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Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 No. 58 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was and it has done so alongside State and conference, and I am here today to ask called to order by the Speaker pro tem- local municipalities and State and my colleagues that we not let this pro- pore (Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee). local governments, who have also made vision slip by. We must reauthorize f a priority in investing in beach re- these programs. nourishment. So I would urge the conferees on the DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO This year alone, State and local gov- Water Resources Reform and Develop- TEMPORE ernments will likely invest nearly $100 ment Act to strongly consider bringing The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- million in beach renourishment back language that reauthorizes pro- fore the House the following commu- projects, and it is for good reason. grams, or at least allows for the reau- nication from the Speaker: Beach renourishment addresses a very thorization of programs, that are soon WASHINGTON, DC, critical issue of pre-storm mitigation, to expire. I ask my colleagues to be re- April 9, 2014. it protects communities from flooding, ceptive to that language should it I hereby appoint the Honorable JOHN J. it protects communities from losses to come back. DUNCAN, Jr., to act as Speaker pro tempore property, from losses to critical infra- I would like to thank today my on this day. structure, and it ultimately reduces chairman on the Transportation and JOHN A. BOEHNER, disaster assistance when such assist- Infrastructure Committee for allowing Speaker of the House of Representatives. ance is needed. me to work with him in the very few f Beach renourishment also protects weeks that I have been here on this MORNING-HOUR DEBATE our environment, it protects against issue that is of critical importance to damage to habitats critical to environ- my district, but also to districts The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- ments, it encourages stronger environ- around the country. ant to the order of the House of Janu- ments, cleaner environments; and, per- f ary 7, 2014, the Chair will now recog- haps most importantly, beach re- nize Members from lists submitted by nourishment programs invested in by HONORING THE FLYING TIGERS the majority and minority leaders for State and local governments and our The SPEAKER pro tempore. The morning-hour debate. Federal Government contribute to jobs Chair recognizes the gentleman from The Chair will alternate recognition and economic growth in communities Maine (Mr. MICHAUD) for 5 minutes. between the parties, with each party across the country. Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, I rise limited to 1 hour and each Member We have industries that exist in com- today to commend the members of the other than the majority and minority munities in my district, like Clear- American volunteer group known as leaders and the minority whip limited water Beach and St. Pete Beach, and in the Flying Tigers for their heroic serv- to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- communities across the country whose ice to the United States of America bate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. jobs and economic growth and local during World War II. The Flying Tigers f economy rely on international visitors consisted of ex-personnel from the and visitors from around the country. Navy, Marines, and the Army Air FLORIDA BEACH RENOURISHMENT In Florida alone, we will more than Corps. Operating out of China, they The SPEAKER pro tempore. The double visits to our beaches as com- trained in secret, and shortly after the Chair recognizes the gentleman from pared to visits to all U.S. national attack on Pearl Harbor began a series Florida (Mr. JOLLY) for 5 minutes. parks combined. It takes jobs and em- of heroic battles against the Japanese Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ployees to support those visitors, and aircraft squadrons. to discuss an issue of critical impor- it is critical to our local economy that Working together with the Chinese tance to my community, to Florida’s we continue the investment in beach and the Royal Air Force, the Flying Ti- 13th Congressional District of Pinellas renourishment projects. gers drove back attacks on the port of County, Florida, but also to coastal So I rise today with a sense of ur- Rangoon in Burma, and became cele- communities around the country—the gency. When this House, this body, brated for their tactical victories. issue of beach renourishment. considered the Water Resources Re- On July 4, 1942, the Flying Tigers There is an urgency that I want to form and Development Act, it passed a were absorbed into the 23rd Fighter express today on behalf of communities responsible bill, but one that did not Group, and their distinctive shark- like Treasure Island, Florida. The Fed- include continued authorization for faced planes remain among the most eral Government has invested in beach important beach renourishment recognizable of any aircraft from World renourishment for the past 50 years, projects. That legislation is now in War II.

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:46 Apr 09, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.000 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3060 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 Mr. Speaker, I hope my colleagues tricity in this country, we ought to say Our country continues to deny Dis- will join me in honoring the members a prayer for the men and women who trict of Columbia citizens their basic of the Flying Tigers for their brave ensure that the lights are always on for rights at home. service to our great country. us and the families who wait for them Today, we ask that Congress draw f at home. the line on service in the Armed In the case of Jody Bruce and Josh Forces. In the name of those who have RECOGNIZING JODY BRUCE AND Hoffman, well, they deserve a ticker- fought or died in the Nation’s wars, JOSH HOFFMAN tape parade. They, Mr. Speaker, are grant the citizens of the District of Co- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The international heroes. lumbia equal rights with other Ameri- Chair recognizes the gentleman from f cans. Grant the District of Columbia North Dakota (Mr. CRAMER) for 5 min- GRANT THE DISTRICT OF COLUM- statehood in the Union. utes. f Mr. CRAMER. The author Henry Mil- BIA STATEHOOD IN THE UNION ler wrote: ‘‘The ordinary man is in- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The A LETTER TO THE TURKISH volved in action, the hero acts, an im- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from PEOPLE mense difference.’’ the District of Columbia (Ms. NORTON) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. Speaker, having grown up the for 5 minutes. Chair recognizes the gentleman from son of a rural electric lineman, I am Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, I began California (Mr. SCHIFF) for 5 minutes. more than a little familiar with the this series of remarks yesterday as the Mr. SCHIFF. An open letter to the not so ordinary actions of these rather District prepares for Emancipation Turkish people: ordinary people. Day on April 16, when Lincoln freed the Today, I write to you on an issue of They do a job most of us won’t or slaves in the District of Columbia be- great importance to both our nations. can’t do, often putting themselves in fore the national Emancipation Procla- It is on a subject that many of you, es- danger’s way as they carry out their mation. pecially the younger generation, may I began with the status of all the citi- duties in all kinds of weather condi- know little about because it concerns a zens of the District of Columbia today tions. They earn a paycheck for their chapter of world history that your gov- with ‘‘Taxation Without Representa- work for sure, but their contribution to ernment has expended enormous efforts the quality of life of rural America is tion,’’ the slogan the Founders of our Nation and the Framers of our Con- to conceal. to the benefit of millions of people. Turkey has been at the center of But today, Mr. Speaker, today I rise stitution used to start the revolution that created the United States of human civilization from Neolithic to recognize the extraordinary efforts America itself. With those taxes should times to the present, and your arts, of two rural electric linemen from come statehood. culture, and science have enriched the North Dakota who stepped beyond But if there is any issue with greater world. But interwoven with all of Tur- being involved in the action to act. command than taxation without rep- key’s remarkable achievements is a Jody Bruce from Minot, who works resentation for statehood for the Dis- dark chapter that too many of today’s for Verendrye Electric Cooperative, trict of Columbia, it is surely fighting Turks know little or nothing about. and Josh Hoffman from Carrington, and dying for one’s country without Were you aware that your grand- who works for Northern Plains Electric representation, securing the vote for parents and great-grandparents had Cooperative, left the comfort zone of the people of Iraq and Afghanistan, many Armenian neighbors and middle America to facilitate the ad- only to come home with no vote of friends—that 20 percent of the popu- vent of safe, reliable, and affordable your own in the Congress that sent you lation of today’s Istanbul was Arme- electricity in a community in Haiti. to war, or not coming home at all. nian? Did you know that the Arme- Their service and sacrifice will im- D.C. residents fought and died in the nians were well integrated into Turk- prove the lives of many people because war that created the United States of ish society as celebrated intellects, electricity is a critical element to im- America itself, and have served in artists, craftsmen, and community prove quality of life, health care, edu- every war since, often suffering casual- leaders? Have you ever wondered what cation, clean water, and other vital ties well beyond those of fellow Ameri- happened to the Armenians? Have you services. cans, casualties that mounted in each ever asked your parents and grand- Volunteering their time and exper- of the major wars of the 20th century: parents how such a large, industrious, tise, they both spent 2 weeks in the World War I, more casualties than and prosperous people largely vanished town of Caracol, providing safety train- three States; World War II, more cas- from your midst? Do you know why ing and mentoring for local linemen. ualties than four States; the Korean your government goes to such lengths They also assisted with installing war, by then more casualties than to conceal this part of your history? power for residents located next to an eight States; and the Vietnam war, Let me tell you a part of their story. industrial park. When fully functional, more casualties than 10 States of the The rest you must find out for your- this facility will have the capacity to Union. selves. employ 30,000 people. Not only have thousands fought and Ninety-nine years ago this month, in Jody and Josh are the only linemen died without the vote, many served the dying years of the Ottoman Em- from North Dakota to ever participate with unusual distinction and many in pire, the Young Turk government in such a project in Haiti, a country the segregated Armed Forces, although launched a campaign of deportation, where only about 13 percent of the peo- African Americans in the District were expropriation, starvation, and murder ple have reliable access to electricity. outnumbered by Whites until recent against the empire’s Armenian citi- The National Rural Electric Coopera- years. Yet the District produced the zens. tive Association International Founda- first African American Army general, tion has been working on a U.S. Agen- Benjamin O. Davis; the first African b 1015 cy for International Development-fund- American Air Force general, Benjamin Much of the Armenian population ed program to bring electricity to the O. Davis, Jr., a graduate of West Point was forcibly removed to Syria, where town of Caracol and nearby areas. and commander of the Tuskegee Air- many succumbed during brutal forced Today, more than 1,200 consumers in men; Wesley Davis, the first African marches through the desert heat. Hun- the town have access to reliable elec- American Naval Academy graduate; dreds of thousands were massacred by tricity. Some homes now have anten- Charles Vernon Bush, the first African Ottoman gendarmes, soldiers, and even nas for their TVs. In fact, some busi- American Air Force Academy grad- their own neighbors. nesses are springing up, things like uate, and the roster continues today— By the time the slaughter ended in Internet cafes that have been estab- today the first Deputy Commandant of 1923, 1.5 million Armenians had been lished, and water treatment plants are the U.S. Coast Guard, Admiral Manson killed in what is now universally ac- in full operation. Brown, and the first female African knowledged as the first genocide of the While we often take for granted such American aviator, D.C. National Guard 20th century. The survivors scattered basic amenities as safe, reliable elec- First Lieutenant Demetria Elosiebo. throughout the Middle East and the

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:51 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.002 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3061 wider world, with some making their Mr. MAFFEI. Mr. Speaker, I rise when we observed a subatomic process, way to the United States and to Los today in strong opposition of the legis- known as proton decay—which was Angeles. lation H. Con. Res. 96, the budget pro- confidently predicted by many, if not It is their grandchildren and great- posed by the chairman of the Budget most, of the theoretical physicists at grandchildren whom I represent as a Committee, the gentleman from Wis- the time—was, in fact, not happening. Member of the U.S. Congress. Theirs is consin (Mr. RYAN). The second time was at Fermilab, a vibrant community, many tens of Unfortunately, this year’s Ryan when I was part of the team that dis- thousands strong, with schools, church- budget is more of the same reckless- covered the top quark, which is the es, and businesses providing a daily ness and extreme partisanship that we heaviest known form of matter and, link to their ancestral homeland. It is have seen year after year from the quite possibly, the heaviest subatomic on their behalf that I urge you to begin House Republican leadership. particle that will ever be discovered— anew a national conversation in Tur- According to the Democrats on the or not. key about the events of 1915–1923. House Budget Committee, under So like scientists around the world, As a young man or woman in Turkey, RYAN’S plan, middle class families in my pulse quickened with the announce- you might ask: What has this to do my district in central New York will ment that the first independent con- with me? Am I to blame for a crime pay an average of $2,000 more each firming evidence for cosmic inflation committed long before I was born? year. in the early universe had been discov- I would say this: yours is the moral Once again, the Ryan budget ends the ered. responsibility to acknowledge the Medicare guarantee as we know it, and Humans have wondered about the or- truth and to seek a reconciliation with it would turn Medicare, instead, into a igin of the universe for thousands of the Armenian people that your parents privatized voucher program and would years. Now, thanks to a team of clever and their parents could or would not. It shift health care costs to seniors. and hard-working scientists and of is an obligation you have inherited and It threatens to cut off critical invest- Federal investments in basic science, is one from which you must not shrink; ments in job creation and infrastruc- we appear to be an important step clos- for though we cannot choose our own ture, and it slashes education at a time er to understanding the birth of the history, we decide what to do about it, when local school districts in central universe. Immediately following the big bang, and you will be the ones to shape Tur- New York are already struggling to which is the moment at which the uni- key’s future. find the resources necessary to provide At the end of World War II, Germany verse burst into existence, scientists our children with the high-quality edu- was a shattered nation—defeated in have hypothesized that the universe cation that they deserve. battle and exposed as history’s greatest underwent a period known as inflation. This is not a balanced approach, and war criminal—but in the decades since During inflation, which lasted for only it is not a responsible solution. People the end of the war, Germany has en- a tiny fraction of a second, the uni- in central New York and across the gaged in a prolonged effort to reconcile verse expanded at an exponential rate. country need better. Congress must get with the Jewish people, who were near- Now, the BICEP2 team, which is a serious about balancing the budget and ly exterminated by the Nazis during collaboration of 12 institutes, including about reducing the national debt and the Holocaust. universities, the National Science The German Government has pros- deficit, but not on the backs of our sen- Foundation, and the Department of En- ecuted war criminals, returned expro- iors and not on the backs of the middle ergy and NASA laboratories, has found priated property, allied itself with class and certainly not on the backs of direct evidence that appears to verify Israel, and made countless apologies to future generations of Americans. the theory of inflation. the victims and to the world. Most im- At a time when many central New They were able to study the very portantly, Germany has worked to ex- Yorkers are still struggling as the first moments of the universe at less punge the cancer of the dehumanizing economy recovers, we simply cannot than a trillionth of a trillionth of a bigotry and hatred that gave rise to accept the irresponsible policies of the trillionth of a second after the big the Holocaust. Ryan budget. bang, and they were able to obtain di- This path of reflection, reconcili- I call on my colleagues to reject the rect observational evidence of infla- ation, and repentance must be Tur- Ryan budget and to work together to tion, which, until now, has been mainly key’s path as well. It will not be easy. create a bipartisan budget that gets based on theoretical work. The questions will be painful and the our fiscal house in order and promotes To do this, the team constructed a answers difficult, sometimes unknow- economic growth, creates jobs, protects telescope at the National Science able. our seniors, and strengthens the middle Foundation’s U.S. Antarctic Program’s One question stands out: How could a class. research station at the South Pole to nation that ruled peaceably over a di- f observe the cosmic microwave back- verse, multicultural empire for cen- RECENT EVIDENCE OF INFLATION ground radiation, a faint glow left over turies have turned on one of its own from the big bang. peoples with such ruthlessness that an The SPEAKER pro tempore. The They observed a pattern in the cos- entirely new word had to be invented Chair recognizes the gentleman from mic background radiation that was to describe what took place? ‘‘Geno- Illinois (Mr. FOSTER) for 5 minutes. consistent with being left over from in- cide.’’ Mr. FOSTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise flation, giving us a glimpse of the uni- As in Judaism and Christianity, the today to take note of a recent sci- verse over 13.7 billion years ago. They concept of repentance—or tawba—is entific discovery, a result which, if were able to detect this, in large part, central to Islam. Next year will mark a confirmed and understood in its full because of recent advances in highly century since the beginning of the theoretical context, has the potential sensitive detector technology. genocide, and Armenians around the to change the way we think about the This project was primarily funded by world will mourn their dead, con- beginnings of the universe. the National Science Foundation, and template the enormity of their loss, Before coming to Congress, I was a it received generous support from and ask: Why? high-energy particle physicist and a NASA and from the Department of En- Answer them, please, with words of particle accelerator designer at Fermi ergy, as well as from private industry, repentance. National Accelerator Laboratory for and it is an example of the importance Sincerely, ADAM SCHIFF, Member of over 20 years. While I sometimes miss of Federal funding for basic science re- Congress. being back in the lab, I am very search. f pleased when I have the opportunity to It is also an example of the interplay advocate in Congress for scientific re- between technology and basic science IN OPPOSITION TO THE RYAN search and development. and of how new technology will lead to BUDGET Twice in my life, I have had the even greater advances in basic science The SPEAKER pro tempore. The privilege of participating in a funda- and vice versa. Chair recognizes the gentleman from mental breakthrough in science. The Additionally, study after study has New York (Mr. MAFFEI) for 5 minutes. first was during my Ph.D. thesis work shown that there are few investments

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:46 Apr 09, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.005 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3062 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 our government can make that provide the other side as well because they lose your car or if you don’t have as high a return on investment as sci- have expressed it—would have pre- enough food on the table to feed your entific research and development. ferred that we had dealt with this ques- kids, for you, it is an emergency. Despite this, Federal investments in tion as we were dealing with the budg- We represent those folks, and we research and development are at an et issues and the budget question that ought to be thinking about them, and historic low, comprising merely 3.8 per- we faced at the end of last year, but we we ought to take this up. cent of the Federal budget—or 0.8 per- did not, so we are left now with the So why is it that we need to do this cent of the GDP. fact that we have some unfinished busi- in the first place? I think the Repub- In fact, over the last 3 years, Federal ness. licans and Democrats could agree that research and development expenditures On Monday evening, in a bipartisan the economy is not growing at a rate have decreased by 16.3 percent, which is fashion, the U.S. Senate enacted simi- to put all Americans back to work. We the steepest decline over a 3-year pe- lar legislation. In fact, the bill that I will acknowledge that. We will stipu- riod since the end of the space race. introduced on Monday night was the late that, while there has been growth These results are an important re- precise language enacted on a bipar- and while there has been private sector minder of the value of Federal invest- tisan basis by the U.S. Senate. job creation, it is not enough. ment in research and development. Two million Americans are living We will probably disagree on the rea- Without the proper investment in sci- right now with the fear of losing their sons behind that, but we can agree that entific research, we must expect fewer homes, losing their cars, having their the current economy is not enough to of these groundbreaking scientific dis- families split up because they don’t put these folks back to work. We coveries, at least in the United States. have that basic need being met of a should help them, but we should also The greatest long-term threat that roof over a head and food on the table do the things that it will take to get our country faces on both the military between their last jobs and their next America back to work again. Unfortunately, what we will deal and economic fronts is the threat of jobs. losing our role as world leaders in inno- For typical workers in America, with in the next couple of days is a vation and in science and technology. when they lose their jobs, it takes an budget that undermines economic Nothing is more crucial to preserving average of 37 weeks. I know, in my growth, that undermines the kind of that role than having adequate funding home State, it is probably longer be- investments in the skills of our work- for fundamental and applied scientific fore they find their next opportunities. force by cutting job training, by cut- research. The recent advances in cos- In Michigan, once one loses one’s job, ting Pell grants, by cutting early child- mology are just one of many examples one has got 20 weeks of unemployment hood education—programs like Head of the breadth of intellectual capital insurance. What happens to one after Start—that actually change the trajec- and state-of-the-art technology that that is what we are dealing with today. tory for those individuals, that make the U.S. currently possesses. The fact that people go from one them more capable and more able to As Congress determines how to allo- week to the next not knowing if they get into the workforce in this competi- cate funding for these agencies in the are going to be able to keep their fami- tive economy that we are in. coming year, with many proposing lies together and keep roofs over their b 1030 budgets that will cripple future invest- heads is something that this Congress Rather than investing in our people, ments in education and research, I urge can do something about if it chooses what this proposed Ryan budget would my colleagues to capitalize on these to. do is to cut those essential programs discoveries and ensure that we are in- I know there are Members of the Re- and not contribute to economic vesting enough in research, science, publican Conference who are anxious to growth. and education. see this enacted because several put to- It also would cut important invest- Because of Federal investments in gether a letter to the Speaker, asking ments in infrastructure. Democrats science, we have just looked signifi- that this issue be brought up imme- and Republicans alike agree that we cantly farther into the early universe diately, and that is what I hope my col- need to rebuild our infrastructure—our than anyone has done before. This not leagues will do—bring extended unem- roads, our bridges, our rail systems, only tells us about the birth of the uni- ployment compensation, unemploy- and our ports. verse, but it also gives us insight into ment insurance to the floor, so that we This budget takes us in the wrong di- our fundamental understanding of the can protect those workers who are try- rection. laws of physics. ing to get from their last jobs to their Mr. Speaker, I hope that the Con- This discovery by the BICEP2 team next jobs without starting a cycle of gress can come together around this has been globally recognized as one of poverty that could last generations. question and realize that if, in the the most important fundamental There are some who say we don’t short term, we are going to deal with breakthroughs in science in our life- need this because, number one, workers the crisis that families are facing, we times, a landmark of American aca- who are on unemployment don’t want will pass an unemployment extension, demic achievement that will live on in to work. I suppose there may be an ex- and, in the long term, we take the kind the science textbooks forever. ception or a myth that we could con- of steps that we need to rebuild our f jure up about an individual who is re- economy. ceiving unemployment compensation The budget proposed by Mr. RYAN HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET PRO- who doesn’t want to work, but for that will be coming to the floor will POSAL UNDERMINES AMERICA’S those of you who believe that, come to take us in the wrong direction. FUTURE my district or, better yet, go to your f The SPEAKER pro tempore. The home district. Chair recognizes the gentleman from Talk to people in the unemployment RECESS Michigan (Mr. KILDEE) for 5 minutes. lines and ask them if they would trade The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, on Mon- their situations today for meaningful ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair day night, I introduced legislation to work. I assure you that the vast major- declares the House in recess until noon provide an extension of emergency un- ity, if not all of the people in that situ- today. employment benefits that would ex- ation, would trade, in a minute, their Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 31 tend the important safety net of unem- situations for a real job with a decent minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- ployment benefits, unemployment in- wage. cess. surance to over 2 million Americans There are some also who say that we f who lost their benefits on December 28 shouldn’t do this because it is not an b 1200 and thereafter as a result of the failure emergency, that these are supposed to of this body to act to protect those be emergency benefits. As far as I can AFTER RECESS benefits. see, it is not only an emergency here in The recess having expired, the House Many of us, particularly on the Washington, but if you are about to was called to order by the Speaker at Democratic side—and I know some on lose your house or if you are about to noon.

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He was Reverend Darius Pridgen, True Beth- to his ministry, Pastor Pridgen has someone who helped me very early on el Baptist Church, Buffalo, New York, served our Nation, as he is a veteran of in my career, before I was in Congress. offered the following prayer: the United States Air Force, and he He helped so many people he believed To the grand architect of the uni- currently serves as president of the would do the right thing for so many verse, who meticulously and purpose- Buffalo City Council. workers and for so many families in fully placed each star and planet into a Pastor Pridgen is the embodiment of Tarrant County. predestined position in the universe, Buffalo’s reputation as the City of Even as I watched T.C. struggle in the results of such methodical place- Good Neighbors, and I am honored to the last couple of years of his life, I ment has caused tranquility in the uni- have him here today to represent our would say: T.C., you don’t need to be verse in that Mars does not clash with community. here; you need to be home resting. Jupiter, Venus does not war with Sat- f He was having such a hard time urn, and the Sun does not compete walking and breathing because of the ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER lung issue that he was having, and he with the Moon. PRO TEMPORE As You have done in the universe, just wanted to be there for people he The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. You have also done in this House of the believed in. FOXX). The Chair will entertain up to people. May those whom You have per- I want to thank the family and 15 further requests for 1-minute speech- fectly placed in these hallowed seats friends he leaves behind. T.C. Gillespie es on each side of the aisle. remember they, like the perfectly was a dear friend and a great man to so planned universe, have been placed f many people in Tarrant County. here by You, not to clash, crash, and WILL GRIER f war, but to work together for the good (Mr. PITTENGER asked and was KELLIE HINSHAW of their constituents, the country, the given permission to address the House (Mrs. ELLMERS asked and was given world, and, indeed, the universe. for 1 minute and to revise and extend permission to address the House for 1 In the name of the God we serve, his remarks.) minute and to revise and extend her re- amen. Mr. PITTENGER. Madam Speaker, I marks.) f rise today in honor of Will Grier who, Mrs. ELLMERS. Madam Speaker, I as quarterback of the Davidson Day THE JOURNAL rise today to honor my friend, Mrs. School, led them to three consecutive Kellie Godwin Hinshaw, who fought The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- championships. and battled cancer until it took her ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- Over his high school career, Will body this week in Dunn, North Caro- ceedings and announces to the House threw for 195 touchdowns, averaged 383 lina. Her spirit will truly live on within his approval thereof. passing yards a game, and once threw all of us. Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- 10 touchdown passes in a single game. Kellie was a friend who inspired me nal stands approved. For his exploits on the field, Will Grier in her strength to go forward even on f was named Parade Magazine’s 2014 All- the worst of days. She was a strong, America Player of the Year and was se- loving, caring woman with an incred- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE lected as America’s top high school ible sense of humor. She was a daugh- The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman football player by Football USA. ter, sister, wife, and mother of two from North Carolina (Mr. PITTENGER) He graduated from high school a se- beautiful boys, Kenneth and Kannon. come forward and lead the House in the mester early and is already attending Kellie had adenoid cystic carcinoma, Pledge of Allegiance. classes at the University of Florida, a rare form of cancer. Despite this ter- Mr. PITTENGER led the Pledge of where he will continue his football ca- rible disease, Kellie and her family Allegiance as follows: reer. chose to use this as a platform to do I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the While I congratulate Will for his good. Kellie’s Krew successfully orga- United States of America, and to the Repub- football accomplishments, I also want nized and grew a 5K race that has lic for which it stands, one nation under God, to congratulate him for remaining fo- raised well over $100,000 for adenoid indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. cused off the field. At Davidson Day, he cystic carcinoma research and has f chose to be a positive role model, regu- brought our whole community to- larly spending time with younger stu- gether. WELCOMING REVEREND DARIUS dents and always reading to the ele- Kellie taught our community that PRIDGEN mentary classes. ‘‘vain’’ is a four-letter word and that The SPEAKER. Without objection, Please join me in congratulating beauty truly comes from within. She the gentleman from New York (Mr. Davidson’s and North Carolina’s Will will be forever loved by her family, her HIGGINS) is recognized for 1 minute. Grier for his accomplishments and for community, and me. There was no objection. his commitment to serving others. f Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, I am f proud to welcome Pastor Darius AMERICAN JOBS ACT Pridgen to the House of Representa- T.C. GILLESPIE (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given tives today from the True Bethel Bap- (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 tist Church in western New York. permission to address the House for 1 minute.) Pastor Pridgen is well known and minute.) Mr. CICILLINE. Madam Speaker, I well respected in our community for Mr. VEASEY. Madam Speaker, I rise rise today to speak about the most im- his passionate and inspiring leadership. today to pay tribute to a dear friend portant issue facing our country. Guess We could all benefit from adopting his who departed this Earth last week, who what? It has nothing to do with repeal- style of cooperation and uniting people I know is headed to glory because of ing ObamaCare. It is about jobs. of different beliefs and ideologies. the great things he did in Tarrant Instead of bringing the American His contributions to our region are County for working men and women. Jobs Act to the floor, an act which many. In addition to being a role T.C. Gillespie, who was the president would create nearly 2 million new jobs, model, he works through creative min- of the Tarrant County Central Labor my Republican colleagues remain ob- istry to create jobs, to care for those in Council, died after a long battle with sessed with trying to repeal need, and to influence good in his lung disease. ObamaCare. church and far beyond. T.C. was such a tireless advocate for This may be the only job in America This is most notable by his expansion men and women. Before he was presi- at which you can try to do something of True Bethel’s reach from east Buf- dent of the Central Labor Council, he more than 50 times and still have a job. falo into the city of Niagara Falls. Pas- was the treasurer and secretary of the It is time to move on and pass a bill tor Pridgen is also a family man and Communications Workers of America. that will help to create jobs.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:46 Apr 09, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.009 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3064 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 In my home State of Rhode Island That is why I have advocated for com- For many of these brave men and and across the country, unemployment prehensive immigration reform, to en- women, the invisible wounds of war rates remain unacceptably high. It is sure that no one is living in the shadow present unique challenges as they re- time to stop rehashing old political of fear. turn to civilian life. Thousands of these battles and to move on to the issues As a senior member of the House veterans come into contact with our that will help grow our economy and Homeland Security Committee, I will Nation’s criminal justice system every get people back to work. continue to urge the Department of year. The American Jobs Act will boost Homeland Security to continue to keep We owe our heroes a solemn debt of consumer demand and hiring by cut- in mind the harmful effects that these gratitude, and every American who has ting taxes for struggling families and deportations have on our communities worn the uniform deserves the oppor- small businesses, and it will invest in and the trauma they introduce into our tunity to thrive after his service is infrastructure and education. It is fully families, into our young people, into complete. paid for. our children. That is why I have signed on in sup- Why would my colleagues on the As a CHC member, I join my col- port of H.R. 2187, the SALUTE Act, leg- other side oppose a bill that inde- leagues as we continue to act for the islation that would allow for grant pendent analysts, including Moody’s inclusion of the voices of our commu- funding to support the establishment Analytics, say would create up to 1.9 nity stakeholders, so that their stories and the improvement of veterans’ million new jobs? are not neglected. treatment courts for nonviolent offend- Madam Speaker, it is time to take up Madam Speaker, the time is now to ers. this legislation to get our economy vote on a comprehensive immigration Activists in my district have already back on track and to help Americans reform package. begun the process of establishing a vet- get back to work. f erans’ justice track, and I commend them on their efforts. f PAT TUTHILL—RONALD WILSON It is time for us to recognize the sac- FIVE-TIME WINNERS REAGAN PUBLIC POLICY AWARD rifice our servicemembers have made (Mr. DESJARLAIS asked and was (Mr. SOUTHERLAND asked and was on behalf of this great Nation and to given permission to address the House given permission to address the House recommit ourselves to serving our he- for 1 minute and to revise and extend for 1 minute and to revise and extend roes as they have served us. his remarks.) his remarks.) f Mr. DESJARLAIS. Madam Speaker, I Mr. SOUTHERLAND. Madam Speak- rise today to recognize my constitu- er, this month of April is Sexual As- b 1215 ents who work at the Frito-Lay manu- sault Awareness Month. THANK YOU, BEVERLY COLLEY facturing facility in Fayetteville, Ten- Pat Tuthill of Tallahassee, Florida, nessee, for helping to win the C.E. lost her 23-year-old daughter, Peyton, (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina Doolin Award for Operations Excel- on February 24, 1999. Peyton was sexu- asked and was given permission to ad- lence for an unprecedented fifth time. ally assaulted and brutally murdered dress the House for 1 minute and to re- This annual nationwide award, by a convicted criminal on unsuper- vise and extend his remarks.) named for Frito-Lay’s cofounder, is the vised probation. Three months after Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. most prestigious award given by the her daughter’s death and through her Madam Speaker, today, I appreciate company for operations and is a testa- own pain, she was determined to get the opportunity to recognize Beverly ment to the value we place on honest, better, not bitter. Colley, the administrative assistant for hard work in Tennessee’s Fourth Con- Ms. Tuthill quit her job and became a the Second District of South Carolina. gressional District. public speaker and an advocate for vic- She will be departing the Midlands of- I have had an opportunity to meet tims of violent crime. She has traveled fice on Friday to serve as the town and visit with numerous workers, and I the country, lobbying policymakers to clerk of Blythewood, South Carolina, always leave with an admiration for support legislation that strengthens led by Mayor Mike Ross and a dynamic their sincere dedication to not only the monitoring and supervision of council. their jobs, but to the community in criminals on parole and probation. Since joining the office in October which they work. It is no wonder that Last year, Ms. Tuthill’s dream be- 2004, Beverly has served the people of Tennessee continues to attract some of came a reality with the implementa- South Carolina’s Second District with the best businesses in the world, as we tion of the first National Automated respect and diligence. Her genuine have some of the best workers in the Standardized Victim Notification sys- bright smile and desire to help those in world. tem. need has significantly impacted the Congratulations to the outstanding, I had the honor of meeting with Ms. lives of those across the district, being hard-working individuals who received Tuthill this morning in my office in the first person to welcome citizens to this tremendous honor and who con- order to congratulate her on receiving the office. tinue to make the great State of Ten- the Ronald Wilson Reagan Public Pol- Beverly’s dedicated staff work has nessee proud. icy Award in recognition of her efforts made a difference, and I look forward f by the Department of Justice. to hearing of her success as she em- As a father of four daughters, I thank barks on a new professional career. I COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION her for her tireless effort. I thank Ms. wish Beverly; her son, Garin Carter; REFORM Tuthill for her courage and for her daughter, Malika Carter; and grand- (Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- service to others. I can think of no one daughter, Rhylie, all the best in the fu- fornia asked and was given permission who is more deserving of this award. ture. to address the House for 1 minute and f I know that the people of Blythewood to revise and extend her remarks.) will continue to benefit from Beverly’s Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- VETERANS’ JUSTICE extraordinary constituent service as fornia. Madam Speaker, this morning, (Ms. KUSTER asked and was given she serves her hometown community. a productive meeting took place with permission to address the House for 1 In conclusion, God bless our troops, the Secretary of Homeland Security minute and to revise and extend her re- and we will never forget September the and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus marks.) 11th in the global war on terrorism. with respect to the deportations going Ms. KUSTER. Madam Speaker, as we Godspeed, Beverly. on in our Nation. continue the long process of bringing f This issue is critical to my district of our troops home from more than a dec- Orange County, which heartbreakingly ade of war, I want to recognize activ- EQUAL PAY accounts for 43 percent of the Cali- ists in my district and all across this (Ms. HAHN asked and was given per- fornia ICE detainer requests on juve- country who are taking action to im- mission to address the House for 1 niles, which often lead to deportations. prove the lives of our returning heroes. minute.)

VerDate Mar 15 2010 23:46 Apr 09, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.010 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3065 Ms. HAHN. Madam Speaker, we know NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS’ serve, both through their direct work that when women succeed, America RIGHTS WEEK with youth and by nurturing other succeeds; but, unfortunately, our (Mr. COSTA asked and was given per- practitioners. mothers, daughters, and sisters are not mission to address the House for 1 I have been proud to speak at this succeeding when women, on average, minute and to revise and extend his re- conference in the past and to work earn just 77 cents to every dollar that marks.) closely with Joan’s Youth Action a man makes, and one in three women Mr. COSTA. Madam Speaker, this Council on projects that advance and their families are living on the week is National Crime Victims’ awareness and involvement among brink of poverty. Rights Week; therefore, it is appro- teens. Across the Nation, women are facing priate that we raise the awareness of The work of people like Joan and unprecedented economic insecurity. survivors’ challenges and the advocates countless young people around the Pay inequity, combined with the lack who help rebuild their lives. country who are ready to make the of affordable child care or paid family In the face of a victim’s trauma, world a better place is nothing short of leave, means women are burdened with there are countless individuals across commendable. I wish them the best at an unfair disadvantage and struggle to the Nation committed to making this week’s conference, and I look for- support their families. things right, such as the incredible ward to working with them in Penn- Pay discrimination means that Afri- staff at the Community Action Part- sylvania’s Eighth District. can American women are expected to nership of Madera County, which I rep- f earn just 64 cents to every dollar resent. RYAN BUDGET earned by a White man, while Latinas As cochair of the Victims’ Rights (Mr. BARBER asked and was given earn just 54 cents. Caucus, I will have the honor tomorrow permission to address the House for 1 Yesterday, I was proud to join Presi- of presenting the Ed Stout Memorial minute.) dent Obama and Lilly Ledbetter at the Award for Outstanding Victim Advo- White House to mark Equal Pay Day. Mr. BARBER. Madam Speaker, I rise cacy. today in opposition to the Ryan budget We witnessed the President sign two Programs operated by the Commu- critical executive orders that will em- proposal, which would balance the nity Action Partnership have met all budget on the backs of seniors, middle power women to fight pay discrimina- types of crime victims’ needs and re- tion. It is a simple principle: equal pay class families, and students. We must duced the barriers that sometimes pre- balance the budget, but this is the for equal work. vent victims from accessing services I was disappointed that our Senate wrong way to do it. that are so important. colleagues failed to pass the Paycheck The Ryan budget would destroy the In addition, individuals like Darius Fairness Act and address this situa- Medicare guarantee for Arizona seniors Assemi and his family have shared tion. I urge them to reconsider address- I work for and for seniors across this time and treasure to construct the ing the injustice of paycheck discrimi- great country. It would implement a Marjaree Mason Center in Clovis, nation. voucher system and ask seniors and fu- which is a 24-hour safe haven for f ture retirees to pay more. Prescription women and children. drug costs would increase by nearly MILITARY MENTAL WELLNESS Each of us has a voice that can speak $1,200 a year, and Medicare premiums (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania out against violence and listen to those would soar. This is just plain wrong, asked and was given permission to ad- who have suffered as a result of vio- Madam Speaker. dress the House for 1 minute and to re- lence. We can all do our part—and we I stand today against the reckless vise and extend his remarks.) all should. Until the day when there Ryan budget plan because it under- Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. are no more victims, we will all be with mines the promises we have made to Madam Speaker, I rise today to bring those who have suffered. our seniors, it hurts middle class fami- attention to the timely issue of behav- f lies, and it would slash funding for stu- ioral health in our military. dents who want to go to college. I urge 25TH ANNUAL NATIONAL SERVICE- Currently, our soldiers undergo com- my colleagues on both sides of the aisle LEARNING CONFERENCE prehensive medical and physical ex- to stand with me in opposition to this aminations during recruitment to en- (Mr. FITZPATRICK asked and was irresponsible budget. sure that they are fully fit and capable given permission to address the House f of performing their military duties; for 1 minute and to revise and extend however, currently, no similar exam- his remarks.) WORKING TO GET AMERICANS ination for mental health competency Mr. FITZPATRICK. Madam Speaker, BACK TO WORK exists. This is a serious information I rise today in grateful recognition of (Mr. POMPEO asked and was given gap as our military continues to ad- the youth leaders who are taking ac- permission to address the House for 1 dress issues such as posttraumatic tion in their communities to make our minute and to revise and extend his re- stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, world a better place and those who help marks.) and suicide. them get involved. Mr. POMPEO. Madam Speaker, Kan- Madam Speaker, the issue of mili- This week, right here in our Nation’s sans and Americans across the country tary mental wellness should be on the capital, thousands of students have are exhausted by a job market that is mind of every Member of Congress— gathered for the 25th Annual National failing them. The most recent report in and not just when this issue is back in Service-Learning Conference. Their March showed absolutely no improve- the news. time on the Hill will be used to visit ment in employment. In fact, for Prior to the Fort Hood shootings, I with their elected officials and share women, we saw an increase in unem- introduced H.R. 4305, the Medical Eval- how important service is to their dis- ployment. uation Parity for Servicemembers Act, trict and our country, as well as the Madam Speaker, the President’s lat- which will institute a preliminary personal impact of service learning on est attempt to redefine the workweek mental health assessment at the time their lives. form 40 hours to 29 has already proved recruits are first joining the military. A group from my district will be led detrimental to millions of Americans. The bill, which was reported on today by Joan Liptrot, a tireless leader for There are 7.2 million Americans work- by the Pittsburgh Tribune Review, is positive change and a woman whose ing part-time for economic reasons. not an end-all solution when it comes commitment to service learning and This will leave them with less money to addressing this issue, but it is an societal advancement is without ques- to take care of their families. important step in tackling a well-es- tion. At this week’s conference, she The President’s policies have hit tablished information gap in the realm will be presented with the Service- Kansans hard—things like identifying of servicemember behavioral health. Learning Practitioner Leadership the lesser prairie-chicken as an endan- I encourage Members to join in co- Award, which recognizes those who gered species or redefining navigable sponsoring H.R. 4305. have equipped young people to lead and waterways such that puddles will come

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Madam Speaker, I Madam Speaker, we are 5 years into sible. rise today to acknowledge as a simple this administration, and it is no longer The Republican budget reduces the fact that women deserve equal pay for anything but a joke to blame President number of new NIH grants by 1,400, on equal work. Same job, same experi- Bush for these challenges in our eco- top of hundreds of projects NIH has al- ence, same pay. But that is not hap- nomic workplace. We need the Senate ready had to turn down because of last pening. and the President to join us in pro- year’s reckless, across-the-board spend- On the aggregate, women earn just 77 viding solutions so we can create free- ing cuts. cents on the dollar. For African Amer- dom so Americans can get back to Madam Speaker, when you see a man ican women, it is only 64 cents, and for work. paralyzed for years lift his legs, you Latinas, it is a staggering 54 cents on f can’t help but share in the enthusiasm the dollar for every dollar earned by HOUSE REPUBLICAN BUDGET for breaking boundaries we once white men, white non-Hispanic men thought impassible. But if we approve doing the same job. (Mr. MARCHANT asked and was this Republican budget and these cuts, As we know, the consequences are given permission to address the House we extinguish that enthusiasm and the great. These pay gaps translate into a for 1 minute.) hopes of millions of families waiting loss for African American women of Mr. MARCHANT. Madam Speaker, for the next medical breakthrough. more than $18,000 a year, and for every American family has to live Latinas, more than $24,000 a year that within its means. It is time for Wash- they lose to this pay gap. ington to do the same. f Families increasingly rely on wom- The House Republican budget deals en’s wages to make ends meet. The pay with our debts and builds an economy b 1230 gap is about our Nation’s overall econ- that rewards Americans who work hard omy, and it is about women’s retire- and want to get ahead. CONGRATULATING THE UNIVER- I support the conservative budget for ment security. SITY OF CONNECTICUT MEN’S The fact is that when women suc- three simple reasons: the plan balances AND WOMEN’S BASKETBALL the budget within 10 years, cuts waste- ceed, America succeeds, and it is time TEAMS FOR THEIR NCAA CHAM- to address the pay and work-family ful government spending over 10 years PIONSHIP VICTORIES by $5.1 trillion, and pays down the na- balance disparities that affect women. tional debt. (Mr. COURTNEY asked and was Some have said that the argument In addition, the Republican budget given permission to address the House for equal pay for equal work is politics. proposal grows the economy, repeals for 1 minute and to revise and extend Well, Madam Speaker, it is not. It is ObamaCare, strengthens Medicare, se- his remarks.) about pay. cures Social Security for the long Mr. COURTNEY. Madam Speaker, It is time for 25 courageous Repub- term, simplifies the broken Tax Code, the State of Connecticut is bursting licans to step up and join 197 Demo- promotes American energy production, with Huskie pride this morning as the crats to end wage discrimination and and enhances national and diplomatic UConn men and the UConn women bas- give women what women have earned: security. ketball teams did what was, I think, al- equal pay for equal work. In contrast, President Obama’s budg- most unimaginable: they both won a f national championship. et never balances, hikes taxes by $1.8 COMMUNICATION FROM THE trillion, and adds $8.3 trillion more to It would be great to stand here today CLERK OF THE HOUSE the national debt of $17.5 trillion. and talk about how the women accom- My constituents know that we can’t plished a perfect season and beat a The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- afford more of the same Big Govern- team that was undefeated until last fore the House the following commu- ment spending that has buried our night, or the men, who defied every nication from the Clerk of the House of economy and our country in debt. pundit, every odds-maker, every NCAA Representatives: I encourage my colleagues to join me know-it-all and again won the national OFFICE OF THE CLERK, in supporting the House Republican championship against all odds. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, budget and getting our Nation’s fiscal Washington, DC, April 9, 2014. But I want to really focus for a sec- Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, house in order. ond on the fact that Geno Auriemma, The Speaker, U.S. Capitol, House of Representa- f his women’s program over the years tives, Washington, DC. BUDGETING FOR MEDICAL has almost a perfect graduation rate in DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of BREAKTHROUGHS terms of the women who have played in that program. the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- (Mr. YARMUTH asked and was given tives, the Clerk received the following mes- And Kevin Ollie has three dean’s list permission to address the House for 1 sage from the Secretary of the Senate on players on the starting five. His all- minute.) April 9, 2014 at 9:48 a.m.: star, Shabazz Napier, is going to grad- Mr. YARMUTH. Madam Speaker, That the Senate agreed to without amend- uate with a full degree. He is an amaz- ment. H. Con. Res. 90. budgets don’t heal the sick or solve ing person, and I am glad the country Appointments: centuries-long medical challenges, but got a chance to see him. International conferences. the programs budgets prioritize can. With best wishes, I am In my district in Louisville, Ken- I want to conclude by reading his Sincerely, tucky, medical researchers at the Uni- final comment that he said to the press KAREN L. HAAS. the other night: versity of Louisville and the Frazier f Rehab Institute have made an incred- Basketball is second to me. I want them to ible breakthrough. Thanks to an elec- be better people once they leave Storrs cam- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER tronic implant that stimulates the spi- pus. If I did that, forget about the wins and PRO TEMPORE nal cord, four paralyzed men are now losses, national championships, all that The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- stuff, I think I’ve done my job. moving their legs on command. With ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair continued therapy, they are confident Coach Ollie, Coach Auriemma, you will postpone further proceedings they will walk again. have done your job. We are so proud of today on the motion to suspend the The Human Locomotor Research you. rules on which a recorded vote or the Center in Louisville is funded in part Go, Huskies. yeas and nays are ordered, or on which

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Any record vote on the postponed health plan, health insurance coverage of- (4) DOMESTIC GROUP HEALTH PLAN.—The question will be taken later. fered in connection with a group health plan, term ‘‘domestic group health plan’’ means a or health insurance coverage offered to a group health plan that is offered in the f group of individuals described in paragraph United States and in which substantially all EXPATRIATE HEALTH COVERAGE (3)(B) (which may include dependents of such of the primary enrollees are not qualified ex- CLARIFICATION ACT OF 2014 individuals) that meets each of the following patriates, with respect to such plan, and sub- standards: stantially all of the benefits provided under Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, I move (A) Substantially all of the primary enroll- the plan are not excepted benefits described to suspend the rules and pass the bill ees in such plan or coverage are qualified ex- in section 9832(c) of the Internal Revenue (H.R. 4414) to clarify the treatment patriates, with respect to such plan or cov- Code of 1986. under the Patient Protection and Af- erage. In applying the previous sentence, an (5) ABROAD.— fordable Care Act of health plans in individual shall not be taken into account as (A) UNITED STATES NATIONALS.— (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in which expatriates are the primary en- a primary enrollee if the individual is not a national of the United States and resides in clause (ii), for purposes of applying para- rollees, and for other purposes. graph (3) to a national of the United States, The Clerk read the title of the bill. the country of which the individual is a cit- izen. the term ‘‘abroad’’ means outside the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto The text of the bill is as follows: (B) Substantially all of the benefits pro- Rico. H.R. 4414 vided under the plan or coverage are not ex- (ii) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of apply- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- cepted benefits described in section 9832(c) of ing paragraph (3) to a national of the United resentatives of the United States of America in the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. States who resides in the United States Vir- Congress assembled, (C) The plan or coverage provides benefits gin Islands, the Commonwealth of the North- for items and services, in excess of emer- SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. ern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, or This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expatriate gency care, furnished by health care pro- Guam, the term ‘‘abroad’’ means outside of Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014’’. viders— the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puer- SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF EXPATRIATE HEALTH (i) in the case of individuals described in to Rico, and such territory or possession. paragraph (3)(A), in the country or countries PLANS UNDER ACA. (B) FOREIGN CITIZENS.—For purposes of ap- (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), in which the individual is present in connec- plying paragraph (3) to an individual who is the provisions of (including any amendment tion with the individual’s employment, and not a national of the United States, the term made by) the Patient Protection and Afford- such other country or countries as the Sec- ‘‘abroad’’ means outside of the country of able Care Act (Public Law 111–148) and of retary of Health and Human Services, in con- which that individual is a citizen. title I and subtitle B of title II of the Health sultation with the Secretary of the Treasury (6) UNITED STATES.—The term ‘‘United Care and Education Reconciliation Act of and the Secretary of Labor, may designate; States’’ means the 50 States, the District of 2011 (Public Law 111–152) shall not apply with or Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States respect to— (ii) in the case of individuals described in Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the (1) expatriate health plans; paragraph (3)(B), in the country or countries Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, (2) employers with respect to any such as the Secretary of Health and Human Serv- and Guam. plans for which such employers are acting as ices, in consultation with the Secretary of (7) MISCELLANEOUS TERMS.— plan sponsors; or the Treasury and the Secretary of Labor, (A) GROUP HEALTH PLAN; HEALTH INSURANCE (3) expatriate health insurance issuers with may designate. COVERAGE; HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUER; PLAN respect to coverage offered by such issuers (D) In the case of an expatriate health plan SPONSOR.—The terms ‘‘group health plan’’, under such plans. that is a group health plan offered by a plan ‘‘health insurance coverage’’, ‘‘health insur- (b) MINIMUM ESSENTIAL COVERAGE AND ELI- sponsor that also offers a domestic group ance issuer’’, and ‘‘plan sponsor’’ have the GIBLE EMPLOYER-SPONSORED PLAN.—For pur- health plan, the plan sponsor reasonably be- meanings given those terms in section 2791 of poses of section 5000A(f) of the Internal Rev- lieves that the benefits provided by the expa- the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. enue Code of 1986, and any other section of triate health plan are actuarially similar to, 300gg–91), except that in applying such terms the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 that incor- or better than, the benefits provided under a under this section the term ‘‘health insur- porates the definition of minimum essential domestic group health plan offered by that ance issuer’’ includes a foreign corporation coverage provided under such section plan sponsor. which is predominantly engaged in an insur- 5000A(f) by reference, coverage under an ex- (E) If the plan or coverage provides depend- ance business and which would be subject to patriate health plan shall be deemed to be ent coverage of children, the plan or cov- tax under subchapter L of chapter 1 of the minimum essential coverage under an eligi- erage makes such dependent coverage avail- Internal Revenue Code of 1986 if it were a do- ble employer-sponsored plan as defined in able for adult children until the adult child mestic corporation. paragraph (2) of such section. turns 26 years of age, unless such individual (B) FOREIGN STATE; NATIONAL OF THE (c) QUALIFIED EXPATRIATES AND DEPEND- is the child of a child receiving dependent UNITED STATES; NONIMMIGRANT; RESIDE; LAW- ENTS NOT UNITED STATES HEALTH RISK.— coverage. FUL PERMANENT RESIDENT.—The terms ‘‘na- (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section (F) The plan or coverage is issued by an ex- tional of the United States’’, and ‘‘non- 9010 of the Patient Protection and Affordable patriate health plan issuer, or administered immigrant’’ have the meaning given such Care Act (26 U.S.C. 4001 note prec.), for cal- by an administrator, that maintains, with terms in section 101(a) of the Immigration endar years after 2014, a qualified expatriate respect to such plan or coverage— and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)), the (and any dependent of such individual) en- (i) network provider agreements with term ‘‘reside’’ means having a residence rolled in an expatriate health plan shall not health care providers that are outside of the (within the meaning of such term in such be considered a United States health risk. United States; and section), and the term ‘‘lawful permanent (2) SPECIAL RULE FOR 2014.—The fee under (ii) call centers in more than one country resident’’ means an alien lawfully admitted section 9010 of such Act for calendar year and accepts calls from customers in multiple for permanent residence (as defined in such 2014 with respect to any expatriate health in- languages. section). surance issuer shall be the amount which (3) QUALIFIED EXPATRIATE.—The term The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- bears the same ratio to the fee amount de- ‘‘qualified expatriate’’ means any of the fol- ant to the rule, the gentleman from termined by the Secretary of the Treasury lowing individuals: California (Mr. NUNES) and the gen- with respect to such issuer under such sec- (A) WORKERS.—An individual who is a par- tion for such year (determined without re- ticipant in a group health plan, who is a na- tleman from Washington (Mr. gard to this paragraph) as— tional of the United States, lawful perma- MCDERMOTT) each will control 20 min- (A) the amount of premiums taken into ac- nent resident, or nonimmigrant for whom utes. count under such section with respect to there is a good faith expectation by the plan The Chair recognizes the gentleman such issuer for such year, less the amount of sponsor of the plan that, in connection with from California. premiums for expatriate health plans taken the individual’s employment, the individual GENERAL LEAVE into account under such section with respect is abroad for a total of not less than 90 days Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, I ask to such issuer for such year, bears to during any period of 12 consecutive months unanimous consent that all Members (B) the amount of premiums taken into ac- of enrollment in the group health plan, or have 5 legislative days in which to re- travels abroad on not less than 15 occasions count under such section with respect to vise and extend their remarks and to such issuer for such year. during such a 12-month period. (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: (B) OTHER INDIVIDUALS ABROAD.—An indi- include extraneous material on the (1) EXPATRIATE HEALTH INSURANCE vidual, such as a student or religious mis- subject of the bill under consideration. ISSUER.—The term ‘‘expatriate health insur- sionary, who is abroad, and who is a member The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ance issuer’’ means a health insurance issuer of a group determined appropriate by the objection to the request of the gen- that issues expatriate health plans. Secretary of Health and Human Services, in tleman from California?

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.016 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3068 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 There was no objection. Forcing U.S. expatriate insurance Mr. MCDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, I Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, I yield plans to comply with the Affordable yield myself such time as I may con- myself such time as I may consume. Care Act gives their foreign competi- sume. Before I yield to my good friend, who tors a distinct advantage. It makes The Republicans have branded this helped coauthor this bill with me, I plans written in the U.S. more expen- bill as clarification. But what demands just have a brief statement. sive, which gives companies an incen- clarification is the cold, hard fact that The Expatriate Health Coverage tive to purchase foreign-based plans in- this legislation is a bailout for insur- Clarification Act is a result of close bi- stead. ance companies. partisan collaboration and extensive As a result, it makes more sense for This has never had a hearing in the discussions with the Obama adminis- U.S. expatriate insurers to move their House. It has never been discussed. We tration. business overseas, resulting in a poten- have never had witnesses. No regular I would like to thank Mr. CARNEY for tial loss of a few thousand jobs. In order whatsoever. This appeared out of his work on this important bill, along Delaware, that is going to mean 500 nowhere. with our numerous bipartisan cospon- jobs. In California, it is 700. This bill, pure and simple, is a case of sors, our original cosponsors. The good news is that we have bipar- Republicans seeking special treatment The bottom line is that this is a jobs tisan legislation here today that will for certain insurance companies who bill, one that has been carefully drafted level the playing field. would like nothing more than to avoid to address the unique problems related The Obama administration has al- the responsibilities under the law and to expat health insurance. ready recognized that it is burdensome sell inferior insurance policies to Madam Speaker, I yield 6 minutes to and unnecessary to require expatriate Americans and foreign workers and the gentleman from Delaware (Mr. insurance plans to comply with the Af- their families in the United States, CARNEY). fordable Care Act. In fact, the adminis- which is exactly why the American Mr. CARNEY. Madam Speaker, I tration has provided temporary regu- people are fortunate to have the ACA want to thank the gentleman for yield- latory relief for expat plans from near- as the law of the land. It is currently protecting them from ing, and thank him for his hard work ly every Affordable Care Act provision these kinds of intolerable insurance on this very serious issue that affects that has gone into effect so far. both our States, Delaware and Cali- The problem is this relief is only par- company practices. Republicans have focused on coming fornia. tial and only temporary. The adminis- out against bailouts for insurance com- Madam Speaker, in a State of 900,000 tration can’t make this relief perma- panies in several other ACA contexts, people, losing 500 jobs is a serious blow. nent without a legislative fix. but it is all sound and fury because it That is how many jobs we will lose in Our legislation clarifies that the Af- my home State of Delaware if we don’t means nothing. fordable Care Act does not apply to ex- With this legislation, however, Re- pass this legislation on the floor today. patriate health insurance plans. It en- publicans want a bailout for a few in- I am a strong supporter of the Afford- sures that American expatriate insur- able Care Act. So are a lot of people in surance companies that sell so-called ance carriers are on a level playing expatriate coverage. But why should my State. But no law is perfect, and in field with their foreign competitors, so a law as important, as complicated, this situation be any different? that American jobs stay here in Amer- Why do the Republicans get to pick and as technical as the Affordable Care ica. and choose? Act, there are bound to be a few things You may hear on the floor today that As the Republicans are now in the that needed to be fixed. this bill is about destroying the ACA, business of picking and choosing win- The Affordable Care Act was uninten- or changing our immigration laws, or ners in this case, the losers are going tionally written in a way that subjects giving a handout to insurance compa- to be the patients. U.S. expatriate health insurance plans nies. Republicans claim this bill is a sim- to all the provisions of the ACA, which But let me assure you, that is not ple fix intended to clarify the ACA places a unique burden on these types what it is about. It is about jobs, pure when it comes to expatriate coverage, of plans. and simple. and perhaps there is a need for that. Expatriate health insurance plans If we don’t pass this legislation Perhaps there is a need. We might have offer high-end, robust coverage to peo- today, people who have the expatriate found it out if we had had one hearing. ple working outside their home coun- plans, and their companies that offer The current guidance defines individ- try, giving them access to global net- them, will continue to do so, the same uals under expat plans as those who are works of health care providers. Individ- as they are today. The only difference out of the country for at least 6 months uals on the plan could be foreign em- is that the companies will buy these during the year. The theory is that the ployees working here in America, plans from insurance carriers that people are gone more than they are Americans working abroad, or, for in- write the plans from abroad. here. stance, a German working in France. That means those insurance jobs will But this bill overrides current regu- These employees can be NGO and for- go to foreign workers instead of work- lations and ignores the comments eign aid workers, pilots, cruise ship ers in America. They will go to work- given by the administration to define a workers, and contractors sent to sup- ers based in Singapore instead of those covered individual, and it does it and port our troops on deployment around based in Delaware. says, you are an expat if you are out of the globe. I understand as well as anyone that the country for as few as 90 days, or 15 Expatriate plans ensure that these the Affordable Care Act is a political trips. employees have worldwide access to weapon in a larger political war on Now, I don’t know how many people quality health care while working out- both sides of the aisle. But that is not in Seattle make 15 trips out of the side their home country. what this bill is about today. country in a year when they are work- Several U.S. health insurance compa- All I am asking today is that we take ing for Boeing or working for Microsoft nies, Cigna, MetLife, Aetna, and United action so 500 hardworking Americans or all the international companies. I Health, offer expatriate health insur- in my district don’t become collateral have got those people in my district. ance plans. The employees who write damage in this partisan political fight. This means that to serve people who those policies generally work here in Let’s call a temporary truce in that move across the border daily, or fre- the United States and make up several battle today to protect these jobs. quent fliers for work, they would be ex- thousand U.S. jobs, including 500 in my I thank Congressman NUNES and empt from the enrollees who are gone State. Ways and Means staff for their hard for only a few weeks. These insurance companies compete work on these issues, and I want to In addition, the legislation says that with foreign insurance companies that thank the leadership on both sides of all foreigners who are living and work- also sell expatriate health insurance the aisle for recognizing this as a seri- ing in the United States but are out- plans. The issue is, these foreign plans ous problem that needs to be fixed. side their own country for 90 days or 15 don’t have to comply with the Afford- I ask my colleagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ on trips can also be covered by these able Care Act. H.R. 4414. plans.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.017 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3069 As a result, the provisions of this bill Madam Speaker, I am a strong ACA This is a bill for an insurance com- would severely undermine current H1B supporter. We have got to improve it. pany that is threatening to fire people visa requirements that level the play- We have got to make it work, and that in Delaware and a little small part of ing field with American workers. If you is the reason why I am supporting this California, so that insurance company are bringing people in from the outside legislation. is saying: well, we are going to fire and they go home, or they are gone for Some efforts that are brought to the these people unless you correct our only 90 days, well, you can somehow floor about the ACA are about unravel- problem. pay them less. ing it, but those of us who are the The Republicans will not correct This legislation will open the door strong supporters—when an issue is their problem. They want to put a big for U.S. employers who wish to avoid identified that can help jobs and make hole in the Affordable Care Act. Well, the ACA to hire foreign workers rather some improvements, we have the re- you can believe the Senate may fix it, than American citizens. That is why sponsibility, in my view, Madam but the suspension calendar should not the United Farm Workers are against Speaker, to advocate for those changes. be used for bills that have never been this bill. We have the Member from Delaware considered in an open hearing and that The United Farm Workers do a pret- (Mr. CARNEY), a strong supporter of the cannot be amended on the floor of the ty good job of clarifying this bill when ACA, who has identified a specific House. they say ‘‘Congress should not pass problem, and I understand the concerns This bill goes far beyond a narrow, laws that create an economic incentive of the opponents because many efforts sensible fix. It says that Americans to hire guest workers over professional are being made to unravel the law, but who are out of this country for a mat- U.S. agricultural workers.’’ there has been an acknowledgement ter of weeks can be sold policies with The AFL–CIO is against this bill be- that there is a problem, and that is harsh annual limits on their coverage, cause it would undermine the health what is being addressed by Mr. CARNEY. no minimum quality standards, and it security of 13 million green card hold- If the language is not as good as it says the families of these Americans— ers, people with work visas, and indi- should be—and part of that may be be- who may not even be overseas, but be viduals who are granted visas for hu- cause we didn’t have as much time to living here—will get a plan that would manitarian reasons. consider it—we have strong allies in be of lower quality than other Ameri- the Senate. Senator CARPER and Sen- cans, even though they live here 365 b 1245 ator COONS are both very strong ACA days of the year. The National Immigration Law Cen- supporters who are willing to make the This bill’s supporters say these expa- triate plans are of very high quality, ter is against this bill because it elimi- adjustments over there, not to mention but the insurers and Republicans refuse nates minimum essential standards for the majority leader, Senator REID. ‘‘expatriate health insurance plans pro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The to accept a bill that subjects the plan even to the most basic standards of vided to individuals who travel time of the gentleman has expired. abroad.’’ As a result, this bill would Mr. NUNES. I yield to the gentleman quality and affordability. Why? There is no reason for that, ex- deny health coverage security for low- from Vermont an additional 1 minute. cept that they want the ACA to be in wage immigrant workers, including Mr. WELCH. So this is not perfect; competition with plans that are of farm workers and caregivers. but we have got a situation here where lower quality. This raises real con- This bill contains too many loopholes it is acknowledged by both sides, the that amount to an extraordinary bail- cerns. opponents of this bill and the pro- Worse yet, this bill goes far beyond out for insurance companies. This bill ponents of this bill, that there is an its stated goal of addressing coverage also establishes a precedent for em- issue because of the language in the for Americans who live overseas. It is ployers to hire guest workers. It is ACA bill. not that narrow. It creates a whole new being brought here as a suspension bill If this Congress were working the second class health insurance system with no opportunity to amend it. It way, ideally, it would, when there is a for foreign workers and legal perma- might be that we could make it a bet- problem that we could identify, we nent residents. ter bill if it had been through the proc- would come up with a specific solution. These individuals currently have ac- ess, but it is being rammed through If we had more time, it might be bet- cess to ACA-compliant plans, putting here by insurance companies who want ter language, but the fact that we them on an even footing with U.S. to get a benefit. would act here to keep this alive, give workers. It would undercut current This bill is yet another attempt on some hope to those folks that Mr. CAR- law. It would weaken the rights of im- the part of the Republicans to repeal NEY is concerned about whose jobs are migrants and foreign workers. It would the Affordable Care Act. They want to at stake, and then work with our col- create powerful incentives for employ- drill another hole in the bottom of the leagues in the Senate to make what- ers to hire foreign workers instead of bill. They are going to keep drilling ever improvements can be made, we U.S. workers. holes—trying—this is number 53. could maintain the strength of the Af- So this bill isn’t about a narrow I reserve the balance of my time. fordable Care Act; preserve the jobs thing to fix some possible unemploy- Mr. NUNES. Madam Speaker, just to that may be lost in Delaware, Cali- ment in these two States. That is why clarify the RECORD here, this has been fornia, and elsewhere; and demonstrate this bill is opposed by organized labor. worked on in a bipartisan way, includ- some flexibility to make all our legis- It is opposed by immigrant advocacy ing the two Senators from Delaware lation that, by definition, is imperfect organizations. and a Senator from New Jersey, who better. There were long negotiations in back happen to be Democrats. That can be done on a bipartisan rooms between Republicans, Demo- A lot of the language that was in basis. crats, the administration, and the in- here was worked out so that, in fact, I thank the gentleman from Dela- surance companies, but there was no this could not only gather bipartisan ware, and I thank my colleague from agreement on this bill. No one would support in the House, but also quickly California. compromise, and that is disappointing. pass in the Senate because, as my col- Mr. MCDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, I It is mainly because of the intran- league from Delaware pointed out, if yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from sigence of one insurance company and this doesn’t pass and doesn’t pass California (Mr. WAXMAN). the Republican leadership. quickly, these jobs are going to leave Mr. WAXMAN. I thank the gen- We should not advance a deeply overseas. That is why this is just a tleman for yielding to me. flawed bill because an insurance com- clarification. Madam Speaker, I want to say to my pany is making threats. We shouldn’t At this time, I yield 1 minute to the friend from Vermont, a member of my advance a deeply flawed bill with the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. WELCH), committee, that this is not the way to expectation that somebody else is my good friend and former Dairy Cau- pass laws. This is not the way to cor- going to solve the problem. That is cus cochair. rect problems. Problems should be why we are here in this House, to make Mr. WELCH. I thank the gentleman worked out through narrow fixes in a sure the legislation is as good as it can for yielding. public setting. possibly be.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.017 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3070 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 If all parties are ready to act in good holders who are on their way to becom- you an expat? According to this, you faith, they should go back to the nego- ing citizens, who have every lawful are. You can easily be put in that cat- tiating table and solve the narrow right to be here because they have gone egory and not be offered the protec- problem that we can agree on, rather about it the right way, they are just tions. That means you don’t have any than opening a troublesome loophole in waiting their time so they can qualify protections around the issues of pre- the ACA. to become U.S. citizens—many of them existing conditions. You can’t nec- Mr. NUNES. I reserve the balance of could be denied the protections that we essarily put your kids on your insur- my time, Madam Speaker. all now have. ance up until age 26. Mr. MCDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, I We cannot be discriminated against Your lifetime limits, all of the things yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from based on a preexisting condition. We that are built into the Affordable Care California (Mr. BECERRA). must be provided minimal protections. Act, the insurance companies now can Mr. BECERRA. I thank the gen- We have a right, now, to make sure say: we don’t have to offer that to you tleman for yielding. that an insurance company doesn’t use because you are out of the country 15 Madam Speaker, let me first ac- what we are paying in premiums to put times a year, or you have worked over- knowledge the work that has been done in the pockets of executives and big seas for 90 days. by so many of our colleagues here salaries. That money has to now be As Mr. WAXMAN said, you are cre- bipartisanly, the gentleman from Dela- spent, by law, on health care coverage. ating a second class of citizen in this ware, the gentleman from California, This bill would say no, those who are country, and Mr. BECERRA raised the the committees of jurisdiction, and expatriates would qualify for different issue on the reverse side. People who leadership, I suspect, on both sides of plans that don’t have to meet those Af- come from other countries are expats, the aisle. I, too, have been involved in fordable Care standards. right, because they came from some- trying to deal with this. Why should more than 13 million peo- where else, so they can be put into a If you take a look at the title of the ple who are in this country legally and plan that does not give them the pro- bill, it tells you what they are trying are on their way to becoming U.S. citi- tections of the ACA. to do. The bill is called the Expatriate zens—who today have the same protec- b 1300 Health Coverage Clarification Act, so tions you and I have to not be discrimi- the bill tells us that it is to deal with nated against for preexisting condi- That is not what I think my friend the issue of expatriates. tions—because this bill that is sup- from Delaware or my friend from Cali- Well, who are expatriates, and how posed to be for expatriates, now be told fornia really wanted to do. What is are they impacted by the Affordable no, you might be offered a policy that missing here is that we did a backroom Care Act? doesn’t have to meet the Affordable deal. We had Members of Congress sit An expatriate, I think most of us Care standards? in a back room somewhere with some- would acknowledge, is an American Why should an American family that body from the White House, talk about who is told by his or her employer, we sees one of its breadwinners, father or something and decide something, and mother, be sent abroad to work for 90 need to send you abroad to go work— here it is, fait accompli, no chance to days be told no, we no longer have to whatever the task is—but I need you to change it, no chance to make it better offer you an Affordable Care health go; so that expatriate, now living or make it closer to what people really care policy that prevents discrimina- abroad, will be told that he or she must thought. tion against your child because he or have an insurance policy that abides by And most interestingly for Repub- she has asthma? the Affordable Care Act’s protections licans is you are sending a bill to the If this were a bill to focus on the House and expecting that the Senate is for Americans who get health care issue of expatriates who go work here. going to fix it. Now, our experience abroad, where I think it is a legitimate here on the floor and in the Congress The insurers will say: well, we may concern of the insurance company to the last few months, expecting the Sen- have to deal with different standards in not impose upon the insurance com- ate to do something is, well, it is prob- that other country, so give us some pany costs that are beyond what are ably—it is not like wishing for the flexibility. paid here, I would agree that this goes tooth fairy, but it is certainly putting That is very fair. We should make well beyond that, and I would urge my your trust in a rather weak situation. sure that any company that has to colleagues to think twice before voting The House sent over—what?—500 bills send a worker abroad has the flexi- for this bill this way. bility to make sure that they are pro- Mr. NUNES. I will continue to re- in the last session and got 12 or 15 viding good coverage, but that they are serve the balance of my time. back? And you are saying that this one not strapped by the regulations that Mr. MCDERMOTT. Madam Speaker, I is going to be fixed? I doubt it. apply to coverage here in the U.S. Ev- will yield myself the balance of my I yield back the balance of my time. eryone agrees with that. time to close, having no further re- AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, Here is the problem: this bill doesn’t quests for time. COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, do that. It doesn’t do that, and I say I have been an expat. I was in the Washington, DC, April 8, 2014. DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the 1.6 that with all due respect to my col- State Department. The State Depart- league from Delaware. It doesn’t do million members of the American Federation ment sent me overseas. I lived over of State, County and Municipal Employees that. there. I came home 1 month a year. I (AFSCME), I urge you to oppose the Expa- Let me ask you this: Is someone who would leave. The rest of the time, I was triate Health Coverage Clarification Act works in this country 365 days of the an expat. That is pretty clearly an which is scheduled for a vote tomorrow. year someone who we would consider expat. While the bill may be intended to address an expatriate? Is an American who My daughter teaches at the King’s concerns of health plans covering those who spends most of his time—three-quar- Academy in Amman, Jordan. She is an work part of the year outside the United ters of his time working in the U.S. an expat. She lives over there. She comes States, the reach of the bill is much greater. expatriate? The bill’s definition of expatriate workers home in the summertime for a month include 13 million individuals who are lawful Should the family of that American or so. She is an expat. Everybody un- permanent residents, people with work visas who goes abroad, but the family never derstands that. and individuals who were granted visas for leaves the U.S., be denied the protec- What this bill says is, if you live in humanitarian reasons. The bill exempts em- tions of the Affordable Care Act, so Seattle and you make 15 trips a year ployers and insurance plans from meeting that a preexisting condition can now be out of the country, then you are an Affordable Care Act (ACA) coverage stand- used to discriminate against the child expat, or you could be considered an ards for these millions of people living and of that American worker? expat. Now, that is not exactly what I working in the United States. Instead, the That is the difficulty with this bill. bill would allow these employers to use their think most people think of when they own judgment in determining whether cov- This bill talks about expatriates, but think of an expat—or somebody who erage is adequate. the reality is a lot of Americans who works as a contractor. This bill does much more than simply clar- never leave this country and a lot of Suppose you work for the Federal ify a technical matter of the ACA. It defines foreign workers, including green card Government for 3 months overseas. Are a large group of people who will be treated

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.019 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3071 differently by the ACA and afforded weaker definition of qualified expatriate workers is triate Health Coverage Clarification Act. protections than others. The bill undermines over-broad and would extend to guest work- While the legislation aims to address the the premise that all families are entitled to ers, and possibly legal permanent residents, treatment of plans that cover, expatriate a minimum standard of coverage and could working in the United States. workers under the Affordable Care Act lead to erosion in standards for other groups The legislation as drafted would have the (ACA), the legislation as drafted could result and eventually all families. effect of allowing agricultural employers in in insufficient coverage for lawful permanent We urge you to oppose the Expatriate the United States who hire so-called guest residents and those with non-immigrant Health Coverage Clarification Act. workers to escape the ACA requirements visas working and living in the United Sincerely, that would apply to professional farm work- States. CHARLES M. LOVELESS, ers currently living in the United States, For those plans that truly serve workers Director, Federal Government Affairs. thus making it cheaper to employ a guest who preform jobs in multiple countries, cer- worker than to employ a U.S. citizen or legal tain accommodations under the law may be NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER, permanent resident. appropriate but this legislation is overly April 8, 2014. The position of the UFW is, and always has broad. The current legislative language al- Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, been, equal pay and benefits for equal work. lows for employers and insurers to offer cov- The Speaker, House of Representatives, If two workers are working side by side in a erage that does not include vital ACA pro- Washington, DC. field, and one is an H–2A (or other ‘‘guest’’) tections to millions of lawful permanent Hon. NANCY PELOSI, worker and the other is a worker with US residents and non-immigrant visa holders— Democratic Leader, citizenship or Legal Permanent Resident sta- individuals and families that would not nor- Washington, DC. tus, then both should be entitled to enroll in mally be defined as expatriate workers. DEAR SPEAKER BOEHNER AND DEMOCRATIC the same health care plan. One worker Some of the most popular provisions of the LEADER PELOSI: We urge you to oppose H.R. should not receive fewer health care benefits ACA are the consumer protections the law 4414, the Expatriate Health Coverage Clari- than the other. creates, including the end to discriminatory fication Act. Although intended to address Congress should not pass laws that create practices by insurers. We want to guarantee the concerns of health plan issuers serving an economic incentive to prefer H–2A or that as many people as possible benefit from expatriate workers, the bill’s impact would other types of ‘‘guest’’ workers over profes- these important provisions. Unfortunately, be much larger and deny important plan pro- sional US workers already working in agri- the Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification tections for millions of low-wage immigrants culture. Act is not narrowly tailored to ensure that is and nonimmigrant workers in the U.S. Please vote NO on the ‘‘Carney-Nunes’’ H.R. 4414 would eliminate the Affordable health care legislation. the case. Care Act’s (ACA)’s minimum essential stand- Sincerely, If you have any questions, please contact ards for ‘‘expatriate health insurance plans’’ GIEV KASHKOOLI, Ilene Stein, Assistant Legislative Director. provided to individuals who travel ‘‘abroad.’’ Political/Legislative Director, Sincerely, The bill defines an ‘‘expatriate’’ as anyone National Vice President. STEPH SERLING, who travels ‘‘abroad’’ for 90 days or more in Legislative Director. the course of 12 months, or who takes 15 or AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR Mr. NUNES. Mr. Speaker, sometimes more trips ‘‘abroad’’ over 12 months. This AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL OR- in this body and with the Senate we overly broad definition would include law- GANIZATIONS, can sit down for the common good of fully present, foreign-born workers living Washington, DC, April 8, 2014. and working in the U.S., including lawful DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: On behalf of the the American people. Sometimes we permanent residents (LPRs or green card AFL–CIO, I urge you to vote against the Ex- can sit down with Democrats and Re- holders), individuals with work visas for patriate Health Coverage Clarification Act. publicans working together not only in more highly skilled work, and dozens of The bill is intended to make adjustments to the House but also in the Senate. And other nonimmigrant categories. Also, the the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to address the also, sometimes, Mr. Speaker, the ar- definition of ‘‘abroad’’ in the legislation cap- concerns of health plans serving expatriate guments that are made on the floor are tures lawfully present noncitizens who are workers and to retain American jobs, but we so ridiculous that they don’t deserve a are concerned it could create serious gaps in living and working in the U.S.—or any coun- response. try outside of their native country—for this important benefit protections for lawful per- same time period. These definitions are so manent residents (green card holders) and I am going to submit for the RECORD broad that it leaves the bill vulnerable to people with nonimmigrant visas living and a letter from American Benefits Coun- legal challenges. working in the United States. cil. As you know, this bill is intended to ac- The U.S. Department of Health and Human AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL, Services (HHS) is addressing the expatriate commodate health plans serving workers Washington, DC, April 8, 2014. insurance issue and has issued proposed reg- who perform their jobs in multiple countries. Re Support for H.R. 4414—Expatriate Health ulations (79 FR 15808) that would relax the It is reasonable that some flexibility be Coverage Clarification Act granted to these health plans to ensure that onerous administrative burdens imposed by HON. JOHN BOEHNER, the ACA on expatriate insurance issuers. In compliance with the insurance laws of more The Speaker, House of Representatives, contrast to H.R. 4414’s overly broad defini- than one country does not create unreason- Washington, DC. able inefficiencies and new costs. tion of ‘‘expatriate,’’ HHS has proposed a HON. NANCY PELOSI, Unfortunately, the bill could undermine more common sense definition which re- Minority Leader, House of Representatives, benefit protections for 13 million green card quires workers to be abroad for at least 6 Washington, DC. months out of the year. holders, people with work visas, and individ- DEAR SPEAKER BOEHNER AND LEADER H.R. 4414 would have an unintentional, dis- uals who were granted visas for humani- PELOSI: I write on behalf of the American astrous impact on low-wage immigrant tarian reasons. The bill exempts employers Benefits Council (‘‘Council’’) to express sup- workers, including farm workers and care- and insurers from abiding by ACA insurance port for H.R. 4414, the Expatriate Health givers. We urge you to oppose the bill, and coverage standards for these workers, allow- Coverage Clarification Act of 2014 (‘‘Act’’). we look forward to working with members of ing them to employ their own judgment in The Act provides important clarification re- Congress to close its loopholes and find determining if coverage is adequate. Provi- garding application of the Affordable Care workable solutions. sions to limit the exemption to plans solely- Act (ACA) to health coverage that is pro- Sincerely, focused on covering expatriate workers are vided to globally mobile employees. These MARIELENA HINCAPIE´ , inadequate. are issues of significant concern to multi- Executive Director. The primary goals of the Affordable Care Act include making major advances toward national employers, their employees and families. UNITED FARM WORKERS, universal coverage and providing new guar- Keene, CA, April 8, 2014. antees of benefit coverage standards. We The Council is a public policy organization DEAR REPRESENTATIVE: The United Farm look forward to working with you to find representing principally Fortune 500 compa- Workers opposes legislation introduced by ways of adjusting the ACA in a manner nies and other organizations that assist em- Congressman Carney and Congressman which preserves the insurance protections it ployers of all sizes in providing employee Nunes, the stated purpose of which is ‘‘To offers to working families. benefits. Collectively, our members either clarify the treatment under the Patient Pro- Sincerely, sponsor directly or provide services to health tection and Affordable Care Act of health WILLIAM SAMUEL, and retirement plans that cover more than plans in which expatriates are the primary Director, 100 million Americans both within the enrollees and for other purposes.’’ Government Affairs Department. United States and abroad. While the purpose appears to be to clarify Most of our member companies sponsor the situation of expatriate workers who are SERVICE EMPLOYEES health coverage for a workforce that in- working for U.S. corporations abroad, and INTERNATIONAL UNION. cludes globally mobile employees. Council who are covered under a different health care DEAR REPRESENTATIVE, On behalf of SEIU, members rely on expatriate health plans to plan than the corporation’s U.S. workers, the I write to ask you to vote against the Expa- provide benefits that meet the unique needs

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.030 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3072 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 of this employee population and their fami- eign employees. Such PPACA-compliant ex- an expat plan that somehow is less than the lies. Multinational employers value expa- patriate plans are not likely to be cost-com- ACA standard. Who is going to do that? That’s triate health plans for many reasons, includ- petitive. In many instances, they may not cutting off your nose to spite your face. But ing the role they play in recruiting and re- provide global coverage and would in fact taining a productive globally mobile work- not comply with applicable local laws. Be- even if they were crazy enough to do that— force by ensuring coverage of their employ- cause of conflicting requirements between the expat plan would still have to provide cov- ees’ and families’ health care needs while these new mandates and the laws of other erage in countries outside of the United abroad. countries, an employer may also have to pur- States—they couldn’t save money by doing The ACA was intended to reform the U.S. chase multiple policies with overlapping cov- this—it would likely cost the farmer more health care system. Its application to expa- erage or risk noncompliance with one or money to provide this type of plan. triate health plans and to the employer more nations’ laws. Congress must protect Mr. Speaker, the ACA is a complicated sponsors and people covered by such plans, the ability of American companies and their has created compliance uncertainty with re- piece of legislation, but this bill is not. This bill expatriates to purchase and offer appropriate will allow the jobs to stay in the United spect to the law’s individual and employer and valued plans that have long been part of mandates and certain other health plan re- how our country operates in the global mar- States—and nothing else. This bill does not le- quirements. Although some of these matters ketplace. gally or practically make changes beyond this have been addressed in transition guidance U.S. jobs are at stake. If this legislation narrow scope which is why there is such issued by the agencies, the guidance is tem- does not get enacted, American jobs associ- strong bipartisan support. porary and does not fully address the out- ated with writing, servicing and admin- With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back standing concerns. istering these plans will be shipped overseas. the balance of my time. H.R. 4414 provides needed statutory clari- The Chamber continues to champion Mr. DeFAZIO. Mr. Speaker, I commend fication with respect to the application of health care reform that builds on and rein- the ACA to expatriate health plans and the forces the employer-sponsored system while Representative CARNEY for proposing fixes to employers, employees and family members improving access to affordable, quality cov- the Affordable Care Act. Since the law was that rely on such plans to meet the health erage. The Chamber urges you and your col- passed, I have said that parts of the Afford- benefits needs of a globally mobile work- leagues to support H.R. 2575, and may con- able Care Act need to be improved or force. sider including votes on, or in relation to, changed. As Representative CARNEY has iden- We appreciate your consideration of these this bill in our annual How They Voted tified, there is no question that Congress important issues. scorecard. Sincerely, needs to clarify how the law is applied to ex- Sincerely, patriate plans. The Administration has cor- JAMES A. KLEIN, R. BRUCE JOSTEN. President. rectly exempted these plans from some ACA Mr. NUNES. I will also submit a re- Mr. NUNES. I will also submit a let- requirements that do not make sense for plans buttal argument for the RECORD so ter from the U.S. Chamber of Com- used primarily overseas, but the Administra- that people can really get to the bot- merce, also in support of this clarifica- tion is only able to provide temporary exemp- tom of this legislation. tion. tions without congressional action. I am con- I want to address some of the fident that the Senate will be able to make the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, misperceptions and concerns that have been needed targeted changes to H.R. 4414 so that UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, raised about this bill. Washington, DC, April 9, 2014. it can pass both houses of Congress and gain TO THE MEMBERS OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF First, this bill has nothing to do with what the support of the Administration. I look for- REPRESENTATIVES: The U.S. Chamber of type of plan insurers can write and sell to ex- ward to working with Representative CARNEY Commerce, the world’s largest business fed- patriates. The question is where they are to make sure that legislation providing proper eration representing the interests of more going to write these same plans. Here in the clarity to expatriate plans is signed in to law. than three million businesses of all sizes, United States, or overseas. The same compa- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. sectors, and regions, as well as state and nies are going to purchase the same plans re- MARCHANT). The question is on the mo- local chambers and industry associations, gardless of whether this bill passes. The only and dedicated to promoting, protecting, and tion offered by the gentleman from defending America’s free enterprise system, question is whether or not the U.S. jobs asso- California (Mr. NUNES) that the House strongly supports H.R. 4414, ‘‘The Expatriate ciated with these plans will be saved. suspend the rules and pass the bill, Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014,’’ Next, the bill does not allow U.S. employers H.R. 4414. to preserve the ability of our country’s busi- to escape the ACA and offer substandard The question was taken. nesses to provide, and our citizens to obtain plans. These plans are incredibly generous by The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the appropriate health care coverage as they their very nature. They offer coverage in mul- opinion of the Chair, two-thirds being conduct business and live overseas. This im- tiple countries and administration of plans that in the affirmative, the ayes have it. portant bill protects the ability of American include multiple currencies, languages, and companies to provide and workers to obtain Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Speaker, on coverage abroad that have historically been coverage mandates. that I demand the yeas and nays. offered and valued. But let me quote from the legislation itself. The yeas and nays were ordered. The PPACA was designed to improve ac- Page 6, lines 1–6, ‘‘the plan sponsor [must] The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- cess to coverage and health care services for reasonably believe that the benefits provided ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- people in the United States and to strength- by the expatriate health plan are actuarially ceedings on this motion will be post- en this nation’s health care system. Whether similar to, or better than, the benefits provided poned. it will accomplish these goals remains to be under a domestic group health plan offered by f seen. However, it was certainly not intended that plan sponsor.’’ and must not be misconstrued to disadvan- Mr. Speaker, the legislation requires that the CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON tage American companies either operating THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR or employing individuals in other countries expatriate health plan be as good as the do- or selling products abroad. It is important to mestic health plan that is covered by the ACA. 2015 ensure that this unintended consequence Any suggestion otherwise does not reflect The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- does not occur. This bill would protect the what the legislation clearly states. ant to House Resolution 544 and rule coverage and opportunities of American There is an employer mandate in the ACA. XVIII, the Chair declares the House in workers, American employers, and American Employers are required to offer a domestic the Committee of the Whole House on products abroad. Congress must pass this bill plan. If they don’t, they are fined $2,000 per to explicitly exempt expatriate plans from the state of the Union for the further the myriad of PPACA requirements. employee. Employers aren’t going to drop consideration of the concurrent resolu- Applying these new mandates to inter- their current plan for their U.S. employees, tion, H. Con. Res. 96. national plans would not only be extremely pay the $2,000 penalty for every employee on Will the gentleman from Washington difficult and complex from an operations their payroll, just so they can offer their subset (Mr. HASTINGS) kindly resume the standpoint due to the global nature of this of green card employees a substandard plan. chair. type of coverage but would also be bad pol- That is a completely unrealistic scenario. b 1304 icy. They would place American businesses This bill does not allow, as has been sug- and expatriate American employees at a dis- IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE advantage in the global marketplace. Re- gested, nonimmigrant farm workers to be of- quiring American companies that operate fered substandard plans. Under the scenario Accordingly, the House resolved around the globe and their foreign-based em- envisioned by opponents of this bill, a farmer itself into the Committee of the Whole ployees to buy more costly coverage would would have to drop his or her own plan and House on the state of the Union for the unfairly benefit foreign competitors and for- that of its U.S. workers to be allowed to offer further consideration of the concurrent

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:59 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.003 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3073 resolution (H. Con. Res. 96) estab- ture. Because we know right now—the Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I lishing the budget for the United CBO tells us as much—they are going yield myself such time as I may con- States Government for fiscal year 2015 to inherit a diminished future. That is sume. and setting forth appropriate budg- point number one. Some things do not improve with etary levels for fiscal years 2016 Point number two is that we have got age. We are here one day later, and this through 2024, with Mr. HASTINGS in the to stop spending money we don’t have. Republican budget is just as bad for the chair. We will hear all of these arguments country today as it was yesterday. The Clerk read the title of the bill. about the draconian cuts and the slash- Our Republican colleagues are going The CHAIR. When the Committee of ing and all of this. These are the same to have to choose: either you claim the Whole rose on Tuesday, April 8, arguments we have heard time and your budget balances or you fess up to 2014, 60 minutes of debate remained on again. And when those arguments have the American people that you are keep- the concurrent resolution. prevailed, they have brought us to ing big parts of the Affordable Care The gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. where we are today: extraordinarily Act, because you can’t do both. As we RYAN) and the gentleman from Mary- high deficits, deficits going back to $1 talked yesterday, the House Repub- land (Mr. VAN HOLLEN) each have 30 trillion by the end of this budget pe- lican budget only reaches their claim minutes remaining. riod, and a debt that is about to take of balance in 10 years if they take the Who yields time? off. If we don’t get this under control, revenues from the Affordable Care Act Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair- then we will not have the kind of econ- and all the savings from the Affordable man, I yield myself 5 minutes. omy that the people of this country de- Care Act. And if they are going to Well, here we are, Mr. Chairman, re- serve. claim that they are repealing that—as suming the debate we left off yester- We don’t want Washington to stand they voted 54-plus times to do on this day. Let me try and give a summary of in the way of people’s success. We want floor—then their budget is automati- what this is all about. Washington to play its rightful sup- cally out of balance. This is all about getting our fiscal porting role so that people can become Now, all of these budgets signifi- house in order. This is all about successful. We believe in a system of cantly reduce the deficit as a share of prioritizing hardworking taxpayer dol- natural rights and equality of oppor- our economy in the outyears. The fun- lars. This is all about doing in our gen- tunity so people can make the most of damental question is what choices eration what we need to do to make their lives. We don’t believe in a sys- these budgets make in getting there. sure that the next generation has a se- tem where government thinks that And the Democratic budget that has been proposed and the President’s cure future and a debt-free future. So they must take this commanding role budget, all those budgets say we need that is why we are bringing a budget to within the middle of people’s lives that to have shared responsibility and we the floor, that is why we are making ends up bankrupting this country, di- need to work together to accomplish those difficult decisions, and that is minishing the future, and lowering eco- that goal. why we are advocating for these impor- nomic growth and prosperity. There is tant reforms. The Republican budget rigs the rules a big difference in approaches. We want in the favor of the most powerful and In much of the 20th century, a lot of to tackle these challenges. programs were created, and a lot of the most wealthy—right? So if you are What I also want to say is that we a millionaire, under the Republican laudable goals were established. But have an important obligation to secure now in the 21st century, I think we budget, you get your top tax rate cut this country and protect our national by a full one-third, and everybody else have learned a thing or two about how defense. America, like it or not, is the we can better accomplish and achieve in this budget gets walloped. So if you superpower nation in the world and a are a senior on Medicare, you will im- some of these goals such as health and duty that falls upon us to take that re- retirement security, because the way mediately see your prescription drug sponsibility seriously. With that re- costs rise if you have high prescription these programs were designed nearly a sponsibility also comes the ability to drug costs—right?—because they re- generation ago, they are now going chart our own course in the world, to open the prescription drug doughnut into bankruptcy in this generation. help preserve the peace, and to help hole. That is a choice they make in the If we allow that to happen, then we pave the way for prosperity so that we Republican budget for seniors today, will pull out from underneath those can have economic opportunity and so even as they choose to protect special who depend on these programs for their that we can advance our views and our interest tax breaks for the very power- health and retirement security, we will values and the protection of individual ful. renege on that social contract. More to and human rights and democracy. They choose in this budget to say the point, we are going to do damage to These things are good for America. A that students, while they are still in our economy if we keep this deficit and strong America and a strong military college, will be charged interest rates debt going on its current course. helps make for a peaceful America and on their student loans—that saves We asked the Congressional Budget a prosperous America. them $40 billion—while they protect Office to take a look at the kind of def- So we need to take the needed re- tax breaks for hedge fund owners. We icit and debt reduction that we are pro- forms to make sure that these critical don’t think that is the right choice. posing and tell us over the long period, 1 retirement programs are there, not I am now pleased to yield 1 ⁄2 minutes over the course of this budget, what only intact for people in and near re- to the gentleman from Washington does that do for America and for our tirement, but there for those of us who State (Mr. MCDERMOTT), a member of economy? And they tell us that getting are younger when we hope to retire. We the Budget Committee and the Ways your economic and fiscal house in need to get our spending under control and Means Committee who has always order, reducing the deficit and bal- so we can balance our budget and pay focused on making the right choice for ancing the budget so that you can off our debt. We need to enact pro- the American people. begin paying off the debt is good for growth economic reform like tax re- (Mr. MCDERMOTT asked and was economic growth. In fact, it will in- form and economic development to cre- given permission to revise and extend crease economic output by 1.8 percent- ate jobs today. his remarks.) age points. That is actually a lot. The CHAIR. The time of the gen- Mr. MCDERMOTT. Mr. Chairman, What does that mean to every person tleman has expired. this budget is not a real plan to address in America? About $1,100 in more take- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I yield my- the urgent needs of the American peo- home pay and in higher income because self an additional 15 seconds. ple. This budget is an announcement of we did our jobs here. But, more impor- At the end of the day, instead of a campaign for the Presidency of the tantly, what it means for the next gen- growing government spending at 5.2 United States. This bill is intended not eration is, instead of sending our bills percent, which is the trend, we are pro- to stir great debate in Congress that to them to work hard, to pay their posing to grow it at 3.5 percent over ultimately delivers fiercely needed so- taxes to pay off our bills and then they the next 10 years. Hardly draconian. lutions for Americans; instead, this bill have to start working for themselves, With that, Mr. Chairman, I reserve is written for the 2016 Republican Na- we are going to give them a better fu- the balance of my time. tional Convention.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.026 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3074 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 When you listen to the chairman talk You know, the CBO, Congressional children who would lose Head Start about this budget, what you are really Budget Office, now says the new nat- services. hearing is the inaugural address of the ural rate for unemployment is 6 per- Mr. Chair, we just finished with 45th President of the United States, a cent. That means 11 million Americans March Madness, and I am very proud of rousing address that asks not what you not working is somehow natural in the University of Kentucky Wildcats. can do for your country, but proudly America. That is what a weight belt They had a great season. But isn’t one proclaims your country refuses to do a will do for you. It will drown you. of the cruel ironies of this debate, thing for you: millions of seniors will Today is different. Today we are Coach Calipari of the University of be tossed off Medicare; the social safe- going to unshackle. We are going to Kentucky, who makes $5 million a ty net will be gutted to pay for million- take that weight belt off. We have a year, roughly, under the Republican aire tax cuts; infrastructure projects budget that creates a Tax Code that is budget would get an additional tax cut left to rot; denying millions of Ameri- simpler and fairer, one that let’s you of $700,000 a year, while the students cans health security; and Medicaid keep more money in your pocket and who support his program would see slashed to the bone. And that is just lets you invest differently, one that their Pell grants slashed nationwide by going to be the first 100 days. balances and takes away that debt of a total of $145 billion over 10 years. Remember as you vote: a budget is a the weight belt, one that unshackles Isn’t that something? A man who statement of your moral principles of the energy—more jobs, cheaper fuel, makes $5 million coaching basketball what you think ought to go on in a so- more manufacturing jobs to be able to gets a $700,000 tax break, while the stu- ciety. Today’s vote is the first vote. If grow. We strengthen Medicare and dents who were suffering and working that kind of people get elected either Medicaid. So we take care of the cur- hard to pay their way through college in the Senate or in the Presidency in rent and the future. We plan to swim get slashed. This is one of the choices 2016, this is what you are going to see. for years and compete for years in the the budgets are about. This is why the They are putting it right out there for future. Republican budget is totally out of everybody in America to see. And that I tell you, today, there are two dif- step with American values. This is why is why you must vote ‘‘no.’’ ferent directions: you can stay with we should reject the Republican budg- this anemic growth or you can jump b 1315 et. into a pool with a future brighter than Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I yield my- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Wow, that is we have seen before and one that we self 30 seconds to say, boy, I wonder a doozy, I have got to tell you. That is know that will hang a new banner of what tax bill they are talking about, a doozy if that kind of people get elect- championship, that America will rise because it is not the one that is within ed. once again with the prosperity of a bal- the Republican budget. The Ways and Look, we just think we should bal- anced budget, one that will take us Means Committee writes tax laws. We ance the budget, have government live into a future of strength. put out the outlines of tax reform that within its means, and pay off our debt. Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chair, the say there is a trillion dollars a year of If those kinds of people get elected, gentleman referenced several times the tax expenditures, of loopholes that can great. Congressional Budget Office and the be closed to give us a fairer, simpler With that, I yield 4 minutes to the economy. I urge all our colleagues to Tax Code, that lowers taxes for every- gentleman from California (Mr. read the Congressional Budget Office body, all families and businesses, not MCCARTHY), our distinguished majority report. It indicates that this House Re- whatever it is they are saying. whip. publican budget will actually slow The CHAIR. The time of the gen- Mr. MCCARTHY of California. Mr. down economic growth over the next tleman has expired. Chair, I rise today in support of the couple of years and slow down job Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I yield my- Path to Prosperity budget. growth over the next couple years. self an extra 30 seconds. Every day, millions of Americans are Yes, we need a simpler, fairer Tax What we are saying is, keep the competing in a race with an economy Code, but this House Republican budg- award where it is, the maximum award, that asks us to accept a new normal, et would provide a huge tax break to and fully funded for the decade. That is an anemic growth, an Obama economy. the very wealthy and increase the tax slashing it? I was recently in a high school speak- burden on the middle class. In fact, That is as opposed to the President ing of the challenge that America had, they cut the top rate from 39 percent who is saying let’s grow it and then and a student asked me a question to 25 percent. That is a full one-third have some cliff and show no way or about it. I asked him did he play a tax cut. So millionaires get an average means of paying for it. The President sport. He happened to be on the swim of $87,000 tax break. Middle-income and his budget is making a promise in team. I said: Let me give you an anal- taxpayers have to finance that cut for Pell grants that he shows no way of ogy of America competing worldwide the folks at the top. That means an in- keeping. We think we should make a by a swim meet. Picture America in a creased tax burden of $2,000 for a mid- promise and keep it; that is why we swim competition with every other dle class family. That is not good, fair fully fund the current award at Pell. country. Many times at the early tax reform. And, oh, by the way, we also are cog- years, after the 1980s, we would jump For somebody who knows a lot about nizant of the fact that a lot of studies into the pool and we would swim and the economy and doing it right, I am show us we are raising tuition. We are we would win. We would hang those pleased to yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gen- contributing to tuition inflation. And championship banners out. In this new tleman from Kentucky (Mr. YARMUTH), we need to get to the bottom of that Obama economy, things changed, a a member of the Budget Committee. before we keeping throwing more stimulus spending. Well, that meant we Mr. YARMUTH. Mr. Chair, budgets money at a system that is raising tui- had to add a weight belt, about 20 are a reflection of our values, they are tion. pounds. Then the tax increases came. a statement of our priorities, and they Mr. Chair, with that, I yield 3 min- We had to add more weight. An on- are about the choices we make to set utes to the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. slaught of regulation, pretty soon you the course for our future. WENSTRUP). are up to 100 pounds. With this budget, Republicans are Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Chair, in this You know what? We jump in that choosing the well-off and well-con- House, we take the constitutional pool and we don’t always win. And no- nected over middle class families, power of the purse very seriously. We body says take the weight belt off. choosing, for instance, $45 billion in also take the future of young Ameri- They just say you just don’t swim like tax subsidies for oil companies whose cans very seriously, and we take the you used to. Think about it. Since the own executives say they don’t need it notion of leaving something better for recession, part-time employment has over veterans of the wars in Afghani- the next generation very seriously. increased at the expense of full-time. stan and Iraq who are out of work. Again, this year, the majority has Over 90 million Americans are out of They choose a new average tax cut of proposed a budget that responsibly bal- the workforce all together; 46 million $200,000 per millionaire per year over ances our budget within 10 years. It se- live in poverty. 170,000 of our Nation’s most vulnerable cures our social safety net for the most

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.026 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3075 needy and for seniors. It repeals the Middle Class from Tax Increases, say- b 1330 uncertainty forced on Ohioans and all ing, okay, at least tell the Ways and Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I Americans by ObamaCare. Means Committee that one of your am pleased to yield 11⁄2 minutes to the The budget begins to unburden future principles as you reduce tax breaks for gentleman from the great State of New generations from the tyranny of the millionaires is not to increase the tax York (Mr. JEFFRIES), a terrific member debt being left to them by today’s deci- burden on the middle class, and every of the Budget Committee. sionmakers. The CBO estimates it will Republican on the Budget Committee Mr. JEFFRIES. Mr. Chairman, I pay $223 billion in interest payments voted against that provision. thank my distinguished friend for this year—$223 billion in interest. That I am pleased that we have the author yielding. is enough to build 100 new Brent of that amendment with us on the floor The GOP budget is a product of the Spence bridges, which is an aging right now. I yield 11⁄2 minutes to the same type of extreme philosophy that bridge that spans the Ohio River in gentleman from the great State of New gave rise to the reckless Republican Cincinnati, a critical artery for our Na- Jersey (Mr. PASCRELL). shutdown last year. It is like a heat- tion’s highways reaching from Michi- Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chair, this seeking missile aimed directly at the gan to Florida. budget is fundamentally unserious. We American people. It is a parade of Going back to those payments, left have heard this now for 4 years in a horribles too numerous to catalogue, unchecked, they will balloon to $880 row. My friends on the other side of the but in the time that I have allotted I billion within 10 years. That is about aisle come down to the floor with their will try to highlight the most egre- how much we are spending on Social draconian budget claiming they are re- gious aspects. Security every year right now. Amer- luctantly forced to make tough deci- It will cut $125 billion from the SNAP ican prosperity cannot afford to throw sions because the specter of a debt cri- program, making it difficult for mil- our money away to interest payments. sis is right around the corner—this, de- lions of food insecure Americans to get Vice President JOE BIDEN is fond of spite the fact that our deficit is falling access to the nutrition needed to live a saying, ‘‘Don’t tell me what you value; at the fastest rate since the end of the healthy life. It will cut $260 billion show me your budget, and I will tell Second World War. We said this: we from higher education spending, de- you what you value.’’ It is a revealing would do it, and we did it. priving young Americans of the oppor- quote, Mr. Chair, especially since Sen- This supposedly looming debt crisis tunity to get a college education and ate Democrats yet again refuse to even is going to be so incredibly bad for this robustly pursue the American dream. consider a budget. I guess according to country that we need to reluctantly It will cut $732 billion from the Med- the Vice President, Senate Democrats gut programs that help low and mod- icaid program, making it hard for older don’t really value anything at all. erate Americans to prevent it. Americans to get access to this vital It is disrespectful to the American And you stand there and stand up safety net program. It will turn Medi- people and to hardworking Americans there and talk to us about tax-and- care into a voucher program—that is a that this budget debate isn’t happening spend Democrats? You can’t balance Trojan horse—effectively ending Medi- in the Senate. As we have seen in re- your budget without the Affordable care as we know it. It will balance the cent years, the Senate Majority Leader Care Act. Isn’t that a honey? You have budget on the backs of working fami- has decided not to introduce a budget. done everything to dismantle it, over lies, middle class folks, senior citizens, In fact, the only time the Senate has 50 votes to get rid of it. Now you are the poor, the sick, and the afflicted. introduced a budget recently was when using it and the revenues to balance The Democratic plan is designed to the Senators knew that they wouldn’t your budget. Ho, ho, ho. How very con- create progress for the greatest number be paid unless they did so. venient of you. Their prescription to of Americans possible. The Republican I know that Ohio families and Ohio prevent this impending disaster is ex- plan is all about prosperity for the few, businesses budget and plan for the fu- actly what their Randian world view and for that reason we should vote it down. ture. They should be able to expect at prescribes in the first place. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair- least as much from their government, Tax cuts for the wealthy paid for on man, yesterday, I was Dracula; now I and the House is meeting our obliga- the backs of those not so wealthy. Un- am conducting a parade of horribles tion with this budget. fortunately, it leads to only one con- and firing heat-seeking missiles at the Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chair, I just clusion. The Republican Party does not American people. I am interested to want to respond to a couple of points care about our deficits. the chairman made about tax reform. see what comes next. The CHAIR. The time of the gen- With that, I yield 3 minutes to the You know, Republican etiology in tleman has expired. gentlelady from Tennessee (Mrs. Washington has been that of trickle- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. I yield the gen- BLACKBURN), a distinguished member of down economics. The idea is you pro- tleman from New Jersey another 15 the Budget Committee. vide the wealthiest people in the coun- seconds. Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Chairman, I try with a tax break and somehow it Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Chair, in the appreciate the chairman and the oppor- trickles down and lifts everybody up. words of Vice President—remember tunity to stand and discuss the budget The problem is that theory was proven him—Dick Cheney, he proclaimed, that we have before us. bankrupt in the early 2000s. Under the ‘‘Deficits don’t matter.’’ I find it so interesting that our con- Bush administration, we tried that— So, you have had a call to religion. stituents are watching this. They are lower tax rates at the top. The econ- You have come back. Your budget, the paying attention because they are con- omy did not do any better. In fact, deficit is simply an excuse to cut the cerned, and with good reason. what we got was huge deficits. social safety net. So I say, let’s vote As one of my constituents said in a Now in this Republican budget, they down this phony budget and get on town hall meeting: I have got to tell are right back to the same old veiled with the real thing, Mr. Chair. you, I have got too much month left at theory. They called for reducing the The CHAIR. The Chair would remind the end of my money, and I am tired of top tax rate for millionaires from 39 Members to direct their remarks to the it. I am tired of what this economy has percent down to 25 percent, and they Chair. been doing to my opportunities—wage claim that they are going to do this in Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair, stagnation, increases in health care a deficit-neutral way. When you do the just in order to balance the time, I costs. math, what that means is you are think we will let the gentleman from The American people are over it, and going to have to increase the tax bur- Maryland yield to another speaker so they are ready to see the Federal Gov- den on middle class taxpayers to fi- we can catch up. ernment start to live within its means. nance tax breaks for folks at the top. Mr. VAN HOLLEN. If I could just in- Think about it like this. This is the Just to give our Republican col- quire how much time remains. week when millions of Americans are leagues an opportunity to say that that The CHAIR. The gentleman from sitting around the kitchen table look- is not what they intended, in the Budg- Maryland has 203⁄4 minutes remaining, ing at their income tax form, filling it et Committee, we offered an amend- and the gentleman from Wisconsin has out, trying to make certain that they ment calling it Protect the American 18 minutes remaining. do it right.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.028 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3076 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 Let me ask you a question: Is it fair, budget we are debating on the floor of able to live your retirement years in is it right, for the men and women, the the House draconian. That is what he dignity without the fear of poverty. taxpayers, hardworking taxpayers in called it—not a Democrat. So I think This Republican budget is a cynical, this country, is it right and fair to re- Members should keep that in mind as special-interest driven vision of Amer- quire them to send money to Wash- we proceed. ica. I recommend a strong ‘‘no’’ vote in ington, money that they don’t have, I am now very pleased to yield 11⁄2 opposition. money that causes them to struggle to minutes to the gentlelady from Florida Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair- meet their bills and to live within their (Ms. CASTOR), a terrific member of the man, I reserve the balance of my time. means—they are struggling every Budget Committee. Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I month, and they have to send money to Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Chair- am now pleased to yield 1 minute to Washington to a government that re- man, I thank the gentleman for yield- the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. CON- fuses to live within its means. ing. NOLLY), a distinguished member of the This is what we are talking about, The people I know and the people I Foreign Affairs Committee. and this is why a budget that actually meet work very hard every day. They Mr. CONNOLLY. Mr. Chairman, I makes $5.1 trillion worth of spending want an opportunity for a good job, thank my colleague. cuts is important. It is why it is impor- they want good schools, safe commu- This budget—I am not going to call tant that we have a budget that says nities, and the promise that when they somebody Dracula. I am sure it is sin- there is a pathway to economic growth. retire they can live their years in dig- cere—but it is all about cutting taxes It is because it is what the American nity. They want a government that is at the public’s expense. It disinvests in people want to see happen. fair and helps make progress towards America. So we disinvest in R&D, we I think our constituents find it very the American dream. disinvest in our future. The gentlelady interesting that our colleagues across But this Republican budget is not for from Tennessee talked about children the aisle came to the Budget Com- the hardworking people of America. and the tax burden. What about their mittee room. What did they want to This Republican budget is crafted by education? What about opportunity? do? Plus it up, spend more—$1.5 trillion the special interests for the special in- What about the roads and bridges and in taxes. More, let’s take more from terests. Republicans stack the deck tunnels and transit systems they won’t the taxpayer, let’s grow the size of the against working families and small have because they have crumbled be- government, let’s make it bigger, let’s businesses. Incomes of CEOs and the cause we have disinvested? That is make it more bloated. top 1 percent are soaring, but everyone what this budget is all about. It is ab- That is their solution to how to deal else is working harder to get by. solutely on the wrong path and it is with what we have here in Washington We need an economy that is firing on handing over our future to foreign as a spending crisis. We don’t have a all cylinders for everybody, creating competition. revenue problem; we have a spending jobs that pay enough to keep up. Yet I urge defeat of this budget, and I problem, we have a priority problem, the Republican budget raises taxes on urge more sensible solutions for the fu- and we see this play out regularly. middle class families in order to cut ture. Mr. Chairman, it is why it is impor- taxes for people who earn over $1 mil- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair- tant for us to have a budget that bal- lion. man, when we call for ‘‘revenue neutral ances in 10 years. I have to tell you, as Republicans ignore one of the most tax reform,’’ that means tax reform a mom and a grandmom, I look a lot at important ways to cut the debt and the that keeps raising the same amount of what is happening to our children and deficit, and that is have more Ameri- revenue we raise today, do it through a our grandchildren. cans working. If the middle class suc- better Tax Code so we are not picking The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- ceeds, then America succeeds. winners and losers, so we can grow the woman has expired. Republicans refuse to find one special economy and create jobs. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair- interest loophole in the Tax Code. If With that, I yield 3 minutes to the man, I yield the gentlewoman an addi- you are incredibly rich, then you are gentleman from Indiana (Mr. BUCSHON). tional minute. incredibly lucky because this budget is Mr. BUCSHON. Mr. Chairman, when I Mrs. BLACKBURN. You can call it for you. You pay less. But if you are tour businesses in the Eighth District draconian, you can call it all of these like the vast majority of Americans, of Indiana and meet with Hoosier fami- names, you can call all of us hold on, because you are going to pay lies, they tell me they are concerned Neanderthals. But let me tell you what more. about the enormous debt burdening our this is: this is a budget that is for our If you are a student who wants to at- country. children because it is for reduced regu- tend college, Republicans make that Just like Hoosier families and busi- lation, reduced taxation, reducing liti- harder by cutting Pell grants and stu- nesses that have to make hard deci- gation, it is for innovation and job cre- dent loans. sions when money is tight, Washington ation. That is what this budget is for. The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- must do the same in order to sustain It is for fairness, because if we don’t woman has expired. our role as the leader in the free world. get this under control it will be my 5- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I We are over $17 trillion in debt. It is year-old and my 4-year-old grand- yield the gentlewoman an additional 30 clear Washington, D.C., has a spending children that are facing draconian seconds. problem, and there are two very dif- taxes, draconian rates, draconian cuts Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Chair- ferent pathways to address this issue. in order to be able to stand and live man, if you have a job in construction My colleagues on the other side of here in America. at America’s ports or in transpor- the aisle would continue us on the So as we look at this, yes, we put the tation, this Republican budget could failed status quo pathway of more focus on right-sizing government, flexi- cost you your job and new opportuni- spending, more taxes, and more debt. bility for the States, accountability to ties. Their plan does not address the long- the American taxpayer, accountability If you believe America should remain term drivers of our debt. It raises taxes to the children who are going to in- the world leader in medical and sci- on families who are already struggling herit the consequences of the decisions entific research, sorry, the Republican to make ends meet and has no inten- we make today. budget slashes research at the National tion of balancing, ever. And it does Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, Institutes of Health or in universities nothing to protect and strengthen the the gentlelady used the term ‘‘draco- and research institutions. Medicare safety net promised to our nian’’ a couple of times, and the chair- If you are an older American, the Re- seniors. Put simply, their plan does not man keeps referring to comments that publican budget asks you to pay much implement serious reforms necessary Democrats have made as ‘‘overblown.’’ more for Medicare, long-term care, and to put us on a path to a sustainable fu- I would just remind the body that it nursing care. It takes away that secure ture. was just a few days ago that the senior lifeline that has been in place since Mr. Chairman, our budget has a dif- Republican, the chairman of the House Democratic Congresses passed Medi- ferent vision for America. Our budget Appropriations Committee, called the care and Medicaid so that you will be plan saves $5.1 trillion over the next

