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Vol. 161 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2015 No. 134 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was all-State performer in track and was my colleagues continue to debate its called to order by the Speaker pro tem- the kicker on the football team in high validity. Well, if the devastating global pore (Mr. ALLEN). school. After graduating from North and environmental threats aren’t proof f Hardin High School near Fort Knox, enough, let me share some of the nega- Cameron joined the U.S. Navy, turning tive impacts climate change is having DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO down a track scholarship. on our air quality and public health TEMPORE More personally, Cameron was a son, now. The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- an uncle, and a fiance. Cameron grad- Simply put, climate change and air fore the House the following commu- uated from the Kentucky State Police pollution make a dangerous pair. In nication from the Speaker: Academy in January and had been a fact, air pollution is among the most WASHINGTON, DC, trooper for less than 9 months. serious, indirect health effects of glob- September 17, 2015. Among the many condolences that al climate change. The same power I hereby appoint the Honorable RICK W. have been shared are those of his plants that release harmful carbon di- ALLEN to act as Speaker pro tempore on this former Navy colleagues, who talked oxide into our atmosphere also create day. about his devotion to our country. dangerous levels of soot, smog, and JOHN A. BOEHNER, Speaker of the House of Representatives. While Cameron was taken far too ground-level ozone. The result is a soon, his commitment to service and combination of ozone and fine particles f community has not gone unnoticed. I that can have devastating health im- MORNING-HOUR DEBATE join with all of Kentucky’s Second Dis- pacts. In all, 147 million people in the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- trict in sending prayers to Cameron’s U.S., nearly half of this Nation—our ant to the order of the House of Janu- family, friends, and his Kentucky State Nation—are breathing unhealthy air. ary 6, 2015, the Chair will now recog- Police brethren. We will miss him and And the news is far worse in Beijing, nize Members from lists submitted by are thankful for his service. where a new study claims that the air the majority and minority leaders for f in Beijing is so polluted, breathing it does as much damage to the lungs as morning-hour debate. CLIMATE CHANGE AND PUBLIC The Chair will alternate recognition smoking 40 cigarettes a day. That is HEALTH between the parties, with each party simply unacceptable. limited to 1 hour and each Member The SPEAKER pro tempore. The To make matters worse, the warmer other than the majority and minority Chair recognizes the gentleman from temperatures from climate change are leaders and the minority whip limited Illinois (Mr. QUIGLEY) for 5 minutes. only increasing the frequency of days to 5 minutes, but in no event shall de- Mr. QUIGLEY. Mr. Speaker, there with unhealthy levels of ground-level bate continue beyond 11:50 a.m. was a time when climate change was a ozone. If emissions of air pollutants re- concern for future generations, a time f main fixed at today’s levels until 2050, when we focused on predicting the pos- warming from climate change alone IN MEMORY OF CAMERON PONDER sible problems and brainstorming the could increase the number of red ozone The SPEAKER pro tempore. The possible solutions, a time when the alert days by 68 percent in the 50 larg- Chair recognizes the gentleman from threat was real, but we still had time est Eastern U.S. cities. Kentucky (Mr. GUTHRIE) for 5 minutes. to act. We had not come face-to-face Studies have also linked breathing Mr. GUTHRIE. Mr. Speaker, I rise with our tipping point. and ozone pollution to an increased today in memory of Kentucky State That time has passed. President risk of premature deaths and difficulty Trooper Cameron Ponder of Rineyville, Obama put it best when he said: ‘‘We breathing. If there are no changes in Kentucky. are the first generation to feel the im- regulatory controls, the CDC predicts I believe many people watched or saw pacts of climate change, and the last up to 4,300 additional premature deaths with horror the news that spread generation that can still do something in the United States by the year 2050 across this country that another one of about it.’’ from combined ozone and particle our public service officers was killed The time to act is now, and the call health effects. this week. Only 31 years old, Cameron to action cannot be any clearer. De- The good news is that air quality has was shot and killed during an on-duty spite the fact that more than 12,000 improved dramatically in many Amer- traffic stop earlier this week. peer-reviewed scientific studies are in ican cities over the past 40 years due to Known by his peers and in the com- agreement that climate change is real the Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act munity as an athlete, Cameron was an and humans are significantly to blame, has a track record of cutting dangerous

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This is unacceptable. to join with me in demanding this ad- nomic value of these improvements is While these mandates range from forc- ministration to stop continually add- estimated to reach almost $2 trillion ing contractors to provide additional ing burdens to our Federal and private by the year 2020. employee benefits to being required to contractors. The recently announced Clean Power report additional information during f the bidding process, the one thing that Plan offers us the opportunity we need RACISM AND VOTING RIGHTS to continue to better protect public each of these new directives has in health. It is projected to contribute to common is that it will make it more The SPEAKER pro tempore. The significant ozone pollution reductions, difficult for small contractors to com- Chair recognizes the gentleman from ´ resulting in important benefits includ- pete for Federal contracts. A prime ex- Illinois (Mr. GUTIERREZ) for 5 minutes. Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. Mr. Speaker, I re- ing avoiding up to 3,600 premature ample is the executive order known as watched recently one of my favorite deaths, 90,000 asthma attacks in chil- the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, movies. ‘‘Selma’’ tells the story of the dren, and 1,700 heart attacks. which the President signed in July fight to register voters in Selma, Ala- However, the continued effects of cli- 2014. While intended to award Federal bama, culminating in the march from mate change and our inability to act contracts only to responsible contrac- Selma to Montgomery, led by Dr. Mar- are impairing our continued progress. tors who have not committed recent tin Luther King, Jr., in 1965. Spoiler Climate change is creating conditions labor violations, the actual outcome alert: After being turned around, that make it harder for us to clean up will lead to additional reporting re- threatened, beaten, tear-gassed, and our air and reduce pollution. Without quirements, increased administrative killed, Black people got to vote in addressing one problem, we eliminate costs, and the potential for a con- America. our progress on another. tractor to be blacklisted from bidding A young and handsome JOHN LEWIS is Unfortunately, Members of this body on Federal contracts while they prove depicted in the pivotal role of the com- use every opportunity possible to at- that they are innocent from the ac- munity organizer who helps lead the tack the Clean Air Act and now the cused infraction. movement. Another spoiler alert: JOHN Clean Power Plan. These unprece- Mr. Speaker, by using executive or- is a Member of this body and serves dented assaults block, weaken, or delay ders to bypass congressional authority, with distinction from the State of a host of long overdue clean air safe- this is nothing more than an attempt Georgia. guards. As my colleagues continue to by this administration to implement It is among the highest honors of my stand in our own way, we are harming their agenda without regard for the life to know JOHN LEWIS and to work the environment and ultimately hurt- negative impact it will have on busi- with him. In fact, I have marched with ing ourselves. nesses and industries. But, unfortu- him and gotten arrested with JOHN Mr. Speaker, climate change is a di- nately, this agenda extends beyond LEWIS outside this Capitol Building in rect threat to humanity, and it is time Federal contractors. The recent Na- our fight for immigration reform. we reexamine how we can think about tional Labor Relations Board ruling in I highly recommend the movie, and I it, talk about it, and respond to this the Browning-Ferris Industries case, want every citizen—and every person growing problem. We may be part of which is more widely known as the who lives here and hopes to become a the problem, but we also have the joint employer decision, will have a citizen one day—to watch and learn unique opportunity to become part of massive impact on the business rela- from the movie ‘‘Selma.’’ It is a mo- the solution. tionships between contractors and ment in history when voting and citi- I think Pope Francis put it best when their subcontractors, franchisors and zenship were literally life-and-death he said: ‘‘Yet all is not lost. Human franchisees, and other contract labor struggles—and it was only 50 years ago. beings, while capable of the worst, are relations. And just yesterday, the NAACP com- also capable of rising above them- In one politically motivated decision, pleted a historic 1,000-mile march from selves, choosing again what is good, the NLRB completely redefined the Selma to Washington to remind us how and making a new start.’’ definition of ‘‘joint employer’’ when we must always stand up to bullies and Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to they determined that a company could official inaction using nonviolence and heed these wise words and make a be held liable for a labor violation com- community organizing and empower- choice to act on climate change to pro- mitted by a subcontractor or a staffing ment techniques. tect our health. We cannot afford to agency that they hired, even if this The way to respond to racism is to wait any longer. company doesn’t have direct super- vote. I have been thinking a lot about f vision over those workers. that recently as the Republican Presi- This sharing of responsibility is FEDERAL CONTRACTORS dential field of candidates has fallen in nothing more than an attempt to force line with a bully who spews racism and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The both parties into collective bargaining, is leading among his party’s primary Chair recognizes the gentleman from but the result will be much worse. voters. Nevada (Mr. HARDY) for 5 minutes. Franchisors may decide that it is in What can Americans do when the tail Mr. HARDY. Mr. Speaker, I rise their best interest to assert more au- wagging the dog of the Republican today in order to express my deep con- thority over their franchisees to make Party is saying that most Mexicans are cern and disapproval of how the Obama sure that labor violations are less like- murderers and rapists? administration has continued their as- ly to occur, but then other franchisors What can we do as a nation when sault on Federal and private contrac- may decide it is more cost effective to candidates blame unrest in reaction to tors. end their relationship as a way to police violence in Baltimore and Fer- Since taking office, the President has avoid potential issues. Essentially, the guson on Mexican and Central Amer- signed a total of 13 executive orders same results could occur with compa- ican immigrants. that directly focus on Federal con- nies who hire staffing agencies or inde- What can we do when thousands of tracting, all of which establish new pendent contractors to provide them people cheer when a candidate proposes labor requirements and impose addi- with temporary employees or contrac- building a great wall of America on our tional financial burdens on contrac- tors who hire subcontractors to per- southern border, and the response from tors. When you also include the 16 new form skilled labor. other candidates is to say that we regulations that have been created As a small business contractor for should build another wall opposite Can- from these orders, a large portion of more than two decades, I understand ada as well? contractors who were once able to com- the unique relationship between a con- Well, in the movie ‘‘Selma,’’ Oprah pete for Federal contracts are now tractor and a subcontractor. In the Winfrey didn’t just get mad; she fought

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Republican Party seems to be forget- meeting with the hundreds of people With that in mind, these proposed ting: Appeals to a narrow Republican who will be working towards their citi- regulations, which could be the cost- electorate with over-the-top racism zenship this Saturday in Chicago. liest in the history of this Nation, may and below-the-belt immigrant bashing The way to respond to racism is by not have any impact on the health of will not get you to the White House. voting, and in Latino and immigrant our citizens. b 1015 communities, we are getting that mes- There is still time for the EPA to re- sage loud and clear. consider the stringent regulation pro- President Romney—oh, I’m sorry. f posals for ozone and coal power plants. Governor Romney got more White As the Representative of a largely votes than any candidate in the history OZONE REGULATIONS rural district which depends on agri- of the United States, but he couldn’t The SPEAKER pro tempore. The culture, I understand how important it overcome the demographic reality that Chair recognizes the gentleman from is that we be good stewards of the envi- the country is more diverse and so are Pennsylvania (Mr. THOMPSON) for 5 ronment. its voters. minutes. However, that stewardship must be Appeals to racism and immigrant Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. balanced with the protection of indus- bashing are creating a predictable Mr. Speaker, I rise today to reject a tries and jobs, which have powered our backlash in the neighborhoods of my proposal from the Environmental Pro- communities for generations. district in Chicago. People are calling tection Agency that would increase f and coming into my office, asking what compliance measures in dealing with they can do to push back. ozone. This proposal has been met with DROUGHT AND WILDFIRES IN Very specifically, those who are not bipartisan opposition in Pennsylvania CALIFORNIA yet citizens are asking: How do I be- from local, State, and, yes, Federal The SPEAKER pro tempore. The come a citizen? Those who have not elected officials. Chair recognizes the gentleman from registered to vote are asking how to As a result of these regulations, California (Mr. COSTA) for 5 minutes. get that done. Mr. COSTA. Mr. Speaker, I rise today In Latino and Asian communities three counties in my district—Erie, to speak about the devastating and in every community that thinks Centre, and Clearfield—would fall out wildfires that are sweeping throughout that calling most Mexicans ‘‘rapists’’ is of compliance with Federal law. This the Western States and, particularly, not the kind of political rhetoric that comes at a time when Pennsylvania’s in much of California. should go unchallenged, people are be- ozone emissions have declined for dec- Last week, we had over 22 wildfires coming citizens. ades. My office in Chicago is known as a Let me repeat that. This comes at a at one time that were in various parts place to go if you want information on time when the ozone emission levels in of California. Because of the incredible the citizenship process. In total, more Pennsylvania have been in decline for 4 consecutive dry years, what once was than 50,000 American citizens have decades. This is an EPA-Obama admin- a seasonal issue now seems to be year come to our office for help in figuring istration political solution in search of round. out the process. a problem. Obviously, the drought conditions The demand for information on citi- The new regulations would trigger an facing California played a big role in zenship has grown so much in my dis- implementation procedure for counties the ability to manage these wildfires, trict that, this Saturday, from 9:00 to which would make State and local offi- and the devastation that has occurred noon, at the Instituto Del Progreso cials answer to the EPA for basic per- as a result of that has been great. Latino, I will join my staff and local mitting and planning decisions. These last 4 years have been among advocates and the local office of the The regulations would threaten the the driest 4 years we have had, cli- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv- State’s ability to open new manufac- matologists say, in 1,200 years in Cali- ices for a free workshop on applying to turing facilities and, by the way, the fornia and in the Western States. become a citizen. jobs that would go with that. They Over 70 percent of California is facing Not only will people get help in un- would threaten the State’s ability to what is considered to be extreme and derstanding the process, but we will expand current businesses and invest in exceptional drought conditions, which also help them figure out if they qual- new roadways. are among the highest categories that ify for a fee waiver so that the $680 ap- They would also threaten agriculture you can face under drought conditions. plication fee that people have to pay is through restrictions on animal feeding California is not new to managing not a barrier. operations due to emissions from ani- wildfires. It is part of living in that Think about it. There are roughly 8.8 mal waste, along with limits on pes- State as well as in other Western million immigrants with green cards ticide use. States, but these dry conditions over who have lived in the U.S. for 5 years This proposal comes at a time when the last 4 years have made it worse; or more or who have been married to a ozone emissions across Pennsylvania therefore, we need to try to figure out U.S. citizen for 3 years or more, and have been in decline, again, for dec- different ways to address this. they can pass a background check and ades. With the State’s economy still on The Rough fire in Fresno County, qualify for citizenship today. the rebound from the Great Recession, which is part of the county I represent, So what I am proposing is that, in- now is the wrong time for new, strin- has burned over 140,000 acres. Yester- stead of renewing your green card, if gent, and, I would argue, unnecessary day, finally, we got up to 67 percent you are one of those 8.8 million people, rules from the EPA that could kill contained. and you get it for $450 for 10 years, you jobs. This fire has lasted over a month, apply for permanent citizenship, with a The fact is, Mr. Speaker, this pro- and it has closed one of our great na- fee waiver, and become a citizen for posal is the latest in a series of over- tional parks, Kings Canyon National free. That is right. reaches by the EPA, including the Park. Last week, when I was home, lit- Apply for citizenship, and you can Clean Power Plan, which was an- erally, ashes were raining on our com- vote for whomever you want to vote nounced earlier this summer by Presi- munities. Governor Jerry Brown has for. You can even vote against the guy dent Obama. announced a state of emergency for who called your whole ethnic group That plan will work hand in hand northern California. ‘‘rapists,’’ ‘‘murderers,’’ and ‘‘drug with these proposed ozone limits to kill The Valley and Butte fires have been dealers.’’ That kind of ugly, un-Amer- good-paying jobs and to stifle economic significant, affecting both Congress- ican attack is moving people to apply development in Pennsylvania and man MCCLINTOCK’s and Congressman for citizenship and moving citizens to across the Nation. THOMPSON’s districts. become voters. Furthermore, recent studies have Congressman THOMPSON has lost over Mr. Speaker, today is Citizenship called into question the claim that 600 homes, and the fires are threat- Day, and there are hundreds of citizen- ozone levels lead to health issues, in- ening thousands more. He has stayed

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The similarities between the two sadly, two firefighters have lost their the drought impacts, and people in the of us were not lost on me, and it reminded lives, three civilians have been killed, West want Congress to act. me of all that America held for a young man and four firefighters have been hos- I urge my colleagues to take the ap- like me back then. pitalized due to receiving severe burns. propriate action and pass much nec- While my vision of sailing the high seas Literally, we have thousands and thou- essary legislation affecting the drought and protecting the land of the free may have sands of men and women who are out conditions in California and in the been somewhat jaded by the old black and there manning these fires. Western States. white movies I grew up watching, the dream of doing something that really mattered was So the question is: What should we f do about it as these numbers, sadly, alive and real to me. While America may DAVID C. HYDE, JR. have gotten off course, the goal of why we continue to rise? served has never changed. We need to better manage our for- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The We have lost many of the freedoms we once ests. We need to help alleviate and cut Chair recognizes the gentleman from held, but I believe we are not so far from down on the fuel that is there through Georgia (Mr. LOUDERMILK) for 5 min- those days that, with hard work, sacrifice, the brush that has made these fires utes. and turning our eyes back to God, they can- spread incredibly fast in conditions Mr. LOUDERMILK. Mr. Speaker, not be restored. that were never foretold. Wildfire sup- throughout our lives here on Earth, My life is a living example of God’s res- pression and better managing our for- God places in our path certain people toration powers. ests is a key to doing this. who influence our lives, who help shape It doesn’t appear God will heal my sick The funding that we provide for nat- who we are, and who ultimately help us body, but I know that, in the land I am soon ural disasters, like to FEMA for hurri- going to enter, I have already been granted a to understand our purpose. new body—a perfect one—which I will have canes and for earthquakes, ought to go A couple of years ago, I met someone for eternity. That, my friends, is restoration. toward putting out these fires. whose optimism, faith, and valor in the Just as He will restore me, I believe He can We have exceeded over $1 billion in face of difficulty has had a great influ- restore our Nation to the greatness it once the U.S. Forestry Department’s budg- ence on me, on my family, and on our saw, but it will only be possible if we turn et, and we have completely overrun our entire community. our affections back to Him. The road to res- ability to provide funding. I met Mr. David Hyde in 2013, who at toration is not easy, as I can personally at- Currently, money the U.S. Forest that time was a small business owner test. It is hard, painful, and discomforting. Service has allocated for forest cleanup in Cartersville, Georgia. At that time, But when your eyes are upon God, not your problems, the path is much easier to endure. in order to prevent fires is being used I was a relatively unknown candidate to put the fires out. for Congress, who was promoting the We must put our political differences idea that America’s days are still b 1030 aside and pass legislation that will al- ahead of us if we define where we are He has set out a clear plan with guidelines leviate this crisis in Western States going and aggressively set a course to that aren’t hard to follow. As our Founders and in California. get there. David quickly became a sup- understood, we may have some battles to In addition to getting legislation porter and a friend. overcome and a wilderness to cross, but we passed that will provide funding for Although many had lost hope in re- must not be paralyzed by fear of the un- putting fires out, we need to put legis- storing America’s greatness, David was known, for it is ‘‘In God We Trust.’’ lation together that would, in fact, in a breath of fresh air. His patriotism When leading the Israelites from bondage, Moses had to lift his rod over the Red Sea in the future, manage our forests better. was inspiring; his optimism was infec- In July, I, along with Congressman complete trust before God parted the waters tious; and his energy invigorated me for safe passage. He trusted God and forged VALADAO, introduced legislation, the with a willingness to fight on. on. Western Water and American Food Se- David and I share a vision: to restore Although he faced insurmountable odds, curity Act. our struggling Nation to one that is the fear of the unknown didn’t stop Joshua This is part of a larger effort to deal free, safe, and full of opportunity. We from forging on. with this issue. This legislation is the both believe that we can turn the tide During the darkest hours of the American first step toward passing a bill that and give our grandchildren a nation Revolution at Valley Forge, Washington will provide additional tools for Cali- better than the one we inherited, but, didn’t give up, but dug in and put his faith in the providence of God. fornia to manage drought. This bill ad- of course, it will take a lot of hard Leaders who are willing to do what is dif- dresses a number of solutions to fix work. California’s broken water system. ficult or even what seems to be impossible Within 2 weeks of our introduction, are the ones who carry the team forward. They include improved operations David was given the news that he had We must honor God and know that his that are governed by the latest science, esophageal cancer and that it was rap- plans for us include only one thing, His which will allow us to move more idly spreading. Now, after nearly 2 glory. If we are in it for Him, we win. If we water when water is available in the years of, quite literally, putting up the are in it for ourselves, we lose. system; additional water storage ca- fight of his life, the cancer is quickly Just as my young friend went out to serve pacity; increased water recycling and taking David’s life. The time my friend in the U.S. Navy without a clearly defined reuse; improved water efficiency; and a has left with his wife and children is no path or step-by-step guidelines, but fully re- conveyance solution that minimizes lying on his authorities to lead him, we must longer measured in months or weeks, know that, if we are to return to our coun- the use of an ecosystem as infrastruc- but in days. ture and that balances the water needs try’s traditional values, we need to study our In realizing that any day could be history, find men and women willing to ad- for all of California. David’s last, I recently asked: David, if here to those founding principles, and tight- This is but one of the tools that we you had the ability to speak to the en ourselves for a brighter future led by our need to address. We have legislation in American people, what would you say? intelligently chosen authorities. the House, and we have legislation in Mr. Speaker, in response to that Who is your leader? the Senate. This fall, I hope we will be question, David sent me the following My best advice, as a man looking back- able to work together in a bipartisan words of encouragement to give to the wards with 20/20 vision, is to decide now fashion to pass this important legisla- people of this great Nation. David whom you will serve and proceed in a man- ner worthy of your calling. tion. wrote: Certainly, these wildfires tell the David C. Hyde, Jr. I recently had the honor of going to lunch public—and the public tells us—that we with a friend just days before he shipped off Thank you, David, for these words of must do something about this. It must to join the Navy. inspiration and hope. God bless you, be a priority that we get something As we sat enjoying our meal, I saw in the my friend, as you forge ahead in faith signed into law this year, before the eyes of my friend a young man who was and trust in God almighty.

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It is because the Republican how you find common ground, that is today to address a very important leadership here in the House has failed how you get things done, that is how issue that continues to trouble the to bring forth critical appropriations you fix things in America. American people, and that is the Re- bills to fund the government. As a re- The American people want it; they publican obsession of denying a woman sult of that, we are faced with the need deserve it, and they have every right to and families’ access to certain to pass a continuing resolution to fund expect it. healthcare services like birth control. the government; yet we have leading f Republicans’ outdated views on fam- Members of the Congress here threat- ily planning do nothing to empower PROTECTING LIFE BY DEFUNDING women and nothing for families in ening to shut down the government PLANNED PARENTHOOD rather than to put forth on the House their success in the 21st century. The of Representatives here a bipartisan The SPEAKER pro tempore. The latest round in the Republicans’ battle bill for a continuing resolution to fund Chair recognizes the gentleman from against women’s access to health care the government. West Virginia (Mr. JENKINS) for 5 min- is, yet again, an attempt to eliminate Instead, we have partisan after par- utes. Federal funding for Planned Parent- tisan after partisan legislative meas- Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Mr. hood. ures brought before the House here Speaker, like the majority of the This debate has been riddled with lies under closed rules that the leadership American people, I was disgusted and and deliberate misinformation de- knows isn’t going to go anywhere, but angered by the recent videos showing signed to shock the American people, it is introduced for the perceived no- Planned Parenthood officials appar- while needlessly demonizing one of the tion of partisan gain. ently willing to sell the tissues and or- Nation’s leading women’s healthcare The hard simple truth is that the gans of aborted babies. That is right; I providers. American people want the Congress to said ‘‘babies,’’ not a glob of tissue as Mr. Speaker, I think it is time that put their partisanship aside and to go some would suggest. we talk about a few things and clear up to work, start fixing things, finding I have always been unapologetically some issues and talk about the facts in common ground, rebuilding the middle pro-life, and the mere thought of such this. Since its inception, Planned Par- class, creating jobs, and restoring the horrific actions is beyond words. That enthood has empowered millions of American Dream. They surely don’t is why I come to the floor today to women nationwide by providing afford- want another government shutdown urge my colleagues to support the able access to contraception. Cutting that puts people’s jobs, families, our Defund Planned Parenthood Act, which off funding would cripple Planned Par- government, and our national security will cut all Federal funding for enthood’s ability to provide this cru- at risk. Planned Parenthood until the House cial service for our Nation’s women. Mr. Speaker and Members of the conducts a complete and full investiga- The two primary sources of Federal House, the Congress of the United tion into the organization’s abortion funding for Planned Parenthood come States needs to come to Washington practices. from two programs, Medicaid and Title and to go to work. If the Congress I am also pleased that this legisla- X Family Planning. These programs doesn’t do its job and get its work tion will reallocate Federal funds cur- were created as a safety net to provide done, then Congress shouldn’t get paid. rently being used to fund Planned Par- low-income individuals with access to The working men and women of Amer- enthood’s abortion services to commu- critical medical services that they ica don’t get paid when they don’t nity health centers and other clinics would otherwise be forced to forego due come to work, why should the Congress that help provide preventative care to to their high cost, such as birth con- get paid? women without performing abortions. trol. That is why I have introduced the No Women’s health is extremely impor- Together, these programs account for Government No Pay Act to prohibit tant, and it is my belief that the fund- over 40 percent of Planned Parent- Members of Congress from getting paid ing currently being used to fund hood’s operating budget. Stripping during a shutdown of the Congress’ own Planned Parenthood’s abortion agenda these dollars would severely decrease creation—because people in this coun- will be better used by helping our local Planned Parenthood’s ability to pro- try, they don’t want a shutdown. clinics provide vital women’s health vide care for 2.7 million people that They want to see the Congress go to services without promoting the mali- they serve every year. work, find common ground, fix things, cious practice of abortion. Let me tell you what this means. get things done, rebuild America with Mr. Speaker, it is clear that the ma- This means millions of the Nation’s a transportation bill, not another kick- jority of my constituents in the Third poor women would not only be at risk the-can-down-the-road, short-term fix. Congressional District of West Virginia of losing affordable contraceptive serv- They want jobs with good-paying bene- want to see a culture of life promoted ices and counseling, but also their ac- fits, not a Trans-Pacific Partnership in Washington, not a culture of bar- cess to breast and cervical cancer agreement that sends their good-pay- barity and lack of respect of life. screenings, as well as testing and treat- ing jobs overseas. My constituents deserve to know ment for STDs. The American people want accessible that their taxpayer dollars are going to It is important to understand that, health care for our veterans, as indeed organizations that represent their val- for those who are uninsured, this is the they should be receiving, not a trip to ues and beliefs, not to organizations only way to get this lifesaving care. ‘‘kingdom come’’ every time a veteran that are determined to push their own This would mean 400,000 fewer pap needs some medical care. agenda that goes against the will of the smears for women, 500,000 fewer breast The American people, they want to American people. exams, and 4.5 million fewer STD tests see protection from Social Security I urge my colleagues to support the and treatments nationwide. and for Medicare and the recognition passage of Defund Planned Parenthood Let me be clear. It is not just Demo- these are not entitlements, that these Act of 2015 and to promote the sanctity crats’ districts that will be affected. If are benefits that people worked hard of life and listen to the American peo- you go outside of the Dallas/Fort for and started paying for the first day ple and my constituents when they say Worth metroplex, these smaller cities that they ever went to work. They they have had enough of their hard- and suburban areas and rural areas, surely don’t want to see those benefits earned tax dollars being spent to pro- those are Republican districts; they

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In accord- We all want women to have access to tion every single day. It is a frustra- ance with Federal law, no Federal the health care they need to stay tion about what this body does not do. funds go to cover abortion services. healthy for their family because, let We should be having a debate over the Another faulty argument made by me tell you, in my family and in fami- Authorization for Use of Military Republicans is that the Nation’s com- lies around the country, that if mom is Force. I don’t know how that debate munity healthcare centers could ab- not healthy, the rest of the family is turns out. sorb the work that Planned Parent- not healthy. Nobody wants to go into conflict. We hood currently does. That is why I choose to put people don’t get to choose the threats that I love community health centers, and before politics and stand with women, come our way. We only choose our re- I appreciate the work that they do be- families, and all the people of Texas sponse, and 1 year later we have no re- cause they really do serve the under- and America in my support of Planned sponse. All this is through the lens of served, but the idea that these facili- Parenthood. an agenda that we continue to fail to ties would be able to provide adequate f do. services to nearly 3 million additional Let’s give voice to the American peo- people who would suddenly be without b 1045 ple on issues like border security and care is simply unimaginable. OUR STRATEGY AGAINST ISIS immigration reform, on transpor- Community health centers rely on tation, on a budget that finally bal- other sources for affordable care to al- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ances. The frustration is not that we leviate the strains of residents’ needs, Chair recognizes the gentleman from haven’t achieved these things; it is sources like Planned Parenthood. This Florida (Mr. JOLLY) for 5 minutes. that we haven’t even engaged in a leg- is not imagined. I have seen it in the Mr. JOLLY. Mr. Speaker, 1 year ago islative fight to begin to advance the State of Texas. this month, the President of the United agenda that is right for the American I have visited community healthcare States addressed the Nation proposing people. centers in the district that I serve, and his strategy for a war against ISIS. He We are elected to be custodians of the they are very overwhelmed as a result struggled with what the mission was. public trust, and we fail that public of the void for healthcare services pur- Were we as a nation engaging to de- trust every day we fail to consider the posely created by the Republican State grade ISIS, to defeat ISIS, to destroy issues that are of most significance to legislature. One of the things you al- ISIS? And then the question arose in the American people, to honor the con- ways hear Republicans hollering about this body, at what level do we engage? stitutional responsibility we have is how much they want to save tax- Do we consider an Authorization for under article I. We have spent the last payers money. Use of Military Force, something that 2 years cloaking ourselves in the arti- Let me tell you something. What is proper under our constitutional au- cle I authority of the Congress every happened in my State of Texas in 2012, thority? time the President overreaches, and we Governor Rick Perry and the Repub- Yet 1 year later, we have not consid- have rightfully done so; but just as we lican State legislature banned Planned ered an Authorization for Use of Mili- cloak ourselves in the article I author- Parenthood from participating in the tary Force. We have not had the debate ity, we have to recognize article I Medicaid Women’s Health Program, a over what is the role of this body and brings responsibility. joint initiative that saved Texas mil- our current foreign policy and our cur- We have failed to honor the responsi- lions of dollars in Medicaid prenatal rent national security strategy against bility that we have under article I. We and delivery costs through the preven- ISIS. The only portion that we were have an obligation to have a very hard tion of unplanned pregnancies. willing to touch was the request to arm debate about whether or not we are a Today, 30,000 fewer women are receiv- and train Syrian rebels; and this body, nation at war with ISIS and whether or ing that care, Medicaid claims are I believe wrongfully, authorized and not we are doing anything in the face down by 26 percent, and Texas tax- appropriated half a billion dollars—$500 of the President’s failed policy to actu- payers are now paying the full price to million—to train Syrian rebels. Yester- ally confront the audible threat of ter- support the State’s community health day, we heard from the top commander ror of a regime that wishes to bring centers. Republicans wasted lots of of our forces in the Middle East that harm and destroy the United States of money. there are either four or five individuals America. This body has failed to en- Where does that leave us today? I engaged as Syrian rebels confronting gage in that debate. will tell you a lot of these antiabortion ISIS—$500 million, five people. Mr. Speaker, I ask with the utmost groups and their political allies have The President’s strategy against ISIS conviction of this Member but, frankly, created this partisan debate by releas- has failed. ISIS continues to grow geo- the people who give me the honor to ing a series of deceitfully edited ‘‘un- graphically, continues to be enriched. represent them in this House. Let’s dercover’’ videos casting Planned Par- Russia’s hand is strengthened. Iran has give voice to the American people. enthood in a negative light. increasing leverage every single day. Let’s give voice to the people that we Let me tell you that these videos are Mr. Speaker, the architects of terror represent here in this body, and let’s fi- a sham; they are lies, and they do abso- today are emboldened. But they are nally have that debate. lutely nothing to help increase access emboldened not only by the failure of f to the critical services that Planned this administration’s policy; they are Parenthood provides for women. emboldened by the failure of this Con- WE CANNOT STAND IDLY BY Documents and testimony submitted gress to do our job. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The to the Energy and Commerce Com- Where are we in this debate? Where is Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from mittee during a wasteful and unneces- this Congress on whether or not we are Florida (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN) for 5 min- sary investigation show that abso- going to consider an Authorization for utes. lutely no evidence exists to substan- Use of Military Force? Where are we Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I tiate claims that Planned Parenthood today on the $500 million that has now rise today to denounce the unjust sen- violated the law in any way. In fact, trained five people? Do we stand behind tence of almost 14 years that was hand- their fetal tissue donation program is that decision as a body? I hope we do ed to human rights activist Leopoldo not only compliant with Federal law, not. Lopez in Venezuela. Leopoldo is pic- but goes well beyond the law’s require- The bigger question we have to ask, tured here in this poster with his slo- ments. and it is a hard question: Are we a na- gan, which says, ‘‘Wanting a better

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For that, he has thoughtful manner, beginning these in- Sentenced along with Leopoldo as been imprisoned with no contact with vestigations as we look at life rights human rights activists were Cristian the outside world. and focus on the lives of these unborn Holdack, Angel Gonzalez, and Demian In January, another young man, a children and the mothers who have Martin, three students whose charge Cuban rapper named El Dkano, was gone through this process. sheets include public instigation, dam- sentenced to a year in prison just be- It is so interesting to me, as we have ages to property, and arson—all false cause he used music to criticize the this discussion of fetal tissue sales and charges. Their crimes were nothing Castro regime, a regime which has not what all has transpired in the selling of more than standing up to the regime— unclenched its fist against the Cuban these tissues, that we look to science. the corrupt, illegitimate regime—of people. What science has shown us is that Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela and de- Yesterday, pro-democracy leader these are not blobs of tissue; these are manding a better country that would Jorge Luis Garcia Perez, also known as babies. have respect for human rights, that Antunez, and 10 of his activists of the This weekend, I had the opportunity would have freedom of the press, and organization National Civic Resistance to go to a baby shower, and a very ex- that would have free and fair elections Front announced that they have begun cited grandmother showed me the and other universally recognized a fast in an attempt to get a meeting sonogram, the picture of her unborn rights. with His Holiness to raise the plight of granddaughter already named and As this says, demanding a better the suffering Cuban people. being celebrated. As we looked at it, we Venezuela is not a crime, except it is in These are just a few of the prisoners, could distinguish these features of this Venezuela. Democracy advocates are Mr. Speaker, who have received harsh child yet unborn, but this child fully harassed; they are abused; they are im- sentences after President Obama formed and developing and sleeping in prisoned; they are beaten; and some are signed and announced this ill-fated her mother’s womb. even killed—yes, killed. We cannot deal with the Castro regime on Decem- There was great excitement to cele- stand idly by while democracy and due ber 17. brate this arrival, and we know that process are trampled on in our own Reports indicate that the Castro re- this is a fight worth having and a proc- hemisphere. gime is planning on releasing more ess worth ending as we look at the sell- Democracies like Brazil, Mexico, Co- than 3,000 prisoners in advance of the ing of these fetal organs and what has lombia, and Chile should join the U.S. Pope’s visit to Cuba, and you will transpired. in advocating for democracy and sta- think, hey, that sounds like a good Now, everyone is familiar with what bility for Venezuela, and freedom for idea, but let’s remember this: Many of happened with Kermit Gosnell in his the many political prisoners who are those prisoners should have never been house of horrors, and we know there languishing in Maduro’s gulags. I urge in jail in the first place. By the way, was a conviction, but what we have the Obama administration to imme- political prisoners like El Sexto, for learned is those convictions are very diately sanction the judge, prosecutors, doing an artwork, will not be included rare. We have moved now to the video and those who led this politically moti- in that number. No political prisoners footage that The Center for Medical vated kangaroo court against Leopoldo will be freed, but that is not anything Progress released, and we see that this Lopez, against these students, and new, Mr. Speaker. is absolutely sickening, abhorrent. against so many. In 1978, Fidel Castro released almost b 1100 The President can use the power 3,800 political prisoners ahead of granted to the executive branch when Jimmy Carter’s visit; in 1998, Fidel These videos have raised a lot of sus- we passed here in the U.S. House of Castro released 300 prisoners ahead of picion about what has transpired in Representatives and in the United Pope John Paul’s visit; in the year 2011, these Planned Parenthood affiliates States Senate the Venezuelan sanc- Raul Castro released nearly 3,100 ahead and clinics and questions as to whether tions legislation last year. The Presi- of Pope Benedict’s visit; yet the Castro they have systematically and repeat- dent must act. Mr. Speaker, let’s hope regime has detained an unprecedented edly broken laws. that he does. number of Cubans this year. With all of Obtaining informed consent for fetal Mr. Speaker, I rise to denounce so these people being freed, this year, tissue donation, how was that ap- many human rights violations that are there has been an unprecedented num- proached? Killing infants born alive occurring throughout the hemisphere, ber of arrests in Cuba of political activ- after an attempted induced abortion, whether it is in Venezuela or my native ists. who are the persons entitled to legal homeland of Cuba. As the Pope pre- We can be sure that before the Pope’s protection here? pares for his historic trip to Cuba this visit, during the Pope’s visit, and after As you look at a botched abortion weekend, he should meet with those the Pope’s visit, more innocent Cubans and you have a child born alive, all of people, like the political prisoners who will be detained—like El Sexto—by the a sudden you have got two patients share common interests of peace and regime and thrown into Castro’s there that you are considering. justice with the Catholic Church. The gulags. This tactic is nothing new, and Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Senior Direc- church stands for liberty; it defends it is not indicative of a change of pol- tor of Medical Services for Planned the freedoms of oppressed people, the icy by the evil, despotic, sadistic Cas- Parenthood Federation of America, de- freedoms to pursue one’s goals and tro regime. It is just a political propa- scribes harvesting human tissues. In dreams without having to live in fear. ganda farce. one of the videos, she talks about The Castro regime stands for the Will the Pope see this cynical move crushing this part or the other part of complete opposite. It stands for oppres- for what it is? We shall soon see, Mr. the baby in order to get a good speci- sion, for violence, for hatred, for injus- Speaker. men. tice, and I would urge His Holiness to f To listen to her callous description meet with those who truly defend the and her casual manner is sickening, values for which the church stands; INVESTIGATIONS INTO PLANNED but it also may violate some of the people like this young man, a graffiti PARENTHOOD Federal laws which prohibit alteration artist, a young man who has only The SPEAKER pro tempore. The of abortion procedures to obtain fetal known Communist Cuba as his govern- Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from tissue. ment. His name is El Sexto. It means Tennessee (Mrs. BLACKBURN) for 5 min- In another video, a technician says: the sixth one, in reference to some utes. I’m sitting here and I’m looking at this other charges. Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, I fetus, and its heart is beating, and I don’t El Sexto has been behind bars for am here this morning to speak about know what to think. I don’t know if that nearly 9 months. He has been on a hun- the investigations into Planned Par- constitutes it’s technically dead or it’s alive. ger strike to protest the brutal Castro enthood and to the sale of fetal tissues. Imagine that. This baby, if it had ar- regime. What did he do? This is what We are beginning this process in our rived in a hospital with a NICU and he did. He had a picture of two farm Committee on Energy and Commerce; doctors surrounding it, there would

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We honor fense of abortion as a matter of repro- alties for providers who fail to provide care You. We beseech thee in behalf of to baby. ductive choice, is wearing thin. Repro- these, our United States and Congress. ductive rights? H.R. XX, THE PROTECT INFANTS FROM PARTIAL- Heavenly Father, we depend on You BIRTH ABORTION ACT (ELLMERS) As I said, let’s talk about life rights. for skillful and Godly wisdom, to enter Let’s discuss life rights. It is Constitu- Legislation will bolster the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003. into the hearts and minds of those in tion Day, the right to life, liberty, pur- authority. Only You know the suit of happiness. The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 amends the Federal Criminal code to ban rightness of their cause, their purpose, We have got several bills that our partial-birth abortions except in the interest and their plans. Members are bringing forward, which I of the life of the mother To thee, do they now look up, real- will submit for the RECORD, along, Mr. H.R. 3515, SMITH DISMEMBERMENT ABORTION BAN izing that their help comes from You. Speaker, with those Democrats that ACT They look to You for Your approval voted for the Born-Alive Infants Pro- The Born Alive Infants Protection Act of and for Your support. They look to You tection Act of 2002, which was passed in 2002 (P.L. 107–207) passed the House by voice for favor that only You can give. this House by a voice vote. vote and the Senate by UC. The following is We thank You, Heavenly Father, for PLANNED PARENTHOOD BILLS a list of Democrats who were serving when Your mercy as we seek peace in all of these votes took place. H.R. 3134, THE DEFUND PLANNED PARENTHOOD these United States and the world. We ACT OF 2015 (BLACK) DEMOCRATIC SENATORS give thanks for the leaders You have Bill would impose a one-year moratorium Tammy Baldwin *, Barbara Boxer, Sherrod given to us. We thank You for Your on all federal funding to Planned Parenthood Brown *, Benjamin L. Cardin *, Maria Cant- well, Tom Carper, Dick Durbin, Dianne Fein- love and protection that surrounds or any of its affiliates while investigations them. are conducted unless they certify they will stein, Patrick Leahy, Edward J. Markey *, not perform abortions or provide funds to Robert Menendez *, Barbara Mikulski, Patty We ask that You continue to bless, other entities that perform abortions. Murray, Bill Nelson (FL), Jack Reed, Harry strengthen, and preserve those they Restriction does not apply in cases of rape, Reid, Chuck Schumer, Debbie Stabenow, represent. We believe in Your Word incest or woman’s health concerns. Tom Udall (NM) *, Ron Wyden. that declares blessed is the nation * served in the House during the 107th Con- H.R. 3429, THE PROHIBITING THE LIFE-ENDING IN- whose God is the Lord. gress. DUSTRY OF FETAL ORGAN EXCHANGE ACT OR Amen. THE PRO-LIFE ACT (YODER) DEMOCRATIC HOUSE MEMBERS f This bill amends the Public Health Service Xavier Becerra, Sanford D. Bishop Jr., Earl Act to prohibit the transfer of fetal tissue in Blumenauer, Robert A. Brady, Corrine THE JOURNAL exchange for valuable consideration, includ- Brown, Lois Capps, Michael E. Capuano, James E. Clyburn, John Conyers Jr., Joseph The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- ing payments associated with the transpor- ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- tation, implantation, processing, preserva- Crowley, Elijah E. Cummings, Danny K. tion, quality control, or storage of human Davis, Susan A. Davis, Peter A. DeFazio, ceedings and announces to the House fetal tissue. Diana DeGette, Rosa L. DeLauro, Lloyd Dog- his approval thereof. gett, Michael F. Doyle, Eliot L. Engel, Anna H.R. 3494, THE PROTECTING INFANTS BORN ALIVE Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- G. Eshoo. nal stands approved. ACT (BLACKBURN) Sam Farr, Chaka Fattah, Gene Green, Luis Draft legislation I have authored to V. Gutie´rrez, Alcee L. Hastings, Rube´n Hino- f strengthen and improve the Born-Alive In- josa, Michael M. Honda, Steny H. Hoyer, fants Protection Act of 2002. Steve Israel, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Eddie Ber- PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE The Born-Alive Infants Protection Act of nice Johnson, Marcy Kaptur, Ron Kind, The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman 2002 became law on August 5, 2002 and re- James R. Langevin, Rick Larsen, Barbara from New Jersey (Mr. GARRETT) come quires that any reference to person, human Lee, Sander M. Levin, John Lewis, Nita M. forward and lead the House in the being, child or individual include every in- Lowey, Stephen F. Lynch. Pledge of Allegiance. fant born alive. Betty McCollum, Jim McDermott, James * Both Ellmers and Blackburn bills will ban P. McGovern, Carolyn B. Maloney, Gregory Mr. GARRETT led the Pledge of Alle- any provider proven of violating either of W. Meeks, Jerrold Nadler, Grace F. Napoli- giance as follows: these existing laws from participating in tano, Richard E. Neal, Eleanor Holmes Nor- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP and will allow ton, Frank Pallone Jr., Bill Pascrell Jr., United States of America, and to the Repub- states that suspect any violation of these ex- Donald M. Payne, Nancy Pelosi, Collin C. lic for which it stands, one nation under God, isting laws to ban those suspected from the Peterson, David E. Price, Charles B. Rangel, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. state’s Medicaid program.* Lucille Roybal-Allard, Bobby L. Rush, Loret- f H.R. 3495, THE WOMEN’S PUBLIC HEALTH AND ta Sanchez, Janice D. Schakowsky. SAFETY ACT (DUFFY) Adam B. Schiff, Robert C. Scott, Jose´ E. WELCOMING REVEREND BRONDON Serrano, Brad Sherman, Louise McIntosh The bill amends the Medicaid law to allow REEMS Slaughter, Adam Smith, Bennie G. Thomp- states the flexibility and discretion to be son, Mike Thompson, Nydia M. Vela´ zquez, The SPEAKER. Without objection, able to exclude abortion providers like Peter J. Visclosky, Maxine Waters. the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Planned Parenthood from Medicaid. States that have tried to defund Planned Parent- f LEE) is recognized for 1 minute. There was no objection. hood have been blocked by the federal Cen- RECESS ters for Medicare and Medicaid Services as- Ms. LEE. Mr. Speaker, I am so sertion that states must fund Planned Par- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- pleased to welcome Pastor Brondon enthood under what is known as the ‘‘free ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair Reems to the House floor this morning choice of qualified provider’’ provision in declares the House in recess until noon after delivering such a powerful prayer. Medicaid. Since the release of the under- today. Pastor Reems is the senior pastor of cover videos by Center for Medical Progress Accordingly (at 11 o’clock and 2 min- the Center of Hope Community Church three states (Louisiana, Alabama and Arkan- utes a.m.), the House stood in recess. sas) have sought to terminate Planned Par- in Oakland, California, a church found- enthood’s Medicaid contracts and are now f ed by his mother—a great woman of embroiled in lawsuits. b 1200 faith, who has broken so many glass H.R. 3504, THE BORN-ALIVE ABORTION SURVIVORS ceilings for women, especially for Afri- AFTER RECESS PROTECTION ACT (FRANKS) can American women—Bishop Ernes- Bill mandates that infants born alive dur- The recess having expired, the House tine Reems. ing abortions are legal persons entitled to all was called to order by the Speaker at His wife, Pastor Maria, who is also the rights and protections allowed to other noon. here with us today, is his partner in

