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Vol. 164 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2018 No. 99 House of Representatives The House met at 10 a.m. and was not heard from the three Cabinet Mem- Then on Monday Attorney General called to order by the Speaker pro tem- bers we had written last week to give Sessions had one of the most stunning, pore (Mr. WEBER of Texas). us answers about where the children at newspeak, 1984, mind-control moments f the border have been taken to and we have ever heard. He said that if a what our government was going to do man beats a woman, or if a family is DESIGNATION OF SPEAKER PRO to reunite them with their parents. systematically extorted, threatened, TEMPORE So JOHN LEWIS, JOE CROWLEY, JAN targeted by a gang, that that is a pri- The SPEAKER pro tempore laid be- SCHAKOWSKY, AL GREEN, RAU´ L GRI- vate matter and cannot be the basis of fore the House the following commu- JALVA, ADRIANO ESPAILLAT, and I, an asylum claim. nication from the Speaker: joined by hundreds of allies, went down Rape and abuse, that is just a private WASHINGTON, DC, to the CBP headquarters to protest matter, according to the Attorney Gen- June 14, 2018. their action and their secrecy. eral, between a man and a woman. Ac- I hereby appoint the Honorable RANDY K. And when we blocked the entrance to cording to the chief law enforcement WEBER, Sr. to act as Speaker pro tempore on the building—ironically, a building officer of our country, that is just a this day. named for the man who gave the fa- private matter between a man and a PAUL D. RYAN, mous shining city on a hill speech, who woman, between the family and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. spoke so eloquently about immigrants, gang of terrorists they are facing. f and was no fan of walls—yes, we Only in the Trump administration MORNING-HOUR DEBATE blocked the entrance to the Ronald could someone say something so thor- Reagan Building, but the Border Patrol oughly and utterly wrong, dangerous, The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- did not arrest us. ridiculous. ant to the order of the House of Janu- No, they feel comfortable arresting My friend, TREY GOWDY, is a Repub- ary 8, 2018, the Chair will now recog- 10-year-olds and taking 10-month-old lican who is known around here on the nize Members from lists submitted by babies from their moms and dads, but Oversight and Government Reform the majority and minority leaders for when 10 Members of Congress show up Committee and the Judiciary Com- morning-hour debate. to demand answers they get a little mittee as a pretty no-nonsense former The Chair will alternate recognition camera shy, a little weak-kneed. But prosecutor. I went to his website to between the parties. All time shall be we will be back and we will do it again look at his biography. You can all equally allocated between the parties, and again if we have to. Google it. It says it right there: ‘‘As and in no event shall debate continue Right now, today, there are people 7th Circuit Solicitor, Trey led an office beyond 11:50 a.m. Each Member, other who lawfully enter the United States of 25 attorneys and 65 total employees. than the majority and minority leaders and ask for asylum under our laws and During his tenure, he started a Vio- and the minority whip, shall be limited international law, and then they are lence Against Women Task Force.’’ to 5 minutes. taken straight to jail to await Federal Right there in his official bio. f prosecution. And if they have children, So wife beating isn’t a private matter OUR LEADERS SHOULD KNOW the officers think of some pretext, in South Carolina. If you are being beaten, raped, or tortured by your do- BETTER maybe telling the parents that they are taking the child for food or for a mestic partner, your husband, the po- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bath, and then the kids never return, lice, the prosecutor, the judge will get Chair recognizes the gentleman from simply disappear, kidnapped. Many are involved because it isn’t a private mat- Illinois (Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ) for 5 minutes. taken to facilities that are hundreds or ter in South Carolina or anywhere in ´ Mr. GUTIERREZ. Mr. Speaker, yes- thousands of miles away. the United States of America. terday, a group of about 30 of us, in- The parent is given a mass trial, so Go listen to TREY GOWDY’s speeches cluding 10 Members of Congress, de- their individual case may never be on the YouTube channel or his cided we had had enough of this admin- heard or evaluated, and most are de- Facebook. Watch the video of his istration’s policy to scar children for ported back to the country they fled to speech on the House floor in support of life by taking them away from their face continuing violence and rape the Violence Against Women Act. TREY parents when they turn themselves in again and again. GOWDY will move you to tears no mat- to American authorities and ask for And are their children given back to ter what your political party or ideo- asylum. them? Well, we don’t know. We can’t logical persuasion. We went down to the Ronald Reagan get answers, which is why we went yes- But according to the Attorney Gen- Building on 14th Street because we had terday. eral, it is a private matter between a

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This is a matter of public f health, law enforcement and, come on, Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight FATHER’S DAY AND PAID FAMILY this is a matter of good men and the efforts the House is undertaking LEAVE women living by a moral code that this week to combat our Nation’s says we should help those in danger The SPEAKER pro tempore. The opioid crisis. We will consider dozens of when the weak are being preyed upon Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from bills this week that are aimed at fight- by the strong. Oregon (Ms. BONAMICI) for 5 minutes. ing the crisis next door that affects our But apparently not to our Attorney Ms. BONAMICI. Mr. Speaker, it is al- families, our friends, and our loved General or President. To them, those most Father’s Day, a good time to ones. are private matters. That is just think about the fathers in our lives and Mr. Speaker, as you know, there is a wrong. in the families we are honored to rep- nationwide epidemic of heroin and pre- Sleeping with an adult film star and resent. I think about the families in scription drug abuse that is resulting then paying thousands of dollars to Northwest Oregon, and I know that too in drastic increases in addiction rates, keep it quiet, that is a private matter many are still facing challenges. Too overdose deaths, and incarceration. No to be worked out between private at- many are still struggling to make ends zip code in this country is immune torneys. Fleeing death, and violence, meet. Their paycheck, if they are for- from this crisis. and rape, and torture, that is a public tunate to have one, just isn’t enough to Heroin and pain pill addiction does matter, and our leaders should know pay the bills, and it is hard for them to not discriminate on age, race, gender better. even think of saving for the future. or socioeconomic class. Your neighbor One policy that can make a big dif- f could be using heroin, or so could their ference in the lives of families is paid high-honors high school student. It is EFFECTS OF THE OPIOID leave. It is an economic issue for work- the public health crisis of this genera- EPIDEMIC ing families; and we need to recognize tion. that both women and men need to be The SPEAKER pro tempore. The As a senior member of the House able to take paid time off when a child Chair recognizes the gentleman from Education and the Workforce Com- is born, or to care for their children or Illinois (Mr. BOST) for 5 minutes. mittee, I want to highlight some of the other family members when they need Mr. BOST. Mr. Speaker, Chaz Karidis work that we have done to help combat of Madison County, Illinois, had them. In Oregon, our parental and family this pandemic. The committee has col- dreams of being a husband and a fa- medical leave laws cover more people laboratively worked in a bipartisan ther. His family said he wanted to be a and have stronger protections than manner to introduce and support the good role model for his younger broth- current Federal law, and I applaud following bills: er. those efforts; but there are still far too H.R. 5889, which requires Health and Sadly, those dreams came to an end many workers across the country who Human Services to provide resources to in November of 2013 when Chaz’s mom, are not able to care for a sick child or early childhood care and education pro- Kari, received a phone call that no par- aging parents because they cannot pay viders, as well as professionals working ent wants to receive. Kari learned that their rent or buy groceries if they lose with young children, on ways to prop- Chaz had lost his battle with heroin ad- a day of work. erly recognize and respond to children diction just after his 23rd birthday. According to the Department of impacted by trauma related to sub- As a parent and a grandparent, I Labor, only 15 percent of workers in stance abuse. can’t imagine the agony in receiving the United States have access to paid H.R. 5890, which calls on the HHS to that call. family leave through their employers. re-evaluate plans under the Child This painful loss of a child led Kari And although some employers recog- Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to launch a nonprofit that provides nize the importance of providing paid to ensure the safe care of infants af- support and assistance to the compan- leave for all working people, most still fected by prenatal substance abuse. ions of people suffering from addiction. do not. H.R. 5891 establishes interagency Sadly, organizations like Kari’s are Outdated gender norms in too many task forces to effectively and effi- needed now more than ever. workplaces often pressure men, espe- ciently assist families who have been In 2016, there were almost 2,000 opioid cially those in jobs without paid leave, impacted by substance abuse disorders. overdose fatalities in Illinois alone. to limit their time away from work for H.R. 5892 establishes an Advisory That is nearly twice the number of fa- caregiving. We need to see a cultural Committee on Opioids and the Work- talities that occur in motor vehicle ac- shift in our societal expectations about place to advise the Secretary of Labor cidents. men as caregivers, and we need to dis- on actions the department can take to Opioid overdose deaths have in- mantle the stigma that being a care- address the impact of opioid abuse on creased 82 percent between 2013 and giver is incompatible with success in the workplace. 2016 in Illinois; not counting how much the workforce. it has increased around this Nation. Congress should get serious about I am proud to be a cosponsor of all These aren’t just numbers, and they supporting families and enact a mean- these bills, and I urge my colleagues to aren’t just statistics. These are moms ingful paid family leave law. We should support them as well. and dads and sons and daughters and pass the FAMILY Act, legislation that Mr. Speaker, the House is working to neighbors and friends. will provide much-needed financial se- not only address this crisis, but combat Addiction doesn’t care about your curity to working people and their it and overcome it. We will do so race, your income, your gender, or families and provide certainty for busi- through treatment and recovery, your politics. That is why I am proud nesses. through prevention, by protecting our to join my Republican and Democrat A national paid family and medical communities, and by fighting fentanyl friends this week in the passing of leg- leave program would help to foster a and other ever-changing synthetic or islation that focuses on treatment and healthier and more equitable society. foreign illicit drugs. recovery, prevention, protecting our It would help to bring our Nation’s No person can beat addiction alone, communities, and fighting against syn- policies more in line with the needs of and overcoming this epidemic will not thetic drugs. If we work together, we our families and our workforce, and it only take a community-wide effort, but can save lives and continue to restore would be a very meaningful way to say a nationwide effort, and that is what hope in our communities. Happy Father’s Day. we are prepared to do.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.002 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5157 b 1015 I am glad that, this week, the House her post country didn’t seem to recog- OPIOID CRISIS passed a series of more than 20 bills in nize the symptoms either. a bipartisan effort to curb opioid addic- Our Peace Corps volunteers deserve The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tion. Included in this series was the bill better. They deserve better care than Chair recognizes the gentleman from I was proud to help introduce called this, but, unfortunately, I have heard Colorado (Mr. TIPTON) for 5 minutes. the Alternatives to Opioids in the too many stories like Sara’s about Mr. TIPTON. Mr. Speaker, with the Emergency Department Act. This bill Peace Corps volunteers. Young, enthu- opioid and heroin crisis, the American would allow programs similar to the siastic volunteers eager to make a dif- people are currently facing one of the one in Colorado to be tested in hospital ference in the world are let down by worst drug epidemics in our Nation’s emergency departments across the Na- the organization that they once held in history. My State of Colorado is cer- tion, helping to ensure that people who such high esteem. tainly not immune. do not need opioids are never exposed Peace Corps volunteers selflessly sac- In my travels throughout the Third to them in the first place. rifice years of their lives to help people Congressional District, from Pueblo to Mr. Speaker, I stand here proud of that they have never even met, often in Moffat County, up and down the west the collective work accomplished in some of the most desolate, dangerous slope, through the San Luis Valley, I the House this week, but recognizing places on the globe. hear of more lives lost with each pass- that this crisis will not be solved over- Their service to our country should ing year. Opioid addiction knows no night, and we still have a long road not turn into a nightmare that ruins or bounds, and even the most innocent ahead. It is not an issue that is going even ends their lives because we don’t have been affected. to be solved solely by the Federal Gov- take care of them. Small, common- This last year, when I toured ernment. It is going to take a collabo- sense changes could make a big dif- Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo, rative effort with our States, our local ference in protecting our Peace Corps Colorado, and visited the unit that governments, and our families as well volunteers abroad and when they get treats babies who are born with neo- in addressing this problem. home. natal abstinence syndrome, which We must continue to work together That is why Representative KENNEDY means that they were exposed to opi- to end the stigma surrounding opioid and I introduced the Sam Farr and ates before they were born and suffer abuse and find innovative solutions Nick Castle Peace Corps Reform Act. withdrawal at the moment of birth, that will end this crisis for good. This bill has passed our Committee on you see a truly heartbreaking situa- f Foreign Affairs and takes important tion. To see the most vulnerable suf- first steps for our angels abroad. It fering from withdrawal symptoms is SARA THOMPSON—PEACE CORPS betters medical care for volunteers in something that touches the heart of VOLUNTEER the country, improves training on the every American. But it also served as a The SPEAKER pro tempore. The side effects of malaria medications, reminder that we must be more aggres- Chair recognizes the gentleman from and allows the Peace Corps to better sive and more inventive in our efforts Texas (Mr. POE) for 5 minutes. prescribe other types of malaria medi- to be able to end this epidemic. Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, cation. Opioid abuse is multifaceted, and America’s Peace Corps and those vol- In addition, this bill better protects there is not just one solution that will unteers are our angels abroad. They our volunteers from sexual assault and solve this problem. That is why I have represent the very best in America. harassment when they are in foreign held more than 30 opioid roundtables in Here with us today in the gallery, we countries. When they return, it extends various communities throughout my have one of those brave volunteers, Ms. their health coverage, so they can get district, to be able to hear from Sara Thompson. the care they need rather than stop healthcare providers, law enforcement Since she was a little girl, Sara taking care of them, as has happened officers, and first responders on the dreamed of helping rural communities in the past. front lines of the fight against addic- in Africa. When she grew up, the Peace There is still more that needs to be tion; to learn how the Federal Govern- Corps gave her that perfect oppor- done to ensure the safety and security ment can play a better role in sup- tunity. She served in Burkina Faso, of those wonderful volunteers. They de- porting those efforts. where she worked to keep girls in serve to be protected by the United In these roundtables, I have learned school. States and our law when we send them that opioid abuse often begins in the Unfortunately, her dream turned into to far reaches of the world. When they last place that you would expect it to: a tragedy when the Peace Corps pre- return from service with injuries and the doctor’s office or a hospital emer- scribed medication called mefloquine sickness, volunteers should be able to gency room. For example, a person who to protect her from malaria. During make ends meet with the disability sprained their ankle while skiing may her service, she began to have horrific payment that they receive, which is go to their doctor to be receiving pain nightmares and struggled with mental not the case now. medication for their injury. This medi- health. Mr. Speaker, I hope to see these pro- cation may provide relief from the When she turned to the Peace Corps visions in law some day, but until then, pain, but it can also provide an intense for help, the medical officer excused the Sam Farr and Nick Castle Peace sense of euphoria. From there, there is her symptoms as simply ‘‘not adjusting Corps Reform Act makes critical im- the possibility that an addiction is well.’’ One night, Sara woke up dizzy, provements for our volunteers. It is es- born. nauseous, and threw up the entire sential to see it become law. According to the National Institute night, so she went to the doctor, and Peace Corps volunteers like Sara are on Drug Abuse, of those who began the doctor told her it was an ear infec- the face of our country in places where using opioids in the 2000s, a whopping tion. America’s shining beacon of hope and 75 percent reported that their first Months later still, Sara struggled liberty to other people may not always opioid was a prescription drug. with nausea and nightmares. And with shine so bright without Peace Corps Colorado has the 12th highest rate of no support from the Peace Corps, she volunteers. These individuals promote abuse of prescription opioids across the took matters into her own hands and goodwill, a better understanding of the Nation. In response to the rising num- started to research those medical prob- United States, and this helps us secure ber of Coloradans becoming addicted lems. It was then that she realized the enduring partnerships with these na- through prescribed opioids, the Colo- malaria medicine the Peace Corps had tions. rado Hospital Association launched a given her was making her sick. It also does good in the country that pilot program in 10 hospital emergency As it turns out, mefloquine’s side ef- they are in. They change lives every departments across the State with the fects are so terrible, Special Operation day in local communities that they goal of reducing prescribed opioids by Forces in the Army won’t even take serve, and they do this many times 15 percent. This program was so suc- that medication. Sara was never when they are alone. We must ensure cessful that it actually achieved a 36 warned about these horrific side effects we are doing all we can to minimize percent reduction. by the Peace Corps, and the doctors in unnecessary dangers for our Peace

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Many of these grand- As a former judge, I can tell you that holding the Nicaraguan Government respon- parents never thought they would be it is our duty to do everything within sible for any aggression or attack that may raising another young child. The Sup- our power to protect these angels be suffered by Father Jose Alberto Idiaquez, porting Grandparents Raising Grand- abroad. These goodwill ambassadors S.J. children Act would provide them with like Sara Thompson are some of Amer- I call on the national and international information and resources to help them human rights organizations, the Organiza- meet the needs of the children that ica’s best, and America must take care tion of American States, the U.N., the Euro- of them when they serve overseas, pean Parliament, and all Jesuit universities they are caring for. when they are helping people overseas, of the world, the different churches, the U.S. The opioid crisis cannot be solved and when they return home to America Government, and all of those committed to overnight, but we must keep fighting. from being overseas. basic human dignity, to strongly support the We must enable families to come to- And that is just the way it is. peaceful negotiations of a solution to the gether to do what families do best, and The SPEAKER pro tempore. The tragic situation that the country is experi- that is help one another. We need to Chair would remind Members that the encing and demand respect for the physical support those who are unexpectedly safety of all Nicaraguans who, like Father caring for young children and provide rules do not allow references to persons Idiaquez, S.J., and the Bishop’ Conference in the gallery. students, and other members of the civil so- them with the support they need to f ciety who are participating in the National raise healthy and happy kids. Dialogue, are working for a lasting peace f THREAT TO JESUITS IN that is borne from justice. NICARAGUA U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS It is signed by Father Scott MUST STOP DISCHARGING TOXIC The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Santarosa, S.J. He is, again, the pro- WATER Chair recognizes the gentleman from vincial of the western province. California (Mr. VARGAS) for 5 minutes. As many of you will recall, back in The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Mr. VARGAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise 1989, a very similar threat was made Chair recognizes the gentleman from today to raise awareness of a very seri- against Father Ignacio Ellacuria of the Florida (Mr. MAST) for 5 minutes. ous threat against a member of the So- UCA of El Salvador. Unfortunately, Mr. MAST. Mr. Speaker, I have a ciety of Jesus in Nicaragua by reading that threat ended in the death of Fa- great 5-minute speech prepared here, but I am just going to tell you the way in the CONGRESSIONAL RECORD a dec- ther Ellacuria, along with five other laration from the Jesuits West Prov- Jesuits at the UCA, the Central Amer- it is. ince of the Society of Jesus. ican University, as well as two lay peo- For the last 2 weeks, the U.S. Army It is a letter written by Father Scott ple. Corps of Engineers has been using my Santarosa, father provincial of the So- I think this is a very serious threat community as their own personal sep- ciety of Jesus for the West Province, that our country has to take a look at tic tank. That is not hyperbole. That is and it reads like this: and demand that steps be taken to pro- the truth. tect the life of all Nicaraguans, and Now, it hasn’t just happened this way ‘‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they for the last 2 weeks. They just started will be called children of God.’’—Matthew particularly the students and the rec- 5:9. tor of the Central American Univer- discharging water into my community As many of you know, Nicaragua is cur- sity, the Jesuit institution there. 2 weeks ago. This has actually been rently experiencing a serious and increasing going on for decades where, year after f political crisis. The people who demand de- year after year, the Corps of Engineers mocracy, freedom, and justice are firmly ADDRESSING THE OPIOID CRISIS decides that it is okay to discharge committed to seeking a peaceful solution. water that they know is toxic into an There are already more than 153 Nicaraguans The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from epicenter of human population. who have lost their lives in just over a How do they know this water is month of struggling toward such a resolu- West Virginia (Mr. JENKINS) for 5 min- tion. utes. toxic? Because the Federal Govern- The Society of Jesus, present in Nicaragua Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. Mr. ment sued the State of Florida at one since 1916, has joined the people in this com- Speaker, the opioid crisis touches near- point in history, saying: Listen, we mitment. Our human, ethical, and Christian ly every family in West Virginia, with don’t want you to send this water down conviction requires us to share support and too many lives lost to the disease of south toward the Florida Everglades defend a peaceful solution to the conflict. addiction. It is an issue I hear about because it is killing the Florida Ever- We still have time to avoid more polariza- every day. glades. It is too toxic for what needs to tion, more bloodshed, and more pain. Honest go in there. dialogue and serious negotiation are vital in As the opioid epidemic forces in- order to achieve it, for whoever wants peace creasing numbers of children into fos- So now the Corps of Engineers sends does not assault, persecute, mistreat, or in- ter care, we see more and more grand- it to people. They send it to the kids timidate. parents being left to raise their grand- who are out at fishing camp. They send We have been informed by a reliable source children. These grandparents face the it to the fishermen who are trying to that the life of Father Jose Alberto Idiaquez, task of caring for young children while pull fish out of the water, and they S.J., rector of the Central American Univer- navigating a complex child welfare sys- send it to the beaches where, instead, sity, the UCA of Nicaragua, is in serious dan- tem. they have to put up signs that say: No ger. swimming. Don’t touch the water. Haz- Father Idiaquez has been threatened for b 1030 participating in the National Dialogue con- ard to human life. vened by the Bishops’ Conference, for stand- Many have little support and are also What kind of community is this ing alongside the students, for defending the coping even with their adult child’s ad- where this is sent to? This is a commu- human rights of those who are demanding re- diction. nity, the treasure coast of Florida. It is spect for their constitutional rights, for We must make it easier for grand- an area where beautiful waters from making continuous calls to the Nicaraguan parents who love and care for their the Atlantic flow in. They make the Government to give concrete signs that they grandchildren to navigate the system. water crystal clear. It used to be laden too seek justice and democracy, and for in- Bills like the Assisting States’ Imple- with sea grass, with sea life, and with volving the university in the efforts of the mentation of Plans of Safe Care Act waterfowl, and now you can find next Nicaraguan people. Father general of the Society of Jesus, Fa- aim to make it easier for families to to none of that because the water is no ther Arturo Sosa, S.J., resident in Rome, has gain custody of kids who have been re- longer blue. been informed of this threat. With his sup- moved from their parents’ care due to The water no longer has sea grass port and on behalf of all of the Jesuits and drug abuse. Allowing these family and thriving fish beds in it because the

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They should know that we are working TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL BOYS Where the water isn’t black, the to provide them with the resources LACROSSE water is green, like this, with toxic necessary to prevent addiction, to algae and cyanobacteria, things that The SPEAKER pro tempore. The treat abuse, and to help families and no person should ever have to come in Chair recognizes the gentleman from individuals recover. contact with. Pennsylvania (Mr. SMUCKER) for 5 min- This week and next, the House is I will tell you, this body recently did utes. passing legislation that changes the a good job for what has to occur to fix Mr. SMUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I rise way opioids are prescribed and encour- this issue in the long term. We passed today to congratulate the Manheim ages alternative methods and medica- the Water Resources Development Act, Township High School boys lacrosse tions to treat pain. We are cracking where we went out there and put a team, who recently won the program’s down on deadly synthetic drugs like placeholder into that bill for a south- first-ever PIAA State title. The Blue fentanyl. We are giving law enforce- ern reservoir, a reservoir south of our Streaks defeated La Salle, 6 to 4, in the ment tools to get dangerous drugs off area to send this water so that they PIAA Class 3A championship game this our streets and out of our commu- don’t have to send this water to the past Saturday to bring the title to nities, and we are improving data used epicenter of human population in our Lancaster County. to help at-risk patients, families, and Manheim Township of District 3 be- area. those who are already struggling with came the first school from outside Dis- We did a good job of doing something addiction. tricts 1 or 12 to win the boys lacrosse known as asking for a LORS review, a Our communities are coming to- title since the tournament began. This review of the schedule at which level gether and standing side by side to help historic championship is a fitting end we can keep the Lake Okeechobee each other through this difficult time. to an excellent season that also in- water in that lake so that they don’t Those struggling with addiction and cluded a program best 26–1 record and have to discharge that water into our their family and friends are getting both the Lancaster-Lebanon League community. We did a good job in mak- some much-needed assistance from and District 3 titles. These young men ing sure that we put resources toward have put in countless hours of hard Congress. Both in Washington and in how you can clean up algal blooms. work to achieve this incredible result. Pennsylvania, I will continue to work Those were all very important things As I have said before, high school with my colleagues, community lead- for the long term, but it doesn’t help sports are about more than just win- ers, healthcare professionals, and law the people in my community today and ning. They are about teaching our chil- enforcement to prioritize an immediate tomorrow, the people who have to dren valuable skills such as teamwork, and effective response to save the lives worry about their children coming in commitment, and perseverance. They of those we love. contact with the water because of the build character and create memories f human health risks associated with it. that will last a lifetime. These young It doesn’t help the business owners, LUNCH BUDDY APP BUILDS men have displayed these valuable FRIENDSHIPS whom I have to see day after day with skills throughout their entire season, tears in their eyes because they are and I am proud to represent them. I The SPEAKER pro tempore. The closing their doors for the last time be- look forward to the team’s future suc- Chair recognizes the gentleman from cause they can’t survive because of the cesses. New Jersey (Mr. SMITH) for 5 minutes. way this devastates our economy from Congratulations to the Manheim Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. top to bottom. Township High School boys lacrosse Speaker, I rise today to recognize and When you destroy the environment team, the coaches, their families, and congratulate four exceptional students in our community, you destroy us. You the faculty, staff, and students who en- from New Jersey’s Point Pleasant Bor- destroy every one of us in our commu- abled this historic title. ough High School—Luke Boylan, The- nity. This cannot continue. This has to COMBATING OPIOID EPIDEMIC resa Cardone, Jaspreet Kaur, and Adri- stop. Mr. SMUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I would an Wittmann—for their amazing app I call on the U.S. Corps of Engineers like to address another topic this designed to ensure that their class- that, until the moment comes where morning. I want to speak in support of mates with special needs have a lunch you can say the water you are sending the House’s efforts to combat the buddy to build friendships, share con- into our area is not toxic whatsoever, opioid epidemic that has swept across versation, laugh, or talk about each until that day comes where you would Pennsylvania and across the Nation. other’s hopes and dreams. go into that water yourself or bring This week, the House is voting on more Lunch Buddy app helps make all par- your own family members for a vaca- than 30 opioid-related bills, with many ticipating students more under- tion and for a swim in our waterways, more to come next week as well. standing, knowledgeable, kind, and em- then don’t send one more drop of that Sadly, you would be hard-pressed pathetic. Lunch Buddy app helps all water into my community. today to find someone who hasn’t been participating students see the world I put on the same uniform as the impacted by this epidemic or who from each other’s eyes. members of the Corps of Engineers. We doesn’t know someone who has. It Everyone has good days and bad, wore the same Army uniform, and I transcends socioeconomic and geo- strengths and weaknesses, and things know that we carry the same passion graphic lines and makes no distinction we want to talk about to a friend. For for how we do things. We had an ethos: between age, income, race, gender, or many, high school can be difficult and You always place the mission first; you politics. lonely. Lunch Buddy app recognizes never accept defeat; you never quit; Hundreds of thousands of American this and enables participating students and you never leave a fallen comrade. lives have been cut short by drug to better grasp the God-given worth, Right now my community is being left abuse. In my region of Pennsylvania, inherent value, and innate goodness of behind by the Corps of Engineers, and prescription drugs, heroin, and everyone and says with neon lights: it is not right. fentanyl are the leading causes of You are welcomed and cherished here. I could say that not one moment dur- death in several communities. In fact, Working together, under the incred- ing my time in the military would I our region has experienced a 23 percent ible guidance of their advanced soft- have ever considered risking the life of increase in opioid-related deaths in 2018 ware engineering teacher, Mr. Nick one community in the name of some- as compared to the same time period in Gattuso, Luke, Theresa, Jaspreet, and thing that may potentially happen in 2017. Adrian created a Lunch Buddy app

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.007 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H5160 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2018 which earned them the top prize in We all know that integrating into testing is hardly necessary once you New Jersey’s Fourth Congressional the academic and social environments have already proven your capacity. District App Challenge. at school can be difficult for many stu- Russia has the capacity to destroy Several weeks ago, the team came to dents, especially and including those American cities, but they haven’t test- the Capitol, where they were nation- with a disability. As the founder and ed a nuclear weapon since 1990. Why? ally recognized. co-chair of the Congressional Autism They proved it long ago. Mr. Speaker, I had the privilege of Caucus, I have heard stories from Likewise, North Korea has proven seeing the app in action when I visited countless families with children with the capacity of its nuclear weapons. the high school in February and was autism who struggle. They don’t need further testing. They struck by the extraordinary care and So I am especially grateful to our have missiles that can kill tens of kindness of the winners and, frankly, four designers of the Lunch Buddy app thousands of Americans and millions of all the students in the class. These who showed both great technical skill our allies in Tokyo, Seoul, and else- young people are truly amazing. and compassion. They put their exper- where in Asia. They have the capacity Allow me, Mr. Speaker, to say a brief tise toward the service of others. to smuggle their nuclear weapons near word about the teacher, Nick Gattuso. Mr. Speaker, the world awaits what or into any of our West Coast cities. After the terrorist attacks of 9/11, they and other students in that class They have that capacity. They don’t Mr. Gattuso was so inspired by the self- have to offer. need further testing. lessness of so many that he left a high- f So they have given very little, but ly successful career at Bell Labs and they gave one more thing. They pro- took an early retirement and huge pay NORTH KOREAN NEGOTIATIONS nounced the word denuclearization. cut to teach because he said he just The SPEAKER pro tempore. The This is the epitome of a vague plati- wanted to give back to others. He said Chair recognizes the gentleman from tude. For when North Korea says he was too old to be a firefighter and California (Mr. SHERMAN) for 5 min- denuclearization, they say will give up too old to be a cop, but he chose the utes. their nuclear weapons when the whole noble profession of teacher. Mr. SHERMAN. Mr. Speaker, for 22 world gives up its nuclear weapons; Today, with great skill, energy, and years, I have served on the Foreign Af- when, in the words of the Good Book, passion, Mr. Gattuso teaches his stu- fairs Committee and focused on North swords are beaten into plowshares. dents, in his words, ‘‘how to use their Korea. For two decades I have urged So what have we given up? programming, engineering, and prob- the toughest possible pressure not only First, we gave them what the Kim lem-solving skills for good.’’ Lunch on North Korea, but on China, North dynasty has always wanted: that face- Buddy app epitomizes that good. Korea’s lifeline. to-face equality with an American Lunch Buddy app, Mr. Speaker, Just last month I joined Chairman President. sprang out of a broader initiative to YOHO of the Asia Subcommittee, where Second, we have relaxed our sanc- create a better learning environment I serve as ranking member, in sending tions, in effect. for students with disabilities. In 2012, a letter insisting that we have tougher No, the statutes haven’t changed. Point Pleasant Borough High School enforcement of our sanctions on large But those big banks that Chairman established The Panther Assisted Chinese banks and other entities that YOHO and myself as ranking member Learning Software, or PALS, with the supplied the necessary services to Kim once sanctioned, no way that is going stated goal of ‘‘providing students with Jong-un. to happen. Businesspeople in Moscow multiple disabilities differentiated as- When the possibility of a summit was and Beijing know it is now time to sistive learning technologies and to announced, the foreign policy commu- move forward with business deals with promote increased independence and nity came forward with a unified mes- North Korea. vocational sufficiency.’’ sage: No concessions until we get Also, he declared our military exer- Additionally, PALS was created to CVID, or the complete, verifiable, irre- cises to be provocative. What does that overcome specific barriers to learning versible dismantlement of North Ko- mean worldwide when an American and to facilitate increased interaction rea’s nuclear program. President says: We better not train our between special needs students and I found myself on the dovish edge of troops; that is warlike? their nondisabled peers. It is a wonder- the foreign policy community. While I In the words, of Admiral Stavridis, ful program that teaches important supported tougher sanctions, I believe who wrote in Time Magazine just a few lessons that last a lifetime, and I be- that we should settle for a verifiable days ago: ‘‘These are operational mili- lieve this program needs to be rep- limit, a freeze and monitoring, a sys- tary exercises in which ships, aircraft, licated in every high school in the tem where there is no cheating and and ground forces . . . practice exe- country. where we can be sure that they are not cuting defined war plans.’’ To have our b 1045 selling their nuclear weapons to other forces forward deployed without the benefit of that kind of practice would The Lunch Buddy app is one of sev- even more dangerous parties. So I eagerly awaited Singapore. What be negligent in the extreme and would eral real-world, operational apps that we saw was a President that put into lead to major combat losses in a real are enhancing the learning and com- practice what he wrote about when he fight. munity environment at Point Pleas- wrote his famous book, newly reissued Trump is saying these exercises are ant. Other apps, for example, assist and retitled, Trump: The Art of the Ca- expensive. It is hardly expensive to students with their class schedules, train our troops. ´ ´ pitulation. money management, and resume build- What are the steps in capitulation? We have got a long way to go. We ing and are developed in close collabo- First, give the other side just about need to enforce the sanctions and make ration with special needs students in everything. them tougher. We have to do this until the life skills class. Second, accept in return vague plati- we get a complete declaration of their As you know, Mr. Speaker, the Con- tudes. nuclear materials, a verification, and a gressional App Challenge itself was Third, go on TV and announce that freeze. created to allow students in STEM you have got the best deal ever. f fields who also work in computer pro- What did we get from North Korea? gramming an opportunity to showcase A temporary suspension of their HONORING RABBI JOEL SIMON their software application achieve- most extreme barbarism. They agreed The SPEAKER pro tempore. The ments. These STEM fields are central to release and did release three hos- Chair recognizes the gentleman from to the global workforce of the future, tages. They said they will allow us to Pennsylvania (Mr. FITZPATRICK) for 5 and it is critical for our students to look for the bodies of our fallen heroes minutes. have opportunities like this challenge from the Korean War. They did not re- Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I to further develop expertise in com- lease the Japanese hostages, but they rise today to honor a faith leader in puter programming and work with did release three American hostages. our community who has made a tre- teammates to enhance their collective They implicitly agreed, though not mendous impact on individuals in our creativity. explicitly, to an end of testing. But home in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:18 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.009 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5161 Rabbi Joel Simon of the Shir Ami Tennent High School in Warminster, PRAYER Synagogue in Newtown, has been a was recently a recipient of the Teacher The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick transformative force in providing spir- as Hero award from the National Lib- J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: itual guidance to his congregants. Dur- erty Museum and State Farm Insur- Eternal God, we give You thanks for ing his tenure, Mr. Speaker, at the Re- ance. He was honored for his work giving us another day. form congregation, Joel has made teaching a science class for students We thank You, once again, that we, great strides to enhance the edu- which doubles as an English language Your creatures, can come before You cational environment for the over 700 class. Additionally, Marc has teamed and ask guidance for the men and families who attend Shir Ami. A strong up with fellow William Tennent teach- women of the people’s House. proponent of strengthening Jewish er Joan Savion to establish Aqui Para There are many issues facing this identity, Rabbi Simon oversees com- Ti, a community group that seeks to Congress in these and coming days. munity building exercises such as strengthen relationships with the Some are quite contentious; all are of yoga, youth groups, and theater trips. Latino community in the Centennial importance to so many of our citizens Rabbi Simon will be departing Shir School District. and residents. Ami on Saturday to return to his home I applaud Marc and Joan for their Bless each Member with wisdom and in Florida. While he will be dearly work in bridging the language and insight into the many implications of missed by our community, we are sure learning gap for students in our com- their legislative actions so that all that he will flourish in his next chap- munity. By giving them the tools to Americans rest assured that Your Spir- ter. We wish him; his wife, Jacent; and succeed, Marc and Joan are paving a it is at work in the business of the peo- their entire family all the best going brighter future for the next generation. ple’s House. forward. Bless us this day and every day. May f BUCKS COUNTY HEROES all that is done here be for Your great- Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I OPIOID EPIDEMIC er honor and glory. rise today to recognize several individ- Amen. uals from our community in Bucks The SPEAKER pro tempore. The f Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from County, Pennsylvania, who adminis- THE JOURNAL tered first aid that would ultimately New York (Ms. STEFANIK) for 5 min- save the life of a beloved school bus utes. The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- driver. Ms. STEFANIK. Mr. Speaker, my dis- ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- In January, Janet Lapsley suffered a trict and communities across our Na- ceedings and announces to the House life-threatening medical emergency. tion are being ravaged by the heroin his approval thereof. Discovered unconscious by fellow bus and opioid epidemic. This crisis touch- Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- driver Bob Fay, Janet was found to be es our homes, our friends, and our fam- nal stands approved. lacking a pulse. With the help of Bob ilies in ways that have grave effects on f everyday people and everyday lives. and drivers Brent Briggs, Danny PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Over the last 15 years, heroin-related Shimp, and Jeff Randolph, Janet re- The SPEAKER. Will the gentle- ceived CPR and oxygen. With the as- deaths have quadrupled across our woman from California (Ms. MATSUI) sistance of school nurse Dawn Fulton country. In 2016, over 3,600 New York- ers died of an opioid overdose, with fa- come forward and lead the House in the and athletic trainer Katie Holmes, Pledge of Allegiance. Janet received the additional treat- talities in some counties in my district doubling and tripling. Ms. MATSUI led the Pledge of Alle- ment she needed to survive while first giance as follows: responders were on the way. This is why, since arriving in Con- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the I would like to commend the first re- gress, I have worked with my col- leagues on the Bipartisan Heroin Task United States of America, and to the Repub- sponders, who worked collectively and lic for which it stands, one nation under God, professionally to save Janet’s life. Force to pass the Comprehensive Ad- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. diction and Recovery Act, the 21st Cen- They are Ottsville Fire Company Chief f William Shick, Deputy Chief James tury Cures Act, and to provide over $4 Keogh, Firefighter and EMT Jeff billion in funding to fight this epi- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Lauble, and Junior Firefighter Evelyn demic. But we must continue to attack The SPEAKER. The Chair will enter- Keogh. this epidemic head-on, which is why we tain up to 15 requests for 1-minute The weekend following this health are passing a package of bills this week speeches on each side of the aisle. scare, Janet’s brain activity hovered to prevent addiction, encourage treat- f between 3 percent and 5 percent. How- ment and recovery, and improve law ever, with the help of a team of doctors enforcement to keep our communities RECOGNIZING ALZHEIMER’S and many prayers, Janet slowly recov- safe. AWARENESS MONTH ered and is now working as a monitor Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was on bus 97, continuing to assist the chil- continue this incredibly important bi- given permission to address the House dren she cares so deeply about. partisan work so that the families we for 1 minute and to revise and extend I would like to thank Bob, Brent, represent can get the relief they need. her remarks.) Danny, Jeff, Dawn, Katie, William, f Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I James, Jeff, and Evelyn for their cou- rise today in recognition of Alz- rageous actions. Their knowledge and RECESS heimer’s Awareness Month. quick thinking truly saved the life of a Sadly, Alzheimer’s is one of the fast- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- dedicated community servant. I en- est growing, costliest, and deadliest ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair courage all of my constituents to fol- epidemics facing our Nation. I am all declares the House in recess until noon low their lead and, as an EMT, educate too familiar with the pain and heart- today. themselves on the power of first-aid break surrounding this dreadful disease Accordingly (at 10 o’clock and 58 techniques to save lives every single because my mother passed away in 2011 minutes a.m.), the House stood in re- day. due to complications from Alzheimer’s. cess. HONORING THE WORK OF TEACHERS MARC It is important to note that my expe- CUTILLO AND JOAN SAVION f rience is not unique. Over 5.7 million Mr. FITZPATRICK. Mr. Speaker, I Americans are living with this disease, rise today to recognize a teacher in b 1200 including half a million Floridians. Bucks County, Pennsylvania, who is That is why I am a staunch advocate working to break down barriers both in AFTER RECESS for Alzheimer’s research funding. and out of the classroom. The recess having expired, the House I am also proud to have recently co- Marc Cutillo, a biology teacher and was called to order by the Speaker at sponsored H.R. 4256, the BOLD Infra- special education teacher at William noon. structure for Alzheimer’s Act. This bill

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Mr. Speaker, I encourage all my col- But in today’s American Conserv- One of those lives lost was Samantha leagues to stand with Alzheimer’s pa- ative magazine, there is an article Huntley, whose picture I have here. tients, with their families, and with about Air Force spending that really Samantha was an outgoing cheer- their caregivers and support this im- takes the cake. The article is entitled: leader at Kickapoo High School in portant bill. ‘‘Why Do Air Force Planes Need $10,000 Springfield, Missouri. When she was 16, Toilet Seat Covers?’’ The story is by she was in a car wreck and broke her f Dan Grazier, a former Marine captain. back. Her doctor prescribed opioids to PERMISSION FOR MEMBER TO BE He wrote the following: deal with the pain, and when they ran CONSIDERED AS FIRST SPONSOR ‘‘. . . a Department of Defense con- out, Sam turned to heroin. OF H.R. 3828 tractor told the Air Force that each At age 18, she confessed to her mom new toilet seat cover for the C–17 cargo she needed help, but she was never able Ms. MATSUI. Mr. Speaker, I ask plane will cost $10,000. Will Roper, the unanimous consent that I may here- to beat her addiction. Tragically, Sam Air Force’s Chief Acquisition official, succumbed to an overdose last year, at after be considered to be the first spon- rather than pooh-poohing the cost, de- sor of H.R. 3828, the Patsy T. Mink age 20. fended it by claiming the company This epidemic must not take any Gender Equity in Education Act of would have to switch production from more of our young people. That is why 2017, a bill originally introduced by other products to make a limited num- we are passing over 70 bills this week Representative Louise Slaughter of ber of toilet covers, thus driving up the to address this crisis. Now is the time New York, for the purposes of adding expense.’’ to prevent other tragedies so beautiful, cosponsors and requesting reprintings It is unpatriotic, Mr. Speaker, for amazing youth like Samantha can live. pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. any Federal department, but especially The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. the Defense Department, to spend tax- f PALMER). Is there objection to the re- payers’ money so recklessly. I wish CRUELTY IN ITS PUREST FORM quest of the gentlewoman from Cali- someday—someday—we could get a fis- (Mr. KENNEDY asked and was given fornia? cal conservative in charge at the Pen- permission to address the House for 1 There was no objection. tagon. minute and to revise and extend his re- f f marks.) OFFSHORE DRILLING Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, tonight THE ‘‘VACANT VA’’ IS AN INSULT children—2, 3, 4 years old—will sleep (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given TO OUR HEROES alone in cages on American soil. permission to address the House for 1 (Ms. BROWNLEY of California asked Yes, the brutality being perpetrated minute.) and was given permission to address Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, House by the United States Government is the House for 1 minute.) Republicans have taken their appalling about who we are as a country. It is Ms. BROWNLEY of California. Mr. assault on New Jersey to new lows: The about morality. It is about humanity. Speaker, I rise today because I am Natural Resources Committee is con- But first, it is about those kids: deeply concerned that the Department sidering legislation that would penalize The 5-year-old boy from Honduras of Veterans Affairs is missing nearly a States like New Jersey, where Gov- who collapsed on a kitchen floor in dozen key, very important leaders, ernor Murphy and our people have had Michigan, sobbing for his parents; which is a grave disservice to our Na- the courage and foresight to block The mother who had to listen to her tion’s veterans. drilling in State waters. 7-year-old daughter frantically scream- It has been 4 weeks since the Presi- What House Republicans don’t realize ing in a detention room next door as dent announced his latest VA Sec- is that New Jerseyans will never be she was hauled away; retary nominee, but he has yet to for- blackmailed into accepting drilling The 3-year-old boy who was put, in- mally submit the nomination to the miles away from our $38 billion-a-year consolable, on a flight to the Midwest Senate. The VA has been without a tourism industry. We know the damage after his mother was left behind; permanent Under Secretary for Health that the BP oil spill did to commu- A 4-month-old baby ripped from his since February of 2017, and there are at nities on the Gulf Coast, and we will father’s arms. least nine Deputy Under Secretaries stop at nothing to prevent it off New I don’t care what you believe. I don’t and Assistant Deputy Secretary posi- Jersey’s waters. care who you vote for or what you tions without a permanent appointee. The Trump administration offered think about the nuances of immigra- Without strong, steady leadership, the largest offshore drilling plan we tion reform. These children—babies— how will the VA provide the best have ever seen last year, but even the need to be with their parents, just like healthcare and timely benefits our Na- President understands the true dangers every other child in this country. Any- tion’s veterans deserve? of drilling. We know this because he ex- thing less is cruelty in its purest form. The President must take responsi- cluded drilling off Florida waters at f bility for these failures of leadership the request of his political allies there. CONGRATULATING LIEUTENANT and immediately prioritize identifying, Republicans understand the risk of ERIC SCHRAGE offshore drilling, yet they are all too properly vetting, and appointing the (Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois qualified leaders the VA needs because happy to subject coastal communities throughout our country to the risk. asked and was given permission to ad- this ‘‘vacant VA’’ is an insult to our dress the House for 1 minute and to re- heroes. So much, Mr. Speaker, for State rights. vise and extend his remarks.) f Mr. Speaker, New Jerseyans have a Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Lieu- WE NEED A FISCAL CONSERV- long memory, and we will never forget this assault on our economy and our tenant Eric Schrage of the Collinsville ATIVE IN CHARGE OF THE PEN- Fire Department and congratulate him TAGON way of life. f on being awarded the Medal of Honor (Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee asked Award from the Firefighting Medal of and was given permission to address OUR NATION’S OPIOID EPIDEMIC Honor Awards Ceremony this past the House for 1 minute.) (Mrs. HARTZLER asked and was May. Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee. Mr. given permission to address the House Lieutenant Schrage was recognized Speaker, I know that one of the easiest for 1 minute.) for his actions in responding to a fire

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After Lieutenant Schrage as- Every day, one Mainer dies from an It has flown during both our most trag- sessed the situation and determined opioid epidemic up in our great State. ic moments and our greatest triumphs. that the residents were trapped, he We must continue to battle this dev- It has also been a glorious symbol of took matters into his own hands. astating scourge on our population, hope for our brave servicemen and Without regard for his own safety, he and it must be all hands on deck. -women, who salute it, defend it, serve was able to enter the building and res- Several months ago, Congress appro- it, and, in some cases, die for it to pro- cue a semiconscious woman trapped in priated $4 billion back to the States for tect our freedom and liberty. her apartment, remove her from the increased law enforcement and early Yesterday, I was proud to join Sec- complex, and remain with her until education and for recovery programs, retary of the Army Mark Esper, Army medical attention arrived. but there is so much more, Mr. Speak- Chief of Staff General Milley, and the After rescuing the woman, he took er, that needs to be done. That is why Sergeant Major of the Army to cele- actions to prevent the fire from spread- this week I am so proud that the House brate the rich history of our Army. ing to other parts of the apartment. of Representatives passed, with a big Without the Army 243 years ago, we His quick actions helped prevent fur- bipartisan vote, the Safe Disposal of would not be the great Nation that we ther damage and loss of life in the sur- Unused Medication Act. This allows are today. And today, we celebrate two rounding apartments. hospice workers to safely dispose of un- great symbols of freedom, our Army I am proud to recognize Lieutenant used opioids and other powerful medi- and our flag, which both symbolize Schrage for his courage and selfless ac- cations so that they don’t fall into the America being the land of the free and tions that saved a woman’s life. wrong hands. the home of the brave. Thank you, Lieutenant Schrage and I am grateful, Mr. Speaker, for all f Democrats and Republicans here in all the first responders for all that you RECOGNIZING MARK GWYN do to protect us and keep us safe every D.C. and back in Maine who helped give (Mr. DESJARLAIS asked and was day. our families more security. We have got to stay on the offense and battle given permission to address the House f this epidemic until we have won. for 1 minute and to revise and extend PROTECT OUR LOVED ONES WITH f his remarks.) PREEXISTING CONDITIONS Mr. DESJARLAIS. Mr. Speaker, WORKPLACE VIOLENCE today I would like to recognize the re- (Mr. VEASEY asked and was given (Mr. KHANNA asked and was given cent retirement of director of the Ten- permission to address the House for 1 permission to address the House for 1 nessee Bureau of Investigation, a na- minute.) minute.) tive of Tennessee’s Fourth District, Mr. VEASEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mr. KHANNA. Mr. Speaker, I rise Mark Gwyn. Throughout Mark’s 30- today to bring awareness to the Trump today to share a sad story of what hap- year career, he served as the standard administration’s effort to gut the Af- pens when we do not value our workers’ for Tennessee law enforcement. fordable Care Act. safety. Beginning as a patrol officer for the Last Friday, the Justice Department Cynthia Palomata was a nurse from McMinnville Police Department in failed to defend a key provision of the the bay area who worked in the county 1985, Gwyn quickly joined the TBI as a ACA that protects people with pre- jail. She complained to her supervisors special agent, where he showed superb existing conditions. The decision jeop- that her work area had insufficient investigative ability, leadership skills, ardizes millions of people’s healthcare lighting for reviewing paperwork. and work ethic. in Texas. Rather than updating the lighting sys- Eight years later, he was promoted The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex has tem or providing her with a secured to executive officer, then to assistant one of the highest uninsured rates in light fixture, she was given a common director, overseeing the forensic serv- the entire country. The congressional desk lamp. One day, she was treating a ices division, and, finally, to director district that I represent, alone, has the patient, and when her back was turned, of the TBI in 2004. highest uninsured rate in the entire the patient grabbed the lamp and hit Serving longer than any of his prede- country. her over the head, knocking her into a cessors, Gwyn implemented many poli- Right now, Republicans are complicit coma. She never woke up. cies and programs that helped the bu- in allowing insurance companies to dis- Every year, thousands of Americans reau evolve over the past several years. criminate against over 10 million Tex- are killed while at work, more than He steered the bureau’s fight to combat ans with preexisting conditions. 4,000 in 2015 alone. That is why we have illegal methamphetamine production Mr. Speaker, this is bad, and we are introduced, on a bipartisan basis, the in the State and took great steps in asking for basic empathy. We want to Healthcare Workplace Violence Pre- combating human trafficking. make sure that people don’t have to vention Act, to stop tragedies like Cyn- He oversaw the development of Ten- live in a constant state of panic and thia’s from ever taking place again. It nessee’s nationally recognized fusion praying for the day that their health is is bipartisan and it is common sense. center, which provides numerous serv- in jeopardy and know that their insur- The bill requires facilities to create ices that help link local, State, and ance won’t be there for them. violence prevention plans that address Federal resources together to improve Let’s save the Affordable Care Act. all levels of safety. Healthcare and so- the safety of all Tennesseeans. Let’s make it stronger. These insur- cial service workers face high risk. As we look ahead, there will almost ance plans that support hardworking f certainly be new challenges that TBI families were put in place for a reason. will face and difficulties that its future We need to protect our loved ones with FLAG DAY AND CELEBRATING U.S. leaders will have to overcome. But preexisting conditions, and that is ARMY’S BIRTHDAY with the foundation built during his what we demand. (Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania tenure, I am certain that TBI will face f asked and was given permission to ad- these challenges with the same profes- dress the House for 1 minute and to re- BATTLING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC sionalism, efficiency, and grace that vise and extend his remarks.) Director Gwyn has exhibited. (Mr. POLIQUIN asked and was given Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania. I thank Mark Gwyn for his service permission to address the House for 1 Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemo- and wish him well in his retirement. minute.) rate Flag Day and celebrate the U.S. f Mr. POLIQUIN. Mr. Speaker, Maine Army’s 243rd birthday. is a big small town. Our population is Each year on June 14, we celebrate SECURING THE INTERNATIONAL only 1.3 million people, and it seems the Stars and Stripes, which the Sec- MAIL AGAINST OPIOIDS ACT OF like everybody, Mr. Speaker, knows ev- ond Continental Congress designated as 2018 erybody else. But this opioid epidemic a symbol of our Nation on this day in Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, pursu- has devastated so many of our families 1777. ant to House Resolution 934, I call up

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:34 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.017 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H5164 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2018 the bill (H.R. 5788) to provide for the ‘‘(bb) 50 percent of the amount of the pay- practicable in relation to the transportation processing by U.S. Customs and Border ments shall be retained by the Postal Serv- of the shipment, consistent with subpara- Protection of certain international ice to reimburse the Postal Service for serv- graph (H). ices provided in connection with the customs ‘‘(iv) Regulations prescribed under clause mail shipments and to require the pro- processing of Inbound EMS items. (i) shall allow for the requirements for the vision of advance electronic informa- ‘‘(II) Payments received by U.S. Customs transmission to the Commissioner of infor- tion on international mail shipments and Border Protection under subclause mation described in paragraphs (1) and (2) for of mail, and for other purposes, and ask (I)(aa) shall, in accordance with section 524 mail shipments described in clause (i) to be for its immediate consideration in the of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1524), be implemented in phases, as appropriate, by— House. deposited in the Customs User Fee Account ‘‘(I) setting incremental targets for in- The Clerk read the title of the bill. and used to directly reimburse each appro- creasing the percentage of such shipments The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- priation for the amount paid out of that ap- for which information is required to be ant to House Resolution 934, in lieu of propriation for the costs incurred in pro- transmitted to the Commissioner; and viding services to international mail facili- ‘‘(II) taking into consideration— the amendment in the nature of a sub- ties. Amounts deposited in accordance with ‘‘(aa) the risk posed by such shipments; stitute recommended by the Com- the preceding sentence shall be available ‘‘(bb) the volume of mail shipped to the mittee on Ways and Means printed in until expended for the provision of such serv- United States by or through a particular the bill, the amendment in the nature ices. country; and of a substitute printed in part C of ‘‘(III) Payments retained by the Postal ‘‘(cc) the capacities of foreign postal opera- House Report 115–751, modified by the Service under subclause (I)(bb) shall be used tors to provide that information to the Post- amendment printed in part D of the re- to directly reimburse the Postal Service for al Service. ‘‘(v)(I) Notwithstanding clause (iv), the port, is adopted, and the bill, as amend- the costs incurred in providing services in connection with the customs processing of Postal Service shall, not later than Decem- ed, is considered read. Inbound EMS items. ber 31, 2018, arrange for the transmission to The text of the bill, as amended, is as ‘‘(iv) Beginning in fiscal year 2021, the Sec- the Commissioner of the information de- follows: retary, in consultation with the Postmaster scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) for not less H.R. 5788 General, may adjust, not more frequently than 70 percent of the aggregate number of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- than once each fiscal year, the amount de- mail shipments, including 100 percent of resentatives of the United States of America in scribed in clause (i)(I) to an amount com- mail shipments from the People’s Republic Congress assembled, mensurate with the costs of services pro- of China, described in clause (i). SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. vided in connection with the customs proc- ‘‘(II) If the requirements of subclause (I) (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as essing of Inbound EMS items, consistent are not met, the Comptroller General of the the ‘‘Synthetics Trafficking and Overdose with the obligations of the United States United States shall submit to the appro- Prevention Act of 2018’’ or ‘‘STOP Act of under international agreements.’’. priate congressional committees, not later 2018’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section than June 30, 2019, a report— (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of con- 13031(a) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget ‘‘(aa) assessing the reasons for the failure tents for this Act is as follows: Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(a)) is to meet those requirements; and Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. amended— ‘‘(bb) identifying recommendations to im- Sec. 2. Customs fees. (1) in paragraph (6), by inserting ‘‘(other prove the collection by the Postal Service of Sec. 3. Mandatory advance electronic infor- than an item subject to a fee under sub- the information described in paragraphs (1) mation for postal shipments. section (b)(9)(D))’’ after ‘‘customs officer’’; and (2). Sec. 4. International postal agreements. and ‘‘(vi)(I) Notwithstanding clause (iv), the Sec. 5. Cost recoupment. (2) in paragraph (10)— Postal Service shall, not later than Decem- Sec. 6. Development of technology to detect (A) in subparagraph (C), in the matter pre- ber 31, 2020, arrange for the transmission to illicit narcotics. ceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘(other than the Commissioner of the information de- Sec. 7. Civil penalties for postal shipments. Inbound EMS items described in subsection scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) for 100 per- Sec. 8. Report on violations of arrival, re- (b)(9)(D))’’ after ‘‘release’’; and cent of the aggregate number of mail ship- porting, entry, and clearance (B) in the flush at the end, by inserting ‘‘or ments described in clause (i). requirements and falsity or of Inbound EMS items described in sub- ‘‘(II) The Commissioner, in consultation lack of manifest. section (b)(9)(D),’’ after ‘‘(C),’’. with the Postmaster General, may determine Sec. 9. Effective date; regulations. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments to exclude a country from the requirement SEC. 2. CUSTOMS FEES. made by this section shall take effect on described in subclause (I) to transmit infor- (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 13031(b)(9) of the January 1, 2020. mation for mail shipments described in Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation SEC. 3. MANDATORY ADVANCE ELECTRONIC IN- clause (i) from the country if the Commis- Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(b)(9)) is amended by FORMATION FOR POSTAL SHIP- sioner determines that the country— adding at the end the following: MENTS. ‘‘(aa) does not have the capacity to collect ‘‘(D)(i) With respect to the processing of (a) MANDATORY ADVANCE ELECTRONIC IN- and transmit such information; items that are sent to the United States FORMATION.— ‘‘(bb) represents a low risk for mail ship- through the international postal network by (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 343(a)(3)(K) of the ments that violate relevant United States ‘Inbound Express Mail service’ or ‘Inbound Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–210; 19 laws and regulations; and EMS’ (as that service is described in the mail U.S.C. 2071 note) is amended to read as fol- ‘‘(cc) accounts for low volumes of mail classification schedule referred to in section lows: shipments that can be effectively screened 3631 of title 39, United States Code), the fol- ‘‘(K)(i) The Secretary shall prescribe regu- for compliance with relevant United States lowing payments are required: lations requiring the United States Postal laws and regulations through an alternate ‘‘(I) $1 per Inbound EMS item. Service to transmit the information de- means. ‘‘(II) If an Inbound EMS item is formally scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) to the Com- ‘‘(III) The Commissioner shall, at a min- entered, the fee provided for under sub- missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Pro- imum on an annual basis, re-evaluate any section (a)(9), if applicable. tection for international mail shipments by determination made under subclause (II) to ‘‘(ii) Notwithstanding section 451 of the the Postal Service (including shipments to exclude a country from the requirement de- Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1451), the pay- the Postal Service from foreign postal opera- scribed in subclause (I). If, at any time, the ments required by clause (i), as allocated tors that are transported by private carrier) Commissioner determines that a country no pursuant to clause (iii)(I), shall be the only consistent with the requirements of this sub- longer meets the requirements under sub- payments required for reimbursement of U.S. paragraph. clause (II), the Commissioner may not fur- Customs and Border Protection for customs ‘‘(ii) In prescribing regulations under ther exclude the country from the require- services provided in connection with the clause (i), the Secretary shall impose re- ment described in subclause (I). processing of an Inbound EMS item. quirements for the transmission to the Com- ‘‘(IV) The Commissioner shall, on an an- ‘‘(iii)(I) The payments required by clause missioner of information described in para- nual basis, submit to the appropriate con- (i)(I) shall be allocated as follows: graphs (1) and (2) for mail shipments de- gressional committees— ‘‘(aa) 50 percent of the amount of the pay- scribed in clause (i) that are comparable to ‘‘(aa) a list of countries with respect to ments shall be paid on a quarterly basis by the requirements for the transmission of which the Commissioner has made a deter- the United States Postal Service to the Com- such information imposed on similar non- mination under subclause (II) to exclude the missioner of U.S. Customs and Border Pro- mail shipments of cargo, taking into account countries from the requirement described in tection in accordance with regulations pre- the parameters set forth in subparagraphs subclause (I); and scribed by the Secretary of the Treasury to (A) through (J). ‘‘(bb) information used to support such de- reimburse U.S. Customs and Border Protec- ‘‘(iii) The regulations prescribed under termination with respect to such countries. tion for customs services provided in connec- clause (i) shall require the transmission of ‘‘(vii)(I) The Postmaster General shall, in tion with the processing of Inbound EMS the information described in paragraphs (1) consultation with the Commissioner, refuse items. and (2) with respect to a shipment as soon as any shipments received after December 31,

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:34 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.019 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5165 2020, for which the information described in submit to the appropriate congressional mission of the information required by sub- paragraphs (1) and (2) is not transmitted as committees a joint strategic plan— paragraph (K) of section 343(a)(3) of the required under this subparagraph, except as (A) detailing the extent to which U.S. Cus- Trade Act of 2002, as amended by subsection provided in subclause (II). toms and Border Protection and the United (a)(1), for the percentage of shipments re- ‘‘(II) If remedial action is warranted in lieu States Postal Service are engaged in capac- quired by that subparagraph; of refusal of shipments pursuant to subclause ity building efforts under section 343(a)(5) of (2) assessing the quality of the information (I), the Postmaster General and the Commis- the Trade Act of 2002, as added by paragraph received from foreign postal operators for sioner shall take remedial action with re- (1); targeting purposes; spect to the shipments, including destruc- (B) describing plans for future capacity (3) assessing the specific percentage of tar- tion, seizure, controlled delivery or other building efforts; and geted mail presented by the Postal Service law enforcement initiatives, or correction of (C) assessing how capacity building has in- to U.S. Customs and Border Protection for the failure to provide the information de- creased the ability of U.S. Customs and Bor- inspection; scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) with respect der Protection and the Postal Service to ad- (4) describing the costs of collecting the in- to the shipments. vance the goals of this Act and the amend- formation required by such subparagraph (K) ‘‘(viii) Nothing in this subparagraph shall ments made by this Act. from foreign postal operators and the costs be construed to limit the authority of the (c) REPORT AND CONSULTATIONS BY SEC- of implementing the use of that information; Secretary to obtain information relating to RETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND POST- (5) assessing the benefits of receiving that international mail shipments from private MASTER GENERAL.— information with respect to international carriers or other appropriate parties. (1) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after mail shipments; ‘‘(ix) In this subparagraph, the term ‘ap- the date of the enactment of this Act, and (6) assessing the feasibility of assessing a propriate congressional committees’ annually thereafter until 3 years after the customs fee under section 13031(b)(9) of the means— Postmaster General has met the requirement Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation ‘‘(I) the Committee on Finance and the under clause (vi) of subparagraph (K) of sec- Act of 1985, as amended by section 2, on Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- tion 343(a)(3) of the Trade Act of 2002, as international mail shipments other than In- ernmental Affairs of the Senate; and amended by subsection (a)(1), the Secretary bound Express Mail service in a manner con- ‘‘(II) the Committee on Ways and Means, of Homeland Security and the Postmaster sistent with the obligations of the United General shall, in consultation with the Sec- the Committee on Oversight and Govern- States under international agreements; and retary of State, jointly submit to the appro- ment Reform, and the Committee on Home- (7) identifying recommendations, including priate congressional committees a report on land Security of the House of Representa- recommendations for legislation, to improve compliance with that subparagraph that in- tives.’’. the compliance of the Postal Service with cludes the following: (2) JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN ON MANDATORY such subparagraph (K), including an assess- (A) An assessment of the status of the reg- ADVANCE INFORMATION.—Not later than 60 ment of whether the detection of illicit syn- ulations required to be promulgated under days after the date of the enactment of this thetic opioids in the international mail that subparagraph. Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security and would be improved by— (B) An update regarding new and existing the Postmaster General shall develop and (A) requiring the Postal Service to serve as agreements reached with foreign postal oper- submit to the appropriate congressional the consignee for international mail ship- ators for the transmission of the information committees a joint strategic plan detailing ments containing goods; or required by that subparagraph. specific performance measures for achiev- (B) designating a customs broker to act as (C) A summary of deliberations between ing— an importer of record for international mail the United States Postal Service and foreign (A) the transmission of information as re- shipments containing goods. postal operators with respect to issues relat- quired by section 343(a)(3)(K) of the Trade (e) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 343 of ing to the transmission of that information. the Trade Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–210; 19 Act of 2002, as amended by paragraph (1); and (D) A summary of the progress made in U.S.C. 2071 note) is amended in the section (B) the presentation by the Postal Service achieving the transmission of that informa- heading by striking ‘‘ ’’ and insert- to U.S. Customs and Border Protection of all ADVANCED tion for the percentage of shipments required ing ‘‘ ’’. mail targeted by U.S. Customs and Border ADVANCE by that subparagraph. (f) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- Protection for inspection. (E) An assessment of the quality of that in- TEES DEFINED.—In this section, the term (b) CAPACITY BUILDING.— formation being received by foreign postal ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 343(a) of the Trade operators, as determined by the Secretary of means— Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–210; 19 U.S.C. 2071 Homeland Security, and actions taken to im- (1) the Committee on Finance and the note) is amended by adding at the end the prove the quality of that information. Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- following: (F) A summary of policies established by ernmental Affairs of the Senate; and ‘‘(5) CAPACITY BUILDING.— the Universal Postal Union that may affect (2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, with the the ability of the Postmaster General to ob- Committee on Oversight and Government concurrence of the Secretary of State, and in tain the transmission of that information. Reform, and the Committee on Homeland coordination with the Postmaster General (G) A summary of the use of technology to Security of the House of Representatives. and the heads of other Federal agencies, as detect illicit synthetic opioids and other ille- SEC. 4. INTERNATIONAL POSTAL AGREEMENTS. appropriate, may provide technical assist- gal substances in international mail parcels (a) EXISTING AGREEMENTS.— ance, equipment, technology, and training to and planned acquisitions and advancements (1) IN GENERAL.—In the event that any pro- enhance the capacity of foreign postal opera- in such technology. vision of this Act, or any amendment made tors— (H) Such other information as the Sec- by this Act, is determined to be in violation ‘‘(i) to gather and provide the information retary of Homeland Security and the Post- of obligations of the United States under any required by paragraph (3)(K); and master General consider appropriate with re- postal treaty, convention, or other inter- ‘‘(ii) to otherwise gather and provide postal spect to obtaining the transmission of infor- national agreement related to international shipment information related to— mation required by that subparagraph. postal services, or any amendment to such ‘‘(I) terrorism; (2) CONSULTATIONS.—Not later than 180 an agreement, the Secretary of State should ‘‘(II) items the importation or introduction days after the date of the enactment of this negotiate to amend the relevant provisions of which into the United States is prohibited Act, and every 180 days thereafter until the of the agreement so that the United States is or restricted, including controlled sub- Postmaster General has met the requirement no longer in violation of the agreement. stances; and under clause (vi) of section 343(a)(3)(K) of the (2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this ‘‘(III) such other concerns as the Secretary Trade Act of 2002, as amended by subsection subsection shall be construed to permit determines appropriate. (a)(1), to arrange for the transmission of in- delay in the implementation of this Act or ‘‘(B) PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT AND TECH- formation with respect to 100 percent of the any amendment made by this Act. NOLOGY.—With respect to the provision of aggregate number of mail shipments de- (b) FUTURE AGREEMENTS.— equipment and technology under subpara- scribed in clause (i) of that section, the Sec- (1) CONSULTATIONS.—Before entering into, graph (A), the Secretary may lease, loan, retary of Homeland Security and the Post- on or after the date of the enactment of this provide, or otherwise assist in the deploy- master General shall provide briefings to the Act, any postal treaty, convention, or other ment of such equipment and technology appropriate congressional committees on the international agreement related to inter- under such terms and conditions as the Sec- progress made in achieving the transmission national postal services, or any amendment retary may prescribe, including nonreim- of that information for that percentage of to such an agreement, that is related to the bursable loans or the transfer of ownership shipments. ability of the United States to secure the of equipment and technology.’’. (d) GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE provision of advance electronic information (2) JOINT STRATEGIC PLAN ON CAPACITY REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2019, the by foreign postal operators, the Secretary of BUILDING.—Not later than one year after the Comptroller General of the United States State should consult with the appropriate date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec- shall submit to the appropriate congres- congressional committees (as defined in sec- retary of Homeland Security and the Post- sional committees a report— tion 3(f)). master General shall, in consultation with (1) assessing the progress of the United (2) EXPEDITED NEGOTIATION OF NEW AGREE- the Secretary of State, jointly develop and States Postal Service in achieving the trans- MENT.—To the extent that any new postal

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:34 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN7.002 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H5166 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2018 treaty, convention, or other international violations of section 343(a)(3)(K)(vii)(I) of the have 5 legislative days to revise and ex- agreement related to international postal Trade Act of 2002, and tend their remarks and include extra- services would improve the ability of the ‘‘(C) has an increasing error rate in compli- neous material on H.R. 5788, currently ance with section 343(a)(3)(K) of the Trade United States to secure the provision of ad- under consideration. vance electronic information by foreign Act of 2002, postal operators as required by regulations civil penalties may be imposed against the The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there prescribed under section 343(a)(3)(K) of the United States Postal Service until corrective objection to the request of the gen- Trade Act of 2002, as amended by section action, satisfactory to U.S. Customs and tleman from Washington? 3(a)(1), the Secretary of State should expedi- Border Protection, is taken.’’. tiously conclude such an agreement. SEC. 8. REPORT ON VIOLATIONS OF ARRIVAL, RE- There was no objection. SEC. 5. COST RECOUPMENT. PORTING, ENTRY, AND CLEARANCE Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, I yield (a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Postal REQUIREMENTS AND FALSITY OR myself such time as I may consume. Service shall, to the extent practicable and LACK OF MANIFEST. otherwise recoverable by law, ensure that all (a) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner of U.S. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to be here costs associated with complying with this Customs and Border Protection shall submit today to speak in support of H.R. 5788, Act and amendments made by this Act are to the appropriate congressional committees an annual report that contains the informa- the Synthetics Trafficking and Over- charged directly to foreign shippers or for- tion described in subsection (b) with respect dose Prevention Act, which is short for eign postal operators. to each violation of section 436 of the Tariff STOP Act. By passing this important (b) COSTS NOT CONSIDERED REVENUE.—The Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1436), as amended by recovery of costs under subsection (a) shall bipartisan bill today, we are standing section 7, and section 584 of such Act (19 not be deemed revenue for purposes of sub- up for the health and safety of our U.S.C. 1584) that occurred during the pre- communities and families and closing chapter I and II of chapter 36 of title 39, vious year. United States Code, or regulations pre- (b) INFORMATION DESCRIBED.—The informa- an important loophole allowing contra- scribed under that chapter. tion described in this subsection is the fol- band to enter the United States SEC. 6. DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY TO DE- lowing: through international mail. TECT ILLICIT NARCOTICS. (1) The name and address of the violator. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Postmaster General (2) The specific violation that was com- In my home State of Washington, and the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and mitted. there has been a 134 percent increase in Border Protection, in coordination with the (3) The location or port of entry through opioid-related cases between 2004 and heads of other agencies as appropriate, shall which the items were transported. 2016, and opioid-related deaths in- collaborate to identify and develop tech- (4) An inventory of the items seized, in- creased by 33 percent. This increase, nology for the detection of illicit fentanyl, cluding a description of the items and the shockingly, exceeds our State’s popu- other synthetic opioids, and other narcotics quantity seized. lation growth, and it is why the work and psychoactive substances entering the (5) The location from which the items United States by mail. originated. that we have been doing in Congress (b) OUTREACH TO PRIVATE SECTOR.—The (6) The entity responsible for the apprehen- and in the Ways and Means Committee Postmaster General and the Commissioner sion or seizure, organized by location or port is so important. shall conduct outreach to private sector en- of entry. In April, we held a hearing in the tities to gather information regarding the (7) The amount of penalties assessed by current state of technology to identify areas U.S. Customs and Border Protection, orga- Trade Subcommittee with witnesses for innovation relating to the detection of il- nized by name of the violator and location or from the United States Customs and licit fentanyl, other synthetic opioids, and port of entry. Border Protection and the United other narcotics and psychoactive substances (8) The amount of penalties that U.S. Cus- States Postal Service. They discussed entering the United States. toms and Border Protection could have lev- how synthetic opioids are entering the SEC. 7. CIVIL PENALTIES FOR POSTAL SHIP- ied, organized by name of the violator and United States through the inter- MENTS. location or port of entry. national mail system and how we can (9) The rationale for negotiating lower pen- Section 436 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 help them put a stop to this. U.S.C. 1436) is amended by adding at the end alties, organized by name of the violator and the following new subsection: location or port of entry. The bipartisan legislation that we ‘‘(e) CIVIL PENALTIES FOR POSTAL SHIP- (c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT- will vote on today supports their work MENTS.— TEES DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ by requiring advance electronic data ‘‘(1) CIVIL PENALTY.—A civil penalty shall on international mail shipments and be imposed against the United States Postal means— Service if the Postal Service accepts a ship- (1) the Committee on Finance and the allowing the Border Patrol to target ment in violation of section Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- for opioid shipments. It also holds 343(a)(3)(K)(vii)(I) of the Trade Act of 2002. ernmental Affairs of the Senate; and these agencies accountable to do so (2) the Committee on Ways and Means, the ‘‘(2) MODIFICATION OF CIVIL PENALTY.— much more than they have been doing Committee on Oversight and Government ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—U.S. Customs and Bor- by using hardline deadlines and man- der Protection shall reduce or dismiss a civil Reform, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the House of Representatives. dates, as well as penalties. Ultimately, penalty imposed pursuant to paragraph (1) if the bill will require the Postal Service U.S. Customs and Border Protection deter- SEC. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE; REGULATIONS. mines that the United States Postal Serv- (a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act and the to refuse packages for which this infor- ice— amendments made by this Act (other than mation is not provided unless there is ‘‘(i) has a low error rate in compliance the amendments made by section 2) shall compelling reason. take effect on the date of the enactment of with section 343(a)(3)(K) of the Trade Act of The opioid crisis must be addressed 2002; this Act. (b) REGULATIONS.—Not later than one year from every angle, and that includes ‘‘(ii) is cooperating with U.S. Customs and after the date of the enactment of this Act, Border Protection with respect to the viola- stopping illicit synthetic opioids from such regulations as are necessary to carry entering our country. We must do more tion of section 343(a)(3)(K)(vii)(I) of the out this Act and the amendments made by Trade Act of 2002; or this Act shall be prescribed. to protect our families, our commu- ‘‘(iii) has taken remedial action to prevent nities, and this bill would do just that. future violations of section 343(a)(3)(K)(vii)(I) The SPEAKER pro tempore. The bill, of the Trade Act of 2002. as amended, shall be debatable for 1 I want to thank Chairman BRADY and ‘‘(B) WRITTEN NOTIFICATION.—U.S. Customs hour, equally divided and controlled by Ranking Member PASCRELL, Represent- and Border Protection shall issue a written the chair and ranking minority mem- ative MIKE BISHOP, Representative notification to the Postal Service with re- ber of the Committee on Ways and JOHN FASO, and many of my colleagues spect to each exercise of the authority of Means. who have worked together on this bill. subparagraph (A) to reduce or dismiss a civil The gentleman from Washington (Mr. I would also like to thank the staffs of penalty imposed pursuant to paragraph (1). REICHERT) and the gentleman from each one of these Members who have ‘‘(3) ONGOING LACK OF COMPLIANCE.—If U.S. Massachusetts (Mr. NEAL) each will Customs and Border Protection determines worked so hard and dedicated so much control 30 minutes. time on this critical issue. that the United States Postal Service— The Chair recognizes the gentleman ‘‘(A) has repeatedly committed violations from Washington. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to of section 343(a)(3)(K)(vii)(I) of the Trade Act join me in supporting the STOP Act. of 2002, GENERAL LEAVE ‘‘(B) has failed to cooperate with U.S. Cus- Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of toms and Border Protection with respect to unanimous consent that all Members my time.

