engineering Companies cities, counties and sewer districts helping structure systems for protecting public (ACEC), American Public Works Asso- to curb pollution while providing quality health and the environment, but are badly ciation (APWA), American Society of jobs. To ensure this program’s continuing underfunded. Nearly 240 million Americans— Civil Engineers (ASCE), Associated success and help Ohio address our water in- 76% of the population—rely on the nation’s General Contractors of America frastructure needs, I urge your support for 14,748 treatment plants for wastewater sani- (AGCA), International Union of Oper- the Water Quality Protection and Job Cre- tation. By 2032 it is expected that 56 million ating Engineers (IUOE), Laborers ation Act of 2017. more people will connect to centralized International Union of North America Sincerely, treatment plants, rather than private septic (LIUNA), National Association of Clean HEATHER TAYLOR-MIESLE, systems—a 23% increase in demand. In the Water Agencies (NACWA), National Executive Director. U.S., there are over 800,000 miles of public Rural Water Association (NRWA), sewers and 500,000 miles of private lateral United Association of Plumbers and CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF sewers connecting private property to public Pipefitters (The United), and the Vinyl SANITATION AGENCIES, sewer lines. Each of these conveyance sys- Institute (VI). Sacramento, CA. tems is susceptible to structural failure, Hon. PETER DEFAZIO, blockages, and overflows. OREGON WATER RESOURCES CONGRESS, Ranking Member, Committee on Public Works In March, ASCE released its 2017 Infra- Salem, Oregon, May 3, 2017. and Transportation, House of Representa- structure Report Card, which graded our na- Re The Water Quality Protection and Job tives, Washington, DC. tion’s wastewater systems a ‘‘D+.’’ Many Creation Act of 2017. Hon. GRACE NAPOLITANO, wastewater systems are aging and it’s ex- Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Water Re- Hon. PETER DEFAZIO, pected that over the next two decades, re- Washington, DC. sources and Environment, Committee on quiring at least $271 billion to meet current Transportation and Infrastructure, House REPRESENTATIVE DEFAZIO: On behalf of the and future demands. Oregon Water Resources Congress (OWRC), I of Representatives, Washington, DC. This legislation is an important step to- DEAR RANKING MEMBERS DEFAZIO AND am writing to express our support of Con- wards meeting our country’s wastewater in- NAPOLITANO: The California Association of gressman DeFazio’s efforts to reauthorize vestment needs and improving our waste- Sanitation Agencies (CASA) is pleased to the Clean Water State Revolving Fund water systems. support your efforts to address the water in- (CWSRF) and tackle the water quality fi- Sincerely, frastructure funding gap and specifically the nancing needs in the country under The BRIAN PALLASCH, introduction of the Water Quality Protection Water Quality Protection and Job Creation Managing Director, Government and Job Creation Act of 2017. For 60 years, Act of 2017. The CWSRF is an effective pro- Relations & Infrastructure Initiatives. CASA has been the leading voice for Califor- gram that addresses critical water infra- nia’s public wastewater agencies on regu- structure needs while benefitting the envi- WATER INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK, latory, legislative and legal issues. ronment, local communities, and the econ- CASA agencies are faced with mounting May 2, 2017. omy. challenges of aging infrastructure, growing Re WIN’s Strong Support for the Water Qual- OWRC was established in 1912 as a trade as- demands from increasing population, and ity Improvement and Job Creation Act. sociation to support the protection of water emerging challenges from changing climate Hon. PETER DEFAZIO, rights and promote the wise stewardship of conditions. Confronted with these realities, Ranking Member, House Committee on Trans- water resources statewide. OWRC members there is clear demand for increased infra- portation and Infrastructure, Washington, are local governmental entities, which in- structure investment, including the need to DC. clude irrigation districts, water control dis- invest in water recycling infrastructure and DEAR RANKING MEMBER DEFAZIO: The tricts, drainage districts, water improve- clean energy facilities derived from the Water Infrastructure Network (WIN), a coali- ment districts, and other agricultural water wastewater treatment process. tion of the nation’s leading construction, en- suppliers that deliver water to roughly 1/3 of Under your legislation, the Clean Water gineering, municipal, conservation, public all irrigated land in Oregon. These water State Revolving Fund (SRF) would be re- works, labor and manufacturing organiza- stewards operate complex water manage- newed at $20 billion over five years. This au- tions, strongly supports the Water Quality ment systems, including water supply res- thorization represents a critical down pay- Improvement and Job Creation Act. WIN ervoirs, canals, pipelines, and hydropower fa- ment toward a robust federal commitment to also commends your continued work to reau- cilities that serve a diverse set of farmers, the nation’s water infrastructure needs. Ac- thorize our nation’s critical water infra- ranchers, and other water users contributing cording to the report, the financial burden to structure funding programs. The United to the local and global economy.

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The projects provide family wage jobs in con- report Water Works: Rebuilding infrastruc- And just from a process standpoint, I struction and professional services industry ture, Creating Jobs and Greening the Envi- think the appropriate thing to do that are a crucial component to economic re- ronment shows that investments in our would be for the committee to actually covery in Oregon and other states. Moreover, water infrastructure, including green infra- review it. It could be amended in com- as a loan program, it is a wise investment structure, would conservatively yield 1.9 mil- mittee, as indeed this bill was, and that allows local communities to leverage lion American jobs and add $265 billion to then we would have the opportunity to their limited resources and address critical the economy. consider it on the floor. But to bring it infrastructure needs that would otherwise be This legislation authorizes $20 billion in to the floor immediately, to me, is pre- unmet. Federal grants over five years for the Clean OWRC was very pleased to see the passage Water SRF to provide low-interest loans and mature, legislatively. of the Water Infrastructure Improvements additional loan subsidizations to commu- I also want to take issue, on the for the Nation Act (WIIN) by Congress in De- nities for wastewater infrastructure. We are record, with my friends of the Presi- cember last year. An integral piece of the supportive of efforts to increase the resil- dent of the United States in terms of funding puzzle for our member districts was iency of treatment works to natural or man- job creation. I suspect President reinstated by this act, irrigation district eli- made disasters. In the face of a changing cli- Trump, in his private life, has created gibility for principal forgiveness. The mate, resiliency of our nation’s infrastruc- more jobs than just about anybody in CWSRF is often an integral part of an over- ture is increasingly important. the Congress of the United States, and all package of state, federal and local fund- Also, this legislation authorizes $2.5 billion I think he has laid forward some in- ing that necessitates a stronger level of as- over five years for grants to address com- surance that loan funds will be available for bined sewer overflows (CSOs) and sanitary credibly important proposals to con- planned water infrastructure projects. Irri- sewer overflows (SSOs) and recapture and tinue and build on his personal record, gation districts are often located in rural reuse of municipal stormwater. CSOs and now that he is President of the United communities and have a small number of SSOs pose a significant health and safety States. farmers with limited capacity to take on risk to communities and can damage local One of those proposals, as my friends loan debt. Even a small reduction in the economies that are dependent on clean water are surely aware, because I think they principal repayment obligations can make and tourism. We are supportive of funds to largely agree with it, is to enhance the the difference in whether or not a district address this ongoing problem that can cost apprenticeship program announcement can move forward with a project. communities significant resources to ad- he made recently. Another one that my The CWSRF program is an important tool dress. utilized by OWRC members across Oregon, Economists estimate that between 20,000 friends may not be quite so much in and we applaud this effort by Congressman and 26,600 construction, engineering, and agreement with, he has laid out his DeFazio to reauthorize this key program. manufacturing jobs are created for every bil- principles for tax reform. OWRC looks forward to working with the lion dollars of federal investment in water The greatest engine for job growth is Committee and this Congress as the Water infrastructure. Investments in the Clean never going to be the Federal Govern- Quality Protection and Job Creation Act of Water SRFs are critical to protect public ment. It is going to always be the pri- 2017 moves forward. health, promote job creation, and restore vate sector. And if we could, as the Sincerely, clean water in our rivers, lakes, and streams. President has suggested, cut corporate SELC appreciates your leadership on clean APRIL SNELL, tax rates, incentivize the return of Executive Director, water infrastructure investment and your Oregon Water Resources Congress. continued work on reducing pollution re- profit, something where perhaps we can lated to aging and inadequately funded infra- work together, that are stranded over- SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL structure. seas, bring them back here and invest LAW CENTER, Sincerely, in America, I think we would create a Washington, DC, May 3, 2017. NAVIS A. BERMUDEZ, lot more jobs a lot more quickly and in Hon. PETER DEFAZIO, Deputy Legislative Director, a lot more sustainable fashion than we Ranking Member, Committee on Transportation Southern Environmental Law Center. would do through additional public and Infrastructure, House of Representa- Mr. DEFAZIO. And according to the spending. tives, Washington, DC. National Utility Contractors Associa- Finally, I think we ought to give the Hon. JIMMY DUNCAN, tion, every billion dollars invested in President a little bit of credit for em- House of Representatives, Washington, DC. our Nation’s water infrastructure cre- phasizing and bringing home American Hon. GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, ates or sustains 27,000 real jobs in the jobs, something that actually began Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Water Re- private sector. That means that the $20 once he was President-elect. We saw it sources and the Environment, Committee on billion in Federal investment in the in Indiana with Carrier air-condi- Transportation and Infrastructure, House Clean Water State Revolving Fund, in- tioning. We have seen it in other cases of Representatives, Washington, DC. cluding H.R. 2510, would create or sus- where he has promoted the sale of DEAR REPRESENTATIVES DEFAZIO, NAPOLI- tain approximately 540,000 jobs. American arms in the Middle East TANO AND DUNCAN: Southern Environmental This is real. It is real. Real jobs for where we have got substantial things. Law Center (SELC) writes in support of the Water Quality Protection and Job Creation real people and real improvements in So I think this is a President who ac- Act of 2017. At a time when much of our na- the infrastructure of this country. This tually gets up each and every day and tion’s infrastructure is at a breaking point, would be a great step forward, and I thinks profoundly about what can we bolstering our national infrastructure funds urge that my colleagues adopt the do to create an overall ecosystem, an is more critical than ever. Thank you for amendment. environment, if you will, that will your leadership on clean water infrastruc- Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- incentivize private investment, private ture investment. self such time as I may consume. employment, American jobs, and bring- This bill authorizes $20 billion in Federal Mr. Speaker, we have been having ing American companies back to this grants over five years to capitalize Clean such a wonderful bipartisan moment Water State Revolving Funds (Clean Water country. SRF). Across the country, many commu- here. My good friend from Oregon, and I think he is actually off to an excep- nities are struggling with how to pay for appropriately, wants to change the tionally good start in those areas, and needed investments and upgrades to infra- tenor a little bit. I look forward to working with him on structure that protects clean water and pub- Let me begin by actually congratu- that. I suspect we will see a tax pro- lic health. According to the 2012 Clean Wa- lating my good friend from Oregon be- posal on this floor in the not-too-dis- tersheds Needs Survey, municipalities need cause he is a serious legislator and does tant future—our friends on Ways and close to $300 billion in investment over the serious things, and I am probably going Means are working on it now—that will next 20 years to bring their wastewater and to find myself on the same side with mirror many of the principles that the stormwater management infrastructure to a him on the issue of air traffic control- President laid out in his initial draft state of good repair. The Clean Water SRF provides a critical lers where I think his points have been discussion of what he thinks we ought source of funding to states to address water very well made. to do. infrastructure needs and reduce pollution On this particular piece of legisla- And that one change, changing the from stormwater and wastewater across the tion, I must admit, I have not had the Tax Code, I think, will do more than

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:31 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.006 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5064 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 all the programs that we would work Mr. Speaker, we talk a lot about jobs So I will ask my friends across the on, many of them worthy programs, in this Chamber. I was at a forum on aisle, let us continue the trend of the many of them things, I think, where Saturday, and someone mentioned: My past few years and work together to the Federal Government does have a governor’s mantra is ‘‘jobs, jobs, jobs.’’ produce bipartisan measures that will role. And that person said: Well, he must benefit the American people. I will agree with my friend from mean that you have to have three jobs Mr. Speaker, I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on Florida, I am disturbed about some of in order to get by. the rule, and I yield back the balance the cuts in training programs. I have I am glad that we are here today con- of my time. seen those programs work and work sidering a bill that will help Americans Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- well, and I suspect the President will in search of work to find a good-paying self the balance of my time. find out, as other Presidents have position that will help them support Mr. Speaker, I want to begin by ad- found out—we used to routinely praise themselves and their families. We have dressing a couple of points that my President Obama’s budget on the floor. a lot of issues facing us, and this bipar- friend made. There will be places we It never got very many votes. I don’t tisan legislation is just one tiny step agree; there will be places we disagree. think it ever got any Democratic forward in the right direction. I hope I think too often around here we talk votes—that, you know, Presidents pro- this measure translates into more bi- about how nothing gets done when this pose, as they should, that is their pre- partisan bills. has actually been an extraordinarily rogative, they run the executive Too often, from healthcare reform, productive period in terms of passing branch, but, at the end of the day, it is tax reform—footnote right there. My legislation. We are going to have dif- Congress that makes the final funding friend mentions that we will likely see ferences on some of that legislation, decisions. a tax reform measure sometime soon. I there is no question. There is a reason I happen to know a little bit about hope that it doesn’t revert to trickle why God created a Democratic Party those programs because they come down. We have seen trickle down. It did and a Republican Party, and it prob- through my subcommittee on appro- not work, and I hope we don’t do that ably wasn’t to always agree all the priations, and I want to assure my again. time, but it was to challenge one an- friends they are not going to disappear. We have an opportunity on other other and try to work together when And we may have to make some tough issues, and in many respects the major- they could or define alternative paths choices, as you always have to do, in ity has shut out the minority from the when they felt they must, and let the appropriated dollars, but on many of process, just like what has happened American people make the decision. the programs that I know my friend until today, at least, in the other body Fortunately, we are blessed to live in cares about and has championed in his with reference to healthcare. a country where they get to make that distinguished career, they are going to The bills we have debated and even decision on a regular basis like clock- be protected, and we are going to try passed are projected to eliminate mil- work. They have been making some de- and work in a bipartisan fashion in lions of jobs. Even as we talk about job cisions recently. I think the President those areas and keep those things creation, my friends across the aisle has had a pretty good run in special going. too frequently turn around and cham- elections. We are pretty pleased with But, at the end of the day, I think pion measures that would do just the the decisions they have been making. the President’s record on job creation opposite. There is so much room for co- But at some point they will change will be outstanding, and I think the ac- operation in this area, yet time and their mind—they always do—and they tions that he has taken in the opening time again we are kept out of the proc- will decide somebody else has a better part of his administration are a testa- ess, and the results speak for them- way. ment to how seriously he takes the selves. For the sake of our country, I think in the interim we ought to challenge of making sure that every this needs to change. stress occasionally so the American American has a decent job, a job that Even though this is a bipartisan bill, people know when we do work to- pays a good wage, a job that will pro- it also serves as an example of what I gether. I actually was home after we vide for his or her family, and a job mean. I was disappointed that my Re- managed to pass healthcare through that will give them an opportunity to publican colleagues in the Rules Com- this particular body, and that bill live a life of dignity and prosperity, mittee blocked yesterday six germane moved through multiple committees, something we want every American to amendments to this bill. It is a had multiple amendments, lots of ne- have a chance at. sympton of the closed process. When gotiation. Obviously it is in the Senate So with that, Mr. Speaker, I reserve we prevent germane amendments from now. I think that process will start the balance of my time. over there. But the day before we Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I yield even being debated by the House, it passed it, actually, we came together myself the balance of my time. does us all a disservice, yet my friends I first want to address my good friend across the aisle do it again and again. in a really quite remarkable way. We about the previous question and the Mr. Speaker, I will close with this: passed an omnibus spending bill of over fact that it has not gone through the President Obama is credited for cre- $1 trillion. That bill had worked process. I will just remind him that the ating 11.3 million jobs in our country. through the Appropriations Committee chatter in Washington today is about a The economy added jobs for 75 straight of each House, 12 different bills put to- healthcare measure that hasn’t gone months, and very fortunately that car- gether to fund the Federal Govern- through the process, at least to the ex- ryover for the last 5 months has con- ment. That particular bill gave us the tent that most of us would all want. tinued. largest increase in defense spending in I also have great respect for my good While President Donald John Trump about a decade, the largest increase in friend from Oklahoma, and I know he makes untenable pledge after pledge, I border security money in about a dec- will see and get a chance to talk with watched every word of his speech last ade. It gave us a substantial increase in President Donald John Trump. I am night in Iowa, and all I heard was plati- money at the National Institutes of not likely to. tudes. I didn’t hear anything about Health and at the Centers for Disease substance. And it seemed like a road Control and Prevention, areas that b 1300 test for some new ideas. He makes Democrats and Republicans alike have But I would ask him to tell him when these untenable pledges, including a been working together on and feel very he sees him for me that I came here in very humble promise to be—and I strongly about. 1993, and there were 14,000 bridges in quote him—‘‘the greatest jobs producer That bill also broke the one-to-one need of repair in America, and last that God ever created.’’ relationship—pretty artificial relation- year the statistics from the society The record is clear, the Democratic ship, in my view—that President that does that analysis showed that Party is, has been, and will be the Obama had laid down that, if you in- there are 54,000 bridges in need of re- party of job creation, and is ready to crease defense spending, you have to pair in this country. The point that I work with my Republican colleagues to automatically increase domestic wish to make is that we need a serious continue significant job creation in spending whether you need to or not or substantial infrastructure measure. this country. whether you can afford to or not.

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The material previously referred to lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative Now, when I go home and I explain by Mr. HASTINGS is as follows: Process in the United States House of Rep- that to people, they look at me with a AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 396 OFFERED BY resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s blank stare. It is like: What? That real- MR. HASTINGS how the Republicans describe the previous ly happened? One trillion dollars with At the end of the resolution, add the fol- question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- all those different elements in there lowing new sections: though it is generally not possible to amend SEC. 3. Immediately upon adoption of this the rule because the majority Member con- and a majority of Democrats voted for trolling the time will not yield for the pur- it and a majority of Republicans voted resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House pose of offering an amendment, the same re- for it and Donald Trump signed it? resolved into the Committee of the Whole sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- I say: Yeah. House on the state of the Union for consider- vious question on the rule.... When the They are amazed. They have never ation of the bill (H.R. 2510) to amend the motion for the previous question is defeated, heard about it. They have never seen Federal Water Pollution Control Act to au- control of the time passes to the Member it. I think that is because sometimes thorize appropriations for State water pollu- who led the opposition to ordering the pre- we present a false narrative of constant tion control revolving funds, and for other vious question. That Member, because he conflict. There is certainly plenty of purposes. The first reading of the bill shall then controls the time, may offer an amend- be dispensed with. All points of order against ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of conflict here. Look, I have some sym- amendment.’’ pathy with the minority. Having been consideration of the bill are waived. General debate shall be confined to the bill and shall In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House in the minority myself, you always feel not exceed one hour equally divided and con- of Representatives, the subchapter titled shut out. But this is an occasion—this trolled by the chair and ranking minority ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal legislation, and, frankly, that spending member of the Committee on Transportation to order the previous question on such a rule bill—when my friends certainly weren’t and Infrastructure. After general debate the [a special rule reported from the Committee shut out. They participated, and they bill shall be considered for amendment under on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- participated vigorously, and they con- the five-minute rule. All points of order ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- tributed in the process. against provisions in the bill are waived. At tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- the conclusion of consideration of the bill for jection of the motion for the previous ques- I am with my friend. We need to do tion on a resolution reported from the Com- more of that. As a matter of fact, I amendment the Committee shall rise and re- port the bill to the House with such amend- mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- think you will see it is happening right ments as may have been adopted. The pre- ber leading the opposition to the previous now. If you go to the Defense Com- vious question shall be considered as ordered question, who may offer a proper amendment mittee, they are working on their au- on the bill and amendments thereto to final or motion and who controls the time for de- thorization bill. That committee is the passage without intervening motion except bate thereon.’’ most bipartisan committee probably in one motion to recommit with or without in- Clearly, the vote on the previous question Congress. Every time they report structions. If the Committee of the Whole on a rule does have substantive policy impli- something out on an authorization—I rises and reports that it has come to no reso- cations. It is one of the only available tools for those who oppose the Republican major- think they have 63 or 64 members, lution on the bill, then on the next legisla- tive day the House shall, immediately after ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- something like that—the vote is al- the third daily order of business under clause native views the opportunity to offer an al- ways like 60 to 3. They have clearly put 1 of rule XIV, resolve into the Committee of ternative plan. aside their partisan differences to work the Whole for further consideration of the Mr. COLE. Mr. Speaker, I yield back together. bill. the balance of my time, and I move the SEC.4. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not In this bill, we have done exactly the previous question on the resolution. same thing. So while we are going to apply to the consideration of H.R. 2510. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The have some points where we disagree, THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT question is on ordering the previous we are going to have some opportuni- IT REALLY MEANS question. ties to agree and come together. And I This vote, the vote on whether to order the The question was taken; and the pledge to my friend I will continue to previous question on a special rule, is not Speaker pro tempore announced that work with him to try and see that we merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- the ayes appeared to have it. find more of them. dering the previous question is a vote Mr. Speaker, in closing, I want to en- against the Republican majority agenda and Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, on that courage all of the Members, obviously, a vote to allow the Democratic minority to I demand the yeas and nays. to support the rule, but I am sure my offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about The yeas and nays were ordered. good friends on the other side probably what the House should be debating. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- won’t accept the invitation. That is Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the ant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- okay. This is a process vote and they will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum scribes the vote on the previous question on time for any electronic vote on the have got other matters they want on the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the the floor, and I certainly understand consideration of the subject before the House question of adoption of the resolution. that they will be opposing our rule and being made by the Member in charge.’’ To The vote was taken by electronic de- trying to offer an alternative. defeat the previous question is to give the vice, and there were—yeas 226, nays But when the matter counts, when opposition a chance to decide the subject be- 184, not voting 21, as follows: the actual legislation reaches the floor, fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s [Roll No. 316] I think H.R. 2842 will draw broad bipar- ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- YEAS—226 tisan support. This House is taking mand for the previous question passes the Abraham Blackburn Carter (TX) steps to help workers leave welfare control of the resolution to the opposition’’ Aderholt Blum Chabot rolls and return to the workforce. in order to offer an amendment. On March Allen Bost Chaffetz Amash Brady (TX) Cheney Under this bill, employers will be 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- Amodei Brat Coffman incentivized to hire TANF recipients fered a rule resolution. The House defeated Arrington Bridenstine Cole and will help bring the unemployed up the previous question and a member of the Babin Brooks (AL) Collins (GA) into the workforce and the economy. opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, Bacon Brooks (IN) Collins (NY) This bill is a commonsense bipartisan asking who was entitled to recognition. Barletta Buchanan Comer Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R–Illinois) said: Barr Buck Comstock solution that will benefit everyone: the ‘‘The previous question having been refused, Barton Bucshon Conaway Bergman Budd Cook workers, the employers, the commu- the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- nity, the economy, and the Nation. Biggs Burgess Costello (PA) gerald, who had asked the gentleman to Bilirakis Byrne Cramer Mr. Speaker, I want to applaud my yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to Bishop (MI) Calvert Crawford colleagues on the other side of the aisle the first recognition.’’ Black Carter (GA) Culberson

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Meng Rosen Takano Carter (TX) Huizenga Rogers (AL) Duffy Knight Ros-Lehtinen Moore Roybal-Allard Thompson (CA) Chabot Hultgren Rogers (KY) Duncan (SC) Kustoff (TN) Ross Moulton Ruiz Thompson (MS) Chaffetz Hunter Rohrabacher Duncan (TN) Labrador Rothfus Murphy (FL) Ruppersberger Titus Cheney Hurd Rokita Nadler Rush Tonko Coffman Issa Dunn LaHood Rouzer Rooney, Francis Neal Ryan (OH) Torres Cole Jenkins (KS) Emmer LaMalfa Royce (CA) Rooney, Thomas Nolan Sa´ nchez Tsongas Collins (GA) Jenkins (WV) Estes (KS) Lamborn Russell J. Farenthold Latta Rutherford Norcross Sarbanes Vargas Collins (NY) Johnson (LA) Ros-Lehtinen Faso Lewis (MN) Sanford O’Halleran Schakowsky Veasey Comer Johnson (OH) Roskam Ferguson LoBiondo Schweikert O’Rourke Schiff Vela Comstock Jones Ross Fitzpatrick Loudermilk Scott, Austin Pallone Schneider Vela´ zquez Conaway Jordan Rothfus Fleischmann Love Sensenbrenner Panetta Schrader Visclosky Cook Joyce (OH) Rouzer Flores Lucas Sessions Pascrell Scott (VA) Walz Costa Katko Fortenberry Luetkemeyer Shimkus Payne Scott, David Waters, Maxine Costello (PA) Kelly (MS) Royce (CA) Foxx MacArthur Shuster Pelosi Serrano Watson Coleman Cramer Kelly (PA) Russell Franks (AZ) Marchant Simpson Perlmutter Sewell (AL) Welch Crawford King (IA) Rutherford Frelinghuysen Marino Smith (MO) Peters Shea-Porter Wilson (FL) Crist King (NY) Sanford Gaetz Marshall Smith (NE) Peterson Sherman Yarmuth Culberson Kinzinger Schneider Gallagher Massie Smith (NJ) Curbelo (FL) Knight Schweikert Garrett Mast Smith (TX) NOT VOTING—21 Davidson Kustoff (TN) Scott, Austin Gianforte McCarthy Smucker Banks (IN) Lance Roskam Davis, Rodney Labrador Sensenbrenner Gibbs McCaul Stefanik Bishop (UT) Larsen (WA) Scalise Denham LaHood Sessions Gohmert McClintock Stewart Cummings Lieu, Ted Tiberi Dent LaMalfa Shimkus Goodlatte McHenry Stivers DeLauro Long Wasserman DeSantis Lamborn Shuster Gosar McKinley Taylor Gabbard Meeks Schultz DesJarlais Latta Simpson Sinema Gowdy McMorris Tenney Johnson (LA) Messer Wenstrup Diaz-Balart Lewis (MN) Granger Rodgers Thompson (PA) Johnson, Sam Napolitano Donovan LoBiondo Smith (MO) Graves (GA) McSally Thornberry Keating Perry Duffy Loudermilk Smith (NE) Graves (LA) Meadows Tipton Duncan (SC) Love Smith (NJ) Graves (MO) Meehan Trott Duncan (TN) Lucas Smith (TX) Griffith Mitchell Turner b 1333 Dunn Luetkemeyer Smucker Grothman Moolenaar Upton Ms. SINEMA and Mr. CRIST changed Emmer MacArthur Stefanik Estes (KS) Marchant Guthrie Mooney (WV) Valadao their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ Stewart Harper Mullin Wagner Farenthold Marino Stivers Harris Murphy (PA) Walberg So the previous question was ordered. Faso Marshall Taylor Hartzler Newhouse Walden The result of the vote was announced Ferguson Massie Tenney Hensarling Noem Walker as above recorded. Fitzpatrick Mast Thompson (PA) Herrera Beutler Nunes Walorski Fleischmann McCarthy Thornberry (By unanimous consent, Ms. ESTY of Hice, Jody B. Olson Walters, Mimi Flores McCaul Tipton Higgins (LA) Palazzo Weber (TX) Connecticut was allowed to speak out Fortenberry McClintock Trott Hill Palmer Webster (FL) of order.) Foxx McHenry Turner Franks (AZ) McKinley Holding Paulsen Westerman Upton MOMENT OF SILENCE HONORING SERVICEMEM- Frelinghuysen McMorris Hollingsworth Pearce Williams Valadao Hudson Pittenger Wilson (SC) BERS KILLED ABOARD USS ‘‘FITZGERALD’’ Gaetz Rodgers Wagner Huizenga Poe (TX) Wittman Gallagher McSally Ms. ESTY of Connecticut. Mr. Speak- Walberg Hultgren Poliquin Womack Garrett Meadows Walden Hunter Posey Woodall er, earlier this week, the USS Fitz- Gianforte Meehan Walker Hurd Ratcliffe Yoder gerald collided with a container ship off Gibbs Mitchell Walorski Issa Reed Yoho Gohmert Moolenaar the coast of Japan. Seven of our brave Walters, Mimi Jenkins (KS) Reichert Young (AK) servicemembers were killed in the col- Goodlatte Mooney (WV) Jenkins (WV) Renacci Young (IA) Gosar Mullin Weber (TX) Johnson (OH) Rice (SC) Zeldin lision. Gottheimer Murphy (PA) Webster (FL) I ask my colleagues to join me in a Gowdy Newhouse Westerman Williams NAYS—184 moment of silence to honor the brave Granger Noem Graves (GA) Nunes Wilson (SC) Adams Costa Heck sailors who gave the ultimate sacrifice Graves (LA) Olson Wittman Aguilar Courtney Higgins (NY) for our country. Graves (MO) Palazzo Womack ´ Barragan Crist Himes The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without Griffith Palmer Woodall Bass Crowley Hoyer Grothman Paulsen Yoder Beatty Cuellar Huffman objection, 5-minute voting will con- Guthrie Pearce Yoho Bera Davis (CA) Jackson Lee tinue. Harper Pittenger Young (AK) Beyer Davis, Danny Jayapal There was no objection. Harris Poe (TX) Young (IA) Bishop (GA) DeFazio Jeffries The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Hartzler Poliquin Zeldin Blumenauer DeGette Johnson (GA) Blunt Rochester Delaney Johnson, E. B. question is on the resolution. NOES—179 Bonamici DelBene Kaptur The question was taken; and the Adams Cicilline Doyle, Michael Boyle, Brendan Demings Kelly (IL) Aguilar Clark (MA) F. F. DeSaulnier Speaker pro tempore announced that Kennedy Barraga´ n Clarke (NY) Ellison Brady (PA) Deutch the ayes appeared to have it. Khanna Bass Clay Engel Brown (MD) Dingell Kihuen RECORDED VOTE Beatty Cleaver Eshoo Brownley (CA) Doggett Kildee Bera Clyburn Espaillat Bustos Doyle, Michael Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I de- Kilmer Beyer Cohen Esty (CT) Butterfield F. mand a recorded vote. Kind Bishop (GA) Connolly Evans Capuano Ellison Krishnamoorthi A recorded vote was ordered. Blumenauer Conyers Foster Carbajal Engel Blunt Rochester Cooper Frankel (FL) Ca´ rdenas Eshoo Kuster (NH) The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Bonamici Correa Fudge Carson (IN) Espaillat Langevin will be a 5-minute vote. Boyle, Brendan Courtney Gallego Cartwright Esty (CT) Larson (CT) The vote was taken by electronic de- F. Crowley Garamendi Castor (FL) Evans Lawrence vice, and there were—ayes 233, noes 179, Brady (PA) Cuellar Gonzalez (TX) Castro (TX) Foster Lawson (FL) Brown (MD) Davis (CA) Green, Al Chu, Judy Frankel (FL) Lee not voting 19, as follows: Brownley (CA) Davis, Danny Green, Gene Cicilline Fudge Levin [Roll No. 317] Bustos DeFazio Grijalva Clark (MA) Gallego Lewis (GA) Butterfield DeGette Gutie´rrez Clarke (NY) Garamendi Lipinski AYES—233 Capuano Delaney Hanabusa Clay Gonzalez (TX) Loebsack Abraham Barletta Blackburn Carbajal DeLauro Heck Cleaver Gottheimer Lofgren Allen Barr Blum Ca´ rdenas DelBene Higgins (NY) Clyburn Green, Al Lowenthal Amash Barton Bost Carson (IN) Demings Himes Cohen Green, Gene Lowey Amodei Bergman Brady (TX) Cartwright DeSaulnier Hoyer Connolly Grijalva Lujan Grisham, Arrington Biggs Brat Castor (FL) Deutch Huffman Conyers Gutie´rrez M. Babin Bilirakis Bridenstine Castro (TX) Dingell Jackson Lee Cooper Hanabusa Luja´ n, Ben Ray Bacon Bishop (MI) Brooks (AL) Chu, Judy Doggett Jayapal Correa Hastings Lynch Banks (IN) Black Brooks (IN)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.009 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5067 Jeffries McEachin Sarbanes (H.R. 2998) making appropriations for TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO THE Johnson (GA) McGovern Schakowsky WAGNER-PEYSER ACT Johnson, E. B. McNerney Schiff military construction, the Department Kaptur Meng Schrader of Veterans Affairs, and related agen- Sec. 301. State responsibilities. Keating Moore Scott (VA) cies for the fiscal year ending Sep- SEC. 3. REFERENCES. Kelly (IL) Moulton Scott, David tember 30, 2018, and for other purposes, Except as otherwise expressly provided, when- Kennedy Murphy (FL) Serrano ever in this Act an amendment or repeal is ex- Khanna Nadler Sewell (AL) which was referred to the Union Cal- Kihuen Neal Shea-Porter endar and ordered to be printed. pressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal Kildee Nolan Sherman The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or Kilmer Norcross Sires ant to clause 1, rule XXI, all points of Kind O’Halleran Slaughter other provision of the Carl D. Perkins Career Krishnamoorthi O’Rourke Smith (WA) order are reserved on the bill. and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. Kuster (NH) Pallone Soto f 2301 et seq.). Langevin Panetta Speier Larson (CT) Pascrell Suozzi ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. Lawrence Payne Swalwell (CA) PRO TEMPORE This Act, and the amendments made by this Lawson (FL) Pelosi Takano Act, shall take effect beginning on July 1, 2018. Lee Perlmutter Thompson (CA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- SEC. 5. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF THE CARL D. Levin Peters Thompson (MS) ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair PERKINS CAREER AND TECHNICAL Lewis (GA) Peterson Titus will postpone further proceedings EDUCATION ACT OF 2006. Lipinski Pingree Tonko Loebsack Pocan Torres today on the motion to suspend the Section 1(b) is amended to read as follows: Lofgren Polis Tsongas rules if a recorded vote or the yeas and ‘‘(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- Lowenthal Price (NC) Vargas nays are ordered, or if the vote is ob- tents for this Act is as follows: Lowey Quigley Veasey jected to under clause 6 of rule XX. ‘‘Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Lujan Grisham, Raskin Vela ‘‘Sec. 2. Purpose. M. Rice (NY) Vela´ zquez The House will resume proceedings ‘‘Sec. 3. Definitions. Luja´ n, Ben Ray Richmond Visclosky on the postponed question at a later ‘‘Sec. 4. Transition provisions. Lynch Rosen Walz time. Maloney, Roybal-Allard Waters, Maxine ‘‘Sec. 5. Privacy. Carolyn B. Ruppersberger Watson Coleman f ‘‘Sec. 6. Limitation. Maloney, Sean Rush Welch STRENGTHENING CAREER AND ‘‘Sec. 7. Special rule. Matsui Ryan (OH) Wilson (FL) ‘‘Sec. 8. Prohibitions. McCollum Sa´ nchez Yarmuth TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR THE ‘‘Sec. 9. Authorization of appropriations. 21ST CENTURY ACT NOT VOTING—19 ‘‘TITLE I—CAREER AND TECHNICAL Aderholt Larsen (WA) Ruiz Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO THE STATES Bishop (UT) Lieu, Ted Scalise Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the ‘‘PART A—ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION Cummings Long Tiberi rules and pass the bill (H.R. 2353) to re- ‘‘Sec. 111. Reservations and State allotment. Gabbard Meeks Wasserman authorize the Carl D. Perkins Career Hastings Messer Schultz ‘‘Sec. 112. Within State allocation. Johnson, Sam Napolitano Wenstrup and Technical Education Act of 2006, as ‘‘Sec. 113. Accountability. Lance Perry amended. ‘‘Sec. 114. National activities. b 1342 The Clerk read the title of the bill. ‘‘Sec. 115. Assistance for the outlying areas. The text of the bill is as follows: ‘‘Sec. 116. Native American programs. So the resolution was agreed to. H.R. 2353 ‘‘Sec. 117. Tribally controlled postsecondary ca- The result of the vote was announced reer and technical institutions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- as above recorded. resentatives of the United States of America in ‘‘PART B—STATE PROVISIONS A motion to reconsider was laid on Congress assembled, ‘‘Sec. 121. State administration. the table. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ‘‘Sec. 122. State plan. Stated against: This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening ‘‘Sec. 123. Improvement plans. Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, I was unavoidably Career and Technical Education for the 21st ‘‘Sec. 124. State leadership activities. detained today for rollcall vote No. 317. Had I Century Act’’. ‘‘PART C—LOCAL PROVISIONS been present, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. ‘‘Sec. 131. Distribution of funds to secondary The table of contents for this Act is as follows: PERSONAL EXPLANATION education programs. Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, I was unexpect- Sec. 1. Short title. ‘‘Sec. 132. Distribution of funds for postsec- Sec. 2. Table of contents. ondary education programs. edly detained. Had I been present, I would Sec. 3. References. ‘‘Sec. 133. Special rules for career and technical have voted ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 316, and Sec. 4. Effective date. education. ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 317. Sec. 5. Table of contents of the Carl D. Perkins ‘‘Sec. 134. Local application for career and PERSONAL EXPLANATION Career and Technical Education technical education programs. Act of 2006. ‘‘Sec. 135. Local uses of funds. Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Speaker, I missed two Sec. 6. Purpose. votes on June 22. If I were present, I would Sec. 7. Definitions. ‘‘TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS have voted on the following: Rollcall No. 316: Sec. 8. Transition provisions. ‘‘PART A—FEDERAL ADMINISTRATIVE On Ordering the Previous Question, ‘‘yea.’’ Sec. 9. Prohibitions. PROVISIONS Rollcall No. 317: On Passage of H. Res. 396, Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations. ‘‘Sec. 211. Fiscal requirements. ‘‘yea.’’ TITLE I—CAREER AND TECHNICAL ‘‘Sec. 212. Authority to make payments. EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO THE STATES ‘‘Sec. 213. Construction. PERSONAL EXPLANATION PART A—ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION ‘‘Sec. 214. Voluntary selection and participa- Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I was ab- Sec. 110. Reservations and State allotment. tion. sent during rollcall votes No. 316 and No. 317 Sec. 111. Within State allocation. ‘‘Sec. 215. Limitation for certain students. due to my spouse’s health situation in Cali- Sec. 112. Accountability. ‘‘Sec. 216. Federal laws guaranteeing civil fornia. Had I been present, I would have voted Sec. 113. National activities. rights. ‘‘nay’’ on the Motion on Ordering the Previous Sec. 114. Assistance for the outlying areas. ‘‘Sec. 217. Participation of private school per- Question on the Rule providing for consider- Sec. 115. Tribally controlled postsecondary ca- sonnel and children. reer and technical institutions. ation of H.R. 2842. I would have also voted ‘‘Sec. 218. Limitation on Federal regulations. Sec. 116. Occupational and employment infor- ‘‘Sec. 219. Study on programs of study aligned ‘‘nay’’ on H. Res. 396—Rule providing for con- mation. to high-skill, high-wage occupa- sideration of H.R. 2842—Accelerating Individ- PART B—STATE PROVISIONS tions. uals into the Workforce Act. Sec. 121. State plan. ‘‘PART B—STATE ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS f Sec. 122. Improvement plans. ‘‘Sec. 221. Joint funding. Sec. 123. State leadership activities. REPORT ON H.R. 2998, MILITARY ‘‘Sec. 222. Prohibition on use of funds to induce CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS PART C—LOCAL PROVISIONS out-of-State relocation of busi- AFFAIRS AND RELATED AGEN- Sec. 131. Local application for career and tech- nesses. nical education programs. CIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2018 ‘‘Sec. 223. State administrative costs. Sec. 132. Local uses of funds. ‘‘Sec. 224. Student assistance and other Federal Mr. DENT, from the Committee on TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS programs.’’. Appropriations, submitted a privileged Sec. 201. Federal and State administrative pro- SEC. 6. PURPOSE. report (Rept. No. 115–188) on the bill visions. Section 2 (20 U.S.C. 2301) is amended—

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.010 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5068 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— (6) by inserting after paragraph (7) the fol- ‘‘(F) an educational service agency.’’; (A) by striking ‘‘academic and career and lowing: (11) by adding after paragraph (20) (as so re- technical skills’’ and inserting ‘‘academic ‘‘(8) CAREER PATHWAYS.—The term ‘career designated by paragraph (2)) the following: knowledge and technical and employability pathways’ has the meaning given the term in ‘‘(21) ENGLISH LEARNER.—The term ‘English skills’’; and section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Op- learner’ means— (B) by inserting ‘‘and programs of study’’ portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).’’; ‘‘(A) a secondary school student who is an after ‘‘technical education programs’’; (7) by inserting after paragraph (10) (as so re- English learner, as defined in section 8101 of the (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, including designated by paragraph (2)) the following: Elementary and Secondary Education Act of tech prep education’’; and ‘‘(11) CTE CONCENTRATOR.—The term ‘CTE 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); or (3) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and pro- concentrator’ means— ‘‘(B) an adult or an out-of-school youth who grams of study’’ after ‘‘technical education pro- ‘‘(A) at the secondary school level, a student has limited ability in speaking, reading, writing, grams’’. served by an eligible recipient who has— or understanding the English language and— SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. ‘‘(i) completed three or more career and tech- ‘‘(i) whose native language is a language Section 3 (20 U.S.C. 2302) is amended— nical education courses; or other than English; or (1) by striking paragraphs (16), (23), (24), (25), ‘‘(ii) completed at least two courses in a single ‘‘(ii) who lives in a family environment in (26), and (32); career and technical education program or pro- which a language other than English is the (2) by redesignating paragraphs (8), (9), (10), gram of study; or dominant language. (11), (12), (13), (14), (15), (17), (18), (19), (20), ‘‘(B) at the postsecondary level, a student en- ‘‘(22) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘evidence- (21), (22), (27), (28), (29), (30), (31), (33), and (34) rolled in an eligible recipient who has— based’ has the meaning given the term in section ‘‘(i) earned at least 12 cumulative credits with- as paragraphs (9), (10), (13), (16), (17), (19), (20), 8101(21)(A) of the Elementary and Secondary in a career and technical education program or (23), (25), (27), (28), (30), (32), (35), (39), (40), Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801(21)(A)).’’; program of study; or (41), (44), (45), (46), and (47), respectively; (12) by inserting after paragraph (23) (as so ‘‘(ii) completed such a program if the program (3) in paragraph (3)— redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following: encompasses fewer than 12 credits or the equiva- (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘5 dif- ‘‘(24) IN-DEMAND INDUSTRY SECTOR OR OCCU- lent in total. ferent occupational fields to individuals’’ and PATION.—The term ‘in-demand industry sector ‘‘(12) CTE PARTICIPANT.—The term ‘CTE par- inserting ‘‘three different fields, especially in in- or occupation’ has the meaning given the term ticipant’ means an individual who completes not demand industry sectors or occupations, that in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and less than one course or earns not less than one are available to all students’’; and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).’’; credit in a career and technical education pro- (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘not (13) by inserting after paragraph (25) (as so gram or program of study of an eligible recipi- fewer than 5 different occupational fields’’ and redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following: ent.’’; inserting ‘‘not fewer than three different occu- ‘‘(26) INDUSTRY OR SECTOR PARTNERSHIP.—The (8) by inserting after paragraph (13) (as so re- pational fields’’; term ‘industry or sector partnership’ has the designated by paragraph (2)) the following: (4) in paragraph (5)— meaning given the term in section 3 of the Work- ‘‘(14) DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT.— (A) in subparagraph (A)— force Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 The term ‘dual or concurrent enrollment’ has (i) in clause (i)— U.S.C. 3102).’’; the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the (I) by striking ‘‘coherent and rigorous content (14) by inserting after paragraph (28) (as so Elementary and Secondary Education Act of aligned with challenging academic standards’’ redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following: 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). and inserting ‘‘content at the secondary level ‘‘(29) LOCAL WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ‘‘(15) EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL.—The term aligned with the challenging State academic BOARD.—The term ‘local workforce development ‘early college high school’ has the meaning standards adopted by a State under section board’ means a local workforce development given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary 1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary board established under section 107 of the Work- and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)), and force Innovation and Opportunity Act.’’; 7801).’’; at the postsecondary level with the rigorous (15) by inserting after paragraph (30) (as so (9) by inserting after paragraph (17) (as so re- redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following: academic content,’’; designated by paragraph (2)) the following: (II) by striking ‘‘and skills’’ and inserting ‘‘(31) OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH.—The term ‘out- LIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en- ‘‘(18) E of-school youth’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘and skills,’’; and tity’ means a consortium that— in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and (III) by inserting ‘‘, including in in-demand ‘‘(A) shall include at least two of the fol- Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).’’; industry sectors or occupations’’ before the lowing: (16) by inserting after paragraph (32) (as so semicolon at the end; ‘‘(i) a local educational agency; (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘, an industry- ‘‘(ii) an educational service agency; redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following: recognized credential, a certificate, or an asso- ‘‘(iii) an eligible institution; ‘‘(33) PARAPROFESSIONAL.—The term ‘para- ciate degree’’ and inserting ‘‘or a recognized ‘‘(iv) an area career and technical education professional’ has the meaning given the term in postsecondary credential, which may include an school; section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary industry-recognized credential’’; and ‘‘(v) a State educational agency; or Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). (iii) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the ‘‘(vi) the Bureau of Indian Education; ‘‘(34) PAY FOR SUCCESS INITIATIVE.—The term end; ‘‘(B) may include a regional, State, or local ‘pay for success initiative’ has the meaning (B) in subparagraph (B)— public or private organization, including a com- given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary (i) by inserting ‘‘, work-based, or other’’ after munity-based organization, one or more employ- and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. ‘‘competency-based’’; ers, or a qualified intermediary; and 7801), except that such term does not include an (ii) by striking ‘‘contributes to the’’ and in- ‘‘(C) is led by an entity or partnership of enti- initiative that— serting ‘‘supports the development of’’; ties described in subparagraph (A).’’; ‘‘(A) reduces the special education or related (iii) by striking the period at the end and in- (10) by amending paragraph (19) (as so redes- services that a student would otherwise receive serting a semicolon; and ignated by paragraph (2)) to read as follows: under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- (iv) by striking ‘‘general’’; and ‘‘(19) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘eligi- cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); or (C) by adding at the end the following: ble institution’ means— ‘‘(B) otherwise reduces the rights of a student ‘‘(C) to the extent practicable, coordinate be- ‘‘(A) a consortium of two or more of the enti- or the obligations of an entity under the Indi- tween secondary and postsecondary education ties described in subparagraphs (B) through (F); viduals with Disabilities Education Act (20 programs, which may include early college pro- ‘‘(B) a public or nonprofit private institution U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the Rehabilitation Act of grams with articulation agreements, dual or of higher education that offers and will use 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), the Americans with concurrent enrollment program opportunities, or funds provided under this title in support of ca- Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), programs of study; and reer and technical education courses that lead or any other law.’’; ‘‘(D) may include career exploration at the to technical skill proficiency, an industry-recog- (17) by inserting after paragraph (35) (as so high school level or as early as the middle nized credential, a certificate, or an associate redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following: grades (as such term is defined in section 8101 of degree; ‘‘(36) PROGRAM OF STUDY.—The term ‘program the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of ‘‘(C) a local educational agency providing of study’ means a coordinated, nonduplicative 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801)).’’; education at the postsecondary level; sequence of secondary and postsecondary aca- (5) in paragraph (7)— ‘‘(D) an area career and technical education demic and technical content that— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(and school providing education at the postsecondary ‘‘(A) incorporates challenging State academic parents, as appropriate)’’ and inserting ‘‘(and, level; standards, including those adopted by a State as appropriate, parents and out-of-school ‘‘(E) a postsecondary educational institution under section 1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and youth)’’; and controlled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs or Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘finan- operated by or on behalf of any Indian tribe 6311(b)(1)), that— cial aid,’’ and all that follows through the pe- that is eligible to contract with the Secretary of ‘‘(i) address both academic and technical riod at the end and inserting ‘‘financial aid, job the Interior for the administration of programs knowledge and skills, including employability training, secondary and postsecondary options under the Indian Self-Determination and Edu- skills; and (including baccalaureate degree programs), dual cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.) or ‘‘(ii) are aligned with the needs of industries or concurrent enrollment programs, work-based the Act of April 16, 1934 (25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.); in the economy of the State, region, or local learning opportunities, and support services.’’; or area;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.015 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5069 ‘‘(B) progresses in specificity (beginning with (1) by striking ‘‘the Secretary determines to be the State received under this section for the pre- all aspects of an industry or career cluster and appropriate’’ and inserting ‘‘are necessary’’; ceding fiscal year.’’; and leading to more occupational specific instruc- (2) by striking ‘‘Carl D. Perkins Career and (4) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by tion); Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006’’ paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ ‘‘(C) has multiple entry and exit points that each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Strength- and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A) or (B)’’. incorporate credentialing; and ening Career and Technical Education for the SEC. 111. WITHIN STATE ALLOCATION. ‘‘(D) culminates in the attainment of a recog- 21st Century Act’’; and Section 112 (20 U.S.C. 2322) is amended— nized postsecondary credential. (3) by striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’. (1) in subsection (a)— ‘‘(37) QUALIFIED INTERMEDIARY.—The term SEC. 9. PROHIBITIONS. (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘10 percent’’ ‘qualified intermediary’ means a non-profit enti- Section 8 (20 U.S.C. 2306a) is amended— and inserting ‘‘15 percent’’; ty that demonstrates expertise to build, connect, (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘Federal (B) in paragraph (2)— (i) in subparagraph (A)— sustain, and measure partnerships with entities Government to mandate,’’ and all that follows (I) by striking ‘‘1 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘2 such as employers, schools, community-based or- through the period at the end and inserting ganizations, postsecondary institutions, social percent’’; and ‘‘Federal Government— (II) by striking ‘‘State correctional institu- service organizations, economic development or- ‘‘(1) to condition or incentivize the receipt of ganizations, and workforce systems to broker tions and institutions’’ and inserting ‘‘State cor- any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, rectional institutions, juvenile justice facilities, services, resources, and supports to youth and or the receipt of any priority or preference the organizations and systems that are designed and educational institutions’’; and under such grant, contract, or cooperative (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘avail- to serve youth, including— agreement, upon a State, local educational able for services’’ and inserting ‘‘available to as- ‘‘(A) connecting employers to classrooms; agency, eligible agency, eligible recipient, eligi- sist eligible recipients in providing services’’; ‘‘(B) assisting in the design and implementa- ble entity, or school’s adoption or implementa- and tion of career and technical education programs tion of specific instructional content, academic (C) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘a local and programs of study; standards and assessments, curricula, or pro- plan;’’ and inserting ‘‘local applications;’’; and ‘‘(C) delivering professional development; gram of instruction (including any condition, (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘section 135’’ ‘‘(D) connecting students to internships and priority, or preference to adopt the Common and all that follows through the end and insert- other work-based learning opportunities; and Core State Standards developed under the Com- ing ‘‘section 135— ‘‘(E) developing personalized student sup- mon Core State Standards Initiative, any other ‘‘(1) in— ports. academic standards common to a significant ‘‘(A) rural areas; ‘‘(38) RECOGNIZED POSTSECONDARY CREDEN- number of States, or any assessment, instruc- ‘‘(B) areas with high percentages of CTE con- TIAL.—The term ‘recognized postsecondary cre- tional content, or curriculum aligned to such centrators or CTE participants; and dential’ has the meaning given the term in sec- standards); ‘‘(C) areas with high numbers of CTE con- tion 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor- ‘‘(2) through grants, contracts, or other coop- centrators or CTE participants; and tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102).’’; erative agreements, to mandate, direct, or con- ‘‘(2) in order to— (18) in paragraph (41) (as so redesignated by trol a State, local educational agency, eligible ‘‘(A) foster innovation through the identifica- paragraph (2))— agency, eligible recipient, eligible entity, or tion and promotion of promising and proven ca- (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘foster school’s specific instructional content, academic reer and technical education programs, prac- children’’ and inserting ‘‘youth who are in or standards and assessments, curricula, or pro- tices, and strategies, which may include prac- have aged out of the foster care system’’; gram of instruction (including any requirement, tices and strategies that prepare individuals for (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at direction, or mandate to adopt the Common Core nontraditional fields; or the end; State Standards developed under the Common ‘‘(B) promote the development, implementa- (C) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘individ- Core State Standards Initiative, any other aca- tion, and adoption of programs of study or ca- uals with limited English proficiency.’’ and in- demic standards common to a significant num- reer pathways aligned with State-identified in- serting ‘‘English learners;’’; and ber of States, or any assessment, instructional demand occupations or industries.’’. (D) by adding at the end the following: content, or curriculum aligned to such stand- SEC. 112. ACCOUNTABILITY. ‘‘(G) homeless individuals described in section ards); and Section 113 (20 U.S.C. 2323) is amended— 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance ‘‘(3) except as required under sections 112(b), (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘comprised of Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a); and 211(b), and 223— the activities’’ and inserting ‘‘comprising the ac- ‘‘(H) youth with a parent who— ‘‘(A) to mandate, direct, or control the alloca- tivities’’; ‘‘(i) is a member of the armed forces (as such tion of State or local resources; or (2) in subsection (b)— term is defined in section 101(a)(4) of title 10, ‘‘(B) to mandate that a State or a political (A) in paragraph (1), by striking subpara- United States Code); and subdivision of a State spend any funds or incur graph (B) and redesignating subparagraph (C) ‘‘(ii) is on active duty (as such term is defined any costs not paid for under this Act.’’; and as subparagraph (B); in section 101(d)(1) of such title).’’; (2) by striking subsection (d) and redesig- (B) in paragraph (1)(B), as so redesignated, (19) by inserting after paragraph (41) (as so nating subsection (e) as subsection (d). by striking ‘‘, and State levels of performance described in paragraph (3)(B) for each addi- redesignated by paragraph (2)) the following: SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. ‘‘(42) SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT tional indicator of performance’’; and Section 9 (20 U.S.C. 2307) is amended to read (C) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting PERSONNEL.—The term ‘specialized instructional as follows: support personnel’ has the meaning given the the following: ‘‘SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec- ‘‘(2) INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.— ‘‘There are to be authorized to be appro- ‘‘(A) CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE FOR ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). priated to carry out this Act (other than sec- CTE CONCENTRATORS AT THE SECONDARY ‘‘(43) SPECIALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT tions 114 and 117)— LEVEL.—Each eligible agency shall identify in SERVICES.—The term ‘specialized instructional ‘‘(1) $1,133,002,074 for fiscal year 2018; support services’ has the meaning given the term the State plan core indicators of performance for ‘‘(2) $1,148,618,465 for fiscal year 2019; in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary CTE concentrators at the secondary level that ‘‘(3) $1,164,450,099 for fiscal year 2020; Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’; are valid and reliable, and that include, at a ‘‘(4) $1,180,499,945 for fiscal year 2021; (20) in paragraph (45) (as so redesignated by minimum, measures of each of the following: ‘‘(5) $1,196,771,008 for fiscal year 2022; and ‘‘(i) The percentage of CTE concentrators who paragraph (2)) by inserting ‘‘(including para- ‘‘(6) $1,213,266,339 for fiscal year 2023.’’. graduate high school, as measured by— professionals and specialized instructional sup- ‘‘(I) the four-year adjusted cohort graduation port personnel)’’ after ‘‘supportive personnel’’; TITLE I—CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ASSISTANCE TO THE STATES rate (defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. (21) by adding at the end the following: PART A—ALLOTMENT AND ALLOCATION 7801)); and ‘‘(48) UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING.—The SEC. 110. RESERVATIONS AND STATE ALLOT- ‘‘(II) at the State’s discretion, the extended- term ‘universal design for learning’ has the MENT. year adjusted cohort graduation rate defined in meaning given the term in section 8101 of the El- Paragraph (5) of section 111(a) (20 U.S.C. such section 8101 (20 U.S.C. 7801). ementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 2321(a)) is amended— ‘‘(ii) CTE concentrator attainment of chal- (20 U.S.C. 7801). (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘No lenging State academic standards adopted by ‘‘(49) WORK-BASED LEARNING.—The term State’’ and inserting ‘‘For each of fiscal years the State under section 1111(b)(1) of the Elemen- ‘work-based learning’ means sustained inter- 2018, 2019, and 2020, no State’’; tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 actions with industry or community profes- (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub- U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)), and measured by the aca- sionals in real workplace settings, to the extent paragraph (C); demic assessments described in section 1111(b)(2) practicable, or simulated environments at an (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A), as of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)). educational institution that foster in-depth, amended by paragraph (1), the following: ‘‘(iii) The percentage of CTE concentrators first-hand engagement with the tasks required ‘‘(B) FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND EACH SUCCEEDING who, in the second quarter following the pro- of a given career field, that are aligned to cur- FISCAL YEAR.—For fiscal year 2021 and each of gram year after exiting from secondary edu- riculum and instruction.’’. the succeeding fiscal years, no State shall re- cation, are in postsecondary education or ad- SEC. 8. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. ceive an allotment under this section for a fiscal vanced training, military service, or unsub- Section 4 (20 U.S.C. 2303) is amended— year that is less than 90 percent of the allotment sidized employment.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.015 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5070 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 ‘‘(iv) Not less than one indicator of career and performance identified under this clause shall be (B) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘informa- technical education program quality that— considered to be the State adjusted levels of per- tion on the levels of performance achieved by ‘‘(I) shall include, not less than one of the fol- formance for the State for such years and shall the State with respect to the additional indica- lowing— be incorporated into the State plan. tors of performance, including the’’ and insert- ‘‘(aa) the percentage of CTE concentrators, as ‘‘(iii) REPORTING.—The eligible agency shall, ing ‘‘the’’; and defined in section 3(11)(A)(ii), graduating from for each year described in clauses (i) and (iii), (C) in paragraph (2)(A)— high school having attained recognized postsec- publicly report and widely disseminate the State (i) by striking ‘‘categories’’ and inserting ondary credentials; levels of performance described in this subpara- ‘‘subgroups’’; ‘‘(bb) the percentage of CTE concentrators, as graph. (ii) by striking ‘‘section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i)’’ and defined in section 3(11)(A)(ii), graduating from ‘‘(iv) REVISIONS.—If unanticipated cir- inserting ‘‘section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii)’’; and high school having attained postsecondary cred- cumstances arise in a State, the eligible agency (iii) by striking ‘‘section 3(29)’’ and inserting its in the relevant career and technical edu- may revise the State adjusted levels of perform- ‘‘section 3(40)’’. cational program or program of study earned ance required under this subparagraph, and SEC. 113. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES. through dual and concurrent enrollment or an- submit such revised levels of performance with Section 114 (20 U.S.C. 2324) is amended— other credit transfer agreement; or evidence supporting the revision and dem- (1) in subsection (a)— ‘‘(cc) the percentage of CTE concentrators, as onstrating public consultation, in a manner (A) in paragraph (1)— defined in section 3(11)(A)(ii), graduating from consistent with the procedure described in sub- (i) by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall’’ the first high school having participated in work-based sections (d) and (f) of section 122.’’; place it appears and inserting ‘‘The Secretary learning; and (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and insert- shall, in consultation with the Director of the ‘‘(II) may include any other measure of stu- ing the following: Institute for Education Sciences,’’; and dent success in career and technical education ‘‘(B) ACTUAL LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE.—At (ii) by inserting ‘‘from eligible agencies under that is statewide, valid, and reliable. the end of each program year, the eligible agen- section 113(c)’’ after ‘‘pursuant to this title’’; ‘‘(v) The percentage of CTE concentrators, as cy shall determine actual levels of performance and defined in section 3(11)(A)(ii), in career and on each of the core indicators of performance (B) by striking paragraph (3); technical education programs and programs of and publicly report and widely disseminate the (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol- study that lead to nontraditional fields. actual levels of performance described in this lows: ‘‘(B) CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE FOR subparagraph.’’; and ‘‘(b) REASONABLE COST.—The Secretary shall CTE CONCENTRATORS AT THE POSTSECONDARY (iii) by adding at the end the following: take such action as may be necessary to secure LEVEL.—Each eligible agency shall identify in ‘‘(C) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEVELS OF PERFORM- at reasonable cost the information required by the State plan core indicators of performance for ANCE.—An eligible agency shall establish State this title. To ensure reasonable cost, the Sec- CTE concentrators at the postsecondary level levels of performance under subparagraph (A) retary, in consultation with the National Center that are valid and reliable, and that include, at in a manner consistent with the procedure for Education Statistics and the Office of Ca- a minimum, measures of each of the following: adopted by the eligible agency under section ‘‘(i) The percentage of CTE concentrators, 122(d)(9).’’; and reer, Technical, and Adult Education shall de- who, during the second quarter after program (E) in paragraph (4)— termine the methodology to be used and the fre- completion, are in education or training activi- (i) in subparagraph (A)— quency with which such information is to be ties, advanced training, or unsubsidized employ- (I) in clause (i)(I), by striking ‘‘consistent collected.’’; ment. with the State levels of performance established (3) in subsection (c)— ‘‘(ii) The median earnings of CTE concentra- under paragraph (3), so as’’ and inserting ‘‘con- (A) in paragraph (1)— tors in unsubsidized employment two quarters sistent with the form expressed in the State lev- (i) by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’; after program completion. els, so as’’; (ii) by striking ‘‘, directly or through grants, ‘‘(iii) The percentage of CTE concentrators (II) by striking clause (i)(II) and inserting the contracts, or cooperative agreements,’’ and in- who receive a recognized postsecondary creden- following: serting ‘‘directly or through grants’’; and tial during participation in or within 1 year of ‘‘(II) be sufficiently ambitious to allow for (iii) by striking ‘‘and assessment’’; and program completion. meaningful evaluation of program quality.’’; (B) in paragraph (2)— ‘‘(iv) The percentage of CTE concentrators in (III) in clause (iv)— (i) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘, acting career and technical education programs and (aa) by striking ‘‘third and fifth program through the Director of the Institute for Edu- programs of study that lead to nontraditional years’’ and inserting ‘‘third program year’’; and cation Sciences,’’ after ‘‘describe how the Sec- fields. (bb) by striking ‘‘corresponding’’ before ‘‘sub- retary’’; and sequent program years’’; ‘‘(C) ALIGNMENT OF PERFORMANCE INDICA- (ii) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘, in (IV) in clause (v)— TORS.—In developing core indicators of perform- consultation with the Director of the Institute (aa) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subclause ance under subparagraphs (A) and (B), an eligi- for Education Sciences,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary’’; (I); ble agency shall, to the greatest extent possible, (4) in subsection (d)— (bb) by redesignating subclause (II) as sub- align the indicators so that substantially similar (A) in paragraph (1)— clause (III); information gathered for other State and Fed- (i) in subparagraph (A)— (cc) by inserting after subclause (I) the fol- (I) by inserting ‘‘, acting through the Director eral programs, or for any other purpose, may be lowing: used to meet the requirements of this section.’’; of the Institute for Education Sciences,’’ after ‘‘(II) local economic conditions;’’; ‘‘The Secretary’’; (D) in paragraph (3)— (dd) in subclause (III), as so redesignated, by (II) by inserting ‘‘and the plan developed (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as striking ‘‘promote continuous improvement on under subsection (c)’’ after ‘‘described in para- follows: the core indicators of performance by the eligi- graph (2)’’; and ‘‘(A) STATE ADJUSTED LEVELS OF PERFORM- ble recipient.’’ and inserting ‘‘advance the eligi- (III) by striking ‘‘assessment’’ each place such ANCE FOR CORE INDICATORS OF PERFORMANCE.— ble recipient’s accomplishments of the goals set ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Each eligible agency, with term appears and inserting ‘‘evaluation’’; and forth in the local application; and’’; and (ii) in subparagraph (B)— input from eligible recipients, shall establish (ee) by adding at the end the following: (I) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and in- and identify in the State plan submitted under ‘‘(IV) the eligible recipient’s ability and ca- serting a semicolon; section 122, for the first 2 program years covered pacity to collect and access valid, reliable, and (II) in clause (vi), by striking the period at the by the State plan, State levels of performance cost effective data.’’; for each of the core indicators of performance (V) in clause (vi), by inserting ‘‘or changes end and inserting ‘‘, which may include individ- described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para- occur related to improvements in data or meas- uals with expertise in addressing inequities in graph (2) for career and technical education ac- urement approaches,’’ after ‘‘factors described access to, and in opportunities for academic and tivities authorized under this title. The levels of in clause (v),’’; and technical skill attainment; and’’; and performance established under this subpara- (VI) by adding at the end the following: (III) by adding at the end the following: graph shall, at a minimum— ‘‘(vii) REPORTING.—The eligible recipient ‘‘(vii) representatives of special populations.’’; ‘‘(I) be expressed in a percentage or numerical shall, for each year described in clauses (iii) and (B) in paragraph (2)— form, so as to be objective, quantifiable, and (iv), publicly report the local levels of perform- (i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AND ASSESS- measurable; and ance described in this subparagraph.’’; MENT’’; ‘‘(II) be sufficiently ambitious to allow for (ii) by striking subparagraph (B) and redesig- (ii) in subparagraph (A)— meaningful evaluation of program quality. nating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); (I) by inserting ‘‘, acting through the Director ‘‘(ii) STATE ADJUSTED LEVELS OF PERFORM- and of the Institute for Education Sciences,’’ after ANCE FOR SUBSEQUENT YEARS.—Prior to the (iii) in clause (ii)(I) of subparagraph (B), as so ‘‘the Secretary’’; third program year covered by the State plan, redesignated— (II) by striking ‘‘an independent evaluation each eligible agency shall revise the State levels (I) by striking ‘‘section 1111(h)(1)(C)(i)’’ and and assessment’’ and inserting ‘‘a series of re- of performance for each of the core indicators of inserting ‘‘section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii)’’; and search and evaluation initiatives for each year performance for the subsequent program years (II) by striking ‘‘section 3(29)’’ and inserting for which funds are appropriated to carry out covered by the State plan, taking into account ‘‘section 3(40)’’; and this Act, which are aligned with the plan in the extent to which such levels of performance (3) in subsection (c)— subsection (c)(2),’’; promote meaningful program improvement on (A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘STATE’’ be- (III) by striking ‘‘Carl D. Perkins Career and such indicators. The State adjusted levels of fore ‘‘REPORT’’; Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006’’

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.015 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5071 and inserting ‘‘Strengthening Career and Tech- (AA) by striking ‘‘assessment’’ and inserting ‘‘(III) a consortium of such local educational nical Education for the 21st Century Act’’; ‘‘evaluation and summary of research activities agencies or such institutions of higher edu- (IV) by striking ‘‘, contracts, and cooperative carried out under this section’’; and cation; agreements that are’’ and inserting ‘‘to institu- (BB) by striking ‘‘2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’; ‘‘(IV) a partnership between— tions of higher education or a consortia of one and ‘‘(aa) an educational service agency or a non- or more institutions of higher education and one (II) by adding after clause (ii) the following: profit organization; and or more private nonprofit organizations or agen- ‘‘(iii) DISSEMINATION.—In addition to submit- ‘‘(bb) such a local educational agency or such cies’’; and ting the reports required under clause (i), the an institution of higher education; or (V) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such Secretary shall disseminate the results of the ‘‘(V) a partnership between— evaluation shall, whenever possible, use the evaluation widely and on a timely basis in order ‘‘(aa) a grant recipient described in subclause most recent data available.’’; and to increase the understanding among State and (I) or (II); and (iii) by amending subparagraph (B) to read as local officials and educators of the effectiveness ‘‘(bb) a State educational agency. follows: of programs and activities supported under the ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding clause (i), ‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—The evaluation required Act and of the career and technical education the Secretary shall reduce the amount of funds under subparagraph (A) shall include descrip- programs that are most likely to produce posi- made available under such clause if the Sec- tions and evaluations of— tive educational and employment outcomes.’’; retary does not receive a sufficient number of ‘‘(i) the extent and success of the integration and applications of sufficient quality. of challenging State academic standards adopt- (C) by striking paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) ‘‘(F) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that ed under 1111(b)(1) of the Elementary and Sec- and inserting the following: is awarded a grant under this paragraph shall ‘‘(3) INNOVATION.— ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. use the grant funds, in a manner consistent ‘‘(A) GRANT PROGRAM.—To identify and sup- with subparagraph (A)(i), to— 6311(b)(1)) and career and technical education port evidence-based and innovative strategies for students participating in career and tech- ‘‘(i) improve career and technical education and activities to improve career and technical outcomes of students served by eligible entities nical education programs, including a review of education and align workforce skills with labor the effect of such integration on the academic under this title; market needs as part of the plan developed ‘‘(ii) improve career and technical education and technical proficiency achievement of such under subsection (c) and the requirements of students (including the number of such students teacher effectiveness; this subsection, the Secretary may award grants ‘‘(iii) improve the transition of students from that receive a regular high school diploma, as to eligible entities to— secondary education to postsecondary education such term is defined under section 8101 of the ‘‘(i) create, develop, implement, or take to or employment; Elementary and Secondary Education Act of scale evidence-based, field initiated innovations, ‘‘(iv) improve the incorporation of comprehen- 1965 or a State-defined alternative diploma de- including through a pay for success initiative, sive work-based learning into career and tech- scribed in section 8101(25)(A)(ii)(I)(bb) of such to improve student outcomes in career and tech- nical education; Act (20 U.S.C. 7801(25)(A)(ii)(I)(bb))); nical education; and ‘‘(v) increase the effective use of technology ‘‘(ii) the extent to which career and technical ‘‘(ii) rigorously evaluate such innovations. within career and technical education pro- education programs and programs of study pre- ‘‘(B) MATCHING FUNDS.— grams; ‘‘(i) MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.—Except as pare students, including special populations, for ‘‘(vi) support new models for integrating aca- provided under clause (ii), to receive a grant subsequent employment in high-skill, high-wage demic content and career and technical edu- under this paragraph, an eligible entity shall, occupations (including those in which mathe- cation content in such programs; matics and science, which may include computer through cash or in-kind contributions, provide ‘‘(vii) support the development and enhance- science, skills are critical), or for participation matching funds from public or private sources in ment of innovative delivery models for career an amount equal to at least 50 percent of the in postsecondary education; and technical education; ‘‘(iii) employer involvement in, benefit from, funds provided under such grant. ‘‘(viii) work with industry to design and im- ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may waive and satisfaction with, career and technical edu- plement courses or programs of study aligned to the matching fund requirement under clause (i) cation programs and programs of study and ca- labor market needs in new or emerging fields; if the eligible entity demonstrates exceptional reer and technical education students’ prepara- ‘‘(ix) integrate science, technology, engineer- circumstances. tion for employment; ing, and mathematics fields, including computer ‘‘(C) APPLICATION.—To receive a grant under ‘‘(iv) efforts to expand access to career and science education, with career and technical technical education programs of study for all this paragraph, an eligible entity shall submit to the Secretary at such a time as the Secretary education; students; ‘‘(x) support innovative approaches to career ‘‘(v) innovative approaches to work-based may require, an application that— ‘‘(i) identifies and designates the agency, in- and technical education by redesigning the high learning programs that increase participation school experience for students, which may in- and alignment with employment in high-growth stitution, or school responsible for the adminis- tration and supervision of the program assisted clude evidence-based transitional support strate- industries, including in rural and low-income gies for students who have not met postsec- areas; under this paragraph; ‘‘(ii) identifies the source and amount of the ondary education eligibility requirements; ‘‘(vi) the extent to which career and technical matching funds required under subparagraph ‘‘(xi) improve CTE concentrator employment education programs supported by this Act are (B)(i); outcomes in nontraditional fields; or grounded on evidence-based research; ‘‘(iii) describes how the eligible entity will use ‘‘(xii) support the use of career and technical ‘‘(vii) the impact of the amendments to this the grant funds, including how such funds will education programs and programs of study in a Act made under the Strengthening Career and directly benefit students, including special pop- coordinated strategy to address identified em- Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, ulations, served by the eligible entity; ployer needs and workforce shortages, such as including comparisons, where appropriate, of— ‘‘(iv) describes how the program assisted shortages in the early childhood, elementary ‘‘(I) the use of the comprehensive needs as- under this paragraph will be coordinated with school, and secondary school education work- sessment under section 134(b); the activities carried out under section 124 or force. ‘‘(II) the implementation of programs of study; 135; ‘‘(G) EVALUATION.—Each eligible entity re- and ‘‘(v) describes how the program assisted under ceiving a grant under this paragraph shall pro- ‘‘(III) coordination of planning and program this paragraph aligns with the single plan de- vide for an independent evaluation of the activi- delivery with other relevant laws, including the scribed in subsection (c); and ties carried out using such grant and submit to Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 ‘‘(vi) describes how the program assisted the Secretary an annual report that includes— U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and the Elementary and Sec- under this paragraph will be evaluated and how ‘‘(i) a description of how funds received under ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et that evaluation may inform the report described this paragraph were used; seq.); in subsection (d)(2)(C). ‘‘(ii) the performance of the eligible entity ‘‘(viii) changes in career and technical edu- ‘‘(D) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under with respect to, at a minimum, the performance cation program accountability as described in this paragraph, the Secretary shall give priority indicators described under section 113, as appli- section 113 and any effects of such changes on to applications from eligible entities that will cable, and disaggregated by— program delivery and program quality; and predominantly serve students from low-income ‘‘(I) subgroups of students described in section ‘‘(ix) changes in student enrollment pat- families. 1111(c)(2)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary terns.’’; and ‘‘(E) GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY.— Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(c)(2)(B)); (iv) in subparagraph (C)— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants under ‘‘(II) special populations; and (I) in clause (i)— this paragraph, the Secretary shall award no ‘‘(III) as appropriate, each career and tech- (aa) by inserting ‘‘, in consultation with the less than 25 percent of the total available funds nical education program and program of study; Director of the Institute for Education for any fiscal year to eligible entities proposing and Sciences,’’ after ‘‘The Secretary’’; to fund career and technical education activities ‘‘(iii) a quantitative analysis of the effective- (bb) in subclause (I)— that serve— ness of the project carried out under this para- (AA) by striking ‘‘assessment’’ and inserting ‘‘(I) a local educational agency with an graph.’’; and ‘‘evaluation and summary of research activities urban-centric district locale code of 32, 33, 41, (5) by striking subsection (e) and inserting the carried out under this section’’; and 42, or 43, as determined by the Secretary; following: (BB) by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; ‘‘(II) an institution of higher education pri- ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— and marily serving the one or more areas served by There are authorized to be appropriated to carry (cc) in subclause (II)— such a local educational agency; out this section—

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.015 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5072 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 ‘‘(1) $7,523,285 for fiscal year 2018; ‘‘(ii) interested community representatives, in- ‘‘(vii) support effective and meaningful col- ‘‘(2) $7,626,980 for fiscal year 2019; cluding parents and students; laboration between secondary schools, postsec- ‘‘(3) $7,732,104 for fiscal year 2020; ‘‘(iii) the State workforce development board ondary institutions, and employers, which may ‘‘(4) $7,838,677 for fiscal year 2021; described in section 101 of the Workforce Inno- include the development of articulation agree- ‘‘(5) $7,946,719 for fiscal year 2022; and vation and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3111); ments described in section 124(b)(3); and ‘‘(6) $8,056,251 for fiscal year 2023.’’. ‘‘(iv) representatives of special populations; ‘‘(viii) improve outcomes for CTE concentra- SEC. 114. ASSISTANCE FOR THE OUTLYING ‘‘(v) representatives of business and industry tors, including those who are members of special AREAS. (including representatives of small business), populations; Section 115 (20 U.S.C. 2325) is amended— which shall include representatives of industry ‘‘(5) a description of the criteria and process (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘subject to and sector partnerships in the State, as appro- for how the eligible agency will approve eligible subsection (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subject to sub- priate, and representatives of labor organiza- recipients for funds under this Act, including section (b)’’; tions in the State; how— (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c); and ‘‘(vi) representatives of agencies serving out- ‘‘(A) each eligible recipient will promote aca- (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub- of-school youth, homeless children and youth, demic achievement; section (b). and at-risk youth; and ‘‘(B) each eligible recipient will promote skill ‘‘(vii) representatives of Indian tribes located SEC. 115. TRIBALLY CONTROLLED POSTSEC- attainment, including skill attainment that ONDARY CAREER AND TECHNICAL in the State; and leads to a recognized postsecondary credential; INSTITUTIONS. ‘‘(B) consult the Governor of the State, and and Section 117(i) (20 U.S.C. 2327(i)) is amended to the heads of other State agencies with authority ‘‘(C) each eligible recipient will ensure the read as follows: for career and technical education programs local needs assessment under section 134 takes ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— that are not the eligible agency, with respect to into consideration local economic and education There are authorized to be appropriated to carry the development of the State plan. needs, including where appropriate, in-demand out this section— ‘‘(2) ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES.—The eligi- industry sectors and occupations; ‘‘(1) $8,400,208 for fiscal year 2018; ble agency shall develop effective activities and ‘‘(6) a description of how the eligible agency ‘‘(2) $8,515,989 for fiscal year 2019; procedures, including access to information will support the recruitment and preparation of ‘‘(3) $8,633,367 for fiscal year 2020; needed to use such procedures, to allow the in- teachers, including special education teachers, ‘‘(4) $8,752,362 for fiscal year 2021; dividuals and entities described in paragraph (1) faculty, administrators, specialized instructional ‘‘(5) $8,872,998 for fiscal year 2022; and to participate in State and local decisions that support personnel, and paraprofessionals to ‘‘(6) $8,995,296 for fiscal year 2023.’’. relate to development of the State plan. provide career and technical education instruc- ‘‘(d) PLAN CONTENTS.—The State plan shall tion, leadership, and support; SEC. 116. OCCUPATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT IN- include— ‘‘(7) a description of how the eligible agency FORMATION. ‘‘(1) a summary of State-supported workforce will use State leadership funding to meet the re- Section 118 (20 U.S.C. 2328) is repealed. development activities (including education and quirements of section 124(b); PART B—STATE PROVISIONS training) in the State, including the degree to ‘‘(8) a description of how funds received by which the State’s career and technical edu- SEC. 121. STATE PLAN. the eligible agency through the allotment made cation programs and programs of study are Section 122 (20 U.S.C. 2342) is amended— under section 111 will be distributed— aligned with such activities; (1) in subsection (a)— ‘‘(A) among career and technical education at ‘‘(2) the State’s strategic vision and set of (A) in paragraph (1)— the secondary level, or career and technical edu- goals for preparing an educated and skilled (i) by striking ‘‘6-year period’’ and inserting cation at the postsecondary and adult level, or workforce (including special populations) and ‘‘4-year period’’; and both, including how such distribution will most for meeting the skilled workforce needs of em- (ii) by striking ‘‘Carl D. Perkins Career and effectively provide students with the skills need- ployers, including in-demand industry sectors Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006’’ ed to succeed in the workplace; and and occupations as identified by the State, and and inserting ‘‘Strengthening Career and Tech- ‘‘(B) among any consortia that may be formed how the State’s career and technical education nical Education for the 21st Century Act’’; among secondary schools and eligible institu- (B) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘6-year programs will help to meet these goals; ‘‘(3) a summary of the strategic planning ele- tions, and how funds will be distributed among period’’ and inserting ‘‘4-year period’’; and the members of the consortia, including the ra- (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘(including ments of the unified State plan required under section 102(b)(1) of the Workforce Innovation tionale for such distribution and how it will charter school’’ and all that follows through most effectively provide students with the skills ‘‘and community organizations)’’ and inserting and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3112(b)(1)), in- cluding the elements related to system alignment needed to succeed in the workplace; ‘‘(including teachers, faculty, specialized in- ‘‘(9) a description of the procedure the eligible under section 102(b)(2)(B) of such Act (29 U.S.C. structional support personnel, paraprofes- agency will adopt for determining State ad- sionals, school leaders, authorized public char- 3112(b)(2)(B)); ‘‘(4) a description of the career and technical justed levels of performance described in section tering agencies, and charter school leaders, con- 113, which at a minimum shall include— sistent with State law, employers, labor organi- education programs or programs of study that will be supported, developed, or improved, in- ‘‘(A) consultation with stakeholders identified zations, parents, students, and community orga- in paragraph (1); nizations)’’; and cluding descriptions of— ‘‘(A) the programs of study to be developed at ‘‘(B) opportunities for the public to comment (2) by amending subsections (b), (c), (d), and the State level and made available for adoption in person and in writing on the State adjusted (e) to read as follows: by eligible recipients; levels of performance included in the State plan; ‘‘(b) OPTIONS FOR SUBMISSION OF STATE ‘‘(B) the process and criteria to be used for and PLAN.— approving locally developed programs of study ‘‘(C) submission of public comment on State ‘‘(1) COMBINED PLAN.—The eligible agency or career pathways, including how such pro- adjusted levels of performance as part of the may submit a combined plan that meets the re- grams address State workforce development and State plan; and quirements of this section and the requirements education needs; and ‘‘(10) assurances that— of section 103 of the Workforce Innovation and ‘‘(C) how the eligible agency will— ‘‘(A) the eligible agency will comply with the Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3113), unless the eli- ‘‘(i) make information on approved programs requirements of this Act and the provisions of gible agency opts to submit a single plan under of study and career pathways, including career the State plan, including the provision of a fi- paragraph (2) and informs the Secretary of such exploration, work-based learning opportunities, nancial audit of funds received under this Act, decision. dual and concurrent enrollment opportunities, which may be included as part of an audit of ‘‘(2) SINGLE PLAN.—If the eligible agency and guidance and advisement resources, avail- other Federal or State programs; elects not to submit a combined plan as de- able to students and parents; ‘‘(B) none of the funds expended under this scribed in paragraph (1), such eligible agency ‘‘(ii) ensure nonduplication of eligible recipi- Act will be used to acquire equipment (including shall submit a single State plan. ents’ development of programs of study and ca- computer software) in any instance in which ‘‘(c) PLAN DEVELOPMENT.— reer pathways; such acquisition results in a direct financial ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The eligible agency shall— ‘‘(iii) determine alignment of eligible recipi- benefit to any organization representing the in- ‘‘(A) develop the State plan in consultation ents’ programs of study to the State, regional or terests of the acquiring entity or the employees with— local economy, including in-demand fields and of the acquiring entity, or any affiliate of such ‘‘(i) representatives of secondary and postsec- occupations identified by the State workforce an organization; ondary career and technical education pro- development board as appropriate; ‘‘(C) the eligible agency will use the funds to grams, including eligible recipients and rep- ‘‘(iv) provide equal access to activities assisted promote preparation for high-skill, high-wage, resentatives of 2-year Minority-Serving Institu- under this Act for special populations; or in-demand occupations and nontraditional tions and Historically Black Colleges and Uni- ‘‘(v) coordinate with the State workforce fields, as identified by the State; versities in States where such institutions are in board to support the local development of career ‘‘(D) the eligible agency will use the funds existence, and charter school representatives in pathways and articulate processes by which ca- provided under this Act to implement career and States where such schools are in existence, reer pathways will be developed by local work- technical education programs and programs of which shall include teachers, faculty, school force development boards; study for individuals in State correctional insti- leaders, specialized instructional support per- ‘‘(vi) use State, regional, or local labor market tutions, including juvenile justice facilities; and sonnel (including guidance counselors), and data to align career and technical education ‘‘(E) the eligible agency will provide local edu- paraprofessionals; with State labor market needs; cational agencies, area career and technical

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.015 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5073 education schools, and eligible institutions in at least 90 percent of the State adjusted level of course development, and career exploration, the State with technical assistance, including performance for the same core indicators of per- guidance, and advisement activities and re- technical assistance on how to close gaps in stu- formance for which the plan is revised.’’; sources; dent participation and performance in career (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as sub- ‘‘(2) approving locally developed programs of and technical education programs. paragraph (C); study that meet the requirements established in ‘‘(e) CONSULTATION.— (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A), the section 122(d)(4)(B); ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The eligible agency shall following: ‘‘(3) establishing statewide articulation agree- develop the portion of each State plan relating ‘‘(B) REVISED PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT ments aligned to approved programs of study; to the amount and uses of any funds proposed PLAN IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary shall ‘‘(4) establishing statewide partnerships to be reserved for adult career and technical provide technical assistance, monitoring, and among local educational agencies, institutions education, postsecondary career and technical oversight to each eligible agency with a plan re- of higher education, and employers, including education, and secondary career and technical vised under subparagraph (A)(i) until such small businesses, to develop and implement pro- education after consultation with the— agency meets the requirements of subparagraph grams of study aligned to State and local eco- ‘‘(A) State agency responsible for supervision (A)(ii).’’; and nomic and education needs, including as appro- of community colleges, technical institutes, or (iv) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by priate, in-demand industry sectors and occupa- other 2-year postsecondary institutions pri- clause (ii), by striking ‘‘sanction in’’ and insert- tions;’’; and marily engaged in providing postsecondary ca- ing ‘‘requirements of’’; and (B) by striking paragraphs (6) through (9) and reer and technical education; (D) by striking paragraph (4); inserting the following: ‘‘(B) the State agency responsible for sec- (2) in subsection (b)— ‘‘(6) support services for individuals in State ondary education; and (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the eligible institutions, such as State correctional institu- ‘‘(C) the State agency responsible for adult agency, appropriate agencies, individuals, and tions, including juvenile justice facilities, and education. organizations’’ and inserting ‘‘local stake- educational institutions that serve individuals ‘‘(2) OBJECTIONS OF STATE AGENCIES.—If a holders included in section 134(d)(1)’’; with disabilities; ‘‘(7) for faculty and teachers providing career State agency other than the eligible agency (B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘shall work and technical education instruction, support finds that a portion of the final State plan is ob- with the eligible recipient to implement improve- services, and specialized instructional support jectionable, that objection shall be filed together ment activities consistent with the requirements services, high-quality comprehensive profes- with the State plan. The eligible agency shall of this Act.’’ and inserting ‘‘shall provide tech- sional development that is, to the extent prac- respond to any objections of such State agency nical assistance to assist the eligible recipient in ticable, grounded in evidence-based research (to in the State plan submitted to the Secretary. meeting its responsibilities under section 134.’’; the extent a State determines that such evidence ‘‘(f) PLAN APPROVAL.— (C) in paragraph (4)— is reasonably available) that identifies the most ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap- (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as effective educator professional development prove a State plan not later than 120 days after follows: process and is coordinated and aligned with its submission to the Secretary unless the Sec- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the eligible recipient other professional development activities carried retary— fails to make any improvement in meeting any out by the State (including under title II of the ‘‘(A) determines that the State plan does not of the local adjusted levels of performance for Elementary and Secondary Education Act of meet the requirements of this Act, including the any of the core indicators of performance identi- 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6601 et seq.) and title II of the requirements described in section 113; and fied under paragraph (2) during a number of Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021 et ‘‘(B) meets the requirements of paragraph (2) years determined by the eligible agency, the eli- with respect to such plan. seq.)), including programming that— gible recipient— ‘‘(A) promotes the integration of the chal- ‘‘(2) DISAPPROVAL.—The Secretary shall— ‘‘(i) shall revise the improvement plan de- ‘‘(A) have the authority to disapprove a State lenging State academic standards adopted by scribed in paragraph (2) to address the reasons plan only if the Secretary— the State under section 1111(b)(1) of the Elemen- for such failure; and ‘‘(i) determines how the State plan fails to tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 ‘‘(ii) shall continue to implement such im- meet the requirements of this Act; and U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)) and relevant technical knowl- provement plan until such recipient meets at ‘‘(ii) provides to the eligible agency, in writ- edge and skills; least 90 percent of an agreed upon local ad- ing, notice of such determination and the sup- ‘‘(B) prepares career and technical education justed level of performance for the same core in- porting information and rationale to substan- teachers, faculty, specialized instructional sup- dicators of performance for which the plan is re- tiate such determination; and port personnel, and paraprofessionals to provide ‘‘(B) not finally disapprove a State plan, ex- vised.’’; and appropriate accommodations for students who cept after making the determination and pro- (ii) in subparagraph (B)— are members of special populations, including viding the information described in subpara- (I) in the matter preceding clause (i)— through the use of principles of universal design graph (A), and giving the eligible agency notice (aa) by striking ‘‘In determining whether to for learning; and and an opportunity for a hearing.’’. impose sanctions under subparagraph (A), the’’ ‘‘(C) increases understanding of industry and inserting ‘‘The’’; and standards, as appropriate, for faculty providing SEC. 122. IMPROVEMENT PLANS. (bb) by striking ‘‘waive imposing sanctions’’ Section 123 (20 U.S.C. 2343) is amended— career and technical education instruction; and and inserting ‘‘waive the requirements of sub- ‘‘(8) technical assistance for eligible recipi- (1) in subsection (a)— paragraph (A)’’; (A) in paragraph (1)— ents.’’; and (II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; (3) in subsection (c), by striking paragraphs (i) by striking ‘‘percent of an agreed upon’’ (III) in clause (ii), by striking the period at (1) through (17) and inserting the following: and inserting ‘‘percent of the’’; and the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and ‘‘(1) awarding incentive grants to eligible re- (ii) by striking ‘‘appropriate agencies,’’ and (IV) by adding at the end the following: cipients— inserting ‘‘appropriate State agencies,’’; ‘‘(A) for exemplary performance in carrying (B) in paragraph (2)— ‘‘(iii) in response to a public request from an out programs under this Act, which awards (i) by striking ‘‘purposes of this Act,’’ and in- eligible recipient consistent with clauses (i) and (ii).’’; and shall be based on— serting ‘‘purposes of this section, including after ‘‘(i) eligible recipients exceeding the local ad- implementation of the improvement plan de- (D) by striking paragraph (5); and (3) by adding at the end the following: justed level of performance established under scribed in paragraph (1),’’ and section 113(b)(4)(A) in a manner that reflects (ii) by striking ‘‘work with the eligible agen- ‘‘(c) PLAN DEVELOPMENT.—Except for con- sultation described in subsection (b)(2), the sustained or significant improvement; cy’’ and inserting ‘‘provide the eligible agency ‘‘(ii) eligible recipients effectively developing technical assistance’’; and State and local improvement plans, and the ele- ments of such plans, required under this section connections between secondary education and (C) in paragraph (3)— postsecondary education and training; (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as shall be developed solely by the eligible agency or the eligible recipient, respectively.’’. ‘‘(iii) the integration of academic and tech- follows: nical standards; ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the eligible agency fails SEC. 123. STATE LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES. ‘‘(iv) eligible recipients’ progress in closing to make any improvement in meeting any of the Section 124 (20 U.S.C. 2344) is amended— achievement gaps among subpopulations who State adjusted levels of performance for any of (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘shall con- participate in programs of study; or the core indicators of performance identified duct State leadership activities.’’ and inserting ‘‘(v) other factors relating to the performance under paragraph (1) during the first 2 years of ‘‘shall— of eligible recipients under this Act as the eligi- implementation of the improvement plan re- ‘‘(1) conduct State leadership activities di- ble agency determines are appropriate; or quired under paragraph (1), the eligible agen- rectly; and ‘‘(B) if an eligible recipient elects to use funds cy— ‘‘(2) report on the effectiveness of such use of as permitted under section 135(c); ‘‘(i) shall develop and implement, in consulta- funds in achieving the goals described in section ‘‘(2) providing support for the adoption and tion with the stakeholders described in section 122(d)(2) and the State adjusted levels of per- integration of recognized postsecondary creden- 122(c)(1)(A), a revised improvement plan (with formance described in section 113(b)(3)(A).’’; tials or for consultation and coordination with special consideration of performance gaps iden- (2) in subsection (b)— other State agencies for the identification, con- tified under section 113(c)(2)(B)) to address the (A) by striking paragraphs (1) through (4) and solidation, or elimination of licenses or certifi- reasons for such failure; and inserting the following: cations which pose an unnecessary barrier to ‘‘(ii) shall continue to implement such im- ‘‘(1) developing statewide programs of study, entry for aspiring workers and provide limited provement plan until the eligible agency meets which may include standards, curriculum, and consumer protection;