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In fact, immigrants or their cer are down 20 percent since 1991, and Bay. children have founded more than 40 the cure rate for childhood cancer is Pastor Reems accepted his call to percent of Fortune 500 companies. now 80 percent. ministry at 10 years old, and he has However, there is a dangerous anti- From 1997 to 2003, Congress doubled flourished into a strong spiritual lead- immigrant sentiment perpetuated by funding for the National Institutes of er. those who fail to recognize the Health, but, since then, it has fallen by From ministering youth in juvenile strength derived from our diversity. 25 percent when accounting for infla- hall to assisting families coping with Even today, laws are being proposed to tion. substance abuse and emotional disabil- deny the constitutional right of citi- Just yesterday, the National Cancer ities, Pastor Reems serves the East zenship to those born in America. Pro- Institute released a report that identi- Bay community with a genuine heart posals like these are both appalling and fies research that won’t be conducted and compassion. un-American. unless Congress restores its purchasing He is the cofounder of the Oakland’s In Congress, we must continue to power with sustained annual funding Potters House for Young Men, a 24- fight against these anti-immigrant pro- increases over the next decade. We hour residential care facility for young posals and to push for comprehensive must not let that happen. teens who have become wards of the immigration reform, and we must work I urge this House to give the NIH the State. to ensure that every person who is eli- resources it needs to conduct the work I thank Pastor Reems for his spir- gible for naturalization understands our Nation deserves. itual leadership, his wisdom, and his the process that it takes to become a f service. He embodies and exemplifies a U.S. citizen and has a voice in our SERVING OUR SAVIOR living faith. He is a wonderful pastor, a great democracy. (Ms. FOXX asked and was given per- great mentor, and a committed and f mission to address the House for 1 powerful civic leader. CONGRATULATING JEFF HERRALA minute.) f (Mr. EMMER of Minnesota asked and Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, during the August work period, Smith Phillips ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER was given permission to address the Building Supply hosted a customer ap- PRO TEMPORE House for 1 minute.) preciation day and supplier showcase The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mr. EMMER of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to celebrate Jeff that I attended in Winston-Salem. ZINKE). The Chair will entertain up to While I was there, I had the pleasure Herrala of Andover for being named the 15 further requests for 1-minute speech- of speaking with Jack Shearin, who 2015 Cadet of the Year. es on each side of the aisle. founded a ministry called Serving our Jeff graduated first in his class from Savior, and Harry Underwood, who f Anoka High School, where he excelled chairs the ministry. CONSTITUTION DAY in both academics and athletics. Since 2000, this group has been assist- Due to Jeff’s stellar accomplish- ing the disabled in Forsyth County by (Mr. GARRETT asked and was given ments both inside the classroom and building handicap ramps at their permission to address the House for 1 out, my predecessor, Michele Bach- homes. All the work is performed by minute.) mann, awarded Jeff with both the Con- volunteers, who build 70 to 80 ramps Mr. GARRETT. Mr. Speaker, as gressional Certificate of Merit and an founder of the Congressional Constitu- each year. appointment to the United States Air Since the organization’s inception, tion Caucus, today marks the 228th an- Force Academy in 2012. niversary of the signing of the Con- more than 700 ramps have been built. Jeff currently attends the Air Force Serving our Savior does not charge for stitution. Academy in Colorado, where he is Unlike other revolutions, the Con- their ramps. Instead, the organization studying aeronautical engineering. allows the recipients to pay what they stitution was not imposed on the peo- It is clear that Jeff truly embodies ple. It was submitted to the people for can, and if they are unable to pay, one of the Air Force’s core values: ex- funds are provided by Serving our Sav- their approval. If the people were to cellence. Throughout Jeff’s life and judge the Constitution, they were ex- ior. academic career, he has demonstrated This ministry is a wonderful example pected to understand the Constitution. nothing short of excellence, and he is The Federalist Papers, a series of es- of the difference a small group of peo- beyond deserving of this award. ple can make in its local community, says written by Alexander Hamilton, Jeff, I am proud to recognize you John Jay, and James Madison, argued and I applaud their selfless work on be- here today, and I look forward to see- half of those who need a helping hand. for ratification and served as an in- ing what the future has in store for f valuable guide to the Constitution. you. Education was integral to the Con- CONFECTIONERS stitution’s success. f (Ms. SPEIER asked and was given Today, I commend all those who fol- INCREASE FUNDING FOR THE NA- permission to address the House for 1 low in the footsteps of our Founders by TIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH minute and to revise and extend her re- accepting the duty to educate the pub- (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given marks.) lic on the ideals of human liberty. It is permission to address the House for 1 Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, there is an they we must thank for the preserva- minute.) old saying that says you can catch a tion of the Constitution today. Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, thou- lot more bees with honey than with f sands of Americans are on Capitol Hill vinegar. It turns out that that is true today to attend the Rally for Medical in business, too. NATIONAL CITIZENSHIP DAY Research and to demand increased The confectioners industry employs a (Ms. JUDY CHU of California asked funding for the National Institutes of whopping 55,000 busy worker bees in and was given permission to address Health. the United States—that is 55,000 people the House for 1 minute.) The NIH supports 400,000 American who are working directly in the confec- Ms. JUDY CHU of California. Mr. jobs. In fact, 82 percent of its budget tionery industry—and indirectly sup- Speaker, I rise today to commemorate supports research conducted in every ports another 400,000 jobs in other in- National Citizenship Day. State in this Nation, and every dollar dustries from retail to trucking. America would not be the great coun- of NIH funding generates $2.21 in local Every confectionery job created in try that it is without its immigrants. economic activity. the United States supports another One of our greatest strengths is our Na- The effects are, obviously, not only seven; but Congress continues to main- tion’s diversity—the ability of this economic. Thanks in large part to the tain an unbelievably wrongheaded pol- country to absorb and integrate the National Institutes of Health, deaths icy that is destroying these jobs.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:32 Sep 17, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17SE7.013 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6088 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 17, 2015 The Department of Commerce found the lives of the boys who were always jority is demanding another shutdown that protectionist provisions in the being sent to my office because of dis- of the Federal Government. 2008 farm bill destroyed three jobs for ruptive behavior. Mr. Speaker, we have seen this movie every job they saved. They have cost The one thing they all had in com- before. In the mid-1990s, conservatives consumers and businesses as much as mon was the lack of an adult male to shut down the Federal Government, de- $14 billion since 2008, and they have love them and guide them along life’s manding cuts to Medicare, threatening cost taxpayers over $300 million in sub- often tricky paths. I founded the 5,000 the healthcare security of seniors. sidies. Role Models of Excellence Project to Just 2 years ago, the government was We have lost over 125,000 jobs in rescue these boys of color from futures shut down as conservatives demanded sugar-related industries since 1997. We fueled by drugs, poverty, or prison. an end to the Affordable Care Act, cannot continue to hurt our own work- The 5,000 Role Models of Excellence is threatening the healthcare security of ers and consumers alike. This is not a recognized by President Obama’s My millions of Americans. This time, the sugar high. This is a sugar low. Brother’s Keeper initiative. It is an in- demand is to end funding for Planned I urge Congress to pass the bipartisan school program in Florida’s public Parenthood, threatening the healthcare security of millions of Sugar Reform Act so we can provide re- schools. These boys have earned more than $10 million in college scholar- women, many of them low income. lief to small- and medium-sized busi- A recent poll showed that more than ships, and so many have returned and nesses. 7 out of 10 Americans want Congress to f now serve as role models to the 10,000 do its job and reach a budget agree- boys now in the program. CHUCK HAUPTMAN ment, but like a bad horror movie fran- There are 109 chapters in Miami-Dade chise, the GOP keeps turning out shut- (Mr. ZINKE asked and was given per- County schools, the fourth largest down sequel after shutdown sequel. mission to address the House for 1 school district in the Nation, 30 chap- Guess what—the American people minute.) ters in Pinellas County/St. Petersburg don’t get to walk out on this sequel. Mr. ZINKE. Madam Speaker, today I schools, and 10 chapters in Duvall They have to sit and suffer through it. County, Jacksonville, Florida. rise to pay tribute to a Billings resi- f dent, a World War II veteran, and a fa- Please welcome the Miami North- bled member of the Army 10th Moun- western Senior High School chapter DON SHAW’S RETIREMENT tain Division K Company, Chuck who are up in the gallery today. I love (Mrs. HARTZLER asked and was Hauptman. you, and I am so proud of each and given permission to address the House Seventy years ago, the young lieu- every one of you. for 1 minute.) tenant was crawling on his belly up Welcome to Washington. Mrs. HARTZLER. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mount Belvedere under the cover of f today to honor a faithful servant of the people of Missouri, Mr. Don Shaw. Don darkness. The K Company was charged HONORING VILLAGE OF with leading the allied assault on the has served the members of Missouri’s PINECREST POLICE OFFICER rural electric cooperatives for 40 years Germans through the minefields—set EDISON CRUZ up along the steepest peak—and driv- in a variety of capacities, from his ing the Germans out of Italy. (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was start as an electrical engineer to his On one February night, they battled given permission to address the House most recent post as general manager snow, darkness, vertical climbs, freez- for 1 minute and to revise and extend and CEO of Central Electric Power Co- ing temperatures, and booby traps, all her remarks.) operative. Don is an outspoken leader in pro- while under the heavy machine gun fire Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, tecting reliable, affordable sources of of the Nazis. today, I rise to recognize Officer Edison electricity. His vision and foresight al- The K Company was in combat for Cruz for being named the officer of the lowed him to take advantage of new 110 days against Nazi forces in the second quarter of 2015 of the police de- partment at the Village of Pinecrest, technologies, giving high priority to Italian Alps. During this time, Lieu- innovative and cost-effective methods tenant Hauptman was shot and wound- my hometown. Officer Edison is an invaluable mem- to better serve members. ed in battle while assaulting a machine Don has created programs to help al- gun nest. Like many young men, he ber of the Pinecrest police DUI enforce- ment program and is highly regarded leviate or minimize outage shortage went back to battle. during extreme weather and other nat- It is easy to forget the young men for his knowledge in this important area of policing and community safety ural disasters. In addition, Don helped who were sent to the battle in World to build a robust network of fiber optic War II. We look at our veterans and the work. Officer Edison’s leadership is fur- ther exemplified by his role in the co- services to assist the rural membership aging today of our World War II vet- in staying up to date with an increas- erans. ordination of the department’s training regarding new DUI blood warrants re- ingly connected world. Remember, as our young men go to Don has been an active and effective quirements. battle, that our Nation asks our young- spokesman here at Capitol Hill and In addition to this most recent est men and women to go to battle and back in the Missouri State House. I honor, Officer Cruz has received two fight for this country, and we should know this is not the end of service he never forget the sacrifice. awards from Mothers Against Drunk will provide to his community, State, When we go to war, we send our Na- Driving, MADD, for his successful ef- and country, but merely the end of one tion’s best. I am proud to recognize forts to protect the public from the ter- more chapter in an extraordinary life. Chuck Hauptman as one of our Na- rible crime of drunk driving. I would, again, like to thank Don tion’s best. He represents the best of I thank Officer Cruz for his dedica- Shaw for his service and wish him the Montana, the best of our country, and tion and important work in the service best of luck in his future endeavors. of the people of the place I am so proud the best of our youth. f to call my home, the Village of f Pinecrest. IMPROVING AIR TRAVEL b 1215 Congratulations, Officer Edison Cruz. (Ms. HAHN asked and was given per- 5,000 ROLE MODELS OF f mission to address the House for 1 minute.) EXCELLENCE PROJECT GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN Ms. HAHN. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and in support of long-suffering airline pas- was given permission to address the was given permission to address the sengers. All of us know that air travel House for 1 minute.) House for 1 minute.) is becoming more and more uncomfort- Ms. WILSON of Florida. Madam Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speak- able. Speaker, almost a half century ago, er, if it is September, it must mean an- At a time when airlines treat pas- while serving as an elementary school other shutdown on the horizon. The sengers so poorly, subjecting us to de- principal in Miami, I sensed a void in same small band within the House ma- creased legroom, cramped planes, more

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House is busy attacking women’s the VA, Department of the Interior, The airline industry is expected to health care instead of defending Amer- and other agencies were threatened. double its profits this year as compared ica’s economy. This hurts American families. to last year, and even though the fuel Instead of creating jobs with a high- It doesn’t have to be this way, Mr. prices have dropped 50 percent, ticket way bill to rebuild America, the major- Speaker. We could come together, put prices have barely budged, but what ity is fixated on misguided attempts to together a budget, keep the govern- has changed is smaller seats and less defund Planned Parenthood. Instead of ment open, and get people back to legroom. creating jobs by supporting manufac- work. That is what we are sent here to Since 9/11, the traveling public has turers who export to the world, this do. complied graciously and patiently with House is pushing companies to export Let’s work together, Democrats and all the new regulations, but once they American jobs. Republicans. Let’s avoid a government board the airplane, they are squeezed It is time for this House to focus on shutdown, and let’s put America back at every side. rebuilding America and to support to work. I will soon be introducing legislation American businesses by getting back f that improves the flying experience for to the business of the American people. DELIGHT BREIDEGAM, JR. the flying public. I think Congress f needs to look out for the consumer. (Mr. DENT asked and was given per- DEPARTMENT OF LABOR’S f mission to address the House for 1 FIDUCIARY RULE minute and to revise and extend his re- CHIWAUKEE PRAIRIE ILLINOIS (Mr. DUFFY asked and was given marks.) BEACH LAKE PLAIN permission to address the House for 1 Mr. DENT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today (Mr. DOLD asked and was given per- minute and to revise and extend his re- to join my colleague Representative mission to address the House for 1 marks.) RYAN COSTELLO in celebrating the life minute and to revise and extend his re- Mr. DUFFY. Mr. Speaker, today, I of and remembering DeLight marks.) rise to express great concern about the Breidegam, Jr. Mr. DOLD. Mr. Speaker, I rise today Department of Labor’s fiduciary rule. If you have a Deka battery in your to congratulate the Chiwaukee Prairie This is a rule that is going to have a car, your motorcycle, or tractor, it is Illinois Beach Lake Plain for being des- substantial impact on lower-income the offspring of a product manufac- ignated as a Ramsar Wetland of Inter- and middle-income savers, the men and tured by his company, East Penn Man- national Importance. women and the families that we want ufacturing, and developed by DeLight As the 38th Ramsar Wetland in the to get good advice from advisers so and his business partner, Karl Gasche. United States, this designation recog- they can save and plan for their retire- DeLight started his business with his nizes the Lake Plain for its globally ment. This rule is going to make it father at the age of 20. He and his fa- significant contribution to biodiversity harder for American families to save ther, DeLight, Sr., worked tirelessly, and importance to human health and for that eventual day of retirement. both at their small company and at economy. For decades, my constituents in Wis- part-time jobs, to help make ends Mr. Speaker, wetlands are among the consin have been served by well-regu- meet. Through their tenacious talent, Earth’s most diverse and productive lated financial institutions, and they DeLight grew a business that now em- ecosystems, providing flood control, include the mutually owned coopera- ploys over 7,000 people in Berks Coun- food, and freshwater. The Lake Plain tives and the fraternal membership or- ty, Pennsylvania, and beyond. protects diverse natural communities, ganizations. These organizations only I just wanted to say it was an honor including globally rare wetlands, while do well if they serve their customers for me to know this great man. He still being open to the public. This and their clients well, and if they don’t drove me around his battery empire. gives our community the chance to ex- serve them, the clients walk down the He showed me his farmhouse, and I perience and enjoy nature, while learn- street, and they go somewhere else. said: ‘‘How did this business begin, De- ing about biodiversity and how to con- This Department of Labor fiduciary Light?’’ serve our natural resources. rule is going to take the advice away He said: ‘‘Well, my father sent me I specifically want to congratulate from folks who need the most advice out in the backyard to fix the battery the many groups that made this con- when they are saving. It is an idea that in the tractor.’’ servation effort possible, including the Washington knows best and that people I said: ‘‘DeLight, I am just glad he Lake County Forest Preserve District, with full disclosure can’t make the didn’t send you out there to go shovel the Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation right decisions for their families. manure. We would have a fertilizer em- Fund, and the Illinois Department of This rule is a disaster, and my con- pire right here in this community.’’ Natural Resources. cern is less people are going to save, Nevertheless, he was an extraor- This honor is only the beginning for which means more people are going to dinary man, generous, kind, caring. He the Chiwaukee Prairie Illinois Beach be reliant on the Federal Government. supported universities—like Moravian Lake Plain. I look forward to seeing That is a wrong approach. Let’s not let College—Lehigh Valley Hospital, and what else they will accomplish in the this rule go through. so many other charities. future. f I wanted to pay tribute to the life and memory of DeLight Breidegam, Jr. f GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN f OPPOSING A GOVERNMENT SHUT- (Mr. BERA asked and was given per- DOWN AND RENEWING THE CALL mission to address the House for 1 AIR FORCE CELEBRATES 68TH TO CREATE JOBS minute.) ANNIVERSARY (Ms. ESTY asked and was given per- Mr. BERA. Mr. Speaker, in 6 legisla- (Ms. GRAHAM asked and was given mission to address the House for 1 tive days, our government will shut permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her re- down. This is a bad idea. minute.) marks.) Last time the government shut down, Ms. GRAHAM. Mr. Speaker, this Ms. ESTY. Mr. Speaker, we have only our economy lost more than $20 billion, week, we are celebrating a very special 6 legislative days left to avoid a reck- $4 billion in tax refunds were delayed, birthday; the United States Air Force less and unnecessary government shut- 20,000 veterans disability claims per is turning 68.

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Our Federal labs VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF gotten to know a great many of them, funding Federal research, funding for H.R. 758, LAWSUIT ABUSE REDUC- from three star generals to newly en- TION ACT OF 2015; AND PRO- our universities, our national parks. listed airmen, and I could not be VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF prouder of their service to our Nation. When you hear about something like MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE Today, the F–22 Raptor from Tyn- our national parks closing, many peo- RULES dall’s 95th Fighter Squadron are de- ple think, okay, maybe it means I Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- ployed in Europe, supporting the NATO delay our vacation. What does it mean er, by direction of the Committee on Baltic air patrol mission. to the thousands of people who live in Rules, I call up House Resolution 420 On this momentous anniversary, our Estes Park and our communities in and ask for its immediate consider- grateful Nation says thank you to the Grand County, supported almost en- ation. 95th Fighter Squadron and all the men tirely by Rocky Mountain National The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- and women serving in the United lows: Park, which millions of Americans States Air Force around the world. H. RES. 420 Aim high. Fly, fight, win. enjoy every year? If they curtail their Resolved, That at any time after adoption season by several weeks, they can’t af- f of this resolution the Speaker may, pursuant ford the rent for their store and can’t to clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the b 1230 afford to put their kids through col- House resolved into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for HONORING DELIGHT BREIDEGAM, lege. consideration of the bill (H.R. 348) to provide JR. I also want to draw attention to the for improved coordination of agency actions (Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania Land and Water Conservation Fund. in the preparation and adoption of environ- mental documents for permitting determina- asked and was given permission to ad- After 50 years as one of our country’s tions, and for other purposes. The first read- dress the House for 1 minute and to re- most successful recreation and con- ing of the bill shall be dispensed with. All vise and extend his remarks.) servation programs, funding needs to points of order against consideration of the Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. Mr. be reauthorized by September 30 or it bill are waived. General debate shall be con- fined to the bill and shall not exceed one Speaker, I rise today with my col- could be lost forever. league Mr. DENT to thank and honor a hour equally divided and controlled by the Berks County innovator for his leader- There are so many things we could be chair and ranking minority member of the discussing with only 14 days until a Committee on the Judiciary. After general ship and dedication to the community. debate the bill shall be considered for Mr. Speaker, DeLight Breidegam, Jr., government shutdown. Instead, this amendment under the five-minute rule. It passed away last week at the age of 88. body is about to go into debating two shall be in order to consider as an original He was cofounder and chairman emer- bills which the President will veto bill for the purpose of amendment under the itus of East Penn Manufacturing. which don’t fund a single thing with re- five-minute rule an amendment in the na- Under his leadership, East Penn grew ture of a substitute consisting of the text of gards to keeping the Federal Govern- Rules Committee Print 114-26. That amend- to be Berks County’s second largest ment open. ment in the nature of a substitute shall be employer. considered as read. All points of order The company is nothing short of an Let’s focus on what we need to do. against that amendment in the nature of a American success story. East Penn Let’s get to work. Let’s make sure we substitute are waived. No amendment to began as a dream of the Breidegam can grow our economy and keep the that amendment in the nature of a sub- family following World War II. DeLight Federal Government open. stitute shall be in order except those printed frequently cited the shortage of bat- in the report of the Committee on Rules ac- companying this resolution. Each such teries during the war as the spark to f amendment may be offered only in the order start the business. Along with his fa- printed in the report, may be offered only by ther, they soon started their battery COMMUNICATION FROM THE a Member designated in the report, shall be business in a small, one-room cream- CLERK OF THE HOUSE considered as read, shall be debatable for the ery. Since then, the Breidegam family time specified in the report equally divided has been committed to producing bat- The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. and controlled by the proponent and an op- ponent, shall not be subject to amendment, teries. GRAVES of Louisiana) laid before the I had the good fortune to meet with and shall not be subject to a demand for divi- House the following communication sion of the question in the House or in the DeLight about a month ago. The value from the Clerk of the House of Rep- Committee of the Whole. All points of order that he placed on his employees was resentatives: against such amendments are waived. At the palpable in speaking with him. I must conclusion of consideration of the bill for OFFICE OF THE CLERK, say that it is a very, very special thing amendment the Committee shall rise and re- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, when you hear someone speak about port the bill to the House with such amend- Washington, DC, September 17, 2015. ments as may have been adopted. Any Mem- their employees in the way that he Hon. JOHN A. BOEHNER, spoke so lovingly of his, still calling ber may demand a separate vote in the Speaker, U.S. Capitol, House on any amendment adopted in the and speaking with them every single House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Committee of the Whole to the bill or to the day. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: Pursuant to the per- amendment in the nature of a substitute He will be missed. He is a tremen- mission granted in Clause 2(h) of Rule II of made in order as original text. The previous dous, tremendous asset, as is his com- the Rules of the U.S. House of Representa- question shall be considered as ordered on pany, to the Berks County community; tives, the Clerk received the following mes- the bill and amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except and while we are sad for his passing, sage from the Secretary of the Senate on one motion to recommit with or without in- Mr. DENT and I wish to recognize him September 17, 2015 at 9:05 a.m.: structions. for all his great and positive accom- That the Senate agreed to without amend- SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it plishments in the community. ment H. Con. Res. 70. shall be in order to consider in the House the f bill (H.R. 758) to amend Rule 11 of the Fed- That the Senate agreed to without amend- eral Rules of Civil Procedure to improve at- LET’S WORK ON KEEPING THE ment H. Con. Res. 73. torney accountability, and for other pur- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OPEN That the Senate agreed to without amend- poses. All points of order against consider- ment H. Con. Res. 74. ation of the bill are waived. The bill shall be (Mr. POLIS asked and was given per- considered as read. All points of order mission to address the House for 1 With best wishes, I am against provisions in the bill are waived. The minute and to revise and extend his re- Sincerely, previous question shall be considered as or- marks.) KAREN L. HAAS. dered on the bill and on any amendment

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H.R. 758 would force judges the Speaker to entertain motions that the We have worked tirelessly to pass liti- to impose sanctions against any claim House suspend the rules as though under gation reforms that would promote ac- that appears to lack support or involve clause 1 of rule XV. The Speaker or his des- cess to court and ensure the cost of a novel legal theory. ignee shall consult with the Minority Leader litigation isn’t being used to force set- These are no doubt important issues or her designee on the designation of any tlements. to debate and discuss, and we will have matter for consideration pursuant to this that time on the floor, but I want to section. I am a proud cosponsor of the RAPID Act because men and women across the address what this body is failing to ad- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- Nation are ready to go back to work. dress. Though the subject matter of tleman from Georgia is recognized for 1 Republicans are committed to giving these two bills couldn’t be different, hour. job creators the confidence to take neither one of them relates to the fact Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- projects off the drawing board and onto that we are 6 legislative days before a er, for the purpose of debate only, I the worksite. job-killing, money-wasting shutdown yield the customary 30 minutes to the A 2012 U.S. Chamber of Commerce of government. gentleman from Colorado (Mr. POLIS), study of proposed projects in just one Now, when we hear 6 legislative days, pending which I yield myself such time sector of the economy, the energy sec- let me translate that for normal days as I may consume. During consider- tor, found that if a modest number of that Americans have. That is actually ation of this resolution, all time yield- these projects were allowed to move 14 days. We are 14 days until we risk ed is for the purpose of debate only. forward and begin construction, the di- the government shutting down. Of the GENERAL LEAVE rect and indirect economic benefits next 14 days, Congress is only sched- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- would be tremendous—hundreds of uled to work 6. Now, by the way, we er, I ask unanimous consent that all thousands of jobs and billions of dollars should thank Pope Francis for that, be- Members have 5 legislative days to re- annually. cause before Pope Francis scheduled vise and extend their remarks and to Hundreds of thousands of jobs and his visit, Congress was scheduled to include extraneous materials on House billions of dollars are in the pipeline, work 4 of the next 14 days. Resolution 420 currently under consid- and Republicans believe we should Now, if everything were going won- eration. streamline the approval process so that derfully and this body was a model of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there these projects are either approved or keeping the government open and ful- objection to the request of the gen- denied, not left languishing year after filling its responsibilities, I think the tleman from Georgia? year after year. American people would say: ‘‘Well, There was no objection. Americans need jobs now. They have guess what, Congress. You deserve a Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- bills to pay and families to feed. The vacation.’’ But that is not what I hear er, where are the jobs? The question RAPID Act is one of a number of solu- from my constituents. They are not resonates throughout our Nation. It is tions offered by House Republicans saying that we should be on vacation 8 the driving force behind every solution that would break down unnecessary out of the next 14 days when we are fac- the Republican majority has offered to Federal barriers and allow employers ing a government shutdown. this body and every solution this ad- to break ground on the projects that Not only are we facing a government ministration has rejected. offer Americans jobs and economic shutdown now, but we are 76 days after I am pleased to bring forward this growth. the expiration of the Export-Import rule on behalf of the Committee on The National Environmental Policy Bank, which already has lost at least Rules. This rule provides for consider- Act of 1969, NEPA, was designed for an 500 jobs here in our country. We are 41 ation of H.R. 348, the RAPID Act, and important purpose, one that should be days until authorizing legislation to H.R. 758, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction preserved. The Committee on the Judi- maintain our Federal highway systems Act of 2015. ciary has done important work explor- expire. We have already passed that The Committee on Rules met on this ing the original goals of NEPA and deadline twice and done short-term ex- measure yesterday evening and heard hearing from experts in the field and tensions. testimony from a Republican member academic scholars. The facts are clear: In my August townhall meetings— of the Committee on the Judiciary and The NEPA process we have today is far and I had a number of them across the two Democratic members of the Com- removed from what the authors in- district—I do not recall any of my con- mittee on the Judiciary. The Com- tended. It is normal for the review stituents telling me their family’s top mittee on Rules solicited amendments process to take years and years, and in concerns are we start eliminating envi- for both these measures, but no amend- some cases over a decade. Imagine how ronmental reviews and public health ments were submitted for the Lawsuit the world has changed in the past 10 standards. Abuse Reduction Act, making the rule years. It is absolutely mind-boggling While we are wasting unconscionable closed. There were 11 amendments sub- that a review process for any project time on issues when we are only 6 leg- mitted for the RAPID Act by both Re- would take a decade. islative days or 14 real days from a publican and Democratic Members. We live in a world where technology shutdown, we wonder why this body is This rule makes 10 of those in order. has made the impossible possible. losing popularity every day among the Let me repeat that: 11 amendments There is no excuse for relying on old American public and will continue to. submitted, and 10 of those amendments methods or overly complex regulatory To my friends across the aisle, I want are on the floor. Both the RAPID Act frameworks. It is time for Federal reg- to work with you. My Democratic col- and the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act ulators to stop tying up capital and leagues want to work with you. We went through regular order in the Com- prioritizing endless paper pushing over want to work to avoid a government mittee on the Judiciary, including ro- job creation. shutdown. We want to work with you bust amendment debate. We can do better as a nation. Our to reauthorize the Federal highway This rule provides for 1 hour of gen- economy and our families depend on us bill. eral debate equally divided and con- doing better. These are not Democratic or Repub- trolled by the chair and the ranking Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of lican principles. Both parties believe in member of the Committee on the Judi- my time. a Federal Government; both parties be- ciary for each piece of legislation. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the lieve in highways and investment in in- I appreciate the hard work of the gentleman from Georgia for yielding frastructure. So let’s do that. I think Committee on the Judiciary chairman, the customary 30 minutes. we should do that all 14 days, or at

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The average American fam- So when we look at these packages of Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. ily in my district and across our coun- bills that we are looking at, frankly, Mr. Speaker, I first would like to try has no interest in grandstanding on we are looking at everyday moms and thank the gentleman from Colorado for display. They have no desire to send dads; we are looking at businessowners; the time to speak on this important their hard-earned dollars in taxes to a we are looking at the folks who are the issue. body that continues to govern crisis by economic engines of the United States; I rise today in opposition to the pre- crisis, sometimes after the fact. and we are saying the government vious question in order to give House should not be the inhibitor of your Members an opportunity to vote on re- b 1245 company. The government should not authorizing the charter of the Export- So I implore my colleagues to use the be the part that is stopping you from Import Bank. next 14 days—or, if they want to take 8 creating jobs, from getting that next Mr. Speaker, it is well past time to of them off, 6 days—to consider the big idea, from having that next product end the ideologically driven shutdown threat we are facing and the hardship a that hits the market that takes us to of the Export-Import Bank that has shutdown would cause in districts like that different level or hiring that next prohibited this critical agency from mine that rely on two major univer- person who has that spark, that cre- continuing to support United States sities to receive Federal funding; Fed- ative energy to say: ‘‘Here’s the next businesses and their workers. eral labs; national parks that support idea that changes even how we are here For almost 2 years, Democrats have countless local businesses that would today.’’ been sounding the alarm that a shut- close if the Federal Government is So when we deal with this and we down of the Ex-Im Bank would be dev- closed; the Centers for Disease Control, look at it, the question really is: What astating for American businesses and with a strong presence in Fort Collins; drives jobs? The House majority, the their workers. Since Republicans in and the many other secondary and ter- Republican majority, constantly has Congress let the Bank’s charter expire tiary effects that a Federal shutdown looked at what it means to be an entre- in June, companies around the country would have. preneur and to have people that you have been preparing to lay off employ- Let’s find a way to avert it. There is employ. What does it mean? It means ees, and many have stopped expansion still time. Let’s not wait until it is 2 giving someone a chance. plans because they now lack the crit- days or 1 day or zero days or negative This summer, I had the awesome fun ical financing tools that Ex-Im pro- 1 day or just hours remaining on the or joy, if you will, of watching my son vides. countdown clock. Let’s pass a bipar- get his first job. He started to work at In fact, just last week, General Elec- tisan bill to fund government. Let’s re- a grocery store, and I can remember at tric announced that, due to the GOP authorize the Export-Import Bank. first he was all excited. He went shutdown of the Ex-Im Bank, more Let’s make a long-term commitment through all the process and he got that than 500 jobs will be shipped to places to our Federal highway system and in- job. The best day was when he actually like France and China. Last month, frastructure to keep our economy came home after working and he was Boeing told its workers that it ex- growing. tired, but yet it was payday. He came pected to cut as many as several hun- After we fulfill these basic needs, in and he looked at me and he said: dred jobs at its southern California- these self-created crises that Congress ‘‘Dad, I got my paycheck.’’ based satellite factory after a multi- And for a moment, regardless of how is presented, then let’s have a discus- million-dollar contract was scuttled much that check was—this is not a sion about limitation of irregular law- due to uncertainty about the future of suits or eradication of environmental story about seeing taxes for the first time; my son has lived in my house and the Export-Import Bank. reviews on public projects. We can have Republican obstructionism is also he understands the burden of taxes, so our disagreements. We can debate having a direct impact on countless it was not any of that—it was just the them. But let’s get our priorities right. small businesses around this country, joy in his eyes that someone had given I reserve the balance of my time. him a job and that he went to work. It many of which are set to lose their Ex- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- was that pride of having money that he Im-backed insurance policies in the er, I yield myself such time as I may could spend. There is a new person in coming weeks. consume. Mr. Speaker, a majority of this the economic engine. Mr. Speaker, we just got back after That is why we continue to bring House supports reauthorizing the Ex- spending time in our districts, and I these bills forward, so that government port-Import Bank, but if we don’t give know, in my case, one of the reasons can be out of the way and be its proper Members the opportunity to vote up or that we are back today dealing with role, not the roadblock to job creation. down on reopening the Bank’s doors regulatory issues is just a couple of ex- When we do that, then the people of today, the self-inflicted shutdown of amples that just continue to come up the United States can look at this the Ex-Im Bank may continue for in conversations. House Republican majority and know months on end. There were always questions about, our best interests are with those who If that scenario plays out, the dam- frankly, what are we doing in Wash- get up every day looking to make life age to our businesses, their workers, ington, what are we not doing in Wash- just a little bit better. and our economy will only get worse. ington, but there was a common theme Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of The consequences for average tax- when I went to small business, fac- my time. payers would get worse as well. Be- tories, and when we do roundtables. Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, if we defeat cause the Bank generates income The common theme was: Why is Wash- the previous question, I will offer an through fees it charges for its services, ington constantly keeping me from amendment to the rule to bring up leg- failure to reauthorize the Bank means doing what I can do or need to do in my islation to reauthorize the Export-Im- throwing away billions of dollars that business? Why are we continuing to get port Bank. would otherwise be transferred to hard- regulation after regulation after regu- Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous con- working American taxpayers. Accord- lation that keep us from expanding our sent to insert the text of the amend- ingly, we should reauthorize the Bank. business? ment in the RECORD, along with extra- If we did, we could raise billions of dol- I had a businessowner tell us in a neous material, immediately prior to lars in profit for U.S. taxpayers over roundtable that right now there were the vote on the previous question. the coming years. The House should several businesses he knew that would The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there take a position. be willing to hire upwards of 20, 30, 40 objection to the request of the gen- Mr. Speaker and Members, we have folks, but right now they are bound by tleman from Colorado? too many Republicans, our friends on

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But look Digital Check, an Illinois company, open the Export-Import Bank and save what they are doing. sells check scanning equipment to cli- thousands—thousands—of jobs that The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ents in nearly 100 countries. Tom An- Speaker BOEHNER has admitted will be time of the gentlewoman has expired. derson is the family-run company’s lost without our action. Mr. POLIS. I yield the gentlewoman chief executive. He says: We’re losing The Export-Import Bank is a critical an additional 30 seconds. now a quarter million in sales in Brit- tool that supports job creation here in Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. ish markets and around $300,000 in America by helping American busi- They have absolutely stood in the way India. And that half-million-dollar hit nesses compete in foreign markets—in of reauthorizing the Export-Import is causing the company to reevaluate other words, making goods here with Bank. whether they will suspend, altogether, American workers and selling them And where does that place this coun- their scanner leasing services. abroad. That is what we need to be try? It places us in a position where we FirmGreen—Steve Wilburn, president doing. The Export-Import Bank facili- cannot compete with other countries of FirmGreen and, I might add, a proud tates that happening. It has over 300 who fully support the export oppor- and highly decorated marine—laid off votes out of 435 on this floor, but we tunity. So I would ask my colleagues 10 of its 17 employees last year because cannot vote if it is not brought to the to please vote on this bill at this time. the company lost $60 million in con- floor. Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- tracts during our latest period of un- When the Speaker and majority lead- er, I reserve the balance of my time. certainty. er allowed the Bank’s authorization to Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 31⁄2 They are now, right as we speak, expire in June, they did so with the full minutes to the gentleman from Wash- right as we are attempting to answer knowledge that a reauthorization has ington (Mr. HECK), a leader in the ef- the question of where are the jobs, the votes to pass and will pass with fort to reauthorize the Export-Import competing for a $300 million project in strong, bipartisan support if brought to Bank. the Philippines, and it hinges on secur- the floor. Now, we have a chance to de- Mr. HECK of Washington. Mr. Speak- ing export credit financing from the feat the previous question and bring er, I rise to oppose the previous ques- Ex-Im. Without it, that business is that bill to the floor today. tion so that we might indeed take up going to likely go to a South Korean Now, I want to say, Mr. Speaker, to legislation to reauthorize the Export- rival and, with it, the 400 jobs he would some of my colleagues who may be Import Bank. Because I think the gen- have added. new, that voting down this rule, defeat- tleman from Georgia has it exactly Boeing, again, the gentlewoman ing the previous question is a vote to right, the question before this Cham- made mention of layoffs in El Segundo, open the Export-Import Bank. ber, before this Congress, before the California. That was not the first but Now, I know some of you will say: President, before the American people the second satellite sale to a foreign Well, it is a procedural vote. My party is: Where are the jobs? company and country that we lost as a makes me do this. Now we know where the jobs, in part, consequence of the uncertainty sur- Well, if you have that answer, look in have come from over the last 8 years. rounding the Export-Import Bank. the eye those who are losing their jobs In fact, about 1.5 million of them have The SPEAKER pro tempore. The and say: I had to do this for my party, come through the activity of the Ex- time of the gentleman has expired. not my country, not the competitive- port-Import Bank, where they sup- Mr. POLIS. I yield the gentleman an ness of America, not for American jobs, ported $200 billion in exports spread additional 30 seconds. not for American businesses, but I out across 7,300 companies. And we Mr. HECK of Washington. The out- voted for the previous question for my know where the jobs have not come going CEO, Mr. MCNERNEY, said: ‘‘We party. from since July 1, when the charter of never would have considered that be- Sometimes, my friends, party de- the Export-Import Bank expired, at fore this craziness on Ex-Im. We love mands too much. When you raise your which time there were 116 deals frozen, making and designing airplanes in the hand, it is to defend the Constitution constituting $9.3 billion in activity. U.S. We are now forced to think about and laws thereof, but in a real sense, it Who were they? doing it differently.’’ is to defend and make America better. Norwest Ingredients is a company in Ladies and gentlemen of the House, Let’s refuse to engage in what Cham- my home State that sells mint fla- we have now moved beyond the theo- ber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue voring for the manufacturers of candy retical and the abstract. We are now in today called a ‘‘unilateral disar- and oral care. The company currently the phase of this debate where real peo- mament in the face of other govern- employs about a dozen employees. It is ple with real jobs and real families are ments’ far more aggressive export cred- a small business. losing their livelihood. The question is it agencies.’’ Without Ex-Im, many small busi- right: Where are the jobs? The answer Let me repeat that. That is Tom nesses like Norwest aren’t going to be is: In reauthorizing the Export-Import Donohue, president of the Chamber of able to extend terms to foreign buyers, Bank. Commerce. The Republican Party used and they will have to ask for cash in Defeat the previous question so that to be a party of business, the party advance. When they do, they will lose we might do what a majority of this that wanted to grow jobs. We talk their business to other countries who body wants to do, which is continue to about that all the time. have export credit authorities. compete in a global economy. Well, my friends on the Republican By way of reminder, every single de- Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- side of the aisle, you have an oppor- veloped nation on the face of the Earth er, I continue to I reserve the balance tunity to do that on this upcoming has an export credit authority right of my time. vote. Don’t do as Tom Donohue today now, except the United States of Amer- Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield such said you might do, a ‘‘unilateral disar- ica. time as he may consume to the gen- mament in the face of other govern- Combustion Associates in California, tleman from Maryland (Mr. HOYER), ments’ far more aggressive export cred- they spent 3 years closing a deal for a the Democratic whip. it agencies.’’ new power project in Nigeria that Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, the will of Last week, General Electric an- would generate $39 million in revenue the majority is being thwarted in this nounced it would be moving 500 jobs and create 30 new American jobs. The House, the people’s House. Mr. BOEH- from New York, Texas, South Carolina, deal is on hold, along with two other NER, our Speaker, said when he took and Maine to Europe and China be- projects that would have been worth his office as Speaker that the House cause of the failure of this Congress to

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Last week, general electric announced that next 14. Let’s stay here until we can They are angry. They are anxious. it would be moving 500 jobs from New York, keep government open, until we can re- Let us for once, this day—we haven’t Texas, South Carolina, and Maine to Europe authorize the transportation and infra- funded the government yet; hopefully, and China because of the failure to keep the structure bill. we will get that done—but at least this export-import bank open. It sounds obvious to me; yet there day, given the opportunity on this pre- Congress has a responsibility to help grow just didn’t seem to be any interest vious question, say that we are going jobs here—not send them overseas. from the other side. No Republicans to make America competitive and we It’s time to reopen the export-import bank. have approached me about keeping are not going to unilaterally disarm. Defeat this previous question. government open. I hope you do, Mr. This is something the Business Bring the export-import bank up for a vote. Speaker. I hope you encourage your Roundtable wants us to do. It is some- And let’s complete the task that America’s colleagues to. There is no one here in thing the Chamber of Commerce wants workers and their employers have asked us to the Chamber talking about what we us to do. It is something the National do for months. can do to avoid a job-crushing govern- Association of Manufacturers wants us Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- ment shutdown, which we are 14 days to do. It is something that organized er, I would inquire of my friend: Do you away from. labor wants us to do. have any more speakers? Or are you Instead, we are talking about unre- In the face of unity of purpose, in the prepared to close? lated bills. Now, I don’t deny that face of a majority of votes on this Mr. POLIS. We have a lot of Demo- these bills deserve their day in the sun. floor, party regularity still says: crats that want to talk about keeping I just question whether, when we are 6 Tough. Tough. Yes, there may be 300 government open. I hear no Repub- legislative days from a job-crushing votes on this bill, but we are not going licans here. shutdown, it is the time to discuss to allow it to come to the floor. With good respect to my friend from whether we should amend requirements Ladies and gentlemen in your offices Georgia, where are the Republican set out by the National Environmental or on this floor, America expects you ideas to keep government open? Policy Act, or NEPA, that would re- to do better. America expects you to be Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Well, I am duce the role of public input and turn responsible. America does not want trying to get an answer to a question. the idea of NEPA on its head by elimi- you to be simply partisan. America That means you do not have any more nating any illusion of objective or sci- does not want you to be cowed by a speakers on this. Are you ready to entific analysis by allowing private small minority of this House and by close? sponsors to write parts of their own en- radical groups outside this House who Mr. POLIS. We are ready to use all of vironmental reviews. threaten Members they will spend a our time. Now, look, we can discuss that. I am million or $2 million or $3 million to Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- strongly for reforming the NEPA proc- defeat them in a primary. er, I reserve the balance of my time. ess. As an example, if we can make it America wants us to do the right Mr. POLIS. May I inquire of the easier to site renewal energy projects, I thing. America wants us to have the Speaker how much time remains on am a sponsor of a bill to expedite the courage of our convictions. America both sides? NEPA process for solar and wind infra- expects this House to reflect the major- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- structure projects. ity opinion, not be dictated to by a tleman from Colorado has 91⁄2 minutes Look, there are people who support small minority. remaining. The gentleman from Geor- this terrible bill in its current form; I Mr. Speaker, allow your Members to gia has 23 minutes remaining. completely understand that, but this vote against the previous question. If Mr. POLIS. May I inquire of the gen- bill does nothing to avert a job-de- you do so, we will bring to this floor tleman from Georgia if he plans to use stroying government shutdown that we the reauthorization of the Export-Im- his 23 minutes? are only 6 legislative days from reach- port Bank; and, ladies and gentlemen Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. That is ing. of this House—and all Americans ought why I was asking the gentleman from Now, the gentleman from Georgia to know as well—it will pass. Colorado if he is prepared to close. I Bring the Export-Import Bank bill mentioned this, what we call a martial have no other speakers. reauthorization to this floor so Amer- law amendment. With this amendment Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I will use ica can continue to be competitive and that he is proposing with this rule—we our 9 minutes. I reserve the balance of create jobs here in America. That is just got notice of it last minute here my time. what our constituents want us to do. on the floor—he is offering an amend- Vote against the previous question. Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- ment that will allow any bill to be Mr. Speaker, we are about to take a vote on er, shortly, I will be offering an amend- brought up under martial law next whether this house should move to reopen the ment to the rule. The amendment will week. Export-Import Bank and save thousands of waive the two-thirds requirement to Now, in honor of Pope Francis’ visit, jobs that even Speaker BOEHNER has admitted consider a rule on the same day as re- I hope that they have a bill that they will be lost without our action. ported from the Rules Committee on plan to bring to the floor under martial The Export-Import Bank is a critical tool that the legislative days of September 24 law to reduce our carbon emissions and supports job creation here in America by help- and September 25, 2015. finally do something to impact climate ing American businesses compete in foreign This will provide the flexibility nec- change, which I hope that Pope Francis markets. essary during the Pope’s visit to ensure will be addressing. When the speaker and majority leader al- the House completes its business on be- I also hope that, under martial law, lowed the bank’s authorization to expire in half of the American people. they will bring forward a bill to replace June, they did so with the full knowledge that Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of our broken immigration system with a a reauthorization has the votes to pass—and my time. humane system, with a pathway to will pass with strong bipartisan support—if Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- citizenship that replaces the chaos we brought to the floor. self the balance of my time. have, with the rule of law, border secu- Now we have a chance to defeat the pre- Again, I think it is clear. We have rity, and a pathway to normalization vious question and bring that bill to the floor had many Democrats coming to the and citizenship for hard-working, aspir- today. floor talking about what we should be ing Americans who are already here. Let’s end the uncertainty that has already doing. I think the gentleman from Now, I am not going to bet the ship caused businesses to hold back investment in Georgia might be the only Republican that that is what they are going to do

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This is going around the normal rules I think it is particularly offensive, So let me close up by talking about of the House to establish a mechanism when a job-crushing government shut- what we are here for. My friends across to avoid the normal process, avoid the down is looming, to even be talking the aisle want to portray House Repub- normal process through Rules Com- about these other items rather than licans as being against things and mittee and, through martial law, bring discussing how we can avoid a job- against people. some sort of bill. I hope it is an immi- crushing government shutdown. Yes, it is true we have said ‘‘no’’ to bad policies and priorities of the ad- gration reform bill. I hope it is a cli- b 1315 mate change bill. I don’t think it is. ministration. We have refused to turn a Based on what we are seeing this Mr. Speaker, I want to make sure I blind eye to those who exploit our legal week, it will probably be some NEPA am clear. These issues we should dis- system. bill or some—I don’t know—some other cuss. Natural resources. The World We have said ‘‘no’’ to the Federal bill that doesn’t avoid a government Health Organization estimates that 2 regulators who are indefinitely delay- shutdown to the floor of the House. million people a year are killed be- ing projects that would put Americans Maybe it will be a bill that is a Re- cause of air pollution. But putting back to work. publican funding bill that will have a forth these bills now does nothing to We have said ‘‘no’’ to the tax more, Presidential veto threat over it. That eliminate or deal with a job-crushing spend more, save less, Big Government, doesn’t avoid a shutdown. Remember, government shutdown. job-killing machine that is crushing the only way we can avoid a shutdown Over just 16 days in 2013, our country the American spirit and our economic is the House, the Senate, and the Presi- lost $24 billion in economic growth, growth. dent of the United States are on the hundreds of thousands of Federal work- But this majority says ‘‘yes’’ to solid, same page for legislation to avoid a ers were furloughed, contractors and principled legislation that protects government shutdown. subcontractors were not paid. It is an Americans’ personal and economic lib- Let’s give them the benefit of the avoidable scenario. It is a crisis cre- erties. Later today, we will say ‘‘yes’’ doubt, and we will be back next week, ated by Congress. We wonder why peo- to life. and I will hold my criticism. I hope it ple don’t like Congress. It is a crisis of We will vote to protect the babies is an immigration reform bill. I hope it our own making. born alive despite the efforts to abort is a climate change bill. Why are we threatening the critical, them. Regardless of the circumstances I hope we honor Pope Francis by everyday services Americans rely on, in which a baby is born alive, they are bringing forward two of his top prior- the millions of people that work for a person just like you or I. To fail to ities in a week that is appropriate, and contractors and subcontractors of the recognize their humanity is to deny if that is the case, I will support mar- Federal Government? our own. This House majority says ‘‘yes’’ to tial law for those two efforts, and I A small-R republic is a system of fiscal responsibility, ‘‘yes’’ to the com- hope that that is what we will do. governance in which people exert influ- I will withhold judgment until we see ence over their elected officials, and monsense principle that our Nation what the Republicans attempt to do those representatives are supposed to should have a budget and actually with this procedural bypass of our nor- listen and act upon those requests. stick to it. We say ‘‘yes’’ to responsible over- mal mechanisms that they have sched- We need to listen to the American sight efforts because we understand, as uled for next week. people and take the responsible course, our Founding Fathers did, that Ameri- Look, these are bad bills under this Mr. Speaker. I urge my colleagues to cans’ rights and liberties are only safe rule. They are bad bills today. They join me on this commonsense mission while the Federal Government is held would be bad bills if they were appro- before it is too late. within the bounds of the Constitution. priate to consider. I believe they are I urge my colleagues to oppose the We say ‘‘yes’’ to free market prin- inappropriate to consider in light of a rule and the underlying legislation. We ciples because we recognize that eco- job-crushing government shutdown oc- need to reinstate a legislative agenda nomic growth is rooted in the inge- curring in 6 legislative days. that aligns with the desires and wills nuity of America’s entrepreneurs, not The RAPID Act, which would turn and aspirations of the American people government programs. and American businesses. the idea of NEPA on its head, is a one- We have replaced government with I yield back the balance of my time. size-fits-all approach. It is not the growth and regulations with reform. Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. I yield my- right approach to NEPA reform. We have restored transparency and self such time as I may consume. There are thoughtful, bipartisan trust. We have given our Nation reason Mr. Speaker, let me be clear, just to ideas that we could put together after to believe that one day our children clear up a couple of things here. One, we avoid a government shutdown. I am won’t be looking for a job because gov- let me be clear that nothing in this happy to do that. ernment has crushed them. They will The LARA Act is even worse. Our rule or the amendment waives the nor- be creating jobs. country tried a similar framework to mal Rules Committee hearing process. House Republicans have heard the LARA in the eighties and early nine- It simply provides us with the flexi- cries of the American people, and ties, and there is broad consensus that bility to consider bills on the floor today, tomorrow, and every day to the experiment failed. Instead of reduc- sooner while the Pope is here. It does come we will continue to fight for ing lawsuits, there was an explosion of nothing to waive the normal com- them. We will fight so that they can re- litigation, causing delays and wasting mittee process for bills that should go alize their hopes, their dreams, and judicial resources. Why on earth are we to Rules, just to clear up that. their ambitions. giving these failed ideas a second try? I do appreciate the gentleman from AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. COLLINS OF The LARA Act would have prevented Colorado’s concern about our speakers GEORGIA landmark decisions like the Brown v. and the fact that he was counting Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- Board of Education, which deseg- today. I was glad to see that he had er, I offer an amendment to the resolu- regated schools; Griswold v. Con- three people come to speak on the rule tion. necticut, which established constitu- that had nothing to do with the bills in The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tional protections for right to privacy; the underlying rule. So that was pretty Clerk will report the amendment. and Loving v. Virginia, which ended impressive. The Clerk read as follows: bans on interracial marriage. I will stand with one person speaking Add at the end the following: Rather than ‘‘preventing abuse,’’ this on the rules and the truth of the fact SEC. 4. The requirement of clause 6(a) of bill would actually promote civil rights that regulatory burden has a crushing rule XIII for a two-thirds vote to consider a