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I know H.R. 5788, the ‘‘Securing the International I will include a copy of our letters in the that there were serious concerns with Mail Against Opioids Act of 2018.’’ This legis- Congressional Record during consideration the earlier version of the bill, espe- lation includes matters that fall within the of this legislation on the House floor. cially with respect to the severity of Rule X jurisdiction of the Committee on Sincerely, the penalties it imposed on the Postal Homeland Security. KEVIN BRADY, Service. I am glad that the STOP Act In order to expedite floor consideration of Chairman. H.R. 5788, the Committee on Homeland Secu- that we are considering today makes important improvements to that origi- rity agrees to forgo action on this bill. This HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COM- is conditional on our mutual understanding MITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOV- nal bill and to those penalties and pro- that by foregoing consideration of H.R. 5788 ERNMENT REFORM, visions. at this time, the Committee on Homeland Washington, DC, June 11, 2018. Let me especially express my appre- Security does not waive any jurisdiction Hon. KEVIN BRADY, ciation for Ways and Means Trade Sub- over the subject matter contained in this or Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, committee Ranking Member BILL PAS- similar legislation and will be appropriately Washington, DC. CRELL, who has worked together with consulted as this bill or similar legislation DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Thank you for your moves forward so that we may address issues the Democrats on the Oversight and letter regarding H.R. 5788, the Securing the Government Reform Committee, the in our jurisdiction. Our Committee also re- International Mail Against Opioids Act of serves the right to seek appointment of an 2018. As you know, certain provisions of the Senate, and the majority, obviously, to appropriate number of conferees to any bill fall within the jurisdiction of Committee make improvements. House-Senate conference involving this or on Oversight and Government Reform. I understand there were some contin- similar legislation, and asks that you sup- So that H.R. 5788 may proceed expedi- ued concerns with the bill, and we cer- port any such request. tiously to the House Floor, I agree to dis- tainly want to continue to work with Please place a copy of this letter and your charging the Committee on Oversight and interested parties to address those con- response acknowledging our jurisdictional Government Reform from further consider- interest into the Congressional Record dur- cerns. ation thereof. I agree that forgoing formal Given the urgency of the epidemic at ing consideration of the measure on the consideration of the bill will not prejudice House floor. Thank you for your cooperation the Committee on Oversight and Govern- hand, I am glad that we are able to in this matter. ment Reform with respect to any future ju- support what is in front of us today, Sincerely, risdictional claim, and I appreciate your which I believe is a strong and achiev- MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, agreement to support appointment of mem- able measure in this legislation to at Chairman. bers of the Committee on Oversight and Gov- least address part of the opioid epi- ernment Reform as conferees in any House- demic. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Senate conference on this or related legisla- COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of tion. In addition, I request the Committee be my time to the gentleman from New Washington, DC, June 6, 2018. consulted and involved as the bill or similar Hon. MICHAEL T. MCCAUL, legislation moves forward so we may address Jersey (Mr. PASCRELL), and I ask unan- Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, any remaining issues within our jurisdiction. imous consent that he may control Washington, DC. Finally, I request you include your letter that time. DEAR CHAIRMAN MCCAUL: Thank you for and this response in the bill report filed by The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there your letter regarding H.R. 5788, ‘‘Securing your Committee, as well as in the Congres- objection to the request of the gen- the International Mail Against Opioids Act sional Record during consideration of the tleman from Massachusetts? of 2018,’’ on which the Committee on Home- bill on the floor. There was no objection. land Security was granted an additional re- Sincerely, ferral. Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I re- TREY GOWDY. I am most appreciative of your decision to serve the balance of my time. waive formal consideration of H.R. 5788 so Mr. REICHERT. Mr. Speaker, I ask Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speak- that it may proceed expeditiously to the unanimous consent that the gentleman er, I yield myself such time as I may House floor. I acknowledge that although from Michigan (Mr. BISHOP) be per- consume. you waived formal consideration of the bill, mitted to control the time of the ma- Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support the Committee on Homeland Security is in jority. of my legislation, H.R. 5788, the STOP no way waiving its jurisdiction over the sub- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there ject matter contained in those provisions of Act. the bill that fall within your Rule X jurisdic- objection to the request of the gen- Mr. Speaker, this bill is focused on tion. I would support your effort to seek ap- tleman from Washington? stopping synthetic opioids like pointment of an appropriate number of con- There was no objection. fentanyl and carfentanil from entering ferees on any House-Senate conference in- Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I yield my- our country through the international volving this legislation. self such time as I may consume. mail system. I will include a copy of our letters in the Mr. Speaker, our country is cur- These synthetic opioids can be 50 to Congressional Record during consideration rently experiencing an epidemic of 500 times more potent than a regular of this legislation on the House floor. Sincerely, opioid-related overdoses and fatalities. street dose of heroin, and it is the ever- KEVIN BRADY, My community and my State of Massa- growing presence of these synthetic Chairman. chusetts are not strangers to the heart- opiates in our country that is causing break and devastation that we recog- overdose deaths to skyrocket. In fact, COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, nize on this occasion. today, according to the National Insti- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, There is a lot we can and should be tute on Drug Abuse, there are over 115 Washington, DC, June 8, 2018. doing about the opioid epidemic, and I deaths each and every day from opioid Hon. TREY GOWDY, am eager to work with my colleagues overdose. Chairman, Committee Oversight and Govern- ment Reform, Washington, DC. here in the House on comprehensive To address this crisis, I have been DEAR CHAIRMAN GOWDY: I write to you re- and effective solutions. For today, the traveling across my district in Michi- garding H.R. 5788, the ‘‘Securing the Inter- bill we are to consider is a good start. gan hosting townhalls and roundtables, national Mail Against Opioids Act of 2018’’ The Synthetics Trafficking and Over- where I have heard, firsthand, the dev- on which the Committee on Oversight and dose Prevention, or STOP, Act of 2018 astating impact this crisis is having in Government Reform was granted an addi- shores up the ability of U.S. Customs our communities. tional referral. I ask that you waive formal to target and thwart shipments of syn- I have also met with a wide range of consideration of H.R. 5788 so that it may pro- ceed expeditiously to the House Floor. thetic opioids like fentanyl into the officials in my district who are on the I acknowledge that by waiving formal con- United States through the mail. It re- front lines of this crisis, including po- sideration of this bill, the Committee on quires the U.S. Postal Service to col- lice and fire personnel, emergency re- Oversight and Government Reform is in no lect important information about the sponse personnel, educators, medical

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Mr. Speaker, I yield unions, to try to arrive at a workable opiates coming through the inter- myself such time as I may consume. solution. national mail system. I am pleased, Mr. Speaker, to be on As a result of these discussions and I was astounded to find out that cur- the floor today regarding a bill that we consultations, we have been able to rent law treats packages coming in have been negotiating for many make a number of important changes. through private carriers like FedEx months and that deals with an incred- The legislation on the floor today and UPS differently than it does ship- ibly important topic: the opioid epi- makes a number of significant changes ments through the international mail demic that is having a devastating im- that address the concerns raised by system. Private carriers are required pact across the country. stakeholders. to provide what is known as advance Despite current efforts, this opioid First, this bill allows more time for electronic data, or AED, on all inbound epidemic continues to ravage our com- the United States Postal Service to packages, while the same is not true munities. Every day in this country, come into compliance. The United for shipments handled by the United 115 Americans lose their lives to States Postal Service will have until States Postal Service in the inter- opioids—painkillers. In 2016, my home the end of 2020 to transmit the AED on national mail system. State of New Jersey alone experienced all international mail delivered to the This advance electronic data includes 2,056 lives lost to this epidemic. The United States. three primary pieces of information: New Jersey Attorney General predicts This legislation includes a waiver where a package is from, where it is that it will be 3,000 this year. that excludes countries that lack ca- going to, and what is in it. This is ac- This legislation addresses one aspect pacity to collect that information and tionable data that enables the CBP to of the crisis: synthetic opioids making pose a low risk of violating U.S. laws target high-risk shipments for inspec- their way into homes across the coun- from the 100 percent requirement. As a tion and seizure. try through the mail. According to the result, the United States Postal Serv- Officials at the CBP will tell you this Drug Enforcement Agency, China is ice will not be penalized for issues that is all about finding a needle in a hay- the primary source of the fentanyl that are outside its control and should be stack. This AED information provides enters this country. Fentanyl is often able to comply with its international law enforcement the tools they need, sold online and then shipped to the commitments. the information they need to interdict United States in small quantities, Second, the amended legislation re- and seize these illegal packages. making it very difficult to detect. moves the requirement that the United I saw firsthand the way that the U.S. States Postal Service hire a broker for b 1230 Postal Service and Customs is working every package that enters into the So here, specifically, is what my bill together to stop the flow of synthetic United States, saving costs and ensur- would do: H.R. 5788 would require the opioids coming in through inter- ing they can receive inbound mail United States Postal Service to obtain national mail. I visited a mail facility under its current practices. AED on all international mail ship- in Secaucus, New Jersey, with rep- Finally, the legislation provides for a ments by 2020 so that the United States resentatives from these agencies and more nuanced approach to United Customs and Border Protection can the Food and Drug Administration. I States Postal Service penalties. Cus- target suspicious packages for syn- know that the Postal Service receives toms is required to reduce or eliminate thetic opioids and other dangerous an overwhelming volume of mail and penalties if the Postal Service does one shipments. It also requires USPS to they are working hard with limited re- of three things: it cooperates with Cus- ramp up 70 percent AED compliance by sources to screen shipments. But we toms, it has a high compliance rate, or the end of this year. The legislation have some clear strategies that we can it takes remedial measures. would also require the United States employ to create an effective system These changes were proposed by the Postal Service to refuse shipment of for targeting shipments that have a United States Postal Service to address any foreign package that does not have risk of containing these opioids, name- its concerns regarding the penalties AED after 2020. ly collecting advance electronic data, provision. So as a practical matter, Additionally, this bill includes strong AED, on all packages that enter the these changes mean that, if the Postal enforcement and accountability provi- United States. Service continues its current work, sions that will impose civil penalties The information contained in the penalties will likely never be imposed. against the United States Postal Serv- AED typically includes the name and Further, the legislation does not allow ice if they accept packages without address of the shipper and recipient, as penalties to be considered until 2021. AED after 2020. well as the contents of the package. I would also like to highlight lan- Lastly, and I think most impor- CBP, Customs and Border Protection, guage in the bill directing the Customs tantly, this bill gives Congress strong uses this information to identify pack- and Border Protection to provide an oversight authority, which includes bi- ages that may pose a risk. Customs can annual report on the individuals and annual reporting to Congress and re- then place a hold on the shipment and the companies that are not providing porting by the GAO to update us on the notify carriers that a package must be this information and the manner in agency’s progress. In the end, it is the presented for examination. which it imposes penalties. Requiring responsibility of Congress to ensure Private carriers have been required the CBP to report this useful informa- agencies are complying with the law. to collect this information since 2002, tion on violators and violator penalty I would like to, if I could, quickly but we made the Postal Service exempt assessments I believe will enhance the thank Chairman BRADY, Chairman from this requirement. As a result, it interdiction of prohibited items from REICHERT, Ranking Member NEAL, Con- has become the preferred method for entering the United States through ex- gressman PASCRELL, Congressmen shipping illicit materials, including press consignment operators. FASO and KELLY, and all my colleagues opioids, into the United States. This revised bill has support from a on the House Ways and Means Com- The version of the STOP Act that we variety of public safety and public mittee for their support. I would also are considering today is an amended health groups, as well as the National like to thank Senators HATCH, WYDEN, version of the original act, which was Conference of State Legislatures. Just and PORTMAN for all their constructive introduced back in 2017. We had 271 before we started today, the Fraternal input in this process. sponsors on that legislation. Order of Police sent a supporting letter Mr. Speaker, this is about stopping The old STOP Act would have re- in support of this. This is good news for dangerous opioids from entering our quired the United States Postal Serv- both sides of the aisle.

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I flow is something that this Congress were Fentanyl-related, according to medical respect the continued concerns that can do something about. Just in a nut- examiner data, and 67 percent were tied to these stakeholders have articulated shell, bringing together the United heroin. By 2017, Fentanyl was a factor in 57 per- and look forward to working with them States Postal Service, the CBP, and cent of opioid deaths in Cook County, while going forward. also the United States State Depart- heroin played a role in 66 percent. A com- However, with the changes that we ment to work together in a coordinated bination of the two played a role in 37 per- have been able to incorporate into this fashion is something that my district cent. legislation on a bipartisan basis, I be- is really pleased about. While the number of opioid deaths has lieve that the current legislation pro- So I am pleased to be here to advo- risen sharply countywide since 2014, the im- vides an aggressive but workable ap- pact largely has been felt in areas with a cate on its behalf, and I urge its pas- lack of resources. proach to the United States Postal sage. In 2017, Chicago Fire Department crews Service. I strongly support the legisla- Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield were dispatched to 9,158 opioid-related tion, Mr. Speaker, on the floor today, 3 minutes to the gentleman from Illi- overdoses, records show—up 163 percent com- and I urge my colleagues to vote for it nois (Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS). pared to 2014. The hardest-hit parts of the as well. Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. city. West Side neighborhoods like Garfield Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of Speaker, I thank Mr. PASCRELL for Park, West Humboldt Park, Austin and my time. yielding. North Lawndale. Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speak- A four-block radius roughly around Ridge- Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD way and Augusta alone was responsible for er, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman two documents. One is an article from 1,257 calls in 2016 and 2017—about 7.2 percent from Illinois (Mr. ROSKAM). the Chicago Sun Times of today, ‘‘A 4– of all opioid-related calls citywide during Mr. ROSKAM. Mr. Speaker, all of us, Block Radius on the West Side Is at that period. everybody we know, has a lot of things the Heart of Chicago’s Opioid Epi- That’s the area where Phillips died. that they are dealing with on a daily demic,’’ and ‘‘The Opioid Crisis in Illi- His mother says drug dealers don’t set up in the immediate area around her home, as basis. There are challenges, and there nois’’ by the Illinois Department of are issues and little minicrises, until she and her neighbors have made it clear Human Services. that they want to keep their sidewalks somebody gets a phone call that says [From the Chicago Sun Times, June 14, 2018] crime-free. When the weather turned warm, that their child is in the emergency Roberts resumed what’s become a summer room with an opioid overdose. Then, all A 4-BLOCK RADIUS ON THE WEST SIDE ISAT THE HEART OF CHICAGO’S OPIOID EPIDEMIC tradition for her selling snow-cones for 25 of a sudden, you have one crisis. cents to $1 outside her home. (By Tanveer Ali and Sam Charles) That has been happening in my con- ‘‘This,’’ Roberts says, ‘‘is my corner.’’ stituency, and I know that has been On July 15, 2016, Darwin Phillips was found dead by his mother in the basement of the happening in districts all across the [From the Illinois Department of Human home in West Humboldt Park where she and Services] country. Phillips had lived since she bought it in 1979. THE OPIOID CRISIS IN ILLINOIS: DATA AND THE The first time this issue was brought He was 50 when he died of an overdose of STATE’S RESPONSE to my attention, it was from a friend of heroin and two types of Fentanyl, heroin’s STATEWIDE DRUG OVERDOSE TRENDS mine. The coroner in DuPage County, synthetic but deadlier cousin, an autopsy Illinois, in my district, Dr. Rich found. Nature of the Opioid Use Disorder Prob- lem—The opioid crisis has manifested itself Jorgensen said: Peter, there are kids ‘‘A sweet guy’’ who worked odd jobs while grappling with mental illness and addiction in the form of multiple public health prob- who are dying of this crisis. lems. An analysis of the nature and extent of He kept being a voice on this and and was the father of two, Phillips had overdosed five times before his fatal OD, ac- these problems provides evidence of the seri- bringing it to my attention. He and cording to his mother Jamie Roberts. ousness of the opioid crisis in Illinois, the others in my home county, the HOPE ‘‘It’s a disease,’’ says Roberts. ‘‘It’s sad widespread prevalence of these problems Taskforce, have been joining together. that people take advantage of drug addicts. across our state, and the existence of popu- I have met with them. They have given It still bothers me a lot. We tried to get him lations and local areas with the most critical me feedback. Similarly, there is an- help.’’ gaps in services. Opioid Overdose Deaths—Perhaps none of other task force, the Substance Abuse Phillips’ death was one of 745 in Cook County in 2016 linked to opioids, according these problems has heightened the awareness Coalition in McHenry County, Illinois, to the Cook County medical examiner’s of- of the general public to the same degree as doing similar work. fice. In Chicago, African-American victims the recent dramatic increase in opioid over- As I have met with them, they have like Phillips accounted for 362 of those dose deaths. Drug overdose deaths in this said that one of the challenges is that deaths—48 percent. country nearly tripled from 1999 to 2014. this drug, this fentanyl, comes in That stands in contrast to what’s going on Among the 47,055 drug overdose deaths that through the United States Postal Serv- nationally. Across the United States, white occurred in the U.S. in 2014, 28,647 (60.9 per- ice. When you first hear about this, people accounted for about 78 percent of all cent) involved an opioid. Like many states, Illinois has recently experienced a notable you are incredulous about it. You say: opioid deaths in 2016, research by the Kaiser Family Foundation found. increase in drug overdose deaths that can No, that can’t be. ‘‘The epidemic in Chicago is not the na- primarily be attributed to an increase in But the more you learn, the more tional epidemic,’’ says Amanda Brooks, chief opioid overdose deaths. Provisional death you realize that this is a major prob- population health officer of the PCC Commu- records data obtained from the Illinois De- lem. In fact, in terms of importing this nity Wellness Center, (http:// partment of Public Health (IDPH) show 2,278 or this crossing our border, my under- www.pccwellness.org) which focuses largely drug-related overdose deaths during 2016. standing is that this is at the top of the on the West Side. ‘‘The Chicago epidemic is This represents a 44.3 percent increase over heap. affecting 45- to 65-year-old men on the West the 1,579, drug-related overdose deaths that were reported by IDPH for 2013. This state- To understand the nature, the Side.’’ In 2014, there were 212 opioid-related wide increase in drug-related overdose science, and the medicine behind deaths in Cook County, 129 of them in Chi- deaths is almost totally accounted for by an fentanyl is to mean that it scares the cago, according to the medical examiner’s increase in opioid-related overdose deaths. living daylights out of you. This mol- office. By 2017, Cook County had 1,150 opioid Of the 2,278 Illinois statewide drug overdose ecule gets in your body, and the power deaths, 764 of those in Chicago. deaths during 2016, over 80 percent were of it is just overwhelming. By comparison, Chicago saw 664 homicides opioid-related fatalities. The 1,826 opioid-re- So I want to thank Mr. BISHOP, and I in 2017 (https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ lated overdose deaths among Illinois resi- dents that have been provisionally reported want to thank Mr. PASCRELL for the chicago-murders-homicides-2017-steep-de- for 2016 represents an over 70 percent in- work that they are doing on a bipar- cline/). What’s changed to cause the rise in opioid crease in the number of such deaths that tisan basis to bring people together to deaths? The rise of Fentanyl, experts say. were reported in 2013, and a 32.1 percent in- work through this and to come up with The powerful painkiller is legally available crease over the 1,382 opioid-related overdose solutions. by prescription. But it also can easily be that were reported to IDPH for 2015.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:34 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.023 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H5170 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2018 The maps below illustrate the number and lationship. I am also concerned that to you a recent incident which oc- population rates of opioid overdose deaths penalties are imposed based on indi- curred in our State of New York. across Illinois’ 102 counties during 2016. The vidual shipments rather than system- Seizures of fentanyl in the New York map based on the number of opioid overdose atic violations. area spiked by over 1,000 percent be- deaths during 2016 provides evidence that the I appreciate the work of my Demo- opioid crisis continues to impact commu- tween 2016 and 2017. In 2016, in New nities and individuals throughout Illinois. cratic colleagues to mitigate the nega- York City, where JFK International Cook County accounted for nearly 50 percent tive effects of these civil penalties; Airport is a major transshipment of the opioid overdose death in Illinois dur- however, due to the concerns of the point, 62 pounds of fentanyl were ing 2016. The 911 opioid overdose deaths re- U.S. Postal Service and the postal seized. In 2017, 1,162 pounds were seized. ported for Cook County in 2016 represented unions about the negative impact of Earlier this year, in just one bust, of- an 87.4 percent increase from the 486 such these last-minute changes by Repub- ficials seized nearly 100 pounds of death that were reported for this county dur- lican leadership, I cannot support this fentanyl, which is said to be enough to ing 2013. Specific to the City of Chicago, the bill at this time. I am committed to kill the entire population of New York 581 opioid overdose deaths in 2016 represented stopping the shipment of dangerous a 93 percent increase from the 301 such City and New Jersey, combined. deaths reported in 2013. As has been the case drugs and to working to resolve these This bill is a commonsense, bipar- in previous years, the counties bordering on problems as this legislation continues tisan approach to fix the problem. Cook and other counties with relatively high to move forward. I would very much like to thank resident populations, particularly Madison, I urge that we continue to work to Chairman BRADY, Chairman REICHERT, Peoria, St. Clair, and Winnebago counties, improve it and make it the very best Mr. BISHOP, Mr. PASCRELL, and Senator were major contributors to the statewide that it can be without threatening in PORTMAN for their important leader- number of opioid overdose deaths in 2016. any way the viability of postal oper- ship on this issue, and I urge all my The state map based on county population ations. rates of opioid overdose deaths provides fur- colleagues to support this vitally sig- ther insight into the locality-specific and b 1245 nificant legislation. statewide severity of this problem in Illinois. Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speak- Mr. Speaker, we are passing numer- This map shows that several Illinois counties er, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman ous bills this week dealing with the have resident population rates of opioid opioid crisis. Perhaps none is as impor- from New York (Mr. FASO). overdose deaths that are not only equal to, Mr. FASO. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. tant as the STOP Act. I urge all of my but greater than, that of Cook County. In colleagues to support this legislation. fact, there were 18 Illinois counties that had BISHOP for yielding and for his leader- ship on this issue. Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I re- 2016 population rates of opioid overdose serve the balance of my time. deaths that were greater than that of Cook Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support County. Twelve (12) of the counties with the of H.R. 5788, the amended Synthetics Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speak- highest 2016 population rates of opioid over- Trafficking and Overdose Prevention er, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman dose deaths are in IDHS Regions 4 and 5. Act of 2018. Once signed into law, this from Texas (Mr. BRADY), the chairman These two service regions have the lowest legislation will help combat our Na- of the Ways and Means Committee. levels of currently-available opioid use dis- tion’s growing opioid crisis by pre- Mr. BRADY of Texas. Mr. Speaker, order (OUD) medication assisted treatment venting the easy importation of syn- there aren’t many today who haven’t (MAT) resources in the state. thetic opioids through the United been touched by the opioid crisis in Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. States Postal Service. America. This swift and devastating Speaker, the purpose of the STOP Act Under current law, private shipping epidemic has hit every community in is to address the influx of synthetic companies are required to provide Cus- America and robbed countless individ- opioids arriving through international toms and Border Protection with ad- uals of their hopes and ambitions. mail. Given the growing harm to our vance electronic data for packages in- Addiction is devastating to witness communities from substance abuse, I, bound to the United States. The inclu- and, in some cases, it only takes 5 days too, want to thank and commend the sion of this data makes illegally for someone’s son, daughter, or parent Ways and Means Committee for its shipped items easier to track and lo- to become addicted. The sad truth is hard work on developing this legisla- cate. that, all too often, many become ad- tion. Especially, I want to point out This standard is not imposed on our dicted after taking an opioid for a le- the efforts of Mr. PASCRELL and Mr. own Postal Service, however, even gitimate reason. This is an epidemic BISHOP. though the U.S. Postal Service brought that has torn apart families and left in I am strongly committed to pre- more than four times the number of its path of destruction a generation of venting the shipments of dangerous packages into the U.S. than all private children without parents and parents and illegal opioids into the United carriers like FedEx and UPS did in faced with burying their kids. States. I support the intent of this bill 2016, combined. We have also seen more and more to limit illegal trafficking of drugs, This bill will bring the U.S. Postal news stories of law enforcement agents and I voted in support of this bill in the Service up to industry standards by re- having near-fatal encounters with just Ways and Means Committee. quiring advance electronic data for 100 trace amounts of these synthetic However, after the last-minute percent of packages by 2020 and a opioids such as fentanyl. In one case, a changes made to this bill in the Rules strong goal of 70 percent by the end of small fleck almost killed a police offi- Committee, I, unfortunately, cannot this year. Also required is a 2019 study cer in Ohio. This is a frightening re- support H.R. 5788. The Republican lead- by the GAO assessing the progress minder of how dangerous these sub- ership insisted on last-minute changes made by the Postal Service. By requir- stances truly are. to impose civil penalties on the Postal ing this data of foreign shippers, we The loss of so many Americans due Service for any accepted shipment can help to keep dangerous synthetic to opioid addiction is unfathomable. In lacking advance electronic data with- opioids like fentanyl and carfentanil 2016 alone, more Americans died due to out allowing enough time to fully vet off our streets. opioid overdoses than were lost over the impact of the changes with critical The abundance of fentanyl within our the entire Vietnam war. stakeholders. borders is leading to an increase in The scale of the crisis is immense. I am concerned about the fairness of overdoses and overdose-related deaths. The loss of potential for so many is imposing civil penalties for individual A recent study from the Substance hard to comprehend, but House Repub- shipments lacking electronic data Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad- licans and Democrats are coming to- when the Postal Service lacks direct ministration indicated that fentanyl is gether in fighting with every tool in control over whether foreign postal op- now the most common fatal overdose our arsenal to combat the opioid crisis. erators provide this data. I am con- drug in the United States. Of the That is why today I rise in strong cerned that having one executive roughly 42,000 opioid overdose deaths in support of H.R. 5788, known as the branch entity impose penalties on an- 2016, about 20,000 of those were from STOP Act. This bipartisan bill address- other would set up an adversarial rela- fentanyl. es a serious problem that has helped tionship in addressing illegal drug traf- Mr. Speaker, just how dangerous is fuel the opioid epidemic: cheap and il- ficking rather than a collaborative re- fentanyl and carfentanil? I can relate legal synthetic opioids shipped from

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Most of all he was a special son and broth- cially to treat our sickest patients; but gling. er to his parents and two beautiful sisters. now it is a killer drug, frequently used Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the He is missed by all of us every single day. illegally, mixed with heroin. leaders who brought this solution to Keegan became addicted to Oxycodone Because of its very specific pharma- the floor. I thank Congressman BISHOP after receiving 120 pills from a doctor for cologic action, it is highly lethal when of Michigan, the author of this bill, for back pain, while an undergrad. He said he misused. To add to that, Mr. Speaker, his leadership; as well as Ranking was addicted after taking the very first pill. now there is a derivative called Member PASCRELL of New Jersey; His addiction became chronic progressive, carfentanil that is 100 times more po- chairman of the Trade Subcommittee, despite his nearly dozen attempts to get bet- ter in well known treatment facilities, in- tent. DAVID REICHERT of Washington; Con- cluding 6 month stays. Why is it so important that we se- gressman JOHN FASO of New York; and Keegan often said, ‘‘I can figure everything cure our mail system? Senator PORTMAN from Ohio for their else out in life, but I can’t figure out how to A grain of rice is 29 milligrams. That diligent work to deliver a hard-hitting end my cravings.’’ Unfortunately, it’s not is the weight of a grain of rice. solution to this very serious problem. something one can just figure out, as we all Fentanyl the size of a grain of rice will I am confident that this bill, shaped know. kill 29 people. That is how lethal it is. by Republicans and Democrats working I called the drug task force and the police If it is carfentanil, it is 100 hundred together, will make a difference in the to report several doctors, who were encour- aging him to take massive amounts of this times more potent. That grain of rice- opioid crisis and help protect many sized piece of carfentanil will kill 2,900 Americans. By passing this bill, we can drug as well as other highly addictive drugs. For some of these doctors, this resulted in people. take meaningful action to help stop the loss of their license to practice. Obviously, the mail system can be the flow of the illegal smuggling of One of Keegan’s sisters, Bridget, is in her used to transport these drugs. Because opioids into this Nation. final year of Neuroscience in the U of Min- these are so highly lethal, in Maryland, I urge my colleagues to join in sup- nesota. She volunteers in homes for addicts half our overdose deaths now involve porting this bill. and also has a part time job supporting re- fentanyl or a derivative. search at the University, to find a vaccine to Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I have Because these are so small, so con- no more speakers on my side, and I re- prevent opioid addiction. She plans to con- cealable, so highly lethal, we have to serve the balance of my time. tinue her studies in medical school. secure all mechanisms by which these Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speak- Thank you so much for remembering er, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman Keegan. drugs can be transmitted to be used il- Jean & Dave Duffy legally. The mail system right now, be- from Minnesota (Mr. PAULSEN). Mr. PAULSEN. Mr. Speaker, we Mr. PAULSEN. Keegan’s story is why cause of loopholes that exist that we know the opioid epidemic has, unfortu- this legislation is so important and have heard about today, can be used to nately, been tearing apart commu- how it will save other lives. transport those drugs to kill our youth. nities all across our entire country. I International mail is often a very They are imported from foreign coun- want to share a story in particular that easy route that we have seen used for tries, where, without any remorse, is similar to the heartbreak and heart- smuggling or the importation of dan- these drugs are shipped to the United ache we have heard from others today. gerous fentanyl here into the United States and result in overdose deaths Keegan: Keegan Duffy was 30 years States. While private carriers have to here. old when he died in January of last submit advance electronic data for any Mr. Speaker, we have to pass H.R. year after an accidental overdose. He of their data about packages that come 5788. We have to secure our mail sys- had just received his master’s degree, here into the United States, the Postal tem and take the scourge of these had a promising career in computer Service has been exempt. fentanyl, carfentanil, and other syn- science, was an avid outdoorsman, and So we have a loophole. That loophole thetic opioids off our streets where volunteered a lot of his time to helping is being exploited by smugglers, giving they are killing young Americans. the poor. traffickers an easy opportunity to have Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speak- His addiction started like so many fentanyl come into America. The STOP er, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman others. He was prescribed 120 pills after Act closes that loophole. from Arkansas (Mr. HILL). suffering chronic back pain. After that It is supported on a bipartisan basis. Mr. HILL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today first pill, unfortunately, he was It will make it harder and much more in support of H.R. 5788, the STOP Act, hooked. Despite almost a dozen at- difficult to smuggle in fentanyl-laced sponsored by my good friend MIKE tempts to break free of his addiction in drugs that not only murdered Keegan BISHOP. rehabilitation, he could never really but, unfortunately, have inflicted pain This important piece of legislation quite do it. Ultimately, he died of an through tragic deaths in other count- would secure our mail system from overdose that came from fentanyl, a less families across our country and so fentanyl and other dangerous synthetic synthetic drug made in Asia, bought that we can save other American lives, opioids that are flooding into the online, and smuggled into the United Mr. Speaker. United States from foreign countries, States. I thank Mr. BISHOP and Mr. PASCRELL namely China and Mexico. Keegan’s story was told to me per- for their leadership on this legislation. The opioid crisis kills more than 100 sonally by his mother. It was heart- I look forward to seeing it passed later Americans each day and caused more breaking. today, because we are finding solutions than 45,000 deaths last year alone. In Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD to the opioid epidemic. 2016, more Americans died from a drug a very loving tribute to Keegan written Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speak- overdose than we lost in Vietnam. A by his mother and father, Dave and er, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman third of those deaths are attributable Jean Duffy. from Maryland (Mr. HARRIS). to fentanyl. STATEMENT OF JEAN AND DAVE DUFFY, Mr. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise Over the last few years, I have wit- FATHER OF KEEGAN, JUNE 14, 2018 today in support of H.R. 5788. nessed my kids losing their peers to Keegan was 30 years old when he passed Mr. Speaker, there are many facets this crisis, and it is terrifying. away Jan 3, 2017 of an accidental overdose of of opioid abuse and overdoses. We are Yesterday, I spoke to the mother of opioids. At the time of his death, he was going to need many pieces of legisla- Nate Gordon, a young man from my working as a successful computer profes- tion to deal with all of them. This is a district, who lost his life due to a sional, having just graduated from Arizona particularly important piece of legisla- fentanyl-laced overdose. Nate’s mother State William Carey School of Business with tion. It deals with the use of the U.S. and the rest of his family are heart- a Masters degree in Information Systems. He had a natural talent for music and loved mail service to import synthetic broken. playing guitar. opioids. We have a responsibility to stem the He was an avid outdoorsman, golfer, boat- As an anesthesiologist, I have used tide of this crisis and prevent more er, skier and fisherman. He was also known synthetic opioids for over 30 years, es- families from suffering the tragic loss

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Those alternatives TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR RE- Service, has seized more than 790 shall be part of the solution, part of COVERY IN VIABLE ENVIRON- pounds of fentanyl. That is enough the solution to getting to the promised MENTS DEMONSTRATION PRO- fentanyl to kill 179 million people. To land, as the gentleman says. GRAM ACT put that in perspective, that is more Mr. Speaker, I want to thank Mr. than half our population. BISHOP. I want to thank Mr. BRADY. I GENERAL LEAVE My friend Mr. HARRIS talked about want to thank my good friend from Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, I the size of a grain of rice. How about 1 Massachusetts, RICHIE NEAL, and all of ask unanimous consent that all Mem- gram, Mr. Speaker, a Sweet’n Low those who worked on this legislation: bers may have 5 legislative days in packet, something that we use every DAVID REICHERT and many more. I con- which to revise and extend their re- day? It is enough to kill 500 people. gratulate our persistence in getting marks and submit extraneous mate- The STOP Act is a great companion through a lot of hurdles. rials on the bill, H.R. 5735. to the bill I recently introduced with Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. my friend TOM COTTON that provides of my time. FASO). Is there objection to the request the U.S. Postal Service with more re- Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speak- of the gentleman from Texas? sources to screen international mail to er, I yield myself the balance of my There was no objection. stop these insane amounts of drugs time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- coming into our country. Mr. Speaker, I would like to begin by ant to House Resolution 934 and rule I thank my friend from Michigan for thanking Mr. PASCRELL. I would like to XVIII, the Chair declares the House in his thoughtful work to implement this thank the staff as well for all of their the Committee of the Whole House on much-needed policy change. I urge my hard work in this process. the state of the Union for the consider- colleagues on both sides of the aisle to This is an epidemic. This is an issue ation of the bill, H.R. 5735. support it. that is not a Republican issue. This is The Chair appoints the gentleman not a Democrat issue. This is our issue. from Idaho (Mr. SIMPSON) to preside b 1300 It is happening every day. Mr. Speaker, over the Committee of the Whole. Mr. PASCRELL. Mr. Speaker, I yield 115 Americans are dying each and every myself the balance of my time. day due to opioid overdose. We are b 1309 Mr. Speaker, I plead with you and my talking about mothers, fathers, chil- IN THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE brothers and sisters on the other side dren—too many children in our com- Accordingly, the House resolved of the aisle. I think we are making a munities. itself into the Committee of the Whole big step today in this piece of legisla- We know the current system is fail- House on the state of the Union for the tion. I know there are other pieces. ing Americans. We are allowing these consideration of the bill (H.R. 5735) to I would recommend, Mr. Speaker, foreign criminals and drug dealers to amend the United States Housing Act that we approach this deadly epi- exploit a very obvious loophole in the of 1937 to establish a demonstration demic—and it is deadly—in the same law. That is why this bill is so impor- program to set aside section 8 housing way that we approached the epidemic tant. That is why it is important for vouchers for supportive and transi- at the end of the eighties and the early Members of Congress to come together tional housing for individuals recov- nineties, and that was the epidemic of and get something done. ering from opioid use disorders or other the HIV virus. No one wanted to talk This bill sets hard deadlines that will substance use disorders, and for other about it, Mr. Speaker, so people died require all packages coming into our purposes, with Mr. SIMPSON in the when they could have been saved if we country to have this actionable data chair. had had knowledge of prevention, if we that will enable the U.S. Customs and The Clerk read the title of the bill. had had knowledge of how we take care Border Protection to interdict and The CHAIR. Pursuant to the rule, the of those folks. seize shipments of these dangerous bill is considered read the first time. It took us until the beginning of the packages and keep them off the streets, The gentleman from Texas (Mr. HEN- nineties, until we opened up local clin- the American streets. SARLING) and the gentlewoman from ics, until people felt less involved in a In closing, I just would like to say to California (Ms. MAXINE WATERS) each stigma. Then they had to come out all those here today: I know that we all will control 30 minutes. from the shadows to protect the rest of have a story. I want to reiterate that The Chair recognizes the gentleman the population, including themselves. we all have a story, and we have now a from Texas. Then we came together, and the Fed- moral obligation to close this obvious Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I eral Government passed the Ryan loophole. I call upon my colleagues to yield myself such time as I may con- White legislation, which has been a big support this important bill. sume. help on the HIV virus. Then we came Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Mr. Chairman, I received a letter not together. of my time. long ago from a constituent, Jim, from The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Unfortunately, maladies bring Amer- Dallas County. The first three words SIMPSON). All time for debate has ex- icans together. Well, that is good that were: I need help. pired. we do come together, though. Pursuant to House Resolution 934, In the letter, he talks about his I ask and plead that we have the the previous question is ordered on the grandson, Joshua, who is a good kid. same vigor in approaching opiates and bill, as amended. Jim became his guardian at age 6, but approaching fentanyl, which is coming The question is on the engrossment Joshua took a bad turn at age 16. It in from other countries. If we do that, and third reading of the bill. was at age 16 he started using opioids. we will not only survive; we will help The bill was ordered to be engrossed His life has never been the same. those—and we will prevent many from and read a third time, and was read the Jim writes that at first his grandson falling into the trap. You have heard third time. started out with pills and then, later, some people talk about that trap The SPEAKER pro tempore. The street drugs and ended up on heroin. No today, starting with painkillers and question is on the passage of the bill. surprise here, Mr. Chairman: His usage moving on to even more dangerous The question was taken; and the escalated, and he ended up dropping drugs. Speaker pro tempore announced that out of school in the last semester of We are going to get through this. We the ayes appeared to have it. high school. are going to get through this. Yester- Mr. BISHOP of Michigan. Mr. Speak- Along the way, he found a menial job day we passed by voice vote legislation er, on that I demand the yeas and nays. here, a menial job there, but he

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Apparently, that is not the case, drug addicted persons who have abused opioids, and he is on other medications: but I don’t think this House will be de- not only prescription drugs but all the methadone, Xanax. He has actually terred. I do not think this House will way to heroin on the streets without gone back and gotten his high school be deterred. I think, very soon, people jobs, laying in the alleys without sup- diploma. like Joshua who are getting their life port, without housing, no place to go, He has learned how to operate a fork- turned around can at least have transi- and that is what he is attempting to lift, but because of the damage that tional housing options to support their do. He is attempting to do everything has been done, he can’t hold down a recovery. When they do, we will thank that he possibly can to get them safe job. His drug costs are expensive. He the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. and secure places to live with the other still needs help. BARR). resources that must go along with it, Mr. Chair, you know what is unusual Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance supportive resources in order to help about this story? Regrettably, nothing. of my time. them become the persons that they can Nothing is unusual about this story. Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. be. Again, although it doesn’t have a Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time But you cannot do this on the cheap. happy ending—and we don’t know how as I may consume. You cannot do this without under- this story is going to end—at least it Mr. Chairman, as I sat here and I lis- standing that rehabilitation costs doesn’t have a tragic end, because far tened to Congressman HENSARLING, the money. too many stories like it end in the chair of the Financial Services Com- So, while I absolutely applaud the at- tragedy of death. mittee, where I serve as ranking mem- tempt, I want to share with you that And my guess is, Mr. Chair, that ber, I thought to myself he was abso- taking 10,000 vouchers from those who every single Member of this body could lutely correct on many of the issues have been waiting in line for years—I read a similar letter as I read from Jim that he surfaced when he held the let- am talking about single-family parents from Dallas. ter up in the air and he said that there with their children who simply are I have been in this House now for are many Members of Congress who eight terms. Rarely—rarely—does a praying and hoping that they can get a could tell similar stories or maybe week go by that somebody doesn’t use voucher so that they can get a decent have gotten similar letters. He is abso- the term ‘‘crisis.’’ And most of the place to live. lutely correct. I am not talking about drug addicted time I don’t give it much thought. But Even more than that, there are many people, necessarily. I am talking about Mr. Chair, when somebody says there is of us who have watched the devasta- a crisis of opioid use in America, I people, some of whom work every day tion of communities that we represent could not agree more. How negligent on minimum wages who cannot afford because of drug addiction over the this body would be if we didn’t declare the first and last month’s rent to get years for a long time. Unfortunately, war on this crisis and do what is right into a place. I am talking about those many of these stories ended in tragedy, and what is smart to address this cri- who, even if they could find a place, and I am pleased that we are focusing sis. they would be paying more than 30 per- So today, out of the House Financial time and attention on opioid addiction cent of their income to have a safe and Services Committee, I am bringing up and abuse. decent place. I am talking about those a bill by the gentleman from Kentucky I am so absolutely thrilled that we who have been living in rental units are paying attention, and we are recog- (Mr. BARR), a member of our leadership that really need more than just reha- team. I want to thank him for his lead- nizing that this is literally a disease bilitation. They are dangerous places ership, because I know how heartfelt and that we can help people, that we that people are living. the pain he knows from his district is. can do rehabilitation, that we can pro- They are places that still are not pro- What the gentleman from Kentucky vide resources to keep people from tected from wind and rain and all of is bringing before us is that we have dying and being imprisoned and treated those things that people should not seen evidence that transitional housing in ways that will not help deal with the have to experience trying to live in a can be a proven method to really help problem in any real ways. I am pleased decent place to live. I am talking about thousands and thousands of Americans about all of that, and I think the inten- people who are living in apartments like Joshua that I describe, to help tions of many of our Members are very that the ceilings are falling in who are them maintain their sobriety after good, that they really want to do some- looking for a decent place. I am talk- completing rehab and as they are gain- thing because many of them are seeing ing about people who call every day to ing skills and training and trying to this for the first time. check to see if in fact they are going to get back into being independent, pro- But let me tell you how many years be the next person who is going to be ductive members of society. I have been seeing this. Let me tell you allowed a voucher. I am talking about So the gentleman from Kentucky about how many deaths I know about. people who have been waiting 2 and 3 says: It is time for a demonstration Let me tell you about the imprison- years and on and on and on. project, because we have some evi- ment of those who were both addicted So I support the idea that the new dence. We have evidence already. And and dealing drugs. Let me tell you population of opioid abusers can have a out of the 2.2 million Section 8 housing about those who have died not only decent place to live and resources, but vouchers, the government’s largest from heroin, that you are seeing now, let’s not deny the people who have been means-tested housing assistance pro- but crack cocaine and other kinds of standing in line, who have been pray- gram, let’s take less than 1 percent of drugs and the mixtures that we don’t ing, who have been hoping for a decent them—in fact, 0.5 percent of them—and even know about that have caused so place. Let’s not take 10,000 vouchers in on a temporary basis let’s allocate many deaths, so much devastation. a so-called demonstration project. some of these Section 8 housing vouch- So I want to do everything that I can Really, we don’t need a demonstra- ers to people who are literally dying of to share my knowledge with you, to tion project. I can tell you, many folks opioid addiction every day and need share my experiences with you, to help in this House can tell you what they transitional housing options in a recov- in every way that I possibly can move know and what they have experienced ery evidence-based program. to credible, reasonable, sensible, reha- so that we can put together good, cred- bilitation and support and assistance ible, sensible legislation. But it will b 1315 for those who are addicted. cost some money. I really think, Mr. Chairman, it is We are trying, as I can see in many of It is not about taking from one and the least we can do today. I am sorry the bills that are being produced, to do giving to the other. The old people call

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We sional district; 116 Americans die every gentleman from Kentucky. are going to take from your oppor- day from opioid overdoses. My home Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, HUD Sec- tunity. Sorry you have been standing State of Kentucky has the third high- retary Ben Carson visited several of in line all this long. est overdose mortality rate in the these transitional nonprofits in my dis- So, Mr. Chairman, I want to be help- country. trict in Kentucky earlier this year, and ful to all of the folks who need our This week, the House is considering he witnessed firsthand the success of help. I understand the shock that many several pieces of legislation to address these evidence-based models of recov- are going through who are experiencing this epidemic, and in order to achieve ery. this for the first time, but I want you meaningful progress in the fight I would like to especially recognize to know about the many nights that I against opioids in our Nation, Congress St. James Place, Revive LifeHouse, the have gone to bed when I have heard can no longer simply focus on preven- Hope Center, Shepherd’s House, and about another death of someone who is tion, enforcement, and treatment. We Chrysalis House, among others, for addicted, who has not had a place to must also begin to implement policies their critical work in the Sixth Dis- live, who has been on somebody’s door- that focus on long-term recovery. Our trict of Kentucky that inspired this step, who has been in an alley. I want Federal housing programs are an un- legislation. you to know what I know and what I derutilized resource in these efforts. Mr. Chairman, the THRIVE Act understand about that mother who has The THRIVE Act would make sup- would save American lives, as well as begged me to help find a bed in a unit, portive housing more accessible to taxpayer funds in the long run, by a rehabilitative unit that could be those most in need by allocating a lim- helping more individuals rise above ad- used. ited number of Section 8 housing diction and poverty. So this is not the way to do it, and choice vouchers to nonprofits—non- Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. this is not about creating new non- profits that have experience in hous- Mr. Chairman, I yield myself as much profits with no experience, no back- ing. Not new nonprofits—nonprofits time as I may consume. ground, to be able to implement this with a record of providing housing Mr. Chairman, I think we should program. This is about understanding services, workforce development, job have a little clarity in what is being all the people who have struggled with placement, financial literacy, and con- presented by my colleague about these nonprofits, who begged for tinued addiction recovery support for whether or not vouchers will be taken money, who begged for resources to individuals who are transitioning out away from anybody. The fact of the deal with the populations who are basi- of rehab or a period of medication-as- matter is nobody thinks that vouchers cally dying from this addiction. sisted treatment and back into the will be taken away from anybody. They So whether it is about the fact that workforce. will never get the voucher. there is not enough money here, or we This legislation would only allocate b 1330 should not be developing new non- either 10,000 or 0.5 percent of total profits to do this because we have expe- housing choice vouchers, whichever is They are standing in line waiting for rience with our public housing entities less, to evidence-based nonprofits serv- years to get Section 8 vouchers to be that know how to do this, this is about ing people who are literally dying each able to have a decent place to live. us saying: Yes, we have a problem, and and every day of opioid addiction and That means that you take 10,000 vouch- we are going to spend the money. We other substance abuse disorders. And ers away from the people, and the fami- are going to put the time in on it to de- the demonstration is limited to 5 lies, and the children, who have been velop the good, credible legislation. We years. waiting in line all of this time and you are going to be serious about it. We No one would have a voucher taken give it to a new population of people. don’t want to just look like we are try- away from them, despite what my That is what this is all about. That ing to do something. We are going to be friend, the gentlewoman from Cali- cannot be denied, and that is a fact. positive. We are going to be com- fornia, is saying. No one would have a I am sure that my colleague who is mitted. We are going to do what it voucher taken away from them to cre- proposing this legislation will agree takes in order to help these people who ate this demonstration program. with me, the fact of the matter is, that are waiting and looking for just an- An estimated 198,000 Section 8 vouch- person who has been waiting for so other chance in life. ers are turned over every year and re- long will have to continue to wait, be- Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance turned to HUD, and it is from this cause the voucher that he or she could of my time. amount that the demonstration would have gotten is going to go to someone Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I set aside only 10,000 to address a deadly else. yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from national public health crisis. Let me just talk a little bit about Kentucky (Mr. BARR), the chairman of Additionally, we made a commit- Mr. BARR’s letter that he sent to the the Monetary Policy and Trade Sub- ment to working with our Democratic appropriators. First of all, I want to committee of the Financial Services colleagues, including Congresswoman thank him for offering to send the let- Committee and author of the Transi- SINEMA, who has signed a joint letter ter. And I want to thank him for com- tional Housing for Recovery in Viable with me to request additional funding ing to me and asking me if I would sign Environments Demonstration Program from the Appropriations Committee to on to the letter. What Mr. BARR is Act, or THRIVE Act. support this demonstration, because we doing is—if I may correctly describe Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I rise understand the urgent need for greater this—is having second thoughts about today in support of my legislation, Federal investment to save lives. So the fact that you need some money, H.R. 5735, the Transitional Housing for the ranking member’s argument really you need some resources in this pro- Recovery in Viable Environments Act, doesn’t apply. gram. So the gentleman from Ken- or the THRIVE Act. The THRIVE Act has received en- tucky’s letter to the appropriators is I thank Chairman HENSARLING, dorsements from over 140 housing and basically meaningless, because his own Chairman DUFFY, and my colleagues on recovery organizations across the bill directly contradicts it. the House Financial Services Com- country, including Addiction Policy And I pointed this out to him as we mittee for their support and feedback Forum, the American Academy of Ad- had this discussion. The plain text of on this legislation. I want to thank diction Psychiatry, National Associa- H.R. 5735 states, ‘‘No additional funds Chairman HENSARLING for sharing that tion of Social Workers, Faces & Voices are authorized to be appropriated to very compelling story about his con- of Recovery, the Association for Addic- carry out the requirements of this act

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:09 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.030 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5175 and the amendments made by this act. think she would say it is a small num- many years and how so many people Such requirements shall be carried out ber. have died because they have not had using amounts otherwise authorized to If it works, we can expand it, we can resources available to them to deal be appropriated.’’ grow it, and we can help more people with the problem. Mr. Chairman, you can’t have it both get off of devastating drugs. And, again, I am willing to spend as ways. You can’t support language that I just want to make one side com- many hours as it takes to help you specifically prohibits appropriators ment on these drugs. In my commu- know and understand the history of from funding your demonstration and nities, it is not just individuals, it is this problem. It didn’t just start with then turn around and ask the appropri- crushing families. We have little kids opioid abuse. It didn’t just start with ators to provide funding. This just who are being taken out of homes in communities who never experienced doesn’t make good sense. That is why I out-of-home placement, crushing the this before. This has been going on for had to say that I could not sign on with budgets of our counties. years and years and years. him on that letter, knowing what the The Acting CHAIR. The time of the I join with Members in wanting to do language was in the legislation. gentleman has expired. something about it. But I say to Mr. So, if the gentleman from Kentucky Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I BARR, it is going to cost some money, wants funding for this demonstration, yield an additional 30 seconds to the and we should not rob Peter to pay he needs to be consistent in his advo- gentleman from Wisconsin. Paul. We should not take from those in cacy for that funding, and that in- Mr. DUFFY. Let’s get this done. If we need. We should not tell the people cludes petitioning his own leadership are going to address this crisis, it is standing in line, Too bad, stand in line for a waiver of their rules preventing the kind of thought process that Mr. a little bit longer because we have a bills that cost money from being con- BARR has put into this bill of creative new episode that we have to deal with. sidered. thinking, using resources that we have Let’s take care of everybody who I would be happy to join the gen- available to us, to help people who are wants to change their lives, everybody tleman from Kentucky in requesting getting crushed by these devastating who wants to put behind them this ad- funding for additional vouchers to sup- drugs. diction, everybody who is begging for port people with substance use dis- I know the ranking member cares just a second chance. orders. But I cannot support this un- about those people deeply. And I know Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance workable demonstration. And I cannot she has fought for those folks who have of my time. lend credibility to his efforts to dis- been inflicted with drug abuse. I just Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I tract us from the fact that his bill would ask her, in this one, to join us yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from would take vouchers away from fami- and say: Let’s do a small demonstra- Michigan (Mr. HUIZENGA), chairman of lies in need, who have been standing in tion project, just 10,000. Let’s work to- the Capital Markets, Securities, and line begging, waiting, and praying for a gether. Investment Subcommittee. decent, safe and secure place for them Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. Mr. HUIZENGA. Mr. Chairman, I and their families to live. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time thank the chairman for yielding. I con- Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance as I may consume. gratulate my friend and colleague from of my time. Mr. Chairman, yes, Mr. DUFFY is ab- Kentucky (Mr. BARR) for tackling this Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I solutely correct, I care about this issue difficult and very important issue. am very pleased to yield 2 minutes to very deeply, and I want to do the right Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. thing. I want him to know that while this much-needed legislation that DUFFY), the chairman of the Housing he was talking about the 2.8 million would expand housing options for indi- and Insurance Subcommittee. vouchers, does he know that there are viduals who are transitioning out of Mr. DUFFY. Mr. Chairman, I thank 5 million people who are in need of addiction treatment and require con- the chairman of the full committee for these vouchers? tinued support. These are typically his support of this fantastic bill that You cannot make the argument that people who have exhausted all of their has been offered by Mr. BARR. there is more than enough to go around resources already. This is pretty simple stuff. There are with all of these people standing in Why? Because they are addicted. 2.2 million vouchers. 2.2 million vouch- line. When they opened up the waiting That is why they are in this, that is ers. And we are talking about a dem- list recently, just in Los Angeles alone, why they qualify for these housing as- onstration project of 10,000: 2.2 million 600,000 people attempted to get access sistance vouchers, and this is right on total; 10,000 in a demonstration project. to these vouchers. target for helping them. We are talking about a small sliver of This is about whether or not you are The THRIVE Act is an important vouchers that can go to help people willing to put your money where your piece of legislation with strong, bipar- who are addicted to opioids, or even mouth is. Either you are willing to pay tisan support that came out of our other drugs to, say, use the vouchers to for your demonstration project, or you committee that would create a pilot move people into transitional housing want to take away the opportunities of program to allocate Section 8 housing that are nonprofit. People are making those who have been standing in line, choice vouchers to transitional housing money off this. It is community transi- and we are talking about families with nonprofits with evidence-based models tional housing. children. You don’t tell me what is of recovery and life skills training. It is Help them maintain sobriety. Teach going to happen to them because you important to note that this is 10,000 them valuable job-training skills. Help won’t increase the number of vouchers, total vouchers out of the 2.2 million them get employment. This is just sim- and you don’t want to put any money that are available, or one-half of 1 per- ple common sense. And for people to into it, so you have to show how you cent of all of those vouchers, whichever say, I can’t support it because I am care. is less, so we are talking about a small taking vouchers away from others, It is one thing for us to get up on this portion of all of the total vouchers that that is bogus. There is 7 to 9 percent floor and talk and debate and explain are available. turnover in the voucher program of the what we would like to see happen, but But here is what we do know, Mr. 2.2 million, and we are talking about a it is another thing when we say that we Chairman. Our country, our States, small sliver to help people. This are willing to put the resources that and our communities are in crisis right shouldn’t be partisan. This is common are needed to deal with the problem. now. Over the last decade, there has sense. I will just say that of the 2.8 million been this dramatic rise in opioid abuse, So I would ask—and I know that Mr. people waiting, 5 million people are in whether it is the nonmedical use of BARR has worked with the ranking need, and the average waiting time is prescription drugs, as well as illicitly member, and she has been wonderful to almost 2 years. So what are you going manufactured heroin. We need engage- work with on a lot of issues and I ap- to do? You don’t need a demonstration. ment at every level. preciate her bipartisanship. This is one We have enough information, we have In light of this medical emergency, that I would ask her to take a second enough research, and we have enough there is an extremely pressing need for look at, Mr. Chairman. If she did, I stories about what has happened for so additional transitional housing for

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Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of a transitional home could be life- Time and time again, individuals who my time. saving. Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. have just completed inpatient rehab b 1345 programs are forced to live in housing Mr. Chair, I yield 3 minutes to the gen- situations where they are surrounded Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I tlewoman from New York (Ms. by people who are using the same ille- yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from VELA´ ZQUEZ), the ranking member of gal substances that sent them into Illinois (Mr. HULTGREN), vice chairman the Small Business Committee and a rehab. We have to change that. of our Capital Markets, Securities, and senior member of the Financial Serv- While the evidence suggests that ef- Investments Subcommittee. ices Committee. ´ fective treatment and recovery plans Mr. HULTGREN. Mr. Chair, I thank Ms. VELAZQUEZ. Mr. Chair, I would should cover a span of 3 to 5 years for Chairman HENSARLING for his leader- like to take this opportunity to thank an individual, based on their needs and ship and for moving this important leg- the ranking member for her leadership severity, we have a long way to go to islation forward. on this issue. properly prioritize and fund the recov- Mr. Chair, the United States has an Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to H.R. ery support programs and resources opioid epidemic, one that is claiming 5735, the THRIVE Act. H.R. 5735 has a worthy goal. Helping that individuals need in their commu- more than 115 lives every single day. individuals struggling with addiction nities. Twenty-three million Ameri- The faces and the stories of the opioid crisis and those family members, to access treatment and recovery serv- cans are in recovery today—let me re- ices is certainly important, but despite peat that—23 million people are in re- friends, students, and loved ones who have been affected by it demand some these intentions, H.R. 5735 has signifi- covery today for substance abuse. cant flaws which, in the end, make the A sober, safe, and healthy living en- solutions from us. Over 4 years ago, in March 2014, I bill unworkable. vironment that promotes recovery My primary concern is that H.R. 5735 from substance abuse is essential in launched our community action plan on opioids in the 14th Congressional carves out 10,000 existing Section 8 providing recovery support. These are vouchers for use in this pilot program people who qualify, as I said before, for District of Illinois. Since then, I have worked with community leaders in my without authorizing new funding for these Section 8 vouchers. Because they any additional vouchers. This essen- district to update our action plan with have exhausted their resources, let’s tially decreases the number of Section local, State, and Federal policy rec- throw them a lifeline. Let’s throw 8 vouchers in circulation and increases ommendations. them some help. Let’s allow them to wait times for millions of other house- One of our key objectives is increas- have an opportunity to go and succeed. holds already seeking a voucher. Those ing access to sober living facilities for That is why I support the THRIVE forced to wait will include low-income individuals who have undergone inpa- Act, which also has the support of the families, seniors, people with disabil- tient treatment and need support as Michigan Heroin and Opiate Preven- ities, veterans, and those experiencing they navigate their recovery. An im- tion and Education program, which is homelessness. known as Mi-HOPE, and I urge all of mediate step we can take is to allow You cannot just change words in the my colleagues to support this bill. individuals in recovery to have access law. You need to open your checking Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. to Federal housing programs, espe- account or your checkbook. Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time cially transitional housing. Currently, only one in four house- as I may consume. Transitional housing is an impor- holds who are eligible for Federal af- Again, I am so pleased that Members tant, evidence-based piece of recovery fordable housing assistance receive it. on the opposite side of the aisle are that empowers these men and women In New York City, we have more than just being introduced to this crisis. I to maintain sobriety, acquire job train- 150,000 people waiting for a voucher. am so pleased that they are just learn- ing and employment, and find a com- While I fully support helping all peo- ing about addiction. I am so pleased munity. ple with substance abuse disorders and that they are willing to talk about it. I have met individuals whose lives recognize the important role affordable But I am not so pleased that they are have been changed by transitional housing plays in an individual’s recov- not willing to spend any resources on housing. Chris Reed from McHenry, Il- ery process, providing affordable hous- it. I don’t know if they understand that linois, has been sober since 2009. He was ing for individuals with substance use the average cost of a voucher annually a founding member of New Directions disorders should not come at the ex- is $9,500. Addiction Recovery Services, which pense of others in need. Why can’t they support that amount opened a sober living house for men in HUD’s Affordable Housing and Sec- of money to deal with credible, decent Crystal Lake, Illinois, in October of tion 8 programs are woefully under- housing for the very individuals that 2016. The organization opened a home funded. Instead of providing Section 8 they say they are trying to give some for women in December 2017 and a third vouchers to just those with substance support to. I don’t know how much home in McHenry County this year. use disorders, we should be providing they know about addiction. And I don’t According to Chris, he said: ‘‘Sober significantly more resources and ex- know how much they know about the living and recovery housing provides panding the Section 8 program to help history of the war on drugs. structure, support, and accountability all those in need. Have any of them ever visited a drug that greatly increases the chances a Additionally, this bill places arbi- rehabilitation project? Let me com- person with a substance use disorder trary time limits on the individuals mend them to one that they need to (SUD) will achieve long-term sobriety. participating in the demonstration pro- know about. It is right here in Wash- By providing housing stability along gram. This is counterproductive and ington, D.C. It is known as N Street with appropriate resources—such as job out of step with other existing sup- Village. Please go. I want them to placement, peer recovery support, so- portive housing programs. learn about what they do, or what the cial activities, and services to others— Finally, while H.R. 5735 seeks to help costs are, and how they struggle for people with SUD begin to disconnect individuals suffering from substance more and more resources to help more from drugs and alcohol and reconnect use disorders, it does nothing to ad- and more people. They cannot legis- with a supportive community.’’ dress the fact that many people with late. They cannot come up with pro- I am proud to support the THRIVE these disorders lose their housing be- grams without having an under- Act, which will expand access to these cause of the harsh eviction policies in standing of, and an appreciation of, life-changing transitional recovery Federal housing assistance programs.

