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Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2013 No. 174 House of Representatives The House met at noon and was moral and legal basis for legislative ac- In an increasingly interconnected called to order by the Speaker. tion here in Congress. I am privileged world, the Universal Declaration chal- f to be the cochair of the bipartisan Tom lenges us to place our commitment to Lantos Human Rights Commission, human rights firmly and uncompromis- MORNING-HOUR DEBATE dedicated to promoting human rights ingly at the center of our foreign pol- The SPEAKER. Pursuant to the and educating our congressional col- icy. Too often we fail this test. For ex- order of the House of January 3, 2013, leagues on the importance of standing ample, despite China’s relentless the Chair will now recognize Members up for human rights. crackdown on the Tibetan people, we from lists submitted by the majority Through hearings and initiatives, we continue business as usual with China. and minority leaders for morning-hour have focused on some of the most crit- The toll of this oppression on human debate. ical human rights challenges around dignity is seen in 19 self-immolations— The Chair will alternate recognition the world. This year we began the De- Tibetans’ desperate protest against between the parties, with each party fending Freedoms Project, where Mem- China’s policies and an appeal to the limited to 1 hour and each Member bers of Congress can adopt prisoners of world for action. other than the majority and minority conscience. I congratulate those Mem- The Universal Declaration also de- leaders and the minority whip limited bers who have adopted prisoners and mands that we press our friends and al- to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- boldly advocated for their release. I in- lies when they are responsible for bate continue beyond 1:50 p.m. vite all my colleagues to join the Com- human rights abuses. In Bahrain, since mission in its Defending Freedoms the 2011 uprising, we have seen reports f Project. of torture, multiple cases of forced con- HONORING INTERNATIONAL As my colleagues are aware, the U.S. fession, and the unjust prosecution of HUMAN RIGHTS DAY Congress has a long history of standing medical personnel. Peaceful political The SPEAKER. The Chair recognizes up for the disenfranchised and the and human rights leaders have been ar- the gentleman from Massachusetts abused. It has stood on the side of im- bitrarily jailed to the detriment of po- migrants and championed the rights of litical reform and stability. Instead of (Mr. MCGOVERN) for 5 minutes. those whose governments forbid them leveraging our good relations with Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, today, to emigrate. It has worked on behalf of December 10, is International Human Bahrain to achieve greater respect for the disappeared and tortured in Chile human rights, we have chosen to renew Rights Day. Sixty-five years ago in 1948 and the gulags of the former Soviet military sales and abandon our past de- the first 58 members of the United Na- Union. It has stood up for the rights of mands for increased human rights pro- tions, fresh from the wounds and workers, journalists, and other human tections. memories of World War II, adopted the rights defenders. I hope this Congress Finally, International Human Rights Universal Declaration of Human and future Congresses will not abandon Day reminds us to recommit to re- Rights. They put aside profound dis- that history, but will continue to stand specting human rights in our own Na- agreements about their political, eco- up for the rights of the disenfranchised, tion. We must eliminate torture in all nomic, and social ideologies, their cul- not just abroad but right here at home. our policies. We must work harder to tural and their religious differences. Along with my colleague FRANK prevent human trafficking on our own Together they created a document WOLF, I am proud to carry on the tradi- soil, and we must protect and advance remarkable for its breadth of human tion as the bipartisan sponsors of the such basic rights as access to adequate rights protections and outlined a bold Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Ac- food, a fundamental human right under vision of a world built on the premise countability Act, which Congress ap- article 25 of the Universal Declaration. that ‘‘all human beings are born free proved last year and the President Forty-eight million Americans, includ- and equal in dignity and rights.’’ The signed into law. The Magnitsky Act re- ing 16 million children, don’t have Universal Declaration articulated man- sponds to the ongoing pattern of bru- enough to eat in this country. Yet in kind’s greatest aspirations to respect tality against those speaking out for September, we saw devastating cuts to and protect the dignity of every per- truth and justice in Russia. It bans our SNAP program, with maybe even son, regardless of his or her race, eth- U.S. visas and freezes the assets of more on the way in the final version of nicity, beliefs, or social standing. some of Russia’s gross violators of the farm bill. The Universal Declara- The Universal Declaration became human rights, and affirms our commit- tion and our own American values de- the cornerstone for developing inter- ment to safeguarding human rights and mand that we do better. national standards for the protection fighting impunity regardless of where With the passing of one of the great- of human rights and helped inform the such transgressions occur. est champions of human rights, Nelson

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As we remember Nelson Mandela, let her country. ‘‘It seemed like the right The Quakers of the mid-17th century us draw inspiration from his dedication thing to do,’’ she said. ‘‘We were at were prohibited from practicing their to the principles enshrined in the Uni- war, and I didn’t want to sit around religious traditions in the New versal Declaration, and let us rise to here and do nothing,’’ she said. Her ca- Netherland, which included parts of the challenge of that document’s vision reer in the Army was as illustrious as what is now New York State. In re- to respect, protect, and promote the her accomplishments on the golf sponse, a group of local activists wrote human dignity of every person so that course. the Remonstrance as a declaration we might achieve a more peaceful, just, Grant and her sister, Mary Margaret, against religious persecution. Although secure world. enlisted in the Army in 1942. Grant 356 years old, its intent still shines f went into the Women’s Army Corps, brightly in the ideals our Nation em- and Mary enlisted in the Army Nurse braces today. A TRIBUTE TO PAT GRANT Corps. Grant was commissioned as a On December 27, 1657, 30 English citi- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. lieutenant in April 1943. While in the zens stood against oppression and as- HUIZENGA of Michigan). The Chair rec- military, Grant held duty assignments serted the rights of Quakers and other ognizes the gentleman from Oklahoma all over the globe, including assisting religious minorities to practice their (Mr. BRIDENSTINE) for 5 minutes. the chief legal counsel during the Nur- religion. Mr. BRIDENSTINE. Mr. Speaker, Pat emberg Trials. Grant also served as the They wrote: Grant passed away on November 26, personal escort to Eleanor Roosevelt We desire . . . not to judge lest we be judged, neither to condemn lest we be con- 2013. when the former First Lady toured Whether you called her ‘‘colonel,’’ demned, but rather let every man stand or Germany in 1948. fall to his own master. ‘‘attorney’’ or ‘‘champ,’’ Pat Grant was Grant received 23 letters of com- one of the most extraordinary women This petition, known as the Flushing mendation while in the Army and won Remonstrance, made a forceful argu- you would ever hope to meet. She golf tournaments all over the world. dominated women’s golf in Oklahoma ment against judging and condemning ‘‘It was good publicity for the Army for others for what they believed. It was during the 1930s and 1940s. In addition me to be playing in all these golf tour- to her golf prowess, Grant served her met with great opposition from the naments,’’ Grant said. ‘‘It was great for local government in what is known country for 22 years in the United me because the Army was paying my States Army. After the Army, Grant today as Flushing, Queens. way. That’s what you call a ’win-win,’ ’’ One of the greatest and most out- practiced law for 30 years. she added. spoken proponents of religious freedom It was said of Grant: In 1965, after 22 years of Active Duty, at the time was an English immigrant She was not only the perfect example of an Grant retired from the Army with the named John Bowne. At great risk to athlete; she was the type of American our rank of lieutenant colonel. She was one country needs to look up to. himself, John invited the Quakers to of only 60 women to attain such a rank hold religious services in his own People started noticing Grant when at that time. As if her life were not full home. He was arrested for doing so, she won the Oklahoma State High enough, Grant landed in San Antonio fined, and then banished to his home- School Golf Championship as a 13-year- to earn a law degree in 1966. land of Holland for his crimes. While in old freshman at Cushing High School. Just as she protected her country, Holland, John Bowne appealed to the She would win it three times before Grant fought for rights and justice influential Dutch West India Company graduating in 1938. Then it was on to through her family law practice. Be- to return home. His pleas of justice Oklahoma Baptist University in Shaw- cause of her service to others, Grant were accepted. Because of Bowne’s em- nee. There was no golf team at Okla- was named Woman of the Year by the pathy and strong convictions for reli- homa Baptist University at the time, Texas Federation of Business and Pro- gious freedom, the company demanded but she was given a scholarship for fessional Women’s Clubs in 1972. Re- that religious persecution end in the teaching golf to other students. She tirement came for good in 1995. Grant colony. graduated from OBU in 1942 and was moved to Cortez, Colorado. At the age the first woman to be inducted into the of 90, she was still active and full of b 1215 OBU Athletic Hall of Fame. life. Grant flew an ultralight aircraft Bowne’s story of personal courage While at OBU and at the age of 18, every Saturday morning when weather should not be forgotten. Our Nation Grant won the Oklahoma Women’s permitted. was founded upon the ideals that foster State Amateur Championship in 1939. ‘‘It has been a good trip,’’ Grant re- a tolerant society, the same ideals that In 1940, at the Indian Hills Country cently said. ‘‘God has chosen a life of Bowne practiced every time he opened Club in Tulsa, Grant won the State adventure for me. I wouldn’t trade it.’’ his door to a Quaker seeking refuge championship again. Her third straight Grant loved God, and she loved her from persecution. Bowne’s home, which championship came at the Southern neighbor, and she spent her life dedi- served as a symbol of religious freedom Hills Country Club in Tulsa. During cated to family, friends, and country. to so many, was converted into a mu- that championship, she set a new She was inducted into the Women’s seum in 1947 and listed on the National course record for women at Southern Oklahoma Golf Hall of Fame in April Register of Historic Places in 1977. Hills and won the championship match of 2010. She passed away on November It is important that we continue to 9 and 8. She held the trophy for the 26, 2013, at the age of 90. She was a preserve and understand the historical fourth straight year with a 7 and 6 win great role model for all Americans. significance of the Remonstrance, in Shawnee. The legend was beginning f strengthening its ties to the Queens to take shape. Grant became known for community and beyond. To help hitting long, booming drives, some as FLUSHING REMONSTRANCE achieve this goal, I introduced the long as 250 yards. It was rumored that The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Flushing Remonstrance Study Act, sometimes she even talked to her golf Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from which will help the Queens community ball. New York (Ms. MENG) for 5 minutes. connect to its rich past in possibly new There was no State championship in Ms. MENG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today and exciting ways. The Bowne House 1943, 1944 or 1945 because of World War in support of my legislation, the Flush- could benefit from further Federal II; but when play resumed in 1946, ing Remonstrance Study Act, H.R. 3222. study; and other associated locations, Grant won the State Amateur Cham- This bill directs the Secretary of the such as the Quaker Meeting House, pionship again. With that victory, Interior to conduct a special resource should be considered for registry.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:41 Dec 10, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K10DE7.001 H10DEPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 10, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7611 The story of the Flushing Remon- the future of nuclear energy and mov- The fact is that there are about 10 to strance is not for New Yorkers alone. ing forward with safe and proper stor- 15 pieces of major legislation that It is a precursor to a fundamental right age facilities for the waste. would improve our country and the to practice one’s religion. It is a value f quality of life for Americans of every in our First Amendment. I am proud to race, orientation, political party, and THE DO-NOTHING REPUBLICAN represent a district that tended to the socioeconomic status. But they are not MAJORITY early roots of religious freedom that being pushed by this House. have now grown into an unquestionable The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Almost all of these bills, if given a American right. I hope the Flushing Chair recognizes the gentleman from simple up-or-down vote, would pass Remonstrance Study Act and the De- New York (Mr. TONKO) for 5 minutes. with a bipartisan majority; but House cember 27 anniversary will help us all Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, well, here leadership continues to act in the in- remember the courage of John Bowne we go again. Our to-do list continues to terest of a few extremists in their own pile up and Republican House leader- and the passion for religious freedom party instead of doing what is right for ship of this legislative body—if we can held by the authors of the Flushing Re- our American people. even use words like ‘‘leadership’’ and monstrance. I, like many of my Democratic col- ‘‘legislative’’ to describe the House leagues, have signed onto a resolution f anymore—has officially cemented the introduced by my good friend LOUISE PROTECTING MINNESOTA RATE- first session of the 113th Congress as SLAUGHTER, which would prevent Con- the ‘‘least productive of all time.’’ PAYERS FROM WASHINGTON IN- gress from adjourning unless the House ACTION We have not passed a budget, have not passed a farm bill, have not fixed agrees to a budget by December 13. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The the Voting Rights Act, or done any- I urge my colleagues on both sides of Chair recognizes the gentleman from thing in our charge to make the peo- the aisle to support this resolution so Minnesota (Mr. PAULSEN) for 5 min- ple’s voices heard in their Nation’s that we stay in town until we perform utes. Capital. In fact, if recent reports in the at least one of our basic duties before Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, re- D.C. newspapers are any indication, leaving for the holidays. The American cently, the D.C. Circuit Court ruled in House leadership seems to be more con- people deserve so much more than favor of America’s energy ratepayers. cerned with planning fund-raisers in what we have given them in the past For more than 30 years, the Depart- New York City than getting anything year. ment of Energy has assessed a special done here in Washington, D.C. It is my hope that when we gavel in tax and a special assessment on my The leadership of the people’s House next year, we will do so with a renewed constituents and the residents of 40 has continued to govern by sound bites willingness to work together and focus other States around the country who and passing messaging bills that go no- on the top priority for Americans, receive their electricity from nuclear where—even shutting down the govern- which is, indeed, putting people back power. Minnesotans have paid over $400 ment for more than 2 weeks in the to work. The American public expects million alone. The stated reason for process, a painful exercise and expen- and deserves nothing less. this tax: to pay for the disposal of used sive exercise. f fuels generated from nuclear energy. But we are about to call it a year and To date, the total amount collected is skip town with so much left undone. RECESS more than $24 billion, but little of that Our unemployment—or employment— The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- money has even been spent. rate is at its lowest point in 5 years. ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Since 1987, the law of the land re- But imagine how much lower it would declares the House in recess until 2 mains that Yucca Mountain is the site be today if we would work together and p.m. today. for geological storage of nuclear spent focus on jobs instead of attempting to Accordingly (at 12 o’clock and 22 fuel. Unfortunately for ratepayers, par- repeal the Affordable Care Act since minutes p.m.), the House stood in re- tisanship and bickering in Washington 2011; cess. have nearly halted the program from Rolling back sequestration and re- f moving forward. In classic Washington placing it with a responsible budget b 1400 fashion, even with all of this inaction, that cuts where we can and invests the tax has continued to be assessed where we must; AFTER RECESS Passing comprehensive immigration and the moneys have continued to be The recess having expired, the House reform to expand the American Dream collected. was called to order by the Speaker pro to our friends and neighbors who want Fortunately, this court action will tempore (Mr. CHAFFETZ) at 2 p.m. so desperately to contribute to the bring an end to this, but just for now. f I have long been an advocate of stop- greatest country on the planet; Updating the Voting Rights Act so ping these payments. The government PRAYER that everyone is able to fulfill their is not doing what it promised to do The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick basic human right and duty of going to with used fuel; yet millions of rate- J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: the polls; payers are still being forced to foot the Increasing the minimum wage to re- Almighty God of the Universe, we bill. Minnesotans and Americans store dignity to those who have been give You thanks for giving us another should not be taxed for a service that forced to work two, and sometimes day. the government is not providing. three, jobs simply to put food on the We join the world this day to ask Mr. Speaker, we should be expanding table; Your blessing upon all worldwide who the development of nuclear energy. It Passing a farm bill—something that mourn the death of Nelson Mandela. is safe, it is clean, and it is renewable. needs to be done and used to be rou- One of the great figures of human Storing these used fuels is a critical tine—and empowering our Nation’s history, and most certainly of our own piece of that effort, and we need a per- family farms to ensure that our na- era, Madiba joined a small fellowship manent solution, whether it is at tional food supply remains secure and of heroic people whose commitment, Yucca Mountain or somewhere else. remains plentiful; ultimately, to nonviolence and rec- It is reasonable and fair that if the Focusing on the clear and present onciliation changed our world. administration is going to continue to danger that climate change has As today marks the 20th anniversary drag its feet on a permanent storage brought to the Midwest and to our of the Office of United Nations High site, as they have for several years shores along the Gulf of Mexico and the Commissioner for Human Rights, we now, then ratepayers and taxpayers Atlantic coast. ask that You give all who inhabit the should not be forced to fund inaction. I could go on and on, but I only have Earth the will to intensify our efforts Mr. Speaker, I applaud the court’s 5 minutes. to fulfill our collective responsibility decision to protect Minnesota rate- Tax reform, certainly commonsense to promote and protect the rights and payers and stopping these payments. In gun reform like expanding background dignity of all people everywhere and addition, it is time to get serious about checks, and passing ENDA. the wisdom to know how best to do so.

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Having an additional The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may facility will help these men and women carry out the following major medical facil- THE JOURNAL access the care they deserve. ity leases at the locations specified, and in I thank my colleagues on both sides an amount for each lease not to exceed the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The amount shown for such location (not includ- Chair has examined the Journal of the of the aisle for supporting this bill. ing any estimated cancellation costs): last day’s proceedings and announces Helping our veterans isn’t a partisan (1) For a clinical research and pharmacy to the House his approval thereof. issue; it is a national responsibility. coordinating center, Albuquerque, New Mex- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- f ico, an amount not to exceed $9,560,000. nal stands approved. (2) For a community-based outpatient clin- COMMUNICATION FROM THE ic, Brick, New Jersey, an amount not to ex- f CLERK OF THE HOUSE ceed $7,280,000. (3) For a new primary care and dental clin- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- fore the House the following commu- ic annex, Charleston, South Carolina, an amount not to exceed $7,070,250. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the nication from the Clerk of the House of gentlewoman from Arizona (Mrs. KIRK- (4) For the Cobb County community-based Representatives: Outpatient Clinic, Cobb County, Georgia, an PATRICK) come forward and lead the amount not to exceed $6,409,000. House in the Pledge of Allegiance. OFFICE OF THE CLERK, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, (5) For the Leeward Outpatient Healthcare Mrs. KIRKPATRICK led the Pledge Washington, DC, December 9, 2013. Access Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, including a of Allegiance as follows: Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, co-located clinic with the Department of De- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Speaker, U.S. Capitol, House of Representatives, fense and the co-location of the Honolulu Re- United States of America, and to the Repub- Washington, DC. gional Office of the Veterans Benefits Ad- lic for which it stands, one nation under God, DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- ministration and the Kapolei Vet Center of indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. mission granted in clause 2(h) of rule II of the Department of Veterans Affairs, an the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- amount not to exceed $15,887,370. f tives, the Clerk received the following mes- (6) For a community-based outpatient clin- AFFORDABLE CARE ACT STANDS sage from the Secretary of the Senate on De- ic, Johnson County, Kansas, an amount not to exceed $2,263,000. ON A SAND FOUNDATION cember 9, 2013 at 6:06 p.m.: That the Senate passed without amend- (7) For a replacement community-based (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- ment H.R. 3626. outpatient clinic, Lafayette, Louisiana, an mission to address the House for 1 With best wishes, I am amount not to exceed $2,996,000. minute.) Sincerely, (8) For a community-based outpatient clin- Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, even the KAREN L. HAAS. ic, Lake Charles, Louisiana, an amount not to exceed $2,626,000. f White House’s best ObamaCare damage (9) For outpatient clinic consolidation, control efforts, waivers, delays, pen- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER New Port Richey, Florida, an amount not to alty deadline, adjustments, and tem- PRO TEMPORE exceed $11,927,000. porary fixes sadly leave the so-called (10) For an outpatient clinic, Ponce, Puer- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Affordable Care Act’s sand foundation to Rico, an amount not to exceed $11,535,000. ant to clause 4 of rule I, the following untouched. (11) For lease consolidation, San Antonio, enrolled bill was signed by Speaker pro Math undergirding the entire law re- Texas, an amount not to exceed $19,426,000. tempore DENHAM on Monday, December (12) For a community-based outpatient mains structurally unsound and 9, 2013: clinic, San Diego, California, an amount not threatens the broader insurance mar- H.R. 3626, to extend the Undetectable to exceed $11,946,100. ket in this country. That is a shame Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 years (13) For an outpatient clinic, Tyler, Texas, for each and every American. an amount not to exceed $4,327,000. As someone who wants to see greater f (14) For the Errera Community Care Cen- access and affordability in health care, ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER ter, West Haven, Connecticut, an amount not and more options for Americans in the PRO TEMPORE to exceed $4,883,000. (15) For the Worcester community-based individual insurance market, it is my The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- hope that the country moves toward a Outpatient Clinic, Worcester, Massachusetts, ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair an amount not to exceed $4,855,000. competitive, patient-centered system will postpone further proceedings (16) For the expansion of a community- like the one outlined by the House Re- today on motions to suspend the rules based outpatient clinic, Cape Girardeau, Mis- publican Study Committee in the on which a recorded vote or the yeas souri, an amount not to exceed $4,232,060. American Health Care Reform Act. and nays are ordered, or on which the (17) For a multispecialty clinic, Chat- tanooga, Tennessee, an amount not to exceed Something as transformative as vote incurs objection under clause 6 of health care policy should never be $7,069,000. rule XX. (18) For the expansion of a community- forced on the American people on an Record votes on postponed questions embarrassingly unstudied and purely based outpatient clinic, Chico, California, an will be taken later. amount not to exceed $4,534,000. partisan basis, the way President f (19) For a community-based outpatient Obama chose to proceed with the Af- clinic, Chula Vista, California, an amount fordable Care Act. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF- not to exceed $3,714,000. FAIRS MAJOR MEDICAL FACIL- f (20) For a new research lease, Hines, Illi- ITY LEASE AUTHORIZATION ACT nois, an amount not to exceed $22,032,000. VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL OF 2013 (21) For a replacement research lease, FACILITY LEASES Houston, Texas, an amount not to exceed Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, $6,142,000. (Mrs. KIRKPATRICK asked and was I move to suspend the rules and pass (22) For a community-based outpatient given permission to address the House the bill (H.R. 3521) to authorize Depart- clinic, Lincoln, Nebraska, an amount not to for 1 minute and to revise and extend ment of Veterans Affairs major med- exceed $7,178,400. her remarks.) ical facility leases, and for other pur- (23) For a community-based outpatient Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I poses, as amended. clinic, Lubbock, Texas, an amount not to ex- rise today in favor of H.R. 3521, which The Clerk read the title of the bill. ceed $8,554,000. authorizes medical facility leases for The text of the bill is as follows: (24) For a community-based outpatient clinic consolidation, Myrtle Beach, South the Department of Veterans Affairs. I H.R. 3521 Carolina, an amount not to exceed $8,022,000. am a cosponsor of this bipartisan bill, Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- (25) For a community-based outpatient and I am pleased that it allocates $20 resentatives of the United States of America in clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, an amount not to million for community-based out- Congress assembled, exceed $20,757,000.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:41 Dec 10, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K10DE7.005 H10DEPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 10, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7613 (26) For the expansion of a community- ‘‘(2) Each committee described in para- signed in an amount equal to either the based outpatient clinic, Redding, California, graph (1) shall ensure that any information total payment that would be made an amount not to exceed $8,154,000. submitted to the committee under such under its full term or an amount equal (27) For the expansion of a community- paragraph is treated by the committee with to the sum of the first annual lease based outpatient clinic, Tulsa, Oklahoma, an the same level of confidentiality as is re- payment and any specified cancelation amount not to exceed $13,269,200. quired by law of the Secretary and subject to costs. SEC. 3. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF DEPART- the same statutory penalties for unauthor- MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ized disclosure or use as the Secretary. For the last year, I have remained MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITIES ‘‘(3) Not more than 30 days after entering committed to working closely with VA, LEASES. into a major medical facility lease, the Sec- CBO, and our colleagues from both (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the fol- retary shall submit to each committee de- sides of the aisle and both sides of the lowing: scribed in paragraph (1) a report on any ma- Capitol to find a way forward for VA’s (1) Title 31, United States Code, requires terial differences between the lease that was major medical facility lease program the Department of Veterans Affairs to record entered into and the proposed lease described on behalf of the veterans of this coun- the full cost of its contractual obligation under such paragraph, including how the against funds available at the time a con- try, especially those in the 27 commu- lease that was entered into changes the pre- nities that will be impacted by the tract is executed. viously submitted scoring analysis described (2) Office of Management and Budget Cir- in subparagraph (D) of such paragraph.’’. leases included in this piece of legisla- cular A–11 provides guidance to agencies in (d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in tion. meeting the statutory requirements under this section, or the amendments made by To that end, I am grateful for the title 31, United States Code, with respect to this section, shall be construed to in any hard work and the leadership of our leases. way relieve the Department of Veterans Af- ranking member, MIKE MICHAUD of (3) For operating leases, Office of Manage- fairs from any statutory or regulatory obli- Maine, and the other committee mem- ment and Budget Circular A–11 requires the gations or requirements existing prior to the bers in advancing this piece of legisla- Department of Veterans Affairs to record up- enactment of this section and such amend- tion to the floor. front budget authority in an ‘‘amount equal ments. At this time, I urge all my colleagues to total payments under the full term of the SEC. 4. BUDGETARY EFFECTS OF THIS ACT. lease or [an] amount sufficient to cover first to join me in supporting H.R. 3521, as The budgetary effects of this Act, for the amended, and I reserve the balance of year lease payments plus cancellation purpose of complying with the Statutory costs’’. Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be deter- my time. (b) REQUIREMENT FOR OBLIGATION OF FULL mined by reference to the latest statement Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I yield COST.—Subject to the availability of appro- titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legisla- myself such time as I may consume. priations provided in advance, in exercising tion’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in I rise in support of H.R. 3521, the De- the authority of the Secretary of Veterans the Congressional Record by the Chairman of partment of Veterans Affairs Major Affairs to enter into leases provided in this the Committee on the Budget of the House of Medical Facility Lease Authorization Act, the Secretary shall record, pursuant to Representatives, as long as such statement Act of 2013. section 1501 of title 31, United States Code, has been submitted prior to the vote on pas- Mr. Speaker, this bill would author- as the full cost of the contractual obligation sage of this Act. at the time a contract is executed either— ize a number of major medical facility (1) an amount equal to total payments The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- leases that will ensure veterans con- under the full term of the lease; or ant to the rule, the gentleman from tinue to receive care in safe, efficient, (2) if the lease specifies payments to be Florida (Mr. MILLER) and the gen- and modern clinics closer to home. made in the event the lease is terminated be- tleman from Maine (Mr. MICHAUD) each Last year, much to our disappoint- fore its full term, an amount sufficient to will control 20 minutes. ment, we were unable to pass a lease cover the first year lease payments plus the The Chair recognizes the gentleman authorization bill. As a result, H.R. specified cancellation costs. from Florida. 3521 contains lease requests for fiscal (c) TRANSPARENCY.— GENERAL LEAVE years 2013 and 2014. Twenty-seven (1) COMPLIANCE.—Subsection (b) of section leases are included in this bill. From 8104 of title 38, United States Code, is amend- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, ed by adding at the end the following new I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- New Jersey to Hawaii, veterans can ex- paragraph: bers may have 5 legislative days in pect long awaited expansions to ‘‘(7) In the case of a prospectus proposing which to revise and extend their re- cramped community-based outpatient clinics, new clinical research space, funding for a major medical facility lease, a marks on H.R. 3521, as amended. detailed analysis of how the lease is expected The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there and sorely needed replacement facili- to comply with Office of Management and objection to the request of the gen- ties. Budget Circular A–11 and section 1341 of title This bill is a bipartisan bill and in tleman from Florida? 31 (commonly referred to as the ‘Anti-Defi- the best interest of America’s veterans. There was no objection. ciency Act’). Any such analysis shall in- I appreciate the efforts of my col- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, clude— leagues across the aisle, especially ‘‘(A) an analysis of the classification of the I yield myself such time as I may con- Chairman MILLER, for the collaborative lease as a ‘lease-purchase’, ‘capital lease’, or sume. effort that permitted this important ‘operating lease’ as those terms are defined Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3521, the Depart- in Office of Management and Budget Circular legislation to move forward. ment of Veterans Affairs Major Med- Mr. Speaker, I know you will agree A–11; ical Facility Lease Authorization Act ‘‘(B) an analysis of the obligation of budg- with me that it is our obligation to en- etary resources associated with the lease; of 2013, as amended, would authorize 27 sure that our veterans are provided the and major medical facility leases requested best care possible in a timely and safe ‘‘(C) an analysis of the methodology used by VA in the fiscal year 2013 and 2014 manner. I believe H.R. 3521, as amend- in determining the asset cost, fair market budget submissions. ed, will do just that. value, and cancellation costs of the lease.’’. It would also make a number of con- I reserve the balance of my time. (2) SUBMITTAL TO CONGRESS.—Such section gressional findings and establish cer- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, 8104 is further amended by adding at the end tain requirements for the budgetary at this time, I yield 2 minutes to the the following new subsection: treatment of such leases to ensure that ‘‘(h)(1) Not less than 30 days before enter- gentleman from Florida (Mr. BILI- ing into a major medical facility lease, the the legislation itself meets both the RAKIS), vice chairman of the full Com- Secretary shall submit to the Committees on spirit and the intent of the House mittee on Veterans’ Affairs, somebody Veterans’ Affairs of the Senate and the CutGo rule. who has been a very strong supporter House of Representatives— As we all know, when the committee of veterans issue since the day he be- ‘‘(A) notice of the Secretary’s intention to was considering legislation to author- came a Member of this Congress. enter into the lease; ize VA’s major medical facility leases Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise ‘‘(B) a copy of the proposed lease; last year, the Congressional Budget Of- in support of H.R. 3521, and I urge all ‘‘(C) a description and analysis of any dif- fice raised concerns about how to prop- my colleagues to support this impor- ferences between the prospectus submitted pursuant to subsection (b) and the proposed erly account for VA’s lease authoriza- tant piece of legislation that will allow lease; and tions. the VA to move forward with these 27 ‘‘(D) a scoring analysis demonstrating that In response to CBO concerns, section leases in order to better serve the vet- the proposed lease fully complies with Office 3 of the bill would require VA to record erans, our true American heroes, of Management and Budget Circular A–11. an obligation at the time a contract is across the country.

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Mr. Speaker, I cently approved a plan that would take The passage of this bill will improve rise today in support of H.R. 3521, the Depart- the currently strained five existing medical access for more than 340,000 ment of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility clinics that are spread out over a large veterans in 22 States, and that’s why I Lease Authorization Act, introduced by my area and consolidate them into a con- urge our House and Senate colleagues good friend and Chairman of the Veterans Af- venient one-stop facility. This would to send this bill to the President before fairs Committee, Mr. MILLER. This legislation allow the VA to better meet the grow- the end of year. authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ing needs of the veterans community Again, I thank the committee and carry out major medical facility leases at twen- with diverse health status. However, Chairman MILLER for his fine work on ty seven facilities—including a facility in Cobb because of the technical issues we are this and for giving me the opportunity County, Georgia—that were requested by the solving today, this project had not to speak. Department of Veterans Affairs in their 2013 been able to move forward. Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, once and 2014 budget submissions. By passing this bill, the House will again I would urge my colleagues to A change in Congressional Budget Office allow for not only the consolidation of support H.R. 3521, as amended. (CBO) accounting methods made the reau- I yield back the balance of my time. thorization of these leases very difficult, but our five medical clinics in my congres- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, sional district into one property, but this important legislation will allow authoriza- once again I encourage all Members to tion while increasing transparency. for 26 other equally important projects support this legislation. This legislation, however, is about so much to move forward across the country im- I yield back the balance of my time. more than leases and definitional changes. proving access for our heroes. This Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, This legislation is about ensuring the care of would not have been done, Mr. Speak- today, the House will consider H.R. 3521, the our veterans, and paying them the debt of er, without our great chairman here, Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical gratitude we owe them. Mr. MILLER, and our ranking member, Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013, as The VA facility in Cobb County served 6,634 Mr. MICHAUD, so thank you so very Amended. H.R. 3521 authorizes the Secretary unique patients outpatients in Fiscal Year much. I know that our true American of Veterans Affairs to carry out major medical 2013, providing services in outpatient treat- heroes, our veterans, appreciate it very facility leases at twenty-seven facilities re- ment, mental health, and lab work. These much. quested by the Department of Veterans Affairs services are critical, provide convenience, and I urge passage of this bill. in their fiscal year 2013 and 2014 budget re- reduce driving time for veterans, many of b 1415 quests. whom would otherwise be forced to travel 70 Since 1990, CBO has scored VA’s major miles or more round-trip to visit the over- Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I re- medical facility leases as operating leases and crowded Atlanta VA Medical Center. With pas- serve the balance of my time. estimated the costs as being subject to appro- sage of the legislation before us today, the VA Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, priation (discretionary). In 2012, after receiving could authorize a lease for an expanded facil- I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman additional information from the Department of ity in Cobb County, one that would serve an from Louisiana (Mr. BOUSTANY), who Veterans Affairs, CBO concluded that VA has estimated 64,000 veterans and provide more has been an advocate for this issue for been entering into capital leases, or binding access to a greater variety of care. While quite some time and who has two of obligations for the full period of the lease. In mental health services, lab work, and out- these facilities in his district. accordance with OMB Circular A–11 and the patient treatment would still be provided, the Mr. BOUSTANY. I thank the chair- Anti-Deficiency Act, VA is required to obligate expanded facility is intended to have the capa- man for yielding me this time. the budget authority upfront for the full amount bility to provide eye care, physical and occu- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. of these obligations. This includes budgeting pational therapy, radiology, and more. 3521. I want to applaud Chairman JEFF for both the estimated total payments ex- Mr. Speaker, this legislation is a way for- MILLER and the chairman of the Budg- pected to arise under the full term of the con- ward for that facility and several more like it et Committee, PAUL RYAN, and their tract or, if the contract includes a cancellation across the country. It seeks to expand access respective staffs on the House Vet- clause, an amount sufficient to cover the lease to care for veterans, not bureaucratic federal erans’ Affairs Committee and the payments for the first year plus an amount policies. Budget Committee for advancing this Our men and women in uniform—who put sufficient to cover the costs associated with important bill and improving veterans’ their lives on the line to protect our free- termination of the contract. Up until this point, access to medical care. doms—deserve the best care that we can give VA has not been properly budgeting for its I also appreciate the work that the them. They deserve quality care that is con- leases according to the law. two Senators from my home State, CBO estimates that enacting this bill would venient and accessible. This legislation pro- Senators LANDRIEU and VITTER, have provide contract authority of about $1.4 billion vides us with an opportunity today to show our veterans that we are committed to those been doing. They have pledged their over the ten-year period. support in the Senate, and we hope to HBC has worked closely with both HVAC goals. I urge my colleagues to join me in sup- get this done before the end of the and CBO on this issue and has produced porting H.R. 3521. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The year. lease authorization language, in addition to re- question is on the motion offered by This last year, more than 66 Members port language, that we believe adequately ad- the gentleman from Florida (Mr. MIL- of Congress signed our bipartisan, bi- dresses the legitimate issues CBO raised with cameral letter calling for progress on LER) that the House suspend the rules respect to how VA was budgeting for leases. and pass the bill, H.R. 3521, as amend- the 27 major medical facility leases HBC believes this language forces VA to ed. proposed by the Department of Vet- comply with budgeting laws, specifically that erans Affairs during the past 2 years. The question was taken. VA may only enter into binding commitments The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the Among these leases are two clinics on behalf of the U.S. Government once funds opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being promised by VA Secretary Eric have been appropriated for the purpose of that in the affirmative, the ayes have it. Shinseki to Lake Charles and Lafay- proposed commitment and that VA must then Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, ette in my congressional district. With- obligate the full cost of that commitment at the on that I demand the yeas and nays. out congressional authorization of time it executes the lease. In addition, the lan- The yeas and nays were ordered. these clinics, more than 3,000 south guage requires VA to submit to Congress a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Louisiana veterans must travel in ex- detailed analysis on how its leasing practices ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- cess of 3 hours to receive medical care. comply with these laws. ceedings on this motion will be post- A recent CBS Evening News story fea- If the VA fails to faithfully execute the re- poned. tured one of these wounded warriors in quirements in the bill and to comply with the f south Louisiana who goes without care longstanding laws governing obligations, we because his family must miss work to will revisit this issue in the context of future re- VA EXPIRING AUTHORITIES drive him 3 hours. It is unacceptable. quests for leasing authority. EXTENSION ACT OF 2013 The American people expect Congress With these fiscal protections in place, I fully Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, to demonstrate that it can govern ef- support H.R. 3521 moving forward to ensure I move to suspend the rules and pass

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The monthly assistance allowance to dis- MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE amount that may be used for such expenses abled veterans training or competing TO DISABLED VETERANS TRAINING may not exceed— for the Paralympic Team and the au- OR COMPETING IN LARGE-SCALE ‘‘(i) in the case of a grant made for adapt- thorization of appropriations for the ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAMS. ive sports opportunities taking place during (a) REAUTHORIZATION AND USE OF CERTAIN Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pro- fiscal year 2014, 10 percent of the total FUNDS.—Subsection (d)(4) of section 322 is vide assistance to the United States amount of the grant; amended by striking ‘‘through 2013’’ and all ‘‘(ii) in the case of a grant made for adapt- Paralympics, Inc., as amended. that follows and inserting ‘‘through 2015.’’. The Clerk read the title of the bill. ive sports opportunities taking place during (b) COOPERATION WITH ORGANIZATION.—Sub- fiscal year 2015, 7.5 percent of the total The text of the bill is as follows: section (b)(4) of such section is amended by amount of the grant; and H.R. 1402 striking ‘‘cooperate with the United States ‘‘(iii) in the case of a grant made for adapt- Olympic Committee’’ and all that follows Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- ive sports opportunities taking place during through ‘‘its partners;’’ and inserting ‘‘co- resentatives of the United States of America in any subsequent fiscal year, 5 percent of the operate with entities with significant experi- Congress assembled, total amount of the grant. ence in managing large-scale adaptive sports ‘‘(B) For purposes of this paragraph, per- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. programs;’’. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as sonnel expenses include any costs associated (c) APPLICABILITY TO COMMONWEALTHS AND with an employee of the eligible entity other the ‘‘VA Expiring Authorities Extension Act TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.—Such of 2013’’. than reimbursement for time spent by such section is further amended by redesignating an employee directly providing coaching or (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- subsection (e) as subsection (f) and inserting tents for this Act is as follows: training for disabled veterans or members of after subsection (d) the following new sub- the Armed Forces.’’. Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. section (e): (d) FUNDING.—Subsection (g) of such sec- Sec. 2. References to title 38, United States ‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY TO COMMONWEALTHS tion is amended— Code. AND TERRITORIES OF THE UNITED STATES.— (1) by striking ‘‘There is’’ and inserting Sec. 3. Scoring of budgetary effects. The provisions of this subsection shall apply ‘‘(1) There is’’; Sec. 4. Extension of authorization of appro- in the same manner and to the same degree (2) by striking ‘‘through 2013’’ and all that priations for payment of a as to the United States Olympic Committee follows and inserting ‘‘through 2015.’’; and monthly assistance allowance to the Paralympic sport entities the Sec- (3) by adding at the end the following new to disabled veterans training or retary considers appropriate to represent the paragraph: competing in large-scale adapt- interests of each of the following: ‘‘(2) Amounts appropriated pursuant to ive sports programs. ‘‘(1) American Samoa. this subsection shall remain available with- Sec. 5. Reauthorization and modification of ‘‘(2) Guam. out fiscal year limitation.’’. adaptive sports assistance pro- ‘‘(3) Puerto Rico. (e) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (l) of gram. ‘‘(4) The Northern Mariana Islands. such section is amended by striking ‘‘may Sec. 6. Extension of authority to transport ‘‘(5) The United States Virgin Islands.’’. not provide assistance under this section certain individuals to and from SEC. 5. REAUTHORIZATION AND MODIFICATION after December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘may Department of Veterans Affairs OF ADAPTIVE SPORTS ASSISTANCE only provide assistance under this section facilities. PROGRAM. for adaptive sports opportunities occurring Sec. 7. Extension of authority for operation (a) REAUTHORIZATION.—Subsection (a) of during fiscal years 2010 through 2016’’. of the Department of Veterans section 521A is amended to read as follows: (f) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not Affairs regional office in Ma- ‘‘(a) ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAM.—(1) The later than 18 months after the date of the en- nila, the Republic of the Phil- Secretary may carry out a program under actment of this Act, the Comptroller General ippines. which the Secretary may make grants to eli- of the United States shall submit to Con- Sec. 8. Extension of requirement to provide gible entities for planning, developing, man- gress a report on the use of the grants, if nursing home care to certain aging, and implementing programs to pro- any, awarded under section 521A of title 38, veterans with service-connected vide adaptive sports opportunities for dis- United States Code, as amended by this sec- disabilities. abled veterans and disabled members of the tion, during the first program year that be- Sec. 9. Extension of treatment and rehabili- Armed Forces. gins after the date of the enactment of this tation services for seriously ‘‘(2) For purposes of this section, an eligi- Act. Such report shall include each of the mentally ill and homeless vet- ble entity is an entity with significant expe- following: erans. rience in managing a large-scale adaptive (1) An assessment of how the Secretary of Sec. 10. Extension of authority to provide sports program.’’. Veterans Affairs, eligible entities that re- housing assistance for homeless (b) ADDITIONAL APPLICATION REQUIRE- ceived grants under such section, and grant- veterans. MENTS.—Subsection (c)(2)(A) of such section ees under subsection (c) of such section have Sec. 11. Extension of authority for the Advi- is amended— provided adaptive sports opportunities to sory Committee on Homeless (1) by striking ‘‘of all partnerships’’ and all veterans and members of the Armed Forces Veterans. that follows through the end and inserting through grants awarded under such section. Sec. 12. Extension of authority for the Vet- ‘‘of—’’; and (2) An assessment of how the Secretary erans’ Advisory Commission on (2) by adding at the end the following new oversees the use of funds provided under such Education. clauses: section. Sec. 13. Extension of requirements relating ‘‘(i) all partnerships referred to in para- (3) A description of the benefit provided to to vendee loans. graph (3) at the national and local levels veterans and members of the Armed Forces Sec. 14. Extension of authority for the per- that will be participating in such activities through programs and activities developed formance of medical disabilities and the amount of grant funds that the eligi- through grants awarded under such section. examinations by contract phy- ble entity proposes to make available for (g) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND- sicians. each of such partnerships; MENTS.—Section 521A, as amended by this SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO TITLE 38, UNITED ‘‘(ii) the anticipated personnel, travel, and section, is further amended— STATES CODE. administrative costs that will be paid for by (1) in subsection (b)— Except as otherwise expressly provided, the eligible entity using grant funds; (A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘the whenever in this Act an amendment or re- ‘‘(iii) the financial controls implemented United States Olympic Committee’’ and in- peal is expressed in terms of an amendment by the eligible entity, including methods to serting ‘‘an eligible entity’’; and to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, track expenditures of grant funds; (B) in the second sentence, by striking the reference shall be considered to be made ‘‘(iv) the performance metrics to be used ‘‘The United States Olympic Committee’’ to a section or other provision of title 38, by the eligible entity to evaluate the effec- and inserting ‘‘An eligible entity that re- United States Code. tiveness of the activities to be carried out ceives a grant under this section’’; SEC. 3. SCORING OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS. using grant funds; and (2) in subsection (c)— The budgetary effects of this Act, for the ‘‘(v) the anticipated personnel, travel, and (A) in paragraph (1)— purpose of complying with the Statutory administrative costs that will be paid for by (i) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be deter- grantees under this subsection using grant Committee’’ the first time it appears and in- mined by reference to the latest statement funds; and’’. serting ‘‘an eligible entity’’; and titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legisla- (c) USE OF FUNDS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EX- (ii) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic tion’’ for this Act, submitted for printing in PENSES.—Paragraph (4) of subsection (d) of Committee’’ the second time it appears and the Congressional Record by the Chairman of such section is amended to read as follows: inserting ‘‘the eligible entity’’; and