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Mr. Speaker, I have a AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES parliamentary inquiry. the previous question and a member of the opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, by direc- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- asking who was entitled to recognition. tleman from Colorado will state his tion of the Committee on Rules, I call Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R–Illinois) said: up House Resolution 421 and ask for its parliamentary inquiry. ‘‘The previous question having been refused, Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, does this the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- immediate consideration. amendment to the rule mean that gerald, who had asked the gentleman to The Clerk read the resolution, as fol- Members of this body will have less yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to lows: than 24 hours to review any bill we the first recognition.’’ H. RES. 421 consider next week? The Republican majority may say ‘‘the Resolved, That upon adoption of this reso- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The vote on the previous question is simply a lution it shall be in order to consider in the Chair will not interpret the meaning of vote on whether to proceed to an immediate House the bill (H.R. 3134) to provide for a vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] moratorium on Federal funding to Planned the pending proposition. Parenthood Federation of America, Inc. All Mr. POLIS. Well, Mr. Speaker, I be- has no substantive legislative or policy im- plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what points of order against consideration of the lieve the meaning is very straight- they have always said. Listen to the Repub- bill are waived. The amendment printed in forward. That is exactly what it means. lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative the report of the Committee on Rules accom- The material previously referred to Process in the United States House of Rep- panying this resolution shall be considered by Mr. POLIS is as follows: resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s as adopted. The bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. All points of order AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 420 OFFERED BY how the Republicans describe the previous against provisions in the bill, as amended, MR. POLIS OF COLORADO question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- though it is generally not possible to amend are waived. The previous question shall be At the end of the resolution, add the fol- the rule because the majority Member con- considered as ordered on the bill, as amend- lowing new sections: trolling the time will not yield for the pur- ed, and on any further amendment thereto, SEC. 4. Immediately upon adoption of this pose of offering an amendment, the same re- to final passage without intervening motion resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- except: (1) one hour of debate equally divided clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House vious question on the rule . . . When the mo- and controlled by the chair and ranking mi- resolved into the Committee of the Whole tion for the previous question is defeated, nority member of the Committee on Energy House on the state of the Union for consider- control of the time passes to the Member and Commerce or their respective designees; ation of the bill (H.R. 1031) to reauthorize who led the opposition to ordering the pre- and (2) one motion to recommit with or the Export-Import Bank of the United vious question. That Member, because he without instructions. States, and for other purposes. The first then controls the time, may offer an amend- SEC. 2. Upon adoption of this resolution it reading of the bill shall be dispensed with. ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of shall be in order to consider in the House the All points of order against consideration of amendment.’’ bill (H.R. 3504) to amend title 18, United the bill are waived. General debate shall be States Code, to prohibit a health care practi- confined to the bill and shall not exceed one In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House tioner from failing to exercise the proper de- hour equally divided and controlled by the of Representatives, the subchapter titled gree of care in the case of a child who sur- chair and ranking minority member of the ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal vives an abortion or attempted abortion. All Committee on Financial Services. After gen- to order the previous question on such a rule points of order against consideration of the eral debate the bill shall be considered for [a special rule reported from the Committee bill are waived. The bill shall be considered amendment under the five-minute rule. All on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- as read. All points of order against provi- points of order against provisions in the bill ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- sions in the bill are waived. The previous are waived. At the conclusion of consider- tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- question shall be considered as ordered on ation of the bill for amendment the Com- jection of the motion for the previous ques- the bill and on any amendment thereto to mittee shall rise and report the bill to the tion on a resolution reported from the Com- final passage without intervening motion ex- House with such amendments as may have mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- cept: (1) one hour of debate equally divided been adopted. The previous question shall be ber leading the opposition to the previous and controlled by the chair and ranking mi- considered as ordered on the bill and amend- question, who may offer a proper amendment nority member of the Committee on the Ju- ments thereto to fmal passage without inter- or motion and who controls the time for de- diciary or their respective designees; and (2) vening motion except one motion to recom- bate thereon.’’ one motion to recommit. mit with or without instructions. If the Clearly, the vote on the previous question SEC. 3. Upon passage of H.R. 3134 the House Committee of the Whole rises and reports on a rule does have substantive policy impli- shall be considered to have: (1) stricken all that it has come to no resolution on the bill, cations. It is one of the only available tools after the enacting clause of S. 764 and in- then on the next legislative day the House for those who oppose the Republican major- serted in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. shall, immediately after the third daily ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- 3134, as passed by the House; and (2) passed order of business under clause 1 of rule XIV, native views the opportunity to offer an al- the Senate bill as so amended. resolve into the Committee of the Whole for ternative plan. SEC. 4. Upon passage of H.R. 3504 the House further consideration of the bill. shall be considered to have: (1) stricken all SEC. 5. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speak- after the enacting clause of S. 1603 and in- apply to the consideration of H.R. 1031. er, I yield back the balance of my time, serted in lieu thereof the provisions of H.R. and I move the previous question on 3504, as passed by the House; and (2) passed THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT the amendment and the resolution. the Senate bill as so amended. IT REALLY MEANS SEC. 5. House Resolution 408 is laid on the This vote, the vote on whether to order the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The table. previous question on a special rule, is not question is on ordering the previous The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- question on the amendment and on the ROBY). The gentlewoman from North dering the previous question is a vote resolution. Carolina is recognized for 1 hour. against the Republican majority agenda and a vote to allow the Democratic minority to The question was taken; and the Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, for the offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about Speaker pro tempore announced that purpose of debate only, I yield the cus- what the House should be debating. the ayes appeared to have it. tomary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. MCGOVERN), Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the Mr. POLIS. Mr. Speaker, on that I House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- pending which I yield myself such time demand the yeas and nays. scribes the vote on the previous question on as I may consume. During consider- the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the The yeas and nays were ordered. ation of this resolution, all time yield- consideration of the subject before the House ed is for the purpose of debate only. being made by the Member in charge.’’ To The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- defeat the previous question is to give the ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- GENERAL LEAVE opposition a chance to decide the subject be- ceedings on this question will be post- Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I ask fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s poned. unanimous consent that all Members

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Madam Speaker, House children born alive at his house of hor- our time with this destructive legisla- Resolution 421 provides closed rules for rors and separate reports of unborn tion that one of the bills we are consid- consideration of H.R. 3134, the Defund children may have been born alive or ering, H.R. 3504, had no hearings—not Planned Parenthood Act, and H.R. 3504, ‘‘intact’’ prior to being sold to tissue one, none—no markup, and this is the the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Pro- collectors have exposed the need for first time we are seeing the bill—and tection Act. strengthening the Born-Alive Infants no amendments, by the way. Nobody Today, Madam Speaker, we provide Protection Act. can offer an amendment. It is totally for consideration of two vital pieces of The Born-Alive Infants Protection closed. legislation addressing one of the most Act, which became law in 2002, ex- Whatever happened to regular order? important issues of our time. tended critical legal protections to ba- This process, Madam Speaker, stinks, On many previous occasions, my col- bies who are born alive after a failed and it is indefensible. leagues and I have spoken on the issue Of all the measures that have come of abortion and the tragedy it is that abortion attempt. That bill passed the House Judiciary Committee with only before the Rules Committee, more than unborn children are not safe and pro- 75 percent have completely ignored tected. two dissenting votes and was passed by the Senate by unanimous consent. regular order and were rushed to the We are not here today, though, de- floor without a legislative hearing and bating the policy of abortion on-de- The legislation before us today, H.R. 3504, the Born-Alive Abortion Sur- markup, denying the people’s elected mand. We are debating specific legisla- representatives the opportunity to vivors Protection Act, goes one step tive reactions to horrific wrongs that hear the experts and speak up for their further to protect these vulnerable have come to light: the deliberate dis- constituents. Well, when you look at lives by requiring healthcare practi- memberment of unborn children to re- the politically motivated legislation tioners present at the time of birth to ceive compensation for their organs that regularly comes before this body, administer professional skill, care, and and other body parts and the failure of I guess it is easy to see why. This is not diligence to preserve the life and abortion facilities to care for children how the people’s House is supposed to health of the child. born alive during failed abortions. work. Even some who support elective abor- This small, but important, step en- Late last night, the Republican ma- tion agree that those practices are bar- sures the protection and preservation jority of the Rules Committee took an- baric and must be stopped. of precious, newborn life by providing other shortcut through a process called The horrific reality of these practices for criminal penalties when that life is self-executing that let them slip an in the abortion industry have become lost as a result of negligence. amendment offered by Mrs. ELLMERS clear over the past few months, as un- These tiny, precious, vulnerable lives into today’s legislation to redirect dercover videos have been released of deserve the protection afforded all funding away from Planned Parent- Planned Parenthood’s leaders and af- other persons under the law, and this hood facilities. Under regular order, filiates discussing painstakingly dis- bill ensures that their lives are pro- this amendment would have required membering unborn children for com- tected. three waivers—three. It would require pensation. b 1330 three waivers from the committee to In these days of 3–D ultrasounds and Madam Speaker, I commend this rule be considered on the House floor. high-definition screens, it is impossible On top of that, the Ellmers amend- and both the underlying bills to my to hide the humanity of these child vic- ment would have also violated section colleagues for their support. tims. They have fingers and toes, 302(f) of the Congressional Budget Act, I reserve the balance of my time. heartbeats, and organs developed which prohibits the consideration of Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I enough that tissue collectors will pay legislation that exceeds a committee’s want to thank the gentlewoman from $60 a specimen for them. allocation of budget authority. But the North Carolina, my good friend, Dr. In light of the serious questions Republican-controlled Rules Com- raised by these videos, the House Com- FOXX, for yielding me the customary 30 mittee said: Who cares? We are in mittees on Energy and Commerce, Ju- minutes. charge. We don’t care about the rules. diciary, and Oversight and Government I yield myself such time as I may We don’t want to be fair. We don’t Reform have each launched investiga- consume. want to be open. We don’t want to be tions. (Mr. MCGOVERN asked and was transparent. We are in charge, and we While Planned Parenthood does not given permission to revise and extend can do whatever we want. receive direct Federal funding for abor- his remarks.) Madam Speaker, this is just another tions, these investigations are war- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I attempt by the House majority to shut ranted, as a recent report from the rise today in very strong opposition to out debate on important issues and ig- Government Accountability Office H.R. 3134 and H.R. 3504 and in very nore the House rules when it is conven- shows that the organization receives strong opposition to the underlying ient for them. During this Congress an average of $500 million taxpayer dol- closed rule. alone, 118 waivers have been granted; lars each year for other lines of busi- Today, the House should be debating 115 of those waivers, 97 percent, have ness. Money is fungible, and the Fed- a bill to keep the government open be- been for Republicans. Instead of the eral funds that Planned Parenthood re- fore funding runs out at the end of the House Rules Committee, we should be ceives ultimately subsidize their abor- month. We have just 6 legislative days known as the House Break-the-Rules tion services. before there is a government shut- Committee, because that is all the Given the serious allegations that down—6 legislative days—and instead Rules Committee seems to do. It have been raised about Planned Par- of tackling this, we are once again de- breaks rules, goes around rules, and enthood’s abortion practices related to bating another Republican attack on tries all kinds of trickery to be able to the procurement and sale of tissue and women’s health. force legislation to the floor that lim- organs from aborted, unborn children, In 6 legislative days, the government its debate and doesn’t allow Members it is appropriate for Congress to pass might shut down; and I am worried be- to offer amendments. H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Parent- cause, judging from recent events with- This legislative process in this House hood Act, placing a 1-year moratorium in the Republican caucus, the right has become a joke. It is shameful, and on all Federal funds while Congress hand doesn’t know what the extreme this is not serious legislating. conducts its investigation. right hand is doing. They can’t seem to With one bill after another, Repub- No organization that performs divi- get along with each other, and I am licans have repeatedly hurt our coun- sive practices like abortion, particu- afraid yet there will be another catas- try’s most vulnerable families, and

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One of the biggest ment, and breast and cervical cancer screen- October 2013, Republicans did shut myths perpetrated by Republicans is ing that they provide. down the government by insisting on the idea that our Nation’s community Although proponents of closing Planned defunding the Affordable Care Act. health centers—which I love, adore, re- Parenthood argue that other providers would Now, 2 years later, they are right back spect, and support—could somehow be easily able to fill the hole torn in the safe- to threatening a Republican govern- magically pick up the slack overnight ty net, credible evidence suggests this is un- if Planned Parenthood is defunded. likely. In some areas, Planned Parenthood is ment shutdown over Planned Parent- the sole safety-net provider of contraceptive hood. For the millions of low-income care. And even where there are other safety- H.R. 3134, the so-called Defund women who depend on Planned Parent- net providers, they, on average, serve far Planned Parenthood Act of 2015, is a hood clinics, this scenario would mean fewer contraceptive clients than do sites op- bad and a backward-thinking bill. In the loss of affordable and accessible erated by Planned Parenthood. the 114th Congress, the House has al- contraceptive services and counseling, As this debate swirls, the Guttmacher In- ready taken four anti-women’s health as well as breast and cervical cancer stitute received a request from the Congres- screenings and testing. The idea that sional Budget Office (CBO) regarding the votes and today sets the stage for us to publicly supported contraceptive care pro- take two additional votes to restrict our community health centers could, vided by Planned Parenthood health centers women’s access to women’s health overnight, suddenly step up and cover across the country. To respond, Guttmacher care. Incredibly, this is already twice millions of new patients is simply staff conducted special tabulations of our the number of anti-women’s health wrong and shows a fundamental mis- Contraceptive Needs and Services 2010 report votes than at this same point in the understanding by Republicans of how (the most recent year for which these data 113th and 112th Congresses—and this our country’s healthcare system are available). Our analysis shows unequivocally that Congress is not even half over. works. In fact, the Guttmacher Institute re- Planned Parenthood plays a major role in de- In this Republican Congress, facts livering publicly supported contraceptive don’t matter. We don’t talk about cently found that, in 21 percent of services and supplies to women who are in facts. They are inconvenient and they counties with a Planned Parenthood need of such care nationwide. In two-thirds are a nuisance—especially when they health center, Planned Parenthood is of the 491 counties in which they are located, get in the way of their extremist polit- the only safety net family planning Planned Parenthood health centers serve at ical agenda. provider. The report also states: ‘‘In least half of all women obtaining contracep- The fact is that Planned Parenthood two-thirds of the 491 counties in which tive care from safety-net health centers. In plays a critical role in protecting and they are located, Planned Parenthood one-fifth of the counties in which they are health centers serve at least half of all located, Planned Parenthood sites are the providing access to critical health sole safety-net family planning center. services for both women and men. One women obtaining contraceptive care Further, the average Planned Parenthood in five women has relied on a Planned from safety net health centers. In one- health center serves significantly more con- Parenthood health center for care in fifth of the counties in which they are traceptive clients each year than do safety- her lifetime, and Planned Parenthood located, Planned Parenthood sites are net centers run by other types of providers, serves 2.7 million patients each year. the sole safety net family planning such as federally qualified health centers One of the most important statistics center.’’ (FQHCs) or county health departments. As a result, Planned Parenthood centers serve a that my Republican friends like to ig- This makes clear just how dev- astating it would be for these commu- greater share of safety-net contraceptive cli- nore is that more than 90 percent of ents than any other type of provider. And, what Planned Parenthood does nation- nities to recklessly cut funding for these vital health services for the peo- Planned Parenthood sites are more likely to ally is preventive care, including cer- make contraceptive care quickly and easily vical cancer screenings, breast cancer ple who need them most. accessible to the women who need it. Everyone here in this Congress, every screenings, and family planning—not CONTRACEPTIVE CARE BY THE NUMBERS single one of us, with the snap of our abortion services. Below are the key takeaways of fingers, can get health care; but with I just came from a luncheon a few Guttmacher’s findings related to Planned today’s bills, Republicans seem to be minutes ago where we were honoring Parenthood’s provision of publicly supported saying that for families who are poor individuals who were leaders in the contraceptive care. or who live in rural areas or where this Planned Parenthood health centers serve a cancer prevention field, people who is the only option for preventive care considerable proportion of all clients obtain- have advocated that it is important for where they live are simply out of luck. ing contraceptive care from safety-net all of us to be able to get checkups on Talk about cruel. health centers. a regular basis in order to prevent can- Madam Speaker, I have a recent arti- In 2010, 36 percent of the 6.7 million U.S. cer; and here we are about to vote on a women receiving contraceptive care from cle from the Health Affairs Blog, titled, safety-net family planning health centers bill that, if the Republicans get their ‘‘Planned Parenthood, Community way, would limit and would eliminate were served at Planned Parenthood centers. Health Centers, and Women’s Health: And there are some areas of the country access to lifesaving cancer screenings Getting the Facts Right.’’ It says: ‘‘a where women rely particularly heavily on for countless individuals across this claim that community health centers Planned Parenthood: In 18 states, Planned country. readily can absorb the loss of Planned Parenthood health centers serve more than What are you thinking? This is not Parenthood clinics amounts to a gross 40 percent of women obtaining contraceptive the way we should be proceeding. misrepresentation of what even the care from a safety-net family planning Add to this the fact that Planned best community health centers in the health center. In 11 of those 18 states, Parenthood clinics are often one of the Planned Parenthood serves more than half country would be able to do were the women obtaining contraceptive care few affordable healthcare options Planned Parenthood to lose over 40 per- available for many women—nearly 80 from a safety-net health center. cent of its operating revenues over- Planned Parenthood health centers often percent of women using Planned Par- night as the result of a ban on Federal serve most or all of the safety-net contracep- enthood clinics have incomes at or funding.’’ tive clients in their county. below 150 percent of poverty—and it is I will enter the full article into the In 68 percent of counties with a Planned Parenthood site (332 counties out of 491), easy to see why a majority of Ameri- RECORD. these sites serve at least half the women ob- cans don’t think Federal funding [From Health Affairs Blog, Sept. 8, 2015] taining publicly supported contraceptive should be eliminated. In one recent QUANTIFYING PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S CRIT- poll, 63 percent of voters, including 72 services from a safety-net health center. And ICAL ROLE IN MEETING THE NEED FOR PUB- in 21 percent of counties with a Planned Par- percent of Independents, do not agree LICLY SUPPORTED CONTRACEPTIVE CARE enthood site (103 counties), Planned Parent- with my Republican friends that Fed- (By Jennifer Frost) hood serves all of the women obtaining pub- eral funding for Planned Parenthood Over the past few months, legislative at- licly supported contraceptive services from a should be eliminated. tempts to defund Planned Parenthood have safety-net health center.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17SE7.030 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 17, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6099 The majority of women who need publicly ated if Planned Parenthood health centers Congress should be governing respon- supported contraceptive care live in counties were defunded—and therefore lost to the sibly and working to solve the real with a Planned Parenthood health center. communities they serve. Certainly in the issues our country is facing. We should Almost two-thirds (64 percent) of the 19 short term, it is doubtful that other pro- be focused on growing our economy and million women in need of publicly supported viders could step up in a timely way to ab- contraceptive services and supplies live in sorb the millions of women suddenly left creating jobs. I think you may have counties with a Planned Parenthood health without their preferred source of care and forgotten that that is an important center. Moreover, 30 percent of these women whether those providers could offer the same priority of the American people be- live in counties where Planned Parenthood degree of accessible, quality contraceptive cause my friends never like to mention serves the majority of those obtaining pub- care offered by Planned Parenthood. (Indeed, the word ‘‘jobs.’’ licly supported contraceptive care from the Texas offers a cautionary tale; the state’s But we ought to be focused on cre- family planning safety net. (Women are con- family planning program for low-income ating jobs. We ought to be protecting sidered to be in need of publicly supported women served far fewer women after Planned access to health care, increasing col- contraception if they have ever had sex; are Parenthood health centers were cut out of aged 13–44; are able to become pregnant; are the effort.) lege affordability, and building a better not pregnant, postpartum, nor trying to be- What we do know is that women nation- future. Instead, 30 conservative House come pregnant; and either have a family in- wide rely on Planned Parenthood health cen- Republicans have decided to take gov- come below 250 percent of the federal poverty ters for the contraceptive services and sup- ernment funding hostage, and that is level or are younger than age 20.) plies they need—and for women in many what we are here for. Planned Parenthood health centers serve a areas of the country, losing Planned Parent- The American people deserve better. greater share of safety-net contraceptive cli- hood would mean losing their chosen pro- Finally, let’s be clear. Let’s all kind ents than do any other types of providers. vider and the only safety-net provider of clear the air and be honest about one Although Planned Parenthood health cen- around. ters comprise 10 percent of publicly sup- thing. The debate we are having today Mr. MCGOVERN. Here are some more really isn’t about the quality of care ported safety-net family planning centers, facts. they serve 36 percent of clients who obtain provided by Planned Parenthood. That publicly supported contraceptive services For every patient served by a com- is really not what is at the heart of all from such centers. By contrast, centers oper- munity health center today, nearly this. This is an effort by my friends on ated by health departments serve 27 percent three residents of low-income commu- the Republican side to kind of pursue of safety-net contraceptive clients, FQHCs nities remain without access to pri- their agenda of criminalizing and out- serve 16 percent, sites operated by hospitals mary health care. By voting for a sud- lawing abortion in every circumstance. serve 8 percent, and sites operated by other den cutoff in funding, we would create agencies serve 13 percent. Many of my colleagues on the other an immediate healthcare access crisis side have been very vocal about the On average, Planned Parenthood health for millions of women, placing an enor- centers serve many more contraceptive cli- fact that they want to criminalize ents per year than do other types of safety- mous strain on community health cen- abortion, even in cases of rape or in- net providers. Planned Parenthood health ters and other providers. cest. They would make a woman who is centers serve an average of 2,950 contracep- Community health centers offer a victim of rape or incest a criminal. tive clients per year, many times more than women’s health services as part of They would criminalize the doctors. any other type of publicly supported health comprehensive primary care programs. That is what this is all about, trying to center. By contrast, those operated by hos- They simply cannot put their other re- pitals serve an average of 770 contraceptive force their narrow agenda down the sponsibilities aside. With so many of throats of the American people. clients, health departments serve an average our Nation’s community health centers of 750, FQHCs serve 330, and centers operated I would say to my colleagues that we by other types of agencies serve 680 contra- already struggling to meet the needs of ought to reject this and get down to ceptive clients each year. our most vulnerable communities, the the business of governing this country. Planned Parenthood health centers are last thing we should be doing is trying This is not what we should be doing more likely to facilitate women’s timely ac- to make their jobs harder. here today. This is an insult, I think, cess to a wide range of contraceptive serv- Now, on top of all of this, Senator to women. This is an insult to the good ices and supplies. MCCONNELL has already said that Sen- people who work at Planned Parent- Planned Parenthood sites are considerably ate Republicans do not have the votes more likely to offer a broad range of contra- hood who provide excellent care to mil- ceptive methods than sites operated by other to pass this bill and it will never reach lions of people across this country, types of agencies. Specifically, 91 percent of the President’s desk. So what are we and, quite frankly, it is an insult to the Planned Parenthood health centers offer at doing here? This is not a rhetorical American people that, with 6 legisla- least 10 of 13 reversible contraceptive meth- question. We are literally, as I said ear- tive days left before you shut the gov- ods, compared to between 48 percent and 53 lier, 6 legislative days away from an- ernment down, this is what you choose percent of sites operated by other types of other government shutdown; and in- to bring to the floor and not a bill to agencies. stead of talking about how we are keep the government open. Moreover, Planned Parenthood sites are going to keep the doors open, how we particularly likely to help women who Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- choose oral contraceptives to get their pills are going to do what the people of the ance of my time. without having to make an additional trip to country have sent us here to do and Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, if my a pharmacy: 92 percent of Planned Parent- keep government running, we are wast- colleagues would like to use parliamen- hood health centers offer oral contraceptive ing time with this politically driven tary terms like ‘‘regular order,’’ ‘‘self- supplies and refills on-site, as do 86 percent legislation that does nothing to make execute,’’ or ‘‘waivers’’ to hide from de- of health department sites. Considerably the country better. bate over the gruesome practices of smaller proportions of sites operated by Madam Speaker, the other bill before abortionists, that is their prerogative. FQHCs and other types of agencies—37 per- us, H.R. 3504, is not a simple restate- cent and 55 percent, respectively—do so. They ignore what one key Planned Finally, women are often able to get the ment of the current born-alive law, by Parenthood abortionist said: ‘‘We’ve care they need more quickly from Planned the way, which passed by a voice vote been very good at getting heart, lung, Parenthood than from other types of safety- in 2002, no. Just so my colleagues un- liver, because we know that, so I’m not net providers. Sixty-three percent of Planned derstand, this bill fundamentally inter- gonna crush that part. I’m gonna basi- Parenthood health centers offer same-day feres with the sacred doctor-patient re- cally crush below, I’m gonna crush appointments, compared to between 30 per- lationship and undermines doctors’ cent and 40 percent of sites operated by other above, and I’m gonna see if I can get it clinical judgment and tells them how all intact.’’ types of agencies. And the average wait for to provide medicine, or else they will an appointment at a Planned Parenthood b 1345 health center is 1.8 days, whereas wait times face criminal penalties. at sites operated by other types of agencies Madam Speaker, this bill is a solu- Republicans will continue to bring range from 5.3 to 6.8 days. tion in search of a problem. We already the truth to Americans and prevent LOOKING AHEAD have strong Federal and State laws to taxpayer dollars from going to organi- We cannot predict whether or to what ex- protect babies born alive. The bottom zations that dismember children. tent health centers operated by other pro- line is that these anti-women’s health Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to viders could fill the significant gap in the bills would limit women’s access to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. family planning safety net that would be cre- safe, legal, reproductive health care. BYRNE).

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17SE7.012 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6100 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 17, 2015 Mr. BYRNE. Madam Speaker, by to ensure compliance with all State reasonable payments associated with the now, we have all seen the appalling vid- and Federal laws and that specific transportation, implantation, processing, eos which depict Planned Parenthood PPFA guidance requires affiliates to preservation, quality control, or storage of officials talking about how they crush ensure that reimbursement for fetal human fetal tissue.’’ Current PPFA guidance on fetal tissue do- babies in certain ways to preserve cer- tissue is limited to actual cost. nation tracks federal law, and it clearly and tain organs and then bargaining over HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, explicitly prohibits affiliates from receiving the price of those organs. COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE valuable consideration for fetal tissue. The I want to be crystal clear. The loss of Washington, DC, September 9, 2015. guidance also requires affiliates to ensure any human life is a tragedy, but the MEMORANDUM that reimbursement represents actual costs casual nature in which the Planned To Subcommittee on Oversight and Inves- incurred by the affiliate. The current PPFA Parenthood officials talk about killing tigations Democratic Members and Staff guidance, revised in May 2015, provides as a baby is simply heartbreaking and ap- From Committee on Energy and Commerce follows: palling. It is unconscionable that any Democratic Staff Federal law prohibits the payment or re- American could be that cold and cal- Re Update on the Committee’s Ongoing In- ceipt of money or any other form of valuable lous. vestigation of Planned Parenthood Fed- consideration for fetal tissue, regardless of Let me tell you about the Planned eration of America whether the program to which the tissue is Parenthood clinic in my hometown of I. INTRODUCTION being provided is federally funded or not. There are limited exceptions that allow re- Mobile, Alabama. They were cited by This memorandum serves as an update on the Committee’s ongoing investigation into imbursement for actual expenses (e.g. stor- the Alabama Department of Health for age, processing, transportation, etc.) of the performing two abortions on a 14-year- claims regarding the alleged sale of fetal tis- sue by affiliates of Planned Parenthood Fed- tissue. If an affiliate chooses to accept reim- old girl in a span of 4 months without eration of America (PPFA) to tissue procure- bursement for allowable expenses, it must be their complying with State laws that ment organizations (TPOs). The review has able to demonstrate the reimbursement rep- require the reporting of possible sexual included bipartisan briefings by Planned resents its actual costs. PPFA recommends abuse. This is the type of organization Parenthood officials as well as representa- that an affiliate consult with CAPS [Consor- we are talking about. tives from StemExpress, Novogenix Labora- tium of Abortion Providers] about steps to Congress cannot simply sit on the tories, and Advanced Bioscience Resources— take to document and demonstrate actual sidelines and wait for someone else to three TPOs that partner with Planned Par- cost. [emphasis in the original] The guidance also advises affiliates that respond. These egregious actions re- enthood affiliates and other healthcare pro- viders to collect specimens to supply to re- ‘‘there are federal, and frequently, state laws quire a response. that govern these activities, as well as eth- Madam Speaker, I do not believe the searchers working with fetal tissue. In addition to these briefings, the Com- ical considerations. Great care must be Federal Government should be spend- mittee has received documents and written taken to assure that these programs are ing a single penny on Planned Parent- responses to a series of questions it posed in above reproach in all respects.’’ hood, and H.R. 3134 would make that a writing to PPFA regarding its ‘‘practices re- In a briefing with Committee staff, Dr. reality. I urge my colleagues to sup- lating to fetal tissue collection and sale or Raegan McDonald-Mosley, the Chief Medical port this rule. donation.’’ To date, the Committee has re- Officer of PPFA, explained that PPFA ac- credits its affiliates. Affiliates are autono- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I ceived no evidence to substantiate the alle- gations that Planned Parenthood has en- mous legal entities, with their own separate yield myself such time as I may con- boards, executive personnel, and legal coun- sume. gaged in the sale of fetal tissue for profit. Furthermore, the Committee has received no sel. I just want to say to my colleague Dr. McDonald-Mosley further described from North Carolina that I am not hid- evidence to support the allegations that fetal tissue was procured without consent, that how PPFA oversees its affiliates and verifies ing behind procedural rules. Planned Parenthood physicians altered the their compliance with its fetal tissue dona- In fact, in the way that my Repub- timing, method, or procedure of an abortion tion guidance. Each affiliate is independ- lican friends have brought this bill to solely for the purposes of obtaining fetal tis- ently responsible for ensuring compliance the floor, you won’t allow us to debate sue, or that Planned Parenthood physicians with the guidance, as well as with all appli- amendments. We can’t. You have sti- performed intact dilation and evacuation in cable state and federal laws. fled debate. order to preserve fetal tissue for research. PPFA oversees its affiliates through an ac- So I guess I would ask you: What are Thus far, the investigation has revealed that creditation process, whereby each affiliate is PPFA requires all affiliates to ensure com- reviewed at least once every three years. Af- you afraid of? Why can’t we have a filiates are evaluated on a range of hundreds more open process on legislation that pliance with all state and federal laws and that specific PPFA guidance requires affili- of possible elements of performance, includ- didn’t even go through the committees ates to ensure that reimbursement for fetal ing, as of 2013, compliance with PPFA’s fetal of jurisdiction? You ought to open this tissue is limited to actual costs. tissue donation guidance. Accreditation in- place up. A little debate is not a bad The Committee received evidence that the volves both offsite reviews of affiliate docu- thing. A little openness is a good thing. individuals making these unsubstantiated mentation as well as onsite reviews that in- Madam Speaker, I include for the claims misrepresented themselves in order clude interviews with staff and direct obser- RECORD the report by the Sub- to gain access to Planned Parenthood per- vation of patient care. Non-compliance with committee on Oversight and Investiga- sonnel and facilities, and that the videos re- PPFA required standards may affect an af- leased by the Center for Medical Progress filiate’s accreditation status and result in tions, Democratic members and staff, actions that jeopardize that affiliate’s abil- basically that refers to the heavily (CMP) are incomplete, selectively edited, and intentionally misleading. ity to continue to use the Planned Parent- edited videos that my colleagues refer hood trademark. II. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT PLANNED to. Although the precise language of PPFA’s PARENTHOOD OR ITS AFFILIATES HAVE VIO- fetal tissue guidance has been revised over I will just read one line here: LATED ANY FEDERAL OR STATE LAWS To date, the committee has received the years, affiliates have always been re- A. PPFA REQUIRES ALL AFFILIATES TO COMPLY no evidence—underline ‘‘no evi- quired to ensure that their tissue donation WITH ALL STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS, INCLUD- programs are in compliance with all state dence’’—to substantiate the allegations ING LAWS PERTAINING TO THE DONATION OF that Planned Parenthood is engaged in and federal laws, including the prohibition FETAL TISSUE FOR RESEARCH on receiving valuable consideration. For ex- the sale of fetal tissue for profit. i. PPFA Guidance to Affiliates Regarding ample, an earlier version of the guidance Furthermore, the committee has re- Human Fetal Tissue Donation Specifically from 2001 provided to the Committee in- ceived no evidence to support the alle- Advises That It Is Illegal to Receive ‘‘Valu- structs affiliates that federal laws ‘‘forbid gation that fetal tissue was procured able Consideration’’ for Fetal Tissue, and the payment or receipt of valuable consider- without consent, that Planned Parent- Requires Affiliates to Ensure that Reim- ation for fetal tissue. However, they permit hood physicians altered the timing, bursement Represents Actual Costs ‘reasonable payments associated with the method, or procedure of an abortion The NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 estab- transportation, implantation, processing, solely for the purposes of obtaining lished the legal standards governing fetal preservation, quality control, or storage’ of fetal tissue, or that Planned Parent- tissue donation. The law states, ‘‘It shall be fetal tissue.’’ This guidance was reissued to unlawful for any person to knowingly ac- affiliates in 2011. hood physicians performed intact dila- quire, receive, or otherwise transfer any Several years ago, PPFA undertook an ef- tion and evacuation in order to pre- human fetal tissue for valuable consider- fort to revise their Manual of Medical Stand- serve fetal tissue for research. ation if the transfer affects interstate com- ards and Guidelines (the Manual) by remov- Thus far, the investigation has re- merce.’’ The law further provides: ‘‘The term ing those sections not directly related to vealed that PPFA requires all affiliates ‘valuable consideration’ does not include clinical care. According to Dr. McDonald-

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The other four effort, the fetal tissue guidance was sepa- over who will get the donated blood and/or affiliates, which had participated in fetal tis- rated from the Manual and is now a stand- tissue or what it will be used for. sue donation programs in the past five years, alone document. It is distributed to affiliates 4. That there will be no changes to how or either sought no reimbursement or had reim- through the PPFA intranet. Dr. Deborah when the abortion is done in order to obtain bursement rates ranging from $45 to $55 per Nucatola, who is PPFA’s Senior Director for the blood or tissue. tissue specimen. The letter states, ‘‘[i]n Medical Services and has had primary re- The guidance further instructs affiliates every case, the affiliates report that these sponsibility for the Manual since July 2009, that ‘‘It must be documented that no sub- amounts were intended to recover only their explained to Committee staff that guidance stantive alteration in the timing of termi- costs, as allowed under the federal law and on fetal tissue donation was removed from nating the pregnancy or of the method used our guidance.’’ The evidence received by the the Manual as part of this process to stream- was made for the purpose of obtaining the Committee during the course of this inves- line and remove non-clinical information. blood and/or tissue.’’ tigation supports this assertion. As of November 6, 2013, affiliates are now Similarly, earlier versions of the PPFA The May 2015 tissue donation guidance permitted to facilitate fetal tissue donation guidance required the clinician to make a notes that affiliates ‘‘must be able to dem- onstrate the reimbursement represents its without prior approval from PPFA. PPFA notation that: ‘‘[a]borted tissue was do- actual costs.’’ Dr. McDonald-Mosley ex- distinguishes between ‘‘core services,’’ which nated,’’ ‘‘[c]onsent for the abortion was ob- plained that the way that each affiliate de- all affiliates are required to provide, such as tained prior to requesting or obtaining con- termines cost is fact-specific to that affil- well-women visits and education and pre- sent for the tissue donation,’’ and ‘‘[n]o sub- iate. Dr. Nucatola stated that fetal tissue do- scribing for all FDA-approved methods of stantive alteration in the timing of termi- nation is not a revenue stream for affiliates, contraception, and services which are vol- nating the pregnancy or of the method used and that reimbursement should generally be untary or optional for affiliates to offer. Ear- was made for the purpose of obtaining the reasonable for the impact it has on the clin- lier versions of the fetal tissue guidance in- tissue.’’ Previous versions of the guidance ic. structed affiliates to ‘‘submit a written re- also required specific language in consent Both the statute governing fetal tissue do- quest to initiate an aborted tissue and/or forms used for tissue donation. These nation and Planned Parenthood’s May 2015 blood donation program to PPFA for review versions were issued under the previous sys- guidance on pregnancy tissue donation out- and approval.’’ According to PPFA, it ‘‘im- tem, in which affiliates were required to line the exceptions for reimbursement. The plemented this policy change as part of a seek service approval from PPFA for tissue types of costs that may arise for clinics fa- broader effort to reduce the administrative donation programs. cilitating tissue donation include staff time burden on affiliates and support affiliate Appended to PPFA’s May 2015 guidance is to identify patients who are interested in do- service expansion. a recommended sample consent form, which nating fetal tissue, staff time spent explain- This overhaul affected other services be- prompts the patient who is donating tissue ing fetal tissue donation and securing con- sides facilitation of tissue donation; PPFA to affirm the following statements: sent, staff time spent drawing maternal no longer requires prior approval for an affil- Before I was shown this consent, I had al- blood samples, space in the pathology lab, iate to offer certain other non-core serv- ready decided to have an abortion and signed storage of supplies, sterilization of equip- ices.’’ a consent form for it. ment, and other related costs. ii. PPFA Guidance to Affiliates Includes Ad- I agree to give my blood and/or the tissue In a briefing with the Committee, Cate ditional Requirements Pertaining to Fetal from the abortion as a gift to be used for Dyer, the Chief Executive Officer of Tissue Transplantation Research, Al- education, research, or treatment. StemExpress, stated that it is her under- though This is Not Required by Law I understand I have no control over who standing that the valuable consideration re- Federal law imposes additional require- will get the donated blood and/or tissue or quirement applies to all fetal tissue her com- ments on providers and on researchers when what it will be used for. pany obtains. The contracts between the donated tissue is used in federally funded I have not been told the name of any per- StemExpress and two Planned Parenthood research involving the transplantation of son who might get my donation. affiliates state, ‘‘The reasonable costs asso- human fetal tissue for therapeutic purposes. I understand there will be no changes to ciated with the services specified in this Under the statute, human fetal tissue may how or when my abortion is done in order to Agreement shall be fifty-five dollars ($55.00) be used in federally funded research on the get my blood or the tissue. per POC [product of conception] determined transplantation of fetal tissue if the attend- I understand I will not be paid. in the clinic to be usable.’’ According to Dyer, the reimbursement covers the space ing physician declares in writing 1) that the I understand that I don’t have to give my and storage at the Planned Parenthood facil- woman’s consent for abortion was obtained blood or pregnancy tissue, and this will not ity, particularly within the lab and pathol- prior to requesting or obtaining consent to affect my current or future care at (affiliate ogy departments, sterilization of equipment, donate the fetal tissue for research; 2) that name). and staff participation in consent and facili- the timing, method, or procedure used to ter- Earlier versions of the guidance included a tating involvement in the clinic. Addition- minate the pregnancy were not altered in substantially similar consent form, although ally, clinic staff is also involved in obtaining order to obtain the tissue; 3) that the abor- use of the consent form was required rather maternal blood samples for StemExpress, so tion was performed in accordance with appli- than recommended under the previous sys- that the company can screen for infectious cable state law; and 4) the woman has been tem of service approvals by PPFA, and sub- stantive deviations from the consent form diseases. Dyer stated that she believed fully informed of the physician’s interest, if Planned Parenthood is losing money on fetal any, in the research, and of any medical or required approval from PPFA Medical Serv- ices. tissue donation, given the amount of staff privacy risks associated with the tissue do- time involved and space StemExpress takes B. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT PLANNED PAR- nation. up at the clinics. According to the National Institutes of ENTHOOD AFFILIATES KNOWINGLY RECEIVED In a briefing with Committee staff, Dr. Ben Health (NIH), the federal government has VALUABLE CONSIDERATION IN EXCHANGE FOR Van Handel, the Executive Director of not funded any fetal tissue transplantation FETAL TISSUE Novogenix Laboratories, confirmed that at research since 2007. The federal rules relating The Committee has received no evidence the affiliate where Novogenix has a contract, to the timing and method of abortion are that any Planned Parenthood affiliate or em- Planned Parenthood set the price of $45 for therefore not applicable to any recent fetal ployee ever received any ‘‘valuable consider- services rendered on a per specimen basis. tissue donations in the United States. How- ation’’ for donated fetal tissue. The informa- The contract between Novogenix and the ever, PPFA’s fetal tissue donation guidance tion and the documentary evidence received Planned Parenthood affiliate states, nonetheless incorporates these requirements by the Committee support Planned Parent- ‘‘Novogenix will reimburse [the Planned Par- as recommended practices for affiliates. The hood’s assertions that the few affiliates that enthood affiliate] for reasonable administra- 2015 PPFA guidance provides: have participated in fetal tissue donation tive costs associated with the identification Federal law establishes additional require- comply with the requirement to limit reim- of potential donors, as well as the obtaining ments applicable whenever the research in- bursement to reasonable payments associ- of informed consent.’’ volving fetal tissue is conducted or sup- ated with facilitating tissue donation. Similarly, in a briefing with Committee ported by the federal government. PPFA rec- In an August 27, 2015, letter to congres- staff, Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR) ommends that these requirements be ad- sional leaders, PPFA President Cecile Rich- confirmed that the reimbursement rate at hered to without regard to whether the tis- ards listed the reimbursement rates at affili- the Planned Parenthood affiliate with which sue donation program is federally supported ates that are currently or were recently par- they partner is $60 per patient product of or not. These requirements are: ticipating in fetal tissue donation. At conception. it The contract between ABR 1. That the client’s consent to donate not present, only two out of PPFA’s 59 affiliates and the Planned Parenthood affiliate states: be sought until after she has decided to have are participating in fetal tissue donation, [Affiliate] will provide, and ABR will pay an abortion and has signed the consent form and only one affiliate is receiving any reim- the reasonable costs for, services and facili- for the abortion. bursement for costs. An additional four af- ties . . . associated with obtaining consents

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It is reasonable for providers to make can make those priceless decisions that tions of cadaveric materials, and for seeking small adjustments in technique for clinical people should make for themselves. Do consent for donation of tissues and organs reasons, and such small adjustments would we threaten to shut down the govern- from appropriate donors, and maintaining not constitute a change in method or proce- ment over access to Viagra? No, we records of such consents so that verification dure. As is common across the medical pro- don’t. of consent can be supported. fession, techniques are different for each This week, I received an email from a C. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT PLANNED PAR- physician, and physicians commonly make local Planned Parenthood affiliate ENTHOOD PHYSICIANS CONDUCTED INTACT DI- clinical judgments to adjust their approach about a woman who, when she was 19 LATION AND EVACUATION TO PRESERVE FETAL in the course of a surgery. years old, went to Planned Parenthood TISSUE Dr. Nucatola confirmed that changing the to get a prescription for birth control. position of the fetus is not a change in the To date, the Committee has received no During a routine screening, the doctor evidence that any physician employed by method or procedure; instead, it often needs to be done for patient safety. Although she found a cluster of abnormal cells that Planned Parenthood affiliates has performed could have turned into life-threatening an ‘‘intact’’ dilation and evacuation (D&E) does not personally change the position of to preserve fetal tissue for research. CMP the fetus in her practice, she believes that cancer. claims suggesting that Planned Parenthood some physicians may need to convert the The woman wrote: ‘‘Early detection physicians are violating the Partial Birth fetus to breech position in order to perform and treatment . . . allowed me later in Abortion Act in order to preserve fetal tissue the abortion procedure safely; it is a matter life to have a healthy baby who is the for research appear to have no basis in fact. of skill and experience. light of my life. Planned Parenthood is There are three primary methods of sur- All Planned Parenthood staff emphasized the provider I know and trust. Why gical abortion: D&E, induction of labor, and that patient safety is their top priority. Dr. McDonald-Mosley stated, ‘‘The ultimate goal should politicians tell anyone where hysterotomy. D&E is the only method avail- they can and cannot go for care? able at Planned Parenthood facilities. In a is the safety of the patient.’’ Dr. Nucatola briefing with Committee staff, Dr. McDon- said, ‘‘Patient safety comes first.’’ PPFA’s Planned Parenthood was there for me ald-Mosley stated to the Committee that the August 27, 2015, letter reiterated the same when I needed affordable, quality confusion over ‘‘intact’’ fetuses is the result message: ‘‘Our patient’s health is our para- health care, and I don’t know what I’d of deceptive video editing by CMP, and that mount concern.’’ have done without their services.’’ she believes that the ‘‘intactness’’ that Mr. MCGOVERN. These heavily edit- That is what is at stake. In spite of Planned Parenthood staff are referring to is ed videos that my friends keep on re- these pleas, Republicans continue their the intactness of the tissue and specific or- ferring to, again, I think is just a cover obsession with attacking women’s gans. She noted that during most proce- for what really is behind all of this, health—I would think, by now, they dures, such as a D&E, the fetus is not deliv- and that is their attempt to crim- would know better—and co-opting the ered intact. She stated there is no evidence most personal decisions of a woman’s that Planned Parenthood staff are removing inalize and outlaw abortion in all cir- the fetus in an intact manner. cumstances. lifetime. Similarly, Dr. Nucatola explained that it Madam Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to Legislatures across the country, in- would be rare for a patient to be sufficiently the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. cluding this one, waste valuable time dilated to deliver an intact fetus. When ques- SLAUGHTER), the distinguished ranking in pretending to be doctors instead of tioned whether it was possible to do a D&E member of the Committee on Rules. doing their jobs. Legislators do not resulting in an intact fetus, she stated that Ms. SLAUGHTER. I thank my col- spontaneously become medical profes- while possible, no Planned Parenthood physi- sionals upon their elections. cian would intentionally perform such a pro- league, Mr. MCGOVERN, for yielding me the time. These constitutionally protected de- cedure because to do so would be illegal. cisions are for women with the advice Representatives of all three TPOs also Madam Speaker, I rise today in de- stated to the Committee that the donated fense of Planned Parenthood, an orga- of their doctors, their families, and fetal tissue specimens they receive do not in- nization that for nearly 100 years has anyone she wants to consult, be it her clude intact fetuses. been the only accessible and affordable priest or rabbi or pastor. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The D. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT PLANNED PAR- health care for millions of Americans, time of the gentlewoman has expired. ENTHOOD PHYSICIANS ALTERED THE TIMING, men and women. METHOD, OR PROCEDURE SOLELY FOR THE Mr. MCGOVERN. I yield the gentle- Yet again, we find ourselves debating PURPOSE OF OBTAINING FETAL TISSUE FOR woman an additional 30 seconds. RESEARCH a bill that has no chance of becoming Ms. SLAUGHTER. What terrible de- To date, the Committee has not obtained law, that attacks women and their cisions there are to be made between any evidence that Planned Parenthood phy- healthcare decisions, and that distracts medical personnel and the patient. I sicians altered the timing, method, or proce- from what we should be doing: a budget don’t want anybody to have to say: I dure of an abortion solely for the purpose of to keep the government funded, which have to wait until LOUISE SLAUGHTER obtaining fetal tissue for research. The law the majority shows no interest in mov- requires physicians to certify that ‘‘no alter- gets here because Congress has the last ing forward. word in whether we live or die. ation of the timing, method, or procedures Instead, we are rehashing old bills used to terminate the pregnancy was made Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 solely for the purposes of obtaining the tis- that we have seen many times before. minute to the gentleman from North sue.’’ Although this section of the law ap- These Republican broadsides fly in the Carolina (Mr. HUDSON). plies only to federally funded research in- face of the millions of women across Mr. HUDSON. Madam Speaker, this volving transplantation of human fetal tis- the country and undermine the health debate is not about any one organiza- sue for therapeutic purposes, Planned Par- and well-being of poor and rural tion that receives tax dollars. This enthood has voluntarily incorporated the women, who, in most cases, have no isn’t about Republicans versus Demo- principles of the law into its tissue donation place else to turn except to Planned crats. It is not even about pro-life guidance. The PPFA May 2015 guidance in- Parenthood for basic medical treat- structs affiliates that ‘‘[i]t must be docu- versus pro-choice. The issue before us mented that no substantive alteration in the ment. today, Madam Speaker, is about de- timing of terminating the pregnancy or of Need I remind the Chamber that one fending the most vulnerable among us. the method used was made for the purpose of in five American women has relied on a It is about a fundamental question: obtaining the blood and/or tissue.’’ Planned Parenthood health center for Will we allow and, indeed, give the peo- There are limited methods of abortion. At care in her lifetime, as my colleague ple’s money to an organization that Planned Parenthood affiliates, there are two said, more than 90 percent of which is takes a tiny baby outside the womb— methods of an early abortion: (1) a medica- for preventive care: cervical cancer with a beating heart, with lungs that tion abortion, and (2) surgical abortion in- screenings, breast cancer screenings, volving mechanical or manual aspiration. function—and takes a scalpel and cuts For abortions after approximately 13 weeks and even HIV counseling? open the head so that the brain can be gestation, the only surgical abortion method There is no other medical procedure extracted and sold for profit? available at a Planned Parenthood facility is so furiously debated. Do we spend years That is gruesome—I am sorry—but D&E. A physician’s decision about which here debating whether men can get watch the video. Or are we going to