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The time of the I may consume. honestly and forcefully deal with this gentlewoman has expired. Mr. Chair, it is interesting that my issue, we are just talking about it. We Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. colleagues on the opposite side of the are just pontificating. We are just say- Mr. Chair, I yield an additional 1 aisle can come into this Chamber and ing things that we don’t even under- minute to the gentlewoman from New talk about homelessness and talk stand. York. about rehabilitation and talk about the Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. Mr. Chair, again, need for housing. my time. H.R. 5735 has a worthy goal. However, I am the ranking member on the Fi- Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I this bill is plagued with a number of nancial Services Committee with every yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from problems, and I urge my colleagues to wish and every hope to be able to have North Carolina (Mr. BUDD), a very oppose it unless you provide the re- this committee take up a bill on home- hardworking member of the Financial sources to make this legislation work. lessness. I have not been able to get Services Committee. Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chair, I yield that done. We have taken up over 100 Mr. BUDD. Mr. Chairman, I want to 3 minutes to the gentleman from Min- bills on the Financial Services Com- first thank my friend from Kentucky nesota (Mr. EMMER), a valued member mittee, but not once have we dealt for his leadership on this bill. The of the Financial Services Committee. with the issue of homelessness. THRIVE Act is an important piece of Mr. EMMER. Mr. Chairman, when we The gentleman from Minnesota who legislation, and I am proud to cospon- talk about the opiate crisis, we talk talked about homelessness and the fact sor it. often of its victims, but there is an im- that veterans are homeless is abso- The National Institute on Drug portant group that we are leaving out: lutely correct, but what are you going Abuse has found that we lose about 115 survivors. to do about it? Americans each and every day to the Individuals who complete inpatient Are you going to come to the floor to opioid crisis. These are our brothers, rehabilitation and other treatment try and convince the Members of this our sisters, our friends, and our co- programs have been forgotten and left House that somehow a demonstration workers. This is a national crisis, and behind without a way to begin a new project where you take 10,000 vouchers inaction just won’t change a single life. In particular, finding a suitable from the existing vouchers that people thing. place to call home can be especially are standing in line for is going to I have met with a number of people challenging. make a dent in this problem? I don’t back home who told me that we need Research has proven the connection think so. to think about more than just the pre- between substance use and homeless- This problem has been around for a vention and the treatment stage of the ness. It is time that Congress take a long time, and I really do want the opioid crisis, and they are exactly closer look. Members on the opposite side of the right. Today, nearly 110,000 Americans are aisle to understand what has not been When you hear people tell me this, it homeless, with approximately half suf- done to help those people who have reminds me of a conversation I had re- fering chronic addictions to drugs, al- needed a lot of assistance and a lot of cently with David Kessler, who lives in cohol, or both. Approximately 70 per- help. my district and started an organization cent of homeless veterans are esti- I can recall, God bless her soul, when called GRIP It based in Mocksville. mated to suffer from substance use dis- Nancy Reagan said to drug abusers, Group classes, one-on-one coaching, order. ‘‘Just Say No.’’ This is another piece of and assistance with detox programs are We continue to focus on treatment legislation that falls in that category: just three of the things that this group and prevention, but unless we simulta- 10,000 vouchers in a demonstration offers. neously look toward assisting those project. David has found evidence of a ‘‘cul- who need support after treatment, this You have been hearing how huge this tural method’’ that works, and it goes terrible crisis will continue. That is problem is. We don’t need a demonstra- to show us that there are many dif- why I rise today in support of H.R. 5735 tion project for a few people taking ferent things that we could be trying. introduced by my colleague, ANDY 10,000 vouchers from those who have 1400 BARR, whose home State of Kentucky been standing in line. We need to ap- b is no stranger to the opiate crisis. propriate the dollars that are nec- This brings me to the bill that we are Called the THRIVE Act, or the Tran- essary, number one, to help fund those voting on today, the THRIVE Act, sitional Housing for Recovery in Viable organizations that have been working which is part and parcel of this ap- Environments Demonstration Program on this problem for years that need proach. It would expand housing op- Act, this program will kick off a 5-year more money, that need more beds, that tions for individuals who are demonstration program to support need more resources. transitioning out of addiction treat- transitional housing. Specifically, We need more money not only to deal ments and require continued support. 10,000 Section 8 housing vouchers will with the housing issue that is attempt- This is exactly the kind of policy be set aside specifically for people with ing to be addressed in this demonstra- that we need to be considering. Hous- an opiate use disorder. tion project, but whether it is helping ing is part of a foundation that helps Transitional housing takes a wrap- to equip police departments with the former addicts get off the streets and around approach by providing its resi- necessary equipment to save lives of into a place that they can rise above dents with a stable, supportive envi- the people on the street who are poverty and addiction. ronment to address their addiction, overdosed that they encounter in their Mr. Chairman, I want to make a larg- mental health, and/or homelessness. daily work. Some communities have er point on this issue before I close. Required participation in recovery that, a few communities have that, but There has always been and still is a classes, life skills education classes, every community experiencing this stigma around drug addiction. But if mandatory savings plans, and full-time problem needs to have that. we want to make real progress on bat- or part-time employment work to- In addition to that, we need more tling this epidemic, we need to change gether to support residents as they beds for rehabilitation. You can’t get the way we look at those who are suf- continue to improve their lives. to supportive housing until you deal fering. Rather than seeing them as li- Homelessness and addiction create a with the addiction so that when people abilities, we need to see them as assets. vicious cycle, and these Americans are ready to go into transitional hous- The THRIVE Act, by helping people need help to break it. With this bill, ing, they get the support that goes transition from recovery to a home,

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He I think Ronald Reagan said it best always urge me that more needs to be shared with us the incredible outcomes when he said: ‘‘That what is right will done. It is very difficult to find anyone from the Recovery Kentucky initiative always eventually triumph. And in our communities who hasn’t been af- launched during his administration. there’s purpose and worth to each and fected by addiction, with either a fam- This legislation draws on the program every life.’’ ily member or a friend. This week, we and its success. Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. are delivering on the promises we have I commend Governor Fletcher and, in Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time made to those struggling with the pain particular, my colleague from Ken- as I may consume. of addiction. tucky, ANDY BARR, for their leadership While I have this opportunity, I will During a recent opioid roundtable on this legislation. This bill will give refer to my bill on homelessness again. that I hosted in Binghamton, New recovering addicts the added help they My bill is a bill that will end homeless- York, a young woman named Jessica need to rise above their addictions and ness. It costs $13 billion, and I would shared her story of opioid addiction fulfill their real potential in life. dare say that we could have funded this and recovery. Jessica’s story is a story I encourage my colleagues to support effort when we were thinking about the of loss, recovery, resilience, and sur- the THRIVE Act. tax cuts. Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. Some of those tax cuts benefit the vival. At the end, Jessica stressed the Mr. Chairman, may I inquire of Mr. richest people in this country. While importance of post-treatment pro- HENSARLING how many more speakers we were reducing the corporate tax grams to help those who are addicted he has. rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, we to remain in recovery programs and to Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I could have easily spent $13 billion to avoid potential relapses. The THRIVE Act begins the process anticipate no more speakers. I am pre- deal with ending homelessness. That tax cut was worth $1.8 trillion. of delivering on this important ele- pared to close. Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. $13 billion from that $1.8 trillion, what ment of addiction recovery by expand- Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the bal- would that have done for homelessness ing transitional housing options to ance of my time. in America? We could have been on the those most in need. Mr. Chairman, this week, we are see- road to ending homelessness. Furthermore, the THRIVE Act fo- So the bill number is H.R. 2076. I am cuses on evidence-based programs, en- ing my colleagues on the other side of hopeful that the Members of the House suring that those in recovery are given the aisle advance legislation focused on and the Members of the Senate will access to proven, high-quality transi- individuals with opioid use disorders. take a look at this legislation so that tional housing options. We are really talking about drug addic- they know that we have something I thank my colleague, the gentleman tion. These are the people they used to that has been given a lot of attention, from Kentucky (Mr. BARR), for his hard call drug addicts, and I don’t want us that has a lot of research, that under- work in crafting this legislation to pro- to hide behind any new language. We stands what it takes to get rid of vide a better future for those suffering are talking about a serious problem of homelessness. So my bill, H.R. 2076, is from addiction. addiction here. But something very important is a bill that I would ask my colleagues Mr. Chairman, H.R. 5735 fills a crit- missing from these bills and that is to immediately support. ical void and will empower countless Mr. Chairman, we have many Mem- individuals in my district to break free new resources and funding necessary to bers of this Congress who want to do from the grips of drug addiction. actually make a difference for those in- something about providing housing op- I thank the chairman for providing dividuals. portunities for those who are the vic- me an opportunity to speak in support H.R. 5735 is a clear example of this tims of opioid abuse and drugs. I join of this important legislation. problematic approach. Rather than with them, and I, too, am very con- Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. providing funding for housing assist- cerned, and I know that we can do Mr. Chairman, I continue to reserve ance vouchers for individuals with dis- something substantive about this issue the balance of my time. orders, individuals who are addicted, of providing housing opportunities. Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I this bill takes away 10,000 existing But again, I will say over and over yield 11⁄2 minutes to the gentlewoman vouchers that would otherwise go to again, it should not be done in such a from Georgia (Mrs. HANDEL), a member people in need, many of whom have way that we have a little demonstra- of the Judiciary Committee and the been waiting and waiting for years. tion project that will take away 10,000 Education and the Workforce Com- There are millions of people on wait- vouchers from the neediest of people mittee. ing lists across the country, including who have been standing in line, in Mrs. HANDEL. Mr. Chairman, I rise families with children, seniors, vet- order to say or think or have anyone today in support of the THRIVE Act. erans, persons with disabilities, per- believe that we are doing something In the Sixth District, my district, sons experiencing homelessness, and about this crisis in America. Fulton and Cobb Counties have the others in need. Redistributing these I reserve the balance of my time. highest opioid and heroin overdose vouchers away from others who need Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I rates of all counties in the entire State housing is simply not a fair or reason- yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman of Georgia. able step. from New York (Ms. TENNEY), another For those struggling with addiction What we need is bold action to com- hardworking member of the House Fi- who make that hard commitment to mit real dollars to tackling this public nancial Services Committee. recovery, aftercare and stability are health crisis, and also to address the Ms. TENNEY. Mr. Chairman, I rise to critical to their ability to remain drug- shortage of affordable housing in this state my strong support of the Transi- free. Too often they return to the very country. Unfortunately, this bill falls tional Housing for Recovery in Viable same environments that helped foster short and commits no new funding for Environments Act, or the THRIVE Act. their addiction, increasing the risk of additional vouchers. In my district and across the Nation, relapse. Worse, many find themselves While H.R. 5735 has an important the opioid epidemic has ravaged com- homeless, with no resources and no job. goal, the way it tries to get there is ul- munities, torn apart families, and de- The THRIVE Act would create a 5- timately harmful and counter- stroyed the lives of everyday Ameri- year pilot program that expands hous- productive. cans. ing options for individuals For these reasons, I urge Members to Opioid abuse and drug-related deaths transitioning out of treatment pro- vote ‘‘no’’ on this bill. This will not are rising at alarming rates. In my grams but still needing help. The pro- begin to make a dent in the crisis. We

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We reject subsection, the amounts specified in subpara- graph (B) for an eligible entity to provide a addiction. that argument, Mr. Chairman. voucher for such assistance to a covered indi- We have drug addicts who are in the So, again, I just cannot believe some- vidual through a supportive and transitional alleys and on the streets in commu- thing that should be on our suspension housing program that provides treatment for nities who never saw this before, who calendar, something that should be re- opioid use disorders or other substance use dis- never experienced this before. ceiving overwhelming bipartisan sup- orders (as applicable), job skills training, and Listen to someone who has seen it, port apparently has to come with what such assistance for a period of 12 to 24 months. who knows about it, who understands we call a rule bill. ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The amount specified in this how many lives have been lost because But we know that 42,000 people have subparagraph is, for each of fiscal years 2019 through 2023, the amount necessary to provide of it, and let’s do the right thing. It is died in the last calendar year, to where the lesser of— not about a demonstration project. It we have the data, due to opioid abuse— ‘‘(i) 0.5 percent of the total number of vouch- is not about just a few vouchers. This up tremendously. So there is just an ers allocated under this subsection during the is about real action. urgent need to target resources for sub- fiscal year ending immediately before the date of I yield back the balance of my time. stance use treatment services, to make the enactment of this paragraph; or Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, effective treatment more widely avail- ‘‘(ii) 10,000 vouchers. ‘‘(C) CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An eli- may I inquire how much time I have able. gible entity shall— remaining. We have an opportunity, right here ‘‘(i) provide an evidence-based treatment pro- The Acting CHAIR (Mr. PAULSEN). in this House, right now, today, to say gram and a job skills training program for indi- The gentleman from Texas has 4 min- that we have the evidence. Let’s take viduals recovering from an opioid use disorder utes remaining. some Section 8 vouchers and make sure or other substance use disorder, as applicable, Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I that they are part of the solution. that meet standards established by the Sec- yield myself the balance of my time. retary; and b 1415 ‘‘(ii) demonstrate prior experience admin- Mr. Chairman, in my congressional And so I thank the gentleman from istering rental assistance vouchers, demonstrate career, I have experienced a number of prior experience administering transitional surreal moments. I think perhaps I am Kentucky. What a wonderful leader he housing programs under the McKinney-Vento experiencing another one, and that is, is on our committee in trying to help— Homeless Act, or demonstrate a partnership typically, within my career, next to a and we are not helping everybody. I with a public housing agency or a housing pro- study, I think the least controversial admit it.—to begin to put people in gram of a State, unit of local government, or In- provisions we take up in this body are transitional housing. dian tribe (as such term is defined in section 4 demonstration projects. Mr. Chair, I urge all Members to sup- of the Native American Housing and Self-Deter- We do it all the time, and it is good port the THRIVE Act. We can make a mination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4103)) that en- sures effective administration of rental assist- that we do it all the time so we can difference today. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of ance vouchers. find out if what is happening in a small ‘‘(D) APPLICATION.—To receive a rental assist- subset within our society is going to my time. ance voucher under this paragraph, an eligible work, and so we will roll out the pro- The Acting CHAIR. All time for gen- entity shall submit an application to the Sec- gram throughout our country. Typi- eral debate has expired. retary that shall include— cally, these receive very strong bipar- Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be ‘‘(i) a description of the terms of treatment tisan support. considered for amendment under the 5- program, job skills training, and rental assist- ance to be provided to a covered individual, and I couldn’t help but notice, there are minute rule. In lieu of the amendments rec- assurances that such description shall be com- only two, two Members on the other municated to covered individuals that receive side of the aisle, who are against this ommended by the Committee on Fi- vouchers pursuant to the demonstration pro- opioid housing recovery program, and nancial Services, printed in the bill, it gram established under this paragraph; and we had almost a dozen Republicans on shall be in order to consider as an ‘‘(ii) a transitional plan that begins on the our side of the aisle come to support it. original bill for the purpose of amend- date on which a covered individual completes I listened very carefully to the rank- ment under the 5-minute rule an the treatment program of the eligible entity that ing member who, on more than one oc- amendment in the nature of a sub- includes information on additional treatment, job skills training, and housing resources and casion, said we should not rob Peter to stitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 115–73. That amend- services available to such covered individual. pay Paul. Well, what happens when she ‘‘(E) SELECTION.—In selecting eligible entities or other Members on the other side of ment in the nature of a substitute shall to receive rental assistance vouchers under this the aisle decide to submit budgets that be considered as read. paragraph, the Secretary shall— aren’t balanced? The text of the amendment in the na- ‘‘(i) ensure that such eligible entities— ture of a substitute is as follows: ‘‘(I) are diverse; We just had a balanced budget ‘‘(II) represent an appropriate balance of eli- H.R. 5735 amendment come to this floor, and if gible entities located in urban and rural areas; memory serves me right, it was not Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- and supported by the ranking member. So resentatives of the United States of America in ‘‘(III) provide supportive and transitional thus, she appears to be robbing Peter Congress assembled, housing programs in diverse geographic regions to pay Paul. If that is of great concern, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. with high rates of mortality due to opioid use I will certainly be happy to go to our This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transitional disorders or other substance use disorders, as applicable, based on data of the Centers for Dis- leadership and see if we can bring that Housing for Recovery in Viable Environments Demonstration Program Act’’ or the ‘‘THRIVE ease Control and Prevention; and vote to the House floor, so that we Act’’. ‘‘(ii) consider— might balance the budget. SEC. 2. DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM TO STUDY ‘‘(I) the success of each recipient eligible enti- I heard it said, well, this demonstra- THE IMPACT OF USING RENTAL ty at helping individuals complete the treatment tion project may take away a voucher VOUCHERS FOR SUPPORTIVE AND program of the eligible entity and refrain from from a veteran, somebody homeless, TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR INDI- opioid or other substance usage, as applicable; somebody disabled. Who do you think VIDUALS RECOVERING FROM OPIOID ‘‘(II) the type of job skills training program USE DISORDERS OR OTHER SUB- provided by the eligible entity; these people who are suffering with STANCE USE DISORDERS. ‘‘(III) the percentage of participants in the job opioid addiction are? They are vet- Section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act skills training program that gain and maintain erans. They are homeless. They are dis- of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)) is amended by add- employment; abled, Mr. Chairman, and that is why it ing at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(IV) the percentage of participants in the is so critical that we reach out and we ‘‘(21) RENTAL VOUCHER DEMONSTRATION PRO- treatment program of the eligible entity that— help them. GRAM FOR SUPPORTIVE AND TRANSITIONAL HOUS- ‘‘(aa) do not relapse into opioid or other sub- ING FOR INDIVIDUALS RECOVERING FROM OPIOID stance usage, as applicable; and Then I continue to hear from the USE DISORDERS OR OTHER SUBSTANCE USE DIS- ‘‘(bb) do not receive Federal assistance for ranking member, well, this doesn’t ORDERS.— treatment of an opioid use disorder or other sub- make a dent. This doesn’t make a dent ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es- stance use disorder, as applicable, after comple- in the problem. tablish a demonstration program under which tion of the program.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 6333 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.039 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H5180 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2018 ‘‘(F) TRANSFER OF VOUCHER.—Upon termi- The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will SEC. 5. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. nation of the provision of rental assistance designate the amendment. No additional funds are authorized to be through a voucher to a covered individual, the The text of the amendment is as fol- appropriated to carry out the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by eligible entity that initially offered such voucher lows: may use such voucher to provide rental assist- this Act. Such requirements shall be carried ance to another covered individual. Page 1, line 7, strike ‘‘AND TRANSITIONAL’’. out using amounts otherwise authorized to Page 1, line 15, strike ‘‘AND TRANSITIONAL’’. ‘‘(G) DURATION.—The Secretary shall not be appropriated. Page 2, line 11, strike ‘‘and transitional’’. make rental assistance available under this Page 2, line 14, strike ‘‘job skills training’’ The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to paragraph after the expiration of the 5-year pe- and insert ‘‘coordination with workforce de- House Resolution 934, the gentleman riod beginning on the date of the enactment of velopment providers’’. from Kentucky (Mr. BARR) and a Mem- this paragraph. Page 2, lines 15 and 16, strike ‘‘for a period ber opposed each will control 5 min- ‘‘(H) REPORTS.— of 12 to 24 months’’ and insert ‘‘, as deter- ‘‘(i) BY THE ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—An eligible en- utes. mined by the entity’’. tity that receives a rental assistance voucher The Chair recognizes the gentleman Page 2, lines 18 and 19, strike ‘‘for each of under this paragraph shall submit to the Sec- from Kentucky. fiscal years 2019 through 2023’’ and insert retary— Mr. BARR. Mr. Chair, I yield myself ‘‘for fiscal year 2019’’. ‘‘(I) annually, the transitional plan described Page 2, line 22, strike ‘‘allocated’’ and in- such time as I may consume. in subparagraph (D)(ii) and information on sert ‘‘renewed’’. Mr. Chairman, I rise today in support each covered individual’s housing upon termi- of my manager’s amendment to the nation of the provision of rental assistance Page 3, lines 5 and 6, strike ‘‘a job skills training program’’ and insert ‘‘demonstrate legislation at issue today, H.R. 5735, through a voucher to such covered individual in the THRIVE Act, which, again, would a manner that protects the privacy of such cov- the ability to coordinate with workforce de- ered individual; and velopment providers’’. make supportive housing more acces- ‘‘(II) not later than 4 years after the date of Page 3, line 13, strike ‘‘transitional’’ and sible to those most in need by allo- the enactment of this paragraph, a plan describ- insert ‘‘supportive’’. cating a limited number of housing ing the treatment and housing options for any Page 4, line 4, strike ‘‘job skills training’’ choice vouchers to nonprofits that pro- covered individual assisted by such voucher who and insert ‘‘coordination with workforce de- vide housing, workforce development, will not have completed the program before the velopment providers’’. Page 4, line 15, strike ‘‘job skills training’’ job placement, and continued addiction day that is 5 years after such date of enactment. and insert ‘‘coordination with workforce de- recovery support for individuals who ‘‘(ii) BY THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall are transitioning out of rehab and back submit to Congress a report that analyzes the velopment opportunities’’. Page 5, line 3, strike ‘‘and’’. impact of rental assistance provided under this into the workforce. Page 5, after line 3, insert the following: paragraph— This manager’s amendment intro- ‘‘(III) have adequate resources for treat- ‘‘(I) not later than 2 years after the date of duces improvements to the THRIVE ment, recovery, and supportive services; the enactment of this paragraph; and Act based on feedback we have received ‘‘(II) not later than 4 years after the date of ‘‘(IV) fully comply with the Fair Housing from various stakeholders in the af- the enactment of this paragraph, that includes Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.) and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.); fordable housing and recovery commu- recommendations for the continuation or expan- nities, my colleagues on the House Fi- sion of the program established under this para- and’’. Page 5, line 4, strike ‘‘(III)’’ and insert nancial Services Committee, as well as graph and improving the process for providing ‘‘(V)’’. technical drafting assistance from the such assistance. Page 5, line 12, before the dash insert ‘‘, in ‘‘(I) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban consultation with the Secretary of Health ‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible enti- Development. ty’ means a nonprofit organization that meets and Human Services and the Secretary of Among these changes include: the criteria described under subparagraph (C). Labor’’. Clarifying the distinction between il- Page 5, line 17, before ‘‘opioid’’ insert ‘‘il- ‘‘(ii) COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘covered licit drug use and medication-assisted individual’ means an individual recovering from licit’’. Page 5, strike lines 19 through 25 and insert treatment; an opioid use disorder or other substance use the following: Requiring nonprofits to show that disorder.’’. ‘‘(II) the coordination with workforce de- they have experience administering SEC. 3. REPEAL OF RENTAL VOUCHER DEM- velopment providers by the eligible entity; housing programs and are in full com- ONSTRATION PROGRAM. ‘‘(III) the percentage of participants in un- Effective the day that is 5 years after the date pliance with the Fair Housing Act and subsidized employment during the second of the enactment of this Act, paragraph (21) of Civil Rights Act of 1964; and fourth calendar quarter after exit from section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of Requiring HUD and eligible entities the program;’’. 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), as added by this Act, to coordinate with the Department of Page 6, strike ‘‘that—’’ in line 3 and all is repealed. Health and Human Services, the De- that follows through ‘‘do not’’ in line 4 and SEC. 4. RETURN OF VOUCHERS. insert ‘‘that do not’’. partment of Labor, and local workforce An eligible entity that provided vouchers for Page 6, line 6, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert a development boards; rental assistance under paragraph (21) of sec- period. Eliminating time limits for individ- tion 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of Page 6, strike lines 7 through 12. uals in the program; 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)), as added by this Act, Page 6, line 13, strike ‘‘TRANSFER’’ and in- Authorizing waiver authority allow- shall return any such vouchers to the Secretary sert ‘‘REISSUANCE’’. ing HUD greater flexibility to admin- of Housing and Urban Development on the day Page 6, after line 23, insert the following: ister the program, while still requiring that is 5 years after the date of the enactment ‘‘(H) WAIVERS.—The Secretary may, full compliance with statutes and regu- of this Act. through publication of a notice in the Fed- lations related to fair housing non- The Acting CHAIR. No amendment eral Register, waive or specify alternative requirements for any provision of statue or discrimination, labor standards, and to that amendment in the nature of a other requirements; and other tech- substitute shall be in order except regulation governing the use of vouchers under this subsection (except for require- nical changes. those printed in part B of House Report ments relating to fair housing, non- Mr. Chair, I would like to thank my 115–751. Each such amendment may be discrimination, labor standards, or the envi- Democratic colleagues, including Con- offered only in the order printed in the ronment) upon a finding by the Secretary gresswoman SINEMA, for suggesting report, by a Member designated in the that such waiver or alternative requirement several of the improvements to the bill report, shall be considered read, shall is necessary for the purposes of this para- that are included in this amendment. I be debatable for the time specified in graph.’’. would also like to emphasize, once the report, equally divided and con- Page 6, line 24, strike ‘‘(H)’’ and insert ‘‘(I)’’. again, my commitment to working trolled by the proponent and an oppo- Page 8, line 11, strike ‘‘(I)’’ and insert with Ms. SINEMA and other colleagues nent, shall not be subject to amend- ‘‘(J)’’. to request additional funding from the ment, and shall not be subject to a de- Page 9, line 1, strike ‘‘RETURN OF VOUCH- Appropriations Committee to support mand for division of the question. ERS’’ and insert ‘‘DEMONSTRATION CLOSE-OUT’’. this demonstration program. AMENDMENT NO. 1 OFFERED BY MR. BARR Page 9, line 6, strike ‘‘on’’ and insert ‘‘not The Centers for Disease Control and The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order later than’’. Prevention estimates that the total Page 9, line 8, before the period insert ‘‘for to consider amendment No. 1 printed in use only for renewals of expiring contracts economic burden of prescription opioid part B of House Report 115–751. for such assistance’’. misuse alone in the United States is Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I have an Page 9, after line 8, add the following new $78.5 billion per year. Our Federal hous- amendment at the desk. section: ing programs are an underutilized

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It has earned the support of away from people waiting in line for a crisis. over 140 recovery organizations who housing assistance. They come here and they talk about are on the front lines of this epidemic. And while this amendment resolves a homelessness, and they talk about the Once again, Mr. Chairman, it is not a few technical issues, it also creates opioid abusers who are on the streets reason to vote against this legislation new problems. In particular, this who need housing. Yes, they do. Just as because it is using existing appropria- amendment would add broad authority all of those people who have been tions for the Housing Choice Voucher for the Secretary of the Department of standing in line waiting for Section 8 Program. Housing and Urban Development to housing need housing. Our friends on the other side of the waive requirements that would other- They talk about veterans who are aisle who are objecting to this legisla- wise apply under the Section 8 pro- homeless. They are absolutely correct. tion are making the wrongheaded and gram. This includes being able to waive Some of those veterans have drug prob- misguided argument that claims that basic tenant protections as well as the lems. Others don’t have drug problems. this is somehow taking away from requirement that rents are affordable They have come back from their serv- other members of the program. to residents at 30 percent of their ad- ice to their country without jobs, with- There are 198,000 vouchers that come justed income, which is known as the out a place to live, and here we are, up each and every year. We are talking Brooke amendment. talking about robbing the folks who about not taking vouchers away from In sum, this amendment does nothing have been standing in line and who are to address the fundamental issues with anyone, but using those vouchers that in need—including the veterans on the this bill, including the fact that it pro- become available for new recipients. street—robbing them of their opportu- hibits new funding. These recipients are oftentimes eligible nities because we want to take away for the Section 8 Housing Choice Mr. Chairman, I really do need to point out that perhaps it was not clear 10,000 housing vouchers from them. Voucher Program anyway, because Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of they come out of rehab without re- in Mr. BARR’s presentation about this amendment that this amendment addi- my time. sources. They are statutorily eligible. tionally reinforces his point that no Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, just to re- So when they talk about taking away spond briefly to some of those claims, from veterans, when they talk about additional funds would be authorized. As a matter of fact, if you look at our efforts to work in a bipartisan way, taking away from the disabled, or from section 5 of the amendment where it an overture to the ranking member to the homeless, that is who these people says, ‘‘No additional funds are author- actually meet her halfway, should be are. These people typically are without ized to be appropriated to carry out the actually welcomed. It shouldn’t be re- homes. They are, in many cases, vet- requirements of this act and the jected. erans. amendments made by this act. Such re- And if she is concerned about more Saint James Apartments, which is quirement shall be carried out using funding, guess what, that is not what one of these recovery centers in my amounts otherwise authorized to be ap- the authorizing committees do. That is district, focuses exclusively on vet- propriated,’’ which simply means tak- what the appropriators do, and if the erans who are addicted to opioids, and ing 10,000 vouchers from people who are ranking member were sincere, she these people, obviously, are also strug- waiting in line, who are desperate for would sign on to the letter to the ap- gling with a disability. So the THRIVE the need for safe and secure housing, propriators with respect to providing Act deserves every one of our Members’ and it makes sure that you understand additional funds. support. These organizations and these that he does not want any more funds But in any event, this is not hastily folks who are struggling with addiction appropriated. Except, there is some put together. This is the result of a lot are literally crying out for Congress to kind of contradiction that can be con- of feedback, of hearings, of many years help, and we need to answer that call. fusing. of actually talking and listening to I urge support for my manager’s When he first introduced the bill— not-for-profits that are in this line of amendment, and the underlying legis- and I talked about the fact that he had work. And they are begging us, along lation so we can work together in a bi- not only asked me to sign on to a let- with 144 other organizations in addic- partisan manner to improve housing ter to the appropriators asking for tion recovery, to pass this bill. options for individuals recovering from more money, and I decided not to do I urge my colleagues to vote ‘‘yes’’ opioid addiction and other substance that because of the fact that he still on the manager’s amendment, and the abuse disorders. had this amendment that would say underlying bill. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of that there should be no additional I yield back the balance of my time. my time. funds spent on this. The Acting CHAIR. The question is Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. What is my friend doing? What is he on the amendment offered by the gen- Mr. Chair, I claim the time in opposi- talking about? How can he send a let- tleman from Kentucky (Mr. BARR). tion to the amendment. ter to the appropriators asking for The amendment was agreed to. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman more money when, not only does he AMENDMENT NO. 2 OFFERED BY MR. is recognized for 5 minutes. have in the bill, but in the amendment ROHRABACHER Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. to the bill, very clear language that The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order Mr. Chair, this manager’s amendment says there should be no additional to consider amendment No. 2 printed in is simply a last-ditch attempt to ad- funds appropriated. part B of House Report 115–751. dress significant administrative con- Well, of course, that is confusing. Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Chair, I cerns and questions about the correct And I am not so sure why the con- have an amendment at the desk. interpretation of the underlying legis- tradiction is there. But I do know this: The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will lation. I believe that the intent of my col- designate the amendment. The fact that this amendment had to league is a good intent; that he really The text of the amendment is as fol- be revised three times before a final would like to do something about lows: version was submitted past the dead- opioid addiction. I believe that most of line for consideration by the Rules the Members who have gotten involved Page 4, line 10, strike ‘‘and’’. Committee, is indicative of the hasty Page 4, line 17, strike the period and insert in this issue and who are learning ‘‘; and’’. and haphazard nature in which this bill about it for the first time, and under- Page 4, after line 17, insert the following: has been cobbled together. standing that there is a crisis for the ‘‘(iii) evidence sufficient to demonstrate For example, in response to a Con- first time, want to do something about that the local government having jurisdic- gressional Budget Office score that in- this issue. tion over the location of any supportive

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:15 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.044 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H5182 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2018 housing facility to be used by the eligible en- governments their proper zoning au- lems over other individuals who are tity in connection with the demonstration thority to manage sober living homes victims of domestic violence, who are program under this paragraph permits such in a manner acceptable to the local low-income families who have been facilities in such location.’’. people and something that will help waiting in line and need a subsidy in The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to those drug addicts as well as the local order to make ends meet, and other House Resolution 934, the gentleman community. So I gladly offer this homeless populations. from California (Mr. ROHRABACHER) and amendment and ask my colleagues to Again, I think this is a laudable goal, a Member opposed each will control 5 consider both this amendment as well but I am concerned about this bill not minutes. as the bill that I will submit on this having any appropriations connected The Chair recognizes the gentleman issue. to it. from California. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance But, Mr. Chairman, if we, in fact, are Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Chairman, of my time. going to take this approach, I am sure I rise to offer a simple but crucial Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. we can all agree that Tribal housing amendment to the THRIVE Act to en- Mr. Chairman, I claim the time in op- authorities should also be eligible. In- sure that local governments have a say position to the amendment. dian Country has been devastated by in which sober living homes are able to The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman drug addiction, and Tribes from across participate in this demonstration pro- is recognized for 5 minutes. the Nation have struggled to keep pace gram. Ms. MAXINE WATERS of California. with treating their addicted population My amendment would require the Mr. Chairman, I don’t think the and all the tertiary problems associ- nonprofits who apply for funding under amendment really does what the gen- ated with addiction, including housing this bill to prove that the Federal dol- tleman would like to have it do, but I problems. lars they receive are distributed only am not opposed. The reality is that nonprofits are not to facilities that have permission from Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- really operating in Indian Country the relevant local government to oper- ance of my time. now, and the unique geographic and ate in that location. cultural challenges make it very un- The proliferation of unlicensed sober Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Chairman, likely that any nonprofit will actually living homes in residential commu- I yield back the balance of my time. be able to serve Indian Country even if nities in my district and throughout The Acting CHAIR. The question is the program is successful in other our country has had a deleterious im- on the amendment offered by the gen- areas. pact on local residents and has not tleman from California (Mr. ROHR- Indian Tribes are making do. There well-served the drug and alcohol ad- ABACHER). are some success stories, like the Pota- dicts the program is supposed to help. The amendment was agreed to. AMENDMENT NO. 3 OFFERED BY MS. MOORE watomi in Milwaukee, but the need is b 1430 The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order so overwhelming. So as we provide aid Many—not all, but many—of these to consider amendment No. 3 printed in to our States, I strongly believe that facilities are owned and operated by part B of House Report 115–751. our sacred trust obligations to Indian unscrupulous actors. These bad actors Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chairman, I have an Country make it necessary for us to in- totally disregard the impact on local amendment at the desk. clude our Tribes in this legislation. residents of the neighborhoods as well The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance as those who reside in the sober living designate the amendment. of my time. homes themselves. The Federal Gov- The text of the amendment is as fol- Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I ask ernment must not subsidize this. lows: unanimous consent to claim time in It is not only the surrounding neigh- Page 5, line 3, strike ‘‘; and’’ and insert ‘‘, opposition to this amendment, al- borhood that suffers in these cir- including tribal communities;’’. though I do not oppose the amendment. cumstances, but also recovering ad- Page 5, after line 3, insert the following: The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection dicts whose treatment facility has no ‘‘(III) appropriately reflect the impact that to the request of the gentleman from oversight and sometimes no actual per- opioids are having in tribal communities; Kentucky? sonal program for recovery. This bill and’’. There was no objection. Page 5, line 4, strike ‘‘(III)’’ and insert The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman with my amendment produces a bal- ‘‘(IV)’’. anced first step toward helping the vic- Page 8, line 13, after ‘‘means’’ insert the from Kentucky is recognized for 5 min- tims of the opioid epidemic while safe- following: ‘‘a tribally designated housing en- utes. guarding the rights of families, home- tity (as such term is defined in section 4 of Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, I want to owners, and local communities. the Native American Housing and Self-De- make an observation that, in the I am grateful for the support of my termination Act of 1996 (24 U.S.C. 4103)), or’’. course of this debate, not one of the friend and colleague Congressman Page 8, line 14, after ‘‘tion’’ insert a Members speaking in opposition to this comma. BARR, and I am grateful for his support legislation has made the argument through this amendment. I urge the The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to that these evidence-based transitional rest of my colleagues to join with us House Resolution 934, the gentlewoman housing models won’t work. None of and vote in favor of this amendment. from Wisconsin (Ms. MOORE) and a the arguments are that this model I would also note that it is the Fed- Member opposed each will control 5 won’t work and won’t help people eral Fair Housing Act that shields the minutes. achieve long-term recovery. So why bad actors and prevents local govern- The Chair recognizes the gentle- would anyone oppose the legislation? ments from doing anything meaningful woman from Wisconsin. I will accept my friend’s, the gentle- about the problems associated with Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chairman, the legis- woman from Wisconsin’s amendment. I sober living homes. Municipalities face lation before us today makes nonprofit appreciate the contribution that she is costly litigation for trying to address organizations eligible for Federal Gov- making to make sure that Native their transient nature, and local resi- ernment vouchers to house people in American Tribal communities and dents often experience an increase in recovery for drug addiction. My amend- their Tribal housing authorities are crime in their neighborhoods, not to ment simply makes Tribal housing au- designated as eligible entities to re- mention other threats to their quality thorities also eligible to apply and re- ceive vouchers. of life. ceive the vouchers. This amendment will ensure that Na- The THRIVE Act does not address I, like the gentlewoman from Cali- tive American communities residing in the Fair Housing Act, but I have au- fornia, am concerned that this bill, Tribal areas would have the oppor- thored a bill that would do this. I en- without additional funding, however tunity to benefit from this demonstra- courage a serious consideration of H.R. well-intended, really robs Peter to pay tion, similar to urban, suburban, and 5724, the Restoring Community Over- Paul, and it would cannibalize our other rural areas, and this amendment sight of Sober Living Homes Act. local housing authorities of funds and protects persons recovering from addic- My bill would narrowly amend the prioritize seeking housing solutions for tion in Native American Tribal com- Fair Housing Act to return to local those individuals with addiction prob- munities by ensuring that vouchers

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If we believe in their hope and if we be- the capacity to reach onto those res- First of all, I commend Chairman lieve in their cause, then we should ervations. This amendment provides HENSARLING and the gentleman from support the THRIVE Act of the gen- remote Tribal communities an avenue Kentucky for their thoughtful efforts tleman from Kentucky. for providing transitional housing to on this bill to put together a pilot pro- Mr. Chairman, I certainly support persons recovering from addiction gram that is designed to help people the amendment from the gentleman when such nonprofit participation who suffer this opioid addiction. I am from Arizona, and I yield back the bal- could be low. This amendment ensures grateful to them for their thoughtful ance of my time. that Tribal communities are not dis- efforts. Mr. BIGGS. Mr. Chairman, I yield advantaged by a lack of nonprofit ac- My amendment simply narrows the back the balance of my time. cess so that they have an adequate reporting requirements that are im- The Acting CHAIR. The question is voucher dispersion entity to commu- posed on the Secretary. This does not on the amendment offered by the gen- nity individuals in need of transitional proscribe or necessarily limit the pa- tleman from Arizona (Mr. BIGGS). housing as they recover from addic- rameters of the report, but it prevents The amendment was agreed to. tion. unnecessary prognostication on the The Acting CHAIR (Mr. BIGGS). The I reserve the balance of my time, Mr. part of the Secretary, which I believe question is on the amendment in the Chairman. will allow for an accurate and valuable nature of a substitute, as amended. Ms. MOORE. Mr. Chairman, I have assessment at the conclusion of the The amendment was agreed to. absolutely no doubt at all about the pilot program’s testing period. The Acting CHAIR. Under the rule, gentleman’s commitment and his sin- Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance the Committee rises. cerity to solve the problem of housing of my time. Accordingly, the Committee rose; challenges for those who are addicted. Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr. I would just note that my own expe- ask unanimous consent to claim the PAULSEN) having assumed the chair, rience in my community is similar to time in opposition, although I am not Mr. BIGGS, Acting Chair of the Com- the gentlewoman from California. We opposed. mittee of the Whole House on the state have seen people be on the waiting list The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection of the Union, reported that that Com- for 10 years to get in housing. If we ap- to the request of the gentleman from mittee, having had under consideration pear to be skeptical about there being Texas? the bill (H.R. 5735) to amend the United enough housing resources, it is only be- There was no objection. States Housing Act of 1937 to establish cause of that experience where we have The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman a demonstration program to set aside seen people on the wait list for 10 from Texas is recognized for 5 minutes. section 8 housing vouchers for sup- years. Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Chairman, I portive and transitional housing for in- Mr. Chairman, again, I thank the want to thank the gentleman for com- dividuals recovering from opioid use gentleman for his consideration, and I ing and offering this very simple disorders or other substance use dis- yield back the balance of my time. amendment. I thank him for his kind orders, and for other purposes, and, Mr. BARR. Mr. Chairman, in conclu- words for the gentleman from Ken- pursuant to House Resolution 934, he sion, I accept and support the gentle- tucky, who has been an outstanding reported the bill back to the House woman’s amendment. leader in this effort. with an amendment adopted in the I will just remind all Members, and The amendment will simply allow Committee of the Whole. especially Members who might be con- Congress to work its will on the report The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under sidering whether or not they want to from the Secretary and allow us to the rule, the previous question is or- vote for the legislation, if you are con- have our own full analysis. I think it is dered. cerned about additional appropriations, a helpful amendment. I would urge its Is a separate vote demanded on any the proper channel is to request that adoption. amendment to the amendment re- from the appropriators. Any Member of Finally, I would just echo what my ported from the Committee of the Congress considering voting on this friend from Kentucky, the leader of Whole? If not, the question is on the amend- legislation can sign this bipartisan let- this effort, has said. We are an author- ment in the nature of a substitute, as ter to the appropriators asking for ad- izing committee, not an appropriating amended. ditional financial support for this dem- committee under the rules of the House, and we authorize programs The amendment was agreed to. onstration project. But it is not a rea- The SPEAKER pro tempore. The based upon priorities. son to not vote ‘‘yes.’’ question is on the engrossment and We do demonstration projects all the Mr. Chairman, I yield back the bal- third reading of the bill. time, and if there were ever a worthy ance of my time. The bill was ordered to be engrossed one that should be considered by this The Acting CHAIR. The question is and read a third time, and was read the body in the midst of, again, a legiti- on the amendment offered by the gen- third time. tlewoman from Wisconsin (Ms. MOORE). mate crisis on opioid addiction, it The SPEAKER pro tempore. The The amendment was agreed to. ought to be this program. question is on the passage of the bill. AMENDMENT NO. 4 OFFERED BY MR. BIGGS We have had several amendments The question was taken; and the The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order that have been agreed to by the major- Speaker pro tempore announced that to consider amendment No. 4 printed in ity. I think all have probably improved the ayes appeared to have it. part B of House Report 115–751. the underlying legislation. But again, Mr. HENSARLING. Mr. Speaker, on Mr. BIGGS. Mr. Chairman, I have an this is something that should have that I demand the yeas and nays. amendment at the desk. been on the suspension calendar, I The yeas and nays were ordered. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will don’t understand why we have to take The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- designate the amendment. so much floor time on this. I don’t un- ant to clause 8 of rule XX, further pro- The text of the amendment is as fol- derstand the argument that, if you ceedings on this question will be post- lows: can’t help everybody, then don’t help poned. Page 8, strike ‘‘, that includes’’ in line 6 anybody. I don’t understand the argu- f and all that follows through ‘‘such assist- ment that, since you are not an appro- ance’’ in line 10. priating committee, then don’t author- RECESS The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to ize the help. I simply don’t understand The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- House Resolution 934, the gentleman that. ant to clause 12(a) of rule I, the Chair

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Duffy Lance Rooney, Francis Khanna Payne Veasey Duncan (SC) Langevin Ros-Lehtinen Lawrence Pocan Vela´ zquez f Duncan (TN) Larsen (WA) Rosen Lewis (GA) Polis Waters, Maxine Dunn Larson (CT) Roskam Lowenthal Raskin Watson Coleman McCollum Richmond b 1600 Emmer Latta Ross Young (AK) Engel Lawson (FL) Rothfus McEachin Roybal-Allard AFTER RECESS Eshoo Lesko Rouzer Mooney (WV) Rush Espaillat Levin Royce (CA) NOT VOTING—22 The recess having expired, the House Estes (KS) Lewis (MN) Ruiz was called to order by the Speaker pro Esty (CT) Lieu, Ted Ruppersberger Beatty Hanabusa Quigley tempore (Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky) at 4 Evans Lipinski Russell Black Himes Rooney, Thomas p.m. Faso LoBiondo Rutherford Carter (TX) Huffman J. Ferguson Loebsack Ryan (OH) Comstock Jones Smith (WA) f Fitzpatrick Lofgren Sa´ nchez DeFazio Labrador Trott Fleischmann Long Sanford Donovan Lee Tsongas ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER Flores Loudermilk Sarbanes Ellison Lowey Walz Fortenberry Love Scalise Griffith O’Rourke PRO TEMPORE Foster Lucas Schiff The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- Foxx Luetkemeyer Schneider b 1627 Frankel (FL) Lujan Grisham, ant to clause 8 of rule XX, proceedings Schrader Frelinghuysen M. Schweikert Messrs. RICHMOND, COHEN, will resume on questions previously Gabbard Luja´ n, Ben Ray Scott, Austin LOWENTHAL, MOONEY of West Vir- postponed. Gaetz Lynch Scott, David ginia, JOHNSON of Georgia, and GON- Votes will be taken in the following Gallagher MacArthur Sensenbrenner Gallego Maloney, Serrano ZALEZ of Texas changed their vote order: Garamendi Carolyn B. Sessions from ‘‘yea’’ to ‘‘nay.’’ The question on passage of H.R. 5788, Garrett Maloney, Sean Sewell (AL) Mr. PERLMUTTER, Ms. CLARK of and Gianforte Marchant Shea-Porter Gibbs Marino Massachusetts, Messrs. MEEKS, The question on passage of H.R. 5735. Sherman Gohmert Marshall Shimkus BRADY of Pennsylvania, HOYER, Gomez Massie The first electronic vote will be con- Shuster RUPPERSBERGER, WALBERG, Ms. Goodlatte Mast ducted as a 15-minute vote. The second Simpson Gosar Matsui FRANKEL of Florida, Messrs. SOTO, Sinema electronic vote will be conducted as a Gottheimer McCarthy McGOVERN, and GOMEZ changed Sires 5-minute vote. Gowdy McCaul Smith (MO) their vote from ‘‘nay’’ to ‘‘yea.’’ Granger McClintock Smith (NE) So the bill was passed. f Graves (GA) McGovern Smith (NJ) Graves (LA) McHenry The result of the vote was announced Smith (TX) SECURING THE INTERNATIONAL Graves (MO) McKinley Smucker as above recorded. MAIL AGAINST OPIOIDS ACT OF Grothman McMorris Soto A motion to reconsider was laid on 2018 Guthrie Rodgers Gutie´rrez McNerney Speier the table. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- Handel McSally Stefanik Stewart f finished business is the vote on passage Harper Meadows Harris Meeks Stivers of the bill (H.R. 5788) to provide for the Hartzler Meng Suozzi TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FOR RE- processing by U.S. Customs and Border Heck Messer Swalwell (CA) COVERY IN VIABLE ENVIRON- Hensarling Mitchell Takano Protection of certain international Taylor MENTS DEMONSTRATION PRO- mail shipments and to require the pro- Herrera Beutler Moolenaar Hice, Jody B. Moulton Tenney GRAM ACT vision of advance electronic informa- Thompson (CA) Higgins (LA) Mullin The SPEAKER pro tempore. The un- tion on international mail shipments Hill Murphy (FL) Thompson (PA) Thornberry finished business is the vote on passage of mail, and for other purposes, on Holding Nadler Hollingsworth Neal Tipton of the bill (H.R. 5735) to amend the which the yeas and nays were ordered. Hoyer Newhouse Tonko United States Housing Act of 1937 to The Clerk read the title of the bill. Torres Hudson Noem establish a demonstration program to The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Huizenga Norman Turner Upton set aside section 8 housing vouchers for question is on the passage of the bill. Hultgren Nunes Hunter O’Halleran Valadao supportive and transitional housing for The vote was taken by electronic de- Vargas Hurd Olson individuals recovering from opioid use vice, and there were—yeas 353, nays 52, Issa Palazzo Vela disorders or other substance use dis- not voting 22, as follows: Jenkins (KS) Pallone Visclosky Jenkins (WV) Palmer Wagner orders, and for other purposes, on [Roll No. 265] Johnson (LA) Panetta Walberg which the yeas and nays were ordered. YEAS—353 Johnson (OH) Pascrell Walden Johnson, E. B. Paulsen Walker The Clerk read the title of the bill. Abraham Brady (PA) Collins (NY) Johnson, Sam Pearce Walorski The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Adams Brady (TX) Comer Jordan Pelosi Walters, Mimi Aderholt Brat Conaway question is on the passage of the bill. Joyce (OH) Perlmutter Wasserman This is a 5-minute vote. Aguilar Brooks (AL) Connolly Kaptur Perry Schultz Allen Brooks (IN) Cook Katko Peters Weber (TX) The vote was taken by electronic de- Amodei Brownley (CA) Cooper Keating Peterson Webster (FL) vice, and there were—yeas 230, nays Arrington Buchanan Correa Kelly (MS) Pingree Welch 173, not voting 24, as follows: Babin Buck Costa Kelly (PA) Pittenger Wenstrup Bacon Bucshon Costello (PA) Kennedy Poe (TX) Westerman [Roll No. 266] Banks (IN) Budd Courtney Kihuen Poliquin Williams YEAS—230 Barletta Burgess Cramer Kildee Posey Wilson (FL) Barr Bustos Crawford Kilmer Price (NC) Wilson (SC) Abraham Bost Conaway ´ Barragan Butterfield Crist Kind Ratcliffe Wittman Aderholt Brady (TX) Cook Barton Byrne Crowley King (IA) Reed Womack Allen Brat Costello (PA) Bera Calvert Cuellar King (NY) Reichert Woodall Amodei Brooks (IN) Cramer Bergman Capuano Culberson Kinzinger Renacci Yarmuth Arrington Buchanan Crawford Beyer Carbajal Cummings Knight Rice (NY) Yoder Babin Buck Culberson ´ Biggs Cardenas Curbelo (FL) Krishnamoorthi Rice (SC) Yoho Bacon Bucshon Curbelo (FL) Bilirakis Carter (GA) Curtis Kuster (NH) Roby Young (IA) Banks (IN) Budd Curtis Bishop (GA) Cartwright Davidson Kustoff (TN) Roe (TN) Zeldin Barletta Burgess Davidson Bishop (MI) Castor (FL) Davis (CA) Barr Byrne Davis, Rodney Bishop (UT) Castro (TX) Davis, Rodney NAYS—52 Barton Calvert Denham Blackburn Chabot DeGette Bera Carter (GA) DeSantis Blum Cheney Delaney Amash Cleaver Gonzalez (TX) Bergman Chabot DesJarlais Blumenauer Cicilline DeLauro Bass Cohen Green, Al Biggs Cheney Diaz-Balart Blunt Rochester Clark (MA) DelBene Brown (MD) Davis, Danny Green, Gene Bilirakis Coffman Duffy Bonamici Clyburn Denham Carson (IN) Demings Grijalva Bishop (MI) Cole Duncan (SC) Bost Coffman DeSantis Chu, Judy DeSaulnier Hastings Bishop (UT) Collins (GA) Dunn Boyle, Brendan Cole DesJarlais Clarke (NY) Doggett Higgins (NY) Blackburn Collins (NY) Emmer F. Collins (GA) Deutch Clay Fudge Jackson Lee Blum Comer Estes (KS)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.053 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5185 Faso Lamborn Rohrabacher McNerney Roybal-Allard Swalwell (CA) The Wichita Advanced Learning Li- Ferguson Lance Rokita Meeks Ruiz Takano brary has been a central project for Fitzpatrick Latta Rooney, Francis Meng Ruppersberger Thompson (CA) Fleischmann Lesko Ros-Lehtinen Moore Rush Thompson (MS) Kansas’ largest city since 2006. Flores Lewis (MN) Rosen Murphy (FL) Ryan (OH) Titus After breaking ground on the project Fortenberry LoBiondo Roskam Napolitano Sa´ nchez Tonko 2 years ago, it will be an honor to at- Neal Sanford Foxx Long Ross Torres tend the grand opening of the library Frelinghuysen Loudermilk Rothfus Nolan Sarbanes Vargas Norcross Schakowsky Gallagher Love Rouzer Veasey this Saturday. Gianforte Lucas Royce (CA) Pallone Schiff Vela The old library was built more than Gibbs Luetkemeyer Russell Pascrell Schrader Vela´ zquez 50 years ago. At that time, there was Gohmert MacArthur Rutherford Payne Scott (VA) Goodlatte Marchant Scalise Pelosi Scott, David Visclosky no such thing as a personal computer, Gosar Marino Schneider Perlmutter Serrano Wasserman phones were simply used for making Schultz Gottheimer Marshall Schweikert Pingree Sewell (AL) phone calls, and Wichita had a popu- Gowdy Mast Scott, Austin Pocan Shea-Porter Waters, Maxine Granger McCarthy Sensenbrenner Polis Sherman Watson Coleman lation of less than 250,000. Graves (GA) McCaul Sessions Price (NC) Sires Welch With the opening of the new library, Graves (LA) McClintock Shimkus Raskin Soto Wilson (FL) Wichita and the surrounding region Graves (MO) McHenry Shuster Rice (NY) Speier Yarmuth will now have a state-of-the-art facil- Grothman McKinley Simpson Richmond Suozzi Guthrie McMorris Sinema ity ready to handle our growing popu- NOT VOTING—24 Handel Rodgers Smith (MO) lation and advances in digital tech- Harper McSally Smith (NE) Beatty Himes Quigley nology. Harris Meadows Smith (NJ) Black Huffman Rooney, Thomas Hartzler Messer Smith (TX) Carter (TX) Jones J. These advances will provide students Hensarling Mitchell Smucker Comstock Labrador Smith (WA) with enrichment opportunities in all Herrera Beutler Moolenaar Stefanik DeFazio Lee Trott areas, including STEM, which is in- Hice, Jody B. Mooney (WV) Stewart Donovan Lewis (GA) Tsongas creasingly important for the workforce Higgins (LA) Moulton Stivers Ellison Lowey Walz Hill Mullin Taylor Griffith Nadler of the future. Holding Newhouse Tenney Hanabusa O’Rourke As a member of the Education and Hollingsworth Noem Thompson (PA) b 1636 the Workforce Committee, I under- Hudson Norman Thornberry stand the importance of education, and Huizenga Nunes Tipton So the bill was passed. I am proud of the city of Wichita for Hultgren O’Halleran Turner The result of the vote was announced Hunter Olson Upton moving forward with the Advanced as above recorded. Hurd Palazzo Valadao Learning Library, allowing our stu- Issa Palmer Wagner A motion to reconsider was laid on Jenkins (KS) Panetta Walberg the table. dents and community members of all Jenkins (WV) Paulsen Walden ages to continue the pathway to a life- Johnson (LA) Pearce Walker f time of learning. Johnson (OH) Perry Walorski Johnson, Sam Peters Walters, Mimi MOMENT OF SILENCE HONORING f Jordan Peterson Weber (TX) U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT Joyce (OH) Pittenger Webster (FL) ALEXANDER W. CONRAD RECOGNIZING APRIL VASSELL Katko Poe (TX) Wenstrup AND NEVAEH PARKER Kelly (MS) Poliquin Westerman Mr. BIGGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise Kelly (PA) Posey Williams today, along with my Arizona col- (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given Kind Ratcliffe Wilson (SC) leagues, to honor the life and sacrifice permission to address the House for 1 King (IA) Reed Wittman minute and to revise and extend his re- King (NY) Reichert Womack of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Alexander Kinzinger Renacci Woodall W. Conrad from Chandler, Arizona, who marks.) Knight Rice (SC) Yoder was recently killed by indirect enemy Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Kustoff (TN) Roby Yoho fire while in support of Operation Oc- recognize the wonderful accomplish- LaHood Roe (TN) Young (AK) LaMalfa Rogers (AL) Young (IA) tave Shield in Somalia. ments of two young women from my Lamb Rogers (KY) Zeldin Sergeant Conrad served as a human district. April Vassell and Nevaeh intelligence, noncommissioned officer Parker were each selected to attend NAYS—173 and was assigned to the 1st Battalion, the United Nations Foundation’s 2018 Adams Crowley Hoyer 3rd Special Forces Group. Women in Science, or WiSci, Girls Aguilar Cuellar Jackson Lee Sergeant Conrad’s decorated service STEAM Camp in Namibia. Amash Cummings Jayapal Barraga´ n Davis (CA) Jeffries included two tours in Afghanistan in The camp will bring together 100 high Bass Davis, Danny Johnson (GA) support of Operation Enduring Free- school girls from the African Continent Beyer DeGette Johnson, E. B. dom. He was posthumously awarded and the United States for a 2-week in- Bishop (GA) Delaney Kaptur the Purple Heart and Meritorious Serv- tensive learning program. Blumenauer DeLauro Keating Blunt Rochester DelBene Kelly (IL) ice Medal. This amazing camp is co-hosted by Bonamici Demings Kennedy Mr. Speaker, Sergeant Conrad was the U.S. Department of State and pri- Boyle, Brendan DeSaulnier Khanna one of Arizona’s finest. He fought to vate partners. It brings girls together F. Deutch Kihuen free the oppressed and to ensure that Brady (PA) Dingell Kildee to help close the gender gap in science, Brooks (AL) Doggett Kilmer all Americans live out their days in lib- technology, engineering, arts, and Brown (MD) Doyle, Michael Krishnamoorthi erty. mathematics. Brownley (CA) F. Kuster (NH) Please keep his family, friends, and April and Nevaeh will have the op- Bustos Duncan (TN) Langevin Butterfield Engel Larsen (WA) comrades in your prayers. portunity to enhance their STEAM Capuano Eshoo Larson (CT) Mr. Speaker, I now ask that Members skills, grow as young leaders, and de- Carbajal Espaillat Lawrence please join me and my Arizona col- velop relationships with their sisters Ca´ rdenas Esty (CT) Lawson (FL) leagues for a moment of silence to re- Carson (IN) Evans Levin from Africa. These two young women Cartwright Foster Lieu, Ted member U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and the other campers have a lot to be Castor (FL) Frankel (FL) Lipinski Alexander W. Conrad. proud of. Castro (TX) Fudge Loebsack f I ask my colleagues to join me in rec- Chu, Judy Gabbard Lofgren Cicilline Gaetz Lowenthal WICHITA ADVANCED LEARNING ognizing their achievements, their po- Clark (MA) Gallego Lujan Grisham, LIBRARY tential, and success. Clarke (NY) Garamendi M. Clay Garrett Luja´ n, Ben Ray (Mr. ESTES of Kansas asked and was f Cleaver Gomez Lynch given permission to address the House b 1645 Clyburn Gonzalez (TX) Maloney, for 1 minute and to revise and extend Cohen Green, Al Carolyn B. TURKEY: FRIEND OR FOE Connolly Green, Gene Maloney, Sean his remarks.) Cooper Grijalva Massie Mr. ESTES of Kansas. Mr. Speaker, I (Mr. POE of Texas asked and was Correa Gutie´rrez Matsui rise today to commemorate the grand given permission to address the House Costa Hastings McCollum Courtney Heck McEachin opening of the Wichita Advanced for 1 minute and to revise and extend Crist Higgins (NY) McGovern Learning Library on June 16, 2018. his remarks.)

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN7.012 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H5186 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2018 Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, our new internship program my district of- TAKING BACK OUR COMMUNITIES supposed Turkish allies are holding fice has started. My program is de- (Mr. YOUNG of Iowa asked and was Americans hostage. signed to help individuals who are in given permission to address the House At least two Americans, Andrew long-term substance abuse recovery for 1 minute and to revise and extend Brunson and Serkan Golge, are being meet their programming requirements his remarks.) held by the Turkish regime on false of obtaining job-readiness skills. Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, charges. Dictator Erdogan, an Islamist Along with the bills we are passing like the rest of my colleagues, we go who has arrested thousands of Turks this week to fight the opioid epidemic, home on the weekends when we are not who oppose him, believes that he can my office has partnered with Recovery voting. When we are not voting during use imprisoned Americans as bar- Point in Charleston, West Virginia, to the week, we are in our districts. It is gaining chips. He hopes that he can help those who have decided to get wonderful to get around and visit with trade American hostages for political their lives back on track. our bosses. opponents who fled Turkey’s dictator- West Virginia has been ground zero I was in Bridgewater in Adair County ship. of the drug epidemic, and it is impor- on Monday. It is a lovely town. They Even if the individuals Erdogan tant to support the important crucial are strong people with a lot of grit and wanted had clearly committed crimes, recovery programs that are changing a lot of love and compassion. But in a which there is absolutely no evidence the lives of so many of our people who way, I wish I hadn’t been in Bridge- they have, we should never engage in have fallen on hard times. This intern- water that day, because we were hav- rewarding Turkey for taking hostages. ship opportunity will help to prepare ing an opioid roundtable. Erdogan has proven he has no respect these individuals to reenter the work- The addiction to opioids has really for the rule of law and, instead, rules force. taken a toll on this community, but by fear. We must not assist him in his It is important to lead by example the people of Bridgewater are strong. destruction of democracy in Turkey. and help those who have decided to ‘‘Take back Bridgewater’’ is their American hostages like Pastor An- turn their lives around. I encourage all mantra. Taking back Bridgewater and drew Brunson, who has been held for of my colleagues in Congress to partner all of our communities is a must. more than 600 days, must be returned. with recovery programs in their dis- I am so glad to be working with my Until then, the United States needs to tricts to create similar opportunities colleagues on both sides of the aisle to reevaluate whether Turkey wants to be for recovering addicts. The interns in address this issue in a bipartisan way. considered a friend or foe. my Charleston office have already It is about the human condition, the And that is just the way it is. made a positive impact and are a great human spirit, caring for one another, f addition to our team. and taking care of those we represent. OHIO VOTER PURGE f God bless my colleagues, the people (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given HONORING THE WORK OF NATALIE in Bridgewater, and all the people in permission to address the House for 1 BRYSON America who have suffered under these minute and to revise and extend his re- (Mr. KILMER asked and was given addictions. We are going to come to- marks.) permission to address the House for 1 gether, and I am glad we can address Mr. LANGEVIN. Mr. Speaker, I rise minute.) them. today to decry last week’s Supreme Mr. KILMER. Mr. Speaker, one of the f Court decision in the Ohio voting case, best parts of this job is getting to de- ANTI-DOPING LEGISLATION Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute. velop relationships with outstanding Mr. Speaker, the ruling appears to people in my district, people who are (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was willfully misinterpret the plain statu- difference makers in the best sense of given permission to address the House tory language of the National Voter the word. Kitsap County, Washington, for 1 minute.) Registration Act of 1993. It lays waste is a better place because of one such Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, to congressional intent and sets a dan- person: Natalie Bryson. Americans love sports. They love hon- gerous precedent of being permissive of Our schools are providing more op- est sports. They love winning the Stan- voter suppression across the country. portunities for young people because of ley Cup by the great team here in The NVRA was enacted with the ex- all she has done for the local school Washington. We loved winning the press purpose of increasing voter reg- district and her work with the Paul World Series with the Houston Astros. istration and protecting against voter Linder Foundation. We love our Olympics. purges, and it plainly prohibits States Our communities are more wel- Today, I rise because I recently in- from removing voters from rolls ‘‘by coming places because of Natalie’s troduced, H.R. 6067, the Rodchenkov reason of the person’s failure to vote.’’ work with Kitsap Pride and her in- Anti-Doping Act, or RADA. Yet this is exactly what the State of volvement with the HIV/AIDS Founda- In the realm of international sports, Ohio is doing. Ohio officials are purg- tion. it has become almost commonplace for ing voters if they do not vote in three More doors are open for women be- too many athletes to yield to the temp- consecutive Federal elections. cause she has been such a trailblazer in tation of bridging the gap between I believe every person should vote in our community, even becoming the their own skills and the pinnacle of every election, but there may be valid first woman to join the Silverdale Ro- athletic achievement by resorting to reasons why they have not. We should tary Club, where she was so kind to performance-enhancing drugs. be erring on the side of caution. welcome me and let me have lunch To conceal this fall from grace, Our democracy is built on each per- with her. cheaters are employing increasingly son having a voice. Yet the Supreme Whether she is participating in the sophisticated modes of masking the use Court has affirmed Ohio’s right to si- Central Kitsap County Council or giv- of any prescribed drugs. This practice, lence those voices. Congress must now ing loving advice to her Member of some of it state-sanctioned, under- act to correct this injustice and restore Congress, Natalie has been such an mines international athletic competi- the rights the Court has so carelessly impactful person, a fierce advocate, a tion. That is why I introduced the cast aside. voracious volunteer, and an amazing RADA Act, H.R. 6067. f friend. I ask my colleagues to join me. This Mr. Speaker, sometimes it is impor- is a bipartisan bill supported by Ms. INTERNSHIP PROGRAM tant for us to just express some grati- GWEN MOORE, Dr. BURGESS, and myself. (Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia asked tude, to say thank you, and that is Our numbers are growing. The legisla- and was given permission to address something I want us to do today for tion I have introduced is bipartisan. the House for 1 minute and to revise someone who has done so much for so As well, we salute the valiant man and extend his remarks.) many. who revealed the true extent of the Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia. Mr. Thank you, Natalie. You are so ap- complex, state-run doping scheme in Speaker, I rise today to announce a preciated. Russia.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:27 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.059 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5187 Mr. Speaker, I would simply like to resentatives, Michael Burgess, Republican of the corruption rampant in Russia,’’ Ms. close by saying a young lady by the Texas, and Gwen Moore, Democrat of Wis- Jackson Lee said, calling Tuesday’s bill ‘‘an name of Alysia Montano lost a race to consin. important step to stemming the tide of Rus- It was put forward just as Russia prepares sian corruption in sport and restoring con- Russians who had been a part of doping to host soccer’s World Cup, which starts fidence in international competition.’’ fraud. She lost the medal and she lost Thursday. That sporting event will be the Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, millions, but she also may have lost nation’s biggest since the 2014 Sochi Olym- join me in supporting the RADA bill. her spirit. pics, where one of the most elaborate doping I thank Isabella Belcher and the Mr. Speaker, I include in the RECORD ploys in history took place. OSCE staff. an article from The New York Times The bill, the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act, takes its name from Dr. Grigory Mr. Speaker, I recently introduced H.R. entitled: ‘‘U.S. Lawmakers Seek to 6067, the Rodchenkov Anti-Doping Act Criminalize Doping in Global Competi- Rodchenkov, the chemist who ran Russia’s antidoping laboratory for 10 years before he (‘‘RADA’’) because in the realm of inter- tions’’ which cites RADA as a step in spoke out about the state-sponsored cheat- national sports, it has become almost com- the right direction toward criminal- ing he had helped carry out—most notori- monplace for too many athletes to yield to the izing doping in international sports. ously in Sochi. temptation of bridging the gap between their [From the New York Times, June 12, 2018] At those Games, Dr. Rodchenkov said, he own skill and the pinnacle of athletic achieve- concealed widespread drug use among Rus- U.S. LAWMAKERS SEEK TO CRIMINALIZE ment by resorting to performance enhancing sia’s top Olympians by tampering with more DOPING IN GLOBAL COMPETITIONS than 100 urine samples with the help of Rus- drugs. (By Rebecca R. Ruiz) sia’s Federal Security Service. And to conceal this fall from grace, cheaters United States lawmakers on Tuesday took Investigations commissioned by inter- are employing increasingly sophisticated a step toward criminalizing doping in inter- national sports regulators confirmed his ac- modes of masking the use of any proscribed national sports, introducing a bill in the count and concluded that Russia had cheated drugs. House that would attach prison time to the across competitions and years, tainting the The United States has a large role to play use, manufacturing or distribution of per- performance of more than 1,000 athletes. In in ferreting out corruption in international formance-enhancing drugs in global competi- early 2017, American intelligence officials sports. tions. concluded that Russia’s meddling in the 2016 Not only do U.S. athletes lose out on mil- The legislation, inspired by the Russian American election had been, in part, a form lions in sponsorships, but when a U.S. com- doping scandal, would echo the Foreign Cor- of retribution for the Olympic doping scan- rupt Practices Act, which makes it illegal to dal, whose disclosures Russian officials pany spends millions to create a marketing bribe foreign officials to gain a business ad- blamed on the United States. campaign around an athlete, only to have that vantage. The statute would be the first of its Nations including Germany, France, Italy, athlete later implicated in a doping fraud scan- kind with global reach, empowering Amer- Kenya and Spain have established criminal dal, the damage to that company’s brand can ican prosecutors to act on doping violations penalties for sports doping perpetrated with- cost tens of millions. abroad, and to file fraud charges of a dif- in their borders. Russia, too, passed a law in This has been the story of Alysia Montafio, ferent variety than those the Justice Depart- 2017 that made it a crime to assist or coerce a U.S. runner who competed in the 2012 ment brought against top international soc- doping, though no known charges have been Summer Olympics games in London and cer officials in 2015. brought under that law to date. placed fifth place in the 800 meters behind Although American leagues like Major Under the proposed American law, crimi- League Baseball would not be affected by the nal penalties for offenders would include a two Russian women finishing first and third. legislation, which would apply only to com- prison term of up to five years as well as These women were later found to have en- petitions among countries, it could apply to fines that could stretch to $250,000 for indi- gaged in doping fraud by the World Anti- a league’s athletes when participating in viduals and $1 million for organizations. Doping Agency, meaning that Ms. Montan˜o global events like the Ryder Cup, the Davis ‘‘We could have real change if people think had rightfully finished third, which would have Cup or the World Baseball Classic. they could actually go to jail for this,’’ said earned her a bronze medal. The law would establish America’s juris- Jim Walden, a lawyer for Dr. Rodchenkov, Ms. Montan˜o estimates that doping fraud diction over international sports events, who met with the lawmakers as they consid- cost her ‘maybe half a million dollars, if you even those outside of the United States, if ered the issue in recent months. ‘‘I think it look at rollovers and bonuses, and that’s with- they include at least three other nations, will have a meaningful impact on coaches with at least four American athletes partici- out outside sponsorship maybe coming in.’ and athletes if they realize they might not She adds, ‘That’s not why you’re doing it, pating or two American companies acting as be able to travel outside of their country for sponsors. It would also enhance the ability of fear of being arrested.’’ but you still deserve it.’ She certainly does. cheated athletes and corporate sponsors to The legislation also authorizes civil ac- Until now, defrauded U.S. athletes and com- seek damages, expanding the window of time tions for doping fraud, giving athletes who panies have had little recourse against doping during which civil lawsuits could be filed. may have been cheated in competitions—as fraud. To justify the United States’ broader juris- well as corporations acting as sponsors—the A recent article published by The New York diction over global competitions, the House right to sue in federal court to recover dam- Times titled ‘‘U.S. Lawmakers Seek to Crim- bill invokes the United States’ contribution ages from people who may have defrauded inalize Doping in Global Competitions’’ ref- to the World Anti-Doping Agency, the global competitions. erences the RADA as a step in the right direc- regulator of drugs in sports. At $2.3 million, Ms. Jackson Lee cited the American run- the United States’ annual contribution is the ner Alysia Montan˜ o, who placed fifth in the tion toward criminalizing doping in international single largest of any nation. ‘‘Doping fraud 800 meters at the 2012 Summer Olympics. sports. in major international competitions also ef- Two Russian women who placed first and The RADA is an important step to stemming fectively defrauds the United States,’’ the third in that race were later disqualified for the tide of Russian corruption in sport and re- bill states. doping, elevating Ms. Montan˜ o years later. storing confidence in international competition. The lawmakers behind the bill were instru- ‘‘She had rightfully finished third, which This practice, some of it state-sanctioned, mental in the creation of the 2012 Magnitsky would have earned her a bronze medal,’’ Ms. undermines international athletic competition Act, which gave the government the right to Jackson Lee said, noting the financial bene- and is often connected to more nefarious ac- freeze financial assets and impose visa re- fits and sponsorships Ms. Montan˜ o could tions by state actors. strictions on Russian nationals accused of have captured. This is why it is necessary for Congress to serious human rights violations and corrup- The bill would establish a window of seven enact H.R. 6067, the bipartisan Rodchenkov tion. On Tuesday, the lawmakers framed years for criminal actions and 10 years for their interest in sports fraud around inter- civil lawsuits. It also seeks to protect whis- Anti-Doping Act (‘‘RADA’’ Act) national relations and broader networks of tle-blowers from retaliation, making it ille- The legislation I have introduced is bipar- crime that can accompany cheating. gal to take ‘‘adverse action’’ against a per- tisan, and bears the name of courageous ‘‘Doping fraud is a crime in which big son because he or she has disclosed informa- whistleblower Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov, a val- money, state assets and transnational crimi- tion about doping fraud. iant man who revealed the true extent of the nals gain advantage and honest athletes and Dr. Rodchenkov, who has lived in the complex state-run doping scheme which per- companies are defrauded,’’ said Sheila Jack- United States since fall 2015, has been crimi- mitted Russia to excel in the 2014 Sochi Win- son Lee, Democrat of Texas, who introduced nally charged in Russia after he publicly ter Olympics, and which resulted in its ban the legislation on Tuesday. ‘‘This practice, deconstructed the cheating he said he car- from the 2018 Olympic Games. some of it state-sanctioned, has the ability ried out on orders from a state minister. While he was complicit in Russia’s state-run to undermine international relations, and is ‘‘While he was complicit in Russia’s past often connected to more nefarious actions by bad acts, Dr. Rodchenkov regrets his past doping program, Dr. Rodchenkov regrets his state actors.’’ role in Russia’s state-run doping program role and seeks to atone for it by aiding the ef- Along with Ms. Jackson Lee, the bill was and seeks to atone for it by aiding the effort fort to clean up international sports and to sponsored by two other Congressional rep- to clean up international sports and to curb curb the rampant corruption within Russia.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:52 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K14JN7.060 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H5188 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2018 The RADA Act is a serious step towards Our country’s policy has always been minutes as the designee of the minor- cracking down on the use of performance-en- family unification. Breaking with that ity leader. hancing drugs in major international competi- policy and with decency, Donald GENERAL LEAVE tions because it establishes criminal penalties Trump and Jeff Sessions have devised a Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask and civil remedies for doping fraud. new deterrent for crossing the border unanimous consent that all Members A number of other nations, including Ger- to seek asylum. may have 5 legislative days in which to many, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Says Jeff Sessions: ‘‘If you’re smug- revise and extend their remarks and in- Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, and Spain, have gling a child, then we’re going to pros- clude any extraneous material that embraced criminal sanctions for doping fraud ecute you, and that child will be sepa- they would bring on the subject of this violations and it is time for the United States rated from you.’’ Special Order. to be added to this list. If they want to attack border cross- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there Doping fraud in major international competi- ers, the Trump administration should objection to the request of the gen- tions—like the Olympics, the World Cup and pick on somebody their own size. tleman from Maryland? the Tour de France—is often linked with cor- f There was no objection. ruption, bribery and money laundering. HONORING THE LIFE OF Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I am de- It is not just victory that criminals engaged lighted to take this hour with several in doping fraud snatch away from clean ath- CHRISTOPHER ROYBAL (Mr. KIHUEN asked and was given of my distinguished colleagues to talk letes—athletes depend on prize money and about a matter of moral, social, polit- sponsorships to sustain their livelihoods. permission to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his re- ical, and economic urgency to the f American people, which is the vast INFLATED GAS PRICES marks.) Mr. KIHUEN. Mr. Speaker, today I group of Americans who are living in (Mr. CICILLINE asked and was given rise to remember the life of Chris- poverty today. permission to address the House for 1 topher Roybal. He was a decorated U.S. We are observing the 50th anniver- minute.) Navy veteran who had survived two sary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s Poor Mr. CICILLINE. Mr. Speaker, in my shootouts while serving in Afghani- People’s March on Washington, the home State of Rhode Island and all stan. He attended the Route 91 festival Poor People’s Campaign, which he was across America, people are working in Las Vegas on October 1. organizing and starting work on short- harder than ever just to get by. Wages Christopher served in the Navy for 7 ly before his assassination. The Poor are flat and costs continue to rise. In years before he left on a medical dis- People’s March on Washington took fact, just last month, gas prices hit a 3- charge after he had become mostly place even after the death of Dr. King. year high. It is obscene. Working peo- deaf in his left ear from all the explo- Today, there is a new Poor People’s ple have been getting ripped off at the sions that happened near him. After Campaign, a national call for moral re- pump for years. leaving the Navy, he began working vival that has been working for the One of the biggest reasons is that with Crunch Fitness gyms, where he last 2 years, reaching out to commu- countries in OPEC and other foreign oil managed new facilities as they opened nities across the country, working in cartels work together to inflate the around the country. more than 35 States across America in cost of gas. Some folks think there is Christopher went to the Route 91 fes- order to put in the very forefront of the nothing we can do about this. tival with friends and family to cele- public consciousness the fact that tens That is why, last month, along with brate his upcoming 29th birthday. of millions of our fellow citizens sim- Congressman STEVE CHABOT, I intro- Everyone who knew him remembers ply don’t have enough money to meet duced the No Oil Producing and Ex- him as a man who could always put a the basic needs of life. porting Cartels Act, or NOPEC Act. smile on everyone’s face. His favorite The Poor People’s Campaign has met This is a commonsense bill that will thing to do was serenading his friends with tens of thousands of Americans help bring down the cost of gas by with Spanish ballads and going out to and witnessed the courage and strength making members of OPEC and other sing karaoke. of a lot of poor people across the coun- foreign oil cartels subject to U.S. anti- I would like to extend my condo- try, and they have gathered testimony trust laws and preventing them from lences to Christopher Roybal’s family from hundreds of individual Americans. price gouging. It prohibits those same and friends. Please know that the city A number of the testimonials will be companies from withholding their sup- of Las Vegas, the State of Nevada, and read this evening by Members of Con- ply of oil in order to raise prices. the whole country grieve with you. gress in this Special Order. Earlier this week, our bill was ap- f The testimony we are going to read proved by the House Judiciary Com- powerfully reinforces the empirical as- mittee. I look forward to this bill com- APPOINTMENT OF INDIVIDUAL TO sessment conducted by the Poor Peo- ing to the floor and its swift passage. It UNITED STATES-CHINA ECO- ple’s Campaign and the Institute for is long past time that we deliver some NOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW Policy Studies about the effect of sys- much-needed relief to working people COMMISSION temic poverty, racism, ecological dev- in this country. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. astation, and militarism in the coun- f RUTHERFORD). The Chair announces the try. ‘‘The Souls of Poor Folk’’ report PICK ON SOMEBODY YOUR OWN Speaker’s appointment, pursuant to reveals how the evils of these inter- SIZE section 1238(b)(3) of the Floyd D. related problems are persistent, perva- (Ms. NORTON asked and was given Spence National Defense Authorization sive, and perpetuated by a distorted permission to address the House for 1 Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), moral narrative that must be chal- minute and to revise and extend her re- as amended, and the order of the House lenged today. marks.) of January 3, 2017, of the following in- We believe that, when Americans Ms. NORTON. Mr. Speaker, when dividual on the part of the House to the across the country see the faces and Members attack one another on this United States-China Economic and Se- the facts that are represented in this floor, we sometimes have to apologize curity Review Commission for a term testimony and by this report, America publicly. expiring on December 31, 2019: will be moved deeply to change things. What is the appropriate penalty when Rear Admiral Michael McDevitt, U.S. When confronted with the undeniable a Presidential administration attacks Navy, Retired, Arlington, Virginia truth of the indignity and the cruelty children in our country? f of poor circumstances that so many of That is what is happening now at the b 1700 our fellow Americans are living under, border, as children are forcibly taken we believe that millions more Ameri- from their parents. Even if these chil- POOR PEOPLE’S CAMPAIGN cans will join the ranks of those who dren were being held in palatial splen- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under are determined to see an end to pov- dor, nothing could make up for being the Speaker’s announced policy of Jan- erty in our lifetime. taken from the only adult they have uary 3, 2017, the gentleman from Mary- I am joined by a number of my col- known since birth. land (Mr. RASKIN) is recognized for 60 leagues this evening who will come up