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Those investments spent every year on tax compliance. million jobs in 2016 in the Republican can be made by simply asking those Our plan protects the social safety net budget. That is like firing every single who have been so privileged and who programs by encouraging upward mo- person in the State of Wisconsin. We have enjoyed so many tax loopholes to bility and providing States with the lose by slashing investments in infra- pay their fair share for the future of flexibility to meet the needs of their structure and science, in transpor- America. I believe it is an investment residents. tation and education, and for our sen- for a stronger America, which will af- One of the most important aspects of iors. The middle class taxpayers pay ford more opportunity to every family. our budget plan provides Social Secu- for it. I ask for the rejection of this budget rity and Medicare for our Nation’s sen- We also lose on the fact that this has in favor of a strong budget that is iors. We preserve traditional Medicare fuzzy math. The logic is terrible. To strong for America, strong for our for those in or near retirement, while say this actually balances in 10 years is economy, and strong for opportunity. also offering options for Medicare that to say that Cheez Whiz is like real Wis- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair- strengthens this vital program so it is consin cheese. They cut the Affordable man, apparently, a strong budget still around for future generations. Care Act’s benefits, but they keep the means we need to borrow more from For these reasons, Mr. Chairman, I revenues, and they keep the savings, the Chinese to fund our government. support the Ryan budget plan, which which is simply impossible. With that, I would like to yield 3 puts our country on a pathway back to I hope the American public realizes minutes to the distinguished Wiscon- prosperity. that, if the Republicans take over, this sinite, Mr. DUFFY, who does know the Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I is their roadmap. These are the cuts difference between real cheese and yield myself such time as I may con- you are going to see, so I urge a ‘‘no’’ Cheez Whiz. sume. vote on the budget. Mr. DUFFY. Thank you, Mr. Chair- It does not strengthen Medicare to Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair- man. reopen the prescription drug doughnut man, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. Chairman, as I sit and listen to hole, which is exactly what this Repub- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I this debate today, there is no doubt the lican congressional budget does. am now pleased to yield 11⁄2 minutes to Democrats’ position is let’s just keep If you are a senior with high pre- the gentleman from Texas (Mr. DOG- the status quo, don’t change anything, scription drug costs under this budget, GETT), a member of the Budget Com- let’s continue on with our $17 trillion it will cost you $1,200 more per year. mittee and of the Ways and Means debt, let’s continue to borrow and The whole reason we closed the pre- Committee. spend and spend and borrow and never scription drug doughnut hole was to Mr. DOGGETT. Mr. Chairman, this change course. prevent seniors in that position from budget is too weak. It is too weak in We know that is their position by having to undergo such economic hard- all the wrong places and in all the way of the amendments they offered in ship. But this Republican budget re- wrong ways. It is weak on opportunity. the Budget Committee and by the con- opens that doughnut hole now. It is weak on competitiveness. It is versation you hear on the floor today. With respect to tax reform and pick- weak on dealing with the tax avoidance Mr. Chairman, we also know that, by ing winners and losers, the reality is and loopholes that would allow us to way of the Senate budget, when they that this Republican budget does pick invest in America. The House Repub- put one out, because it never balances, winners and losers. The big winners are lican budget actually grows the def- and we know that because of the Presi- people at the very top of the income icit—the opportunity deficit. dent’s budget that he puts out, because scale because millionaires will see A strong budget would help our stu- it never balances. their top tax rate cut by a full one- dents earn degrees without mortgaging It passes off this massive liability to third. their futures in order to achieve their the next generation, and their policies The result of that is that middle-in- full God-given potential, and it would have a real impact on the country as a come taxpayers are going to have to fi- enable an educated workforce that will whole. nance that in order to maintain what allow us to be competitive in the world We talk about seniors. The Medicare they call the deficit neutrality of it. economy. trust fund is going broke in 12 years— That means that middle-income tax- A strong budget would invest in life- it is going bankrupt—and my friends payers with kids are going to pay an saving medical research, which would across the aisle, Mr. Chairman, don’t average of $2,000 more to finance the grow our economy and would respond want to change it. They want to leave tax cuts for millionaires. to the folks from San Antonio who are our seniors today and our future sen- b 1345 here today to ask for more for Alz- iors in jeopardy with a trust fund that So millionaires are the winners, and heimer’s research, not by taking it is going broke. middle class taxpayers are the losers. from AIDS or cancer research, but by It is hard to lead. It is hard to put As I said just a moment ago, we gave investing more to get the cures in ideas on the table and say: listen, my our Republican colleagues an oppor- order to save the lives and create the friends, let’s come together, let’s be re- tunity in the committee to say no, jobs that America ought to be about. sponsible, let’s make it sustainable, that is not their intention, but they A strong budget would invest in in- let’s fix it—when the response is: don’t voted against the amendment to pro- frastructure, in roads and rails and do a darned thing, continue on the tect American middle class taxpayers. bridges and harbors, like the Chinese course to a bankrupted trust fund. I am now pleased to yield 11⁄2 minutes are doing to move goods and move peo- That doesn’t serve our seniors well. to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. ple and be competitive. That doesn’t serve our next generation POCAN), one of our terrific members of A strong budget would ensure sen- of seniors well. the Budget Committee. iors’ dignity in retirement, not what Speaking of Medicare, there is only Mr. POCAN. Mr. Chairman, this is AARP says about this budget—that it one party in this town that took over the fourth year in a row that the Re- would weaken the programs that pro- $700 billion out of Medicare and used it publicans have introduced their road- vide the very foundation of health and for ObamaCare—they raided it—and map for the future. retirement security for current and fu- that is the Democrat Party, Mr. Chair- If they took over the House, the Sen- ture generations. man. That is unacceptable, and to ate, and the Presidency, what would I urge the rejection of this weak Re- come to the floor today and tell us and they do? Who would be the winners and publican budget in favor of needed in- the American people that they are here losers? vestments in our education, our infra- to protect it just isn’t true.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.030 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3078 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 We are on the course to a fiscal ca- are not the right priorities for Amer- Vote ‘‘no’’ on this budget. lamity, and if that happens, who are ica. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. At this the people who are hurt the most Now, I would like to yield 11⁄2 min- time, Mr. Chairman, I would like to among us? The people who are hurt the utes to the gentlelady from New York yield 3 minutes to the distinguished worst are the poorest, the ones who are (Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ), the ranking member gentleman from Illinois (Mr. RODNEY most in need of government assistance. of the Small Business Committee and a DAVIS). We should look to our churches and Member who has focused on the right Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. I to our communities for that help, but priorities for America and who recog- want to thank Chairman RYAN for en- there is a role for government. If you nizes that small business is the engine gaging the House in this very impor- have a debt crisis, if you have a fiscal of growth and opportunity. tant process. crisis, and if you have people who have Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. I thank the rank- Mr. Chairman, we are talking about a hard time heating their homes or ing member for yielding, for fighting, real alternatives and routes we can putting food on their tables or who and for being a real fiscal leader for take for the future of this country and have kids who want to go to college or small businesses in this country. for the future of our children. if you want to build roads and bridges, Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposi- As a father to a 17-year-old daughter there is not money there for those tion to this budget. Far from being a and twin 13-year-old boys, writing the projects. path to prosperity, it is actually a path fiscal path of this country is the reason If you want to be able to invest in to the poorhouse. Sadly, just as it falls that I ran for the opportunity to serve your future, you have to make sure you short in so many other ways, the Ryan in this institution. Part of serving in have a budget that is sustainable. budget clearly fails small businesses. this institution is creating a vision for When you pay $230 billion in interest Under this budget, resources that America’s financial future. This budget alone today, when the Fed is printing help small companies launch, grow, balances. Putting a budget on the floor of the money to buy down that interest rate and hire will be cut by nearly $11 bil- House and putting forth a vision for and when the President says, in 10 lion. A wide range of resources will be America’s fiscal future that balances is years, interest on the debt is going to gutted—from contracts, to access to something that we need to do on a reg- be $880 billion—you can build a lot of capital, to international trade assist- ular basis. roads, bridges, feed a lot of people, and ance, to job training. It is sad that I had to fight for a pro- This budget is not the right budget to send a lot of kids to school for almost vision to be put into this bill called No help those businesses that are the $1 trillion a year. Budget, No Pay. As we know, the Sen- Let’s fix this problem. Let’s work to- backbone of the American economy at ate will not take this budget process gether. Let’s balance our budget. It a time when this economy is still up, and they shouldn’t be paid. I fought starts right here in the House with the struggling. for that proposal because, if Members Budget Committee. Studies have shown that many of of Congress are not willing to put in Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I these small business programs generate the work to help balance our country’s yield myself such time as I may con- more than $3 in Federal revenue for checkbook and fulfill their constitu- sume. every dollar spent. What type of eco- tional duties, they should not be paid. I hope all Members of the House will nomic policy says that you cut pro- For hard-working taxpayers, this check the facts with respect to the im- grams that generate income for the budget allows you to keep more of your pact of the Affordable Care Act on Treasury? paycheck while, again, balancing our Medicare. If you actually look at what The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- budget. Compare that with the Presi- has happened since the Affordable Care woman has expired. dent’s budget, which we will have a Act was enacted, the per capita rate of Mr. VAN HOLLEN. I yield the gentle- chance to vote on this week. increase in health care costs in this lady an additional 30 seconds. ´ I would urge my colleagues on the country has actually gone down. Ms. VELAZQUEZ. We just held a other side of the aisle to vote ‘‘yes’’ on Talk to seniors on Medicare. Any- press conference today with so many the President’s budget if you think it body who is paying attention right small business people who have bene- is the future for America, but that now, I ask them: What has their Part B fited from these types of programs. budget raises taxes by more than $1 premium done over the last couple of They are businesses that opened up in trillion, and it never balances. years? It has been steadier. In fact, this 2006. Today, we had a lady who provides We have got a clear choice here. For year, it went down in real terms. The IT services to the DOD and to many our seniors, this budget ends value that seniors have gotten under Federal agencies. Her business has ObamaCare’s raid on Medicare, and it Medicare has actually improved sig- grown from six people to 130 employ- puts seniors back in charge of their nificantly, in part, due to the Afford- ees. These are the types of programs health care decisions. This budget also able Care Act. that we need in place in order to grow preserves Medicare for our current sen- Now, unlike the Democratic budget, our economy. iors, and it ensures that this vital pro- which used some of the savings from Republicans like to say that they are gram is available for all future genera- getting rid of overpayments to some of the champions of small businesses. tions. the big insurance companies in Medi- They oppose the ACA, claiming it will care and using those savings to harm small firms. They oppose Dodd- b 1400 strengthen things like the prescription Frank, saying that it will hinder the For our students, this budget guaran- drug benefit, the Republican budget ability of small businesses to get lend- tees Pell grants for those who dream of keeps every dime of the Medicare sav- ing from traditional financial services; going to college but need a little help. ings from the Affordable Care Act, but and yet they cut the very lending pro- Right now, the program is estimated to they don’t use any of it to strengthen grams that provide, through the Fed- become insolvent by 2016. Every year Medicare. eral Government, access to capital for we don’t have a plan, we risk the fu- In fact, they reopen the prescription small businesses. ture of millions of students and con- drug doughnut hole. They start charg- The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- tribute to the rising cost of tuition. As ing seniors now for preventative health woman has again expired. someone who represents nine univer- services. Ultimately, they actually end Mr. VAN HOLLEN. I yield the gentle- sities and colleges and eight commu- the Medicare guarantee by turning lady an additional 30 seconds. nity colleges in my district, having no Medicare into a voucher program, so Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. When we look at plan is unacceptable. that, if you actually wanted to stay in this budget, we know that the rhetoric For our veterans, this budget main- traditional Medicare, you would be does not match the reality. Rather tains advanced appropriations to en- paying a whopping high premium. than paying lip service to small busi- sure veterans still receive their bene- That is not the way we should go, nesses, we must invest in the programs fits, regardless of what happens in and that is all in a budget that con- that help them grow and create jobs. Washington. Additionally, this budget tinues to provide tax breaks to the That is what we need, job creation in would dedicate another $400 million to very wealthy in this country. Those our country. We must do better. veterans programs.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.031 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3079 I did not come to Washington sit idly Mr. HOYER. I have focused on them; were draconian, the only alternative I by and remain content with the cur- how successfully is an item of debate would have is to vote ‘‘no.’’ rent state of our Nation. I came here to with myself. I lament the fact that we are not ad- make Washington work and provide I thank the ranking member for dressing in a bipartisan, comprehensive the hardworking taxpayers of Illinois’ yielding. way putting America on a fiscally sus- 13th Congressional District with a bet- This Republican budget, as I have tainable path. That would be the best ter vision for America. said before, is an exercise in how not to economic stimulus that we could do for This is a better vision for America, achieve fiscal sustainability. America. What a shame that, again, we Mr. Chairman. Both the Bowles-Simpson and Rivlin- have wasted that opportunity. And the attacks will come. Don’t let Domenici bipartisan commissions de- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair- the attacks get in the way of the facts. termined that the responsible approach man, I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I to achieving fiscal sustainability is Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time. through a combination of balanced def- yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair- icit reduction and strategic invest- Let me just pick up where Mr. HOYER man, I yield 3 minutes to the gentle- ments in long-term economic growth. left off and ask the question: Why woman from Tennessee (Mrs. BLACK), a The Bowles-Simpson report says: would the Republican chairman of the distinguished member of the Budget ‘‘We must invest in education, infra- Appropriations Committee call this Committee and the Ways and Means structure, and high-value research and Republican budget draconian? After Committee. development to help our economy all, the chairman of the Budget Com- Mrs. BLACK. I thank the distin- grow, keep us globally competitive, mittee has said today: Don’t worry. Ac- guished chairman of the Budget Com- and make it easier for business to cre- tually, we’re going to continue to grow mittee for yielding. the government just a little more slow- Mr. Chair, our Nation is $17.4 trillion ate jobs.’’ The chairman of the Budget Com- ly. in debt and out-of-control spending But what that ignores is the fact that mittee voted against Bowles-Simpson. here in Washington has no end in sight. the portion of the budget that the This budget disinvests in those prior- In fact, the nonpartisan Congressional chairman of the Appropriations Com- ities, which will help us create jobs and Budget Office estimates that, on our mittee has jurisdiction over is that grow our middle class. It undercuts our current trajectory, we will return to $1 portion of the budget that we have ability to invest in economic competi- trillion annual budget deficits by the used historically in this country to tiveness and the growth we need to se- year 2022. This situation is untenable make investments that help our econ- cure the goal of a sustainable fiscal fu- and threatens the Nation that we leave omy grow. They are investments in our ture. behind for our children and grand- kids’ education, from early education, At the same time, the Republican children. to K–12, to college education. As I stand here and look at these budget does not follow the bipartisan That is the part of the budget that young adults, they are the ones that commission’s framework for achieving we have used to invest in research and are going to have to pay for our lack of deficit savings: a balanced approach development with discoveries at places courage to do what we need to do to that combines new revenue with spend- like NASA that have had huge spinoff balance this budget and get our coun- ing reductions. benefits for the rest of the country and try and our spending under control. There are no new revenues in this the economy, investments that actu- The vast majority of Americans budget, and its spending cuts are se- ally helped lead to the Internet, that agree that the Federal Government vere and irresponsible, cutting even have been hugely beneficial to our should live within its means and that deeper than the painful sequester. economy. That portion of the budget it should balance its budget the same As I said yesterday, GOP Appropria- doesn’t grow a little less slowly. They way that American families do. That is tions Committee Chairman HAL ROG- cut that portion of the budget. In fact, why it was so disappointing that Presi- ERS called those sequester levels ‘‘unre- as a share of our economy, it is cut by dent Obama’s FY 2015 budget proposal alistic and ill-conceived,’’ to which the 40 percent below the lowest level since would increase Federal spending and chairman then rose and said: He said the 1950s, since we have been keeping never balance, despite calling for an that last year. track. additional $1.8 trillion in taxes from He may have said it last year, but And so that is why we are saying hardworking Americans. In fact, the the proposals you make are unchanged that our global economic competitors President’s budget proposal would add from last year, essentially; and this are going to be cheering this Repub- an additional $8.3 trillion to the na- year, just a few days ago, he said your lican budget. We are talking about we tional debt. cuts were draconian. would like to see a Make It In America The American people and these chil- Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I believe the agenda. This is a ‘‘make it everywhere dren deserve better than this. That is gentleman is supposed to make his re- except America’’ agenda. This actually why I am proud that my House Repub- marks to the chairman. provides tax cuts for U.S. corporations lican Budget colleagues and I have Mr. HOYER. He is correct. that move jobs overseas, and yet it again acted where President Obama The CHAIR. The gentleman is re- cuts investments in jobs and economic and the congressional Democrats failed minded to address his remarks to the development right here at home. That to lead. Chair. is why it is so misguided. That is why This Path to Prosperity is our vision Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, I regret the Republican chairman of the Appro- to control Washington spending and to the chairman was taking my remarks priations Committee says it is draco- help get our economy moving again so personally. Of course, they were meant nian. Americans can get back to work. This simply from a policy perspective of What is worse, it makes those cuts in responsible budget proposal would cut how bad the policy is, not the chair- our kids’ education, basic R&D, and spending by $5.1 trillion, balance the man himself, who is a wonderful indi- makes the cut in the senior prescrip- budget in 10 years, and put us on a path vidual. tion drug benefit while protecting to pay off our debt. We accomplish all In closing, let me say I urge every these tax breaks for the most powerful of this without raising taxes on the one of my colleagues who is troubled and the very wealthy. hardworking American people. about our deficits and debt and who is The chairman has referred a number Mr. Chairman, I urge my colleagues deeply concerned about creating jobs of times to tax expenditures. In fact, he to join me in passing this budget pro- and growing our economy to do the mentioned the other day that, on an posal. right thing: oppose this budget. annual basis, tax expenditures are over Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I The chairman of the Appropriations a trillion dollars, in fact, more per year am now pleased to yield 3 minutes to Committee, who has called the num- than Social Security, Medicare, and the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. bers in this budget draconian, appar- Medicaid. Some of those tax expendi- HOYER), the distinguished Democratic ently intends to vote for it. Mr. Chair- tures have worthy policy goals, but a whip, who has focused on these impor- man, I don’t understand that. If I lot of them are there because very pow- tant issues successfully for a long time. thought, as I do, that these numbers erful special interests have gotten an

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But, mated by the CBO to give each person To call the current recovery a dis- no, Republicans don’t want to do that. an average of $1,100 more in take-home appointment to the American people, They say every time you close a tax pay because of that faster economic well, it is an understatement. The cur- loophole, you have got to use it to re- growth, rather than doing any of that, rent recovery ranks either dead last or duce the tax rate for wealthier Ameri- just do more of the same. Stick with near the bottom on virtually every eco- cans. We don’t say, if you identify a the status quo. nomic measure when compared to other recoveries of the past half a cen- spending program that no longer That is what this rhetoric is. It is a tury. The economy’s poor performance makes sense, you have to go spend it straw man argument. It is basically an has left the United States with an somewhere else. But when it comes to argument that says let’s affix certain views to our opponents so that we can enormous growth gap. special interest tax expenditures, that defeat these awful views that we say Real gross domestic product, our is exactly the Republican position. You they have and win the debate by de- economy, our output, has grown at can only use it to bring down tax rates fault so that we can stick with the sta- slightly more than half the average of for multimillionaires. tus quo and keep doing more of the other recoveries. Not surprisingly, As a result, while the winners in this same. given the recovery’s anemic rate of Republican budget are those folks at economic growth, private sector pay- 1415 the very top, they sock it to everybody b roll employment, that is, jobs along else. They sock it to seniors on Medi- Mr. Chairman, here is where we are Main Street, have also increased by care; they sock it to our kids’ edu- headed. This debt, this red line is the only more than half the average of cation; and they sock it to the funda- status quo. This is where America is other recoveries. mental economic power of this country going. It is not a Republican or a Dem- If you look at the paychecks, what when they disinvest in the things that ocrat thing. It is a math thing. people have in their budget at home have helped make us a global power, What we are saying with this budget after taxes, well, for middle class and that is the wrong decision for is, the status quo isn’t working. We Americans, for middle class people, America. can’t do more of the same because we their wages have only increased by So I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ are headed in the wrong direction. Ev- one-third of the average of other recov- on this Washington Republican budget, erybody in this country knows this. eries, and less than half of the next- and I yield back the balance of my This is our plan. It is actually a plan. worst recovery. time. Pay off the debt, grow jobs, and chal- So the middle class is struggling. But Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. Mr. Chair- lenge the status quo. And that is why I Wall Street, it is roaring. The S&P 500 man, I yield myself the balance of my urge adoption of this budget. Total Return Index, adjusted for infla- time. The CHAIR. The time of the gen- tion, has more than doubled. This, Mr. Let me try and translate for the tleman has expired. Chairman, is the recovery that left viewer what is happening here. The gentleman from Texas (Mr. Main Street and middle class families Every time you hear the word ‘‘in- BRADY) and the gentlewoman from New behind. vest,’’ that means take from hard- York (Mrs. MALONEY) each will control The Joint Economic Committee has working taxpayers and spend in Wash- 30 minutes on the subject of economic compared this recovery to the average ington; and then when that is not goals and policies. of other recoveries over the last 50 enough, ‘‘invest’’ means borrow—near- The Chair recognizes the gentleman years and has identified this dangerous ly half of which is from other coun- from Texas. growth gap. tries—from the next generation and Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Chair, I And what is missing from the econ- yield myself such time as I may con- spend in Washington. omy because of this disappointing re- Just so you know, when they keep sume. covery? Good afternoon. The biggest chal- saying invest, invest, invest, or you are Our economy should be $1.3 trillion lenge facing America today is a Fed- not investing enough, disinvest, it larger today, over $1 trillion larger eral Government that simply won’t means tax, borrow, and spend here in today, if this had just been an average live within its means. Washington, as if we know better how economic recovery, rather than dead Now, spending cuts can get us back last. people should spend their money. halfway to a balanced budget. But if we And had the number of jobs along The analysis we hear about jobs lost want to finish the job, we need to grow Main Street grown at the average rate and how this isn’t going to work and it our economy so we can not only bal- of others, we would have 5.7 million is going to cost all these jobs is the ance this budget, but begin paying more Americans working today than same analysis that said the stimulus down this dangerous $17 trillion na- what they are under this disappointing was going to be a boon. It is the same tional debt. recovery. analysis they said that if we just bor- Under the Full Employment and Bal- Last month, we reached a milestone. row and spend $780 billion in Wash- anced Growth Act of 1978, the Joint The number of jobs along Main Street ington on shovel-ready jobs, unemploy- Economic Committee, which I chair, finally matched its peak from when the ment will never reach 10 percent and provides analysis and recommenda- recession began. This milestone would we will create millions of new jobs. It tions about the goals and policies set be good news, except that it comes didn’t work. forth in the Economic Report of the about 4 years late. It all comes down to this. Rather President to assist the House of Rep- So after all these years, now 6 years, than prioritize our spending, rather resentatives in its consideration of this we are just back to breaking even on than holding the Federal Government budget resolution. the number of jobs along Main Street. accountable and more transparent to During the next few moments, the If you look at the economy, propor- make sure that taxpayer dollars are members of the Joint Economic Com- tionately, there are fewer adults work- being spent wisely and prudently, rath- mittee will answer three questions: ing today than when the recession er than balancing the budget and pay- Why has the Obama recovery been so ended. We have actually gone back- ing off debts so the next generation has weak and disappointing, when com- wards as an economy since the recov- a debt-free inheritance, rather than pared with past recoveries? ery supposedly began.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.034 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3081 So no matter how you try to slice In contrast, President Obama in- grows our economy; balanced regula- and dice the numbers, there is no hid- creased taxes on successful small busi- tion and opening new markets around ing the fact that a smaller percentage nesses, on capital gains, and dividends, the world for American companies and of Americans are working today than and slowed this recovery. workers—that is the best way to when the recession ended. Looking back, Presidents Clinton strengthen our economy, create mil- Turning from jobs to income that and Reagan took a balanced approach lions of new jobs, and get America back hardworking families receive, this re- toward environmental, health, and on the right track again. covery, regrettably, is even more dis- safety regulations. By contrast, the The budget resolution proposed by appointing. Since the recession ended, Obama administration has launched a Republicans in the House says no more real personal income per person has regulatory tsunami; red tape at the slow growth. No more stay the course. barely edged up. I think it is 3.8 per- highest levels the last 3 years, histori- We will not settle for a second-rate cent, barely noticeable. That is less cally high, and that slowed job cre- economy. than half what it should be in an aver- ation along Main Street. Our families deserve better. They de- age recovery. Presidents Kennedy, Reagan, and serve $1,000 more a month, and this is But what does it mean to an average Clinton opened new markets for Amer- the path to get us there. family? ican sales through international trade With that, Mr. Chairman, I reserve What it means is that the average agreements. Aside from completing the the balance of my time. person in America is missing over agreements left unfinished by Presi- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New $3,000 a year from their paycheck. And dent Bush, and despite having a first- York. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself an average family of four in America rate trade team in place, opening new such time as I may consume. today is missing $1,086 a month from markets, tearing down the ‘‘America Mr. Chairman, unfortunately, the their family budget. Imagine that. Need Not Apply’’ sign, allowing our budget offered by our Republican col- Imagine, for every family in America companies’ workers to compete on a leagues is not, by any stretch of the having an extra $1,000 a month to pay level playing field, that is now stalled imagination, the solution to our prob- utilities, to save for college, for which under this White House. lems. costs are exploding, to pay for the new Presidents Kennedy, Reagan, and It is the problem, because this is not health care costs under the Affordable Clinton didn’t burden a weak economy a budget; it is a retreat. It is a retreat Care Act, to invest maybe in that new with costly new entitlement programs. from the high ideals, noble goals, and washer, dryer, repair that car. $1,000 a month is missing from the By contrast, President Obama rammed bold dreams that have made this coun- average family because of the slow the Affordable Care Act through Con- try so great. growth policies of the White House gress on party-line votes. As the author and columnist Nich- and, regrettably, congressional Demo- The controversial Affordable Care olas Kristof recently pointed out, a crats. Act is heightening uncertainty, boost- new ranking of livability in 132 coun- That is why middle class families are ing taxes by more than $1 trillion, un- tries shows that the United States has being left behind. That is why we can dermining key industries like medical fallen to 16th, fallen. But apparently, no longer stay the course in America. devices and small businesses, and caus- our Republican friends think that is Families like this are missing too ing millions of Americans, including just a little too high. much money for Washington to con- families in my community, to lose ac- We now rank 24th in inequality in tinue to do the same old things that cess to doctors and to health insurance the attainment of education. But the leave them behind. plans that they liked. Republican budget would cut Pell I could fill this entire hour with dif- Now they are paying more for a plan grants that help low-income students ferent statistics that make the same they didn’t ask for, and are forced to afford college. point, but by every measure the recov- do it or pay a tax. We rank 29th in life expectancy, and ery is so disappointing. The question Notice that these past approaches to 24th in nutrition and basic medical is, why? What is different about it? taxes and regulations, international care, and the Ryan budget would cut Well, some blame the housing bubble, trade were taken by both Republican funding for food stamps and Medicaid, its collapse and the financial panic, for and Democrat Presidents, approaches and raise the eligibility of Medicare. that both parties have recognized as the persistent weakness in our labor b 1430 markets. Recoveries following the col- good for our economy. Yet President lapse of a debt-financed asset price Obama’s actions remain remarkably We rank just 70th in health, and Re- bubble like this are typically slower out of sync with those sound policies. publicans want to repeal the Affordable than our recovery. We know that. He continues to stay the course, Care Act and snatch health care cov- While the collapse of the housing while millions of Americans, they can’t erage away from millions who just re- bubble undoubtedly has had some lin- find full-time work. Millions more have ceived it. gering effects, it is not the main factor, just given up looking for work. Fewer This is not a budget, Mr. Chair. This let alone the only factor for this dis- and fewer people are in the workforce. is a call to Americans to dream small appointing recovery. It is not the elderly who are retiring, and aim low. This is an attempt to What is unique about this recovery is it is younger people, college graduates shift costs onto the shoulders of the the combination of the slow growth who spent all that time and all that middle class, the young, and the elder- economic policies that President money, and now they are working be- ly in a way that would cripple our abil- Obama has pursued. hind a cash register. ity to compete. For example, looking back from 1982 You have got middle class Ameri- I believe we are a better people than to 2000, Federal spending declined as a cans, again, missing over $1,000 from this and a greater Nation. Look at just percentage of the economy and the pri- their monthly budget that could be about any poll on the subject these vate sector boomed, creating more helping them meet their needs because days, and you can see that Americans than 37 million jobs. of the President’s economic policies. are most concerned about jobs and Under President Obama, the opposite What we do know, and what is incor- growing our American economy. What happened. Federal spending exploded to porated in the Republican budget, is an the American people want to see from a post-World War II high of 24 percent economic policy mix that would do the the Congress is a plan that will help ac- of the economy, and we lost jobs. opposite. It would ignite a boom in our celerate the growth of our economy Presidents Kennedy and Reagan, economy through simple and well- and create good jobs, but the crushing they reduced the aftertax cost for new known policy, the sound dollar that austerity of the Ryan plan would do business investment. The Joint Eco- protects families against inflation and just the opposite. nomic Committee has shown that there losing their purchasing power. This makes no sense because we is a strong correlation between when Gradual decline of Federal spending know what actually works and what businesses invest in building equip- as a percentage of the economy, that is actually grows jobs and what doesn’t. ment and software and the creation of a key one. Tax reform that lowers the We have seen it, and we have lived it. real jobs along Main Street. aftertax cost for business investment, The record speaks for itself. It shows

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SNAP, which provides food companies called the shots. under Republican Presidents, and a security for millions of American chil- From the smallest children to the whopping 42 million were added under dren, is cut more than $135 billion, and oldest seniors who rely on Medicaid for Democratic Presidents. 200,000 fewer women and children would health care and to cover long-term Let’s take a look at this chart. Under get basic nutrition through the WIC health bills, the Ryan Medicaid cuts President Clinton, this country grew a program. will negatively affect literally mil- whopping 22.6 million jobs, and he left We can all agree that the economic lions. Women who make up almost 70 office running an annual surplus of recovery has been too slow, and yet percent of adult Medicaid beneficiaries over $128 billion projected to grow into this Republican budget cuts critical in- will especially feel the sting. The most the trillions. Then, under the 8 years of vestments to create jobs and enhance vulnerable will be hurt the most. President Bush, we added only 1.2 mil- our competitiveness. Mr. Chair, budgets are about choices, lion jobs—what a stark difference—and In 2015 alone, the budget cuts $52 bil- and we face a truly watershed choice the budget surplus was turned into an lion from efforts to update our crum- now. We can choose to continue to do annual $1.4 trillion deficit. bling transportation infrastructure. things that have lifted the hopes of When President Obama took office, That amounts to over 1.5 million jobs. millions, provided unparalleled oppor- our economy was shedding over 800,000 The budget cuts the National Insti- tunities, and made our country the jobs a month, and the Bush administra- tutes of Health and National Science envy of the world. tion left office with the worst job cre- Foundation, threatening our edge in We can choose to continue to help ation record in 75 years. Nevertheless, medical and scientific innovation. those who need it the most and provide in the 5 years since President Obama The Republican budget even elimi- a measure of care to those who have took office, we have created 4.7 million nates funding for the arts, humanities, the least; or we can choose to go down jobs, nearly four times what was cre- and public broadcasting, which support a radically different road, concede the ated under President Bush, and we the institutions that enrich our lives future to the bold, defer to others, ex- have more than halved the annual def- and chronicle our cultural and artistic pect less, and turn our faces away from icit. heritage. the downtrodden and the dispossessed. The actions swiftly implemented by Further, the Ryan budget would cut Yes, we can make that choice; but the President and Democratic Congress health care funding and increase costs please, Mr. Chair, let’s stop referring to quickly turned the economy around, for seniors. It would raise the age to this as a budget and call it what it and job losses diminished; and, as this qualify for Medicare to 67 and bring really is, a retreat, an act of surrender. next chart shows, those actions have back the dreaded doughnut hole that It is giving up on the America we have worked. We have been gaining jobs for leaves too many seniors to choose be- always known. the last 49 months. tween their medication and putting This is not a blueprint. It is a black In that time, the economy has added food on the table. 8.9 million private sector jobs, regain- After nearly a century of talking eye. We are a better people than this ing more than all of the jobs lost dur- about doing it, we have finally ex- and a greater Nation. I urge my col- ing the great recession. panded health care to cover more leagues to vote ‘‘no.’’ America does not This chart shows what I call the deep Americans. Yes, there have been bumps retreat. red Republican valley, where we were along the way, as there have been with I reserve the balance of my time. shedding over 800,000 jobs a month. the implementation of trans- Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Chair, I Since President Obama took office formational social programs, like with yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from with his economic plan, we have been Medicare and Part D prescription Minnesota (Mr. PAULSEN), a key mem- growing jobs. drugs; but the important thing is that ber of the Joint Economic Committee, Democrats understand that, in order it is working. a businessman who knows that more to maintain our leadership in the world Already, 7 million people have signed than half of Americans today believe economy, America needs to contin- up through the health insurance mar- we are still in a recession, that they ually sharpen its competitive edge; and ketplaces, and another 3 million young have given up and feel like this coun- we understand that, while investing in adults have been able to remain on try is surrendering, and he knows the the future may carry some risk, refus- their parents’ health plans until they impact. ing to do so carries an iron-bound cer- turn 26. Mr. PAULSEN. I thank the gen- tainty, the certainty of a slow decline Under the Ryan plan, these 10 million tleman for yielding. and crippling decay. Americans who thought, at long last, Mr. Chair, I want to just speak for a Instead of investing in the future and they had reliable and affordable health few minutes in favor of the Republican in the next generation, the Ryan budg- care insurance would have it snatched budget resolution. This is a budget res- et guts funding for education, work- away from them, but it is even worse olution that stands in stark contrast force training, critical infrastructure, than that. today compared to what the President scientific research, public health, clean By 2024, a staggering total of 40 mil- has offered in his budget. energy, advanced manufacturing, and lion people would become uninsured It is a budget that balances. It is a public safety, all the investments need- under the Ryan plan. The CBO projects budget that is responsible. It is a budg- ed to make the American economy of that 25 million people, who would have et that is thoughtful. It addresses the tomorrow competitive and put us on gained coverage under the Affordable spending side of the ledger to be more the cutting edge. Care Act, will, instead, have to go fiscally responsible, and it also in- Instead of fully preparing the next without it, and there are another 14 to cludes, Mr. Chair, a roadmap for generation for tomorrow’s economy, 20 million people who would lose insur- progrowth tax reform to create a the Ryan budget cuts funding for early ance as a result of the block granting healthier economy. childhood education, K–12 education, and Medicaid cutting laid out in the Yes, we need to spend less, but our special education, and higher edu- Ryan budget. national debt and our budget imbal- cation. It slashes grants and charges After 53 failed attempts to repeal the ance have grown so big that we can’t students more interest on their college Affordable Care Act, the Ryan budget fix them alone by simply addressing loans. hopes to succeed in taking us back- spending. We have also got to grow our It lets the higher education tax cut wards to those dark days when people economy and put people back to work expire, saddling our young people with with preexisting conditions couldn’t to bring in more revenue. even more student loan debt; and we get coverage, when protections against We are suffering from a growth gap. know now that student loan debt is lifetime limits didn’t exist. Normally, the economy doubles every now larger than credit card debt in our No-cost preventive services, like 20 years; but because of excessive country. It is a crippling concern. mammograms and cervical cancer Washington spending, budget deficits,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.037 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3083 high debt, these onerous regulations These numbers demonstrate the sig- The Ryan budget would increase Fed- that come out of Washington, and nificant progress we have made in eral employee pension contributions to higher taxes, the economy is now set to growing our economy and putting 6.53 percent, an increase of more than double every 30 years; so we have lit- Americans back to work after the 5.5 percentage points for many current erally added 10 years onto our growth worst economic crisis since the Great Federal workers, but it would not in- cycle. Depression. crease any benefits provided to these What does that mean? The growth However, there is still far more we same workers. gap means this, Mr. Chair: it means, can do to strengthen our economy and Of course, proposals for increasing for disposable income, since the end of begin to reduce the growing income in- the contributions Federal employees the recession nearly 5 years ago, every equality in our great Nation. make to their pension funds are not man, woman, and child has been robbed b 1445 new. This year’s budget also includes a of almost $3,200 every year. provision prohibiting new Federal em- Sadly, instead of proposing a budget It means that a family of four has ployees from enrolling in the retire- that would help us expand the middle been robbed of about $13,000. That is an ment system that has served Federal class, Republicans have, again, offered additional average of aftertax income employees since the 1920s. a budget that seeks to help the wealthy and disposable income. That is real Let me make this clear. Under the at the expense of the many. Just as in money to a family. What could you do Ryan budget, one leg of the so-called the years past, the 2015 Ryan budget with $13,000? three-legged stool on which Federal would slash nondefense discretionary Our economy is performing way employees have relied for security in spending without regard for the dev- below average. We can do a lot better astating consequences these cuts would their retirement would be ripped out than performing below average. This have on the lives of Main Street Ameri- from under them. New Federal employ- budget expands opportunities for cans. ees would be left to rely solely on the American workers by equipping them This year’s Ryan budget would cut an savings they accumulate in their with the skills that they need to suc- additional $791 billion from the Thrift Savings Plan and on Social Se- ceed in a 21st century economy. postsequester funding caps from fiscal curity. It lays a path to reform a broken Tax year 2006 through fiscal year 2024. As in As if that wasn’t enough, the Ryan Code by simplifying and lowering tax the past, the budget also offers an ideo- budget would also eliminate the stu- rates, by eliminating special interest logical wish list of policies that will in- dent loan repayment program for Fed- loopholes, and by moving us to an crease the unemployment rate, hurt eral workers, even though this is a internationally competitive tax sys- low-income families, and harm our sen- vital recruitment and retention incen- tem, so that U.S. employers can com- iors—all to protect the interests of the tive used to attract the best and pete fairly in a global economy. wealthiest among us. brightest to serve the American people. We need commonsense tax reform to The Ryan budget does not extend The budget also proposes to cut the keep American businesses emergency unemployment benefits, Federal workforce by 10 percent. Con- headquartered here in the U.S., so that even though these benefits would help trary to the claims of some that our we can sell to customers overseas, our broader economy, as well as the government is growing out of control, bring the earnings back, keep our head- millions of families that have suffered the Federal Government has actually quarter companies here, keep the inno- the devastating consequences of long- cut 85,000 jobs in the last 12 months. vation here, and keep the jobs here. term unemployment. An additional arbitrary workforce re- This budget also cuts cronyism, cor- Never before has Congress failed to duction isn’t likely to yield the savings porate welfare, and waste. It ends the provide Federal unemployment insur- the Republicans expect because much Dodd-Frank bailouts of big banks. It ance when the unemployment rate—es- of the current work of the government eliminates billions in corporate wel- pecially for the long-term unem- would simply be shifted to more expen- fare, and very importantly, it protects ployed—is as high as it is today. sive contractors. Such a reduction and strengthens important programs This budget would also hit middle would, however, impede the govern- that our seniors rely on and ensures class families with thousands of dollars ment’s ability to provide needed serv- that these programs will be there for in additional taxes every year, while ices to the American people in a timely future generations. lowering the top tax rate for the rich. manner. It is time to stop spending money The Ryan budget would repeal the I agree that Congress must act to put that we don’t have. We can no longer Affordable Care Act, taking health care our fiscal house in order, but we must borrow 40 cents of every dollar that we from millions of middle-income Ameri- do this in a balanced manner that in- spend. cans. It would gut Medicaid, taking creases economic stability and cer- Finally, Mr. Chair, this budget not health care from millions of our poor- tainty in the marketplace. We must only balances by growing our economy est families, and it would destroy the not do this on the backs of our neediest and making government more effi- commitments we have made to our Na- citizens, and we must not do this on cient, it also puts the country back on tion’s seniors by turning Medicare into the backs of the Federal employees a path to actually paying down the na- a voucher program. who make government work for our tional debt because the longer we wait This budget would also be dev- Nation every day. to address the drivers of our debt, the astating for our Federal workforce, the Republicans fail to understand that harder our choices will be later. people who care for our veterans, who we simply cannot cut our way to pros- This is a budget proposal and a blue- protect our homeland, who ensure the perity. Expanding opportunity and in- print that puts the country back on food we eat is safe, and who conduct vesting in America today will increase track for a balanced and responsible the research on which we are relying to government revenues in the years to path. I would ask my colleagues to join find new treatments for cancer and come and put our economy back on the me in supporting the passage of the Re- other devastating diseases. path to prosperity. publican budget. Let me remind my colleagues that For the good of our Nation, I urge my Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New the Republicans have been attacking colleagues to reject the Ryan budget. York. Mr. Chair, I now yield 7 minutes our Federal employees for years, treat- Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Chairman, to the gentleman from the great State ing them as if they were the piggybank I yield myself 5 minutes. of Maryland (Mr. CUMMINGS), who is a for deficit reduction. Mr. Chairman, we hear all the votes champion of working families. Federal workers have already sac- and the claims from our Democrat Mr. CUMMINGS. I thank the gentle- rificed $140 billion towards reducing friends about how great the economy is lady for yielding. this Nation’s deficit through a 3-year going and what great leadership they Mr. Chair, since February of 2010, pay freeze and retirement contribution have shown from the White House to more than 8 million jobs have been cre- increases. Now, House Republicans get people back to work. They claim ate in the our Nation. Over the last want to squeeze another $125 billion millions and millions and millions of year, the unemployment rate has fallen out of these middle class workers. How jobs, but Americans don’t feel that way by four-fifths of a percentage point. will they do this? and for good reason.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.038 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3084 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 Let’s put all this job surge in per- Care Act on our small businesses who While I have many significant policy spective. Now, here is the average are cutting hours, cutting workers, objections that are embedded in Mr. economy recoveries—because America cutting wages, and hurting the econ- RYAN’s budget, my main objection is does face tough times from time to omy—and then all the new regulation. based on the fact that the budget is time. We normally bounce back pretty The Republican budget preserves built upon a fundamentally flawed ana- strongly, but not this time and not Medicare and Medicaid, and for Med- lytical framework. I think it is impor- under this President. icaid, which is our health care for the tant to focus on that when we think If you look at job creation in the last poor, the budget grows for them, but it about budgets, Mr. Chairman. 4 years, this is the average of the other does an important thing. It gives back The fundamental driver—or the goal recoveries. This is the Reagan average. to the States the ability to tailor of the Ryan budget is to have our defi- That was real economic growth, and as health care for their States to meet cits at zero in 10 years. I believe Mr. you can tell, only twice in the last 4 their patients in their communities RYAN does this because he thinks it is years or more has the Obama recovery and in their regions. That is the way it good political optics, and it sounds even met average. ought to be done. good. The problem with this goal is it Only 2 months out of more than 4 The Democrats hollow out our de- is fundamentally, economically and fis- years has this recovery even been fense, hollow out our intelligence sys- cally, the wrong goal. It is unneces- merely average, and it has never tem, and ignore our veterans. The Re- sary, and it is unrealistic. reached the real strong growth of the publican budget restores our military It is unrealistic based on the fact of Reagan recovery because unemploy- strength to the presequester levels. We the demographics the country is fac- ment, by the way, reached higher focus on our veterans in America. They ing. We are somewhere through the points in this recession. deserve no less. midway of this aging of the population So, clearly, by underperforming, by The Republican budget saves Medi- that we like to talk about, Mr. Chair- being so disappointing, what this chart care both for those who are in or near man, where the population of people really shows is the millions of Ameri- retirement, but, more importantly, for over 65—our citizens over 65 will double cans—middle class Americans—who those who wonder if Medicare will be from 1980 to 2020 to 2030. This puts tre- have been left behind by this dis- there for them. It offers options for mendous burdens on the Federal Gov- appointing recovery. You look at this younger workers, including just stay- ernment. and you wonder: Well, so what does ing in traditional Medicare or tailoring But it is also an unnecessary goal. A this mean to the economy? a plan that is right for them and their zero deficit is an unnecessary goal if In the next chart, I will show you families. you think about the basic math of defi- what is missing. People back home and The Democrats ignore the challenges cits and debt. The reason our debt has people all across America are saying facing America. They ignore this dis- grown to such a significant level in that you have got to get this economy appointing recovery. They say: just this country is because, for the last going, it is just hurting us so badly; stay the course, the country is doing several years, our deficits, as expressed but because, again, this President and fine. as a percentage of the economy, have our Democratic friends choose to slow But the country isn’t doing fine. Our exceeded the economic growth on an the growth of America, we are now families, they aren’t doing fine at all, annual basis for the economy. The missing, gosh, almost $4 trillion—$3.7 and they are missing $1,000 a month math of that results in a growing debt, trillion, to be exact, is missing from from their paychecks because this which is problematic. our economy. White House and this Democrat Senate Unless we change the direction of our That should be in our Main Street continue to stay the course. debt, we will have very limited finan- businesses. It ought to be in our small Let’s change the course for America. cial flexibility in the future, particu- businesses. It ought to be driving our I reserve the balance of my time. larly if interest rates go up; but, in economy, instead of trailing China. In- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New fact, if we get our deficits to a rate stead of being lectured by the rest of York. May I inquire, Mr. Chairman, below the rate of growth in the econ- the world, America should have a how much time is remaining on this omy, then definitionally, the debt in strong economy by now. This is a dis- side? this country will go down. appointing recovery. The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Most experts agree that we should be The Republican budget actually New York has 12 minutes remaining. targeting deficits of 1 to 2 percent and starts to restrain spending and has tax The gentleman from Texas has 111⁄2 economic growth of at least 2 to 3 per- reform to grow the economy. While you minutes remaining. cent. That will cause our debt to go have heard some claim that trillions of Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New down to historical levels and give this dollars of cuts will devastate the Fed- York. I yield myself 1 minute. country the financial flexibility that it eral safety net, the truth is that the Now, my good friend from Texas needs. Republican budget over the next 10 pointed out that the recovery has been So if you seek an unrealistic goal or years grows by about 3 percent a year. slow, but at least it is a recovery. It is if you seek the wrong goal in budgeting That is because America’s population not a loss of jobs, as we see in this and forecasting, you are forced to over- is growing as well. chart, the long, red valley of job loss, correct. There are two ways to overcor- Only in Washington is growth and shedding over 800,000 jobs a month rect in budgets—or at least in the Fed- spending a cut. What it does is it cuts when President Obama took office, and eral budget. The first way you can the waste, fraud, and abuse in this big, we have job growth. overcorrect is to raise taxes to an ex- flat, bloated government, and it makes I would like to see it stronger and cessive level. The second way you can smart investments, though, in defense, better, too, but at least it is job overcorrect is to cut spending to unre- in Medicare, and in infrastructure. growth. The former President Bush left alistic levels. Our Democrat friends are crying us with a $1.4 trillion deficit when he Mr. RYAN, obviously, doesn’t choose today for more emergency unemploy- inherited a surplus and the worst job to raise taxes. In fact, he cuts taxes ment benefits, but those benefits are growth record in 75 years. which, again, is an unusual and puz- for when the unemployment rate is I yield 6 minutes to the gentleman zling conclusion, particularly based on going up and getting higher, but, from the great State of Maryland (Mr. the fact that our tax revenues as a per- today, in all 50 States, that rate is DELANEY). He is a former CEO of a pub- centage of the economy across the last going down and going lower. What we lic company which has brought great several years have been lower than the should be focusing on is getting people expertise to the Joint Economic Com- historical 50-year average for this back to work, not a check, but a good- mittee. country. paying job. Mr. DELANEY. Mr. Chairman, I want So to think that we should be cutting Instead, the White House has obsti- to thank the gentlelady from New taxes against that backdrop, again, is a nately blocked the Keystone XL pipe- York for yielding me this time to stand puzzling decision, but since he chooses line and those thousands of jobs. They up, rise, and speak out against Mr. to cut taxes, he is then forced to over- have obsessively pushed the Affordable RYAN’s budget. correct on the spending side.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.039 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3085 To put this into perspective, in very, the only budget that balances. More This week, House Democrats intro- very simple perspective, the Ryan importantly, it is the only budget that duced our budget alternative, a budget budget takes discretionary spending, says that is not enough. It begins to dedicated to the priorities of the Amer- things like education, infrastructure, pay down the national debt, and it says ican people: creating jobs, raising new and investments in basic medical re- our goal in America will be to have a ladders of opportunity, and building an search, to 1.7 percent of our economy. debt-free America. Think about that. economy that works for everyone. It is b 1500 After all these years of dangerous defi- in stark contrast to the broken prior- cits, America could be debt free, eco- ities of the Ryan budget. The Ryan This is in the context of a historical nomically the strongest in the world, budget will take $2,000 more in taxes average for these same investments of and financially the strongest in the away from American families—that is 3 percent. We can’t really talk about world. working class families—without clos- growing or shrinking numbers in abso- But today, if we don’t change course, ing one tax loophole for the corporate lute dollars; we always have to talk look what happens. Today, a baby born rich. about these numbers, if we want any in Woodlands, Texas, their share of the The Ryan budget is an attack on sen- kind of budget integrity, in terms of a debt is almost $50,000. A new baby owes iors, students, workers, and middle percentage of the economy. Uncle Sam a Lexus. If we don’t change class families, all for the sake of pro- He effectively cuts in half our invest- our ways, by the time that child is 13, tecting loopholes for the wealthy and ments in infrastructure, education, and that child will owe Uncle Sam a second special interests. The budget will have basic medical research as a percentage Lexus. By the time that child is 22, fin- a devastating impact on jobs. Repub- of the economy as compared to the 50- ishing college and beginning to start licans would lay waste to our commit- year average. That is the overcorrec- their life and live their dreams, they ments to education, lifesaving medical tion he does because he is trying to will owe Uncle Sam another Lexus. research, clean energy, modern infra- achieve a goal that is both unrealistic Now, the good news is young people structure, and high-tech manufac- and unnecessary. don’t actually buy luxury sedans for turing. The Ryan budget will cripple It is not clear to me, Mr. Chairman, the Federal Government, but they pay our growth and surrender the future someone who has spent his whole ca- the price in a very different way. All jobs of American kids to other nations reer in the private sector building com- that debt slows the economy, so there like China, India, and Russia. The panies, how anyone with reasonable will be fewer jobs for them to compete Ryan budget devastates our middle cognitive abilities would think, in for; and all of that debt means higher class. light of the challenges this country taxes and higher interest rates, so The Ryan budget even rejects com- faces to create jobs, as we have dis- there will be fewer jobs to compete for, prehensive immigration reform. The cussed, to compete in a global economy and they will have less money in their Ryan budget denies people the impor- and to transfer our economy based on paycheck as a result. tant bipartisan legislation that would what is happening with technology, Our Democrat friends say: that is create 120,000 American jobs each year that it is the right answer—that it is fine, let’s stay the course; let’s not for the first 10 years should that legis- the right answer to cut our invest- change anything; the economy is great; lation be passed and empower small ments in research, in infrastructure our deficits are fantastic, and our businesses, spur innovation, super- and education by half. country is going the right direction. charge the economy, and reduce the That is the fundamental flaw in the But that is not the truth in America deficit by over $900 billion. analytical framework that is embedded today. We need to spend less as a gov- The Ryan budget is nothing less than behind Mr. RYAN’s budget, which only ernment in a smart way. We need to a job-killing recipe. Democrats are reinforces my conclusion that this is a grow the economy in a strong way. We strengthening the middle class, em- political document; this is not a sub- can’t ignore the challenges facing us. bracing economic growth, and we want stantive document. We have to save Medicare and Social responsible deficit reduction. Com- This is not a document that was cre- Security. This is the budget that grows prehensive immigration reform is in- ated by looking at the facts, thinking America’s future and doesn’t shrink it. vesting in the future and creating jobs about economics, understanding how This is the budget that America needs. for our future, creating jobs for Ameri- deficits and debt interrelate and what We can’t afford to stay the course. cans. we need to actually make this country I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Chairman, competitive, create jobs, and put our- Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New I yield myself 1 minute. selves on a long-term fiscally sound York. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself 1 I might point out that President trajectory. minute. Bush did not leave this country with a Mr. BRADY of Texas. May I inquire The gentleman from the great State deficit; Speaker NANCY PELOSI and her as to the time remaining? of Texas says that the Republicans Democrat colleagues left this Nation The CHAIR. The gentleman from have been cutting the deficit, but the with a deficit. And it continued to Texas has 111⁄2 minutes remaining. The facts are different. grow. The first year of their govern- gentlewoman from New York has 6 Under President Clinton, we created ance, the deficit doubled. The second minutes remaining. a stunning 22 million jobs, and he left year, it tripled. Then it went to a tril- Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Chairman, this country with a surplus. Under lion dollars, trillion dollars, and tril- I yield myself 4 minutes. George Bush, in 8 years, he only cre- lion dollars. And only under a Repub- Amid all the predictions of doom and ated 1.2 million jobs and left us with a lican House have we started to cut the gloom, the truth is the Republican $1.4 trillion deficit. And in the 5 years growth in the deficit today. budget grows by 3 percent a year over that President Obama has been in of- The truth is, on immigration reform, the next decade. It doesn’t shrink; it fice, he has created 4.7 million jobs, Democrats held the Presidency, the grows. The population grows, and so which is 5 times more than his prede- House and the Senate, and they did that makes sense. cessor did, and cut the deficit in half. nothing. When it comes to reducing the It does cut wasteful spending, and So the record of cutting deficits is on deficit, they held the House, the Sen- there is a lot of wasteful spending to the side of the Democratic administra- ate, and the White House, and they did cut. More importantly, it grows the tions and policies. nothing. When it comes time to grow economy and tackles the biggest chal- Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to the economy and give the middle class lenge America has, which is a broken the gentleman from California (Mr. a fighting chance, they held the House Tax Code. This resolution begins to CA´ RDENAS), a newly elected Member and the Senate and the Presidency and rein in the IRS. and a member of the Budget Com- did nothing. This budget begins to save Social Se- mittee. Let’s not stay the course, because curity and Medicare for families and Mr. CA´ RDENAS. Mr. Chairman, I that has got us going the wrong direc- younger generations so they can count have owned a business and know what tion. We need to change it. The Repub- on them, and it makes sure that we it is like to be a job creator in this lican budget does that. don’t hollow out our defense. This is country, and I am very proud of it. I reserve the balance of my time.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.040 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3086 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New I yield 30 seconds to the distin- Mr. Whip, I am your huckleberry. I York. May I inquire how much time re- guished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. will be glad to have the debate with mains? HOYER). you in a Special Order or anywhere The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Mr. HOYER. I tell the gentleman else. The fact is this country is strug- New York has 31⁄2 minutes remaining. from Texas, I do know the statistics: gling. Your leadership has failed us as The gentleman from Texas has 8 min- 800,000 jobs lost in the last month of a Democrat governance in this White utes remaining. the Bush administration; 800,000 jobs in House. It is time to change course. Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New 1 month, the worst job production The CHAIR. Again, the Chair would York. I yield 1 minute to the gen- since Herbert Hoover under the Bush remind Members to direct their re- tleman from Maryland (Mr. HOYER), administration. marks to the Chair. the distinguished Democratic whip. Yes, this administration has had Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Chairman, Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chair, I was sitting tough times because we inherited such I yield 1 minute to my friend from Ohio in my office downstairs, and I heard a struggling, devastated economy from (Mr. JORDAN). Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Chairman, I thank Mr. BRADY make the extraordinary the Bush administration. The gen- claim that it was the Pelosi leadership the gentleman for yielding. tleman knows those figures are accu- I would just say: When do you stop that led to the doubling of deficits. rate, and he ought to admit those I would remind the gentleman, as he blaming the former President? For facts. goodness’ sake, we are in the fifth year ought to know and I am sure he does The budget deficit went up 87 percent know, not a single economic plan was of the Obama Presidency. Here is the under George Bush when he inherited a problem. The first year of Ronald Rea- passed in 2007 or 2008 that changed the balanced budget. He inherited a bal- Bush economic plan, not a single bill. gan’s second term, the growth rate, the anced budget. The gentleman ought to 1 And to make the assertion that the economic growth rate, was 7 ⁄2 percent. be truthful with the American people, For goodness’ sake. Ronald Reagan was deepest recession he and I have experi- Mr. Chairman. enced, Mr. Chairman, in our lifetimes, able to turn things around that quick- Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Chairman, ly. We are meandering along, bouncing which occurred under the Bush admin- I yield myself such time as I may con- along at a pathetic 2 percent growth istration with Bush economic policies sume. rate. We could be so much better if we was somehow the responsibility of a The President doesn’t allocate fund- had the right policies in place and pass Pelosi-led Congress is absolutely ab- ing. He doesn’t spend one dime Con- the right kind of budget and the right surd, incorrect, and the gentleman gress doesn’t give him. A Republican kind of vision for the country. That is ought to know better. Congress balanced the budget for Presi- the point the gentleman is making. Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Chairman, dent Clinton. And under President Quit blaming George Bush. We are in I yield myself such time as I may con- Bush, a Democrat Congress doubled the fifth year of the Obama Presidency. sume. and tripled and then went to trillion- If you want to look to a comparison: You know, I know the facts hurt. I dollar deficits. This Congress, your leg- the fifth year of Ronald Reagan’s Pres- know they hurt, Mr. Whip. The deficit islative branch, you passed a nearly idency, a 71⁄2 percent growth rate. doubled the first year under Speaker trillion-dollar stimulus without one Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New PELOSI and your leadership. Republican vote. You passed trillions York. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as Mr. HOYER. Does the gentleman of dollars with the Affordable Care Act to how much is remaining. refer to 2007? that has continued to destroy the econ- The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Mr. BRADY of Texas. The deficit tri- New York has 1 minute remaining. The pled under your leadership. omy and drive deficits even higher. gentleman from Texas has 41⁄2 minutes The CHAIR. The gentleman will sus- That is the truth. Those are the facts. I know they hurt, but we are not revis- remaining. pend. Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New The gentleman from Texas has the ing history today. We are talking York. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself time. The gentleman from Texas is rec- about changing the course of this coun- try away from deficits, away from this such time as I may consume. ognized. Our economy is recovering from the second-rate economy toward a country Mr. BRADY of Texas. I know the depths of the Great Recession, but too that actually can grow, and grow facts hurt. I know these deficits hurt many Americans are still left behind. stronger. real people. And I know the Democrats This budget kicks them even further I reserve the balance of my time. now want to revise history: they didn’t back with draconian cuts. We were sent The CHAIR. The Chair again reminds create the deficits; they didn’t create here to create jobs, not eliminate Members to direct their remarks to the this slow economic recovery; every- them. thing is going great. But it is not. Chair. According to the Congressional Budg- You created record deficits. You took Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New et Office, the Ryan austerity plan what was turning into lower and lower York. I yield 30 seconds to the distin- would slow our economy and cost us deficits and a trend toward a balanced guished gentleman from Maryland (Mr. jobs over the next 3 years. budget and you exploded it, and our HOYER). Mr. Chairman, the Republican budget American families are hurting today. Mr. HOYER. Mr. Chairman, unfortu- would make life harder for the vulner- Millions more can’t find a job. Young nately, we don’t have the time, but I able Americans from cradle to grave. It people with college degrees are work- would like to take the time at some represents a choice to be less competi- ing behind a cash register. The deficits point in time to discuss the facts with tive and less compassionate. are frightening and scaring America. It the gentleman from Texas, and I will Voting for this budget is voting to came under Democrat leadership and it take a Special Order out to do exactly slow our recovery, lower our hopes, and has continued under this Democrat that, to discuss the economic success dim our dreams. It is not a budget; it is Presidency. I know the facts hurt, but of Democratic administrations and Re- a retreat, and Americans deserve bet- those are the facts. publican administrations and bringing ter. I reserve the balance of my time. down the deficit. I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on The CHAIR. Members are reminded And let me say further, I will repeat this draconian Republican budget, and to direct their remarks to the Chair. to the gentleman, no change in the I yield back the balance of my time. Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New Bush economic program was affected in Mr. BRADY of Texas. I would inquire York. I yield myself 30 seconds. 2007 and 2008 because George Bush was of the gentlelady if you would like to The facts speak for themselves. the President and would have vetoed make your concluding remarks, or George Bush’s administration left us anything we passed. So the representa- have you done so? with a $1.4 trillion deficit. They cut tion to the contrary, Mr. Chairman, is Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New taxes, led us into two wars, and they inaccurate. York. I have made mine within the blew the deficit. timeframe we had. Look at the Democratic deficit. We b 1515 Mr. BRADY of Texas. I will close out had a surplus from Bill Clinton, and Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Chairman, as well, and I yield myself the balance President Obama halved the deficit. I yield myself 30 seconds. of my time.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.042 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3087 Mr. Chairman, if you like the direc- to shrink the deficit, and what I like Sec. 509. Separate allocation for overseas tion the country is going, I guess there most of all, it doesn’t merely balance contingency operations/global is no reason to change. If we want the budget, it puts us on a path to a war on terrorism. young people who don’t believe they debt-free America. That is something Sec. 510. Exercise of rulemaking powers. will ever earn as much or have a stand- that can give us hope, that can give us TITLE VI—POLICY STATEMENTS ard of living as their parents do, let’s opportunity, that is the direction that Sec. 601. Policy statement on economic just stay the course. If we want a Na- we ought to go. growth and job creation. With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield Sec. 602. Policy statement on tax reform. tion with a second-rate economy where Sec. 603. Policy statement on replacing the millions of people have given up look- back the balance of my time. President’s health care law. ing for work, where the average family The CHAIR. All time for debate has Sec. 604. Policy statement on Medicare. is missing over $1,000 every month from expired. Sec. 605. Policy statement on Social Secu- their paycheck, let’s just stay the Pursuant to the rule, the concurrent rity. course. If we want a Nation that con- resolution shall be considered for Sec. 606. Policy statement on higher edu- tinues that debt and debt and debt and amendment under the 5-minute rule cation and workforce develop- and is considered read. ment opportunity. debt—we are now becoming financially Sec. 607. Policy statement on deficit reduc- weaker each year rather than finan- The text of the concurrent resolution is as follows: tion through the cancellation cially stronger—well then let’s stay of unobligated balances. the course. If you want a Medicare and H. CON. RES. 96 Sec. 608. Policy statement on responsible Social Security that a lot of younger Resolved by the House of Representatives (the stewardship of taxpayer dollars. people have given up hope will be there Senate concurring), Sec. 609. Policy statement on deficit reduc- for them and many seniors are worried SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE tion through the reduction of BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015. won’t last for them either, well then unnecessary and wasteful (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress deter- spending. let’s just stay the course. And if we mines and declares that this concurrent res- Sec. 610. Policy statement on unauthorized want a President who will hollow out olution establishes the budget for fiscal year spending. our defense and our intelligence, who 2015 and sets forth appropriate budgetary Sec. 611. Policy statement on Federal regu- will continue to waste money the tax- levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. latory policy. payers have earned, then let’s just stay (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- Sec. 612. Policy statement on trade. tents for this concurrent resolution is as fol- Sec. 613. No budget, no pay. that course. lows: Or we can take a different direction TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND for this Nation. We can impose smart Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget AMOUNTS for fiscal year 2015. spending cuts that actually get us back SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND toward a balanced budget. We can grow AMOUNTS. AMOUNTS The following budgetary levels are appro- the economy through tax reform and Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. balanced regulation that actually gets priate for each of fiscal years 2015 through Sec. 102. Major functional categories. 2024: Main Street pumping again, gives peo- TITLE II—RECOMMENDED LONG-TERM (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of ple hope again. LEVELS the enforcement of this concurrent resolu- We believe there is a brighter future Sec. 201. Long-term budgeting. tion: for America, but first it starts with liv- TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS (A) The recommended levels of Federal ing within our means, it begins with Sec. 301. Reserve fund for the repeal of the revenues are as follows: growing this economy, and it concludes 2010 health care laws. Fiscal year 2015: $2,533,841,000,000. with increasing the wages of women Sec. 302. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the Fiscal year 2016: $2,676,038,000,000. and men and fathers and sons and reform of the 2010 health care Fiscal year 2017: $2,789,423,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: $2,890,308,000,000. young people and women and minori- laws. Sec. 303. Deficit-neutral reserve fund related Fiscal year 2019: $3,014,685,000,000. ties who now today have given up hope. Fiscal year 2020: $3,148,637,000,000. The Republican budget is about op- to the Medicare provisions of the 2010 health care laws. Fiscal year 2021: $3,294,650,000,000. portunity. It is about not giving up on Sec. 304. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for the Fiscal year 2022: $3,456,346,000,000. America, it is about not settling for a sustainable growth rate of the Fiscal year 2023: $3,626,518,000,000. second-rate economy in a financially Medicare program. Fiscal year 2024: $3,807,452,000,000. strapped Nation that can no longer Sec. 305. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for re- (B) The amounts by which the aggregate compete against China, Brazil, Europe, forming the tax code. levels of Federal revenues should be changed and our other competitors around the Sec. 306. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for are as follows: trade agreements. Fiscal year 2015: $0. world. It really is about changing the Sec. 307. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Fiscal year 2016: $0. direction of this Nation in a way that revenue measures. Fiscal year 2017: $0. gives power to people, that gives power Sec. 308. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Fiscal year 2018: $0. to Main Street, gives power to middle rural counties and schools. Fiscal year 2019: $0. class families rather than taking it all Sec. 309. Deficit-neutral reserve fund for Fiscal year 2020: $0. transportation. Fiscal year 2021: $0. for Washington. Sec. 310. Deficit-neutral reserve fund to re- We know the path we are on isn’t Fiscal year 2022: $0. duce poverty and increase op- Fiscal year 2023: $0. working. We can no longer stay the portunity and upward mobility. Fiscal year 2024: $0. course. It is time to change so the Re- TITLE IV—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes publican budget spends less, grows the SPENDING of the enforcement of this concurrent resolu- economy, solves the biggest challenges Sec. 401. Direct spending. tion, the appropriate levels of total new in America, and gives us hope that TITLE V—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT budget authority are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: $2,842,226,000,000. America can continue to be the strong- Sec. 501. Limitation on advance appropria- Fiscal year 2016: $2,858,059,000,000. est economy in the world through the tions. next 100 years. Sec. 502. Concepts and definitions. Fiscal year 2017: $2,957,321,000,000. That is the goal America should be Sec. 503. Adjustments of aggregates, alloca- Fiscal year 2018: $3,059,410,000,000. tions, and appropriate budg- Fiscal year 2019: $3,210,987,000,000. setting, that is the direction the Re- Fiscal year 2020: $3,360,435,000,000. publican budget puts in place. It uses etary levels. Sec. 504. Limitation on long-term spending. Fiscal year 2021: $3,460,524,000,000. two smart, I think, revolutionary Sec. 505. Budgetary treatment of certain Fiscal year 2022: $3,587,380,000,000. ideas: dynamic scoring, so we know the transactions. Fiscal year 2023: $3,660,151,000,000. real-life effect of this budget and our Sec. 506. Application and effect of changes Fiscal year 2024: $3,706,695,000,000. growth; it focuses on controllable in allocations and aggregates. (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the spending as a percentage of the econ- Sec. 507. Congressional Budget Office esti- enforcement of this concurrent resolution, mates. the appropriate levels of total budget out- omy, that is the right way to measure Sec. 508. Transfers from the general fund of lays are as follows: how we are doing as a Nation; and it the Treasury to the Highway Fiscal year 2015: $2,920,026,000,000. uses a number of innovative ap- Trust Fund that increase public Fiscal year 2016: $2,889,484,000,000. proaches, again, to grow the economy, indebtedness. Fiscal year 2017: $2,949,261,000,000.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.043 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3088 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 Fiscal year 2018: $3,034,773,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, -$6,113,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: $3,185,472,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $39,734,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$6,699,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: $3,320,927,000,000. (B) Outlays, $37,976,000,000. (5) Natural Resources and Environment Fiscal year 2021: $3,433,392,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (300): Fiscal year 2022: $3,577,963,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $40,642,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: Fiscal year 2023: $3,632,642,000,000. (B) Outlays, $38,229,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $34,289,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $3,676,374,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $39,311,000,000. (4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of (A) New budget authority, $41,589,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: the enforcement of this concurrent resolu- (B) Outlays, $38,822,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $34,491,000,000. tion, the amounts of the deficits (on-budget) Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $37,747,000,000. are as follows: (A) New budget authority, $42,513,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: -$386,186,000,000. (B) Outlays, $39,553,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $35,077,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: -$213,446,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $36,204,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: -$159,838,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $43,497,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2018: -$144,466,000,000. (B) Outlays, $40,114,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $33,047,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: -$170,787,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $33,316,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: -$172,290,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $44,004,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2021: -$138,741,000,000. (B) Outlays, $40,701,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $36,859,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: -$121,617,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $36,779,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: -$6,124,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $45,271,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2024: $131,078,000,000. (B) Outlays, $41,749,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $38,169,000,000. (5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—The appro- Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $37,877,000,000. priate levels of the public debt are as fol- (A) New budget authority, $46,287,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: lows: (B) Outlays, $42,667,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $36,428,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: $18,304,357,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $36,379,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: $18,627,533,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $47,349,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2017: $19,172,590,000,000. (B) Outlays, $43,624,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $38,979,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: $19,411,553,000,000. (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (B) Outlays, $38,749,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: $19,773,917,000,000. (250): Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2020: $20,227,349,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $39,927,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: $20,449,374,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $27,941,000,000. (B) Outlays, $39,733,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: $20,822,448,000,000. (B) Outlays, $27,927,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2023: $20,981,807,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $40,592,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $21,089,365,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $28,493,000,000. (B) Outlays, $39,752,000,000. (B) Outlays, $28,240,000,000. (6) Agriculture (350): (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro- priate levels of debt held by the public are as Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $29,113,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,042,000,000. follows: (B) Outlays, $28,750,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,556,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: $13,213,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: Fiscal year 2016: $13,419,000,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,764,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $22,506,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: $13,800,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $29,350,000,000. (B) Outlays, $22,313,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: $13,860,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2019: $14,080,000,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $30,413,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $20,527,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: $14,427,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $29,938,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,992,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: $14,579,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2022: $14,940,000,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $31,096,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $18,506,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: $15,080,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $30,589,000,000. (B) Outlays, $17,883,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $15,176,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2019: SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. (A) New budget authority, $31,782,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $18,654,000,000. The Congress determines and declares that (B) Outlays, $31,174,000,000. (B) Outlays, $17,970,000,000. the appropriate levels of new budget author- Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2020: ity and outlays for fiscal years 2015 through (A) New budget authority, $32,493,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,008,000,000. 2024 for each major functional category are: (B) Outlays, $31,870,000,000. (B) Outlays, $18,440,000,000. (1) National Defense (050): Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $33,210,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,263,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $528,927,000,000. (B) Outlays, $32,576,000,000. (B) Outlays, $18,763,000,000. (B) Outlays, $566,503,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $33,955,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,764,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $573,792,000,000. (B) Outlays, $33,304,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,249,000,000. (B) Outlays, $573,064,000,000. (4) Energy (270): Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $20,017,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $597,895,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $4,228,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,516,000,000. (B) Outlays, $584,252,000,000. (B) Outlays, $5,751,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $20,635,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $611,146,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $3,820,000,000. (B) Outlays, $20,131,000,000. (B) Outlays, $593,795,000,000. (B) Outlays, $3,416,000,000. (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $624,416,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $2,048,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$3,239,000,000. (B) Outlays, $611,902,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,400,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$14,762,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $638,697,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,762,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$4,518,000,000. (B) Outlays, $626,175,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,192,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$18,633,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $653,001,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,788,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$7,672,000,000. (B) Outlays, $640,499,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,278,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$23,217,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $669,967,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,851,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$7,385,000,000. (B) Outlays, $661,181,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,384,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$24,136,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $687,393,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$16,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$6,658,000,000. (B) Outlays, $672,922,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$346,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$28,258,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $706,218,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$1,018,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$3,937,000,000. (B) Outlays, $685,796,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$1,283,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$26,052,000,000. (2) International Affairs (150): Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, -$1,914,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$4,034,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $38,695,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$2,188,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$20,982,000,000. (B) Outlays, $39,029,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.008 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3089 (A) New budget authority, -$4,794,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $492,129,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$23,197,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $86,555,000,000. (B) Outlays, $484,280,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $87,130,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, -$5,073,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $493,996,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$24,597,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $87,749,000,000. (B) Outlays, $490,014,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $88,403,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, -$5,118,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $512,717,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$25,793,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $89,167,000,000. (B) Outlays, $508,689,000,000. (8) Transportation (400): (B) Outlays, $89,839,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2015: Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $520,016,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $34,713,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $90,661,000,000. (B) Outlays, $515,475,000,000. (B) Outlays, $80,659,000,000. (B) Outlays, $91,360,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2016: Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $529,438,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $68,529,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $92,094,000,000. (B) Outlays, $529,111,000,000. (B) Outlays, $69,907,000,000. (B) Outlays, $92,926,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2017: (11) Health (550): (A) New budget authority, $530,839,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $74,454,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $525,624,000,000. (B) Outlays, $75,199,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $419,799,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $416,573,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $525,701,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $75,978,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $515,225,000,000. (B) Outlays, $77,558,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $367,238,000,000. (14) Social Security (650): Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $370,205,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $77,501,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $31,442,000,000. (B) Outlays, $78,163,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $377,752,000,000. (B) Outlays, $31,517,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $375,839,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $78,373,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $34,245,000,000. (B) Outlays, $79,056,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $376,732,000,000. (B) Outlays, $34,283,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $377,346,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $79,369,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $37,133,000,000. (B) Outlays, $80,231,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $390,437,000,000. (B) Outlays, $37,133,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $390,404,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $80,529,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $40,138,000,000. (B) Outlays, $81,409,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $415,814,000,000. (B) Outlays, $40,138,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $405,309,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $81,829,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $43,383,000,000. (B) Outlays, $82,872,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $419,124,000,000. (B) Outlays, $43,383,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $418,298,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $83,353,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $46,747,000,000. (B) Outlays, $84,024,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $433,512,000,000. (B) Outlays, $46,747,000,000. (9) Community and Regional Development (B) Outlays, $432,149,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (450): Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $50,255,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $449,181,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,255,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $14,556,000,000. (B) Outlays, $447,991,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $23,608,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $53,941,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $472,300,000,000. (B) Outlays, $53,941,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $15,303,000,000. (B) Outlays, $471,312,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $21,425,000,000. (12) Medicare (570): (A) New budget authority, $57,800,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $57,800,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $15,269,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $519,196,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $19,292,000,000. (B) Outlays, $519,407,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $58,441,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $58,441,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $15,414,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $558,895,000,000. (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): (B) Outlays, $17,840,000,000. (B) Outlays, $558,964,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $153,027,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $15,387,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $570,144,000,000. (B) Outlays, $152,978,000,000. (B) Outlays, $16,841,000,000. (B) Outlays, $570,341,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $164,961,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $15,283,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $590,695,000,000. (B) Outlays, $164,807,000,000. (B) Outlays, $16,008,000,000. (B) Outlays, $591,117,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $163,858,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $15,421,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $651,579,000,000. (B) Outlays, $163,269,000,000. (B) Outlays, $14,679,000,000. (B) Outlays, $651,878,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $162,388,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $15,658,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $692,307,000,000. (B) Outlays, $161,646,000,000. (B) Outlays, $13,408,000,000. (B) Outlays, $692,644,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $174,305,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $15,954,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $737,455,000,000. (B) Outlays, $173,499,000,000. (B) Outlays, $13,490,000,000. (B) Outlays, $738,042,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $179,269,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $16,302,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $815,257,000,000. (B) Outlays, $178,380,000,000. (B) Outlays, $13,910,000,000. (B) Outlays, $817,195,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $183,571,000,000. Social Services (500): (A) New budget authority, $836,296,000,000. (B) Outlays, $182,676,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $837,883,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $73,908,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $195,680,000,000. (B) Outlays, $91,759,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $859,011,000,000. (B) Outlays, $194,719,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $866,262,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $82,372,000,000. (13) Income Security (600): (A) New budget authority, $192,458,000,000. (B) Outlays, $84,521,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $191,491,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $505,729,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $86,699,000,000. (B) Outlays, $505,032,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $189,292,000,000. (B) Outlays, $87,137,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $188,262,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $487,645,000,000. (16) Administration of Justice (750): (A) New budget authority, $89,536,000,000. (B) Outlays, $490,122,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $89,808,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $54,011,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $489,766,000,000. (B) Outlays, $54,250,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $85,278,000,000. (B) Outlays, $487,105,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $86,074,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $56,932,000,000.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.008 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3090 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 (B) Outlays, $56,298,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, -$105,731,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, -$36,364,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $56,770,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$22,676,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$113,422,000,000. (B) Outlays, $58,319,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, -$113,422,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, -$47,825,000,000. (22) Overseas Contingency Operations/Glob- (A) New budget authority, $58,405,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$36,706,000,000. al War on Terrorism (970): (B) Outlays, $59,095,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, -$51,416,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $85,357,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $60,239,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$45,014,000,000. (B) Outlays, $52,580,000,000. (B) Outlays, $60,501,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, -$54,566,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,946,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $62,146,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$49,571,000,000. (B) Outlays, $37,823,000,000. (B) Outlays, $61,649,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, -$56,672,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,946,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $64,263,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$53,542,000,000. (B) Outlays, $32,585,000,000. (B) Outlays, $63,734,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, -$61,825,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,946,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $66,967,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$58,102,000,000. (B) Outlays, $30,893,000,000. (B) Outlays, $66,411,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, -$64,552,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,946,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $69,031,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$61,040,000,000. (B) Outlays, $31,032,000,000. (B) Outlays, $68,455,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, -$66,871,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,946,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $71,166,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$63,946,000,000. (B) Outlays, $29,647,000,000. (B) Outlays, $70,568,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: (17) General Government (800): (A) New budget authority, -$68,992,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,946,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, -$66,322,000,000. (B) Outlays, $29,647,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $23,710,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $23,618,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$65,972,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $0. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, -$64,338,000,000. (B) Outlays, $11,200,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $23,064,000,000. (20) Government-wide savings (930): Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $22,826,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $0. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $25,904,000,000. (B) Outlays, $4,402,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,587,000,000. (B) Outlays, $20,052,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $21,674,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $0. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, -$14,151,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,827,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $23,269,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$1,701,000,000. (B) Outlays, $22,973,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: TITLE II—RECOMMENDED LONG-TERM Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, -$30,525,000,000. LEVELS (A) New budget authority, $24,040,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$17,482,000,000. SEC. 201. LONG-TERM BUDGETING. (B) Outlays, $23,582,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: The following are the recommended rev- Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, -$38,302,000,000. enue, spending, and deficit levels for each of (A) New budget authority, $24,759,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$27,789,000,000. fiscal years 2030, 2035, and 2040 as a percent of (B) Outlays, $24,331,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: the gross domestic product of the United Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, -$46,446,000,000. States: (A) New budget authority, $25,556,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$35,547,000,000. (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—The appropriate (B) Outlays, $25,139,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: levels of Federal revenues are as follows: Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, -$55,559,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: 18.8 percent. (A) New budget authority, $26,353,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$44,608,000,000. Fiscal year 2035: 19.0 percent. (B) Outlays, $25,939,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2040: 19.0 percent. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, -$63,060,000,000. (2) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—The appropriate lev- (A) New budget authority, $27,097,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$53,317,000,000. els of total budget outlays are not to exceed: (B) Outlays, $26,691,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2030: 18.5 percent. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, -$75,189,000,000. Fiscal year 2035: 17.9 percent. (A) New budget authority, $27,912,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$64,007,000,000. Fiscal year 2040: 17.2 percent. (B) Outlays, $27,491,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (3) DEFICITS.—The appropriate levels of (18) Net Interest (900): (A) New budget authority, -$87,334,000,000. deficits are not to exceed: Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, -$75,209,000,000. Fiscal year 2030: -0.3 percent. (A) New budget authority, $365,987,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2035: -1.1 percent. (B) Outlays, $365,987,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$117,125,000,000. Fiscal year 2040: -1.8 percent. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, -$96,353,000,000. (4) DEBT.—The appropriate levels of debt (A) New budget authority, $416,238,000,000. (21) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): held by the public are not to exceed: (B) Outlays, $416,238,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: Fiscal year 2030: 43.0 percent. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, -$78,632,000,000. Fiscal year 2035: 31.0 percent. (A) New budget authority, $482,228,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$78,632,000,000. Fiscal year 2040: 18.0 percent. (B) Outlays, $482,228,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: TITLE III—RESERVE FUNDS Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, -$83,652,000,000. SEC. 301. RESERVE FUND FOR THE REPEAL OF (A) New budget authority, $553,820,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$83,652,000,000. THE 2010 HEALTH CARE LAWS. (B) Outlays, $553,820,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: In the House, the chair of the Committee Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, -$83,974,000,000. on the Budget may revise the allocations, (A) New budget authority, $611,852,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$83,974,000,000. aggregates, and other appropriate levels in (B) Outlays, $611,852,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: this concurrent resolution for the budgetary Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, -$84,602,000,000. effects of any bill or joint resolution, or (A) New budget authority, $659,310,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$84,602,000,000. amendment thereto or conference report (B) Outlays, $659,310,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: thereon, that only consists of a full repeal Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, -$91,824,000,000. the Patient Protection and Affordable Care (A) New budget authority, $693,159,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$91,824,000,000. Act and the health care-related provisions of (B) Outlays, $693,159,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: the Health Care and Education Reconcili- Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, -$93,787,000,000. ation Act of 2010. (A) New budget authority, $723,805,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$93,787,000,000. SEC. 302. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR (B) Outlays, $723,805,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: THE REFORM OF THE 2010 HEALTH Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, -$98,176,000,000. CARE LAWS. (A) New budget authority, $751,215,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$98,176,000,000. In the House, the chair of the Committee (B) Outlays, $751,215,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: on the Budget may revise the allocations, Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, -$101,529,000,000. aggregates, and other appropriate levels in (A) New budget authority, $770,124,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$101,529,000,000. this concurrent resolution for the budgetary (B) Outlays, $770,124,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: effects of any bill or joint resolution, or (19) Allowances (920): (A) New budget authority, -$105,731,000,000. amendment thereto or conference report

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.008 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3091 thereon, that reforms or replaces the Patient for the reauthorization of the Secure Rural Food Plan index and beneficiary growth. Protection and Affordable Care Act or the Schools and Community Self Determination Such a reform would provide incentives for Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–393) by the States to ensure dollars will go towards Act of 2010, if such measure would not in- amounts provided by that legislation for those who need them most. Additionally, it crease the deficit for the period of fiscal those purposes, if such legislation requires requires that more stringent work require- years 2015 through 2024. sustained yield timber harvests obviating ments and time limits apply under the pro- SEC. 303. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RE- the need for funding under Public Law 106– gram. LATED TO THE MEDICARE PROVI- 393 in the future and would not increase the (b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— SIONS OF THE 2010 HEALTH CARE deficit or direct spending for the period of (1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, LAWS. fiscal years 2015 through 2019, or the period the average rate of growth in the total level In the House, the chair of the Committee of fiscal years 2015 through 2024. of outlays during the 10-year period pre- on the Budget may revise the allocations, SEC. 309. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR ceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7 percent. aggregates, and other appropriate levels in TRANSPORTATION. (2) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, this concurrent resolution for the budgetary In the House, the chair of the Committee the estimated average rate of growth in the effects of any bill or joint resolution, or on the Budget may revise the allocations, total level of outlays during the 10-year pe- amendment thereto or conference report aggregates, and other appropriate levels in riod beginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 per- thereon, that repeals all or part of the de- this resolution for any bill or joint resolu- cent under current law. creases in Medicare spending included in the tion, or amendment thereto or conference re- (3) The following reforms are proposed in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act port thereon, if such measure maintains the this concurrent resolution for nonmeans- or the Health Care and Education Reconcili- solvency of the Highway Trust Fund, but tested direct spending: ation Act of 2010, if such measure would not only if such measure would not increase the (A) For Medicare, this budget advances increase the deficit for the period of fiscal deficit over the period of fiscal years 2015 policies to put seniors, not the Federal Gov- years 2015 through 2024. through 2024. ernment, in control of their health care deci- SEC. 304. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR SEC. 310. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO sions. Those in or near retirement will see no THE SUSTAINABLE GROWTH RATE REDUCE POVERTY AND INCREASE changes, while future retirees would be given OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. OPPORTUNITY AND UPWARD MOBIL- a choice of private plans competing along- In the House, the chair of the Committee ITY. side the traditional fee-for-service Medicare on the Budget may revise the allocations, In the House, the chair of the Committee program. Medicare would provide a pre- aggregates, and other appropriate levels in on the Budget may revise the allocations, mium-support payment either to pay for or this concurrent resolution for the budgetary aggregates, and other appropriate levels in offset the premium of the plan chosen by the effects of any bill or joint resolution, or this resolution for any bill or joint resolu- senior, depending on the plan’s cost. The amendment thereto or conference report tion, or amendment thereto or conference re- Medicare premium-support payment would thereon, that includes provisions amending port thereon, if such measure reforms poli- be adjusted so that the sick would receive or superseding the system for updating pay- cies and programs to reduce poverty and in- higher payments if their conditions wors- ments under section 1848 of the Social Secu- crease opportunity and upward mobility, but ened; lower-income seniors would receive ad- rity Act, if such measure would not increase only if such measure would neither adversely ditional assistance to help cover out-of-pock- the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015 impact job creation nor increase the deficit et costs; and wealthier seniors would assume through 2024. over the period of fiscal years 2015 through responsibility for a greater share of their SEC. 305. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR 2024. premiums. Putting seniors in charge of how REFORMING THE TAX CODE. TITLE IV—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT their health care dollars are spent will force In the House, if the Committee on Ways SPENDING providers to compete against each other on and Means reports a bill or joint resolution SEC. 401. DIRECT SPENDING. price and quality. This market competition will act as a real check on widespread waste that reforms the Internal Revenue Code of (a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— 1986, the chair of the Committee on the (1) For means-tested direct spending, the and skyrocketing health care costs. Budget may revise the allocations, aggre- average rate of growth in the total level of (B) In keeping with a recommendation gates, and other appropriate levels in this outlays during the 10-year period preceding from the National Commission on Fiscal Re- concurrent resolution for the budgetary ef- fiscal year 2015 is 6.8 percent. sponsibility and Reform, this budget calls for fects of any such bill or joint resolution, or (2) For means-tested direct spending, the Federal employees—including Members of amendment thereto or conference report estimated average rate of growth in the total Congress and congressional staff—to make thereon, if such measure would not increase level of outlays during the 10-year period be- greater contributions toward their own re- the deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015 ginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent tirement. through 2024. under current law. TITLE V—BUDGET ENFORCEMENT SEC. 306. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR (3) The following reforms are proposed in SEC. 501. LIMITATION ON ADVANCE APPROPRIA- TRADE AGREEMENTS. this concurrent resolution for means-tested TIONS. In the House, the chair of the Committee direct spending: (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, except as on the Budget may revise the allocations, (A) In 1996, a Republican Congress and a provided for in subsection (b), any bill or aggregates, and other appropriate levels in Democratic president reformed welfare by joint resolution, or amendment thereto or this concurrent resolution for the budgetary limiting the duration of benefits, giving conference report thereon, making a general effects of any bill or joint resolution re- States more control over the program, and appropriation or continuing appropriation ported by the Committee on Ways and helping recipients find work. In the five may not provide for advance appropriations. Means, or amendment thereto or conference years following passage, child-poverty rates (b) EXCEPTIONS.—An advance appropriation may be provided for programs, projects, ac- report thereon, that implements a trade fell, welfare caseloads fell, and workers’ tivities, or accounts referred to in subsection agreement, but only if such measure would wages increased. This budget applies the les- (c)(1) or identified in the report to accom- not increase the deficit for the period of fis- sons of welfare reform to both the Supple- pany this concurrent resolution or the joint cal years 2015 through 2024. mental Nutrition Assistance Program and explanatory statement of managers to ac- SEC. 307. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR Medicaid. REVENUE MEASURES. company this concurrent resolution under (B) For Medicaid, this budget assumes the the heading ‘‘Accounts Identified for Ad- In the House, the chair of the Committee conversion of the Federal share of Medicaid vance Appropriations’’. on the Budget may revise the allocations, spending into a flexible State allotment tai- (c) LIMITATIONS.—For fiscal year 2016, the aggregates, and other appropriate levels in lored to meet each State’s needs, indexed for aggregate level of advance appropriations this concurrent resolution for the budgetary inflation and population growth. Such a re- shall not exceed— effects of any bill or joint resolution re- form would end the misguided one-size-fits- (1) $58,662,202,000 for the following pro- ported by the Committee on Ways and all approach that has tied the hands of State grams in the Department of Veterans Af- Means, or amendment thereto or conference governments. Instead, each State would have fairs— report thereon, that decreases revenue, but the freedom and flexibility to tailor a Med- (A) Medical Services; only if such measure would not increase the icaid program that fits the needs of its (B) Medical Support and Compliance; and deficit for the period of fiscal years 2015 unique population. Moreover, this budget as- (C) Medical Facilities accounts of the Vet- through 2024. sumes the repeal of the Medicaid expansions erans Health Administration; and SEC. 308. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND FOR in the President’s health care law, relieving (2) $28,781,000,000 in new budget authority RURAL COUNTIES AND SCHOOLS. State governments of its crippling one-size- for all programs identified pursuant to sub- In the House, the chair of the Committee fits-all enrollment mandates. section (b). on the Budget may revise the allocations, (C) For the Supplemental Nutrition Assist- (d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term aggregates, and other appropriate levels and ance Program, this budget assumes the con- ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new dis- limits in this resolution for the budgetary ef- version of the program into a flexible State cretionary budget authority provided in a fects of any bill or joint resolution, or allotment tailored to meet each State’s bill or joint resolution, or amendment there- amendment thereto or conference report needs. The allotment would increase based to or conference report thereon, making gen- thereon, that makes changes to or provides on the Department of Agriculture Thrifty eral appropriations or any new discretionary

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.008 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3092 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 budget authority provided in a bill or joint 1974, section 13301 of the Budget Enforcement Committee on the Budget, any estimate pre- resolution making continuing appropriations Act of 1990, and section 4001 of the Omnibus pared by the Director of the Congressional for fiscal year 2016. Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, the report Budget Office for a measure under the terms SEC. 502. CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS. accompanying this concurrent resolution on of title V of the Congressional Budget Act of Upon the enactment of any bill or joint the budget or the joint explanatory state- 1974, ‘‘credit reform’’, as a supplement to resolution providing for a change in budg- ment accompanying the conference report on such estimate shall, to the extent prac- etary concepts or definitions, the chair of any concurrent resolution on the budget ticable, also provide an estimate of the cur- the Committee on the Budget may adjust shall include in its allocation under section rent actual or estimated market values rep- any allocations, aggregates, and other appro- 302(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 resenting the ‘‘fair value’’ of assets and li- priate levels in this concurrent resolution to the Committee on Appropriations abilities affected by such measure. accordingly. amounts for the discretionary administra- (c) FAIR VALUE ESTIMATES FOR HOUSING SEC. 503. ADJUSTMENTS OF AGGREGATES, ALLO- tive expenses of the Social Security Admin- PROGRAMS.—Whenever the Director of the CATIONS, AND APPROPRIATE BUDG- istration and the United States Postal Serv- Congressional Budget Office prepares an esti- ETARY LEVELS. ice. mate pursuant to section 402 of the Congres- (a) ADJUSTMENTS OF DISCRETIONARY AND (b) SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of apply- sional Budget Act of 1974 of the costs which DIRECT SPENDING LEVELS.—If a committee ing sections 302(f) and 311 of the Congres- would be incurred in carrying out any bill or (other than the Committee on Appropria- sional Budget Act of 1974, estimates of the joint resolution and if the Director deter- tions) reports a bill or joint resolution, or level of total new budget authority and total mines that such bill or joint resolution has a amendment thereto or conference report outlays provided by a measure shall include cost related to a housing or residential mort- any off-budget discretionary amounts. thereon, providing for a decrease in direct gage program under the FCRA, then the Di- spending (budget authority and outlays flow- (c) ADJUSTMENTS.—The chair of the Com- mittee on the Budget may adjust the alloca- rector shall also provide an estimate of the ing therefrom) for any fiscal year and also current actual or estimated market values provides for an authorization of appropria- tions, aggregates, and other appropriate lev- representing the ‘‘fair value’’ of assets and tions for the same purpose, upon the enact- els for legislation reported by the Committee liabilities affected by the provisions of such ment of such measure, the chair of the Com- on Oversight and Government Reform that bill or joint resolution that result in such mittee on the Budget may decrease the allo- reforms the Federal retirement system, if cost. cation to such committee and increase the such adjustments do not cause a net increase (d) ENFORCEMENT.—If the Director of the allocation of discretionary spending (budget in the deficit for fiscal year 2015 and the pe- Congressional Budget Office provides an esti- authority and outlays flowing therefrom) to riod of fiscal years 2015 through 2024. mate pursuant to subsection (b) or (c), the the Committee on Appropriations for fiscal SEC. 506. APPLICATION AND EFFECT OF chair of the Committee on the Budget may year 2015 by an amount equal to the new CHANGES IN ALLOCATIONS AND AG- use such estimate to determine compliance budget authority (and outlays flowing there- GREGATES. with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 from) provided for in a bill or joint resolu- (a) APPLICATION.—Any adjustments of the and other budgetary enforcement controls. tion making appropriations for the same allocations, aggregates, and other appro- purpose. priate levels made pursuant to this concur- SEC. 508. TRANSFERS FROM THE GENERAL FUND OF THE TREASURY TO THE HIGH- (b) ADJUSTMENTS TO FUND OVERSEAS CON- rent resolution shall— (1) apply while that measure is under con- WAY TRUST FUND THAT INCREASE TINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOBAL WAR ON TER- PUBLIC INDEBTEDNESS. RORISM.—In order to take into account any sideration; (2) take effect upon the enactment of that For purposes of the Congressional Budget new information included in the budget sub- Act of 1974, the Balanced Budget and Emer- mission by the President for fiscal year 2015, measure; and (3) be published in the Congressional gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, or the the chair of the Committee on the Budget rules or orders of the House of Representa- may adjust the allocations, aggregates, and Record as soon as practicable. (b) EFFECT OF CHANGED ALLOCATIONS AND tives, a bill or joint resolution, or an amend- other appropriate budgetary levels for Over- ment thereto or conference report thereon, seas Contingency Operations/Global War on AGGREGATES.—Revised allocations and ag- that transfers funds from the general fund of Terrorism or the section 302(a) allocation to gregates resulting from these adjustments the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund the Committee on Appropriations set forth shall be considered for the purposes of the shall be counted as new budget authority in the report of this concurrent resolution to Congressional Budget Act of 1974 as alloca- and outlays equal to the amount of the conform with section 251(c) of the Balanced tions and aggregates included in this concur- transfer in the fiscal year the transfer oc- Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act rent resolution. curs. of 1985 (as adjusted by section 251A of such (c) BUDGET COMPLIANCE.—The consider- Act). ation of any bill or joint resolution, or SEC. 509. SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR OVERSEAS CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS/GLOB- (c) REVISED CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE amendment thereto or conference report AL WAR ON TERRORISM. BASELINE.—The chair of the Committee on thereon, for which the chair of the Com- (a) ALLOCATION.—In the House, there shall the Budget may adjust the allocations, ag- mittee on the Budget makes adjustments or be a separate allocation to the Committee on gregates, and other appropriate budgetary revisions in the allocations, aggregates, and Appropriations for overseas contingency op- levels to reflect changes resulting from tech- other appropriate levels of this concurrent erations/global war on terrorism. For pur- nical and economic assumptions in the most resolution shall not be subject to the points poses of enforcing such separate allocation recent baseline published by the Congres- of order set forth in clause 10 of rule XXI of under section 302(f) of the Congressional sional Budget Office. the Rules of the House of Representatives or Budget Act of 1974, the ‘‘first fiscal year’’ (d) DETERMINATIONS.—For the purpose of section 504. enforcing this concurrent resolution on the SEC. 507. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE ESTI- and the ‘‘total of fiscal years’’ shall be budget in the House, the allocations and ag- MATES. deemed to refer to fiscal year 2015. Such sep- gregate levels of new budget authority, out- (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- arate allocation shall be the exclusive allo- lays, direct spending, new entitlement au- lowing: cation for overseas contingency operations/ thority, revenues, deficits, and surpluses for (1) Costs of Federal housing loans and loan global war on terrorism under section 302(a) fiscal year 2015 and the period of fiscal years guarantees are treated unequally in the of such Act. Section 302(c) of such Act shall 2015 through fiscal year 2024 shall be deter- budget. The Congressional Budget Office uses not apply to such separate allocation. The mined on the basis of estimates made by the fair-value accounting to measure the costs of Committee on Appropriations may provide chair of the Committee on the Budget and Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, but determines suballocations of such separate allocation such chair may adjust such applicable levels the cost of other Federal loan and loan-guar- under section 302(b) of such Act. Spending of this concurrent resolution. antee programs on the basis of the Federal that counts toward the allocation estab- SEC. 504. LIMITATION ON LONG-TERM SPENDING. Credit Reform Act of 1990 (‘‘FCRA’’). lished by this section shall be designated (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, it shall not (2) The fair-value accounting method uses pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal- be in order to consider a bill or joint resolu- discount rates which incorporate the risk in- anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control tion reported by a committee (other than the herent to the type of liability being esti- Act of 1985. Committee on Appropriations), or an amend- mated in addition to Treasury discount rates (b) ADJUSTMENT.—In the House, for pur- ment thereto or a conference report thereon, of the proper maturity length. In contrast, poses of subsection (a) for fiscal year 2015, no if the provisions of such measure have the FCRA accounting solely uses the discount adjustment shall be made under section net effect of increasing direct spending in ex- rates of the Treasury, failing to incorporate 314(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 cess of $5,000,000,000 for any period described all of the risks attendant to these credit ac- if any adjustment would be made under sec- in subsection (b). tivities. tion 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget (b) TIME PERIODS.—The applicable periods (3) The Congressional Budget Office esti- and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. for purposes of this section are any of the mates that if fair-value were used to esti- SEC. 510. EXERCISE OF RULEMAKING POWERS. four consecutive ten fiscal-year periods be- mate the cost of all new credit activity in The House adopts the provisions of this ginning with fiscal year 2025. 2014, the deficit would be approximately $50 title— SEC. 505. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF CERTAIN billion higher than under the current meth- (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power TRANSACTIONS. odology. of the House of Representatives and as such (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section (b) FAIR VALUE ESTIMATES.—Upon the re- they shall be considered as part of the rules 302(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of quest of the chair or ranking member of the of the House of Representatives, and these

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.008 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3093 rules shall supersede other rules only to the (8) Reining in government spending and vidual owners and is taxed at the individual extent that they are inconsistent with other lowering budget deficits has a positive long- rate structure rather than at the corporate such rules; and term impact on the economy and the budget. rate. Small businesses, in particular, tend to (2) with full recognition of the constitu- According to CBO, a significant deficit re- choose this form for Federal tax purposes, tional right of the House of Representatives duction package (i.e. $4 trillion), would boost and the top Federal rate on such small busi- to change those rules at any time, in the longer-term economic output by 1.7 percent. ness income reaches 44.6 percent. For these same manner, and to the same extent as in Their analysis concludes that deficit reduc- reasons, sound economic policy requires low- the case of any other rule of the House of tion creates long-term economic benefits be- ering marginal rates on these pass-through Representatives. cause it increases the pool of national sav- entities. TITLE VI—POLICY STATEMENTS ings and boosts investment, thereby raising (8) The United States corporate income tax rate (including Federal, State, and local SEC. 601. POLICY STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC economic growth and job creation. GROWTH AND JOB CREATION. (9) The greater economic output that taxes) sums to just over 39 percent, the high- est rate in the industrialized world. Tax (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- stems from a large deficit reduction package lowing: would have a sizeable impact on the Federal rates this high suppress wages and discour- (1) Although the United States economy budget. For instance, higher output would age investment and job creation, distort technically emerged from recession nearly lead to greater revenues through the in- business activity, and put American busi- nesses at a competitive disadvantage with five years ago, the subsequent recovery has crease in taxable incomes. Lower interest foreign competitors. felt more like a malaise than a rebound. rates, and a reduction in the stock of debt, (9) By deterring potential investment, the Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth would lead to lower government spending on United States corporate tax restrains eco- over the past four years has averaged just net interest expenses. According to CBO, this nomic growth and job creation. The United over 2 percent, well below the 3 percent trend dynamic would reduce unified budget deficits States tax rate differential with other coun- rate of growth in the United States. by an amount sufficient to produce a surplus tries also fosters a variety of complicated (2) The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) in fiscal year 2024. multinational corporate behaviors intended did a study in late 2012 examining why the (b) POLICY ON ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB to avoid the tax, which have the effect of United States economy was growing so slow- CREATION.—It is the policy of this resolution to promote faster economic growth and job moving the tax base offshore, destroying ly after the recession. They found, among American jobs, and decreasing corporate rev- other things, that United States economic creation. By putting the budget on a sustain- able path, this resolution ends the debt- enue. output was growing at less than half of the (10) The ‘‘worldwide’’ structure of United typical rate exhibited during other recov- fueled uncertainty holding back job creators. Reforms to the tax code to put American States international taxation essentially eries since World War II. CBO said that taxes earnings of United States firms twice, about two-thirds of this ‘‘growth gap’’ was businesses and workers in a better position to compete and thrive in the 21st century putting them at a significant competitive due to a pronounced sluggishness in the disadvantage with competitors with more growth of potential GDP—particularly in po- global economy. This resolution targets the regulatory red tape and cronyism that stack competitive international tax systems. tential employment levels (such as people (11) Reforming the United States tax code leaving the labor force) and the growth in the deck in favor of special interests. All of the reforms in this resolution serve as means to a more competitive international system productivity (which is in turn related to would boost the competitiveness of United to the larger end of growing the economy lower capital investment). States companies operating abroad and it and expanding opportunity for all Ameri- (3) The prolonged economic sluggishness is would also greatly reduce tax avoidance. cans. particularly troubling given the amount of (12) The tax code imposes costs on Amer- fiscal and monetary policy actions taken in SEC. 602. POLICY STATEMENT ON TAX REFORM. ican workers through lower wages, on con- recent years to cushion the depth of the (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- sumers in higher prices, and on investors in downturn and to spark higher rates of lowing: diminished returns. growth and employment. In addition to the (1) A world-class tax system should be sim- (13) Revenues have averaged about 17.5 per- large stimulus package passed in early 2009, ple, fair, and promote (rather than impede) cent of the economy throughout modern many other initiatives have been taken to economic growth. The United States tax American history. Revenues rise above this boost growth, such as the new homebuyer code fails on all three counts – it is notori- level under current law to 18.4 percent of the tax credit and the ‘‘cash for clunkers’’ pro- ously complex, patently unfair, and highly economy by the end of the 10-year budget gram. These stimulus efforts may have led to inefficient. The tax code’s complexity dis- window. various short term ‘‘pops’’ in activity but torts decisions to work, save, and invest, (14) Attempting to raise revenue through the economy and job market has since re- which leads to slower economic growth, tax increases to meet out-of-control spend- verted back to a sub-par trend. lower wages, and less job creation. ing would damage the economy. (4) The unemployment rate has declined in (2) Over the past decade alone, there have (15) This resolution also rejects the idea of recent years, from a peak of nearly 10 per- been more than 4,400 changes to the tax code, instituting a carbon tax in the United cent in 2009-2010 to 6.7 percent in the latest more than one per day. Many of the major States, which some have offered as a ‘‘new’’ month. However, a significant chunk of this changes over the years have involved carving source of revenue. Such a plan would damage decline has been due to people leaving the out special preferences, exclusions, or deduc- the economy, cost jobs, and raise prices on labor force (and therefore no longer being tions for various activities or groups. These American consumers. counted as ‘‘unemployed’’) and not from a loopholes add up to more than $1 trillion per (16) Closing tax loopholes to fund spending surge in employment. The slow decline in year and make the code unfair, inefficient, does not constitute fundamental tax reform. the unemployment rate in recent years has and highly complex. (17) The goal of tax reform should be to occurred alongside a steep decline in the (3) In addition, these tax preferences are curb or eliminate loopholes and use those economy’s labor force participation rate. disproportionately used by upper-income in- savings to lower tax rates across the board— The participation rate stands at 63.0 percent, dividuals. not to fund more wasteful Government close to the lowest level since 1978. The (4) The large amount of tax preferences spending. Tax reform should be revenue-neu- flipside of this is that over 90 million Ameri- that pervade the code end up narrowing the tral and should not be an excuse to raise cans are now ‘‘on the sidelines’’ and not in tax base. A narrow tax base, in turn, requires taxes on the American people. Washington the labor force, representing a 10 million in- much higher tax rates to raise a given has a spending problem, not a revenue prob- crease since early 2009. amount of revenue. lem. (5) Real median household income declined (5) It is estimated that American taxpayers (b) POLICY ON TAX REFORM.—It is the pol- for the fifth consecutive year in 2012 (latest end up spending $160 billion and roughly 6 icy of this resolution that Congress should data available) and, at just over $51,000, is billion hours a year complying with the tax enact legislation that provides for a com- currently at its lowest level since 1995. Weak code – a waste of time and resources that prehensive reform of the United States tax wage and income growth as a result of a sub- could be used in more productive activities. code to promote economic growth, create par labor market not only means lower tax (6) Standard economic theory shows that American jobs, increase wages, and benefit revenue coming in to the Treasury, it also high marginal tax rates dampen the incen- American consumers, investors, and workers means higher government spending on in- tives to work, save, and invest, which re- through revenue-neutral fundamental tax re- come support programs. duces economic output and job creation. form that— (6) A stronger economy is vital to lowering Lower economic output, in turn, mutes the (1) simplifies the tax code to make it fairer deficit levels and eventually balancing the intended revenue gain from higher marginal to American families and businesses and re- budget. According to CBO, if annual real tax rates. duces the amount of time and resources nec- GDP growth is just 0.1 percentage point (7) Roughly half of United States active essary to comply with tax laws; higher over the budget window, deficits business income and half of private sector (2) substantially lowers tax rates for indi- would be reduced by $311 billion. employment are derived from business enti- viduals, with a goal of achieving a top indi- (7) This budget resolution therefore em- ties (such as partnerships, S corporations, vidual rate of 25 percent and consolidating braces pro-growth policies, such as funda- and sole proprietorships) that are taxed on a the current seven individual income tax mental tax reform, that will help foster a ‘‘pass-through’’ basis, meaning the income brackets into two brackets with a first stronger economy and more job creation. flows through to the tax returns of the indi- bracket of 10 percent;

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.008 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3094 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 (3) repeals the Alternative Minimum Tax; States should be free to implement the poli- (2) For future generations, when they (4) reduces the corporate tax rate to 25 per- cies that best suit their needs. reach eligibility, Medicare is reformed to cent; and (6) Instead of using Federal taxes, man- provide a premium support payment and a (5) transitions the tax code to a more com- dates, and bureaucracies to address those selection of guaranteed health coverage op- petitive system of international taxation. who have trouble securing health care cov- tions from which recipients can choose a SEC. 603. POLICY STATEMENT ON REPLACING erage, high risk pools should be established. plan that best suits their needs. THE PRESIDENT’S HEALTH CARE (7) Instead of more than doubling spending (3) Medicare will maintain traditional fee- LAW. on Medicaid, which is driving up Federal for-service as an option. (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- debt and will eventually bankrupt State (4) Medicare will provide additional assist- lowing: budgets, Medicaid spending should be ance for lower-income beneficiaries and (1) The President’s health care law has brought under control and States should be those with greater health risks. failed to reduce health care premiums as given more flexibility to provide quality, af- (5) Medicare spending is put on a sustain- promised. Health care premiums were sup- fordable care to those who are eligible. able path and the Medicare program becomes posed to decline by $2,500. Instead, according (8) Instead of driving up health care costs solvent over the long-term. to the 2013 Employer Health Benefits Survey, and reducing employment, a reformed health SEC. 605. POLICY STATEMENT ON SOCIAL SECU- health care premiums have increased by 5 care system should lower health care costs, RITY. percent for individual plans and 4 percent for which will increase economic growth an em- (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- family since 2012. Moreover, according to a ployment by lowering health care inflation. lowing: report from the Energy and Commerce Com- (1) More than 55 million retirees, individ- SEC. 604. POLICY STATEMENT ON MEDICARE. mittee, premiums for individual market uals with disabilities, and survivors depend (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- plans may go up as much as 50 percent be- on Social Security. Since enactment, Social cause of the law. lowing: Security has served as a vital leg on the (2) The President pledged that Americans (1) More than 50 million Americans depend ‘‘three-legged stool’’ of retirement security, would be able to keep their health care plan on Medicare for their health security. which includes employer provided pensions if they liked it. But the non-partisan Con- (2) The Medicare Trustees Report has re- as well as personal savings. gressional Budget Office now estimates 2 peatedly recommended that Medicare’s long- (2) The Social Security Trustees Report million Americans with employment-based term financial challenges be addressed soon. has repeatedly recommended that Social Se- health coverage will lose those plans. Each year without reform, the financial con- curity’s long-term financial challenges be (3) Then-Speaker of the House, Nancy dition of Medicare becomes more precarious addressed soon. Each year without reform, Pelosi, said that the President’s health care and the threat to those in or near retirement the financial condition of Social Security be- law would create 4 million jobs over the life becomes more pronounced. According to the comes more precarious and the threat to sen- of the law and almost 400,000 jobs imme- Congressional Budget Office— iors and those receiving Social Security dis- diately. Instead, the Congressional Budget (A) the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will ability benefits becomes more pronounced: Office estimates that the law will reduce be exhausted in 2026 and unable to pay sched- (A) In 2016, the Disability Insurance Trust full-time equivalent employment by about uled benefits; and Fund will be exhausted and program reve- 2.0 million hours in 2017 and 2.5 million hours (B) Medicare spending is growing faster nues will be unable to pay scheduled bene- in 2024, ‘‘compared with what would have oc- than the economy and Medicare outlays are fits. curred in the absence of the ACA.’’. currently rising at a rate of 6 percent per (B) In 2033, the combined Old-Age and Sur- (4) The implementation of the law has been year over the next ten years, and according vivors and Disability Trust Funds will be ex- a failure. The main website that Americans to the Congressional Budget Office’s 2013 hausted, and program revenues will be un- were supposed to use in purchasing new cov- Long-Term Budget Outlook, spending on able to pay scheduled benefits. erage was broken for over a month. Since the Medicare is projected to reach 5 percent of (C) With the exhaustion of the Trust Funds President’s health care law was signed into gross domestic product (GDP) by 2040 and 9.4 in 2033, benefits will be cut nearly 25 percent law, the Administration has announced 23 percent of GDP by 2088. across the board, devastating those cur- delays. The President has also failed to sub- (3) The President’s health care law created rently in or near retirement and those who mit any nominees to sit on the Independent a new Federal agency called the Independent rely on Social Security the most. Payment Advisory Board, a panel of bureau- Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) empowered (3) The recession and continued low eco- crats that will cut Medicare by an additional with unilateral authority to cut Medicare nomic growth have exacerbated the looming $12.1 billion over the next ten years, accord- spending. As a result of that law— fiscal crisis facing Social Security. The most ing to the President’s own budget. (A) IPAB will be tasked with keeping the recent CBO projections find that Social Se- (5) The President’s health care law should Medicare per capita growth below a Medicare curity will run cash deficits of $1.7 trillion be repealed and replaced with reforms that per capita target growth rate. Prior to 2018, over the next 10 years. make affordable and quality health care cov- the target growth rate is based on the five- (4) Lower-income Americans rely on Social erage available to all Americans. year average of overall inflation and medical Security for a larger proportion of their re- (b) POLICY ON REPLACING THE PRESIDENT’S inflation. Beginning in 2018, the target tirement income. Therefore, reforms should HEALTH CARE LAW.—It is the policy of this growth rate will be the five-year average in- take into consideration the need to protect resolution that the President’s health care crease in the nominal GDP plus one percent- lower-income Americans’ retirement secu- law must not only be repealed, but also re- age point, which the President has twice pro- rity. placed, for the following reasons: posed to reduce to GDP plus one-half per- (5) The Disability Insurance program pro- (1) The President’s health care law is a centage point; vides an essential income safety net for government-run system driving up health (B) the fifteen unelected, unaccountable those with disabilities and their families. care costs and forcing Americans to lose bureaucrats of IPAB will make decisions According to the Congressional Budget Of- their health care coverage and should be re- that will reduce seniors access to care; fice (CBO), between 1970 and 2012, the number placed with a reformed health care system (C) the nonpartisan Office of the Medicare of people receiving disability benefits (both that gives patients and their doctors more Chief Actuary estimates that the provider disabled workers and their dependent family choice and control over their health care. cuts already contained in the Affordable members) has increased by over 300 percent (2) Instead of a complex structure of sub- Care Act will force 15 percent of hospitals, from 2.7 million to over 10.9 million. This in- sidies, ‘‘firewalls,’’ mandates, and penalties, skilled nursing facilities, and home health crease is not due strictly to population a reformed health care system should make agencies to become unprofitable in 2019; and growth or decreases in health. David Autor health care coverage portable. (D) additional cuts from the IPAB board and Mark Duggan have found that the in- (3) Instead of stifling innovation in health will force even more health care providers to crease in individuals on disability does not care technologies, treatments, and medica- close their doors, and the Board should be re- reflect a decrease in self-reported health. tions through Federal mandates, taxes, and pealed. CBO attributes program growth to changes price controls, a reformed health care sys- (4) Failing to address this problem will in demographics, changes in the composition tem should encourage research and develop- leave millions of American seniors without of the labor force and compensation, as well ment. adequate health security and younger gen- as Federal policies. (4) Instead of instituting one-size-fits-all erations burdened with enormous debt to pay (6) If this program is not reformed, fami- directives from Federal bureaucracies such for spending levels that cannot be sustained. lies who rely on the lifeline that disability as the Internal Revenue Service, the Depart- (b) POLICY ON MEDICARE REFORM.—It is the benefits provide will face benefit cuts of up ment of Health and Human Services, and the policy of this resolution to protect those in to 25 percent in 2016, devastating individuals Independent Payment Advisory Board, indi- or near retirement from any disruptions to who need assistance the most. viduals and families should be free to secure their Medicare benefits and offer future (7) In the past, Social Security has been re- the health care coverage that best meets beneficiaries the same health care options formed on a bipartisan basis, most notably their needs. available to Members of Congress. by the ‘‘Greenspan Commission’’ which (5) Instead of allowing fraudulent lawsuits, (c) ASSUMPTIONS.—This resolution assumes helped to address Social Security shortfalls which are driving up health care costs, the reform of the Medicare program such that: for over a generation. medical liability system should be reformed (1) Current Medicare benefits are preserved (8) Americans deserve action by the Presi- while at the same time reaffirming that for those in or near retirement. dent, the House, and the Senate to preserve