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Black Americans make up 12 percent of I urge Federal law enforcement to My wife, Renee, and I are expecting the population and that the fetuses execute a full criminal investigation our first child in just a matter of days. that are being aborted make up 78 per- into these alleged actions by Planned So this is an issue that is very personal cent of who is being aborted. Parenthood. to me. We must act to protect life, liberty, These two bills being debated today, I would just say to my colleagues: and the pursuit of happiness. I know of which I am a cosponsor, are the nec- Let’s support this legislation and make my job. Please do yours. essary next steps. I urge my colleagues sure that no baby is ever again cut into Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield to support this legislation and to sup- pieces and sold for scrap parts in this 1 minute to the gentleman from port life. country. Vermont (Mr. WELCH), a member of the b 1400 Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I Committee on Energy and Commerce. yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman Mr. WELCH. I thank the gentleman. Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, at from California (Ms. MATSUI), a mem- Madam Speaker, there are two issues this time, I yield 1 minute to the gen- ber of the Committee on Energy and that are very contentious: abortion and tleman from Michigan (Mr. KILDEE). Commerce. fetal research. I support the right of a Mr. KILDEE. Madam Speaker, let’s Ms. MATSUI. I thank the gentleman woman to choose. I support medical re- be clear. This is not a debate about for yielding. search that is legal under our laws so abortion. There are different points of Madam Speaker, I rise in strong op- we can get cures for diseases like Alz- view on that question, but it is a set- position to the rule and to stand with heimer’s and diabetes. I also respect tled question by the U.S. Supreme millions of American women and men those who disagree with me, but this Court. Those who want to make this who receive essential health services bill is terrible. about something that it is not need to from Planned Parenthood. Here is why: It is unfair to women look at the legislation that they are These attacks against Planned Par- who are not part of this debate and supporting. enthood threaten access to health care whose access to Planned Parenthood is This is about whether or not families across this country, particularly for about getting preventive health care, have access through Planned Parent- low-income women and men who al- 16,000 women in our State. The second hood to preventative health care, to ready face barriers to access. reason is that this bill, as designed, is lifesaving cancer screenings, to basic For many of our Nation’s under- destructive to the institution we rep- health care that ought to be available served populations, Planned Parent- resent. in every possible way. This bill would hood is the only source for vital serv- Here is how it is designed: One, take have an extreme and devastating im- ices, such as contraceptive services and the money away and then investigate. pact on access to those fundamental counseling and breast and cervical can- In a fair society, we do it the opposite services that Planned Parenthood pro- cer screenings. way. vides. If the majority succeeds in its effort Here we are, 7 legislative days before to defund Planned Parenthood, mil- Second, it eliminates access to care for innocent people, who have nothing this government shuts down; and what lions of Americans will be stripped of is preoccupying the floor of the House access to health care, in turn, creating to do with this, as I mentioned, 16,000 in Vermont. of Representatives today? An ideolog- hardships for American families. ical debate that everyone on both sides More troubling still is the majority’s Three, it is a prelude to the shut- of the aisle acknowledges will not be- willingness to shut down the govern- down, resorting to the tactic of, unless come law. ment in order to deny health care to you get your way, we are shutting Everyone acknowledges it will not millions of women. Women’s health down the entire government. become law, but we are taking time to should not be used as a bargaining chip Four, it is part of the ‘‘dump the pander to some of the voices that sim- for political messaging. Speaker’’ campaign, as though, if the I urge my colleagues to put aside par- Speaker resists a shutdown, his job ply oppose women’s healthcare choices tisan politics driven by purposefully should be taken away. instead of taking up the questions that misleading videos. Attacking Planned Bad for women. Bad for the institu- the American people sent us here to do. Parenthood is a dangerous distraction tion. Where is the budget? Where are the to the real issues facing American Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 budget negotiations? Where is the dis- women and families. minute to the gentleman from Georgia cussion about roads and bridges? Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 (Mr. CARTER). Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Utah Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Madam minute to the gentlewoman from Ala- (Mrs. LOVE). Speaker, I stand today in support of bama (Mrs. ROBY). Mrs. LOVE. Madam Speaker, I rise in the innocent and the unborn. I strongly Mrs. ROBY. Mr. Speaker, no tax- support of H.R. 3134, to defund Planned believe now is the time for Congress to payer should be forced to fund an orga- Parenthood, and H.R. 3504, which re- stand up for those who cannot stand up nization that aborts more than 350,000 quires that babies born alive during for themselves. unborn babies every year. This is a abortions get the same medical treat- The videos that have been released commonsense truth that even pro-abor- ment as any other child. that expose the appalling acts com- tion activists have a hard time argu- It is crucial that we stand for those mitted by Planned Parenthood are hor- ing. who cannot speak for themselves: the rifying. Guess what—they changed the argu- unborn. These bills are critical to cur- These are despicable acts that are on ment. They pretend that abortion tailing the horrific practices that in- par with the sickest of criminals who doesn’t exist and that Planned Parent- clude harvesting fetal tissue while ba- are behind bars, and that is exactly hood is the only place where low-in- bies are still alive. where these people belong: in prison, come women can get health care. Tak- We, as Americans, value human life. behind bars. These videos have given ing away taxpayer funding from We are fighting terrorists in Iran be- everyone insight into the inexcusable Planned Parenthood means denying cause we value the lives of people. and horrific culture at Planned Parent- women access to health care, they say. Fighting for the unborn is no different. hood. That is untrue, and anybody spread- I demand a full investigation into Taxpayer funds should never be used ing that should be ashamed. There are Planned Parenthood’s donation of fetal to fund or to offset the cost of pro- more than 13,000 federally qualified and tissue and the removal of taxpayer viding abortions; and it is especially rural health centers throughout this funding for the organization. unacceptable when these illegal and country offering low-cost health care

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17SE7.034 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6104 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 17, 2015 to women. They outnumber Planned the harvesting of baby parts has Mr. MCGOVERN. Will the gentleman Parenthood clinics 20 to 1. brought on our Nation, we are the ones yield? If this was really about making sure who must face this truth and take ac- Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Yes. women had access to health care, we tion. Mr. MCGOVERN. Yes. could all agree right now that sup- Some who oppose this bill and other Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. The gen- porting these community health cen- actions this Congress may take state tleman has? ters is the right thing to do; but that is that defunding this or other organiza- Mr. MCGOVERN. Yes. not what this is about. tions will not completely stop these Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Okay. It is It is because community health cen- horrific acts, and that may be true. disappointing then that the gentleman ters don’t perform abortions; Planned Did our involvement in World War II is not moved to compassion over the Parenthood does. That is what this is against Hitler end anti-Semitism? No, terrible inhumanity displayed on those about. It is about preserving a pipeline it didn’t. Did our government’s deci- videos by the Planned Parenthood per- of funding to the Nation’s largest abor- sion to take out Osama bin laden end sonnel. tion provider. We all get this. Let’s terrorism? No, it didn’t. How many in- Madam Speaker, human dismember- drop the phony women’s health cha- nocent lives were spared because we did ment is a painful and absolutely fright- rade. take action? ening way for anyone to die, but in Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield The question before us is not whether Planned Parenthood clinics across the 1 minute to the gentlewoman from our actions will stop this evil, but if country, such violence against children Connecticut (Ms. DELAURO). this government will continue to fund is commonplace. Ms. DELAURO. Mr. Speaker, I rise in it, sanction it, and tolerate it. Subsidized by half-a-billion dollars opposition to this rule and the under- For years, William Wilberforce annually, Planned Parenthood kills a lying bill. With this bill, the majority fought against the evil of slavery, and baby every 2 minutes, snuffing out the has declared war on the health and he challenged his fellow countrymen lives of over 57 million infants since well-being of millions of women. with these words: ‘‘You may choose to 1973, a staggering loss of life, a stag- Planned Parenthood serves 2.7 mil- look the other way, but you can never gering loss of children. lion Americans every year with life- say that you did not know.’’ Madam Speaker, now, because of un- saving services, like pap tests, breast If we know the truth, which we do, dercover videos by The Center for Med- exams, screenings for sexually trans- and decide not to respond, we will, in ical Progress, we know Planned Par- mitted infections. For many low-in- part, share the blame, share the re- enthood is also trafficking in baby come families, Planned Parenthood is sponsibility, and share in the judg- parts, turning babies into human guin- their only option. ment. ea pigs while making the abortion in- The majority claims that other clin- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I dustry even richer than before. ics can take up the slack, but just lis- yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman Although much of the media con- ten to Dr. Mark DeFrancesco, the from New York (Mrs. CAROLYN B. tinues to ignore this scandal, Planned president of the American Congress of MALONEY). Parenthood’s meticulously crafted fa- OB/GYNs: ‘‘If Planned Parenthood Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New cade of care and compassion has been went away, there are a good number of York. Madam Speaker, I rise in opposi- shredded. Caught on tape, Planned Par- patients just in my service area that tion. enthood’s top leadership, not interns or no longer will have a doctor. If they These bills today are the direct re- lower-level employees, show callous start calling my office, it is going to be sult of a series of videos that have been disregard for children’s lives while ‘we could take you, but it might be 2, found to be purposefully misleading, gleefully calculating the financial 3 months down the road.’ And if they alleging misdeeds that never happened gain. call other places, it might be ‘we can’t that will result in the punishment of This begs the question: Do Americans even take you.’ ’’ millions of women who have absolutely really know what horrors are done to This bill creates chaos, and in that nothing to do with it. children in Planned Parenthood clin- chaos, people’s lives will be put at risk. In many areas of this country, ics? Have congressional colleagues and This bill is spiteful; it is mean spirited, Planned Parenthood clinics are one of has President Obama watched the vid- and it is cruel. It tells millions of low- the few affordable healthcare options eos yet? income Americans: Forget your health. for women. In one clip, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, You can just die. During the Senate debate on senior director of Planned Parenthood Enough is enough. I urge my col- defunding, a letter was introduced from Federation of America’s Medical Serv- leagues to vote against this bill. California’s community health centers, ices and a late-term abortionist herself Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, there stating in no uncertain terms that says on camera: are many more options for women’s defunding the Planned Parenthood We have been very good at getting heart, health care than the discredited abor- clinics would place untenable stress on lung, liver because we know that, I am not tion provider, Planned Parenthood. the community healthcare providers, going to crush that part. I am going to basi- cally crush below, I am going to crush above, While Planned Parenthood is only ap- but our Republican colleagues are in- and I am going to see if I can get it all in- proximately 665 clinics, federally quali- different to the experts. tact. . . . I would say a lot of people want fied health centers, FQHCs, and rural Truth, as usual, is the first casualty liver; and for that reason, most providers health centers, RHCs, provide over when they wage their cultural wars; will do this case under ultrasound guidance, 13,000 publicly supported locations, pro- and all that matters is the theater, so they will know where they are putting viding alternatives for women’s health their bizarre kabuki theater, of ritual- their forceps. care. This means there are 20 federally ized outrage. In other words, crush the baby to funded comprehensive care clinics for I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘no’’ on death, but do it in a way that preserves every one Planned Parenthood. the rule and on the underlying bill. organs and body parts for sale. This bill does not change the avail- Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield 6 Planned Parenthood’s medical direc- ability of funds for women’s health. It minutes to the gentleman from New tors council president, Dr. Mary simply establishes a safeguard so that Jersey (Mr. SMITH). Gatter, appears on the video non- the Nation’s largest abortion chain is Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Madam chalantly talking about utilizing ‘‘less not the one providing such services. Speaker, I thank VIRGINIA FOXX, who is crunchy’’ abortion methods, again, to Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to a tremendous leader for life and a great preserve body parts. the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. leader in this Congress, for yielding. Regarding the price tag for baby LOUDERMILK). Mr. MCGOVERN said we are wasting body parts, she says, ‘‘Let me just fig- Mr. LOUDERMILK. Madam Speaker, our time. Mr. KILDEE talked about pan- ure out what others are getting and, if there comes a time when we must face dering, which I think is an insult. this is in the ballpark, then, it is fine. the truth, regardless of how disgusting I would just like to ask Mr. MCGOV- If it is still low, we can bump it up,’’ or offensive that truth is. As much as ERN: Yes or no, has the gentleman that is, the price. ‘‘I want a we dislike where we are and the shame watched the videos? Lamborghini,’’ she says.

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I can’t even describe what that ‘‘how we are going to manage remu- Mr. Speaker, human dismemberment is a feels like’’ she says. neration because the headlines would painful and absolutely frightening way for any- H.R. 3134 authored by an extraordinarily be a disaster’’—concern for making one to die but in Planned Parenthood clinics caring and compassionate Member of Con- money and avoiding bad press, no con- across the country, such violence against chil- gress DIANE BLACK of Tennessee places a cern whatsoever for the child victim. dren is commonplace and usual. yearlong moratorium on funding to Planned Holly O’Donnell, a tissue procure- Subsidized by half a billion taxpayer dollars Parenthood and redirects withheld monies to ment technician for StemExpress, a annually, Planned Parenthood kills a baby other facilities that provide women’s health. biotech company that partners with every two minutes, snuffing out the lives of At the instruction of Speaker BOEHNER, sev- Planned Parenthood, says some women over seven million infants since 1973—a stag- eral committees of congress have launched undergoing abortions did not give con- gering loss of children. probes into this baby body parts trafficking sent for these baby body parts to be Now, because of undercover videos by the scandal. trafficked. Center for Medical Progress, we know I suspect that if the President watches at She says on the video, ‘‘Pregnancy Planned Parenthood is also trafficking in baby least one of the videos, he’d at least demand tests are potential pregnancies, there- body parts—turning babies into human guinea real answers concerning Planned Parent- fore, potential specimens.’’ They think pigs while making the abortion industry even hood’s inhumane behavior. Or at least I hope of the pregnancy test as a way of get- richer than before. he would. ting more specimens, so it is just tak- Although much of the media continues to ig- Mr. Speaker, the videos have again brought ing advantage of the opportunity. nore this scandal, Planned Parenthood’s me- into sharp focus the fact that some babies ac- O’Donnell also says how her super- ticulously crafted fac¸ade of care and compas- tually survive abortion. visor told her to cut through the face sion has been shredded. Caught on tape, Dr. Savita Ginde, Vice President and Med- of a baby in order to get brain tissue. Planned Parenthood’s top leadership—not in- ical Director of Planned Parenthood Rocky ‘‘She gave me the scissors and told me terns or lower level employees—show callous Mountains confesses that ‘‘Sometimes, we that I had to cut down the middle of disregard for children’s lives while gleefully get—if someone delivers before we get to see the face. I can’t even describe what calculating the financial gain. them for a procedure then they (the baby) are that feels like,’’ she says on tape. Which begs the question: do Americans in intact . . .’’ A fetal tissue broker describes H.R. 3134, made in order under this really know what horrors are done to children watching a ‘‘fetus . . . just fell out.’’ It just fell out. It, the baby, fell out, she says. rule, authored by an extraordinarily in Planned Parenthood clinics? Have congres- And then what happened to that baby? caring and compassionate Member of sional colleagues—has President Obama— Tragically, we know what happens to these Congress, DIANE BLACK of Tennessee, watched the videos yet? victimized babies—they are killed and some In one clip, Dr. Deborah Nucatola, Senior places a yearlong moratorium on fund- have their organs stolen. ing for Planned Parenthood and redi- Director of Planned Parenthood Federation of So the second bill made in order by the rects withheld monies to other facili- America’s Medical Services and a late term rule—The Born Alive Abortion Survivors Pro- ties that provide women’s health. abortionist herself says on camera: ‘‘We have tection Act (H.R. 3504)—authored by pro-life Madam Speaker, the videos have also been very good at getting heart, lung, liver, champion Trent Franks, simply says any child brought into sharp focus the fact that because we know that, I am not going to who survives an abortion must be given the some babies actually survive abortions. crush that part. I am going to basically crush same care as any other premature baby born Dr. Savita Ginde, vice president and below, I am going to crush above, and I am at the same gestational age. The new bill medical director of Planned Parent- going to see if I can get it all intact . . . I builds on the landmark Born Alive Infant Pro- hood Rocky Mountains, confesses: would say a lot of people want liver; and for tection Act of 2002 authored by Steve Chabot Sometimes we get—if someone delivers be- that reason, most providers will do this case by adding important enforcement provisions. fore we get to see them for a procedure then under ultrasound guidance, so they will know I would remind my colleagues that it was they, the baby, are intact. where they are putting their forceps.’’ just two years ago the infamous Philadelphia That means born alive. That means In other words, crush the baby to death, but abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted of born alive. do it in a way that preserves organs and body murder for killing children who were born alive ‘‘The fetus just fell out,’’ she says. It parts for sale. after an attempted abortion. The Grand Jury just fell out. It, the baby, fell out. Planned Parenthood Medical Directors’ report described his practices, ‘‘Gosnell had a What happens to that baby? Tragically, Council President Dr. Mary Gatter appears on simple solution for the unwanted babies he we know what happens. They are a video nonchalantly talking about utilizing a delivered: he killed them. He didn’t call it that. killed, and some of their organs are ‘‘less crunchy’’ abortion method—again to pre- He called it ‘‘ensuring fetal demise.’’ The way stolen. serve baby body parts. Regarding the pricetag he ensured fetal demise was by sticking scis- The second bill made in order by the for baby body parts she says: ‘‘let me just fig- sors into the back of the baby’s neck and cut- rule—the Born-Alive Abortion Sur- ure out what others are getting, and if this is ting the spinal cord. He called that ‘‘snipping.’’ vivors Protection Act, authored by pro- in the ballpark, then its fine, if it’s still low, then Gosnell’s grisly after-birth abortion practices life champion TRENT FRANKS—simply we can bump it up. I want a Lamborghini.’’ were only exposed when he was investigated says any child who survives an abor- Planned Parenthood’s National Director for for illegal drug charges and, in the words of tion must be given the same care as the Consortium of Abortion Providers Deborah the Grand Jury ‘‘the search team discovered any other premature baby born at the VanDerhei says ‘‘we’re just trying to figure out fetal remains haphazardly stored throughout same gestational age. The new bill as an industry . . . how we’re going to man- the clinic—in bags, milk jugs, orange juice car- builds on the landmark Born-Alive In- age remuneration because the headlines tons, and even in cat-food containers. Some fants Protection Act of 2002, authored would be a disaster’’. Concern for making fetal remains were in a refrigerator, others by STEVE CHABOT, by ending important money and avoiding bad press—no concern were frozen.’’ enforcement prohibitions. whatsoever for the child victim. Last week Gianna Jessen an abortion sur- I would remind my colleagues that it Holly O’Donnell, a tissue procurement tech- vivor, told the House Judiciary Committee: was just 2 years ago that the infamous nician for StemExpress, a biotech company ‘‘My biological mother was seven and a half Philadelphia abortionist Kermit that partners with Planned Parenthood says months pregnant when she went to Planned Gosnell was convicted of killing chil- some women undergoing abortions did not Parenthood, who advised her to have a late- dren, as well as women in his clinics, give consent: ‘‘. . .’’ there were times when term saline abortion. but children who were born alive after they would just take (the body parts) what ‘‘This method of abortion burns the baby in- an attempted abortion. they wanted. And these mothers didn’t know. side and out, blinding and suffocating the The grand jury report describes his On the video, Ms. O’Donnell says: ‘‘Pregnancy child, who is then born dead, usually within 24 practice—and I read the entire report; tests are potential pregnancies, therefore po- hours. you ought to read it—Gosnell had a tential specimens. So it’s just taking advan- ‘‘Instead of dying, after 18 hours of being simple solution for unwanted babies he tage of the opportunities.’’ burned in my mother’s womb, I was delivered

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Instead, a nurse called an My colleagues have asked for an in- We are brought here today to examine the ambulance, and I was rushed to a hospital. vestigation into The Center for Med- practices and procedures of Planned Parent- Doctors did not expect me to live. ical Progress, which released these vid- hood. Yet, tellingly, the Majority has failed to ‘‘I did. I was later diagnosed with Cerebral eos. The Center for Medical Progress reach out or obtain any direct information or Palsy, which was caused by a lack of oxygen does not receive half a billion in tax- witnesses from Planned Parenthood. to my brain while surviving the abortion. I was payer dollars every year; Planned Par- The bills before us are offered not for the never supposed to hold my head up or walk. enthood does. It is the role of Congress purpose of exposing any wrongdoing of I do. And Cerebral Palsy is a great gift to me. to exercise oversight on those who re- Planned Parenthood, but simply to sensa- Gianna asked the committee, ceive taxpayer dollars. It is also appro- tionalize opposition to abortion and serve as a ‘‘If abortion is about women’s rights, then priate for Congress to cease funding a political decoy to shut down our government. what were mine? You continuously use the ar- scandal-ridden organization. The United States Supreme Court ruled gument, ‘If the baby is disabled, we need to It is extremely interesting to hear over 40 years ago, in Roe v. Wade (410 U.S. 113 (1973)), that a woman’s constitutional terminate the pregnancy,’ as if you can deter- my colleagues across the aisle talk right to privacy includes her right to abortion. mine the quality of someone’s life. Is my life about investigating the creators of these videos. If only there was such en- Since this landmark decision, abortion rates less valuable due to my Cerebral Palsy? and risks have substantially declined, as have ‘‘You have failed, in your arrogance and thusiasm for oversight on other issues, such as ObamaCare implementation, the number of teen and unwanted preg- greed, to see one thing: it is often from the immigration executive orders, and Hil- nancies. weakest among us that we learn wisdom— lary Clinton’s refusal to share her ac- Restricting all access to reproductive and something sorely lacking in our nation today. tions on Benghazi. women’s health services only exacerbates a And it is both our folly and our shame that Madam Speaker, I reserve the bal- woman’s risk of an unintended pregnancy and blinds us to the beauty of adversity.’’ ance of my time. fails to accomplish any meaningful overthrow Gianna Jesson’s reminds us that we have a Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I of Roe v. Wade. duty to protect the weakest and most vulner- yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman In recent years, state policymakers have able. from Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE), a mem- passed hundreds of restrictions on abortion b 1415 ber of the Committee on the Judiciary. care under the guise of protecting women’s (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was health and safety. Fights here in Congress Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, let given permission to revise and extend have been no different. me just state three facts here: We In my state of Texas a law that would have know that these videos that have been her remarks.) Ms. JACKSON LEE. Madam Speaker, cut off access to 75 percent of reproductive mentioned have been selectively edit- I would not be here on the floor to lend healthcare clinics in the state was challenged ed; we know for a fact that 90 percent suspicion to the faithfulness of anyone, before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2014 and of what Planned Parenthood does is but as evidenced by what we have been 2015. preventive care, including screenings hearing from our friends on the other On October 2, 2014, the Supreme Court for cervical cancer, nothing to do with side of the aisle, this is nothing but a struck down as unconstitutional a Texas law abortion; and we know for a fact, be- politically charged debate and an un- that required that all reproductive healthcare cause it is the law, that no taxpayer dermining of women’s health care. clinics that provided the full range of services dollars can be used to pay for abortion. We made it very clear in the Com- would be required to have a hospital-style sur- Having said that, I yield 1 minute to mittee on the Judiciary that Roe v. gery center building and staffing requirements. the gentlewoman from Oregon (Ms. Wade is the law of the land. We know This requirement meant that only 7 clinics BONAMICI). that because the Texas Supreme Court, would be allowed to continue to provide a full Ms. BONAMICI. Madam Speaker, I in 2014 and 2015, rolled back the Texas spectrum of reproductive healthcare to rise in opposition to the rule and the law that was going to close a number women. underlying bills. This closed rule of clinics evidencing and providing for Texas has 268,580 square miles, only sec- makes in order misguided legislation women’s health care. Planned Parent- ond in size to the state of California. The impact of the law in implementation that would seriously limit access to hood provides for 378,000 pap tests and would have ended access to reproductive crucial healthcare services, like cancer 487,000 breast exams. 87,000 women services for millions of women in my state. screenings, and limit access to contra- found out they had cancer through ception that would prevent unwanted In 2015, the State of Texas once again Planned Parenthood. threatened women’s access to reproductive pregnancies. As it relates to the fetal tissue, we health care when it attempted to shutter all but We are talking about defunding know that there are laws in place that 10 healthcare providers in the state of Texas. Planned Parenthood? How counter- do not allow the sale of such, but we productive. In my home State of Or- The Supreme Court once again intervened also know the fetal tissue research has on the behalf of Texas women to block the egon, more than 72,000 patients were generated spinal cord, neurological re- served by Planned Parenthood in 2013 move to close clinics in my state. search and cures. It seems every month we are faced with a alone. We are talking about real Therefore, let me say to my col- women and men who received compas- new attack on women’s access to reproductive leagues, the law of the land is Roe v. health care, often couched in those same sionate, preventive care. I have heard Wade. This is a protracted political from Oregonians like Stacy, who went terms. fight, and I would only say, ask the And in fact we are here today supposedly to to Planned Parenthood and got a life- person who filmed these particular vid- talk about the safety of medical care provided saving cancer screening when she had eos. He stole the identity of his high by Planned Parenthood. no insurance. school classmate to do this under- But we know that’s not really the case. It is unfortunate that the House is handed work. That shows you that this If my colleagues were so concerned about using its limited time to debate legis- is a political effort. women’s health and safety, they would be pro- lation that harms women, but it is Madam Speaker, I rise in strong opposition moting any one of the number of evidence- downright irresponsible to even con- to the Rule and the underlying bills. based proactive policies that improve women’s sider shutting down the government I strongly oppose this latest attempt by the health and well-being. over access to these vital services. Republican House majority to defund Planned Instead, they are attacking Planned Parent- There is no evidence that Planned Par- Parenthood and undermine women’s right to hood in a back-handed attempt to ban abor- enthood has broken any laws. make their own choices regarding their repro- tion. We have seen proposals like this be- ductive healthcare. That is their number one priority. This is cer- fore. It is time to end these attacks on Instead of spending time fueling a politically- tainly not about protecting women’s health, it’s women’s constitutional reproductive charged attack on America’s leading provider about politics.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:32 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A17SE7.025 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 17, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6107 Just as the 1988 Human Fetal Tissue the provision of medical care and patient safe- I will offer an amendment to the rule Transplantation Research Panel (or the Blue ty. to bring up legislation that would treat Ribbon Commission) sought to separate the Planned Parenthood has strict requirements wildfires like similar major natural question of ethics of abortion from the ques- regarding compliance with all federal, state, disasters and eliminate the need to tion of ethics of using fetal tissue from legal and local laws and regulations. A specific area transfer funds from forest management elective abortions for medical research when of compliance is with mandatory reporting and conservation programs for fire sup- laying the foundation for the 1993, NIH Health laws and regulations regarding reporting in in- pression. It is time to make common- Revitalization Act (which passed overwhelm- stances where the welfare of a minor is en- sense changes to the Federal wildfire ingly with bipartisan support), we must sepa- dangered. budget. rate the personal views of abortion from the All staff with patient contact are rigorously Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous legal issues of federal compliance. trained regarding compliance with federal, consent to insert the text of the Namely, the NIH Health Revitalization Act state and local laws and regulations governing amendment in the RECORD, along with prohibits the payment or receipt of money or service to minors. extraneous materials, immediately any other form of valuable consideration for Violations of mandatory reporting regula- prior to the vote on the previous ques- fetal tissue, regardless of whether the program tions are subject to disciplinary action, up to tion. to which the tissue is being provided is funded and including termination. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. or not. It is no secret that the Center for Medical ROBY). Is there objection to the request A limited exception, and crux of the applica- Progress is an extreme anti-choice organiza- of the gentleman from Massachusetts? ble issue of legality, lies with the provision al- tion with a goal of outlawing legal abortion There was no objection. lowing for reimbursement for actual expenses procedures in this country. Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, (e.g. storage, processing, transportation, etc.) To achieve that goal, they have shamelessly the bills that the rule will make in of the tissue. targeted Planned Parenthood and the funding order that are before us today, these Planned Parenthood repeatedly maintains that provides healthcare services to millions of bills and others are ongoing attacks and supports that their affiliates involved with women every year. that are part of the Republican drum- fetal tissue research comply with this require- They continue to use deceptive tactics and beat for a government shutdown over ment. secret videos to try and undermine Planned women’s healthcare choices. It isn’t In fact, of the 700+ affiliate health care cen- Parenthood. enough to attack women’s health. Re- ters across the country, only 4 Planned Par- Just like Live Action, the Center for Medical publicans are now willing to take down enthood affiliates currently offer tissue dona- Progress is not a group that can be taken the entire Federal Government in their tion services and of those 4, only 2 (California credibly. political attacks. The Center for Medical Progress is simply and Washington) offer fetal tissue donation As I mentioned at the outset in my recreating a history of doctoring and manipu- services—that’s 1 percent of all Planned Par- opening statement, the facts are the lating video intended to create misimpressions enthood service centers. facts; and I know for some of my col- about Planned Parenthood. The California affiliate receives a modest re- leagues, they are inconvenient and It is a coordinated effort by anti-choice imbursement of $60 per tissue specimen and they like to avoid talking about them, forces—not only on Planned Parenthood or a the Washington affiliate receives no reim- but the reality is that these videos woman’s right to choose, but on women’s bursement. that my colleagues are referring to health care across the board. have been selectively edited. It is worth noting that fetal tissue has been At the same time, national media is report- We also know that 90 percent of what used for decades. ing about a major coordinated push by anti- Since the 1920’s researchers have used Planned Parenthood does is preventive choice groups and Members of Congress to fetal tissue to study and treat various neuro- care: cervical cancer screenings, impor- defund Planned Parenthood. tant lifesaving procedures that benefit logical disorders, spinal cord injuries, diabetes, This coordinated effort to defund Planned women. They do preventive care that immune deficiencies, cancers and life-threat- Parenthood is an assault on all progressive benefits men as well. ening blood diseases. health care, service, and advocacy organiza- It is also important for my col- One of the earliest advances with fetal tis- tions who aim to provide vital care and serv- leagues to realize that there are no sue was to use fetal kidney cells to create the ices to women and men across this country. Federal funds, no taxpayer dollars that first poliovirus vaccines, which are now esti- The public is standing by Planned Parent- go to fund abortion. That is illegal. mated to save 550,000 lives worldwide every hood, which plays a vital role in defending That is the law of the land. That is the year. women’s health and rights. The most widely known application in the Hundreds of thousands have already spo- Hyde amendment. field of human fetal tissue transplantation has ken up, including leading groups and commu- To shut down these important pre- been the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. nities such as the growing voice of our millen- ventive healthcare services, to kind of Many of our other common vaccines, such nial generation. advance this agenda that my col- as polio, measles, chicken pox, rubella and My colleagues should be doing more to con- leagues on the other side of the aisle shingles, have been developed through the nect our youth and women to services that have, which is to criminalize abortion use of fetal tissue or cell lines derived from help them reduce their risk of unintended under all circumstances—including, fetal tissue. pregnancies and STD’s, and improve their many of my colleagues advocate no ex- When looking at the 1 percent of health overall health through preventative screenings, ceptions even for rape or incest. A care providers involved in fetal tissue donation education and planning, rather than restricting young girl who was a victim of rape or and research, and no clear credible proof of il- their access to lawfully entitled family planning incest would be a criminal if she had an legal activity, it is obvious that attacks on and private health services. abortion. Planned Parenthood are wholly misguided. I urge all Members to vote against the rule This is all about taking away a wom- Planned Parenthood has one of the most and the underlying bills. an’s right to choose. That is what this rigorous Medical standards and accreditation Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I reserve is all about. Planned Parenthood hap- processes in the country. the balance of my time. pens to be the pawn, the latest pawn in It is the only national provider that has de- Mr. MCGOVERN. May I inquire of the this debate. veloped a single set of evidence-based Med- gentlewoman from North Carolina how It is interesting. I watched the Re- ical Standards and Guidelines that define how many more speakers she has on her publican debate last night. It was real- health care is provided throughout the country. side? ly quite entertaining. I heard Donald Guidelines are developed and updated an- Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I am ex- Trump and MARCO RUBIO and TED CRUZ nually by a group of nationally-renowned ex- pecting one more speaker that I am say that they would be open to putting perts, physicians, and scientists, including trying to accommodate. However, if civil rights activist Rosa Parks on the medical experts from Harvard and Columbia. the gentleman is prepared to close, $10 bill, but Republicans might be sur- Planned Parenthood affiliates must submit then I will do my best to do that also. prised to learn that Rosa Parks sat on to accreditation reviews that include 100 indi- Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, I the national board of Planned Parent- cators (or high level areas of review) and over yield myself the balance of my time. hood Federation of America, the orga- 600 individual Elements of Performance (or I am going to urge my colleagues to nization that my Republican friends, measures for review). Half of these relate to defeat the previous question. If we do, including the people who invoked her

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I know where my Large majorities of Americans be- on the bill, then on the next legislative day colleagues are coming from. That you lieve their tax dollars should not go to the House shall, immediately after the third would take up the time of this House fund abortions. They felt this way even daily order of business under clause 1 of rule to do this, which the Senate won’t take before learning that, during those abor- XIV, resolve into the Committee of the up and which the President wouldn’t tions, children are dismembered and Whole for further consideration of the bill. sign even if they did, at a time when sold piece by piece. It is unfathomable SEC. 7. Clause 1(c) of rule XIX shall not apply to the consideration of H.R. 167. we have 6 legislative days left before that we have to debate stopping the the Federal Government shuts down, I provision of tax dollars to organiza- THE VOTE ON THE PREVIOUS QUESTION: WHAT don’t know what my colleagues are tions participating in such activities. IT REALLY MEANS thinking. It is also unbelievable that we do not This vote, the vote on whether to order the Part of what your job is is to keep immediately pass, by unanimous con- previous question on a special rule, is not this government running; and instead sent, legislation ensuring that children merely a procedural vote. A vote against or- of doing that, we are doing these right- born alive, breathing and crying, like dering the previous question is a vote wing message bills that don’t even go each of us was on our first day outside against the Republican majority agenda and through regular order, that commit- the womb, deserve the same medical a vote to allow the Democratic minority to tees of jurisdiction don’t even have a care that any child born in a hospital offer an alternative plan. It is a vote about chance to consider, when every Mem- what the House should be debating. would receive. Mr. Clarence Cannon’s Precedents of the ber, Republican or Democrat, is told What is heartening, in the face of House of Representatives (VI, 308–311), de- you can’t even amend any of this stuff this contentious debate, is the prin- scribes the vote on the previous question on no matter what kind of idea you have. ciple that the truth always comes out. the rule as ‘‘a motion to direct or control the This whole process is disgraceful. We Abortionists can no longer hide in the consideration of the subject before the House need to get our priorities in order here. dark back rooms of their facilities and being made by the Member in charge.’’ To We ought to protect women’s sell unborn children piece by piece defeat the previous question is to give the healthcare services; we ought not to be under an illusion that no one will ever opposition a chance to decide the subject be- defunding an organization like Planned know their crimes. fore the House. Cannon cites the Speaker’s ruling of January 13, 1920, to the effect that Parenthood, which does good work all Our debate today and the videos that ‘‘the refusal of the House to sustain the de- across this country; and we ought to be have been released have shattered that mand for the previous question passes the bringing a bill to the floor to keep this darkness and exposed the callousness control of the resolution to the opposition’’ government running. of the abortion industry toward life in order to offer an amendment. On March Madam Speaker, I urge my col- and the consequences of accepting 15, 1909, a member of the majority party of- leagues to vote ‘‘no’’ and defeat the abortion on demand as acceptable. fered a rule resolution. The House defeated previous question and vote ‘‘no’’ on the Both of these bills, the Defund Planned the previous question and a member of the rule. Parenthood Act of 2015 and the Born opposition rose to a parliamentary inquiry, I yield back the balance of my time. asking who was entitled to recognition. Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Speaker Joseph G. Cannon (R-Illinois) said: Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield Act, contain commonsense provisions ‘‘The previous question having been refused, myself such time as I may consume. addressing the barbaric actions that the gentleman from New York, Mr. Fitz- Last evening when I spoke on this have come to light in the abortion in- gerald, who had asked the gentleman to legislation in the Committee on Rules, dustry, and I commend the underlying yield to him for an amendment, is entitled to I mentioned that this is a very emo- bills in this rule providing for their the first recognition.’’ tional issue for those of us who value consideration to all of my colleagues The Republican majority may say ‘‘the life so much. One of my colleagues has for their support. vote on the previous question is simply a already spoken to the fundamental The material previously referred to vote on whether to proceed to an immediate issue of life, but I think we always vote on adopting the resolution . . . [and] by Mr. MCGOVERN is as follows: has no substantive legislative or policy im- should have time to talk about our AN AMENDMENT TO H. RES. 421 OFFERED BY plications whatsoever.’’ But that is not what Declaration of Independence and our MR. MCGOVERN OF MASSACHUSETTS they have always said. Listen to the Repub- Constitution. At the end of the resolution, add the fol- lican Leadership Manual on the Legislative Particularly as it relates to this lowing new sections: Process in the United States House of Rep- issue, it is the Declaration of Independ- SEC. 6. Immediately upon adoption of this resentatives, (6th edition, page 135). Here’s ence which says: ‘‘We hold these truths resolution the Speaker shall, pursuant to how the Republicans describe the previous to be self-evident, that all Men are cre- clause 2(b) of rule XVIII, declare the House question vote in their own manual: ‘‘Al- ated equal, that they are endowed by resolved into the Committee of the Whole though it is generally not possible to amend House on the state of the Union for consider- the rule because the majority Member con- their Creator with certain unalienable ation of the bill (H.R. 167) to provide for ad- trolling the time will not yield for the pur- Rights, that among these are Life, Lib- justments to discretionary spending under pose of offering an amendment, the same re- erty, and the pursuit of Happiness— section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and sult may be achieved by voting down the pre- That to secure these Rights, Govern- Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to vious question on the rule . . . When the mo- ments are instituted among Men.’’ support wildfire suppression operations, and tion for the previous question is defeated, Madam Speaker, that is what we are for other purposes. The first reading of the control of the time passes to the Member talking about here today. We are talk- bill shall be dispensed with. All points of who led the opposition to ordering the pre- ing about what our government should order against consideration of the bill are vious question. That Member, because he waived. General debate shall be confined to then controls the time, may offer an amend- be doing in the light of knowing that the bill and shall not exceed one hour equal- ment to the rule, or yield for the purpose of the most vulnerable among us are ly divided among and controlled by the chair amendment.’’ being destroyed, and that without life, and ranking minority member of the Com- In Deschler’s Procedure in the U.S. House there is nothing else. mittee on the Budget, the chair and ranking of Representatives, the subchapter titled Our colleagues keep saying there are minority member of the Committee on Agri- ‘‘Amending Special Rules’’ states: ‘‘a refusal things that are more important for us culture, and the chair and ranking minority to order the previous question on such a rule to be debating today. Madam Speaker, member of the Committee on Natural Re- [a special rule reported from the Committee I would purport that there are few sources. After general debate the bill shall be on Rules] opens the resolution to amend- things more important than this de- considered for amendment under the five- ment and further debate.’’ (Chapter 21, sec- minute rule. All points of order against pro- tion 21.2) Section 21.3 continues: ‘‘Upon re- bate over the trafficking of hearts and visions in the bill are waived. At the conclu- jection of the motion for the previous ques- other body parts of unborn children, sion of consideration of the bill for amend- tion on a resolution reported from the Com- some of whom may have been born ment the Committee shall rise and report mittee on Rules, control shifts to the Mem- alive. the bill to the House with such amendments ber leading the opposition to the previous

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It is one of the only available tools vice, and there were—yeas 238, nays Chu, Judy Jackson Lee Pingree for those who oppose the Republican major- 179, not voting 16, as follows: Cicilline Jeffries Pocan ity’s agenda and allows those with alter- [Roll No. 497] Clark (MA) Johnson (GA) Polis native views the opportunity to offer an al- Clarke (NY) Johnson, E. B. Price (NC) ternative plan. YEAS—238 Cleaver Kaptur Quigley Clyburn Keating Rangel Abraham Grothman Paulsen Ms. FOXX. Madam Speaker, I yield Cohen Kelly (IL) Rice (NY) Aderholt Guinta Pearce Connolly Kennedy Richmond back the balance of my time, and I Allen Guthrie Perry Conyers Kildee Roybal-Allard move the previous question on the res- Amash Hanna Pittenger Cooper Kilmer Ruiz Amodei Hardy Pitts olution. Costa Kind Ruppersberger Babin Harper Poe (TX) Courtney Kirkpatrick Rush The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Barletta Harris Poliquin Crowley Kuster Ryan (OH) question is on ordering the previous Barton Hartzler Pompeo Cuellar Langevin Sa´ nchez, Linda Benishek Heck (NV) Posey question. Cummings Larsen (WA) T. Bilirakis Hensarling Price, Tom The question was taken; and the Davis (CA) Bishop (MI) Herrera Beutler Larson (CT) Sarbanes Ratcliffe Davis, Danny Speaker pro tempore announced that Bishop (UT) Hice, Jody B. Lawrence Schakowsky Reed DeFazio the ayes appeared to have it. Black Hill Lee Schiff Reichert DeGette Blackburn Holding Levin Schrader Mr. MCGOVERN. Madam Speaker, on Renacci Delaney Blum Hudson Lewis Scott (VA) Ribble DeLauro that I demand the yeas and nays. Bost Huelskamp Lieu, Ted Scott, David Rice (SC) DelBene The yeas and nays were ordered. Boustany Huizenga (MI) Lipinski Serrano Rigell DeSaulnier The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Brady (TX) Hultgren Loebsack Sewell (AL) Roby Deutch Brat Hunter Lofgren Sherman ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- Roe (TN) Doggett Bridenstine Hurd (TX) Lowenthal Sinema Rogers (AL) Doyle, Michael ceedings on this question will be post- Brooks (AL) Hurt (VA) Lowey Sires Rogers (KY) F. poned. Brooks (IN) Issa Lujan Grisham Slaughter Rohrabacher Duckworth Buchanan Jenkins (KS) (NM) Speier f Rokita Edwards ´ Buck Jenkins (WV) Lujan, Ben Ray Swalwell (CA) Rooney (FL) Ellison Bucshon Johnson (OH) (NM) Takai ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Ros-Lehtinen Engel Burgess Johnson, Sam Lynch Takano PRO TEMPORE Roskam Eshoo Byrne Jones Maloney, Thompson (MS) Ross Esty Calvert Jordan Carolyn Titus The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Rothfus Farr Carter (GA) Joyce Maloney, Sean Tonko ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings Rouzer Fattah Carter (TX) Katko Matsui Torres Royce Foster will resume on questions previously Chabot Kelly (MS) McCollum Tsongas Russell Fudge postponed. Votes will be taken in the Chaffetz Kelly (PA) McDermott Van Hollen Ryan (WI) Gabbard Clawson (FL) King (IA) McGovern Vargas following order: Salmon Gallego Coffman King (NY) McNerney Veasey Sanford Garamendi Ordering the previous question on Cole Kinzinger (IL) Meeks Vela Scalise Graham ´ House Resolution 420 and the amend- Collins (GA) Kline Meng Velazquez Schweikert Grayson Collins (NY) Knight Moore Visclosky ment thereto; Scott, Austin Green, Al Comstock Labrador Moulton Walz Adopting the amendment to House Sensenbrenner Green, Gene Conaway LaMalfa Murphy (FL) Wasserman Sessions Grijalva Resolution 420, if ordered; and Cook Lamborn Nadler Schultz Shimkus Gutie´rrez Adopting House Resolution 420, if or- Costello (PA) Lance Napolitano Waters, Maxine Shuster Hahn Cramer Latta Neal Watson Coleman dered. Hastings Crawford LoBiondo Simpson Nolan Welch The first electronic vote will be con- Heck (WA) Crenshaw Long Smith (MO) Norcross Wilson (FL) Higgins ducted as a 15-minute vote. Remaining Culberson Loudermilk Smith (NE) O’Rourke Yarmuth electronic votes will be conducted as 5- Curbelo (FL) Love Smith (NJ) Davis, Rodney Lucas Smith (TX) NOT VOTING—16 minute votes. Stefanik Denham Luetkemeyer Barr Frankel (FL) Thompson (CA) Stewart f Dent Lummis Bera Granger Thompson (PA) Stivers DeSantis MacArthur Bustos Jolly Wagner PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Stutzman DesJarlais Marchant Clay Pelosi Westmoreland OF H.R. 348, RESPONSIBLY AND Diaz-Balart Marino Thornberry Dingell Sanchez, Loretta PROFESSIONALLY INVIGORATING Dold Massie Tiberi Fincher Smith (WA) Tipton DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2015; PRO- Donovan McCarthy Duffy McCaul Trott VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF Duncan (SC) McClintock Turner b 1458 H.R. 758, LAWSUIT ABUSE REDUC- Duncan (TN) McHenry Upton TION ACT OF 2015; AND PRO- Ellmers (NC) McKinley Valadao Mr. MILLER of Florida changed his Emmer (MN) McMorris Walberg vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ VIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF Farenthold Rodgers Walden MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE Fitzpatrick McSally Walker So the previous question was ordered. RULES Fleischmann Meadows Walorski Fleming Meehan Walters, Mimi The result of the vote was announced The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Flores Messer Weber (TX) as above recorded. finished business is the vote on order- Forbes Mica Webster (FL) ing the previous question on the Fortenberry Miller (FL) Wenstrup Stated against: Foxx Miller (MI) Westerman amendment and on the resolution (H. Franks (AZ) Moolenaar Whitfield Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall No. Res. 420) providing for consideration of Frelinghuysen Mooney (WV) Williams 497, had I been present, I would have voted the bill (H.R. 348) to provide for im- Garrett Mullin Wilson (SC) ‘‘no.’’ Gibbs Mulvaney Wittman proved coordination of agency actions Gibson Murphy (PA) Womack Mr. BERA. Mr. Speaker, I was unable to in the preparation and adoption of en- Gohmert Neugebauer Woodall cast a vote on rollcall vote No. 497, ordering vironmental documents for permitting Goodlatte Newhouse Yoder the previous question, because I was at the determinations, and for other purposes; Gosar Noem Yoho Gowdy Nugent Young (AK) Pentagon Ceremony Recognizing the Heroism providing for consideration of the bill Graves (GA) Nunes Young (IA) and Valor of Airman First Class Spencer (H.R. 758) to amend Rule 11 of the Fed- Graves (LA) Olson Young (IN) Stone, Specialist Alek Skarlatos, and Mr. An- eral Rules of Civil Procedure to im- Graves (MO) Palazzo Zeldin Griffith Palmer Zinke thony Sadler. Had I been present, I would prove attorney accountability, and for have voted ‘‘no.’’ other purposes; and providing for con- NAYS—179 COMMUNICATION FROM THE CLERK OF THE sideration of motions to suspend the Adams Beyer Brady (PA) HOUSE rules, on which the yeas and nays were Aguilar Bishop (GA) Brown (FL) ordered. Ashford Blumenauer Brownley (CA) The SPEAKER laid before the House Bass Bonamici Butterfield The Clerk read the title of the resolu- Beatty Boyle, Brendan Capps the following communication from the tion. Becerra F. Capuano Clerk of the House of Representatives:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:32 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17SE7.018 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6110 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 17, 2015 OFFICE OF THE CLERK, of the office on which you are about to my district in Illinois. I am proud of HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, enter, so help you God. that district, and I am proud of my Washington, DC, September 11, 2015. The SPEAKER. Congratulations, you record in the State Senate. Again, I Hon. JOHN BOEHNER, are now a Member of the 114th Con- look forward to bringing the values The Speaker, House of Representatives, gress. that I have had in Illinois to this body. Washington, DC. WELCOMING THE HONORABLE DARIN LAHOOD TO DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I have the honor to I also want to thank my family. The transmit herewith a facsimile copy of a let- THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES family is the pride and joy of who I am. ter received from Mr. Steven S. Sandvoss, The SPEAKER. Without objection, I have my three boys up here today— Executive Director, State Board of Elections the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. McKay, who is 13; Teddy, who is 8; for the State of Illinois, indicating that, ac- GUTIE´ RREZ) is recognized for 1 minute. Lucas, who is 11—and my wife Kristen, cording to the preliminary results of the There was no objection. who is in the gallery. I couldn’t do this Special Election held September 10, 2015, the Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. Mr. Speaker, without her. Honorable Darin LaHood was elected Rep- DARIN LAHOOD is a central Illinois na- resentative to Congress for the Eighteenth tive who was born and raised in Peoria, Kristen, please stand up. Congressional District, State of Illinois. Illinois. He comes to the U.S. Congress I guess I would just say that I look With best wishes, I am forward to working hard in this body, Sincerely, after serving over 4 years in the Illinois State Senate. Before that, he was a to meeting my colleagues, doing a lot KAREN L. HAAS, of listening, and doing a lot of learning Clerk. State and Federal prosecutor; an as- Enclosure. sistant United States attorney; an as- to be the best Member of Congress I can be. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, sistant State’s attorney in Cook Coun- STATE OF ILLINOIS, ty in the narcotics unit; and a felony I also want to thank my mom and Springfield, IL, September 11, 2015. prosecutor in Tazewell County. He is dad and my extended family for being Hon. KAREN L. HAAS, known for his work fighting terrorism here. Clerk, House of Representatives, and making America safer. I am proud to be the son of Ray and Washington, DC. On a personal note, DARIN’s dad was Kathy LaHood and the values that they DEAR MS. HAAS: This is to advise you that instilled in me: faith, family, working the unofficial results of the Special Election former Member of the House Ray held on Thursday, September 10, 2015, for LaHood. hard, remembering where you came Representative in Congress from the Eight- I would just like to hasten to add from, doing the best job you can for the eenth Congressional District of Illinois, show that I can’t think of a Member of the people you represent, and staying that Darin LaHood received 35,213 votes or House that I love or care for more than grounded in your district. 75% of the total number of votes cast for Ray LaHood. And I just want to say to I couldn’t be prouder to be here today that office. his son, everybody keeps saying: Who with the legacy in this district going It would appear from these unoffiaial re- is the new Congressman? Everybody back to Abraham Lincoln; and Bob sults that Darin LaHood was elected as Rep- resentative in Congress from the Eighteenth says: Well, that is Ray LaHood’s son. Michel for 38 years, who I am sorry Congressional District of Illinois. Well, pretty soon—I want to make ev- couldn’t be here today. When I think To the best of our knowledge and belief at eryone know—he is going to be known about Bob Michel and think about 71 this time, there is no contest to this elec- for a lot more than that. But what a years ago he began his service to this tion. wonderful beginning. country on the beaches of Normandy As soon as the official results are certified I yield to my colleague from the to this office by all 19 jurisdictions involved, and spent 38 years in this body rep- State of Illinois (Mr. SHIMKUS). an official Certificate of Election will be pre- resenting Peoria, and then he, during Mr. SHIMKUS. I thank my colleague. his time when Reagan was here, ush- pared for transmittal as required by law. I don’t have much to add. We are glad Sincerely, ered in Reagan’s values to help change to have DARIN here as a new Member of STEVEN S. SANDVOSS, this country, to have that legacy Executive Director. the 114th Congress. Obviously, he is means so much. joined by his dad. Also who we had SWEARING IN OF THE HONORABLE DARIN I know I have got a lot to learn. I LAHOOD, OF ILLINOIS, AS A MEMBER OF THE hoped was going to be here—but I know look forward to hitting the ground run- HOUSE he is watching—is former Minority ´ ning, being the best Member of Con- Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, as Leader Bob Michel, who is really part gress that I can, and working hard for the dean of the Illinois delegation, I of the LaHood clan, and we think of my district. him as we swear in DARIN. ask unanimous consent that the gen- Thank you very much. tleman from Illinois, the Honorable DARIN has already hit the ground ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER DARIN LAHOOD, be permitted to take running, and I can speak for all my col- the oath of office today. leagues here, DARIN, that we will do all The SPEAKER. Under clause 5(d) of His certificate of election has not ar- we can to help you be successful. rule XX, the Chair announces to the ´ rived, but there is no contest and no Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, I House that, in light of the administra- question has been raised with regard to would just like to say that I can’t wait tion of the oath to the gentleman from his election. to work with him. And I know very Illinois (Mr. LAHOOD), the whole num- The SPEAKER. Is there objection to soon that former Congressman Ray ber of the House is 435. the request of the gentleman from Illi- LaHood is going to be known as his fa- PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY nois? ther. Mr. POLIS. Madam Speaker, par- Mr. SHIMKUS. Mr. Speaker, I would There was no objection. liamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER. Will Representative- like to now welcome the gentleman The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. elect LAHOOD and the members of the from Illinois (Mr. LAHOOD). ROBY). The gentleman from Colorado Illinois delegation present themselves Mr. LAHOOD. I thank Speaker BOEH- will state his parliamentary inquiry. in the well. NER for swearing me in today. All Members will rise, and the Rep- Mr. Speaker, it is a true honor to be Mr. POLIS. Madam Speaker, does resentative-elect will please raise his here. I am humbled and honored to be this martial law amendment mean that right hand. a part of this body. And I want to any bill next week can be brought up Mr. LAHOOD appeared at the bar of thank my colleagues—Congressman without the 24-hour notice that we nor- the House and took the oath of office SHIMKUS, Congressman GUTIE´ RREZ, and mally have to read a bill directly to as follows: the rest of the Illinois delegation—for the floor? Do you solemnly swear that you will being here today. I look forward to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The support and defend the Constitution of working with them and being a produc- Chair will not interpret the pending the United States against all enemies, tive Member of this body. proposition. foreign and domestic; that you will I would just like to thank my con- Mr. POLIS. Well, Madam Speaker, bear true faith and allegiance to the stituents that voted for me in this spe- that is the plain language of this same; that you take this obligation cial election. We worked hard over the amendment. freely, without any mental reservation last 6 months in this race, and I am The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without or purpose of evasion; and that you will proud to be entrusted with the respon- objection, 5-minute voting will con- well and faithfully discharge the duties sibility that 710,000 people gave me in tinue.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:32 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17SE7.023 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 17, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6111 There was no objection. Walorski Williams Young (AK) The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Walters, Mimi Wilson (SC) Young (IA) 5-minute vote. Weber (TX) Wittman Young (IN) question is on the adoption of the Webster (FL) Womack Zeldin The vote was taken by electronic de- amendment to House Resolution 420 of- Wenstrup Woodall Zinke vice, and there were—ayes 238, noes 183, fered by the gentleman from Georgia Westerman Yoder Whitfield Yoho not voting 13, as follows: (Mr. COLLINS). [Roll No. 499] The question was taken; and the NOES—187 Speaker pro tempore announced that Adams Frankel (FL) Moulton AYES—238 the ayes appeared to have it. Aguilar Fudge Murphy (FL) Abraham Grothman Pearce Amash Gabbard Nadler Aderholt Guinta Perry RECORDED VOTE Ashford Gallego Napolitano Allen Guthrie Pittenger Mr. POLIS. Madam Speaker, I de- Bass Garamendi Neal Amodei Hanna Pitts mand a recorded vote. Beatty Graham Nolan Babin Hardy Poe (TX) Becerra Grayson Norcross Barletta Harper Poliquin A recorded vote was ordered. Bera Green, Al O’Rourke Barton Harris Pompeo The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a Beyer Green, Gene Pallone Benishek Hartzler Posey 5-minute vote. Bishop (GA) Grijalva Pascrell Bilirakis Heck (NV) Price, Tom Blumenauer Gutie´rrez The vote was taken by electronic de- Payne Bishop (MI) Hensarling Ratcliffe Bonamici Hahn Perlmutter Bishop (UT) Herrera Beutler Reed vice, and there were—ayes 237, noes 187, Boyle, Brendan Hastings Peters Black Hice, Jody B. Reichert not voting 10, as follows: F. Heck (WA) Peterson Blackburn Hill Renacci Brady (PA) Higgins [Roll No. 498] Pingree Blum Holding Ribble Brooks (AL) Himes Pocan Bost Hudson Rice (SC) Brown (FL) Hinojosa AYES—237 Polis Boustany Huelskamp Rigell Brownley (CA) Honda Abraham Gowdy Price (NC) Brady (TX) Huizenga (MI) Roby Moolenaar Bustos Hoyer Aderholt Granger Quigley Brat Hultgren Roe (TN) Mooney (WV) Butterfield Huffman Allen Graves (GA) Rangel Bridenstine Hunter Rogers (AL) Mullin Capps Israel Amodei Graves (LA) Rice (NY) Brooks (AL) Hurd (TX) Rogers (KY) Mulvaney Capuano Jackson Lee Babin Graves (MO) Richmond Brooks (IN) Hurt (VA) Rohrabacher Murphy (PA) Ca´ rdenas Jeffries Barletta Griffith Roybal-Allard Buchanan Issa Rokita Neugebauer Carney Johnson (GA) Barton Grothman Ruiz Buck Jenkins (KS) Rooney (FL) Newhouse Carson (IN) Johnson, E. B. Benishek Guinta Ruppersberger Bucshon Jenkins (WV) Ros-Lehtinen Noem Cartwright Jones Bilirakis Guthrie Rush Burgess Johnson (OH) Roskam Nugent Castor (FL) Kaptur Bishop (MI) Hanna Ryan (OH) Byrne Johnson, Sam Nunes Castro (TX) Keating Ross Bishop (UT) Hardy Sa´ nchez, Linda Calvert Jolly Olson Chu, Judy Kelly (IL) Rothfus Black Harper T. Carter (GA) Jordan Palazzo Cicilline Kennedy Rouzer Blackburn Harris Sarbanes Carter (TX) Joyce Palmer Clark (MA) Kildee Royce Blum Hartzler Schakowsky Chabot Katko Paulsen Clarke (NY) Kilmer Russell Bost Heck (NV) Schiff Chaffetz Kelly (MS) Pearce Clay Kind Ryan (WI) Boustany Hensarling Clawson (FL) Kelly (PA) Perry Cleaver Kirkpatrick Schrader Salmon Brady (TX) Herrera Beutler Coffman King (IA) Pittenger Clyburn Kuster Scott (VA) Sanford Brat Hice, Jody B. Cole King (NY) Pitts Cohen Langevin Scott, David Scalise Bridenstine Hill Collins (GA) Kinzinger (IL) Poe (TX) Connolly Larsen (WA) Serrano Schweikert Brooks (IN) Holding Collins (NY) Kline Poliquin Conyers Larson (CT) Sewell (AL) Scott, Austin Buchanan Hudson Comstock Knight Pompeo Cooper Lawrence Sherman Sensenbrenner Buck Huelskamp Conaway Labrador Price, Tom Costa Lee Sinema Sessions Bucshon Huizenga (MI) Cook LaHood Ratcliffe Courtney Levin Sires Shimkus Burgess Hultgren Costello (PA) LaMalfa Reed Crowley Lewis Slaughter Shuster Byrne Hunter Cramer Lamborn Reichert Cuellar Lieu, Ted Speier Simpson Calvert Hurd (TX) Crawford Lance Renacci Cummings Lipinski Swalwell (CA) Smith (MO) Carter (GA) Hurt (VA) Crenshaw Latta Ribble Davis (CA) Loebsack Takai Smith (NE) Carter (TX) Issa Culberson LoBiondo Rice (SC) Davis, Danny Lofgren Takano Smith (NJ) Chabot Jenkins (KS) Curbelo (FL) Long Rigell DeFazio Lowenthal Thompson (MS) Smith (TX) Chaffetz Jenkins (WV) Davis, Rodney Loudermilk Roby DeGette Lowey Titus Stefanik Clawson (FL) Johnson (OH) Denham Love Roe (TN) Delaney Lujan Grisham Tonko Stewart Coffman Johnson, Sam Dent Lucas Rogers (AL) DeLauro (NM) Torres Stivers Cole Jolly DeSantis Luetkemeyer Rogers (KY) DelBene Luja´ n, Ben Ray Tsongas Stutzman Collins (GA) Jordan DesJarlais Lummis Rohrabacher DeSaulnier (NM) Van Hollen Thompson (PA) Collins (NY) Joyce Diaz-Balart MacArthur Rokita Deutch Lynch Vargas Thornberry Comstock Katko Dold Marchant Rooney (FL) Doggett Maloney, Veasey Tiberi Conaway Kelly (MS) Donovan Marino Ros-Lehtinen Doyle, Michael Carolyn Vela Tipton Cook Kelly (PA) Duffy McCarthy Roskam F. Maloney, Sean Vela´ zquez Trott Costello (PA) King (IA) Duncan (SC) McCaul Ross Duckworth Massie Visclosky Turner Cramer King (NY) Duncan (TN) McClintock Rothfus Edwards Matsui Walz Upton Crawford Kinzinger (IL) Rouzer Ellmers (NC) McHenry Ellison McCollum Wasserman Valadao Crenshaw Kline Royce Emmer (MN) McKinley Engel McDermott Schultz Walberg Culberson Knight Russell Farenthold McMorris Eshoo McGovern Waters, Maxine Walden Curbelo (FL) Labrador Ryan (WI) Fitzpatrick Rodgers Esty McNerney Watson Coleman Walker Davis, Rodney LaHood Salmon Fleischmann McSally Farr Meeks Welch Walorski Denham LaMalfa Sanford Fleming Meadows Fattah Meng Wilson (FL) Walters, Mimi Dent Lamborn Scalise Flores Meehan Foster Moore Yarmuth Weber (TX) DeSantis Lance Schweikert Forbes Messer Webster (FL) DesJarlais Latta Scott, Austin Fortenberry Mica NOT VOTING—10 Wenstrup Diaz-Balart LoBiondo Sensenbrenner Foxx Miller (FL) Barr Posey Wagner Westerman Dold Long Sessions Franks (AZ) Miller (MI) Dingell Sanchez, Loretta Donovan Loudermilk Shimkus Westmoreland Frelinghuysen Moolenaar Whitfield Fincher Smith (WA) Duffy Love Shuster Garrett Mooney (WV) Williams Pelosi Thompson (CA) Duncan (SC) Lucas Simpson Gibbs Mullin Wilson (SC) Duncan (TN) Luetkemeyer Smith (MO) Gibson Murphy (PA) Wittman Ellmers (NC) Lummis Smith (NE) b 1517 Gohmert Neugebauer Womack Emmer (MN) MacArthur Smith (NJ) So the amendment was agreed to. Goodlatte Newhouse Woodall Farenthold Marchant Smith (TX) Gosar Noem Yoder Fitzpatrick Marino Stefanik The result of the vote was announced Gowdy Nugent Yoho Fleischmann McCarthy Stewart as above recorded. Granger Nunes Young (AK) Fleming McCaul Stivers The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Graves (GA) Olson Young (IA) Graves (LA) Palazzo Young (IN) Flores McClintock Stutzman question is on the resolution, as Forbes McHenry Thompson (PA) Graves (MO) Palmer Zeldin Fortenberry McKinley Thornberry amended. Griffith Paulsen Zinke Foxx McMorris Tiberi The question was taken; and the NOES—183 Franks (AZ) Rodgers Tipton Speaker pro tempore announced that Frelinghuysen McSally Trott Adams Bera Brady (PA) Garrett Meadows Turner the ayes appeared to have it. Aguilar Beyer Brown (FL) Gibbs Meehan Upton RECORDED VOTE Amash Bishop (GA) Brownley (CA) Gibson Messer Valadao Mr. POLIS. Madam Speaker, I de- Ashford Blumenauer Bustos Gohmert Mica Walberg Bass Bonamici Butterfield Goodlatte Miller (FL) Walden mand a recorded vote. Beatty Boyle, Brendan Capps Gosar Miller (MI) Walker A recorded vote was ordered. Becerra F. Capuano