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:20 Sep 27, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\RECORD18\JUNE\H14JN8.REC H14JN8 abonner on DSKBCJ7HB2PROD with CONG-REC-ONLINE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5189 and read some of the testimonials as class boy from Illinois, sent halfway around strength, compassion, and efficiency; well as give thoughts of their own. I the world to kill a young farmer—how did we the laborers who build the foundations will be interspersing some commentary get here? How did this crazy war economy of the homes and the workplaces that of my own as I bring up my colleagues. come to be? we stand on, live and work in; the First, there is the demand. A society that I am beginning first with my colleague feels perpetually threatened perpetually pre- women in every single industry who GWEN MOORE from Wisconsin. pares for war, even in the time of peace. To have faced disrespect, unequal pay, but Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- do this requires a military industrial com- are the glue that hold our society and woman from Wisconsin (Ms. MOORE), plex, a vast war economy whose charters, our families together; the farmworkers who is a great leader for the people of profits, stocks, and jobs depend on perma- who pick the food we eat; the nurses Wisconsin and a terrific spokesperson nent militarization and whose fortune pros- who listen to our hearts and bring us for poor people across the country. pers most in times of war. back to wellness; the sanitation work- Ms. MOORE. Mr. Speaker, as you Secondly, there is the supply. A Nation ers; the parks people; the oceanog- mentioned, the Poor People’s Cam- that wants to attract volunteers to its mili- tary and care for veterans provides opportu- raphers; the scientists; the servers; the paign was a national call for a moral nities that will lure recruits who are pre- artists; the advocates who shine a light revival. dominantly working-class folks with limited on the most vulnerable, the poorest, What we are doing here now: We are opportunities. among us. reengaging the Poor People’s Campaign We need a Poor People’s Campaign to am- These are the people who have come for the nonviolent economic reform plify the voices like this, of regular folks, together as the Poor People’s Cam- movement that the Reverend Dr. Mar- above the lobby of a militarized industry, a paign under the incredible leadership, tin Luther King was organizing when poisoned economy, to demand jobs in indus- the visionary leadership, of Reverend tries other than war-making, to demand op- he was assassinated in 1968. William Barber, and with a huge coali- This resurgence is being called the portunities for working-class folks that don’t require killing other working-class tion of organizations to fight against most extensive wave of nonviolent di- folks. racism, poverty, inequality, mili- rect action in our Nation’s history. We need a Poor People’s Campaign to de- tarism, and ecological devastation that What this resurgence recognizes is that mand justice for people of color, killed by continue to plague our country still Dr. King was right, that the trifecta of militarized police forces, a poisoned law en- today. racism, poverty, and militarism are forcement. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to join Rep- We need a Poor People’s Campaign to interconnected. Today they are trap- resentative RASKIN and others as we ping more than 140 million Americans transform a militarized politic, a poisoned Congress, and a poisoned White House that tell their stories today. I am proud to in poverty and low wealth, and many of proves their toughness with chest beating stand with these courageous soldiers them are children and veterans. and unites their base with war drumming. for peace and for justice as we fight for Mr. Speaker, I would like to talk to War always has a way of distracting our equity, and I thank them for leading you about one of Dr. King’s triple evils, attention and perverting our priorities. We with love, with generosity, and with militarism. I want to talk about it be- need a Poor People’s Campaign to organize abundance. cause we have a total volunteer Army for racial, economic, and ecological justice, One of those people is Reverend now. We don’t have the draft. So the to force these issues to the front and rectify our Nation’s agenda. Sarah Monroe from my home State of young people who are being recruited Washington. I wanted to start by read- into our military today are young peo- Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank ing her testimony: ple, often from low-income households, Ms. MOORE for that powerful testi- mony. I wanted to start by speaking to the con- who are seeking an opportunity, and text I am in. I am speaking as a Christian they are being seduced into the mili- Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentle- theologian. I am speaking as a person work- tary with promises of technical train- woman from Washington (Ms. ing in one of the least religious parts of the ing, bonuses, and college. JAYAPAL), my colleague. country. And I am also speaking, more spe- I would like to share with you a let- Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, I thank cifically, as a pastor and an Episcopal priest ter from one of those people, Mr. Brock the gentleman for his leadership in the in Grays Harbor County. This is a rural com- McIntosh of Illinois. He says: Progressive Caucus and thank all my munity on the Pacific coastline of Wash- ington State. This way of injecting the poisonous drugs colleagues for the deep devotion that I also grew up in this county. We face a of hate into veins of people, normally hu- they have shown over the years to ad- postindustrial economy. Timber was our mane, cannot be reconciled with wisdom, dressing racism, poverty, and inequal- main industry, and today it is gone. We live justice, and love. ity. in a context where 46 percent of our people I would like to tell you all about the pre- It is my honor to help bring a light, are on public assistance and one out of 25 cise moment I realized that there was poison shine a light, on the stories of men and people are homeless. We are a majority in me. I am the child of a nurse and a factory White community just south of the Quinault worker in the heartland of Illinois, the fam- women around the country who are Indian Nation, who were and continue to be ily of blue collar and service workers. fighting to make ends meet. These are victims of genocide. At the height of the Iraq war, military re- our neighbors, our brothers, our chil- We have very little legal industry to em- cruiters at my high school attracted me with dren, our parents, our friends, and they ploy our people, which means that our people signup bonuses and college assistance that are struggling. turn to a black-market economy that most some saw as their ticket out. For me, I Here is an incredible statistic: Across often sells and trades drugs, sex, just about hoped it was my ticket up, providing oppor- the United States today, 67 percent of everything else, and also brings our young tunities that I once felt were out of reach. Two years later, when I was 20 years old, I all Americans do not even have $1,000 people into extensive gang involvement. was standing over the body of a 16-year-old in their savings accounts. That means So many of our most struggling people, Afghan boy. A roadside bomb he was building they can’t take care of a leak in the both White and Native, are very young. They prematurely detonated. He was covered in roof; they can’t take care of a sick are millennials. They are teenagers who have shrapnel and burns and now lay sedated after child; and if they don’t get paid sick never had a steady income, many of whom have been incarcerated as young as 8. having one of his hands amputated by our days, they don’t get to take care of an medics. His other hand had the callused So, in this context, morally, we face a lot aging parent. They are focused merely of issues, and three of those I want to talk roughness of a farmer or a shepherd. on surviving and not on thriving. That As he lay there with a peaceful expression, about right now. I studied the details of his face and caught is outrageous for a country of our First, we as an organization are committed myself rooting for him: ‘‘If this boy knew wealth. to lifting up the leadership and the agency of me,’’ I thought, ‘‘he wouldn’t want to kill It is time for us to lift up the Amer- poor and struggling people. me.’’ And here I am, I am supposed to want ican people who are the bedrock, the b 1715 to kill him, and I feel bad that I wanted him national bedrock, of our country: the to live. teacher who spends more time with our We believe that God takes the side of the Now, that is the poisoned mind. That is the children than any other but hasn’t yet poor. And we believe that Jesus built the militarized mind. And all the opportunities poor people’s movement. We believe in rais- afforded me by the military can’t repay the been compensated for that; the domes- ing up young leaders from the streets, from cost of war on my soul. tic workers and the caregivers who the jails, from the homeless encampments, It is poor folks who carry the burden of take care of our elderly, our homes, from the trailer parks in Grays Harbor Coun- war for the elites who send them. A working- and our lives with their grace, ty. And we believe that they are the only

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It should be a mat- who is risking arrest, risking their life ment or campaign can be built without this ter of concern to everybody on both for justice. fundamental commitment. sides of the aisle and across the polit- Now, I am honored to read the testi- As one example of that, we had a group ical spectrum. mony of Paul Boden, who is the West- over this past Easter of young men in jail, Here is President Dwight Eisenhower and they organized their own Bible study. ern Regional Advocacy Project lead in speaking in April of 1953. On April 16, my home State of California. He They fasted and prayed. And they came to us 1953, he said: and said, from Isaiah 58, which they were writes: reading and studying, that they were called Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies, in the My name is Paul Boden, and I am with the to be the Restorers of the Streets with Western Regional Advocacy Project lead. We Dwellings. final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are are based out of California, Colorado, and Or- Second, in this county, as in so many other egon with core member groups doing local places across this country, we face the moral not clothed. This world in arms is not spend- ing money alone. It is spending the sweat of organizing around poverty and homelessness issue of State violence. What I mean by this issues in 10 communities. I am testifying is that poor people in this country are sys- its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children. The cost of one modern today about the advent of contemporary tematically disenfranchised at every turn. homelessness in the early 1980s and the con- That means that the county has money for bomber, President Eisenhower said, is this: a modern brick school in more than 30 cities, nection to neoliberal economics and how militarized police equipment, but not for that has played out over the past 35 years. housing. The county and the cities in this 2 electric power plants, 2 hospitals, a half million bushels of wheat, 8,000 new homes. In doing this research, we found that with county have resources for consultants to 2 less attack submarines, 29 less fighter jets, build the tourist industry, but not for pro- And he said: and 2 less combat ships, we would more than viding a path out of poverty for young peo- This is not a way of life at all, in any true triple all of the funding that is currently ple. sense, this cloud of threatening war that is dedicated to public housing capital invest- But what I also mean is that our people paid for by the treasure of our people. ments, public housing maintenance, and all across lines of race face extensive police bru- of the Federal homeless programs. Clearly, tality. Death, beatings, shakedowns, and the So we are appealing to people across these spending priorities have nothing to do use—and really the extensive use—of a bench the political spectrum at this time of with security or the need for an investment warrant system that ensures that if you are roaring stock market and trumpeted in our military complex. young and you are poor, you are likely to claims of great wealth and bounty in have a warrant that allows you to be stopped the society to look at the costs of so- As part of the consequence of the advent of homelessness that this kind of approach to or chased at any time. cial and economic inequality; that is, Most of our young people go from the juve- governance created, we’ve spoken to 1,600 what it is like looking, not from the homeless communities, and 82 percent of nile system to an early felony for drug pos- top down, but from the bottom up at session or property crime and spend most of them have reported that they are getting ar- their lives in and out of jail and prison where the situation with wealth in America. rested, harassed, and ticketed. And we know they also experience extensive and institu- I am delighted now to yield to the the fines-and-fee-games that local govern- tionalized violence. State power now, as in gentleman from California (Mr. ments play. 77 percent of these people are the time of Jesus, is used to violently repress KHANNA), my distinguished colleague, getting that same kind of policing activity people and to deprive them of their rights. who has been a great champion of put- for sitting or laying down on a sidewalk. 75 But last, we are theologically committed ting the question of poverty and eco- percent for loitering. Sleeping, standing, and to hope. And for us, hope is not a feeling, be- sitting are criminal offenses when you are nomic inequality at the forefront of the population that is being targeted by cause we face powers that are larger than us our discussions here. at every turn, and we know that we face im- local government for removal from those possible odds. We face a staggering amount Mr. KHANNA. Mr. Speaker, I thank communities. And this is happening, unfor- of personal and communal trauma. We open- Representative RASKIN for his leader- tunately, in communities across the United ly stand against the narrative of White su- ship in putting focus on the Poor Peo- States. premacy that has often been fed to our peo- ple’s Campaign and his advocacy for so My research also brought out very clearly ple, and we believe in the power of the Gos- many issues of economic justice and and undeniably that these are the same po- pel. racial justice. licing programs, these are the same laws, the We believe in the power of the moral voice I want to join my colleagues in rec- same racist and classist policing programs of the people waking up and claiming their ognizing the extraordinary moment in that were used with the Anti-Okie laws, with own dignity, even when they are taught to the Sundown towns, with the Japanese- deny it at every turn. Claiming their own this country that the Poor People’s American Exclusion Act, with the ugly laws, power when they are taught that they are Campaign has had under Reverend Bar- and with the Jim Crow laws. The darker powerless. We believe that we are a resurrec- ber’s leadership. There was a panel your skin color, the greater your disability, tion people. Even when Jesus was murdered that Senator WARREN had a few days the poorer you are, you are way more likely by empire, and I said this in a sermon a cou- ago where Reverend Barber was there to be a target of these policing programs, ple of years ago for Easter, that he rose and ordinary individuals were testi- and that is the way it has been playing out again, and, in rising, God gave the finger to fying about their experiences, the peo- for years. every power in this world that seeks to op- ple we should be hearing in Congress. We have written legislation and gotten it press the poor and keep us down. I want to share two quotes, and then introduced in California, Oregon, and Colo- I thank the reverend from our com- rado. We had introduced it 8 times. We got share some testimony. crushed 8 times. But we are going to keep munity for that testimony and that One is what Reverend Barber said, story. We have other stories, but I bringing it back until the final answer is yes. which, in my view, makes him one of Our law, our legislation would make it ille- want to make sure other Members have the great civil rights leaders in this gal for local government to criminalize life- a chance to tell theirs as well. country. He said: sustaining activities and activities that we Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank I would rather join with you and die trying all commit: eating, sleeping, sitting, stand- Ms. JAYAPAL for her eloquent state- to change the moral direction of this Nation ing still. We all do that. To criminalize doing ment and thank her for her leadership than to live and die and it be written on my it is to purposely and maliciously create leg- here in Congress. epitaph: ‘‘Lived in the time when moral dis- islation specifically aimed at enforcement One of the shocking findings of the sent was necessary. And he, and they, said only applying to some people. That is us, all Poor People’s Campaign is that there nothing.’’ of us. are nearly 140 million Americans, more That requires such courage, and it is Paul Boden’s words are ones I hope than 43 percent of people in our coun- so believable. this entire country will hear. And as try who are either legally poor, living When Dr. Barber was with a number we are listening to the voices of so below the poverty line, or low income of others at the hearing, they had this many people marching in our streets in in the United States, which is the chant that before the Poor People’s Washington, I hope we will take some world’s richest Nation, and we are at Campaign will fail, they will go to jail. inspiration from their courage, their the richest moment in our history And that sense of civil disobedience for courage far exceeding any of ours in today. a moral cause is part of the great tradi- this body, and be inspired to do the

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Mr. KHANNA so much for his very mov- I want to thank Reverend Barber, As Judge Learned Hand observed, ‘‘If ing statement that he made. who will be headed to Washington on we are to keep our democracy, there I yield now to the gentlewoman from June 23 with the massive, largest ex- must be one commandment: Thou shalt Texas (Ms. JACKSON LEE), my col- pression of those who still, unfortu- not ration justice.’’ league, who has been a terrific cham- nately, live in the shadows, not of their It is important that, as we match pion for economic equity and social own making. When I say that, they are meaningful prison reform, we must justice in our country. I am delighted not in the shadows, they are there, but match it with meaningful sentencing to yield to her now. seeming there in the shadows with re- reduction. We must stop the tide of Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I spect to the policies of this administra- poverty by ending mass incarceration. want to thank Congressman RASKIN for tion, the terrible Robin Hood tax bill And we must, in fact, recognize that we his leadership, consistent leadership, that has created nothing but a balloon must fight against recidivism, open the on these issues. And certainly, I think, of wealth to the top 1 percent, so much doors of opportunity for ex-felons as the recognition of the fact that the so that the wages of Americans have they come out, and make sure that we poor of this Nation, both in the biblical not gone up. When you travel through- are reducing those mandatory mini- sense of our faith or the document of out the country and in my district, mums that have kept people in jail 15, your faith, the poor have always been most people don’t know, working 20, 25, or 30 years away from their fam- acknowledged, and, in a certain sense, Americans have no idea that any tax ily so that their children grow up with- in the Christian Bible honored. bill was passed that was supposed to out them. And it is a sad state of affairs for us impact them because it has not im- We must recognize that poverty at- to come to this point in the Nation to pacted them, and the only thing that is tacks at a very young age. It moves realize that our poor are suffering at happening is a flush of corporate prof- people toward the juvenile justice sys- large numbers and that there is no re- its. tem, and it only causes them to believe lief. Now, it would seem that one is criti- this is the only thing that they can en- I know that Dr. King, some 50 years cizing that success. We are criticizing gage in. I have introduced legislation ago, as he was planning the Poor Peo- the unequalness of what happens to to give hope to the juvenile justice sys- ple’s march—and many of us realized working families who work every day tem: no more solitary confinement; al- that he was not able to fulfill it for he and have not had a wage increase. ternative placement; and if they are Then out of that comes the implosion was shot by an assassin’s bullet on able, as they rehabilitate, we ban the of the Affordable Care Act, brick by April 4, 1968. But the valiant people box on saying that they have been in brick being taken away. I know of peo- the juvenile system. went forward with his dream of elimi- ple who have told me that their loved I want to stop homelessness. That is nating poverty. And I am reminded of one was put in a wheelchair and point- what Dr. King knew had to end to end his words: Injustice anywhere is injus- ed toward the door: Get out. And the that aspect of poverty, and to, of tice everywhere. Affordable Care Act provided that And so I speak today of the sprin- course, end it among our veterans. there were no caps on one’s insurance I want to end the idea of $23 billion kling, the harsh sprinkling of poverty until you got better in the hospital. out of SNAP’s program. and injustices in this Nation today, But because of the atmosphere, and the and I make it a very special message to And, of course, I want to recognize climate, and the constant attack on that when we have these devastating the leader of the free world, who has the Affordable Care Act, hospitals are every power to collaborate with this storms, the amount of homelessness feeling the burden and are sending peo- goes up. It is so very important to rec- important body, to make commitments ple out the door who are not well. ognize the devastation of Hurricane to end the very conditions that Dr. Even more frightening for people are Harvey, that there are those who are King, some 50 years ago, sought to those who have preexisting conditions, come to Washington that was ulti- one of the glaring parts of the Afford- still unhoused, and to make a commit- mately proceeded with by leaders of able Care Act, one where people were ment after every disaster that we make the Southern Christian Leadership waving the flag. They were excited, if those communities whole: volcanos, Conference and poor people from they had a preexisting condition, tornadoes, fires, and floods. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman around the Nation. which, before the Affordable Care Act, for allowing us to be here tonight. And b 1730 it could have been acne or it could have been pregnancy. But now, that cov- I want to conclude by showing this They might not have succeeded spe- erage and protection for our loved ones Robin Hood tax bill, stealing from the cifically, but they did bring to the Na- who may have preexisting conditions, poor. This year, the administration, tion’s eyes and hearts the violence of loved ones who could function with President Trump, proposed to slash poverty among Native Americans, healthcare and not be relegated to be housing benefits by $11 billion because Latinos, African Americans, poor, and homebound because they were so sick we had to pay for the tax cut. Weeks Caucasians in places beyond the South. they could not work. after that tax cut was passed, Presi- And, interestingly enough, that pov- This is a terrible approach to how dent Trump proposed to pay for the bill erty continues. you run a country. by slashing housing benefits and other I speak, in particular, of certain ele- In these last two points, I want to supports for low-income people who ments that show our lack of concern make it clear how important it is to struggle to make ends meet. And here and where we must get steady and back recognize that poverty still is. And not we stand with the $1.5 trillion deficit. on track. First, what all of us have only Dr. King, but we recognize that So, what is our message? That we been speaking about over the last cou- Robert Francis Kennedy, also struck must never give up in this fight. We ple of days and weeks is the untoward down by an assassin’s bullet, worked in must stand in the tradition of Dr. King. and the impossible thought of taking his campaign for President in 1968 to We must be reminded of those who are children away from parents who are bring to the attention of Americans coming to Washington in the coming fleeing poverty, violence, and despera- the fact that it is so important to real- days. We must say to have mercy on tion to come. ize poverty exists in the worst way in them. And, of course, as Reverend Bar- We know that, in my home State of the mountains and valleys, and urban ber would always seek, that they be Texas, a migrant was separated from centers, and that Americans should blessed, blessed with mercy and suc- his family and committed suicide while stand up against poverty. cess, as they stand against poverty and in Federal detention. Injustice any- Poverty impacts the criminal justice stand for the ending and elimination of where is injustice everywhere. And a system. In 1968, African Americans poverty.

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We must act without delay regarding the Americans are rightly frightened by Repub- As Judge Learned Hand observed, ‘‘If we ‘‘zero-tolerance’’ policy that separates families lican attempts to repeal the ACA without hav- are to keep our democracy, there must be one apprehended on the southern border by U.S. ing in place a superior new plan that maintains commandment: thou shalt not ration justice.’’ Border Patrol. comparable coverages and comparable con- Reforming the criminal justice system so As the member of the House Committees sumer choices and protections. that it is fairer and delivers equal justice to all on Homeland Security and former Ranking It is beyond dispute that the ‘‘Pay More For persons is one of the great moral imperatives of our time. Member of the Homeland Security Sub- Less’’ plan proposed by House Republicans a few months ago fails this test miserably. For reform to be truly meaningful, we must committee on Maritime and Border Security, I look at every stage at which our citizens inter- cannot think of a situation more devastating The Republican ‘‘Pay More For Less Act’’ is a massive tax cut for the wealthy, paid for on act with the system—from policing in our com- than having the government forcibly separate munities and the first encounter with law en- a parent from her child to a place unknown, the backs of America’s most vulnerable, the poor and working class households. forcement, to the charging and manner of at- for a fate uncertain, absent any form of com- taining a conviction, from the sentence im- munication. This ‘‘Robin Hood in reverse’’ bill is unprec- edented and breathtaking in its audacity—no posed to reentry and collateral consequences. Every day, hundreds of persons, ranging The need for meaningful prison reform can- from infants and toddlers to adolescents and bill has ever tried to give so much to the rich while taking so much from the poor and work- not be overstated because being the world’s adults, flee violence, oppression, and eco- leader in incarceration is neither morally nor nomic desperation from Guatemala, Honduras, ing class. This Republican scheme gives gigantic tax fiscally sustainable for the United States, or and El Salvador, seeking safe harbor in the the federal government, the nation’s largest United States. cuts to the rich, and pays for it by taking insur- ance away from 24 million people and raising jailer. They are not criminals or terrorists, they are For individuals who have paid their debt, the costs for the poor and middle class. refugees seeking asylum. reentry process is paved with tremendous, It is despicable and shameful that those The level of callousness displayed by this and often insurmountable, obstacles resulting elected to serve their people would rather see administration towards those seeking refuge in recidivism rates as high as 75 percent in their pockets full than their constituents within our borders is shocking. some areas. Every day that passes seemingly reveals healthy and well. More must be done to ensure that the em- Fifty years or so ago the American Labor another horrific tale of a migrant interacting phasis on incarceration is matched with an Movement was little more than a group of with Trump’s border patrol forces and then equal emphasis on successful reentry so that dreamers, and look at it now. being worse for the wear because of it. the approximately 630,000 individuals who re- From coast to coast, in factories, stores, We know of the immigrant who was de- enter society each year are prepared to be warehouse and business establishments of all ported to Mexico, a country he left when he successful in civilian life. kinds, industrial democracy is at work. This is why I have also strongly supported was three years old, only to be murdered by From ending sweatshop conditions, and cosponsored legislation that will allow gang violence just three weeks after his forced unlivable wages, and 70-hour workweeks, we return. those with a criminal conviction to have a fair have come a long way from our practices over chance to compete for jobs with federal agen- We know of the young mother, separated 100 years ago. from her children at the border, left to wonder cies and contractors. However, we still have work to be done. I have also been working for many years to about their fate, safety, future, and whether Currently in America, there are no federal she would ever see them again. stop the over-criminalization of our young peo- legal requirements for paid sick leave. ple. In my home state of Texas, a migrant who For companies subject to the Family and was separated from his family, committed sui- Today, more and more young children are Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Act does re- being arrested, incarcerated, and detained in cide while in federal detention. quire unpaid sick leave and are only eligible to A mother who, while breastfeeding her lengthy out-of-home placements. take FMLA after they have worked for their Harsh and lengthy penalties handed down young child when both were in federal deten- employer for at least 12 months, worked for at tion, had her child ripped away from her arms. to young offenders increase their risk of be- least 1,250 hours over the previous 12 coming physically abused, emotionally trauma- This cannot be how we make America great months, and work at a location where at least again, this is how we make America hateful tized, and reduce their chance of being suc- 50 employees are employed by the employer cessfully reintegrated back into their commu- again. within 75 miles. This week brought news that the Trump ad- nities. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, I have introduced and supported legislation ministration is seeking to build a tent city at state and local government workers were to help reform how youth and juveniles are Fort Bliss for the purpose of housing children more likely than workers in private industry to treated to reduce contact and recidivism within separated from their parents. have access to paid sick leave but less likely the juvenile and criminal justice system; to This is unconscionable, outrageous and it to have access to paid vacations and holidays. help protect them from a system that turns must stop. As with workers in private industry, state them into life-long offenders. I have written to the Secretary of the De- and local government workers in the lower Just as we need to minimize the conviction partment of Homeland Security calling for an wage categories were less likely to have ac- of innocent people, we must address the un- immediate end to this policy. cess to paid sick leave than workers in higher necessary loss of life that can result from po- America is the envy of the world, in large wage categories. lice and civilian interactions. part because of our welcoming and generous Workers in lower wage categories were less Effective law enforcement requires the con- nature. likely to have access to paid sick leave than fidence of the community that the law will be For over 100 years, those seeking a better more highly paid workers. enforced impartially and equally. life have been drawn to this land by the words For private-industry workers with an average That confidence has been eroded substan- on the Statue of Liberty: ‘‘Give me your tired, wage in the lowest 10 percent, 27 percent had tially in recent years by numerous instances of your poor, your huddled masses yearning to access to paid sick leave; among workers with excessive use of lethal forces. breathe free, the wretched refuse of your an average wage in the highest 10 percent, 87 There is no higher priority than improving teeming shore.’’ percent had access to paid sick leave. the peacefulness of these interactions and re- The current president fails this obligation, This is an atrocity. building the trust between law enforcement but he is who he is. We must allow for all of our constituents to and the communities they serve and protect. We must be who we are: a loving, embrac- be able to work within a healthy environment. Currently, over half a million people in the ing people, eager to share the bounty of this In 1968, African Americans were about 5.4 United States on any given night are experi- country to all who seek it. times as likely as whites to be in prison or jail; encing homelessness.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:52 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14JN7.018 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE H5193 Now that Congress has lifted the low spend- risk, because it degrades living conditions, you loved the wrong person, that is not ing caps required by law for defense and do- human security and the ability of governments just a misfortune in life, that is an in- mestic programs, lawmakers should ensure to meet the basic needs of their populations. justice because we can do something the highest level of funding possible for afford- Communities within the United States and about that. We know how to organize able housing. countries around the world that already are society in such a way that everybody When U.S. Department of Housing and fragile and have limited resources are signifi- gets healthcare, that everybody gets Urban Development (HUD)’s resources are cantly more vulnerable to disruption and far the attention they need in the event of cut, families may lose access to stable hous- less likely to respond effectively and be resil- a catastrophic diagnosis like that. ing, putting them at increased risk of home- ient to new challenges caused by climate Life is hard enough with all of the lessness. change. sicknesses, the illnesses, the misfor- This year, President Trump proposed to The poor and marginalized who live in areas tunes, and the accidents that we don’t slash housing benefits by $11 billion com- that already prone to the consequences of se- need to compound the misfortunes of pared to current levels. vere weather because the land was cheaper life with governmentally imposed in- Weeks after passing a massive tax bill that or unwanted by developers will suffer the early justice on people. The role of govern- grows our deficit by $1.5 trillion, the President consequence of climate change, but the dam- ment has to be to liberate people from proposed to pay for the tax bill by slashing age will not stop there it will be felt by all. injustice and to alleviate the misfor- support for low income people who struggle to As many of you well know, Greenhouse tunes of life. But now we have, here in Wash- make ends meet. Gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2) absorb HUD and The United States Department of heat (infrared radiation) emitted from Earth’s ington, a whole new public philosophy, Agriculture (USDA) affordable housing pro- surface. which is government is a money- grams have lifted millions of families out of Increases in these concentrations of these making operation for the President, poverty. gases in Earth’s atmosphere are causing our and the President’s friends, and the Without this investment, many of these fami- planet to warm by trapping more of this heat. President’s business associates, and the lies would be homeless, living in substandard Warmer temperatures have caused the Arc- people who surround him. That is the or overcrowded conditions, or struggling to tic Ice sheets to melt at an unprecedented new royalist vision of government that meet other basic needs. rate. we have in America. It is a betrayal of As well, homelessness among the American This winter we have seen extreme tempera- the original conception, which is that veteran population is on the rise in the United ture swings in some parts of the country, while government would be an instrument of States and we must be proactive in giving in others they have seen no winter at all. the common good of advancing the back to those who have given so much to us. We are at a point where we can no longer public interest of everybody in the Today, in our country, there are approxi- wait for action only from Washington D.C., we country, not just the people who hap- mately 107,000 veterans (male and female) must begin to take action in our own cities, pen to use their wealth and their power who are homeless on any given night. counties and states to prepare for the chal- to get into public office. Now, if you are poor in America And perhaps twice as many (200,000) expe- lenges we will face if the rise in temperatures today, you have a lot of problems. You rience homelessness at some point during the is not abated. have problems with healthcare. We course of a year. It will continue my efforts in Washington to We have an obligation to provide our vet- know that health crises remain the sin- make sure that we have flood study of the erans the assistance needed to avoid home- gle dominant cause of personal bank- greater Houston area to determine the implica- lessness, which includes adequately funding ruptcy, not business bankruptcy, the tions of flooding and development in our area. kind that the President of the United for programs such as Veterans Administration I urge my colleagues in Congress, and all States filed for five different times. Supportive Housing (VASH) that provide case- Americans, to look at what unites us rather management services, adequate housing fa- Business bankruptcy is not caused by a than what divides us. sickness or an illness. Donald Trump cilities, mental health support, and address We are linked by our compassion, and was perfectly covered in healthcare other areas that contribute to veteran home- bound by the fundamental edict of the Amer- while his businesses went bankrupt and lessness. ican Dream that says we will strive to provide We must commit ourselves to the hard but he got covered. But we have millions of our children with a better life than we had. necessary work of ending veteran homeless- Americans who have been forced into We can, and we must, find the common ness in America because providing a home for bankruptcy because someone got sick ground necessary to make this dream a reality veterans to come home to every night is the and we didn’t have a national health for Americans of every race and creed, nation- very least we can do. insurance policy to take care of them ality and religion, gender and sexual orienta- As one of the original members of the and they didn’t have the private health tion; indeed for every American wherever he House Committee on Homeland Security, I am insurance that they needed. or she may live in this great land regardless well aware of the range of threats that our na- As Congresswoman JAYAPAL told us, of what he or she looks like or who they may tion has faced. two-thirds of Americans don’t have However, I believe that the threats posed by love. $1,000 to deal with a personal crisis, climate change have been ignored to our na- We can do it; after all, we are Americans. whether it is a healthcare crisis or Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank tion’s detriment. something else. They don’t have $1,000 Climate change is the challenge of our life- Representative JACKSON LEE for her el- to deal with it. And we know that for time and for far too many years we have oquent words. a serious kind of diagnosis, the bills heard the warnings from prominent scientists There is a distinction between mis- can run in the tens of thousands or regarding the danger to people if nothing is fortune and injustice. I know this be- hundreds of thousands of dollars. done to reverse the amounts of Green House cause I am somebody who is a cancer Education is affected by poverty. It gases released into the atmosphere. survivor. If you wake up one day and a affects where you can live, what kind All of you will recall the devastation that doctor tells you that you are suffering of schools your kids go to, and, if you Hurricane Harvey wreaked on the Houston from stage III colon cancer, and you have to move a lot the way that a lot community last fall. have not one but two jobs that you of poor people do, it is disruptive of the Neither Houston nor any other city in the love, and constituents that you love, continuity that the educators tell us is nation had ever experienced flooding of the and work that you are engaged with, necessary for young people to make magnitude caused by Harvey. and a great family, and you are told progress in school, if you are con- In addition to the immense costs of recovery that you have this terrible diagnosis, it stantly being uprooted and shifted to and reconstruction, the cost of human lives is can happen to anybody, and that is a another school or you have to deal always immeasurable. misfortune in life. It happens to people with the various crises and agonies If we do not collectively and concretely ad- in every State, in every city, and in that attend to homelessness. dress the looming threat of climate change, every country all over the world every Well, what about voting? Well, here we must prepare for many more devastating day. is someone who provided some testi- natural disasters that destroy lives and liveli- But, if you get a diagnosis like that mony about voting, from Kansas City, hoods. and you can’t get healthcare because Missouri. Her name is Latifah In 2015, the Pentagon published a report you are too poor, or because you lost Trezvant, with Stand Up Kansas City. that found climate change to be a security your job, or because, as it used to be, She writes this:

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:52 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 4634 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN7.019 H14JNPT1 dlhill on DSK3GLQ082PROD with HOUSE H5194 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE June 14, 2018 My name is Latifah Trezvant, and I work applied for their $200 loan. I gave them a Business and property owners were out- at Burger King, where I make $9.50 an hour. check for $230, and I walked away with the raged by our cold weather shelter. Our home- I am a leader with Stand Up Kansas City. As cash that I needed. less members were stalked by police. Our a low wage worker in America, I deal with a When payday came around, I went into pastor was threatened with vigilante vio- lot. I don’t have paid sick leave, and I don’t their office and gave them $230 in cash, and lence. The same man who had tried to attack make enough money to afford all my basic I got my check back. But I wanted to pay off me during my own time squatting also as- needs, like a stable place to live. And now, a few more bills, so I wrote them another saulted a 19-year-old homeless member of Missouri lawmakers want to make it harder check that same day for $400 plus $60 inter- our community on church property and later for people like me to vote. est, and I walked away with $400 cash. Next attempted to run him over with a truck. Earlier this year, we weren’t able to afford payday, I did the same thing, and the next I volunteered to stay overnight at our our rent and had to move out on a moment’s and the next and on and on for 2 years. church and keep people safe while they slept. notice. In the rush to pack up all my stuff Because I was paying them an exorbitant I stayed there through the nights while the and find some place where I can lay my head, amount of interest—$60 every 2 weeks—I threats continued to pour in. I stayed be- I lost my ID. So I had to get a new State- could never catch up. Someone told me that cause my community stepped up to save my issued ID. Should be pretty simple, right? I paid over $1,400 in interest over 2 years, but life, when the rest of society didn’t care I go to the DMV office, and I am already I sat down with my computer and recal- whether I lived or died, and now it was my knowing that I had to have proof of address. culated that, and I ended up paying them al- turn to protect my community. As I walk to the window, I tell the lady I most $2,880 in interest charges over 2 years. I am joining the Poor People’s Campaign need a new ID. She asked for my proof of ad- Payday lending as advertised is a one-time because I need a movement that is as tough dress and I show her my debit card state- solution for emergency financial needs, but as I am. ment. Immediately, she tells me, ‘‘There is all too often the story doesn’t end there. Poor and homeless people get stereotyped nothing I can do for you.’’ And she gives me Many people like me get loan after loan and like we are too stupid or lazy to solve our a piece of paper of the things I needed to use: end up paying an exorbitant amount of inter- own problems. I wasn’t homeless because I A utility bill—I don’t have that because I est. I was finally able to pay all my out- was stupid and lazy. I was homeless because am homeless and I stay with a friend. standing debts, but it took me over 2 years our country has no problem with pregnant A paycheck—I don’t have a paycheck be- to do it. mothers being homeless in the dead of the cause I had to leave my last job when I The payday loan industry is making mil- winter, while just 2 hours away in Seattle, couldn’t afford reliable transportation so I lions every year by charging exorbitant in- the founders of Microsoft and Amazon have could get to work. terest rates and driving consumers deeper made themselves the richest individuals on A government check—I don’t have that. into debt. I believe the Bible has something the planet. You tell me who is messed up in A mortgage statement—well, I sure don’t to say about folks engaged in usury. It is this situation. have that because I am a low-wage worker past time that politicians stopped letting Some of you might be suspicious about a and I can’t even afford rent, let alone a them engage in this criminal practice. Grays Harbor County person getting up in mortgage statement. Mr. Speaker, I am going to yield front of this crowd, thinking, ‘‘Aren’t they Property tax—no. just a bunch of rednecks out there?’’ Hell, back to my friend, Ms. JAYAPAL, who yes, we are rednecks. We are radical red- A housing rental contract—well, I am has come back with further testimony homeless, so no. necks. We are hillbillies for the liberation of A bank statement—I don’t have a bank ac- to read. all people. ‘‘We are the living reminder that count. I don’t have enough money to open up Ms. JAYAPAL. Mr. Speaker, I thank when they threw out their white trash, they a bank account and deal with all those fees Mr. RASKIN for yielding. didn’t burn it.’’ We are here to stand shoul- and penalties. You know, that story about payday der to shoulder with anybody taking up this Okay, so here, I am looking at this long lending just reminded me of how in the campaign, and trust me, we are the kind of list that I do not have. I am so upset. I am State senate right before I came here, Scrappy you want on your side in a fight. standing in line looking at this paper with we had to fight back to make sure we Mr. RASKIN, that testimony resonates tears running down my face. stopped the rollback, because we actu- for me, because I represent Seattle But there is one more way I can prove that ally were able, with activists from where we do have some of the biggest I am a Missouri resident: a voter registration around our community, to pass some of corporations. But I will tell you what, card. Okay, I actually have that because I we also have 11,500 homeless people in plan on voting this year, for the first time in the strongest laws that prevented pay- my life, so I had to register back in March. day lenders from taking advantage of Seattle. And it has been breaking my So I go into the election board and get a people, with great off-ramps. heart that my community, so tolerant, voter form to take back to the DMV. Two Unfortunately, there were over and so wonderful, so inclusive, has been, days later, I finally get my ID. over again attempts to try to roll those unfortunately, turning anger of in- There are so many people in my shoes: un- back, and we at the Federal level need equality in our system against people paid workers living in poverty, our elderly to make sure that the Consumer Fi- who are experiencing homelessness just people, people who don’t have a State-issued nancial Protection Bureau is strong, so like the testimony I just read. ID. For us, it can be really hard, or even im- I want to read another one that also possible, to get an ID. that we can make sure that these folks are not getting trapped in payday lend- strikes home for me, because it is a b 1745 ing. testimony from the Fight for $15 in If Missouri passes amendment 6—which is So I know we are running short on Massachusetts. As you know, I was an attempt to restrict who could actually time. I want to make sure we get some proud to be on the committee that register to vote—over 220,000 people may lose of these read. So let me read another passed a $15 minimum wage in Seattle, their right to vote in our State. The people one from my home State. This is testi- proud to be one of the first cities in the who would be disenfranchised would be most- mony from Mashyla Buckmaster. Fight for $15. ly elderly, students, and low-wage workers This is testimony from Deanna But- like myself. Please make sure that all people I am 28 years old. I am a proud single mom of a beautiful 1-year-old named Ella. As of ler, and this is from August of 2016. She in our country have the right to vote. Fight is in Massachusetts. I think I said that. for America to be a country of freedom, jus- today, I am celebrating almost 2 years clean tice, and equal rights for everyone. and sober. I live in Westport in Grays Harbor I am a 31-year-old resident of the Dor- County, Washington. I have spent 5 years of chester area. I am a fast-food worker and a There is one more. Because my my life homeless. member of the Fight for $15. I have been grandfather used to say to us, you Once during my homelessness, a neighbor working in the fast-food industry for over 15 know, it is very expensive to be poor, tried to assault me by throwing a log years. I work at the Shake Shack, and I and a lot of these statements that I through the window of the empty building make $11 an hour as an end cashier. I am read dealt with the way that people are where I was squatting because he was so en- married with three children ages 8, 14, and essentially charged or taxed for being raged that homeless people were living on 15. My check is the only income for my fam- his block. poor. So here is one that comes from ily, because my husband is disabled and bat- I got Section 8 housing after my daughter tling with several health conditions. Kentucky. was born just before my organization began $11 an hour isn’t much. I have worked My name is Mary Love, and I have testified providing cold weather shelter to our home- other jobs, too. I have worked in the retail in Frankfort, Kentucky, and other places less members. For 110 days last winter, Chap- industry and at the YMCA. But the one thing about the payday lending trap. Fourteen lains on the Harbor hosted about 20 people in I have found in all of those jobs is that any- years ago, when I was making a pretty good our church, most of them millennials who thing less than $15 an hour just isn’t enough. salary, I came up short one month when the caught a record trying to survive in a county It prevents families like mine from thriving rent was due. I saw an ad for a payday lender with no good jobs; no decent, affordable to our full potential. and I thought, ‘‘This will be a good way to housing; horrible healthcare; and plenty of My family receives food stamps and cover the rent until I get to payday.’’ So I heroin. MassHealth, which takes off a heavy load,

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I have student loans that I system controlled by insurance companies, have to pay back, but I am also behind in Big Pharma, and hospital monstrosities that and hands numb from the nicotine and bills, so I am left to prioritize which bill I care more about the bottom line than the their sweaty sunburned bodies turn can afford to pay this month. needs of healthcare workers and patients, ripe for melanoma skin cancer, and Me and my family have been living in the rather than living in a society where every- they have no health insurance. shelter for 6 years—yes, 6 years—because I one can get the care they need and have it be don’t make enough to afford market rate solely based on decisions between the indi- b 1800 rent anywhere in the greater Boston area. I vidual and the doctor. It is exhausting to They work in hot steam chambers don’t understand how these multibillion-dol- know that I am already struggling with this cleaning our laundry in the big cities lar corporations are able to build an empire at the age of 26 and that I live in a rapidly and in the very, very difficult environ- on the backs of low-wage workers and get aging State where an entire generation will ments of slaughterhouses using elec- away with making millions in profits while have to fight to get the care they need. And we have nowhere to live and have to depend home care providers like myself will be trified cutting equipment, and they are on brothers and sisters to help us make it caught in the crossfire of providing care covered in blood in those slaughter- through. My kids deserve so much more, and services with working people who are not al- houses for the meat that we eat. I deserve so much more. lowed the resources to compensate for the They trudge through manure in dairy That is why I am fighting for $15 an hour, care that they actually need. farms; and they harvest mushrooms so that one day soon, I will be able to pro- It is also terrifying being diagnosed with sold in every store, in the grocery vide for my kids the way I have always Lyme disease, which is transmitted by a tick stores around this country; in cold, bug that is infected by a bacterium. As hoped to. I will be able to go back to school damp, dark, underground caves, walk- and finish my medical billing program that I weather patterns continue to hit new ex- had to put on hold, because making poverty tremes because of climate change and the ing through horse dung. wages and taking care of my family made it northeast continues to warm, the number of They catch, by hand, thousands of challenging for me. infected tick bugs is only expected to grow. chickens every night in the dark, hot We work hard. We deserve more. And peo- The people at the greatest risk are those of coops that generally have 25,000 or ple have started to realize that $15 an hour is us who work outdoors growing food or work- more chickens each, where the stench the new minimum wage standard. We have ing on farms, maintaining State and Federal and the dust are life-threatening. been winning in cities across the country, lands, and our heightened risk to this disease They clean bathrooms in amusement and I hope through this moral revival, we is made even more terrifying by the contin- parks, along State turnpikes, and in can build a tomorrow where not only the ued threat of our already limited access to rich matter, but we all matter. healthcare. airports. And why do they do this work? To Mr. RASKIN. Mr. Speaker, I thank We need universal healthcare as a human right and a public good, and not a com- survive, while holding out hope for a Ms. JAYAPAL for participating in the modity to buy and sell. We need this Poor better life for them and their loved Special Order. People’s Campaign to unite the poor and dis- ones. What does climate change have to do possessed, and indict the immoral status quo Without these workers, our tables with poverty? Well, today we face ac- that produces poverty and is ravaging our would be bereft of the food we depend celerating extreme weather events, communities. upon. America could not feed itself. such as intensifying hurricanes that Mr. Speaker, with those words, I Without these workers, companies displaced and impoverished hundreds of yield back the balance of my time. would have to pay higher wages and thousands of citizens in Louisiana, f offer health insurance to do the work. Mississippi, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is- Indeed, many, many, many millions lands, New Jersey. ISSUES OF THE DAY of these workers are uprooted, actu- Here is another way that climate The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. ally, continental labor refugees, spit change affects people in poverty: MAST). Under the Speaker’s announced out of vicious and violent economic through healthcare events that take policy of January 3, 2017, the Chair rec- and political systems across the Amer- them out of the workforce. ognizes the gentlewoman from Ohio icas. Yet continental trade compacts Here is the testimony from Liz (Ms. KAPTUR) for 30 minutes. Betty-Owens from Vermont. She Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I rise to- like NAFTA and CAFTA were designed writes: night, and have chosen not to attend purposefully to create this landless class of laborers to purposely under- I am 26, a home care provider and a bar- the Congressional Baseball Game, be- tender. Just over a year ago, I was diagnosed cause I think I have an important mes- value them and their work. with Lyme disease and began a lifelong bat- sage that needs to be heard. NAFTA caused millions of these tle with not only this crippling disease but I rise to elevate an economic and hu- workers to be upended and lose their also the healthcare industry and my struggle manitarian issue that is manifesting small farmsteads in Mexico, precipi- to access the healthcare I need. itself across Ohio, our Nation, and our tating the largest human exodus from At 25, I was incredibly ill, attempting to the land in modern history. And, recip- continue my work as a healthcare provider continent. Millions upon millions of workers, many landless workers essen- rocally, in our country, millions of and making all of my healthcare decisions Americans lost their jobs in factories not based on a doctor’s recommendation, but tial to getting America’s work done in based on what my health insurance at the agriculture and other sectors, live and and farms across the Nation as our jobs time would cover and what I could afford toil in an eerie, shadow existence. were shipped south. with my meager out-of-pocket expenses. I re- These workers often are exploited Trade agreements have failed work- alized that BlueCross BlueShield of Vermont due to our broken immigration and ers on this continent in their home- had more power over my health and legal systems, which afford them and lands; and many of those south of our wellbeing than me or my doctor. border fled—fled—to find ways to make I accumulated several thousand dollars of their work no respect. Our beloved father, Steven, would a living, drawn by worker shortages in debt, and then, in April, I was booted off my many countries, including our own, mom’s insurance plan because I turned 26. I say: ‘‘They are caught between the began the 3-month process of registering for Devil and the deep blue sea.’’ finding work in the most unappealing my State’s Medicare. I was unable to go to Let’s take a peek inside who some of jobs, jobs our citizens won’t take. the doctor for months while I was still show- these workers really are. Now, for those who came here to ing symptoms and recovering from initial These workers dare to climb sky- work, they face even more cruelty by treatment. I was held up in the process of scrapers and install the steel beams the Trump administration and many trying to prove I made such a small yearly and pour concrete across our country, Members of this body, too, as their income that I was in fact eligible for the one slip away from death. children and families are being ripped State’s Green Mountain health plan. And They embrace harsh work cir- apart. And I am going to tell you a ever since I was finally accepted, I have had to try and tread a careful line making sure cumstances, going into the brutally story about that in a second. I don’t make too much money and get booted hot Sun in the south and west, picking News reports are beginning to reveal off the State plan, risking fines from lack of your vegetables and fruits for 12 to 16 the edges of this ugly system of de health insurance and, yet again, not having hours a day at high season. facto human bondage. Our Nation,

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This situation of its interest in real solutions? der wall, an end to the diversity visa penniless workers in bondage is the Was this raid really about security? lottery, and curbing family-based legal modern-day version of a continuing or is it more about intimidation? or is immigration. continental exploitation of labor. It is it trying to divide Americans along Wow, there are so many people who an old story, repeating itself in a new economic and racial lines? have come to our office who want to chapter. I was told the greenhouse workers marry someone who is waiting in an- Last Tuesday, in a very well-known put up no resistance. They were peace- other country. How many decades are greenhouse operation in my district in ful. they going to have to wait? When I asked ICE if I could visit the Erie County, Ohio, near Sandusky, the Just an hour ago, a summary pro- workers in one of the detention centers home of the roller coaster at Cedar vided said this: Fair, this well-regarded greenhouse op- this past weekend, I was told arrange- ments could not be made, even though This second measure would authorize fund- eration was raided at the height of this ing for construction of a border wall sought these workers work in the district I spring season by dozens and dozens and by President Trump and give a path for so- represent. This is simply unacceptable. dozens of Federal Immigration, Border called DACA populations to apply for a 6- ICE, which reports to the superlords Patrol, and IRS officials. year, indefinitely renewable, nonimmigrant in the Trump administration respon- At least 114 male and female workers legal status, after which they can apply for sible for this, have been over a day late were detained, removed to jails, and newly allocated green cards. and a dollar short in their answers are being questioned somewhere. But We will see. Count me as a skeptic. back to us in their communications. where? Those who are parents have To date, the Trump administration Yet people’s lives and their children’s has failed to help young Dreamers who been cruelly separated from their chil- well-being are at stake. Stonewalling dren, with no provision made for the have been here their whole lives. To is simply not an option. date, the Republican congressional ma- children. So I intend to head to Michigan in a This is a photo. jority has failed to provide a pathway few days to try to find the detention for these Dreamers. The majority has I will say something about that in a center and, hopefully, speak to some of second, of what was going on last week failed to act on comprehensive immi- the women. I understand if I do so, we gration reform, which we really need. in Ohio. have to do it over a videophone or The reverberations of this raid in Years of inaction by House Repub- something. And I will say to the De- licans who hold the majority have Ohio will be felt across a greenhouse partment of Homeland Security I ex- brought us to this point. And we had a and nursery industry at high season pect a full report on the status of each measure down here on the floor that when these companies must have work- of these workers, as well as evidence had garnered 216 signatures to bring a ers. They are highly dependent on they are being treated with dignity and set of votes to the floor that could real- thousands of seasonal laborers to per- respect in the county jail. form the necessary work, and I am I hope to share more publicly about ly have addressed this problem, and the talking just in Ohio, tens of thousands what I learn with my colleagues here majority jerked it off the ledger the of workers. The same is true in our in the House, as well as the people of other day. border State of Michigan. Ohio’s Ninth District. I want a full ef- Rather than blaming workers and I worry about these workers, and I fort and report on what is at issue with harming U.S. companies, let’s put the worry about whether these firms will each of the persons apprehended. I blame where it belongs: on the trade find the workers to perform the work want to know where each is located, as agreements that the United States has at such a key time of the year. There well as what can be done to minimize been passing since the 1990s that set us simply aren’t enough hands left to do the trauma for their children being on a treacherous and greedy path of the work. separated from their parents. bad trade deals like NAFTA and Men and women workers, some of So how did America get to a point CAFTA that threw millions of workers whom had worked for this firm for where people who work hard with their out of work in our country, and mil- nearly two decades, were surrounded hands for a living are rounded up like lions of workers and small businesses by ICE officers who came out of an- cattle and their children taken from in countries like Mexico lost their other State, Detroit, Michigan, heavily them to places they know not where? work, treated like chattel on this con- armed with rifles. They even tied the Some of these children may be tinent. hands of citizens of our country behind Dreamers, Americans who have grown We need a renegotiated NAFTA. their backs before questioning them. up in the United States whose immi- These bad deals have never resulted in Border Patrol helicopters whirred gration status needs to be addressed. a positive trade balance for our coun- overhead as workers were handcuffed So let’s do it. try. Instead, they displaced millions of and made to lie down on their bellies Today, we learned that next week workers in North America. U.S. plants before being taken by bus to detention this House, apparently, will vote on shut down here, and trade deals like centers hundreds of miles from Erie two competing measures that relate to NAFTA thrust cheap labor into the County, where this raid occurred. immigration. One is from Mr. BOB market, forcing wages down across the As far as I have been able to deter- GOODLATTE of Virginia, H.R. 4760, continent, including in Mexico. mine, the women workers, most of called Securing America’s Future Act Border crossings doubled into our whom are mothers, have been placed in of 2018. That bill only gives temporary country after NAFTA’s passage, in- the Calhoun County Jail near Battle status to young people who have grown cluding illegal entries of desperate peo- Creek, Michigan, and the men, in a fa- up in this country. It makes deep cuts ple under desperate circumstances. cility, the Northeast Ohio Correctional to legal immigration. It prevents legal Those trade deals disrupted the mar- Center in Youngstown, Ohio. immigrants from sponsoring their fam- kets that small farmers in Mexico and I took particular note that Immigra- ily members to enter the United Central America relied on to support tion and Customs Enforcement must States, and, of course, it boosts en- themselves. have notified the Associated Press that forcement. It is a punitive bill, cer- Who would not flee desperation? You took this picture of the impending tainly not a very hopeful bill. And even would, too, if your livelihood dis- raid, as the reporter traveled all the if it could pass this House, it is not appeared. Think about it. way from Michigan to take this par- going to pass the Senate. The best estimate suggests 11 million ticular photo and report on the raid. Then there is this mysterious new undocumented immigrants have as- But the same notification was not ex- bill that Speaker RYAN calls a com- sumed some of the hardest, low-paying

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Ask your- solving the NAFTA and CAFTA prob- These workers work hard. She walked self that question. Answer the ques- lem. to her van to get her sunscreen and tion. Recall, President Reagan worked gloves when she heard vehicles slam- Many workers have endured long with Congress to pass the last com- ming on the brakes in the gravel. journeys by foot, train, and boat as prehensive immigration reform bill in The officers got down with large labor traffickers indebted them to the 1980s, and at the same time, unfor- weapons so she figured they were look- make it across our border. Others who tunately, the United States Govern- ing for a dangerous criminal. Then she work here simply stayed beyond the ment negotiated with international de- says: expiration of their temporary visitor velopment institutions to develop new policies that favored large multi- I realized it was immigration. Two men permits. came up behind me screaming at me to walk. The situation is more complicated national corporations but undercut I told them I have my ID and my Social Se- than many people realize. The reality workers, including the smaller farms curity card. They screamed louder: Walk. I is about 60 percent of the unauthorized and businesses that created economic picked up my phone and they told me to put population of workers here has been opportunity for communities in our it away, that I couldn’t use it. I was so here for at least a decade. A third of country and south of our border. scared seeing how they pushed people and undocumented immigrants 15 years of In 1994, the North American Free put us together like animals on their way to a slaughterhouse. The officers tied every- age and older live with at least one Trade Agreement—boy is that a mis- nomer—was sold to Congress as a way body up. child who is a U.S. citizen by birth. I kept saying, I have my documents. I will So do we close our eyes to all of this to keep Mexicans home and to make sure that American workers were cared show them to you. But they ignored me. and what has happened on this con- They began separating us into two lines. Ev- tinent or do we fix it? for. Well, guess what? NAFTA actually erybody that was White was let go. I was threw millions of Americans out of 1815 there so long that I had to use the bathroom. b work and also millions of Mexican They refused to let me go until many others The renegotiation of NAFTA pre- farmers and small businesses were dis- had to go. sents a precious moment, and I am placed. We were taken, tied, to the restroom, ac- with the President on renegotiating These upended workers sought oppor- companied by an officer with a big gun. I NAFTA, but with what provisions? The tunity wherever they could find it. In- kept asking: Why are you doing this? I have chance to create a just economic model deed, immigration to the United States all of my documentation in my van. They from Mexico doubled post-NAFTA as asked me: Are you a citizen? And I said: Yes. for all of North America that respects They laughed at me. and recognizes both employer needs millions of U.S. citizens saw their jobs shipped south of the border. And those I had never felt so humiliated. I can still and labor rights should be in a trade hear everybody crying. When they fi- south of the border, who couldn’t even agreement. nally ran my social, they escorted me afford food at that point—a desperate Renegotiation could have a monu- to my van, still tied. They told me to exodus began and people were willing mental impact on not only economic leave and I said: How can I drive with opportunity for millions, but also cor- to work for penny wages. A decade later, Congress passed my hands tied? Another officer came rect distorted, migratory patterns in with scissors to untie me and actually labor markets made so much worse by CAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement, further undercutting cut my wrist. I pulled away in pain and NAFTA. Instead of lifting up workers he got angry and said: Why did you and improving their plight, achieving agricultural workers and small entre- preneurs throughout the rest of the move? good jobs with living wages, the cur- I said: Because you cut me. I stormed out rent NAFTA-CAFTA system forces southern tip of North America. So these policies trapped Latin America of there in fear. I have never experienced workers in a harsh system that equates anything like this in my whole life. I was workers between a foreign policy that to a modern-day versions, yes, of slav- treated like a criminal with no voice or drove them from home and a U.S. do- ery. rights. mestic policy that kept them in the Workers understand that standing up Gloria Reyes works at Corso’s and shadows, while driving good jobs out of and complaining about abusive condi- was there the day of the raid. Gloria’s the United States to low-wage environ- tions will mean termination because an coworker, who was arrested, asked Glo- ments. employer can report them to immigra- Ask yourself: Who would benefit in ria to drop off her lunch bag at home tion authorities. So the guillotine al- that kind of system? Look at the prof- and check on her children. Gloria’s co- ways hangs over their head. A renego- its of some of the companies and the worker, whose name she would prefer tiated NAFTA can bring workers out CEOs of those companies that did that. not to give out because of fear of the from under the shadows. It will benefit We also know, far too many employers children being taken, has three chil- business. It will benefit workers, and it take on undocumented workers and ex- dren: a little boy, a little girl, and a will benefit our communities and our ploit them for their willingness to baby. continent. work long hours for no pay. Gloria went to that house and when When workers are asked why they President Trump, please know, walls she knocked, she said she could hear endure all this, almost all have the will not solve these passive economic them behind the door shushing each same reason: survival and a hope for inequities our trade policies created. other. Gloria says: the American Dream. For those that Only fixing NAFTA and CAFTA will. I knocked for a while and just kept saying, have come here from other places and Our Nation needs comprehensive, son, open up. I won’t hurt you. I just came to work here, they are performing the continental immigration reform that drop off your mom’s lunch. The eldest finally jobs the rest of America chooses not to should include an E-Verify employee opened the door but wouldn’t let me in. He do. Rather than end this miserable un- system to take the onus off the em- broke down crying and asking questions I derground system of indentured ser- ployers to verify a worker’s status, and couldn’t answer because I didn’t know where vitude, Republicans have chosen inac- to give workers standing on this con- any of them were. tion time and time again. tinent. I tried to calm him down and said every- thing would be okay. I went back to take the NAFTA and CAFTA need to be re- No border wall can succeed against children food, but nobody answered the door. negotiated to institute a legal system the enormous pull of our vast econo- I don’t know if they are okay. Those children that gives workers standing in the law, my’s needs, including for labor, as em- only have their mother. not exploitation, whatever side of the ployers complain every day to me they I have been here in this community 42 border they live on. cannot find the workers they need. years, and I have never seen anything like

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People are suffering. the governments of the southern tip of Department of the Army, Department of De- The American children are suffering. North America. NAFTA and CAFTA fense, transmitting the Department’s final Another woman who worked at have to be renegotiated and workers of rule — The Freedom of Information Act Pro- Corso’s writes that she escaped the raid this continent have to be respected. gram [Docket ID: USA-2017-HQ-0006] (RIN: and she wants to remain anonymous We have to treat people like human 0702-AA79) received June 8, 2018, pursuant to beings and there must be a legal sys- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. because she fears that she might be 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on hunted down. She said: tem that protects them all. ‘‘God Bless Oversight and Government Reform. I never expected anything like this to hap- America’’ and God bless this continent. 5169. A letter from the Deputy Assistant pen. When I saw them coming, I ran, and I Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance Administrator, Diversion Control Division, ran, and ran until I hid under a bed of flow- of my time. Drug Enforcement Administration, Depart- ers. I buried myself under the dirt and cried The SPEAKER pro tempore. Mem- ment of Justice, transmitting the Depart- in silence. All I could think about is my bers are reminded to address their re- ment’s temporary rule — Schedules of Con- kids. I have three. A lot of us have small marks to the Chair. trolled Substances: Extension of Temporary children who need us. My skin itched of the Placement of beta-Hydroxythiofentanyl in mud stuck to my body drying. f Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act [Docket No.: DEA-484] received May 16, 2018, Is this America? Is this America? LEAVE OF ABSENCE I prayed to God for strength. I hid there for pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 8 hours in fear of being taken or that maybe By unanimous consent, leave of ab- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- ICE would still be around. I still feel like I sence was granted to: mittee on Energy and Commerce. am there suffocating. When I came out, I Mr. JONES (at the request of Mr. 5170. A letter from the Director, Regu- latory Management Division, Environmental asked someone who also works at Corso’s for MCCARTHY) for today and June 15 on a ride. The entire complex was silent. Lunch Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- account of business in the district. cy’s final rule — Approval and Promulgation boxes were left everywhere. There was a void Mr. DONOVAN (at the request of Mr. in the room. of Implementation Plans; Texas; Interstate As I got home, I was scared to get out of MCCARTHY) for today on account of Transport Requirements for the 1997 and 2006 the car. I looked around the neighborhood to business in the district. PM2.5 NAAQS [EPA-R06-OAR-2016-0716; FRL- make sure there were no officers around. Mr. DEFAZIO (at the request of Ms. 9977-26-Region 6] received May 11, 2018, pur- Walking through the door and hugging my PELOSI) for today after 2:30 p.m. and suant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104- son was a relief. However, I hurt when he June 15 on account of personal medical 121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee asks me: What is going to happen now? I leave. on Energy and Commerce. don’t know what to say. 5171. A letter from the Director, Regu- All I know is, I have to provide for them. f latory Management Division, Environmental I am alone and I don’t have a dime to my Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- BILLS PRESENTED TO THE cy’s final rule — Tebuconazole; Pesticide name. If I had a voice, I would tell the gov- PRESIDENT ernment that we don’t hurt anyone. We are Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2017-0032; FRL- humble people who are just working to bet- Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, 9976-62] received May 11, 2018, pursuant to 5 ter our lives. I would tell them to put their reported that on June 13, 2018, she pre- U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. hands on their hearts and realize they are 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- sented to the President of the United ergy and Commerce. hurting people. Children are suffering. States, for his approval, the following Please stop. 5172. A letter from the Director, Regu- bills: latory Management Division, Environmental A young girl, age 13, who resides in a H.R. 2333. To amend the Small Business In- Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- place named Willard, her mother was vestment Act of 1958 to increase the amount cy’s final rule — National Priorities List taken in the raid. She said: of leverage made available to small business [EPA-HQ-OLEM-2017-0604, 0606, 0607, 0609, 0611 I was still in bed when I could hear some- investment companies. and 0612; FRL-9978-14-OLEM] received May one banging on my door. Right after, there H.R. 4743. To amend the Small Business 11, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); was banging on my bedroom window, so I got Act to strengthen the Office of Credit Risk Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to up to see what was going on. As I opened the Management within the Small Business Ad- the Committee on Energy and Commerce. door, my neighbor in panic and tears asked ministration, and for other purposes. 5173. A letter from the Director, Regu- where mom was. I said: She is working. Why? latory Management Division, Environmental She asked, had I spoken to her? I began to f Protection Agency, transmitting the Depart- say no when she interrupted me by saying ADJOURNMENT ment’s final rule — Addition of Nonylphenol she had been arrested at her job along with Ethoxylates Category; Community Right-to- many others from our town. My neighbor Ms. KAPTUR. Mr. Speaker, I move Know Toxic Chemical Release Reporting said: Call your dad. I was so confused and that the House do now adjourn. [EPA-HQ-TRI-2016-0222; FRL-9979-16] (RIN: even dumb because I didn’t know what to do. The motion was agreed to; accord- 2070-AK15) received June 11, 2018, pursuant to I couldn’t even remember my dad’s phone ingly (at 6 o’clock and 28 minutes 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. number. My dad didn’t answer, so I panicked. p.m.), the House adjourned until to- 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on En- I cried on the floor hugging a picture of my morrow, Friday, June 15, 2018, at 9 a.m. ergy and Commerce. mom. All I could do was cry and hope it 5174. A letter from the Director, Regu- wasn’t true. Not her. f latory Management Division, Environmental My father eventually walked through the Protection Agency, transmitting the Agen- door and just hugged me tight and we cried. EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, cy’s direct final rule — Approval and Pro- I have little sisters and they kept asking: ETC. mulgation of Air Quality Implementation Mommy, mommy. I would just say: She is at Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive Plans; Pennsylvania; Removal of Depart- work. It was even harder to tell my little communications were taken from the ment of Environmental Protection Gasoline brother. I played a song, ‘‘I Am Not Alone,’’ Volatility Requirements for the Pittsburgh- and I prayed and prayed. Speaker’s table and referred as follows: Beaver Valley Area [EPA-R03-OAR-2018-0277; That night my sisters wouldn’t go to bed, 5166. A letter from the Under Secretary, FRL-9979-44-Region 3] received June 11, 2018, insisting to wait for my mom. I went to sleep Acquisition and Sustainment, Department of pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law at 4 a.m. just thinking every time my mom Defense, transmitting the Department’s Re- 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Com- gave me advice and how I wish I had listened port to Congress on Corrosion Policy and mittee on Energy and Commerce. every time. Oversight Budget Materials Fiscal Year 2019, 5175. A letter from the Director, Defense My dad didn’t go to work the next day. I pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2228; to the Committee Security Cooperation Agency, Department of think everybody is scared. Everyone says: Be on Armed Services. Defense, transmitting Transmittal No. 03-18, strong. It is going to be okay. But all I can 5167. A letter from the Policy Analyst, Law pursuant to the reporting requirements of think about is, when will I see my mom Enforcement Division, Office of the Provost Section 62(a) of the Arms Export Control again? When will I hug her again? Now I Marshal General, Department of the Army, Act; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. have to take care of my sisters. But looking Department of Defense, transmitting the De- 5176. A letter from the Chairman, Council at mom’s empty chair at the table, just partment’s final rule — Use of Force by Per- of the District of Columbia, transmitting DC doesn’t seem fair. sonnel Engaged in Law Enforcement and Se- Act 22-378, ‘‘Hearing Aid Assistance Program