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Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘An eligible enti- authority to ensure that severely dis- ty that receives a grant under this section,’’; SEC. 8. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PRO- abled veterans have priority access to VIDE NURSING HOME CARE TO CER- (ii) by striking ‘‘a grant under this sec- TAIN VETERANS WITH SERVICE-CON- nursing home care, to include those tion’’ and inserting ‘‘the grant’’; and NECTED DISABILITIES. who require that level of care for serv- (iii) by striking ‘‘the United States Olym- Section 1710A(d) is amended by striking ice-connected disabilities. It also ex- pic Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘the eligible ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem- tends VA’s adaptive sports program, entity’’; and ber 31, 2014’’. (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the which is currently run through a part- SEC. 9. EXTENSION OF TREATMENT AND REHA- nership with the U.S. Paralympic com- United States Olympic Committee’’ and in- BILITATION SERVICES FOR SERI- serting ‘‘an eligible entity that receives a OUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND HOME- mittee. I have met with veterans who grant under this section’’; LESS VETERANS. have benefited from this partnership (4) in subsection (e)— (a) GENERAL TREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) and have seen firsthand the positive (A) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ impact that the activities and events Committee’’ and inserting ‘‘an eligible enti- and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. have had on them and their families. ty’’; and (b) ADDITIONAL SERVICES AT CERTAIN LOCA- H.R. 1402, as amended, would extend TIONS.—Section 2033(d) is amended by strik- (B) by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive other legal authorities to help vet- sports program’’ and inserting ‘‘the adapted ing ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘De- sports opportunities funded by the grant’’; cember 31, 2014’’. erans, including the authorization for (5) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘the inte- SEC. 10. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE treatment and rehabilitative services grated adaptive sports program’’ and insert- HOUSING ASSISTANCE FOR HOME- for homeless and seriously mentally ill ing ‘‘adapted sports opportunities funded LESS VETERANS. veterans, housing assistance for home- under this section’’; and Section 2041(c) is amended by striking ‘‘De- less veterans, authorization to permit (6) in subsection (j)— cember 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, the use of contract exam providers for 2014’’. (A) in paragraph (1)— disability claims, and several other im- (i) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic SEC. 11. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE AD- portant extensions. Committee’’ the first place it appears and in- VISORY COMMITTEE ON HOMELESS serting ‘‘an eligible entity’’; VETERANS. I am pleased also to report that fund- (ii) by striking ‘‘the United States Olympic Section 2066(d) is amended by striking ‘‘De- ing for these extensions was included Committee’’ the second place it appears and cember 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, in both the President’s budget request inserting ‘‘the eligible entity’’; 2014’’. and appropriation bills passed by the (iii) by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive SEC. 12. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE House and pending in the Senate. sports program,’’ and inserting ‘‘the adapted VETERANS’ ADVISORY COMMISSION I thank my good friend and ranking ON EDUCATION. sports opportunities funded by the grant,’’; member of the full committee, Mr. and Section 3692(c) is amended by striking ‘‘De- MICHAUD, for his assistance to bring (iv) by striking ‘‘the integrated adaptive cember 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, sports program.’’ and inserting ‘‘such oppor- 2014’’. this piece of legislation to the floor. tunities and programs.’’; SEC. 13. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS RELAT- And again, I want to thank all of my (B) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting ING TO VENDEE LOANS. colleagues in the Senate for reaching the following new paragraph (3): Section 3733(a)(7) is amended by striking an agreement with us on this language, ‘‘September 30, 2013’’ each place it appears ‘‘(3) If an eligible entity that receives a especially the Senate VA chairman, and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2014’’. grant under this section for any fiscal year Mr. SANDERS, and the ranking member, does not submit the report required by para- SEC. 14. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR THE Mr. BURR of North Carolina. graph (1) for such fiscal year, the entity shall PERFORMANCE OF MEDICAL DIS- ABILITIES EXAMINATIONS BY CON- Once again, I want to encourage all not be eligible to receive a grant under this TRACT PHYSICIANS. Members to support the bill. section for the subsequent fiscal year.’’; and Section 704(c) of the Veterans Benefits Act I reserve the balance of my time. (7) by striking subsection (m). of 2003 (Public Law 108–183; 38 U.S.C. 5101 Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I yield (h) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— note) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, myself such time as I may consume. (1) SECTION HEADING.—The heading of such 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. I rise in full support of H.R. 1402, as section is amended to read as follows: The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- amended, the VA Expiring Authorities ‘‘§ 521A. Adaptive sports programs for dis- ant to the rule, the gentleman from Extension Act of 2013. abled veterans and members of the Armed Florida (Mr. MILLER) and the gen- Mr. Speaker, this bill, as amended, . Forces’’ tleman from Maine (Mr. MICHAUD) each would extend a number of critical pro- (2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sec- will control 20 minutes. grams administered by the VA. It is a tions at the beginning of chapter 5 is amend- The Chair recognizes the gentleman bipartisan measure. I appreciate the ed by striking the item relating to section from Florida. 521A and inserting the following new item: highly collaborative efforts of the com- GENERAL LEAVE mittee staffs and the cooperative ef- ‘‘512A. Adaptive sports programs for disabled Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, forts of our colleagues in the other veterans and members of the body. Armed Forces.’’. I ask unanimous consent that all Mem- bers may have 5 legislative days in H.R. 1402, as amended, would extend (i) IMPLEMENTATION.—To ensure the unin- which to revise and extend their re- the authorization of appropriations for terrupted provision of adaptive sports for marks and add any extraneous mate- the VA to provide monthly stipends to disabled veterans and disabled members of athletes competing in large-scale the Armed Forces, any regulations that the rials they may have on H.R. 1402, as Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines are amended. adaptive sports programs and extend necessary to implement the amendments The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there the authority of the VA to provide made by this section may be promulgated by objection to the request of the gen- grants to entities that plan and carry interim final rules to ensure the award of tleman from Florida? out adaptive sports programs. This bill grants under section 521A of title 38, United There was no objection. represents a bipartisan and bicameral States Code, as amended by this section, be- Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, agreement to modify the existing pro- fore the end of fiscal year 2014. I yield myself such time as I may con- gram and to provide more stringent SEC. 6. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANS- sume. oversight of the program. PORT CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS TO I rise today in support of H.R. 1402, as H.R. 1402, as amended, would also ex- AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF VET- ERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES. amended, the VA Expiring Authorities tend to the end of next year the au- Section 111A(a)(2) is amended by striking Act of 2013. Mr. Speaker, to put it sim- thority of the VA to transport certain ‘‘the date that is one year after the date of ply, this bill extends the legal author- individuals to and from VA facilities, the enactment of this section’’ and inserting ization for several VA authorities. to operate the regional office in the ‘‘December 31, 2014’’. Without enactment of this bill before Philippines, and to contract with non-

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:41 Dec 10, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A10DE7.005 H10DEPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE December 10, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H7617 VA physicians to conduct medical dis- During committee hearings, I dis- to make sure that we do everything we ability examinations. cussed the Veterans Paralympics Act can to pass legislation that will help H.R. 1402, as amended, would also ex- with Charlie Huebner, the U.S. Olym- our veterans. I also want to thank the tend the requirement that VA provide pic Committee’s Paralympics chief. He staffs on both the majority and the mi- nursing home care to certain veterans, stated that this extension would help nority side for working so well to- extend the authority to provide treat- more than 16,000 disabled veterans in gether to get these bills before the ment and rehabilitation services for se- communities throughout America re- floor. I urge my colleagues to support riously mentally ill and homeless vet- ceive adaptive sports rehabilitation. H.R. 1402, as amended. erans, and extend the authority of the Mr. Huebner and I both emphatically I yield back the balance of my time. VA to provide housing assistance for agree that participation in adaptive b 1430 homeless veterans. sports and other athletic activities can Finally, this bill would extend the help speed the rehabilitation process Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, authority for two advisory commit- for disabled veterans, and this legisla- I, too, urge my colleagues to support tees—the Advisory Committee on tion, if passed, will ensure rehabilita- H.R. 1402, as amended, and I yield back Homeless Veterans and the Advisory tive opportunities for disabled veterans the balance of my time. Committee on Education—as well as in local communities throughout the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The extend the authority for requirements country. I am proud to lead this effort question is on the motion offered by relating to the sale of vendee loans by to extend and support this important the gentleman from Florida (Mr. MIL- the VA. program. LER) that the House suspend the rules Mr. Speaker, we have passed many Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 and pass the bill, H.R. 1402, as amend- veterans bills out of the House this minutes to the gentleman from Cali- ed. year. It is my hope that some of these fornia (Mr. TAKANO). The question was taken. bills will become law before the year is Mr. TAKANO. Mr. Speaker, I thank The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the out. I look forward to working with our the gentleman from Maine, the ranking opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being colleagues in the Senate to make sure member, for yielding me this time. in the affirmative, the ayes have it. that we get this bill passed. The job at Mr. Speaker, I rise today to support Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, hand today is to pass this extenders the Veterans Paralympic Act, a bipar- on that I demand the yeas and nays. bill, send it over to the Senate for tisan piece of legislation that would The yeas and nays were ordered. quick consideration, and get it to the extend the funding for adaptive sport The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- President’s desk before the end of the programs for disabled veterans. ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- year before the authority to continue Through the Department of Veterans ceedings on this motion will be post- these vital programs lapses. Affairs and the U.S. Olympic Com- poned. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of mittee, this joint program has provided f sports and other athletic activities my time. RECESS Mr. MILLER of Florida. Mr. Speaker, that help speed up the rehabilitation one of the things that is necessary in process for our Nation’s heroes. By ex- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- order to bring a piece of legislation tending the funding through 2018, and ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair that has this many moving parts is improving access to adaptive sports declares the House in recess until ap- somebody who has been involved very programs, this legislation would pro- proximately 4 p.m. today. much in each of those pieces of legisla- vide the greatest opportunity for reha- Accordingly (at 2 o’clock and 30 min- tion. bilitation through sports our veterans utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. I yield such time as he may consume have ever had. The sacrifice of these f to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. heroes is immeasurable, and I believe b 1600 COFFMAN), chairman of the Oversight that Congress should be doing all it can and Investigations Subcommittee. to help their rehabilitation process. AFTER RECESS Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, earlier I thank the gentleman from Colorado The recess having expired, the House this year I introduced, along with Rep- (Mr. COFFMAN) for introducing this bill, was called to order by the Speaker pro resentative MARK TAKANO, H.R. 1402, and I look forward to its passage. tempore (Mr. CHAFFETZ) at 4 p.m. the Veteran Paralympics Act, and I am Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, at this f happy to see that this legislation is time I would like to yield 3 minutes to now poised to pass the House floor the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER along with other important programs NEGRETE MCLEOD). PRO TEMPORE for veterans. Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD. Mr. Speak- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- My portion of this legislation will ex- er, I rise in support of H.R. 1402 that ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings tend this joint program, operated by extends VA housing programs for will resume on motions to suspend the the Department of Veterans Affairs homeless veterans. rules previously postponed. and the Olympic Committee, that The California district which I rep- Votes will be taken in the following funds grants to adaptive sports pro- resent is home to over 20,000 veterans. order: grams for disabled veterans all across Like the Nation, homelessness among H.R. 3521, by the yeas and nays; our country. veterans is a serious problem in my H.R. 1402, by the yeas and nays. Paralympic programs are adaptive district. It will take continued coordi- The first electronic vote will be con- sports for physically disabled athletes, nation between VA and local organiza- ducted as a 15-minute vote. The re- and research has shown that tions to ensure that veterans are able maining electronic vote will be con- Paralympic sports and other forms of to take advantage of housing assist- ducted as a 5-minute vote. physical activity are an impactful as- ance programs. f pect for the successful rehabilitation As a member of the House VA Sub- for these wounded warriors. committee on Health, in August of this DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF- The Veterans Paralympics Act will year I hosted a town hall with the VA FAIRS MAJOR MEDICAL FACIL- ensure that disabled veterans in local and local organizations. Over 200 vet- ITY LEASE AUTHORIZATION ACT communities throughout our country erans attended and signed up for VA OF 2013 will continue to have opportunities for veterans benefits for the very first The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- rehabilitation, stress relief, and higher time. This is a great example of better finished business is the vote on the mo- achievement through adaptive sports. coordination in helping our veterans. tion to suspend the rules and pass the Currently, there are dozens of partner- Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I would bill (H.R. 3521) to authorize Depart- ship organizations in Colorado and over like to once again thank Chairman ment of Veterans Affairs major med- 300 nationwide that are helping our MILLER for his collaborative effort in ical facility leases, and for other pur- veterans with their rehabilitation bringing both of these bills before the poses, as amended, on which the yeas through adaptive sports. House today and his continued support and nays were ordered.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:55 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K10DE7.011 H10DEPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H7618 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 10, 2013 The Clerk read the title of the bill. Ribble Scott, David Tonko Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pro- Rice (SC) Sensenbrenner Tsongas The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Roby Serrano Upton vide assistance to United States question is on the motion offered by Roe (TN) Sessions Valadao Paralympics, Inc., as amended, on the gentleman from Florida (Mr. MIL- Rogers (AL) Shea-Porter Van Hollen which the yeas and nays were ordered. LER) that the House suspend the rules Rogers (MI) Sherman Vargas Rohrabacher Shimkus Veasey The Clerk read the title of the bill. and pass the bill, as amended. Rokita Shuster Vela´ zquez The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The vote was taken by electronic de- Rooney Simpson Visclosky question is on the motion offered by Ros-Lehtinen Sinema Wagner vice, and there were—yeas 346, nays 1, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. MIL- not voting 84, as follows: Roskam Sires Walberg Ross Slaughter Walden LER) that the House suspend the rules [Roll No. 630] Rothfus Smith (MO) Walz and pass the bill, as amended. YEAS—346 Roybal-Allard Smith (NE) Wasserman Royce Smith (NJ) Schultz This is a 5-minute vote. Amash Eshoo Larson (CT) Ruiz Smith (TX) Weber (TX) The vote was taken by electronic de- Andrews Esty Latham Ruppersberger Southerland Webster (FL) vice, and there were—yeas 353, nays 0, Bachmann Farenthold Latta Ryan (OH) Speier Welch Bachus Farr Levin Ryan (WI) Stewart Wenstrup not voting 78, as follows: Barber Fattah LoBiondo Salmon Stivers Westmoreland [Roll No. 631] Barletta Fincher Loebsack Sa´ nchez, Linda Stockman Whitfield Barr Fitzpatrick Lofgren T. Stutzman Williams YEAS—353 Barrow (GA) Fleischmann Long Sanchez, Loretta Swalwell (CA) Wilson (SC) Aderholt Dingell Johnson, E. B. Barton Fleming Lowenthal Sanford Takano Wittman Becerra Flores Lowey Amash Doggett Jones Sarbanes Terry Wolf Andrews Duckworth Jordan Benishek Forbes Lucas Scalise Thompson (CA) Womack Bentivolio Fortenberry Luetkemeyer Bachmann Duffy Joyce Schakowsky Thompson (PA) Woodall Bachus Duncan (SC) Keating Bera (CA) Foster Lujan Grisham Schiff Thornberry Yarmuth Bilirakis Foxx (NM) Barber Duncan (TN) Kelly (IL) Schneider Tiberi Yoder Barletta Edwards Kelly (PA) Bishop (NY) Frankel (FL) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Schrader Tierney Yoho Bishop (UT) Franks (AZ) (NM) Barr Ellison Kennedy Schweikert Tipton Young (AK) Barrow (GA) Ellmers Kildee Blackburn Frelinghuysen Lummis Scott, Austin Titus Young (IN) Bonamici Gabbard Lynch Barton Engel Kilmer Boustany Gallego Maffei NAYS—1 Becerra Enyart Kind Benishek Eshoo King (IA) Brady (PA) Garamendi Maloney, Duncan (SC) Braley (IA) Garcia Carolyn Bentivolio Esty Kingston Bridenstine Gardner Maloney, Sean NOT VOTING—84 Bera (CA) Farenthold Kinzinger (IL) Brooks (AL) Gerlach Marchant Bilirakis Farr Kirkpatrick Aderholt Green, Al Neal Bishop (NY) Fattah Kline Brooks (IN) Gibbs Massie Amodei Grijalva Nugent Broun (GA) Gibson Matheson Bishop (UT) Fincher Kuster Bass Guthrie Pastor (AZ) Brown (FL) Gingrey (GA) Matsui Blackburn Fitzpatrick LaMalfa Beatty Harris Payne Brownley (CA) Gohmert McAllister Bonamici Fleischmann Lamborn Bishop (GA) Hartzler Pingree (ME) Buchanan Goodlatte McCarthy (CA) Boustany Fleming Lance Black Hastings (WA) Radel Brady (PA) Flores Lankford Bucshon Gosar McCaul Blumenauer Herrera Beutler Burgess Granger McClintock Rangel Braley (IA) Forbes Larson (CT) Brady (TX) Hinojosa Reed Bridenstine Fortenberry Latham Bustos Graves (GA) McCollum Butterfield Hultgren Reichert Brooks (AL) Foster Latta Cantor Graves (MO) McGovern Calvert Hunter Richmond Brooks (IN) Foxx Levin Capito Green, Gene McHenry Camp Jackson Lee Capps Griffin (AR) McIntyre Rigell Broun (GA) Frankel (FL) LoBiondo Campbell Johnson, Sam Brown (FL) Franks (AZ) Loebsack Capuano Griffith (VA) McKeon Carson (IN) Kaptur Rogers (KY) Ca´ rdenas Grimm McKinley Runyan Brownley (CA) Frelinghuysen Lofgren Castro (TX) King (NY) Buchanan Gabbard Long Carney Gutie´rrez McNerney Rush Clarke Labrador Bucshon Gallego Lowenthal Carter Hahn Meadows Schock Coble Langevin Burgess Garamendi Lowey Cartwright Hall Meehan Schwartz Conaway Larsen (WA) Bustos Garcia Lucas Cassidy Hanabusa Meng Conyers Lee (CA) Scott (VA) Castor (FL) Hanna Messer Cantor Gardner Luetkemeyer Cramer Lewis Sewell (AL) Capito Garrett Lujan Grisham Chabot Harper Mica Crawford Lipinski Smith (WA) Chaffetz Hastings (FL) Michaud Capps Gerlach (NM) Crenshaw Marino Thompson (MS) ´ Chu Heck (NV) Miller (FL) Capuano Gibbs Lujan, Ben Ray Culberson McCarthy (NY) Turner ´ Cicilline Heck (WA) Miller (MI) Cardenas Gibson (NM) Cummings McDermott Vela Clay Hensarling Miller, George Carney Gingrey (GA) Lummis Doyle McMorris Walorski Carter Gohmert Lynch Cleaver Higgins Moran Ellison Rodgers Clyburn Himes Mullin Waters Cartwright Goodlatte Maffei Fudge Meeks Watt Cassidy Gosar Maloney, Coffman Holding Murphy (FL) Garrett Miller, Gary Waxman Castor (FL) Granger Carolyn Cohen Holt Murphy (PA) Gowdy Moore Wilson (FL) Chabot Graves (GA) Maloney, Sean Cole Honda Nadler Grayson Mulvaney Collins (GA) Horsford Napolitano Chaffetz Graves (MO) Marchant Collins (NY) Hoyer Negrete McLeod b 1626 Chu Green, Gene Massie Cicilline Griffin (AR) Matheson Connolly Hudson Neugebauer So (two-thirds being in the affirma- Cook Huelskamp Noem Clay Griffith (VA) Matsui Cooper Huffman Nolan tive) the rules were suspended and the Cleaver Grimm McAllister ´ Costa Huizenga (MI) Nunes bill, as amended, was passed. Clyburn Gutierrez McCarthy (CA) Cotton Hurt Nunnelee Coffman Hahn McCaul The result of the vote was announced Cohen Hall McClintock Courtney Israel O’Rourke as above recorded. Crowley Issa Olson Cole Hanabusa McCollum Cuellar Jeffries Owens A motion to reconsider was laid on Collins (GA) Hanna McGovern Daines Jenkins Palazzo the table. Collins (NY) Harper McHenry Davis (CA) Johnson (GA) Pallone Stated for: Connolly Hastings (FL) McIntyre Davis, Danny Johnson (OH) Pascrell Cook Heck (NV) McKeon Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, on Cooper Heck (WA) McKinley Davis, Rodney Johnson, E. B. Paulsen rollcall No. 630, had I been present, I would DeFazio Jones Pearce Costa Hensarling McNerney DeGette Jordan Pelosi have voted ‘‘yes.’’ Cotton Higgins Meadows Delaney Joyce Perlmutter f Courtney Himes Meehan DeLauro Keating Perry Crowley Holding Meng DelBene Kelly (IL) Peters (CA) VA EXPIRING AUTHORITIES Cuellar Holt Messer Denham Kelly (PA) Peters (MI) EXTENSION ACT OF 2013 Daines Honda Mica Davis (CA) Horsford Michaud Dent Kennedy Peterson The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- DeSantis Kildee Petri Davis, Danny Hoyer Miller (FL) DesJarlais Kilmer Pittenger finished business is the vote on the mo- Davis, Rodney Hudson Miller (MI) Deutch Kind Pitts tion to suspend the rules and pass the DeFazio Huelskamp Miller, George Diaz-Balart King (IA) Pocan DeGette Huffman Moran bill (H.R. 1402) to amend title 38, Delaney Huizenga (MI) Mullin Dingell Kingston Poe (TX) United States Code, to extend the au- Doggett Kinzinger (IL) Polis DeLauro Hultgren Murphy (FL) Duckworth Kirkpatrick Pompeo thorization of appropriations for the DelBene Hurt Murphy (PA) Duffy Kline Posey Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a Denham Israel Nadler Duncan (TN) Kuster Price (GA) Dent Issa Napolitano monthly assistance allowance to dis- DeSantis Jeffries Negrete McLeod Edwards LaMalfa Price (NC) abled veterans training or competing Ellmers Lamborn Quigley DesJarlais Jenkins Neugebauer Engel Lance Rahall for the Paralympic Team and the au- Deutch Johnson (GA) Noem Enyart Lankford Renacci thorization of appropriations for the Diaz-Balart Johnson (OH) Nolan

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Pearce Sanford Tsongas f Pelosi Sarbanes Turner f Perlmutter Scalise Upton POLICIES FOR ENERGY HONORING THE LIVES OF STEVE Perry Schakowsky Valadao PRODUCTION Peters (CA) Schiff Van Hollen BURGESS AND JAMES R. BUR- Peters (MI) Schneider Vargas (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania GESS, JR. Peterson Schrader Veasey asked and was given permission to ad- Petri Schweikert Vela´ zquez (Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois Pingree (ME) Scott, Austin Visclosky dress the House for 1 minute and to re- asked and was given permission to ad- Pittenger Scott, David Wagner vise and extend his remarks.) dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Pitts Sensenbrenner Walberg Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. vise and extend his remarks.) Pocan Serrano Walden Mr. Speaker, in October, natural gas Poe (TX) Sessions Walz Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. production in the Marcellus shale re- Polis Shea-Porter Wasserman Speaker, I rise today to honor the life Pompeo Sherman Schultz gion reached 12 billion cubic feet a day. of Mr. Steve Burgess from Urbana, Illi- Posey Shimkus Weber (TX) That is six times the production rate in Price (GA) Shuster Webster (FL) nois, who passed away on Friday, No- 2009. Price (NC) Simpson Welch vember 22 of this year. He was com- Quigley Sinema Wenstrup To put this in perspective, the mitted to seeing the postal facility at Rahall Sires Westmoreland Marcellus would rank eighth in the 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Il- Renacci Slaughter Whitfield world in gas production if it was classi- Ribble Smith (MO) Williams linois, renamed after his father, James fied as its own country. Rice (SC) Smith (NE) Wilson (FL) R. Burgess, Jr. Roby Smith (NJ) Wilson (SC) This month, the number will be ex- James Burgess was the first African Roe (TN) Smith (TX) Wittman ceeded yet again. According to the U.S. Rogers (AL) Southerland Wolf American elected to a countywide of- Energy Information Administration re- Rogers (MI) Speier Womack fice in Champaign County and was ap- Rohrabacher Stewart Woodall port released today, production in the pointed the U.S. Attorney for the East- Rokita Stivers Yarmuth Marcellus shale region is projected to ern District of Illinois. Rooney Stockman Yoder exceed 13 billion feet per day this Ros-Lehtinen Stutzman Yoho Most importantly, though, Steve month. This means the Marcellus shale Roskam Swalwell (CA) Young (AK) Burgess wanted to honor his father as a Ross Takano Young (IN) is expected to provide 18 percent of the leader of the 761st Tank Battalion, the total U.S. natural gas production this NOT VOTING—78 first African American armored unit to month. Amodei Grijalva Neal enter battle in World War II. This type of energy production cre- Bass Guthrie Nugent In April, I introduced H.R. 1707 to re- Beatty Harris Pastor (AZ) ates American jobs, spurs economic name this post office after James Bur- Bishop (GA) Hartzler Payne growth, lowers energy prices, brings Black Hastings (WA) Radel gess. It is devastating to me that Steve much-needed tax revenue to local and Blumenauer Herrera Beutler Rangel Burgess was not able to fulfill his life’s Brady (TX) Hinojosa State governments, and begins us on a Reed effort. I want to see a post office nam- Butterfield Hunter Reichert path to greater economic competitive- Calvert Jackson Lee ing bill through completion, not only Richmond ness. Camp Johnson, Sam Rigell in James Burgess’ honor, but in Steve Campbell Kaptur Mr. Speaker, the Nation must con- Rogers (KY) Carson (IN) King (NY) Burgess’ and his family’s. Runyan tinue to pursue policies that lower en- Castro (TX) Labrador I want to offer my heartfelt thanks Rush ergy costs for American families and Clarke Langevin Sa´ nchez, Linda to Steve Burgess and his father for Coble Larsen (WA) improve our energy security. If we fol- T. their lifetime of commitment to the Conaway Lee (CA) low the model built by States like Conyers Lewis Schock Champaign-Urbana community. Schwartz Pennsylvania, and keep the Federal Cramer Lipinski f Crawford Marino Scott (VA) Government from over-regulating Sewell (AL) these industries, we can achieve these Crenshaw McCarthy (NY) RESERVOIRS AND CLIMATE Culberson McDermott Smith (WA) goals. Cummings McMorris Thompson (MS) CHANGE Vela f Doyle Rodgers (Mr. HUFFMAN asked and was given Fudge Meeks Walorski HONORING THE 65TH ANNIVER- Gowdy Miller, Gary Waters permission to address the House for 1 Grayson Moore Watt SARY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY minute and to revise and extend his re- Green, Al Mulvaney Waxman AND THE UNIVERSAL DECLARA- marks.) b 1633 TION OF HUMAN RIGHTS Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, the So (two-thirds being in the affirma- (Mr. LOWENTHAL asked and was weather outside is frightful; and if you tive) the rules were suspended and the given permission to address the House listen to certain conservative media bill, as amended, was passed. for 1 minute and to revise and extend networks, you hear something not so The result of the vote was announced his remarks.) delightful. You hear that, because it is as above recorded. Mr. LOWENTHAL. Mr. Speaker, I snowing, there must not be climate The title of the bill was amended so rise in support of my newly introduced change. This is unscientific, it is reduc- as to read: ‘‘A bill to amend title 38, resolution, which honors today as the tive; but that is what climate deniers United States Code, to extend certain 65th anniversary of Human Rights Day say this time of year. expiring provisions of law, and for and the Universal Declaration of Well, Mr. Speaker, winter happens other purposes.’’. Human Rights. every year, and the fact that it is A motion to reconsider was laid on My resolution will shed much-needed snowing simply means that it is snow- the table. light on the importance and protection ing. PERSONAL EXPLANATION of human rights in our global society Instead of looking at December snow- Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS. Mr. Speaker, so we can prevent acts of suppression flakes, we should be looking at the on rollcall No. 630 on H.R. 3521, on Motion to against people like Nguyen Tien Trung science. Since 1970, not that long ago, Suspend the Rules and Pass, ‘‘the Depart- of Vietnam, who has been unfairly winter temperatures have increased an ment of Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility jailed for democratic activism. average of .55 degrees per decade, re- Lease Authorization Act of 2013, as amend- The Congress and the world must rec- ducing snowpacks and creating water ed’’, I am not recorded because I was absent ognize that those that are denied basic shortages across the country. due to the birth of my daughter. Had I been human rights, such as freedom of If you want to look at something im- present, I would have voted ‘‘yea.’’ speech, religion, or political expression mediate, look at California, where we

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:55 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A10DE7.009 H10DEPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H7620 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 10, 2013 are experiencing the driest year on last stake in General Motors, the same work. She had an associate’s degree in record, and that is why we need to General Motors that critics derisively social welfare programs, human rela- start getting serious about our re- called ‘‘Government Motors.’’ tions, anything in that area. She said: sponse to climate change. Now the verdict is in: the automotive I will take any job. I just want to go to We need to adopt new policies and rescue was a huge success. Led by work. I want to take care of my child. adapt to the changes that are hap- House Democrats, 237 out of 435 Mem- Another woman, 50, 55, divorced, had pening. And one place to start is how bers of this House voted to save Amer- an 18-year-old child. Her alimony is we operate our reservoirs. Instead of ica’s auto industry. The President and over: I have got to go to work. I have relying on old-school water manuals Democrats made a bet on the auto got to support myself. that are decades out of date, we should communities, and it paid off with divi- The stories of life, the stories of be using modern science and modern dends. America, the stories of 971 people that weather forecasting. Today, the auto sector supports one stood in line just to have a shot at a Our water supply, our food supply in 17 private sector jobs in this country job. and our future will be impacted by cli- and one in eight jobs in Ohio. The There are 435 of us in this room on a mate change, so let’s lead. workers at the Toledo Transmission full day. We have a job. We are em- ployed, and we have a good wage. We f Plant and the Parma Metal Center thank President Obama and the Mem- have a very good wage, and we have MEMORIALIZING HILTON ‘‘HANK’’ bers of Congress who were willing to health care. And we are not doing our REYNOLDS take the heat and do the right thing. job. We are not doing the job that (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given The U.S. auto industry is back thanks America sent us here for. America sent permission to address the House for 1 to the President’s leadership and those us here to put America back to work. minute and to revise and extend his re- 237 Members of this House. That is our job. We are not living up to marks.) Onward, USA. that. Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, during f Two years ago, the President of the United States put forth in his State of the month of December, we oftentimes JOBS take time to memorialize what hap- the Union message an American jobs pened on December 7, 1941. Unfortu- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. plan, an American jobs plan to put peo- nately, the survivors of Pearl Harbor, BENTIVOLIO). Under the Speaker’s an- ple in this Nation back to work. It was we are losing them more and more each nounced policy of January 3, 2013, the complete: education, retraining, a re- year. gentleman from California (Mr. search component for the next sector Today I would like to memorialize a GARAMENDI) is recognized for 60 min- of this economy for the future, a trans- friend from the Shasta County area of utes as the designee of the minority portation infrastructure sector, a way Northern California, Hank Reynolds, leader. to finance it—2 years ago. who we lost just recently. He was a Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, we Mr. Speaker, 971 people were stand- gentleman who faithfully turned out come here about every week to talk ing in the cold in Fairfield, California, each year to memorialize Pearl Harbor about jobs in America. This last Fri- just wanting a shot at a job; and here on the courthouse steps in Redding, day, we held a jobs fair in my district we are, 2 years after the President of California. in Fairfield, California, and it was a re- the United States put forward a jobs He was, at one time, the chairman of markable event. I have been around a plan for America, and it has not been the California Pearl Harbor Survivors long time. I have seen many, many done. The majority in this House has Association and always was there with things. As remarkable as it was, it was refused to bring up even one of those a sharp salute. Even though these gen- also one of the saddest events I have programs. tlemen are in their late eighties and been to. I have been to a lot of funerals I am going to talk about those things early nineties now, they always would and a lot of tragedies over the years, tonight, those things that we can do turn out and encourage us, encourage but this one ranks very high. here in America, that we can do so that the youth that day to memorialize and I put this picture up here because when 971 of my constituents are willing remember that. this is a picture of the second hour to line up to get a job, they will have Hank served on the USS Detroit and after that job fair had begun. The line one. They will have that opportunity. was right in the middle of it there, outside the building, where we had They will have a shot at the future. ships on either side of him being at- some 40 employers that were offering It is a disgrace that after 2 years tacked. They were about to go out on to hire people, stretched over 200 yards. with a complete plan that would put leave that Sunday morning, and he re- The temperature was about 37, 38 de- people back to work, the majority has turned back to his post and helped grees. It was one of those cold morn- refused to bring forward any part of fight that battle that day. ings, and these people were determined that legislation. It is a disgrace. It is So I will miss Hank. I really enjoyed to get a job. They were willing to stand time for this country to go back to his company and seeing him at those in that line for up to an hour and a work. It is time for this House to go events. I know our country is greater half, some of them perhaps even 2 back to work to put Americans back on for having had them serve for us at hours, just to have a shot, just to be the job. that time, and we memorialize them able to talk to an employer, to have You want to deal with the deficit? here today. the opportunity to look face-to-face at Put people to work. They will become an employer and say, ‘‘I want to taxpayers. You want to deal with food f work.’’ The stories were incredible. I stamps? You want to cut food stamps? b 1645 spent about an hour, maybe an hour Put people to work. Build the infra- and 20 minutes, talking to the men and structure. Put the teachers back in the GENERAL MOTORS’ COMEBACK women that were in this line. classroom. But no, you are going to (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given I remember one gentleman who had slash the benefits. permission to address the House for 1 served several tours in Afghanistan and These people, searching for a job, minute.) Iraq. He said he was with the Army know that unless this Congress—and I Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, critics Rangers, said he had four Purple see our esteemed leadership and the said it couldn’t be done. They said the Hearts. He left the military and is now Republicans leaving this House, this Federal Government ‘‘refinancing’’ of unemployed. In fact, in this line were floor. These people want to go to work. the American automobile industry 141 veterans, unemployed, looking for They are losing, in the next 2 weeks, couldn’t work. Thankfully, for the work. They have skills, know when to their unemployment benefits. What economy of our country, they were get up in the morning, know what it will become of them? What will become wrong, wrong to denounce President takes to go to work, to put in a full day of those 971 people, including 141 vet- Obama for his courageous decision to or more—unemployed. erans who have fought, who have been save America’s auto sector. Yesterday, A young woman, fresh out of school, wounded? What is going to become of Treasury announced it was selling its a child at home, she wanted to go to them?

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Thank you, Mr. working adults, and they are working ment of workers has happened through- GARAMENDI. in minimum wage jobs. They are work- out our economy, and it has happened I am privileged to represent the peo- ing in fast-food restaurants. They are in other areas of our economy, in addi- ple of southwestern Illinois, that swath working in other minimum wage jobs. tion to breweries. of the great State running along the And you can’t raise a family in south- So we need to grow the kind of ad- Mississippi River from just north of St. ern Illinois on a minimum wage job. vanced manufacturing jobs, and we Louis, from Alton, Illinois, all the way We need to have jobs that pay a liv- need to have the workers who have the south to Cairo. And those 12 counties of ing wage with good health insurance, skill to move up so they are not work- southern Illinois, southwestern Illi- with good fringe benefits that provide a ing in those minimum-wage jobs and nois, were once an industrial power- living wage for families. When you do getting food stamps and Medicaid and house. that, what happens? You don’t have those other government programs. In- It was said four decades ago, five dec- people on food stamps. You don’t have stead, we need people who are paying ades ago, if you wanted to work, go to people on unemployment. You, instead, money in, and that is what our jobs East St. Louis, Illinois, and there will have people who are paying taxes. You bills does. be a job for you there. There were jobs have people who are spurring the econ- I know that Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. in the steel mills. There were jobs in omy. You have people who are buying HOYER, and I want that bill to come to the packing houses. There were jobs in new pickup trucks and new curtains for a vote. We believe that bill would pass the stove foundries in Belleville. There the living room and so on and so forth, with a resounding bipartisan vote if were jobs in the coal mines of southern and that generates an economy that simply the leadership would allow it to Illinois. Those jobs are, by and large, generates good jobs. be brought to the floor for a vote. gone today. Now, to talk about the JOBS Act Advanced manufacturing is growing There are a few bright spots. U.S. that Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. HOYER, and I in this country. It is increasing, but Steel has a plant in Granite City that introduced, what does it do? It is de- the problem is it is not growing fast is still pouring steel. Alton Steel in signed to support advanced manufac- enough. Alton, Illinois, has reopened. A local turing. Now, why do we want to sup- When we look at our economy over entrepreneur bought it, and they are port advanced manufacturing? We want the last 5 years since President Obama pouring steel in Alton again. to support advanced manufacturing be- won election the first time, we lost 5 But, you know, those jobs in the cause—there was an article in The Wall million jobs when he was first elected, packing houses are gone. The jobs in Street Journal just the other day. I virtually immediately, and we have the aluminum industry, those jobs are have it right here, The Wall Street been growing those jobs back at 200,000 gone. And that is why they call it the Journal, the journal of American busi- a month, 200,000 a month, 195,000 a rust belt, because so many of those fac- ness. Manufacturing jobs pay nearly 40 month. We need to grow them back tories are closing and rusting away. percent more than other jobs in our faster, and we can do that with this Technology has changed a lot of that, Nation’s economy. That is why we need JOBS Act. and we need to adapt to that tech- advanced manufacturing. With that, I yield back to my partner So our bill—Mr. GARAMENDI’s bill, nology. And to that end, the assistant and friend here, Mr. GARAMENDI. my bill, Mr. HOYER’s bill—would amend Mr. GARAMENDI. Thank you very minority leader, Mr. STENY HOYER, the Workforce Investment Act to pro- much, General ENYART. along with Mr. GARAMENDI and myself, vide targeted investment to partner- Joining us also is another Represent- introduced the JOBS Act. The JOBS ships with community colleges, local ative from the Midwest who has consid- Act is sitting here. It needs to be acted workforce investment boards, and ad- erable experience here in the House of upon. We can’t get the leadership to vanced manufacturing firms to design Representatives—Ohio, in this case— act upon it. But we introduced this and implement education and training MARCY KAPTUR. JOBS Act, and we introduced it be- programs for current and prospective Welcome. I am delighted you are cause there are really four priority workers. with us. You talked about making it in areas that are central to achieving Now, currently, the Trade Adjust- America and about American jobs manufacturing growth in this country ment Assistance Community College many times, and we have shared this again: program does provide some funding for floor on that subject in the past. First of all, we need to have a na- that type of thing; but, unfortunately, Welcome. tional manufacturing strategy. Other there is no assurance for investments Ms. KAPTUR. Congressman countries have it. We need to have one. in advanced manufacturing, and that is GARAMENDI, I would like to commend We need to have a strategy that pushes where we need to go in this Nation. you for the leadership that you have our manufacturing; What we need to do is to align the shown on the jobs front here. Your Secondly, we need to promote the ex- training opportunities for those ad- coming from California, that vast, vast port of U.S.-made goods; vanced manufacturing firms, for their State, I think brings such a perspective Thirdly, we need to encourage busi- needs, for adaptability in the training to all of us. And Congressman ENYART nesses to bring jobs and bring innova- of workers. comes from a rough and tumble region tion back to the shores of our country; I toured the Anheuser-Busch brewery of Illinois. We in northern Ohio iden- and in St. Louis. tify with your cause and are one with Lastly, we need to train and secure a Mr. GARAMENDI. I have one of those you in your cause. 21st century workforce. in my district, too. If there is an ad in our district for a And that is really what the JOBS Act Mr. ENYART. I toured that brewery job—or for maybe 10, 20, or 30 jobs— does. That act invests in our future. It a couple of weeks ago, and the brewery thousands of people apply. It is incred- invests in our infrastructure, our manager told me that, in 1999, they had ible to see. human infrastructure, the people who 3,500 hourly employees. And those were And you mentioned in your earlier drive those machines and the people good jobs. Those are good jobs. Any- remarks how many veterans are unem- who drive our economy. body can tell you that if you work ployed. About a week ago, at one of the And it was interesting that Mr. union work, a brewery job working for food banks that I represent, 1,050 vet- GARAMENDI mentioned food stamps. I Anheuser-Busch, that was a job you erans showed up to get a bag of food to want to talk about food stamps for just would have for your entire life. That keep it together for another week. a minute because far too many people would be a great career for a working If you look across this country, there in my district survive on food stamps. man. are many whose glass is only half full,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:41 Dec 10, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K10DE7.022 H10DEPT1 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H7622 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 10, 2013 and it is not for lack of effort or serv- the struggle of ordinary families, and been called the Rust Belt. I think that ice to this country. It is still a lack of the other part of it is they look down is not the situation, with your leader- jobs. because they have never walked in the ship. During the Bush years, we hemor- shoes of those who have gotten an un- We have seen a resurgence in Amer- rhaged over 8 million jobs as a result of employment slip or a pink slip. ican manufacturing; and 20, 25 years the recession. We have gained over 7 I remember when our dad came home ago, we had just under 20 million million of those now, but we still with those. I used to have to sit by our Americans working in manufacturing haven’t come back to the 8 million, dining room table and figure out how with those middle-income jobs. This is even though we have had 44 months of much would we spend on food, how the middle class. They were able to consecutive job creation, as Congress- much would that be worth, how long support their family, educate, get a man ENYART mentioned, at about would he be unemployed. It was a very boat, go on vacation, buy a house, pro- 200,000 a month. But that is not enough hard thing for our family. He actually vide the food, and take care of their to employ all those who remain unem- had to sell his little store because he family, just as you described. ployed and those who are under- didn’t have health insurance, and he And then we have seen in the last 20 employed, those who literally have to went to work in a company on the line years an enormous decline—from 20 apply for SNAP coupons to help their in a factory for one reason: to get million down to just under 11 million family afford food because they are not health insurance for his family. Not for manufacturing jobs, and a lot of that paid enough. himself, but for his wife and two chil- decline had to do with American poli- And what I see happening over the dren. cies. last quarter century is that even There are so few here who actually You mentioned trade programs. though those who have capital—big re- have walked in those shoes. Clearly, that had a lot to do with sources—and they invest money and So we do have a problem here. That offshoring tax policies that encouraged they make a lot of money for their same pyramid is operating. corporations to send jobs offshore rath- shareholders and themselves, the peo- If I could just finally mention the er than keeping jobs here. And there ple that they hire are falling further value-added investment in manufac- are other labor policies and the like and further behind. And they expect turing. Manufacturing now comprises that made it difficult for the American the government to compensate for low about 13 percent of our economy—the family to earn that living. wages. jobs—but it packs a much larger wallop Our challenge is to reinvigorate the And so if we have SNAP coupons, for what it provides because it really working American families’ oppor- there are millions of people who re- does create something that didn’t exist tunity. And to address that, I will say ceive them who are working for min- before. It isn’t just shifting product that I heard a remarkable speech by a imum wage. They don’t make a living around. It is actually creating some- freshman. And it is not that I have wage. thing. been here so long. STEVE HORSFORD If you look at health benefits, it used The decline in manufacturing as a from Las Vegas gave a speech on the to be that you got your health insur- percent of our total economy has de- floor here about a week ago, talking ance through your place of employ- clined so much in the last 25 years. We about these issues and talking about ment. But guess what, that is all are now trying to pick it up, with the the challenge that American families turned upside down. Now the compa- President’s help; and we are seeing face. I asked him to join us. I was im- nies are saying, Let the government that in the automotive industry. Just pressed by his grasp of the issue and pay for it. We have to do this because this week, General Motors paid back the passion with which he spoke. they do not make access to health in- and is flying on its own now again. All Representative HORSFORD, welcome surance as a part of the employment of us who supported that refinancing of to the one hour of what we call Make package that is offered to their em- General Motors are cheering and cheer- It in America, the American Jobs Pro- ployees. Some still do; but my good- ing and cheering wherever we can—cer- gram. ness, how much has changed. tainly in the communities that we rep- Mr. HORSFORD. Thank you to the The same is true with retirement: de- resent. gentleman from California (Mr. fined benefit as opposed to defined con- But I can remember when the other GARAMENDI) for yielding time. I appre- tribution plans. People used to get a side didn’t vote for it; and they would ciate your leadership, as well as the benefit in their retirement that the have killed all those jobs in our coun- work that you and our whip, Mr. corporation provided. They just didn’t try, the community, the people that HOYER; General ENYART; the gentlelady hog everything to those at the top, but work in them. from Ohio; the gentlelady from Mary- the pyramid has gotten very pointed; So I say to the gentleman, I thank land; and many of my other colleagues, and the money flows up, and it isn’t you so very much for standing up for who have been working for so long to flowing down. We have an attrition in job growth in this country. Thank you bring the focus to jobs, job creation, the middle class. Every single Amer- for standing up for manufacturing, be- and growing the economy in America. ican knows it. cause for every one of those jobs added, We are here today to talk about the Now, if you look at the Congress and we create new wealth for our country, American Dream, and that is having a the very worthy legislation that you and we help America to come out of good job—a family-sustaining job that have introduced, I say to myself, What the slump in manufacturing that she can provide for yourself and your loved has happened here? has experienced over the last quarter ones. We are talking about expanding I read one magazine that said for the century. economic opportunity not just for a se- new Members that were elected—and it I just hope that in the new trade bills lect few at the top, but for those who was quite a sizeable class—the average that come before us we will have jobs are in the middle class who are striving worth of those new Members was about as our first priority and market open- to become a part of it. We are talking a million and a half dollars. ing abroad that keeps our products out. about the basics of job creation. Think about that. The pyramid we Again, I want to thank the gen- And, yes, I am a freshman. I have see in the corporate sector is reflected tleman. I support your legislation and been here for just under a year. I am right in here. Fewer and fewer people I support your efforts for investment to amazed and quite humbly frustrated by are getting elected from the middle create wealth, whether it is infrastruc- the fact that in 1 year not one com- class. And I don’t come from the mid- ture on the public side or whether it is prehensive jobs bill has been brought dle class. I came from the working infrastructure on the private side. to this floor for a vote by the majority class. We looked up to the middle class. Those are the jobs that really create on the other side; and yet we have ex- So I know what part of America I came the new wealth and expansion of jobs ample upon example of good job-cre- from. for America. ating legislation. The package of bills So many people here, honest to God, Mr. GARAMENDI. Representative that is under the umbrella of the Make are good people, but they are so privi- KAPTUR, you have been at this for a It in America proposal are good, com- leged. They have myopia. They can’t long time. You come from an area in monsense proposals that would help help it. They really can’t identify with this Nation that in recent decades has every region of our country.