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17SE7.044 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6112 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 17, 2015 Ca´ rdenas Honda Pascrell H.R. 758 of frivolous lawsuits by requiring sanc- Carney Hoyer Payne Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- Carson (IN) Huffman tions against the filers of frivolous law- Perlmutter resentatives of the United States of America in Cartwright Israel Peters suits, sanctions which include paying Castor (FL) Jackson Lee Peterson Congress assembled, back victims for the full costs of their Castro (TX) Jeffries Pingree SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. reasonable expenses incurred as a di- Chu, Judy Johnson (GA) Pocan This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lawsuit rect result of the rule 11 violation, in- Cicilline Johnson, E. B. Polis Abuse Reduction Act of 2015’’. Clarke (NY) Jones cluding attorneys’ fees. Price (NC) SEC. 2. ATTORNEY ACCOUNTABILITY. Clay Kaptur Quigley The bill also strikes the current pro- Cleaver Keating (a) SANCTIONS UNDER RULE 11.—Rule 11(c) Rangel visions in rule 11 that allow lawyers to Clyburn Kelly (IL) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is Rice (NY) Cohen Kennedy amended— avoid sanctions for making frivolous Richmond Connolly Kildee (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘may’’ and claims and demands by simply with- Roybal-Allard Cooper Kilmer inserting ‘‘shall’’; drawing them within 21 days. This Costa Kind Ruiz Ruppersberger (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘Rule 5’’ change eliminates the free pass lawyers Courtney Kirkpatrick and all that follows through ‘‘motion.’’ and Crowley Kuster Rush now have to file frivolous lawsuits in Cuellar Langevin Ryan (OH) inserting ‘‘Rule 5.’’; and Federal Court. Cummings Larsen (WA) Sa´ nchez, Linda (3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘situated’’ Davis (CA) Larson (CT) T. and all that follows through the end of the b 1530 Davis, Danny Lawrence Sarbanes paragraph and inserting ‘‘situated, and to The current lack of mandatory sanc- DeGette Lee Schakowsky compensate the parties that were injured by Delaney Levin Schiff tions leads to the regular filing of law- such conduct. Subject to the limitations in suits that are clearly baseless. So DeLauro Lewis Schrader paragraph (5), the sanction shall consist of DelBene Lieu, Ted Scott (VA) an order to pay to the party or parties the many frivolous pleadings currently go DeSaulnier Lipinski Scott, David under the radar because the lack of Deutch Loebsack Serrano amount of the reasonable expenses incurred Doggett Lofgren Sewell (AL) as a direct result of the violation, including mandatory sanctions for frivolous fil- Doyle, Michael Lowenthal Sherman reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs. The ings forces victims of frivolous law- F. Lowey Sinema court may also impose additional appro- suits to roll over and settle the case be- Duckworth Lujan Grisham Sires priate sanctions, such as striking the plead- cause doing that is less expensive than Edwards (NM) Slaughter ings, dismissing the suit, or other directives Ellison Luja´ n, Ben Ray litigating the case to a victory in Speier of a non-monetary nature, or, if warranted Engel (NM) court. Swalwell (CA) for effective deterrence, an order directing Eshoo Lynch Takai Correspondence written by someone Esty Maloney, payment of a penalty into the court.’’. Takano filing a frivolous lawsuit, which be- Farr Carolyn (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in Thompson (MS) Fattah Maloney, Sean this Act or an amendment made by this Act came public, concisely illustrates how Titus Foster Massie shall be construed to bar or impede the as- the current lack of mandatory sanc- Frankel (FL) Matsui Tonko Torres sertion or development of new claims, de- tions for filing frivolous lawsuits leads Fudge McCollum fenses, or remedies under Federal, State, or Gabbard McDermott Tsongas to legal extortion. Gallego McGovern Van Hollen local laws, including civil rights laws, or That correspondence to the victim of Garamendi McNerney Vargas under the Constitution of the United States. a frivolous lawsuit states, ‘‘I really Veasey Graham Meeks The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- don’t care what the law allows you to Grayson Meng Vela tleman from Virginia (Mr. GOODLATTE) Green, Al Moore Vela´ zquez do. It’s a more practical issue. Do you Green, Gene Moulton Visclosky and the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr. want to send your attorney a check Grijalva Murphy (FL) Walz COHEN) each will control 30 minutes. every month indefinitely as I continue Gutie´rrez Nadler Wasserman The Chair recognizes the gentleman Hahn Napolitano Schultz to pursue this?’’ OODLATTE Hastings Neal Waters, Maxine from Virginia (Mr. G ). Under the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Heck (WA) Nolan Watson Coleman GENERAL LEAVE Act, those who file frivolous lawsuits Higgins Norcross Welch Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I ask would no longer be able to get off scot- Himes O’Rourke Wilson (FL) unanimous consent that all Members Hinojosa Pallone Yarmuth free; and, therefore, they could not get may have 5 legislative days within away with those sorts of extortionary NOT VOTING—13 which to revise and extend their re- threats any longer. Barr Fincher Thompson (CA) marks and include extraneous mate- The victims of lawsuit abuse are not Clark (MA) Mulvaney Wagner rials on H.R. 758, currently under con- just those who are actually sued. Rath- Conyers Pelosi Westmoreland DeFazio Sanchez, Loretta sideration. er, we all suffer under a system in Dingell Smith (WA) The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there which innocent Americans everywhere objection to the request of the gen- b 1524 live under the constant fear of a poten- tleman from Virginia? tially bankrupting frivolous lawsuit. So the resolution, as amended, was There was no objection. As the former chairman of The Home agreed to. Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I Depot company has written, ‘‘An un- The result of the vote was announced yield myself such time as I may con- predictable legal system casts a shad- as above recorded. sume. ow over every plan and investment. It A motion to reconsider was laid on Mr. Speaker, H.R. 758, the Lawsuit is devastating for start-ups. The cost of the table. Abuse Reduction Act, would restore even one ill-timed abusive lawsuit can Stated against: mandatory sanctions for frivolous law- bankrupt a growing company and cost Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I unfortunately suits filed in Federal Court. Many hundreds of thousands of jobs.’’ missed the vote on adoption of H. Res. 420. Americans may not realize it, but The prevalence of frivolous lawsuits Had I been present, I would have voted ‘‘no.’’ today, under what is called rule 11 of in America is reflected in the absurd f the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, warning labels companies must place there is no requirement that those who on their products to limit their expo- LAWSUIT ABUSE REDUCTION ACT file frivolous lawsuits pay for the un- sure to frivolous claims. OF 2015 justified legal costs they impose on A 5-inch brass fishing lure with three Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, pur- their victims, even when those victims hooks is labeled ‘‘Harmful if swal- suant to House Resolution 420, I call up prove to a judge the lawsuit was with- lowed.’’ A Vanishing Fabric Marker the bill (H.R. 758) to amend Rule 11 of out any basis in law or fact. As a re- warns it ‘‘Should not be used . . . for the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to sult, the current rule 11 goes largely signing checks or any legal documents, improve attorney accountability, and unenforced, because the victims of friv- as signatures will . . . disappear com- for other purposes, and ask for its im- olous lawsuits have little incentive to pletely.’’ mediate consideration. pursue additional litigation to have the A household iron contains the warn- The Clerk read the title of the bill. case declared frivolous when there is ing ‘‘Never iron clothes while they are The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. no guarantee of compensation at the being worn.’’ A piece of ovenware FLEISCHMANN). Pursuant to House Res- end of the day. warns ‘‘Ovenware will get hot when olution 420, the bill is considered read. H.R. 758 would finally provide light used in oven.’’ A hair dryer warns The text of the bill is as follows: at the end of the tunnel for the victims ‘‘Never use while sleeping.’’

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17SE7.016 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 17, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6113 A cardboard car sun shield that keeps Indeed, it would amend rule 11, but in only 19 rule 11 proceedings over the sun off the dashboard warns ‘‘Do not such a way that it could have a serious course of 45 years, but in the decade drive with sun shield in place.’’ Not to deleterious effect on civil rights claims that this rule was in effect, which this be outdone, a giant Yellow Pages direc- as well as to increase the volume and bill wants to reinstate, there were 7,000 tory warns ‘‘Do not use this directory cost of litigation. If this House were a proceedings in 10 years—11 in 45 years while operating a motor vehicle.’’ court and not a legislative body, rule 11 and 7,000 in 10 years. So we are talking Here are just a couple of examples of sanctions could apply here. about a lot of litigation and clogging frivolous lawsuits brought in Federal These concerns are not hypothetical. up of the courts. court in which judges failed to award They are based on actual experience. One-third of all Federal lawsuits compensation to the victims: From 1983 to 1993, there was a version were burdened by these satellite litiga- A man sued a television network for of rule 11 that this law would reinstate. tions that came about because of this $2.5 million because he said a show it So all you have to do and all any leg- rule. It strips the judiciary of discre- aired raised his blood pressure. When islative body ought to do is go back tion, and it utterly ignores the thor- the network publicized his frivolous and look at what happened in history. ough process by which the Federal lawsuit, he demanded the court make These rules were in effect from 1983 to court rules are usually amended. them stop. 1993, taking a judge’s discretion away. H.R. 758 overrides this judicial inde- Although the court found the case Judges can order sanctions. They can pendence by removing the discretion to frivolous, not only did it not com- make sure that those cases that were impose sanctions and to determine pensate the victim, it granted the man brought up about reading a phone book which sanctions might be appropriate. who filed the frivolous lawsuit an ex- and having a wreck are out, gone. They It circumvents the painstakingly thor- emption from even paying the ordinary can do that. ough Rules Enabling Act process that court filing fees. This takes their discretion away, and Congress itself established 80 years In another case, lawyers filed a case they have got to give costs and com- ago. against a parent, claiming the parent’s pensation to the other side’s lawyers. The 1993 amendments to rule 11 have discipline of his child violated the And then there are hearings and all of been a tremendous success. That is Eighth Amendment of the Constitu- that stuff. what this would throw out. As docu- tion, which prohibits cruel and unusual Presently, the court has discretion, mented by the Judicial Conference of punishment by the government, not and there is a 21-day safe harbor provi- the United States, these amendments private citizens. One of the lawyers sion where an attorney can withdraw resulted in a ‘‘marked decline in rule 11 even admitted to signing the complaint or correct any alleged submissions that satellite litigation without any notice- without reading it. were wrong. able increase in frivolous filings.’’ This requires the courts to award The court found the case frivolous, H.R. 758, however, would undo this. reasonable attorneys’ fees and other but it awarded the victim only about a That is why the American Bar Associa- costs. It does not leave it to the discre- quarter of its legal costs because rule tion and the Judicial Conference op- tion of the court. 11 currently doesn’t require that a vic- Currently, such awards are entirely pose it. It is also opposed by the Alliance for tim’s legal costs be paid in full. The at the court’s discretion, and they are Justice, the Center for Justice & De- Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act would limited to deterrence purposes, not for mocracy, the Consumer Federation of change that. the compensation of lawyers. In his 2011 State of the Union Ad- Simply put, H.R. 758 will have a dele- America, the Consumers Union, and dress, President Obama said, ‘‘I’m will- terious impact on the administration Public Citizen. ing to look at other ideas to . . . rein of justice for these reasons: This is a deeply flawed bill that ad- in frivolous lawsuits.’’ First, civil rights. Think about dresses a nonexistent problem. We have Mr. President, here it is: a one-page Brown v. Board of Education. When it this bill, and we have a bill on abor- bill that would significantly reduce the came before the court, it was a novel tion. It seems like today’s actions in burden of frivolous litigation on inno- case, and a judge in certain places, es- Congress are Shakespearean, first, cent Americans. pecially in the South in 1954, might ‘‘kill the lawyers,’’ but, this time, it is I thank the former chairman of the have said: Sorry, lawyer. You are out ‘‘kill the judges.’’ The other one is Judiciary Committee, Congressman of here. ‘‘kill the doctors.’’ LAMAR SMITH, for introducing this sim- The judge would have had no option Congress knows the answer. We can ple, commonsense legislation that under this but to grant costs against tell the judges what they need to do be- would do so much to prevent lawsuit the attorney who brought the case, Mr. cause they are not doing it, and we will abuse and to restore Americans’ con- Marshall, and we might not have ever tell the doctors what they need to do, fidence in the legal system. I urge my had Brown v. Board of Education. and we will tell the women what they colleagues to support it today. Civil rights cases comprise 11 percent need to do. Unfortunately, that is what I reserve the balance of my time. of Federal cases filed, but more than 22 we have come down to, a bad bill. Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- percent of the cases in which sanctions I reserve the balance of my time. self such time as I may consume. have been imposed for civil rights Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I I was duly impressed with the state- cases. H.R. 758 would restore this prob- yield myself 1 minute to say to the ment and position of my chairman, but lem. Just imagine that result. There gentleman from Tennessee that no I find it hard to believe it is on this bill are other cases that are similar. judges have to find a frivolous lawsuit because this bill is not a bill that The legal arguments in landmark to be a frivolous lawsuit. They have should be passed. cases where certain novel arguments that discretion in every case. This bill is an affront to the judges of are made that are not based on then- But once they find it to be a frivolous this country, to the Judicial Con- existing law would be affected. Litiga- lawsuit, it is injustice to not award at- ference, and to the American Bar Asso- tion would be prolonged and may be torneys’ fees under rule 11 to those who ciation. too expensive to continue. have been wronged by being the vic- The American Bar Association, a Secondly, H.R. 758 will also substan- tims of a frivolous lawsuit. conservative organization, has come tially increase the amount, cost, and What about the burden on the court? out against it. The Judicial Con- intensity of litigation. Experts in civil When the mandatory rule 11 sanction ference, made up of predominantly ap- procedure are virtually unanimous on provision was in effect for almost 10 pellate judges, headed by Chief Justice this point. years between 1983 and 1993, the num- Roberts—mostly of Republican-ap- By making sanctions mandatory and ber of rule 11 court proceedings was pointed judges—came out against it be- having no safe harbor, the 1983 rule easily manageable by the courts. cause it is not necessary. spawned a ‘‘cottage industry’’ of litiga- The number of rule 11 court pro- It will clog the courts with unneces- tion. There were financial incentives to ceedings during that time amounted to sary litigation, cost money, and make file rule 11s. 7.5 reported rule 11 cases per Federal it more difficult to get your cases dis- Prior to the 1983 rule taking effect— district court per year, or one reported posed of. It is just unnecessary. this really gets me—there had been decision for each Federal district court

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This particular therefore, fewer requests for attorneys’ lawsuits to avoid making frivolous rule of construction was a bipartisan fees. promises. effort led by BOBBY SCOTT, a former Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the LARA requires lawyers who file friv- member of the Judiciary Committee, gentleman from Texas (Mr. SMITH), the olous lawsuits to pay the attorneys’ to avoid the problem that you are con- author of the legislation, the former fees and court costs of innocent defend- cerned about, and that is that this bill chairman of the House Judiciary Com- ants. It reverses the rules that made in any way would seem to dampen or mittee and the current chairman of the sanctions discretionary rather than prohibit civil rights legislation. House Science, Space, and Technology mandatory. Again, this rule of construction was Committee. Further, LARA expressly provides put in there to address the very prob- Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, let that no claim under civil rights laws lem that the gentleman is concerned me thank the gentleman from Virginia would be affected in any way, and I about. (Mr. GOODLATTE) for bringing this leg- trust this will address the concerns ex- Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, at the islation to the House floor. pressed by the gentleman from Ten- same time, I would submit the rule of I appreciate all of his efforts to do so, nessee (Mr. COHEN). I would like to di- construction is not the same thing as if and I appreciate his taking the initia- rect his attention to page 2 of the bill, the committee would have accepted tive on this and on so many other lines 18 to 23, which explicitly protect the amendment offered that said spe- issues as chairman of the Judiciary civil rights lawsuits. cifically civil rights laws would not be Committee. Opponents argue that reinstating affected by this because you could still Mr. Speaker, the Lawsuit Abuse Re- mandatory sanctions for frivolous law- offer a rule 11 under this. It just says duction Act, known as LARA, is just suits impedes judicial discretion. This nothing in this action will be construed over one-page long, but it would pre- is patently false. Under LARA, judges to borrow or impede the assertion. vent the filing of hundreds of thou- retain the discretion to determine It doesn’t borrow or impede the as- sands of pages of frivolous lawsuits in whether or not a claim is frivolous. If sertion of a new claim, but it doesn’t Federal court. a judge determines that a claim is friv- say the court cannot find a rule 11 vio- For example, frivolous lawsuits have olous, they must award sanctions. This lation and then the mandatory imposi- been filed against The Weather Chan- ensures that victims of frivolous law- tion of costs would take place. It nel for failing to accurately predict suits obtain compensation, but the de- doesn’t do what you are submitting, I storms, against television shows people cision to find a claim frivolous still re- would suggest. claimed were too scary, and against mains with the judge. The bottom line is the court felt that fast food companies because inactive A report earlier this year from the this wasn’t necessary. The court said, children gained weight. Administrative Office of the United in all those cases he talked about that In other cases, prison inmates have States Courts found that civil lawsuits seem so absurd—I don’t understand— sued alcohol companies, blaming them increased by tens of thousands last and particularly as lawyer—why a law- for a life of crime. A teacher sought year. Such an increase makes this leg- yer would waste his time doing it be- damages from her school district based islation necessary in order to discour- cause there is no chance of success and on her fear of children. A father de- age abusive filings, which further no chance of remuneration in cases manded $40 million in compensation strain court dockets with lengthy like that. after his son was kicked off the track backlogs. I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman The American people are looking for team for excessive absenteeism. There from Pennsylvania (Mr. CARTWRIGHT), solutions to obvious lawsuit abuse. are many, many more examples. who can explain easily and in a very LARA restores accountability to our Frivolous lawsuits have simply be- facile fashion why those arguments are legal system by reinstating mandatory come too common. Lawyers who bring not good. sanctions for attorneys who file these these cases have everything to gain Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I frivolous lawsuits. Though it will not and nothing to lose under current will say, with due deference to re- stop all lawsuit abuse, LARA encour- rules, which permit plaintiffs’ lawyers spected colleagues from Virginia and ages attorneys to think twice before to file frivolous lawsuits, no matter Texas, this is a misguided piece of leg- filing a frivolous lawsuit. how absurd the claims, without any I want to, again, thank Chairman islation. I speak as not only a Member of this penalty whatsoever. Meanwhile, de- GOODLATTE for bringing this much- fendants are often faced with years of needed legislation to the House floor, House, but also as somebody who has litigation and substantial attorneys’ and I ask my colleagues who oppose practiced civil litigation for the last 25 fees. frivolous lawsuits and who want to pro- years. I have represented companies, These cases have wrongly cost inno- tect hard-working Americans from consumers, defendants, and plaintiffs cent Americans their reputations and false claims to support the Lawsuit in all sorts of civil litigation; and I their hard-earned dollars. They amount Abuse Reduction Act. have done this before and after the 1993 to legalized extortion because defend- Now, furthermore, Mr. Speaker, simi- changes that led to the current rule 11. ants must settle out of court rather lar bills to this have passed in the last Where I come out on it is that this than endure a more expensive trial. several Congresses, and I hope this leg- really is an attack on the Federal judi- According to the research firm Tow- islation will be approved today. ciary. Yes, they have discretion on ers Watson, the annual direct cost of Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I have whether to decide whether there has American tort litigation now exceeds great respect for Mr. SMITH, as I do for been a rule 11 violation of in initio, but over $260 billion a year, or over $850 per Mr. GOODLATTE, but I would submit this is something that encourages rule person. that the rule of construction, nothing 11 motion litigation. Before 1993, it was mandatory for in this act or an amendment made by It encourages rule 11 motion prac- judges to impose sanctions, such as or- this act, shall be construed to bar or tice, and that is why the Federal ders to pay for the other side’s legal ex- impede the assertion or development of judges oppose it. The Judicial Con- penses when lawyers filed frivolous new claims, defenses, or remedies ference surveyed the Federal judges of lawsuits. under Federal, State, or local laws, in- this Nation, and fully 87 percent of Then the Civil Rules Advisory Com- cluding civil rights laws or under the United States district judges prefer the mittee, an obscure branch of the Constitution of the United States. current version of rule 11. After all, it courts, made penalties optional. This That is the same thing as the com- already allows monetary sanctions for needs to be reversed by Congress. mittee having—if they would have ac- silly lawsuits.

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They can do that now. ginia. discretion to award whatever they If a Federal judge decides that he or Mr. GOODLATTE. It is a simple think is proper damages. For example, she thinks that a lawsuit has been friv- question. What other sorts of legal if they accept some of the damages and olous and dismissed, on that basis, claims should a victim be able to prove reject other parts of the damages, they they can fully award all defense costs in court—because they are allowed to don’t award the full amount, and that and defense fees. As a result, this is do this under rule 11—prove that they is the kind of discretion a Federal completely unnecessary and super- have suffered damages in court, but be judge should retain. fluous legislation. It offends the Fed- denied those damages by the judge? Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, re- eral judiciary. After all, we are talking Mr. CARTWRIGHT. This is not some- claiming my time, the judge has that about limiting the discretion of Fed- thing that is denied. Judges have dis- discretion under current law, has that eral judges. cretion. discretion under this bill, but they Federal judges are folks that are ap- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The don’t have the discretion to say they pointed. We work very, very hard here time of the gentleman has expired. are not going to award any damages on Capitol Hill in making sure that we Mr. COHEN. I yield an additional 1 where the case is found to be frivolous appoint only the Federal judges who minute to the gentleman from Penn- and, in fact, damages have been in- will exercise good discretion, Federal sylvania (Mr. CARTWRIGHT). curred. Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, the judges that are completely vetted, who Obviously, the judge has a discretion bottom line is that this is misguided are interviewed, who go through hear- to determine what those actual dam- legislation. ages are, but he doesn’t have the dis- ing after hearing and are very carefully More ominously, it disproportion- selected here by the United States Con- cretion to simply say: I am not going ately hurts the people filing claims— to award damages, even though I found gress. civil rights claims, consumer rights To say that we cannot and we should the case to be frivolous. claims—and it has a chilling effect on not repose full discretion in our Fed- Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the legal innovation. It was legal innova- eral judges is what is being said here, gentleman from Texas (Mr. tion on the part of Thurgood Marshall and I think it is a misguided attempt FARENTHOLD), a member of the Judici- to come up with Brown v. Board of to take away the discretion of our Fed- ary Committee. Education. Who are we to chill that Mr. FARENTHOLD. Mr. Speaker, I eral judges. kind of legal innovation in this Cham- rise today in support of H.R. 758, the Not only that, it leads to unneces- ber? Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act, com- sary litigation. Everybody in court For those reasons, I oppose this legis- monly called LARA, sponsored by my who ever won a motion or threw out a lation. good friend and colleague from Texas, case thinks that the opposition’s posi- Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. LAMAR SMITH. The legal system in tion was frivolous. yield myself 1 minute to respond to the the United States needs to driven by When you say rule 11 sanctions are gentleman from Pennsylvania, who was justice, not by dollars. mandatory, it creates this compulsion not able to identify a single other sort Right now, there are too many law- to follow up a motion victory with a of legal claim where the victim would yers out there throwing their money at rule 11 motion: Not only did I win the be able to prove their damages in frivolous lawsuits to manipulate and case, but I want you to pay my attor- court, but still be denied those dam- abuse the system. No one should be ney’s fees and costs. ages by the judge. able to abuse our system. When you make it a mandatory sanc- What I am getting at is that in no It is simple to file a lawsuit, and you tion like this, you create this compul- other area of the law can a person can cost the defendant hundreds of sion to file rule 11 motions, and I don’t prove to a judge that they are a victim thousands of dollars on a frivolous say that out of theory, Mr. Speaker. under the standards that define the claim going through discovery and The truth is that we did have, in that wrong they have suffered, yet the judge going through all of the legal proc- 10-year period, 7,000 rule 11 motions. retains the discretion to refrain from esses. That simply isn’t right. This is the type of a rule that we lived compensating the victim of the legal LARA ensures that judges impose under for 10 years that this legislation wrong. monetary sanctions against lawyers would go back to that spawned all this All this bill does is provide equal who file these frivolous lawsuits, in- extraneous litigation. You say: Your treatment by allowing victims of frivo- cluding the costs of attorneys’ fees in- position was frivolous, so I am filing a lous lawsuits, who prove the lawsuit curred by their victims. It prevents bad rule 11 motion. against them was frivolous, the right lawyers from using the judicial system Guess what—rule 11 motions them- to compensation for the harm done to as a weapon and provides justice for selves are subject to rule 11 so that them, just like every other victim of a those who have been abused by these they could be frivolous so that the re- legal wrong. attorneys. ceiving end says: Well, your rule 11 mo- I would continue to ask: In what By passing LARA, these attorneys tion was frivolous, so I am filing my other area of the law can a person will no longer be able to exert power own rule 11 motion against you. prove to the judge they were the victim over their victims with these suits that That is something that happened. of a legal wrong and still be denied are not based on facts or in law, but are In fact, a United States district judge compensation by the judge? merely intended to scare or extort from the Eastern District of Pennsyl- This only occurs after the judge has money out of the victims. vania, Robert S. Gawthrop, in the sub- already found that the lawsuit was I remember when I was in law school urban Philadelphia area, he termed frivolous, which would not apply to in Congressman SMITH’s hometown of that ‘‘zombie litigation.’’ That is some- some of the great cases through his- San Antonio, Texas, and one of the pro- thing that gets spawned by this type of tory where courts have found merit to fessors in one of my classes said some- litigation. We don’t need zombie litiga- the case. They are not going to find it thing that has stuck with me for all tion in this country. frivolous. these years about a lawsuit: You may Mr. GOODLATTE. Will the gen- Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Will the gen- be able to beat the wrap, but you can’t tleman yield? tleman yield? beat the ride. Mr. CARTWRIGHT. I yield to the The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Virginia. time of the gentleman has expired. b 1600 Mr. GOODLATTE. I thank the gen- Mr. GOODLATTE. I yield myself LARA helps with that. You are not tleman for yielding. such time as I may consume, and I going to be able to stop the emotional

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That is what we need to do. economy and in our elections. Let’s H.R. 758. Support those people who are Frivolous lawsuits drain victims of give them a fighting chance in the creating jobs throughout our society. their money and damage their reputa- courtroom and reject this frivolous Support those people who deserve the tions. Let’s stop them before they start bill. protection and are not trying to scam by putting the lawyers at risk for filing Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I our system. frivolous lawsuits. yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I reserve In many countries, there is a loser California (Mr. ROHRABACHER). the balance of my time. pay system. We are not proposing we Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, I Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I go that far here in the United States, rise in strong support of H.R. 758. yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from but we do want justice for those who This is not an attack on the Federal Pennsylvania (Mr. COSTELLO). are victims of clearly frivolous law- judiciary. This is an attack on those Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania. Mr. suits, and this legislation will make unscrupulous lawyers and con artists Speaker, should those filing a frivolous sure that that happens. I urge my col- who are bilking the American people lawsuit be held accountable to the vic- leagues to support it. out of hundreds of millions of dollars tims of that frivolous lawsuit? I think Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 that they have had to earn and work most people would say yes. There are minutes to the distinguished gen- hard in order to achieve. Our system is hard-working Americans and small tleman from Florida (Mr. DEUTCH), who out of whack today, and today we find businesses across this country spending was a distinguished barrister before be- our honest citizens exposed to this type tens of thousands of dollars, collec- coming a Congressman. of threat. This would take care of that tively millions of dollars every year de- Mr. DEUTCH. Mr. Speaker, I rise in somewhat. fending themselves from frivolous law- opposition to the so-called Lawsuit First, I would like to thank my good suits. Abuse Reduction Act. friend from Texas, LAMAR SMITH, for A frivolous lawsuit, as it is defined, Today, Mr. Speaker, is Constitution his bill, which I believe is so impor- has no basis in fact or in law, no basis Day. How is the House GOP celebrating tant, as many small- and medium-sized whatsoever. A judge can make a deter- Constitution Day? By trampling on our businesses like we have in California mination—must make a determina- Framers’ vision of an independent judi- are hit every year with frivolous and tion—whether a lawsuit is frivolous or ciary as one of three separate but equal abusive lawsuits. not upon the question being presented branches of government. I would also like to thank my friends and yet not award damages even upon The Framers of our Constitution es- Chairman TRENT FRANKS from Arizona a finding of a frivolous lawsuit. That tablished an independent judicial and especially Chairman BOB GOOD- just doesn’t make sense, and it is not branch because they believed the LATTE from Virginia for their leader- fair to the victims of frivolous law- judges should be able to interpret the ship on this much-needed legislation. suits. law without interference. They be- Frivolous lawsuits have cost honest The bill that we are voting on here lieved that only when judges were Americans hundreds of millions of dol- stands for something very basic. A shielded from the influence of politi- lars by encouraging lawyers and scam judge shouldn’t be allowed to deny cians and pundits and special interests artists to attack honest citizens, ex- damage awards to the victim of a frivo- could they issue rulings fairly and im- pecting that these honest citizens will lous lawsuit. A vote for this bill is a partially. In short, they worked to cre- opt for a settlement. This is what we vote to reduce the filing of frivolous ate a system that shielded judges from call a legal shakedown, and it must be lawsuits; a vote for this bill is a vote to efforts like the one behind today’s ended, which is what H.R. 758 intends protect the integrity of the judicial Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act. to do. system; and a vote for this bill is a This legislation, Mr. Speaker, is Let us note that giving in when warning shot to anyone who thinks nothing more—I repeat, this legislation someone reaches a settlement rather that filing a frivolous lawsuit is a way is nothing more—than a giveaway to than trying to fight people who have to extort money. corporate special interests that seek to more resources than they do, even It has been said—and I practiced price Americans out of their day in though it is a frivolous lawsuit, en- law—what is the nuisance value of this court. The bill restores a rule, reim- courages more people to have more claim? In other words, what would you poses a rule that our independent judi- lawsuits and encourages certain law- advise your client to just pay the other ciary system abandoned over 20 years yers to go down a route where they are side to make a frivolous lawsuit go ago because it unfairly disadvantaged only aimed at trying to use their lever- away because of how costly it is and workers and consumers and other age against honest citizens to enrich how much time you spend worrying Americans that dared to take on big themselves. and preparing? corporations in court. I would note that this legislation will Lawsuits can be very intimidating to Our judges put in place this rule—or go a long way in these specific areas in a defendant, and those who have a good kept this version that we use today of terms that threaten all Americans, faith claim will litigate it out, and the this rule—20 years ago, and they re- honest citizens, but it especially will judge won’t find there to be anything main strongly in support of it today. take care of another concern that I frivolous about it; but when it is frivo- That is because today’s rule, Mr. have had, of course, and Chairman lous, those filing it should have to pay. Speaker, gives judges the flexibility to GOODLATTE and Chairman SMITH have This is very, very common sense. determine when to apply sanctions had, and that is it takes care of patent A vote for this bill is standing on the against attorneys who file frivolous trolls, who are scam artists who use side of small business and preserving lawsuits. claims of patent infringement in their the integrity of our judicial system. This legislation flies in the face of frivolous lawsuits. Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- our Framers’ vision of an independent Other proposed approaches to this self such time as I may consume. judiciary. It strips our judges of their problem deal with the problem in a First, I just want to go back to the discretion, imposing congressionally way that would hurt legitimate inven- Judicial Conference of the United mandated rules that drove up costs and tors—this is where we have a little dis- States and their committee on rules of clogged our courts when these were the agreement—but this solution will help practice and procedure, which came rules before. these inventors and help all enter- out against this. They were just We don’t have to debate the harmful prisers and entrepreneurs. H.R. 758, against it totally. In a letter signed by consequences of this legislation be- combined with the actions of the FTC Judge Jeffrey Sutton and Judge David

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I thank Chair- slavery was around to know slavery GOODLATTE and said that this was un- man GOODLATTE for yielding. was bad. You didn’t have to be on the necessary, that we should just keep the A couple of things. First of all, we bench from 1983 to 1993 to know that rule we have got, that the rule that we have found in the past that the judici- rule 11 was working and that this bill are adopting was an error in 1983 to ary, of course, always opposes anyone which brings back that old rule would 1993, it cost a lot of money in frivolous else changing these rules except for be a failure. litigation, satellite lawsuits, explosion themselves. That is no surprise, that So I think there is deference you of satellite litigation, and it just didn’t they object to this change that we pro- should give to the bar association and work. pose today. to the Judicial Conference, both of Judge Sutton was appointed to the That doesn’t mean the change isn’t a which have come out against this. bench by President Bush after clerking good one, but that is their history. If There are motions for summary judg- for Justices Scalia and Powell. I would they didn’t think of the change, they ment. They talk as if there is no way assume that if you were appointed by don’t like it. Clearly, this is good for to get rid of a frivolous lawsuit. If you President Bush, approved by the the American people because it reduces bring a frivolous lawsuit, you are going United States Senate, and you clerked the number of frivolous lawsuits. to get a motion for summary judg- for Justices Scalia and Powell, you are The gentleman from Tennessee men- ment. A court can order that. It can not some kind of a big supporter of tioned a poll a few minutes ago. I find a motion to dismiss. You don’t frivolous lawsuits in the plaintiffs’ bar. would like, first of all, to mention a even have to go into discovery. The other gentleman is Judge Camp- poll that was taken when this rule was The courts are the ones that suffer bell from Arizona, also appointed by in effect in 1990. the most. You said that, sure, some- President Bush. They were pretty ada- At that point, 751 Federal judges re- times the defendants do from defending mant that this was a bad idea. They sponded to that survey, and they over- these cases, but the courts have to put took some surveys, and 80-some-odd whelmingly supported a rule 11 with up with it. percent of folks said it was a bad idea. mandatory sanctions. The courts don’t want frivolous liti- The bar association said it was a bad The gentleman mentioned, I believe, gation at all. They probably are one of idea. The bar association had a group a 2005 survey. In that survey, only 278 the first groups that don’t want frivo- of 200 lawyers, litigants, judges, and judges responded. Over half of the lous litigation. academics who participated in the 2010 judges who responded had no experi- I know some people that serve in this conference at Duke University Law ence under this stronger rule 11 be- Congress who have been judges. They School convened by the advisory com- cause they were appointed to the bench are outstanding men. They understand mittee to search for ways to address after 1992. how important judges are and that the problem. Not one of the 200 people So the 2005 survey tells us very little their opinions should be revered and re- proposed a return to the 1983 version. about how judges actually view the spected. So 200 lawyers, litigants, judges, and stronger versus the weaker rule 11. Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I re- academics met, and none of them sug- It is just amazing to me to hear indi- serve the balance of my time. gested this type of bill. viduals try to justify these frivolous Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- The Judicial Conference, headed up lawsuits. There is no effort in this bill self such time as I may consume. by two people appointed by President to deny individuals the right to file I would just say that sometimes I see Bush, conservative judges, said this is lawsuits if they have legitimate Mr. ROHRABACHER and I think about a very bad idea. The bar association claims. the fact that we have traveled some to- says it is a terrible idea. Yet we are to But to try to justify frivolous law- gether. One of the things I have learned come here and think that Congress has suits and lawsuits that are found to be got the best idea, better than all these on those travels is the thing people in frivolous by judges, to me, is so con- specialists. That is one of the things foreign countries appreciate most trary to the best interest of Americans that is wrong with this Congress. Peo- about the United States of America is ple realize that we are not respecting who are innocent of these charges. I our justice system, the fact that you logic, expertise, and history. just don’t understand the opposition to have got a system where you go in and In their letter, the judges said that this bill. get a case heard. That is one of the this was a return to previous attempts Innocent Americans sacrifice reputa- things that is best about our country. to amend this rule, that it would elimi- tions. They sacrifice money. They of- What this is about is taking power nate this provision adopted in 1993, and tentimes lose their livelihoods to frivo- from judges and giving financial incen- their concerns that they expressed here lous lawsuits. I think we ought to do tives. The defendants have got the mirrored the views expressed by the everything we possibly can to reduce heavy pockets, and it will end up Judicial Conference in 2004 when the the number of these frivolous lawsuits. squeezing plaintiffs from bringing ac- Republicans, I believe, had both Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- tions. If they are so frivolous, the Houses, the House and Senate, but they self such time as I may consume. judges will dismiss them on summary certainly had the House. I respect Mr. SMITH and understand judgments or motions to dismiss. In 2005, this bill came up, and they what he is saying about judges wanting The judges can still have sanctions came out against it. The Republicans to control their own courtrooms and and damages, but just not have all had the House and maybe the Senate, I control the system, but they have the power taken from them. And there are don’t know. The bill came up again in expertise. other rules where they can have sanc- 2011 and 2013. So this bill has been here The bar association is not the judges. tions if you are just messing with dis- in 2004, 2005, 2011, and 2013, and the Ju- The bar association is against this, too. covery and violating the rules. dicial Conference, the judges, the law- So you have got the bar association I just think this is going to help close yers, and the experts almost two to one and the Judicial Conference, both of our courts, and that is not the right have said it is a bad idea. I know it is which are conservative organizations, way to go, particularly on Constitution throwback Thursday, but that is no against it. Day. reason to bring this bill forward. In the study, yes, some of those folks I yield back the balance of my time. might not have been there in 1983 to Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I b 1615 1993, but they still knew what the rule yield myself the balance of my time. I find it hard to be against my good was and they were able to study and First, Mr. Speaker, I would say to friends, Mr. SMITH and Mr. GOODLATTE. they were able to understand things. the gentleman from Tennessee, who is