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.008 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3095 and strengthen Social Security. It is critical versities increased at an average rate of 3.9 (2) empowering states with the flexibility that bipartisan action be taken to address percent per year beyond the rate of general to tailor funding and programs to the spe- the looming insolvency of Social Security. inflation; and cific needs of their workforce, including the In this spirit, this resolution creates a bipar- (C) published tuition and fees for in-State development of career scholarships. tisan opportunity to find solutions by requir- students at private four-year colleges and SEC. 607. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT RE- ing policymakers to ensure that Social Secu- universities increased at an average rate of DUCTION THROUGH THE CANCELLA- rity remains a critical part of the safety net. 2.4 percent per year beyond the rate of gen- TION OF UNOBLIGATED BALANCES. (b) POLICY ON SOCIAL SECURITY.—It is the eral inflation. (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- policy of this resolution that Congress (4) Over that same period, Federal finan- lowing: should work on a bipartisan basis to make cial aid has increased 105 percent. (1) According to the most recent estimate Social Security sustainably solvent. This (5) This spending has failed to make col- from the Office of Management and Budget, resolution assumes reform of a current law lege more affordable. Federal agencies were expected to hold $739 trigger, such that: (6) In his 2012 State of the Union Address, billion in unobligated balances at the close (1) If in any year the Board of Trustees of President Obama noted that, ‘‘We can’t just of fiscal year 2014. the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance keep subsidizing skyrocketing tuition; we’ll (2) These funds represent direct and discre- Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur- run out of money.’’. tionary spending made available by Congress ance Trust Fund annual Trustees Report de- (7) American students are chasing ever-in- that remains available for expenditure be- termines that the 75-year actuarial balance creasing tuition with ever-increasing debt. yond the fiscal year for which they are pro- of the Social Security Trust Funds is in def- According to the Federal Reserve Bank of vided. icit, and the annual balance of the Social Se- New York, student debt more than quad- (3) In some cases, agencies are granted curity Trust Funds in the 75th year is in def- rupled between 2003 and 2013, and now stands funding and it remains available for obliga- icit, the Board of Trustees shall, no later at nearly $1.1 trillion. Student debt now has tion indefinitely. than September 30 of the same calendar the second largest balance after mortgage (4) The Congressional Budget and Impound- year, submit to the President recommenda- debt. ment Control Act of 1974 requires the Office tions for statutory reforms necessary to (8) Students are carrying large debt loads of Management and Budget to make funds achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance and too many fail to complete college or end available to agencies for obligation and pro- and a positive annual balance in the 75th- up defaulting on these loans due to their hibits the Administration from withholding year. Recommendations provided to the debt burden and a weak economy and job or cancelling unobligated funds unless ap- President must be agreed upon by both Pub- market. proved by an act of Congress. lic Trustees of the Board of Trustees. (9) Based on estimates from the Congres- (5) Greater congressional oversight is re- (2) Not later than December 1 of the same sional Budget Office, the Pell Grant Program quired to review and identify potential sav- calendar year in which the Board of Trustees will face a fiscal shortfall beginning in fiscal ings from unneeded balances of funds. year 2016 and continuing in each subsequent submit their recommendations, the Presi- (b) POLICY ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH year in the current budget window. dent shall promptly submit implementing THE CANCELLATION OF UNOBLIGATED BAL- (10) Failing to address these problems will legislation to both Houses of Congress in- ANCES.—Congressional committees shall cluding his recommendations necessary to jeopardize access and affordability to higher through their oversight activities identify achieve a positive 75-year actuarial balance education for America’s young people. and achieve savings through the cancellation (b) POLICY ON HIGHER EDUCATION AFFORD- and a positive annual balance in the 75th or rescission of unobligated balances that ABILITY.—It is the policy of this resolution to year. The Majority Leader of the Senate and neither abrogate contractual obligations of address the root drivers of tuition inflation, the Majority Leader of the House shall intro- the Government nor reduce or disrupt Fed- duce the President’s legislation upon receipt. by— (1) targeting Federal financial aid to those eral commitments under programs such as (3) Within 60 days of the President submit- Social Security, veterans’ affairs, national ting legislation, the committees of jurisdic- most in need; (2) streamlining programs that provide aid security, and Treasury authority to finance tion to which the legislation has been re- the national debt. ferred shall report the bill which shall be to make them more effective; (c) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—Congress, with the considered by the full House or Senate under (3) maintaining the maximum Pell grant award level at $5,730 in each year of the assistance of the Government Accountability expedited procedures. Office, the Inspectors General, and other ap- (4) Legislation submitted by the President budget window; and (4) removing regulatory barriers in higher propriate agencies should continue to make shall— it a high priority to review unobligated bal- (A) protect those in or near retirement; education that act to restrict flexibility and innovative teaching, particularly as it re- ances and identify savings for deficit reduc- (B) preserve the safety net for those who tion. count on Social Security the most, including lates to non-traditional models such as on- those with disabilities and survivors; line coursework and competency-based SEC. 608. POLICY STATEMENT ON RESPONSIBLE learning. STEWARDSHIP OF TAXPAYER DOL- (C) improve fairness for participants; LARS. (D) reduce the burden on, and provide cer- (c) FINDINGS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOP- (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- tainty for, future generations; and MENT.—The House finds the following: lowing: (E) secure the future of the Disability In- (1) Over ten million Americans are cur- (1) The budget for the House of Representa- surance program while addressing the needs rently unemployed. tives is $188 million less than it was when of those with disabilities today and improv- (2) Despite billions of dollars in spending, Republicans became the majority in 2011. ing the determination process. those looking for work are stymied by a bro- (2) The House of Representatives has (c) POLICY ON DISABILITY INSURANCE.—It is ken workforce development system that fails the policy of this resolution that Congress to connect workers with assistance and em- achieved significant savings by consolidating and the President should enact legislation on ployers with trained personnel. operations and renegotiating contracts. a bipartisan basis to reform the Disability (4) According to a 2011 Government Ac- (b) POLICY ON RESPONSIBLE STEWARDSHIP Insurance program prior to its insolvency in countability Office (GAO) report, in fiscal OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.—It is the policy of 2016 and should not raid the Social Security year 2009, the Federal Government spent $18 this resolution that: retirement system without reforms to the billion across 9 agencies to administer 47 (1) The House of Representatives must be a Disability Insurance system. Federal job training programs, almost all of model for the responsible stewardship of tax- SEC. 606. POLICY STATEMENT ON HIGHER EDU- which overlapped with another program in payer resources and therefore must identify CATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOP- terms of offered services and targeted popu- any savings that can be achieved through MENT OPPORTUNITY. lation. greater productivity and efficiency gains in (a) FINDINGS ON HIGHER EDUCATION.—The (5) Since the release of that GAO report, the operation and maintenance of House House finds the following: the Education and Workforce Committee, services and resources like printing, con- (1) A well-educated workforce is critical to which has done extensive work in this area, ferences, utilities, telecommunications, fur- economic, job, and wage growth. has identified more than 50 programs. niture, grounds maintenance, postage, and (2) 19.5 million students are enrolled in (3) Without changes, this flawed system rent. This should include a review of policies American colleges and universities. will continue to fail those looking for work and procedures for acquisition of goods and (3) Over the last decade, tuition and fees or to improve their skills, and jeopardize services to eliminate any unnecessary spend- have been growing at an unsustainable rate. economic growth. ing. The Committee on House Administra- Between the 2002-2003 Academic Year and the (d) POLICY ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.— tion should review the policies pertaining to 2012-2013 Academic Year— It is the policy of this resolution to address the services provided to Members and com- (A) published tuition and fees for in-State the failings in the current workforce devel- mittees of the House, and should identify students at public four-year colleges and uni- opment system, by— ways to reduce any subsidies paid for the op- versities increased at an average rate of 5.2 (1) streamlining and consolidating Federal eration of the House gym, barber shop, salon, percent per year beyond the rate of general job training programs as advanced by the and the House dining room. inflation; House-passed Supporting Knowledge and In- (2) No taxpayer funds may be used to pur- (B) published tuition and fees for in-State vesting in Lifelong Skills Act (SKILLS Act); chase first class airfare or to lease corporate students at public two-year colleges and uni- and jets for Members of Congress.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.008 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3096 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 (3) Retirement benefits for Members of ommendations to the Committee on the vania, Michigan, New York, Indiana, North Congress should not include free, taxpayer- Budget of programs within the jurisdiction Carolina, Wisconsin, and Georgia seeing the funded health care for life. of such committee whose funding should be highest job losses. SEC. 609. POLICY STATEMENT ON DEFICIT RE- reduced or eliminated. (b) POLICY ON FEDERAL REGULATION.—It is DUCTION THROUGH THE REDUC- SEC. 610. POLICY STATEMENT ON UNAUTHOR- the policy of this resolution that Congress TION OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTE- IZED SPENDING. should, in consultation with the public bur- FUL SPENDING. It is the policy of this resolution that the dened by excessive regulation, enact legisla- (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- committees of jurisdiction should review all tion that— lowing: unauthorized programs funded through an- (1) seeks to promote economic growth and (1) The Government Accountability Office nual appropriations to determine if the pro- job creation by eliminating unnecessary red (‘‘GAO’’) is required by law to identify exam- tape and streamlining and simplifying Fed- ples of waste, duplication, and overlap in grams are operating efficiently and effec- eral regulations; Federal programs, and has so identified doz- tively. Committees should reauthorize those (2) pursues a cost-effective approach to ens of such examples. programs that in the committees’ judgment regulation, without sacrificing environ- (2) In testimony before the Committee on should continue to receive funding. mental, health, safety benefits or other bene- Oversight and Government Reform, the SEC. 611. POLICY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL REG- fits, rejecting the premise that economic Comptroller General has stated that address- ULATORY POLICY. growth and environmental protection create ing the identified waste, duplication, and (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- an either/or proposition; overlap in Federal programs ‘‘could poten- lowing: (3) ensures that regulations do not dis- tially save tens of billions of dollars.’’ (1) Excessive regulation at the Federal proportionately disadvantage low-income (3) In 2011, 2012, and 2013 the Government level has hurt job creation and dampened the Americans through a more rigorous cost- Accountability Office issued reports showing economy, slowing our recovery from the eco- benefit analysis, which also considers who excessive duplication and redundancy in nomic recession. will be most affected by regulations and Federal programs including— (2) In the first two months of 2014 alone, whether the harm caused is outweighed by (A) 209 Science, Technology, Engineering, the Administration issued 13,166 pages of reg- the potential harm prevented; and Mathematics education programs in 13 ulations imposing more than $13 billion in (4) ensures that regulations are subject to different Federal agencies at a cost of $3 bil- compliance costs on job creators and adding an open and transparent process, rely on lion annually; more than 16 million hours of compliance pa- sound and publicly available scientific data, (B) 200 separate Department of Justice perwork. and that the data relied upon for any par- crime prevention and victim services grant (3) The Small Business Administration es- ticular regulation is provided to Congress programs with an annual cost of $3.9 billion timates that the total cost of regulations is immediately upon request; in 2010; as high as $1.75 trillion per year. Since 2009, (5) frees the many commonsense energy (C) 20 different Federal entities administer the White House has generated over $494 bil- and water projects currently trapped in com- 160 housing programs and other forms of lion in regulatory activity, with an addi- plicated bureaucratic approval processes; Federal assistance for housing with a total tional $87.6 billion in regulatory costs cur- (6) maintains the benefits of landmark en- cost of $170 billion in 2010; rently pending. vironmental, health safety, and other stat- (D) 17 separate Homeland Security pre- (4) The Dodd-Frank financial services leg- utes while scaling back this administration’s paredness grant programs that spent $37 bil- islation (Public Law 111–203) resulted in heavy-handed approach to regulation, which lion between fiscal year 2011 and 2012; more than $17 billion in compliance costs has added $494 billion in mostly ideological (E) 14 grant and loan programs, and 3 tax and saddled job creators with more than 58 regulatory activity since 2009, much of which benefits to reduce diesel emissions; million hours of compliance paperwork. flies in the face of these statutes’ intended (F) 94 different initiatives run by 11 dif- (5) Implementation of the Affordable Care purposes; and ferent agencies to encourage ‘‘green build- Act to date has added 132.9 million annual (7) seeks to promote a limited government, ing’’ in the private sector; and hours of compliance paperwork, imposing which will unshackle our economy and cre- (G) 23 agencies implemented approxi- $24.3 billion of compliance costs on the pri- ate millions of new jobs, providing our Na- mately 670 renewable energy initiatives in vate sector and an $8 billion cost burden on tion with a strong and prosperous future and fiscal year 2010 at a cost of nearly $15 billion. the states. expanding opportunities for the generations (4) The Federal Government spends about (6) The highest regulatory costs come from to come. $80 billion each year for approximately 800 rules issued by the Environmental Protec- information technology investments. GAO tion Agency (EPA); these regulations are pri- SEC. 612. POLICY STATEMENT ON TRADE. has identified broad acquisition failures, marily targeted at the coal industry. In Sep- (a) FINDINGS.—The House finds the fol- waste, and unnecessary duplication in the tember 2013, the EPA proposed a rule regu- lowing: Government’s information technology infra- lating greenhouse gas emissions from new (1) Opening foreign markets to American structure. Experts have estimated that coal-fired power plants. The proposed stand- exports is vital to the United States econ- eliminating these problems could save 25 ards are unachievable with current commer- omy and beneficial to American workers and percent – or $20 billion – of the Government’s cially available technology, resulting in a consumers. The Commerce Department esti- annual information technology budget. de-facto ban on new coal-fired power plants. mates that every $1 billion of United States (5) GAO has identified strategic sourcing as Additional regulations for existing coal exports supports more than 5,000 jobs here at a potential source of spending reductions. In plants are expected in the summer of 2014. home. 2011 GAO estimated that saving 10 percent of (7) Coal-fired power plants provide roughly (2) A modern and competitive inter- the total or all Federal procurement could forty percent of the United States electricity national tax system would facilitate global generate over $50 billion in savings annually. at a low cost. Unfairly targeting the coal in- commerce for United States multinational (6) Federal agencies reported an estimated dustry with costly and unachievable regula- companies and would encourage foreign busi- $108 billion in improper payments in fiscal tions will increase energy prices, dispropor- ness investment and job creation in the year 2012. tionately disadvantaging energy-intensive United States (7) Under clause 2 of Rule XI of the Rules industries like manufacturing and construc- (3) The United States currently has an an- of the House of Representatives, each stand- tion, and will make life more difficult for tiquated system of international taxation ing committee must hold at least one hear- millions of low-income and middle class fam- whereby United States multinationals oper- ing during each 120 day period following its ilies already struggling to pay their bills. ating abroad pay both the foreign-country establishment on waste, fraud, abuse, or mis- (8) Three hundred and thirty coal units are tax and United States corporate taxes. They management in Government programs. being retired or converted as a result of EPA are essentially taxed twice. This puts them (8) According to the Congressional Budget regulations. Combined with the de-facto pro- at an obvious competitive disadvantage. Office, by fiscal year 2015, 32 laws will expire, hibition on new plants, these retirements (4) The ability to defer United States taxes possibly resulting in $693 billion in unauthor- and conversions may further increase the on their foreign operations, which some erro- ized appropriations. Timely reauthorizations cost of electricity. neously refer to as a ‘‘tax loophole,’’ cush- of these laws would ensure assessments of (9) A recent study by Purdue University es- ions this disadvantage to a certain extent. program justification and effectiveness. timates that electricity prices in Indiana Eliminating or restricting this provision (9) The findings resulting from congres- will rise 32 percent by 2023, due in part to (and others like it) would harm United sional oversight of Federal Government pro- EPA regulations. States competitiveness. grams should result in programmatic (10) The Heritage Foundation recently (5) This budget resolution advocates funda- changes in both authorizing statutes and found that a phase out of coal would cost mental tax reform that would lower the program funding levels. 600,000 jobs by the end of 2023, resulting in an United States corporate rate, now the high- (b) POLICY ON DEFICIT REDUCTION THROUGH aggregate gross domestic product decrease of est in the industrialized world, and switch to THE REDUCTION OF UNNECESSARY AND WASTE- $2.23 trillion over the entire period and re- a more competitive system of international FUL SPENDING.—Each authorizing committee ducing the income of a family of four by taxation. This would make the United States annually shall include in its Views and Esti- $1200 per year. Of these jobs, 330,000 will a much more attractive place to invest and mates letter required under section 301(d) of come from the manufacturing sector, with station business activity and would chip the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 rec- California, Texas, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsyl- away at the incentives for United States

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.008 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3097 companies to keep their profits overseas (be- Strike all after the resolving clause and in- Fiscal year 2024: $4,580,858,000,000. cause the United States corporate rate is so sert the following: (4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of high). SEC. 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE the enforcement of this concurrent resolu- (6) The status quo of the current tax code BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015. tion, the amounts of the deficits (on-budget) undermines the competitiveness of United (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress deter- are as follows: States businesses and costs the United mines and declares that this concurrent res- Fiscal year 2015: -$563,943,000,000. States economy investment and jobs. olution establishes the budget for fiscal year Fiscal year 2016: -$534,569,000,000. (7) Global trade and commerce is not a 2015 and sets forth appropriate budgetary Fiscal year 2017: -$448,300,000,000. zero-sum game. The idea that global expan- levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. Fiscal year 2018: -$395,476,000,000. sion tends to ‘‘hollow out’’ United States op- (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- Fiscal year 2019: -$471,490,000,000. erations is incorrect. Foreign-affiliate activ- tents for this concurrent resolution is as fol- Fiscal year 2020: -$458,094,000,000. ity tends to complement, not substitute for, lows: Fiscal year 2021: -$440,075,000,000. key parent activities in the United States Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budg- Fiscal year 2022: -$449,351,000,000. such as employment, worker compensation, et for fiscal year 2015. Fiscal year 2023: -$374,391,000,000. and capital investment. When United States TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND Fiscal year 2024: -$297,668,000,000. headquartered multinationals invest and ex- AMOUNTS (5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—The appro- pand operations abroad it often leads to priate levels of the public debt are as fol- Sec. 101. Recommended levels and more jobs and economic growth at home. lows: amounts. (8) American businesses and workers have Fiscal year 2015: $18,686,049,000,000. Sec. 102. Major functional categories. shown that, on a level playing field, they can Fiscal year 2016: $19,486,596,000,000. excel and surpass the international competi- TITLE II—DIRECT SPENDING Fiscal year 2017: $20,239,159,000,000. tion. Sec. 201. Direct spending. Fiscal year 2018: $20,940,631,000,000. (b) POLICY ON TRADE.—It is the policy of TITLE III—POLICY STATEMENT Fiscal year 2019: $21,652,866,000,000. this resolution to pursue international trade, Fiscal year 2020: $22,361,537,000,000. Sec. 301. Policy statement on Presidential global commerce, and a modern and competi- Fiscal year 2021: $23,052,216,000,000. data and policies. tive United States international tax system Fiscal year 2022: $23,737,820,000,000. in order to promote job creation in the TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND Fiscal year 2023: $24,380,608,000,000. United States. AMOUNTS Fiscal year 2024: $24,980,565,000,000. SEC. 613. NO BUDGET, NO PAY. SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro- It is the policy of this resolution that Con- AMOUNTS. priate levels of debt held by the public are as gress should agree to a concurrent resolution The following budgetary levels are appro- follows: on the budget every year pursuant to section priate for each of fiscal years 2015 through Fiscal year 2015: $13,591,802,000,000. 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974. 2024: Fiscal year 2016: $14,256,587,000,000. If by April 15, a House of Congress has not (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of Fiscal year 2017: $14,843,459,000,000. agreed to a concurrent resolution on the the enforcement of this concurrent resolu- Fiscal year 2018: $15,370,490,000,000. budget, the payroll administrator of that tion: Fiscal year 2019: $15,981,956,000,000. House should carry out this policy in the (A) The recommended levels of Federal Fiscal year 2020: $16,602,649,000,000. same manner as the provisions of Public Law revenues are as follows: Fiscal year 2021: $17,213,324,000,000. 113-3, the No Budget, No Pay Act of 2013, and Fiscal year 2015: $2,579,425,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: $17,849,633,000,000. place in an escrow account all compensation Fiscal year 2016: $2,756,952,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: $18,440,724,000,000. otherwise required to be made for Members Fiscal year 2017: $2,960,779,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $18,986,039,000,000. of that House of Congress. Withheld com- Fiscal year 2018: $3,131,856,000,000. SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. Fiscal year 2019: $3,281,119,000,000. pensation should be released to Members of The Congress determines and declares that Fiscal year 2020: $3,465,278,000,000. that House of Congress the earlier of the day the appropriate levels of new budget author- Fiscal year 2021: $3,663,729,000,000. on which that House of Congress agrees to a ity and outlays for fiscal years 2015 through Fiscal year 2022: $3,860,286,000,000. concurrent resolution on the budget, pursu- 2024 for each major functional category are: ant to section 301 of the Congressional Budg- Fiscal year 2023: $4,069,085,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $4,283,190,000,000. (1) National Defense (050): et Act of 1974, or the last day of that Con- Fiscal year 2015: gress. (B) The amounts by which the aggregate levels of Federal revenues should be changed (A) New budget authority, $636,642,000,000. The CHAIR. No amendment shall be are as follows: (B) Outlays, $631,280,000,000. in order except those printed in House Fiscal year 2015: $84,425,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: Report 113–405. Fiscal year 2016: $107,952,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $569,176,000,000. Each amendment may be offered only Fiscal year 2017: $152,779,000,000. (B) Outlays, $592,448,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: in the order printed in the report, may Fiscal year 2018: $175,856,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: $158,119,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $577,059,000,000. be offered only by a Member designated (B) Outlays, $578,212,000,000. in the report, shall be considered as Fiscal year 2020: $171,278,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: $190,729,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: read, and shall be debatable for the Fiscal year 2022: $207,286,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $586,290,000,000. time specified in the report equally di- Fiscal year 2023: $231,085,000,000. (B) Outlays, $578,662,000,000. vided and controlled by the proponent Fiscal year 2024: $249,190,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: and an opponent. The adoption of an (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes (A) New budget authority, $594,400,000,000. amendment in the nature of a sub- of the enforcement of this concurrent resolu- (B) Outlays, $585,786,000,000. tion, the appropriate levels of total new Fiscal year 2020: stitute shall constitute the conclusion (A) New budget authority, $603,536,000,000. of consideration of the concurrent reso- budget authority are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: $3,207,329,000,000. (B) Outlays, $591,358,000,000. lution for amendment. Fiscal year 2016: $3,269,270,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: After conclusion of consideration of Fiscal year 2017: $3,415,383,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $612,309,000,000. the concurrent resolution for amend- Fiscal year 2018: $3,577,619,000,000. (B) Outlays, $601,232,000,000. ment, there shall be a final period of Fiscal year 2019: $3,782,980,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: general debate which shall not exceed Fiscal year 2020: $3,978,461,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $622,294,000,000. 10 minutes, equally divided and con- Fiscal year 2021: $4,151,262,000,000. (B) Outlays, $610,434,000,000. trolled by the chair and ranking minor- Fiscal year 2022: $4,341,912,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $637,407,000,000. ity member of the Committee on the Fiscal year 2023: $4,509,701,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $4,671,785,000,000. (B) Outlays, $623,036,000,000. Budget. (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the Fiscal year 2024: AMENDMENT NO. 1 IN THE NATURE OF A enforcement of this concurrent resolution, (A) New budget authority, $654,543,000,000. SUBSTITUTE OFFERED BY MR. MULVANEY the appropriate levels of total budget out- (B) Outlays, $638,219,000,000. The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- lays are as follows: (2) International Affairs (150): sider amendment No. 1 printed in Fiscal year 2015: $3,143,368,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: House Report 113–405. Fiscal year 2016: $3,291,521,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $38,992,000,000. Mr. MULVANEY. Mr. Chairman, I Fiscal year 2017: $3,409,079,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,086,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: $3,527,332,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: have an amendment at the desk. Fiscal year 2019: $3,752,609,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $35,823,000,000. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate Fiscal year 2020: $3,923,372,000,000. (B) Outlays, $49,886,000,000. the amendment. Fiscal year 2021: $4,103,804,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: The text of the amendment is as fol- Fiscal year 2022: $4,309,637,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $38,001,000,000. lows: Fiscal year 2023: $4,443,476,000,000. (B) Outlays, $48,463,000,000.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.008 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3098 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $41,349,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $8,411,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $40,630,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, -$28,684,000,000. (B) Outlays, $47,938,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $39,041,000,000. (8) Transportation (400): Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $41,809,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $44,175,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $103,036,000,000. (B) Outlays, $47,842,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $40,483,000,000. (B) Outlays, $97,825,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $42,070,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $46,619,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $104,006,000,000. (B) Outlays, $48,245,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $40,921,000,000. (B) Outlays, $102,309,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $41,775,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $47,691,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $105,507,000,000. (B) Outlays, $48,372,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $41,844,000,000. (B) Outlays, $105,642,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $42,713,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $49,552,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $107,134,000,000. (B) Outlays, $47,482,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $43,070,000,000. (B) Outlays, $105,375,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $43,728,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $52,257,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $90,760,000,000. (B) Outlays, $49,661,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $43,865,000,000. (B) Outlays, $104,156,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $44,241,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $53,605,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $92,607,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,735,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $44,866,000,000. (B) Outlays, $100,883,000,000. (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (B) Outlays, $45,120,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (250): Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $94,486,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $46,030,000,000. (B) Outlays, $99,026,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,307,000,000. (B) Outlays, $46,209,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $30,839,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $96,516,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $46,831,000,000. (B) Outlays, $98,836,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,872,000,000. (B) Outlays, $47,031,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $30,098,000,000. (6) Agriculture (350): (A) New budget authority, $98,600,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $99,558,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $30,517,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $16,805,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $30,296,000,000. (B) Outlays, $16,953,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $102,274,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $102,224,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $31,190,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $22,774,000,000. (9) Community and Regional Development (B) Outlays, $30,797,000,000. (B) Outlays, $22,937,000,000. (450): Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $31,886,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $26,050,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $43,452,000,000. (B) Outlays, $31,268,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,883,000,000. (B) Outlays, $28,865,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $32,590,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $24,721,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $11,931,000,000. (B) Outlays, $32,032,000,000. (B) Outlays, $24,482,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,755,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $33,287,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $18,284,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $11,975,000,000. (B) Outlays, $33,119,000,000. (B) Outlays, $18,017,000,000. (B) Outlays, $24,398,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $34,110,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $18,460,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $12,834,000,000. (B) Outlays, $33,829,000,000. (B) Outlays, $18,045,000,000. (B) Outlays, $18,147,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $34,963,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $18,265,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $13,110,000,000. (B) Outlays, $34,516,000,000. (B) Outlays, $17,791,000,000. (B) Outlays, $14,197,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $35,824,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $18,019,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $13,374,000,000. (B) Outlays, $35,174,000,000. (B) Outlays, $17,719,000,000. (B) Outlays, $13,958,000,000. (4) Energy (270): Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $18,297,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $13,767,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $7,276,000,000. (B) Outlays, $17,775,000,000. (B) Outlays, $14,394,000,000. (B) Outlays, $8,620,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $18,363,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $14,079,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $5,493,000,000. (B) Outlays, $17,773,000,000. (B) Outlays, $13,981,000,000. (B) Outlays, $5,232,000,000. (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $14,408,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $4,362,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$5,597,000,000. (B) Outlays, $13,946,000,000. (B) Outlays, $3,540,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$30,472,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $14,598,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $4,039,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$2,488,000,000. (B) Outlays, $13,897,000,000. (B) Outlays, $2,634,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$31,493,000,000. (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: Social Services (500): (A) New budget authority, $3,848,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$5,541,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $2,838,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$32,398,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $119,387,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $117,350,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $4,139,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$5,966,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $3,149,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$34,779,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $112,886,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $113,357,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $4,689,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $649,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $3,557,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$26,473,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $118,248,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $114,847,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $4,599,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $9,876,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $3,711,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$23,010,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $123,214,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $120,107,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $2,046,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $4,504,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $1,134,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$19,255,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $126,460,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $124,328,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $4,218,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $5,518,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $3,274,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$24,415,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $129,820,000,000. (5) Natural Resources and Environment Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $127,679,000,000. (300): (A) New budget authority, $7,237,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, -$26,709,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $132,667,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $37,224,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $130,395,000,000.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.006 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3099 Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $590,235,000,000. (B) Outlays, $58,192,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $135,231,000,000. (B) Outlays, $582,713,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $133,499,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $59,776,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $603,845,000,000. (B) Outlays, $59,331,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $136,338,000,000. (B) Outlays, $595,615,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $135,037,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $60,986,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $622,482,000,000. (B) Outlays, $62,208,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $136,157,000,000. (B) Outlays, $619,967,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $135,733,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $62,190,000,000. (11) Health (550): (A) New budget authority, $631,837,000,000. (B) Outlays, $61,734,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $623,391,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $522,827,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $63,635,000,000. (B) Outlays, $512,193,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $639,900,000,000. (B) Outlays, $63,109,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $625,245,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $547,922,000,000. (14) Social Security (650): (A) New budget authority, $65,118,000,000. (B) Outlays, $549,421,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $64,549,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $32,246,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $571,302,000,000. (B) Outlays, $32,388,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $69,616,000,000. (B) Outlays, $578,542,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $69,171,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $35,273,000,000. (17) General Government (800): (A) New budget authority, $596,443,000,000. (B) Outlays, $35,274,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $597,459,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $26,563,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $38,811,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,706,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $626,796,000,000. (B) Outlays, $38,811,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $627,997,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $27,247,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $42,391,000,000. (B) Outlays, $27,464,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $668,279,000,000. (B) Outlays, $42,391,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $657,048,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $29,181,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $46,076,000,000. (B) Outlays, $28,610,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $690,729,000,000. (B) Outlays, $46,076,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $689,115,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $31,550,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $49,867,000,000. (B) Outlays, $30,139,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $727,139,000,000. (B) Outlays, $49,867,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $724,669,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $34,077,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $53,720,000,000. (B) Outlays, $32,798,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $765,608,000,000. (B) Outlays, $53,720,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $763,167,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $36,392,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $57,794,000,000. (B) Outlays, $35,459,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $804,072,000,000. (B) Outlays, $57,794,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $802,627,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $38,843,000,000. (12) Medicare (570): (A) New budget authority, $62,181,000,000. (B) Outlays, $37,679,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $62,181,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $532,454,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $41,472,000,000. (B) Outlays, $532,324,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $66,591,000,000. (B) Outlays, $40,316,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $66,591,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $574,941,000,000. (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): (A) New budget authority, $44,131,000,000. (B) Outlays, $574,888,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $43,007,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $161,189,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $581,535,000,000. (B) Outlays, $158,524,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $46,638,000,000. (B) Outlays, $581,436,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $45,944,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $169,322,000,000. (18) Net Interest (900): (A) New budget authority, $595,126,000,000. (B) Outlays, $174,653,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $594,983,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $348,074,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $175,705,000,000. (B) Outlays, $348,074,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $654,304,000,000. (B) Outlays, $174,046,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $654,127,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $410,576,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $184,423,000,000. (B) Outlays, $410,576,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $696,643,000,000. (B) Outlays, $174,971,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $696,478,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $483,679,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $192,648,000,000. (B) Outlays, $483,679,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $743,885,000,000. (B) Outlays, $190,186,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $743,717,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $565,227,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $201,063,000,000. (B) Outlays, $565,227,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $824,172,000,000. (B) Outlays, $198,298,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $823,992,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $641,890,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $209,647,000,000. (B) Outlays, $641,890,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $850,147,000,000. (B) Outlays, $206,741,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $849,958,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $705,785,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $218,987,000,000. (B) Outlays, $705,785,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $870,141,000,000. (B) Outlays, $224,679,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $869,945,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $759,722,000,000. (13) Income Security (600): (A) New budget authority, $228,415,000,000. (B) Outlays, $759,722,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $225,132,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $537,399,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $807,961,000,000. (B) Outlays, $535,963,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $238,094,000,000. (B) Outlays, $807,961,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $224,121,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $546,350,000,000. (16) Administration of Justice (750): (A) New budget authority, $855,812,000,000. (B) Outlays, $549,292,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $855,812,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $54,036,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $551,622,000,000. (B) Outlays, $55,843,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $894,074,000,000. (B) Outlays, $548,598,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $894,074,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $56,559,000,000. (19) Allowances (920): (A) New budget authority, $558,261,000,000. (B) Outlays, $55,934,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $547,955,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $45,644,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $59,250,000,000. (B) Outlays, $29,285,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $577,957,000,000. (B) Outlays, $59,223,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $570,240,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $60,200,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $58,535,000,000. (B) Outlays, $49,315,000,000.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.006 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3100 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 Fiscal year 2017: (v) Introduce a Part B premium surcharge (iv) Enact Grain Inspection, Packers, and (A) New budget authority, $64,251,000,000. for new beneficiaries who purchase near Stockyards Administration (GIPSA) fee. (B) Outlays, $61,795,000,000. first-dollar Medigap coverage. (v) Enact Animal Plant and Health Inspec- Fiscal year 2018: (vi) Encourage the use of generic drugs by tion Service (APHIS) fee Education. (A) New budget authority, $66,398,000,000. low-income beneficiaries. (E) Education: (B) Outlays, $66,619,000,000. (vii) Limit Medicaid reimbursement of du- (i) Recognize Educational Success, Profes- Fiscal year 2019: rable medical equipment based on Medicare sional Excellence, and Collaborative Teach- (A) New budget authority, $66,843,000,000. rates. ing (RESPECT). (B) Outlays, $68,095,000,000. (viii) Rebase future Medicaid Dispropor- (ii) Reform and expand Perkins loan pro- Fiscal year 2020: tionate Share Hospital (DSH) allotments. gram. (A) New budget authority, $58,284,000,000. (ix) Reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in Med- (iii) Provide mandatory appropriation to (B) Outlays, $62,613,000,000. icaid. sustain recent Pell Grant increases. Fiscal year 2021: (x) Strengthen the Medicaid drug rebate (iv) Expand and reform student loan in- (A) New budget authority, $68,761,000,000. program. come-based repayment. (B) Outlays, $68,499,000,000. (xi) Exclude brand-name and authorized (v) Implement College Opportunity and Fiscal year 2022: generic drug prices from Medicaid Federal Graduation Bonus Program. (A) New budget authority, $41,563,000,000. upper limit (FUL). (vi) Establish State Higher Education Per- (B) Outlays, $55,051,000,000. (xii) Improve and extend the Money Fol- formance Fund. Fiscal year 2023: lows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration (F) Energy: (A) New budget authority, $49,470,000,000. through 2020. (i) Reauthorize special assessment from do- (B) Outlays, $52,717,000,000. (xiii) Provide home and community-based mestic nuclear utilities. Fiscal year 2024: services to children eligible for psychiatric (ii) Establish Energy Security Trust Fund (A) New budget authority, $60,662,000,000. residential treatment facilities. Enact nuclear waste management program. (B) Outlays, $60,591,000,000. (xiv) Create demonstration to address over- (iii) Enact nuclear waste management pro- (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): prescription of psychotropic medications for gram. Fiscal year 2015: children in foster care. (G) Health and Human Services: (A) New budget authority, -$79,627,000,000. (xv) Permanently extend Express Lane Eli- (i) Reduce Medicare coverage of bad debts. (B) Outlays, -$79,627,000,000. gibility (ELE) option for children. (ii) Better align graduate medical edu- Fiscal year 2016: (xvi) Expand State flexibility to provide cation payments with patient care costs. (A) New budget authority, -$87,634,000,000. benchmark benefit packages. (iii) Reduce Critical Access Hospital (CAH) (B) Outlays, -$87,634,000,000. (xvii) Extend the Qualified Individuals (QI) payments from 101 percent of reasonable Fiscal year 2017: program through CY2015. costs to 100 percent of reasonable costs. (A) New budget authority, -$86,614,000,000. (xviii) Extend the Transitional Medical As- (iv) Prohibit CAH designation for facilities (B) Outlays, -$86,614,000,000. sistance (TMA) program through CY2015. that are less than miles from the nearest Fiscal year 2018: (xix) Prohibit brand and generic drug com- hospital. (A) New budget authority, -$85,742,000,000. panies from delaying the availability of new (v) Reduce fraud, waste, and abuse in Medi- generic drugs and biologics. care. (B) Outlays, -$85,742,000,000. (xx) Modify length of exclusivity to facili- (vi) Accelerate manufacturer discounts for Fiscal year 2019: tate faster development of generic biologics. brand drugs to provide relief to Medicare (A) New budget authority, -$82,803,000,000. (xxi) Ensure retroactive Part D coverage of beneficiaries in the coverage gap. (B) Outlays, -$82,803,000,000. newly-eligible low-income beneficiaries. (vii) Suspend coverage and payment for Fiscal year 2020: (xxii) Establish integrated appeals process questionable Part D prescriptions and in- (A) New budget authority, -$83,164,000,000. for Medicare-Medicaid enrollees. complete clinical information. (B) Outlays, -$83,164,000,000. (xxiii) Create pilot to expand PACE eligi- (viii) Establish quality bonus payments for Fiscal year 2021: bility to individuals between ages 21 and 55. high-performing Part D plans. (A) New budget authority, -$85,610,000,000. (xxiv) Accelerate the issuance of State in- (ix) Adjust payment updates for certain (B) Outlays, -$85,610,000,000. novation waivers. post-acute care providers. Fiscal year 2022: (b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— (x) Equalize payments for certain condi- (A) New budget authority, -$88,097,000,000. (1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, tions commonly treated in inpatient reha- (B) Outlays, -$88,097,000,000. the average rate of growth in the total level bilitation facilities (IRFs) and skilled nurs- Fiscal year 2023: of outlays during the 10-year period pre- ing facilities (SNFs). (A) New budget authority, -$90,601,000,000. ceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7 percent. (xi) Encourage appropriate use of inpatient (B) Outlays, -$90,601,000,000. (2) For nonmeans-test direct spending, the rehabilitation hospitals by requiring that 75 Fiscal year 2024: estimated average rate of growth in the total percent of IRF patients require intensive re- (A) New budget authority, -$92,827,000,000. level of outlays during the 10-year period be- habilitation services. (B) Outlays, -$92,827,000,000. ginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent (xii) Adjust SNF payments to reduce hos- TITLE II—DIRECT SPENDING under current law. pital readmissions. (3) The following reforms are proposed in (xiii) Implement bundled payment for post- SEC. 201. DIRECT SPENDING. this concurrent resolution for nonmeans- acute care. (a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— tested direct spending: (xiv) Exclude certain services from the in (1) For means-tested direct spending, the (A) Opportunity, Growth, and Security Ini- office ancillary services exception. average rate of growth in the total level of tiative: (xv) Modify the documentation require- outlays during the 10-year period preceding (i) Reduce subsidies for crop insurance ment for face-to-face encounters for durable fiscal year 2015 is 6.8 percent. companies and farmer premiums. medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, (2) For means-tested direct spending, the (ii) Reform the aviation passenger security and supplies (DMEPOS) claims. estimate average rate of growth in the total user fee to more accurately reflect the costs (xvi) Modify reimbursement of Part B level of outlays during the 10-year period be- of aviation security. drugs. ginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent (iii) Offset Disability Insurance (DI) bene- (xvii) Modernize payments for clinical lab- under current law. fits for period of concurrent Unemployment oratory services. (3) The following reforms are proposed in Insurance (UI) receipt. (xviii) Expand sharing Medicare data with this concurrent resolution for means-tested (iv) Enact Spectrum License User Fee and qualified entities. direct spending: allow the FCC to auction predominantly do- (xix) Clarify the Medicare Fraction in the (A) Earned Income Tax Credit Reforms: mestic satellite services. Medicare DHS statue. (i) Expand EITC for workers without quali- (v) Limit the total accrual of tax-favored (xx) Implement Value-Based Purchasing fying children. retirement benefits. for SNFs, Home Health Agencies (HHAs), (ii) Conform treatment of State and local (B) Surface Transportation Reauthoriza- Ambulatory Surgical Centers (ASCs), and government EITC and child tax credit (CTC) tion: Hospital Outpatient Departments (HOPDs). for SSI. (i) Invest in surface transportation reau- (xxi) Strengthen the Independent Payment (B) Health-Related: thorization. Advisory Board (IPAB) to reduce long-term (i) Align Medicare drug payment policies (C) Early Childhood Investments: drivers of Medicare cost growth. with Medicaid policies for low income bene- (i) Support Preschool for All. (xxii) Enact survey and certification re- ficiaries. (ii) Extend and expand voluntary home vis- visit fees. (ii) Increase income-related premium iting. (xxiii) Invest in CMS Quality Measure- under Medicare Parts B and D. (D) Agriculture: ment. (iii) Modify Part B deductible for new en- (i) Reauthorize Secure Rural Schools. (xxiv) Increase the minimum MA coding rollees. (ii) Enact Food Safety and Inspection intensity adjustment. (iv) Introduce home health co-payments Service (FSIS) fee. (xxv) Align employer group waiver plan for new beneficiaries. (iii) Enact bio based labeling fee. payments with average MA plan bids.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.006 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3101 (xxvi) Allow CMS to reinvest civil mone- (iii) Establish Summer Jobs Plus program (ii) Provide FEHBP benefits to domestic tary penalties recovered from home health for youth. partners. agencies. (iv) Support Bridge Work and other work- (iii) Expand FEHBP plan types. (xxvii) Allow CMS to assess a fee on Medi- based UI program reforms. (iv) Adjust FEHBP premiums for wellness. care providers for payments subject to the (v) Enhance UI program integrity. (T) Social Security Administration: Federal Payment Levy Program. (vi) Extend Emergency Unemployment (i) Provide dedicated, mandatory funding (xxviii) Extend special diabetes program at Compensation. for program integrity (benefit savings). the National Institutes of Health and Indian (vii) Implement cap adjustments for UI (ii) Allow SSA to electronically certify Health Services. program integrity activities. certain RRB payments. (xxix) Permit HIS/Tribal/Urban Indian (viii) Strengthen UI system solvency. (iii) Eliminate aggressive Social Security Health programs to pay Medicare like rates (ix) Improve Pension Benefit Guaranty claiming strategies. for outpatient services funded through the Corporation (PBGC) solvency. (iv) Establish Workers Compensation In- Purchased and Referred Care program. (x) Provide the Secretary of the Treasury formation Reporting. (xxx) Extend Health Centers. authority to access and disclose prisoner (v) Extend SSI time limits for qualified (xxxi) Create a competitive, value-based data to prevent and identify improper pay- refugees. graduate medical education grant program ments. (vi) Improve collection of pension informa- funded through the Medicare Hospital Insur- (xi) Reform the Federal Employees’ Com- tion from States and localities. ance Trust Fund. pensation Act (FECA). (vii) Lower electronic wage reporting threshold to 25 employees. (xxxii) Extend the Medicaid primary care (L) Transportation: (viii) Move from annual to quarterly wage payment increase through CY2015 with modi- (i) Establish a mandatory surcharge for air reporting. fications to expand provider eligibility and traffic services. (ix) Reauthorize and expand demonstration better target primary care services. (ii) Establish a co-insurance program for authority for DI and SSI. (xxxiii) Invest in the National Health Serv- aviation war risk insurance. (x) Terminate step-child benefits in the ices Corps. (M) Treasury: same month as step-parent. (xxxiv) Program management implementa- (i) Establish a Pay for Success Incentive (xi) Use the Death Master File to prevent tion funding. Fund. Federal improper payments. (xxxv) Provide dedicated, mandatory fund- (ii) Reauthorize and reform the Terrorism (U) Other Independent Agencies: ing for Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control Risk Insurance Program. (i) Dispose of unneeded real property. Program (HCFAC) program integrity. (iii) Authorize Treasury to locate and re- (ii) Create infrastructure bank. (xxxvi) Continue funding for the Personal cover assets of the United States and to re- (iii) Enact Postal Service financial relief Responsibility Education Program and tain a portion of amounts collected to pay and reform. Health Profession Opportunity Grants. for the costs of recovery. (W) Multi-Agency: (xxxvii) Repurpose Temporary Assistance (iv) Increase delinquent Federal non-tax (i) Enact immigration reform. for Needy Families (TANF) Contingency debt collections by authorizing administra- (ii) Auction or assign via fee 1675–1680 Fund to support Pathways to Jobs initiative. tive bank garnishment for non-tax debts. megahertz. (xxxviii) Establish hold harmless for Fed- (v) Increase levy authority for payments to (iii) Reconcile OPM/SSA retroactive dis- eral poverty guidelines. Medicare providers with delinquent tax debt. ability payments. (xxxix) Expand access to quality child care. (vi) Allow offset of Federal income tax re- (iv) Establish a consolidated TRICARE (xl) Modernize child support. funds to collect delinquent State income program (mandatory effects in Coast Guard, (xli) Provide funding for Aging and Dis- taxes for out-of-State residents. Public Health Service, and National Oceanic ability Resource Centers. (vii) Reduce costs for States collecting de- and Atmospheric Administration). (xlii) Reauthorize Family Connection linquent income tax obligations. (v) Special Immigrant Visa extension. Grants. (viii) Implement tax enforcement program (c) IN GENERAL.— (xliii) Support demonstration to address integrity cap adjustment. (1) This section is required by section 3(e) over-prescription of psychothropic medica- (ix) Provide authority to contact delin- of H. Res. 5 (113th Congress), which requires tions for children in foster care (funding in quent debtors via their cellphones. information related to Means-Tested and Adminstration for Children and Families). (x) Reauthorize the State Small Business Nonmeans-Tested programs and is required (H) Homeland Security: Credit Initiative. to be included in a proposed concurrent reso- (i) Permanently extend and reallocate the (N) Veterans Affairs: lution on the budget. travel promotion surcharge. (i) Establish Veterans Job Corps. (2) The reforms of programs listed herein (I) Housing and Urban Development: (ii) Extend round-down of cost of living ad- are derived from Table S-9 (page 177) in- (i) Provide funding for Project Rebuild. justments (compensation). cluded in the Budget Volume of the Presi- (ii) Provide funding for the Affordable (iii) Extend round-down of cost of living dent’s Budget Submission for Fiscal Year Housing Trust Fund. adjustments (education). 2015. (J) Interior: (iv) Provide burial receptacles for certain (3) All the reforms of both Means-Tested (i) Establish dedicated funding for Land new casketed gravesites. and Nonmeans-Tested programs are hereby and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) pro- (v) Make permanent the pilot for certain incorporated into this section by reference grams. work study activities. as they are detailed in the President’s Budg- (ii) Provide funding for a National Park (vi) Increase cap on vocational rehabilita- et Submission for Fiscal Year 2015. Service Centennial Initiative. tion contract counseling. TITLE III—POLICY STATEMENT (iii) Extend funding for Payments in Lieu (vii) Increase annual limitation on new SEC. 1. POLICY STATEMENT ON PRESIDENTIAL of Taxes (PILT). Independent Living cases. DATA AND POLICIES. (iv) Enact Federal oil and gas management (viii) Improve housing grant program. The budgetary assumptions underlying reforms. (ix) Extend supplemental service disabled this concurrent resolution are based on the (v) Reform hard rock mining on public veterans insurance coverage. data and policies contained in the ‘‘Fiscal lands. (O) Corps of Engineers: Year 2015 Budget of the U.S. Government’’, (vi) Repeal geothermal payments to coun- (i) Reform inland waterways funding. prepared by the Office of Management and ties. (P) Environmental Protection Agency: Budget on behalf of the President and sub- (vii) Terminate Abandoned Mine Lands (i) Enact pre-manufacture notice fee. mitted to Congress on March 4 and March 10, (AML) payments to certified States. (ii) Establish Confidential Business Infor- 2014, pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, (viii) Establish an AML hard rock reclama- mation management fee. United States Code. This concurrent resolu- tion fund. (Q) International Assistance Programs: tion adopts and incorporates by reference all (ix) Increase coal AML fee to pre–2006 lev- (i) Mandatory effects of discretionary pro- data, policy provisions and information con- els. posal to implement 2010 International Mone- tained therein. (x) Reauthorize the Federal Land Trans- tary Fund (IMF) agreement (non-scoreable). The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- action Facilitation Act of 2000 (FLTFA). (R) Other Defense—Civil Programs: lution 544, the gentleman from South (xi) Permanently reauthorize the Federal (i) Increase TRICARE pharmacy copay- Carolina (Mr. MULVANEY) and a Mem- Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ments. ber opposed each will control 10 min- (FLREA). (ii) Increase annual premiums for utes. (xii) Increase duck stamp fees. TRICARE-For- Life (TFL) enrollment. (xiii) Extend the Palau Compact of Free (iii) Increase TRICARE pharmacy copay- The Chair recognizes the gentleman Association. ments. from South Carolina. (K) Labor: (iv) Increase annual premiums for TFL en- Mr. MULVANEY. Mr. Chairman, I (i) Create Back to Work Partnerships for rollment. yield myself such time as I may con- the long term unemployed. (S) Office of Personnel Management: sume. (ii) Establish a New Career Pathways pro- (i) Streamline FEHBP pharmacy benefit It is good to be back this year to gram for displaced workers. contracting. once again offer the President’s budget

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.006 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3102 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 as an amendment to the Republican feature in this House, and look forward prised to hear the gentleman thinks budget. That is right; it is the Presi- to the debate as we go forward today. the House can go through this in 20 dent’s budget that I will be offering With that, I reserve the balance of minutes. So let’s not play games. again this year. my time. The White House has made clear if You may recall, Mr. Chairman, that I Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, I you want to support the President’s did this two years ago in an effort to rise in opposition to the gentleman’s priorities and the framework of the try and drive a debate over what I amendment. President’s budget going forward, you thought was a misguided document, a The CHAIR. The gentleman from should support the Democratic alter- document that the President had of- Maryland is recognized for 10 minutes. native, which I will offer tomorrow. fered us that I thought offered bad Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, With that, I reserve the balance of ideas for the future of this country. I some things never change. As the gen- my time. came in and offered an amendment—as tleman from South Carolina said, he Mr. MULVANEY. Mr. Chairman, I none of my Democratic colleagues saw offered this political stunt 2 years ago, yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from fit to do so—and for various reasons and it is no less of a political stunt Louisiana (Mr. SCALISE). failed to get a single vote on that par- today than it was 2 years ago. Mr. SCALISE. Mr. Chairman, I want ticular amendment. Mr. Chairman, I am a strong sup- to thank my colleague from South My colleagues at that time, Mr. porter of the President’s budget and of Carolina for bringing this budget for- Chairman, took the position that my the President’s policies. This is not a ward. In fact, this is President Obama’s amendment really was not the Presi- vote on the President’s budget and his budget. dent’s budget. In hindsight, there were policies. I wouldn’t be surprised if President things that we could have tightened Do you know what I wish it were? I Obama referred to his budget as a ‘‘po- up, and we did. We tightened up all the wish the Speaker of this House would litical stunt.’’ If you look at the his- loose ends. There is no question now we bring up the President’s proposal to tory of President Obama’s budget, specifically reference the President’s shut down those tax incentives that ac- which he is legally required to file budget in this amendment. This is the tually encourage multinational cor- every year, he is in the sixth year of President’s budget. porations to ship American jobs over- his Presidency. Do you know that 5 of Last year, I tried to come and do it seas and instead use some of those sav- those 6 years President Obama failed to again. Last year, I came in with a ings to invest in jobs here at home. I meet the legal deadline to file his blank piece of paper. Last year I came wish the Speaker of this House would budget? in with a blank piece of paper because let us vote on that President’s policy. I During that 5 out of 6-year period, the President had not offered his budg- wish the Speaker of this House would every single year of those 6 years, et in a timely fashion, as required by bring up the bipartisan immigration President Obama made time to fill out law. Perhaps rightly so, I was ruled out bill. One has already passed the Senate. his Final Four brackets. of order, and we did not have a chance We have a version over here in the b 1530 to have a vote on that particular House. Mr. Chairman, let’s vote on amendment last year. that President’s policy. I wish the Now, if his Final Four brackets do The President has solved that prob- Speaker of the House would let us vote about as good as his budget does for lem for us this year. Still a little late, on the President’s minimum wage pro- the country—because if you look at the but at least we have the President’s posal, to make sure that more people President’s budget, which we’re here budget now in time to debate it here on would be able to prosper in our econ- debating, and I am speaking against, as the floor during budget week, and I am omy. We haven’t had a vote on that. my colleague from South Carolina is, looking forward to doing that. I am Mr. Chairman, I wish that we could the President’s budget shows his prior- looking forward to doing that, Mr. have a vote on the President’s proposal ities for the country, just like we are Chairman, because this budget does a to extend emergency unemployment lying about our priorities for the coun- lot of things that I disagree with. It compensation. The Senate has passed try to get our budget back into bal- does a lot of things that folks on the that. Let’s have a vote over here. ance, to get our economy moving other side may agree with. But I think This is a political stunt, just like it again. it merits a debate. Any time the Presi- was before and, by the way, the White What does President Obama do? dent of the United States takes the House sees it as a political stunt again President Obama raises over $1 trillion time and the energy to produce a budg- this year, just as they were right to in new taxes, job-crushing taxes, that et, I think it at least merits 20 minutes call it that the other year. will pull our economy even further of debate on the floor of the House of This is, in fact, the President’s budg- back than he has already brought it, Representatives. et right here, right here. This is it, Mr. but you would think, if you listen to I look forward to doing that today, Chairman. liberal orthodoxy that that $1 trillion and I look forward to having my It is interesting to hear our Repub- is going to get us to a balanced budget, friends defend a budget that does lican colleagues who claim to be in right? things such as continuing the Afford- favor of transparency, accountability, They always say they need more able Care Act, adopting immigration saying that this is the President’s money and former taxes to balance the reform, supporting common core, cre- budget and then allocating 10 minutes budget. Look what happens, Mr. Chair, ating a new infrastructure bank, cre- per side. I thought we didn’t even want the President’s budget never, ever gets ating a $1 billion climate fund, increas- to take up thousand-plus page bills, we to balance, with over $1 trillion in new ing airport fees on passengers, making don’t even want to take those up. Yet, taxes that he takes out of this econ- Pell grants a mandatory spending pro- now supposedly we are going to debate omy, killing jobs across America, gram, creating a preschool program for and vote on something that is over never gets to balance. everybody, increasing duck stamp fees, 2,000 pages, less time on the President’s Our budgets that we are bringing for- extending emergency unemployment budget than on any of the other pro- ward do not raise a dime in new taxes compensation, increasing costs for posals before the House. Give me a and, in fact, gets to balance within the TRICARE on our veterans, and extend- break. 10-year window, which underscores the ing the Federal health benefit pro- If this was serious, it would be a difference in our visions for the coun- grams to same sex partners. total abuse of process. In fact, the Con- try. We show through real policy that I think it is a valid discussion that gressional Budget Office hasn’t even actually controlling the spending in we should have every year. I was very had a chance, Mr. Chairman, to evalu- Washington, forcing Washington to live glad to learn, by the way, that I am not ate and score the President’s budget within its means, is what gets our the first person to do this. I was talk- yet. So you have got the House Repub- economy moving again and what gets ing to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. lican budget, and you have got the us to balance. BARTON), who did this with President Democratic party, all those are written President Obama proves with his own Reagan’s budget back in the 1980s. I to CBO, but CBO hasn’t had a chance to budget that, with over $1 trillion in would like to see it become a regular go through that this quickly. I am sur- new job-crushing taxes he never, ever

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.045 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3103 gets to balance; but, again, 5 out of the Sometimes, we talk about numbers. It goes on to say that the concurrent President’s 6 years in office, only one Here is why it matters. In the end, you resolution adopts and incorporates by time has he actually met the legal think about what makes the country references all data, policy provisions, deadline to file his budget. special, moms and dads making sac- and information contained therein. He always met the deadline to make rifices, so their kids can have a life Everything that is in the President’s his Final Four picks. I think he’s better than they did, that they can get budget is in this amendment. They shown what his priorities are. We are to their goals. have plenty of opportunity to vote on showing ours. With this kind of vision and this kind this. They can do it themselves. They I urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on President of budget, this kind of plan for where can vote for what I have offered here Obama’s budget. we are going to go, it will make it that today. Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chair, the much tougher for young people to get Lastly, I will address the point, and gentleman referred to the House Re- the opportunities they need to experi- my good friend makes a point every publican budget a couple times. Just to ence the American Dream. single year that this is a political remind my colleagues that the House That is why it is so important. All stunt. I want to tell a story as to why Republican budget claims to balance in those policies that the ranking member it is not this year. It is a real story. It 10 years. It also claims to get rid of all mentioned in his opening statement, happened to me. It happened to you. It the Affordable Care Act, all of they are in this budget. This is not a happened to everybody here who rep- ObamaCare, but the reality is it has political stunt. This is just putting up resents folks back home. over $2 trillion in revenues and savings what the President says is actually I get a letter, Mr. Chairman, from from the Affordable Care Act. going to make the country better. We the Social Security Administration, Here is what The Heritage Founda- know it is going to make the country telling me that they were closing the tion had to say about the budget: worse. We are offering a chance for the field offices in my district. Perhaps the biggest shortcoming of this Democrats to stand up and defend this, By the way, they closed field offices budget is that it keeps the tax increases as- in everybody’s district. In the letter, sociated with ObamaCare. and they won’t. So I would urge a ‘‘no’’ vote on this. they said they did that because we had So our Republican colleagues keep It is same old, same old; cut national cut their budget by $1 billion for 3 saying their budget balances in 10 defense, raise taxes, add to the debt, years in a row. years, then they keep saying they are never ever balance, and continue to I am no longer on the Budget Com- repealing all of Affordable Care Act. create this environment that is not mittee, but as Mr. VAN HOLLEN knows, Both things cannot be true. I used to serve on that committee, and Now, what is true about the House conducive to economic growth. Again, as I said to the minority whip I don’t remember us cutting the Social Republican budget is the priorities it Security Administration by $1 billion reflects, and, once again, it protects in an earlier debate, in the fifth year of Ronald Reagan’s Presidency, we were each of the last 3 years. and rigs special interests tax breaks for So I wrote them a letter and said: growing at 71⁄2 percent. Here, we are in very powerful groups at the expense of you said you are closing the field of- the fifth year of the Obama Presidency, the rest of the country. fices in my district because we cut meandering along, bumping along at 2 Yes, as I indicated earlier, the Presi- your budget. Would you please provide percent growth rate, that is the prob- dent has proposed that we get rid of me with evidence of that? some of the tax breaks that actually lem. What they wrote back is a letter that have a perverse incentive for compa- This budget will continue that same said: we got $1 billion less from Con- nies to ship jobs overseas, to close poor economic performance, and that is gress than the President asked for in those tax breaks, use that revenue to why we should vote against it. his budget. invest in our infrastructure and help I thank the gentleman for bringing it They got more than they did the year power our economy right here at home. to the floor. the year before and more than they did From a Republican colleague’s per- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. I reserve the bal- the year before that. The actual money spective, oh, no, you can’t cut one spe- ance of my time. they had to spend went up, but because Mr. MULVANEY. Mr. Chair, we are cial interest tax break, not for hedge they didn’t get what the President finished with our speakers and reserve fund owners, not for Big Oil companies. asked for in his budget, they closed the the balance and right to close. No, no, you can’t do that. offices in our districts that serve our The CHAIR. The gentleman from But you know what you can do? You constituents. can come after the senior prescription Maryland has the right to close. This is a very important document. drug benefit by reopening the doughnut Mr. MULVANEY. Then I will yield Clearly, the Social Security Adminis- hole, costing seniors another $1,200 a myself the balance of the time. tration thinks it is an important docu- Mr. Chair, my friend from Maryland month. You can come after our kid’s ment. It is at least important enough made a couple of different points. He education. You can charge college stu- for us to vote on in the House of Rep- said that he wishes he could vote for dents higher interest to raise about $40 resentatives. billion, higher interest while they are the things in the President’s budget. I With that, I yield back the balance of still in school, before they get a job. will say to him again here, I’ll say it to my time. You can do all that, but, hey, hands you, I will say to anyone listening the Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chairman, off the big special interests. So I am same thing I said to the Rules Com- how much time remains? glad that the previous speaker re- mittee, the same thing I have said the The CHAIR. The gentleman from minded us exactly what this Repub- last 3 years: I keep waiting for one of Maryland has 5 minutes remaining. lican budget does my colleagues across the aisle to do ex- Mr. VAN HOLLEN. Mr. Chair, I yield I reserve the balance of my time. actly that. myself the balance of my time. Mr. MULVANEY. I yield 2 minutes to You think I want to be here offering The gentleman just mentioned Social the gentleman from Ohio (Mr. JORDAN). the President’s budget? If my col- Security Administration funds for op- Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Chair, I rise in op- leagues across the aisle would like the erations. Let me tell you, if you vote position, like I assume everyone who opportunity to vote on the President’s for the House Republican budget today, speaks on this amendment is going to budget and the items that are con- you are going to be decimating the do today. It is amazing the other tained in it, they have the ability to do funds available for those kind of ongo- party—everyone is opposed to it. so by simply offering this particular ing operations because they cut that Here is what it does simply: you cut amendment. part of the budget that allows for the to the chase, it hollows out national Failing that, they will have an oppor- administration of the Social Security defense, it raises trillions in new taxes tunity to hear today because, if you Administration and cut it big time. over the next 10 years, add about $8 look at our amendment, it specifically So it is interesting to hear my col- trillion to the national debt—from $17 says that the budgetary assumptions league talk about the President’s budg- trillion to approximately $25 trillion— underlying this current resolution are et in that regard, but I would suggest it does all that, never, ever, ever get- based on the data and the policies in he look at the impact from the House ting to balance. the President’s budget. Republican budget.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.046 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3104 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 Let me just say, Mr. Chair, I indi- issue, just swoosh, down the tubes in- Fiscal year 2023: $3,915,253,000,000. cated earlier that we with like to vote solvent. Fiscal year 2024: $4,112,238,000,000. on the President’s policies. We have Hopefully, we will have an oppor- (B) The amounts by which the aggregate been waiting a very long time to vote tunity to actually vote on the Presi- levels of Federal revenues should be changed are as follows: on comprehensive immigration reform. dent’s proposal, as I said, to eliminate Fiscal year 2015: $163,459,000,000. In fact, we filed a discharge petition to some of the special interests tax breaks Fiscal year 2016: $176,904,000,000. do it. that encourage companies to move jobs Fiscal year 2017: $195,554,000,000. We would like to vote on increasing overseas, close those down, so we can Fiscal year 2018: $214,111,000,000. the minimum wage. We filed a dis- invest in our transportation right here Fiscal year 2019: $225,418,000,000. charge petition to do it. We would like at home. Fiscal year 2020: $236,853,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: $253,030,000,000. to vote on emergency unemployment So let’s not fall for this political Fiscal year 2022: $269,631,000,000. insurance. We filed a discharge petition stunt. I mean, I have to believe that if Fiscal year 2023: $288,735,000,000. on that. my colleagues seriously wanted a de- Fiscal year 2024: $304,785,000,000. The Speaker of the House has refused bate a 2,000-page document, that even (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes to allow democracy to work. Now, we they would agree that it merits more of the enforcement of this resolution, the ap- have what is clearly a stunt. As I said, than 10 minutes, even they would agree propriate levels of total new budget author- I am a supporter of the President’s that we should have the benefit of the ity are as follows: Fiscal year 2015: $3,443,426,000,000. budget; I support the President’s pol- Congressional Budget Office’s analysis Fiscal year 2016: $3,400,616,000,000. icy. I think it is a stunt. The White before we ask this body to take on that Fiscal year 2017: $3,473,245,000,000. House recognizes it as a stunt. We will responsibility. Fiscal year 2018: $3,601,639,000,000. have, tomorrow, the Democratic alter- So let’s not fall for sham. Let’s reject Fiscal year 2019: $3,809,035,000,000. native that has the support of the the amendment by Mr. MULVANEY; and Fiscal year 2020: $4,000,203,000,000. White House. then, tomorrow, let’s vote in support of Fiscal year 2021: $4,166,166,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: $4,397,911,000,000. I still find it incredulous that our the Democratic alternative. Fiscal year 2023: $4,555,131,000,000. colleagues are telling us that they real- I yield back the balance of my time. Fiscal year 2024: $4,711,021,000,000. ly are giving 10 minutes per side of de- The CHAIR. The question is on the (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the bate to what they claim is before us, amendment offered by the gentleman enforcement of this resolution, the appro- which is 2,000 pages, right? from South Carolina (Mr. MULVANEY). priate levels of total budget outlays are as These are our colleagues that went The question was taken; and the follows: around the country calling for trans- Chair announced that the noes ap- Fiscal year 2015: $3,257,765,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: $3,448,528,000,000. parency and accountability. They real- peared to have it. Fiscal year 2017: $3,518,207,000,000. ly want Members to vote on something Mr. MULVANEY. Mr. Chair, I de- Fiscal year 2018: $3,610,258,000,000. that the Congressional Budget Office mand a recorded vote. Fiscal year 2019: $3,806,896,000,000. has not had a chance to score? The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of Fiscal year 2020: $3,968,446,000,000. Apparently, they are going to do it rule XVIII, further proceedings on the Fiscal year 2021: $4,139,595,000,000. next week because they are in the proc- amendment offered by the gentleman Fiscal year 2022: $4,372,838,000,000. ess of looking through the President’s from South Carolina will be postponed. Fiscal year 2023: $4,516,239,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $4,657,148,000,000. budget. So even if this were on the AMENDMENT NO. 2 IN THE NATURE OF A (4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of level, which it is not, you can’t com- SUBSTITUTE OFFERED BY MS. MOORE. the enforcement of this resolution, the pare apples to apples without the Con- The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are as gressional Budget Office analysis. sider amendment No. 2 printed in follows: So I am so glad our Republican col- House Report 113–405. Fiscal year 2015: -$560,465,000,000. leagues were able to speed-read Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chair, as the des- Fiscal year 2016: -$595,585,000,000. through this thing in 10 minutes and Fiscal year 2017: -$533,230,000,000. ignee of the gentlewoman from Ohio Fiscal year 2018: -$505,840,000,000. make judgments. The good news for (Ms. FUDGE), I have an amendment at Fiscal year 2019: -$566,793,000,000. them is that is not the President’s the desk. Fiscal year 2020: -$582,956,000,000. budget either. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate Fiscal year 2021: -$591,914,000,000. So let’s not play games. Let’s recog- the amendment. Fiscal year 2022: -$646,860,000,000. nize that, as we debate these budgets, The text of the amendment is as fol- Fiscal year 2023: -$600,986,000,000. we are debating the country’s prior- lows: Fiscal year 2024: -$544,910,000,000. ities. We are debating very different (5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—Pursuant to Strike all after the resolving clause and in- section 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget priorities. Once again, the House Re- sert the following: Act of 1974, the appropriate levels of the pub- publican budget chooses to double SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE lic debt are as follows: down on rigging the rules for very pow- BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015. Fiscal year 2015: $18,429,000,000,000. erful special interests. (a) DECLARATION.—The Congress deter- Fiscal year 2016: $19,181,000,000,000. If you are a millionaire, you are mines and declares that this concurrent res- Fiscal year 2017: $19,926,000,000,000. going to get a one-third cut in your tax olution establishes the budget for fiscal year Fiscal year 2018: $20,661,000,000,000. 2015 and sets forth appropriate budgetary rate under the House Republican budg- Fiscal year 2019: $21,438,000,000,000. levels for fiscal years 2016 through 2024. Fiscal year 2020: $22,222,000,000,000. et. You know who is going to pay for (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— Fiscal year 2021: $23,007,000,000,000. it? Middle-income taxpayers will have Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budg- Fiscal year 2022: $23,827,000,000,000. to pay more to finance that tax break et for fiscal year 2015. Fiscal year 2023: $24,633,000,000,000. for the wealthy—in fact, $2,000 for a Sec. 2. Recommended levels and amounts. Fiscal year 2024: $25,419,000,000,000. family with kids, on average. Sec. 3. Major functional categories. (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro- You know who else is going to have Sec. 4. Direct spending. priate levels of debt held by the public are as to pay for that? Our kids’ education, SEC. 2. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND AMOUNTS. follows: The following budgetary levels are appro- Fiscal year 2015: $13,338,000,000,000. Early Head Start, Head Start, K–12, Fiscal year 2016: $13,973,000,000,000. college kids. priate for each of fiscal years 2015 through 2024: Fiscal year 2017: $14,554,000,000,000. You know what else is going to pay? (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of Fiscal year 2018: $15,109,000,000,000. Our competitiveness as a country be- the enforcement of this resolution: Fiscal year 2019: $15,744,000,000,000. cause we are not going to make the in- (A) The recommended levels of Federal Fiscal year 2020: $16,421,000,000,000. vestments that, historically, have revenues are as follows: Fiscal year 2021: $17,137,000,000,000. helped power this country forward in Fiscal year 2015: $2,697,300,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: $17,944,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: $2,852,943,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: $18,732,000,000,000. the area of transportation and infra- Fiscal year 2024: $19,505,000,000,000. structure. Fiscal year 2017: $2,984,977,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: $3,104,418,000,000. SEC. 3. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. Republican budget, you know when Fiscal year 2019: $3,240,103,000,000. The Congress determines and declares that the trust fund goes insolvent? This Fiscal year 2020: $3,385,490,000,000. the appropriate levels of new budget author- summer. Nothing in there, nothing in Fiscal year 2021: $3,547,681,000,000. ity and outlays for fiscal years 2015 through the Republican budget to address that Fiscal year 2022: $3,725,978,000,000. 2024 for each major functional category are:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.047 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3105 (1) National Defense (050): Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $36,556,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $22,392,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $529,658,000,000. (B) Outlays, $35,797,000,000. (B) Outlays, $21,851,000,000. (B) Outlays, $567,234,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $37,360,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $22,590,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $569,522,000,000. (B) Outlays, $36,582,000,000. (B) Outlays, $22,080,000,000. (B) Outlays, $570,714,000,000. (4) Energy (270): Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $23,081,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $577,616,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $11,560,000,000. (B) Outlays, $22,553,000,000. (B) Outlays, $570,915,000,000. (B) Outlays, $9,834,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $23,457,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $586,874,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $7,636,000,000. (B) Outlays, $22,932,000,000. (B) Outlays, $573,937,000,000. (B) Outlays, $7,312,000,000. (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $595,151,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $6,012,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $12,072,000,000. (B) Outlays, $586,488,000,000. (B) Outlays, $5,137,000,000. (B) Outlays, $150,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $604,440,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $5,816,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $13,392,000,000. (B) Outlays, $595,519,000,000. (B) Outlays, $4,870,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$832,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $613,753,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $5,902,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $11,227,000,000. (B) Outlays, $604,662,000,000. (B) Outlays, $5,285,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$4,423,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $624,066,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $5,994,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $11,747,000,000. (B) Outlays, $619,436,000,000. (B) Outlays, $5,407,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$5,165,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $639,335,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $6,111,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $11,383,000,000. (B) Outlays, $627,590,000,000. (B) Outlays, $5,656,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$10,430,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $656,669,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $6,226,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $13,715,000,000. (B) Outlays, $637,835,000,000. (B) Outlays, $5,841,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$8,647,000,000. (2) International Affairs (150): Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $6,445,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $13,025,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $50,508,000,000. (B) Outlays, $6,048,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$4,179,000,000. (B) Outlays, $46,984,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $6,982,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $14,142,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $47,680,000,000. (B) Outlays, $6,270,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$4,528,000,000. (B) Outlays, $46,034,000,000. (5) Natural Resources and Environment Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2017: (300): (A) New budget authority, $14,326,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $48,736,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, -$5,476,000,000. (B) Outlays, $46,276,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $45,712,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $45,218,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $14,798,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $49,838,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, -$6,172,000,000. (B) Outlays, $46,793,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $43,251,000,000. (8) Transportation (400): Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $45,709,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $50,917,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $224,774,000,000. (B) Outlays, $47,826,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $41,598,000,000. (B) Outlays, $162,667,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $43,697,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $52,065,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $156,720,000,000. (B) Outlays, $48,328,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $42,276,000,000. (B) Outlays, $167,973,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $43,266,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $52,734,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $111,700,000,000. (B) Outlays, $49,044,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $43,392,000,000. (B) Outlays, $140,956,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $43,648,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $54,172,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $101,705,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,255,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $44,969,000,000. (B) Outlays, $120,192,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $44,622,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $55,361,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $100,697,000,000. (B) Outlays, $51,339,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $44,848,000,000. (B) Outlays, $115,763,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $44,846,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $56,602,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $101,764,000,000. (B) Outlays, $52,465,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $46,092,000,000. (B) Outlays, $110,317,000,000. (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (B) Outlays, $45,734,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (250): Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $102,870,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $47,264,000,000. (B) Outlays, $109,213,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $37,883,000,000. (B) Outlays, $46,919,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $33,551,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $104,030,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $48,610,000,000. (B) Outlays, $110,557,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $32,476,000,000. (B) Outlays, $47,617,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $33,333,000,000. (6) Agriculture (350): (A) New budget authority, $105,210,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $112,416,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $32,138,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $18,881,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $32,622,000,000. (B) Outlays, $17,632,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $106,439,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $114,299,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $32,836,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $23,171,000,000. (9) Community and Regional Development (B) Outlays, $32,627,000,000. (B) Outlays, $22,772,000,000. (450): Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $33,535,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $22,822,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $49,327,000,000. (B) Outlays, $33,294,000,000. (B) Outlays, $22,023,000,000. (B) Outlays, $40,739,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $34,272,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $22,707,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $28,387,000,000. (B) Outlays, $33,693,000,000. (B) Outlays, $21,904,000,000. (B) Outlays, $39,053,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $35,014,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,743,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $18,337,000,000. (B) Outlays, $34,286,000,000. (B) Outlays, $21,344,000,000. (B) Outlays, $32,410,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $35,782,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,887,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $14,462,000,000. (B) Outlays, $35,036,000,000. (B) Outlays, $21,443,000,000. (B) Outlays, $23,759,000,000.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.009 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3106 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $585,270,000,000. (B) Outlays, $155,978,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $14,408,000,000. (B) Outlays, $585,194,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $21,822,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $170,961,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $610,478,000,000. (B) Outlays, $169,517,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $14,275,000,000. (B) Outlays, $610,392,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $19,720,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $168,858,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $672,921,000,000. (B) Outlays, $168,150,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $14,498,000,000. (B) Outlays, $672,827,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $16,953,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $167,388,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $720,722,000,000. (B) Outlays, $166,463,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $14,532,000,000. (B) Outlays, $720,624,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $14,787,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $179,305,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $771,048,000,000. (B) Outlays, $178,471,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $14,775,000,000. (B) Outlays, $770,949,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $14,580,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $184,269,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $854,586,000,000. (B) Outlays, $183,317,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $15,068,000,000. (B) Outlays, $854,479,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $14,704,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $188,571,000,000. (10) Education, Training, Employment, and (A) New budget authority, $883,245,000,000. (B) Outlays, $187,569,000,000. Social Services (500): (B) Outlays, $883,135,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $216,018,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $200,680,000,000. (B) Outlays, $162,097,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $913,236,000,000. (B) Outlays, $199,612,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $913,119,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $158,111,000,000. (13) Income Security (600): (A) New budget authority, $197,458,000,000. (B) Outlays, $167,376,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $196,384,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $548,028,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $125,492,000,000. (B) Outlays, $537,560,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $194,292,000,000. (B) Outlays, $143,292,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $193,155,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $552,594,000,000. (16) Administration of Justice (750): (A) New budget authority, $118,800,000,000. (B) Outlays, $551,208,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $129,483,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $71,342,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $555,223,000,000. (B) Outlays, $57,338,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $115,816,000,000. (B) Outlays, $551,226,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $125,274,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $62,293,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $552,717,000,000. (B) Outlays, $62,627,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $117,265,000,000. (B) Outlays, $547,180,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $120,183,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $61,045,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $572,561,000,000. (B) Outlays, $66,242,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $118,614,000,000. (B) Outlays, $569,575,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $119,104,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $61,594,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $585,693,000,000. (B) Outlays, $66,704,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $120,472,000,000. (B) Outlays, $581,811,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $119,992,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $63,347,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $599,700,000,000. (B) Outlays, $64,367,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $122,325,000,000. (B) Outlays, $595,008,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $121,611,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $65,273,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $618,433,000,000. (B) Outlays, $64,951,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $124,279,000,000. (B) Outlays, $617,739,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $123,548,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $67,423,000,000. (11) Health (550): (A) New budget authority, $627,486,000,000. (B) Outlays, $66,906,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $621,800,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $507,449,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $70,160,000,000. (B) Outlays, $497,501,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $635,068,000,000. (B) Outlays, $69,530,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $624,020,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $556,738,000,000. (14) Social Security (650): (A) New budget authority, $72,257,000,000. (B) Outlays, $561,299,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $71,603,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $31,442,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $614,352,000,000. (B) Outlays, $31,517,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $77,968,000,000. (B) Outlays, $613,019,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $77,291,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $34,245,000,000. (17) General Government (800): (A) New budget authority, $634,932,000,000. (B) Outlays, $34,283,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $635,653,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $27,402,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $37,133,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,605,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $666,537,000,000. (B) Outlays, $37,133,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $666,783,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $27,946,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $40,138,000,000. (B) Outlays, $26,804,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $710,614,000,000. (B) Outlays, $40,138,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $700,055,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $28,521,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $43,383,000,000. (B) Outlays, $27,925,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $737,724,000,000. (B) Outlays, $43,383,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $736,844,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $29,309,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $46,747,000,000. (B) Outlays, $28,836,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $776,912,000,000. (B) Outlays, $46,747,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (B) Outlays, $775,495,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $30,142,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $50,255,000,000. (B) Outlays, $29,612,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $816,381,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,255,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $815,137,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $30,952,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $53,941,000,000. (B) Outlays, $30,430,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $858,300,000,000. (B) Outlays, $53,941,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $857,258,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $31,842,000,000. (12) Medicare (570): (A) New budget authority, $57,800,000,000. (B) Outlays, $31,326,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $57,800,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $523,538,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $32,741,000,000. (B) Outlays, $523,428,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $58,441,000,000. (B) Outlays, $32,227,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $58,441,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $570,723,000,000. (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): (A) New budget authority, $33,585,000,000. (B) Outlays, $570,644,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $33,079,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $158,993,000,000. Fiscal year 2024:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.009 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3107 (A) New budget authority, $34,498,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$98,215,000,000. that reduce benefits available to seniors and (B) Outlays, $33,979,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: individuals with disabilities in Medicare. (18) Net Interest (900): (A) New budget authority, -$101,362,000,000. (B) Any savings derived from changes or Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, -$101,362,000,000. reforms to Medicare and Social Security (A) New budget authority, $367,414,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: should be used to extend the solvency of (B) Outlays, $367,414,000,000. (A) New budget authority, -$107,098,000,000. these vital programs and not be used to off- Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, -$107,098,000,000. set the cost of cutting taxes. (A) New budget authority, $426,582,000,000. (21) Overseas Contingency Operations (970): The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- (B) Outlays, $426,582,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $85,357,000,000. lution 544, the gentlewoman from Wis- (A) New budget authority, $506,101,000,000. (B) Outlays, $49,250,000,000. consin (Ms. MOORE) and a Member op- (B) Outlays, $506,101,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: posed each will control 15 minutes. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $0. The Chair recognizes the gentle- (A) New budget authority, $595,624,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,625,000,000. woman from Wisconsin. (B) Outlays, $595,624,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chair, I am so proud Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $0. to be here with my distinguished col- (A) New budget authority, $670,430,000,000. (B) Outlays, $6,504,000,000. (B) Outlays, $670,430,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: leagues from the Congressional Black Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $0. Caucus to present our budget for fiscal (A) New budget authority, $733,465,000,000. (B) Outlays, $2,225,000,000. year 2015. (B) Outlays, $733,465,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $0. b 1545 (A) New budget authority, $786,127,000,000. (B) Outlays, $902,000,000. (B) Outlays, $786,127,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: We have spent the last week, 2 weeks Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $0. analyzing the House Republican budg- (A) New budget authority, $837,776,000,000. (B) Outlays, $714,000,000. et, and you have heard here on this (B) Outlays, $837,776,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: floor today the flaws in this budget: it Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $0. (A) New budget authority, $889,086,000,000. doesn’t reflect the needs of our Nation; (B) Outlays, $35,000,000. it achieves deficit reduction by impos- (B) Outlays, $889,086,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $0. ing more austerity provisions at the (A) New budget authority, $934,712,000,000. (B) Outlays, $27,000,000. expense of our most vulnerable popu- (B) Outlays, $934,712,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: lations; and it stifles economic growth (19) Allowances (920): (A) New budget authority, $0. and our ability to compete on a global Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $27,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $4,600,000,000. scale. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $4,600,000,000. But instead of just criticizing the (A) New budget authority, $0. Fiscal year 2016: majority’s budget, the Congressional (B) Outlays, $27,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,566,000,000. Black Caucus once again has done the (B) Outlays, $3,873,000,000. SEC. 4. DIRECT SPENDING. due diligence to put together a budget Fiscal year 2017: (a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— (1) For means-tested direct spending, the alternative which we believe meets the (A) New budget authority, $4,696,000,000. highest priorities of all Americans. (B) Outlays, $7,440,000,000. average rate of growth in the total level of Fiscal year 2018: outlays during the 10-year period preceding First of all, it reduces the deficit re- (A) New budget authority, $6,354,000,000. fiscal year 2015 is 6.8 percent. sponsibly. Secondly, it constructs a (B) Outlays, $9,333,000,000. (2) For means-tested direct spending, the meaningful job creation package, Fiscal year 2019: estimated average rate of growth in the total something Americans desperately (A) New budget authority, $7,843,000,000. level of outlays during the 10-year period be- need. It invests in our infrastructure (B) Outlays, $10,606,000,000. ginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent and education so we can grow our econ- under current law. Fiscal year 2020: omy. It ends the ongoing threat of (A) New budget authority, $3,704,000,000. (3) This concurrent resolution retains the (B) Outlays, $7,629,000,000. social safety net that has lifted millions of spending cuts due to sequestration. It Fiscal year 2021: Americans out of poverty and protects both raises revenue through the Tax Code (A) New budget authority, $5,183,000,000. the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Pro- fairly. We just cannot cut our way to (B) Outlays, $8,706,000,000. gram and Medicaid from draconian spending prosperity. And, finally, it extends a Fiscal year 2022: cuts. compassionate hand towards those who (A) New budget authority, $8,793,000,000. (b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— live in poverty, which is the signature (B) Outlays, $11,037,000,000. (1) For nonmeans-tested direct spending, and the heart of the Congressional Fiscal year 2023: the average rate of growth in the total level (A) New budget authority, $14,517,000,000. of outlays during the 10-year period pre- Black Caucus budget. (B) Outlays, $16,193,000,000. ceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7 percent. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to Fiscal year 2024: (2) For nonmeans-test direct spending, the the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. (A) New budget authority, $21,340,000,000. estimated average rate of growth in the total FUDGE), the chairwoman of the Con- (B) Outlays, $22,164,000,000. level of outlays during the 10-year period be- gressional Black Caucus. (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): ginning with fiscal year 2015 is 5.4 percent Ms. FUDGE. I thank you for yielding. Fiscal year 2015: under current law. As chair of the Congressional Black (A) New budget authority, -$78,532,000,000. (3) The following reforms are proposed in (B) Outlays, -$78,532,000,000. this concurrent resolution for nonmeans- Caucus, I am proud to once again pro- Fiscal year 2016: tested direct spending: pose a fiscally sound and morally re- (A) New budget authority, -$83,378,000,000. (A) For Medicare, this budget rejects pro- sponsible alternative budget. (B) Outlays, -$83,378,000,000. posals to end the Medicare guarantee and The CBC has a long history of intro- Fiscal year 2017: shift rising health care costs onto seniors by ducing an alternative budget that pro- (A) New budget authority, -$83,632,000,000. replacing Medicare with vouchers or pre- tects and invests in programs that are (B) Outlays, -$83,632,000,000. mium support for the purchase of private in- vital to our communities. Our budget Fiscal year 2018: surance. Such proposals will expose seniors (A) New budget authority, -$83,956,000,000. and persons with disabilities on fixed in- emphasizes the CBC’s commitment to (B) Outlays, -$83,956,000,000. comes to unacceptable financial risks, and eradicating poverty in America by in- Fiscal year 2019: they will weaken the traditional Medicare creasing economic opportunities (A) New budget authority, -$90,374,000,000. program. Instead, this budget builds on the through robust investments in edu- (B) Outlays, -$90,374,000,000. success of the Affordable Care Act, which cation and infrastructure, affordable Fiscal year 2020: made significant strides in health-care cost housing, domestic manufacturing, (A) New budget authority, -$91,882,000,000. containment and put into place a framework small businesses, and job training. (B) Outlays, -$91,882,000,000. for continuous innovation. This budget sup- Though tough decisions are required Fiscal year 2021: ports comprehensive reforms to give physi- (A) New budget authority, -$95,566,000,000. cians and other care providers incentives to to ensure our country’s fiscal future, (B) Outlays, -$95,566,000,000. provide high-quality, coordinated, efficient we do not believe the well-being of the Fiscal year 2022: care, in a manner consistent with the goals most vulnerable in this Nation must be (A) New budget authority, -$98,215,000,000. of fiscal sustainability. It makes no changes sacrificed for us to remain on the path

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.009 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3108 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 to economic recovery. The CBC alter- on their own needs that they will pay for all Americans by 4.4 percent but native budget for fiscal year 2015 re- through higher prices in stores, grew by 4.5 percent for African Amer- mains true to the principle of oppor- through lower wages at work, or as ican households. tunity for all. lower retirement savings. No one doubts the sincerity of the The Ryan budget, on the other hand, In addition, the CBC budget would Congressional Black Caucus in bring- completely misses the mark. It dis- plunge our Nation $4.3 trillion further ing this budget substitute to the floor, regards the fact that millions of Amer- into debt after 10 years relative to the but there is an old saying: You can’t icans struggle to feed their families House Republican budget. That is more fix a broken bucket by pouring more and find jobs. It requires sacrifices of than $35,000 per household. That is not water in it; at some point, you have to the most vulnerable, including the a theoretical number. That amount, fix the bucket. youngest and eldest among us. plus interest, will have to be paid back The House Republican budget does As reported by the Center on Budget in future taxes just as surely as if it this by reducing the tax and regulatory and Policy Priorities, some 69 percent appeared on your credit card state- burdens that are choking investment of the cuts in Chairman RYAN’s budget ment. In fact, families will be required in job creation and that are causing come from programs that serve people to pay this debt back before they pay the long, cold winter that our country of limited means. These dispropor- their credit card, and the IRS is quite has endured. If we want to see morning tionate cuts, which account for $3.3 insistent that they do. again in America, we need to restore trillion of the budget’s $4.8 trillion in Again, not all of that will be direct the policies that have produced it be- fore. nondefense cuts over the next decade, taxes. Much of it will be hidden in With that, I reserve the balance of higher prices, lower wages, and lower contrast sharply with the Ryan budg- my time. et’s rhetoric about helping the poor retirement savings for families. But Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 and promoting opportunity. Need I say make no mistake; it must all be paid minutes to the gentleman from South more about that? back, and families will bear that bur- Carolina (Mr. CLYBURN), the assistant To my colleagues in the House, the den. minority leader. CBC substitute budget is the best blue- Let’s look at the massive increase in Mr. CLYBURN. Mr. Chairman, I print. Let’s build a stronger, better, spending designed to jump-start the thank the gentlelady for yielding me and more fiscally responsible America economy. That policy has already this time. together. I encourage all of my col- failed us, and failed us miserably, and Mr. Chairman, I rise in strong opposi- leagues to vote for the Congressional here is why: tion to the Republican budget and in Black Caucus budget. Government cannot inject a single support of the alternative put forth by Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I dollar into the economy until it has the Congressional Black Caucus. rise in opposition to the amendment. first taken that dollar out of the econ- Put simply, the Republican budget is The CHAIR. The gentleman from omy. If I take a dollar from Peter and bad for seniors, bad for young people, California is recognized for 15 minutes. give it to Paul, it is true Paul is going and bad for America’s economic future. Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I to have an extra dollar to spend. He is It may be a path to prosperity for the yield myself 6 minutes. going to take it into a store. The store- investor class in our society, but it is a Mr. Chairman, the budget substitute keeper is going to order more inven- path to permanent struggle for Amer- offered by the Congressional Black tory, the manufacturer is going to ica’s working families. Caucus is a good faith effort to lift a order more resources, and that dollar The Republican budget is a disaster growing portion of our population out will ripple through the economy. for our senior citizens. It brings back of chronic poverty and despair, a goal But we have completely forgotten the doughnut hole for Medicare pre- all of us share. It attempts to do so the other half of that equation. Peter scription drugs. We eliminated the over the next 10 years by raising $2.3 now has one less dollar to spend in that doughnut hole with the Affordable Care trillion of taxes on corporations and economy—one less dollar to ripple Act, but this Republican budget brings the wealthy and running up an addi- through it. So, in the end, we have not it back. tional $4.3 trillion of debt to increase stimulated the economy at all. That is The Republican budget ends the overall Federal spending by $6.7 trillion why the trillions of dollars we have al- Medicare guarantee of earned benefits to fund so-called stimulus spending rel- ready spent trying to stimulate the and replaces it with a risky voucher ative to the Republican budget. My economy have not worked. scheme. American workers deserve the fear is that it will accomplish exactly Indeed, this does great damage to the guarantee of earned benefits. This Re- publican budget slashes $732 billion the opposite of what it intends, harm- economy because we are transferring from Medicaid. Mr. Chairman, two- ing the very people it is trying to help. huge amounts of capital from the pro- thirds of Medicaid’s funds serve seniors Let’s start with some fundamentals ductive sector, which invests its money and disabled Americans. based on the highest economic return on tax policy. The Republican budget is a disaster First, we need to understand that of a dollar, to the public sector, which for our children and young people. It businesses do not pay business taxes. invests based on the highest political guts Head Start and cuts school There are only three possible ways for return of the dollar. Those are two lunches and Pell grants. business taxes to be paid: they are paid very different things. Indeed, that is This budget repeals the Affordable by consumers as higher prices; they are the difference between FedEx and the Care Act provision that allows young paid by employees as lower wages; and post office; it is the difference between people to stay on their parents’ health they are paid by investors as lower Apple Computer and Solyndra; it is the plans until their 26th birthday. It al- earnings—your 401(k) or pension plan, difference between the Reagan recov- lows discrimination against people for example. ery and the Obama recovery. with preexisting conditions like diabe- Secondly, we need to understand So I beg my colleagues to reconsider. tes, heart disease, and asthma. what a trillion dollars is. Divided by We have tried these policies and they This Republican budget rigs the sys- the number of U.S. households, it do not work. Under this administra- tem so that only the children of the comes to about $8,200 for every family tion, we have seen record tax increases, well-off and well-connected can get in America. record spending increases, and record ahead, while the children of the less As much as we like talking about debt. The result is tragic. well-off are consigned to a life of per- taxing the wealthy, there aren’t The poverty rate for Americans of manent struggle. enough wealthy people in this country African heritage has grown from 12 per- This budget rejects the one measure to make more than a dent in these cent in 2008 to 16.1 percent today. Me- that could immediately unleash more numbers. Indeed, many of the so-called dian income for White households has economic activity and grow our econ- wealthy are actually small businesses declined by 3.6 percent during this ad- omy: comprehensive immigration re- filing under subchapter S. ministration, but it has dropped by 10.9 form. Raising taxes by $2.3 trillion ulti- percent for African American house- In contrast, the CBC budget con- mately, then, means that families, on holds. Compare that to the Reagan tinues our long history of fiscal sound- average, will have $18,000 less to spend years, when median income increased ness and moral responsibility. We

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.050 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3109 make tough choices to secure our fi- In 2025, there will only be enough You have unspecified cuts. And to nancial future, but we do not believe money for interest and entitlements the extent that they are unspecified, that the most vulnerable in our Nation and nothing else. So we can talk about that $4 trillion isn’t going to happen. should be sacrificed on the altar of po- all these other worthy programs, but So they have a $4 trillion hole in reve- litical expediency. without addressing that terminal date nues. They have a $4 trillion hole in The CBC budget focuses on eradi- of 2025, we are in real trouble. spending cuts, $8 trillion hole in their cating poverty in America through ro- I think that there are particular budget. bust investments in education, infra- problems with this amendment. As you You can talk about it being balanced, structure, affordable housing, manufac- look at taxes going up by $2.3 trillion, but until you come up with the spe- turing, and small business develop- you look at spending going up by $6.7 cifics of where that $8 trillion is going ment. Our budget targets funds to trillion, and you look at an additional to come from, it is just not a serious needy communities. $4.3 trillion of debt, it says we have budget. The CHAIR. The time of the gen- real problems. In stark contrast, the Congressional tleman has expired. But, again, the operative number is Black Caucus budget puts numbers on Ms. MOORE. I yield the gentleman what happens to the value of our cur- the page. We show our math. We show an additional 30 seconds. rency, to future inflation, and to the not only that we can raise $2 trillion in Mr. CLYBURN. It contains our 10–20– value of our savings if we do nothing, revenues, we show where it can come 30 initiative, requiring that at least 10 which is, again, addressed in this Ryan from by laying out over $4 trillion in percent of Federal funds in certain ac- budget with its address of entitlement options, specifics, not $4 trillion un- counts are directed to areas that have spending. To do nothing is indeed ex- specified, but $4 trillion specified, $2 had a poverty rate of 20 percent or treme, and it is reckless. trillion needed to make the budget. more for the last 30 years. Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chairman, I am We eliminate sequestration. We have Mr. Chairman, our budgets should re- very happy now to yield 3 minutes to proposed a $500 billion jobs package flect our Nation’s values and establish the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. that will end the recession by putting what kind of future we want for our SCOTT), the leader of the Congressional millions back to work, and approxi- citizens. It is fundamentally unfair Black Caucus’ Budget Task Force. mately $400 billion for an antipoverty Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Chair- that 69 percent of the cuts in the Re- initiative that will restore cuts to the man, I thank the gentlelady for yield- publican budget come from services to social safety net and enable people to ing. low-income and hardworking Ameri- get job training and education to make cans. I rise in support of the Congressional Black Caucus budget, which is a more them able to work their way out of We can do better. We must do better. poverty. The CBC budget is better. We should credible and responsible alternative than the underlying Republican budg- Mr. Chairman, this is simple, support it and reject the Republican straightforward arithmetic. budget. et. Mr. Chairman, the Republican Com- The CHAIR. The time of the gen- Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I tleman has expired. 1 mittee budget starts off by cutting am now pleased to yield 2 ⁄2 minutes to Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chairman, I yield the gentleman from South Carolina taxes by $4 trillion and claims this can be revenue neutral. the gentleman an additional 20 sec- (Mr. SANFORD), the former Governor. onds. Mr. SANFORD. I thank my col- Simple arithmetic, therefore, re- Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Our budget league. quires a $4 trillion tax increase, and calls for policy changes and com- I rise in respectful opposition to the the budget doesn’t mention a word prehensive immigration reform, a pub- CBC budget for the reasons that my about where that money is going to lic option for health care, and others, colleague from California just enumer- come from, not a loophole closing or and it will be scored at $1.8 trillion, ated. any other tax increase. And therefore, I have listened to this debate over the budget starts off with a $4 trillion real live reduction in the deficit, com- the last few minutes, and the Ryan hole in it. pared to the CBO baseline. budget has been called a draconian Their budget then expects people to Our budget is a credible, job-creating budget, a phony budget, an extreme believe that they will make $4 trillion alternative to the unrealistic, draco- budget, a reckless budget, a heat-seek- in cuts by repealing the Affordable nian plan offered by our Republican ing missile aimed at the American pub- Care Act provisions for tax credits and colleagues, which has an $8 trillion lic budget, but what it has not been Medicaid changes that have resulted in hole in it. recognized as is a brave budget. And I millions of people getting insurance for I ask you to support the Congres- say that because it gets at what no the first time. They are going to lose sional Black Caucus budget. Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, it other budget in this process gets at, that coverage. has been the honor of a lifetime to which is entitlement spending. The Do they think that is going to hap- serve on the Budget Committee under President’s budget doesn’t. The CBC pen? the leadership of our distinguished budget doesn’t. The Democratic alter- Do they think they are going to be chairman, the gentleman from Wis- native doesn’t. The Progressive budget able to increase the age for Medicare consin (Mr. RYAN), to whom I yield doesn’t. It’s only this budget that real- recipients and reopen the doughnut such time as he may consume. ly begins to address the elephant in the hole? Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. I thank the room. Do they think they are going to be Is it perfect? No. able to make the cuts in the budget to gentleman. And I also want to thank Will I vote against some of the appro- Medicaid, denying access to health the CBC for offering a budget. I think priations bills that come along in its care to millions of low-income Ameri- that is what is important that is hap- wake? I suspect, yes. cans, requiring millions to lose their pening here, people are coming to the nursing home coverage? floor of Congress offering their ideas, b 1600 We know that that is not credible. offering their solutions. But it has been said that a journey of Neither is it credible that over $100 bil- One of the things that they are so a thousand miles begins with that first lion in cuts to supplemental food as- clearly concerned about, that they step. And to the credit of the Ryan— sistance—we know that is not credible. have their method of dealing with in the Republican budget, it begins that They tried to cut $40 billion last year, the budget is, what do you do about first step at addressing entitlement re- then $20 billion, couldn’t do that. They poverty. This is something that we are form in a way that has not been the ended up with 8. Now they are going to also deeply concerned about. case because, to do nothing would, in- say, well, all of a sudden we can do 100. A year ago we decided to look at our deed, be to launch a heat-seeking mis- The budget fails to say where the strategies from the Federal Govern- sile into the pocketbook, the wallet, other cuts are going to come from, ment’s perspective on fighting poverty the purse of every American as we wait whether it is going to come from edu- because, after all, we are in the 50th for the day of reckoning to occur, cation or job training or research or year, the 50th anniversary of the so- which is 2025. transportation, or other. called War on Poverty.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.051 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3110 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 We wanted to say, is there a good ac- we have done something inadvertently Instead of ending subsidies for Big counting of all those Federal poverty in this government, and that is, we Oil, tax breaks for corporate jets, tax programs that we can look at to see if have built barriers toward self-suffi- breaks for companies that site off- they are working well, if they need up- ciency. We have made it harder for a shore, the Republican budget cuts at dating, because, after all, they were rational person to leave benefits and go least $125 million from SNAP. put in place largely in the mid- to late into work because they lose more when In stark contrast, the CBC budget part of the 20th century. they do that. provides $388 billion to eradicate pov- No such accounting occurred. So we We have got tax rates, single moms erty in America, restoring cuts to spent the last year looking through all making less than $40,000 a year with SNAP, extending unemployment insur- these programs, looking at all the au- kids that are, like, 80 percent, mean- ance, and targeting resources to those dits and the Government Account- ing, you go to work, you lose more in most in need. ability Office reports and the inspector benefits than you gain going to work. Our budget also addresses health dis- general reports and outside academics’ We have got to do something about parities and protects and strengthens opinions of these things. We took it all that. That should not be a Republican, Social Security, Medicare, and Med- together, and we realized that the Fed- Democrat thing. That is just plain old icaid, restoring the cuts the Ryan eral Government has nearly 100 pro- economics. budget would make. grams aimed at fighting poverty, So I think we need to rethink our ap- This budget provides $230 billion to spending about $800 billion a year doing proach, and not measure based on in- revitalize our Nation’s infrastructure so. puts, not measure based on how much and creates a $500 billion jobs program And look at the results. We have the money we can throw at programs, but to our initiatives in our budget to ac- highest poverty rate in a generation. measure based on what is working, who celerate the Nation’s economic recov- Deep poverty is the highest, on record. is doing a good job, how can we support ery, including $7 billion in a summer Forty-six million people are living in them, how can we learn and listen from jobs program. poverty. them. A budget is a moral document. It re- So we are asking ourselves, does one Oh, and why don’t we start meas- flects who we are as a country. The more program from the Department of uring success based on outcomes? CBC’s budget reflects the best of Amer- That is what we are trying to Health and Human Services, is that ican values. achieve. going to do the trick all of a sudden? I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote on this balanced, We have got a long ways to go, but I pro-growth, pro-jobs budget. It is not working. So our concern is hope that that is the kind of conversa- that we have moved from a war on Finally, it ends the overseas contin- tion we can get to. gency account. This perpetual spending eradicating poverty to simply treating Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chairman, may I in- the symptoms of poverty to make it on war needs to end. Nation-building at quire how much time I have remain- home must begin. more tolerable, to manage poverty. ing? We are measuring our success—and Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, we The CHAIR. The gentlewoman from are ready to close when the gentlelady this is how this debate always goes— Wisconsin has 43⁄4 minutes. based upon how much money we throw has finished her presentation. Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chairman, I am so I reserve the balance of my time. at programs, based on inputs, not based happy at this time to yield 2 minutes Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chairman, I am so on outcomes. to the gentlewoman from California pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gen- How many people are we truly get- (Ms. LEE), the chair of the Democratic tleman from New York (Mr. JEFFRIES), ting out of poverty? whip’s Task Force on Poverty and Op- a freshman on the Budget Committee. As we look at these programs, the portunity, and also a distinguished best thing we should do is go and listen member of the Budget Committee. b 1615 to people who are fighting poverty; go Ms. LEE of California. First, let me Mr. JEFFRIES. I thank the distin- listen to people who have successfully thank Congresswoman MOORE for your guished gentlelady, my good friend, fought poverty. very bold leadership on the Budget from the Badger State for her leader- I got up real early Monday morning Committee, and also for leading us ship. in Martindale-Brightwood—it is a low- today in this debate. Mr. Chair, 50 years ago, President income neighborhood in Indianapolis, And too, of course, Congressman Lyndon Baines Johnson came to this Indiana—to learn from people who are BOBBY SCOTT, the chair of our Congres- very Chamber and declared a war on successfully fighting poverty, who are sional Black Caucus. Just want to poverty, and as a result of the legisla- really doing amazing things, seeing po- thank you all for bringing forth really tive efforts that were brought about in tential and great lives realizing their what is a very pro-American budget. connection with the Great Society vi- potential. I rise in strong support of the Con- sion, tens of millions of Americans We can learn a lot by getting out of gressional Black Caucus budget. I just were lifted out of an impoverished con- this town, by finding out what works, have to say, Chairman RYAN and I, we dition and set on the trajectory toward and getting behind them and helping constantly talk about how to lift peo- the middle class. make sure what works continues. ple out of poverty. I have to say that The CBC is here today because we But if we suffocate this debate with his poverty report, and I just have to recognize that there is still a lot of more one-size-fits-all, with more Wash- respond to what he said because we work that needs to be done, particu- ington knows best, with one more pro- know that the War on Poverty and the larly in the aftermath of the collapse gram, you know, the 93rd one is going programs and the safety net, they have of the economy, the Great Recession, to be the charm, then we are not going worked. They have saved millions and the worst economic condition since the to get at the root cause of the problem. millions of people from falling into the Great Depression. The goal here is to get at the root ranks of the poor, and have lifted peo- That is why the CBC budget invests cause of poverty to break the cycle of ple out of poverty. in the American economy, invests in poverty, so I think there is a lot we all If we raised the minimum wage right job training and education, invests in need to learn about this. now, these single moms that you talk transportation and infrastructure, in- Hopefully, what we are accom- about, who rely on food stamps and vests in research and development, in- plishing here, in our budget, is letting Medicaid because they can’t get a de- vests in affordable housing, invests in people who are closer to the problem cent living wage, yeah, they would be creating manufacturing jobs. have a little more flexibility, a little very happy. And I think the country The CBC budget would renew unem- more discretion, so that they can cus- would be a lot better, if, in fact, we ployment compensation in order to tomize and tailor solutions to meet the raised the minimum wage, which, of make sure that the long-term unem- unique and particular needs of the peo- course, the Congressional Black Caucus ployed, who are collateral damage of ple in their communities who are actu- budget promotes and allows for and in- the Great Recession, can get back into ally striving and fighting poverty. vests in in terms of job creation and in the mainstream of our economy. One more point. When we stack all terms of ensuring that the safety net is The CBC budget will give Americans these programs on top of each other, preserved. a raise to $10.10 an hour by lifting the

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Don’t my colleagues years ago, ‘‘It will not be a short or easy strug- The CBC does this in a fiscally re- see that they are advocating the same gle, no single weapon or strategy will suffice, sponsible way that will reduce the def- policies that got us into this mess? but we shall not rest until that war is won. The icit, but it does it in a manner that My objection to President Obama is richest nation on earth can afford to win it. We does not balance the budget on the not that he has changed Bush’s poli- cannot afford to lose it.’’ backs of working families, middle class cies, but, rather, that he has not Well, Mr. Chair, President Johnson was cor- folks, senior citizens, the poor, the changed them. He has taken the worst rect. The struggle has been neither short nor sick, and the afflicted; and that is not of them and doubled down on them. easy, but he was also right when he said we even an exhaustive list of what the The CBC substitute takes us further would not rest until the war on poverty was Ryan budget does. down this path of debt and doubt and won. There is no silver bullet, no single weap- So I am urging all of our colleagues despair. on or strategy for confronting something as to vote ‘‘yes’’ on the CBC alternative, In 1862, Abraham Lincoln sent this complex as our nation’s struggle with poverty. invest in America, invest in our econ- message to the Congress—and I think That is why I rise today in support of the omy, and invest in our workers. that they are words meant for us budget put forth by the Congressional Black Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chair, I thank all of today. He said: Caucus (CBC). This budget is neither a single my colleagues in the Congressional The dogmas of the quiet past are inad- weapon nor a single strategy, but rather a Black Caucus who have worked hard on equate to the stormy present. The occasion multi-faceted dynamic approach to responsible this budget. is piled high with difficulty, and we must governing that will strengthen our economy rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so I was so happy that the chair of the we must think anew and act anew. We must and reduce our deficit by approximately $1.8 Budget Committee came to the floor. disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save trillion over the next ten years. We, obviously, don’t have time to con- our country. Mr. Chair, a budget can act as a mirror; a tinue this conversation on poverty, and I invite my friends to think anew and mirror that reflects the priorities, ideals and I think that there is much to talk act anew; to disenthrall ourselves from morality of a nation. When we hold the budget about since we shouldn’t blame poverty the policies that have failed; and to re- proposed by Chairman RYAN up to the mirror, programs or blame the poor; but we turn to the policies of individual lib- we see an image that distorts the ideals that need to look at inequality, the state of erty, constitutionally limited govern- provide the foundation for this country. We our economy, and an unfair Tax Code. ment, and personal responsibility that see an image that prioritizes protecting the Indeed, 2007 and 1928, 2 years that produced the most prosperous, happy, wealthy over championing middle class fami- ushered in the Great Depression and and free society in the history of civili- lies, small businesses and the poor. We know the Great Recession, chronicled the zation. In short, freedom works, and it what we need to do to help those Americans highest inequality in our country, and is time that we put it and our country who are struggling. We need to extend emer- that might, in fact, talk about where back to work. gency unemployment insurance; we need to our budget priorities ought to be. I I yield back the balance of my time. raise the minimum wage; we need to support urge my colleagues to vote for the Con- Ms. WATERS. Mr. Chair, I rise today in sup- the Affordable Care Act; invest in education; gressional Black Caucus budget. port of the Congressional Black Caucus’s invest in job training; and we certainly have to With that, I yield back the balance of budget alternative to the extreme Republican- invest in our infrastructure. We need a plan to my time. led Ryan budget. Congressional Republicans create jobs. Mr. Chair, the dynamic budget Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Chairman, I have offered up a budget that continues their proposed by the CBC addresses all of these yield myself the balance of my time. legislative reign of terror completely under- issues and more. Under Mr. RYAN’s Path to Mr. Chairman, it is human nature, I mining our Nation’s future by protecting the Poverty, these critical issues are not ad- think, to resist concluding that our be- wealthiest. dressed. In fact, they are purposely ignored. liefs have been disproven by experi- The CBC has put forth a ‘‘real’’ budget that Mr. Chair, our tax code is hurting many ence. The more we invest in our mis- finds responsible ways to reduce our Nation’s Americans. It is a code that rewards and pro- takes, the less willing we often are to deficit and recommits the Federal Government tects the rich at the expense of middle class recognize and correct them; but sooner to eradicating poverty. In Los Angeles County, families and the poor. Taken together, the than later, we have to acknowledge where my district is located, we have the high- ideas proposed by the CBC would equal from our own experience that certain est poverty rate among all of the Californian roughly $4.3 trillion in revenue enhancement policies work and certain policies counties. The CBC budget works to help dis- over the next decade in ways that are fairer to don’t, whether they are tried by Repub- tricts like mine by making a $500 billion invest- more Americans. The CBC only directs the licans or Democrats. ment over three years into jobs to accelerate appropriate committees in the House and Sen- My Democratic colleagues are right our Nation’s economic recovery and put Amer- ate to find $2.0 trillion in revenue enhance- to praise the Clinton administration’s icans back to work. ments. handling of the economy; but we must Many Californians find it difficult to make Those of us who champion the CBC budget ask: What were those policies? ends meet without the support of Federal provide a number of ways to reach that $2.0 In 1995, he announced that the era of safety net programs. Our budget strengthens trillion mark. For instance, we could end spe- Big Government is over. Working in co- and protects the social safety net by restoring cial tax breaks and close tax loopholes avail- operation with the Republican Con- cuts to the SNAP program, extending emer- able only to the wealthiest Americans. This gress, they reduced Federal spending gency unemployment insurance and increas- alone could get us $1 trillion over the next ten by a miraculous 4 percent of GDP. ing economic opportunities through targeted years. We could also stop the wealthiest They enacted what amounted to the investments in education, infrastructure, af- among us from using overseas tax havens to biggest capital gains tax cut in Amer- fordable housing, domestic manufacturing, avoid paying their fair share. Along these ican history. small businesses, and scientific research. same lines, let us rid our tax code of ridiculous They reformed entitlement spending Mr. Chair, it is clear that the Republican loopholes like deductions for yachts and the by abolishing the open-ended welfare Leadership is not serious about putting our loophole for corporate jets. Additionally, we system. They produced four budget sur- Nation back on the track to prosperity. It is could find $880 billion over the next decade if pluses in a row, and the economy flour- time for a change. Therefore, I urge my col- we taxed capital gains and dividends as ordi- ished, and it expanded for all Ameri- leagues on both sides of the aisle to do the nary income. We all have constituents back cans. right thing and make a true investment into home who work hard all week. They put in My colleagues are also right to heap our Nation’s future by voting for the Congres- their 40 hours, often times more, to provide for scorn on George W. Bush’s handling of sional Black Caucus’s budget alternative. their families. At the end of the week they get the economy; but we have to ask again: Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Chair, on a check from which taxes have been withheld What were those policies? January 8, 1964, President Johnson came be- at rates for ordinary income. This amount is