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When people was 14, 15 years of age, to now be a there are infrastructure bills that have aren’t doing well in other regions of Member of Congress, is a great honor. been proposed by the Make It in Amer- the country, they are not making But I do not see how in good conscience ica proposal that have bipartisan sup- money. That means they can’t come to we could leave here on Friday and fail port so we can revitalize our country. Nevada to spend money. to extend unemployment benefits for We can do great things if this body, if While our economy is largely depend- millions of Americans who need this the Members on the other side who ent upon hospitality and the service in- safety net, especially at the holiday have refused to allow these bills to dustry, my district, which encompasses season come to a vote, if they could meet us some 51,000 square miles throughout Now, a lot of people who were stand- halfway. We can meet the needs of the every corner of Nevada, has mining, ag- ing in that line have children. They American public. We can provide equal riculture, and four military installa- have families that are relying on them pay for equal work and make sure that tions, including many, many private to put food on the table. There are peo- women are paid the wages that they small business contractors who are ple in my district who I have talked to deserve. We can invest in education doing work at our Air Force bases and who say that they are going to go with- and make sure that our schools are the Army depot. It has other small out having a holiday this December be- adequately funded. We can replace the businesses who are ancillary to the cause the only thing they can do is to sequester and make sure that our kids hospitality industry. And so they have provide enough money to keep a roof have a head start at a bright future, all been impacted by this decline in the over their head, food on the table, and and we can strengthen our social safety economy, and so we have an unemploy- gas in the car so that they can keep net for seniors and the poor and those ment rate that is currently at about 9.3 looking for a job. who are in the middle class. percent. So I would encourage the leadership Mr. Speaker, there is no shortage of I am glad that my colleague from here to do everything that they can to what we can do to increase oppor- California showed those pictures from allow us to vote to extend the unem- tunity, to grow the economy and to the job fair that you conducted. I want ployment emergency compensation create jobs. This Congress just needs to to commend you for doing that because that is set to expire on December 28; show the willingness to work, to put it puts a face on these numbers. It is 20,000 Nevadans in my home State are the American people back to work. not about a percentage point here or relying on it, and I know millions of I want to commend, again, my col- there. It is about the faces of the peo- other Americans are as well. league, Mr. GARAMENDI, and the others ple who are standing in line looking for Let me just close to my colleague who have spoken this evening for put- work. from California by also offering one ting this issue front and center. This is Right now in this body at this time it more suggestion of ways in which we the priority that the American people is incredibly important for us to focus can get America working again. I in- want us to focus on: jobs, jobs, jobs. on the lives of the people who are im- troduced legislation, Putting Our Vet- Thank you. pacted because of this Congress’s in- erans Back to Work Act of 2013. Mr. GARAMENDI. Thank you so very ability to get something done as impor- One other interesting fact about Ne- much, Mr. HORSFORD. Thank you for tant as jobs legislation for this coun- vada, about a third of our constituents your passion, for your knowledge, for try. are veterans. These are people who your concern about your constituents, Now I would like to touch just on two have given their all to protect our and particularly about those men and major points, if I could. The first is the country’s freedom in a time of combat; women that are from the military. fact that, again, in my State, we have and now all they ask for when they I also have two major Air Force bases had a prolonged recession. So many of come home is an opportunity for a job, in my district with a very large popu- the people who have been unemployed an opportunity for decent housing, for lation of veterans, both young and old, have been unemployed for going on a quality health care, access to edu- from the various wars and conflicts of year or longer. Some of them actually cation for themselves and their kids. the past. And they need a shot. Your are from the construction sector, So, with my colleagues, I have intro- legislation ought to be the law. It sim- which was our number two industry in duced H.R. 3454, the Putting Our Vet- ply should be the law of the land. We Nevada. But because of the burst in the erans Back to Work Act. It renews our should put these people back to work. housing market, the fact that we are vow to hire our heroes by reauthorizing We showed the picture earlier of the not building as much in the commer- the transition, retraining, and employ- people lined up; 147 of those were vet- cial sector, the lion’s share of the peo- ment services that have been created. erans. I think about 14 were actually ple who are unemployed actually come It expands our vow to veteran small hired that day and given a chance. from the construction sector. business owners to ensure that they I often put this up when we have They also come from engineering have access to capital that they need these opportunities to speak on the companies. They also come from archi- for the veteran-owned small businesses floor about jobs and putting men and tecture companies. I have talked to that we are encouraging to grow. women back to work, because this is small business owners who run archi- It builds on our vow to hire heroes by kind of a compass that I like to use tecture firms who have had to lay off basically committing additional re- when I think about legislation, when I more than 40 to 50 percent of their staff sources through job training, the think about what we ought to be doing over the last few years. Workforce Investment Act system, to here. ensure that our veterans are given pri- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR, b 1715 ority for hiring. talking about a New Deal, he said this: These are good-paying jobs as well, Finally, it ensures that our veterans A test of our progress is not whether we jobs that provide good wages for fami- are not being discriminated against in add more to the abundance of those who lies to provide for themselves. the workplace. So this is an important have much, it is whether we provide enough But the points I want to make in- contribution I think to the Make It in for those who have too little. clude the fact that on December 28, if America proposal, and I think it speaks We need to think about that often this Congress doesn’t do something in to the other opportunities that we have here on the floor. The issues that we the next few days, some 20,000 individ- here today to grow our economy. have talked about today—putting peo- uals in Nevada who currently are re- I just want to close by saying to Mr. ple back to working, the minimum ceiving emergency unemployment GARAMENDI that it is great that we can wage, and unemployment insurance, compensation are at risk of losing that have a focus on what we can do in this and food stamps or the SNAP pro- safety net, if this Congress fails to act. Congress. Again, I have only been here gram—all speak to this fundamental

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I think the President, the adminis- December 28—Representative the FDR memorial, you can walk along tration, have done all of the things HORSFORD laid out that date—Decem- the pathway and it brings you to the that they can do, the private sector ber 28, millions upon millions of Amer- new Martin Luther King, Jr. Memo- that they can do. icans will lose their unemployment in- rial—another great man who stood at But think if we had those infrastruc- surance, not because they are lazy, not the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, call- ture investments. We could tick off 2 because they don’t want to work. ing for us to put people to work for more percentage points on unemploy- These people, 971 of them last Friday in equality, right on the steps of the Lin- ment with a robust investment in this my district at my jobs fair, they want coln Memorial. Nation’s infrastructure. That is about to go to work. Many of them will lose Each man, including Lincoln, in their building for the future; that is about their unemployment insurance on De- time calling on the Congress: do the building for the 21st-century economy. cember 28. right thing. Well, now, Mr. GARAMENDI, Yet here we are—and as the gentleman Joining us today is a remarkable it is our time. It is our time to invest from Nevada pointed out—unemploy- woman, incredible background in car- in our infrastructure that by all ac- ment benefits end for about 1.3 million ing about the people of America, work- counts is crumbling. And you know people; 1.9 million Americans’ unem- ing on a national program to make what, we don’t even need experts to see ployment will end December 28. sure that women have a good shot. In- that our roads, our bridges, our rail- Now, here we are in Congress—and we cidentally, let me put this up there ways are crumbling. We don’t need have taken a lot of breaks this year just before I introduce Representative those experts because we can see that without creating any jobs, and we are EDWARDS. Today is a remarkable day for ourselves. I see it when I drive over about to take another one, another for women. The new CEO of General some of our bridges in Maryland. I see really long one—and on December 28 Motors is a woman. She is not going to it across our roads. I see the crumbling some of our Members will be finishing be on the unemployment line. She has bridges. up their holiday leftovers. Some people spent 30-some years with General Mo- Now we wait. When a bridge does in will be sitting with their children look- tors, has visited the very, very top. I fact fall, potentially injuring or even ing through their toys and the goodies understand coming from the factory killing people, and certainly killing that they have gotten over the holiday floor, all the way to the top. That is the economy around it, oh, we are all season, and then there will be 1.9 mil- your story too, DONNA EDWARDS, in- in. The Congress is right there, inject- lion Americans who will lose their un- credible Representative from the State ing the Federal resources that it takes, employment benefits in the first half of of Maryland. I think you wanted to but why do we have to wait until a 2014, 1.3 million who will lose those talk to us about your citizens, your bridge falls for the Congress to do the benefits on December 28, and we will be constituents. right thing to invest in our infrastruc- opening up gifts. That is an embarrass- Ms. EDWARDS. Mr. Speaker, I want ture, knowing that every investment of ment; it is an absolute embarrassment. to thank the gentleman from Cali- a billion dollars creates 35,000 new jobs So while we could be doing things fornia because every week you are here in the economy? that create jobs and opportunity for talking about what we can do and what If we were doing what it would take the American people, instead we are we should be doing to create jobs in just to keep up, we would be investing doing something that is actually going this country. about $200 billion. Think of the mil- to cost jobs. Not extending unemploy- Now, I have heard it said by some lions of jobs we could create by making ment benefits, not only is it bad for all that there is nothing that the Congress those investments. of those people who will lose their ben- can or should do to try to create jobs. Mr. GARAMENDI. Excuse me for in- efits; it also is going to cost the econ- Well, that is just a bunch of hooey. We terrupting. omy another 200,000 jobs. So what we know that the Federal Government, Ms. EDWARDS. Go right ahead. are doing in our inaction in Congress is Mr. Speaker, has a lot of capacity to Mr. GARAMENDI. You are talking actually counterproductive to putting help spur private sector job creation, about some really, really important the American people back to work. but we haven’t done it in this Congress. issues here. Bridges falling down? Do you know what? I would like to We have had an opportunity, but we Ms. EDWARDS. Bridges falling down. say that it is the responsibility of all of haven’t done it in this Congress. us as Members of Congress; but the fact I thought as you put that quote up b 1730 is, much to our chagrin, Democrats there by Franklin Roosevelt, when I Mr. GARAMENDI. One of the reasons don’t control the gavel in this House; think of all the memorials there are is this: this is the infrastructure in- the Republicans control it. And tomor- here in Washington, D.C.—and there vestment from 2002 to 10 years later. row, and certainly within the next 72 are plenty of them, free to the public, That is about an $85 billion reduction hours before we leave town for vaca- paid by the taxpayers. One of my favor- in infrastructure investment. tion, Republicans could put a bill on ite is the FDR memorial, and the rea- I wanted just to drive home the point the floor that would extend unemploy- son is because as you are walking that you have made about putting peo- ment benefits that would expire on De- through that memorial, you have ple to work and about what happens cember 28 for the American people so there, in bronze, replicas of people when you bring down the infrastruc- that those unemployed persons can af- standing in line: standing in line wait- ture investment. People are unem- ford to have a Christmas, a holiday, for ing for assistance, standing in line ployed, construction workers and be- their families. But I don’t see it in the waiting for a job. yond. offing. I can tell you this right now: if When President Franklin Roosevelt Ms. EDWARDS. I thank the gen- Democrats controlled that gavel, Mr. saw what was happening in this coun- tleman for pointing that out. Because Speaker, we would be extending unem- try, try to come out of that Great De- what we can see is that with that dec- ployment benefits, but we are not pression, he didn’t say, oh, well, there ades-long disinvestment in our infra- doing that. is nothing we can do. Now, it is true, he structure, not only do we have new I want to close very quickly and have did have some Members of Congress needs, but we have the old ones, the old a little bit of a dialogue, because I who were fighting him every step of repairs stacking up. want to tell you what unemployment the way, who didn’t want to do what it I am glad that you mentioned unem- means. It means 37 percent of the un- would take to wholesale the Federal ployment, because as the gentleman employed workers in this country have Government all in, investing in the from Nevada mentioned, unemploy- been unemployed for more than 6 American public, investing in job ment in so many areas is still up there. months. So it is true, our unemploy- training, investing in rebuilding this Now, across the country, I am proud to ment numbers have ticked down; but

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I add more to the abundance of those who people who have scientific and tech- thank you for that. have much; it is rather whether we provide nical skills. Because we are not making How correct you are. We are going to enough for those who have too little. the kinds of investments we need in re- leave here Friday, probably around December 28 is coming. Today is the search and development, and I know noontime. The question Americans 10th of December. Eighteen days. Just that has been of particular importance ought to ask us is: So what have you after Christmas, 3 days after Christ- to the gentleman, those workers are done for America? Tell us what you mas, days after the holidays, 1.7 mil- unemployed. have done, Congress, for America. lion Americans are going to lose their The gentleman put up the picture I will tell you what we want to do. unemployment insurance and, since there of the people who were standing We want to put people back to work. the farm bill hasn’t been brought to in line in his district at a job fair. Well, This ought not be America. This is the the floor, the question of what kind of I held a job fair in my district. Over inside of the hall where we had the 40 cuts will be made in the farm programs 2,000 people, 100 employers, job seekers, employers that were looking to hire a specifically for the food programs. people who want to work, who are un- few people. The outside of the hall, It is not the loafers that are out employed now but who want to work. that was 200 yards in 35 degree weather, there, although there are some. It is What is the harm in providing unem- people standing there well over an the men and women that stood in line ployment benefits for those workers? hour, some an hour and a half, two waiting for a job in my district last Now, I have heard some on the other hours, wanting to at least get a shot at Friday, stood in line at Representative side of the aisle say things like, well, if a job. EDWARDS’ job fair here in Maryland in you provide unemployment benefits, Have we forgotten, have we forgotten the past days, those people, unem- then it will make people less likely to about Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s ployed, depending upon the supple- moral compass, the moral compass go out and find a job. Well, clearly that mental food program, the senior citi- that we ought to be employing here? I is somebody who has never received un- zens who are trying to make it with am going to put up something. Ms. employment benefits. I had the misfor- the meager benefits of Social Security. EDWARDS, if you will just stick around tune of having to apply for unemploy- They are the ones that are receiving ment at one point in my life. I didn’t just a few moments. America has gone back to work, at the supplemental food program, the want to be unemployed, but I sure least some Americans have gone back food stamps. $40 billion over the next 5 needed that benefit to get me to the to work. This is the recovery; this is to 10 years taken away, away from point where I could then find a job. the reduction in the unemployment. farmers’ income, yes, and away from That is what our job seekers do—1.3 The moral compass of America. Are we the men and women that are hungry. million of them who will not have un- doing more for those who have much or One more thing. I am going to put employment benefits come December are we doing for those who have little? this up. I have seen this so many times. 28, who will not be able to provide. For- This is the fact of the growth of the You want to take $40 billion away from get providing for a holiday or a Christ- American economy, the creation of the children of America? Is that what mas celebration. How about putting wealth, the creation of wealth in Amer- our Republican leadership wants to do? food on the table? ica. Billions of dollars. New wealth cre- This is the face of America’s children And this, Mr. GARAMENDI, at the ated. Where did it go? Where did that right there. One out of every four chil- same time that there are some who are wealth go? Where did all the labor, all dren in this Nation wondering where contemplating taking away $40 billion the hard work, all the men and women their next meal is coming from. Jobs? from food stamps. So take away unem- that got up in the morning and went to Absolutely. Unemployment benefits? ployment benefits, take away food work, put in their 8 hours or 12 hours, Essential, unless you want this to be stamps, the nutrition program that their 40 hours a week or more, where the American story. Food stamps? also supplies our food pantries, and did that labor, where did it go, what That is where he gets his food; that is then say, do you know what, unem- was the result of it? where these American children are able ployed Americans, you are on your Here it is. Here is the fact. The tale to get their food during these hard own. of two Americans: 95 percent of the times. They want to cut it. Where is Well, that is not the kind of America, wealth created in America from 2009 to the moral compass in that? Where is Mr. GARAMENDI, that you and I believe 2012 went to the top 1 percent of Ameri- the fundamental moral compass when in. We believe in the kind of America cans. So all those people out there, all one out of four children in this Nation where as a Congress we make a deci- the 99 percenters that worked day in goes to bed hungry? sion about investing in our infrastruc- and day out, that struggled for a job, b 1745 ture, supporting research and develop- that stood in line to get a job, what did ment so that all of those innovators they get? They got 5 percent of the new Where is the moral compass that and creators out there can create more wealth of the wealth created in this takes 95 percent of the wealth created jobs, making sure that we have a man- Nation. in this Nation and gives it to the 1 per- ufacturing sector that really works in This is an indictment of the funda- cent who have millions and, indeed, this country, and putting people back mental policies of this Nation. It billions? Something is wrong here. to work. wasn’t always that way. During the Ms. EDWARDS. Will the gentleman I will just close by saying I don’t Clinton period, the top 1 percent did yield? really get this. But I tell you what, the very well. They got 45 percent of the Mr. GARAMENDI. I yield to the gen- Grinch is in full force right now. The wealth. The top 1 percent took 45 per- tlelady. Grinch is out there saying, I am taking cent home. They did leave 55 percent Ms. EDWARDS. As the gentleman your unemployment, I am taking away for the 99 percent. was speaking, I thought to myself: your food stamps, I am not going to This isn’t just happening because the What could the American people do if create any jobs. Do you know what? Sun comes up in the morning and sets they learned that on December 28 un- That is not good for America. But we in the evening. This happens because of employment benefits will end for 1.3 are saying, Happy Holidays, and in 72 public policy, tax policy, employment million of their fellow Americans? Is hours the Congress goes home and peo- policy, social welfare policies, food pro- there something they could do? ple who are on unemployment lose grams, unemployment programs, and Well, I always thought when I wasn’t their benefits. the crash of the American economy in Congress that the one thing people Mr. GARAMENDI. Congresswoman caused by greed, Wall Street greed can do to stop this atrocity so that we EDWARDS, thank you very much. I have principally, and greed of others to be can fix it before we leave town in 72 known you for the almost 4 years that sure. hours, they can call their Members of

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Department of Defense, transmitting the fis- Department of Defense, transmitting a letter We can create jobs so that, come the cal year 2012 report entitled, ‘‘Operation and regarding a Memorandum of Understanding spring construction season, workers go Financial Support of Military Museums’’; to between the Department of Defense and De- back to work. But in the meantime, the Committee on Armed Services. partment of Foreign Affairs and Inter- people can call their Member of Con- 4040. A letter from the Assistant General national Trade of Canada; to the Committee gress and say: Extend unemployment Counsel for Regulatory Services, Depart- on Foreign Affairs. benefits, or don’t go home for Christ- ment of Education, transmitting the Depart- 4050. A letter from the Administrator, mas. ment’s final rule — Final Priority; Rehabili- Agency for International Development, tation Training: Rehabilitation Long-Term transmitting the semiannual report on the Mr. GARAMENDI. We will go home Training Program--Vocational Rehabilita- activities of the Office of Inspector General for Christmas, and how many hungry tion Counseling [CFDA Number: 84.129B] re- for the period April 1, 2013, through Sep- will there be? How many unemployed ceived November 22, 2013, pursuant to 5 tember 30, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. will there be? We have work to do. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Edu- (Insp. Gen. Act) section 5(b); to the Com- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance cation and the Workforce. mittee on Oversight and Government Re- of my time. 4041. A letter from the Assistant General form. Counsel for Regulatory Services, Depart- 4051. A letter from the Associate General f ment of Education, transmitting the Depart- Counsel for General Law, Department of LEAVE OF ABSENCE ment’s final rule — Program Integrity Issues Homeland Security, transmitting a report [Docket ID: ED-2010-OPE-0004] (RIN: 1840- pursuant to the Federal Vacancies Reform By unanimous consent, leave of ab- AD02) received November 22, 2013, pursuant Act of 1998; to the Committee on Oversight sence was granted to: to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on and Government Reform. Ms. JACKSON LEE (at the request of Education and the Workforce. 4052. A letter from the Senior Deputy Ms. PELOSI) for today and December 11. 4042. A letter from the Assistant General Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts, Counsel for Regulatory Services, Depart- transmitting the Semiannual Report of the Mr. DOYLE (at the request of Ms. ment of Education, transmitting the Depart- Inspector General and the Semiannual Re- PELOSI) for today and December 11 on ment’s ‘‘Major’’ final rule — Student Assist- port on Final Action Resulting from Audit account of a death in the family. ance General Provisions, Federal Perkins Reports, Inspection Reports, and Evaluation Mr. RUSH (at the request of Ms. Loan Program, Federal Family Education Reports for the period April 1, 2013 through PELOSI) for today on account of attend- Loan Program, and William D. Ford Federal September 30, 2013; to the Committee on ing to family acute medical care and Direct Loan Program [Docket ID: ED-2013- Oversight and Government Reform. hospitalization. OPE-0063] (RIN: 1840-AD12) received Novem- 4053. A letter from the Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission, transmitting the Mr. CULBERSON (at the request of Mr. ber 22, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education and the Semiannual Report of the Inspector General CANTOR) for today on account of ill- Workforce. and a separate management report for the ness. 4043. A letter from the Director, Regula- period April 1, 2013 through September 30, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS (at the re- tions Policy and Management, Department 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. app. (Insp. Gen. quest of Mr. CANTOR) for today and the of Health and Human Services, transmitting Act), section 5(b); to the Committee on Over- balance of the week on account of the the Department’s final rule — Advisory Com- sight and Government Reform. birth of her daughter. mittee; Veterinary Medicine Advisory Com- 4054. A letter from the Principal Deputy Mr. CONAWAY (at the request of Mr. mittee; Termination [Docket No.: FDA-2013- Assistant Attorney General, Department of N-1380] received December 2, 2013, pursuant Justice, transmitting the Department’s CANTOR) for today on account of in- to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on quarterly report from the Office of Privacy clement weather. Energy and Commerce. and Civil Liberties for the third quarter of f 4044. A letter from the Associate Bureau fiscal year 2013 April 1, 2013 — June 30, 2013; Chief, Federal Communications Commission, to the Committee on the Judiciary. ENROLLED BILL SIGNED transmitting the Commission’s final rule — 4055. A letter from the Administrator, Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, Special Access for Price Cap Local Exchange Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Cor- reported and found truly enrolled a bill Carriers; AT&T Corporation Petition for poration, Department of Transportation, of the House of the following title, Rulemaking to Reform Regulation of Incum- transmitting the Corporation’s annual finan- bent Local Exchange Carrier Rates for Inter- cial audit and management report for the fis- which was thereupon signed by the state Special Access Services WC [Docket cal year 2013, in accordance with OMB Cir- Speaker pro tempore, Mr. DENHAM, on No.: 05-25] [RM-10593] received November 26, cular A-136; to the Committee on Transpor- Monday, December 9, 2013. 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 3626. An act to extend the Committee on Energy and Commerce. 4056. A letter from the Chief, Publications Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988 for 10 4045. A letter from the Acting General and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, years. Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Com- transmitting the Service’s final rule — Divi- mission, transmitting the Commission’s dend Equivalents from Sources within the f final rule — Communication of Operational United States [TD 9648] (RIN: 1545-BK53] re- ADJOURNMENT Information Between Natural Gas Pipelines ceived December 5, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. and Electric Transmission Operators [Docket 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and Mr. GARAMENDI. Mr. Speaker, I No.: RM13-17-000; Order No. 787] received No- Means. move that the House do now adjourn. vember 26, 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 4057. A letter from the Chief, Publications The motion was agreed to; accord- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, ingly (at 5 o’clock and 47 minutes Commerce. transmitting the Service’s final rule — User p.m.), under its previous order, the 4046. A letter from the Secretary of the Fees for Processing Installment Agreements House adjourned until tomorrow, Commission, Federal Trade Commission, and Offers in Compromise [TD 9647] (RIN: 1545-BL37) received December 5, 2013, pursu- Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at 10 transmitting the Commission’s final rule — Guides for Private Vocational and Distance ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee a.m. for morning-hour debate. Education Schools received November 26, on Ways and Means. f 2013, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 4058. A letter from the Chief, Publications Committee on Energy and Commerce. and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 4047. A letter from the Assistant Adminis- transmitting the Service’s final rule — Vol- ETC. trator, Bureau for Legislative and Public Af- untary Witholding on Dividends and Other Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive fairs, Agency for International Development, Distributions by Alaska Native Corporations transmitting a formal response to the GAO [Notice 2013-77] received December 5, 2013, communications were taken from the report ‘‘Global Food Security: USAID is Im- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- Speaker’s table and referred as follows: proving Coordination but Needs to Require mittee on Ways and Means. 4038. A letter from the Director, Regula- Systematic Assessments of Country-Level 4059. A letter from the Chief, Publications tions Policy and Management Staff, Depart- Risks’’; to the Committee on Foreign Af- and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, ment of Health and Human Services, trans- fairs. transmitting the Service’s final rule — 2013 mitting the Department’s final rule — Food 4048. A letter from the Director, Defense Base Period T-Bill Rate (Rev. Rul. 2013- Additive Regulations; Incorporation by Ref- Security Cooperation Agency, transmitting 24)received December 5, 2013, pursuant to 5 erence of the Food chemicals Codex, 7th Edi- Transmittal No. 13-66, Notice of Proposed U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on tion [Docket No.: FDA-2010-F-0320] received Issuance of Letter of Offer and Acceptance, Ways and Means.

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4060. A letter from the Chief, Publications Reform, and in addition to the Committee on MCGOVERN, Mr. MCNERNEY, Mrs. and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently NAPOLITANO, Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD, transmitting the Service’s final rule — Rul- determined by the Speaker, in each case for Mr. PETERS of California, Mr. RUIZ, ings and Determination Letters (Rev. Proc. consideration of such provisions as fall with- Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of California, 2014-7) received December 5, 2013, pursuant to in the jurisdiction of the committee con- Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of California, 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on cerned. Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. Ways and Means. By Mr. ISSA (for himself, Mr. THORN- SWALWELL of California, Mr. THOMP- 4061. A letter from the Chief, Publications BERRY, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. BROUN of SON of California, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, Georgia, Mr. COFFMAN, Mrs. BACH- WAXMAN, and Ms. WILSON of Florida): transmitting the Service’s final rule — Net MANN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. H. Res. 436. A resolution recognizing the Investment Income Tax [TD 9644] (RIN: 1545- LAMALFA, Mr. YOHO, Mrs. BLACK- 65th anniversary of the Universal Declara- BK44) received December 5, 2013, pursuant to BURN, Mr. NUNNELEE, Mr. GOHMERT, tion of Human Rights and the celebration of 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. POSEY, Mr. ‘‘Human Rights Day’’; to the Committee on Ways and Means. FLEMING, Mr. BENTIVOLIO, Mr. Foreign Affairs. FRANKS of Arizona, and Mr. CON- f f AWAY): PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS H.R. 3687. A bill to amend the National His- CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY toric Preservation Act to provide that if the STATEMENT Under clause 2 of rule XII, public head of the agency managing Federal prop- Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of bills and resolutions of the following erty objects to the inclusion of certain prop- the Rules of the House of Representa- titles were introduced and severally re- erty on the National Register or its designa- tives, the following statements are sub- ferred, as follows: tion as a National Historic Landmark for reasons of national security, the Federal mitted regarding the specific powers By Mr. UPTON (for himself, Mr. WAX- granted to Congress in the Constitu- MAN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. GENE GREEN of property shall be neither included nor des- ignated until the objection is withdraw, and tion to enact the accompanying bill or Texas, and Mr. BILIRAKIS): joint resolution. H.R. 3683. A bill to amend the Energy Inde- for other purposes; to the Committee on Nat- pendence and Security Act of 2007 to improve ural Resources. By Mr. UPTON: United States-Israel energy cooperation, and By Mr. JEFFRIES (for himself and Ms. H.R. 3683. for other purposes; to the Committee on MENG): Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3688. A bill to amend title 18, United lation pursuant to the following: Science, Space, and Technology, and in addi- States Code, to direct the Bureau of Prisons Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United tion to the Committees on Energy and Com- to provide certain voting information to States Constitution. merce, and Foreign Affairs, for a period to be Federal prisoners upon their release from By Mrs. CAPITO: subsequently determined by the Speaker, in prison; to the Committee on the Judiciary. H.R. 3684. each case for consideration of such provi- By Mr. JORDAN (for himself and Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the BARROW of Georgia): lation pursuant to the following: committee concerned. H.R. 3689. A bill to restore Second Amend- Article 1 Section 9 Clause 7 By Mrs. CAPITO (for herself, Mr. No Money shall be drawn from the Treas- ment rights in the District of Columbia; to MCKINLEY, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. ury but in Consequence of Appropriations the Committee on Oversight and Govern- LUETKEMEYER): made by Law ment Reform. H.R. 3684. A bill to prohibit Federal fund- By Mr. BARLETTA: By Mr. KENNEDY (for himself and Mr. ing of foreign travel by the Administrator of H.R. 3685. HONDA): the Environmental Protection Agency until Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3690. A bill to increase the participa- lation pursuant to the following: the Agency conducts public listening ses- tion of women, girls, and underrepresented sions on rulemaking targeting carbon diox- Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 18 of the minorities in STEM fields, to encourage and United States Constitution. ide emissions from existing power plants in support students from all economic back- each of the 15 States with the highest per- By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois: grounds to pursue STEM career opportuni- H.R. 3686. centage of electricity generated by coal in ties, and for other purposes; to the Com- Congress has the power to enact this legis- 2012; to the Committee on Energy and Com- mittee on Education and the Workforce. lation pursuant to the following: merce, and in addition to the Committees on By Mr. KILDEE: Necessary and Proper Clause Transportation and Infrastructure, Agri- H.R. 3691. A bill to amend title 10, United Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 culture, and Science, Space, and Technology, States Code, to require additional disclo- The Congress shall have Power *** To for a period to be subsequently determined sures when lending to military members and make all Laws which shall be necessary and by the Speaker, in each case for consider- their dependents, and for other purposes; to proper for carrying into Execution the fore- ation of such provisions as fall within the ju- the Committee on Armed Services. going Powers, and all other Powers vested by risdiction of the committee concerned. By Mr. LOEBSACK: the Constitution in the Government of the By Mr. BARLETTA (for himself, Mr. H.R. 3692. A bill to authorize a competitive United States, or in any Department or Offi- MEEHAN, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. RUNYAN, grant program to implement and evaluate cer thereof. Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. PERRY, Mr. digital learning in rural locales; to the Com- Spending Authorization/General Welfare THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, Mr. mittee on Education and the Workforce. Clause LANCE, Mr. JOYCE, Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 By Mr. NOLAN (for himself, Mr. FARR, The Congress shall have Power to lay and RENACCI, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, Mr. JONES, Mr. BACHUS, Mrs. NOEM, GRIJALVA, Mr. WALZ, Ms. NORTON, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. Ms. MCCOLLUM, and Mr. LOEBSACK): Defence and general Welfare of the United HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. GRIMM, H. Con. Res. 70. Concurrent resolution rec- States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. ognizing the critical contributions inter- shall be uniform throughout the United RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. HANNA, national volunteers provide to the United States. Mr. MCKINLEY, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. States; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. By Mr. ISSA: FINCHER, Mr. COTTON, Mr. SHUSTER, By Mr. DEUTCH (for himself and Ms. H.R. 3687. Mr. GARDNER, Mr. PITTS, Mr. COLLINS ROS-LEHTINEN): Congress has the power to enact this legis- of New York, Mr. MARINO, and Mr. H. Res. 435. A resolution calling on the gov- lation pursuant to the following: BARR): ernment of Iran to fulfill their promises of Because this bill affects the national secu- H.R. 3685. A bill to ensure that emergency assistance in this case of Robert Levinson, rity of the United States, in that it protects services volunteers are not counted as full- one of the longest held United States civil- Federally-owned land dedicated to national time employees under the shared responsi- ians in our Nation’s history; to the Com- security from regulatory encroachment, bility requirements contained in the Patient mittee on Foreign Affairs. Congress has the power to enact this legisla- Protection and Affordable Care Act; to the By Mr. LOWENTHAL (for himself, Ms. tion pursuant to Article 1, Section 8, Clause Committee on Ways and Means. BASS, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Ms. CHU, Mr. 1 of the United States Constitution which By Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois (for CICILLINE, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COSTA, empowers Congress ‘‘To . . . provide for the himself, Mr. JOYCE, and Mr. GRAVES Mr. CROWLEY, Mrs. DAVIS of Cali- common defence [sic] and general Welfare of of Missouri): fornia, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illi- the United States,’’ Article 1, Section 8, H.R. 3686. A bill to require official White nois, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. Clauses 11 through 16 which give Congress House meals and meals served at White FARR, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. additional authorities to ensure the national House or Department of Agriculture cafe- GUTIE´ RREZ, Ms. HAHN, Mr. HINOJOSA, security of the United States; and Article 1, terias to be in compliance with the nutrition Mr. HONDA, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms. JACK- Section 8, Clause 18, which empowers Con- requirements for the school breakfast pro- SON LEE, Mr. KEATING, Ms. LEE of gress ‘‘To make all Laws which shall be nec- gram and the school lunch program; to the California, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. LOFGREN, essary and proper for carrying into Execu- Committee on Oversight and Government Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. tion the foregoing Powers, and all other

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Powers vested by this Constitution in the H.R. 721: Mr. CASSIDY and Mr. KINGSTON. H.R. 3374: Mr. DEFAZIO. Government of the United States, or in any H.R. 724: Mr. COSTA. H.R. 3397: Mr. HONDA, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. Department or Officer thereof.’’ H.R. 792: Mr. STUTZMAN. COHEN, and Mr. HIGGINS. By Mr. JEFFRIES: H.R. 855: Mr. LOBIONDO. H.R. 3461: Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. LEE H.R. 3688. H.R. 915: Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. of California, and Mr. ISRAEL. H.R. 1209: Mr. MCCARTHY of California, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3469: Mr. COHEN. lation pursuant to the following: SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. MARINO, Mr. SHUSTER, H.R. 3488: Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the United Mr. RANGEL, Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. ROSKAM, States Constitution related to general wel- MCHENRY, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. Mr. ROTHFUS, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, Mr. fare of the United States. DEUTCH, Mr. SIRES, Mrs. KIRKPATRICK, and PITTENGER, Mr. TONKO, Mr. COHEN, and Ms. By Mr. JORDAN: Mr. DINGELL. JENKINS. H.R. 3689. H.R. 1250: Mr. PETRI. H.R. 3499: Mr. O’ROURKE, Mrs. NEGRETE Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1255: Mr. STEWART. C EOD OEBSACK lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1317: Mr. PETERS of California. M L , and Mr. L . This bill is enacted pursuant to the power H.R. 1339: Mr. HANNA. H.R. 3505: Mr. ELLISON. granted to Congress under Article I, Section H.R. 1616: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. H.R. 3527: Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas. 8, Clause 17 of the United States Constitu- H.R. 1701: Mr. LAMBORN. H.R. 3530: Mr. COSTA, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, and tion. H.R. 1714: Mr. HONDA. Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. By Mr. KENNEDY: H.R. 1726: Mr. TIBERI. H.R. 3531: Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. PERRY, Mr. H.R. 3690. H.R. 1787: Mr. SHIMKUS and Mr. BEN RAY FARR, Mr. JOYCE, and Mrs. BACHMANN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- LUJA´ N of New Mexico. H.R. 3539: Mr. NEUGEBAUER. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1812: Mr. VALADAO. H.R. 3590: Mr. SIMPSON, Mr. GINGREY of LLMERS Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 (relating to H.R. 1984: Mrs. E . Georgia, Mr. CRAWFORD, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. H.R. 2012: Mr. CICILLINE. the power of Congress to provide for the gen- WALBERG, and Mr. BISHOP of Utah. eral welfare of the United States) and Clause H.R. 2027: Mr. STUTZMAN. H.R. 3611: Mr. MULVANEY. 18 (relating to the power to make all laws H.R. 2056: Mr. HONDA. H.R. 3646: Mrs. CHRISTENSEN and Mr. necessary and proper for carrying out the H.R. 2134: Mr. MASSIE. MEEKS. powers vested in Congress) H.R. 2223: Mr. ROGERS of Michigan. H.R. 3649: Mr. BRALEY of Iowa. By Mr. KILDEE: H.R. 2309: Mr. VELA, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. H.R. 3691. BRALEY of Iowa, and Mr. HIMES. H. Con. Res. 16: Mr. SOUTHERLAND, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2662: Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. ROSS, and Mr. BILIRAKIS. lation pursuant to the following: LYNCH, Mr. COHEN, and Mr. LOWENTHAL. H. Res. 30: Ms. KELLY of Illinois and Mr. U.S. Const. Art. I, § 8. H.R. 2697: Mr. COOK. SMITH of Missouri. By Mr. LOEBSACK: H.R. 2727: Mr. GOWDY. H. Res. 36: Mr. DIAZ-BALART. H.R. 3692. H.R. 2780: Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York and H. Res. 281: Ms. MCCOLLUM. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. HUFFMAN. H. Res. 284: Mr. TERRY. H.R. 2788: Ms. NORTON. lation pursuant to the following: H. Res. 302: Mr. ROHRABACHER. H.R. 2791: Mr. DENHAM. Article I, Section 8, Clause I of the Con- H. Res. 411: Mr. NUGENT. stitution which grants Congress the power to H.R. 2835: Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas. H. Res. 417: Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. KING of provide for the general Welfare of the United H.R. 2841: Mr. LOEBSACK. Iowa, Mr. DINGELL, and Mr. DUNCAN of South States. H.R. 2866: Mr. HINOJOSA, Mr. FARR, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, and Mr. TIPTON. Carolina. f H.R. 2909: Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, Mr. H. Res. 418: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY and Mr. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS VISCLOSKY, and Ms. ESTY. KEATING. H.R. 2918: Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. H. Res. 423: Mr. HUFFMAN. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 2939: Ms. SLAUGHTER and Mr. SCHIFF. H. Res. 424: Ms. DELAURO, Ms. BROWNLEY of were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 2989: Ms. DEGETTE. California, Mr. CONNOLLY, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. tions as follows: H.R. 2994: Ms. MATSUI, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, HUFFMAN, Mr. GARCIA, Ms. CASTOR of Flor- H.R. 7: Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. TITUS, Mr. DEUTCH, ida, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. ESTY, Mr. THOMPSON H.R. 60: Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. BARR, Mr. of California, Mr. ENYART, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. H.R. 196: Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, Mr. CUM- H.R. 494: Mr. PALLONE, Mr. COBLE, Mr. RENACCI, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. MILLER MINGS, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. BISHOP of MAFFEI, and Mrs. CAPPS. of Florida, Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California, New York, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. HANABUSA, Mr. H.R. 562: Mr. FOSTER. Mr. SCHNEIDER, and Mr. TAKANO. RAHALL, Mr. ANDREWS, Ms. HAHN, Ms. H.R. 637: Mr. GRAYSON. H.R. 3077: Mr. BUTTERFIELD. WATERS, Mrs. NEGRETE MCLEOD, Mr. NAD- H.R. 685: Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mrs. BEATTY, and H.R. 3211: Mr. ROSS and Mr. HECK of Ne- LER, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DEUTCH. vada. Mrs. LOWEY, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. WAXMAN, H.R. 713: Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. H.R. 3279: Mr. SHUSTER and Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. COSTA, Mr. O’ROURKE, THORNBERRY, Mr. VELA, Ms. SLAUGHTER, and H.R. 3330: Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Mr. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. Mr. CONAWAY. H.R. 3333: Ms. SINEMA. VARGAS, and Mr. COHEN.