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.015 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5074 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 ‘‘(3) the creation, implementation, and sup- ‘‘(1) a description of the results of the com- ‘‘(1) representatives of career and technical port of pay-for-success initiatives leading to rec- prehensive needs assessment conducted under education programs in a local educational agen- ognized postsecondary credentials; subsection (c); cy or educational service agency, including ‘‘(4) support for career and technical edu- ‘‘(2) information on the programs of study ap- teachers and administrators; cation programs for adults and out-of-school proved by a State under section 124(b)(2) sup- ‘‘(2) representatives of career and technical youth concurrent with their completion of their ported by the eligible recipient with funds under education programs at postsecondary edu- secondary school education in a school or other this part, including— cational institutions, including faculty and ad- educational setting; ‘‘(A) how the results of the comprehensive ministrators; ‘‘(5) the creation, evaluation, and support of needs assessment described in subsection (c) in- ‘‘(3) representatives of State or local workforce competency-based curricula; formed the selection of the specific career and development boards and a range of local or re- ‘‘(6) support for the development, implementa- technical education programs and activities se- gional businesses or industries; tion, and expansion of programs of study or ca- lected to be funded; and ‘‘(4) parents and students; reer pathways in areas declared to be in a state ‘‘(B) a description of any new programs of ‘‘(5) representatives of special populations; of emergency under section 501 of the Robert T. study the eligible recipient will develop and sub- and Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist- mit to the State for approval; ‘‘(6) representatives of local agencies serving ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191); ‘‘(3) a description of how the eligible recipient out-of-school youth, homeless children and ‘‘(7) providing support for dual or concurrent will provide— youth, and at-risk youth (as defined in section enrollment programs, such as early college high ‘‘(A) career exploration and career develop- 1432 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- schools; ment coursework, activities, or services; cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6472)). ‘‘(e) CONTINUED CONSULTATION.—An eligible ‘‘(8) improvement of career guidance and aca- ‘‘(B) career information; and ‘‘(C) an organized system of career guidance recipient receiving financial assistance under demic counseling programs that assist students and academic counseling to students before en- this part shall consult with the entities de- in making informed academic and career and rolling and while participating in a career and scribed in subsection (d) on an ongoing basis technical education decisions, including aca- technical education program; and to— demic and financial aid counseling; ‘‘(4) a description of how the eligible recipient ‘‘(1) provide input on annual updates to the ‘‘(9) support for the integration of employ- will— comprehensive needs assessment required under ability skills into career and technical education ‘‘(A) provide activities to prepare special pop- subsection (c); programs and programs of study; ulations for high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand ‘‘(2) ensure programs of study are— ‘‘(10) support for programs and activities that occupations that will lead to self-sufficiency; ‘‘(A) responsive to community employment increase access, student engagement, and suc- and needs; cess in science, technology, engineering, and ‘‘(B) prepare CTE participants for nontradi- ‘‘(B) aligned with employment priorities in the mathematics fields (including computer science), tional fields. State, regional, or local economy identified by particularly for students who are members of ‘‘(c) COMPREHENSIVE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.— employers and the entities described in sub- groups underrepresented in such subject fields, ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive fi- section (d), which may include in-demand in- such as female students, minority students, and nancial assistance under this part, an eligible dustry sectors or occupations identified by the students who are members of special popu- recipient shall— local workforce development board; lations; ‘‘(A) conduct a comprehensive local needs as- ‘‘(C) informed by labor market information, ‘‘(11) support for career and technical student sessment related to career and technical edu- including information provided under section organizations, especially with respect to efforts cation; and 15(e)(2)(C) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. to increase the participation of students who are ‘‘(B) not less than once every 2 years, update 491–2(e)(2)(C)); members of special populations; such comprehensive local needs assessment. ‘‘(D) designed to meet current, intermediate, ‘‘(12) support for establishing and expanding ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The comprehensive local or long-term labor market projections; and work-based learning opportunities; needs assessment described under paragraph (1) ‘‘(E) allow employer input, including input ‘‘(13) support for preparing, retaining, and shall include— from industry or sector partnerships in the local training of career and technical education ‘‘(A) an evaluation of the performance of the area, where applicable, into the development teachers, faculty, specialized instructional sup- students served by the eligible recipient with re- and implementation of programs of study to en- port personnel, and paraprofessionals, such as spect to State and local adjusted levels of per- sure programs align with skills required by local preservice, professional development, and lead- formance established pursuant to section 113, employment opportunities, including activities ership development programs; including an evaluation of performance for spe- such as the identification of relevant standards, ‘‘(14) integrating and aligning programs of cial populations; curriculum, industry-recognized credentials, study and career pathways; ‘‘(B) a description of how career and technical and current technology and equipment; ‘‘(15) supporting the use of career and tech- education programs offered by the eligible re- ‘‘(3) identify and encourage opportunities for nical education programs and programs of study cipient are— work-based learning; and aligned with State, regional, or local in-demand ‘‘(i) sufficient in size, scope, and quality to ‘‘(4) ensure funding under this part is used in industry sectors or occupations identified by meet the needs of all students served by the eli- a coordinated manner with other local re- State or local workforce development boards; gible recipient; and sources.’’. ‘‘(16) making all forms of instructional con- ‘‘(ii)(I) aligned to State, regional, or local in- SEC. 132. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS. tent widely available, which may include use of demand industry sectors or occupations identi- Section 135 (20 U.S.C. 2355) is amended to read open educational resources; fied by the State or local workforce development as follows: ‘‘(17) support for the integration of arts and board, including career pathways, where appro- ‘‘SEC. 135. LOCAL USES OF FUNDS. design skills, when appropriate, into career and priate; or ‘‘(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—Each eligible re- technical education programs and programs of ‘‘(II) designed to meet local education or eco- cipient that receives funds under this part shall study; and nomic needs not identified by State or local use such funds to develop, coordinate, imple- ‘‘(18) support for accelerated learning pro- workforce development boards; ment, or improve career and technical education grams (described in section 4104(b)(3)(A)(i)(IV) ‘‘(C) an evaluation of progress toward the im- programs to meet the needs identified in the of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act plementation of career and technical education comprehensive needs assessment described in of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7114(b)(3)(A)(i)(IV)) when any programs and programs of study; section 134(c). such program is part of a program of study.’’. ‘‘(D) an evaluation of strategies needed to ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR USES OF FUNDS.— overcome barriers that result in lowering rates PART C—LOCAL PROVISIONS Funds made available to eligible recipients of access to, or lowering success in, career and under this part shall be used to support career SEC. 131. LOCAL APPLICATION FOR CAREER AND technical education programs for special popu- and technical education programs that are of TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. lations, which may include strategies to estab- sufficient size, scope, and quality to be effective Section 134 (20 U.S.C. 2354) is amended— lish or utilize existing flexible learning and man- and— (1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘LOCAL ufacturing facilities, such as makerspaces; ‘‘(1) provide career exploration and career de- PLAN’’ and inserting ‘‘LOCAL APPLICA- ‘‘(E) a description of how the eligible recipient velopment activities through an organized, sys- TION’’; will improve recruitment, retention, and train- tematic framework designed to aid students, be- (2) in subsection (a)— ing of career and technical education teachers, fore enrolling and while participating in a ca- (A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘LOCAL PLAN’’ faculty, specialized instructional support per- reer and technical education program, in mak- and inserting ‘‘LOCAL APPLICATION’’; sonnel, paraprofessionals, and career, academic, ing informed plans and decisions about future (B) by striking ‘‘submit a local plan’’ and in- and guidance counselors, including individuals education and career opportunities and pro- serting ‘‘submit a local application’’; and in groups underrepresented in such professions; grams of study, which may include— (C) by striking ‘‘Such local plan’’ and insert- and ‘‘(A) introductory courses or activities focused ing ‘‘Such local application’’; and ‘‘(F) a description of how the eligible recipient on career exploration and career awareness; (3) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the will support the transition to teaching from ‘‘(B) readily available career and labor market following: business and industry. information, including information on— ‘‘(b) CONTENTS.—The eligible agency shall de- ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—In conducting the com- ‘‘(i) occupational supply and demand; termine the requirements for local applications, prehensive needs assessment under subsection ‘‘(ii) educational requirements; except that each local application shall con- (c), an eligible recipient shall involve a diverse ‘‘(iii) other information on careers aligned to tain— body of stakeholders, including, at a minimum— State or local economic priorities; and

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:27 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.015 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5075 ‘‘(iv) employment sectors; ‘‘(G) efforts to recruit and retain career and to receive its full allotment of funds under this ‘‘(C) programs and activities related to the de- technical education program administrators and Act for any fiscal year, the Secretary must find velopment of student graduation and career educators; that the State’s fiscal effort per student, or the plans; ‘‘(H) where applicable, coordination with aggregate expenditures of such State, with re- ‘‘(D) career guidance and academic counselors other education and workforce development pro- spect to career and technical education for the that provide information on postsecondary edu- grams and initiatives, including career path- preceding fiscal year was not less than the fiscal cation and career options; or ways and sector partnerships developed under effort per student, or the aggregate expenditures ‘‘(E) any other activity that advances knowl- the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of such State, for the second preceding fiscal edge of career opportunities and assists students (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and other Federal laws year.’’; in making informed decisions about future edu- and initiatives that provide students with tran- (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘shall cation and employment goals; sition-related services, including the Individuals exclude capital expenditures, special 1-time ‘‘(2) provide professional development for with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 project costs, and the cost of pilot programs.’’ teachers, principals, school leaders, administra- et seq.); and inserting ‘‘shall, at the request of the State, tors, faculty, and career and guidance coun- ‘‘(I) expanding opportunities for students to exclude competitive or incentive-based programs selors with respect to content and pedagogy participate in distance career and technical edu- established by the State, capital expenditures, that— cation and blended-learning programs; special one-time project costs, and the cost of ‘‘(A) supports individualized academic and ‘‘(J) expanding opportunities for students to pilot programs.’’; and career and technical education instructional ap- participate in competency-based education pro- (iii) by adding after subparagraph (C), the proaches, including the integration of academic grams; following new subparagraph: and career and technical education standards ‘‘(K) improving career guidance and academic ‘‘(D) ESTABLISHING THE STATE BASELINE.— and curriculum; counseling programs that assist students in ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subpara- ‘‘(B) ensures labor market information is used making informed academic and career and tech- graph (A), the State may— ‘‘(I) continue to use the State’s fiscal effort to inform the programs, guidance, and advise- nical education decisions, including academic per student, or aggregate expenditures of such ment offered to students; and financial aid counseling; State, with respect to career and technical edu- ‘‘(C) provides educators with opportunities to ‘‘(L) supporting the integration of employ- cation, as was in effect on the day before the advance knowledge, skills, and understanding ability skills into career and technical education date of enactment of the Strengthening Career of all aspects of an industry, including the lat- programs and programs of study; and Technical Education for the 21st Century est workplace equipment, technologies, stand- ‘‘(M) supporting programs and activities that increase access, student engagement, and suc- Act; or ards, and credentials; ‘‘(II) establish a new level of fiscal effort per cess in science, technology, engineering, and ‘‘(D) supports administrators in managing ca- student, or aggregate expenditures of such mathematics fields (including computer science) reer and technical education programs in the State, with respect to career and technical edu- for students who are members of groups under- schools, institutions, or local educational agen- cation, which is not less than 90 percent of the cies of such administrators; represented in such subject fields; State’s fiscal effort per student, or the aggregate ‘‘(N) providing career and technical edu- ‘‘(E) supports the implementation of strategies expenditures of such State, with respect to ca- cation, in a school or other educational setting, to improve student achievement and close gaps reer and technical education for the preceding for adults or a school-aged individual who has in student participation and performance in ca- fiscal year. reer and technical education programs; and dropped out of a secondary school to complete ‘‘(ii) AMOUNT.—The amount of the new level ‘‘(F) provides educators with opportunities to secondary school education or upgrade tech- described in clause (i)(II) shall be the State’s fis- advance knowledge, skills, and understanding nical skills; cal effort per student, or aggregate expenditures in pedagogical practices, including, to the ex- ‘‘(O) career and technical student organiza- of such State, with respect to career and tech- tent the eligible recipient determines that such tions, including student preparation for and nical education, for the first full fiscal year fol- evidence is reasonably available, evidence-based participation in technical skills competitions lowing the enactment of the Strengthening Ca- pedagogical practices; aligned with career and technical education reer and Technical Education for the 21st Cen- ‘‘(3) provide career and technical education program standards and curriculum; tury Act.’’; and students, including special populations, with ‘‘(P) making all forms of instructional content (B) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the skills necessary to pursue high-skill, high- widely available, which may include use of open the following: wage occupations; educational resources; ‘‘(2) FAILURE TO MEET.—The Secretary shall ‘‘(4) support integration of academic skills ‘‘(Q) supporting the integration of arts and reduce the amount of a State’s allotment of into career and technical education programs design skills, when appropriate, into career and funds under this Act for any fiscal year in the and programs of study to support CTE partici- technical education programs and programs of exact proportion by which the State fails to meet pants at the secondary school level in meeting study; the requirement of paragraph (1) by falling the challenging State academic standards ‘‘(R) where appropriate, expanding opportuni- below the State’s fiscal effort per student or the adopted under section 1111(b)(1) of the Elemen- ties for CTE concentrators to participate in ac- State’s aggregate expenditures (using the meas- tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 celerated learning programs (described in sec- ure most favorable to the State), if the State U.S.C. 6311(b)(1)) by the State in which the eli- tion 4104(b)(3)(A)(i)(IV) of the Elementary and failed to meet such requirement (as determined gible recipient is located; Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. using the measure most favorable to the State) ‘‘(5) plan and carry out elements that support 7114(b)(3)(A)(i)(IV)) as part of a program of for 1 or more of the 5 immediately preceding fis- the implementation of career and technical edu- study; and cal years. cation programs and programs of study and stu- ‘‘(S) other activities to improve career and ‘‘(3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive para- dent achievement of the local adjusted levels of technical education programs; and graph (2) due to exceptional or uncontrollable performance established under section 113, ‘‘(6) develop and implement evaluations of the circumstances affecting the ability of the State which may include— activities carried out with funds under this part, to meet the requirement of paragraph (1).’’; ‘‘(A) curriculum aligned with the requirements including evaluations necessary to complete the (2) in section 317(b)(1)— for a program of study; comprehensive needs assessment required under (A) by striking ‘‘may, upon written request, ‘‘(B) sustainable relationships among edu- section 134(c) and the local report required use funds made available under this Act to’’ and cation, business and industry, and other com- under section 113(b)(4)(C). inserting ‘‘may use funds made available under munity stakeholders, including industry or sec- ‘‘(c) POOLING FUNDS.—An eligible recipient this Act to’’; and tor partnerships in the local area, where appli- may pool a portion of funds received under this (B) by striking ‘‘who reside in the geo- cable, that are designed to facilitate the process Act with a portion of funds received under this graphical area served by’’ and inserting ‘‘lo- of continuously updating and aligning programs Act available to not less than one other eligible cated in or near the geographical area served of study with skills in demand in the State, re- recipient to support implementation of programs by’’; (3) by striking title II and redesignating title gional, or local economy; of study through the activities described in sub- section (b)(2). III as title II; ‘‘(C) dual or concurrent enrollment programs, (4) by redesignating sections 311 through 318 including early college high schools, and the de- ‘‘(d) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Each eligible recipient receiving funds under this part shall as sections 211 through 218, respectively; velopment or implementation of articulation (5) by redesignating sections 321 through 324 not use more than 5 percent of such funds for agreements; as sections 221 through 224, respectively; and costs associated with the administration of ac- ‘‘(D) appropriate equipment, technology, and (6) by inserting after section 218 (as so redesig- tivities under this section.’’. instructional materials (including support for li- nated) the following: brary resources) aligned with business and in- TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS ‘‘SEC. 219. STUDY ON PROGRAMS OF STUDY dustry needs, including machinery, testing SEC. 201. FEDERAL AND STATE ADMINISTRATIVE ALIGNED TO HIGH-SKILL, HIGH- equipment, tools, implements, hardware and PROVISIONS. WAGE OCCUPATIONS. software, and other new and emerging instruc- The Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is amended— ‘‘(a) SCOPE OF STUDY.—The Comptroller Gen- tional materials; (1) in section 311(b)— eral of the United States shall conduct a study ‘‘(E) a continuum of work-based learning op- (A) in paragraph (1)— to evaluate— portunities; (i) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as ‘‘(1) the strategies, components, policies, and ‘‘(F) industry-recognized certification exams follows: practices used by eligible agencies or eligible re- or other assessments leading toward industry- ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in sub- cipients receiving funding under this Act to suc- recognized postsecondary credentials; paragraph (B), (C), or (D), in order for a State cessfully assist—

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This legis- U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)(ii)) in pursuing and com- of the Strengthening Career and Tech- lation is a win for American workers. pleting programs of study aligned to high-skill, nical Education for the 21st Century By working together, we have devel- high-wage occupations in fields in which such Act. oped a set of bipartisan reforms that subgroup is underrepresented; and Mr. Speaker, for years, Americans will help address our Nation’s skills ‘‘(2) any challenges associated with replica- have urged Congress to work together gap, break the cycle of poverty, and tion of such strategies, components, policies, and advance policies that promote help more individuals climb the ladder and practices. good-paying jobs. We have heard the of opportunity. ‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the voices of those struggling to find the I want to thank Representative study conducted under subsection (a), the opportunities they need. They have KRISHNAMOORTHI and our colleagues on Comptroller General of the United States shall both sides of the aisle for all the work consult with a geographically diverse (including been frustrated that the economy has urban, suburban, and rural) representation of— taken so long to recover. Many feel that went into moving H.R. 2353 for- ‘‘(1) students and parents; stuck in a job market that has trans- ward, and I urge my colleagues to sup- ‘‘(2) eligible agencies and eligible recipients; formed dramatically due to advances port this bipartisan legislation. ‘‘(3) teachers, faculty, specialized instruc- in technology and an increasingly com- Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of tional support personnel, and paraprofessionals, petitive global economy. my time. including those with expertise in preparing CTE It is time to deliver the results hard- Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- students for nontraditional fields; working men and women desperately er, I yield myself such time as I may ‘‘(4) special populations; and need and restore rungs on the ladder of consume. ‘‘(5) representatives of business and industry. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support ‘‘(c) SUBMISSION.—Upon completion, the opportunity. That is exactly why we Comptroller General of the United States shall are here today. of H.R. 2353. H.R. 2353 is a bill intro- submit the study conducted under subsection (a) This legislation is about jobs. I, duced by my good friend Congressman to the Committee on Education and the Work- along with my colleague Representa- THOMPSON and myself to modernize and force of the House of Representatives and the tive KRISHNAMOORTHI, introduced H.R. take career and technical education Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 2353 to help prepare more Americans to into the 21st century. Pensions of the Senate.’’. succeed in the workforce by improving A persistent complaint I hear from TITLE III—AMENDMENTS TO THE career and technical education. employers throughout the State of Illi- WAGNER-PEYSER ACT Today, far too many Americans lack nois is that CTE programs have not SEC. 301. STATE RESPONSIBILITIES. the skills and education they need to kept pace with the changing demands Section 15(e)(2) of the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 build a promising career, and many of industry. This bill would address the U.S.C. 49l–2(e)(2)) is amended— jobs are going unfilled as employers skills gap by aligning CTE programs to (1) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting meet the needs of the labor market, the following: face a shortage of skilled workers. Paul Tomczuk, president of R. H. giving stakeholders more autonomy in ‘‘(B) consult with eligible agencies (defined in developing curricula, while ensuring section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Marcon and a constituent of mine, Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. said: ‘‘Workforce development is one of robust accountability standards. I hope 2302)), State educational agencies, and local the most pressing challenges facing everybody will support passage of H.R. educational agencies concerning the provision roofing contractors today.’’ This is a 2353. of workforce and labor market information in problem we cannot afford to ignore. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of order to— As co-chair of the Career and Tech- my time. ‘‘(i) meet the needs of secondary school and nical Education Caucus, I have worked Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. 1 postsecondary school students who seek such in- hard to address this challenge by en- Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 ⁄2 minutes to the formation; and gentlewoman from North Carolina (Ms. hancing awareness of how CTE pro- ‘‘(ii) annually inform the development and im- FOXX), the distinguished chairwoman grams can lift people out of poverty plementation of programs of study defined in of the House Education and the Work- and expand opportunity. section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and force Committee, who has had a com- Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. Too often, it is suggested that, in mitment to skills-based education for 2302), and career pathways;’’; order to be successful in life, you have (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at many years. to get a bachelor’s degree, but that is Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I thank my the end; not the reality of today’s diverse econ- colleague, Mr. THOMPSON, for his lead- (3) in subparagraph (H), by striking the pe- omy. In fact, I have met people who riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and ership on this issue. As he said, I have (4) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the have gone into debt from attending a 4- been a strong supporter of this for a following new subparagraph: year college or university only to en- long, long time. ‘‘(I) provide, on an annual and timely basis to roll in a CTE program after graduation Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong each eligible agency (defined in section 3 of the to get that good-paying job. support of H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu- Attending a more traditional college Career and Technical Education for the cation Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302)), the data or university simply isn’t the right fit 21st Century Act. and information described in subparagraphs (A) for everyone. There are countless indi- and (B) of subsection (a)(1).’’. Mr. Speaker, when many Americans viduals who learn best in innovative, think of higher education, they think The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- work-based programming where they of a traditional college or university on ant to the rule, the gentleman from can acquire hands-on experience aimed a sprawling green campus. They think Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) and the at a certain career. of students leaving colleges and univer- gentleman from Illinois (Mr. CTE programs are preparing students sities with their degree in hand, ready KRISHNAMOORTHI) each will control 20 for the jobs of the future, including in for a career and set for life. minutes. technology, engineering, healthcare, While many Americans choose this The Chair recognizes the gentleman agriculture, and more. However, there path, there is a misconception that from Pennsylvania. is more that can be done to ensure this is the only pathway to success. GENERAL LEAVE these programs are successful. For many hardworking Americans, the Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. The Strengthening Career and Tech- pathway to success does not require a Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent nical Education for the 21st Century baccalaureate degree. In fact, skills-fo- that all Members may have 5 legisla- Act will rein in the Federal Govern- cused education has helped countless tive days in which to revise and extend ment’s role in CTE and empower State Americans gain the specialized knowl- their remarks and include extraneous and local leaders to tailor programs to edge and skills they need to enter the material on H.R. 2353. meet the unique needs of the students workforce and build fulfilling lives. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there in their communities. It will give stu- So many men and women have found objection to the request of the gen- dents and parents the tools they need success through workforce develop- tleman from Pennsylvania? to hold programs accountable. ment programs, however, we have come

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.015 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5077 to a critical juncture with the future of ity and services for students most in reform-oriented bill that helps build these programs, and our educational need of skills. It will also update the the 21st century workforce. institutions have not caught up. As a Federal investment in CTE to provide b 1400 result, American businesses, large and increased State and local flexibility, small, are having a hard time finding while ensuring greater accountability Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- enough workers with the skills and tal- for program quality. er, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman ent they need. It ensures that there remains in from Rhode Island (Mr. LANGEVIN), the Mr. Speaker, the bipartisan place a Federal focus on equity of op- chair of the CTE Caucus. Strengthening Career and Technical portunity and the role of the U.S. De- Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I Education for the 21st Century Act, partment of Education to protect and thank the gentleman for yielding. which unanimously passed the House promote the civil rights of all students Mr. Speaker, as co-chair of the Ca- Committee on Education and the and compliance with Federal laws. reer and Technical Education Caucus, I Workforce, provides critical reforms to The bill also strengthens the Federal rise in strong support of the Strength- our Nation’s education programs and commitment to support delivery of ening Career and Technical Education prepares students to compete in our high-quality CTE programs by retain- for the 21st Century Act. This bipar- competitive global economy. ing the Department of Education’s full tisan bill, Mr. Speaker, is long overdue. Mr. Speaker, all education is truly authority to approve or disapprove The Carl D. Perkins CTE Act, the pri- career education, and we must give our State and local plans. mary Federal investment in CTE, has students every opportunity to attain The bill also requires Federal over- not been reauthorized in over a decade. the skills they need to succeed. When sight, monitoring, and technical assist- I want to thank my colleagues, par- students, parents, employers, and, yes, ance to support program improvement ticularly Chairwoman FOXX, Ranking lawmakers understand that, we will be and maintains full authority of the Member SCOTT, Representative THOMP- on the right track to closing the skills Secretary to enforce compliance with SON, and Representative gap that exists in our country. statutory program requirements and KRISHNAMOORTHI for their leadership I want to thank my colleagues, espe- Federal civil rights laws. and collaboration on this important cially Representative THOMPSON, for I would like to thank the gentleman bill, and a particular thanks to my co- his leadership on this issue. As the co- from Illinois (Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI) and chair of the CTE Caucus, Mr. THOMP- chair of the CTE Caucus, he has spent the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. SON, for his outstanding leadership and years championing this issue. THOMPSON) for their bipartisan leader- partnership on this issue over the I also want to thank Ranking Mem- ship, and the gentleman from Rhode Is- years. ber SCOTT and Representative land (Mr. LANGEVIN) for his leadership Mr. Speaker, CTE provides students KRISHNAMOORTHI, as well as all com- as the chair of the CTE Caucus and for of all ages with the skills they need to mittee members, for the bipartisan his dedication to realizing a com- succeed in high-demand, high-paying, work that is reflected in this bill. prehensive program reauthorization. high-skilled jobs. At a time right now Expanding opportunity through CTE The SPEAKER pro tempore. The when hundreds of thousands of jobs in is vital to closing the Nation’s skills time of the gentleman has expired. manufacturing, IT, and other skilled gap, ending the cycle of poverty, and Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- trades remain unfilled, Congress has a creating a better tomorrow for hard- er, I yield the gentleman an additional responsibility to empower workers working Americans. 30 seconds. with appropriate education and train- I urge all Members to support H.R. Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, ing. If we fail to modernize and invest 2353. this bill was unanimously reported by in CTE, we will be unable to build a Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- the committee. It has nearly unani- skilled workforce, and American busi- er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman mous support from business groups, nesses will pay the price. from Virginia (Mr. SCOTT), the ranking educators, and community stake- H.R. 2353 aligns CTE programs with member of the Committee on Edu- holders, so I urge my colleagues to sup- industry needs, promotes work-based cation and the Workforce, someone port the bill. learning, and supports career coun- who has dedicated his career, in part, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. selors. to this issue. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. POE Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, gentleman from Alabama (Mr. BYRNE), of Texas). The time of the gentleman I thank the gentleman from Illinois for the subcommittee chairman for the has expired. his leadership on this legislation. Workforce Protections Subcommittee Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- I rise in support of H.R. 2353, the of the Education and the Workforce er, I yield an additional 30 seconds to Strengthening Career and Technical Committee. the gentleman from Rhode Island. Education for the 21st Century Act, Mr. BYRNE. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 2353 aligns CTE which will reauthorize the Perkins Ca- the gentleman for yielding time, and I programs with industry needs, pro- reer and Technical Education program. am proud to rise in support of this motes work-based learning, and sup- H.R. 2353 builds on the House’s bipar- strong, bipartisan legislation. ports career counselors while strength- tisan efforts in the last Congress, when Improving career and technical edu- ening Federal investment in CTE. this Chamber passed CTE reauthoriza- cation programs is the most important I encourage my colleagues to support tion by a vote of 405–5. thing Congress can do to help close the students, businesses, and their local The research is clear: The United skills gap, combat poverty, and help economies by supporting this bill. States workforce is suffering a skills put Americans back to work. Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. gap. According to Georgetown Univer- Studies clearly show that there are Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the sity Center on Education and the unfilled high-wage jobs out there that gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Workforce, by 2020, 65 percent of all remain open because people lack the WALBERG), the chairman of the Edu- jobs in the United States will require skills to fill the jobs. That is where cation and the Workforce Sub- at least some postsecondary education CTE comes in. committee on Health, Employment, or skills acquisition. Yet, if the current When I was chancellor of Alabama’s Labor, and Pensions. trend holds, by 2020, our Nation will 2-year college system, I saw firsthand Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Speaker, I thank have more than 5 million fewer skilled just how impressive these programs the gentleman for sponsoring this leg- workers than necessary to fill the high- are. They really do work like magic by islation. skilled jobs which will be available. In taking an untrained worker and giving I rise today to voice my strong sup- Virginia alone, that is 30,000 open jobs; him the skills he needs to fill an in-de- port for the Strengthening Career and 17,000 are in the area of cybersecurity, mand job. It is a win-win for everyone. Technical Education for the 21st Cen- and those jobs have salaries starting at So, Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be an tury Act, H.R. 2353. In today’s econ- $88,000. original cosponsor and supporter of omy, we know that not everyone fol- This bipartisan, comprehensive reau- this legislation. I encourage my col- lows the same path into the workforce. thorization will improve program qual- leagues to join me in supporting this Whether a student wants to pursue a

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Mr. Speaker, may I heartland of American manufacturing, promoting career and technical edu- ask my colleague from North Carolina, where high-skilled jobs are a vital com- cation programs, recruiting Michelin, the chairwoman of the Education and ponent of our State’s economy. I am BMW, Boeing, Bridgestone, MTU, and the Workforce Committee, to engage in also glad it includes my bipartisan pro- now Volvo. I hope all communities a brief colloquy. visions to address outdated and burden- across America can experience the suc- Mr. Speaker, Wyoming has used CTE some occupational licensing require- cess we have achieved creating jobs, funds to pioneer innovative ways of im- ments. leading to the lowest unemployment proving the college and career readi- As I meet with educators, workers, rate in 16 years. ness of our students. and manufacturers across my district, The Strengthening Career and Tech- Protecting CTE funding in Wyoming I consistently hear about the need to nical Education for the 21st Century for cutting-edge programs like the improve CTE programs and close the Act will reduce regulations and allow Pathway Innovation Center in Casper skills gap. Let’s pass this bipartisan State and local leaders to create CTE is crucial, in part, because the previous bill and help more men and women in programs that are best for their com- administration’s harmful energy poli- Michigan and across the country se- munities by providing greater flexi- cies that devastated our economy, and cure fulfilling and good-paying jobs. bility of Federal resources, allowing we must now work to address a de- Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- States to respond to their unique edu- pressed labor market and hedge against er, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman cational and economic needs to create future energy market downturns. from Massachusetts (Ms. CLARK). jobs for fulfilling lives. Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. I appreciate the opportunity to en- chairwoman and her committee col- Speaker, I thank my colleague from Il- courage my colleagues to pass this bi- leagues on both sides of the aisle for partisan legislation. These efforts, am- linois for his leadership on this bill; their efforts to reform and reauthorize plified by President Donald Trump’s and also to Congressman THOMPSON for the CTE programs. However, I have executive order last week expanding all he has done to bring this to where concerns that the bill, as drafted in its apprenticeship programs, will be an it is today, because millions of stu- current form, could negatively impact important step forward in our edu- dents and workers are eager to advance my State. Therefore, I can’t support it. cational system—closing the skills gap into good-paying, high-skilled tech- Additionally, I know some Members and training Americans for meaning- nical careers. from West Virginia and Louisiana ful, skilled jobs. From childcare to manufacturing, to Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- share my concerns. carpentry or computer science, jobs er, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman Therefore, I ask the gentlewoman, that require technical training are in would she be willing to work with us as from Minnesota (Mr. NOLAN). high demand, and we want to make Mr. NOLAN. Mr. Speaker, I, too, rise this process moves forward to help ad- sure that students across the country in support of the Carl D. Perkins Ca- dress these concerns so we can get a have the skills they need to get hired reer and Technical Education Act. bill to the President’s desk that we can and develop their careers. I would be remiss if I didn’t com- all support? With this bill, we will help strength- pliment my colleagues on both sides of Ms. FOXX. Will the gentlewoman en the Perkins career and technical the aisle and all of their respective yield? education program that reaches over 11 staffs who have worked so hard to Ms. CHENEY. I yield to the gentle- million students every year. This bill bring this really good, strong bipar- woman from North Carolina. will help policymakers measure what tisan measure here before the Congress Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I thank the does and does not work in career and for the benefit of the American people. gentlewoman for sharing her perspec- technical education, allowing us to I have got to tell you: everywhere I tive, and I look forward to working to build on past successes. It will ensure go back in Minnesota and around the address her concerns as we move for- our CTE programs are aligned with the country, I hear two things when I am ward in the legislative process. needs of high-demand growth indus- talking to businesspeople. And they Ms. CHENEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank tries to make sure that America is say, you know, the people who are the gentlewoman from North Carolina. competitive globally, and it will sup- trained under this career and technical Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- port work-based learning and appren- education program are the best em- er, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman ticeships, and our early education and ployees that we have. The other thing from Connecticut (Mr. COURTNEY). childcare workforce. I hear is that we need more of them. Mr. COURTNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise The SPEAKER pro tempore. The So, again, thanks to my colleagues in strong support on reauthorizing the time of the gentlewoman has expired. for bringing this bill forward. There are Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. I yield an some good, new provisions in it that Education Act, which really should be additional 15 seconds to the gentle- gives States an opportunity to focus just called the JOBS Act. As we have woman. better on what the needs are in their heard from Members all across the Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. This particular region. There are some other country, Members are hearing the will bring the Perkins program into tools to help communities, the pro- same thing from their employer com- the modern, 21st century global econ- gram itself, and the businesses to form munity, which is jobs exist, but skills omy. This has broad bipartisan sup- partnerships to expand the program. don’t. port. At the end of the day, it is all about What this bill does is it connects peo- I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ creating good, strong jobs with living ple to that job market in response to on this act, and I urge them to fully wages and strong futures. It is about the fact that the 21st century market fund the CTE programs and reject the creating opportunities for the working is dynamic and changing, and this bill proposed cuts of $168 million. men and women in this country and for really gets it in terms of getting to Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. the businesses that are at the heart of that point. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the our economy. And is it about creating In May, the U.S. Department of gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. a dynamic economy where people can Labor reported that there are 5.9 mil- WILSON), a member of the Education grow and prosper in the 21st century. lion job openings in the U.S. economy; and the Workforce Committee. It is a good bill for workers. It is a a record high since they even started Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. good bill for business. It is a good bill collecting that data. So our job as Speaker, I thank Congressman GLENN for our economy. And it is a good bill Members of Congress is to update the THOMPSON for yielding. I appreciate his for our national security. law and update these programs to align

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Mr. Speaker, I thank This will be the final piece of the puz- that. the gentleman from Pennsylvania for zle, which will, again, make sure that I urge this bill’s final passage in the yielding time. millions of Americans will have the op- House, and I call on my colleagues in Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. portunity to have good-paying jobs the Senate to take up this bipartisan 2353, the Strengthening Career and that they can support themselves and legislation as soon as possible so more Technical Education for the 21st Cen- their families. In sector after sector, students can enjoy the kinds of oppor- tury Act. whether it is IT, whether it is tunities that the students at the P- Last week, President Trump laid out healthcare, whether it is advanced TECH High School and St. Vrain Val- a plan to expand educational opportu- manufacturing, all are going to benefit ley School District do. nities for American workers. President from this measure. Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Trump’s dedication to workforce devel- Mr. Speaker, I congratulate both of Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the opment is admirable, and I am glad we the sponsors for their great work on gentleman from Georgia (Mr. FER- have a President who has made this a this, and I urge all Members to support GUSON), a member of the House Edu- priority. As someone who has worked in the it. cation and the Workforce Committee. construction industry for my entire ca- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. Mr. FERGUSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise reer, I know firsthand how difficult it Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the today in support of H.R. 2353. can be to find skilled workers. In fact, gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Not only does this legislation author- I spoke at the Associated Builders and SMUCKER). ize more available funding for CTE pro- Contractors breakfast this morning, Mr. SMUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I thank grams, it also gives States more free- and they reported that there will be the gentleman for yielding. dom to support CTE activities in rural over 1 million job openings in the con- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong districts like mine. support of H.R. 2353. This bill will re- struction industry in the next few b 1415 form our career and technical edu- years. I have met with many industries in cation system, and strengthen the pro- This bill also gives authority back to my district. The workforce is aging. grams in my district in Pennsylvania. the States to approve CTE plans rather There aren’t enough people who cur- Mr. Speaker, there are jobs available than require Federal approval. rently have the skills to take over, and in my district right now, but there In the short time I have been in Con- it can take nearly 2 years for people to aren’t enough trained workers. This gress, I have seen firsthand the unique differences across each of our States be fully trained for these positions. bill will help businesses and schools First and foremost, it is our responsi- and districts. Increasing flexibility will partner to prepare students for jobs in bility to make sure that young people enable States to have the flexibility to today’s in-demand industries. today are equipped for the job market create and support programs that fit We need to accommodate the needs of tomorrow. Getting an education is their unique workforce needs. of many different types of students like essential, but it is equally important Steve Nunemaker from Ephrata, Penn- I am excited to be an original cospon- sor of this legislation and look forward that our education efforts are aligned sylvania, who, at the age of 47, grad- with the in-demand jobs in our commu- uated from Thaddeus Stevens College to its passage later today. Helping our young people transition from school nities. of Technology with a degree in engi- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The into meaningful careers is one of the neering computer-aided drafting. time of the gentleman has expired. CTE programs are vital to training best ways we can move our Nation into Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. workers for new careers. The jobs that a vibrant 21st century economy. Mr. Speaker, I yield the gentleman are available are good, family-sus- Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- from Georgia an additional 15 seconds. taining jobs. So many people in this er, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, this bill country are ready to learn and eager to from Florida (Ms. WILSON). will bridge the gap between the busi- work. Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, ness community and education, which I would like to thank again Rep- I am a strong supporter of career and is critical to prepare America’s future resentatives THOMPSON and technical education. While this bipar- workforce. KRISHNAMOORTHI for their leadership, tisan bill makes needed improvements I am happy to cosponsor this impor- and I rise to urge my colleagues to sup- to current law, during the committee tant bill, and I hope that my colleagues port this bill. markup I offered and later withdrew an will join me in voting for H.R. 2353. Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- amendment to provide more Federal Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- er, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman support for skill development and er, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Colorado (Mr. POLIS), the ranking training programs for ex-offenders who from Oregon (Ms. BONAMICI), who is the member of the Subcommittee on Early need a second chance and opportunity. vice ranking member of the Committee Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Ex-offenders, who are disproportion- on Education and the Workforce. Education. ately young men of color due to the Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, the Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in bias in the criminal justice system, Strengthening Career and Technical support of H.R. 2353, the Strengthening face numerous hurdles when they try Education for the 21st Century Act is Career and Technical Education for the to reintegrate into society after serv- an important step in educating stu- 21st Century Act. ing their time. Finding a decent job is dents and preparing them for the work- I recently had the opportunity to a necessary first step towards devel- force. It increases opportunities for visit our new Pathways in Technology oping self-esteem and self-sufficiency. historically underserved students. It Early College, or P-TECH, program at Unfortunately, and too often, a prior strengthens alignment between CTE Skyline High School in Colorado. criminal history is a barrier to ex-of- programs and stakeholders. It includes P-TECH is a partnership between the fenders seeking employment. the amendment I worked on with Rep- St. Vrain Valley School District, Front I withdrew my amendment because of resentative STEFANIK to encourage Range Community College, and IBM. It the important work. Nevertheless, it is CTE programs to integrate arts and de- allows students to earn a high school my view that my amendment should be sign skills. diploma and an associate’s degree in 5 considered as this bill advances to fu- This bill will support more programs or 6 years through dual enrollment. ture conference consideration. Let’s that respond to local workforce de- I spoke with a number of students help stop recidivism for this special mands and teach advanced skills and participating in P-TECH and they population. creative thinking, like the one I just shared with me how the program Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. visited at Portland Community Col- equips them with the skills they need Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the lege. Employers, including Intel, sup- to get a well-paying, reliable job after distinguished gentleman from Georgia port the school’s new STEAM Lab,

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Each In my district, I have had the oppor- an important enforcement role, and I stressed the importance of educating tunity to visit many students in pro- am disappointed that the bill weakens our workforce to fill existing available grams that benefit from the inclusions the Department of Education’s ability jobs and to train for jobs of the future. of career pathways in their high school to hold States accountable for improv- We must close the skills gap through curriculum. Mt. Diablo High School ing low-quality CTE programs. But de- innovation and work-based learning op- students, for example, create a farm- spite that concern, this bill is worthy portunities such as those provided to-table restaurant experience, while of support. through the Strengthening Career and Pittsburg High Schoolers design com- I thank Chairwoman FOXX, Ranking Technical Education for the 21st Cen- puter animations as a part of the Member SCOTT, Representative THOMP- tury Act. school’s Green Engineering Academy. SON, and Representative CTE improves collaboration between At De Anza High School in Richmond, KRISHNAMOORTHI for their bipartisan secondary and postsecondary schools, California, they run an Information work, and I urge all my colleagues to employers, industry, and community Technology Academy focusing on IT join me in supporting this bill. partners, giving students, regardless of career skills, while providing their Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. their background, access to quality job community IT services free of charge. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the training and the opportunity to earn By enacting this bipartisan legisla- gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. well-paying jobs without having to tion, Congress will affirmatively take LEWIS), an Education and the Work- complete a 4-year degree. This training steps to update our Nation’s edu- force Committee member. is critical to closing the opportunity cational vision and will propel today’s Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota. Mr. Speak- gap that exists in communities like students into tomorrow’s workforce. er, I thank Mr. THOMPSON for his lead- mine in Mecklenburg County. Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. ership and hard work on this important IBM, which employs more than 1,300 Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the legislation. people in the 12th District, wrote to me gentleman from Virginia (Mr. BRAT), Too often, students across the coun- just last week to remind us that jobs in who is a member of the Education and try leave school without the necessary growing technology fields demand can- the Workforce Committee. skills to compete in the modern econ- didates with high-tech skills that don’t Mr. BRAT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today omy. As the cost of a 4-year degree always require a traditional degree. in strong support of the Strengthening continues to soar higher and higher Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to Career and Technical Education for the and students are taking on greater join me in reauthorizing CTE to con- 21st Century Act. debt, employers across this country are tinue modernizing today’s workforce The economy is not growing as it struggling to find skilled workers to training and securing America’s future. should be—about 0.7 percent last quar- fill good, high-paying jobs. Career and Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. ter—and according to many of the em- technical education bridges the gap be- Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the ployers in my district, our workforce is tween the classroom and the work- distinguished gentleman from Wis- not prepared to meet the needs of place, offering students a clear path- consin (Mr. GROTHMAN). today, let alone the future. way to a meaningful career. Mr. GROTHMAN. Mr. Speaker, one This legislation is important because I am pleased this legislation includes good thing about voting for this bill is it recognizes that we need an education my amendment supporting dual and the rhetoric we are hearing from this system that best prepares our kids for concurrent enrollment. By allowing Chamber today. It sounds like the the future—a future in business—as high school students to begin earning drumbeat from high school guidance soon as they hit K–12, and they should postsecondary credit, dual enrollment counselors, college recruiters, and poli- be ready to enter the job market or can shorten the time to degree or cre- ticians kowtowing to the education move on to additional training. Tradi- dential completion, puts students on lobby that everybody has to go to a 4- tional 4-year colleges and universities the fast tack to a good job, and saves year college or that it is even wise for cannot be the only pathway for the families a significant amount of people to go to a 4-year college is be- next generation of students. money. Students who participate in ginning to come to an end. In Virginia, there were nearly 110,000 dual enrollment are more likely to I am glad, under this bill, we are postsecondary students enrolled in continue and pursue postsecondary going to make it easier for students to CTE courses in the 2014 year. Programs education, less likely to need remedi- get a degree focused on skills. For I am privileged to represent in Vir- ation, and more likely to complete a some, that degree could be 1 year; for ginia’s Seventh Congressional District degree. some, it could be 2 years. Frequently, include Amelia Nottoway Technical My district is lucky to be home to a these degrees lead to jobs that are Center, the Chesterfield Governor’s Ca- great technical college that does its higher paying than many jobs that you reer and Technical Academy, and Ches- job. For example, in Rosemount, Min- get after you have a 4-year degree. terfield County Public Schools Gov- nesota, Dakota County Technical Col- Not only are they higher paying, but ernor’s Health Sciences Academy. lege partners with local employers to I think they result in more job security While these innovative programs in provide students customized training because you are not a generalist who my district have excelled, technical that fits employer-specific needs. will get laid off when you are 45 or 50 skills and on-the-job training must be I am proud to support this important and not find a job. But if you have a ingrained in the thinking of our entire legislation that will increase oppor- skill, that skill is something in which K–12 educational system, across the tunity and prepare students with the you can still get a job when you are 50, curriculum, in every class. I believe skills to succeed. 55, 60, or 65. Therefore, I am proud to this bill is a positive step in that direc- Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- announce for this bill today. tion. er, may I inquire how much time I have Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- remaining. er, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman er, I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the distin- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- from California (Mr. DESAULNIER). guished gentleman from New Jersey tleman from Illinois has 83⁄4 minutes Mr. DESAULNIER. Mr. Speaker, I (Mr. NORCROSS). remaining. want to congratulate my friend from Mr. NORCROSS. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- Illinois and also my friend Mr. THOMP- thank my colleague from Illinois for er, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman SON for this bipartisan bill. I am happy yielding me the time. from North Carolina (Ms. ADAMS). to support it and hear all of my col- Certainly, we are in the House today Ms. ADAMS. Mr. Speaker, I thank leagues enthusiastically support it. and sending a very clear message that the gentleman for yielding. Career and technical education gives career and technical skills matter, and Since coming to Congress, I have vis- students the opportunity to get tech- I rise in support of this bill. For a 4- ited with business leaders across my nical experience regardless of whether year college, that pathway is certainly

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We need electricians and cate, college credits, and relevant work and help strengthen America’s middle computer programmers just as much as experience, all before they graduate. In class. we need doctors and engineers. In my 2 years, it has grown from 30 students Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- State of New Jersey, 9 out of 10 of the to over 6,000 students, who are now bet- er, I yield myself the balance of my fastest growing occupations don’t re- ter suited to determine their next steps time. quire a 4-year degree, but they do re- and build a career. I would like to thank my staff and quire a certificate or on-the-job train- I thank Mr. THOMPSON and also Mr. committee staff for all their work on ing. KRISHNAMOORTHI for their leadership, this bill. I especially want to thank This is an important reauthorization and I urge my colleagues to support Alex Payne, the lead committee staffer bill that will go a long way to pro- this bipartisan legislation. on career and technical education from viding students with opportunities to Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. our side, who, unfortunately, couldn’t build skills that they need for those Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the be here with us today, due to the death fast-growing, high-paying jobs. gentleman from Ohio (Mr. DAVIDSON). of his father. I want to thank Congress- Mr. DAVIDSON. Mr. Speaker, I I want to thank the sponsors for in- man THOMPSON for his incredible lead- thank the Congressman from Pennsyl- cluding my provision that will allow ership on this bill for all these years. vania for yielding. I also want to say that the main pur- high schools to give more information As a former manufacturer, I have ex- pose of this bill is to coordinate what is on that career path in technical edu- perienced firsthand the importance of taught in CTE classes with workforce cation. career technical education in pro- demands. H.R. 2353 requires State plans Don Borden, who is the president of moting meaningful work. It is espe- to show how CTE curricula aligns with Camden County College in my State, cially helpful for helping people transi- in-demand careers. School districts says that we have an ‘‘understanding of tion from a social safety net or a sec- must consult business leaders, edu- the types of educational programs we ond-chance program, but I have seen it cators, parents, community leaders, need to provide for our students,’’ and firsthand. For high school students and representatives of special populations, that ‘‘will lead to meaningful employ- for adults who change careers, it can and others to determine the most ment.’’ truly change lives. This is about employment and ca- I encourage my colleagues to support promising career fields. This bipartisan reers, to train the students on avail- this legislation. I am confident it can bill gives everyone a seat at the table able curriculum, on available jobs. I do for our country what it has done in and makes sure no one is left behind. urge support of this jobs bill. the Eighth District of Ohio. I also want to thank Chairwoman FOXX and Ranking Member SCOTT for b 1430 Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- er, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman their incredible leadership on this bill. Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. I want to take note of the fact that from Illinois (Mr. LIPINSKI). Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the Mr. LIPINSKI. Mr. Speaker, I thank this is a bipartisan bill, at a time when distinguished gentleman from Kansas the gentleman for yielding and for his bipartisanship is so needed in this (Mr. ESTES). great work on this bill that would re- town. I urge the Senate to take up our Mr. ESTES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I authorize a program that is critical to bill, and I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote. rise today in support of H.R. 2353, the both American workers and businesses, Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Strengthening Career and Technical and the future of our American econ- of my time. Education for the 21st Century Act. omy. Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. I urge all Members to vote for this bi- I am continuously hearing from fam- Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance partisan bill that allows our edu- ily-owned manufactures across my dis- of my time. cational institutions the ability to bet- trict, such as Atlas Tool and Die and Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2353 has the power ter adapt their programs to the specific ODM, that they cannot find workers to improve the lives of countless Amer- needs of their students. This bill will with the skills they need to fill good- icans. By modernizing career and tech- give States and localities more flexi- paying jobs. I hear this from companies nical education, we can help prepare bility in how to use Federal money for also like Boeing, Intel, and Abbott. At more men and women from all walks of career and technical education pro- the same time, millions of Americans life to succeed in the workforce. grams, which will ultimately help are struggling to find jobs, but they I would like to note that it is impor- Americans find the jobs they need. don’t have the skills that they need. tant we continue to fund these pro- Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. Mr. Speak- This bill addresses this problem by grams at the authorized levels so the 1 er, I yield 1 ⁄2 minutes to the gentle- supporting career and technical edu- programs can adequately serve stu- woman from Delaware (Ms. BLUNT cation programs that are matched to dents of all ages. We really have an op- ROCHESTER. regional, State, and local labor mar- portunity to make a positive difference Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER. Mr. kets. These applied science, tech- today, and I couldn’t be prouder of the Speaker, I thank the gentleman for nology, engineering and mathematics, bipartisan work that went into this. yielding. or STEM education programs, are an Once again, I want to thank Rep- Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support important component of the innova- resentative KRISHNAMOORTHI as well as of H.R. 2353, the Strengthening Career tion engine that drives our economy. all the members of the House Com- and Technical Education for the 21st As we work to move innovative tech- mittee on Education and the Work- Century Act. This important legisla- nologies into the marketplace, we need force. I would be remiss not to thank tion would allow more Americans to a skilled workforce to build and imple- my education staff on my team, Katie enter the workforce with the skills ment them. We also need to make sure Brown; Education and the Workforce needed to compete for high-skilled, in- that our innovation economy benefits staffers, James Redstone and Alex demand jobs. all Americans, especially the middle Payne; and all of our colleagues, for Delaware employers tell me they class. their diligent work on this important need a skilled workforce. CTE support I thank my colleagues for this bill piece of legislation. is a vital tool in addressing the skills and urge all my colleagues to support Mr. Speaker, I urge all Members to gap in many industries in our country. it. vote in favor of H.R. 2353, and I yield Our support ensures that all students The SPEAKER pro tempore. The back the balance of my time. have access to high-quality CTE pro- time of the gentleman has expired. Mr. MCKINLEY. Mr. Speaker, the Strength- grams. It allows States to strengthen Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. I yield the ening Career and Technical Education for the these programs, providing hands-on gentleman an additional 30 seconds. 21st Century Act is a long overdue reform and

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Too often The Chair appoints the gentleman for West Virginia and several other states be- young people are unaware of those opportuni- from Texas (Mr. POE) to preside over ginning in 2021. ties and far too often access to career and the Committee of the Whole. The removal of a hold harmless provision technical education is lacking. CTE programs b 1440 will result in a direct loss of $4.07 million to give students the opportunities to experience West Virginia, a cut of nearly 20 percent over those careers and build skills needed for ca- IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE a three-year period. Given West Virginia’s reers. Accordingly, the House resolved economic struggles in recent years, we can ill This bipartisan legislation updates federal itself into the Committee of the Whole afford drastic cuts to workforce training pro- law to support CTE programs and to improve House on the state of the Union for the grams. As the legislative process continues, I access. I urge all of my colleagues to support consideration of the bill (H.R. 1654) to urge the U.S. Senate to find an equitable solu- this legislation. authorize the Secretary of the Interior tion and consider states that will be disadvan- Mr. ROE of Tennessee. Mr. Speaker, I rise to coordinate Federal and State per- taged by the removal of the hold harmless today in support of H.R. 2353, the Strength- mitting processes related to the con- provision. ening Career and Technical Education for the struction of new surface water storage Without additional changes to the funding 21st Century Act, which reauthorizes the Carl projects on lands under the jurisdiction formula, in its current form I will oppose the D. Perkins Career and Technical Education of the Secretary of the Interior and the bill. Act. Secretary of Agriculture and to des- Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, it’s estimated that the U.S. ignate the Bureau of Reclamation as I rise in support of H.R. 2353, the Strength- spends $1.6 trillion dollars on human capital the lead agency for permit processing, ening Career and Technical Education for the development each year. That includes spend- and for other purposes, with Mr. POE of 21st Century Act. ing on K–12 education, post-secondary edu- Texas in the chair. High school, community college, and trade cation, and employer-based training. In spite The Clerk read the title of the bill. school students in Houston and Harris County, of all that spending, fewer than half of Ameri- The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the Texas deserve the opportunity to receive a cans ages 25 to 64 have completed a creden- bill is considered read the first time. high-quality career and technical education tial beyond high school. All over my district I The gentleman from Colorado (Mr. (CTE). CTE education is the pathway for hear from employers about the need for work- LAMBORN) and the gentleman from many in our community and throughout our ers with the right skills. Career and technical California (Mr. HUFFMAN) each will great country to a good paying job and the education is one way to do this. control 30 minutes. middle class. I am pleased this legislation encourages The Chair recognizes the gentleman High-quality CTE programs are critical for states to utilize work-based learning, but I from Colorado. our nation’s economy. Nearly every sector of would also note that I think we can further Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Chairman, I our economy, from refiners and shipbuilders strengthen it by encouraging apprenticeships, yield myself such time as I may con- along the Houston Ship Channel to medical both registered and unregistered. As our na- sume. device manufacturers and information tech- tion continues to transition itself from analog to Today, the House meets for the sec- nology firms, rely on skilled STEM-educated digital, so must our workforce. Apprenticeships ond day in a row to consider another workers to innovate and compete in the global are needed not only in traditional trades, but infrastructure bill that has come from marketplace. also in emerging fields like advanced manu- the House Natural Resources Com- For over thirty years, the federal govern- facturing and the technology sector. President mittee and its Subcommittee on Water, ment has provided direct support to CTE pro- Trump demonstrated his commitment to this Power, and Oceans, of which I have the grams nationwide through the Perkins Career workforce development model in a speech last honor of chairing. My subcommittee and Technical Education Act. Congress has week, and I look forward to working on this has a strong infrastructure agenda, al- not successfully reauthorized the Perkins Act model with the Chairwoman. ready hearing testimony on a number in 11 years, delaying the needed reforms and With these important reforms, we can help of bills aimed at improving our Na- additional resources our CTE students de- ensure the labor force of tomorrow has the tion’s infrastructure and advancing an serve. skills it needs. all-of-the-above energy and water Today’s legislation delivers the reforms and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The strategy. resources that will help improve our local ca- question is on the motion offered by Many of our bills, including H.R. reer and technical education programs. The the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. 1654, which we are considering today, Strengthening Career and Technical Education THOMPSON) that the House suspend the apply simple solutions to expedite for the 21st Century Act will provide states rules and pass the bill, H.R. 2353, as maintenance or construction of water more flexibility in the use of federal resources amended. and power infrastructure throughout in response to changes in education and the The question was taken; and (two- the Nation. It is vital to rebuild our economy and reduce administrative burdens thirds being in the affirmative) the Nation’s infrastructure, and one of the and simplify the process for states to apply for rules were suspended and the bill, as biggest roadblocks is the excess of reg- federal resources. This legislation will increase amended, was passed. ulatory red tape that applicants have federal investment in CTE program by nine A motion to reconsider was laid on to wade through before they can even percent over the life of the authorization and the table. move one shovel of dirt. reward success and innovation in CTE pro- f In Colorado, where I live, a water gram practices that have been proven to best project was recently completed where WATER SUPPLY PERMITTING serve students and employers. water owned by the city of Colorado COORDINATION ACT I ask all my colleagues to join in supporting Springs was taken from a reservoir 60 this bipartisan legislation that is broadly sup- GENERAL LEAVE miles to the south to the city of Colo- ported by job creators and educators from Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I ask rado Springs for treatment and dis- across our great nation. unanimous consent that all Members tribution. The project took 6 years to Mr. MITCHELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to may have 5 legislative days in which to build. But before that could happen, support the Strengthening Career and Tech- revise and extend their remarks and to there were over 200 permits and appli- nical Education Act. include extraneous material on the cations that had to be granted, any one I devoted 35 years to workforce education bill. of which could have stopped the whole so I know the career and economic opportuni- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. thing, and that cost $160 million in ap- ties possible through technical education. The GOSAR). Is there objection to the re- plication fees, lawyers’ time, and miti- Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that there quest of the gentleman from Colorado? gation. That took 8 years. That took are 90 distinct career paths in my home There was no objection. longer than the project itself. state—Michigan—offering an average salary The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Congressman TOM MCCLINTOCK’s of $50 thousand or more that do not require ant to House Resolution 392 and rule Water Supply Permitting Coordination

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.045 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5083 Act seeks to cut regulatory red tape by best dam locations around the West the way of their decades-long crusade creating a one-stop-shop permitting were taken in the previous century against our country’s bedrock environ- process to the Bureau of Reclamation when we had a heck of a dam-building mental laws, but I hope we will eventu- in order to streamline the current spree. ally move on from this debate and get multiagency permitting processes for New dams don’t get built because on to addressing real problems affect- new or expanded non-Federal surface they don’t yield enough water to jus- ing our infrastructure, and that real storage facilities. tify their multibillion-dollar price problem is investment. However, this bill is not a one-size- tags. You can ask the CRS if you don’t In terms of water infrastructure, our fits-all approach. Mr. MCCLINTOCK’s bill believe other experts. In 2012, the Con- Nation is still not making necessary allows water storage project sponsors gressional Research Service found that investments like water reuse projects the flexibility to opt out of this process the most likely causes of delay for and recycling projects. These are 21st and, instead, choose the agency and major infrastructure projects are a century infrastructure projects that process that works best for them. lack of funding and State permitting can provide us with water supplies that While the Water Supply Permitting issues, not environmental laws. don’t depend on the whims of an in- Coordination Act will allow for much- Now, new surface storage may be ap- creasingly unpredictable hydrology. needed relief in the sponsor’s State of propriate in some cases. The fact is, Given our changing climate, we can no California, this bill will benefit States however, that much of the United longer rely exclusively on our 20th cen- throughout the West, including my States is already saturated with dams tury infrastructure projects like dams. own State of Colorado. because of that dam-building spree we Despite this, we have barely Mr. MCCLINTOCK’s bill goes hand-in- had in the previous century. The scratched the surface on building mod- hand with language in the WIIN Act, United States built tens of thousands ern water infrastructure projects like which was signed into law last year, of dams in the 20th century. California reuse, recycling, desalination, ground- that supports additional water storage alone built 1,400 major dams. The best water storage, storm water capture, capacity across the West. dam sites are already taken. Other and water-use efficiency projects. Our I commend my colleague, Mr. than extraordinarily wet years like country currently reuses less than 10 MCCLINTOCK, for bringing up this com- this one, thankfully, in California we percent of our Nation’s wastewater. monsense piece of legislation that sim- are having a hard time even filling up Climate change will require us to do ply looks to cut regulatory red tape for the reservoirs that we already built. better. As George W. Bush’s Reclama- water storage projects that are essen- Despite these facts, my Republican tion Commissioner once said, the reuse tial to survival in the West. colleagues continue to peddle this fic- of wastewater and recycled water could Mr. Chair, I urge all of my House col- tion that we have to gut our Nation’s actually be the next river for the West- leagues to support this bill, and I re- environmental laws to build new dams ern United States to tap for critical serve the balance of my time. and other infrastructure. I guess we water supply. b 1445 should not be surprised because this This Congress should be working crusade against our Nation’s environ- Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I across the aisle to fully tap that next mental laws is being led by a President great river for the 21st century. yield myself such time as I may con- whose relationship with the truth is sume. Reoperating existing facilities, mod- complicated at best. ernizing those operations, is another Mr. Chairman, we are debating today A couple of weeks ago, President example of something we should be what is being called an infrastructure Trump claimed that projects like the working together on across the aisle. bill. I wish that were actually the case. Hoover Dam were built in 5 years be- Our country certainly needs Congress All around the West we are dealing cause they didn’t have to go through with dams and reservoirs that are to take action to address our country’s years of permitting and regulation that being operated with the best tech- infrastructure needs, yet this Congress current infrastructure projects are sub- nology from decades ago. The flood is spending its time today debating an- jected to. other sham infrastructure bill that Well, the independent fact checkers control manual at Oroville Dam, for won’t actually provide a single cent for at The Washington Post evaluated this example, hasn’t been updated since real infrastructure. claim and they awarded the President’s 1970, which actually makes it cutting Our Nation currently spends less on claim, as you can see to my right, edge when compared to many of the infrastructure as a percentage of our three Pinocchios, which is the rating reservoirs that are operating on 1950s GDP than at any time during the past for statements that include ‘‘signifi- flood control manuals. We are using 20 years, and it shows. Far too many cant factual error and/or obvious con- slide rules instead of computers, with areas around the country have infra- tradictions.’’ meteorological predictions that are structure that is crumbling before our Now, the fact checkers noted that, based on historic data, backward-look- eyes. We have seen this occur with the according to the U.S. GAO, 95 percent ing data, instead of looking up at the recent tragedy and the situation for of public infrastructure projects are ac- sky and using the data from modern water at the Oroville Dam in Cali- tually excluded from environmental re- satellite technology. fornia, and this bill offers no solutions views under current law. They further At Folsom Dam, we are watching a for these issues. In truth, this bill is pointed out that the President ignored long overdue update to operations as simply an environmental deregulation the many years of planning, permit- part of a new auxiliary spillway. Fore- bill disguised as an infrastructure bill. ting, negotiating, and preparing that cast-informed operations, which is Now, the bill’s proponents have was required to make sure that something that I have long advocated claimed that environmental laws, and projects like the Hoover Dam were fi- as part of comprehensive water legisla- specifically NEPA, are blocking new nancially feasible and actually had tion, is something we could work on to- dam construction. This claim, Mr. public support. gether, and it would provide significant Chairman, simply put, is bunk. Accord- In fact, dam planning on the Colo- increases in water supply. ing to the Bureau of Reclamation, not rado River began in 1902, yet the Hoo- If my Republican friends are inter- a single dam has been denied construc- ver Dam was not completed until 1937. ested in expediting environmental re- tion because of a lack of coordination Not completed, I might add, until the views for infrastructure projects, then between Reclamation and other agen- Roosevelt administration put actual there is another thing that we can cies or because of delays associated public infrastructure dollars on the work on together, and that is we can with environmental review or permit- table to get that project financed and end the slashing of budgets in Federal ting. moving. The project took many years agencies that are in charge of environ- So why do we not see all sorts of new because, even despite the absence of mental reviews for infrastructure dams sprouting up around the West modern environmental laws, big com- projects. Budget cuts do nothing but like we did for years and years in the plicated projects take time to plan and hamper the ability of these agencies to previous century? finance, and they always have. participate in the review process and to Because there is no new water to be I am sorry that my Republican col- protect our other Nation’s fisheries and captured, and because, frankly, all the leagues refuse to let such facts get in other natural resources.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.044 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5084 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 This bill before us today compounds We should start by building more ter, we should do better, and we will do the problem by further undercutting dams and reservoirs. better when we pass this bill. the important role these agencies play So what is stopping us? b 1500 to protect our natural resources. That Well, some is a ridiculous permitting is why several conservation and fishing process that forces us to wait and wait Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I industry groups have warned that this and wait when actually we should be yield myself as much time as I may Congress should reject this bill, that it acting. consume. threatens tens of thousands of jobs in Just look at history. Take the High I was in the California Legislature the fishing industry across the Pacific Savery Dam in Wyoming. It took 14 for at least one of the those environ- Coast. years to permit the project but only 2 mental waiver bills that the majority Many of our Nation’s iconic fisheries years to build it. It was finished in leader referenced involving an NFL are already on the brink of extinction. 2004. Think about how much the world stadium, and I am glad to hear him We have heard firsthand in our com- has changed in those 14 years of time. criticize that because I, too, criticized mittee from the fishermen struggling In 1990, somewhere around 5 million it. It was a bipartisan mistake. I voted to pay their mortgages, boats being people had cell phones and only about against it. scrapped because owners can’t pay 15 percent of Americans owned a com- There was a bit of vindication be- mooring fees, homes being repossessed, puter. By 2004, when the dam was fin- cause at least one of those stadiums and restaurants, hotels, and other re- ished, about 180 million people had cell ended up not getting built anyway, de- tail and service businesses struggling phones and 62 percent of Americans spite the environmental waiver, and it just to scrape by. Let’s not add to these owned a computer. In 1990, the most sort of exposed the fact that these en- struggles by passing an ill-conceived popular movie was Total Recall. By vironmental laws are often put forward bill that does nothing to actually im- 2004, we were already on to Shrek 2. as scapegoats. We are often told that if prove our infrastructure. Looking forward to my home State, you just clear away the environmental Mr. Chair, I urge my colleagues to we can’t wait 14 years after starting permitting, we can do these things. vote ‘‘no,’’ and I reserve the balance of the permitting process to finish our There were many other reasons why my time. projects. The Temperance Flat Res- that stadium didn’t get built, com- The CHAIR. Members are advised and ervoir, once fully operational, can pro- plicated issues involving NFL fran- reminded not to engage in personalities vide enough water to meet the needs of chises and financing, which is usually toward the President. 172,000 households for an entire year. the real scapegoat when these projects Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Chairman, I am Finishing the Sites Reservoir proposal aren’t moving forward. So it is a wor- very pleased to yield 1 minute to the could provide 2 million California thy example to talk about in the con- gentleman from the great State of homes with enough water for a year. text of this bill. California (Mr. MCCARTHY), our major- That is an astounding number. But, I reserve the balance of my time. ity leader. Mr. Chairman, I am sure on this floor Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Chair, I yield 5 Mr. MCCARTHY. Mr. Chair, I thank we will hear those 2 million should ac- minutes to the gentleman from Cali- the gentleman for yielding, and I thank tually wait. But I guess for a baseball fornia (Mr. MCCLINTOCK). him for his work on this. stadium, no need to wait. Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chair, I Mr. Chairman, I always get excited So fixing the process isn’t just about thank the gentleman for yielding and when I hear people speak on the floor, saving some headaches or a few hours for his leadership on the Water, Power, especially when they come from Cali- of time. This is about making sure mil- and Oceans Subcommittee. fornia. Mr. Chairman, it is always in- lions of people in California and across Mr. Chairman, droughts are nature’s teresting when people want to tell us America have the water they need and fault; they happen. But water short- what is the best way to make things deserve. ages are our fault. Water shortages are happen. Mr. Chairman, I want to thank Con- a choice that we made a generation ago It is interesting, in California, when gressman TOM MCCLINTOCK for this leg- when we stopped building new res- the legislature was controlled by islation. Fixing this permitting process ervoirs to meet the needs of a growing Democrats, they did waive CEQA, but for water storage is more than just population. it wasn’t for a dam. It wasn’t to pre- common sense. It is about making us a The unvarnished truth is we will not pare for a drought we were going nation of doers again to get the Amer- solve our water shortages until we through. But they waived it twice, all ican what they actually need. build more reservoirs, and we cannot for sports. One was in San Francisco, Mr. Chairman, Mr. MCCLINTOCK has build new reservoirs until we overhaul and one was in L.A. It seems odd, but worked. He has tried to work with both the laws that have made their con- sometimes people have their priorities, sides of the aisle. He has been through struction endlessly time-consuming I guess, not in the right place. this process. and, ultimately, cost-prohibitive. Now, Mr. Chairman, California and But you know what? For years, the Natural Resources the West recently endured the worst Mr. MCCLINTOCK has been home. He Committee has heard testimony from drought in our century. Though it was has been listening to his constituents frustrated water districts unable to the worst drought, this was not our on both sides of the aisle that don’t navigate the Byzantine maze of regula- first. We have faced droughts for gen- have water. We have been through tions and the phalanx of competing, erations, and each time the rain and these droughts. We know these overlapping, duplicative, and often snow came back and delivered the droughts will come again, and they contradictory Federal agencies. water that we needed to survive. have only been worse in the last couple After years spent trying to satisfy Just like previous years, this past of years. one agency, another suddenly pops up winter was a godsend to Californians; Why? to claim jurisdiction with an entirely the wettest on record. Living in the Because of what has been imposed by new set of demands in an often endless naturally dry region that we do, you the Federal Government. Even in the permitting process, despite the fact would think it would be common prac- years where we have more than 170 per- they are studying the same project in tice to prepare for inevitable times of cent of snowpack, we don’t keep the the same location with the same data. drought by capturing water when guarantee of 100 percent of the water. The burden this places on our ability Mother Nature blesses us with the rain So as the environmental laws con- to deliver water for the next genera- and snow. But the fact is that we aren’t tinue to take water away and put it tion is crushing. doing enough to store the water we do out to the ocean instead of providing The leader mentioned the High get for the times we don’t get it. for the fruits to be grown and the fiber Savery Dam in Wyoming—14 years to So what can we do now? What would across our country and provide the permit, only 2 years to actually build. help the people in our district and water for the citizens of California, we The Federal Government has literally across California and across the West should build more dams, and they studied four storage projects in Cali- to prepare for future droughts that we should not have to wait 14 years with fornia nearly to death. One project, the know are coming? only 2 years to build it. We can do bet- Sites Reservoir, had over 50 alternative

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The problem is very few dam per- ocean because we have no place to past few decades in California, all mits have been approved because of store the excess for the next drought. while honoring bedrock environmental this. And the costs are caused by cost- Perhaps that is nature’s way of re- protections like ESA and NEPA. prohibitive delays in time that run up minding us that, if we didn’t store I reserve the balance of my time. millions and millions of dollars in water in wet years, we won’t have it Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Chairman, I costs until the agencies simply throw during dry ones, and the economic and yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from up their hands and give up. social devastation have been immense. the Centennial State of Colorado (Mr. H.R. 1654 will bring order from this The CHAIR. The time of the gen- TIPTON). bureaucratic chaos. It establishes a tleman has expired. Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Chairman, I would framework in which Federal agencies Mr. LAMBORN. I yield an additional like to thank my colleague, Represent- with permitting responsibilities for the 1 minute to the gentleman from Cali- ative MCCLINTOCK, for putting forward construction of new reservoirs must fornia. a very sensible piece of legislation. work together, coordinate their sched- Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chair, if you The Colorado Water Congress, who ules, share data and technical mate- want to misuse our environmental laws supports this bill, stated in their let- rials, and make their findings publicly to block any new water storage, well, ter: available. The end result will be fewer then you should vote against this bill. The economic viability of the State of Col- delays, more efficient use of taxpayer We will continue to see increasingly se- orado is dependent on safe and reliable water dollars, and, ultimately, more abun- vere water shortages and spiralling supply. In recent years, the ability of water dant water supplies. water and electricity bills. managers to meet growth demand and to cre- It is modeled on the Obama adminis- But if you want to preserve our envi- ate water storage has become more chal- tration’s approach to constructing new ronmental laws, you ought to be sup- lenging. electric transmission lines to accom- porting this bill because it places those In Colorado, the Windy Gap Project, modate its reliance on wind and solar laws back within a workable and prac- whose formal environmental permit- generation. There is nothing new in tical framework, and it places our soci- ting process began in 2003, won’t see this process. In October of 2009, the ad- ety back on the road to an era of abun- construction start until at least 2019, ministration formed the Interagency dance where our children can enjoy with water storage ready by 2022—16 Rapid Response Team for Trans- green lawns and gardens, brightly lit years to permit, 3 years to build. mission, a consortium of nine Federal homes, and abundant and affordable For too long, Federal agencies have agencies to coordinate a single unified groceries from America’s agricultural failed to properly coordinate and time environmental review document for cornucopia. their reviews of water supply project each project analysis. Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, I yield applications, resulting in missed oppor- It is also modeled on provisions spon- myself such time as I may consume. tunities for increased water storage sored by House Democrats that expe- Mr. Chair, the State of California is during our wetter seasons. dited improvements on the Hetch being mentioned quite a bit in this con- Water is the lifeblood of Western Hetchy dam serving the San Francisco versation. communities. Without it, most com- region. This bill simply says, if there is It bears noting that the State of Cali- munities in the Western United States a potential project on Interior or Agri- fornia is not asking for this legislation; could not survive, so it only makes culture Department lands, then the Bu- and, in fact, the State of California has sense to store as much of it as we rea- reau of Reclamation will be the coordi- consistently opposed the rolling back sonably can during those wetter years. nating agency for the permits. That is of environmental standards and is busy Yet the Federal Government presents a one-stop permitting agency. passing bill after bill in this State leg- roadblock after roadblock that pre- It will call together all of the agen- islative session to try to backfill for vents a timely and cost-effective com- cies, the local and State jurisdictions anticipated rollbacks in Federal envi- pletion to many of these projects. and tribal governments of our Indian ronmental standards. So, certainly, if This legislation will streamline the nations, establish a timeframe for we are talking about the State of Cali- permitting process and increase agency studying decisionmaking, and then co- fornia and what it wants and it needs, accountability by placing the Bureau ordinate all the reviews and analyses its elected leaders are taking a very of Reclamation at the center of the and opinions and statements and per- different direction than posing the process and ensuring all other agencies mits or licenses and other Federal ap- false choice between environmental are required to report to it in a timely provals required under Federal law. standards and infrastructure. fashion. It also requires transparency, assur- Again, the United States Bureau of It is an effective piece of legislation, ing that all data is available to the Reclamation has emphasized that there an effective approach to a problem that public online so the science guiding are other factors, that it is not envi- should not exist. I urge my colleagues these decisions can be rigorously scru- ronmental review that has stopped any to support this measure. tinized by all interested parties. water projects in the West. The Con- Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I It also allows water agencies to fund gressional Research Service has yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from the review process if Federal funding reached the same conclusion. Fresno, California (Mr. COSTA). isn’t provided, removing one of the ex- And I just heard from my friend, Mr. Mr. COSTA. Mr. Chair, this is an cuses that Federal agencies have made MCCLINTOCK, that we can’t build new issue that is, I think, one of most im- in slow-walking or stalling project re- reservoirs until we change these laws. portant long-term issues that we deal views. Well, I have got to point out that Cali- with not only in California and West- I want to make this very clear: It fornia has built new reservoirs under ern States but, really, in the world, be- does not bypass or alter or waive any current law. You can ask the folks in cause the fact is that water is a crucial environmental or safety laws. It Contra Costa County about Los element of the sustainability of all of doesn’t waive CEQ or ESA or NEPA or Vaqueros Reservoir. us, and it always has been. any other law. It simply says the proc- They didn’t need any environmental With the planet clicking 7 billion ess needs to be more efficient, and the waivers or special legislation. They people a couple of years ago, soon to be government agencies should coordinate built their dam. And in fact, they are 9 billion people by the middle of this and cooperate with each other rather getting ready to move forward with an century, with climate change clearly than talking past each other as iso- expansion of that surface storage impacting our ability to manage our lated and often inscrutable fiefdoms. project. It should be broadly supported, water supplies, we must look at the

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And this is water for the crops, the price of food water shortage and water management one effort to, in fact, look at how we goes up and the price of water goes up. issues, I really hope he will pay a visit can provide additional storage capacity Who is the worst hurt? to my district, because on the north not only in California, but elsewhere, America’s lowest income people are coast of California, you get the other so that when we have these periodic the ones who are hurt the most, the end of this water management chal- times—and we measure water on 10- ones who can’t afford to pay the little lenge. year averages. extra for food that it costs when it The fishing communities of the north We have had near-record rainfall and costs more money to grow crops in the coast have been hammered by the fact snow in the snow-packed mountains of middle of a drought. that our iconic salmon runs are tee- California, which we were blessed with b 1515 tering on the brink of extinction. We the last 4 months. And after five of the have left very little flow in the rivers, most extremely dry periods of time, to So with that said, I dramatically sup- and this drought only exacerbated the have this rain and snow is wonderful. port doing something for the people, problem. But we know that you have got to not some environmental theory—non- So I am representing people that are plan for the future. And so in cases like sensical theories in most cases—that deeply impacted by water shortage and California where it is either feast or we are facing doom if we store water. water management decisions that need famine, having an additional water res- The CHAIR. The time of the gen- to be part of this consideration instead ervoir supply is one of the important tleman has expired. of trivialized when we talk about water water management tools in our water Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Chair, I yield an wasting out through the estuary. This toolbox, along with conservation, along additional 1 minute to the gentleman is water that sustains these fishery with better irrigation technologies from California. runs that have been the lifeblood of the which we are implementing, along with Mr. ROHRABACHER. If we store communities in my district for many conservation of all sorts of kinds, desa- water, that is going to be bad for the years. linization. All of these matter, as does environment? I mean, I am sorry. That Now, just to inject a couple of facts storage. makes no sense to me. into what has been called a radical en- This year, millions and millions of And it doesn’t make sense to ordi- vironmental agenda that caused the acre-feet of water have gone unused be- nary people either that after a drought, waste of all of this water during the cause of the lack of storage. This meas- that in some way it is against the envi- drought—in fact, that didn’t happen. In ure will help, but there are other ronment to make it easier for us to 2014, the fact is only 4 percent of all the things that we have to do to fix the store water so we don’t have to have runoff in the entire Bay Delta Water- broken water system in California, in the same destruction and the same shed flowed to San Francisco Bay sole- the West, and, really, we can be a tem- lowering of the standard of living of ly for environmental protection. In plate if we better manage our water re- our poorer people when the next 2015, it was even less. Two percent of sources for the entire planet in the drought comes around. the runoff for the entire watershed light of climate change. This act by Mr. TOM MCCLINTOCK, made it all the way out to San Fran- I ask that we support this legisla- H.R. 1654, will make it easier and cisco Bay solely for environmental pur- tion. It is helpful, and we must do quicker for us to build these dams. By poses. The rest of that flow that made much more. the way, if we don’t do this, many of it through was to control salinity in Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Chairman, I those dams will probably be built, only the delta so that you could continue to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from we are talking about the evaporation serve municipal and industrial and the California (Mr. ROHRABACHER). not of water, but of money. After you other water-use needs. Most of that Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Chair, I have to go through years and years of water was diverted and used. thank my colleague from California for paperwork, what evaporates is the We need to remember the facts in supporting this very important legisla- money that should be going into edu- what can sometimes be a hyperbolic tion. cation and transportation programs. discussion of California water. We all, all of us in California, have No. It is wrong all the way around Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance experienced what happens when you not to permit people to go as fast as we of my time. have radical environmentalist non- can rationally and engineeringwise to Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Chairman, I sense determining policy. We have just build storage for our water supply yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from gone through one of the worst droughts today so when the next drought comes Colorado (Mr. GOSAR), who is also a in our history, yet during that drought, around, ordinary people won’t be hurt. subcommittee chairman on the Com- those wonderful California environ- Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I mittee on Natural Resources. mental planners saw to it that billions yield myself such time as I may con- Mr. GOSAR. Mr. Chairman, I rise of gallons of freshwater were dumped sume. today in strong support of H.R. 1654, into the ocean instead of being redi- I thank my colleague from Orange legislation sponsored by my good rected towards producing food crops in County for those comments. I have friend and colleague, TOM MCCLINTOCK. our Central Valley area or providing been to Orange County and I have seen For centuries, Western States have water to drink or providing water so the cutting-edge water management fought over scarce water supplies. We that people could afford to have water work taking place in Mr. ROHR- even have an expression in the West throughout our State. Instead, it was ABACHER’s district. Among other that says whiskey is for drinking and dumped into the ocean. things, they are doing amazing ground- water is for fighting over. Now, what we needed and what we water recharge and water-use effi- The water scarcity in the West led need now that the drought is over is ciency, water recycling. In fact, they our visionary forefathers to build Fed- more water storage because we are in have got one of the most cutting-edge eral water storage projects throughout favor of people, not some grandiose potable reuse systems in the country. to provide water, hydropower, recre- concepts of what a better view counts— It is their reliance on those 21st cen- ation, flood control, and environmental now, without people in it, that is, of tury water management tools instead benefits while adhering to State water course. of large reservoirs—that, for the most rights. These were nonpartisan endeav- Now we need to think about what our part, were running dry during this ors, as evidenced by President John F. policies will impact on average people. drought we just went through—that en- Kennedy dedicating the San Luis Dam And what we have in this radical envi- abled them to get through the most in California. ronmental approach is opposition to critical drought any of us have ever Now, while the Central Arizona storing water, now that we have some seen in much better shape than any Project came after President Kennedy, extra water, right after a drought. communities around the State. it continues to bring prosperity to Ari- Now, whose side are you on? So kudos to the forward-looking zona’s cities, tribal communities, and You can’t tell me you are on the side water managers in Orange County. But ranches almost 50 years from its incep- of ordinary people, because when water if the gentleman is concerned about tion.