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I strongly oppose H.R. 758 because it ham- Here is what Justice Scalia himself Moreover, the bill would go beyond the pers the ability of federal district courts to had to say about this. He specifically 1983 Rule by requiring a court to award rea- deter frivolous litigation—while preserving ac- opposed the weakening of rule 11 when sonable attorneys’ fees and costs related to cess to the courts—by limiting the ability of it occurred in 1993, writing that it Rule 11 litigation. Current Rule 11 makes such judges to exercise discretion in imposing sanc- would ‘‘render the Rule toothless, by awards entirely discretionary. tions for Rule 11 violations. allowing judges to dispense with sanc- Yet no empirical evidence suggests any Under H.R. 758, federal district judges tion, by disfavoring compensation for need for a change to the current Rule 11. would be required to impose sanctions for all litigation expenses, and by providing a In fact, there were good reasons why the violations of Rule 11, even in cases in which 21-day ‘safe harbor,’ ’’ entitling the Judicial Conference of the United States it would be manifestly inappropriate to do so. party accused of a frivolous filing to amended the 1983 version of Rule 11. For Mr. Speaker, the reason the version of Rule escape with no sanction at all. these same reasons, H.R. 758 is ill-advised. 11(c) in effect from 1983–1993 was rescinded Justice Scalia further observed, ‘‘In The 1983 Rule caused excessive litigation. is because the results of its 10-year experi- my view, those who file frivolous suits Many civil cases had a parallel track of litiga- ment proved conclusively that it did not work. and pleadings should have no ‘safe har- tion—referred to as ‘‘satellite litigation’’—over Instead of reducing frivolous litigation, man- bor.’ The Rules should be solicitous of Rule 11 violations because having mandatory datory imposition of sanction actually had the the abused (the courts and the oppos- sanctions and no safe-harbor provision caused opposite effect of increasing litigation. ing party), and not of the abuser. Under parties on both sides of a Rule 11 motion to Indeed, according to the American Bar As- the revised Rule, parties will be able to litigate the Rule 11 matter to the bitter end. sociation, ‘‘during the decade of that the 1983 file thoughtless, reckless, and The dramatic increase in litigation spawned version of the Rule requiring mandatory sanc- harassing pleadings, secure in the by the 1983 Rule not only resulted in delays tions was in effect, an entire industry of litiga- knowledge that they have nothing to in resolving the underlying case and increased tion revolving around Rule 11 claims inun- lose: If objection is raised, they can re- costs for the litigants, but also strained judicial dated the legal system and wasted valuable treat without penalty.’’ resources. court resources and time.’’ So I also want to say, Mr. Speaker, In light of this history, it is clear that H.R. Studies by the Judicial Conference of the that the gentleman from Tennessee 758 will result in more, not less, litigation and United States, the administrative arm of the and I agree on one of the great hall- will impose a great burden on the federal judi- federal judiciary, found that the 1983 version marks of this country, and that is our ciary. of Rule ii(c) quickly became a tool of abuse. judicial system. The hallmark of our Ultimately, the type of Rule 11 sanctions re- Aggressive filings of Rule 11 sanctions mo- judicial system is that, when you are gime that H.R. 758 envisions will only favor tions required expenditure of tremendous re- victimized in this country, you have a those with the money and resources to fight sources on Rule 11 battles having nothing to place where you can go and seek jus- expensive and drawn out litigation battles. do with the merits of the case and everything H.R. 758 also threatens judicial independ- tice. to do with strategic gamesmanship. ence by removing the discretion that Rule 11 That is exactly what Mr. SMITH’s bill Most importantly, Mr. Speaker, H.R. 758 currently gives judges in determining whether does. It allows people who are victim- would undermine civil rights cases. ized by aggressive plaintiffs—abusive, to impose sanctions and what type of sanc- During the decade between 1983 and 1993, frivolous, and fraudulent lawsuits—to tions would be most appropriate. mandatory sanctions under Rule 11 were dis- It also circumvents the painstakingly thor- be able to get justice themselves. proportionately imposed in civil rights cases. Because when you are the victim of ough Rules Enabling Act process, recklessly A leading study on this issue showed that an expensive, costly lawsuit that can attempting to amend the rules directly, even although civil rights cases made up 11.4% of damage your business, damage your over the Judicial Conference’s objections. federal cases filed during this period, 22.7% of reputation, cost you huge amounts of Finally, we know that the 1983 Rule had a the cases in which sanctions had been im- money, you are indeed a victim, if the disproportionately chilling impact on civil rights cases, and there is no reason to think H.R. posed were civil rights cases. court finds that that whole lawsuit was If this bill were to be enacted, once again, 758 would not have a similar chilling effect if brought on a frivolous basis. as happened between 1983 and 1993, de- And, yet, I challenge again the other it is enacted. fendants in civil rights cases could wield Rule side of the aisle and those who oppose Civil rights cases in particular depend on 11 as a weapon against legitimate plaintiffs, this legislation to name one other sort novel arguments for the extension, modifica- tying up civil rights cases in long and costly of legal claim—just one—where the vic- tion, or reversal of existing law. satellite litigation on Rule 11 and preventing tim is able to prove in court their dam- Not surprisingly, a Federal Judicial Center legitimate civil rights cases from moving for- ages and then be denied those damages study found that the incidence of Rule 11 mo- ward. by the judge. tions was higher in civil rights cases than They have not done that. They have some other types of cases when the 1983 For these reasons, I urge all Members to not made their case in this court, the Rule was in place, notwithstanding the fact vote against H.R. 758. The SPEAKER pro tempore. All time people’s court. The elected representa- that the 1983 Rule was neutral on its face. for debate has expired. tives of the people today should pass Even the decision in Brown v. Board of Edu- Pursuant to House Resolution 420, this legislation and give justice to vic- cation arguably may have been delayed or the previous question is ordered on the tims of frivolous lawsuits. stopped had H.R. 758’s changes to Rule 11 bill. I urge my colleagues to support this been in effect at the time, given the novel na- The question is on the engrossment great legislation. ture of the plaintiffs’ arguments in that case. I yield back the balance of my time. At a minimum, the defendants could have and third reading of the bill. Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I oppose H.R. used Rule 11, as amended by H.R. 758, as a The bill was ordered to be engrossed 758, the ‘‘Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of weapon to dissuade the plaintiffs or weaken and read a third time, and was read the 2015.’’ their resolve. third time. This bill is substantially identical to bills that H.R. 758 is a flawed bill for many reasons. MOTION TO RECOMMIT we considered in the 112th and 113th Con- I would urge my colleagues to oppose it. Ms. DELBENE. Mr. Speaker, I have a gresses, and we have considered even earlier Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, as a sen- motion to recommit at the desk. versions of this bill going back at least a dec- ior member of the Judiciary Committee and a The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is the ade. strong defender of the civil rights and liberties gentlewoman opposed to the bill? H.R. 758, like its predecessors, is a solution of all Americans, I rise in strong opposition to Ms. DELBENE. I am opposed, in its in search of a problem that would threaten to H.R. 758, the ‘‘Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act current form. do more harm than good if enacted. of 2015,’’ which can more accurately be de- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The H.R. 758 would restore the 1983 version of scribed as the ‘‘Denial of Access to Civil Jus- Clerk will report the motion to recom- Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Proce- tice Act.’’ mit.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:32 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17SE7.056 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 17, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6119 The Clerk read as follows: The court ruled that she waited too opposed by anyone who understands Ms. DelBene moves to recommit the bill long to file her lawsuit. Luckily, in that the victims of frivolous lawsuits H.R. 758 to the Committee on the Judiciary 2009, Congress intervened, passing the are indeed victims. with instructions to report the same back to Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act to reverse No one who supports civil rights laws the House forthwith, with the following the Supreme Court’s decision. or the Constitution should support the amendment: Unfortunately, stories like this are filing of frivolous claims without pen- Add, at the end of the bill, the following: not unique. Women still make only 79 alty, but that is exactly what this mo- SEC. 3. PROTECTING EQUAL PAY FOR WOMEN. cents on the dollar, about 20 percent tion to recommit would allow. This Act, and the amendments made by less take-home pay than their male The base bill makes sanctions for fil- this Act, shall not apply in the case of any counterparts. ing frivolous lawsuits in Federal court action brought under employment discrimi- That is why it is critical that Con- nation laws, including laws that ensure that mandatory. Under rule 11, a lawsuit is women receive equal pay for equal work. gress vote for this amendment: to en- frivolous if it is presented for any im- sure women can continue fighting for proper purpose, such as to harass, Ms. DELBENE (during the reading). equal pay at work. cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent Because equal pay is not just good increase the cost of litigation if it is to dispense with the reading. for women, it is good for families, busi- not warranted by existing law or if the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there nesses, and our economy. When women factual contentions have no evi- objection to the request of the gentle- aren’t paid what they deserve, middle dentiary support. woman from Washington? class families and communities pay the In other words, a lawsuit will only be There was no objection. price. found frivolous if it has no basis in law The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Families today rely on women’s or fact. ant to the rule, the gentlewoman from wages to put food on the table, save for Who here thinks that lawyers should Washington is recognized for 5 minutes retirement, and pay for their children’s in support of her motion. be able to avoid any penalty when the education. It is estimated that the pay lawsuit they file is found by a Federal Ms. DELBENE. Mr. Speaker, this is gap costs a woman and her family more judge to have been filed simply to har- the final amendment to the bill, which than $10,000 in lost earnings each year, will not kill the bill or send it back to ass or cause unnecessary delay or to a significant number by any standards. needlessly increase the cost of litiga- committee. If adopted, the bill will im- I recently spoke with a mother of mediately proceed to final passage as tion or when the Federal judge finds three named Adriana. She told me that the lawsuit is not warranted by amended. that, while working her way through The so-called Lawsuit Abuse Reduc- existing law or has no evidentiary sup- college as a waitress, she had to ap- port? tion Act would turn back the clock to proach her manager after discovering deter good-faith litigants seeking jus- If you think lawyers should be able her less-experienced male colleague to get off scot-free when they file those tice, like women who are denied equal made more than $1 an hour than she pay for equal work. sorts of frivolous lawsuits, vote for this did. motion to recommit; but if you agree The harmful effects of this bill are Adriana said she felt lucky that she not speculative. We know this bill will with me that the victims of frivolous worked for a small, family-run busi- lawsuits are real victims and that they undercut important civil rights and ness. Otherwise, she might have been equal pay litigation because it would have to shell out thousands of dollars; too intimidated to ask for equal pay. endure sleepless nights; and spend time restore a version of rule 11 that was in She said it seemed ‘‘criminal and ri- effect from 1983 to 1993. away from their family, work, and cus- diculous’’ to pay people unfairly and tomers just to respond to frivolous Under the version of rule 11 that this that lawmakers should think about bill would resurrect, sanctions were pleadings with no basis in law or fact, their wife, sister, or daughter and the then you should oppose this motion to disproportionately imposed against effect this financial barrier would have plaintiff’s in civil rights and anti- recommit and support the base bill, on them. I agree. I hope everyone in and join me in taking a clear stance discrimination cases. The old rule’s on- this Chamber does as well. erous provisions created a chilling ef- against frivolous lawsuits. For women seeking justice under em- Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to fect on civil rights litigation, created ployment discrimination laws, the time-consuming and costly satellite oppose this motion to recommit and to Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act would be support the underlying bill. litigation, and gave rise to needless a disaster. delay and harassment in the court- I yield back the balance of my time. Women taking on huge corporations The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without room. with limitless funds and armies of at- This amendment would ensure the objection, the previous question is or- torneys will face an uphill battle in dered on the motion to recommit. bill’s harmful effects do not apply in court, at best, or may be completely cases brought under employment dis- There was no objection. deterred from even pursuing their day The SPEAKER pro tempore. The crimination laws, including laws to en- in court. sure women earn equal pay for equal question is on the motion to recommit. We have come a long way in expand- The question was taken; and the work. ing opportunities for women, but there When President Kennedy signed the Speaker pro tempore announced that is no question that we have a lot more the noes appeared to have it. Equal Pay Act into law 50 years ago, to do. We cannot create more barriers Ms. DELBENE. Mr. Speaker, on that I women, on average, made 59 cents for to success than women and families al- demand the yeas and nays. every dollar earned by men. ready face in America today. The yeas and nays were ordered. While we have made some progress I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- since then, with women appointed to on this motion to recommit and sup- ant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, the Supreme Court and to executive port the women and families in our this 15-minute vote on the motion to leadership roles at Fortune 500 compa- communities who we were sent here to recommit will be followed by 5-minute nies, we are still nowhere near the goal represent. votes on passage of the bill, if ordered, of equal pay for equal work. I yield back the balance of my time. Just as recently as 2007, the Supreme ordering the previous question on Court ruled against Lilly Ledbetter, b 1630 House Resolution 421, and adopting making it nearly impossible for work- Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise House Resolution 421, if ordered. ers who suffered discrimination to seek in opposition to the motion to recom- The vote was taken by electronic de- justice. mit. vice, and there were—yeas 179, nays Because she was prohibited from dis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gen- 239, not voting 16, as follows: cussing her salary with coworkers, tleman from Virginia is recognized for [Roll No. 500] Lilly didn’t find out she was making 5 minutes. YEAS—179 significantly less than her male coun- Mr. GOODLATTE. Mr. Speaker, this Adams Ashford Beatty terparts until her retirement. motion to recommit must be strongly Aguilar Bass Becerra

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Hahn Pascrell Labrador Paulsen Smith (NE) Amash Guthrie Perry Brady (PA) Hastings Payne LaHood Pearce Smith (NJ) Amodei Hanna Peterson Brown (FL) Heck (WA) Pelosi LaMalfa Perry Smith (TX) Babin Hardy Pittenger Brownley (CA) Higgins Perlmutter Lamborn Pittenger Stefanik Barletta Harper Pitts Bustos Himes Peters Lance Pitts Stewart Barr Harris Poliquin Butterfield Hinojosa Peterson Latta Poe (TX) Stivers Barton Hartzler Pompeo Capps Honda Pingree LoBiondo Poliquin Stutzman Benishek Heck (NV) Posey Capuano Hoyer Pocan Long Pompeo Thompson (PA) Bilirakis Hensarling Price, Tom Ca´ rdenas Huffman Polis Loudermilk Posey Thornberry Bishop (MI) Herrera Beutler Ratcliffe Carney Israel Price (NC) Love Price, Tom Tiberi Bishop (UT) Hice, Jody B. Reed Carson (IN) Jackson Lee Quigley Lucas Ratcliffe Tipton Black Hill Reichert Cartwright Jeffries Rangel Luetkemeyer Reed Trott Blackburn Holding Renacci Castor (FL) Johnson (GA) Rice (NY) Lummis Reichert Turner Blum Hudson Ribble Castro (TX) Johnson, E. B. Richmond MacArthur Renacci Upton Bost Huelskamp Rice (SC) Chu, Judy Kaptur Roybal-Allard Marchant Ribble Valadao Boustany Huizenga (MI) Rigell Cicilline Keating Ruiz Marino Rice (SC) Walberg Brady (TX) Hultgren Roby Clark (MA) Kelly (IL) Ruppersberger Massie Rigell Walden Brat Hunter Roe (TN) Clarke (NY) Kennedy Rush McCarthy Roby Walker Bridenstine Hurd (TX) Rogers (AL) Clay Kildee Ryan (OH) McCaul Roe (TN) Walorski Brooks (AL) Hurt (VA) Rogers (KY) Clyburn Kilmer Sa´ nchez, Linda McClintock Rogers (AL) Walters, Mimi Brooks (IN) Issa Rohrabacher Cohen Kind T. McHenry Rogers (KY) Weber (TX) Buchanan Jenkins (KS) Rokita Connolly Kirkpatrick Sarbanes McKinley Rohrabacher Webster (FL) Buck Jenkins (WV) Rooney (FL) Conyers Kuster Schakowsky McMorris Rokita Wenstrup Bucshon Johnson (OH) Ros-Lehtinen Cooper Langevin Schiff Rodgers Rooney (FL) Westerman Burgess Johnson, Sam Roskam Costa Larsen (WA) Schrader McSally Ros-Lehtinen Whitfield Byrne Jolly Ross Courtney Larson (CT) Scott (VA) Meadows Roskam Williams Calvert Jordan Rothfus Crowley Lawrence Scott, David Meehan Ross Wilson (SC) Carter (GA) Joyce Rouzer Carter (TX) Katko Cuellar Lee Serrano Messer Rothfus Wittman Royce Mica Rouzer Womack Chabot Kelly (MS) Cummings Levin Sherman Ryan (WI) Miller (FL) Royce Woodall Chaffetz Kelly (PA) Davis (CA) Lieu, Ted Sinema Salmon Miller (MI) Russell Yoder Clawson (FL) King (IA) Davis, Danny Lipinski Sires Sanford DeFazio Loebsack Moolenaar Ryan (WI) Yoho Coffman King (NY) Slaughter Scalise DeGette Lofgren Speier Mooney (WV) Salmon Young (AK) Cole Kinzinger (IL) Schweikert Delaney Lowenthal Swalwell (CA) Mullin Sanford Young (IA) Collins (GA) Kline Scott, Austin DeLauro Lowey Takai Mulvaney Scalise Young (IN) Collins (NY) Knight Sensenbrenner DelBene Lujan Grisham Takano Murphy (PA) Schweikert Zeldin Comstock Labrador Sessions DeSaulnier (NM) Thompson (MS) Neugebauer Scott, Austin Zinke Conaway LaHood Shimkus Deutch Luja´ n, Ben Ray Titus Cook LaMalfa Shuster Doggett (NM) Tonko NOT VOTING—16 Costa Lamborn Simpson Doyle, Michael Lynch Torres Costello (PA) Lance Barr Johnson, Sam Thompson (CA) Smith (MO) F. Maloney, Tsongas Cramer Latta Carter (TX) Lewis Wagner Smith (NE) Duckworth Carolyn Van Hollen Cleaver Olson Waters, Maxine Crawford LoBiondo Crenshaw Long Smith (NJ) Edwards Maloney, Sean Vargas Dingell Sanchez, Loretta Westmoreland Ellison Matsui Veasey Cuellar Loudermilk Smith (TX) Fincher Sewell (AL) Stefanik Engel McCollum Vela Gutie´rrez Smith (WA) Culberson Love Eshoo McDermott Vela´ zquez Davis, Rodney Lucas Stewart Esty McGovern Visclosky Denham Luetkemeyer Stivers Farr McNerney Walz b 1702 Dent Lummis Stutzman Fattah Meeks Wasserman DeSantis MacArthur Thompson (PA) Foster Meng Schultz Messrs. POE of Texas, PALMER, DesJarlais Marchant Thornberry Frankel (FL) Moore Watson Coleman ZINKE, NUNES, WITTMAN, KELLY of Diaz-Balart Marino Tiberi Fudge Moulton Welch Dold Massie Tipton Gabbard Murphy (FL) Wilson (FL) Pennsylvania, MULLIN, and BARTON Donovan McCarthy Trott Gallego Nadler Yarmuth changed their vote from ‘‘yea’’ to Duffy McCaul Turner ‘‘nay.’’ Duncan (SC) McClintock Upton NAYS—239 Duncan (TN) McHenry Valadao Messrs. HASTINGS, Ms. LEE, Messrs. Ellmers (NC) McKinley Walberg Abraham Conaway Gowdy PETERS and SCHRADER, Mses. KAP- Emmer (MN) McMorris Walden Aderholt Cook Granger TUR and VELA´ QUEZ, and Mr. PAS- Farenthold Rodgers Walker Allen Costello (PA) Graves (GA) Fitzpatrick McSally Walorski Amash Cramer Graves (LA) CRELL changed their vote from ‘‘nay’’ Fleischmann Meadows Walters, Mimi Amodei Crawford Graves (MO) to ‘‘yea.’’ Fleming Meehan Weber (TX) Babin Crenshaw Griffith So the motion to recommit was re- Flores Messer Webster (FL) Barletta Culberson Grothman Forbes Mica Wenstrup Barton Curbelo (FL) Guinta jected. Fortenberry Miller (FL) Westerman Benishek Davis, Rodney Guthrie The result of the vote was announced Foxx Miller (MI) Whitfield Bilirakis Denham Hanna as above recorded. Franks (AZ) Moolenaar Williams Bishop (MI) Dent Hardy Frelinghuysen Mooney (WV) Wilson (SC) Bishop (UT) DeSantis Harper PERSONAL EXPLANATION Garrett Mullin Wittman Black DesJarlais Harris Gibbs Mulvaney Womack Blackburn Diaz-Balart Hartzler Mr. BARR. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall Nos. Gibson Murphy (PA) Woodall Blum Dold Heck (NV) 497–500, I was unavoidably detained. Had I Gohmert Neugebauer Yoder Bost Donovan Hensarling been present, I would have voted ‘‘yes’’ on Goodlatte Newhouse Yoho Boustany Duffy Herrera Beutler 497, 498, 499 and ‘‘no’’ on 500. Gosar Noem Young (AK) Brady (TX) Duncan (SC) Hice, Jody B. Gowdy Nugent Young (IA) Brat Duncan (TN) Hill The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Granger Nunes Young (IN) Bridenstine Ellmers (NC) Holding question is on the passage of the bill. Graves (GA) Olson Zeldin Brooks (AL) Emmer (MN) Hudson Graves (LA) Palazzo Zinke Brooks (IN) Farenthold Huelskamp The question was taken; and the Buchanan Fitzpatrick Huizenga (MI) Speaker pro tempore announced that NOES—185 Buck Fleischmann Hultgren the ayes appeared to have it. Adams Brady (PA) Chu, Judy Bucshon Fleming Hunter Aguilar Brown (FL) Cicilline Burgess RECORDED VOTE Flores Hurd (TX) Ashford Brownley (CA) Clark (MA) Byrne Forbes Hurt (VA) Mr. COHEN. Mr. Speaker, I demand a Bass Bustos Clarke (NY) Calvert Fortenberry Issa Beatty Butterfield Clay Carter (GA) recorded vote. Foxx Jenkins (KS) Becerra Capps Clyburn Chabot Franks (AZ) Jenkins (WV) A recorded vote was ordered. Bera Capuano Cohen Chaffetz Frelinghuysen Johnson (OH) Beyer Ca´ rdenas Connolly Clawson (FL) The SPEAKER pro tempore. This Garrett Jolly Bishop (GA) Carney Conyers Coffman Gibbs Jones will be a 5-minute vote. Blumenauer Carson (IN) Cooper Cole Gibson Jordan The vote was taken by electronic de- Bonamici Cartwright Courtney Collins (GA) Gohmert Joyce Boyle, Brendan Castor (FL) Crowley Collins (NY) vice, and there were—ayes 241, noes 185, Goodlatte Katko F. Castro (TX) Cummings Comstock Gosar Kelly (MS) not voting 8, as follows:

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Bishop (GA) Grijalva Doggett Lawrence Ruppersberger Payne Blumenauer Gutie´rrez Doyle, Michael Lee Rush The vote was taken by electronic de- Pelosi Bonamici Hahn F. Levin Russell vice, and there were—yeas 243, nays Perlmutter Boyle, Brendan Hastings Duckworth Lewis Ryan (OH) Peters 183, not voting 8, as follows: F. Heck (WA) Edwards Lieu, Ted Sa´ nchez, Linda Peterson Brady (PA) Higgins Ellison Lipinski T. [Roll No. 502] Pingree Brown (FL) Himes Engel Loebsack Sarbanes YEAS—243 Brownley (CA) Hinojosa Pocan Eshoo Lofgren Schakowsky Bustos Honda Polis Esty Lowenthal Schiff Abraham Grothman Paulsen Butterfield Hoyer Price (NC) Farr Lowey Schrader Aderholt Guinta Pearce Capps Huffman Quigley Fattah Lujan Grisham Scott (VA) Allen Guthrie Perry Capuano Israel Rangel Foster (NM) Scott, David Amash Hanna Pittenger Ca´ rdenas Jackson Lee Rice (NY) Frankel (FL) Luja´ n, Ben Ray Serrano Amodei Hardy Pitts Carney Jeffries Richmond Fudge (NM) Sewell (AL) Babin Harper Poe (TX) Carson (IN) Johnson (GA) Roybal-Allard Gabbard Lynch Sherman Barletta Harris Poliquin Cartwright Johnson, E. B. Ruiz Gallego Maloney, Sinema Barr Hartzler Pompeo Castor (FL) Kaptur Ruppersberger Garamendi Carolyn Sires Barton Heck (NV) Posey Castro (TX) Keating Graham Maloney, Sean Slaughter Benishek Hensarling Price, Tom Rush Chu, Judy Kelly (IL) Grayson Matsui Speier Bilirakis Herrera Beutler Ratcliffe Ryan (OH) Cicilline Kennedy ´ Green, Al McCollum Swalwell (CA) Bishop (MI) Hice, Jody B. Reed Sanchez, Linda Clark (MA) Kildee T. Green, Gene McDermott Takai Bishop (UT) Hill Reichert Clarke (NY) Kilmer Sarbanes Griffith McGovern Takano Black Holding Renacci Clay Kind Schakowsky Grijalva McNerney Thompson (MS) Blackburn Hudson Ribble Cleaver Kirkpatrick Gutie´rrez Meeks Titus Blum Huelskamp Schiff Rice (SC) Clyburn Kuster Hahn Meng Tonko Bost Huizenga (MI) Schrader Rigell Cohen Langevin Hastings Moore Torres Boustany Hultgren Scott (VA) Roby Connolly Larsen (WA) Heck (WA) Moulton Tsongas Brady (TX) Hunter Scott, David Roe (TN) Conyers Larson (CT) Higgins Murphy (FL) Van Hollen Brat Hurd (TX) Serrano Rogers (AL) Cooper Lawrence Himes Nadler Vargas Bridenstine Hurt (VA) Sewell (AL) Rogers (KY) Costa Lee Hinojosa Napolitano Veasey Brooks (AL) Issa Sherman Rohrabacher Courtney Levin Honda Neal Vela Brooks (IN) Jenkins (KS) Sinema Rokita Crowley Lewis Hoyer Nolan Vela´ zquez Buchanan Jenkins (WV) Sires Rooney (FL) Cuellar Lieu, Ted Huffman Norcross Visclosky Buck Johnson (OH) Slaughter Ros-Lehtinen Cummings Lipinski Israel O’Rourke Walz Bucshon Johnson, Sam Speier Roskam Davis (CA) Loebsack Jackson Lee Pallone Wasserman Burgess Jolly Swalwell (CA) Ross Davis, Danny Lofgren Jeffries Pascrell Schultz Byrne Jones Takai Rothfus DeFazio Lowenthal Johnson (GA) Payne Waters, Maxine Calvert Jordan Takano Rouzer DeGette Lowey Johnson, E. B. Pelosi Watson Coleman Carter (GA) Joyce Thompson (MS) Carter (TX) Katko Royce Delaney Lujan Grisham Jones Perlmutter Welch Titus Chabot Kelly (MS) Russell DeLauro (NM) Kaptur Peters Wilson (FL) Tonko Chaffetz Kelly (PA) Ryan (WI) DelBene Luja´ n, Ben Ray Keating Pingree Yarmuth Torres Clawson (FL) King (IA) Salmon DeSaulnier (NM) Tsongas NOT VOTING—8 Coffman King (NY) Sanford Deutch Lynch Van Hollen Cole Kinzinger (IL) Scalise Doggett Maloney, Cleaver Sanchez, Loretta Wagner Vargas Collins (GA) Kline Schweikert Doyle, Michael Carolyn Dingell Smith (WA) Westmoreland Veasey Collins (NY) Knight Scott, Austin F. Maloney, Sean Fincher Thompson (CA) Vela Comstock Labrador Sensenbrenner Duckworth Matsui Vela´ zquez ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Conaway LaHood Sessions Edwards McCollum Visclosky Cook LaMalfa Shimkus Ellison McDermott The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Walz Costello (PA) Lamborn Shuster Engel McGovern Wasserman the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- Cramer Lance Simpson Eshoo McNerney Schultz ing. Crawford Latta Smith (MO) Esty Meeks Watson Coleman Crenshaw LoBiondo Smith (NE) Farr Meng Welch b 1711 Culberson Long Smith (NJ) Fattah Moore Foster Moulton Wilson (FL) So the bill was passed. Curbelo (FL) Loudermilk Smith (TX) Davis, Rodney Love Frankel (FL) Murphy (FL) Yarmuth The result of the vote was announced Stefanik Denham Lucas Stewart NOT VOTING—8 as above recorded. Dent Luetkemeyer Stivers Dingell Smith (WA) Waters, Maxine A motion to reconsider was laid on DeSantis Lummis Stutzman DesJarlais MacArthur Fincher Thompson (CA) Westmoreland Thompson (PA) the table. Diaz-Balart Marchant Sanchez, Loretta Wagner Thornberry Dold Marino f Tiberi ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Donovan Massie Tipton PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Duffy McCarthy The SPEAKER pro tempore (during Trott Duncan (SC) McCaul OF H.R. 3134, DEFUND PLANNED Turner the vote). There are 2 minutes remain- PARENTHOOD ACT OF 2015; AND Duncan (TN) McClintock ing. Ellmers (NC) McHenry Upton PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION Emmer (MN) McKinley Valadao b 1719 OF H.R. 3504, BORN-ALIVE ABOR- Farenthold McMorris Walberg TION SURVIVORS PROTECTION Fitzpatrick Rodgers Walden So the previous question was ordered. Fleischmann McSally Walker The result of the vote was announced ACT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Fleming Meadows Walorski Walters, Mimi as above recorded. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Flores Meehan The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Forbes Messer Weber (TX) finished business is the vote on order- Fortenberry Mica Webster (FL) question is on the resolution. ing the previous question on the reso- Foxx Miller (FL) Wenstrup The question was taken; and the lution (H. Res. 421) providing for con- Franks (AZ) Miller (MI) Westerman Speaker pro tempore announced that sideration of the bill (H.R. 3134) to pro- Frelinghuysen Moolenaar Whitfield Garrett Mooney (WV) Williams the ayes appeared to have it. vide for a moratorium on Federal fund- Gibbs Mullin Wilson (SC) RECORDED VOTE ing to Planned Parenthood Federation Gibson Mulvaney Wittman Mr. MCGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I de- of America, Inc.; providing for consid- Gohmert Murphy (PA) Womack Goodlatte Neugebauer Woodall mand a recorded vote. eration of the bill (H.R. 3504) to amend Gosar Newhouse Yoder A recorded vote was ordered. title 18, United States Code, to prohibit Gowdy Noem Yoho The SPEAKER pro tempore. This a health care practitioner from failing Granger Nugent Young (AK) will be a 5-minute vote. to exercise the proper degree of care in Graves (GA) Nunes Young (IA) The vote was taken by electronic de- Graves (LA) Olson Young (IN) the case of a child who survives an Graves (MO) Palazzo Zeldin vice, and there were—ayes 246, noes 179, abortion or attempted abortion; and Griffith Palmer Zinke not voting 9, as follows:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17SE7.028 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6122 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 17, 2015 [Roll No. 503] Cohen Jeffries Pelosi tient or improve the symptoms. As a Connolly Johnson (GA) Perlmutter AYES—246 Conyers Johnson, E. B. Peters result, the median survival rate is just 1 Abraham Guinta Pearce Cooper Kaptur Pingree 2 ⁄2 years, and as many as 80 percent of Aderholt Guthrie Perry Costa Keating Pocan patients die within 5 years of diagnosis. Allen Hanna Peterson Courtney Kelly (IL) Polis Mr. Speaker, we have an opportunity Amash Hardy Pittenger Crowley Kennedy Price (NC) to bring attention to this serious ill- Amodei Harper Pitts Cuellar Kildee Quigley Cummings Kilmer Rangel ness that affects so many. With more Babin Harris Poe (TX) Davis (CA) Kind Rice (NY) Barletta Hartzler Poliquin research and a renewed commitment, Davis, Danny Kirkpatrick Richmond Barr Heck (NV) Pompeo we will find a cure to this deadly dis- DeFazio Kuster Roybal-Allard Barton Hensarling Posey DeGette Langevin Ruiz ease, and I will keep working to make Benishek Herrera Beutler Price, Tom Delaney Larsen (WA) Ruppersberger this a reality. Bilirakis Hice, Jody B. Ratcliffe Bishop (MI) Hill DeLauro Larson (CT) Rush f Reed DelBene Lawrence Ryan (OH) Bishop (UT) Holding Reichert Black Hudson DeSaulnier Lee Sa´ nchez, Linda CONFECTIONARY INDUSTRY Renacci Deutch Levin T. Blackburn Huelskamp Ribble (Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois Blum Huizenga (MI) Doggett Lewis Sarbanes Rice (SC) Bost Hultgren Doyle, Michael Lieu, Ted Schakowsky asked and was given permission to ad- Rigell Boustany Hunter F. Loebsack Schiff Roby dress the House for 1 minute and to re- Brady (TX) Hurd (TX) Duckworth Lofgren Schrader Roe (TN) vise and extend his remarks.) Brat Hurt (VA) Edwards Lowenthal Scott (VA) Rogers (AL) Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Bridenstine Issa Ellison Lowey Scott, David Brooks (AL) Jenkins (KS) Rogers (KY) Engel Lujan Grisham Serrano Speaker, the confectionary industry di- Brooks (IN) Jenkins (WV) Rohrabacher Esty (NM) Sewell (AL) rectly employs 70,000 people in the Rokita ´ Buchanan Johnson (OH) Farr Lujan, Ben Ray Sherman United States and more than 400,000 Buck Johnson, Sam Rooney (FL) Fattah (NM) Sinema Bucshon Jolly Ros-Lehtinen Foster Lynch Sires jobs in agriculture, retail, transpor- Burgess Jones Roskam Frankel (FL) Maloney, Slaughter tation, and other industries that rely, Byrne Jordan Ross Fudge Carolyn Speier in part, on the sale of confections for Rothfus Gabbard Maloney, Sean Swalwell (CA) Calvert Joyce their livelihood. Carter (GA) Katko Rouzer Gallego Matsui Takai Carter (TX) Kelly (MS) Royce Garamendi McCollum Takano For every job that is created in con- Chabot Kelly (PA) Russell Graham McDermott Thompson (MS) fectionary, another six are supported Chaffetz King (IA) Ryan (WI) Grayson McGovern Titus in related industries, which means that Green, Al McNerney Tonko Clawson (FL) King (NY) Salmon candy drives a multiplier effect of 6 to Coffman Kinzinger (IL) Sanford Green, Gene Meeks Torres Cole Kline Scalise Grijalva Meng Tsongas 1. Collins (GA) Knight Schweikert Gutie´rrez Moore Van Hollen Chicago was once known as the Collins (NY) Labrador Scott, Austin Hahn Moulton Vargas Hastings Murphy (FL) Veasey candy capital of the world. However, Comstock LaHood Sensenbrenner due to an unfair sugar program, many Conaway LaMalfa Sessions Heck (WA) Nadler Vela ´ Cook Lamborn Shimkus Higgins Napolitano Velazquez decent and good-paying manufacturing Himes Neal Costello (PA) Lance Shuster Visclosky jobs are now located outside the United Hinojosa Nolan Walz Cramer Latta Simpson Honda Norcross Wasserman States. Crawford Lipinski Smith (MO) Hoyer O’Rourke Schultz The candy industry is comprised of Crenshaw LoBiondo Smith (NE) Huffman Pallone Waters, Maxine Culberson Long Smith (NJ) hundreds of small- and medium-sized Israel Pascrell Watson Coleman Curbelo (FL) Loudermilk Smith (TX) family-owned businesses, as well as the Jackson Lee Payne Yarmuth Davis, Rodney Love Stefanik multinational companies with global Denham Lucas Stewart NOT VOTING—9 brands that operate more than 1,000 Dent Luetkemeyer Stivers Dingell Sanchez, Loretta Wagner DeSantis Lummis Stutzman manufacturing facilities in all 50 DesJarlais MacArthur Eshoo Smith (WA) Westmoreland Thompson (PA) States. Diaz-Balart Marchant Fincher Thompson (CA) Wilson (FL) Thornberry The confectionary industry is doing Dold Marino Tiberi ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE Donovan Massie its part to help address the ongoing Tipton Duffy McCarthy The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. conversation about food and nutrition, Trott Duncan (SC) McCaul Turner MOONEY of West Virginia) (during the policy wellness, and food safety. NCA Duncan (TN) McClintock vote). There are 2 minutes remaining. Ellmers (NC) McHenry Upton member companies are providing con- Valadao Emmer (MN) McKinley b 1728 sumers with the information options Farenthold McMorris Walberg and support they need to make the Walden Fitzpatrick Rodgers So the resolution was agreed to. choices that are right for them. Fleischmann McSally Walker The result of the vote was announced Walorski Candy helps to make America just a Fleming Meadows as above recorded. Flores Meehan Walters, Mimi little sweeter. Weber (TX) A motion to reconsider was laid on Forbes Messer f Fortenberry Mica Webster (FL) the table. Foxx Miller (FL) Welch WELCOMING POPE FRANCIS Franks (AZ) Miller (MI) Wenstrup f Frelinghuysen Moolenaar Westerman PULMONARY FIBROSIS (Mr. HILL asked and was given per- Whitfield Garrett Mooney (WV) AWARENESS MONTH mission to address the House for 1 Gibbs Mullin Williams minute and to revise and extend his re- Gibson Mulvaney Wilson (SC) (Mr. PAULSEN asked and was given Gohmert Murphy (PA) Wittman marks.) Goodlatte Neugebauer Womack permission to address the House for 1 Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, next week, Gosar Newhouse Woodall minute and to revise and extend his re- the Holy Father, Pope Francis, will Gowdy Noem Yoder marks.) make his historic trip to the United Granger Nugent Yoho Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, Sep- Graves (GA) Nunes Young (AK) States. I ask that all Americans join Graves (LA) Olson Young (IA) tember is Pulmonary Fibrosis Aware- me in welcoming the Holy Father, both Graves (MO) Palazzo Young (IN) ness Month and a time to shine a light as Pope and as a man. This is Pope Griffith Palmer Zeldin on a disease that is deadly. While some Francis’ first visit to the United States Grothman Paulsen Zinke may not be familiar with pulmonary fi- ever and will be the first time in his- NOES—179 brosis, approximately 200,000 Ameri- tory that a pope will address a joint Adams Boyle, Brendan Carson (IN) cans suffer from the disease. session of the Congress. Aguilar F. Cartwright This serious illness takes the lives of The Pope’s message to fight against Ashford Brady (PA) Castor (FL) 40,000 Americans every single year, complacency and corruption and to Bass Brown (FL) Castro (TX) Beatty Brownley (CA) Chu, Judy which equates to about one death every help those in poor communities have Becerra Bustos Cicilline 13 minutes. That is the same mortality resonated with the American people Bera Butterfield Clark (MA) rate as breast cancer. and invigorated Catholic communities Beyer Capps Clarke (NY) There is no known cure for pul- Bishop (GA) Capuano Clay throughout our country. Blumenauer Ca´ rdenas Cleaver monary fibrosis. There is no known I am eager for the Pope to see the Bonamici Carney Clyburn treatment to extend the life of a pa- United States of America, her people at

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A17SE7.032 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 17, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6123 work and play, and I look forward to DEFUNDING PLANNED better future for our kids, if we want to his visit and his words of inspiration to PARENTHOOD protect the communities in which we the people’s House where the govern- (Mr. YOUNG of Indiana asked and live, then we need to confront the ment for and by the people is practiced was given permission to address the threats of climate change. daily. House for 1 minute.) f Mr. YOUNG of Indiana. Mr. Speaker, INTERNATIONAL COASTAL f I rise today as a father of four, a reg- CLEANUP DAY ular dad who loves my children more (Mr. CURBELO of Florida asked and PLANNED PARENTHOOD than I love my own life. I know I speak was given permission to address the (Mr. MULVANEY asked and was for millions when I say that my wife, House for 1 minute and to revise and given permission to address the House Jenny, and I fell in love with our chil- extend his remarks.) for 1 minute.) dren before they were even born. Mr. CURBELO of Florida. Mr. Speak- Mr. MULVANEY. Mr. Speaker, as the It is this love for my children that er, I rise to recognize Saturday, Sep- House prepares next week to take up a led me to the pro-life movement, to tember 19, as International Coastal discussion about Planned Parenthood, I serve on the board of directors of a cri- Cleanup Day. I encourage everyone na- want to speak very briefly to what the sis pregnancy center, to offer free legal tionwide to participate by visiting a debate is not about. It is not about services for those who want to adopt. local beach and assisting with this spe- women’s health. It is in this spirit of love, informed cial event. The proposal that many of us are by powerful life experiences, that I rise Ocean pollution is a serious problem making to this House is that we simply today in strong support of legislation that negatively impacts wildlife, hu- take this money away from Planned to defund Planned Parenthood. mans, and our economy, including Parenthood and move it to federally Now, Hoosiers have made it clear. many small-business owners. Debris qualified healthcare clinics, clinics They should not be forced to violate found in ocean water and on shores is that provide better services and more their own conscience so that Planned detrimental to aquatic life and has the services to women. There are 13,000 of Parenthood can continue to operate. potential to injure water sports enthu- these clinics versus 900 Planned Par- Given the light that has recently siasts and beachgoers, as well as de- enthood units, services that go to been shed on Planned Parenthood’s stroy boats and their propellers. In 2012, more than 10 million pounds women that Planned Parenthood does gruesome practices and procedures, can of trash were collected by 500,000 volun- not provide. we not agree that taxpayers shouldn’t teers in 97 countries. Earlier this year, Planned Parenthood does not do have to foot the bill for these atroc- my staff and I spent a morning clean- mammograms; the clinics do. This de- ities? ing up the beaches on Stock Island in bate is not about women’s health care, Now, if the best argument on the the Florida Keys and saw just how and anyone who wants you to believe other side is that eliminating taxpayer much trash washes ashore. that it is, is simply afraid to tell you subsidies for Planned Parenthood would create access problems, that is Unfortunately, this amount is just a what it is really about, which is wheth- snapshot of an even larger problem. er or not we should give taxpayer just not the case. The 73 federally qualified health centers, 63 rural clin- Though International Coastal Cleanup money to an entity that sells pieces of Day happens annually, it is important dead children. ics, and 24 community health centers in the State of Indiana, all of which that we make a stronger effort to pro- provide women vital health services tect our beaches more than once a f without providing abortions, prove oth- year. erwise. f THE FIVE MERCENARIES Theirs is an empty argument, one I PLANNED PARENTHOOD (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was would encourage my colleagues, as a (Mr. WALKER asked and was given given permission to address the House matter of integrity, to put to rest. permission to address the House for 1 for 1 minute.) Let’s free Americans from participa- minute and to revise and extend his re- Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, ear- tion in this morally reprehensible prac- tice. marks.) lier this year, Secretary of Defense Ash Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, in Amer- Carter stunned Congress and the coun- f ica, the practice of abortion is now re- try when he admitted that the admin- THREATS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ferred to as women’s health care. Yes, istration’s $500 million program to in the 21st century, even with all the train and equip so-called moderate (Mr. KILMER asked and was given science, we refuse to ask the question: Syrian rebels had resulted in the train- permission to address the House for 1 What about the baby? ing of 60 individuals. The original goal minute.) The cavalier spirit and the cold- was to have 5,000 within the first year, Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, I rise as a hearted callousness in taking a live but they only had 60. member of the Safe Climate Caucus to baby and then cutting into her face to The information gets worse. Today, note the extraordinary damage done by retrieve fresh body parts—can you most of those 60 mercenaries have been wildfires in Washington State this imagine the national outrage if we killed, captured, or just gone missing. summer. were carving up puppies in the same Mr. Speaker, where, oh, where have It is a fact that our climate is chang- manner? the fighters gone? Where, oh, where ing. We just had one of the driest We don’t condemn these young moth- could they be? Have they gone to fight springs and summers in more than a ers who have been convinced that no with the enemy—which just leaves us century that led to trees and vegeta- other options exist; yet we will be neg- how many? It is four or five, according tion becoming kindling for the massive ligent if we stand silent over the atroc- to General Austin. Four or five fighters fires that we have seen. ities of an abortion mill that goes by for a cost of $500 million, is that the The largest wildfire in our State’s the name Planned Parenthood. Wheth- plan for the war in Syria to defeat history hit central Washington, forcing er you are pro-life or not, surely, most ISIS? thousands to flee and putting fire- Americans are appalled by the idea The lack of a plan in Syria has cre- fighters in harm’s way. We have a wild- that our tax dollars are funneled to ated chaos. Thousands of people have fire that continues to smolder in Olym- this organization. panicked and are running from the pic National Park, a rain forest. From I cannot look the other way. It is my Syrian turmoil. The U.S. needs to lead. Washington to California, brave emer- belief, and I am thoroughly convinced Expecting five mercenaries to defeat gency responders have spent this sum- that this is no longer a political issue. ISIS is disgraceful. The United States mer on the front lines, battling flames, This is about a human rights violation needs an aggressive strategy to defeat with no signs of abating. that parallels other barbaric times the enemy of civilization, ISIS. I believe it is time we pay attention throughout history. Ultimately, we And that is just the way it is. to these warning signs. If we want a will stand before almighty God.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:32 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17SE7.070 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6124 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 17, 2015 The Psalmist David wrote: b 1745 We are going to fund the government For You, God, formed my inward parts. FUNDING PLANNED PARENTHOOD at the levels the Democrats agreed to, You wove me together in my mother’s womb. Republicans agreed to, the levels out- I praise You because I am fearfully and won- (Mr. WILLIAMS asked and was given lined in the Ryan-Murray plan. We are derfully made. permission to address the House for 1 going to fund it. minute and to revise and extend his re- f We are going to do one change, marks.) though, one simple, but important, PLANNED PARENTHOOD Mr. WILLIAMS. Mr. Speaker, the change: Take the money from the orga- question we must ask ourselves today (Mr. FLEMING asked and was given nization engaged in the gruesome, hor- in light of recent revelations: Why does permission to address the House for 1 rific things that Planned Parenthood Congress insist on giving half a billion minute.) was caught doing and give it to organi- dollars of the taxpayer money to an or- Mr. FLEMING. Mr. Speaker, graphic zations that weren’t doing that and ganization that has such disregard for videos, personal testimony, and verbal still meet women’s health needs. That human life? assent reveal the true colors of simple fact. The same levels, but move Considering the budget constraints Planned Parenthood. it from the bad organization to good currently imposed on our military, There is probable cause to believe organizations. why are the American people’s hard- that America’s largest abortion pro- It is that basic. That is what this de- earned money being diverted to vider is altering abortion procedures to bate is about, and that is what the Planned Parenthood, which reports obtain uncrushed baby body parts; is American people want us to do. more than $127 million in excess rev- performing partial-birth abortions; and f enue and more than $1 billion in net as- is selling baby hearts, brains, and other sets? TAXPAYER DOLLARS SHOULD NOT fetal specimens for monetary value. When I was back home in Texas dur- SUPPORT TRAFFICKING OF This is atrocious. ing the August recess, I had the pleas- ABORTED FETAL TISSUE Planned Parenthood staff doesn’t ure of visiting the Austin Pregnancy (Mr. CARTER of Georgia asked and want to lowball fees for baby body Resource Center, a model women’s was given permission to address the parts, and third parties are drooling health organization that can and House for 1 minute.) over intact unborn children. It is un- should lead by example. Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Mr. Speak- imaginable how one can camouflage The APRC does a lot to support wom- er, we have known for some time that the humanity of a clinician’s an- en’s health and provide guidance on ac- Planned Parenthood is the largest pro- nouncement of ‘‘another boy’’ and cessing women’s health services. The vider of abortions in this country. watch a baby’s beating heart just be- APRC’s slogan of building the culture What we didn’t know until recently fore harvesting the baby’s brain to sell; of life is one that we should all be able was just how vile and disgusting they yet Federal funding continues to pour to get behind, but there are many pro- are willing to be in the trafficking of unabashed, unabated into the coffers of life women’s health organizations like fetal tissue and the body parts of the Planned Parenthood, America’s num- APRC that take no Federal dollars. unborn. ber one killer of unborn babies. This Even so, some of my colleagues pre- These actions uncovered from these must stop. fer to continue to send taxpayer dollars videos have given the whole world in- Mr. Speaker, I do not support this al- to Planned Parenthood, an organiza- sight into the inexcusable and horrific lotment of taxpayer dollars and will tion that takes in money from aborted culture at Planned Parenthood. The vote against any spending bill that fetal parts, an organization that alters heartlessness displayed represents an funds Planned Parenthood. abortion procedures so they can har- unraveling of the very moral fabric of f vest organs, an organization that, our country. The passage of the two bills before us frankly, rips off the Federal Govern- PLANNED PARENTHOOD is the appropriate action to address ment. (Mr. PEARCE asked and was given Planned Parenthood’s illegal actions. Not only are the alleged actions of Taxpayer dollars should not be going permission to address the House for 1 Planned Parenthood illegal under Fed- minute and to revise and extend his re- to the killing of unborn babies. Tax- eral law, they are morally reprehen- payer dollars should not go to organi- marks.) sible. Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Speaker, a nation, zations like Planned Parenthood that I am disgusted that an organization support the practice of abortion and like an individual, is judged by the way that is involved in such repulsive activ- it speaks for those who can’t speak for trafficking of aborted fetal tissue. ity would promote itself as a protector I encourage my colleagues to support themselves and by the way it treats of women’s health. It is beyond hypo- these two bills and to support precious, those without total capacities. critical. It is deceitful and I believe innocent lives of the unborn. It is in this regard that our Founders fraudulent. brought this Nation together with the When I first ran for Congress, I prom- f core principles of life, liberty, and the ised that I would vote with my con- DEFUNDING PLANNED PARENT- pursuit of happiness—life being the science and use God’s word as my HOOD WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON first of those. guide. For this reason, earlier I called WOMEN’S HEALTH It is a constitutional requirement for an end to Federal funding for (Mr. LABRADOR asked and was that I think that we have to speak for Planned Parenthood. given permission to address the House the unborn. When we see the atrocities In God we trust. for 1 minute and to revise and extend in the videos, the callousness of the or- f his remarks.) ganization that is trafficking in body Mr. LABRADOR. Mr. Speaker, I want MISINFORMATION ON THE parts from dead babies, we should react to make it clear that this is not simply PLANNED PARENTHOOD DEBATE in horror and remove the funding for an issue of whether Planned Parent- that. (Mr. JORDAN asked and was given hood broke the law by selling fetal The greatest argument the other side permission to address the House for 1 body parts obtained through abortions. puts up is that they provide women minute and to revise and extend his re- The real tragedy we are confronted other services. This chart shows the marks.) with today is that human beings have Planned Parenthood locations in New Mr. JORDAN. Mr. Speaker, the Con- been reduced to mere commodities in Mexico versus those providing other gressman from South Carolina (Mr. this practice, and Federal dollars are services. We simply seek to move the MULVANEY) is exactly right. There is contributing to it. funding from them to here. all kinds of misinformation about this I do not want to contribute to a sys- The coverage from our State is much Planned Parenthood debate. The big- tem that profits from someone’s fate broader and much better and would be gest line is this: We are headed to a nor do I want to subject millions of a voice for those unborn who can’t government shutdown. Are you kidding taxpayers to supporting this violation scream out for their own sake. me? of life.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17SE7.071 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 17, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6125 It is often a temptation to boil this Millions of taxpayer dollars have sup- mond industry employs over 100,000 argument down to medical terms and ported the horrific practice of allowing people and brings in $21 billion to the ignore the real losses our Nation faces babies to be taken apart, dismantled, State each year. when we choose to reject someone be- and sold piece by piece. In addition to being scapegoats on fore he or she has been given the In response, House investigations are water, they also face a potential $4 bil- chance to live. underway, and more needs to be done lion loss if the European Union chooses For this reason, I do not support to protect our most vulnerable citi- not to extend the maximum residue funding Planned Parenthood and its zens. levels allowed on fosetyl-aluminum. tragic influence on our Nation’s future. H.R. 3134 restores trust for American This chemical is not even used in al- Defunding Planned Parenthood will taxpayers. It provides more funding for monds and poses no health risk. Inac- have no effect on women’s health. In qualified health centers that offer pedi- tion to extend this MRL will prevent the State of Idaho alone, there are 76 atric care, immunizations, mammo- almonds from being exported into the federally qualified health centers, and grams, and more lifesaving healthcare EU, depressing prices worldwide. only 3 Planned Parenthood facilities. services that protect mother and child. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to ask Sec- Women can and will receive health These better options are worthy of retary Vilsack and the USDA to stand care in these facilities. taxpayer funding and will make a posi- up for California and our agriculture f tive difference for women and children and help obtain this critical extension. across our country. CONSTITUENTS SICKENED BY f PLANNED PARENTHOOD VIDEOS f PLANNED PARENTHOOD TARGETS (Mr. PERRY asked and was given PROTECT THE SANCTITY OF LIFE MINORITY COMMUNITIES FOR permission to address the House for 1 (Mr. CARTER of Texas asked and was DESTRUCTION minute and to revise and extend his re- given permission to address the House (Mr. HUELSKAMP asked and was marks.) for 1 minute and to revise and extend given permission to address the House Mr. PERRY. Mr. Speaker, debate his remarks.) for 1 minute and to revise and extend over funding for Planned Parenthood Mr. CARTER of Texas. Mr. Speaker, his remarks.) has nothing to do with women’s health I rise today in support of the two Mr. HUELSKAMP. Mr. Speaker, I care. I think we have just heard that pieces of legislation aimed at fighting would like to ask this House, indeed on a couple counts. evil and protecting the sanctity of life. ask the American people: Do you be- Constituents on both sides are I have seen the horrendous videos lieve your taxpayer dollars should be sickened and disgusted by the Planned showing the grotesque practice of har- used to fund racism? Do you think your Parenthood videos, videos that show vesting and selling preborn baby body hard-earned taxpayer dollars should be officials discussing the killing of babies parts that Planned Parenthood execu- used to target minority communities? and harvesting of their organs like tives now condone and encourage. This Mr. Speaker, I have adopted children. they were car parts out of a salvage evil practice must stop. They don’t look like me. They look yard. Taxpayers should not be responsible like average Americans of various eth- American taxpayers are the single for funding an organization that aborts nic minority backgrounds. largest funder of Planned Parenthood, babies, negotiates deals to sell body Without a doubt, if you look at over $500 million last year alone. No parts, and lets babies that have sur- Planned Parenthood’s history, as well American should ever be forced, under vived abortion be left to die on the op- as its current practices, they target penalty of imprisonment, mind you—if erating table. minority communities for destruction you don’t pay your taxes, you are going As a former judge, I have dealt with and elimination. to go to jail—to support this activity countless murder cases, and this is That is the history of Margaret San- with their tax dollars, period. murder in my book. Planned Parent- ger. That is the history of Planned Par- I am a husband, a father to two little hood received 40 percent of their total enthood. That is the history that is girls, a son, and a friend who cares revenue from taxpayers. being funded. deeply about women’s health care, How much longer are we going to That is the current day practice of everybody’s health care. That said, I permit Planned Parenthood to murder Planned Parenthood, to target minor- cannot and I will not support the dis- on the taxpayer dime? ity communities with abortion, with memberment and sale of the body parts Rest assured, the House is con- destruction, with elimination. of infants. ducting an investigation on Planned Without a doubt, in my mind, I think I cannot in good conscience, I can’t Parenthood. We will do everything in in the mind of the American people, it in any conscience, support legislation our power to hold these criminals ac- is time to stop funding racism with our that funds disgusting actions of those countable for their actions. tax dollars. who conduct that practice. I implore my colleagues to support f these two bills and protect the sanctity f CONGRESS SHOULD NOT BE AN of life before and after birth. THE RIGHTS OF THE UNBORN ARE ACCESSORY TO CRIMINAL ACTIV- BEING VIOLATED f ITY (Mr. MOOLENAAR asked and was STAND UP FOR CALIFORNIA’S (Mr. GOHMERT asked and was given given permission to address the House ALMOND INDUSTRY permission to address the House for 1 for 1 minute.) (Mr. LAMALFA asked and was given minute.) Mr. MOOLENAAR. Mr. Speaker, on permission to address the House for 1 Mr. GOHMERT. Mr. Speaker, there social media, a new generation of par- minute and to revise and extend his re- are those who say you shouldn’t shut ents and grandparents are sharing the marks.) down the government. We are not joy of new life, posting pictures of baby Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, the going to shut down the government. bumps and sonograms for friends and California almond industry has shoul- We are going to fund the government. family to view. dered the brunt of the drought finger- And I am hoping that we are actually Now more than ever, it is easier to pointing over the last year. going to fund women’s health with see and understand that an unborn The reality is that almond trees use more money than what the President child in the womb is a person with tiny about the same, if not less, the amount or the Democrats were pushing for to toes and fingers and a heartbeat, cre- of water of any fruit or nut in the be given to Planned Parenthood. ated equal and entitled to unalienable State of California. In the history of Planned Parent- rights. It is like the old story of the frog in hood, they have never, ever, ever done However, recent events have dem- the pot of boiling water. If the pot has one mammogram because they are not onstrated that these rights are being no water, then you have no frog nor ag- certified to do mammograms. They violated and that the public’s trust has riculture in California. We need to bring people in and refer them out to been betrayed. build water storage. That said, our al- get their mammograms.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17SE7.073 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6126 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 17, 2015 I have been married for 37 years to Let’s define what we are talking islation and remove taxpayer funding the same woman, and I have three about here. This is a baby approxi- of abortion in the spending bills before daughters. I want good women’s health mately 16 weeks after the moment of us in Congress. That is our duty in the care. Let’s fund it, but let’s give it di- conception. Human life begins at con- U.S. House of Representatives. rectly to the facilities that will do the ception. This is a baby. We control spending in this Chamber. mammograms and not send it to Some would like to define it as some- No one can tell us what to do. We rep- Planned Parenthood for them to take thing else—call it anything but a baby. resent the people in the districts that their cut. They will call it a fetus, a blob of tis- voted us into office. I am calling on the When you pay for the rent and the sue, cells; but they do not want to call folks in this Chamber and in America utilities and you know there is crimi- this little boy or girl a baby. However, to support the defunding of Planned nal activity going on, you are an acces- you couldn’t sell baby body parts, such Parenthood now. sory. Congress should not be an acces- as lungs, hearts, livers, as Planned Par- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance sory. enthood was caught doing, unless it of my time. f was a baby. f This is a baby. This is what he or she PLANNED PARENTHOOD WILDFIRES AND FOREST looks like. This is what taxpayers in The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. MANAGEMENT this country—you, the taxpayers—are MCCLINTOCK). Under the Speaker’s an- being forced to pay for, the killing of The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under nounced policy of January 6, 2015, the this baby and the buying or selling of the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. her body parts. That is wrong. That is uary 6, 2015, the gentleman from Ar- MOONEY) is recognized for 60 minutes what we are standing against here in kansas (Mr. WESTERMAN) is recognized as the designee of the majority leader. for the remainder of the hour as the Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. Mr. the U.S. House of Representatives, and designee of the majority leader. Speaker, I rise today to voice my deep- we need your support in this. est concerns for the health and safety The Federal Government needs to GENERAL LEAVE of the women, children, all babies, and stop enabling this black market busi- Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I families in our great country. ness immediately. That is why I have ask unanimous consent that all Mem- Recent undercover videos by The cosponsored several pieces of legisla- bers may have 5 legislative days in Center for Medical Progress unearthed tion to make sure that the taxpayers which to revise and extend their re- some of the most alarming information and thousands of unborn children are marks and include extraneous mate- that has been hidden from the Amer- protected from the activities and hor- rials on the topic of my Special Order. ican people for years. These videos rendous actions of Planned Parenthood The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. deeply disturb me, and I know I am not and other abortion providers. MOONEY of West Virginia). Is there ob- alone. H.R. 3134, the Defund Planned Par- jection to the request of the gentleman The practices uncovered in the enthood Act of 2015, simply prohibits from Arkansas? Planned Parenthood videos are repul- funding of Planned Parenthood for a There was no objection. sive. I never dreamed I would be stand- year to allow for a full congressional Mr. WESTERMAN. Mr. Speaker, I ing before this body questioning if our investigation to take place. rise today to draw attention to own government is a willing enabler in H.R. 3197, the Protecting Life and wildfires and forest management. the profiteering from the buying and Taxpayers Act of 2015—this bill will Recent headlines show that our for- selling of aborted baby parts. prohibit Federal funding of an entity ests are in terrible shape: 8.8 million It is wrong that Planned Parenthood that performs abortions, including acres have burned this year; $250 mil- continues to do as it pleases and that Planned Parenthood. lion was recently transferred from for- the American taxpayers are H.R. 3215, the End Trafficking of the est management accounts to fight bankrolling that organization. We are Terminated Unborn Act of 2015—this fires, announced last week. spending $450 million a year funding bill will prohibit any transfer of fetal Emergency fire spending has already Planned Parenthood. tissue from aborted babies for a pur- topped $700 million this year and is That is why I sent a letter along with pose other than disposal. This will pre- still growing. We have a problem that 134 of my colleagues in the House of vent both publicly and privately funded is greatly decreasing and impairing the Representatives on July 27 that calls research involving the remains of un- value of our forest for the next genera- for a full investigation into Planned born children who were aborted. tion. Parenthood by the Justice Depart- Finally, my bill, H.R. 816, the Life At I worked with colleagues on both ment. Conception Act, would define life at sides of the aisle to pass H.R. 2647, the Mr. Speaker, I speak for the people the moment of conception, which is a Resilient Federal Forests Act, back in that I am blessed to represent from the biological fact. July. This bill was supported from Second Congressional District in West The abortion issue, actually, in this Maine to Alaska by Democrats and Re- Virginia. I am here to say that tax- bill defunding Planned Parenthood— publicans. The bill ends the destructive payers should not fund abortions. Sup- which our goal is to defund Planned practice of fire borrowing in a fiscally porters of Planned Parenthood contin- Parenthood—does not actually stop responsible manner. It creates a sub- ually point to other services that they abortion. I wish we could. Abortion is account under the Stafford Act for provide. the taking of a human life. wildfire. This ensures that resources to There is precisely one Planned Par- Defund Planned Parenthood is simply put out major fires are available when enthood provider in all of West Vir- saying that taxpayers should not be necessary. ginia, located in Vienna, less than an forced to pay for those abortions. That This week, the Obama administra- hour outside of my district, right here. is a widely accepted view of the major- tion publicly called on the Congress to One. Does it even provide mammo- ity of Americans, even those who may fix fire borrowing. While I appreciate grams? No, it does not. disagree with us pro-life advocates on the President’s interest, I agree with b 1800 the abortion issue. Many people think him that we need to fix fire borrowing. However, we have more than 300 fed- that abortion shouldn’t be funded with I applaud the 19 Democrats who voted erally certified women’s care facilities taxpayer dollars. for H.R. 2647 that fixes fire borrowing. in West Virginia that do provide these All of these bills are crucial to mak- Fixing fire borrowing alone won’t essential services. Taxpayers should ing sure that the American taxpayer is solve the problem. Fixing fire bor- not be forced to fund abortions through no longer footing the bill or condoning rowing alone simply is treating a Planned Parenthood. We should defund the barbaric practices of Planned Par- symptom instead of a disease. It is like that organization from taxpayer fund- enthood or any other organization like putting on a bandaid without cleaning ing dollars right now. them that traffics in aborted baby body out the wound. Senior officials—on camera—were parts. Again, the House passed this bipar- caught admitting to unethical, illegal I hope my colleagues will join me in tisan legislation back in July. We activities in the selling of body parts. voting for these four vital pieces of leg- could be fixing these problems now, but