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Act of 2018’’, pursuant to Public Law 93-198, partment of Homeland Security’s border se- MERT, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, and Mr. Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to the Committee curity operations to detect, interdict, dis- CRAMER): on Oversight and Government Reform. rupt, and prevent narcotics, such as fentanyl H.R. 6106. A bill to amend the Energy Pol- 5177. A letter from the Chairman, Council and other synthetic opioids, from entering icy Act of 2005 to clarify the authorized cat- of the District of Columbia, transmitting DC the United States, and for other purposes egorical exclusions and authorize additional Act 22-379, ‘‘Historic Anacostia Vacant Prop- with an amendment (Rept. 115–755). Referred categorical exclusions to streamline the oil erties Surplus Declaration and Disposition to the Committee of the Whole House on the and gas permitting process, and for other Authorization Act of 2018’’, pursuant to Pub- state of the Union. purposes; to the Committee on Natural Re- lic Law 93-198, Sec. 602(c)(1); (87 Stat. 814); to Mr. MCCAUL: Committee on Homeland Se- sources. the Committee on Oversight and Govern- curity. H.R. 4991. A bill to amend the Home- By Mr. PEARCE (for himself, Ms. CHE- ment Reform. land Security Act of 2002 to establish the Na- NEY, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. GOH- 5178. A letter from the President and Chief tional Urban Security Technology Labora- MERT, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. Executive Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank tory, and for other purposes (Rept. 115–756). GOSAR, and Mr. CRAMER): of Cincinnati, transmitting the 2017 manage- Referred to the Committee of the Whole H.R. 6107. A bill to clarify that Bureau of ment report of the Federal Home Loan Bank House on the state of the Union. Land Management shall not require permits of Cincinnati, pursuant to 31 U.S.C. Mr. MCCAUL: Committee on Homeland Se- for oil and gas activities conducted on non- 9106(a)(1); Public Law 97-258 (as amended by curity. H.R. 4627. A bill to amend the Home- Federal surface estate to access subsurface Public Law 101-576, Sec. 306(a)) (104 Stat. land Security Act of 2002 to authorize ex- mineral estate that is less than 50 percent 2854); to the Committee on Oversight and penditures to combat emerging terrorist Federally owned, and for other purposes; to Government Reform. threats, including vehicular attacks, and for the Committee on Natural Resources. 5179. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, other purposes with an amendment (Rept. By Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia (for U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland 115–757). Referred to the Committee of the himself, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. COLE, Mr. Security, transmitting the Department’s Whole House on the state of the Union. CULBERSON, Mr. KILMER, Mr. CART- final rule — Safety Zones; Annual Events in f WRIGHT, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. the Captain of the Port Buffalo Zone [Docket LOUDERMILK, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, No.: USCG-2017-1112] (RIN: 1625-AA00) re- PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS and Ms. HANABUSA): ceived June 11, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. Under clause 2 of rule XII, public H.R. 6108. A bill to provide for partnerships 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 bills and resolutions of the following among State and local governments, re- Stat. 868); to the Committee on Transpor- gional entities, and the private sector to pre- titles were introduced and severally re- serve, conserve, and enhance the visitor ex- tation and Infrastructure. ferred, as follows: 5180. A letter from the Attorney-Advisor, perience at nationally significant battle- U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland By Mr. FITZPATRICK (for himself, Mr. fields of the American Revolution, War of Security, transmitting the Department’s SMITH of New Jersey, and Mr. BROWN 1812, and Civil War, and for other purposes; temporary final rule — Safety Zone for Fire- of Maryland): to the Committee on Natural Resources. works Display; Severn River, Sherwood For- H.R. 6101. A bill to amend titles 5 and 38, By Mr. HIMES: est, MD [Docket No.: USCG-2018-0157] (RIN: United States Code, to ensure that certain H.R. 6109. A bill to amend the Internal Rev- 1625-AA00) received June 11, 2018, pursuant to employees of the Department of Veterans Af- enue Code of 1986 to provide an enhanced re- 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. fairs are subject to the same removal, demo- search credit for the development of smart 251; (110 Stat. 868); to the Committee on tion, and suspension policies as other em- gun technologies; to the Committee on Ways Transportation and Infrastructure. ployees of the Federal Government, and for and Means. 5181. A letter from the Regulation Develop- other purposes; to the Committee on Vet- By Mrs. WALORSKI (for herself, Ms. ment Coordinator, Office of Regulation Pol- erans’ Affairs, and in addition to the Com- JUDY CHU of California, Mrs. NOEM, ´ icy and Management, Office of the Sec- mittee on Oversight and Government Re- Mr. MARCHANT, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. retary, Department of Veterans Affairs, form, for a period to be subsequently deter- BLUMENAUER, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. ROS- transmitting the Department’s final rule — mined by the Speaker, in each case for con- KAM, Mr. MACARTHUR, and Mr. DANNY Authority of Health Care Providers to Prac- sideration of such provisions as fall within K. DAVIS of Illinois): H.R. 6110. A bill to amend title XVIII of the tice Telehealth (RIN: 2900-AQ06) received the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Social Security Act to provide for the review May 15, 2018, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of Cali- and adjustment of payments under the Medi- 801(a)(1)(A); Public Law 104-121, Sec. 251; (110 fornia: H.R. 6102. A bill to provide for the Director care outpatient prospective payment system Stat. 868); to the Committee on Veterans’ Af- of the Federal Housing Finance Agency to to avoid financial incentives to use opioids fairs. establish prudential management and oper- instead of non-opioid alternative treatments, 5182. A letter from the Board of Trustees of ations standards for mortgage servicers, and and for other purposes; to the Committee on the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, for other purposes; to the Committee on Fi- Energy and Commerce, and in addition to transmitting a notification that the Board nancial Services. the Committee on Ways and Means, for a pe- projects that the asset reserves held in the By Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ (for herself, Mr. riod to be subsequently determined by the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund will THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. Speaker, in each case for consideration of become inadequate under the meaning of DELAURO, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- section 709 within the next 10 years, pursu- SERRANO, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr. CUM- tion of the committee concerned. ant to 42 U.S.C. 910(a); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, MINGS, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ, By Mr. BABIN (for himself, Mr. CON- title VII, Sec. 709 (as added by Public Law 98- Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. AWAY, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. HARPER, Mr. 21, Sec. 143); (97 Stat. 102); to the Committee SOTO, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms. BRADY of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Lou- on Ways and Means. ESHOO, and Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of isiana, Mr. WILLIAMS, and Mr. CAR- 5183. A letter from the Board of Trustees of Pennsylvania): TER of Texas): the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance H.R. 6103. A bill to establish a national H.R. 6111. A bill to amend the Intermodal and Federal Disability Insurance Trust commission on the Federal response to the Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of Funds, transmitting a notification that the 2017 natural disasters in Puerto Rico, and for 1991 with respect to high priority corridors Board projects that the asset reserves held in other purposes; to the Committee on Trans- on the National Highway System, and for the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund portation and Infrastructure. other purposes; to the Committee on Trans- will become inadequate under the meaning By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania (for portation and Infrastructure. of section 709 within the next 10 years, pursu- himself, Mr. CLAY, and Mr. BUDD): By Ms. JUDY CHU of California (for ant to 42 U.S.C. 910(a); Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, H.R. 6104. A bill to require the sale of dis- herself and Mr. MARSHALL): title VII, Sec. 709 (as added by Public Law 98- tressed notes and other obligations, and for H.R. 6112. A bill to amend the Food and Nu- 21, Sec. 143); (97 Stat. 102); to the Committee other purposes; to the Committee on Agri- trition Act of 2008 to make institutions of on Ways and Means. culture, and in addition to the Committee on higher education eligible for assistance for f Transportation and Infrastructure, for a pe- community food projects, and for other pur- riod to be subsequently determined by the poses; to the Committee on Agriculture. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON Speaker, in each case for consideration of By Mr. DIAZ-BALART (for himself, PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- Mr. FRANCIS ROONEY of Florida, Mr. Under clause 2 of rule XIII, reports of tion of the committee concerned. AMODEI, Mr. ZELDIN, Mrs. DEMINGS, committees were delivered to the Clerk By Mr. BACON (for himself, Mr. PERRY, and Ms. MENG): and Mr. RUTHERFORD): H.R. 6113. A bill to establish new ZIP codes for printing and reference to the proper H.R. 6105. A bill to amend title 18, United for certain communities, and for other pur- calendar, as follows: States Code, to improve the Law Enforce- poses; to the Committee on Oversight and Mr. MCCAUL: Committee on Homeland Se- ment Officer Safety Act; to the Committee Government Reform. curity. H.R. 5762. A bill to amend the Home- on the Judiciary. By Mr. KING of New York (for himself, land Security Act of 2002 to authorize a Joint By Mr. PEARCE (for himself, Mr. Ms. CASTOR of Florida, Mr. FASO, Mr. Task Force to enhance integration of the De- BISHOP of Utah, Mr. GOSAR, Mr. GOH- FITZPATRICK, Ms. KUSTER of New

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Hampshire, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. By Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania By Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania: ZELDIN, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. KILMER, Mrs. (for himself and Ms. TSONGAS): H.R. 6104. DINGELL, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. H. Res. 941. A resolution recognizing the Congress has the power to enact this legis- NADLER, Mr. DONOVAN, Ms. importance of public park and recreation fa- lation pursuant to the following: WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mr. ESPAILLAT, cilities and activities and expressing support Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, Mr. JEFFRIES, Mr. for the designation of the month of July as tion KING of Iowa, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. MEEKS, ‘‘Park and Recreation Month’’; to the Com- By Mr. BACON: Ms. MOORE, Mr. ENGEL, Mrs. CAROLYN mittee on Natural Resources. H.R. 6105. B. MALONEY of New York, Ms. MENG, By Mr. HASTINGS (for himself, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Ms. ESTY of Connecticut, Mr. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. WILSON of lation pursuant to the following: SERRANO, Mr. BARLETTA, Mr. PETER- Florida, Mr. DEUTCH, and Ms. Article I, Section 8, paragraph 3, granting SON, Mr. KEATING, Mr. MCGOVERN, FRANKEL of Florida): Congress power to regulate interstate com- Mr. GROTHMAN, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. H. Res. 942. A resolution expressing support merce. KIND, Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Penn- for the honoring of the City Commission of By Mr. PEARCE: sylvania, Ms. CLARK of Massachu- the City of Lauderdale Lakes, Broward Coun- H.R. 6106. Congress has the power to enact this legis- setts, and Mr. TED LIEU of Cali- ty, Florida; to the Committee on Oversight fornia): and Government Reform. lation pursuant to the following: Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 H.R. 6114. A bill to amend title II of the So- By Ms. LEE (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Article I, Section 8, clause 18 cial Security Act to eliminate the waiting Mr. POCAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. By Mr. PEARCE: periods for disability insurance benefits and MCNERNEY, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. H.R. 6107. Medicare coverage for individuals with meta- TITUS, Mr. KHANNA, Mrs. WATSON Congress has the power to enact this legis- static breast cancer, and for other purposes; COLEMAN, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. KIHUEN, lation pursuant to the following: to the Committee on Ways and Means. Mr. POLIS, Mr. CAPUANO, and Mr. By Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself and Article IV, Section 3, clause 2 CORREA): Article I, Section 8, clause 18 Mr. MARINO): H. Res. 943. A resolution urging action to H.R. 6115. A bill to amend the Child Abuse By Mr. JODY B. HICE of Georgia: increase equity within the legal cannabis H.R. 6108. Prevention and Treatment Act to include an marketplace; to the Committee on Energy act of unregulated custody transfer in the Congress has the power to enact this legis- and Commerce, and in addition to the Com- lation pursuant to the following: definition of child abuse and neglect, and for mittees on the Judiciary, and Education and other purposes; to the Committee on Edu- The constitutional authority of Congress the Workforce, for a period to be subse- to enact this legislation is provided by Arti- cation and the Workforce. quently determined by the Speaker, in each By Mr. MOOLENAAR (for himself, Mr. cle I, section 8 of the United States Constitu- case for consideration of such provisions as tion, specifically clause 1 (relating to pro- AMASH, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. BISHOP of fall within the jurisdiction of the committee viding for the general welfare of the United Michigan, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr. concerned. States) and clause 18 (relating to the power HUIZENGA, Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. LAW- By Mrs. TORRES (for herself and Mr. to make all laws necessary and proper for RENCE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. MITCHELL, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey): carrying out the powers vested in Congress), TROTT, Mr. UPTON, and Mr. H. Res. 944. A resolution expressing soli- and Article IV, section 3, clause 2 (relating WALBERG): darity with and sympathy for the people of H.R. 6116. A bill to designate the facility of to the power of Congress to dispose of and Guatemala after the June 3, 2018, eruption of the United States Postal Service located at make all needful rules and regulations re- the Fuego Volcano; to the Committee on 362 North Ross Street in Beaverton, Michi- specting the territory or other property be- Foreign Affairs. gan, as the ‘‘Colonel Alfred Asch Post Of- longing to the United States). fice’’; to the Committee on Oversight and By Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. By Mr. HIMES: Government Reform. MCKINLEY): H.R. 6109. By Mr. RICHMOND (for himself, Mr. H. Res. 945. A resolution expressing the Congress has the power to enact this legis- sense of the House of Representatives that HUFFMAN, Mr. LOWENTHAL, Mr. lation pursuant to the following: high-performance buildings improve the JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHN- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1: The Congress quality of life for millions of individuals, SON of Texas, and Mr. DESAULNIER): shall have Power to lay and collect Taxes, H.R. 6117. A bill to provide for the estab- produce a more resilient and sustainable Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the lishment of Medicare part E public health world for current and future generations, re- Debts and provide for the common Defence plans, and for other purposes; to the Com- duce operating costs, and improve the pro- and general Welfare of the United States; but mittee on Energy and Commerce, and in ad- ductivity, comfort, and health of occupants, all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uni- dition to the Committees on Ways and and expressing support for designating the form throughout the United States. Means, and Education and the Workforce, for week of June 11 through June 15, 2018, as By Mrs. WALORSKI: a period to be subsequently determined by ‘‘High-Performance Building Week’’; to the H.R. 6110. the Speaker, in each case for consideration Committee on Energy and Commerce. Congress has the power to enact this legis- of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic- f lation pursuant to the following: tion of the committee concerned. Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United By Mr. ROUZER: CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY States Constitution H.R. 6118. A bill to direct the Secretary of STATEMENT By Mr. BABIN: H.R. 6111. the Interior to annually designate at least Pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII of one city in the United States as an ‘‘Amer- Congress has the power to enact this legis- ican World War II Heritage City’’, and for the Rules of the House of Representa- lation pursuant to the following: other purposes; to the Committee on Natural tives, the following statements are sub- Article 1, Section 8 Resources. mitted regarding the specific powers By Ms. JUDY CHU of California: By Mr. ROUZER: granted to Congress in the Constitu- H.R. 6112. H.R. 6119. A bill to remove the red wolf tion to enact the accompanying bill or Congress has the power to enact this legis- from the list of endangered and threatened joint resolution. lation pursuant to the following: wildlife for North Carolina, and for other Art. 1, Sec. 8 ‘‘The Congress shall have purposes; to the Committee on Natural Re- By Mr. FITZPATRICK: Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Im- sources. H.R. 6101. posts and Excises, to pay the Debts and pro- By Mr. RYAN of Ohio: Congress has the power to enact this legis- vide for the common Defence and general H.R. 6120. A bill to establish a competitive lation pursuant to the following: Welfare of the United States.’’ grant program for parent engagement that Article I, Section 8 By Mr. DIAZ-BALART: would focus on the development, implemen- By Ms. MAXINE WATERS of Cali- H.R. 6113. tation, and evaluation of programs designed fornia: Congress has the power to enact this legis- to increase capacity of parents to dem- H.R. 6102. lation pursuant to the following: onstrate and teach children social and emo- Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitu- tional skills and of teachers to work with lation pursuant to the following: tion parents to develop these skills; to the Com- Artice I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United By Mr. KING of New York: mittee on Education and the Workforce. States Constitution H.R. 6114. By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia (for By Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ: Congress has the power to enact this legis- himself, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. GOOD- H.R. 6103. lation pursuant to the following: LATTE, and Mr. SOTO): Congress has the power to enact this legis- Article I, Section 8, clause 1 H.R. 6121. A bill to modernize the authority lation pursuant to the following: The Congress shall have power to lay and of the Commodity Futures Trading Commis- Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises to sion to conduct research, development, dem- ‘‘The Congress shall have Power to . . . pay the Debts and provide for the common onstration, and information programs; to the provide for the . . . general Welfare of the Defence and general Welfare of the United Committee on Agriculture. United States;. . .’’ States

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By Mr. LANGEVIN: H.R. 1374: Mr. O’ROURKE. H.R. 5500: Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. BERGMAN, and H.R. 6115. H.R. 1421: Mr. RUSH. Mr. JONES. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1456: Mr. KENNEDY and Mr. COOK. H.R. 5509: Mrs. LESKO. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 1550: Mrs. NOEM. H.R. 5510: Mr. TAKANO. Article I, Section 8 H.R. 1651: Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. NORTON, Mr. H.R. 5588: Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Ms. By Mr. MOOLENAAR: ELLISON, Mr. FOSTER, and Mr. GRIJALVA. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Ms. MAXINE H.R. 6116. H.R. 1661: Mr. BARR and Ms. MENG. WATERS of California, Ms. SA´ NCHEZ, Ms. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 1783: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. BASS, Mr. SWALWELL of California, Ms. NOR- lation pursuant to the following : H.R. 1881: Mrs. BLACKBURN. TON, and Mr. CORREA. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 7: To establish H.R. 2043: Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ. H.R. 5621: Mr. RASKIN and Mr. VISCLOSKY. Post Offices and post Roads; H.R. 2044: Mr. MCEACHIN. H.R. 5658: Mr. SMUCKER. By Mr. RICHMOND: H.R. 2092: Mr. MARCHANT. H.R. 5671: Mr. KING of New York, Mr. H.R. 6117. H.R. 2106: Mr. KING of New York, Mr. CART- O’ROURKE, Mr. FITZPATRICK, and Mr. RYAN of Congress has the power to enact this legis- WRIGHT, Mr. ROUZER, and Mr. KILMER. Ohio. H.R. 2150: Mr. TURNER. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 5693: Miss GONZA´ LEZ-COLO´ N of Puerto H.R. 2358: Mr. CONAWAY, Ms. HERRERA This bill is introduced pursuant to the Rico and Mr. CORREA. BEUTLER, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. TROTT, Mr. powers granted to Congress under the Gen- H.R. 5701: Mr. TED LIEU of California. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, eral Welfare Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 1), the H.R. 5753: Ms. MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM of Mr. KATKO, Mr. DIAZ-BALART, Mr. BRADY of Commerce Clause (Art. 1 Sec. 8 Cl. 3), and New Mexico. Texas, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. CURBELO the Necessary and Proper Clause (Art. 1 Sec. H.R. 5761: Mr. RUSH and Ms. ESTY of Con- of Florida, Mr. WALDEN, Mr. HILL, Mr. SEN- 8 Cl. 18). necticut. SENBRENNER, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. GUTHRIE, Further, this statement of constitutional H.R. 5773: Mr. SCHWEIKERT, Mr. KELLY of Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. FASO, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. authority is made for the sole purpose of Pennsylvania, and Mr. RENACCI. STIVERS, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. VALADAO, Mr. compliance with clause 7 of Rule XII of the H.R. 5818: Mr. KENNEDY and Mr. FASO. O’HALLERAN, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. TITUS, Mrs. Rules of the House of Representatives and H.R. 5880: Mr. O’ROURKE. MURPHY of Florida, Mr. ROSS, Mr. MCGOV- shall have no bearing on judicial review of H.R. 5885: Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Ms. SHEA-POR- ERN, Mr. TONKO, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, the accompanying bill. TER, and Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. HIGGINS of New York, and Mrs. DAVIS of By Mr. ROUZER: H.R. 5922: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. California. H.R. 6118. H.R. 5924: Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. MAST, H.R. 2550: Mr. SCHIFF. Congress has the power to enact this legis- Mr. POE of Texas, and Mrs. HANDEL. H.R. 2598: Mr. LIPINSKI. lation pursuant to the following : H.R. 5948: Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, H.R. 2651: Mr. ESPAILLAT. Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution. Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Ms. CHENEY, and H.R. 2735: Mr. CURBELO of Florida. Mr. BABIN. By Mr. ROUZER: IMES ORCROSS H.R. 2840: Mr. H and Mr. N . H.R. 5949: Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania, H.R. 6119. H.R. 3032: Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, and Ms. CHENEY. Congress has the power to enact this legis- New York. H.R. 5986: Mr. MESSER, Mr. THOMAS J. ROO- lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 3286: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. NEY of Florida, and Mr. KNIGHT. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3 of the U.S. H.R. 3349: Mr. LOBIONDO. H.R. 5987: Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. DANNY K. Constitution. H.R. 3378: Mr. ABRAHAM. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. By Mr. RYAN of Ohio: H.R. 3626: Mrs. WAGNER. RUSH, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. LAW- H.R. 6120. H.R. 3637: Mr. NORCROSS. RENCE, and Mr. CARSON of Indiana. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 3684: Mr. CAPUANO. H.R. 5988: Mr. LOUDERMILK and Mr. JODY B. lation pursuant to the following : H.R. 3742: Ms. WILSON of Florida, Mr. HAS- HICE of Georgia. Article 1, Section 8: To Make Laws which TINGS, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Ms. BASS. H.R. 5990: Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana. shall be necessary and proper for carrying H.R. 3861: Mrs. NOEM and Mr. BRAT. H.R. 6008: Mr. CONNOLLY. into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all H.R. 3923: Mr. CA´ RDENAS, Ms. KELLY of Illi- H.R. 6014: Mr. VISCLOSKY and Mr. YOUNG of other Powers vested by this Constitution in nois, Mr. CROWLEY, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. TITUS, Iowa. the Government of the United Sates, or in Mr. HASTINGS, Ms. FRANKEL of Florida, Mr. H.R. 6016: Ms. BROWNLEY of California and any Department or Officer thereof. O’ROURKE, and Mrs. DINGELL. Ms. LEE. By Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia: H.R. 3956: Mr. COFFMAN. H.R. 6018: Mr. HUDSON and Mr. CHABOT. H.R. 6121. H.R. 3984: Mrs. LOWEY. H.R. 6028: Mr. SIRES. Congress has the power to enact this legis- H.R. 4077: Mr. PANETTA and Mr. BACON. H.R. 6033: Mr. KENNEDY. lation pursuant to the following: H.R. 4114: Mr. SOTO and Mr. SCHIFF. H.R. 6043: Mr. COFFMAN and Ms. ROSEN. Article I, Section 8 of the United States H.R. 4126: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. H.R. 4186: Mrs. LOWEY. H.R. 6048: Mr. MCGOVERN, Mrs. DEMINGS, Constitution. ´ H.R. 4229: Ms. TITUS. Mr. CARDENAS, and Mr. POCAN. f H.R. 4306: Mr. RASKIN. H.R. 6069: Ms. SINEMA. H.R. 6075: Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. ADDITIONAL SPONSORS H.R. 4345: Mr. MOULTON, Mr. AGUILAR, and Mr. DELANEY. NORTON, Mr. RUSH, and Mrs. NAPOLITANO. Under clause 7 of rule XII, sponsors H.R. 4483: Mr. DESJARLAIS. H.R. 6079: Mr. MULLIN. were added to public bills and resolu- H.R. 4536: Mr. KIND. H.R. 6080: Mr. KIHUEN, Mr. TONKO, Mr. tions, as follows: H.R. 4633: Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. HIGGINS of New H.R. 4647: Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Ms. MATSUI, York, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. POLIS, Ms. ADAMS, H.R. 6: Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire. Mr. NORCROSS, Mr. SESSIONS, and Mr. Mr. RASKIN, Mr. DEFAZIO, and Mr. SOTO. H.R. 99: Mr. HASTINGS. CUELLAR. H.R. 6082: Mr. WALDEN. H.R. 200: Mr. KING of Iowa. H.R. 4649: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. H.R. 6084: Mr. LAHOOD and Mr. CURBELO of H.R. 233: Mr. KILMER, Mr. RASKIN, and Mr. H.R. 4732: Mr. NOLAN. Florida. PASCRELL. H.R. 4819: Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. H.R. 6086: Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. H.R. 237: Mr. GARAMENDI. H.R. 4940: Ms. NORTON and Mr. GALLEGO. H.R. 6088: Mr. LAMALFA. H.R. 392: Mrs. DINGELL. H.R. 4953: Mr. CRAMER. H.J. Res. 33: Ms. MAXINE WATERS of Cali- H.R. 398: Ms. BROWNLEY of California. H.R. 4983: Mr. ROGERS of Alabama. fornia. H.R. 809: Mr. JENKINS of West Virginia. H.R. 5115: Mrs. MURPHY of Florida. H. Con. Res. 10: Mr. KING of Iowa. H.R. 810: Ms. MOORE. H.R. 5129: Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mrs. WALORSKI, H. Con. Res. 123: Mr. KEATING. H.R. 816: Mr. MOULTON. Mr. RASKIN, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MICHAEL F. H. Res. 188: Mr. LATTA. H.R. 930: Mr. BANKS of Indiana. DOYLE of Pennsylvania, and Mr. NOLAN. H. Res. 732: Ms. MCSALLY. H.R. 959: Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ. H.R. 5132: Mr. BUCK, Mr. CRIST, Mr. MAR- H. Res. 776: Mr. MCGOVERN. H.R. 980: Mr. BROWN of Maryland. SHALL, and Mr. MOOLENAAR. H. Res. 834: Mr. SUOZZI. H.R. 1057: Mr. GOODLATTE. H.R. 5248: Mr. KILDEE. H. Res. 861: Mr. BROOKS of Alabama. H.R. 1171: Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. GONZALEZ of H.R. 5282: Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas and H. Res. 888: Ms. ROSEN, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Texas, and Mr. HUNTER. Mr. TURNER. Mr. SOTO, Ms. MENG, Ms. VELA´ ZQUEZ, and Mr. H.R. 1213: Ms. NORTON. H.R. 5306: Ms. MENG and Mr. JOHNSON of SMITH of Washington. H.R. 1221: Mr. BUCHANAN. Ohio. H. Res. 915: Mr. ESPAILLAT. H.R. 1251: Mrs. DINGELL. H.R. 5332: Mr. GRIFFITH. H. Res. 920: Ms. MAXINE WATERS of Cali- H.R. 1267: Mr. SOTO. H.R. 5358: Mr. GOSAR. fornia. H.R. 1272: Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI. H.R. 5409: Mr. COFFMAN. H. Res. 926: Ms. TITUS. H.R. 1300: Ms. BROWNLEY of California and H.R. 5460: Mr. BYRNE and Mr. ESPAILLAT. H. Res. 927: Mr. EVANS, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. Mr. NOLAN. H.R. 5467: Mr. CICILLINE. BERA, and Mr. PAYNE. H.R. 1318: Mr. PRICE of North Carolina. H.R. 5497: Mr. BISHOP of Georgia and Mr. H. Res. 930: Mr. STEWART and Mr. RASKIN. H.R. 1341: Mr. KIND. KILMER. H. Res. 933: Mr. COHEN.

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Vol. 164 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2018 No. 99 Senate The Senate met at 9:30 a.m. and was Speaking for my home State of Ken- straight from the experts about the called to order by the President pro tucky, agriculture is part of who we gaps between current capabilities and tempore (Mr. HATCH). are. Kentucky farm families produce current challenges. Taking this testi- f everything from poultry to soybeans. mony into account, throughout the This legislation will assist them, en- committee markup, they considered PRAYER courage economic growth, and increase and included 300 amendments—300—in The Chaplain, Dr. Barry C. Black, of- investment in rural communities. the version they reported to the Sen- fered the following prayer: This farm bill also includes a bipar- ate. Let us pray. tisan provision I crafted with Senator For days now, we have discussed and Holy One, who prompts us to conform WYDEN to legalize industrial hemp. At debated it here on the floor. Senators to Your will, continue to shine in the present, with just a few limited excep- INHOFE and REED modified the sub- hearts of our lawmakers, providing tions, our Federal Government bans stitute amendment to include more them with Your wisdom. Lord, purify domestic hemp production—never mind than 40 additional amendments from the desires of their hearts, leading that this is a completely different Members on both sides. Even so, I am them beside the still waters of con- plant than its illicit cousin, and never confident no Senator sees this as a per- templation and thanksgiving. Em- mind that consumers are already buy- fect bill. I am sure every one of us has bolden them to become instruments of ing hemp products, everything from further issues we would like to tackle. Your saving power that comforts, chal- clothing to auto parts; they are just Some pertain to the substance of De- lenges, and refreshes. Remove from imported from foreign producers. Fed- fense authorization; others concern them anything that hinders them from eral law has mostly prohibited our own completely different topics. Personally, I would like to have seen bringing glory to Your Name, as You farmers from getting in on the action. even more votes on amendments this keep them faithful in these sometimes It is time to remove the roadblocks and week, but one of the realities of this confusing and challenging times. let American farmers explore this body is that any Senator on either side We pray in Your Holy Name. Amen. growing market. can object to setting up amendment f This has long been a priority of mine. votes. Any Senator on either side can I championed hemp pilot programs in PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE object to setting up amendment votes. the 2014 farm bill. They have shown big The good news is what we already The President pro tempore led the success. It is time to take the next have in hand: an excellent Defense au- Pledge of Allegiance, as follows: step. thorization bill that will fulfill one of I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Again, I would like to thank the this body’s important responsibilities United States of America, and to the Repub- chairman and ranking member of the and empower the men and women who lic for which it stands, one nation under God, committee for their leadership on this volunteer to protect us. We have ful- indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. subject. I was pleased to join the over- filled that responsibility for 57 con- f whelming bipartisan majority who secutive years. When this bill passes, it RECOGNITION OF THE MAJORITY voted the farm bill out of committee will be 58 consecutive years. You might LEADER yesterday morning, and I look forward call that a routine, but in this body, as to taking it up here on the floor in the we know, what can seem like the most The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. next few weeks. routine activities are often among the HELLER). The majority leader is recog- f most important. This Defense author- nized. NATIONAL DEFENSE ization bill is right at the top of the f AUTHORIZATION BILL Senate’s to-do list so we can do right FARM BILL by our men and women serving in uni- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, on form around the world. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, yes- another subject, for the past week, the Today is the 243rd birthday of our terday, I was pleased to join my col- Senate has been considering the John U.S. Army. I am glad we will have the leagues on the Senate Agriculture S. McCain 2019 National Defense Au- opportunity to vote to keep advancing Committee to approve a landmark thorization Act. It is a thorough bill. It this bill in just a few minutes. farm bill. Under the fair and bipartisan is a bipartisan bill. As I have discussed all week, this leg- leadership of Chairman PAT ROBERTS, The Armed Services Committee has islation is critical to implementing our committee has produced a bill that conducted hearing after hearing, gath- Secretary Mattis’s new national de- will bolster struggling agriculture ering testimony from our Nation’s top fense strategy. It is critical for sup- communities across our country. military leaders. They have heard porting our allies and regional partners

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We will fulfill our solemn f undoing a problem he created in the responsibility to our military, and then first place. He pats himself on the ENERGY AND WATER, LEGISLA- we will proceed to other important back, saying that we are now at peace. TIVE BRANCH, AND MILITARY business for our constituents. We were on the brink of war. He forgets CONSTRUCTION AND VETERANS that he brought us there. What kind of f AFFAIRS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, Presidency is this? TAX REFORM 2019—MOTION TO PROCEED Again President Trump tweeted yes- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, on Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I terday: ‘‘There is no longer a nuclear one final matter, day after day and move to proceed to Calendar No. 449, threat from North Korea.’’ Saying it, week after week, more evidence piles H.R. 5895. Mr. President Trump, does not make it up that Republicans’ overhaul of the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The so—once again, an alternative reality U.S. Tax Code is igniting new growth clerk will report the motion. Presidency. and increasing opportunity all across The legislative clerk read as follows: Despite what the President says, our country. Motion to proceed to Calendar No. 449, Chairman Kim has not agreed to dis- Here is what tax reform means to H.R. 5895, a bill making appropriations for mantle North Korea’s nuclear infra- middle-class Floridians. It means thou- energy and water development and related structure. He has not agreed to stop en- sand-dollar bonuses for all 26 employ- agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- riching plutonium and uranium. He has ees at Spellex Corporation, a software tember 30, 2019, and for other purposes. not agreed to any sort of inspections company in Tampa. It means an 11-per- CLOTURE MOTION regime. When Chairman Kim went cent increase in the base wage at a Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I home to North Korea, he did not even bank with more than 600 locations all send a cloture motion to the desk on mention his vague commitment to across Florida. At a brewery, it meant the motion to proceed. completely denuclearize. To say there the flexibility to purchase $100,000 in The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clo- is no longer a nuclear threat from new capital equipment and hire two ad- ture motion having been presented North Korea after one meeting, after ditional employees. For the customers under rule XXII, the Chair directs the signing one sheet of paper, is living in of Florida Power & Light, it meant a clerk to read the motion. an alternative reality, and that is lower monthly bill. The utility had The legislative clerk read as follows: where it seems President Trump lives planned to implement a new surcharge CLOTURE MOTION these days, more than ever before. for rebuilding after Hurricane Irma, We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Finally, in place of serious, arduous but tax reform let them cover the cost ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the negotiations, President Trump pre- of the entire rebuilding themselves and Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby ferred signing ceremonies and procla- kept that added burden off of the move to bring to a close debate on the mo- mations. It is a pattern in his Presi- tion to proceed to Calendar No. 449, H.R. shoulders of Floridians. These are just dency: flash over substance, sign docu- a few of the ways tax reform is helping 5895, an act making appropriations for en- ergy and water development and related ments in front of cameras, but skip out jump-start prosperity up and down the agencies for the fiscal year ending Sep- on the hard work behind the scenes. State of Florida. tember 30, 2019, and for other purposes. The idea is to make it look as if the Florida’s junior Senator, Mr. RUBIO, Mitch McConnell, Jerry Moran, Mike President is getting stuff done, but not voted to pass this once-in-a-generation Rounds, Roy Blunt, Johnny Isakson, actually doing the hard work and get- law. It is too bad his colleague, the sen- John Boozman, John Cornyn, John ting it done. We can’t have a President ior Senator from Florida, stood with Barrasso, Marco Rubio, Mike Crapo, who is interested only in playing the every single Democrat in the House James E. Risch, John Hoeven, Thom role of President. He has to do the job and in the Senate and tried to block Tillis, John Thune, Lisa Murkowski, Richard Burr, Roger F. Wicker. of President. these tax cuts from reaching the Amer- On a matter as serious as negotia- ican people. Apparently, he preferred Mr. MCCONNELL. I ask unanimous tions with North Korea, there is no that more middle-class families’ money consent that the mandatory quorum substitute for the hard work of real di- remain with the IRS. I would call that call be waived. plomacy. Only in President Trump’s al- a curious decision. Perhaps our Demo- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ternative reality Presidency do photo cratic colleagues don’t quite under- objection, it is so ordered. ops and handshakes suffice, especially stand the importance of a thriving RECOGNITION OF THE MINORITY LEADER when North Korea still presents such a economy. The Democratic leader is recognized. great danger to us. If tomorrow morn- We recently heard some revealing TRUMP-KIM SUMMIT ing Kim Jong Un did a 180-degree rever- comments from the House Democratic Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, it has sal, after having gotten what he leader. Here is what she said: now been 2 days since the Singapore wants—the handshake, the summit, Hip hip hooray, unemployment is down. summit between President Trump and the reduction of sanctions—we would What does that mean to me and my life? Chairman Kim concluded. America re- be in real danger, and President Trump Unemployment is as low as it has mains troubled by the lack of detail in acts like it is all over—an alternative been since 1969. There is soaring con- the joint statement signed by both par- reality Presidency. But when it comes fidence from consumers and small busi- ties, as well as some of the remarkable to something as serious and dangerous nesses. There are more job openings concessions made by President Trump, as North Korea, it is not a joke; it is than Americans looking for work for especially the freeze of joint military serious stuff. the first time in at least 20 years. No exercises with South Korea. The hard details, the concrete con- big deal, say our Democratic col- In the wake of this first meeting, it cessions, the diplomatic gains for the leagues. Nothing to see here. Do they has become clearer and clearer that United States, and safety from a still really think an outstanding job market Chairman Kim secured far more con- dangerous North Korea simply have to doesn’t matter to American families? cessions than President Trump. Yet, wait in President Trump’s world, and it Well, that might help explain their vot- despite all the evidence, President doesn’t even seem to matter if they ing record on tax reform and other Trump is acting like he just secured never happen. issues, but I suspect this is just pure world peace. The President is con- We hope sincerely that those hard de- partnership because it is Republican ducting an alternative reality Presi- tails do come. We hope sincerely that policies that are helping generate this dency, and the recent summit with the Singapore summit was only the success. Our friends across the aisle North Korea reveals it better than first step, rather than the final result, want to deny reality and ignore the ob- ever. President Trump says we are no because we all wish to see a diplomatic

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We hope cooler heads in ing like all the hard work is behind our colleagues on the other side of the the administration, including Sec- him and open his eyes to the reality aisle on this. There have been too few retary Mattis, Chief of Staff Kelly, and that bringing an end to a nuclear North voices on something so significant. others who have had a military back- Korea is not as easy, as simple, or as NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL ground, can inform the President how quick as a few days of photo ops. Mr. President, on another matter— ill-advised his actions are. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IG REPORT and this one of some bipartisanship, I Both parties in Congress must be res- Now, Mr. President, on another sub- am happy to say—the Senate continues olute in blocking the President’s bad, ject, this afternoon we expect to re- to process the John S. McCain National pro-China ZTE deal. Protecting Amer- ceive the report of the Department of Defense Authorization Act in a bipar- ica’s national and economic security is Justice’s inspector general, who has tisan way to give our military the sup- paramount and any deal that jeopard- been reviewing the conduct of the De- port and certainty it needs and to izes them should be stopped in its partment of Justice and the FBI in the make crucial updates to our national tracks. runup to the 2016 election. security policy. Senator CORKER made a point this Although we have not yet seen the One strong bipartisan action in this week. He is freed of political con- inspector general’s report, there is no bill is dealing with the Chinese telecom straints and can say what he thinks. reason—no reason—to believe that it giant ZTE. Let me remind this body He made a point—passionately—that will provide any basis to call the spe- that ZTE has violated U.S. sanctions this body does not have to assent to cial counsel’s work into question. and lied about it, but, even more im- every whim of the President. It is not The IG report concerns an entirely portantly, its technology has been easy when you are of the same party as separate investigation from the Russia deemed a national security threat—a the President. I know that. But as ev- probe that Special Counsel Mueller is national security threat—to these eryone in this Chamber knows, on conducting. The IG report concerns great United States by the FBI, the some major issues I opposed President issues that started long before Special Pentagon, and the FCC—all appointed Obama because I thought he was Counsel Mueller was even appointed by Republicans. wrong, and I know how difficult it is. I and concluded before he began his in- President Trump was flatout wrong know how difficult it is, but sometimes vestigation. when he decided to go easy on ZTE and duty and country and patriotism re- Furthermore, the one thing we do allow it to start selling its technology quire it. On a matter as vital as this know about what happened in late 2016 in the United States. If you believe one, having to do with America’s na- is that certain actions taken by the some reports, he did it, once again, on tional and economic security, we can- FBI, intentionally or not, helped the a whim—a phone call from President not back off. I urge my colleagues, par- Trump campaign and hurt the Clinton Xi, our enemy on economic matters, ticularly my friends Senators COTTON campaign. The release that Candidate who is robbing American jobs and and RUBIO and CORNYN, who have been Clinton was under investigation and stealing our technology, and who calls so strong and right on this issue, to the release of comments on what she him up and says: Let’s undo this. Presi- hang tough, especially when we get to had or had not done hurt her. It will dent Trump, seemingly without prepa- conference. take an awful lot of spin, an awful lot ration, without briefings by the mili- I want to thank our Acting Chair of of stretching for Republicans to twist tary or intelligence agencies or our law the Armed Services Committee for un- that around and portray the President enforcement agencies, just does it, derstanding the security risks and for as some kind of victim. hurting America. working in a bipartisan way. Regrettably, people like Chairman The good news is bipartisan efforts in HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ABE SCHUMER NUNES, like FOX News, and like some this body and in the House to undo Finally, Mr. President, if my col- of the Republican supporters of the what the President did and reimpose leagues will indulge me a few more President in Congress—and even like the penalties on ZTE that they de- words, they are personal, but they are the President himself—have been run- serve. meaningful. ning a cynical campaign to undermine President Trump was flatout wrong Today is Flag Day. It is also my fa- the Russia investigation. It seems that when he decided to go easy on ZTE and ther’s 95th birthday. This upcoming the only limits to the wild conspiracies allow it to start selling its technology weekend we will celebrate Father’s they have cooked up are their imagina- in the U.S. again. That puts America Day. tions. This hurts America. We have at severe risk—the risk of a China- My father was a World War II vet heard new reports that Russia is look- backed company spying on Americans’ over in Burma, and when he came back ing to meddle in our 2018 elections. If private information, spying on busi- to Brooklyn after the war, he took over foreign powers can meddle in our elec- nesses, spying on our military. a small exterminating business from tions with impunity, this democracy is ZTE is allowed to come in here? his father, my grandpa. I often joke in trouble—in trouble—both with what Every American should be worried that we are the only family who associ- the foreign powers may do and in the when they talk on their iPhone that ates the smell of DDT with love, be- lack of faith in democracy it instills in China is spying on them. Every Amer- cause my dad would come home from people here in America and around the ican business should be worried that the office smelling of all of those world. Our Republican colleagues who China is spying on their businesses and chemicals. use this and our President who uses their intellectual property, and, most My father hated his job. He paced the this as a political whipping boy are of all, our military leaders should be floor Sunday nights at 2 a.m., unable hurting our democracy. worried that China is purloining se- to sleep, dreading going to work on So almost regardless of what the IG crets that help to keep us safe. Monday. But there was great honor in report says, we can probably expect the That is why we have included a bi- what he did. He never complained. He President, Mr. NUNES, some of the FOX partisan amendment. I want to salute was supporting the family, even if it News commentators, and others to in- Senators COTTON and VAN HOLLEN for was in a job he was stuck with after vent new conspiracy theories and new leading the charge. I want to salute getting back from World War II. He la- calls for more special counsels to in- folks like Senator RUBIO, who has been bored for many years in a job that vestigate the investigators. Americans so strong on this issue, putting country wasn’t his passion and passed on his of all stripes are beginning to see these first. I want to salute the many on our idea of serving without complaining to theories for what they are—distortions side who have agreed with that. It is give his children, grandchildren, and, meant to undermine or distract from the right thing to do—to not allow ZTE God willing, in November, his soon-to- Special Counsel Mueller’s investigation to be here, for both national security be first great-grandchild—my daughter

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Then, we hope to invoke clo- place, there is a new emphasis on de- happy birthday today and to say that I ture on the underlying bill this after- fending America. look forward to seeing him and my noon before we head out of town. If we I don’t say this critically, but the mom Selma, who turned 90 just on D- are able to do that, we will have the last administration had a policy which Day, as well as my wife and two daugh- final passage vote on Monday when we said that we can’t put any more money ters this weekend for Father’s Day, and return. in sequestration for the military unless I wish all Americans the same joy in We are also working diligently as we we do the same for nondefense spend- celebrating Father’s Day this weekend. speak to clear an additional managers’ ing. A lot of people agreed with that. I I yield the floor. package. One of the things we were don’t agree with that. RESERVATION OF LEADER TIME talking about, and I have been some- We are now at the point where we The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under what critical of some of my fellow have broken parity, so I say to individ- the previous order, the leadership time Members, is the fact that we have been uals who are making career decisions: is reserved. operating under rules—and we have Help is on its way; this is a good time gone through this in years past; it is to do it. Part of that is because of the f almost predictable that one individual modernization of the personnel system NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZA- will try to use this bill as a must-pass in this legislation. TION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019 bill. Everyone knows it is going to It also authorizes $40 million for sup- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under pass; it has passed for the last 57 years. plemental impact aid support. With an the previous order, the Senate will re- So, logically, it is where you put an expansion of some military activities, sume consideration of H.R. 5515, which amendment that is very difficult to individuals who are involved are ex- the clerk will report. pass. I don’t blame them for that. I empt from the taxes that support our The legislative clerk read as follows: would do the same thing. Nonetheless, schools. That is a problem we have. A bill (H.R. 5515) to authorize appropria- I wouldn’t do it if it caused all other Every State has a problem, but it is tions for fiscal year 2019 for military activi- amendments to not be considered. probably more severe in Oklahoma ties of the Department of Defense, for mili- I am hoping we will be able to have a than elsewhere. I would like to let indi- tary construction, and for defense activities managers’ package. I have reason to viduals in my State of Oklahoma, at of the Department of Energy, to prescribe believe and I am optimistic about that, five different installations, know that military personnel strengths for such fiscal and it would be a great thing to have. help is on its way, and we are going to year, and for other purposes. I don’t know how many of these try to do a better job with the supple- Pending: amendments would ultimately be in mental impact aid than we have done Inhofe/McCain modified amendment No. the managers’ package, but we are in the past. 2282, in the nature of a substitute. talking about a lot of amendments, and This bill increases funding for the McConnell (for Toomey) amendment No. we have already cleared many amend- personnel, improving the quality of life 2700 (to amendment No. 2282), to require con- ments. for the forces and their families. Most gressional review of certain regulations Anyone who criticizes the process importantly, it increases end strength. issued by the Committee on Foreign Invest- that we are going through right now It is not as much as I would like to see, ment in the United States. Reed/Warren amendment No. 2756 (to may not be aware of how many amend- but it does grow the force, so service- amendment No. 2700), to require the author- ments we have considered in our work members can have sufficient time to be ization of appropriation of amounts for the on this in committee. We are talking with their families and train before re- development of new or modified nuclear about some 300 amendments, and since deploying. weapons. that time, countless amendments have That is what we are doing right now. Lee amendment No. 2366 (to the language been agreed to on both sides. That is It is going to take a lot of additional proposed to be stricken by amendment No. where we are today. funding. We are authorizing that fund- 2282), to clarify that an authorization to use It will be a great victory for all of us ing, and we are going to be rebuilding. military force, a declaration of war, or any I have to remind people in the out- similar authority does not authorize the de- in this Chamber if we can get the man- tention without charge or trial of a citizen agers’ amendments agreed to, and side world who are not here in Wash- or lawful permanent resident of the United hopefully that will be true. ington that we do have a problem. The States. I can’t neglect that today is the assumption that America has the best Reed amendment No. 2842 (to amendment Army’s 243rd birthday. I actually at- of everything at one time was true, but No. 2366), to require the authorization of ap- tended a birthday party for the U.S. it is not true. I always document that propriation of amounts for the development Army quite a while before a lot of you because it is a pretty strong statement. of new or modified nuclear weapons. were even born, when I was in Fort Right now, if we look at our artillery The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Lee, VA, in the U.S. Army. We would in terms of rapid fire and range, both ator from Oklahoma. have been celebrating the 180th birth- Russia and China have better range Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, first, let day at that time. Back when we were and rapid fire than we have in the me make sure we get into the RECORD celebrating the 180th birthday, I never United States. We know we have done as accurately as I am saying right now, dreamed I would be around to celebrate nothing with our nuclear arsenal for to Abe Schumer, that his little boy’s the 243rd birthday of the U.S. Army. the last 10 years. At the same time, our most predictable adversary wishes him The Army is actually older than this triad system has been static, and Rus- today a happy birthday. country is. In 1775, brave Americans sia and China have improved theirs. Mr. SCHUMER. Thank you. I thank joined the cause to fight for the life They are ahead of us in that area. the Senator. and liberty we hold so dear now. It is There is a new type of defense system Mr. INHOFE. That was very touch- the same motivation that still inspires that actually has a defense mechanism ing. Thank you very much, I say to my the service of the men and women who that goes five times the speed of sound. friend, Senator SCHUMER. join the Army and, indeed, all of the It is still in the experimental stage, Mr. President, I want to start today service branches today. but both China and Russia are ahead of by giving an update as to where we are It is for those men and women that us. The bill we are considering now, in the process for the NDAA. we are here today. That is what this is ironically on the birthday of the U.S. At 10:30 a.m., which is coming up all about—the NDAA that we are con- Army, is going to correct that. It is shortly, we are going to have a cloture sidering today. It has provisions for in- going to take a little while, but it is ul- vote on TOOMEY’s amendment that ap- dividuals; it has specific provisions for timately going to correct that. plies the REINS Act to the CFIUS rule- the men and women on the ground in We have 20 or more minutes before making process. We all know what that harm’s way, including the largest pay we cast the two very significant votes

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Yet we have a responsi- stay on the schedule I just articulated to 1 minute. bility to make sure it gets it right, this a few minutes ago. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without administration and future administra- I yield the floor. objection, it is so ordered. tions. I suggest the absence of a quorum. AMENDMENT NO. 2700 This amendment has a mechanism The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. Mr. CORNYN. Madam President, I that requires a simple up-or-down FISCHER). The clerk will call the roll. appreciate this broad support we have vote—it can’t be filibustered; it can’t The senior assistant legislative clerk seen for plugging the holes in our abil- be delayed; it is a simple majority proceeded to call the roll. ity to evaluate foreign investment with vote—to affirm that the rulemaking Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, I ask regard to national security risks in the will actually achieve the legislative at- unanimous consent that the order for United States. We know China, for ex- the quorum call be rescinded. tempt. A ‘‘no’’ vote is really a vote to ample, has been quite explicit about shirk our own responsibility, our con- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without what it is trying to do to surpass the objection, it is so ordered. stitutional responsibility, since all leg- United States economically and mili- islative authority is vested in the Con- Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, we tarily, and it has been very aggressive have two votes coming up. The first gress of the United States. and very strategic in the way it has I urge a ‘‘yes’’ vote. vote is the one I strongly support. With tried to acquire intellectual property CLOTURE MOTION this amendment, Senator TOOMEY is and know-how through foreign invest- looking to do something that has been ment in the United States. That is why The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant very successful; that is, to give a little this legislation is so important. to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the more opportunity for us to oversee I admire the Senator from Pennsyl- Senate the pending cloture motion, some of the overregulations that are vania as one of the most principled which the clerk will state. out there. conservatives in this body and in Con- The senior assistant legislative clerk I was very pleased to have the first gress, but he and I differ over whether read as follows: CRA that was mine, which I authored, the REINS Act, which would require CLOTURE MOTION to be enacted into law. We have now up-or-down votes on implementing reg- We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- had 16 CRAs, Congressional Review ulations, should be a part of the imple- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Act. It is interesting because we went mentation of this national security Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby 20 years without having any of them legislation. I never dreamed we would move to bring to a close debate on Senate that were taken, and now we have been amendment No. 2700 to amendment No. 2282, do that in a national security context as modified, to H.R. 5515, an act to authorize successful in doing that. It is a strong- as opposed to doing it in economic and er position for those of us in the Senate appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- environmental legislation. Reluc- tary activities of the Department of Defense, to be able to get some things done. We tantly, I oppose the amendment of the for military construction, and for defense ac- can safeguard the importance of de- Senator from Pennsylvania and en- tivities of the Department of Energy, to pre- regulation, especially for the future, by courage all of our colleagues to do the scribe military personnel strengths for such passing this amendment today. same. fiscal year, and for other purposes. Senator TOOMEY’s amendment will I conclude by saying, I share his con- Pat Toomey, Ted Cruz, Cindy Hyde- give congressional oversight over the cerns when it comes to using national Smith, James Lankford, John Cornyn, CFIUS rulemaking process, which I Roy Blunt, Thom Tillis, Marco Rubio, security as a pretext on economic leg- Mitch McConnell, Ben Sasse, James M. think everyone in here knows needs to islation and trade issues, and I look be done and will be done. It will not Inhofe, James E. Risch, John Barrasso, forward to continuing to work with Cory Gardner, John Thune, Steve slow down the implementation process him and all of my other colleagues out- Daines, Ron Johnson. and still grants CFIUS the necessary side of the national security context to flexibility to enact in the name of na- The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- make sure we support free and fair imous consent, the mandatory quorum tional security. trade—trade that protects U.S. inter- After that, we are going to have the call has been waived. ests. With the overstepping of the regu- vote that is going to allow us to move The question is, Is it the sense of the latory bounds by the executive branch to a package, and I am hoping we will Senate that debate on amendment No. on occasion, I am all for rolling that be able to do it because there has been 2700, offered by the Senator from Ken- back when we can but not in a national a lot of talk about not being able to get tucky, Mr. MCCONNELL, for the Senator security context like this. from Pennsylvania, Mr. TOOMEY, to an open amendment process. We have I yield the floor. not had one, and that is unfortunate. If amendment No. 2282, as modified, to I suggest the absence of a quorum. H.R. 5515, an act to authorize appro- we can get this package of amendments The PRESIDING OFFICER. The priations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- put together—there are going to be clerk will call the roll. quite a few of them—all of them will be The senior assistant legislative clerk tary activities of the Department of cleared on both sides. It is going to be proceeded to call the roll. Defense, for military construction, and one that people are going to be very Mr. TOOMEY. Madam President, I for defense activities of the Depart- anxious to get done. It is going to give ask unanimous consent that the order ment of Energy, to prescribe military voice to many of the Members, prob- for the quorum call be rescinded. personnel strengths for such fiscal ably some 40 Members who otherwise The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without year, and for other purposes, shall be would not have the opportunity to objection, it is so ordered. brought to a close? have their amendment agreed to or at Mr. TOOMEY. Madam President, I The yeas and nays are mandatory least heard. I think we will have that ask unanimous consent to address the under the rule. opportunity. It is very important we do body for 1 minute. The clerk will call the roll. it now. Hopefully, that package of The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The senior assistant legislative clerk amendments is going to be one that objection, it is so ordered. called the roll. will be favorably approved. Mr. TOOMEY. Madam President, I Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators With that, I yield the floor. make the case that this amendment we are necessarily absent: the Senator I suggest the absence of a quorum. are about to vote on is the simple ques- from Arizona (Mr. MCCAIN) and the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tion of whether we think we ought to Senator from Ohio (Mr. PORTMAN). clerk will call the roll. be accountable, that we ought to take Further, if present and voting, the The senior assistant legislative clerk responsibility for the legislative au- Senator from Ohio (Mr. PORTMAN) proceeded to call the roll. thority we delegate. would have voted ‘‘yea.’’

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:04 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\G14JN6.008 S14JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S3934 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 14, 2018 Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Defense, for military construction, and AMENDMENT NO. 2276 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2282, AS Senator from Illinois (Ms. DUCKWORTH) for defense activities of the Depart- MODIFIED is necessarily absent. ment of Energy, to prescribe military Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I call up The PRESIDING OFFICER. (Mr. SUL- personnel strengths for such fiscal amendment No. 2276 on behalf of Sen- LIVAN). Are there any other Senators in year, and for other purposes, shall be ator BOOZMAN. the Chamber desiring to vote? brought to a close? The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 35, The yeas and nays are mandatory clerk will report. nays 62, as follows: under the rule. The bill clerk read as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 123 Leg.] The clerk will call the roll. The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. INHOFE], YEAS—35 The senior assistant legislative clerk for Mr. BOOZMAN, proposes an amendment called the roll. numbered 2276 to amendment No. 2282, as Alexander Grassley Paul modified. Barrasso Hatch Perdue Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators Blunt Heller Rounds are necessarily absent: the Senator Mr. INHOFE. I ask unanimous con- Capito Hyde-Smith Sasse sent that the reading of the amend- Cassidy Inhofe Scott from Idaho (Mr. CRAPO) and the Sen- Corker Isakson ator from Arizona (Mr. MCCAIN). ment be dispensed with. Sullivan The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Crapo Johnson Thune Further, if present and voting, the Cruz Kennedy Tillis objection, it is so ordered. Enzi Lankford Senator from Idaho (Mr. CRAPO) would Toomey The amendment is as follows: Ernst Lee have voted ‘‘yea.’’ Wicker Flake McConnell (Purpose: To require a report on the perma- Young Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Gardner Moran nent stationing of the United States forces Senator from Illinois (Ms. DUCKWORTH), in the Republic of Poland) NAYS—62 is necessarily absent. Strike section 1254 and insert the fol- Baldwin Gillibrand Nelson The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there lowing: Bennet Graham Peters any other Senators in the Chamber de- Blumenthal Harris SEC. 1254. REPORT ON PERMANENT STATIONING Reed siring to vote? Booker Hassan Risch OF UNITED STATES FORCES IN THE Boozman Heinrich Roberts The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 83, REPUBLIC OF POLAND. Brown Heitkamp Rubio nays 14, as follows: (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than March 1, Burr Hirono 2019, the Secretary of Defense, in coordina- Sanders [Rollcall Vote No. 124 Leg.] Cantwell Hoeven Schatz tion with the Secretary of State, shall sub- Cardin Jones Schumer YEAS—83 mit to the congressional defense committees Carper Kaine Shaheen Casey King Alexander Graham Perdue a report on the feasibility and advisability of Collins Klobuchar Shelby Baldwin Grassley Peters permanently stationing United States forces Coons Leahy Smith Barrasso Hassan Portman in the Republic of Poland. Bennet Hatch Cornyn Manchin Stabenow Reed (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by sub- Blumenthal Heinrich Cortez Masto Markey Tester Risch section (a) shall include the following: Udall Blunt Heitkamp Cotton McCaskill Roberts (1) An assessment of the types of perma- Van Hollen Booker Heller Rounds Daines Menendez nently stationed United States forces in Po- Donnelly Merkley Warner Boozman Hirono Rubio Durbin Murkowski Warren Brown Hoeven Sasse land required to deter aggression by the Rus- Feinstein Murphy Whitehouse Burr Hyde-Smith Schatz sian Federation and execute Department of Cantwell Inhofe Fischer Murray Wyden Schumer Defense contingency plans, including combat Capito Isakson Scott enabler units in capability areas such as— NOT VOTING—3 Carper Jones Shaheen Casey Kaine (A) combat engineering; Duckworth McCain Portman Shelby Cassidy Kennedy (B) logistics and sustainment; The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this Collins King Smith (C) warfighting headquarters elements; Stabenow vote, the yeas are 35, the nays are 62. Coons Klobuchar (D) long-range fires; Cornyn Lankford Sullivan (E) air and missile defense; The motion is rejected. Tester Cortez Masto Leahy (F) intelligence, surveillance, and recon- CLOTURE MOTION Thune Cotton Manchin naissance; and Pursuant to rule XXII, the Chair lays Cruz McCaskill Tillis Daines McConnell Toomey (G) electronic warfare. before the Senate the pending cloture Donnelly Menendez Udall (2) An assessment of the feasibility and ad- motion, which the clerk will state. Enzi Moran Van Hollen visability of permanently stationing a The senior assistant legislative clerk Ernst Murkowski Warner United States Army brigade combat team in read as follows: Fischer Murphy Whitehouse the Republic of Poland that includes the fol- Flake Murray Wicker lowing: CLOTURE MOTION Gardner Nelson Young (A) An assessment whether a permanently We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- NAYS—14 stationed United States Army brigade com- ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the bat team in Poland would enhance deter- Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby Cardin Harris Paul Corker Johnson Sanders rence against Russian aggression in Eastern move to bring to a close debate on Senate Europe. amendment No. 2282, as modified, to H.R. Durbin Lee Warren Feinstein Markey Wyden (B) An assessment of the actions the Rus- 5515, an act to authorize appropriations for Gillibrand Merkley sian Federation may take in response to a fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the NOT VOTING—3 United States decision to permanently sta- Department of Defense, for military con- tion a brigade combat team in Poland. struction, and for defense activities of the Crapo Duckworth McCain (C) An assessment of the international po- Department of Energy, to prescribe military The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this litical considerations of permanently sta- personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and tioning such a brigade combat team in Po- for other purposes. vote, the yeas are 83, the nays are 14. The motion is agreed to. land, including within the North Atlantic Mitch McConnell, Mike Crapo, Deb Treaty Organization (NATO). Fischer, Mike Rounds, Roger F. The Senator from Oklahoma. (D) An assessment whether a such a bri- Wicker, Ted Cruz, Cindy Hyde-Smith, AMENDMENT NO. 2366 gade combat team in Poland would support James Lankford, Marco Rubio, James Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I make a implementation of the National Defense M. Inhofe, John Cornyn, Roy Blunt, Strategy. Thom Tillis, James E. Risch, John Bar- point of order that amendment No. 2366 is not germane. (E) A description and assessment of the rasso, Cory Gardner, John Thune. manner in which such a brigade combat The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The team in Poland would affect the ability of imous consent, the mandatory quorum point of order is well taken. The the Joint Force to execute Department of call has been waived. amendment falls. Defense contingency plans in Europe. The question is, Is it the sense of the AMENDMENT NO. 2700 (F) A description and assessment of the Senate that debate on amendment No. Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I make a manner in which such a brigade combat 2282, as modified, offered by the Sen- point of order that amendment No. 2700 team in Poland would affect the ability of the Joint Force to respond to a crisis inside ator from Oklahoma, Mr. INHOFE, to is not germane. the territory of a North Atlantic Treaty Or- H.R. 5515, an act to authorize appro- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ganization ally that occurs prior to the invo- priations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- point of order is well taken. The cation of Article 5 of the Washington Treaty tary activities of the Department of amendment falls. by the North Atlantic Council.