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Now, if my colleagues across the projects in the States covered under the Act of Lake Powell, the reservoir behind aisle are interested in an honest infra- June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Glen Canyon, allows for millions of structure bill, including a water infra- Acts supplemental to and amendatory of that dollars’ worth of recreational boating structure bill, they will find a lot of Act (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.) constructed on lands annually and even provided the scenery willing partners across the aisle, in- administered by the Department of the Interior for the astronaut crash landing in the cluding myself. We have put forth all or the Department of Agriculture, exclusive of 1968 science fiction classic, ‘‘The Plan- sorts of ideas. We want to see water in- any easement, right-of-way, lease, or any pri- vate holding, unless the project applicant elects et of the Apes.’’ frastructure. Surface storage and new not to participate in the process authorized by For generations, these projects pro- dams can be part of that, but we have this Act. vided benefits to a growing society, but got to put real dollars on the table. We (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means what the Federal Government helped have got to do what prior generations the Secretary of the Interior. give, it has been taking away. did when they got serious about build- SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF LEAD AGENCY AND The current regulatory process for ing infrastructure, and not hide behind COOPERATING AGENCIES. constructing new surface water storage this ulterior agenda of gutting our en- (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF LEAD AGENCY.—The is a bureaucratic maze that requires vironmental laws, repackaging that, Bureau is established as the lead agency for purposes of coordinating all reviews, analyses, numerous permits and approvals from and representing that as being respon- opinions, statements, permits, licenses, or other a multitude of different Federal, State, sive to our Nation’s critical need for approvals or decisions required under Federal and local agencies. Conflicting require- new infrastructure. This bill simply law to construct qualifying projects. ments continue to cause unnecessary doesn’t meet that test. (b) IDENTIFICATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF delays, kill jobs, and result in us fail- I request that my colleagues vote COOPERATING AGENCIES.—The Commissioner of ing to capture precious water supplies. ‘‘no,’’ and I yield back the balance of the Bureau shall— Ranchers, agricultural and municipal my time. (1) identify, as early as practicable upon re- water providers and other stakeholders Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Chairman, I ceipt of an application for a qualifying project, any Federal agency that may have jurisdiction in the West need a clear process with- yield myself the balance of my time. over a review, analysis, opinion, statement, per- out the bureaucracy. As I close, I do want to point out a mit, license, approval, or decision required for a H.R. 1654 establishes such a process bit of circular reasoning that my friend qualifying project under applicable Federal laws by creating a one-stop-shop permitting from California is using. He says that and regulations; and shop, with the Bureau of Reclamation it is not the environmental regulations (2) notify any such agency, within a reason- in charge of the permitting process for or the red tape that slows down the able timeframe, that the agency has been des- these important water storage projects construction of dams, it is the high ignated as a cooperating agency in regards to in 17 Western States. This makes a lot cost. But what he doesn’t recognize or the qualifying project unless that agency re- sponds to the Bureau in writing, within a time- of sense, as the Bureau of Reclama- is not willing to admit is that the high frame set forth by the Bureau, notifying the Bu- tion’s multipurpose water projects cost is caused by all the red tape and reau that the agency— made the West what it is today. Gen- environmental regulations. So that is (A) has no jurisdiction or authority with re- erations of our prior leaders focused on arguing in circles, and I don’t accept spect to the qualifying project; the need to capture water and deliver that. (B) has no expertise or information relevant to it to cities and fields. Again, I commend the bill’s sponsor the qualifying project or any review, analysis, Our communities always need water, for this bill that looks to promote addi- opinion, statement, permit, license, or other ap- proval or decision associated therewith; or and with the projected population in- tional and much-needed water storage (C) does not intend to submit comments on the creases, we are going to need a lot throughout the West. qualifying project or conduct any review of such more of it in the near future. Mr. Chair, I urge the passage of the a project or make any decision with respect to Let’s build on the good work of pre- bill, and I yield back the balance of my such project in a manner other than in coopera- vious generations. Get the bureaucracy time. tion with the Bureau. out of the way and pass H.R. 1654 so we The CHAIR. All time for general de- (c) STATE AUTHORITY.—A State in which a have a clear process moving forward bate has expired. qualifying project is being considered may Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be choose, consistent with State law— for preserving worthwhile water infra- (1) to participate as a cooperating agency; structure projects. considered for amendment under the 5- and There is an old adage: save for a minute rule. (2) to make subject to the processes of this Act rainy day. In this case, it should be: It shall be in order to consider as an all State agencies that— save on a rainy day. original bill for the purpose of amend- (A) have jurisdiction over the qualifying This act facilitates that very con- ment under the 5-minute rule the project; cept. amendment in the nature of a sub- (B) are required to conduct or issue a review, Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman stitute recommended by the Com- analysis, or opinion for the qualifying project; or from California for sponsoring such mittee on Natural Resources, printed (C) are required to make a determination on needed legislation, and I urge my col- in the bill. The committee amendment issuing a permit, license, or approval for the leagues to vote in support of this com- in the nature of a substitute shall be qualifying project. monsense bill. considered as read. SEC. 4. BUREAU RESPONSIBILITIES. Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I The text of the committee amend- (a) IN GENERAL.—The principal responsibil- yield myself the balance of my time. ment in the nature of a substitute is as ities of the Bureau under this Act are— It has been a good conversation, but follows: (1) to serve as the point of contact for appli- I hope one thing is clear: this is not an H.R. 1654 cants, State agencies, Indian tribes, and others infrastructure bill. This is an environ- regarding proposed qualifying projects; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (2) to coordinate preparation of unified envi- mental deregulation bill that is resentatives of the United States of America in ronmental documentation that will serve as the masquerading behind the issue of infra- Congress assembled, basis for all Federal decisions necessary to au- structure. SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. thorize the use of Federal lands for qualifying Environmental laws, environmental This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Water Supply projects; and reviews are not the reason new dams Permitting Coordination Act’’. (3) to coordinate all Federal agency reviews have not been built and it is not the SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. necessary for project development and construc- reason new dams will not be built. All In this Act: tion of qualifying projects. (1) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the (b) COORDINATION PROCESS.—The Bureau of the serious analyses point to other Bureau of Reclamation. shall have the following coordination respon- factors, the big one being they don’t (2) COOPERATING AGENCIES.—The term ‘‘co- sibilities: generate enough water to justify the operating agency’’ means a Federal agency with (1) PREAPPLICATION COORDINATION.—Notify huge price tags that go along with jurisdiction over a review, analysis, opinion, cooperating agencies of proposed qualifying

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The Clerk will designate (A) to explain applicable processes, data re- section 4. the amendment. quirements, and applicant submissions nec- (B) ADHERENCE.—Each cooperating agency essary to complete the required Federal agency shall adhere to the project schedule established The text of the amendment is as fol- reviews within the timeframe established; and by the Bureau under subparagraph (A). lows: (B) to establish the schedule for the qualifying (b) ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD.—The head of Page 4, line 2, after the period insert ‘‘Such project. each cooperating agency shall submit to the Bu- term shall also include State-led projects (as (2) CONSULTATION WITH COOPERATING AGEN- reau all environmental review material pro- defined in section 4007(a)(2) of the WIIN Act) CIES.—Consult with the cooperating agencies duced or compiled in the course of carrying out for new surface water storage projects in the throughout the Federal agency review process, activities required under Federal law, consistent States covered under the Act of June 17, 1902 identify and obtain relevant data in a timely with the project schedule established by the Bu- (32 Stat. 388, chapter 1093), and Acts supple- manner, and set necessary deadlines for cooper- reau under subsection (a)(2). mental to and amendatory of that Act (43 ating agencies. (c) DATA SUBMISSION.—To the extent prac- U.S.C. 371 et seq.) constructed on lands ad- (3) SCHEDULE.—Work with the qualifying ticable and consistent with Federal law, the ministered by the Department of the Interior project applicant and cooperating agencies to head of each cooperating agency shall submit or the Department of Agriculture, exclusive establish a project schedule. In establishing the all relevant project data to the Bureau in a gen- of any easement, right-of-way, lease, or any schedule, the Bureau shall consider, among erally accessible electronic format, subject to the private holding, unless the project applicant other factors— project schedule established by the Bureau elects not to participate in the process au- (A) the responsibilities of cooperating agencies thorized by this Act.’’. under applicable laws and regulations; under subsection (a)(2). (B) the resources available to the cooperating SEC. 6. FUNDING TO PROCESS PERMITS. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- agencies and the non-Federal qualifying project (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, after public lution 392, the gentleman from Cali- sponsor, as applicable; notice in accordance with subchapter II of fornia (Mr. LAMALFA) and a Member (C) the overall size and complexity of the chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5, United opposed each will control 5 minutes. qualifying project; States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Adminis- (D) the overall schedule for and cost of the The Chair recognizes the gentleman trative Procedure Act’’), may accept and expend from California. qualifying project; and funds contributed by a non-Federal public enti- (E) the sensitivity of the natural and historic ty to expedite the evaluation of a permit of that Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Chairman, I also resources that may be affected by the qualifying entity related to a qualifying project. want to thank my subcommittee chair- project. (b) EFFECT ON PERMITTING.— man, Mr. LAMBORN, for his leadership (4) ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE.—Prepare a (1) EVALUATION OF PERMITS.—In carrying out on this, and Mr. MCCLINTOCK for bring- unified environmental review document for each this section, the Secretary shall ensure that the ing the bill in chief forward here that I qualifying project application, incorporating a evaluation of permits carried out using funds single environmental record on which all co- am asking to amend today. accepted under this section shall— operating agencies with authority to issue ap- This amendment ensures that State- (A) be reviewed by the Regional Director of provals for a given qualifying project shall base led projects can also enjoy the coordi- the Bureau of the region in which the quali- project approval decisions. Help ensure that co- nation that the bill itself will do, fying project or activity is located (or a des- operating agencies make necessary decisions, ignee); and State-led surface storage projects such within their respective authorities, regarding (B) use the same procedures for decisions that as Sites Reservoir. These will be de- Federal approvals in accordance with the fol- would otherwise be required for the evaluation fined in the WIIN Act and they will be lowing timelines: (A) Not later than 1 year after acceptance of of permits for similar projects or activities not eligible under H.R. 1654’s permitting. a completed project application when an envi- carried out using funds authorized under this Doing so enables States to direct ronmental assessment and finding of no signifi- section. their own resources towards infrastruc- cant impact is determined to be the appropriate (2) IMPARTIAL DECISIONMAKING.—In carrying ture needs at lower cost and improves level of review under the National Environ- out this section, the Secretary and the head of States’ ability to partner with the Fed- each cooperating agency receiving funds under mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et eral Government on projects that pro- seq.). this section for a qualifying project shall ensure that the use of the funds accepted under this vide both State and Federal benefits. (B) Not later than 1 year and 30 days after Adopting this amendment to include the close of the public comment period for a section for the qualifying project shall not— draft environmental impact statement under the (A) substantively or procedurally impact im- State-led projects will allow the devel- National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 partial decisionmaking with respect to the opment of more water infrastructure U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), when an environmental im- issuance of permits; or more rapidly and at no additional cost pact statement is required under the same. (B) diminish, modify, or otherwise affect the to the Federal Government. For exam- (5) CONSOLIDATED ADMINISTRATIVE RECORD.— statutory or regulatory authorities of the co- ple, in my home State of California, operating agency. Maintain a consolidated administrative record the voters have approved billions of (c) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of of the information assembled and used by the dollars toward infrastructure projects cooperating agencies as the basis for agency de- the funds accepted under this section shall be cisions. used to carry out a review of the evaluation of such as Sites Reservoir—not too far (6) PROJECT DATA RECORDS.—To the extent permits required under subsection (b)(1)(A). from my neighborhood—which will in- practicable and consistent with Federal law, en- (d) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary clude enough water storage for mil- sure that all project data is submitted and main- shall ensure that all final permit decisions car- lions more people in our State. tained in generally accessible electronic format, ried out using funds authorized under this sec- Now, if you know the saga of Sites compile, and where authorized under existing tion are made available to the public, including Reservoir, the locals there will tell you law, make available such project data to cooper- on the Internet. they have been talking about it, study- ating agencies, the qualifying project applicant, The CHAIR. No amendment to the ing it, poking it, prodding it for about and to the public. committee amendment in the nature of (7) PROJECT MANAGER.—Appoint a project 40 years. Bureaucracy plays a major manager for each qualifying project. The project a substitute shall be in order except role in that. manager shall have authority to oversee the those printed in part B of House Report So the bill in chief is not looking to project and to facilitate the issuance of the rel- 115–186. Each such amendment may be change environmental laws or get rid evant final authorizing documents, and shall be offered only in the order printed in the of environmental laws. Indeed, my col- responsible for ensuring fulfillment of all Bu- report, by a Member designated in the league on the other side of the aisle reau responsibilities set forth in this section and report, shall be considered read, shall talked about having an honest discus- all cooperating agency responsibilities under be debatable for the time specified in section 5. sion in this area. Well, an honest dis- the report equally divided and con- SEC. 5. COOPERATING AGENCY RESPONSIBIL- cussion would show that the bill in ITIES. trolled by a proponent and an oppo- chief is one that is merely coordi- (a) ADHERENCE TO BUREAU SCHEDULE.— nent, shall not be subject to amend- nating. It is not changing the Water (1) TIMEFRAMES.—On notification of an appli- ment, and shall not be subject to a de- Quality Act. It is not changing NEPA, cation for a qualifying project, the head of each mand for division of the question. CEQA, or anything else, other than cooperating agency shall submit to the Bureau AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. LAMALFA a timeframe under which the cooperating agen- getting these people all in one room to cy reasonably will be able to complete the au- The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- coordinate at one time. thorizing responsibilities of the cooperating sider amendment No. 1 printed in part Yes, we, indeed, have costs involved, agency. B of House Report 115–186. because people give up, whether it is

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By the year 2030, we are going this coordination. after a while because they don’t think to have 50 million people living in Cali- So the coordination will mean more their dollars are actually getting to fornia. for the American people, more for the the projects, when they hear needless, The simple truth is that in the San people of my own State, with less dol- endless delays, when we have this game Joaquin Valley, where I live, which has lars, less delay, and they can start en- of bureaucratic badminton being been ground zero for the impact of an joying the fruits of this project, the played by various agencies knocking unreliable water supply because of this fruit of their tax dollars. one idea to another, taking years of broken system, we have felt the devas- So my amendment simply adds to time and additional costs, especially tation of the drought. This lack of reli- that, State-led efforts, whether it has those surprise ones at the last minute. ability is due to many factors that been a bond passed by a State or other Lake Oroville is in my own backyard. have intensified as a result of climate State funding in California and other Now, what we have seen there since the change, impact on regulations, and States, that they, too, can enjoy that crisis happened with the breakage of other factors. coordination that this bill would pro- the spillway is that coordination under Luckily this year, as I noted earlier, vide. an emergency, where, even though it has been a deluge of rain and snow, Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- there are some trying to throw road- and for that we are thankful. But we ance of my time. blocks in there, people recognized co- know in California that it is either Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I, un- ordination was needed, because when feast or famine, and so, sadly, we must fortunately, must oppose this amend- 188,000 people have to evacuate an area plan for the future, and that means in- ment. I am not sure if it was the intent due to some unknown factors with how cluding surface storage and using sub- of my friend, Mr. LAMALFA, but it ap- the infrastructure is holding up, then surface replenishment of our ground pears that this amendment would they saw the need to fix it. water and all the other water tools prioritize permitting surface storage projects under the WIIN Act and not b 1530 that are part of this water toolbox that is critical for the long term. groundwater storage WIIN Act And the spillway at Lake Oroville is We need more storage. We need the projects. going to be fixed pretty rapidly over a underlying legislation that this pro- The WIIN Act, of course, authorized 2-year period and made usable in this vides. While not completely fixing or money for both surface and ground- short amount of time. So that is how resolving our challenges, it is a small water storage projects. These projects coordination can work to get a needed step, and, as was noted before, this are yet to be named and prioritized. project done when it can be an emer- does not amend NEPA or CEQA, but it That still needs to happen. gency. simply provides a timeline, and a Yet this amendment applies this What we need to quit doing is wait- timeline is a good thing. bill’s streamlining provisions to WIIN’s ing for emergencies like this and on This collaboration that this legisla- ‘‘State-led projects for new surface levee projects when we know for years tion envisions is not too different from water storage projects.’’ and years that levee projects—high- the collaboration that the Governor is Now, providing surface storage above ways, bridges, other infrastructure working with the Department of the all other types of water infrastructure that have this bureaucratic badminton Interior on, the proposal to fix the projects certainly is in keeping with played when people are trying to get plumbing system in the delta. They some of the obsession with new dams these projects done—need to be coordi- have a record of decision that has a that we have heard from my colleagues nated. That is what this bill does. timeline. across the aisle. But the truth is, there My amendment adds to it, again, an So if surface storage water is going are all sorts of other worthy projects important ability for State dollars to receive funding and support under that are needed if we are going to get under State-led infrastructure projects the WIIN Act that we passed in Decem- serious about water infrastructure in to be included in that. So I think it ber, matching State funds, along with California; and to put a thumb on the makes a heck of a lot of sense and will this effort to provide the timeline, will scale for one particular kind is not the help our voters like in California and be helpful. right way to go. others around the country to be able to Let me finally say that sustain- So, Mr. Chairman, I respectfully re- enjoy that coordination. ability of our agricultural economy, quest a ‘‘no’’ vote, and I yield back the Mr. LAMBORN. Will the gentleman sustainability of putting food and fiber balance of my time. yield? on America’s dinner table every night, The CHAIR. The question is on the AMALFA. I yield to the gen- Mr. L amendment offered by the gentleman tleman from Colorado. and helping feed other parts of the from California (Mr. LAMALFA). Mr. LAMBORN. We support the world is really what we are talking The amendment was agreed to. amendment. It improves the bill by ex- about here. Reliability is key to mak- panding opportunities for increased ing sure that we are sustainable under AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. LOWENTHAL water storage across the West. I urge the adverse impacts of a lack of a fixed The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- its adoption. water system. We need to address this. sider amendment No. 2 printed in part Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Chairman, I re- This legislation is a small step in B of House Report 115–186. serve the balance of my time. providing timelines for certainty for Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Chair, I have Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I this collaboration for this process to an amendment at the desk. claim the time in opposition to the work better. I urge support of this The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate amendment. amendment. the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I re- The text of the amendment is as fol- California is recognized for 5 minutes. serve the balance of my time. lows: Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chairman, I Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Chairman, I ap- At the end of the bill, add the following: yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from preciate my colleague, Mr. COSTA, for SEC. 7. CONDITION ON APPLICABILITY. Fresno, California (Mr. COSTA). his bipartisan support and effort in en- This Act shall not apply to any project Mr. COSTA. Mr. Chairman, I thank suring we have a proactive way of that the Secretary determines could cause the gentleman from Marin for yielding doing things in California on water in- harm to commercial fisheries. me 2 minutes. frastructure. I appreciate that a lot. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- Mr. Chairman, I rise today to support So for anybody to say that the lution 392, the gentleman from Cali- this amendment offered by my col- amount of effort it takes to get past fornia (Mr. LOWENTHAL) and a Member league, Congressman LAMALFA. As I the bureaucratic process, to simply get opposed each will control 5 minutes. said earlier, we need to fix the broken the existing permits under existing The Chair recognizes the gentleman water system in California because re- laws, is not burdensome is naive. In- from California. liability is key. deed, whether we are talking highway Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Chairman, I, We have a water system that was de- projects, levee projects, bridge like many of my colleagues on both signed for 20 million people. Today, we projects, and, more particularly, this sides of the aisle, am concerned about

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The gentleman from They might want to ask him about doing all that they can to make their California is recognized for 5 minutes. that some day. water infrastructure more resilient, to Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance reduce unneeded runoff, to recycle first I would point out to my friend of my time. water, and to store as much ground from California, if the climate con- b 1545 water as possible. tinues to warm, we are not going to be To support these critical activities, able to store as much water in our Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Chair, how Congress needs to invest in our coun- mountains as snow, and we are going to much time do I have remaining? try’s water infrastructure. The bill be- need much more surface water storage The CHAIR. The gentleman from fore us today does not do any of these reservoirs than the laws have allowed California (Mr. LOWENTHAL) has 11⁄2 things. It does not authorize new or ad- us to build because of the delays they minutes remaining. ditional funding for water projects. It have imposed in planning and construc- Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Chair, I yield is not an infrastructure bill. tion. 1 minute to the gentleman from north- Instead, the bill before us today The gentleman’s amendment gives ern California (Mr. HUFFMAN). makes many Americans nervous be- the Secretary of the Interior the abil- Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Chair, I thank cause it loosens key environmental ity to ignore this streamlining law if the gentleman for yielding me the safeguards and imposes arbitrary dead- he determines it could ‘‘cause harm to time. lines for the approval of dams on our commercial fisheries.’’ I rise in support of this amendment. rivers and streams. This bill threatens Well, now, remember, this bill makes My colleague across the aisle just the health of our streams, our rivers, no changes to any of our existing laws asked the rhetorical question: Why is and coastlines, which could harm fish or regulations. It makes no changes to this amendment needed? populations important to commercial the licenses and permits required for a It is needed because fishing jobs mat- fisheries. project or the criteria for obtaining ter. The people whom I represent on Therefore, I am offering a straight- those licenses and permits. It makes no the north coast of California and also forward amendment. It simply requires changes to any law or regulation that other fishing communities up and down proposed new dams to go through the could affect commercial fisheries or, the Pacific Coast, including Oregon and normal project review process if they for that matter, anything else. Washington, their jobs matter, and are likely to harm commercial fish- It simply says that the agencies and their limited opportunity to have their eries. jurisdictions involved with these interests considered when a dam The construction of poorly permitted projects have to cooperate and coordi- project is moving forward is what is dams has been a major cause of mor- nate and communicate with each shortened by the streamlining in this tality for California’s fisheries. In Cali- other, and it requires the science guid- bill. fornia’s Central Valley, they currently ing these decisions to be available to Their interests are already subordi- block Chinook salmon and steelhead nated oftentimes, but they get subordi- from more than 90 percent of the his- the public to review and scrutinize. So why the amendment? Well, for one nated even further by the streamlining torical spawning habitat. in this case, which places the Bureau of My amendment will help protect my reason and one reason only, I think, be- Reclamation, the proponent of the new State’s economically important fish- cause for the last 8 years, we have had dam, in charge of the administrative eries from further harm. Commercial an administration that was actively fisheries from my home State sustain hostile to constructing new reservoirs. record, which places the fish agencies— thousands of jobs across California and That administration has used the frag- which often advance the interests of the West Coast, and, currently, we mented nature of the approval process protecting fisheries—in a subordinate have what can only be described as a as a way to delay projects indefinitely. role to the Bureau of Reclamation that fisheries crisis. That is what this proposal corrects. controls the administrative record, Many fisheries are at record-low pop- Mr. LOWENTHAL’s amendment would which imposes shortened timelines to ulation levels. According to some esti- allow any administration so inclined to make it even harder for their interests mates, 78 percent of California’s native make a specious finding as an excuse to to be considered. salmon will be extinct or disappear ignore this law. Project applicants Fishing jobs matter. And the truth within the next century if current would not know from one election to is, right now, in my district and in trends continue. the next whether their millions of dol- many other fishing communities, peo- Simply put, many West Coast fisher- lars of studies and investments would ple are hurting because they have been men and fisherwomen who depend on suddenly come to naught, and projects damaged by poorly operated and poorly California’s fish runs are hanging on by already well along in the planning and permitted dams. a thread. The thousands of fishermen approval process could find their ef- Let’s not make things worse. This and fisherwomen, and other employees forts coming to a screeching halt. amendment is absolutely necessary, of restaurants, hotels, and other busi- For our laws to work, they must be and I urge an ‘‘aye’’ vote. nesses that depend on healthy fish predictable and fair. Mr. LOWENTHAL’s Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I runs, have been struggling mightily. amendment is a poison pill to render would first point out that commercial Even now, many fishermen and this law unpredictable and capricious. fisheries are controlled and regulated fisherwomen are still recovering from The irony is this: the gentleman’s by the Secretary of Commerce, not the the total closure of the ocean salmon constituents in southern California Secretary of the Interior, and yet it is fishery along the West Coast in 2008 have the most to lose from his amend- the Secretary of the Interior to whom and 2009, because of poor California ment because southern California de- the gentleman would give the power to salmon returns. The closure devastated pends on surplus water from northern ignore this streamlining law and im- the Pacific Coast fishing industry and, California. And let me make this very pose endless, repetitive, and duplica- ultimately, required millions of dollars clear to the gentleman and his con- tive delays in the consideration of in disaster aid from Congress. stituents: northern California has first these projects. In recent years, fishery managers claim on northern California water. I would again point out that all of have also had to severely restrict com- If we can’t store the extra water in the considerations that are given to mercial fishing season because of low the north, there is no surplus for the fisheries, that are given to environ- population levels. My amendment will south, and the gentleman’s constitu- mental laws, that are given to engi- help prevent future harm to people who ents can look forward to dead lawns neering laws, everything that goes into are already struggling just to get by. and gardens, brown parks, empty swim- the planning process in our dams under

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These fast-tracking provisions inter- (CWA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), fere with the ability of agencies and the pub- the Federal Land Policy and Management other, and then stick to that plan. Act (FLPMA), the Coastal Zone Management That is what the bill does, and that is lic to meaningfully analyze proposed com- plex projects, and could also limit the Act (CZMA), the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act why it is so desperately needed in a public’s ability to weigh in on infrastructure (WSRA), and other federal authorizations, State that has not built a major res- developments that could affect communities even where those authorizations have been ervoir of over a million acre-fee of stor- for decades. Further, the bill permits non- delegated or devolved to the states or Native age since the New Melones was com- federal public entities to contribute funds to American tribes. expedite project permitting, raising serious Forces all other federal, state, and tribal pleted in 1979. agencies to comply with the Bureau’s sched- Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Chairman, I conflicts of interest questions about the fair- ness and impartiality of the federal review ule and to defer to the Bureau’s proposed include in the RECORD three letters, in- scope of environmental review. process. Effectively waives the Endangered Species cluding one from the Pacific Coast H.R. 1654 also establishes perverse incen- Act or the Clean Water Act if a state, tribe, Federation of Fishermen’s Associa- tives for western states to cede their inde- or federal agency cannot meet the Bureau’s tions, which is the largest organization pendent authority. Under the new regulatory schedule or misses a deadline. The Bureau of commercial fishing families on the scheme, state agencies could be compelled to and the project applicant may simply pro- West Coast, collectively representing adhere to the bill’s procedures, thereby re- ceed with the proposed action and the au- thousands of family-wage jobs and the quiring those state agencies to cede control thorization is waived. There are no similar West Coast commercial fishing indus- to Reclamation and comply with its remedies or penalties if the Bureau or the try that contributes billions of dollars timelines. This weakens the essential and project applicant fails to meet a deadline, or independent role that states play in review- to the U.S. economy, strongly opposing if delay caused by Bureau or the project ap- ing proposed water infrastructure projects plicant results in an agency missing a dead- this bill, H.R. 1654, and supporting the within their borders. amendment. line. The end result of this and the following We sincerely request that you vote NO on provisions could be that states and tribes PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION H.R. 1654. This bill will not solve the prob- may be forced to deny certification for new OF FISHERMEN’S ASSOCIATIONS, lems it purports to address, and it would projects in order to avoid potential legal li- June 12, 2017. have widespread consequences far beyond ability. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: The Pacific Coast water deliveries and water storage, including It is important that federal natural re- Federation of Fishermen’s Associations adverse effects to regional and local fishing source agencies retain the authority and re- (PCFFA) is the largest organization of com- industry economies and the jobs and commu- sponsibility to condition operations of sur- mercial fishing families on the West Coast, nities those economies support. face storage projects so as to protect streams representing the interests of hundreds of Sincerely, and other public resources. A key part of family-owned commercial fishing operations NOAH OPPENHEIM, protecting watersheds, especially in the arid who harvest and deliver fresh seafood to Executive Director. West, is maintaining healthy flows in American consumers and for export. Collec- streams. For years, American Rivers has tively, we represent many thousands of fam- AMERICAN RIVERS, worked with the federal land management ily wage jobs and a West Coast commercial Washington, DC, April 26, 2017. agencies, tribes, states and other stake- fishing industry that contributes billions of U.S. HOUSE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RE- holders to protect healthy river flows on dollars to the U.S. economy. SOURCES, public lands. Federal land managers, states, On behalf of the hundreds of hard working Washington, DC. tribes and the public have an important role commercial fishermen we represent, we are DEAR MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE COM- to play in protecting streams—based on the OPPOSED to H.R. 1654 for many reasons, MITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES: I am writing Property Clause of the Constitution, Section among them the following: on behalf of American Rivers and our 200,000 505 of the Federal Land Policy and Manage- While the concept of streamlining permit- members to oppose H.R. 1654, the Water Sup- ment Act, and other authorities—and they ting for federal water projects is attractive ply Permitting Coordination Act, which is also have a responsibility to work with their on its face, our primary problem in the arid before the Committee on April 26, 2017. We stakeholders to do it right. Provisions of west is not a lack of water storage projects, understand that new surface storage projects H.R. 1654 would harm the ability of federal but lack of funds for maintaining and repair- are a consideration as part of a multi-faceted land managers, states, and tribes to use ing the many existing projects that are al- portfolio aimed at addressing long term these authorities to protect streams, rivers, ready in place. Hundreds of existing water drought in the Western United States. We and vital fisheries. projects are badly in need of repair, with also share Congress’ view that long-term, We oppose H.R. 1654, and urge Congress to many dangerously close to failing. And as we balanced solutions to drought and water sup- carefully consider the impacts of the legisla- recently witnessed with the catastrophic ply security that support and protect local tion on federal, tribal and state authority failure of the Oroville Dam, an ‘‘expedited economies, the viability of agriculture, mu- before proceeding further and determine if review process’’ like what is envisioned in nicipal water supplies, recreation, and the ri- legislation is needed. H.R. 1654 could lead to poor or rushed im- parian environment are critical to the future Sincerely, pacts analyses potentially resulting in fur- of Western communities. H.R. 1654, however, MATTHEW NIEMERSKI, ther catastrophe or economic disruption. It fails to provide a long-term, balanced solu- Director, Federal Policy, is now apparent that the Oroville Dam’s 2017 tion, and goes far beyond the scope of au- American Rivers. emergency spillway failure was predicted— thorities vested in the Bureau of Reclama- but the warning signs were ignored—in its tion (the ‘‘Bureau’’) while undermining the GOLDEN GATE SALMON ASSOCIATION, expedited environmental impacts review critical role other federal agencies, tribes, Petaluma, CA, June 12, 2017. process. and states play in the permitting of water Re H.R. 1654 (McClintock)—OPPOSE. H.R. 1654 is simply the wrong approach. It supply projects in the West. We remain con- DEAR CHAIRMAN BISHOP AND RANKING MEM- would undermine existing laws protecting cerned about the potential harmful impacts BER GRIJALVA: The Golden Gate Salmon As- both the public and public resources by mak- to management authorities designed to pro- sociation is a coalition of salmon fishermen ing the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (Rec- tect streams and conserve watersheds. In and women, both sport and commercial, and lamation) the lead agency for all environ- light of these concerns, we ask you to oppose related businesses. As a business-oriented ad- mental reviews, in effect leaving Reclama- H.R. 1654. vocacy organization focused on conservation tion in control of the entire environmental This legislation amends the Reclamation and restoration of Central Valley salmon review process. However, Reclamation has Act, 43 U.S.C. 371, et seq., in a way that un- stocks, with members throughout California, neither the expertise nor the capacity of the dermines the management authorities of we write to offer our strong opposition to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the Na- other federal agencies, tribes, and states. H.R. 1654 (McClintock), the ‘‘Water Supply tional Marine Fisheries Service to inform H.R. 1654 allows the Bureau to preempt state Permitting Coordination Act.’’ This legisla- the development of major infrastructure laws and procedural requirements for agency tion threatens tens of thousands of fishing projects to reduce their impact on valuable decision-making by dictating unreasonable related jobs and could result in severe im- wildlife and fisheries. Under H.R. 1654, these deadlines. It also weakens authorities under pacts to a salmon fishing industry that is agencies would be stripped of their authority Endangered Species Act and Clean Water highly vulnerable today.

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SURFACE STORAGE AND CALIFORNIA’S SALMON Undermining State Review of Projects: In The Alliance is a grassroots organization FISHING INDUSTRY cases where states chose to opt in, the bill of family farmers, ranchers, irrigation dis- Surface storage projects have been the would give the Bureau control over the ad- tricts and allied industries in 16 Western leading cause of the decline of California’s ministrative record and schedule for state states. Several of our members are mutual historic salmon fishery. In the past decade, agencies. In such a case, the bill would allow ditch and irrigation districts. The Alliance is surface storage projects contributed to the the Bureau undue control over state analysis focused on one mission: To ensure the avail- first ever, historic closure of the California and permitting. This is highly inappropriate, ability of reliable, affordable irrigation salmon fishery in 2008 and 2009. A fishery given more than a century of traditional fed- water supplies to Western farmers and worth an estimated $1.4 billion in annual eral deference to state law. ranchers. economic activity to California in a normal Surface Storage Bias: Surface storage con- The ‘‘Water Supply Permitting Coordina- season was shattered. This had devastating struction and operation is among the water tion Act’’ provides a critical first step to- impacts on the 23,000 men and women whose management activities with the most severe wards addressing current regulatory and bu- livelihoods depend on the commercial and impacts on salmon and salmon rivers. This reaucratic challenges that many times will recreational salmon fishery. legislation inappropriately restricts analysis delay or even halt the development of new In significant part as a result of dam for the most environmentally destructive water supply enhancement projects in the projects, the health of our coastal fishing method of storing water and generating new Western United States. The recent drought communities has decreased. We’ve seen a de- water supplies, but not for less destructive has ramped up much-needed Congressional cline in the number of commercial salmon activities. interest to enact legislation that will allow boats registered to fish from almost 5,000 in For the above reasons, we urge you to op- Western water providers to better manage the late 1980’s to just over 1,000 today. Once pose this damaging and unnecessary bill. and prepare for future dry times. Now, the bustling salmon ports, like Fort Bragg and Thank you for considering our comments. heaviest rain in a decade has overwhelmed Eureka are lined with crumbling docks and Sincerely, parts of the West Coast, underscoring the pier pilings. In some places there aren’t JOHN MCMANUS, critical importance of having modernized enough fish crossing the docks to maintain Executive Director. and enhanced water storage infrastructure in basic infrastructure like boat repair yards, Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Chair, I yield place to optimize water resources manage- fuel docks and ice making machines. Where ment for the future. back the balance of my time. Family Farm Alliance members rely on once proud freshly painted houses beamed Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chair, by that the traditional water and power infrastruc- pride of fisherman ownership, too many are token, I will include in the RECORD the ture built over the last century to deliver ir- sadly in need of repair. Go to any California support of the United States Chamber rigation water supplies vital to their farming harbor with commercial fishing activity and operations. Our membership has been advo- inspect the deck hardware and rigging on of Commerce as well as the Family cating for new water storage facilities for boats and you’ll see what deferred mainte- Farm Alliance and others in support of over twenty years, and we have provided spe- nance looks like for people who struggle to this bill and the jobs that will expand cific recommendations to Congress and the keep a roof over their family’s heads and pay as a result of its adoption. White House on how to streamline restric- the bills. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE tive federal regulations to help make these Because of low populations of adult salmon UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, in 2017, salmon fishing for much of Northern projects happen. Washington, DC, June 20, 2017. As you are aware, developing new water California has been closed entirely this year. TO THE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF storage projects is much easier said than For the remainder of the California coast, REPRESENTATIVES: The U.S. Chamber of done. For many reasons—political, economic the commercial fishing fleet has lost ap- Commerce urges you to approve H.R. 1654, and social—the construction of traditional proximately two thirds of their traditional the ‘‘Water Supply Permitting Coordination surface water storage projects is undertaken fishing season. These low population num- Act,’’ which would streamline the permitting on a much more limited basis than in dec- bers are the result of the drought and the process for new surface water storage ades past. Even if federal authorization and impacts of existing surface storage projects. projects. The Chamber may consider includ- funding, or funding from non-federal sources, Decision-makers should respond to this ing votes on, or in relation to, H.R. 1654 in is secured for a new storage project, the ex- crisis by strengthening efforts to restore our annual How They Voted scorecard. isting procedures for permitting the develop- salmon runs. However, H.R. 1654 could in- H.R. 1654 would establish the Bureau of ment of additional water supplies can make crease the impacts of dam projects on salm- Reclamation as the lead agency for coordi- project approval incredibly burdensome. on, with potentially devastating con- nating environmental reviews and permit- By the time project applicants approach sequences. ting new or expanded non-federal surface federal agencies for permits to construct SPECIFIC CONCERNS storage facilities. The bill also would allow multimillion dollar projects they have al- This legislation threatens to weaken anal- the Secretary of the Interior to accept funds ready invested extensive resources toward ysis and permitting for surface storage from non-federal public entities and to use analyzing project alternatives to determine projects, with significant potential impacts those funds to expedite the permitting proc- which project is best suited to their budg- on salmon. GGSA offers the following spe- ess for designated projects. This type of co- etary constraints. However, current proce- cific concerns. ordination and streamlining is essential to dure dictates that federal agencies formulate Interfering With The Use of the Best Avail- the development and construction of much- another list of project alternatives which the able Science: The bill would allow the Bu- needed water storage projects. applicant must assess, comparing potential reau of Reclamation to control the adminis- The structure of H.R. 1654 tracks the per- impacts with the preferred alternative. trative record used by all federal agencies in mit streamlining provisions contained in These alternatives often conflict with state reviewing surface storage projects. At best, Title 41 of the Fixing America’s Surface law or are simply not implementable in the the Bureau lacks the environmental exper- Transportation Act, which was passed during first place yet valuable resources are re- tise of the regulatory agencies on a range of the 114th Congress. The Chamber urges you quired to be expended to further study these issues, including salmon. In addition, as a to approve H.R. 1654. additional alternatives in the federal permit- potential applicant for surface storage Sincerely, ting process. projects, the Bureau would have a clear con- NEIL L. BRADLEY, Thus, we strongly support your bill. We flict of interest, were they to be given con- Senior Vice President & Chief Policy Officer. look forward to working with you, the 115th trol of the record used by all federal agen- Congress and other interested parties to cies. Further, the Bureau has a record of as- FAMILY FARM ALLIANCE, build a consensus for improving the federal serting dubious environmental benefits from Klamath Falls, OR, March 8, 2017. regulatory and permitting process. If we surface storage projects and working to sup- Hon. TOM MCCLINTOCK, don’t find a way to restore water supply reli- press analysis by federal agencies. As a re- House of Representatives, ability for Western irrigated agriculture sult, it is highly inappropriate for the Bu- Washington, DC. through a combination of new water supply reau to be given control of a single adminis- DEAR CONGRESSMAN MCCLINTOCK: On behalf and management infrastructure, other water trative record to be used by all federal agen- of the Family Farm Alliance (Alliance), we supply enhancement efforts and demand cies. write to express our support for your ‘‘Water management—our country’s ability to feed Interfering with Agency Review: The bill Supply Permitting Coordination Act’’. This and clothe itself and the world will be jeop- would give the Bureau authority to establish important legislation would authorize the ardized. a binding schedule for all federal agency en- Secretary of the Interior to coordinate Fed- This bill takes an important step towards vironmental review and permitting. For the eral and State permitting processes related addressing this critical need. I encourage same reasons cited above, this is inappro- to the construction of new surface water you or your staff to contact Dan Keppen if priate. In addition, this requirement would storage projects on lands under the jurisdic- you have any questions. produce unnecessary, costly and time con- tion of the Secretary of the Interior and the Sincerely, suming litigation, in the likely event that a Secretary of Agriculture and to designate PATRICK O’TOOLE, schedule adopted by the Bureau does not the Bureau of Reclamation as the lead agen- President. allow adequate time for review by regulatory cy for permit processing, and for other pur- DAN KEPPEN, agencies. poses. Executive Director.

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ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA Thank you for your leadership on water stor- Evans Lipinski Rosen WATER AGENCIES, age and other critical issues. Fitzpatrick Loebsack Roybal-Allard June 19, 2017. Sincerely, Foster Lofgren Ruiz Frankel (FL) Lowenthal Ruppersberger Re Support for H.R. 1654. ROBERT J. GALLO, Fudge Lowey Rush Hon. PAUL RYAN, President and CEO. Gallego Lujan Grisham, Ryan (OH) Speaker, House of Representatives, Washington, Garamendi M. Sa´ nchez DC. MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT Gonzalez (TX) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Sarbanes Gottheimer Lynch Schakowsky Hon. NANCY PELOSI, OF ORANGE COUNTY, Fountain Valley, CA, May 30, 2017. Green, Al Maloney, Schiff Minority Leader, House of Representatives, Green, Gene Carolyn B. Schneider Hon. TOM MCCLINTOCK, Washington, DC. Grijalva Maloney, Sean Schrader DEAR SPEAKER RYAN AND MINORITY LEADER House of Representatives, Hanabusa Matsui Scott (VA) PELOSI: The Association of California Water Washington, DC. Hastings McCollum Scott, David Agencies (ACWA) is pleased to support H.R. DEAR CONGRESSMAN MCCLINTOCK: The Mu- Heck McEachin Serrano 1654, the ‘‘Water Supply Permitting Coordi- nicipal Water District of Orange County Higgins (NY) McGovern Sewell (AL) (MWDOC) is pleased to support your meas- Himes McNerney Shea-Porter nation Act’’. ACWA’s 450 public water agen- Hoyer Meng Sherman cy members supply over 90 percent of the ure, H.R. 1654—‘‘The Water Supply Permit- ting Coordination Act.’’ We applaud your ef- Huffman Moore Sinema water delivered in California for residential, Jackson Lee Moulton Sires agricultural, and industrial uses. forts to streamline the permitting process Jayapal Murphy (FL) Slaughter As demonstrated by California’s recent his- that relates to the construction of new sur- Jeffries Nadler Smith (WA) toric drought, it is important that Congress face water storage projects on lands. This co- Johnson (GA) Neal Soto take actions now that help ensure California ordination is long overdue and will ulti- Johnson, E. B. Nolan Speier Kaptur Norcross Suozzi has sufficient water supplies for the future. mately benefit the entire state. The rains this past winter emphasized the Keating O’Halleran Swalwell (CA) Had the streamlining provisions contained in Kelly (IL) O’Rourke Takano H.R. 1654 been in effect prior to the drought, critical need California has for surface water Kennedy Pallone Thompson (CA) California’s water infrastructure and water storage. We cannot let this resource slip out Khanna Panetta Titus supplies could have been improved to help to the ocean due to lack of places to put it. Kihuen Pascrell Tonko mitigate much of the current personal and Allowing the Bureau of Reclamation to be Kildee Payne Torres economic suffering that occurred. the coordinating agency for projects on Inte- Kilmer Perlmutter Tsongas rior or Department of Agriculture lands will Kind Peters Vargas Moreover, H.R. 1654 is consistent with pol- make the process more efficient and speed up Krishnamoorthi Pingree Veasey icy principles ACWA has formally adopted Kuster (NH) Pocan Vela the process for critical water infrastructure embracing environmental and economic sus- Langevin Polis Vela´ zquez projects in our state. tainability as co-equal priorities for water Larson (CT) Price (NC) Visclosky The Municipal Water District of Orange management in California. Lawrence Quigley Walz County (MWDOC), a water agency serving Lawson (FL) Raskin Watson Coleman Thank you for this opportunity to express the needs of more than two million residents Lee Renacci Welch ACWA’s support for H.R. 1654. and 28 retail water agencies, voted unani- Levin Rice (NY) Wilson (FL) Sincerely, mously to support your legislation and to as- Lewis (GA) Richmond Yarmuth DAVID REYNOLDS, sist with its passage. NOES—232 Director of Federal Relations. On behalf of the MWDOC Board of Direc- Abraham Davis, Rodney Jones tors, we are pleased to support H.R. 1654 and Aderholt Denham Jordan VOITH HYDRO INC. sincerely thank you for your efforts to ad- Allen Dent Joyce (OH) York, PA, June 20, 2017. dress the ongoing water infrastructure needs Amash DeSantis Katko Hon. TOM MCCLINTOCK, in California. Amodei DesJarlais Kelly (MS) House of Representatives, Should you have any questions regarding Arrington Diaz-Balart Kelly (PA) Washington, DC. this matter, lease feel free to contact either Babin Donovan King (IA) Bacon Duffy King (NY) DEAR CONGRESSMAN MCCLINTOCK: On behalf Jim Barker, our advocate in Washington, or of Voith Hydro, I am writing today to extend Banks (IN) Duncan (SC) Kinzinger MWDOC General Manager, Rob Hunter. Barletta Duncan (TN) Knight our strong support for H.R. 1654, the Water Sincerely, Barr Dunn Kustoff (TN) Supply Permitting Coordination Act. Voith WAYNE S. OSBORNE, Barton Emmer Labrador Hydro is a manufacturer of hydroelectric Board President. Bergman Estes (KS) LaHood equipment and technology based in York, Biggs Farenthold LaMalfa Pennsylvania. Additionally, we have Voith Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chair, I yield Bilirakis Faso Lamborn Hydro Services facilities located in Chat- back the balance of my time. Bishop (MI) Ferguson Lance tanooga, Tennessee and Springfield, Oregon. The CHAIR. The question is on the Bishop (UT) Fleischmann Latta Black Flores Lewis (MN) Voith Hydro currently employees approxi- amendment offered by the gentleman Blackburn Fortenberry LoBiondo mately 680 workers across the United States. from California (Mr. LOWENTHAL). Blum Foxx Loudermilk Water storage issues are critical to our abil- The question was taken; and the Bost Franks (AZ) Love ity to provide both the energy and jobs that Chair announced that the noes ap- Brady (TX) Frelinghuysen Lucas sustain a nation. Brat Gaetz Luetkemeyer peared to have it. As you are well aware, water provides mul- Bridenstine Gallagher MacArthur RECORDED VOTE Brooks (AL) Garrett Marchant tiple benefits to communities across the Brooks (IN) Gianforte Marino country. Without an abundant supply of Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Chair, I de- Buchanan Gibbs Marshall water storage in the United States, hydro- mand a recorded vote. Buck Gohmert Massie power production cannot reach its full poten- A recorded vote was ordered. Bucshon Goodlatte Mast Budd Gowdy McCarthy tial. These same communities have been able The vote was taken by electronic de- to thrive in large part due to abundant water Burgess Graves (GA) McCaul supplies and the production of renewable hy- vice, and there were—ayes 179, noes 232, Byrne Graves (LA) McClintock not voting 20, as follows: Calvert Graves (MO) McHenry dropower, especially in your home district in Carter (GA) Griffith McKinley Northern California. Increasing water stor- [Roll No. 318] Carter (TX) Grothman McMorris age throughout the country will allow for AYES—179 Chabot Guthrie Rodgers better management during drought condi- Chaffetz Harper McSally Adams Carbajal Davis (CA) Cheney Harris Meadows tions, and thus prevent power outages to Aguilar Ca´ rdenas Davis, Danny Coffman Hartzler Meehan communities reliant on hydroelectricity. Barraga´ n Carson (IN) DeFazio Cole Hensarling Messer Bass Cartwright DeGette Streamlining the permitting process to ex- Collins (GA) Herrera Beutler Mitchell Beatty Castor (FL) Delaney pand and develop new water storage through- Collins (NY) Hice, Jody B. Moolenaar Bera Chu, Judy DeLauro out the United States is critical to increas- Comer Higgins (LA) Mooney (WV) Beyer Cicilline DelBene ing and upgrading our Country’s infrastruc- Comstock Hill Mullin Bishop (GA) Clark (MA) Demings Conaway Holding Murphy (PA) ture. I am pleased to see that Congress con- Blumenauer Clarke (NY) DeSaulnier Cook Hollingsworth Newhouse tinues to consider bills targeted to improve Blunt Rochester Clay Deutch Correa Hudson Noem the permitting processes and hope that other Bonamici Cleaver Dingell Costa Huizenga Nunes Boyle, Brendan Clyburn Doggett infrastructure permitting streamlining con- Costello (PA) Hultgren Olson F. Cohen Doyle, Michael tinues, especially as it concerns hydropower Cramer Hunter Palazzo Brady (PA) Connolly F. development. Crawford Hurd Palmer Brown (MD) Conyers Ellison Cuellar Jenkins (KS) Paulsen I encourage the passage of the Water Sup- Brownley (CA) Cooper Engel Culberson Jenkins (WV) Pearce ply Permitting Act this week in the House of Bustos Courtney Eshoo Curbelo (FL) Johnson (LA) Perry Representatives and look forward to working Butterfield Crist Espaillat Davidson Johnson (OH) Peterson with you on similar issues in the future. Capuano Crowley Esty (CT)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:01 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.028 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5094 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 Pittenger Rutherford Turner manager. Over the last 10 years, I have only thing we could think about is that Poe (TX) Sanford Upton Poliquin Schweikert Valadao become fairly proficient at congratu- we are a family. When we stood in the Posey Scott, Austin Wagner lating Mr. DOYLE. dugout and prayed that you were safe Ratcliffe Sensenbrenner Walberg Today, Mr. Speaker, I am not going and that no one was hurt, we weren’t Reed Sessions Walden to tell a lot of jokes because, as we all thinking about Democrats and Repub- Reichert Shimkus Walker Rice (SC) Shuster Walorski know, at the Republican practice the licans. We were thinking about our fel- Roby Simpson Walters, Mimi Wednesday morning before, an indi- low Members. Roe (TN) Smith (MO) Weber (TX) vidual opened fire on the Republican I was thinking about your son, Jack, Rogers (KY) Smith (NE) Webster (FL) team and wounded the majority whip, and all the fun times I have had kid- Rohrabacher Smith (NJ) Wenstrup Rokita Smith (TX) Westerman Mr. SCALISE; both Capitol Police offi- ding him. I was thinking about CEDRIC Rooney, Francis Smucker Williams cers who were part of Mr. SCALISE’s se- RICHMOND’s 3-year-old son, who was Rooney, Thomas Stefanik Wilson (SC) curity detail; and two volunteers who with us, and what would have happened J. Stewart Wittman Ros-Lehtinen Stivers Womack were assisting us in our practice. So I if that shooter had come over to our Roskam Taylor Woodall don’t have a lot of jokes today, Mr. dugout. Ross Tenney Yoder Speaker. If there is a silver lining to that ter- Rothfus Thompson (PA) Yoho I do want to congratulate Mr. DOYLE rible day, it was reflected in the out- Rouzer Thornberry Young (AK) Royce (CA) Tipton Young (IA) and his team. They played fair and pouring of people who showed up at our Russell Trott Zeldin square. They were extremely gracious game. We normally get a crowd of 9,000 NOT VOTING—20 before the game. We had a unity pray- to 10,000. We had 25,000 people come to er. We had a unity introduction of the that game. Castro (TX) Johnson, Sam Rogers (AL) Cummings Larsen (WA) Scalise players. The night before, Mr. DOYLE We normally raise about $500,000 for Gabbard Lieu, Ted Thompson (MS) and his team invited the Republican the three charities that the game sup- Gosar Long Tiberi team, believe it or not, to the Demo- ports. I have a check here that says we Granger Meeks Wasserman Gutie´rrez Napolitano Schultz cratic political headquarters. I went raised $1.5 million, but that is not cor- Issa Pelosi Waters, Maxine with my two sons. The food was great, rect. It is $1.7 million. Some worth- while charities are going to get a check b 1612 and the fellowship was even better. So I do sincerely want to congratu- they weren’t expecting. Messrs. YODER, REED, BUDD, late him and his players for playing the I want to reiterate what you said CURBELO of Florida, CORREA, best game. They deserved to win. about our Capitol Police. To have PITTENGER, MULLIN, WITTMAN, Mr. Speaker, I want to commend the someone shooting bullets at you, that AND KATKO changed their vote from Republican team. We had approxi- is terrifying enough. To make the deci- ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ mately 25 of our Members at the prac- sion to put yourself out there and Messrs. ESPAILLAT, BLU- tice. Every one of them exhibited cour- charge at that shooter to make sure MENAUER, and JOHNSON of Georgia age and composure. They all looked that there wasn’t a massacre takes a changed their vote from ‘‘no’’ to ‘‘aye.’’ out for their fellow teammates. special kind of person. So the amendment was rejected. We had an equivalent number of staff To see Crystal throw that ball out The result of the vote was announced and volunteers. We had two of the best last night at the women’s softball as above recorded. Capitol Hill police officers it is possible game brought a lot of joy to my heart. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. BYRNE). The to have. They risked their lives. We owe a real debt of gratitude to the question is on the committee amend- I want to say this, and then I will Capitol Police who protect us on these ment in the nature of a substitute, as yield to my good friend, Mr. DOYLE. grounds. amended. The shooter that attacked the Re- I want JOE to know that we continue The amendment was agreed to. publican baseball team, Mr. Speaker, to think about all of you. You are in The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, was attacking democracy. When we are our prayers, you are in our thoughts. the Committee rises. at full strength on this floor, there are Something terrible happened. For Accordingly, the Committee rose; 435 of us. Every one of us is a winner. many of you, it might take days before and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. POE We get here because we have won an it hits you. I would encourage anyone of Texas) having assumed the chair, election. We get here because we have who is feeling that to talk to someone. Mr. BYRNE, Acting Chair of the Com- got the faith of approximately 600,000 Don’t be bashful about that. This was a mittee of the Whole House on the state or 700,000 people who are depending on traumatic experience for your team, of the Union, reported that that Com- us to be their voice for democracy. We especially, but I want you to know that mittee, having had under consideration argue. We debate. But as I said in one you are in our hearts and in our pray- the bill (H.R. 1654) to authorize the of my interviews, before our names is ers. Secretary of the Interior to coordinate United States Representative. United. As we said before, JOE and I are going Federal and State permitting processes Last Thursday, at the baseball game, to walk this trophy over to STEVE’s of- related to the construction of new sur- we were united. I could not be prouder fice. When the hospital gives us clear- face water storage projects on lands of being a Member of this body, Mr. ance, we are going to go over to the under the jurisdiction of the Secretary Speaker. I could not be prouder of the hospital and present it to STEVE per- of the Interior and the Secretary of Ag- Republican team, including our MVP, sonally. This is for him right now. We riculture and to designate the Bureau RON DESANTIS; our honorary MVP, want him to know that the entire Con- of Reclamation as the lead agency for STEVE SCALISE; and every member of gress thinks about him every day, permit processing, and for other pur- the Republican team. prays for him and his family, and we poses, and, pursuant to House Resolu- Would the members of the Repub- hope to get him back here on the House tion 392, he reported the bill back to lican team stand and let’s acknowledge floor as soon as possible. the House with an amendment adopted their heroism. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is a sep- in the Committee of the Whole. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman arate vote demanded on any amend- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under from Pennsylvania (Mr. MICHAEL F. ment to the amendment reported from the rule, the previous question is or- DOYLE). the Committee of the Whole? dered. Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsyl- If not, the question is on the com- (By unanimous consent, Mr. BARTON vania. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gen- mittee amendment in the nature of a was allowed to speak out of order.) tleman for yielding. substitute, as amended. CONGRESSIONAL BASEBALL GAME This is different from the other years The amendment was agreed to. Mr. BARTON. Mr. Speaker, as we all that we have stood up here. This tro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The know, last Thursday evening, we phy isn’t for either team. This trophy question is on the engrossment and played the annual Congressional Base- is for STEVE. third reading of the bill. ball Game for Charity. This is nor- I just want you all to know that The bill was ordered to be engrossed mally the time when the losing man- when we got the news at our baseball and read a third time, and was read the ager has to congratulate the winning practice about what was going on, the third time.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN7.031 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5095 The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Woodall Yoho Young (IA) H.R. 1654—Water Supply Permitting Coordi- question is on the passage of the bill. Yoder Young (AK) Zeldin nation Act. The question was taken; and the NOES—180 PERSONAL EXPLANATION Speaker pro tempore announced that Adams Gallego Norcross Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, due to a per- the ayes appeared to have it. Aguilar Garamendi O’Halleran sonal conflict, I was unable to make votes. Amash Gonzalez (TX) O’Rourke RECORDED VOTE Barraga´ n Green, Al Pallone Had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘nay’’ Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I de- Bass Green, Gene Panetta on rollcall No. 318 and ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. Beatty Grijalva Pascrell 319. mand a recorded vote. Bera Gutie´rrez Payne f A recorded vote was ordered. Beyer Hanabusa Perlmutter Blumenauer Hastings The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Peters SUPPORTING THE UNITED STATES Blunt Rochester Heck Pingree Bonamici Higgins (NY) SECRET SERVICE will be a 5-minute vote. Pocan Boyle, Brendan Himes The vote was taken by electronic de- Polis F. Hoyer (Mr. KATKO asked and was given Price (NC) vice, and there were—ayes 233, noes 180, Brady (PA) Huffman permission to address the House for 1 Quigley not voting 18, as follows: Brown (MD) Jackson Lee minute and to revise and extend his re- Raskin Brownley (CA) Jayapal marks.) [Roll No. 319] Bustos Jeffries Rice (NY) AYES—233 Butterfield Johnson (GA) Richmond Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise Capuano Johnson, E. B. Rosen today to recognize the dutiful service Abraham Gaetz Murphy (PA) Carbajal Kaptur Roybal-Allard Aderholt Gallagher of the United States Secret Service. Newhouse Ca´ rdenas Katko Ruiz Allen Garrett The Secret Service protects the Presi- Noem Carson (IN) Keating Ruppersberger Amodei Gianforte Nunes Cartwright Kelly (IL) Rush dent and Vice President, their families, Arrington Gibbs Olson Castor (FL) Kennedy Ryan (OH) and foreign dignitaries, while also in- Babin Gohmert Palazzo Castro (TX) Khanna Sa´ nchez Bacon Goodlatte vestigating cybercrimes and pre- Palmer Chu, Judy Kihuen Sarbanes Banks (IN) Gottheimer Paulsen Cicilline Kildee Schakowsky venting fraud. These men and women Barletta Gowdy Pearce Clark (MA) Kilmer Schiff place their lives on the line daily to Barr Graves (GA) Perry Clarke (NY) Kind Schneider Barton Graves (LA) protect some of the most highly tar- Peterson Clay Krishnamoorthi Schrader Bergman Graves (MO) geted individuals in the world. Pittenger Cleaver Kuster (NH) Biggs Griffith Scott (VA) Poe (TX) Clyburn Langevin Further, they continue to conduct Bilirakis Grothman Scott, David Poliquin Cohen Larson (CT) counterfeit interdiction operations de- Bishop (GA) Guthrie Serrano Posey Connolly Lawrence Bishop (MI) Harper Sewell (AL) spite the increasing need for protective Ratcliffe Conyers Lawson (FL) Bishop (UT) Harris Shea-Porter Reed Cooper Lee details and low retention numbers. Black Hartzler Sherman Reichert Courtney Levin While the Secret Service is often in Blackburn Hensarling Sires Renacci Crist Lewis (GA) Blum Herrera Beutler Slaughter the news for personal shortcomings, Rice (SC) Crowley Lipinski Bost Hice, Jody B. Smith (NJ) the organization has had a storied his- Davis (CA) LoBiondo Brady (TX) Higgins (LA) Roby Smith (WA) Davis, Danny Loebsack tory in protecting the United States. It Brat Hill Roe (TN) Soto DeFazio Lofgren is a remarkable fact that, within the Bridenstine Holding Rogers (KY) Speier DeGette Lowenthal Brooks (AL) Hollingsworth Rohrabacher Suozzi last year, they have successfully con- Delaney Lowey Brooks (IN) Hudson Rokita Swalwell (CA) DeLauro Lujan Grisham, ducted security operations for multiple Buchanan Huizenga Rooney, Francis Takano DelBene M. Presidential candidates, the U.N. Gen- Buck Hultgren Rooney, Thomas Demings Luja´ n, Ben Ray Thompson (CA) Bucshon Hunter J. eral Assembly, a visit to New York DeSaulnier Lynch Thompson (MS) Budd Hurd Ros-Lehtinen City by Pope Francis, and countless Deutch Maloney, Titus Burgess Jenkins (KS) Roskam Dingell Carolyn B. Tonko foreign dignitary visits to our soil. Byrne Jenkins (WV) Ross Doyle, Michael Matsui Torres So from all of us here in Congress, I Calvert Johnson (LA) Rothfus F. McCollum Tsongas Carter (GA) Johnson (OH) Rouzer would like to thank the Secret Service Ellison McEachin Vargas Carter (TX) Jones Royce (CA) for their service to our Nation and for Engel McGovern Veasey Chabot Jordan Russell Eshoo McNerney Vela their sacrifices. In the coming months, Chaffetz Joyce (OH) Rutherford Espaillat Meng Vela´ zquez I plan to routinely honor this great ex- Cheney Kelly (MS) Sanford Esty (CT) Moore Visclosky Coffman Kelly (PA) ample of American exceptionalism. Schweikert Evans Moulton Walz Cole King (IA) Scott, Austin Fitzpatrick Murphy (FL) Watson Coleman f Collins (GA) King (NY) Sensenbrenner Foster Nadler Welch Collins (NY) Kinzinger Sessions Frankel (FL) Neal Wilson (FL) THE BETTER CARE Comer Knight Shimkus Fudge Nolan Yarmuth RECONCILIATION ACT Comstock Kustoff (TN) Shuster Conaway Labrador Simpson NOT VOTING—18 (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given Cook LaHood Sinema Cummings Larsen (WA) Scalise permission to address the House for 1 Correa LaMalfa Smith (MO) Doggett Lieu, Ted Costa Lamborn Tiberi minute and to revise and extend his re- Smith (NE) Gabbard Long Costello (PA) Lance Wasserman marks.) Smith (TX) Gosar Meeks Cramer Latta Schultz Smucker Granger Napolitano Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Crawford Lewis (MN) Waters, Maxine Stefanik Issa Pelosi today in strong opposition to the latest Cuellar Loudermilk Stewart Johnson, Sam Rogers (AL) Culberson Love plan to gut the Affordable Care Act. Stivers Curbelo (FL) Lucas Senate Republicans, as has been re- Taylor b 1632 Davidson Luetkemeyer Tenney ported, just unveiled their draft of Davis, Rodney MacArthur Thompson (PA) So the bill was passed. their healthcare bill, the Better Care Denham Maloney, Sean Thornberry The result of the vote was announced Dent Marchant Reconciliation Act, which was devel- DeSantis Marino Tipton as above recorded. oped entirely behind closed doors and Trott DesJarlais Marshall A motion to reconsider was laid on will be rushed to a vote, from what I Diaz-Balart Massie Turner the table. Donovan Mast Upton understand, without additional input Duffy McCarthy Valadao Stated for: or public debate. Duncan (SC) McCaul Wagner Mr. TIBERI. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. 319 Mr. Speaker, make no mistake about Duncan (TN) McClintock Walberg (passage of H.R. 1654), I did not cast my Walden it, this bill will not provide Americans Dunn McHenry vote. Had I been present, I would have voted Emmer McKinley Walker access to better care and it will not Estes (KS) McMorris Walorski ‘‘yea’’ on this vote. create more affordable coverage. Farenthold Rodgers Walters, Mimi PERSONAL EXPLANATION Changes to Medicaid will mean Faso McSally Weber (TX) Ferguson Meadows Webster (FL) Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Mr. Speaker, I was ab- Americans in the expansion population Fleischmann Meehan Wenstrup sent during rollcall votes No. 318 and No. 319 will eventually lose access to crucial Flores Messer Westerman due to my spouse’s health situation in Cali- services and supports, and shrinking Fortenberry Mitchell Williams fornia. Had I been present, I would have voted the program will force States to cut Foxx Moolenaar Wilson (SC) Franks (AZ) Mooney (WV) Wittman ‘‘yea’’ on the Lowenthal Amendment. I would services to the poor, the sick, and the Frelinghuysen Mullin Womack have voted ‘‘nay’’ on the Final Passage of elderly.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.066 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5096 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 Like the House Republican version to sion, it peaked at about nearly 70 per- and Mayor Colleen Mahr of Fanwood repeal and replace the Affordable Care cent. led the charge in understanding that Act, the Senate’s bill is an attack on Unfortunately, in the past 8 years, our global responsibility to combating the preservation of essential health New Mexico, my home State, has not climate change starts at home. benefits, and it will not ensure middle- seen economic recovery. In fact, as of By passing resolutions that pledge income Americans can receive suffi- April 2017, New Mexico’s foreclosure their commitment to the Paris climate cient financial support to obtain cov- rate is 40 percent higher than the na- accord, these cities understand that erage. tional average. American exceptionalism means we The Senate Republican Better Care Owning a home is not only the Amer- lead from the front, not from the back. Reconciliation Act does not deviate ican Dream, it also increases economic I consider myself very fortunate to from the damage of the core policies activity as well as wealth for the own- have lived my entire life in a State found in the Republican House version ers. The average homeowner has a net that has so many progressive nonprofit of the American Health Care Act, and I worth that is 36 times that of the aver- organizations and individuals that are just hope my Republican colleagues age renter—$195,400 compared to $5,400. working every day to protect public have a chance to realize this before Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to health, our environment, and our qual- they take a vote on a bill that will support my bills, which will make the ity of life. only undermine health coverage for the foreclosure process more transparent I commend these cities in my district American people. and fair, prohibit deficiency judg- and the elected officials, the business f ments, help non-English speakers com- leaders, and the private citizens na- municate with mortgage servicers, and tionwide who have chosen to ensure INTRODUCING THE PUPPIES AS- keep families in their home. the cultivation and preservation of this SISTING WOUNDED SERVICE- Earth for generations to come. MEMBERS ACT f f (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given COMPENSATING VICTIMS WHO permission to address the House for 1 CONTRACTED FUNGAL MENINGITIS JUNE IS ALZHEIMER’S AND BRAIN minute and to revise and extend his re- (Mr. BISHOP of Michigan asked and AWARENESS MONTH marks.) was given permission to address the (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, accord- House for 1 minute and to revise and asked and was given permission to ad- ing to recent VA analysis, an average extend his remarks.) dress the House for 1 minute and to re- of 20 veterans commit suicide per day. Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speak- vise and extend his remarks.) Additionally, 20 percent of those who er, I rise today to call attention to a Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. have served in Iraq or Afghanistan suf- national victim’s compensation issue Mr. Speaker, June is Alzheimer’s and fer from PTSD or major depression. that must be treated with the urgency Brain Awareness Month. Alzheimer’s is Addressing the mental health of our it deserves. the sixth leading cause of death in the veterans needs to be a top priority, Nearly one year ago, because of the United States, and it has reached crisis which is why I am cosponsoring the work of the Members of this body, $40 proportions. Puppies Assisting Wounded Service- million was made available to a vic- There is no effective treatment, no members Act, or the PAWS Act. It is tim’s compensation program for people means of prevention, and no method an additional way to provide better who had contracted fungal meningitis for slowing the progression of the dis- treatment for our soldiers who are as a result of tainted NECC steroid in- ease. Sadly, one in three seniors will struggling with various forms of men- jections distributed in 2012, which re- die with the disease. tal health following their service and sulted in convictions with multiple According to the Centers for Disease deployment. people. That money was delivered to Control and Prevention, 5 million This initiative allows the VA to cre- the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Americans were living with Alz- ate a 5-year program to give organiza- Office 9 months ago, yet not a single heimer’s disease in the year 2013. This tions grants to pair veterans suffering claim has been paid. number is expected to almost triple to with PTSD with service dogs to in- Mr. Speaker, these victims, many of 14 million by the year 2050. crease their recovery. Studies show whom are from my district, need jus- Mr. Speaker, this is unacceptable. that service dogs contribute consider- tice. We are nearing the 5-year mark of Alzheimer’s also has a devastating im- ably to one’s emotional and psycho- this terrible outbreak, and families pact on caregivers and loved ones of logical well-being. across America need this Congress to those diagnosed with the disease. More Mr. Speaker, the PAWS Act will help continue to fight for them. than 15 million Americans provide un- with the recovery of our veterans who Against their own will, they became paid care to family and friends living have paid a great price in serving our victims of this terrible tragedy, and with Alzheimer’s and other dementias. country. It is imperative that our vet- they certainly do not need to also be Compared with caregivers for people erans’ mental health remains a high victims of more bureaucratic red tape. without dementia, twice as many care- priority and that they have access to Enough is enough. It is time to use givers for people with dementia indi- as many options as possible. these funds we secured and start com- cate substantial emotional, financial, f pensating these victims. and physical stress. I stand ready, willing, and able to Mr. Speaker, the time to act is now. JUNE IS NATIONAL help in any way I can, but I urge the of- HOMEOWNERSHIP MONTH Let’s join the fight. Let’s take the ficials in Massachusetts to treat this pledge to raise awareness about Alz- (Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM matter like the priority it truly is. heimer’s disease, and to never stop of New Mexico asked and was given f searching for a cure. permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her re- NEW JERSEY MAYORS UNDER- f STAND COMBATING CLIMATE marks.) b 1645 Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of CHANGE New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, I rise to rec- (Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN asked and PTSD AWARENESS MONTH ognize June as National Homeowner- was given permission to address the (Ms. PINGREE asked and was given ship Month and to introduce three bills House for 1 minute.) permission to address the House for 1 to protect homeowners: the Fore- Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. Mr. minute and to revise and extend her re- closure Fairness Act, the National Speaker, I stand here proud to rep- marks.) Homeowners Bill of Rights Act, and resent the New Jersey 12th Congres- Ms. PINGREE. Mr. Speaker, because the Keeping Families Home Act. sional District. I stand here proud that June is PTSD Awareness Month, I rise In 2016, the homeownership rate in Mayor Eric Jackson of Trenton, Mayor today to recognize an extraordinary or- the U.S. fell to 62.9 percent, the lowest Liz Lempert of Princeton, Mayor ganization in my district that is mak- rate since 1967. Before the Great Reces- Francis Womack of North Brunswick, ing a huge impact on the lives of Maine

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.068 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5097 veterans managing this challenging of-night policymaking and extreme TRUMPCARE, BUT AT WHAT COST? condition. partisanship and turn to where we can (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given Throughout my time in Congress, I work together with civility on our permission to address the House for 1 have paid close attention to effective most pressing issues. minute and to revise and extend his re- alternative therapies for the symptoms Instead of focusing on what we do not marks.) of PTSD, from service dogs to equine agree on, we must work together where Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, Senate Re- therapy, from book and writing groups we can find common ground on cutting publicans have negotiated their to yoga and acupuncture. A group in taxes for hardworking Americans and TrumpCare bill in the dark, and that is my home State of Maine, called K9s on businesses of all sizes and investing in just where it should have stayed. And The Front Line, has created an ex- the crumbling roads, tunnels, and just wait until the CBO score comes traordinary model. At no cost to the bridges Americans drive over every out next week. veteran, volunteer police dog handlers day. In New Jersey, our roads are the Knowing that this bill will cause im- teach participants to train their own eighth worst in the country, while our measurable harm to millions of Amer- dogs or dogs selected from shelters to taxes are way too high. ican families who will lose their cov- be PTSD service dogs. As co-chair of the bipartisan Problem erage and protections while facing Many of these veterans have had Solvers Caucus, I have been working higher costs, I do not understand how years of therapy or drug treatment around the clock with both parties anyone could support it. with limited success. Yet, in so many since I was sworn in to fix our roads, We constantly hear from our Repub- instances, the impact of these service while lowering taxes and cutting un- lican colleagues that TrumpCare keeps dogs on both veterans and their fami- necessary regulation and red tape. By their promise to repeal the Affordable lies has been nothing short of miracu- doing so, we can increase economic Care Act. So you keep that misguided lous. growth in jobs, improve safety, fight I am proud to honor my constituents promise, but at what cost? terror, ensure clean drinking water, at K9s on The Front Line for improving We are talking about the lives of real stand by our vets and first responders, the lives of Maine veterans with PTSD. people, millions of real people. Aren’t and give our country a competitive ad- they worth more than just a tax cut for f vantage on the world stage. the rich? TECHNICAL EDUCATION We simply can’t have a first-rate na- Mr. Speaker, I urge my Republican (Mr. DESJARLAIS asked and was tion with second-class infrastructure colleagues to scrap this disastrous bill. given permission to address the House and sky-high taxes. There is political Let’s work together to improve the Af- for 1 minute and to revise and extend will on both sides of the aisle on these fordable Care Act and not destroy it. his remarks.) issues, but we can’t be spending our en- f ergy on rehashing the same tired par- Mr. DESJARLAIS. Mr. Speaker, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDU- today I rise to recognize the impor- tisan debates and jamming through partisan bills. We must work together CATION PROGRAMS PROVIDE tance of technical education. STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR Technical education allows Ameri- to get things done for the American TODAY’S ECONOMY cans of nearly any age to gain practical people. (Mrs. HARTZLER asked and was skills for the modern economy. Stu- f dents graduate with less debt and also given permission to address the House great career prospects because growing CELEBRATING THE LIFE OF STAN for 1 minute.) industries often partner with local edu- MCETCHIN Mrs. HARTZLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise cation centers to find the best employ- today to speak in support of today’s (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given legislation to advance our country’s ees. permission to address the House for 1 My home State of Tennessee, where career and technical education pro- minute and to revise and extend his re- global auto companies have created a grams. These programs help students marks.) network of high-tech manufacturers, is learn the skills needed to be competi- Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I rise a prime example. This week, in Frank- tive and set our young people on the today to commemorate the passing and lin County, we are celebrating the path to success. celebrate the life of a good friend to groundbreaking of another Tennessee I have visited with our manufactur- many, Mr. Stan McEtchin. Hailing College of Applied Technology campus. ers regularly, and they have repeatedly from Vancouver, British Columbia, The program has been enormously suc- told me that more skilled workers are Stan passed away on June 9, after 92 cessful across the State, helping Ten- needed. years of enriching the lives of those nesseans who prefer to learn a trade to As a former vocational teacher, I around him. find meaningful work and helping em- have seen firsthand the fulfillment a For the past few decades, the small ployers to fill specialized jobs. student can find from getting real- I applaud President Trump for his town of Paradise, California, has world training in a useful skill, and I focus on apprenticeship and vocational known Stan as a pillar of the commu- am encouraged by the positive steps programs to create jobs and economic nity, whose sculpted metal artwork this bill takes to address this skill growth. This week, I voted to simplify decorated shops and houses all across shortfall. Federal funding for States, which ad- Butte County. But before his creative There are many paths to success, and minister a broad range of programs for artwork made him a local celebrity, the Strengthening Career and Tech- everything from mechanics to coding. I Stan served his country in World War nical Education for the 21st Century have also voted to lift Federal restric- II. Act helps us pave the way for a high- tions on overdue energy and infrastruc- In 1943, he volunteered for the First skilled workforce of Americans to have ture projects requiring thousands of Special Service Force in the Canadian successful, fulfilling careers. engineers and operators. Army, an elite American and Canadian f commando unit that preceded the mod- The United States must always be an LGBT PRIDE MONTH industrial leader. That leadership ern Special Operations Forces we have starts with hardworking Americans today. In 2014, the man beloved for his (Ms. JAYAPAL asked and was given pursuing their passions through tech- artwork and for his charity was award- permission to address the House for 1 nical education. ed a Congressional Gold Medal right minute and to revise and extend her re- here in Washington, D.C., for his unit’s marks.) f heroism in battle. Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, all over TAX REFORM I consider myself fortunate to have the country, millions of Americans are (Mr. GOTTHEIMER asked and was known him just a little bit, and our celebrating Pride Month and our given permission to address the House country fortunate to have gained such LGBTQIA communities across the for 1 minute.) a good man from our northern neigh- country. In fact, this week I will join Mr. GOTTHEIMER. Mr. Speaker, I bors. tens of thousands of Washingtonians at rise today to speak out against dark- God bless his family and his memory. our annual Seattle pride events.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.071 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5098 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 We will come together to support our Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. Mr. Americans should rise up in protest family, friends, neighbors, and col- Speaker, we have a copy of the Senate from coast to coast and oppose this leagues; we will come together to cele- bill to repeal ObamaCare, and it is no anti-life Republican bill. brate the advancement of LGBTQ wonder they didn’t want us to see it. f rights in our country; and we will come Like the mean-spirited bill passed by together to celebrate the second anni- the House, it rips insurance away from LET’S FIGHT TO SAVE THE versary of the landmark Supreme millions of Americans, rolls back key AFFORDABLE CARE ACT Court decision that reaffirmed our protections to patients with pre- (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was commitment to the principle of mar- existing conditions, and allows insurers given permission to address the House riage equality in this country. to charge older people five times more for 1 minute.) But this year, we also come together than others. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, to acknowledge that we have seen a Despite the promises that the Senate healthcare should not be partisan. spike in hate crimes, an increasing bill will moderate the coverage cuts in I have on my jacket a sign that says coarseness of public discourse, and the House-passed bill, the Senate is not ‘‘Restore the Vote’’ to give opportuni- greater fear-mongering for political only retaining the House bill’s funda- ties to Americans to vote because Re- gain. We have a lot of work to do. mental restructuring of the Medicaid publicans have decided that We intend to protect every advance- program to a per capita cap on Federal TrumpCare and healthcare is partisan. ment that has been made and continue funding, but it is deepening the cuts on We need to be able to ensure that ev- demanding progress toward full protec- Medicaid after a few years. This will eryone has the right to vote. tions in employment and housing, safe- inevitably lead to the rationing of Today, they issued a mean ty for our transgender brothers and sis- healthcare for 70 million Americans healthcare bill that is meaner than the ters, and equitable access to healthcare who are beneficiaries of Medicaid: preg- House bill. Trillions of dollars are cut and other services. nant women, people in nursing homes, from Medicaid, from children and sen- There is a lot to celebrate, but much children, and people with disabilities. ior citizens. Subsidies are not given to more to do to ensure the promise of It is not even clear what policy goal all of those given under the Affordable equality for all in our Nation. That is this bill is trying to solve, except for Care Act. Hospitals will crumble; feder- what this month has been about, and making insurance more expensive or ally qualified clinics will close; and we celebrate it. unavailable for people who really need emergency room doctors, of whom I f it the most. It is almost hard to call had the chance to speak to just a few this a healthcare bill at all. hours ago, indicated 140 million Ameri- LET’S WORK IN A BIPARTISAN There were no hearings, no public de- WAY TO IMPROVE OUR cans go to emergency rooms, or have bate, and after weeks of backroom gone, for their healthcare. The Afford- HEALTHCARE SYSTEM FOR deals and operating in secrecy, we now EVERY AMERICAN able Care Act eased that. have this terrible product that the Sen- But, now with this monstrosity of a (Mr. SCHNEIDER asked and was ate plans to vote on next week. bill that undermines and throws Amer- given permission to address the House I think the American people deserve icans off healthcare—23 million and for 1 minute and to revise and extend better. growing—then it really does say that his remarks.) f elections do matter and that this is a Mr. SCHNEIDER. Mr. Speaker, I rise SENATE HEALTHCARE BILL sinister Republican plan to undermine today in strong opposition to the Re- the American people. publicans’ ongoing plans to repeal and (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given It is time for us to come together, replace the Affordable Care Act. Sen- permission to address the House for 1 not partisan, but nonpartisan, to fight ate leadership unveiled their plan this minute.) for our lives and fight for our children morning and plans a vote as soon as Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise and fight to save the Affordable Care next week. today to oppose the healthcare bill Act. This bill was drafted in secrecy and that has emerged from secret Repub- Let’s do it now. will have massive consequences for the lican-only negotiations in the other healthcare of every American. It will body. f affect more than one-sixth of our econ- Mr. Speaker, 900,000 people—nearly 1 b 1700 omy. Yet for all its impact, it was writ- million—gained health insurance just IMMIGRANT HERITAGE MONTH ten behind closed doors, with abso- in Ohio through the Affordable Care lutely zero bipartisan input. Act. But this lopsided Republican bill (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given I have heard from more constituents is even more cruel than their House permission to address the House for 1 on this issue than any other—more version. It will rip away care from mil- minute.) than 5,000 letters, emails, and tele- lions, including very sick people who Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I am for- phone calls: people like the cancer sur- are suffering from mental illness and tunate to represent the Dallas-Fort vivor in Lake Bluff who is worried opioid addiction. Worth metroplex, where a blend of cul- whether she will be unable to find af- We all know amazing families, many tures has shaped our community, from fordable insurance without the ACA’s of whom have come to our offices tell- the food that we eat to the traditions preexisting condition protections; or ing their stories, families who care for that we celebrate. The north Texas my constituent in Grayslake, who says the sick and for those who will never area has benefited from immigrants he could only start his business be- be able to realize the dreams due to ill- that now call the Dallas-Fort Worth cause of the individual coverage he ness and disability. To put them on the metroplex home. In fact, over one-third bought on the exchange. chopping block is un-American and it of the district I serve was born outside I urge my colleagues to listen to the is anti-life. of the United States. great majority of the American people. The Republican bill slashes Medicaid, It is the rich diversity found in Texas It is time to end this ill-considered which is a lifeline to working people, and across the country that have charade to repeal ObamaCare and work and puts more crushing costs on mil- helped make our country great. Immi- together in a bipartisan way to im- lions of seniors dependent on Medicaid grants bring their skills and cultures prove our healthcare system for every for nursing home care. and a belief in the American Dream American. The Republican bill is anti-life. The that benefits each and every one of us. f Republican proposal makes healthcare They work alongside us, teach our chil- unaffordable for many Americans, and dren, worship in parishes, and con- SENATE VERSION OF AMERICAN basically gives a tax cut to those who tribute to the innovation that has kept HEALTH CARE ACT RELEASE make millions and billions of dollars. America on the cutting edge for dec- (Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas asked How cruel is that? ades. and was given permission to address Caring for the most dependent and ill In honor of Immigrant Heritage the House for 1 minute.) among us cannot be left to chance. Month, I remind my colleagues of our

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THE COMMITMENT THEY MADE that impression was: That has to be the Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Speaker, I thank TO ONE ANOTHER most competitive person I have ever my friend, my neighbor from just down (Mr. WOODALL asked and was given met. I–64, for organizing this Special Order permission to address the House for 1 In a recent op-ed in the Lexington honoring the life of Senator Bunning this evening. minute.) Herald-Leader, providing a great trib- This is the first time in my 11 years Mr. WOODALL. Mr. Speaker, I am ute to Senator Jim Bunning, one of his very best friends, sports marketing ex- serving in Congress that I have spoken pleased to speak after my friend from from this side of the aisle, and it is a Texas. He is absolutely right. We have ecutive Jim Host, wrote that Jim Bun- ning was ‘‘full of integrity’’ and, ‘‘the fitting occasion that I do that. I am an incredibly vibrant fabric of folks proud to join my Republican colleagues across this country. My district looks straightest arrow I ever met.’’ In that op-ed, he recounted a story and friends this evening. very much like his district. I appre- During his baseball career, Jim Bun- ciate him recognizing those things that where a reporter of the Louisville Cou- rier-Journal wrote that former U.S. ning was once asked what his proudest unite us and bring us together. accomplishment was, and he recalled You know, it hasn’t been much over Senator Jim Bunning was ‘‘one of a kind,’’ and Jim Host, in remembering the fact that he went nearly 11 years a week, Mr. Speaker, since we com- without ever missing a start. ‘‘They mitted ourselves to changing the dis- his friend, said, ‘‘I agree, but more than that, he was an original. No one wrote my name down, and I went to the course here, and just in the last 5 min- post,’’ he said. in politics in Kentucky or, for that utes of listening to speakers on this I can’t help but think that is a fit- matter, nationwide has been or ever floor, I have heard sinister accusations ting way of also describing his political of what our healthcare bill will do, of will be like him.’’ career and his love of the Common- Mr. Speaker, I yield to Congressman mean bills and meaner bills, of cruel wealth of Kentucky. Kentuckians HAL ROGERS, the dean of the Kentucky bills. wrote his name down time after time delegation. Mr. Speaker, there is not a man or again, and he went to work for them, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Mr. woman in this Chamber who doesn’t no questions asked. work every day to serve their constitu- Speaker, I rise, like most of the delega- Jim and I obviously didn’t see eye to ents better than they did yesterday. tion here, in memory of our longtime eye politically all the time, and as There is not a man or woman in this friend and colleague, the late Jim Bun- amazed as I was by the curve balls that Chamber who doesn’t want to do better ning, who was an indomitable force on he threw on the field, I sometimes for America tomorrow than we did yes- the pitcher’s mound, a stalwart cham- found myself equally amazed by some terday. And I promise you that that pion for the Commonwealth, and the of the curve balls he threw off the field, pathway is not paved with accusations proud patriarch of a remarkable fam- but that was Jim. When so much of of ‘‘sinister,’’ ‘‘cruel,’’ and ‘‘mean.’’ It ily. what happens in Congress is political Jim Bunning is the type of guy you is paved with confessions of common theater, you can’t deny that he was al- always wanted in your starting lineup. ground, common goals, and common ways real and that every word he With his multilayered talent, Jim val- opportunity. I urge my colleagues to spoke, he genuinely believed. remember our commitment that we ued strategic offense as much as I am sure Jim’s family takes great made to one another last week. staunch defense not only on the pitch- pride in that fact. I join with my col- er’s mound, but in the Halls of Con- f leagues in offering them my thoughts gress, where he fervently stood for con- and prayers as they continue to grieve HONORING THE MEMORY OF servative values. their loss. I hope they find comfort in SENATOR JIM BUNNING Jim once said: ‘‘I have been booed by the lifetime of memories they share to- 60,000 fans at Yankee Stadium standing gether. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. alone at the pitcher’s mound, so I have KUSTOFF of Tennessee). Under the It is reported that Daniel Boone once never really cared if I stood alone here said: ‘‘Heaven must be a Kentucky Speaker’s announced policy of January in Congress as long as I stood for my 3, 2017, the gentleman from Kentucky kind of place.’’ beliefs and my values.’’ I sure hope that is true. (Mr. BARR) is recognized for 60 minutes Jim was bold and headstrong, but As I said at the time of his passing, as the designee of the majority leader. also fiercely loyal, a combination that Jim Bunning can now throw no-hitters GENERAL LEAVE made him effective in every endeavor forever on his field of dreams. Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I ask unani- he undertook. He lived a courageous Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I yield to mous consent that all Members may life that was highlighted by his Hall of Congressman BRETT GUTHRIE, my have 5 legislative days in which to re- Fame record and commitment to pub- friend from the Second Congressional vise and extend their remarks and in- lic service. Jim left an indelible mark District of Kentucky. clude extraneous material on the topic on our State, on our Nation, and his Mr. GUTHRIE. Mr. Speaker, I thank of my Special Order. legacy will endure for generations. the gentleman for yielding. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there My wife, Cynthia, and I extend our Mr. Speaker, I just want to talk objection to the request of the gen- heartfelt sympathy to Mary and the about my good friend, Senator Bun- tleman from Kentucky? entire Bunning family. We are forever ning, a mentor to me. I first came There was no objection. grateful for Jim’s courage of convic- across Senator Bunning when I was a Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, we are here tion to faithfully serve the people of young boy watching baseball and tonight to honor the memory of a leg- the Commonwealth. watching him pitch for the Detroit Ti- endary Kentucky statesman, a baseball I had the pleasure of serving with gers and for the Philadelphia Phillies. Hall of Famer, a man of this House, Jim in the House before he was elected But I really got to know them—and and a devoted husband, father, grand- to the U.S. Senate, and many times we when I say ‘‘them,’’ it is because most father, and great-grandfather, Senator would be on this floor when Jim’s in- of us from Kentucky cannot talk about Jim Bunning, who recently passed domitable spirit would surface. He held Jim Bunning without saying Jim and away at the age of 85. strong beliefs and he had strong opin- Mary. It is just Jim and Mary. They The Members who are joining us to- ions, but, as Jim Host has said, you were grammar school sweethearts. I night, many of them who hail from have never met a straighter arrow than think the only people they ever dated Senator Bunning’s home in the Com- Jim Bunning. were each other.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:14 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.075 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5100 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 It was wonderful to see Mary the way, my youngest daughter, which we along just fine.’’ And he figured out other day, unfortunately under these didn’t think even cared, started crying. who I was, who my grandfather was, circumstances, but a wonderful lady. Well, to buy a real major league base- and we stayed close through the years. I have a couple of stories. When I ball in Bowling Green, Kentucky, at When I ran for State representative first thought I might run for public of- the last minute is not very easy to do. in 2000, he was one of the first people to fice for the State senate—and my now So we went by Walmart, picked up just call and encourage me and offer his 23-year-old was 5, and I had a 3-year-old a little official league ball. And I support. I won that election. I served in son—I went to Oldham County, Ken- walked to the restaurant and I hand the Kentucky General Assembly. He tucky, to meet Jim Bunning. And, of Jim the first ball. He signs it. The sec- was always a supporter. He was always course, you show up, there is Jim and ond one, he signs it. The third one—and there for me. Mary. And she said: ‘‘Are you going to it is in my office today, because I may I ran for commissioner of agriculture be our candidate in the 32nd District?’’ have the only one—he picks it up and in another statewide office, and he was And I said: ‘‘Well, I just don’t know. he points to the ‘‘China’’ imprinted on always there for me. I think the world I am really concerned about it. I have the ball and just gives me this look of Jim Bunning just because I knew got a young family.’’ like only he could give. And fortu- him and I knew that he cared and he And she looked at me and she said: nately Mary was there, and she says: remembered things. ‘‘Young man, I have raised nine kids’’— ‘‘Jim, you are signing that ball for that In 2004, he was running for reelection I think at that point 20-something little girl.’’ So I now have it in my of- for the U.S. Senate, and it was a tough grandkids—‘‘we have done politics, we fice in the Rayburn building, a Jim election. It was a very close election. have done baseball, city council.’’ She Bunning baseball that says ‘‘Made in In fact, there were 120 counties in the went through a whole list of things. China’’ on it. It is something I cherish. State. With 118 counties in, he was be- And I will never forget she said: ‘‘You His granddaughter has interned in hind in that election. And there were are worried about your family because my office, and she is a chip off the old two counties left, Metcalfe County and of the experiences that you have had, block, both her grandmother and Monroe County, two counties in my and you want them to have the same grandfather. During the spring, we State House district. So he knew he kind of experiences, but you have got were getting a lot of phone calls in our was going to win because he won those to take your family and make your office because of some of the actions counties by 4-to-1 margins. So every time I would see him, he family experiences. Our kids have got- here on the House floor. She was won- would remind me that he is in the Sen- ten to do things no other kid has got- derful and mature beyond her years at ate because of those counties in south ten to do because of the positions and 20 or 21 years old. central Kentucky. Most politicians the things that we have done as a fam- So the old right-hander, as Mr. HAL probably wouldn’t remember that, but ily.’’ ROGERS said, is somebody we miss, is You know, when you start to run for he did. somebody that is important to me, So I am honored to stand here to- office, you kind of want to talk your- somebody that leaves a fantastic leg- self out of it. So I will never forget night with Representative BARR and acy in Washington, in Major League show my support and appreciation for driving back home convinced that, yes, Baseball. But far more important, if I am going to run for this office. I Jim Bunning. Kentucky is a better you had the opportunity to go to the State because of the leadership of U.S. walked in, and the first thing my wife funeral home, just looking at those said is: ‘‘Guess what. We are going to Senator Jim Bunning. nine children, and with over 30-some- Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, when you have our third child.’’ thing grandchildren and now into the think about U.S. Senator Jim Bunning I guarantee you, if I had not had that great-grandchildren, that is his legacy. and when you think about his remark- conversation with Mary Bunning, and His legacy is his family, and there is no able baseball career before politics, after my wife telling me during the other way he would want it from that Jim Bunning could have gone any- time of that decision we are going to first few days in grammar school when where and he could have done any- have another one—now our 19-year- he first met his wife, Mary, till today. thing, but it is important to remember old—I wouldn’t have moved forward. It is just a legacy that all of us should My other story is Senator Bunning that those early days during his base- strive to have. ball career—and I will have to recount took me under his wing. I won my first We love him. We are going to miss race by 130 votes out of 27,000 cast. Jim a story that was in that tribute that him. And we certainly love his wife, Jim Host wrote about the Hall of Bunning was running in a fight for his Mary, and his family. life for the U.S. Senate. Bob Dole Famer Jim Bunning. And he said that, after his career had comes to Bowling Green, Kentucky, to b 1715 ended, it had been about 15 years, and have a rally for Senator Bunning, and Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, I now yield he had not yet been named to the Base- he wanted me to speak. Well, then we to the gentleman from the First Con- ball Hall of Fame by the baseball writ- see people around town like this that gressional District of Kentucky, Con- ers, though when he retired, he was are operatives for our parties, and this gressman JAMES COMER. second in strikeouts to the famed Wal- one guy says: ‘‘No. No State, no local Mr. COMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise ter Johnson, he had won 100 games in candidates. Only Federal candidates today to honor the life and legacy of both leagues, he had a perfect game in can speak.’’ Senator Jim Bunning. I met Senator one of those leagues, and he had a no- I had to leave the podium because Bunning in 1983, when I was 10 years old. He was running for Governor. At hitter in the other league. this young, 25-year-old guy said that. He had never pitched for a pennant the time, he was a State senator in And Jim Bunning looks over—and they winner. are all there for his rally—he says: ‘‘If Kentucky, and my grandfather was chairman of the Republican Party of A prominent sportswriter told me, quoting he is not speaking, I am not speaking.’’ Jim Host, that the writers would have never So the next thing I know, I got on Monroe County. elected him because he never developed rela- the agenda. They said: ‘‘Yeah. Three So when he ran for Governor, my tionships with most of them. minutes.’’ grandfather was the chairman of the But this wrong was corrected the first year So I had my 3-minute talk. county for his election. And I went up that the old-timers committee of the Hall The final thing I want to say is that to him, a 10-year-old boy, and I had my could vote on him. Probably his greatest one of my favorite Jim Bunning stories baseball in my hand—because that is thrill, other than the birth of his nine chil- is he did not like to sign baseballs what you did when you saw Jim Bun- dren, was the call he got from Ted Williams and others saying they were correcting a made in China. That was just his thing. ning, you gave him a baseball to sign— tragic wrong by voting Jim Bunning into the He didn’t want to sign a baseball made and I said: ‘‘Mr. Bunning, I am like Hall of Fame. in China, which I didn’t know that, but you. We have two things in common.’’ When he called Jim Host to tell him the I had two major league baseballs for I said: ‘‘I am a fan of sports and a fan news, his voice was filled with emotion un- my two oldest kids to get them signed. of politics.’’ like any that he had heard from him before. He was going to be in Bowling Green, And he laughed and patted me on the And here is what Jim Bunning said to Kentucky. I show up there. And on the head, and he said: ‘‘We are going to get Jim Host:

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Vin- And in his way that only Jim Bun- should, because this is the same clan- tage Bunning. ning could be, as honest as he was, he destine, in-the-dark process that led to But you know, after that remarkable said: ‘‘That is not what I hear. I hear the plan which emerged here in the baseball career and after that wrong you are down by 10 points, and you are House of Representatives on the barest was corrected and he was ultimately going to lose in a landslide.’’ of margins with every manner of power voted into the Hall of Fame by the Well, as it turned out, a few weeks play and power ploy engaged by leader- players, he chose to come home to Ken- later, it was a close election, and we ship to produce the final result. tucky where he dedicated his life to his only lost that campaign by a few hun- That bill, by the way, now stands at family and to public service. dred votes. But you know what? Just a a whopping 9 percent in the polls, He served on the Fort Thomas City few days after that concession speech which means it is even more unpopular Council and in the Kentucky State that I had to give, you know who than Congress itself. And even though Senate before serving in this body, in called? It was Senator Jim Bunning. my friends across the aisle rented the House of Representatives, as a Con- And even though he was certainly buses and vans to take them over to gressman from Kentucky’s Fourth Con- candid in that conversation a few the White House to go and celebrate gressional District, and he did so for weeks before election day, he said: and exult in their dubious victory and six terms in a very distinct fashion. ‘‘Andy, you ran a great campaign. You uncork the champagne and drink beer And he capped off his remarkable ca- are a tenacious campaigner. Don’t give with the President and his staff after reer in public service by serving two up. Keep fighting. Be persistent. Do it they pushed the bill through the terms and very consequential terms in again. The next time you are going to House, today, President Trump now the United States Senate. Throughout win.’’ calls the bill that he celebrated and he his entire career, he remained a prin- And you know, that embodies the campaigned for mean. He says it is a cipled conservative, and he was an un- character of Jim Bunning: tenacious, mean bill today. And there is no question he is right relenting fighter for the causes he be- persistent, determined, principled, a about that. We said that at the time, lieved in and for the people of the com- man of integrity. mean as a rattlesnake, that bill, which monwealth. Just as he was unafraid to And so, Mr. Speaker, I ask that all of would have thrown 24 million people off face the boos and the jeers of tens of my colleagues join me in praying for their health insurance plans and de- thousands of opposing fans in Major the extended Bunning family as we re- stroyed preexisting health insurance League Baseball stadiums around the member a respected former member of coverage for people with preexisting country, Jim Bunning was unafraid to this House and a great Kentuckian. Mr. Speaker, it has been an honor to health conditions. stand alone in Congress for the causes The Senate version, though, is just as join many of my colleagues from Ken- that he felt were right. mean. It is downright mean. It may tucky, and all of the other fellow mem- And a great example of this—and I even be meaner than the House bers of this body, to celebrate the life like telling this story as the current version. It not only strips health insur- and the legacy of Senator Jim Bun- chairman of the Monetary Policy and ance coverage from tens of millions of ning. Trade Subcommittee in this House. our fellow American citizens; it not Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Jim Bunning was a fighter for account- only forces American families to pay of my time. ability and transparency of the Federal higher premiums and deductibles, in- Reserve. And when so many just took f creasing out-of-pocket costs, all to pay the Fed for their word, Jim Bunning PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS for a tax cut for the wealthiest of our stood up and he challenged then-Fed The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under citizens; it forces Americans, ages 50 to Chairman Alan Greenspan. And many 64, to pay premiums five times higher of his colleagues looked at him in dis- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- uary 3, 2017, the gentleman from Mary- than everyone else, no matter how may because they believed that the healthy you are. land (Mr. RASKIN) is recognized for 60 Fed just deserved deference, and this That is right. If you are in the age minutes as the designee of the minor- great economist should always be bracket of 50 to 64, your premiums, ity leader. taken as being right in what he was under their bill, will be five times high- doing. GENERAL LEAVE er than everybody else in the popu- But Jim Bunning, in the end, was Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask lation, no matter how healthy you are. right, as Fed policies ended up being unanimous consent that all Members It reduces the life of the Medicare trust one of the causes of the Great Reces- participating in this Special Order fund and robs funds that seniors depend sion of 2008. Senator Bunning’s legacy hour with the Progressive Caucus have on to get the long-term care that they lives on in his amazing wife, Mary, and 5 legislative days to revise and extend need. It blocked grants, Medicaid to their many children and grandchildren, their remarks and include any extra- the States, and then, astonishingly, for including his grandson Eric Bunning, neous material on the subject of this the first time ever, places a per capita who has been an important part of my Special Order, which is healthcare. cap on Medicaid payments for all re- team since I first took office. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there cipients, including disabled Americans And I just have to tell one story from objection to the request of the gen- and senior citizens. the campaign trails. Many of my col- tleman from Maryland? That is just unconscionable. Think leagues have told these stories, but I There was no objection. about it. For the first time ever, under have got to tell one that is personal to Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I am de- Medicaid, the Federal Government me. Jim Bunning was a legend, and we lighted to be here tonight on behalf of would not commit to pay for all of en- all revered him. And when I made my the Progressive Caucus to manage this rollees’ health bills. So if your illness first run for Congress, it was kind of Special Order hour along with my col- or your injuries are too severe or too coming down the home stretch, and we leagues, who I will be introducing. Sev- complicated, your treatment too long, were the underdog, but I really re- eral of them will be joining me tonight tough luck for you, buddy; you are on spected Senator Bunning, and I wanted to discuss what is going on in the Sen- your own, Jack. That is the new pro- his political experience and his advice. ate today with the GOP finally unveil- posal that is coming out from the Sen- And as we were going down the home ing their closely guarded secret plan to ate today. stretch of the campaign—it was a tight repeal the Affordable Care Act, a plan The people that railed about death election—Jim Bunning approached me they are unveiling that has had the panels before passage of the Affordable at an event, and he said: ‘‘Andy, how legislative benefit of no hearings, no Care Act, panels that never material- are you doing?’’ witnesses, no expert testimony, no tes- ized and were proven to be an absolute

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JAYAPAL). able Care Act when it was being Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, I thank passed—here is a quote. b 1730 the gentleman from Maryland, Rep- In 2010, Speaker PAUL RYAN said: And this particular assault on the resentative RASKIN. ‘‘After months of twisting arms, Demo- health and well-being of the American Mr. Speaker, it is great to have you cratic leaders convinced enough mem- people doesn’t even claim to be a re- presiding over the Chamber as well. It bers of their own party to defy the will sponse to any alleged problems with is all of our new Members here, and of the American people and support the the Affordable Care Act, or with Representative KHANNA from Cali- Senate health bill which was crafted in ObamaCare as they call it. It is, in- fornia, who is going to be taking over secret, behind closed doors.’’ stead, a sweeping change to Medicaid as co-chair of this Special Order hour Senate Majority Leader MITCH that so-called free market conserv- for the Progressive Caucus. MCCONNELL said: ‘‘When it comes to atives have been trying to make for Mr. Speaker, we have to make sure solving problems, Americans want us years. that the American people understand to listen first, and then, if necessary, This Senate legislation, cooked up in exactly what is going on. This is a bill offer targeted, step-by-step solutions. secret and seasoned with slashing cuts that the Senate has been negotiating Above all, they’re tired of a process to Medicaid, is one fine mess. It does in private. It has been 13 men dis- that shuts them out. They’re tired of nothing but make our healthcare sys- cussing healthcare for all Americans giant bills negotiated in secret, then tem more expensive, dangerously across this country in a secret room. jammed through on a party-line vote in throws tens of millions of people off of That is really what has been hap- the middle of the night.’’ their insurance, and eviscerates the pening. That is what Speaker RYAN said and core protections of Medicaid. Today we saw a draft of this bill, and Senate Majority Leader MITCH MCCON- And why? What is the public policy the prevailing wisdom, when the bill NELL said when the Affordable Care Act being advanced here? All for a tax cut passed the House, was that the Senate was being debated. But here is the thing: When the Af- for the wealthiest Americans. It takes would completely revamp the bill. But fordable Care Act was being debated, a special kind of single-minded focus to according to The New York Times, it Democrats actually threw open the turn a healthcare bill into a massive said: The Senate bill ‘‘once promised as doors in Congress. They held over 100 tax cut for the people who need it the a top-to-bottom revamp of the health least in America. Senate hearings. I wasn’t here. This is bill passed by the House . . . instead based on actual reports and documents Now, I heard some of my friends, my maintains its structure, with modest distinguished colleagues on the other and files from Congress. There were adjustments.’’ over 100 Senate hearings, 25 consecu- side, say that other colleagues should It is the same bill. It is the same bill. not have been talking about how the tive days of consideration, and 161 And in fact, in some ways, it is a little amendments from Republicans. Many bill was ‘‘mean,’’ or ‘‘mean spirited,’’ bit worse because the cuts to Medicaid, or ‘‘mean’’ because we have a renewed of those amendments were accepted while they don’t take effect as quickly into the bill. spirit of civility in this Chamber, and they are more gradual, they are ac- This is a completely different proc- which we do; and I praise it, and I cele- tually deeper than the House cuts to ess. We didn’t have a single hearing on brate it. Ever since the terrible attack Medicaid. this bill. The bill came to the House on our colleague STEVE SCALISE and There are other things in the bill floor, and there was some debate, but it other colleagues and the Capitol Police that have been done, really, in part, to certainly wasn’t 100 hearings. It wasn’t officers who rose valiantly to defend affect how the American people see the 25 days of consideration. There weren’t them, we have really tried to put aside bill but don’t change the basic provi- 161 amendments. There weren’t any a lot of the partisan rancor. But my sions of this bill. amendments that were accepted from friends, we have got to talk honestly Part of the reason they delayed the Democrats because there was no about legislation which is threatening cuts to Medicaid is so that they hope amendment process. the well-being of our own citizens. that they can get a better CBO score, And now, in the Senate, we are going The word ‘‘mean’’ comes not from my Congressional Budget Office score, through the same process where a bill colleagues who were speaking before. which the American people should that is about the healthcare of hun- The word ‘‘mean’’ comes from the know the last time around, the second dreds of millions of Americans across President of the United States himself, time around after the first time the this country is about to come to the who said that the legislation that bill was about to come to the floor and floor, and they are not going to accept passed out of the House, looking back then it got pulled from the floor be- any amendments, certainly not from on it, was ‘‘mean.’’ Now, all of that was cause there weren’t enough votes in the Democratic side. Maybe they will in order to say he likes the Senate the House, the second time when it did take a few amendments from the Re- version instead, but we think that the pass, it passed without a CBO score. It publicans before it comes to the floor. Senate version is even meaner than the was not scored. I don’t know. We will have to see. But bill that the President has already de- The reason it was not scored was be- there is no debate on this. scribed as ‘‘mean’’ that came of the cause there was a belief that that very How can we talk about the process of House. narrow passage in the House would not democracy and even of civility and the So to describe more of the specific happen if Republicans and Democrats ability to work together if we didn’t terms of this legislation and why it is found out that the bill, as ‘‘revised,’’ offer the other side a chance to weigh a threat to our public health, why it is was actually just as bad. in? a threat to the basic values of soli- So the bill that passed the House still This bill will take away health insur- darity and justice and community that took away health insurance from 23 ance from millions of people, and it defines us as Americans, we have in- million Americans. This is where we will make it less affordable for those vited a number of our colleagues to are today: a bill that has been crafted who still have insurance because it is come up and participate, beginning in secret but is essentially the same not very different from the House bill, with the Congresswoman from Seattle, bill. and we already know that that is what Washington, PRAMILA JAYAPAL, who I have received more than 9,000 calls the House bill does. used to co-chair the Progressive Cau- and letters from constituents who have It would raise out-of-pocket costs for cus hour with me. been very clear that Congress needs to middle class families with higher

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And it ica, whether you live in rural America to be able to co-chair this Special would cut the essential health benefits or urban America, whether you are a Order hour with the gentleman. The protections. man or a woman or a child, whether gentleman is one of the most brilliant Now, what are the essential health you are young or old, one of the great Members of our body on constitutional benefits protections? We talk about things about this country is that we issues and constitutional law, really that phrase, but a lot of Americans are a country that believes in trying to understanding our role in Congress as a don’t know exactly what that means. provide for people when they get sick. check on the executive branch, and I So here is what it means. Now, we have been trying to do that look forward to working with the gen- It means that if you buy insurance, for a long time, and until the Obama tleman. I appreciate Liz Bartolomeo’s then you can be assured that that in- administration and the Congress and my staff’s help in organizing this. surance is going to cover certain passed the Affordable Care Act, we Mr. Speaker, I want to echo what things. It will cover, for example, hos- weren’t doing that. But in Washington Congresswoman JAYAPAL said about pitalization. It will cover if you get State, my home State, when we passed this bill and the impact it is going to cancer. It will cover some of your the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid ex- have on middle class families and on treatments that you need for cancer, pansion allowed us to cover an addi- jobs, because here is one of the things certain things that are included in tional 600,000 people across our State. that Congresswoman JAYAPAL said that. Mental healthcare is part of that We cut the uninsured rate in half, and that folks don’t understand: this bill is essential health benefits coverage. we created over 22,000 jobs across the going to affect almost every family That is what it means. Otherwise, an State, including in rural areas. that has someone that goes for insurance company can sell you some- So what we need to do now is to stop eldercare, to a nursing home. thing, and it can even say we cover, this bill from moving forward because The average cost at a nursing home you know, X, Y, and Z, but when you it would be bad for the American peo- is about $80,000 a year. Most families get to the hospital because you are ple. It is that simple. It is going to can’t afford that. Most middle class— sick, you will find out that it doesn’t kick Grandma out of her nursing home. most upper middle class families can’t actually cover hospitalization. It is going to stop a kid with asthma afford that. So this was an attempt to say, there from getting an inhaler. It is going to So what do they do when their sav- is sort of an essential understanding, put a premium on being an elder Amer- ings run out? an essential set of things that would be ican. If you are an older American, you Medicare, by the way, doesn’t cover covered. We will guarantee you that are going to pay four to five times as nursing home costs. They rely on Med- they will be covered if you buy insur- much as anybody else. Why? You just icaid. ance. have to ask why. What this bill does, in a shocking Now, I want to talk about Medicaid So who benefits from this bill? This way, is say: we are going to cut Med- for a second, because this is one of the bill is a transfer of wealth from middle icaid funding. Of course, we are going biggest travesties of the bill that is class Americans to the wealthiest to conveniently cut it starting 7 years being proposed by the Republicans in Americans, corporations in this coun- from now, coincidentally, after every- the Senate. try. So this is about tax cuts for the one has faced reelection, because we This bill would literally decimate richest. Sheldon Adelson, who is a Re- don’t want people to know that we are Medicaid. And between the Medicaid publican donor, casino magnate, he going to cut these programs that they cut of over $800 billion in the will get, if the Senate bill passes, he rely on. We are going to start these healthcare bill in the Senate and the will get a $44 million tax cut in 2017 cuts 7 years from now, and we are budget cut that is proposed of over $600 alone. going to make sure that people no billion, let me be clear that we are How are they paying for that? By longer have access to funding to be talking about almost a $1.5 trillion cut cutting Medicaid, taking away protec- able to go for eldercare. to Medicaid through these two mecha- tions for preexisting conditions, for Now, here is what is so problematic nisms. seniors, for average Americans. about this from an economic perspec- I want to talk about what Medicaid Mr. Speaker, that is just not right. It tive. One of the biggest job creators, is because a lot of people might think is not right if you are a Democrat. It is according to McKinsey and according that Medicaid just covers poor folks, not right if you are a Republican. It is to every economic study, is in which, frankly, I think we should cover not right if you are an Independent. It healthcare, is for eldercare. Medicaid poor folks. Let’s be clear about that. is just not right. creates more jobs for working class And, yes, the President is correct on But I want to tell you what Medicaid families and middle class families at a this point: It is a mean bill. It is mean; actually covers. time of globalization and automation it is cruel; it is unjust. And I hope we It covers half of all the births in the than probably any other significant United States. It covers insurance for defeat it. I thank the gentleman for yielding. government program. one in five Americans. It covers treat- So not only are we hurting middle ment for 220,000 recovering people with b 1745 class families and the elderly, we are drug disorders, including those who Mr. RASKIN. I thank the gentle- eliminating the very jobs that we suffer from opioid abuse. It covers 1.6 woman, Ms. JAYAPAL. ought to be creating at a time of auto- million patients, mostly women, who We have next with us Congressman mation. We are eliminating jobs of peo- get cancer screenings, and STD testing. RO KHANNA who is from California. He ple who are going to take care of folks It covers 64 percent of all nursing home is an economist, and he is a lawyer. He who are sick or folks who are elderly, residents. It covers 30 percent of all has taught economics at Stanford, and service jobs, jobs that should be paying adults with disabilities. It covers 39 he has taught law at Santa Clara. He more. percent of all kids in this country and was a Deputy Assistant Secretary of At the same time, we are coupling 60 percent of kids with disabilities. the Commerce Department under this with drastic cuts in a budget for So if you cut half of Medicaid, which President Obama. He is a well-known Alzheimer’s research and for research is what a $1.5 trillion cut to Medicaid author who has written a very good on diseases that are affecting middle would include—it would be half of what book about manufacturing and eco- class families. we spend on Medicaid today—a pro- nomic competitiveness in the United Congressman RASKIN said what the gram that covers 74 million Americans States. bill’s motivation is. It is to really save across this country, 38 million Ameri- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman money for tax cuts for the well-off—not cans would lose their coverage. from California (Mr. KHANNA) who is for the well-off talking about people

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Give him the here because we have so much at stake way she would be able to keep her in- benefit of the doubt. Why do they want right now. surance. to do this? Because they think that I wanted to point to this incredible The Senate bill would allow indi- giving these tax cuts to these multi- photo that we blew up from today’s vidual States to undermine the essen- millionaires is going to somehow fuel news. Fifty people with disabilities tial health benefits package that is in more entrepreneurship and more were forcibly removed and arrested the Affordable Care Act that ensures growth. outside Senator MITCH MCCONNELL’s of- older Americans have insurance that I ask people who are listening to this: fice today. They were there to protest actually covers the services they need. Is that the problem in our country? Is what could happen to them and the 10 Without those essential benefits, insur- that really the issue, that we think million Americans who rely on Med- ance companies could end coverage for millionaires and corporations aren’t icaid to live a life—often still strug- prescription drugs, for cancer care, for making enough profits? Is that really gling, but a life with more dignity be- emergency care, and much more. what is the issue about why we aren’t cause they have Medicaid. On top of those attacks on Americans creating jobs? Or is the issue that, for I want to take some time to thank age 50 and older, the bill also guts—as half this country, their wages have them for so passionately but peacefully I pointed out—the Medicaid program stagnated for the past 30 years, and resisting against the cruel Republican which is absolutely essential for people that people can’t afford a decent place bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. with disabilities, both young and old. People were pulled out of their wheel- to live, college, and healthcare, and Medicaid pays for nearly half of all chairs and ejected at the order, I pre- they are having trouble getting jobs? long-term care in our country, and If you believe that the problem is we sume, of the leader of the Senate to that includes, as I said, not just care need more corporate profits, we need make space in front of his office. They provided by nursing homes, but home more speculation on Wall Street, and were exercising their freedom to pro- and community-based and personal we need more economic breaks for the test for themselves and for others in care services that allow people with their situation. As I said, 10 million investor class, that that is really what disabilities to live independently, Americans with disabilities rely on America needs at this moment in our sometimes to even travel to Wash- Medicaid. economy, then I suppose you could ington, D.C. The Affordable Care Act incentivizes We fought really hard to provide look for the Republican bill. But if you States to offer home and community- those home and community-based serv- believe that the real problem in our based care under Medicaid. The Repub- ices. We expanded access to them in economy is that the middle class and lican bill would undo that. It would the Affordable Care Act. This mean bill the working class are getting squeezed make it very likely that States would not only undoes the progress, it moves by the economic concentration of eliminate that home care and commu- us backwards by slashing Medicaid power, by the excess on Wall Street, nity-based care. funds and turning it into a capped pro- that ordinary folks are having a hard Now, I have worked for years with gram, capping the amount of money time getting jobs, and that what we people with disabilities, and I know that may go to every person. The Sen- really need to be doing is providing some of them have struggled to get out ate bill is even meaner than the House. more jobs in healthcare for people so of nursing homes and to be able to live Caps would rise more slowly and cause that they can have a decent middle in the community which, by the way, even more damage. class life, that what we really need to is actually less expensive than tax- So it is no wonder that the AARP, be doing is providing middle class fami- payers paying for people to be in nurs- the Alliance for Retired Americans, the lies with basic economic security so ing homes. This has been a tremendous National Committee to Preserve Social they know that when they retire they battle for the disability community to Security and Medicare, the National will have some dignity for them, or be able to live independently. Council on Independent Living, the their spouses when they fall sick, that That ability is threatened. By the Consortium for Citizens with Disabil- they know that they won’t be bankrupt way, even the amount of money that ities, the American Medical Associa- because they have to bear the cost of would go to nursing homes would be tion, and the American Nurses Associa- the care for their parents; if you be- cut dramatically, or could be. tion, really all the providers of lieve that we ought to be on the side of Right now, one-half of the cost of healthcare, say no to this disastrous middle class families—working class nursing homes and home care and com- bill. families—then it is such a no-brainer munity-based care is paid for by Med- It spells disaster for anyone who de- that you would oppose this bill. icaid, and $800 billion was cut out of pends on Medicaid. That includes preg- I will just end with this: People often the House bill. I hear that the Senate nant women, infants, children, people say, Well, what can we do? bill is even worse. So this monstrosity with disabilities, and adults—including Well, I think you can speak out. I be- of a bill would do a countless amount low-income seniors. The bill is also lieve you should speak out and hold of harm to millions and millions of devastating for women’s health. It every Member in this body and in the Americans. Just about everyone will be defunds Planned Parenthood. Let’s re- Senate accountable because this bill is affected. member Planned Parenthood is often about our fundamental values. It is So, today, I want to focus on the the only clinic within driving distance about what type of country we want to damage it would do to two groups in of people in rural areas. be. Are we going to be a country that particular: Americans age 50 to 64 and gives power to the elite and believes people with disabilities whom we saw b 1800 that that is the ticket to American represented by the courageous pro- Sometimes it is the only clinic avail- success? Or are we going to bet on mid- testers today outside Senator MITCH able in medically underserved areas for dle class families and working class MCCONNELL’s office. things like cancer screening, primary families like we have throughout our This bill would impose a crippling care, birth control, testing men and history? age tax on people 50 to 64 years old, women for HIV/AIDS, et cetera. It Mr. Speaker, I thank Congressman which means that they will be either defunds Planned Parenthood and tar- RASKIN, and I am looking forward to unable to afford insurance altogether gets private insurance plans that would co-chairing this with the gentleman. or be forced to pay thousands more for cover abortions. Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank it every year. So we really have to ask ourselves: Congressman KHANNA for his very wise This is the same age tax that was in Who benefits from this bill? Who wins and insightful words. the House’s version of the bill. The if TrumpCare were to pass?

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The countries is why they want to cut all those hun- example, before marriage equality, if that can afford it overwhelmingly have dreds of billions of dollars out of Med- you loved the wrong person and you said: healthcare for everyone. icaid—they are the winners. couldn’t get health insurance through That is why I am a proud cosponsor Insurance, prescription drug, and your spouse, or if you can’t get health of a bill, which is proudly cosponsored medical device companies also get a insurance because you lost your job by a majority of the people in the huge tax break in this so-called and you are without health insurance, Democratic Caucus. It is Congressman healthcare bill. or if you are too poor to afford it, that CONYERS’ Medicare for All bill. Yes, they call it a healthcare bill is not just a misfortune. That is an in- I think that is where we need to go. that benefits only the healthy and the justice. I am convinced we are going to get wealthy. I know which side and whose We can do something about that. Life there sooner rather than later. Winston side I am on. is hard enough with all of the illness, Churchill once said: You can always Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I want to sickness, accidents, and injuries that count on the Americans to do the right pause from our analysis of the specific people receive without government thing, once they have tried everything terms of the bill that was unveiled compounding all of the misfortune else first. today to ask the question: What is the with injustice. Life is hard enough We have tried some other stuff in be- value that is really at stake in without government doing the wrong tween, but we are on the way to taking healthcare policy in the United States? thing. So the Affordable Care Act public responsibility for the healthcare When we were debating on the House added more than 20 million Americans of our people. My healthcare is con- side, I heard a colleague get up on the to the rolls of people who have health nected to your healthcare because my floor and say something to the effect insurance. health is connected to your health. We of: Under ObamaCare, under the Af- The bill that came out of the Senate want the families whose kids go to fordable Care Act, healthy people are today wants to strip health insurance school with our kids to be in a rela- having to pay insurance to take care of from tens of millions of Americans and tionship with a primary care doctor. sick people. jack up everybody’s premiums and We want them to get their shots. We It took a second for that to register make healthcare more inaccessible for don’t want them coming to school sick. with me. Then I turned to the person I people. They want to compound the Public health dictates that every- was sitting next to and said: Yes, that normal difficulties and misfortunes of body be in the system. A lot of young is what insurance is. The whole point life with the injustice of distributing men, for example, think that they are of insurance is that all of us pay money healthcare in a radically unequal and too tough to go see doctors. That be- in, knowing that people get sick in the unjust way. comes a danger for everybody else. We course of life. We can’t go back. It is too late for need everybody to be in a relationship We hope that we are not going to be that. The great Tom Payne once said with a doctor. We owe that not just to one of them. We hope we won’t get in- that it is impossible to make people ourselves and our families, but we owe jured. We hope we won’t get sick or ill un-think their thoughts or un-know it to everybody. or come down with a terrible disease, their knowledge. We have come too far Everybody in the system, everybody God forbid, but we know it can happen, as a country to turn the clock back. covered. That is where America needs so we all pay in. When it does happen I know there are people on the Sen- to go. But understand that what is to some people, that is what insurance ate side, like RAND PAUL, who I saw on coming out of the Senate has nothing is for. So the value there is one of soli- TV speaking about this, who think we to do with that. The Senate plan is all darity among everybody together. should get rid of all forms of public at- about rolling back the progress that we In the richest country on Earth, at tempts to get people health insurance. made under the Affordable Care Act, its richest moment in our history, RAND PAUL takes a perfectly principled like the ban on throwing people off of there is another value at stake here, position. He says the government healthcare because they have a pre- which is the value of justice. shouldn’t be involved at all. I don’t existing condition or denying people Forgive me, but I want to speak per- know how he feels about Medicare or insurance in the first place because sonally for a moment here, because I Medicaid. He certainly hates the Af- they have a preexisting condition. have what we call a preexisting condi- fordable Care Act. He just wants to The fact that someone has got a pre- tion. So this issue of preexisting condi- outright repeal it, which is what the existing health condition is the reason tion coverage is important to me and GOP said they would do. that they need health insurance. It is my family. I understand it is impor- So he is going to vote against that not a reason to deny them health in- tant for tens of millions of families bill because it keeps the remnants of surance. What they are doing is per- across the country. the system that we voted in with the fectly backwards. If you are having a great day, and Affordable Care Act. I understand that. The Affordable Care Act also said you have got not one, but two jobs you I understand his position. I disagree that young people could stay on their love—I have been a professor of con- with it completely because I think, as family’s plan until age 26. Thank God stitutional law at American University Americans, we have got to have soli- we have had that provision. Even the for 27 years now, and I was serving in darity with each other and we have got GOP doesn’t want to mess with that, at the Maryland Senate. But if you wake to take care of each other through in- this point. We got millions of people up and it is a beautiful day and you surance because the misfortunes of life into relationships with doctors. We have got two jobs you love, a family can happen to anybody. So we have got could show you dozens of emails and you love, great kids, and constituents to stand together. letters and calls that we are getting you are committed to, and a doctor He says that is not part of the social from people who say: The Affordable tells you that you have got stage III contract. Okay. That is fine. I get it. Care Act saved my life. I would have colon cancer, that is what I imme- But what I don’t understand is people had no access to healthcare without it. diately took to be a misfortune. are saying: Well, we said we would just The whole idea of turning the clock It is a terrible misfortune, but we get rid of it, but we will get rid of some back and moving in the opposite direc- have to remember that it happens to parts of it. We will throw millions of tion is completely antithetical to the people across the country, all over the people off their health insurance. We direction of American history. We are world, every single day, where people will make insurance more expensive moving forward. We want universal get a diagnosis of colon cancer, lung for everybody. We will cut the heart coverage for everybody. cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, autism, bi- out of Medicaid. By the way, we spend more on polar disorder, depression, multiple Why? What is the public policy that healthcare than most of those coun- sclerosis, cystic fibrosis, you name it. is being advanced here? tries that have single-payer healthcare. It is a misfortune because it can hap- It doesn’t make any sense. Countries I think we may spend more than any- pen to anybody. all over the world have arrived at the body else on Earth on healthcare, but

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:14 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN7.086 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE H5106 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 22, 2017 we don’t get the best results because What is the urgency? actually give the government the au- we leave so many people out and we are If it is such a great bill, then we thority to negotiate lower prices. I spending lots of money on insurance. should be out trumpeting it and adver- hope that is not true, but let’s have a The last I looked, it was around 30 or 31 tising it. And everybody should have at real plan to bring people’s prescription cents on the dollar we are spending on least one townhall meeting back in drug prices down. the insurance companies, on bureauc- their congressional districts to explain There are things we can do together racy and red tape, instead of getting how they feel about it so that across the aisle. In fact, the President people healthcare. everybody’s constituents can ask us of the United States said repeatedly That is the direction we need to be about the bill. during the campaign that his plan moving in, not dismantling and sav- Is it going to improve America’s would be a magnificent plan that would aging the healthcare protections that healthcare? Is it going to improve the cover everybody. He said everybody we have in place right now. health and well-being of the people, or would be part of it. And a lot of people, I want to close with some thoughts reduce the health and well-being of the including me, took him to be invoking just about the process that is going on. American people? Is it going to drive the single-payer universal health plans Back when the Affordable Care Act was our premiums, copays, and deductibles that work all over the world, that work being debated, my dear friends across even more? in Canada and that work throughout the aisle complained about how fast Those are questions we should have Europe and so on. things were going and how they to face with our constituents. Mr. Speaker, let me ask, would it be thought the legislation was being Regardless of what your political possible for us to get together with the rushed. party or ideology is, everybody should President in order to come up with a I don’t want to embarrass anybody tell their Member of Congress: At the single-payer plan, the kind that he in- by calling out specific statements very least, let’s have some public dis- voked over the course of the campaign? made, but we have got voluminous cussion about it. Let’s have the oppor- Let’s seize upon the new spirit of civil- statements made by people on the tunity for townhall meetings across ity and community in this body and in other side of the aisle saying: This is the country before we completely re- Congress to come up with plans that too fast. You’re trying to sneak it write the healthcare plan for the Amer- bring us together, that don’t drive us through. You’re trying to ram it down ican people. apart. the throats of the American people. All The plan that passed out of the House b 1815 of this is happening too fast. of Representatives is standing at 9 per- Well, Mr. Speaker, the debate over I urge my colleagues to slow down, cent in the public opinion polls. I can’t the Affordable Care Act spanned more take a step back, and work across the imagine that the Senate plan is going than 12 months. It took more than a aisle for the best possible results. to be any more popular. If this was a year. The Senate bill was unveiled There are things we can do together to mean plan, as the President said, the today with no hearings, no witnesses, help. Senate plan looks meaner, or at least no professional testimony, no oppor- For example, I heard the President of as mean as the House plan is. tunity for the public to testify for the United States come to our body But even if you doubled it and said 18 nurses or doctors or patient advocates and make a speech in which he said percent of the people would support it, or any of the groups that are inter- that prescription drug prices were out that is still a tiny fraction of the ested; none of them. of control and we needed to give gov- American people. The overwhelming In the Affordable Care Act, there ernment the authority to negotiate majority of Americans are not sold on were 79 hearings that I was able to find lower drug prices. I agree 100 percent this idea of turning the clock back and in Congress. That is 79 hearings. Not with the President of the United States throwing millions of people off their zero hearings, which is what they are about that. health insurance plans. proposing to do now. There were 79 There has been no action on that by Let us work together, and we can do hearings. There were 181 witnesses, my friends across the aisle in the it. In the societies that have universal both expert witnesses and ordinary House or in the Senate, and I beseech health coverage, it is accepted now by citizens, who came to testify before the President of the United States, be- people across the political spectrum. If Congress, in public. So far, there has fore you advance 1 centimeter further you go to France or the United King- been zero testimony on what the rami- on this extremely controversial bill, dom or Canada, the conservatives are fications and consequences are of the which I understand four Republican not agitating to throw people off of bill that was unveiled in the Senate Senators have already announced their healthcare. The conservatives support today. opposition to today, before you go any a universal payer plan. And there are We had multiple Congressional Budg- further on this, let’s get to something lots of conservative arguments for it. et Office scores that analyzed the costs we can agree on for once. Let’s find the For example, let’s liberate our busi- and the impact of different proposals common ground. And the common nesses, especially our small businesses, that were part of the ACA. By contrast, ground has got to be prescription drug from the burden of having to figure out the House was forced to vote on the prices are out of control for Americans. people’s healthcare. Let’s take that GOP healthcare repeal plan in this Let us give the government the au- completely off of the business sector, body with no CBO score at all, no esti- thority to negotiate for lower drug and let’s make that a public responsi- mate on how much the bill would cost prices in Medicare the way that we bility the way they have done in so the taxpayers, no estimate on how have got it for VA benefits or for Med- many countries around the world. many Americans precisely would lose icaid prescription drugs. We have got Wouldn’t that be good for business? their health insurance. We have that authority, but there was a special And doesn’t it enhance feelings of com- learned later the CBO estimate of $23 interest provision slipped into Medi- munity, solidarity, and patriotism for million, but that was after we voted on care part D, and the government everybody to be covered by the it. doesn’t have that authority. That is healthcare system of the country that So the people who were saying that authority we should have. they live in? the debate moved too fast back then— Mr. President, we agree with you We can do this as Americans. We are a year of debate, with dozens of hear- about that. Why don’t you put a pause the wealthiest country that has ever ings and witnesses, and so on—now on trying to demolish the ACA and existed. This is the wealthiest moment seem perfectly content with a process Medicaid, and let’s see if we can get in our history. Let’s come up with a where a bill comes out on Thursday, some prescription drug legislation that real plan for health coverage that and then they are going to vote on it will bring prices down for all Ameri- eliminates as much insurance bureauc- next Thursday with no hearings, very cans. We are ready to work with you on racy and waste as possible and gets little public debate, no opportunity for that. people the healthcare coverage that people to come and testify, and no real There are reports that there is some they need. opportunity for the public to process effort to come up with a phony plan on Mr. Speaker, I want to thank you for what is going on. prescription drug prices that wouldn’t the opportunity to have this Special

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A letter from the Director, Regu- ing 1 inch from defending the Afford- Department’s final rule — Beef Promotion latory Management Division, Environmental able Care Act and the progress that has and Research Rules and Regulations [No.: Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- been made under it, and I hope that we AMS-LPS-15-0084] received June 19, 2017, pur- cy’s final rule — Approval and Limited Ap- will have maximum transparency and suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- proval and Limited Disapproval of Air Qual- scrutiny of what came out of the Sen- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee ity Implementation Plans; California; ate today, because we think that the on Agriculture. Mendocino County Air Quality Management 1767. A letter from the Congressional Re- District; Stationary Source Permits [EPA- only possible outcome is that bill will view Coordinator, Animal and Plant Health R09-OAR-2016-0726; FRL-9960-08-Region 9] re- go down; then we can come together, Inspection Service, Department of Agri- ceived June 20, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. find the commonsense solutions, find culture, transmitting the Department’s final 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 the common ground, and make rule — Importation of Fresh Pitahaya Fruit Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and progress for the American people. From Ecuador Into the Continental United Commerce. Mr. Speaker, thank you very much. I States [Docket No.: APHIS-2015-0004] (RIN: 1777. A letter from the Director, Regu- yield back the balance of my time. 0579-AE12) received June 20, 2017, pursuant to latory Management Division, Environmental 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- f 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Ag- cy’s direct final rule — Approval and Pro- riculture. mulgation of Air Quality Implementation LEAVE OF ABSENCE 1768. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- Plans; Indiana; CFR Update [EPA-R05-OAR- By unanimous consent, leave of ab- ment of Defense, transmitting a letter on the 2016-0760; FRL-9963-70-Region 5] received sence was granted to: approved retirement of Lieutenant General June 20, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Ms. GABBARD (at the request of Ms. John E. Wissler, United States Marine Corps, 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 and his advancement to the grade of lieuten- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and PELOSI) for today. ant general on the retired list, pursuant to 10 Commerce. f U.S.C. 1370(c)(1); Public Law 96-513, Sec. 112 1778. A letter from the Director, Regu- (as amended by Public Law 104-106, Sec. latory Management Division, Environmental ENROLLED BILL SIGNED 502(b)); (110 Stat. 293); to the Committee on Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, Armed Services. cy’s direct final rule — Approval of Cali- reported and found truly enrolled a bill 1769. A letter from the Chief Operating Of- fornia Air Plan Revisions, Great Basin Uni- of the House of the following title, ficer, Armed Forces Retirement Home, fied Air Pollution Control District and the transmitting a draft of proposed legislation, Town of Mammoth Lakes [EPA-R09-OAR- which was thereupon signed by the titled ‘‘Revision of Armed Forces Retirement 2016-0409; FRL-9955-67-Region 9] received Speaker: Home Leasing Authority’’; to the Committee June 20, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. H.R. 1238. An act to amend the Homeland on Armed Services. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Security Act of 2002 to make the Assistant 1770. A letter from the Chief Operating Of- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and Secretary of Homeland Security for Health ficer, Armed Forces Retirement Home, Commerce. Affairs responsible for coordinating the ef- transmitting a draft of proposed legislation, 1779. A letter from the Director, Regu- forts of the Department of Homeland Secu- titled ‘‘Revision of Armed Forces Retirement latory Management Division, Environmental rity related to food, agriculture, and veteri- Home Leasing Authority’’; to the Committee Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- nary defense against terrorism, and for other on Armed Services. cy’s final rule — Approval of California Air purposes. 1771. A letter from the Chief Operating Of- Plan Revisions, Western Mojave Desert, Rate ficer, Armed Forces Retirement Home, of Progress Demonstration [EPA-R09-OAR- f transmitting a draft of proposed legislation, 2017-0028; FRL-9963-86-Region 9] received ADJOURNMENT titled ‘‘Revision of Armed Forces Retirement June 20, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Home Leasing Authority’’; to the Committee 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I move on Armed Services. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Energy and that the House do now adjourn. 1772. A letter from the General Counsel, Commerce. The motion was agreed to; accord- National Credit Union Administration, 1780. A letter from the Director, Regu- ingly (at 6 o’clock and 21 minutes transmitting the Administration’s final rule latory Management Division, Environmental p.m.), the House adjourned until to- — Federal Credit Union Occupancy, Plan- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- morrow, Friday, June 23, 2017, at 9 a.m. ning, and Disposal of Acquired and Aban- cy’s technical amendment — Correction to doned Premises; Incidental Powers (RIN: Incorporations by Reference [EPA-HQ-OAR- f 3133-AE54) received June 19, 2017, pursuant to 2014-0292; FRL-9963-67-OAR] received June 20, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on Fi- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the ETC. nancial Services. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive 1773. A letter from the Director, Regu- 1781. A letter from the Deputy Assistant communications were taken from the latory Management Division, Environmental Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- of State, transmitting the Department’s re- Speaker’s table and referred as follows: cy’s direct final rule — National Emission port covering the period from February 7, 1764. A letter from the Acting Adminis- Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants 2017 to April 8, 2017 on the Authorization for trator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Spe- From the Portland Cement Manufacturing Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolu- cialty Crops Program, Department of Agri- Industry: Alternative Monitoring Method tion, pursuant to 50 U.S.C. 1541 note; Public culture, transmitting the Department’s final [EPA-HQ-OAR-2016-0442; FRL-9964-14-OAR] Law 107-243, Sec. 4(a); (116 Stat. 1501) and 50 rule — Marketing Order Regulating the Han- (RIN: 2060-AT57) received June 20, 2017, pur- U.S.C. 1541 note; Public Law 102-1, Sec. 3 (as dling of Spearmint Oil Produced in the Far suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- amended by Public Law 106-113, Sec. West; Salable Quantities and Allotment Per- 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee 1000(a)(7)); (113 Stat. 1501A-422); to the Com- centages for the 2017-2018 Marketing Year on Energy and Commerce. mittee on Foreign Affairs. [Doc. No.: AMS-SC-16-0107; SC17-985-1 FR] re- 1774. A letter from the Director, Regu- 1782. A letter from the Deputy Assistant ceived June 19, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. latory Management Division, Environmental Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Department 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- of State, transmitting Transmittal No. Stat. 868); to the Committee on Agriculture. cy’s final rule — Air Plan Approval; VT; In- DDTC 16-044, pursuant to Section 36(c) of the 1765. A letter from the Acting Adminis- frastructure State Implementation Plan Re- Arms Export Control Act, pursuant to 22 trator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Spe- quirements [EPA-R01-OAR-2014-0604; FRL- U.S.C. 2776(c)(2)(A); Public Law 90-629, Sec. cialty Crops Program, Department of Agri- 9963-88-Region 1] received June 20, 2017, pur- 36(c) (as added by Public Law 104-164, Sec. culture, transmitting the Department’s affir- suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- 141(c)); (110 Stat. 1431); to the Committee on mation of the interim rule as final rule — 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee Foreign Affairs. Changes to Reporting and Notification Re- on Energy and Commerce. 1783. A letter from the Federal Co-Chair, quirements and Other Clarifying Changes for 1775. A letter from the Director, Regu- Appalachian Regional Commission, trans- Imported Fruits, Vegetables, and Specialty latory Management Division, Environmental mitting the Commission’s semiannual report Crops [Doc. No.: AMS-SC-16-0083; SC16-944/ Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- from the Office of Inspector General for the 980/999-1 FIR] received June 19, 2017, pursuant cy’s direct final rule — Amendment to period October 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017, to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Standards and Practices for All Appropriate pursuant to the Inspector General Act of

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1978, as amended, including statistical tables Mr. MITCHELL, Ms. HANABUSA, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Nat- on reports and actions as required by the In- Ms. SINEMA): ural Resources. spector General Act Amendments of 1988; to H.R. 2997. A bill to transfer operation of air By Mr. BARLETTA (for himself, Mr. the Committee on Oversight and Govern- traffic services currently provided by the DESAULNIER, and Mr. THOMPSON of ment Reform. Federal Aviation Administration to a sepa- Pennsylvania): 1784. A letter from the Associate General rate not-for-profit corporate entity, to reau- H.R. 3006. A bill to amend the Richard B. Counsel for General Law, Transportation Se- thorize programs of the Federal Aviation Ad- Russell National School Lunch Act to re- curity Administration, Department of Home- ministration, and for other purposes; to the quire the Secretary of Agriculture to make land Security, transmitting a notification of Committee on Transportation and Infra- loan guarantees and grants to finance cer- a federal nomination, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. structure. tain improvements to school lunch facilities, 3349(a); Public Law 105-277, 151(b); (112 Stat. By Mr. DENT: to train school food service personnel, and 2681-614); to the Committee on Oversight and H.R. 2998. A bill making appropriations for for other purposes; to the Committee on Government Reform. military construction, the Department of Education and the Workforce, and in addi- 1785. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for tion to the Committees on Agriculture, and Office of Regulations and Administrative the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and Appropriations, for a period to be subse- Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of for other purposes. quently determined by the Speaker, in each Homeland Security, transmitting the De- By Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. case for consideration of such provisions as partment’s temporary final rule — Safety BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. fall within the jurisdiction of the committee Zone; Mill Creek, Hampton, VA [Docket No.: SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. RYAN of concerned. USCG-2017-0075] (RIN: 1625-AA00) received Ohio, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. By Ms. BROWNLEY of California (for June 19, 2017, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. CONNOLLY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, and Ms. herself and Mr. CAPUANO): 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 SLAUGHTER): H.R. 3007. A bill to apply the provisions of Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- H.R. 2999. A bill to amend title XXVII of title 5, United States Code, related to vet- tation and Infrastructure. the Public Health Service Act to limit co- erans’ preference to the Federal Aviation Ad- 1786. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, payment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing ministration personnel management system, Office of Regulations and Administrative requirements applicable to prescription and for other purposes; to the Committee on Law, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of drugs in a specialty drug tier to the dollar Transportation and Infrastructure. Homeland Security, transmitting the De- amount (or its equivalent) of such require- By Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. partment’s temporary final rule — Safety ments applicable to prescription drugs in a CULBERSON, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. CAR- Zone; Chincoteague Channel, Chincoteague non-preferred brand drug tier, and for other TER of Texas, and Mr. SMITH of Islands, VA [Docket No.: USCG-2017-0248] purposes; to the Committee on Energy and Texas): (RIN: 1625-AA00) received June 19, 2017, pur- Commerce. H.R. 3008. A bill to authorize the Secretary suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- By Mr. POE of Texas (for himself, Mr. of the Interior to conduct a special resource 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee NOLAN, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. WEBER study of the George W. Bush Childhood on Transportation and Infrastructure. of Texas, Mr. COHEN, Mr. Home, located at 1412 West Ohio Avenue, SCHWEIKERT, and Mr. BOST): Midland, Texas, and for other purposes; to f H.R. 3000. A bill to terminate the designa- the Committee on Natural Resources. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON tion of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan as a By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee (for him- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS major non-NATO ally, and for other pur- self, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. poses; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. HUFFMAN, Mr. ZELDIN, Mr. BARLETTA, Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of By Mr. LOWENTHAL (for himself, Ms. Mr. BLUMENAUER, and Mr. COSTELLO committees were delivered to the Clerk BARRAGA´ N, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. of Pennsylvania): for printing and reference to the proper CARTWRIGHT, Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- H.R. 3009. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- calendar, as follows: fornia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. enue Code of 1986 to provide that the volume MEADOWS, Ms. MOORE, Mrs. NAPOLI- cap for private activity bonds shall not apply Mr. DENT. Committee on Appropriations. TANO, Mr. POCAN, Mr. ROHRABACHER, to bonds for facilities for furnishing of water H.R. 2998. A bill making appropriations for and Mr. TAKANO): and sewage facilities; to the Committee on military construction, the Department of H.R. 3001. A bill to amend title 49, United Ways and Means. Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for States Code, to establish a Multimodal By Ms. ESHOO (for herself and Mrs. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, and Freight Funding Formula Program and a Na- BROOKS of Indiana): for other purposes (Rept. 115–188). Referred tional Freight Infrastructure Competitive H.R. 3010. A bill to provide for the identi- to the Committee of the Whole House on the Grant Program to improve the efficiency and fication and documentation of best practices state of the Union. reliability of freight movement in the United for cyber hygiene by the National Institute f States, and for other purposes; to the Com- of Standards and Technology, and for other mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- purposes; to the Committee on Science, PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS ture, and in addition to the Committee on Space, and Technology. Under clause 2 of rule XII, public Ways and Means, for a period to be subse- By Mr. JONES: bills and resolutions of the following quently determined by the Speaker, in each H.R. 3011. A bill to amend title 10, United titles were introduced and severally re- case for consideration of such provisions as States Code, to provide for forgiveness of ferred, as follows: fall within the jurisdiction of the committee certain overpayments of retired pay paid to concerned. deceased retired members of the Armed By Ms. ESTY of Connecticut (for her- By Mr. CHABOT: Forces following their death; to the Com- self, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. TONKO, H.R. 3002. A bill to amend the Small Busi- mittee on Armed Services. Mr. HIMES, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. NOR- ness Act to require cyber certification for By Mr. KILDEE: TON, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, small business development center coun- H.R. 3012. A bill to amend the Workforce Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. MI- selors, and for other purposes; to the Com- Innovation and Opportunity Act to increase CHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. mittee on Small Business. the authorization of appropriations for YARMUTH, Mr. CICILLINE, and Ms. By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. youth workforce investment activities; to MATSUI): KING of Iowa, Mr. BIGGS, and Mr. SES- the Committee on Education and the Work- H.R. 2995. A bill to amend title 31, United SIONS): force. States Code, to provide for the issuance of H.R. 3003. A bill to amend the Immigration By Mr. KILDEE: Green Bonds and to establish the United and Nationality Act to modify provisions re- H.R. 3013. A bill to provide funding for Vio- States Green Bank, and for other purposes; lating to assistance by States, and political lent Crime Reduction Partnerships in the to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in subdivision of States, in the enforcement of most violent communities in the United addition to the Committee on Energy and Federal immigration laws, and for other pur- States, and for other purposes; to the Com- Commerce, for a period to be subsequently poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. mittee on the Judiciary, and in addition to determined by the Speaker, in each case for By Mr. GOODLATTE (for himself, Mr. the Committee on Appropriations, for a pe- consideration of such provisions as fall with- KING of Iowa, and Mr. SESSIONS): riod to be subsequently determined by the in the jurisdiction of the committee con- H.R. 3004. A bill to amend section 276 of the Speaker, in each case for consideration of cerned. Immigration and Nationality Act relating to such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- By Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana: reentry of removed aliens; to the Committee tion of the committee concerned. H.R. 2996. A bill to amend the Food and Nu- on the Judiciary. By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM trition Act of 2008 to modify the work re- By Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. of New Mexico: quirement applicable to able-bodied adults FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, H.R. 3014. A bill to require servicers to es- without dependents; to the Committee on and Mr. O’HALLERAN): tablish a deed-for-lease program under which Agriculture. H.R. 3005. A bill to direct the Secretary of eligible mortgagors may remain in their By Mr. SHUSTER (for himself, Mr. the Interior to establish a bison management homes as renters; to the Committee on Fi- LOBIONDO, Mr. GRAVES of Missouri, plan for Grand Canyon National Park, and nancial Services.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:14 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L22JN7.000 H22JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with HOUSE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5109 By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM By Mr. SCHIFF: United States to provide that Representa- of New Mexico: H.R. 3024. A bill to require certain stand- tives shall be apportioned among the several H.R. 3015. A bill to amend the Real Estate ards and enforcement provisions to prevent States according to their respective num- Settlement Procedures Act of 1974 to provide child abuse and neglect in residential pro- bers, counting the number of persons in each protections to borrowers, and for other pur- grams, and for other purposes; to the Com- State who are citizens of the United States; poses; to the Committee on Financial Serv- mittee on Education and the Workforce. to the Committee on the Judiciary. ices. By Mr. SMITH of Washington (for him- By Mr. CRIST (for himself, Mr. JOHN- By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM self, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. SON of Louisiana, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. of New Mexico: BORDALLO, Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. LAN- BACON, Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Mr. BERGMAN, H.R. 3016. A bill to allow homeowners fac- GEVIN, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER, Mr. BROWN of ing foreclosure to avoid deficiency judg- Mrs. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. Maryland, Mr. BUDD, Mr. CARBAJAL, ments, and for other purposes; to the Com- GALLEGO, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Ms. CHENEY, Mr. CORREA, Mrs. mittee on the Judiciary. Mr. MOULTON, Mr. BROWN of Mary- DEMINGS, Mr. EVANS, Mr. FASO, Mr. By Mr. MCKINLEY (for himself, Mr. land, Mr. COOPER, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, FERGUSON, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. GAL- WALDEN, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. LAGHER, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. GONZALEZ and Mr. TONKO): TSONGAS, Mr. MCEACHIN, Ms. ROSEN, of Texas, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. H.R. 3017. A bill to amend the Comprehen- Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. O’HALLERAN, and HANABUSA, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. sive Environmental Response, Compensa- Mr. SUOZZI): KHANNA, Mr. KIHUEN, Mr. tion, and Liability Act of 1980 to reauthorize H.R. 3025. A bill to strengthen security and KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. LAWSON of deterrence in Europe and to hold the Russian and improve the brownfields program, and Florida, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. MAST, Federation accountable for violations of the for other purposes; to the Committee on En- Mr. MCEACHIN, Mr. MITCHELL, Mrs. Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the MURPHY of Florida, Mr. O’HALLERAN, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Committee on Transportation and Infra- Mr. PANETTA, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Com- structure, for a period to be subsequently de- FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida, Ms. mittee on Armed Services, for a period to be ROSEN, Mr. RUTHERFORD, Mr. SCHNEI- termined by the Speaker, in each case for subsequently determined by the Speaker, in DER, Mr. SMUCKER, Mr. SOTO, Mr. consideration of such provisions as fall with- each case for consideration of such provi- SUOZZI, Mr. TAYLOR, Ms. TENNEY, and in the jurisdiction of the committee con- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Mr. LEWIS of Minnesota): cerned. committee concerned. H. Res. 400. A resolution supporting the By Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mr. By Mr. SWALWELL of California (for designation of a National Day of Civility; to HURD, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. BOST, Mr. himself, Mr. GARAMENDI, and Mr. the Committee on Oversight and Govern- BABIN, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. SERRANO, BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania): Mr. WALZ, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. HILL, H.R. 3026. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- ment Reform. Mrs. LOVE, Mr. KATKO, and Ms. cation Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage By Mr. HASTINGS (for himself and Mr. GABBARD): of student loan forgiveness for public service BUCHANAN): H.R. 3018. A bill to amend title 38, United employment, and for other purposes; to the H. Res. 401. A resolution urging China, States Code, to ensure that veterans may at- Committee on Education and the Workforce. South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, the Phil- tend pre-apprenticeship programs using cer- By Mr. TROTT: ippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, India, tain educational assistance provided by the H.R. 3027. A bill to amend title 10, United and all nations to outlaw the dog and cat Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for other States Code, to improve recordkeeping and meat trade and to enforce existing laws purposes; to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- information sharing with States regarding against the trade; to the Committee on For- fairs. military training performed by members of eign Affairs. By Mr. MEADOWS (for himself, Mr. the Armed Forces and other skills developed By Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia (for BEYER, Mr. CONNOLLY, and Mr. WITT- through military service that translate to ci- himself, Ms. FUDGE, and Ms. KELLY of MAN): vilian occupations to expedite the transition Illinois): H.R. 3019. A bill to require executive agen- of veterans to post-military employment; to H. Res. 402. A resolution supporting the cies to avoid using lowest price technically the Committee on Armed Services. designation of July 2017 as Uterine Fibroids acceptable source selection criteria in cer- By Mr. TROTT: Awareness Month; to the Committee on En- tain circumstances, and for other purposes; H.R. 3028. A bill to amend title 38, United ergy and Commerce. to the Committee on Oversight and Govern- States Code, to direct the Secretary of Vet- By Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia: H. Res. 403. A resolution supporting the ment Reform. erans Affairs to provide training for school designation of March 2018 as Endometriosis By Mr. O’ROURKE (for himself and Mr. certifying officials; to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Awareness Month; to the Committee on En- PEARCE): ergy and Commerce. H.R. 3020. A bill to increase transparency, By Mr. VEASEY: H.R. 3029. A bill to prevent Federal funds accountability, and community engagement f from being used to carry out Executive Order within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 13799; to the Committee on House Adminis- MEMORIALS provide independent oversight of border se- tration. Under clause 3 of rule XII, curity activities, improve training for U.S. By Mrs. WAGNER (for herself, Mr. Customs and Border Protection agents and 70. The SPEAKER presented a memorial of WEBER of Texas, Mr. COHEN, Mr. officers, and for other purposes; to the Com- the General Assembly of the State of Mis- MESSER, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. mittee on Homeland Security, and in addi- souri, relative to Senate Concurrent Resolu- TENNEY, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. ENGEL, tion to the Committees on the Judiciary, tion No. 4, requesting the Congress of the Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. KEATING, Mr. and Ways and Means, for a period to be sub- United States call a convention of the states SENSENBRENNER, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. sequently determined by the Speaker, in to propose amendments to the Constitution PAULSEN, Mr. EVANS, Mr. CROWLEY, each case for consideration of such provi- of the United States; which was referred to Mr. CRIST, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. CART- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the the Committee on the Judiciary. WRIGHT, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. COFF- committee concerned. MAN, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. f By Mrs. RADEWAGEN: SHERMAN, Ms. ROSEN, Mrs. COMSTOCK, H.R. 3021. A bill to amend the Fair Min- CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. RASKIN, Mr. imum Wage Act of 2007 to stop a scheduled STATEMENT THOMAS J. ROONEY of Florida, and increase in the minimum wage applicable to Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois): Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of American Samoa and to provide that any fu- H.R. 3030. A bill to help prevent acts of the Rules of the House of Representa- ture increases in such minimum wage shall genocide and other atrocity crimes, which be determined by the Secretary of Labor; to tives, the following statements are sub- threaten national and international secu- mitted regarding the specific powers the Committee on Education and the Work- rity, by enhancing United States Govern- force. ment capacities to prevent, mitigate, and re- granted to Congress in the Constitu- By Mr. RUSSELL: spond to such crises; to the Committee on tion to enact the accompanying bill or H.R. 3022. A bill to prohibit the awarding of Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Com- joint resolution. discretionary grants to institutions of higher mittee on Intelligence (Permanent Select), By Ms. ESTY of Connecticut: education that will use the grant award for for a period to be subsequently determined H.R. 2995. indirect costs; to the Committee on Over- by the Speaker, in each case for consider- Congress has the power to enact this legis- sight and Government Reform. ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. RUSSELL: risdiction of the committee concerned. Clause 18 of Section 8 of Article I of the H.R. 3023. A bill to amend title 38, United By Mr. DAVIDSON (for himself, Mr. Constitution States Code, to eliminate the authority of LAMBORN, and Mr. BROOKS of Ala- By Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana: the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay re- bama): H.R. 2996. porting fees to educational institutions; to H.J. Res. 106. A joint resolution proposing Congress has the power to enact this legis- the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. an amendment to the Constitution of the lation pursuant to the following:

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Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies States Constitution: ‘‘The Congress shall By Mr. DENT: throughout the United States. have Power . . . To make all Laws which H.R. 2998. By Mr. GOSAR: shall be necessary and proper for carrying Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3005. into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- other Powers vested by this Constitution in The principal constitutional authority for lation pursuant to the following: the Government of the United States, or in this legislation is clause 7 of section 9 of ar- Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 (The Prop- any Department or Officer thereof.’’ ticle I of the Constitution of the United erty Clause). The Property Clause states By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM States (the appropriation power), which that Congress has the power to make all of New Mexico: states: ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the needful rules and regulations respecting the H.R. 3015. Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropria- territory or other property belonging to the Congress has the power to enact this legis- tions made by Law. . . .’’ In addition, clause United States. The Supreme Court in Fort lation pursuant to the following: 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution Leavenworth Railroad v. Lowe (1885), rea- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 the United (the spending power) provides: ‘‘The Con- soned that the authority of the federal gov- States Constitution: ‘‘The Congress shall gress shall have the Power . . . to pay the ernment over federal lands is ‘‘necessarily have Power . . . To make all Laws which Debts and provide for the common Defence paramount.’’ The Court opinion went on to shall be necessary and proper for carrying and general Welfare of the United States. further reason that state governments also into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all . . .’’ Together, these specific constitutional have rights though with regards to certain other Powers vested by this Constitution in provisions establish the congressional power activities that take place on federal lands the Government of the United States, or in of the purse, granting Congress the author- within state borders. The Act provides guide- any Department or Officer thereof.’’ ity to appropriate funds, to determine their lines for controlling populations of bison in By Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM purpose, amount, and period of availability, Grand Canyon National Park and requires of New Mexico: and to set forth terms and conditions gov- the Secretary to coordinate with the appro- H.R. 3016. Congress has the power to enact this legis- erning their use. priate State Wildlife Management Agency, lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. MCKINLEY: thus making it constitutionally permissible. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18 the United H.R. 2999. By Mr. BARLETTA: States Constitution: ‘‘The Congress shall Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3006. have Power . . . To make all Laws which lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- shall be necessary and proper for carrying Article I, Section 8, clause 1: The Congress lation pursuant to the following: into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Article I, Section 1; and Article I, Section other Powers vested by this Constitution in Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the 8 of the United States Constitution. the Government of the United States, or in Debts and provide for the common Defence By Ms. BROWNLEY of California: and general Welfare of the United States; but H.R. 3007. any Department or Officer thereof.’’ all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uni- Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. MCKINLEY: H.R. 3017. form throughout the United States lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. POE of Texas: Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3000. tion Congress has the power to enact this legis- According to Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 By Mr. CONAWAY: of the Constitution: The Congress shall have lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3008. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 14. power to enact this legislation to regulate Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. LOWENTHAL: commerce with foreign nations, and among lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3001. the several states, and with the Indian Article 1, Section 8 Congress has the power to enact this legis- tribes. By Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee: lation pursuant to the following: By Ms. MCSALLY: Spending Authorization H.R. 3009. H.R. 3018. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Congress shall have Power to lay and lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress to pay the Debts and provide for the common lation pursuant to Article I, Section 8, shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Defense and general Welfare of the United Clause 3 of the United States Constitution. Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises By Ms. ESHOO: Debts and provide for the common Defence shall be uniform throught the United States. H.R. 3010. and general Welfare of the United States; but Necessary and Proper Regulations to Effec- Congress has the power to enact this legis- all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uni- tuate Powers lation pursuant to the following: form throught the United States. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 (To regulate Article 1, Section 8, Clause 12: To raise and The Congress shall have Power * * * To Commerce with foreign Nations, and among support Armies . . . make all Laws which shall be necessary and the several States, and with the Indian Article 1, Section 8, Clause 13: To provide proper for carrying into Execution the fore- Tribes). and maintain a navy. going Powers, and all other Powers vested by Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 (To make all Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18: To make all the Constitution in the Government of the Laws which shall be necessary and proper for laws which shall be necessary and proper for United States, or in any Department or Offi- carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- cer thereof. ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- By Mr. CHABOT: stitution in the Government of the United stitution in the Government of the United H.R. 3002. States, or in any Department or Officer States, or in any Department or Officer Congress has the power to enact this legis- thereof). thereof. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. JONES: By Mr. MEADOWS: Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution H.R. 3011. H.R. 3019. By Mr. GOODLATTE: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3003. lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1 Section 8 of the United States Article I, Section 8 of the United States lation pursuant to the following: Constitution, which grants Congress the Constitution provides Congress the power to Clause 4 of Section 8 of Article I—The Con- power to make rules for the government and ‘‘to make Rules for the Government’’. gress shall have the Power to establish a uni- regulation of the land and naval forces. By Mr. O’ROURKE: form Rule of Naturalization, and uniform By Mr. KILDEE: H.R. 3020. Laws on the subject of Bankruptcies H.R. 3012. Congress has the power to enact this legis- throughout the United States. Congress has the power to enact this legis- lation pursuant to the following: Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I—The Con- lation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 gress shall have Power to lay and collect Article I, Section 8 The Congress shall have Power to make all Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay By Mr. KILDEE: Laws which shall be necessary and proper for the Debts and provide for the common H.R. 3013. carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- Defence and general Welfare of the United Congress has the power to enact this legis- ers, and all other Powers vested by the Con- States. lation pursuant to the following: stitution in the Government of the United

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States, or in any Department or Office there- QUIGLEY, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. ROYBAL- H.R. 1697: Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia, of. ALLARD, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. CORREA, Mr. Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. By Mrs. RADEWAGEN: KHANNA, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. COSTA, and Mr. KING of Iowa, and Mr. MCCLINTOCK. H.R. 3021. MCHENRY. H.R. 1719: Mr. QUIGLEY. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 95: Mr. VELA. H.R. 1729: Mr. COSTA. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 112: Mrs. DEMINGS. H.R. 1772: Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. EDDIE Article 1, Section 8 of the United States H.R. 203: Mr. FITZPATRICK. BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Ms. MICHELLE Constitution. H.R. 299: Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. LAWSON By Mr. RUSSELL: H.R. 380: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. of Florida, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. H.R. 3022. H.R. 392: Ms. WILSON of Florida. CICILLINE, and Mr. ROUZER. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 400: Mr. TROTT. H.R. 1779: Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 435: Mr. TIPTON. New York. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 H.R. 459: Ms. MCCOLLUM. H.R. 1783: Miss GONZA´ LEZ-COLO´ N of Puerto By Mr. RUSSELL: H.R. 490: Mr. HUIZENGA, Mr. FLORES, Mr. Rico. H.R. 3023. LAHOOD, and Mr. ARRINGTON. H.R. 1810: Mr. HASTINGS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 504: Mr. CICILLINE. H.R. 1815: Mr. PETERS, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 535: Mr. ROUZER, Mr. BISHOP of Michi- of New Mexico, and Mr. ENGEL. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 gan, and Mr. FLEISCHMANN. H.R. 1928: Mr. PETERSON, Mr. BRADY of By Mr. SCHIFF: H.R. 548: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. Pennsylvania, Mr. EVANS, and Mr. H.R. 3024. H.R. 608: Mr. DEFAZIO. ESPAILLAT. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 632: Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of H.R. 1953: Mr. RASKIN and Mr. SAM JOHN- lation pursuant to the following: New Mexico. SON of Texas. section 8 of article I of the Constitution H.R. 676: Mr. SCHIFF. H.R. 2040: Ms. LEE. By Mr. SMITH of Washington: H.R. 681: Mr. HOLLINGSWORTH and Mr. H.R. 2044: Mr. HECK, Mr. KENNEDY, and H.R. 3025. BROOKS of Alabama. Mrs. BEATTY. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 747: Mr. GARRETT. H.R. 2077: Mr. MOULTON and Mr. TED LIEU lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 792: Mr. MOOLENAAR. of California. The constitutional authorities on which H.R. 795: Ms. WILSON of Florida and Mr. H.R. 2106: Mr. LOWENTHAL. this bill rests are the powers of Congress to: SHIMKUS. H.R. 2121: Mr. LYNCH. ‘‘provide for the common Defence’’, ‘‘raise H.R. 799: Mr. CLAY. H.R. 2149: Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, and support Armies’’, ‘‘provide and maintain H.R. 820: Mr. TAYLOR, Mr. GALLAGHER, and Mr. POLIQUIN, and Mr. LAMBORN. a Navy’’ and ‘‘make Rules for the Govern- Mr. RENACCI. H.R. 2152: Mr. BRIDENSTINE. ment and Regulation of the land and naval H.R. 821: Mr. KILMER. H.R. 2155: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. ´ Forces’’ as enumerated in Article I, section 8 H.R. 831: Mr. NEWHOUSE. H.R. 2181: Ms. SANCHEZ. ´ of the United States Constitution. H.R. 849: Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. H.R. 2198: Mr. HUNTER, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. By Mr. SWALWELL of California: TROTT, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. GRAVES of Lou- SHEA-PORTER, Mr. KHANNA, Mr. CARSON of H.R. 3026. isiana, and Mr. COMER. Indiana, and Mr. FITZPATRICK. ´ Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 881: Ms. VELAZQUEZ. H.R. 2215: Mr. HASTINGS and Mr. KILMER. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1035: Ms. TSONGAS. H.R. 2248: Mr. POLIS, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. Article I, Section 8 of the United States H.R. 1045: Mr. RUTHERFORD. SLAUGHTER, Mr. MOULTON, Mr. SCOTT of Vir- Constitution. H.R. 1057: Mr. THORNBERRY and Ms. ginia, Mr. RASKIN, and Mr. BLUMENAUER. ´ By Mr. TROTT: SANCHEZ. H.R. 2261: Mr. CRIST, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. H.R. 3027. H.R. 1094: Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. CARBAJAL, DEUTCH, Mr. EVANS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. ´ ´ Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. GALLEGO, and Ms. BARRAGAN. GUTIERREZ, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1098: Mr. CRIST. LAWSON of Florida, Mr. MAST, Mrs. MURPHY Article I, Section 8 H.R. 1116: Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. of Florida, Mr. SOTO, Ms. WILSON of Florida, By Mr. TROTT: MULLIN, Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. and Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. H.R. 3028. ROKITA, and Mr. RUSSELL. H.R. 2286: Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1148: Mr. KNIGHT and Mr. KINZINGER. H.R. 2287: Mr. PERLMUTTER. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1149: Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. H.R. 2315: Mr. OLSON, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, H.R. 1155: Mr. LOEBSACK. OHNSON IAZ ALART Article 1, section 8 of the constitution Mr. J of Ohio, Mr. D -B , Mrs. H.R. 1164: Mr. TROTT, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. By Mr. VEASEY: RADEWAGEN, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. DONOVAN, and ROSKAM, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. MARINO, and H.R. 3029. Mr. SMITH of Washington. Mr. STIVERS. H.R. 2319: Mr. MICHAEL F. DOYLE of Penn- Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1200: Mr. HASTINGS. sylvania. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1205: Mrs. TORRES, Mr. KEATING, Mr. H.R. 2341: Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1—The Con- GOTTHEIMER, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, and Mr. H.R. 2418: Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. gress shall have the power to lay and collect GENE GREEN of Texas. H.R. 2433: Mr. KILMER. taxes, duties, imposts and excises, to pay the H.R. 1231: Ms. MENG and Mrs. BEATTY. H.R. 2478: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, debts and provide for the common defense H.R. 1243: Ms. SA´ NCHEZ and Mr. JONES. Mr. MEEHAN, and Mr. BRIDENSTINE. and general welfare of the United States; but H.R. 1284: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. H.R. 2482: Mr. MCNERNEY, Mr. YOUNG of all duties, imposts, and excises shall be uni- H.R. 1315: Mr. LOBIONDO and Mr. COURTNEY. Iowa, Ms. TENNEY, and Mrs. BUSTOS. form throughout the United States. H.R. 1316: Mr. ROE of Tennessee. H.R. 2499: Ms. BASS. By Mrs. WAGNER: H.R. 1317: Mr. NEWHOUSE and Mr. MAR- H.R. 2522: Mr. RUSSELL. H.R. 3030. SHALL. H.R. 2544: Mr. JEFFRIES. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1361: Mr. FASO. H.R. 2550: Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1374: Mr. MCNERNEY. H.R. 2578: Ms. NORTON and Ms. JUDY CHU of Article I, Section 8 H.R. 1384: Ms. GABBARD. California. By Mr. DAVIDSON: H.R. 1422: Mr. RENACCI. H.R. 2643: Mr. ROKITA. H.J. Res. 106. H.R. 1434: Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. H.R. 2644: Mr. WALZ. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1454: Mr. GOHMERT. H.R. 2651: Mr. ENGEL, Mr. TED LIEU of Cali- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1457: Mr. POLIQUIN. fornia, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, and Mr. JEFFRIES. Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3: ‘‘The actual H.R. 1537: Mr. DUNN and Mr. FARENTHOLD. H.R. 2663: Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. Enumeration shall be made within three H.R. 1552: Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. FLORES, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. THORN- Years after the first Meeting of the Congress POE of Texas, and Mr. RUTHERFORD. BERRY. of the United States, and within every subse- H.R. 1606: Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, Mr. H.R. 2669: Mr. CARBAJAL. quent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as DEFAZIO, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. H.R. 2678: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY and Mr. they shall by Law direct.’’ BISHOP of Michigan, and Mr. SESSIONS. PETERS. f H.R. 1626: Mr. COLLINS of Georgia and Mr. H.R. 2683: Mr. GOTTHEIMER. NEWHOUSE. H.R. 2690: Mr. HASTINGS. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 1648: Mr. HOLDING, Ms. TSONGAS, and H.R. 2694: Mr. EVANS. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2715: Mrs. DINGELL. H.R. 1651: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. H.R. 2733: Mr. KILMER. were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 1661: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina and H.R. 2740: Mr. CRIST, Mr. BACON, and Mr. tions, as follows: Mr. WALZ. DESANTIS. H.R. 19: Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. WALZ, H.R. 1664: Mr. MCNERNEY. H.R. 2762: Mr. KILMER, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. BORDALLO, H.R. 1676: Mr. FASO and Mr. SERRANO. H.R. 2788: Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mr. NOLAN, Mr. UPTON, Mr. VELA, Mr. H.R. 1686: Mr. THORNBERRY. H.R. 2805: Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas.

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H.R. 2822: Mr. NEWHOUSE. LAMALFA, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Resolution No. 184-2017, expressing opposi- H.R. 2823: Mr. ALLEN, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia, and Mr. BROOKS tion to the proposed federal budget put forth MITCHELL, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. DUNCAN of of Alabama. by President Trump; urging President Tennessee, and Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. H.R. 2956: Mr. GROTHMAN. Trump, members of Congress, and other pol- H.R. 2829: Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. MATSUI, and Mr. H.R. 2958: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. CART- icy makers in Washington to pass a fiscally GRIJALVA. WRIGHT, Mr. MCGOVERN, and Ms. JAYAPAL. responsible budget nation; and declaring an H.R. 2840: Ms. DEGETTE and Mr. KHANNA. H.R. 2970: Mr. TONKO. H.R. 2845: Ms. SINEMA. H.R. 2976: Mr. SOTO. emergency; which was referred to the Com- H.R. 2856: Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. H.R. 2978: Ms. MAXINE WATERS of Cali- mittee on the Budget. ´ H.R. 2862: Mr. BEN RAY LUJAN of New Mex- fornia, Mr. VISCLOSKY, and Mr. CASTRO of 55. Also, a petition of the Town of Conway, ico, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, and Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Texas. MA, relative to a Resolution calling upon H.R. 2871: Mr. ROE of Tennessee and Mr. H.R. 2981: Mr. PETERS. the Massachusetts Legislature and the THORNBERRY. H.J. Res. 51: Mr. TROTT, Mr. THORNBERRY, H.R. 2879: Ms. TITUS. and Mr. GRAVES of Louisiana. United States Congress to implement Carbon H.R. 2884: Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms SCHAKOWSKY, H. Con. Res. 13: Mr. BRADY of Texas, Ms. Fee and Dividend (or ‘‘Rebate’’), placing a Mr. PALLONE, and Mr. SCHNEIDER. ADAMS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. RICE of steadily rising fee on carbon-based fuels, and H.R. 2887: Mr. PETERSON. South Carolina. returning all fees collected, minus adminis- H.R. 2890: Mr. MESSER. H. Con. Res. 58: Mr. MURPHY of Pennsyl- trative costs, to households; which was re- H.R. 2895: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. vania. ferred to the Committee on Energy and Com- H.R. 2901: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. H. Con. Res. 62: Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. merce. H.R. 2902: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. WEBER of Texas, Mr. MAST, and Mr. KILMER. LEE, Ms. SINEMA, and Ms. BARRAGA´ N. H. Res. 185: Mr. DIAZ-BALART. 56. Also, a petition of City Council of H.R. 2908: Mr. WALZ, Mr. PANETTA, and Mr. H. Res. 351: Mr. KILMER and Mr. RODNEY Akron, OH, relative to Resolution No. 185- DELANEY. DAVIS of Illinois. 2017, expressing opposition to the United H.R. 2909: Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. COMER, Mr. H. Res. 359: Mr. CICILLINE and Mr. States’ recent withdraw from the Paris RENACCI, Mr. JOHNSON of Louisiana, Mr. GROTHMAN. Agreement on Climate Control (the ‘‘Paris H. Res. 390: Mr. WALZ, Mr. CORREA, and Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. LONG, and Mr. CRAMER. Agreement’’); offering support for the Paris H.R. 2910: Mr. CRAMER. VISCLOSKY. Agreement and its goal of combating climate H.R. 2917: Mr. KING of Iowa. H. Res. 395: Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. RUSH, and H.R. 2918: Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina Mr. KILMER. change on an international level; and declar- and Mr. OLSON. H. Res. 398: Mr. SMITH of Washington. ing an emergency; which was referred to the H.R. 2919: Mrs. COMSTOCK. f Committee on Foreign Affairs. H.R. 2940: Mr. ROGERS of Alabama and Mr. 57. Also, a petition of the City Commission JODY B. HICE of Georgia. PETITIONS, ETC. of Miami, FL, relative to Resolution R-17- H.R. 2942: Ms. BARRAGA´ N, Mrs. WATSON Under clause 3 of rule XII, petitions 0208, urging President Donald J. Trump and COLEMAN, and Mr. PALLONE. H.R. 2944: Mr. SERRANO, Mr. PETERS, and and papers were laid on the clerk’s the members of the United States Congress Ms. CASTOR of Florida. desk and referred as follows: to grant temporary protective status to Hai- H.R. 2951: Mr. RICE of South Carolina, Mr. 54. The SPEAKER presented a petition of tians in the United States; which was re- HUNTER, Mr. BANKS of Indiana, Mr. the City Council of Akron, OH, relative to ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Vol. 163 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017 No. 107 Senate The Senate met at 11 a.m. and was appoint the Honorable DAN SULLIVAN, a Sen- no amount of eleventh-hour reality de- called to order by the Honorable DAN ator from the State of Alaska, to perform nying or buck-passing by Democrats is SULLIVAN, a Senator from the State of the duties of the Chair. going to change the fact that more Alaska. ORRIN G. HATCH, Americans are going to get hurt unless President pro tempore. f we do something. Mr. SULLIVAN thereupon assumed I regret that our Democratic friends PRAYER the Chair as Acting President pro tem- made clear early on that they did not pore. The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- want to work with us in a serious bi- fered the following prayer: f partisan way to address the ObamaCare status quo, but Republicans believe we Let us pray. RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY have a responsibility to act, and we Almighty God, Lord of the Universe, LEADER inspire our lawmakers today with the are—for our constituents, for our magnetism of Your presence. Give The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- States, and for our country. them a longing to know and do Your pore. The majority leader is recog- We have long called for a better way will, receiving Your guidance and fol- nized. forward, and we have been engaged in lowing Your admonition. Lord, provide f intensive talks on how to get there. Through dozens of meetings, open to them with the liberating assurance HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION that all things are possible for those each and every member of the con- who believe. Go before our Senators to Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, 7 ference, we have had the opportunity guide, beside them to inspire, above years ago, Democrats imposed to offer and consider many ideas for them to bless, behind them to protect, ObamaCare on our country. They said confronting the ObamaCare status quo. and within them to transform. Fill it would lower costs. It didn’t. From We have debated many policy pro- their minds with Your Spirit and their 2013 to 2017, premiums have on average posals, and we have considered many hearts with Your joy, becoming their doubled in the vast majority of States different viewpoints. In the end, we Providential Guide in all they think, on the Federal exchange. Next year, have found that we share many ideas say, and do. ObamaCare premiums will go up across about what needs to be achieved and We pray in Your Holy Name. Amen. the country once again, potentially by how we can achieve it. These shared as much as 43 percent in Iowa, 59 per- policy objectives and the solutions to f cent in Maryland, and even a stag- help achieve them are what made up PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE gering 80 percent in New Mexico. Does the healthcare discussion draft that we it sound as if ObamaCare is working? finished talking through this morning. The Presiding Officer led the Pledge They said it would increase choice. We agree on the need to free Ameri- of Allegiance, as follows: They said it would increase choice, but cans from ObamaCare’s mandates, and I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the of course it didn’t. This year, 70 per- policies contained in the discussion United States of America, and to the Repub- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, cent of American counties have had lit- draft will repeal the individual man- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. tle or no choice of insurers under date, so Americans are no longer forced ObamaCare. Next year, at least 44 to buy insurance they don’t need or f counties are projected to have no can’t afford. We are repealing employer APPOINTMENT OF ACTING choice at all, meaning, yet again, mandates, so Americans no longer see PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE Americans could be thrown off their their hours and take-home pay cut by The PRESIDING OFFICER. The plans in States like Missouri and Ohio employers because of it. We agree on clerk will please read a communication and Wisconsin. Does this sound as if the need to improve the affordability to the Senate from the President pro ObamaCare is working? of health insurance, and policies con- Now Democrats tell us it would be tained in the discussion draft will do tempore (Mr. HATCH). The legislative clerk read the fol- wrong for the Senate to actually ad- that. It will eliminate costly lowing letter: dress these problems in a serious way ObamaCare taxes that are passed on to while the law they have defended for 7 consumers, so we can put downward U.S. SENATE, years teeters, literally teeters on the pressure on premiums; expand tax-free PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Washington, DC, June 22, 2017. edge of total collapse. They were wrong health savings accounts and deploy To the Senate: before; they are wrong again now be- targeted tax credits, so we can help de- Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, cause ObamaCare isn’t working. By fray out-of-pocket costs; and shift of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby nearly any measure it has failed, and power from Washington to the States,

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It doesn’t have to implement stabilization policies, so we Billingslea nomination, which the cover all or even most of your costs. can bring financial certainty to insur- clerk will report. If you need treatment for opioid ad- ance markets and hope to Americans The legislative clerk read the nomi- diction, your plan may no longer cover who face the possibility of limited or nation of Marshall Billingslea, of Vir- it. If you are pregnant and need mater- zero options next year under ginia, to be Assistant Secretary for nity care, your plan may have decided ObamaCare and ultimately transition Terrorist Financing, Department of the that is too expensive. The coverage away from ObamaCare’s collapsing sys- Treasury. that Americans with preexisting condi- tem entirely, so more Americans will RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER tions actually need may well become not be hurt. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- either unaffordable or even nonexistent We also agree on the need to pore. The Democratic leader is recog- under this bill. strengthen Medicaid, preserve access to nized. Simply put, this bill will result—— Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, will the care for patients with preexisting con- HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION ditions, and allow children to stay on Democratic leader yield for a question? Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, we are Mr. SCHUMER. Not right now—at their parents’ health insurance beginning to receive the first bits of in- through the age of 26. the end of my remarks. formation about the Senate Republican Simply put, this bill will result in I am pleased we were able to arrive healthcare bill, which has until now higher costs, less care, and millions of at a draft that incorporates input from been shrouded in absolute secrecy. Americans will lose their health insur- so many different Members, who rep- I can see why. Even as we continue to ance, particularly through Medicaid. It resent so many different constituents get more details, the broad outlines are is every bit as bad as the House bill. In who are facing so many different chal- clear. This is a bill designed to strip some ways, it is even worse. lenges. away healthcare benefits and protec- The President said the Senate bill The draft containing the solutions I tions from Americans who need it most needed heart. The way this bill cuts mentioned, along with many others, is in order to give a tax break to the folks healthcare is heartless. The President posted online, and I encourage every- who need it least. said the House bill was mean. The Sen- one to carefully review it. There will be This is a bill that would end Medicaid ate bill may be meaner. ample time to analyze, discuss, and as we know it, rolling back Medicaid The Senate Republican healthcare provide thoughts before legislation expansion, cutting Federal support for bill is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, but comes to the floor. I hope every Sen- the program even more than the House this wolf has even sharper teeth than ator takes that opportunity. bill, which cut Medicaid by $800 billion. the House bill. Next week we expect the Congres- Let me remind everyone in this It is clear that Republicans know sional Budget Office to release a score. Chamber, Medicaid is not just a health that cutting Medicaid will hurt so After that, we will proceed with a ro- insurance program for Americans many people in the middle class, so bust debate and an open amendment struggling in poverty, though that is many in my home State of New York. process on the Senate floor—a process I an important and necessary part of it. Republicans know that people want es- would encourage each of our 100 Sen- Medicaid is increasingly a middle-class sential health benefits, so they have ators to participate in. program. Medicaid is how many Ameri- created a disguise by saying that these When legislation does come to the cans are able to access opioid abuse changes will not occur for a year. But, floor, it will present Senate Democrats treatment, Medicaid foots the bill for in reality, the Senate Republican bill with another opportunity to do what is two-thirds of all Americans living in is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, only this right for the American people. They nursing homes, and Medicaid provides wolf has even sharper teeth than the can choose to keep standing by as their the cushion, particularly in rural House bill. failing law continues to collapse and areas, so hospitals can survive and give We are potentially voting on it in a hurt more Americans, but I hope they topnotch healthcare to all of us. week—with no committee hearings, no will join us, instead, to bring relief to From what is reported, in just 3 short amendments in committee, no debate the families who have struggled under years under the Senate bill, Repub- on the floor, save for 10 measly hours, ObamaCare for far too long. Either licans will take millions off their Med- on one of the most important bills we way—either way, it is time to act be- icaid coverage, and then, starting in are dealing with in decades. That cause ObamaCare is a direct attack on 2025, the plan will institute even more brings shame on this body. We won’t the middle class, and American fami- Medicaid cuts, and each year those even know the full cost or consequence lies deserve better than its failing sta- cuts get deeper than the year before. of the bill until CBO scores it, and that tus quo. They deserve better care, and Within 10 years of this new funding could take a few days more. that is just what we are going to con- system, the cuts to Medicaid could How can my friend the majority lead- tinue to work to bring. total hundreds of billions of dollars er expect this body to fairly consider above the more than $800 billion the this legislation, prepare amendments, House bill already cuts from the pro- f and debate it in 1 week with only 10 gram. hours of debate? How can he expect his Every senior in America should read RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME own Members to do the same? Many of the fine print of this bill. It looks as if them on the Republican side are learn- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- American seniors could be paying way ing the details of the bill the same way pore. Under the previous order, the more. Why do this? Looking at the bill, we Democrats are: They are reading it leadership time is reserved. the answer is, because the Republicans today. want to give a tax break to the Now, listen to what the majority f wealthiest Americans—those making leader had to say in 2009 when we were over $200,000 a year—and set them- debating healthcare—his words: selves up to give these folks another, CONCLUSION OF MORNING This is a very important issue. . . . We even larger tax cut in their tax bill. BUSINESS shouldn’t try to do it in the dark. And what- Even though much of the early re- ever final bill is produced should be available The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- porting says that the bill will keep cer- to the American public and to Members of pore. Morning business is closed. tain protections for Americans with the Senate, certainly, for enough time to

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American people and the Members of friends envision with this healthcare It turns out as well that there would the Senate to come to grips with a bill bill, those Americans, and many more be a dramatic increase in health insur- that affects one-sixth of the economy besides, might not get the coverage and ance premiums for people between the and the lives of every American in this care they need. ages of 50 and 64. country? I don’t think so, neither do We live in the wealthiest country on It turns out that in my State and the American people and neither do a Earth. Surely, surely, we can do better many other States hospitals were in whole bunch of Republican Senators. than what the Republican healthcare danger. The Illinois Health and Hos- Senator CASSIDY: Would I have pre- bill promises. pital Association says they would lose ferred a more open process? The answer UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUESTS—H.R. 1628 60,000 jobs in Illinois with the dramatic is yes. Now I have a unanimous consent re- cutbacks in Medicaid, endangering hos- Senator COLLINS: I don’t think it quest. I am going to have to delay my pitals in rural areas and inner-city gives enough time to thoroughly ana- friend from asking questions until we areas. lyze the bill, but we will see when it finish our unanimous consent requests. The facts started coming out about comes out. I ask unanimous consent that any this repeal bill passed by the House of Member after Member—RAND PAUL, substitute or perfecting amendment of- Representatives, and the President of LINDSEY GRAHAM, JERRY MORAN, fered to Calendar No. 120, H.R. 1628, not the United States had a change of MARCO RUBIO, BOB CORKER—has repeat- be in order if the text of the amend- heart and announced to the American people that it was a mean bill—a mean edly said that this process—in their ment has not been filed at the desk and bill. The President was right. It was words and now in mine—is unfair, it is made available on a public website for mean legislation—mean to the millions truncated, and it is rushed. at least 72 hours, along with an anal- who lost their healthcare, mean to sen- For my dear friend the majority lead- ysis by the Congressional Budget Office iors who would find their premiums er to say we are going to have an open of the bill’s budgetary, coverage, and going up dramatically, and mean to the amendment process is turning truth cost implications. people living in rural areas and small upside down. I would ask our leader, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- rhetorically, because I know the an- towns who count on those hospitals. pore. Is there objection? The President was right. It was swer: Can we allow at least 1 hour on Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, re- each amendment, not 2 minutes? Will mean. serving the right to object, my col- Then, the responsibility shifts to the we have more time than 10 hours to de- league Senator CORNYN was going to bate the bill? I hope so. But, if not, Senate. The majority leader, Senator ask a question, which I will answer, MCCONNELL, and his Republican fol- please don’t call this an open and fair which was that the minority leader is process. If you want to rush it through, lowers had a chance to do a bill that referring to a bill that he hasn’t seen a was not mean. They had a chance to sit admit the consequences. copy of because it hasn’t yet been re- The debate over healthcare has been down on a bipartisan basis and to have leased. So the speech we just heard was the same process we used to create the fierce. We know that Republicans and about a bill that he hasn’t seen. Democrats had differences when we de- Affordable Care Act. With regard to his unanimous con- That would have involved public bated the Affordable Care Act. At least sent request, I object. hearings. We had 50 public hearings on we had a debate. At least we had com- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the Affordable Care Act. It would have mittee hearings and a process. More pore. Objection is heard. involved a real amendment process. broadly than that, at least we Demo- Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, leader The Affordable Care Act had 300 crats were trying to pass a healthcare time. amendments. How many were offered bill that helped more Americans afford The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- by the Republicans? There were over insurance and tried to bring costs down pore. The Senator has the floor. 150 offered and adopted in a bipartisan and end some of the most egregious Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, 142 process when we passed the Affordable practices of the healthcare industry. pages thus far of this supposed bill Care Act. The American people got a What is this bill—TrumpCare—trying have been printed online, and that is good look at the bill. The Congres- to achieve? It seems designed to slash what I have used. sional Budget Office issued their anal- support for healthcare programs in The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ysis before we voted on it. We passed it, order to give tax breaks to the very pore. The minority whip. and I am glad we did, and I am proud of wealthy. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, several that vote. When the CBO score comes out, I be- weeks ago the House of Representa- But what happened in the Senate lieve it will verify that millions of tives passed a bill to repeal the Afford- when it came to the Republicans? They Americans in this great country will be able Care Act and to replace it. It was went into secrecy. Thirteen chosen Re- unable to afford insurance or the insur- passed without hearings. It was passed publican Senators all sat in a room and ance they can afford won’t cover the without an amendment process, and it wrote the alternative, or so we are services they need. was passed before the Congressional told. They met in secret and never once Somewhere in America there is a Budget Office provided the traditional had a public hearing, never once dis- family who takes a trip each Friday to analysis that we count on before we closed to the American people what visit grandma or grandpa at a nursing take up a measure of such magnitude. was being debated, never once gave an home, who sacrificed all of their sav- The measure passed with a party-line opportunity for real bipartisan co- ings to pay for their healthcare until vote—all Republicans. Had two Repub- operation to strengthen our existing they had no more savings and now rely licans voted the other way, it would healthcare system—not at all. on Medicaid to help pay the cost of not have moved forward. So all we have at this moment is long-term care in a nursing home. After it passed, the President of the truly press accounts of what has been Somewhere in America there is a fa- United States decided to have a cele- announced to the Republican Senate ther who is eaten up inside watching bration at the White House. We saw caucus, what they are going to get a his son struggle with opioid addiction, him on television, gathering the Re- chance to read and see. But it is who knows in his heart that his son publican Members of the House of Rep- enough to see that when it comes down will be able to go on and live a healthy resentatives and celebrating the fact to the basics, there is not much of a and fulfilling life if he could only af- that this measure had passed and that, change between the House of Rep- ford treatment to get him out from finally, they were going to repeal the resentatives’ effort and the Senate ef- under this devastating addiction. Affordable Care Act. fort. Somewhere in America there is a par- But then the American people took a You can put a lace collar on a pit ent whose child has cancer, a mother close look and the Congressional Budg- bull, and it is still a mean dog.

