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E PL UR UM IB N U U S Congressional Record United States th of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 116 CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION Vol. 165 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2019 No. 205 House of Representatives The House met at 9 a.m. and was come forward and lead the House in the Babin Graves (LA) Nunes called to order by the Speaker pro tem- Pledge of Allegiance. Bacon Graves (MO) Olson Baird Green (TN) Palazzo pore (Ms. DEGETTE). Mr. WEBER of Texas led the Pledge Balderson Griffith Palmer f of Allegiance as follows: Banks Grothman Pence Barr Guest I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Perry DESIGNATION OF THE SPEAKER Bergman Guthrie United States of America, and to the Repub- Ratcliffe PRO TEMPORE Biggs Hagedorn Reed lic for which it stands, one nation under God, Bilirakis Harris Reschenthaler The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Bishop (NC) Hartzler Rice (SC) fore the House the following commu- Bost Hern, Kevin f Riggleman nication from the Speaker: Brady Herrera Beutler Roby Brooks (AL) Hice (GA) MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Rodgers (WA) WASHINGTON, DC, Brooks (IN) Higgins (LA) Roe, David P. December 18, 2019. A message in writing from the Presi- Buchanan Hill (AR) Rogers (AL) I hereby appoint the Honorable DIANA Buck Hollingsworth dent of the United States was commu- Rose, John W. DEGETTE to act as Speaker pro tempore on Bucshon Hudson Rouzer this day. nicated to the House by Miss Kaitlyn Budd Huizenga Roy Burchett Hurd (TX) NANCY PELOSI, Roberts, one of his secretaries. Rutherford Burgess Johnson (LA) Scalise Speaker of the House of Representatives. Byrne Johnson (OH) f Schweikert Calvert Johnson (SD) f Scott, Austin Carter (GA) Jordan ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Sensenbrenner PRAYER Carter (TX) Joyce (OH) PRO TEMPORE Simpson Chabot Joyce (PA) The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick Smith (MO) Cheney Katko The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Smith (NE) J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: Cline Keller ant to clause 4 of rule I, the following Smith (NJ) Merciful God, we give You thanks for Cloud Kelly (MS) Smucker enrolled bill was signed by the Speaker Cole Kelly (PA) giving us another day. We pause in Spano on Tuesday, December 17, 2019: Collins (GA) King (IA) Your presence and ask guidance for the Stauber H.R. 5363, to reauthorize mandatory Comer King (NY) men and women of the people’s House. Conaway Kinzinger Stefanik As the Members take this time to funding programs for historically Cook Kustoff (TN) Steil consider far-reaching legislation, and Black colleges and universities and Crawford LaHood Steube Crenshaw LaMalfa Stewart consider historic Constitutional action, other minority-serving institutions, Stivers and for other purposes. Curtis Lamborn give them wisdom and discernment. Davidson (OH) Latta Taylor Thompson (PA) Help them to realize that Your con- f Davis, Rodney Lesko stituency is wider and broader than DesJarlais Long Thornberry Timmons ever we could measure or determine. MOTION TO ADJOURN Diaz-Balart Loudermilk Duncan Lucas Tipton Help them, and help us all to put away Mr. BIGGS. Madam Speaker, I move Dunn Luetkemeyer Turner any judgments that belong to You and that the House do now adjourn. Emmer Marchant Upton do what we can to live together in har- Estes Marshall Wagner The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Ferguson Massie Walberg mony. question is on the motion to adjourn Fitzpatrick Mast Walden Bless us this day and every day, and offered by the gentleman from Arizona Fleischmann McCarthy Walker Walorski may all that is done be for Your great- (Mr. BIGGS). Flores McCaul Fortenberry McClintock Waltz er honor and glory. The question was taken; and the Amen. Foxx (NC) McHenry Watkins Speaker pro tempore announced that Fulcher McKinley Weber (TX) f the noes appeared to have it. Gaetz Meadows Webster (FL) Gallagher Meuser Wenstrup THE JOURNAL Mr. BIGGS. Madam Speaker, on that Gianforte Miller Westerman The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- I demand the yeas and nays. Gibbs Mitchell Williams ant to section 7(a) of House Resolution The yeas and nays were ordered. Gohmert Moolenaar Wilson (SC) The vote was taken by electronic de- Gonzalez (OH) Mooney (WV) Wittman 758, the Journal of the last day’s pro- Gooden Mullin Womack ceedings is approved. vice, and there were—yeas 188, nays Gosar Murphy (NC) Wright 226, not voting 16, as follows: Granger Newhouse Yoho f [Roll No. 691] Graves (GA) Norman Zeldin PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE YEAS—188 NAYS—226 The SPEAKER pro tempore. Will the Abraham Allen Armstrong Adams Allred Axne gentleman from Texas (Mr. WEBER) Aderholt Amodei Arrington Aguilar Amash Barraga´ n b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. H12113 . VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:52 Dec 19, 2019 Jkt 099060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A18DE7.000 