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Vol. 159 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2013 No. 174 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was through innovation in, and alignment and I will also move to reconsider the called to order by the President pro improvement of, employment, training, and nomination of Congressman MEL WATT tempore (Mr. LEAHY). education programs in the United States, to serve as Administrator of the Fed- and to promote individual and national eco- eral Housing Finance Agency. nomic growth, and for other purposes. PRAYER Congressman WATT graduated from SCHEDULE The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- the University of North Carolina at Mr. REID. Mr. President, following fered the following prayer: Chapel Hill and Yale Law School. He my remarks and those of Senator Let us pray. has represented North Carolina’s 12th MCCONNELL, the Senate will proceed to Eternal Spirit, our souls thirst for Congressional District since 1993 and executive session to consider the nomi- You. Enable us to hear Your songs in served as chairman of the Congres- nation of Patricia Millett to be U.S. the night and be vivified by Your spir- sional Black Caucus. And as a senior circuit judge for the DC Circuit and im- it. Lord, forgive us when we forget how member of the House Financial Serv- mediately vote on confirmation of that Your gracious hand has preserved our ices Committee, Mr. WATT understands nomination. Nation, multiplying, enriching, and the mistakes that led to the housing Senators should expect additional sustaining it. Use our lawmakers to crisis. votes this morning with respect to re- keep America strong, reminding them consideration of the cloture vote on Yet last month Senate Republicans that eternal vigilance is the price for blocked Congressman WATT’s nomina- the nomination of MEL WATT to be Di- freedom. Thank You for drawing us rector of the Federal Housing Finance tion—the first time a sitting Member into the multitude of Your mercy, per- Agency. of Congress has been filibustered since mitting us to experience abundant liv- 1843, since before the Civil War. They MILLETT AND WATT NOMINATIONS ing, as we make a commitment to not denied Congressman WATT even the deviate from the path of integrity. Mr. President, this morning the Sen- courtesy of an up-or-down vote. ate will consider the nomination of Pa- We pray in Your great Name. Amen. Congressman WATT proposed legisla- tricia Millett to serve on the DC Cir- tion to crack down on the worst abuses f cuit Court of Appeals, considered by in mortgage lending and helped pass PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE many to be the second highest court in the Dodd-Frank bill to prevent preda- the land. We postponed this vote last The President pro tempore led the tory lending. By any measure, Con- night out of consideration for a number Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: gressman WATT is qualified to help of Senators whose flights were delayed I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the struggling homeowners recover from by bad weather. I thank my colleagues United States of America, and to the Repub- the worst economic downturn in gen- for their patience. And I am pleased lic for which it stands, one nation under God, erations. indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. that today Ms. Millett will finally get And at a moment when America still f the fair, up-or-down vote she deserves. Ms. Millett is exceedingly qualified faces difficult economic times—and as RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY for this position. She graduated at the the housing market is finally begin- LEADER top of her class from the University of ning to recover—it is crucial the Sen- ate confirm the most talented and The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Illinois at Urbana and attended Har- dedicated individuals to serve in the majority leader is recognized. vard Law School. Ms. Millett has ar- gued more than 32 cases before the Su- executive branch of government. f preme Court, including one while her It is critical that the Senate confirm WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT OF husband was deployed overseas with Congressman WATT to lead the Federal 2013—MOTION TO PROCEED the U.S. Navy. She also served as As- Housing Finance Agency. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to sistant Solicitor General under both This week the Senate will also con- proceed to Calendar No. 243, S. 1356. President Bill Clinton and President sider a number of other highly quali- The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The George Bush. fied judicial and executive branch clerk will report the motion. She enjoys bipartisan support from a nominees. The assistant legislative clerk read variety of law enforcement officials, The 13 district court nominees on the as follows: legal professionals, and military orga- calendar have been waiting an average Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 243, S. nizations. And it is my honor to help of 56 days for a confirmation vote—al- 1356, a bill to amend the Workforce Invest- confirm a woman whom colleagues most twice as long as the average at ment Act of 1998 to strengthen the United have called fair-minded, principled, and this point in President Bush’s second States workforce development system exceptionally gifted. term.

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Folks are frustrated and upset by what any rules. I want to remind my colleagues that, is happening with their health care So this was a grave mistake, and it as always, there is an easy way and a under ObamaCare, and they are out- was a grave betrayal of trust, since hard way to process these nominations. raged at the tactics and the outright some of the main players had pre- And the more time the Senate wastes deception—deception—that led to its viously vowed they would never do it, burning the hours and days between passage. and then they did—just as the Presi- votes, the more likely the Senate will It is now clear that the President dent had vowed that if you like your hold late-night and weekend votes this knew perfectly well that a lot of folks health care you could keep it. For the work period. would not be able to keep the plans President and his enablers in Congress, RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER they had and liked, despite the endless the ends now clearly justify the means, The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The assurances to the contrary they heard and that is a very dangerous place for Republican leader is recognized. from the President himself. Many are us to be. So Republicans will continue to REMEMBERING NELSON MANDELA also starting to realize that the talking points they heard about their pre- speak out against these offenses Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, miums and keeping their doctors were against our institutions and against tens of thousands gathered today in not worth the paper they were written the American people, who have a right Soweto to pay their last respects to a on either. to expect elected leaders to keep their man who symbolized so much for so The response they have gotten from commitments and respect the rules and many, and it is not hard to see why. the White House in the face of all this our laws. The American people have a Politicians come and go, Presidents is just as bad. In the face of all the right to that. rise and fall, but Nelson Mandela was hardship and disruption this law is The American people have given us more than a politician, more than just causing for literally millions of Ameri- divided government. The administra- a foreign leader. He was a symbol—a cans, the White House is defiant. In the tion needs to accept that fact. They symbol of freedom and hope, not only face of all of this, the President is try- need to work with the government that for his own people but for all people. ing to convince people that somehow the people have given them, not the We also remember Nelson Mandela as a we are the problem. According to the one they wish they had. They need to symbol of reconciliation, especially President, the problem is not the law. stop viewing the rules that govern the when he had every reason not to be. The problem is the people who are un- rest of us as mere suggestions to follow How many of us could spend so many happy with it. The people who are un- as they wish, while the American peo- years in confinement—away from peo- happy with it, the President says, are ple are left to suffer the consequences. ple we love, with little to do but mull the problem. This is exactly what folks As I have indicated, we see the re- the circumstances of our incarcer- are frustrated with—the idea that sults of this mindset most powerfully ation—and emerge so forgiving toward Washington knows best. with ObamaCare—a law that this ad- our captors? So we are going to keep fighting this ministration was determined to force To me it was telling to see that one fight. If anybody needed any proof that through—determined to force of the many people paying respects to Big Government liberalism does not through—by hook or by crook, regard- Nelson Mandela this week was an Afri- work, they have gotten a clinic over less of what half-truths it had to repeat kaner named Christo Brand. The two the past 2 months. It is clearer now to get there, regardless of which Sen- men struck up an improbable but last- than ever that we need to replace this ators it had to coax and cajole. ing friendship during Mandela’s time law with commonsense, patient-cen- But the pattern did not end with the on Robben Island. I say ‘‘improbable’’ tered reforms that will actually drive law’s passage. The administration has because Brand was his jailer. down costs and increase innovation. repeatedly—repeatedly—invoked exec- The story goes that years after his The idea that making our health care utive power to change whatever parts release from prison, President Mandela system more like the Department of of the law prove inconvenient. Its was attending a ceremony and greeting Motor Vehicles will somehow improve friends begged for relief from the law, Members of Parliament when he spot- the final product has now been thor- so they carved out special loopholes. ted Brand out across the room. oughly discredited, and a thousand Statutory deadlines became an irrita- Mandela lifted his arms and announced Presidential speeches are not going to tion, so they waived them. ‘‘Incorrect to everyone that this man had been his change that. promises’’ made to sell the law became warden but he was also his friend. Then But here is the larger story: an embarrassment, so they changed en- he asked Brand to join him in a group ObamaCare is not an isolated case. It tire sections on the fly. photo. ‘‘You must stand next to me,’’ may be the most obvious example of To many Washington Democrats, he insisted. ‘‘We belong together.’’ I this administration’s determination to this is all fine—not because they nec- think that says it all. advance its agenda by any means pos- essarily want to circumvent the law, Nelson Mandela could have followed sible, but it is one example of many. perhaps, but because they feel justified the example of other leaders in the re- The latest example was the adminis- in doing so if that is what it takes to gion; he could have led South Africa tration’s complicity in the power grab enact their agenda. down the path of Zimbabwe, but he did we saw last month in the Senate. News We have seen Democrats use this not. He urged his country to embrace reports suggest that the President, who same approach with immigration pol- inclusion and freedom and democracy denounced this tactic when Repub- icy, with welfare reform, with recess instead. He asked his countrymen to licans thought about it back in 2005, appointments. We have seen them use stand with him because he knew that, was actively lobbying for it ahead of it to justify government-sanctioned as he once said to Christo Brand, his the majority leader’s fateful decision harassment of entire groups of people people ‘‘belong together.’’ So this to pull the trigger. over at the IRS. morning the Senate joins the world in So the President and the majority Two weeks ago, we saw Washington mourning the loss of Nelson Mandela. leader were for the protection of mi- Democrats take this ends-justifies-the- May his commitment to freedom and nority rights in the Senate until they means approach to a whole new level reconciliation continue to inspire. were no longer in the minority. At that entirely, by eliminating—eliminating— ADVANCING AN AGENDA point, minority rights, the rules of the the right of the minority party to be Now, Mr. President, on to the busi- Senate, and the principle of a meaning- heard in the Senate—something they ness at hand. ful check on the Executive became an themselves had warned against for

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And to practitioners in the country. She has lican and Democratic administrations. what end? To what end? To pack the argued 32 cases before the Supreme She is supported by the national presi- courts with judges they expect will Court. She worked in the Justice De- dent of the National Fraternal Order of rubberstamp the President’s partisan partment under both Republican and Police, Chuck Canterbury, and many agenda, to eliminate one of the last re- Democratic administrations. She is un- others. maining obstacles standing between questionably qualified and deserves to Patricia Millett’s service to our Na- the President and the enactment of his be confirmed without further delay so tion is not limited to her legal career agenda through executive fiat. In she can get to work for the American or her humanitarianism. She is part of short, because they wanted power that people. our Nation’s storied military family, a the voters have denied them at the bal- Patricia Millett’s career mirrors that family that we have called on repeat- lot box, they tried to get it another of the last DC Circuit judge to occupy edly in the past decade. Her husband is way. the very seat to which she is nomi- a retired Navy reservist, and as a mili- So before we all vote this morning, I nated—that of John Roberts, Jr. I tary spouse, Ms. Millett is part of our just want to make sure everybody un- voted for his confirmation to both the Nation’s military fabric. She under- derstands what this vote is all about. DC Circuit and later to the Supreme stands personally what we ask of our Two weeks ago the President and his Court. I knew at the time of those servicemembers and their families. At Democratic allies defied two centuries votes that I would not agree with every the height of Patricia Millett’s legal of tradition, their own prior state- decision he would make on the bench, career, her husband received orders to ments, and—in the case of some Demo- but I voted for him because of his tem- deploy in support of Operation Iraqi cratic leaders—their own public com- perament and his excellent reputation Freedom. For nearly a year, she bal- mitments about following the rules of as a lawyer. John Roberts was con- anced Supreme Court arguments and the Senate. firmed unanimously to the DC Circuit the demands of being a single parent They did this for one reason: to ad- on the day the Judiciary Committee all while reassuring her children that vance an agenda the American people completed consideration of his nomina- their father would return home safe. do not want. It is an agenda that runs tion and reported it to the Senate—at But not only is Ms. Millett com- straight through the DC Circuit. So a time when the caseload of the DC Cir- mitted to her own military family, she now they are putting their people in cuit by any measure was lower than it has helped to secure employment pro- place, to quote one member of their is today. If only Senate Republicans tections for members of our National leadership, ‘‘one way or another.’’ had been willing to apply the same Guard and Reserve through her pro This vote is not about any one nomi- standard for Ms. Millett. Instead, they bono legal work. In a case decided by nee. It is not about Patricia Millett. It decided to filibuster her nomination the Supreme Court in 2011, Ms. Millett is about an attitude on the left that even though they had promised to only represented an Army Reservist who says the ends justify the means—what- filibuster nominations under ‘‘extraor- was fired, in part, because some of his ever it takes. They will do whatever it dinary circumstances’’. If those Sen- co-workers did not like his military ab- takes to get what they want. That is ators had been true to their word, I do sences. The successful arguments that why we are here today, and that is why not believe we would have reached the Ms. Millett helped craft have made it I will be opposing this nomination. tipping point on the use of the fili- easier for all members of our Reserve Washington Democrats, unfortu- buster. and National Guard to protect their nately, are focusing their energy on By refusing to allow a vote for any rights under the Uniformed Services saying and doing anything—anything existing vacancy on the DC Circuit, Re- Employment and Reemployment it takes—to circumvent the representa- publicans took their determined ob- Rights Act. tives of the people. But, ultimately— struction to an unprecedented level. As Patricia Millett embodies what we ultimately—they will be accountable the senior most Senator serving today, ask our military families to do on be- to the American people, and the Amer- I approach changes to the tradition and half of their country. Military spouses ican people will have their say again history of the Senate with great reluc- juggle all the challenges that every very soon—sooner than many of our tance. I have always believed in the American family faces—but often with colleagues might hope. Senate’s unique protection of the mi- the added pressure of deployments and RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME nority party. I have held to my belief extended separations. I want to thank The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. that the best traditions of the Senate all the military spouses who are in the BOOKER). Under the previous order, the would win out; that the 100 of us who Senate gallery today and those watch- leadership time is reserved. stand in the shoes of more than 310 ing on C–SPAN who have worked tire- million Americans would do the right lessly to support the nomination of f thing. ‘‘one of their own’’. We should recog- EXECUTIVE SESSION Now that the Senate has changed its nize, honor and support our military precedents to overcome the escalating families not just through words, but obstruction of some, I hope reasonable through meaningful action. A vote to NOMINATION OF PATRICIA ANN Republicans will join us in restoring confirm Patricia Millett is that mean- MILLETT TO BE UNITED STATES the Senate’s ability to fulfill its con- ingful action. CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE DIS- stitutional duties. I hope this will in- Today the Senate finally has the op- TRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT clude a vote to confirm Patricia portunity to vote for the confirmation The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Millett to the DC Circuit. of Patricia Millett. I urge my fellow the previous order, the Senate will pro- Ms. Millett is a nominee with un- Senators to join me in supporting this ceed to executive session to resume questionable integrity and character. outstanding nominee. consideration of the following nomina- She has engaged in significant commu- Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, over the tion, which the clerk will report. nity service and committed herself to past few months, here on the Senate The legislative clerk read the nomi- pro bono work. She helps the neediest floor, in the Judiciary Committee, and nation of Patricia Ann Millett, of Vir- among us, volunteering through her in op-eds in national publications, I ginia, to be United States Circuit church to prepare meals for the home- have explained why the pending nomi- Judge for the District of Columbia Cir- less and serving regularly as an over- nees to the U.S. Court of Appeals for cuit. night monitor at a local shelter. the DC Circuit should not be con- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, today, Through her legal work, Ms. Millett firmed. Neither those facts nor the con- the Senate will finally have the oppor- has earned broad bipartisan support. clusion they compel have changed and

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On nothing of what the majority claimed as the Barrasso Graham Portman more than a party line vote, the major- justification for ending nominee fili- Blunt Grassley Risch ity deployed a premeditated parliamen- busters. Boozman Hatch Roberts Burr Heller Rubio tary maneuver to prohibit the very fili- I regret that the President and the Chambliss Hoeven busters that majority Senators once Scott majority here in the Senate delib- Coats Inhofe Sessions Coburn Isakson used. erately set up this political confronta- Shelby Corker Johanns Getting these three individuals on Thune tion. I have explained in detail before Cornyn Lee Toomey this particular court at this particular how the DC Circuit’s current level of Crapo McCain time is apparently so important that eight active and six senior judges is Enzi McConnell Wicker the majority is willing to change the sufficient to handle its caseload, which NOT VOTING—6 very nature of this institution to do it. has been declining for years, while Cochran Cruz Kirk I believe the reason is the majority’s other circuits need more judges. I like- Coons Johnson (WI) Vitter belief that, as DC Circuit judges, these ly could support the nominee before us The nomination was confirmed. nominees will reliably support actions today had she been nominated to a seat by the executive branch agencies that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- that needed to be filled on a court that jority leader. are driving much of President Obama’s needed more judges. political agenda. Using false claims to justify radi- f Democrats enthusiastically em- cally changing the confirmation proc- braced the filibuster when they used it NOMINATION OF MELVIN L. WATT ess in order to stack a court with TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE FED- to block Republican nominees to posi- judges who will rubberstamp the Presi- tions in both the executive and judicial ERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGEN- dent’s political agenda is wrong in so CY—MOTION TO PROCEED branches. They used the filibuster to many ways. I hope there is time to defeat nominees to be Assistant Sec- undo the damage. Mr. REID. I move to proceed to re- retary of Defense, Undersecretary of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under consider the vote by which cloture was Agriculture, and U.N. Ambassador. the previous order, the question is, Will not invoked on the Watt nomination. They used the filibuster to defeat the Senate advise and consent to the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The nominees to the Fifth Circuit, the nomination of Patricia Ann Millett, of question is on agreeing to the motion. Sixth Circuit, and the Ninth Circuit. Virginia, to be United States Circuit Mr. HATCH. I ask for the yeas and They filibustered Miguel Estrada’s Judge for the District of Columbia Cir- nays. nomination a record seven times to cuit? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a keep him off the DC Circuit. Three- Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask for the yeas sufficient second? quarters of all votes for judicial nomi- and nays. There appears to be a sufficient sec- nee filibusters in American history The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a ond. have been cast by Democrats. The ma- sufficient second? The clerk will call the roll. jority leader alone voted to filibuster There appears to be a sufficient sec- The assistant legislative clerk called Republican judicial nominees no less ond. the roll. than 26 times. The clerk will call the roll. Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the That was then, this is now. Simply The legislative clerk called the roll. Senator from Delaware (Mr. COONS) is turning on a political dime and oppos- Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the necessarily absent. ing today what Democrats used so ag- Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators Senator from Delaware (Mr. COONS) is gressively just a few years ago would necessarily absent. are necessarily absent: the Senator be bad enough. But this radical institu- from Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the Senator Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators tional change is being justified by pat- from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON), and the are necessarily absent: the Senator ently false claims. The majority leader Senator from Illinois (Mr. KIRK). from Mississippi (Mr. COCHRAN), the claims as proof of ‘‘unprecedented ob- Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the struction’’ that there have been 168 Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON) Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON), nominee filibusters in American his- would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ the Senator from Illinois (Mr. KIRK), tory, half of them during the Obama The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. and the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. administration. SCHATZ). Are there any other Senators VITTER). It turns out, Mr. President, that the in the Chamber desiring to vote? Further, if present and voting, the majority leader is not even counting The result was announced—yeas 54, Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON) filibusters at all. He is counting clo- nays 42, as follows: ture motions, which are nothing but would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there [Rollcall Vote No. 248 Ex.] requests to end debate on a matter YEAS—54 pending before the Senate. A filibuster any other Senators in the Chamber de- occurs only when that request to end siring to vote? Baldwin Harkin Murray The result was announced—yeas 56, Baucus Heinrich Nelson debate is denied, when an attempt to Begich Heitkamp Pryor end debate fails. Only 52 cloture votes nays 38, as follows: Bennet Hirono Reed on executive or judicial nominations [Rollcall Vote No. 247 Ex.] Blumenthal Johnson (SD) Reid Booker Kaine Rockefeller have ever failed in American history, YEAS—56 Boxer King Sanders and only 19 nominees on whom cloture Baldwin Feinstein Manchin Brown Klobuchar Schatz was filed were not confirmed. Looking Baucus Franken Markey Cantwell Landrieu Schumer at the Obama administration, only 14 Begich Gillibrand McCaskill Cardin Leahy Shaheen Bennet Hagan Menendez Carper Levin Stabenow cloture votes on nominations have Blumenthal Harkin Merkley Casey Manchin Tester failed and only six nominees have so Booker Heinrich Mikulski Donnelly Markey Udall (CO) far not been confirmed. Boxer Heitkamp Murkowski Durbin McCaskill Udall (NM) Brown Hirono Murphy Feinstein Menendez Warner During the Obama administration, a Cantwell Johnson (SD) Murray Franken Merkley Warren much lower percentage of cloture mo- Cardin Kaine Nelson Gillibrand Mikulski Whitehouse tions on nominations have resulted in Carper King Pryor Hagan Murphy Wyden cloture votes, a much higher percent- Casey Klobuchar Reed Collins Landrieu Reid NAYS—42 age of those cloture votes have passed, Donnelly Leahy Rockefeller Alexander Barrasso Boozman and a much higher percentage of nomi- Durbin Levin Sanders Ayotte Blunt Burr

VerDate Mar 15 2010 00:44 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G10DE6.010 S10DEPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 10, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8585 Chambliss Grassley Paul The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- Portman Rubio Thune Coats Hatch Portman Pryor Scott Toomey Coburn Heller Risch jority leader is recognized. Risch Sessions Vitter Cochran Hoeven Roberts Mr. REID. Mr. President, what is the Roberts Shelby Wicker Collins Inhofe Rubio question now before the Senate? NOT VOTING—4 Corker Isakson Scott The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Cornyn Johanns Sessions Coons Johnson (WI) Crapo Lee Shelby question will be on the cloture vote Cruz Kirk Enzi McCain Thune upon reconsideration. Fischer McConnell Toomey The Senate will be in order. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Flake Moran Vitter ate sustains the decision of the Chair. Graham Murkowski Wicker The Republican leader. CLOTURE MOTION Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I NOT VOTING—4 make a point of order that nomina- Under the previous order, pursuant to Coons Johnson (WI) tions are fully debatable under the rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Cruz Kirk rules of the Senate unless three-fifths Senate the pending cloture motion, The motion was agreed to. of Senators chosen and sworn have which the clerk will state. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- voted to bring debate to a close. The bill clerk read as follows: jority leader. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under CLOTURE MOTION Mr. REID. I move to reconsider the the precedent set by the Senate on No- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- vote by which cloture was not invoked vember 21, 2013, cloture on nominations ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the on the Watt nomination. other than those to the Supreme Court Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move The PRESIDING OFFICER. The of the United States is invoked by a to bring to a close debate on the nomination question is on agreeing to the motion. of Melvin L. Watt, of North Carolina, to be majority vote. Director of the Federal Housing Finance Mr. PORTMAN. I ask for the yeas Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I and nays. Agency. appeal the ruling of the Chair and ask Harry Reid, Tim Johnson, Mark Begich, The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a for the yeas and nays. Patrick J. Leahy, Christopher A. sufficient second? The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Coons, Martin Heinrich, Patty Murray, There appears to be a sufficient sec- sufficient second? Bernard Sanders, Jeanne Shaheen, ond. The clerk will call the roll. There appears to be a sufficient sec- Benjamin L. Cardin, Al Franken, The legislative clerk called the roll. Sherrod Brown, Tom Harkin, Jack ond. Reed, Thomas R. Carper, Sheldon Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the The question is, Shall the decision of Senator from Delaware (Mr. COONS) is Whitehouse, Bill Nelson, Charles E. the Chair stand as the judgment of the Schumer. necessarily absent. Senate? Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- The yeas and nays have been ordered. are necesarrily absent: the Senator imous consent, the mandatory quorum The clerk will call the roll. from Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the Senator call has been waived. The assistant legislative clerk called from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON), and the The question is, Is it the sense of the the roll. Senator from Illinois (Mr. KIRK). Senate that debate on the nomination The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there Further, if present and voting, the of Melvin L. Watt, of North Carolina, any other Senators in the Chamber de- Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON) to be Director of the Federal Housing siring to vote? would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Finance Agency for a term of 5 years, Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there shall be brought to a close, upon recon- Senator from Delaware (Mr. COONS) is any other Senators in the Chamber de- sideration? necessarily absent. siring to vote? The yeas and nays are mandatory The result was announced—yeas 54, Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators under the rule. nays 42, as follows: are necessarily absent: the Senator The clerk will call the roll. from Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the Senator [Rollcall Vote No. 249 Ex.] The bill clerk called the roll. from Illinois (Mr. KIRK), and the Sen- Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators YEAS—54 ator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON). are necessarily absent: the Senator Baldwin Harkin Murray Further, if present and voting, the Baucus Heinrich Nelson from Texas (Mr. CRUZ), the Senator Begich Heitkamp Pryor Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON) from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON), and the Bennet Hirono Reed would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Senator from Illinois (Mr. KIRK). Blumenthal Johnson (SD) Reid The result was announced—yeas 51, Further, if present and voting, the Booker Kaine Rockefeller nays 45, as follows: Boxer King Sanders Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. JOHNSON) Brown Klobuchar Schatz [Rollcall Vote No. 250 Ex.] would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ Cantwell Landrieu Schumer YEAS—51 The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 57, Cardin Leahy Shaheen Carper Levin Stabenow Baldwin Hagan Murray nays 40, as follows: Casey Manchin Tester Baucus Harkin Nelson [Rollcall Vote No. 251 Ex.] Begich Heinrich Reed Donnelly Markey Udall (CO) YEAS—57 Durbin McCaskill Udall (NM) Bennet Heitkamp Reid Feinstein Menendez Warner Blumenthal Hirono Rockefeller Baldwin Hagan Murray Franken Merkley Warren Booker Johnson (SD) Sanders Baucus Harkin Nelson Gillibrand Mikulski Whitehouse Boxer Kaine Schatz Begich Heinrich Portman Hagan Murphy Wyden Brown King Schumer Bennet Heitkamp Pryor Cantwell Klobuchar Shaheen Blumenthal Hirono Reed NAYS—42 Cardin Landrieu Stabenow Booker Johnson (SD) Reid Alexander Enzi Moran Carper Leahy Tester Boxer Kaine Rockefeller Ayotte Fischer Murkowski Casey Markey Udall (CO) Brown King Sanders Barrasso Flake Paul Donnelly McCaskill Udall (NM) Burr Klobuchar Schatz Blunt Graham Portman Durbin Menendez Warner Cantwell Landrieu Schumer Boozman Grassley Risch Feinstein Merkley Warren Cardin Leahy Shaheen Burr Hatch Roberts Franken Mikulski Whitehouse Carper Levin Stabenow Chambliss Heller Rubio Gillibrand Murphy Wyden Casey Manchin Tester Coons Markey Udall (CO) Coats Hoeven Scott NAYS—45 Coburn Inhofe Sessions Donnelly McCaskill Udall (NM) Cochran Isakson Shelby Alexander Corker Inhofe Durbin Menendez Warner Collins Johanns Thune Ayotte Cornyn Isakson Feinstein Merkley Warren Corker Lee Toomey Barrasso Crapo Johanns Franken Mikulski Whitehouse Cornyn McCain Vitter Blunt Enzi Lee Gillibrand Murphy Wyden Crapo McConnell Wicker Boozman Fischer Levin Burr Flake Manchin NAYS—40 NOT VOTING—4 Chambliss Graham McCain Alexander Chambliss Corker Coons Johnson (WI) Coats Grassley McConnell Ayotte Coats Cornyn Cruz Kirk Coburn Hatch Moran Barrasso Coburn Crapo Cochran Heller Murkowski Blunt Cochran Enzi The motion was agreed to. Collins Hoeven Paul Boozman Collins Fischer

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To the contrary, there are many those choices, even if they are unpopu- Cruz Johnson (WI) Kirk positions in government to which Rep- lar. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. resentative WATT could have been eas- One reason this is so important is the HEITKAMP). Upon reconsideration, the ily confirmed. impact on the taxpayer. Even a few motion is agreed to. In demonstration of that point, it is basis points of losses could mean bil- f worth noting that most of the Presi- lions in the context of multitrillion NOMINATION OF MELVIN L. WATT dent’s nominees that have come dollar companies. That would be on top TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE FED- through the Banking Committee have of the nearly $200 billion the taxpayers ERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGEN- been confirmed with strong bipartisan have already shouldered. CY votes, often with unanimous consent. With those unique risks in mind, the In fact, four nominees who appeared at FHFA has taken great strides during The PRESIDING OFFICER. The a nomination hearing with Representa- the conservatorship to shore up the clerk will report the nomination. tive WATT were all approved by voice business practices of Fannie Mae and The bill clerk read the nomination of vote. Freddie Mac. Underwriting standards MELVIN L. WATT, of North Carolina, to However, this position is distinctly have been tightened, portfolio holdings be Director of the Federal Housing Fi- unique within our government. Thus, have been reduced, guarantee fees have nance Agency for a term of 5 years. our evaluation of any nominee requires been increased, and risk is being gradu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant additional scrutiny. The Director of ally transferred from the taxpayer to to the provisions of S. Res. 15 of the the FHFA is conservator of Fannie Mae the private sector. 113th Congress, there will now be up to and Freddie Mac, which have operated With these changes, the revenues of 8 hours of postcloture consideration of under Federal control since they were Fannie and Freddie have increased, the nomination, equally divided and taken over in 2008 because they didn’t their risks have decreased, and, for controlled in the usual form. have enough capital to support ex- now, they have regained a certain The Senator from Connecticut. pected losses. amount of profitability. This current ORDER OF PROCEDURE Since that conservatorship began, we profitability creates its own set of Mr. MURPHY. Madam President, I have seen the bill to the American tax- challenges and questions. But one ask unanimous consent that the Sen- payers rise to nearly $200 billion. The thing is certain: Any return to policies ate recess from 12:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m., Housing and Economic Recovery Act, of the past, whether with social goals and that the time during the recess or HERA, established the FHFA and in mind or merely by mistake due to count postcloture on the Watt nomina- the rules of the conservatorship. It spe- lack of technical experience, could ex- tion with the time equally divided in cifically grants the FHFA the power to pose the taxpayer to immense risk. the usual form. operate Fannie and Freddie ‘‘with all In addition to the risks associated The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there the powers of the shareholders, the di- with their current operations, the Di- objection? rectors, and the officers,’’ so long as rector will also have a substantial im- Without objection, it is so ordered. they remain in conservatorship. pact on the prospects of the success of The Senator from Idaho. FHFA’s conservatorship of Fannie these reforms. While Congress and the Mr. CRAPO. Madam President, I rise and Freddie triggered those broad pow- White House will determine how to re- today to discuss the nomination of ers and the Director of the FHFA now form and strengthen our housing fi- Representative WATT to lead the Fed- stands alone as the regulator, the top nance system, we need to be able to eral Housing Finance Agency, or executive, and the shareholder of rely on the director of the FHFA for FHFA. Unfortunately, I cannot support Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and their advice and guidance as we proceed. For this nomination, and I must urge my combined $5 trillion of portfolio. Be- this to work effectively, the FHFA Di- colleagues not to support it either. cause of this immense power vested in rector will need to be seen as a tech- I did not come to this decision light- the Director of the FHFA, it is a posi- nical expert who is not viewed as a po- ly, and I regret we are placed in a situ- tion that requires an in-depth knowl- litical advocate for the President. ation where we cannot support a well- edge of and experience with numerous The Director of the FHFA must have liked Member of Congress. However, by aspects of the housing markets and the market experience to understand making a political appointment, the mortgage industries. how any proposed changes would or President has ignored the importance The statute explicitly requires that, would not work, how they would im- that the head of the FHFA be inde- at a minimum, any nominee: pact access to mortgages while pro- pendent and viewed as nonpolitical. . . . have a demonstrated understanding of tecting taxpayers from losses, and how This is not a cabinet position, where financial management or oversight, and have they would affect our housing market the nominee is supposed to be an advo- a demonstrated understanding of capital and economy as a whole. cate for the President. Instead, this is markets, including the mortgage securities One example: There is a lot of inter- an independent agency with a highly markets and housing finance. est in developing markets in a manner complex task impacting our entire Additionally, to be successful, it is to ensure there is adequate private cap- economy, and it is for this reason logical that any nominee should also ital taking the first loss to protect the many Senators noted the need to avoid have knowledge of and experience with taxpayer, if there is to be some sort of politics and to emphasize the technical investment portfolios, the operations government guarantee in the future. expertise needed to fill this position. of both public and private insurance Some proposals call for the develop- Regrettably, this did not occur, and and guarantees, and the management ment of various private-sector risk- we stand here today with the majority skills necessary to oversee the nearly sharing mechanisms, including senior party apparently willing to confirm a 12,000 employees employed by both en- subordinated deal structures, credit- political figure to this highly technical tities. linked structures, and regulated bond position. Worse yet, they appear to be Since this position has virtually un- guarantors. ready to do it in a highly political checked power to control two multi- Many are looking at what the FHFA manner that ignores decades of Senate trillion dollar companies, and because has already begun working toward as a rules and precedents. the companies control so much of our test for the viability of capital mar- Representative WATT has led a long mortgage-backed securities market, kets’ risk-sharing transactions. These and distinguished career in the House the decisions of the FHFA Director will risk transfer deals—known within

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However, I continue to be op- amples of why the FHFA Director must conservatorship, profits accumulated posed to this nomination and urge my have a deep and sound understanding of by the GSEs should not be used to fund colleagues to vote no today when the the demands of capital market inves- social programs. vote comes before us. tors. Additionally, we cannot return to I yield the floor. In constructing and monitoring these any of the policies that contributed to f deals, we need to know that decisions the housing crisis, such as further in how to balance the necessity of en- pressing the GSEs’ affordable housing RECESS couraging private markets with the goals. Decisions affecting social hous- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under protection of the taxpayers are being ing policy should be made through con- the previous order, the Senate stands made based upon effective market gressional action on housing financing in recess until 2:15 p.m. analysis, absent the political pref- reform. Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:31 p.m., erences of one individual. One final yet incredibly important recessed until 2:15 p.m. and reassem- Another important aspect of the element of the unique qualifications is bled when called to order by the Pre- transition will be development of the regulatory interaction. In a new hous- siding Officer (Ms. BALDWIN). common securitization platform. ing finance system, the already com- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- FHFA has noted that the GSEs’ infra- plex web of regulatory interaction be- jority leader is recognized. structures are ineffective when it tween various Federal banking regu- comes to adapting to market changes, lators and Federal and State regulators f issuing securities that attract private becomes further muddled. State insur- NOMINATION OF MELVIN L. WATT capital, aggregating data or lowering ance regulators and State banking su- TO BE DIRECTOR OF THE FED- barriers to market entry. As such, pervisors must communicate effec- ERAL HOUSING FINANCE AGEN- there must be an updating and contin- tively with Federal counterparts. CY—Continued As this system is being built, the ued maintenance of the enterprises’ Mr. REID. On the matter now before FHFA must coordinate effectively with securitization infrastructure. the Senate, how much of the time that This is an incredibly complex under- prudential banking regulators and the remains is controlled by the Demo- taking that will take years to develop, CFPB to make sure we are not bogging crats? but it is an essential component of down our economy with duplicative The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is most reform proposals. Because of this, regulation. To accomplish this the Di- 147 minutes. it is incredibly important the Director, rector needs not only to have an under- Mr. REID. That is a little over 2 on day one, has the technical expertise standing that is built of highly tech- hours. How much time for the Repub- and the commitment to establish this nical expertise, but this person must be licans? The same? potential utility similar to ones used seen by other regulators as acting The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is in securities markets. without political intent. All of us are currently witnessing the For all of these reasons, and many 130 minutes for the Republicans. consequences of political people lead- more, the conservator must be an apo- Mr. REID. Oh, I see. Why don’t we ing technical platform development as litical financial regulator with the yield back 130 minutes of our time. we watch the continued failures of the technical expertise who will resist po- That would leave us 14 minutes or rollout for ObamaCare. We cannot af- litical pressure from all sides of the po- something like that? ford the same mistakes in the context litical spectrum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Seven- of our $5 trillion mortgage market. Joseph Smith, the last nominee for teen minutes. The management of the current as- this position, failed to win confirma- Mr. REID. That is far too much time. sets of Fannie and Freddie is another tion by the Senate because of concerns I yield back another 10 minutes. essential component of the Director’s over whether he was independent The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- task, for many reasons, both currently enough. At the time of Representative jority leader’s time is now set to 7 min- and in the future. When Congress WATT’s nomination, the White House utes. passed HERA authorizing the FHFA was fully aware that these concerns The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Re- Director to appoint the agency conser- have only been heightened since then. publican whip. vator of the GSEs, it authorized FHFA In the wake of repeated attempts by HEALTH CARE to put the GSEs in a ‘‘sound and sol- outside political groups and individuals Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, 4 vent condition,’’ and to ‘‘preserve and to influence the decisions of the con- years ago Members of both parties conserve the assets of the properties’’ servator and in view of the countless came to this Senate floor virtually of the GSEs. complex decisions—of which I have every day to discuss the problems with Congress very specifically intended only mentioned a few—numerous Sen- America’s health care system and of- that the assets of Fannie and Freddie ators repeatedly called for a technocrat fered suggestions for how we could be managed in such a way to maximize rather than a political figure. However, remedy that. payments to the Treasury in exchange rather than acknowledging the unique I distinctly remember being here on for bailing out the GSEs in 2008 and to aspects of this job, the White House Christmas Eve, 2009, at 7 in the morn- maximize their value in whatever sys- chose to ignore calls to emphasize ing and witnessing a party-line vote on tem is designed for the future. Acting technical expertise and political inde- ObamaCare. All of our Democratic Director DeMarco has done a com- pendence in their search. As a result, friends voted for it, and all Republicans mendable job fulfilling this task. their nominee failed to be confirmed by voted against it. I guess the most char- However, some believe that other this body just a few weeks ago. Yet itable thing I can say is that our statutory provisions trump this man- again the White House failed to accept Democratic friends actually thought it date and advocate using the GSEs in the advice of the Senate. would work while Republicans were manners they believe would achieve Today, because of a historical rewrite skeptics about this big government other policy goals. Representative of Senate rules, we are now facing an- takeover of one-sixth of our national WATT noted at his confirmation that, if other vote. Instead, this time the economy. confirmed, he would decide whether White House and the Democrats in the Well, 4 years later the cost of there is sufficient capital to fund var- Senate chose to break the rules of this ObamaCare has become abundantly ious social programs. body so that they could push through clear. I don’t think it is an exaggera- In order to ensure the taxpayers are Representative WATT and other nomi- tion to say that ObamaCare is the big- made whole and to best position the nees in partisan votes. I am dis- gest case of consumer fraud ever per- secondary market for reform, we can- appointed with the White House and petrated in this country. A law that