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:13 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.001 S14JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3935 (G) An identification and assessment of— the United States that was awarded not later assignments, the Secretary shall seek to best (i) potential locations in Poland for sta- than two years before the date of the accept- match the qualifications and skills of par- tioning such a brigade combat team; ance of the individual into the fellows pro- ticipants in the fellows program with the re- (ii) the logistics requirements, including gram; or quirements of positions available for assign- force enablers, equipment, supplies, storage, (B) will be awarded a graduate degree from ment. Each participant so assigned shall and maintenance, that would be required to an accredited institution of higher education serve as a special assistant to the Under Sec- support such a brigade combat team in Po- in the United States not later than six retary or Director to whom assigned. land; months after the date of the acceptance of (4) TERM.—The term of each assignment (iii) infrastructure investments by the the individual into the fellows program. under the fellows program shall be one year. United States and Poland, including new (c) APPLICATION.— (5) PAY AND BENEFITS.—An individual as- construction or upgrades of existing sites, (1) APPLICATION REQUIRED.—Each indi- signed to a position under the fellows pro- that would be required to support such a bri- vidual seeking to participate in the fellows gram shall be compensated at the rate of gade combat team in Poland; program shall submit to the Secretary an ap- compensation for employees at level GS–10 (iv) any new agreements, or changes to ex- plication therefor at such time and in such of the General Schedule, and shall be treated isting agreements, between the United manner as the Secretary shall specify. as an employee of the United States during States and Poland that would be required for (2) ELEMENTS.—Each application of an indi- the term of assignment, including for pur- a such a brigade combat team in Poland; vidual under this subsection shall include poses of eligibility for health care benefits (v) any changes to the posture or capabili- the following: and retirement benefits available to employ- ties of the Joint Force in Europe that would (A) Transcripts of educational achieve- ees of the United States. be required to support such a brigade combat ment at the undergraduate and graduate (6) EDUCATION LOAN REPAYMENT.—To the team in Poland; and level. extent that funds are provided in advance in (vi) the timeline required to achieve the (B) A resume. appropriations Acts, the Secretary may permanent stationing of such a brigade com- (C) Proof of citizenship or lawful perma- repay any loan of a participant in the fellows bat team in Poland. nent residence. program if the loan is described by subpara- (H) An assessment of the willingness and (D) An endorsement from the applicant’s graph (A), (B), or (C) of section 16301(a)(1) of ability of the Government of Poland to pro- graduate institution of higher education. title 10, United States Code. Any repayment vide host nation support for such a brigade (E) An academic writing sample. of loans under this paragraph shall be on a combat team. (F) Letters of recommendation addressing first-come, first-served basis. the applicant’s character, academic ability, (I) An assessment whether future growth (f) CAREER DEVELOPMENT.— and any extracurricular activities. in United States Army end strength may be (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall en- (G) A personal statement by the applicant used to source additional forces for such a sure that participants in the fellows pro- explaining career areas of interest and moti- brigade combat team in Poland. gram— vations for service in the Department. (c) FORM.—The report required by sub- (A) receive opportunities and support ap- (H) Such other information as the Sec- section (a) shall be submitted in unclassified propriate for the commencement of a career form, but may include a classified annex. retary considers appropriate. (d) SELECTION.— track within the Department leading toward The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- (1) IN GENERAL.—Each year, the Secretary a future position of senior leadership within ator from Rhode Island. shall select participants in the fellows pro- the Department, including ongoing mentorship support through appropriate per- AMENDMENT NO. 2885 TO AMENDMENT NO. 2276 gram from among applicants for the fellows sonnel from entities within the Department Mr. REED. Mr. President, I call up program for such year who qualify for par- ticipation in the fellows program based on such as the Defense Business Board and the amendment No. 2885 to amendment No. Defense Innovation Board; and 2276. character, commitment to public service, academic achievement, extracurricular ac- (B) are provided appropriate opportunities The PRESIDING OFFICER. The tivities, and such other qualifications for for employment and advancement within the clerk will report. participation in the fellows program as the Department upon successful completion of The bill clerk read as follows: Secretary considers appropriate. the fellows program. The Senator from Rhode Island [Mr. REED] (2) NUMBER.—The number of individuals se- (2) RESERVATION OF POSITIONS.—In carrying proposes an amendment numbered 2885 to lected to participate in the fellows program out paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary shall re- amendment No. 2276. in any year may not exceed the numbers as serve for participants who successfully com- Mr. REED. I ask unanimous consent follows: plete the fellows program not fewer than 30 positions in the excepted service within the that the reading of the amendment be (A) Ten individuals from each geographic region of the United States as follows: Department that are suitable for the com- dispensed with. mencement of a career track toward senior The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (i) The Northeast. (ii) The Southeast. leadership within the Department. Any posi- objection, it is so ordered. (iii) The Midwest. tion so reserved shall not be subject to or The amendment is as follows: (iv) The Southwest. covered by any reduction in headquarters (Purpose: To improve the amendment) (v) The West. personnel required under any other provision At the end, add the following: (B) Ten additional individuals. of law. SEC. 1254A. INEFFECTIVENESS OF SECTION 937. (3) BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION.—An indi- (3) NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT.—Upon Section 937, relating to a Strategic Defense vidual selected to participate in the fellows the successful completion of the assignment Fellows Program for the Department of De- program may not participate in the program of a participant in the fellows program in a fense, shall have no force or effect. unless the individual successfully undergoes position pursuant to subsection (e), the Sec- retary may, without regard to the provisions SEC. 1254B. JOHN S. MCCAIN STRATEGIC DE- a background investigation applicable to the FENSE FELLOWS PROGRAM. position to which the individual will be as- of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, (a) FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.— signed under the fellows program and other- United States Code, appoint the participant (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than one year wise meets such requirements applicable to to a position reserved pursuant to paragraph after the date of the enactment of this Act, assignment to a sensitive position within the (2) if the Secretary determines that such ap- the Secretary of Defense shall establish Department that the Secretary considers ap- pointment will contribute to the develop- within the Department of Defense a civilian propriate. ment of highly qualified future senior lead- fellowship program designed to provide lead- (e) ASSIGNMENT.— ers for the Department. ership development and the commencement (1) IN GENERAL.—Each individual who par- (4) PUBLICATION OF SELECTION.—The Sec- of a career track toward senior leadership in ticipates in the fellows program shall be as- retary shall publish on an Internet website the Department. signed to a position in the Office of the Sec- of the Department available to the public (2) DESIGNATION.—The fellowship program retary of Defense. the names of the individuals selected to par- shall be known as the ‘‘John S. McCain Stra- (2) POSITION REQUIREMENTS.—Each Under ticipate in the fellows program. tegic Defense Fellows Program’’ (in this sec- Secretary of Defense and each Director of a (g) OUTREACH.—The Secretary shall under- tion referred to as the ‘‘fellows program’’). Defense Agency who reports directly to the take appropriate outreach to inform poten- (b) ELIGIBILITY.—An individual is eligible Secretary shall submit to the Secretary each tial participants in the fellows program of for participation in the fellows program if year the qualifications and skills to be dem- the nature and benefits of participation in the individual— onstrated by participants in the fellows pro- the fellows program. (1) is a citizen of the United States or a gram to qualify for assignment under this (h) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall lawful permanent resident of the United subsection for service in a position of the of- carry out this section in accordance with States in the year in which the individual fice of such Under Secretary or Director. such regulations as the Secretary may pre- applies for participation in the fellows pro- (3) ASSIGNMENT TO POSITIONS.—The Sec- scribe for purposes of this section. gram; and retary shall each year assign participants in (i) FUNDING.—Of the amounts authorized to (2) either— the fellows program to positions in the of- be appropriated for each fiscal year for the (A) possesses a graduate degree from an ac- fices of the Under Secretaries and Directors Department of Defense for operation and credited institution of higher education in described in paragraph (2). In making such maintenance, Defense-wide, $10,000,000 may

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.003 S14JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE S3936 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE June 14, 2018 be available to carry out the fellows program (4) Such recommendations for improve- ing vigilant and preparing for all pos- in such fiscal year. ments to the Transition Assistance Program sible obstacles and outcomes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- as the Secretary of Defense considers appro- President Trump has said that sanc- ator from Oklahoma. priate in light of the data described by para- tions against North Korea will remain graph (3)(A) and the conclusions described by AMENDMENT NO. 2273 in effect until we are sure that nuclear paragraph (3)(B), including recommendations Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I call up for such legislative or administrative action weapons are no longer a factor. I ap- the Rounds amendment No. 2273 to the as the Secretary considers appropriate to plaud this stance of maximum pres- underlying bill. carry out such improvements. sure. We shouldn’t take our foot off the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ma- gas at this point because that is what clerk will report. jority whip. brought us to this historic meeting in The bill clerk read as follows: TRUMP-KIM SUMMIT the first place. I believe the United States should re- The Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. INHOFE], Mr. CORNYN. Mr. President, I am OUNDS main committed to the permanent, for Mr. R , proposes an amendment glad we are making such great progress numbered 2273 to the language proposed to verifiable, and irreversible dismantling on the Defense authorization bill. I be stricken by amendment No. 2282, as modi- of North Korea’s weapons of mass de- know some additional work needs to be fied. struction, and I wish Secretary done. I wanted to come to the floor and Mr. INHOFE. Mr. President, I ask Pompeo luck as he continues followup comment briefly on the historic meet- unanimous consent that the reading of discussions in South Korea to help ac- ing that occurred this last week with the amendment be dispensed with. complish the goal that we seek. North Korean officials in Singapore. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without As Speaker RYAN said last week, President Trump, Secretary of State objection, it is so ordered. President Trump has now ‘‘disrupted Pompeo, National Security Advisor The amendment is as follows: the status quo.’’ I like the way he ex- Bolton, and the rest of the American (Purpose: To require a report on participa- pressed that. President Trump—if delegation are to be congratulated for tion in the Transition Assistance Program) nothing—is good at disrupting the sta- having this meeting. It was a historic At the appropriate place, insert the fol- tus quo, but here, when it comes to first step, and I applaud President lowing: North Korea, it is enormously positive Trump for taking it. But I reiterate: It SEC. lll. REPORT ON PARTICIPATION IN THE when the status quo includes a brutal TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. was a first step. (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than Feb- To me, it reminds me of boxers enter- dictatorship that commits flagrant ruary 28, 2019, the Secretary of Defense shall ing the ring and touching gloves before human rights violations, has a state- submit to the Committees on Armed Serv- the fight begins. It is a warmup for controlled economy, is starving its own ices of the Senate and the House of Rep- something longer and much more dif- people in order to build nuclear weap- resentatives a report on participation in the ons, and has shown contempt for inter- Transition Assistance Program under sec- ficult. We need to remain clear-eyed about who we are dealing with and not national norms and global diplomacy. I tion 1144 of title 10, United States Code, by would say that the careful and cau- members of the Armed Forces. assume that there isn’t hard work to be tious kind of ‘‘disruption’’ is exactly (b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by sub- done. section (a) shall include the following: As one commentator recently put it, the right thing to do. (1) Information on the participation of North Korean duplicity is normal. We Our colleagues across the aisle seem members of the Armed Forces in the Transi- need to remind ourselves of our own to agree, and I am grateful for that. tion Assistance Program during 2018, includ- history of negotiating with North Not everything needs to be a partisan ing the following: issue here in Washington, DC. In a (A) The number of members who were eli- Korea and our counterpart’s record of saying one thing and simply doing an- statement, the junior Senator from gible for participation in the Program during Vermont called the summit earlier this 2018, in aggregate and by component of the other. Armed Forces. The joint agreement signed by Presi- week ‘‘a positive step in de-escalating (B) The number of members who partici- dent Trump and Kim Jong Un set broad tensions.’’ I saw that former Director pated in the Program during 2018, in aggre- goals whereby the United States made of National Intelligence James Clapper gate and by component of the Armed Forces, unspecified ‘‘security guarantees’’ and made similar positive remarks. We will for each service as follows: Kim Jong Un recommitted to work to- have to wait and see how this story (i) Preseparation counseling provided by unfolds, but the President is to be com- the Department of Defense. ward the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. This agreement mended, first for ensuring that the (ii) Briefings provided by the Department summit took place at all and, then, for of Veterans Affairs. set the stage for future engagements (iii) Employment workshops provided by between our Secretary of State and his providing us with hope for a path for- the Department of Labor. North Korean counterpart. ward. (C) The number of members who did not By saying it is a first step—or, like FARM BILL participate in the Program during 2018 due two boxers, touching gloves before the Mr. President, another item of busi- to a waiver of the participation requirement fight begins—I don’t want to suggest in ness today is the farm bill, which I under section 114(c)(2) of title 10, United any way that this was unimportant. I hope we will take up promptly here in Stats Code, for each service set forth in sub- think it is dramatically important be- the Senate. Fortunately, it passed the paragraph (B). Senate Agriculture Committee yester- (2) Such recommendations for legislative cause I can’t think of any other place or administrative action as the Secretary of in the world where a misstep or a mis- day by a vote of 20-to-1. Thanks to Defense, in consultation with the Secretary calculation could lead to so much Chairman ROBERTS and Ranking Mem- of Labor, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, bloodshed, heartache, and conflict. ber STABENOW, this bipartisan com- and the Secretary of Homeland Security, While we know that the military op- promise is a fair and equitable bill that considers appropriate to increase participa- tion must always be the last option, di- does not favor one region of the coun- tion of members of the Armed Forces in each plomacy is always welcome and is fa- try over another. I have found in my service set forth in paragraph (1)(B). cilitated by a strong military and pre- time in the Senate that agricultural (3) Assessments of the Transition Assist- issues and the farm bill don’t pit ance Program by members of the Armed paredness. But now the followup nego- Forces who participated in the Program dur- tiations will be led by Secretary Democrats against Republicans so ing 2018, including the following: Pompeo, and I have every confidence much as it pits one region of the coun- (A) A summary of the data obtained by the that he will ably lead those. try against another, which makes it Department of Defense through assessments He has said that the United States even more challenging—kind of like a of the Program by participants in the Pro- hopes to achieve ‘‘major disarmament’’ Rubik’s Cube to figure out. But the gram during 2018, including data obtained of North Korea’s nuclear arsenal dur- near unanimous vote is a testament to through the assessments as follows: ing the next 21⁄2 years but added em- the collaboration and bipartisanship of (i) The Transition Goals Plans Success the leaders of the committee. They de- (GPS) Participant Assessment. phatically that we will resume joint (ii) Status of Forces Surveys (SOFS). military exercises with South Korea if serve the respect and appreciation of us (B) A summary of the conclusions derived the talks stall. all, especially those of us who hail by the Secretary of Defense from the data I think this represents the right ap- from States where agriculture has such described in subparagraph (A). proach. Aim for the best, while remain- a dominant presence, like my State

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:11 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.004 S14JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3937 and like the State of the Presiding Of- A&M, Texas Tech, and Prairie View So my question to colleagues is: Who ficer. A&M, to promote more productive and knows better about whether this stamp The farm bill is always a significant profitable farming, and it will assist ought to be issued, the Postmaster piece of legislation because it helps to Texas farmers and ranchers in placing General or ourselves? Their objection ensure that Americans, and many and selling their products in foreign is that somehow there is bad precedent other people who depend upon our food markets. here in Congress authorizing a Forever supply, enjoy access to the safest, most I know Senator MCCONNELL intends Stamp. We ought to be proud of that affordable, and most reliable food sup- to take the farm bill up on the floor as precedent because this cause is dif- ply in the world. We have to remember soon as possible, and I look forward to ferent. Especially as we pass a measure that in many non-Western countries, supporting its swift passage. that will support continued war efforts you can’t just walk up to a store and I yield the floor. in defense of our Nation, protecting our know that what you want will be there The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. national security, we ought to be espe- on the shelf or that it will be affordable HYDE-SMITH). The Senator from Con- cially mindful of the need to remember or that it will be safe to even eat. The necticut. and pay tribute to families who have Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi- farm bill helps to ensure that we con- sacrificed loved ones in the service of dent, I ask unanimous consent to set tinue to enjoy each of those things, our country. knowing that we can walk into a store, aside the pending amendment in order I know that every one of my col- to call up amendment No. 2304. that we will find what we want, that it leagues joins me in this feeling. I hope The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there will be affordable, and that it will be that every one of my colleagues will objection? safe to eat. Mr. INHOFE. Madam President, I ob- join me in making that feeling known This year’s farm bill will be hugely ject. to the Postmaster General. This impactful for farmers and ranchers in The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- amendment is one way of doing it. my State of Texas. Among its most tion is heard. To all of us whose sons or daughters noteworthy provisions are protecting Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Madam Presi- have served—as two of mine have—dur- seed cotton eligibility for the farm bill dent, this amendment very simply di- ing this period of war, we must be safety net. In the supplemental funding rects the Postmaster General to issue a haunted by the idea that we could be bill we passed last February, we Forever Stamp to honor Gold Star fam- one of those Gold Star families. No worked hard to include this language, ilies who have lost a family member in doubt, some of my colleagues have returning cotton to the safety net. combat. It is about as simple and been touched directly and imme- This helped cotton growers compete on straightforward as an amendment to diately—I would say almost all of us— a level playing field after years of de- this immensely complex and costly by friends, neighbors, or relatives who pressed prices. measure could be. have suffered these losses. Let us re- So I want to thank Chairman ROB- We are now in the second decade of member them in this special way, as ERTS and Ranking Member STABENOW, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan at the Nation did after World War II. Let as well as the rest of the committee, humongous costs to our Nation: In us remember the moms and the dads on for ensuring that this policy continues treasure, some $5 trillion, and in lives, Father’s Day, on Flag Day, and on and that cotton farmers have the long- close to 7,000 Americans have perished. every day. term predictability they deserve under On this Flag Day, and at the begin- I want to speak more generally about the farm bill. ning of the Father’s Day weekend, I the National Defense Authorization This year’s bill also retains and ask that this body approve an amend- Act because it is a vital and profoundly strengthens the Price Loss Coverage ment that very simply would issue and significant step toward sustaining our Program to help provide Texas pro- direct the Postmaster to issue a For- national defense and security. ducers with predictability throughout ever Stamp commemorating the sac- In an era of unprecedented threats to unstable weather and natural disasters. rifice and loss of our Gold Star fami- our great Nation, the dangers have That comes as great news this year, es- lies. never been greater. The need for this pecially, when we are all well aware All of us in this body have attended defense—particularly in areas and do- that much of the Texas Panhandle, as funerals. We have seen firsthand the mains where we are at a disadvantage, well as much of the rest of my State, losses suffered by brave Americans, like cyber—is critically important. remains under severe, or even excep- their families, their loved ones, their The United States is the strongest tional, drought conditions. friends, their dads, and their moms. All and greatest Nation in the history of Additionally, the bill promotes ani- of us ought to be joining in paying trib- the world. Militarily, we have no peer. mal health and reauthorizes disease re- ute to those families by directing the But other nations are rapidly advanc- search programs, including a crucial Postmaster General to issue a Forever ing in many of the spaces and domains one that will help the U.S. Department Stamp, which will be valid for what- where our advantage was secure. In un- of Agriculture research and contain the ever time it is used. dersea warfare, in space and cyber and spread of cattle fever tick. This is a There is precedent for this kind of robotic combat, we must invest. parasite-carrying insect with the po- stamp. In fact, I was reminded of it by We need to invest not only in the tential to wipe out cattle herds and a friend and constituent, Joe Kaliko of hardware but also in the people—in the cause devastating financial losses. Greenwich, CT, who was inspired by his men and women who fight, who put The research programs that we are childhood stamp collection to suggest a their lives on the line, who wear the promoting will help farmers and ranch- stamp for Gold Star families, perma- uniform and, equally, in the men and ers all across the country. I know the nently recognizing and commemo- women who make the arms and equip- senior Senator from Minnesota, for ex- rating these national heroes. The ment and weapons platforms they take ample, has been concerned about avian stamp was issued in 1947 for Gold Star into combat. They should never have a influenza in her State, and I am glad mothers. It expired about a year there- fair fight. The defense industrial base that we were able to work together to after. Since then, this Nation has never requires skill and training so they can ensure that these important research issued such a stamp again, but there is make the submarines, helicopters, and programs, with all of their implica- no better time than now to recognize Joint Strike Fighters, which we do in tions, are authorized in the bill. this service and sacrifice. Connecticut and in States around this On top of that, the farm bill will This amendment is a very simple way country. strengthen crop insurance and other to pay tribute to Americans who have The men and women who make that crop management tools and enhance lost loved ones in wars that we have stuff are equally important to our na- incentive programs that help the agri- permitted and authorized to go for- tional defense, and their skill training culture community conserve soil and ward. Indeed, this defense bill has more and jobs are vital to our national secu- water. than $700 billion, and a good part of it rity. I think we need to recognize that Finally, the bill encourages the U.S. will be in support of continued Amer- education and training are vital parts Department of Agriculture research ican service and sacrifice in Iraq and of our defense, even though they may partnerships, including those at Texas Afghanistan. not be included in this bill.

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Si- dren from their moms and dads but ate, I have worked to improve dis- korsky helicopters, made in Stratford, also the use of our cherished military charge upgrade provisions to ensure CT, have served our Nation for decades. bases for that purpose. that servicemember petitions are It will support collaboration involving I am also proud to have worked with treated fairly and expeditiously. This the University of Connecticut and the my colleagues on both sides of the aisle policy change was a crucial next step Navy, $25 million above the President’s to stand up to the threat posed by two in reforming that discharge petition request in research and development Chinese telecommunications compa- upgrade process. funding for warship partnerships. nies—Huawei and ZTE. This bipartisan Another provision I have led will re- As we consider these floor amend- opposition to their continued business quire a zero tolerance policy toward ments, I want to emphasize one amend- is a testament to our ability to work domestic violence in the military, a ment that I have filed concerning the across the aisle in defense of our Na- long overdue provision which will en- current immigration crisis; specifi- tion. sure that offenders in the armed serv- cally, the predicament of unaccom- Our military and intelligence leaders ices are held accountable and referred panied minors. have repeatedly warned that ZTE and to the FBI. In May, Attorney General Jeff Ses- Huawei threaten the security of our In defending our Nation against Rus- sions declared that the Justice Depart- networks due to their close ties to the sian cyber attacks, a provision in this ment would prosecute every person Chinese Government. They have also year’s NDAA will authorize who illegally enters the country and violated our sanctions, broken our law, USCYBERCOM to detect, deter, and de- separate children from their parents. and provided equipment and services to fend against Russian information and Previously, families apprehended at rogue regimes, such as Iran and North weapons cyber warfare campaigns that the border were released as they waited Korea. target American Government officials. for civil deportation hearings, but this President Trump and Commerce Sec- We should be doing vastly more against new, cruel policy will tear apart count- retary Wilbur Ross may be willing to cyber attacks from Russia and other less families. It has already separated overlook ZTE’s track record, but Con- adversaries around the world, rather literally thousands of children of im- gress will not do so. Our amendment, than coddling or cozying up to them, as migrant families from their moms and, which has been included in the man- this administration seems to want to yes, on this Father’s Day, from their agers’ package, will prohibit ZTE and do repeatedly. We should be recog- dads. Huawei technologies and equipment nizing they are attacking us, literally, These heartless family-separation from entering the networks of the U.S. daily in the cyber domain. policies are made even more inhumane Government and its contractors for the This legislation will invest in that with the announcement that the safety and security of all of us. defense industrial base, which is so Trump administration plans to house It is not just an intellectual point; it vital in Connecticut and elsewhere. I these immigrant children, who have is a practical security measure. These am proud that Connecticut plays such been separated from their parents, on two companies are instruments of Chi- a vital role in our defense industry. military bases. The only reason the nese influence, and they are peddling Five percent of our country’s defense Trump administration is even consid- that influence throughout the world. contract spending is done in Con- ering detaining children on military We will ensure through this provision necticut, and every dollar is critical to installations is because the number that these two telecommunications our national security, involving the they are tearing away from their moms companies beholden to the Chinese production of submarines, electric and dads exceeds the facilities they Government are not a part of our com- boats, and F–35 engines at Pratt & have available right now. The Depart- munications system in this great Na- Whitney, and helicopters at Sikorsky, ment of Health and Human Services tion. notably the heavy lift CH–53. Sub- has already visited four military in- I am proud to support this NDAA. marines, fighters, and helicopters are stallations—both in Texas and Arkan- Madam President, I yield the floor. proudly produced in this arsenal of de- sas—to assess whether they can be used The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- mocracy. to shelter children. ator from Michigan. Groton, CT, is the submarine capital Just this week, we also heard that Mr. PETERS. Madam President, the of the world. This bill will support sub- the Trump administration is looking to Constitution charges Congress with the marines and this important naval in- construct ‘‘tent cities’’—yes, ‘‘tent cit- authority and the responsibility to stallation. The NDAA includes nearly ies’’—along the southern border to raise and support armies and provide $3.8 billion for the Columbia-class pro- house unaccompanied migrant chil- and maintain a navy. It is a responsi- gram and $4.4 billion for two Virginia- dren. bility this body takes very seriously. class submarines. I fought to include This practice ought to make us That is why for over 50 years the Na- an additional $250 million in funding ashamed and embarrassed as Ameri- tional Defense Authorization Act has above the President’s request for over cans. It is appalling. I am ashamed been signed into law each and every $3 billion in advance procurement of that the United States is not only ac- year. It is the only piece of legislation attack submarines to achieve the tively destroying families and indefi- with this long history of consistently Navy’s goals of 66 attack submarines nitely detaining children but also using being passed by Congress and signed for the 355-ship Navy the Nation needs. military bases to do this. Turning mili- into law by the President. This history These submarines are not a luxury or tary installations into detention camps is a reflection of the importance of the convenience. They are the stealthiest, is a disservice to our brave military policies and funding authorizations most versatile, strongest weapons plat- men and women. Using our military in- within the bill. form we have, capable of delivering stallations to in effect imprison chil- I am particularly proud of what this surveillance and special operators and dren separated from their parents bill includes to support Michigan’s im- cruise missiles and other vital means mocks their purpose and disrespects portant contributions to our national of war. our brave men and women in uniform defense. For example, the 127th Wing at I have also championed more than who rightly use them in the defense of Selfridge Air National Guard Base flies $10.4 billion in funding for 75 F–35 Joint our Nation. the A–10 and in 2015 deployed in the Strike Fighters across the Air Force, My amendment in the NDAA would fight against ISIS. As a result of their Navy, and Marine Corps Services for explicitly prohibit the Department of outstanding performance, the 127th the only fifth-generation fighter in pro- Defense from using any funding au- Wing won the Spaatz Trophy as the top duction. I am so glad the administra- thorized in this defense spending pack- flying unit in the Air National Guard,

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After all, it worked to include an authorization for flexibilities Congress has provided to borders Ukraine. However, Poland an additional $65 million for A–10 wing the Pentagon. faces an enemy within: democratic replacement, bringing the bill’s total It is also important that we take backsliding, which plays into Vladimir investment in new A–10 wings to over steps to protect American ingenuity Putin’s hands as he aims to undermine $144 million. These funds will help pay and innovation generally. That is why democratic values across Europe. for new wings for a full squadron’s I also authored a provision in the bill Since 2015, the Polish Government worth of A–10 aircraft, which are vital that will allow the Department of De- has challenged constitutionalism, erod- for close air support and combat search fense to require that companies and re- ed checks and balances, and indulged in and rescue missions. Our troops on the searchers receiving defense contracts historical revisionism. The breadth and ground know that when they hear the not share new technologies and capa- depth of the government’s actions led iconic roar of an A–10, help is on the bilities developed with any foreign en- the European Commission to conclude way. A–10 pilots and maintainers are tity, and if they do, they will lose the in December that Poland’s ‘‘executive proud of their mission, as they should rights to that intellectual property. and legislative branches have been sys- be. This bill works to ensure that these This will help ensure that investments tematically enabled to politically aircraft will keep flying. made by DARPA and the DOD labs are interfere in the composition, powers, The legislation also includes an addi- not shared with our competitors. administration and functioning of the tional $70 million for the next-genera- Additionally, this bill also includes judicial branch.’’ I discussed these concerns in a meet- tion combat vehicle prototype. The De- reform to the Committee on Foreign ing with Polish Deputy Foreign Min- troit Arsenal in Warren will be the Investment in the United States, ister Marek Magierowski in February, home of the Army’s cross-functional known as CFIUS. CFIUS works to en- including a controversial law, intro- team for the next-generation combat sure that investments in U.S. compa- duced on the eve of International Holo- vehicle, reporting to the Army Futures nies made by foreign investors do not caust Remembrance Day, which may Command. threaten national security by pro- actually impede research, scholarship, This important work on developing viding other countries with access to and journalism about the Holocaust. the future of the Army’s ground vehi- the crown jewels of U.S. technology. The Department of State rightly ob- cles will continue to occur in South- In closing, Madam President, I wish served that this law might have reper- east Michigan, taking advantage of to point out that this bill is named for cussions for ‘‘Poland’s strategic inter- many of the automotive manufacturers Chairman JOHN MCCAIN. We all know ests and relationships—including with and suppliers that are shaping the fu- his presence is missed on the Armed the United States and Israel. The re- ture of mobility. Services Committee, as well as sulting divisions that may arise among Just as the commercial automotive throughout the entire Senate. I wish our allies benefit only our rivals.’’ industry is developing connected and him a speedy recovery. I am keeping Independence of the judiciary will autonomous vehicles that will change him and his family in my prayers. take another hit on July 3, when a new Madam President, I yield the floor. the future of transportation forever, law will go into effect forcing the early the next-generation combat vehicle AMENDMENT NO. 2276 retirement of up to 40 percent of Po- and other concepts developed by the Mr. CARDIN. Mr. President, I rise land’s 120-member supreme court, the Army’s Tank Automotive Research, today to express my support for the reintroduction of the Soviet-era fea- Development and Engineer Center, amendment the senior Senator from ture of ‘‘lay judges,’’ and make final TARDEC, will change the future of Arkansas has offered to the H.R. 5515, judgments subject to ‘‘extraordinary warfare. the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense appeals.’’ These developments—very All self-driving vehicles, whether Authorization Act, NDAA. Senator concerning both for Poland and the re- they are developed for the military or BOOZMAN’s amendment is a thoughtful gion—should be part of the administra- for the auto industry, rely on artificial one. It proposes to solicit information tion’s dialogue with Warsaw on com- intelligence and machine learning. Ar- from the Department of Defense to prehensive transatlantic security. tificial intelligence powers autono- help us carefully think through our re- Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I rise mous systems but can also reform the sponse to the changed strategic situa- to highlight an issue concerning the in- business practices of the Pentagon. AI tion in Europe. Russia’s military ag- dustrial base that supports the stra- can help with personnel management gression and Military incursions in tegic TRIAD. Currently the Air Force and purchasing practices and find in- Georgia, Ukraine, and elsewhere have is developing the Ground Based Stra- sights and efficiencies that are difficult made it abundantly clear that we are tegic Deterrent or GBSD. This will be to find unless you can manipulate and no longer in the security environment the Nation’s new land-based interconti- analyze the Department’s massive that provided the context for the com- nental ballistic missile and will replace amounts of data. mitments we made in the 1997 NATO- the venerable Minuteman Three. Near- Artificial intelligence will have an Russia Founding Act. ly 50 years ago, when Minuteman was enormous impact on our economy, and The United States and Poland have a built, there were five companies capa- that is why it is essential that the long record of highly effective coopera- ble of producing large solid rocket mo- United States make significant invest- tion in military matters. Poland has tors. The industrial base that produces ments in AI development and that we made important contributions to oper- large solid rocket motors for the Na- lead the world in developing this capa- ations in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, tion’s strategic TRIAD has shrunk to bility. We know that our competitors and an American-led NATO battle two, and if the GBSD program is not are taking AI very seriously. China has group in Poland is playing an impor- handled carefully, it could soon shrink developed a national strategy to de- tant role in reinforcing NATO’s eastern to one. With each new missile likely to velop its AI capabilities, and Vladimir flank today. have three large solid rocket motors, it Putin has said that whoever leads in AI Still, a decision to permanently de- is important to maintain multiple will rule the world. The United States ploy U.S. forces to the territory of even companies that can produce them. must lead the way on artificial intel- such a stalwart ally should not be This problem was clearly identified ligence to best shape the future econ- taken lightly. This amendment wisely in April 2018 when the Undersecretary omy and our country, to strengthen requests that the Department of De- of Defense for Acquisition and our national security, and to address fense provide its assessment of a num- Sustainment released the Department the moral and ethical questions that ber of factors that we will need to of Defense’s Annual Industrial Capa- arise with any new technology. weigh when deciding whether to take bilities Report. I would encourage my

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The Sen- I would like to read one paragraph three to four votes during this series. ator from Utah. from page 85, which accurately synop- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Mr. LEE. Madam President, I ask sizes the lack of oversight of the large ator from Washington. unanimous consent that the following solid rocket motor industrial base: STEPHEN MICHAEL GLEASON CONGRESSIONAL amendments be called up en bloc: ‘‘Maintaining a healthy and competi- GOLD MEDAL BILL amendments Nos. 2289, 2295, 2300, 2322, tive solid rocket motor industrial base Ms. CANTWELL. Madam President, I 2365, 2440, 2441, 2464, 2486, 2509, 2544, 2550, is also of concern to the Department. come to the floor to honor Washington 2579, 2587, 2589, 2598, 2600, 2611, 2617, 2623, Solid rocket motors for tactical mis- State’s finest, Spokane native and 2633, 2634, 2653, 2654, 2686, 2691, 2695, 2721, siles are produced in a nearly even split Washington State University Cougar 2723, 2729, 2737, 2742, 2755, 2758, 2768, 2794, between the two domestic suppliers, Steve Gleason. I know my Senate col- 2799, 2800, 2810, 2815, 2818, 2830, 2862, 2863, Orbital ATK and Aerojet Rocketdyne. leagues will be here later this after- and 2887. I further ask consent that However, in the very near future all noon to do the same. My colleagues these amendments be considered en the large solid rocket motors for stra- from Louisiana and Washington have bloc; that it be in order for the Lee tegic missiles and space launch will be introduced legislation to award Steve amendment No. 2366 to be called up, produced by Orbital ATK. the Congressional Gold Medal, and that there be up to an hour of de- Aerojet Rocketdyne has managed to Congress’s highest honor. I look for- bate on the amendments to run concur- maintain their large solid rocket ward to seeing this legislation pass rently, and that following the use or motor capability for now with produc- later today by unanimous consent. yielding back of that time, the Senate tion of the boosters for the United Many Washingtonians remember vote on the en bloc amendments and the Lee amendment. Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V space Steve as a standout student athlete The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there launch vehicle, and small development whose dedication in the classroom earned him repeated academic honors objection? investments from the GBSD program. Mr. GRAHAM. Yes. Madam Presi- and whose dominance on the football But ULA has chosen Orbital ATK’s dent, reserving the right to object, and field and baseball diamond set records boosters to replace Aerojet I will object. Rocketdyne’s on Atlas and future and dazzled fans. Everybody back home My colleague from Utah, who is a launch vehicles, leaving Aerojet is pulling for Steve. very smart man on the Judiciary Com- Rocketdyne with no large solid rocket Instead of Steve going to the mittee, like I am—I don’t know if I am motor production. Aerojet Rocketdyne Seahawks, he signed with the New Or- smart, but we are on the same com- has chosen to close their Sacramento leans Saints. He quickly became a fan mittee—we are actually making large solid rocket motor production fa- favorite for his work ethic and the joy progress here. cility. he brought to the game. Just briefly, Senator CRUZ has had an While they have plans to reconstitute In his first game back under the Su- amendment that says if someone is this capability at their Camden facil- perdome after Hurricane Katrina, he suspected of being part of an enemy ity, they may not do so if they are not blocked a punt that was returned for a force, they will have a hearing to strip part of the winning team for GBSD, touchdown. It is a play I know Saints’ their citizenship, which avoids the fans around the country still remember producing at least one solid rocket problem Senator LEE and I have. He is motor stage. This potentially leaves fondly. trying to combine that with his amend- the United States with a single large It is not Steve’s athletic feats at ment. solid rocket motor supplier, which can Washington State University or in the Unfortunately, there is no ability to lead to cost increases due to lack of Superdome that make him worth rec- hold them as an enemy combatant dur- competition, decreases in internal re- ognition, it is his perseverance, deter- ing that process—and maybe we can search and development efforts, and mination, his unbreakable spirit in the work that out later—so I object. risk of security of supply if a cata- face of ALS, and his dogged advocacy The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objec- strophic accident should occur.’’ for people who have been impacted by tion is heard. I am very concerned about what the this disease. The Senator from Utah. Under Secretary has revealed in this That is why Steve is such an inspira- Mr. LEE. Madam President, I appre- report. I believe that the Nation must tion to the people of Spokane, through- ciate the efforts made by my friend and avoid a monopoly provider situation out the State of Washington, and distinguished colleague, the Senator for the very reasons stated in the re- across the United States. Through his from South Carolina. I wish to speak port. As a member of the Appropria- public advocacy and collaboration with concerning the purpose for my making tions Committee, I believe that we Congress, Steve helped pass the Steve this request. I do so with great respect have a duty to be proper stewards of Gleason Act, which ensures that people for this body, for its customs, its tradi- the defense industrial base, both for with ALS and other degenerative dis- tions, its rules, and for each of its our current warfighters and for those eases can access speech-generating de- Members. who will follow. This is an issue that I vices, whether at home or in a health At the same time, it is imperative will continue to monitor, and I urge facility. that we point out what is happening. my colleagues to do the same. His leadership with the Gleason Ini- We have a bill—one of the most con- Mr. PETERS. I suggest the absence tiative Foundation brought together sequential pieces of legislation we vote of a quorum. the largest ALS research project in the on each year—the National Defense The PRESIDING OFFICER. The world, and his work has helped us im- Authorization Act. We have been effec- clerk will call the roll. prove the lives of countless individuals tively shut out of a meaningful amend- The legislative clerk proceeded to who have been impacted by this dis- ment process, one that has historically call the roll. ease. marked this body as one of its distin- Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, We could not be more proud of him, guishing characteristics; one that has I ask unanimous consent that the order and that is why we are here today, to historically helped this body to refer to for the quorum call be rescinded. make sure this legislation gives that itself as the world’s greatest delibera- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without appropriate recognition. Steve Gleason tive legislative body. objection, it is so ordered. said: ‘‘Our potential is not contained in We have tested that in recent months Mr. MCCONNELL. Madam President, our physical bodies, but rather in our and years as Members have started ob- I ask unanimous consent that notwith- mind and in our spirit.’’ jecting with increasing frequency to

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Yesterday, there was The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. The purpose of this amendment is a motion to table this amendment. In SASSE). The Senator from Montana. simple. It is to make sure the U.S. Gov- other words, there were some Members FLAG DAY ernment has no authority and claims of this body who didn’t want to con- Mr. DAINES. Mr. President, Last no authority to indefinitely detain U.S. sider it at all so they made a motion to year, just a few miles down the road in citizens apprehended on U.S. soil. Most table. When you table something in the Virginia, a disabled World War II vet- people listening to this—anyone listen- Senate, you are setting it aside, setting eran, Richard Cohen, woke up to his ing to it—would think, why on Earth it on the table, saying: We are not burned American flag on his doorstep. would we need legislation stating going to address that. Do you know Let me say that again. Richard Cohen, something so obvious? The fact is, we what happened? There were 68 people who was wounded by German machine- shouldn’t. who voted against that motion to gun fire while defending our freedom in It is the inexorable command of the table. In other words, 68 people voted World War II, woke up to his American Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Amendments, that we should have a vote on this flag desecrated on his doorstep. not to mention other statutory and amendment. That is more than a ma- Unfortunately, this is just one of constitutional protections, that the in- jority, more than the three-fifths or 60 many astonishing stories of our Amer- definite detention without charge, needed to close debate. That is more ican flag being ruined. In fact, since without trial, without access to a jury, than the threshold required to propose 2014, there have been 50 known offen- without access to counsel—these kinds a constitutional amendment or over- sive acts of American flag burning. of things are anathema to our way of ride a Presidential veto. That is 50 times that our symbol of life, to our constitutional system of Why then are we not discussing this? freedom—that thousands of Americans laws. Why are we not voting on it so we have have paid the ultimate sacrifice for— Why then do we need this amend- a number of amendments? You may was destroyed. ment? Well, about 7 years ago, toward have heard me reciting a series of That is why I am here today, Flag the end of 2011, when Congress was con- about three dozen four-digit numbers, Day, to speak about my constitutional sidering, then ultimately passed, the each referring to a separate amend- amendment that would prohibit the National Defense Authorization Act for ment being proposed for a so-called burning of the American flag. The col- Fiscal Year 2012, Congress included in managers’ package. ors of the flag—red, white, and blue— that legislation a provision, section If we are going to further amend this symbolize valor, purity, and persever- 2021 of that bill, that purported to give bill, we need to consider those with a ance. The American flag represents our the U.S. Government that authority in vote, and we need a vote on my amend- Nation’s history and the character of certain circumstances. ment. Yesterday, 68 Members of this our Nation’s Founding Fathers. In other words, there were cir- body agreed that we should be consid- Beginning with those Founding Fa- cumstances based on the accusations ering this. thers, the American flag represents the against you, as an American citizen, Ask any American you know—your patriotism and dedication of men and that you could be apprehended on U.S. friends, your neighbors, I don’t care women who fought to defend our Na- soil and held indefinitely without what State they live in, what party tion’s freedom when our country was charge or trial. This violates every- they identify with, where they go to founded more than 200 years ago today. thing we know about our system of church or synagogue, whether they are Thousands of brave and selfless men government. It violates everything we believers in God, regardless of their and women have given their lives in know about the laws of any decent na- background, their socioeconomic sta- sacrifice and service to our country tion—any nation that recognizes the tus, what they do for a living—you ask and in defense of our flag. fundamental, essentially eternal dig- people from almost any background, That is why I have introduced this nity of the human soul. This is not and I can almost guarantee you they constitutional amendment to provide something we do in the United States. are going to call this a no-brainer. Congress with the authority to pro- I raised objections to it at the time. Why would we not want to remove a hibit burning of the American flag. Our I tried to fix it at the time. It didn’t pernicious provision from a piece of flag should be protected in honor of the happen. The following year, late in Federal law that passed a few years countless American servicemembers 2012, when we were addressing the Na- ago, purporting to authorize the Fed- who have paid the ultimate sacrifice to tional Defense Authorization Act for eral Government to indefinitely detain defend it. Fiscal Year 2013, toward the end of 2012, U.S. citizens, without charge or trial or It is no wonder, by overwhelming ma- I introduced an amendment that is sub- jury or counsel, based merely on the jorities, our veterans and organizations stantially identical to the one I am nature of the allegations against them? like the American Legion support this trying to seek a vote on today. It This is wrong, and the wrongness of because they have been on the passed by a bipartisan supermajority that provision, which could be cor- frontlines defending our freedom. vote. There were 67 Members who voted rected by my amendment, is com- Our veterans are the best example of for this. That is more than a majority; pounded still by the refusal of this why America is still the greatest coun- more than the three-fifths it needed to body, by the refusal of 1 Member of this try on Earth and why our freedoms and close debate. In fact, it is equal to the body, 1 Member out of 100, to allow us our liberties are worth defending. sum required when you are proposing a to get a vote on this. We must vote on In the words of that World War II constitutional amendment out of this this. veteran Richard Cohen, ‘‘I served under body or trying to override a Presi- If we are going to lay claim to any that flag and I bled for it, really, and it dential veto. That is what we had. type of status as the world’s greatest was a personal affront.’’ For reasons that escape me, that pro- deliberative legislative body, we have The American flag has been a symbol vision was removed in the Conference to start voting on amendments again. of hope, a symbol of freedom for cen- Committee when the Conference Com- We have steadily, sadly, tragically re- turies, and it ought to be respected. On mittee was trying to recognize com- linquished that right by acquiescence. this day, Flag Day, may God continue peting House and Senate versions of As of today, I say no more. It has to to bless our troops, our veterans, and the bill. In the subsequent 6 years, I stop. Let us vote on this. We will con- this great United States of America. tried repeatedly to get a vote on this tinue to push this. The laws of the I suggest the absence of a quorum. amendment again, recognizing that it United States and the principles that The PRESIDING OFFICER. The passed overwhelmingly and that it was govern the behavior of decent people clerk will call the roll.

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Mr. President, there is well as extending the service lives of Again, I look forward to completing a reason we have passed the National our nuclear warheads. Modernizing our work on this legislation, and then, as a Defense Authorization Act every year nuclear forces is extremely important member of the Senate Appropriations for the past 57 years, and that is be- for our national security, as well as to Committee—and I am on the Defense cause it is vital for the men and women my home State. In my State, the Appropriations Committee as well—I who take responsibility for defending Minot Air Force Base is home to two of will work hard to make sure we have our country. Passing the Defense au- the three legs of the triad—bombers the appropriate funding to go with the thorization bill is one of the most im- and ICBMs. These men and women of authorization we provide in this legis- portant things we do in this Chamber, the Minot Air Force Base are on the lation to make absolutely sure we sup- and I look forward to passing the bill frontlines of vital missions, and updat- port our incredible men and women in that we have before us out of the Sen- ing our nuclear force will help ensure uniform. We owe them so much, and it ate and getting it through conference they continue to fulfill this vital role is an honor and privilege to work on and signed into law very soon. in coming decades. In just the past few their behalf. I want to start by briefly thanking months, I have visited that base, and With that, I yield the floor. the bill managers for including a num- we have had ongoing deployments to I suggest the absence of a quorum. ber of my amendments, but one I will the Korean Peninsula, based TDY out The PRESIDING OFFICER. The mention that they have added to the of Guam, as well as to the Middle East, clerk will call the roll. managers’ package is an amendment taking an important role in what is The bill clerk proceeded to call the that requires the Air Force and the Na- going on in Iraq and Syria. roll. tional Nuclear Security Administra- I also want to highlight in this legis- Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I ask tion to submit a joint progress report lation the Air Force’s plan to replace unanimous consent that the order for every 6 months on their efforts to de- the engines on the venerable B–52 air- the quorum call be rescinded. velop a new nuclear cruise missile ca- craft, something I have worked on The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without pability. This will help ensure that quite a bit. We expect that aircraft, objection, it is so ordered. their efforts are synchronized and that which has been a workhorse for us for Mr. BOOZMAN. Mr. President, I want we stay on schedule. The nuclear cruise many years, to remain a key element to take a second to thank Senator missile is an important part of our de- of not only our nuclear deterrent but INHOFE and Senator REED and their terrent, and I am grateful for the com- also an important component of our staffs for all of their hard work on get- mittee’s willingness to work with me conventional bomber force for decades ting us to this point on the Defense au- on this amendment and include it in to come. New engines will help keep it thorization bill, which is so very im- the managers’ package. flying and ensure that it will continue portant. This year’s legislation certainly con- to fulfill those vital roles. Through the European Deterrence tains its share of noteworthy provi- The legislation also provides for sig- Initiative, we have made important sions. I will not be able to mention nificant investment in emerging tech- progress in preparing U.S. forces and them all, but I do want to talk about nologies that will position our forces to allies to address Russian threats to some of them here today. For example, remain the most capable military on American interests and the inter- it authorizes a 2.6-percent pay raise for Earth, including investments in national order that protects them. members of the armed services, which hypersonic weapons and directed en- I was just in Poland visiting U.S. is the highest pay raise we have been ergy weapons. forces with Senators INHOFE, CAPITO, able to include in more than a decade. Another base in my State, the Grand and ENZI. We saw firsthand the work It is something they very much de- Forks Air Force Base, has the Global they are doing to preposition equip- serve. Hawk mission. This legislation makes ment and to establish the necessary Thanks to the good work of the Sen- sure we continue support for the Global footprint to sustain operations. ate Armed Services Committee, the Hawk, which is an unmanned aircraft The NDAA contains a provision that bill also takes important steps to mod- that provides an incredibly important would require the Secretary of Defense ernize the personnel system to provide role in ISR—intelligence, surveillance, to conduct an assessment of the feasi- greater career flexibility and make and reconnaissance—which is a very bility and advisability of permanently sure we can meet the needs of the pro- important part of our global reach. stationing a U.S. Army brigade combat fessionals who serve across our mag- This legislation also authorizes the team in Poland. This amendment nificent Armed Forces. annual military construction program, would require a report to accompany In addition to personnel matters, I with an Army readiness center in the assessment, detailing the require- am pleased to note that the legislation Fargo, ND, and a helicopter operations ments for combat enablers to deter ag- supports our Nation’s strategic prior- facility at the Minot Air Force Base gression by Russia and to execute the ities as reflected in the National Secu- representing two examples of military Department of Defense’s contingency rity Strategy, the National Defense construction projects made possible plans. Combat enablers are the essen- Strategy, and the Nuclear Posture Re- through this legislation. Again, these tial noncombat force that helps to view. Those documents rightly point are things I have worked hard on, as maintain our defense posture around out that we face emerging challenges well as other support for our National the globe. from Russia and China. While we hope Guard in my State and across the I urge my colleagues to support this to avoid confrontation with these na- country. amendment as the Senate continues to tions, there is no question we are in This bill includes language that pro- play its oversight role to ensure that competition with them, and this year’s vides higher allowances for Guard we defend our interests and our allies NDAA helps align our forces to make members on lengthy or numerous de- in Europe against Russian aggression. sure we maintain our competitive ad- ployments. It also addresses Federal I suggest the absence of a quorum. vantage. delays in recognizing promotions for The PRESIDING OFFICER. The This legislation also authorizes sig- National Guard and Reserve members, clerk will call the roll. nificant numbers of fighter aircraft and who play such an important role in our The bill clerk proceeded to call the additional numbers of submarines and Armed Forces. roll. surface ships. The reason we are able to There are too many provisions to go Mr. ROUNDS. Mr. President, I ask do that is that we, in the budget agree- through all of them, obviously, but the unanimous consent that the order for ment this year, provided more funding point is we need to pass this legislation the quorum call be rescinded.

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Murkowski Schumer The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there The amendment (No. 2273) was with- Murphy Scott Wicker any other Senators in the Chamber de- Murray Shaheen Wyden siring to vote? drawn. Young Nelson Shelby The yeas and nays resulted—yeas 81, Mr. ROUNDS. Mr. President, I ask Paul Smith unanimous consent that the votes fol- nays 15, as follows: NOT VOTING—3 lowing the first vote in this series be 10 [Rollcall Vote No. 126 Leg.] minutes in length. Duckworth McCain Moran YEAS—81 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without The amendment (No. 2885) was agreed Alexander Fischer Perdue objection, it is so ordered. to. Baldwin Gardner Peters VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 2276 Barrasso Graham Portman Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask unan- Bennet Grassley Reed imous consent to address the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Blumenthal Hassan Risch for 1 minute. question now occurs on agreeing to Blunt Hatch Roberts The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there amendment No. 2276, offered by the Booker Heinrich Rounds Boozman Heitkamp Rubio objection? Senator from Oklahoma, Mr. INHOFE, Brown Heller Sasse Without objection, it is so ordered. for the Senator from Arkansas, Mr. Burr Hirono Schatz Cantwell Hoeven Schumer AMENDMENT NO. 2885 BOOZMAN. The amendment (No. 2276) was agreed Capito Hyde-Smith Scott Mr. REED. Mr. President, the Reed Cardin Inhofe Shaheen amendment would name a fellowship to. Carper Isakson Shelby Casey Jones Smith program on behalf of Senator JOHN VOTE ON AMENDMENT NO. 2282, AS MODIFIED, AS AMENDED Cassidy Kaine Stabenow MCCAIN. I can’t think of anything more Collins King Sullivan fitting, in addition to the naming of The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Coons Klobuchar Tester this bill, than naming this fellowship question now occurs on agreeing to Cornyn Lankford Thune Cortez Masto Leahy Tillis program on behalf of Senator MCCAIN. amendment No. 2282, offered by the Senator from Oklahoma, Mr. INHOFE, Cotton McCaskill Toomey I hope all of my colleagues will join Crapo McConnell Udall me in voting unanimously for Senator as modified and amended. Cruz Menendez Van Hollen The amendment (No. 2282), as modi- Daines Murkowski Warner MCCAIN’s fellowship program. fied, as amended, was agreed to. Donnelly Murphy Whitehouse Thank you. Enzi Murray Wicker The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under CLOTURE MOTION Ernst Nelson Young The PRESIDING OFFICER. Pursuant the previous order, all postcloture time NAYS—15 has expired. to rule XXII, the Chair lays before the Senate the pending cloture motion, Corker Harris Merkley The question now occurs on agreeing Durbin Johnson Paul to amendment No. 2885, offered by the which the clerk will state. Feinstein Kennedy Sanders Senator from Rhode Island, Mr. REED. The senior assistant legislative clerk Flake Lee Warren Gillibrand Markey Wyden Mr. REED. Mr. President, I ask for read as follows: the yeas and nays. CLOTURE MOTION NOT VOTING—4 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a We, the undersigned Senators, in accord- Duckworth McCain sufficient second? ance with the provisions of rule XXII of the Manchin Moran Standing Rules of the Senate, do hereby The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this There appears to be a sufficient sec- move to bring to a close debate on Calendar ond. No. 442, H.R. 5515, an act to authorize appro- vote, the yeas are 81, the nays are 15. The clerk will call the roll. priations for fiscal year 2019 for military ac- Three-fifths of the Senators duly cho- The bill clerk called the roll. tivities of the Department of Defense, for sen and sworn having voted in the af- Mr. CORNYN. The following Senators military construction, and for defense activi- firmative, the motion is agreed to. are necessarily absent: the Senator ties of the Department of Energy, to pre- The Senator from Louisiana. scribe military personnel strengths for such from Arizona (Mr. MCCAIN) and the f fiscal year, and for other purposes. Senator from Kansas (Mr. MORAN). Mitch McConnell, Mike Crapo, Deb MORNING BUSINESS Mr. DURBIN. I announce that the Fischer, Mike Rounds, Roger F. Senator from Illinois (Ms. DUCKWORTH) Wicker, Ted Cruz, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I ask is necessarily absent. James Lankford, Marco Rubio, James unanimous consent that the Senate be The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. M. Inhofe, John Cornyn, Roy Blunt, in a period of morning business, with PERDUE). Are there any other Senators Thom Tillis, James E. Risch, John Bar- Senators permitted to speak therein in the Chamber desiring to vote? rasso, Cory Gardner, John Thune. for up to 10 minutes each. The result was announced—yeas 97, The PRESIDING OFFICER. By unan- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without nays 0, as follows: imous consent, the mandatory quorum objection, it is so ordered. [Rollcall Vote No. 125 Leg.] call has been waived. Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I yield YEAS—97 The question is, Is it the sense of the the floor. Senate that debate on H.R. 5515, an act The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- Alexander Coons Graham Baldwin Corker Grassley to authorize appropriations for fiscal ator from Washington. Barrasso Cornyn Harris year 2019 for military activities of the f Bennet Cortez Masto Hassan Department of Defense, for military Blumenthal Cotton Hatch construction, and for defense activities STEPHEN MICHAEL GLEASON CON- Blunt Crapo Heinrich GRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL ACT Booker Cruz Heitkamp of the Department of Energy, to pre- Boozman Daines Heller scribe military personnel strengths for Mrs. MURRAY. Mr. President, I join Brown Donnelly Hirono such fiscal year, and for other pur- Senator CASSIDY and many of our col- Burr Durbin Hoeven Cantwell Enzi Hyde-Smith poses, shall be brought to a close? leagues in recognizing one of Wash- Capito Ernst Inhofe The yeas and nays are mandatory ington State’s favorite sons—Spo- Cardin Feinstein Isakson under the rule. kane’s own Steve Gleason. Carper Fischer Johnson The clerk will call the roll. I have to say, as a fellow Cougar, Casey Flake Jones Cassidy Gardner Kaine The senior assistant legislative clerk sponsoring this legislation to recognize Collins Gillibrand Kennedy called the roll. Steve’s legacy of excellence—from

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American citizen—has been embraced The Falcons were punting from deep So as Steve looks up—again, he can and cosponsored by more than 70 Mem- in their own territory. Steve broke only move his eyes and blink his eyes— bers of this Chamber from both sides of through the line and blocked the punt. he can look at this keyboard and if it the aisle is a testament not just to the Fellow Saint Curtis Deloatch recovered says, ‘‘Turn my wheelchair to the incredible respect Steve has garnered the ball for a touchdown. right,’’ he looks there and blinks his across our Nation as a standout athlete The stadium erupted. There were eyes and his wheelchair will turn to but to his inspiring leadership and tire- 70,000 fans in the Superdome stadium. I the right. less advocacy that has made an indel- was watching on TV. Al Michaels was He has prerecorded statements. So if ible impact on our Nation and our cul- blown away. It was an incredible mo- you walk in, he will blink at a ture. ment, not just for the football team prerecorded statement that says: Of course, Steve’s skills and talents but because it was the first game in the ‘‘Hello. My name is Steve Gleason. How on the football field are legendary. Superdome, having just been reopened are you?’’ Many will not soon forget that iconic after Hurricane Katrina, which had al- If he wishes to say something sponta- blocked punt at the Superdome in most destroyed the city and, indeed, neously, he can blink, blink, blink, and 2006—a play that helped lift up the the whole gulf coast, and it had much it will say: ‘‘Well, let’s discuss this fur- spirits of an entire community that more meaning. ther.’’ was still struggling in the aftermath of The emotion was for the play but It is not all just ‘‘let’s talk busi- Hurricane Katrina. Yet it has been also for what the play symbolized for ness.’’ He has his iTunes on there. He Steve’s work off the gridiron that has the game. Steve Gleason’s blocked can blink and get his favorite song. had perhaps the most lasting impact on punt symbolized, as Steve would say, There is a multiplicity of functions our country and on our future. ‘‘no white flags.’’ New Orleans and the that allow the man to live—and not Since being diagnosed with ALS in gulf coast were back, and despite just him, because among other accom- 2011, Steve has become a passionate Katrina’s devastation, we would not plishments Steve Gleason and his wife warrior for ALS survivors and their surrender. Michel have achieved, he led efforts to families. Through his Gleason Initia- Now Steve demonstrates that ‘‘no enact legislation, the Steve Gleason tive Foundation, Steve actively sup- white flags’’ resolve in another arena. Enduring Voices Act, to make these de- ports critical research efforts to com- In 2011, Steve was diagnosed with vices available to those suffering from bat ALS and helps to raise much need- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also neurodegenerative diseases. It was a ed public awareness about the condi- called Lou Gehrig’s disease. He cannot bill that I was privileged to introduce tion while also providing ALS patients speak and, except for moving his eyes and that has passed into law. with leading-edge technology, equip- and blinking, he cannot move. But Steve continues to challenge the ment, and services to help them not Steve can still think, and because he heads of industry and medicine to im- only live with their ALS diagnoses but can think and because of what he has prove the technology and the science to thrive. done with his thoughts is why he in- to find a cure for ALS. He opened the In motivating others by his lived ex- spires and why we wish to honor him Team Gleason House for Innovative ample, Steve, together with his wife, with a Congressional Gold Medal. Living, where up to 18 people can live his mother, and everyone at Team He has a difficult challenge, but his as productively and as independently Gleason, has inspired hope in individ- accomplishments addressing that chal- as possible. uals throughout Washington State and lenge are what is noteworthy. After his A few years ago, Steve hosted a glob- across the globe, and he has undoubt- diagnosis, Steve and his wife began a al summit, bringing together research- edly changed countless lives for the mission to show that patients with dis- ers, patients, caregivers, and others in better. eases such as ALS cannot only live, but the ALS community. The summit re- Few people make Washington State they can thrive. sulted in the single largest coordinated as proud as Steve Gleason, and I am de- Steve declared that there would be and collaborative ALS research project lighted to sponsor this legislation to ‘‘no white flags,’’ and that became the in the world, called Answer ALS. It has award him the Congressional Gold mantra of something he began: the nearly 2 dozen research institutions, Medal. I urge our colleagues to support Gleason Initiative Foundation. This 1,000 patients, and 20 trillion data our efforts. foundation helps to provide individuals points that will help to find unknown I thank my colleague Senator CAS- who have neuromuscular disease or pathways to lead to new treatments or SIDY for his leadership on this and for other injuries with cutting-edge tech- to cures. working with me on an important piece nology, equipment, and services. It In recognition of Steve’s work, in of legislation that will recognize an in- raises global awareness about ALS to April I introduced legislation with Sen- credible human being. find solutions and an end to the dis- ators MURRAY, KENNEDY, and CANT- I yield the floor. ease. It has also helped hundreds of WELL to honor Steve Gleason with the The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Sen- people with ALS experience life adven- Congressional Gold Medal. Steve’s ator from Louisiana. tures they never thought possible. story is so compelling that in less than Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I am Steve’s story and mission have been 2 months, over 70 of our colleagues here to speak about honoring Steve chronicled by national and local media joined to affirm Steve’s inspiring story Gleason with the Congressional Gold outlets as well as a 2016 documentary, and impact upon his fellow Americans Medal. ‘‘Gleason,’’ which shows what his life to make him worthy of the highest Steve is well known in Louisiana and has been like since 2011. honor Congress can bestow. throughout the gulf coast and to foot- When first meeting Steve, you would Steve should be awarded this medal. ball fans across the country. He is a expect to feel pity. Yet, as you walk in He is an example of what makes our Washington State native, as Senator and meet him and see what he has country great. He has given hope to MURRAY recently spoke, but he lives in done, as he speaks to you through the many. He gives hope to all those who New Orleans with his wife Michel and machines he has helped to develop, you have ever received a devastating diag- son Rivers. feel inspired. His perseverance and nosis, and his message is simple: Your Steve played in the NFL for 8 sea- commitment to giving hope to others life still has meaning. Your best years sons, mostly with the New Orleans is amazing. can still be ahead of you. Saints. He is famous as a New Orleans I will give a partial list of what he Steve is a role model, not just for Saint. On September 25, 2006, on ‘‘Mon- and his wife have done since his diag- those in the disability community but day Night Football,’’ the first game nosis. He founded the Gleason Initia- for all Americans. I suspect that what

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I would like to thank my colleagues, Steve said there will be ‘‘No White Flags’’, Under such regulations as the Secretary their staff, and everyone else who has which has become the mantra of Team Glea- may prescribe, the Secretary may strike and helped build support for this legislation son. sell duplicates in bronze of the gold medal including Microsoft, the ALS Associa- (10) The Gleason Initiative Foundation struck under section 3, at a price sufficient tion, the NFL, and the New Orleans helps provide individuals with neuro- to cover the costs of the medals, including Saints. muscular diseases or injuries with leading labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and I wish to encourage my colleagues in edge technology, equipment and services, overhead expenses. the House to cosponsor this legislation raises global awareness about ALS to find SEC. 5. STATUS OF MEDALS. Medals struck pursuant to this Act are na- and to pass it as soon as possible. solutions and an end to the disease, and has helped hundreds of people with ALS experi- tional medals for purposes of chapter 51 of I would like to thank Steve for con- ence life adventures they never thought pos- title 31, United States Code. tinuing to be an example of commit- sible after their diagnosis. Mr. CASSIDY. I yield the floor. ment, perseverance, and inspiration. (11) Steve’s story and mission have been The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. CAS- Mr. President, I ask unanimous con- told by the NFL Network, ESPN, HBO, ABC, SIDY). The Senator from Ohio. sent that the Committee on Banking, CBS, CNN, and many local media outlets, as f Housing, and Urban Affairs be dis- well as in a 2016 documentary titled ‘‘Glea- charged from further consideration of son’’, which was heralded at the Sundance OPIOID EPIDEMIC S. 2652 and the Senate proceed to its Film Festival and premiered across the Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, today immediate consideration. country with Variety calling the production ‘‘an emotional powerhouse’’. The documen- I come back to the floor of the Senate The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without tary won several awards, including the 2016 to talk again about the opioid crisis objection, it is so ordered. Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Associa- that has gripped the country and my The clerk will report the bill by title. tion Award for Best Documentary. State of Ohio. The senior assistant legislative clerk (12) Steve was named one of two Sports I want to focus on the issue of read as follows: Illustrated’s Inspirations of the Year in 2014, fentanyl. This is the most deadly of the A bill (S. 2652) to award a Congressional has been a keynote speaker for Microsoft and drugs now. It is a drug that is causing Gold Medal to Stephen Michael Gleason. at two United Nations sponsored Social In- the most overdoses at a time in which There being no objection, the Senate novation Summits, and received the 2015 we have unprecedented numbers of George S. Halas Courage Award, given to a overdoses. proceeded to consider the bill. NFL player, coach or staff member who over- Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I ask Fentanyl is a synthetic form of her- comes the most adversity to succeed. oin and opioids. It is coming through unanimous consent that the bill be (13) Steve helped advocate for the Steve considered read a third time and passed Gleason Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–40; 129 the mail. It is coming mostly from one and the motion to reconsider be consid- Stat. 441), and the Steve Gleason Enduring country—China. It is the poison that ered made and laid upon the table. Voices Act of 2017, H.R. 2465, 115th Congress has contributed more in the last few The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (2017), which permanently ensures people liv- years to the rise in opioid use than objection, it is so ordered. ing with diseases such ALS have access to anything else. The bill (S. 2652) was ordered to be speech generating devices regardless of their Over the past week, we have made engrossed for a third reading, was read setting, whether at home or a healthcare in- some significant progress in pushing stitution. back against fentanyl, and I want to the third time, and passed, as follows: (14) In 2014, Steve and Team Gleason S. 2652 report on that today. hosted a global summit to bring together re- As I am talking today, the U.S. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- searchers, patients, caregivers, and all ALS resentatives of the United States of America in stakeholders to create a plan to ultimately House of Representatives is going to Congress assembled, end ALS. That summit resulted in the single take up legislation called the STOP SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. largest coordinated and collaborative ALS Act, which we have been working on This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stephen Mi- research project in the world, Answer ALS, here in the Senate for a couple of chael Gleason Congressional Gold Medal which brings together nearly two dozen re- years. I am very pleased about that. I Act’’. search institutions, 1,000 patients and suspect the vote today will be bipar- SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 20,000,000,000,000 data points that are impor- tisan. I suspect it will pass the House. The Congress finds the following: tant to the project and that will define the I also want to report that here in the (1) Stephen ‘‘Steve’’ Gleason was born unknown pathways that will lead to treat- Senate we have had a breakthrough in March 19, 1977, in Spokane, Washington to ments or finally a cure. the last week. Not only have we nego- Mike and Gail Gleason. (15) In 2015, Steve and Microsoft worked to- gether to create a method for people who are tiated something with the House that (2) Steve attended Gonzaga Preparatory is, in my view, an improvement from School for high school where he excelled as completely paralyzed to navigate their both a football and baseball player. power wheelchairs with their eyes. Today, the legislation that passed the House (3) In 1995, Steve enrolled at Washington Steve, Microsoft and all wheelchair manu- Ways and Means committee a couple of State University where he was a 2-sport ath- facturers are working collaboratively to weeks ago, but also, in the Senate Fi- lete for the baseball and football teams and make it widely available to all who need this nance Committee this week, we had a helped the Cougars football team advance to technology. In addition, Microsoft has also markup and got a commitment from the 1997 Rose Bowl. made eye tracking technology part of all the chairman and ranking member (4) In 2000, Steve signed a professional foot- Windows 10 products across the globe. that the Finance Committee will also ball contract with the Indianapolis Colts of (16) In 2011, 10 months after his diagnosis, Steve and Michel made their most signifi- mark up the same legislation—iden- the National Football League as an tical legislation—as is likely to pass undrafted free agent but later joined the New cant accomplishment, becoming parents to Orleans Saints in November of that same their son Rivers. the House of Representatives today. season. (17) Steve and Michel Gleason continue to I thank Chairman ORRIN HATCH and (5) Steve would go on to play 7 more sea- fight to find a solution for ALS so they can Ranking Member RON WYDEN for work- sons as a member of the New Orleans Saints. share many years together and as parents to ing with us to ensure we could get this (6) Steve will always be remembered for his Rivers. legislation marked up in committee blocked punt on September 25, 2006, against SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL. and onto the floor of the U.S. Senate as the Atlanta Falcons, the night the Louisiana (a) AWARD AUTHORIZED.—The Speaker of part of whatever we do in terms of the Superdome reopened for the first time after the House of Representatives and the Presi- opioid crisis here in the coming days Hurricane Katrina in a game the Saints dent pro tempore of the Senate shall make and weeks. would win 23 to 3. appropriate arrangements for the award, on Of course, I also commend my House (7) In January, 2011 Steve was diagnosed behalf of the Congress, of a single gold medal with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, of appropriate design to Stephen Michael colleagues for the vote today and for considered a terminal neuro-muscular dis- Gleason. the work they have done on this, par- ease. (b) DESIGN AND STRIKING.—For the pur- ticularly the Ways and Means Com- (8) Following his diagnosis, Steve, with the poses of the award referred to in subsection mittee chairman, KEVIN BRADY, Rep- loving support of his wife, Michel, began a (a), the Secretary of the Treasury (hereafter resentatives MIKE BISHOP, DAVE

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It is also ligence community tells us is that get this bill to the President for his going into crystal meth. In fact, crys- fentanyl comes in primarily by the signature as soon as possible. tal meth now is becoming a bigger U.S. mail system. So instead of coming This is an urgent issue. This is not problem in my home State of Ohio, and overland—and the need for helping to just an important issue; it is an urgent we know for a fact that this is a bigger secure our southern border is clear issue. We need to push back, and we problem in part because it is being partly because of that—here we have a need to push back hard. mixed with fentanyl. situation where this drug is coming in The drug fentanyl is so dangerous The Dayton area recently released its through our own Federal agency, the that a couple milligrams of it, a few county overdose report. The Dayton U.S. mail service. They tell us it comes flecks of it, can kill you. Again, it is area experienced three times as many primarily from one country—China. It something that is causing the most crystal meth-related overdose deaths is made in a laboratory in China, and it overdoses right now. It is not just af- in 2017 as compared to 2016. Again, they is shipped over here. fecting those who are overdosing on it; believe fentanyl mixed into these drugs We spent about 18 months studying it is affecting all of us, including our is the contributing factor. this issue. We went undercover and first responders, including young chil- The county coroner from Cincinnati contacted a lot of different websites, dren who come in contact with it. The said that she has now seen fentanyl and they all told us the same thing, stories of kids exposed to fentanyl are mixed with cocaine and marijuana, as which is this: If you are going to buy really heartbreaking, perhaps because well as a number of street drugs. from us, ship it by U.S. mail. If it someone left it behind at a party, per- Fentanyl and its variants are now the comes by U.S. mail, we guarantee de- haps because their parents or other deadliest drugs of the opioid epidemic. livery. If you don’t send it by U.S. family members left it behind, and One of the takeaways I have had mail, we are not so sure we can guar- these young children are overdosing from my meetings around the State, antee it. and dying. This is happening in my talking to people about how we push Why is that? Because 16 years ago, State. This is happening around the back on fentanyl, is a growing con- this body and the U.S. House of Rep- country. sensus that we need to make much resentatives, after the tragic incidents First responders are being affected. I more progress in keeping the fentanyl of 9/11, decided we were going to tight- hear stories about it when I am home, from coming into our communities in en up on packages coming into our whether it is a firefighter, someone in the first place. Again, we know this is country and the law enforcement the healthcare industry, or someone what is causing the big increase in screening of those packages. So we re- who is in law enforcement. A story, overdoses and deaths at a time when quired all the private carriers—FedEx, which I have mentioned before, is we are doing more at home to address UPS, DHL, and others—to provide law about an East Liverpool, OH, police of- the opioid crisis. If not for fentanyl, I enforcement data about those pack- ficer. He pulls over two suspects, no- strongly believe we would be making ages, where they were from, what was tices they are spreading white powder progress. We would be seeing a reduc- in them, where they were going. They inside the car, trying to hide it. Wisely, tion in overdoses. had to provide that data electronically he puts on gloves and a mask. He This body has passed the CARA legis- and in advance so that law enforce- makes the arrest. When he is back at lation—the Comprehensive Addiction ment could use big data and use ana- the police station booking these indi- and Recovery Act; it has also passed lytics to determine what packages viduals—not for the traffic violation so the 21st Century Cures Act. I have been were suspect to be able to pull them much as for the fentanyl—he looks at at different places in the State in the offline. his shirt and notices a couple of flecks last few weeks where they have been I have been to those facilities where of something white on his shirt, and using that funding well, to do things this happens. It is very impressive. It is brushes it off like that. His fingers are like quick response teams—when some- also very dangerous. These packages, exposed to the fentanyl. Immediately, body is revived with Narcan, the mir- once identified, have to be taken into a he falls to the ground unconscious and acle drug that reverses the effects of room where there is adequate ventila- has to be revived by Narcan, not once, the overdose, then, be sure you are get- tion and other precautions taken— not twice, but for Chris Green, a big ting that person treatment by working gloves and masks and so on—because of guy—6 feet 2 inches, 200-some pounds, with law enforcement, treatment pro- the danger of fentanyl. in great shape—four doses of Narcan viders, and social workers together. It But the U.S. Post Office was not re- were necessary to save his life and keep is working. quired 16 years ago to provide that in- him alive. In one case where they are using formation. Instead, the legislation said As his police chief said, if they funding from the CARA legislation, 80 that the post office needed to study the weren’t right there with him, what percent of the people whom they are issue, leaving it clear in legislative his- would have happened? What would coming into contact with are going tory that Congress considered it a have happened if he had gone home, into treatment. That is a tremendous problem but wanted to give the post of- had those flecks on his shoulder, and improvement from, unfortunately, fice time to look into it. Specifically, hugged his kids? This is an incredibly what is generally happening, which is they asked the Postmaster General and dangerous substance, and we have to that very few people are actually going Department of Homeland Security to deal with it. from the Narcan overdose saving the come up with a report. It never hap- Last year, law enforcement officials person’s life into treatment. We have pened. in Massachusetts said that with two to deal with that gap. So here we are, 16 years later. The doses of Narcan, they revived a man So we are making progress, yet the post office doesn’t have that require- who said he had been smoking only fentanyl is overwhelming the system. ment, and these other ways you can marijuana. How could this be? It was So it is time for us to figure this out, send packages mailed into the United because fentanyl was mixed with that and push back harder. States do have that requirement. So marijuana. In 2013, in my home city of Cin- guess where the traffickers go. I was in Lorain, OH, last week for a cinnati, we experienced a 1,000-percent The post office in the last year or so meeting with folks involved in pushing increase in fentanyl deaths. In the first has begun to step up its efforts, and I back against this substance abuse 5 months of this year, more than 90 am happy about that. I believe they did problem—law enforcement, social percent of the drugs seized by the Ham- it because of our hearings and because workers, treatment providers. Law en- ilton County crime lab contained of the pressure from Congress and be- forcement told us a story that was very fentanyl—more than 90 percent. cause of this legislation called the