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If of an area is reforested after a cata- I want to take a moment and look at the plaintiff loses, they pay the tax- strophic event on our national forests. what the Resilient Federal Forests Act payer’s legal bills. If they win, they get This bill requires that 75 percent refor- does. We already talked about fire bor- their money back. estation takes place within 5 years. rowing, but it also prevents future This bill also aids in better land man- This will revitalize our forests that are fires. agement planning. In the words of destroyed by fire or other natural H.R. 2647 gives the Forest Service the former U.S. Forest Service chief Dale events. tools it needs to better manage our na- Bosworth: ‘‘We do not have a fire prob- When we reforest an area, we have tional forests immediately after its lem on our Nation’s forests; we have a young trees that grow fast and seques- passage. Our forests are overgrown, and land management problem. And it ter carbon faster than older, fully therefore, they are fire prone. Fighting needs to be addressed quickly.’’ grown trees. If we want to sequester fires doesn’t prevent future fires. That Delayed decisionmaking or, even more carbon, then we should be plant- is why we need better management. worse, no decisionmaking at all, is ing more trees. We should demand that Scientific thinning helps prevents fu- hurting our forests. Forests are dy- we reforest our land after the timber is ture fires. namic. They are a living, growing orga- destroyed in one of these catastrophic I would like to show some photo- nism. When we say no action, we are events. graphs from a forest in my home State actually taking action. Since forests We have to stop playing politics, and of Arkansas. To some, this may look are not static, scientific analysis we need to pass this bill. like a healthy, thriving forest because should not be static. This bill creates greater roles for the you see trees and you see a lot of This bill requires the Forest Service tribes. Oftentimes, the Federal Govern- greenery, but I am a forester, and when to critically analyze the impacts of no ment does not collaborate and work to- action, which often are overgrowth, in- I look at that, I see an overstock stand gether with those who have expertise creased wildfire, and diseases. In- of trees. I see too much undergrowth. I in forest health. This bill brings in creases in future wildfire problems are see too much dead and dying material State and tribal governments as strong often caused because of poor land man- on the forest floor. This is not a partners in forest management. agement. It makes it difficult for refor- healthy forest, but this happens to be a It gives the Forest Service the au- estation, ultimately decreasing and control site in the middle of a healthy thority to accept assistance from impairing the value of forests. forest. States willing to put money toward This bill sets up requirements for sal- forest management. Next, I want to show how we get to a vage plans in response to catastrophic healthy forest on this particular side. events. It requires environmental as- b 1815 This area has been thinned, and there sessments for salvage projects to be It also reinforces existing tribal au- is controlled burns taking place. These completed within 90 days so that tim- thority to assist in the management of burns take place on intervals of 3 to 5 ber can be removed while it is still national forest land adjacent to res- years. They not only make the forest commercially valuable. ervations. better to withstand potential forest The USDA completed post-Hurricane The Resilient Federal Forests Act fires; they also create better wildlife Katrina NEPA on the De Soto National modernizes secure rural schools. This habitat. The biodiversity in this forest Forest within 90 days. They expedited is an issue that is very important in goes through the roof when these kind it. They were successful at that. As a my district. We have many rural areas of management practices are put in result, 80 percent of the timber was near our national forests, and the place. We get healthy trees. We get an salvaged that was in moderate to heav- schools are hurting because of the de- early successional habitat that is good ily damaged areas. creased funding because we are not for wildlife. It also is good for the soil; The management actions laid out in keeping our forests healthy. it is good for water quality, and it is this bill must comply with forest plans. Rural communities not only depend good for air quality. It is not taking a shortcut. Despite on our forests for their sustenance, but This last picture shows what a what some folks say, this doesn’t mean they also provide emergency services, healthy forest in my district looks thousands of acres clearcut. It doesn’t education, and support for the forests like. These trees are thriving. This is mean destruction of snag habitats that and residents who live near the forests. an early growth not too long after a often become available after a large As forests lose value, communities suf- fire. This is a great wildlife habitat. fire. fer, and they will only suffer more in The biodiversity of wildlife and plant In my home State, clearcuts are re- the future. life is much higher in this photograph stricted to 180 acres, at most. We are This bill gives counties flexibility to than what we saw in the previous pho- talking about thousands of acres of spend secure rural schools funding. It tograph. This creates a win-win situa- land that still have to follow forest allows them to spend money on emer- tion. management practices. gency services on Federal lands, and it Now, this isn’t the solution for every- This bill rewards collaboration. It puts 25 percent of stewardship con- where across the country; this is what incentivizes collaboration and speeds tracts into the county treasury where works in the forests in my district, but up the implementation of collaborative the projects occurred. there are forest managers across this projects. It safeguards a strong, timely This bill means more money for our country that know how to manage environmental review process through schools and other public services, along their forests in their particular climate categorical exclusions for forest man- with the benefits of a healthy and resil- and in their particular setting to cre- agement projects. ient forest. ate healthy forests and forests that can You may ask: What are collaborative One more time, I want to look at the withstand a fire. It would be almost projects? This is simply where local fire borrowing issue. This is one of the impossible for a forest fire to destroy land managers, environmentalists, citi- worst fire seasons we have seen. We these trees. zens, and industry representatives know what good management practices The next thing that the Resilient come up with a plan. These groups are. We know how to implement those Federal Forests Act does is it stops spend hundreds if not thousands of practices on the land. frivolous lawsuits. You may ask: Why hours working on a plan that is best for The House has acted by passing H.R. do we need to stop frivolous lawsuits? their local area. Why wouldn’t we en- 2647, the Resilient Federal Forests Act. Well, frivolous lawsuits hinder forest courage this sort of compromise? It solves fire borrowing. It completely plans that are developed locally, using This bill encourages more collabo- reforms current bad management prac- science, best management practices, rative projects. Passing this bill shows tices. And this is isn’t just me saying

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That groups that have endorsed this bill. fire then gets the push from the wind brings the Federal spending total so far Here is a list of just a few of them: the and grows from 300 or 800 acres to 10,000 this year on firefighting to $700 mil- Forest Products Industry National to 30,000 acres is, again, a natural con- lion, money that, though we agree, Labor Management Committee, the clusion to the management policies of needs to fight fire this year, could sure- Congressional Sportsmen’s Founda- this Forest Service. ly be used better if we properly man- tion, the National Association of Coun- It is time for us to revise the way our aged forests in the future. ties, the National Association of Forest forests are managed. Mr. WESTERMAN This bill will end the borrowing by Service Retirees, the National Water has a bill that is exactly right, H.R. funding fires, as we do hurricanes, Resources Association, the Inter- 2647, and we should pass that bill, and earthquakes, and other disasters, mak- national Association of Fire Chiefs, the that process should go forward. ing them eligible for FEMA disaster United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Let’s start cleaning the excess tim- funds. Joiners of America. There are hundreds ber out of our forests. It is much sim- In California, over 1,000 homes have more that have supported this legisla- pler than what everybody wants to burned. Tens of thousands have been tion because it is good, commonsense make it. It is much simpler than the evacuated from their homes or commu- legislation that is good for our coun- Forest Service would allow. nities. Firefighters have lost their try; it is good for our forests. So again, I appreciate the fact that lives, as well as some residents now. The House has acted. It is time for you are bringing this issue up. I appre- This is a needless loss of life, needless the Senate to act. It is time for the ad- ciate the fact that you have yielded suffering in rural America. ministration to stop playing politics time. Let’s start by keeping H.R. 2647 mov- with wildfire. It is time to make H.R. Mr. WESTERMAN. I thank the gen- ing in the process through the Senate 2647 the law of the land. tleman from New Mexico. and on to the President’s desk. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman I again thank Mr. WESTERMAN for his from New Mexico (Mr. PEARCE). from California (Mr. LAMALFA). leadership and allowing me to speak on Mr. PEARCE. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. LAMALFA. Mr. Speaker, I wish this important topic here tonight. the gentleman for yielding and for to express thanks to the gentleman Mr. WESTERMAN. I thank the gen- bringing this subject up. It is a subject from Arkansas (Mr. WESTERMAN) for tleman from California. that all of us in the West deal with leading this discussion tonight. It is Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman every year. very important to many of us in rural from Montana (Mr. ZINKE). A couple of years ago, we had Tom America. Mr. ZINKE. I thank the gentleman. Tidwell in New Mexico. He was there at Of course, my district, which in- Mr. Speaker, I rise in support to re- a time when the Forest Service was in cludes seven national forests, has expe- mind my colleagues in the Senate that the process of burning down 255 homes rienced increasingly devastating forest the Western United States is on fire. in Ruidoso. The fire almost burned fires caused by overgrown, mis- We don’t have time for inaction and completely out of control and burned managed, or even nonmanaged forests, more political pandering. the entire town down. That is what the and has been economically strangled The House has passed the Resilient agency was surprised and frightened by restrictions on forest management. Federal Forests Act, which includes by. Our Nation has already lost over 81⁄2 vital reforms that can be implemented These fires are caused by a lack of million acres to wildfire, and the year tomorrow if our colleagues in the Sen- management. And instead of address- isn’t yet over. We are on pace to exceed ate take the bill up. ing the problem by reducing the num- the record of 10 million acres burned So why don’t we do what is right for ber of trees in the forests, the Forest back in 2006, and that is not a record America? Why don’t we come together Service is saying, and Tom Tidwell we want to break. and move the bill? himself said, that our policy is going to Our rural communities, public lands, This wildfire season has been one of be to reintroduce fire into its natural and the environment are being de- the worst in the last 10 years, and it habitat. stroyed through neglect. The habitat is has had enormous cost. Despite the Introducing fire into the forest at gone, erosion into our lakes and water- cooler conditions in Montana, we have this stage, with the years of no atten- ways goes unchecked, and the people’s 35 fires that are continuing to burn, a tion, with the years of fuel buildup, asset, the value of the trees, is wasted. total of 334,000 acres gone. That is with the decades of drought that have In light of Forest Service surveys equivalent to 522 miles, square miles. put them in an explosive position in finding that over 12 million Sierra Ne- Two-thirds of this acreage belongs to much of the West, is absolute lunacy. vada trees have died in the last year, the public, our national forests. And yet this was the highest ranking we cannot afford to wait another year. And it is not just the physical dam- Forest Service employee saying that That is why we need Mr. age. We lost four firefighters in Wash- we need to reintroduce fire into the WESTERMAN’s bill, H.R. 2647, which will ington, four that paid the sacrifice wild. return active management to our for- fighting forest fires, and we have to re- I am sorry, but we need to clean up ests by increasing flexibility, cutting member that. the forest first, then the fire can keep red tape, and, most importantly, acting I was at a fire in Glacier National the forest healthy—but not until then. to manage forests before fires occur, Park. It was a reburn from a fire that These raging wildfires are a natural not afterwards. occurred in 2003. The reburn happened conclusion to the management policies Streamlining review process means to occur because of a threat of a law- for the past decades, and so we can’t that forest management can occur suit which prevented the Forest Serv- start and act like that policy has not when it is actually needed to address ice from doing the right thing. What been in place. dangerous conditions, not after years they wanted to do was salvage timber. Another policy that the Forest Serv- of legal roadblocks. But because there was standing timber, ice is engaged in is letting fire achieve Allowing categorical exclusions for ground crews couldn’t get at it. And management objectives. If I were to post-fire salvage and rehabilitation when ground crews couldn’t get it, that take a look at, say, one of the large hastens forest recovery and prevents means they had to fly aircraft at $3,000 fires out in Grant County, in the Gila fuel buildup that can contribute to fu- an hour to put out the fire. That is Wilderness area of New Mexico, you ture fires. wrong. It is wrong for Montana, and it can see the daily reports where they Expanding local involvement in for- is wrong for America. are talking about, well, the fire is 300 est management will improve the data I know the firsthand value of our acres, it is 600 acres, and it is achieving and know-how available for planning natural resources. I am a conserva- its management objective. and also respect local priorities. tionist. But I also know the value of Well, there is one truth about New Finally, the budget impact of forest tourism in Montana. I also know the Mexico: If the wind is not blowing neglect can no longer be ignored. Just value of clean air. And when the smoke today, it is going to blow tomorrow. this week, the Forest Service diverted in Montana—which people travel all Letting those fires go, while they are yet another $250 million from forest the way from across this country and

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I urge the Senate to management problem at the source. most of the damage has been in Wash- take it up. Former Chief of the Forest Service, ington, Oregon, Idaho, and northern I thank the gentleman from Arkan- Dale Bosworth, his quote before the California. sas for his thoughtful contribution to hearing was: ‘‘We do not have a fire You heard the gentleman from north- the Congress of the United States by problem . . . we have a land manage- ern California earlier talk about the serving here. Mr. WESTERMAN. I thank the gen- ment problem.’’ number of houses that have been de- tlewoman from Wyoming for her com- stroyed; the lives that have been dis- This isn’t from a political member. ments, and I also thank her for point- rupted; the wildlife that has been de- This is from a scientist. And yes, we ing out that forest management is dif- stroyed; the habitat that has been de- need more scientists in the woods and ferent in different parts of the country. less lawyers. stroyed; the carbon that has gone up in We have trained forestry profes- That is why I am proud of what we the air and the illness that that has sionals all over this country. We have did in the House on H.R. 2647. We caused; the watersheds that are de- good people working for the Forest passed it back in July because we saw stroyed; the oxygen that is destroyed Service that know how to do the right this problem coming, and so we crafted when you have ash running down hill- job, but their hands are tied. They a solution. That is what we are all sent sides into streams, choking the oxygen can’t use the things that they have here to do. We were sent here for solu- out of the water, killing the fish. learned in forestry school. They can’t tions, to look at the challenges ahead The habitat destruction, the effects use the things that they have learned and make a difference. on people and ungulates and fish and through practice. They can’t practice So this bill addresses both the fire resources, it is irresponsible. We have a the art of forestry and the science of borrowing problem and the practices stewardship obligation for these lands. forestry because of policy here in that have created the crisis that we We know how to manage these lands. Washington, D.C. now, unfortunately, have to bear. It This doesn’t need to be happening. We need to untie their hands so that does address lawsuits that are frivo- Representative WESTERMAN is a pro- they can implement these management lous. The number one expense in the fessional forester and an engineer. He procedures on the land to make it Forest Service is fighting forest fires, has spent his career studying the healthier. Number two is litigation, and if they science of doing this right. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman have any money left, then that is what I have a photograph here of an exam- from California (Mr. MCCLINTOCK). they use for management. ple of how to do this right. He showed Mr. MCCLINTOCK. Mr. Speaker, I Why are we spending, this fire sea- us some earlier from his State of Ar- want to begin by thanking Congress- son, over $600 million in August alone? kansas. I want to show you how his man WESTERMAN for organizing this Don’t we all agree that $600 million can methodology works in the Black Hills Special Order tonight and for his indis- be better utilized by preventing forest that straddle the border between South pensable work on the Natural Re- fires, by restoring habitat, by pro- Dakota and Wyoming. sources Committee and its Sub- viding better public access, better rec- You can’t see this terribly clearly, committee on Federal Lands. Mr. WESTERMAN is a professional for- reational activities and opportunities but if you look at this vibrant green in ester, schooled at Yale University, on our public lands? the middle and compare it to the which the founder of the U.S. Forest Unfortunately, we have lost this fire browns and yellows that you see down Service, Gifford Pinchot, did so much season, and still it burns. here—Black Hills National Forest— that has been thinned, that has been to shape. Unfortunately, the Senate won’t take Mr. WESTERMAN’s H.R. 2647 rep- forested, that has been conservation up the bill. My fellow Montanan Sen- resents the first step toward restoring logged. ator STEVE DAINES has been a loud and the sound, well-established, scientif- It has created sunlight in places that vocal advocate of this bill. He under- ically validated, and time-tested meth- were clogged and choked from sunlight. stands, and I am asking his colleagues ods that, for generations, produced It has created healthy underbrush, as to stand and do the right thing: Take healthy, thriving, and vibrant forests. the bill up. If you don’t like a provision opposed to a clogged underbrush that These forest management practices in the bill, then show leadership and burns. It has allowed wildlife to graze. prevented vegetation and wildlife from put an amendment on it and we will It allows snow to be stored and held overgrowing the ability of the land to work together to fix it. That is what longer in the forest into the spring and support them. Not only did this assure leadership does. But to sit there and very early summer before it melts and robust and healthy forests capable of not take up the bill and have no action goes downstream, thereby preventing resisting fire, disease, and pestilence, is unacceptable. flooding downstream. It is a natural but it also supported the prosperous Mr. WESTERMAN. I thank the gen- hedge against flooding. economy. tleman from Montana. We know all of this. All we have to Revenues from the sale of excess tim- Mr. Speaker, I would like to add that do is pass and implement Representa- ber provided a steady stream of reve- when we passed this bill in the House, tive WESTERMAN’s bill, and we can nues to the Treasury which could, in we put amendments on it that were of- start preventing this. turn, be used to further improve the fered by Democrats. We were open. We The day to save a tree is yesterday, public lands. listened. We wanted to do what is best but this summer, because we have ig- About 45 years ago, we replaced these for the forest. nored this problem for so long, we let 9 sound management practices with I encourage the Senate to take up million more acres go up in smoke in what can only be described as a policy this bill. If there is something you the West. of benign neglect. In 1970, Congress don’t like, let’s talk about it. But let’s I spent the entire August work period adopted the National Environmental do what is best for the forest. Let’s in my State of Wyoming. Although Wy- Policy Act that opened a floodgate of make this bill the law of the land. oming, thank God, wasn’t on fire this ponderous and Byzantine laws, regula- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- summer—it has been in the past—but I tions, and lawsuits, with the explicit woman from Wyoming (Mrs. LUMMIS). can tell you, every day, when I woke up promise that they would ‘‘save the en- on the western side of the State of Wy- vironment.’’ b 1830 oming, my eyes were burning from Well, after 45 years of these policies, Mrs. LUMMIS. I join in thanking fires that were burning hundreds of I think we are entitled to ask: How is Representative WESTERMAN for this miles west of me in Idaho, in Oregon, the environment doing?

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17SE7.079 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE H6130 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 17, 2015 Well, according to every scrap of evi- In my district, comprising the Sierra Mr. Speaker, America has already dence submitted to our subcommittee Nevada mountains in California, two lost 9 million acres in valuable forests by a broad cross-section of experts, the major forest fires are now raging. The this year. Our forests continue to burn answer is that these laws have not only Butte fire in Amador County has al- and more will be burned unless we act failed to improve the forest environ- ready killed two people, left hundreds on this legislation. I encourage my col- ment; they have catastrophically homeless, and destroyed 72,000 acres of leagues in the Senate to quickly pass harmed that environment. forest land. The Rough fire in Fresno this much-needed legislation and send Surplus timber harvested from our County has destroyed 141,000 acres, and it to the President’s desk. national forests as a result of these they are still burning tonight. Mr. WESTERMAN. I thank the gen- laws has dropped dramatically since We have exhausted our firefighting tleman from Alabama. We are from the 1980s, while acreage destroyed by budget, and, without relief, we will Southern States, but good forestry forest fire has increased concurrently have to begin stripping funds intended management is very important to us as and concomitantly. Wildlife habitats for fire prevention. well. I have about 2.5 million acres of that were supposed to be preserved are Mr. WESTERMAN’s bill would allow Federal forest in my district in Arkan- now being incinerated. these catastrophic wildfires to be fund- sas, and we want to see that land man- Precipitation that once flowed to ri- ed like every other natural disaster. aged properly. We don’t want to see it parian habitats now evaporates in Mr. Speaker, we have a very simple go up in smoke. overgrown canopies or is quickly choice. We can continue the misguided Mr. Speaker, we face a lot of conten- claimed in the fierce competition of environmental laws that, for 45 years, tious issues in this body and in Con- densely packed vegetation. We have have become responsible for the de- gress, but this shouldn’t be one of lost vast tracts of our national forests struction of hundreds of square miles them. to beetle infestations, as weakened of our national forests every year, or President Roosevelt, who was the fa- trees can no longer resist their at- we can restore the sound forest man- ther of our national forests, along with tacks. agement practices that will guarantee Gifford Pinchot, said that this is one of The U.S. Forest Service reports that healthy and resilient forests for the our most treasured natural resources. in the Tahoe Basin in my district, next generation. We need to leave it in better shape for there is now four times the vegetation This bill has already passed the the next generation than what we re- density as normal, and trees that once House. It is now sitting in the Senate, ceived it in. had room to grow and thrive now fight and it is essential that the Senate act Right now, we are not doing that. for their lives against other trees try- soon to put it on the President’s desk. This is not a partisan issue. This is ing to occupy the same ground. Mr. WESTERMAN. I thank the gen- something that we need to look at the Revenues that our forest manage- tleman from California and would also science, we need to work together, and ment agencies once produced and that like to thank the gentleman for his we need to do what is right for Amer- facilitated our forest stewardship have tireless efforts on the Natural Re- ica. We need to do what is right for for- all but dried up. This has devastated sources Committee, the chairman of ests because healthy forests create a mountain communities that once the Federal Lands Subcommittee. winning situation on many levels. This is something that—I am a fresh- thrived from the forest economy, while We get better air quality. We get bet- man, and I have been working on for a precious resources are diverted for life- ter water quality. We get a better econ- small amount of time—but he has omy. We get better wildlife habitat. We line programs like secure rural schools spent years working on this issue. I sequester more carbon. and PILT. thank him for his tireless efforts and Despite a growing population, visita- b 1845 his desire to see healthy forests not tion to our national forests has de- only in his home State but across the There is not a downside to a healthy clined significantly. We can no longer country. forest, but we have to get our act right manage lands to prevent fire or even Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman here in Washington, D.C. salvage dead timber once fire has de- from Alabama (Mr. PALMER). It is with that that I, again, plead stroyed it. Mr. PALMER. Mr. Speaker, some- with and encourage the Senate to take Appeals, lawsuits, and especially the times overlooked in the debate sur- up this issue. Let’s have a debate on it. threat of lawsuits have paralyzed and rounding wildfires is the importance of Let’s fix this and get ourselves back on demoralized the Forest Service and forestry practices intended to prevent the right path to healthy forests. We created perverse incentives to do noth- the wildfires before they start. didn’t get here overnight, and we are ing to manage our lands. The Resilient Federal Forests Act, not going to fix everything overnight, The steadily deteriorating situation authored by my friend from Arkansas but we have to start sometime. The is forcing managers to raid forest (Mr. WESTERMAN), passed the House in sooner we start, the sooner we can treatment and fire prevention funds to July with bipartisan support. Since have our forests back in a healthy con- pay for the growing costs of wildfire then, there have been multiple fires, dition and the sooner we can enjoy this suppression, creating a fiscal death spi- major fires that are raging across the national treasure that belongs to all of ral—the more we raid prevention funds, country. us in America. the more wildfires we have; the more This bill would simplify and stream- Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance wildfires we have, the more we have to line environmental process require- of my time. raid our prevention funds. ments and reduce the cost of forest f Ironically, our private forest lands management projects intended to pre- VOTE ‘‘NO’’ TO DEFUNDING are today conspicuously healthier than vent catastrophic wildfires. The bill PLANNED PARENTHOOD the public lands, precisely because the would also allow for quick removal of private lands are free from so many of dead trees to pay for reforestation The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under the laws that are tying the hands of after large fires and prevent the inci- the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- our public foresters. These laws may be dence of reburn. uary 6, 2015, the gentlewoman from making environmental law firms rich, As wildfires continue to burn in the Massachusetts (Ms. CLARK) is recog- but they are killing our national for- Western United States, with tremen- nized for 60 minutes as the designee of ests. dous costs to people and property, it is the minority leader. H.R. 2647 is the first step toward re- important to note that these fires are GENERAL LEAVE storing sound, rational, and scientific literally sending billions of dollars of Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. management of our national forests. It Federal assets up in smoke, depriving Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that streamlines fire and disease prevention State government, local government, all Members have 5 legislative days to programs and assures that fire-killed and the Federal Government of billions revise and extend their remarks and in- timber can be quickly removed to cre- in revenues not just in wood products, clude extraneous material on the sub- ate both the revenues and the room to but in recreation revenues. ject of my Special Order. restore fire-damaged lands. It protects I am a small forest owner myself. I The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there forest managers from frivolous law- understand the value of a healthy well- objection to the request of the gentle- suits. managed forest. woman from Massachusetts?

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:06 Sep 18, 2015 Jkt 049060 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 7634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K17SE7.080 H17SEPT1 emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with HOUSE September 17, 2015 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H6131 There was no objection. don’t get their way. As the gentle- really a thinly veiled extremist posi- Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. woman from Massachusetts has al- tion. What we are talking about is ex- Speaker, there has been a lot of talk ready explained, that is absolutely ri- actly as the gentlewoman from New about defunding Planned Parenthood. diculous. Jersey put it. We are talking about re- Some Republicans have made this such Rather than consider legislation that litigating rights that are established a priority that they are vowing to shut would fund repairs to our Nation’s in- under the law and that have really down our government, shut down our frastructure or invest in our schools or nothing to do with abortion. They are programs for veterans and hinder their create jobs for millions of Americans having everything to do with the way ability to access services, WIC pro- still out of work, we are considering that one in five American women re- grams serving moms and babies, cur- legislation that would cut off support ceives her health care. And Planned tail services for domestic violence, and to an organization that provides vital Parenthood not only has a huge reach close our national parks and land- health services to women and men who in the patients that they serve, but marks. might not otherwise have access. they historically serve low-income and The last Republican shutdown cost Mr. Speaker, Planned Parenthood is, underserved populations. our economy $24 billion, but many of first and foremost, an organization For example, in 2013, 78 percent of the GOP’s Presidential candidates said dedicated to women’s health. What is Planned Parenthood patients had in- in their debate just last night that more, despite the endless conservative comes of 150 percent of poverty or less. defunding Planned Parenthood is a pri- rhetoric to the contrary, Planned Par- To put that in real terms, that is an in- ority. enthood does not use a single dollar of come of a little over $36,000 dollars a We are not talking about abortion Federal funds to provide abortions. year for a family of four. So not only here. We are talking about access to This is really just a thinly veiled at- does Planned Parenthood provide crit- health care. Under current law, Federal tempt to allow Congress to regulate a ical services to low-income families, money cannot be used for the coverage woman’s uterus, and the end result but they also have a geographic reach for abortion except in the most ex- won’t be the end of very legal abor- to help ensure all patients have a treme circumstances of rape, incest, or tions. It will be the erosion of care, healthcare access point. the possibility of the death of the family planning, and medical treat- Nationwide, they represent 54 per- mother. Even though most Americans ment for thousands of women. cent of all health centers in rural disagree with that restriction and be- Wednesday’s Washington Post offered areas, medically underserved areas, lieve firmly that decisions surrounding a perfect example. It profiled a single and health provider shortage areas. pregnancy should be between a woman, Planned Parenthood clinic in Ohio, a And in some areas, they are even a her doctor, and her faith, that is not clinic that does not offer abortion serv- larger part of the healthcare system. In the law of the land currently. ices. According to The Post, that clinic Alabama, Washington, D.C., Delaware, So if we are not talking about abor- sees 7,100 patients each year, most of Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, tion, what are we talking about? What them young and poor. They administer Rhode Island, and Wyoming, they are is this threat that will be stopped by 3,400 pregnancy tests, they write 2,900 100 percent of the health centers in cutting off all Federal funding for birth control prescriptions, and they rural areas, medically underserved Planned Parenthood? What we are provide 13,200 screenings for sexually areas, and health provider shortage talking about is denying health care to transmitted infections. areas. That is why Planned Parenthood the 2.7 million patients who received Facilities like this make up nearly is so critical. I am delighted to yield to my col- care just last year at Planned Parent- half of the Planned Parenthood centers league from California’s 33rd District. hood. nationwide. Cutting their funding will Congressman LIEU represents commu- More than 90 percent of what only result in more illness, more un- nities in Los Angeles. He is an Air Planned Parenthood does is preventa- planned pregnancies, and more babies Force veteran and Reservist, president tive care. This includes wellness born to mothers unprepared to care for of the freshman class of Democrats, exams, cancer screenings, contracep- them. and, as a California State senator, and tion, prenatal care, and testing and In 2013, Planned Parenthood provided now as a Congressman, he has had an treatment for STIs. Just last year, more than 71,000 patients with care in unparalleled record on women’s issues. Planned Parenthood had over 2 million my State, the State of New Jersey. I yield to the gentleman. contraception patients, performed ap- They provided almost 16,000 Pap tests Mr. TED LIEU of California. Thank proximately 3.7 million STI tests, to New Jersey women, and they con- you, Representative CLARK, for your 370,000 Pap tests, and 450,000 breast ducted more than 33,000 breast exams. great work on this issue. exams. These are the types of services In a shortsighted response to a series Madam Speaker, I rise to stand with patients receive at Planned Parent- of questionably edited videos and false Planned Parenthood. hood, and this preventive health care is claims, we are going to take health Last month, as it became more and what the majority would like to get rid care away from Americans with few, if more clear that Republicans were will- of by defunding it. any, alternatives. That is not what my ing to shut down the Federal Govern- That is what is most important about constituents elected me for. That is ment to defund Planned Parenthood, I this debate: the care that patients re- not what they expected me to be doing received a letter from a constituent of ceive, the care that one in five Amer- in Congress. I am here to create jobs, mine in Los Angeles. She gave me per- ican women will receive from Planned to better educate our young people, mission to read her letter. It says: Parenthood at some point in their life. and to reform our broken criminal jus- Dear Congressman Lieu, I would like to welcome my col- tice system. By no means am I here to I grew up in a small desert town that had league, at this point, from New Jer- relitigate a woman’s right to choose. a very high teen pregnancy and high school sey’s 12th District, Congresswoman Quite frankly, I am not sure which I dropout rate. I made very poor choices as a WATSON COLEMAN. She is a strong voice am more disgusted by: the fact that we young teenager, and I was drinking, for women and families. I am proud to partying, and ditching school at 15. During are doing this again, or the fact that I this time, I met a boy I cared for and started call her a friend and a colleague, and I have come to the floor of this House so having sex. I knew that I didn’t want to end yield to the gentlewoman. many times before to express that dis- up pregnant like a lot of young girls in my Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN. I thank gust. town, so I went to the one place I knew the gentlewoman for yielding to me. I urge my colleagues to consider tak- would help: Planned Parenthood. They made Mr. Speaker, for the umpteenth time, ing up the work that really matters to me feel comfortable there. They performed a men in Congress are leading the charge the American people. I thank the gen- thorough exam and gave me birth control to limit women’s access to health care, tlewoman from Massachusetts. pills. They also contacted me confidentially but now, instead of just wasting tax- Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. I to tell me I had an STD and would need to payer dollars and time, they plan to take antibiotics. Without treatment, this thank the gentlewoman from New Jer- STD could have made me permanently infer- take their outrageous tactics to a sey. tile. whole new level, perhaps shutting down I want to reiterate something that I thank God that I straightened my act out the entire Federal Government if they the Congresswoman said, that this is and, by the end of high school, I was getting

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Several years later, I finally out, as they talked about, and to give between a woman, her family, her con- went off the birth control pills, and my hus- them to community health centers is science, and her doctor, not what this band and I got pregnant with our first of two not the answer. That doesn’t work as it side wants. healthy children. is going to disadvantage a lot of What this side wants is to repeal Roe I feel compelled to share my story because women. v. Wade. They want to do away with a of everything that Planned Parenthood has What we have had this week is a woman’s right to abortion. That is done for me in my lifetime. Planned Parent- bill—the most recent bill—did anybody what this is about. They pick these hood allowed me to make good, healthy re- discuss the fact that this second bill other issues to talk about, but that is productive decisions and avoid ever having to make a decision as to whether or not to didn’t go to committee? I guess it is what they really want. If that happens, abort an unwanted pregnancy. called the ‘‘unborn baby bill,’’ what- it is going to be no different than alco- That letter is from one of many con- ever it is. Has that been discussed? hol prohibition in the twenties and Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. No. stituents and from millions of women marijuana today. Mr. COHEN. That is the amazing across America that have benefited Alcohol was illegal. So what hap- thing. This bill that has come up—that from Planned Parenthood. pened? People got alcohol and they will come up tomorrow, I guess—never The two bills on the floor today that drank, but they drank because orga- went to committee. In fact, it was kind are attacking Planned Parenthood are nized crime supplied it for them—no of just sprung on us on Monday, and a direct attack on American women. In taxes, lots of organized crime, lots of they didn’t even get the language reality, a vote to defund Planned Par- killings between organized crime. straight until maybe Tuesday. enthood is a vote to deny health care, Marijuana. Do people have problems Madam Speaker, in the Congress, we education, and opportunity to millions getting marijuana? People don’t have generally have committee meetings. of Americans like my constituent. problems getting marijuana. It is ev- You have a hearing on a bill almost al- I stand with American women and erywhere. It was at George Bush’s ways—that is what committees are for, with Planned Parenthood in opposition school. It is everywhere. It is not hard is to have hearings—sometimes by a to these two bills, and I urge my col- to get, but it gives the cartels a way to subcommittee and then, later, by a full leagues to do the same. sell it. It happens. Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Thank committee—and a markup, sometimes Madam Speaker, when abortion was by the subcommittee, always at least you, Congressman LIEU. We appreciate illegal in this country, wealthy women your coming. The story that you by the full committee. Then it goes to could afford to go to Mexico or wher- shared is repeated over and over with the Rules Committee, and then it ever it was legal and get abortions. the millions of women that count on comes to the floor. Poor people went to get abortions, but Planned Parenthood for their When this Congress came about, the they had to go to somebody who maybe healthcare services. majority party made a big deal about didn’t have a clean area in which to do I would now like to yield to my col- how they were going to come in and the procedure or the experience or the league from Tennessee’s Ninth Dis- change the way things were done and ability. Poor women went to back how there was going to be regular trict. Congressman COHEN is a cham- alleys and oftentimes had health det- pion on women’s issues and a lifelong order. riments because of it and sometimes supporter of Planned Parenthood. Bills weren’t going to be brought to lost their lives. Mr. COHEN. Thank you very much the floor without any notice; commit- So abortion is not going to be out- for the time, and thank you for sched- tees would do their work; amendments lawed in this Congress, I don’t think, uling this important hour, Special would be offered; and people would get but that is what they would like to do. Order. an opportunity to testify from the pub- Even if it is outlawed, it is still going Madam Speaker, this issue is ex- lic. to happen. If it happens, it is going to tremely important to women, to men, This bill was given no markup in happen for the rich, and the poor are to the Constitution, and to progress, committee, no hearing in committee, going to get the worst services. and this week has been, unfortunately, no opportunity for the public to voice You can’t take your morality and very much an example of what the any concerns as to whether they were tell the American public, when they House has been doing throughout this for it or against it, and no want some service, some opportunity, session—messaging. Congresspeople on the committee had a some freedom, that they can’t have it, We are about to have a shutdown of chance to voice their concerns. because they will find it. It will just be government because of Planned Par- In essence, it was sprung on the pub- through a roundabout way. enthood, and the cost to our economy lic. The bill will have a new definition Madam Speaker, I thank Ms. CLARK and to people for a shutdown of the of ‘‘abortion’’—unknown before in Fed- for having this Special Order. I am Federal Government is astronomical. eral law. That is a pretty major thing— going to always support Roe v. Wade The last shutdown, which I think was with no hearing, no notice, no oppor- and support Planned Parenthood. It in 2013—it might have been 2011—cost tunity to address the issue, no oppor- does a lot for the women in my dis- hundreds of billions of dollars to the tunity to maybe bring in somebody trict. As I said, it is one of the best or- economy. The stock market fell, people who is an expert to say: You might ganizations in our country, and I be- lost jobs, lost income, and lost services have missed this. You might have lieve that. all because of Planned Parenthood. missed that. This is the way it ought to They help women with services they be. No. otherwise couldn’t get. In a lot of b 1900 Madam Speaker, this week in Con- States like mine, where the Affordable The bottom line is that Planned Par- gress, the Republican side has basically Care Act has not been extended enthood is an outstanding organization said: We don’t want to hear from the through the expansion of Medicaid, it that serves women in this Nation, in public. We don’t want to hear from doc- is even more difficult for poor women my State, and in my city—mostly low- tors. We don’t want to hear from to get medical services and even life- income women and a lot of women of women. We don’t want to hear from saving services. color. them on another bill we had up today. So thank you. We will continue to There, they get their basic female We don’t want to hear from judges on message and continue to fight and hope healthcare services whether it is cer- something that affects the Federal the American public realizes that what vical cancer exams, breast cancer courts, where the judges, in reviewing is going on here is shutting them out— exams, sexually transmitted disease it, voted by 85 percent ‘‘bad idea’’—no no voice, no message—simply activity. tests, family planning programs. judges, no lawyers, no doctors, no Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. I It is not about abortion. A very small women, no public—because that side of thank the gentleman from Tennessee part of it is abortion. It is not called the House knows how to do everything. for his words and for his commitment

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It is why I came down are not even talking about abortion, as too late to be saved. here tonight, and I thank my col- we have already restricted that Federal In California alone, Planned Parent- leagues who joined me. funding. hood health centers have provided over It is time that we reveal the false- Madam Speaker, we are talking 93,000 Pap tests for cervical cancer and hoods of this argument and defeat about access to health care to under- 97,000 breast exams to help prevent these efforts—these radical efforts— served women, to low-income women, death from breast cancer. that are threatening to shut down our who are trying to get general wellness Madam Speaker, Planned Parenthood government in order to defund Planned checkups, who are trying to have can- saves lives. Parenthood, which carries so much of cer screenings, who are trying to ac- Here is who actually loses if Planned our healthcare system for women in cess health care. Parenthood loses its funding: Women this country and especially for low-in- It is Planned Parenthood that fills in geographically underserved areas come women. that void in our underserved popu- lose; uninsured and underinsured It is time we stand up, debunk the lations, in our rural areas. That is women lose; women on Medicaid lose; lies and the mysteries that we are where they make a critical difference. and low-income women lose. being told, and let women have the You are absolutely right in that the Planned Parenthood fills that access healthcare access that they need and messaging that this is somehow about gap and provides essential health serv- deserve. something else is completely hiding ices to those who need it the most. Madam Speaker, I yield back the bal- the fact that we are bringing bills to Cutting their funding will have a long- ance of my time. the floor without committee hearings, term, devastating effect on the overall that we are not being transparent, and health of women in our communities, f that we are misleading the American worsening health outcomes and health MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE public about what this debate is about. disparities for women across our Na- I am delighted that we also have an- tion. A message from the Senate by Ms. other champion for working families To me, this isn’t a political debate, Curtis, one of its clerks, announced and a great voice for the communities because I have seen firsthand what that the Senate has passed with an he serves. happens when women don’t have access amendment in which the concurrence I yield to my colleague from Califor- to preventative care. Women die; chil- of the House is requested, a bill of the nia’s 36th District, Congressman RUIZ. dren are left without their mothers; House of the following title: Mr. RUIZ. I thank the gentlewoman. and families are torn apart. H.R. 719. An act to require the Transpor- Madam Speaker, I rise today in sup- It is for these reasons that I oppose tation Security Administration to conform port of a woman’s right to choose, this misguided, mean-spirited, politi- to existing Federal law and regulations re- garding criminal investigator positions, and women’s health, and Planned Parent- cally driven measure, and it is for for other purposes. hood. these reasons that I stand with You see, before I ran for Congress, I Planned Parenthood. The message also announced that the spent 9 years as an emergency medi- Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. I Senate has passed bills of the following cine physician. A few years ago, a 55- thank the gentleman from California titles in which the concurrence of the year-old woman came into my emer- for sharing his experience as a medical House is requested: gency room with a gynecological hem- doctor and as someone who stands with S. 1090. An act to amend the Robert T. orrhage. Planned Parenthood. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- After we stopped the bleeding in the Thank you for joining us. sistance Act to provide eligibility for broad- casting facilities to receive certain disaster ER, we admitted her for diagnosis and Congressman RUIZ raises an inter- assistance, and for other purposes. treatment. Sadly, as I suspected, she esting point about looking at our sys- S. 1580. An act to allow additional appoint- had advanced cervical cancer, and 5 tem of health care. ing authorities to select individuals from months later, she died, leaving her Part of the proposal from the Repub- competitive service certificates. family behind. licans is that this is easy, that we can Until recently, cervical cancer was simply take the money from Planned f the leading cause of cancer deaths for Parenthood and give it to community SENATE BILLS REFERRED women in the United States. However, health centers, but there is simply not Bills of the Senate of the following over the past 40 years, we have dra- the capacity in the system to handle titles were taken from the Speaker’s matically reduced the number of these extra patients. table and, under the rule, referred as deaths from cervical cancer. Currently, more than half of Med- follows: According to the CDC, ‘‘This decline icaid providers are not offering ap- largely is the result of many women pointments to new Medicaid patients, S. 1090. An act to amend the Robert T. getting regular Pap tests, which can but two-thirds of the States report dif- Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- sistance Act to provide eligibility for broad- find cervical pre-cancer before it turns ficulty in ensuring enough providers, casting facilities to receive certain disaster into cancer.’’ including OB/GYN care. assistance, and for other purposes; to the Madam Speaker, that is what is at Madam Speaker, this hurts low-in- Committee on Transportation and Infra- stake in this debate. come women especially hard because 60 structure. In fact, 97 percent of Planned Parent- percent of Planned Parenthood pa- S. 1580. An act to allow additional appoint- hood’s services are not abortion re- tients access care through Medicaid ing authorities to select individuals from lated. Planned Parenthood provides and/or Title X, and 35 percent of women competitive service certificates; to the Com- many health and wellness services, in- view their OB/GYN as their main mittee on Oversight and Government Re- form. cluding STI testing, contraceptives, source of care. and cancer screenings to over 2 million So what we are talking about here is f women and men each year. not abortion, but women’s health care, Opponents of Planned Parenthood’s preventative measures that save lives. ADJOURNMENT want to turn this into a debate about We know that over 90 percent of the Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. abortion, but it is not. Let’s be clear. services Planned Parenthood provides Madam Speaker, I move that the House Defunding Planned Parenthood won’t are preventative. We know that they do now adjourn. reduce the number of abortions at all. serve underserved areas. The motion was agreed to; accord- This is a debate about cervical can- We know that there isn’t enough ca- ingly (at 7 o’clock and 17 minutes cer. This is a debate about breast can- pacity to see these patients in other p.m.), the House adjourned until to- cer. This is a debate about how many settings and that eliminating funding morrow, Friday, September 18, 2015, at women we are going to allow to go for Planned Parenthood would mean 9 a.m.