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That is wrong. terms of the doctors and hospitals they Senator ENZI, who was the ranking In addition to premium hikes, many can see, making it much more likely member of the Health, Education, Americans entering the ObamaCare ex- that people will not be able to keep Labor and Pensions Committee, tried changes are facing higher deductibles. I their doctors, should they want them. to get it fixed, and again we saw a mentioned that a moment ago. In a A law that was supposed to bend the party-line vote. All of our Democratic front-page story just yesterday in the cost curve down has instead caused in- friends said, no, let’s not provide flexi- Wall Street Journal, it was reported dividual and family premiums to sky- bility for the grandfather provisions. that many ObamaCare deductibles are rocket. Let’s maintain the rigid grandfather so high that people with modest in- We have heard story after story that provisions which have now resulted in comes may not be able to afford the even if the premiums are lower, people, more than 5 million people getting no- portion of medical expenses that insur- due to copays and deductibles, are find- tices telling them that even though ance doesn’t cover. What is that all ing themselves with thousands and they like the policies they have, they about? In fact, according to one study, thousands of dollars of deductibles can no longer keep them. That is why the average deductible for the cheapest they didn’t previously have, meaning it I have said this is one of the biggest individual coverage on the Federal is more money out of their pocket be- cases of consumer fraud ever per- ObamaCare exchange is 42 percent fore the insurance actually kicks in. petrated in the United States by virtue higher than the average deductible for We were told this was supposed to of its scope and the audacity with individual health insurance earlier this make Medicaid the safety net program which these promises were made time year, before most of ObamaCare kicked for the most economically disadvan- and time again, which are demon- in—a 42-percent higher deductible. As taged among us. strably not true. They are false. we know, many of these deductibles we We were told that Medicare for sen- We know ObamaCare is leading to a are hearing are in the $4,000 and $5,000 iors was supposed to make them dramatic spike in insurance premiums range for individuals and they are up stronger. Instead it has made them for many people who buy their insur- to $10,000 or more for married couples. weaker. ance in the individual market. My col- I don’t know many households in Texas A law that was supposed to help our leagues will recall that during and or across America that can absorb economy has instead hurt our economy after the 2008 Presidential election, $10,000 in a deductible for their health by discouraging full-time job creation, President Obama repeatedly told insurance policy. Certainly that because if you have a full-time job your Americans his health care plan would doesn’t strike me as a success if the employer has to pay for the full reduce their health care premiums for purpose is to cover health care costs ObamaCare pricetag. Due to a family of four by about $2,500. I don’t and to prevent people from suffering ObamaCare businesses have been mov- know where he came up with that num- economic hardship as a result. That ing people from full-time work to part- ber, but it turned out to be just an- strikes me as an epic failure. In other time work. other broken promise. words, ObamaCare is making it signifi- A number of labor organization lead- According to the Kaiser Family cantly harder for many Americans to ers went to the White House a few Foundation, annual premiums for em- pay their bills, to buy groceries, and months ago and called the implementa- ployer-based family health insurance take care of their families. tion of ObamaCare a nightmare. They increased by nearly $3,000 between 2009 Again, as I have said many times be- said it made full-time work part-time and 2013. In other words, the President fore, it didn’t have to be this way. It work. It is worse than that. was $5,500 wrong. Rather than going didn’t have to be this way. In 2009, polls ObamaCare has hampered medical in- down $2,500, they went up $3,000. For demonstrated that the overwhelming novation by taxing the very people who that matter, a recent study by the majority of Americans who had health build medical devices here in America Manhattan Institute estimated that insurance liked what they had, and and is causing them to move those ObamaCare will drive up individual they were broadly satisfied with it. I businesses offshore or simply cut down premiums by an average of 41 percent. assume that is why the President said: their hiring. It has placed costly new I don’t know many hardworking If you like what you have, you can burdens on small businesses, the enti- American families who can afford a 41- keep it, because about 90 percent of the ties which produce as much as 70 per- percent increase in their health care respondents said: We like what we cent of the new jobs in America. It is costs as a result of a law promising have. So if you are the President try- not the Fortune 500 companies that that health care would be more afford- ing to sell this so-called Affordable create the vast majority of jobs in able. The single biggest increase, ac- Care Act, you wouldn’t want to scare America, it is the small mom-and-pop cording to this study, will be in the that 90 percent of people into thinking operations, the entrepreneurs who cre- majority leader’s home State of Ne- they can’t keep what they have even ate those jobs, and that is who vada where individual premiums are though they like it. So you misrepre- ObamaCare hits the hardest. projected to rise by an astounding 179 sent what you are selling. You tell peo- It is no wonder our economy con- percent. The increases in New Mexico, ple you can keep what you have and tinues to struggle. It is no wonder the Arkansas, and North Carolina are 142 your premiums are going to go down labor participation rate—the number of percent—that would be New Mexico; and it is all going to be all right. people who are actually in the work- 138 percent, that would be Arkansas; If we had focused on those people who force—is at a 35-year low. People have and 136 percent in North Carolina. either did not have coverage or who given up looking for work, and that is What do each of these States have in had inadequate coverage—obviously a an American tragedy. common? They are represented by Sen- smaller subset of Americans than the As I stand here today, the broken ators who voted for this bill, perhaps whole country—if we focused on them promises of ObamaCare are causing believing what the President said and dealt with their challenges in pur- enormous distress and financial hard- would be true, but their constituents chasing health insurance, we could ship for people all across my State of are having to pay the price. have done much better. There were Texas and all across America. It is un- Such premium increases are particu- millions more who had low-quality deniable that millions of Americans larly burdensome for senior citizens Medicaid coverage that many doctors have lost their insurance because of and other folks on a fixed income. For refused to accept because, in my State, ObamaCare despite President Obama’s example, recently in Copper Canyon, Medicaid pays a doctor about 50 cents almost daily recitation that if you like TX, one of my constituents wrote to on the dollar compared to private in- what you have, you can keep it. He was me and said that because of surance. Many doctors said: Look. I

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What Congress could have on a patient’s clinical situation but tient choice by embracing the premium done—what we should have done—is to based on their desire to not be sued and support model that was endorsed by 10 enact sensible, narrowly drawn, tar- to not be second-guessed 2 years later members of President Clinton’s Medi- geted reforms, No. 1, aimed at improv- when somebody comes in and says you care Commission back in 1999. That is ing the coverage options for each of should have done this or that. So the not a partisan solution; it is one Presi- these groups and strengthening and temptation is to do everything and to dent Clinton’s Medicare Commission preserving Medicare and Medicaid. We run up the cost of health care coverage. embraced back in 1999. needed to bring down the costs, not These are just a few examples. But by The reforms I have just outlined jack up the costs. lowering costs across the board, these would have given us a genuine national If we ask most people the biggest reforms—which I talked about and marketplace for individual health in- problem they have with their health which the President and his political surance. Unfortunately, our friends insurance, they say it costs too much, party rejected—could have helped peo- across the aisle and our President de- and we have made it worse. It is worse, ple who already had coverage and we cided to take a different path with the not better. To bring down the costs, we could have helped those who previously Affordable Care Act or ObamaCare. Un- could have allowed people to buy could not have afforded coverage. Some fortunately, the folks who designed health insurance across State lines. I people—if I have heard it one time, I ObamaCare consciously chose to de- know that doesn’t sound like a pan- have heard it a thousand times—said stroy the individual market and force acea, but most States have captive in- we need ObamaCare because people millions of people to pay for Wash- surance markets and many State legis- with preexisting conditions couldn’t ington-mandated coverage they didn’t latures, including the Texas legisla- get coverage. That is a serious concern. need and they didn’t want and at a ture, have mandated coverage that But we already have in place high-risk price they can’t afford. Rather than many people simply don’t want, but it pools in the States, and if we needed to adopt measures to bring down the costs adds to the cost of their health insur- help those States provide coverage to and coverage issues for a subset of the ance. So I could have the choice to buy people with those high-risk health con- population, the roughly 10 percent who insurance across State lines if we en- ditions, we could have done it a whole weren’t among those 90 percent who acted this reform. If I liked the insur- lot cheaper and a whole lot more effi- said they like what they had, the ance coverage of Wisconsin or Lou- ciently than creating this huge mon- President and his allies chose to wreck isiana or somewhere else, and if that strosity, this huge bureaucracy, this the existing health care system—to suited my needs, I could buy it there huge expense known as ObamaCare. wreck it, to make it worse, not better. and we would have a true competitive We could have increased funding to As a result, they have made the cost market and people would compete the high-risk pools that were already problem worse. They have jeopardized based on quality and price, but we operating in about three dozen States. physician access for millions of Ameri- don’t have that now. The irony is that the people in the cans who like their current health What else could we have done? We high-risk pool in Texas got a letter plans and wish to keep them. And, of could have expanded the use of tax-free that said their coverage has been can- course, now the administration is health savings accounts paired with celed effective December 31—the very boasting that the Web site is mostly high deductible plans, such as the kind people ObamaCare was supposed to fixed. Indeed, by most objective re- I talked to a number of my constitu- help—your coverage is canceled be- ports, people are not experiencing the ents in Austin, TX, about who are em- cause ObamaCare kicks in January 1. same sort of epic failure they did when ployed at Whole Foods. They cover But because people were worried about they first tried to get into the Obama roughly 80 percent of the out-of-pocket their ability to get on the exchanges exchanges. But at this point the Presi- costs for health insurance through due to the Web site problems, the dent and his allies have lost all credi- health savings accounts and high de- Texas legislature and the Texas De- bility with regard to other aspects of ductible insurance, and the employ- partment of Insurance decided to ex- ObamaCare, which I have mentioned. ees—I think it is still the case; it was tend the coverage of the high-risk Fixing the Web site will not fix the un- then—still vote on an annual basis for health insurance pools in Texas so peo- derlying deficiencies of ObamaCare. what kind of coverage they want. They ple wouldn’t fall through the cracks be- These are not glitches. These were vote for this type of coverage because cause of this train wreck of a rollout of baked in the cake. These were de- they are satisfied with it and it gives ObamaCare. signed. This is the way ObamaCare was them a sense of ownership, which is ac- How about Medicaid. We hear a lot of created and was supposed to work, not- tually true, because the money put in a discussion about Medicaid. I have al- withstanding the fact that the Amer- health savings account they get to ready mentioned that Medicaid only ican people had been sold a bill of keep and if they don’t use it on their reimburses doctors about half what a goods to the contrary. health care, then they get to save it, private insurance policy would, so a lot Indeed, the only way to solve Amer- the same as with an IRA or something of doctors simply can’t afford to see a ica’s biggest health care challenges is a such as that. But it also changes the new Medicaid patient. In Texas, only do-over, to replace ObamaCare with the calculation. It makes people much one doctor out of three will see a new sort of patient-centered reforms I men- smarter shoppers and it moves us fur- Medicaid patient for that reason. It is tioned a few moments ago. ObamaCare ther along to a system where people not because they don’t want to; it is may be a complete disaster, but it is can shop for their health insurance and simply because they can’t afford to do not too late for us to work together to their health services as they do with so. We could have made it a lot easier fix what is broken and to start over. everything else and it will bring down for States to bolster their Medicaid I yield the floor. costs and it will improve quality of Program and deliver targeted policies The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- service as a result of competition for that would allow them to manage Med- ator from Wyoming. that business. icaid populations, for example; create a Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, I We could have cracked down on frivo- medical home, for example. But be- ask unanimous consent to speak as in lous medical malpractice lawsuits cause of the redtape Washington re- morning business. which cause defensive medicine. Just fused to cut, Medicaid ends up in many The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without think about it. If a doctor is worried instances being an appearance of cov- objection, it is so ordered. about losing everything they have erage, but people can’t find a doctor Mr. BARRASSO. Madam President, worked a lifetime to achieve in terms who will see them. What good is that? with less than 2 weeks remaining be- of assets and their medical practice, That is, to me, a sleight of hand and fore the deadline for people who need the last thing they want to do is be part of the reason I call this one of the to sign up for health insurance that

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The Web site still everyone in the country seems to know Now what they have to do is buy new has trouble transmitting information about, and that has caused huge Washington-approved health coverage to the insurance companies once some- amounts of anxiety. I heard about it that really may not be the right cov- one has chosen a plan. last week in Wyoming, I hear about it erage for them and may likely cost The Web site was down again earlier on Capitol Hill with staff members, and more than they were paying before. today. It still has not figured out how I hear it pretty much anywhere I go. Millions of Americans are going to be to automatically pay the portion of What people have been learning is forced to use money that in the past premiums covered by any government that the problems with the Web site was used to pay rent or put their chil- subsidy. are actually just the tip of the iceberg. dren through school or to invest in There are still many, many security The Obama administration has been their communities or in a business or holes that can be exploited by con art- saying that it has been fixed, that the to help make repairs to their homes— ists, by hackers. Certain branches of problems with this health care law are now that money is going to go to pay the government have been warning fine, that everything is good, that a for higher premiums as well as the in- citizens to be cautious when going on majority of people are having good ex- credibly high deductibles people are the Web site because of the concerns periences. I remember listening to the seeing related to the health care law. about exploitation, people who are try- President not long ago, sitting with It is interesting, looking through the ing to use this in a fraudulent way. Bill Clinton, saying: Easier to use than papers—this was yesterday’s Wall And then you hear that the adminis- Amazon. Street Journal, Monday, December 9. tration is bragging. It is really sad that Well, that is not what the American Above the fold on the front page: almost 9 weeks after the Web site people found. He also said: Cheaper ‘‘Deductibles Fuel New Worries of opened the administration is now brag- than your cell phone bill. He said: You Health-Law Sticker Shock.’’ The arti- ging that it only has an error rate of 10 will be able to keep your doctor if you cle says: percent on one important step of the like them. The average individual deductible for what Web site. Madam President, 1 in 10 is But the law continues to leave so is called a bronze plan on the exchange—the their error rate. This is a President many Americans struggling—strug- lowest-priced coverage—is $5,081 a year, ac- who said the Web site was going to be gling with higher costs, with greater cording to a new report on insurance offer- running like amazon.com. He said that confusion—and really with a lot less ings in 34 of the 36 states that rely on the 3 or 4 days before the Web site opened. confidence in the administration. Peo- federally run online marketplace. Now, 9 weeks later, he is delighted that ple all around the country are wor- The Wall Street Journal reports: the error rate is still 1 out of 10. Does rying about whether the administra- That is 42% higher than the average de- the President actually believe Amazon tion even knows what it is doing. ductible of $3,589 for an individually pur- would accept a 10-percent error rate in So when I talk about the Web site chased plan in 2013 before much of the fed- their customers not being able to finish being just the tip of the iceberg, people eral law took effect. their purchases? around the country are running into So what people are seeing—and the I believe all of these flaws and fail- higher premiums, canceled coverage, Wall Street Journal reports above-the- ures have led to a dramatic loss of con- finding out they cannot keep their doc- fold on the first page—are higher fidence by the American people in their tor. They are running into fraud and deductibles by a lot. government. According to a new Gallup identity theft issues and issues in It is not just the Wall Street Journal. poll, 52 percent of Americans are in terms of higher copays and out-of- In the New York Times yesterday, Rob- favor of scaling back the health care pocket costs and deductibles. ert Pear had an article: ‘‘On Health Ex- law or repealing it entirely. People People at home in Wyoming—and I changes, Premiums May Be Low, But continue to turn against the law for a went not just around communities in Other Costs Can Be High.’’ It says: number of reasons, and it is not just the State, traveling to a number of dif- . . . as consumers dig into the details— the Web site, it is the higher pre- ferent communities, but I also went to Dig into the details—something this miums, it is the canceled coverage, it my own medical office where I prac- body never did. Members of that part of is that they cannot keep their doctor, ticed as an orthopedic surgeon at Cas- the body who voted for this health care and it is fraud and identity theft, high- per Orthopedics for 24 years—were tell- law never did dig into the details. er copays, higher deductibles, and con- ing me how worried they were about It says: fusion about what is going to go wrong the higher costs they are seeing regard- . . . as consumers dig into the details, they next because so many things the Presi- ing paying for insurance for next year. are finding that the deductibles and other dent and his administration have I got a letter from one man in Cody, out-of-pocket costs are often much higher said—have looked into the camera and WY. He talked about how the rates he than what is typical in employer-sponsored told the American people would be one has been quoted are going to go up health plans—the plans many of these people way—turned out to be something very from about $860 a month that he pays have had in the past. different. There have been so many now for a family of four to $2,400 a So what we are seeing are not just changing stories coming out of the month—$860 to $2,400 a month. He said: the higher costs, not just the higher White House. ‘‘I’m not sure what planet they think I deductibles, the higher copays; there is The President said: If you like your live on, but there is no way I can spend also a lot of confusion about the health health insurance, you can keep your more than half of my monthly income care Web site itself, and I think that is health insurance, and then he actually on insurance.’’ Well, I hear the same only going to get worse. Ten weeks said ‘‘period,’’ with a punctuation thing from people all around Wyoming. after the Web site launched, there is mark, that that was it; no ifs, ands, or People are having this same sticker still an awful lot that is broken, in- buts—just the period. People now know shock all over the country. cluding the parts that actually get peo- all across the country—those who We know that more than 4.7 million ple the insurance they think they voted for him, those who did not—what Americans in 32 States are being told signed up for. they all know is that what the Presi- they cannot keep the insurance they A number of my staff have applied, dent said was not true. had. When we take a look at the map, and they believe they have signed up The President said: If you like your we know we do not have the numbers for health insurance. They are not doctor, you can keep your doctor. Well, yet on certain States, including the sure. They have not yet gotten con- on Sunday one of the architects of State of Wisconsin. We do not have Illi- firmation. And I know Members on ObamaCare went on FOX News and ad- nois. We do not have Ohio. We do not Capitol Hill who have staff signing up mitted also that was not true. This is have Texas. We do not have Virginia. are experiencing the same thing. Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel—the brother of

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What is worse, the There are a lot of places where you ican people. administration knew they would never cannot even buy insurance that will They say we do not need the 60 votes live up to this promise. Instead of find- cover that doctor. This is not at all now; all we need is a simple majority. ing a permanent solution to the prob- what the President promised. Let’s change the way the Senate has lem, they proposed a political solution. run for well over 100 years, because, It is interesting, even in the Finan- Today I would like to highlight yet once again, the Democrats say: We cial Times yesterday, ‘‘Healthcare in- another broken promise made by the know better than the American people. surers cut costs by excluding top hos- President that is resulting in sticker pitals.’’ So you cannot even go to the We know better than you. That is what the President said with shock as many Americans purchase hospitals. There is a picture here of the health insurance. University of Texas MD Anderson Can- his health care law. Now the American cer Center. ‘‘Plan will not cover treat- people are realizing what they knew all While campaigning for the Presi- ment at Houston cancer center.’’ So we along. This is not what they wanted dency, and in speeches leading up to have somebody who has lost their in- with health care reform. Regrettably it the passage of ObamaCare, President surance who has been going to that is what they are living with now, and Obama promised the American people cancer center where their doctors are— they are seeing the higher premiums, that their premiums would decrease by they are losing their insurance on Jan- the canceled coverage, losing their doc- up to $2,500 per family. Instead, many uary 1, knowing they cannot keep their tor, the fraud and identity theft, high- families are facing sticker shock. Since doctor, they cannot keep their hos- er copays, and higher deductibles. enactment of ObamaCare, health care pital. We see children’s hospitals It is interesting; even today in the premiums have actually increased by around the country, people who are not Washington Post, the front page above more than $2,500 per family—that ac- the fold said: ‘‘Under health law, insur- going to be included in these ex- cording to the Kaiser Family Founda- ers limiting drug coverage.’’ Costs may changes. So children with leukemia, tion annual survey. As a result, many soar. It talks about many different ail- come January 1, are going to lose their American families are sitting around ments, including for those with HIV. doctor, lose their hospital. But that is their kitchen table trying to figure out That is a result of the health care law. what the President and that is what how they are going to shift their fi- If this health care law would not have the Democrats in this body who voted nances around to afford health care passed, forced down the throats of the for this health care law have given to when they were promised their pre- American people with the President the American people. miums were going to go down by $2,500 telling one falsehood after another, de- Just before Thanksgiving, the Obama per family. liberately designed to mislead the administration announced it would As the President has said, this law is American people, you would never have have to delay a health insurance ex- more than just a Web site. We agree seen a headline like this today. with that; this law is more than just a change that was supposed to let small If President Obama really wants to Web site. This law is a series of broken businesses shop for insurance. I remem- help the American people, he is going promises that are resulting in higher ber hearing speeches on this floor to sit down with the Republicans and premiums, higher deductibles, and about small businesses being able to talk about the real issues to reduce find affordable insurance. Well, it turns costs, to get rid of all of this confusion higher out-of-pocket costs for middle- out, once again, the administration that he and the Democrats have caused class families, money the families knew at least 6 weeks before that they and to restore people’s confidence in could be using to help pay off student were going to have to delay the pro- America, as well as in him. loans, save for a house, or start a busi- gram. Did they admit it to the Amer- There is a better way. Republicans ness. Those are now going to be used to ican people? Did they tell the truth? agree we need to reform America’s pay for government-approved health No. They waited. health care system. We think that care. One broken promise after another, those reforms could have been done Recent reports out this week by the one statement after another that the without the kind of harm caused by the New York Times and Wall Street Jour- administration knows is not true. So is President’s health care law. nal highlight the fact that deductibles it a surprise, then, that the President I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- and other costs under ObamaCare have of the United States is viewed as un- sence of a quorum. surged. The Wall Street Journal re- truthful by a majority of the people of The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. ports that the average individual de- this country? It is a terrible situation MANCHIN). The clerk will call the roll. ductible for a bronze level plan on the for anyone to put their country in. The assistant legislative clerk pro- exchanges is over $5,000 a year. This Back when we first started talking ceeded to call the roll. means a policyholder would need to about the health care law, Republicans Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, I ask pay over $5,000 in order for their in- offered ideas on how to give people unanimous consent the order for the surer to start making payments. what they really wanted, which was re- quorum call be rescinded. form that lowered costs and improved The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without One of my constituents recently in- access to care. That is what people objection, it is so ordered. formed me that her family’s health in- were concerned about. So many of the Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, once surance plan was cancelled and the new complaints we have heard around the again I come to the floor to discuss the policy she was offered would double country have had to do with the cost of negative impacts ObamaCare is having their deductible to $5,000 per indi- care. on my constituents in South Dakota vidual. She and her husband have three So President Obama and Democrats and to countless Americans across the children. In addition to a higher de- in Congress refused to listen, ignored Nation. Since this health care law was ductible, this family faces higher pre- all of the warning signs, and used raw enacted in 2010, I have come to the miums, higher copayments, and a high- majority power to force this bad law on floor on numerous occasions to discuss er out-of-pocket maximum. She goes all of the American people. I remember the number of promises the President on to say, ‘‘Please explain how this the vote in this body, Christmas Eve made to the American people, promises new coverage is considered ‘affordable’ morning, voting on a health care law. that have been broken. My colleagues under the Affordable Care Act?’’ We watched it crammed through on and I have highlighted the fact that Another couple in my State of South party-line votes. the President’s promise, ‘‘if you like Dakota informed me, in the form of an Now Democrats in the Senate have your health care plan, you can keep email, that their premiums were going decided to make another power play your health care plan—period,’’ simply up by $400 a month and the deductibles and have broken the rules of the Sen- isn’t true. were going up by $1,400 on their policy.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:45 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G10DE6.021 S10DEPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S8592 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 10, 2013 Their question was, What is the Fed- premiums, higher deductibles, higher As a result, there is a huge loophole eral Government doing? The gentleman taxes, fewer jobs, and lower take-home some Members are using to exempt says I feel like the Federal Govern- pay for the American people. This is a much—in some cases even all—of their ment just stole $5000 from me. direct shot at the heart of the Amer- staff from going to the exchange. That is the frustration people across ican middle class. As mandated clearly by the the country are feeling as a result of The President last week got up and ObamaCare statute, we have to walk ObamaCare. The middle class is faced made a speech where he talked about the walk of other Americans, and we with higher costs, while their take- income inequality. What he should have to share in that experience. home pay and hours are being reduced. have focused on is the best way to get Sadly, according to press reports, the As more and more Americans begin rid of income inequality is to repeal distinguished majority leader Mr. REID to formulate their family budget for this health care law because what is is one of those Members actively tak- 2014, they are going to learn that yet going to happen to middle-class fami- ing advantage of that loophole and ex- another promise by the President has lies and middle-class Americans under empting much of his staff. Because of been broken. Not only are they losing this health care law is much higher that, I have written the majority lead- the plan they were promised they could costs, much lower take-home pay, er today and asked him to answer some keep, they are facing sticker shock many fewer jobs for them and for their very important and straightforward over the increased cost of health care children, and a lower standard of living questions about that situation. coverage. This flawed law will continue and lower quality of life than they In order to make my point, I will hitting middle-class Americans in their have enjoyed in the past. This will be simply read the letter into the RECORD. pocketbooks as the Nation’s economy the impact upon middle-class Ameri- It was sent to the distinguished major- continues to struggle to regain its foot- cans as a result of this law. ity leader in the last several hours. I yield the floor and suggest the ab- ing. Dear Majority Leader Reid. The flawed rollout of ObamaCare is sence of a quorum. It has been reported that you were the only no secret. We have all seen what were The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Member of top Congressional leadership— described as the countless glitches as- clerk will call the roll. House and Senate, Democrat and Repub- sociated with the rollout. But to make The bill clerk proceeded to call the lican—who has exempted some of your staff matters worse, recent reports indicate roll. from having to procure their health insur- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- that in October, one in four ObamaCare ance through the Obamacare Exchange as ator from Louisiana enrollees faced a glitch not many were clearly required by the Obamacare statute. Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I ask Millions of Americans are losing the health aware of. This glitch, called an 834 unanimous consent the order for the care plans and doctors they wanted to keep error, has prevented insurers from re- quorum call be rescinded. and are facing dramatic premium increases, ceiving the proper information regard- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without all as Washington enjoys a special exemp- ing people who believed they had suc- objection, it is so ordered. tion. Given this, I ask you to publicly and in cessfully enrolled in a health care plan. Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I come writing answer the four important questions In essence, 25 percent of the initial en- to the floor to discuss what I call the below regarding your office’s exemptions. I will also be on the Senate floor to discuss rollees in ObamaCare, after persevering Washington exemption from through the errors on a Web site that this at approximately 4:15 pm today and in- ObamaCare. One of the few real vic- vite you to join me there. was not ready for prime time, may not tories the American people had in the First, how did you designate each member have proper coverage come January 1 ObamaCare debate was we actually got of your staff, including your leadership staff, of 2014. an amendment included in the Senate regarding their status as ‘‘official’’ (going to What is even more troubling is that consideration of the bill that said the Exchange) or ‘‘not official’’ (exempted the administration estimates that 10 much of Washington—all Members and from Exchange)? Did you delegate that des- percent of new enrollees will continue all of our congressional staff—have to ignation to the Senate Disbursing Office, to face this problem. Here we are, 23 go to the ObamaCare exchanges for our which would have the effect of exempting all days before January 1, and those who of your leadership staff from going to the Ex- health care, just like millions of other change? worked through the headaches of Americans. We had to get it there. Second, if any of your staff is designated as healthcare.gov may or may not have Unfortunately, I guess this was an ‘‘not official’’ (exempted from Exchange), are coverage. Unfortunately, this adminis- example of what NANCY PELOSI said any of those staff members receiving official tration continues to refuse to seriously when she said we need to pass the bill taxpayer-funded salaries, benefits, office address these problems. in order to understand what is in it. space, office equipment, or any other tax- Even though they have unilaterally After the ObamaCare statute passed payer support? delayed several portions of this law with that very clear and very specific Third, if any of your staff is designated as from taking effect and have previously provision in it, a lot of folks around ‘‘not official’’ (exempted from Exchange), did failed to meet half of the requirements any of these staff members assist you in here read it and said: Oh, you know drafting or passing Obamacare into law? If mandated by the law, the administra- what. How are we going to deal with so, which staff members exactly? tion will not provide the same relief for this? A furious behind-the-scenes lob- Fourth, how are the above designations of the individual Americans as it has for bying effort then began. It went on for yours consistent with the clear, unequivocal big businesses. months. It was to essentially get statement you made on September 12: ‘‘Let’s This law is fundamentally broken around that provision and the pain it stop these really juvenile political games— and we need to start over. Rather than would cause—the pain being subjecting the ones dealing with health care for Sen- expand the government’s role in pro- Members of Congress and all of our ators and House members and our staff. We viding health care, we need to enact are going to be part of exchanges, that’s staff to the same circumstance and ex- what the law says and we’ll be part of that.’’ policies that make the private insur- perience as other Americans. I look forward to your clear, written re- ance market more competitive to en- That ended with President Obama sponses to these important questions. I also sure that individuals and families have getting personally involved and the look forward to having fair up-or-down votes choices when it comes to their health Obama administration issuing a special on the Senate floor on my ‘‘Show Your Ex- care. Yet the unfortunate reality for rule, and that rule is just an end run emptions’’ and ‘‘No Washington Exemp- middle-class families is that their pre- around the specific statutory provi- tions’’ proposals in the new year. miums, their deductibles, their out-of- sion. I think it is completely illegal for Sincerely, David Vitter. pocket costs under ObamaCare are not that reason, because it is in conflict This letter lays it out clearly. I think glitches, they are a harmful reality with that statutory provision. this is an important debate the Amer- that is resulting in sticker shock for One of the key issues of that rule ican people care about. As I said in the literally millions of Americans. says—well, the statute says all official letter, millions of Americans face real We can do better; we should do bet- staff will go to the exchange, but we dislocation and pain under ObamaCare. ter. This is more than just a Web site. really don’t mean that so we are going They are losing—in millions upon mil- It is the substance of this law that was to leave it up to each individual Mem- lions of cases—the health care plan built upon a faulty foundation that is ber to decide what staff are official and they wanted to keep and they were leading to canceled policies, higher what staff will go to the exchange. promised they could keep. They are

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:41 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G10DE6.023 S10DEPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 10, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8593 losing their ability to see the doctor He practiced law for 22 years prior to to working with him as he becomes the they love and were promised they could his congressional career, executing new Director of the FHFA. continue to see. That number in Lou- countless real estate transactions. I yield the floor. isiana alone is 93,000 families. Since being elected to serve in North The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. DON- They face skyrocketing premiums in Carolina’s 12th District in 1993, Con- NELLY). The question is, Will the Sen- many cases. Yet, as all of that goes on, gressman WATT has fought tirelessly to ate advise and consent to the nomina- Washington enjoys this Washington ex- restore integrity to our financial sys- tion of MELVIN L. WATT, of North Caro- emption from ObamaCare. Some Mem- tem. lina, to be Director of the Federal bers of Congress, in particular—appar- He serves on the House Financial Housing Finance Agency for a term of ently, according to press reports, that Services Committee, where he spon- 5 years? includes the majority leader Mr. sored legislation that would eventually Mr. SCHATZ. I ask for the yeas and REID—are using this end run around become part of the Dodd-Frank Wall nays. the clear language of the ObamaCare Street Reform and Consumer Protec- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a law and exempting much of their staff. tion Act to ensure that mortgage appli- sufficient second? I think it is incumbent upon the dis- cants can, in fact, meet their mortgage tinguished majority leader to come obligations. What is more, he recog- There appears to be a sufficient sec- clean and answer these four very legiti- nized that lenders were engaging in ond. There is a sufficient second. mate, very straightforward questions predatory practices when underwriting The clerk will call the roll. in an open, transparent, written, and mortgage loans well before the fore- The assistant bill clerk called the straightforward way. closure crisis. roll. I am sorry he could not join me on Since 2004, he has advocated for legis- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there the floor right now to discuss this mat- lation to combat predatory mortgage any other Senators in the Chamber de- ter. I welcome that conversation at practices. He has also been working for siring to vote? any point in the near future, and I cer- 10 years toward reform of Fannie Mae Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators tainly look forward to his written re- and Freddie Mac. I share his goal, and are necessarily absent: the Senator sponses to these questions. I think the I want the right person at the helm from Texas (Mr. CRUZ) and the Senator American people deserve that, at a when Congress begins that process. from Illinois (Mr. KIRK). very minimum. Before responsible reform can hap- The result was announced—yeas 57, I also think they deserve—at a very pen, we need to come to some con- nays 41, as follows: minimum—what I have been fighting sensus about what we want the sec- for months: Fair up-or-down votes on ondary mortgage market to look like. [Rollcall Vote No. 252 Ex.] my Show Your Exemptions proposal Families should have access to tradi- YEAS—57 and No Washington Exemptions from tional 30-year mortgages. And we don’t Baldwin Hagan Murray ObamaCare proposal. The first is real want to cut off access to capital for Baucus Harkin Nelson Begich Heinrich Portman simple. It simply mandates that every multifamily housing, which provides Bennet Heitkamp Pryor Member disclose how they are handling affordable housing for millions of fami- Blumenthal Hirono Reed their office. It is the same sort of ques- lies. Congressman WATT’s experience Booker Johnson (SD) Reid tion and goes to the same sort of infor- delving into these issues will be invalu- Boxer Kaine Rockefeller Brown King Sanders mation I am asking directly of Senator able in his role as the new Director of Burr Klobuchar Schatz REID. FHFA. Cantwell Landrieu Schumer The No Washington Exemptions from The mortgage crisis that took our Cardin Leahy Shaheen ObamaCare ends the end run around— Nation’s economy to the brink in 2008 Carper Levin Stabenow Casey Manchin Tester ends that special status, that special is still hurting American homeowners Coons Markey Udall (CO) treatment for Congress and our official and our economy. About 15 percent of Donnelly McCaskill Udall (NM) staff. It would also put them in the all borrowers—more than 7 million Durbin Menendez Warner same category of having to go to the Americans—are still under water on Feinstein Merkley Warren Franken Mikulski Whitehouse exchanges with no special treatment or their mortgages and high rates of fore- Gillibrand Murphy Wyden subsidy. It would include the Presi- closure continue to plague commu- dent, Vice President, White House nities across the country. The housing NAYS—41 staff, and political appointees. market still has a long way to go. Alexander Fischer Moran Unfortunately, again, the majority There is more that FHFA can do to Ayotte Flake Murkowski leader has blocked all of my attempts help the housing market recover—from Barrasso Graham Paul Blunt Grassley Risch to simply get a vote on these matters. working with State and local govern- Boozman Hatch Roberts I am not asking everyone to agree with ments to maintain vacant foreclosed Chambliss Heller Rubio me; it is a free country, but I think I properties held by Fannie and Freddie, Coats Hoeven Scott Coburn Inhofe Sessions deserve a vote. I think the American to targeted principal reduction to help Cochran Isakson Shelby people deserve a debate and a vote, and families stay in their homes. I look for- Collins Johanns Thune Corker Johnson (WI) so I will continue fighting for fair up- ward to working with Congressman Toomey or-down votes on the Senate floor on MEL WATT to address the challenges Cornyn Lee Crapo McCain Vitter both my disclosure proposal, Show still facing the housing market. Enzi McConnell Wicker Your Exemptions, and the ultimate fix, Time and again, some of my col- No Washington Exemptions from leagues threaten to block confirmation NOT VOTING—2 ObamaCare. of nominees to further sometimes unre- Cruz Kirk I will continue that work, and I look lated agendas. Sometimes it is simply forward to the majority leader’s re- because President Obama nominated The nomination was confirmed. sponse to this letter. these individuals. I hope that my col- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- I yield the floor. leagues will carefully consider the jority leader is recognized. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, the Sen- struggling homeowners in their respec- Mr. REID. Mr. President, that last ate has considered several well-quali- tive States as they do this. vote took 30 minutes. We are not going fied nominees this week. One of those FHFA has gone without a Director to wait around for Senators to come. is Congressman MEL WATT, the Presi- for more than 4 years. This important We are going to start cutting off dent’s nominee to be Director of the agency needs a Director that will stand votes—Democrats, Republicans, Inde- Federal Housing Finance Agency. Con- up for homeowners and work with Con- pendents, everybody. We cannot do gressman WATT has the institutional gress to reform Fannie Mae and this. We have a lot of work to do, so it knowledge, legislative experience, and Freddie Mac. is unfair to everyone who gets here on vision to transform our housing mar- FHFA deserves to be fully staffed so time. We are going to start cutting off ket and ensure that the mortgage cri- it can serve the best interests of tax- the votes in 20 minutes. I advise the sis doesn’t happen again. payers and homeowners. I urge my col- floor staff that in fact is the case. We Congressman WATT has vast experi- leagues to support Congressman are not to be waiting for people. It is ence working with the housing market. WATT’s confirmation and look forward wrong. It is unfair.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:45 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G10DE6.025 S10DEPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S8594 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 10, 2013 NOMINATION OF CORNELIA T. L. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there the Virginia Military Institute’s doors PILLARD TO BE UNITED STATES any other Senators in the Chamber de- to female students and expanded edu- CIRCUIT JUDGE FOR THE DIS- siring to vote? cational opportunity for women across TRICT OF COLUMBIA The result was announced—yeas 54, the country. Since then, hundreds of Mr. REID. I now move to proceed to nays 44, as follows: women have had the opportunity to at- reconsider the vote by which cloture [Rollcall Vote No. 254 Ex.] tend VMI and go on to serve our coun- was not invoked on the Pillard nomina- YEAS—54 try. Ms. Pillard has not only stood for tion. Baldwin Hagan Murray equal opportunities for women but for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Baucus Harkin Nelson men as well. In Nevada v. Hibbs, Ms. question is on agreeing to the motion. Begich Heinrich Pryor Mr. THUNE. I ask for the yeas and Bennet Heitkamp Reed Pillard successfully represented a male Blumenthal Hirono Reid employee of the State of Nevada who nays. Booker Johnson (SD) Rockefeller The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a Boxer Kaine Sanders was fired when he tried to take unpaid sufficient second? Brown King Schatz leave under the Family Medical Leave There appears to be a sufficient sec- Cantwell Klobuchar Schumer Act to care for his sick wife. In a 6–3 Cardin Landrieu Shaheen opinion authored by then-Chief Justice ond. Carper Leahy Stabenow The clerk will call the roll. Casey Levin Tester William Rehnquist, the Supreme Court The assistant legislative clerk called Coons Markey Udall (CO) ruled for her client, recognizing that the roll. Donnelly McCaskill Udall (NM) the law protects both men and women Durbin Menendez Warner in their caregiving roles within the Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators Feinstein Merkley Warren are necessarily absent: the Senator Franken Mikulski Whitehouse family. from Texas (Mr. CRUZ) and the Senator Gillibrand Murphy Wyden She has also worked at the Depart- from Illinois (Mr. KIRK). NAYS—44 ment of Justice as the Deputy Assist- ant Attorney General in the Office of The result was announced—yeas 54, Alexander Fischer Moran nays 44, as follows: Ayotte Flake Murkowski Legal Counsel, an office that advises on [Rollcall Vote No. 253 Ex.] Barrasso Graham Paul the most complex constitutional issues Blunt Grassley YEAS—54 Portman facing the executive branch. And prior Boozman Hatch Risch to that, Ms. Pillard litigated numerous Burr Heller Baldwin Hagan Murray Roberts civil rights cases as an assistant coun- Baucus Harkin Nelson Chambliss Hoeven Rubio Begich Heinrich Pryor Coats Inhofe Scott sel at the NAACP Legal Defense & Edu- Coburn Isakson Bennet Heitkamp Reed Sessions cational Fund. At Georgetown Law, Cochran Johanns Blumenthal Hirono Reid Shelby Ms. Pillard teaches advanced courses Booker Johnson (SD) Rockefeller Collins Johnson (WI) Thune Boxer Kaine Sanders Corker Lee on constitutional law and civil proce- Toomey Brown King Schatz Cornyn Manchin dure, and co-directs the law school’s Vitter Cantwell Klobuchar Schumer Crapo McCain Wicker Supreme Court Institute. Cardin Landrieu Shaheen Enzi McConnell She has earned the American Bar As- Carper Leahy Stabenow Casey Levin Tester NOT VOTING—2 sociation’s highest possible ranking— Coons Markey Udall (CO) Cruz Kirk Unanimously Well Qualified—to serve Donnelly McCaskill Udall (NM) The motion was agreed to. as a Federal appellate judge on the DC Durbin Menendez Warner Circuit. She also has significant bipar- Feinstein Merkley Warren Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, today, for Franken Mikulski Whitehouse the second time in a month, we are de- tisan support. Viet Dinh, the former Gillibrand Murphy Wyden bating whether to allow a confirmation Assistant Attorney General for the Of- NAYS—44 vote on the nomination of Nina Pillard fice of Legal Policy under President George W. Bush, has written that Alexander Fischer Moran to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Ayotte Flake Murkowski Circuit. Yesterday, we were finally able ‘‘Based on our long and varied profes- Barrasso Graham Paul to vote on the nomination of Patricia sional experience together, I know that Blunt Grassley Portman Professor Pillard is exceptionally Millett after many months of being Boozman Hatch Risch bright, a patient and unbiased listener, Burr Heller filibustered by Senate Republicans. I Roberts and a lawyer of great judgment and un- Chambliss Hoeven Rubio am glad we are making more progress Coats Inhofe Scott questioned integrity . . . Nina has al- Coburn Isakson today on another exceptional nominee. Sessions ways been fair, reasonable, and sensible Cochran Johanns Shelby The DC Circuit is often considered to Collins Johnson (WI) in her judgments . . . She is a fair- Thune be the second most important court in Corker Lee minded thinker with enormous respect Toomey the Nation and should be operating at Cornyn Manchin for the law and for the limited, and es- Vitter full strength. Today we will take a step Crapo McCain sential, role of the federal appellate Enzi McConnell Wicker towards making this court operate at judge—qualities that make her well full strength for the American people. NOT VOTING—2 prepared to take on the work of a DC In late November, a bipartisan ma- Cruz Kirk Federal Judge.’’ jority of Senators voted in favor of The motion was agreed to. Former FBI Director and Chief Judge The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- moving to an up-or-down vote on Nina of the Western District of Texas Wil- jority leader is recognized. Pillard’s nomination, but we fell short liam Sessions has written that her Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to by three votes. The same efforts to re- ‘‘rare combination of experience, both reconsider the vote by which cloture move the Republican blockade of this defending and advising government of- was not invoked on the Pillard nomina- President’s nominees to fill vacancies ficials, and representing individuals tion. on the DC Circuit that allowed the seeking to vindicate their rights, would The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senate to confirm Patricia Millett ear- be especially valuable in informing her question is on agreeing to the motion. lier this week will similarly allow the responsibilities as a judge.’’ Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I ask Senate to move forward on Nina Nina Pillard has also received letters for the yeas and nays. Pillard’s nomination so she can be con- of support from 30 former members of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a firmed and get to work for the Amer- the U.S. Armed Forces, including 8 re- sufficient second? ican people. tired generals; 25 former Federal pros- There appears to be a sufficient sec- Nina Pillard is an accomplished liti- ecutors and other law enforcement offi- ond. gator whose work includes nine Su- cials; 40 Supreme Court practitioners, The clerk will call the roll. preme Court oral arguments, and briefs including Laurence Tribe and Carter The bill clerk called the roll. in more than 25 Supreme Court cases. Phillips, among many others. Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators She drafted the Federal Government’s Despite having filled nearly half of are necessarily absent: the Senator brief in United States v. Virginia, law school classrooms for the last 20 from Texas (Mr. CRUZ) and the Senator which after a 7–1 decision by the Su- years, women are grossly underrep- from Illinois (Mr. KIRK). preme Court made history by opening resented on our Federal courts. We

