May 17, 2013 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H2771 last several years demonizing Tea Party ment, less intrusive government, and Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (at the request groups as well as other small government government that is truly of, by, and for of Ms. PELOSI) for today. groups. the people. f On Thursday, despite the escalating scan- With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield to the dal, told reporters he did not gentleman from Florida (Mr. YOHO). ADJOURNMENT see the need for a special prosecutor, saying ‘‘probes by Congress and the Justice Depart- IMMIGRATION REFORM Mr. YOHO. Mr. Speaker, I move that ment should be able to figure out who was Mr. YOHO. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to the House do now adjourn. responsible for improperly targeting Tea thank the gentleman from Texas for The motion was agreed to; accord- Party groups when they applied for tax-ex- yielding. ingly (at 3 o’clock and 46 minutes empt status.’’ I’d like to address the floor on why p.m.), under its previous order, the b 1540 we need immigration reform. House adjourned until Monday, May 20, Washington has failed to lead on this 2013, at noon for morning-hour debate. While that may appease reporters from issue for the last 30 years, and it has f CNN and the mainstream media for the mo- weakened American security and ment, one must wonder why there shouldn’t stressed our economy. OATH FOR ACCESS TO CLASSIFIED be a special prosecutor to look into the America deserves better. It’s our INFORMATION wrongdoings of an agency with such vast powers over the American populace. Unless, duty and it’s our responsibility to ad- Under clause 13 of rule XXIII, the fol- of course, there is a smoking gun that people dress this issue for the health, for the lowing Members executed the oath for within the administration don’t want discov- strength, and for the security of our access to classified information: ered. Nation. Robert B. Aderholt, Rodney Alexander, In December 2009, during the first term of As the immigration debates come , Mark E. Amodei, Robert E. his Presidency, in an effort to make the Fed- forward, our goals should not focus on Andrews, Michele Bachmann, Spencer Bach- eral Government more ‘‘union friendly,’’ what is best for this group or what is us, Ron Barber, Lou Barletta, Garland President Obama issued Executive Order best for that group, or cater to this in- ‘‘Andy’’ Barr, John Barrow, Joe Barton, 13522. dustry or cater to that industry. If we Karen Bass, Joyce Beatty, Xavier Becerra, In short, as noted in 2011, Executive Order Dan Benishek, Kerry L. Bentivolio, Ami 13522 establishes ‘‘labor-management fo- do that, we lose sight and we miss the mark on what really the focus should Bera, Gus M. Bilirakis, Rob Bishop, Sanford rums’’ between union bosses (who may or D. Bishop, Jr., Timothy H. Bishop, Diane may not be Federal employees) and Federal be on, and that is, what’s best for Black, Marsha Blackburn, Earl Blumenauer, agency management. America. If we focus on what is best for John A. Boehner, Suzanne Bonamici, Jo Bon- As part of the directives under Executive America and do what is best for Amer- ner, Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Charles W. Bou- Order 13522, agency heads are to engage ica, then America wins. And if America stany, Jr., Kevin Brady, Robert A. Brady, union bosses in ‘‘pre-decisional discussions’’ wins, we all win, regardless of where Bruce L. Braley, Jim Bridenstine, Mo before decisions are made—and those discus- you come from. Brooks, Susan W. Brooks, Paul C. Broun, sions are to be secret and outside the pur- The real issue is to preserve the op- Corrine Brown, Julia Brownley, Vern view of the Freedom of Information Act. portunity that if we nurture it and put Buchanan, Larry Bucshon, Michael C. Bur- Pre-decisional discussions, by their nature, gess, Cherie Bustos, G. K. Butterfield, Ken should be conducted confidentially among forth that effort, it will grow into the American Dream. Isn’t the American Calvert, Dave Camp, John Campbell, Eric the parties to the discussions. This confiden- Cantor, Shelley Moore Capito, Lois Capps, tiality is an essential ingredient in building Dream what this is all about? The Michael E. Capuano, Tony Ca´ rdenas, John C. the environment of mutual trust and respect American Dream defines who we are as Carney, Jr., Andre´ Carson, John R. Carter, necessary for the honest exchange of views Americans. It is the very essence of Matt