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As even Re- None of these Senators have read the and one the people of the United States publicans are pointing out, there has bill. don’t want to see happen. not been a single hearing, no robust de- I have the floor. There isn’t a single medical advocacy bate, no opportunity for the people who The bill is 142 pages long compared to group—not one in my State, and I don’t will really suffer under this bill to see the 2,700-page ObamaCare bill. They know of any nationwide—that endorses exactly how bad it would be. can read the bill; if they have objec- what the Republicans in the House This disastrous TrumpCare bill de- tions to the provisions, we can debate have accomplished with the passage of serves full scrutiny under an open proc- them, but what they are talking about their bill, and this bill mirrors it, as ess, like the process that Democrats is a bill that does not exist, which they well, and we can expect the same re- conducted when we passed the Afford- have not read. sult. able Care Act. We held hearings, we I object. So the only thing we can offer the took amendments from both sides, and The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- American people is a chance to be part we certainly didn’t leave the fate of pore. Objection is heard. of the conversation on a bill that will women’s healthcare up to a few Repub- The minority leader. literally change healthcare for millions lican men. Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, would of Americans. If they are going to be Senate Republicans are right to be my dear colleague from Texas yield for part of the conversation, there has to ashamed of this mean and heartless a question? be a chance for amendment and debate, legislation. Just like the House The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- at least, and a chance for the American TrumpCare bill, it will increase pre- pore. The Senator from Texas does not people to see what is in the Senate Re- miums, it will undermine protections have the floor. You have the floor. publican measure. for people with preexisting conditions, Mr. SCHUMER. I would like to just So I ask unanimous consent that any it will defund Planned Parenthood, and then tell my friend from Texas: This is substitute or perfecting amendment of- it will allow insurance companies—in- the bill. It was posted online a half fered to Calendar No. 120, H.R. 1628, be surance companies—to charge women hour before we came in. I would ask a subject to a point of order if the text of more. It is going to gut Medicaid. It page to come over and bring it to my the amendment has not been filed at will take away care for our seniors, dear friend and ask him if this is the the desk and made available on a pub- pregnant women, people with disabil- bill which we have read. lic website for at least 72 hours, along ities, and it will take health insurance Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, all Sen- with an analysis by the Congressional coverage away from millions of people ators have a copy of the discussion Budget Office of the bill’s budgetary, across the country—and for what? To draft bill. It is a discussion draft which coverage, and cost implications; and give another massive tax cut to the will be open to an amendment process, that a motion to waive the point of wealthy and well-connected. with unlimited amendments which can order be in order, and if a motion to I would be ashamed, too, if I had to be offered by both sides, before which waive is made, an affirmative three- defend a bill that is cruel. I can cer- we will have a fulsome debate. fifths vote of those duly chosen and tainly understand why Republican Our colleagues here are complaining sworn is required to waive the point of leaders do not want to give people time about secrecy that doesn’t exist. This order. to see what is in this bill and why they bill is online. The American people can The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- don’t even want to give their own read it. You can read it. I would sug- pore. Is there objection? Members time to see how much their gest that they do read it before they Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, re- constituents hate it, but that is the bed start criticizing it. serving the right to object, I want to Senate Republicans have now made. If Mr. SCHUMER. I would ask my thank my friend the assistant Demo- they are going to try to pass this disas- friend from Texas to yield for another cratic leader for confirming that the trous version of TrumpCare, at the question. majority leader’s remarks obviously very least they shouldn’t get to jam it Mr. CORNYN. I will. were made on the basis of news ac- through without the public knowing Mr. SCHUMER. Will we get more counts. The bill has only been posted good and well what they are up to. than 2 minutes to debate each amend- online for the last 20 minutes. Mr. President, I ask a parliamentary ment we ask for or will we be under the Mr. SCHUMER. Would the majority inquiry: Is the Chair able to confirm reconciliation process, where we have leader yield? that the Committee on Health, Edu- 10 hours of debate and then every I am the minority leader, at this cation, Labor, and Pensions considered amendment only gets 2 minutes? Does point. S. 1679, the Affordable Health Choices he consider that—2 minutes, if that is Mr. MCCONNELL. I will yield for a Act, which was ultimately incor- the case—a full and fair debate on each question. porated into the Patient Protection amendment? Mr. SCHUMER. The question is, Does and Affordable Care Act, in executive Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I would the majority leader know that a half session on 13 calendar days prior to re- say, in response to my friend from New hour before we came to the floor were porting the bill favorably? York, the fact that we are having to 142 pages of the bill listed online? That The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- conduct this under the reconciliation is what we used in our report. pore. The Secretary of the Senate’s Of- rules is a result of their refusal to par- I would ask the majority leader a fur- fice through the Senate Library can ticipate in the process, thus necessi- ther question: If there is anything I confirm that. tating Republicans doing this under said—anything I said—that is not Mrs. MURRAY. That is confirmed. budget reconciliation rules. going to be in the bill, could he clarify? So I ask unanimous consent today If they would do this in a true bipar- Mr. MCCONNELL. I object. that any substitute or perfecting tisan way, where we can get 60 votes to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- amendment offered to Calendar No. 120, get on the bill and open to an amend- pore. Objection is heard. H.R. 1628, not be in order if the text of ment process, we could have a better The Senator from Washington. the amendment has not been the sub- bill, but given the refusal of our Demo- Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, what ject of a hearing, subject of executive cratic colleagues to participate in the we are seeing here today is just the lat- session, during which amendments process, this is the only way we can est broken promise from President from both the majority and minority come to the rescue of the people who Trump and his Republican Party. After were considered and reported favorably are being hurt by the meltdown of weeks of secret negotiations, back- by the Committee on Finance and the ObamaCare today. room deals, shutting out patients, fam- Committee on Health, Education, The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ilies, and Democrats and even many Labor, and Pensions. pore. Just to clarify, did the Senator

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The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- I just have to say, the exchange we Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I would pore. The majority whip. just heard is exactly what we have say, in response to my friend the mi- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I am been objecting to. We were told the bill nority leader, that it is as a result of really taken aback by the characteriza- would be online at 9:30 this morning. It their refusal to participate in the usual tion of the minority leader here. was online at 11. I have a copy of it, but process of passing legislation through The minority has made it clear they we are hearing from the other side now the regular order— don’t want to participate in the process that this isn’t the bill. This is a discus- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- of rescuing the American people from sion draft. We aren’t going to see the pore. The Senate will be in order. the failures of ObamaCare. bill. We will not see the real bill, ap- Mr. CORNYN.—that we have to re- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- parently, until next week, even though sort to the budget reconciliation proc- pore. The Senate will be in order. we were told we would see it this morn- ess which has a set of statutory provi- Mr. CORNYN. It has been made clear ing. sions and rules. to us that you don’t want to partici- This has been the problem we have There will be a fulsome debate. There pate in the process, and you are turn- had since this discussion started. We has already been a debate on a bill you ing a blind eye to the millions of peo- started in January with a process haven’t read. I suggest you take the ple being hurt today by outrageous pre- which cut us out of this under rec- time to read it, and then we can talk miums, deductibles they can’t afford, onciliation. Thirteen men in a private about the details. and a loss of choices because insurance room wrote this ‘‘discussion draft,’’ This bill—142 pages compared to 2,700 companies have pulled out of the indi- which is not a bill, that we are sup- pages of ObamaCare—doesn’t take that vidual market. Your response to them posed to now look at and decide wheth- long to read. This is a start. This is not is: We don’t care. er we like it—and the American pub- the finish. This is called the normal We care, and we are doing our best to lic—a discussion draft, a bill even the legislative process. I suggest col- deal with this. other side doesn’t know what we have. leagues, rather than criticize a bill This is like going by a car accident That is what we are objecting to. they haven’t read, they read it, and with somebody seriously injured, and We are asking that the American then let’s have a credible debate. rather than stopping and rendering aid, people—who have a right to know what The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- just driving on by. That is what our is going to impact every one of their pore. The Democratic leader. colleagues on the other side are doing. lives, every one of their families, every Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I They are turning a blind eye, driving one of their communities, every one of would ask my friend, the majority right on by a seriously injured person their businesses—have more than a dis- whip from Texas, a series of questions. in a car accident. We are coming to the cussion draft, more than 10 hours of de- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- rescue of the millions of people who are bate, time to look at it, and know how pore. Is there objection? being hurt by ObamaCare today. we are going to do an amendment proc- Without objection, it is so ordered. We would love to have our Demo- ess next week. Mr. SCHUMER. What was the date cratic friends join us and do something Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, would that reconciliation was added to the truly sustainable, but you have to re- the Senator yield for a question? budget resolution which said we don’t member, my friends, how this started: Mrs. MURRAY. I would be happy to. need any Democratic votes? Was it Democrats jammed ObamaCare Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I would May, was it April, was it March, or was through on a party-line vote and Re- ask the Senator from Washington if it the very beginning of this session? publicans weren’t able to participate in she is aware of the fact that under the I would ask him another question. that process. budget reconciliation process, there Where were the meetings held to dis- What we are trying to do is we are will be an unlimited number of amend- cuss this bill, and were any Democrats trying to save the people who are cur- ments that could be offered by either invited? rently being hurt and whose healthcare side to the bill which is ultimately I would ask him another question. has become unaffordable. If you would filed? Why did the majority leader not accept like to join us in this process, we would Mrs. MURRAY. Oh, Mr. President, I our offer to go into the Old Senate love to have you, but failing that, we am well aware of that; and I will re- Chamber—100 Senators, no press, no are going to get it done, and you can mind our colleagues and everybody in anything else—and debate the bill? just drive by the car wreck. this country what will happen: There How can my good friend—and he is a The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- will be 10 hours of debate, where we good friend; we are on the bikes in the pore. The minority leader. hopefully have more than a discussion morning together—my good friend Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, here draft that we will be allowed to offer from Texas say there was a bipartisan is the correct analogy: Yes, there has amendments on, and there will be no process when, at the outset—at the been an accident. Yes, someone needs debate on those amendments. No one outset—our Republican colleagues said help. Someone who is not a doctor, not will know what it is. It will be a cha- the only thing we will debate is repeal a physician, doesn’t know how to help otic process on this floor. The Amer- and then replace? There was no discus- the patient—our Republicans friends go ican public will not know. We will be sion of whether repeal was the right by the side of the road, but they don’t able to tell them days later, after this thing to do or the wrong thing to do. know what to do. gets undone. Now, overwhelmingly the American So the Democrats come by. We are That is not an amendment process. people prefer fixing ObamaCare—which doctors. We say: We know how to fix That is not what we went through we offered to do—than repeal and re- this system. We know how to fix this when we passed the Affordable Care place. patient, and the Republicans say: No, Act. The American public deserves bet- It is no wonder, I would say to my don’t help with us. We will drive right ter. colleague as he answers these ques- by. Now the patient is ailing. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- tions, that this bill is being brought in I would ask my colleagues, let’s for- pore. The minority leader. the dark of night. It is because my col- get the past for the moment because Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I leagues on the other side of the aisle we have a much better argument than would ask my colleague a question. are ashamed of the bill—because, be- you. We had hundreds of amendments What would be wrong with 1 hour of lieve you me, if they liked this bill, offered by Republicans that became debate on every amendment to this they would have brass bands down part of our bill. I doubt there will be a

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Let us right now, Street—the secretive process stands in The Senator confided to me that his Democrats and Republicans, sit down sharp contrast to the process that led own son had effectively seen his pre- and try to come up with a bipartisan to the Affordable Care Act. miums go up so high that he had—it bill. We are willing to do it today, now, I now put forward a parliamentary cost roughly $12,500 out-of-pocket to this minute. Will you accept that offer? inquiry. Is the Chair able to confirm deal with his deductible and to pay his The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- that the Committee on Finance consid- premiums—$12,500. That is not afford- pore. The Senate will be in order. ered S. 1796, the America’s Healthy Fu- able to anybody, certainly in the mid- Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, if I ture Act, which was ultimately incor- dle class. thought that was a sincere offer, I porated into H.R. 3590, the Patient Pro- I object. would take it in a minute—in a New tection and Affordable Care Act, in ex- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- York minute, but it is not. ecutive session on 8 separate calendar pore. Objection is heard. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- days prior to reporting the bill favor- The Senator from Michigan. Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I pore. The Senate will be in order. ably? want to indicate before the distin- Mr. CORNYN. The fact is, insurance The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- guished majority whip leaves that companies are having to go to the pore. The Secretary of the Senate’s of- what is being talked about here is like State regulators as we speak to get in- fice, through the Senate Library, con- having a hole in the roof of your house. surance rates approved for 2018. That is firms that. Instead of patching it, they want to the urgency we are experiencing here. Mr. WYDEN. I have information that burn down the house. What we are not Unless we act—and act in an expe- indicates that 135 amendments were willing to participate in is burning dited fashion—here, very soon, we will considered in the committee and that down the house. We are more than see millions of people have their insur- of those, 14 amendments offered by Re- happy and, in fact, have proposals and ance rates raised by another double publican members of the committee or are anxious to work with the majority digits. It has been 105 percent since offered in a bipartisan manner were to improve healthcare—not rip it 2013—105 percent. ObamaCare was sold adopted during the consideration of S. apart, not take tens of millions of peo- under the premise that families of four 1796. Is the Chair able to confirm that? ple’s healthcare away, but improve it. would see a reduction of $2,500. If you The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Before asking a question of the ma- like your policy, you can keep your pore. The Secretary of the Senate’s of- jority whip, I also want to indicate for policy. If you like your doctor, you can fice, through the Senate Library, con- all those listening that we have the keep your doctor. All of that is false. firms that. bill. We can actually read pretty quick- False. This is a failed experiment. Mr. WYDEN. Therefore, Mr. Presi- ly, and it has been out. Even though it They may not be willing to help, but dent, I ask unanimous consent that no is considered a discussion draft—we we will, and we will get it done and motion to proceed to Calendar No. 120, don’t know what it is at this point—we help the American people who are H.R. 1628, be in order until the bill has have it. We are analyzing it. being hurt by the failure of ObamaCare been the subject of executive session What our leader, the Democratic today. meetings in the Committee on Finance leader, indicated is what we have been The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- and the Committee on Health, Edu- able to read in this discussion draft, pore. The Senator from Oregon. cation, Labor, and Pensions, during which is not only more of the same but Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I am which amendments from the majority is worse for seniors, those in nursing struck by this conversation as the and the minority received votes and homes, and children in Michigan and ranking Democrat on the Senate Fi- the bill has been favorably reported across the country. That is what is in nance Committee. My colleague and from those committees. this, which we now have, whatever it is distinguished Senator from Texas is on The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- called. the Finance Committee. He knows I pore. Is there objection? I would ask the majority whip, in- know something about writing bipar- The majority whip. stead of burning down the house at this tisan healthcare reform bills. I have Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, reserv- point in terms of ripping apart the written them. They have become law. I ing the right to object, our colleagues healthcare system, would you join with could tell my colleague, I have not are coming here today and saying they us in putting forward a bill that would once—not once—been asked to be part want to participate in the process to allow Medicare to negotiate prescrip- of any bipartisan effort with respect to fix what is broken in the Affordable tion drug prices for seniors, which my this legislation. Care Act. Yet I have in my hand a hospitals and insurance companies tell I think, colleagues, it is real clear newspaper article about a letter that me are one of the driving forces that what is going on here. Senate Repub- the Democratic leader and his col- are raising the costs of healthcare? licans are going to keep telling Ameri- leagues sent saying they refused to Would you be willing to work with us cans they are fixing their healthcare participate in the process unless we on a bill to lower prescription drug right up until the second it gets taken drop all of our plans to repeal and re- prices and allow Medicare to negotiate away. place ObamaCare. They refused to par- drug prices on behalf of America’s sen- Now, as the ranking member of the ticipate in the process. iors? Finance Committee, I find it bizarre I would point out that the failures of The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- that a health bill of this importance ObamaCare didn’t just start today; it pore. The majority whip. was hidden for so long behind closed has been failing over 7 years. They did Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I would doors, denying the American people the nothing—nothing—nothing to help the say to the Senator from Michigan that opportunity to see it in an open debate. millions of people who are being hurt, we would be happy to work with you on There have been no hearings on this who had to move from full-time work high drug prices. That is a serious dangerous, destructive proposal, not to part-time work because their em- problem and one of the primary cost one hearing on whether Medicaid ployer didn’t want to pay the employer drivers of healthcare costs today. But should be slashed to pay for tax cuts penalty for not providing ObamaCare this bill doesn’t touch Medicare at all. for the fortunate few, not one hearing coverage. We know that many people We leave intact the healthcare for sen- on whether the bedrock protections for have been hurt by it and not the least iors, and it is not touched by this at those with preexisting conditions of whom are the people who are finding all. When the time comes for us to deal ought to be shattered, not one hearing their premiums skyrocketing. They with Medicare, I think that is a debate on whether Americans should face will do so again next year unless we we should have and we would welcome.

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Mr. President, to raising the costs for all policies; for the pected medical bill for services they the distinguished leader, I simply savings the State of Michigan is going had assumed were covered with their would say I am proposing that instead to have in its budget next year of $432 healthcare plan. of this, which is essentially burning million in savings to taxpayers because Independent analysis from the Con- down the house in America in terms of they did the right thing by allowing gressional Budget Office estimates that healthcare, that you instead join with children to go to a doctor instead of out-of-pocket costs for maternity care us in what you have admitted is one of getting sick and going to the emer- or mental health or substance abuse the top drivers of healthcare costs in gency room, I would suggest this is the disorder services could increase by this country, which is what we want to wrong direction. thousands of dollars in a given year tackle. We want to bring down the Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I sug- under TrumpCare. That is not increas- costs. We want to bring down the cost gest the absence of a quorum. ing quality, as President Trump prom- of prescription drugs, the out-of-pocket The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ised; that is lower quality. And that costs for everyone whose copays and pore. The clerk will call the roll. just increases inequality between the premiums are too high. That is what The bill clerk proceeded to call the healthy wealthy, who can pay out of we want to do. Taking away nursing roll. pocket for their care, and providing home care, taking away the ability for Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, I ask lower quality coverage for everyone a parent to take their child to the doc- unanimous consent that the order for else. That is mean. Second, an age tax. Since the Afford- tor or someone with cancer to get the the quorum call be rescinded. able Care Act became law, the unin- treatment they need or a small busi- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- sured rate for Americans ages 50 to 64 ness owner being blocked from getting pore. Without objection, it is so or- decreased by one-half. Those are the healthcare because of a preexisting dered. HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION baby boomers, and it is estimated that condition—we consider that burning more than 28 million of these baby down the house. We are opposed to Mr. MARKEY. Mr. President, last week, President Trump reportedly told boomers will develop Alzheimer’s dis- that. ease between now and the year 2050. Frankly, we would love to have a several of our Republican colleagues This reduction in the uninsured rates ceremony and light this on fire and that the House-passed version of TrumpCare’s healthcare repeal of the came about because the Affordable come back together and work together Care Act expanded Medicaid and put on the No. 1 driver, which is the cost of Affordable Care Act was mean. This week, White House Press Secretary protections in place to prevent insurers prescription drugs. from charging exorbitant prices just The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Sean Spicer said that the President because of age. But instead of caring pore. The majority whip. would like to see a healthcare bill from for our family and friends as they age Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, maybe I the Senate that ‘‘has heart in it.’’ What and ensuring they can afford quality misunderstood the question initially. I did we get? We got a bill from my Sen- coverage on what may be a dwindling would suggest to the Senator from ate Republican colleagues that is iden- income, TrumpCare punishes you for Michigan that it is the Democrats, tical to and in some cases even worse achieving your milestone 50th birth- under ObamaCare, who burned down than the disastrous House-passed day. the house because the individual mar- American Health Care Act that would Under the Republican healthcare pro- ket for healthcare has been deci- rip coverage away from 23 million posal, insurance companies can charge mated—decimated. And we are coming Americans and gut Medicaid by more older Americans five times more than to the rescue of those millions of peo- than $800 billion. younger Americans for the same cov- ple who don’t have employer-provided Nothing changes the fact that this erage. That is unconscionable. It insurance. They don’t get their cov- undemocratic, secretive process has re- doesn’t matter if you are a 50-year-old erage under Medicare or any other gov- sulted in legislation that is so mean- marathoner in the best shape of your ernment program. They get it from the spirited, it would make the Wicked life; you will still be paying at least individual market. We are talking Witch of the West cringe. The Senate five times more for your insurance about individuals and small businesses. Republican bill will rip away economic than your 40-year-old neighbor who Right now people have almost no security from young families, make smokes. As a result, Americans over choices in many parts of the country, grandma and grandpa pay more for the age of 60 could see their premiums and for those who have choices, it is health insurance simply because they increase by an average of $3,200 or 22 simply unaffordable. are old, tear away coverage for opioid percent. That might not sound like a It is an important conversation to addiction patients desperate for treat- lot to some people, but for those with have on drug prices and Medicare, and ment, and punish Americans with pre- decreasing incomes and fewer job op- I am happy to do that. That would do existing conditions such as cancer, dia- portunities, it is the difference between nothing—zip, zero, nada—to help the betes, and Alzheimer’s. For once, I being able to eat and being kicked out people who are hurting now as a result agree with President Trump. This bill on the street. of the failures of ObamaCare, and that is mean. To add insult to injury, the subsidies is whom we are determined to help by Let’s take a closer look about what in TrumpCare to help individuals pur- passing this legislation after an open is really inside of the Senate GOP’s chase insurance are far less generous amendment process and fulsome de- proposal on healthcare. Let’s start by than what is currently available under bate. looking at the lower quality coverage. the Affordable Care Act. Because that The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- First, this bill will roll back the clock will result in premiums that are high- pore. The Senator from Michigan. to the days before the Affordable Care er, the tax credits will not keep pace to Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, in Act, when an insurance card did not help pay for more expensive insurance, conclusion, I wish to make one other guarantee comprehensive coverage. and, as a result, this age tax is going to comment, and that is, the people in Because of the Affordable Care Act, be mean to those who are older in our Michigan who are purchasing on the there are certain things an insurance country. private exchange—over half of whom plan just has to cover—things like No. 3, Medicaid cuts. Medicaid is a are able to get a policy today for their emergency services, maternity care, lifeline for families across our country. families for less than $100—I would say prescription drugs, mental health serv- More than 70 million Americans—near- they would have a different perspec- ices. There is security in knowing that ly half of whom are children—depend tive. if you pay your premiums, this sort of upon it. But it is clear that with We need to fix those things that are basic minimum coverage is in place TrumpCare’s cuts to the program, Re- not working, but for the 97 percent of when you need it. But Republicans publicans want Medicaid to flatline. the children in Michigan who can now want to rip that away. They want to For a program that covers more than see a doctor because of what has been give States and insurance companies one-fifth of the Nation’s population, in- done; for the hospitals that now see 50 the option to not cover these things. cluding the sickest, the oldest, and the

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That is just another only getting a tricycle. This will only Democratic colleagues and I will not way of saying to America’s most vul- prevent Americans from securing ac- stand for it. nerable that you are just not as impor- cess to the care and the treatment they We are standing up to say no to rip- tant as those who donate to our cam- need and they deserve. Less care for ping away coverage for millions of paigns. more cost—that is going to be mean. Americans. We are raising our voices Raiding the Medicaid coffers achieves Premiums are going to go up for every- to say no to increasing costs for mid- two goals. First, it tears holes in a one. dle-class families. We are saying here critical social safety net for more than Finally, it threatens all of those in today that we are going to say no to 70 million low-income and working- America who have preexisting condi- this legislative malpractice. The class Americans. Second, it provides tions. For so many Americans, allow- health of the American public is too the GOP with an open checkbook to ing insurance companies to refuse cov- important for us to be so mean, so cal- pay back their donors with huge tax erage or charge more because of a pre- lous to the people we were elected to breaks. existing condition is inhumane, and it serve. Republicans might want to refer to is immoral. Anyone who tried to buy This Republican proposal has never these changes as capping the Medicaid individual health insurance before the been about policy. It has always been program, but don’t be fooled. What cap- Affordable Care Act remembers this about politics, and it is time to stop ping really means is decapitating ac- problem. Before the healthcare act playing political games with people’s cess to primary care, decapitating the passed, in most States, if you had a lives, with people’s healthcare. ability of grandma and grandpa to se- preexisting condition, you could either Healthcare is a right and not a privi- cure a nursing home bed, and decapi- be denied coverage, charged a much lege. That is the promise we made to tating access to treatment for sub- higher premium, or forced to wait po- the American people with the Afford- stance abuse and mental health condi- tentially for years before receiving able Care Act, and it is a promise we tions. Gutting the Medicaid program— treatment for the condition to be cov- must keep. that is mean. ered. For many people, this meant they The President is keeping his promise Next, they are going to reduce access either had to go without needed care or to the rich in our country. They have to care. This one is simple. Less insur- spend their entire savings. For those now written a healthcare plan for one- ance coverage equals less access to with the most serious conditions, it sixth of our economy that slashes $800 care. While it is possible to get a doc- was the difference between life and billion that would be used for the poor, tor’s appointment and treatment with- death. for the sick, for the working class, for out health insurance, it is usually at The anxiety of suffering from an ill- senior citizens in nursing homes by prices that are impossible to afford for ness was only exacerbated by financial $800 billion in order to give an $800 bil- a typical uninsured person. Most work- insecurity. It was a cruel and unusual lion tax break to the wealthiest people ing Americans can’t conceive of paying form of punishment. Sadly, the Repub- in our country. That is wrong. more than $150 every time they want to licans want to take us back to this era. This is a critical moment in our visit a primary care doctor or footing Threatening preexisting conditions— country’s history, and we, as Demo- the bill for a couple of thousand dollars that might be the meanest of them all crats, are going to battle every single in the event they need more specialized because protections for families who day here on the Senate floor and across care. The best medicines and the most have preexisting conditions is some- this country to make sure that every effective treatments are only as good thing that goes right to the heart of person understands what the con- as the insurance coverage people have what the Affordable Care Act provided sequences of this incredibly callous, to help them to access to it. as a protection. mean bill will mean—lower quality How will these 23 million Americans Why would millions of Americans coverage, an age tax on the elderly, who lose insurance under TrumpCare have to suffer these cruelties, these in- Medicaid cuts that hurt families across get the care which they need? They dignities, these punishments? That is our country, reduced access to care, will not get the care. Unfortunately, the most outrageous part of all of this. threatening of the protections for pre- when patients do try to access care, it President Trump and the congressional existing conditions, and resulting in will be because their illness has pro- Republicans are proposing this higher premiums for everyone. It will gressed to the point where it can no healthcare heartlessness, all so they be a disgrace. longer be ignored. Instead of seeking can give tax breaks to the wealthiest I yield the floor. care with a primary care doctor in a in our country. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. less expensive healthcare setting, most We heard it from President Trump FISCHER). The Senator from Maryland. uninsured patients will end up going himself last night when he talked Mr. CARDIN. Madam President, first straight to the emergency room—the about the people he hired for his Cabi- I want to thank Senator MARKEY for most expensive site for care. And the net. ‘‘I just don’t want a poor person,’’ his comments. I share his concerns. I cost of that uninsured patient—well, he said. But who does he want running agree with what he has said about the that is just going to get absorbed by the government and our economy? He risk factors of the bill that was an- everyone else in our country, as our wants the wealthiest people in Amer- nounced this morning by the Repub- rates for treatment and insurance cov- ica. He wants people who are billion- lican leader and what it could do to erage increase to make up for this un- aires to be making the decisions as to millions of people around this country compensated care. So reduced access to how we run our economy. President and what it will do to coverage for hun- care—that is mean. Trump has in place a goal of turning dreds of thousands of people in my Then we move on to higher pre- over to the richest people in our coun- State of Maryland who will lose cov- miums. Higher premiums are going to try the responsibility for putting to- erage and just about every Marylander be the new rule in our country because gether the plan to cut the programs for whose healthcare will be impacted if that is going to be what happens if the the poor and the working families in this bill were to become law. Republicans are successful in repealing our country. I want to start by saying that I think the Affordable Care Act. According to The Republicans and their wealthy this is a shameful moment for the Sen- the nonpartisan Congressional Budget planners have put together a very sim- ate—the Senate, whose traditions have Office, TrumpCare would increase pre- ple one-step program: The rich get made it be known as the most delibera- miums by an average of 20 percent in richer, and the rest get sicker in the tive body in the world; the Senate, 2018. In Massachusetts alone, premiums United States. Make no mistake, this which has been known as a body that

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This healthcare system had to pay a lot of omy of our country to the floor of the is an abuse by the majority, and it will money when it only needed to spend $80 Senate without the deliberation by our affect the functioning of the Senate. to keep him healthy. committees and without transparency There are concerns about what this Well, we took care of that and fixed to the American people. bill will do. The process is terrible. The that with the essential benefits now, When I got to the Senate, I worked impact on the Senate is terrible. But including pediatric dental. Is that pro- hard to get on the Senate Finance the real tragedy here is the impact, if tected under the Republican bill? The Committee. I did that because the ju- this bill were to become law, it would answer is unclear—probably not. It is risdiction of the Senate Finance Com- have on healthcare in America. up to the States. It may be different in mittee contains areas that I have de- So let me talk a little bit about my one State versus another. We don’t voted a good part of my public career State of Maryland. It has been pro- have the protection. to, including issues of taxation and jected under this bill that those who Then we get to the affordability issue issues concerning social programs in will not have insurance coverage will for Marylanders to be able to afford to have health insurance. Under this bill, our State. But it also included go back basically to what it was prior there will be discrimination on those healthcare, an area that I worked on to the passage of the Affordable Care that are older. They are going to have when I was first in the Maryland State Act; that is, a little over 400,000 Mary- to pay more for their health insurance. legislature. I wanted to be on the com- landers are at risk of losing basic Is that right? No, it is not right. I mittee that had a role in developing health coverage. Now, it is going to af- heard the majority leader this morning the health policy of this Nation. I fect everyone with insurance in Mary- give examples of how the Affordable thought I could add to that debate with land, and I will get to that in a mo- Care Act is in danger, and he cited high my experience, and I wanted to make ment. But as many as 400,000 people are in jeopardy of losing their insurance premium increases. One of the States sure that the people of Maryland had a he quoted was the State of Maryland, because of what is done with regard to voice as we developed healthcare policy and it was very misleading the way he the alliances and the Medicaid Pro- in America. did that. He was talking about the in- That role is being denied by what the gram itself. Many more will lose qual- dividual marketplace, and he was talk- Republican leader is doing in bringing ity coverage. ing about one segment of that. What he this bill to the floor without the ben- Senator MARKEY talked about pre- didn’t tell you is that CareFirst, the efit of hearings. Let me just repeat existing conditions. You claim that insurance company that is proposing there is protection for preexisting con- that. There has not been one hearing that rate increase, indicated that at ditions, but it does not guarantee that held on the legislation being brought least half of that increase is the result the services will be provided because forward by the majority leader. There of action taken by the Trump adminis- the States are given tremendous dis- hasn’t been one committee markup of tration, because the Trump adminis- cretion as to what would be required as the bill. tration has not made it clear whether Now, let me explain to the general essential benefits within the they will fund the cost-sharing provi- public what a markup is. It is when the healthcare plans. So if someone has a sions, which keep the costs down and committees that have expertise on a mental illness or someone has a drug affordable in the individual market- bill—in this case, it would be the Sen- addiction, is there a guaranteed cov- place. That is a self-inflicted increase ate Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- erage that that person would be able to in premiums by the Trump administra- sions Committee and the Senate Fi- get services? If that person has a pre- tion. nance Committee—have had a chance existing condition, it may very well There is a second issue that to bring the public in to get their views not be covered because of the absence CareFirst mentioned, and that is the on the legislation, have had the com- of essential health benefits. President’s insistence on not enforcing mittee staff go through it and explain Let me just give you another exam- the individual mandate, and, by the all of the aspects to the members of the ple of what could happen under this way, that is in the Republican bill. It committee, with an opportunity for us bill, and this is a real example on gen- means that younger, healthier people to offer amendments to improve the der discrimination. Obstetrics coverage will choose not to have health insur- bill, and then, ultimately, taking a is critical for a childbearing woman. ance. Now, if they happen to ride a mo- vote on the recommendation to the full Now, if that becomes an optional cov- torcycle and wrap themselves around a Senate. That is the regular order, but erage because of the State plans and tree and get flown to the Shock Trau- it is particularly the regular order on discretion that it is given, obviously ma Center in Baltimore and we are complex pieces of legislation. only those women who are planning to going to treat him, guess who is going I don’t think there is a Member of have children will take that coverage. to pay the bill? All of us are going to this body who would say that this is Why would someone who doesn’t need pay the bill through uncompensated not a complex field when we are deal- that coverage take the coverage? What care. It is going to raise my insurance ing with healthcare—one-sixth of our are the consequences of allowing that policy and everybody’s insurance pol- economy. But the process that was type of choice? It is very clear. icy. That person should have had insur- used denied the people of Maryland and Younger women are going to pay a ance, but that person thought he or she the people of this Nation the oppor- lot more for their health insurance didn’t need that insurance. So they tunity to have their voices heard than they otherwise would. Is that didn’t take out the policy. through their elected representatives. fair? I think not. I think not. That is You find that those who will take out It is a shameful moment. the consequence of the type of changes the insurance policies are the higher Now, I know this has been done be- that are being made in the Affordable risks because they know they need the fore on the floor, but I will just repeat Care Act. insurance. So those with high-risk it one more time. Compare this to how I was very instrumental in making issues will be in the pool raising the the Affordable Care Act was passed by sure that we had full coverage for pedi- costs and that is why CareFirst has a the Senate. We had transparency, op- atric dental. Why? Well, unfortunately, higher ask, because they know it is less portunities for the public to have in my State in 2007—the year I first likely that healthier people will be in input. We had hearings—many, many started in the Senate—we had a young- the pool than projected under the origi- hearings that took place. My staff tells ster, Deamonte Driver, who lived not nal Affordable Care Act. Why? Because me there were 50 hearings or round- far from here, who died because of an of President Trump. table discussions or walk-throughs. We untreated tooth decay. It became ab- So when the leader says that the Af- had 26 consecutive days of Senate de- scessed and went into his brain. He had fordable Care Act is falling apart, the

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Many of sibly have the means to be able to af- the structure in which you can have these people are working families. ford that if they didn’t have access to reasonable reimbursements so that Many of these people are our seniors healthcare coverage without discrimi- doctors, hospitals, and clinics can lo- who need long-term care and are in the nation. You leave these discretions to cate in communities and be treated Medicaid Program because it pays for how the insurance companies will re- fairly under our reimbursement struc- their long-term care expenses. Many of spond with their businesses, they are ture. these people are veterans or returning going to figure out a way so a family I am deeply disappointed. I am deep- warriors who are under the Medicaid who has a disabled child will not have ly disappointed with what we have Program. adequate coverage. That is what is at done to this great institution on this, Under the Republican-released bill, risk. Senator MARKEY is right— such an important subject. I am deeply they may make it a gentler slope be- healthcare should be a right, not a concerned, about the impact this is fore we get to the full impact of the privilege, and we are moving in the going to have on the people of Mary- Medicaid reductions, but the Medicaid wrong direction. land and our Nation, and I will join my reductions, if I understand correctly, In Maryland, we have hospitals that colleagues in doing everything I pos- are even more severe than under the are located throughout our State to sibly can, during the limited opportu- House-passed bill. meet the needs of the people of Mary- nities we have only on the floor of the Now, I could speak for Maryland. I land. We have hospitals that are lo- Senate, not in our committees—to do know our legislature. Our legislature is cated in areas where they have a lot of everything I can to protect the inter- going to try to do what is right, but elderly and a lot of poor people, but be- ests of the people of Maryland and our they have limited resources in order to cause of the way we deal with our hos- Nation so healthcare can be a right and try to meet the needs that are out pital reimbursements, we don’t have not a privilege. there. It is just not right to say that cost shifting. We can have what is With that, I yield the floor. we are passing these problems on to known as an all-payer rate, where who- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- the States when the States don’t have ever goes into the hospital, they pay ator from Washington. the fiscal capacity to deal with them. the same rate so a hospital can locate Ms. CANTWELL. Madam President, I Who gets hurt? The 1.2 million Mary- in an inner city or poorer neighbor- thank my colleague from Maryland for landers who rely upon the Medicaid hood. If you increase the cost sharing articulating the issues in this discus- Program and all Marylanders who for people who don’t have insurance, sion draft that has been released this don’t want to see what we call cost hospital facilities will not locate in morning. shifting, when someone who doesn’t those communities, adding to the costs As I hear him talk about these com- have health insurance ends up in our of everyone’s healthcare. plex kids, how the cap is going to work, emergency room and doesn’t pay the One of the great benefits, one of the and when people are going to be af- bill and everyone else pays those bills. great achievements of the Affordable fected, it reminds me of the book, ‘‘The So why are we doing this? What is Care Act, is that we now have facilities Smartest Guys in the Room.’’ Right? the reason we have gone through this that are more conveniently located to Basically, people cook up schemes they pain? I have heard my colleagues talk people in this country, whether they think other people can’t understand or about it, and it is absolutely true. The live in a rural area or urban setting. the broader public will not catch on to Republicans need to make room for the Some are healthcare centers and some in the hopes they can pass something. tax cut. They are pretty clear about it. are health clinics, but they are more That is exactly what is going on here, Close to $1 trillion in tax cuts is what conveniently located because more a hoax and a scheme that is not cost- they need to do. Who benefits from tax people have third-party coverage and effective for the American taxpayer cuts? The wealthy, those who have ac- have insurance in order to pay those and will literally cut people off of ac- cess to healthcare. Who pays for the bills. cess to healthcare, and literally, if the tax cuts? Those who are the most vul- So I read with interest that certain House bill was mean, this is doubling nerable in our community. That is just segments of the advocacy community down on mean. wrong. are going to be given certain conces- So I thank my colleague from Mary- My staff has put together a lot of in- sions in this bill, and they think they land for articulating the complex kids dividual letters that have been sent to are going to be OK. One is, I under- issue because these are concepts. If this us. I don’t even need to go through stand—and I am not sure what this is a discussion draft, I would hope my them. I can tell the Presiding Officer term means, and maybe someone can colleagues would come to the floor and just the experiences I have had walking explain it to me—medically complex discuss it—discuss the concepts that on the streets to Baltimore or, quite children. These are children, I assume, are in this bill and debate them, but frankly, walking anywhere, including who have special needs. that is not what is happening. In fact, here in Washington. If I understand the bill correctly, we know very little detail at this point When people come up to me and say: there is going to be a carve-out in the in time because people are assessing Senator CARDIN, keep up the fight. Do Medicaid system so that these complex the information and trying to read and you know what is going to happen if cases will be, at least for a period of assess in between the lines. that healthcare bill becomes law? We time, reimbursed. Where are they going I can state what I know and have have done some tests and we have cer- to get care? gleaned so far by the accounts, and tain genes, we are in a high-risk pool Right now they are getting care, in that this is a continuation on the war for cancer. We are not going to be able many cases, in a school-based health on Medicaid. I say that because with to get coverage if you let insurance clinic that is going to be closed under regard to this war on Medicaid, we companies go back to the practices the Republican bill that is out here be- didn’t know where the Senate would go they had before the passage of the Af- cause it is not qualified to receive re- in their proposal. We know what the fordable Care Act. imbursement. The expansion of our House decided to do. The premise and People say that if they didn’t have qualified health centers under the Af- structure of the House bill is to cut the insurance they now think they are fordable Care Act is going to be in deep Medicaid by capping it and continually going to lose, they would have to go jeopardy. I met with the CEOs of our driving down the amount of Federal ob- through personal bankruptcy. That is qualified health centers where we have ligation to this program. not a hypothetical. Before the passage expanded to deal with pediatric care, I will tell you, it is not even a smart of the Affordable Care Act, unpaid dental care, and mental health. That is idea. If you want to reform and deliver

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I am talking to my want to make sure we are not deliv- standing rule XXII, all postcloture healthcare providers at home, I am ering that off people who are going into time on the Billingslea nomination ex- talking to university professors, people the emergency room 50 times in a year pire at 2 p.m. today and that if cloture who know and understand healthcare because they don’t have insurance. is invoked on the Svinicki nomination, and have studied it for a long time. We know the Medicaid rate is criti- the postcloture time not expire until What the House did and now the Sen- cally important. Medicaid costs up to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, June 26. ate is doubling down on is nothing but one-quarter less than private insur- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a budget mechanism to cut people off ance. It is a way to deliver care. We objection? of healthcare—as my colleague said, know measures we put into the Afford- the most vulnerable of our population. Without objection, it is so ordered. able Care Act, such as moving people The Senator from Iowa. It is a wrong-headed idea. It is not off of nursing home care to commu- RUSSIA INVESTIGATION going to help us control costs. Med- nity-based care, has saved Medicaid icaid reduces bankruptcy rates, helps dollars. More States should do it. Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, in people stay employed, and boosts our We know plans such as bundling up March, Mr. Comey briefed Ranking GDP. Why would we want a draconian the individual market into larger pro- Member FEINSTEIN and this Senator on idea like cutting Medicaid as the cen- grams so they can have clout like oth- the Russia investigation. This included terpiece of a budget proposal by our ers who work for a larger employer has telling us who was and who was not colleagues on the other side of the also driven down costs. So those are under investigation. aisle? As people have said, because the things we should be accelerating, After that meeting, I publicly called they want to take that revenue and not this notion that we move forward for Mr. Comey to tell the public what give it away in tax breaks for the as a country by cutting the most vul- he had told us about whether President wealthy. I guarantee you that is not nerable off of healthcare. Trump was under investigation. I did what we should be doing. I ask my colleagues to come out and this because the public had a right to The access to Medicaid is so impor- discuss this concept, discuss this idea, know. Mr. Comey told me and other tant. Our veterans access the how it will affect the healthcare pro- congressional leaders that the Presi- healthcare system through Medicaid. viders in their States. I plan to do that dent was not under investigation. He Many of them receive care through the with my State. I hope they will come even told the President himself, and I VA, but also they receive services out here and tell us why it is a smart understand that he repeatedly told this through Medicaid. Veterans would be strategy to cut people off from Med- to the President. But Mr. Comey didn’t impacted and would lose care. Our chil- listen to my request for transparency. dren who are seen at hospitals, such as icaid. I know no State that has the money to make up for the Federal I think transparency in government is the Children’s Hospital in Seattle, are very important because transparency Medicaid populations, and they would share of Medicaid that is going to be doubled down in this bill. brings accountability, and government not have the resources to get access to needs to be accountable. Mr. Comey care. Our institutions that are covering I do not want to see a war on Med- icaid. What I want to see is innovation. didn’t listen to the President’s request. individuals at Medicaid rates would Only months later has the truth finally take a hit. What I want to see is that covering people with some level of insurance ba- come out. All the Senate proposal does is basi- Well, it ought to raise the question cally move that cap, but it is a steeper sically helps save everybody on their with anybody: What happened in the cap at a point in time that makes and insurance bills as well. I hope my col- meantime? What happened because Mr. exacerbates this problem of cutting leagues will take this discussion draft Comey refused to tell the American people off of access to care. So if the and be proud to come out here and dis- people that the President wasn’t under House bill is mean, this is just doubling cuss it, but we have heard very little of investigation? The short answer is down on mean. that thus far. There is nothing about destructing Let’s look at the real numbers, and I something you see almost hourly, par- this safety net that is so important to guarantee that we will hear from Gov- ticularly in this city: media hysteria. Americans that goes hand-in-hand with ernors, we will hear from States, we Countless media articles falsely the philosophy about how to drive will hear from providers, we will hear claimed the President was under inves- down costs to healthcare. If you think from businesses, and we will hear from tigation for colluding with Russia. Un- about it, if we came out here and had a people who do not think this is a good fortunately, a number of our Democrat discussion with 100 U.S. Senators and idea. colleagues in the House and Senate said a great way to drive down the cost Already there are comments from the played right along. Over and over of healthcare would be to cut people off National Association of Area Agencies again, the media published selective of healthcare, most people would say on Aging: ‘‘This strategy will also put leaks. They published classified half- that is not a smart idea because when . . . Medicaid [and] states [and con- truths. All this was used to make false people are cut off of healthcare, we sumers] on a fiscally precarious path.’’ allegations of sinister conduct by the know that uncompensated care exacer- We have heard from other people that President. And, of course, there were a bates healthcare needs, challenges the Medicaid cap is up to twice as bad lot of people who believed it. other parts of our system, and deliv- for States, will cause problems, and The intelligence community con- ering care to them makes it more ex- also from children’s healthcare groups: ducted an assessment of Russia’s ef- pensive. When we have had discussions ‘‘Converting Medicaid into a per capita forts to interfere in the election. That and roundtables about the proposal cap . . . would dismantle critical pro- assessment said one of Russia’s goals that the House had put out, providers tections . . . to care for all enrollees.’’ was to undermine public confidence in in my State told me point-blank, cov- These aren’t just partisan comments. our democratic system. ering the Medicaid population has These are the facts. What my col- Because Mr. Comey refused to tell helped drive down and control the rate leagues don’t realize is that by taking the public that the FBI was not inves- of insurance in the private markets. By a huge chunk out of Medicaid, you are tigating the President, conspiracy saying we are going to cut Medicaid at taking a huge chunk out of the safety theories and, of course, wild specula- a more drastic rate, we are going to net so many Americans depend on. It tion have run rampant about the elec- just send a signal to the market that will not help us lower costs. It will ex- tion, the President, and Russia. These rates for the private insurers should go acerbate an escalation of rates for ev- conspiracy theories and wild specula- up. eryone in the market. tion have played right into Russia’s I don’t think that is what my con- I thank the Presiding Officer, and I aim of undermining faith in our demo- stituents want. They want us to inno- yield the floor. cratic system.

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He should not be telling Senators done in France with the elections and attacks filled the vacuum left by Mr. one thing behind closed doors and then in the Netherlands with the elections. Comey’s failure to inform the public— making public insinuations that are They are talking about upcoming elec- to be transparent, to be accountable. different. He is the person who can nip tions in Germany, where the Russians The odd thing about it is none of this this ridiculous speculation in the bud. will try to do the same thing because fiasco had to happen. If Mr. Comey had Mr. Comey should have told the pub- autocrats don’t like democratic sys- just been transparent with the public, lic earlier what he told Members about tems that work and whatever they can as I urged him to be, it could have been the President, and now he should tell do to undermine those democratic sys- avoided. the public what he told Members about tems is going to obviously make them Unfortunately, now it looks as if Mr. the Attorney General. Enough of this look better in comparison. Comey and the media might be doing nonsense. Those national security concerns the same thing to Attorney General The investigations of Russian inter- should have taken precedence. Mr. Sessions. ference and of circumstances sur- Comey said he was worried about a Two weeks ago, Mr. Comey said he rounding Mr. Comey’s firing will con- duty to correct the record if evidence didn’t tell the Attorney General about tinue. I am confident that we will even- of collusion involving the President the conversation he supposedly had tually get all the facts, one way or an- came to light later on. But that con- with the President about General other, and we are going to go where the cern was merely hypothetical—in other Flynn. Mr. Comey said this was be- facts take us. In the meantime, it is words, pure speculation. In the un- cause he believed the Attorney General time to stop the rumor-mongering. It likely event that it came to pass, the was going to recuse himself from the is time to stop the innuendoes and public should know if the FBI is pur- Russia investigation. half-truths. It is time to stop leaking suing a criminal investigation against Mr. Comey said the FBI was aware of national security information to score the President, just as the public should the facts that he couldn’t discuss in an political points. And it is time to stop know if the FBI is pursuing a criminal open setting that could have made the playing into Russia’s hands by inten- investigation against a major party’s Attorney General’s continued engage- tionally sowing false doubt about your nominee for President. But Mr. Comey ment problematic. Well, that vague political opponents. Instead, it is quite agreed with Attorney General Lynch to statement sounds very mysterious to obvious that it is time to get back to shade the truth in favor of the Clinton people who don’t know the whole truth. doing the people’s business. campaign’s rhetoric and call what was They will wonder: What were those se- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- an investigation a ‘‘matter’’ instead of cret facts? What did the FBI conclude sent to have printed in the RECORD a using the word ‘‘investigation.’’ This about those secret facts? Was the At- relevant supplemental article from the came about because of an order by At- torney General under investigation? Washington Post. torney General Lynch. Did the Attorney General collude with There being no objection, the mate- After a year of the entire might of Russia? rial was ordered to be printed in the the U.S. intelligence community and Once again, Mr. Comey is not being RECORD, as follows: the FBI looking for evidence of collu- as transparent about senior govern- [From the Washington Post, June 14, 2017] sion with the Russians, where is that ment officials and the Russia inves- THE SESSIONS HEARING SHOWS WHO’S REALLY evidence? But after all of this chaos tigation as he could or should be. Now COLLUDING WITH RUSSIA and mountains of innuendo about the the speculation is running rampant (By Marc A. Thiessen) President and collusion with Russia, again, this time about the Attorney According to the U.S. intelligence commu- the truth finally came out: The FBI General instead of the President. nity, Russia’s objectives in meddling in the was not investigating President Trump CNN reported that Mr. Comey told 2016 election included not only hurting Hil- in the Russia probe. The media was the Intelligence Committee behind lary Clinton’s chances but also undermining wrong. The Democrats were wrong. The closed doors that the issue was a pos- ‘‘public faith in the U.S. democratic proc- sible additional meeting between Ses- ess,’’ ‘‘impugning the fairness of the elec- wild speculation and conspiracy theo- tion’’ and calling into question ‘‘the U.S.-led ries ended up harming our country. sions and the Russian Ambassador. The liberal democratic order.’’ If the spectacle of They played right into Russia’s hands. media has begun to speculate all sorts the past few months is any indication, Rus- How did we all learn the truth? In of nefarious things. So here we go sian leader Vladimir Putin is certainly suc- President Trump’s letter removing Mr. again. The rumor mill is back in busi- ceeding in these latter goals. Comey from office. At first, most ness. It is insinuating improper ties And here is the great irony: Those who are didn’t believe it. The media scoffed with Russians and undermining peo- falsely claiming that Trump was under FBI when they read what the President said ple’s faith in another senior govern- investigation for collusion with Moscow are, in fact, the ones inadvertently colluding in that letter. They insisted that Mr. ment official, with the follow-up that with Putin to undermine American democ- Comey would never tell the President it also undermines people’s confidence racy. that he was not under investigation. in our institutions of government, and Case in point is the campaign of We learned earlier this month from Mr. maybe even in our Constitution. McCarthyite character assassination on dis- Comey himself that he had done ex- This is the same destructive pattern, play in the Senate Intelligence Committee actly that. It wasn’t a surprise to me and it plays right into the Russians’ hearing Tuesday. No doubt Putin was smil- because Mr. Comey had told me the hands again. Well, this time around, we ing as Attorney General Jeff Sessions was same thing. shouldn’t put up with it. We ought to forced to rebut what he correctly called ‘‘ap- palling and detestable’’ accusations that he I have to note something else here. say enough is enough. There is no rea- colluded with the Russians and lied to the Mr. Comey didn’t just tell the Presi- son Mr. Comey couldn’t have told the Senate. Sessions testified that the much- dent, Senator FEINSTEIN, and me that public the whole truth. vaunted ‘‘third meeting’’ between Sessions the President was not under investiga- Once again, 3 months ago, Mr. Comey and the Russian ambassador at the tion. He had also told the Gang of 8. Of specifically told Members who was and Mayflower Hotel—which Sessions reportedly course, the Gang of 8 includes the Sen- who was not under investigation in the failed to disclose—did not happen, at least ate minority leader, Mr. SCHUMER. But Russia probe. He should also tell the not beyond possible incidental contact that even after Mr. Comey told the Gang of public whether the FBI ever had an he doesn’t even recall. There was a time when airing unproven al- 8 that the President was not under in- open investigation on Attorney Gen- legations of coordinating with the Kremlin vestigation, the minority leader told eral Sessions. He should tell the public was seen as bad form. Now it is common the media that the President was under whether the FBI checked out the times practice in Washington. These kinds of false investigation, and, of course, that fur- Sessions met the Russian Ambassador. charges and innuendo directly assist Russia

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I suggest the ab- sistance’’) have been spinning the false nar- needing treatment for addiction, but I rative that President Trump was under FBI sence of a quorum. do know this so-called exemption will investigation to call into question the valid- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The not do a thing to help these kids. The ity of his presidency. In March, Democrats clerk will call the roll. Republican cuts still slash hundreds of used it as a pretext to argue that Trump did The senior assistant legislative clerk billions of dollars for Medicaid, leaving not have the legitimacy to fill a Supreme proceeded to call the roll. States with no choice—no choice but to Court vacancy. Senate Democratic leader Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask Charles E. Schumer (N.Y.) declared in a floor cut services that kids with disabilities unanimous consent that the order for desperately need. speech that the Senate should not vote on the quorum call be rescinded. Neil Gorsuch’s nomination because Repub- Medicaid is the program in this coun- licans ‘‘stopped a president who wasn’t under The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without try that provides health insurance to 1 investigation’’ from filling the seat. Two objection, it is so ordered. in 5 Americans, to 30 million kids, to days later, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) The Senator from Massachusetts. nearly 2 out of every 3 people in a nurs- said the same thing, declaring, ‘‘The FBI has HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION ing home. These cuts are blood money. revealed that the sitting president of the Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, today United States is under investigation. And it People will die. Let’s be very clear: we finally got a look at the mon- Senate Republicans are paying for tax raises a really, I think, important question strosity of a bill that the Republicans and that is whether or not a president who is cuts for the wealthy with American under investigation by the FBI ought to be have been hiding behind closed doors lives. ramming through a Supreme Court nominee for weeks. Yes, it is finally clear how Think about what would happen if that would have a lifetime appointment.’’ the Republicans were spending their the Republican bill becomes law next The media gleefully echoed these false time, locked in those back rooms. week. Picture a woman in her eighties claims. The day before Comey testified, CNN Now we know the truth. Senate Re- who lives at home. She is shaky on her blared: ‘‘In testimony, Comey will dispute publicans weren’t making the House feet. She needs help preparing her President Trump’s blanket claim that he was bill better—no, not one bit. Instead, told he wasn’t under investigation.’’ In fact, meals or taking a bath, but her only Comey said precisely the opposite. When they were sitting around a conference income is her Social Security check. Sen. James Risch (R–Idaho) asked, ‘‘While room table, dreaming up even meaner Right now, Medicaid helps pay for you were director, the president of the ways to kick dirt in the face of Amer- home and community-based services so United States was not under investigation. ican people and take away their health she can stay in her home, someone who Is that a fair statement?’’ Comey replied: insurance. comes by to help for a few hours a ‘‘That’s correct.’’ Even then, CNN was not Remember, the Senate Republicans week. Because of that help, she gets to willing to concede its error, declaring in a worked for weeks on this new bill. stay home, to live independently. The so-called ‘‘correction’’ that ‘‘Comey does not They worked really, really hard on it. directly dispute that Trump was told mul- Republicans are determined to cut tiple times he was not under investigation’’ It is pretty clear now exactly who they taxes for millionaires and billionaires, (emphasis added). were working for. This bill has one so their healthcare plan cuts Medicaid No, Comey did not fail to ‘‘directly dis- flashing neon sign after another telling money that helps millions of seniors pute’’ it, he directly confirmed it. The CNN us who the Republican Party cares stay in their homes. story—and its non-correction correction— about, and it is not American families. Without these services, this elderly was ‘‘fake news.’’ The Senate bill is crammed full with woman can’t live alone. Where does she Not only that, Comey also testified that just as many tax cuts as the House Trump never tried to get him to stop the turn? The usual answer would be a probe into Russia’s election meddling, which bill—tax cuts for millionaires and bil- nursing home. Wait. Medicaid pays for Comey explained was a separate matter from lionaires, tax cuts for wealthy inves- most nursing home care in this coun- the FBI’s investigation of disgraced former tors, and tax cuts for giant companies. try. The Republicans are determined to national security adviser Michael Flynn. Not All those tax cuts don’t come cheap. cut taxes for millionaires and billion- only did Trump not ask Comey to stop the They start to add up after a while. aires, so they have cut Medicaid fund- probe, the former FBI director told Sen. Senate Republicans had to make a ing so much that there is no help for Marco Rubio (R–Fla.), ‘‘He went farther than choice—how to pay for all those juicy this woman at home and no nursing that. He said, and if some of my satellites tax cuts for their rich buddies. I will did something wrong, it’d be good to find home bed for her either. that out.’’ Rubio pressed Comey, asking tell you how: blood money. What does she do? She stays home whether he was testifying that Trump effec- Senate Republicans wrung some without help. She can’t climb the tively said, ‘‘Do the Russia investigation. I extra dollars out of kicking people off stairs anymore. Her world shrinks. hope it all comes out. I have nothing to do the tax credits that help them afford Eventually, most likely, she falls and with anything Russia. It’d be great if it all health insurance. They raked in extra ends up in the hospital. The care is ex- came out, people around me were doing cash by letting States drop even more pensive, and she is miserable. things that were wrong.’’ Comey replied, protections and benefits, like mater- Finally, let’s say the hospital gets ‘‘That was the sentiment he was expressing. nity care or prescription drug coverage Yes, sir.’’ her back on her feet, but there is no- Given these facts, Trump has legitimate or mental health treatment. where for her to go when she is dis- reason to be frustrated. If you knew you Then they got to the real piggy bank, charged. She heads back home to wait were not under investigation by the FBI, but Medicaid, and here they just went wild. for the next fall, maybe the one that everyone was saying you were, you’d want Senate Republicans went after Med- will be fatal. the truth to get out. And you might be upset icaid with even deeper cuts than the In their determination to cut taxes with an FBI director who refused to lift the House version—the Medicaid expansion for the rich, is this what Republicans ‘‘cloud’’ hanging over your administration gone, ripped up, and flushed down the have planned for frail seniors in our by confirming that he was not investigating toilet. The rest of the Medicaid Pro- you. country? Wait until they are all used That said, Trump has been fueling the lib- gram? For Senate Republicans, it up and then leave them out at the curb eral feeding frenzy with his tweetstorms tak- wasn’t enough that the House bill was for the next trash pickup? ing his critics to task. If Trump knows he going to toss grandparents out of nurs- It isn’t just seniors who will be hit did nothing wrong—and if he really wants to ing homes or slash funding for people hard. How about a premature baby find out whether any of his ‘‘satellites’’ did— with disabilities or pull the plug on born with lung defects? His parents he should stop talking and tweeting about healthcare for babies born too soon. both have full-time jobs, but no matter the investigation, let special counsel Robert Senate Republicans wanted to go big- how hard they work, no matter how S. Mueller III do his work and focus on his job: governing. His daughter Ivanka Trump ger. many hours they put in, they will was recently asked how she dealt with the The Republican bill claims to protect never be able to pay for the millions of media frenzy over Russia. She replied, ‘‘I’m kids with disabilities by leaving them dollars in surgeries, equipment, medi- trying to keep my head down, not listen to out of the calculations that decide how cine, and therapy that their child

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My test would be that home and care for Anthony because of the mined to offer tax breaks for the rich if any of those individuals lose their amount of doctors’ appointments he has and that they have taken away this baby’s the number of days of school he misses every Medicaid benefits, it is a bad bill. I year. Luckily with medical assistance— Medicaid. What happens next? Maybe would hope that would be the test for That is the Pennsylvania version of the parents try their best, but they every Member of the Senate. Medicaid— can’t pay. Maybe they try a The other adverse consequence of Kickstarter campaign, but it is not this legislation is that it will cripple covering his services I am still able to do so. If we lost coverage, we would not be able to going to bring in enough to cover the efforts to battle the opioid addiction in provide the support he needs. We are sure of medical bills. They take out a second our country. We just had a great con- that. mortgage, and then they go bankrupt sensus at the end of last year where I truly realize that unless you are actually and lose their home. both parties came together on two living this kind of life, it’s easy to turn a Is that the Republican plan for this pieces of legislation—one that dealt di- blind eye. I can assure you that my story is family—go live in a homeless shelter rectly with the opioid epidemic, the so- much like thousands of others that DE- with your little baby, whose only crime called CARA bill, or the Comprehen- PEND— was to be born 14 weeks early? sive Addiction and Recovery Act. Then And he has that word ‘‘depend’’ in all Senate Republicans can wave their later in the year, there was another capital letters— hands and say that everyone will be bill that provided some additional on funds from medical assistance to cover fine, but it is time for the rest of us to funding. All of that would be com- doctors, medications, therapies and durable take a long, hard look at exactly what promised, undermined, or degraded, at medical equipment that children with dis- would happen to the people who have abilities require. Families of children with least, if this legislation went through disabilities are desperate to not lose those to live with the Republicans’ reckless because the biggest payer—certainly, benefits. cuts. in the top two, in terms of our paying My son Anthony is currently attending Senate Republicans know exactly for opioid treatment and services—is, school almost regularly and functioning the what they are doing with this of course, the Medicaid Program. best he has for a very long time thanks to healthcare bill. Their values are on full So what we have here before us is a the services he received from medical assist- display. If they want to trade the bill that is a tax giveaway to the ance. health insurance of millions of Ameri- wealthiest. The top one-tenth of 1 per- That is otherwise known as Medicaid. cans for tax cuts for the rich, they bet- cent would receive thousands and thou- So that is the reality for a lot of fam- ter be ready for a fight because now sands, if not tens of thousands, of dol- ilies. Now, I can hear some folks in the that this shameful bill is out in the lars. One estimate of the earlier Senate saying: Well, maybe Anthony open, that is exactly what they are version of the House bill said, if you will not be affected because the Med- going to get. were in the top one-tenth of 1 percent, icaid provisions are going to be up to I yield my time. you would get $197,000 each. Those peo- the States, and the States can handle The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ple don’t need $197,000 from a tax break that. We are just going to put a cap on ator from Pennsylvania. from a so-called healthcare bill. They the dollars, and we are going to wind Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I ask would, I think, expect that we would down the Medicaid expansion that cov- unanimous consent to speak as in take care of the people that need ered 11 million Americans at last morning business. healthcare: Vulnerable children. Some count, and the States will handle it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 40 percent of the children in America So we are sending back these chal- objection, it is so ordered. get Medicaid. Almost half the births in lenges and the disproportionate burden Mr. CASEY. Mr. President, I rise to the country are paid for by Medicaid. that States will have to bear to make discuss, for just a couple of minutes People with disabilities are dispropor- sure that Anthony—who has all those this afternoon, the issue of healthcare tionately dependent upon Medicaid, challenges in his life—has the coverage and, in particular, the legislation that and they should have a right to ex- of Medicaid. The Federal Government was unveiled today, what is referred to pect—and their families should have a will just wash its hands of that respon- as a ‘‘discussion draft.’’ It is legislative right to expect—that, if you have a dis- sibility. No, Medicaid is a guarantee now, text, but it is not the final word on this ability, you should get Medicaid today, based upon your eligibility. That guar- issue. So we have to begin in earnest to tomorrow, years from now, decades antee should remain. We are a great engage in debate because we are going from now, and as long as you need it. country. We have the strongest econ- to be very limited in the time that we You should have that guarantee. This omy and the strongest military in the have. bill takes away that guarantee for world, and we have the Medicaid Pro- I think the best way to describe this those families with a loved one with a gram. We don’t have to sacrifice those legislation can be very simple, actu- disability. kids or sacrifice the healthcare for one ally, in terms of the impact on a lot of One of the many stories that we get child who depends on Medicaid. We Americans. Unfortunately, I don’t from back home are from parents. don’t have to sacrifice that child in think this is really an effort to im- Many of them are writing because their order to have another part of our budg- prove the healthcare system. I think it child has a disability or multiple dis- et funded appropriately. That is an in- is a scheme. It is a scheme that sells abilities, and they are dependent upon sult, and anyone who is going to choose out the middle class. It hurts seniors Medicaid. Here is just one: and children and devastates the protec- to support legislation that would fund tions and healthcare for individuals My son, Anthony, was born at 25 weeks and tax cuts for the wealthiest, while at he weighed one tiny pound. We were over- with disabilities over time, and all of come with medical bills which Medicaid the very same time and in the very that is done to finance tax breaks for thankfully paid for us. Since his birth he has same bill would result in others losing the very rich. There are other ways, of had multiple health crisis, seizures, sleep coverage—and I am not only talking course, to describe it, but I will focus disorders just to name a few. about children with disabilities. I am mostly on Medicaid. Most recently, Anthony was diagnosed talking about adults who have cov- As it relates to Medicaid, this isn’t a with Autism spectrum disorder, Tourette’s erage—20 million people in the last repeal and replace, or repeal and im- syndrome, severe obsessive compulsive dis- couple of years. Any Member of the prove, or repeal and reform. This is re- order and Dyspraxia. He has suffered the Senate who chooses tax cuts for the most physically and mentally because of his peal and decimate when it comes to Tourette’s. It’s severe and he is frequently wealthy over those children and over Medicaid. The cuts may be stretched unable to attend school due to his ‘‘tics.’’ those individuals, I think, should ex- out, but they are, in fact, deeper over They are painful and debilitating. They amine their conscience, to use an old time. make him unable to eat, breathe and see at expression, because this kind of policy

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We just heard this morning some of Next we have a picture of the McCabe We are a better country than what what is in the Senate bill, the Senate family. They are from Kingston, NH, we will become if this Chamber votes version of the American Health Care and this is their story: in favor of a bill that will decimate Act. In fact, not only does it not do Our daughter, Ellie, was born with a rare Medicaid, the way this bill will. I real- what President Trump claims the Sen- and serious heart defect called Hypoplastic ize it might take a long time. I realize ate was working on—it doesn’t address Left Heart Syndrome. it might be another Presidency or the mean aspect of it—but it actually You can see Ellie there. She looks many Congresses from now, but the makes it worse. In a State like New like a healthy, inquisitive little girl, deed will be done here that will lead to Hampshire, it provides for even deeper and she is looking healthy because she that kind of misery. We have no sense cuts to our expanded Medicaid Pro- underwent her first surgery when she of the misery that will be imposed gram, a bipartisan program that pro- was just 3 days old. upon those families because we have vides for treatment for substance use The McCabes go on to say: never had this before. disorders for people dealing with the It terrifies us to think about what would We had a program in place for 50 heroin and opioid epidemic. It would have happened to our family if Ellie hadn’t years, and it has helped a lot of kids tax older Americans more than young- been protected by the pre-existing conditions with disabilities. It has helped a lot of er Americans for their health insur- protections in place thanks to the Affordable ance and defund Planned Parenthood. Care Act. Without those protections, either families to be able to hold down a job we would be in serious debt for the rest of while their child gets the benefit of There are all kinds of reasons. It would eliminate the requirement that people our lives or Ellie would not have had her life- Medicaid because of a disability. It has saving surgeries. helped a lot of poor children rise up with preexisting conditions are able to have healthcare coverage. And all of Next, this is Dr. Marie Ramas. She from poverty and overcome terrible serves at the Lamprey Health Care poverty because when they were kids— this was done in secret behind closed doors. Center in Nashua, NH. That is a clinic when they were very, very young—they I recently visited. She wrote to me: got early periodic screening diagnosis My office has been deluged with mes- sages from constituents who oppose the I have a 24-year-old patient who was born and testing—the kind of early inter- with a congenital condition that did not vention and good healthcare that chil- Republican leader’s bill. This shows whom we have heard from in recent allow his leg bones to grow completely. This dren get on Medicaid. patient was unable to afford proper care and A lot of seniors get into nursing weeks. I have received more than 5,400 had been walking with an old prosthetic for homes. A lot of middle-class seniors messages opposing the bill and 108 in the last 3 years. support, so 5,461 are in opposition, and from middle-class families get into Imagine not being able to get your 108 are in support. nursing homes solely because they get prosthetic replaced for 3 years. I am sure my colleagues on the other the benefit of Medicaid, in addition to side of the aisle must be receiving Thanks to expanded Medicaid and to the Medicare. similar volumes of mail and phone ACA protections for those with pre-existing The last thing I would say is that I conditions, he’s now getting quality care and think Senators in this Chamber should calls from their constituents, and they can afford a new prosthetic. are hearing what I am hearing from my think about the basic inequity when So his life has been changed by the constituents: that if we go forward they have healthcare. Everyone here Affordable Care Act. with this legislation that the House has healthcare. All the families here I have also heard stories from scores passed and that the Senate is consid- have healthcare. All of our loved ones of entrepreneurs and small business ering, we are going to have people lose who are dependent upon us have owners who have benefited from the Af- their access to healthcare and many healthcare. Yet some will vote to take fordable Care Act. people will have to pay more. away healthcare from some, and, in the So I appeal to Republican leaders. I This is Steve Roll of Keene, NH, and very same bill, vote for gross, obscene urge you to stop and reconsider what he wrote: tax cuts for the wealthiest among us— you are doing. I want you to listen to In late 2015, I left my job to start my own most of whom, I would bet, don’t want some of the people we have heard from business. I’ve built a profitable business and expect to hire employees within a year or those tax cuts. They would rather see in New Hampshire, everyday Ameri- us take care of the vulnerable. two. Before the ACA, I wouldn’t have taken cans whose lives would be devastated the risk to start a business because I have a So it is a basic choice. This isn’t by this legislation. complicated. This is a very simple pre-existing condition and I wouldn’t have Several months ago, I asked people been able to get an individual health insur- choice. I hope that in the course of this across the State of New Hampshire to ance policy. If the ACA is repealed, I’m con- debate, some will come forward with tell me their stories about the Afford- cerned that I’ll need to put my business on some courage, some guts, and some able Care Act, to tell me their con- hold in order to go back to a corporate job compassion and do the right thing and cerns, to let me know how it has made just to get the healthcare benefits. vote this bill down. a difference for them. Well, the healthcare legislation that I yield the floor. Here we see one of the people I heard has been produced by the Republican The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- from. This is Deodonne Bhattarai and leadership in the Senate would take ator from New Hampshire. her son Bodhi. They live in Concord, away the requirement that people with Mrs. SHAHEEN. Mr. President, last NH. As you see, Bodhi is in a special preexisting conditions have to have ac- month, Republicans in the House of chair. Deodonne writes: cess to healthcare. Representatives passed a healthcare Our three-year-old son is a bright, curious, We have another businessperson here, bill. They call it the American Health funny little boy who also has Spinal Mus- Dave Lucier. He is the owner of Clare- Care Act. It has been widely described cular Atrophy. mont Spice & Dry Goods in western as cruel and poorly crafted. Last week, That is a degenerative neuro- New Hampshire. Dave wrote this: President Trump described it as muscular disease that causes his mus- Before the Affordable Care Act, insurance ‘‘mean.’’ cles to be very weak. costs were more than a third of my business The House bill, by design, would take Our insurance initially denied coverage for expenses. Now they’re less than an eighth. health coverage away from tens of mil- his wheelchair, but because of the Affordable The ACA made it possible for me to go out lions of Americans. It ends the guar- Care Act— on my own and realize my dream of starting antee of affordable coverage for people The ban on discrimination against a small business here in Claremont. with preexisting conditions. It cuts those with preexisting conditions— And his business is doing well. Medicaid, which is the principal pro- my son is now able to explore his world inde- Many women have written to me gram for ensuring children, people with pendently. about how the Affordable Care Act has

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The Commission talked about her last night when I was have six requests for committees to serves to protect public health and the talking about the impact of this Re- meet during today’s session of the Sen- environment. The Nuclear Regulatory publican bill on women’s health. Maura ate. They do not have the approval of Commission needs a quorum of its wrote: the Democratic leader; therefore, they members in office to meet its mission. My husband and I are self-employed. Be- will not be permitted to meet, but I We need to confirm Kristine fore the ACA, we were paying rates that were ask unanimous consent that a list of Svinicki, and I urge all Senators to simply unsustainable for a middle-class fam- committees requesting authority to ily like ours. When I was pregnant in 2013, we vote yes on her nomination. meet be printed in the RECORD. I yield the floor. were forced to pay a maternity rider of an There being no objection, the mate- additional $822 a month. I’m worried about I suggest the absence of a quorum. rial was ordered to be printed in the the rollbacks in regulations around essential The PRESIDING OFFICER. The RECORD, as follows: health benefits, especially since so many of clerk will call the roll. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and them impact women. Maternity coverage The bill clerk proceeded to call the shouldn’t come with an additional $800 a Forestry month price tag. Committee on Banking, Housing, and roll. Here in Washington, some folks seem Urban Affairs Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask Committee on Energy and Natural Re- to think that repealing the Affordable unanimous consent that the order for sources the quorum call be rescinded. Care Act is all about politics, that it is Committee on the Judiciary about winning this debate. But for or- Committee on Intelligence The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without dinary people in New Hampshire—peo- Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, objection, it is so ordered. ple like Maura, like the McCabe fam- Fisheries, and Coast Guard Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ily, like all the people I have shown NOMINATION OF KRISTINE SVINICKI yield back all time. pictures of this afternoon—for ordinary Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without people in New Hampshire and across come to the floor today to speak in objection, it is so ordered. America, repealing the Affordable Care support of President Trump’s nomina- Under the previous order, all Act isn’t about politics. For so many of tion of Kristine Svinicki to continue postcloture time is expired and the them, it is about life-and-death. It is serving as a nuclear safety regulator. question occurs on the Billingslea nom- about the kind of lives they are going Ms. Svinicki has served as a member ination. to lead. It is about whether they are of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission The question is, Will the Senate ad- going to be able to continue to afford for more than 9 years. In January, vise and consent to the Billingslea healthcare, whether they are going to President Trump designated Ms. nomination? continue to pay their mortgage and Svinicki as the Chair of the Nuclear Mr. BARRASSO. I ask for the yeas buy prescription drugs. We need to lis- Regulatory Commission. She is well and nays. ten to these ordinary people in each of qualified. In her time in office, she has The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a our States whose lives and financial proven to be knowledgeable, dedicated, sufficient second? situations will be turned upside down if and an outstanding public servant. There appears to be a sufficient sec- the Affordable Care Act is repealed. She also has been very responsive to ond. Congress. Since becoming a Commis- This process has really not been in The clerk will call the roll. keeping with our democratic process in sioner, she has testified 18 times before The bill clerk called the roll. America. For the Republican leader- the Senate Environment and Public The result was announced—yeas 65, ship here in the Senate and before that Works Committee. Before becoming a nays 35, as follows: in the House to pursue a partisan ap- member of the NRC, she served as staff proach to healthcare, to deny Demo- in the U.S. Senate, as a nuclear engi- [Rollcall Vote No. 152 Ex.] crats and even deny many of my Re- neer at the Department of Energy, and YEAS—65 publican colleagues the ability to en- as an energy engineer for the Wis- Alexander Fischer Murkowski gage in the writing of this bill—it is consin Public Service Commission. Baldwin Flake Nelson She has already been confirmed twice Barrasso Gardner Paul deeply misguided to deny the public ac- Bennet Graham to serve on the NRC. In both 2008 and Perdue cess, to deny a hearing on this bill, leg- Blunt Grassley Portman islation that we know is going to hurt 2012, her nomination was approved by Boozman Hatch Risch tens of millions of Americans. the Environment and Public Works Burr Heitkamp Roberts Capito Heller Rounds There really is a better way forward Committee and by the full Senate, Cassidy Hoeven Rubio for both the Senate and for our coun- each time by voice vote. Earlier this Cochran Inhofe Sasse Collins Isakson try. If we put ideology and partisanship month, the Environment and Public Scott aside, if we work together, we can Works Committee approved her nomi- Coons Johnson Corker Kaine Shelby strengthen the parts of the Affordable nation for a third time, again by voice Cornyn Kennedy Strange Care Act that aren’t working. We can vote. Cotton King Sullivan Her nomination has garnered support Crapo Lankford Tester continue Medicaid expansion so it can Thune from groups like Third Way, which is a Cruz Lee help people with substance use dis- Daines Manchin Tillis orders, so it can help kids with disabil- think tank once labeled as ‘‘radical Donnelly McCain Toomey ities, so it can help elderly people in centrists’’ by the New York Times. Duckworth McCaskill Warner nursing homes. We can fix what is not Josh Freed, who is the vice president of Enzi McConnell Wicker Ernst Moran Young working, and we can improve on this the Clean Energy Program at Third law and make it better, but we can’t do Way, said this: ‘‘Svinicki’s work at the NAYS—35 that if we continue to be divided up on NRC has resulted in improved readi- Blumenthal Franken Merkley our partisan sides, if we are not willing ness to regulate small modular and ad- Booker Gillibrand Murphy Brown Harris to talk about the issue, not willing to vanced reactors that could provide Murray Cantwell Hassan Peters work together. enormous benefits for climate, Amer- Cardin Heinrich Reed The American people want us to ican leadership, and domestic job cre- Carper Hirono Sanders work together here in Washington to ation.’’ He went on to say that Chair- Casey Klobuchar Schatz Cortez Masto Leahy Schumer address their concerns. Well, it is time man Svinicki’s continued leadership at Durbin Markey Shaheen to respect their wishes. Let’s strength- the NRC is needed now more than ever. Feinstein Menendez

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On this a 17-year period, his father conducted which the clerk will state. vote, the yeas are 89, the nays are 10. about 30. In other words, he has done The assistant bill clerk read as fol- The motion is agreed to. over twice as many in a fraction of the lows: time. f Additionally, Kim Jong Un has sped CLOTURE MOTION EXECUTIVE CALENDAR up North Korea’s nuclear program We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The since taking power in 2011. North Ko- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the rea’s nuclear technology is advancing Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby clerk will report the nomination. move to bring to a close debate on the nomi- The senior assistant legislative clerk at an alarming rate. For example, the nation of Kristine L. Svinicki, of Virginia, to read the nomination of Kristine L. bomb North Korea tested in its most be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Com- Svinicki, of Virginia, to be a Member recent test last September was 10 times mission for the term of five years expiring of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission more powerful than what the regime June 30, 2022. could have produced in 2006—10 times Mitch McConnell, Orrin G. Hatch, John for the term of five years expiring June 30, 2022. more. Hoeven, John Cornyn, John Barrasso, At the same time, North Korea has The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- John Boozman, Mike Rounds, Thom actively worked on miniaturizing nu- Tillis, Chuck Grassley, John Thune, ator from Oklahoma. clear weapons so that they can deliver Mike Crapo, Bill Cassidy, James M. Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask by way of a ballistic missile. Earlier Inhofe, Thad Cochran, Steve Daines, unanimous consent to speak as in this year, analysts detected activity at Tom Cotton, Roger F. Wicker. morning business for as much time as I a North Korean nuclear test site, indi- The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- may consume. cating another nuclear test may be im- imous consent, the mandatory quorum The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without minent. call has been waived. objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Is it the sense of the Intelligence and military experts NORTH KOREA have repeatedly argued that it is pru- Senate that debate on the nomination Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, as we of Kristine L. Svinicki, of Virginia, to dent to assume that North Korea has begin the markup—that is what we are successfully miniaturized their nuclear be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory going to be starting on right away. We Commission, shall be brought to a weapons. That means the only tech- have already had an initial meeting nology they need to conduct a nuclear close? with the Senate Armed Services Com- The yeas and nays are mandatory strike on the U.S. mainland—that is mittee on the National Defense Au- us; that is right here—would be a func- under the rule. thorization Act. I want to express my The clerk will call the roll. tional intercontinental ballistic mis- deep concern over the continued ma- sile, or ICBM. The assistant bill clerk called the lign behavior by the overtly hostile na- roll. In January, Kim Jong Un said North tion of North Korea. Korea is in the ‘‘final stage in prepara- Mr. CORNYN. The following Senator I often talk to people, and they shake is necessarily absent: the Senator from tions.’’ their heads in disbelief about a country Let’s make sure we understand what Tennessee (Mr. ALEXANDER). that is run by a mentally deranged in- we are talking about. We know that Further, if present and voting, the dividual who is rapidly developing the their capability is getting very close to Senator from Tennessee (Mr. ALEX- capability of hitting the mainland it, and they have already said that ANDER) would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ United States with a missile. I think it they would send something over to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there is important that we immediately get mainland United States. any other Senators in the Chamber de- to our Defense authorization bill, so we Unfortunately, when you talk to peo- siring to vote? can start addressing this and many ple in the real world, they can’t believe The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 89, other problems that we have. this could be true—that one guy who is nays 10, as follows: It is important to us in the Senate to mentally deranged could be heading up [Rollcall Vote No. 153 Ex.] communicate to the American people a country that has the capability of YEAS—89 the incredibly grave situation we are blowing up an American city. Yet we Baldwin Feinstein Moran facing right now in North Korea. The know this is going on right now. Barrasso Fischer Murkowski Kim Jong Un regime has expressed a Recently, in the Armed Services Bennet Flake Murphy desire to destroy the United States of Blumenthal Franken Murray Committee—and I was in attendance at Blunt Gardner Nelson America. Normally that wouldn’t be a that time—the Defense Intelligence Boozman Graham Paul concern because he wouldn’t have the Agency Director, Lt. Gen. Vincent Brown Grassley Perdue credibility, but right now we are seeing Burr Hassan Stewart, told the Armed Services Com- Peters progress being made in their tech- mittee: ‘‘If left on its current trajec- Cantwell Hatch Portman Capito Heinrich Reed nology and their ability to actually hit tory the [North Korean] regime will ul- Cardin Heitkamp Risch major areas. timately succeed in fielding a nuclear- Carper Hirono Roberts Casey Hoeven In April, North Korea’s official news- armed missile capable of threatening Rounds Cassidy Inhofe paper relayed the threat of a preemp- the United States homeland.’’ Rubio Cochran Isakson Sasse tive strike to ‘‘completely and imme- That is a direct quote by the guy who Collins Johnson diately wipe out not only U.S. impe- knows more about this than anybody Coons Kaine Schatz Corker Kennedy Schumer rialists’ invasion forces in South Korea else. Lieutenant General Stewart added Cornyn King Scott and its surrounding areas but the U.S. that ‘‘the North Korean regime is com- Cotton Klobuchar Shaheen mainland and reduce them to ashes.’’ mitted and is on a pathway where this Crapo Lankford Shelby Cruz Leahy Stabenow That is a threat—a threat that has capability is inevitable.’’ Daines Lee Strange come directly from the leader of North I will say that again. Our intelligence Donnelly Manchin Sullivan Korea. This is the most recent in a experts assessed that, unchecked, Duckworth McCain Tester long line of threats by that individual. North Korea will inevitably achieve Durbin McCaskill Thune Enzi McConnell Tillis In addition, North Korean leaders the capability to strike the U.S. home- Ernst Menendez Toomey constantly threaten our friends and al- land with a nuclear missile.

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No one seems to care about it be- North Korea’s known missile inven- what we will do with the most impor- cause they don’t know about it. None- tory now includes a missile that North tant bill we pass every year. theless, that is where we are today. Korea successfully tested for the first We are going to get started. I applaud In the recent years, despite waging time on May 14. That missile rep- the President for the fiscal year 2018 multiple wars and facing unparalleled resented a major breakthrough in budget request that calls for increases global threats, our spending has de- North Korean ballistic missile tech- to defense spending and aims to fill creased to about 15 percent of our total nology. The reports indicate the mis- critical readiness gaps. Right now, in spending. The Chief of Staff of the sile traveled over 1,300 miles at an alti- Congress, we need to build on that even Army, General Milley, said it best tude and successfully exited and then further. when it comes to funding our military. reentered the Earth’s atmosphere—a First, we need to bolster our national This is really significant now when key requirement for nuclear capable ballistic defense capabilities to address people are talking about spending too the threats we face from North Korea. ICBMs. much. He said: If fired at its maximum range, the That is a no-brainer. We all understand that. Since 2006, the Missile Defense The only thing more expensive than deter- missile could reach Guam. Though the rence, is actually fighting a war. And the missile itself was not an ICBM, the Agency budget has fallen 23 percent only thing more expensive than fighting a technological breakthrough dem- when adjusted for inflation. While we war, is fighting one and losing one . . . We’re onstrates a significant advancement have taken positive steps in recent expensive. We recognize that. But the bot- that North Korea has made in their years, we need to ensure our last-resort tom line is, it’s an investment that is worth ballistic missile capability. This is ac- defenses are airtight. every nickel. We should heed the recommendations tual. This is happening. This is today. So we have to immediately make up of defense experts like Gen. Lori Robin- This is reality. for the damage done by the years of the son, commander of the U.S. Northern Another significant advancement dangerous defense cuts and recognize Command, who testified in April before that occurs to me is the solid-fueled, what the government is really sup- our committee. I am quoting her now, road-mobile missiles the regime is de- posed to be doing. I refer to that old Lori Robinson: ‘‘As adversaries con- veloping. Kim Jong Un has successfully document nobody reads anymore called tinue to pursue credible and advanced tested two such missiles already this the Constitution. You read that, and it capabilities, we, too, must evolve our year—one in February and another last tells us what we are supposed to be missile defense capabilities to outpace month on May 21. doing here; No. 1, defending America; increasingly complex threats.’’ I think Solid-fueled missiles mounted on mo- No. 2, they called it post roads back that is a recognition by her—the one bile launch vehicles can be prepared then but infrastructure. That is what who probably knows more about it ahead of time. They can build up an in- we are actually supposed to be doing. than anyone else—that we are not ventory and come back and use that in- The good news is, under the leader- keeping pace right now. ship of President Trump, we have al- ventory whenever they desire to do so. Simultaneously, we have to boost our What can we do? It is clear that ready started that process working. military. Our forces are smaller than The appropriations bill last month North Korea does not respond to inter- the days of the hollow force. I chaired stopped the decline in Army strength. national pressure. All of these ballistic a committee not too long ago that had Instead of the planned 460,000 Active missile tests violate multiple U.N. res- the Vices of all four services. They all soldiers, we now have 475,000. We added olutions. Yet North Korea carries them came in. The conclusion was—even 1,000 marines, a few hundred airmen. In out, despite sanctions and inter- though some of them were not old total, we currently have 24,000 more national condemnation. The normal enough to remember, as I remember, servicemembers than we would have type of negotiation doesn’t work with the 1980s at the end of the Carter ad- had under the previous administration. those guys. Furthermore, conventional ministration, but they made the state- More good news is that we have ex- wisdom has led us to believe that ment that we are in a situation now ceptional patriots like the airmen at China—North Korea’s main trade part- that we have never been in before and ner in that region—holds significant that we are, in fact, a hollow force, just Tinker, Vance, and Altus Air Force sway over the regime. That conven- as hollow as we were back in 1989 after Bases and those who are protecting the tional wisdom has been called into the Carter administration. skies with F–16s out of my city of question recently. I commend the We really owe our brave service men Tulsa. Soldiers like those in Fort Sill Trump administration for recognizing and women better. We owe them an ob- and in Oklahoma’s 45th Infantry Bri- this and for working with China on this ligation. It is our obligation to let gade, who are right now in Ukraine issue, but we can’t assume that China them know what we are doing. Our training our allies there. will be able to help us close the deal in forces are smaller than the days of the People don’t know that the policy we a diplomatic way. hollow force in the 1980s. Our equip- are following under this new adminis- Therefore, it is incumbent upon us to ment is aging, and our base infrastruc- tration is, we are using our resources take all appropriate steps to defend ture requires critical maintenance and to help others train themselves. In the ourselves from this threat that exists upgrades. We went through 8 years of case of Ukraine—what happened in today. We have to keep in mind that as the Obama administration. We paid our Ukraine should never have happened. we formulate this year’s National De- price in not really giving our brave Ukraine had this great parliamentary fense Authorization Act—that is what I young warriors the equipment they election. I happened to be there at the am talking about now—we have to do needed. Through this year’s NDAA, we time, about 4 years ago. For the first it. For 53 consecutive years, we have ought to prioritize across the board time in 96 years, Ukraine doesn’t have passed the Defense authorization bill, end-strength increases and additional one Communist in its Parliament. and right now there is some doubt as to investments in maintenance to fill They did that because they love us. whether we will get enough coopera- gaps in existing formations and to get They love the West. Consequently, tion from those in this Chamber to our existing equipment back to par. when Putin came in right after that— make that happen again. The first thing that happens when you this is back during the Obama adminis- I remember 4 years ago, when I was are on a starvation diet is you let your tration—he started killing the Ukrain- ranking member on the Senate Armed maintenance and modernization go. We ians, who were seeking their freedom— Services Committee, we didn’t get this have done that. our best friends over there—and our ad- done until the latter part of December. I hear people say defense spending is ministration refused to let us even If you wait around until the latter part out of control. The truth is, defense send defensive weapons over there.