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Further- pro-women, pro-education, pro-healthcare, from capital gains and dividends.’’ It does not more, the CBC budget, acknowledges the fact and pro-senior which are the values that are seem to me, Mr. Chair, unreasonable to ask that a person may come into this economy missing in the current language of H. Con. that the Wall Street banker sitting on a stock with one set of skills, but through no fault of Res. 96. portfolio, to pay the same tax rates as a their own, find that they need a new set of Members of the Progressive Caucus under- teacher in Florida or a factory worker in skills to be competitive in a rapidly changing stand that the devastating cuts to federal Maine. economy. The budget makes sure that these budgets by House Republicans coupled with Mr. Chair, we have a truly disturbing income hard working Americans are not left behind by Sequestration have significantly hampered our inequality situation in this country. Such in- giving them access to technical training, ca- Nation’s economic recovery. equality is unfair to those who work diligently reer services, graduate and certificate pro- The country was under the control of Re- to create growth for this country, but who do grams and other job training programs. publicans when the economy crashed in 1929 not get to reap the benefits there from. This Mr. Chair, every day, homeless Americans and then they wholeheartedly embraced aus- inequality is bad for the social fabric that binds face constant instability and must cope with terity measures which pushed the nation into this country together. While corporations and difficult and often unhealthy lifestyles. For the ‘‘Great Depression.’’ top level executives make record profits and those living without permanent housing, every- Eighty years later the House Republicans payout larger and larger bonuses, middle day life is extremely difficult. Storing and pre- still have not learned the lessons regarding class Americans are left further and further be- paring food is nearly impossible, and much of austerity during dire economic times. hind as they struggle through this jobless re- the homeless population relies on temporary The nation continues to struggle after the covery. shelters and soup kitchens to survive. The collapse in 2008 as the results of the Great Additionally, sequestration did not do any fa- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Recession continue. vors for the middle class or poor. Sequestra- (SNAP) provides working poor Americans with In 2013, on December 28, three days after tion was the brutal swing of a cudgel of de- badly needed nourishment. Cutting funding for Christmas, 1.3 million people nationwide lost spair aimed right at the hopes and dreams of this program will only add to the difficulties so their federal unemployment insurance due to poor and middle class families. Head Start many are facing. The CBC budget recognizes House Republicans refusing to extend unem- programs were scaled back, summer sessions this reality, and uses the program savings that ployment benefits. were cut, instructors were cut, and students will come from raising the minimum wage to Connecting the dots on the economic dam- were put on waitlists rather than in class- help improve and streamline the benefits and age done to the nation by that decision is rooms. Seniors were placed in danger of fac- ensure that this critical lifeline remain available easy. ing food insecurities when Meals on Wheels for those who need it most. Nationally 72,000 unemployment insurance had to cut down on their deliveries. Sequestra- The budget proposed here today is a budg- recipients will lose their benefits each week tion led to federal funding being cut for edu- et that protects the poor, while providing secu- during the first half of 2014. cation including science, technology, engineer- rity for middle class families. It is a budget that According to the White House Council of ing and mathematics (STEM). This was done protects the social fabric holding together the Economic Advisers and the Department of at the K–12 level and the college level. It will greatest experiment in democracy the world Labor–3.6 million additional people will lose be absolutely impossible for this country to has ever known. It is a budget that responsibly their unemployment insurance benefits by the maintain its advantage in an increasingly ad- rewards innovation, while closing gross in- end of 2014 if nothing is done to restore bene- vanced and complex world economy if we do equalities in wealth. It is a budget that helps fits. not invest in STEM education at all levels. teachers instill in our young people a thirst for These are but a few reasons the CBC Budget TEXAS knowledge. It is a budget that invests in this 64,294 unemployed Texas residents lost responsibly puts an end to Sequestration. country’s roads and bridges to help our small their unemployment insurance benefits. Mr. Chair, our country cries out for a jobs businesses. It is a budget that will bring us fur- bill that will accelerate economic recovery and Each week an additional 4,112 Texans will ther down the road towards ending the War on lose their unemployment insurance benefits. helps Americans across this nation. The CBC Poverty, not further down the Road to Ruin budget answers these cries by proposing a Unemployment insurance payments provide that the Republicans want to take us. partial income replacement to unemployed jobs program totaling $500 billion. This re- Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Chair, I rise in workers who meet the requirements of state sponsible approach to governing will grow our strong support of the Congressional Progres- law. economy by establishing a National Direct Job sive Caucus (CPC) Budget because it would According to the White House Council of Creation Program that puts people to work re- replace H. Con. Res. 96, the ‘‘Budget Resolu- Economic Advisers and the Department of pairing our schools, community centers, parks tion for Fiscal Year 2015,’’ with a rational ap- Labor, Texas will lose 11,766 jobs if unem- and playgrounds. This program will add 2.8 proach for budgetary reform and address the ployment insurance payments are not rein- million jobs. This responsible approach to needs of real people. growing our economy also includes a plan to I oppose H. Con. Res. 96, in its current form stated. modernize our schools. Many of the schools because it is irresponsible and a reckless ap- To compound this economic reality the na- around this country were built decades ago. proach to fiscal policy that the House majority tion’s families and workers are struggling to These schools are approaching the point has championed for years, with disastrous re- make it in a weak private sector economy that where we cannot adequately train our young sults. is recovering, while federal, state and local people for the challenges ahead. In order to The CPC’s ‘‘Better Off Budget’’ would raise government jobs are going unfilled. meet the demands and challenges of the fu- enough new revenue to provide $3.7 trillion for Public sector hiring is at its lowest point in ture, our students need facilities that can han- major new investments in education, infra- 47 years, when the nation’s population was dle the cutting edge technologies that will un- structure, state and local aid, nutrition, housing over 146 million. In 2013, the U.S. population doubtedly form the basis of any decent job of and research. It is estimated to create 8.8 mil- was over 317 million. the future. lion new jobs and to reduce the deficit by $4 The need for public services is greater than Mr. Chair, the CBC’s responsible approach trillion. they were in 1947, and the generation of pub- to governing calls for an immediate investment The CPC budget asks the wealthy to con- lic jobs should keep pace with domestic popu- in our country’s infrastructure. Not only will an tribute their fair share of taxes. lation growth. immediate investment in our infrastructure Millions of American adults remain under- or The government shutdown last year was a lead to hundreds of thousands of jobs dedi- unemployed, while millions more youth are direct result of the majority not believing that cated to upgrading this country’s crumbling desperately seeking their first work experi- public employees make contributions to the roads, bridges and railways, but by strength- ence. quality of life in the United States or make a ening our infrastructure, we help businesses We have millions of people living in our Na- significant contribution to the nation’s overall small and large alike grow by giving them ac- tion, paying taxes and contributing to the suc- economic wellbeing. cess to the tools they need to ship goods cess of this nation, but are denied an oppor- The Better Off Budget rectifies this inac- throughout the country. tunity to earn citizenship. curate view of the role of government at all The CBC’s responsible approach to gov- The CPC’s budget reflects the reality of ev- levels, by ending the ill advised austerity erning also acknowledges the fact that the eryday working America—but it sees working measures enacted by the Budget Control Act,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.011 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3113 sequestration, and SNAP benefit cuts, and re- how well the next generation is physically, Mr. Chair, the Better Off Budget enhances placing them with solutions to create 8.8 mil- mentally and emotionally prepared to lead, programs that close the growing wealth gap, lion jobs by 2017. support, or engage their futures. including ensuring equal access to job oppor- The CPC budget would enact comprehen- We are at a point where children receive tunities, properly funding public education and sive immigration reform and at the same time less than 8 percent of the federal budget. enhancing programs that allow American fami- reduce the federal budget deficit by $700 bil- Since the peak in 2010, totaling $35 billion in lies to get through tough times. Women and lion over the next 20 years. spending on children there has been a 16 per- communities of color have been disproportion- The CPC budget would also enact a tax cent drop. Total spending on children has de- ately impacted by recent budget cuts, particu- code that makes sense for all Americans by clined for three years in a row according to larly at the state and local levels. introducing tax fairness and implementing a First Focus, a bipartisan children’s advocacy The CPC budget increases the Education, ‘‘Hard Work Tax Credit,’’ expanding EITC, and organization dedicated to improving the lives Training and Social Services budget function stronger regulatory measures to reduce the in- of children and families. by $243 billion and the Income Security budg- cidence of extreme volatility in financial mar- The CPC Budget plan will protect and et function by $323 billion over 10 years. kets with the introduction of a Financial Spec- strengthen programs that support children and Specifically, the Alternative Budgets pro- ulation Tax. their families as well as address the needs of posed by the CPC: help create more jobs The CPC’s Better Off Budget outlines a via- our recovering economy, reduce the deficit in now; replace the sequester; make key edu- ble alternative to H. Con. Res. 96 with a per- a responsible way, while continuing to invest cation investments; invest in research and de- spective on the future that allows for an im- in the things that make our country strong like velopment and clean energy; invest in long- proving economy to be factored into how education, health care, innovation, and clean term infrastructure; preserve Medicare as we spending and appropriations decisions should energy. know it; protect health reform’s benefits for be made. Mr. Chair, this Republican budget is bad for seniors; protect Medicaid for seniors in nursing America’s economy at this point could be America but the CPC’s budget is the cure. homes; preserve Supplemental Nutrition As- said to be in the early recovery phase of a 1. If the Republican budget resolution were sistance (SNAP); reduce the deficit through a very bad case of the flu, the Ryan Budget to become the basis of federal fiscal policy, smart, targeted, and steady approach provides would turn it into the early stages of pneu- 3,435,336 Texas seniors would be forced out tax relief for working families and ends tax monia. of traditional Medicare and into a voucher pro- breaks for the wealthy; take a balanced ap- The CPC budget makes a clear and unam- gram. Under the Republican plan to end Medi- proach to reducing the long-term deficits and biguous commitment to our nation’s children care as we know it, Texas seniors will receive debt; and put the budget on a sustainable and their future that H. Con. Res 96 does not. a voucher instead of guaranteed benefits path. The CPC budget understands that children under traditional Medicare. It is said often, Mr. Chair, but is no less are our nation’s greatest asset. Children are 2. For the 3,435,336 Texans aged 45–54, true, that the federal budget is more than a fi- not small adults, they are growing and their the value of their vouchers would be capped nancial document; it is an expression of the bodies must have certain things that are non- at growth levels that are lower than the pro- nation’s most cherished values. As the late negotiable. jected increases in health care costs. Previous and great former senator and Vice-President Children need safe, correctly prepared, nu- analyses showed that this type of plan would Hubert Humphrey said: tritious food; clean drinking water, adequate cut future spending by $5,900 per senior, forc- ‘‘The moral test of government is how that shelter, seasonal clothing, safe toys, excellent ing them to spend more out of pocket and di- government treats those who are in the dawn education, healthcare, and safe environments minishing their access to quality care. of life, the children; those who are in the twi- to grow and learn so that they have a good 3. Additionally, private insurance plans will light of life, the elderly; and those who are in chance of reaching their full potential. aggressively pursue the healthiest, least ex- shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the In addition, children with disabilities must pensive enrollees, thereby allowing Medi- handicapped.’’ also have competent caregivers who are care—currently the lifeline for 3,187,332 Texas For that reason that in evaluating the merits knowledgeable on how to best help them suc- seniors—to ‘‘wither on the vine.’’ of a budget resolution, it is not enough to sub- cessfully engage the world during their day to 4. If the Republican budget resolution were ject it only to the test of fiscal responsibility. day lives in preparation of them living inde- to be adopted by Congress, 206,304 Texas To keep faith with the nation’s past, to be fair pendently. seniors would pay more for prescription drugs to the nation’s present, and to safeguard the Children with chronic conditions like asthma, next year. nation’s future, the budget must also pass a sickle cell anemia, autism, respiratory dis- 5. The Republican plan would re-open the ‘‘moral test.’’ orders, cognitive disorders, brain injuries, ‘‘donut hole,’’ forcing seniors to pay the full The Republican budget resolution fails both physical disabilities, muscular dystrophy or cost of their prescription drugs if their yearly of these standards. The Democratic alter- other serious medical conditions should not be drug expenses are more than $2,970 for the natives do not. For these compelling reasons, robbed of a childhood or their independence year. I stand in strong opposition to H. Con. Res. 96 as adults. 6. Seniors reaching the prescription drug and urge my colleagues to join me in voting All children can benefit from efforts that are ‘‘donut hole’’ would pay an average of $828 against this ill-conceived and unwise measure. aimed at keeping them safe from preventable more in prescription drug costs in 2014 and The CHAIR. The question is on the injury, illness, and death. approximately $13,000 more from now through amendment offered by the gentle- Parents and families fill an indispensible role 2022. woman from Wisconsin (Ms. MOORE). in the lives of children, and the CPC budget 7. Under the Republican budget, the The question was taken; and the recognizes that there is a strong public inter- 2,445,462 Texas seniors who utilized free pre- Chair announced that the noes ap- est in ensuring that children have the oppor- ventive services currently covered by Medi- peared to have it. tunity to achieve their full potential. care in 2012 will face increased costs in the Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chair, I demand a It is in the public interest that children are form of higher deductibles, co-insurance, and recorded vote. free of disease, illness, injury, violence, con- copayments for certain services, including The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of sume sufficient amounts of foods with high nu- even cancer screenings and annual wellness rule XVIII, further proceedings on the tritional value that support health growth, ar- visits. amendment offered by the gentle- rive to the learning environment ready to 8. The Republican budget slashes $31.71 woman from Wisconsin will be post- learn. Parents, teachers, communities and stu- billion in nursing home care and other health poned. dents should be empowered to decide for care services for 754,500 Texas seniors and AMENDMENT NO. 3 IN THE NATURE OF A themselves how best to build strong collabo- disabled who currently rely on Medicaid for SUBSTITUTE OFFERED BY MR. GRIJALVA rative relationships to reach these basic goals their long-term care needs. The CHAIR. It is now in order to con- in support of their children. 9. The draconian cuts included in the Re- sider amendment No. 3 printed in The interconnectedness of economies publican budget would have a devastating im- House Report 113–405. makes the welfare of children in the United pact on the 1,191 certified nursing homes in Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I rise States critical to the future of our nation. If we Texas that serve 91,717 seniors, with more as the designee of the gentleman from are to remain globally relevant we must under- than half relying on Medicaid as their primary Minnesota (Mr. ELLISON) to offer stand that our nation’s ability to remain first in payer. As a result, nursing homes would be amendment No. 3, the Congressional the areas of innovation, commerce, science, forced to slash services, turn away seniors, or Progressive Caucus’ Better Off Budget engineering, and global relevance is tied to close their doors. substitute.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:13 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.013 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3114 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate Fiscal year 2015: $3,501,527,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: the amendment. Fiscal year 2016: $3,620,608,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $631,503,000,000. The text of the amendment is as fol- Fiscal year 2017: $3,679,942,000,000. (B) Outlays, $618,343,000,000. lows: Fiscal year 2018: $3,783,105,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2019: $3,959,198,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $647,988,000,000. Strike all after the resolving clause and in- Fiscal year 2020: $4,128,470,000,000. (B) Outlays, $628,997,000,000. sert the following: Fiscal year 2021: $4,307,080,000,000. (2) International Affairs (150): SECTION 1. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE Fiscal year 2022: $4,545,882,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015. Fiscal year 2023: $4,687,974,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $60,107,000,000. (a) DECLARATION.—Congress declares that Fiscal year 2024: $4,823,437,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,493,000,000. this resolution is the concurrent resolution (4) DEFICITS (ON-BUDGET).—For purposes of Fiscal year 2015: on the budget for fiscal year 2015 and that the enforcement of this resolution, the (A) New budget authority, $60,508,000,000. this resolution sets forth the appropriate amounts of the deficits (on-budget) are as (B) Outlays, $54,815,000,000. budgetary levels for fiscal year 2014 and for follows: Fiscal year 2016: fiscal years 2016 through 2024. Fiscal year 2014: ¥$941,519,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $66,680,000,000. (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.— Fiscal year 2015: ¥$669,852,000,000. (B) Outlays, $60,110,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Sec. 1. Concurrent resolution on the budget Fiscal year 2016: ¥$408,368,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $65,236,000,000. for fiscal year 2015. Fiscal year 2017: ¥$305,003,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: ¥$276,311,000,000. (B) Outlays, $62,027,000,000. TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND Fiscal year 2019: ¥$317,448,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: AMOUNTS Fiscal year 2020: ¥$326,121,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $63,838,000,000. Sec. 101. Recommended levels and amounts. Fiscal year 2021: ¥$325,423,000,000. (B) Outlays, $61,630,000,000. Sec. 102. Major functional categories. Fiscal year 2022: ¥$367,937,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: TITLE II—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT Fiscal year 2023: ¥306,338,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $64,917,000,000. SPENDING Fiscal year 2024: ¥$221,574,000,000. (B) Outlays, $61,946,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: Sec. 201. Direct spending. (5) DEBT SUBJECT TO LIMIT.—Pursuant to section 301(a)(5) of the Congressional Budget (A) New budget authority, $66,065,000,000. TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET Act of 1974, the appropriate levels of the pub- (B) Outlays, $62,410,000,000. ENFORCEMENT lic debt are as follows: Fiscal year 2021: Sec. 301. Point of order against advance ap- Fiscal year 2014: $18,065,000,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $66,734,000,000. propriations. Fiscal year 2015: $18,906,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $62,985,000,000. TITLE I—RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND Fiscal year 2016: $19,464,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $68,857,000,000. AMOUNTS Fiscal year 2017: $19,967,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: $20,459,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $64,511,000,000. SEC. 101. RECOMMENDED LEVELS AND Fiscal year 2023: AMOUNTS. Fiscal year 2019: $20,980,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: $21,501,000,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $70,747,000,000. The following budgetary levels are appro- (B) Outlays, $66,177,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: $22,019,000,000,000. priate for each of fiscal years 2014 through Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2022: $22,553,000,000,000. 2024: (A) New budget authority, $72,711,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: $23,061,000,000,000. (1) FEDERAL REVENUES.—For purposes of (B) Outlays, $67,968,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $23,520,000,000,000. the enforcement of this resolution: (3) General Science, Space, and Technology (6) DEBT HELD BY THE PUBLIC.—The appro- (A) The recommended levels of Federal (250): priate levels of debt held by the public are as revenues are as follows: Fiscal year 2014: follows: Fiscal year 2014: $2,267,180,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $33,098,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: $13,106,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: $2,831,675,000,000. (B) Outlays, $30,940,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: $13,815,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: $3,212,240,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: Fiscal year 2017: $3,374,939,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: $14,256,000,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $37,383,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: $3,506,794,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: $14,594,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $34,702,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: $3,641,750,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: $14,908,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: Fiscal year 2020: $3,802,349,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: $15,287,000,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $40,476,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: $3,981,657,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: $15,701,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $38,056,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: $4,177,945,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: $16,148,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2023: $4,381,636,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: $16,671,000,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $39,888,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $4,601,863,000,000 Fiscal year 2023: $17,159,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $39,209,000,000. (B) The amounts by which the aggregate Fiscal year 2024: $17,607,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: levels of Federal revenues should be changed SEC. 102. MAJOR FUNCTIONAL CATEGORIES. (A) New budget authority, $39,336,000,000. are as follows: The Congress determines and declares that (B) Outlays, $39,286,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: -$18,146,000,000. the appropriate levels of new budget author- Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2015: $297,834,000,000. ity and outlays for fiscal years 2014 through (A) New budget authority, $40,035,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: $536,201,000,000. 2024 for each major functional category are: (B) Outlays, $39,606,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: $585,516,000,000. (1) National Defense (050): Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2018: $616,487,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $40,772,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: $627,065,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $613,587,000,000. (B) Outlays, $40,200,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: $653,712,000,000. (B) Outlays, $611,778,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2021: $687,006,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $41,514,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: $721,598,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $529,658,000,000. (B) Outlays, $40,767,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: $755,118,000,000. (B) Outlays, $567,234,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2024: $794,410,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $42,624,000,000. (2) NEW BUDGET AUTHORITY.—For purposes (A) New budget authority, $531,585,000,000. (B) Outlays, $41,674,000,000. of the enforcement of this resolution, the ap- (B) Outlays, $547,345,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: propriate levels of total new budget author- Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $43,749,000,000. ity are as follows: (A) New budget authority, $544,671,000,000. (B) Outlays, $42,726,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: $3,247,639,000,000. (B) Outlays, $541,996,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2015: $3,519,727,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $44,914,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: $3,641,609,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $557,935,000,000. (B) Outlays, $43,844,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: $3,702,936,000,000. (B) Outlays, $545,358,000,000. (4) Energy (270): Fiscal year 2018: $3,807,478,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2014: Fiscal year 2019: $3,993,030,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $571,220,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $16,109,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: $4,179,140,000,000. (B) Outlays, $560,986,000,000. (B) Outlays, $13,037,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: $4,345,383,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2015: Fiscal year 2022: $4,582,988,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $585,516,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $22,548,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: $4,737,205,000,000. (B) Outlays, $573,804,000,000. (B) Outlays, $18,159,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: $4,885,880,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2016: (3) BUDGET OUTLAYS.—For purposes of the (A) New budget authority, $599,838,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $26,624,000,000. enforcement of this resolution, the appro- (B) Outlays, $587,870,000,000. (B) Outlays, $21,660,000,000. priate levels of total budget outlays are as Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2017: follows: (A) New budget authority, $615,493,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $22,500,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: $3,208,699,000,000. (B) Outlays, $607,783,000,000. (B) Outlays, $20,988,000,000.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.055 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3115 Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $21,932,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $27,079,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,807,000,000. (B) Outlays, $21,418,000,000. (B) Outlays, $28,189,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,731,000,000. (7) Commerce and Housing Credit (370): Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $27,062,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,893,000,000. (A) New budget authority,- $78,271,000,000. (B) Outlays, $27,496,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,438,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$90,740,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $27,287,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,994,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,572,000,000. (B) Outlays, $26,342,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,484,000,000. (B) Outlays, $5,323,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $27,955,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $20,111,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $23,392,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,319,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,597,000,000. (B) Outlays, $7,166,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $28,692,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $20,911,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,977,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,781,000,000. (B) Outlays, $20,097,000,000. (B) Outlays, $4,125,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $29,495,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,831,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,247,000,000. (B) Outlays, $26,623,000,000. (B) Outlays, $20,886,000,000. (B) Outlays, $2,793,000,000. (10) Education, Training, Employment, and Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2019: Social Services (500): (A) New budget authority, $23,091,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $18,883,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: (B) Outlays, $21,773,000,000. (B) Outlays, -$2,792,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $261,153,000,000. (5) Natural Resources and Environment Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $258,064,000,000. (300): (A) New budget authority, $21,215,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: Fiscal year 2014: (B) Outlays, -$1,117,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $230,723,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $39,106,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $230,478,000,000. (B) Outlays, $43,209,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $20,525,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $3,281,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $160,800,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $45,088,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $159,280,000,000. (B) Outlays, $46,190,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,984,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $3,089,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $135,667,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $48,317,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $132,191,000,000. (B) Outlays, $48,928,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $22,519,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $2,432,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $131,300,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $48,577,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $131,549,000,000. (B) Outlays, $49,147,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $23,352,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $2,069,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $127,945,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $49,247,000,000. (8) Transportation (400): (B) Outlays, $127,648,000,000. (B) Outlays, $49,695,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $160,476,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $129,527,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $50,492,000,000. (B) Outlays, $167,686,000,000. (B) Outlays, $129,101,000,000. (B) Outlays, $50,342,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $201,774,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $130,966,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $52,108,000,000. (B) Outlays, $208,281,000,000. (B) Outlays, $130,596,000,000. (B) Outlays, $51,635,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $172,720,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $133,923,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $52,553,000,000. (B) Outlays, $179,129,000,000. (B) Outlays, $132,653,000,000. (B) Outlays, $52,274,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $173,700,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $136,966,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $54,222,000,000. (B) Outlays, $179,443,000,000. (B) Outlays, $135,505,000,000. (B) Outlays, $53,583,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $164,705,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $140,110,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $55,858,000,000. (B) Outlays, $169,945,000,000. (B) Outlays, $138,546,000,000. (B) Outlays, $55,217,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (11) Health (550): Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $160,697,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $57,664,000,000. (B) Outlays, $166,142,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $424,420,000,000. (B) Outlays, $56,347,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (B) Outlays, $419,542,000,000. (6) Agriculture (350): (A) New budget authority, $151,764,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: Fiscal year 2014: (B) Outlays, $157,221,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $513,727,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,350,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (B) Outlays, $504,096,000,000. (B) Outlays, $20,773,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $154,327,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $160,238,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $579,270,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $19,017,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (B) Outlays, $578,234,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,270,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $156,968,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $163,623,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $632,324,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,950,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (B) Outlays, $630,006,000,000. (B) Outlays, $21,496,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $159,648,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $167,073,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $653,338,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $20,389,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (B) Outlays, $654,868,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,718,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $162,424,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $170,501,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $688,193,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $20,113,000,000. (9) Community and Regional Development (B) Outlays, $688,436,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,415,000,000. (450): Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2014: (A) New budget authority, $734,634,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $20,261,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $20,813,000,000. (B) Outlays, $724,190,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,583,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,424,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2020: Fiscal year 2015: (A) New budget authority, $765,783,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $20,529,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $25,850,000,000. (B) Outlays, $764,877,000,000. (B) Outlays, $19,981,000,000. (B) Outlays, $28,910,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2021: Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $807,941,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $20,899,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,178,000,000. (B) Outlays, $806,128,000,000. (B) Outlays, $20,364,000,000. (B) Outlays, $30,400,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2022: Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $850,655,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,166,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $28,026,000,000. (B) Outlays, $848,896,000,000. (B) Outlays, $20,648,000,000. (B) Outlays, $29,876,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2023: Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $897,725,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $21,544,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $27,005,000,000. (B) Outlays, $896,110,000,000. (B) Outlays, $21,025,000,000. (B) Outlays, $28,952,000,000. (12) Medicare (570): Fiscal year 2024: Fiscal year 2019: Fiscal year 2014:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.015 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3116 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 (A) New budget authority, $525,635,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $25,605,000,000. (B) Outlays, $525,132,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $50,255,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,162,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $50,255,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $537,777,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $26,202,000,000. (B) Outlays, $537,667,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $53,941,000,000. (B) Outlays, $25,925,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $53,941,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $578,698,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $27,013,000,000. (B) Outlays, $578,619,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $57,800,000,000. (B) Outlays, $26,736,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $57,800,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $584,606,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $27,870,000,000. (B) Outlays, $584,530,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $58,441,000,000. (B) Outlays, $27,426,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $58,441,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $607,547,000,000. (15) Veterans Benefits and Services (700): (A) New budget authority, $28,705,000,000. (B) Outlays, $607,461,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: (B) Outlays, $28,228,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $155,374,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $668,007,000,000. (B) Outlays, $150,436,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $29,620,000,000. (B) Outlays, $667,913,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $29,150,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $167,617,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $713,427,000,000. (B) Outlays, $163,117,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $30,545,000,000. (B) Outlays, $713,329,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $30,078,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $184,961,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $761,672,000,000. (B) Outlays, $180,688,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $31,416,000,000. (B) Outlays, $761,573,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $31,002,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $181,358,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $844,700,000,000. (B) Outlays, $180,318,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $32,356,000,000. (B) Outlays, $844,593,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $31,886,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $177,388,000,000. (18) Net Interest (900): (A) New budget authority, $870,769,000,000. (B) Outlays, $177,547,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: (B) Outlays, $870,659,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $337,021,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $189,305,000,000. (B) Outlays, $337,021,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $894,893,000,000. (B) Outlays, $188,757,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $894,776,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $372,402,000,000. (13) Income Security (600): (A) New budget authority, $194,269,000,000. (B) Outlays, $372,402,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: (B) Outlays, $193,441,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $609,097,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $431,031,000,000. (B) Outlays, $601,095,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $198,571,000,000. (B) Outlays, $431,031,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $197,596,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $679,289,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $506,850,000,000. (B) Outlays, $667,543,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $211,365,000,000. (B) Outlays, $506,850,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $209,954,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $698,462,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $587,294,000,000. (B) Outlays, $691,417,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $208,844,000,000. (B) Outlays, $587,294,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $207,308,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $650,569,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $651,403,000,000. (B) Outlays, $645,904,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $206,401,000,000. (B) Outlays, $651,403,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $204,744,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $636,789,000,000. (16) Administration of Justice (750): (A) New budget authority, $704,759,000,000. (B) Outlays, $630,050,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: (B) Outlays, $704,759,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $56,658,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $643,578,000,000. (B) Outlays, $57,538,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $745,853,000,000. (B) Outlays, $639,657,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $745,853,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $74,842,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $660,956,000,000. (B) Outlays, $60,500,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $785,189,000,000. (B) Outlays, $656,666,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $785,189,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $69,293,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $679,518,000,000. (B) Outlays, $67,982,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $822,741,000,000. (B) Outlays, $674,485,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $822,741,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $67,795,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $704,717,000,000. (B) Outlays, $72,488,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $854,052,000,000. (B) Outlays, $703,166,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $854,052,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $68,094,000,000. (19) Allowances (920): (A) New budget authority, $721,635,000,000. (B) Outlays, $73,113,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: (B) Outlays, $714,933,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $11,300,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $69,843,000,000. (B) Outlays, $6,400,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $737,608,000,000. (B) Outlays, $70,709,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $725,532,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $4,000,000,000. (14) Social Security (650): (A) New budget authority, $71,773,000,000. (B) Outlays, $4,900,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: (B) Outlays, $71,377,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (A) New budget authority, $28,711,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $1,700,000,000. (B) Outlays, $28,821,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $73,923,000,000. (B) Outlays, $3,000,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $73,343,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (A) New budget authority, $31,442,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $1,100,000,000. (B) Outlays, $31,517,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $77,002,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,700,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $76,168,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (A) New budget authority, $34,245,000,000. Fiscal year 2023: (A) New budget authority, $1,300,000,000. (B) Outlays, $34,283,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $79,450,000,000. (B) Outlays, $1,500,000,000. Fiscal year 2017: (B) Outlays, $78,532,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $37,133,000,000. Fiscal year 2024: (A) New budget authority, $400,000,000. (B) Outlays, $37,133,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $85,522,000,000. (B) Outlays, $800,000,000. Fiscal year 2018: (B) Outlays, $84,553,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $40,138,000,000. (17) General Government (800): (A) New budget authority, $1,200,000,000. (B) Outlays, $40,138,000,000. Fiscal year 2014: (B) Outlays, $1,400,000,000. Fiscal year 2019: (A) New budget authority, $24,250,000,000. Fiscal year 2021: (A) New budget authority, $43,383,000,000. (B) Outlays, $24,405,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,000,000,000. (B) Outlays, $43,383,000,000. Fiscal year 2015: (B) Outlays, $1,200,000,000. Fiscal year 2020: (A) New budget authority, $25,042,000,000. Fiscal year 2022: (A) New budget authority, $46,747,000,000. (B) Outlays, $24,955,000,000. (A) New budget authority, $1,700,000,000. (B) Outlays, $46,747,000,000. Fiscal year 2016: (B) Outlays, $1,900,000,000.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.015 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3117 Fiscal year 2023: legislative packages that provided direct as- Budget would reverse this trend by expand- (A) New budget authority, $2,200,000,000. sistance to working individuals. The expira- ing benefits for these Americans by adopting (B) Outlays, $2,300,000,000. tion of both the Making Work Pay tax credit the Experimental Price Index for the Elderly Fiscal year 2024: and the temporary cut to the payroll tax (CPI-E) to calculate cost-of-living adjust- (A) New budget authority, $2,299,000,000. have slowed our country’s economic recovery ments for federal retirement programs other (B) Outlays, $2,355,000,000. and taken money out of the pockets of hard- than Social Security. Affected programs in- (20) Undistributed Offsetting Receipts (950): working Americans. The Better Off Budget clude civil service retirement, military re- Fiscal year 2014: implements a new Hard Work Tax Credit to tirement, Supplemental Security Income, (A) New budget authority, ¥$72,355,000,000. reward Americans for their hard work. This veteran’s pensions and compensations. CPI-E (B) Outlays, ¥$72,355,000,000. policy would provide a refundable tax credit is the most sensible and accurate measure of Fiscal year 2015: for 2014 and 2015 for up to $600 for working in- the real costs that seniors face in retire- (A) New budget authority, ¥$78,532,000,000. dividuals earning less than $95,000 and up to ment. Other measures do not adequately (B) Outlays, ¥$78,532,000,000. $1,200 for households earning less than take into account rising expenditures in re- Fiscal year 2016: $190,000. The credit would be continued in tirement, such as health care costs, and (A) New budget authority, ¥$83,378,000,000. 2016 with the maximum amount of $300 for amount to cutting benefits for those on fixed (B) Outlays, ¥$83,378,000,000. individuals and $600 for households. Through incomes. Fiscal year 2017: the enactment of the Hard Work Tax Credit, TITLE III—MISCELLANEOUS BUDGET (A) New budget authority, ¥$83,632,000,000. the Better Off Budget would immediately in- ENFORCEMENT (B) Outlays, ¥$83,632,000,000. crease the disposable income of low and mid- dle income families. SEC. 301. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ADVANCE Fiscal year 2018: APPROPRIATIONS. ¥ (C) The unemployment rate is still far (A) New budget authority, 83,956,000,000. (a) IN GENERAL.—In the House, except as ¥ higher than it was when President George W. (B) Outlays, $83,956,000,000. provided in subsection (b), any bill, joint res- Bush signed the emergency benefits program Fiscal year 2019: olution, amendment, or conference report ¥ into law. Cutting unemployment benefits has (A) New budget authority, 90,374,000,000. making a general appropriation or con- (B) Outlays, ¥$90,374,000,000. damaged our economic recovery. The Better Off Budget extends Emergency Unemploy- tinuing appropriation may not provide for Fiscal year 2020: advance appropriations. ¥ ment Compensation to allows those who (A) New budget authority, $91,882,000,000. (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Advance appropriations have lost a job through no fault of their own (B) Outlays, ¥$91,882,000,000. may be provided for all programs adminis- to claim up to 99 weeks of unemployment Fiscal year 2021: tered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. benefits in high-unemployment states for up (A) New budget authority, ¥$95,566,000,000. (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term to two years. According to the Economic (B) Outlays, ¥95,566,000,000. ‘‘advance appropriation’’ means any new dis- Policy Institute, this would boost real GDP Fiscal year 2022: cretionary budget authority provided in a growth by 0.4 percentage points and increase (A) New budget authority, ¥$98,215,000,000. bill or joint resolution making general ap- employment by 539,000 jobs in 2014. (B) Outlays, ¥$98,215,000,000. propriations or any new discretionary budget (D) The American Recovery and Reinvest- Fiscal year 2023: authority provided in a bill or joint resolu- (A) New budget authority, ment Act temporarily increased benefit lev- els for beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nu- tion making continuing appropriations for ¥$101,362,000,000. fiscal year 2015 that first becomes available (B) Outlays, ¥$101,362,000,000. trition Assistance Program. The Better Off Budget would reverse recent SNAP cuts for any fiscal year after 2015. Fiscal year 2024: The CHAIR. Pursuant to House Reso- (A) New budget authority, adopted in the Agricultural Act of 2014 and ¥$107,098,000,000. return benefits to ARRA levels. These re- lution 544, the gentleman from Arizona (B) Outlays, ¥$107,098,000,000. forms will help combat hunger and boost (Mr. GRIJALVA) and a Member opposed economic growth. TITLE II—ESTIMATES OF DIRECT each will control 15 minutes. (b) NONMEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— The Chair recognizes the gentleman SPENDING (1) For non means-tested direct spending, SEC. 201. DIRECT SPENDING. the average rate of growth in the total level from Arizona. (a) MEANS-TESTED DIRECT SPENDING.— of outlays during the 10-year period pre- Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, the (1) For means-tested direct spending, the ceding fiscal year 2015 is 5.7 percent. Congressional Progressive Caucus average rate of growth in the total level of (2) For non means-tested direct spending, brings to the House a budget that is a outlays during the 10-year period preceding the estimated average rate of growth in the blueprint for economic growth and op- fiscal year 2015 is 6.8 percent. total level of outlays during the 11-year pe- portunity for all Americans. (2) For means-tested direct spending, the riod beginning with fiscal year 2014 is 5.0 per- In the course of the last few weeks estimated average rate of growth in the total cent under current law. and certainly the last few days, we level of outlays during the 11-year period be- (3) The following reforms are proposed in ginning with fiscal year 2014 is 5.8 percent this concurrent resolution for non means- have heard over and over from our col- under current law. tested direct spending: leagues in various hearings and here on (3) The following reforms are proposed in (A) Medicare is a cornerstone of the Amer- the floor about the growth gap in this concurrent resolution for means-tested ican health care system for more than 45 America, and the policies that are direct spending: million American seniors. It is an exemplary being reinforced in the Ryan budget, in (A) The American Recovery and Reinvest- program that provides the most efficient my estimation, created that growth ment Act expanded a number of tax credits care to a segment of the population that gap. targeted at working families to boost relief costs more to treat. The Better Off Budget We are here today with a budget that during hard economic times. The Better Off protects beneficiaries and makes the system Budget retains the improvements made to even more efficient. It amends Part D of assures that we deal with all the gaps the Earned Income Tax Credit (qualifying Medicare to allow the Secretary of Health that the American people have, income children and phase-out range), Child and De- and Human Services to negotiate prescrip- inequality gap, wage disparity gap, pendent Care Credit, and the American Op- tion drug prices with pharmaceutical manu- education gap, the minimum wage gap, portunity Tax Credit. These credits fuel de- facturers, as the Department of Veterans Af- the gender pay gap between men and mand for American businesses by putting fairs currently does, which will save Medi- women, and the jobs gap that is money in the hands of families. The Better care $157 billion over 10 years and will reduce present in our country at this point. Off Budget also adopts the EITC improve- costs for seniors. The budget adopts policies The best way to get out of poverty is ments proposed in President Obama’s Fiscal to prohibit ‘‘pay for delay’’ agreements that to go to work. Everybody knows that. Year 2015 Budget Request, which would dou- reduce competition and modifies periods of ble the maximum credit and increase the in- exclusivity to increase availability of needed Our budget, within 3 years, creates 8.8 come level at which the credit is fully phased therapies. The budget also accelerates the million jobs. out. The proposal would also make the credit use of bundling payments as an alternative With that, Mr. Chairman, I reserve available to young adult workers and raise to fee-for-service payments. It builds on Af- the balance of my time. the upper age to 67, which harmonizes it with fordable Care Act efficiencies in administra- Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, recent increases in the Social Security full tion of information and payments. Using I rise in opposition to the amendment. retirement age. With this reform, the Better standardized electronic systems of adminis- The CHAIR. The gentleman is recog- Off Budget would help reduce poverty for tration information such as claims, billing nized for 15 minutes. childless households and provide substantial payments and eligibility creates a more effi- Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, relief to approximately 13.5 million low-in- cient and less fragmented health care sys- the abbreviated remarks by my friend, come workers. tem. (B) As a part of its response to the recent (B) The Better Off Budget recognizes that the chair of the Congressional Progres- financial crisis, Congress wisely enacted tax the economic security of veterans, retirees, sive Caucus, belie the challenge before provisions in the American Recovery and Re- and the disabled has eroded during the re- us with this budget. The Congressional investment Act and subsequent job creation cent economic recession. The Better Off Progressives, the far left in the House,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.015 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3118 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 don’t disappoint with the budget that grant of Federal funding to the States, over the past 5 years, we have raised they bring to the floor today. is a wise idea. We call it State flexi- less Federal revenue, as a percent of What is the top line? Taxes, increas- bility, giving States greater flexibility GDP, than in any 5-year period since ing taxes by $6.6 trillion over current with the use of resources; and I want to 1941. policy; spending, increasing spending commend the Progressive Caucus for But this country, my colleagues, has by $3.3 trillion dollars over current pol- recognizing that that is a reasonable never been richer. The Wall Street icy. method of proceeding. Journal said last month: What about that all-important issue What about job training? This budget U.S. wealth rises, but not all benefit. of defense in a very dangerous world? A expands the current broken Federal job The top 1 percent of earners have re- $7 billion increase—a $7 billion increase training system by calling for more ceived 95 percent of the income gains at a time when our Nation is seeing spending, despite the GAO’s findings in this country since 2009, and at least significant and increasing threats. that dozens of Federal programs that eight Americans earned more than $5 Does it ever come into balance? already exist overlap and are duplica- billion in income last year. Never—never does this budget come tive. In fact, they harm the ability of So what is the disconnect? Why are into balance. jobs to be created. we richer than ever before, but unable One would think that, given the chal- In January of 2011, the Government to invest in basic priorities? lenges that we have from the debt—the Accountability Office issued a report $17 trillion-plus in debt—that this that found 47 overlapping Federal job b 1630 would be an irresponsible budget, and training programs that spent approxi- one would be correct in saying so. mately $18 billion in 2009. Does this The answer is that PAUL RYAN and Let’s look at some of the particulars budget do anything to decrease that the House Republicans refuse to raise a here. Taxes, relative to the Republican duplication and redundant efforts? No, dime from the millionaires, billion- budget, this alternative increases taxes not a doggone thing. aires, and multinational corporations by roughly $6.6 trillion over 10 years. Then defense, as I mentioned at the that dodge their fair share of taxes. It This caucus budget contains trillions beginning, Mr. Chairman, this sub- would even pad the pockets of the of dollars in new tax increases focused stitute fails in the Federal Govern- wealthiest Americans. The Ryan budg- on penalizing those who are creating ment’s first responsibility, providing et says, if you make $1 million next wealth and creating jobs in this coun- for the common defense. This sub- year, that budget would give you a try. stitute guts the defense budget by call- $200,000 tax break. This budget that is being proposed ing for $569 billion in cuts to the Pen- Our budget presents a stark contrast today would actually decrease the tagon, compared to the Republican to the austerity proposals peddled by number of jobs available. These are tax budget. These are levels that would re- this Republican Congress. In order to policies that are motivated out of a no- duce military readiness and hollow out add 8.8 million jobs to the economy tion of ‘‘fairness,’’ but a warped notion our forces. over the next 3 years and provide of fairness, where the Tax Code’s pri- This is a very dangerous world, Mr. Americans an opportunity to get a mary purpose is to redistribute income Chairman. You don’t have to take my good education, find a job, live in a safe and equalize outcome. These policies word for it. Listen to the chairman of and secure home, and afford decent clearly end up hampering growth and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mar- food, we raise revenue that is needed. job creation. tin Dempsey, who recently testified: We do so by asking millionaires and billionaires to pay their fair share— What about spending? Mr. Chairman, Our current security challenges are more this budget that is being proposed formidable and complex than those we faced yes, we do—and by closing egregious spends a whopping $8.4 trillion more in downturns following war in Korea, Viet- corporate loopholes, including incen- than the Republican budget—$8.4 tril- nam, and the cold war. There is no foresee- tives to ship jobs overseas. We would lion, as if we had it growing on trees. able ‘‘peace dividend’’ on our horizon. The also cut $4 trillion from the deficit over It doubles down on the Obama admin- security environment is increasingly com- the next decade. istration’s failed economic policies and petitive and dangerous. Look, we can’t build the economy for stimulus program by calling for tril- Mr. Chairman, I would suggest that the many—not just the monied—unless lions of dollars of new domestic spend- decreasing the ability of our men and we make significant investments in our ing, borrowing more and more money women standing in harm’s way and de- future. Those investments can and from overseas, compromising our kids’ fending our liberty and freedom at this should be made by raising revenue and and our grandkids’ future. time is an absolutely reckless and irre- growing our economy. In the area of health—people look at sponsible move. I urge my colleagues to support the the budget of the United States. They I know that our colleagues in the Better Off Budget. recognize that the biggest challenges House of Representatives recognize Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, that we have are in the area of health that it is important to have all sorts of I am pleased now to yield 3 minutes to care spending, particularly Medicare alternatives being proposed. the gentleman from South Carolina and Medicaid, both of those programs I commend the Progressive Caucus (Mr. RICE), a member of the Budget going broke. Both of them going broke, for proposing this alternative, but any Committee. bankrupt. review of this budget recognizes that it Mr. RICE of South Carolina. Mr. What does that mean? It means that spends more than it should, it taxes Chairman, the Congressional Progres- those programs, in a relatively short more than it should, it expands the sive Caucus’ Better Off Budget is really period of time, won’t have the re- role of government more than it a bigger government budget. The Pro- sources to be able to provide the serv- should, and it doesn’t address the real gressive Caucus substitute increases ices to seniors and those on Medicaid challenges of the day in a way that total spending relative to the Repub- that have been promised to them, un- brings about positive and real solu- lican budget by $8.4 trillion over the less something is done. tions. next 10 years. American families, and What does this budget do? It further I reserve the balance of my time. particularly our children and our increases the overreach of the Federal Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, at grandchildren, cannot afford this next Government in the area of health care, this point, I yield 2 minutes to the gen- year, and absolutely not for the next 10 putting the government in charge of tlelady from Illinois (Ms. SCHA- years. This bigger government budget health care, as opposed to individuals. KOWSKY). creates new taxes, more regulation, du- It embraces a policy that would lead Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Chair, we plicative Federal programs, and will directly—directly—to completing the hear over and over again from Repub- stifle progress across the board. government takeover of health care. licans about how we can’t afford to People, this is not complicated. We However, I do want to mention a make investments in education and in- need a budget that will grow our econ- bright light in this budget. The Pro- frastructure and science and medical omy. Higher taxes, higher deficits, and gressive budget actually recognizes research, and we can’t keep our prom- bigger regulation will never grow the that the alternative, utilizing a block ises to seniors; but at the same time, economy. If we put folks back to work,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.056 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3119 we solve a lot of problems. We solve un- I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished Ms. LEE of California. I want to employment problems, deficit prob- gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. ELLI- thank our cochairs, Congressmen GRI- lems, poverty problems, income in- SON), the cochair. JALVA and ELLISON, for their very hard equality problems, crime problems, Mr. ELLISON. Mr. Chairman, our Re- work on this budget, which is a better- drug problems, and problems across the publican colleagues have been saying off budget. As former cochair of the board. for maybe 100 years that if we don’t Progressive Caucus, I rise in proud sup- The number one issue in my district, regulate and have fair, good rules for port of this budget because each year and I believe the number one issue in health and safety and financial mar- this budget continues to get better and this Nation, is jobs. Five years after kets and in other areas of our econ- better. the Great Recession, the economy con- omy, and if we don’t tax people, the As a member of the Budget and the tinues to struggle, and far too many wealthy and corporations, then our Appropriations Committees, I was real- Americans remain out of work. Mr. economy will take off. They have been ly, once again, appalled by the dev- Obama’s Big Government economy has saying this for years. They didn’t just astating cuts that the Ryan Repub- failed. start saying it with Bush or Reagan. lican budget makes to the safety net. We can solve this problem. It is not They were saying it back in the thir- The number one priority of our budg- rocket science. We can build our econ- ties. et is fixing the jobs crisis, and that is omy and put hardworking Americans Thank God the American people did exactly what the CPC budget would do. back to work if only we will take a few not listen to them, because it was in The Progressive Caucus budget asks steps to make America more competi- the thirties that we put up the SEC, we the wealthiest 1 percent—Big Oil and tive. Just like counties across the put regulations on banks, and we put huge corporations—to pay a little country compete for jobs, just like other sorts of health, safety, and com- more, just a little more, so that we can States lower tax rates and streamline monsense regulations in place. Because afford to invest in the American people regulations to attract industry and of that, between 1948 and about 1975, we and create over 8 million jobs over the jobs—and you can look at States and had an expanding economy. Sometimes next 3 years alone. The CPC budget re- see what they are doing and how they tax rates were way higher than they places the disastrous sequester by sup- are successful—we must adopt an atti- are now. porting critical spending in education, tude here in Washington that we will They are wrong. They don’t know infrastructure, and rejecting benefit compete in the world if we expect to economic history, and so they continue cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social stop sending our jobs overseas and to repeat Herbert Hoover-type myths Security. While the Republican budget con- bring American jobs back home. that were dispelled decades ago. Oh, If we retain the world’s highest cor- but they came back and they deregu- tinues to keep the American Dream out of reach for all Americans, it would porate tax rate, how can we expect to lated the economy in the late 1990s, increase spending for the already- compete in the world? If Washington and then in the early 2000s they cut bloated Pentagon budget. continues to spend more than we take taxes on the wealthy, and we have had Chairman RYAN’s report on poverty in, threatening our entire economy, a dismal jobs economy since that time. refuses to acknowledge the fact that how can we expect to compete in the The Better Off Budget is here to Head Start and all of the Great Society present a better alternative that in- world? If we continue to build upon our initiatives have kept millions out of already oppressive regulatory burden, volves investment in our Nation’s poverty. They have worked. Raising how can we expect to compete in the economy to put Americans back to the minimum wage for single mothers world? work. The Better Off Budget puts 8.8 provides a pathway out of poverty. Mr. This is where I believe my friends million Americans back to work by RYAN’s report does not acknowledge across the aisle miss the mark. They doing something that everyone—Demo- the facts. Taxpayers, for example, sub- seem to believe and preach that some- crats, Republicans, and Independents— sidize corporations to the tune of over how making this country competitive agrees that everyone needs: we invest $200 billion just to keep people in the benefits only the wealthy. But the in infrastructure. We put $820 billion ranks of the working poor. truth is that people with high assets into fixing our roads, our bridges, and The CPC budget eliminates the Over- and high skills do well in a global envi- our smart grids, into our transit sys- seas Contingency Operations slush fund ronment. They can compete from any- tems and our wastewater treatment and supports a modern military able to where. systems. We invest in our Nation’s in- face real, 21st-century threats. Once The CHAIR. The time of the gen- frastructure. again, we provide economic growth and tleman has expired. Just like under the great Republican jobs in our budget, and we require the Mr. PRICE of Georgia. I yield the President Dwight Eisenhower, as we in- Pentagon—the largest single Federal gentleman an additional 30 seconds. vest in infrastructure, we put people to agency with the highest waste, fraud, Mr. RICE of South Carolina. But the work building it, and we make our and abuse—to pass an audit and to pass longer we wait to enter the global com- economy more productive as we use it. it now. petition for jobs, the more we damage This is exactly what this version of Re- The CHAIR. The time of the gentle- the hardworking folks in the middle publicans—my goodness—doesn’t un- woman has expired. class. We will not grow our economy or derstand, that you have got to invest Mr. GRIJALVA. I yield the gentle- put people back to work by expanding in the economy in order to reap bene- lady an additional 10 seconds. entitlements. We will never solve the fits from the economy. Ms. LEE of California. I just want to problems of poverty and inequality The Better Off Budget puts 8.8 mil- conclude by saying that we simply through bigger government. lion people back to work. The Ryan can’t continue to write a blank check If America will enter the global com- budget puts 3 million people out of for spending on war if we are really petition for jobs, our economy will ac- work. Vote ‘‘yes’’ on the Better Off going to have any chance of getting celerate and the sky is the limit. This Budget today. our fiscal house in order. We can’t do is not a Republican issue. This is not a Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, this to America’s struggling families Democrat issue. This is an American may I request the remaining time on and the working poor. That is what the issue. We are so blessed that if we sim- each side? American people deserve. With our ply decide to compete, no one can stop The CHAIR. The gentleman from budget, the Better Off Budget, our us. Georgia has 53⁄4 minutes remaining. country will be better off. Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, it The gentleman from Arizona has 93⁄4 Mr. PRICE of Georgia. I continue to should be noted for my colleague that minutes remaining. reserve the balance of my time. the Republican budget, according to Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, Mr. GRIJALVA. I yield 2 minutes to the Economic Policy Institute, will I reserve the balance of my time. the gentleman from California (Mr. slow the recovery, costing 1.1 million Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I HONDA). jobs in fiscal year 2015, rising to cost- yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from Mr. HONDA. Mr. Chairman, I want to ing nearly 3 million jobs the next year. California, Ms. BARBARA LEE, the lead- thank my friend, the gentleman from That is not a budget of growth. er in the Progressive Caucus. Arizona (Mr. GRIJALVA), for yielding.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.057 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3120 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 Mr. Chairman, many of our Demo- ington, D.C. she does it again in Feb- Mr. DUFFY. Mr. Chairman, the cratic colleagues have already spoken ruary, and it is zero because 100 per- House has put out a responsible budget about what is wrong with the House cent gets sent to Washington, D.C. under the Budget Committee that bal- Republican budget and how it slashes b 1645 ances in 10 years. But this is an oppor- our investments in education, infra- tunity for us to actually see the vision, structure, research and development, She does it again in March and April the ideas of the Democratic Party. If and May, 100 percent of all her effort job training, and medical research; how they were in control, what would they comes here. She doesn’t get to keep a it repeals all the benefits of the Afford- give us to try to bring America to a penny of it. All of the month of June, able Care Act; how it leaves 7 million more sustainable path? it all goes to government. This is not a Americans without health insurance, What they give us, Mr. Chairman, is free person. Mr. Chairman, I ask, is ends the Medicare guarantee, and insti- $6.6 trillion in new taxes. If I had $1 for that free or is it indentured servitude? tutes massive cuts to our most vulner- We have a free country where people every time I hear, ‘‘If we just had a bal- able populations; how it pays for new should, in fact, be better off, and the anced approach and we could raise tax cuts for millionaires by taking way to make them better off is to let taxes on a millionaires and billion- away tax breaks that help the working them keep what they earn, and that is aires,’’ if I had $1 for each one of those poor and the middle class—and that is what the House Republican budget comments, I think we would balance all true. But I want to talk about the does, and that is why I encourage my the budget. alternative vision for this country that colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on the Progres- If that were the case, raise taxes on we in the Progressive Caucus have sive budget and vote ‘‘yes’’ on the millionaires and billionaires, you crafted. House Budget Committee’s budget. would think that they would come up The Better Off Budget meets the Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, it with a budget that actually balances. challenges that our communities face should be noted the Republican budget, The bottom line, my friends across the head-on. It expresses our belief that the Ryan budget, raises taxes for mid- aisle, even raising taxes on million- America’s future is bright and worth dle class families with kids by an aver- aires and billionaires, their budget investing in. age of $2,000 in order to coddle, I guess, never balances. In their ideal budget, One of the pieces I am most proud of the very wealthy in this country. They the Medicare trust fund still goes is the application of the CPI-E to all are better off; that middle class family bankrupt in 12 years. If you are going Federal retirement programs. The CPI- is not. to raise taxes, let’s fix the problems. E uses the most accurate and sensible I yield 1 minute to the gentleman This is rife with huge issues. measure of the real costs that seniors from New York (Mr. NADLER), a mem- Listen, I think the real secret here face for programs like civil service re- ber of the Budget Committee and the that my friends on the other side of the tirement, military retirement, Supple- Progressive Caucus. aisle are not telling the American peo- mental Security Income, and the vet- Mr. NADLER. Mr. Chairman, the ple is that they do have a way to pay erans’ pensions. Better Off Budget will make our coun- for this, and the way to pay for it is Seniors deserve a cost of living that try more competitive and will create not through millionaires and billion- accounts for the rising costs of retire- 8.8 million jobs through investments, aires. They are going to pay it by tax- ment, such as health care. I urge my repairing our roads and bridges, mod- ing hardworking middle class families, colleagues to support a better deal for ernizing our waterways, and educating raising their taxes in a way to pay for our seniors, support a better future for our young people. It is the only budget greater government spending. It is a our middle class, and support a vision that gets America back to full employ- budget that actually looks to govern- that will leave us all better off. The ment, and does it within 3 years. ment programs, government give- Better Off Budget offers all of this. The Better Off Budget puts an end to aways, instead of looking to the pri- Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, a system where CEOs pay a lower tax vate sector to actually grow our econ- rate than their secretaries and corpora- I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the omy. gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. tions get unneeded tax breaks. This Listen, I think you couldn’t have a budget restores full funding to food RIBBLE), a productive and active mem- better example of two different views stamps and strengthens Medicare and ber of the Budget Committee. about what direction you take the Medicaid. It makes a clear choice to Mr. RIBBLE. Mr. Chairman, they call country: one of big government and big support working and middle class fami- it the Better Off Budget, but I am won- taxes on millionaires and billionaires lies, seniors and those in need, and to dering who is really better off? and middle class Americans, or a re- It is certainly not the small business reinstate fairness in our economy. For the fourth year in a row, Repub- sponsible budget that reforms the way woman from California who, under this licans choose to hurt the many while we spend, makes government respon- plan, maybe she is earning $260,000 a lavishing benefits on the wealthy few. sible, and actually keeps our promises year—not a billionaire and millionaire They choose to slash 3 million jobs and to the American people. like they claim—and she will see her destroy the safety net. They choose to Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, budg- combined taxes, Federal taxes and dismantle Medicare and Medicaid and ets are about choices. We choose in- State taxes, exceed 51 percent. She is slash aide to college students. They vestment. We choose not to cut Medi- certainly not better off. choose huge tax cuts for billionaires care benefits to give tax breaks to the How about the people she might have and tax increases for the middle class. very wealthy, millionaires and billion- hired if she didn’t have this tax in- The Republican budget makes a clear aires in the country. It is a choice. crease? Well, they are not better off. Or choice—billionaires before working I yield 1 minute to the gentleman maybe the people who work for her Americans and seniors. from New Jersey (Mr. HOLT), a member now who can’t get a raise because she The Better Off Budget is about build- of the caucus. now is extended here? They are not ing an economy that creates jobs and Mr. HOLT. Mr. Chairman, the Better better off. It is certainly not the supports working and middle class fam- Off Budget would create 8.8 million businessowner who might provide a ilies, not just the richest 1 percent. I jobs over its first 3 years by investing piece of equipment that this small urge my colleagues to invest in this in infrastructure, education, training, business woman might buy but she no country and support the Better Off and research. It would invest $100 bil- longer can afford. He is no longer bet- Budget. lion in teachers and schools and $81 bil- ter off. I can’t see anybody who is bet- Mr. PRICE of Georgia. May I inquire lion in science. ter off under this system. as to the time remaining. A person or a country invests with Here I would ask—and I want to talk The CHAIR. The gentleman from the hope and expectation that invest- a little bit about freedom in this last Georgia has 4 minutes remaining. The ing some resources now will give us a minute. Imagine this same business- gentleman from Arizona has 41⁄2 min- better future, give us savings, give us a woman getting up on January 1, going utes remaining. better quality of life so that we will be to work and working all of January. Mr. PRICE of Georgia. I am pleased better off. America’s optimistic out- She gets her paycheck, and it is zero to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman look has made America great and because 100 percent was sent to Wash- from Wisconsin (Mr. DUFFY). strong.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.058 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3121 The Ryan budget is a very pessi- you voucherize Medicare and you will We believe there is a better way, that mistic document. It is based on the lose $732 billion in Medicaid. And, oh, there are real solutions. We recognize premise that we cannot afford to invest yeah, we are going to open up the this is a dangerous world; therefore, we in infrastructure and in science and doughnut hole and you will pay more increase spending on defense and mak- education. We have to cut, we have to for prescription drugs. ing certain that our men and women shrink, we have to reduce our efforts Finally, on taxes, we close corporate who stand in harm’s way have the re- and hunker down. We can’t afford to do loopholes for gas and oil companies. We sources they need. We believe that op- things, anything. make sure that companies sending jobs portunity needs to be expanded and The wealthiest Nation on Earth overseas don’t get tax breaks. The Re- pro-growth tax policies are the things should invest as if we have a future. publican budget, it cuts taxes on mil- that get the economy rolling again and Quite simply, the Better Off Budget in- lionaires on average $200,000 each. And get jobs being created. vests as if we will have a tomorrow. It you know how it gets paid for? On the We understand that Medicare and ends the absurd, pessimistic cuts of the backs of the middle class, $2,000 per Medicaid are in difficult straits finan- Budget Control Act and the pessimistic family. cially, something that our friends on Ryan budget. The head of the Budget Committee the other side of the aisle bury their The CHAIR. The gentleman from Ari- said it is a win/win budget. It is a win heads in the sand about, so we put in place in our budget a program to save zona has 31⁄4 minutes remaining. The for the top 1 percent. It is a win for the gentleman from Georgia has 2 minutes second percentile, and the other 98 per- and strengthen and secure Medicare remaining and the right to close. cent of us pay the difference. and Medicaid, recognizing that pa- Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, tients need to be in charge of health yield 1 minute to the gentleman from I reserve the balance of my time. care, not the Federal Government. We recognize that energy policy New Jersey (Mr. PALLONE). Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, this Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Chairman, the budget is about choice. The Better Off needs to be expanded so that we re- sponsibly utilize the blessing and the Progressive Caucus’ Better Off Budget Budget believes in the American peo- resources that have been provided so is optimistic. It is about investing in ple. It believes in investing in the that we can become energy inde- America in job growth by investing in American people and in their future. It pendent as a country and not rely on infrastructure, public works, and edu- is the best road to economic health and nations that don’t like us. cation. By repealing sequestration full economic opportunity in this coun- We also recognize that balancing the cuts, restoring funding for SNAP bene- try. budget is imperative if we are going to fits and unemployment insurance and Our budget does not look at govern- get our fiscal house in order and get investing in programs to hire police, ment or the American people with dis- our economy back on track. Our budg- firefighters, and health care workers, dain. We feel that government has a et is the only budget that is being pre- the Better Off Budget will create 8.8 role, quite frankly, to stimulate, to sented on the floor of this House, com- million good jobs by 2017. It also em- support, and to take care of the Amer- pared to the other side of the aisle, bodies our American values by imple- ican people as we grow our economy. that gets to balance. Our budget, com- menting comprehensive immigration We can’t cut our way out of what we pared to the other side of the aisle, not reform that includes a pathway to citi- are in; we need to grow our way out. only gets to balance, gets us on a path zenship and protects our environment The Ryan budget continues the same to paying off our entire debt. It is a by addressing climate change. The Bet- pattern of austerity that is sinking us positive, optimistic budget. I urge sup- ter Off Budget stands for our Nation’s deeper into unemployment, lack of port of the Republican budget and de- commitments by supporting veterans, jobs, and lack of investment in the feat of the Progressive budget. protecting Medicare and Social Secu- American people. I yield back the balance of my time. rity, and implementing a fair tax sys- I urge Members to vote ‘‘yes’’ on the The CHAIR. The question is on the tem. Congressional Progressive Better Off amendment offered by the gentleman I urge my colleagues, be optimistic Budget. We feel it is a strong budget from Arizona (Mr. GRIJALVA). about America. Make America better and that it represents the ideals of the The question was taken; and the off by voting for the Progressive Cau- American people. We trust the Amer- Chair announced that the noes ap- cus budget. ican people, and we invest in the Amer- peared to have it. Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, ican people. Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I de- I reserve the balance of my time. I yield back the balance of my time. mand a recorded vote. Mr. GRIJALVA. Mr. Chairman, I Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentleman we have heard a lot about this budget, amendment offered by the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. POCAN), a member a lot of information, and a lot of num- of the caucus and the Budget Com- bers have been tossed around. My from Arizona will be postponed. mittee. friends on the other side say that their ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE CHAIR Mr. POCAN. Mr. Chairman, I think budget will create 8.8 million jobs; The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of the gentleman from northwest Wis- where does that come from? It was rule XVIII, proceedings will now re- consin is right: let’s put the budgets made up. They say that our budget sume on those amendments printed in side by side. slashes 3 million jobs; where does that House Report 113–405 on which further The Better Off Budget will create 8.8 come from? It was made up. They say proceedings were postponed, in the fol- lowing order: million jobs. The Republican PAUL our budget will increase taxes on the Amendment No. 1 by Mr. MULVANEY RYAN budget will cut 3 million jobs. middle class; where does that come of South Carolina. That is equivalent to the entire work- from? It was made up. Amendment No. 2 by Ms. MOORE of force of the State of Wisconsin. What is a fact about jobs? A fact Wisconsin. If you have family with kids going to about jobs is the President’s health Amendment No. 3 by Mr. GRIJALVA of school, the Better Off Budget invests care law, the Congressional Budget Of- Arizona. into hiring more teachers, invests in fice has said, will decrease the equiva- The Chair will reduce to 5 minutes our schools and pre-K, invests in our lent of 2.5 million jobs. That is a fact. the time for any electronic vote after college students. The PAUL RYAN Re- That is a fact. the first vote in this series. publican budget, it cuts $18 billion in So if my friends, my colleagues in AMENDMENT NO. 1 IN THE NATURE OF A early education, $89 billion in K–12 edu- the House here, if you want to increase SUBSTITUTE OFFERED BY MR. MULVANEY cation, and $205 billion in higher edu- taxes by $6.6 trillion, vote for their The CHAIR. The unfinished business cation. Oh, and if you get Pell grants, budget. If you want $8.4 trillion in is the demand for a recorded vote on another $145 billion cut. more spending over the next decade, the amendment offered by the gen- Senior citizens, we invest in Medi- vote for their budget. If you want to in- tleman from South Carolina (Mr. care and Medicaid and we make sure crease debt by $8.2 trillion more than MULVANEY) on which further pro- you can negotiate for your drug prices. the Republican budget, vote for that ceedings were postponed and on which Seniors under the Republican budget, budget. the noes prevailed by voice vote.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.059 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3122 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 The Clerk will redesignate the Marchant Pitts Sires A recorded vote was ordered. amendment. Marino Pocan Slaughter Massie Poe (TX) Smith (MO) The CHAIR. This is a 5-minute vote. The Clerk redesignated the amend- Matheson Polis Smith (NE) The vote was taken by electronic de- ment. Matsui Pompeo Smith (NJ) vice, and there were—ayes 116, noes 300, McCarthy (CA) Posey Smith (TX) RECORDED VOTE McCarthy (NY) Price (GA) Smith (WA) not voting 15, as follows: The CHAIR. A recorded vote has been McCaul Price (NC) Southerland [Roll No. 172] demanded. McClintock Quigley Speier McCollum Rahall Stewart AYES—116 A recorded vote was ordered. McDermott Rangel Stivers Beatty Hahn Payne The vote was taken by electronic de- McGovern Reed Stockman Becerra Hastings (FL) Pingree (ME) McHenry Reichert Stutzman Bishop (GA) Higgins Pocan vice, and there were—ayes 2, noes 413, McIntyre Renacci Swalwell (CA) Blumenauer Hinojosa Price (NC) not voting 16, as follows: McKeon Ribble Takano Brady (PA) Holt Rangel McKinley Rice (SC) [Roll No. 171] Terry Brown (FL) Honda Richmond McMorris Richmond Thompson (CA) Butterfield Horsford Roybal-Allard AYES—2 Rodgers Rigell Thompson (MS) Capuano Hoyer McNerney Roby Rush Kaptur Moran Thompson (PA) Ca´ rdenas Huffman Meadows Roe (TN) Ryan (OH) Thornberry Carson (IN) Israel ´ Meehan Rogers (AL) Sanchez, Linda NOES—413 Tiberi Cartwright Jeffries Meeks Rogers (KY) T. Tierney Castor (FL) Johnson (GA) Aderholt Crowley Hastings (FL) Meng Rogers (MI) Sarbanes Tipton Castro (TX) Johnson, E. B. Amash Cuellar Hastings (WA) Messer Rohrabacher Schakowsky Titus Chu Kaptur Amodei Culberson Heck (NV) Mica Rokita Schiff Tonko Cicilline Kelly (IL) Bachmann Cummings Heck (WA) Michaud Rooney Scott (VA) Bachus Daines Hensarling Tsongas Clark (MA) Larson (CT) Scott, David Miller (FL) Ros-Lehtinen Clarke (NY) Lee (CA) Barber Davis (CA) Herrera Beutler Turner Serrano Miller (MI) Roskam Clay Lofgren Barletta Davis, Danny Higgins Upton Sewell (AL) Miller, Gary Rothfus Cleaver Lowenthal Barr Davis, Rodney Himes Valadao Sherman Miller, George Roybal-Allard Clyburn Luja´ n, Ben Ray Barrow (GA) DeFazio Hinojosa Van Hollen Sires Moore Royce Cohen (NM) Barton DeGette Holding Mullin Ruiz Vargas Slaughter Beatty Delaney Holt Veasey Connolly Lynch Mulvaney Ruppersberger Conyers Matsui Smith (WA) Becerra DeLauro Honda Murphy (FL) Rush Vela Speier ´ Crowley McCollum Benishek DelBene Horsford Murphy (PA) Ryan (OH) Velazquez Takano Bentivolio Denham Hoyer Visclosky Cummings McDermott Nadler Ryan (WI) Davis, Danny McGovern Thompson (MS) Bera (CA) Dent Hudson Napolitano Salmon Wagner Tonko Walberg DeLauro Meeks Bilirakis DeSantis Huelskamp Neal Sa´ nchez, Linda Tsongas Bishop (GA) Walden Doggett Meng DesJarlais Huffman Negrete McLeod T. Van Hollen Bishop (NY) Deutch Huizenga (MI) Walorski Doyle Miller, George Neugebauer Sanchez, Loretta Vargas Bishop (UT) Diaz-Balart Hultgren Walz Edwards Moore Noem Sanford Veasey Black Dingell Hunter Wasserman Ellison Moran Nolan Sarbanes Vela Blackburn Doggett Hurt Schultz Engel Nadler Nugent Scalise Vela´ zquez Blumenauer Doyle Israel Waters Eshoo Napolitano Nunes Schakowsky Wasserman Bonamici Duckworth Issa Waxman Farr Neal Nunnelee Schiff Schultz Boustany Duffy Jeffries Weber (TX) Fattah Negrete McLeod O’Rourke Schneider Waters Brady (PA) Duncan (SC) Jenkins Webster (FL) Frankel (FL) Nolan Olson Schock Waxman Brady (TX) Duncan (TN) Johnson (GA) Welch Fudge O’Rourke Owens Schrader Welch Braley (IA) Edwards Johnson (OH) Wenstrup Grayson Pallone Palazzo Schweikert Grijalva Pascrell Wilson (FL) Bridenstine Ellison Johnson, E. B. Westmoreland Pallone Scott (VA) Gutie´rrez Pastor (AZ) Yarmuth Brooks (AL) Ellmers Johnson, Sam Pascrell Scott, Austin Whitfield Brooks (IN) Engel Jolly Pastor (AZ) Scott, David Wilson (FL) NOES—300 Broun (GA) Enyart Jones Paulsen Sensenbrenner Wilson (SC) Brown (FL) Eshoo Jordan Payne Serrano Wittman Aderholt Conaway Garrett Brownley (CA) Esty Joyce Pearce Sessions Wolf Amash Cook Gerlach Buchanan Farr Keating Perry Sewell (AL) Womack Amodei Cooper Gibbs Bucshon Fattah Kelly (IL) Peters (CA) Shea-Porter Woodall Bachmann Costa Gibson Bustos Fincher Kelly (PA) Peters (MI) Sherman Yarmuth Bachus Cotton Gingrey (GA) Butterfield Fitzpatrick Kennedy Peterson Shimkus Yoder Barber Courtney Gohmert Byrne Fleischmann Kildee Petri Shuster Yoho Barletta Cramer Goodlatte Calvert Fleming Kilmer Pingree (ME) Simpson Young (AK) Barr Crawford Gosar Camp Forbes Kind Pittenger Sinema Young (IN) Barrow (GA) Crenshaw Gowdy Campbell Fortenberry King (IA) Barton Cuellar Granger Cantor Foster King (NY) NOT VOTING—16 Benishek Culberson Graves (GA) Capito Foxx Kingston Bass Gutie´rrez Ross Bentivolio Daines Graves (MO) Capps Frankel (FL) Kinzinger (IL) Burgess Jackson Lee Runyan Bera (CA) Davis (CA) Green, Gene Capuano Franks (AZ) Kirkpatrick Carter Lewis Schwartz Bilirakis Davis, Rodney Griffin (AR) Ca´ rdenas Frelinghuysen Kline Bishop (NY) DeFazio Griffith (VA) Farenthold McAllister Williams Carney Fudge Kuster Flores Pelosi Bishop (UT) DeGette Grimm Carson (IN) Gabbard Labrador Green, Al Perlmutter Black Delaney Guthrie Cartwright Gallego LaMalfa Blackburn DelBene Hall Cassidy Garamendi Lamborn b 1724 Bonamici Denham Hanabusa Castor (FL) Garcia Lance Boustany Dent Hanna Castro (TX) Gardner Langevin Messrs. BROUN of Georgia and Brady (TX) DeSantis Harper Chabot Garrett Lankford ROKITA changed their votes from Braley (IA) DesJarlais Harris Chaffetz Gerlach Larsen (WA) ‘‘aye’’ to ‘‘no.’’ Bridenstine Deutch Hartzler Chu Gibbs Larson (CT) So the amendment was rejected. Brooks (AL) Diaz-Balart Hastings (WA) Cicilline Gibson Latham Brooks (IN) Dingell Heck (NV) Clark (MA) Gingrey (GA) Latta The result of the vote was announced Broun (GA) Duckworth Heck (WA) Clarke (NY) Gohmert Lee (CA) as above recorded. Brownley (CA) Duffy Hensarling Clay Goodlatte Levin AMENDMENT NO. 2 IN THE NATURE OF A Buchanan Duncan (SC) Herrera Beutler Cleaver Gosar Lipinski SUBSTITUTE OFFERED BY MS. MOORE Bucshon Duncan (TN) Himes Clyburn Gowdy LoBiondo Burgess Ellmers Holding Coble Granger Loebsack The CHAIR. The unfinished business Bustos Enyart Hudson Coffman Graves (GA) Lofgren is the demand for a recorded vote on Byrne Esty Huelskamp Cohen Graves (MO) Long the amendment offered by the gentle- Calvert Fincher Huizenga (MI) Cole Grayson Lowenthal woman from Wisconsin (Ms. MOORE) on Camp Fitzpatrick Hultgren Collins (GA) Green, Gene Lowey Campbell Fleischmann Hunter Collins (NY) Griffin (AR) Lucas which further proceedings were post- Cantor Fleming Hurt Conaway Griffith (VA) Luetkemeyer poned and on which the noes prevailed Capito Forbes Issa Connolly Grijalva Lujan Grisham by voice vote. Capps Fortenberry Jenkins Conyers Grimm (NM) The Clerk will redesignate the Carney Foster Johnson (OH) Cook Guthrie Luja´ n, Ben Ray Cassidy Foxx Johnson, Sam Cooper Hahn (NM) amendment. Chabot Franks (AZ) Jolly Costa Hall Lummis The Clerk redesignated the amend- Chaffetz Frelinghuysen Jones Cotton Hanabusa Lynch ment. Coble Gabbard Jordan Courtney Hanna Maffei Coffman Gallego Joyce RECORDED VOTE Cramer Harper Maloney, Cole Garamendi Keating Crawford Harris Carolyn The CHAIR. A recorded vote has been Collins (GA) Garcia Kelly (PA) Crenshaw Hartzler Maloney, Sean demanded. Collins (NY) Gardner Kennedy

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.061 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3123 Kildee Miller (FL) Sanford [Roll No. 173] Maloney, Sean Pittenger Simpson Kilmer Miller (MI) Scalise Marchant Pitts Sinema Kind Miller, Gary Schneider AYES—89 Marino Poe (TX) Smith (MO) King (IA) Mullin Schock Beatty Hahn Pingree (ME) Massie Polis Smith (NE) King (NY) Mulvaney Schrader Becerra Hastings (FL) Pocan Matheson Pompeo Smith (NJ) Kingston Murphy (FL) Schweikert Blumenauer Higgins Price (NC) McCarthy (CA) Posey Smith (TX) Kinzinger (IL) Murphy (PA) Scott, Austin Brady (PA) Hinojosa Rangel McCarthy (NY) Price (GA) Smith (WA) Kirkpatrick Neugebauer Sensenbrenner McCaul Quigley Southerland Brown (FL) Holt Richmond Kline Noem Sessions McClintock Rahall Stewart Butterfield Honda Roybal-Allard Kuster Nugent Shea-Porter McHenry Reed Stivers Capuano Huffman Rush Labrador Nunes Shimkus Ca´ rdenas Jeffries McIntyre Reichert Stockman LaMalfa Nunnelee Shuster Ryan (OH) McKeon Renacci Stutzman Carson (IN) Johnson (GA) Sa´ nchez, Linda Lamborn Olson Simpson Cartwright Johnson, E. B. McKinley Ribble Swalwell (CA) Lance Owens Sinema T. McMorris Rice (SC) Terry Castor (FL) Kaptur Sarbanes Langevin Palazzo Smith (MO) Chu Kelly (IL) Rodgers Rigell Thompson (CA) Schakowsky Lankford Paulsen Smith (NE) Cicilline Lee (CA) McNerney Roby Thompson (PA) Scott, David Larsen (WA) Pearce Smith (NJ) Clark (MA) Lowenthal Meadows Roe (TN) Thornberry Serrano Latham Perry Smith (TX) Clarke (NY) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Meehan Rogers (AL) Tiberi Sewell (AL) Latta Peters (CA) Southerland Clay (NM) Messer Rogers (KY) Tierney Levin Peters (MI) Stewart Cleaver Matsui Sires Mica Rogers (MI) Tipton Lipinski Peterson Stivers Clyburn McCollum Slaughter Michaud Rohrabacher Titus LoBiondo Petri Stockman Cohen McDermott Speier Miller (FL) Rokita Tonko Loebsack Pittenger Stutzman Conyers McGovern Takano Miller (MI) Rooney Tsongas Long Pitts Swalwell (CA) Cummings Meeks Thompson (MS) Miller, Gary Ros-Lehtinen Turner Lowey Poe (TX) Terry Davis, Danny Meng Vargas Mullin Roskam Upton Lucas Polis Thompson (CA) Doyle Miller, George Veasey Mulvaney Rothfus Van Hollen Luetkemeyer Pompeo Thompson (PA) Edwards Moore Vela´ zquez Murphy (FL) Royce Vela Lujan Grisham Posey Thornberry Ellison Moran Wasserman Murphy (PA) Ruiz Visclosky (NM) Price (GA) Tierney Farr Nadler Schultz Neal Ruppersberger Wagner Lummis Quigley Tipton Fattah Napolitano Waters Neugebauer Ryan (WI) Walberg Maffei Rahall Titus Fudge Negrete McLeod Waxman Noem Salmon Walden Maloney, Reed Turner Grayson Nolan Welch Nugent Sanchez, Loretta Walorski Carolyn Reichert Upton Grijalva Pallone Wilson (FL) Nunes Sanford Walz Maloney, Sean Renacci Valadao Gutie´rrez Payne Yarmuth Nunnelee Scalise Weber (TX) Marchant Ribble Visclosky O’Rourke Schiff Webster (FL) Marino Rice (SC) Wagner NOES—327 Olson Schneider Wenstrup Massie Rigell Walberg Owens Schock Westmoreland Matheson Roby Walden Aderholt Davis (CA) Hastings (WA) Palazzo Schrader Whitfield McCarthy (CA) Roe (TN) Walorski Amash Davis, Rodney Heck (NV) Pascrell Schweikert Wilson (SC) McCarthy (NY) Rogers (AL) Walz Amodei DeFazio Heck (WA) Pastor (AZ) Scott (VA) Wittman McCaul Rogers (KY) Weber (TX) Bachmann DeGette Hensarling Paulsen Scott, Austin Wolf McClintock Rogers (MI) Webster (FL) Bachus Delaney Herrera Beutler Pearce Sensenbrenner Womack McHenry Rohrabacher Wenstrup Barber DeLauro Himes Perry Sessions Woodall McIntyre Rokita Westmoreland Barletta DelBene Holding Peters (CA) Shea-Porter Yoder McKeon Rooney Whitfield Barr Denham Horsford Peters (MI) Sherman Yoho McKinley Ros-Lehtinen Wilson (SC) Barrow (GA) Dent Hoyer Peterson Shimkus Young (AK) McMorris Roskam Wittman Barton DeSantis Hudson Petri Shuster Young (IN) Rodgers Rothfus Wolf Benishek DesJarlais Huelskamp McNerney Royce Womack Bentivolio Deutch Huizenga (MI) NOT VOTING—15 Meadows Ruiz Woodall Bera (CA) Diaz-Balart Hultgren Bass Jackson Lee Ross Meehan Ruppersberger Yoder Bilirakis Dingell Hunter Carter Lewis Runyan Messer Ryan (WI) Yoho Bishop (GA) Doggett Hurt Farenthold McAllister Schwartz Mica Salmon Young (AK) Bishop (NY) Duckworth Israel Flores Pelosi Valadao Michaud Sanchez, Loretta Young (IN) Bishop (UT) Duffy Issa Green, Al Perlmutter Williams Black Duncan (SC) Jenkins NOT VOTING—15 Blackburn Duncan (TN) Johnson (OH) b 1743 Bonamici Ellmers Johnson, Sam Bass Jackson Lee Ross Boustany Engel Jolly So the amendment was rejected. Carter Lewis Runyan Brady (TX) Enyart Jones The result of the vote was announced Farenthold McAllister Schwartz Braley (IA) Eshoo Jordan as above recorded. Flores Pelosi Tiberi Bridenstine Esty Joyce Green, Al Perlmutter Williams Brooks (AL) Fincher Keating Mr. PRICE of Georgia. Mr. Chairman, Brooks (IN) Fitzpatrick Kelly (PA) I move that the Committee do now Broun (GA) Fleischmann Kennedy b 1731 rise. Brownley (CA) Fleming Kildee The motion was agreed to. Buchanan Forbes Kilmer So the amendment was rejected. Bucshon Fortenberry Kind Accordingly, the Committee rose; The result of the vote was announced Burgess Foster King (IA) and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. Bustos Foxx King (NY) MARCHANT) having assumed the chair, as above recorded. Byrne Frankel (FL) Kingston Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Chair of AMENDMENT NO. 3 IN THE NATURE OF A Calvert Franks (AZ) Kinzinger (IL) Camp Frelinghuysen Kirkpatrick the Committee of the Whole House on SUBSTITUTE OFFERED BY MR. GRIJALVA Campbell Gabbard Kline the state of the Union, reported that The CHAIR. The unfinished business Cantor Gallego Kuster that Committee, having had under con- Capito Garamendi Labrador is the demand for a recorded vote on Capps Garcia LaMalfa sideration the bill (H. Con. Res. 96) es- the amendment offered by the gen- Carney Gardner Lamborn tablishing the budget for the United tleman from Arizona (Mr. GRIJALVA) on Cassidy Garrett Lance States Government for fiscal year 2015 which further proceedings were post- Castro (TX) Gerlach Langevin Chabot Gibbs Lankford and setting forth appropriate budg- poned and on which the noes prevailed Chaffetz Gibson Larsen (WA) etary levels for fiscal years 2016 by voice vote. Coble Gingrey (GA) Larson (CT) through 2024, had come to no resolution Coffman Gohmert Latham thereon. The Clerk will redesignate the Cole Goodlatte Latta amendment. Collins (GA) Gosar Levin f The Clerk redesignated the amend- Collins (NY) Gowdy Lipinski Conaway Granger LoBiondo EXPATRIATE HEALTH COVERAGE ment. Connolly Graves (GA) Loebsack CLARIFICATION ACT OF 2014 Cook Graves (MO) Lofgren RECORDED VOTE Cooper Green, Gene Long The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- The CHAIR. A recorded vote has been Costa Griffin (AR) Lowey finished business is the vote on the mo- demanded. Cotton Griffith (VA) Lucas tion to suspend the rules and pass the Courtney Grimm Luetkemeyer bill (H.R. 4414) to clarify the treatment A recorded vote was ordered. Cramer Guthrie Lujan Grisham Crawford Hall (NM) under the Patient Protection and Af- The CHAIR. This is a 5-minute vote. Crenshaw Hanabusa Lummis fordable Care Act of health plans in The vote was taken by electronic de- Crowley Hanna Lynch which expatriates are the primary en- Cuellar Harper Maffei vice, and there were—ayes 89, noes 327, Culberson Harris Maloney, rollees, and for other purposes, on not voting 15, as follows: Daines Hartzler Carolyn which the yeas and nays were ordered.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.017 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3124 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 The Clerk read the title of the bill. Wilson (SC) Womack Yoho HOUR OF MEETING ON TOMORROW Wittman Woodall Young (AK) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Wolf Yoder Young (IN) Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, I question is on the motion offered by NAYS—159 ask unanimous consent that when the the gentleman from California (Mr. House adjourns today, it adjourns to NUNES) that the House suspend the Amash Green, Gene Neal Beatty Grijalva Negrete McLeod meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow. rules and pass the bill. Becerra Hahn Nolan The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there This is a 5-minute vote. Bishop (GA) Harris O’Rourke objection to the request of the gen- The vote was taken by electronic de- Blumenauer Hastings (FL) Pallone tleman from Texas? Bonamici Heck (WA) Pascrell vice, and there were—yeas 257, nays Brady (PA) Hensarling Pastor (AZ) There was no objection. 159, not voting 15, as follows: Braley (IA) Hinojosa Payne f Brooks (AL) Holt [Roll No. 174] Pingree (ME) Brown (FL) Honda Pocan APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER TO YEAS—257 Brownley (CA) Horsford Poe (TX) Butterfield Hoyer BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE Aderholt Price (NC) Gibbs Nugent Capps Huelskamp HARRY S. TRUMAN SCHOLAR- Amodei Rangel Gibson Nunes Capuano Huffman Bachmann Roe (TN) SHIP FOUNDATION Gingrey (GA) Nunnelee Ca´ rdenas Israel Bachus Rokita Goodlatte Olson Carson (IN) Jeffries The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Barber Roybal-Allard Granger Owens Cartwright Johnson (GA) Barletta Ruiz Chair announces the Speaker’s ap- Graves (MO) Palazzo Castor (FL) Johnson, E. B. Barr Rush pointment pursuant to 20 U.S.C. Griffin (AR) Paulsen Castro (TX) Jordan Barrow (GA) Ryan (OH) Griffith (VA) Pearce Chu Kaptur 2004(b), and the order of the House of Barton Salmon Grimm Perry Cicilline Keating January 3, 2013, of the following Mem- Benishek Sa´ nchez, Linda Guthrie Peters (CA) Clark (MA) Kelly (IL) Bentivolio T. ber on the part of the House to the Hall Peters (MI) Clarke (NY) Kennedy Bera (CA) Hanabusa Peterson Cleaver Kildee Sanchez, Loretta Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Tru- Bilirakis Hanna Petri Clyburn Labrador Sarbanes man Scholarship Foundation. Bishop (NY) Harper Pittenger Conyers Langevin Schakowsky Bishop (UT) Mr. DENT, Pennsylvania Hartzler Pitts Crowley Lee (CA) Schiff Black Hastings (WA) Polis Cummings Levin Scott (VA) f Blackburn Heck (NV) Pompeo Davis (CA) Loebsack Scott, David Boustany Herrera Beutler Posey Davis, Danny Lofgren Serrano PERMISSION FOR MEMBER TO BE Brady (TX) Higgins Price (GA) DeFazio Lowenthal Shea-Porter CONSIDERED AS FIRST SPONSOR Bridenstine Himes Quigley DeGette Lowey Sherman Brooks (IN) OF H.R. 786 Holding Rahall DeLauro Lujan Grisham Slaughter Broun (GA) Hudson Reed DesJarlais (NM) Smith (WA) Mr. BLUMENAUER. Mr. Speaker, I Buchanan Huizenga (MI) Reichert Deutch Luja´ n, Ben Ray Speier Bucshon ask unanimous consent that I may Hultgren Renacci Dingell (NM) Swalwell (CA) Burgess Hunter Ribble Doggett Lynch Takano hereafter be considered as the first Bustos Hurt Rice (SC) Doyle Maffei Thompson (CA) sponsor of H.R. 786, a bill originally in- Byrne Issa Richmond Duckworth Maloney, Thompson (MS) Calvert troduced by Representative MARKEY of Jenkins Rigell Duncan (SC) Carolyn Tierney Camp Massachusetts, for the purposes of add- Johnson (OH) Roby Edwards Maloney, Sean Titus Campbell Johnson, Sam Rogers (AL) Ellison Massie Tonko ing cosponsors and requesting Cantor Jolly Rogers (KY) Ellmers Matsui Tsongas reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule Capito Jones Rogers (MI) Eshoo McCollum Van Hollen Carney XII. Joyce Rohrabacher Farr McDermott Veasey Cassidy Kelly (PA) Rooney Frankel (FL) McGovern Vela The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Chabot Kilmer Ros-Lehtinen Fudge McNerney Vela´ zquez BRIDENSTINE). Is there objection to the Chaffetz Kind Roskam Gallego Meeks Visclosky Clay request of the gentleman from Oregon? King (IA) Rothfus Garamendi Meng Walz Coble There was no objection. King (NY) Royce Garcia Michaud Wasserman Coffman Kingston Ruppersberger Gohmert Miller, George Schultz f Cohen Kinzinger (IL) Ryan (WI) Gosar Moore Waters Cole Kirkpatrick Sanford Gowdy Mulvaney Waxman LET’S TALK TAX Collins (GA) Kline Scalise Graves (GA) Nadler Wilson (FL) Collins (NY) Kuster Schneider Grayson Napolitano Yarmuth (Mr. MULLIN asked and was given Conaway LaMalfa Schock permission to address the House for 1 Connolly Lamborn Schrader NOT VOTING—15 Cook Lance Schweikert minute and to revise and extend his re- Bass Gutie´rrez Perlmutter Cooper Lankford Scott, Austin marks.) Carter Jackson Lee Ross Costa Larsen (WA) Sensenbrenner Farenthold Lewis Runyan Mr. MULLIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Cotton Larson (CT) Sessions Flores McAllister Schwartz Courtney Latham Sewell (AL) today to talk tax. Every year, Ameri- Green, Al Pelosi Williams Cramer Latta Shimkus cans approach April 15 with a dread as Crawford Lipinski Shuster they are reminded of just how burden- b 1753 Crenshaw LoBiondo Simpson some our tax structure really is. Cuellar Long Sinema Messrs. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois Culberson Lucas Sires But there is a group of Americans Daines Luetkemeyer Smith (MO) and BROOKS of Alabama changed their that have been focused on taxes long Davis, Rodney Lummis Smith (NE) vote from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ before April 15 arises, and that is our Delaney Marchant Smith (NJ) So (two-thirds not being in the af- DelBene Marino Smith (TX) small businesses, the backbone of our Denham Matheson Southerland firmative) the motion was rejected. economy. While individuals prepare Dent McCarthy (CA) Stewart The result of the vote was announced their taxes once a year, business own- DeSantis McCarthy (NY) Stivers as above recorded. ers have a different story to tell. Diaz-Balart McCaul Stockman Duffy McClintock Stutzman PERSONAL EXPLANATION By the time July arrives, my compa- Duncan (TN) McHenry Terry Mr. AL GREEN of Texas. Mr. Speaker, nies have prepared taxes four times. Engel McIntyre Thompson (PA) today I was unavoidably detained and missed With hours spent on tax preparation Enyart McKeon Thornberry Esty McKinley Tiberi the following votes: and regulation compliance, small busi- Fattah McMorris Tipton 1. Mulvaney Amendment in the Nature of a nesses are missing prime opportunities Fincher Rodgers Turner Substitute. Had I been present, I would have to focus their energy on business ex- Fitzpatrick Meadows Upton voted ‘‘no’’ on this bill. pansion and job creation. Fleischmann Meehan Valadao Fleming Messer Vargas 2. Moore Amendment in the Nature of a Over the past year, I have heard a re- Forbes Mica Wagner Substitute. Had I been present, I would have curring message from small businesses Fortenberry Miller (FL) Walberg voted ‘‘yes’’ on this bill. across this country: Taxes and over- Foster Miller (MI) Walden Foxx Miller, Gary Walorski 3. Grijalva Amendment in the Nature of a regulation are killing our businesses. Franks (AZ) Moran Weber (TX) Substitute. Had I been present, I would have At what point, Mr. Speaker, will this Frelinghuysen Mullin Webster (FL) voted ‘‘yes’’ on this bill. administration listen to the business Gabbard Murphy (FL) Welch 4. H.R. 4414—Expatriate Health Coverage owners of America? Gardner Murphy (PA) Wenstrup Garrett Neugebauer Westmoreland Clarification Act of 2014. Had I been present, The success of small businesses sets Gerlach Noem Whitfield I would have voted ‘‘no’’ on this bill. the tone for our Nation’s economy, and

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.067 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3125 it is my hope that their countless sto- said government of the United States full in conformity with Samoan customs as to ries will soon be heard. powers and authority to enact proper legisla- signatures to documents, in my presence at tion for and to control the said islands, and Pago Pago on the 17th day of April, 1900 A.D. f are further desirous or removing all disabil- immediately prior to the Raising of the CELEBRATING THE 114TH ities that may be existing in connection United States Flag at the United States therewith and to ratini and to confirm the Naval Station, Tutuila. AMERICAN SAMOA FLAG DAY grant of the rule of said islands heretofore /s/E.W. Gurr (Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA asked and granted on the 2nd day of April, 1990. Barrister of the Supreme Court of Samoa. was given permission to address the Now know Ye.- Acceptance of Cessions House for 1 minute.) 1. That we, the Chiefs whose names are The Judge Advocate General of the Navy hereunder subscribed by virtue of our office Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Madam in 1921, referring to the above cessions, said: as the hereditaty representatives of the peo- ‘‘These cessions were accepted by the Presi- Speaker, I rise today to congratulate ple of said islands, in consideration of the dent of the United States, and full informa- Governor Lolo Moliga and the people of premises hereinbefore recited and for divers tion with respect thereto was communicated American Samoa, for next week we will good considerations us hereunto moving, to Congress and the action of the Chief Exec- be celebrating 114 years for the com- have ceded, transferred, and yielded up unto utive relative thereto adopted and approved memoration of the raising of the Amer- Commander B.F. Tilley of the US. in a number of separate statutory enact- ican flag on April 17, 1900. ‘‘Abarenda,’’ the duly accredited representa- ments.’’ (File 3931–1429.36, Dec. 23, 1921, Madam Speaker, it was at this his- tive of the Government of the United States LRNA, Supp. 25. of America, in the islands hereinafter men- toric occasion when our Samoan tradi- tioned or described for and on behalf of the f tional leaders had the foresight to sign said government. All these the islands of b 1800 the Treaty of Cession with the rep- Tutuila and Aunu’u and all other islands, resentatives of the United States. Our rocks, reefs, foreshores and waters lying be- EQUAL PAY DAY bond and relation as part of the tween the 13th degree and the 15th degree of (Ms. FRANKEL of Florida asked and ‘‘American family’’ today is stronger south latitude and between the 171st degree and 167th degree of west longitude from the was given permission to address the than ever. House for 1 minute and to revise and As we celebrate this year, we must meridian of Greenwich, together with all sovereign rights thereunto belonging and extend her remarks.) reflect on the sacrifices that were made possessed by us, to hold the said ceded terri- Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speak- by our sons and daughters, past and tory unto the Government of the United er, during this week, we sadly recog- present, who served honorably and val- States of America; to erect the same into a nize and commiserate Equal Pay Day, iantly in our Nation’s military forces. separate District to be annexed to the said which marks the number of extra days Our Samoan sons and daughters have Government, to be known and designated as in 2014 the average woman has to work the District of ‘‘Tutuila’’. been an important part of our military to earn as much as her male counter- forces, both here and throughout the 2. The Government of the United States of America shall respect and protect the indi- part did in 2013, so I rise for the women world. vidual rights of all people dwelling in who are not here today because they (English translation of the statement Tutuila to their lands and other property in are working hard to take care of them- made in Samoan is as follows.) said district; but if the said Government selves and their families. May the relationship between the shall require any land or any other thing for I am going to keep it simple, Mr. United States and the islands of Government uses, the government may take Speaker. Equal pay is about fairness, Tutuila and Manu’a continue to pros- the same upon payment of a fair consider- and as important, it is about survival. ation for the land, or other thing, to those per. Farewell. Equal pay means safe, secure housing. IIa sao ma uli le alo faiva le faigamalo a whom may be deprived of their property on account of the desire of the Government. Equal pay means saving for a child’s Tutuila ma Manua ma le Malo Tele o Amerika. 3. The Chiefs of the towns will be entitled college education. Equal pay means Soifua. to retain their individual control of the sepa- building a pension that allows for a TREATY OF CESSION rate towns, if that control is in accordance dignified retirement. Equal pay means with the laws of the United States of Amer- Chief of Tutuila that everyone, regardless of their gen- ica concerning Tutuila, and if not obstruc- der, gets a fair shot at living their to tive to the peace of the people and the ad- American Dream. United States Government vancement of civilization of the people, sub- April 17, 1900 ject also to the supervision and instruction f of the said Government. But the enactment Translation in the English language: of legislation and the general control shall THE WEEK OF THE YOUNG CHILD To all to whom these presents shall come: remain firm with the United States of Amer- Greeting. (Ms. MENG asked and was given per- ica. Whereas the Governments of Germany, mission to address the House for 1 4. An investigation and settlement of all minute and to revise and extend her re- Great Britain, and of the United States of claims to title to lands in the different divi- America have on divers occasions recognized sions or districts of Tutuila shall be made by marks.) the sovereignty of the government and peo- the Government. Ms. MENG. Mr. Speaker, I rise today ple of Samoa and the Samoan group of is- 5. We, whose names are subscribed below, in recognition of the Week of the lands as an independent State; and whereas do hereby declare with truth for ourselves, Young Child. The National Association owing to dissensions, internal disturbances our heirs and representatives by Samoan for the Education of Young Children and civil war, the said governments have Custom, that we will obey and owe alle- deemed it necessary to assume the control of started the Week of the Young Child in giance to the Government of the United 1971; and since that time, this week has the legislation and administration of said States of America. In witness whereof we state of Samoa; and whereas the said govern- have hereunto subscribed our names and af- focused public attention on young chil- ments have on the sixteenth day of Feb- fixed our seals on this 17th day of April, 1900 dren and young parents, two groups ruary, by mutual agreement, determined to A.D. that don’t have high-priced lobbyists partition said State; and whereas the islands Fofo and Aitulagi to advocate for them here in Wash- hereinafter described being part of the said Tuitele of Leone, Faiivae of Leone, Letuli ington. State have by said arrangements amongst of Iiiiii, Fuimaono of Aoloau, Satele of For this reason, I cofounded the Con- the said governments, been severed from the Vailoa, Leoso of Leone, Olo of Leone, Namoa gressional Kids Safety Caucus, where parent State, and the Governments of Great of Aitulagi, Malota of Aitulagi, Tuana’itau Britain and of Germany have withdrawn all of Pava’ia’i, Lualemaga of Aasu, Amituana’i we seek to raise awareness on prevent- rights hitherto acquired, claimed or pos- of Ituau. able child injury. Additionally, assist- sessed by both or either of them by treaty or Sua and Vatfanua ing in the care and education of our otherwise, to the said islands in favor of the Pele, Mauga, Leiato, Faumuina, Masaniai, youngest are amongst the highest government of the United States of America; Tupuola, Soliai, Mauga. yielding and most just investments our And whereas for the promotion of the The foregoing instrument of Cession (pages government can make. peace and welfare of the people of said is- 1, 2 and 3) was duly signed by Leoso in the So I call today on my colleagues on lands, for the establishment of a good and presence of, and at the request of, the Chiefs sound government, and for the preservation and Representatives of the Division of Fofo both sides of the aisle to recommit of the rights and property of the inhabitants and Aitulagi, and by Pele in the presence of, themselves to working toward high- of said islands, the Chiefs, rulers and people and at the request of, the Chiefs and Rep- quality early childhood education for thereof are desirous of granting unto the resentatives of Sua and Vaifanua in Tutuila all.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 08:14 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.069 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3126 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 MENTAL ILLNESS RESEARCH us backward. Mr. Speaker, we can and All of us in Congress know how hard (Ms. KAPTUR asked and was given we should and we must do better. our staffs work, and we know we permission to address the House for 1 f wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for people minute.) like Kristin, who are our eyes, ears, A TRIBUTE TO ANNE TAYLOR and helping hands when we can’t be Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, with the (Ms. LEE of California asked and was tragic shooting at Fort Hood this past home. given permission to address the House I wish Kristin, her husband, Edward, week, our country has once again been for 1 minute.) and their daughter, Wren, all the best ravaged by the convergence of mental Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I as she begins her new journey, and I instability and gun rampages. rise with an extremely heavy heart to know the folks in my district will miss As President Obama did today, let us pay tribute to the life of our beloved her as much as I will. honor those lost to this terrible trag- Anne Louise Taylor who passed away f edy—Sergeant First Class Danny Fer- last week. guson, Sergeant Timothy Owens, and Words cannot really express my sad- 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ‘‘THE soldier Carlos Lazaney—and continue ness as we mourn Anne’s untimely GRAPES OF WRATH’’ to pray for the injured as they recover, death. She served as my district direc- (Mr. FARR asked and was given per- as well as all those in uniform who tor for more than 5 years, but more im- mission to address the House for 1 serve our Nation. portantly, she was a trusted and loving minute and to revise and extend his re- As this is now the second shooting at friend. marks.) Fort Hood in recent years, Americans Anne’s contributions to the residents Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today and we, in Congress, must again ask of the East Bay were enormous. With to honor the 75th anniversary of one of ourselves: Isn’t it time for a national true compassion and commitment, she the greatest pieces of American lit- conversation on untreated mental ill- touched the lives of thousands of peo- erature, John Steinbeck’s ‘‘The Grapes ness? ple. Prior to joining my office, Anne’s of Wrath.’’ The National Steinbeck As a member of the Appropriations accomplished public career included Center in his hometown of Salinas, Defense Subcommittee, we must use working for California Assembly Mem- California, is celebrating all year, with this moment to support early diag- ber and California State Board of events throughout the country. nosis, as well as pathbreaking neuro- Equalization Member Johan Klehs; was The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was logical research, building on the Presi- district director for Assembly Member published on April 14, 1939. Set during dent’s BRAIN Initiative. We must Ellen Corbett; and was head of govern- the Great Depression, the novel cap- probe the undiscovered functions of the ment relations at California State East tured the brutal honesty, the story of human mind and human performance. Bay during the administration of migrant farmworkers fleeing Okla- Advanced research and treatment President Mo Qayoumi. homa’s Dust Bowl in search of new op- will benefit both our deserving vet- Not only was she a true public serv- portunity in California. Steinbeck erans and all Americans who struggle ant and a phenomenal woman, but she wanted to shine a light on the social with the unknown reaches of the un- was deeply passionate about her com- injustices that plagued the working quiet mind. munity of Alameda, California, where poor. Again, I lend my support to honor she attended high school and loved the Sparking controversy, it quickly rose the heroes lost at Fort Hood, and I im- Fourth of July parade and the Alameda to the top of the bestsellers list. It was plore my colleagues to make certain Point Antique Faire. banned and burned in many parts of this latest tragedy is, indeed, the last Our deepest condolences from my of- the country. tragedy. Let us measure up to this wor- fice, my community, and my staff. Our Inspired by the novel, First Lady El- thy challenge. condolences go out to Anne’s two ex- eanor Roosevelt helped pass new labor ceptional daughters, Eleanore and laws after touring the shocking condi- f Grace Guenon, and to her entire fam- tions of the California camps. ‘‘The THE RYAN BUDGET ily, whom she loved deeply. Grapes of Wrath’’ changed the way we Our thoughts and our prayers are (Ms. BONAMICI asked and was given viewed poverty in this country. with them during these very difficult This is why it figured prominently in permission to address the House for 1 days. May her spirit continue to soar the decision to award Steinbeck the minute.) and her memory stay very close to our Nobel Prize. Even today, the novel still Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, I rise hearts. She touched so many lives. We offers us hope—hope that our best days today in opposition to the 2015 Ryan know that her soul is resting in peace. lie before us. Steinbeck’s words reso- budget, a budget that will hurt middle nate just as true today as they did 75 class Americans while, at the same f years ago. time, giving breaks to some of the HONORING KRISTIN FULFORD f wealthiest people in this country. (Mr. BARROW of Georgia asked and Early childhood education is impor- was given permission to address the THE RYAN BUDGET tant, but the Ryan budget cuts Head House for 1 minute and to revise and (Mr. RUIZ asked and was given per- Start. Millions of Americans are still extend his remarks.) mission to address the House for 1 struggling to find work in a changing Mr. BARROW of Georgia. Mr. Speak- minute and to revise and extend his re- economy. Instead of investing in pro- er, I rise today to honor Kristin marks.) grams to prepare the unemployed for Fulford, a member of my 12th District Mr. RUIZ. Once again, through the new careers, this budget cuts job train- staff for the past 9 years. Kristin has Ryan budget, House leadership is seek- ing. been an invaluable part of our team, ing to balance the budget on the backs Nearly 16 million children are food- handling thousands of casework issues of hard-working American families and insecure, and we know that growing up for folks all over my district. seniors, undermining the economic re- hungry is directly correlated to a Kristin has made sure that folks re- covery, and ending the Medicare guar- child’s academic success. This budget ceived their Social Security and Medi- antee. guts the Supplemental Nutrition As- care payments, helped high school stu- As an emergency medicine physician, sistance Program, and for millions of dents prepare to enter one of our Na- I know firsthand that many of the sen- young people with dreams of attending tion’s military institutions, and has iors I care for rely on the Medicare college, this budget offers them no done almost everything else in be- they have earned. In fact, in Riverside hope; instead, it cuts Pell grant aid. tween. County, California, alone over 250,000 We must do more to invest in this You would be hard-pressed to find seniors rely on Medicare. great Nation if we want to continue anyone in the 12th District who doesn’t Our priority should be reducing our economic recovery and create a know someone that Kristin has helped. health care costs in order to make brighter future, and instead of robust She has been a team player who, for Medicare stronger and more sustain- investments in infrastructure and nearly a decade, has taken pride in able, but this budget transforms Medi- transportation, the Ryan budget takes helping the folks in our communities. care into a voucher program, shifting

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.071 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3127 the costs of health care to our seniors When Chancellor Hance was first ap- In 1987, Texas Governor Bill Clements and ending Medicare as we know it. pointed to be the third chancellor of appointed Hance to a vacancy on the We must work together to protect Texas Tech University, his motto was Texas Railroad Commission. Upon and preserve Medicare, reduce our def- ‘‘Dream no little dreams.’’ I think this doing so, he became the first Repub- icit, and decrease health care costs. is a perfect motto for the chancellor to lican to ever serve on the railroad com- The Ryan budget is not the way to do use because that really expresses the mission in Texas. that. This proposal has the wrong pri- way he has lived his life. Due to his successes on the commis- orities for Riverside County, Cali- Kent Hance was born to Raymond sion, he was reelected in 1988, and in fornia, and our Nation. and Beral Cole Hance on November 14, 1989, he was elected chairman of the I urge my colleagues to end the par- 1942, in the great city of Dimmitt, railroad commission. After stepping tisan political gamesmanship and put Texas, which is in my congressional down in 1990 from his commission, he American families and our seniors district, a town known for grit and de- continued to practice law. In 2006, Kent first. termination, which clearly was passed Hance was chosen to become the third f along to Hance. chancellor of the Texas Tech Univer- He enrolled in Texas Tech University sity System. UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT in 1961 and joined the fraternity Delta When appointed to the position of BASKETBALL Tau Delta, where he often mentioned chancellor to begin implementing the (Mr. LARSON of Connecticut asked that he became friends with a guy motto, as I mentioned earlier, ‘‘Dream and was given permission to address named John Deutschendorf, who later no little dreams,’’ and no little dreams the House for 1 minute and to revise became a guy by the name of John did Kent Hance have for Texas Tech and extend his remarks.) Denver. University. He said that he was going Mr. LARSON of Connecticut. Mr. Now, I think, sometimes, Kent Hance to raise a billion dollars and began a Speaker, I rise with a great sense of claims that he helped John Denver fundraising campaign to do that, the pride on behalf of the entire delegation with some of his material, but we have largest one in the school’s history. of the State of Connecticut who are, in- not been able to actually verify that. Additionally, Hance decided to grow deed, honored again to be national Hance graduated from Texas Tech in the university to 40,000 students by 2020 champions. Our entire delegation will 1965 with a business degree, and despite to meet the demands of a growing have an extended period of time in his better judgment, he entered law State. Not only has his fundraising school at the University of Texas. which we can amplify the great accom- campaign exceeded a billion dollar While he was at that school, they plishments of the University of Con- mark, but under his leadership, Chan- named him president of the Student necticut. cellor Hance has grown the university Bar Association and, of course, in the For an unprecedented second time, system and about doubled it by adding true Red Raider spirit. first and foremost, our women’s bas- Angelo State and the Texas Tech Uni- After graduating with his law degree, ketball team went undefeated and was versity Health Sciences Center at El he returned to west Texas to practice perfect, as they are; and of course, the Paso. law and teach business law at Texas men’s team down in RALPH HALL’s Texas Tech University, the flagship Tech. While teaching, undoubtedly, the great State of Texas, where we have institution of the Texas Tech system, most momentous meeting in his career won the national championship three has also increased in the number of de- was when he had this student by the times, again, was able to win the na- grees by 46 percent between 2006 and name of RANDY NEUGEBAUER in his tional championship in Kevin Ollie’s 2012 and added a chapter of the pres- first year as the coach when the team business law class. Now, what was kind of unique about tigious Phi Beta Kappa to the campus. was eligible for it. that class, with Professor Hance and All together, it is quite easy to see why This is remarkable. Fourteen na- in 1985, even though Kent Hance had his student RANDY NEUGEBAUER, was tional championships in the game of that little did either one of us know not accomplished all of this, that peo- basketball. We are very proud not only that both of us would go on to be con- ple recognized early his talents and of our coaches and our student ath- gressmen for the 19th District of Texas. named him Distinguished Alumni of letes, but of all the hard work and ef- In 1974, Kent Hance decided to run for Texas Tech. fort that goes into this. the Texas Senate and won in that west On October 11, 2013, unfortunately, Our delegation will be down here at Texas seat. He served in the senate Kent Hance announced that he would another time to further extoll the vir- from 1974 through 1978, when he decided be stepping down as chancellor. While tues of the University of Connecticut to run for Congress for the 19th Con- Texas Tech and west Texas would be and the great State it represents. gressional District. losing one of its best advocates, we are f extremely grateful for the services that b 1815 A TRIBUTE TO THE CAREER OF he offered as he served and will con- KENT HANCE Interestingly enough, in that race, he tinue to serve as chairman emeritus. defeated a young man in Midland, Future students of Texas Tech will also The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under Texas, by the name of George W. Bush. benefit from his decisions to continue the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- Many of us know that he became the teaching his seminar classes on leader- uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Texas future President of the United States. ship. (Mr. NEUGEBAUER) is recognized for 60 One of the things that President Before handing over the floor to some minutes as the designee of the major- Bush would occasionally say is that, of my colleagues who would like to say ity leader. Mr. Hance and I accomplished some- some things about Chancellor Hance, I GENERAL LEAVE thing he was not able to accomplish, wanted to read a quick quote from Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, I and that was being elected to Congress, President George W. Bush. Upon his ask unanimous consent that all Mem- but then he would smile and say, but I announcement for retirement, George bers have 5 legislative days in which to guess it worked out, and it work out Bush was quoted saying: revise and extend their remarks and in- indeed. Texas Tech was fortunate to have Kent in clude extraneous material on the sub- While serving the House of Rep- a leadership position. He loves the Red Raid- ject of my Special Order. resentatives from 1979 to 1985, he was ers and he leaves behind a better university, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there known for his conservative voting and I wish all the best to my friend. objection to the request of the gen- record and was a member of the Boll Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman tleman from Texas? Weevil Conservatives. Congressman from Texas (Mr. HALL). There was no objection. Hance became one of President Rea- Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise in Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, it gan’s closest allies when he was work- honor of my dear friend and former col- is an honor for me to rise tonight to ing on his 1981 tax package. In 1984, league Kent Hance, a man who spent recognize a great friend and great pub- Hance decided to run for the Senate in his life in public service for the benefit lic servant and a great chancellor at Texas, a seat that ultimately was won of Texas, our country, and certainly for Texas Tech University. by Phil Gramm. 8 years at the Texas Tech University