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We are tak- I had a tele-townhall meeting last looked at, and this is a big improve- ing other steps to deal with this issue week in Washington where I called in ment, but we still have so many hun- in terms of increased prevention and and spoke to thousands of Ohioans at dreds of millions of packages not re- education efforts. That is in the CARA once. We do this on a monthly basis. ceiving that kind of screening. legislation. There is $10 million right For the last few years, we have been In addition, we learned through our now available for the administration to asking questions about opioids in our hearings and investigation that 20 per- come up with a national media cam- survey. It is a very simple question. It cent of the time, when law enforcement paign that I would strongly support. says: Have you been directly affected? had identified a Postal Service package They have already started a smaller Has anybody you know been directly that was suspect, it was not presented media campaign with the private sec- affected by this opioid crisis? to law enforcement. In other words, it tor. I support that as well. We need to Unbelievably, we have gotten typi- went into the community anyway. push back every way we can, letting cally about 50 percent of the people Clearly, we have a big problem. We people know the dangers, including the who called—again, these are thousands are not screening adequately, we are fact that any street drugs you take of people randomly selected—saying: not providing the information for now potentially can have deadly con- Yes, my family or someone I know has enough packages, and we are not giving sequences, including fentanyl. been directly affected by opioids. law enforcement the tools they need to We need to do more in terms of get- At the call last week, two-thirds of do their job. By the way, with regard to ting people into treatment. This is a the people on the call said they have the private carriers, it is 100 percent disease, and it needs to be treated as been directly affected or someone they required. such. We are not going to be able to know has been directly affected. That So the legislation we are proposing is make progress unless we take people is why people are desperate for a solu- to tell the post office: This poison has who are already addicted and get them tion because it is affecting them. It is to be stopped in every way we possibly into the treatment and longer term re- affecting their lives. It is affecting can. This is a crisis. This is not just covery they need. Longer term recov- their families. It is affecting our com- important; it is urgent. It is something ery is funded by CARA and Cures. This munities. It is affecting every single we want you to address. is the first time Congress has done aspect of our community—the So it says that by 2020 we have to this. It is very important because if healthcare system, the foster care sys- have 100 percent of packages screened, you get people into longer term recov- tem, the prison system, the court sys- and we have to give law enforcement ery programs—sober housing and group tem. It is time for us to step up and do the tools they need. Law enforcement, discussions, helping to support them— more. Yes, prevention, treatment, of course, is desperate to get this infor- you have a much higher likelihood of longer term recovery but also helping mation. If they have the information, somebody getting clean, being success- law enforcement to be able to push they can help. They can help to keep ful, being able to get back on track, back and stop some of this poison from these packages out of our country. getting back with their family, getting coming into our communities in the They can also help to raise the price. back to their job. first place. Some packages that are stopped, of Finally, we have to do more in terms Let’s pass the STOP Act to give law course, would otherwise have gone to a of helping law enforcement. Again, enforcement the tools they need post office box or someone’s home or that is partly what we are doing here, against this new scourge of this epi- an abandoned house and been distrib- giving them the tools to be able to stop demic, and by doing so, we will save uted. Packages that could have some of this poison from coming in, in lives. poisoned hundreds of thousands of peo- I yield the floor. the first place. I suggest the absence of a quorum. ple and killed hundreds of thousands of I am encouraged with the progress we The PRESIDING OFFICER. The people have been seized in the State of made just in the last week. We now clerk will call the roll. Ohio. There was a package found re- have a House bill that is being voted The senior assistant legislative clerk cently in Nebraska that could have on, as I speak. We now have a Senate proceeded to call the roll. killed millions of people. In a rel- bill that has been agreed to be reported Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I atively small quantity, this is incred- out of committee coming onto the ask unanimous consent that the order ibly powerful, dangerous stuff. floor. They are identical. They both do for the quorum call be rescinded. Now, with this legislation, we will be the job. They both tell the post office The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without able to identify more of these packages we have to change behavior. objection, it is so ordered. and get them offline and, again, at a By the way, in terms of the post of- f minimum, be able to raise the cost. fice, someone told me today that the One of the reasons fentanyl has postal union was concerned about this REMEMBERING PHILO T. taken over and pushed out other legislation. I encourage you to talk to FARNSWORTH drugs—by the way, it is 50 times more rank-and-file mail carriers, postal car- Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I rise powerful than heroin. One reason is riers, and ask them what they think. today to pay tribute to a remarkable that it is relatively inexpensive. This They don’t want to be carrying this Utahn whose impact has been felt by will raise the price and reduce the vol- poison into our communities. They generations of Americans every day: ume and help to save lives. don’t want to be potentially exposed to the ‘‘Father of Television,’’ Mr. Philo We now have over one-third of the this poison, should a package leak, be- T. Farnsworth. A true American inven- U.S. Senate as cosponsors of this legis- cause of the danger of it. tor, Farnsworth’s image has graced lation, including Senator HATCH and The people I talk to agree, we abso- Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol Senator WYDEN. Again, I appreciate lutely have to crack down on this. We Building since 1990 in larger-than-life their support and their work on this. are not asking the post office to do it fashion, as one of two statue contribu- We also have about half of the House of alone. We are providing funding to Cus- tions by Utah. Representatives who have supported toms and Border Protection to be there Just a few months ago, the Utah the STOP Act in the other Chamber. with them. The postal inspectors, the State Legislature voted to replace the It is time for us to take the next folks who are actually local law en- Farnsworth statue with that of Martha step: pass this legislation, get it in forcement, are desperate to ensure that Hughes Cannon, the first woman State place, and immediately tell countries we can do this because they are tired of senator in Utah and the Nation. Her in- like China, if you want to send pack- it. They are tired of seeing this stuff fluence as a Mormon pioneer, a Utah ages to us, you have to provide this in- come in, like an avalanche coming into women’s rights advocate, and early fe- formation. our country, and creating all these male physician opened doors and paved

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For the across the country. statue will be missed here in the Cap- past year, Melissa has coordinated Martha’s contributions have been itol, but through his singular inven- daily operations in my office, helping far-reaching in Utah, but in no way tion, Farnsworth’s influence in our to create order out of the chaos of my should the changing of the statues di- daily lives will be ever present. schedules. minish the contributions of Philo T. Farnsworth’s statue has rep- Having worked for Congressman Rick Farnsworth as one of America’s great- resented—and will continue to rep- Boucher, Senator Jim Webb, and Sec- est innovators. I have always been resent—the honor and appreciation retary Castro at the Department of proud to show the thousands of con- Utahns have for his monumental life Housing and Urban Development, Me- stituents who visit the Capitol each achievements. His image has honorably lissa has many friends on Capitol Hill, year the Farnsworth statue. This served our State well for almost three and she was an immediate asset to my iconic sculpture has been a wonderful decades, and I am hopeful it will find office. With a cool head under pressure representation of the traits that our the right home. It has been a pleasure and excellent diplomatic skills, Melissa State was founded on: hard work, inno- sharing the Capitol with the image of has kept the trains running on time vation, and industry. Philo T. Farnsworth. and put out the occasional fire. She has Farnsworth was born in 1906 in Bea- f worked with the rest of my staff to ver, UT, a small rural town settled in manage priorities and coordinate each 1856 by Mormon pioneers traveling the VOTE EXPLANATION day efficiently while assisting in long- road to southern Utah. His early pio- Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. President, while term planning. neer roots encouraged a work ethic and my vote would not have changed the Our entire team will miss her counsel can-do attitude that propelled his life- outcome, I would have voted ‘‘yea’’ on and sense of humor. I am sure she will long love of learning and invention. the motion to invoke cloture on the make a tremendous impact on her next From a very young age, he imagined Toomey amendment. I was questioning project, an exciting new advocacy and later implemented scientific de- nominees at the Senate Foreign Rela- group where she will continue to fight signs, including a machine to convert tions Committee hearing on nomina- for progressive values. I hope her new electric power in his family home and a tions at the time of the vote. job will also give her some more time tamper-proof lock, but it was in a high f with her husband, David, daughter, school chemistry class in Rigby, ID, VOTE EXPLANATION Penny, and cats, Rex and Willie Nel- that he began to sketch an idea for a son, and I look forward to hearing vacuum tube that would forever change Mr. PAUL. Mr. President, the Senate about the extraordinary work she does the media and entertainment land- adopted amendment No. 2276 to H.R. next. scape. Farnsworth’s sketch was the 5515 by voice vote, though I opposed blueprint for what would eventually this amendment and would have voted f become the modern-day television. against it. This amendment would fur- Farnsworth had a special knack for ther study the feasibility of estab- ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS taking big ideas from paper to prac- lishing a permanent U.S. troop pres- tice—first, as a student at Brigham ence in Poland. We should be looking Young University, then later as a busi- at where we can reduce our footprint TRIBUTE TO NICOLE SHERMAN nessman. He didn’t just stop with tele- abroad, not where we can expand it. As vision. In fact, his scientific mind our government continues to pile up ∑ Mr. DAINES, Mr. President, this made great inroads in other areas of debt, we should be asking our NATO al- week I have the honor of recognizing advancement, including sterilizing lies to step up and prioritize their own Nicole Sherman of Roosevelt County milk using radio waves. defense. The more that we assume the for her dedication to the Sherman Inn In later years, Farnsworth continued security burden, as this amendment in Wolf Point. research in further technologies, in- would do, the less incentive these coun- Nicole began her career at the Sher- cluding radar, the infrared telescope, tries will have to contribute their man Inn in eighth grade where she and nuclear fusion. In fact, in 1967, he share toward our mutual defense. served as a waitress. At the time, both moved back to Utah to run a fusion lab (At the request of Mr. DURBIN, the of her parents worked at the Inn. A few at Brigham Young University, which following statement was ordered to be years later, her parents bought the Inn, was later relocated to Salt Lake City printed in the RECORD,) and she joined the family business full operating as the Philo T. Farnsworth f time following school. Association. Today, Nicole is the general manager Unfortunately, Farnsworth had to VOTE EXPLANATION of the hotel and runs it with her sister- endure legal battles throughout his ca- ∑ Ms. DUCKWORTH. Mr. President, I in-law. They pride themselves on being reer regarding patent claims. He also was necessarily absent for vote No. 124 a family-owned and operated business, faced great financial hardship. He on the motion to invoke cloture on one that gives back to the community passed away from pneumonia on March amendment No. 2282, as modified, to frequently. The Sherman Inn sponsors 11, 1971, in Salt Lake City, UT, just as H.R. 5515, the National Defense Author- any events they can around the com- having a home television set became ization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. On munity. the norm in most American house- vote No. 124, had I been present, I Nicole is focused on offering a great holds. Sadly, Farnsworth did not live would have voted yea on the motion to experience for her customers. Whether to see the full impact of his revolu- invoke cloture. they are visitors from all over the tionary invention, but his influence Mr. President, I was also necessarily country or locals looking for a good lives on. absent for vote No. 125 on amendment meal, she strives to provide a memo- Whether you are gathering friends to No. 2885. On vote No. 125, had I been rable experience to her customers. She watch the latest playoff game, laugh- present, I would have voted yea on instills this mentality in the business ing at a comedy series, or keeping up- amendment No. 2885. through the 45 hard-working employees dated on what is happening in the Mr. President, I was also necessarily that the Sherman Inn employs. world, your life has been touched in absent for vote No. 126 on the motion I congratulate Nicole on her success one way or another by Philo T. to invoke cloture on H.R. 5515, as in the business. The community of Farnsworth. Who would have thought amended. On vote No. 126, had I been Wolf Point is stronger with the staple that the rough sketches of a day- present, I would have voted yea on the that is the Sherman Inn, and that dreaming schoolboy would one day motion to invoke cloture on H.R. 5515, would not be possible without Nicole’s change the world? as amended.∑ passion for the business.∑

VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:52 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.026 S14JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3949 REMEMBERING EDDIE FUNG REMEMBERING KITTIE MOORE Our Nation, my State, and his family ∑ Ms. HARRIS. Mr. President, Cali- WILSON were all fortunate to have him in our fornia and the nation lost a trailblazer ∑ Ms. HASSAN. Mr. President, it is midst. He raised a great family and and a war hero. Mr. Eddie Fung served with great sadness that I recognize the will always be remembered by his col- our country bravely throughout his passing of Kittie Moore Wilson, of New leagues, friends, and neighbors. tour with the Army National Guard as London, NH. Through his courage, skill, and com- part of the 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Today, I wish to celebrate the life of mitment, he has left his community Artillery of the 36th Infantry Division, Kittie and her service to New Hamp- and Nation a better and safer place for all who follow. including 31⁄2 years in a Japanese pris- shire. oners of war camp. Mr. Fung will be While Kittie was born in Bangor, ME, My heart goes out to his wife, buried with full military honors at Cy- she spent a majority of her life as a Rhonda, and his children, Kristen, press Lawn Memorial Park in Colma, Granite Stater. She attended Epsom Christopher, Jr., Jake, and Jasmine, in CA, on June 20, 2018. High School and then went to Plym- this time of grief. On behalf of my own family and the State of North Dakota, Born in San Francisco in 1922, Eddie outh State University, as well as the I extend my sincere condolences to left home at 16 to become a cowboy in University of Connecticut. After grad- Chris’s family, friends, and colleagues. Texas. He joined the National Guard at uating, Kittie taught third grade for 15 I pray that all who knew him can find 17, and his unit was activated in No- years at Kearsarge Regional School comfort in their memories of Chris and vember 1941 as part of the 2nd Bat- District before going on to oversee and the positive impact he had on so many talion, 131st Field Artillery of the 36th teach the Mindstretch Program lives.∑ Infantry Division that was sent to throughout the entire district for the Java, now part of Indonesia, to fight next 16 years. f the invading Japanese in the early Known affectionately as the Loon REMEMBERING RED months of WWII. Lady, Kittie had a deep love of the en- SCHOENDIENST Eddie became the only Chinese- vironment and was dedicated to pro- tecting loons and conserving Pleasant ∑ Mrs. MCCASKILL. Mr. President, I American soldier captured by Imperial rise today in remembrance of one of St. Japan during World War II. His bat- Lake in New Hampshire. For her work and her passion, she received the Loon Louis’s, the State of Missouri’s, and talion was known as the Lost Bat- baseball’s great treasures, Hall of talion, as it was not until near the end Preservation Committee’s Spirit of the Loon Award and the EPA’s Meritorious Fame Cardinal Red Schoendienst. Red of the war that there was any news of played 15 seasons with the St. Louis what happened to the men. Lifetime Achievement Award. During my time as Governor of New Cardinals, made 10 All-Star teams, and Of the 558 men and officers who land- Hampshire, I had the pleasure of work- was inducted into the Baseball Hall of ed on Java on January 11, 1942, 534 be- ing with Kittie and the Loon Preserva- Fame in 1989. Red passed last week at came prisoners of war, POWs. Ninety- tion Committee on SB 89, legislation his home in Town and Country, MO, nine were sent to Japan to be slave la- that helped to protect our loon popu- just outside of St. Louis, at the age of borers at Japanese factories and mines, lation from deadly lead poisoning and 95. He had been the oldest living mem- and 435, including Eddie, were sent to to preserve an important part of our ber of the Hall of Fame. work on the Thai-Burma ‘‘Death’’ Rail- State’s natural beauty that helps drive Born Albert Fred Schoendienst 40 way that was made famous by the film our economy. miles east of St. Louis in Germantown, ‘‘The Bridge on the River Kwai.’’ Eddie Kittie is survived by her husband of IL, Red would make a big impact on endured nearly 4 years of grueling 29 years, John, her brother Michael the city and the sport of baseball. work, near-starvation, beatings, and Moore and his family, her sister Karen Red’s father, a coal miner who played tropical diseases as he worked on the Johnson and her family, her stepson sandlot ball, got him hooked on the infamous railroad project that resulted Jeb Wilson, and her Scottish Terriers game. in the loss of over 12,000 Allied POW Aberfeldy and Macallan. After leaving school, Red joined the and 70,000 Asian lives. Eighty-nine of I join with Kittie’s friends and fam- Civilian Conservation Corps, where he the men from the battalion died in cap- ily, and many people across the Gran- nearly lost his eye in an accident. He tivity. ite State in remembering and honoring also faced chronic shoulder pain, but Although Eddie said his capture was her legacy.∑ stuck with the game. In 1942, he hitch- a defining moment in his life, the hor- f hiked to St. Louis for Cardinals try- rific experience is just one aspect of his outs and made the team. After a stand- long and rich life. It includes his Chi- REMEMBERING CHRISTOPHER T. out minor league career and a period of nese-American upbringing and his life BACON Army service, Red played his first Big after the war, when he studied chem- ∑ Ms. HEITKAMP. Mr. President, I was League game in 1945. istry at Stanford University on the GI deeply saddened to learn of the loss Red played second base for nearly his bill. He also worked as a metallurgist last week of Christopher T. Bacon, a entire career, leading the National at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory beloved husband, father, resident of my League in fielding percentage seven and became a Tai Chi master after re- State of North Dakota, and an agent times. He was such a talented fielder tirement. with the Customs and Border Protec- that his teammate and longtime friend, As he concluded in his autobiog- tion, CBP, Office of Intelligence. Cardinal legend Stan Musial, once said, raphy, ‘‘The Adventures of Eddie Fung: Chris was a wonderful person. His ca- ‘‘He had the greatest pair of hands I’ve Chinatown Kid, Texas Cowboy, Pris- reer and service make it clear that he ever seen.’’ oner of War,’’ University of Wash- was a man who was guided by strong Red wasn’t too shabby at the plate ington Press: ‘‘Taking my life as a values and commitment to service. either. He batted over .300 in five sea- whole, I’ve had many more good days Through his actions, he embodied our sons as a switch-hitter. Unfortunately, than I’ve had bad ones. But even the Nation’s tradition of serving others, Red’s only World Series victory came bad days serve a purpose. They remind dedicating his energy to protecting in 1957 with Hank Aaron and the Mil- me of how good I have it now, in the families all across our Nation. waukee Braves, not the Cardinals, but sense that if you have never known He was born in San Antonio, TX, and we will not hold that against him. hunger, you will not appreciate food; if traveled all over our Nation and world. While playing for Milwaukee, Red you have never been enslaved, you will He started his service in the Army and faced another health challenge. He was not appreciate what it means to be joined CBP in 1995 as a border patrol diagnosed with tuberculosis and had to free.’’ agent. He advanced through the ranks have part of a lung removed. Still, Red Eddie Fung is a hero and a role during his 22 years with the agency. was a fighter, and just as he overcame model, and we will miss his vibrant His final posting was as an intelligence his eye and shoulder injuries, he came spirit. The thoughts of San Francis- collection operations manager, sta- back to play with the Braves before cans and Californians are with his wife, tioned at the National Air Security Op- finishing his career as a Cardinal in Judy Yung of Santa Cruz.∑ erations Center in Grand Forks, ND. 1963.

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An act to amend the Omnibus center of the Department of Veterans Affairs won two pennants and beat the Boston Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to in Tallahassee, Florida, as the Sergeant Er- Red Sox in the 1967 World Series. Red reauthorize the comprehensive opioid abuse nest I. ‘‘Boots’’ Thomas VA Clinic, and for remained a part of the organization grant program, and for other purposes. other purposes. until his passing. f f All counted, Red spent 70 years as a MEASURES REFERRED EXECUTIVE AND OTHER part of Major League Baseball, and left COMMUNICATIONS his mark on the game. Not only was The following bills were read the first Red a Hall of Fame player and man- and the second times by unanimous The following communications were ager, he was a fan favorite and a re- consent, and referred as indicated: laid before the Senate, together with vered teammate. His teammates al- H.R. 3331. An act to amend title XI of the accompanying papers, reports, and doc- ways spoke of how he loved the game, Social Security Act to promote testing of in- uments, and were referred as indicated: and how they loved playing with him. centive payments for behavioral health pro- EC–5530. A communication from the Assist- I wish to offer my condolences to viders for adoption and use of certified elec- ant Secretary, Legislative Affairs, Depart- ment of State, transmitting, pursuant to Red’s family, including his brother, tronic health record technology; to the Com- mittee on Finance. law, a six-month periodic report relative to four children, eight grandchildren, and H.R. 4635. An act to direct the Secretary of the continuation of the national emergency seven great-grandchildren. I know that Veterans Affairs to increase the number of with respect to the proliferation of weapons they will remember Red fondly, as will peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling of mass destruction that was originally de- Cardinals fans and baseball fans every- for women veterans, and for other purposes; clared in Executive Order 12938 of November where.∑ to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs. 14, 1994; to the Committee on Banking, Hous- H.R. 4655. An act to amend title 18, United ing, and Urban Affairs. f States Code, to prohibit the importation or EC–5531. A communication from the Assist- MESSAGE FROM THE HOUSE transportation of child sex dolls, and for ant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), transmitting, pursuant to law, a report enti- At 10:09 a.m., a message from the other purposes; to the Committee on the Ju- diciary. tled ‘‘2018 Corrosion Prevention Report’’; to House of Representatives, delivered by H.R. 5294. An act to amend title 40, United the Committee on Environment and Public Mr. Novotny, one of its reading clerks, States Code, to address the impact of drug Works. announced that the House has passed abuse on economic development in Appa- EC–5532. A communication from the Chair the following bill, with amendments, in lachia, and for other purposes; to the Com- of the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Ac- which it requests the concurrence of mittee on Environment and Public Works. cess Commission, transmitting, pursuant to H.R. 5752. An act to amend the Federal law, a report entitled ‘‘Report to Congress on the Senate: Medicaid and CHIP’’; to the Committee on S. 1091. An act to establish a Federal Task Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of certain drugs, and for Finance. Force to Support Grandparents Raising EC–5533. A communication from the Assist- other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Grandchildren. ant General Counsel, General Law, Ethics, Education, Labor, and Pensions. and Regulation, Department of the Treasury, The message also announced that the H.R. 5889. An act to require the Secretary transmitting, pursuant to law, three (3) re- House has passed the following bills, in of Health and Human Services to dissemi- ports relative to vacancies in the Depart- which it requests the concurrence of nate information, resources, and if re- ment of the Treasury, received in the Office quested, technical assistance to early child- the Senate: of the President of the Senate on June 13, hood care and education providers and pro- H.R. 2147. An act to require the Secretary 2018; to the Committee on Finance. of Veterans Affairs to hire additional Vet- fessionals working with young children on EC–5534. A communication from the Sec- erans Justice Outreach Specialists to provide ways to properly recognize and respond to retary of Labor, transmitting, pursuant to treatment court services to justice-involved children who may be impacted by trauma re- law, the Department’s Semiannual Report of veterans, and for other purposes. lated to substance abuse; to the Committee the Inspector General for the period from Oc- H.R. 4635. An act to direct the Secretary of on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. tober 1, 2017 through March 31, 2018; to the Veterans Affairs to increase the number of H.R. 5890. An act to require the Secretary Committee on Homeland Security and Gov- peer-to-peer counselors providing counseling of Health and Human Services to provide as- ernmental Affairs. for women veterans, and for other purposes. sistance to States in complying with, and EC–5535. A communication from the Assist- H.R. 4655. An act to amend title 18, United implementing, certain provisions of section ant General Counsel, General Law, Ethics, States Code, to prohibit the importation or 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat- and Regulation, Department of the Treasury, transportation of child sex dolls, and for ment Act in order to promote better protec- transmitting, pursuant to law, a report rel- other purposes. tions for young children and family-centered ative to a vacancy in the position of Assist- H.R. 5294. An act to amend title 40, United responses, and for other purposes; to the ant Secretary and Director, Immigration and States Code, to address the impact of drug Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Customs Enforcement, Department of Home- abuse on economic development in Appa- Pensions. land Security, received in the Office of the lachia, and for other purposes. H.R. 5891. An act to establish an inter- President of the Senate on June 13, 2018; to H.R. 5752. An act to amend the Federal agency task force to improve the Federal re- the Committee on Homeland Security and Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect sponse to families impacted by substance Governmental Affairs. to the importation of certain drugs, and for abuse disorders; to the Committee on Health, EC–5536. A communication from the Attor- other purposes. Education, Labor, and Pensions. ney-Advisor, U.S. Coast Guard, Department H.R. 5889. An act to require the Secretary H.R. 5892. An act to establish an Advisory of Homeland Security, transmitting, pursu- of Health and Human Services to dissemi- Committee on Opioids and the Workplace to ant to law, the report of a rule entitled nate information, resources, and if re- advise the Secretary of Labor on actions the ‘‘Higher Volume Port Area - State of Wash- quested, technical assistance to early child- Department of Labor can take to address the ington’’ ((RIN1625–AB75) (Docket No. USCG– hood care and education providers and pro- impact of opioid abuse on the workplace; to 2011–0576)) received in the Office of the Presi- fessionals working with young children on the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, dent of the Senate on June 13, 2018; to the ways to properly recognize and respond to and Pensions. Committee on Commerce, Science, and children who may be impacted by trauma re- H.R. 6029. An act to amend the Omnibus Transportation. lated to substance abuse. Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to f H.R. 5890. An act to require the Secretary reauthorize the comprehensive opioid abuse of Health and Human Services to provide as- grant program, and for other purposes; to the PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS sistance to States in complying with, and Committee on the Judiciary. The following petition or memorial implementing, certain provisions of section f was laid before the Senate and was re- 106 of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treat- ment Act in order to promote better protec- ENROLLED BILLS PRESENTED ferred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated: tions for young children and family-centered The Secretary of the Senate reported responses, and for other purposes. POM–246. A resolution adopted by the Lau- H.R. 5891. An act to establish an inter- that on today, June 14, 2018, she had derdale Lakes City Commission, Lauderdale agency task force to improve the Federal re- presented to the President of the Lakes, Florida congratulating students par- sponse to families impacted by substance United States the following enrolled ticipating in the science, technology, engi- abuse disorders. bills: neering and mathematics (STEM) program

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.011 S14JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3951 at Benjamin Banneker Academic High 111 Market Street in Saugerties, New York, By Mr. ROUNDS (for himself and Mr. School for being finalists in a National Aero- as the ‘‘Maurice D. Hinchey Post Office JONES): nautics and Space Administration (NASA) Building’’. S. 3070. A bill to reform the living will competition and for developing a method to H.R. 4840. A bill to designate the facility of process under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street purify lead-contaminated water in school the United States Postal Service located at Reform and Consumer Protection Act; to the drinking fountains; to the Committee on the 567 East Franklin Street in Oviedo, Florida, Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Judiciary. as the ‘‘Sergeant First Class Alwyn Crendall Affairs. f Cashe Post Office Building’’. By Mr. DAINES: S. 3071. An original bill making appropria- f REPORTS OF COMMITTEES tions for the Legislative Branch for the fis- The following reports of committees EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF cal year ending September 30, 2019, and for were submitted: COMMITTEE other purposes; from the Committee on Ap- propriations; placed on the calendar. By Mr. DAINES, from the Committee on The following executive reports of By Mr. MORAN: Appropriations, without amendment: nominations were submitted: S. 3072. An original bill making appropria- S. 3071. An original bill making appropria- tions for the Departments of Commerce and tions for the Legislative Branch for the fis- By Mr. GRASSLEY for the Committee on Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for cal year ending September 30, 2019, and for the Judiciary. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and other purposes (Rept. No. 115–274). Allen Cothrel Winsor, of Florida, to be By Mr. MORAN, from the Committee on United States District Judge for the North- for other purposes; from the Committee on Appropriations, without amendment: ern District of Florida. Appropriations; placed on the calendar. S. 3072. An original bill making appropria- Patrick R. Wyrick, of Oklahoma, to be By Ms. MURKOWSKI: tions for the Departments of Commerce and United States District Judge for the Western S. 3073. An original bill making appropria- Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for District of Oklahoma. tions for the Department of the Interior, en- the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and Charles L. Goodwin, of Hawaii, to be vironment, and related agencies for the fis- for other purposes (Rept. No. 115–275). United States Marshal for the District of Ha- cal year ending September 30, 2019, and for By Ms. MURKOWSKI, from the Committee waii for the term of four years. other purposes; from the Committee on Ap- on Appropriations, without amendment: R. Don Ladner, Jr., of Florida, to be United propriations; placed on the calendar. S. 3073. An original bill making appropria- States Marshal for the Northern District of By Ms. HARRIS (for herself, Mr. tions for the Department of the Interior, en- Florida for the term of four years. MENENDEZ, and Mr. CASEY): vironment, and related agencies for the fis- Susan Llewellyn Pamerleau, of Texas, to S. 3074. A bill to amend the Congressional cal year ending September 30, 2019, and for be United States Marshal for the Western Budget Act of 1974 to provide for studies and other purposes (Rept. No. 115–276). District of Texas for the term of four years. reports relating to the impact of legislation By Mr. JOHNSON, from the Committee on Gadyaces S. Serralta, of Florida, to be on spending on children, and for other pur- Homeland Security and Governmental Af- United States Marshal for the Southern Dis- poses; to the Committee on the Budget. fairs, without amendment: trict of Florida for the term of four years. By Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Ms. HARRIS, and Mr. CASEY): H.R. 1496. To designate the facility of the (Nominations without an asterisk United States Postal Service located at 3585 S. 3075. A bill to amend title 31 of the South Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, Cali- were reported with the recommenda- United States Code to require that Federal fornia, as the ‘‘Marvin Gaye Post Office’’. tion that they be confirmed.) children’s programs be separately displayed S. 2549. A bill to designate the United f and analyzed in the President’s budget; to States Postal Service located at 1234 Saint the Committee on the Budget. Johns Place in Brooklyn, New York, as the INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND By Mrs. GILLIBRAND (for herself, Ms. ‘‘Major Robert Odell Owens Post Office’’. JOINT RESOLUTIONS WARREN, Ms. HARRIS, Mr. MARKEY, H.R. 2673. A bill to designate the facility of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. SCHUMER, and the United States Postal Service located at The following bills and joint resolu- Mr. NELSON): 514 Broadway Street in Pekin, Illinois, as the tions were introduced, read the first S. 3076. A bill to establish a national com- ‘‘Lance Corporal Jordan S. Bastean Post Of- and second times by unanimous con- mission on the Federal response to the 2017 fice’’. sent, and referred as indicated: natural disasters in Puerto Rico, and for S. 2692. A bill to designate the facility of By Mr. RUBIO (for himself and Ms. other purposes; to the Committee on Home- the United States Postal Service located at WARREN): land Security and Governmental Affairs. 4558 Broadway in New York, New York, as S. 3065. A bill to prohibit States from sus- By Ms. SMITH (for herself, Mrs. MUR- the ‘‘Stanley Michels Post Office Building’’. pending, revoking, or denying State-issued RAY, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, Mr. MERKLEY, H.R. 3183. A bill to designate the facility of professional licenses or issuing penalties due Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the United States Postal Service located at to student default; to the Committee on Ms. BALDWIN, and Mrs. SHAHEEN): 13683 James Madison Highway in Palmyra, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. S. 3077. A bill to provide for certain con- Virginia, as the ‘‘U.S. Navy Seaman Dakota By Mr. WARNER (for himself, Mr. tracting requirements to promote fair and Kyle Rigsby Post Office’’. safe workplaces, and for other purposes; to H.R. 4301. A bill to designate the facility of HATCH, Ms. WARREN, and Mr. ISAK- SON): the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, the United States Postal Service located at and Pensions. 201 Tom Hall Street in Fort Mill, South S. 3066. A bill to amend the General Edu- Carolina, as the ‘‘J. Elliott Williams Post Of- cation Provisions Act to allow the release of f education records to facilitate the award of a fice Building’’. SUBMISSION OF CONCURRENT AND H.R. 4406. To designate the facility of the recognized postsecondary credential; to the United States Postal Service located at 99 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and SENATE RESOLUTIONS Macombs Place in New York, New York, as Pensions. The following concurrent resolutions the ‘‘Tuskegee Airmen Post Office Build- By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. COLLINS): and Senate resolutions were read, and ing’’. referred (or acted upon), as indicated: H.R. 4463. A bill to designate the facility of S. 3067. A bill to amend title XVIII of the the United States Postal Service located at 6 Social Security Act to permit nurse practi- By Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mrs. Doyers Street in New York, New York, as tioners and physician assistants to satisfy GILLIBRAND, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BEN- the ‘‘Mabel Lee Memorial Post Office’’. the documentation requirement under the NET, Mr. BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, H.R. 4574. A bill to designate the facility of Medicare program for coverage of certain Mr. BROWN, Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. the United States Postal Service located at shoes for individuals with diabetes; to the CARDIN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. COONS, Mr. 108 West Schick Road in Bloomingdale, Illi- Committee on Finance. CORNYN, Ms. CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. DON- nois, as the ‘‘Bloomingdale Veterans Memo- By Mr. BROWN (for himself and Ms. NELLY, Mr. DURBIN, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, rial Post Office Building’’. COLLINS): Mr. GRASSLEY, Ms. HARRIS, Ms. HAS- H.R. 4646. A bill to designate the facility of S. 3068. A bill to require the purchase of do- SAN, Mr. HATCH, Mr. HELLER, Ms. the United States Postal Service located at mestically made flags of the United States of HIRONO, Mr. JONES, Mr. KAINE, Mr. 1900 Corporate Drive in Birmingham, Ala- America for use by the Federal Government; KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. LEE, Ms. bama, as the ‘‘Lance Corporal Thomas E. to the Committee on Homeland Security and MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, Mrs. MUR- Rivers, Jr. Post Office Building’’. Governmental Affairs. RAY, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PAUL, Mr. H.R. 4685. A bill to designate the facility of By Mr. GARDNER: PERDUE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PORTMAN, the United States Postal Service located at S. 3069. A bill to amend the Omnibus Pub- Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SCOTT, 515 Hope Street in Bristol, Rhode Island, as lic Land Management Act of 2009 to modify Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. the ‘‘First Sergeant P. Andrew McKenna Jr. the terms of the Jackson Gulch rehabilita- TILLIS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WAR- Post Office’’. tion project in Colorado, and for other pur- NER, Ms. WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, H.R. 4722. A bill to designate the facility of poses; to the Committee on Energy and Nat- Mr. WYDEN, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. the United States Postal Service located at ural Resources. CRUZ):

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A resolution expressing the his name was added as a cosponsor of (Mr. BENNET) was added as a cosponsor sense of the Senate that high performance S. 1401, a bill to amend the Safe Drink- of S. 2597, a bill to amend the Public buildings improve the quality of life for mil- ing Water Act to address lead contami- lions of individuals, produce a more resilient Health Service Act to reauthorize the and sustainable world for current and future nation in school drinking water. program of payments to children’s hos- generations, reduce operating costs, and im- S. 2000 pitals that operate graduate medical prove the productivity, comfort, and health At the request of Mr. WHITEHOUSE, education programs, and for other pur- of occupants, and designating the week of his name was added as a cosponsor of poses. June 11 through June 15, 2018, as ‘‘High Per- S. 2000, a bill to amend the Safe Drink- S. 2712 formance Building Week’’; to the Committee ing Water Act to improve transparency on the Judiciary. At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the By Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, under the national primary drinking names of the Senator from Maine (Ms. Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CASEY, Mr. MURPHY, water regulations for lead and copper, COLLINS) and the Senator from and Mrs. MCCASKILL): and for other purposes. Vermont (Mr. SANDERS) were added as S. Res. 549. A resolution designating June S. 2060 cosponsors of S. 2712, a bill to amend 15, 2018, as ‘‘World Elder Abuse Awareness At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, her the National Agricultural Research, Day’’; to the Committee on the Judiciary. name was added as a cosponsor of S. Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of By Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Ms. 2060, a bill to promote democracy and 1977 to establish a farm and ranch CORTEZ MASTO, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. stress assistance network, and for INHOFE, and Mr. RUBIO): human rights in Burma, and for other S. Con. Res. 40. A concurrent resolution purposes. other purposes. recognizing the close relationship between S. 2101 S. 2835 the United States and Taiwan and the impor- At the request of Mr. DONNELLY, the At the request of Ms. COLLINS, the tant role of the American Institute in Tai- names of the Senator from Maine (Mr. names of the Senator from South Da- wan in strengthening such relationship; to kota (Mr. THUNE), the Senator from the Committee on Foreign Relations. KING), the Senator from North Dakota (Ms. HEITKAMP), the Senator from Mis- Massachusetts (Mr. MARKEY), the Sen- f souri (Mrs. MCCASKILL) and the Sen- ator from New Hampshire (Mrs. SHA- ADDITIONAL COSPONSORS ator from Alaska (Ms. MURKOWSKI) HEEN) and the Senator from Con- S. 266 were added as cosponsors of S. 2101, a necticut (Mr. BLUMENTHAL) were added At the request of Mr. HATCH, the bill to award a Congressional Gold as cosponsors of S. 2835, a bill to re- name of the Senator from Tennessee Medal, collectively, to the crew of the quire a study of the well-being of the (Mr. CORKER) was added as a cosponsor USS Indianapolis, in recognition of newsprint and publishing industry in of S. 266, a bill to award the Congres- their perseverance, bravery, and serv- the United States, and for other pur- sional Gold Medal to Anwar Sadat in ice to the United States. poses. recognition of his heroic achievements S. 2430 S. 2884 and courageous contributions to peace At the request of Mr. COONS, the At the request of Mrs. FISCHER, the in the Middle East. name of the Senator from Montana name of the Senator from South Da- S. 308 (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor kota (Mr. THUNE) was added as a co- At the request of Mr. BLUMENTHAL, of S. 2430, a bill to provide a permanent sponsor of S. 2884, a bill to require the the name of the Senator from Illinois appropriation of funds for the payment Secretary of Veterans Affairs to de- (Mr. DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of death gratuities and related benefits velop a standard letter format to be of S. 308, a bill to amend title XI of the for survivors of deceased members of provided to individuals who are in- Social Security Act to require applica- the uniformed services in event of any debted to the United States by virtue ble manufacturers to include informa- period of lapsed appropriations. of their participation in benefits pro- tion regarding payments made to phy- S. 2497 grams administered by the Secretary, sician assistants, nurse practitioners, At the request of Mr. RUBIO, the to provide notice of debt by electronic and other advance practice nurses in names of the Senator from Mississippi means to such individuals when so transparency reports submitted under (Mrs. HYDE-SMITH), the Senator from elected, and for other purposes. section 1128G of such Act. West Virginia (Mr. MANCHIN) and the S. 2979 S. 519 Senator from Massachusetts (Ms. WAR- At the request of Mr. LEE, the name At the request of Mrs. GILLIBRAND, REN) were added as cosponsors of S. of the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. the name of the Senator from Massa- 2497, a bill to amend the Foreign As- LANKFORD) was added as a cosponsor of chusetts (Ms. WARREN) was added as a sistance Act of 1961 and the Arms Ex- S. 2979, a bill to rescind certain budget cosponsor of S. 519, a bill to amend the port Control Act to make improve- authority proposed to be rescinded in Safe Water Drinking Act to require the ments to certain defense and security special messages transmitted to the Administrator of the Environmental assistance provisions and to authorize Congress by the President on May 8, Protection Agency to establish max- the appropriations of funds to Israel, 2018, in accordance with title X of the imum contaminant levels for certain and for other purposes. Congressional Budget and Impound- contaminants, and for other purposes. S. 2578 ment Control Act 1974. S. 781 At the request of Mr. SCHATZ, the S. 2986 At the request of Mr. CASSIDY, the name of the Senator from Florida (Mr. At the request of Mr. CASEY, the names of the Senator from Iowa (Mr. NELSON) was added as a cosponsor of S. name of the Senator from Maryland GRASSLEY) and the Senator from Alas- 2578, a bill to amend title 13, United (Mr. CARDIN) was added as a cosponsor ka (Ms. MURKOWSKI) were added as co- States Code, to require the Secretary of S. 2986, a bill to award grants to sponsors of S. 781, a bill to amend the of Commerce to provide advanced no- States to support efforts at institu- Public Health Service Act to limit the tice to Congress before changing any tions of higher education to increase liability of health care professionals questions on the decennial census, and degree attainment, and for other pur- who volunteer to provide health care for other purposes. poses. services in response to a disaster. S. 2584 S. 3036 S. 1092 At the request of Ms. BALDWIN, the At the request of Mrs. FEINSTEIN, the At the request of Mr. ENZI, the name name of the Senator from Michigan names of the Senator from Delaware of the Senator from Utah (Mr. LEE) was (Mr. PETERS) was added as a cosponsor (Mr. COONS) and the Senator from

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(Mr. DAINES) was added as a cosponsor the name of the Senator from Texas AMENDMENT NO. 2895 of S. 3051, a bill to require the Sec- (Mr. CRUZ) was added as a cosponsor of At the request of Ms. CANTWELL, the retary of Transportation to establish a amendment No. 2630 intended to be pro- name of the Senator from Washington working group to study regulatory and posed to H.R. 5515, to authorize appro- (Mrs. MURRAY) was added as a cospon- legislative improvements for the live- priations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- sor of amendment No. 2895 intended to stock, insect, and agricultural com- tary activities of the Department of be proposed to H.R. 5515, to authorize modities transport industries, and for Defense, for military construction, and appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for military activities of the Department other purposes. for defense activities of the Depart- ment of Energy, to prescribe military of Defense, for military construction, S. 3057 and for defense activities of the De- At the request of Ms. KLOBUCHAR, the personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- name of the Senator from Virginia (Mr. tary personnel strengths for such fiscal AMENDMENT NO. 2632 KAINE) was added as a cosponsor of S. year, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. BENNET, the 3057, a bill to provide for the processing f by U.S. Customs and Border Protection name of the Senator from Colorado of certain international mail ship- (Mr. GARDNER) was added as a cospon- STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED ments and to require the provision of sor of amendment No. 2632 intended to BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS advance electronic information on be proposed to H.R. 5515, to authorize By Mr. BROWN (for himself and international mail shipments of mail. appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for Ms. COLLINS): At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the military activities of the Department S. 3067. A bill to amend title XVIII of name of the Senator from Illinois (Mr. of Defense, for military construction, the Social Security Act to permit DURBIN) was added as a cosponsor of S. and for defense activities of the De- nurse practitioners and physician as- 3057, supra. partment of Energy, to prescribe mili- sistants to satisfy the documentation tary personnel strengths for such fiscal S. 3058 requirement under the Medicare pro- year, and for other purposes. At the request of Mr. CARDIN, the gram for coverage of certain shoes for name of the Senator from Ohio (Mr. AMENDMENT NO. 2759 individuals with diabetes; to the Com- At the request of Mr. GARDNER, the mittee on Finance. BROWN) was added as a cosponsor of S. Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I rise 3058, a bill to amend the Internal Rev- name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. today to introduce legislation with my enue Code of 1986 to eliminate the re- CRUZ) was added as a cosponsor of colleague from Ohio, Senator SHERROD quirement that the taxpayer’s basis in amendment No. 2759 intended to be pro- BROWN, that would remove an unneces- a building be reduced by the amount of posed to H.R. 5515, to authorize appro- sary, outdated barrier for Medicare the rehabilitation credit determined priations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- beneficiaries managing diabetes. Our with respect to such building. tary activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and legislation would allow physician as- S. RES. 355 for defense activities of the Depart- sistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners At the request of Mr. LANKFORD, the ment of Energy, to prescribe military (NPs) to satisfy the Medicare docu- name of the Senator from South Da- personnel strengths for such fiscal mentation requirement certifying a pa- kota (Mr. ROUNDS) was added as a co- year, and for other purposes. tient’s need for therapeutic, or dia- sponsor of S. Res. 355, a resolution im- AMENDMENT NO. 2799 betic, shoes, which will improve access proving procedures for the consider- At the request of Mr. CORNYN, the to care, reduce barriers to proper dia- ation of nominations in the Senate. name of the Senator from Texas (Mr. betic management, and help to reduce S. RES. 435 CRUZ) was added as a cosponsor of the prevalence of costly complications At the request of Mr. PORTMAN, the amendment No. 2799 intended to be pro- that can arise if diabetic symptoms are name of the Senator from Illinois (Ms. posed to H.R. 5515, to authorize appro- not managed properly. This bipartisan DUCKWORTH) was added as a cosponsor priations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- bill, the Promoting Access to Diabetic of S. Res. 435, a resolution expressing tary activities of the Department of Shoes Act, is a companion to H.R. 1617 the sense of the Senate that the 85th Defense, for military construction, and from my fellow Diabetes Caucus Co- anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine for defense activities of the Depart- Chair, Representative TOM REED of of 1932–1933, known as the Holodomor, ment of Energy, to prescribe military New York, which has growing support should serve as a reminder of repres- personnel strengths for such fiscal on both sides of the aisle in the House. As the founder and co-chair of the sive Soviet policies against the people year, and for other purposes. of Ukraine. Senate Diabetes Caucus, I have worked AMENDMENT NO. 2805 since the very beginning of my Senate S. RES. 526 At the request of Mr. PAUL, the name service to increase awareness of the At the request of Mrs. MURRAY, the of the Senator from Florida (Mr. threats posed by diabetes, invest in re- name of the Senator from Illinois (Ms. RUBIO) was added as a cosponsor of search, and improve access to treat- DUCKWORTH) was added as a cosponsor amendment No. 2805 intended to be pro- ment options for the over 30 million of S. Res. 526, a resolution expressing posed to H.R. 5515, to authorize appro- Americans, including twelve million the sense of the Senate that politicians priations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- seniors, who suffer from diabetes. In should not interfere with a woman’s tary activities of the Department of addition to the human toll, diabetes is personal health care decisions or at- Defense, for military construction, and also the most expensive chronic illness tempt to prevent providers from offer- for defense activities of the Depart- in the country. A new American Diabe- ing their full medical recommenda- ment of Energy, to prescribe military tes Association report released in tions to their patients. personnel strengths for such fiscal March titled, ‘‘Economic Costs of Dia- AMENDMENT NO. 2411 year, and for other purposes. betes in the U.S. in 2017,’’ found that At the request of Mr. NELSON, the AMENDMENT NO. 2886 the direct and indirect costs of diag- name of the Senator from Montana At the request of Ms. STABENOW, the nosed diabetes in the U.S. cost $327 bil- (Mr. TESTER) was added as a cosponsor names of the Senator from Florida (Mr. lion in 2017, which is a 26 percent in- of amendment No. 2411 intended to be NELSON) and the Senator from Florida crease in just the last five years. proposed to H.R. 5515, to authorize ap- (Mr. RUBIO) were added as cosponsors Preventable complications con- propriations for fiscal year 2019 for of amendment No. 2886 intended to be tribute enormously to the influx of dol- military activities of the Department proposed to H.R. 5515, to authorize ap- lars being spent on diabetic care and

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I am pleased to Resolved, That the Senate— (1) designates June 19, 2018, as ‘‘Juneteenth care for people with diabetes. join Senator BROWN in introducing the Under the current Medicare statute, Promoting Access to Diabetic Shoes Independence Day’’; (2) recognizes the historical significance of physician assistants or nurse practi- Act, which will improve access to dia- Juneteenth Independence Day to the United tioners are required to refer their pa- betic care, and I encourage my col- States; tients with diabetes to a physician in leagues to support its adoption. (3) supports the continued nationwide cele- order to certify the patient’s need for f bration of Juneteenth Independence Day to therapeutic shoes, which often results provide an opportunity for the people of the SUBMITTED RESOLUTIONS in delays in treatment and added costs. United States to learn more about the past The Promoting Access to Diabetic and to better understand the experiences Shoes Act would fix this problem by al- that have shaped the United States; and SENATE RESOLUTION 547—DESIG- (4) recognizes that the observance of the lowing nurse practitioners and physi- NATING JUNE 19, 2018, AS end of slavery is part of the history and her- cian assistants to certify a Medicare ‘‘JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE itage of the United States. beneficiary’s need for therapeutic DAY’’ IN RECOGNITION OF JUNE shoes, which will improve timeliness 19, 1865, THE DATE ON WHICH f and access to care while reducing costs. SLAVERY LEGALLY CAME TO AN SENATE RESOLUTION 548—EX- Therapeutic shoes are a cost effec- END IN THE UNITED STATES tive, preventive treatment option in- PRESSING THE SENSE OF THE Mr. WICKER (for himself, Mrs. GILLI- tended to avoid the costly complica- SENATE THAT HIGH PERFORM- BRAND, Ms. BALDWIN, Mr. BENNET, Mr. tions that can arise if maintenance of ANCE BUILDINGS IMPROVE THE BLUMENTHAL, Mr. BOOKER, Mr. BROWN, diabetic care is delayed or unavailable. QUALITY OF LIFE FOR MILLIONS Ms. CANTWELL, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. CAR- Types of complications that can result OF INDIVIDUALS, PRODUCE A PER, Mr. COONS, Mr. CORNYN, Ms. COR- from unmanaged diabetic symptoms MORE RESILIENT AND SUSTAIN- TEZ MASTO, Mr. DONNELLY, Mr. DURBIN, ABLE WORLD FOR CURRENT AND include poor circulation, infections, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, Mr. GRASSLEY, Ms. and foot ulcers that can require hos- FUTURE GENERATIONS, REDUCE HARRIS, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. HATCH, Mr. OPERATING COSTS, AND IM- pitalization, or even result in the am- HELLER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. JONES, Mr. PROVE THE PRODUCTIVITY, putation of toes, feet, or legs. KAINE, Mr. KING, Ms. KLOBUCHAR, Mr. COMFORT, AND HEALTH OF OC- In addition to preventable complica- LEE, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. MURPHY, CUPANTS, AND DESIGNATING tions and additional costs that can re- Mrs. MURRAY, Mr. NELSON, Mr. PAUL, THE WEEK OF JUNE 11 THROUGH sult from delays in treatment, the cur- Mr. PERDUE, Mr. PETERS, Mr. PORTMAN, JUNE 15, 2018, AS ‘‘HIGH PER- rent documentation requirement under Mr. RUBIO, Mr. SCHUMER, Mr. SCOTT, FORMANCE BUILDING WEEK’’ Medicare can also disrupt the trusted Ms. SMITH, Ms. STABENOW, Mr. TILLIS, patient-provider relationship many pa- Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Mr. WARNER, Ms. Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. GARD- tients have with an NP or PA. Current WARREN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Mr. WYDEN, NER, Mrs. CAPITO, and Mr. VAN HOLLEN) statute requires the certifying physi- Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. CRUZ) submitted submitted the following resolution; cian to be a patient’s provider for dia- the following resolution; which was which was referred to the Committee betic care moving forward, which is considered and agreed to: on the Judiciary: often in conflict with a patient’s pref- S. RES. 547 S. RES. 548 erence. Moreover, in rural areas, in- Whereas news of the end of slavery did not Whereas the term ‘‘high performance cluding many parts of my home state reach the frontier areas of the United States, building’’ is defined in section 401 of the En- of Maine, access to diabetic manage- in particular the State of Texas and the ergy Independence and Security Act of 2007 ment though a PA or NP is not only other Southwestern States, until months (42 U.S.C. 17061) as ‘‘a building that inte- necessary, but it is sometimes unavoid- after the conclusion of the Civil War, more grates and optimizes on a life cycle basis all able due to the shortage of primary than 21⁄2 years after President Abraham Lin- major high performance attributes, includ- care providers in the area. Maine alone coln issued the Emancipation Proclamation ing energy conservation, environment, safe- has 68 designated Health Professional on January 1, 1863; ty, security, durability, accessibility, cost- Whereas, on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers, benefit, productivity, sustainability, Shortage Areas for primary care prac- led by Major General Gordon Granger, ar- functionality, and operational consider- titioners. These health care profes- rived in Galveston, Texas, with news that ations’’; sionals are already providing acces- the Civil War had ended and that the Whereas, because individuals spend ap- sible, high quality diabetic care across enslaved were free; proximately 90 percent of their time indoors the country. In fact, a March 2018 arti- Whereas African-Americans who had been and buildings are the single largest con- cle in the American Journal of Medi- slaves in the Southwest celebrated June 19, sumer of energy and water in the United cine concluded that PAs and NPs are commonly known as ‘‘Juneteenth Independ- States, built environments have a vast im- able to perform as well as physicians in ence Day’’, as inspiration and encourage- pact on virtually all aspects of life and na- ment for future generations; tional security in the United States; the management of diabetes at diag- Whereas African-Americans from the Whereas the United States benefits techno- nosis through the first five years of fol- Southwest have continued the tradition of logically, economically, and environ- low-up care. observing Juneteenth Independence Day for mentally from innovative technologies de- Stephanie Podolski, President of the over 150 years; veloped for use in high performance build- Maine Association of Physician Assist- Whereas 45 States and the District of Co- ings; ants, which represents over 700 PAs in lumbia have designated Juneteenth Inde- Whereas research and programs that are Maine, reiterated these points and the pendence Day as a special day of observance supported by government entities and pri- importance of the physician assistant in recognition of the emancipation of all vate industry and relate to high performance profession in diabetes management in a slaves in the United States; buildings benefit the United States and indi- Whereas Juneteenth Independence Day viduals in the United States; and letter of support for our bill saying, celebrations have been held to honor Afri- Whereas investing in resilient and robust ‘‘In a State like Maine, there are many can-American freedom while encouraging building systems protects individuals and rural communities that at times are self-development and respect for all cultures; businesses in the United States from the im- served only by a PA as a primary care Whereas the faith and strength of char- pacts of man-made disasters and natural dis- provider (PCP). The inability to order acter demonstrated by former slaves and the asters, such as hurricanes, snowstorms, tor- diabetic shoes is an outdated barrier to descendants of former slaves remain an ex- nadoes, wildland fires, floods, and earth- care that impacts both middle-aged ample for all people of the United States, re- quakes: Now, therefore, be it and older Americans who frequently gardless of background, religion, or race; Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas slavery was not officially abol- (1) designates the week of June 11 through live in areas facing provider short- ished until the ratification of the 13th June 15, 2018, as ‘‘High Performance Building ages.’’ Amendment to the Constitution of the Week’’; and The Promoting Access to Diabetic United States in December 1865; and (2) supports efforts to— Shoes Act is endorsed by the American Whereas, over the course of its history, the (A) improve the performance of existing Association of Nurse Practitioners, the United States has grown into a symbol of de- and future buildings through—

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Abuse, and by learning to recognize, detect, People’s Republic of China has intensified its f report, and respond to elder abuse. efforts to exclude Taiwan from international SENATE RESOLUTION 549—DESIG- f organizations; NATING JUNE 15, 2018, AS SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- Whereas in the 1994 Taiwan Policy Review, the United States declared its intention to ‘‘WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARE- TION 40—RECOGNIZING THE support Taiwan’s participation in appro- NESS DAY’’ CLOSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN priate international organizations; Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself, Ms. THE UNITED STATES AND TAI- Whereas Taiwan is a full member of the COLLINS, Mr. CASEY, Mr. MURPHY, and WAN AND THE IMPORTANT ROLE World Trade Organization, the Asia-Pacific Mrs. MCCASKILL) submitted the fol- OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN Economic Cooperation forum, and the Asian lowing resolution; which was referred TAIWAN IN STRENGTHENING Development Bank; to the Committee on the Judiciary: SUCH RELATIONSHIP Whereas according to the Department of State, ‘‘the United States supports Taiwan’s S. RES. 549 Mr. GARDNER (for himself, Ms. COR- membership in international organizations Whereas the Federal Government esti- TEZ MASTO, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. INHOFE, that do not require statehood as a condition mates that more than 1 in 10 persons over and Mr. RUBIO) submitted the following of membership and encourages Taiwan’s the age of 60 are victims of elder abuse each concurrent resolution; which was re- meaningful participation in international or- year; ferred to the Committee on Foreign ganizations where its membership is not pos- Whereas abuse, neglect, and exploitation of Relations: sible’’; older adults in the United States are uniden- Whereas Taiwan maintains full diplomatic tified and unreported because of an inability S. CON. RES. 40 relations with 18 nations around the world; to report or a fear of reporting; Whereas Taiwan is— Whereas on February 28, 2018, the United Whereas only 1 in 14 cases of financial (1) a free, democratic, and prosperous na- States Senate unanimously passed the Tai- abuse of older adults is reported; tion of 23,000,000 people; and wan Travel Act (Public Law 115–135), which Whereas at least $2,900,000,000 is taken (2) an important contributor to peace and was signed into law on March 16, 2018, declar- from older adults each year due to financial stability around the world; ing that it should be the policy of the United abuse and exploitation; Whereas the Taiwan Relations Act (22 States to allow officials at all levels of the Whereas elder abuse, neglect, and exploi- U.S.C. 3301 et seq.)— United States Government to visit Taiwan in tation have no boundaries and cross all ra- (1) states that it is the policy of the United their official capacities; and cial, social, class, gender, and geographic States ‘‘to preserve and promote extensive, Whereas the United States National Secu- lines; close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and rity Strategy, which was released in Decem- Whereas older adults who are abused are 3 other relations between the people of the ber 2017, states: ‘‘We will maintain our times more likely to die earlier than older United States and the people of Taiwan’’; strong ties with Taiwan in accordance with adults of the same age who are not abused; (2) states ‘‘Programs, transactions, and our ‘One China’ policy, including our com- Whereas 1⁄2 of all older adults with demen- other relations conducted or carried out by mitments under the Taiwan Relations Act to tia will experience abuse; the President or any agency of the United provide for Taiwan’s legitimate defense Whereas providing unwanted medical States Government with respect to Taiwan needs and deter coercion.’’: treatment can be a form of elder abuse and shall, in the manner and to the extent di- Now, therefore, be it exploitation; rected by the President, be conducted and Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep- Whereas there is evidence of an increase in carried out by or through ... the American resentatives concurring), That Congress— elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploi- Institute in Taiwan’’; and (1) welcomes the opening of the new Amer- tation linked to individuals with opioid ad- (3) established the American Institute in ican Institute of Taiwan office in Taipei, diction; Taiwan, which is responsible for— which will— Whereas the Elder Abuse Prevention and (A) managing unofficial United States (A) cultivate the relationship between the Prosecution Act (34 U.S.C. 21701 et seq.) was relations with Taiwan; and United States and Taiwan; and signed into law on October 18, 2017, but there (B) implementing United States policy (B) further demonstrate the United States’ is still more that can be done to stop elder toward Taiwan, including a wide range of commitment to bolstering its friendship and abuse; activities such as commercial services, ag- its commercial and defense partnership with Whereas financial abuse of older adults has ricultural sales, consular services, and cul- Taiwan; consistently been one of the top 10 com- tural exchanges; (2) recognizes that the American Institute plaints made each year to the fraud hotline Whereas the 3 pillars of the American In- of Taiwan— of the Special Committee on Aging of the stitute in Taiwan’s mission are— (A) reflects the democratic values shared Senate; (1) security and defense cooperation; by the United States and Taiwan; and

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INFORMATION SHARING BY CON- (i) the reports submitted under paragraphs (5) urges the Executive Branch to fully im- GRESS. (1) and (2); plement the Taiwan Relations Act, the Tai- Section 721(g)(2)(A) of the Defense Produc- (ii) the semiannual reports submitted by wan Travel Act, and other relevant policy di- tion Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4565(g)(2)(A)) is the Office of Inspector General of the agency rectives that strengthen the relationship be- amended by striking the second sentence. under section 5 of the Inspector General Act tween the United States and Taiwan. of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); and SA 2903. Mr. YOUNG (for himself and (iii) reports submitted by the Government f Ms. WARREN) submitted an amendment Accountability Office relating to public rec- AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED AND intended to be proposed to amendment ommendations that are designated by the PROPOSED SA 2282 proposed by Mr. INHOFE (for Government Accountability Office as war- ranting priority attention and as ‘‘open’’ or SA 2902. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an himself and Mr. MCCAIN) to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appropriations ‘‘closed, unimplemented’’. amendment intended to be proposed to (c) COPIES OF SUBMISSIONS.—Each agency amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. INHOFE for fiscal year 2019 for military activi- shall provide a copy of the information sub- (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) to the bill H.R. ties of the Department of Defense, for mitted under subsection (b) to the Govern- 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal military construction, and for defense ment Accountability Office and the Office of year 2019 for military activities of the De- activities of the Department of Energy, Inspector General of the agency. partment of Defense, for military construc- to prescribe military personnel (d) TIMELINE FOR AGENCY STATEMENTS.— tion, and for defense activities of the Depart- strengths for such fiscal year, and for Section 720(b) of title 31, United States Code, ment of Energy, to prescribe military per- is amended— sonnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was ordered to (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘61st’’ and other purposes; which was ordered to lie on lie on the table; as follows: inserting ‘‘181st’’; and the table. At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘60’’ and SA 2903. Mr. YOUNG (for himself and Ms. following: inserting ‘‘180’’. WARREN) submitted an amendment intended SEC. 1066. REPORTS ON OUTSTANDING GOVERN- to be proposed to amendment SA 2282 pro- MENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE SA 2904. Mr. SANDERS submitted an posed by Mr. INHOFE (for himself and Mr. AND INSPECTOR GENERAL REC- amendment intended to be proposed to OMMENDATIONS; AGENCY STATE- MCCAIN) to the bill H.R. 5515, supra; which amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. MENTS. was ordered to lie on the table. NHOFE C AIN (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term I (for himself and Mr. M C ) to SA 2904. Mr. SANDERS submitted an ‘‘agency’’ means— the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appro- amendment intended to be proposed to (1) a designated Federal entity, as defined priations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. INHOFE in section 8G(a)(2) of the Inspector General tary activities of the Department of (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) to the bill H.R. Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.); and 5515, supra; which was ordered to lie on the Defense, for military construction, and (2) an establishment, as defined in section table. for defense activities of the Depart- 12(2) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 SA 2905. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. ment of Energy, to prescribe military U.S.C. App.). GRASSLEY, and Mr. LEE) submitted an personnel strengths for such fiscal (b) REQUIRED REPORTS.—In the annual amendment intended to be proposed to budget justification submitted to Congress, year, and for other purposes; which was amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. INHOFE as submitted with the budget of the Presi- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) to the bill H.R. dent under section 1105 of title 31, United At the end of subtitle C of title XII, add 5515, supra; which was ordered to lie on the States Code, each agency shall include— the following: table. (1) a report listing each public rec- SEC. 12ll. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. SA 2906. Mr. DURBIN submitted an amend- ommendation of the Government Account- Nothing in this Act, or the amendments ment intended to be proposed to amendment ability Office that has been designated, such made by this Act, shall be construed as au- SA 2282 proposed by Mr. INHOFE (for himself as through a priority recommendation let- thorizing the use of force against Iran. and Mr. MCCAIN) to the bill H.R. 5515, supra; ter, by the Comptroller General of the which was ordered to lie on the table. United States or a designee thereof as war- SA 2905. Mr. SANDERS (for himself, SA 2907. Mr. MCCONNELL (for Mr. CORNYN) ranting priority attention, and is further Mr. GRASSLEY, and Mr. LEE) submitted proposed an amendment to the resolution S. designated by the Government Account- an amendment intended to be proposed Res. 503, commemorating the tricentennial ability Office as ‘‘open’’ or ‘‘closed, to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. of the City of San Antonio, Texas. unimplemented’’ as of the date on which the SA 2908. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an INHOFE (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) to annual budget justification is submitted; amendment intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appro- (2) a report listing each public rec- amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. INHOFE priations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- ommendation for corrective action from the (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) to the bill H.R. tary activities of the Department of Office of Inspector General of the agency for 5515, to authorize appropriations for fiscal which no final action has been taken as of Defense, for military construction, and year 2019 for military activities of the De- the date on which the annual budget jus- for defense activities of the Depart- partment of Defense, for military construc- tification is submitted; and ment of Energy, to prescribe military tion, and for defense activities of the Depart- (3) a report on the implementation status personnel strengths for such fiscal ment of Energy, to prescribe military per- of each public recommendation described in year, and for other purposes; which was sonnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for paragraphs (1) and (2), which shall include— other purposes; which was ordered to lie on ordered to lie on the table; as follows: (A) with respect to a public recommenda- the table. At the end of subtitle A of title X, add the tion that is designated by the Government following: f Accountability Office as warranting priority SEC. 1006. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPENDING attention and as ‘‘open’’ or ‘‘closed, TEXT OF AMENDMENTS REDUCTIONS IN THE ABSENCE OF unimplemented’’— AN UNQUALIFIED AUDIT OPINION. SA 2902. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted (i) that the agency has decided not to im- If during any fiscal year after fiscal year an amendment intended to be proposed plement, a detailed justification for the deci- 2022, the Secretary of Defense determines to amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. sion; or that a department, agency, or other element (ii) that the agency has decided to adopt, a of the Department of Defense has not INHOFE (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) to timeline for full implementation; achieved an unqualified opinion on its full fi- the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appro- (B) with respect to a public recommenda- nancial statements for the calendar year priations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- tion for corrective action from the Office of ending during such fiscal year— tary activities of the Department of Inspector General of the agency for which no (1) the amount available to such depart- Defense, for military construction, and final action or action not recommended has ment, agency, or element for the fiscal year

VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:19 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4624 Sfmt 0634 E:\CR\FM\A14JN6.030 S14JNPT1 lotter on DSKBCFDHB2PROD with SENATE June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE S3957 in which such determination is made shall be tive agency to have willfully and inten- status of the concern as described in sub- equal to— tionally misrepresented the status of that section (a) and shall complete debarment ac- (A) the amount otherwise authorized to be concern as a small business concern owned tions against such concern by not later than appropriated for such department, agency, or and controlled by veterans or as a small 90 days after such determination. element for the fiscal year; minus, in a man- business concern owned and controlled by ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—In making a deter- ner taken proportionally from each program, service-disabled veterans for the purpose of mination under this section, the head of an project, and activity of such department, qualifying for a contract awarded in accord- agency shall, as appropriate, consult with agency, or element ance with section 8127 of title 38 or as a the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and the (B) the lesser of— small business concern owned and controlled Administrator of the Small Business Admin- (i) an amount equal to 0.5 percent of the by service-disabled veterans for the purpose istration. amount described in subparagraph (A); or of qualifying for a contract awarded in ac- ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—The debarment of a (ii) $100,000,000; and cordance with the Government-wide goals business concern under subsection (a) in- (2) the Secretary shall deposit in the gen- for procurement pursuant to section 15(g)(1) cludes the debarment of all principals in the eral fund of the Treasury for purposes of def- of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1) business concern for a period of not less than icit reduction all amounts unavailable to de- shall be debarred from contracting with the five years. partments, agencies, and elements of the De- Federal Government for a period of not less ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: partment in the fiscal year pursuant to de- than five years. ‘‘(1) The term ‘small business concern’ has terminations made under paragraph (1). ‘‘(b) PROCESS.—In the case of a debarment the meaning given the term in section 3 of under subsection (a), the head of the execu- the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). SA 2906. Mr. DURBIN submitted an tive agency shall commence debarment ac- ‘‘(2) The term ‘small business concern amendment intended to be proposed to tion against the business concern by not owned and controlled by service-disabled amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. later than 30 days after determining that the veterans’ has the meaning given the term in section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 INHOFE (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) to concern willfully and intentionally misrepre- U.S.C. 632(q)(2)).’’. the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appro- sented the status of the concern as described in subsection (a) and shall complete debar- (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of priations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- ment actions against such concern by not sections at the beginning of such chapter, as tary activities of the Department of later than 90 days after such determination. amended by section 801, is further amended Defense, for military construction, and ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.—In making a deter- by inserting after the item relating to sec- for defense activities of the Depart- mination under this section, the head of an tion 2339a the following new item: ment of Energy, to prescribe military executive agency shall, as appropriate, con- ‘‘2339b. Debarment of contractors that fraud- personnel strengths for such fiscal sult with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs ulently misrepresent status for year, and for other purposes; which was and the Administrator of the Small Business purposes of obtaining certain Administration. set aside contracts.’’. ordered to lie on the table; as follows: ‘‘(d) APPLICABILITY.—The debarment of a Strike section 6202. business concern under subsection (a) in- f cludes the debarment of all principals in the AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO SA 2907. Mr. MCCONNELL (for Mr. business concern for a period of not less than MEET CORNYN) proposed an amendment to five years. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I the resolution S. Res. 503, commemo- ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: have 4 requests for committees to meet rating the tricentennial of the City of ‘‘(1) The term ‘small business concern’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of during today’s session of the Senate. San Antonio, Texas; as follows: the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632). They have the approval of the Majority Strike the 18th whereas clause and insert ‘‘(2) The term ‘small business concern and Minority leaders. the following: owned and controlled by veterans’ has the Whereas San Antonio has been home to Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph meaning given the term in section 8127(l) of 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Sen- several notable individuals, including Presi- title 38. dent Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Lyn- ‘‘(3) The term ‘small business concern ate, the following committees are au- don B. Johnson, President Theodore Roo- owned and controlled by service-disabled thorized to meet during today’s session sevelt, Congressman David Crockett, Con- veterans’ has the meaning given the term in of the Senate: gressman Garlington Jerome Sutton, Gen- section 3(q)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 COMMITTEE ON BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN eral Douglas MacArthur, General Jimmy U.S.C. 632(q)(2)).’’. AFFAIRS Doolittle, Colonel James Bowie, Lieutenant (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of The Committee on Banking, Housing, Colonel Ed White, Master Sergeant Raul sections at the beginning of such chapter is Perez Benavidez, Charles Lindbergh, Joan and Urban Affairs is authorized to amended by inserting after the item relating meet during the session of the Senate Crawford, Johnny Cash, Rosita Fernandez, to section 4712 the following new item: on Thursday, June 14, 2018, at 10 a.m., and Santiago Jimenez; ‘‘4713. Debarment of contractors that fraudu- lently misrepresent status for to conduct a hearing entitled ‘‘Over- SA 2908. Ms. BALDWIN submitted an purposes of obtaining certain sight of the National Telecommuni- amendment intended to be proposed to set aside contracts.’’. cation and Information Administra- amendment SA 2282 proposed by Mr. (b) DEFENSE CONTRACTS.— tion.’’ INHOFE (for himself and Mr. MCCAIN) to (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 137 of title 10, COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS the bill H.R. 5515, to authorize appro- United States Code, as amended by section The Committee on Foreign Relations priations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- 801, is further amended by inserting after section 2339a the following new section: is authorized to meet during the ses- tary activities of the Department of sion of the Senate on Thursday, June Defense, for military construction, and ‘‘§ 2339b. Debarment of contractors that fraudulently misrepresent status for pur- 14, 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct a hearing for defense activities of the Depart- on the following nominations: Harry B. ment of Energy, to prescribe military poses of obtaining certain set aside con- tracts Harris, Jr., of Florida, to be Ambas- personnel strengths for such fiscal ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any business concern sador to the Republic of Korea, Tibor year, and for other purposes; which was that is determined by the head of an agency Peter Nagy, Jr., of Texas, to be an As- ordered to lie on the table; as follows: to have willfully and intentionally misrepre- sistant Secretary (African Affairs), and At the end of subtitle B of title VIII, add sented the status of that concern as a small David Schenker, of New Jersey, to be the following: business concern owned and controlled by an Assistant Secretary (Near Eastern SEC. 823. DEBARMENT OF CONTRACTORS THAT service-disabled veterans for the purpose of Affairs), all of the Department of FRAUDULENTLY MISREPRESENT qualifying for a contract awarded in accord- State. STATUS FOR PURPOSES OF OBTAIN- ance with the Government-wide goals for ING CERTAIN SET ASIDE CON- procurement pursuant to section 15(g)(1) of COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY TRACTS. the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 644(g)(1) The Committee on the Judiciary is (a) CIVILIAN CONTRACTS.— shall be debarred from contracting with the authorized to meet during the session (1) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 47 of title 41, Federal Government for a period of not less United States Code, is amended by adding at of the Senate on Thursday, June 14, than five years. the end the following new section: 2018, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a business ‘‘(b) PROCESS.—In the case of a debarment meeting and hearing on the following ‘‘§ 4713. Debarment of contractors that fraud- under subsection (a), the head of the agency ulently misrepresent status for purposes of shall commence debarment action against nominations: Britt Cagle Grant, of obtaining certain set aside contracts the business concern by not later than 30 Georgia, to be United States Circuit ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Any business concern days after determining that the concern will- Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Allen that is determined by the head of an execu- fully and intentionally misrepresented the Cothrel Winsor, to be United States

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Johnson, President Theodore Roo- Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and dent Dwight D. Eisenhower, President Lyn- sevelt, Congressman David Crockett, Con- Susan Llewellyn Pamerleau, to be don B. Johnson, President Theodore Roo- gressman Garlington Jerome Sutton, Gen- United States Marshal for the Western sevelt, Congressman David Crockett, Con- eral Douglas MacArthur, General Jimmy District of Texas, Gadyaces S. gressman Garlington Jerome Sutton, Gen- Doolittle, Colonel James Bowie, Lieutenant eral Douglas MacArthur, General Jimmy Serralta, to be United States Marshal Colonel Ed White, Master Sergeant Raul Doolittle, Colonel James Bowie, Lieutenant Perez Benavidez, Charles Lindbergh, Joan for the Southern District of Florida, R. Colonel Ed White, Master Sergeant Raul Crawford, Johnny Cash, Rosita Fernandez, Don Ladner, Jr., to be United States Perez Benavidez, Charles Lindbergh, Joan and Santiago Jimenez; Marshal for the Northern District of Crawford, Johnny Cash, Rosita Fernandez, Whereas San Antonio hosts one of the larg- Florida, and Charles L. Goodwin, to be and Santiago Jimenez; est annual marches in the United States for United States Marshal for the District The preamble, as amended, was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with nearly of Hawaii, all of the Department of agreed to. 300,000 participants; Justice. Whereas San Antonio is the seventh larg- The resolution, with its preamble, as est city in the United States based on popu- SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE amended, reads as follows: lation; The Select Committee on Intel- S. RES. 503 Whereas San Antonio contributes to the ligence is authorized to meet during Whereas in 1718, the Mission San Antonio cultural life and historical understanding of the session of the Senate on Thursday, de Valero, the Presidio San Antonio de the State of Texas through events such as— June 14, 2018, at 10 a.m., to conduct a Bejar, and the Villa de Bejar were founded in (1) Fiesta; closed hearing. the area that would become the City of San (2) Luminaria; Mr. CASSIDY. Mr. President, I ask Antonio (referred to in this preamble as (3) the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo; unanimous consent that Andrew Hamp- ‘‘San Antonio’’); (4) the Armed Forces River Parade; and Whereas in 1821, San Antonio became a (5) the Texas Folk Life Festival; and ton, an intern in Senator SULLIVAN’s part of the Mexican empire; office, be granted floor privileges for Whereas during the first week of May, Whereas in the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, 2018— the remainder of the day. Mexican forces led by General Lopez de The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without (1) San Antonio will honor and celebrate Santa Anna stormed the Alamo and more the tricentennial anniversary of the city; objection, it is so ordered. than 200 United States colonists, Texians, and and Tejanos died defending the future State f (2) each day of that week will have a spe- of Texas; cific focus, including a Day of Reflection, PRIVILEGES OF THE FLOOR Whereas in 1836, the new government of the History & Education Day, Founders Day, State of Texas formed the county govern- Mr. BLUMENTHAL. Mr. President, I Arts for All Day, Legacy Day, and Military ment of Bexar, and made San Antonio the ask unanimous consent that my de- Appreciation Day: Now, therefore, be it county seat of Bexar; fense fellow, a U.S. Marine Corps offi- Resolved, That the Senate— Whereas in 1837, by action of the City (1) designates 2018 as the year of the ‘‘San cer, Alexander Monte, be granted floor Council, Ciudad San Antonio de Bejar was of- Antonio Tricentennial’’; and privileges for the length of the current ficially renamed the City of San Antonio; (2) honors the history and founding of the debate on the National Defense Au- Whereas the United States Army post at City of San Antonio, Texas. thorization Act. San Antonio was established in 1865, and is The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without known today as Fort Sam Houston; objection, it is so ordered. Whereas in 1877, the first passenger train of f the renamed Galveston, Harrisburg, and San f Antonio railroad arrived in San Antonio; JUNETEENTH INDEPENDENCE DAY COMMEMORATING THE TRI- Whereas Brooks Air Force Base was built CENTENNIAL OF THE CITY OF in 1917 in San Antonio and operated until Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS closure in 2011; ask unanimous consent that the Sen- Whereas Kelly Field, also known as Kelly ate proceed to the consideration of S. Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I Air Force Base, was founded in 1917 and oper- Res. 547, submitted earlier today. ask unanimous consent that the Judi- ated until 2001, making it the oldest continu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The ciary Committee be discharged from ously operating air base in the United clerk will report the resolution by further consideration of and the Senate States; title. now proceed to the consideration of S. Whereas in 1931, Randolph Air Force Base The senior assistant legislative clerk Res. 503. began operating as a training facility in San The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without Antonio and is now part of Joint Base San read as follows: Antonio; objection, it is so ordered. A resolution (S. Res. 547) designating June Whereas in 1941, Lackland Air Force Base 19, 2018, as ‘‘Juneteenth Independence Day’’ The clerk will report the resolution began operating as a training facility in San by title. in recognition of June 19, 1865, the date on Antonio and is now part of Joint Base San which slavery legally came to an end in the The senior assistant legislative clerk Antonio; United States. read as follows: Whereas in 1968, San Antonio hosted a 6- A resolution (S. Res. 503) commemorating month international exposition known as There being no objection, the Senate the tricentennial of the City of San Antonio, ‘‘HemisFair ’68’’, which welcomed more than proceeded to consider the resolution. Texas. 6,000,000 visitors from across the world; Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I There being no objection, the Senate Whereas in 1973, San Antonio received the ask unanimous consent that the reso- first and only major professional sports team proceeded to consider the resolution. lution be agreed to, the preamble be of the city, the San Antonio Spurs, which agreed to, and the motions to recon- Mr. MCCONNELL. Mr. President, I has won a total of 5 National Basketball As- ask unanimous consent that the reso- sociation championships; sider be considered made and laid upon lution be agreed to, the Cornyn amend- Whereas in 1987, Pope John Paul II became the table with no intervening action or ment to the preamble be considered the first and only pontiff to visit the State of debate. and agreed to, the preamble, as amend- Texas and San Antonio; The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without ed, be agreed to, and the motions to re- Whereas in 1992, the United States, Mexico, objection, it is so ordered. consider be considered made and laid and Canada signed the North American Free The resolution (S. Res. 547) was Trade Agreement in San Antonio; agreed to. upon the table. Whereas in 2017, the United Nations Edu- The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without cational, Scientific and Cultural Organiza- The preamble was agreed to. objection, it is so ordered. tion inscribed the 5 Spanish colonial mis- (The resolution, with its preamble, is The resolution (S. Res. 503) was sions in San Antonio as a World Heritage printed in today’s RECORD under ‘‘Sub- agreed to. Site; mitted Resolutions.’’)