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Baldwin Hagan Murray I commend President Obama on his Baucus Harkin Nelson am seeking to extend for an additional nominations of highly qualified women Begich Heinrich Pryor year the unemployment compensation such as Nina Pillard, Patricia Millett, Bennet Heitkamp Reed program that has been in place for sev- Blumenthal Hirono Reid eral years. That will allow 1.3 million Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor. In Booker Johnson (SD) Rockefeller Americans to have some support as each of these women, the Senate has Boxer Kaine Sanders had the opportunity to vote to confirm Brown King Schatz they face a very difficult economy. Cantwell Klobuchar women practicing at the pinnacle of Schumer We have asked, as Democrats, that Cardin Landrieu Shaheen this UI proposal be part of the budget the legal profession. Once the Senate Carper Leahy Stabenow confirmed Justice Kagan, the highest Casey Levin negotiation. Our colleagues in the Tester court in the land had more women than Collins Markey House of Representatives have made Coons McCaskill Udall (CO) the same request. It appears that will ever before serving on its bench. With Donnelly Menendez Udall (NM) the confirmation and appointment of Durbin Merkley Warner not be the case. So we have to seek a Nina Pillard, the same will be true for Feinstein Mikulski Warren stand-alone legislative vehicle. That is what many consider to be the second Franken Murkowski Whitehouse why I proposed the legislation as I have Gillibrand Murphy Wyden highest court in the land, the DC Cir- done today. cuit, because she will be the fifth ac- NAYS—42 What we were trying to do, with the request that was just objected to, and tive female judge on the court. Never Alexander Fischer McConnell what we have to do within 2 weeks is before have five women jurists actively Ayotte Flake Moran Barrasso Graham Paul pass this legislation—so the upcoming served on that court at one time. I look Blunt Grassley Portman expiration does not allow us the time forward to that moment and to further Boozman Hatch Risch for the procedural process of com- increasing the diversity of our federal Burr Heller Roberts Chambliss Hoeven Rubio mittee deliberation and markup, et bench. Coats Inhofe Scott cetera. What we have to do is try to I urge my colleagues to vote in favor Coburn Isakson Sessions avoid a huge economic shock to 1.3 mil- of ending the filibuster on this out- Cochran Johanns Shelby lion Americans immediately. There standing nominee. This Nation would Corker Johnson (WI) Thune Cornyn Lee Toomey will be more after that. But as of De- be better off for Nina Pillard serving as Crapo Manchin Vitter cember 28, if you are on unemployment a judge on the DC Circuit. Enzi McCain Wicker insurance, Federal unemployment in- CLOTURE MOTION NOT VOTING—2 surance, you lose it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Cruz Kirk In my State, that is 4,900 people cele- question is on agreeing to the motion brating New Year’s Day by losing their to invoke cloture on the Pillard nomi- The motion was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Federal unemployment insurance bene- nation, upon reconsideration. fits; for families who are struggling Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays clerk will report the nomination. The assistant legislative clerk read just to keep their heads above water in before the Senate the pending cloture a very difficult economy—who have motion, which the clerk will state. the nomination of Cornelia T. L. Pillard, of the District of Columbia, to seen their jobs disappear, who after The bill clerk read as follows: years of dedicated work find them- be United States Circuit Judge for the CLOTURE MOTION selves now looking at very difficult cir- District of Columbia Circuit. We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- cumstances for employment, in my The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the home State particularly, but not my ator from Rhode Island. Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move home State alone—this is a very dif- to bring to a close debate on the nomination f ficult burden to bear. of Cornelia T. L. Pillard, of the District of So we have to act. That is why we are Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge UNANIMOUS CONSENT REQUEST— for the District of Columbia Circuit. S. 1797 here this evening, to ask for immediate consideration of my legislation to ex- Harry Reid, Patrick J. Leahy, Richard J. Mr. REED. Mr. President, as in legis- tend unemployment insurance, not fur- Durbin, John D. Rockefeller IV, Ben- lative session, I ask unanimous consent ther review, but immediate consider- jamin L. Cardin, Jon Tester, Sheldon the Senate proceed to the immediate Whitehouse, Mark R. Warner, Patty ation. Murray, Mazie K. Hirono, Angus S. consideration of S. 1797, which was sub- I think it is important to point out King, Jr., Barbara Boxer, Jeanne Sha- mitted earlier today; that the bill be that the average weekly benefit is heen, Robert Menendez, Bill Nelson, read three times and passed; and the about $300 per week. This is not a pro- Debbie Stabenow, Richard Blumenthal. motion to reconsider be considered gram that people are using to enrich The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- made and laid upon the table, with no themselves by any means. This is basi- imous consent, the mandatory quorum intervening action or debate. cally keeping the heat on, keeping call has been waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there some food on the table, maybe keeping The question is, Is it the sense of the objection? the rent paid. Also, this is a program Senate that debate on the nomination The Senator from North Dakota. that people only qualify for after work- of Cornelia T. L. Pillard, of the District Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I want ing and establishing a work history. of Columbia, to be United States Cir- to reserve the right to object. I am cer- So for all of these reasons, we are not cuit Judge for the District of Columbia tainly willing to let the good Senator talking about some lavish benefit that Circuit, shall be brought to a close, make comments. But at this point I is a windfall to Americans. This is upon reconsideration? want to reserve the right to object. something that can keep families to- The yeas and nays are mandatory The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there gether. That is why I think we have to under the rule. objection? be willing, beginning this evening, to The clerk will call the roll. Mr. HOEVEN. I object. get this program extended through The assistant legislative clerk called The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- next year at least. the roll. tion is heard. There is another aspect to this too. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there Mr. REED. Mr. President, first of all, Unemployment insurance is one of the any other Senators in the Chamber de- I think it is appropriate to make some best countercyclical economic pro- siring to vote? comments. I appreciate the Senator grams we have when it comes to Fed- Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators from North Dakota being here and eral fiscal policy. The nonpartisan Con- are necessarily absent: the Senator making his point. But we are at a junc- gressional Budget Office estimates that

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This is an American issue Chamber who is indifferent to the the decent thing to do for millions of for workers who have worked and now plight of the long-term unemployed. families, it is the smart thing to do for cannot find jobs and need support. However, this legislation falls under our economy. Because if we do not do There is something else that is impor- the jurisdiction of the Senate Finance it, we are literally seeing, under very tant to mention; that is, we have seen Committee and, as of yet, the com- rational estimates, 200,000 jobs dis- some progress on the jobs front. The mittee has not had the opportunity to appear. What is the one thing every- last report showed we actually grew consider it. body claims we need to do in this coun- last month, 203,000 jobs. That is the There are a number of concerns that try right now? Put more people back to good news. The bad news is despite this Members on our side of the aisle have work. improvement, long-term unemploy- with the legislation, most notably the This extension has been scored at ment remains high. price tag. According to the CBO, a full about $26 billion for the year. Tradi- More than 4 million workers, 37 per- 1-year extension of the Emergency Un- tionally, we have treated unemploy- cent of those unemployed, were jobless employment Compensation Program ment insurance as an emergency ex- for 27 weeks or longer in November. So would cost $25 billion for a single year. penditure. We have not offset it. That what we are seeing is some short-term That is the cost of this bill, and the bill tradition has been abandoned recently movement, but the longer term unem- contains no offsets to cover that cost. and we have had to come up with off- ployment, the ones who qualify for the So the Senate Finance Committee sets. But there are offsets. There are Federal benefits, they are still finding needs to have an opportunity to con- tax loopholes that should be closed. it virtually—very difficult, if not im- sider this legislation to find a way to There are provisions that encourage possible, to find work. pay for it. In addition, the committee companies to move jobs overseas that That is exactly what this Federal needs to have an opportunity to con- we can close and pay for this. program is designed to fix. Those long- sider alternatives. Rather than simply There are other provisions that term unemployed who are in an envi- providing additional benefits to the un- would stop subsidizing significant mul- ronment, in a State where the economy employed, hopefully we can come up timillion dollar corporate benefits so is not working as well as some other with something that really helps them American families can have a chance. States. There are some States that are get back to work. Republicans are will- These loopholes we have talked about— doing exceptionally well. I am glad for ing to consider such ideas and need to and many of my colleagues talked them. But there are more, as I said be- have an opportunity to do so through about—they should be closed anyway. fore, who are experiencing unaccept- the committee process. But if it helps pay for unemployment ably high unemployment rates. It is on that basis that I object to my insurance, that is not only good, that This program started to take shape colleague’s unanimous consent request. is something that would be a very posi- in its most recent incarnation in June I thank the Chair for the time and tive step forward. 2008, when President George W. Bush the courtesy of my colleague. We need to extend these benefits not signed the program into law. When he The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- only for the individual families but for did it, the unemployment rate was 5.6 ator from Rhode Island. the overall economy. We have to start percent and the average duration of un- Mr. REED. Mr. President, I certainly immediately. We are running out of employment was 17.1 weeks. So we are respect my colleague from North Da- time. We have just 2 weeks. Nothing is looking now at a situation that nation- kota for stating his principled position. more important than getting people ally and in many States is much higher I think we can both agree on one thing: back to work. As I said, if we do not do than when we initiated this program We have to start moving very quickly this, we are going to see 200,000 jobs back in 2008. because this reality is moving very that are going to be forgone in the next Now is not the time to stop, and in rapidly on 1.3 million Americans. I year. So this is about jobs, as well as it order to get this done, we have to move hope we can move forward. is about keeping families together and expeditiously. There is not time for I yield the floor. keeping them able to provide for their elaborate hearings. There is not time The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- basic needs. for conferences with the House. The ator from Louisiana. It is progrowth. It is smart. I hope we House is proposing to leave this Fri- Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I too can come together and do it. I hope day. We have to move immediately. hope we can resolve the issue my col- again—I appreciate certainly the objec- Today, our national unemployment leagues were just discussing. It is an tion of the Senator from North Dakota. rate is 7 percent. The duration of un- important one for the country. We are But I hope we can find a way to not ob- employment is 37.2 weeks. That is 7 very blessed in Louisiana to have a rel- ject but to move forward together. The percent compared to 5.6 and 37.2 weeks atively low unemployment rate be- benefits cut across party lines. If you compared to 17.1 weeks. We still need cause our economy is doing so well, in look at the States that are suffering this program to help the families of large measure because of extraordinary the most—as we all know, the unem- this Nation. We can’t end it now. We new technologies, which I think the ployment compensation program is a have to move forward, particularly Chair understands as well in Indiana, tiered program. It depends upon the during this holiday season. where they used to discover oil and level of unemployment in our States. The reality—and finally to make this gas, and particularly natural gas in But if you look at the States that are point—is that people will be looking at places and in ways we never thought suffering the most, and unfortunately I a new year coming with the knowledge possible. That is creating a real resur- am going to have to say Rhode Island that what little benefit they are get- gence of manufacturing in our State, is one of them. Nevada has the highest ting as they search for work—an aver- and that is benefiting not only us and unemployment rate, 9.3. We are right age of $300 a week—is gone. That is a our neighbors along the gulf coast, but behind them, 9.2 percent. tough reality, to look at your family it is benefiting States all over Amer- It has been 5 long years of unaccept- on New Year’s Day and understand ica. able and elevated unemployment. It that you don’t have those resources. The economic numbers, despite the has come down from above 10 percent, So we have to act, and I hope we can. great challenges we have here in the but it is still much too high. But this With that, I yield the floor for my Congress on our budget, on paying is not a regional phenomenon. Illinois, colleague and his comments. down our debt, on reducing our annual 8.9 percent unemployment; Mississippi, The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- deficit, on procedural measures and 8.5 percent unemployment; Kentucky, ator from North Dakota. how to run the Senate and work more 8.4 percent unemployment; North Caro- Mr. HOEVEN. Mr. President, I ob- effectively on behalf of the people of all lina, 8 percent unemployment; Georgia, jected earlier, and I want to express my of our States, are really quite good in

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These are very added complications, which the Vet- f good-paying jobs, some starting at erans Administration has taken the COMMENDING SENATOR MURRAY $40,000 or $60,000 a year—construction, blame for, in that the bid process that Mr. REID. Mr. President, a couple welders—going up to $125,000. Some are was used initially for one of our clinics years ago I surprised everyone—but I temporary, but many of them will be was defective and they had to throw it didn’t surprise myself—when I selected permanent. out. So I hope we can resolve this unem- But the end of this sad story is that PATTY MURRAY as chair of the super- ployment issue, because, unfortu- a great bill passed the House of Rep- committee. At the time Patty was chairman of the Veterans’ Affairs Com- nately, in Senator REED’s State—the resentatives, literally just a few hours State of Rhode Island—and in 20 other ago, and I wanted to come to the floor mittee, she was a member of the Budg- et Committee, and I thought she would States there is very high unemploy- to say how proud I am of Congressman do a remarkably good job because I had ment. In some States it might still be BOUSTANY and his dogged pursuit of such faith in her integrity, her tem- over 9 percent. They are chronically justice. The district of Congressman perament, her wisdom, and her ability unemployed because of the competition BOUSTANY is in the part of the State to get things done. of globalization and other factors. So I where these two clinics will be built, in The country should be so pleased think we have to try to find a way to Lafayette and Lake Charles, so I with the work she was able to do on a work together as a Nation. As I said, worked closely with him, as has Sen- bipartisan basis with PAUL RYAN. It is Louisiana is blessed to have relatively ator VITTER, to make sure we brought really a kind of unconventional pair low unemployment, but we have a big some clarity and focus to this issue in working together to come up with a job skills training gap we are working order to move forward. As the bill budget that we can work on for 2 years. on in our State. moved through to help us with our We have numbers now. I am very f problem, it turns out it is also going to pleased that budget negotiators MUR- help many other States that are sched- VETERANS AFFAIRS MAJOR MED- RAY and RYAN have come up with an uled for veterans clinics. agreement today that will roll back ICAL FACILITY LEASE AUTHOR- I also want to thank Congressman IZATION ACT OF 2013 the painful arbitrary cuts of sequester MILLER of Florida, who is the chair of and prevent another costly government Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I the VA committee. He worked very shutdown. I again commend Budget want to actually talk a few minutes closely with Congressman BOUSTANY. Committee chairman PATTY MURRAY this evening about a very important Also I want to thank BERNIE SANDERS, for making this possible. But it is also bill the House just passed by an ex- our Senator from Vermont who chairs fair—and I hope this doesn’t get him in traordinary vote of 346 to 1. My col- our committee here. Senator SAND- trouble in the House—to say that league, Congressman BOUSTANY in the ERS—whose desk is right here, next to Chairman RYAN also worked hard. It House, was the lead sponsor, and I want mine—has been very supportive of this was a compromise. We didn’t get what to really congratulate him for his ex- effort. While I am not going to ask we wanted, they didn’t get what they traordinary work on this particular unanimous consent at this moment, he wanted, but that is what legislation is bill. It is something he and I have and I have had a discussion earlier all about—working together. ‘‘Com- worked together on across party lines. today about how strongly he supports promise’’ is not a bad word. He is a Republican and I am a Demo- this effort and how much he wants to We believed all along that Congress crat, but we worked very closely to- help us get this done. should set sound fiscal policy through gether to get this entire bill passed not There are 27 clinics in 22 States. This the regular order of the budget process only for the benefit of Louisiana— process—or nightmare, I should say— and not through hostage-taking or cri- which is shaded here on this chart as began in Louisiana about 6 years ago. sis-making. We will have a lot more to one of the States that would benefit— Four years ago the ruling was made, say about this in the days to come, but but we can see here how many other but our legislation that was passed in this is a good day for our country. States between 2013 and 2017 will be af- the House will override that and basi- fected positively by the passage of this cally set us on a course that is both fis- f bill. cally responsible and so important to MORNING BUSINESS The bill is the Veterans Affairs Major our veterans. We must honor the prom- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Medical Facility Lease Authorization ises we made to them that we would imous consent that the Senate proceed Act. That is a mouthful, but it takes provide clinics close enough so they now to a period of morning business, important action. It basically uses the could access them and so they are not with Senators allowed to speak for up guidance of the Office of Management driving hundreds of miles for regular to 10 minutes each. and Budget—we received a letter from care. We can be very smart in the way The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without them at my request—and formulates a we design these leases so it will be a objection, it is so ordered. piece of legislation that will allow the benefit to the taxpayer, a benefit to f Veterans Administration to build clin- the veterans and it will really meet our ics the way they have been building obligation to them. INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS clinics for our veterans—who really So again, the bill just passed the DAY need the highest and best quality House, and tomorrow I will be asking Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I rise care—using a lease arrangement. unanimous consent, along with Sen- today in recognition of International The reason we had to pass this bill— ator VITTER, to move this bill, to get it Human Rights Day. Sixty-five years and I will be working with Senator VIT- to the President’s desk and get it ago, on December 10, 1948, the United TER and many others to ask unanimous signed so that veterans who have been Nations General Assembly adopted the consent at the proper time for this bill waiting—particularly in our State—for Universal Declaration of Human to pass through the Senate—is because so long will have something extra spe- Rights, which serves as a foundation about 6 years ago there was an admin- cial to celebrate this Christmas holi- for human rights initiatives inter- istrative ruling that basically stopped day. nationally, and is an enduring guide for the ability of the Veterans Affairs De- I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- human rights advocates around the partment to be able to build these very sence of a quorum. globe. needed veterans clinics by using a The PRESIDING OFFICER. The On this annual celebration of Inter- lease. clerk will call the roll. national Human Rights Day we all

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My and peaceful South Africa, a legendary covery of this oversight and subsequent prayers go out to his family and all the African, and a shining example for fu- actions resulted in approximately people of South Africa. He was a per- ture generations of change-makers who 200,000 surviving spouses receiving sonal hero of mine, and of those who have inherited a better world because more than $124 million in benefits, al- work to uphold human rights around of his great deeds. lowing them to focus on moving for- the world. He led his nation not only in f ward after the death of a loved one. overcoming the divisions of racism, but Mary Ellen has also been heavily in- TRIBUTE TO MARY ELLEN in reconciling and healing. Throughout volved in working toward elimination MCCARTHY his life Nelson Mandela never stopped of the claims backlog, a challenge that fighting for the oppressed, speaking ∑ Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, when has plagued the Department for dec- out for the voiceless, and given hope to people think of government, some of ades and caused far too many veterans the hopeless. One of the greatest lead- the first words that may come to mind unnecessary hardship. Before she came ers may have left this world but the are politics and bureaucracy, two to Capitol Hill, she spent two decades lessons he taught us about human dig- things that tend to stifle progress. working as a nurse and then a lawyer, nity, sacrifice, perseverance, and per- Today, however, I have the great pleas- helping low-income and elderly individ- haps the most powerful lesson of all— ure of honoring someone who has spent uals obtain government benefits. This forgiveness—will live on forever. her many years on the Hill overcoming experience gave her a unique insight In 1964, Nelson Mandela was con- these barriers. She has implemented into the challenges of claims proc- victed of treason and sentenced to life changes and fixed problems to improve essing and she has been able to offer a in prison for his part in the fight for the lives of veterans and their families number of solutions that may other- racial equality in apartheid South Afri- in a very real way. Now, as she moves wise have been overlooked. These are just a few examples of the ca. At his trial Mandela said: into retirement, she leaves behind an example to which we should all aspire. very real contributions Mary Ellen has I have fought against white domination, made to the veterans community and I have fought against black domination. Mary Ellen McCarthy has spent the I have cherished the ideal of a democratic last 7 years of her distinguished career throughout her career. To those who and free society in which all persons live to- serving as the lead investigator for the have had the pleasure of working with gether in harmony and with equal opportuni- Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs her, Mary Ellen has been an inspira- ties. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and the decade before that as staff di- tion—working tirelessly to provide as- and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal rector for two subcommittees of the sistance to those who have served this for which I am prepared to die. House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. great Nation—a true veterans’ advo- Thankfully Mandela did not die dur- In that time, she has visited nearly cate. ing his years of imprisonment, and in- every Department of Veterans Affairs As she enters into her much deserved stead after enduring the unthinkable regional office and reviewed thousands retirement, she can rest easy knowing with grace and dignity, he emerged to of benefits claims. She has not only her efforts will continue benefiting vet- lead a country to self determination, identified gaps in services to veterans erans and their families for generations reconciliation, and forgiveness. and their families, but also problems to come, which is, as she is known to In 1990, when Nelson Mandela was fi- within VA. Most importantly, Mary say, not bad for an old lady. Mary Ellen, thank you for your years nally released after 10,000 days of im- Ellen never rested with the identifica- of advocacy on behalf of our Nation’s prisonment, his spirit was stronger tion of a problem. Instead, she found veterans. I wish you only the best in than ever. Ten thousand days in prison solutions to meet the needs of veterans retirement.∑ were not enough to break his spirit and and their families and worked relent- his devotion to the freedom of all peo- lessly to ensure they were put into f ple. In his autobiography, Mandela place as quickly as possible. TRIBUTE TO SIMEON BOOKER wrote ‘‘. . . to be free is not merely to Among her many achievements, Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today cast off one’s chains, but to live in a Mary Ellen will be forever recognized I wish to honor Simeon Booker as he way that respects and enhances the for her extraordinary work in ensuring receives an honorary doctor of letters freedom of others.’’ Vietnam era veterans and their fami- from Youngstown State University on And that he did. His democratic lies receive the benefits to which they December 15, 2013. Mr. Booker has de- ideals were unwavering. He led by ex- are entitled. She has worked tirelessly voted his life’s work to chronicling the ample, living a relatively modest life, to identify the many veterans whose history of the civil rights movement in refusing to reside in the presidential exposure to dangerous toxins was pre- America. mansion, and serving only one term as viously overlooked. Her efforts have As an African-American college stu- South Africa’s first black President. helped veterans with service on the in- dent in the 1940s and 1950s, Mr. Booker Mandela’s influence on the continent, land waterways of Vietnam, along the experienced discrimination firsthand and indeed around the world, does not DMZ in Korea, and on the perimeters at what was then Youngstown College. end with his passing. His story and of Air Force Bases in Thailand. Her Refusing to accept the indignities he moral courage has changed countless work has led to vindication and assist- found there, he transferred to Virginia lives forever. As he once said, ‘‘the true ance to those suffering from health Union University where he continued test of our devotion to freedom is just problems related to Agent Orange ex- to champion the rights of Black stu- beginning.’’ State and Federal law- posure. Her efforts did not stop with dents. makers across the United States the veterans themselves, however. She Early in his career, he was hired by looked to Mandela as an inspiration also brought attention to the children his hometown newspaper, the Youngs- when crafting laws that mandated di- who are born with spina bifida, as a re- town Vindicator, where he would write vestment from South Africa’s cruel sult of their parents’ exposure to Agent local columns focused on the city’s Af- Apartheid regime. I had the privilege Orange. rican-American population and sum- of serving as speaker of the Maryland So much of Mary Ellen’s work has fo- maries for the local Black baseball House of Delegates when we passed cused on those most in need—elderly leagues. He went on to work for the such legislation. Years later, our Na- and low-income veterans and surviving Cleveland Call and Post and was of- tion is still striving to follow in family members. For example, one of fered the esteemed Nieman Fellowship Mandela’s footsteps and fully realize Mary Ellen’s investigations revealed at Harvard University in the 1950s. his dream of peace and equality for all the surviving spouses of veterans who Mr. Booker became the first Black of mankind. had been receiving VA disability bene- reporter for the Washington Post in

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:45 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G10DE6.012 S10DEPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 10, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8599 1952, and also wrote for Jet and Ebony her work is reflected in her great ef- University where she earned a bachelor magazines. Mr. Booker was witness to forts over the last several months. of arts in political science. She has the rise of the great civil rights leaders I want to thank Abbie for the dedica- demonstrated a strong work ethic, of that time—Martin Luther King, Jr., tion she has shown while working for which has made her an invaluable asset the Kennedy brothers, Whitney Young, me and my staff. It was a pleasure to to our office. The quality of her work is and many others. He wrote about Mar- have her as part of our team. I know reflected in her great efforts over the tin Luther King’s nonviolent move- she will have continued success with last several months. ment for civil rights, and covered the all of her future endeavors. I wish her I want to thank Amy for the dedica- 1963 March on Washington. all my best on her next journey.∑ tion she has shown while working for me and my staff. It was a pleasure to Mr. Booker has received recognition f from his peers, having been awarded have her as part of our team. I know both the Newspaper Guild Award and RECOGNIZING AMANDA JONES she will have continued success with the Wilkie Award. As a journalist, he ∑ Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I all of her future endeavors. I wish her ∑ became the first African-American to would like to take the opportunity to all my best on her next journey. win the National Press Club’s Fourth express my appreciation to Amanda f Estate Award in 1982. He most recently Jones for her hard work as an intern in RECOGNIZING RYAN LOJO authored ‘‘Shocking the Conscience: A my Riverton, WY office. I recognize her ∑ Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I Reporter’s account of the Civil Rights efforts and contributions to my office would like to take the opportunity to Movement,’’ an account of a half-cen- as well as to the State of Wyoming. express my appreciation to Ryan Lojo tury of American history. Earlier this Amanda is a graduate of Lander Val- for his hard work as an intern in my year, he was inducted into the National ley High School. She is from Riverton, Washington, DC office. I recognize his Association of Black Journalists Hall WY and currently attends the Univer- efforts and contributions to my office of Fame. sity of Wyoming, where she is majoring as well as to the State of Wyoming. I would like to honor Simeon Booker in criminal justice. She has dem- Ryan is a native of Casper, WY and a for his lifetime contributions to our onstrated a strong work ethic, which graduate of Kelly Walsh High School. country in the fields of journalism and has made her an invaluable asset to He is also a recent graduate of Gonzaga civil rights and congratulate him on our office. The quality of her work is University, where he earned a degree in his recognition at Youngstown State reflected in her great efforts over the business administration-economics. He University. last several months. has demonstrated a strong work ethic, f I want to thank Amanda for the dedi- which has made him an invaluable ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS cation she has shown while working for asset to our office. The quality of his me and my staff. It was a pleasure to work is reflected in his great efforts have her as part of our team. I know over the last several months. RECOGNIZING JOEL DEFEBAUGH she will have continued success with I want to thank Ryan for the dedica- all of her future endeavors. I wish her tion he has shown while working for ∑ Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I all my best on her next journey.∑ me and my staff. It was a pleasure to would like to take the opportunity to have him as part of our team. I know express my appreciation to Joel f he will have continued success with all Defebaugh for his hard work as an in- RECOGNIZING NATASHA JOHN of his future endeavors. I wish him all tern in my Washington, DC Office. I my best on his next journey.∑ recognize his efforts and contributions ∑ Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I to my office as well as to the State of would like to take the opportunity to f Wyoming. express my appreciation to Natasha RECOGNIZING MATTHEW SPENNY John for her hard work as an intern in Joel is a native of Casper, WY and a ∑ Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I graduate of Natrona County High the Senate Committee on Indian Af- fairs. I recognize her efforts and con- would like to take the opportunity to School. He is also a recent graduate of express my appreciation to Matthew the University of Wyoming, where he tributions to my office as well as to the State of Wyoming. Spenny for his hard work as an intern earned a degree in political science. He in my Cheyenne, WY office. I recognize has demonstrated a strong work ethic, Natasha is a native of Oklahoma and a graduate of Concordia College. She is his efforts and contributions to my of- which has made him an invaluable fice as well as to the State of Wyo- asset to our office. The quality of his also a candidate for a masters of arts in global studies and international re- ming. work is reflected in his great efforts Matthew lives in Laramie, WY and is lations from the University of Central over the last several months. a graduate of the University of Wyo- Oklahoma. She has demonstrated a I want to thank Joel for the dedica- ming, where he earned a degree in com- strong work ethic, which has made her tion he has shown while working for munication and journalism. He has an invaluable asset to our office. The me and my staff. It was a pleasure to demonstrated a strong work ethic, quality of her work is reflected in her have him as part of our team. I know which has made him an invaluable great efforts over the last several he will have continued success with all asset to our office. The quality of his months. of his future endeavors. I wish him all work is reflected in his great efforts I want to thank Natasha for the dedi- my best on his next journey.∑ over the last several months. cation she has shown while working for f I want to thank Matthew for the me and my staff. It was a pleasure to dedication he has shown while working RECOGNIZING ABBIE GOLDEN have her as part of our team. I know for me and my staff. It was a pleasure ∑ Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I she will have continued success with to have him as part of our team. I would like to take the opportunity to all of her future endeavors. I wish her ∑ know he will have continued success express my appreciation to Abbie Gold- all my best on her next journey. with all of his future endeavors. I wish en for her hard work as an intern in the f him all my best on his next journey.∑ Senate Republican Policy Committee f office. I recognize her efforts and con- RECOGNIZING AMY LEE tributions to my office. ∑ Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I RECOGNIZING JENNIFER TRABING Abbie is a native of Little Rock, AR would like to take the opportunity to ∑ Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I and a graduate of Episcopal High express my appreciation to Amy Lee would like to take the opportunity to School. She is also a recent graduate of for her hard work as an intern in my express my appreciation to Jennifer the University of Pennsylvania, where Washington, DC office. I recognize her Trabing for her hard work as an intern she earned a degree in political science. efforts and contributions to my office in my Cheyenne, WY office. I recognize She has demonstrated a strong work as well as to the State of Wyoming. her efforts and contributions to my of- ethic, which has made her an invalu- Amy is a native of Cheyenne, WY. fice as well as to the State of Wyo- able asset to our office. The quality of She is a recent graduate of Marquette ming.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:45 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G10DE6.035 S10DEPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S8600 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 10, 2013 Jennifer is a native of Buffalo, WY Today, Aetna is proud to be home to ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- where she graduated from Buffalo High more than 20 highly decorated fire- titled ‘‘Fenpropathrin; Pesticide Tolerances’’ School. She is also a graduate of the fighters, EMS, and EMT members. Re- (FRL No. 9902–44) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on November 19, University of Wyoming where she cent citations include Heroic EMT of 2013; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- earned a bachelor of arts in inter- the Year to Jeff Evans, Eric Barsky, trition, and Forestry. national studies. She has demonstrated Paul Testa, Steve Walls, and Garland EC–3743. A communication from the Direc- a strong work ethic, which has made Church, and Lt. John P. Murphy; EMT tor of the Regulatory Management Division, her an invaluable asset to our office. of the Year to Rob ‘‘Dusty’’ Sweetman, Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- The quality of her work is reflected in Joshua Rainey, Michael Shao, Kevin ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- her great efforts over the last several Eichinger, Theodorica Cenizal, Ann titled ‘‘Tebuconazole; Pesticide Tolerances’’ (FRL No. 9392–1) received in the Office of the months. Gillespie, Arman Fardanesh, Laurel President of the Senate on November 19, I want to thank Jennifer for the dedi- Petchel, and Melanie Patnaude; and 2013; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nu- cation she has shown while working for Lifetime Achievement in EMS Awards trition, and Forestry. me and my staff. It was a pleasure to to Diane Silverman, E. David Bailey, EC–3744. A communication from the Direc- have her as part of our team. I know and Gene Niland. Aetna is also the tor of the Regulatory Management Division, she will have continued success with home to 12 EMS Top Responders, in- Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- all of her future endeavors. I wish her cluding 4-time winner Eric B. Barsky. ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ∑ titled ‘‘Etofenprox; Pesticide Tolerances’’ all my best on her next journey. The Delaware congressional delega- (FRL No. 9902–39) received during adjourn- f tion is proud to recognize the Aetna ment of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- Hose Hook & Ladder Company and its AETNA HOSE HOOK & LADDER dent of the Senate on December 2, 2013; to team of first responders for 125 years of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, COMPANY honorable service to the community of and Forestry. ∑ Mr. COONS. Mr. President, on behalf Newark, DE.∑ EC–3745. A communication from the Direc- of Senator TOM CARPER, Congressman tor of the Regulatory Management Division, f Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- JOHN CARNEY and myself, I rise today ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- to recognize the Aetna Hose Hook & MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE titled ‘‘Quinclorac; Pesticide Tolerances’’ Ladder Company and its many volun- At 12:06 p.m., a message from the (FRL No. 9902–15) received during adjourn- teers and leadership who, on December House of Representatives, delivered by ment of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- 17, 2013, will celebrate the 125th anni- dent of the Senate on December 2, 2013; to Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- versary of the company’s founding in the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, nounced that the House has passed the 1888. and Forestry. following bill, in which it requests the For more than a century, Aetna has EC–3746. A communication from the Direc- concurrence of the Senate: tor of the Regulatory Management Division, provided exemplary firefighting and H.R. 3627. An act to require the Attorney Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- lifesaving services for residents of New- ting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule en- ark, DE. From its humble beginnings General to report on State law penalties for certain child abusers, and for other purposes. titled ‘‘Metaldehyde; Pesticide Tolerances’’ at the turn of the century, when the (FRL No. 9399–8) received during adjourn- company consisted of a simple, hand- The message further announced that ment of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- drawn hose cart, the Aetna Hose Hook pursuant to section 1238(b)(3) of the dent of the Senate on December 2, 2013; to & Ladder Company has grown to incor- Floyd D. Spence National Defense Au- the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, thorization Act of Fiscal Year 2001 (22 and Forestry. porate 5 stations, 17 trucks, and hun- EC–3747. A communication from the Con- dreds of members dedicated to ‘‘service U.S.C. 7002), amended by the division P of the Consolidated Appropriations gressional Review Coordinator, Animal and for others.’’ Plant Health Inspection Service, Department Prior to 1888, residents were forced to Resolution, 2003 (22 U.S.C. 6901), the of Agriculture, transmitting, pursuant to combat fires on their own, until a fire Minority Leader re-appoints the fol- law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Importa- in a woolen mill resulted in the loss of lowing members to the United States- tion of Fresh Beans, Shelled or in Pods, 800 jobs. The disaster prompted the China Economic and Security Review From Jordan Into the Continental United Commission: Ms. Carolyn Bartholomew States’’ ((RIN0579–AD69) (Docket No. APHIS– town council to call for the creation of 2012–0042)) received in the Office of the Presi- a town fire company. Founded on De- of Washington, DC and Mr. Jeffery L. Fiedler of Great Falls, Virginia. dent of the Senate on November 19, 2013; to cember 17, 1888 at a meeting of 30 town the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, citizens, Aetna Hose Hook & Ladder f and Forestry. Company’s first leadership group in- EC–3748. A communication from the Sec- cluded John A. Mullin as chairman, MEASURES REFERRED retary of the Commodity Futures Trading Isaac J. Moore as secretary, William H. The following bill was read the first Commission, transmitting, pursuant to law, and the second times by unanimous the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Derivatives Simpers as president, and Joseph T. Clearing Organizations and International Willis as foreman—the 19th century consent, and referred as indicated: Standards’’ (RIN3038–AE06) received in the term for fire chief. Dues for active H.R. 3627. An act to require the Attorney Office of the President of the Senate on No- members began at $1, while contrib- General to report on State law penalties for vember 20, 2013; to the Committee on Agri- uting members paid $2 per year. The certain child abusers, and for other purposes; culture, Nutrition, and Forestry. company was incorporated on Decem- to the Committee on the Judiciary. EC–3749. A communication from the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Tech- ber 13, 1889, with 57 charter members. f nology and Logistics), transmitting, pursu- During its humble first years, MEASURES READ THE FIRST TIME ant to law, the quarterly exception Selected Aetna’s fire alarm system consisted of Acquisition Reports (SARs) as of September ringing Catholic Church, academy and The following bill was read the first 30, 2013 (DCN OSS 2013–1801); to the Com- college bells. In 1893, the company pur- time: mittee on Armed Services. chased its first hose carriage and in S. 1797. A bill to provide for the extension EC–3750. A communication from the Acting 1901, it received its first $250 appropria- of certain unemployment benefits, and for Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and other purposes. Readiness), transmitting a report on the ap- tion from the town of Newark, prompt- proved retirement of Lieutenant General ing a celebratory parade. f Robert P. Lennox, United States Army, and The fire company soon became an in- his advancement to the grade of lieutenant tegral part of the Newark community, EXECUTIVE AND OTHER general on the retired list; to the Committee hosting banquets, carnivals, and bingo COMMUNICATIONS on Armed Services. nights to raise money for equipment The following communications were EC–3751. A communication from the Acting and firefighting gear. Formed in 1949, laid before the Senate, together with Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and the Aetna Ladies Auxiliary has pro- Readiness), transmitting a report on the ap- accompanying papers, reports, and doc- proved retirement of Lieutenant General vided unwavering support for the com- uments, and were referred as indicated: Darrell D. Jones, United States Air Force, pany’s members, from fundraising to EC–3742. A communication from the Direc- and his advancement to the grade of lieuten- providing hot meals for firefighters and tor of the Regulatory Management Division, ant general on the retired list; to the Com- their guests. Environmental Protection Agency, transmit- mittee on Armed Services.

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A communication from the Direc- an affiliated area of the National Park Sys- testing by the United States on San Jose Is- tor of Legislative Affairs, Legal Office, Fed- tem, and for other purposes; to the Com- land off the coast of Panama; to the Com- eral Deposit Insurance Corporation, trans- mittee on Energy and Natural Resources. mittee on Armed Services. mitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule By Mr. GRASSLEY (for himself and EC–3753. A communication from the Sec- entitled ‘‘Deposit Insurance Regulations; Mr. KAINE): retary of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to Definition of Insured Deposit’’ (RIN3064– S. 1786. A bill to encourage the placement law, a report relative to the Department of AE00) received in the Office of the President of children in foster care with siblings; to Defense commencing disaster relief oper- of the Senate on November 20, 2013; to the the Committee on Finance. ations in the Philippines; to the Committee Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban By Mr. ROCKEFELLER: on Armed Services. Affairs. S. 1787. A bill to require a medical loss EC–3754. A communication from the Assist- EC–3764. A communication from the Coun- ratio of 85 percent for Medicaid managed ant Secretary of Defense (Global Strategic sel, Legal Division, Bureau of Consumer Fi- care plans, and for other purposes; to the Affairs), transmitting, pursuant to law, a re- nancial Protection, transmitting, pursuant Committee on Finance. port entitled ‘‘Report on Proposed Obliga- to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Amend- By Mr. THUNE (for himself and Mr. tions for Cooperative Threat Reduction’’; to ments to the 2013 Mortgage Rules Under the WYDEN): the Committee on Armed Services. Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act S. 1788. A bill to make it a negotiating EC–3755. A communication from the Under (Regulation X) and the Truth in Lending Act principle of the United States in negotia- Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Tech- (Regulation Z)’’ ((RIN3170–AA37) (Docket No. tions for bilateral, plurilateral, or multilat- nology and Logistics), transmitting, pursu- CFPB–2013–0031)) received during adjourn- eral agreements to seek the inclusion of pro- ant to law, the Fiscal Year 2012 Report on ment of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- visions that promote Internet-enabled com- Department of Defense (DoD) Operation and dent of the Senate on December 3, 2013; to merce and digital trade; to the Committee Financial Support for Military Museums; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and on Finance. the Committee on Armed Services. Urban Affairs. By Ms. BALDWIN (for herself and Mr. EC–3756. A communication from the Sec- EC–3765. A communication from the Sec- MARKEY): retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- retary of the Federal Trade Commission, S. 1789. A bill to amend the Communica- ant to law, a six-month periodic report on transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of tions Act of 1934 to establish signal quality and content requirements for the carriage of the national emergency with respect to a rule entitled ‘‘Premerger Notification; Re- public, educational, and governmental chan- Burma that was declared in Executive Order porting and Waiting Period Requirements’’ nels, to preserve support of such channels, 13047 of May 20, 1997; to the Committee on (RIN3084–AA91) received during adjournment and for other purposes; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. of the Senate in the Office of the President EC–3757. A communication from the Sec- of the Senate on November 25, 2013; to the Commerce, Science, and Transportation. retary of the Treasury, transmitting, pursu- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban By Mr. COONS: S. 1790. A bill to modernize laws, and elimi- ant to law, a six-month periodic report on Affairs. EC–3766. A communication from the Coun- nate discrimination, with respect to people the national emergency with respect to the sel, Legal Division, Bureau of Consumer Fi- living with HIV/AIDS, and for other pur- stabilization of Iraq that was declared in Ex- nancial Protection, transmitting, pursuant poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. ecutive Order 13303 of May 22, 2003; to the to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Home- By Mr. ROCKEFELLER: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban ownership Counseling Organizations Lists S. 1791. A bill to provide for the treatment Affairs. of certain hospitals under the Medicare pro- EC–3758. A communication from the Asso- Interpretive View’’ (RIN3170–AA37) received during adjournment of the Senate in the Of- gram; to the Committee on Finance. ciate General Counsel for Legislation and fice of the President of the Senate on Decem- By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and Mr. Regulations, Office of the Secretary, Depart- ber 2, 2013; to the Committee on Banking, MANCHIN): ment of Housing and Urban Development, Housing, and Urban Affairs. S. 1792. A bill to close out expired, empty transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of EC–3767. A communication from the Coun- grant accounts; to the Committee on Home- a rule entitled ‘‘Floodplain Management and sel, Legal Division, Bureau of Consumer Fi- land Security and Governmental Affairs. Protection of Wetlands’’ (RIN2501–AD51) re- nancial Protection, transmitting, pursuant By Ms. KLOBUCHAR (for herself, Mr. ceived in the Office of the President of the to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Ability- CASEY, and Mr. SCHUMER): Senate on November 21, 2013; to the Com- to-Repay and Qualified Mortgage Standards S. 1793. A bill to encourage States to re- mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- Under the Truth in Lending Act (Regulation quire the installation of residential carbon fairs. Z)’’ ((RIN3170–AA37) (Docket No. CFPB–2013– monoxide detectors in homes, and for other EC–3759. A communication from the Chief 0002)) received during adjournment of the purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Senate in the Office of the President of the Science, and Transportation. Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Senate on December 2, 2013; to the Com- By Mr. UDALL of Colorado: transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Af- S. 1794. A bill to designate certain Federal a rule entitled ‘‘Suspension of Community fairs. land in Chaffee County, Colorado, as a na- Eligibility’’ ((44 CFR Part 64) (Docket No. EC–3768. A communication from the Coun- tional monument and as wilderness; to the FEMA–2013–0002)) received in the Office of sel, Legal Division, Bureau of Consumer Fi- Committee on Energy and Natural Re- the President of the Senate on November 21, nancial Protection, transmitting, pursuant sources. 2013; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Truth By Ms. STABENOW: and Urban Affairs. in Lending Act (Regulation Z)’’ (Docket No. S. 1795. A bill to establish a Federal tax EC–3760. A communication from the Chief CFPB–2013–0035) received during adjourn- credit approximation matching program for Counsel, Federal Emergency Management ment of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- State new jobs training tax credits, and for Agency, Department of Homeland Security, dent of the Senate on December 2, 2013; to other purposes; to the Committee on Fi- transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and nance. a rule entitled ‘‘Suspension of Community Urban Affairs. By Mrs. GILLIBRAND: Eligibility’’ ((44 CFR Part 64) (Docket No. EC–3769. A communication from the Coun- S. 1796. A bill to increase the participation FEMA–2013–0002)) received in the Office of sel, Legal Division, Bureau of Consumer Fi- of women, girls, and underrepresented mi- the President of the Senate on November 21, nancial Protection, transmitting, pursuant norities in STEM fields, to encourage and 2013; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Truth support students from all economic back- and Urban Affairs. in Lending Act (Regulation M)’’ (Docket No. grounds to pursue STEM career opportuni- EC–3761. A communication from the Chief CFPB–2013–0034) received during adjourn- ties, and for other purposes; to the Com- Counsel, Federal Emergency Management ment of the Senate in the Office of the Presi- mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and Agency, Department of Homeland Security, dent of the Senate on December 2, 2013; to Pensions. transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and By Mr. REED: a rule entitled ‘‘Housing Assistance Due to Urban Affairs. S. 1797. A bill to provide for the extension Structural Damage’’ ((RIN1660–AA68) (Dock- of certain unemployment benefits, and for f et No. FEMA–2010–0035)) received in the Of- other purposes; read the first time. fice of the President of the Senate on No- INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. vember 19, 2013; to the Committee on Bank- JOINT RESOLUTIONS MANCHIN, Mr. TOOMEY, Mr. KING, Ms. ing, Housing, and Urban Affairs. COLLINS, and Mr. BEGICH): EC–3762. A communication from the Gen- The following bills and joint resolu- S. 1798. A bill to ensure that emergency eral Counsel of the Federal Housing Finance tions were introduced, read the first services volunteers are not counted as full- Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the and second times by unanimous con- time employees under the shared responsi- report of a rule entitled ‘‘Information Shar- sent, and referred as indicated: bility requirements contained in the Patient