H18DEPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with HOUSE H12114 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE December 18, 2019 Bass Gottheimer Pallone Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky. Madam Speaker, members of the minority party, Chairman Beatty Green, Al (TX) Panetta Schiff refused to schedule such hearings; Bera Grijalva Pappas I was not present for the first vote series today. Had I been present, I would have voted Whereas, on December 6, 2019, Chairman Beyer Haaland Pascrell Schiff, without consultation of the Ranking Bishop (GA) Harder (CA) Payne ‘‘yea’’ on rollcall No. 691. Blumenauer Hastings Perlmutter Minority Member, in violation of section 3 of Blunt Rochester Hayes Peters f House Resolution 660, unilaterally trans- Bonamici Heck Peterson RAISING A QUESTION OF THE mitted additional records and other mate- Boyle, Brendan Higgins (NY) Phillips rials to the Committee on the Judiciary; F. Himes Pingree PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE Whereas Chairman Schiff compelled the Brindisi Horn, Kendra S. Pocan Mr. MCCARTHY. Madam Speaker, I production of documents from AT&T and Brown (MD) Horsford Porter Verizon and, in violation of clause 2(k)(6) of Brownley (CA) Houlahan Pressley rise to a question of the privileges of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep- Bustos Hoyer Price (NC) the House and send to the desk a privi- Butterfield Huffman Quigley leged resolution. resentatives, publicly used these documents Carbajal Jackson Lee Raskin to smear the personal attorneys of the Presi- Ca´ rdenas Jayapal Rice (NY) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The dent, a journalist, and to create a false nar- Carson (IN) Jeffries Richmond Clerk will report the resolution. rative about a sitting Member of Congress Cartwright Johnson (GA) Rose (NY) The Clerk read as follows: and current and former congressional staff; Case Johnson (TX) Rouda H. RES. 770 Whereas on multiple occasions in both Casten (IL) Kaptur Roybal-Allard closed-door depositions and public hearings, Castor (FL) Keating Ruiz Whereas Chairman Schiff and Chairman Chairman Schiff abused his power as chair Castro (TX) Kelly (IL) Ruppersberger Nadler willfully and intentionally violated by unilaterally restricting Republican lines Chu, Judy Kennedy Rush the Rules of the House of Representatives by of questions and supporting witnesses’ at- Cicilline Khanna Ryan abusing and exceeding their powers as Chair- Cisneros Kildee Sa´ nchez tempts to evade answering Republicans’ [or men of Committees; Clark (MA) Kilmer Sarbanes ‘‘the minority’s’’] questions by directing wit- Whereas, on September 9, 2019, without Clarke (NY) Kim Scanlon nesses not to answer certain questions from consultation of the Ranking Minority Mem- Cleaver Kind Schakowsky Republican Members and staff; Clyburn Kirkpatrick Schiff ber, in violation of rule 9 of the Rules of the Whereas on multiple occasions in both Cohen Krishnamoorthi Schneider Permanent Select Committee on Intel- Connolly Kuster (NH) Schrader closed-door depositions and public hearings, ligence, Chairman Schiff, in coordination Chairman Schiff abused his power as chair Cooper Lamb Schrier with the Committees on Oversight and Re- Correa Larsen (WA) Scott (VA) by failing to follow proper parliamentary Costa Larson (CT) Scott, David form and Foreign Affairs announced a wide- procedure, failing to recognize Members who Courtney Lawrence Sewell (AL) ranging investigation into the ‘‘Trump- wished to raise valid points of order, and re- Cox (CA) Lee (CA) Shalala Giuliani Ukraine scheme’’; peatedly interrupting Republican Members Craig Lee (NV) Sherman Whereas, on September 26, 2019, in an un- and staff when they controlled the time; Crist Levin (CA) Sherrill precedented action, Chairman Schiff unilat- Whereas at the House Judiciary Commit- Crow Levin (MI) Sires erally released a redacted version of the Au- tee’s first hearing pursuant to House Resolu- Cuellar Lewis Slotkin gust 2019 whistleblower complaint; Cunningham Lieu, Ted Smith (WA) tion 660, on December 4, 2019, Chairman Nad- Davids (KS) Lipinski Soto Whereas, on September 26, 2019, in his ler was furnished with a request for a minor- Davis (CA) Loebsack Spanberger opening statement at a public hearing, ity day of hearings, pursuant to clause 2(j)(1) Davis, Danny K. Lofgren Speier Chairman Schiff engaged in a false retelling of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Rep- Dean Lowenthal Stanton of the July 25, 2019 telephone conversation resentatives, signed by all Republican Mem- DeFazio Lowey Stevens between President Trump and President bers of the Committee; ´ DeGette Lujan Suozzi Zelensky; Whereas subsequent to receiving the re- DeLauro Luria Swalwell (CA) Whereas, on November 20, 2019, a letter was DelBene Lynch Takano quest for an additional day of hearings by Delgado Malinowski Thompson (CA) transmitted from the Ranking Minority members of the minority party, Chairman Demings Maloney, Thompson (MS) Member to Chairman Schiff requesting, pur- Nadler refused to schedule such hearings; DeSaulnier Carolyn B.