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Mr. Speaker, it the United States Congress; and, im- asked one to carry the Reagan tax cut is nice to have our friend and former portant to me, he is and was and will which really began the renaissance of Member of the House down here on the always be a super friend. America, and that young man was Con- floor with us tonight, Kent Hance. Kent and I served in the Texas State gressman Kent Hance of the 19th Con- Well, today we honor Texas Tech Senate at different times so our paths gressional District. He was on the University Chancellor Kent Hance, who did not cross until I was first elected to Ways and Means Committee as a Dem- is about to enjoy a well-earned retire- Congress, where he was already serving ocrat. He carried the Reagan tax cut in ment. He has served as chancellor for as Congressman for the 19th District of the Ways and Means Committee and over 7 years. Texas. prevailed. I would assume the chair- Texas Tech is the only campus in We are both conservatives, and we man then was Dan Rostenkowski. I am Texas that is home to a major univer- worked together with President not sure, but I think that’s right. sity, a law school, and a medical Reagan to carry out his tax cut in 1981, Well, in 1984, he decided to go back to school. The university continues to ex- along with other conservative thrusts. Texas. He relinquished his seat and pand to other parts of Texas outside Tonight, we recognized Kent for his Larry Combest replaced him, and five Lubbock. For example, there is a sat- efforts on behalf of Texas education. other young Texans came in as part of ellite campus in my home district in For the last 8 years, Kent has served the Texas Six Pack: Dick Armey, JOE the town of Fredericksburg. his alma mater, Texas Tech University, BARTON, Larry Combest, Beau Boulter, Under Kent Hance’s tenure, Texas and he certainly has worked with the I believe, and Mac Sweeney. He Tech set new student enrollment school to make tremendous strides in switched parties, became a Republican, records and research expenditures have furthering the prestigious school’s ad- and got appointed to the railroad com- almost tripled. It so happens that I vances for students. mission. He was the first Republican to have more Red Raiders in my D.C. of- During his time as chancellor, Texas be named chairman of the railroad fice than graduates of any other col- Tech has far surpassed previous fund- commission. lege, so I know the quality of students raising goals and enrollment records at He did run for Governor a time or who come from Texas Tech. all four institutions. Kent has also two in that time span and did not have Fortunately for Tech, Chancellor worked to put Texas Tech on track to the same luck for Governor. He went Hance will not be far away. He will becoming a tier one research institu- into the private sector, became a con- continue to serve as chancellor emer- tion. I was also pleased to support the sultant and an attorney and helped me itus of the university and teach a legislation that spawned the law school politically on a number of issues, then, course in political leadership—no sur- at Texas Tech. as has been pointed out, became chan- prise there. I come from a family of teachers and cellor of Texas Tech. And the students This should not come as a great sur- value quality education for our Na- hardly know what a chancellor is, most prise since Kent Hance has loved the tion’s students, as I know Kent does. universities not only know Ken Hance, university ever since he set foot on its Education is directly tied to our chil- they affectionately call him the campus as a student in 1961. Chancellor dren’s future opportunities as well ‘‘Hancellor’’ at Texas Tech. Hance likes to say, ‘‘Dream no little American innovation and competitive- The thing that impresses me the dreams.’’ His leadership in turning ness. That is why we look for leaders most about Kent is that, when people Texas Tech into one of the top higher like Kent Hance who will work tire- are in elected office and we are success- learning institutions in America re- lessly to ensure that students receive ful, we have lots of friends, and they flects that motto. the best education possible, because I call us and pat us on the back and offer Thank you, Chancellor Hance, for all agree, as he agrees, that children are 25 to do things and help us and support you have done for Texas Tech Univer- percent of our population and 100 per- us. When we lose or are not successful, sity and all you have done for the great cent of our future. normally the only people that try to State of Texas. I thank Kent for his friendship and raise our spirits are our family and Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, I for his service to our great State of sometimes people that we owe money yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Texas and our country. I congratulate to. CONAWAY.) him on his success as chancellor for On one particular occasion, I had had (Mr. CONAWAY asked and was given Texas Tech University System. And I a political setback and I was really permission to revise and extend his re- wish him all the very best in his future down and I was kind of moping around marks.) endeavors. my house in Ennis, Texas. And one Mr. CONAWAY. Mr. Speaker, Kent Mr. NEUGEBAUER. Mr. Speaker, I morning about, I want to say, 9:30, my Hance was headed for a life of crime thank the gentleman. cell phone rang and it was Kent Hance, and waywardness before he attended I now will yield to the gentleman and I will never forget that. Texas Tech University. Texas Tech from Texas (Mr. BARTON). So we’re here to honor you for your would not be where it is today without (Mr. BARTON asked and was given public service, but I am also here to Kent Hance, but Chancellor Hance permission to revise and extend his re- thank you for your personal friendship. wouldn’t be who he is today without marks.) You are a great man. I wish you well, having attended Texas Tech in 1961. Mr. BARTON. Mr. Speaker, we are and I hope you stay involved in the A storied career as a political serv- here to honor a Texas legend in his own public sector, because people of your ant, one of Kent Hance’s political ac- time, the Honorable Kent Hance of caliber are in short supply and are al- complishments, as it has been said, was Dimmitt, Texas, some of us Aggies ways needed. that he was the only person to defeat would put an ‘‘a’’ instead of an ‘‘i.’’ But God bless you and God bless your President George W. Bush in an elec- Kent was born in west Texas and he, as family. tion. He won Texas’ 19th Congressional has already been pointed out, got elect- Mr. NEUGEBAUER. I thank the gen- District seat with his folksy humor, ed to the Texas Senate at a very young tleman. quick wit, and good old-fashioned hard age. Then I got elected to the House of I think what the gentleman said work. Kent Hance once remarked that Representatives in 1978, along with about Mr. Hance was he dedicated him- had President Bush defeated him in such stalwarts as Phil Gramm of Col- self to a life of public service and edu- that congressional race, Bush would lege Station. I think Charlie Stenholm cation. I think when you ask people, have wound up as chairman of the was already here. RALPH HALL came a Kent Hance was always available to be House Agriculture Committee instead little bit later. Marvin Leath of Waco your friend, and I think that is a of Governor and President of the came a little bit later. unique characteristic for someone who United States.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.074 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3129 Everyone has a Kent Hance story. catch it. The plane goes to full power and later became chancellor of Texas Some of us have even been the victims before it is hooked. To take off, you Tech, a university that is host to many of his punch line. But his ability to have a catapult shot, zero to 140 miles students from New Mexico. Watching weave experiences, real and imagined, in 300 feet. I have never heard a human from a distance, I can say that Mr. to make a point or disarm an opponent, being scream so loudly with terror and Hance did the things that all leaders is legendary. joy than Kent Hance on that aircraft. are called to do. He served with honor Kent Hance has been known as many I will close by talking about Kent’s and distinction, but he made tough things—an attorney, a professor, a tenure at Texas Tech University, the choices when they were called for. State senator, a railroad commis- institute that gave him his education A couple of years ago, a high-profile sioner, a Congressman, and friend—but and his love of life in the business employee of Texas Tech needed the I believe his best role has been as chan- world. Because of Kent Hance, Texas firm hand of discipline on his shoulder, cellor of Texas Tech University. Tech has a medical school in El Paso, and Kent Hance made the tough calls. We thank you for your service at Texas. Kent chased this down doggedly, Texas Tech has been better off because Texas and our Nation. Your leadership getting a big donation, $50 million from he was there as a strong person in and legacy will shine bright for years alumni, to make this dream happen. times when they needed strong leader- to come. And I wish Kent Hance and Red Raider Nation is thrilled to have ship. his family Godspeed in the next chap- this building on campus, the Kent So again, from the New Mexico side ters of their lives. Hance Chapel. It gives students a place of the border, we would like to say Mr. NEUGEBAUER. I yield to the when they are struggling, a place of thank you for guiding an institution gentleman from Texas (Mr. OLSON). peace, a place of prayer, and a place to that has been home to so many New Mexicans. Thank you for your distin- b 1830 have a wedding after they leave Texas Tech. guished service, your commitment to Mr. OLSON. I thank my colleague As Kent leaves Texas Tech behind, principle and honor and duty. We all from Lubbock for hosting this Special some are already talking about is he from New Mexico say God bless you, Order to celebrate another Texan from the greatest chancellor we have ever Godspeed to you, and thanks for your Lubbock, our good friend, Kent Hance. had. To paraphrase Bum Phillips: Kent years of service. Kent and I became friends in 1998. I was Hance may not be in a class by himself, Mr. NEUGEBAUER. I thank the gen- working at the time for United States but whatever class he is in, it don’t tleman, and I now yield to the gen- Senator Phil Gramm. take long to call the roll. tleman from Dallas, Texas (Mr. SES- My friends have talked about Kent’s Kent, my friend, as you move on to SIONS). achievements. I plan to be like the your next challenge, you have my best. Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Wizard of Oz and pull back the curtain It is not very good, but it is my best. thank you for inviting the Texas dele- and show the real Kent Hance. God bless you. gation and our friends from New Mex- The real Kent Hance joined us on No- Mr. NEUGEBAUER. I thank the gen- ico to come and honor our dear friend, vember 14, 1942, in Dimmitt, Texas. He tleman for bringing up a point. While Kent Hance, tonight. is now 71 years young. Chancellor Hance was out raising all of Kent Hance, as you have heard the Before Kent was born, Dimmitt had this money for the university, over a stories, he is not just a living legend, grown from J.W. Carter’s Hotel, Miss billion dollars, I think it exemplifies he is a man who served not just the Lou Belsher’s School, and Uncle Buck who Kent Hance is. He put his money State of Texas but our great Nation Tate’s Lumber and Wagon Yard to the up, too, contributing and building that with honor and distinction. Kent county seat of Castro County with a chapel. Whereas the gentleman men- Hance, as chancellor of Texas Tech, has population of 943. Kent went to tioned that a lot of weddings have been done the same thing for thousands of Dimmitt High School, graduating in held, but students also go over there young people who came not only to 1961. Dimmitt High School has two and spend time for prayer, and I think Texas Tech in Lubbock, Texas, for a mascots—the Bobcats for the boys and that says a lot about the character of great education, he helped make their the Bobbies for the girls. the man we honor today. experiences and their education even Kent and his best buddy, Spider, It is now my pleasure to yield to the better. spent a lot of time at the Carlile The- gentleman from New Mexico (Mr. As RANDY NEUGEBAUER knows as the ater trying to find the love of their PEARCE), my neighbor to the west. Member of Congress from the 19th Con- lives. Spider found his love in Corpus Mr. PEARCE. I thank the gentleman gressional District of Texas, the high Christi, Texas, and Kent sought opti- from Lubbock for yielding. plains of Texas offers a unique oppor- mism from Spider’s dad. Movies, Many would ask: What does a former tunity not only for the kind of people charm, and yes, a 1970 Camaro couldn’t Representative from Texas have to do who live there, the kinds of cir- get the job done. Nothing happened in with New Mexico? Well, New Mexico’s cumstances as God rolls thunder and Dimmitt. Second District is bordered on two sandstorms and rainstorms across Kent met his true love, Susie, and sides by Texas. In those days growing Texas, but it provides the kind of they both were lawyers. They worked up 3 miles from Texas, often we New unique experiences that people who hard and they played hard, and they Mexico guys slid across the State line live there love it. They love where they loved races at the track. After 1 hard in the middle of the night. We found are from, and it builds the kind of per- week of working hard and playing things to entertain us there, and we son who has spirit and opportunity, but hard, they popped down to El Paso, would be back home by daylight. So who sees themselves not just as a Texas, and crossed the river into west Texas and eastern New Mexico proud Texan but as an American, and Juarez to go to races at the track. The have a lot in common. Kent Hance truly has lived up to that. cab driver had very poor English and I had an opportunity to meet Mr. There has been a discussion tonight took them to a very special track— Hance when he was in Congress. I was about Susie, Kent’s beloved Susie, this monkey jockeys riding greyhounds. flying as the corporate pilot for the beautiful young woman who, albeit Kent learned two things that night: Congressman from the Second District from Dallas, Texas, who was stolen Susie will follow him anywhere in the of New Mexico, at that time a gen- away by the marauding Kent Hance world; and he needed to learn more tleman named Mud Runnels, and dur- and taken up to Lubbock, Texas; and Spanish, especially the word ‘‘horse’’ in ing that association, I had the oppor- we still miss Susie as she lives in Lub- Spanish. tunity to meet the Congressman from bock and enjoys her life there with the One more personal story about Kent Lubbock. I started watching him from girls. But I want you to know, Mr. Hance. We spent 24 hours together on a distance there. Many people are Speaker, that tonight the Texas dele- an aircraft carrier underway. To come going to recount the good things, the gation and so many others are here on aboard a carrier, you fly a very dif- titles and positions that he has had, the floor to talk about the life and ferent approach—a controlled crash. but I would like to recount as someone times of a young man who came to There are wires across the back of the watching Kent Hance from a distance Congress, who served the State of deck which hook onto the aircraft to as he made his way through Congress Texas, his Nation, and has now served

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.075 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3130 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 in providing education that is superior pleased to come to the floor of the Texas to participate in that. I have let- second to none, building not just a House tonight to offer my congratula- ters from some of those folks, and re- medical school that is second to none, tions to a great Texan, chancellor of marks, that I want to enter for the but a law school and an undergraduate Texas Tech University and former RECORD. degree, engineering and other areas Member of Congress and former State I have a very special letter here from that have made Texas Tech not just on senator. the Speaker of the House, which I am the map literally, but has made it bet- I have had the good fortune to know going to put a part of in the RECORD. I ter because of his personal commit- Mr. Hance since I arrived here, and I won’t read the whole letter. It is a very ment to excellence. know firsthand of his commitment to nice letter. It talks about all the many So I want to join the Texas delega- education. And the reason I know this accomplishments of Chancellor Hance tion and Chairman NEUGEBAUER to- is there is hardly a semester that goes and his service here in Congress. night as we give a big Texas salute and by that I don’t have at least one Tech He closes that letter by saying: a thank-you to the gentleman from intern working in my office. Congratulations to Chancellor Hance as he Lubbock, Texas, the gentleman Kent Mr. Hance understands the value of moves on to a new chapter. I thank him for Hance. education for young people, and he also his leadership, his vision, and his lifetime of public service. Mr. NEUGEBAUER. I thank the gen- understands the value of placing them tleman, and I yield to another gen- in situations where they may have an Here is another letter from the Gov- ernor of the State of Texas, Rick tleman from Texas, Mr. STOCKMAN. opportunity to do something that they Perry, and I quote part of that. He Mr. STOCKMAN. I have to tell you, would probably never have an oppor- says: when I first got elected, it was none tunity to do again, working with a other than Kent Hance who came Member of Congress’ office. Yes, some- It is my pleasure to join your friends and down. I was a young guy, and he gave colleagues in recognizing the remarkable job times it is unglamorous, sorting mail you have done as a leader of the Texas Tech me a lot of advice, but I knew him be- or helping organize letters for a reply, University system. fore he knew me because Ronald but sometimes going to a congressional You have presided over an incredible era Reagan was in trouble, and Kent Hance hearing, sometimes going to a congres- for the Texas Tech system, highlighted by stepped forward against a lot of his sional hearing that is of significant im- profound growth and positive change. With party’s wishes and took the bull by the portance. Certainly I want to thank the addition of Angelo State University and horns and really changed the United Kent for always having the foresight to the creation of the Texas Tech University States, which is amazing. But one of Health Sciences Center—El Paso, the system have your students in the offices here has literally doubled in size since 2007. En- the things that, Kent, you have always in the capital of the United States be- rollment has also increased dramatically, done is you have reached out to me cause I think it makes a big difference and students are graduating and joining the when you didn’t have to. not just to us, not just to Texas Tech, workforce at a faster rate, too. Nearly 10,000 But the most important thing is that but it makes a big difference to Texas degrees were earned in 2012, almost double you have your birthday on the proper and the Nation. the number that were awarded a decade ago. day, November 14, which is also my On a personal note, I want to ac- Many students have passed through Texas birthday. knowledge that I was not someone who Tech’s institutions during your tenure. Everybody talked about you raising a These men and women will make incredible was in political life all my life. I ran a contributions to our communities, to our billion dollars, but the thing that I medical practice for a number of years, State, and to our Nation; some of them prob- liked the most is you ran and beat and then rather unexpectedly won a ably already have. You have furthered both somebody, and that person you beat race for Congress. Shortly after win- individual success and collective achieve- was none other than the next President ning the nomination prior to the fall ment—and it is quite a legacy. of the United States, George Bush. And election, Mr. Hance and I crossed Anita and I thank you for your service to yet you reached across after you beat paths, and he has provided me life the State of Texas and wish you an enjoy- able, fulfilling retirement. George Bush, you became his number counsel and guidance from time to Governor Rick Perry one fan. I am just amazed, and I wish time. Of that I am certainly appre- Randy Sanders, who is a former edi- we could do this more often where we ciative. tor at the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reach across the aisle and demonstrate b 1845 in Lubbock, wrote these remarks: love beyond partisanship. That, to me, is what speaks volumes about you. The one thing I will never forget—I During the 6 years that I was editor of the don’t even remember the trouble that Lubbock Avalanche-Journal I would fre- And what also touches my heart is quently call Hance when I was in the di- that you are Texas. I mean, when you was going on here in Washington, but lemma about an important editorial deci- think about your life story, I don’t it was something and it affected a lot sion. Many times without taking a breath he know if you are going to write a book, of us and it affected a lot of us person- would tell me: Well, let me tell you what I if you have written a book, you need to ally—I woke up one morning and there would do if I were in your shoes. Every time write a book. We have mutual friends, was a letter to the editor of The Dallas I would follow his advice and our editorial and I hear your story is phenomenal. Morning News from Ken Hance thank- position would be spot on. The one thing I do ask, and you have ing me for my service. It certainly got No one knows west Texas and west Texans better than Ken Hance. He knows how to cut always been very gracious to me, but my attention that day and it certainly to the chase and develop a plan that will you have to teach me how to raise lifted by spirits. Whenever I get down serve west Texas and its citizens in the most money, because you raised a billion with the things that are going on here beneficial possible manner. dollars. That is phenomenal. And you in Washington, I think back to that One of the regents at Texas Tech, Re- did it for good causes. day when Ken Hance reached out a gent Tim Lancaster, writes: I think I had a dream once that you hand and helped lift me up, and hope I No matter where you start, how you are going to give me $250 million. A have been able to return the favor to prioritize, or how inclusive you become in in- mutual friend of ours in Dallas told me others along the way. Mr. Hance, you cluding the vast number of accomplishments that story. You called him up and you have certainly showed me the way, and of Kent Hance, it has been a great and said you had a dream, and I thought I am grateful, again, for your wise impactful career. There are few people that that was the cleverest thing to do. counsel and leadership through the can be included in the same category as Kent Again, I want to express my friend- years. Hance. Unfortunately, individuals like Kent do not come along often enough. ship to you and how much you have Mr. NEUGEBAUER. I thank the gen- What a pleasure it has been for me to get helped me throughout the years. You tleman. to know and observe the impact of this great have been very gracious to me. I thank Mr. Speaker, one of the things about man. you. this evening, we had some other Mem- One of our Senators, Senator JOHN Mr. NEUGEBAUER. I thank the gen- bers that were planning to be here to- CORNYN, says this about Ken Hance: tleman. Now another great Texan, I night to honor the chancellor. But, as I send my greetings and best wishes on the yield to Dr. BURGESS from Dallas. you know, there was a memorial serv- occasion of your retirement as chancellor Mr. BURGESS. I thank the gen- ice in Texas at Fort Hood today, so after more than 8 years with Texas Tech tleman for the recognition, and I am some of our Members have flown to University.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:27 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.077 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3131 From your early career in the Texas sen- Congressman Carter is a Red Raider. Hance is one of a kind, and I am lucky to ate, three terms in the U.S. Congress, chair- Chancellor Hance’s dedication to public have called him mentor and friend. manship of the Texas Railroad Commission, service began in politics with stints in the Mr. Speaker, I have many other let- and your current role as chancellor, you Texas senate, house, U.S. Congress, and ters here in testimony, which we will have dedicated your life and service to the eventually serving as chairman of the Texas betterment of Texas and its citizens. Your Railroad Commission. be glad to enter into the RECORD. energy and experience have been an impor- Since becoming chancellor in 2006, he has We have talked about Chancellor tant force in ensuring access to quality high- made incredible achievements at Texas Tech Hance as a former Member of Congress, er education and expansion of research and and the university continues to thrive be- a former State senator, and a former innovation in Texas. cause of the impacts he has made. railroad commissioner. In his life of Our other Senator, Mr. CRUZ, says: Retirement is to be celebrated and en- public service, obviously, he dreamed joyed. It’s not the end of a career but rather On behalf of a grateful State, thank you no little dream. the beginning of a new adventure. I speak for for your service to the great State of Texas myself, as well as all of the Red Raider fam- But just for a minute, I would like to and Texas Tech University. As a native of ily, when I say Chancellor Hance’s uncondi- talk about the Ken Hance that I know. Dimmitt, your west Texas roots, strong tional love for Texas Tech combined with his It is not the one that I call chancellor; moral character, and entrepreneurial spirit exceptional leadership leaves behind a legacy it is the Ken Hance that I call friend. have created a legacy that will not soon be that will never be forgotten. I commend him Over the years, Kent and I have had forgotten. for his dedication to Texas Tech and wish an opportunity to mentor and to talk The mayor of Lubbock writes: him the best in the years ahead. to each other, and I consider his advice On behalf of the city of Lubbock, let me One of the things is that Chancellor to be a treasure in my life. I can al- offer my congratulations on your retirement Hance is very hands-on and he gets in- as chancellor, and thank you for your service ways call him up when there is an issue to west Texas, Lubbock, and Texas Tech. volved with the students at Texas or something that I want to get his re- Your love and dedication to Texas Tech Tech. He greets them one-on-one and, flection on. He is always quick to take has brought the university to new heights. in fact, teaches a leadership class my call. From your graduation in 1965 to leading the there. So I think it is kind of fitting we But it is not just what Ken Hance way in raising over $1 billion, the time you asked some of the students that had says. I think what we have heard to- have spent at Tech has left a lasting impres- known the chancellor. These are the night and what we have seen tonight, it sion on the university. You strengthened ties people that he is working for and between Texas Tech and the city of Lubbock, is about how he lived his life. A lot of and your efforts to increase enrollment have worked tirelessly for. people out in west Texas, we say some led to new students and families now calling John Esparza, who is a Texas Tech people talk the talk, but some people Lubbock home. Board of Regents 1997 graduate, said: that you really pay attention to are You are a true servant of the State, having Let it be said that Chancellor Kent Hance the people that walk the walk. What I served as a Texas senator, U.S. Congressman, has a deep and abiding love for the institu- would say about my friend Ken Hance and chairman of the Texas Railroad Commis- tion he has devoted the last 8 years of his life is he dreamed no little dream, and he sion. Thank you for the years of service you to. In reality, Chancellor Hance has given so walked the walk. So it has been my dedicated to making Lubbock and west much more than just those 8 years. Those pleasure tonight to recognize a good Texas a better place to live. who know him know his love affair with friend, a great American, a great Texan Congressman ROGER WILLIAMS is one Texas Tech University began shortly after of the Members that I mentioned who his parents dropped him off there in 1961. and a great Red Raider—go Tech. said he was originally going to be here, Since that time he has served his family and With that, Mr. Chairman, I yield wanted to be here, is a good friend of his constituents with honor, going all the back the balance of my time. way back to the late 1970s, when he served in RECOGNIZING THE HONORABLE KENT HANCE Chancellor Hance, but he went down to this hallowed body. Mr. BOEHNER. Mr. Speaker, my col- be at the memorial service today at As he is well known for saying to freshmen leagues from Texas have set aside time on Fort Hood. He says: during their orientation, and to seniors at the House floor during special orders to Today I rise to recognize a good friend of their graduation, ‘‘I love Texas Tech.’’ honor a former Member and the out-going mine, a great friend of Texas, and one of the And truly Ken Hance loves Texas Tech. Chancellor of the Texas Tech University Sys- finest examples of public servant, Texas I wanted to read a few quotes from tem, the Honorable Kent Hance. I rise with Tech University System Chancellor Ken Stephanie Addison, who interned in our my colleagues to recognize his accomplish- Hance. ments and exceptional leadership. In his nearly 8 years as head of Texas Tech, office and works now in the Kent Hance was elected to the People’s Chancellor Hance has become a staple in the chancellor’s office. She says this about House in 1978, then re-elected twice. He community and beloved figure on the cam- Chancellor Hance: served in the 96th, 97th, and 98th Congresses pus. Famous for knowing every Texas mas- Chancellor Hance is dedicated to excel- during a time of great change in the direc- cot, a trait that he and I share, students are lence in every area of his life. His enthu- tion of America’s governance and leadership. often greeted by him with a fist bump and a siasm is very evident in the impact that he As a ‘‘Boll Weevil’’ Democrat, Kent worked quiz on high school mascots while on their has left on Texas Tech University, as well as across the aisle with a Republican president, way to class. From Itasca Wampus Cats to everyone he meets. His passion for investing Ronald W. Reagan, to enact some of the the Hamlin Pied Pipers, there is not a stu- in the students and the alumni is second to most sweeping and successful tax reforms in dent on campus he hasn’t won over with his none. It is hard to imagine Texas Tech with- American history. down-to-Earth demeanor and palpable dedi- out the chancellor. It has been a pleasure Bipartisan passage of the Economic Recov- cation to the students. serving his office as student assistant, and I His quit wit, famous stories, and steadfast ery Tax Act of 1981 set the stage for an in- will carry this experience with me the rest of credible two-decade period of economic ex- dedication to his alma mater will certainly our lives. be missed upon his retirement. pansion. According to a 2001 Heritage Foun- I wish my friend Ken Hance the best of Pat Campbell said: dation report, the tax cuts Kent Hance and luck in his next endeavor and thank him for You can easily judge the character of a others supported led to the creation of more his tremendous legacy he is still creating. man by how he treats those who can do noth- than 35 million jobs, an 80 percent growth in From his early days in Texas politics to his ing for him. Chancellor Hance definitely goes the overall economy, a 78 percent growth in service in the U.S. Congress to a successful above and beyond the call of duty as an ad- industrial production, and a doubling of fed- law firm, Chancellor Hance makes a dif- ministrator, and I am proud to call him a eral revenue from 1983 through 1999. ference everywhere he goes. He lives by his friend. When Chancellor Hance says he loves After his time in Congress Kent returned own motto: Dream no little dreams, and I Texas Tech, he truly means it. to the law and eventually assumed a leader- look forward to seeing what his dreams have Lee Bobbitt, a former Student Gov- ship role in the world of Texas academics, in store for him next. becoming the third chancellor of the Texas ernment Association president at Tech University system in 2006. Another Member that went down to Texas Tech, writes this: Under his direction, the TTU system has the Fort Hood memorial service was He had high expectations, not just for him- grown by leaps and bounds. Enrollment has Congressman JOHN CARTER. He says: self but all those who worked around him. In expanded 45 percent overall, with minority Mr. Speaker, today I would like to honor his time at Texas Tech, he devoted himself enrollment up 70 percent. From 2006 to 2012, the distinguished career of Texas Tech Uni- to improving the university, and through his the number of degrees awarded went up 46 versity Chancellor Kent Hance. With his re- work taught me and many others to be serv- percent. The system’s endowment has grown tirement approaching, he will soon close his ant leaders, to be good listeners, and, more by 80 percent and now tops $1 billion; more incredible service to my alma mater and importantly, how to connect with people than $700 million has been invested in cam- begin the next chapter of his life. through the fine art of storytelling. Ken pus construction.

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There are few people that the world’s freest and most productive soci- rollment has also increased dramatically, can be included in the same category as Kent ety—things no other major university sys- and students are graduating and joining the Hance. Unfortunately, individuals like Kent tems are doing. workforce at a faster rate, too. Nearly 10,000 do not come along often enough. In nine years as chancellor Kent Hance has degrees were earned in 2012, almost double What a pleasure it has been for me to get built the TTU system into a leader in engi- the number that were awarded a decade ago. to know and observe the impact of this great neering, medicine, health sciences, emerging You have embraced the challenges that man. technologies, and research. By any measure, come with such exceptional growth, and the TIM LANCASTER, the TTU system is one of the nation’s pre- Texas Tech system is thriving. Under your Hendrick Health System. mier higher learning institutions. leadership, the system’s Vision & Tradition And yet, Mr. Speaker, the man in middle of campaign raised an astonishing $1 billion in April 9, 2014. all this growth and success would be one of the most successful capital campaign in its KENT HANCE, the last to promote his own personal con- history. You have skillfully navigated the Chancellor, Texas Tech University. tribution. Kent Hance, beyond the accolades line between your core missions of educating DEAR CHANCELLOR HANCE: I send my greet- and awards, is a decent man who has served students and conducting world-changing re- ings and best wishes on the occasion of your the people of West Texas with honor and dis- search. And you haven’t been afraid to em- retirement as Chancellor after more than tinction his whole life—and I am proud to brace fresh ideas. It’s no surprise that An- eight years with Texas Tech University. call him my friend. gelo State was one of the first universities to From your early career in the Texas Sen- Mr. Speaker, congratulations to Chan- answer my call to develop a $10,000 degree ate, three terms in the U.S. Congress, Chair- cellor Hance as he moves on to a new chap- program or that the system has consistently manship of the Texas Railroad Commission, been a leader in focusing on student out- ter. I thank him for his leadership, his vi- and your current role as Chancellor, you comes and using their feedback to help de- sion, and his lifetime of public service. have dedicated your life and service to the termine the best ways to teach and structure betterment of Texas and its citizens. Your programs. HONORING CHANCELLOR KENT HANCE energy and experience have been an impor- Of course, your career has been about more tant force in ensuring access to quality high- Mr. CARTER. Mr. Speaker, today I would than new facilities or modified degree pro- er education and expansion of research and like to honor the distinguished career of grams. It has been about helping people bet- innovation in Texas. Under your leadership, Texas Tech University Chancellor Kent ter their lives. the Texas Tech University System has expe- Hance. With his retirement approaching, he It’s important to remember what a college rienced growth in both size and academic will soon close his incredible service to my degree means on an individual level. A col- stature. Your legacy will continue to benefit alma mater and begin the next chapter of his lege degree opens a doorway to more success, the Texas Tech community and our state for life. broader opportunities and bigger dreams for years to come. Since becoming Chancellor in 2006, he has people of all backgrounds. Whether you’re I join with your family, friends, and co- made incredible achievements at Texas Tech from a small town or big city, no matter workers in commemorating your distin- and the university continues to thrive be- what your parents might do or what your guished career in public service, and applaud cause of the impacts he has made. Quickly goals may be, a quality, affordable college your commitment to dreaming big dreams after he took leadership, Texas Tech doubled education is a valuable step toward being the and seeking to make them a reality. Best in size with its addition of Angelo State Uni- very best you can be. wishes to you and Susie as you begin a new versity and the creation of Texas Tech Uni- Many students have passed through Texas chapter in your life. versity Health Sciences Center El Paso. In a Tech’s institutions during your tenure. Sincerely, matter of eight years, Chancellor Hance’s These men and women will make incredible JOHN CORNYN, forward-thinking approach helped Texas contributions to our communities, to our United States Senator. Tech grow exponentially. With more than state and to our nation; some of them prob- 33,000 students enrolled in the fall 2013 class, ably already have. You have furthered both April 9, 2014. Texas Tech has increased its enrollment by individual success and collective achieve- KENT HANCE, 16% over the last decade and is on target to ment—and that is quite a legacy. Chancellor, Texas Tech University. meet its goal to enroll 40,000 students by Anita and I thank you for your service to the State of Texas and wish you an enjoy- DEAR CHANCELLOR HANCE: On behalf of a 2020. grateful state, thank you for your service to ‘‘Dream no little dream.’’ Chancellor able, fulfilling retirement. Sincerely, the Great State of Texas and Texas Tech Hance’s famous four words have proven no University. As a native of Dimmitt, your truer than for himself. Under his leadership, RICK PERRY, Governor. West Texas roots, strong moral character, Texas Tech surpassed Hance’s goal to raise and entrepreneurial spirit have created a an astonishing $1 billion for its capital cam- HENDRICK HEALTH SYSTEM, legacy that will not soon be forgotten. paign placing Tech in an elite group of uni- In a career that has spanned many years versities. Because of his commitment to Abilene, TX, April 9, 2014. KENT HANCE, and both public and private service, you have higher education, more students have had an Office of Chancellor, Texas Tech University, created an impressive record of expanding opportunity to obtain a college degree and growth and opportunity. Your contributions Texas Tech continues to be ranked in the top Lubbock, TX. Chancellor Kent Hance has been good for have touched the lives of countless Texans, 20 universities for producing the best grad- Texas Tech and he has been good for Texas! and they have produced plentiful economic uates. If you were to prioritize his accomplish- benefits to the entire state. Retirement is to be celebrated and en- ments, would you begin with his fundraising Under your direction, the Texas Tech Uni- joyed. It’s not the end of a career but rather success, the growth in the number of stu- versity System has doubled in size, with the the beginning of a new adventure. I speak for dents enrolled at Texas Tech or would you additions of Angelo State University and the myself, as well as all of the Red Raider fam- begin with the economic impact through ex- Tech University Health Sciences Center at ily, when I say Chancellor Hance’s uncondi- pansion of educational services he has had on El Paso. You set out to grow enrollment, in- tional love for Texas Tech combined with his the western part of our great state. You crease research, and increase commercial exceptional leadership leaves behind a legacy could even begin with the individual lives he technology opportunities, and you have that will never be forgotten. I commend him often talked about that have been changed achieved all these goals with great success. for his dedication to Texas Tech and wish as a result of a first generation family to at- Thank you for your outstanding leader- him the best in the years ahead. tend college. Or would you begin with the ship. You are an exemplary Texan, and I lasting impact of the power of leadership hope that we will continue to build upon the RICK PERRY, GOVERNOR, training he has provided to a vast number of strong educational foundations you have OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR, students through the classes taught on lead- nurtured. Austin, TX, April 7, 2014. ership. It would be appropriate to begin with TED CRUZ, Hon. KENT R. HANCE, the lessons he continuously taught alumni of United States Senator. Chancellor, Texas Tech University System, Lub- the importance of giving back to an institu- bock, TX. tion that provided an outstanding founda- April 9, 2014. DEAR CHANCELLOR HANCE: It is my pleasure tion for thousands of Texas Tech alumni DEAR CHANCELLOR HANCE: On behalf of the to join your friends and colleagues in recog- that have moved around the world. You City of Lubbock, let me offer my congratula- nizing the remarkable job you have done as could even begin with the hundreds of busi- tions on your retirement as Chancellor, and a leader of the Texas Tech University Sys- ness students that were impacted early in thank you for your service to West Texas, tem. Kent’s career through the business law class- Lubbock, and Texas Tech. You have presided over an incredible era es he taught with humor, enthusiasm, and Your love and dedication to Texas Tech for the Texas Tech system, highlighted by exciting legal concepts to ponder. have brought the university to new heights.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 08:14 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP7.035 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3133 From your graduation in 1965 to leading the But we have a huge contrast in the RYAN believes that the government way in raising over $1 billion, the time you budget that we have in this body before funding of these essential programs is a have spent at Tech has left a lasting impres- us that the Republicans have intro- drain on the economy and a drain on sion on the university. You strengthened ties duced that we will be voting on this taxpayers. between Texas Tech and the City of Lub- bock, and your efforts to increase enrollment week, tomorrow, in this very body. To- The CPC, however, recognizes that have led to new students and families now night we would like to have a little the investment in these essential pro- calling Lubbock home. talk about that. grams is fundamental to the vitality of You are a true servant of the state, having As you look at the Better Off Budget our country. It moves us forward, and served as a Texas State Senator, U.S. Con- in blue versus the GOP budget, the Bet- as you pointed out, it creates millions gressman, and Chairman of the Texas Rail- ter Off Budget creates 8.8 million jobs of jobs—over 4.6 million jobs in the road Commission. Thank you for the years of by investing in infrastructure, invest- year 2014, almost 3 million in the year service you dedicated to making Lubbock ing in our schools, and investing in en- 2015 and close to 1.3 million in the year and West Texas a better place to live and work. ergy, and a number of programs across 2016. Sincerest congratulations, the country. It moves us forward, this investment GLEN C. ROBERTSON, On the contrast, the Republican in essential programs. It drives innova- Mayor. budget actually costs the economy 3.1 tion. It creates jobs. It stimulates the million jobs. That is as many people as economy. It puts our government and TXTA, the entire workforce of the State of our country on a sustainable path to TEXAS TRUCKING ASSOCIATION, Wisconsin getting fired in a simple prosperity. Austin, TX, April 9, 2014. budget. My friend Mr. RYAN’s economic HON. MEMBERS OF THE U.S. CONGRESSIONAL One of the biggest issues about the model of austerity contrasts sharply DELEGATION: Let it be said that Chancellor with our model of investment and Kent Hance has a deep and abiding love for budget is what we are doing about jobs the institution he has devoted the last eight and the economy. We have been told by progress in a fiscally responsible way. years of his life to. In reality, Chancellor the Congressional Budget Office that We believe that educating our work- Hance has given so much more than just the number one issue this year, the force, building our infrastructure, en- those eight years. Those who know him, number one thing that causes our def- suring access to a safe and healthy en- know that his love affair with Texas Tech icit, three-quarters of the deficit in vironment, which includes water and University began shortly after his parents 2014, is caused by economic weakness, food safeguards, is the ticket to a se- dropped him off there in 1961. Since that in other words, unemployment and cure future for our country. That is the time he has served his family and his con- difference between the Ryan budget stituents with honor, going all the way back underemployment. Our budget directly to the late 1970’s when he served in this hal- addresses that, and the GOP budget and the CPC budget. lowed body. does just the opposite. It is an aus- Mr. POCAN. Thank you, Mr. As he is well known for saying to freshman terity budget. LOWENTHAL, for those wise comments during their orientation, and to seniors at I would like to yield some time to about the word ‘‘discretionary.’’ I their graduation, ‘‘I love Texas Tech.’’ It one of my colleagues, a strong member think, all too often, people don’t under- also goes without saying that Texas Tech of the Progressive Caucus, an out- stand what we mean when we talk loves Kent Hance. And while his time in standing Member of our California del- about discretionary. Those are hardly service as its Chancellor will soon end, the egation. I would like to yield some discretionary programs. love shared will be without end. I am proud Mr. LOWENTHAL. That is exactly to have been a part of the Hance Administra- time to Mr. ALAN LOWENTHAL. tion. Mr. LOWENTHAL. I want to thank right. They think that you can cut On behalf of The Rivers and my wife, Leah, the gentleman from Wisconsin for his these because these are nonessential. we wish him all the success in retirement work on the Congressional Progressive These are not nonessential. If you tell that he has realized in service Texas Tech. Caucus budget, the CPC budget, and for a child that his education is non- All very well deserved, all with loyalty and just being an all-around good guy. essential or if you tell a family that honor. public health or health research to 1900 JOHN D. ESPARZA, b those families is discretionary or if you Texas Tech Board of Regents, The nondefense discretionary side of tell those scientists who are trying to Texas Tech Class of 1997. the budget has taken a beating in re- find cures for some of the worst dis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- cent years with extreme cuts to its eases that they are just discretionary, bers are reminded not to direct their programs. The Ryan budget continues we will lose the momentum that this remarks to former Members on the this damage with even deeper cuts to country has, and we will no longer be House floor. discretionary programs. the world leader in democracy and also f Now, what do I mean by discre- no longer in innovation and job cre- tionary programs? We are talking ation. PROGRESSIVE CAUCUS about education, public safety, clean No, these are not discretionary pro- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under drinking water, food safety, roads, grams. These are essential programs the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- bridges—our transportation system— that are different than defense pro- uary 3, 2013, the gentleman from Wis- air traffic controllers, medical research grams. To call them discretionary does consin (Mr. POCAN) is recognized for 60 to find cures for diseases, among oth- a great disservice to the great impor- minutes as the designee of the minor- ers. tance and to the centerpiece of our ity leader. The question I ask is: What is discre- budget that they really occupy and Mr. POCAN. Mr. Speaker, I am glad tionary about any of these basic needs? should occupy and that all Americans to be here on behalf of the Progressive What is discretionary about making should understand. Caucus Special Order hour. We are sure that children can read or about Mr. POCAN. Again, thank you, Mr. going to be talking about the budget. making sure that drinking water is LOWENTHAL, for your service, for your Everyone is talking about the budget, safe or that bridges don’t collapse? hard work on this budget, and for all the Paul Ryan Republican budget, the There is nothing discretionary about you do for the people of California. Democratic budget, the Progressive these programs. When we talk about those discre- Caucus budget, and other budgets that I think part of the problem is simply tionary funds, it is interesting because, we have had before us. the word ‘‘discretionary.’’ We need to when we had the sequester that made a We have our own version of a budget. stop calling this discretionary, and we huge cut to these programs and that The Progressive Caucus has the Better need to start calling this beleaguered affected people in all of our States, the Off Budget. It is a budget that invests side of the budget what it is, essential. Paul Ryan Republican budget doubles in the economy, creates 8.8 million These are the essential non-defense down on these sequester cuts, and it jobs, and does a tremendous job of deal- programs. makes even deeper cuts in a number of ing with issues that are at the fore- My dear friend, the main difference areas. front of what America needs to deal between the Ryan budget proposal and I just want to go through a little bit with. the CPC budget proposal is that Mr. of a chart. Unfortunately, I found out

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Ryan budget and the Congressional lion into a stimulus for teachers and We allow Medicare to negotiate for Progressive Caucus Better Off Budget. schools, so that we can help do what we better prescription drug prices, so that I just want to go through a few exam- need to in order to be competitive glob- seniors can pay less on drugs that they ples of programs that would matter. ally. have to pay a larger percent of their in- Let’s start with unemployed workers. We need to be investing in our stu- come on, so that they can get by in Let’s take a look at the two budgets. dents through our teachers and our those years, and we help, overall, in When you look at the Better Off Budg- schools. We provide funding to rehire putting America on a path towards of- et, as I showed before, 8.8 million jobs teachers who have lost their jobs fering a single-payer option. are created by the Better Off Budget. through the bad economy in the last What does the Republican budget do In the Republican budget, according to several years. We invest in early child- when it comes to seniors? First of all, the Economic Policy Institute, it hood development, which is crucial for they end Medicare as we know it. would cut 3 million jobs by the year someone to get a fair start in life, and Under the Republican budget, you now 2016. we invest in job training. That is what have a voucher program. You don’t get If you are someone who is unem- the Congressional Progressive Caucus Medicare. You get a voucher, some- ployed, the Better Off Budget would Better Off Budget includes. thing you can trade in, hopefully, for make sure we extend emergency unem- What does the Republican budget in- something in the future, which will ployment benefits. The GOP budget is clude? Let’s start with pre-K. In pre-K, very likely be a cut in the very health silent—crickets. There is absolutely there is an $18 billion cut to early edu- care that you have now and that you nothing to help people who—in a tough cation programs. Right off the bat, are receive. economy and who have worked hard all they investing more? There is an $18 They increase the costs for seniors on of their lives and who have played by billion cut. Once again, the Progressive prescription drugs by reopening the the rules—have lost their benefits. Caucus budget leads us. doughnut hole, which is going to cost SNAP, for people who are getting Next, on K–12, in which we invest in seniors $4.1 billion extra on prescrip- help on the Supplemental Nutrition the hiring of teachers and invest in our tion drugs. Seniors are going to pay Assistance Program, or food stamps, by schools, what does the Republican more for the prescription drugs they and large, two-thirds of those people budget do? In the Republican budget, if need. They raise the Medicare eligibility are children, seniors, and people with you have a child in K–12 public edu- age to 67, and they put seniors who rely severe disabilities. cation in this country, there is an $89 on Medicaid at risk because they are If you add the working poor, you are billion cut. making big cuts to the Medicaid pro- at 92 percent of the people who receive Again, $89 billion in cuts or investing gram, $732 billion in cuts to the Med- these benefits. The Democrats restore in our teachers and schools? Once icaid program. the cuts that happened this year in the again, the Congressional Progressive Once again, for seniors, it is cuts, it farm bill and previous cuts to the pro- Caucus budget outdoes the Republican is paying more for prescription drugs, gram. $31.50 a week is what someone budget. and it is putting you at risk through How about college students? This is was making on the SNAP program to the Medicaid and Medicare program. help him in getting by with food. We where you are going to see some really The Democrats and the Progressive know this program is one of the best big differences. We invest in the very Caucus protect all of those programs programs to help lift people out of pov- financial aid programs that people that the seniors rely on so very much. erty, and we restore that funding. need. We invest in higher education be- Our next group, the vets; they have What does the Paul Ryan budget do? cause, in order to be competitive in a served our country with distinction. If You may remember the debate that we global economy, we have to have the it weren’t for the veterans we have, we had on the farm bill. Originally, the most talented, the smartest, the most wouldn’t be able to protect the very Republicans wanted to cut the SNAP innovative people we can possibly have liberties and freedoms that we have as program by about $20 billion, and they in the economy to create the jobs we a citizenry. couldn’t get enough votes because Re- need to for the future. What does the Progressive Caucus publicans wanted to cut it even more, What does the Republican budget do? budget do? We adopt a cost-of-living so they finally cut it by $39 billion. It cuts $205 billion in higher education adjustment that takes into account re- Now, when we got to the conference services—$205 billion—and I am not alistic retiree expenses, and we fully committee with the Senate, we were even counting Pell grants. Pell grants, fund veterans programs in advance. able to get that down to $8 billion of which help some of our neediest stu- We are protecting the programs, so cuts, but these are cuts to, as I men- dents get access to higher education, that they have the guarantee to the tioned, children, seniors, people with get a $145 billion cut. We are talking, veterans, the guarantee that they have severe disabilities, and the working overall, just in higher education, al- promised to them, as they have put poor—two-thirds of whom are seniors, most $350 billion. their time in for this country. We pro- children, and people with severe dis- We invest more in those educational tect those very programs to ensure abilities. opportunities, and the Republican that they will have those programs in What does the Paul Ryan budget do? budget cuts over $350 billion. Overall, the future. Does it cut the $20 billion that they in those three areas in education alone, With the Republicans, we hear a lot couldn’t pass originally? No. Does it the Republicans cut $871 billion to edu- of lip service about veterans and about cut the $39 billion like the Republicans cation. That is what we do for middle protecting veterans, especially around ultimately passed? Oh, no, as it was class families and those aspiring to be Memorial Day and Veterans’ Day, but not nearly enough. in the middle class in the budget that the proof is in the budget. There is a $125 billion cut to the Sup- this House will very likely pass tomor- What do the Republicans do? By 2016, plemental Nutrition Assistance Pro- row. the Republicans actually cut funding gram in the Paul Ryan Republican Let’s look at the next category, sen- for veterans by $1.7 billion. Now, we budget. iors. Seniors, you have put your entire saw what they did back in the budget Let’s take a look at that for jobs. It lives into this country, and you have in December when they cut the pen- costs 3 million jobs. It does nothing for worked all of your lives. You expect to sions for families who are in the mili- the long-term unemployment exten- have a retirement that you have in- tary, but now, in their budget in 2016, sion, and it cuts assistance to the vested in, and you have put your hours there is an additional $1.7 billion cut to needy by $125 billion. I would say that in. veterans.

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You are going roadmap that the Republicans have if that veterans deserve. to get a great tax break—a great big they were to take control. The middle class, what does our check from Uncle Sam—at the cour- If they were to keep the House of budget have for the middle class, and tesy of the middle class taxpayers in Representatives, if they were to take what does the Republican budget have this country. the U.S. Senate, if they were to take for the middle class? That is the only winner under the Re- the Presidency, this is the fourth year There are a couple of things around publican budget. Clearly, in every in a row they have laid out this essen- taxes. One of the things that we have other category, the Progressive Caucus tial roadmap—this roadmap that bene- been very careful to do is to get rid of and the Democratic budgets are supe- fits the top 1 or 2 percent and that some of the tax loopholes that benefit rior to that budget introduced by the every other person—every other Amer- special interests. Republicans. ican has to pay to subsidize those peo- There are tax breaks for Big Oil and You are going to hear how it bal- ple. Big Gas and tax breaks that go to com- ances the budget in 10 years. That is We lose those important programs in panies that send jobs overseas, which the only talking point the Republicans health care and education, for veterans doesn’t even make any sense, yet we have. They don’t want to talk about and for the unemployed and those incentivize those very companies that the specifics because they lose in every struggling to get by in our society. send those jobs overseas rather than single category, but the one thing that There is a very clear distinction be- create jobs in America. they claim they have is that they bal- tween what the Democrats and the ance the budget in 10 years. Progressive Caucus have put out as our b 1915 They don’t mention it is on the backs budget that we have put forth to the We protect middle class taxpayers by of the middle class, but they say they American people and what the Repub- going back to the Clinton-era tax rates are going to balance the budget in 10 licans are actually offering. for households who make more than years. Well, I wish their math were They have warmed over austerity. $250,000, and we add new brackets at $1 only as accurate as their rhetoric be- Again, cuts, cuts, cuts will somehow million. That allows us to bring in rev- cause the math simply doesn’t add up. make the economy work, and that is enues from those who can most afford Let me tell you why. Let me give you simply impossible to happen. to, but protecting the very middle class one big glaring example of why the What I would like to do, at this time, that are the backbone of this economy. budget doesn’t add up. is introduce another Member of the By doing that—and protecting health The Republican budget repeals the Progressive Caucus who has been a care, seniors, education, investing in benefits of the Affordable Care Act, so very hard worker on behalf of the mid- infrastructure for the very roads and it repeals all the positive things like dle class, not just in his district in the services that people count on—we are the fact that, when you go to get insur- State of Pennsylvania, but across the ance, if you have a preexisting condi- doing everything we can to protect the country. tion, you now can get access. middle class. This is one area where I yield to Representative MATT CART- You have got preventive care pro- WRIGHT from the great State of Penn- the distinction could not be more clear. vided, so we can save long-term health The Republicans have given a lot of sylvania. costs. You don’t have a lifetime cap on Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Thank you, Mr. lip service about trying to protect the your insurance. Your children can stay POCAN. middle class. Once again, the proof is on your policy until they are 26. Madam Speaker, I rise not only in in their budget. The budget shows their All these benefits were incorporated support of the Congressional Progres- real values. in the Affordable Care Act, and we just sive Caucus budget, but in opposition What does it do? It lowers the top tax saw the success from the enrollment to the abomination that is this Ryan rate down to 25 percent. Do you know numbers. Millions of more people have budget. what percent of taxpayers are in that access to health care. I am from Scranton, Pennsylvania. I top bracket? Less than one-half of 1 It repeals those benefits, but get this: represent the great northeast part of percent. it keeps the revenues and the savings Pennsylvania in the 17th Congressional So when Chairman RYAN described of the Affordable Care Act in order to District. the budget in the Budget Committee, make the numbers balance out for that I wanted to talk this evening a little which I serve on—we spent 101⁄2 hours allegedly 10-year balancing of the bit about a couple of guys that came last Wednesday debating the budget— budget. from Scranton. The first one is the he said the budget was a win-win. It doesn’t take much more than a Vice President of the United States, Well, if he meant it was a win for the fourth-grader to understand that JOSEPH BIDEN. top 1 percent and a win for the second doesn’t work out. You can’t repeal a I mention Vice President BIDEN to- percentile, I will agree. The other 98 program, but still keep the revenue and night because it was Vice President percent of us pay for those two wins the savings from that program, but the BIDEN who intoned the phrase—and that are out there. Republicans are trying to pass that off. continues to do so—that there are a lot By lowering that rate to 25 percent, They are trying to sell you a bill of of people out there that love to talk that gives the average millionaire a goods. about their values. $200,000 tax break. Millionaires get big, Do you know how much that bill of They will tell you all day about their big tax breaks. goods is, that fuzzy math? Two trillion values—their values on this, their val- How do you pay for that? Well, there dollars is the amount that they are ues on that. They will wear you out. is only one way: you are going to have using in fuzzy math to try to claim They will give you a good ear beating to put the taxes onto the backs of the their budget balances in 10 years. It about their values; but Vice President middle class. It is estimated it would doesn’t take a lot to poke the holes in BIDEN says: look, don’t tell me about be about $2,000 per middle class family the fact that their budget doesn’t bal- your values. Show me your budget, and to pay for those wealthiest few in the ance out. let me read it, and I will tell you about Nation. If their budget doesn’t balance out, it what your values are. So when it comes to the middle class, doesn’t benefit the middle class, and it Because that is what a budget is, it is there is no question our budget does only benefits the wealthiest, we have a a statement of your values. It is a more for the middle class, and the Re- really bad budget that this House will statement of your principles and prior- publican budget is a direct attack on be voting on tomorrow. We are going to ities. the middle class by what we are able to do everything we can to make sure When we see something like this do by making them pay for the very that that budget doesn’t pass. Ryan budget that cuts everything, like

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We need to continue that ap- Democrats have been working to pro- are going to be struggling the rest of proach, which is something that Rob- vide a fair shot for everyone to succeed their academic careers. ert Reich likes to point out. by creating good-paying jobs and an It is going to affect their self-con- He says that, by the late sixties, no- opportunity for working families. Our fidence in their academic lives, and body could mention the Roosevelt debt country is, in fact, strongest when our they are not going to go far in school. with a straight face. So I am here to economy grows from the middle out, It has ripple effects. A higher percent- say, Madam Speaker and Mr. POCAN, and not from the top down. age of them will get in trouble with the that we need to do that again. We need Unfortunately the fiscal year 2015 Re- law. How much do we end up paying for to grow our way out of the debt. publican budget introduced by PAUL all of those things? It is nowhere near as bad as it was RYAN takes the opposite approach. It If you don’t devote money to pre-K, after World War II, but we still have to benefits the few at the top by show- it says you don’t care about those grow our way out of it by believing in ering tax breaks on millionaires and things. Those things are not included ourselves by being bullish on America. corporate special interests, while shift- in your set of values. Mr. POCAN. Thank you, again, Mr. ing the burden of the Federal budget to I also want to talk about another fel- CARTWRIGHT. The work you have done middle class families. Once again, Mr. RYAN and Repub- low because, when you go and slash on behalf of the people not just of licans have been convinced that the pre-K and K–12 and Pell grants for col- Scranton—I have heard you mention best way to help working families is to leges and you turn your back on sen- Scranton many times on the floor—but stop helping working families. Unfortu- iors and veterans and you favor the for all of Pennsylvania and the entire nately, the Ryan budget resolution haves against the have-nots—and even country, thank you for all your efforts. would actually harm families, most es- the middle class—when you do those I really appreciate that. things, you do that all in the name of pecially, women and children. In closing, for this part of the Pro- According to the Economic Policy In- austerity and cutting because you are gressive Caucus Special Order hour, I stitute, the Ryan budget would cost worried about the deficit and you are just want to hit the main point again jobs and slow our recovery, costing 1.1 worried about $16 trillion—$17 trillion when it comes to the budget. million jobs in fiscal year 2015, and ris- is higher than anybody has ever count- We all know that the top three issues ing to about 3 million in the following ed in the history of mankind; and so facing this country are jobs, jobs, jobs. year. therefore, we have to cut, cut, cut. There is such a difference between Republicans are raising taxes on mid- A lot of that is well-intentioned—it what the Democrats and the Progres- dle class families with children by an really is—because people are afraid, sives have proposed and what the Re- average of at least $2,000 a year in but you have to look at the current publicans have proposed. order to cut taxes for millionaires. debt of this Nation in the context of Again, the Better Off Budget for the Now, let’s just take a look at that, what the gross domestic product is. Progressive Caucus shows an 8.8 mil- Madam Speaker. A recent analysis by The truth is our national debt is not lion increase in the number of jobs in Citizens for Tax Justice finds that, the highest it has ever been in connec- this country. We invest in our infra- under the Ryan plan, taxpayers with tion with and comparison to the gross structure. We invest in our schools. We income exceeding $1 million in 2015 domestic product. It is not anywhere invest in job training. We create 8.8 would receive an average net tax de- near the highest it has ever been. That million jobs. crease of over $200,000 in that fiscal is something pointed out by another The Republican budget, according to year. fellow from Scranton, former Sec- the Economic Policy Institute, would Now, let’s balance this. Families retary of Labor Robert Reich. cost this country 3.1 million jobs. with children would have to pay an ad- Robert Reich is all of about 5 feet Those 3.1 million jobs are as many peo- ditional $2,000, and millionaires would tall on his tiptoes, but he is a giant ple as we have working in the entire get the benefit of a decrease in their when it comes to labor policy and eco- State of Wisconsin. Think about firing taxes of $200,000. $2,000 for working nomics. He points out forcefully, time every single person in the State of Wis- families, and $200,000 for millionaires. and time again, that if you compare consin. That is the job loss that would Now, of course, the Ryan budget the national debt to the gross domestic come out of the Republican budget. doesn’t touch tax breaks for big oil and product, the highest it ever was in that So it is an honor tonight to talk on gas companies that ship jobs overseas. ratio was after World War II. behalf of the Progressive Caucus and After all, you have to have priorities, It was after we defeated the Nazis, our budget and to highlight the many priorities and budgets that are a state- after we defeated the Axis powers, and problems that we are going to have to- ment of values. after we had engineered the New Deal morrow when this body votes on the So it is very clear that the Ryan pri- and brought this Nation out of the Republican budget. orities and the Ryan budget priorities Great Depression, where upwards of 25 Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- benefit millionaires. It is very clear, percent of people were unemployed, ance of my time. unsurprisingly, that the Ryan budget and we had done all of that. also repeals, yet again, the Affordable f Robert Reich remembers vividly his Care Act, despite the fact that 9.3 mil- father saying to him in the late forties, b 1930 lion people now have health care as a into the early fifties: THE IMPACT OF THE RYAN result of the Affordable Care Act, that It’s this Roosevelt debt we have been left BUDGET ON AMERICA’S WOMEN according to a Rand Corporation study. with. You are going to be paying this off the Now, repealing the Affordable Care rest of your life, and your children will be The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Act would allow insurance companies, paying that Roosevelt debt off the rest of BROOKS of Indiana) Under the Speak- once again, to treat a woman and being your life and your grandchildren, too. er’s announced policy of January 3, a woman as a preexisting condition, That is not what happened, though. 2013, the Chair recognizes the gentle- would once again enable insurance Robert Reich happily tells the way it woman from Maryland (Ms. EDWARDS) companies to charge women more than played out. The way it played out, for 27 minutes as the designee of the men. what did we do? We believed in our- minority leader. Insurance companies would also be selves. We believed in the strength and Ms. EDWARDS. I thank the gen- able to deny women coverage because the vision of Americans and we did tleman for his remarks. of preexisting conditions, including a things like the Marshall Plan, and we Madam Speaker, I want to rise this history of domestic violence, breast rebuilt Europe and Japan and built the evening to discuss our annual budget. and cervical cancer, and C-sections. interstate highway system in this Congress has a number of responsibil- Under this budget, millions of women country. ities, but a big one is that Congress is and their families would be stripped of

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And at least 200,000 women and chil- costs for lifesaving preventive health Insurance companies would be al- dren would be dropped from the special services like mammograms and cer- lowed, once again, to treat being a supplemental nutrition program for vical cancer screenings. Up to 4 million woman as a preexisting condition. And women, infants, and children, if the 15 women seniors, that is right, 4 million over 200,000 women in Nevada alone percent cut in 2016 non-defense appro- women seniors would fall, once again, would lose access to affordable health priations was applied across the board. into the prescription drug doughnut insurance that is provided by the ACA. The Ryan budget calls for at least hole, and they would have to start The Ryan budget also threatens a $500 billion in cuts to income support reaching back into their pockets once laundry list of vital programs that help programs like the earned income tax again to pay for their prescription southern Nevada women and children, credit and the child tax credit, unem- drugs because the Ryan budget reopens such as SNAP, WIC, Head Start, TANF, ployment insurance, the Low-Income the doughnut hole. and Pell grants, just to name a few. Home Energy Assistance Program, I want to repeat that for the Amer- Currently, over 75,000 Nevada women Supplemental Security Income, Tem- ican people. The Ryan budget reopens and children rely on WIC, and 358,000 porary Assistance for Needy Families, the doughnut hole that Democrats Nevadans depend on SNAP, 154,000 of and child nutrition programs, includ- closed. As a result, seniors in the whom are children. In addition, nearly ing school lunches. That is right: tak- doughnut hole will pay an additional 5,000 children in Nevada participate in ing food right out of the mouths of our $18,000 over 10 years, on average, for Head Start, and 33,000 Nevada students youngest children who need that nutri- their prescription drugs. benefit from Pell grants. tion in order to learn and be 21st cen- Look, women make up about 55 per- Under the Ryan budget, women could tury learners. cent of Medicare enrollees, and they lose access to these critical programs, Sixty-six percent of individuals who would suffer the most, frankly, when programs that help them put food on depend on senior meals like Meals on the Medicare guarantee is replaced, the table and give their children access Wheels are women. Those senior meals under the Ryan budget, with a voucher to the education they need to succeed. would be cut by 15 percent in 2016, if in 2024. The Ryan budget also eliminates the the GOP cut in non-defense appropria- That is right. The Ryan budget wants Brand USA program, which fosters tions was applied proportionately. to change the Medicare system, take international tourism, an industry Up to 5.6 million women students away the Medicare guarantee for the 55 that employs many women in service would find college less affordable due percent of the enrollees who are jobs in Nevada and around the country. to $145 billion in cuts to Pell grants women, for all enrollees, with pre- Instead of protecting women and under the Ryan budget. miums for traditional Medicare going children, Representative RYAN and the Up to 170,000 children would lose ac- up about 50 percent on average. Think Republican Party would rather provide cess to Head Start, and up to 3.4 mil- what that means for America’s women the richest one-tenth of 1 percent, lion disadvantaged children at 8,000 who are seniors. Indeed, the Republican plan would those households making more than schools would lose vital Title I edu- draw traditional Medicare into a death $3.3 million a year, with a $1.2 million cation programs. spiral. It would end it as we know it. tax cut. I keep going on, and it seems incred- Not just that, but the Ryan budget Now, the Federal budget is a blue- ibly devastating to America’s families also slashes Medicaid by $732 billion print for our Nation’s future. It is a and, particularly, to America’s women. over 10 years, or nearly 25 percent in statement of our priorities as a Nation, It is almost as though the Ryan budget 2024, with the largest impact on and it should provide a path forward were a Mack truck just running right women. that we can all be proud of. over top of America’s women. I will continue, because the Ryan My constituents in Las Vegas, and Now, Democrats have an agenda and budget does such devastation to Amer- our constituents all around the coun- a budget that, in fact, reflects our val- ica’s women, that it bears repeating. try, deserve better than this rehashed ues of strengthening the middle class, But with that, I will yield some time to Ryan budget which slashes programs of closing the opportunity gap, of ena- my colleague from Nevada (Ms. TITUS). for children, dismantles health care, bling women and their families to suc- Ms. TITUS. Madam Speaker, I would eliminates the safety net for seniors, ceed. It is a budget that helps women like to thank my friend, DONNA and defunds education and needed re- and families address some of the big- EDWARDS for organizing tonight’s im- search and development. gest economic challenges facing them. portant colloquy and Special Order to This budget is not a road to pros- It calls for raising the Federal min- talk about the Ryan Republican budget perity, as Representative RYAN calls it; imum wage, for ensuring equal pay for and its unacceptable impact on women. it is a road to ruin. And as someone equal work, for expanding family and For the fourth year in a row, Chair- said recently, it is like giving the mid- medical leave, and for making child man RYAN has proposed an uncompro- dle finger to the middle class. care more affordable. mising budget plan that is out of touch Instead, we need a balanced plan that In my home State of Maryland, child with Nevada’s priorities and the coun- protects women and their families care costs for an infant can run to try’s vision for the future. while making investments in our fu- $12,936 a year for child care for one in- Chairman RYAN has used a lot of ture. Let’s work on that kind of budg- fant. In a lot of cases, that is more gimmicks in this budget, but no et. than you pay for a 4-year institution, amount of chicanery can hide what it So, again, I want to thank my friends or a community college, just to have means for women. who have come to the floor tonight to your child in child care. Instead of laying out a plan to point out these problems. These are devastating for America’s strengthen and grow the middle class, I yield back to the gentlewoman from families. In fact, America’s families Representative RYAN’s budget dis- Maryland (Ms. EDWARDS). are spending 35 percent of their in- proportionately harms low-income Ms. EDWARDS. I thank the gentle- come, of their family’s income, in child women and the families they struggle woman from Nevada for pointing out care. That is more than we are spend- to support. It also undermines the the many ways in which the Ryan ing on mortgages. It is certainly more health and economic security of the el- budget impacts the women of Nevada than we are saving, Madam Speaker. derly and the disabled, most of whom and impacts the women of this coun- As we know, women make on average are women, as you have just pointed try. just 77 cents on a dollar a man makes. out. The gentlewoman mentioned some- For African American women and It would repeal the Affordable Care thing that I think, again, bears repeat- Latinas, the gap is even larger. African Act and the critical protections and ing. The Ryan budget cuts food stamps American women earn just 64 cents,

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It is good make sure that we are taken care of earners in this country are women, and for America’s women. and that we are taking the right medi- family and leave protections fail to Madam Speaker, with that, I yield cations for the problems that we may cover nearly half of full-time employ- back the balance of my time. have. ees. f In order to continue these relation- ships, we need to make sure that the b 1945 THE NEED FOR GENERIC DRUG Medicare Part D plans that they work The Democrats’ budget, in fact, takes PRICING IN MEDICARE PART D through to help our seniors have the a look at these things and says, you The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under pricing transparency with pharmacy know what, people are working hard, the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- benefit managers. and they are trying to take care of uary 3, 2013, the Chair recognizes the In many cases, our community phar- themselves and their families; and, in gentleman from Georgia (Mr. COLLINS) macists—because of the way the phar- fact, in this country, with so many for 30 minutes. macy benefit managers operate—are women who are either principal bread- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam reimbursed at less than what the drug winners or, certainly, partner bread- Speaker, it is an honor to always come actually costs the small community winners in their families, the cuts envi- to this floor and especially talk about pharmacy. These contracts are non- sioned by the Ryan budget would be needs, and I think this Republican ma- negotiable. They are vague and opaque, devastating for America’s women. jority speaks to the needs of our fami- We know that child care expenses, for and most of the time, it puts a small lies, our moms and dads, and the strug- example, that are important to men community independent businessman gles that they go through every day. and women are consuming so much of up against a multibillion dollar com- One of those areas that I have been American families’ income, and yet the pany. concerned about since coming to Con- Ryan budget would take $2,000 away These PBMs and their maximum al- gress and finding out about it deals from working families and enable mil- lowable cost prices, they don’t update with our independent pharmacies, deals lionaires to get the benefit of $200,000. them when the prices go up, and that with the contracts, and deals with the Think about that—your average fam- leaves the pharmacist paying more, ily, $2,000; millionaires, $200,000. pharmacy benefit managers. again, for the drug than they actually According to the Ryan budget, the These are things that need to be fixed get reimbursed for the drug, and these budget actually fails to call for bills because they are destroying some of are the pricing practices that need to promoting equal pay for equal work for the very fabric of our communities, be fixed for our community phar- women. It fails to increase the min- and these community pharmacists are macists. imum wage. It fails to provide for paid just asking for a chance, and right I am here tonight with my colleague sick days for workers. The Ryan budg- now, they seem to be on the outside from Georgia (Mr. COLLINS) to bring et fails to help working families afford looking in, when it comes to dealing light to this issue. CMS recently pro- the cost of child care. with these. posed rules that would take an impor- We do have solutions, as Democrats, Tonight, I am pleased to be joined by tant step in addressing this need for ge- to these challenges. I mean, after all, it not only my good friend who I served neric drug pricing transparency. is really true that, when women suc- with not only in Georgia, but up here How can transparency be a bad thing ceed, America succeeds. Our agenda en- in Washington as well, Congressman for Medicare Part D? The rule simply sures that women will have the tools AUSTIN SCOTT, who is a cochair of the requires that Medicare Part D sponsors they need to fully participate in the Congressional Pharmacy Caucus; and I should agree in, their contracts with 21st century economy. would love to have him be a part of CMS, to update the prices in a timely Madam Speaker, Republican prior- this tonight. manner to reflect the current market ities are making tax cuts for the Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Well, price. wealthy permanent, and they are thank you, Mr. COLLINS. As you know, In rural districts like mine, access to shrinking the size of government, re- you and I served together and had a a community pharmacist is critical for gardless of the damage that it would great relationship there in Georgia, people to receive the medications they cause. where Democrats and Republicans need. It is imperative for the health As I have detailed, the Ryan budget worked together to balance the budget and wellness of our rural communities. doubles down on policies that, in fact, and solve the problems, and I sure wish I want to commend you, Mr. COLLINS, hurt working families. I think that it we could get to that up here. for your legislation. I look forward to is time, Madam Speaker, for us to pay Tonight, we are here to talk about an working with you to pass that and attention to what is happening to issue that affects us all as well, and thank you for being here tonight on be- women—to women who are increas- that is transparency in pharmacy pric- half of community pharmacists. ingly in the workplace, but are saddled ing and highlighting the need for our Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. I appre- with the burden of incomes that are rural pharmacist, our community phar- ciate that, to my good friend from not keeping pace, needing assistance to macist, and the challenges that they south Georgia. help them get by, not because they are face with Medicare Part D programs. You know, it is amazing. In those not working, not because they are not Just recently, I met with a phar- communities that you just spoke of, contributing; and the Ryan budget does macist from my district, Mr. Daryl they need the help—not that they are more devastation to America’s women. Reynolds; and like many other phar- asking for a handout. They are just So I would urge my colleagues to, macists from the Eighth District, he asking for fairness, and I think that is once again, take a look at this and to runs a small store and has been hurt by what we miss so often today in our de- say, you know, in a country that has so the lack of transparency and pricing. bates here on this floor, and they much and that promises so much and Ultimately, that hurts his patients be- should be on this floor. where there really should be more op- cause it makes it hard for him to stay We talk about one group against the portunity for all, that we don’t need a in business. other, and really, Madam Speaker, this budget that just rips apart the lives of While the big pharmacy chains want is about fairness. This is a simple issue women and children and families, and to operate in the metropolitan areas— of fairness and saying we in the govern- the Ryan budget does just that. and that is wonderful—we in the rural ment need to be in our proper constitu- I look today at the Congressional parts of the country need our rural and tional role and to look at it in the Progressive Caucus alternative budget. community pharmacists, and phar- framework of not tilting the scale one I voted for that because it is good for macists like Daryl are a vital compo- way or another, but saying what are we America. I looked at this Congressional nent of our national health care sys- doing that helps the American people Black Caucus budget. I voted for that tem, for those of us who live great dis- and also looking ahead to—especially because it is good for America. tances from the metropolitan areas. in an area such as health care in which

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It provides standardization ment limits, known as maximum al- macies and chain pharmacies in north- for how products are selected for inclu- lowable costs, or MACs. east Georgia work long hours each and sion on MAC list, and it compels PBM Generic drugs account for nearly 80 every day to provide care and advice to disclosures about the use of multiple percent of prescriptions, but a commu- our families and our seniors, but they MAC lists and whether or not MAC nity pharmacist is kept in the dark as are frustrated and tired by the lack of pricing is utilized for mail order prod- to how pharmacy benefit managers de- transparency in generic drug pricing. ucts. termine MAC rates for these medica- PBMs have a track record of refusing More than 80 percent of the prescrip- tions. to divulge the method they use to de- tions that community pharmacists dis- You see, Congress and CMS must step termine generic prescription drug price pense that we talked about are generic, in to give pharmacists more trans- reimbursements in the take-it-or- and that is good for both beneficiaries parency into this process, so they are leave-it contracts pharmacists must and for the solvency of the Part D pro- empowered to evaluate if specific con- sign to assist patients. gram. tracts would help them better serve In addition, PBMs often fail to up- Pharmacies deserve to know what our neighborhoods and families. date MAC prices in a timely fashion. they will be reimbursed for when pro- I am a big believer, Madam Speaker, Conveniently, this often occurs when viding a service. When market factors that transparency is important, that there is a price spike, wouldn’t you cause the price of generics to change, one of the reasons in the basic under- guess. Oops, we forgot to update it, and pharmacies should also be informed of lying trust today, when you look out by the way, the price went up. that change in a timely and efficient among the country and you see the When you consider that generic pre- fashion. unfortunateness of the low esteem that scription drugs make up approximately Again, I started this conversation Congress is held in, I believe it goes 80 percent of all dispensed drugs, you with my dear friend from Georgia back to a matter of trust. can understand why pharmacies of all about fairness, about simple fairness; It goes back to a matter of trust, of sizes and affiliations are frustrated. and when there is a system set up in believing that what goes on here does I was pleased when CMS released its which a problem exists in which basi- not have their best interests at heart, proposed rule for Part D on January 7 cally the system is picking winners and and I think this is sort of what we are of this year because it included several losers, the system is causing these talking about tonight with our phar- positive provisions. Even though I did unhealthy problems for our inde- macists. not support the rule in its entirety, I pendent pharmacies, then that is when Pharmacists, no matter where they did support key provisions that would we need to act. work, are wonderful individuals who give independent community phar- That is the government’s role, is to truly, I believe, have the best interest macists the ability to try to compete remove the impediments toward a free of the folks who come to see them at in preferred pharmacy networks; pro- market and be able to compete, and heart. vide important generic drug pricing those pharmacists need to know that The problem is in the system, espe- transparency reforms, although they Washington cares. cially when it deals with pharmacy were not as strong as I would have b 2000 benefit managers and the inherent liked to have seen them. falseness and the inherent problems The proposed rule also contained When you understand what people that are faced with the pharmacy ben- measures documenting problems with are looking for, then you can begin to efit managers and our independent mail order delivery delays and the dif- act as I think we were all elected to do, pharmacists. ficulties beneficiaries have when trying Madam Speaker, and that is to listen Pharmacists need an appeals process to change their prescriptions over an to our communities, that is to listen to when disputes over MACs arise and automated telephone hotline. our folks and understand that many timely adjustments of MAC lists by Unfortunately, on March 10, CMS an- times these kinds of situations affect PBMs to reflect rising drug costs and nounced that it would be holding off on the everyday lives of people getting up ensure consumers have the information finalizing certain provisions in the and just trying to make a living, just they need regarding copays. rule, one of those provisions being the trying to get the drugs and the neces- The status quo cannot continue be- any willing clarification regarding pre- sities that they need. cause, right now, an amount a phar- ferred pharmacy networks. What they are not understanding is macy is paid in the morning for a par- This was a devastating blow to north- why their independent pharmacists are ticular medication can change to a dif- east Georgia pharmacies and the fami- struggling to stay afloat, for one, and ferent rate for the same medication in lies that rely on them and, to be frank, also struggling every day just to be the same afternoon. to anyone listening, not just northeast able to provide basic care to them be- For those who may be watching to- Georgia, Madam Speaker. It is all over cause they are under a system in which night or who will be watching: Can you the country, and this is something that transparency is just not there. believe this? We are not talking the is disturbing to me and many others. You see, the additional topic that I price of OPEC here. This is not an oil I continue to remain hopeful that the would like to talk about not only con- commodity. This is a drug cost, and provisions on generic drug pricing cerns the transparency issues and the yet they can’t get the help that they transparency will be finalized when the MAC pricing; it is what I hear from need just for simple transparency. rule is published. However, I don’t be- pharmacists back home, and that is the The uncertainty is devastating to lieve simply hoping is enough. In this readiness of the Centers for Medicare pharmacies and the patients they country, I think we have found out, and Medicaid Services, CMS, to finalize serve. This process is further com- over the past few years, that hope is the Medicaid drug reimbursement plicated by the fact that PBMs fre- not a plan and hope is not something I changes in July 2014 immediately upon quently maintain multiple MAC lists am going to sit by and watch when we implementing average manufacturer for the same health plan, one for the look at this issue. price-based, Federal upper limits for health plan and one for the pharmacy; So this evening, along with my col- Medicaid drugs, as required under the one behind the mirror, one in front of league from Iowa (Mr. LOEBSACK), I in- act. the mirror; one outside, one inside. troduced H.R. 4437, the Generic Drug CMS expects States to view Medicaid Where is this going to stop? I have Pricing Fairness Act. This legislation reimbursement as a two-part formula come to this floor many times, and it will provide much-needed, although where the movement toward cost-based just still boggles the mind for me. How reasonable transparency, by doing a drug reimbursement should also cor- can you do this? few things. Let me list those. respond with changes to dispensing fees

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You actually have to At the same time, pharmacists deserve the clarity necessary to plan their business oper- A side note here, I think the entire put money in the budget to do this. ations more efficiently to help achieve a ACA, or ObamaCare, is not only too op- And we are not going to simply have more effective Part D program for bene- timistic but wrong for America, but time here, and to do so on States is ficiaries. that is another Special Order for an- just inherently, again—here is this It is my hope that CMS will adopt other night. word again—it is unfair. Fairness for these proposals in their final rule. When we look at this, the thing that all. However, again, I don’t live on hope. I I want to look at is that most States I am often struck—before I continue do not believe hope is a plan. So if they here, I look at this, and I talk to many must take several time-consuming do not, I believe Congress needs to act, of my independent pharmacists who steps before implementation and cor- and we will continue to look for solu- went to pharmacy school, and they had responding dispensing fee changes. tions there. First, many States require legisla- opportunities to do a lot of things. I believe that, further, these changes tive or regulatory changes to imple- Many of them went back to smaller that I have talked about will further ment the new Federal upper limits. For communities to open up their local strengthen the Medicare Part D pro- States that require legislative changes, pharmacy, little, small pharmacies or gram and make it even more successful there simply is not enough time to pass medium-size pharmacies they may than it is today. There are cost issues the necessary legislation. Moreover, in have taken over for a family member, among everything. Medicare Part D is most States, budgets will be finalized or they bought a pharmacy out and no exception. But we have got to make before these Federal upper limits are they love the small town atmosphere, it in a way in which our local inde- scheduled to be published. they love the rural atmosphere. They pendent pharmacies and the health In November 2013, CMS stated that if could have gone anywhere and done a care system in general is helped by lot of things, but they chose to serve States shift their Medicaid reimburse- these pharmacists who simply want to these communities in medium cities ment methodologies, they either help the people who walk in their door. should or must conduct cost-of-dis- and small cities all across the Ninth They want to be able to give them pensing fee surveys to determine fair District and all across the country. treatment. They want to be able to and equitable total Medicaid drug re- And when they do so, I think they were help in the eligibility and access to the imbursement rates. living up to our Founders’ belief when medication therapy management pro- Finally, most States will need to file it was stated that we come here in this grams. They want to be able to talk to country for life, liberty, and the pur- a State Plan Amendment with CMS their patients and be able to help them suit of happiness. prior to implementing the Medicaid re- get the best pricing and the best plans The pursuit of happiness is what we imbursement methodology changes. for them. And they don’t want to be And again, this just adds extra and ad- have to look at. Pursuit of happiness actually is not the guaranty of happi- locked out from a system in which ditional time to the process. pharmacy benefit managers are basi- At the end of the day, it seems clear ness. There are some in this Chamber who believe that the government ought cally keeping them out. that most States will be unable to As I have shared from this floor be- to guaranty happiness. That is not meet CMS’ expectations by the July fore, if we don’t make changes and we what the Founders asked for. They said 2014 deadline. Accordingly, I joined don’t start looking to our independent the pursuit of happiness. Life and lib- with several of my colleagues here in pharmacies all across this country, the the House to write a letter encouraging erty comes from that pursuit of happi- ness. And we have to provide those sad part is one of the independent phar- CMS to give States a 1-year transition macies told me, if we can’t get some period for implementation. States need independent pharmacies and all who live in this arena fair and equitable help, if we can’t be allowed to partici- to have more time to effectively tran- transparency in reimbursement and pate in the program, then we are look- sition to these new rates. As my col- time. It is about the pursuit of happi- ing forward to a time in which inde- leagues and I wrote in the letter: ness that we look for. pendent pharmacies may disappear This change will likely represent imme- But also there is another important from the business landscape and the diate and significant cuts to Federal match- issue that I look forward to hearing medical community landscape. ing funds to the States for Medicaid drug For me, as I look and as I think product reimbursement and/or cuts to phar- back from CMS on. At this point, we are waiting patiently to hear from about those who serve me and my fam- macy Medicaid drug reimbursement. ily, I can’t think of a place in the Ultimately, such an instantaneous change CMS. could result in an unnecessary strain on I also recently sent a letter to Sec- Ninth District of Georgia or Hall Coun- State Medicaid budgets and Medicaid drug retary of Health and Human Services ty and the places that I serve or really access problems for low-income Americans. Kathleen Sebelius concerning the anywhere else, Madam Speaker, in Fair reimbursement for pharmacies is crit- Medicare Part D rule proposed in Janu- which our communities would be better ical to ensuring that Medicaid beneficiaries ary. As CMS makes their final decision off without these local men and women and others maintain access to prescription who run businesses, who get up every drugs and pharmacy services. as to the contents in the rule, we reit- erated our support for the provisions of morning because they want to serve Now, I want to take that for just a the rule that would make prescription and they want to help. second, and as my friend from Georgia drugs more affordable and preserve When we look at that, is that not talked about when we actually had to beneficiary access to Medicare Part D. what America is about? Is that not pass a balanced budget in Georgia— Specifically, our letter supported the what we were founded on, that pursuit what a unique concept. Most families proposal to: maintain pharmacy access of happiness, that getting up and doing do it every year. Governments ought to by allowing any willing pharmacy to something that fulfills us and that have to do that as well. In the State of participate in plan networks and uti- gives us the knowledge that we can go Georgia, we just couldn’t go out and lize preferred cost sharing; expand ac- and do something that makes a dif- print more money or borrow more cess to and eligibility for medication ference? But, unfortunately, the posi- money from foreign governments or therapy management, leading to im- tion of our government in some of anywhere else we are borrowing it from proved patient health outcomes and de- these programs right now is telling the these days. We actually had to do an creased health care spending; ensure independent pharmacist: you are not actual budget. We had to do actual prescription drug pricing transparency valued. spending plans that actually balanced. by providing pricing updates on a reg- I will tell you this. This Member of And for most States, this is an issue ular basis, allowing pharmacies to plan Congress values them, and I believe that often goes untalked about because their business operations more effi- there are a lot of other Members of this no one wants to talk about the per- ciently. Congress that value them as well, and ceived costs and the changes in the As our letter stated: we are going to continue to fight hard costs when State governments, who Patients should be free to select a health for the changes that I spoke to tonight. have to balance their budget—Madam plan that best fits their personal health As we look back on what we talked

VerDate Mar 15 2010 08:01 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.089 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3141 about, I do appreciate my friend from to the Consumer Financial Protection Bu- 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Georgia coming, and I do ask that all reau; OCC Address Change [Docket ID: OCC- Committee on Energy and Commerce. of our Members look at H.R. 4437, the 2014-0005] (RIN: 1557-AD76) received April 2, 5342. A letter from the Director, Regu- latory Management Division, Environmental Generic Drug Pricing Fairness Act, and 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Financial Services. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- I would encourage them to be original 5332. A letter from the Chairman, Federal cy’s final rule — Imazapic; Pesticide Toler- cosponsors and be a part of the bill Financial Institutions Examinations Coun- ances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2011-0110; FRL-9400-3] that has just been dropped. We want sel, transmitting the Council’s Annual Re- received April 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. them to be a part of this because this port for 2013; to the Committee on Financial 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and is a conversation that both sides of the Services. Commerce. aisle can have when it comes to dealing 5333. A letter from the Legal Counsel, 5343. A letter from the Director, Regu- latory Management Division, Environmental with our folks back home and all Equal Employment Opportunity Commis- sion, transmitting the Commission’s final Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- across this country. rule — Waivers of Rights and Claims in Set- cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Fairness is what it is all about. tlement of a Charge or Lawsuit under the of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Penn- With that, Madam Speaker, I yield Age Discrimination in Employment Act; sylvania; Infrastructure Requirements for back the balance of my time. Corrections (RIN: 3046-AA58) received March the 2008 Lead National Ambient Air Quality f 10, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Standards [EPA-R03-OAR-2013-0413; FRL- the Committee on Education and the Work- 9909-10-Region 3] received April 2, 2014, pursu- LEAVE OF ABSENCE force. ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee 5334. A letter from the General Counsel, on Energy and Commerce. By unanimous consent, leave of ab- Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 5344. A letter from the Director, Regu- sence was granted to: transmitting the Corporation’s final rule — latory Management Division, Environmental Mr. CARTER (at the request of Mr. Premium Rates; Payment of Premiums; Re- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- CANTOR) for April 7, 8, and today on ac- ducing Regulatory Burden (RIN: 1212-AB26) cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation count of him attending the memorial received March 28, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. of Air Quality Implementation Plans; West services for the victims of the April 2 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Education Virginia; Section 110(a)(2) Infrastructure Re- shooting at Fort Hood, Texas. and the Workforce. quirements for the 2008 Ozone National Am- 5335. A letter from the Attorney, Regu- bient Air Quality Standards [EPA-R03-OAR- Ms. JACKSON LEE (at the request of latory Affairs Divisions, Consumer Product 2013-0299; FRL-9909-09-Region 3] received Ms. PELOSI) for today and April 10 on Safety Commission, transmitting the Com- April 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); account of official business in the dis- mission’s final rule — Safety Standard for to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. trict. Carriages and Strollers [Docket No.: CPSC- 5345. A letter from the Director, Regu- Mr. LEWIS of Georgia (at the request 2013-0019] received March 26, 2014, pursuant to latory Management Division, Environmental of Ms. PELOSI) for today and April 10. 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Energy and Commerce. cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation f 5336. A letter from the Director, Regu- of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Illi- ADJOURNMENT latory Management Division, Environmental nois; 10-Year FESOP Amendments [EPA-R05- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- OAR-2014-0117; FRL-9907-50- Region 5] re- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Madam cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation ceived April 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Speaker, I move that the House do now of Air Quality Implementation Plans; Dela- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and adjourn. ware; Infrastructure Requirements for the Commerce. The motion was agreed to; accord- 2008 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 5346. A letter from the Director, Regu- ingly (at 8 o’clock and 11 minutes Standards [EPA-R03-OAR-2013-0408; FRL- latory Management Division, Environmental p.m.), under its previous order, the 9909-11-Region 3] received April 2, 2014, pursu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- House adjourned until tomorrow, ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation on Energy and Commerce. of State Implementation Plans; Hawaii; In- Thursday, April 10, 2014, at 9 a.m. 5337. A letter from the Director, Regu- frastructure Requirements for the 2008 Lead f latory Management Division, Environmental National Ambient Air Quality Standard Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- [EPA-R09-OAR-2013-0681; FRL-9909-07-Region EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, cy’s final rule — Thiram; Time-Limited Pes- 9] received April 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. ETC. ticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2014-0143; 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive FRL-9909-02] received April 2, 2014, pursuant Commerce. communications were taken from the to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 5347. A letter from the Director, Regu- Speaker’s table and referred as follows: Energy and Commerce. latory Management Division, Environmental 5338. A letter from the Director, Regu- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 5328. A letter from the Director, Defense latory Management Division, Environmental cy’s final rule — Approval of Air Quality Im- Procurement and Acquisition Policy, De- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- plementation Plans; Indiana; Ohio; ‘‘Infra- partment of Defense, transmitting the De- cy’s final rule — Proquinazid; Pesticide Tol- structure’’ SIP State Board Requirements partment’s final rule — Defense Federal Ac- erances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0164; FRL-9903-11] for the 2006 24-Hour PM2.5 NAAQS [EPA-R05- quisition Regulation Supplement: Extension received April 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. OAR-2009-0805; FRL-9908-70-Region 5] re- of Pilot Program on Acquisition of Military- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and ceived April 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Purpose Nondevelopmental Items (DFARS Commerce. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Case 2014-D007) (RIN: 0750-AI28) received 5339. A letter from the Director, Regu- Commerce. March 26, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. latory Management Division, Environmental 5348. A letter from the Director, Regu- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Armed Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- latory Management Division, Environmental Services. cy’s final rule — Revisions to Test Methods Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 5329. A letter from the Counsel, Legal Divi- and Testing Regulations; Technical Amend- cy’s final rule — Imazapyr; Pesticide Toler- sion, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protec- ment [EPA-HQ-OAR-2010-0114; FRL-9908-99- ances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0957; FRL-9907-82] tion, transmitting the Bureau’s final rule — OAR] (RIN: 2060-AQ01) received April 2, 2014, received April 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Equal Access to Justice Act Implementation pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Energy and Rule [Docket No.: CFPB-2012-0020] (RIN: 3170- mittee on Energy and Commerce. Commerce. AA27) received March 28, 2014, pursuant to 5 5340. A letter from the Director, Regu- 5349. A letter from the Director, Regu- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Fi- latory Management Division, Environmental latory Management Division, Environmental nancial Services. Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- Protection Agnecy, transmitting the Agen- 5330. A letter from the Chief Counsel, cy’s final rule — Metaflumizone; Pesticide cy’s final rule — Final Enforceable Consent FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2013-0258; FRL- Agreement and Testing Consent Order for transmitting the Department’s final rule — 9907-67] received April 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 Octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane (D4); Export Suspension of Community Eligibility (Dear- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- Notification [EPA-HQ-OPPT-2012-0209; FRL- born County, IN, et al.) [Docket ID: FEMA- ergy and Commerce. 9907-36] received April 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 2013-0002] [Internal Agency Docket No.: 5341. A letter from the Director, Regu- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on En- FEMA-8325] received March 28, 2014, pursuant latory Management Division, Environmental ergy and Commerce. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 5350. A letter from the Deputy Secretary, Financial Services. cy’s final rule — Polychlorinated Biphenyls Department of the Treasury, transmitting a 5331. A letter from the Program Specialist, (PCBs): Manufacturing (Import) Exemption six-month periodic report on the National LRA, Department of the Treasury, transmit- for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Emergency with respect to persons who com- ting the Department’s final rule — Technical [EPA-HQ-RCRA-2013-0396; FRL-9908-98- mit, threaten to commit, or support ter- Amendments: Removal of Rules Transferred OSWER] (RIN: 2050-AG79) received April 2, rorism that was declared in Executive Order

VerDate Mar 15 2010 08:01 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP7.090 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE H3142 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE April 9, 2014 13224 of September 23, 2001, pursuant to 50 torate Identifier 2013-NM-097-AD; Amend- Administrator of the Small Business Admin- U.S.C. 1641(c); to the Committee on Foreign ment 39-17775; AD 2014-05-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) istration to develop and implement a plan to Affairs. received March 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. improve the quality of data reported on bun- 5351. A letter from the Assistant Secretary 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Transpor- dled and consolidated contracts, and for for Export Administration, Bureau of Indus- tation and Infrastructure. other purposes; with an amendment (Rept. try and Security, Department of Commerce, 5362. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- 113–410). Referred to the Committee of the transmitting the Department’s final rule — cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- Whole House on the state of the Union. Implementation of the Understandings mitting the Department’s final rule — f Reached at the June 2013 Australia Group Amendment of Class E Airspace; George- (AG) Plenary Meeting and the December 2012 town, TX [Docket No.: FAA-2013-0592; Air- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS AG Intersessional Decisions [Docket No.: space Docket No. 13-ASW-13] received March 131211999-3999-01] (RIN: 0694-AG04) received 14, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to Under clause 2 of rule XII, public March 28, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. the Committee on Transportation and Infra- bills and resolutions of the following 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Foreign Af- structure. titles were introduced and severally re- fairs. 5363. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- ferred, as follows: cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- 5352. A letter from the Assistant Secretary By Mr. BENTIVOLIO: mitting the Department’s final rule — for Export Administration, Department of H.R. 4431. A bill to provide that, if emer- Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace; Commerce, transmitting the Department’s gency unemployment compensation is ex- Wheeling, IL [Docket No.: FAA-2013-0955; final rule — Updated Statements of Legal tended, prospective benefits shall be subject Airspace Docket No. 13-AGL-36] received Authority for the Export Administration to gradual reduction; to the Committee on April 2, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Regulations [Docket No.: 140227183-4183-01] Ways and Means. to the Committee on Transportation and In- (RIN: 0694-AG07) received March 28, 2014, pur- By Mr. POMPEO (for himself, Mr. suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- frastructure. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. MATHESON, Mrs. mittee on Foreign Affairs. 5364. A letter from the Chief, Office of Reg- BLACKBURN, and Mr. WHITFIELD): 5353. A letter from the Assistant Secretary, ulatory Affairs, Department of Justice, H.R. 4432. A bill to amend the Federal Legislative Affairs, Department of State, transmitting the Department’s final rule — Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect transmitting the Department’s report on Importation of Arms, Ammunition and De- to food produced from, containing, or con- ‘‘Overseas Surplus Property’’ for disposal fense Articles--Removal of Certain Defense sisting of a bioengineered organism, the la- within fiscal years 2014 through 2015; to the Articles Currently on the U.S. Munitions Im- beling of natural foods, and for other pur- Committee on Foreign Affairs. port List That No Longer Warrant Import poses; to the Committee on Energy and Com- 5354. A letter from the Assistant Directory Control Under the Arms Export Control Act merce. for Regulatory Affairs, Department of the (2011R-25P) [Docket No.: AFT-25I; AG Order By Mr. TURNER (for himself, Mr. ROG- Treasury, transmitting the Department’s No. 3423-2014] received March 27, 2014, pursu- ERS of Alabama, and Mr. MCKEON): final rule — Iranian Transactions and Sanc- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee H.R. 4433. A bill to provide military assist- tions Regulations received April 2, 2014, pur- on Ways and Means. ance to Ukraine, to enhance the presence suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Com- 5365. A letter from the Chief, Publications and capabilities of the United States mili- mittee on Foreign Affairs. and Regulations, Internal Revenue Service, 5355. A letter from the Associate Director transmitting the Service’s final rule — Des- tary in Europe, and for other purposes; to for Regulatory Affairs, Department of the ignation of Payor to Perform Acts Required the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in ad- Treasury, transmitting the Department’s of an Employer [TD 9662] (RIN: 1545-BJ31) re- dition to the Committees on Armed Services, final rule — Syrian Sanctions Regulations ceived March 31, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. and Intelligence (Permanent Select), for a received April 3, 2014, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Ways and period to be subsequently determined by the 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Foreign Af- Means. Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- fairs. f 5356. A letter from the Secretary, Depart- tion of the committee concerned. ment of Education, transmitting the sixty- REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON By Mr. NUNES (for himself, Mr. seventh Semiannual Report to Congress of PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS KEATING, Mr. LOBIONDO, Mr. GER- the Office of the Inspector General for the LACH, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. CALVERT, Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of Mr. COOK, Mr. JONES, Mr. STIVERS, period April 1, 2013, through September 30, committees were delivered to the Clerk 2013; to the Committee on Oversight and Mrs. BLACK, Mr. WILSON of South Government Reform. for printing and reference to the proper Carolina, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. 5357. A letter from the Principal Deputy calendar, as follows: SHUSTER, Mr. COFFMAN, Mr. DIAZ- Assistant Attorney General, Department of Mr. SHUSTER: Committee on Transpor- BALART, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. VALADAO, Justice, transmitting the Department’s 2013 tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 1378. A bill to Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. LATHAM, Ms. Freedom of Information Act Litigation and designate the United States courthouse lo- ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. KINZINGER of Illi- Compliance Report; to the Committee on cated at 333 West Broadway in San Diego, nois, Mr. COSTA, Mr. YOUNG of Indi- Oversight and Government Reform. California, as the ‘‘James M. Carter and Ju- ana, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. ROHRABACHER, 5358. A letter from the Deputy Assistant dith N. Keep United States Courthouse’’; Mr. COLE, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. DUNCAN Administrator for Regulatory Programs, with amendments (Rept. 113–406). Referred to of South Carolina, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. NMFS, National Oceanic and Atmospheric the House Calendar. WESTMORELAND, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Administration, transmitting the Adminis- Mr. SHUSTER: Committee on Transpor- Illinois, Mr. THOMPSON of California, tration’s final rule — List of Fisheries for tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 3786. A bill to Mr. ISSA, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. 2014 [Docket No.: 131017871-4175-02] (RIN: 0648- direct the Administrator of General Serv- CHAFFETZ, Mr. LAMBORN, Ms. SEWELL BD72) received March 28, 2014, pursuant to 5 ices, on behalf of the Archivist of the United of Alabama, Mr. CAMP, Mr. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Nat- States, to convey certain Federal property CRAWFORD, Mr. TERRY, and Mr. HOLD- ural Resources. located in the State of Alaska to the Munici- ING): 5359. A letter from the Principal Deputy pality of Anchorage, Alaska; with an amend- H.R. 4434. A bill to require the Secretary of Assistant Attorney General, Department of ment (Rept. 113–407). Referred to the Com- Defense to develop a plan to move United Justice, transmitting the Department’s re- mittee of the Whole House on the state of States Africa Command (AFRICOM) back to port detailing activities under the Civil the Union. the continental United States, and for other Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act dur- Mr. SHUSTER: Committee on Transpor- purposes; to the Committee on Armed Serv- ing Fiscal Year 2013, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. tation and Infrastructure. H.R. 3998. A bill to ices. 1997f; to the Committee on the Judiciary. authorize the Administrator of General Serv- By Mr. MCKEON (for himself and Mr. 5360. A letter from the Administrator, ices to convey a parcel of real property in Al- SMITH of Washington) (both by re- FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, buquerque, New Mexico, to the Amy Biehl quest): transmitting a notification that funding High School Foundation; with an amend- H.R. 4435. A bill to authorize appropria- under Title V, subsection 503(b)(3) of the ment (Rept. 113–408). Referred to the Com- tions for fiscal year 2015 for military activi- Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer- mittee of the Whole House on the state of ties of the Department of Defense and for gency Assistance Act, as amended, has ex- the Union. military construction, to prescribe military ceeded $5 million for the cost of response and Mr. GRAVES of Missouri: Committee on personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and recovery efforts for FEMA-3366-EM in the Small Business. H.R. 4093. A bill to amend for other purposes; to the Committee on State of West Virginia; to the Committee on the Small Business Act to raise the prime Armed Services. Transportation and Infrastructure. and subcontract goals, and for other pur- By Mr. PETRI: 5361. A letter from the Paralegal Spe- poses (Rept. 113–409). Referred to the Com- H.R. 4436. A bill to provide the legal frame- cialist, Department of Transportation, trans- mittee of the Whole House on the state of work necessary for the growth of innovative mitting the Department’s final rule — Air- the Union. private financing options for students to worthiness Directives; The Boeing Company Mr. GRAVES of Missouri: Committee on fund postsecondary education, and for other Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA-2013-0694; Direc- Small Business. H.R. 4094. A bill to direct the purposes; to the Committee on Ways and

VerDate Mar 15 2010 08:01 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\L09AP7.000 H09APPT1 jbell on DSK7SPTVN1PROD with HOUSE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H3143 Means, and in addition to the Committees on Congressional Budget Office prepare long- all public Money shall be published from Education and the Workforce, and Financial term scoring estimates for reported bills and time to time. Services, for a period to be subsequently de- joint resolutions that could have significant ARTICLE I, SECTION 9, CLAUSE 7 termined by the Speaker, in each case for economic and fiscal effects outside of the By Mr. POMPEO: consideration of such provisions as fall with- normal scoring periods; to the Committee on H.R. 4432. in the jurisdiction of the committee con- the Budget, and in addition to the Com- Congress has the power to enact this legis- cerned. mittee on Rules, for a period to be subse- lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia (for him- quently determined by the Speaker, in each Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the Con- self and Mr. LOEBSACK): case for consideration of such provisions as stitution of the United States. H.R. 4437. A bill to amend title XVIII of the fall within the jurisdiction of the committee By Mr. TURNER: Social Security Act to provide for pharmacy concerned. H.R. 4433. benefits manager standards under the Medi- Congress has the power to enact this legis- f care prescription drug program to further lation pursuant to the following: transparency of payment methodologies to MEMORIALS The constitutional authority on which this pharmacies, and for other purposes; to the bill rests is the power of Congress ‘‘to pro- Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in Under clause 3 of rule XII, memorials vide for the common Defence’’, ‘‘to raise and addition to the Committee on Ways and were presented and referred as follows: support Armies’’, and ‘‘to make Rules for the Means, for a period to be subsequently deter- 183. The SPEAKER presented a memorial Government and Regulation of the land and mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- of the House of Representatives of the State naval Forces’’ as enumerated in Article I, sideration of such provisions as fall within of Iowa, relative to House Resolution No. 102 section 8 of the United States Constitution. the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. requesting that the Congress enact a new By Mr. NUNES: By Mr. BRADY of Texas (for himself, food, farm, and jobs bill; to the Committee H.R. 4434. Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. on Agriculture. Congress has the power to enact this legis- PAULSEN, Ms. ESHOO, Mr. MCCAUL, 184. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the lation pursuant to the following: Ms. MATSUI, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of State of Wyoming, relative to Senate Joint Article I, Section, 8 Clause 14 Texas, Mr. NEAL, and Mr. SCHOCK): Resolution No. 1 requesting Congress to re- By Mr. McKEON: H.R. 4438. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- quire the federal Environmental Protection H.R. 4435. enue Code of 1986 to simplify and make per- Agency to respect the primacy of Wyoming Congress has the power to enact this legis- manent the research credit; to the Com- in developing guidelines for regulating car- lation pursuant to the following: mittee on Ways and Means. bon dioxide emissions; to the Committee on The constitutional authority on which this By Ms. BROWN of Florida: Energy and Commerce. bill rests is the power of Congress ‘‘to pro- H.R. 4439. A bill to ensure that minority- 185. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the vide for the common Defence’’, ‘‘to raise and owned and women-owned businesses have a State of Ohio, relative to Senate Concurrent support Armies’’, ‘‘to provide and maintain a full and fair opportunity to compete in cov- Resolution No. 10 memorializing the Con- Navy’’ and ‘‘to make Rules for the Govern- ered rail projects and contracts, and that the gress to seek the withdrawal of the Preven- ment and Regulation of the land and naval Federal Government does not subsidize dis- tive Services Task Force recommendation Forces’’ as enumerated in Article I, section 8 crimination in covered rail projects; to the against prostate-specific antigen-based of the United States Constitution. Committee on Transportation and Infra- screening for prostate cancer for men in all By Mr. PETRI: structure, and in addition to the Committee age groups; to the Committee on Energy and H.R. 4436. on Small Business, for a period to be subse- Commerce. Congress has the power to enact this legis- quently determined by the Speaker, in each 186. Also, a memorial of the House of Rep- lation pursuant to the following: case for consideration of such provisions as Article I, Section 8, Clauses 1 and 3 fall within the jurisdiction of the committee resentatives of the State of Ohio, relative to House Concurrent Resolution No. 21 urging By Mr. COLLINS of Georgia: concerned. H.R. 4437. By Mr. COHEN (for himself and Mr. the President, Congress, and the Department of Veterans Affairs to take prompt action to Congress has the power to enact this legis- WHITFIELD): lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4440. A bill to amend title 49, United reduce the processing time for veterans’ dis- The constitutional authority in which this States Code, to prohibit the transportation ability benefit claims; to the Committee on bill rests is the power of Congress to regulate of horses in interstate transportation in a Veterans’ Affairs. Commerce as enumerated in Article I, Sec- motor vehicle containing 2 or more levels 187. Also, a memorial of the Senate of the tion 8, Clause 3, as applied to healthcare. stacked on top of one another; to the Com- State of Washington, relative to Senate By Mr. BRADY of Texas: mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- Joint Memorial 8007 asking the Congress and H.R. 4438. ture. the President to sign legislation reforming Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. NOLAN: the harbor maintenance tax; to the Com- H.R. 4441. A bill to require pipelines regu- mittee on Ways and Means. lation pursuant to the following: lated by the Secretary of Transportation to 188. Also, a memorial of the House of Rep- Article I, Section 8 of the United States be made of steel that is produced in the resentatives of the State of Wyoming, rel- Constitution: ‘‘The Congress shall have United States and originates from iron ore ative to House Joint Resolution No. 1 re- power to lay and collect taxes, duties, im- and taconite mined and processed in the questing the Congress to support Taiwan’s posts, and excises. . .’’ United States, for safety, and for other pur- participation in appropriate international By Ms. BROWN of Florida: poses; to the Committee on Transportation organizations; jointly to the Committees on H.R. 4439. and Infrastructure, and in addition to the Foreign Affairs and Ways and Means. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a 189. Also, a memorial of the House of Rep- lation pursuant to the following: period to be subsequently determined by the resentatives of the State of Illinois, relative Article I Section 8 Speaker, in each case for consideration of to House Resolution No. 524 urging the Con- By Mr. COHEN: such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- gress to pass H.R. 875; jointly to the Commit- H.R. 4440. tion of the committee concerned. tees on Science, Space, and Technology and Congress has the power to enact this legis- By Mr. O’ROURKE: Energy and Commerce. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4442. A bill to amend the Federal Elec- Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. f tion Campaign Act of 1971 to require all po- By Mr. NOLAN: litical committees to notify the Federal CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY H.R. 4441. Election Commission within 48 hours of re- STATEMENT Congress has the power to enact this legis- ceiving cumulative contributions of $1,000 or lation pursuant to the following: more from any contributor during a calendar Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of Article I, Section 8 of the United States year, and for other purposes; to the Com- the Rules of the House of Representa- Constitution, specifically Clause 3 (related mittee on House Administration. tives, the following statements are sub- to regulation of Commerce among the sev- By Mr. RANGEL: mitted regarding the specific powers eral States). H.R. 4443. A bill to designate the facility of granted to Congress in the Constitu- By Mr. O’ROURKE: H.R. 4442. the United States Postal Service located at tion to enact the accompanying bill or 90 Vermilyea Avenue, in New York, New Congress has the power to enact this legis- York as the ‘‘Corporal Juan Mariel joint resolution. lation pursuant to the following: Alcantara Post Office Building‘‘; to the Com- By Mr. BENTIVOLIO: April 9, 2014 mittee on Oversight and Government Re- H.R. 4431. Legislation introduced in the House of form. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Representatives by Mr. O’Rourke By Mr. RIBBLE (for himself, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: This bill is enacted pursuant to Article I, POCAN, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. MCKINLEY, No Money shall be drawn from the Treas- Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution under the Mr. GRIJALVA, and Mr. TAKANO): ury, but in Consequence of Appropriations General Welfare Clause. H.R. 4444. A bill to amend the Congres- made by Law; and a regular Statement and By Mr. RANGEL: sional Budget Act of 1974 to require that the Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of H.R. 4443.

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Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2144: Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS. H.R. 4299: Mr. GINGREY of Georgia and Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2146: Mr. RUSH, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, GRIFFITH of Virginia. Article I, Section 8, Clause 7, The Congress Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HUFFMAN, H.R. 4304: Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. COLLINS of shall have Power * * * To establish Post Of- Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mexico, and Mr. New York, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, and Mr. fices and post roads. RICHMOND. STUTZMAN. By Mr. RIBBLE: H.R. 2305: Mr. LOBIONDO. H.R. 4305: Mr. CRAMER, Mr. PERRY, and H.R. 4444. H.R. 2415: Mr. VELA. Mrs. CAPITO. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2452: Ms. EDWARDS, Mr. VARGAS, and H.R. 4310: Mr. WEBER of Texas. lation pursuant to the following: Mrs. DAVIS of California. H.R. 4317: Mr. LUCAS, Mr. THORNBERRY, and Article I, section 9, clause 7 of the United H.R. 2548: Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. GENE GREEN Mr. WALDEN. States Constitution which provides that, of Texas, Mr. LOWENTHAL, and Mr. LANGEVIN. H.R. 4325: Mrs. CAPPS and Ms. ROYBAL- ‘‘No Money shall be drawn from the Treas- H.R. 2663: Mr. KILMER and Mr. POE of ALLARD. ury, but in Consequence of Appropriations Texas. H.R. 4336: Mr. ELLISON. made by Law, and a regular Statement and H.R. 2672: Mr. WELCH. H.R. 4342: Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. POE of Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of H.R. 2692: Mr. PASCRELL. Texas, and Mr. MCCAUL. all public Money shall be published from H.R. 2741: Mr. SMITH of Nebraska. H.R. 4347: Mr. NUGENT. time to time.’’ H.R. 2780: Mr. MATHESON. H.R. 4351: Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. f H.R. 2805: Mr. JONES. H.R. 2939: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS ADDITIONAL SPONSORS WOODALL, and Mr. YARMUTH. of Illinois, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. STOCKMAN, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. KING of New York, H.R. 2945: Mr. LOEBSACK. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors Mr. MCGOVERN, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MOORE, and H.R. 3040: Mr. LARSEN of Washington. were added to public bills and resolu- Ms. JACKSON LEE. H.R. 3112: Mr. MCGOVERN. tions, as follows: H.R. 4357: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. GOH- H.R. 3135: Mr. LARSEN of Washington. MERT, Mr. BRADY of Texas, and Mr. COTTON. H.R. 10: Mr. WOMACK and Mr. WEBSTER of H.R. 3371: Mr. FARENTHOLD. Florida. H.R. 3374: Mr. POCAN. H.R. 4364: Ms. ESHOO. H.R. 12: Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. H.R. 3377: Mrs. BACHMANN and Mr. HUDSON. H.R. 4382: Mr. LANKFORD, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. H.R. 24: Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California H.R. 3410: Mr. WALBERG. WEBER of Texas, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. YOHO, and and Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER. H.R. 3461: Mr. SIRES. Mr. DESANTIS. H.R. 100: Mr. SWALWELL of California. H.R. 3471: Mr. THOMPSON of California. H.R. 4414: Mrs. BLACK. H.R. 139: Mr. LIPINSKI and Mr. ENGEL. H.R. 3482: Mr. SCHOCK. H.R. 4415: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. H.R. 270: Mr. MORAN and Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. H.R. 3505: Mr. SENSENBRENNER, Mr. BROWN of Florida, Ms. BROWNLEY of Cali- H.R. 312: Mr. DELANEY. QUIGLEY, and Mr. TIBERI. fornia, Mrs. BUSTOS, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. H.R. 352: Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. H.R. 3530: Mr. LATTA. CAPUANO, Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Mr. CARNEY, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. POE of Texas, and H.R. 3544: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY and Mr. TUR- CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARK of Mr. YOHO. NER. Massachusetts, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. H.R. 389: Mr. GRIFFITH of Virginia. H.R. 3580: Mr. THOMPSON of California and CLAY, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. COSTA, Mr. COURT- H.R. 498: Mr. LOBIONDO and Mr. REICHERT. Ms. CASTOR of Florida. NEY, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Il- linois, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. DINGELL, Ms. H.R. 543: Mr. CASTRO of Texas. H.R. 3610: Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. ENYART, Mr. H.R. 578: Mrs. BLACKBURN. ELLISON and Mr. FARENTHOLD. FATTAH, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. H.R. 647: Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN and Ms. H.R. 3655: Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio. GARAMENDI, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Ms. GABBARD. H.R. 3658: Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. UPTON, Mr. HAHN, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. HOLT, Mr. HUFFMAN, H.R. 794: Mr. THOMPSON of California, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. DENT, Mr. MCCARTHY of Cali- Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illi- STIVERS, Mr. BISHOP of New York, Mr. GENE fornia, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. COO- nois, Mr. KENNEDY, Mr. KIND, Mr. LARSEN of GREEN of Texas, Ms. BORDALLO, and Ms. NOR- PER, Mr. MARINO, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. Washington, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. TON. DUFFY, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. SEAN PATRICK LEVIN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms. LLISON MALONEY of New York, Mr. GRAVES of Geor- H.R. 808: Mr. E . MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, gia, Mrs. LOWEY, and Mr. VISCLOSKY. H.R. 921: Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mexico, Mr. H.R. 3712: Ms. KUSTER and Ms. HAHN. and Mr. CASSIDY. MCGOVERN, Mr. MICHAUD, Mr. GEORGE MIL- H.R. 3717: Mr. DIAZ-BALART and Ms. H.R. 963: Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. LER of California, Ms. NORTON, Mr. SINEMA. WAXMAN, and Mr. TONKO. O’ROURKE, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. H.R. 3723: Mr. SCHOCK and Mr. HONDA. H.R. 988: Mr. CRAMER. PETERS of Michigan, Ms. PINGREE of Maine, H.R. 3836: Mr. JONES, Mr. CONNOLLY, and H.R. 1020: Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia. H.R. 1037: Ms. SHEA-PORTER. Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. H.R. 3852: Mr. HOLT. H.R. 1072: Mr. MULVANEY. SCHNEIDER, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. SIRES, Ms. H.R. 3896: Mr. DEUTCH. H.R. 1074: Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. WILSON of SLAUGHTER, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Mr. H.R. 3963: Mr. TONKO. South Carolina, Mr. COBLE, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, SWALWELL of California, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. H.R. 3991: Mr. O’ROURKE. Mr. HOLDING, and Mr. WENSTRUP. TITUS, Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN H.R. 3992: Ms. Vela´ zquez, Mr. COURTNEY, H.R. 1078: Mr. ROHRABACHER. HOLLEN, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. VELA, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. NUNES, and Mr. ROHR- H.R. 1129: Mr. DEUTCH. Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. WAXMAN, and ABACHER. H.R. 1199: Mr. OWENS. Mr. YARMUTH. H.R. 4006: Mr. NUGENT. H.R. 1209: Ms. HANABUSA. H. Con. Res. 27: Mrs. CHRISTENSEN. H.R. 4069: Mrs. ELLMERS. H.R. 1226: Mr. MULVANEY. H. Con. Res. 86: Mr. WESTMORELAND and H.R. 4079: Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. Mr. COBLE. H.R. 1286: Ms. KUSTER. COHEN, and Mr. ROE of Tennessee. H. Res. 169: Mr. MEEKS, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, H.R. 1466: Mr. SIRES. H.R. 4104: Mr. VARGAS. Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. CHU, Mr. COBLE, H.R. 1507: Mr. DOYLE, Mr. REED, and Ms. H.R. 4120: Mr. PASCRELL. ´ Mr. RUSH, and Mr. JEFFRIES. VELAZQUEZ. H.R. 4143: Mr. PETERSON. H. Res. 190: Mr. BLUMENAUER, Ms. CLARKE H.R. 1528: Mrs. CAPPS. ALBERG H.R. 4157: Mr. W . of New York, and Mr. WAXMAN. H.R. 1563: Mr. WALZ, Mr. GARCIA, Mr. H.R. 4178: Mr. RUIZ. H. Res. 417: Ms. LEE of California and Mr. GRAYSON, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. KENNEDY, and Mr. H.R. 4188: Mr. SCHIFF and Ms. JACKSON LEE. JOLLY. HOLT. H.R. 4217: Mr. CRENSHAW, Mr. SWALWELL of H. Res. 418: Mr. LEWIS and Mr. NUGENT. H.R. 1734: Mr. LARSEN of Washington. California, Mr. VELA, Mr. VEASEY, and Mr. H. Res. 456: Mr. LONG. H.R. 1755: Mr. COFFMAN. YOHO. H. Res. 503: Mr. ELLISON. H.R. 1812: Mr. COURTNEY, Mr. DAVID SCOTT H.R. 4225: Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. FARENTHOLD, of Georgia, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mrs. H. Res. 519: Ms. LOFGREN. FARENTHOLD, and Mr. GARAMENDI. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. SMITH H. Res. 525: Mr. FARR, Mr. POCAN, Mr. LAR- H.R. 1830: Mr. GINGREY of Georgia. of Missouri, and Mr. YOHO. SEN of Washington, Mr. FARENTHOLD, and Mr. H.R. 1852: Mrs. NOEM. H.R. 4234: Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. CHU, and Mr. LOWENTHAL. H.R. 1877: Mr. MCGOVERN. O’ROURKE. H. Res. 527: Ms. KELLY of Illinois and Ms. H.R. 1907: Mr. PETERS of California, and H.R. 4270: Mr. CAMPBELL. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas. Ms. BROWNLEY of California. H.R. 4284: Mr. THORNBERRY and Mr. H. Res. 545: Mr. PETERSON. H.R. 2028: Mr. PETERS of California. MCCAUL. H. Res. 549: Mr. CARTER.