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S. 1405 The following concurrent resolutions S. 577 At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the and Senate resolutions were read, and At the request of Mr. NELSON, the name of the Senator from Minnesota referred (or acted upon), as indicated: name of the Senator from Massachu- (Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a cospon- By Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. setts (Mr. MARKEY) was added as a co- sor of S. 1405, a bill to amend title ISAKSON): sponsor of S. 577, a bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to S. Res. 314. A resolution commemorating XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an extension of certain am- and supporting the goals of World AIDS Day; to the Committee on Foreign Relations. provide for the distribution of addi- bulance add-on payments under the By Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. tional residency positions, and for Medicare program. MCCONNELL): other purposes. S. 1431 S. Res. 315. A resolution to authorize the S. 917 At the request of Mr. WYDEN, the production of records by the Committee on At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the name of the Senator from Montana Homeland Security and Governmental Af- name of the Senator from North Caro- (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor fairs; considered and agreed to. lina (Mrs. HAGAN) was added as a co- of S. 1431, a bill to permanently extend By Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. sponsor of S. 917, a bill to amend the the Internet Tax Freedom Act. COLLINS): S. Res. 316. A resolution supporting the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to pro- S. 1454 goals and ideals of American Diabetes vide a reduced rate of excise tax on At the request of Ms. LANDRIEU, the Month; to the Committee on Health, Edu- beer produced domestically by certain name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. cation, Labor, and Pensions. qualifying producers. NELSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. f S. 948 1454, a bill to authorize the Small Busi- At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the ness Administrator to establish a grant ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS name of the Senator from Michigan program to empower encore entre- S. 135 (Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cospon- preneurs. At the request of Mr. THUNE, his sor of S. 948, a bill to amend title XVIII S. 1487 name was added as a cosponsor of S. of the Social Security Act to provide At the request of Mr. THUNE, the 135, a bill to amend title X of the Pub- for coverage and payment for complex name of the Senator from Oklahoma lic Health Service Act to prohibit fam- rehabilitation technology items under (Mr. INHOFE) was added as a cosponsor ily planning grants from being awarded the Medicare program. of S. 1487, a bill to limit the avail- to any entity that performs abortions, S. 958 ability of tax credits and reductions in and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. UDALL of Colo- cost-sharing under the Patient Protec- S. 226 rado, the name of the Senator from tion and Affordable Care Act to indi- At the request of Mr. TESTER, the North Carolina (Mrs. HAGAN) was added viduals who receive health insurance name of the Senator from Minnesota as a cosponsor of S. 958, a bill to amend coverage pursuant to the provisions of (Ms. KLOBUCHAR) was added as a co- the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to re- a Taft-Hartley plan. sponsor of S. 226, a bill to amend the duce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 S. 1507 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 level, and for other purposes. At the request of Ms. HEITKAMP, the to provide leave because of the death of S. 973 name of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. a son or daughter. At the request of Mr. UDALL of New BEGICH) was added as a cosponsor of S. S. 236 Mexico, the name of the Senator from 1507, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- At the request of Ms. MURKOWSKI, the Alaska (Mr. BEGICH) was added as a co- enue Code of 1986 to clarify the treat- name of the Senator from Oklahoma sponsor of S. 973, a bill to improve the ment of general welfare benefits pro- (Mr. INHOFE) was added as a cosponsor integrity and safety of interstate vided by Indian tribes. of S. 236, a bill to amend title XVIII of horseracing, and for other purposes. S. 1666 the Social Security Act to establish a S. 994 At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the Medicare payment option for patients At the request of Mr. WARNER, the name of the Senator from Alabama and physicians or practitioners to free- name of the Senator from Delaware (Mr. SESSIONS) was added as a cospon- ly contract, without penalty, for Medi- (Mr. COONS) was added as a cosponsor sor of S. 1666, a bill to amend the Pa- care fee-for-service items and services, of S. 994, a bill to expand the Federal tient Protection and Affordable Care while allowing Medicare beneficiaries Funding Accountability and Trans- Act to improve the patient navigator to use their Medicare benefits. parency Act of 2006 to increase ac- program. S. 367 countability and transparency in Fed- S. 1697 At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the eral spending, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the names of the Senator from New Hamp- S. 1096 name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. shire (Mrs. SHAHEEN) and the Senator At the request of Mr. BAUCUS, the DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. from Montana (Mr. TESTER) were added name of the Senator from North Da- 1697, a bill to support early learning. as cosponsors of S. 367, a bill to amend kota (Ms. HEITKAMP) was added as a co- S. 1719 title XVIII of the Social Security Act sponsor of S. 1096, a bill to establish an At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the to repeal the Medicare outpatient reha- Office of Rural Education Policy in the name of the Senator from Minnesota bilitation therapy caps. Department of Education. (Mr. FRANKEN) was added as a cospon- S. 411 S. 1123 sor of S. 1719, a bill to amend the Pub- At the request of Mr. ROCKEFELLER, At the request of Mr. CARPER, the lic Health Service Act to reauthorize the name of the Senator from Con- name of the Senator from North Caro- the poison center national toll-free necticut (Mr. MURPHY) was added as a lina (Mrs. HAGAN) was added as a co- number, national media campaign, and cosponsor of S. 411, a bill to amend the sponsor of S. 1123, a bill to amend titles grant program, and for other purposes. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend XVIII and XIX of the Social Security S. 1779 and modify the railroad track mainte- Act to curb waste, fraud, and abuse in At the request of Mr. TOOMEY, the nance credit. the Medicare and Medicaid programs. name of the Senator from Arizona (Mr. S. 415 S. 1158 FLAKE) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Ms. LANDRIEU, the At the request of Mr. WARNER, the 1779, a bill to amend the Safe Drinking name of the Senator from Pennsyl- name of the Senator from Connecticut Water Act to exempt fire hydrants vania (Mr. CASEY) was added as a co- (Mr. MURPHY) was added as a cosponsor from the prohibition on the use of lead

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:39 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A10DE6.015 S10DEPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE December 10, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S8603 pipes, fittings, fixtures, solder, and GONE Act. This legislation would re- SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS flux. quire federal agencies to close out ex- S. RES. 289 pired grant accounts with an empty At the request of Mr. BEGICH, the balance. name of the Senator from South Da- SENATE RESOLUTION 314—COM- ‘‘U.S. government spends $890,000 on kota (Mr. THUNE) was added as a co- MEMORATING AND SUPPORTING nothing’’—it sounds like a bad joke, sponsor of S. Res. 289, a resolution ex- THE GOALS OF WORLD AIDS DAY but it is no laughing matter. The pressing the sense of the Senate that Mr. COONS (for himself and Mr. Washington Post recently reported, ambush marketing adversely affects ISAKSON) submitted the following reso- the United States Olympic and ‘‘This year, the government will spend lution; which was referred to the Com- Paralympic teams and should be dis- at least $890,000 on service fees for bank mittee on Foreign Relations: accounts that are empty. At last couraged. S. RES. 314 count, Uncle Sam has 13,712 such ac- S. RES. 299 Whereas an estimated 35,000,000 people are At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the counts with a balance of zero.’’ living with HIV/AIDS in 2013; names of the Senator from Missouri According to an official government Whereas Target 6a of the United Nations (Mr. BLUNT) and the Senator from report, the Government Accountability Millennium Development Goals is to halt and begin to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS Michigan (Mr. LEVIN) were added as co- Office, GA0, reported last year that the sponsors of S. Res. 299, a resolution by 2015; Payment Management System, the congratulating the American Jewish Whereas the 2001 United Nations Declara- largest civilian payment system for tion of Commitment on HIV/AIDS Global Joint Distribution Committee on the mobilized global attention and commitment celebration of its 100th anniversary and grants managed by the Department of Health and Services, was charged to the HIV/AIDS epidemic and set out a se- commending its significant contribu- ries of national targets and global actions to tion to empower and revitalize devel- $173,000 to maintain the Department of reverse the epidemic; oping communities around the world. Health and Human Services’ 28,000 ex- Whereas the 2011 United Nations Political AMENDMENT NO. 2031 pired grant accounts with a zero bal- Declaration on HIV and AIDS provided an updated framework for intensified efforts to At the request of Mr. INHOFE, the ance. Furthermore, the GAO estimates eliminate HIV and AIDS, including redou- name of the Senator from New Hamp- that if federal agencies were billed for bling efforts to achieve by 2015 universal ac- shire (Ms. AYOTTE) was added as a co- the entire year, maintaining expired cess to HIV prevention, treatment, care, and sponsor of amendment No. 2031 in- grant accounts with a zero balance for support, and to eliminate gender inequalities tended to be proposed to S. 1197, an the entire year would cost $2 million in and gender-based abuse and violence and in- original bill to authorize appropria- fees. crease the capacity of women and adolescent tions for fiscal year 2014 for military girls to protect themselves from the risk of activities of the Department of De- To tackle this problem, I am intro- HIV infection; fense, for military construction, and ducing the GONE Act, a bill with a Whereas the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, commonsense goal: to increase ac- Tuberculosis and Malaria was launched in for defense activities of the Depart- 2002 and, as of November 2013, supported pro- ment of Energy, to prescribe military countability. My legislation would re- grams in more than 140 countries that pro- personnel strengths for such fiscal quire the Council of the Inspectors vided antiretroviral therapy to 6,100,000 peo- year, and for other purposes. General on Integrity and Efficiency to ple living with HIV/AIDS and antiretrovirals AMENDMENT NO. 2309 submit a report to Congress and the to 2,100,000 pregnant women to prevent trans- mission of HIV/AIDS to their babies; At the request of Mr. TOOMEY, the agency head including a list of each ex- Whereas the United States is the largest name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. pired, empty grant account held by the donor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tu- PORTMAN) was added as a cosponsor of Federal Government, recommend berculosis and Malaria; amendment No. 2309 intended to be pro- which grant accounts should be imme- Whereas, for every dollar contributed to posed to S. 1197, an original bill to au- diately closed, and for those grant ac- the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis thorize appropriations for fiscal year counts that have been expired for more and Malaria by the United States, an addi- 2014 for military activities of the De- tional $2 is leveraged from other donors; than 90 days, to explain why it has not partment of Defense, for military con- Whereas the United States hosted the struction, and for defense activities of been closed out. It would also require Global Fund’s Fourth Voluntary Replenish- ment Conference on December 2-3, 2013; the Department of Energy, to prescribe the agency head to close out the ex- pired, empty grant accounts and to up- Whereas the United States President’s military personnel strengths for such Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), fiscal year, and for other purposes. date the Council on whether the grant introduced by President George W. Bush in AMENDMENT NO. 2400 accounts were closed. Additionally, the 2003, remains the largest commitment in his- At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the bill would require the Council to sub- tory by any nation to combat a single dis- name of the Senator from Kansas (Mr. mit a follow-up report to Congress and ease; Whereas, as of the end of September 2012, ROBERTS) was added as a cosponsor of the committees of jurisdiction on the PEPFAR supported treatment for 5,100,000 amendment No. 2400 intended to be pro- status of grant accounts identified for people, up from 1,700,000 in 2008, and in 2012, posed to S. 1197, an original bill to au- closure. PEPFAR supported provision of thorize appropriations for fiscal year While the fees currently spent on ex- antiretroviral drugs to 750,000 pregnant 2014 for military activities of the De- pired grant accounts may seem like a women living with HIV to prevent the trans- partment of Defense, for military con- mission of HIV from mother to baby during drop in the bucket, it nonetheless struction, and for defense activities of birth; the Department of Energy, to prescribe proves there is plenty of fat to trim. At Whereas PEPFAR directly supported HIV military personnel strengths for such a time when our country faces serious testing and counseling for more than 46,500,000 people in fiscal year 2012; fiscal year, and for other purposes. fiscal challenges and a soaring $17 tril- lion national debt, these fiscal blunders Whereas considerable progress has been f made in the fight against HIV/AIDS, with are more than foolish—they are dan- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED total new HIV infections estimated at gerously irresponsible. This example of 2,300,000 in 2012, a 33 percent reduction since BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS government waste underscores the crit- 2001; new HIV infections among children re- By Mrs. FISCHER (for herself and ical importance of proper congressional duced to 260,000 in 2012, a reduction of 52 per- Mr. MANCHIN): oversight of federal agencies and their cent since 2001; and AIDS-related deaths re- duced to 1,600,000 in 2012, a 30 percent reduc- S. 1792. A bill to close out expired, funding. empty grant accounts; to the Com- tion since 2005; mittee on Homeland Security and Gov- I hope my colleagues on both sides of Whereas increased access to anti-retroviral the aisle will join me in supporting this drugs is the major contributor to the reduc- ernmental Affairs. tion in deaths from HIV/AIDS, and HIV Mrs. FISCHER. Mr. President, I rise simple, commonsense legislation to cut treatment reinforces prevention because it today to introduce the Grants Over- wasteful spending and help bring great- reduces, by up to 96 percent, the chance the sight and New Efficiency Act or the er accountability to Washington. virus can be spread;

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:45 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 0624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A10DE6.017 S10DEPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S8604 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE December 10, 2013 Whereas the World Health Organization (8) encourages additional private-public Whereas diabetes is a serious chronic con- (WHO) has revised its guidelines for deter- partnerships to research and develop better dition that affects individuals of every age, mining whether HIV positive individuals are and more affordable tools for the diagnosis, race, ethnicity, and income level; eligible for treatment, thereby increasing treatment, vaccination, and cure of HIV; Whereas the CDC reports that Hispanic, the number of individuals eligible for treat- (9) supports continued leadership by the African, Asian, and Native Americans are ment from about 15,000,000 to 28,000,000; United States in bilateral, multilateral, and disproportionately affected by diabetes and Whereas 9,700,000 people in low- and mid- private sector efforts to fight HIV; suffer from the disease at rates that are dle-income countries had access to (10) encourages and supports greater de- much higher than the general population of antiretroviral therapy by the end of 2012, an grees of ownership and shared responsibility the United States; increase of nearly 20 percent in a year; by developing countries in order to ensure Whereas according to the CDC, an indi- Whereas an estimated 50 percent of those sustainability of their domestic responses; vidual aged 20 years or older is diagnosed living with HIV do not know their status, ac- and with diabetes every 17 seconds; cording to a 2012 UNAIDS report; (11) encourages other members of the inter- Whereas approximately 5,205 individuals Whereas sub-Saharan Africa remains the national community to sustain and scale up aged 20 years and older in the United States epicenter of the epidemic, accounting for their support for and financial contributions are diagnosed with diabetes each day; 1,200,000 of the 1,600,000 deaths from HIV/ to efforts around the world to combat HIV/ Whereas the CDC estimates that approxi- AIDS; AIDS. mately 1,900,000 individuals in the United Whereas stigma, gender inequality, and States aged 20 years and older were newly di- f lack of respect for the rights of HIV positive agnosed with diabetes in 2010; Whereas a joint National Institutes of individuals remain significant barriers to ac- SENATE RESOLUTION 315—TO AU- Health and CDC study found that each year cess to services for those most at risk of HIV THORIZE THE PRODUCTION OF between 2002 and 2005, approximately 15,600 infection; RECORDS BY THE COMMITTEE youth were diagnosed with type 1 diabetes Whereas President Barack Obama voiced and approximately 3,600 youth were diag- commitment to realizing the promise of an ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND nosed with type 2 diabetes in the United AIDS-free generation and his belief that the GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS States; goal was within reach in his February 2013 Mr. REID of Nevada (for himself and Whereas according to the CDC, the preva- State of the Union address; Mr. MCCONNELL) submitted the fol- lence of diabetes in the United States in- Whereas the international community is lowing resolution; which was consid- creased by more than 300 percent between united in pursuit of achieving the goal of an ered and agreed to: 1980 and 2010; AIDS-free generation by 2015; Whereas the CDC reports that more than 27 Whereas international donor funding has S. RES. 315 percent of individuals with diabetes in the held steady since 2008 and countries affected Whereas, the Committee on Homeland Se- United States have not been diagnosed with by the epidemic are increasingly taking re- curity and Governmental Affairs conducted a the disease; sponsibility for funding and sustaining pro- review of disability claims adjudications Whereas more than 11 percent of adults grams in their countries, currently account- made in the Social Security Administra- and 26.9 percent of individuals age 65 and ing for approximately 53 percent of global tion’s Huntington, West Virginia Office of older in the United States have diabetes; HIV/AIDS resources; Disability Adjudication and Review; Whereas as many as 1 in 3 adults in the Whereas December 1 of each year is inter- Whereas, the Committee has received a re- United States will have diabetes in 2050 if nationally recognized as World AIDS Day; quest from a federal agency for access to the present trend continues; and records of the Committee’s review; Whereas after accounting for the difference Whereas, in 2013, World AIDS Day com- Whereas, by the privileges of the Senate of of the average age of each population, data memorations focused on: ‘‘[g]etting to zero: the United States and Rule XI of the Stand- surveying individuals age 20 years and older zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, ing Rules of the Senate, no evidence under in the United States between 2007 and 2009 zero AIDS-related deaths’’: Now, therefore, the control or in the possession of the Senate indicate that 7.1 percent of non-Hispanic be it can, by administrative or judicial process, be whites, 12.6 percent of non-Hispanic blacks, Resolved, That the Senate— taken from such control or possession but by 11.8 percent of Hispanics, and 8.4 percent of (1) supports the goals and ideals of World permission of the Senate; Asian Americans suffered from diagnosed di- AIDS Day, including getting to zero through Whereas, when it appears that evidence abetes; zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, under the control or in the possession of the Whereas after accounting for the difference and zero AIDS-related deaths; Senate is needed for the promotion of jus- of the average age of each population, data (2) applauds the goals and approaches for tice, the Senate will take such action as will surveying Hispanic individuals age 20 years achieving an AIDS-free generation set forth promote the ends of justice consistent with and older in the United States between 2007 in the PEPFAR Blueprint: Creating an the privileges of the Senate: Now, therefore, and 2009 indicate that 7.6 percent of individ- AIDS-free Generation, as well as the targets be it uals of Cuban, Central American, and South set by United Nations member states in the Resolved, That the Chairman and Ranking American descent, 13.3 percent of individuals 2011 United Nations Political Declaration on Minority Member of the Committee on of Mexican descent, and 13.8 percent of indi- HIV and AIDS; Homeland Security and Governmental Af- viduals of Puerto Rican descent suffered (3) commends the dramatic progress in fairs, acting jointly, are authorized to pro- from diagnosed diabetes; Whereas according to the American Diabe- global AIDS programs supported through the vide to law enforcement officials, regulatory tes Association, the United States spent an efforts of PEPFAR, the Global Fund to Fight agencies, and other entities or individuals estimated $245,000,000,000 on cases of diag- AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and duly authorized by federal or state govern- nosed diabetes in 2012; UNAIDS; ments, records of the Committee’s review of Whereas the American Diabetes Associa- (4) urges, in order to ensure that an AIDS- the disability claims adjudications made in tion reports that 20 percent of the money free generation is within reach, rapid action the Social Security Administration’s Hun- that the United States spent on health care towards— tington, West Virginia Office of Disability in 2012 went towards caring for individuals (A) full implementation of the Global Plan Adjudication and Review. with diabetes; Towards the Elimination of New HIV Infec- f Whereas a Mathematica Policy Research tions Among Children by 2015 and Keeping study found that total expenditures for indi- Their Mothers Alive to build on progress SENATE RESOLUTION 316—SUP- viduals with diabetes receiving benefits made to date; and PORTING THE GOALS AND under the Medicare program under title (B) further expansion and scale-up of IDEALS OF AMERICAN DIABETES XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. antiretroviral treatment programs, includ- MONTH 1395 et seq.) in fiscal year 2005 comprised 32.7 ing efforts to reduce disparities and improve percent of the budget for such program in access for children to life-saving medica- Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself and Ms. such fiscal year; tions; COLLINS) submitted the following reso- Whereas according to the CDC, in 2007, dia- (5) calls for scaling up treatment to reach lution; which was referred to the Com- betes was the seventh leading cause of death all individuals eligible for treatment under mittee on Health, Education, Labor, in the United States, contributing to the WHO guidelines; and Pensions: death of more than 230,000 individuals in the (6) calls for greater focus on HIV/AIDS United States that year; vulnerabilities of women and girls, including S. RES. 316 Whereas a cure for diabetes does not exist more directed efforts to ensure that they are Whereas according to the Centers for Dis- as of November 2013; connected to the information, care, and ease Control and Prevention (referred to in Whereas there are successful means to re- treatment they require; this preamble as the ‘‘CDC’’), nearly duce the incidence of and delay the onset of (7) supports efforts to ensure inclusive ac- 26,000,000 individuals in the United States type 2 diabetes; cess to programs and human rights protec- have diabetes and an estimated 79,000,000 in- Whereas with proper management and tions for all those most at risk of HIV/AIDS dividuals aged 20 years or older in the United treatment, individuals with diabetes live and hardest to reach; States have prediabetes; healthy, productive lives; and

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The and thank the chairman and ranking States to fight diabetes through public clerk will report the bill by title. member of the House Judiciary Sub- awareness of prevention and treatment op- The legislative clerk read as follows: committee on the Courts, Representa- tions; and A bill (H.R. 2922) to extend the authority of tives COBLE and WATT, as well as Rep- (B) enhancing diabetes education; the Supreme Court Police to protect court resentatives CONYERS, MARINO, and (2) recognizes the importance of early de- officials away from the Supreme Court HOLDING for working with me to ensure tection, awareness of the symptoms, and un- grounds. enactment of this extension. derstanding the risk factors of diabetes, in- The Senate also passed by unanimous cluding— There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill. consent a bipartisan bill to reorganize (A) being over the age of 45; Mississippi’s Southern District from (B) having a specific racial and ethnic Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent background; that the bill be read three times and five divisions to four divisions, which (C) being overweight; passed and the motion to reconsider be was recommended by Chief Judge Louis (D) having a low level of physical activity; laid upon the table, with no inter- Guirola of the Southern District of (E) having high blood pressure; and vening action or debate. Mississippi. This realignment will (F) having a family history of diabetes or The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without allow the Southern District to absorb a history of diabetes during pregnancy; and objection, it is so ordered. the counties formerly served by a now- (3) supports decreasing the prevalence of closed courthouse in Meridian, and the type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes in The bill (H.R. 2922) was ordered to a third reading, was read the third time, District will be able to better serve the the United States through increased re- needs of litigants, jurors, the bar, and search, treatment, and prevention. and passed. the general public. f This commonsense piece of legisla- f MISSISSIPPI REALIGNMENT tion promotes efficiency and saves Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- money in the Southern District of Mis- AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO imous consent that the Senate proceed sissippi. I thank Representatives COBLE MEET to the immediate consideration of H.R. and WATT for sponsoring this impor- COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN 2871, which was received from the tant improvement and look forward to AFFAIRS House. its swift enaction. Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The I yield the floor. imous consent that the Committee on clerk will report the bill by title. f Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs The legislative clerk read as follows: AUTHORIZING DOCUMENT be authorized to meet during the ses- A bill (H.R. 2871) to amend title 28, United PRODUCTION sion of the Senate on December 10, States Code, to modify the composition of Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- 2013, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a hearing the southern judicial district of Mississippi imous consent the Senate proceed to S. entitled ‘‘Housing Finance Reform: to improve judicial efficiency, and for other Res. 315. Fundamentals of Transferring Credit purposes. There being no objection, the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Risk in a Future Housing Finance Sys- clerk will report the resolution by tem.’’ proceeded to the measure. Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent title. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The legislative clerk read as follows: objection, it is so ordered. that the bill be read a third time and passed; that the motion to reconsider A resolution (S. Res. 315) to authorize pro- COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND duction of records by the Committee on TRANSPORTATION be laid upon the table, and that any Homeland Security and Governmental Af- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- statements relating to the bill be fairs. imous consent that the Committee on printed in the RECORD. There being no objection, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transpor- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without proceeded to consider the resolution. tation be authorized to meet during objection, it is so ordered. Mr. REID. Mr. President, the Com- the session of the Senate on December The bill (H.R. 2871) was ordered to a mittee on Homeland Security and Gov- 10, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room 253 of the third reading, was read the third time, ernmental Affairs has received a re- Russell Senate Office Building. and passed. quest from a Federal agency seeking Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, tonight The Committee will conduct a hear- access to records that the Committee the Senate passed by unanimous con- ing entitled ‘‘Crafting a Successful In- obtained during its review of disability sent a clean extension of the authority centive Auction: Stakeholders’ Per- claims adjudications made in the So- the Supreme Court Police use to pro- spectives.’’ cial Security Administration’s Hun- tect Supreme Court Justices, their em- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tington, WV Office of Disability Adju- ployees, and guests when they leave objection, it is so ordered. dication and Review. the Supreme Court grounds. I have COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS This resolution would authorize the worked with my counterparts in the chairman and ranking minority mem- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- House for months to move this exten- ber of the Committee on Homeland Se- imous consent that the Committee on sion without amendments because that curity and Governmental Affairs, act- Foreign Relations be authorized to authority is set to expire at the end of ing jointly, to provide records, ob- meet during the session of the Senate this month. Last month, the House tained by the Committee in the course on December 10, 2013, at 2:30 p.m., to voted by an overwhelming majority of of its review, in response to this re- hold a hearing entitled ‘‘The Transi- 399 to 3 to pass this bipartisan bill, quest and requests from other govern- tion in Afghanistan.’’ which extends the Supreme Court Po- ment entities and officials with a le- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without lice’s authority to protect Supreme gitimate need for the records. objection, it is so ordered. Court Justices, their staff, and official I ask unanimous consent the resolu- SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE guests off Supreme Court grounds tion be agreed to, the preamble be Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- through 2019. Congress has provided agreed to, and the motions to recon- imous consent that the Select Com- this authority since the 1980s, to ensure sider be laid on the table, with no in- mittee on Intelligence be authorized to the continued safety of our Supreme tervening action or debate. meet during the session of the Senate Court Justices and their employees. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without on December 10, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. Threats to the safety of Supreme objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Court Justices are a threat to our de- The resolution (S. Res. 315) was objection, it is so ordered. mocracy. In light of recent attacks of agreed to.

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KILAH DAVENPORT CHILD both Jamie Geyer and Angela Black. Their ef- Phil Symons Electricity Storage Award, and PROTECTION ACT OF 2013 forts in planning and organizing the job fair was also recognized as a Senior Life Member show a deep commitment to their community of IEEE. SPEECH OF and the economic health of Southeastern Indi- In closing, I know Brad Roberts will surely HON. RICHARD HUDSON ana. We could not have done the job fair with- be missed by those who knew him or knew of out them. him. His passing is a loss to the industry. I OF NORTH CAROLINA I ask the entire 6th Congressional District to send condolences to his family and loved- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES join me in recognizing Work One Southeast. I ones on behalf of my own family as well as Monday, December 9, 2013 look forward to working with them in the future the people of New York’s 19th Congressional Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in as we strive to serve the people Southeastern District. support of a bill we are debating today, H.R. Indiana. f 3627, The Kilah Davenport Child Protection f KILAH DAVENPORT CHILD Act of 2013. HONORING BRAD ROBERTS PROTECTION ACT OF 2013 This commonsense bill will create an impor- tant study to examine the penalties that apply SPEECH OF to child abusers across the country so that we HON. CHRISTOPHER P. GIBSON can ensure we are doing everything possible OF NEW YORK HON. ROBERT C. ‘‘BOBBY’’ SCOTT OF VIRGINIA to keep our children safe. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES The motivation behind this significant legis- Tuesday, December 10, 2013 lation comes from one of my own constituents, Monday, December 9, 2013 Mr. GIBSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Kilah Davenport. Kilah was abused when she Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, we all honor Brad Roberts, who recently passed was just three years old and suffers from se- agree that child abuse is a horrific problem, away. Mr. Roberts’ impressive career will vere mental and physical damage. I have had and the abuse of Kilah Davenport is a tragedy. surely be remembered by all. As the sponsor the pleasure of meeting young Kilah several We must take appropriate steps to try to pre- of H.R. 1465, the STORAGE Act, I am a times, and each time I’m moved by her vent such future tragedies. strength and conviction. Not even old enough strong proponent of energy storage and have Child abuse is a widespread problem. In for kindergarten, Kilah is faced with an uphill had the opportunity to get to know this indus- 2011, approximately 681,000 children were battle of physical therapy and rehab. I will con- try and the individuals who comprise it. victims of maltreatment, and approximately 3.3 tinue to pray that this innocent young girl Brad Roberts was a leader in this industry, million children received preventative services makes a full recovery. serving for decades as the volunteer Execu- from Child Protective Services agencies in the Mr. Speaker, child abuse and the safety of tive Director of the Electricity Storage Associa- United States. Furthermore, nearly five chil- our children are not partisan issues. We must tion, which advocates for technologies that dren die every day in America from abuse and equip our states with the necessary tools to make our electric grid more resilient, cleaner, neglect, and more than 78 percent of reported punish abusers to the fullest extent of the law. more efficient, and less expensive. Mr. Rob- child fatalities as a result of abuse and neglect I am committed to ensuring that the federal erts worked full-time as the Power Quality were caused by one or more of the child vic- government empowers the states to strength- Systems Director for the Power Quality group tim’s parents. en child abuse laws and ensure the safety of of S&C Electric Company. In addition to harming children directly, child the most innocent in our society. Growing up, Mr. Roberts was a graduate of abuse contributes to future crime. This bill guarantees that our states can ad- Pensacola High School and a member of the Children who experience child abuse and dress the serious problem of child abuse and Pensacola Fighting Tiger Band. During this neglect are about 9 times more likely to be- makes certain that those who choose to harm time he had the opportunity to march in the In- come involved in criminal activity. We should a child are dealt with in a swift and severe augural Parade for President John F. Ken- therefore get serious about reducing child manner. I support this bill, and I encourage my nedy. He then earned a Bachelor of Science abuse by enacting the type of meaningful leg- colleagues to do the same. in Electrical Engineering from the University of islation proven to actually reduce child f Florida and was registered as a professional abuse—and save money in the process—like engineer. nurse family partnerships. RECOGNIZING WORK ONE Mr. Roberts began his engineering work as Nurse family partnerships are an evidence- SOUTHEAST a systems reliability engineer in the Apollo based community health program that provide Lunar Module Program at Cape Kennedy, and home visits from registered nurses to low-in- HON. LUKE MESSER amassed over 35 years of experience in the come, first-time moms from pregnancy until OF INDIANA design and operation of critical power sys- the child turns two years old. In medical and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tems. These systems ranged from single scientific journals, nurse family partnerships phase UPS systems to medium-voltage appli- are most often cited as the most effective Tuesday, December 10, 2013 cations. His career grew to include senior intervention to prevent child abuse and ne- Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to management positions and the publishing of glect. recognize the contributions of Work One several technical papers and journal articles. The approach of H.R. 3627 is to allow sen- Southeast to the success of the 6th District job Throughout his life he held many leadership tences of up to 10 years for those convicted fair. positions in various organizations. In addition for the third time for domestic abuse which, On October 21, 2013, over 150 job seekers to his roles at ESA and S&C, Mr. Roberts with this bill, will include child abuse. But it from across the district met with 36 busi- served as the Chairman of the Institute of only applies to those offenses committed in nesses looking to hire new employees. In a Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) national parks, military bases, Indian country, time when jobs are still hard to come by these Power Engineering Society’s Emerging Tech- and on other federal land. job fairs are an important tool in linking job nologies Committee. He was also a member So of all of the cases of child abuse com- seekers with perspective employers. I am of the US Department of Energy’s Electricity mitted nationally, this bill unfortunately reaches proud we were able to bring community lead- Advisory Committee, and the University of only a negligible portion of the cases—those ers together and provide this service to the Florida’s College of Engineering Advisory committed on federal land by people with two people of the 6th District. Committee. prior offenses. The job fair would not have been the suc- During his remarkable career, Mr. Roberts Moreover, I am concerned that by increas- cess it was without the help of Work One was honored with the 2004 John Mungenast ing the penalties for third offenses, this bill im- Southeast. I want to recognize the work of International Power Quality Award, the 2009 plies that federal judges don’t know what to do

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Tim ghanistan and their families with emergency fi- should have had a hearing on this issue, was a national DNC delegate, and addressed nancial assistance and other support services which we did not. We have received no evi- the 1992 Democratic National Convention. Tim to help them recover from their injuries and re- dence suggesting that federal judges impose worked closely with Reverend Jesse Jackson build their lives. All funds needed to develop such sentences on these third-time offenders Sr. during the 2004 Presidential election, in and manage programs that advance its mis- that they keep getting out of prison and com- order to bring national attention to very serious sion come from contributions to CSAH by indi- mitting child abuse again. problems with voting procedures in Ohio and vidual citizens, corporate donors and founda- The reason the bill before us today can only other states. He helped strengthen and im- tions. apply to federal lands is because we do not prove our democracy, by challenging elected According to Major General David Rataczak have jurisdiction over local crimes. The issue officials in Congress and throughout the nation of the Arizona National Guard, Herrera is ‘‘the of child abuse is traditionally a matter for the to protect the cherished right of our citizens to bravest person he has ever met.’’ He refers to states, and therefore this issue might have vote. Tim has received several awards includ- Sgt. Herrera as a true example of a modern been best, first considered by the over-crim- ing ‘‘Democrat of the Year’’ in Northampton, citizen-soldier who, despite being small in stat- inalization task force. MA, Progressive Activist of the Year by the ure, is motivated, loyal, physically and men- If our goal is to actually reduce the ravages Nation magazine, as well as the Marilyn Clem- tally capable, disciplined and proficient, coura- of child abuse, we should not limit our efforts ent award for his work on behalf of H.R. 676, geous and always a professional. to the negligible number of prosecutable cases the ‘‘Expanded Improved Medicare for All.’’ Sgt. Herrera, who represents the changing involving third offenses on federal lands. Tim’s zeal to improve our system of govern- demographic within U.S. armed forces, is I say prosecutable because most child ment stems from his days as a student when dedicated to improving the lives of young vet- abuse is not reported at all, and many chases he earned History and Political Science de- erans who are returning home from war. Last that are reported are difficult to prosecute be- grees from California State University Ful- month, she represented our state in a high- cause family members may be unwilling to lerton, as well as a Master’s Degree in His- level event hosted by CSAH in Washington, testify against one another. In fact, we have tory. Early in his career, Tim took efforts to D.C., for members of Congress, staff and con- received no evidence that this bill would have shape and guide our young men and women cerned citizens. The event focused on the se- even applied to the Kilah Davenport case, as a high school and community college U.S. rious challenge of homelessness facing young which does not appear to have occurred on History and Government teacher. For many veterans, which is becoming a burgeoning cri- federal land or have been committed by a years, Tim worked with California state sen- sis among female combat veterans. third-time offender. ator Tom Hayden as a senior staff member. Under the leadership of President and CEO We need to focus federal efforts on sup- He was also an influential field organizer in David Walker, the Coalition to Salute Amer- porting programs which will prevent these the Orange County California Democratic ica’s Heroes helps severely wounded veterans crimes from happening in the first place. Party. and families of Operation Enduring Freedom H.R. 3627 does, however, include a worth- Despite his ailments, Tim is still engaging, and Operation Iraqi Freedom in the state of while provision that requires the Attorney Gen- still pushing forward and still trying to raise Arizona and across the country to recover eral to issue a report outlining the child abuse awareness of the great challenges this country from their injuries and illnesses by providing laws in the 50 states. The states can then re- is facing. emergency financial aid and other support view their statutes to see how they compare to In this trying time we lend our support to our services, in hopes that these veterans can other states and decide if their state laws friend, Tim, his wife Barbara Considine, and transition successfully into civilian life. In addi- need to be amended. their daughters, Sheila and Julia. We ask that tion, the Coalition’s emergency aid services I agree with the desire to do more to protect you all will join us in wishing Tim a full and respond to trends associated with suicide our children from such tragic victimization, and quick recovery so that he can continue to do among veterans (24 per day), a skyrocketing we should work together to reduce child important work on behalf of our country. divorce rate (60 percent among actives), and abuse. However, I think there are better ways f growing domestic abuse. to do it. RECOGNIZING SERGEANT MARY Recently, in my home state of Arizona, the f HERRERA, U.S. MARINE CORPS Coalition awarded a $10,000 grant toward the (RET.) construction of a multipurpose recreational fa- HONORING TIM CARPENTER cility designed to benefit long-term patients un- dergoing rehabilitation and other medical care HON. ANN KIRKPATRICK at Prescott VA Hospital. In addition, it donated HON. JOHN CONYERS, JR. OF ARIZONA OF MICHIGAN $5,000 to fund the design and construction of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a bronze sculpture called ‘‘Heroic Challenges’’ Tuesday, December 10, 2013 (in the outdoor recreational facility at the hos- Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I would pital), which will depict a runner crossing the Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of like to recognize Sergeant Mary Herrera, U.S. finish line with a look of determination on his Mr. ELLISON of Minnesota and Mr. GRIJALVA of Marine Corps (Ret.), a brave young woman face. The winner of this race, however, is dis- Arizona, the co-chairs of the Congressional and member of the Arizona National Guard tinguished by a prosthetic leg, a tracheotomy Progressive Caucus, as well as Ms. LEE of from my congressional district whose personal scar on his neck, several shrapnel wounds, California, Mr. MCGOVERN of Massachusetts story of valor on the battlefield is truly inspira- and burn scars on one arm. Also, the Coalition and Mr. GRAYSON of Florida, I rise to acknowl- tional. Her courage under enemy attack on donated a grant of nearly $5,000 to the Ari- edge the many contributions of Mr. Tim Car- November 8, 2003 on a routine mission in Iraq zona Coalition to End Homelessness to sup- penter, and to send him wishes for healing as as part of the 855th Military Police Academy port the group’s initiatives to provide housing he fights against cancer. As the co-founder won her a Purple Heart. for homeless veterans. The grant furnished and director of the Progressive Democrats of I am proud of Sgt. Herrera, who represents approximately 60 housing units that will be oc- America, Tim has helped to create a grass- the best and brightest in not only my district cupied by veterans. roots movement to bring the voice of the peo- and state of Arizona, which is home to over a We have not seen the total surge yet from ple to Washington. half million veterans, but also in our nation. Iraq and Afghanistan—and the women coming For the past thirty years, Tim has been in- Thanks to her story and example, the state out of those conflicts are combat veterans who defatigable in pressing forward progressive of Arizona passed a bill that authorized tuition have the same issues the men have. The Co- ideals to help strengthen our American de- waiver scholarships to National Guardsmen alition is working hard to address these chal- mocracy. He has been in the forefront of pro- and women who received a Purple Heart or lenges. In 2013 alone, the Coalition will have gressive causes, from promoting nuclear dis- were medically discharged due to injuries donated nearly $1 million in direct aid to vet- armament to fighting to abolish the death pen- while serving in the military after 9/11. The bill erans in addition to managing the many other alty to establishing health care as a human is known as the Mary Herrera bill. Now, Sgt. CSAH programs that are available to wounded right, as well as securing voting rights and Herrera is a Field Representative of the West veterans (conferences, holiday gift checks, jobs for all. for the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes. education and training, etc.).