Cartwright, Bill Cassidy, Kathy Castor, and collaboration. what it means to be an American. It Joaquin Castro, Steve Chabot, Jason That was the position of the adminis- says that no matter where you come Chaffetz, Donna M. Christensen, Judy Chu, tration. from or what your background is, if David N. Cicilline, Yvette D. Clarke, Wm. Coincidentally, among the agencies cov- you’re willing to work within the con- , , James E. Cly- ered by Executive Order 13522 is the Internal fines of the law and do that four-letter burn, Howard Coble, Mike Coffman, Steve Revenue Service, which is part of the De- Cohen, Tom Cole, Chris Collins, Doug Col- word called ‘‘work,’’ you can achieve lins, K. Michael Conaway, Gerald E. Con- partment of the Treasury, and whose agency the American Dream. employees are represented by the National nolly, John Conyers, Jr., Paul Cook, Jim The very issue that we’re struggling Cooper, Jim Costa, Tom Cotton, Joe Court- Treasury Employees Union. with is the preservation of the Amer- The fact that, under Executive Order 13522, ney, Kevin Camer, Eric A. ‘‘Rick’’ Crawford, Federal agencies are being co-managed by ican Dream and the opportunity in this Ander Crenshaw, Joseph Crowley, Henry union bosses and it appears that the per- country. If we lose that, we lose what Cuellar, John Abney Culberson, Elijah E. petrators of the IRS scandal are likely to be America stands for. And that’s what Cummings, Steve Daines, Danny K. Davis, members of the IRS union makes one wonder sets America apart from all other Rodney Davis, Susan A. Davis, Peter A. how coordinated the attacks were—espe- countries, it’s the ability to achieve DeFazio, Diana DeGette, John K. Delaney, cially as four of the alleged perpetrators are Rosa L. DeLauro, Suzan K. DelBene, Jeff the American Dream. Denham, Charles W. Dent, Ron DeSantis, claiming their bosses made them do it. As we move forward, let’s keep in More importantly, if their bosses made Scott DesJarlais, Theodore E. Deutch, Mario mind that if we do what’s right for Diaz-Balart, John D. Dingell, Lloyd Doggett, them engage in potentially illegal activities, America, we will remain that shining why didn’t they go to their union to file a Michael F. Doyle, Tammy Duckworth, Sean grievance? city on the hill that Ronald Reagan P. Duffy, Jeff Duncan, John J. Duncan, Jr., talked so eloquently about, that bea- Donna F. Edwards, Keith Ellison, Renee L. Well, apparently, under the Presi- con of hope of what free men and Ellmers, Jo Ann Emerson*, Eliot L. Engel, dent’s Executive Order 13522, the union women can accomplish in a society William L. Enyart, Anna G. Eshoo, Elizabeth bosses and the agency heads are H. Esty, Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, Blake that protects our God-given rights with complicit in making these decisions, Farenthold, Sam Farr, Chaka Fattah, Ste- a Constitution that protects that. If we and making them secretly and pri- phen Lee Fincher, Michael G. Fitzpatrick, do that, we can guarantee that Amer- vately while part of the most trans- Charles J. ‘‘Chuck’’ Fleischmann, John ica will stay strong. parent administration in history—we Fleming, Bill Flores, J. Randy Forbes, Jeff Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Fortenberry, Bill Foster, Virginia Foxx, Lois were told it was going to be. The union of my time. Frankel, Trent Franks, Rodney P. Freling- bosses and the agency heads making f huysen, Marcia L. Fudge, Tulsi Gabbard, decisions secretly beyond anything Pete P. Gallego, John Garamendi, Joe Gar- that anybody in America can get with LEAVE OF ABSENCE cia, Cory Gardner, Scott Garrett, Jim Ger- a Freedom of Information Act request By unanimous consent, leave of ab- lach, Bob Gibbs, Christopher P. Gibson, Phil is just outrageous. sence was granted to: Gingrey, Louie Gohmert, Bob Goodlatte, Paul A. Gosar, Trey Gowdy, Kay Granger, We need the transparency. And espe- Mr. CUMMINGS (at the request of Ms. cially now that we know the most pow- , Tom Graves, Alan Grayson, Al PELOSI) for today on account of district Green, Gene Green, Tim Griffin, H. Morgan erful, the most feared agency in Amer- work. Griffith, Rau´ l M. Grijalva, Michael G. ica—the IRS—is being co-managed by Mrs. KIRKPATRICK (at the request of Grimm, Brett Guthrie, Luis V. Gutierrez, union bosses, it’s time to clean house. Ms. PELOSI) for today on account of Janice Hahn, Ralph M. Hall, Colleen W. It’s time to get back to smaller govern- daughter’s college graduation. Hanabusa, Richard L. 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