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A letter from the Assistant Secretary, Closure for the Common Pool Fishery [Dock- Legislative Affairs, Department of State, et No.: 150105004-5355-01] (RIN: 0648-XE073) re- The oath of office required by the transmitting a report pursuant to Sec. 804 of ceived September 10, 2015, pursuant to 5 sixth article of the Constitution of the the PLO Commitments Compliance Act of U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- United States, and as provided by sec- 1989 [Title VIII, Foreign Relations Author- 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Natural tion 2 of the act of May 13, 1884 (23 ization Act, FY 1990 and 1991 (Pub. L. 101- Resources. Stat. 22), to be administered to Mem- 246)], and Secs. 603-604 (Middle East Peace 2815. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- Commitments Act of 2002) and 699 of the For- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- bers, Resident Commissioner, and Dele- eign Relations Authorization Act, FY 2003 tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- gates of the House of Representatives, (Pub. L. 107-228); to the Committee on For- tion, transmitting the Administration’s tem- the text of which is carried in 5 U.S.C. eign Affairs. porary rule — International Fisheries; Pa- 3331: 2808. A letter from the Inspector General, cific Tuna Fisheries; 2015 Bigeye Tuna ‘‘I, AB, do solemnly swear (or af- Railroad Retirement Board, transmitting Longline Fishery Closure in the Eastern Pa- firm) that I will support and defend the Board’s FY 2017 budget request for the cific Ocean [Docket No.: 130717632-4285-02] the Constitution of the United Office of Inspector General of the Railroad (RIN: 0648-XE085) received September 10, States against all enemies, foreign Retirement Board, in accordance with Sec. 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added 7(f) of the Railroad Retirement Act; to the by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- and domestic; that I will bear true Committee on Oversight and Government mittee on Natural Resources. faith and allegiance to the same; Reform. 2816. A letter from the Deputy Assistant that I take this obligation freely, 2809. A letter from the Deputy Director, Of- Administrator for Regulatory Programs, without any mental reservation or fice of Surface Mining Reclamation and En- NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Na- purpose of evasion; and that I will forcement, Department of the Interior, tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- well and faithfully discharge the transmitting the Department’s final rule — tion, transmitting the Administration’s final duties of the office on which I am Pennsylvania Regulatory Program [SATS rule — Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of No.: PA-159-FOR; Docket No.: OSM-2010-0017; Mexico, and South Atlantic; Coral, Coral about to enter. So help me God.’’ S1D1S SS08011000 SX064A000 156S180110; Reefs, and Live/Hard Bottom Habitats of the has been subscribed to in person and S2D2S SS08011000 SX064A000 15XS501520] re- South Atlantic Region; Amendment 8; Cor- filed in duplicate with the Clerk of the ceived September 10, 2015, pursuant to 5 rection [Docket No.: 140214145-5582-02] (RIN: House of Representatives by the fol- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- 0648-BD81) received September 10, 2015, pur- lowing Member of the 114th Congress, 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Natural suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Pub- pursuant to the provisions of 2 U.S.C. Resources. lic Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on 2810. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- Natural Resources. 25: fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- 2817. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- DARIN LAHOOD, Eighteenth District tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- of Illinois. tion, transmitting the Administration’s tem- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- f porary rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Eco- tion, transmitting the Administration’s tem- nomic Zone Off Alaska; Exchange of Flatfish porary rule — Fisheries of the Northeastern EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Man- United States; Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery; ETC. agement Area [Docket No.: 141021887-5172-02] Closure of the Mid-Atlantic Access Area to Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive (RIN: 0648-XE023) received September 8, 2015, General Category Individual Fishing Quota communications were taken from the pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Scallop Vessels [Docket No.: 141125999-5362- Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- Speaker’s table and referred as follows: 02] (RIN: 0648-XE084) received September 11, mittee on Natural Resources. 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added 2803. A letter from the Acting Under Sec- 2811. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- retary, Personnel and Readiness, Depart- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- mittee on Natural Resources. ment of Defense, transmitting a letter au- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- 2818. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- thorizing two United States Navy officers, tion, transmitting the Administration’s tem- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- Captain Shoshana S. Chatfield and Captain porary rule — Fisheries of the Exclusive Eco- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Cathal S. O’Connor, to wear the insignia of nomic Zone Off Alaska; Atka Mackerel in tion, transmitting the Administration’s tem- the grade of rear admiral (lower half) in ac- the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Manage- porary rule — Atlantic Highly Migratory cordance with 10 U.S.C. 777; to the Com- ment Area [Docket No.: 141021887-5172-02] Species; Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Fisheries mittee on Armed Services. (RIN: 0648-XD996) received September 8, 2015, [Docket No.: 120328229-4949-02] (RIN: 0648- 2804. A letter from the Director, Regu- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by XE079) received August 31, 2015, pursuant to latory Management Division, Environmental Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- mittee on Natural Resources. 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Nat- cy’s direct final rule — Louisiana: Final Au- 2812. A letter from the Deputy Assistant ural Resources. thorization of State Hazardous Waste Man- Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 2819. A letter from the Deputy Assistant agement Program Revision [EPA-R06-2015- NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Na- Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, 0070 RCRA; FRL-9933-79-Region 6] received tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- National Park Service, Department of the September 10, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tion, transmitting the Administration’s final Interior, transmitting the Department’s 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, rule — Fisheries of the Northeastern United final rule — Special Regulations. Areas of Sec. 251; to the Committee on Energy and States; Atlantic Bluefish Fishery; 2015 At- the National Park System, Lake Meredith Commerce. lantic Bluefish Specifications [Docket No.: National Recreation Area, Off-Road Motor 2805. A letter from the Director, Regu- 150126074-5655-02] (RIN: 0648-XD742) received Vehicles [NPS-LAMR-18708; PPWONRADE2, latory Management Division, Environmental September 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. PMP00EI05.YP0000] (RIN: 1024-AD86) received Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, September 9, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation Sec. 251; to the Committee on Natural Re- 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, of Air Quality Implementation Plans; State sources. Sec. 251; to the Committee on Natural Re- of Kansas Regional Haze State Implementa- 2813. A letter from the Deputy Assistant sources. tion Plan Revision and 2014 Five-Year Administrator for Regulatory Programs, 2820. A letter from the Senior Attorney, Of- Progress Report [EPA-R07-OAR-2015-0299; NMFS, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, Na- fice of Hearings and Appeals, Departmental FRL-9933-84-Region 7] received September 10, tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Cases Hearings Division, Office of the Sec- 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added tion, transmitting the Administration’s final retary, Department of the Interior, trans- by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- rule — Fisheries off West Coast States; High- mitting the Department’s final rule — Hear- mittee on Energy and Commerce. ly Migratory Fisheries; California Swordfish ing Process Concerning Acknowledgement of 2806. A letter from the Director, Regu- Drift Gillnet Fishery; Vessel Monitoring American Indian Tribes [156A2100DD/ latory Management Division, Environmental System Requirements [Docket No.: 140528460- AAKC001030/A0A501010.999900 253G] (RIN: 1094- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- 5498-03] (RIN: 0648-BE25) received September AA54) received September 10, 2015, pursuant cy’s direct final rule — Approval and Pro- 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law mulgation of Air Quality Implementation Added by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Nat- Plans; State of Missouri; Control of NOx Committee on Natural Resources. ural Resources. Emissions From Large Stationary Internal 2814. A letter from the Acting Director, Of- 2821. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, Combustion Engines [EPA-R07-OAR-2015- fice of Sustainable Fisheries, NMFS, Na- U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 0520; FRL-9934-00-Region 7] received Sep- tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- Security, transmitting the Department’s tember 10, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tion, transmitting the Administration’s tem- temporary final rule — Safety Zone; Cleve- 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, porary rule — Fisheries of the Northeastern land National Air Show; Lake Erie and

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A letter from the Management and pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- ment’s temporary rule — Airworthiness Di- ment’s final rule — Amendment of Class E ture. rectives; Airbus Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- Airspace; Santa Rosa, CA [Docket No.: FAA- 2838. A letter from the Chief, Publications 2014-0282; Directorate Identifier 2012-NM-168- 2015-1481; Airspace Docket No.: 15-AWP-1] re- and Regulations Branch, Department of the AD; Amendment 39-18242; AD 2015-17-09] (RIN: ceived September 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 Treasury, transmitting the Service’s final 2120-AA64) received September 8, 2015, pursu- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- regulations and removal of temporary regu- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transpor- lations — Integrated Hedging Transactions Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on tation and Infrastructure. of Qualifying Debt [TD 9736] (RIN: 1545-BK98) Transportation and Infrastructure. 2831. A letter from the Management and received September 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 2823. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Depart- 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Ways and Transportation, transmitting the Depart- ment’s final rule — Amendment of VOR Fed- Means. ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- eral Airways; Northeastern United States 2839. A letter from the United States Trade tives; Airbus Airplanes [Docket No.: FAA- [Docket No.: FAA-2015-1650; Airspace Docket Representative, Executive Office of the 2014-0282; Directorate Identifier 2012-NM-168- No.: 14-AEA-8] (RIN: 2120-AA66) received Sep- President, transmitting notification of the AD; Amendment 39-18242; AD 2015-17-09] (RIN: tember 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. President’s ongoing negotiations in the 2120-AA64) received September 8, 2015, pursu- 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, World Trade Organization aimed at elimi- ant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transpor- nating tariffs on a wide range of environ- Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on tation and Infrastructure. mental goods, in accordance with Sec. Transportation and Infrastructure. 2832. A letter from the Management and 107(b)(1) of the Bipartisan Congressional 2824. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Depart- 2015 (Trade Priorities Act of 2015); to the Transportation, transmitting the Depart- ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- Committee on Ways and Means. ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- tives; Bell Helicopter Textron Canada (Bell) 2840. A letter from the Chief, Publications tives; REIMS AVIATION S.A. Airplanes Helicopters [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0643; Di- and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue [Docket No.: FAA-2015-3398; Directorate rectorate Identifier 2013-SW-059-AD; Amend- Service, transmitting the Service’s tem- Identifier 2015-CE-031-AD; Amendment 39- ment 39-18235; AD 2015-17-02] (RIN: 2120-AA64) porary regulations — Administration of Mul- 18232; AD 2015-16-07] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received received September 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 tiemployer Plan Participant Vote on an Ap- September 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- proved Suspension of Benefits Under MPRA 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transpor- [TD 9735] (RIN: 1545-BM89) received Sep- Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transpor- tation and Infrastructure. tember 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. tation and Infrastructure. 2833. A letter from the Management and 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, 2825. A letter from the Management and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Sec. 251; to the Committee on Ways and Program Analyst, FAA, Department of Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Means. Transportation, transmitting the Depart- ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- 2841. A letter from the Chief, Publications ment’s final rule — Amendment of Class D tives; Bombardier, Inc. Airplanes [Docket and Regulations Branch, Internal Revenue and E Airspace; Santa Rosa, CA [Docket No.: No.: FAA-2015-0492; Directorate Identifier Service, transmitting the Service’s final and FAA-2015-3325; Airspace Docket No.: 15-AWP- 2014-NM-232-AD; Amendment 39-18237; AD temporary regulations — United States 15] received September 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 2015-17-04] (RIN: 2120-AA64) received Sep- Property Held by Controlled Foreign Cor- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- tember 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. porations in Transactions Involving Partner- 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transpor- 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104-121, ships; Rents and Royalties Derived in the tation and Infrastructure. Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transpor- Active Conduct of a Trade or Business [TD 2826. A letter from the Management and tation and Infrastructure. 9733] (RIN: 1545-BJ49) received September 8, Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 2834. A letter from the Management and 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- ment’s final rule — Amendment of Class E Transportation, transmitting the Depart- mittee on Ways and Means. Airspace; Kelso, WA [Docket No.: FAA-2015- ment’s final rule — Establishment of Class E 2842. A letter from the Chairman and Board 1133; Airspace Docket No.: 15-ANM-8] re- Airspace, and Amendment of Class D Air- Members, Railroad Retirement Board, trans- ceived September 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 space; Ogden, Hill AFB, UT [Docket No.: mitting the Board’s 2015 report for the FY U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- FAA-2015-0691; Airspace Docket No.: 15-ANM- ending September 30, 2014, pursuant to Sec. 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transpor- 6] received September 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 7(b)(6) of the Railroad Retirement Act and tation and Infrastructure. U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- Sec. 12(1) of the Railroad Unemployment In- 2827. A letter from the Management and 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transpor- surance Act; jointly to the Committees on Program Analyst, FAA, Department of tation and Infrastructure. Transportation, transmitting the Depart- 2835. A letter from the Management and Transportation and Infrastructure and Ways ment’s final rule — Airworthiness Direc- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of and Means. tives; Airbus Helicopters (Previously Transportation, transmitting the Depart- f Eurocopter France) (Airbus Helicopters) Hel- ment’s final rule — Establishment of Class E icopters [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0364; Direc- Airspace, and Amendment of Class D and PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS torate Identifier 2013-SW-041-AD; Amend- Class E Airspace; Ogden-Hinckley Airport, Under clause 2 of rule XII, public ment 39-18234; AD 2015-17-01] (RIN: 2120-AA64) UT [Docket No.: FAA-2015-0671; Airspace bills and resolutions of the following received September 8, 2015, pursuant to 5 Docket No.: 15-ANM-5] received September 8, titles were introduced and severally re- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law 104- 2015, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added 121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Transpor- by Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- ferred, as follows: tation and Infrastructure. mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- By Mr. WESTMORELAND: 2828. A letter from the Management and ture. H.R. 3531. A bill to amend title 28, United Program Analyst, FAA, Department of 2836. A letter from the Management and States Code, to include claims relating to a Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Program Analyst, FAA, Department of response under the Comprehensive Response, ment’s final rule — Modification of Re- Transportation, transmitting the Depart- Compensation, and Liability Act among stricted Areas R-3804A, R-3804B, and R-3804C; ment’s final rule — Standard Instrument Ap- those claims for which the Federal Tort Fort Polk, LA [Docket No.: FAA-2014-0639; proach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums Claims Act provides a remedy, and for other Airspace Docket No.: 13-ASW-20] (RIN: 2120- and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Mis- purposes; to the Committee on the Judici- AA66) received September 8, 2015, pursuant cellaneous Amendments [Docket No.: 31032; ary. to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by Public Law Amdt. No.: 3656] received September 8, 2015, By Mr. POLIQUIN (for himself, Mr. 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Committee on Trans- pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Added by SCHRADER, Mr. RIBBLE, and Mr. portation and Infrastructure. Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; to the Com- MESSER): 2829. A letter from the Management and mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- H.R. 3532. A bill to amend the fresh fruit Program Analyst, FAA, Department of ture. and vegetable program under the Richard B. Transportation, transmitting the Depart- 2837. A letter from the Management and Russell National School Lunch Act to in- ment’s final rule — Amendment of Class E Program Analyst, FAA, Department of clude canned, dried, frozen, or pureed fruits

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and vegetables; to the Committee on Edu- SEN, Mr. SHIMKUS, and Mr. GENE UPTON, Mr. LOBIONDO, and Ms. LO- cation and the Workforce. GREEN of Texas): RETTA SANCHEZ of California): By Mr. HANNA (for himself and Mr. H.R. 3539. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- H.R. 3546. A bill to amend the Lacey Act COOPER): enue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions en- H.R. 3533. A bill to reduce Federal, State, tax for clinical testing expenses for qualified acted by the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to and local costs of providing high-quality infectious disease drugs and rapid diagnostic further the conservation of certain wildlife drinking water to millions of people in the tests; to the Committee on Ways and Means. species, and for other purposes; to the Com- United States residing in rural communities By Mr. CA´ RDENAS (for himself and mittee on Natural Resources. by facilitating greater use of cost-effective Ms. NORTON): By Mr. KATKO (for himself and Mr. alternative systems, including well water H.R. 3540. A bill to amend the Food, Con- PETERSON): systems, and for other purposes; to the Com- servation, and Energy Act of 2008 to make H.R. 3547. A bill to direct the Secretary of mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- improvements to the food safety education Veterans Affairs to establish a task force on dition to the Committee on Agriculture, for program carried out under such Act, and for Agent Orange exposure; to the Committee on a period to be subsequently determined by other purposes; to the Committee on Agri- Veterans’ Affairs. the Speaker, in each case for consideration culture. By Mr. KIND (for himself and Mr. of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- By Mr. CONYERS (for himself, Ms. PAULSEN): tion of the committee concerned. KAPTUR, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. H.R. 3548. A bill to increase transparency By Mr. GUINTA (for himself and Ms. ELLISON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. JOHN- of agencies by requiring a report describing SINEMA): SON of Georgia, and Mr. PAYNE): any proposed conference; to the Committee H.R. 3534. A bill to reduce the national debt H.R. 3541. A bill to amend the Federal Re- on Oversight and Government Reform. and eliminate waste in Government spend- serve Act to modify the goals of the Board of By Mr. KLINE (for himself, Mr. PETER- ing, and for other purposes; to the Com- Governors of the Federal Reserve System SON, Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, and mittee on Oversight and Government Re- and the Federal Open Market Committee; to Mr. PAULSEN): form, and in addition to the Committee on the Committee on Financial Services. H.R. 3549. A bill to amend title 38, United Rules, for a period to be subsequently deter- By Mr. DELANEY: States Code, to authorize the Secretary of mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- H.R. 3542. A bill to provide support for pre- Veterans Affairs to waive the requirement of sideration of such provisions as fall within kindergarten education through an Early certain veterans to make copayments for the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Education Trust Fund, and for other pur- hospital care and medical services in the By Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. poses; to the Committee on Education and case of an error by the Department of Vet- MCKINLEY, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. the Workforce, and in addition to the Com- erans Affairs, and for other purposes; to the CA´ RDENAS, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, mittee on Ways and Means, for a period to be Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. HONDA, Mr. subsequently determined by the Speaker, in By Mr. LEWIS (for himself and Mr. HUFFMAN, and Mr. RYAN of Ohio): each case for consideration of such provi- SENSENBRENNER): H.R. 3535. A bill to promote and ensure de- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the H.R. 3550. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- livery of high quality special education and committee concerned. enue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross in- related services to students with visual dis- By Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Mr. come amounts received on account of claims abilities or who are deaf or hard of hearing GRAYSON, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. SMITH of based on certain unlawful discrimination and or deaf-blind through instructional meth- Washington, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Ms. to allow income averaging for backpay and odologies meeting their unique learning JUDY CHU of California, Ms. SCHA- frontpay awards received on account of such needs; to enhance accountability for the pro- KOWSKY, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. RUSH, claims, and for other purposes; to the Com- vision of such services, and for other pur- Ms. LEE, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mr. mittee on Ways and Means. poses; to the Committee on Education and RANGEL, Mr. TAKANO, Ms. MAXINE By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of the Workforce. WATERS of California, Mr. NADLER, New York (for himself, Mr. GIBSON, By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia (for him- Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, Mr. and Mr. SCOTT of Virginia): self, Mr. DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, and MEEKS, Mr. HONDA, and Mr. MCGOV- H.R. 3551. A bill to amend the Higher Edu- Mr. LEWIS): ERN): cation Act of 1965 to require additional re- H.R. 3536. A bill to direct the Secretary of H.R. 3543. A bill to improve Federal sen- porting on crime and harm that occurs dur- Transportation to prescribe a motor vehicle tencing and corrections practices, and for ing student participation in programs of safety standard requiring commercial motor other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- study abroad, and for other purposes; to the vehicles to be equipped with a forward colli- diciary, and in addition to the Committees Committee on Education and the Workforce. sion avoidance and mitigation braking sys- on Financial Services, Energy and Com- By Mr. PIERLUISI: tem, and for other purposes; to the Com- merce, and Homeland Security, for a period H.R. 3552. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- mittee on Transportation and Infrastruc- to be subsequently determined by the Speak- enue Code of 1986 to provide equitable treat- ture, and in addition to the Committee on er, in each case for consideration of such pro- ment for residents of Puerto Rico with re- Energy and Commerce, for a period to be visions as fall within the jurisdiction of the spect to the refundable portion of the child subsequently determined by the Speaker, in committee concerned. tax credit; to the Committee on Ways and each case for consideration of such provi- By Ms. HAHN (for herself, Mr. FOSTER, Means. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the and Ms. ESTY): By Mr. PIERLUISI: committee concerned. H.R. 3544. A bill to help keep law enforce- H.R. 3553. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- By Mr. DENT (for himself, Mr. HIMES, ment officers and communities safer by enue Code of 1986 to make residents of Puer- Mr. MEEHAN, Mr. DOLD, Mr. TIBERI, making grants to purchase body worn cam- to Rico eligible for the earned income tax Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. eras for use by State, local, and tribal law credit; to the Committee on Ways and HANNA, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsyl- enforcement officers; to the Committee on Means. vania, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Mr. the Judiciary, and in addition to the Com- By Ms. WILSON of Florida (for herself, MURPHY of Pennsylvania, Mr. mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Mr. CONYERS, Ms. KAPTUR, and Ms. BARLETTA, Ms. NORTON, Mr. LANCE, form, for a period to be subsequently deter- FUDGE): Mrs. COMSTOCK, Mr. KATKO, Ms. ROS- mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- H.R. 3554. A bill to amend the Workforce LEHTINEN, and Mr. JOLLY): sideration of such provisions as fall within Innovation and Opportunity Act to create a H.R. 3537. A bill to amend the Controlled the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. pilot program to award grants to units of Substances Act to clarify how controlled By Mr. JOLLY: general local government and community- substance analogues are to be regulated, and H.R. 3545. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- based organizations to create jobs, and for for other purposes; to the Committee on En- enue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for re- other purposes; to the Committee on Edu- ergy and Commerce, and in addition to the placement costs associated with certain im- cation and the Workforce. Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to ported corrosive drywall, and to amend the By Ms. WILSON of Florida (for herself, be subsequently determined by the Speaker, Housing and Community Development Act of Ms. ADAMS, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. BROWN in each case for consideration of such provi- 1974 to allow use of community development of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the block grant amounts for repairs to housing CONYERS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. committee concerned. constructed using such corrosive drywall, DELAURO, Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. NORTON, By Mr. PITTENGER: and for other purposes; to the Committee on Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FATTAH, Ms. FRANKEL H.R. 3538. A bill to require the Secretary of Ways and Means, and in addition to the Com- of Florida, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. MICHELLE Commerce to maintain and operate at least mittee on Financial Services, for a period to LUJAN GRISHAM of New Mexico, Mr. one Doppler weather radar site within 55 be subsequently determined by the Speaker, HASTINGS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. miles of each city in the United States that in each case for consideration of such provi- JEFFRIES, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. LARSON of has a population of more than 700,000 individ- sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the Connecticut, Ms. LEE, Ms. MCCOL- uals, and for other purposes; to the Com- committee concerned. LUM, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. mittee on Science, Space, and Technology. By Mr. JONES (for himself, Mr. POCAN, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. SABLAN, Ms. By Mr. BOUSTANY (for himself, Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, THOMPSON of California, Mr. PAUL- JOLLY, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. Mr. DANNY K. 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GRIJALVA, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Ms. CLARKE of By Mr. CARTWRIGHT: CA´ RDENAS, and Ms. JUDY CHU of Cali- New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, H.R. 3535. fornia): Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3555. A bill to provide tax relief for DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: American workers and businesses, to put EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FATTAH, Article I, Section 8 (relating to the power workers back on the job while rebuilding and Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. HAS- of Congress to lay and collect taxes, duties, modernizing America, and to provide path- TINGS, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON LEE, imposts and excises, to pay the debts and ways back to work for Americans looking for Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE provide for the common defense and general jobs; to the Committee on Ways and Means, JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of welfare of the United States). and in addition to the Committees on Small Georgia, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Ms. By Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia: Business, Education and the Workforce, the LEE, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. H.R. 3536. Judiciary, Transportation and Infrastruc- MOORE, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. PLASKETT, Congress has the power to enact this legis- ture, Financial Services, House Administra- Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3. tion, Oversight and Government Reform, and RUSH, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. By Mr. DENT: the Budget, for a period to be subsequently DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Ms. SEWELL H.R. 3537. determined by the Speaker, in each case for of Alabama, Mr. THOMPSON of Mis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- consideration of such provisions as fall with- sissippi, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. MAXINE lation pursuant to the following: in the jurisdiction of the committee con- WATERS of California, Mrs. WATSON Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- cerned. COLEMAN, and Ms. WILSON of Florida): tion. By Mr. GIBSON (for himself, Mr. H. Res. 427. A resolution honoring the life, By Mr. PITTENGER: CURBELO of Florida, Mr. REICHERT, accomplishments, and legacy of Congress- H.R. 3538. Mr. DOLD, Mr. HANNA, Mr. MEEHAN, man Louis Stokes; to the Committee on Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, House Administration. Mr. COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. HONDA (for himself and Ms. Article I, Section 8, Clause 3. To regulate STEFANIK, and Mr. LOBIONDO): ROS-LEHTINEN): Commerce with foreign Nations, and among H. Res. 424. A resolution expressing the H. Res. 428. A resolution amending the the several States, and with the Indian commitment of the House of Representatives Rules of the House of Representatives to pro- Tribes; to conservative environmental stewardship; tect House employees from employment dis- to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18. The Con- crimination on the basis of actual or per- gress shall have Power to make all Laws By Mr. NEUGEBAUER (for himself, ceived sexual orientation and gender iden- Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. MULLIN): which shall be necessary and proper for car- tity; to the Committee on Ethics. rying into Execution the foregoing Powers, H. Res. 425. A resolution expressing support By Ms. MCSALLY (for herself, Mrs. for designation of September 2015 as ‘‘Na- and all other Powers vested by the Constitu- HARTZLER, Mrs. WALORSKI, Ms. tional Prostate Cancer Awareness Month’’; tion in the Government of the United States STEFANIK, Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of to the Committee on Energy and Commerce. or in any Department or Officer thereof. California, Mrs. DAVIS of California, By Mr. CA´ RDENAS (for himself, Mr. By Mr. BOUSTANY: Ms. BORDALLO, Ms. TSONGAS, Ms. LARSEN of Washington, Mr. SIRES, H.R. 3539. SPEIER, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Ms. Mr. CONYERS, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. JUDY Congress has the power to enact this legis- GABBARD, and Ms. GRAHAM): lation pursuant to the following: CHU of California, Mr. LOWENTHAL, H. Res. 429. A resolution congratulating Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. HIGGINS, Mrs. (a) Article I, Section 1, to exercise the leg- Captain Kristen Griest and First Lieutenant islative powers vested in Congress as granted NAPOLITANO, Ms. ESTY, Mr. BECERRA, Shaye Haver on their graduation from Rang- Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. in the Constitution; and er School; to the Committee on Armed Serv- (b) Article I, Section 8, Clause 18, which MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of New ices. gives Congress the authority ‘‘To make all Mexico, Mr. FARR, Mr. PIERLUISI, Ms. Laws which shall be necessary and proper for HAHN, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Mr. f carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- SERRANO, Mr. VARGAS, Mr. SCOTT of CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- Virginia, Ms. NORTON, Ms. JACKSON STATEMENT stitution in the Government of the United LEE, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. SMITH of States, or in any Department or Officer Washington, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SABLAN, Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of thereof; Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. MOULTON, the Rules of the House of Representa- By Mr. CA´ RDENAS: Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. LAR- tives, the following statements are sub- H.R. 3540. SON of Connecticut, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. mitted regarding the specific powers Congress has the power to enact this legis- GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. granted to Congress in the Constitu- lation pursuant to the following: DOGGETT, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. HARDY, tion to enact the accompanying bill or Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 and Article I, Mr. HINOJOSA, Miss RICE of New joint resolution. Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States York, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Constitution. Texas, Ms. LINDA T. SA´ NCHEZ of Cali- By Mr. WESTMORELAND: By Mr. CONYERS: fornia, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. H.R. 3531. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3541. RUIZ, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr. COSTA, Ms. lation pursuant to the following: Congress has the power to enact this legis- BASS, Mr. SHERMAN, Ms. FUDGE, Ms. Article I, Section 8, of the United States lation pursuant to the following: TITUS, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MURPHY of Constitution. Article 1, Section 8 Florida, Ms. DUCKWORTH, Mr. By Mr. POLIQUIN: By Mr. DELANEY: DESAULNIER, Mr. PETERS, Mrs. H.R. 3532. H.R. 3542. TORRES, Mrs. DAVIS of California, Mr. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Congress has the power to enact this legis- GRIJALVA, Mr. NADLER, Ms. ESHOO, lation pursuant to the following: lation pursuant to the following: Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. LOF- Article I, Section 8 empowers Congress to Section 8 of article I of the Constitution GREN, Mr. ISRAEL, Ms. WASSERMAN ‘‘regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and Amendment XVI of the Constitution. SCHULTZ, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. PASCRELL, and among the several States, and with the By Mr. GRIJALVA: Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mexico, Indian Tribes.’’ H.R. 3543. Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. By Mr. HANNA: Congress has the power to enact this legis- GALLEGO, Ms. ROYBAL-ALLARD, Mr. H.R. 3533. lation pursuant to the following: BEYER, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. O’ROURKE, Congress has the power to enact this legis- U.S. Const. art. I, §§ 1 and 8. and Ms. SINEMA): lation pursuant to the following: By Ms. HAHN: H. Res. 426. A resolution recognizing His- This bill is enacted pursuant to Section 8 H.R. 3544. panic Heritage Month and celebrating the of Article 1 of the United States Constitu- Congress has the power to enact this legis- heritage and culture of Latinos in the United tion. lation pursuant to the following: States and the immense contributions of By Mr. GUINTA: According to Article 1: Section 8: Clause Latinos to the United States; to the Com- H.R. 3534. 18: of the United States Constitution, seen mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Congress has the power to enact this legis- below, this bill falls within the Constitu- form. lation pursuant to the following: tional Authority of the United States Con- By Ms. FUDGE (for herself, Mr. JOYCE, Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United gress. Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. RENACCI, Mrs. States Constitution, which states: The Con- Article 1: Section 8: Clause 18: To make all BEATTY, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. gress shall have power to make all Laws Laws which shall be necessary and proper for CHABOT, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. which shall be necessary and proper for car- carrying into Execution the foregoing Pow- STIVERS, Mr. GIBBS, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. rying into Execution the foregoing Powers, ers, and all other Powers vested by this Con- LATTA, Mr. BECERRA, Mr. HOYER, Ms. and all other Powers vested by this Constitu- stitution in the Government of the United ADAMS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Ms. tion in the Government of the United States, States, or in any Department or Officer BROWN of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, or any Department or Officer thereof. thereof.

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By Mr. JOLLY: tions respecting the U.S. territories, as enu- H.R. 1218: Ms. EDWARDS, Ms. SINEMA, and H.R. 3545. merated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of Mr. KLINE. Congress has the power to enact this legis- the Constitution. H.R. 1232: Mr. DESAULNIER. lation pursuant to the following: By Mr. PIERLUISI: H.R. 1258: Mr. LYNCH and Mr. KATKO. Clause 1, Section 8 of Article 1 of the H.R. 3553. H.R. 1270: Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, Mrs. United States Constitution which reads: Congress has the power to enact this legis- MIMI WALTERS of California, Ms. SINEMA, Mr. ‘‘The Congress shall have Power to lay and lation pursuant to the following: COSTELLO of Pennsylvania, Mr. HILL, Mr. collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts, and Excises The constitutional authority on which this SESSIONS, and Ms. MCSALLY. to pay the Debts, and provide for the com- bill rests is the power of the Congress to lay H.R. 1292: Ms. GABBARD and Mr. KILMER. mon Defense and General Welfare of the and collect taxes and to provide for the gen- H.R. 1338: Mrs. ROBY. United States; but all Duties and Imposts eral welfare of the United States, as enumer- H.R. 1343: Mr. DESAULNIER. and Excises shall be uniform throughout the ated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the H.R. 1369: Mr. FLORES and Mr. LUETKE- United States.’’ United States Constitution; to make all laws MEYER. By Mr. JONES: which shall be necessary and proper for car- H.R. 1399: Mr. KATKO. H.R. 3546. rying into execution such power, as enumer- H.R. 1401: Mr. DELANEY and Mr. VALADAO. Congress has the power to enact this legis- ated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the H.R. 1413: Mr. LAMBORN. lation pursuant to the following: Constitution; and to make rules and regula- H.R. 1428: Mr. FORBES. Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the United tions respecting the U.S. territories, as enu- H.R. 1475: Mr. TIPTON. States Constitution: ‘‘The Congress shall merated in Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of H.R. 1519: Ms. DUCKWORTH. H.R. 1528: Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. have the power. . . . To regulate commerce the Constitution. H.R. 1550: Mr. ASHFORD and Mr. NORCROSS. with foreign nations, and among the several By Ms. WILSON of Florida: H.R. 1559: Mr. SMITH of Texas. states, and with the Indian tribes:’’ H.R. 3554. H.R. 1566: Mr. KIND. By Mr. KATKO: Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1567: Mr. LEVIN, Mr. ISRAEL, Mr. SHIM- H.R. 3547. lation pursuant to the following: KUS, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, and Ms. MOORE. Congress has the power to enact this legis- The Commerce Clause and provisions to H.R. 1588: Mr. BROOKS of Alabama and Mr. lation pursuant to the following: provide for the general welfare. CARTER of Georgia. Article 1 Section 8 Clause 1: Congress shall By Ms. WILSON of Florida: H.R. 1604: Ms. ADAMS. have power to lay and collect Taxes, Duties, H.R. 3555. Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and H.R. 1610: Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1624: Mr. ROTHFUS. provide for the common Defense and general lation pursuant to the following: Welfare of the United States. H.R. 1671: Mr. BYRNE and Ms. MCSALLY. The Commerce Clause and provisions to H.R. 1683: Mr. KIND. By Mr. KIND: provide for the general welfare. H.R. 3548. H.R. 1706: Mr. LARSEN of Washington. Congress has the power to enact this legis- f H.R. 1715: Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1736: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 1784: Mr. ROTHFUS. H.R. 1786: Mr. WALZ, Mr. NOLAN, Mr. MI- By Mr. KLINE: Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 3549. CHAEL F. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, Mr. were added to public bills and resolu- DELANEY, Mr. HULTGREN, and Ms. PLASKETT. Congress has the power to enact this legis- tions, as follows: lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1859: Mr. GRIFFITH. This legislation provides the Secretary of H.R. 38: Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. H.R. 1893: Mrs. LOVE and Mr. KELLY of Mis- Veterans Affairs the authority to waive a co- H.R. 167: Mr. YODER and Mr. PETERSON. sissippi. payment requirement if the Department of H.R. 169: Mr. HUFFMAN. H.R. 1901: Mr. COLLINS of New York. Veterans Affairs is the cause of an error that H.R. 205: Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. H.R. 1938: Mr. WALZ. delays sending a bill to a veteran. Addition- H.R. 206: Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. H.R. 1988: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H.R. 2014: Mrs. NAPOLITANO. ally, the bill requires the Department of Vet- H.R. 213: Mrs. LOVE, Ms. ADAMS, and Mr. H.R. 2030: Mr. BEYER. erans Affairs to notify a veteran of how to FITZPATRICK. H.R. 2050: Mr. HINOJOSA. get a waiver and establish a payment plan H.R. 242: Ms. LOFGREN and Mr. LYNCH. H.R. 2083: Mr. LYNCH. before they can collect payment when they H.R. 244: Mr. AMODEI. H.R. 2087: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina, Ms. does not bill a veteran in a timely manner. H.R. 267: Mr. VAN HOLLEN. WILSON of Florida, Mr. BEYER, Mr. VIS- Specific authority is provided by Article I, H.R. 270: Ms. SINEMA. CLOSKY, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, and Ms. ESTY. section 8 of the United States Constitution H.R. 344: Ms. DUCKWORTH. H.R. 2096: Mr. FITZPATRICK. (clauses 12, 14, and 16), which grants Congress H.R. 390: Mr. BILIRAKIS. H.R. 2205: Mr. SHERMAN. the power to raise and support Armies; to H.R. 483: Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 2255: Mr. BISHOP of Michigan and Mr. make rules for the government and regula- H.R. 546: Mr. KELLY of Mississippi and Miss YODER. RICE of New York. tion of the land and naval forces; and to pro- H.R. 2260: Miss RICE of New York and Mr. H.R. 581: Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. vide for organizing, arming, and disciplining PETERSON. H.R. 592: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. the militia. H.R. 2264: Ms. MCSALLY and Mr. CONNOLLY. TIBERI, Mr. WITTMAN, and Mr. WALBERG. By Mr. LEWIS: H.R. 2280: Mr. SCHIFF. H.R. 600: Mr. PETERSON. H.R. 3550. H.R. 2313: Mr. LANCE. H.R. 604: Mr. CARTER of Georgia. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 2320: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H.R. 664: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 2342: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. H.R. 702: Mr. LIPINSKI. This bill is enacted pursuant to the power RYAN of Ohio, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. WILSON of H.R. 733: Mr. MILLER of Florida. granted to Congress under Article I of the South Carolina, Mr. COOK, Mr. RUPPERS- H.R. 765: Mr. MEEHAN. United States Constitution and its subse- BERGER, Mr. BEN RAY LUJA´ N of New Mexico, H.R. 767: Mr. ASHFORD. quent amendments, and further clarified and and Mrs. WALORSKI. H.R. 775: Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. TAKAI, and Mr. interpreted by the Supreme Court of the H.R. 2355: Ms. FRANKEL of Florida. CUMMINGS. United States. H.R. 2391: Mr. CARTWRIGHT. H.R. 793: Mr. GUTHRIE. By Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of H.R. 2403: Mr. BEYER. New York: H.R. 814: Mr. MILLER of Florida. H.R. 2442: Mr. LOWENTHAL and Ms. LOF- H.R. 3551. H.R. 815: Ms. SINEMA. GREN. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 863: Mr. GUTHRIE and Mr. ROE of Ten- H.R. 2519: Mr. COHEN. lation pursuant to the following: nessee. H.R. 2567: Mr. ROTHFUS and Mr. VALADAO. Article 1, Section 8 H.R. 868: Mr. BARLETTA. H.R. 2611: Mr. JONES. By Mr. PIERLUISI: H.R. 885: Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. H.R. 2622: Mr. AMODEI. H.R. 3552. MATSUI, and Ms. EDWARDS. H.R. 2640: Mr. PERLMUTTER. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 921: Mr. FLEISCHMANN. H.R. 2657: Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. NEAL, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 927: Ms. DUCKWORTH. BENISHEK, and Mr. LOBIONDO. The constitutional authority on which this H.R. 928: Mr. DONOVAN. H.R. 2671: Mr. ZELDIN. bill rests is the power of the Congress to lay H.R. 985: Ms. DUCKWORTH. H.R. 2672: Mr. ZELDIN. and collect taxes and to provide for the gen- H.R. 1061: Mr. DESAULNIER. H.R. 2673: Mr. ZELDIN. eral welfare of the United States, as enumer- H.R. 1145: Mr. HANNA. H.R. 2674: Mr. ZELDIN. ated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the H.R. 1150: Mr. BARLETTA. H.R. 2713: Mr. LYNCH. United States Constitution; to make all laws H.R. 1151: Ms. GRAHAM. H.R. 2715: Ms. DELAURO. which shall be necessary and proper for car- H.R. 1153: Mr. HUDSON. H.R. 2764: Ms. JUDY CHU of California and rying into execution such power, as enumer- H.R. 1202: Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mrs. DAVIS of California. ated in Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the H.R. 1211: Mr. VEASEY, Ms. JACKSON LEE, H.R. 2775: Mr. ROGERS of Alabama and Mr. Constitution; and to make rules and regula- and Mr. COHEN. FOSTER.

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H.R. 2799: Mr. BUCSHON. H.R. 3339: Mrs. WALORSKI. of Ohio, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. H.R. 2805: Mr. RYAN of Ohio and Mr. H.R. 3340: Mr. MULVANEY. STUTZMAN, Mr. WEBSTER of Florida, Mr. WALBERG. H.R. 3355: Mr. RANGEL. WALKER, Mr. FLORES, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of H.R. 2849: Ms. LOFGREN. H.R. 3363: Mr. DESAULNIER, Mrs. MIMI WAL- Illinois, Mr. WESTERMAN, Mr. KLINE, Mr. H.R. 2858: Mr. NOLAN, Mr. SWALWELL of TERS of California, and Mr. FARR. BARR, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, California, and Ms. EDWARDS. H.R. 3371: Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, and Mr. KING H.R. 2867: Mr. CROWLEY. H.R. 3411: Ms. MATSUI. of Iowa. H.R. 2878: Mr. CRAMER. H.R. 3423: Mr. DENHAM, Mr. KING of New H. Res. 12: Mr. HIMES and Mr. AMODEI. H.R. 2903: Mr. BYRNE and Mr. BARR. York, Mr. PETERSON, Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. H. Res. 82: Mrs. NAPOLITANO. H.R. 2905: Mr. ROKITA. COHEN, and Ms. KUSTER. H. Res. 112: Ms. EDWARDS. H.R. 2911: Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. REED, Miss H.R. 3427: Ms. ADAMS and Mr. COURTNEY. H. Res. 139: Mr. KLINE. RICE of New York, and Mr. GUTHRIE. H.R. 3439: Ms. LORETTA SANCHEZ of Cali- H. Res. 230: Ms. DUCKWORTH. H.R. 2915: Mr. LYNCH. fornia. H. Res. 277: Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. H.R. 2920: Mr. VEASEY and Mr. DEUTCH. H.R. 3442: Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. MEADOWS, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, H.R. 2940: Ms. JENKINS of Kansas and Mr. YOUNG of Indiana, and Mr. SMITH of Ne- BABIN. braska. Mr. MCKINLEY, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. BRAT, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. MULVANEY, Mr. H.R. 2948: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. H.R. 3443: Mr. KELLY of Mississippi. H.R. 3011: Mr. ALLEN. H.R. 3457: Mr. GIBSON, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. RIBBLE, Mr. ISSA, Mr. EMMER of Minnesota, H.R. 3016: Mr. SCHIFF, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, RIGELL, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. CREN- Mr. SALMON, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. and Mr. SMITH of Texas. SHAW, Mr. DENHAM, Mr. MILLER of Florida, MURPHY of Florida, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. GOSAR, H.R. 3024: Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. HURD of Texas, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. WEBER and Mr. ROSKAM. H.R. 3036: Mr. KATKO, Mr. PAYNE, and Mr. of Texas, Mr. BISHOP of Michigan, and Mr. H. Res. 289: Mr. YARMUTH. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York. BENISHEK. H. Res. 293: Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. H.R. 3040: Ms. JACKSON LEE and Mr. LYNCH. H.R. 3473: Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. SCHWEIKERT, H.R. 3041: Mr. COHEN. HUELSKAMP, Mr. MARINO, and Mr. THOMPSON Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Ms. MENG, Mr. H.R. 3065: Mr. ELLISON and Mr. BLU- of Pennsylvania. MCKINLEY, Mr. TROTT, Ms. WASSERMAN MENAUER. H.R. 3476: Mr. NORCROSS. SCHULTZ, and Mr. VARGAS. H.R. 3081: Mrs. WALORSKI. H.R. 3477: Ms. TITUS. H. Res. 294: Mr. DESAULNIER. H.R. 3084: Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. H.R. 3495: Mr. MULLIN, Mr. GROTHMAN, Mr. H. Res. 383: Mr. KING of New York. H.R. 3110: Mr. LOBIONDO. H.R. 3126: Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. WEBER of BUCK, and Mr. MULVANEY. H. Res. 385: Mr. GOHMERT. H.R. 3504: Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. GRAVES of Texas, Mr. ROSKAM, and Mr. HURD of Texas. H.R. 3134: Mr. PAULSEN. Louisiana, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. LATTA, and Mr. f H.R. 3136: Mr. CARTER of Georgia. MARCHANT. H.R. 3166: Mr. YOUNG of Alaska and Mr. H.R. 3511: Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin. HUFFMAN. H.R. 3516: Mr. CHABOT, Mr. GRAVES of Geor- PETITIONS, ETC. H.R. 3177: Ms. HERRERA BEUTLER and Mr. gia, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. BABIN, Under clause 3 of rule XII, MACARTHUR. Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. MURPHY of Penn- 26. The SPEAKER presented a petition of H.R. 3183: Mr. HUDSON. sylvania, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, and Gregory D. Watson of Austin, TX, relative to H.R. 3189: Mr. GOSAR and Mr. FLORES. Mr. FLORES. H.R. 3220: Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois and H.R. 3517: Mr. PAYNE and Mr. RICHMOND. urging Congress to propose, for ratification Ms. SINEMA. H.R. 3521: Mr. NUGENT. by special conventions held within the indi- H.R. 3221: Mr. LYNCH. H.R. 3523: Mr. TED LIEU of California, Miss vidual states, an amendment to the United H.R. 3222: Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania. RICE of New York, and Mr. VEASEY. States Constitution which would clarify that H.R. 3248: Ms. BORDALLO. H.J. Res. 11: Mr. SANFORD. any agreement arrived at between the Presi- H.R. 3268: Mr. YOUNG of Iowa, Mr. H.J. Res. 50: Mr. GRAVES of Georgia. dent of the United States and any foreign MOULTON, Ms. HAHN, and Mr. PAULSEN. H.J. Res. 59: Mr. ASHFORD. government or governments constitutes a H.R. 3285: Mr. VEASEY. H. Con. Res. 17: Ms. CASTOR of Florida. ‘‘treaty’’ thereby necessitating a two-thirds H.R. 3286: Mr. NUNES and Mr. HONDA. H. Con. Res. 50: Mr. PETERSON. affirmative vote of ‘‘concurrence’’ by the H.R. 3309: Mr. BISHOP of Utah. H. Con. Res. 75: Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. United States Senate as provided in Article H.R. 3314: Mr. MCCAUL. ROKITA, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. ADER- II, Section 2, Clause 2 of the Constitution; H.R. 3338: Mr. LOBIONDO and Mr. WILSON of HOLT, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. DUNCAN of South which was referred to the Committee on the South Carolina. Carolina, Mr. CRAMER, Mr. ISSA, Mr. JOHNSON Judiciary.

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