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In return for paying HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION regime and confident President Trump these higher prices, you get a check or has taken the appropriate steps to ad- Mr. BLUMENTAL. Mr. President, I what someone would call free money, am here to share the words, the stories, dress this threat diplomatically. We, in but this money isn’t really free. The the fears, and some of the faces of peo- Congress, need to follow his lead to en- higher costs of energy, food, and goods ple in Connecticut who will be im- sure that our men and women in uni- are paid by the consumer. That is by pacted by the bill that was released form have the resources required to an- everyone in America, no exceptions, this morning—the so-called discussion swer the call quickly and effectively. and then returned to the consumer. draft, if that is the right term for it. We don’t have the luxury of time. Just Why can’t they just avoid the transi- We learned this morning, I think, why think of the statement I read a minute tion and just keep their money in the that discussion draft has been shrouded ago, where Gen. Vincent Stewart told first place? Well, they can. That is the in secrecy. The reason is very simply the Armed Services Committee a week answer. ago: ‘‘If left on its current trajectory Furthermore, if every American gets that my Republican colleagues are the regime will ultimately succeed in the same amount of money as this ashamed and embarrassed about it, and fielding a nuclear-armed missile capa- money calls for, is that really equi- rightly, because it is not only mean, as ble of threatening the United States table? A family who lives in a small the House bill was, but it is meaner. It homeland.’’ apartment, who walks or takes the is cruel and costly. While we have a lot of problems right subway to work or to school and It will be cruel and costly to the peo- now on this floor—and we are trying to doesn’t own a car in New York City ple of Connecticut, in human suffering address these problems—the No. 1 prob- would get the same amount of money and illness and disease, and it will be lem is what is happening to our mili- as the independent long-haul trucker costly in failing to prevent and treat tary and the absolute necessity of get- or a farmer in rural Oklahoma who disease before it becomes more expen- ting a defense authorization passed spends a lot of time in his truck and sive. That is one of the lessons of pub- very rapidly. We are starting today. running his tractor and using more en- lic health policy today: Treat earlier; CARBON TAX ergy to run his farm and his home. As prevent before diseases or illnesses or Mr. President, let me just mention unreasonable as it sounds, this is a re- conditions become even more costly. It one more thing because I think I do ality. There are those out there. is not only a way to save lives; it is a have a little bit more time. Earlier this The conservative climate solution way to save money. year, several major oil and gas compa- sounds more like a redistribution from nies announced their support for a car- our rural citizens to more urban popu- The voices and faces of Connecticut bon tax plan. This is kind of inter- lations. Usually, we are talking about have been heard nowhere in this proc- esting because we have been fighting taxing the rich to pay to the poor. This ess because of its secrecy, because it this battle for a long period of time. is something new. has denied anyone in America, in fact, You have to keep in mind there are Furthermore, I always find it inter- the opportunity to be heard, to com- some very large corporations that esting that the Warren Buffetts of the ment, to make their views known. would inure to benefit from a carbon world want more taxes. They feel com- Speed and secrecy have been the tax. fortable enough in their wealth to ask watchwords, and they are a toxic rec- The plan they are backing is one put for more of their money to be taken, ipe, and they should mean this discus- forth by the Climate Leadership Coun- knowing that raising taxes is a non- sion draft is dead on delivery today. cil. This group’s plan is labeled as a starter for many of us in Congress. As My constituents have actually come conservative climate solution that I pointed out to him, and will point out in overwhelming numbers to an emer- would tax greenhouse gas emissions to the companies that have joined the gency field hearing on healthcare that and return money to the taxpayers as a Climate Leadership Council, you are I began in Hartford earlier this week, climate dividend. free to write your check, if you want to Monday morning at 9 a.m. They came It ain’t going to happen, folks. You do it anyway. If you are so wrapped up for 2 hours. There were many more pass a tax, and it is going to cost ev- in this idea, then you need either to than we expected on very short notice, eryone—at least everyone who uses en- go—or if, for some other reason, you and they were there to make sure their ergy. I don’t know of anyone right now want to pay money to the Treasury, voices and faces were heard and seen. in America who doesn’t. The heart of they are open for business and would be That is what I did earlier in the week the plan is to make energy from fossil glad to take your money. If you feel when I entered their testimony into fuels more expensive. that strongly, why wait for legislation the RECORD of the Senate. I was proud One of the things I do every week, I that would be a nonstarter? If you are to do so. go back to my State of Oklahoma a citizen and want to pay for your car- We are continuing that emergency where there are logical people. I talk bon footprint, the Treasury would be to them about things you don’t hear in field hearing, in fact, tomorrow at 1:30 very glad to accept that. in New Haven at the Aldermanic Cham- Washington; things, for example, back Let’s face it. I am not going to sup- bers, which have even greater capacity. there in the Obama administration. It port a new tax—what could very well We are expecting many more, judging was in Chaddick, OK. A farmer came up end up a tax, maybe even the largest by the response to the email blast and to me and said: Explain this to me, tax we would have in this country that invitations that we have sent, because Senator. If right now we have a Presi- does not accomplish anything. dent who is trying to do away with fos- Let’s keep in mind, if there is some- people care about healthcare. sil fuels—that is coal, oil and gas—and body out there who it inures to their They should care because it is the he also wants to do away with nuclear, corporate benefit, or otherwise, to in- difference between life and death, and and while we are dependent—in order crease their taxes, let them go ahead this bill will be the difference between to run this machine called America, for and send their check to the Treasury. life and death for so many people in 89 percent of the energy we use, we are They will be glad to get it. Connecticut. It will be death. Even dependent upon fossil fuels and nu- BILLINGSLEA NOMINATION though that statement may sound like clear, and if he is successful, how do Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- hyperbole or exaggeration, the public you run the machine called America? sent that the motion to reconsider health experts, the docs, and the hos- The answer is, you can’t. This fight has with respect to the Billingslea nomina- pitals that deliver healthcare in Con- been going on for a long period of time. tion be considered made and laid upon necticut and around the country know If you drive a car, you use electricity, the table and the President be imme- that it is true, and so do the people of or heat your home, you will see higher diately notified of the Senate’s action. Connecticut and our country.

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Why is it they need and deserve and the cause they could abuse preexisting con- not for one of historic and unprece- healthcare they need and deserve. ditions, and they will do it again if this dented importance for the future of our Their mom reached out to my office bill passes. Nation? to speak at the hearing that I am hav- This bill’s depravity unfortunately Instead, they have met behind closed ing tomorrow. She wrote to me: goes even further. It actually defunds doors, a group of men who, maybe, co- I am very frightened that federal funding Planned Parenthood, our Nation’s larg- incidently, produced a bill that defunds for state Medicaid programs will receive tre- est women’s healthcare provider, while Planned Parenthood and, in effect, fur- mendous cuts with this potential repeal. I eviscerating protections that guar- thers a war on women’s health—an as- hope to advocate to all those in positions of antee women have access to maternal power that will listen so they can see a face sault on women’s healthcare that will to this problem. care throughout their pregnancy. It deny mammograms, screenings, pre- The face to this problem is before us not only stops and undermines effec- ventive care—and on primary care for in this Chamber. It is children and fam- tive family planning, but it then denies men, as well as women, in this country. ilies that will see Medicaid decimated effective healthcare when women be- It will gut Medicare and Medicaid. It for them if the Affordable Care Act is come pregnant. So it is a kind of catch- will rob millions of people of the repealed, as would be done by this so- 22. healthcare they now have through called discussion draft from our Repub- This action is cruelly ironic, turning Medicaid. It will mean higher costs and lican colleagues. women away from basic birth control less care for America and especially for Today Evan, Amelie, and Amanda’s services and then threatening their ac- our seniors, who will be among the mom is just learning how tremendous cess to maternity care when they un- most victimized by these cuts. these cuts will be, and today she will avoidably become pregnant. It is really For anyone who cares about opioid fear even more for her children’s health and simply devastatingly bad public addiction and abuse—and everyone in and well-being, because when we talk policy, a foolish proposal that attacks this Chamber, by an overwhelming ma- about cuts to Medicaid, we aren’t talk- women’s healthcare and defunds jority, during the last session voted for ing about a line item on a budget. We Planned Parenthood, which is an over- the 21st Century Cures Act and then for aren’t talking about a simple number whelmingly popular healthcare pro- the Comprehensive Addiction and Re- or a statistic. We are talking about lit- vider. The objective is to score cheap covery Act, bipartisan, but it was no- erally millions of children like Evan, political points on the far right. where nearly enough funded—this bill Amelie, and Amanda, who have parents Tomorrow in Connecticut, when I means, in fact, less funding than the fearing what will happen if their reli- hold another hearing—and we may House measure would have provided, ance on Medicaid is betrayed ruth- have another afterward—many of my from $65 billion increased funding for lessly, senselessly, and recklessly and colleagues may wonder why. They may opioid addiction and abuse treatment if their dependence on this vital pro- well be scared of having that kind of to $2 billion. gram for the basic healthcare they hearing, where they have to listen to When my colleagues characterize this need is stripped away. the voices and see the faces of the peo- bill as heartless, they underestimate This bill would also jeopardize afford- ple who will suffer under this bill. They its impact on people who suffer from able access to people with preexisting certainly have been too scared to have the disease—it is a disease, not a moral conditions. At my hearing, a woman that kind of hearing in the U.S. Sen- failing—of addiction and abuse. named Michelle Virshup told her story ate. Yesterday the voices and faces that I of how the Affordable Care Act was I will hear from the people this bill elicited on the floor of the Senate were there for her to provide coverage as will hurt. I will hear from people whose three people who have struggled with well as services when she was diag- lives will be put at risk as a result of substance use disorder and encountered nosed with an autoimmune disease in this heartless, cruel, and costly meas- different endings—Justice, Sean, and her early twenties. Now, 3 years later, ure. I will be inspired by these people, Frank. We lost Sean just a few weeks she is doing a lot better and is actually and I will fight as long and as hard as ago. Frank could not come to the hear- an attorney fighting to remove barriers possible to be sure that this bill never ing we conducted on Monday because to healthcare for others in her commu- becomes law. he is recovering, as well, and the heart- nity. She will suffer under this bill be- Listening to our constituents is real- break of Sean’s loss so affected him. cause her access to essential services ly the way democracy is supposed to But Maria Skinner described their will be weakened. She will be stripped work. We are proud of talking about struggle to recover from that sub- of coverage that is actually affordable. democracy. We are approaching the stance use disorder. Justice will likely She will be effectively cut from Fourth of July. What better way to cel- never recover from the injuries she sus- healthcare once and for all. ebrate our democracy than to listen in tained when she overdosed. Although When telling me about her illness, this Chamber, in these halls, to the Frank is doing well, I am pleased to Michelle said: people who have expertise and experi- say he has access to Medicaid and the The Affordable Care Act allowed me to see ence that we need instead of the se- essential treatment services that he it through and the Affordable Care Act pro- crecy and speed that we are seeing needs only because Medicaid exists in tects me now. Though my health is good, my now. the present form. Denying him that experience is a preexisting condition that I am proud that we are having these kind of service and treatment means will follow me for the rest of my life. hearings in Connecticut. I urge my col- that he may be consigned to the risk That is the thing about a preexisting leagues to do the same. They are emer- that doomed Justice and Sean. The condition. It follows people for the rest gency hearings because we face the his- coldheartedness of the House bill was of their lives. It is preexisting before toric and unprecedented exigencies of a hard to match, but on Medicaid the they have insurance coverage, and so it proposed bill that will rip away guar- Senate version has outdone even that is preexisting forever. This bill, in ena- antees of effective insurance coverage coldheartedness—cutting the program bling States to eviscerate the safe- that Americans need and deserve. even more drastically and costing our guards against abuse of preexisting Healthcare is a right. Eventually we Nation, not just healthcare but also conditions, means their healthcare will will have single-payer in this country. jobs. be in jeopardy and their lives will be at But for now, let’s build on the Afford- When we say Medicaid, let’s be very risk and the abuses that I fought when able Care Act, let’s make it better, clear whom we are talking about, and I was attorney general—time after let’s cure its defects, and let’s work to- let me introduce three of the people time, year after year—will come back gether across the aisle. We can do that who are affected. again. if we have that resolve.

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She is con- mean’’ or ‘‘mean 2.’’ for hearings, and for debates. cerned that if these proposals get Most of us agree that we must make The Presiding Officer and I have passed, she will end up paying far more changes to the Affordable Care Act, as talked about this issue. I know the for her health insurance, and her I said at the beginning of my remarks. Presiding Officer has many good ideas daughter might lose her coverage alto- I would love to see those changes to to contribute, and I am hopeful that we gether. prescription drug prices, not only with can start over with a bill that would Take Mike from Grand Marais—that the Medicare negotiation I just men- consist of a number of changes in our is in the far corner of Minnesota, right tioned, getting rid of that prohibition existing healthcare system. That is up at the tip. He has been self-em- that stops 41 million seniors from nego- what I think we need to do, instead of ployed his whole life and is now ap- tiating for lower prices for prescription this repeal bill that came to us without proaching retirement. He told me that drugs by passing the bill that I have hearings. It is just not the right way to just as he is about to retire, he will not led for years to allow for that negotia- do this. be able to afford health insurance be- tion, but I would like to see more com- I have already gotten reactions from cause of the way this proposal works. petition in two other ways. One is my State. Just to use some quotes Like the House bill, it would increase bringing in safe drugs from other coun- from an article in the Minneapolis premiums for older Minnesotans. tries like Canada. Senator MCCAIN and StarTribune that was just posted—we A woman from Andover, MN, wrote I have a bill that would allow that to have our health plans saying that what to me that she is worried about this happen. matters is Medicaid, and they are the slam dunk attempt to check off a box The second is allowing for more ge- leaders in our healthcare community, on a to-do list, when, in fact, she is neric competition and making it easier calling this bill disappointing because squarely in the middle of that box. She to have generic competition—again, of the continued insistence on signifi- asked me to put a face on the type of not in the House or the Senate bill. cantly cutting Medicaid, the federally person who is affected by rushing Senator GRASSLEY and I have a bill paid health insurance program for through this checklist, and that would that would stop ‘‘pay for delay.’’ That those who are the most vulnerable. be her 28-year-old son. She said that is where companies pay generics to They have said things—the big story Medicaid coverage has been a lifesaver keep their products off the market. has been, What is it going to do to for her son because it helps him afford The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Medicaid? But, in fact, what our ex- the treatment he needs to strive for an Office has assessed that we would not perts in our State are saying—our independent, productive life. only save billions of dollars for the health plans—is that this is really I have heard from so many people government but also for taxpayers if more of the same from what we have from all of the corners of my State, this passed. I would like to have that seen in the House bill, but over a dif- from the old, the young, the middle- bill come up for a vote, maybe in the ferent time period. There is an argu- aged. I have heard from many people form of an amendment, because I be- ment that in the end, it involves even from the rural parts of my State about lieve it would pass. deeper cuts. the House bill, which, of course, is very We could make improvements in the The Minnesota Hospital Association similar to the Senate bill that has been exchanges with the idea of reinsurance. came out and has already, in just the proposed here. They were especially There are many ways we could come last few hours, said that the last of the worried about the billions in cuts to together to make sensible changes to guaranteed benefits discourages pre- Medicaid, which is the lead part of the the Affordable Care Act. We can never ventive care and that this proposal concern from the Minnesota Council of have a bill that big without making ‘‘creates a lot of chaos.’’ Health Plans. some changes, and I think the time has One of the heads of one of our major The Senate proposal, as I mentioned, come. hospitals said: would make even deeper cuts over the Instead, we see a bill that was draft- They are shortening up the money. But long term to Medicaid. Medicaid covers ed behind closed doors. Yes, Demo- they’re not giving us the ability to manage more than 1.2 million Minnesotans, in- cratic Senators were not a part of that; the care. cluding more than one-fifth of the peo- that is it the way it is. But I don’t I have long advocated for changes to ple in the rural part of our State—20 think those doors should be closed to the Affordable Care Act—significant percent of our rural population. This the American people. changes. I think seniors should be funding is vital to the ability of our Last week I attended the men’s base- given the ability to harness their mar- rural hospitals and healthcare pro- ball game between Democrats and Re- keting power and negotiate for lower viders in those parts of our State to publicans. It was an amazing event prices under Medicare for prescription stay open and serve their patients. with over 25,000 people. At the end, drugs. They are currently prohibited Many people who work in rural hos- when the Democratic team won, they from doing that. I think that is wrong. pitals and who are served by rural hos- took their trophy and gave it to the I said that when the Affordable Care pitals have deep concerns. Republican team, and they asked them Act passed. Even after seeing the Senate proposal to put it in Representative SCALISE’s I think there are many good things for just these few hours, it is clear that office. We should take the spirit that we could do to help with the exchanges this healthcare legislation would have we saw at that congressional baseball and with small business rates, includ- massive life-changing implications for game. We should take that spirit, and ing doing something federally on rein- families all over the country. we should bring it into this Chamber, surance. My State legislature, which is We know the President of the United and we should start working on a bill a Republican State legislature, joined States is not known for mincing words, together—not this bill. We should start with our Democratic Governor and but we also know he used very direct working on a bill that makes some worked out an agreement on insurance. language when he talked about the major changes to the Affordable Care We are currently awaiting word from House bill. The reports are that he Act. We have ideas on both sides, and the administration on a waiver, but we called it mean, and there has been no that is what I think we should do. think that is a good idea, and there are denial that he said that. He didn’t need With that, I yield the floor. things we can do to bring that out na- a poll or focus group. He didn’t need to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- tionally. I don’t see that happening know every detail of the bill. But when jority whip. with this bill. you hear that millions and millions of Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I en- In the end, what matters to me is people could lose their health insur- joyed listening to the comments of my how this bill affects individual people ance, the wealthiest would get tax friend, the Senator from Minnesota, in my State. Laura from North St. cuts, and then the people who need and I would just say a couple of things.

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So it is a little ing the millions of people who are alone, on which the distinguished Pre- hard to take seriously the statement being hurt by the status quo and siding Officer and I serve, has had no that if we would just be willing to work ObamaCare, to act responsibly to make fewer than 36 hearings on ObamaCare with them, we could get this done, be- sure this safety net program is avail- since 2011, ranging from the high cost cause we have asked, and they have re- able for low-income people going for- of ObamaCare to transparency in the fused. ward. We all should agree on that— Medicaid system. But it is not too late. If we could get that it is important and that we ought Just this year, there have been doz- a bipartisan group of Senators to actu- to put it on a sustainable, responsible ens of meetings throughout our con- ally improve the status quo, which is a fiscal path. ference. We would love to include disaster under ObamaCare, then I So this was kind of an interesting ex- Democrats, but they have chosen not think we could make progress. But perience here this morning. We roll out to participate. Since May 4 alone, 18 of that is not what I hear. the discussion draft of the ObamaCare our conference lunches have been en- I hear Senators criticizing the House repeal-and-replace bill, we put it on the tirely dedicated to healthcare. There is bill. I guess that is because they internet, we make sure everybody has a practical reason for that too—be- haven’t read the Senate bill, and we access to it, and we ask for their input, cause without Democrats participating have said all along that we want to im- their advice, and their suggestions, and in the process, we have 52 Republicans prove on what the House did. I think we are starting to get suggestions. We in order to get 51 votes to pass a bill. the draft bill, which is just that—it is welcome suggestions that people have That means everybody is essential to a a draft; it is a work in progress—does to this initial discussion draft. But you successful outcome in repealing and re- represent in many instances an im- have to start somewhere, and this is placing ObamaCare. provement over the House bill. where we are going to start. Then we So no one has been excluded. I look forward to working with a coa- will have a process next week whereby Everybody’s ideas have been solicited. lition of the willing, whoever that any Senator who has an amendment to That doesn’t even count individual might be. I hear some happy talk, but the bill has an absolute right to file meetings we have had with Senators I don’t see many people willing to cross that amendment and get a vote on it. I and constituents. over and actually work with us, roll up can’t imagine a more transparent and Even after receiving this discussion their sleeves, and do the hard work to open process than putting it on the draft, some of my colleagues across the actually pass a bipartisan bill. internet, inviting people to comment aisle continue to refuse to enter into I just have to say, I hear the criti- and discuss, and then having an open debate because they say it is not a cism about cutting Medicaid. Well, the amendment process following debate final bill. Well, that is the point. We fact is, under the draft bill that was and then vote. That is what we are sup- didn’t present this as a fait accompli; filed today, the essential safety net for posed to do—vote. we presented this as a place to start. low-income Americans is preserved. We So I think today represents a big step And they don’t even want to start. All actually will end up spending more forward in saving those Americans who they want to do is criticize. But they money next year than this year and are being punished by health insurance don’t want to criticize an actual bill; more money the following year because choices that limit their right to choose they want to criticize the House bill, what we do is add a consumer price a product at a price they can afford because they haven’t even read the 142- index increase. that suits their family’s needs. page Senate bill. This is called a dis- As the Presiding Officer knows, being We know what the promises were, cussion draft for a reason: We are open- a practicing physician, this is a com- and I guess I just have to repeat them ing up a conversation and a discussion plex issue, but the fact is, it is abso- again. President Obama said: If you with the American people. lutely critical to reforming Medicaid like your policy, you can keep your But we know Senate Democrats have and making it work better. In addition policy. If you like your doctor, you can chosen not to help to clean up the mess to spending more money each year, keep your doctor. An average family of left by ObamaCare. I don’t really un- which is not a cut in most of America— four will see a $2,500 decrease in their derstand how they can turn a blind eye maybe it is in Washington, DC—as we insurance premiums. or a deaf ear to their constituents. I all know, Medicaid is an open-ended What we have seen is a $3,000 increase am confident, with all of the people entitlement, so if you qualify based on in insurance premiums for the average who are writing and calling me in your income, then you get access to family of four—not a decrease of $2,500, Texas, that they have to have people in Medicaid. Medicaid continues to drive an increase of $3,000. And people who their States who are calling them and the budgets—not only the Federal Gov- buy their health coverage on the insur- saying: My premiums are sky- ernment but also the State govern- ance exchanges in the individual mar- rocketing. My deductible is so high ment—and crowd out other priorities ket have experienced a 105-percent in- that I effectively don’t have access to that are also important, such as law crease in their premiums. Now, I don’t insurance. enforcement and education. know about you, but there are not By the way, the insurance companies What we have decided we must do is many things that come out of my pay- are pulling out of my State as fast as to put Medicaid on a sustainable path check on which I can sustain over a pe- they can because they are hem- by spending more money each year on riod of just a few years an increase like orrhaging money. low-income Americans. We still have that of 105 percent. Imagine if you had I don’t know why they are not moti- some more work to do. But the idea a 105-percent increase in your rent pay- vated to work with us, but apparently that just because—compared to an un- ments for your apartment or your that is the decision they have made. capped entitlement with no limits on mortgage payments for your house or Unfortunately, I think it goes back spending—we end up spending a set your car payments or anything else. to this: When President Obama visited amount, as we spent this year or will That is harmful and damaging to hard- Capitol Hill the last time, in January spend next year and add more each working Americans, and it really is a of 2017, he had one message to Senate year based on the cost-of-living index, breach of faith with them, when they Democrats; that is, don’t work with that somehow is a cut, is just ludi- were told when ObamaCare passed that Republicans on healthcare. The Presi- crous. That is certainly not my under- they would actually save $2,500. dent of the United States said don’t standing of what a cut is; it is a reduc- This discussion draft that was re- work with Republicans on healthcare. tion in the rate of growth. So if you leased today and put on the internet This flew in the face of three consecu- call that a cut, that assumes we are and is available to anybody who wants tive elections since ObamaCare had going to spend all of that uncapped access to it is a product of years of de- passed where the voters had clearly

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No Republicans position of more government as op- dren to stay on their parents’ policies voted for the bill; only Democrats posed to more freedom to let you through age 26. voted for the bill. Since that time, they choose instead of government choosing There are no changes to healthcare have gone from 60 Democratic Senators for you and to punish you with a pen- for veterans, for Medicare, or changes down to 48. They went from the major- alty if you don’t buy the product that to Social Security. ity in the House to the minority in the government orders you to buy? Our fourth point of action is safe- House. They went from holding the Our second goal is making healthcare guarding Medicaid, which I addressed a White House to Republicans now hold- coverage more affordable. little earlier, by giving States more ing the White House. To me, the mes- Under ObamaCare, taxes and man- flexibility. As we know, Medicaid is sage isn’t all that confusing, nor is it dates cost the American economy $1 paid for by both a State and a Federal subtle. It is clear to me that the Amer- trillion—I mentioned that a moment share, but the Federal Government sets ican people have rejected the failed ago—which, as our constituents felt the conditions by which that money promises of ObamaCare and have, firsthand, was ultimately paid by pa- can be spent on healthcare in the State frankly, punished our Democratic col- tients through higher healthcare cost. as part of a low-income safety net. Bu- leagues for passing it in the way they Our friends across the aisle think we reaucrats in Washington, DC, shouldn’t did and as a result of the failure to can raise taxes by $1 trillion and it decide how Medicaid is applied in keep the promises that were made won’t have any impact on the con- Texas. I don’t know what rationale ex- when it was sold. sumer. Well, that is just ridiculous. We ists there. Why should the Federal I have heard these concerns from my all know that those expenses get Government tell a State how to spend constituents in Texas for the last 7 passed on to the consumer and that its own money under Medicaid? years. I have read their letters and they get passed on in the form of high- I believe States know how to handle their emails, sharing some of their sto- er healthcare costs. So when you tax this best because they are closest to ries here on the Senate floor. prescriptions, for example, well, it is the problem and they can design This law has been expensive—about going to cost more. When you tax healthcare programs that meet the $1 trillion in new taxes. People wonder health insurance plans, which needs of those States. I dare say, the why the economy hasn’t grown during ObamaCare did, premiums are going to healthcare needs in Texas are much the Obama administration and since go up. And guess what. Taxing medical different from States like Vermont, the great recession of 2008. One reason devices increases the cost of those de- Idaho, or other States—smaller States, is because of the huge tax burden and vices and leads to job losses because certainly, with a more homogenous because of the regulatory burdens it they leave the United States, and they population. We have a very diverse imposed on small businesses, which are make those lifesaving medical products State. We have a large number of non- the primary engine of job growth in the offshore in order to avoid the medical citizens in my State. So why not send country, and ObamaCare has been part device taxes. the money to the States and give them of the reason for that. These taxes and mandates have crip- the flexibility to design programs to To my mind, this discussion draft pled our economy, and my colleagues deal with the needs of their people? does five things. on the other side of the aisle recognize That is why our draft allows States to First, our legislation zeroes in on the that as well. That is why our choose between a block grant and a per unstable individual market. healthcare plan will improve afford- capita support for the Medicaid popu- Under ObamaCare, insurance mar- ability by addressing ObamaCare’s lation starting in 2020. kets across the country have lan- taxes, which have hurt American fami- We have done our dead-level best to guished under high costs and taxes, and lies directly by making their make sure our draft doesn’t leave any- the result has been that 70 percent of healthcare less affordable. This frame- one out, to ensure that the most vul- counties nationwide have fewer than work provides a long-term State inno- nerable have protection—including two insurers to choose from. Less com- vation fund that encourages States to children with medically complex dis- petition means higher prices because assist high-cost and low-income indi- abilities. companies don’t have to compete for viduals, making healthcare more af- Perhaps most importantly is the fun- the sale of a policy. In my State, one- fordable. damental goal of this legislation to third of Texas counties have only one We are also encouraging tax credits free the American family from insurance option. That is not exactly a to help defray the cost of purchasing ObamaCare mandates that have hit choice; that is a monopoly. insurance, adjusted for age, geo- them where it hurts the most. We are Our legislation will help the col- graphical location, and income, so that giving Americans back their freedom lapsing insurance markets that have those who need financial assistance get of choice when it comes to healthcare, left millions of people with no options the help they need. which has so long been denied them by creating a stabilization fund that Health savings accounts will also be under the command-and-control re- will balance premium costs and address expanded under our draft, giving Amer- gime of ObamaCare. the lack of coverage that so many icans the choice of buying a hos- Our healthcare plan empowers fami- across the country have been experi- pitalization plan which covers major lies to make their own choices. It re- encing. medical costs—not if they choose not peals the individual mandate which I don’t care what our critics say, we to buy a comprehensive health insur- punishes you if you don’t buy the gov- are not pulling the rug out from any- ance policy but, rather, to save money ernment-approved policy and the em- one. We will continue Federal assist- in a health savings account to be used ployer mandate that has resulted from ance for healthcare markets through for healthcare if they need it, and if people going from full-time work to 2021 to make the transition smooth, they don’t need it, they can use it for part-time work because employers much unlike our experience with their savings. We give them that op- have sought to avoid that penalty. Fi- ObamaCare. Ultimately, if we want to tion, which they don’t currently have nally, no longer will folks be forced to encourage a market to lower costs under ObamaCare. buy plans they don’t need at a price while providing better quality care, we The third principle is something our they can’t afford. have to get the government out of the Democratic colleagues can certainly I believe this is the framework for way. agree with us on, I assume, unless their better care. But we are going to con- The only thing I hear from our Sen- reflexive action is to disagree with us tinue to discuss this plan and talk to ate Democrats is that they want more on everything regardless of the facts, anybody who is willing to talk to us

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We want to work together. By not having committee hearings jured, and we have two choices: We can That was on January 5, 2 days after I where you can talk to witnesses and either stop and render aid—which is had been added to the committee. As a hear from the public and then discuss what we are trying to do for people member of the committee, I have been and propose amendments, this is what hurt by the failures of ObamaCare—or given no opportunity—not one—to it will be on the floor: 20 hours of de- you can drive right on by. work on this bill. bate about the most important topic in Unfortunately, our Democratic col- The committee we serve on works anybody’s life—their health. Twenty leagues have simply chosen to look the productively. We work productively on hours and then you finish the debate. other way and drive on by. But before pharmaceutical issues. We work pro- Then, the majority leader indicates them is a real solution, one that has a ductively on educational issues. In the there is an unlimited amendment proc- chance to change the lives of millions committee the Presiding Officer and I ess, but the amendment process under of Americans for the better. So we hope serve on, we have passed legislation budget reconciliation is as follows: An they will reconsider and join us. through our committee and sent it to amendment will be considered, and I yield the floor. the floor. Some of the legislation we there will be 1 minute of debate al- I suggest the absence of a quorum. have sent has already gone off the floor lowed for each side—1 minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The to the House. This is a committee that We are talking about healthcare. We clerk will call the roll. has a great bipartisan track record, are talking about life and death. I have The bill clerk proceeded to call the and I am convinced that bipartisan a number of bills I filed that I want to roll. track record is going to continue. But offer as amendments, but for us to Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, I ask there has been one topic which has truly debate it and for the American unanimous consent that the order for been taboo, and that has been to allow public to truly understand it, 1 minute the quorum call be rescinded. meaningful bipartisan discussion about is ridiculous. But that is apparently The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without this healthcare bill. going to be the rule for us next week. objection, it is so ordered. When the House bill passed—now a Mr. KAINE. Mr. President, I rise number of weeks ago—it was our expec- I think it is an outrage for a body today to talk about the healthcare bill tation that we would have hearings in that is known as the greatest delibera- that is currently pending before us. the HELP Committee and in the Fi- tive body in the world to take up such Now that I have had a chance to look nance Committee about the bill. We an important topic and be told that it at it a little bit, I can see why there haven’t. The Democrats on the HELP is in such a constrained way. So I just has been a lot of secrecy surrounding Committee got a little riled up one want to object to the characterization this process. day. We were having a hearing about of the process this morning, that Before talking about how I think this something else, and a lot of us said: Democrats refuse to work together. I bill would hurt Virginians, let me talk Wait a minute. We are not talking have evidence to the contrary. Within about the process itself and how flawed about the biggest topic in domestic 48 hours of being put on this com- I think it is. But the good news is that politics in the country right now, mittee, I asked for an opportunity to it is a process that can be fixed. which is this House health bill. We participate in this debate. I think I am This morning, when the bill was first should be doing that in this committee. entitled to respect as an elected Mem- described on the floor, I was interested If we are not doing it in this com- ber of this body and a member of the when my friend the senior Senator mittee, we are really not doing it. HELP Committee to be engaged on from Texas, the majority whip, said we Why does it matter to have hearings matters dealing with healthcare. But were doing it this way, through a budg- in the committee? It is the committee thus far, I have not had this oppor- et reconciliation process, because hearing process where you put wit- tunity, and that is so out of character Democrats didn’t want to work to- nesses at a table and ask them ques- for the HELP Committee, I might add. gether. I took offense at that comment. tions. We would have patients, we I am going to be discussing this bill As the Presiding Officer knows, I am would have hospitals, we would have tomorrow with stakeholders in Rich- a member with him on the committee. doctors, we would have nurses, and we mond, where I live. Let me tell you I was just added to the committee in would have pharmaceutical companies what I see that really troubles me January. I have been in the Senate for and insurance companies, and we would about the Senate bill. I think this bill 4 years. I have had great committees, ask them: What is good and what is bad hurts Virginians—especially seniors, but this is the committee I always about this bill? What is good and what children, people with disabilities, and wanted to be on because, as a former is bad, and what needs to be fixed working families—and it hurts them mayor and Governor, the two biggest about healthcare in this country? That all to deliver giant tax breaks, largely line items in the budget I have had to is what you do in hearings, but we to the wealthiest Americans. It also deal with have been education and haven’t had one hearing, and the Fi- shifts costs from the Federal budget to health. So, finally, I am on the com- nance Committee hasn’t had one hear- the States, and as a former Governor, mittee I most want to be on. ing either. that worries me. I believe this session of the Senate We haven’t had hearings in the com- This bill would slash traditional Med- started on January 3. That was my mittee on the House bill. We have had icaid, which is a program that more first day on the committee. I have a no willingness to hold hearings on the than 1 million Virginians rely on. It is letter I wrote on January 5. I had been Senate substitute that was revealed really important to point out that, a committee member for 2 days, and I today. The effort to draft the bill was when you are cutting Medicaid by po- wrote a letter to my chairman, whom I closed-door. The notion that Demo- tentially more than $1.3 trillion over 10 hold in the highest regard, Senator crats wouldn’t participate—we weren’t years, that is what the House bill cut ALEXANDER; the Senate majority lead- invited to the meetings. We didn’t out in Medicaid—the House bill plus er, Senator MCCONNELL; and the chair- know where they were. We didn’t know President Trump’s proposed budget, man of the Finance Committee, Sen- when they were. We had no chance to $1.3 trillion in cuts to Medicaid—and ator HATCH, which has jurisdiction over participate. Now we are being told that this bill could cut Medicaid even deep- Medicaid and Medicare issues. I wrote this bill described this morning—and er by our reading of it. a letter on January 5, and I got 13 we thought we were reading it online— You have to ask yourself, you cut Democrats, including me, to sign this no, that is a discussion draft, not the Medicaid by that much—who are Med- letter. bill itself. So I don’t know whether the icaid recipients? In Virginia, nearly 60

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The being paid for by Medicaid. the bill to the two committees—the Fi- clerk will call the roll. A kid who has autism and is getting nance Committee and the HELP Com- The bill clerk proceeded to call the a couple of hours of autism-related mittee. roll. services to help them be successful in Let the committees hear from the Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, I ask school is paid by Medicaid. A child in a public, from providers, patients, doc- unanimous consent that the order for dangerous household who might have tors and nurses, and hospitals. Let the quorum call be rescinded. to get institutionalized—not because members of the committee—Repub- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the child is doing something wrong but licans and Democrats—ask questions. objection, it is so ordered. because there aren’t parents in the Let us propose amendments. Let us im- Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, there household who are helping the house- prove it. are two things Americans need to know hold stay together, they are in danger This doesn’t have to be a complete about this Republican healthcare plan. of being institutionalized—Medicaid up-or-down. Why can’t we have a mean- The first is that it is going to make in- can send services a few hours a week ingful discussion and ask questions and surance more expensive, and the second into the household to stabilize the fam- propose amendments in a deliberative is that it is going to make it harder to ily so the child doesn’t have to be insti- way and improve the bill? It is not as get healthcare in the first place. That tutionalized, and that is being paid by if the Democratic minority can just is the bottom line of this bill: higher Medicaid. roll over you. We are the minority in costs for less care—and all for a tax cut When you cut Medicaid, that is whom this body, and we are the minority on for the rich. That is what we are doing. you are affecting; 60 percent are chil- both the HELP and Finance Commit- We are taking about $800 billion dren, 15 to 20 percent are people with tees. Unless I can put an amendment worth of revenue, eviscerating it, disabilities. That is who is on Medicaid on the table and convince some Repub- eliminating it. Those tax revenues in Virginia; 10 to 15 percent are parents licans it is a good idea, my amendment were basically tax increases passed and grandparents in nursing homes and is going to be voted down. If I can’t under the Affordable Care Act. They pregnant women. That is who is on convince somebody around the table were tax increases on the wealthiest Medicaid in Virginia. this is a good idea, I will take it, and among us. What we are doing is getting The Medicaid cuts in this bill are my amendment will be voted down. At rid of all those tax increases in order to even steeper, even more significant least, let’s have a meaningful discus- cut Medicaid. That is what this bill than the cuts in the House bill. The bill sion about the most important expend- does. That is not what Americans had would continue to allow something iture anybody ever makes in their life in mind when they said on a bipartisan that I think is very challenging and and the largest sector of the American basis, on a majority basis—when they that was a carryover from the House economy. asked Congress to fix healthcare. When bill and may even be worse, which is What would be wrong, what could be you read the fine print, you see that it the ability to charge older adults in wrong in letting the HELP Committee gets worse every moment, and you re- the 55- to 64-year-old age range as take a look at the healthcare bill? alize how bad this plan is. much as five times higher than young- What would be wrong, what could be The Senate version did something ex- er enrollees in the marketplace. traordinary: It actually moved to the When most people are in the 55- to 64- wrong with letting the Finance Com- right. And that is a real legislative year-old range, they are not nec- mittee take a look at a bill that affects achievement. Look at Medicaid. This is essarily at the peak of their earnings. Medicaid and Medicare, which is in a program that helps one out of every Their earnings are often starting to their jurisdiction? five Americans, two out of every five come down a little bit. If you let their What would be wrong, what could be children in the United States. It helps rates rise that dramatically, you are wrong with allowing public witnesses one out of every two families who have really hurting people who can’t easily to come to these committees and tes- a newborn baby. And it covers three go back and reenter the marketplace tify what they like and what they don’t out of every four long-term nursing and the workforce at the same level like? I may learn some things about home residents. they could have when they were young- the bill that I like after listening to This program literally saves lives— er. some witnesses. What would be wrong, This is a bill that will hurt 22,000 Vir- what could be wrong with allowing this nursing home patients; people strug- ginians who rely on Planned Parent- to happen in this great deliberative gling with opioid addiction; people who hood for lifesaving healthcare. That is body? are working two jobs but still don’t how many women in Virginia use I guarantee it would improve the out- make enough to cover their own Planned Parenthood as their primary come. It would improve the product. healthcare insurance—but with this doctor, as their primary physician— More minds looking at this and debat- bill, Medicaid as we know it will be de- 22,000, and this bill would hurt it. ing and in dialogue will improve it, if stroyed, all so that people at the top of This bill would weaken health bene- what we want is an improved the food chain can pay less in taxes. fits by reducing the essential health healthcare system. Maybe that is not This bill actually has a certain sym- benefits contained in the Affordable what we want. Maybe doing our best metry to it. There are at least $800 bil- Care Act, and that affects pregnancy, job is not what we want. Maybe what lion worth of cuts to Medicaid—prob- that affects mental health, that affects we want is the ability to put something ably more but at least $800 billion—and opioid treatment programs, and it through only with votes from one it just so happens that there are also would force States to make very dif- party and with the other party com- around $800 billion worth of tax cuts ficult budget choices. pletely shut out of it. for the wealthy. So insurance execu- If you cut Medicaid by that much, What I think we should want is to do tives will be OK. Don’t worry about you are going to make Governors and the best job for the most people when them. What we should worry about is mayors decide: Wow. OK. Whom do I it comes to the most important thing women who need Medicaid for mater- cut? Do I cut the kids? Do I cut the dis- in their lives, their health. nal health services. We should worry abled? Do I cut the elderly? Do I cut all I will conclude and say that we can about seniors and people with disabil- three or do I raise taxes? You are just get this right. We can take advantage ities. pushing this off on the shoulders of of the work product of the Republicans, Activists for disability rights are ap- States. who have been working on this draft by propriately freaked out about this bill. There is good news. I want to finish putting it in the HELP and Finance People in wheelchairs protested out- with good news. I always try to finish Committees and allowing the body to side of a Senate office earlier today,

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People are worried— but that coverage is going to be non- they are not unintelligent, they are not about some abstract public policy sense. Can you imagine having a health not unqualified to be public policy or political debate; they are worried insurance plan that doesn’t cover ma- makers, but the whole thing about about their own lives. And they are not ternity care? Can you imagine—espe- being in the Senate is that, for the wrong. Because of Medicaid, people cially nowadays, when half the time most part, we are supposed to be, as now have access to physical therapy when you go to the doctor, they give they say—Jack or Jane—Jack of all and immunizations. They can see a you a prescription—so you go to the trades, master of none. We are sup- counselor for mental health problems doctor, and they say you need this, and posed to be pretty good at receiving in- and opioid addiction. They can afford you say OK, and then you have to pay formation, kind of distilling it, asking the medication they need instead of re- out-of-pocket? What is the point of in- the right kinds of questions, listening lying on free samples from clinics. surance if none of the things you need to our constituents, and then crystal- Medicaid has changed everything for are covered by the insurance? That is lizing all of that into a bill. them. what this bill does. The problem with this process is they This is not just good for patients, it I am also worried about the distrac- did about one-third of that. They is also good for taxpayers. By giving tions in this bill. It defunds Planned talked to each other, and they talked preventive care, we save money. And if Parenthood and doesn’t provide nearly to Republican lobbyists, but they TrumpCare becomes law, those services enough for opioid addiction programs. I didn’t talk to the people back home. will go away, thanks to $800 billion in want to be clear about what I mean by They didn’t talk to people who run cuts. ‘‘distraction.’’ It is my supposition—I community health centers. They didn’t This bill also lets insurance compa- don’t know for sure that these things talk to mental health advocates. nies opt out of covering essential were intentionally either omitted from We have people who come from Ha- health benefits. I want to be very clear the bill or put in the bill to allow some waii and across the country who advo- about this. This is a term of art. It is of my Republican colleagues to get cate for every specific disease treat- a piece of jargon. I am going to go well legislatively. What do I mean by ment and disease research. These peo- slowly here and not assume that if you that? Opioid treatment was tens of bil- ple usually are touched personally by are not in politics, you would under- lions of dollars in the House version. their issues. They come in, and most of stand what an essential health benefit They brought it down to less than $1 us receive them and talk to them and is. billion. That puts somebody on this think about how to get them more Basically, if you are getting a side of the aisle in a position to say: funding or more reimbursements healthcare plan, there are 10 things Even though I am for $800 billion of through NIH or CDC or the Department that, under Federal law, a healthcare Medicaid cuts, which will eviscerate of Defense or wherever we can find re- plan has to cover. It just makes sense. opioid treatment across the country, I sources for them. I will list them. They are ambulatory am going to introduce an amendment That is the process of being in a leg- patient services; emergency services, and we are going to increase opioid islative context if you are not person- so ER visits; hospitalization—if you treatment. Once we get a ‘‘yes’’ vote, ally an expert on healthcare policy. If have to stay overnight in the hospital, well, you know, I was really concerned, you do it in the dark of night, if you do it has to be covered in your healthcare but with my amendment, we have more it literally without any women, if you plan; maternity and newborn care; money for opioid treatment. do it literally without any people from mental health and substance abuse Don’t fall for that trick. It is a trick. the other party, you are going to get a services, including behavioral health The way to fund opioid treatment is to bad product. They knew they were treatment; prescription drugs; rehab; fund opioid treatment. Medicaid is going to get a bad product, but they laboratory services; preventive both the best way to do it clinically made a judgment. They made a judg- wellness and wellness services; chronic and the best way to do it fiscally. So I ment. disease management; and pediatric am afraid they intentionally left that They decided that the longer this bill services. out so somebody can go in and be the sees the light of day, the lower the So I want you to imagine a world hero on the other side, while not actu- chances it has of passing, and I think where you can get an insurance plan— ally solving the problem—likewise they are right. I mean, if this thing is a so-called insurance plan—but under with Planned Parenthood. The way you subjected to real sunshine, it will just the law, they can tell you: By the way, fund opioid treatment is through Med- wither. That is just a fact. This is why we don’t cover hospitalization. By the icaid. they didn’t have any hearings in the way, we have this great insurance plan, We had 13 men working in secret House, this is why they are not only but if you need any prescription drugs, without input from any women or not having any hearings in the Senate, those are out-of-pocket—not a copay; Democrats or experts or advocates. but they are going to allow for I think you have to pay all of it. By the way, Part of the thing about healthcare, it is 20 hours of debate under this silly we will give you an insurance plan, but as the President says, is nobody knew vote-arama procedure. if you have mental illness, you are on it was so complicated. But you really What they will do is, I think, yield your own. By the way, if you get preg- need hearings. You really need to un- back a lot of their time. What does nant, we don’t cover that. derstand how all of the parts of a sys- that mean? That means 20 hours will It is a healthcare plan, which is why tem interact with each other. Let me become 10 hours because they don’t we have a statute, a Federal law, that give an example. You cut Medicaid, want to defend their bill. says ambulatory patient services, and somebody who is Medicaid-eligible They are absolutely happy to trash emergency services, hospitalization, but also a veteran—you don’t know for the Affordable Care Act and say it has maternity and newborn care, mental sure whether, if Medicaid services are a series of problems and all the rest of health and substance abuse services, not available, they are going to go it. You know what, the Affordable Care prescription drugs, rehab, lab services, back into the VA system and cost the Act has a series of problems. No doubt preventive and wellness services, and VA system more money. If you cut pre- about it. I will tell you it is way better pediatric services have to be covered. ventive treatment, you don’t know if than this. I will also tell you it is way Otherwise, it is not insurance. Every you are going to end up having to pay better than the situation we had before one of these benefits is covered full on the back end with more ER services. the act was passed. stop under the current law, but what So the reason you have hearings is you The No. 1 cause of bankruptcy in the the proposal does is it eviscerates es- have to have some rather technical ex- United States was getting sick. Think sential health benefits. pertise in the room to say: Hey, if you about that. Before this act, people

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You wondered whether you were this year, whether they could go to the Now, Members of both parties—and going to be OK, but you also wondered same hospital next year that they the reason I say ‘‘as it stands today’’ is whether you were going to be able to could go to this year, whether their Members of both parties will have an make it financially. premiums would be going up, but if opportunity to amend this bill. In fact, So we are sort of beyond that, and they were worried about whether their we will have a vote probably the night now we have a law that has been on the premiums were going to be going up, before we take the final vote on the books that does need fixing. I know the that was a worry that everybody else bill, where every Member can make Presiding Officer and the Senator from in every State had because premiums amendment after amendment after Missouri, who is waiting to speak, went up everywhere. amendment on this bill. There will be would be pleased—really would be In fact, this situation has gotten so plenty of chances to change this bill on pleased to participate in a bipartisan bad that in one-third of America’s a topic that the Members of the Senate process. counties today, only one company in probably know more about, and, by the I think about the chairman of the one-third of the counties today will way, because it is such a big Federal Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- even offer insurance. So the options are obligation and responsibility, should sions Committee, one of the best to buy from one company or to pay the know more about than virtually any- statesmen in the U.S. Senate, LAMAR penalty because your only choice is thing else we deal with in a level of ALEXANDER, a Republican with whom I that one company. That one company specificity that is higher than any- disagree on a lot, but he and PATTY gets to file a rate that the State regu- thing else we deal with. MURRAY did a bill on public education lator gets to agree to, if the one com- Believe me, anybody who wants to that got—I don’t know—84 votes or pany is going to stay. In fact, I think read that bill—and I will, you will, and something. Liberal PATTY MURRAY and this week the State of Iowa that has others will, some will not—anybody conservative LAMAR ALEXANDER did a only one company providing individual who wants to read that bill will have deal. ORRIN HATCH, President pro tem- insurance for the whole State, that one plenty of time to read it and plenty of pore of the Senate, is someone who company said they would stay again opportunity to amend it, but it will be worked with my predecessor, who next year, and then they filed an in- amended, so we need to be sure we un- worked with Teddy Kennedy, who did crease of over 40 percent on those poli- derstand the final product might not be bills and did deals. cies for next year. exactly what we have before us today. So I understand we are kind of in this In Missouri, where I live, 25 counties I am going to carefully look at the squabble about whether there is good will not have a provider next year, and final legislation. I am going to care- faith or there was good faith. Our view it could be higher than that. One com- fully look at how this addresses prob- of this is you went into the reconcili- pany has already said they will not be lems of Missourians. I think one thing ation process before even, in any seri- there next year. Twenty-five of the that is absolutely clear is that Mis- ous way, pursuing bipartisan legisla- counties they sold policies in only had souri families need a more reliable and tion. You decided you wanted 51 votes, one company providing policies. We affordable healthcare system. This bill not 60 votes, and that was sort of poi- now know that at least 40 percent of all is an important first step in that direc- sonous fruit from the tree. Fine. That Missouri counties will not have—I tion. The status quo cannot continue is our view. Your view is that you seri- mean, 40 percent of all U.S. counties to be the status quo. ally tried to reach out to us, and we will not have anybody even willing to By the way, there were plenty of op- have rebuffed your overtures. I have offer these plans. This is a significant portunities over the last 7 years to my view; the Republicans have their problem, and it just didn’t occur when make the kind of incremental changes view. this President was sworn in or this that all of our friends on the other side Right now, you are about to walk Congress took over. said they would love to make, and they one-sixth of the American economy off Premiums in your State, Mr. Presi- were in charge. a cliff, and you are also about to harm dent, have gone up 123 percent since We had a bill over here that Senator tens of millions of individuals in all of 2013. In my State, in Missouri, they COLLINS, I believe, was the principal our home States—not Republicans or have gone up 145 percent; in Alabama, sponsor of that said: Well, let’s change Democrats or Greens or Independents 223 percent; in Alaska, 203 percent; in that 30 hour requirement; that if you or Libertarians or people who don’t Oklahoma, 201 percent since this plan work 30 hours, you have to have insur- vote or whoever it may be, but people went into effect, and that was just 2013. ance to 40 hours. Now, that is not a are going to really be hurt by this bill. This is not 30 years ago. This is 4 years very big change, but it is a very big People are really going to be hurt by ago. change if you have a 28-hour-a-week this bill. The average increase for American job, and the reason that you have that Forgetting the politics, I think we individuals and families for getting 28-hour-a-week job is the law told your have an opportunity to avert the harm. policies under ObamaCare is 105 per- employer, if you hire somebody for 30 If this bill does come crashing down, cent. Now, remember, this was the plan hours, you have to provide health in- then I think we have an opportunity to that was supposed to ensure that your surance for that person. work together on healthcare. I, for one, costs would go down per family at least Now, the employers by the way—no- pledge that if we are in a position to sit $2,500. The ‘‘at least $2,500 number’’ was body is better in America today than down on a bipartisan basis and come up close to right, but what was close to employers to provide health insurance with improvements to the existing right about it is that your plan prob- and there is no better place to get your statute, I will be the first person to say ably increased at least $2,500 if you had health insurance than at work, but we yes to that kind of process. It is not that kind of plan. The status quo just have almost forgotten the tragedy of too late. All we need are three Repub- simply will not work. the workplace where because of licans to say: Let’s slow down. Let’s The draft legislation, as it stands ObamaCare so many people worked two have a hearing. Let’s work with Demo- right now, preserves access to care for part-time jobs because the law said you crats. Let’s do this the right way. people with preexisting conditions, it don’t have to pay health insurance if I yield the floor. strengthens the future of Medicaid, it they work less than 30 hours. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- does not change Medicare in any way, Well, we tried to figure out a way to ator from Missouri. and it gives people more health insur- get more people to work at a full-time Mr. BLUNT. Mr. President, since the ance choices than they otherwise have job, not a very big change. Our friends current healthcare bill—the bill usu- as States exercise their options under on the other side were in control for ally called ObamaCare—passed, every the law. It allows people to stay on year after year after year after that

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It is a disgrace that Senate ican people and with my colleagues we find ourselves in now is we are try- Republicans are trying to force an ex- here in the Senate. Here is her story. ing to save a critically important sys- tremely unpopular bill on the country This is Elena’s story in Elena’s words: tem—the American healthcare sys- in 1 week, and they are doing this even For the past 18 months, I have been car- tem—while that system is collapsing though this bill affects one-sixth of our rying around a big secret. I felt really guilty around us. That means it is not going economy and even though it would cost for not sharing it, yet, try as I might, I could to look as good as it would have looked hundreds of thousands of people in New not work up the nerve to tell you all. Lucky if we could have gone back 7 years and Mexico and millions of Americans to for me, Senator Udall has helped me to rip done the things you and I wanted to do lose access to healthcare, prescription off the Band-Aid. when we were House Members—giving drugs, drug addiction counseling, and In the spring of 2016, I found out that I more people more chances to buy more other lifesaving services. have a BRCA–1 mutation, which puts me at The Republican plan raids Medicaid, a very high risk of developing breast and policies, having more transparency, ovarian cancer. Women with a BRCA–1 mu- being sure, if you didn’t pay taxes on it strips away protections that prevent tation tend to get breast and/or ovarian can- insurance you got at work, you also insurance companies from canceling cer very young, sometimes even in their 20s didn’t pay taxes on money you spent your policy for getting sick, and it re- or 30s. for insurance if you had to buy it as an duces the services your insurer has to When you have a BRCA–1 mutation, you individual. There were lots of things provide. It does all this to pay for mas- have two options: One, you can get breast that could have been done that were sive tax cuts for the wealthy. screenings every six months and yearly ovar- proposed. We can still go back and do This bill is a disaster because it ian screenings and keep your fingers crossed that. This is clearly a first step. would be devastating for older New that nothing pops up. Or two, you can get Mexicans, families who are struggling your breasts and ovaries removed and sig- The Secretary of Health and Human nificantly decrease the odds of getting can- Services has over 1,400 places where to make ends meet, women, people cer. that person’s two predecessors defined with preexisting conditions, and New Needless to say, there’s not really a what the law was supposed to mean. So Mexicans in rural areas. ‘‘right’’ decision. A woman’s choice just earlier this week, Secretary Tom Price Our rural areas would be particularly comes down to what she feels is right for her said he was going to look and his staff hard hit. In some cases, it would do body and life. was going to look at every one of those very severe damage to healthcare in In the past 18 months, I’ve gotten to check 1,400-plus places and figure out if there rural areas. Hospital administrators in a whole lot of things off my ‘‘absolutely not is a way to define the law better so it rural counties like Guadalupe County on my bucket list’’ bucket list. and Socorro County in my home State In April 2016, I had my first breast MRI, doesn’t have the impact on family which revealed a lump that my doctor economies or family access to have told me that losing Medicaid re- thought might be breast cancer. I then had healthcare that it currently has. That imbursements could break their budg- my first mammogram, my first breast is an important step too. ets, and that could force the small, ultrasound, and my first breast biopsy. This first step matters as well. I say rural hospitals to limit services or even These tests thankfully revealed that I didn’t to the Presiding Officer, nobody has to close. You know, the last thing you have breast cancer. They also helped me to been a more vigorous advocate of this want to have happen in a small, rural make the difficult decision to have a prophy- debate than you have. We have an op- community is to have the hospital lactic mastectomy and significantly reduce my chances of getting breast cancer. portunity to continue this debate over close. We all know what happens after that: The hospital closes, and then a In August 2016, I had a prophylactic mas- the next several days. I look forward to tectomy. And in October and February of it, and it will be interesting to try to diminution in services takes place, and this year, I had follow-up surgeries to have remove the fact from the fiction when it is very hard for communities to stay my breasts reconstructed. we talk about all the things that sup- alive in that situation. Since February, I’ve been focusing on heal- posedly could have happened up until It is no wonder the American people ing, and I feel great. Obviously, this isn’t the now. The fact is, they didn’t happen. don’t want this bill. They don’t want end of the road. Doctors suggest that women I yield the floor. TrumpCare. with a BRCA–1 mutation get their ovaries I suggest the absence of a quorum I suppose it is no surprise that the removed around age 40. And of course screen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republicans have kept it hidden—with- ing will continue to be important. But for out letting anyone see it. I want to now, I feel at peace knowing that I’m doing clerk will call the roll. what I can to protect myself. The senior assistant legislative clerk talk about that for a moment. That is As Senator UDALL mentioned, at the time proceeded to call the roll. not just a talking point for Democrats. that all of this health stuff came up, I had Mr. UDALL. Mr. President, I ask If this bill passes and becomes law, health insurance thanks to Medicaid Expan- unanimous consent that the order for many people will suffer, and it has been sion through the ACA/ObamaCare. the quorum call be rescinded. kept a total secret. I first enrolled in Medicaid about three The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. I wish I could read on the Senate years ago when I was a law student at UNM BLUNT). Without objection, it is so or- floor every story I have gotten from School of Law. UNM had just given quali- dered. my constituents who are concerned. If fying students the opportunity to enroll in Mr. UDALL. Thank you, Mr. Presi- I could, I could hold the record for the Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. I dent, and thank you for the recogni- longest floor speech. I have shared sev- was a healthy 29-year-old with no preexisting conditions, and doubted I would ever use my tion. eral in the past, but today I would like health insurance. Little did I know, com- All across my home State of New to read just one, which is from Elena pleting the Medicaid application would be Mexico, thousands of hard-working from Albuquerque. one of the most important decisions I ever people owe their healthcare and in This is a picture of Elena from Albu- made. some cases their lives to the Affordable querque, NM. She has a very moving So, a truly genuine #thanksObama to Care Act. Since early January, I have story that she wrote me about. In this President Obama, his staff and all our elect- received over 10,000 letters, emails, and story, I think you see the story of the ed leaders who worked to make the ACA hap- calls from New Mexicans pleading with Affordable Care Act and the good it pen and are fighting to keep it alive. me to help save their access to I am so grateful that I qualified for Med- does. icaid at a time in my life when I unexpect- healthcare. Over 96 percent of my con- Elena is 31 years old. edly needed health insurance more than I stituents who have contacted me about Earlier this week, I told some of could have ever anticipated. I am so thank- healthcare oppose TrumpCare. Elena’s story in a speech on the Senate ful the drafters of the ACA understood that Let me say that again because I floor, but today I want to tell Elena’s allowing me to get the preventive care I think it is a very important number. full story. needed was better for my health, and also

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Without my future instead of figuring out how to pay after the passage of the Affordable Care objection, it is so ordered. off insurmountable medical debt. Act, we had people who didn’t have any The nominations considered and con- I am fully recovered from my surgeries and healthcare, and now 265,000 have Med- firmed are as follows: am working on moving my life and career icaid coverage. They could be in a situ- IN THE ARMY forward. I look forward to paying taxes (I ation just like Elena’s. Many of these The following named officer for appoint- swear, I really do) to support programs like ment in the United States Army Medical Medicaid so that I can do my part to assist are hard-working families—families Corps to the grade indicated under title 10, other Americans in staying healthy. If you living in rural New Mexico and Native U.S.C., sections 624 and 3064: had told me when I signed up for Medicaid American families living in New Mex- that I would make such extensive use of it, ico. To be major general I wouldn’t have believed it. At times, I have The Senate Republican bill, like the Brig. Gen. Ronald J. Place felt guilty for having to utilize Medicaid at House Republican bill, will end Med- IN THE NAVY a time in my life that has proven to be so icaid expansion in New Mexico for peo- The following named officer for appoint- medically and financially complicated. ple like Elena. ment in the United States Navy to the grade Friends and family have been good enough indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: to remind me that this is what Medicaid is I want everyone listening to hear: To be rear admiral (lower half) about: ensuring that Americans can afford to This bill cuts Medicaid overall more take care of their health, regardless of their deeply—more deeply—than the House Capt. William C. Greene financial state, when an issue strikes. The version. And when President Trump The following named officer for appoint- Affordable Care Act has made this a reality said that the House version was a mean ment in the United States Navy to the grade for more people than ever before; I am so bill, this is a meaner bill. They are not indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: grateful to be one of them. necessary; these cuts are meaner, and To be rear admiral (lower half) I am very scared for what the future will they are not necessary to repeal the Capt. William S. Dillon bring for those many individuals who have received insurance thanks to the ACA. I Affordable Care Act. They will hurt The following named officer for appoint- worry that if the [Affordable Care Act] is de- millions of Americans. ment in the United States Navy to the grade stroyed, my preexisting condition will make They are also devastating to our indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: it financially impossible for me and many State economies. New Mexico can’t af- To be rear admiral (lower half) others to get health insurance. ford to pick up the tab for those cuts, Capt. Karl O. Thomas I worry for people who couldn’t get insur- so the State will be forced to cut serv- IN THE AIR FORCE ance through their work and were finally ices and reduce payments to doctors. The following named officer for appoint- able to get it through the Exchange. I worry Hospitals might close, and that would ment in the United States Air Force to the that those who suffer from ailments that grade indicated while assigned to a position constantly affect their health won’t be able mean healthcare jobs will dry up. of importance and responsibility under title to afford the care they need. I worry about Elena’s story is one of millions. 10, U.S.C., section 601: the millions of Americans who are about to Every Senator has hundreds of thou- lose so much. sands of constituents with these sto- To be lieutenant general I understand that the ACA is not perfect. ries. We all need healthcare at some Maj. Gen. Jay B. Silveria It needs some work, especially for people on point in our lives. IN THE NAVY the exchange who are paying premiums that I urge, I implore my fellow Senators The following named officer for appoint- are way too high. But the replacement plan across the aisle to reject the McCon- ment in the United States Navy to the grade that is being proposed is going to make it in- nell TrumpCare bill. Work with Demo- indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: credibly difficult for all of us to get quality, To be rear admiral (lower half) affordable coverage. crats on a bipartisan basis to improve There are no words to adequately express America’s healthcare system so that Capt. Samuel J. Paparo, Jr. my gratitude to all those who worked so every American has access to afford- The following named officer for appoint- tirelessly to make the Affordable Care Act able healthcare. ment in the United States Navy to the grade happen. I am so hopeful that instead of de- Don’t do this. Don’t gut our indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: stroying the ACA, our leaders will work to healthcare system. To be rear admiral (lower half) make it stronger so that all Americans can Mr. President, I suggest the absence Capt. Gregory N. Harris get the healthcare that they deserve. of a quorum. IN THE ARMY Those are the words Elena posted on The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The following name officer for appoint- her Facebook page, very, very moving clerk will call the roll. ment in the Reserve of the Army to the words. Before her surgery, Elena had The legislative clerk proceeded to grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section an 87-percent chance of developing call the roll. 12203: breast cancer, and now it is less than 10 Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I To be brigadier general percent, less than that of the average ask unanimous consent that the order Col. John P. Lawlor, Jr. woman. for the quorum call be rescinded. The following named officer for appoint- I commit to Elena and to every New The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ment in the Reserve of the Army to the Mexican and American that I will work objection, it is so ordered. grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 12203: to make the ACA stronger so that all f Americans will get the healthcare they To be brigadier general EXECUTIVE CALENDAR rightly deserve. But the Senate Repub- Col. Dion B. Moten licans cannot claim the same. Their Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I The following named officer for appoint- bill, drafted in secret behind closed ask unanimous consent that the Sen- ment in the Reserve of the Army to the doors, hurts people like Elena who ate proceed to the consideration of Ex- grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section have preexisting conditions. It hurts ecutive Calendar Nos. 120 through 152 12203: people in her situation who have com- and all nominations placed on the Sec- To be brigadier general plicated healthcare needs with high retary’s desk in the Air Force, Army, Col. Bowlman T. Bowles, III medical costs and those who benefit Marine Corps, and Navy, with the ex- IN THE NAVY from Medicaid, from the Medicaid ex- ception of COL Darius Gallegos in Cal- The following named officer for appoint- pansion. endar No. 140; that the nominations be ment in the United States Navy Reserve to Americans support the Medicaid Pro- confirmed, the motions to reconsider the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., gram. They understand that even if be considered made and laid upon the section 12203: they don’t need Medicaid, neighbors, table with no intervening action or de- To be rear admiral friends, family may need it. And they bate; that no further motions be in Rear Adm. (lh) Daniel J. MacDonnell

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Shultz portance and responsibility under title 10, The following named officer for appoint- Col. Mark A. Towne U.S.C., section 601: ment in the United States Navy Reserve to Col. Irene M. Zoppi the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., To be vice admiral The following named Army National Guard section 12203: of the United States officers for appointment Rear Adm. Matthew J. Kohler To be rear admiral (lower half) in the Reserve of the Army to the grade indi- The following named officer for appoint- Capt. Jacquelyn McClelland cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 ment in the United States Navy to the grade indicated while assigned to a position of im- The following named officer for appoint- and 12211: portance and responsibility under title 10, ment in the United States Navy Reserve to To be major general U.S.C., section 601: the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., Brig. Gen. Gregory L. Kennedy To be vice admiral section 12203: Brig. Gen. Andrew P. Schafer, Jr. Vice Adm. Kevin M. Donegan To be rear admiral (lower half) The following named Army National Guard IN THE MARINE CORPS Capt. James M. Butler of the United States officer for appointment The following named officer for appoint- The following named officers for appoint- in the Reserve of the Army to the grade indi- ment in the United States Marine Corps to ment in the United States Navy Reserve to cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 the grade indicated while assigned to a posi- the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., and 12211: tion of importance and responsibility under section 12203: To be major general title 10, U.S.C., section 601: To be rear admiral (lower half) Brig. Gen. Christopher P. Callahan To be lieutenant general Capt. Eugene A. Burcher The following named Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund Capt. Rodney P. Dewalt of the United States officers for appointment IN THE NAVY Capt. Joey B. Dodgen in the Reserve of the Army to the grade indi- Capt. Andrew J. Mueller cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 The following named officer for appoint- Capt. Richard A. Rodriguez and 12211: ment in the United States Navy to the grade indicated while assigned to a position of im- To be major general The following named officer for appoint- portance and responsibility under title 10, ment in the United States Navy Reserve to Brig. Gen. James P. Begley, III U.S.C., section 601: the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., Brig. Gen. Sylvester Cannon To be admiral section 12203: Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Carden, Jr. Vice Adm. James G. Foggo, III To be rear admiral Brig. Gen. Richard H. Dahlman NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY’S Rear Adm. (lh) Keith M. Jones Brig. Gen. Wendul G. Hagler, II Brig. Gen. Robert T. Herbert DESK The following named officer for appoint- Brig. Gen. Jon A. Jensen IN THE AIR FORCE ment in the United States Navy to the grade Brig. Gen. John F. King PN496 AIR FORCE nomination of Jered N. indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: Brig. Gen. Dirk R. Kloss Fry, which was received by the Senate and To be rear admiral Brig. Gen. Francis M. McGinn appeared in the Congressional Record of May Rear Adm. (lh) Bret C. Batchelder Brig. Gen. Walter L. Mercer 22, 2017. IN THE AIR FORCE Brig. Gen. Paul D. Rogers PN497 AIR FORCE nominations (2) begin- Brig. Gen. Sean A. Ryan ning CHRISTOPHER R. BONEY, and ending The following named officer for appoint- Brig. Gen. Michael A. Stone DANIEL D. REYES, which nominations were ment in the United States Air Force to the Brig. Gen. Michael C. Thompson received by the Senate and appeared in the grade indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section Brig. Gen. Giselle M. Wilz Congressional Record of May 22, 2017. 624: Brig. Gen. Gary S. Yaple PN498 AIR FORCE nominations of Jeffrey To be brigadier general IN THE NAVY A. Garrett, which was received by the Senate Col. DeAnna M. Burt and appeared in the Congressional Record of The following named officer for appoint- May 22, 2017. IN THE ARMY ment in the United States Navy to the grade PN499 AIR FORCE nominations (2) begin- The following named Army National Guard indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: ning ROGER A. LEE, and ending JEFFREY of the United States officer for appointment To be rear admiral R. ROSENBERRY, which nominations were in the Reserve of the Army to the grade indi- Rear Adm. (1h) Ann M. Burkhardt received by the Senate and appeared in the cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 Congressional Record of May 22, 2017. IN THE AIR FORCE and 12211: PN500 AIR FORCE nomination of Theadore To be major general The following named officer for appoint- L. Wilson, which was received by the Senate ment in the United States Air Force to the Brig. Gen. Stephen R. Hogan and appeared in the Congressional Record of grade indicated while assigned to a position May 22, 2017. The following named Army National Guard of importance and responsibility under title PN501 AIR FORCE nomination of Jason S. of the United States officer for appointment 10, U.S.C., section 601: Cross, which was received by the Senate and in the Reserve of the Army to the grade indi- To be lieutenant general appeared in the Congressional Record of May cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 Maj. Gen. Scott A. Howell 22, 2017. and 12211: PN534 AIR FORCE nomination of Angela To be major general The following named officer for appoint- M. Mike, which was received by the Senate ment in the United States Air Force to the Brig. Gen. Janson D. Boyles and appeared in the Congressional Record of grade indicated while assigned to a position June 5, 2017. The following named officers for appoint- of importance and responsibility under title PN535 AIR FORCE nominations (4) begin- ment in the Reserve of the Army to the 10, U.S.C., section 601: ning MATTHEW V. CHAUVIERE, and ending grades indicated under title 10, U.S.C., sec- To be lieutenant general LAUREN A. MAY, which nominations were tion 12203: Maj. Gen. James C. Vechery received by the Senate and appeared in the To be major general Congressional Record of June 5, 2017. IN THE ARMY Brig. Gen. Steven W. Ainsworth PN536 AIR FORCE nominations (13) begin- The following named officer for appoint- Brig. Gen. Bruce E. Hackett ning MICHAEL E. BRUHN, and ending VIC- ment in the United States Army to the grade Brig. Gen. Michael C. O’Guinn TOR D. WEEDEN, JR., which nominations indicated while assigned to a position of im- Brig. Gen. Miyako N. Schanely were received by the Senate and appeared in portance and responsibility under title 10, the Congressional Record of June 5, 2017. To be brigadier general U.S.C., section 601: PN537 AIR FORCE nominations (31) begin- Col. John W. Aarsen To be lieutenant general ning JEFFREY W. DRAKE, and ending Col. Kris A. Belanger Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Horlander JACK VILARDI, which nominations were re- Col. Douglas A. Cherry ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Col. Ellen S. Clark IN THE NAVY Congressional Record of June 5, 2017. Col. Robert S. Cooley, Jr. The following named officer for appoint- PN539 AIR FORCE nominations (36) begin- Col. Dianne M. Del Rosso ment in the United States Navy to the grade ning MEGAN E. ANDERSON, and ending

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BLEILE, and ending JEFFREY G. IN THE ARMY sional Record of May 8, 2017. ZELLER, which nominations were received PN400 NAVY nominations (2) beginning by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- PN159 ARMY nominations (81) beginning KELVIN J. ASKEW, and ending ERIKA L. sional Record of May 10, 2017. JENNIFER M. BAGER, and ending RAMEY BERRY, which nominations were received by PN438 NAVY nominations (5) beginning L. WILSON, which nominations were re- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- GRADY G. DUFFEY, JR., and ending DAVID ceived by the Senate and appeared in the sional Record of May 8, 2017. A. VONDRAK, which nominations were re- Congressional Record of March 27, 2017. PN401 NAVY nominations (2) beginning ceived by the Senate and appeared in the PN160 ARMY nominations (12) beginning KATHLEEN A. ALLEN, and ending CHRIS- Congressional Record of May 10, 2017. ALFRED C. ANDERSON, and ending TOPHER FRYE, which nominations were re- PN439 NAVY nominations (4) beginning KELLEY TOMSETT, which nominations ceived by the Senate and appeared in the WILLIAM M. KAFKA, and ending WILLIAM were received by the Senate and appeared in Congressional Record of May 8, 2017. R. URBAN, which nominations were received the Congressional Record of March 27, 2017. PN419 NAVY nomination of Bruce E. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- PN483 ARMY nomination of William F. Osborne, which was received by the Senate sional Record of May 10, 2017. McClintock, which was received by the Sen- and appeared in the Congressional Record of PN440 NAVY nominations (6) beginning ate and appeared in the Congressional May 10, 2017. DANIEL E. FILLION, and ending JASON D. Record of May 18, 2017. PN420 NAVY nominations (2) beginning WEDDLE, which nominations were received PN484 ARMY nominations (9) beginning COLETTE M. MURPHY, and ending JOHN A. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- DAVID S. ALLEN, and ending BARRY K. ROBINSON, III, which nominations were re- sional Record of May 10, 2017. VINCENT, which nominations were received ceived by the Senate and appeared in the PN441 NAVY nominations (5) beginning by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- Congressional Record of May 10, 2017. DAMON B. DIXON, and ending JONATHAN sional Record of May 18, 2017. PN421 NAVY nominations (14) beginning J. VORRATH, which nominations were re- PN485 ARMY nomination of Jeffrey L. NATHAN R. ANDERSON, and ending JODIE ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Washington, which was received by the Sen- M.C. YIM, which nominations were received Congressional Record of May 10, 2017. ate and appeared in the Congressional by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- PN442 NAVY nominations (11) beginning Record of May 18, 2017. sional Record of May 10, 2017. JAMES W. ADKISSON, III, and ending PN545 ARMY nomination of Joseph B. PN422 NAVY nomination of Adria R. SHERRI R. ZIMMERMAN, which nomina- Dore, which was received by the Senate and Schneck, which was received by the Senate tions were received by the Senate and ap- appeared in the Congressional Record of and appeared in the Congressional Record of peared in the Congressional Record of May June 5, 2017. May 10, 2017. 10, 2017. PN423 NAVY nominations (2) beginning PN546 ARMY nominations (2) beginning PN443 NAVY nominations (7) beginning MARY A. PONCE, and ending BRIAN K. CHRISTOPHER M. CHUNG, and ending CORY S. BRUMMETT, and ending DAVID J. REED, which nominations were received by HEATH D. HOLT, which nominations were WHITE, which nominations were received by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- received by the Senate and appeared in the the Senate and appeared in the Congres- sional Record of May 10, 2017. Congressional Record of June 5, 2017. sional Record of May 10, 2017. PN424 NAVY nominations (2) beginning PN547 ARMY nominations (2) beginning PN444 NAVY nominations (18) beginning RYAN K. MAHELONA, and ending PHILIP DEVIN G. MCCANE, and ending SHARRI L. JULIE M. ALFIERI, and ending BRETT A. L. NOTZ, which nominations were received ORMSBEE, which nominations were received WISE, which nominations were received by by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- sional Record of June 5, 2017. sional Record of May 10, 2017. PN425 NAVY nominations (14) beginning sional Record of May 10, 2017. PN548 ARMY nomination of Janna X. PN445 NAVY nominations (9) beginning JOSEPH T. BAILEY, and ending JONPAUL Gaddy, which was received by the Senate and MATTHEW E. ARNOLD, and ending AN- STEFANI, which nominations were received appeared in the Congressional Record of THONY C. TARANTO, JR., which nomina- by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- June 5, 2017. tions were received by the Senate and ap- PN549 ARMY nominations (2) beginning sional Record of May 10, 2017. PN426 NAVY nomination of David W. peared in the Congressional Record of May BRADLEY H. STEPHENS, and ending Shaieb, which was received by the Senate 10, 2017. AMILYN M. TAPLIN, which nominations and appeared in the Congressional Record of PN446 NAVY nominations (11) beginning were received by the Senate and appeared in May 10, 2017. PETER A. ARROBIO, and ending KEVIN J. the Congressional Record of June 5, 2017. PN427 NAVY nominations (15) beginning WATKINS, which nominations were received PN550 ARMY nomination of Terry Kim, LEE A. AXTELL, and ending MARK S. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- which was received by the Senate and ap- WINWARD, which nominations were re- sional Record of May 10, 2017. peared in the Congressional Record of June ceived by the Senate and appeared in the PN447 NAVY nominations (18) beginning 5, 2017. Congressional Record of May 10, 2017. JOHN A. ANDERSON, and ending JAY A. PN551 ARMY nominations (16) beginning PN428 NAVY nominations (13) beginning YOUNG, which nominations were received by JEFF A. BURCHFIELD, and ending BRIAN THOMAS M. BESTAFKA, and ending the Senate and appeared in the Congres- D. WIECK, which nominations were received FRANCIS J. STAVISH, which nominations sional Record of May 10, 2017. by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- were received by the Senate and appeared in PN448 NAVY nominations (3) beginning sional Record of June 5, 2017. the Congressional Record of May 10, 2017. LAWRENCE H. KENNEDY, and ending IN THE MARINE CORPS PN429 NAVY nomination of Danny W. TRACIE A. SEVERSON, which nominations PN488 MARINE CORPS nomination of King, which was received by the Senate and were received by the Senate and appeared in Jason K. Fettig, which was received by the appeared in the Congressional Record of May the Congressional Record of May 10, 2017. Senate and appeared in the Congressional 10, 2017. PN449 NAVY nominations (5) beginning Record of May 18, 2017. PN431 NAVY nominations (30) beginning JOSE G. HERNANDEZ, and ending DEREK BABAK A. BARAKAT, and ending STEPHEN A. VESTAL, which nominations were re- IN THE NAVY M. WILSON, which nominations were re- ceived by the Senate and appeared in the PN395 NAVY nominations (6) beginning ceived by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of May 10, 2017. JUANITO F. BOYDON, JR., and ending Congressional Record of May 10, 2017. PN450 NAVY nominations (173) beginning SURESH K. THADHANI, which nominations PN432 NAVY nominations (26) beginning DAVID A. ABERNATHY, and ending JESSE were received by the Senate and appeared in MICHAEL J. ALLANSON, and ending GE- J. ZIMBAUER, which nominations were re- the Congressional Record of May 8, 2017. RARD J. WHITE, which nominations were ceived by the Senate and appeared in the PN396 NAVY nominations (3) beginning received by the Senate and appeared in the Congressional Record of May 10, 2017. ANTHONY L. BAYUNGAN, and ending MI- Congressional Record of May 10, 2017. PN486 NAVY nomination of Kenneth M. CHAEL A. LEACHMAN, which nominations PN433 NAVY nominations (16) beginning King, which was received by the Senate and were received by the Senate and appeared in MATTHEW L. BERAN, and ending IAN S. appeared in the Congressional Record of May the Congressional Record of May 8, 2017. WEXLER, which nominations were received 18, 2017. PN397 NAVY nominations (17) beginning by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- PN487 NAVY nomination of Garry P. TODD M. BOLAND, and ending KAIL C. sional Record of May 10, 2017. Closas, which was received by the Senate and SWINDLE, which nominations were received PN434 NAVY nominations (21) beginning appeared in the Congressional Record of May by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- GARLAND H. ANDREWS, and ending MERE- 18, 2017. sional Record of May 8, 2017. DITH L. YEAGER, which nominations were PN502 NAVY nominations (2) beginning PN398 NAVY nominations (64) beginning received by the Senate and appeared in the PAUL D. MELVEY and ending ALEXANDER JAMES G. ADAMS, and ending CHARLES C. Congressional Record of May 10, 2017. WOLDEMARIAM, which nominations were

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She has served in and more pressing problem that this PN504 NAVY nominations (21) beginning top leadership positions for the Air- legislation does not address, and that GINA A. BUONO, and ending SANDRA F. ports Council International-North is the challenge we face with recruit- WILLIAMS, which nominations were re- America, ACI–NA, a trade association ment and retention of VA leaders and ceived by the Senate and appeared in the of airports around the globe. She also filling vacant positions at the VA. Congressional Record of May 22, 2017. served as a member of the ACI World Nowhere is this challenge more evi- PN505 NAVY nominations (6) beginning dent than in the VA’s yearlong search DAVID J. ALLEN, and ending TRACIE M. Board of Directors for 4 years. ZIELINSKI, which nominations were re- I first met Maureen after she took to recruit a new executive director for ceived by the Senate and appeared in the over the helm at Salt Lake City’s De- the Pacific Island Health Care System Congressional Record of May 22, 2017. partment of Airports, a position she in Honolulu. During this time, six exec- PN506 NAVY nominations (5) beginning has served in for more than a decade. utive directors from six different VA DAVID M. BUZZETTI, and ending ERIC R. During this time, Maureen guided the healthcare systems on the mainland VETTER, which nominations were received airport through the planning, financ- rotated through Hawaii on an interim by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- ing, and now construction of the $3.1 basis. The VA said that its search sional Record of May 22, 2017. billion airport redevelopment program. dragged on for so long because it faced PN507 NAVY nominations (11) beginning DAVID E. BAILEY, and ending CHRIS- Maureen is an exceptional manager a shortage of individuals with the right TOPHER J. STEWART, which nominations who can be credited with gaining ap- skills to fill these medical director po- were received by the Senate and appeared in proval from the airlines to construct sitions, but that is no excuse. The VA the Congressional Record of May 22, 2017. the new airport, which is paramount to should have been doing more to develop PN508 NAVY nominations (8) beginning the success of Utah’s economy. She has a pool of qualified people to fill vacant JOHN R. ADAMS, and ending MARY C. the unique ability to bring people to- medical director positions. Failure to WISE, which nominations were received by gether and has been able to persuade find long-term, stable leadership un- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- the airlines, architects, financers, and dermines accountability not only at sional Record of May 22, 2017. PN509 NAVY nominations (7) beginning construction teams to get the con- the highest level, but across the entire SEAN A. COX, and ending LUIS A. PEREZ, struction program off the ground. healthcare system. which nominations were received by the Sen- Maureen never backs away from a chal- I am also bothered by the decision to ate and appeared in the Congressional lenge and does what is necessary to rotate medical directors in from other Record of May 22, 2017. keep a project on track and on budget. healthcare systems, even on an interim PN510 NAVY nominations (13) beginning She is well respected by her colleagues basis. This stopgap measure failed to ELIZABETH W. BUNDT, and ending MI- and is known as being a tough nego- ensure the proper leadership required CHAEL G. WATSON, which nominations tiator. As one airline executive once to provide long-term direction for the were received by the Senate and appeared in Pacific Island Health Care System and the Congressional Record of May 22, 2017. told Maureen, ‘‘It is hard to resist your PN552 NAVY nomination of Miguel A. reasonableness.’’ to make sure that there was someone Santiesteban, which was received by the Maureen is passionate about pro- to hold accountable for the delivery of Senate and appeared in the Congressional viding excellent customer service to services to the more than 120,000 vet- Record of June 5, 2017. airport passengers. She is committed erans that the VA is responsible for in f to seeing that a project is done right the Pacific. Those veterans and their the first time and is not afraid of say- families deserve better. LEGISLATIVE SESSION ing no when a project or proposal does Leadership recruitment is not the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- not make sense. Maureen is also com- only staffing issue we face. In its Sep- ate will now resume legislative session. mitted to promoting women in the tember 2016 report on the Pacific Island f workforce and encourages the use of Health Care System, the VA’s Office of gender-neutral language in meetings the Inspector General specifically MORNING BUSINESS by contractors, consultants, and staff. noted that recruitment and retention Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Maureen has been the driving force of staff is an ongoing challenge across ask unanimous consent that the Sen- to ensure the airport redevelopment our neighbor islands, in large part due ate be in a period of morning business, program leaves a positive lasting im- to cost of living, distance, and physical with Senators permitted to speak pression on passengers and meets Salt isolation. At the time of its report, the therein for up to 10 minutes each. Lake City’s passenger growth well into OIG noted that there were 75 unfilled The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the future. positions at community-based out- objection, it is so ordered. Maureen Riley is leaving a lasting patient clinics across Hawaii. These f legacy as she steps down from her posi- are vacant positions at clinics that di- tion with the Salt Lake City Depart- rectly affect veterans’ access to TRIBUTE TO MAUREEN RILEY ment of Airports. I want to wish healthcare. Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, today I Maureen well in her retirement and I worry that removing important due wish to pay tribute to a remarkable send my best wishes to her and her process protections for VA employees leader in the airport industry, Maureen family on this momentous occasion. will only make this problem worse, be- Riley, who is retiring on June 30. f cause, where there are already issues in Maureen is not only an accomplished physician recruitment and retention, businesswoman, but also a well-re- VA ACCOUNTABILITY AND WHIS- the VA could compete through the spected collaborator who had the vi- TLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT promise of a stable job, in an environ- sion and tenacity to get a $3.1 billion Mr. SCHATZ. Mr. President, the Sen- ment free from unlawful discrimina- airport redevelopment program off the ate recently passed the Department of tion or retaliation. Knowing that those ground at Salt Lake City International Veterans Affairs Accountability and protections are in place is not only Airport. Whistleblower Protection Act. This helpful to attracting recruits, but it is For more than 30 years, Maureen’s legislation is intended to improve the helpful to promoting a culture free of professional life has been marked by VA by strengthening the process of inequity and intimidation because peo- many significant achievements in the holding nonperforming VA employees ple know they will be held to account airport industry. She has distinguished accountable, but it does this by remov- for their actions. That kind of culture herself as a trusted consultant for nu- ing certain due process protections is critical to recruitment and retention merous airports across the country. that are currently in place to protect because the last thing the VA wants is She has also served as deputy executive VA employees from unlawful discrimi- hard-working employees to search for

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Originally known as the territory blower retaliation, and that is impor- Congratulations to the dedicated of the Penobscot Abenaki Native Peo- tant, because it means that Secretary men and women of the Idaho National ples, the town of Bucksport today en- Shulkin is going to have to be vigilant Laboratory. They are the embodiment compasses an area surveyed by Colonel so that this new legislation is not of American scientific achievement Buck in 1762. After returning in 1763, abused. In his mind, he is not seeking and leadership in nuclear research.∑ Colonel Buck built the first sawmill, this legislation so that the VA can fire f store, and home, and by 1775, there employees without any reason or to were a total of 21 families living there. RECOGNIZING TONGUE RIVER allow supervisors to abuse them, and I During the Penobscot Expedition in WINERY hope that is how this plays out in prac- 1779—notably one of the greatest de- tice across the country, but there is ∑ Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, this feats in American naval history—the going to be more risk for a workforce week I have the distinct honor of rec- British overtook and burned the town. of 360,000 that is decentralized, where ognizing the team at the Tongue River As a result, in 1783, the town was reset- decisions are made locally, and so we Winery, in Custer County, for having tled and named Buckstown Plantation, will be vigilant with him and will hold the skill, patience, and dedication re- later changed to Buckstown, and fi- Secretary Shulkin accountable for any quired to produce quality wines on the nally renamed Bucksport in 1817. wrongdoing. high plains of eastern Montana. De- Bucksport’s history is deeply We are still left grappling with the spite a difficult growing climate, this engrained in the papermaking indus- challenge of recruitment and retention, humble, family-run operation has suc- try. In 1930, Bucksport’s Maine Sea- and unfortunately, this legislation does cessfully combined vineyard and win- board Paper Company opened its doors not address it, and it may make ad- ery functions and has received numer- as the first paper mill on the Penobscot dressing it even harder. With nearly ous awards and recognition for their ef- River. The mill and the town have ex- 50,000 vacant positions across the VA forts. perienced significant changes as the workforce, Congress needs to get a han- The married couple of Bob and paper industry has declined, with the dle on this issue because these vacan- Marilyn Thaden, along with their son paper mill finally closing its doors in cies risk undermining the delivery of Josh, are the team that makes the 2014. Despite these hardships, the town services and care to our veterans who Tongue River Winery successful; 2017 of Bucksport has opened new doors rely on the VA. We can and need to do marks the fifth consecutive year that both through creative uses of the better by them. the Tongue River Winery has won the former mill site, as well as by capital- Thank you. Granite Peak Award. This award is pre- izing on the town’s deepwater port, rail f sented to the top Montana winery at service, and location at the intersec- the Northwest Wine Summit. tion of two loops of the ‘‘three Ring ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS For Bob, this year marks his 50th an- Binder’’ broadband network. The resil- niversary making wine. It has also iency of the town is a testament to its been about 50 years since he met his 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE IDAHO residents’ hard work, innovation, and wife, Marilyn, so it comes as no sur- NATIONAL LABORATORY’S AD- commitment to Maine. prise that, when asked about VANCED TEST REACTOR Bucksport is home to nearly 5,000 winemaking, he compares the process people and continues to grow. ∑ Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, my col- of selecting good grapes to courtship. Bucksport is centrally located 18 miles league Senator JIM RISCH joins me Bob reflected, ‘‘it’s like courtship, from three major employment centers today in recognizing the Idaho Na- plant the wrong one and you will re- and is also home to numerous cultural tional Laboratory’s achievements in 50 gret it for a long time; take your time, and arts organizations like Northeast years of operation of the advanced test choose carefully, so not to be dis- Historic Film, the Alamo Theater, and reactor. The success of the scientific appointed later on.’’ Bob has selected the Lighthouse Arts Studio. The town mission of the advanced test reactor is wisely in both endeavors. His advice on also features the Downeast Waterfront a pride of Idaho and of the entire being thoughtful and patient can be ap- Walkway, a mile-long walkway along American nuclear science community. plied to many other areas of life. the Penobscot River with views of Fort The advanced test reactor is a unique In the years ahead, I wish Bob, Knox and informational panels that de- system designed to support multiple Marilyn, and Josh all the best as they tail Bucksport’s important past, as different experiments simultaneously. continue to cultivate and create well as its potential for the future. I It can serve as a nuclear ‘‘time ma- uniquely Montana wines. For their ef- am proud to commemorate 225 years chine’’ by testing the stresses of nu- forts, I raise my glass to the team at since the incorporation of Bucksport, a clear power 20 times faster than con- the Tongue River Winery.∑ town that has greatly contributed to ventional systems. It is currently in- f Maine’s economic prosperity and a volved in research to convert weapons- 225TH ANNIVERSARY OF community known for providing the grade nuclear material to reactor fuel. unique Maine experience.∑ This will strengthen American energy BUCKSPORT, MAINE f independence. ∑ Mr. KING. Mr. President, today I The U.S. Navy’s nuclear propulsion wish to recognize the 225th anniversary 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF UTICA, program is a key customer of advanced of Bucksport, ME, an active town set MICHIGAN test reactor research. It is one of many along the banks of the Penobscot ∑ Mr. PETERS. Mr. President, today I ways in which Idahoans contribute to River. The town has a long and proud wish to recognize the 200th anniversary our national security. The advanced history dating back to the late 1700s, of the city of Utica, MI. The bicenten- test reactor is also the only American and I am pleased to join with Mayor nial celebration is a historical bench- source for a particular isotope known David Keene, town officials, members mark for Utica, as well as the State of as Cobalt-60. Cobalt-60 is vital for its of the Bucksport Historical Society, Michigan. use in modern brain cancer treatments and residents as they gather for a Located in Macomb County and often and is saving the lives of Americans founder’s day celebration to honor the referred to as a small town with city every day. town’s history. amenities, Utica residents have always Beyond these good works, the ad- First settled in 1763, Bucksport was prided themselves on their high level of vanced test reactor is available to our incorporated in 1792 and named for its community involvement, rich heritage, universities. Our next generation of original surveyor, Colonel Jonathan and family-oriented values. After 200