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Vol. 160 WASHINGTON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014 No. 58 Senate The Senate met at 10 a.m. and was Mr. MARKEY thereupon assumed the MCCONNELL, the time will be equally called to order by the Honorable ED- Chair as Acting President pro tempore. divided and controlled until 11 a.m., WARD J. MARKEY, a Senator from the f and at that time there will be a cloture Commonwealth of Massachusetts. vote on the motion to proceed with the RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY legislation now before us. PRAYER LEADER Additional votes are expected today The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- on confirmation of nominations. Floor fered the following prayer: pore. The majority leader is recog- staff is working to come up with con- Let us pray. nized. venient times for everyone in that re- Eternal God, who transforms com- f gard and will notify Senators when we have those votes scheduled. mon days into transfiguring and re- MEASURE PLACED ON THE demptive moments, hallowed be Your Mr. President, today the Senate will CALENDAR—S. 2223 vote on whether to end debate on the Name. Make our lawmakers great Mr. REID. Mr. President, I am told S. paycheck fairness legislation. This enough for these momentous times as 2223 is due for a second reading; is that much needed legislation provides im- they seek to live worthy of Your great right? portant protections for women. It ad- Name. Lord, cleanse the fountains of The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- dresses wage disparity, helping women their hearts from all that defiles, so pore. The clerk will read the title of negotiate for equal pay, and it empow- that they may be fit vessels to be used the bill for a second time. ers workers to fight back against wage for Your glory. Let Your peace be with- The legislative clerk read the bill by discrimination—women in particular. in them as Your spirit inspires them to title as follows: It is a good and important bill, and it glorify You in their thoughts, words, helps American women in many dif- and actions. A bill, S. 2223, to provide for an increase in the Federal minimum wage and to amend ferent ways, but for reasons known We pray in Your sacred Name. Amen. the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend only to them, Senate Republicans don’t f increased expensing limitations and the appear to be interested in closing the treatment of certain real property as section PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE wage gap for working women, such as 179 property. my daughter and my grandchildren, The Presiding Officer led the Pledge Mr. REID. Mr. President, I would ob- the Presiding Officer’s wife and daugh- of Allegiance, as follows: ject to any further proceedings with re- ter, friends and neighbors. I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the spect to this legislation at this time. Four years ago the Republicans fili- United States of America, and to the Repub- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- bustered this exact same legislation. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, pore. Objection is heard. The bill will Two years later the Republicans fili- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. be placed on the calendar. bustered this legislation. Now for a f f third time the Paycheck Fairness Act is before us and it appears it is going to APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT— PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE be filibustered again. They have indi- MOTION TO PROCEED cated that they will likely not let us The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Mr. REID. Mr. President, I move to begin work on this important piece of clerk will please read a communication proceed to Calendar No. 345, S. 2199, the legislation or this debate. to the Senate from the President pro Paycheck Fairness Act. If they are ideologically opposed to tempore (Mr. LEAHY). The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- equal pay for equal work, they are free The legislative clerk read the fol- pore. The clerk will report the bill by to vote against paycheck fairness, lowing letter: title. come down here and give speeches as to U.S. SENATE, The legislative clerk read as follows: why it is such a bad idea, but we PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, Motion to proceed to S. 2199, a bill to haven’t heard any. Washington, DC, April 9, 2014. amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 Today’s vote is simply to begin de- To the Senate: to provide more effective remedies to vic- bate on the bill. Are they so repulsed Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, tims of discrimination in the payment of by equal pay for hard-working Amer- of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby wages on the basis of sex, and for other pur- ican women they again will not debate appoint the Honorable EDWARD J. MARKEY, a poses. Senator from the Commonwealth of Massa- equal pay for equal work, but they will chusetts, to perform the duties of the Chair. SCHEDULE obstruct equal pay for equal work? PATRICK J. LEAHY, Mr. REID. Mr. President, following The Republicans come to the floor President pro tempore. my remarks and those of Senator and try to offer amendments that have

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It is the U.S. Senate. seem to be in the statistics I just men- boss to sit down and accept less pay Hubert Humphrey said once: ‘‘Free- tioned, and we can see it in some other than she deserves—not a dime more dom is hammered out on the anvil of policies they have been defending lit- than the coworker she is outper- discussion, dissent and debate.’’ That is erally for months. forming. It is completely and totally what he said. So we should debate this Take Obama’s 30-hour workweek unfair, and workers such as she bill. Together we can find a solution to rule, which is basically forcing employ- shouldn’t be penalized by some archaic this unfair wage disparity that costs ers to slash workers’ hours. Who is im- rule dreamt up before the age of ‘‘Mad average working women $464,324 over a pacted the most by it? As one study Men.’’ lifetime, on average. pointed out, it is women. Nearly two- These are the ideas that everyone American families want us to debate thirds of those adversely impacted by who claims to stand for workplace fair- and hopefully pass this legislation. this arbitrary provision of ObamaCare ness should want to help us pass. Yet This legislation overwhelmingly is sup- are women, but Washington Democrats Washington Democrats always seem to ported by the American people. People don’t seem to care about that. They find some excuse not to. Maybe the Big in support of the Paycheck Fairness don’t seem to care about the ways peo- Labor bosses they are answering to are Act are calling on us to pass this legis- ple we represent are being hurt by telling them they cannot. Who knows. lation. They are writing letters, they their policies. Or maybe it is the trial lawyers they are posting on social media, and they As I said, they continue to block all seem to be so attentive to these days. are attending rallies. Our constituents the innovative ideas that Republicans It makes sense when we consider have made their feelings known, but have been offering to turn the tide. what Senate Democrats have been the Republicans have not gotten the Just look at what happened on the talking about this week, a bill that message. Senate floor yesterday. I, along with even publications such as the Wash- Henry David Thoreau said: several other Republican colleagues, ington Post, the Chicago Tribune, and It takes two to speak the truth. One to offered a series of measures that would the Boston Globe have said is bad pol- speak and another to listen. not only have helped the jobs picture icy. At a time when the Obama econ- The Senate Democrats have heard in our country, it would have provided omy is already hurting women so the truth about giving women a fair greater opportunities for men, women, much, this legislation would double shot at equal pay for equal work. The and families desperate to get ahead. down on job loss, all while lining the truth is that working women make an Had Democratic Senators not blocked pockets of trial lawyers. In other average of 77 cents for every dollar these ideas, they would have passed. words, it is just another Democratic their male colleagues make for doing Why did Senate Democrats object to idea that threatens to hurt the very the exact same work. That is not fair. Senator COLLINS’ proposal to restore people it claims to help. Today we will see if Republicans will the 40-hour workweek? Do they think It is time for Washington Democrats give working women and their families it is fair that Obama’s 30-hour work- to stop protecting trial lawyers and a fair shot when voting on debate for week discriminates against working start focusing on actually helping the this important legislation. Millions of women? Do Democrats think it is fair people we were sent to represent. We 1 American women and men—everyone to protect the rules that disproportion- have already seen what 5 ⁄2 years of in America—are hoping that a third ately reduce their wages? Washington Democratic control has time will be the charm for Senate Re- Why do they object to the workplace meant: more poverty and lower wages publicans. flexibility proposal that Senator for women. So they need to stop block- AYOTTE and I offered? Here is legisla- ing innovative ideas that would move RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER tion that would have given working us further along the path to oppor- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- moms and dads the option to take time tunity because, look, the college grad- pore. The Republican leader is recog- off to help them find a better work-life uate who has seen her annual paycheck nized. balance—flexibility that is more crit- decline by $1,400 over the past several THE ECONOMY ical than ever now that ObamaCare’s years is counting on Senate Democrats Mr. MCCONNELL. The Obama econ- 30-hour work rule is forcing people to to change their game plan. The part- omy has had a devastating impact on pick up a second or third job just to time worker who cannot imagine how the people we represent. It has hurt scrape by. she is going to make ends meet under millions in the middle class and people Why are Democrats so opposed to a ObamaCare’s 30-hour work rule is from every region of the country in al- policy that a lot of working women say counting on Democrats to think out- most every walk of life. When we con- they want, a policy that is tailored to side the box. sider the debate in the Senate, a few the needs of the modern workforce and The American people are tired of statistics jump out in particular. that many government employees al- Washington Democrats’ 51⁄2 years of Under this President’s watch more ready enjoy? failed policies and all the political than 3.7 million American women have Why do Senate Democrats object to games that helped us get here in the fallen into poverty. The average Amer- our job creation legislation, which in- first place. Americans actually want ican woman now makes about $730 less cludes so many smart ideas from so solutions and they want them now and than when the President took office. If many different Senators? Here is a bill we owe it to them to start passing the she is a college graduate, she has actu- that strikes right at the heart of what kinds of innovative ideas Republicans ally seen her income shrink by about has ailed our country for 51⁄2 years, a are committed to pursuing, no matter double that amount. In other words, lack of jobs and opportunity. Passing it how many times the majority tries to when it comes to American women should have been a no-brainer. shut us down. overall, what we have seen over the But Senate Democrats blocked all of I yield the floor. past 51⁄2 years is less income and more it, every last one of our proposals, just RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME poverty. That is the story Senate like they shut down the proworker leg- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- Democrats don’t want to talk about. islation Senator PAUL and I offered last pore. Under the previous order, the Perhaps that is why for weeks now week. The Right to Work Act is smart time until 11 a.m. will be equally di- they have blocked the efforts Repub- policy that promises to boost competi- vided and controlled between the two licans have made to improve the pic- tiveness while advancing workers’ leaders or their designees. Under the ture. Senate Democrats want to con- rights, ensuring they are not limited previous order, the leadership time is trol this debate from start to finish by the dictates of a union. reserved. and basically do nothing to help with It is similar to another bill I am Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I our efforts to expand opportunity and proud to cosponsor: Senator RUBIO’s suggest the absence of a quorum.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:23 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.001 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2295 The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- ment in the United States by one-half Members of this body and the body pore. The clerk will call the roll. million jobs—they say maybe as many across the way actually read it and in- The legislative clerk proceeded to as 1 million jobs. Yet the majority stead just took her for her word. Now call the roll. leader comes here and says it is the what we are seeing are these unin- Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask best thing we can do for the economy. tended consequences continuing to unanimous consent that the order for Again, according to the Congressional show up. the quorum call be rescinded. Budget Office, it will cost the economy Even some Democrats have had to The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- one-half million jobs and maybe up to admit as much about this issue of peo- pore. Without objection, it is so or- 1 million jobs. ple having to work more and getting dered. But probably the largest and most higher wages or choosing to work less HEALTH CARE harmful thing the administration has so they can collect greater government Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, this done—not just with regard to the econ- subsidies. week President Obama has been hold- omy, but to other factors, including One liberal columnist wrote in the ing what appear to be made-for-TV the lives of the American public—is the Washington Post back in February events to talk about the economy. He President’s health care law. This law is that ObamaCare is ‘‘a drag on eco- has been talking about the policies he hitting people across the country. nomic growth.’’ He said it was ‘‘a drag wants Congress to enact, policies that There are folks who are seeing their on economic growth.’’ It is a drag on he says will finally get America’s econ- premiums go up, losing access to their economic growth ‘‘as more people de- omy going again. doctor, getting cancellation notices cide government handouts are more at- President Obama has been in the from their insurance companies, and it tractive than working more and paying White House now for more than 5 is also having an effect on our econ- higher taxes.’’ The President wants years, so I think it is fair to ask: What omy. higher taxes, but he sets into place a has this administration—the Obama Today we had our usual Wyoming health care law that discourages the administration—been doing for the Wednesday where people from around work and additional income because economy over the past 5 years? We the State of Wyoming come to Wash- the government subsidies get greater if know that the recession actually ended ington and meet with their two Sen- you work less and have a lower income. almost 5 years ago. Since then, our ators from Wyoming so we can talk to That is one way that the President’s economy has not bounced back the way people from our communities. Today I health care law has been harmful, and it should have or the way it typically heard another horror story related to there is another way as well. Remem- does after a deep recession. the President’s health care law. A fam- ber, this law requires employers to pay The Obama administration has spent ily had insurance that worked for for insurance for anyone working 30 a lot of money on failed ideas such as them, and it worked for them for a hours per week or more. Thirty hours the so-called stimulus package. Since long time. It fit their budget, and it fit per week or more is considered a full- the recession ended, Washington has their needs as a family. But, of course, time job. There is bipartisan legisla- racked up more than $6 trillion worth it was canceled as a result of the Presi- tion in an effort to try to actually dent’s health care law and the man- of additional debt, and it has not got- overturn that and get that back to the dates where the President believes he ten us nearly the kind of growth we 40-hour workweek, which is what most has a better idea of what works for should have had as a result of this Americans think of as a full-time job. their family than they know in terms spending. How do people have to respond to the Now the President has come out with of their family. health care law that is out there? What This husband and wife have a couple a budget in which he has asked for tax are towns doing with their town budg- of young children, and they lost their increases of over $1.7 trillion—nearly $2 ets? What are counties doing in States insurance. They tried and tried again trillion in higher taxes over the next all across the country? What are school to get reinsured through the exchange. decade. Taxes are already too high. It took them months. They finally districts doing? We see what they are When I go home to talk to my con- went with paper forms to apply. The doing, and they are talking about it. stituents—as I would think most Mem- stories go on and on, and it is horrible Towns, communities, counties, school bers of this body hear from their folks to listen to what American families districts, and universities are cutting at home—they say taxes are already have had to go through as a result of back on the hours of their part-time too high. the President’s health care law. This is bus drivers, librarians, coaches, and Americans are now preparing to file a family that was hurt as a result of other middle-class workers. They are their taxes. Income tax day is coming— the President’s health care law in cutting back to get them below 30 April 15. As Americans prepare to file terms of what they are paying for in- hours a week so they don’t fall into the their taxes, they are getting a re- surance, in terms of the deductibles mandates of the President’s expensive minder of just how much of their hard- that are now in place, and in terms of health care law. earned money Washington is taking not being able to go to the doctor of What does that mean? It means it from them. Next Tuesday, April 15, is their choice. hurts people’s take-home pay. If some- the deadline for most of us to fill out We have the effect on the family and one is working 32 or 33 hours a week the forms and send everything off to the effect on the economy. According and finds that their hours have been the Internal Revenue Service, the IRS. to the Congressional Budget Office, the cut to 29 hours—regardless of what the According to the Tax Foundation, health care law is going to lead to 21⁄2 majority leader wants to do with min- Americans will spend more on taxes million fewer people working over the imum wage—their paycheck is going to this year than they spend on food, next decade. These are not my num- get smaller. Their paycheck is going to clothing, and housing combined. bers. These are the Congressional be smaller because of the health care We now know how much President Budget Office’s numbers. Because of law. Their paycheck will be smaller be- Obama is spending, but what kind of ef- the warped incentives that are built cause of policies that Democrats have fect have his policies been having on into this law, some people will have to voted for—many of whom never read it our American economy? We know that choose between working more and get- in the first place. the economy is still not producing the ting higher wages or working less so Is this just a Republican versus a number of jobs we need for a real re- they can collect government subsidies. Democratic idea? Not necessarily, be- covery. We know if we want to look for Remember NANCY PELOSI, the Speak- cause a group of labor union leaders the reasons why that seems to be the er of the House on the Democratic side. who supported the law initially have case, we could talk about the two mil- When this law was jammed through said that this health care law will ‘‘de- lion jobs Democrats are blocking with and down the throats of the American stroy the foundation of the 40-hour their restrictive energy policies. people, she was saying: First you have workweek that is the backbone of the We could talk about the minimum to pass it before you get to find out American middle class.’’ wage bill that Democrats are pushing what is in it. The House of Representatives voted right now. The Congressional Budget I actually read the whole thing, and last week to do something about it. Office says that would reduce employ- it continues to astonish me how few They passed—in a bipartisan vote—a

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But we Well, the Democratic majority leader cans to reflect on how much of their haven’t been able to do it for several isn’t allowing a vote on that bill. money Washington has been taking reasons, and this is what the paycheck This is a commonsense way to re- from them and what they have gotten fairness bill deals with. verse some of the harm the President’s in return. I would say, as they reflect Right now, there is a veil of secrecy health care law is doing to hard-work- upon that, they will continue to say in businesses all over America—a veil ing Americans—how it is impacting they are not getting value for their of secrecy about the fact that an em- their take-home pay, how they are see- money. They are not getting value for ployee cannot ask a fellow employee ing smaller paychecks and impacting their money. what they are making. An employee is their quality of life. But the Senate Polling shows that—and I hear this not supposed to talk about their sal- majority leader has blocked the vote. at home in Wyoming—for every dollar ary. They can talk about anything, but So the health care law hurts patients, people send to the government, they they can’t talk about what the person it hurts health care providers, and is think they are getting less than 50 next to them is making. hurting the economy. cents on the dollar in value. They don’t The second issue is if an employee in It is interesting, because the Presi- like it because it means when the gov- any way, particularly if that employee dent said all he wanted to do was in- ernment takes more, they have less to is a woman, tries to speak up for their sure the people who didn’t have insur- spend. rights to get equal pay for the same ance. So we have an exchange. We have The government is deciding where job—same pay, same job—an employee turned the whole health care system the money is spent, not families. And is often retaliated against. Then, busi- upside down. We have impacted one- it is families who want to make deci- nesses come up with lots of loopholes, sixth of the economy. And the whole sions for themselves about their free- which are bad. They use business expla- purpose: to take people who didn’t have doms, about their health care, about nations as bad excuses to avoid paying insurance and get them insured. their financial choices—what they equal pay for equal work. What does the Wall Street Journal want, what they need, and what works We want to pass this legislation to say about it today in the headline talk- best for them. end the retaliation, close the loopholes, ing about the newest statistics in the Thank you, Mr. President. I yield the and lift the veil of secrecy. This, in RAND study? They say most who floor. I suggest the absence of a many ways, will give American women bought policies through the new ex- quorum. not a raise but what justice demands. changes—most who bought policies The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- I am here this morning to keep up through the new exchanges—already pore. The clerk will call the roll. the momentum which we have been had insurance. They weren’t uninsured. The legislative clerk proceeded to able to maintain in this Senate. I am These people had insurance already. call the roll. very proud of the fact that in 2009 we Many lost their insurance because of The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- passed the Lilly Ledbetter Act which the President’s health care law. Yet we pore. The Senator from Maryland. opened the courthouse doors to women. have turned upside down one-sixth of Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, I ask Now, as we continue 5 years later, we the economy in an effort to help some unanimous consent that the quorum are listening to stories—terrible sto- but have hurt so many in the process. call be rescinded. ries—about what has happened. That is one of the fundamental flaws The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- There was Kerri Sleeman—a mechan- and problems of a health care law pore. Without objection, it is so or- ical engineer in Michigan—who was where the President promised, if you dered. told that men had to be paid more in like your coverage, you can keep it; if Ms. MIKULSKI. What is now the her company because they were bread- you like your doctor, you can keep him pending business on the floor? winners. She was a mechanical engi- or her. Now we have millions of people The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- neer doing the same job. whose coverage has been canceled. We pore. The motion to proceed to S. 2199. Latoya Weaver, a Marylander who have many people who can’t keep their Ms. MIKULSKI. I believe the number wrote me, learned that the males at doctor, can’t go to their hospital. They of that bill refers to the paycheck fair- the hotel where she worked were being are seeing higher premiums, higher ness bill; is that correct? paid $2 more an hour than she was, copays, higher deductibles, more pain The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- which meant a total of several hundred because of what the President and the pore. The Senator is correct. dollars a year. Democrats have forced through the Ms. MIKULSKI. Mr. President, what We want to end that discrimination— Congress, forced through the House, a bloodless way to talk about such an no retaliation, no loopholes, no veil of forced through the Senate. important public policy issue—to use secrecy. The American people wanted to the motion to proceed—and very few This has been going on a long time. change the health care system in this people realize this. To simply get a bill In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson, as country and they knew what they on the Senate floor, we have to vote on part of the great civil rights movement wanted. They wanted the care they a motion to proceed on whether we are that was sweeping our country, wanted need from a doctor they choose at going to take it up. And because this is to pass three civil rights bills: the lower cost. They didn’t get that in this now going to require a 60-vote major- Equal Pay Act, the Civil Rights Act, health care law. Many Americans have ity, because of the invocation of this and the Voting Rights Act. seen their costs go up—their initial fog of filibuster, we can’t even get to a He started with the Equal Pay Act out-of-pocket costs—to buy the insur- majority vote on how to make sure because he thought it would be the ance on the exchange. They have seen women get equal pay for equal work. easiest to pass and the easiest to en- their copays go up. They have seen No wonder people are fed up with us. force. Fifty years later, we are still their deductibles go up. And they can’t They wonder why, when all is said and fighting the battles on all three of keep the doctor of their choice. So they done, more gets said than gets done. I those pieces of legislation, and today know what they wanted, and this is not travel the State of Maryland in the we are talking about equal pay. what they wanted, but it is what they United States of America, and people (Ms. HEITKAMP assumed the Chair.) have gotten instead. People understand want us to do our job, to work on a bi- Right now women are an emerging that. partisan basis, hands across the aisle, force in the workplace. Way back in That is why this health care law is work across the dome, to solve na- the 1950s, only 11 percent of women still so very unpopular across the coun- tional problems. were in the workplace, although many try. People see how bad this health We heard this morning the talk had been there during World War II as care law is in terms of their own lives about the economy. One way to help Rosies and kept our economy going.

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I am telling that—most of all the pay market. was harassed and humiliated for asking you, if we do not pass this bill, I am so When the Equal Pay Act was signed questions about coworkers’ salaries. emotional I am going to press on. It in 1963, guess what women made. Five She found out that the guys were mak- brings tears to my eyes to know how cents for every $1 men made. Every- ing more because of an anonymous women, every single day, are working body said: We have to fight that. Fifty note that was sent to her. Somewhere so hard and are getting paid less. It years later—now—women make 77 in the vast corporation of Goodyear, makes me emotional to hear that. cents for every $1 men make. Over a 50- for whom she worked, a contractor—a Then, when I hear all of these phony year period we closed the gap by 18 Federal contractor, by the way—there reasons—some are mean and some are cents. Now what do you think about was somebody, probably a wonderful meaningless—I do get emotional; I get that? I think that is pretty unjust. I do man who worked with her, who wanted angry; I get outraged; I get volcanic. not think it is even American. to help her out and told her. And the way I want to channel my We like to say: If you work hard and But then she went on to try to do emotions is by doing everything we can play by the rules, America will work something. Well, guess what. She faced do to be able to pass this bill. for you. Well, women work hard. They retaliation. First she faced verbal har- There are those who say: This is a play by the rules. Yet they work but assment. She faced threats to her very lawyer’s dream. It is not a lawyer’s America does not work for them. safety. She faced sexual intimidation. dream; it is a family’s dream. If they For women of color, it is even worse. She really got it thrown right back in are afraid of lawsuits, they ought to If you are an African-American woman, her face, and every day it became a tor- follow the law. The best way not to you earn 64 cents for every $1 a man ture in the workplace. But she pressed have a lawsuit is to follow the law. So earns. If you are an Hispanic woman, on. do not retaliate against a worker, be- you earn 54 cents for every $1 a man That happens to women all over cause if you do, you are going to have earns. America. We cannot allow that. When to pay up. If you have loopholes that You like to hear: Oh, you’ve come a you stand up for your rights in Amer- are mean or meaningless, yes, that em- long way. But I do not think we have ica, you should not be harassed. ployee might sue. But guess what. The come a long way with an 18-cent im- There is much said about the First way to avoid the lawsuit is do not be provement in a 50-year period. Who in Amendment. Yes. There is much said mean, do not be cruel, do not be unfair, this Chamber thinks that earning 1 about the Second Amendment—the do not be unjust. And if you think we cent more every 5 years counts as right to carry a gun. Women would like are emotional, wait until you see what ‘‘coming a long way’’? Maybe if we to be able to carry a law to be able to happens if this bill fails. We are pretty made 1 cent more every year since 1964 fight for themselves. emotional about this. we would not think it is so terrific. No longer will employers also be able Madam President, you and I have My constituents do not go for this— to use just any reason to justify paying talked about this. Whether it is in either men or women. Women want to a woman less. Oh, he is the bread- North Dakota or north Baltimore, we stand up for their rights, and men want winner. Oh, they do a harder job. Well, feel the same, that when you work to stand up for the women they love. when you talk to Kerri, the mechanical hard, play by the rules, do the same There are men all over this country, engineer, they were doing the same job. job, you want the same pay. American right this minute, who are in jobs they In fact, in some instances she was the women need a fair shot at equal pay for equal work—the same pay for the same hate so their daughters could have the actual supervisor. For Latoya, working job. We need to pass this legislation job they love, working hard so they can in the hotel, they were doing exactly today. the same job, and the EEOC verified help them go to school, get the edu- Let us adopt the motion to proceed that. So this is why it is important. cation, get the skills to be able to take so we can get actually on the bill to The other thing is, no longer will care of themselves. This is why they discuss it, offer amendments. There are women be limited just to backpay. have spoken up for dads. those, I know, who have other ideas Every week, in every month, as fami- They will be able to get punitive dam- and suggestions. We look forward to lies sit down to pay their bills, hus- ages. Because in many businesses, that. And then, at the end of the day bands are looking at their wives and when they are caught, the current law and the end of the week, let’s pass it. saying: Tell me about the pay. It catches up with them, they just pay a I think today is a day of reckoning: doesn’t seem right. I heard that George fine and see it as a cost of doing busi- Do you want equal pay for equal work? is making—I heard that Tom is mak- ness. Well, that is not fine with us. We And I want men and women all across ing—but what about us? So men are want to make sure if you feel you have America to be emotional about it. outraged about this too. They see it as suffered these injustices, you will be I yield the floor and suggest the ab- a fundamental fairness issue. They see able to seek redress through punitive sence of a quorum. it as a fundamental justice issue. And damages. And no longer will women be The PRESIDING OFFICER. The guess what. It is a family pocketbook on their own. clerk will call the roll. issue. The consequences of the pay gap are The assistant legislative clerk pro- We want change, and we want change significant. Let’s take a college grad- ceeded to call the roll. today by voting for this bill. This way uate—a woman who has had the benefit Mr. MERKLEY. Madam President, I we will change the Federal lawbooks so of an education. For women between ask unanimous consent that the order we can help change the family check- ages 25 and 29, the annual pay gap now for the quorum call be rescinded. books. This bill, as I said, will close the is about $1,700 a year. For women clos- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without loopholes in the law which allow pay er to retirement age, it is more like objection, it is so ordered. discrimination to continue to occur. $14,000 a year. Over a lifetime, for Mr. GRASSLEY. Madam President, I I will repeat, paycheck secrecy— many women, it is $400,000. would like to take a few minutes to making it harder to uncover pay dif- This has enormous consequences. speak on the bill being considered ferences—is hard to fight when you are When you are paid less—when you are today, the Paycheck Fairness Act. The prohibited from even talking about it. paid less—it affects not only your pay- proponents of the Paycheck Fairness Businesses are under a gag rule. Then check that you take home, but it will Act argue that many women continue there is the retaliation. And then there affect your retirement because Social to earn significantly less pay than men are the loopholes. Security is pegged to earnings. So for equal work. I am afraid the effort The Paycheck Fairness Act is quite when you pay women less, they are to consider this bill is nothing more simple. They say: Well, didn’t you deal going to get less in retirement. This is than election-year politics aimed at with this with Lilly Ledbetter? Well, not fair. scoring political points.

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And we believe this economy that they have com- ator AYOTTE have put forward an that even those of us who are not work- pletely given up on looking for work. amendment to allow voluntary flexible ing women lose something when we do This political show-vote will not help workplace arrangements such as com- not live up to the principles of fairness the millions of women who have lost pensatory time and flexible credit hour and opportunity that give all of us their jobs or who are now living in pov- agreements for hourly workers. This hope for that better future. erty as a result of the Obama economy. amendment would provide much need- And we Democrats want to do some- Let me be clear: I strongly support ed flexibility for working moms, but thing about it. When you think about equal pay for equal work. I support was immediately blocked by the major- it, what we want to do should not be equal employment opportunities. I ity leader. Why would the majority that controversial. Here is all this bill abhor discrimination of any kind. Dis- leader block consideration of such a does: It requires employers to ensure crimination in the workplace is unac- reasonable proposal? that when men and women are paid dif- ceptable, and must not be tolerated. Senator ALEXANDER has also pro- ferently, that the difference is related Workers have been protected against posed an amendment that seeks to pro- to factors such as education, training sex-based pay discrimination since the vide working parents more flexibility and experience, and not merely based passage of the Equal Pay Act in 1963. in the workplace. Senator RUBIO has on gender; and it strengthens protec- Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 proposed an amendment to allow em- tions against retaliation by employers provides additional protections and ployees to seek fair wage increases and for women who file discrimination remedies for discrimination. remove obstacles for employees to earn complaints. Many have concerns that the Pay- merit-based pay raises. In addition, Surely we can all agree that pay dif- check Fairness Act would undermine a Senators FISCHER, COLLINS and AYOTTE ferences should be limited to factors business’s defense even when the pay have filed an amendment to reaffirm that truly reflect qualification and per- disparity is legitimate. The bill would existing laws prohibiting pay discrimi- formance, and not determined by gen- allow unlimited punitive and compen- nation and would prohibit retaliation der. Surely we can all agree that when satory damages, while also automati- against employees who inquire about, an employee believes she or he is being cally including employees in a class-ac- discuss or disclose their salaries. treated unfairly, or that their em- tion lawsuit unless they specifically Sadly, none of these reasonable, ployer has violated the law, they have choose to opt out. This bill would be a thoughtful amendments to address job the right to seek redress without fear boon to trial lawyers at the expense of creation and workplace flexibility will of retribution. job creators and job seekers. be considered because the majority Those who care about the 60 percent A Washington Post Editorial from leader has already signaled that this of American households that depend September 28, 2010, stated, ‘‘ the pro- debate is not about legislating. It’s partly or entirely on a woman’s income posal, which builds on the existing about political messaging. For these should support this bill. Those who Equal Pay Act, would allow employees reasons, I must vote against the proce- care about the 6.9 million women try- and courts to intrude too far into core dural motion to proceed. business decisions.’’ It further stated, Mr. LEVIN. Madam President, today ing to raise a family on what is now ‘‘Discrimination is abhorrent, but the we will decide whether to begin debate three-quarters of what they have Paycheck Fairness Act is not the right on the Paycheck Fairness Act. I am an worked for should support this bill. fix.’’ original cosponsor of this bill, I strong- Those who care about making this a Rather than consider a politically ly support it and the ideals that moti- society that lives up to our professed motivated measure, we should be work- vate it, and I hope that someday we goals of equal opportunity should sup- ing together to create good-paying jobs can pass this legislation. But today’s port this bill. and grow the economy. Instead, the vote is not on final passage. It is not Mr. LEAHY. Madam President, 5 Democratic leadership has chosen to even a vote on whether to end debate years ago, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay disregard the welfare of struggling on this measure. It is a vote on wheth- Act was signed into law by President Americans and pursue messaging bills. er to begin the debate. Those who vote Obama. That bill—necessary because of If the majority in the Senate truly against cloture on this motion to pro- a divided decision by the Supreme cared about helping the middle class, ceed are not just saying they oppose Court to strike a blow to the rights of they would allow consideration of Re- equal pay for women; they are saying working families in Vermont and publican amendments that would actu- they do not even want to discuss it. across the country—was a first step in ally help workers, help the unemployed But a refusal to debate this measure closing the still-existing gender wage find work, and grow the economy. will not make this issue go away. The gap. Today, one day after commemo- But just like consideration of the un- fact remains that in our country today, rating Equal Pay Day, Senators will employment insurance extension bill, women make 77 cents for every dollar once again have the opportunity to the Senate majority has no interest in men earn. Some of our Republican col- stand with working families and sup- considering amendments that would leagues suggest there’s nothing we can port equal pay for equal work, regard- actually grow the economy and create do about it. less of gender. jobs. During consideration of that bill, As a Democrat I believe that our I am proud to cosponsor the Pay- Republicans offered a job-creating prosperity rests on a principle—the check Fairness Act, which Senator MI- amendment that would have repealed idea that if you work hard and play by KULSKI—a trailblazer herself—has once provisions of ObamaCare that are prov- the rules, you should have a fair shot again introduced to close loopholes en job killers. It would have spurred to provide for your family, your future that allow employers to unfairly dis- job creation through energy develop- and your children’s future. The prom- criminate workers based on gender. ment, including authorizing the con- ise of that better future is part of what Thanks to the hard work and persever- struction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. gets us up every morning, gets us on ance of earlier generations, working It would have provided small busi- the bus or in the car, and gets us to the women today have career and business nesses, who are responsible for creating office or the shop or the factory floor. opportunities never before available. 70 percent of jobs in our economy, with It is the promise that our work will be Yet, despite the gains we have made, permanent tax relief aimed at rewarded. there remains a troubling constant— incentivizing new investments. A The obvious and persistent pay gap women continue to earn less than men. version of this amendment has been between men and women does violence According to the Census Bureau, filed to this bill. Unfortunately, the to that promise. Under current condi- women still only earn 77 cents for

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The wage gap based on gender provide more effective remedies to vic- the disposition of the McSweeny nomi- is hurting low- and middle-income fam- tims of discrimination in the payment nation, the Senate proceed to executive ilies who, in today’s economy, still of wages on the basis of sex, and for session to consider Calendar Nos. 506, wrestle with putting food on the table, other purposes, shall be brought to a 619, and 522; that there be 2 minutes of heating their homes, paying the mort- close? debate equally divided and controlled gage, and saving for college. The yeas and nays are mandatory between the two leaders or their des- Vermont has been a national leader under the rule. ignees prior to each vote; that upon the in addressing equal pay for equal work. The clerk will call the roll. use or yielding back of that time, the In 2002, Vermont adopted its own Equal The assistant legislative clerk called Senate proceed to vote without inter- Pay Act, making it illegal for employ- the roll. vening action or debate on the nomina- ers to offer anything less than equal Mr. THUNE. The following Senators tions in the order I have listed; that pay for equal work. Still, in Vermont, are necessarily absent: the Senator any rollcall votes, following the first in where 22,000 households are headed by from Oklahoma (Mr. COBURN), the Sen- the series, be 10 minutes in length; that women, the yearly gender pay gap is ator from Texas (Mr. CORNYN), and the the motions to reconsider be consid- nearly $6,000. More needs to be done, Senator from Texas (Mr. CRUZ). ered made and laid upon the table with and we can do better. Further, if present and voting, the no intervening action or debate; that Our national march toward equality Senator from Texas (Mr. CORNYN) no further motions be in order to the continues. The Paycheck Fairness Act would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ nominations; that any statements re- builds on efforts that date back more The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there lated to these nominations be printed than 50 years to ensure a balanced and any other Senators in the Chamber de- in the RECORD; that President Obama equal playing field in the workplace for siring to vote? be immediately notified of the Senate’s both men and women. The Paycheck The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 53, action and the Senate then resume leg- Fairness Act will require employers to nays 44, as follows: islative session. show a difference in pay is truly linked [Rollcall Vote No. 103 Leg.] The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there to job performance and not to gender. YEAS—53 objection? It will protect employees from being Baldwin Harkin Nelson Without objection, it is so ordered. retaliated against by their employers Begich Heinrich Pryor Mr. REID. Madam President, for the for discussing salaries with colleagues, Bennet Heitkamp Reed information of all Senators, under the Blumenthal Hirono Rockefeller agreement we just had approved, there and remove obstacles to challenging Booker Johnson (SD) Sanders will be as many as five rollcall votes pay discrimination in a court of law. It Boxer Kaine Schatz will provide employers with assistance Brown Klobuchar Schumer starting at 3:30 p.m. this afternoon. to create equal pay practices and rec- Cantwell Landrieu Shaheen The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Cardin Leahy Stabenow ator from Maryland. ognize those who already adhere to Carper Levin Tester such practices. These are commonsense Casey Manchin Ms. MIKULSKI. Madam President, Udall (CO) provisions we can all support. Coons Markey we just lost the vote today on a cloture Donnelly McCaskill Udall (NM) vote to proceed to the Paycheck Fair- The Paycheck Fairness Act has twice Durbin Menendez Walsh before been filibustered in the Senate. Feinstein Merkley Warner ness Act, but I want everyone to Meanwhile, hard-working families Franken Mikulski Warren know—everyone in the Senate and ev- across the country, anchored by the in- Gillibrand Murphy Whitehouse eryone in the United States of Amer- Hagan Murray Wyden comes of hard-working women, con- ica—although we lost the vote, we tinue to struggle. Equal pay for equal NAYS—44 refuse to lose the battle. We are going work is a matter of simple fairness, Alexander Graham Murkowski to continue the fight. We are going to and the Paycheck Fairness Act is an Ayotte Grassley Paul continue the fight to get equal pay for Barrasso Hatch Portman equal work, to lift the veil of secrecy important step towards just that. I Blunt Heller Reid on pay in the workplace, to end the re- urge all Senators to support this bill. Boozman Hoeven Risch Burr Inhofe taliation if you fight for your rights, CLOTURE MOTION Roberts Chambliss Isakson Rubio and to close loopholes that are mean or The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- Coats Johanns Scott Cochran Johnson (WI) meaningless. ture motion having been presented Sessions Collins King We have been here before. I remem- under rule XXII, the Chair directs the Shelby Corker Kirk ber when we had the first vote on the Thune clerk to read the motion. Crapo Lee Lilly Ledbetter bill. We lost that vote, The assistant legislative clerk read Enzi McCain Toomey Vitter but we pressed on. Women all over as follows: Fischer McConnell Flake Moran Wicker America expressed their frustration CLOTURE MOTION NOT VOTING—3 and their outrage. In 2009 we were able We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- to right that wrong and pass the Lilly ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Coburn Cornyn Cruz Ledbetter bill and open the courthouse Standing Rules of the Senate, hereby move The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this doors. to bring to a close debate on the motion to vote the yeas are 53, the nays are 44. So here we are again. We are ready to proceed to Calendar No. 345, S. 2199, a bill to Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 continue that fight. We are ready to to provide more effective remedies to vic- sen and sworn not having voted in the turn our biggest noes into our biggest tims of discrimination in the payment of affirmative, the motion is rejected. yeses. We will continue the war against wages on the basis of sex, and for other pur- The majority leader. the wage gap and wage discrimination poses. Mr. REID. I enter a motion to recon- against women. Harry Reid, Barbara A. Mikulski, Patty sider the vote by which cloture was not Women of America, I say to you, join Murray, Richard J. Durbin, Kirsten E. invoked. us in this fight. Make your voices Gillibrand, Brian Schatz, Heidi The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mo- heard if you want to change the Fed- Heitkamp, Martin Heinrich, Tammy tion is entered. Baldwin, Barbara Boxer, Debbie Stabe- eral lawbooks so we can make a change now, Mazie K. Hirono, Kay R. Hagan, UNANIMOUS CONSENT AGREEMENT—EXECUTIVE in your family checkbook. Mary Landrieu, Claire McCaskill, CALENDAR We are going to finish what we start- Jeanne Shaheen, Dianne Feinstein, Mr. REID. Madam President, I now ed with Lilly Ledbetter and bring the Amy Klobuchar. ask unanimous consent that at 2:30 Paycheck Fairness Act back to the

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I am not When we lost Lilly Ledbetter, I came Summitt. saying we would have won had she to the floor then, and I come to the Watching the game last night, we played because I don’t want to take floor now, to say that when we con- saw Coach Auriemma in an uncommon anything away from the Huskies. On tinue this fight, I will remind my col- display of emotion at the end of the the other hand, I think it could have leagues about what Abigail Adams game. He is a very emotional guy, but been a more contested contest had she once said to her husband: As you are he very rarely breaks down in tears— been able to be a part of that. making those laws down there, she which he did, talking about a couple of Either way, both teams deserve con- said, ‘‘do not forget the ladies. For we his seniors, Stefanie Dolson and also gratulations for the phenomenal sea- will foment a revolution of our own.’’ Bria Hartley. He has a love for those sons they had. It was a joy to watch So women of America—and the good players. from Indiana our Notre Dame women men who support us—keep the revolu- We saw Kevin Ollie’s love for his do so well, just as it was a joy for Sen- tion going. I said then, as I say now, players, especially the guys who stuck ator MURPHY to watch his men and let’s suit up, let’s square our shoulders. it out who could have transferred to women do so well. So I congratulate For the women, put on your lipstick other programs but decided to stay him for that. and let’s fight on. We will be back an- with him and stay with the program. RUSSIAN AGGRESSION other day for another vote. What Geno said after the game is he Madam President, I rise to advocate Madam President, I yield the floor. is flattered: ‘‘I’m flattered and grate- for something obviously far more seri- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- ful, and all the things that have come ous and threatening to us than basket- ator from Connecticut. with this kind of accomplishment . . .’’ ball contests, and that is our response Mr. MURPHY. Madam President, I But he also said: ‘‘I’m more proud of to Russia’s recent unlawful takeover of applaud my colleague Senator MIKUL- the legacy that exists and what Con- Crimea. I urge, and continue to urge, SKI for her great work, in spite of the necticut basketball is as opposed to the the President as well as our colleagues result today. number of championships. in the Senate to take more vigorous CONGRATULATING THE UCONN HUSKIES When we watch these championship action to deter further Russian aggres- I am here on the floor, however, to games that now add up for both the sion. congratulate my UConn Huskies for a men and the women, we see throughout As I speak, anxieties are building double national championship. It has the stands former players by the doz- that Vladimir Putin’s first big bite out only been done once before in the his- ens—maybe even by the hundreds—who of Ukraine has not satisfied him and he tory of college basketball—the men come back because of the legacy that hungers for more. Many signs indicate winning a national championship and has been created in 20 years of nine na- Russian aggression threatens further the women winning a national cham- tional championships for the women incursions into Eastern Ukraine and pionship in the same year—and the last and four national championships for possibly beyond. time it was us too, in 2004 and now in the men. Troops are positioned on the border, 2014. So, very briefly, I wish to add my Even though, as Kevin Ollie said, logistics for an invasion are arranged, congratulations to those offered by UConn got there the hard way. We and the Russian propaganda machine is Senator BLUMENTHAL. don’t have the 100-year legacy of bas- once again ginning up the excuses Our new coach, Kevin Ollie, when he ketball such as Kansas or Kentucky needed to justify unjustifiable actions. took the job, went on TV and said that has. We have built this over the past The only thing I can conclude is that despite some of the tough times sur- couple of decades. Just as Kevin Ollie the lack of an effective, forceful re- rounding the UConn program, his in- has done over the last 2 years, UConn sponse by the United States and by our tent was for UConn basketball to take over the course of the last the 2 dec- allies—particularly our European al- the stairs and not the elevator. ades, in registering 13 national cham- lies—has given President Putin reason He said elevators were for cowards, pionships, has always taken the stairs to expect that further aggression will and they were going to walk one step rather than the elevator. not be punished. Despite all the rhet- at a time towards a national champion- Congratulations, as a diehard Husky oric, despite all the tough talk, very ship. fan, to our twin national championship little has been done, and—with what Given the fact our long-time Hall of teams. little has been done—there has been no Fame coach had just left, we had sanc- I yield the floor. effect to deter and to condemn what tions which didn’t allow our team to The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- has taken place and deter further ag- play for a year in the postseason. Peo- ator from Indiana. gression. ple thought it just wasn’t possible that CONGRATULATING UCONN From the beginning of this blatant UConn was ever going to be able to re- Mr. COATS. Madam President, this is act, I have waited for the administra- turn to the greatness we have seen over not easy for me to do, but I am going tion to impose real costs on Russia for the last 20 years. But in Coach Ollie’s to do it in good grace here. I congratu- its illegal territorial aggression. So first tournament, he brought his team late my colleague from Connecticut on far, I have waited in vain. to a victory led, of course, by our great The University of Connecticut’s vic- For the past month, in two separate point guard Shabazz Napier—another tory over the University of Notre Dame resolutions which I have offered on the Connecticut first and second. There are last night. floor, several speeches, and numerous only two players who were national He watched in joy and exuberance, opinion columns I have written in the champions in the men’s tournament and I watched in dismay. But I do want media, I have consistently attempted who scored 125 points, had 25 assists to congratulate the Senator and those to make the case for hard-hitting sanc- and 25 rebounds. Shabazz Napier is the from Connecticut for the singular tions on Russia. I joined Senator DUR- second because Kemba Walker was the achievement of having both men’s and BIN, my colleague from Illinois, to first in UConn’s last national cham- women’s basketball championships. achieve a unanimous bipartisan pas- pionship. Those of us in Indiana are deeply im- sage of an initial list of sanctions The women, of course, are even more mersed in the basketball culture. which would signal to Putin that the impressive in what they have done be- Statewide, we didn’t have the best year Senate was unified in condemning and cause they managed to win their na- or the kind of year we would have sanctioning Russia for its blatant take- tional championship this year by going liked. But we were very proud of the over of Crimea. undefeated and beating another University of Notre Dame women and I stated at the time that this was an undefeated team in the national cham- the accomplishments they made—in an initial list and much tougher sanctions pionship game. Of course, that has be- undefeated season until last evening. needed to come. But I wanted to give

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We, together with those, to work with our allies across many was showing signs of a more our European friends, must move ag- the ocean and to stand strong for the forceful German foreign policy in de- gressively to oppose it before it be- type of hard-hitting, hard-biting eco- fense of European territorial integrity, comes repetitive. nomic sanctions which would make it now appears Germany is showing At a time when so much depends on Russia pay a real price, as we had said more interest in dialogue and re- Vladmir Putin’s unspoken plans, it is we were going to do. straint, backing down from the tough not hard to guess how he will respond The administration has to take the talk about making Russia pay a price to meekness. The American response lead on economic sanctions because to for the actions it has taken. I am con- must be much greater if we want Putin implement the steps needed to ensure vinced there is very little reason to be- to understand that his actions in maximum effectiveness we need to co- lieve that further aggression will be Ukraine are unacceptable and will not ordinate with our friends and our al- adequately discouraged or punished. be tolerated. At a minimum, I would lies. But I have seen little evidence In this policy vacuum, if we don’t suggest, Congress must refuse to recog- that the administration is leading our find leadership from our administra- nize Russian sovereignty over Crimea European friends in the direction of tion or from the Europeans, I believe it by passing my legislation. I have pro- such sanctions. I have not seen evi- is imperative that Congress act—and posed a number of sanctions which dence that our European allies are will- act now. So today, I am introducing were added to other measures I have ing to take the lead. I am therefore yet another response in addition to introduced and hopefully will convince wondering if anyone is willing to take those I have previously introduced ad- this administration and our European a lead in this effort. dressing this situation in Ukraine. allies to take a much tougher stance More needs to be done—and more I will be introducing to the Senate and provide much more of a penalty to needs to be done now. With Russian the Crimea Annexation Non-Recogni- Russia over the actions it has taken. I troops mounting their vehicles on the tion Act—legislation which would man- urge my colleagues to join me in this Ukrainian border, the United States date an official policy of not recog- effort. should be using every means available nizing Russian sovereignty over Cri- Madam President, I yield the floor to press for firm measures, and our Eu- mea, its land, airspace, waters, and re- and suggest the absence of a quorum. ropean allies should be joining us in sources. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. this cause. Those measures should in- The purpose of this act is to ensure BALDWIN). The clerk will call the roll. clude imposing serious costs so such the United States will not recognize The assistant legislative clerk pro- behavior will not be repeated. Russian sovereignty over Crimea nor ceeded to call the roll. Further, we should defend our allies take any action which would imply Mr. BLUNT. Madam President, I ask and reassure them that we have their such recognition. Further, my bill im- unanimous consent that the order for backs. We need to isolate Russia and poses obstacles to Russian exploitation the quorum call be rescinded. prevent it from participating in organi- of Crimean resources by taking greater The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without zations that give Putin credibility and legal certainty about investing in Cri- objection, it is so ordered. strength. We should impose obstacles mea, and it restricts foreign aid to HEALTH CARE REFORM to prevent Russia from taking material countries which recognize Russian sov- Mr. BLUNT. Madam President, I wish advantage of their conquest, and we to speak a little bit about the letters I should convince other nations, busi- ereignty over Crimea. I will illustrate some of the specific have received and the emails and the nesses, and individuals to follow our proposals I have introduced. calls over the last few days about the lead. health care plan. I think recent history shows that in First, establish firm policy that the The numbers signed up or whether conflict issues around the world, if the United States Government does not the Web site worked—and I have said United States does not take a firm and recognize Russian sovereignty over Cri- repeatedly—aren’t the test here. The a strong lead, other nations simply do mea, its territory, airspace, and terri- test is, is this a better plan? Does it not feel they have the strength or the torial waters, and may take no action allow more people to have better cov- backing to take that lead. So it is im- that implies any recognition of Rus- erage or does it allow more people to perative the United States takes that sian sovereignty. have lesser coverage? I am becoming lead, steered by our President, and sup- Second, prohibit the United States ported by a bipartisan Congress to send from financing or guaranteeing invest- more and more convinced that the lat- a unified message that we are willing ments in Crimea with Russia as an ter might be the case: the high to address egregious breaches of inter- intermediary. deductibles, the increase in premiums, national law and lead the way in doing Third, oppose international financial the benefit of a couple of years, actu- so. institutions’ assistance programs for ally, where the trajectory of health The first task, as I see it, is to make Crimea that go through Russia as an care costs were still going up but were sure we and others do not accept this intermediary. beginning to flatten out, and now they aggression and annexation—what some Fourth, require the Department of are projected to go up pretty dramati- others are already calling a fait Justice to affirm this nonrecognition cally over the next few years based on accompli. Since the United States’ re- policy upon request, in order to create the recent projections. fusal to recognize Soviet annexation of greater legal uncertainty for those who So the real test is, is this plan a bet- the three Baltic states 74 years ago, we hope to contract with Russia for ex- ter plan, not does the Web site work. have firmly and consistently refused to ploitation of Crimean resources. The fact that the Web site doesn’t recognize such annexations. We must Fifth, deny entry to vessels sailing work sort of shows the ineptitude of do the same in this case. from Crimea with Russian customs government. The easiest thing in the Unfortunately, words and actions documentation. world to do today—or should have been from this administration and from Sixth, prohibit U.S. ships and air- in 4 years—would be to figure out how many of our European allies continue craft from taking action that imply to develop a Web site. So I would say to focus on threatening consequences Russian sovereignty over Crimea, its the Web site shouldn’t be the test of for future Russian incursions, rather airspace or territorial waters. whether the health care plan works be- than on the illegal annexation that has And, seventh, prohibit some forms of cause the Web site will work. Appar- already taken place. It is exactly this foreign assistance to countries that ently a number of States are having a reluctance to impose costs for the an- recognize Russian sovereignty over Cri- problem, the Federal Government had nexation of a portion of the Ukraine mea. a very obvious problem, but the Web that paves the way for further Russian There are very few precedents in site will eventually work. Surely that aggression. postwar history where a state has so can’t be a long-term problem. Given no I sadly note that some of our best boldly and aggressively used force other alternatives, people are going to European friends are downplaying the against a neighbor for the purpose of eventually sign up in some numbers. importance of the invasion and annex- territorial acquisition. What has hap- I am not interested even in finding ation which have already taken place. pened in Crimea is a crime left over out whether the numbers are real. I did

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:04 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.027 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2302 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 9, 2014 notice that the President, as with most cheapest plan they could find offered nounced we weren’t going to have the of the people I work for, in his an- premiums of $1,200 a month with a reductions in Medicare Advantage next nouncing the numbers the other day, $12,000 deductible. Yearly premiums year as we had this year. We will still referred to the plan as ObamaCare were equal to 20 percent of their in- have this year’s increase, but we will again. I noticed he quit doing that come. not have next year’s increase. Whoever since the election. He said he kind of Mike from Columbia, MO, said his thought that paying for a new health liked ‘‘ObamaCare’’—in one of the health insurance premiums shot up by care program out of Medicare was a Presidential debates in 2012 he said he $1,000 this year—and $1,000 matters to good idea anyway? So $500 billion out liked the term—and then he pretty families. Based on the letters I get, of Medicare, which has bigger and big- well quit using it. But with the signup there would be some temptation to ger problems all the time as more and numbers, he said some people call it contact Mike and say, if you want to more people enter Medicare—$500 bil- ObamaCare, in his announcement the look at a whole stack of letters here, lion out of Medicare to pay for yet an- other day. So I guess if he can call it $1,000 is not the worst story people other new system. Apparently, even that, the people I work for can call it have to tell, but for a working family the administration, at least between that as well. it is almost $100 a month. It is what- now and the election, doesn’t think So we have premiums rising, ever you were going to do with that that is a good idea because they just deductibles going up, and hospitals see- $100 a month that you are not able to suspended one of the pay-fors. They ing, in many cases, their fastest grow- do because your insurance just went up said: We did that once, and that was ing column of unpaid debt is people $100 a month. Mike doesn’t say any- kind of painful because people could with insurance. Not too long ago, we thing about his deductible or what his see what was going to happen to their said: That doesn’t make any sense. premiums are, but he just says it is Medicare Advantage, so we don’t want How did people with insurance wind up $1,000 more than it was last year. to do that between now and election in the fastest growing column of un- Lisa from Jefferson City, MO, the day—although I think in fairness they paid debt? It is because people’s State capital, said she and her husband didn’t mention election day in the rule, deductibles are, for many families now, own a small business, and even though they just mentioned it wasn’t going to well beyond a deductible they can pay. they don’t have to provide health in- happen in this even-numbered year. If a person had a $500 deductible a few surance for their employees, they have Mike from Kansas City, MO, says his years ago and they have a $3,000 de- done so and they have chosen to pay premiums went from $600 a month to ductible today—if they had a hospital 100 percent of the cost up until now. $700 for him and his wife. The deduct- bill, they might be able to put $500 to- Actually, until January of this year, ible went from $5,000 to $7,500—he says gether and think that gets this bill no employer had to provide insurance all because of the new requirements paid. Nobody is going to call me any- for their employees but most employ- and what has to be covered. ers did. Eighty-five percent of every- more. I am not going to get this re- Mark from Columbia, MO, says the body who had insurance got insurance peated notice. But if a person has a doctor he has had for 18 years joined a at work. Ninety percent of them $3,000 deductible, they might decide: I network of concierge doctors because thought what they had at work was can never pay that, so I am going to let he is afraid of the President’s health great for what they needed to have for them do whatever they are going to care plan limiting his ability to pro- themselves and their family. We had a have to do, and hopefully my insurance vide quality care to his patients. Un- system that was working pretty good, company pays enough of the bill that fortunately, now that his doctor is part where almost everybody had it. Instead the hospital decides they are not going of a private network, Mark is no longer of figuring out how to expand that sys- able to afford him—or to afford to see to bother me. But that is the fastest tem so other people could get in, I am him, and the doctor does not accept the growing debt in many hospital ac- afraid we have made it more difficult insurance Mark is covered by. counting offices right now—people who for everybody involved. All kinds of unintended consequences have insurance, who aren’t paying Lisa, the business owner, says her appear to be happening when the gov- their part of the bill. premiums went up 35 percent last year, ernment decides not only can it begin But whether it is increases in pre- and they have been told already that to involve itself in 17 percent of the miums or increases in deductibles or they will go up even higher next year. economy of the country but in vir- they can’t see their doctor, the people She says if the premiums continue to tually everybody’s health care deci- I work for in Missouri tell me every increase, they will soon not be able to sionmaking process. This would be a week a series of stories that I abso- cover their employees. big job for a very efficient government lutely believe are true. I basically Carol from Cameron, MO, said her in a very small country. In a federalist verify with people before I come to the coverage has gone down and her out-of- system where we have 50 States and floor, before pulling a few of these sto- pocket costs have increased signifi- territories to deal with, in a big coun- ries out: Do you mind, Timothy from cantly. Her deductible is now $3,500 and try, this is very hard to do. It is unfor- Kirksville, if I mention that you have she has to pay $65 every time she goes tunate that all of the warnings about contacted us? I am not going to give to see a doctor. She worries she will the unintended consequences about your last name or put that on the never be able to use the coverage she is people in the workplace will begin to record, but I would like to show that paying for because the out-of-pocket have part-time jobs instead of full-time there is some dispersing around our costs are too high, and if she ever actu- jobs or people who had less than 50 em- State of this problem. They say, yes, ally got sick or had to go to the hos- ployees wouldn’t want to go to 51 be- this is absolutely true, and I told you pital or had a significant condition, she cause they would then be covered by a because I want people to know about is worried she can’t pay the deductible, law they were not initially covered this. even though she is paying every month by—all of those warnings have turned Timothy from Kirksville, MO, said to have this coverage and feels as out to be at least as bad as those peo- his premiums went up drastically in though the coverage is not truly insur- ple saying this could happen were say- 2013. If premiums continue to rise, he ance for her at all. ing they could be. says his family will have to make sac- Merl and his wife in Cape Girardeau, John in Overly, MO, went to rifices elsewhere in their budget. MO, are in their late sixties. They have healthcare.Gov to find a plan. The Kim from Frankford, MO, said she Medicare and a supplemental policy, cheapest quote he could find for his and her husband’s deductible recently but their copays have increased. One of family of four was $750 a month, and in increased dramatically to $6,000. So far, their primary doctors has stopped tak- John’s case that is almost 30 percent of she says, it feels like we don’t have in- ing Medicare. He and his wife are con- his income. He has looked at the num- surance because we have such a high cerned they can’t see the doctor they bers and has decided it would be more deductible. We couldn’t pay it if we would like to see, that their copays affordable to go uninsured. He said: ever had to use it, so do you really have increased, and their doctor left I am self-employed, married, and have two have insurance? Kim’s parents recently the program. children, and though I am self-employed, I tried to find a plan on the exchange By the way, the administration, I never had any trouble affording health insur- and were shocked to learn that the guess the day before yesterday, an- ance for me and my family [until now].

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:23 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.015 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2303 Richard is from Stoutsville, MO. His expected to double every 5 years, while health outcomes for people living with wife’s premium last year was $359 a the number of people 85 years and older the disease both today and in the fu- month, with a $5,000 deductible. This with this disease will triple by 2050. ture, and it will also lower health care year it is $800 a month, and since they Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause costs. I have been and remain com- are on a fixed income, they have just of death in the United States, and mitted to prioritizing the funding for decided they can no longer afford to there is currently no cure, no diag- Alzheimer’s research. pay for her individual insurance be- nostic test, and no treatment for this Recently, I and other members of the cause they had to buy it as individuals. terrible disease. Appropriations Committee worked to I would just say that we need to look As a nation, we must remain com- include a $1 billion funding increase for at these cases. Surely somebody out mitted to defeating one of the greatest the National Institutes of Health in the there has benefited from the system. health threats to the health and well- 2014 Omnibus appropriations bill. This There are people who were able to stay being of all Americans. Caring for amount includes a $100 million increase on their family policies longer. A piece those with Alzheimer’s and other de- in funding for the National Institutes of legislation I wrote when I was a mentia is expected to cost $214 billion of Aging within NIH, as well as the ini- Member of the House—it was 31⁄4 pages this year—$214 billion this year alone, tial year of funding for the new BRAIN long—apparently it would have added with $150 billion covered by the Federal initiative to map the human brain. about as many people as any other sin- Government through Medicare and These research investments are criti- gle thing did, and it would have added Medicaid. cally important because they will in- those people whether you had the rest A recent study outlined that the cost crease our understanding of the under- of this health care bill or not, at no of care for those struggling with de- lying causes of Alzheimer’s, help cost to any taxpayer anywhere and no mentia is projected to double over the unlock the mysteries of the brain, help disruption of anybody else’s insurance next 30 years, surpassing health care bring us closer to an effective treat- coverage. expenses for both heart disease and ment and one day a cure. Those are the kinds of things we cancer. Without a way to prevent, cure, Alzheimer’s is a defining challenge of should have looked at. But we need to or effectively treat Alzheimer’s, costs our generation. We must together com- look at what it takes now to be sure we will only continue to climb. mit to defeat this devastating disease Alzheimer’s has become a disease to have a system that is not measured by by supporting the critical research car- define our generation. But if we focus whether the Web site works and not ried out by scientists and researchers and prioritize our research capabilities, measured by an argument about across our Nation. The health and fi- it need not remain an inevitable part of whether people who signed up paid but nancial future of our Nation are at aging. There is reason for newfound is measured by whether this really does stake, and the United States cannot af- hope. Over the last 5 years, significant ford to ignore such a threat. Together, provide better health care. strides have been made in under- Health care is critical to families. we can make a sustained commitment standing how Alzheimer’s disease af- Somebody told me one time: When ev- to Alzheimer’s research that will ben- fects the brain and body. This new un- erybody in your family is well, you efit our Nation and bring hope to fu- derstanding has the potential to lead have lots of problems; when somebody ture generation of Americans. The to new research opportunities and to challenge is ours and the moment for in your family is sick, you have one better management of the disease. problem. That is how important health us to act is now. In February, the Senate Appropria- I yield the floor and I suggest the ab- care is. We need to be sure this is a sys- tions health subcommittee held a hear- sence of a quorum. tem that does not meet some numer- ing on the impact of Alzheimer’s—both The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ical or technical ‘‘check the box’’ but economic and personal—and the state clerk will call the roll. really does provide access to what was of these current research initiatives. I The assistant bill clerk proceeded to the greatest health care system in the am the ranking member of that sub- call the roll. world. committee. Chairman HARKIN and I Mr. SANDERS. I ask unanimous con- There are ways to encourage more held this hearing to raise awareness of sent that the order for the quorum call access to that system and more the threat to America’s health, the im- be rescinded. choices, not fewer choices and less ac- pact on the financial well-being of our The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cess and more people who feel as country, and to highlight the objection, it is so ordered. though they are paying a premium groundbreaking research initiatives OLIGARCHY every month but if they ever really get currently taking place. Mr. SANDERS. Madam President, I sick, they really will not have insur- For example, until 2009, only one ge- hear more and more from people in my ance. netic variant was known to increase own State of Vermont and from people, I yield the floor and suggest the ab- the risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s dis- in fact, all over the country via email, sence of a quorum. ease. However, through advances in ge- through my Web site, who are won- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The nome studies and other technologies, dering whether this great country is clerk will call the roll. the list of known gene risk factors has evolving into an oligarchic society. The assistant bill clerk proceeded to grown substantially. Now researchers Historically, as I think most people call the roll. have identified 11 genetic risk factors. know, the United States was the envy Mr. MORAN. Madam President, I ask The National Institutes of Health is of the world for so many reasons. But unanimous consent that the order for supporting research that has estab- one of the reasons, economically, is the quorum call be rescinded. lished methods and standards for test- that in our country there was always The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ing for biomarkers for Alzheimer’s dis- the belief that regardless of your in- objection, it is so ordered. ease. Changes in these biomarkers may come you have the opportunity to Mr. MORAN. Madam President, I ask precede the onset of the disease and move up the economic ladder. There unanimous consent to address the Sen- could be a key to unlocking the causes was the reality—not just the belief— ate as in the morning hour. and progression of the disease. that we had a great and expanding mid- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without NIH has also made significant dle class; that if your dad and your objection, it is so ordered. progress over the last several years and mom didn’t go to college—which, in ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE we continue to support them moving fact, was the case in my family—you Mr. MORAN. I thank the Chair. more aggressively toward developing would have that opportunity to go to Madam President, nearly every new treatments for Alzheimer’s and re- college and move up the educational minute someone in America develops lated dementia. Several innovative ladder or the business ladder or profes- Alzheimer’s disease. More than 5 mil- studies, ranging from research on the sional field. There was the feeling that lion Americans suffer from this disease most basic underpinnings of the disease economically what America was about, and more than 35 million individuals to early-stage clinical trial of prom- and what we celebrated, was the great worldwide. If trends continue, the num- ising agents, are now underway. middle class. People today, both from ber of individuals diagnosed with Alz- A sustained Federal commitment to an economic perspective and from a po- heimer’s disease after the age of 65 is research for Alzheimer’s will improve litical perspective, are beginning in a

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In England you producing much more, the typical male Jr., who was the CEO of Pfizer—a have the Queen of England, all the worker made $283 less last year than he major drug company—from 2001 to 2006. lords, all the royalty all over Europe, did 44 years ago. The typical female When he retired, he received a $188 mil- and we don’t have that in the United worker earned $1,775 less last year than lion golden parachute—$188 million—at States. she did in 2007. the same time as the people in our Yet the truth is that over the years Today in America we have more peo- country are paying the highest prices we have moved to a situation where in ple living in poverty than ever before, in the world for prescription drugs. terms of wealth and income, we are and that is 46.5 million people. Here is That is oligarchy. now the most unequal society of any a fact that should frighten everybody; When we think about oligarchy, we major industrialized nation on Earth. that is, half of Americans have less may want to think about a gentleman I keep mentioning one statistic, be- than $10,000 in their savings account named Lee Raymond who served as the cause I don’t hear too many other peo- right now. Can you imagine that? That CEO of ExxonMobil from 1993 to 2005. ple talking about it, but we need to means if your car breaks down and you When he retired—and remember, this is talk about it. That is, in terms of need that car to get to work or you at a time when the vast majority of the wealth. Wealth is what we own. Wealth have a serious health problem and you American people did not have the re- is what we have accumulated over a don’t have particularly good health in- sources to retire with a shred of dig- lifetime of work. In terms of wealth, surance, there it goes. It goes. nity—Mr. Raymond received from the top 1 percent in our Nation owns 38 Then you talk about people who are ExxonMobil a golden parachute, retire- percent of the financial wealth of older who have to retire. How do you ment benefits, of more than $320 mil- America. retire with dignity if you have less lion—$320 million. That is at the same I would ask those people back home than $10,000 in the bank? Well, you are time as people in Vermont and all over who might be listening, what does the going to get Social Security. Thank this country are finding it harder and bottom 60 percent own? The top 1 per- God, you, I, and other Members have harder to pay for gas at the pump. cent owns 38 percent of the wealth. fought hard to make sure there were What oligarchy is also about is that What do you think the bottom 60 per- not cuts in Social Security that many in 2009 ExxonMobil, maybe the most cent owns? They own 25 percent, 20 per- people wanted. But is Social Security profitable corporation in the history of cent, 10 percent? What do they own? alone enough? No. The answer is it is America, did not pay any Federal in- The answer is they own all of 2.3 per- not. come taxes, even though in that year it cent—all of 2.3 percent is what the bot- What is happening in this country is earned $19 billion in profits. tom 60 percent of Americans owns in that while the middle class shrinks, When we talk about oligarchy we terms of total wealth. there is another reality; that is, the might want to think about somebody If you had a big pizza with 100 slices people on top are doing phenomenally like Jamie Dimon, who is the CEO of in it, 1 person would get 38 percent of well. Today we see a situation in which JPMorgan Chase. He recently received those pieces of pizza if we looked at some of the wealthiest families in a 74-percent increase in pay—more wealth, and the bottom 60 percent of America—the Koch brothers come to than $20 million in total compensation. the people would have to share 2.3 per- mind, and I will talk about them in an- Interestingly enough, that is a pretty cent of the pizza. I don’t think that is other context. They are now worth $80 big salary—$20 million—but what did what America is supposed to be about billion. In the last year alone their he do to earn it? During that same pe- and that situation is getting even wealth went from $68 billion to $80 bil- riod, over the last year, the bank he worse. lion—in 1 year a $12 billion increase in runs, JPMorgan Chase, paid out over In terms of income now—all right, their wealth. $20 billion in penalties to the Federal everybody goes out and works—we Sheldon Adelson—another billionaire Government for financial fraud. So have millions of people today who are who has had his name in the paper a after paying out $20 billion to the Fed- working longer hours and their income whole lot recently by bringing prospec- eral Government in penalties for finan- is going down. Their wages are going tive Republican candidates for the cial fraud, he still got a $20 million down. Maybe they are paying more for Presidency to Las Vegas to talk to compensation package. That is called health care. Their pensions are going them and see what they have to offer oligarchy. No matter what you do, if down. him and how much money he will con- you are at the head of a large financial But in terms of all new income—new tribute to their campaign—also saw a institution, you are going to get re- income generated in this country— huge increase in his wealth over the warded for that. from the last statistics we saw, which last year. Oligarchy has a lot to do with a gen- were from 2009 to 2012, in terms of all What is the face of oligarchy? The tleman named William Mcguire, the new income, 95 percent of all new in- face of oligarchy is what we see in Rus- CEO of UnitedHealth Group from 1991 come went to the top 1 percent. So sia. When many people refer to oligar- to 2006. Everybody knows of the crisis more and more income goes to the mil- chy, they think of Russia. In Russia, we are facing in health care. Everybody lionaires and billionaires while mil- after the collapse of the Soviet Union, knows that tens of millions of Ameri- lions of people are working longer a small number of bureaucrats were cans today, despite the Affordable Care hours for lower wages, and while we able to steal a lot of public property, Act, are still uninsured. Everybody have the highest rate of childhood pov- and they became multibillionaires. knows we spend more per capita on erty, at 22 percent, of any major coun- They controlled oil companies, banks, health care than do the people of any try on Earth. gold mines, aluminum companies, tele- other nation. Yet when this gentleman Since 1999, the typical middle-class vision stations, and other state-owned retired from UnitedHealth Group in family has seen its income go down by companies, and that is how they be- 2006, he received a $285 million golden more than $5,000. Do you want to know came oligarchs. parachute. So here we have the most why people are angry, why people are By 2001 5 oligarchs controlled 95 per- dysfunctional health care system in concerned, and why people are worried cent of Russia’s aluminum production, the world, the most expensive health what is going to happen to their kids? 40 percent of its copper, and on and on care system, with tens of millions of It is because the median family income it goes. People may say: Oligarchy has people uninsured, yet the head of a has gone down by $5,000 since 1999. to do with Russia; what does it have to major insurance company gets $285 Let me break it down even further. do with the United States of America? million in retirement benefits. That is The typical male worker, that guy Well, it has everything to do with the called oligarchy.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:23 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.019 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2305 Let me take oligarchy away from the want. I think democracy is about elect- proposed amendments to the Paycheck economic realm and turn it into an ed officials talking and communicating Fairness Act or those who rose to area that I am—and many Americans with people, regardless of their income, speak to defend the act. I don’t want are—very concerned about. Recently, and listening to their comments and my silence yesterday to be construed we saw an interesting spectacle relat- answering their questions. That is that I don’t think there is an issue ing to politics that took place in Las what democracy is about. here; that I don’t think this is some- Vegas. A gentleman named Sheldon I do not believe democracy is about a thing that needs to be addressed. Adelson—who is worth some $38 billion, handful of billionaires, such as the Yesterday was national Equal Pay and who is maybe the world’s largest Koch brothers or Sheldon Adelson, Day, the day when, according to the casino magnate not only in Las Vegas being in a position in which they can Department of Labor, women’s wages but off the shores of China as well— spend as much money as they want on supposedly catch up to men’s wages. held a meeting in Las Vegas in which any political race in this country. It is We can argue and we can debate what he brought forth Republican candidates very hard for me to imagine how any- that gap is—whether it is 77 cents, who are interested in running for body could defend that as being democ- whether those statistics are outdated, President. Now, here is the point. In racy. It is not. It is oligarchy. It is the whether it is closer to 82 cents or what the last Presidential election, both power of a handful of billionaires to the raw statistics are. We can debate President Obama and Mitt Romney control the political process. that. But the fact is—and I think the spent a little over $1 billion in their So both in terms of economics, where Presiding Officer and I would agree—if campaigns. Sheldon Adelson, if he pro- so few own so much and so many have there is any discrepancy there, it is vided more money into a campaign so little, and in terms of politics, where worth looking at. Why does a discrep- than both Obama and Romney spent, a handful of billionaires increasingly ancy exist? Is there disparity that would still have $9 billion more in are able to determine the nature of pol- stems from discrimination? Because if wealth than he did in 2013. itics in America and who is elected and it stems from discrimination, it should What am I saying? What I am saying who is defeated, I think we as a nation not be allowed—pretty simply. is that we are moving toward a situa- have a lot of hard thinking in front of In Alaska, the statistics are a little tion where people such as the Koch us. We have to ask ourselves: Are we bit different than what we have on the brothers and Sheldon Adelson have so going to fight for our democracy and national level. In my State, Equal Pay much money it would hardly matter to an expanded middle class? Are we going Day is not going to occur until May 5. As an Alaskan, as a woman, and as them to write a check for more than to fight for a democracy where one per- one who has been in the Alaska job both Obama and Romney spent in the son has one vote and billionaires can- market, I want to know: Why the last Presidential election. They could not fight elections? To my mind, that write out a check for $2 billion, and it greater disparity in my State? is the most important issue we face as We had a women’s summit in Anchor- would be insignificant, a fraction of a nation. age, AK, last October. I worked with a their increase in wealth over a 1-year I hope the American people become former colleague in the Alaska State period. engaged in that struggle and are pre- legislature to host a summit designed As bad as that situation is, because pared to take on the billionaires, who, to look at many of the issues women of the disastrous Citizens United Su- apparently, are not content to have $10 face in Alaska, whether it is pay dis- preme Court decision, we may not have billion or $20 billion in wealth. They parity, childcare affordability, access seen the worst yet. Judge Thomas, of feel the need to have more and more to health care—so many of the issues the Supreme Court, the most conserv- and more and to take that money out and concerns women all over the coun- ative member of a very conservative of the hides of working families, the el- try deal with day to day. We relied on Supreme Court, wrote an opinion derly, the children, the sick, and the a study from the state Legislative Re- which said: Maybe we should look at poor. They want more tax breaks for search Services. A portion of the re- doing away with all limitations on billionaires, and then they want to cut search tried to drill down into some of campaign finance. Many Republicans Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, the pay disparities we have in the think that is a great idea. Let us do education, and every other program State. away with all limitations. that is of importance to working fami- In 2010 our State Department of In the real world, what does that lies. Labor reported a wage gap of 67 cents mean? It means that billionaires—peo- So we need a very serious debate or 33 percent. This statistic is different ple who are worth $20 billion and, in about these issues. We need millions of from the overall national averages be- the case of the Koch brothers, $80 bil- Americans to stand and fight with us cause that review conducted by Legis- lion—if we moved in that direction and to defend American democracy and to lative Research Services included part- ended all limitations on campaign stop this country from evolving into an time as well as full-time workers and spending, could sit in a room—and the oligarchic form of society. part-time workers generally receive Presiding Officer comes from the State With that, I yield the floor. lower salaries. That may be one reason of Wisconsin, a moderate-sized State— The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- for the disparity. and they could write a check for $50 ator from Alaska. But when we look at some of the million or $100 million for a candidate Ms. MURKOWSKI. Madam President, areas where there are discrepancies, it for Senate or Congress or Governor of I come to the floor about an hour or so really does cause one to say: Wait a Wisconsin or of Vermont or anyplace after a vote on a motion to proceed to minute. In areas where occupations are else, and it would not matter at all. take up the Paycheck Fairness Act. I significantly male-dominated—crab So I want people to take a deep struggled with my decision as to fishermen, for instance, welders on the breath and think about whether that is whether to move to this measure that pipeline—occupations where the pay is what we believe American democracy I feel was flawed in terms of its ap- really quite substantial, we might look is supposed to be. When I grew up, we proach to a solution or to recognize at that and say, OK, I understand why believed what American democracy that perhaps this measure was more of there might be a discrepancy. But was about—and we still practice it to a an exercise in political messaging rath- there are other occupations that have large degree in the State of Vermont, er than an effort to resolve what I be- some surprising statistics. For exam- where we have town meetings. On the lieve is an issue. ple, back in 2010 the average earnings first Tuesday in March people come In sorting through all aspects of not for a male physician were $229,312, but out, and they argue about the school only the merits of the legislation, but the average for a woman physician was budget, and they argue about other also the facts as they exist back home, $166,000. It doesn’t make sense. budgetary items, and every person has the facts as they exist around this In certain areas, women out-earn a say and every person has a vote. In country, where we see pay disparity be- men—dietitians, for instance. The ratio my career, I have done hundreds and tween men and women, I had a lot on of women’s to men’s earnings is 170 hundreds of town meetings, where peo- my mind. I had a lot to weigh. I did not percent, according to the raw numbers. ple from any walk of life can walk in come to the floor yesterday to speak For legal secretaries, the ratio of wom- the door and can ask any question they with the many who rose to either offer en’s to men’s earnings is 132 percent.

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The solution needs to choose careers that tend to have lower pay. ference in the career choice that has be more all-encompassing because we Indeed, BLS data show that women who do made the distinction with the pay dis- have laws on the books that already not get married have virtually no wage gap; parity? If that is the case, what are we say it is illegal to discriminate. If we they earn 96 cents for every dollar a man doing to encourage women to go into are still seeing instances of discrimina- makes. areas where, quite clearly, earning op- tion—and, again, let’s figure out where Economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of portunities are better? and why and how—then let’s honestly St. Louis surveyed economic literature and When we look at occupations, I think concluded that ‘‘research suggests that the try to address that rather than through actual gender wage gap (when female work- it is something that needs to be consid- messaging efforts that are designed to ers are compared with male workers who ered. When we talk about a wage dis- elevate the issue, which is fair, but have similar characteristics) is much lower parity, a pay disparity, I think we need then not be pragmatic about how we than the raw wage gap.’’ They cited one sur- to look very critically at whether there approach the solutions. vey, prepared in 2009 for the Labor Depart- are other factors that come into play. I ask unanimous consent to have ment, which concluded that when such dif- Is it a career choice? Is it the need or printed in the RECORD an article from ferences are accounted for, much of the hour- desire for flexibility? this morning’s Washington Post titled ly wage gap dwindled, to about 5 cents on the Starting out as a young lawyer in dollar. ‘‘President Obama’s persistent ‘77-cent’ ‘‘This study leads to the unambiguous con- Anchorage, I was making what the claim on wage gap gets a new clusion that the differences in the compensa- young men in the firm were making. Pinocchio rating.’’ tion of men and women are the result of a But when my husband and I decided There being no objection, the mate- multitude of factors and that the raw wage that I wanted to spend more time at rial was ordered to be printed in the gap should not be used as the basis to justify home with our boys, I negotiated for RECORD, as follows: corrective action. Indeed, there may be noth- ing to correct,’’ the report for the Labor De- that level of flexibility. That put me [From the Washington Post, Apr. 9, 2014] partment said. ‘‘The differences in raw wages behind my male counterparts in the PRESIDENT OBAMA’S PERSISTENT ‘77 CENT’ firm. I was good with that. That was a may be almost entirely the result of the in- CLAIM ON THE WAGE GAP GETS A NEW dividual choices being made by both male choice I made. I wanted that flexi- PINOCCHIO RATING and female workers.’’ bility. (By Glenn Kessler) A 2013 article in the Daily Beast, citing a Are there other nonmonetary forms ‘‘Today, the average full-time working Georgetown University survey on the eco- of compensation that perhaps the wage woman earns just 77 cents for every dollar a nomic value of different college majors, gap statistics don’t necessarily re- man earns . . . in 2014, that’s an embarrass- showed how nine of the 10 most remunera- spect? We don’t know. So this is where ment. It is wrong.’’ tive majors were dominated by men: I came down in my decision process as —President Obama, remarks on equal pay 1. Petroleum Engineering: 87% male 2. Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and to which direction to take on the Pay- for equal work, April 8, 2014 In 2012, during another election season, Administration: 48% male check Fairness Act vote that we had 3. Mathematics and Computer Science: 67% just an hour or so ago. Do we want to The Fact Checker took a deep dive in the statistics behind this factoid and found it male 4. Aerospace Engineering: 88% male try to address what I believe is an issue wanting. We awarded the president only a 5. Chemical Engineering: 72% male in that we do have a disparity but how Pinocchio, largely because he is citing Cen- we understand what causes that dis- 6. Electrical Engineering: 89% male sus Bureau data, but have wondered since 7. Naval Architecture and Marine Engi- parity and, then, what we do with that then if we were too generous. neering: 97% male going forward is an important consid- We also called out the president when he 8. Mechanical Engineering: 90% male eration. used this fact in the 2013 State of the Union 9. Metallurgical Engineering: 83% male We have the Equal Pay Act of 1963 address. And in the 2014 State of the Union 10. Mining and Mineral Engineering: 90% that imposes strict liability for wage address. And yet he keeps using it. So now male it’s time for a reassessment. disparity based on gender. It is in law. Meanwhile, nine of the 10 least remunera- The Truth Teller video above also goes tive majors were dominated by women: We have title VII of the Civil Rights through the details. 1. Counseling Psychology: 74% female Act of 1964 that protects against all THE FACTS 2. Early Childhood Education: 97% female forms of employment discrimination, 3. Theology and Religious Vocations: 34% Few experts dispute that there is a wage female including on the basis of sex. But gap, but differences in the life choices of men 4. Human Services and Community Organi- maybe we are not enforcing these Fed- and women—such as women tending to leave eral laws as we need to. If after all zation: 81% female the workforce when they have children— 5. Social Work: 88% female these years we are still seeing areas of make it difficult to make simple compari- 6. Drama and Theater Arts: 60% female disparity that we cannot reconcile sons.Obama is using a figure (annual wages, 7. Studio Arts: 66% female based on occupation or based on desire from the Census Bureau) that makes the dis- 8. Communication Disorders Sciences and for flexibility, does there continue to parity appear the greatest–23 cents. But the Services: 94% female be discrimination? That is what we Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statis- 9. Visual and Performing Arts: 77% female tics shows that the gap is 19 cents when 10. Health and Medical Preparatory Pro- need to get to. looking at weekly wages. The gap is even grams: 55% female That is why I and many of my col- smaller when you look at hourly wages—it is The White House discovered this week that leagues supported some of the amend- 14 cents—but then not every wage earner is calculations using average wages can yield ments that were presented yesterday paid on an hourly basis, so that statistic ex- unsatisfactory results. McClatchy news- and I think were important to cludes salaried workers. papers did the math and reported that when present—to make sure there is no re- In other words, since women in general the same standards that generated the 77- taliation for a woman when she in- work fewer hours than men in a year, the cent figure were applied to White House sala- quires as to what others are making to statistics used by the White House may be ries, women overall at the White House less reliable for examining the key focus of make 91 cents for every dollar men make. determine whether there is discrimina- the proposed Paycheck Fairness Act—wage White House spokesman Jay Carney pro- tion, so making sure we are able to ac- discrimination. For instance, annual wage tested that the review ‘‘looked at the aggre- cess that information. However, when figures do not take into account the fact gate of everyone on staff, and that includes we take a proposal like the Paycheck that teachers—many of whom are women— from the most junior levels to the most sen- Fairness Act that has an initial pre- have a primary job that fills nine months ior.’’ But that’s exactly what the Census De- sumption that the employer has unlaw- out of the year. The weekly wage is more of partment does. fully discriminated against an em- an apples-to-apples comparison, but it does Betsey Stevenson, a member of the White ployee if there is a difference in pay— not include as many income categories. House Council of Economic Advisers, ac- June O’Neill, a former director of the Con- knowledged to reporters that the 77-cent fig- if we start off with a presumption of gressional Budget Office, has noted that the ure did not reflect equal pay for equal work. discrimination, it is pretty hard for an wage gap is affected by a number of factors, ‘‘Seventy-seven cents captures the annual employer—particularly a small em- including that the average woman has less earnings of full-time, full-year women di- ployer—to deal with that, to defend work experience than the average man and vided by the annual earnings of full-time,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:04 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.035 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2307 full-year men,’’ she said. ‘‘There are a lot of Alaska for yielding. I was interested in antipersonnel mines or that any Presi- things that go into that 77-cents figure, hearing her speech too. dent, Democratic or Republican, has there are a lot of things that contribute and LANDMINES ever told them to do so. no one’s trying to say that it’s all about dis- crimination, but I don’t think there’s a bet- The Presiding Officer represents the The U.S. Government deserves credit ter figure.’’ beautiful Commonwealth of Massachu- for spending hundreds of millions of Carney noted that the White House wage setts. But consider if 15 percent of the dollars to clear mines and help mine gap was narrower than the national average, land area of Massachusetts was littered survivors, and the Leahy War Victims but the White House actually lags the Dis- with 100,000 landmines or if my State of Fund has been an important part of trict average calculated by the BLS: 95 Vermont, with a slightly larger land that, including the money I have got- cents. area, was littered with landmines. ten through appropriations to clear THE PINOCCHIO TEST Each one a tiny explosive buried a few land mines. From a political perspective, the Census inches beneath the surface of the Department’s 77-cent figure is golden. Unless But this girl—and there are countless ground, and it explodes when an more like her—we are told there are women stop getting married and having chil- unsuspecting person steps on it. Each dren, and start abandoning careers in child- thousands of new mine victims each hood education for naval architecture, this one capable of killing a child or blow- year, show the other tragic side of the huge gap in wages will almost certainly per- ing the legs off of an adult. story. sist. Democrats thus can keep bringing it up This may sound far-fetched, but it is every two years. not. It is the reality today for many I mentioned on the floor the other There appears to be some sort of wage gap countries—from Vietnam to Angola to day about talking to a young teenager and closing it is certainly a worthy goal. But Colombia. But if that were the reality in the hospital about the Bosnia war. it’s a bit rich for the president to repeatedly in our States, I think we would all She had been sent away by her parents cite this statistic as an ‘‘embarrassment.’’ agree that these inherently indiscrimi- to a safe place during the fighting. The (His line in the April 8 speech was almost war ended. She could come home. She word for word what he said in the 2014 State nate weapons—designed to be triggered by the victim regardless of whether it was running down the road calling out of the Union address.) The president must to her parents and stepped on a land begin to acknowledge that average annual is a civilian or combatant—do not be- wages does not begin to capture what is ac- long in the arsenal of a civilized coun- mine and lost both her legs. She wasn’t tually happening in the work force and soci- try. a combatant. She became a victim. ety. In fact, 161 nations have already There are so many innocent victims. Thus we are boosting the rating on this agreed, and they have joined together Americans overwhelmingly condemn factoid to Two Pinocchios. We were tempted in an international treaty banning the use of landmines, and they expect to go one step further to Three Pinocchios, antipersonnel mines. They include but the president is relying on an official more than they are getting from their government statistic—and there are prob- every member of NATO except one— government, and so do I, and so, too, lems and limitations with the other calcula- the United States. They include every should every Member of Congress. tions as well. country in this hemisphere except It has been 20 years since President TWO PINOCCHIOS two—the United States and Cuba. Bill Clinton at the United Nations We condemn the use of IED’s against Ms. MURKOWSKI. Included in this called for the elimination of anti- our soldiers and civilians in Afghani- article is the following quote ref- personnel landmines. I cheered him stan, and of course we should. But why erencing a study by the Census Bureau: when he did. Two years later in 1996 he not condemn antipersonnel landmines? said: ‘‘Today I am launching an inter- This study leads to the unambiguous con- There is really no appreciable dif- clusion that the differences in the compensa- national effort to ban antipersonnel tion of men and women are the result of a ference. landmines.’’ And I cheered that. But 18 I am hoping some will be listening to multitude of factors and that the raw wage years later we are still waiting. We are me at the other end of Pennsylvania gap should not be used as the basis to justify waiting for action, not words. We Avenue because I ask this: If landmines corrective action. Indeed, there may be noth- haven’t signed the landmine treaty. We ing to correct. were littering this country—in school- didn’t sign it during the Clinton ad- yards, along roads, in cornfields, in our I don’t know that. There indeed may ministration or the George W. Bush ad- National Parks—and hundreds of be more that we can correct. I am will- ministration or this administration. ing to look to see, to continue to peel American children were being crippled back this onion to see if we can do like this Cambodian girl who lost her I have spoken to President Obama more than we did with the Equal Pay left foot, how long would it take before about this. I was encouraged when, in Act of 1963, do more than we did with the White House sent the Mine Ban accepting the Nobel Peace Prize, he the Civil Rights Act of 1964, do more Treaty to the Senate for ratification? said: than we did with the Lilly Ledbetter Two days? Two weeks? It wouldn’t take I am convinced that adhering to standards, Act that I supported several years ago. any longer than that, I am sure. Yet we international standards, strengthens those If there is more that needs to be done, hear the same excuses year after year. who do and isolates and weakens those who I am willing to work on it because I I look at my five beautiful grand- don’t. don’t want to be in a State where men children and I ask, what if they were I told the President how much I are viewed as being paid $1 to the 67 living in a country where simply by agreed with his words. Coincidentally, cents that a woman is being paid. I walking across a field, going to a play- when he received the Nobel Prize it was don’t want those statistics to be valid. ground, or walking down a road, they a decade after the Nobel committee I don’t want them to play out in my might lose their lives? They are not awarded the prize to the International State. I want to understand how we en- combatants. It is usually civilians who Campaign to Ban Landmines. How fit- sure that there is a level of fairness. I are injured and killed by these land- ting it would be after all these years if think we need to make sure we look mines. We hear the same excuses year my friend, President Obama, gave real keenly to the issue of whether there is after year—why the most powerful Na- meaning to the words he said when ac- discrimination at play or whether, in tion on earth cannot join its NATO al- cepting the Nobel Peace Prize by put- fact, there are a host of other issues we lies, why the most powerful Nation on ting the United States on a path to need to consider as well. I am willing earth is the only country other than join the Mine Ban Treaty, and joining to work in good faith with my col- Cuba in this hemisphere not to sign it. our NATO allies. This is what the leagues to do just that. What do we get? The same talking President needs to do. More impor- I see the chairman of the Judiciary points, the same power points. It is tantly, it is what America and the Committee is with us. really bureaucratic inertia. It is also a world needs. lack of leadership. (Mr. MARKEY assumed the Chair.) I will speak further about this on an- For 20 years the Pentagon insisted Mr. President, I yield the floor. other occasion, Mr. President. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- that Korea was the problem. But 20 pore. The Senator from Vermont. years later, there is absolutely no evi- I yield the floor. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I thank dence they have done anything to re- The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tem- the distinguished senior Senator from vise their Korea war plans without pore. The Senator from Pennsylvania.

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We Carolina named Gary, one of at least 29 that occurred this morning in Pennsyl- have wasted enough time. Let me ex- boys abused by a teacher, Mr. Fisher, vania. The students at Franklin Re- plain why we cannot wait another day. over the teacher’s 37-year career. The gional High School in Murrysville, PA, I want to start with 2 numbers, the teacher is serving 20 years in prison. suffered a terrible, devastating tragedy first is 130. Since January 1 of this Two school principals were sued for al- this morning. A person—and this per- year, 130 teachers have been arrested legedly covering up the abuse. son is believed to be a fellow student— across America for sexual misconduct What Gary wrote is as follows: took out a knife and attacked his fel- with children. That is more than 1 I was 9 when it started. The abuse was fre- low students before the start of the teacher arrested for each day of the quent and long-term—until I went to college. school day. It appears that as many as year so far. And that is, of course, only I knew there were others, too, but until it all 20 people were injured, some severely. those who have been caught and ar- came out I never knew how many. You feel Our thanks go out to the first respond- rested. Every moment that we delay we so guilty, so ashamed. It’s frightening now ers who did respond as rapidly as they are delaying rooting out some of these to look back and see how calculating Fisher was. I did everything I could to get kicked could, and our prayers go out to those problems. The other number is 73, and 73 is the out of school. I was in the guidance coun- who were injured and their families at selor’s office all the time. Finally, in tenth Franklin Regional High School. number that comes from the Govern- grade I got myself kicked out for cheating. PROTECTING STUDENTS FROM SEXUAL AND ment Accountability Office. GAO says By the time I went to college I was drink- VIOLENT PREDATORS ACT that the average pedophile molests 73 ing all the time. I was terrified to quit be- Mr. President, I want to turn to this children over the course of that cause then I would have to feel. But I couldn’t drink and do school, so I entered bill that I have introduced, the Pro- pedophile’s lifetime. These predators actively seek out the environment rehab. I was 18. It took me a year and a half, tecting Students from Sexual and Vio- and I’ve been sober since. lent Predators Act, S. 1596. I want to where they can find victims. That is My life is good now for the first time. You thank my cosponsors, Senator JOE what they do. What better place for can survive it, but you have to deal with it. MANCHIN and Senator MITCH MCCON- them than schools. They go from He goes on to say: NELL. school district to school district, some- I always felt that what the school did was The inspiration for this bill begins times from State to State, methodi- far worse than what Fisher did. Fisher was with a story of a boy named Jeremy cally looking for victims. Every mo- sick, an evil monster. But [the school] just Bell. The story begins in Delaware ment we delay we let a predator move calculated the damage to its public rela- County, PA. One of the school teachers on to the next of his 73 victims. tions. We kids were disposable, which is a whole other category of evil. in the school in Delaware County was The damage that these predators do found to have molested several boys is just enormous. It is damage far be- So the question before us is what are and raped one of them. Prosecutors de- yond what any number can convey. we going to do about this? What can we do? What are we going to do? cided there was not enough evidence to Over the past few months I have had a My bill, the Protecting Students bring a case. The school knew about chance to visit a number of child advo- cacy centers around Pennsylvania, From Sexual and Violent Predators what was happening and decided to dis- meeting with the men and women who Act is a sensible first step in protecting miss the teacher for this appalling be- work with abused children, whether it these kids. It would require a manda- havior. What was so amazing and dis- is helping them through the criminal tory background check for existing and turbing is the school also helped this justice system or just helping them to perspective employees, and the checks predator land a job at another school start the healing process. These folks would have to be periodically repeated. in West Virginia, even passing on a let- do some incredibly important and very, There are five States today that don’t ter of recommendation so they could very good work. But again, you cannot require any background check at all. move their problem somewhere else. visit one of these centers without being The second thing my bill would do is The story ended in 1997 when that profoundly impacted by how dev- it would check all employees or con- teacher, by then a school principal, astating the abuse is. tractors who have unsupervised con- raped and murdered 12-year-old Jeremy I cannot come up with the words to tact with children—not just teachers, Bell in West Virginia. Justice finally convey how devastating it is, but I can coaches, and school bus drivers. Any- caught up with that teacher who is now let some of the children speak for body who has contact with kids in my in jail serving a life sentence for that themselves. I am going to quote from view should undergo this background murder. But for Jeremy Bell justice two students who were victims. Shan- check. There are 12 States in which came way too late. Jeremy Bell’s fa- non was raped by a teacher. The teach- there is no such requirement from con- ther wouldn’t rest until he knew he had er was later convicted of sexual assault tractors. done all he could to help to ensure that and sentenced to life in prison. Nine My bill would also require a more no child or parent would ever experi- years later here is what Shannon thorough background check. It would ence a similar tragedy. wrote: require a check of four major data- Roy Bell, Jeremy’s father, worked When I was a senior in high school, Mr. bases, both State and Federal. In Penn- with Congress to create protections for Peterson approached me and said I would sylvania, for instance, if an employee children to ensure they were not vic- need to go to night school if I wanted enough has been living in the State for 2 years timized at school. I think for him it credits to graduate on time. And of course he or more, there is no Federal back- was some consolation for his loss. The taught those courses—a computer class. ground check at all, only the State House of Representatives responded to I was 17, and he raped me four times over check, and I don’t think it is adequate. this terrible, terrible tragedy. On Octo- the course of the year. He said he would fail me if I ever told. He also hit me and made The way these predators move from ber 22 of last year, the House unani- threats against me and my family. So I State to State, I think it requires that mously passed the Protecting Students didn’t tell. I held it in for a year and a half. we check the Federal database. Against Sexual and Violent Predators In the end 66 people offered to testify Importantly, my bill would also ban Act. But again, sadly, justice came too against Peterson. His first victim dated back what we call ‘‘passing the trash.’’ This late. Jeremy Bell’s father passed away to the year I was born. Some of those who is the horrendous practice whereby the just 3 days before the vote. spoke up were parents. Their daughters had school discovers they have a predator So we are now in the Senate with a complained at the time but nothing was and they intentionally ease the pred- done. That made me very angry. It still does. chance to pass the same bill, a bill that I learned that a handful of teachers and two ator out and sometimes actually facili- has already passed the House unani- principals knew about him. And his teaching tate that predator getting a job some- mously. It is a bipartisan bill. The bill license had been revoked in Michigan years where else. That should be illegal, and that I introduced is a companion legis- before, but no one knew why. my bill would make it illegal.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:04 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.037 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2309 The fifth thing that my legislation lieve this afternoon we will be consid- Ex-Im Bank must lend to certain does is it would stipulate that schools ering a nominee to a very senior post places in the world that are geographi- cannot hire a person who has ever been at the Ex-Im bank. My focus is not cally favored by particular Members convicted of any violent or sexual principally on this particular can- for whatever reasons. crime against a child. I think that is a didate, but I think we need to ask our- There are other mandates on Ex-Im very reasonable first step. selves some important questions about Bank’s financing, such as that it must In addition, it would ban hiring of a the way the Ex-Im Bank operates and accommodate certain economic activi- number of specific felonies—not all what it does and how it does it. I hope ties or certain products. This has noth- felonies, but felonies such as homicide, we will make some very significant ing to do with market forces or general child abuse or neglect, crimes against a changes when we get to the reauthor- exports. This has everything to do with child including pornography, spousal ization debate in the fall. the politics that individual cares abuse, rape, sexual assault, and kidnap- First of all, I should point out this is about. This is the kind of politicization ping. Any of those felonies are so egre- an institution—the Ex-Im Bank—that and distortion that inevitably occurs. gious it would qualify to keep a person gives rise to a very substantial tax- In my view, we ought to make it a excluded from working with children. payer risk, and it is large and growing. high priority of our trade discussions In addition, anyone convicted of a In 2007, Ex-Im Bank’s total exposure to insist with our trading partners felony physical assault or battery or a was $57 billion. Today it is almost pre- around the world that we have a mu- felony drug-related offense would be cisely twice that amount. It is $113 bil- tual and reciprocal phasing out of prohibited for 5 years, couldn’t be hired lion, and the Ex-Im Bank wishes to in- these counterproductive, taxpayer-sub- for 5 years. The enforcement of all of crease that exposure further. sidized export entries. While we will this would be that if a State refused to In 2013, the GAO, after doing an not have the opportunity to do that adopt these very commonsense meas- audit, found multiple weaknesses in with respect to this nominee we are ures to protect kids, then they would Ex-Im’s risk management processes, going to consider this afternoon, we get no Federal funding from the EASA. failures to account for changing envi- will have the opportunity to do it when I think the States would adopt these ronments that could lead to higher the reauthorization debate begins in reforms. losses, lapses that would not be accept- the fall, and I hope my colleagues will I would point out there is nothing the able in fully private institutions. engage in that debate. least bit radical about these proposals. Another point I wish to make is—I With that, I yield the floor. In addition to having passed the House hope we don’t kid ourselves about this; The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. of Representatives unanimously, we in I know sometimes people suggest to COONS). The Senator from Louisiana. the Senate just passed virtually an the contrary—taxpayers are systemati- VETERANS HEALTH CARE identical background check require- cally subsidizing the activity of the Ex- Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, I ment on the Child Care and Develop- Im Bank, and the risk that taxpayers think we are prepared to have several ment Block Grant legislation we adopt- are taking is not adequately com- unanimous consent requests regarding ed last week or perhaps the week be- pensated. How do we know this? We the issue of how to care for veterans in fore—very recently. That bill essen- know this because buyers of products our country. I first want to begin by tially had identical background check that are subject to Ex-Im Bank financ- thanking Senator SANDERS for his ex- provisions for daycare workers, and ing get the Ex-Im Bank financing be- traordinary leadership on the issue of that is very sensible. That is an impor- cause no private lender is willing to caring for and supporting veterans, tant and good step. It makes sense to make the loan or, if they are, they are their families, their dependents, and protect children in daycare, but it not willing to do it under terms as gen- the communities in which veterans makes no sense whatsoever to protect erous as the Ex-Im Bank. That is all live. There has been no stronger voice kids in daycare and then leave them the evidence we need to confirm that on the Senate floor for veterans on ei- defenseless when they move on to an they are systematically underpricing ther side of the aisle than Senator ordinary school. the risks they are taking, and I find SANDERS, and I appreciate his leader- Finally, I want to emphasize that that very objectionable. ship. He has been spending a great deal this bill has broad bipartisan support There is another concern I have, and of time on the floor explaining the im- manifested in the House and here in that is the nature of the activity, the portance of his legislation. He has the Senate. More than that, I think it financial subsidization it provides for joined me today to talk further about is a moral imperative. Our children de- certain overseas buyers of some Amer- it. serve to be protected now. If that is not ican exports. The nature of this process Inside of this very important and a responsibility we have, I don’t know inevitably creates winners and losers major piece of legislation, there is a what is. The protection didn’t come back here in the United States. piece of it that passed the House unani- soon enough for Jeremy Bell or Shan- The Ex-Im Bank effectively sub- mously that would authorize the con- non or Gary, but we don’t have to fail sidizes—and I will give one example. struction of 27 major medical facility other children by delay. Indian Airlines gets a subsidy to pur- leases in 18 States and in Puerto Rico, I ask any of my colleagues who ob- chase Boeing jets, and that is very two of which would be in Louisiana— ject to this legislation that passed nice, except that Indian Airlines com- one in Lafayette and one in Lake unanimously in the House—legislation petes directly with some American air- Charles. I have been leading the ef- that is completely consistent with lines and American companies. They fort—contrary to the testimony put on what we passed a couple of weeks ago— are direct competitors, but they don’t the RECORD by the junior Senator from to please come forward with their con- get the advantageous funding. Yet Louisiana—with Congressman BOU- cerns or issues. I welcome hearing any their foreign-based competitor does. STANY, whose district this is in, and he objections, if there are any, but I want How can that possibly be fair? How can has been the leader of our delegation. to see a very speedy passage of this leg- that possibly make sense? There is no hesitation among our dele- islation. My final point is that one of the most gation about who the leader has been It is my intention tomorrow to come predictable things in the world is that about getting these clinics built. down here to the Senate floor and ask when we create a government entity to We have been working with the vet- for unanimous consent from my col- engage in an economic activity, that erans office for years. We got them to leagues to pass this legislation here on entity will be politicized. It is a crea- admit that they actually made the the Senate floor. That will expedite ture of Congress and the government. mistake that caused our clinics to have this process and that will assure we put It is going to be affected. Sure enough, to be delayed in their construction be- this important safeguard in place as it didn’t take long for that to happen. cause of a mishap of great proportion soon as we possibly can. It already happened in the Ex-Im Bank. in the way these contracts were bid. EX-IM BANK I have seen Members of this body The veterans in our State—and Sen- I have one other issue I want to ad- come down to this floor and attempt to ator SANDERS knows this—have rightly dress briefly before I yield the floor, offer amendments that would require, been complaining for years that they and that is about the Ex-Im Bank. I be- for instance, certain quotas that the have been left out and left behind.