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OF INDIANA first of its kind in the Midwest and is part of IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES a global effort to ‘‘expand the understanding On behalf of the state of Arizona, and in and use of research-based evidence to particular, the First District of Arizona, I would Tuesday, December 10, 2013 produce the best patient outcomes.’’ Don Kel- like to offer my deepest admiration, respect Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is with ler is the president and chief executive officer and appreciation to Sgt. Herrera and the Coa- great sincerity and admiration that I offer con- of Tri-State Industries in Hammond. Don lition for their efforts to improve the lives of gratulations to Ivy Tech Community College launched an integrated system of industrial those who have fought and served our country Northwest and its regional partners, who re- robotic technology that allows factories to with distinction. We owe Mary a debt of grati- cently celebrated their 9th Annual Northwest keep their costs down while increasing pro- tude. She is an example to us all. Indiana Innovation Induction Ceremony. At the ductivity. Tri-State is a leader in this industry ceremony that reflects the ‘‘Spirit of Innova- and the first of its kind in Northwest Indiana f tion’’ in Indiana, thirty-one individuals and and the Chicagoland area. teams were inducted as members of the I am also honored to acknowledge Stewart CONGRATULATING JOHN ROBIN- 2013–2014 Class of the Society of Innovators McMillan, who was recognized as the Gerald SON ROYERO ON ACHIEVING THE of Northwest Indiana. Of these individuals, I. Lamkin Fellow for Innovation and Service. RANK OF EAGLE SCOUT several members were inducted as Society Stewart is the president and chief executive Fellows for their exceptional efforts in innova- officer of Task Force Tips in Valparaiso. Task tion, including Julie Bombacino, Mike Falk, Force Tips is a world-wide leader in the manu- HON. JOHN L. MICA Nina Fonstein, Ph.D., Lisa Hopp, Ph.D., RN, facturing and distribution of firefighting nozzles and equipment with the goal of making fire- OF FLORIDA and Don Keller. Additionally, Stewart McMillan was honored as the Gerald I. Lamkin Fellow fighting safer and more effective. Stewart is a IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES for Innovation and Service, a special recogni- true innovative leader who focuses on the im- portance of the entire organization rather than Tuesday, December 10, 2013 tion named for the President Emeritus of Ivy Tech College of Indiana. Also honored were relying upon a small group of people within Mr. MICA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- the Chanute Prize team recipients, the Kemin/ the organization for ideas. Under Stewart’s di- rection, Task Force Tips is an innovative lead- ognize, honor and congratulate an outstanding Lambert Spearmint team, North Judson and the Tuskegee Airmen EAA Young Eagles Pro- er in its industry in the global economy. constituent of my district, John Robinson Finally, the recipients of the Chanute Prize gram team at the Gary/Chicago International Royero of Scout Troop 100 in Oviedo, Florida, for Team Innovation should be commended for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout. Airport. For their truly remarkable contributions for their contributions. The Kemin/Lambert The rank of Eagle Scout is the highest to the community of Northwest Indiana and Spearmint team, North Judson, have patented their continuous efforts to cultivate a culture of achievement in scouting. To attain this rank, growing and post-harvest processes for spear- innovation, these honorees were inducted dur- he has demonstrated the qualities of leader- mint plants, which produces an all-natural ex- ing a prestigious event that took place at ship, self-discipline and perseverance while tract that contains antioxidant properties and is Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, on serving his family, friends and community. effective in delaying lipid oxidation, color loss, October 17, 2013. Only about five percent of Boy Scouts earn and deterioration in human food, animal food, The Society of Innovators of Northwest Indi- and other products for global markets. The the rank of Eagle Scout. The awarding of the ana was created by Ivy Tech Northwest with Rank of Eagle Scout is a performance-based Tuskegee Airmen EEA Young Eagles Program the goal of highlighting and encouraging inno- team at the Gary/Chicago International Airport achievement with high standards that have vative individuals and groups within the not- been well maintained over the past century. provides the first and only monthly Young Ea- for-profit, public, and private sectors, as well gles Aviation Program in the United States. John Royero has met every test and chal- as building a ‘‘culture of innovation’’ in North- Over 14,000 youth have participated in the lenge to pass through the ranks of the Boy west Indiana. The importance of innovation in program since its launch in 1994. The pro- Scouts. Those aspiring to be Eagle Scouts Northwest Indiana, as well as globally, is cru- gram is in affiliation with the Experimental must fulfill requirements in the areas of leader- cial in today’s ever-changing economy. Aviation Association and includes free flights ship, service and outdoor skills. To dem- Our 9th Annual Innovators Awards Cere- in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen. onstrate proficiency as a scout, each Boy mony inducted some of the most innovative Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my distin- Scout must achieve merit badges in the areas thinkers, doers and innovators across North- guished colleagues to join me in commending of First Aid, Citizenship, Environment, Fitness, west Indiana, said Thomas Coley, Ph.D., these outstanding innovators. The contribu- Family Life and much more. Chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College tions they have made to society here in North- Northwest and North Central. The five Fellows west Indiana and worldwide are immeasurable The work ethic John has shown in his Eagle selected by the Society of Innovators were and lifelong. For their truly brilliant innovative Scout projects, and every other project leading chosen for their extraordinary innovative lead- ideas, projects, and leadership, each recipient up to his Eagle Scout rank, speaks volumes ership and the impact of their accomplish- is worthy of the highest commendation. about his commitment to assisting his commu- ments throughout the community of Northwest nity and serving a cause greater than himself. f Indiana and the world. Julie Bombacino, presi- It is my honor to commend John Royero for IN RECOGNITION OF MR. ANTHONY dent of Just Blend Foods, Chesterton, devel- his achievement of the rank of Eagle Scout. GRISILLO BEING NAMED PENN- oped a line of ‘‘blended real food meals’’ for John will join the ranks of fellow Eagle Scouts SYLVANIA’S 2014 TEACHER OF adults and children who need to use feeding THE YEAR like President Gerald R. Ford, Neil Armstrong tubes. This is the first product that delivers and Florida Governor Rick Scott. real food meal options for tube-fed individuals Mr. Speaker, the example set by this young who have, in the past, have had to rely on a HON. PATRICK MEEHAN man and his supportive family demonstrates formula that is typically made of 50% corn OF PENNSYLVANIA the rewards of hard work, dedication and per- syrup. Mike Falk, chief executive officer and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES severance. John’s devotion to the Boy Scouts president of Falk-PLI Engineering and Sur- Tuesday, December 10, 2013 over the past decade is laudable, and I con- veying, Portage, is the first to introduce highly Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to gratulate him on his achievement. I thank him developed surveying instruments called laser honor Mr. Anthony Grisillo, who was honored for his dedication to service and know we can trackers and laser scanners in the steel indus- by Governor Tom Corbett as Pennsylvania’s expect great things from him in the future. I in- try in Northwest Indiana and beyond. Nina 2014 Teacher of the Year. vite my colleagues in the House to join me in Fonstein, Ph.D., retired scientist and present Mr. Grisillo has been teaching in the Rose congratulating John Robinson Royero on ob- day consultant, is a world- renowned specialist Tree Media School District for 15 years and taining the rank of Eagle Scout, and I wish in the development of stronger, lighter and en- works with academically gifted students in kin- him continued success in his future endeav- vironmentally friendly ‘‘new steels’’ for the dergarten through 5th Grade. A winner of nu- ors. ArcelorMittal Global Research and Develop- merous other teaching honors, Mr. Grisillo has

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. Grisillo is a graduate of West Chester Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise Tuesday, December 10, 2013 University and holds a Master’s Degree from today to honor an accomplished business, Widener University. Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to legal and educational leader in my district. Wil- Mr. Grisillo was one of four finalists from honor a long-time leader in Kitsap County and schools in Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional liam ‘‘Randy’’ Bates, Jr., has been a success- the Suquamish Tribe, Chairman Leonard District. Tracey Fritch of Rose Tree Media ful businessman and attorney in Southeast Forsman. His service to the Suquamish Tribe School District, Lori Gallagher of Hatboro- Texas and has served as a member of the and Greater Puget Sound Region of Wash- Horsham School District and Nicole Miletto of Lone Star College System for more than 20 ington State has positively impacted the envi- Hatboro-Horsham School District were also fi- years. ronment and community. nalists for Pennsylvania’s 2014 Teacher of the Randy was the first African American ap- Mr. Forsman has been nominated by the Year award. President to serve as a member of the Advi- pointed, and then elected, to the Lone Star Mr. Speaker, I honor Mr. Grisillo, Ms. Fritch, sory Council on Historic Preservation, an inde- College System board. He served as Vice Ms. Gallagher, Ms. Miletto and all our edu- pendent agency that advises the President cators for their dedication to our children and Chair of the board and was twice elected and Congress on national historic preservation their tireless work to prepare them for the fu- board Chair. policy. ture. As a board member and as Chair during his Mr. Forsman has served on the Suquamish f tenure with the Lone Star College System, he Tribal Council for over 20 years and has served as Tribal Chairman since 2005, where RECOGNIZING 91.3 FM KXCI: A TUC- has been instrumental in the system’s growth, from fewer than 20,000 students and three he has been an advocate for tribal education, SON AREA RADIO STATION AND cultural preservation, gaming policy, and habi- colleges in 1991 to six colleges and a total en- COMMUNITY LEADER tat protection. rollment of 90,000 students. As Chairman, Mr. Forsman has supported HON. RON BARBER Prior to his service in the field of higher edu- preserving the cultural identity of the OF ARIZONA cation, Randy earned a Bachelor of Science in Suquamish Tribe. He remains committed to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Business Administration from The Ohio State educating both his tribe and the larger com- Tuesday, December 10, 2013 University and his Juris Doctor from the munity on their history, including usage of Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Suquamish names throughout the Puget Mr. BARBER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Southern University, where he later served as Sound. He also travels as a puller on the honor 91.3 FM KXCI, a community radio sta- Tribe’s traditional canoe on the annual Tribal an Adjunct Professor. tion serving Tucson, Arizona and the sur- Canoe Journey, legging hundreds of miles on rounding areas, on the occasion of its 30th an- As a student at Texas Southern, Randy was the Salish Sea. The Tribal Canoe Journey niversary. The anniversary, which occurs on elected Class President at the Thurgood Mar- brings together many tribes from the Pacific December 6th, 2013, will be marked by a spe- shall School of Law and was the first African Northwest to celebrate native art, culture, and cial concert event at the El Con Club and Grill American to be selected Law Student Director history. Mr. Forsman’s work has ensured that in Tucson, featuring an eclectic mix of local for the Texas Young Lawyers Association, the history of the Suquamish Tribe will con- bands. representing all law students in the State of tinue to be part of our region’s shared herit- KXCI makes invaluable contributions to the Texas. age. communities of southern Arizona. Its unique Whether it’s his degrees in both Anthro- blend of music expands the cultural horizons Randy later founded the law firm of Bates & pology and Historical Preservation, his career of its listeners and its relationships with local Coleman, PC, which specializes in Public Fi- as a research archaeologist, or his service as arts and public service organizations bring nance Law. a member of the Washington State Historical local citizens together. By providing over His many accomplishments include being Society Board since 2007, it’s clear that Mr. $200,000 worth of free airtime for public serv- Forsman’s educational and professional back- ice announcements each year, KXCI helps named Outstanding Texan in the field of Edu- cation by the Legislative Black Caucus, the ground will bring a high degree of expertise to Tucson area non-profits to raise awareness of the Advisory Council. Mayor’s Distinguished Award from the City of their causes and foster community engage- As I close, I can say with confidence that ment. El Paso and the Excellence in Achievement Leonard Forsman’s dedication to his tribe’s KXCI’s staff, supporters and listeners under- Award from Texas Southern University for history and cultural identity has enriched the stand that radio can be a powerful force for years of outstanding service to education and Greater Puget Sound area. I am pleased to social good. Together, they have built a radio the community. recognize that dedication today in the United station that facilitates a healthy exchange of Randy is a lifelong member of the Kappa States Congress. ideas and expressions, strengthens local com- f munities, promotes the arts and provides stim- Alpha Psi Fraternity and is married to the ulating entertainment. former Glenda Underwood. They are the HONORING PHILIP NELSON Over 30 years, tuning into KXCI has been proud parents of three sons, Lamont, William synonymous with placing a finger on the pulse and Jonathan. HON. ADAM KINZINGER of the city of Tucson. The station has long In recognition for his years of service to the OF ILLINOIS been one of the region’s most trusted and re- Lone Star College System, the central building IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES spected sources of news, music and current on the Lone Star College—Victory Center events. Those who live within its reaches find Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Campus will be named in his honor. comfort in its unique programming in the car, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I at home and at work. Randy—I congratulate you on your distin- rise today to honor Philip Nelson of the Illinois Mr. Speaker, I am honored to congratulate guished service to the Lone Star College Sys- Farm Bureau (ILFB) and to recognize his KXCI on reaching this great milestone. Its long tem and I offer my sincere appreciation for years of service to the state and national agri- history of enriching the communities in and your many contributions to our community. culture community. around Tucson deserves our highest admira- Mr. Nelson began his career in agriculture in tion and respect. Happy birthday, KXCI—and his youth and was awarded the prestigious Illi- many more! nois FFA Star Farmer of the Year award in

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:10 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A10DE8.009 E10DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS December 10, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1825 1977 as well as the American Farm Bureau ester. He was then laid to rest next to his pre- overhead over a larger base. Similar coopera- Federation’s National Outstanding Young deceased parents and two brothers in upstate tive service agreements have been negotiated Farmer Award in 1984. He has continued to New York. with other cities in the region. These inter-gov- operate his family’s fourth generation farm I cannot begin to imagine the feelings and ernmental partnerships have also helped near Seneca, Illinois where he and his wife emotions that have afflicted his family over the broaden the economic base of the City. grow corn, soybean, alfalfa, and have a cow- past six decades, but I am relieved to know Recognizing the value of integrated munic- calf operation. that Corporal Conklin is finally back where he ipal services between military installations and Philip has served five consecutive two-year belongs, resting peacefully beside his loved the city brings not only financial benefits to terms as president of the ILFB which is the ones. His ultimate sacrifice for the good of our both parties but strengthens the town-base re- maximum he can serve under ILFB rules. nation and preservation of our freedom will lationship. Fred nourished that relationship Under his leadership, the ILFB has become an never be forgotten. and looked for ways for the town and the mili- even more important voice in informing local, f tary to interact seamlessly. This inter-related- state, and national elected officials about the ness was especially evident during the 1995 issues confronting the agriculture industry. His HONORING FRED MEURER ON 27 and 2005 BRAC rounds when the BRAC first-hand knowledge of farming has been in- YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE CITY Commission determined that, because of the strumental to the organization in identifying OF MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA inherent value of the community contribution and advocating on major challenges. In addi- to the functioning of the local installations, tion to his tenure as President of the ILFB, Mr. HON. SAM FARR there was no way to reproduce those func- Nelson has served as President of the Illinois OF CALIFORNIA tions elsewhere and those installations had to Soybean Association, President of the LaSalle IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES remain open and in Monterey. County Farm Bureau, Vice President of the Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Fred graduated from the United States Mili- American Soybean Association, and Chairman tary Academy at West Point in 1966, and re- of the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- ceived graduate degrees from Stanford Uni- Swine Advisory Committee. ognize the career of a truly remarkable public versity in Water Resources Planning and Civil While he is leaving his post at the ILFB, I servant who I am proud to call a friend. Fred Engineering in 1971. He served overseas as- am confident his expertise and leadership on Meurer is retiring from the position of City signments in Germany, Viet Nam and Korea. agriculture issues will continue to be put to Manager for the City of Monterey, California His final active duty tour was as Director of good use. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of the 16th after holding the job since 1991. That is a re- Public Works and Housing at the former Ft. District of Illinois, I wish to express our deep- markably long tenure in any job. In the field of Ord. He retired as a Colonel from the Army in est thanks to Philip Nelson for his exemplary city management, it is unheard of. But for 1986. efforts to advocate for the Illinois agriculture those of us who have had the honor and Mr. Speaker, Fred Meurer is the epitome of community. pleasure of working with Fred over the years, a model public servant who brought wisdom, those twenty-two years are a testament to his f professionalism, creativity and problem solving tremendous ability and professionalism. skills to the job of City Manager of Monterey HONORING THE LIFE AND SERVICE Fred joined the City of Monterey in 1986, and leaves a legacy of accomplishments that OF CORPORAL GEORGE CONKLIN initially as the Special Projects Manager in the not only benefit the residents of Monterey but City Manager’s office, and then as the City’s also serve as a model of sound civic manage- HON. TOM REED Public Works Director for the next five years. ment for others to learn from and emulate. In OF NEW YORK In July of 1991, the City Council appointed Mr. his 1961 State of the Union address to Con- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Meurer to the position of City Manager. Since gress, President John F. Kennedy commented his appointment, Mr. Meurer has been actively Tuesday, December 10, 2013 on his administration’s commitment to civil involved in fostering working relationships be- service and the following words, ‘‘Let the pub- Mr. REED. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to tween business districts, residential districts lic service be a proud and lively career,’’ honor the life, service, and sacrifice of a con- and City Hall. He has overseen the re-devel- struck me as the embodiment of Fred stituent, Corporal George Conklin. Mr. Conklin opment of the City’s residential neighborhoods Meurer’s stellar career. of Phelps, New York, enlisted in the United and business districts. Neighborhood policing, Fred along with his wife Phyllis will now States Army in 1949 at the young age of sev- waterfront acquisition, the main street pro- begin a new journey in life. An avid Oakland enteen to answer our nation’s call to service gram, tourism development, historic preserva- A’s fan, Native American art collector and deli- during the Korean War. Tragically, it took tion programs and development of the edu- cious ice cream maker, new adventures await sixty-four years for him to return home. cation and research economic clusters have this dedicated husband, father and grand- George Conklin was serving in the 7th In- been instrumental in diversifying Monterey’s father. I wish Fred and his wife all the best in fantry Division’s 31st Regimental Combat economy. The success in this effort has fi- their well-deserved retirement years. Team as a Private First-Class in Korea when nanced the City’s program for developing f he disappeared on December 2, 1950. ‘‘preventive’’ programs in policing, fire protec- Wounded in the leg, he was loaded onto a tion, community services, recreation, public CONGRATULATING HELENE COMBS transport truck for evacuation, but soon there- works and other public services. DREILING after, he and his colleagues went missing. It Fred has been actively involved in devel- was not until the conclusion of the war in 1953 oping cooperative relationships between the HON. BOB GOODLATTE that Corporal Conklin was formally classified City and the Department of Defense (DoD) ac- OF VIRGINIA as ‘‘Killed In Action.’’ The U.S. Army post- tivities in Monterey in an effort to further in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES humously promoted him to the rank of Cor- crease DoD mission effectiveness while reduc- poral and awarded him the Purple Heart. ing their operating costs. Fred was responsible Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Corporal Conklin’s family never gave up for germinating an idea—which Congress en- Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I would like hope that one day he would return home. The acted in 1994 as a pilot program—of allowing to congratulate Helene Combs Dreiling on her family waited for over sixty years until this past military installations in Monterey County, Cali- election as President of the American Institute September, when his niece, Karen DesCamp, fornia, to purchase a range of maintenance of Architects (AIA). This distinguished position finally received the news that she and and municipal services from local government is well deserved and reflective of her many George’s other relatives had waited a lifetime agencies in the County. Over the subsequent professional achievements in the field of archi- for. After one of George’s brothers donated a years, the Army Audit Agency has consistently tecture. DNA sample to the Pentagon, Corporal validated cost savings to the Army and ‘‘the The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is Conklin’s remains were positively identified at Monterey Model,’’ as it become known in the the professional membership organization for a laboratory in Hawaii. Pentagon, became a permanent national pro- American architects, with more than 80,000 It is with humble appreciation that I acknowl- gram in 2013. members across the country. In addition to her edge Corporal George Conklin’s return home In conceiving this program, Fred’s goal was new position as President, Ms. Dreiling has to Ontario County. Hundreds of civilians and to provide the same high quality municipal served the AIA in numerous leadership roles. military veterans joined a military honor guard services to DoD activities and personnel as Currently, Ms. Dreiling serves as Executive to give him a final welcome home as the plane the City provides its civilian neighborhoods, Director of the Virginia Center for Architecture, carrying his casket touched down in Roch- while saving the City money by spreading its a Richmond-based non-profit that develops

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:10 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A10DE8.013 E10DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E1826 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks December 10, 2013 the public understanding of architecture Today, it is $17,230,345,583,111.52. We’ve In recognition of this impressive record of through a broad array of outreach programs. added $6,603,468,534,198.44 to our debt in 4 service to the community, Mr. Lewis received She is also a past member of the board of years. This is $6.6 trillion in debt our nation, the O.P. Taylor Humanitarian Award and the trustees of the American Architectural Founda- our economy, and our children could have Living the Legacy Award as an outstanding tion and a past president of the Virginia Soci- avoided with a balanced budget amendment. educator from the National Council of Negro ety, AIA and AIA Blue Ridge. f Women. Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my col- Ms. Dreiling received her Bachelor of Archi- leagues to join me in remembering this distin- TRIBUTE TO ANDREW J. LEWIS tecture degree from the College of Architec- guished educator and community leader. Mr. ture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech in Lewis will be sorely missed, but his contribu- Blacksburg, VA. She is a resident of Roanoke, HON. JAMES E. CLYBURN tions will live on in perpetuity. OF SOUTH CAROLINA VA, which is located in the Sixth Congres- f sional District. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Throughout the ages architecture has been Tuesday, December 10, 2013 CONGRATULATING ERIE FOODS at the very foundation of our society, rep- INTERNATIONAL ON THEIR 75TH Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ANNIVERSARY resenting the greatness of our past and the remember and pay tribute to Mr. Andrew J. promise of our future. It can be seen in the Lewis, a pillar of the Columbia, South Carolina pyramids of Ancient Egypt, the coliseums of community. As an elementary school teacher, HON. CHERI BUSTOS the Roman Empire, and the monuments that assistant principal, and principal, Mr. Lewis OF ILLINOIS grace our nation’s capital today. Architecture touched the lives of countless students over IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES plays an ever-important role in ensuring the many decades. Tuesday, December 10, 2013 structural foundations of our communities and Mr. Andrew Jackson Lewis was born on Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to our legacy for future generations. June 2, 1917 in Sumter County, South Caro- It is an honor to recognize Ms. Dreiling. I congratulate Erie Foods International in Erie, lina, the oldest of eleven children of Sam and Illinois, on the occasion of their 75th anniver- am certain that the AIA will benefit greatly Rosa Lewis, Sr. He married Margaret Pearson from her leadership, and I wish her the best of sary. Lewis on Valentine’s Day 1942; they remained Erie Foods International manufactures ingre- luck during her tenure as President. married until her death this past April. He dients that are used in many different brands f leaves behind a daughter, Andrea Lewis of nutritional beverages and bars, dairy prod- HONORING MAYOR DICK PASCO Jones, two grandchildren, and three great- ucts, sports drinks, coffee and more. Founded grandchildren. as Erie Casein Dryers in 1938 by Arden and Educated in Sumter County Public Schools, Marjorie Reisenbigler, Erie Foods is truly a HON. LUKE MESSER Mr. Lewis was valedictorian of his class at Lin- family business. The company is currently run OF INDIANA coln High School. He graduated cum laude by their son, David Reisenbigler, whose older IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES from Benedict College with a degree in mathe- brother was CEO for five years beginning in Tuesday, December 10, 2013 matics. At Benedict, he was a member of 1977 and whose son and sister also work for Omega Psi Phi fraternity, which means I am Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Erie Foods. In the past 75 years, Erie Foods proud to call him a brother. He went on to re- honor the memory of a community leader and has grown to a global company, with 194 em- ceive a Master of Science degree from my friend, Mayor Dick Pasco of Greenfield, Indi- ployees worldwide, including 33 in Erie. alma mater, South Carolina State University. ana. Additionally, Erie Foods makes it a point to He also served honorably in the U.S. Army Air Dick Pasco was a dedicated public servant buy from local dairies at many of their plants Forces, earning the rank of Technical Ser- who spent the better part of his life serving the and donates a portion of their profits to chari- geant. people of Greenfield. Dick’s work for the city table organizations. CEO David Reisenbigler began in 1972 when he was appointed to the Mr. Lewis’s professional career began at Celia Saxon Elementary School in 1946. He explains that ‘‘we want to be more than a Greenfield Park Board. He was later elected to company that just takes profits. We want to the city council where he would serve for later became Assistant Principal at W.A. Perry Middle School and then Principal at improve the communities where we are.’’ twenty years. Dick would go on to hold a vari- Mr. Speaker, I want to again congratulate Greenview Elementary School, a position he ety of positions on the Greenfield Planning Erie Foods International for reaching this im- held for 16 years until his retirement in 1982. Commission, Council for Economic Develop- pressive milestone and I wish them even more My three daughters attended Greenview Ele- ment, Hancock Boys and Girls Club, United success over the next 75 years. mentary School, and I saw firsthand the posi- Way, and Kiwanis International. Dick Pasco f served on the Hancock County Council before tive impact he had on them and all of the stu- being elected Mayor in 2011. dents under his charge. He was held in such HONORING DOROTHY BARKER The City of Greenfield has lost a pillar of the high regard at Greenview that after his retire- community and a dedicated civic leader. ment, the school was renamed the A.J. Lewis HON. BILLY LONG Mayor Pasco set an example we can all as- Greenview Elementary School. OF MISSOURI A devoted member of Chappelle Memorial pire to. His life, including four years in the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AME Church, Mr. Lewis served on the Stew- United States Navy, has been dedicated to Tuesday, December 10, 2013 serving others and making his community a ard Board under three different pastors, better place to live. His commitment to Green- worked diligently on the Budget and Finance Mr. LONG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to rec- field will be forever appreciated. I will forever Committee, and chaired the Men’s Day pro- ognize and honor the outstanding career of appreciate his friendship and ask the citizens grams for ten years. With this level of dedica- Dorothy Barker. of the 6th Congressional District to join me in tion, Mr. Lewis was given the well-deserved On November 26, 2013, Dorothy retired keeping his wife Joan, daughters Jennifer honor of ‘‘Man of the Year’’ by the church in after an incredible career in sales and real es- Pasco-Beck and Patricia Pasco and son Rich- 1985. tate. She began working with me at Billy Long Mr. Lewis was widely involved in the broad- ard Pasco II in your thoughts and prayers. Auctioneers and Realtors in 1988 and has er Columbia community as well. He was a been with Murney Associates, Realtors since f member of the Capital City Lodge #47 (Price 2002. OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL Hall F&A Masons), the Columbia Transpor- Dorothy is a beloved member of the com- DEBT tation and Advisory Committee, the Columbia munity. She has been very active in her Municipal Elections Committee, and the Rich- church, the Evangel Temple in Springfield, HON. MIKE COFFMAN land County and South Carolina Retired Edu- Missouri. She is also a proud and loving moth- OF COLORADO cators Associations. He served as chaplain of er to three and grandmother to eight. the Benedict Columbia Alumni #2 Club, presi- I am extremely proud of the work that Doro- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES dent and vice president of the Columbia thy has accomplished. I am honored to have Tuesday, December 10, 2013 Luncheon Club, president of the United Martin been able to work side by side with her for so Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January Family of South Carolina, as vice president of many years, and anybody that has worked 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- the Shandon Neighborhood Council, and as a with Dorothy would be sure to agree with me. fice, the national debt was member of the committee that renamed Valley Dorothy has truly brightened the lives of many $10,626,877,048,913.08. Park the Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. throughout her successful career.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:10 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A10DE8.016 E10DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with REMARKS December 10, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E1827 CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF SERV- Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, as they Dr. Pickelman expanded the dual credit pro- ICE OF THE LINKS, INCOR- celebrate 30 years of community service. gram and created early college high schools in PORATED, MORRIS COUNTY f partnership with local school districts which al- CHAPTER lowed qualified high school students to earn RECOGNIZING TOYOTA MATERIAL college credit while still in high school. HON. RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN HANDLING, U.S.A., INC. He established The University Center, an in- OF NEW JERSEY novative, highly successful multi-university IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. LUKE MESSER teaching facility in The Woodlands, providing Tuesday, December 10, 2013 OF INDIANA students and the community the opportunity to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES earn a bachelors or master’s degree from six Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Tuesday, December 10, 2013 public universities. today to honor the Morris County Chapter of Dr. Pickelman was also credited with estab- The Links, Incorporated, located in Morris Mr. MESSER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to lishing a university-level sabbatical program County, New Jersey, as it is celebrating 30 recognize Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., for the benefit of Lone Star College System years of community service. INC. which recently moved its North American faculty and administrators to continue profes- Established in 1946, The Links, Incor- headquarters to Columbus, Indiana in my con- sional work in their respective fields. porated is a not-for-profit organization that gressional district. He served as a tireless advocate and leader combines the ideals of friendship and commu- Toyota Material Handling, U.S.A., INC. for higher education at the local, state and na- nity service to focus on civic, cultural, and (TMHU) has been operating in North America tional level and championed the college’s role educational endeavors. The Morris County for 45 years and in 1990 began lift truck pro- Chapter of The Links, Incorporated (The in economic development, establishing the duction at the Toyota Industrial Equipment center for Business and Economic Develop- Links) was chartered in May, 1982, under the Manufacturing facility in Columbus. The com- guidance of Elizabeth Quick. One of the orga- ment, the Chamber Alliance and Leadership pany has been producing the number-one sell- North Houston. nization’s first projects was the Open Door ing lift truck in the U.S. since 2002. The major- program, established to provide newly relo- Some of his leadership roles in numerous ity of all Toyota lift trucks sold in the U.S. are national, state and local organizations include cated minorities with an orientation and wel- manufactured in Columbus. coming committee, often catering to particular chairman of the board of directors of the Recently Toyota celebrated the official Southern Association Colleges and Schools, needs. Around the same time, The Links also grand opening of their multi-million dollar in- began the Hands Across Generations program chairman of the board of the Texas Associa- vestment in their new campus and the line-off tion of Community Colleges and president of to help establish and build relationships be- of the first large capacity Toyota 8-Series lift tween senior citizens and the younger genera- the Association of Texas Colleges and Univer- truck. The same event also marked the sities. tions. 450,000th lift truck produced at the Columbus As new technologies were brought into soci- Dr. Pickelman earned a bachelor’s degree plant. By moving their headquarters to Colum- ety’s everyday life, the organization developed in English from Albion College and a master’s bus TMHU continues its investment in South- the Digital Divide. The Digital Divide partners degree in education from the University of eastern Indiana and support for the commu- with Morristown High School and its students Missouri at Kansas City. He received his nity’s economic vitality. to help teach senior citizens how to use com- Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin, I ask the entire 6th Congressional District to puters. where he received a distinguished graduate The organization also maintains a strong join me in recognizing Toyota Material Han- award from the College of Education. commitment to the arts through various events dling, U.S.A., INC. Their leadership and eco- Dr. Pickelman and his wife, Barbara, are and exhibits. One very special program, the nomic impact on our state has been invalu- proud parents of two sons, Matthew and Literary Teas program, utilizes forums to pro- able. TMHU is a great community partner, and Jason; and four grandchildren. He is an excel- mote African American authors within the I look forward to working with them often in lent chef and he has personally raised over community. the future. $100,000 for student scholarships auctioning Three years ago, The Links began Working f off his culinary evenings. with the Morristown Neighborhood House, an IN RECOGNITION OF DR. JOHN E. In recognition for his years of accomplished organization that supports our low-income PICKELMAN service in higher education, the Lone Star Col- community and fosters cross-cultural accept- lege System will rename the student center at ance, and developed a program called the Lone Star College–Kingwood campus the Rhythms for Life: Music Matters in Morris HON. KEVIN BRADY Dr. John E. Pickelman Student Center. County, which offers instructor-led violin les- OF TEXAS Dr. Pickelman, I congratulate you on this sons to grammar and middle school students. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honor and I want to thank you for your years The Links has directed many of its pro- Tuesday, December 10, 2013 of service to higher education and for your grams and activities towards the youth of Mor- generous commitment to serving others. ris County. The organization provides and Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I rise sponsors various mentoring and educational today to honor an outstanding leader in higher f programs. The Film Workshop, a recent men- education in my district. Chancellor Emeritus PERSONAL EXPLANATION toring program, teaches students the phases Dr. John E. Pickelman became the second of film making. So far the program has pro- chancellor of North Harris County College in duced three films that have won national rec- 1991 and served until his retirement in 2007. HON. RICHARD HUDSON ognition. The Links also recognizes the impor- During his service as chancellor, enrollment OF NORTH CAROLINA tance of education, and has awarded more increased from 14,000 to over 49,000 and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES grew from three colleges—LSC–North Harris, than $100,000 in scholarships to deserving Tuesday, December 10, 2013 college students in Morris County. LSC–Kingwood and LSC–Tomball to five col- The Links, Incorporated looks forward to leges, with the addition of LSC–Montgomery Mr. HUDSON. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. facing the challenges ahead and plans to con- and LSC–CyFair, the first community college 612, I was unavoidably detained off of the tinue promoting and maintaining civic, edu- to open in the 21st century. House floor due to unforeseen travel cir- cational, and intercultural activities to help en- Under his strong commitment to provide ac- cumstances. Therefore, I was unable to cast rich the members of the Morris County com- cess to quality education for all citizens, my vote for H.R. 3547, the Space Launch Li- munity. LSCS’s boundaries expanded from five to ability Indemnification Extension Act. Mr. Speaker, I ask you and my colleagues eleven independent school districts and added Had I been present, I would have voted to join me in congratulating Morris County six satellite centers. ‘‘yes.’’

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Additional Cosponsors: Pages S8602–03 a successful incentive auction, focusing on the stake- Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: holders’ perspectives, after receiving testimony from Pages S8603–05 Gary Epstein, Special Advisor and Chair, Incentive Auction Task Force, Federal Communications Com- Additional Statements: Pages S8599–S8600 mission; Joan Marsh, AT&T, Hal J. Singer, Progres- Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S8605 sive Policy Institute, Steven K. Berry, Competitive Record Votes: Nine record votes were taken today. Carriers Association, Rick Kaplan, National Associa- (Total—255) Pages S8584–86, S8593–95 tion of Broadcasters, and Harold Feld, Public Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad- Knowledge, all of Washington, D.C.; and Preston journed at 7:20 p.m., until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Padden, Expanding Opportunities for Broadcasters December 11, 2013. (For Senate’s program, see the Coalition, Boulder, Colorado. remarks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on page S8606.) NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to Committee Meetings examine the nomination of John Andrew Koskinen, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of (Committees not listed did not meet) Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury, the ASSISTANCE FOR JORDAN AND LEBANON nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs concluded Hearing recessed subject to the call and will meet a hearing to examine assistance for Jordan and Leb- again on Wednesday, December 11, 2013. anon, after receiving testimony from Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees AFGHANISTAN and Migration; Alia Bouran, Ambassador of the Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan to the United States, a hearing to examine the transition in Afghanistan, Amman; Antoine Chedid, Ambassador of the Leba- after receiving testimony from James F. Dobbins, nese Republic to the United States, Beirut; and An- Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, drew Harper, and Ewen Macleod, both of the United Department of State; and Donald L. Sampler, Assist- Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, New ant to the Administrator and Director of the Office York, New York. of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, U.S. Agency for HOUSING FINANCE REFORM International Development. Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine housing NOMINATION finance reform, focusing on the fundamentals of Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: transferring credit risk in a future housing finance Committee concluded a hearing to examine the system, including S. 1217, to provide secondary nomination of David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be mortgage market reform, after receiving testimony Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, De- from Wanda DeLeo, Deputy Director, Division of partment of Labor, after the nominee, who was in- Conservatorship, Federal Housing Finance Agency; troduced by Senator Warren, testified and answered Kevin Palmer, Freddie Mac, Leesburg, Virginia; Lau- questions in his own behalf. rel Davis, Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C.; Ted Dur- ant, MGIC, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Sandeep INTELLIGENCE Bordia, Barclays, Udaipur, India. Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed CRAFTING A SUCCESSFUL INCENTIVE hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony AUCTION from officials of the intelligence community. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee recessed subject to the call. Committee concluded a hearing to examine crafting

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:19 Dec 11, 2013 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D10DE3.REC D10DEPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with DIGEST December 10, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D1165 House of Representatives Chamber Action Committee Meetings Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 10 pub- ONLINE GAMING lic bills, H.R. 3683–3692; and 3 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 70; and H. Res. 435–436 were intro- Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on duced. Pages H7627–28 Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing entitled ‘‘The State of Online Gaming’’. Testimony Additional Cosponsors: Page H7628 was heard from public witnesses. Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Recess: The House recessed at 12:22 p.m. and re- convened at 2 p.m. Page H7611 Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a markup on H.R. 3527, the ‘‘Poison Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules Center Network Act of 2013’’; and H.R. 1098, the and pass the following measures: ‘‘Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthorization Act’’. H.R. Department of Veterans Affairs Major Medical 3527 was forwarded, without amendment; and H.R. Facility Lease Authorization Act of 2013: H.R. 1098 was forwarded, as amended. 3521, amended, to authorize Department of Veterans MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Affairs major medical facility leases, by a 2⁄3 yea-and- nay vote of 346 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 630 and Committee on Energy and Commerce: Full Committee Pages H7612–14, H7617–18 began a markup on the following measures: H.R. Veterans Paralympic Act of 2013: H.R. 1402, 3527, the ‘‘Poison Center Network Act of 2013’’; H.R. 1098, the ‘‘Traumatic Brain Injury Reauthor- amended, to amend title 38, United States Code, to ization Act’’; H.R. 724, to amend the Clean Air Act extend the authorization of appropriations for the to remove the requirement for dealer certification of Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly assist- new light-duty motor vehicles; H.R. 3683, to amend ance allowance to disabled veterans training or com- the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 peting for the Paralympic Team and the authoriza- to strengthen the collaboration between the United tion of appropriations for the Secretary of Veterans States and Israel on energy development and to bol- Affairs to provide assistance to United States ster the existing United States-Israel energy relation- Paralympics, Inc., by a 2⁄3 yea-and-nay vote of 353 ship by encouraging increased cooperation between yeas with none voting ‘‘nay,’’ Roll No. 631. the two countries; H.R. 3675, the ‘‘Federal Commu- Pages H7614–17, H7618–19 nications Commission Process Reform Act of 2013’’; Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ‘‘To and H.R. 3674, the ‘‘Federal Spectrum Incentive Act amend title 38, United States Code, to extend cer- of 2013’’. tain expiring provisions of law, and for other pur- poses.’’. Page H7619 HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN EGYPT Recess: The House recessed at 2:30 p.m. and recon- Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, vened at 4 p.m. Page H7617 Global Health, Global Human Rights, and Inter- national Organizations; and Subcommittee on the Senate Message: Message received from the Senate Middle East and North Africa held a hearing enti- by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the tled ‘‘Human Rights Abuses in Egypt’’. Testimony House today appears on pages H7618 and was heard from public witnesses. H7618–19. Quorum Calls—Votes: IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL Two yea-and-nay votes developed during the pro- Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a ceedings of today and appear on pages . There were hearing entitled ‘‘The Iran Nuclear Deal: Does It no quorum calls. Further U.S. National Security?’’. Testimony was Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and ad- heard from John F. Kerry, Secretary of State, Depart- journed at 5:47 p.m. ment of State. Joint Meetings No joint committee meetings were held.

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Naval Forces Mod- committee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold an ernization, 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn. oversight hearing to examine domestic renewable fuels, 9 Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on a.m., SD–406. Health, hearing entitled ‘‘PPACA Implementation Fail- Committee on Finance: to continue hearings to examine ures: What’s Next?’’, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. the nomination of John Andrew Koskinen, of the District Full Committee, continued markup on the following of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, measures: H.R. 3527, the ‘‘Poison Center Network Act Department of the Treasury, 9:15 a.m., SD–215. of 2013’’; H.R. 1098, the ‘‘Traumatic Brain Injury Reau- Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to exam- thorization Act’’; H.R. 724, to amend the Clean Air Act ine the nominations of Catherine Ann Novelli, of Vir- to remove the requirement for dealer certification of new ginia, to be an Under Secretary for Economic Growth, light-duty motor vehicles; H.R. 3683, to amend the En- Energy, and the Environment, Alternate Governor of the ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to strength- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, en the collaboration between the United States and Israel Alternate Governor of the Inter-American Development on energy development and to bolster the existing United Bank, and Alternate Governor of the European Bank for States-Israel energy relationship by encouraging increased Reconstruction and Development, Charles Hammerman cooperation between the two countries; H.R. 3675, the Rivkin, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant ‘‘Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, Tina S. Act of 2013’’; and H.R. 3674, the ‘‘Federal Spectrum In- Kaidanow, of the District of Columbia, to be Coordinator centive Act of 2013’’, 12:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn. for Counterterrorism, with the rank of Ambassador at Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing Large, Puneet Talwar, of the District of Columbia, to be entitled ‘‘Afghanistan 2014: Year of Transition’’, 10 a.m., an Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Mi- 2172 Rayburn. chael A. Hammer, of the District of Columbia, to be Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, markup on H. Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Kevin Whitaker, Res. 418, Urging the Government of Burma to end the of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colom- persecution of the Rohingya people and respect inter- bia, and Bruce Heyman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to nationally recognized human rights for all ethnic and reli- Canada, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD–419. gious minority groups within Burma; and H. Res. 281, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Expressing concern over persistent and credible reports of business meeting to consider the nomination of Alejandro systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non- Nicholas Mayorkas, of the District of Columbia, to be consenting prisoners of conscience, in the People’s Repub- Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., lic of China, including from large numbers of Falun SD–342. Gong practitioners imprisoned for their religious beliefs, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, and members of other religious and ethnic minority to hold hearings to examine streamlining overseas trade groups, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. and development agencies, focusing on a more efficient Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, and effective government, 2 p.m., SD–342. hearing entitled ‘‘Establishing a Commission to Study the Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine Potential Creation of a National Women’s History Mu- the nomination of Vincent G. Logan, of New York, to seum’’, 10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth. be Special Trustee, Office of Special Trustee for American Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee Indians, Department of the Interior; to be immediately on Environment, hearing entitled ‘‘A Factual Look at the followed by an oversight hearing to examine implementa- Relationship Between Climate and Weather’’, 10 a.m., tion of the Department of the Interior’s Land Buy-Back 2318 Rayburn. Program, 2 p.m., SD–628. Full Committee, markup on the following measures: Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine H.R. 2413, the ‘‘Weather Forecasting Improvement Act continued oversight of the United States government sur- of 2013’’; H.R. 2431, the ‘‘National Integrated Drought veillance authorities, 2 p.m., SD–226. Information System Reauthorization Act of 2013’’, H.R. Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings 2981, the ‘‘Technology and Research Accelerating Na- to examine the nominations of Thomas Hicks, of Vir- tional Security and Future Economic Resiliency Act of ginia, and Myrna Perez, of Texas, both to be a Member 2013’’; and H.R. 3625, to provide for termination liabil- of the Election Assistance Commission, 10 a.m., SR–301. ity costs for certain National Aeronautics and Space Ad- Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: to hold hearings to exam- ministration projects, and for other purposes, 2 p.m., ine the Veterans Affairs (VA) claims system, focusing on 2318 Rayburn.

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Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Over- entitled ‘‘The Small Business Health Options Program: Is sight and Investigations; and Committee on Small Busi- It Working for Small Businesses’’, 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn. ness Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, hear- Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Sub- ing entitled ‘‘Contracting Away Accountability—Reverse committee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, Auctions in Federal Agency Acquisitions’’, 10 a.m., 334 hearing entitled ‘‘Coast Guard Mission Execution: How is Cannon. the Coast Guard Meeting Its Mission Goals?’’, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. Joint Meetings Subcommittee on Highway and Transit, hearing enti- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold tled ‘‘Examining the Current and Future Demands on hearings to examine resolving crises in East Asia through FTA’s Capital Investment Grants’’, 2 p.m., 2167 Ray- a new system of collective security, focusing on the Hel- burn. sinki process as a model, 1 p.m., SD–106.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2 p.m., Wednesday, December 11 10 a.m., Wednesday, December 11

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Wednesday: Senate will continue consider- Program for Wednesday: Consideration of the following ation of the nomination of Cornelia T.L. Pillard, of the measures under suspension of the rules: (1) H.R. 2319— District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge Native American Veterans’ Memorial Amendments Act of for the District of Columbia Circuit, post-cloture. If all 2013; (2) S. 1471—Alicia Dawn Koehl Respect for Na- post-cloture time is used, Senate will vote on confirma- tional Cemeteries Act; (3) H.R. 3212—Sean and David tion of the nomination at approximately 1 a.m., on Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Thursday, December 12, 2013. Return Act of 2013, as amended; (4) H.R. 1992—Israel QME Enhancement Act, as amended; and (5) H.R. 2019—Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act of 2013, as amended.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Farr, Sam, Calif., E1825 Long, Billy, Mo., E1826 Frelinghuysen, Rodney P., N.J., E1827 Meehan, Patrick, Pa., E1823 Barber, Ron, Ariz., E1824 Gibson, Christopher P., N.Y., E1821 Messer, Luke, Ind., E1821, E1826, E1827 Brady, Kevin, Tex., E1824, E1827 Goodlatte, Bob, Va., E1825 Mica, John L., Fla., E1823 Bustos, Cheri, Ill., E1826 Hudson, Richard, N.C., E1821, E1827 Reed, Tom, N.Y., E1825 Clyburn, James E., S.C., E1826 Kilmer, Derek, Wash., E1824 Scott, Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’, Va., E1821 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E1826 Kinzinger, Adam, Ill., E1824 Conyers, John, Jr., Mich., E1822 Kirkpatrick, Ann, Ariz., E1822 Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E1823

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