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The following communications were At 11:02 a.m., a message from the laid before the Senate, together with At the time, Utica was known by var- House of Representatives, delivered by ious names, including McDougalville, accompanying papers, reports, and doc- Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, uments, and were referred as indicated: Hog Hollow, and Harlow. It was not announced that the House has passed EC–2024. A communication from the Sec- until 1829 when Americans from New the following bills, in which it requests York State began moving to the area retary of the Senate, transmitting, pursuant the concurrence of the Senate: to law, the report of the receipts and expend- and changed the name to Utica, after H.R. 1282. An act to amend the Homeland itures of the Senate for the period from Oc- their home city. Utica gained the sta- Security Act of 2002 to establish the Acquisi- tober 1, 2016 through March 31, 2017, received tus of village in 1838 and was among tion Review Board in the Department of in the Office of the President of the Senate one of the first towns in Michigan to do Homeland Security, and for other purposes. on May 12, 2017; ordered to lie on the table. so. H.R. 1873. An act to amend the Federal EC–2025. A communication from the Dep- The flourishing village experienced Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to uty Secretary of Defense, transmitting, pur- great economic growth from the agri- enhance the reliability of the electricity grid suant to law, a report relative to violations cultural industry, as well as the con- and reduce the threat of wildfires to and of the Antideficiency Act that involved fis- from electric transmission and distribution cal years 2009–2014 Operation and Mainte- struction of the Detroit United Rail- facilities on Federal lands by facilitating nance, Army (OMA), funds, and was assigned way, Wildcat Bank of Utica, and Clin- vegetation management on such lands. case number 16–01; to the Committee on Ap- ton-Kalamazoo Canal. Tragically, in H.R. 2131. An act to amend the Homeland propriations. both 1904 and 1905, fires erupted across Security Act of 2002 to direct the Chief EC–2026. A communication from the Dep- the village and destroyed many busi- Human Capital Officer of the Department of uty Secretary of Defense, transmitting, pur- nesses, residences, and the renowned Homeland Security to improve consistency suant to law, a report relative to violations Exchange Hotel. However, Utica resi- regarding discipline and adverse actions in of the Antideficiency Act that involved fis- dents demonstrated their love and the Department’s workforce, and for other cal year 2009 Operation and Maintenance, purposes. Army (OMA), funds, and was assigned case commitment to the city by building number 16–03; to the Committee on Appro- f waterworks in 1926, gas mains in 1930, priations. and sewers in 1937. It was the same ENROLLED BILL SIGNED EC–2027. A communication from the Sec- year, 1937, that Utica officially became retary of Defense, transmitting a report on a recognized city. It is testament to The President pro tempore (Mr. the approved retirement of Lieutenant Gen- the longevity and vibrancy of the com- HATCH) announced that on today, June eral John E. Wissler, United States Marine munity that the Utica United Meth- 22, 2017, he has signed the following en- Corps, and his advancement to the grade of odist Church, which was built in 1839 rolled bill, which was previously signed lieutenant general on the retired list; to the by the Speaker of the House: Committee on Armed Services. by two of the first settlers, Nathaniel EC–2028. A communication from the Dep- S. 1094. An act to amend title 38, United and Jemima Squires, still stands uty Assistant Administrator for Regulatory States Code, to improve the accountability today. Programs, Office of International Affairs and of employees of the Department of Veterans Today Utica is a vibrant community Seafood Inspection, Department of Com- Affairs, and for other purposes. covering 1,114 acres of land, with af- merce, transmitting, pursuant to law, the re- fordable, safe housing, successful fam- f port of a rule entitled ‘‘Trade Monitoring Procedures for Fishery Products; Inter- ily-owned shops, and nationally recog- MEASURES REFERRED nized community schools. The city of- national Trade in Seafood; Permit Require- fers its residents a wide range of com- The following bills were read the first ments for Importers and Exporters’’ (RIN0648–AX63) received in the Office of the prehensive and efficient services from and the second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated: President of the Senate on June 15, 2017; to festivals and 5K races, to senior nutri- the Committee on Finance. tion programs and pinochle tour- H.R. 1282. An act to amend the Homeland EC–2029. A communication from the Dep- naments. Utica’s fire and police depart- Security Act of 2002 to establish the Acquisi- uty Chief Counsel, National Technical Infor- ment work hard to protect the city and tion Review Board in the Department of mation Service, Department of Commerce, its residents, as well as enhance the Homeland Security, and for other purposes; transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of to the Committee on Homeland Security and a rule entitled ‘‘Certification Program for quality of life. In short, Utica is a Governmental Affairs. great place to live, work, and play. Access to the Death Master File’’ (RIN0692– H.R. 1873. An act to amend the Federal AA21) received in the Office of the President The city of Utica has a rich history, Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to of the Senate on June 15, 2017; to the Com- dynamic present, and bright future. As enhance the reliability of the electricity grid mittee on Finance. Utica celebrates this milestone, I ask and reduce the threat of wildfires to and EC–2030. A communication from the Dep- all my colleagues to join me in con- from electric transmission and distribution uty Assistant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, gratulating its residents, elected offi- facilities on Federal lands by facilitating Department of State, transmitting, pursuant cials, and businesses as they celebrate vegetation management on such lands; to to law, a report consistent with the Author- the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- their rich history. I wish the city con- ization for Use of Military Force Against sources. Iraq Resolution of 2002 (P.L. 107–243) and the tinued growth and prosperity in the H.R. 2131. An act to amend the Homeland ∑ Authorization for the Use of Force Against years ahead. Security Act of 2002 to direct the Chief Iraq Resolution of 1991 (P.L. 102–1) for the f Human Capital Officer of the Department of February 7, 2017–April 8, 2017 reporting pe- Homeland Security to improve consistency MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT riod; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. regarding discipline and adverse actions in EC–2031. A communication from the Assist- Messages from the President of the the Department’s workforce, and for other ant Legal Adviser for Treaty Affairs, Depart- United States were communicated to purposes; to the Committee on Homeland Se- ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to the the Senate by Ms. Ridgway, one of his curity and Governmental Affairs. Case-Zablocki Act, 1 U.S.C. 112b, as amended, secretaries. f the report of the texts and background state- ments of international agreements, other f ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED than treaties (List 2017–0100—2017–0112); to EXECUTIVE MESSAGES REFERRED The Secretary of the Senate reported the Committee on Foreign Relations. EC–2032. A communication from the Acting In executive session the Presiding Of- that on today, June 22, 2017, she had Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legis- ficer laid before the Senate messages presented to the President of the lative Affairs, Department of Justice, trans- from the President of the United United States the following enrolled mitting, pursuant to law, the semi-annual States submitting sundry nominations bill: reports of the Attorney General relative to

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:49 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN6.027 S22JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3731 enforcement actions taken by the Depart- INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND By Mr. CASSIDY: ment of Justice under the Lobbying Disclo- JOINT RESOLUTIONS S. 1415. A bill to terminate the prohibitions sure Act for the period from January 1, 2016, on the exportation and importation of nat- through June 30, 2016, and July 1, 2016, The following bills and joint resolu- ural gas, and for other purposes; to the Com- through December 31, 2016; to the Commit- tions were introduced, read the first mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- tees on Homeland Security and Govern- and second times by unanimous con- fairs. mental Affairs; and the Judiciary. sent, and referred as indicated: By Mr. TILLIS (for himself and Mr. EC–2033. A communication from the Chair- By Mr. THUNE (for himself, Mr. NEL- BURR): S. 1416. A bill to amend title 28, United man of the Council of the District of Colum- SON, Mr. BLUNT, and Ms. CANTWELL): bia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report S. 1405. A bill to amend title 49, United States Code, to redefine the eastern and mid- on D.C. Act 22–70, ‘‘Early Learning Equity in States Code, to authorize appropriations for dle judicial districts of North Carolina; to Funding Amendment Act of 2017’’; to the the Federal Aviation Administration, and for the Committee on the Judiciary. Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- other purposes; to the Committee on Com- By Mr. HATCH (for himself and Mr. ernmental Affairs. merce, Science, and Transportation. HEINRICH): S. 1417. A bill to require the Secretary of EC–2034. A communication from the Chair- By Mr. MURPHY (for himself, Mr. VAN the Interior to develop a categorical exclu- man of the Council of the District of Colum- HOLLEN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, and Mr. sion for covered vegetative management ac- bia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report WHITEHOUSE): on D.C. Act 22–71, ‘‘Child Development Fa- S. 1406. A bill to amend title 31, United tivities carried out to establish or improve cilities Regulations Amendment Act of States Code, to provide for the issuance of habitat for greater sage-grouse and mule 2017’’; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- Green Bonds and to establish the United deer, and for other purposes; to the Com- rity and Governmental Affairs. States Green Bank, and for other purposes; mittee on Environment and Public Works. EC–2035. A communication from the Chair- to the Committee on Finance. By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and man of the Council of the District of Colum- By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mrs. Mr. MARKEY): S. 1418. A bill to establish protections for bia, transmitting, pursuant to law, a report CAPITO): on D.C. Act 22–72, ‘‘Child Care Study Act of S. 1407. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- passengers in air transportation, and for 2017’’; to the Committee on Homeland Secu- enue Code of 1986 to enhance tax incentives other purposes; to the Committee on Com- rity and Governmental Affairs. for manufacturing in the United States; to merce, Science, and Transportation. EC–2036. A communication from the Sec- the Committee on Finance. By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. DUR- retary of Housing and Urban Development, By Mrs. ERNST (for herself and Mrs. BIN, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. transmitting, pursuant to law, the Depart- GILLIBRAND): ment of Housing and Urban Development S. 1408. A bill to enhance effective prosecu- BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Semiannual Report of the Inspector General tion and defense in courts-martial, and for Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. COONS, for the period from October 1, 2016, through other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. DONNELLY, March 31, 2017; to the Committee on Home- Services. Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. land Security and Governmental Affairs. By Mr. CARPER (for himself and Mr. FRANKEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HAR- EC–2037. A communication from the Asso- HELLER): RIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HEINRICH, Ms. ciate General Counsel for General Law, De- S. 1409. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- HEITKAMP, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, partment of Homeland Security, transmit- enue Code of 1986 to extend the credit for res- Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. MAR- ting, pursuant to law, a report relative to a idential energy efficient property, and for KEY, Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. MENENDEZ, vacancy in the position of Assistant Sec- other purposes; to the Committee on Fi- Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. retary/Administrator, Transportation Secu- nance. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PETERS, rity Administration, Department of Home- By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. Mr. REED, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, land Security, received in the Office of the HOEVEN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, and Mr. Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. President of the Senate on June 14, 2017; to HELLER): STABENOW, Mr. TESTER, Mr. UDALL, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and S. 1410. A bill to further the development Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WARNER, Ms. Transportation. of unmanned aircraft system technology WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. EC–2038. A communication from the Chief through investing in additional research, WYDEN): S. 1419. A bill to amend the Voting Rights of Staff, Media Bureau, Federal Communica- building a trained workforce, and estab- Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for deter- tions Commission, transmitting, pursuant to lishing working groups to address near-term mining which States and political subdivi- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Amend- and long-term challenges, and for other pur- sions are subject to section 4 of the Act, and ment of Section 73.622(i), Post-Transition poses; to the Committee on Commerce, for other purposes; to the Committee on the Table DTV Allotments, Television Broadcast Science, and Transportation. Judiciary. Stations (Augusta, Georgia)’’ ((MB Docket By Mr. NELSON: S. 1411. A bill to amend title 10, United By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. MAR- No. 11–54) (DA 17–510)) received during ad- States Code, to provide for a five-year exten- KEY, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, journment of the Senate in the Office of the sion of the payment of the special survivor Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. KAINE, President of the Senate on June 16, 2017; to indemnity allowance under the Survivor Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. COONS, Mr. WHITE- the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Benefit Plan; to the Committee on Armed HOUSE, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. GILLI- Transportation. Services. BRAND, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. WYDEN, EC–2039. A communication from the Chief By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. of Staff, Wireline Competition Bureau, Fed- Ms. WARREN, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MURRAY, Mr. MENENDEZ, and Mr. eral Communications Commission, transmit- FRANKEN, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mr. UDALL, UDALL): ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- Ms. HIRONO, Ms. HASSAN, and Mrs. S. 1420. A bill to direct the Secretary of titled ‘‘Rural Health Care Support Mecha- FEINSTEIN): State to review the termination character- nism’’ ((WC Docket No. 02–60) (FCC 17–71)) re- S. 1412. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- ization of former members of the Depart- ceived in the Office of the President of the cation Act of 1965 to provide for a percentage ment of State who were fired by reason of Senate on June 19, 2017; to the Committee on of student loan forgiveness for public service the sexual orientation of the official, and for Commerce, Science, and Transportation. employment, and for other purposes; to the other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign f Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Relations. Pensions. By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Ms. BALD- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES By Mr. COONS (for himself, Mrs. WIN, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. MARKEY, The following reports of committees ERNST, Mr. GRASSLEY, and Mr. REED): Mrs. SHAHEEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. S. 1413. A bill to authorize the Secretary of CANTWELL, Mr. MERKLEY, and Mr. were submitted: Education to award grants to establish SCHATZ): By Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee teacher leader development programs; to the S. 1421. A bill to support educational enti- on Energy and Natural Resources, without Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and ties in fully implementing title IX and re- amendment: Pensions. ducing and preventing sex discrimination in S. 733. A bill to protect and enhance oppor- By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mrs. SHA- all areas of education; to the Committee on tunities for recreational hunting, fishing, HEEN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KING, Mr. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. and shooting, and for other purposes (Rept. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. TILLIS, Mr. COCH- By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. No. 115–116). RAN, Mr. STRANGE, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. TESTER): By Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee INHOFE, Mr. PERDUE, Mr. COTTON, Mr. S. 1422. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- on Energy and Natural Resources: ROUNDS, Mr. SULLIVAN, Ms. HIRONO, enue Code of 1986 to treat certain farming Report to accompany S. 131, A bill to pro- Mr. ROBERTS, and Mr. RUBIO): business machinery and equipment as 5-year vide for the exchange of certain National S. 1414. A bill to state the policy of the property for purposes of depreciation; to the Forest System land and non-Federal land in United States on the minimum number of Committee on Finance. the State of Alaska, and for other purposes available battle force ships; to the Com- By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Ms. (Rept. No. 115–117). mittee on Armed Services. CANTWELL, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr.

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MARKEY, Mr. FRANKEN, and Ms. further increase those opportunities; to the S. 622 DUCKWORTH): Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and At the request of Mr. FLAKE, the S. 1423. A bill to require the Secretary of Pensions. name of the Senator from Mississippi Transportation to modify the final rule re- By Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. (Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor lating to flightcrew member duty and rest WARREN, Mr. REED, Mrs. SHAHEEN, of S. 622, a bill to preserve open com- requirements for passenger operations of air Ms. HASSAN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. carriers to apply to all-cargo operations of MURPHY, Mr. LEAHY, and Mr. KING): petition and Federal Government neu- air carriers to apply to all-cargo operations S. Con. Res. 18. A concurrent resolution trality towards the labor relations of of air carriers, and for other purposes; to the honoring David Americo Ortiz Arias, the 3- Federal Government contractors on Committee on Commerce, Science, and time World Series Champion Major League Federal and federally funded construc- Transportation. Baseball player who played for the Min- tion projects. nesota Twins and the Boston Red Sox for a By Ms. HIRONO (for herself, Mr. S. 804 MORAN, Mr. TESTER, and Mr. DAINES): combined 20 seasons; to the Committee on At the request of Mr. HELLER, the S. 1424. A bill to apply the provisions of the Judiciary. name of the Senator from Massachu- title 5, United States Code, related to vet- f erans’ preference to the Federal Aviation Ad- setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- ministration personnel management system, ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS sponsor of S. 804, a bill to improve the and for other purposes; to the Committee on S. 203 provision of health care for women vet- Veterans’ Affairs. At the request of Mr. BURR, the name erans by the Department of Veterans By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Ms. CANT- Affairs, and for other purposes. WELL, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. SULLIVAN, of the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. S. 856 Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. GRAHAM, Ms. COL- BARRASSO) was added as a cosponsor of C ASKILL LINS, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. SCHATZ, and S. 203, a bill to reaffirm that the Envi- At the request of Mrs. M C , Mr. PETERS): ronmental Protection Agency may not the name of the Senator from Cali- S. 1425. A bill to reauthorize the Integrated regulate vehicles used solely for com- fornia (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act petition, and for other purposes. cosponsor of S. 856, a bill to amend the of 2009, and for other purposes; to the Com- S. 256 Higher Education Act of 1965 and the mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Se- tation. At the request of Ms. HEITKAMP, the name of the Senator from Minnesota curity Policy and Campus Crime Sta- By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. tistics Act to combat campus sexual NELSON): (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- S. 1426. A bill to amend the Ted Stevens sponsor of S. 256, a bill to establish the assault, and for other purposes. Olympic and Amateur Sports Act to expand Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to S. 976 the purposes of the corporation, to designate Health and Wellness Training pilot pro- At the request of Mr. ENZI, the name the United States Center for Safe Sport, and gram to address human trafficking in of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. for other purposes; to the Committee on the health care system. CARPER) was added as a cosponsor of S. Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 976, a bill to restore States’ sovereign S. 298 f rights to enforce State and local sales At the request of Mr. TESTER, the and use tax laws, and for other pur- SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND name of the Senator from Massachu- poses. SENATE RESOLUTIONS setts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a co- S. 1024 sponsor of S. 298, a bill to require Sen- The following concurrent resolutions At the request of Mr. ISAKSON, the ate candidates to file designations, and Senate resolutions were read, and name of the Senator from Mississippi statements, and reports in electronic referred (or acted upon), as indicated: (Mr. COCHRAN) was added as a cospon- form. By Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. sor of S. 1024, a bill to amend title 38, PETERS, Mr. GARDNER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, S. 424 United States Code, to reform the Mr. RISCH, Mr. HEINRICH, and Ms. At the request of Mr. BOOKER, the rights and processes relating to appeals HIRONO): name of the Senator from Wisconsin S. Res. 199. A resolution designating June of decisions regarding claims for bene- (Ms. BALDWIN) was added as a cospon- fits under the laws administered by the 2017 as ‘‘Great Outdoors Month’’; to the Com- sor of S. 424, a bill to amend title 5, mittee on the Judiciary. Secretary of Veterans Affairs, and for By Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. United States Code, to include certain other purposes. Federal positions within the definition MCCAIN, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. MARKEY, S. 1050 of law enforcement officer for retire- Mr. RUBIO, Mr. REED, Mr. SULLIVAN, At the request of Mr. COCHRAN, the Mr. DURBIN, Mr. SCHATZ, Mrs. FEIN- ment purposes, and for other purposes. name of the Senator from Colorado STEIN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. S. 474 (Mr. GARDNER) was added as a cospon- VAN HOLLEN, Mr. COONS, Mr. BOOZ- At the request of Mr. GRAHAM, the MAN, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. sor of S. 1050, a bill to award a Congres- name of the Senator from Indiana (Mr. RISCH, and Mr. PERDUE): sional Gold Medal, collectively, to the S. Res. 200. A resolution welcoming the YOUNG) was added as a cosponsor of S. Chinese-American Veterans of World President of the Republic of Korea on his of- 474, a bill to condition assistance to the War II, in recognition of their dedi- ficial visit to the United States and cele- West Bank and Gaza on steps by the cated service during World War II. brating the United States-Republic of Korea Palestinian Authority to end violence S. 1104 relationship, and for other purposes; to the and terrorism against Israeli citizens. At the request of Mr. MANCHIN, the Committee on Foreign Relations. S. 540 By Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. name of the Senator from Wyoming BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. At the request of Mr. THUNE, the (Mr. BARRASSO) was added as a cospon- BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. names of the Senator from Arkansas sor of S. 1104, a bill to require the Fed- BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARPER, (Mr. COTTON) and the Senator from eral Communications Commission to Mr. CASEY, Mr. COONS, Ms. Ohio (Mr. PORTMAN) were added as co- establish a methodology for the collec- DUCKWORTH, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. sponsors of S. 540, a bill to limit the tion by the Commission of information FRANKEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HAR- authority of States to tax certain in- about commercial mobile service and RIS, Ms. HASSAN, Ms. HEITKAMP, Ms. come of employees for employment du- commercial mobile data service, and HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, ties performed in other States. Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MENEN- for other purposes. DEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. S. 584 S. 1196 REED, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHUMER, At the request of Mr. LANKFORD, the At the request of Mr. SULLIVAN, the Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. names of the Senator from Mississippi UDALL, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITE- RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. (Mr. WICKER) and the Senator from HOUSE, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. 584, a bill to amend chapter 6 of title 5, North Dakota (Ms. HEITKAMP) were MURPHY, and Ms. CORTEZ MASTO): United States Code (commonly known added as cosponsors of S. 1196, a bill to S. Res. 201. A resolution affirming the im- portance of title IX, applauding the increase as the Regulatory Flexibility Act), to expand the capacity and capability of in educational opportunities available to ensure complete analysis of potential the ballistic missile defense system of women and girls, and recognizing the tre- impacts on small entities of rules, and the United States, and for other pur- mendous amount of work left to be done to for other purposes. poses.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:07 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN6.016 S22JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3733 S. 1296 (Mr. CASSIDY) was added as a cosponsor (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) and the Senator from At the request of Mrs. MCCASKILL, of S. 1368, a bill to reauthorize the Na- Colorado (Mr. GARDNER) were added as the name of the Senator from Florida tional Flood Insurance Program, and cosponsors of S. Res. 102, a resolution (Mr. NELSON) was added as a cosponsor for other purposes. reaffirming the strategic partnership of S. 1296, a bill to amend the Uniform S. 1369 between the United States and Mexico, Code of Military Justice to prohibit the At the request of Mr. BROWN, the and recognizing bilateral cooperation wrongful broadcast or distribution of name of the Senator from Vermont that advances the national security intimate visual images. (Mr. SANDERS) was added as a cospon- and national interests of both coun- S. 1303 sor of S. 1369, a bill to amend the Inter- tries. At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, nal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish S. RES. 195 the name of the Senator from Cali- an excise tax on certain prescription At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the fornia (Mrs. FEINSTEIN) was added as a drugs which have been subject to a name of the Senator from Michigan cosponsor of S. 1303, a bill to prohibit price spike, and for other purposes. (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor discrimination in adoption or foster S. 1377 of S. Res. 195, a resolution recognizing care placements based on the sexual At the request of Mr. WICKER, the June 20, 2017, as ‘‘World Refugee Day’’. orientation, gender identity, or marital name of the Senator from Hawaii (Mr. f status of any prospective adoptive or SCHATZ) was added as a cosponsor of S. STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED foster parent, or the sexual orientation 1377, a bill to remove the limitation on BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS or gender identity of the child in- certain amounts for which large non- volved. rural hospitals may be reimbursed By Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. URBIN ALDWIN EN S. 1311 under the Healthcare Connect Fund of D , Ms. B , Mr. B - NET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the the Federal Communications Commis- BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANT- names of the Senator from Vermont sion, and for other purposes. WELL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, (Mr. LEAHY) and the Senator from S. 1379 Mr. CASEY, Mr. COONS, Ms. COR- Oklahoma (Mr. LANKFORD) were added At the request of Ms. WARREN, the TEZ MASTO, Mr. DONNELLY, Ms. as cosponsors of S. 1311, a bill to pro- name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. DUCKWORTH, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, vide assistance in abolishing human RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of S. Mr. FRANKEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, trafficking in the United States. 1379, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. S. 1313 enue Code of 1986 to permit fellowship HEINRICH, Ms. HEITKAMP, Ms. At the request of Mr. CASSIDY, the and stipend compensation to be saved in an individual retirement account. HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Mr. KING, name of the Senator from Louisiana LOBUCHAR ARKEY S. 1389 Ms. K , Mr. M , (Mr. KENNEDY) was added as a cospon- Mrs. MCCASKILL, Mr. MENEN- sor of S. 1313, a bill to reauthorize the At the request of Mr. REED, the names of the Senator from Oregon (Mr. DEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. MUR- National Flood Insurance Program, PHY, Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON, and for other purposes. MERKLEY) and the Senator from Vir- ginia (Mr. WARNER) were added as co- Mr. PETERS, Mr. REED, Mr. S. 1315 sponsors of S. 1389, a bill to allow the SANDERS, Mr. SCHATZ, Mr. At the request of Ms. HEITKAMP, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec- SCHUMER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. tion to provide greater protection to STABENOW, Mr. TESTER, Mr. WARNER) was added as a cosponsor of S. servicemembers. UDALL, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. 1315, a bill to require the Bureau of WARNER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. S. 1393 Consumer Financial Protection to WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. WYDEN): At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the amend its regulations relating to quali- S. 1419. A bill to amend the Voting names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. fied mortgages, and for other purposes. Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria NELSON) and the Senator from Illinois S. 1343 for determining which States and polit- (Ms. DUCKWORTH) were added as cospon- ical subdivisions are subject to section At the request of Mr. THUNE, the sors of S. 1393, a bill to streamline the 4 of the Act, and for other purposes; to name of the Senator from Michigan process by which active duty military, (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor the Committee on the Judiciary. reservists, and veterans receive com- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, four of S. 1343, a bill to amend the Internal mercial driver’s licenses. Revenue Code to extend and modify years ago, a narrow majority of the Su- S. CON. RES. 7 certain charitable tax provisions. preme Court struck down the heart of At the request of Mr. ROBERTS, the S. 1350 the Voting Rights Act in Shelby Coun- name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. ty v. Holder. That 5 to 4 decision crip- At the request of Mr. ALEXANDER, the PORTMAN) was added as a cosponsor of name of the Senator from Mississippi pled the Federal government’s ability S. Con. Res. 7, a concurrent resolution to protect minority, elderly, and dis- (Mr. WICKER) was added as a cosponsor expressing the sense of Congress that of S. 1350, a bill to amend the National advantaged voters across the country. tax-exempt fraternal benefit societies The impact of this disastrous ruling Labor Relations Act with respect to have historically provided and con- the timing of elections and pre-election has been even worse than imagined. tinue to provide critical benefits to the Before the ink even dried on the hearings and the identification of pre- people and communities of the United Court’s opinion, Republican officials in election issues, and to require that States. several States rushed to enact laws lists of employees eligible to vote in S. CON. RES. 12 making it harder for minorities to organizing elections be provided to the At the request of Mr. GRASSLEY, the vote. Prior to Shelby County, the Fed- National Labor Relations Board. name of the Senator from New Jersey eral government had the ability to pre- S. 1366 (Mr. BOOKER) was added as a cosponsor vent racial discriminatory voting At the request of Mr. SCHATZ, the of S. Con. Res. 12, a concurrent resolu- changes from taking effect before those name of the Senator from New York tion expressing the sense of Congress changes occur. Proposed laws and new (Mr. SCHUMER) was added as a cospon- that those who served in the bays, har- voting procedures would first have sor of S. 1366, a bill to direct the Sec- bors, and territorial seas of the Repub- been reviewed by the Federal courts or retary of Defense to review the dis- lic of Vietnam during the period begin- the Department of Justice to ensure charge characterization of former ning on January 9, 1962, and ending on that voting rights would not be harmed members of the Armed Forces who May 7, 1975, should be presumed to if the changes went into effect. But were discharged by reason of the sexual have served in the Republic of Vietnam without the full protections of the Vot- orientation of the member, and for for all purposes under the Agent Or- ing Rights Act after Shelby County, other purposes. ange Act of 1991. discriminatory laws quickly passed Re- S. 1368 S. RES. 102 publican legislatures in several States. At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the Chief Justice Roberts’s majority name of the Senator from Louisiana names of the Senator from California opinion in Shelby County noted several

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There are still those within our have equally devastating effects on the The original enactment and every re- society intent on suppressing the right voting rights of minorities. authorization of the Voting Rights Act to vote and keeping minorities from The original Voting Rights Act has always been bipartisan. When we exercising their constitutional right to would have prevented many of these last reauthorized the Voting Rights participate in our democracy. Since discriminatory laws. But the Supreme Act in 2006, I worked closely with the the Shelby County ruling—and now Court’s decision has taken this country Republican chairmen of the Senate and emboldened by the Trump Administra- back to an era before the Civil Rights House Judiciary Committees—former tion—these forces are more concerning movement—a bad time in our history Senator Arlen Specter and Representa- than they have been in decades. where some states openly discrimi- tive Jim Sensenbrenner. And past reau- Unfortunately, what has transpired nated against minority voters. We are thorizations of the Voting Rights Act in the aftermath of the Shelby County constantly reminded how costly the have been signed into law by Repub- decision makes the need for the full fight for voting and civil rights has lican presidents. protections of the Voting Rights Act been in this country. Just yesterday, But now, the Republican majority— unmistakably clear. Voter suppression we marked the 53rd anniversary of in both the House and the Senate—re- efforts have found renewed life in nu- three civil rights activists who were fuses to protect the right to vote, re- merous jurisdictions across the coun- killed in Mississippi for registering mi- store the Voting Rights Act, or address try. Thankfully, in some cases the norities to vote. James Chaney, Mi- other critical civil rights issues. Since courts have been able to provide a chael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman the Shelby County decision, Repub- backstop. Based on strong evidence gave their lives in 1964 when they were licans at every level of our government that hundreds of thousands of minority murdered while fighting in Mississippi have acted to make it harder to vote. voters have been disproportionately for racial equality and free access to This has become the legacy of today’s prevented or discouraged from voting the ballot box. Their example, and the Republican Party. They should think by Republican-enacted voting restric- example of generations of civil rights seriously about reversing course, rath- tions, Federal courts have blocked or activists who gave their sweat, blood, er than trying to reverse the gains we rolled back many of these laws. Impor- and sometimes their lives must inspire have made in history. One significant tantly, Federal courts have repeatedly us and drive us to do more. It is now step would be to join with us to pass found that these States enacted laws imperative for us to do everything in the Voting Rights Advancement Act to with the intention to discriminate. our power to correct the Shelby Coun- restore the historic and critically- Just last month, the Supreme Court ty decision and reinstate the full pro- needed protections of this landmark left in place the Fourth Circuit Court tections of the Voting Rights Act for civil rights law. of Appeals ruling that blocked North the next generation. f Carolina’s harsh voting restrictions, The legislation I am introducing including a strict photo identification today would restore and update the SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS law. The Fourth Circuit concluded that Voting Rights Act. The Voting Rights the Republican legislature had passed Advancement Act of 2017 not only mod- SENATE RESOLUTION 199—DESIG- the law with the intent to racially dis- ernizes the Voting Rights Act in re- NATING JUNE 2017 AS ‘‘GREAT criminate against African Americans, sponse to Shelby County, it also mod- OUTDOORS MONTH’’ and found that ‘‘the new provisions tar- ernizes the law to provide tools to com- get African Americans with almost bat current forms of voter discrimina- Mr. DAINES (for himself, Mr. surgical precision.’’ tion. This bill responds to calls from PETERS, Mr. GARDNER, Mrs. SHAHEEN, In April of this year, Federal district community leaders and grassroots ac- Mr. RISCH, Mr. HEINRICH, and Ms. court ruled for a second time that tivists working in communities whose HIRONO) submitted the following reso- Texas’s photo ID law was enacted with voting rights have been threatened or lution; which was referred to the Com- the intent to racially discriminate and suppressed. It responds to voting rights mittee on the Judiciary: had a racially discriminatory effect on experts and civil rights leader who Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, I ask Hispanic and Black voters. This ruling have called for strong legislation to unanimous consent that the text of the came after the Fifth Circuit Court of counter the voter intimidation and resolution be printed in the RECORD. Appeals reaffirmed that the Texas law patently discriminatory efforts that There being no objection, the text of should be struck down because of its were unleashed after the Shelby Coun- the resolution was ordered to be print- discriminatory effect on minority vot- ty ruling. ed in the RECORD, as follows: ers. But just weeks ago, the Repub- I am proud to introduce this bill with S. RES. 199 lican-led Texas legislature and Gov- forty-six original cosponsors, nearly Whereas hundreds of millions of people in ernor enacted a new law in an attempt every single member of the Democratic the United States participate in outdoor to escape the court’s rulings. caucus. I am also proud to be joined by recreation annually; Federal courts in Kansas and North Senator Durbin, who worked with me Whereas Congress enacted the Outdoor Dakota have also acted as a bulwark to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act Recreation Jobs and Economic Impact Act of against attempts by Republican offi- in 2006. In addition, the House of Rep- 2016 (Public Law 114–249; 130 Stat. 999) to as- cials to disenfranchise minority voters. resentatives is today introducing a sess and analyze the outdoor recreation economy of the United States and the effects In Kansas; courts have issued rulings companion bill led by Congresswoman attributable to the outdoor recreation econ- rejecting repeated attempts by Kansas Terri Sewell, Congresswoman Judy omy on the overall economy of the United Secretary of State Kris Kobach from Chu, Congresswoman Michelle Lujan States; making voter registration more dif- Grisham, my friend Congressman John Whereas regular outdoor recreation is as- ficult. In North Dakota, a Federal dis- Lewis, and over 175 members of the sociated with positive health outcomes and trict court held that the State’s strict House Democratic caucus. better quality of life; photo ID law disproportionately bur- We are all joining together to intro- Whereas outdoor recreation is part of the dened Native Americans and blocked duce this bill today because we will not national heritage of the United States; and let systematic and persistent efforts to Whereas June 2017 is an appropriate month its implementation in the 2016 election. to designate as ‘‘Great Outdoors Month’’ to These decisions are only the tip of suppress Americans’ right to vote go provide an opportunity to celebrate the im- the iceberg of what has transpired unchecked. We will not stand idly by portance of the great outdoors: Now, there- since Shelby County. While our courts while this country reverts to a bygone fore, be it are acting to guard against attempts to era where it was acceptable to dis- Resolved, That the Senate—

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:07 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN6.022 S22JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3735 (1) designates June 2017 as ‘‘Great Outdoors ment (referred to in this preamble as Whereas President Moon Jae-in stated dur- Month’’; and ‘‘SMA’’), establishing the framework for Re- ing his inaugural address on May 10, 2017: ‘‘I (2) encourages all people of the United public of Korea contributions to offset the will do everything in my power to bring States to recreate in the great outdoors in costs associated with the stationing of peace to the peninsula’’; June 2017 and year-round. United States Forces Korea (referred to in Whereas there are deep cultural and per- this preamble as ‘‘USFK’’) on the Korean Pe- f sonal ties between the people of the United ninsula; States and of the Republic of Korea, as ex- Whereas the Democratic People’s Republic SENATE RESOLUTION 200—WEL- emplified by the large flow of visitors and of Korea continues its dangerous COMING THE PRESIDENT OF THE exchanges each year between the 2 countries, REPUBLIC OF KOREA ON HIS OF- incitements, including political assassina- tions, conventional military provocations, including Korean students studying in FICIAL VISIT TO THE UNITED ballistic missile tests and the advancement United States colleges and universities; STATES AND CELEBRATING THE of its nuclear programs; Whereas Korean-Americans have made in- UNITED STATES-REPUBLIC OF Whereas the United States continues to de- valuable contributions to the security, pros- KOREA RELATIONSHIP, AND FOR ploy advanced military capabilities to the perity, and diversity of our Nation; OTHER PURPOSES land, air and waters of South Korea, includ- Whereas, from June 28, 2017, through July ing the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense 1, 2017, President Moon Jae-in will visit Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. system (referred to in this preamble as Washington for his first official visit to the MCCAIN, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. MARKEY, ‘‘THAAD’’) to defend against the growing United States since his election as President; Mr. RUBIO, Mr. REED, Mr. SULLIVAN, threat from the ballistic missile and nuclear and Mr. DURBIN, Mr. SCHATZ, Mrs. FEIN- weapons programs of the Democratic Peo- Whereas the United States Government STEIN, Mr. KAINE, Mr. MENENDEZ, Mr. ple’s Republic of Korea, and will continue to looks forward to continuing to deepen our VAN HOLLEN, Mr. COONS, Mr. BOOZMAN, closely coordinate with the Government of enduring partnership with the Republic of the Republic of Korea when evaluating the Korea on economic, security, and cultural Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. INHOFE, Mr. RISCH, full range of necessary defensive military issues, as well as embracing new opportuni- and Mr. PERDUE) submitted the fol- policies; ties for new partnership and cooperation on lowing resolution; which was referred Whereas the new Government of the Re- to the Committee on Foreign Rela- public of Korea has announced that it has no emerging regional and global challenges: tions: intention to reverse commitments made in Now, therefore, be it S. RES. 200 the spirit of the United States-Republic of Resolved, That the Senate— Korea alliance, while it plans to implement (1) welcomes His Excellency Moon Jae-in, Whereas the Government and people of the the domestic procedures to uphold demo- the President of the Republic of Korea, on United States and of the Republic of Korea cratic, legal, and procedural legitimacy and his first official visit to the United States; share a comprehensive alliance, a dynamic transparency; partnership, and a personal friendship rooted (2) reaffirms the importance of— Whereas the People’s Republic of China has (A) the alliance between the United States in the common values of freedom, democ- engaged in an unprecedented campaign of and the Republic of Korea, as enshrined in racy, and a free market economy; economic pressure on the Republic of Korea the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1953, which is Whereas the alliance between the United in retaliation for the decision by the United States and the Republic of Korea is a States-Republic of Korea alliance to deploy vital to peace and security in Northeast linchpin of regional stability in Asia, includ- THAAD, with the goal of undermining the Asia, and the entire Asia-Pacific region; and ing against the threats posed by the regime United States-Republic of Korea alliance and (B) the commitment of the United States in Pyongyang; causing significant damage to the South Ko- to defend the Republic of Korea under Arti- Whereas cooperation between our nations rean economy and South Korean people; cle III of the Mutual Defense Treaty; spans across the economic, energy, diplo- Whereas the Government and people of the (3) reinforces longstanding United States matic, security, and cultural spheres; United States and of the Republic of Korea commitments to provide extended deter- Whereas the relationship between the peo- share a deep commitment to addressing the rence, guaranteed by the full spectrum of ple of the United States and of the Republic continued suffering of the people of the United States defense capabilities, to the Re- of Korea stretches back to Korea’s Chosun Democratic People’s Republic of Korea due public of Korea; Dynasty, when the United States and Korea to the appalling human rights abuses and re- (4) welcomes opportunities to strengthen established diplomatic relations under the pression of the regime in Pyongyang; security consultation, cooperation, and part- 1882 Treaty of Peace, Amity, Commerce, and Whereas, on March 15, 2012, the United nership between the United States and the Navigation; States-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agree- Republic of Korea on matters such as space, Whereas the United States-Republic of ment entered into force, which both coun- cyber, and missile defense; Korea alliance was forged in blood, with tries have committed to fully implement; (5) supports ongoing efforts— military casualties of the United States dur- Whereas the Republic of Korea is the ing the Korean War of approximately 36,574 United States sixth-largest trade partner, (A) to strengthen the United States-Repub- deaths and more than 103,284 wounded, and with United States goods and exports to lic of Korea alliance; casualties of the Republic of Korea of more Korea reaching a level of $63,800,000,000 in (B) to protect the approximately 28,500 than 217,000 soldiers killed, more than 291,000 2016; members of the United States Armed Forces wounded, and over 1,000,000 civilians killed or Whereas United States foreign direct in- stationed on the Korean Peninsula; and missing; vestment (referred to in this preamble as (C) to defend the alliance against any and Whereas the Korean War Veterans Rec- ‘‘FDI’’) in Korea (in stock) was $34,600,000,000 all provocations committed by the regime of ognition Act (Public Law 111–41) was enacted in 2015, a 3.3 percent increase from 2014 and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; on July 27, 2009, and President Barack Korea’s FDI in the United States (in stock) (6) urges the United States and the Repub- Obama issued a proclamation to designate was $40,100,000,000 in 2015, up 0.5 percent from lic of Korea to work together with members the date as the National Korean War Vet- 2014; of the United Nations Security Council and erans Armistice Day and called upon the Whereas, the Republic of Korea spends 2.6 other Member States to fully and effectively people of the United States to display flags percent of its gross domestic product (re- enforce existing sanctions and consider the at half-staff in memory of the Korean War ferred to in this preamble as ‘‘GDP’’) on de- need to take immediate action to pass addi- veterans; fense and carries a significant portion of tional and meaningful new measures under Whereas the Republic of Korea and the United States operating costs for forces in Article 41 of the United Nations Charter; United States have also stood alongside each South Korea; (7) supports efforts by the United States other in the 4 major wars the United States Whereas President Moon Jae-in has ex- and the Republic of Korea to peacefully has fought outside Korea since World War pressed his desire to increase this spending achieve a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear II—in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghani- to 3 percent of GDP during his tenure; weapons through a diplomatic process; stan, and Iraq; Whereas the United States, the Republic of Whereas, since the 1953 Mutual Defense Korea, and the Government of Japan have (8) urges the United States and the Repub- Treaty Between the United States and the made great strides in promoting trilateral lic of Korea to work together to fully and Republic of Korea, done at Washington Octo- cooperation and defense partnership, includ- fairly implement all aspects of the United ber 1, 1953, and ratified by the Senate on Jan- ing ministerial meetings, information shar- States-Republic of Korea Free Trade Agree- uary 26, 1954, United States military per- ing, and cooperation on ballistic missile de- ment; and sonnel have maintained a continuous pres- fense exercises to counter North Korean (9) encourages the United States Govern- ence on the Korean Peninsula, and currently provocations; ment and the Government of the Republic of there are approximately 28,500 United States Whereas, on May 7, 2013, the United States Korea to continue to broaden and deepen the troops assigned in the Republic of Korea; and the Republic of Korea signed a Joint alliance by enhancing cooperation and build- Whereas, in January 2014, the United Declaration in Commemoration of the 60th ing new partnerships in the security, eco- States and the Republic of Korea agreed Anniversary of the Alliance Between the Re- nomic, energy, scientific, health, education, upon a new 5-year Special Measures Agree- public of Korea and the United States; and cultural spheres.

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Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Ms. BALD- gree is $1,500 more than the average of stu- f WIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. dent debt owed by men; BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Whereas there are approximately 64,000 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- Mr. CARPER, Mr. CASEY, Mr. COONS, Ms. fewer opportunities for women to participate TION 18—HONORING DAVID DUCKWORTH, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. in college sports compared to men, and in AME´ RICO ORTIZ ARIAS, THE 3- 2015, women made up only 37 of the 313 ath- FRANKEN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Ms. HAR- TIME WORLD SERIES CHAMPION letic directors in Division I sports; MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL RIS, Ms. HASSAN, Ms. HEITKAMP, Ms. Whereas multiple studies have confirmed HIRONO, Mr. KAINE, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, that 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted on PLAYER WHO PLAYED FOR THE Mr. LEAHY, Mr. MARKEY, Mr. MENEN- college campuses and approximately 20 per- MINNESOTA TWINS AND THE DEZ, Mr. MERKLEY, Mr. PETERS, Mr. cent of girls have been the victims of sexual BOSTON RED SOX FOR A COM- REED, Mr. SANDERS, Mr. SCHUMER, Mrs. assault or attempted sexual assault while in BINED 20 SEASONS SHAHEEN, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. UDALL, high school; Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Ms. WAR- Whereas more than 50 percent of girls in Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. REN, Mr. REED, Mrs. SHAHEEN, Ms. HAS- grades 7 through 12 experience sexual harass- WYDEN, Mr. DURBIN, Mr. MURPHY, and ment and 10 percent of high school students SAN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. MURPHY, Mr. Ms. CORTEZ MASTO) submitted the fol- experience dating violence each year, which LEAHY, and Mr. KING) submitted the lowing resolution; which was referred can— following concurrent resolution; which to the Committee on Health, Edu- (1) lead to symptoms of depression and was referred to the Committee on the cation, Labor, and Pensions: anxiety and unhealthy and antisocial behav- Judiciary: iors; and S. RES. 201 S. CON. RES. 18 (2) negatively impact academic achieve- Whereas in 1972 President Richard M. ment; Whereas David Ame´rico Ortiz Arias, known Nixon signed into law title IX of the Edu- Whereas men still hold the vast majority to fans as ‘‘Big Papi’’, was born in Santo Do- cation Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et of school leadership positions, and women mingo, Dominican Republic, on November 18, seq.) (referred to in this preamble as ‘‘title make up approximately— 1975; IX’’); (1) 35 percent of full professors at degree- Whereas after graduating from Estudia Whereas in 2002 Congress passed a joint granting postsecondary institutions; Espaillat High School in the Dominican Re- resolution establishing that title IX may be (2) 26 percent of college and university public in 1992, David Ortiz was signed by the cited as the ‘‘Patsy Takemoto Mink Equal presidents; and Seattle Mariners; Opportunity in Education Act’’; (3) 27 percent of school district super- Whereas on September 2, 1997, David Ortiz Whereas title IX prohibits any institution intendents; made his Major League Baseball (in this pre- that receives Federal education funding from Whereas pregnant and parenting students amble referred to as ‘‘MLB’’) debut for the discriminating against students or employ- are more likely to drop out of high school Minnesota Twins at age 21; ees on the basis of sex; compared to other students, and only 51 per- Whereas on January 22, 2003, David Ortiz Whereas sex discrimination includes— cent of mothers under the age of 20 earn a signed a free-agent contract with the Boston (1) gender-based violence; high school diploma by the age of 22, leading Red Sox; (2) sexual harassment and assault; to decreased opportunities for continuing Whereas David Ortiz has created numerous (3) dating violence; and education and employment; iconic moments in Boston sports history, in- (4) domestic violence; Whereas students face pervasive discrimi- cluding— Whereas title IX guarantees— nation and harassment in school, on college (1) on October 18, 2004, hitting a walk-off (1) equal educational opportunities for all campuses, and in the workforce on the basis home run in the 12th inning of Game 4 of the students, including pregnant or parenting of sexual orientation and gender identity, 2004 American League Championship Series students and gender non-conforming stu- which— against the New York Yankees to spark the dents; and (1) impedes the ability of the students to Boston Red Sox’s improbable comeback from (2) protection for students from discrimi- fully access the educational opportunities to a 3 games-to-none series deficit, the only nation on the basis of actual or perceived which the students are entitled; and time in MLB history a team has ever made sexual orientation or gender identity; (2) constitutes sex discrimination; and such a comeback; Whereas, since 1972, the United States has Whereas between 2011 and 2016, investiga- (2) on October 19, 2004, hitting a walk-off made great progress in providing educational tions by the Office for Civil Rights at the De- single in the 14th inning of Game 5 of the opportunities to women and girls, and in 2015 partment of Education into reports of sexual 2004 American League Championship Series women earned the majority of doctoral, mas- and dating violence and discrimination against the New York Yankees to continue ter’s, baccalaureate, and associate degrees; against transgender students have helped to the Boston Red Sox’s comeback; and Whereas, since 1972, the participation of identify and respond to systemic issues of (3) on October 13, 2013, hitting a grand slam women and girls in sports has increased by discrimination against students that other- to right-center field to tie Game 2 of the 2013 1000 percent in high school and greater than wise would have gone unrecognized, yet re- American League Championship Series 500 percent in college, providing women and cent actions from the Office for Civil Rights against the Detroit Tigers; girls with the opportunity— indicate there will be fewer resources and Whereas David Ortiz was instrumental in (1) to develop leadership and teamwork less attention focused on these issues moving helping the Boston Red Sox snap an 86-year skills; forward: Now, therefore, be it World Series drought; (2) to earn athletic scholarships to help fi- Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas David Ortiz played a crucial role nance a college degree; and (1) applauds the tremendous increase in in the Boston Red Sox winning the World Se- (3) to become successful professional ath- educational opportunities for women and ries in 2007 and 2013; letes; girls, including in sports, since the passage Whereas David Ortiz has won numerous Whereas, despite the progress that has of title IX of the Education Amendments of awards for his baseball prowess, including— been made in higher education and athletics, 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.); (1) the Edgar Martinez Outstanding Des- women, girls, pregnant or parenting stu- (2) encourages the Department of Edu- ignated Hitter Award from MLB in 2003, 2004, dents, and gender non-conforming students cation and the Department of Justice to pro- 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2013; in the United States are still frequently de- tect the rights of students to have safe learn- (2) the League Championship Series Most nied equal educational opportunities; ing environments by working to ensure Valuable Player Award from MLB in 2004; Whereas the number of baccalaureate de- schools prevent and respond to discrimina- (3) the Thomas A. Yawkey Most Valuable grees in science, technology, engineering, tion and harassment on the basis of sex, in- Player Award from the Boston Red Sox in and math earned by women has decreased cluding— 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2013; over the past decade, and women earn only— (A) sexual assault; (4) the Silver Slugger Award as a des- (1) 39 percent of physical science degrees; (B) harassment; ignated hitter from MLB in 2004, 2005, 2006, (2) 18 percent of computing degrees; (C) domestic and dating violence; 2007, 2011, and 2013;

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Re- in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, adjourn until 4 p.m., Monday, June 26; publicans are going to keep telling 2013, and 2016; further, that following the prayer and Americans that they are fixing their (6) the Hank Aaron Award from MLB in healthcare right up until the second it 2005; pledge, the morning hour be deemed (7) the Roberto Clemente Award from MLB expired, the Journal of proceedings be gets taken away. in 2011; approved to date, and the time for the This bill doubles down on the mean- (8) the Babe Ruth Award from MLB in 2013; two leaders be reserved for their use ness that even the President described and later in the day; finally, that following in the bill from the other body. The (9) the World Series Most Valuable Player leader remarks, the Senate proceed to Senate Republican plan doesn’t fix the Award in 2013; executive session and resume consider- problems with people’s healthcare. It Whereas David Ortiz’s ‘‘Why not us?’’ atti- ation of the Svinicki nomination. creates a bunch of new ones. tude in 2004 transformed the baseball culture The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without After a day of pouring over this bill— of the city of Boston, the Commonwealth of objection, it is so ordered. and the Finance Committee Demo- Massachusetts, and ‘‘Red Sox Nation’’ from cratic staff has been looking at this in one of near misses to one of champions; f detail—I would like to lay out, as we Whereas David Ortiz founded the David ORDER FOR ADJOURNMENT Ortiz Children’s Fund in 2007; close up this afternoon, some of the Whereas the David Ortiz Children’s Fund Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, if most devastating effects this bill will has provided millions of dollars of financial there is no further business to come be- have. assistance to more than 500 children for life- fore the Senate, I ask unanimous con- First, Senate Republicans are so saving surgeries; sent that it stand adjourned under the committed to slashing Medicaid that Whereas on June 11, 2008, David Ortiz was previous order, following the remarks their bill cuts it even deeper than the sworn in as a citizen of the United States House. Today, Medicaid comes with a along with 226 other immigrants at the John of Senator WYDEN. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without guarantee to the most vulnerable F. Kennedy Library in Dorchester, Massa- Americans and their families who walk chusetts; objection, it is so ordered. Whereas David Ortiz instilled hope and The Senator from Oregon. an economic tightrope every day. Today, if you get sick or suffer an in- pride in the city of Boston in the days fol- f lowing the bombings at the Boston Marathon jury, you will get the care you need. in 2013; HEALTHCARE LEGISLATION The Senate Republican plan ends that Whereas on April 20, 2013, David Ortiz gave Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, it has guarantee for good. It ends the Med- a rousing and inspirational speech after the been a rough day at the office for the icaid program as our country knows it Boston Marathon bombings, reminding Bos- Senate Republican healthcare plan, for good. ton and the country that ‘‘nobody is going to People shouldn’t be distracted by dictate our freedom’’; and my take is that it is going to be even tougher over the next few days. date changes or sweeteners for people Whereas David Ortiz comforted the victims already enrolled. This is a radical plan of the Boston Marathon bombings, visiting There will be a lot of Senate Demo- them in the hospital and giving them tickets crats home, meeting with folks in open plucked from the wish list of the far to games throughout the 2013 MLB season; meetings. We will see if any Senate Re- right, and it is cloaked in the com- Whereas the city of Boston has honored publicans have the courage to do that plicated language of inflation rates and David Ortiz for his impact on the city by as well. dollar figures. When you talk about naming a bridge and a street after him; Earlier this morning, the whole Sen- slashing Medicaid by hundreds of bil- Whereas the love and respect for David lions of dollars, you are not simply Ortiz felt by the city of Boston, the Com- ate had its first opportunity to look at this bill in the light of day. The debate talking about the lingo of healthcare monwealth of Massachusetts, and Red Sox policymakers, like bending the cost Nation is unparalleled; and that unfolded on the floor made it clear Whereas David Ortiz played his final MLB that our colleagues are committed to a curve. You are talking about people’s game on October 10, 2016: Now, therefore, be partisan scheme to jam this bill lives. Medicaid helps to pick up the bill for it through at any cost. There isn’t going two out of three seniors in America’s Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- to be a full debate. There isn’t going to resentatives concurring), That Congress— nursing homes. These are the people be any bipartisan input. (1) honors the legendary career of David who have done everything right. They If you read through the fine print in Ame´rico Ortiz Arias, whose character, lead- are our older parents, our grand- this destructive proposal, as the Amer- ership, and selflessness have helped define mothers, our grandfathers. They ican people have had the chance to do the identity of the city of Boston, the Com- scrimped, they saved, and they worked monwealth of Massachusetts, and all of Red over the last several hours, it becomes Sox Nation; and hard. But it is pretty clear: It is really clear why my colleagues on the other expensive to grow old in America. So (2) wishes David Ortiz a fulfilling retire- side have kept this bill hidden and ment as he bids farewell to the baseball dia- Medicaid is there to support them and want to jam it through as quickly as cover the cost of nursing home care mond. possible. f when savings run out. This proposal is stunning in its same- The Senate Republican plan slashes PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR ness to the cruel House bill that the Medicaid so deeply that States are Ms. WARREN. Mr. President, I ask American people have rejected out- going to be forced to cut benefits, and unanimous consent that privileges of right—in fact, rejected, according to the guarantee of nursing home care the floor be granted to Stephanie polls, by really eye-popping numbers. will be in danger. This is one of the DeLuca of my staff and to her service So I want to begin by warning against greatest threats seniors have ever dog Carra. anybody’s buying into the sales job faced, and it is being imposed on them The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without that is inevitably going to unfold in by an act of Congress. objection, it is so ordered. the days ahead. This bill may change, I don’t make that statement lightly. Mr. WYDEN. Mr. President, I ask but Senate Republicans will only be My background is working with the unanimous consent that Kimberly putting lipstick on a devastating blow older people of Oregon and our country. Koops-Wrabek, Alexander Floyd, Jer- to the healthcare of the American peo- I was director of the Oregon Gray Pan- emy Jones, and Justin Abbasi be grant- ple. thers for 7 years and ran the legal aid ed floor privileges for the remainder of This is a plan to raise costs, slash office for the elderly before I was elect- the Congress. Medicaid, and cut millions of people off ed to Congress. I will say point-blank, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without of their healthcare to pay for tax having worked in this field now for objection, it is so ordered. breaks for the fortunate few. more than three decades, that this is f My colleagues on the other side have an extraordinary threat to the well- spent the last month telling every re- being of the Nation’s older people, who ORDERS FOR MONDAY, JUNE 26, porter and constituent who would lis- shouldn’t have to worry about winding 2017 ten that they were throwing out the up living in squalor or on the street. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I House bill and they would be starting Families shouldn’t have to worry ask unanimous consent that when the anew with a fresher and kinder bill. about where they will find the money

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That means Second, the age tax in the Senate Re- and what women need ought to cost treating substance abuse disorders the publican bill is going to hit older extra. Services like maternity care same way you treat other diseases. Our Americans between 55 and 64 like a would be an add-on item, and that country doesn’t pay for heart surgery wrecking ball. They are going to be means women are going to face higher through grant programs. We don’t pay forced to pay several times as much as costs just because they are women. for chemotherapy through congres- a younger person for health insurance. Fifth, this proposal attacks Planned sional appropriations. If you are sick You are going to see older people des- Parenthood and deprives hundreds of and you have healthcare coverage, you perately hoping and praying that they thousands of women of the right to see get the care you need. Anything less can hold on to their health until they the doctor of their choosing. when it comes to opioid addiction make it to 65 and enroll in Medicare. I I want to come back to what that treatment is going to fail. would like to hear somebody try to ex- really means. Women in America ought Finally, when you listen to that pa- plain what healthcare problem that is to be able to see the doctor of their rade of horribles—all the harm this bill fixing or why it is a good approach to choice, the doctor they trust, the doc- is going to do to generations of Ameri- healthcare policy. tor, in their own judgment, is the best cans across the country—you have to Third, Senate Republicans have now doctor for them. This provision keeps wonder why my colleagues on the other cooked up a scheme to decimate the them from doing that. Never mind that side would push this bill forward. value of middle-class tax cuts for there is already an air-tight ban on People have been asking me this all healthcare and send deductibles into taxpayer dollars funding abortions. day. There is a simple answer for it. the stratosphere. Here is how that is Never mind that Planned Parenthood This bill takes healthcare away from going to work. A whole lot of families doesn’t get a single dime of Federal millions of Americans and raises costs in the middle class are going to lose funding above what is available to for millions more for one reason—to their tax benefits outright. other Medicaid providers. Never mind give tax breaks to the fortunate few in As the ranking member on the Sen- that Planned Parenthood is where mil- America. This isn’t a debate about two ate Finance Committee that has juris- lions of women get routine medical competing visions of healthcare—one diction over tax policy, I have seen care from doctors they know and liberal and one conservative. One side that. Then, as if that is not enough trust—services such as basic checkups, in this debate wants to protect Ameri- harm, this plan cheapens the value of cancer screenings, preventive care, HIV cans’ healthcare coverage, make sure the tax benefits that were created tests. The Senate Republican bill con- they can go to the doctors they trust under the Affordable Care Act. It is a tinues this ideological crusade against and afford the medical care they need. scheme to force people into bargain Planned Parenthood, and it is going to The other side in this debate has a plan basement insurance plans with sky- cost women across this country the to take away healthcare coverage and high deductibles. It also risks kicking right that I see as so fundamental—the raise the cost of care for the vulner- off a death spiral in States where the right of women to be able to choose to able, the middle class, families strug- private insurance markets are stable go to the doctor they trust. gling to get by—all to pay for tax and competitive today. Sixth, at a time when the opioid epi- breaks for the wealthiest few. This is Fourth, Republicans have twisted a demic is ripping apart communities an out-and-out attack on millions of part of the Affordable Care Act I wrote from one corner of this Nation to an- Americans’ health and well-being. to promote State innovation, and they other, this bill would be a devastating In the debate that played out on the are using it to give insurance compa- setback in the fight against opioid Senate floor this morning, it was sug- nies the power to run roughshod over abuse. No community has been spared gested several times that Democrats individual Americans. What we are from this crisis, and I would wager that turned down a chance to participate in talking about here is what are called virtually every Senator has come to the process. This is completely, en- section 1332 waivers. What was done in the floor at some point and spoken tirely 100 percent false. 2009, in the Senate Finance Com- about the impact it has had on their I am the ranking member of the com- mittee—it came out of my original bi- State. mittee that is responsible for partisan bill, the Healthy Americans By the way, it would be hard to for- healthcare. I have not once been asked Act—we told States that the Afford- get the parade of Presidential can- by a single Republican to work on this able Care Act was going to set a new didates in 2015 and 2016 that went bill or discuss fixes to the Affordable bar for insurance in terms of coverage through State after State claiming Care Act. I was stunned this morning and affordability. We said to the they had the very best plan to end the when I heard the Democrats had been States—the laboratories of democ- opioid crisis, but now the Senate Re- given an offer to work on these fixes; racy—if you believe you can do even publican healthcare bill makes the cri- that Democrats aren’t interested in better, you can get a waiver so you can sis worse. being bipartisan. go test an innovative, new approach. Medicaid is the only lifeline that I have made the center of my time in We did build in protections, basic pro- thousands and thousands of people public service working in a bipartisan tections, so people would get decent across America have in their struggle way on healthcare. I have written coverage, and their lives would be pro- to try to put their lives back together healthcare legislation that has been tected. after falling victim to opioids. For signed into law that has been bipar- The Republican plan wipes those pro- thousands and thousands of people, tisan. It was based on principles that tections out, wipes out the consumer over the last few years, the treatment both sides of the aisle could agree on. protections. It tells States: OK. If you they have gotten through Medicaid has Certainly, if there had been any inter- want to do worse, go right ahead. In been their escape, their path out of a est in a process that would actually fact, the Senate Republican plan offers downward spiral that too often leads to give both sides the opportunity to do States a bribe to end basic health pro- heroin abuse and overdose deaths. The the kind of give-and-take that you do tections and lower the bar for insur- Republican plan takes this lifeline with a bill—not through this partisan ance. You will see insurance companies away. ‘‘my way or the highway’’ reconcili- given a green light to cut essential Some on the other side have proposed ation—I would have been very inter- benefits out of the plans they sell on creating a separate pool of money, a ested in it, and I know Senate Finance the open market. separate slush fund to replace the loss Democrats would have been very inter- For example, take maternity care. of treatment through Medicaid. In my ested in it. That wasn’t on offer. The The Affordable Care Act banned the view, this is a very serious mistake be- claim the Democrats have refused to

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Ever since those Gray Panther journed until Monday, June 26, 2017, at THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDI- days, I have always thought healthcare 4 p.m. CATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: was the most important issue because f To be brigadier general if Americans and their loved ones don’t NOMINATIONS COL. BOWLMAN T. BOWLES III have their health, then pretty much IN THE NAVY everything goes by the board. You Executive nominations received by THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT can’t go to the game. You can’t spend the Senate: IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE TO THE GRADE time with family. It is hard to do much IN THE ARMY INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: of anything. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT To be rear admiral IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED REAR ADM. (LH) DANIEL J. MACDONNELL It is very clear that healthcare, as a WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT result of this proposal for millions of IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE TO THE GRADE Americans and for our country, is To be lieutenant general INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: going to be at risk. What is at risk is LT. GEN. WILLIAM C. MAYVILLE, JR. To be rear admiral the prospect that the Senate will turn THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT REAR ADM. (LH) DANIEL B. HENDRICKSON IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED REAR ADM. (LH) THOMAS W. MAROTTA back the clock to the days when WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND REAR ADM. (LH) MATTHEW A. ZIRKLE RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601 healthcare was basically for the AND FOR APPOINTMENT AS A SENIOR MEMBER OF THE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT healthy and wealthy. We shouldn’t go MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: there. UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 711: To be lieutenant general To be rear admiral (lower half) In the past, Democrats and Repub- MAJ. GEN. RICHARD D. CLARKE CAPT. JACQUELYN MCCLELLAND licans have agreed we shouldn’t go THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT there. With the bill I wrote—seven f IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: Democratic Senators, seven Repub- CONFIRMATIONS To be rear admiral (lower half) lican Senators—that was the center- Executive nominations confirmed by piece of it. By the way, several Senate CAPT. JAMES M. BUTLER the Senate June 22, 2017: THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT Republicans who are here in this body IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE TO THE GRADE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY were cosponsors of that legislation. We INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: MARSHALL BILLINGSLEA, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE ASSIST- To be rear admiral (lower half) shouldn’t go back to those days when ANT SECRETARY FOR TERRORIST FINANCING, DEPART- healthcare was basically for the MENT OF THE TREASURY. CAPT. EUGENE A. BURCHER CAPT. RODNEY P. DEWALT healthy and wealthy. IN THE ARMY CAPT. JOEY B. DODGEN CAPT. ANDREW J. MUELLER For all those who are paying atten- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY MEDICAL CORPS TO THE CAPT. RICHARD A. RODRIGUEZ tion to these proceedings, my view is, GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 624 THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT AND 3064: IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY RESERVE TO THE GRADE the only way you are going to end a INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: To be major general partisan process and make policy the To be rear admiral way it ought to be made is not through BRIG. GEN. RONALD J. PLACE REAR ADM. (LH) KEITH M. JONES something Washington lingo calls rec- IN THE NAVY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT onciliation—it is just partisan—but THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED through the give-and-take of Demo- IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: crats and Republicans finding good To be rear admiral To be rear admiral (lower half) ideas that the other side can agree on. REAR ADM. (LH) BRET C. BATCHELDER CAPT. WILLIAM C. GREENE The only way we are going to do that IN THE AIR FORCE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT is for Americans to stand up and speak IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT out. UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- CATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: To be rear admiral (lower half) Political change does not start in To be brigadier general CAPT. WILLIAM S. DILLON government buildings and then trickle COL. DEANNA M. BURT THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT down to the people. It is not trickle- IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED IN THE ARMY down. It is almost always bottom-up, UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF starting from communities where we To be rear admiral (lower half) THE UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED are going to hear people speaking out CAPT. KARL O. THOMAS UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: over the next few days. IN THE AIR FORCE To be major general THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT I am going to close by way of saying BRIG. GEN. STEPHEN R. HOGAN IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- that over the next few days, this is one CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF of the most important times for Ameri- AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION THE UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN 601: THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED cans to make their voices heard. As we UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: To be lieutenant general wrap up the first day of actually seeing To be major general MAJ. GEN. JAY B. SILVERIA what the draft Republican proposal is BRIG. GEN. JANSON D. BOYLES all about, I hope Americans will weigh IN THE NAVY THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT in, that we will see that grassroots jug- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADES INDI- CATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: gernaut develop, and we will defeat a IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: To be major general partisan plan and set about the task of To be rear admiral (lower half) doing healthcare policy again in a bi- BRIG. GEN. STEVEN W. AINSWORTH CAPT. SAMUEL J. PAPARO, JR. BRIG. GEN. BRUCE E. HACKETT partisan way—where you find common BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL C. O’GUINN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT BRIG. GEN. MIYAKO N. SCHANELY ground that is sustainable rather than IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED just a partisan approach, which con- UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: To be brigadier general tinues the gridlock and the polariza- To be rear admiral (lower half) COL. JOHN W. AARSEN COL. KRIS A. BELANGER tion on an issue that is the most im- CAPT. GREGORY N. HARRIS COL. DOUGLAS A. CHERRY portant issue of our time. IN THE ARMY COL. ELLEN S. CLARK COL. ROBERT S. COOLEY, JR. I yield the floor. I believe there are THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT COL. DIANNE M. DEL ROSSO IN THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDI- COL. WILLIAM B. DYER III no other speakers. CATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 12203: COL. JOSEPH A. EDWARDS II

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COL. HOWARD–CHARLES W. GECK TANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE COL. MICHAEL T. HARVEY SECTION 601: AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON COL. MARTIN F. KLEIN To be lieutenant general MAY 8, 2017. COL. WILLIAM S. LYNN NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH TODD M. BO- COL. JOSEPH A. MARSIGLIA MAJ. GEN. ROBERT F. HEDELUND LAND AND ENDING WITH KAIL C. SWINDLE, WHICH NOMI- COL. ROBERT F. PLECZKOWSKI NATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- COL. DUSTIN A. SHULTZ IN THE NAVY PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 8, 2017. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JAMES G. COL. MARK A. TOWNE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ADAMS AND ENDING WITH CHARLES C. WILLIAMS, WHICH COL. IRENE M. ZOPPI IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 8, 2017. THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH SHAWN G. THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED DENIHAN AND ENDING WITH CHAD A. RUNYON, WHICH UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: To be admiral NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- To be major general VICE ADM. JAMES G. FOGGO III PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 8, 2017. IN THE AIR FORCE NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH KELVIN J. BRIG. GEN. GREGORY L. KENNEDY ASKEW AND ENDING WITH ERIKA L. BERRY, WHICH NOMI- BRIG. GEN. ANDREW P. SCHAFER, JR. AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF JERED N. FRY, TO BE NATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF MAJOR. PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 8, 2017. THE UNITED STATES OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH CHRIS- NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH KATHLEEN A. THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED TOPHER R. BONEY AND ENDING WITH DANIEL D. REYES, ALLEN AND ENDING WITH CHRISTOPHER FRYE, WHICH UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 8, 2017. To be major general MAY 22, 2017. NAVY NOMINATION OF BRUCE E. OSBORNE, TO BE CAP- AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF JEFFREY A. GARRETT, TO TAIN. BRIG. GEN. CHRISTOPHER P. CALLAHAN BE MAJOR. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH COLETTE M. THE FOLLOWING NAMED ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OF AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ROGER A. MURPHY AND ENDING WITH JOHN A. ROBINSON III, THE UNITED STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN LEE AND ENDING WITH JEFFREY R. ROSENBERRY, WHICH WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE THE RESERVE OF THE ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12211: PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 22, MAY 10, 2017. To be major general 2017. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH NATHAN R. AN- AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF THEADORE L. WILSON, TO DERSON AND ENDING WITH JODIE M. C. YIM, WHICH BRIG. GEN. JAMES P. BEGLEY III BE COLONEL. NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- BRIG. GEN. SYLVESTER CANNON AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF JASON S. CROSS, TO BE PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, BRIG. GEN. THOMAS M. CARDEN, JR. MAJOR. 2017. NAVY NOMINATION OF ADRIA R. SCHNECK, TO BE CAP- BRIG. GEN. RICHARD H. DAHLMAN AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF ANGELA M. MIKE, TO BE TAIN. BRIG. GEN. WENDUL G. HAGLER II MAJOR. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MARY A. PONCE BRIG. GEN. ROBERT T. HERBERT AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MATTHEW AND ENDING WITH BRIAN K. REED, WHICH NOMINATIONS BRIG. GEN. JON A. JENSEN V. CHAUVIERE AND ENDING WITH LAUREN A. MAY, WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE BRIG. GEN. JOHN F. KING WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, 2017. BRIG. GEN. DIRK R. KLOSS AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH RYAN K. BRIG. GEN. FRANCIS M. MCGINN JUNE 5, 2017. MAHELONA AND ENDING WITH PHILIP L. NOTZ, WHICH BRIG. GEN. WALTER L. MERCER AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MICHAEL E. NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- BRIG. GEN. PAUL D. ROGERS BRUHN AND ENDING WITH VICTOR D. WEEDEN, JR., PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, BRIG. GEN. SEAN A. RYAN WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE 2017. BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL A. STONE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JOSEPH T. BAI- BRIG. GEN. MICHAEL C. THOMPSON JUNE 5, 2017. LEY AND ENDING WITH JONPAUL STEFANI, WHICH NOMI- BRIG. GEN. GISELLE M. WILZ AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JEFFREY NATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- BRIG. GEN. GARY S. YAPLE W. DRAKE AND ENDING WITH JACK VILARDI, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, IN THE NAVY PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON JUNE 5, 2017. NAVY NOMINATION OF DAVID W. SHAIEB, TO BE CAP- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT 2017. AIR FORCE NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MEGAN E. TAIN. IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH LEE A. AXTELL UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: ANDERSON AND ENDING WITH RAJEEV S. WILLIAMS, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND ENDING WITH MARK S. WINWARD, WHICH NOMINA- To be rear admiral AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON TIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED JUNE 5, 2017. IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, 2017. REAR ADM. (LH) ANN M. BURKHARDT AIR FORCE NOMINATION OF JOSE G. BAL, TO BE LIEU- NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH THOMAS M. TENANT COLONEL. BESTAFKA AND ENDING WITH FRANCIS J. STAVISH, IN THE AIR FORCE WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE ARMY AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, 2017. IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JENNIFER M. CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE NAVY NOMINATION OF DANNY W. KING, TO BE CAPTAIN. BAGER AND ENDING WITH RAMEY L. WILSON, WHICH NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH BABAK A. AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- 601: BARAKAT AND ENDING WITH STEPHEN M. WILSON, PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MARCH 27, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE To be lieutenant general 2017. AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ALFRED C. AN- MAY 10, 2017. MAJ. GEN. SCOTT A. HOWELL DERSON AND ENDING WITH KELLEY TOMSETT, WHICH NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MICHAEL J. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- ALLANSON AND ENDING WITH GERARD J. WHITE, WHICH IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MARCH 27, NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE 2017. PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION ARMY NOMINATION OF WILLIAM F. MCCLINTOCK, TO BE 2017. 601: COLONEL. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MATTHEW L. ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DAVID S. ALLEN BERAN AND ENDING WITH IAN S. WEXLER, WHICH NOMI- To be lieutenant general AND ENDING WITH BARRY K. VINCENT, WHICH NOMINA- NATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- TIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED MAJ. GEN. JAMES C. VECHERY PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 18, 2017. 2017. IN THE ARMY ARMY NOMINATION OF JEFFREY L. WASHINGTON, TO NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH GARLAND H. AN- BE LIEUTENANT COLONEL. DREWS AND ENDING WITH MEREDITH L. YEAGER, WHICH THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ARMY NOMINATION OF JOSEPH B. DORE, TO BE COLO- NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY TO THE GRADE INDICATED NEL. PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH CHRISTOPHER 2017. RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: M. CHUNG AND ENDING WITH HEATH D. HOLT, WHICH NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH OLADAPO A. To be lieutenant general NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- AKINTONDE AND ENDING WITH SEAN R. WISE, WHICH PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON JUNE 5, NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- MAJ. GEN. THOMAS A. HORLANDER 2017. PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DEVIN G. IN THE NAVY 2017. MCCANE AND ENDING WITH SHARRI L. ORMSBEE, WHICH NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JEFF A. BLEILE NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT AND ENDING WITH JEFFREY G. ZELLER, WHICH NOMINA- PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON JUNE 5, IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED TIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED 2017. WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, 2017. ARMY NOMINATION OF JANNA X. GADDY, TO BE MAJOR. RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH GRADY G. ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH BRADLEY H. DUFFEY, JR. AND ENDING WITH DAVID A. VONDRAK, To be vice admiral STEPHENS AND ENDING WITH AMILYN M. TAPLIN, WHICH WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON REAR ADM. ANDREW L. LEWIS PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON JUNE 5, MAY 10, 2017. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT 2017. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH WILLIAM M. IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED ARMY NOMINATION OF TERRY KIM, TO BE MAJOR. KAFKA AND ENDING WITH WILLIAM R. URBAN, WHICH WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND ARMY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JEFF A. NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: BURCHFIELD AND ENDING WITH BRIAN D. WIECK, WHICH PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- To be vice admiral 2017. PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON JUNE 5, NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DANIEL E. 2017. REAR ADM. MATTHEW J. KOHLER FILLION AND ENDING WITH JASON D. WEDDLE, WHICH THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE MARINE CORPS NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, MARINE CORPS NOMINATION OF JASON K. FETTIG, TO 2017. WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND BE COLONEL. RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DAMON B. DIXON IN THE NAVY AND ENDING WITH JONATHAN J. VORRATH, WHICH NOMI- To be vice admiral NATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JUANITO F. PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, VICE ADM. KEVIN M. DONEGAN BOYDON, JR. AND ENDING WITH SURESH K. THADHANI, 2017. IN THE MARINE CORPS WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JAMES W. AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON ADKISSON III AND ENDING WITH SHERRI R. ZIMMERMAN, THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT MAY 8, 2017. WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ANTHONY L. AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON INDICATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPOR- BAYUNGAN AND ENDING WITH MICHAEL A. LEACHMAN, MAY 10, 2017.

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NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH CORY S. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JOSE G. HER- NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DAVID J. ALLEN BRUMMETT AND ENDING WITH DAVID J. WHITE, WHICH NANDEZ AND ENDING WITH DEREK A. VESTAL, WHICH AND ENDING WITH TRACIE M. ZIELINSKI, WHICH NOMINA- NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- TIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 22, 2017. 2017. 2017. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DAVID M. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JULIE M. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DAVID A. ABER- BUZZETTI AND ENDING WITH ERIC R. VETTER, WHICH ALFIERI AND ENDING WITH BRETT A. WISE, WHICH NOMI- NATHY AND ENDING WITH JESSE J. ZIMBAUER, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- NATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 22, PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, 2017. 2017. 2017. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH DAVID E. BAI- NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH MATTHEW E. AR- NAVY NOMINATION OF KENNETH M. KING, TO BE LIEU- LEY AND ENDING WITH CHRISTOPHER J. STEWART, NOLD AND ENDING WITH ANTHONY C. TARANTO, JR., TENANT COMMANDER. WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE NAVY NOMINATION OF GARRY P. CLOSAS, TO BE COM- AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MANDER. MAY 22, 2017. MAY 10, 2017. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH PAUL D. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JOHN R. ADAMS NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH PETER A. MELVEY AND ENDING WITH ALEXANDER AND ENDING WITH MARY C. WISE, WHICH NOMINATIONS ARROBIO AND ENDING WITH KEVIN J. WATKINS, WHICH WOLDEMARIAM, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 22, 2017. PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, RECORD ON MAY 22, 2017. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH SEAN A. COX 2017. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH WILLIAM J. BAI- AND ENDING WITH LUIS A. PEREZ, WHICH NOMINATIONS NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH JOHN A. ANDER- LEY, JR. AND ENDING WITH CHRISTOPHER D. TUCKER, WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE SON AND ENDING WITH JAY A. YOUNG, WHICH NOMINA- WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 22, 2017. TIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND APPEARED AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH ELIZABETH W. IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 10, 2017. MAY 22, 2017. BUNDT AND ENDING WITH MICHAEL G. WATSON, WHICH NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH LAWRENCE H. NAVY NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH GINA A. BUONO NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- KENNEDY AND ENDING WITH TRACIE A. SEVERSON, AND ENDING WITH SANDRA F. WILLIAMS, WHICH NOMI- PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 22, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE NATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE SENATE AND AP- 2017. AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON PEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD ON MAY 22, NAVY NOMINATION OF MIGUEL A. SANTIESTEBAN, TO MAY 10, 2017. 2017. BE COMMANDER.