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The bill can go has been working well together. offset. straight to the President’s desk. Congressman BOUSTANY got to pass Does the Senator from Utah have any I yield the floor. this piece of legislation out of the reason to know why Senator COBURN Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I have a House that basically says: Yes, let’s go would now require an offset since the parliamentary inquiry. forward and build these clinics and not bill and the politics is controlled by The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- require an offset. the Republican leadership in the ator will state his inquiry. I ask unanimous consent right now House? Mr. VITTER. I would like to ask to do just that and take the House bill The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- through the Chair, because this is sig- that has passed with no amendments, ator from Louisiana. nificant information, whether Senator no modifications, and pass this bill so Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I don’t SANDERS would object to passing the it doesn’t have to go back to the mean to cut my colleague off, but Sen- bill without amendment, because in all House. It can go right to the Presi- ator LEE is here on behalf of Senator previous discussions to date, I under- dent’s desk for signature. It costs $1.8 COBURN, who has been more involved, stood he would object to that. But that billion, and there is no offset. As I have and so I will give the history of it. is very significant information, so I said, in my view—and this is only my Some folks in the Senate had concerns would ask that of Senator SANDERS view—the veterans this is going to help about the bill and the fact that, in through the Chair. have already paid the price. They have their view, it was not paid for. I met The PRESIDING OFFICER. That is already paid the price. They should not with them and talked through all of not a parliamentary inquiry. However, have to pay twice. these concerns. I could not convince if the Senator chooses to respond, he I agree with the House of Representa- them to drop those concerns com- may. tives. There doesn’t need to be an off- pletely, so instead we found a solution, Mr. SANDERS. I will respond later. set to this. I don’t agree with Senator which is the Vitter amendment that is Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, reclaim- VITTER’s amendment that there needs at the desk. That amendment has been ing the floor and reclaiming my time, to be an offset. I think we just need to cleared within its four corners. Nobody that is very significant information go ahead and unanimously decide to in the Senate—no Republican or Demo- that can guide us with regard to any send this to the President’s desk for his crat—opposes the amendment. We path forward. So I would like to know signature. I am confident he would sign found that solution in order to pass the from the Senator whether he would or this, and it would authorize these clin- bill through the Senate, and that ad- would not object to a UC to pass the ics not only in Louisiana but in the dressed Senator COBURN’s objections to bill without this amendment. States around the country. the bill alone. That is the solution we Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, that is I understand there is some opposition worked out. a fair question. Let me ask my col- from outside of our State. I don’t un- I can’t fully walk through all of Sen- league from Louisiana—as he knows, I derstand any opposition from within ator COBURN’s thoughts about the bill will be speaking more to this in a mo- the State. on its own and whether it was paid for. ment. I wish to thank Senator LAN- I ask unanimous consent the Vet- I can just tell the Senator that I met DRIEU for her strong support of legisla- erans’ Affairs Committee be discharged with him exhaustively, was not able to tion I introduced and for her support from further consideration of H.R. 3521, get him to completely drop his objec- not only for veterans in Louisiana but the bill read three times and passed, tion, but was able to agree on this com- for every veteran in this country. This and the motion to reconsider be laid promise—this solution to the pay-for legislation is supported by virtually upon the table, with no intervening ac- issue. So that is why the amendment, every veterans organization in the tion or debate. which is at the desk, was proposed, United States of America. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there which removes the Coburn objection I will respond at this point to my col- objection? league from Louisiana to say that if I The Senator from Utah. and thereby fixes the problem. Mr. LEE. Mr. President, on behalf of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there were prepared to support the Landrieu amendment, which has no offsets—and Senator COBURN, who is not here today, objection to the request of the Senator I object. from Utah? she makes a good point, that veterans The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ob- Mr. SANDERS. I object. have paid for this legislation in their jection is heard. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- blood already—would the Senator from Mr. LEE. My understanding is that ator from Vermont, objection is heard. Louisiana object to an amendment I of- Senator COBURN’s objection is based on The Senator from Louisiana has the fered for the comprehensive bill that the lack of a pay-for in this proposal. floor. had no offset as well? There is, however, an amendment that Ms. LANDRIEU. Mr. President, that Mr. VITTER. If I could address the has been introduced by Senator VITTER is very good to know that Senator Chair, I am happy to answer the ques- that addresses this concern and fills COBURN is objecting—or not objecting— tion. this gap. to an offset that is not a real offset. As Senator SANDERS knows, I have Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- The reason there is some objection serious concerns with his much broader sent that the Veterans’ Affairs Com- from our side, and I think from Sen- bill. So I am not agreeing to his far mittee be discharged from further con- ator SANDERS as well, is because the broader bill. He knows that. We have sideration of H.R. 3521, and that the Vitter offset is not real. It doesn’t gen- talked about that. We have talked Senate proceed to its immediate con- erate $1.6 billion in savings. So I think about those concerns. I am happy to re- sideration. I also ask unanimous con- we should go forward with no offset be- state that. sent that the Vitter amendment, which cause the $1.6 billion is not a real off- Having answered his question, I is at the desk, be agreed to, that the set. would like to reask through the Chair bill, as amended, be read a third time The CBO analysis of this offset basi- if Senator SANDERS is objecting or and passed, and that the motion to re- cally says, from our preliminary esti- would object to a UC request to pass consider be laid upon the table. mate of the amendment, based on in- this veterans clinics bill without the Ms. LANDRIEU. Would the Senator formation from the Department of De- amendment at the desk. yield for a question? fense, there are no savings—there are Mr. SANDERS. Reserving the right Is that an order? no savings—for drug-related purchases to object, let me again thank Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. Does the to the current law. The preliminary es- LANDRIEU, who has raised this issue Senator yield for a question? timate is zero. with me on numerous occasions. The

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The Sen- mind, this is a very important provi- point I am making is that furthermore, ator from Louisiana. sion, which is in fact why I put it in a not only are we dealing with the Mr. VITTER. Mr. President, I think very prominent place in my legisla- instate tuition issue, which impacts this discussion has been very impor- tion. veterans from Louisiana and Vermont tant and very instructive because it What I would say to my friend from and every other State, we are dealing underscores that not only does the dis- Louisiana is that as important as that with another issue in that we are going tinguished Senator from Vermont ob- provision in the bill is, there are many to extend for 5 years to 10 years unfet- ject to my efforts to pass the veterans other provisions of equal or greater im- tered access to VA health care for re- clinics bill with the amendment at the portance. What I would say to my cently separated veterans. At a time desk by unanimous consent, but he friend from Louisiana is that organiza- when real unemployment in this coun- also objects to Senator LANDRIEU’s ef- tions—and, again, virtually every vet- try is close to 12 percent and many vet- forts to pass the same veterans clinics erans organization in America, rep- erans are coming home from Iraq and bill, in her case, without the amend- resenting millions and millions of vet- Afghanistan and they are looking for ment, without the offset. I asked him erans, wants this body and Members of work and work is hard to find, this leg- that direct question. He made it very the Senate to not just give speeches on islation renews our vow to hire heroes clear that he continues to demand that Veterans Day or Memorial Day about because we believe it is important that we pass his entire much broader bill their concerns for veterans, they want veterans get back to work and take and will not let this hostage go. this body to start acting on behalf of care of their families. I think that is very sad and very in- the veterans in this country. Mr. VITTER addressed the Chair. appropriate for him to object to my ef- What they want us to do, among The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- fort, for him to now object to the ef- many other things, is an advanced ap- ator from Louisiana. forts of Senator LANDRIEU. She made propriations. I know my friend from Mr. VITTER. I apologize for inter- the unanimous consent request to pass Louisiana isn’t a member of the Vet- rupting, but I just want to ensure that the clinics bill, the focused clinics bill. erans’ Affairs Committee, and maybe of the additional 10 minutes that were He is objecting to that as well. he does not know that in the last gov- granted, I would have 5 minutes. It is also completely contrary to ernment shutdown we were 10 days The PRESIDING OFFICER. The what Senator SANDERS has said before, away from veterans—disabled vet- Chair is dividing the time equally. working on these and related issues. In erans—not getting the checks they live Mr. VITTER. I apologize for inter- another instance in late 2013, Novem- on. This bill I have introduced address- rupting. ber, Senator SANDERS himself, talking es that. Mr. SANDERS. Not at all. about our colleagues, said: Maybe the Senator from Louisiana I wanted to mention to my colleague I’m happy to tell you that I think that was does not know we have a major backlog from Louisiana, which he may or may a concern of his. problem; that while the VA is making not know, that we have a very serious Another colleague— good progress and significantly reduc- problem in the military regarding sex- We got that UC’ed last night. So we moved ing that backlog, I as chairman of the ual assault, and it is terribly impor- that pretty quickly, and I want to try to do Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee tant that the men and women who were those things, where we have agreements, want to make absolutely certain that sexually assaulted get the help and the let’s move it. when a veteran applies for a benefit, treatment they need in a VA facility Where we have agreement, let’s move that benefit is adjudicated in a rapid, and we address that issue. it. We do not have agreement about the efficient, and accurate way, and my The Senator from Louisiana may or significant details of the much broader legislation deals with that issue. may not know that 2,300 veterans— Sanders bill. It is not 1 Senator object- I don’t know if the junior Senator these are men and women who suffered ing about that, it is 43, but we do have from Louisiana knows we have a real injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan and agreement about this clinics issue. No problem for veterans in Louisiana and came back home—are unable, because one, including Senator SANDERS, ob- across this country who are trying to of their wounds, to have babies, and jects to the substance of the clinics take advantage of the post-9/11 edu- this legislation is going to help them bill. We have worked out every issue, cation bill. Over 1 million veterans and start the families they want. including through my discussions with their families are taking advantage of The Senator from Louisiana may or Senator COBURN, about the pay-fors. it but suddenly find themselves, if they may not know—and I know the Senator The amendment at the desk solves move from Vermont to Louisiana or from Illinois Mr. DURBIN does know— that. Louisiana to Vermont, they may not that in this legislation we deal with So when we take that bill and the be able to take advantage of instate the caregivers act; that right now we amendment, no one objects to that sub- tuition. Our bill addresses that issue. have 70-year-old women who have stance. No one objects to it within the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- taken care of their husbands who lost four corners of that material. The only ators are advised that subject to a pre- their legs in Vietnam or in Korea or objection constantly on the floor for vious order, the Senate was to proceed whatever war, and they are crying out the last several weeks—today again to- to executive session at 2:30. for us to give them a modest degree of ward me, today again toward Senator Mr. VITTER. I ask unanimous con- help. LANDRIEU’s UC—is, no, I need my whole sent that the previous order be post- What I say to my friend from Lou- bill. poned for an additional 10 minutes so isiana: Now is the time to stand with We will continue to discuss those im- we can simply round out this very im- the veterans of this country. If he portant issues and disagreements, but portant discussion. thinks it is too expensive, then don’t 43 Senators disagree with Senator The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there send them off to war. Don’t send them SANDERS. Sixty are needed to move for- objection? off to war. Taking care of veterans is a ward. In the meantime, can we at least Mr. SANDERS. None whatsoever. cost of war. They paid for it. I am very agree what we agree on and not hold Mr. VITTER addressed the Chair. proud, again, that this legislation has veterans hostage? They have had guns Mr. SANDERS. I think I have the the support of the American Legion, pointed at them before, but they don’t floor. VFW, DAV, Gold Star Wives, Vietnam expect U.S. Senators to hold guns to The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without veterans organizations, Iraq, Afghani- their head and hold them hostage over objection. stan veterans organizations, and all veterans clinics. Mr. VITTER. I believe I made an in- the others—virtually all of the other So where we have agreement, let’s quiry through the Chair, so I believe I ones. move it. We have agreement about the

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The continue to talk regarding all of the AIDS. It was a stunning announcement 10 largest pharmaceutical companies other important veterans’ issues. that Magic Johnson had been diag- have put up $150 million—not a great The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- nosed with AIDS. The reality is that amount of money for successful phar- ator from Vermont. was 23 years ago. At the time we felt maceutical companies but an invest- Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, reserv- this was a death verdict, there was no ment—to be matched by NIH, and they ing the right to object, we talk about way to escape it. are setting out to use human genomic holding hostage. The distinguished jun- Last month American researchers re- mapping and cell information to find ior Senator from Louisiana pointed out vealed that a second American baby cures for Alzheimer’s, type 1 diabetes, that 43 Senators voted against com- born with HIV has apparently been and rheumatoid arthritis. prehensive legislation that is supported cured of the virus with drugs delivered Can we afford this? Can we afford by virtually every veterans organiza- just minutes after birth. this research? Do you know what we tion in this country. The arithmetic is How far we have come in 23 years— paid last year in Medicare and Med- 43 voted against it, that is true. How from an AIDS diagnosis meaning cer- icaid just for Alzheimer’s patients? It many voted for it? Fifty-six voted for tain death to being able to cure for the was $203 billion—1 year. If we can, it and 1 was absent who would have second time a baby born with HIV with through our research, find a way to at voted for it. Fifty-seven voted for com- drugs delivered minutes after birth. least delay, if not cure, Alzheimer’s, These babies were treated as part of prehensive legislation, 43 voted against think of the misery that will be spared a research program at the National In- it. these poor families who suffer from stitutes of Health. Their apparent So when the Senator talks about Alzheimer’s and think of the money we cures offer real hope for a quarter of a holding veterans hostage, I would sug- will save. million babies who were born into the gest to my friend from Louisiana that Are we so shortsighted as a nation world this year with HIV—many of maybe instead of filibustering this bill that we have forgotten that medical re- them in desperately poor nations. search not only finds cures but saves us and requiring an undemocratic 60 It is not the only happening when it money that would otherwise be spent votes, let the majority rule. comes to medical research, by a long for medical care? The American people want us to pass shot. In my home State of Illinois, Dr. That is why I introduced, 2 weeks this legislation. If you choose not to Jose Oberholzer from the University of ago, the American Cures Act. It is dif- vote for it, that is your right. But I do Illinois-Chicago and Dr. Xunrong Luo ferent. There are not a lot of proposals urge you not to hold us hostage by de- from Northwestern University are like it before Congress. What I am manding 60 votes when a very strong among scores of researchers through- doing with this proposal is trying to majority wants to see it passed. out the country on an NIH-sponsored get Congress, on both sides of the aisle, With that, Mr. President, I would ob- project to find a cure for Type 1 diabe- in both Chambers, to make a commit- ject. tes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Do you know anyone with type 1 dia- ment to American medical research, ator from Illinois. betes? I do. To think that we are close American cures. Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, can you enough to even consider the possibility Here is the commitment: Over the tell me the order of business we are in of a cure should spur us all on to want next 10 years, I want a commitment now? more research in this area done as that we will increase the funding in The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is quickly as possible. medical research beyond inflation 5 40 seconds remaining on the current These two doctors are part of an ef- percent a year—5 percent—for the Na- issue, following which we will proceed fort called the Clinical Islet Transplan- tional Institutes of Health, for the Cen- to executive session. tation Consortium. Islets are a group ters for Disease Control, the Depart- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I yield of beta cells in the pancreas that ment of Defense medical research, and back that time. produce insulin. Type 1 diabetes de- the Veterans’ Administration medical f stroys these cells. Transplanting research. What is the cost of that? The cost of EXECUTIVE SESSION healthy beta cells into the liver of someone with type 1 diabetes can en- that is $150 billion over 10 years—to able the person’s body to start pro- make a commitment to go forward on NOMINATION OF WANDA FELTON ducing insulin on its own—a functional medical research. It is a lot of money. TO BE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT cure for type 1 diabetes. It is a lot of money until you consider OF THE EXPORT-IMPORT BANK This is not just a theory; it is start- what the cost is each year of Alz- OF THE UNITED STATES ing to show results when it comes to heimer’s—$200 billion—not to mention this clinical research. the cost of diabetes, arthritis, and so The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Why do I raise these amazing medical many other illnesses and diseases that the previous order, the Senate will pro- research stories on the floor of the Sen- call for huge investments when it ceed to executive session to consider ate? Because the U.S. Senate and the comes to medical care. the following nomination, which the House of Representatives each year Where in the world can we get $150 clerk will report. vote on how much money we are going billion over 10 years? Where could we The legislative clerk read the nomi- to put into the National Institutes of possibly find it? Let me give you a nation of Wanda Felton, of New York, Health, and we have had some sad out- starting place. Increase the Federal tax to be First Vice President of the Ex- comes in recent years. on tobacco products by 95 cents. I am port-Import Bank of the United States. Did you know that over the last 10 for that. I will tell you why I am for it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The re- years we have been unwilling to give I have been fighting tobacco as long as maining time until 3:30 p.m. will be for the National Institutes of Health even I have been in Congress—the House and debate on the Felton nomination. a cost-of-living adjustment? So each Senate—and what I have discovered is, The Senator from Illinois. year they have fallen behind in medical if you want to discourage young people AMERICAN CURES ACT research just because of inflation. They from smoking, taking up tobacco ad- Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, a gen- have fallen behind 22 percent in award- dictions that will ultimately cost them eration ago, an AIDS diagnosis meant ing research grants such as the ones I their lives, raise the price of the prod- a sure and agonizing death. It was 23 just described because we have failed uct. They stop buying it. years ago, when I was in the House of to provide a cost-of-living adjustment In my lifetime, we have seen the per- Representatives, when I was walking to for them. centage of Americans smoking cut in

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It is money well about ecigarettes, and we want the trying to do here. We are trying to spent on medical research. truth out. make sure that the Civil Rights Act If we do not do this, what happens? So before he leaves the floor, I want which passed in the 1960s actually We fail to find the cures for diseases, to thank the Senator. works. Because the Civil Rights Act we continue to make massive expendi- PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT said: equal pay for equal work. But tures in Medicare and Medicaid and Mr. President, I am here for only a then all these rules came down and other health programs, and we watch couple minutes to express my chagrin, loopholes came down, and employers the world pass us by. my disappointment, my shock that not can fire you, harass you, or do what- If the United States decides to re- one Republican voted with Democrats ever, if you even ask about it. treat when it comes to biomedical re- to make sure women have equal pay to Everyone knows—I should not say search, other countries are ready to men. What a simple concept: If you ‘‘everyone’’—a lot of people understand step in. Now, today, China is investing work a job that is the same as a man, the Lilly Ledbetter case. Lilly 12 to 20 percent more each year in gov- the pay should be equal, and that Ledbetter worked at a tire company. ernment research and medical re- means women can get a fair shot in the She was a manager. She was considered search—each year. In 8 years China workplace. And how do we know it is one of the top people in the company will surpass the United States in dol- not happening? We know because there who did this work. She found out she lars spent on government research and are statistics that prove that women was getting paid thousands of dollars less by the owner of the tire factory. medical research. Are we ready to let are earning, on average, $11,000 less She sued. that happen? I hope not. than a man for the same job; and that She won her lawsuit at the lower For the sake of the people who live in is $11,000 a year. Over the course of a this country who need cures for these level. Then it went all the way to the lifetime, it is over $400,000. Supreme Court. They said: Sorry, you diseases, and help, for the sake of the Our Republican friends, in searching waited too long to file your lawsuit. cost to our health care system that all to come up with a reason—I do not What? She said: I could not find out of this medical challenge presents, and know their reason; I do not get their about it. I did not find out about it, she if we want to maintain a lead when it reason—but this is what they said. said, until a coworker left me a note comes to researchers and doctors and They said—MITCH MCCONNELL, the Re- and said: hospitals, it is time for us on a bipar- publican leader, said in a press con- tisan basis to make a commitment to Lilly, I admire you. You’re great. Do you ference—and I just read it; I hope I am know you’re getting paid X thousands less a medical research. wrong, and maybe he did not say this— year than your male counterpart? I hope others will join in cospon- but he said: We are hurting the very But she did not find it out for many soring this American Cures Act. A same people we are trying to help in years. So we had to fix that problem. number have done this already, and I this legislation. BARBARA MIKULSKI led us, and the thank them for joining me. One of Now, somebody explain to me how it President led us. He signed the bill, the them is on the floor, my colleague from hurts a woman to have equal pay with Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which California Mrs. BOXER. She is always a man for the same job. How does it expands the statute of limitations so by my side. We have fought a lot of hurt a woman to be able to afford a when you find out you have been dis- these battles together. And the list better place to live with that $11,000 a criminated against you can bring a goes on: Senators REED, BROWN, year, or a better school, to send her lawsuit. HIRONO, FEINSTEIN, GILLIBRAND, child to college, or just to enjoy a fam- All this is, is you can find out for CARDIN, HAGEN, CASEY, MARKEY, and ily vacation or a used car that maybe sure earlier by asking someone. So I MIKULSKI, and we are just getting they want to buy—or, or, or. am in shock. Do not tell me women do started. I might also say that Con- It is unbelievable to me. Every Re- not want fair pay, all they care about gresswoman ANNA ESHOO is cospon- publican voted against equal pay today is flexibility. You cannot buy groceries soring this measure in the House. for women. What is even more dis- with flexibility. If you want flexibility I cannot think of a more important turbing, every Republican voted to fili- in the workplace, you can work that thing that we can do to make this a buster equal pay for women, meaning out. But set your pay first. I have em- better, safer nation, to reward re- they voted against our even taking up ployees, men and women, who want to search, to find cures for diseases, and the subject. They stopped us. We had a get their pay settled. Then they will to make sure our country continues to good, solid majority of Democrats—54. say: Is it okay if I work 4 days at the lead the world when it comes to bio- We just wanted to take it up and work same level, but then I do not get paid medical research. on it and get it through. They filibus- for that fifth? That is fine if that is the I hope my colleagues will join me in tered this. It is, to me, amazing. flexibility workers want. But do not cosponsoring this legislation. Senator MCCONNELL said that Demo- substitute flexibility and say: Well, if I yield the floor. crats are obsessed with this issue of you want to work 4 days a week, we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- equal pay for equal work. OK, I will will give you that, but, guess what, you ator from California. take it. I am obsessed. I want equal pay are going to be paid less for the job Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I want for women. than a man. Please. to thank my colleague from Illinois for We are here in the U.S. Senate. Ev- Yes, we are obsessed with this. We his leadership in making our people eryone knows what we earn, and every- are because we Democrats believe in healthier than they otherwise would one knows that a woman Senator justice and fairness and equality, not be. He talked about the battles we have makes the same as a man Senator. We just in words and speeches and reading had making sure that we crack down have the same pension options and great quotes from our Founders, but in on the tobacco companies that told us health care options, and that is the fair reality. for years smoking was safe—as a mat- way. All the equal pay for equal work That means, in reality, we want a ter of fact, do it, it will relax you—and act says is: We want to enforce the woman in the workplace to be able to they denied the science. civil rights laws that demand it. But find out if she is getting paid fairly. I We lived through those years. Many employers now harass you, fire you, am disappointed, but I am also excited years ago, I worked with then-Senator stop you from finding out what your that HARRY REID is going to bring this Lautenberg—and Senator DURBIN led colleague across the aisle makes. back again and again and again in the the charge in the House—to stop smok- If you even ask someone: I want to hopes that our Republicans in the Sen- ing on airplanes. I remember coming just check, am I getting paid fairly? I ate relent and understand this is about

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Nearly all of our Nation’s net job is a position she already holds, but it is they are cosupporters of their families. creation comes from firms that have being renominated so that she can con- This is an economic issue. existed for 5 years or less. But cronyist tinue holding that position. I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- policies tilt the playing field against Ms. Felton, significantly, sat on the sence of a quorum. those very firms, and make it next to board of the Ex-Im Bank, and she did The PRESIDING OFFICER. The impossible for those companies to suc- so at a time when the Ex-Im Bank de- clerk will call the roll. ceed, to grow, and to create new jobs clined to take several recommenda- The assistant legislative clerk pro- that we so badly need, and that the ceeded to call the roll. tions from its own inspector general to American people so significantly de- lower its risks, which, in turn, put tax- Mr. LEE. Mr. President, I ask unani- serve. Leveling the playing field cre- payers at greater risk. mous consent that the order for the ates competition in both directions. It quorum call be rescinded. allows smaller, younger firms to com- The Ex-Im Bank has also continued The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without pete, and it forces larger, older firms to to make claims about the importance objection, it is so ordered. do the same. That dynamic competi- of Ex-Im on job creation without nec- Mr. LEE. Mr. President, the Amer- tion is what creates new jobs. It is essary caveats or references to the ican economy is the envy of the world, what creates new economic growth. It bank’s methodology—claims the GAO primarily because it is still seen as a is what gives rise to new opportunities has heavily criticized. place where anyone—regardless of who up and down the economy on every I cannot support putting someone you are or where you come from—can step on the economic ladder. back into this position after that per- work hard, play by the rules, and suc- Second, this is a matter of basic jus- son largely ignored these recommenda- ceed. That belief is predicated on the tice. The American people have a fun- tions by government watchdogs. notion that America has a thriving, damental right to equal opportunity For all the reasons I have mentioned, competitive, and free enterprise econ- under the law, and it is the job of the I respectfully and strongly ask my col- omy in which the best ideas and hard- government to protect equal oppor- leagues to oppose the renomination of est workers win the day, while those tunity. If the very people who work Wanda Felton to be the First Vice who are less successful always have a hard and play by the rules are forced President of the Export-Import Bank of fair chance to try again. by government to bail out, prop up, The free enterprise system is not per- the United States. and subsidize elite insiders who do not, I yield the floor, and I suggest the ab- fect, by any means, but it is fair. Un- then the land of opportunity, well, is sence of a quorum. fortunately today, Americans increas- not. ingly believe our system is rigged. In Third, as those who most support free The PRESIDING OFFICER. The President Obama’s America, they have enterprise and equal opportunity, Re- clerk will call the roll. good reason. From the stimulus to publicans must bear the burden of re- The assistant legislative clerk pro- Cash for Clunkers, from the bailouts to form. We believe in the power of free ceeded to call the roll. cap-and-trade, from Dodd-Frank to markets and a voluntary civil society Ms. CANTWELL. Mr. President, I ask ObamaCare, every namebrand initia- to expand, lift people out of poverty, unanimous consent that the order for tive of the President’s term of office and support a secure and prosperous the quorum call be rescinded. has distorted public policy to privilege middle class. So it is our responsibility well-connected insiders and elites at The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without to follow through on our own convic- objection, it is so ordered. the expense of taxpayers and con- tions and close our own branch of the Ms. CANTWELL. I ask for the yeas sumers. beltway favor bank. It starts with con- and nays. The Export-Import Bank is another servatives having an agenda to reform taxpayer-funded example of distorted government and to end cronyism. For- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a public policy that further erodes Amer- tunately, some of us have already sufficient second? icans’ confidence in our markets and started working on it. There is a sufficient second. our system. In short, the Ex-Im Bank These proposals focus on protecting The question is, Will the Senate ad- exists to dole out taxpayer-backed loan the American people from the eco- vise and consent to the nomination of guarantees to help American exporters. nomic harm that comes from the collu- Wanda Felton, of New York, to be First Most of the benefits go to large cor- sion of big government, big business, Vice President of the Export-Import porations that are perfectly capable of and big special interests. Bank of the United States? securing private financing anywhere in For example, we have policy reforms The yeas and nays have been ordered. the world. That is to say, Congress al- that force Congress to periodically re- lows Ex-Im Bank to risk taxpayer evaluate expensive regulations; level The clerk will call the roll. money unnecessarily to subsidize well- the playing field for all energy pro- The assistant legislative clerk called connected private companies. ducers; open our higher education sys- the roll. This kind of public policy privilege, tem to new students, teachers, and Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the best described as crony capitalism, is a competition; give Americans the right Senator from Colorado (Mr. BENNET) is threat to the free market and to its to choose whether to join a union; cut necessarily absent. moral underpinnings. Crony capitalism out the bureaucrats who waste critical Mr. THUNE. The following Senators corrupts the free market by rewarding infrastructure funding; and, yes, elimi- are necessarily absent: the Senator political connections over competitive nate taxpayer subsidies to organiza- from Oklahoma (Mr. COBURN), the Sen- excellence. It subverts the rule of law tions such as the Ex-Im Bank. ator from Texas (Mr. CORNYN), and the by codifying inequality. It undermines This agenda will create jobs, grow Senator from Texas (Mr. CRUZ). social solidarity by pitting citizens the economy, increase opportunities by Further, if present and voting, the against one another, twisting coopera- allowing small businesses and forcing Senator from Texas (Mr. CORNYN) tive communities into rival special in- big businesses to compete on a level would have voted ‘‘nay’’ and the Sen- terests. playing field where success depends on ator from Oklahoma (Mr. COBURN) That is why in Obama’s crony econ- customer service and not on political would have voted ‘‘nay.’’ omy, we are seeing record corporate connections. A conservative agenda to profits but stagnant middle-class wages get right on cronyism will be good for The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there and an anemic, jobless recovery. Cro- jobs, for the economy, and above all it any other Senators in the Chamber de- nyism has promoted and exacerbated will be the right thing to do. siring to vote? inequality. It has isolated the poor and Eventually, later this year, the reau- The result was announced—yeas 75, it has squeezed America’s middle class. thorization of the Ex-Im Bank will be nays 21, as follows:

VerDate Mar 15 2010 01:32 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.043 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2315 [Rollcall Vote No. 104 Ex.] she will make an excellent FTC Com- Walsh Warren Wicker Warner Whitehouse Wyden YEAS—75 missioner. Alexander Graham Murkowski The FTC undertakes critical work to NAYS—1 Ayotte Hagan Murphy ensure that Americans are protected Vitter Baldwin Harkin Murray from deceptive and misleading adver- Begich Heinrich Nelson NOT VOTING—4 tising and marketing and to ensure Blumenthal Heitkamp Portman Bennet Cornyn Blunt Heller Pryor that American businesses do not en- Coburn Cruz Booker Hirono Reed gage in unfair and anticompetitive Boxer Hoeven Reid The nomination was confirmed. practices. I would like to commend the Brown Isakson Rockefeller The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Burr Johanns Sanders Senate for taking up her nomination BROWN). The majority leader is recog- Cantwell Johnson (SD) Schatz and urge my colleagues to support Ms. nized. Cardin Kaine Schumer McSweeny’s confirmation as a Com- Carper King Scott Mr. REID. We have a number of votes missioner on the Federal Trade Com- Casey Kirk Shaheen scheduled. They are going to go by Coats Klobuchar Stabenow mission. voice, I am told. Collins Landrieu Tester Mr. REID. Mr. President, I yield back Coons Leahy Thune Mr. President, we are going to have a the time. Corker Levin Udall (CO) cloture vote an hour after we come in Crapo Manchin Udall (NM) The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Donnelly Markey Walsh tomorrow morning, and there is no rea- objection, it is so ordered. All time is son we cannot be finished tomorrow, Durbin McCain Warner yielded back. Feinstein McCaskill Warren but that doesn’t mean we will be fin- Flake Menendez Whitehouse The question is, Will the Senate ad- ished tomorrow. Franken Merkley Wicker vise and consent to the nomination of Gillibrand Mikulski Wyden We will have to cooperate and have Terrell McSweeny, of the District of to work out the time problems we have NAYS—21 Columbia, to be a Federal Trade Com- with the matters that will be pending Barrasso Hatch Risch missioner for the unexpired term of 7 after we complete the votes on these Boozman Inhofe Roberts years from September 26, 2010? Chambliss Johnson (WI) Rubio two measures now. Cochran Lee Sessions Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, I ask So we could finish tomorrow. It is up Enzi McConnell Shelby for the yeas and nays. to all of us. Otherwise, we may have to Fischer Moran Toomey The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a spill over a little into late on Friday. Grassley Paul Vitter sufficient second? There is a sufficient NOT VOTING—4 second. f Bennet Cornyn The yeas and nays are ordered. NOMINATION OF DEBRA L. MILLER Coburn Cruz The clerk will call the roll. TO BE A MEMBER OF THE SUR- The nomination was confirmed. The bill clerk called the roll. FACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD f Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Senator from Colorado (Mr. BENNET) is NOMINATION OF TERRELL necessarily absent. NOMINATION OF STEVEN JOEL AN- MCSWEENY TO BE A FEDERAL Mr. THUNE. The following Senators THONY TO BE A MEMBER OF TRADE COMMISSIONER are necessarily absent: the Senator THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under from Oklahoma (Mr. COBURN), the Sen- the previous order, the Senate will pro- ator from Texas (Mr. CORNYN), and the ceed to consider the McSweeny nomi- Senator from Texas (Mr. CRUZ). NOMINATION OF DANIEL W. nation, which the clerk will report. Further, if present and voting, the YOHANNES TO BE REPRESENTA- The bill clerk read the nomination of Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. COBURN) TIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF Terrell McSweeny, of the District of would have voted ‘‘yea’’ and the Sen- AMERICA TO THE ORGANIZATION Columbia, to be a Federal Trade Com- ator from Texas (Mr. CORNYN) would FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION missioner for the unexpired term of have voted ‘‘yea’’. AND DEVELOPMENT seven years from September 26, 2010. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under any other Senators in the Chamber de- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will now be 2 siring to vote? the previous order, the Senate will pro- minutes of debate equally divided in The result was announced—yeas 95, ceed to consideration of the following the usual form. nays 1, as follows: nominations which the clerk will re- port. Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, today [Rollcall Vote No. 105 Ex.] The legislative clerk read the nomi- the Senate is voting to confirm Terrell YEAS—95 McSweeny’s nomination to an open nations of Debra L. Miller, of Kansas, Alexander Gillibrand Merkley to be a Member of the Surface Trans- seat on the Federal Trade Commission. Ayotte Graham Mikulski This vote is long overdue as the FTC Baldwin Grassley Moran portation Board; Steven Joel Anthony, has lacked a full complement of Com- Barrasso Hagan Murkowski of Virginia, to be a Member of the Rail- missioners for more than a year. The Begich Harkin Murphy road Retirement Board; Daniel W. Blumenthal Hatch Murray Yohannes, of Colorado, to be Rep- confirmation of Ms. McSweeny will Blunt Heinrich Nelson bring the Commission to a full com- Booker Heitkamp Paul resentative of the United States of plement of Commissioners and ensure Boozman Heller Portman America to the Organization for Eco- Boxer Hirono Pryor nomic Cooperation and Development. that the mission of consumer protec- Brown Hoeven Reed tion can be fully realized. Burr Inhofe The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under Reid Cantwell Isakson the previous order, 2 minutes will be Ms. McSweeny is a highly qualified Risch Cardin Johanns Roberts equally divided for the Miller nomina- candidate. She has already served as Carper Johnson (SD) Domestic Policy Advisor to Vice Presi- Casey Johnson (WI) Rockefeller tion. Rubio dent JOE BIDEN. She has worked here in Chambliss Kaine Who yields time? Coats King Sanders Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I the Senate—first as a page while still Schatz Cochran Kirk yield back all time. in high school and later as then-Sen- Collins Klobuchar Schumer ator BIDEN’s Deputy Chief of Staff and Coons Landrieu Scott The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Policy Director, and she has been a Corker Leahy Sessions objection, it is so ordered. Crapo Lee Shaheen All time is yielded back. lawyer in private practice. She is a Donnelly Levin Shelby graduate of Harvard University and Durbin Manchin Stabenow VOTE ON MILLER NOMINATION Georgetown University Law School. I Enzi Markey Tester The PRESIDING OFFICER. The have had the privilege of knowing Feinstein McCain Thune question is, Will the Senate advise and Fischer McCaskill Toomey Terrell McSweeney for a number of Flake McConnell Udall (CO) consent to the nomination of Debra L. years, and I have every confidence that Franken Menendez Udall (NM) Miller, of Kansas, to be a Member of

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That would immediately trans- Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I full-time work every week for the en- late to economic activity in Rhode Is- yield back all time. tire year yet still live in poverty. This land, and it would immediately trans- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without is unacceptable. late into growth in Rhode Island. That objection, it is so ordered. If we fail to act, the Federal poverty raise would affect almost 20 percent of All time is yielded back. level will rise with inflation while the our workforce. This is a critical way— The question is, Will the Senate ad- minimum wage will not. As a result, in order to give families the ability to vise and consent to the nomination of families earning $7.25 per hour will con- support themselves—to increase eco- Steven Joel Anthony, of Virginia, to be tinue to fall further and further below nomic growth and also significantly a Member of the Railroad Retirement the poverty line. begin to bring together workers at Board for a term expiring August 28, The value of the minimum wage every level. We have seen extraor- 2018? peaked in 1968, and it is now much dinary gains at the top level. We have The nomination was confirmed. lower due to inflation. If the minimum extraordinary stagnation at the mid- wage had kept pace with inflation, it VOTE ON YOHANNES NOMINATION level and the low level. We have to would currently pay $10.74 per hour. start bringing ourselves together rath- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The While the value of the minimum wage er than pulling ourselves apart. question is on the Yohannes nomina- has been on the decline, worker produc- Providing a raise to these Rhode Is- tion. tivity has been on the rise, and that is land workers would also impact an es- Ms. STABENOW. Mr. President, I a disconnect. Increased productivity timated 40,000 children in those fami- yield back all time. usually means there are increased lies. Over 3 years, the Economic Policy The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without wages that reflect that productivity, Institute estimates this will cause the objection, it is so ordered. but that is not the case with the min- Rhode Island economy to grow by $77 All time is yielded back. imum wage. If the minimum wage had million and support 300 additional jobs. The question is, Will the Senate ad- increased with rising productivity, it We are talking about economic growth vise and consent to the nomination of would be worth over $21 per hour today. as well as fairness to working Ameri- Daniel W. Yohannes, of Colorado, to be Yet the minimum wage still stays cans. Representative of the United States of stuck at $7.25. The benefits of raising the minimum America to the Organization for Eco- If we were paying workers based on wage are vast both in my State and nomic Cooperation and Development, the 1968 level, it would be much higher. across this country. According to the with the rank of Ambassador? If we were paying workers based on CBO, this legislation would lift an esti- The nomination was confirmed. their productivity and their ability to mated 900,000 people out of poverty. It The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under do the job, it would be exceptionally would also help low and middle-income the previous order, the motions to re- high. families who have been struggling in consider are considered made and laid The bill that will come before us this economy. This would have a huge upon the table. The President will be shortly will increase the minimum impact—and a positive impact—across immediately notified of the Senate’s wage in three installments until it the country. action. reaches $10.10 per hour and then tie the Increasing the minimum wage is es- f Federal minimum wage to inflation. pecially important to women who dis- LEGISLATIVE SESSION This would ensure that the value of the proportionately work minimum wage minimum wage will not be eroded over jobs. Fifty-five percent of all minimum The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- time as it has been. The bill will also wage workers are women, including ate will resume legislative business. increase the minimum wage for tipped over 70 percent of the tipped workers. f workers, whose minimum wage has Again, thanks to the efforts of the PAYCHECK FAIRNESS ACT— been fixed at $2.13 for over two decades. Presiding Officer, we are focusing on MOTION TO PROCEED—Continued I must salute the Presiding Officer for this issue of the tipped worker and his insistence that this provision be in- their minimum wage. Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I sug- cluded in the minimum wage bill. While some have suggested other- gest the absence of a quorum. Over 3.5 million Americans currently wise, this legislation is also good for The legislative clerk proceeded to work at or below the current minimum business. Studies show that higher call the roll. wage, and there are millions more who wages allow businesses to save money The PRESIDING OFFICER. The sen- work just above it. Raising the min- because they have less turnover and ior Senator from Rhode Island. imum wage would therefore increase lower training costs, which leads to in- The Senate will be in order. the wages of everyone making between creases in worker productivity that Mr. REED. I ask unanimous consent the current minimum wage and the helps businesses succeed. An increased that the order for the quorum call be $10.10 mark. minimum wage can also help our Na- rescinded. The Congressional Budget Office esti- tion’s small businesses to compete. It The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without mates that 16.5 million Americans forces the big-box stores to pay wages objection, it is so ordered. would see their wages increased by this that are comparable to those that are MINIMUM WAGE FAIRNESS ACT legislation. The Council of Economic paid by many small businesses, which Mr. REED. Mr. President, I rise to Advisers estimates that 28 million peo- levels the playing field in the market- speak about the Minimum Wage Fair- ple would benefit from the wage in- place. ness Act, which I strongly support. The crease. Finally, this bill will save billions of minimum wage, first instituted in 1938, According to researchers at MIT, a dollars on the Federal budget. By rais- has served as a key way to protect Rhode Island worker supporting a fam- ing the minimum wage to $10.10, Fed- workers in our economy, ensuring they ily of four would need to earn $19.17 per eral need-based programs would have are able to earn enough money to pro- hour to have a living wage, a wage in fewer enrollees and the costs of these vide basic living necessities. However, which he or she could adequately sup- programs would drop significantly. Re- the current minimum wage set at $7.25 port their family. Yet the current min- searchers at the Brookings Institution fails to do that. imum wage lags woefully behind, estimate that increasing the minimum The Federal minimum wage has not thereby putting many working families wage to $10.10 will save at least $11 bil- been increased since 2009. Today an in- in dire financial situations. lion annually in the Federal budget,

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:12 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.052 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2317 and these savings come both from the sacre. By 1923, nearly 1.5 million Arme- The legislative clerk proceeded to lower costs of Federal programs and in- nians were killed and over a half a mil- call the roll. creased revenues from taxing a higher lion survivors were exiled. These atroc- Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask base salary. ities affected the lives of every Arme- unanimous consent that the order for Some critics have suggested that in- nian living in Asia Minor and, indeed, the quorum call be rescinded. creasing the minimum wage only helps throughout the world. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. teenagers, but in fact the average age Henry Morgenthau, Sr., who was the BLUMENTHAL). Without objection, it is of individuals who will benefit from U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Em- so ordered. this legislation is 35 years old. Nation- pire during President Wilson’s adminis- Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I rise ally, over 84 percent of those directly tration and who had urged interven- today on three matters. First and most affected by this legislation are at least tion, later remembered the events of importantly is the issue of pay equity. 20 years old and nearly half are at least the genocide, saying: Frankly, we should not be talking 30. I am confident that the whole history of about this in 2014—the fact that women In my State, according to the esti- the human race contains no such horrible still too often do not get equal pay for mates by the Economic Policy Insti- episode as this. The great massacres and per- equal work. Senate Republicans tute, 77 percent of workers who would secutions of the past seem almost insignifi- showed this morning—it is dis- cant when compared to the sufferings of the see a raise under this bill are at least Armenian race in 1915. appointing—that too many in this 20 years old. This is not just the part- Chamber simply do not think closing The survivors of the Armenian geno- time high school student who works a the wage gap between men and cide, however, persevered due to their few hours a week making the minimum women—closing the wage gap by which unbreakable spirit and steadfast re- working women are victimized—is that wage; these are people who are, on av- solve. They went on to enrich their important. erage, 30 years or older who are work- countries of emigration, including the Think back to 1963, the beginning, ing and struggling not only for them- United States, with their centuries-old not of the civil rights movement, of selves but, in many cases, for their customs and culture. That is why course, but of Congressional action in families. This bill is something that is today we not only commemorate this 1963, 1964, and 1965 on voting rights and beneficial to workers throughout this grave tragedy, but we celebrate the civil rights. In 1963, the Equal Pay Act country. traditions, the contributions, and the came up first. President Kennedy Opponents of the minimum wage bright future of Armenia. have also argued that increasing the In particular, I wish to note the in- signed it. Women were earning 60 cents minimum wage will decrease jobs, cit- credibly strong Armenian-American for every dollar men earned. Now, 50 ing a recent CBO report. However, the community in my home State of Rhode years later, that figure has increased CBO report was generated without any Island. The Rhode Island Armenian- only 17 cents. new analyses on the part of the CBO, American community, as it does each How many more years should people and their estimates are stated with a year, holds events in commemoration in this country wait? In 2012, median great deal of uncertainty. of this grave tragedy. One will take earnings for men working full time in In fact, the CBO’s own numbers sug- place this year at the Martyrs’ Monu- Ohio were $46,700; for women $35,900, an gest there is a 16-percent chance that ment at the North Burial Ground in earnings ratio of about 77 percent. The increasing the minimum wage to $10.10 Providence. This monument was built Paycheck Fairness Act would shore up would actually increase employment. 38 years ago in memory of those who the Equal Pay Act and create stronger Economists at Goldman Sachs and at were lost in the genocide. incentives for employers to follow the the Brookings Institution say that the This year I once again join with my law while helping women fight pay dis- CBO report overstates the likely nega- Senate colleagues on a resolution that crimination. tive impact on jobs. encourages the United States to offi- The pay gap persists across all occu- Further, over 600 economists, includ- cially recognize the Armenian geno- pations and educational levels. From ing 7 Nobel Prize winners, sent a letter cide. Denial of this history is not con- the outset women are paid less than to President Obama and congressional sistent with our country’s sensitivity men just 1 year after college in nearly leaders urging them to support this to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and every occupation. The gap grows from bill, saying that ‘‘the weight of evi- genocide. We must continue to educate there. As the gap grows in pay, the gap dence now [shows] that increases in the our young people against this type of grows in pensions. Lilly Ledbetter minimum wage have had little or no hatred and oppression so that we can taught us that. The decidedly lower negative effect on the employment of seek to prevent such crimes against pay that she received working at Good- minimum-wage workers, even during humanity in the future. year showed up in a significantly lower times of weakness in the labor mar- I also remain committed to sup- pension when she retired. Over the ket.’’ They go on to add that it could porting efforts as a member of the Sen- course of a 35-year career, a woman help stimulate the economy as higher ate Appropriations Committee to pro- with a college degree will make about wages will lead to increased consumer vide foreign assistance to Armenia to $1.2 million less than a man with the demand and spending. promote economic growth and business same level of education. The most recent research suggests competitiveness, strengthen military As I said, women make less, their that rather than having job losses, this and security assistance, and support families have less, and the retirement will contribute to a growing economy. democratic reforms and sustainable de- income and savings are smaller. For The benefits of raising the minimum velopment. Women 65 and older, their annual me- wage are immense for families, work- I also wish to express my concern re- dian income from all retirement ers, and the economy as a whole. garding the recent fighting and vio- sources—Social Security, pensions, and I urge my colleagues to support this lence that is endangering the Arme- private savings—is about $11,000 less important legislation to help restore nian community in Kessab, Syria, and than men in the same age group. It is the minimum wage as a safeguard for has forced many to flee. This commu- even more discouraging for African- workers and their families in this nity and so many others continue to American women, who make 64 percent country. struggle in the midst of this conflict. less, and Hispanic women, who earn 53 RECOGNIZING 99TH ANNIVERSARY OF ARMENIAN We must find a way to recognize percent less. That is so, so unaccept- GENOCIDE what happened 99 years ago and show able. Mr. REED. Mr. President, this month our steadfast support to those who are As a father of daughters, as a hus- we solemnly recognize the 99th anni- currently being impacted by persecu- band, as a grandfather of 2-week-old versary of the Armenian genocide. tion. I hope we can come together and Jacqueline Sally, I know—and so does Ninety-nine years ago the Young Turk do that. America—this pay gap devalues wom- leaders of the Ottoman Empire sum- With that, I yield the floor, and I en’s work and discourages economic moned and executed over 200 Armenian note the absence of a quorum. growth because women make up nearly leaders and intellectuals, beginning an The PRESIDING OFFICER. The half of today’s workforce. At a time 8-year campaign of oppression and mas- clerk will call the roll. when families are struggling to make

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Americans do not know this— bottle of Hennessy cognac, originally and, frankly, less than they have actu- that typically there is a subminimum given by their commander, Jimmy ally earned. wage that is a lot less. Most of the Doolittle, on his 60th birthday. Many of these woman get up early, workers—the overwhelming majority Of the 80 men on the raid, only four they take the bus to work, they stand of workers that get that tipped wage— remain alive today; only 3 were able to on their feet all day, they come home, are women. get to the reunion. Time is running they take care of their children, and We know that in restaurants the sex- out. I appreciate the efforts of Con- they do not ask for a handout. But ual harassment rate of workers is one gressman PETE OLSON from Texas who they are asking for equal pay. If the of the highest in the country because is leading the effort in the House. wage gap were eliminated, an Ohio they depend on customers for their tips I hope the Speaker, the leadership, woman working full time would have and they depend on their boss for the and both parties will take the final ac- enough money for 88 more weeks of distribution of the tips to get their tion needed to pass the legislation to food for her family, 9 more months of minimum wage—$2.13 an hour. Some honor these heroes. mortgage and utility payments, 15 restaurants pay $3, $4 or $5—I am not 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY months of rent, and 3,000 additional saying none of them do, but to get It is appropriate Senator MCCAIN is gallons of gas. Our economy would their minimum wage—their tipped in the Chamber too. In 2008, Senator grow, boosting GDP by 2.9 percent, or wage—simply up to the minimum MCCAIN, who had served as the Senate $450 billion. wage. designee on the Gallaudet University THE MINIMUM WAGE Surely, as some will say, in some res- board of trustees, left during his Presi- Senator JACK REED was in the Cham- taurants the workers make way, way, dential run. Senator HARKIN and Sen- ber 45 minutes or so ago when I was the way more than the minimum wage. ator MCCAIN apparently had rec- Presiding Officer. Senator REED talked They are more likely than not male ommended that I be the Senate des- about Rhode Island and the minimum workers who work in the highest end ignee on the board at Gallaudet Uni- wage and the impact of a lower min- restaurants. You are more likely going versity. imum wage than it should be. They to see women in the diners and the This week Gallaudet celebrated its have a bit higher one in Rhode Island lower-paid service jobs in restaurants. 150th anniversary. It is an incredible place, as Senator MCCAIN knows. It is than in some States, and we have a bit DOOLITTLE TOKYO RAIDERS higher one in Ohio than in some April 18 will mark the 72nd anniver- the only one of its kind in the world, a States. But raising the minimum wage sary of the 1942 Doolittle Raid, the first school for the deaf, created during the to 10.10 an hour nationally would offensive action by the U.S. military administration of President Lincoln 150 mean—he said 90,000 people in Rhode following Pearl Harbor. Eighty men, years ago in 1864. Senator MCCAIN certainly will have Island. It would be way more, hundreds known today as the Doolittle Tokyo reminiscences and stories about serv- of thousands in Ohio who would get an Raiders, volunteered for an ‘‘extremely ing on this board, but my first dinner increase in the minimum wage and hazardous mission’’ without knowing my first night at the Gallaudet Univer- would get a pay raise if this body did the target, location or assignment. The sity board meeting, the students, all what it should, which we are going to Raiders, led by LTC James Doolittle, deaf, came out and performed a dance try to do in the next 3 or 4 weeks; that launched their B–25 Mitchell Bombers for the board. A number of the board is, to raise the minimum wage. 650 miles from their target. After hit- hear—as I do, obviously—but a number The impact of the minimum wage is ting their military and industrial tar- don’t and they signed everything. especially important for women. What gets in Tokyo and five other cities, The students who were dancing to is especially important for women is they were low on fuel, the weather was the music were able to dance because the so called ‘‘tipped wage.’’ This is the deteriorating. All 16 planes were forced of the vibrations they felt on the floor. tipped wage for people who work in to crash-land in China or Russia. You could see this dance troupe, but if jobs where there are tips. It could be a Of the 80 men on the mission, eight you hadn’t known better, you wouldn’t valet, it could be a waitress or a server Raiders were captured. Of these eight, have known they were deaf because or it could be somebody pushing a three were executed; one died of dis- they were dancing an exact rhythm wheelchair at an airport. Their min- ease; and four returned home. Their with the percussion, the beat, and the imum wage is only $2.13 an hour, plus mission traveled an average distance of vibrations on the floor in the ballroom tips, if people know to tip the man or 2,200 miles over 13 hours, making it the where the dinner was for the Gallaudet woman who is pushing the wheelchair longest combat mission ever flown in a board. in the airport. B–25 Mitchell Bomber. I wish Gallaudet another 150 years. It I watch pretty closely. I spend a lot I would add that another aviation is an incredible institution. It has of time flying between Cleveland and hero in Vietnam just walked into the served this country so well. It is par- Washington or Columbus and Wash- Chamber—Senator MCCAIN—right at tially congressionally funded. ington. I notice that more often than the time I was talking about the Doo- Senator MCCAIN, Senator HARKIN, not, people who ride in the carts or are little Raiders. The Senator has signed and now Senator MORAN of Kansas are sitting in a wheelchair do not tip the our resolution and commendation for a all particularly interested in it. It is an worker whose minimum wage is $2.13 Medal of Honor for them. I thank Sen- honor to be part of it. I wish Gallaudet an hour. They do not tip the worker be- ator MCCAIN both for his heroism, espe- a happy 150th birthday. cause I think they do not know to tip cially, and for joining us in this effort. I yield the floor. the worker. I do not think they are In 2002, I led a resolution to recognize The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- cheap. They do not know that worker the 70th anniversary. It passed the Sen- ator from Arizona. may be only making $2, $3, $4 or $5 an ate unanimously. Early last year, I re- Mr. MCCAIN. I thank the Senator hour. newed my efforts to award the Congres- from Ohio for his service on one of the But the minimum wage for that sional Gold Medal to the Doolittle very remarkable experiences that one tipped worker is only $2.13 an hour. Tokyo Raiders. We have got 78 cospon- could have at Gallaudet University— Whether they work in a diner in Gallip- sors, nine more than the 67 necessary. the wonderful, loving, caring people olis, or Chillicothe, whether they are This bill passed in the Senate in No- who make us all proud of their success. working at the Toledo or Cleveland air- vember by unanimous consent. I thank him for his involvement. port driving a cart or pushing a wheel- On November 9, 2013, the Raiders I also thank him for honoring our he- chair, whether they are working as a celebrated their final reunion. They roes today of long ago and far away

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Last year, I au- is a troubled major defense acquisition LCS was to serve multiple roles oper- thored legislation to reduce LCS pro- program that, if not properly ad- ating in coastal or open waters as part duction and require validation by the dressed, will join a list of failed pro- of a larger battle force. Department of Defense and the Navy curements at the Department of De- The Navy could have easily procured that the program’s seaframes and mis- fense. a small warship similar to those al- sion packages were on schedule and From the 13 arduous years LCS has ready serving in naval fleets around would meet the capability require- been in development, we have learned the world. The capabilities of such ments of combatant commanders prior yet again an important costly basic ships were well-known at the time and to additional funding. lesson: If we don’t know what we really would have required much less develop- Congress spoke resolutely on the want when we procure a weapons sys- ment. issue approving that legislation and tem, we are likely not to like what we The Navy could also have upgraded sending a clear message the LCS would get, if we get anything. In this case, older ships with a proven track record. need to justify its existence with mean- the Navy’s poor planning continues to Without any formal analysis of those ingful progress toward becoming oper- frustrate its ability to state a clear reasonable alternatives, the Navy ational. role for LCS, the littoral combat ship, opted instead to develop a high-risk Despite that the cost to complete the has led to dramatic cost increases, ‘‘revolutionary’’ ship that bore little construction of the seaframes has sta- years of wasted effort, and a ship that resemblance to anything else in the bilized over the past few years, LCS the U.S. Pacific Command Commander fleet. Admiral Locklear recently conceded Despite the foreseeable costs of continues to face another potentially only ‘‘partially’’ satisfies his oper- building LCS seaframes while develop- crippling consequence of poor planning, ational requirements. ment was still ongoing, LCS’s original and that is a serious lack in capability. The list of how the Littoral Combat cost estimates were overly optimistic. Just last month, Secretary of De- Ship Program has failed is ironic and— Navy officials have since characterized fense Chuck Hagel identified this prob- given the amount of taxpayers’ invest- those estimates as ‘‘more of a hopeful lem while announcing that the Presi- ment to date—shameful. In LCS we forcing function than a realistic ap- dent’s budget request for fiscal year have, No. 1, a supposed warship that praisal of likely costs.’’ I can assure 2015 would reduce LCS production by 40 apparently can’t survive a hostile com- my colleagues that if we had known percent, from 52 ships to 32 ships. Sec- bat environment; No. 2, a program cho- that was the Navy’s cost estimates at retary Hagel said: sen for affordability that doubled in the time—hopeful forcing function, The LCS was designed to perform certain cost since inception and is subject to more than a realistic appraisal of like- missions—such as mine-sweeping anti-sub- the risk of further cost growth as test- ly costs—I can assure my colleagues we marine warfare—in a relatively permissive ing continues; No. 3, a ‘‘revolutionary’’ would never have approved it. environment. But we need to closely exam- design that somehow has managed to While hope for low costs may spring ine whether the LCS has the independent be inferior to what came before it on protection and firepower to operate and sur- eternal, reality is a far more helpful vive against a more advanced military ad- important performance measures; and, basis in generating cost estimates. In No. 4, a system designed for flexibility versary and emerging new technologies, es- this case, a realistic estimate would pecially in the Asia Pacific. that cannot successfully demonstrate have allowed legislators and top de- Other Department of Defense leaders its most important warfighting func- fense acquisition managers alike to have expressed similar doubts about tions. make much more informed decisions LCS’s abilities to survive combat situ- Like so many major programs that on procuring the LCS. preceded it, LCS’s failure followed pre- But because of poor planning early in ations. Acting Deputy Secretary of De- dictably from a chronic lack of careful the program, LCS suffered through fense Christine Fox in a speech on Feb- planning from its very outset in three years of waste while demonstrating lit- ruary 11, 2014, said: areas: undefined requirements, unreal- tle in the way of desired combat capa- Niche platforms that can conduct a certain istic initial cost estimates, and unreli- bility. Hundreds of millions of dollars mission in a permissive environment have a able assessments of technological and continued to pour into LCS each year, valuable place in the Navy’s inventory, yet we need more ships with the protection and integration risk. even though the program continually In 2002, the Navy submitted its first firepower to survive against a more advanced failed to deliver useful capability or request to Congress to authorize fund- military adversary. conclusively flesh out the ship’s unsta- ing for the LCS Program. Yet even ble design. The prospect of sending LCS into then the program’s lack of defined re- Finally, in 2007—remember, 5 years combat with the lives of American sail- quirements drew criticism from the later—Secretary of the Navy Donald ors at risk is even more chilling in the Armed Services Committee conferees. Winter identified a need to slow down aftermath of the Government Account- The conferees noted that: production so that a clear LCS design ability Office’s July 2013 report on LCS has not been vetted through the [Pen- could be established and fixed-price LCS. Early in LCS’s development, the tagon’s top requirements-setting body, Navy intended for the ship to be a self- called the] Joint Requirements Oversight agreements could be pursued before more taxpayer dollars were wasted. I sufficient combatant that could engage Council [and that] the Navy’s strategy for in major combat operations and sur- the LCS does not clearly identify the plan strongly supported Secretary Winter’s and funding for development and evaluation actions, and I still believe that he ef- vive in a battlespace actively contested of the mission packages upon which the fectively highlighted the extent to by enemy forces. operational capabilities of LCS will depend. which LCS was slipping out of control. According to the Government Ac- Despite the conferees’ concerns, Con- It was not until 2010, however, that countability Office, however, more re- gress approved funding for the LCS the Navy ultimately began to imple- cent Navy assessments suggest that Program and authorized hundreds of ment guidelines to bring skyrocketing LCS has little chance of survival in a millions of dollars for a program with- LCS costs under control. With congres- combat scenario. Instead, LCS can only out well-defined frozen requirements. sional approval, the Navy overhauled be safely employed in a relatively be- The Navy, therefore, charged ahead and restructured the LCS Program nign, low-threat environment. with production without a stable de- and, since then, the cost of building GAO also found deficiencies in the sign or realistic cost estimates. That LCS’s seaframes has finally stabilized. ability of LCS to operate independ- resulted in frequent costly changes to But even though the Navy has sta- ently in combat, turning a supposedly the ships, even as they were being bilized these costs, the large invest- capable warship into a vessel requiring built. ments sunk into the program to date significant support from larger ships of

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But according to gress considers the President’s 2015 Recent GAO assessments continue to GAO, both packages have experienced budget request and continues to con- highlight major problems regarding the significant performance issues and nei- duct oversight of LCS and every major LCS Program. According to an article ther has yet been fully integrated into defense acquisition program, we would last Friday, a soon-to-be released GAO the LCS seaframes. be wise to understand this particular report will validate the need for LCS to The mine countermeasures mission program’s failings or risk repeating be subject to rigorous testing and eval- package, considered by many experts them. uation, not just anecdotal lessons to be the most important, is more than The program is still clearly riddled learned from a single overseas deploy- 4 years behind schedule. According to with uncertainty about what the ships ment. And there is talk of another im- the DOD’s Director of Operational Test will be used for and what they will be pending GAO report critical of LCS and Evaluation, the mine counter- capable of. Production should not go that will also likely echo the issues I measures mission package has yet to forward until the Navy and DOD con- have long cited that continue to plague demonstrate any of its required capa- firm that LCS provides greater capa- this program. bilities. bilities than the legacy ships it is in- GAO is not alone in expressing con- Given the utter failure of the mine tended to replace and that the mission cern about LCS’s capabilities. In Janu- countermeasures mission package to packages plus the seaframes have dem- ary 2014 the Department of Defense Di- date, the Navy has altered its plan for onstrated the combined combat capa- rector of Operational Test and Evalua- acquiring this package. The full pack- bility that our combatant commanders tion published his annual report and age will be delivered over a series of need. noted that weapons systems aboard four increments and, if everything goes I understand that in connection with each of the two LCS variants are strug- according to plan, the Navy will suc- Secretary Hagel’s direction to limit gling to demonstrate required capabili- cessfully demonstrate the capability of LCS’s procurement and develop a more ties. The report noted: the fourth and final increment in 2019, capable follow-on ship the Navy is un- The Navy has not yet conducted com- 18 years—18 years—after planning for derway brainstorming on possible al- prehensive operational testing of the LCS the LCS Program commenced. Until ternatives to LCS that may provide it [and is] still developing the concept of em- then, the Navy will be forced to retain reliably with the capabilities it needs ployment for these ships in each of the mis- the current generation of mine- at a comparable cost. Before making sion areas. sweeping ships. final decisions on any procurement, It is worth taking a moment to step Today, the Navy plans to purchase however, the Navy must first deter- back and consider the absurdity of this its final LCS seaframe in 2019, the same mine what problem it is trying to situation. Planning and development of year when the mine countermeasures solve—exactly what operational re- LCS has been going on for 12 years, package is supposed to be ready. If the quirements do combatant commanders roughly triple the time it took to fight mine countermeasures package has actually have that cannot be met with and win the Second World War. In that suffered a delay by that point—and current capabilities? This is the step time, the Navy has spent billions of with the history of this program to the LCS Program originally skipped. dollars and failed to even figure out date, a mere 1-year delay would qualify Only after that basic question is an- how to use the ships it is procuring as an improvement—the Navy will swered definitively should the Navy once those ships demonstrate some have an entire fleet of LCS’s with only start considering what material solu- semblance of capability. two-thirds of their planned capability, tion could be brought to bear on that And lest we forget, whether LCS will even if all the other problems with the capability gap. On major defense acqui- ultimately be operationally effective, ships are fixed. sition programs, that should always be suitable, and survivable remains at All of the mission packages need sig- our approach—LCS or no LCS. best unclear. Failure this comprehen- nificant further testing and have to While history of the LCS procure- sive is incredible, even for our broken overcome major integration chal- ment supports my recommendation defense procurement system. lenges. That work is likely to drive up that we should not procure ships until The individual mission packages that program costs and leave combatant we know what we want them to do, were supposed to give LCS its real commanders without the tools or capa- that outcome is also dictated by plain functionality in the fleet present an- bilities they need for years to come. common sense. We live in an age of other area of major concern. The LCS’s The LCS Program faces a daunting great fiscal uncertainty due to seques- are meant to be outfitted with one of combination of capability failures and tration and other defense budget cuts. three interchangeable mission pack- strategic confusion. The Navy does not With that fiscal pressure, there is a ages tailored for particular roles in the know what the LCS seaframes will ac- much smaller margin for error in the fleet—antisubmarine warfare, surface tually be capable of doing once all of procurement world. Every dollar wast- warfare, and mine countermeasures. So them are purchased in 2019, and it does ed buying ships with unclear capabili- far, the mission packages have experi- not know what role they will play, ties for unspecified missions is a dollar enced significant performance issues. even if development miraculously goes that could have supported a vital de- The antisubmarine warfare mission according to plan. Against that back- fense activity. The wastefulness of ex- package has suffered particularly se- drop, the need to slow this procure- cessive concurrency—of buying a sys- vere setbacks in recent years. When ment is clear. tem that has not been tested and fig- the antisubmarine package was tested Recently, we learned that, at Sec- uring out requirements and fixes on by the Navy, it actually demonstrated retary Hagel’s direction, the Navy has the fly—is more unacceptable than less capability than predecessor sys- established a task force to determine ever when so many good programs have tems. The Navy subsequently canceled how LCS can best serve the fleet going to make do with sharply reduced fund- the package and reportedly revised its forward. The Navy should, above all ing. I will continue speaking out entire strategy for procuring that as- else, not repeat the mistakes of the against wasteful concurrency, that is, pect of LCS. The Navy has now stated past, and Congress must hold the Navy acquisition malpractice, as I have done a goal of fielding the antisubmarine to account at each step in the process. for years. mission package by 2018, but no inde- This means establishing requirements In today’s fiscal world, spending pendent assessment has been performed and sticking to them, setting a stable money as we have done in LCS is not to evaluate the likelihood the Navy design and holding to it, and zealously just reckless, not just wasteful, it is will meet that 2018 goal. The program’s guarding against further cost growth. dangerous. It actually weakens our na- performance to date, of course, does I support Secretary Hagel’s decision tional defense. It is my sincere hope not fill me with confidence that the to limit LCS procurement to 32 ships. I and firm conviction that in the future goal will be reached on schedule. have recommended further reducing we can prove ourselves better stewards

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:12 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.058 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2321 of taxpayer money than we have in the ert F. Houlihan, Jr., ‘‘He’s loved and His father-in-law, S. Alex Parker Sr. hired past. And finally getting LCS right respected. And he was totally unafraid Hillenmeyer into the family’s tobacco busi- would be a big, long overdue step in to die. You can’t live a bad life and be ness in 1946 and the couple settled in Maysville, where their four children, Zoe, that direction. unafraid of death.’’ Although he may Theresa, Ernie and Cece, were born. Mr. President, I suggest the absence have been unafraid, Ernie will undoubt- Following his first wife’s death in 1960, of a quorum. edly be missed by those who knew and Hillenmeyer married Mary Agnes Farrell of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The loved him. I ask that my Senate col- Ludlow, to whom he was introduced by his clerk will call the roll. leagues join me in remembrance of the childhood friend, the late Msgr. John F. Mur- The assistant legislative clerk pro- life of Ernest B. Hillenmeyer, Jr. phy. ceeded to call the roll. Mr. President, Ernie’s obituary was Married in October 1961, the couple had three more children, Ellen, Katy and Paul. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- recently published in the Ledger Inde- He frequently traveled abroad for business jority leader. pendent. I ask unanimous consent that and hosted international guests in the creek- Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent it be printed in full in the RECORD. side house he built in Huntington Park, one that the order for the quorum call be There being no objection, the mate- of two contiguous subdivisions he helped to rescinded. rial was ordered to be printed in the develop in Aberdeen, Ohio. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without RECORD, as follows: Whether sailing houseboats, pitching horseshoes, playing bridge or crosswords, [From The Ledger Independent, Apr. 3, 2014] objection, it is so ordered. betting horses at Keeneland or cheering on f HILLENMEYER REMEMBERED FOR LIFE OF the University of Kentucky Wildcats, SERVICE MORNING BUSINESS Hillenmeyer enjoyed recreating with his MAYSVILLE.—During his 92 years, Ernest B. family and friends, and delighted in competi- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Hillenmeyer Jr. lived by the motto his father tion. imous consent that the Senate proceed instilled during his boyhood on their Lex- In 1987, Hillenmeyer was a representative to a period of morning business, with ington farm: ‘‘Be honest, and be of service to attending various Masses when Pope John Senators permitted to speak for up to your community.’’ Paul II visited and met with deacons for a Hillenmeyer embodied that creed through conference, in Detroit, Mich. 10 minutes each. the many decades and facets of his life, each In all his years teaching card games to his The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without guided by love of God, family and his com- kids and grandkids, he never threw a hand. objection, it is so ordered. munity. He took pride, too, in his vegetable and flow- f Hillenmeyer, former president of Parker er gardens, producing homegrown tomatoes Tobacco Company and a leader in the Catho- and asparagus into his 90s. REMEMBERING ERNEST B. lic Church and civic affairs, died April 3, Hillenmeyer began his long association HILLENMEYER, JR. 2014, at the age of 92, at Maysville Nursing with Thomas More College when in the mid- and Rehabilitation Center following a long Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I 1950s he was invited to become a member of illness. rise today to pay tribute to and lament the Board of Lay Overseers, to which he was He raised seven children in Maysville, selected chairman in 1960. This Board rec- the passing of a man of great faith where he lived for the past 68 years, and is ommended the college’s move from down- from my home State, the Common- survived by his wife of more than 52 years, town Covington to Crestview Hills and the wealth of Kentucky. Mr. Ernest B. Mary Agnes Farrell Hillenmeyer. construction there of a new campus. Hillenmeyer, Jr., devoted his life to The World War II veteran helped establish Along with education, Hillenmeyer worked serving others. He passed away last Meadowview Regional Medical Center in to advance ecumenism, health care and eco- Maysville and Hospice of Hope, which pro- Thursday at the age of 92. nomic and human development. vides end-of-life care and through which, as As a member of the Limestone Ministerial Ernest, or ‘‘Ernie’’ as he was affec- its first chaplain, he ministered to patients. Association, he led ministers and others to tionately known by friends and family, In 1985, he was ordained a deacon in the locally observe an annual week of prayer for was born on a farm in Lexington, KY, Roman Catholic Church as part of the Dio- Christian unity, now in its 42nd year. on February 26, 1922. Ernie’s formative cese of Covington’s first class of men to He chaired a fund-raising drive to build a years occurred when our country was enter the permanent diaconate and served new hospital to replace Maysville’s outdated trapped in the depths of the Great De- his parish at St. Patrick Church, Maysville, Hayswood Hospital. For 10 years, he chaired pression. It was during this time that along with St. James Church in Brooksville, the Hayswood Foundation, launching its where he was pastoral associate from 1998 to grant program which donated funds to sup- he learned the value of a good edu- 2002. Thomas More College in Crestview port St. Patrick School, the YMCA, The cation, of family and community, and Hills, where Hillenmeyer was the first lay- Boys and Girls Club and other projects in of faith in God. Through good times man to chair the board of trustees, awarded surrounding communities. and bad, Ernie carried these ideals with him an honorary doctorate in May 2013 for A founding member of the Council for Bur- him for the rest of his life. his lifetime of leadership and volunteerism. ley Tobacco, Hillenmeyer testified before Ernie’s daughter, Katy Hillenmeyer, ‘‘Deacon Ernie Hillenmeyer was a gen- Congress on behalf of tobacco trade associa- has said that ‘‘we’d all have to live to tleman and a man of integrity,’’ said Sister tions, and formerly presided over the Burley be 200 to accomplish what he did in his Justina Franxman, OSB, his friend and spir- Tobacco Dealers Association. itual director for a number of years. ‘‘He He served two terms as council member 92 years.’’ This is hardly an understate- loved God, his family and the Church. He was and vice mayor of Aberdeen; was local dis- ment. After graduating from the U.S. committed to his ministry and saw Jesus in trict chairman for the Boy Scouts of Amer- Merchant Marine Academy, Ernie the people to whom he ministered. Ernie ica; president of the Maysville Country Club; served his country for 10 years in the loved life to the full.’’ served as a director of the local Chamber of U.S. Naval Reserve. In 1985, he was or- ‘‘Ernie’’ Hillenmeyer was born Feb. 26, Commerce; formerly presided over Appa- dained as a deacon and served his par- 1922, in Lexington, to Earnest B. lachian Industries in Vanceburg, promoting ish at St. Patrick Church in Maysville Hillenmeyer Sr. and Mathilde Scott employment and housing; and was a lifetime Hillenmeyer and grew up on his father’s member of the UK Alumni Association. and St. James Church in Brooksville. farm. His passion for gardening and agri- During retirement, he and his wife, Mary, Ernie was heavily involved in estab- culture dates to his youth tending peach and routinely attended daily Mass, and prayer lishing the Meadowview Regional Hos- potato crops with his dad, himself the son and scriptural reflection, and continued to pital and the Hospice of Hope, both in and grandson of nurserymen. nurture their deep bonds of affection and ea- Maysville, KY. He also chaired the He attended St. Paul’s School in Lexington gerness to share their faith with others. Hayswood Foundation for 10 years, and later graduated from Campion Jesuit ‘‘Ernie is a pillar—gentle and firm at the High School in Prairie du Chien, Wis. same time,’’ cousin Robert F. Houlihan Jr., served as a director of the Maysville- He graduated from the United States Mer- of Lexington said. ‘‘He’s loved and respected. Mason County Area Chamber of Com- chant Marine Academy in Kings Point, N.Y., And he was totally unafraid to die. You can’t merce, and was the first lay chair of holding a commission from 1942 to 1952 as an live a bad life and be unafraid of death.’’ the board of trustees at Thomas Moore officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve, from which He is survived by his wife, Mary Farrell College. Those are only a few of Ernie’s he was discharged as a lieutenant. Hillenmeyer; youngest sister, Mary many accomplishments from a lifetime He spent three and a half years during Hillenmeyer Fiore of Kansas City Missouri; of service to others. World War II as a deck officer aboard liberty six children, 11 grandchildren, beloved in- Ernie is survived by his wife, Mary ships in the Merchant Marine, sailing with laws and many other relatives who were dear the North Atlantic and Pacific fleets. to him. Agnes Farrell Hillenmeyer, his sister, During the war, he met fellow Kentuckian Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Mary Hillenmeyer Fiore, 6 children and Ellen Cochrane Parker, a Maysville native at 11 a.m., Monday, April 7, at St. Patrick 11 grandchildren. Said his cousin, Rob- whom he married in April 1945. Church, in Maysville.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:12 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.059 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2322 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 9, 2014 Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m., April 6, with Vigil thank everyone involved in making the UNITED STATES ARMY—91 Prayers at 7:30 p.m. at the church. center’s first 10 years a success and Anderson—Cuyahoga Falls; Adang— Burial will be in St. Patrick Cemetery. wish them the best of luck in the com- Conneaut; Adkins—Parma; Ashworth— Following the committal rite at St. Pat- ing decades. Akron; Baucco—Brunswick; Boyer—Akron; rick Cemetery, friends and family are in- Brewton—Akron; Buchler—Mayfield Heights; vited to gather for food and fellowship at the f Burhoe—Fairlawn; Canfield—Deerfield; Limestone Center. Chessar—Mayfield Heights; Clark—Wickliffe; In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may COMMENDING OHIO HIGH SCHOOL Clay—North Royalton; Cordova—Lorain; be made to the John J. Brannen Foundation, SENIORS Curnutte—Norton; Dangler—North Olmsted; in care of St. Patrick School, 318 Limestone Detzel—Seven Hills; Elkins—Mogadore; Street, Maysville, Ky. 41056, or St. Patrick Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, I rise Faught—Brunswick; Finn—Akron; Church, 111 East Third Street, Maysville, Ky. today to honor 393 high school seniors Fischbach—Geneva; Ford—Akron; Fuller— 41056. in eight northeast Ohio counties for Parma Heights; Gadson—Akron; Genovese— Woodhead Funeral Home, Falmouth, is their commendable decision to enlist Tallmadge; Gertz—Solon; Gilbert— serving the family. in the United States Armed Forces. Of Twinsburg; Glas—Norton; Gonda—North f these 393 seniors from 129 high schools Olmsted; Good—Cuyahoga Falls; Griggs in 106 towns and cities, 91 will enter Oneal—Akron; Gromek—Mentor; Ham- TRIBUTE TO COMMANDER KATHY the Army, 104 will enter the Marine mond—Brooklyn; Hardy—Parma Heights; FELGER Hemerlein—Solon; Herman—Rootstown; Hol- Corps, 47 will enter the Navy, 32 will land-Bell—Akron; Hurd—Lakewood; Johns— Mr. THUNE. Mr. President, today I enter the Air Force, 5 will enter the Cuyahoga Falls; Johnson—Eastlake; recognize Commander Kathy Felger, a Coast Guard, 100 will enter our Ohio Kearney—Garrettsville; Keathley—Lorain; congressional affairs fellow for the U.S. Army National Guard, and 14 will enter Keathley—Lorain; Kenney—Euclid; Kuhn— Coast Guard on the U.S. Senate Com- into the Ohio Air National Guard. In Madison; Loomis—Copley; Lucas—Cleveland; mittee on Commerce, Science, and the presence of their parents/guardians, Maldonado—Lorain; Martin—North Olmsted; Transportation, for all of the hard and high school counselors, military Mehl—Aurora; Mendez—Cleveland; work she has done for me, my staff, leaders, city and business leaders, all Messner—Cuyahoga Falls; Milczewski— and other Members of the Committee Brooklyn; Minor—Wadsworth; Moran— 393 will be recognized on May 7, 2014 by Litchfield; Morris—Grafton; Nelson—Wads- over the past 2 years. ‘‘Our Community Salutes of Northeast worth. A native Hoosier, Commander Felger Ohio.’’ Neuman—Independence; Nobles—Akron; graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard In a few short weeks, these young Nordstrom—Maple Heights; Norman—Akron; Academy in 1997. Since that time she men and women will join their class- Ornelas Ramirez—Lorain; Packard—Cleve- has held various positions in the Coast mates in celebration of their high land; Payne—Elyria; Perry—Geneva; Post— Guard, most of them at sea as a ship school graduation. At a time when Ravenna; Prigmore—Akron; Rees—Bruns- driver. She will next serve as com- wick; Rippe—Grafton; Rodriguez—Cleveland; many of their peers are looking for- Rush—Willoughby; Rutherford—Medina; manding officer of Thetis, a Famous ward to pursuing vocational training Sanchez Gonzalez—Cleveland; Sapper—Cuya- class cutter, based out of Key West, FL or college degrees, or are uncertain hoga Falls; Skudrin—Cleveland; Smith— with the primary missions of law en- about their future, these young men Mogadore; St. John—Hudson; Strand— forcement, search and rescue, home- and women instead have chosen to Willoughby; Strzala—Middleburg Heights; land security, and national defense. dedicate themselves to military service Sutter—Berea; Sweitzer—Stow; Swisher— I would like to extend my sincere in defense of our rights, our freedoms Mogadore; Taylor—Cleveland; Thomas— thanks and appreciation to Commander and our country. They should know Akron; Tschannen—Wadsworth; Venable— Felger for all of the fine work she has Geneva; Warren—Cuyahoga Falls; Williams— that they have full support of this Sen- Beachwood; Wilson—Akron; Wray—Akron; done and for her continued service to ate Chamber, and of the American peo- Wright—Lakewood. our Nation. I wish her continued suc- ple, who are with them in whatever UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS—104 cess in the years to come. challenges may lie ahead. Adigwe—Cleveland; Adkins—Cleveland; Al- f These 393 young men and women are bertson—Akron; Arnold—Berea; Arrington— the cornerstone of our liberty. It is Canton; Balcomb, Jr.—Ashtabula; Binkley— MARTIN DE PORRES CENTER thanks to their dedication and the Canton; Blackman—Cleveland; Blazick— Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today dedication of an untold number of pa- Cuyahoga Falls; Blunk—Berea; Brunner— I wish to honor the 10th anniversary of triots just like them that we are able North Olmsted; Cale—Madison; Caraballo— the Martin de Porres Center in Colum- to meet here today, in the U.S. Senate, Lakewood; Carlisle—Cleveland Heights; bus, OH. Named after the Dominican and openly debate the best solutions to Carlton—Ashtabula; Carpenter—Barberton; Chandler—Maple Heights; Chasar—Akron; Saint Martin de Porres, and sponsored the many diverse problems that con- Ciptak—Akron; Colon—Painesville; Corral— by the Dominican Sisters of Peace, the front our country. It is thanks to their Cleveland; Csonka—Hartville; Davis— center was founded in 2004 as a place sacrifices that the United States of Massillon; De Hoff—Mantua; Dibble—Akron; for spirituality, education, arts, and America remains a beacon of hope and Downing—Brook Park; Finlaw—Akron; Fitz- ministry outreach to the people of cen- freedom in a dangerous world. We are gerald—Massillon; Garber—Akron; tral Ohio. grateful to them, and we are grateful Gayheart—Ashtabula; Gilbert—Ravenna; Over the last decade, the center has to their parents and their communities Givens—Hartville; Gooch—Cleveland; Gor- become a pillar of the central Ohio for instilling in them not only the don—Lakewood; Green—Silver Lake; Greig— Mentor; Hanzak—Madison; Harkenrider— community, bringing people together mental and physical abilities our Cleveland; Helsel—Cleveland; Hershberger— and helping them reach their full po- Armed Forces require, but more impor- Massillon; House—North Olmsted; tential. For example, through the Do- tantly the character, the values and Imburgia—North Royalton; James—Bar- minican Learning Center, members of the discipline that leads someone to berton; Johnson—Canton; Juratovac—Madi- the community are able to participate put service to our Nation over self. son. in the adult literacy program, which I would like to personally thank Knoch-Hawkins—Fairlawn; Koons— provides free one-on-one tutoring. The these 393 graduating seniors for their Willoughby; Kovats—Rome; Lacy—Copley; Lawson—Lyndhurst; Lemmon—Barberton; center also serves the Columbus region selflessness and the courage that they Lytle—Mogadore; MacMillan—Bay Village; by connecting youth to its older popu- have shown by volunteering to risk McGrath—Madison; Meadows—Akron; lation through discussions and study their lives in defense of our Nation. We Metz—Columbia Station; Miker—Parma; groups. owe them, along with all those who Miller, C—Massillon; Miller, R—Massillon; I have visited the Martin de Porres serve our country, a deep debt of grati- Milton—Westlake; Montecalvo—Akron; Center and have seen firsthand the ex- tude. Morek—Euclid; Nagle—Columbia Station; cellent work of the Dominican Sisters I ask unanimous consent to have Natko—Akron; Nelson—Copley; Novel— Westlake; Osborne—North Royalton; Pare— of Peace. The positive contributions printed in the RECORD the names of the North Royalton; Patel—Strongsville; Per- made by the center are countless. Its 393 high school seniors. son—Painesville; Price—Shaker Heights; outreach and dedication to the region There being no objection, the mate- Radisek—Bay Village; Reed—Akron; in spiritual, mental, and artistic rial was ordered to be printed in the Rhinehardt—Twinsburg; Richmond— growth have been commendable. I RECORD, as follows: Massillon.

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I wish him all the Akron; Smith, C—Painesville; Smith, J— Marek—Brunswick; McClary—Avon; Deerfield; Spicer—Norton; Strukel—Mentor; McMillion—Olmsted Falls; Mellone—Chagrin best in his retirement; may the next Sutyak—Madison; Tatarko—Twinsburg; Falls; Milbrandt—Ashtabula; Miller, A— phase of his life be equally as remark- Thomsen—Cleveland; Ticherich—Berea; Parma; Miller, M—Chardon; Montgomery— able.∑ Trevethan—Reminderville; Trump—Canton; Uniontown; Muckley—Hartville; Mugongo— f Utz—Orwell; Vechik—Brimfield; Wads- Cleveland; Munger—Diamond; Naro—Rome; worth—Akron; Wagner—Canal Fulton; Wal- Nazario—Cleveland; Nervo—Stow; Novilla— REMEMBERING PAUL PAWLAK, SR. lis—Berea; Warlop—Clinton; Weitendorf— Northfield; Otto—Ashtabula; Paden—Bruns- ∑ Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, Hudson; Winston—North Olmsted; Wood— wick; Parker—Willoughby Hills; Perkins— today I wish to recognize and honor the Fairlawn; Yost—Akron. Cleveland; Pyatt—Fairview Park; Remenyi— life and legacy of Paul Pawlak, Sr. I Uniontown. UNITED STATES NAVY—47 knew Paul from my work in Con- Beddard—Bedford; Bowers—Avon Lake; Riegelmayer—Berea; Rivera—Cleveland; Robinson—Cleveland; Sabol—Cleveland; necticut State government. He was a Buga—Vermilion; Burns—South Euclid; dedicated public servant and family Cabalu—Parma; Daily—North Olmsted; Sammon—Parma; Scott-Alston—Lorain; DeCesare, Jr.—Sagamore Hills; Donze— Shull—North Ridgeville; Slitor—Lakewood; man who worked on behalf of the town Akron; East—Brunswick; Elliott—Cleveland; Smith, A—Akron; Smith, B—Ashtabula; of Seymour and the State of Con- Gantose—Seville; Gordon—Westlake; Har- Smith, J—Euclid; Smith, R—Cleveland; necticut for his entire life. vey—Wadsworth; Herbert—Painesville; Spickard—Akron; Stewart—Cleveland; Living in Seymour, the town where Heyduk—Medina; Hill—Hudson; Hill-Ross— Strader—Vermilion; Tarter—Rootstown; he graduated from high school, Paul Lorain; Howells—Cleveland; Hruska—Gar- Taylor—Andover; Terry—Ravenna; Todt— worked as an electrician for more than field Heights; Johnson—South Euclid; Broadview Heights; Waleri—Vermilion; Washington—Cleveland; Waterhouse—Akron; 40 years. During that time, he also tire- Kopp—Garfield Heights; Long—Barberton; lessly served his community in public Madonna—Madison; Marks—Barberton; Williams—Akron; Wolf—Wadsworth; McNeeley—North Olmsted; Mennell— Wright—Cleveland. office, serving as first selectman for 4 Rittman. OHIO AIR GUARD—14 years, as second selectman for 8 years, Mutnansky—Elyria; Pacheco—Cleveland; Benson—Rootstown; Craft—Rootstown; Chairman of Seymour’s Board of Edu- Payne—Elyria; Pikula—Willowick; Poorman Fix—Akron; Gearhart—Wadsworth; Head— cation for 12 years, and a member of II—Canton; Rhodes—Willowick; Rodriguez— Novelty; Kociuba—North Royalton; Koltas— the Connecticut House of Representa- Elyria; Schlageter—Mentor; Seamon—Me- Sheffield Lake; Nutter—Norwalk; Steiner— tives for 12 years. In the State legisla- dina; Stropko-Jorgenson—North Olmsted; Medina; Stilley—Cuyahoga Falls; Todd— ture, he placed particular importance Surbella—Conneaut; Sweeney—Willoughby; Deerfield; Tyler—Canton; Varnis—Avon on protecting our natural environment, Tokar—Wickliffe; Vorndran—Mentor; Lake; Velez—Lorain. Wilkerson—Berea; Williams, Jr.—Cleveland; serving as chair of the Water Resources Wilson—Cleveland; Witten—Cleveland; f Committee and helping to fight pollu- tion with the Clean Waters Act. Wright—South Euclid; Yates—Elyria; ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS Yeager—Barberton. Paul also believed in the importance UNITED STATES AIR FORCE—32 of public health and of strong and re- Adamczyk—Medina; Begin—Walton Hills; TRIBUTE TO DAVID P. SMITH sponsive public institutions to main- Cox—Wadsworth; Dyer—Norton; Erb— tain it. He was the first chairman of Fairport Harbor; Estrada—Olmsted Falls; ∑ Mr. BENNET. Mr. President, it is the Lower Naugatuck Valley Public Fitzpatrick—Lorain; Friedrick—Medina; with great pleasure that I recognize a Health Department, as well as a mem- Frye—Parma; Gabel—Stow; Gioiello—Shef- respected leader from Southwest Colo- ber of the board of directors of the Pub- field Lake; Graf—Medina; Gregory—Elyria; rado, city attorney David P. Smith, of lic Health Nursing and Homemaker’s Hayes—North Ridgeville; Howard—Wel- Durango, for his impeccable leadership Services. And he understood that all lington; Julius—Avon; Konokpa—Parma; and service. David retired on April 1, Lane—Cuyahoga Falls; Lomax—East Cleve- these institutions needed to work to- land; Matheny—Stow; McEntire—Avon 2014, after a long and distinguished ca- gether and cooperate in order to ac- Lake; Morgan—Akron; Prukey—Madison; reer. complish their missions. He helped to Robbins—Uniontown; Rocazella—Chardon; David is a consummate public serv- form the Valley Council of Govern- Saunders—Akron; Sincere—Cuyahoga Falls; ant, having served the city of Durango ments and served as its first chairman. Suire—Lakewood; Swit—Cleveland; Todd— for 37 years. In his capacity as city at- Paul’s passing is mourned by all University Heights; Turney—Amherst; Wag- torney, David has served at the pleas- those who knew him and the many peo- ner—Wellington. ure of 55 different city councilors. His ple whose lives he affected for the bet- UNITED STATES COAST GUARD—5 tenure is the longest of any city attor- ter through his work. Of course, how- Adams—Norton; Bowen—Berea; Milam— ney in the city of Durango’s 133 year ever, those who will miss him the most Olmsted Township; Montgomery—Fremont; history. Mozik—Copley. are those who were closest to him: his David’s legal career, which began 45 wife Mildred, his brother Andrew, his OHIO ARMY NATIONAL GUARD—100 years ago in general practice, is children Paul Jr., Joseph, David, and Acaba—Cleveland; Anderson III—Wel- marked by his outstanding level of pro- lington; Angell—Vermilion; Applegarth— Richard, and the many other family Mogadore; Barker—Norton; Bartch, Jr.— fessionalism. David is recognized as a members and friends he leaves behind. Middleburg Heights; Bohnsack—Concord; leader among legal professionals in For his service to Connecticut, and Brochu—Avon Lake; Brown—Lorain; Bur- Southwest Colorado, fostering coopera- for the legacy of good work and family gess—Wellington; Champe—Amherst; tive relationships among community loyalty that he created, I honor Paul Clements—Cleveland; Collins—Oberlin; stakeholders and governmental enti- Pawlak, and I know that he will not be Coyne—Thompson; Creakman—Parma ties. forgotten.∑ Heights; Cuckler—Barberton; Dorrer— In service to his local community, f Lyndhurst; Dorrough—Cleveland; Duncan— David is committed to the advance- Brook Park; Dungan—North Ridgeville; Dun- ment of high-quality education. David REMEMBERING BUDDY BROWN ning—Chardon; Edwards—Cleveland; SPIVEY Fofana—Euclid; Foltz—Grafton; Ford—East has served as a board member and Cleveland; Gold—Medina; Gruszka—Mac- president of the school board for the 9R ∑ Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I wish edonia; Harkins—Grand River; Harris— School District, on the Durango Foun- to honor a larger than life personality Akron; Hayes—Cleveland; Heath—Akron; dation for Educational Excellence, and and a true American hero, Buddy Hildreth—Lorain; Hill—Westlake; Holley— on the advisory board for Animas High Brown Spivey, who was recently in- Akron; Holzwarth—Twinsburg; Hrusovsky— School. terred at Arlington National Cemetery. Seven Hills; Hunt—Brooklyn; Jennings, J— After full engagement and an inte- Buddy’s story is truly inspirational. Cleveland; Jennings, S—Akron; Jennings— Akron. gral role in shaping the future of Du- While serving in the U.S. Marine Corps, Johns—Brunswick; Kasperski—Independ- rango and Southern Colorado for dec- he was deployed to Vietnam. On De- ence; Kawkabani—Mentor; Kerrigan—Fair- ades, David is transitioning from his cember 7, 1966, he was severely injured view; Kucho—Akron; Kurzinger—Mentor; service as the city attorney to enter a by an explosion that led most of his

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:12 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.032 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2324 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 9, 2014 unit to believe he died that day. The In 2008, the Ohio Ayrshire Breeders of Florida’s many research institutes, explosion took Buddy’s eyesight, his Association presented Paul with the the University of South Florida, USF, right leg, and caused brain damage. He Ohio Ayrshire Distinguished Service Health Byrd Alzheimer’s Institute. A refused to allow it to take his spirit. Award, a testament to the care with leader in the field, the Byrd Institute is After years of rehabilitation, Buddy which Mr. Rinebold raised, treated, and already implementing and routinely returned to Arkansas with the inten- bred his cows. It was at this awards practicing key tenets outlined in the tion of helping his fellow veterans live ceremony that the association thanked milestones of the Federal Govern- happy, productive lives after service. Paul and Ardith for their dedication ment’s 2013 National Alzheimer’s Plan, That was the thing about Buddy, he and expertise in the field of dairy farm- including prevention, memory impair- never stopped thinking of others de- ing. By 2008, the couple had attended ment screening, state-of-the-art diag- spite the difficult circumstances he more national Ayrshire conventions nosis and treatment, supportive serv- found himself in after his own military than any other Ayrshire dairy farm in ices, and education. service. the country, adding up to a total of 40 As a university-affiliated free-stand- After earning his master’s degree at years’ of conventions. ing Alzheimer’s center, the Byrd Insti- the University of Arkansas, Buddy While he was not working on the tute is one of very few places that can went to work for the Blinded Veterans farm, Paul dedicated his time to bene- offer high-quality, integrated Alz- Association, where he served as field fitting the community he called home. heimer’s care. In fact, USF Magazine representative for 10 years. He later Active in his community, he was a boasts that it is ‘‘the largest facility of worked as a counseling psychologist member of St. John’s United Church its kind in the world.’’ The Byrd Insti- and social worker at the VA hospital in Christ in Fostoria; the Seneca County tute’s streamlined approach empha- Little Rock. Farm Bureau; the State and National sizes integrated Alzheimer’s care It has been said that he rarely missed Ayrshire Associations; the National among physicians, researchers, thera- a day of work. Helping his fellow vet- Dairy Shrine; and both the State and pists, social workers, support groups, erans was a job he was paid to do until National level of the Loudon Center caregivers, and other entities that play he retired in 2007, but continued to do Grange. Paul helped each of his four a crucial role in the comprehensive long after that. That is how dedicated children earn their 4–H club 10-year well-being of Alzheimer’s patients. As he was to his fellow veterans. an active Alzheimer’s research site, pa- Spivey family members will regale pins in Seneca County, and he enjoyed working with them on their county fair tients have access to many publicly you with stories about Buddy’s capti- and privately funded clinical trials. Re- vating personality. He was known as a projects and yearly showcases at the Ohio State Fair. Paul loved farming, search productivity at the Byrd Insti- sharp, at times flashy, dresser who tute has been brisk with $2.7 million in wore a suit and tie to work long after dairying and bowling, but most of all, his family. Federal grant expenditures for basic business casual became the norm. He and translational research from 17 new was a masterful storyteller, but he also This week—on what would have been Mr. Rinebold’s 76th birthday—I would and continuing Federal grants in 2012 listened to others’ stories with the and 2013. The Alzheimer’s Association, same intensity. After repeat meetings, like to honor him for his dedication, service to our country, and contribu- along with several other non-Federal people were often amazed that Buddy sponsors, provided nearly $1 million in remembered every detail of a person’s tions to the Ohio dairy community and his friends and neighbors in Fostoria funding to the center. story from the last time they met. The institute’s strong track record as community. I would also extend my Most importantly, Buddy inspired a regional trailblazer in Alzheimer’s thoughts and condolences to his fam- people. His sacrifices on the battlefield care demonstrates the vast potential ily—his wife Ardith, sons Jeffrey and earned him two Purple Hearts and two for the expansion of similar types of Michael, daughters Cheryl Ann and Bronze Stars. His sacrifices after serv- care centers on a national level. Mov- Paula, eight grandchildren, Brian, A.J., ice earned him accolades of another ing forward, the Byrd Institute offers Jackson, Brittany, Brayden, Blake, sort. The lives he touched, the people hope for accelerated and improved Alz- he helped, will always remember that Taylor, and Cameron, and two great- heimer’s care. It is a living and breath- sharply dressed man who put others grandchildren, Anistyn and Chase, on ing testament to what can be accom- first.∑ their loss. plished by working together to tackle a Emerson wrote ‘‘To know one life has f problem that affects us all and a true breathed easier because you have lived, REMEMBERING PAUL RINEBOLD model for the future of Alzheimer’s that is to have succeeded.’’ We have all care in this Nation. ∑ ∑ Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I wish to breathed easier because of Paul. I know that many Floridians—as well honor Paul Rinebold, a dedicated Ohio f as advocates from all across the Na- dairy farmer, great-grandfather, and USF HEALTH BYRD ALZHEIMER’S tion—are visiting with their congres- community member who passed away INSTITUTE sional representatives to urge greater last month. Ohio and our Nation are funding for research funding at the Na- ∑ Mr. NELSON. Mr. President, we need made strong by people like Paul—men tional Institutes of Health and care- to find a cure for the devastating dis- and women who have dedicated their giver support from the Administration ease of Alzheimer’s. According to the lives to their family, community, and for Community Living. I want all Flo- Alzheimer’s Association, there are 5 work. ridians visiting, as well as all of those A son of Fostoria, OH, Paul lived his million people living with Alzheimer’s who couldn’t be here today, to know entire life in his community. After in America today. Last year alone, $213 that I share their commitment for find- graduating from Hopewell-Loudon High billion was spent on Alzheimer’s care ing a cure for this dreaded disease.∑ School in Bascom, OH, he joined the in the United States. And if measures U.S. Army and served his country for 7 are not taken to address the issue, it is f years. During that time, in 1959, he estimated this will rise to $1 trillion a FAIRFIELD EAGLES married Ardith Bloom of Fremont, OH. year by midcentury. ∑ Mr. TESTER. Mr. President, I wish Mr. Rinebold was a self-employed As the senior Senator from Florida to honor the Montana Class B Girls dairy farmer who founded PAR 3 and the chairman of the Special Com- Basketball State Champions: the Fair- Farms, named after himself, Paul (P), mittee on Aging, I am well aware of field Eagles. his wife, Ardith (AR), and the first the toll this disease takes on individ- In rural Montana, high school bas- three (3) of what would be their four uals and their families. In 2010, about ketball is a way of life. Rural towns children. PAR 3 Farms has been recog- 450,000 Floridians were living with this take pride in their teams’ success, and nized by both the Ohio State and the disease, but this number is expected to fans often travel hours across the State National Ayrshire Breeders Associa- rise to 590,000 by the year 2025. to see their children, their grand- tions for its contributions to the dairy Florida is the home of children, or their neighbors play. Fair- business in Seneca County. Mr. groundbreaking research in the field of field, MT, is no exception. Rinebold’s family farm is still in oper- treating, and hopefully curing, Alz- This year, the Eagles won their ation today. heimer’s. Today I will focus on just one fourth consecutive State championship

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:12 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.012 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S2325 and their 104th consecutive game. And S. 404. An act to preserve the Green Moun- relative to the Animal Drug User Fee Act for they did it in thrilling fashion, winning tain Lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness fiscal year 2013; to the Committee on Health, a 60-to-55 double overtime game that of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Education, Labor, and Pensions. Forest. EC–5289. A communication from the Sec- included a 3-pointer to tie the game as retary of Health and Human Services, trans- f the buzzer sounded at end of the first mitting, pursuant to law, a financial report overtime. MEASURES REFERRED relative to the Generic Drug User Fee The Eagles basketball team also puts Amendments of 2012 for fiscal year 2013; to forth the same kind of effort in the The following bill was read the first the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, classroom; Fairfield has done a great and the second times by unanimous and Pensions. job of turning out some incredible stu- consent, and referred as indicated: EC–5290. A communication from the Sec- dent athletes. H.R. 1871. An act to amend the Balanced retary of Health and Human Services, trans- Fairfield principal and girls’ head Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act mitting, pursuant to law, a financial report for fiscal year 2013 relative to the Biosimilar coach Dustin Gordon makes sure of of 1985 to reform the budget baseline; to the Committee on the Budget. User Fee Act of 2012; to the Committee on that. Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Congratulations on another great f EC–5291. A communication from the Sec- season. Go Eagles!∑ MEASURES PLACED ON THE retary of Health and Human Services, trans- f mitting, pursuant to law, a financial report CALENDAR relative to the Medical Device User Fee MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE FROM The following bill was read the sec- Amendments of 2012 for fiscal year 2013; to APRIL 8, 2014 ond time, and placed on the calendar: the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. At 11:43 a.m., a message from the S. 2223. A bill to provide for an increase in House of Representatives, delivered by EC–5292. A communication from the Direc- the Federal minimum wage and to amend tor of Regulations Policy and Management Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend Staff, Food and Drug Administration, De- announced that the House has passed increased expensing limitations and the partment of Health and Human Services, the following bill, without amendment: treatment of certain real property as section transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of 179 property. S. 404. An act to preserve the Green Moun- a rule entitled ‘‘Establishment, Mainte- tain Lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness f nance, and Availability of Records: Amend- of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National ment to Record Availability Requirements’’ Forest. ENROLLED BILL PRESENTED ((Docket No. FDA–2002–N–0153, Formerly The message also announced that the The Secretary of the Senate reported Docket No. FDA 2002N–0277) (RIN0910–AG73)) House has passed the following bills, in that on today, April 9, 2014, she had received in the Office of the President of the presented to the President of the Senate on April 7, 2014; to the Committee on which it requests the concurrence of Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. the Senate: United States the following enrolled f H.R. 1872. An act to amend the Balanced bill: Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act S. 404. An act to preserve the Green Moun- PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS of 1985 to increase transparency in Federal tain Lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness The following petition or memorial budgeting, and for other purposes. of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National was laid before the Senate and was re- H.R. 3470. An act to affirm the importance Forest. of the Taiwan Relations Act, to provide for ferred or ordered to lie on the table as the transfer of naval vessels to certain for- f indicated: eign countries, and for other purposes. EXECUTIVE AND OTHER POM–222. A resolution adopted by the H.R. 4323. An act to reauthorize programs COMMUNICATIONS Delaware County Board of Supervisors of the authorized under the Debbie Smith Act of State of New York entitled ‘‘In Support of 2004, and for other purposes. The following communications were Home Rule 543 ‘Blue Water Navy Vietnam The message further announced that laid before the Senate, together with Veterans Act of 2013’ ’’; to the Committee on the House has agreed to the following accompanying papers, reports, and doc- Armed Services. concurrent resolution, in which it re- uments, and were referred as indicated: f quests the concurrence of the Senate: EC–5284. A communication from the Assist- EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF H. Con. Res. 90. Concurrent resolution au- ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- COMMITTEES thorizing the use of Emancipation Hall in ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to the Capitol Visitor Center for a ceremony as law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘Visas: The following executive reports of part of the commemoration for the days of Waiver by Joint Action of Visa and Passport nominations were submitted: remembrance of victims of the Holocaust. Requirements for Members of Armed Forces By Mr. ROCKEFELLER for the Committee ENROLLED BILL SIGNED and Coast Guards of Foreign Countries’’ on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. At 5:48 p.m., a message from the (RIN1400–AD51) received in the Office of the *David J. Arroyo, of New York, to be a President of the Senate on April 8, 2014; to House of Representatives, delivered by Member of the Board of Directors of the Cor- the Committee on Foreign Relations. poration for Public Broadcasting for a term Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, EC–5285. A communication from the Direc- expiring January 31, 2016. announced that the Speaker had signed tor of Congressional Affairs, Nuclear Regu- *William P. Doyle, of Pennsylvania, to be a the following enrolled bill: latory Commission, transmitting, pursuant Federal Maritime Commissioner for a term S. 404. An act to preserve the Green Moun- to law, the report of a rule entitled ‘‘List of expiring June 30, 2018. tain Lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: Coast Guard nominations beginning with of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Transnuclear, Inc. Standardized NUHOMS Linda L. Fagan and ending with James E. Forest. Cask System’’ (RIN3150–AJ28) received in the Rendon, which nominations were received by Office of the President of the Senate on April the Senate and appeared in the Congres- f 7, 2014; to the Committee on Environment sional Record on March 10, 2014. MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE and Public Works. Coast Guard nomination of Rear Adm. Wil- At 10:32 a.m., a message from the EC–5286. A communication from the Vice liam D. Lee, to be Vice Admiral. President, Government Relations, Tennessee Coast Guard nomination of Rear Adm. House of Representatives, delivered by Valley Authority, transmitting, pursuant to Charles W. Ray, to be Vice Admiral. Mrs. Cole, one of its reading clerks, an- law, the Authority’s Statistical Summary Coast Guard nomination of Rear Adm. nounced that the House has passed the for fiscal year 2013; to the Committee on En- Charles D. Michel, to be Vice Admiral. following bill, in which it requests the vironment and Public Works. Coast Guard nomination of Vice Adm. concurrence of the Senate: EC–5287. A communication from the Sec- Peter V. Neffenger, to be Vice Admiral. H.R. 1871. An act to amend the Balanced retary of Health and Human Services, trans- Mr. ROCKEFELLER. Mr. President, Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act mitting, pursuant to law, a financial report for the Committee on Commerce, of 1985 to reform the budget baseline. relative to the Animal Generic Drug User Science, and Transportation I report Fee Act for fiscal year 2013; to the Com- ENROLLED BILL SIGNED favorably the following nomination mittee on Health, Education, Labor, and The President pro tempore (Mr. Pensions. lists which were printed in the LEAHY) announced that he had signed EC–5288. A communication from the Sec- RECORDS on the dates indicated, and the following enrolled bill, previously retary of Health and Human Services, trans- ask unanimous consent, to save the ex- signed by the Speaker of the House: mitting, pursuant to law, a financial report pense of reprinting on the Executive

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:21 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G09AP6.066 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2326 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 9, 2014 Calendar that these nominations lie at panels, including conflict of interest rules to (Treaty Doc. 109–20) (the ‘‘2006 German Pro- the Secretary’s desk for the informa- be applied to members of the arbitration tocol’’); tion of Senators. panel. (ii) the Convention between the Govern- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (2)(A) Not later than 60 days after a deter- ment of the United States of America and mination has been reached by an arbitration the Government of the Kingdom of Belgium objection, it is so ordered. panel in the tenth arbitration proceeding for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and Coast Guard nominations beginning with conducted pursuant to the Protocol or any of the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Re- Ruby L. Collins and ending with Michael W. the treaties described in subparagraph (B), spect to Taxes on Income, and accompanying Wampler, which nominations were received the Secretary of the Treasury shall prepare protocol, done at Brussels July 9, 1970 (the by the Senate and appeared in the Congres- and submit to the Joint Committee on Tax- ‘‘Belgium Convention’’) (Treaty Doc. 110–3); sional Record on January 16, 2014. ation and the Committee on Finance of the (iii) the Protocol Amending the Conven- Coast Guard nominations beginning with Senate, subject to laws relating to taxpayer tion between the United States of America William C. Adams and ending with Adam K. confidentiality, a detailed report regarding and Canada with Respect to Taxes on Income Young, which nominations were received by the operation and application of the arbitra- and on Capital, signed at Washington Sep- the Senate and appeared in the Congres- tion mechanism contained in the Protocol tember 26, 1980 (the ‘‘2007 Canada Protocol’’) sional Record on January 16, 2014. and such treaties. The report shall include (Treaty Doc. 110–15); or Coast Guard nominations beginning with the following information: (iv) the Protocol Amending the Convention Kevin J. Lopes and ending with Mariette C. (i) For the Protocol and each such treaty, between the Government of the United Ogg, which nominations were received by the the aggregate number of cases pending on States of America and the Government of Senate and appeared in the Congressional the respective dates of entry into force of the the French Republic for the Avoidance of Record on February 6, 2014. Protocol and each treaty, including the fol- Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fis- By Mr. SCHUMER for the Committee on lowing information: cal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income Rules and Administration. (I) The number of such cases by treaty ar- and Capital, signed at Paris August 31, 1994 *Myrna Perez, of Texas, to be a Member of ticle or articles at issue. (the ‘‘2009 France Protocol’’) (Treaty Doc. the Election Assistance Commission for a (II) The number of such cases that have 111–4). term expiring December 12, 2015. been resolved by the competent authorities (3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall pre- *Thomas Hicks, of Virginia, to be a Mem- through a mutual agreement as of the date pare and submit the detailed report required ber of the Election Assistance Commission of the report. under paragraph (2) on March 1 of the year for a term expiring December 12, 2017. (III) The number of such cases for which following the year in which the first report *Nomination was reported with rec- arbitration proceedings have commenced as is submitted to the Joint Committee on Tax- ommendation that it be confirmed sub- of the date of the report. ation and the Committee on Finance of the ject to the nominee’s commitment to (ii) A list of every case presented to the Senate, and on an annual basis thereafter for competent authorities after the entry into respond to requests to appear and tes- a period of five years. In each such report, force of the Protocol and each such treaty, disputes that were resolved, either by a mu- tify before any duly constituted com- including the following information regard- tual agreement between the relevant com- mittee of the Senate. ing each case: petent authorities or by a determination of (Nominations without an asterisk (I) The commencement date of the case for an arbitration panel, and noted as such in were reported with the recommenda- purposes of determining when arbitration is prior reports may be omitted. tion that they be confirmed.) available. (4) The reporting requirements referred to (II) Whether the adjustment triggering the f in paragraphs (2) and (3) supersede the re- case, if any, was made by the United States porting requirements contained in para- EXECUTIVE REPORT OF or the relevant treaty partner. graphs (2) and (3) of section 3 of the resolu- COMMITTEE—TREATY (III) Which treaty the case relates to. tion of advice and consent to ratification of (IV) The treaty article or articles at issue The following executive report of the 2009 France Protocol, approved by the in the case. Senate on December 3, 2009. committee was submitted: (V) The date the case was resolved by the f By Mr. MENENDEZ, from the Committee competent authorities through a mutual on Foreign Relations: agreement, if so resolved. INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND (VI) The date on which an arbitration pro- [Treaty Doc. 112–1: Protocol Amending Tax ceeding commenced, if an arbitration pro- JOINT RESOLUTIONS Convention with Swiss Confederation ceeding commenced. The following bills and joint resolu- (without printed report)] (VII) The date on which a determination tions were introduced, read the first The text of the committee-recommended was reached by the arbitration panel, if a de- and second times by unanimous con- resolution of advice and consent to ratifica- termination was reached, and an indication sent, and referred as indicated: tion is as follows: as to whether the panel found in favor of the Section 1. Senate Advice and Consent Sub- United States or the relevant treaty partner. By Mr. SCHATZ (for himself, Mr. ject to a Declaration. (iii) With respect to each dispute sub- BROWN, Ms. WARREN, Mr. SANDERS, The Senate advises and consents to the mitted to arbitration and for which a deter- and Mr. BLUMENTHAL): ratification of the Protocol Amending the mination was reached by the arbitration S. 2224. A bill to enhance the accuracy of Convention between the United States of panel pursuant to the Protocol or any such credit reporting and provide greater rights America and the Swiss Confederation for the treaty, the following information: to consumers who dispute errors in their Avoidance of Double Taxation With Respect (I) In the case of a dispute submitted under credit reports, and for other purposes; to the to Taxes on Income, signed at Washington the Protocol, an indication as to whether the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban October 2, 1996, signed September 23, 2009, at presenter of the case to the competent au- Affairs. Washington, with a related agreement ef- thority of a Contracting State submitted a By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for fected by an exchange of notes September 23, Position Paper for consideration by the arbi- himself and Mr. CHAMBLISS): 2009, as corrected by an exchange of notes ef- tration panel. S. 2225. A bill to provide for a smart water fected November 16, 2010 (the ‘‘Protocol’’) (II) An indication as to whether the deter- resource management pilot program; to the (Treaty Doc. 112–1), subject to the declara- mination of the arbitration panel was ac- Committee on Environment and Public tion of section 2 and the conditions of sec- cepted by each concerned person. Works. tion 3. (III) The amount of income, expense, or By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico (for Sec. 2. Declaration. taxation at issue in the case as determined himself and Mrs. BOXER): The advice and consent of the Senate by reference to the filings that were suffi- S. 2226. A bill to establish a WaterSense under section 1 is subject to the following cient to set the commencement date of the program within the Environmental Protec- declaration: The Protocol is self-executing. case for purposes of determining when arbi- tion Agency; to the Committee on Environ- Sec. 3. Conditions. tration is available. ment and Public Works. The advice and consent of the Senate (IV) The proposed resolutions (income, ex- By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico: under section 1 is subject to the following pense, or taxation) submitted by each com- S. 2227. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- conditions: petent authority to the arbitration panel. enue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for prop- (1) Not later than 2 years after the Pro- (B) The treaties referred to in subpara- erty certified by the Environmental Protec- tocol enters into force and prior to the first graph (A) are— tion Agency under the WaterSense program; arbitration conducted pursuant to the bind- (i) the 2006 Protocol Amending the Conven- to the Committee on Finance. ing arbitration mechanism provided for in tion between the United States of America By Mr. UDALL of New Mexico: the Protocol, the Secretary of the Treasury and the Federal Republic of Germany for the S. 2228. A bill to amend the Federal Water shall transmit to the Committees on Finance Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Pre- Pollution Control Act to direct the Adminis- and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the vention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to trator of the Environmental Protection Joint Committee on Taxation the text of the Taxes on Income and Capital and to Certain Agency to consider projects involving rural rules of procedure applicable to arbitration Other Taxes, done at Berlin June 1, 2006 communities in the selection of alternative

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A bill to provide the legal frame- (Ms. STABENOW) was added as a cospon- antigovernment protesters in Ven- work necessary for the growth of innovative sor of S. 1150, a bill to posthumously ezuela, to strengthen civil society in private financing options for students to award a congressional gold medal to Venezuela, and for other purposes. fund postsecondary education, and for other Constance Baker Motley. S. 2156 purposes; to the Committee on Finance. At the request of Mr. VITTER, the S. 1422 By Mr. PORTMAN (for himself and Mr. name of the Senator from Kentucky ROCKEFELLER): At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the (Mr. MCCONNELL) was added as a co- S. 2231. A bill to amend title 10, United name of the Senator from Colorado sponsor of S. 2156, a bill to amend the States Code, to provide an individual with a (Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor Federal Water Pollution Control Act to mental health assessment before the indi- of S. 1422, a bill to amend the Congres- confirm the scope of the authority of vidual enlists in the Armed Forces or is com- sional Budget Act of 1974 respecting missioned as an officer in the Armed Forces, the Administrator of the Environ- and for other purposes; to the Committee on the scoring of preventive health sav- mental Protection Agency to deny or Armed Services. ings. restrict the use of defined areas as dis- By Mr. TOOMEY: S. 1468 posal sites. S. 2232. A bill to protect the right to free- At the request of Mr. BROWN, the S. 2190 dom of speech secured by the First Amend- names of the Senator from West Vir- ment to the Constitution, and for other pur- At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the ginia (Mr. ROCKEFELLER) and the Sen- poses; to the Committee on the Judiciary. name of the Senator from Colorado By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mr. ator from New Hampshire (Ms. AYOTTE) (Mr. UDALL) was added as a cosponsor MENENDEZ, Mr. BENNET, Ms. LAN- were added as cosponsors of S. 1468, a of S. 2190, a bill to amend the Internal DRIEU, Mr. UDALL of Colorado, Mrs. bill to require the Secretary of Com- Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employ- GILLIBRAND, Mr. ROCKEFELLER, and merce to establish the Network for ers to exempt employees with health Mr. BOOKER): Manufacturing Innovation and for coverage under TRICARE or the Vet- S. 2233. A bill to provide tax relief for other purposes. erans Administration from being taken major disaster areas declared in 2012 and 2013 S. 1596 and for other purposes; to the Committee on into account for purposes of the em- Finance. At the request of Mr. TOOMEY, the ployer mandate under the Patient Pro- By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Mr. name of the Senator from Oklahoma tection and Affordable Care Act. SCOTT): (Mr. INHOFE) was added as a cosponsor S. 2199 S. 2234. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- of S. 1596, a bill to require State edu- At the request of Ms. MIKULSKI, the enue Code of 1986 to allow employers a credit cational agencies that receive funding names of the Senator from Colorado against income tax for employees who par- under the Elementary and Secondary (Mr. BENNET), the Senator from Michi- ticipate in qualified apprenticeship pro- Education Act of 1965 to have in effect gan (Mr. LEVIN), the Senator from Con- grams; to the Committee on Finance. policies and procedures on background necticut (Mr. MURPHY) and the Senator f checks for school employees. from Rhode Island (Mr. WHITEHOUSE) SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND S. 1793 were added as cosponsors of S. 2199, a SENATE RESOLUTIONS At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide more effective The following concurrent resolutions name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. NELSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. remedies to victims of discrimination and Senate resolutions were read, and in the payment of wages on the basis of referred (or acted upon), as indicated: 1793, a bill to encourage States to re- quire the installation of residential sex, and for other purposes. By Mr. REID: S. 2223 S. Con. Res. 35. A concurrent resolution carbon monoxide detectors in homes, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. HARKIN, the providing for a conditional adjournment or names of the Senator from Vermont recess of the Senate and an adjournment of S. 2018 (Mr. SANDERS), the Senator from Wis- the House of Representatives; considered and At the request of Mr. BARRASSO, the consin (Ms. BALDWIN), the Senator agreed to. name of the Senator from Wyoming from Connecticut (Mr. MURPHY), the f (Mr. ENZI) was added as a cosponsor of Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. MAR- S. 2018, a bill to provide for the use of ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS KEY), the Senator from Connecticut hand-propelled vessels in Yellowstone (Mr. BLUMENTHAL), the Senator from S. 571 National Park, Grand Teton National New York (Mrs. GILLIBRAND), the Sen- At the request of Mr. KIRK, the name Park, and the National Elk Refuge, and ator from Pennsylvania (Mr. CASEY), of the Senator from Michigan (Ms. for other purposes. the Senator from Colorado (Mr. BEN- STABENOW) was added as a cosponsor of S. 2106 NET), the Senator from Vermont (Mr. S. 571, a bill to amend the Federal At the request of Mrs. FISCHER, the LEAHY), the Senator from Michigan Water Pollution Control Act to estab- name of the Senator from Wyoming (Ms. STABENOW), the Senator from Ha- lish a deadline for restricting sewage (Mr. ENZI) was added as a cosponsor of waii (Mr. SCHATZ), the Senator from dumping into the Great Lakes and to S. 2106, a bill to amend the Internal New Jersey (Mr. BOOKER), the Senator fund programs and activities for im- Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that from Minnesota (Ms. KLOBUCHAR), the proving wastewater discharges into the the individual health insurance man- Senator from Michigan (Mr. LEVIN), Great Lakes. date not apply until the employer the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. S. 1008 health insurance mandate is enforced HEINRICH), the Senator from California At the request of Mr. SCHUMER, the without exceptions. (Mrs. BOXER), the Senator from North name of the Senator from Hawaii (Ms. S. 2118 Carolina (Mrs. HAGAN), the Senator HIRONO) was added as a cosponsor of S. At the request of Mr. BLUNT, the from Alaska (Mr. BEGICH) and the Sen- 1008, a bill to prohibit the Secretary of name of the Senator from North Da- ator from North Dakota (Ms. Homeland Security from implementing kota (Mr. HOEVEN) was added as a co- HEITKAMP) were added as cosponsors of proposed policy changes that would sponsor of S. 2118, a bill to protect the S. 2223, a bill to provide for an increase permit passengers to carry small, non- separation of powers in the Constitu- in the Federal minimum wage and to locking knives on aircraft. tion of the United States by ensuring amend the Internal Revenue Code of S. 1066 that the President takes care that the 1986 to extend increased expensing lim- At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, laws be faithfully executed, and for itations and the treatment of certain the name of the Senator from Montana other purposes. real property as section 179 property.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 02:21 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP6.015 S09APPT1 smartinez on DSK6TPTVN1PROD with SENATE S2328 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE April 9, 2014 S. CON. RES. 33 percent of 16 to 24 year olds are with- SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the out a job. The numbers are far worse names of the Senator from Alaska (Mr. among youth of color and for those BEGICH) and the Senator from Michigan without college degrees. (Mr. LEVIN) were added as cosponsors Yet 4 million jobs remain unfilled in SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- of S. Con. Res. 33, a concurrent resolu- the U.S., and part of the reason is that TION 35—PROVIDING FOR A CON- tion celebrating the 100th anniversary key gaps persist between the skills of DITIONAL ADJOURNMENT OR RE- of the enactment of the Smith-Lever young adults and workforce needs. By CESS OF THE SENATE AND AN Act, which established the nationwide 2020, the United States is expected to ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE Cooperative Extension System. experience a shortage of 3 million OF REPRESENTATIVES S. RES. 369 workers with associate’s degrees or Mr. REID submitted the following At the request of Mr. MENENDEZ, the higher and 5 million workers with tech- concurrent resolution; which was con- name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. nical certificates and credentials. sidered and agreed to: DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. Apprenticeships are a proven way to Res. 369, a resolution to designate May help young people develop in-demand S. CON. RES. 35 22, 2014 as ‘‘United States Foreign skills and to meet the needs of employ- Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- Service Day’’ in recognition of the men ers, yet they comprise just 0.2 percent resentatives concurring), That when the Sen- and women who have served, or are of the U.S. workforce. ate recesses or adjourns on any day from presently serving, in the Foreign Serv- While competitor nations around the Thursday, April 10, 2014, through Thursday, ice of the United States, and to honor world are investing in robust appren- April 24, 2014, on a motion offered pursuant those in the Foreign Service who have ticeship programs, the U.S., by con- to this concurrent resolution by its Majority trast, had just 358,000 active, registered Leader or his designee, it stand recessed or given their lives in the line of duty. adjourned until 12:00 noon on Monday, April S. RES. 418 apprenticeships in 2012. That is 7 per- 28, 2014, or such other time on that day as At the request of Mr. BROWN, the cent of what England offered when ad- may be specified by its Majority Leader or name of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. justed for population. In Germany, his designee in the motion to recess or ad- HARKIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. nearly half of all young people go journ, or until the time of any reassembly Res. 418, a resolution to honor Gal- through apprenticeship programs. pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent reso- laudet University, a premier institu- We can’t let America continue to lag lution, whichever occurs first; and that when behind. That’s why Senator SCOTT and the House adjourns on any legislative day tion of higher education for deaf and from Thursday, April 10, 2014, through Thurs- hard of hearing people in the United I are introducing the LEAP Act, an ini- tiative that provides a paid-for Federal day, April 24, 2014, on a motion offered pursu- States, on the occasion of its 150th an- ant to this concurrent resolution by its Ma- niversary and to recognize the impact tax credit to businesses to develop ap- jority Leader or his designee, it stand ad- of the University on higher education. prenticeship programs that are reg- journed until 2:00 p.m. on Monday, April 28, istered with the Department of Labor AMENDMENT NO. 2962 2014, or until the time of any reassembly pur- At the request of Mr. JOHANNS, his or a state apprenticeship agency. The suant to section 3 of this concurrent resolu- name was added as a cosponsor of bill addresses the fact that the average tion, whichever occurs first. amendment No. 2962 intended to be pro- age of apprentices is currently as high SEC. 2. (a) The Majority Leader of the Sen- posed to S. 2199, a bill to amend the as 29 years, by offering a tax credit of ate or his designee, after consultation with $1,500 for apprentices under the age of the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall no- Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to tify the Members of the Senate to reassem- provide more effective remedies to vic- 25. The tax credit for apprentices 25 or over is $1,000. The cost of the tax cred- ble at such place and time he may designate tims of discrimination in the payment if, in his opinion, the public interest shall of wages on the basis of sex, and for its are offset by a provision that cuts warrant it. printing waste by barring the Federal other purposes. (b) After reassembling pursuant to sub- Government from producing publica- AMENDMENT NO. 2963 section (a), when the Senate adjourns on a tions that are available online, unless At the request of Mr. JOHANNS, his motion offered pursuant to this subsection name was added as a cosponsor of the printing is for seniors, Medicare re- by its Majority Leader or his designee, the amendment No. 2963 intended to be pro- cipients or communities with limited Senate shall again stand adjourned pursuant to the first section of this concurrent resolu- posed to S. 2199, a bill to amend the Internet access. A thriving apprenticeship system tion. Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to should be an essential element of an ef- SEC. 3. (a) The Speaker of his designee, provide more effective remedies to vic- fective workforce development strat- after consultation with the Minority Leader tims of discrimination in the payment egy; registered apprenticeship pro- of the House, shall notify Members of the of wages on the basis of sex, and for grams help individuals attain a recog- House to reassemble at such place and time other purposes. he may designate if, in his opinion, the pub- nized post-secondary credential and lic interest shall warrant it. f provide workers with the education (b) After reassembling pursuant to sub- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED and on-the-job training needed to suc- BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS section (a), when the House adjourns on a ceed. motion offered pursuant to this subsection By Mr. BOOKER (for himself and Studies show that apprenticeships by its Majority Leader or his designee, the Mr. SCOTT): are a wise investment for both partici- House shall again stand adjourned pursuant S. 2234. A bill to amend the Internal pants and the U.S. government: indi- to the first section of this concurrent resolu- Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employ- viduals who complete registered ap- tion. ers a credit against income tax for em- prenticeship programs earn over ployees who participate in qualified ap- $240,000 more over their careers than f prenticeship programs; to the Com- people who did not participate in such mittee on Finance. programs, and the tax return on every AUTHORITIES FOR COMMITTEES Mr. BOOKER. Mr. President, I rise Federal Government dollar invested in TO MEET today to introduce with my colleague, registered apprenticeship programs is COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND Senator TIM SCOTT of South Carolina, $27. TRANSPORTATION the Leveraging and Energizing Amer- Our future competitiveness—our eco- ica’s Apprenticeship Programs or nomic strength as a nation—depends Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask LEAP Act, which provides a tax credit on the innovation and skill of our unanimous consent that the Com- to employers to help increase the num- workforce. I am proud to join with Sen- mittee on Commerce, Science, and ber of registered apprenticeships in the ator SCOTT in putting forward this bi- Transportation be authorized to meet U.S. and put more young Americans to partisan legislation that will create op- during the session of the Senate on, work. portunities for more Americans to April 9, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SR–253 Today, there are still more than 10 learn the in-demand skills that will of the Russell Senate Office Building to million unemployed Americans, and help meet employers’ needs and fuel conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘From Here our young people continue to be espe- our economy. I look forward to work- to Mars.’’ cially hard hit. Nearly six years after ing with my colleagues to build sup- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the start of the Great Recession, 16 port for and pass this bill. objection, it is so ordered.