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HONORING THE RETIREMENT OF strive to make the most of their education and COMMEMORATING CARIBBEAN LOUISA BRINSON develop a work ethic which will guide them for AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH the rest of their lives. HON. DONALD S. BEYER, JR. I extend my deepest congratulations to HON. SHEILA JACKSON LEE OF VIRGINIA Izzabelle Allen for winning the Arvada Wheat OF TEXAS Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedi- Thursday, June 22, 2017 cation and character in all of her future ac- Thursday, June 22, 2017 Mr. BEYER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to complishments. Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise recognize the achievements of Louisa Brinson, f today in commemoration of Caribbean Amer- a federal employee who is retiring after more ican Heritage Month, which celebrates and than thirty-seven years of service at the Social RECOGNIZING THE STATE CHAM- recognizes the significant contributions made Security Administration (SSA). PIONSHIP CHRISTIAN BROTHERS by Caribbean Americans that have strength- Ms. Brinson began work at SSA in 1979 as ACADEMY LACROSSE TEAM ened our country and made it better. a Summer Aide in the Las Vegas, Nevada, This month also marks the 55th anniver- field office. Shortly thereafter, she was pro- HON. JOHN KATKO saries of independence for the Caribbean na- moted to be a Claims Development Clerk. In OF NEW YORK tions of Jamaica and of Trinidad and Tobago. 1985, she was detailed to Baltimore Head- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Although a half century has passed since quarters where she joined the Operations they gained their independence, the struggle Thursday, June 22, 2017 team in the Modular District Office. After the they waged to win their freedom still stands as detail, she joined the Alexandria, Virginia, field Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to a testament to the ideals of our own great na- office complex where she received all of her recognize the victory of the Christian Brothers tion. promotions, beginning with Service Represent- Academy Lacrosse Team in the New York I am privileged to represent a large segment ative, Claims Representative, Management State Public High School Association Class D of Houston, Texas, which is home to more Support Specialist, Operations Supervisor, and Championship on June 10, 2017. The CBA than 300,000 Americans of Caribbean herit- since 2007, the District Manager of the Arling- Brothers defeated the Westlake Wildcats 12– age, making it one of the largest, most di- ton, Virginia, field office. 5 to secure the Brothers’ first state title in pro- verse, and vibrant Caribbean-American com- With her high level of energy and enthu- gram history. munities in the nation. siasm, Ms. Brinson has made significant con- The Brothers, finishing the season 18–5, Mr. Speaker, Americans of Caribbean herit- tributions to SSA during her career. Her ability were determined to win the program’s first age have made a positive impact on virtually to envision and adapt to change was evident state title. Senior Alex Calkins, the game every aspect of American life, including the in her leadership. She has shared her wisdom MVP, scored five goals to lead the Brothers to arts, science, business, education, athletics, and knowledge of how important it is to have victory. Other members of the state champion- military, and government. trust with the public SSA serves, as well as ship include Michael Adornato, Joey Akl, For example, in the area of government and the employees she managed. Her devotion to Wyatt Auyer, Augustus Bonacci, Sam Bonacci, public affairs America has benefitted from the the important mission of the Social Security Peyton Bowler, Matt Buck, Francis Cannizzo, contributions of Colin Powell, a former Sec- Administration has been characterized by a Tommie Caputo, CJ Carbone, Michael retary of State and Chairman of the Joint commitment to excellence and to providing the Catalano, Doug DeMarche, Zach Eber, Will Chiefs of Staff; U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice; highest level of support to her staff and man- Fallon, Ian Henderson, Malcolm Jackson, former Members of Congress Mervyn Dymally agement team. Colin Kelly, Lewes Kunda, Sam Lubinga, Matt of California, and Shirley Chisholm of New Ms. Brinson is not only a dedicated federal Luddington, Ryan MacKenzie, Joey Matheson, York, and current Congresswoman YVETTE employee who has helped untold numbers of Michael Matheson, Ben McCreary, Patrick CLARKE of New York; and KAMALA HARRIS, the my constituents in Virginia’s 8th Congressional O’Brien, Dan Polhemus, Lynch Raby, ZJ Attorney General of California. District; she also is one of my constituents. Shahin, Preston Taylor, Matt Vavonese, Gabe Caribbean Americans have enriched Amer- Today I salute Louisa Brinson for her leader- Vinal, Eli Weiss, Gregory Wells, and Jace ican art and culture with the legendary per- ship, her compassion, and her years of serv- Whelan. The team is coached by Ric Beards- formances of Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, ice to our country. We here in Northern Vir- ley. Cicely Tyson, Nia Long, and Cuba Gooding, ginia are fortunate to have her as a public I am honored to recognize the teamwork Jr.; the writings of authors W.E.B. DuBois and servant and as a friend and neighbor. displayed by the CBA Brothers and to con- Malcolm Gladwell; the music of Beyonce f gratulate the members of the team, their fami- Knowles, Lenny Kravitz, Rihanna, and Wyclef lies, the coaching staff, and teachers at Chris- Jean; and the prowess of great athletes like IZZABELLE ALLEN tian Brothers Academy. This is a historic win Carl Lewis, Tim Duncan, Patrick Ewing, San- for Central New York and I am confident that dra Richards-Ross, and Ndamukong Suh. HON. ED PERLMUTTER the positive experiences from the 2017 season Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased that in Oc- OF COLORADO will yield continued success in both athletics tober, in the city of Houston, will be venue of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and academics. the 6th annual Caribbean American Heritage f Month Festival, which celebrates the rich cul- Thursday, June 22, 2017 ture of the Caribbean with a showcase of Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise PERSONAL EXPLANATION beautiful costumes, music, food, and enjoy- today to recognize and applaud Izzabelle Allen ment for all. for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service HON. CAROL SHEA-PORTER I also wish to recognize the leadership of Ambassadors for Youth award. OF NEW HAMPSHIRE the Caribbean American Heritage Foundation Izzabelle Allen is a student at Arvada K–8 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of Texas, which works to assist Texas Carib- School and received this award because her bean Organizations achieve their goals and to determination and hard work have allowed her Thursday, June 22, 2017 advocate on behalf of the peoples of Carib- to overcome adversities. Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. Speaker, due to a bean descent. The dedication demonstrated by Izzabelle very long flight delay, I regret that I was un- I congratulate the Caribbean American Her- Allen is exemplary of the type of achievement able to make votes on June 20, 2017. Had I itage Foundation of Texas, the Caribbean Her- that can be attained with hard work and perse- been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll itage Organization in my home city of Hous- verance. It is essential students at all levels Call No. 309 and Roll Call No. 310. ton, and the many community organizations

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During this month I hope all Americans will I extend my deepest congratulations to Kate Clinton’s books, columns, essays, join with me in celebrating the remarkable his- Halima Bangura for winning the Arvada Wheat video blogs, and performances have affirmed tory, culture, and contributions of Caribbean Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. the lives of LGBT people and all who have Americans to our nation’s past and future. I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedi- been marginalized, and her work has shed cation and character in all of her future ac- f light on all manner of injustice. As she has in- complishments. IN RECOGNITION OF TOM vited people to see things differently, particu- f PELLEGRINI, FOR FORTY YEARS larly through her special brand of gentle but OF SERVICE AT NEPA ALLIANCE PERSONAL EXPLANATION pointed humor, she has provided joy and rec- ognition to millions of people in her audience HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT HON. MAXINE WATERS and beyond. Her commitment to equality and social justice is unwavering, not only as seen OF PENNSYLVANIA OF CALIFORNIA through her comedic craft, but also through IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES her other important activist work as a feminist, Thursday, June 22, 2017 Thursday, June 22, 2017 lesbian, and American artist who understands Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. Mr. that true equality can only exist when we all today to honor Tom Pellegrini on the occasion Speaker, due to a medical emergency involv- enjoy it. of his retirement from the Northeastern Penn- ing another passenger, my flight from Los An- For nearly four decades, Kate Clinton has sylvania Alliance after forty years of service. geles, California to Washington, D.C. was built and used her unique platform to advance NEPA Alliance is a regional community and forced to land mid-flight in Kansas City, Mis- progressive causes—most notably women’s economic development agency that assists souri. The flight was grounded for an hour be- rights and LGBT equality—and has used businesses and organizations with financial fore we were able to continue on to our final humor to build critical bridges of under- and non-financial resources and solutions to destination. Unfortunately, we were unable to standing between communities. help them grow and succeed. NEPA Alliance’s make up enough time and I missed the votes work in Northeastern Pennsylvania has been on the House Floor scheduled for June 20, During this time when voices for progress invaluable. 2017 at 6:30 p.m. Had I been present, I would are threatened, and when humor is sometimes Tom is a graduate of King’s College, holding have voted YES on H.R. 2847, and YES on the only salve for the weariness felt by so a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government and H.R. 2866. many Americans who are fighting a better fu- Politics, and he also completed additional f ture for our country and world, the work of art- coursework in Business Administration. He ists like Kate Clinton is vital to building soli- has been the driving force behind hundreds of RECOGNIZING THE FAYETTE- darity; providing inspiration, insight and levity; grants during his time at the NEPA Alliance. VILLE–MANLIUS STATE CHAM- and generating courage to continue the ardu- Tom’s work has aided numerous economic PIONSHIP RELAY TEAM ous work of pursuing justice. development agencies, non-profits, colleges, Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me and universities. HON. JOHN KATKO in honoring Kate Clinton for her many accom- Over his stellar career, Tom has been a OF NEW YORK plishments, and wishing her continued suc- member of the Luzerne County Business Incu- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cess in making us laugh, and sustaining our bator Center Advisory Board, the Scranton/ Thursday, June 22, 2017 resolve, in the years to come. Lackawanna Labor Management Council Board, and has served as the Campaign Co- Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to f ordinator for the United Way. recognize the victory of the Fayetteville- Tom resides in Exeter with his wife. He has Manlius 3,200 Meter Relay Team in the New HONORING YEOMAN 3RD CLASS three children and is also a grandfather. Tom York State Public High School Association SHINGO ALEXANDER DOUGLASS is an avid sports fan and has enjoyed coach- Class AA Championship on June 10, 2017. ing in a number of student basketball leagues Christy Berge, Palmer Madsen, Sophie as well as the Exeter Lions Little League. Ryan, Rebecca Walters, Phoebe White, and HON. DARRELL E. ISSA On behalf of the entire political leadership of Claire Walters of the Fayetteville-Manlius Hor- Northeastern Pennsylvania, I recognize Tom nets took home the state title in the 3,200 OF CALIFORNIA for his years of service working with govern- meter relay with a time of 8:56.41. The team IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ment agencies to secure funding for key is coached by Bill Aris. projects in the region. Tom has been a great I am honored to recognize the teamwork Thursday, June 22, 2017 resource to the community; he will be missed displayed by the Fayetteville-Manlius Hornets in a well-deserved retirement, and we all wish and to congratulate the members of the team, Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor him the best. their families, the coaching staff, and teachers Yeoman 3rd Class Shingo Alexander Doug- lass from Oceanside who died serving his f at Fayetteville-Manlius High School. This is a historic win for Central New York and I am country aboard the USS Fitzgerald. Shingo HALIMA BANGURA confident that the positive experiences from was a fine young sailor who proudly served the 2017 season will yield continued success his country. For such a young man he had ac- HON. ED PERLMUTTER in both athletics and academics. complished so much. I know no words can de- scribe the overwhelming grief of his family and OF COLORADO f friends at this time. The only consolation we IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HONORING KATE CLINTON here can offer is the thanks of the grateful na- Thursday, June 22, 2017 tion he served and our pledge to support his Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise HON. JERROLD NADLER and all other military families across our coun- today to recognize and applaud Halima OF NEW YORK try. Shingo remains a hero whose memory will continue to provide strength, courage and in- Bangura for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Service Ambassadors for Youth award. spiration to the others. I thank him for the sac- Halima Bangura is a student at Standley Thursday, June 22, 2017 rifice he made to protect our country and to Lake High School and received this award be- Mr. NADLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to help those who long for peace and freedom. cause her determination and hard work have recognize and commend Kate Clinton, who I would also like to commend the crew of the allowed her to overcome adversities. has, for 36 years, offered unique and original USS Fitzgerald for all their efforts to save lives The dedication demonstrated by Halima insights as a political humorist and served as and their ship. I would like to extend my deep- Bangura is exemplary of the type of achieve- an important leader in the fight for justice and est condolences to his loved ones and his fel- ment that can be attained with hard work and equality. She has made millions of people low sailors. This unimaginable tragedy re- perseverance. It is essential students at all laugh and see truth in new ways, and in doing minds us all to cherish those who serve.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise It is my sincere hope that this resolution will Arbor area as part of the Ann Arbor Schools today to recognize and applaud John Moore send a strong message to countries where the system. The school provides a culturally for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service dog and cat meat trade still exist, and con- unique and diverse learning environment, with Ambassadors for Youth award. tinue the animal protection movement that is its students speaking over 25 different lan- John Moore is a student at Pomona High already rapidly growing across Asia. School and received this award because his guages and coming from a variety of different determination and hard work have allowed him backgrounds. In addition, the school hosts Mr. Speaker, I hope this body will expedi- to overcome adversities. many enrichment and academic opportunities tiously pass this measure. Doing so will reaf- The dedication demonstrated by John for its students, including a student-run news- firm America’s commitment to the humane Moore is exemplary of the type of achieve- paper, a nationally-ranked Academic Games treatment of our most beloved companions. ment that can be attained with hard work and team, as well as involvement in community perseverance. It is essential students at all events like an annual Week of Service to f levels strive to make the most of their edu- maintain the campus and surrounding area. IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH AN- cation and develop a work ethic which will Due to these efforts, Clague Middle School guide them for the rest of their lives. has been able to effectively meet the needs of NIVERSARY OF THE EASTERN I extend my deepest congratulations to John each individual student in the school while NORTH CAROLINA REGION OF Moore for winning the Arvada Wheat Ridge serving the Ann Arbor community at large. THE AMERICAN RED CROSS Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I have As a result of the school’s superior record of no doubt he will exhibit the same dedication achievement, Clague Middle School was and character in all of his future accomplish- named a ‘‘School to Watch’’ by the National HON. RICHARD HUDSON ments. Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform, OF NORTH CAROLINA f one of only 12 schools in Michigan to earn this IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECOGNIZING THE STATE CHAM- designation. In order to earn this honor, PIONSHIP LIVERPOOL BASEBALL schools must meet the criteria of academic ex- Thursday, June 22, 2017 TEAM cellence, individualized attention to students, social equity, and organizational resilience to Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to HON. JOHN KATKO maintain these high standards. This national recognize the Eastern North Carolina Region recognition highlights the unique learning envi- of the American Red Cross and their commit- OF NEW YORK ment to aiding our communities for 100 years. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ronment that exists at Clague as a result of The Eastern North Carolina Region is com- Thursday, June 22, 2017 the hard work of its educators and staff. The school’s students are provided the resources prised of the Cape Fear, Central North Caro- Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to lina, Northeastern North Carolina, Sandhills, recognize the victory of the Liverpool Baseball and support they need to excel, and it is my hope that Clague Middle School is able to and Triangle Area Chapters of the American Team in the New York State Public High Red Cross. School Association Class AA Championship continue to build on its success in the coming This particular region of the American Red on June 10, 2017. The Liverpool Warriors de- years. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Cross was founded in Raleigh, North Carolina feated the Massapequa Chiefs 4–1 to secure in honoring the students and staff of Clague back during World War I, when 28 women the Warriors’ first title in program history. The Warriors, finishing the season 23–3, Middle School for earning the designation of convened with the goal of determining how were determined to win the program’s first ‘‘School to Watch’’ by the National Forum to they could best assist the war effort. Following state title. Members of the championship team Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform. Clague this historic meeting, this resourceful group include Nick Antonello, Peter Belgrader, provides high-quality education and enrich- formally established the Eastern North Caro- Thomas Bianchi, Jordan Brown, Joel ment opportunities. lina Chapter of the Red Cross. On March 12, Ciccarelli, Jeff Destefano, Jake Evans, Bran- f 1917, President Woodrow Wilson officially don Exner, Jonah Harder, Andre Leatherwood, INTRODUCTION OF A RESOLUTION granted the Charter to the Wake County Devan Mederios, Gerard Mouton, Zach URGING CHINA, SOUTH KOREA, Chapter of the American Red Cross. These Pieklik, Matt Rioux, Nikolas Saunders, Zach VIETNAM, THAILAND, THE PHIL- volunteers assisted wounded soldiers at near- Scannell, Zach Scharett, Jacob Sisto, Owen IPPINES, INDONESIA, CAMBODIA, by Camp Polk throughout World War I, in ad- Valentine, and Joe Zywicki. The team is LAOS, INDIA, AND ALL NATIONS dition to running feeding stations and the sol- coached by Fred Terzini. TO OUTLAW THE DOG AND CAT diers’ Bath House near the railroad station in I am honored to recognize the teamwork MEAT TRADE AND TO ENFORCE Raleigh. From these small beginnings a cen- displayed by the Liverpool Warriors and to EXISTING LAWS AGAINST THE tury ago, the Eastern North Carolina Region congratulate the members of the team, their TRADE now serves 53 counties and more than 4.6 families, the coaching staff, and teachers at million North Carolinians. Liverpool High School. This is a historic win Established in our darkest hour, the Eastern for Central New York and I am confident that HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS OF FLORIDA North Carolina Region of the American Red the positive experiences from the 2017 season IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Cross has stood the test of time—through two will yield continued success in both athletics Thursday, June 22, 2017 World Wars, the Great Depression and many and academics. other trials in our state’s history. This incred- f Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to introduce a bipartisan resolution urging China, ible nonprofit organization has been a contin- IN RECOGNITION OF CLAGUE MID- South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, the Phil- ued success story because of the strong men DLE SCHOOL FOR BEING DES- ippines, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, India, and women who have volunteered their time, IGNATED A ‘‘SCHOOL TO WATCH’’ and all nations to outlaw the dog and cat meat energy, and efforts over the past century. I trade and to enforce existing laws against the hope this organization thrives for yet another HON. DEBBIE DINGELL trade. It might surprise you to learn that an es- century of helping those in their greatest hour OF MICHIGAN timated 30,000,000 dogs and a great number of need. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of cats die annually across Asia for the dog Mr. Speaker, please join me today in hon- Thursday, June 22, 2017 and cat meat trade. oring the Eastern North Carolina Region of the Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to This resolution would urge nations that have American Red Cross on their monumental recognize Clague Middle School for being a dog and cat meat trade to adopt and en- 100th Anniversary accomplishment.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K22JN8.004 E22JNPT1 rfrederick on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS E874 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 22, 2017 JOSEPH NGUYEN CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVER- A TRIBUTE TO RYAN COLLINS SARY OF HOLY CROSS COLLEGE HON. ED PERLMUTTER HON. DAVID YOUNG HON. JACKIE WALORSKI OF IOWA OF COLORADO OF INDIANA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, June 22, 2017 Thursday, June 22, 2017 Thursday, June 22, 2017 Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mrs. WALORSKI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today today to recognize and congratulate Ryan Col- Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Holy lins, a graduate of East Union High School in today to recognize and applaud Joseph Cross College. This institution has been a pil- Afton, Iowa. Ryan was recently honored for Nguyen for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge lar of the northern Indiana community for a outstanding academic achievement at the Fif- Service Ambassadors for Youth award. half century, and I have no doubt the next 50 teenth Annual Governor’s Scholar Recognition Joseph Nguyen is a student at Mandalay years will be just as meaningful for students, on April 30, 2017. This statewide program is sponsored by the Middle School and received this award be- faculty, alumni, and the northern Indiana com- Iowa Governor’s Office, the Iowa High School cause his determination and hard work have munity. allowed him to overcome adversities. Holy Cross College was founded in 1966 to Athletic Association, and the Iowa Farm Bu- reau. Each Iowa high school was invited to se- The dedication demonstrated by Joseph advance the apostolic mission of the Brothers lect a senior with the highest academic Nguyen is exemplary of the type of achieve- of Holy Cross. From the beginning, the college achievement. Not only are recipients academi- ment that can be attained with hard work and has been dedicated not only to fostering intel- cally gifted, but the selected students are also perseverance. It is essential students at all lectual growth and discovery, but also to culti- those who have had success in extra-cur- levels strive to make the most of their edu- vating global citizens who are passionate, faithful, and courageous. ricular activities and community involvement. cation and develop a work ethic which will Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent Today, with more than 500 students from guide them for the rest of their lives. leaders like Ryan in the United States Con- over 30 states and 18 different countries, Holy I extend my deepest congratulations to Jo- gress and it is with great pride that I recognize Cross College is putting its values of global di- seph Nguyen for winning the Arvada Wheat him for utilizing his talents to reach his goals. versity and integration into action, no doubt Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I invite my colleagues in the United States enriching the lives of each and every student. I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- House of Representatives to join me in con- The prestigious faculty and hardworking staff cation and character in all of his future accom- gratulating him on receiving this esteemed at Holy Cross are committed to providing an plishments. designation, and in wishing him nothing but engaging and transformative college experi- the best. f ence, offering enlightenment in numerous areas of study, and instilling the values of f HONORING WILLIAM BRYAN FISH knowledge, faith, and personal growth. ISAIH NGUYEN OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR EARN- Students at Holy Cross have vast opportuni- ING THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMER- ties to get involved on campus and in the HON. ED PERLMUTTER ICA WILLIAM T. HORNADAY SIL- community. The college has played a positive OF COLORADO VER MEDAL role in making northern Indiana a better place IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to live, learn, and grow. I applaud the selfless Thursday, June 22, 2017 efforts students past and present have taken HON. SCOTT PERRY to give back to those in need. Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and applaud Isaih Nguyen OF PENNSYLVANIA It is a privilege to represent the Holy Cross community in Congress. I am grateful for the for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES passion, integrity, and intellectual spirit that Ambassadors for Youth award. Isaih Nguyen is a student at North Arvada Thursday, June 22, 2017 resonates both on and off campus. On behalf of 2nd District Hoosiers, I wish to extend my Middle School and received this award be- Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, today I offer my heartfelt congratulations on celebrating 50 cause his determination and hard work have sincere congratulations to my constituent, Wil- years, and I am excited to learn of all the allowed him to overcome adversities. liam Bryan Fish, on earning. the Boy Scouts of amazing things that are sure to come. The dedication demonstrated by Isaih Nguyen is exemplary of the type of achieve- America William T. Hornaday Silver Medal, its f highest honor given for conservation work. ment that can be attained with hard work and Described by the Boy Scouts as the ‘‘Olym- RECOGNIZING ALEXANDRIA perseverance. It is essential students at all pic Medal Bestowed by the Earth,’’ this award PAYNE, STATE PENTATHLON levels strive to make the most of their edu- recognizes truly outstanding efforts by Scouts CHAMPION cation and develop a work ethic which will that have contributed to environmental protec- guide them for the rest of their lives. I extend my deepest congratulations to Isaih tion and conservation. Mr. Fish is one of only HON. JOHN KATKO Nguyen for winning the Arvada Wheat Ridge 1,200 Scouts to have earned this award since OF NEW YORK Service Ambassadors for Youth award. I have it was created in 1914. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES no doubt he will exhibit the same dedication To earn this award, Mr. Fish: installed hun- Thursday, June 22, 2017 and character in all of his future accomplish- dreds of storm drain markers and information Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ments. packets advising of the dangers of polluting recognize Alexandria Payne of the Jamesville- f waterways that connect to the Chesapeake DeWitt Red Rams for taking home the state Bay Watershed; organized an even-sided pub- HONORING THE 50TH ANNIVER- pentathlon title in the New York State Public lic debate on hydraulic fracking; cleaned up SARY OF THE HAMPTON JAZZ High School Association Class A Champion- two miles of a local creek; and organized a FESTIVAL ship on June 10, 2017. battery recycling program for his local school Payne set a District III record for amassing district. 3,351 points during the two days of competi- HON. ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT OF VIRGINIA Mr. Fish’s character, perseverance and tion. She is coached by Jim Lawton. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leadership earned this Award and mark him as I am honored to recognize the hard work a future leader in our community and sets the displayed by Alexandria Payne and the rest of Thursday, June 22, 2017 standard for others to follow. the team, their families, the coaching staff, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise On behalf of Pennsylvania’s Fourth-Con- and teachers at Jamesville-DeWitt High today to honor the Hampton Jazz Festival on gressional District, I congratulate William School. This is a historic win for Central New its 50th Anniversary. Bryan Fish on earning the Boy Scouts of York and I am confident that the positive ex- The idea for a jazz festival emerged after a America William T. Hornaday Silver Medal, periences from the 2017 season will yield con- visit between friends—the President of Hamp- and wish him continued great success in his tinued success in both athletics and aca- ton Institute Jerome Holland and jazz entre- future adventures. demics. preneur and promoter George Wein, who was

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K22JN8.005 E22JNPT1 rfrederick on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E875 noted for his festivals in Newport, Rhode Is- Mr. Speaker, as a fan of jazz and a regular is celebrating 100 years of service to our com- land, New York, California, and New Orleans. attendee, I congratulate Hampton University munities in Columbia County, New York. This first festival was in 1968 when Hamp- and the City of Hampton as the Hampton Jazz Twenty-four hours a day and 365 days a year ton Institute—present day Hampton Univer- Festival celebrates its 50th Anniversary. I look for the past century, this fire company has sity—celebrated its 100th birthday with a musi- forward to a great weekend listening to some served with pride and courage. cal night filled with jazz. This celebration took of my favorite artists knowing that this Hamp- I express my gratitude for the past and place on Hampton’s campus at Armstrong ton Roads tradition will continue for many present volunteers of this organization who Field. Artists that performed at the original fes- years to come. have made great sacrifices and performed he- tival included Dizzy Gillespie, Ramsay Lewis, f roic acts to protect their neighbors. Herbie Mann Quintet, Nina Simone and her Upon recognizing the need for organized Trio, Muddy Waters and his Blues Band, and IZABELLA SMITH fire protection, a group of 10 men came to- many more. It was supposed to be just a one- gether and drew up the Articles of Incorpora- time event, but the attendees loved it and HON. ED PERLMUTTER tion for Spencertown Fire Company on No- wanted more. In 1970, the City of Hampton OF COLORADO vember 6, 2017. became the third partner when the festival IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Their names were: John W. Hartmann, moved from Hampton Institute to the newly Thursday, June 22, 2017 George S. Barden, George W. Demler, built Hampton Coliseum due to growing Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise George Whiteman, Alfred Taylor, T. F. Niles, crowds; it went on for three days and has L. Harvey, Ray Barden, Erie Chace, and Elvin been a tradition in Hampton Roads ever since. today to recognize and applaud Izabella Smith for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Barden. The Hampton Roads community welcomes Today, 38 individuals make up the team at fans who travel from all over for the weekend Ambassadors for Youth award. Izabella Smith is a student at Moore Middle Spencertown Fire Company. Two thirds of this long Jazz Festival each year. Many think of it group are active, highly skilled volunteer fire- as more than just a few concerts. The festival School and received this award because her determination and hard work have allowed her fighters. is a celebration of jazz, pop, blues, soul, and Mr. Speaker, the members of Spencertown R&B music and artists. It is a time for fans to overcome adversities. The dedication demonstrated by Izabella Fire Company: Alan Silvernale, Jeffrey Prack, and artists to celebrate the culture and the life Steven Ulmer, Brian Geel Sr., Brian Collins, of jazz. It is a terrific opportunity for the com- Smith is exemplary of the type of achievement that can be attained with hard work and perse- David Page, Daniel Howes, Mathew Verenazi, munity to come together for a great time lis- Henry Barens, Lorin Brink, John Daval, Mark tening to great music. As a result, many verance. It is essential students at all levels strive to make the most of their education and Dempf, Joel Dyslin, Kendall Eckstrom, Jay events surround the dates of the festival, in- Engel, Russell Gauthier, David Harrison, Jr., cluding parties, family reunions, class reunions develop a work ethic which will guide them for the rest of their lives. Robin Howes, Evan Kerr, Guy Madsen, Don- and other gatherings. ald McComb, Paul Mesick, Rich Nesbitt, Jr., There are fans who have attended the fes- I extend my deepest congratulations to Timothy Newton, Stephen Oleynek, Eric tival since its beginnings, and enjoy it just as Izabella Smith for winning the Arvada Wheat Pilkington, Bill Rogers, Chrissy Rundell, Chris much as they did when they were younger. Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. Rundell, Dan Rundell, Josh VanAlstyne, Greg And I count myself as one of those fans, as I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedi- Verenazi, Edward Walsh, Arthur Welch, I attended the very first festival at Armstrong cation and character in all of her future ac- George Wenk, Gary Williams, Shaun Williams, Field and have attended virtually every festival complishments. and Gary Wood. since. Because jazz is such a unique genre of f Their commitment to Spencertown and its music that crosses so many ethnic and cul- RECOGNIZING BROOKE RAUBER, neighboring communities does not stop at fire tural barriers, the festival is a way for different THE STATE CHAMPION STEEPLE- safety: Every year since 1985 they have generations and diverse groups of people to CHASER come together and share in their love of jazz. awarded a $1,000 scholarship to a college- I commend Hampton University and the City bound high school graduate chosen from with- of Hampton for their ongoing partnership to HON. JOHN KATKO in their service area. bring well-loved and critically acclaimed artists OF NEW YORK I thank Spencertown Fire Company Presi- and musicians to Hampton Roads for this an- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dent Alan Silvernale; Austerlitz Fire Chief Eric nual event. A record was set in 2011 for the Thursday, June 22, 2017 Pilkington; and the entire Spencertown Fire Company which, in the great tradition of New festival when all three shows, featuring the art- Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to York fire companies, continues to raise the ists Charlie Wilson, Kem, Jonathan Butler, recognize the victory of Brooke Rauber of the standard in ensuring and furthering the well- Chaka Khan, Boyz II Men, and Maze featuring Tully Black Knights for taking home the state being of our local communities. Frankie Beverly, sold out. steeplechase title in track and field in the New Last year’s festival included Babyface, New York State Public High School Association f Edition, Gladys Knight, and many more. Class C–1 Championship on June 10, 2017. HONORING TOM NUNES, SR. Hampton strives to make the festival better With a time of 7:01.26, Brooke Rauber took and better each year with more artists and home the state title in the steeplechase. She HON. JIMMY PANETTA vendors, and I know this 50th Anniversary fes- was coached by Michelle Franklin-Rauber. tival will be no different. I am honored to recognize the hard work OF CALIFORNIA The remarkable success of the Jazz Fes- displayed by Brooke Rauber and the rest of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tival has helped the City of Hampton build up the team, their families, the coaching staff, Thursday, June 22, 2017 the reputation of the Hampton Coliseum as a and teachers at Tully Junior-Senior High Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to premier venue for the region. Thanks in part to School. This is a historic win for Central New the high profile acts that performed at the Jazz recognize Tom Nunes, Sr., this year’s recipi- York and I am confident that the positive ex- ent of the Grower-Shipper Association of Cen- Festival, the Hampton Coliseum has been periences from the 2017 season will yield con- able to attract many popular artists and other tral California’s E.E. ‘‘Gene’’ Harden Award for tinued success in both athletics and aca- Lifetime Achievement in Central Coast Agri- events. As the Festival has grown in popu- demics. larity, annual attendance is usually around culture. Tom has devoted his entire career to 25,000 fans in recent years. f farming the fertile ground of the Salinas Val- Mr. Speaker, I wish to mention a few names COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNI- ley, contributing to the economic lifeblood of who have been instrumental to the success of VERSARY OF SPENCERTOWN this region known . as the ‘‘Salad Bowl of the the festival over the years—Dr. William Har- FIRE COMPANY World.’’ Tom was born and raised in the heart vey, Joe Santangelo, John Scott, Joe Tsao, of the Valley by a farming family in Chualar, George Wallace, and Lucius Wyatt. HON. JOHN J. FASO CA. After graduating from Salinas High The 50th Anniversary of the Hampton Jazz School, Tom attended Saint Mary’s College on OF NEW YORK Festival is to take place as it always does dur- a football scholarship and later transferred to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ing the last full weekend in June and will in- Stanford University, where he graduated with clude many fan favorites, including Jill Scott, Thursday, June 22, 2017 a degree in Economics. Kem, Brian Culbertson, the O’Jays, Patti Mr. FASO. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to After college, Tom immediately went to work Labelle, and Maze featuring Frankie Beverly. honor the Spencertown Fire Company, which in the Salinas Valley agricultural industry. He

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In strive to make the most of their education and When Camp Shelby was established in 1966, Tom and his brother Bob decided to develop a work ethic which will guide them for 1917, the first commanding officer was Major start their own venture, and founded Nunes the rest of their lives. General William Hamden Sage. Major General Bros. of California Inc., a grower-shipper of I extend my deepest congratulations to Sage was awarded the Medal of Honor for his iceberg lettuce. This venture achieved enor- Jachob Talley for winning the Arvada Wheat valor, bravery and fortitude at the Battle of mous success, and the Nunes brothers ulti- Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. Zapote River during the Philippine Insurrection mately sold their company to United Brands/ I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- in 1899. Chiquita. The brothers were also one of six cation and character in all of his future accom- During wartime, Camp Shelby’s mission is western vegetable grower-shippers that plishments. to serve as a major independent mobilization station of the United States Army Forces formed Inter-Harvest, the largest vegetable f grower-shipper organization in the country at Command (FORSCOM). Camp Shelby’s the time. Tom and Bob Nunes briefly ran Inter- A TRIBUTE TO SAVANNA JOHNSON 134,000 acres allow for battalion-level maneu- Harvest before retiring in 1970. In the fall of ver training, Gunnery Table 8–12, field artillery 1976, Tom and Bob carne out of retirement to HON. DAVID YOUNG firing points and a wide range of support facili- ties, while also being utilized by units across launch The Nunes Company, Inc., whose core OF IOWA the country for its ability to support numerous values of honesty, integrity, trust, and attention IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES to detail have fostered a culture that continues different missions. Thursday, June 22, 2017 Camp Shelby serves as the training ground to this day. for the Abrams M1 and the Paladin Howitzer Through his long and distinguished career, Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise Tanks. It is home to the 177th Training Sup- Tom has spanned the transition of harvests in today to recognize and congratulate Savanna port Brigade and is the annual training location the Salinas Valley from sugar beets and white Johnson, a graduate of West Central Valley for National Guard and Reserve units based in beans to the modern specialty crop era. He High in Stuart, Iowa. Savanna was recently Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee. Addi- has been an instrumental figure in the conver- honored for outstanding academic achieve- tionally, the 155th Armored Brigade Combat sion how we farm, harvest, cool and market ment at the Fifteenth Annual Governor’s Team and the 278th Armored Calvary Regi- our fresh produce in the Salinas Valley that Scholar Recognition on April 30, 2017. ment conduct their gunnery training at Camp feeds people all across this country, and This statewide program is sponsored by the Shelby and store the bulk of their combat around the world. What started as 400 acres Iowa Governor’s Office, the Iowa High School equipment in the Maneuver Area Training of iceberg lettuce on the central coast of Cali- Athletic Association, and the Iowa Farm Bu- reau. Each Iowa high school was invited to se- Equipment Site (MATES) on base. fornia in the 1950’s has grown into more than During World War II, Camp Shelby was the lect a senior with the highest academic 22,000 acres of vegetable crops spanning five training site for the famous Japanese-Amer- achievement. Not only are recipients academi- states. ican 100th Battalion 442nd Regimental Com- cally gifted, but the selected students are also Aside from his business success, Tom is bat Team and the Women’s Army Corps. It those who have had success in extra-cur- also an invaluable member of our community. even housed a prisoner of war camp for de- ricular activities and community involvement. Tom has served as the President and Chair- tained soldiers from the German Africa Corps Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent man of the Board for the Grower-Shipper As- from 1941–1943. sociation of Central California, worked with the leaders like Savanna in the United States On June 6, 2004, Camp Shelby was fed- Western Growers Board, was a charter mem- Congress and it is with great pride that I rec- eralized as a FORSCOM Mobilization Center, ber of the Palma High School Foundation, ognize her for utilizing her talents to reach her and since that time several Regimental and served on the Palma High School Board, and goals. I invite my colleagues in the United Brigade Combat Teams have mobilized the National Steinbeck Center inducted him States House of Representatives to join me in through the camp, including the 278th Ar- into the Valley of the World Hall of Fame. His congratulating her on receiving this esteemed mored Cavalry Regiment (Tennessee Army friends and family know him as a passionate, designation, and in wishing her nothing but the National Guard); the 155th Heavy Brigade powerful and intelligent man. In true farmer best. Combat Team (MS ARNG); the 2nd Brigade fashion, he is a man of action and few words. f Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division (PA The Nunes Company has created opportunity 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF CAMP ARNG); the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat for hundreds of residents, and three genera- SHELBY Team, 28th Infantry Division (PA ARNG); the tions of the Nunes family continue to operate 53rd Brigade Combat Team (FL ARNG); the the company to this day. The strong work 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Divi- ethic that Tom has passed down to future HON. STEVEN M. PALAZZO sion (MN ARNG); the 41st Brigade Combat generations is evident in the tradition of inno- OF MISSISSIPPI Team (OR ARNG); the 256th Infantry Brigade vation and pride in stewardship of the land IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Combat Team (LA ARNG); the 116th Cavalry that his successors carry out at every level of Thursday, June 22, 2017 Brigade Combat Team (ID ARNG); the 27th this business to this day. I am proud to add Infantry Brigade Combat Team (NY ARNG); my name to this chorus of thanks and con- Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to and the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team gratulations to Mr. Tom Nunes, Sr. for his recognize and commend one of the many fine (GA ARNG). enormous contributions to our community, and military institutions in Mississippi that has had In addition to fulfilling its obligations as a our country. a profound impact on its history and continues FORSCOM Mobilization Center, Camp Shelby to play a positive, vital role in its present and f is the field training exercise site for the United future, training the elite military men and States Navy Seabees mobilized from the JACHOB TALLEY women of the United States Armed Forces. Naval Construction Battalion in Gulfport and is One hundred years ago, in 1917, the largest home to the Youth Challenge Academy, the HON. ED PERLMUTTER state owned training facility in the nation, only militarily-structured GED and high school OF COLORADO Camp Shelby, was established in Mississippi diploma program in the state. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES on United States Highway 49. With its North I have personally been deployed to Camp Gate located at the southern boundary of Hat- Shelby in support of the Global War on Terror Thursday, June 22, 2017 tiesburg, Camp Shelby encompasses over 525 and continue to drill there as part of my serv- Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise square kilometers and more than 134,000 ice in the Mississippi National Guard. I can at- today to recognize and applaud Jachob Talley acres of both Perry and Forrest Counties. test that this is truly a national asset and a for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service Camp Shelby was named for Governor special part of the State of Mississippi. Ambassadors for Youth award. Isaac Shelby, the first Governor of Kentucky I hereby recognize and honor the remark- Jachob Talley is a student at Pomona High and a renowned soldier who served as a able feats of Camp Shelby upon the auspi- School and received this award because his Colonel in the Virginia militia during the Revo- cious occasion of its 100th Anniversary and determination and hard work have allowed him lutionary War as a militiaman in the Kentucky express best wishes for its success and to overcome adversities. and Indiana territories. As Governor and lead- growth in the future.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A22JN8.015 E22JNPT1 rfrederick on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS June 22, 2017 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E877 RECOGNIZING THE STATE CHAM- IN RECOGNITION OF MARK of security and safety among all persons with- PIONSHIP SKANEATELES GIRLS KEMMER FOR HIS DISTIN- in their jurisdiction, has brought the community LACROSSE TEAM GUISHED CAREER WITH GEN- together in a time when many communities ERAL MOTORS grow further apart. They set an example from which all of us can learn, and we thank them HON. JOHN KATKO HON. DEBBIE DINGELL for their incredible service. To the members of the Penndel Police Department, past, present, OF NEW YORK OF MICHIGAN IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and future, we say thank you. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, June 22, 2017 f Thursday, June 22, 2017 Mrs. DINGELL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to RECOGNIZING THE STATE CHAM- recognize Mr. Mark Kemmer for his career PIONSHIP SOLVAY SOFTBALL Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to TEAM recognize the victory of the Skaneateles Girls and accomplishments with General Motors. Mr. Kemmer has been a steadfast public pol- Lacrosse Team in the New York State Public HON. JOHN KATKO High School Association Class D Champion- icy advocate for the automotive industry throughout his 36 years with the company. OF NEW YORK ship on June 10, 2017. The Skaneateles Mr. Kemmer began his career with GM in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Lakers defeated the Bronxville Broncos 12–11 Detroit in 1974, where he worked with GM’s Thursday, June 22, 2017 in double overtime. Energy Management division to serve the en- Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to The Lakers, finishing the season 18–4, ergy needs of the automaker’s factories and recognize the victory of the Solvay Softball overcame a six goal deficit in the champion- manufacturing facilities. He then moved to Team in the New York State Public High ship game to secure the program’s second GM’s Washington, DC office after four years, School Association Class B Championship on title in four years. Members of the champion- and served as a Washington Representative June 10, 2017. The Solvay Bearcats defeated and Liaison Engineer for the organization’s In- ship team include Hope Allyn, Sarah Bailey, the Depew Wildcats 1–0 to secure the dustry-Government Relations staff until 2002. Emily Baldwin, Riley Brogan, Christiana Bearcats’ first program title since 1986. Ciaccio, Olivia Dabrovsky, Grace Dower, In this position, Mr. Kemmer worked with fed- The Bearcats, finishing the season 23–2, Emma Goodell, Taylor Hill, Abby Kuhns, eral, state and local partners on behalf of GM were determined to win the state title. Mem- Grace Kush, Sophie Kush, Abby Logan, Mae and its customers. He was then named the Di- bers of the championship team include Jordan McGlynn, Mary McNeil, Olivia Navaroli, rector of Federal Affairs for the GM Public Pol- Bamba, Sidney Chaffee, Althea Davies, Maggie Newton, Olivia Nye, Jessica Patalino, icy Center, where he was responsible for for- Nadea Davies, Sam Farruggio, Lauren Hurd, Rachel Pinney, Kyla Sears, Mikaela Terhune, mulating the company’s policies addressing a Izzy Lambert, Hannah Martineau, Caitlin and Gaby Welch. The team is coached by variety of issues, including energy and safety, McCann, Lauren Nichols, Gabriella Petralito, Bridget Marquardt. fuel economy standards for research, and ad- Hope Riviera, Delana Thomas, and Aleah vanced technology. As a result of Mr. I am honored to recognize the teamwork Yaizzo. The team is coached by Phil Merrill. Kemmer’s leadership, GM has achieved excel- I am honored to recognize the teamwork displayed by the Skaneateles Lakers and to lence in a variety of emerging technologies congratulate the members of the team, their displayed by the Solvay Bearcats and to con- and is well-positioned for the future. gratulate the members of the team, their fami- families, the coaching staff, and teachers at Mr. Kemmer’s work with General Motors lies, the coaching staff, and teachers at Solvay Skaneateles High School. This is a historic has been critical to the evolution of the com- High School. This is a historic win for Central win for Central New York and I am confident pany. Under Mr. Kemmer’s leadership, GM New York and I am confident that the positive that the positive experiences from the 2017 has made advancements in sustainability, driv- experiences from the 2017 season will yield season will yield continued success in both en improvements in its manufacturing proc- continued success in both athletics and aca- athletics and academics. esses through public-private partnerships, and demics. helped it earn a reputation as a world-class or- f f ganization that both serves its customers and the communities in which it operates. Mr. IN HONOR OF LEXINGTON HIGH HARLEY THERIOT Kemmer’s decades of expertise, relationships SCHOOL BOYS’ 1600 METER with key stakeholders and knowledge of the RELAY TEAM automotive industry have been important in fa- HON. ED PERLMUTTER cilitating these improvements, and he will be HON. PATRICK J. TIBERI OF COLORADO missed as he moves on from his current posi- OF OHIO tion. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me Thursday, June 22, 2017 in honoring Mr. Mark Kemmer for his out- Thursday, June 22, 2017 standing career with General Motors. Mr. Mr. TIBERI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- ognize the Lexington High School boys track Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Kemmer’s impactful leadership has helped GM team for winning the 1600 meter event at the today to recognize and applaud Harley Theriot evolve to meet new challenges in a rapidly Ohio High School Division II State Track and for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service evolving industry. f Field Tournament. Ambassadors for Youth award. An achievement such as this certainly de- Harley Theriot is a student at Pomona High HONORING PENNDEL POLICE serves recognition. The Ohio High School Ath- School and received this award because her DEPARTMENT letic Association has enabled talented teams determination and hard work have allowed her and individuals to earn state titles since its to overcome adversities. HON. BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK founding in 1907. Throughout this time, the The dedication demonstrated by Harley OF PENNSYLVANIA champions of OHSAA state level competitions Theriot is exemplary of the type of achieve- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES have represented the highest achieving and most talented athletes in Ohio. Each year ment that can be attained with hard work and Thursday, June 22, 2017 perseverance. It is essential students at all these elite competitors join the long ranks of Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today levels strive to make the most of their edu- those who embody Ohio’s proud history of to recognize the Penndel Police Department athletic success. cation and develop a work ethic which will upon the dedication of their new headquarters The Lexington High School boys 1600 guide them for the rest of their lives. building, named in honor of the Department’s meter relay team’s victory caps a tremendous I extend my deepest congratulations to Har- first Chief, Fred C. Dunkley, who served in the season. This sort of achievement is earned ley Theriot for winning the Arvada Wheat position for more than thirty years. The mem- only through many hours of practice, perspira- Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. bers of this Department are uniformly loved tion and hard work. They have set a new I have no doubt she will exhibit the same dedi- and respected within the community in which standard for future athletes to reach. Everyone cation and character in all of her future ac- they live and serve. Their mission, to affirma- at Lexington High School can be extremely complishments. tively promote, preserve, and provide a feeling proud of their performance.

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My state, New York, chose to take ad- A TRIBUTE TO TAYLOR PASHEK Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to vantage of this in an extreme sense. In 2015, recognize Mia Grasso, Kaitlyn Neal, Katherine for example, New York transferred more than Carlile, Maddie Peterson, Shannon Roberts, $7.2 billion of its non-federal Medicaid burden HON. DAVID YOUNG and Olivia Gage of the Skaneateles Lakers for to counties. The burden New York has placed taking home state titles in their respective OF IOWA on its counties is greater than any other state events at the New York State Public High IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES in our country. The other 49 states combined School Association Class B–1 Championship only burden their counties with about $2.3 bil- on June 10, 2017. Thursday, June 22, 2017 lion in Medicaid costs. This means that New The Skaneateles Lakers’ Mia Grasso placed York counties pay three times more for Med- Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise first in the 400 low hurdles with a time of icaid than all other counties in the country today to recognize and congratulate Taylor 1:07.72, Kaitlyn Neal placed first in the 3000 Pashek, a graduate of Winterset High School meters with a time of 10:37.26, Katherine combined. My home county, Suffolk, pays, on in Winterset, Iowa. Taylor was recently hon- Carlile in the discus throw with a distance of average, approximately a quarter billion dollars ored for outstanding academic achievement at 83–10. Carlile and Grasso were also members per year to the state for Medicaid, with the Fifteenth Annual Governor’s Scholar Rec- of the 1600 meter relay team with Maddie $243,470,248, for example, being spent in ognition on April 30, 2017. Peterson and Olivia Gage with a time of 2015. Protecting our most vulnerable popu- lation is essential, and ensuring adequate This statewide program is sponsored by the 4:15.26. The team was coached by Rob Iowa Governor’s Office, the Iowa High School Tuttle. funding for Medicaid programs is vital; how- Athletic Association, and the Iowa Farm Bu- I am honored to recognize the hard work ever, New York’s program has dangerously reau. Each Iowa high school was invited to se- displayed by the Skaneateles Lakers, their exploded. families, the coaching staff, and teachers at lect a senior with the highest academic Our county governments around New York Skaneateles High School. This is a historic achievement. Not only are recipients academi- are in dire need of the fiscal relief provided cally gifted, but the selected students are also win for Central New York and I am confident that the positive experiences from the 2017 through this legislation. There is no reason those who have had success in extra-cur- New York State cannot identify and achieve ricular activities and community involvement. season will yield continued success in both athletics and academics. the $2.3 billion amount of efficiency necessary Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent and available in the state Medicaid system, f leaders like Taylor in the United States Con- while at the same time making it clear that this gress and it is with great pride that I recognize OPPOSING THE SENATE VERSION can be achieved without harming any low in- her for utilizing her talents to reach her goals. OF THE AMERICAN HEALTH come residents in need of coverage. If the I invite my colleagues in the United States CARE ACT state needs any advice on how to accomplish House of Representatives to join me in con- this, I am here to help. The state’s conversion gratulating her on receiving this esteemed HON. JOYCE BEATTY to Managed Long Term Care, gross overbilling designation, and in wishing her nothing but the OF OHIO of Medicaid into the hundreds of millions of best. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dollars by some entities, eight and nine figure Thursday, June 22, 2017 at a time handouts to 1199 SEIU to curry polit- f Mrs. BEATTY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in ical favor, and many other issues result in a JORGE TORRES-MARCHAND opposition to Trumpcare and the shameful, se- major problem that must be immediately con- cret process Senate Republicans are using to fronted head on. Not only does New York pass this destructive legislation. State spend more money on Medicaid than Illi- HON. ED PERLMUTTER Last month, I proudly voted against nois, Texas and Florida combined, but it Trumpcare, a bill that guts the Affordable Care OF COLORADO spends just about the same amount on Med- Act, raises costs while providing less cov- icaid costs that Florida spends on its entire IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES erage, and gives tax cuts to the 400 wealthiest state budget despite having an almost iden- American families. tical sized population. Thursday, June 22, 2017 Mr. Speaker, the version of Trumpcare that H.R. 1871 would single handedly flip Suffolk Mr. PERLMUTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise passed the House is so bad, the President today to recognize and applaud Jorge Torres- himself called it ‘‘mean’’. County’s recurring massive nine-figure budget Marchand for receiving the Arvada Wheat A bill so mean it raises healthcare costs for deficits into budget surpluses. For residents of Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. hard-working families. my district, this is a dream scenario that lifts A bill so mean it makes millions of Ameri- our county out of a very dire annual budget Jorge Torres-Marchand is a student at cans with pre-existing conditions uninsurable. crisis. If this bill became law, you could elimi- Wheat Ridge High School and received this A bill so mean it forces states to cut benefits nate Suffolk’s $50 million annual property tax award because his determination and hard and kick millions of people off Medicaid. work have allowed him to overcome adversi- levy completely, eliminate Suffolk’s $150 mil- The American people deserve better—they lion structural deficit, and have $50 million left ties. deserve transparency; they deserve openness; over for combating the heroin and opioid epi- The dedication demonstrated by Jorge they deserve the chance to read the bill; and, demic, improving infrastructure, public works Torres-Marchand is exemplary of the type of Mr. Speaker, they deserve affordable programs, environmental preservation and achievement that can be attained with hard healthcare. coastal erosion programs, upgraded and im- work and perseverance. It is essential stu- f dents at all levels strive to make the most of proved sewering or for some other purpose SUPPORTING H.R. 1871 their education and develop a work ethic that county residents deems necessary. which will guide them for the rest of their lives. HON. LEE M. ZELDIN Passage of this bill is critical to providing I extend my deepest congratulations to necessary relief not only for Suffolk County, OF NEW YORK Jorge Torres-Marchand for winning the Arvada but many counties across New York. I urge all IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wheat Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth my colleagues to support this important meas- award. I have no doubt he will exhibit the Thursday, June 22, 2017 ure, I thank Congressmen CHRIS COLLINS and same dedication and character in all of his fu- Mr. ZELDIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in JOHN FASO for this proposal, and I look for- ture accomplishments. support of H.R. 1871, the Property Tax Re- ward to getting this bill across the finish line.

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Mr. Speaker, I rise evolving issues facing the agricultural industry, coached by Greg Boton. today to recognize and applaud Jimmy Tran such as food safety, pest prevention, research I am honored to recognize the hard work for receiving the Arvada Wheat Ridge Service and education, and much more. displayed by Jeremiah Willis and his coaching Ambassadors for Youth award. A native son of the fertile Salinas Valley, Mr. staff and teachers at Cicero-North Syracuse Jimmy Tran is a student at Jefferson High Corda was born and raised in Gonzales. After High School. This is a historic win for Central School and received this award because his attending Gonzales High School, Hartnell Col- New York and I am confident that the positive determination and hard work have allowed him lege and San Jose State, he returned home experiences from the 2017 season will yield to overcome adversities. and has been working in the agricultural in- continued success in both athletics and aca- The dedication demonstrated by Jimmy dustry for over 35 years. Most recently, he has demics. Tran is exemplary of the type of achievement served as the General Manager of lppolito f that can be attained with hard work and perse- International, known for being North America’s verance. It is essential students at all levels largest supplier of Brussels sprouts, among RECOGNIZING IMMIGRANT strive to make the most of their education and many other mixed and specialty vegetables. HERITAGE MONTH IN JUNE develop a work ethic which will guide them for He has raised his family in Salinas, where his the rest of their lives. wife and daughter also work in the industry. HON. CHARLES W. DENT I extend my deepest congratulations to His immense experience, ingenuity and cre- OF PENNSYLVANIA Jimmy Tran for winning the Arvada Wheat ativity gained from a long and distinguished IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ridge Service Ambassadors for Youth award. career served him well during his tenure as Thursday, June 22, 2017 I have no doubt he will exhibit the same dedi- the chair of the Grower-Shipper Association. cation and character in all of his future accom- Mr. Speaker, I was particularly impressed by Mr. DENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to re- plishments. Mr. Corda’s implementation of the Associa- flect on the historical and cultural impact immi- f tion’s ‘‘Future Leaders Program.’’ Through this grants have had—and continue to have—on program, the Board of Directors paid special our great nation, as we recognize Immigrant A TRIBUTE TO ELIZABETH attention to developing the next generation of Heritage Month this June. FULLER leadership in the industry through mentorship, Throughout its history, America has shone participation in board meetings, and many as a beacon of opportunity to millions of peo- HON. DAVID YOUNG other educational events. This exposed a new ple seeking refuge from prejudice, political in- OF IOWA generation of agriculture professionals to stability, or extreme hardship in their home- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES issues facing the industry as a whole, beyond land. Our willingness to welcome those escap- what they manage in the day-to-day duties of ing persecution and seeking economic oppor- Thursday, June 22, 2017 their respective jobs, and empowered them to tunity has only fortified our strength as a coun- Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise bring new and creative ideas to the table to try, and it will continue to do so. The United today to recognize and congratulate Elizabeth solve these pressing concerns. Also during States is ripe with opportunity for fiscal and Fuller, a graduate of Southwest Valley High Mr. Corda’s tenure, the Association premiered personal prosperity, both of which have ap- School in Corning, Iowa. Elizabeth was re- the documentary film ‘‘Historical Narratives of pealed to those who have arrived on our cently honored for outstanding academic Salinas Valley Agriculture,’’ a collaborative shores looking for a new life for themselves achievement at the Fifteenth Annual Gov- project that engaged and educated the public and their families. The resulting mixture of ernor’s Scholar Recognition on April 30, 2017. on the important and often overlooked stories ethnicities and cultures has only served to em- This statewide program is sponsored by the of the people who have built Salinas Valley bolden the unique American way of life and Iowa Governor’s Office, the Iowa High School agriculture into what it is today. Under the experience. Athletic Association, and the Iowa Farm Bu- leadership of Mr. Corda, the Association as- The foundation of our nation is built on im- reau. Each Iowa high school was invited to se- sisted in providing a place for industry leaders migrants, and as the descendant of German, lect a senior with the highest academic to come together to make progress on a num- English, and Irish immigrants, I am thankful for achievement. Not only are recipients academi- ber of important issues, particularly pesticide a chance to reflect on the importance of immi- cally gifted, but the selected students are also safety and water conservation. gration to this country’s historical narrative. those who have had success in extra-cur- While Mr. Corda’s tenure as Chair of the f ricular activities and community involvement. Board has ended, I am certain his contribution SUPPORTING THE VOTING RIGHTS Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent to this vital industry in my home district will ADVANCEMENT ACT leaders like Elizabeth in the United States continue. It is my pleasure to add my name to Congress and it is with great pride that I rec- the chorus of thanks and congratulations to ognize her for utilizing her talents to reach her the outgoing Chairman and look forward to HON. TERRI A. SEWELL goals. I invite my colleagues in the United continued collaboration to champion bold, pro- OF ALABAMA States House of Representatives to join me in ductive, and creative solutions to address the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES congratulating her on receiving this esteemed needs of the industry, its workers, and the Thursday, June 22, 2017 designation, and in wishing her nothing but the American families who enjoy the harvests that best. we produce here every day. Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of a critical piece of leg- f f islation, the Voting Rights Advancement Act. I RECOGNIZING BUTCH CORDA RECOGNIZING JEREMIAH WILLIS, am proud to sponsor this legislation and to be THE LONG JUMP AND TRIPLE joined by my colleagues, Representatives HON. JIMMY PANETTA JUMP STATE CHAMPION JUDY CHU, MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, and OF CALIFORNIA JOHN LEWIS. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. JOHN KATKO In March of 2015, I, alongside former Presi- dents Barack Obama and George Bush, both Thursday, June 22, 2017 OF NEW YORK IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Republican and Democrat Members of Con- Mr. PANETTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to gress, and thousands of people from across recognize Butch Corda for his work as Chair Thursday, June 22, 2017 the world marched over Edmund Pettus of the Board of the Grower-Shipper Associa- Mr. KATKO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Bridge to commemorate the 50th anniversary tion of Central California. In my home district recognize the victory of Jeremiah Willis of the of ‘‘Bloody Sunday’’. We honored great Ameri- on the central coast of California, agriculture is Cicero-North Syracuse Northstars Track & cans like Jimmie Lee Jackson, who was bru- the engine that drives our local economy, and Field Team in two individual track and field tally murdered for attempting to vote, Ms.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:39 Jun 23, 2017 Jkt 069060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K22JN8.011 E22JNPT1 rfrederick on DSK3GLQ082PROD with REMARKS E880 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 22, 2017 Amelia Boynton Robinson and our fellow Con- IN HONOR OF SPECIAL AGENTS Into The Darkest of Nights gressman JOHN LEWIS, who were both bludg- CRYSTAL GRINER AND DAVID ‘‘Not On My Watch’’ BAILEY AND THEIR COURA- Those Brave Hearts Who Evil Must Fight eoned for marching for their right to vote. You Bring The Light Their sacrifices and courage paved the path GEOUS ACTS OF VALOR IN SAV- f for Congress to pass the Voting Rights Act of ING LIVES IN HONOR OF JOE ELLIS 1965 with overwhelming bipartisan support. HON. PETE SESSIONS As we reach the fourth anniversary of OF TEXAS Shelby v. Holder, the landmark case that over- HON. PATRICK J. TIBERI IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES turned and gutted a vital part of the Voting OF OHIO Rights Act of 1965, it is clear that Americans’ Thursday, June 22, 2017 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES right to vote is under attack now more than Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in Thursday, June 22, 2017 honor of the selfless acts of courage displayed ever. While people of color are no longer sub- Mr. TIBERI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- by Special Agents Crystal Griner and David ject to irrational literacy tests, arbitrary grand- ognize Joe Ellis for winning the high jump Bailey of The United States Capitol Police father clauses, or high poll taxes, the reversal event in the Ohio High School Division I State saving the lives of numerous members of of Section 4(b) of the Voting Rights Act once Track and Field Tournament. Congress and their staffs. Our thoughts and An achievement such as this certainly de- again subjugates minorities to voter discrimi- prayers go out to all of the wounded and Con- serves recognition. The Ohio High School Ath- nation tactics. This section provided gressman Steve Scalise and Matt Mika and letic Association has enabled talented teams preclearance measures for states where voter their families who are fighting for their lives. I and individuals to earn state titles since its discrimination has occurred. Section 4(b) re- include in the RECORD this poem penned by founding in 1907. Throughout this time, the quired any changes of voting laws to first be Albert Carey Caswell. champions of OHSAA state level competitions cleared by the court in the determined states. NOT ON MY WATCH have represented the highest achieving and Since Shelby v. Holder nullified this crucial They awake on each new day most talented athletes in Ohio. Each year With a hug and kiss part of the Voting Rights Act, 10 states have these elite competitors join the long ranks of passed laws requiring photo identification to saying goodbye to their loved ones out on their way those who embody Ohio’s proud history of vote, and several more states now require As to themselves ‘‘Not on My Watch’’ they athletic success. government issued identification in order to say Joe Ellis’ victory caps a tremendous season. cast a ballot. These identification laws have No one is going to hurt you this day This sort of achievement is earned only been proven to negatively affect minority and Putting on a bullet proof vest through many hours of practice, perspiration low-income voters disproportionately time and while strapping a holster and gun to their and hard work. You have set a new standard chest for future athletes to reach. Everyone at Mans- time again. To watch over all of us to bless moving out to serve and protect field Senior High School can be extremely Moreover, instead of working to enhance proud of your performance. the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and working to Not knowing what evil to expect Or if this will be their last day, yet On behalf of the citizens of Ohio’s 12th protect the voting rights of all Americans, the Who while all in the midst of hell Congressional District, I congratulate Joe Ellis Trump Administration is wasting valuable time must find the strength to make their souls on his state championship. I wish him contin- and resources creating a commission to inves- swell ued success in both his athletic and academic tigate the groundless claim that millions of Living by a noble code and creed endeavors. to watch over us . . . you and me people voted illegally in the last election. The It’s all in a Police Officer’s day f creation of this commission demonstrates a Saying, ‘‘Not on My Watch’’ all at speed TRUMPCARE WILL ABANDON To vanquish evil’s darkest of all needs clear disregard for the millions of AMERICANS SUFFERING FROM disenfranchised minorities across America. Ready to lay down their own lives if need be Standing on that thin blue line ADDICTION AND OVERDOSE My legislation, the Voting Rights Advance- where death lies so close all the time ment Act, will effectively create a new cov- When, who lives and dies HON. TERRI A. SEWELL And see’s another sunrise erage formula and provide updated OF ALABAMA preclearance procedures for states that have So all depends on you relies IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES had 15 or more voting violations within the And on that fateful morning in June Thursday, June 22, 2017 past 25 years. With the addition of this new When two Capitol Police Officers went deep formula, 13 states including Alabama, Arkan- stood true Ms. SEWELL of Alabama. Mr. Speaker, our sas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Lou- Who against all odds country is in the midst of a drug overdose epi- just like Gods kept their oath through and demic that’s devastating families and commu- isiana, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, through nities nationwide. Each day, 144 people die South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia, 9 of Out gunned from drug overdose. Opioids kill more people which have already passed discriminatory who from the face of death would not run than car accidents, and heroin kills more than All in their stride stood tall in the morning voter identification laws, would be subject to all gun-related homicides. federal oversight. The Voting Rights Advance- sun Until, they vanquished what this dark evil Recently, President Trump stated the opioid ment Act presents a clear solution to the prob- had begun crisis ‘‘is a crippling problem throughout the lem of voter discrimination and helps ensure Thank you United States’’ and vowed to ‘‘expand treat- Americans of all races and socioeconomic Officers Griner and Bailey as you have ment for those who have become so badly ad- statuses are able to exercise their constitu- blessed each and everyone dicted.’’ After promising the American people But, ‘‘hate is hard . . . and it makes me tionally protected right to vote. that he would take action to alleviate this suf- cry’’ fering, he endorsed a GOP health reform bill When, I see those tears in those wounded Just as in 1965, we remain at a pivotal that would decimate mental health and sub- crossroads—the choice to give every Amer- loved ones eyes But remember stance abuse treatment for those most in ican equal access to the ballot or to continue the darkness is no match for the light need. marginalizing and disenfranchising minorities The kind that which on this day Now, we all know about TrumpCare. We and low-income communities. I urge my col- burned in Griner’s and Bailey’s hearts so know the House version of the bill would cut leagues to take action and support the Voting bright more than $800 billion to Medicaid, cause 23 Rights Advancement Act and not to let the bi- Goodness million Americans to lose their health insur- Evil ance, and disproportionately hurt the same partisan effort of previous Congresses be in Darkness vain. Congress must pass the Voting Rights Light low- and middle-class voters in rural areas who helped elect him in order to give a mas- Advancement Act and restore the right to vote Those Brave Hearts Who Evil Must Fight sive tax cut to the wealthiest Americans. And to every American citizen. Who Bring The Light Together Enjoined the Senate version, released today, is ex- As We Battle On pected to have largely similar effects.

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Regardless of partisan affiliation, and Student Life Dr. Tim Drain, Assistant Di- especially the 62 million Americans living in we must ensure affordable and comprehen- rector of Intercollegiate Athletics Kelsi Weeks, rural areas. sive mental health and substance abuse serv- Associate Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Folks living in rural areas, including many of ices for all Americans. Those who do not will Chuck Smith, and Administrative Assistant of my constituents in Alabama, are older and have to answer to the grief-stricken families Intercollegiate Athletics Sherry Harwood. sicker than the average American and have whose loved ones fall victim to this drug over- These exceptional student athletes have higher rates of premature death, which is dose epidemic. added a spectacular chapter to the legacy of largely driven by drug overdoses. More than f Tyler Junior College. No matter how talented one third of Alabamians live in rural areas and and committed the team, the path to a na- report poor mental health. What’s worse, for HONORING THE TYLER JUNIOR tional championship would be much more every 11,000 of my constituents living in COLLEGE APACHES, 2017 NJCAA challenging if not for the enthusiastic support Wilcox County, there is only one mental health DIVISION III WORLD BASEBALL of a fiercely loyal network of players’ families, provider. Wilcox County is only one example CHAMPIONS faculty, staff members, alumni, and commu- of the mental health provider shortage in rural nity. America. HON. LOUIE GOHMERT May God continue to bless these young While the ACA didn’t solve all of these prob- OF TEXAS people, along with their families, friends and lems, it made real progress towards increasing IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES neighbors in east Texas and beyond. It is a access to affordable and high-quality mental Thursday, June 22, 2017 tremendous honor to recognize the 2017 health and substance abuse services. It en- NJCAA World Series Baseball Champions, the sured that all individual and employer health Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, residents of Tyler Junior College Apaches. east Texas are no strangers to bringing home plans covered therapist appointments, hospital f visits, and medications. It banned lifetime and championship trophies. Yet it is still a thrilling annual limits on the amount that health insur- moment to welcome home a team after win- HONORING THE U.S.-INDIA RELA- ance companies would pay for critical mental ning a national championship title. Even more TIONSHIP AND INDIAN AMERI- health and substance abuse services. It so when they bring home a second national CANS capped out-of-pocket costs for these services, title the following year, and rarer still when the and finally, it ensured that no one would be team then wins a third national championship. HON. DAVID SCHWEIKERT discriminated against because they had pre- But it is truly unprecedented in NJCAA history OF ARIZONA existing mental health or substance abuse for a team to win four straight national titles in IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES conditions. Together, these reforms gave a row. What an exceptional privilege it is to Thursday, June 22, 2017 Americans suffering from this drug epidemic stand today to congratulate the Tyler Junior hope for lasting recovery. College Apaches baseball team for its fourth Mr. SCHWEIKERT. Mr. Speaker, as Presi- TrumpCare, rather than building on the suc- straight 2017 NJCAA Division III World Series dent Trump prepares to welcome Indian Prime cesses of the ACA and strengthening treat- victory, the 56th national title in the history of Minister Narendra Modi next week, there is ment for the 22 million Americans suffering TJC. much to celebrate in our country’s relationship from mental health and substance abuse dis- The Apaches finished 4–0 in the World Se- with India, the world’s largest democracy, and orders, wipe out access to life-saving health ries held in Greeneville, Tennessee, securing in the enormous contributions that Indian services for the families that need it most. The an historic fourth consecutive championship Americans make in our country. House version of the bill would allow states to with a 5–1 victory over the Niagara County There are four million Indian-Americans in eliminate requirements that health plans cover (New York) Thunder Wolves. The team won the U.S., according to the Census Bureau. In mental health and substance abuse services, their final eleven games of the 2017 season 2010, Pew reported that 87.2 percent of adult and it would allow insurance companies to in- with an impressive overall record of 41–20. Indian Americans were foreign-born and that flate prices for Americans who suffer from pre- This remarkable accomplishment cannot be Indian Americans are highly educated and existing conditions in certain states. As a re- possible without the determination and hard highly successful. sult, the independent Congressional Budget work of every team member, along with the U.S. relations with India are critical to both Office has projected that individuals with a skill and experience of a dedicated coaching countries. Our annual bilateral trade in goods mental health or substance abuse history staff led by Head Baseball Coach Doug Wren, and services could reach $500 billion by 2024, could be charged ‘‘thousands’’ more under who has escorted the Apaches to six World a five-fold increase since 2013, according to TrumpCare than under the ACA. In addition to Series appearances in eight years as Head the Congressional Research Service. affecting the 175,000 Alabamians who pur- Coach. Assisting Coach Wren are Assistant The role of Indian Americans in government chased health insurance on the ACA market- Coaches Chad Sherman and Garrett is profound. In recent months, former Gov- place, these cost hikes could extend to 1.6 McMullen; Student Managers Colter Dosch ernor Nikki Haley was confirmed as Ambas- million Alabamians with employer-sponsored and Cody Jamison; Student Trainers Justin sador to the United Nations; Ajit Pai was health insurance. Smith and Chase Day; Assistant Athletic made chairman of the Federal Communica- Republican ‘‘solutions’’ to these problems Trainer Travis Gray, and Head Athletic Trainer tions Commission; Seema Verma was named are drastically underfunded, partly in an effort Eddy McGuire. Administrator of the Center for Medicaid and to reduce the total cost of TrumpCare in order My most enthusiastic praise and congratula- Medicare Services; four Indian Americans took to fund tax breaks for the wealthiest execu- tions goes to national champions Braden their seats in the U.S. House of Representa- tives and heirs in our country. As a dem- Wise, Jarrod Wells, Payton Adams, Matt tives and one in the Senate; and countless onstration of my Republican colleagues’ prior- Mikusek, Travis French, Justin Roach, Taylor more serve in state legislatures, local govern- ities, they vetoed an introduced TrumpCare Broadway, Corben Henry, Ryan Lawhon, ments, the judicial branch and beyond. amendment that would mandate coverage for Blaze Beason, James Kuykendall, Jarel Indian Americans have deeply enriched our mental health and substance abuse services. McDade, Austin Cernosek, Tyler Abney, John nation’s arts and culture, and Indian media in To put it simply, more people will die from Gillett, Chase Evans, Garin Shelton, Beau the U.S. is surging to meet demand. Cable, drug overdose if TrumpCare is passed. In- Buesing, Colton Whitehouse, AbeRee Hiebert, satellite and radio offer a growing array of stead of helping the rural voters who helped Blake Maddox, Cameron Carver, Mason Hindu and Indian content. Global Hindi pro- President Trump get into office, he betrayed Whitmarsh, Daniel Priddy, Luke Boyd, J.P. grammer ZEE TV’s U.S. programming is them by supporting legislation that wipes out Gorby, Austin Tambellini, Marco Gutierrez, viewed in nearly a million households. life-saving mental health and substance abuse Daniel Bogue, Jordan Trahan, Trevor Parker, Politically and militarily, our two countries treatments in order to cut taxes for Americans Andrew Nichols, and Eric Bullock. are united in a commitment to fight terrorism like him. TrumpCare will lead to more families Tyler Junior College has been a beacon of and promote world peace. Last year, the U.S. torn apart by addiction, more out-of-home academic excellence for more than ninety and India signed a historic defense agreement placements for children whose parents are years. So it comes as no surprise the warrior that paves the way for greater strategic and suffering from this epidemic, and a larger bur- spirit of pride and achievement extends to its regional cooperation.

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Americas’ commitment to everyone’s right to ognition on April 30, 2017. f clean water will take another strong, steady This statewide program is sponsored by the and significant step forward; actually many Iowa Governor’s Office, the Iowa High School RECOGNIZING THE SISTERS OF hundreds of steps forward, as the Sisters will Athletic Association, and the Iowa Farm Bu- MERCY OF THE AMERICAS CON- participate in a Contemplative Walk down reau. Each Iowa high school was invited to se- GREGATIONAL CHAPTER MEET- Main Street to Canalside, the center of Buf- lect a senior with the highest academic ING IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK falo’s resurgent waterfront, where the Buffalo achievement. Not only are recipients academi- JUNE 19–JUNE 29, 2017 River flows into Lake Erie. The ‘‘Walk for cally gifted, but the selected students are also Water’’ on Friday, June 23 will be led by rep- those who have had success in extra-cur- HON. BRIAN HIGGINS resentatives from the Native American com- ricular activities and community involvement. OF NEW YORK munity who will add their voices and vital his- Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES torical perspective to the urgent need to pro- leaders like Tessa in the United States Con- Thursday, June 22, 2017 tect and preserve our natural environment. gress and it is with great pride that I recognize As the Congressional Representative who her for utilizing her talents to reach her goals. Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, I secured the funding for the infrastructure I invite my colleagues in the United States rise today to recognize the Sisters of Mercy of needed to make public access at our water’s House of Representatives to join me in con- the Americas as they have gathered in my edge a reality, this ceremony is especially sig- gratulating her on receiving this esteemed hometown of Buffalo, New York for their Con- nificant as we find ourselves, inexplicably, designation, and in wishing her nothing but the gregational Chapter meeting from June 19– fighting to ensure the federal dollars used to best. June 29. More than 300 Sisters of Mercy from restore our Great Lakes remains in place. f various parts of the continental United States The Great Lakes contain 95 percent of as well as from the Philippines, Guam and America’s fresh surface water and drinking HONORING COLONEL JAMES C. Latin America will elect an Institute president water supply to more than 40 million people in BRENNAN III, USMC and leadership team, determine priorities, North America. Currently under threat of dras- renew their vision and respond to the chang- tic cuts, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative HON. WALTER B. JONES ing needs in their mission during this two- (GLRI) is a joint effort between the U.S. and OF NORTH CAROLINA week summit. Canada to restore the Great Lakes by clean- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Inspired by the life of Jesus and its founder ing up pollution, promoting shoreline health, Thursday, June 22, 2017 Catherine McAuley, the Sisters of Mercy are combating invasive species and protecting fish women of faith who have committed their lives and wildlife. Over the last decade the federal Mr. JONES. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to rise to God and use their resources to serve, ad- government has invested $32.38 million in today to honor Colonel James C. Brennan III, vocate and pray for those in need throughout Great Lakes funding in and around the Buffalo for his thirty-three years of selfless service to the world. Arriving from Ireland at the invitation River Area of Concern and is credited with the our nation in the United States Marine Corps. of the Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in ecological and economic turnaround of the Colonel Brennan’s extensive career started 1843, the women originally dedicated them- Buffalo River. in 1984 with the completion of entry level selves to the service of people who were poor, Now more than ever, we need to dem- training at Parris Island, South Carolina. He sick, and uneducated. As membership grew onstrate the value both environmentally and received his commission through the Platoon throughout the United States, the organiza- economically of Great Lakes investments, and Leaders Class in 1988 after graduating from tion’s influence expanded to issues in edu- come together to fight for the continuation of Lynchburg College. cation, health care, and social services. this program and others that enhance the Colonel Brennan began as a field artillery The work of the Sisters of Mercy is inher- quality of life for this and future generations. officer serving with the 10th, 11th and 12th ently woven into the historic fabric of the And so, joined by the Interfaith Climate Justice Marine Regiments. He held every major posi- growth of Buffalo and Western New York as Community, Climate Justice Coalition and like- tion from forward observer to battalion com- these devoted women taught in numerous minded public officials, the Sisters will add mander. His command of the 2nd Battalion, Catholic schools. They opened, led and cared water from their regions to one container. This 10th Marine Regiment, however, is particularly for others in our Catholic hospitals as well as blended water will be sprinkled over the Sis- noteworthy. During this time, he deployed his being highly engaged in numerous charitable ters, over the land and then poured out into artillery battalion as a civil affairs group in sup- organizations. The Sisters’ profound influence Lake Erie. port of Operation Iraqi Freedom in al Anbar on those they taught, those they tended to Once again, with humility and humanity, province, finally completing the efforts that Ma- who were suffering physically, mentally, spir- these valiant women are leading by example. rines had started over five years earlier. His itually, those they helped bring into this world, This symbolic mixing of waters from lands efforts resulted in the smooth transition of civil and those they comforted as the end drew served by the Sisters of Mercy of the Amer- works projects, education projects and local near has deepened across generations. icas represents active and unified engagement governance over to the Iraqi people. Today, the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas in this crucial crusade to protect, promote and As a field grade officer, Colonel Brennan operate under the core values of Spirituality, preserve our natural assets for all people. Mr. served in diverse ways, including multiple Community, Service, and Social Justice focus- Speaker, I am pleased to recognize the Sis- tours of duty outside his primary field. In 1998, ing on the critical concerns of the earth, immi- ters of Mercy of the Americas for adding an- he was assigned to Officer Candidate School, gration, nonviolence, anti-racism, and women. other historic milestone to the legacy of the where his efforts resulted in the first complete They sponsor or co-sponsor 77 schools from Buffalo waterfront. And to extend immeas- revision of the school’s curriculum in over a early childhood education to the collegiate urable gratitude for all they have sacrificed, decade, as well as material changes, which level and partnered with the Global Catholic shared and stood for in the past, and for all reduced injuries significantly. In 2001, he first Climate Movement to urge world leaders to they will continue to stand up for today, tomor- served outside of the Marine Corps as the commit to climate action. row and for generations to come. Deputy Liaison Officer to the U.S. House of This commitment to action on climate Representatives during both the 107th and f change is one I strongly share and support. 108th Congresses. In 2004, he was assigned For decades, the United States set the world’s A TRIBUTE TO TESSA SHIELDS to Marine Forces Pacific where he served as public policy standard on critical environmental a planner while simultaneously serving the issues; a tradition that ended when this Ad- HON. DAVID YOUNG U.S. Pacific Command as a crisis action plan- ministration backed away from the Paris Cli- OF IOWA ner. During this time, he was successful in mate Accord—a pledge joined by more than IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES planning operations in support of crises across 190 countries to reduce emissions toward the the Pacific Rim from the Philippines to Indo- goal of cleaner air and a healthy planet. This Thursday, June 22, 2017 nesia, and all across the Indian Ocean. He reversal does not demonstrate the leadership Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise was later deployed in support of Operation that is characteristic of America, nor does it today to recognize and congratulate Tessa Iraqi Freedom as a planner for Multi-National

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SAM GRAVES forts allowed every voter to cast their vote in On behalf of my colleagues on both sides of OF MISSOURI a safe and secure environment. the aisle, I would like to recognize Colonel IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES In 2009, Colonel Brennan was promoted to Brennan’s outstanding accomplishments, cou- Thursday, June 22, 2017 Colonel, and served as the Commanding Offi- rageous attitude, and his past and present de- cer of Headquarters and Service Battalion at votion to our nation. I want to congratulate Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I Quantico, Virginia. This battalion has the dis- him, his wife Laura, and their children, Caro- proudly pause to recognize J. Michael tinction of being the largest battalion level for- line and Charlotte on the completion of a long Gilliland. Michael is a very special young man mation in the Marine Corps with over 3,200 and highly distinguished career. who has exemplified the finest qualities of citi- members. His efforts ensured that each of the zenship and leadership by taking an active In closing, may God continue to bless the 26 major commands he led received the same part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 692, Brennans and may they have ‘‘fair winds and consistency of form and effort in managing and earning the most prestigious award of a following sea’’ as they embark on a new their training, education, administration and Eagle Scout. journey of service to our beloved nation. legal matters to allow them to focus on their Michael has been very active with his troop, primary missions. Semper Fidelis. participating in many scout activities. Over the A few years later, in 2013, Colonel Brennan many years Michael has been involved with again moved outside the Marine Corps to sup- f scouting, he has not only earned numerous port operations at the combatant command merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- level. He was assigned to the U.S. Northern PERSONAL EXPLANATION ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Mi- Command as its liaison to the U.S. Southern chael has led his troop as the Assistant Senior Command. During this period, he was as- Patrol Leader, earned the rank of Brave in the signed to support the training and execution of HON. BRIAN HIGGINS Tribe of Mic-O-Say, and become a member of domestic disaster relief operations in the great OF NEW YORK the Order of the Arrow. Michael has also con- states of Washington, Nebraska, Wisconsin, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tributed to his community through his Eagle Mississippi and New York. His knowledge and Scout project. Michael constructed a round rail expertise in humanitarian assistance and dis- Thursday, June 22, 2017 fence around an underground shelter at the aster relief operations assisted each state’s Mr. HIGGINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, on Rotary Youth Camp in Lee’s Summit, Mis- joint task force in smoothly incorporating the souri, making it safer for wheel-chair bound active military forces within the legal con- June 21, 2017, I was not present for the re- corded votes on Roll Call Nos. 311, 312, 313, campers to access the shelter in an emer- straints for operations on domestic soil. gency situation. During his decades of service, Colonel 314, and 315. Had I been present, I would have voted: NAY on the motion to table the Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in Brennan served with distinction in support of commending J. Michael Gilliland for his ac- anti-terrorism operations, including Operation appeal of the ruling of the Chair; NAY on the motion on ordering the previous question on complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- Provide Comfort, Operation Iraqi Freedom, ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. He aided the rule for providing consideration of both H.R. 1873 and H.R. 1654; NO on agreeing to highest distinction of Eagle Scout. in support of crisis response missions around f the globe including tsunami relief operations in the resolution providing for consideration of Thailand, Indonesia and the Maldives, Haitian H.R. 1873; AYE on agreeing to the Carbajal of HONORING MS. LYNN BUSH refugee operations, and multiple typhoon relief California Part A Amendment and; NO on the operations in the Philippines, as well as in the passage of the Electricity Reliability and For- est Protection Act. HON. BRIAN K. FITZPATRICK United States. He commanded at all levels, OF PENNSYLVANIA the battery, battalion and regimental, and has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES supported operations both domestically and f overseas. Thursday, June 22, 2017 COMMEMORATING THE 150TH ANNI- Colonel Brennan’s career is distinguished by Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I rise today VERSARY OF BABCOCK & his willingness and desire to serve our nation, to recognize the retirement of a tireless public WILCOX the Marine Corps, and the brave marines and servant in Bucks County. Ms. Lynn Bush, the sailors he has had the privilege to lead each Executive Director of the Bucks County Plan- and every day. He is a man who served faith- HON. JAMES B. RENACCI ning Commission and Chief Clerk of the Coun- fully and to the best of his abilities in all posi- ty, retired last week after more than eighteen tions to which he was assigned, which has OF OHIO years serving her friends and neighbors. The made him invaluable to the Marine Corps and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES work Ms. Bush has done throughout her ca- to our nation. He successfully used his skills reer has helped the businesses of Bucks as a commander, leader and mentor, both in Thursday, June 22, 2017 County to flourish, and oversaw the preserva- the field and in garrison. It is likely that much Mr. RENACCI. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tion of Bucks County’s 200th farm, as part of of Colonel Brennan’s service will never fully be pay tribute to Babcock & Wilcox, a power gen- her passionate work protecting open space in recognized, but his leadership will be remem- eration company which employs hundreds of the county. Her service stands as a reminder bered for years to come. Ohioans in Ohio’s 16th District. B&W cele- that we make a life by what we give others. In addition, over the three and a half dec- brates its 150th Anniversary on June 22, f ades Colonel Brennan served our nation, Mrs. 2017, and since its founding, it has become a A TRIBUTE TO LIVY GREEN Laura Brennan, his wife, has been avidly dedi- global leader in energy and environmental cated to serving the people of the United technologies, as well as services for power States. Noted as a counselor and leader, Mrs. and industrial markets. HON. DAVID YOUNG Brennan serves as an assistant town attorney OF IOWA In its 150 years, B&W produced a number for the Town of Islip in New York, while main- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES taining a private practice. She is also active in of historic firsts. It supplied energy for the first the fight for autism awareness, both in her electric street lights. It powered New York’s Thursday, June 22, 2017 community and at the national level. Her first subway. It built components for the USS Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise greatest professional accomplishment has Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered sub. today to recognize and congratulate Livy been helping advocate for military children on It also pioneered emissions control tech- Green, a graduate of Nodaway Valley High the spectrum to gain better access to appro- nologies that allowed utilities to comply with School in Greenfield, Iowa. Livy was recently priate care. the Clean Air Act. honored for outstanding academic achieve- Mrs. Brennan continues to be involved in a As B&W celebrates 150 years in business, ment at the Fifteenth Annual Governor’s multitude of organizations in West Islip, NY I would like to congratulate them on their sto- Scholar Recognition on April 30, 2017. area while also raising their two school-aged ried achievements and wish them success in This statewide program is sponsored by the children. I am fortunate to have known the their next 150. Iowa Governor’s Office, the Iowa High School

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HIGH SCHOOL IN MEREDITH, Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent Thursday, June 22, 2017 NEW HAMPSHIRE leaders like Livy in the United States Con- Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today gress and it is with great pride that I recognize with my colleague Congressman MIKE THOMP- her for utilizing her talents to reach her goals. HON. CAROL SHEA-PORTER SON to recognize the 100th anniversary of the OF NEW HAMPSHIRE I invite my colleagues in the United States American Red Cross of the California North- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES House of Representatives to join me in con- west (Northwest Chapter), as it celebrates the gratulating her on receiving this esteemed occasion on June 22, 2017. Thursday, June 22, 2017 designation, and in wishing her nothing but the Chartered in 1917, the American Red Cross Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. Speaker, all teach- best. of the California Northwest was originally com- ers are special, but educators who stay way prised of eleven chapters from Sonoma to Del beyond normal retirement dates deserve extra f Norte Counties. These chapters provided nec- credit. In my district, I have four educators essary support and emergency services to HONORING CHIEF STEVE from the same high school, Inter-Lakes High United States Armed Forces and their families WESTERMANN School in Meredith, NH, who are retiring after stationed in the area, as the country entered a combined 150 years in education. That is the First World War. truly remarkable, and I join with their commu- HON. SAM GRAVES Throughout the years, the Northwest Chap- nity to thank them for their service to the chil- ter’s purpose has evolved to meet the region’s dren and the community. OF MISSOURI growing population and increasingly diverse Vice Principal William Athans has been IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES needs. Now covering six counties with a com- working in education for 51 years, which is bined population of 941,000 people, the North- Thursday, June 22, 2017 simply incredible. Guidance counselor Chris- west Chapter has provided emergency serv- tina Gribben has been assisting students and Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I ices, training programs, and continued support helping them reach their full potential for 43 proudly pause to recognize the outstanding to Military personnel and their families years. World languages teacher Nancy achievements of Chief Steve Westermann. throughout the region. Stetson has been teaching for 35 years, and Chief Westermann is one of the most re- This has led to critical emergency support science teacher Joyce Warburton has been spected fire district chiefs and is retiring from during times of disaster both big and small. expanding minds and preparing students for the Central Jackson County Fire Protection From the 1964 earthquake that devastated 21 years. District. I join with his family, fellow firefighters, Crescent City to the Russian River Floods of These educators have played a tremendous and the citizens of the central Jackson County 1955, 1982, 1995, and 2007, the Northwest role in the lives of so many New Hampshire in congratulating Chief Westermann on his Chapter has repeatedly answered the call for students. They have planted knowledge and many years of success, contributions to the assistance with trained volunteers and broader wisdom in young minds and prepared their community and retirement. emergency support. The Northwest Chapter students for success. I hope our newly minted responds to an average of 100 local disasters Chief Westermann started his career as a retirees enjoy a long and happy retirement. and assists an average 280 families each year They certainly have earned it. volunteer in 1972 while in high school. In through the efforts of its volunteer disaster f 1977, he was hired as a Fire Inspector with workers. CJC, creating the Fire Prevention Bureau and Mr. Speaker, the American Red Cross of RECOGNIZING THE LIFE OF MARK beginning the first in-school education pro- the California Northwest has been a critical SCOTT grams. In 1979, he was promoted to assistant partner in providing local emergency support chief, and in 1981 left to take a position as the and preparation during times of crisis. It is, HON. DARIN LaHOOD Assistant Chief / Fire Marshall in Chesterfield therefore, fitting to congratulate and thank the OF ILLINOIS MO. In 1985 he returned to CJCFPD as a fire Northwest Chapter for a century of exceptional IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES apparatus engineer and was soon promoted to volunteer citizenship and community support. deputy chief. In 1988, Chief Westermann was f Thursday, June 22, 2017 appointed Chief Fire Executive (CFE), the Mr. LAHOOD. Mr. Speaker, today I would fourth in CJCFPD’s history. Along the way, HONORING GREENBRIER MIDDLE like to honor Mark Scott, who passed away in Chief Westermann has also been elected or SCHOOL May, 2017. appointed to serve in leadership and executive A native of Eureka, Illinois, Mark Scott at- positions on countless local, state, and na- HON. J. FRENCH HILL tended Worsham College of Mortuary Science tional organizations and committees, dedi- OF ARKANSAS and later served as a funeral director for 20 cated to making the communities we serve, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES years. As a servant of the community, he was and the fire service as a whole, stronger and Thursday, June 22, 2017 found helping families in their greatest time of safer. Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to con- need at Otto-Argo Funeral Home in Eureka, While serving as CFE, Chief Westermann gratulate Greenbrier Middle School on being Davis-Fulton in Peoria, and Irwin Chapel in moved CJCFPD forward in all areas and cre- named one of 465 Schools to Watch by the Granite City. Later, Mark began his career as ated an organization that is recognized and re- National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades a financial agent, working for Country Compa- spected across the country. CJCFPD grew Reform in 2017. nies in Eureka for the past fifteen years. from 18 to 133 career staff, assumed com- By establishing organizational norms, struc- Mark continued his service and devotion in plete responsibility for emergency medical tures, and arrangements, Schools to Watch the community as an accomplished Eagle services, achieved an Insurance Services Of- achieve academic excellence, developmental Scout with Masonic Lodge Triple 835 and as fice rating of 2, significantly expanded fire and responsiveness, and social equity. president of the Eureka Rotary Club. In addi- EMS training, added Station 5 and a state of Those three characteristics are paramount tion, Mark was a member of the Eureka Busi- the art training facility. to middle-grade success and young adoles- ness Association and served on the board at Mr. Speaker, I ask that you join me and the cent development. the Heart House. In his spare time, he was rest of the community, family and firefighters I am encouraged to hear of Greenbrier Mid- known as an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed in applauding Chief Steve Westermann’s out- dle School’s unyielding sense of purpose and outdoor projects and birdwatching, as well as standing achievements and contributions to dedication to the success of their students; a family man who was fond of vacations and the community, and the State of Missouri. We and, I am excited to personally congratulate game nights with his wonderful wife, Andrea, wish Chief Westermann and his family the their outstanding efforts during their visit to and children, Alyssa and Derek. Furthermore, very best in years to come. Washington this month. Mark was a man of faith, serving as a deacon

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RECOGNIZING STEVE KAWA f Steve is the ultimate public servant. He is IN RECOGNITION OF THE TOWN OF HON. JACKIE SPEIER still mesmerized with the inner workings of CONWAY, MASSACHUSETTS government, just as he was when he was OF CALIFORNIA watching the Watergate hearings with his HON. RICHARD E. NEAL IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mother. He recently told the San Francisco Thursday, June 22, 2017 Chronicle, ‘‘There is so much cynicism about OF MASSACHUSETTS government and politics, and when I’m here I IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to honor don’t see the cynicism. I just see people work- Thursday, June 22, 2017 Steve Kawa for his 25 years of service to the city and county of San Francisco. Steve Kawa ing really hard for other people.’’ There is no Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I want to take this is no ordinary staff member. He is an excep- question that Steve is one of the hardest opportunity to recognize the town of Conway, tional public servant who has served three working people working for others. Massachusetts as they celebrate their 250th mayors of San Francisco in a wide variety of Wherever his well-deserved retirement will anniversary. Since its establishment in 1767, positions. take Steve Kawa, I am confident he will be ef- Conway has continued to flourish as a rich ag- Most San Franciscans have never heard fective and hope he will have more time to ricultural community located in the foothills of Kawa’s name—and he prefers it that way—but spend with his husband Dan Henkle and their the Berkshire Mountains. they have certainly felt the impact of his work. two children Michael and Katherine. The town of Conway was first established He helped guide the City through the after- Mr. Speaker, I ask the House of Represent- as the southwest portion of the town of Deer- math of 9/11 and the Great Recession. He field, Massachusetts. After the end of the atives to rise with me to recognize an exem- played a key role in achieving marriage equal- French and Indian Wars, the area was divided plary public servant who would rather stay out ity and universal health care access, and he and the town Conway was official established of the limelight and get things done. Steve in 1767. Named after General Henry Seymour oversaw unprecedented investments in afford- Kawa’s absence at San Francisco City Hall Conway, a leader in the British House of Com- able housing and infrastructure projects. His will be deeply felt, but his contributions will re- mons, the town was known for its sheep farm- bosses have called him a cautious, shrewd main part of the fabric of our beloved city by ing along with other agricultural pursuits. The negotiator, a driving force behind policy deci- the bay. first settlers of Conway were able to build sions and one of the best Chiefs of Staff a gristmills and sawmills to harness the power of mayor could have. His effectiveness and style f have also earned him nicknames such as the the many waterways that flowed through the A TRIBUTE TO JACOB HITZ town. As the Industrial Revolution began in the enforcer, the shadow mayor, the sphinx and United States, Conway was no exception to the man behind the curtain. the rise of the manufacturing industry. Fac- Steve Kawa was born in Dracut, Massachu- HON. DAVID YOUNG setts as the fifth son out of six children of Ed- tories began to emerge in Conway along the OF IOWA South River, where power could be readily ac- ward and Janet Kawa and grew up in a Pol- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES cessible from the mills. Everything from tex- ish-Irish American Catholic family. Mrs. Kawa tiles and hats, to washing machines and fur- was a school bus driver. Mr. Kawa was a con- Thursday, June 22, 2017 struction worker. Steve credits his mother with niture were manufactured in these factories. Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise As Conway transitioned into the 20th century, his interest in politics. She loved the Kennedys and was fascinated with the Watergate hear- today to recognize and congratulate Jacob their manufacturing industry began to suffer as Hitz, a graduate of Creston High School in a result of the high cost of transporting goods ings. Steve grew up watching the hearings on TV and says the inner workings of government Creston, Iowa. Jacob was recently honored for from the town. The town has transitioned back outstanding academic achievement at the Fif- to a farming community and the remnants of mesmerized him. Steve was the first member of his family to teenth Annual Governor’s Scholar Recognition the old factory buildings serve as reminders of on April 30, 2017. the town’s history. attend a four-year college and graduate from Today, Conway is a quiet, beautiful town Merrimack College with a bachelor’s degree in This statewide program is sponsored by the with much to offer. Bardwell’s Ferry Bridge still political science in 1983. To pay for school he Iowa Governor’s Office, the Iowa High School stands as a treasured historical landmark, worked four jobs as a bartender at the Polish Athletic Association, and the Iowa Farm Bu- stretching across the Deerfield River and con- American Veterans Club, as a dishwasher in a reau. Each Iowa high school was invited to se- necting Conway to the nearby town of nursing home, as a florist’s delivery man and lect a senior with the highest academic Shelburne Falls. Every fall, the annual Festival as a security guard working the night shift. achievement. Not only are recipients academi- of the Hills serves as a way for the community While attending law school at Suffolk Univer- cally gifted, but the selected students are also to come together to celebrate the town’s long sity, he served as a legislative aide in Bos- those who have had success in extra-cur- and distinguished history. The events of the ton’s State House at night. He graduated in ricular activities and community involvement. festival include a pancake breakfast, live 1989. Mr. Speaker, it is an honor to represent music, as well as various family activities. All Two years later at the age of 30, Steve trav- leaders like Jacob in the United States Con- the proceeds raised from the festival go to- eled to San Francisco for the first time and de- gress and it is with great pride that I recognize wards scholarships for local high school stu- cided to make it his home. Within a month he him for utilizing his talents to reach his goals. dents, as a way for the town to continue its found his first job working as a legislative aide I invite my colleagues in the United States legacy as a hardworking community dedicated to Supervisor Tom Hsieh. In November 1995, House of Representatives to join me in con- to supporting its citizens. Willie Brown was elected Mayor and hired gratulating him on receiving this esteemed Mr. Speaker, the town of Conway is an im- Steve as liaison to the Board of Supervisors. designation, and in wishing him nothing but portant piece in Massachusetts history and I He promoted him to Director of Legislative Af- the best.

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Director, National Cancer Institute, Gary Gibbons, when taking regulatory actions, after receiving testi- Director, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, mony from Jerome H. Powell, Member, Board of Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Al- Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Martin J. lergy and Infectious Diseases, Richard Hodes, Direc- Gruenberg, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance tor, National Institute on Aging, Nora Volkow, Di- Corporation; J. Mark McWatters, Acting Board rector, National Institute on Drug Abuse, and Josh- Chairman, National Credit Union Administration; ua Gordon, Director, National Institute of Mental Keith A. Noreika, Acting Comptroller of the Cur- Health, all of the National Institutes of Health. rency, Department of the Treasury; and Charles G. REGULATOR PERSPECTIVE ON FOSTERING Cooper, Texas Department of Banking, Austin, on ECONOMIC GROWTH behalf of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET Committee concluded a hearing to examine fostering Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee economic growth, focusing on regulator perspective, concluded a hearing to examine the President’s pro- including S. 366, to require the Federal financial in- posed budget request for fiscal year 2018 for the De- stitutions regulatory agencies to take risk profiles partment of Energy, after receiving testimony from and business models of institutions into account Rick Perry, Secretary of Energy. h House of Representatives dered by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 184 nays, Chamber Action Roll No. 316. Pages H5059–67 Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 36 pub- Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules lic bills, H.R. 2995–3030; and 5 resolutions, H.J. and pass the following measure: Res. 106; and H. Res. 400–403, were introduced. Pages H5108–09 Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act: H.R. 2353, amended, to Additional Cosponsors: Pages H5111–12 reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows: Education Act of 2006. Pages H5067–82 H.R. 2998, making appropriations for military Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act: The construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, House passed H.R. 1654, to authorize the Secretary and related agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- of the Interior to coordinate Federal and State per- tember 30, 2018, and for other purposes (H. Rept. mitting processes related to the construction of new 115–188). Page H5108 surface water storage projects on lands under the ju- Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he risdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and the appointed Representative Carter (GA) to act as Secretary of Agriculture and to designate the Bureau Speaker pro tempore for today. Page H5051 of Reclamation as the lead agency for permit proc- Recess: The House recessed at 10:41 a.m. and re- essing, by a recorded vote of 233 ayes to 180 noes, Roll No. 319. Pages H5082–95 convened at 12 noon. Page H5055 Pursuant to the Rule, the amendment in the na- Guest Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the ture of a substitute recommended by the Committee Guest Chaplain, Rev. Kevin Kitrell Ross, Unity of on Natural Resources now printed in the bill shall Sacramento,Sacramento, CA. Pages H5055–56 be considered as an original bill for the purpose of Accelerating Individuals into the Workforce amendment under the five-minute rule. Page H5087 Act—Rule for Consideration: The House agreed to Agreed to: H. Res. 396, providing for consideration of the bill LaMalfa amendment (No. 1 printed in part B of (H.R. 2842) to provide for the conduct of dem- H. Rept. 115–186) that aligns H.R. 1654 with onstration projects to test the effectiveness of sub- WIIN Act (S. 612 of the 114th Congress) provisions sidized employment for TANF recipients, and pro- enhancing federal cooperation in planning and con- viding for consideration of motions to suspend the struction of State-led water storage projects by en- rules, by a recorded vote of 233 ayes to 179 noes, suring such projects are eligible for permit stream- Roll No. 317, after the previous question was or- lining under this bill. Pages H5088–89

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 4 p.m., Monday, June 26 9 a.m., Friday, June 23

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: Senate will resume consideration Program for Friday: Consideration of H.R. 2842—Ac- of the nomination of Kristine L. Svinicki, of Virginia, to celerating Individuals into the Workforce Act. be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, post-cloture, and vote on confirmation of the nomination at 5:30 p.m.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Hudson, Richard, N.C., E873 Perry, Scott, Pa., E874 Huffman, Jared, Calif., E884 Renacci, James B., Ohio, E883 Beatty, Joyce, Ohio, E878 Issa, Darrell E., Calif., E872 Schweikert, David, Ariz., E881 Beyer, Donald S., Jr., Va., E871 Jackson Lee, Sheila, Tex., E871 Scott, Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’, Va., E874 Cartwright, Matt, Pa., E872 Jones, Walter B., N.C., E882 Sessions, Pete, Tex., E880 Dent, Charles W., Pa., E879 Katko, John, N.Y., E871, E872, E873, E874, E875, E877, Sewell, Terri A., Ala., E879, E880 Dingell, Debbie, Mich., E873, E877 E877, E878, E879 Shea-Porter, Carol, N.H., E871, E884 Faso, John J., N.Y., E875 LaHood, Darin, Ill., E884 Speier, Jackie, Calif., E885 Fitzpatrick, Brian K., Pa., E877, E883 Nadler, Jerrold, N.Y., E872 Tiberi, Patrick J., Ohio, E877, E880 Gohmert, Louie, Tex., E881 Neal, Richard E., Mass., E885 Walorski, Jackie, Ind., E874 Graves, Sam, Mo., E883, E884 Palazzo, Steven M., Miss., E876 Waters, Maxine, Calif., E872 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E873 Panetta, Jimmy, Calif., E875, E879 Young, David, Iowa, E874, E876, E878, E879, E882, E883, Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E882, E883 Perlmutter, Ed, Colo., E871, E872, E873, E874, E874, E885 Hill, J. French, Ark., E884 E875, E876, E877, E878, E879 Zeldin, Lee M., N.Y., E878

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