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Mr. President, I ask ing the session of the Senate on April IN THE AIR FORCE unanimous consent that the Com- 9, 2014, at 11 a.m. in room 428A of the The following Air National-Guard of the mittee on Commerce, Science, and Russell Senate Office Building to con- United States officers for appointment in the Transportation be authorized to meet duct a hearing entitled ‘‘The Fiscal Reserve of the Air Force to the grade indi- during the session of the Senate on, Year 2015 Budget for the Small Busi- cated under title 10, U.S.C., sections 12203 April 9, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. in room SR– ness Administration.’’ and 12212: 253 of the Russell Senate Office Build- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without To be brigadier general ing. objection, it is so ordered. Colonel David P. Baczewski The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without SUBCOMMITTEE ON AIRLAND Colonel Jeffrey W. Burkett objection, it is so ordered. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask Colonel Conrad C. Caldwell, III Colonel Jeffrey B. Cashman COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, unanimous consent that the Sub- AND PENSIONS Colonel Charles W. Chappuis committee on Airland of the Com- Colonel Joel A. Clark Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask mittee on Armed Services be author- unanimous consent that the Com- Colonel Patrick J. Cobb ized to meet during the session of the Colonel Thomas B. Cucchi mittee on Health, Education, Labor, Senate on April 9, 2014, at 9:15 a.m. Colonel John B. Daniel and Pensions be authorized to meet The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Colonel George M. Degnon during the session of the Senate, on objection, it is so ordered. Colonel William D. DeHaes April 9, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room SD–430 Colonel William D. Dockery, Jr. SUBCOMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL of the Dirksen Senate Office Building Colonel Andrew E. Halter Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask to conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘Address- Colonel Timothy J. Harmeson unanimous consent that the Sub- ing Primary Care Access and Work- Colonel Paul G. Havel committee on Personnel of the Com- Colonel Jill L. Hendra force Challenges: Voices from the mittee on Armed Services be author- Colonel Alan K. Hodgdon Field.’’ ized to meet during the session of the Colonel Joseph M. Jabara The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Colonel Wendy K. Johnson objection, it is so ordered. Senate on April 9, 2014, at 10 a.m. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Colonel Timothy M. Jones COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS Colonel Thomas J. Kennett objection, it is so ordered. Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask Colonel Kerry L. Muehlenbeck unanimous consent that the Com- SUBCOMMITTEE ON STRATEGIC FORCES Colonel Timothy A. Mullen mittee on Indian Affairs be authorized Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask Colonel John W. Ogle, III to meet during the session of the Sen- unanimous consent that the Sub- Colonel Ryan T. Okahara committee on Strategic Forces of the Colonel Russell A. Rushe ate on, April 9, 2014, in room SD–628 of Colonel David P. San Clemente the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at Committee on Armed Services be au- thorized to meet during the session of Colonel Diana M. Shoop 2:30 p.m. to conduct a hearing entitled Colonel Jesse T. Simmons, Jr. ‘‘Indian Education Series: Indian Stu- the Senate on April 9, 2014, at 2:30 p.m. Colonel David A. Simon dents in Public Schools—Cultivating The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Colonel Mark C. Snyder the Next Generation.’’ objection, it is so ordered. Colonel John G. Sotos The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without f Colonel Ronald C. Stamps objection, it is so ordered. Colonel Randolph J. Staudenraus PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR Colonel Scott A. Studer COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY Mr. MERKLEY. Mr. President, I ask Colonel Michael R. Taheri Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask that Alexandra Merrill, my intern, be Colonel Ronald B. Turk unanimous consent that the Com- given floor privileges for the duration Colonel Steven C. Warren mittee on the Judiciary be authorized Colonel Roger E. Williams, Jr. of the day. Colonel Ronald W. Wilson to meet during the session of the Sen- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ate, April 9, 2014, at 10 a.m. in room Colonel Bryan F. Witeof objection, it is so ordered. Colonel Brett A. Wyrick SH–216 of the Hart Senate Office Build- Mr. BROWN. Mr. President, I ask ing, to conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘Ex- Colonel Ricky G. Yoder unanimous consent that Micah Mur- The following named officer for appoint- amining the Comcast-Time Warner phy, a Navy fellow assigned to the of- Cable Merger and the Impact on Con- ment in the United States Air Force to the fice of Senator MCCAIN, be granted grade indicated while assigned to a position sumers.’’ floor privileges for the remainder of of importance and responsibility under title The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the 113th Congress. 10, U.S.C., section 601: objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without To be general COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION objection, it is so ordered. Lt. Gen. John E. Hyten Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask f The following named officer for appoint- unanimous consent that the Com- ment in the United States Air Force to the mittee on Rules and Administration be EXECUTIVE SESSION grade indicated while assigned to a position authorized to meet during the session of importance and responsibility under title of the Senate on April 9, 2014, at 10 10, U.S.C., section 601: EXECUTIVE CALENDAR a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled To be lieutenant general ‘‘Election Administration: Making Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- Maj. Gen. Wendy M. Masiello imous consent that the Senate proceed Voter Rolls More Complete and More IN THE NAVY to executive session to consider the fol- Accurate.’’ The following named officer for appoint- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without lowing nominations: Calendar Nos. 745, ment as Chief of Chaplains, United States objection, it is so ordered. 746, 747, 748, 749, 750, 751, and all nomi- Navy, and appointment to the grade indi- COMMITTEE ON RULES AND ADMINISTRATION nations placed on the Secretary’s desk cated under title 10, U.S.C., section 5142: Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask in the Marine Corps; that the nomina- To be rear admiral unanimous consent that the Com- tions be confirmed en bloc; that the Rear Adm. (lh) Margaret G. Kibben mittee on Rules and Administration be motions to reconsider be considered The following named officer for appoint- authorized to meet during the session made and laid upon the table, with no ment in the United States Navy to the grade of the Senate on April 9, 2014, at 10:30 intervening action or debate; that no indicated under title 10, U.S.C., section 624: a.m. further motions be in order to any of To be rear admiral (lower half) The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without the nominations; that the President be Capt. Brent W. Scott objection, it is so ordered. immediately notified of the Senate’s The following named officer for appoint- COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND action and the Senate then resume leg- ment in the United States Navy to the grade ENTREPRENEURSHIP islative session. indicated while assigned to a position of im- Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I ask The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without portance and responsibility under title 10, unanimous consent that the Com- objection, it is so ordered. U.S.C., section 601:

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TERRELL MCSWEENY, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, (The concurrent resolution is printed TO BE A FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONER FOR THE UN- NOMINATIONS PLACED ON THE SECRETARY’S EXPIRED TERM OF SEVEN YEARS FROM SEPTEMBER 26, ECORD DESK in today’s R under ‘‘Submitted 2010. Resolutions.’’) IN THE MARINE CORPS DEPARTMENT OF STATE PN1309 MARINE CORPS nominations (82) f DANIEL W. YOHANNES, OF COLORADO, TO BE REP- RESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO beginning BAMIDELE J. ABOGUNRIN, and APPOINTMENTS THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND ending PHILLIP M. ZEMAN, which nomina- DEVELOPMENT, WITH THE RANK OF AMBASSADOR. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tions were received by the Senate and ap- RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD Chair, on behalf of the President pro peared in the Congressional Record of Janu- STEVEN JOEL ANTHONY, OF VIRGINIA, TO BE A MEM- ary 7, 2014. tempore, upon the recommendation of BER OF THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD FOR A TERM EXPIRING AUGUST 28, 2018. f the majority leader, pursuant to Public Law 105–292, as amended by Public Law EXPORT–IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES LEGISLATIVE SESSION 106–55, and as further amended by Pub- WANDA FELTON, OF NEW YORK, TO BE FIRST VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EXPORT–IMPORT BANK OF THE The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- lic Law 107–228, and 112–75, reappoints UNITED STATES FOR A TERM EXPIRING JANUARY 20, 2017. ate will resume legislative session. the following individual to the United IN THE AIR FORCE States Commission on International f THE FOLLOWING AIR NATIONAL GUARD OF THE UNITED Religious Freedom: Katrina Lantos 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CO- STATES OFFICERS FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE RESERVE Swett of New Hampshire. OF THE AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER OPERATIVE EXTENSION SYSTEM TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTIONS 12203 AND 12212: f Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- To be brigadier general ORDERS FOR THURSDAY, APRIL COLONEL DAVID P. BACZEWSKI imous consent that the agriculture COLONEL JEFFREY W. BURKETT committee be discharged from further 10, 2014 COLONEL CONRAD C. CALDWELL III Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- COLONEL JEFFREY B. CASHMAN consideration of S. Con. Res. 33. COLONEL CHARLES W. CHAPPUIS The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without imous consent that when the Senate COLONEL JOEL A. CLARK COLONEL PATRICK J. COBB objection, it is so ordered. completes its business today, it ad- COLONEL THOMAS B. CUCCHI The clerk will report the concurrent journ until 9:30 a.m., Thursday, April COLONEL JOHN B. DANIEL COLONEL GEORGE M. DEGNON resolution by title. 10, 2014; that following the prayer and COLONEL WILLIAM D. DEHAES The assistant legislative clerk read pledge, the morning hour be deemed COLONEL WILLIAM D. DOCKERY, JR. COLONEL ANDREW E. HALTER as follows: expired, the Journal of proceedings be COLONEL TIMOTHY J. HARMESON A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 33) approved to date, and the time for the COLONEL PAUL G. HAVEL COLONEL JILL L. HENDRA celebrating the 100th anniversary of the en- two leaders be reserved for their use COLONEL ALAN K. HODGDON actment of the Smith-Lever Act, which es- later in the day; that following any COLONEL JOSEPH M. JABARA tablished the nationwide Cooperative Exten- leader remarks, the time until 10:30 COLONEL WENDY K. JOHNSON sion System. COLONEL TIMOTHY M. JONES a.m. be equally divided and controlled COLONEL THOMAS J. KENNETT There being no objection, the Senate COLONEL KERRY L. MUEHLENBECK between the two leaders or their des- COLONEL TIMOTHY A. MULLEN proceeded to consider the concurrent ignees; and that at 10:30 a.m., the Sen- COLONEL JOHN W. OGLE III resolution. COLONEL RYAN T. OKAHARA ate proceed to vote on the motion to COLONEL RUSSELL A. RUSHE Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- invoke cloture on Executive Calendar COLONEL DAVID P. SAN CLEMENTE imous consent that the concurrent res- COLONEL DIANA M. SHOOP No. 574. COLONEL JESSE T. SIMMONS, JR. olution be agreed to, the preamble be The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without COLONEL DAVID A. SIMON COLONEL MARK C. SNYDER agreed to, and the motion to reconsider objection, it is so ordered. COLONEL JOHN G. SOTOS be laid upon the table. COLONEL RONALD C. STAMPS f COLONEL RANDOLPH J. STAUDENRAUS The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without COLONEL SCOTT A. STUDER objection, it is so ordered. PROGRAM COLONEL MICHAEL R. TAHERI The concurrent resolution (S. Con. Mr. REID. At 10:30 a.m. tomorrow COLONEL RONALD B. TURK COLONEL STEVEN C. WARREN Res. 33) was agreed to. there will be a rollcall vote on the mo- COLONEL ROGER E. WILLIAMS, JR. The preamble was agreed to. tion to invoke cloture on the nomina- COLONEL RONALD W. WILSON COLONEL BRYAN F. WITEOF (The concurrent resolution, with its tion of Michelle Friedland to be U.S. COLONEL BRETT A. WYRICK preamble, is printed in the RECORD of Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. If COLONEL RICKY G. YODER THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT Thursday, February 27, 2014, under cloture is invoked, there would be up IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- ‘‘Resolutions Submitted.’’) to 30 hours for debate prior to a vote on CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION f confirmation of the nomination, unless 601: an agreement can be reached. Upon dis- CONDITIONAL ADJOURNMENT OR To be general position of the Friedland nomination, RECESS OF THE SENATE AND LT. GEN. JOHN E. HYTEN there will be a cloture vote on the Weil ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT nomination to be Administrator of the IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TO THE GRADE INDI- Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unan- CATED WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE Wage and Hour Division at the Depart- AND RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION imous consent that the Senate proceed ment of Labor. There could then be up 601: to the consideration of S. Con. Res. 35, to 8 hours for debate prior to a vote on To be lieutenant general which was submitted earlier today. confirmation of the Weil nomination. MAJ. GEN. WENDY M. MASIELLO The PRESIDING OFFICER. The f IN THE NAVY clerk will report the concurrent resolu- ADJOURNMENT UNTIL 9:30 A.M. THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT tion by title. AS CHIEF OF CHAPLAINS, UNITED STATES NAVY, AND The assistant legislative clerk read TOMORROW APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 5142: as follows: Mr. REID. Mr. President, if there is To be rear admiral A concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 35) no further business to come before the providing for a conditional adjournment or Senate, I ask unanimous consent that REAR ADM. (LH) MARGARET G. KIBBEN THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT recess of the Senate and an adjournment of it adjourn under the previous order. IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED the House of Representatives. There being no objection, the Senate, UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 624: There being no objection, the Senate at 5:52 p.m., adjourned until Thursday, To be rear admiral (lower half) proceeded to consider the resolution. April 10, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. CAPT. BRENT W. SCOTT

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THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE MARINE CORPS MARINE CORPS NOMINATIONS BEGINNING WITH IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY TO THE GRADE INDICATED BAMIDELE J. ABOGUNRIN AND ENDING WITH PHILLIP M. WHILE ASSIGNED TO A POSITION OF IMPORTANCE AND THE FOLLOWING NAMED OFFICER FOR APPOINTMENT ZEMAN, WHICH NOMINATIONS WERE RECEIVED BY THE RESPONSIBILITY UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 601: IN THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS TO THE GRADE SENATE AND APPEARED IN THE CONGRESSIONAL INDICATED UNDER TITLE 10, U.S.C., SECTION 5046: RECORD ON JANUARY 7, 2014. To be vice admiral To be major general VICE ADM. SEAN A. PYBUS COL. JOHN R. EWERS, JR.

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HONORING TROY SPRING Following the passing of his wife Wanda, RECOGNIZING KENT HANCE FOR Cecil returned to Grand Saline, where he later HIS DECADES OF SERVICE TO HON. SAM GRAVES married again. He and his wife, Irene, then THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OF MISSOURI moved to Canton where they retired. His faith TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES was important to him, and together, Cecil and Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Irene Bailey helped start Lakeside Baptist HON. ROGER WILLIAMS Church. Cecil continued to actively serve the OF TEXAS Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I Lord as the Chairman of the deacons. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES proudly pause to recognize Troy Spring. Troy is a very special young man who has exempli- Family was always important to Cecil. The Wednesday, April 9, 2014 fied the finest qualities of citizenship and lead- Baileys enjoyed many trips together, traveling Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ership by taking an active part in the Boy to Israel, Hawaii, Alaska, New England, and recognize a good friend of mine, a great friend Scouts of America, Troop 374, and earning Branson. Cecil also spent time growing large of Texas, and one of the finest examples of a the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. vegetable gardens, canning produce, and public servant: Texas Tech University System Troy has been very active with his troop, sharing what he grew with his family and Chancellor Kent Hance. In his nearly 8 years as head of Texas Tech, Chancellor Hance has participating in many scout activities. Over the friends. many years Troy has been involved with become a staple in the community and a be- scouting, he has not only earned numerous Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me loved figure on campus. merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- in celebrating the life of Cecil Bailey. He was Famous for knowing every Texas mascot, a ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Troy a man who fully believed in the values of faith, trait that he and I share, students are often has earned the rank of Warrior in the Tribe of family, and community. I believe everyone can greeted by him with a fist bump and a quiz on Mic-O–Say, become a Brotherhood member of benefit from his example and the life he lived. high school mascots while on their way to the Order of the Arrow and led his troop as class. From the Itasca Wampus Cats to the the Patrol Leader. Troy has also contributed to f Hamlin Pied Pipers, there’s not a student on his community through his Eagle Scout campus he hasn’t won over with his down-to- project. Troy led a team in removing and re- TRIBUTE TO ASHLEY JARED earth demeanor and palpable dedication to the placing more than 300 feet of fencing at students. Pleasant Valley Baptist Church in Kansas City, Under Chancellor Hance’s leadership, Missouri. The fenced area houses a Cars Min- HON. TOM LATHAM Texas Tech has repeatedly broken its enroll- istry facility, which provides basic car mainte- ment records for the last five years, with more OF IOWA nance for single mothers and low-income fam- than 33,000 enrolled in the fall of 2013. The ilies. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES university has grown, expanded, and ren- Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in ovated, putting it on track to reach the univer- commending Troy Spring for his accomplish- Wednesday, April 9, 2014 sity’s milestone goal of 40,000 students by 2020. With the incredible achievement of not ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to his efforts put forth in achieving the highest only reaching, but surpassing the $1 billion congratulate and recognize Ashley Jared of distinction of Eagle Scout. goal during the most ambitious fundraising ef- the Iowa Finance Authority in Des Moines, f fort ever undertaken by Texas Tech, Chan- Iowa, for being named a 2014 Forty Under 40 cellor Hance has certainly set the stage for HONORING THE LIFE OF CECIL honoree by the award-winning central Iowa success in Lubbock, TX. His quick wit, famous MOZEL BAILEY publication, Business Record. stories and steadfast dedication to his alma Since 2000, Business Record has under- mater will certainly be missed upon his retire- HON. RALPH M. HALL taken an exhaustive annual review to identify ment. OF TEXAS a standout group of young leaders in the I wish my friend Kent Hance the best of luck in his next endeavor and thank him for the tre- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Greater Des Moines area who are making an mendous legacy he is still creating. From his Wednesday, April 9, 2014 impact in their communities and their careers. early days in Texas politics, to his service in Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor Each year, forty up-and-coming community the U.S. Congress, to his successful law firm, of the life of Cecil Mozel Bailey who recently and business leaders under 40 years of age Chancellor Hance makes a difference every- passed away on February 23 at the age of 91. are selected for this prestigious distinction, where he goes. He lives by his own motto to Cecil was a man of God dedicated to his faith, which is based on a combined criteria of com- ‘‘dream no little dreams,’’ and I look forward to family, and community. I consider myself fortu- munity involvement and success in their cho- seeing what his dreams have in store for him, nate to count Cecil and his family as personal sen career field. The 2014 class of Forty and for us, next. friends and I know he will be greatly missed. Under 40 honorees join an impressive roster f Cecil was born on November 11, 1922, in of nearly 600 business leaders and growing. Grand Saline, Texas. The values of family and TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT AFFIR- hard work were ingrained in Cecil from an Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- MATION AND NAVAL VESSEL early age as he grew up helping his parents, resent leaders like Ashley in the United States TRANSFER ACT OF 2014 Harvey and Tennie Fisher Bailey, on the fam- Congress and it is with great pride that I rec- SPEECH OF ily farm. After graduating from Grand Saline ognize and applaud Ms. Jared for utilizing her High School, he received an offer to play foot- talents to better both her community and the HON. MARSHA BLACKBURN ball for Arlington State College. Cecil then de- great state of Iowa. I invite my colleagues in OF TENNESSEE cided to serve his country in the United States the House to join me in congratulating Ashley IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Army where he was stationed in Germany. on receiving this esteemed designation, thank- After returning home from war, Cecil and his Monday, April 7, 2014 ing those at Business Record for their great wife Wanda raised their family together while Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I rise Cecil worked as a warehouse superintendent work, and wishing each member of the 2014 today in support of the passage of this reaffir- with A&P Grocery in Dallas and served as a Forty Under 40 class continued success. mation of the Taiwan Relations Act and to the Sunday school teacher and deacon at Urban longstanding relationship between the United Park Baptist Church. States and Taiwan. The Taiwan Relations Act,

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CORRINE BROWN nology and the heart of Asia’s IT and Knowl- valued icons include: the Bradbury Building, OF FLORIDA edge Economy sectors. Through the imple- Grand Central Market, Wiltern Theater, Los IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mentation of sound free-market policies and Angeles City Hall, and Griffith Observatory. Wednesday, April 9, 2014 promotion of democratic ideals, we have seen Ms. Levin’s portfolio also incorporates de- a small agrarian economy transform itself into signing new institutional, commercial, and Ms. BROWN of Florida. Mr. Speaker, it is a growing global leader in the technology sec- multi-family housing facilities. In addition, she critical that we continue to improve access for tor. Taiwan is now the world’s second largest has been involved in the design of cultural women and minorities to jobs and contract op- producer of ICT goods, and companies like buildings such as: The Boone Gallery at the portunities in the field of transportation. Acer and HTC are now household names. Huntington Library, National Center for the As the Ranking Member on the Sub- Our mutually beneficial cooperation and ex- Preservation of Democracy, the Autry National committee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Haz- change with Taiwan has helped dozens of Center and Southwest Museums. More recent ardous Materials I am introducing legislation American companies meet their ever-growing projects include Dodger Stadium, Wilshire today establishing a Disadvantaged Business demand for equipment and expertise. The Boulevard Temple, the Hercules Campus at Enterprise (DBE) program at the Federal Rail- partnerships between American and Tai- Playa Vista, and Los Angeles County’s Ford road Administration so that women and minor- wanese innovators and job creators ensured a Amphitheatre. ity owned businesses will be guaranteed par- virtuous cycle of economic development in ticipation in any new passenger and high Taiwan and lower costs for American con- Ms. Levin’s exceptional work has been rec- speed rail initiatives. sumers. ognized with numerous awards. She is a Fel- The U.S. Department of Transportation has The U.S. should welcome Taiwanese par- low of the American Institute of Architects and been the leader in ensuring minority and ticipation in efforts to advance regional eco- the AIA/Los Angeles selected her recipient of women owned participation in transportation nomic integration, such as the Trans Pacific the 2010 Gold Metal, the highest honor be- projects, advocating for a reasonable 10% set Partnership. Taiwan is one of the region’s stowed upon an individual. A significant virtue aside for businesses that often struggle to most dynamic economies and its entry into the of Ms. Levin’s work has been the preservation compete on an uneven playing field with larger TPP will substantially expand the market en- of historical sites for generations to come. firms. Currently, each of the other modes of compassed by the agreement. Additionally, I hereby ask all Members of Congress to transportation have a successful DBE pro- Taiwan’s recent experience transitioning from join me in honoring Brenda Levin for her ex- gram, and it is critical that the Federal Rail- a developing, domestically focused economy emplary service and commitment to the Los road Administration develop a program for to a globally integrated economy will be in- Angeles community. these same businesses. valuable as TPP partners make difficult The Congressional Black Caucus has made choices and reforms to comply with higher f strengthening Disadvantaged Business Enter- standards set by TPP. prise (DBE) programs at the Department of As a longstanding friend of Taiwan, I am TRIBUTE TO JASON KIESAU Transportation a top priority, and will continue proud to voice my support for this resolution to push to ensure that these worthy goals are today. Few could have foreseen the political being met. and economic progress that Taiwan has un- HON. TOM LATHAM This legislation will keep the American dergone since 1979. Our commitment to OF IOWA Dream alive for many women and minority broadening and deepening our commercial owned companies and I encourage its swift and investment linkages with Taiwan will en- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES passage and implementation. sure that the spirit of the TRA endures and Wednesday, April 9, 2014 f contributes to mutual prosperity on both sides of the Pacific. Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to IN RECOGNITION OF THE LUZERNE COUNTY EMERGENCY RESPOND- f congratulate and recognize Jason Kiesau of Merit Resources in Urbandale, Iowa, for being ERS AND PUBLIC SAFETY TELE- A TRIBUTE TO BRENDA LEVIN named a 2014 Forty Under 40 honoree by the COMMUNICATORS award-winning central Iowa publication, Busi- HON. ADAM B. SCHIFF ness Record. HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT OF CALIFORNIA Since 2000, Business Record has under- OF PENNSYLVANIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES taken an exhaustive annual review to identify IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, April 9, 2014 a standout group of young leaders in the Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Greater Des Moines area who are making an Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, today I honor Brenda Levin of Los Angeles, upon re- impact in their communities and their careers. rise to acknowledge the men and women of ceiving the 2014 Rose Award from the Los Each year, forty up-and-coming community Luzerne County Emergency Responders and Angeles Parks Foundation. The Rose Award and business leaders under 40 years of age Public Safety Telecommunicators, who on is being given to Ms. Levin for her extraor- are selected for this prestigious distinction, April 12, 2014 will hold a Public Safety Open dinary contributions to the quality of life in Los which is based on a combined criteria of com- House to celebrate National County Govern- Angeles. munity involvement and success in their cho- ment Month and National Public Safety Tele- Ms. Levin received her education in graphic sen career field. The 2014 class of Forty communicators Week. design at Carnegie Mellon and New York Uni- Under 40 honorees join an impressive roster Emergencies that require police, fire, or versities and in architecture at the Harvard of nearly 600 business leaders and growing. emergency medical services can occur at any Graduate School of Design. Born in New York, Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- time. When an emergency occurs, the prompt Ms. Levin moved to Los Angeles in 1976 and resent leaders like Jason in the United States response of police officers, firefighters, and worked for architect John Lautner for two Congress and it is with great pride that I rec- paramedics is critical to saving lives and pro- years. Ms. Levin’s first project in Los Angeles ognize and applaud Mr. Kiesau for utilizing his tecting homes. The safety and success of our with the firm Group Arcon was renovation of talents to better both his community and the police officers and firefighters depends upon the James Oviatt building. She then estab- great state of Iowa. I invite my colleagues in the quality and accuracy of information pro- lished her own architecture and urban plan- the House to join me in congratulating Jason vided through the Luzerne County 911 com- ning firm, Levin & Associates Architects, in on receiving this esteemed designation, thank- munications center. Los Angeles in the year 1980. ing those at Business Record for their great Public Safety Telecommunicators are the In the 1980s, Ms. Levin connected with the work, and wishing each member of the 2014 first and most critical contact our citizens have urban revitalization pioneers, who successfully Forty Under 40 class continued success. with emergency services. They serve as the

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Both climate change and oil exploration Telecommunicators of Luzerne County 911 year, but generation after generation. have the potential to devastate Native Alaskan play a substantial role in fighting crime, sup- Mr. Speaker, please join me in honoring the fishing and hunting grounds. pressing fires, and ensuring patients receive Grandview C–4 School District today. Grand- It takes courage for two men to travel far necessary and timely treatment. These dis- view is a top-tier school district, comparable to from home to tell their story and ask for help. patchers exhibit compassion, understanding, the most elite of districts. We have a glorious I want to thank Mr. Eningowk and Mr. and professionalism in performing this crucial past and look forward to an exciting future. Kuzuguk for coming to Washington and telling public service. f Congress their story. Native Alaskans have a I am honored to recognize these exceptional voice that must be heard as Congress de- men and women for their distinguished service HONORING SPENCER DAUGHERTY bates issues that will directly affect their lives, to their fellow citizens. Their diligence and pro- livelihoods, and future generations. fessionalism keeps our community and our HON. SAM GRAVES The members of the Native Village of loved ones safe, and I thank them for all their OF MISSOURI Shishmaref Council passed a resolution last work to protect Luzerne County. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES year that I would like to submit. Their call for a moratorium on new oil and gas leases in the f Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Arctic Ocean should be heeded. Congress HONORING THE GRANDVIEW C–4 Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I and the Executive Branch need to consult and SCHOOL DISTRICT proudly pause to recognize Spencer dialogue directly with Native Alaskans as Daugherty. Spencer is a very special young these policies are being discussed and de- HON. EMANUEL CLEAVER man who has exemplified the finest qualities cided. The future of their way of life is at OF MISSOURI of citizenship and leadership by taking an ac- stake. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tive part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR COMPREHENSIVE 360, and earning the most prestigious award MANAGEMENT OF THE ARCTIC OCEAN TO Wednesday, April 9, 2014 of Eagle Scout. MAINTAIN ITS BIODIVERSITY FOR THE FOOD Mr. CLEAVER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Spencer has been very active with his troop, SECURITY, TRIBAL HEALTH, AND CULTURAL speak to the extraordinary accomplishments of participating in many scout activities. Over the IDENTITY OF THE PRESENT AND FUTURE GEN- the Grandview C–4 School District located in many years Spencer has been involved with ERATIONS, RESOLUTION NO. 13–05 Missouri’s Fifth Congressional District. The scouting, he has not only earned numerous Whereas, Alaska’s indigenous people are contributions this institution has made to the inextricably linked to the land and sea, de- merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- pending on the natural world for our food se- community are beyond measure. And more ily, peers, and community. Most notably, curity, community well-being, and cultural importantly, to celebrate the positive dif- Spencer has contributed to his community identity; ferences made by the talented, dedicated, and through his Eagle Scout project. Spencer in- Whereas, the Arctic Ocean and surrounding hard-working people who are now, and have stalled landscaping for the Northland Thera- ecosystem have sustained Arctic indigenous been in years past, a part of this school sys- peutic Riding Center in Holt, Missouri, which peoples for thousands of years; tem. provides equine activities for people with spe- Whereas, The Arctic Ocean has been recog- In an April 9, 1914, election, Grandview, nized through science and traditional knowl- cial needs of all ages and abilities. edge as one of the most biologically impor- High Grove, Maple Ridge, and Mastin school Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in tant places on Earth; districts were consolidated into the Grandview commending Spencer Daugherty for his ac- Whereas, the Arctic Ocean is home to School District. In the early 1950s, two more complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- whales, seals, walrus, and other migratory school districts, including Martin City, became ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the animals that many Alaskan Tribes depend part of Consolidated School District No. 4 or highest distinction of Eagle Scout. on for their food security; Whereas, many animals and fish that Grandview C14 School District. f Through the years, district enrollment has Tribes across Alaska depend on for their food VISITORS FROM THE NATIVE VIL- security migrate to and from the Arctic each grown from 523 students in 1948, to its cur- year; rent enrollment of more than 4,200 students. LAGE OF SHISHMAREF, ALASKA Whereas, many Tribes along the Arctic In 2013–2014, the district had the highest per- COME TO CONGRESS coast continue to share and trade traditional centage increase in enrollment of any school foods from the Arctic Ocean with other in- on the Missouri side of the Kansas City area. HON. BETTY McCOLLUM digenous communities; Whereas, food security is a basic human The district has one high school, one middle OF MINNESOTA school, one K–8 school, four elementary right recognized by the United Nations and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES affirmed by the United States in the Inter- schools, an early childhood center and an al- Wednesday, April 9, 2014 national Covenant of Civil and Political ternative school. rights; I. 2013, the Grandview C–4 School District Ms. MCCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I recently Whereas, climate change is causing severe was recognized as one of the top performing had two very special visitors come to my office coastal erosion, loss of sea ice, ocean acidifi- districts in the state, according to final Annual from the Native Village of Shishmaref, Alaska. cation, and changes to the migratory ani- Performance Report (APR) data released by Mr. Johnson Eningowk and Richard Kuzuguk mals we depend on for our food security; the Missouri Department of Elementary and made the long journey from Alaska to Wash- Whereas, the loss of sea ice and other im- pacts from climate change are having an im- Secondary Education (DESE). Grandview C–4 ington, DC to educate and inform Members of pact on our ability to hunt and provide for School District earned ‘‘Accredited with Dis- Congress about the real life challenges to their our families; tinction’’ status based on the current fifth cycle families and community from climate change, Whereas, increased shipping and vessel Missouri School Improvement Program (MSIP as well as the endless pressure of oil compa- traffic through Arctic waterways, and the 5) scoring guide, with a district-wide score of nies seeking offshore oil production. threat of offshore drilling and exploration, 93.6 percent. Living on an island in the Chukchi Sea that puts additional impacts on the ocean and On April 9th the district will recognize its is three miles long and one-half mile wide, Mr. coastal communities; Whereas, the United States government 100th anniversary. Historic photos spanning Eningowk and Mr. Kuzuguk want to continue and other Arctic Nations are moving forward the district’s 100 year history will be displayed to practice their traditional way of life—fishing, with plans to make further develop the Arc- at several public places throughout the Grand- hunting, gathering and sustaining a healthy re- tic Ocean; view and South Kansas City area. More cele- lationship with the natural resources they have Whereas, Alaska’s indigenous Tribes must brations are planned throughout the year—all traditionally depended upon for generations. stand together to support a vision for the of them richly deserved. They want to share this way of life with their Arctic that protects our way of life and puts For 100 years, the Grandview C–4 School community’s children and future generations. our people first; Whereas, Tribes must be at the forefront of District has been the fabric of the community. Unfortunately, the effects of climate change planning for the future of the Arctic eco- Considering the challenges many of our fami- are changing their traditional way of life, in- system; lies face, many parents take pride in the edu- cluding raising real concerns about whether Whereas, the traditional knowledge and cation their children get from the C–4. Many of their home will survive erosion and a rising wisdom of the elders, passed down through

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SAM GRAVES oversight to Arctic industrial activities that ond time in twenty-three years that Maine OF MISSOURI could impact our food security, way of life, South’s team has won the title. and the health of our peoples, and be it fur- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ther The ‘‘We the People: the Citizen and the Resolved, That the United States should Constitution’’ program, sponsored by the Cen- Wednesday, April 9, 2014 not issue any new oil and gas leases in the ter for Civic Education, promotes civic com- Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I Arctic Ocean until comprehensive and sci- petence and responsibility through course entifically proven plan is in place to deter- proudly pause to recognize Donald Allen mine the impacts, and whether development study and mock Congressional hearings. Stu- Kandlbinder. Donald is a very special young can be done without jeopardizing the safety dents study the fundamentals of our Constitu- man who has exemplified the finest qualities of nearby villages, food security, and the mi- tional Democracy and learn applied critical of citizenship and leadership by taking an ac- gratory animals that Tribes depend on, and thinking, debate, and teamwork. The ‘‘We the tive part in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop be it People’’ program encourages civic engage- 374, and earning the most prestigious award Resolved, That the United States must con- ment and promotes a next generation of lead- of Eagle Scout. sult with and engage in a process with Tribes ers, a mission that the Maine South team ac- to determine appropriate deferral areas and Donald has been very active with his troop, cepted and achieved. other protective measures for the important participating in many scout activities. Over the cultural, biological, and subsistence use Congratulations to all the members of the many years Donald has been involved with areas of the Arctic Ocean ecosystem to en- 2013–2014 Maine South Constitution team: sure our food security, cultural identity, and scouting, he has not only earned numerous protect our way of life. Coach Andrew Trenkle, Hope Allchin, Peter merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- Barac, Meg Boyce, Molly Butler, Alex Camp- ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Don- f bell, Ryan Curry, Ryan Dysart, Max Edsey, ald has earned the rank of Warrior in the Tribe TRIBUTE TO BRAD MAGG Lily Elderkin, Brendan Faley, Hannah Ferstel, of Mic-O–Say, become a Brotherhood member Jenna Galuska, Danielle Gomez, Nicole of the Order of the Arrow and led his troop as HON. TOM LATHAM Hassman, Jordan Helms, Brain Johnson, Kian the Quartermaster. Donald has also contrib- uted to his community through his Eagle Scout OF IOWA Khalili, Frank Lally, Cara Laskowski, Taylor Martell, Emilie McGuire, Katherine Miles, project. Donald cleaned and stained a wooden IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Hayley Miller, Peter Mocarski, James Mroz, pathway and eight wooden benches in the Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Madeline Schulze, Samantha Smart, Lauren outdoor recess area at Liberty Early Childhood Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Smith, Amanda Sremac, and Amanda Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Donald also congratulate and recognize Brad Magg, owner Svachula. led his troop in building 28 plexiglass iPad ea- of Goldie’s Ice Cream Shop and Magg Family sels for the preschool center. On behalf of the Ninth Congressional Dis- Catering, for being named a 2014 Forty Under tinct of Illinois, I congratulate you on your suc- Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in 40 honoree by the award-winning central Iowa cess, and wish you the best of luck in the na- commending Donald Allen Kandlbinder for his publication, Business Record. tional competition. accomplishments with the Boy Scouts of Since 2000, Business Record has under- America and for his efforts put forth in achiev- taken an exhaustive annual review to identify ing the highest distinction of Eagle Scout. a standout group of young leaders in the f Greater Des Moines area who are making an f impact in their communities and their careers. RECOGNIZING THE GREATER Each year, forty up-and-coming community PHILADELPHIA FALUN DAFA AS- SOCIATION HONORING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF and business leaders under 40 years of age MS. INERIA ELIZABETH HANLEY are selected for this prestigious distinction, HUDNELL which is based on a combined criteria of com- munity involvement and success in their cho- HON. MICHAEL G. FITZPATRICK sen career field. The 2014 class of Forty OF PENNSYLVANIA HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS Under 40 honorees join an impressive roster of nearly 600 business leaders and growing. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF FLORIDA Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES resent leaders like Brad in the United States Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Congress and it is with great pride that I rec- Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, we recog- ognize and applaud Mr. Magg for utilizing his nize the Greater Philadelphia Falun Dafa As- Mr. HASTINGS of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I talents to better both his community and the sociation for its contribution to the advance- rise today to honor Ms. Ineria Elizabeth Han- great state of Iowa. I invite my colleagues in ment of the arts in the Philadelphia region, no- ley Hudnell of West Palm Beach, Florida. Ms. the House to join me in congratulating Brad on tably its presentation of the Shen Yun Per- Hudnell is the much loved and widely re- receiving this esteemed designation, thanking spected historian and archivist of West Palm those at Business Record for their great work, forming Arts program at the Merriam Theater Beach’s black community. A retired school- and wishing each member of the 2014 Forty in Philadelphia, April 25th through April 27th. teacher, Ms. Hudnell has spent more than Under 40 class continued success. This outstanding dance and music company promotes traditional Chinese culture and herit- three decades collecting memorabilia, news f age in the United States and around the stories, and photographs of West Palm TRIBUTE TO COACH ANDREW world. Shen Yun has graced many of the Beach’s often under-reported black history. TRENKEL AND THE MAIN SOUTH world’s greatest stages, performing in more On April 22, Ms. Hudnell will receive the HIGH SCHOOL CONSTITUTION than 100 cities on five continents. Its brilliant Judge James R. Knott Award, the highest TEAM productions feature classical, ethnic and folk honor presented by the Historical Society of dance, and music showcasing 5,000 years of Palm Beach County. This remarkable lady, a HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY civilization and the wisdom of Chinese leg- nonagenarian, hasn’t slowed down, continuing OF ILLINOIS ends. Therefore, we express our appreciation to collect and curate information about the im- to the Greater Philadelphia Falun Dafa Asso- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES portant events, awards and life in general of ciation for bringing this company of performers African Americans in West Palm Beach. I am Wednesday, April 9, 2014 to our area. In so doing, a significant contribu- delighted that she is a resident of my Con- Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, today I tion is being made to arts and culture in the gressional district, and am proud to recognize rise to congratulate Coach Trenkle and the Philadelphia region. her on this day.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 08:15 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP8.005 E09APPT1 tjames on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E557 TRIBUTE TO JESSE LINEBAUGH to better harness the power of electricity— pionships. These championships were hosted events which put the members of Local 58 at by the IRSC in Fort Pierce from March 5 HON. TOM LATHAM the center of major events in our nation’s his- through March 8. OF IOWA tory. With the manufacturing boom in Detroit, In a competition against sixteen other col- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES members of Local 58 put their skills to work in lege swim teams from across the country, the IRSC Swimming and Diving men’s team suc- Wednesday, April 9, 2014 the construction of structures that have be- come iconic of the economic might of our ceeded in extending their amazing winning Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to country: structures like the Ambassador streak to 40 consecutive swimming titles, the congratulate and recognize Jesse Linebaugh Bridge, Masonic Temple, Penobscot Building longest unbroken championship winning streak of Faegre Baker Daniels in Des Moines, Iowa, and Michigan Central Station. And later, when in any sport at the collegiate level in the coun- for being named a 2014 Forty Under 40 hon- America entered World War II, 200 members try. In an equal display of strength and sports- oree by the award-winning central Iowa publi- of Local 58 answered the call to serve our na- manship, the women’s team proudly brought cation, Business Record. tion overseas and many more of its members home their 36nd title. Since 2000, Business Record has under- served our nation in the Arsenal of Democ- These young men and women have dem- taken an exhaustive annual review to identify racy, producing equipment that was vital to onstrated yet again that anything is possible a standout group of young leaders in the our success. through hard work, determination and a posi- Greater Des Moines area who are making an In the later decades of the 1900s, Local 58 tive attitude. Their impressive accomplish- impact in their communities and their careers. continued in its mission to push for more ef- ments and unique sense of resilience inspire Each year, forty up-and-coming community fective workplace protections, seeking higher every single one of us, their fellow students, and business leaders under 40 years of age standards for the conditions allowed by con- and their communities. are selected for this prestigious distinction, tractors. As part of this effort, Local 58, the Mr. Speaker, the achievements of these re- which is based on combined criteria of com- IBEW and their brothers and sisters in the markable individuals serve as an example that sports can have an outstandingly positive im- munity involvement and success in their cho- labor movement became more politically ac- pact on our youth as they prepare to face the sen career field. The 2014 class of Forty tive—directly engaging their legislative officials challenges of today’s society. For this very Under 40 honorees join an impressive roster to discuss the importance of workplace safety. reason, it is my honor to recognize these of nearly 600 business leaders and growing. Throughout its history, Local 58 and the Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- young athletes here today. IBEW, like many of their labor movement part- resent leaders like Jesse in the United States ners in other industries, have shown a dedica- f Congress and it is with great pride that I rec- tion to training and continuing education for ognize and applaud Mr. Linebaugh for utilizing BASELINE REFORM ACT OF 2013 their members. Woven into the very fabric of his talents to better both his community and Local 58, its apprenticeship training program SPEECH OF the great State of Iowa. I invite my colleagues can be traced back to 1923. Originally oper- in the House to join me in congratulating HON. DAVID E. PRICE ated in partnership with Detroit Public Schools, Jesse on receiving this esteemed designation, OF NORTH CAROLINA the original trade school was located at Sixth thanking those at Business Record for their IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and Abbott in Detroit. After moving to several great work, and wishing each member of the Tuesday, April 8, 2014 locations over the next eighty years, Local 58 2014 Forty Under 40 class continued success. opened a 50,000 square foot training facility in Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. Madam f Warren, with ten classrooms, three hands-on Speaker, today we could be debating a jobs ON THE OCCASION OF THE CEN- shop areas and many state-of-the-art labs, and infrastrature package. We could be work- TENNIAL OF LOCAL 58 OF THE which supports nearly 240 apprentices. In ad- ing on a comprehensive effort to balance our INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD dition to the apprenticeship programs, the cen- budget and replace sequestration once and for OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS IN ter also supports the ongoing education of all. But instead, we’re wasting time debating DETROIT, MICHIGAN Local 58’s members—more than 4,700 strong. this retread of an old Republican ploy to fur- Mr. Speaker, it is an honor that I am able ther decimate the nation’s discretionary budg- to rise to recognize the incredible accomplish- et. HON. GARY C. PETERS Currently, the Congressional Budget Office OF MICHIGAN ments of the men and women of Local 58 of rightfully assumes annual adjustments for in- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. As masters of electricity, from the flation and population growth to reflect the Wednesday, April 9, 2014 iconic skyline of Detroit to the current stand- cost of maintaining current services. For ex- Mr. PETERS of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, as ards enjoyed by the American workforce at- ample, next year more children will attend the members and leadership of Local 58 of large, the members of Local 58 have been schools on military bases. The CBO assumes the International Brotherhood of Electrical deeply involved in shaping the United States a small increase in funding for these schools Workers (IBEW) gather to celebrate the cen- in the Twentieth Century. Their achievements to ensure teachers and administrators have tennial of their organization, I congratulate over the last 100 years are truly remarkable the resources they need. This idea that fund- them on their many achievements and accom- and I am proud to continue standing in soli- ing should keep pace with inflation and need plishments. darity with them and their brothers and sisters makes sense. It reflects reality. It is an impor- As America approached the Twentieth Cen- in the labor movement to ensure that the fu- tant concept in the business world, but the so- tury, workers in an increasingly industrialized ture of our nation continues to be bright for all called reform before us today would freeze ad- society saw the need to come together to pro- Americans. justments for inflation and population growth, mote safe working conditions, fair pay and f undermining the usefulness of CBO’s base- strong professional operating standards—a lines and making it more difficult to measure labor movement that gave rise to the IBEW to HONORING THE INDIAN RIVER the real-world impact of discretionary spending protect electrical workers. From the beginning STATE COLLEGE SWIM TEAM changes. of the IBEW’s existence, Detroit has had a FOR WINNING THE 2014 NJCCA While this bill may appeal to those who prof- strong membership, which resulted in the cre- SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAM- it from demagoguing the budget, it would dras- ation of Local 58 in 1914. Under its first Presi- PIONSHIPS tically hurt the nation in the long-term. Flat- dent, Ed Ismond, the members of Local 58 funding would mean a death by a thousand worked diligently to realize increases in pay HON. PATRICK MURPHY cuts to discretionary spending programs: every that better reflected the danger of their profes- OF FLORIDA year inflation and population growth would sion, increased flexibility in project design to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES chip away at the effectiveness of the invest- ensure higher safety standards, and the cre- ments we make in our future. At least the Re- ation of many workplace practices that con- Wednesday, April 9, 2014 publican budget is upfront about the obvious tinue to be the standard today. Among those Mr. MURPHY of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise and drastic cuts it makes to education, food practices are the eight hour workday, the forty today to honor the Indian River State College and nutrition assistance for women and in- hour work week, established rates of pay and swim team for winning yet another title for fants, infrastructure, research and health care established pay schedules. both the men’s and women’s teams during the for seniors. This bill is about locking-in a At the turn of the century in late 1800s, ad- 2014 National Junior College Athletic Associa- years-long path to these deeply misguided vancements in manufacturing made it possible tion (NJCCA) Swimming and Diving Cham- goals under the guise of ‘‘reform.’’

VerDate Mar 15 2010 08:15 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K09AP8.013 E09APPT1 tjames on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E558 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 9, 2014 Ordering CBO to ignore the needs of our INTRODUCTION OF THE INVESTING Marlan was born May 28, 1920, not far from people and the real impacts of spending is the IN STUDENT SUCCESS ACT OF 2014 Milford, Michigan, to Frank and Bernice height of fiscal recklessness. Congress experi- Bourns and was raised from humble begin- mented with imaginary budget assumptions HON. THOMAS E. PETRI nings. He grew up in the same home his when it passed the Reagan tax cuts and again OF WISCONSIN mother was raised in, which stood on 40 acres with the George W. Bush tax cuts. As a result, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES of farmland. Marlan was enrolled in the local we now find ourselves in a very real amount Wednesday, April 9, 2014 school, Picket School, which only consisted of of debt. We remain unable to pay for needed one room, but provided him with a quality edu- Mr. PETRI. Mr. Speaker, I am introducing cation. While growing up, Marlan took on investments in our crumbling infrastructure, legislation today to expand access to a new many jobs on the farm including counting and unable to pay for the education and re- and innovative private financing option to help sheep, collecting eggs from the hen coup, and training required to maintain American com- students pay for postsecondary education. bringing in water from the well. Marlan also petitiveness, thanks to the refusal of our Re- The bill, entitled the Investing in Student developed an interest in the technical fields publican colleagues to consider raising rev- Success Act, would create a legal framework and started reading the magazine Popular Me- enue by closing egregious tax loopholes. where individuals or organizations can provide chanics at a young age. So I’ll vote ‘‘no’’ on this unwise and decep- students with money for school in exchange This interest quickly manifested itself into a tive approach. And I ask colleagues to get for the student agreeing to make payments passion and a hobby. Marlan took the tech- linked to their income for a set period of time down to the serious work of budgeting. Rank- nical knowledge he gained through reading after graduation. Students would have no loan ing Member VAN HOLLEN suggested an alter- and began building things by himself. He built balance to repay, so some students might end a shooting gallery to practice his BB gun shot, native that would replace the sequester and up paying less than the amount given to them reduce the deficit. His approach would not ax a small working submarine, and eventually two and others more. These plans would serve as working automobiles that could fit full-sized Head Start programs for our nation’s children, an alternative to student loans. would not cause the further deterioration of adults. Marlan also took up an interest in mu- This concept is extremely innovative in its sical performance, and developed a knack for our national infrastructure, would not kick sen- approach to financing college. Far too many playing the saxophone during his high school iors and veterans out of federally-supported students struggle to obtain enough financing years. He also honed his skills playing the housing, and would not furlough school- through traditional sources to pay for college, clarinet and piano and created both a band teachers at bases like Fort Bragg, where the and many others are saddled with and a lucrative business by playing his instru- kids of our servicemen and servicewomen are unaffordable payments after graduation. These ments at weddings. Soon, Marlan would go on being forced to go without school for five days plans would help all students get the financing to graduate high school with a perfect record this fall. Let’s stop the partisan showmanship they need—including students from disadvan- and earned a spot at the University of Michi- and get to work. Find a way to rid our nation taged backgrounds—but without the anxiety gan where he would graduate with a Bach- of sequestration and put our country on a fis- that comes with traditional loans. elor’s Degree in Physics and a lifetime mem- cally sustainable path. These ideas were originally proposed by bership with the Phi Beta Kappa Academic Milton Friedman and were recently discussed Honor Society. Throughout his time in high f in a report published by the American Enter- school and as an undergraduate, Marlan’s in- prise Institute (AEI). One of the recommenda- terest in technology was manifested during his TRIBUTE TO ANDY LASHIER tions of the report was for Congress to create shop classes and he was known for being a legal framework that would provide investors able to convert innovative ideas into hardware. with clarity regarding tax treatment, consumer Marlan also met the love of his life, Rose- HON. TOM LATHAM disclosures, and other relevant aspects of mary, during his time at the University of these contracts. While there are a few small OF IOWA Michigan, whom he would marry in her par- companies operating in this market, the report ent’s living room shortly after she graduated IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES argues that the lack of legal clarity has pre- from the same university in 1947. After being vented the growth of these financing options selected for a top secret U.S. Navy program at Wednesday, April 9, 2014 on a wide scale. the California Institute of Technology, which The AEI report also highlights the potential was instrumental in the development of the Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to for these financing tools to help address the congratulate and recognize Andy Lashier of Manhattan Project, Marlan and his new bride issue of college costs. It argues that investors made the cross-country trek to California with Laser Resources in Urbandale, Iowa, for being will likely offer more generous terms to stu- named a 2014 Forty Under 40 honoree by the the help of her parents. The couple purchased dents for higher quality institutions and pro- an older home in Altadena, California, and award-winning central Iowa publication, Busi- grams or for fields that are in high demand in ness Record. started Bourns Laboratories, which recently the workforce. Therefore, by helping students celebrated its 65th Anniversary, in their single Since 2000, Business Record has under- navigate to programs that will set them up for car garage. taken an exhaustive annual review to identify success, these tools would likely put pressure Rosemary ran the business side of the op- a standout group of young leaders in the on institutions to cut costs and improve qual- eration and Marlan was the innovator, and to- Greater Des Moines area who are making an ity. gether, they made an unstoppable team. The impact in their communities and their careers. Mr. Speaker, as some form of postsec- Bourns family worked diligently making and Each year, forty up-and-coming community ondary education becomes increasingly es- testing products with what little resources they and business leaders under 40 years of age sential to success in today’s economy, we had. With the creation of one successful proto- should ensure that students have an array of are selected for this prestigious distinction, type, made out of a Whitman’s candy box, beneficial tools to help them finance their stud- which is based on combined criteria of com- they earned a massive contract with Consoli- ies. I hope that my colleagues will join me in munity involvement and success in their cho- dated Vultee in San Diego for many of their helping to make this new and innovative fi- projects including linear motion potentiom- sen career field. The 2014 class of Forty nancing option available to them. Under 40 honorees join an impressive roster eters, vane transducers, accelerometers and f of nearly 600 business leaders and growing. bourdon tube pressure transducers. Though TRIBUTE TO MARLAN BOURNS the company would rapidly grow over the Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- coming years, Rosemary and Marlan re- resent leaders like Andy in the United States HON. KEN CALVERT mained very personally involved in its develop- Congress and it is with great pride that I rec- ment and made sure to establish relationships ognize and applaud Mr. Lashier for utilizing his OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES with their employees. They built manufacturing talents to better both his community and the plants for their products all over the world, and great State of Iowa. I invite my colleagues in Wednesday, April 9, 2014 found a passion for traveling as they regularly the House to join me in congratulating Andy Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to visited them. on receiving this esteemed designation, thank- honor and pay tribute to Marlan Bourns, who Marlan, who holds over 100 patents to his ing those at Business Record for their great passed away on Tuesday, March 18, 2014. name, was often honored throughout his ca- work, and wishing each member of the 2014 Marlan was a pillar of the community in River- reer for his significant contributions to growth Forty Under 40 class continued success. side County and he will be deeply missed. of the electronic components industry. He was

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When I have He and Rosemary were also honored as Sen- their great work, and wishing each member of the pleasure of running into our former interns, sors Magazine’s 1996 Lifetime Achievement the 2014 Forty Under 40 class continued suc- or those who have sought to serve our nation Award in 2010 and as Cal State University, cess. while continuing their education at one of our San Bernardino’s recipients of the Spirit of the f service academies, they often ask about Clau- Entrepreneur Award and Lifetime Achievement dia and express how much they appreciate Award. HONORING HENRY GORDON PHILIP her care and personal attention to them. Marlan is survived by his son Gordon; I wish Claudia all the best as she embarks daughters Linda Hill, Anita Macbeth and HON. SAM GRAVES on a new chapter in her life alongside her hus- Denise Moyles; 14 grandchildren and six OF MISSOURI band Fred, their two children, Brian and Meg, great-grandchildren who will fondly remember IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and her grandchildren. his sense of humor and compassion for oth- Wednesday, April 9, 2014 f ers. Marlan will always be remembered for his Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I CONGRATULATING JOSEPH A. incredible contributions to business, his work proudly pause to recognize Henry Gordon COGNITORE ethic, generosity, and love of family. His dedi- Philip. Hank is a very special young man who cation to his work and community is a testa- has exemplified the finest qualities of citizen- HON. TIMOTHY H. BISHOP ment to a life lived well and a legacy that will ship and leadership by taking an active part in OF NEW YORK continue. I extend my condolences to Marlan’s the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 360, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES earning the most prestigious award of Eagle family and friends; although Marlan may be Wednesday, April 9, 2014 gone, the light and goodness he brought to Scout. the world remain and will never be forgotten. Hank has been very active with his troop, Mr. BISHOP of New York. Mr. Speaker, I rise to congratulate Joseph A. Cognitore, f participating in many scout activities. Over the many years Hank has been involved with Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars OUR UNCONSCIONABLE NATIONAL scouting, he has not only earned numerous Fischer-Hewins Post 6249 in Rocky Point, DEBT merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- New York. Joe is a humble man of quiet lead- ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Hank ership and vision who inspires many to recog- HON. MIKE COFFMAN has earned the rank of Firebuilder in the Tribe nize veterans and their invaluable service to OF COLORADO of Mic-O-Say. Hank has also contributed to his our country. On April 9, Joe will be honored as Rocky Point Lions Club ‘‘Man of the Year’’, an IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES community through his Eagle Scout project. Hank built three hardwood benches that were accolade that recognizes his military service Wednesday, April 9, 2014 placed in the vestibule of the Church of the and his tireless home front efforts in assisting Mr. COFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, on January Annunciation in Kearney, Missouri. his fellow veterans, as well as his commitment 20, 2009, the day President Obama took of- Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in to the needs of the Rocky Point community. fice, the national debt was commending Henry Gordon Philip for his ac- Joe was a U.S. Army Platoon Sergeant who $10,626,877,048,913.08. complishments with the Boy Scouts of Amer- served with honor in Vietnam from 1969 to Today, it is $17,567,074,702,635.03. We’ve ica and for his efforts put forth in achieving the 1971. His service earned him a Bronze Star added $6,940,197,653,721.95 to our debt in 5 highest distinction of Eagle Scout. and the Combat Infantry Badge for his valor years. This is over $6.9 trillion in debt our na- f on the battlefield. After his discharge from the tion, our economy, and our children could Army, Joe worked at the Coca Cola bottling have avoided with a balanced budget amend- RECOGNIZING CLAUDIA plant in Suffolk County for 38 years, where he ment. NEIDHARDT eventually became branch manager. f Following a legacy of military service and HON. JOHN F. TIERNEY VFW membership, Joe joined the Farmingdale TRIBUTE TO WAYNE REAMES OF MASSACHUSETTS Post where his father served as Chaplain and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES his uncle as Commander. However, it was upon joining the Rocky Point Post in 1991 that HON. TOM LATHAM Wednesday, April 9, 2014 OF IOWA he truly found his calling. In 1994, Joe be- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. TIERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to came Commander of the Post, the position he recognize and thank Claudia Neidhardt for her currently holds. His leadership has resulted in Wednesday, April 9, 2014 17 years working in my district office and serv- increased membership, extensive outreach, Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ing the people of the Sixth District of Massa- and assistance to those in need, especially congratulate and recognize Wayne Reames of chusetts. Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. For more than Belin McCormick in Des Moines, Iowa for Claudia, a longtime resident of Newburyport, a decade, the Rocky Point VFW Post has being named a 2014 Forty Under 40 honoree began working in my District office just months raised funds to send weekly care packages to by the award-winning central Iowa publication, after I was first elected to Congress in 1997. troops overseas. Business Record. For nearly two decades she has been the Joe was also instrumental to the Diamond in Since 2000, Business Record has under- voice constituents have come to trust when the Pines 9/11 memorial project in Coram, taken an exhaustive annual review to identify they call my office seeking assistance. raising more than $40,000. Together with the a standout group of young leaders in the Not only has Claudia served as the face of hard work of the Post and the Town of Greater Des Moines area who are making an the office, she has assisted hundreds of con- Brookhaven, the memorial was completed in impact in their communities and their careers. stituents in applying for admission to military six months and dedicated on September 4, Each year, forty up-and-coming community academies, obtaining passports and travel 2011. and business leaders under 40 years of age documentation, and navigating the intricacies Recently, Joe and other veteran leaders are selected for this prestigious distinction, of any number of government agencies. She joined forces with Long Island Home Builders which is based on a combined criteria of com- has organized dozens of Congressional Art Care in their ‘‘Building New Homes for Return- munity involvement and success in their cho- Competitions and stood with young constitu- ing Veterans’’ program, an affordable housing sen career field. The 2014 class of Forty ents whose artwork has been chosen to hang initiative that provides new homes to returning Under 40 honorees join an impressive roster in the halls of Congress each year. Iraq and Afghanistan veterans and their fami- of nearly 600 business leaders and growing. Claudia’s kindness and compassion toward lies. Together with municipalities, private com- Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- the constituents of the Sixth District as well as panies, volunteers, and many others, this col- resent leaders like Wayne in the United States her colleagues has truly made her the glue of laborative effort resulted in the building of a Congress and it is with great pride that I rec- my district office. new six-home subdivision named Veterans’ ognize and applaud Mr. Reames for utilizing Claudia’s commitment to youth is of special Way. Just before Christmas Day 2013, a his talents to better both his community and note. She has created a positive, welcoming proud community watched six veterans, their the great state of Iowa. I invite my colleagues environment for the many young women and wives, and their young children receive the

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I congratulate the Girls of Steel and Project, and honors the death of U.S. Army women have to engineering as well as their wish them all continued success in their aca- Sgt. Jonathan Keller, a 1998 Shoreham-Wad- considerable talent. demic and professional endeavors. ing River High School graduate who died in The Girls of Steel also won the Entrepre- f 2009 of injuries he received while serving in neurship Award at both the Buckeye Regional HONORING EDYTH ANN WORTHY Afghanistan. and the Greater Pittsburgh Regional competi- Joe also coordinates the VFW Post’s Youth tions. This award recognizes a team that de- Council events, which connect young people veloped the best business plan to identify, HON. STEPHEN LEE FINCHER with veterans to teach the importance of serv- manage, and accomplish its objectives. OF TENNESSEE ice and good citizenship. He is also an active F.I.R.S.T., which stands for ‘‘For Inspiration IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES member of the Rocky Point Senior Center, and Recognition of Science and Technology,’’ Wednesday, April 9, 2014 where he co-founded a program for senior cit- is an organization dedicated to engaging our Mr. FINCHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to izen veterans. students in the vital fields of science, tech- congratulate and celebrate the life and career On behalf of the First Congressional District, nology, math, and engineering (STEM). Hun- of Edyth Ann Worthy on the occasion of her I rise today to recognize a man who has spent dreds of thousands of students gain practical, 88th birthday. On April 10, 2014, hundreds of his life recognizing others; a respected leader team-based engineering experiences through friends and former students will gather for an whose commitment to service is unyielding. I F.I.R.S.T. every year. appreciation reception at the Old Country am proud to call Joe Cognitore my constituent As a founder and co-chair of the Congres- Store in Jackson, Tennessee to celebrate Ms. and prouder to call him my friend. sional Robotics Caucus, I believe competitions Worthy’s 37 years in education. f like these are incredible tools for helping our Edyth Arm Worthy was born and raised in young people explore potential careers in Lenoir City, Tennessee and graduated with TRIBUTE TO ANTHONY RANALLO STEM. I’ve witnessed firsthand the incredible education degrees from both Tennessee Tech economic growth and development that these and George Peabody University. After two HON. TOM LATHAM fields can bring in my home district, and I years with Tullahoma High School, Ms. Wor- OF IOWA strongly believe that these fields are crucial to thy moved to West Tennessee to become the IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES our Nation’s future prosperity. For encouraging physical education teacher and head girls’ Wednesday, April 9, 2014 young people in these pursuits, I want to com- basketball coach at Jackson High School. mend organizations like F.I.R.S.T. for their im- Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to During her 35 years with the Jackson-Madi- portant work. The F.I.R.S.T. Robotics Com- congratulate and recognize Anthony Ranallo son County School System, Ms. Worthy petition allows students to apply creativity and coached basketball, sponsored the cheer- of Merrill Lynch in Des Moines, Iowa for being critical thinking in the demanding and competi- leaders and the Tri-Hi-Y club, was the director named a 2014 Forty Under 40 honoree by the tive field of robotics, all while instilling a strong for the YMCA day camp, and served as the award-winning central Iowa publication, Busi- sense of pride in participants. official hostess for the TSSAA Girls State Bas- ness Record. Thirty-nine young women from high schools Since 2000, Business Record has under- ketball Tournament held in Jackson during the located in and around the Pittsburgh area are taken an exhaustive annual review to identify 1960’s and 1970’s. For all of her efforts and members of this year’s Girls of Steel, and in dedication for youth sports, Ms. Worthy re- a standout group of young leaders in the recognition of their hard work, intelligence, and ceived the Jackson-Madison County Sports Greater Des Moines area who are making an teamwork, I would like to mention each of Hall of Fame Distinguished Service Award in impact in their communities and their careers. these inspiring ladies by name. They are Isa- 1995. Each year, forty up-and-coming community bella Arnone, Sonia Appasamy, Arushi Bandi, Even after her official retirement, Ms. and business leaders under 40 years of age Elizabeth Bianchini, Grace Brueggman, Abbey Worthy’s love for education continued as she are selected for this prestigious distinction, Ceraso, Rachel Cherian, Claudia Contreras, worked part-time at Union University’s Music which is based on a combined criteria of com- Laurel Donatelli, Samantha Eppinger, Clarisa Department. For her unwavering devotion to munity involvement and success in their cho- Espinoza-Delgado, Mackenzie Ferris, Naoka education, sports, and the children of Jackson- sen career field. The 2014 class of Forty Gunawardena, Heather Harrington, Rosanne Madison County, Ms. Worthy certainly de- Under 40 honorees join an impressive roster Harrison, Sydney Hnat, Shoko Kanemoto, serves the appreciation and recognition from of nearly 600 business leaders and growing. Campbell Konrad, Elizabeth Kysel, Jisue Lee, her students, friends, and our whole commu- Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- nity. On behalf of Tennessee’s 8th Congres- resent leaders like Anthony in the United Sylvia Lee, Sophia Lee, Cheyenne Meyers, Gigi Nieson, Anne Kailin Northam, Maddie sional District, I would like to congratulate States Congress and it is with great pride that Edyth Ann Worthy. I recognize and applaud Mr. Ranallo for uti- Oppelt, Simran Parwani, Korryn Resetar, Ra- lizing his talents to better both his community chel Round, Kaitlyn Schaffer, Kriti Shah, f and the great state of Iowa. I invite my col- Grace Schneider, Katie Shreve, Makalya IN RECOGNITION OF THE 140TH AN- leagues in the House to join me in congratu- Shreve, Lynn Urbina, Molly Urbina, Becca NIVERSARY OF THE CARBON- lating Anthony on receiving this esteemed Volk, Alayna Yates, and Natalie Young. DALE PUBLIC LIBRARY I would also like to mention that that two of designation, thanking those at Business the Girls of Steel, Simran Parwani of Fox Record for their great work, and wishing each Chapel High School and Sylvie Lee from HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT member of the 2014 Forty Under 40 class Shady Side Academy, were awarded the pres- OF PENNSYLVANIA continued success. tigious F.I.R.S.T. Dean’s List Award. This IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f award highlights and celebrates exemplary Wednesday, April 9, 2014 GIRLS OF STEEL ROBOTICS TEAM student leaders who demonstrate and embody Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, today I F.I.R.S.T.’s ideals. rise to honor the Carbondale Public Library, HON. MICHAEL F. DOYLE Additionally, I want to convey my sincere which will celebrate its 140th anniversary on OF PENNSYLVANIA appreciation to the staff of Carnegie Mellon May 9, 2014. The library was founded in the University’s Field Robotics Center, who have IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES winter of 1873 by the Principal of Schools, E. mentored the Girls of Steel since 2010. Be- Francis, and incorporated under the laws of Wednesday, April 9, 2014 cause of their efforts, more young women can the Commonwealth in 1875. In 1983, it be- Mr. DOYLE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to experience real-world technological challenges came part of the Library System managed by commend the Girls of Steel robotics team on and learn from some of the Nation’s best at Lackawanna County. In 1996, the Carbondale winning the Engineering Inspiration Award at solving these problems. These experiences Public Library moved into a new facility next to the 2014 Pittsburgh Regional F.I.R.S.T. Robot- will certainly benefit these young women in the Carbondale City Hall. ics Competition. future. Today, the library is an active learning hub This is the third year in a row in which they I look forward to hearing about their in the community—featuring events and edu- have won this prestigious award, which goes progress as they advance to the F.I.R.S.T. cational workshops—and a fantastic resource

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The library’s wide-rang- announced that they will not produce a budg- heavy-duty tables for the Blue Springs High ing collection also includes cemetery records, et. Clearly, these pundits and Senate Demo- School Golden Regiment Marching Band in photographic histories, books and documen- crats have been in Washington for far too Blue Springs, Missouri. taries about Carbondale and the surrounding long. Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in regions, and subscriptions to genealogy soft- The American people did not send us to commending Kaleb Behee for his accomplish- ware services. Congress to look for shortcuts and to find the ments with the Boy Scouts of America and for It is an honor to commemorate such a valu- easy way out. Last year’s budget agreement his efforts put forth in achieving the highest able and long-standing institution like the did not magically solve our fiscal challenges, distinction of Eagle Scout. Carbondale Public Library. This invaluable re- so we need to roll up our sleeves and get to f source brings the Carbondale community to- work. gether to learn and explore. I hope that it con- Thankfully, under the leadership of Budget TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT AFFIR- tinues this tradition of scholasticism and unity Committee Chairman PAUL RYAN, House Re- MATION AND NAVAL VESSEL throughout the 21st Century. publicans are doing just that. Our budget TRANSFER ACT OF 2014 f makes the tough decisions necessary to grow our economy by curbing the growth of federal SPEECH OF TRIBUTE TO ANNE PHAM spending and making critical reforms to our HON. MARIO DIAZ–BALART entitlement programs. OF FLORIDA HON. TOM LATHAM Critics of the Republican budget call our IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF IOWA spending cuts draconian. On the current path, Monday, April 7, 2014 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES spending will grow, on average, by 5.2 percent a year over the next decade. Under this budg- Mr. DIAZ–BALART. Mr. Speaker, this morn- Wednesday, April 9, 2014 et, spending will grow, on average, by 3.5 per- ing, I had the honor of taking part in a video Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to cent a year. That’s not austerity, that’s respon- conference with President of Taiwan, Mr. Ma congratulate and recognize Anne Pham of the sibility. Ying-jeou, at the Center for Strategic and Iowa Department of Natural Resources for Our budget does cut $5.1 trillion in spending International Studies. President Ma offered his being named a 2014 Forty Under 40 honoree and balances over the next ten years—without insights on the U.S.-Taiwan bilateral relation- by the award-winning central Iowa publication, raising taxes. On the other hand, the Demo- ship, especially timely given the 35th anniver- Business Record. crat’s budget raises taxes by $1.8 trillion, in- sary of the Taiwan Relations Act. President Since 2000, Business Record has under- creases spending by $740 billion more than Ma’s speech follows below: taken an exhaustive annual review to identify current policy, while growing our annual deficit OPENING REMARKS a standout group of young leaders in the to $637 billion in 2024. I would first like to extend my apprecia- Greater Des Moines area who are making an While the differences between our budg- tion to the Center for Strategic and Inter- impact in their communities and their careers. etary priorities are clear, it is essential that national Studies for organizing this video- Each year, forty up-and-coming community both sides of the aisle work together and build conference for the third time. I believe this and business leaders under 40 years of age upon last year’s budget agreement. Moving is the second time Dr. Hamre has hosted this are selected for this prestigious distinction, back to regular order of approving a budget event, and I want to thank him whole- which is based on a combined criteria of com- and advancing the annual individual appropria- heartedly. On the eve of the 35th anniversary of the enactment of the Taiwan Relations munity involvement and success in their cho- tions bills is the best form of governance pos- Act (TRA), a landmark piece of legislation sen career field. The 2014 class of Forty sible. Every year, our federal agencies and that has laid the cornerstone of the robust Under 40 honorees join an impressive roster programs need to be closely examined so that relationship between the Republic of China of nearly 600 business leaders and growing. we can remove any waste, fraud, abuse or in- and the United States, I am especially Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- efficiencies. pleased to have this opportunity to discuss resent leaders like Anne in the United States Mr. Chair, the budget before us is an impor- the unique partnership between our two Congress and it is with great pride that I rec- tant step towards establishing a responsible countries with such a distinguished audi- ognize and applaud Ms. Pham for utilizing her fiscal foundation for the next fiscal year as ence. talents to better both her community and the well as the years to come. I look forward to A STRONG AND LONG-STANDING FRIENDSHIP great state of Iowa. I invite my colleagues in working with my colleagues on the House The friendship between the Republic of the House to join me in congratulating Anne Budget Committee and Appropriations Com- China and the U.S. dates back over one cen- on receiving this esteemed designation, thank- mittee in executing the vision and priorities tury. It all began with a desire for mutual laid out in this budget. understanding. The Boxer Indemnity Schol- ing those at Business Record for their great arship Program was established by the U.S. work, and wishing each member of the 2014 I once again want to thank Chairman RYAN in 1909 with an endowment of 10.8 million Forty Under 40 class continued success. for his thoughtful, dedicated work on this U.S. dollars. The scholarship allowed Chinese f budget, which will be his last as Chairman, students to study in the U.S., and in 1911 and I urge all of my colleagues to support it. helped establish the forerunner of the pres- CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON f tigious National Tsing Hua University, THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR which has educated generations of young tal- 2015 HONORING KALEB BEHEE ent in mainland China and Taiwan, including three Nobel laureates. My hat is off to my SPEECH OF American friends for having the foresight to HON. SAM GRAVES initiate such a beneficial scholarship pro- HON. KEN CALVERT OF MISSOURI gram. The idea behind it was the American OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES vision to provide educational opportunities for a vast but poor and backward Asian coun- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Wednesday, April 9, 2014 try surrounded by insatiable imperialist Tuesday, April 8, 2014 Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I powers. During the first half-century of our part- The House in Committee of the Whole proudly pause to recognize Kaleb Behee. nership, the United States played a vital role House on the state of the Union had under Kaleb is a very special young man who has in ensuring the Republic of China’s survival consideration the bill (H. Con. Res. 96) estab- exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship and development. In August 1941, for in- lishing the budget for the United States Gov- and leadership by taking an active part in the stance, four months before the Pearl Harbor ernment for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth Boy Scouts of America, Troop 1138, and earn- attack, the U.S. dispatched the Flying Ti- appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. gers to help in China’s difficult war against 2016 through 2024: Kaleb has been very active with his troop, Japan. They shot down more than 200 Japa- Mr. CALVERT. Mr. Chair, a number of polit- participating in many scout activities. Over the nese military aircraft during the first seven ical pundits have asked why House Repub- many years Kaleb has been involved with months after their arrival in China.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 08:15 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A09AP8.019 E09APPT1 tjames on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS E562 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks April 9, 2014 In January 1943, the U.S. abrogated the 100- International Civil Aviation Organization provided to Japan by 93 other countries that year old unequal treaty system, with its (ICAO) to attend ICAO’s 38th Assembly in provided assistance. I would add that my extraterritoriality and consular jurisdiction, Montreal, Canada, after an absence of 42 wife and I also played a small part when we and signed the Sino-American New Equal years. These were major steps forward in our joined a telethon to solicit donations. Treaty with us in Washington, a signal that efforts to achieve more international partici- These measures reflect our determination the U.S. sought a truly equitable partnership pation. to be a peacemaker and a provider of human- itarian aid in the international community. with the Republic of China. THE ROC: A PEACEMAKER AND HUMANITARIAN To forestall the possibility of military con- On December 1st, 1943, the United States, AID PROVIDER United Kingdom, and Republic of China flict over the East China Sea Air Defense Using what I call the policy of ‘‘viable di- issued the historic Cairo Declaration, in Identification Zone, I issued the Statement plomacy,’’ we have expanded Taiwan’s inter- which they demanded that Japan restore all on East China Sea Air Space Security on national space, and strengthened relations territories stolen from the Chinese, such as February 26 this year. In this statement, I with our allies and neighbors. Taiwan con- Manchuria, Taiwan, and the Pescadores, to proposed that all parties concerned should tributes to regional peace, prosperity, and the Republic of China. This position was re- seek to resolve disputes by peaceful means stability through timely and concrete ac- pursuant to international law and the East confirmed in the Potsdam Proclamation on tions. China Sea Peace Initiative. I also proposed July 26th, 1945 and realized 38 days later with As many of you know, Taiwan, mainland that the parties should formulate an East the signing of the Japanese Instrument of China, and Japan all claim sovereignty over China Sea Code of Conduct and set up a mul- Surrender on September 2nd. We truly appre- a group of small islets in the East China Sea tilateral negotiation mechanism. ciate America’s vital military and diplo- known as the Diaoyutai Islands. These is- I was pleased to learn of the testimony matic role during this period in helping the lands are uninhabited, but are located near given by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Republic of China recover sovereignty over rich fishing grounds, undersea hydrocarbon Daniel Russel on February 5 this year before Taiwan. deposits, and some of the world’s busiest the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on From 1950 to 1965, the U.S. provided Tai- shipping lanes. Asia and the Pacific. He mentioned that the wan with 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in economic In recent years, the danger of confronta- principles of the East China Sea Peace Ini- aid. Our two countries signed a Mutual De- tion over the Diaoyutai Islands has grown tiative ‘‘are at the heart of the U.S. strategy fense Treaty in 1954 under which the U.S. tremendously. That is why I proposed the and the U.S. effort, namely respect for inter- guaranteed our security. This provided a East China Sea Peace Initiative in August national law and peaceful resolution of dis- peaceful external environment that enabled 2012. I wanted to demonstrate that a dif- putes.’’ In fact, the spirit of the East China Taiwan to create an economic miracle. Since ferent path and a more hopeful outcome are Sea Peace Initiative could also apply to the then, the U.S. has stood by Taiwan through possible. This initiative elevates peaceful ne- South China Sea. thick and thin. gotiation over confrontation. It de-empha- A PEACEFUL TAIWAN STRAIT 35TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TAIWAN RELATIONS sizes the territorial nature of the dispute and Now, let us turn to cross-strait relations. ACT focuses on resource sharing and cooperation. Since I took office in 2008, I have pursued a Relations between the ROC and U.S. On April 10th last year, exactly a year ago cross-strait policy of maintaining the polit- changed drastically in 1978, a year that I tomorrow, we signed the Taiwan-Japan Fish- ical status quo. This means ‘‘no unification, look back upon with profound regret. In De- eries Agreement. There had been 16 rounds of no independence, and no use of force’’ under cember that year, President Jimmy Carter fruitless negotiations in the previous 16 the framework of the ROC Constitution. It decided to switch diplomatic recognition years, but we were able to get it done in the also means maintaining peaceful cross-strait from Taipei to Beijing. To remedy the situa- 17th round. We achieved success by pro- relations on the basis of the 1992 Consensus, tion, the Carter administration submitted a ceeding on the basis that ‘‘while sovereignty namely, ‘‘one China, respective interpreta- draft version of the TRA to the Congress. cannot be compromised, resources may be tions.’’ And in order to ensure sustainable But because of the inadequacies of the draft, shared.’’ The agreement allows fishing boats peace across the Taiwan Strait, I have also Congress made many crucial improvements. from both countries to operate, for the first formally announced that we will not pursue On April 10th, President Carter signed the time in more than 40 years, in disputed policies such as ‘‘two Chinas,’’ ‘‘one China, bill into law, and made it retroactively effec- waters twice the size of Taiwan near the one Taiwan,’’ or ‘‘Taiwan independence.’’ tive from January 1st, 1979. The TRA, ac- Diaoyutai Islands. Meanwhile, the territorial Thanks to the joint efforts of both sides, cording to an American scholar at the time, claims of both sides remain intact thanks to cross-strait relations are at their best state re-recognized Taiwan after it had been de- the inclusion of a ‘‘without prejudice’’ in over six decades. To date, the two sides have completed 10 rounds of talks, signed 21 recognized by the Carter administration. clause. The agreement embraces the spirit of I was glad to learn that just two days ago, the East China Sea Peace Initiative, and has agreements, and plan to exchange represent- ative offices in the future. Some of the main the U.S. House of Representatives unani- won wide support within Taiwan and Japan, areas covered under the 21 agreements in- mously passed a bill reaffirming the unwav- from the U.S., and in the international com- clude economic cooperation, transportation, ering commitment of the U.S. to the TRA. munity in general. health, science, agriculture, and mutual ju- The TRA provides the legal framework for We also acted in line with the East China dicial assistance. The number of regularly many agreements signed between Taiwan Sea Peace Initiative to resolve a dispute scheduled direct cross-strait flights has in- and U.S., including a potential bilateral in- with the Philippines after the Philippine creased from zero to 118 per day. The number vestment agreement. With solid bipartisan Coast Guard shot a Taiwan fisherman dead of mainland visitors per year has gone up support in the U.S. Congress, our two coun- in May last year. After months of intense ne- from 290,000 to 2.8 million, nearly a tenfold tries have maintained strong political, secu- gotiations, the Philippine government made increase. And the number of mainland stu- rity, economic, and cultural ties that have an official apology, provided compensation dents in Taiwan has jumped from 800 to for the victim’s family. The perpetrators helped ensure and enhance peace and sta- 24,000, a thirtyfold increase. Meanwhile, law bility in East Asia. Another U.S. commit- were charged with homicide by the Phil- enforcement agencies from Taiwan and the ment was the Reagan administration’s Six ippine Department of Justice last month. In mainland have cooperated to arrest nearly Assurances to Taiwan in July 1982, in which addition, the two sides agreed to refrain 6,000 criminal suspects. As a result, the num- the U.S. reiterated its continued commit- from the use of force in law enforcement ac- ber of scam cases has been cut by 60% from ment to Taiwan’s security. tions, to notify the other side before taking its peak, and the resulting financial losses to When I took office in May 2008, I made it any enforcement action, and to promptly re- victims in Taiwan have fallen by 80% from my top priority to improve Taiwan’s rela- lease detained fishing vessels and crew in its peak. It is evident that improved cross- tionship with the U.S. by restoring high- case of arrest. strait relations bring tangible benefits to level mutual trust, which was nearly non- Then, in November last year, when the Taiwan. existent at the time. Today, ROC–U.S. rela- Philippines was hard hit by Typhoon We’ll continue to focus on similar topics. tions are the strongest they’ve been in 35 Haiyan—known there as Typhoon Yolanda— We do not exclude political topics, however, years or more. With U.S. support, Taiwan causing more than 6,000 deaths, we imme- if the people of Taiwan support it. has been able to improve cross-strait rela- diately delivered 680 tons of relief supplies to Our Mainland Affairs Minister Wang Yu- tions and confidently engage Beijing from a the devastated area on 18 air force cargo Chi visited mainland China last February to position of strength. flights and one naval vessel. The donations meet in Nanjing with his counterpart, Min- Continued American backing, under the were worth 12 million U.S. dollars. ister Zhang Zhijun of the Taiwan Affairs Of- mandate of the TRA, for Taiwan’s meaning- After the Japanese earthquake in March fice. This was the first official meeting of its ful participation in international organiza- 2011, which took more than 18,000 lives, my kind since the two sides came under separate tions is another present-day example of U.S. government immediately announced a dona- rule 65 years ago. This meeting represented support for our foreign policy goals. In May tion of 3.3 million U.S. dollars to assist in the gradual institutionalization of the cross- 2009, the ROC health minister attended the the rescue effort. In the following two strait relationship, and was a historic mile- World Health Assembly in Geneva after an months, the people of Taiwan donated stone on the path toward sustainable peace absence of 38 years. In September last year, around 230 million U.S. dollars. This was the and prosperity. These developments prove the Director-General of our Civil Aero- single largest amount of foreign assistance that viable diplomacy and cross-strait rela- nautics Administration was invited as a ever donated by the people of Taiwan. In tions are indeed complementary and con- guest of the President of the Council of the fact, it exceeded the sum total of donations stitute a virtuous cycle.

VerDate Mar 15 2010 08:15 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K09AP8.020 E09APPT1 tjames on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with REMARKS April 9, 2014 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E563 Again, I want to thank the United States Moreover, a TPP with Taiwan’s member- munity involvement and success in their cho- for Assistant Secretary Daniel Russel’s re- ship would not only assure Taiwan’s eco- sen career field. The 2014 class of Forty cent testimony in the Senate Foreign Rela- nomic security, but would also help Under 40 honorees join an impressive roster tions Committee, where he said, and I quote, strengthen the economic presence of the U.S. ‘‘we very much welcome and applaud the ex- in the Asia-Pacific region. In this regard, I of nearly 600 business leaders and growing. traordinary progress that has occurred in am pleased to acknowledge the statements Mr. Speaker, it is a profound honor to rep- cross-strait relations under the Ma adminis- made by Assistant Secretary of State Daniel resent leaders like Matthew in the United tration.’’ Russel and Deputy Assistant Secretary of States Congress and it is with great pride that ENHANCING ROC–U.S. ECONOMIC RELATIONS State Kin Moy recently at Congressional I recognize and applaud Mr. McKinney for uti- hearings. At the hearings, they both stated Trade and investment relations between lizing his talents to better both his community that the U.S. welcomed Taiwan’s interest in the ROC and U.S. have always been close. In and the great state of Iowa. I invite my col- the TPP. 2013, Taiwan was the 12th largest trading In the meantime, Taiwan also trades heav- leagues in the House to join me in congratu- partner of the U.S. for goods, with 57.7 bil- ily with the 16 member countries of the Re- lating Matthew on receiving this esteemed lion U.S. dollars in two-way trade. The gional Comprehensive Economic Partnership designation, thanking those at Business United States is the largest source of foreign (RCEP). In 2013, our trade volume with RCEP Record for their great work, and wishing each direct investment in Taiwan, cumulatively countries came to 325 billion U.S. dollars, or investing 23 billion U.S. dollars as of Janu- member of the 2014 Forty Under 40 class about 57% of Taiwan’s total external trade. ary 2014. continued success. It is only natural that Taiwan is also seek- In March last year, we resumed talks ing membership in the RCEP. under the 1994 Taiwan-U.S. Trade and Invest- A recent effort by our government for a f ment Framework Agreement (TIFA), and we TPP and RCEP membership is the free eco- just successfully concluded the 8th TIFA A TRIBUTE IN HONOR OF MARIE nomic pilot zones (FEPZs). The goal of the meetings last week in Washington. I want to FEPZs is to establish a good environment for WOLBACH praise the hard work of both sides and the doing business, and to pave the way for Tai- positive outcome achieved in the meetings. I wan’s membership in the TPP and RCEP. hope that we can launch the negotiation of a The American Chamber of Commerce in Tai- HON. ANNA G. ESHOO bilateral investment agreement (BIA) in the pei puts out a magazine called Taiwan Busi- OF CALIFORNIA near future. A BIA would serve as the begin- ness Topics that has commented on our ning of a more robust and comprehensive IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEPZs. Allow me to quote from the maga- economic relationship between our two coun- zine: ‘‘The (Taiwan) government’s initiative tries. Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in establishing Free Economic Pilot Zones is Taiwan is an important security and eco- an indication of its seriousness in seeking in- Ms. ESHOO. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to nomic partner of the U.S., as former Sec- novative new directions for the Taiwan econ- honor an extraordinary woman and devoted retary of State Hillary Clinton stated in omy.’’ The new directions that the Chamber 2011. To further demonstrate our commit- leader in our community who has inspired nu- is referring to here are liberalization and ment to enhancing trade and investment re- merous girls to strive for success and excel in globalization. lations with the U.S., Taiwan sent a delega- science, technology, engineering, and mathe- tion of 42 business leaders to the SelectUSA CONCLUSION matics STEM. Marie Wolbach cares deeply Investment Summit last fall. Our delegation Ladies and gentlemen, Taiwan and the U.S. about ensuring that girls have the educational was the third largest among over 60 partici- are determined to maintain peace and sta- tools they need, and through the sheer force pating countries. We also dispatched a high- bility in East Asia, and we are working to- of her knowledge, determination, advocacy, level CEO delegation led by former ROC Vice gether to do so. If actions speak louder than participation, and persuasive talents, she cre- President Vincent Siew to the U.S. last No- words, then the U.S. has certainly spoken ated a unique educational opportunity for vember to promote investment in the U.S. loudly and forcefully in support of our cen- from Taiwan. tury-long partnership. We continue to be them. ROC’S DETERMINATION TO ACTIVELY PARTICI- grateful for America’s political, economic, Marie Wolbach is a retired medical sociolo- PATE IN REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION and security support. gist and recognizes the critical need for girls to To improve Taiwan’s competitiveness and And, as I have noted, with admission to the learn about science, technology, engineering, avoid the danger of being marginalized, I TPP and RCEP a top priority for my admin- and mathematics. She founded Tech Trek in began pursuing deregulation and market istration, I hope, on this 35th anniversary of 1998 with the help of an American Association opening immediately after taking office in the TRA, that the United States will join us of University Women (AAUW) Community Ac- in this effort. I do believe we can approach 2008. The lack of diplomatic ties makes it tion Grant. Tech Trek is a weeklong science, difficult for us to negotiate free trade agree- this goal as the beginning of a bright new chapter in the Taiwan-U.S. partnership. The technology, engineering, and mathematics ments (FTAs) with our major trading part- summer camp for underserved rising eighth- ners. To break the isolation, we decided to sky is the limit, so let’s soar on the wings of start with mainland China, our largest trad- this unique partnership! grade girls, offering them an opportunity to ing partner since 2003. We successfully con- Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your enter a world that empowers and encourages cluded the Cross-Straits Economic Coopera- attention. I now look forward to your ques- them to think about themselves as future sci- tion Framework Agreement (ECFA) in 2010. tions. entists, engineers, mathematicians, and com- This was followed in 2011 by an investment f puter specialists. Since Tech Trek began on agreement with Japan, our second largest the campus of Stanford University, it has trading partner and investor. Last year, we TRIBUTE TO MATTHEW MCKINNEY grown to ten camps on eight college cam- signed an economic cooperation agreement puses in California, and in 2013, it expanded (ANZTEC) with New Zealand in July, and an economic partnership agreement (ASTEP) HON. TOM LATHAM nationally to seven other states where it has with Singapore in November. We are also in OF IOWA already positively impacted the lives of the contact with other potential partners in Asia IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES girls who attended. Because of Marie and Europe in the hope of concluding more Wolbach’s vision, Tech Trek graduates are such accords. Wednesday, April 9, 2014 breaking barriers in the fields of science, tech- In addition to bilateral trade negotiations, Mr. LATHAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to nology, engineering and math, with surveys we must also take part in regional arrange- congratulate and recognize Matthew McKinney demonstrating that 96 percent of their former ments. Taiwan has highly developed mar- of Brown Winick in Des Moines, Iowa, for participants are now in college, and 54 per- kets, and shares Pacific borders with the cent are STEM majors. world’s three largest economies—the U.S., being named a 2014 Forty Under 40 honoree mainland China, and Japan. The ASEAN na- by the award-winning central Iowa publication, Mr. Speaker, I ask the entire House of Rep- tions are also nearby. Taiwan should not be Business Record. resentatives to join me in paying tribute to this excluded from the process of economic inte- Since 2000, Business Record has under- extraordinary woman as she is honored with gration in East Asia. taken an exhaustive annual review to identify the ‘‘Unsung Heroes’’ Jefferson Award. KPIX 5 Given that Taiwan’s trade with the 12 a standout group of young leaders in the nominated her for this prestigious award which members of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Greater Des Moines area who are making an she has earned and richly deserves. Marie (TPP) in 2013 came to nearly 200 billion U.S. dollars and accounted for 34% of Taiwan’s impact in their communities and their careers. Wolbach’s unparalleled vision for a better fu- total external trade, we believe Taiwan’s Each year, forty up-and-coming community ture for girls strengthens our nation immeas- membership in the TPP would definitely be and business leaders under 40 years of age urably and makes her a national treasure. It is beneficial not only for Taiwan, but also for are selected for this prestigious distinction, a high privilege to represent Marie Wolbach, all TPP member states. which is based on a combined criteria of com- and call her my friend.

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HIGHLIGHTS Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 35, Adjournment Resolution. Senate dent pro tempore, upon the recommendation of the Chamber Action Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 105–292, Routine Proceedings, pages S2293–S2331 as amended by Public Law 106–55, and as further Measures Introduced: Eleven bills and one resolu- amended by Public Law 107–228, and 112–75, re- tion were introduced, as follows: S. 2224–2234, and appointed the following individual to the United S. Con. Res. 35. Pages S2326–27 States Commission on International Religious Free- dom: Katrina Lantos Swett of New Hampshire. Measures Passed: Page S2330 100th Anniversary of the Enactment of the Friedland Nomination—Agreement: A unani- Smith-Lever Act: Committee on Agriculture, Nutri- mous-consent agreement was reached providing that tion, and Forestry was discharged from further con- at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 10, 2014, Senate sideration of S. Con. Res. 33, celebrating the 100th vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomina- anniversary of the enactment of the Smith-Lever Act, tion of Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be which established the nationwide Cooperative Exten- United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. sion System, and the resolution was then agreed to. Page S2330 Page S2330 Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- Adjournment Resolution: Senate agreed to S. lowing nominations: Con. Res. 35, providing for a conditional adjourn- By 75 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. EX. 104), ment or recess of the Senate and an adjournment of Wanda Felton, of New York, to be First Vice Presi- the House of Representatives. Page S2330 dent of the Export-Import Bank of the United States Measures Considered: for a term expiring January 20, 2017. Paycheck Fairness Act: Senate continued consid- Pages S2312–15, S2330 eration of the motion to proceed to consideration of By 95 yeas to 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 105), Terrell S. 2199, to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of McSweeny, of the District of Columbia, to be a Fed- 1938 to provide more effective remedies to victims eral Trade Commissioner for the unexpired term of of discrimination in the payment of wages on the seven years from September 26, 2010. basis of sex. Pages S2293–S2312, S2316–21 Pages S2315, S2330 During consideration of this measure today, Senate Debra L. Miller, of Kansas, to be a Member of the also took the following action: Surface Transportation Board for a term expiring De- By 53 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 103), three-fifths cember 31, 2017. Pages S2315–16, S2330 of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having Steven Joel Anthony, of Virginia, to be a Member voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion of the Railroad Retirement Board for a term expir- to close further debate on the motion to proceed to ing August 28, 2018. Pages S2315–16, S2330 consideration of the bill. Page S2299 Daniel W. Yohannes, of Colorado, to be Rep- Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to resentative of the United States of America to the reconsider the vote by which cloture was not in- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Devel- voked on the bill. Page S2299 opment, with the rank of Ambassador. Pages S2315–16, S2330 Appointments: 45 Air Force nominations in the rank of general. United States Commission on International Re- 1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general. ligious Freedom: The Chair, on behalf of the Presi- 3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral. D399

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A routine list in the Marine Corps. Pages S2329–31 APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF Messages from the House: Page S2325 LABOR Measures Referred: Page S2325 Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- ments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Measures Placed on the Calendar: Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hear- Pages S2293, S2325 ing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal Enrolled Bills Presented: Page S2325 year 2015 for the Department of Labor, after receiv- Executive Communications: Page S2325 ing testimony from Thomas E. Perez, Secretary of Labor. Petitions and Memorials: Page S2325 Executive Reports of Committees: Pages S2325–26 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS Additional Cosponsors: Pages S2327–28 Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: ment of Defense concluded a hearing to examine de- Pages S2328–29 fense health programs, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Patricia D. Horoho, Sur- Additional Statements: Pages S2323–25 geon General of the United States Army, Vice Ad- Authorities for Committees to Meet miral Matthew L. Nathan, Surgeon General of the Privileges of the Floor: Page S2329 United States Navy, Lieutenant General Thomas W. Record Votes: Three record votes were taken today. Travis, Surgeon General of the United States Air Force, and Christopher A. Miller, Program Executive (Total—105) Pages S2299, S2315 Officer, Healthcare Management Systems, all of the Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and ad- Department of Defense. journed at 5:52 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, April 10, 2014. (For Senate’s program, see the re- APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF marks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on ENERGY page S2330.) Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded a hearing to ex- Committee Meetings amine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Energy, (Committees not listed did not meet) after receiving testimony from Ernest Moniz, Sec- APPROPRIATIONS: ENVIRONMENTAL retary, and Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary, PROTECTION AGENCY both of the Department of Energy. Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Depart- APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE ment of the Interior, Environment, and Related NAVY AND THE DEPARTMENT OF THE Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Envi- AIR FORCE ronmental Protection Agency, after receiving testi- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Mili- mony from Gina McCarthy, Administrator, and tary Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Maryann Froehlich, Acting Chief Financial Officer, Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed both of the Environmental Protection Agency. budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Depart- ment of the Navy and the Department of the Air RAILWAY SAFETY FOR PASSENGERS AND Force, after receiving testimony from Dennis V. COMMUNITIES McGinn, Assistant Secretary of Navy for Energy, In- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Trans- stallations, and Environment, Vice Admiral William portation, Housing and Urban Development, and D. French, Commander, Navy Installations Com- Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine an mand, Major General Juan G. Ayala, Commander, assessment on how to keep our railways safe for pas- Marine Corps Installations Command, Kathleen I. sengers and communities, after receiving testimony Ferguson, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Per- from Anthony Foxx, Secretary of Transportation; forming Duties as Assistant Secretary of the Air Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman, National Trans- Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics, portation Safety Board; Barb Graff, City of Seattle Major General Maryanne Miller, Deputy Chief, Air Office of Emergency Management Director, Seattle, Force Reserve, and Brigadier General James Washington; and Timothy E. Pellerin, Fire/Rescue Witham, Deputy Director, Air National Guard, all Department Fire Chief, Rangeley, Maine. of the Department of Defense.

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Barclay III, USA, Deputy Chief of committee on Science and Space concluded a hearing Staff, G–8, and Major General (P) Michael E. to examine from here to Mars, after receiving testi- Williamson, USA, Military Deputy and Director, mony from William H. Gerstenmaier, Associate Ad- Army Acquisition Corps, Office of the Assistant Sec- ministrator for Human Exploration and Operations, retary for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, all National Aeronautics and Space Administration; of the United States Army, Department of Defense. Susan Eisenhower, The Eisenhower Group, Inc., Washington, DC.; and Leroy Chiao, former NASA DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND Astronaut, and Commander, International Space Sta- FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM tion Expedition 10, and Jeffrey Manber, NanoRacks Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Per- LLC, both of Houston, Texas. sonnel concluded a hearing to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel programs in BUSINESS MEETING review of the Defense Authorization Request for fis- Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: cal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Pro- Committee ordered favorably reported the following gram, after receiving testimony from Lieutenant business items: General Howard B. Bromberg, USA, Deputy Chief S. 429, to enable concrete masonry products man- of Staff (G–1), and Sergeant Major Raymond F. ufacturers to establish, finance, and carry out a co- Chandler III, both of the United States Army, Vice ordinated program of research, education, and pro- Admiral William F. Moran, USN, Chief of Naval motion to improve, maintain, and develop markets Personnel/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for for concrete masonry products, with an amendment Manpower, Personnel, Training and Education in the nature of a substitute; (N–1), and Master Chief Petty Officer Michael D. S. 1014, to reduce sports-related concussions in Stevens, both of the United States Navy, Lieutenant youth, with an amendment in the nature of a sub- General Samuel D. Cox, USAF, Deputy Chief of stitute; Staff for Manpower, Personnel and Services (A–1), S. 1406, to amend the Horse Protection Act to and Chief Master Sergeant James A. Cody, both of designate additional unlawful acts under the Act, the United States Air Force, and Lieutenant General strengthen penalties for violations of the Act, im- Robert E. Milstead, Jr., USMC, Deputy Com- prove Department of Agriculture enforcement of the mandant, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Ser- Act, with an amendment in the nature of a sub- geant Major Micheal P. Barrett, both of the United stitute; States Marine Corps, all of the Department of De- S. 1275, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to fense. issue a fishing capacity reduction loan to refinance the existing loan funding the Pacific Coast ground- DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND fish fishing capacity reduction program, with an FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM amendment in the nature of a substitute; Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Stra- S. 1468, to require the Secretary of Commerce to tegic Forces concluded a hearing to examine Na- establish the Network for Manufacturing Innovation, tional Nuclear Security Administration management with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; of its National Security Laboratories and the status S. 1793, to encourage States to require the instal- of the Nuclear Security Enterprise in review of the lation of residential carbon monoxide detectors in Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 homes, with an amendment in the nature of a sub- and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiv- stitute; ing testimony from Charles F. McMillan, Director, S. 1925, to limit the retrieval of data from vehicle Los Alamos National Laboratory, Paul J. Hommert, event data recorders, with an amendment in the na- Director, Sandia National Laboratories, and William ture of a substitute; H. Goldstein, Deputy Director for Science and Tech- S. 2022, to establish scientific standards and pro- nology, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, all tocols across forensic disciplines, with an amendment of the Department of Energy; and Norman R. Au- in the nature of a substitute;

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S. 2028, to amend the law relating to sport fish Montana Office of Public Instruction Director of In- restoration and recreational boating safety; dian Education, Helena; Dan Hudson, Wyoming S. 2076, to amend the provisions of title 46, State Impact Aid Chairman, Lander; Alberto United States Code, related to the Board of Visitors Siqueiros, Baboquivari Unified School District, Sells, to the United States Merchant Marine Academy; Arizona; and Brent D. Gish, National Indian Im- S. 2086, to address current emergency shortages of pacted Schools Association, Naytahwaush, Min- propane and other home heating fuels and to provide nesota. greater flexibility and information for Governors to address such emergencies in the future, with an COMCAST–TIME WARNER CABLE MERGER amendment in the nature of a substitute; Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a S. 2140, to improve the transition between experi- hearing to examine the Comcast-Time Warner Cable mental permits and commercial licenses for commer- merger and the impact on consumers, after receiving cial reusable launch vehicles, with an amendment in testimony from David L. Cohen, Comcast Corpora- the nature of a substitute; tion, and Christopher S. Yoo, University of Pennsyl- H.R. 2052, to direct the Secretary of Commerce, vania Center for Technology, Innovation and Com- in coordination with the heads of other relevant Fed- petition, both of Philadelphia; Arthur T. Minson, eral departments and agencies, to conduct an inter- Jr., Time Warner Cable Inc., New York, New York; agency review of and report to Congress on ways to Gene Kimmelman, Public Knowledge, Washington, increase the global competitiveness of the United DC; James Bosworth, Back9Network Inc., Hartford, States in attracting foreign direct investment; and Connecticut; and Richard J. Sherwin, Spot On Net- The nominations of David J. Arroyo, of New works, LLC, New Haven, Connecticut. York, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, William P. ELECTION ADMINISTRATION Doyle, of Pennsylvania, to be a Federal Maritime Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee Commissioner, and nominations for promotion in the concluded a hearing to examine election administra- United States Coast Guard. tion, focusing on making voter rolls more complete PRIMARY CARE ACCESS and more accurate, after receiving testimony from Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Elaine Manlove, Delaware State Election Commis- Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging con- sioner, Dover; Judd Choate, Director of Elections, cluded a hearing to examine addressing primary care Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, Denver; Chris- access and workforce challenges, focusing on voices topher M. Thomas, Michigan Director of Elections, from the field, after receiving testimony from Re- Lansing; and John W. Lindback, Electronic Registra- becca Spitzgo, Associate Administrator, Bureau of tion Information Center, Washington, DC. Health Professions, Health Resources and Services BUSINESS MEETING Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Linda T. Kohn, Director, Health Care, Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee or- Government Accountability Office; Gary Wiltz, dered favorably reported the following business Teche Action Clinic, Franklin, Louisiana; Stan items: Brock, Remote Area Medical, Rockford, Tennessee; S. 1728, to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Joseph Nichols, MedStar Franklin Square Family Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve ballot ac- Health Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Margaret cessibility to uniformed services voters and overseas Flinter, Community Health Center, Inc., Middle- voters, with an amendment in the nature of a sub- town, Connecticut; Deborah Edberg, Erie Family stitute; Health Center, Chicago, Illinois; L. Allen Dobson, S. 1937, to amend the Help America Vote Act of Jr., Community Care of North Carolina, Raleigh; 2002 to require States to develop contingency plans Jim Hotz, Albany Area Primary Health Care, Al- to address unexpected emergencies or natural disas- bany, Georgia. ters that may threaten to disrupt the administration of an election for Federal office; INDIAN EDUCATION S. 1947, to rename the Government Printing Of- Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an fice the Government Publishing Office; oversight hearing to examine Indian education, fo- S. 2197, to repeal certain requirements regarding cusing on Indian students in public schools, and cul- newspaper advertising of Senate stationery contracts; tivating the next generation, after receiving testi- and mony from William Mendoza, Executive Director, The nominations of Thomas Hicks, of Virginia, White House Initiative on American Indian and and Myrna Perez, of Texas, both to be a Member of Alaska Native Education; Mandy Smoker Broaddus, the Election Assistance Commission.

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VerDate Mar 15 2010 07:55 Apr 10, 2014 Jkt 039060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0627 Sfmt 0627 E:\CR\FM\D09AP4.REC D09APPT1 tjames on DSK3TPTVN1PROD with DIGEST D404 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST April 9, 2014 H. Res. 544, the rule providing for consideration the Interim Suballocation of Budget Allocations for of the concurrent resolution, was agreed to yesterday, FY 2015. Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, FY April 8th. 2015 was ordered reported, without amendment; Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House ad- Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appro- journs today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, priations Bill, FY 2015 was ordered reported, as April 10th. Page H3124 amended; and the Report on the Interim Suballoca- tion of Budget Allocations for FY 2015 was agreed Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman to. Scholarship Foundation—Appointment: The Chair announced the Speaker’s appointment of the NATIONAL DEFENSE PRIORITIES FROM following Member on the part of the House to the MEMBERS FOR THE FY 2015 NATIONAL Board of Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholar- DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT ship Foundation: Representative Dent. Page H3124 Committee on Armed Services: Full Committee held a Senate Message: Message received from the Senate hearing entitled ‘‘National Defense Priorities from by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the Members for the FY 2015 National Defense Author- House today appears on page H3066. ization Act’’. Testimony was heard from the fol- lowing Representatives: O’Rourke; Ellmers; Collins Quorum Calls—Votes: One yea-and-nay vote and (GA); Posey; Pierluisi; Nunes; DeSantis; Graves; three recorded votes developed during the pro- Tonko; Hanna; Broun (GA); Blackburn; Heck (WA); ceedings of today and appear on pages H3122, Chu; Meng; Lowenthal; Barr; Ribble; Wagner; H3122–23, H3123, and H3124. There were no Perry; and Crawford. quorum calls. Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and ad- BENEFICIARY AND ADVOCACY OVERVIEW journed at 8:11 p.m. OF THE FY15 PRESIDENT’S BUDGET Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Mili- Committee Meetings tary Personnel held a hearing entitled ‘‘Beneficiary and Advocacy Overview of the FY15 President’s MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE Budget’’. Testimony was heard from public wit- Committee on Agriculture: Full Committee held a nesses. markup on H.R. 4413, the ‘‘Customer Protection MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES and End User Relief Act’’. The bill was ordered re- ported, without amendment. Education and the Workforce: Full Committee held a markup on H.R. 4320, the ‘‘Workforce Democracy APPROPRIATIONS—DEPARTMENT OF and Fairness Act’’; and H.R. 4321, the ‘‘Employee COMMERCE FY 2015 BUDGET Privacy Protection Act’’. The bills were ordered re- Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Com- ported, as amended. merce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Department of Commerce FY 2015 MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE Budget. Testimony was heard from Penny Pritzker, Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Secretary, Department of Commerce. Energy and Power concluded a markup on H.R. 6, the ‘‘Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act’’. APPROPRIATIONS—OFFICE OF The bill was forwarded, as amended. MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET FY 2015 BUDGET MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Finan- Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on cial Services and General Government held a hearing Communications and Technology began a markup on Office of Management and Budget FY 2015 on H.R. 4342, the ‘‘Domain Openness Through Budget. Testimony was heard from Sylvia M. Continued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act of Burwell, Director, Office of Management and Budg- 2014’’. et. LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS TO ENHANCE APPROPRIATIONS—MISCELLANEOUS CAPITAL FORMATION FOR SMALL AND MEASURES EMERGING GROWTH COMPANIES Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee held a Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Cap- markup on Military Construction and Veterans Af- ital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises fairs Appropriations Bill, FY 2015; and Legislative held a hearing entitled ‘‘Legislative Proposals to En- Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2015; and Report on hance Capital Formation for Small and Emerging

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Small Businesses’’. Testimony was heard from public was agreed to; and the motion for the Committee to witnesses. submit the referral to the Honorable Eric H. Holder, MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Jr., Attorney General, of former Internal Revenue Services Exempt Organizations Division Director Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Full Lois G. Lerner for possible criminal prosecution for Committee held a markup on H.R. 524, to amend violations of one or more criminal statutes based on the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify evidence the Committee has uncovered in the course that the Administrator of the Environmental Protec- of the investigation of IRS abuses to the House of tion Agency does not have the authority to dis- Representatives was agreed to. approve a permit after it has been issued by the Sec- retary of the Army under section 404 of such Act; TRADE IMPLICATIONS OF U.S. ENERGY and H.R. 4156, the ‘‘Transparent Airfares Act of POLICY AND THE EXPORT OF LIQUEFIED 2014’’. The bills, H.R. 4156 and H.R. 524, were or- NATURAL GAS dered reported, without amendment. Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on CONTINUED ASSESSMENT OF DELAYS IN Trade held a hearing entitled ‘‘Trade Implications of VA MEDICAL CARE AND PREVENTABLE U.S. Energy Policy and the Export of Liquefied Nat- VETERAN DEATHS ural Gas’’. Testimony was heard from public wit- nesses. Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Full Committee held a hearing entitled ‘‘A Continued Assessment of Delays in VA Medical Care and Preventable Veteran Joint Meetings Deaths’’. Testimony was heard from Debra A. Drap- UKRAINE er, Director, Health Care, Government Account- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Com- ability Office; John D. Daigh, Jr. M.D., Assistant mission concluded a hearing to examine Ukraine, fo- Inspector General for Healthcare Inspections, Office cusing on confronting internal challenges and exter- of the Inspector General, Department of Veterans nal threats, including Russia’s seizure of Crimea, in- Affairs; Thomas Lynch, M.D., Assistant Deputy cluding H.R. 4152, to provide for the costs of loan Under Secretary for Health for Clinical Operations, guarantees for Ukraine, after receiving testimony Veterans Health Administration, Department of Vet- from Victoria Nuland, Assistant Secretary of State erans Affairs; and public witnesses. for European and Eurasian Affairs. REFERRAL TO THE HONORABLE ERIC H. f HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL, OF FORMER INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS DIVISION APRIL 10, 2014 DIRECTOR LOIS G. LERNER FOR POSSIBLE (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) CRIMINAL PROSECUTION FOR VIOLATIONS OF ONE OR MORE CRIMINAL Senate STATUTES BASED ON EVIDENCE THE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Com- COMMITTEE HAS UNCOVERED IN THE merce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, to hold COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION OF IRS hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal ABUSES year 2015 for the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SD–192. Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee held Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine a markup on referral to Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attor- the posture of the Department of the Air Force in review ney General, of former Internal Revenue Service Ex- of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 empt Organizations Division Director Lois G. Lerner and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., for possible criminal prosecution for violations of one SD–106. or more criminal statutes based on evidence the Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to exam- Committee has uncovered in the course of the inves- ine Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense tigation of IRS abuses. Testimony was heard from Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Mike Epley, Staff Director, Subcommittee on Over- Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR–222. Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to sight, Committee on Ways and Means. The motion examine strategic forces programs of the National Nuclear for the Committee to go into executive session for Security Administration and the Office of Environmental consideration of referring for criminal prosecution Management of the Department of Energy in review of Lois Lerner, the former IRS Director of Exempt Or- the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 ganizations, by the United States Attorney General and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., was agreed to; the motion offered by Mr. Doggett SR–222.

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Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold an Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on Intelligence oversight hearing to examine United States electric grid Community Overview, 10 a.m., H–405 Capitol. This reliability and security, focusing on if enough is being hearing is a closed hearing and is for Members only. done, 9:30 a.m., SD–366. Subcommittee on Transportation, HUD, and Related Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the Agencies, hearing on Department of Housing and Urban President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year 2015, Development FY 2015 Budget, 10 a.m., 2358–A Ray- 10 a.m., SD–215. burn. Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to exam- Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related ine the President’s proposed budget request for fiscal year Agencies, public and outside witness hearing, 1 p.m., 2015 for international development priorities, 9:30 a.m., B–308 Rayburn. SD–419. Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readi- Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. Res. ness, hearing entitled ‘‘Readiness Posture’’, 8 a.m., 2212 410, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the an- Rayburn. niversary of the Armenian Genocide, and S. Res. 413, Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee recognizing 20 years since the genocide in Rwanda, and on Communications and Technology, continued markup on H.R. 4342, the ‘‘Domain Openness Through Contin- affirming it is in the national interest of the United ued Oversight Matters (DOTCOM) Act of 2014’’, 9 a.m., States to work in close coordination with international 2123 Rayburn. partners to help prevent and mitigate acts of genocide Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, In- and mass atrocities, 2 p.m., S–116, Capitol. tellectual Property and the Internet, hearing entitled Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to ‘‘Should the Department of Commerce Relinquish Direct examine transatlantic security challenges, focusing on Oversight Over ICANN?’’, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. Central and Eastern Europe, 3 p.m., SD–419. Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to entitled ‘‘Tribal Forest Management: A Model for Pro- hold hearings to examine expanding access to quality moting Healthy Forests and Rural Jobs’’, 9:30 a.m., 1324 early learning, focusing on the ‘‘Strong Start for Amer- Longworth. ica’s Children Act’’, 10 a.m., SD–430. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Com- Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: mittee, business meeting on the resolution Recom- Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, to mending that the House of Representatives find Lois G. hold an oversight hearing to examine small agencies, Lerner, Former Director, Exempt Organizations, Internal 10:30 a.m., SD–342. Revenue Service, in contempt of Congress for refusal to Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the Committee examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH–219. on Oversight and Government Reform, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Com- Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, mittee, hearing on Department of Energy Science and Technology Priorities, 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. Environment, and Related Agencies, public and outside House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full witness hearing, 9 a.m., B–308 Rayburn. Committee, business meeting, member access requests; Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re- and hearing entitled ‘‘Ongoing Intelligence Activities’’, 9 lated Agencies, hearing entitled Bureau of Prisons FY a.m., 304–HVC. A portion of the business meeting may 2015 Budget, 10 a.m., H–309 Capitol. close. The hearing is closed.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 9:30 a.m., Thursday, April 10 9 a.m., Thursday, April 10

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Thursday: At 10:30 a.m., Senate will vote Program for Thursday: Complete consideration of H. on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Con. Res. 96—Establishing the budget for the United Michelle T. Friedland, of California, to be United States States Government for fiscal year 2015 and setting forth Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit. If cloture is invoked, appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2016 through there will be up to 30 hours of debate prior to a vote 2024. on confirmation of the nomination, unless an agreement is reached. Upon disposition of the nomination of Michelle T. Friedland, there will be a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, with eight hours of debate prior to a vote on confirmation of the nomination.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Doyle, Michael F., Pa., E560 McCollum, Betty, Minn., E555 Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E563 Murphy, Patrick, Fla., E557 Bishop, Timothy H., N.Y., E559 Fincher, Stephen Lee, Tenn., E560 Peters, Gary C., Mich., E557 Blackburn, Marsha, Tenn., E553 Fitzpatrick, Michael G., Pa., E556 Petri, Thomas E., Wisc., E558 Brown, Corrine, Fla., E554 Graves, Sam, Mo., E553, E555, E556, E559, E561 Price, David E., N.C., E557 Calvert, Ken, Calif., E558, E561 Hall, Ralph M., Tex., E553 Cartwright, Matt, Pa., E554, E560 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E556 Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E556 Cleaver, Emanuel, Mo., E555 Kelly, Mike, Pa., E564 Schiff, Adam B., Calif., E554 Coffman, Mike, Colo., E559 Latham, Tom, Iowa, E553, E554, E556, E557, E558, Tierney, John F., Mass., E559 Diaz-Balart, Mario, Fla., E561 E559, E560, E561, E563, E564 Williams, Roger, Tex., E553

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