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HONORING ETHAN PIERCE FIELDS resent our founding, our republic, and our Samuel Schultz, a Marine, who was tragically unity. As Ronald Reagan said, ‘‘The colors of killed April 3 in a helicopter accident during a HON. SAM GRAVES our flag signify the qualities of the human spirit training exercise in Southern California. Cap- OF MISSOURI we Americans cherish. Red for courage and tain Schultz was a six-year veteran of the Ma- readiness to sacrifice; white for pure intentions rines and third generation in his family to be- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES and high ideals; and blue for vigilance and jus- come a pilot. His father is a licensed civilian Thursday, June 14, 2018 tice.’’ pilot and his grandfather Albert flew with the Mr. GRAVES of Missouri. Mr. Speaker, I It is my honor to recognize American Legion Army Air Force in World War II. He died doing proudly pause to recognize Ethan Fields. Auxiliary Unit 70 in Judith Gap for its patriot- what he loved. Ethan is a very special young man who has ism, dedication to its community, and its spirit A native of my district, Captain Schultz was exemplified the finest qualities of citizenship of Montana. born in Abington Hospital and graduated from and leadership by taking an active part in the f Abington Senior High School in 2008. He went on to college at Penn State University where Boy Scouts of America, Troop 251, and earn- HONORING BRIAN D. PETERSEN ing the most prestigious award of Eagle Scout. he enrolled in the Navy ROTC program. After Ethan has been very active with his troop, HON. ROB BISHOP graduating in 2012, Captain Schultz chose to participating in many scout activities. Over the join the Marine Corps and was assigned to the OF UTAH many years Ethan has been involved with Third Marine Aircraft Wing’s 465th Squadron IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES scouting, he has not only earned numerous of Miramar Air Station in San Diego. He had merit badges, but also the respect of his fam- Thursday, June 14, 2018 also served in Florida, Texas, and North Caro- ily, peers, and community. Most notably, Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I rise lina, and had also been deployed with the Ethan has become a warrior in the tribe of today to honor Brian D. Petersen upon his re- 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit in California. Mic-O–Say. Ethan has also contributed to his tirement from over thirty-two years of dedi- He is an American hero. community through his Eagle Scout project cated service as a public school instructor pri- Captain Schultz was a smart, funny, gen- where he painted parking curbs in the St. marily in the field of Choral Music from Bear uine young man that loved extreme sports. An Robert Bellarmine Catholic Church. River High School in Tremonton, Utah. annual Mummer with his older brother Eric, Mr. Speaker, I proudly ask you to join me in Mr. Petersen is a native of Box Elder Coun- Samuel is also survived by his parents Julie commending Ethan for his accomplishments ty, Utah, and received a Master of Education and Mitchell. My heart goes out to his family. with the Boy Scouts of America and for his ef- and Bachelor of Arts in Choral Music from Captain Samuel Schultz will be missed by forts put forth in achieving the highest distinc- Utah State University. A talented and accom- all. We must never forget the sacrifices he and tion of Eagle Scout. plished vocalist, musician and composer, he his family have made for our country. f has taught and mentored thousands of stu- f dents over the course of his long career, in- HONORING MASTER SERGEANT RECOGNIZING AMERICAN LEGION cluding students from Mountain View High BRENT P. SCHOL AUXILIARY UNIT 70 IN JUDITH School in Orem, Utah, as well as Preston GAP, MONTANA Idaho High School where he first began. For many years, Mr. Petersen was a mem- HON. TIMOTHY J. WALZ ber of the world-renowned Mormon Taber- OF MINNESOTA HON. GREG GIANFORTE IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MONTANA nacle Choir, and has gained national recogni- tion for arranging and composing choral Thursday, June 14, 2018 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES music, including arrangements used for pro- Mr. WALZ. Mr. Speaker, as a former Com- Thursday, June 14, 2018 ductions associated with various veteran’s cer- mand Sergeant Major, I would like to take this Mr. GIANFORTE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today, emonial programs, as well as completing ar- time to recognize a fellow Non-Commissioned on Flag Day, to recognize American Legion rangements for the Church of Jesus Christ of Officer who has dedicated his life to the Auxiliary Unit 70 in Judith Gap for its patriot- Latter-Day Saints. He is a Member of the United States Army and to this country. Mas- ism and successful efforts to honor our nation American Choral Directors Association, includ- ter Sergeant Brent P. Schol will retire from the and flag. ing service as President of the Utah Chapter United States Army after a lifetime of service In 2014, the auxiliary unit teamed up with from 1999 to 2001. Mr. Petersen has shown a to this nation. Brent has been the epitome of American Legion Post 70 to begin Flags on willingness to share his talents to enrich the a particular line in the Non-Commissioned Of- Main Street. Flags on Main Street is a grass- community and is often in demand as a per- ficer Creed, which continues to inspire me to roots, community-driven project. The initial former, conductor and a judge for choral this day: ‘‘No one is more professional than I.’’ goal of the program was to mark patriotic holi- music competitions nationwide. His career has As part of a long, strong line of Non-Commis- days with the American flag flying on every demonstrated a high standard of profes- sioned Officers dating back 243 years, Brent business, home, and building on the main sionalism and caring for his craft which has has done his part to be the backbone of our street passing through Judith Gap. The ALA undoubtedly blessed the lives of many people great Army by consistently doing the two unit purchased flag holders and flags, and and will continue to do so. things that we always ask of our NCOs: ac- members went door-to-door to bring the pro- Mr. Petersen is a devoted husband to his complishing the mission and taking care of gram to life. wife, Carol Jean, the father of seven daugh- America’s sons and daughters. Businesses and residents along the main ters, and has ten grandchildren. It is fitting that You can say that Master Sergeant Schol street welcomed the unit’s patriotic spirit, and we recognize and honor him today. has ‘‘earned his spurs.’’ Throughout his ca- the people of Judith Gap began placing flag f reer, he has served in every aspect on an holders on prominent locations beyond the IN HONOR OF CAPTAIN SAMUEL M1A1/M1A2 Tank from Loader to Tank Com- main corridor so that our flag could fly SCHULTZ mander. Other assignments have included throughout the town on patriotic holidays. Troop/Squadron Master Gunner, Squadron American Legion Post 70 coupled Flags on HON. BRENDAN F. BOYLE and Regimental Operations Non-Commis- Main Street with their local flag education pro- sioned Officer, and Company/Troop First Ser- OF PENNSYLVANIA gram. Flags on Main Street continues to enjoy geant. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES widespread, enthusiastic support in Judith He currently serves on the Cobra Team at Gap. Thursday, June 14, 2018 the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, The flag of the United States of America is Mr. BRENDAN F. BOYLE of Pennsylvania. California as a Cavalry Troop Trainer and will a symbol of freedom. Its stars and stripes rep- Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Captain retire from the Army on October 1, 2018.

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VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\K14JN8.001 E14JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REMARKS E840 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 14, 2018 Brent is a native of Granada Hills, California Mr. Speaker, I would like to again formally President of Government Relations at The and was born Sept 14, 1979. He entered the congratulate Maverick McPeek on his state Hospital for Special Care. Army on Sept 8, 1998 and attended unit train- title, and I join the rest of the community in Just as he worked with a dogged determina- ing for armor crewmembers at Fort Knox, Ken- wishing him every success in the future. tion throughout his distinguished career, Joe tucky. f committed the latter years of his life to leading The units Brent served with are many. He a healthy lifestyle. Through his years of hard has served with B Company and HHC, 1st HONORING NURSE ENTREKIN work, Joe lost more than 450 pounds after Battalion, 34th Armor; HHC, 1st Battalion, leaving elected office. 72nd Armor; A Troop, 1st Squadron, 11th Ar- HON. DOUG COLLINS Mr. Speaker, Joe Harper led a remarkable mored Cavalry Regiment; H Troop, 2nd OF GEORGIA career and enthusiastically lent his talents to Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment; IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES improve New Britain and Connecticut. There- HHT, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment; D fore, it is fitting and proper that we honor his Thursday, June 14, 2018 Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regi- life and memory here today. My condolences ment; D Co and C Co, 1st Battalion, 68th Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I go out to his sister, Mary Ellen, and his family. Armor Regiment; HHBN, 4th Infantry Division; rise today to recognize Fran Entrekin for her Those of us who knew Joe will cherish his 7–10 and 2–1 CAV; and Operations Group long career of medical service to the Gaines- memory, and his legacy will live on in our National Training Center. His deployments ville community. community. have included a deployment to Kuwait in 2001 For 50 years, Nurse Entrekin has served f and to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Free- local children and families. She began her ca- dom in 2003 and 2005. reer as a medical assistant for Dr. Buddy PERSONAL EXPLANATION His military education includes the Basic Langston in 1968 and then became a pediatric Leader’s Course, Advanced Leader’s Course, nurse in that practice. She started to work for HON. JOSEPH P. KENNEDY III Senior Leader’s Course, Air Assault School, the Longstreet Clinic in 1995 and, in 2004, be- OF MASSACHUSETTS Battle Staff Non-Commissioned Officer came the first nurse to work at the Longstreet IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Course, and the M1A1 Master Gunner Clinic’s Wee Care Office. Thursday, June 14, 2018 Course. This June, Nurse Entrekin will retire from Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. Speaker, on Thursday, His awards and decorations include the the Longstreet Clinic, but not from caring for June 7, 2018, during consideration of H.R. Bronze Star medal, three Meritorious Service young people, as she plans to focus on her 5895, the Energy and Water Development and medals, the Army Commendation Medal with eight grandchildren. Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Valor, six Army Commendation Medals, eight The legacy she leaves is one of passion Year 2019, I recorded an erroneous vote on Army Achievement medals, National Defense and commitment. After caring for four genera- amendment number 26, offered by Ms. LEE of Service Medal, Korea Defense Service Medal, tions of families, Nurse Entrekin is beginning a California. I intended to vote yes on roll call Armed Force Expeditionary Medal, Iraq Cam- new season. vote number 247. paign medal with 2 bronze stars, Global War I am proud to honor Nurse Entrekin for the on Terrorism Service Medal, the Non-Commis- decades she has invested in Northeast Geor- f sioned Officer professional development rib- gia patients and the compassion she has 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF ST. bon with numeral three, five Good Conduct spread throughout our community as a whole. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF Medals, three Overseas Service Ribbons, and f CHRIST, SAN BRUNO two Meritorious Unit Citations. Brent is finishing his Master of Science in HONORING MR. JOSEPH HARPER, Military History from American Military Univer- JR. HON. JACKIE SPEIER OF CALIFORNIA sity and will be returning to Santa Clarita, CA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES upon retirement. Brent is married to the former HON. ELIZABETH H. ESTY Julie Anna Curtis and has one daughter OF CONNECTICUT Thursday, June 14, 2018 named Madison. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. SPEIER. Mr. Speaker, I rise to com- On this Army birthday, it seems fitting to say memorate the 100th anniversary of the found- Thursday, June 14, 2018 thank you to Master Sergeant Schol and his ing of St. John’s United Church of Christ in family and wish them good luck as they open Ms. ESTY of Connecticut. Mr. Speaker, I San Bruno, California. This church has been a a new chapter in their lives. rise today with a heavy heart to honor the life rock of comfort and hope for an entire century, ‘‘Centurions!’’ of Mr. Joseph Harper, Jr. and recognize his and the community joins with me in extending f contributions to the State of Connecticut and these good wishes. CONGRATULATING MAVERICK the Town of New Britain. Joe passed away on San Bruno was incorporated as a city in May 20, 2018 at the age of 70 after a long life MCPEEK ON HIS TITLE 1914. St. John’s was founded soon thereafter of dedicated service to his community. by German immigrants and first met in the HON. CHERI BUSTOS Joe was born and raised in New Britain, homes of its congregants or, a few years later, Connecticut and was a lifelong public servant in Carpenter’s Hall. By 1920, the city of San OF ILLINOIS to our state. After graduating from the Univer- Bruno had about 1,500 residents and by 1921 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES sity of Connecticut, Joe obtained a Master’s the congregation had outgrown its earlier loca- Thursday, June 14, 2018 Degree in Public Administration and later tions and a church building was erected. The Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to earned another Master’s Degree in Inter- congregation thrived. congratulate Maverick McPeek, a senior from national Studies from Central Connecticut In the 1930’s, multiple orders of churches Dakota High School, for earning the 220 State University. merged and ultimately formed the United pound Class IA title for the Illinois State Joe began his long public service career as Church of Christ. The motto of the new de- Championship in Wrestling. an Alderman and mayoral aide for New Brit- nomination was ‘‘That they may all be one.’’ Maverick McPeek defeated his opponent 3– ain, before serving an impressive 16 years in Today, the congregants come from diverse 2 to claim his title as state champion, and I the Connecticut General Assembly. Joe was ethnic backgrounds. Families from throughout would like to recognize Maverick for his tre- first elected to the State House of Representa- the world, and even those who originally wor- mendous accomplishment. Maverick’s dedica- tives, serving 2 terms before being elected to shipped in different denominations, have tion and passion for his sport meant that he the State Senate, where he served a further 6 joined to form the community of St. John’s was determined to win gold and cap off his terms. In the Senate, Joe was an essential United Church of Christ. season of 40 wins and 2 losses. As a former member of the Appropriations Committee, The church participates in multiple chari- athlete, I understand the amount of hard work where he served as co-chair and a key advo- table activities, including providing disaster re- and commitment to be awarded such a title. cate for New Britain and the communities of lief, offering contributions to St. Anthony’s Din- Ian is an example of the importance of dedica- Central Connecticut. After his retirement from ing Room and to the San Francisco Night Min- tion and a strong work ethic. I am proud there the General Assembly, Joe continued to serve istry. Its values of faith, love and inclusion lead is such young talent in our community, and to Connecticut by working as a Deputy State the church to support all and to value each see him represent Dakota, Illinois throughout Treasurer, as a Vice President of Central Con- human being, no matter how little a person the state. necticut State University, and as the Vice may have.

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Despite these powerful forces, the Lith- of laughter from children can be heard in its OF ILLINOIS uanian people dreamt of a unified, sovereign hallways as they enjoy their lessons offered IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES nation founded on the rich cultural and lin- onsite by the California Montessori School. Thursday, June 14, 2018 guistic history of the region. They longed to For the past 40 years, St. John’s has been gain independence from the powers of Europe led by Pastor Champion Traylor and his late Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to and establish their country on democratic val- wife, Pat. During weddings and funerals, congratulate the Rockridge Softball Team from ues and ideals. weekly services and rallies for hope, through Rockridge High School, for earning the Class In September 1917, the Vilnius Conference peaceful times and when our nation was at 2A title for the Illinois State Championship in met to begin the process of separating from war, this couple gave comfort to their fellow softball. the Russian Empire. The Conference estab- citizens and offered guidance to all who The Rockets took first in finals to claim their lished a group of 20 men, known as the Coun- sought it. Sometimes we lose track of the im- title as state champions, and I would like to cil of Lithuania, to act in the interest of the portance of ministry in our daily lives. Pastor recognize them for their tremendous accom- Lithuanian people throughout this arduous Traylor and his wife never lost track of anyone plishment. Their dedication and passion for process. In December 1917, the Council, led in their ministry. their sport meant that they were determined to by activist Jonas Basanavic˘ius, declared Lith- So let us wish St. John’s another 100 years win gold. As a former athlete, I understand the uania to be independent as a protectorate of of prosperity. We know that other churches amount of hard work and commitment to be Germany. Seeing that the German Empire may be larger, but few have been such stal- awarded such a title. They are an example of was weakened by its struggles in World War wart members of San Bruno’s community for the importance of dedication and a strong I, the Council adopted the Act of Independ- 100 or more years. In the years since St. work ethic. I am proud there is such young tal- ence of Lithuania on February 16, 1918, ulti- John’s was founded, the first asphalt state ent in our community, and to see them rep- mately liberating the country from the powers highway was laid down just a few miles away resent Taylor Ridge throughout the state. of Europe. in San Bruno, a racetrack was built and then Mr. Speaker, I would like to again formally Since the days of her independence, Lith- demolished, San Francisco airport went from a congratulate the Rockridge Rockets Softball uania has maintained a strong working rela- mud field to an international destination, and Team on their title, and I join the rest of the tionship with the United States. Though, for a tens of thousands of San Bruno children were community in wishing them every success in time during World War II, Lithuania was force- raised and left their homes to participate in the future. fully annexed and occupied by the Soviet civic life and commerce. St. John’s has re- f Union, the United States never recognized this mained. It has always served the next wave of PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION lapse in Lithuanian independence and has al- Americans and immigrants, allowing all who OF H.R. 2851, STOP THE IMPOR- ways supported Lithuania’s democratic prin- enter to be encouraged in their spiritual quest TATION AND TRAFFICKING OF ciples and values. By joining NATO and the and thus allowing America herself to become SYNTHETIC ANALOGUES ACT OF UN in 2004, Lithuania has demonstrated a a more perfect union. May this special place 2017; PROVIDING FOR CONSIDER- deep commitment to peace and freedom that near San Francisco Bay continue to prosper ATION OF H.R. 5735, TRANSI- I am proud to acknowledge here today. for the next 100 years. TIONAL HOUSING FOR RECOV- One hundred years removed from this his- ERY IN VIABLE ENVIRONMENTS toric independence, it is an honor to recognize f DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ACT; the rich history and culture of one our nation’s HONORING THE CITY COMMISSION AND PROVIDING FOR CONSIDER- strongest international allies. With confidence OF THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE ATION OF H.R. 5788, SECURING and support, the United States looks forward LAKES THE INTERNATIONAL MAIL to additional centuries of Lithuanian strength AGAINST OPIOIDS ACT OF 2018 and prosperity. f HON. ALCEE L. HASTINGS SPEECH OF OF FLORIDA PERSONAL EXPLANATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. PETE SESSIONS OF TEXAS HON. MARK SANFORD Thursday, June 14, 2018 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF SOUTH CAROLINA Mr. HASTINGS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Wednesday, June 13, 2018 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES honor the City Commission of the City of Lau- derdale Lakes located in Broward County, Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, the Rules Thursday, June 14, 2018 Florida. Committee report (H. Rept. 115–751) to ac- company House Resolution 934 included an Mr. SANFORD. Mr. Speaker, I was unable This area has long been a retirement loca- to attend votes, as I was in Charleston, South tion for people from New York and in par- incorrect amendment header for the text of amendments made in order to Part A. The Carolina for the primary election. Had I been ticular those of the Jewish faith. Those with present, I would have voted NAY on Roll Call Caribbean and African American ancestry correct amendment header should have read: Part A—Text of Amendments to H.R. 2851 No. 258; YEA on Roll Call No. 259; and YEA began to settle there in the late 20th century, Made in Order. on Roll Call No. 260. making the City a true American success story f of diversity, which is now home to over 35,000 f people. IN RECOGNITION OF THE 100TH AN- RECOGNIZING CHLOE LINDEMAN In 2014, the City voted to alter the structure NIVERSARY OF LITHUANIAN FOR HER 1A STATE TITLE IN of its governing body by establishing a city INDEPENDENCE SHOTPUT commission that would be composed of five individuals. In November 2016, the City’s resi- HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT HON. CHERI BUSTOS dents elected five women of color, making OF PENNSYLVANIA OF ILLINOIS them the only city in Florida to have a com- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES mission entirely comprised of women. Mr. Speaker, to the residents of Lauderdale Thursday, June 14, 2018 Thursday, June 14, 2018 Lakes, and especially to its Mayor Hazelle Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise to Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Rogers, Vice Mayor Beverly Williams, and City honor the great country of Lithuania and the congratulate Chloe Lindeman, a junior from Commissioners Sandra Davey, Gloria Lewis, hundred-year anniversary of her independ- Fulton High School, for earning the Class 1A and Veronica Edwards Phillips, I offer my sin- ence. On February 16, 1918, Lithuania de- title for the Illinois State Championship in shot cere congratulations on this historic achieve- clared her independence from the Russian put for track and field. ment and wish the City many years of contin- empire and has since been a tremendous ally Chloe Lindeman threw the shot put 47 feet ued success. to the United States in Eastern Europe. to claim her title as state champion, and I

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Chloe is f The citizens of Miamisburg will celebrate an example of the importance of dedication their city’s rich history and vibrant future dur- and a strong work ethic. I am proud there is CELEBRATING THE BICENTENNIAL ing a festive week of activities from June 16– such young talent in our community, and to OF MIAMISBURG, OHIO 23, 2018. Riverfront Park will serve as the see her represent Fulton throughout the state. city’s center stage for its bicentennial celebra- Mr. Speaker, I would like to again formally HON. MICHAEL R. TURNER tions. The festivities include a bicentennial pa- congratulate Chloe Lindeman on her title, and OF OHIO rade, fireworks, performances by the Dayton I join the rest of the community in wishing her IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Philharmonic, the Ohio State University Alumni every success in the future. Thursday, June 14, 2018 Band, the U.S. Air Force Band of Flight, and f a concert by Country Music Hall of Fame mu- Mr. TURNER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to sician Ricky Skaggs. PERSONAL EXPLANATION honor the City of Miamisburg, Ohio as it cele- The week of celebration coincides with the brates its bicentennial anniversary. annual Miamisburg Alumni Dinner Dance. The HON. DINA TITUS There is only one community on Earth Miamisburg High School Alumni Association is OF NEVADA named Miamisburg—and that community is lo- the oldest continuously active high school cated in my congressional district. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES alumni association in the United States, and Miamisburg is affectionately known as Thursday, June 14, 2018 has held a reunion each year since its incep- Ohio’s ‘‘Star City.’’ The city drew its name tion in 1888. Ms. TITUS. Mr. Speaker, I was absent June from the Native American tribe that inhabited Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me 12, 2018 due to unforeseen circumstances. If the valley between the Great and Little Miami in congratulating the citizens of Miamisburg, I were present, I would have voted on the fol- Rivers. Ohio, as they celebrate this important mile- lowing: The area was originally settled by a minister stone in their city’s history. I want to thank the Roll no. 258—H.R. 5327—On motion to named Zachariah Hole, who came with his Miamisburg Bicentennial Committee, Mayor suspend the rules and pass the bill, as family from Virginia in 1797, and built a stock- Dick Church, and the many volunteers for all amended: YEA; ade on the east bank of the river as protection the hard work they have done in preparation Roll no. 259—H.R. 5041—On motion to from the Indians. The Indians proved to be for this special event. suspend the rules and pass the bill, as friendly, and the stockade attracted additional May Ohio’s ‘‘Star City’’ continue to shine amended: YEA; and settlers, mostly from Pennsylvania. The set- bright for another 200 years. tlers called their community ‘‘Hole’s Station.’’ Roll no. 260—On approving the Journal: f YEA. Miamisburg was founded on February 20, f 1818, fifteen years after Ohio was admitted CONGRATULATING IAN KUEHL ON into the Union as the 17th State. The commu- HIS TITLE CONGRATULATING THE HALL nity was organized as a village in 1832, and COUNTY CHAMBER OF COM- achieved city status one hundred years later, MERCE’S AWARD RECIPIENTS HON. CHERI BUSTOS in 1932. OF ILLINOIS Today, Miamisburg is home to over 20,000 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. DOUG COLLINS residents, in a community that is known to be Thursday, June 14, 2018 OF GEORGIA one of the best places in the United States to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES live and raise a family. The entire downtown Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to district is listed on the National Historic Reg- Thursday, June 14, 2018 congratulate Ian Kuehl, a senior from Lena- ister. In 2008, Ohio Magazine named Winslow High School, for earning the 285 Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I Miamisburg as one of the state’s five ‘‘Best pound Class IA title for the Illinois State rise today to recognize the 2018 recipients of Hometowns.’’ Championship in Wrestling. the Hall County Chamber of Commerce’s an- Miamisburg is home to notable citizens in- Ian Kuehl pinned his last opponent of the nual awards. cluding the McGuire Sisters, America’s most season in 3 minutes and 25 seconds to claim Each year, the Hall County Chamber popular singing trio, who recorded dozens of his title as state champion, and I would like to awards local businesses and individuals for hit songs during the 1950s and 1960s; George recognize Ian for his tremendous accomplish- the positive impact that they have had on the Kinderdine of the Dayton Triangles, who ment. Ian’s dedication and passion for his community. kicked the first-ever extra point in NFL history sport meant that he was determined to win To honor the accomplishments of individual in the first game played between two profes- gold and cap off his season of 47 wins and Hall County residents, the Chamber gave the sional football teams in 1920; and David only 1 loss. As a former athlete, I understand Distinguished Citizen Award to Benny Bagwell, Bruton, Jr., a defensive back who helped the the amount of hard work and commitment to the W.G. Mealor Award to Paul Chambers, Denver Broncos win their third Super Bowl be awarded such a title. Ian is an example of and the Community Service Award to State championship in 2016. the importance of dedication and a strong Senator Butch Miller. As a friend to each of Theodore Roosevelt is the only President of work ethic. I am proud there is such young tal- these three men, I’ve seen their devotion to the United States known to have visited ent in our community, and to see him rep- the Hall County community first-hand. Miamisburg during his time in office. resent Stockton throughout the state. Celebrating the achievements of local busi- The Miamisburg Mound is the city’s most Mr. Speaker, I would like to again formally nesses, the Chamber awarded Green’s Gro- visible historic landmark. The Mound is an an- congratulate Ian Kuehl on his state title, and I cery and Millie’s Drapery and Decorating with cient burial site constructed by the prehistoric join the rest of the community in wishing him the Small Business of the Year title. Dupli- Adena Indians approximately 2,500 years ago. every success in the future. cating Products and the Norton Agency It is one of the two largest conical mounds in f earned the Family Business of the Year eastern North America. The site is still intact award. and serves as a popular picnic destination and PERSONAL EXPLANATION We can’t overlook the risks that men and tourist attraction for area visitors. women take to start a business or the benefits The Mound Laboratory was the first perma- HON. LUIS V. GUTIE´RREZ these job creators bring to our community. nent atomic energy facility to be constructed OF ILLINOIS Keeping a business operating requires perse- after World War II in the United States. Its IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES verance during the difficult times. work was essential to U.S. national security The Hall County Chamber of Commerce during the Cold War. The laboratory operated Thursday, June 14, 2018 empowers the community by connecting local from 1948 to 2003 and served as a facility that Mr. GUTIE´ RREZ. Mr. Speaker, I was un- businesses and offering resources to support conducted research, development initiatives avoidably absent in the House chamber for roll their growth. When local business owners col- and production for U.S. nuclear weapons and call votes 261 and 262 on Wednesday, June

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As a former HON. PETE OLSON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES athlete, I understand the amount of hard work OF TEXAS Thursday, June 14, 2018 and commitment to be awarded such a title. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Danielle is an example of the importance of Thursday, June 14, 2018 Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take dedication and a strong work ethic. I am proud this opportunity to congratulate Berkshire The- there is such young talent in our community, Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to atre on the occasion of its 90th anniversary. It and to see her represent Orion throughout the recognize Officers Christopher Pickering, Mi- is one of the oldest continually running theatre state. chael Seiss and Jose Gonzales of the Katy groups in the country. Located in the heart of Mr Speaker, I would like to again formally Independent School District for receiving the the Berkshire Mountains, the group is an ex- congratulate Danielle Taets on her title, and I Chief’s Meritorious Citation Award. emplary representation of what Western Mas- join the rest of the community in wishing her Tragically, suicide is a growing problem with sachusetts has to offer. every success in the future. our youth today. Thankfully, we have heroes Berkshire Theatre Festival was founded in f among us who choose to be in the right place 1928 in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Over the at the right time. Officers Pickering, Seiss and course of its storied history, it has been both RECOGNIZING NORTHEAST GEOR- Gonzales were credited with helping save the a significant economic driver in the region and GIA’S SERVICE ACADEMY AP- lives of two students who were thinking of a home to people and events which have POINTEES committing suicide. On January 8, Officer greatly contributed to the vibrancy of our coun- Pickering was dispatched to a home amid re- try’s cultural heritage. In 2010, Berkshire The- HON. DOUG COLLINS ports of a possible suicide attempt by a Katy atre Festival merged with The Colonial The- OF GEORGIA ISD student. This student was helped by atre to form the Berkshire Theatre Group, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Pickering’s crisis intervention training and after combining two of Berkshire County’s oldest building a friendship with the officer, agreed to cultural institutions and icons of the American Thursday, June 14, 2018 undergo a mental health evaluation. The stu- theatre tradition. Berkshire Theatre Group’s Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I dent later told the Katy ISD Police Department four total stages have featured many critically rise today to honor Northeast Georgia’s 14 that Officer Pickering’s actions and concern acclaimed actors and award-winning produc- service academy appointees. that day kept him from taking his life. Officers tions over the years, and constitute a priceless Emmi Schakat of Blairsville, Gavin Jones of Seiss and Gonzales were dispatched to Cinco cultural resource for the community of West- Rabun Gap, A.J. Howard of Toccoa, and Ranch High School on March 7 after hearing ern Massachusetts. Moreover, Berkshire The- Owen Brown of Commerce will begin their ca- reports of another possible suicide. They atre Festival’s Playhouse, which is now known reers at the U.S. Military Academy. Cole acted promptly and showed the true heart of as the Fitzpatrick Main Stage, was added to Wright of Blairsville will begin a similar path at heroes. The quick actions of these two officers the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School. helped save the student’s life. Katy ISD Police 1976. In addition to these remarkable distinc- The U.S. Naval Academy will welcome Chief Robert Jinks proudly claimed that these tions, Berkshire Theatre Festival also Chase Nufer of Gainesville and Jarad Ford of three men revealed their bravery, character, launched a theatrical school in 1929 that con- Danielsville. Jack Haller of Cumming and Lo- and heroism for their community. For their tinues today to offer internship programs in retta Strickland of Blue Ridge will attend the dedication to the well-being of the Katy ISD, acting, directing, design, administration, and U.S. Naval Academy Preparatory School. we thank them for their service and heroism. technical theatre. With these offerings as well Two rising midshipmen who will attend the On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- as many other educational outreach programs, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy are Mac- sional District of Texas, congratulations again Berkshire Theatre Group is able to serve over kenzie Ralston of Blue Ridge and Timothy to Officers Christopher Pickering, Michael 13,000 students. Leurart of Ball Ground, and the U.S. Air Force Seiss and Jose Gonzales of the Katy ISD Po- Mr. Speaker, I would like to reiterate that Academy will open its campus to Michael lice Department for receiving the Chief’s Meri- Berkshire Theatre has been a group of histor- Herrington of Flowery Branch, Cameron torious Citation Award. I thank them for their ical importance and cultural renaissance since Sturdivant of Gainesville, and Audrey Weiner commitment to our students. Their passion its founding in 1928. It’s admirable promotion of Gainesville. and heart for the Katy ISD community is of the arts, focus on educational opportunities, I proudly nominated each of these students priceless. and diverse community benefits are certainly for their service to our community and dedica- f worthy of recognition. Berkshire Theatre has tion to our country. Over the next several undoubtedly been a center for creativity which years, these Northeast Georgia students will RECOGNIZING NICK continues to enrich, invigorate, and transform further their education and develop the leader- SWARTZENDRUBER FOR HIS 2A artists and audiences alike. As Berkshire The- ship skills needed to best serve our country as STATE TITLE IN THE 400 METER atre celebrates its 90th anniversary, I wish the military officers. DASH IN TRACK AND FIELD group all the best and much continued pros- Mr. Speaker, I applaud these young leaders perity. as they prepare for the challenges ahead, and HON. CHERI BUSTOS f I will keep them in my prayers as they enter OF ILLINOIS a new season at America’s military service IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES RECOGNIZING DANIELLE TAETS academies. FOR HER 1A STATE TITLE IN Thursday, June 14, 2018 f THE TRIPLE JUMP AND 100 Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to METER HURDLES PERSONAL EXPLANATION congratulate Nick Swartzendruber, a senior from Geneseo High School, for earning the HON. CHERI BUSTOS HON. SCOTT TAYLOR Class 2A title for the Illinois State Champion- OF ILLINOIS OF VIRGINIA ship in the 400 meter dash for track and field. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Nick Swartzendruber ran 48.49 seconds in the 400 meter dash to claim his title as state Thursday, June 14, 2018 Thursday, June 14, 2018 champion, and I would like to recognize Nick Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. TAYLOR. Mr. Speaker, as a result of for his tremendous accomplishment. Nick’s congratulate Danielle Taets, a freshman from my state’s primary being held on 6/12/18, I dedication and passion for his sport meant Orion High School, for earning the Class 1A missed the below votes. that he was determined to win gold. As a

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14JN8.016 E14JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REMARKS E844 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks June 14, 2018 former athlete, I understand the amount of Our nations are also bound together by im- erty. For many years, the Clarks have been hard work and commitment to be awarded migration, travel, and trade. More than devoted servants to countless civic leaders such a title. Nick is an example of the impor- 350,000 Taiwanese live in the United States, throughout Teller County and have always tance of dedication and a strong work ethic I and an estimated 4,000 Americans live in Tai- been highly regarded for their steadfast com- am proud there is such young talent in our wan. Nearly 3,000 of my constituents were mitment and dependability. Teller County will community, and to see him represent Gen- born in Taiwan. Additionally, Taiwan is the never be the same without the Clarks. eseo throughout the state. United States’ 11th largest trading partner, The following testimonials speak to their Mr. Speaker, I would like to again formally and in 2017, Taiwanese businesses invested personal character and the standard they set congratulate Nick Swartzendruber on his title, $34 billion in the United States. Travel, espe- for generations to follow: and I Join the rest of the community in wishing cially air travel, helps to further strengthen the ‘‘Carol and Gerry have always been syn- him every success in the future. bonds between the United States and Taiwan. onymous with the term ‘American Patri- f In that sense, I am very pleased that the On- ots.’ ’’—Hon. Robert C. Balink tario International Airport, located in Califor- ‘‘It’s difficult to describe Carol’s love for HONORING ALYSSA YARCK this country and how valuable her contribu- nia’s 35th district, now offers direct flights to tions have been over the years to the cause Taiwan. of freedom. She is always striving to make HON. DOUG COLLINS This is a relationship I am proud to support, things better. We will miss her tireless ef- OF GEORGIA and I am committed to working with my col- forts immensely. Needless to say, Gerry has IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES leagues to find additional areas where our two been her constant companion for many, Thursday, June 14, 2018 countries can partner to our mutual benefit. many years, supporting her at every step of the way.’’—Norma Thompson Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I This week’s opening ceremony is an important step, and I am confident that it will contribute ‘‘Carol has been an awesome leader . . . rise today to recognize Alyssa Yarck. A stu- due in part because she was always such a dent at the University of North Georgia, my to the strengthening of the U.S.-Taiwan part- ‘doer’. We have all been blessed because of alma mater, Alyssa recently earned the Girl nership. you.’’—Carolyn Fairchild Scout Gold Award—the highest honor that the f ‘‘Carol and Gerry were the backbone of Teller County and I, along with many others leadership organization awards. JAIME WILSON NAMED CITIZEN- from far and wide, are honored to call them Alyssa joined the Girl Scouts as a SHIP EDUCATION TEACHERS OF friends. I whole heartedly endorse and peti- kindergartener, entering into the Daisy ranks THE YEAR tion the United States House of Representa- and deepening her commitment to the pro- tives to recognize Carol and Gerry Clark for gram even after graduating from Chestatee their patriotism and unmitigated duty to the High School. HON. PETE OLSON citizens of Teller County Colorado and the She received the Girl Scout Gold Award for OF TEXAS Pikes Peak Region.’’—Pete LaBarre modernizing a system to equip first respond- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ‘‘Gerry and Carol Clark of Woodland Park, ers with important health information about Colorado, are true patriots. Driven by true Thursday, June 14, 2018 American Principals and a hard work ethic, students in Hall County. Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to they have led many others to stand up for The new database, Assisting Special Kids’ recognize Jaime Wilson of Katy, TX for receiv- these principals by actively working to ad- Needs and Other Technologies ing the Citizenship Education Teachers of the vance public education on important matters (A.S.K.N.O.T.), centralizes students’ individual of policy on the local, state and national lev- Year Award from the Katy VFW Post 9182. health needs and contact information within els. Gerry and Carol Clark were usually the Jaime, a history teacher at Seven Lakes Hall County Central Communications, pre- first to volunteer for the long hours of staff- High School received the award from the Katy paring emergency responders to better care ing information centers and organizing vol- VFW for incorporating and advocating for vet- for children in the event of an emergency. unteers. They tirelessly gave of their time Whether an emergency occurs at school or erans into her classroom. Ms. Wilson has con- and treasure to ensure others had access to reliable information and always commu- home, first responders now have access to tinually asked veterans to speak to her stu- dents about their experiences in times of con- nicating in civil and polite ways with those medical information for students who have en- whose views differed from their own. They rolled in A.S.K.N.O.T. and can then respond flict. She was presented the Citizenship Edu- cation Teachers of the Year Award by Viet- have both truly made a difference in the accordingly. things that mattered. Their honorable serv- Alyssa started this program in 2015 and nam war veteran Stephen Brady, of the Katy ice to our community, state, and nation de- completed it last September. Her tireless serv- VFW Post. Jaime began teaching at Seven serves our heartfelt gratitude.’’—Cheryl and ice through the Girl Scouts has left a lasting Lakes in 2007 and met Brady at the Katy Rice Norm Steen, Teller County Commissioner impact on children in our community—I want Harvest Festival. Since then, she has wel- ‘‘Words are inadequate to express our grat- comed Brady and other veterans into her itude and appreciation of the incomparable to thank Alyssa for her dedication and con- work and attitude you have displayed. Say- gratulate her on this significant honor. classroom to help Katy ISD students better understand the Vietnam war and issues affect- ing goodbye is never easy especially to peo- f ple who have been such valued team mem- ing our nation’s veterans. She has also advo- bers. We wish you all the best for now and AIT NEW COMPOUND OPENING cated for more veteran guest speakers at into the future. If you can learn that is good. CEREMONY ON JUNE 12 Cinco Ranch and Tompkins High Schools. If you can teach that is life changing.’’— On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- Doloretta & Robert Barber HON. NORMA J. TORRES sional District of Texas, congratulations again It is my great privilege to honor these leg- OF CALIFORNIA to Jaime Wilson for receiving The Citizenship endary citizens of Teller County, Colorado IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Education Teachers of the Year Award. Her from the halls of the U.S. House of Represent- efforts to champion veterans and educate the Thursday, June 14, 2018 atives. I thank Gerry and Carol for their faithful youth of TX–22 is crucial to our growth and service and for leaving an indelible mark on Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in character as a society. I thank you, Ms. Wil- the people of Teller County. recognition of the grand opening ceremony for son. f the new compound of the American Institute in f Taiwan (AIT) this week. The United States RECOGNIZING EASTON BIANCHI and Taiwan have enjoyed a fruitful partnership HONORING CAROL AND GERALD FOR HIS 1A STATE TITLE IN THE for decades, and I am confident that our part- CLARK 100 AND 200 METER DASH IN nership will only grow stronger with this new TRACK AND FIELD facility. HON. DOUG LAMBORN Our two countries’ partnership has flour- OF COLORADO HON. CHERI BUSTOS ished because of our shared commitment to IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF ILLINOIS democratic values and constitutional govern- IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ments. Taiwan serves as a strong example of Thursday, June 14, 2018 democracy not only for the region, but also the Mr. LAMBORN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Thursday, June 14, 2018 world. We must never take democracy for recognize Gerald and Carol Clark, who have Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to granted; we must remain vigilant in protecting long been the driving force in Teller County, congratulate Easton Bianchi, a senior from and strengthening it. Colorado and champions for the cause of lib- Newman Central Catholic High School, for

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Ashley is a Fort tected us for 243 years, and wherever we go, Easton Bianchi ran 10.83 seconds in the Bend County native and graduated from High- you will always know that the Army goes roll- 100 meter dash and 21.93 seconds in the 200 tower High School and Texas A&M University, ing along. meter dash to claim his title as state cham- before receiving her master’s degree in edu- And that is just the way it is. pion, and I would like to recognize Easton for cation from Concordia University. She is a tre- f mendous educator who fights for her students his tremendous accomplishment. Easton’s RECOGNIZING THE ASSOCIATION in the classroom on a daily basis. dedication and passion for his sport meant OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY, On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- that he was determined to win gold. As a MONMOUTH COUNTY CHAPTER former athlete, I understand the amount of sional District of Texas, congratulations again hard work and commitment to be awarded to Ashley Bratcher for being named the 2017– such a title. Easton is an example of the im- 18 Stafford MSD Teacher of the Year. I thank HON. CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH portance of dedication and a strong work her for her commitment to our children and ex- OF NEW JERSEY IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ethic. I am proud there is such young talent in cellence in the classroom. our community, and to see him represent Ster- f Thursday, June 14, 2018 ling throughout the state. ARMY BIRTHDAY Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, I would like to again formally today on the 243rd birthday of the U.S. Army, congratulate Easton Bianchi on his title, and I I take the opportunity to congratulate the Mon- join the rest of the community in wishing him HON. TED POE mouth County, New Jersey, Chapter of the every success in the future. OF TEXAS Association of the United States Army (AUSA) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f which has been designated as the AUSA’s Thursday, June 14, 2018 ‘‘Best Chapter 2017.’’ HONORING THE SACRIFICE OF Mr. POE of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today, we The designation represents the second year CAMERON SMITH honor the United States Army, the oldest of in a row that the Monmouth chapter has the five military branches, on the 243rd anni- clinched this national top honor. HON. DOUG COLLINS versary of its founding. The award, given primarily for leadership OF GEORGIA On June 14, 1775, America was under at- and distinguished accomplishments in the service of U.S. Soldiers, Army civilians, and IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES tack. The British forces occupied the city of their families, was presented at the AUSA’s Thursday, June 14, 2018 Boston, but the minutemen of Massachusetts resisted. These patriots fought bravely at Lex- Annual Meeting & Exposition held last Fall at Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I ington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, and inspired the Walter E. Washington Convention Center rise today to remember Cameron Smith and others from the surrounding colonies to join in Washington, D.C. During the opening ceremony of the 2017 Robert Bryant Wade, who lost their lives to a the fight. flooded creek near McNutt Creek Dam last The Second Continental Congress took note association meeting—attended by more than 5,000 members and guests—AUSA Mon- week. In this time of grief, we also recognize of their courage, and when they convened in mouth Chapter President Col. Samuel Fuoco Cameron’s bravery in attempting to rescue May 1775, they set out to create an army for (USA Ret.), Secretary Mrs. Ellie Smith, and Bryant from drowning. the defense of all of the colonies. On June Mr. Frank Brogna, of the Monmouth County Cameron’s neighbors in Madison County will 14th, Congress officially established the Army, Sheriff’s Office were all presented the ‘‘Best tell you what a considerate young man he was and the next day appointed General George and how much he loved his family. Bryant’s Chapter 2017’’ banner by AUSA President & Washington as its commander. With his CEO Gen. Carter F. Ham (USA Ret.), and loved ones are already missing the kind and marching orders, Washington rode out to his AUSA Vice President, Lt. Gen. Patricia E. outgoing teenager. new command, where he successfully drove McQuistion (USA Ret.). When Cameron saw Bryant struggling the British out of Boston. The newly-formed Also, Mrs. Catherine C. ‘‘Kit’’ Roache, the against the water, he immediately told his Continental Army spurred the colonies to vic- Monmouth Chapter’s Vice President of Pro- friend to dial 911, and he dove in to save tory in gaining their independence from their grams and Community Partners, received the someone he’d never met. Sadly, neither young British oppressors. AUSA ‘‘2017 Major General Anthony J. Drexel man found his way out of the swollen creek. The Army has been steadfast in the defense Biddle Medal,’’ awarded to the individual who Mr. Speaker, Cameron and Bryant have left of the American democracy ever since. During has most contributed to the advancement and holes in their communities that my words can’t its illustrious history, the Army repelled the mission of association for the year. capture, and Cameron’s sacrifice reflects a British attack on New Orleans, charged up Additionally, Chapter President Fuoco was selfless heroism that has become uncommon San Juan Hill behind Teddy Roosevelt, and presented with the AUSA ‘‘Greatest Reserve today. stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day. Component Increase—2017’’ streamer, for the As Northeast Georgia struggles with sad- The Army ranks have always produced the greatest increase in membership. ness over the loss of two young men, my best and brightest in America. Countless Mr. Speaker, these awards are not lightly prayers remain with their families and friends. members of Congress and fifteen presidents given or earned. The AUSA Monmouth Chap- f wore Army uniforms before stepping into pub- ter was bestowed with these honors due to its lic office. extremely active and tireless work in sup- ASHLEY BRATCHER NAMED STAF- My father, TSgt Virgil Poe, served in the porting the U.S. Army and AUSA. The chapter FORD MSD TEACHER OF THE Army as a teenager, in combat, during the has constantly supported our service mem- YEAR Second World War in Europe. bers—Active and Reserve, past and present— The service of these Americans has not through educational activities and raising HON. PETE OLSON come without sacrifice. In the course of his- money for many causes like support for New OF TEXAS tory, hundreds of thousands of Americans in Jersey veterans and retirees, scholarships for IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the Army have given their lives in defending JROTC high school students, the Fisher our country from harm. We owe a deep debt Thursday, June 14, 2018 House Foundation, and their Service Dog ini- of gratitude to this rare breed of men and tiative. Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to women, the American breed. Chapter members and community partners recognize Ashley Bratcher of Stafford, TX for Today, nearly half a million men and women regularly welcome new Army commanders at being named the 2017–18 Stafford Municipal make up the most formidable fighting force in the nearby Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. School District Teacher of the Year. the world. As artillery gunners, aviators, chap- The chapter has supported Honor and Re- Ms. Bratcher has a passion for education lains, cooks, dentists, doctors, engineers, in- member Flags for Gold Star Families who and was chosen by her peers to be the 2017– fantrymen, intelligence officers, lawyers, have lost a loved one in combat, and the New 2018 Teacher of the Year. She has taught nurses, tankmen, technicians, and veterinar- Jersey Run for the Fallen. It helps foster Vet- math and science at Stafford Elementary ians, these individuals are the backbone of the eran Service Organizations (VSO) training, School for the past six years and is known for American military and continue to serve as and works to build civilian support in Mon- her commitment to education, with the goal of they always have, with honor and distinction, mouth County by participating in many edu- making a life-changing difference each day. and embody what it means to be Army Strong. cational, business and charity events.

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VERDUGO ON THE OC- Thursday, June 14, 2018 consideration for another banner in 2018 and CASION OF HIS RETIREMENT in the years ahead. FROM THE MILITARY AFTER 20 Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to raise I thank all the members of the AUSA Mon- YEARS awareness about a silent killer that has quickly mouth Chapter for their continued hard work, grown into a public health crisis endangering dedication, commitment and outstanding con- the lives of millions of Americans. tributions in the service of America’s men and HON. NORMA J. TORRES Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, known as women in uniform. NASH, is a metabolic disease that, if left un- OF CALIFORNIA treated, can lead to non-alcoholic cirrhosis, f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES liver failure, liver cancer, and even death. The RECOGNIZING PEYTON SOPIARS disease is estimated to affect between 3 and FOR HIS 1A STATE TITLE IN THE Thursday, June 14, 2018 12 percent of all American adults—including TRIPLE JUMP as many as 70,000 of my constituents. Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to There are only a few physicians in Con- HON. CHERI BUSTOS honor Staff Sergeant Frank E. Verdugo on the gress, and although our constituencies differ, OF ILLINOIS occasion of his retirement from 20 years of we share a profound and personal connection IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES outstanding commitment through military serv- to the individuals we serve. We also share an ice to this country. He is the son of Lydia understanding that when a threat of this mag- Thursday, June 14, 2018 Wibert, former City Councilwoman in Fontana. nitude arises, we must take proactive steps to Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Staff Sergeant Verdugo has had a remark- effectively diagnose and treat the disease. congratulate Peyton Sopiars, a sophomore The most difficult part is that NASH is ‘‘si- able career with our armed forces. He began from Galva High School, for earning the Class lent’’; it does not present symptoms until late his military career with the U.S. Marine Corps, 1A title for the Illinois State Championship in in the disease’s progression. Most Americans triple jump for track and field. serving from 1994–1998. He went on to serve with NASH in my district and across the coun- Peyton Sopiars won triple jump gold with a in the Army Reserve from 1998–2002, where try don’t even know they have it. leap of 45–0 3/4 to claim his title as state he was based in San Antonio. He transitioned There is no approved cure for NASH and no champion, and I would like to recognize Pey- to full time service when he entered the Army alternative to an invasive and painful liver bi- ton for his tremendous accomplishment. Pey- on August 1st of 2002 for his second time on opsy to diagnose the disease, and research- ton’s dedication and passion for his sport active duty. Like many brave and selfless indi- ers have yet to get a full understanding of meant that he was determined to win gold. As viduals, he did so as a result of the events what causes it. With more research and pro- a former athlete, I understand the amount of that transpired on September 11, 2001. fessional awareness, we can start to improve hard work and commitment to be awarded Throughout his career, Staff Sergeant early detection and halt disease progression such a title. Peyton is an example of the im- Verdugo has been assigned to a full range of while waiting for approved effective treat- portance of dedication and a strong work important roles and has been stationed in ments. ethic. I am proud there is such young talent in This past Tuesday, June 12, marked the many locations around the country including our community, and to see him represent first-ever International NASH Day. Medical ex- Galva throughout the state. Fort Lewis, Fort Knox, Fort Bliss, and Fort perts in seven cities across the U.S. joined Mr. Speaker, I would like to again formally Benning. Shortly after joining the Army, he over 20 international experts in the field of congratulate Peyton Sopiars on his title, and I was deployed twice to Iraq, from 2003–2004 NASH to educate potential patients and other join the rest of the community in wishing him and 2006–2007. interested stakeholders to increase awareness every success in the future. While Staff Sergeant Verdugo has immeas- and improve health outcomes. f urable achievements and awards that speak to I ask my colleagues—physician or not—to remain vigilant and work to improve access to LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT EM- his character, perhaps the most significant contribution and legacy he has made is by information about this disease, ensure access PLOYEES RECOGNIZED FOR 20 to healthcare, and provide adequate funding YEARS OF SERVICE helping train the next generation of leaders. He was part of the Army’s first Stryker Brigade levels for research and care. It is the right pre- at Fort Lewis and was assigned as a Stryker scription for a better, stronger, and healthier HON. PETE OLSON America. instructor at Fort Knox. Because of Staff Ser- OF TEXAS f IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES geant Verdugo’s experience, he served in sev- eral critical leadership roles while at Fort Bliss, IN RECOGNITION OF THE 200TH AN- Thursday, June 14, 2018 where he tested new equipment and networks NIVERSARY OF THE TOWN OF Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to for the Army, and at Fort Benning, where he SHELBY, NEW YORK recognize Mario Valdez, Jeff Peterson, Joyce was a fire range trainer. Thomas, Tamra Oliver, Nancy Beran, Amanda HON. CHRIS COLLINS Peterson, Brenda Wandling, Bessie Neal, Les- Staff Sergeant Verdugo has selflessly given of himself to this country while raising a family. OF NEW YORK lie McDowell, Bridgett Bullard, Cindy Haley, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Alma Cruz, Cheryl Brimhall, James Nagai, He is married to Maria E. Verdugo and is the Gloria Daniels, Lisa McKey, Tambra Burns, father of four children. Thursday, June 14, 2018 Pamela Berdou and Lisa Rose for their 20 As Staff Sergeant Verdugo’s long and hon- Mr. COLLINS of New York. Mr. Speaker, I years of service and dedication to the Lamar orable military career comes to a close, he is rise today to recognize the 200th Anniversary Consolidated Independent School District beginning a new chapter in his life. He is cur- of the founding of the Town of Shelby, New (CISD). rently pursuing his Bachelor of Science in York. The history of this town has been mold- Each of these wonderful Lamar CISD em- Homeland Security from Vincennes University, ed by resilient and innovative individuals who ployees have worked for the school district for further illustrating that while he may not be in worked persistently to make Shelby the place twenty years. They were recently recognized the military anymore, his commitment to work- it is today. by the school district for their dedication to our The Bicentennial presents an opportunity for ing hard on issues like national security is en- children and our schools. Their tenure and the residents of Shelby to reflect on their fas- during. commitment to educational excellence is a cinating history and to envision the endless true asset for our students and our region. For his many years of selfless service to our possibilities of the future. In 1812, Joseph On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- nation, I would like to recognize and thank Ellicott, an agent for the Holland Land Com- sional District of Texas, congratulations again Staff Sergeant Frank E. Verdugo. pany, purchased 700 acres of farmland in the

VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:57 Jun 15, 2018 Jkt 079060 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 0626 Sfmt 9920 E:\CR\FM\A14JN8.031 E14JNPT1 SSpencer on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with REMARKS June 14, 2018 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — Extensions of Remarks E847 Town of Shelby. He and his nephew, Colonel own event and read the Declaration of Inde- Elvira is devoted to her family and is loved Andrew Ellicott built a saw mill and a year pendence. As the next generation stands for and cherished by them in return. She and later the first grist mill, while also improving liberty, they are showing Americans that we Jesus had four wonderful children, Lucille (de- the water supply in the town. The residents are the greatest nation in the world. By doing ceased), Olivia, Michael, and George. She’s were happy to welcome this innovative family this on Flag Day they are also recognizing that held many titles over her long life, but the one into their community. The Ellicott’s played a Old Glory is the symbol of freedom, recog- she is most proud of is grandmother and significant role in the early founding of the nizing the home of the free and the brave. great-grandmother. Town of Shelby and left a lasting impact that I salute and recognize these young patriots Mrs. Ortiz has been a valuable member of would allow it to thrive for over two centuries. and other children who are participating in this her community. She is a practicing Catholic On this historic day, I would like to formally event to recognize the red, white and blue and and has always devoted her extra time to her congratulate the Town of Shelby on its 200th the freedoms she represents. local church, Saint Margaret Mary Catholic Anniversary. In 1818, Shelby was officially f Church in Chino, California. founded thanks to the Ellicott family’s indus- Having lived in Chino for almost all her life, trious attitude. To this day, Shelby is still a RECOGNIZING NICK ALLEN, NA- Elvira has seen many, many positive changes strong farming community in Western New THAN MICKLEY, KEEGAN ANDER- take place in the area, including the tremen- York. SON, AND KOBY BRACKEMEYER dous growth and improvement of the Ontario FOR THEIR 1A STATE TITLE IN f International Airport. THE 4X800 RELAY Her one hundred years is a testament to the LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT EM- ‘‘greatest generation’’ that ever lived in these PLOYEES RECOGNIZED FOR 25 HON. CHERI BUSTOS United States of America. I am happy to wish YEARS OF SERVICE OF ILLINOIS Mrs. Elvira Ortiz a happy 100th birthday. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES f HON. PETE OLSON Thursday, June 14, 2018 LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT EM- OF TEXAS PLOYEES RECOGNIZED FOR 30 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mrs. BUSTOS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate sophomores Nick Allen, Nathan YEARS OF SERVICE Thursday, June 14, 2018 Mickley, Keegan Anderson, and Koby Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Brackemeyer from Morrison High School, for HON. PETE OLSON recognize Diana Martinez, Tracy Madrigal, earning the Class 1A title for the Illinois State OF TEXAS Becky Guntle, Sandra Leal, Carole Serna, Championship in the 4x800 relay. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Juan Nava, Kimberly Reyhons, Lorenso Nick Allen, Nathan Mickley, Keegan Ander- Longoria and Pamela Clayton for their 25 son, and Koby Brackemeyer took first in finals Thursday, June 14, 2018 years of service and dedication to the Lamar with a time of 8:00.59 clocking to claim their Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Consolidated Independent School District title as state champions, and I would like to recognize Sandra Guyton, Adrianna Zamora (CISD). recognize them for their tremendous accom- and Gay Clark for their 30 years of service Diana, Tracy, Becky, Sandra, Carole, Juan, plishment. Their dedication and passion for and dedication to the Lamar Consolidated Kimberly, Lorenso and Pamela have each their sport meant that they were determined to Independent School District (CISD). worked for the school district for twenty five win gold. As a former athlete, I understand the Sandra, Adrianna and Gay have each years. They were recently recognized by amount of hard work and commitment to be worked for the school district for thirty years. Lamar CISD for their dedication to our children awarded such a title. They are an example of They were recently recognized by Lamar and our schools. Their tenure and commitment the importance of dedication and a strong CISD for their dedication to our children and to educational excellence is a true asset for work ethic. I am proud there is such young tal- our schools. Their tenure and commitment to our students and our region. ent in our community, and to see them rep- educational excellence is a true asset for our On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- resent Morrison throughout the state. students and our region. sional District of Texas, congratulations again Mr. Speaker, I would like to again formally On behalf of the Twenty-Second Congres- to these exceptional employees for 25 years congratulate Nick Allen, Nathan Mickley, sional District of Texas, congratulations again with Lamar CISD. I thank them for their com- Keegan Anderson, and Koby Brackemeyer on to Sandra Guyton, Adrianna Zamora and Gay mitment to education and to our kids. their title, and I join the rest of the community Clark on 30 years with Lamar CISD. I thank f in wishing them every success in the future. them for their commitment to education and to f our kids. HONORING FLAG DAY f MRS. ELVIRA ORTIZ 100 YEARS HON. DON BACON OLD HONORING MS. LISA SIMS OF NEBRASKA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HON. NORMA J. TORRES HON. DOUG COLLINS Thursday, June 14, 2018 OF CALIFORNIA OF GEORGIA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Mr. BACON. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in honor of Flag Day; the day in 1777 that the Thursday, June 14, 2018 Thursday, June 14, 2018 Second Continental Congress adopted the Mrs. TORRES. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I red, white and blue. Old Glory as we call her, honor a constituent of the 35th District, Mrs. rise today to recognize Gillsville’s Lisa Sims flies proudly across our country and rep- Elvira Ortiz of Chino, California in celebration for the perseverance she has demonstrated in resents the home of the free and the brave. of her 100th birthday. her battle against multiple sclerosis. As the song ‘Grand Old Flag’ says, the flag is Elvira was born July 9, 1918 in Chino, Cali- In 1997, the doctor diagnosed Lisa with MS, the ‘‘emblem of the land I love.’’ fornia, and has resided there for most of her an incurable disease that causes the body’s I love the land that I protected in uniform for life. Having lived in her same home for sixty immune system to attack the central nervous nearly 30 years. The land that has given me years, she has made precious memories with system. She left the doctor’s office that day freedom of speech and religion. The land that her loved ones in Chino. understanding that she would become para- has allowed me to work hard in a profession As Elvira celebrates her 100th birthday, she lyzed from the waist down. of my choice and provide for my family. has much to be proud of. Elvira’s husband, Despite her diagnosis, Lisa has never It’s also the land that encourages our youth the late Jesus Pacheco Ortiz, was her hero. stopped fighting MS and can still walk today. to be proud of our flag. In fact, two young pa- Jesus was in the United States Army Air She tried various medications and weight triotic friends of mine are sharing their love for Corps during World War II. He participated in loss programs over the years, which initially Old Glory by encouraging youth in America to air combat as a tail gunner as well as other gave her hope. Ultimately, Lisa realized she host Flag Day events. William and Morgan positions on his aircraft. At one point, Jesus’s needed to incorporate exercise into her daily Iler, who are eleven and seven respectively, aircraft was shot down over Europe and sur- routine. are encouraging states to host events in their vived only because of the graciousness of a She joined a gym three years ago, and, state, where children will get together at their group of farmers who hid him and his crew. since then, she has regained most of her

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Page S3934 military activities of the Department of Defense, for Reed/Warren Amendment No. 2756 (to Amend- military construction, and for defense activities of ment No. 2700), to require the authorization of ap- the Department of Energy, to prescribe military per- propriation of amounts for the development of new sonnel strengths for such fiscal year, taking action on or modified nuclear weapons, fell when McConnell the following amendments proposed thereto: (for Toomey) Amendment No. 2700 (to Amendment Pages S3932–43 No. 2282) fell. Page S3932 Adopted: By 81 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. 126), three-fifths By a unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. 125), of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having Reed Amendment No. 2885 (to Amendment No. voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion 2276), of a perfecting nature. Pages S3935–36, S3943 to close further debate on the bill. Page S3943 Inhofe (for Boozman) Amendment No. 2276 (to A unanimous-consent agreement was reach pro- Amendment No. 2282), to require a report on the viding that Senate resume consideration of the bill, permanent stationing of the United States forces in post-cloture, at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, the Republic of Poland. Pages S3934–35, S3939, S3943 June 18, 2018; that it be in order for Senator Sand- Inhofe/McCain Modified Amendment No. 2282, ers, or his designee, to raise a single Congressional in the nature of a substitute. Page S3932 Budget Act point of order that lay against Inhofe/ Withdrawn: McCain Modified Amendment No. 2282, as amend- Inhofe (for Rounds) Amendment No. 2273 (to the ed, and that a motion to waive then be considered language proposed to be stricken by Amendment to have been made and Senate vote on the motion, No. 2282), to require a report on participation in without intervening action or debate; that notwith- the Transition Assistance Program. standing the provisions of Rule XXII, all post-clo- Pages S3936–39, S3943 ture time on the bill, as amended, expire at 5:30 During consideration of this measure today, Senate p.m., on Monday, June 18, 2018; and that the mo- also took the following action: tion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to By 35 yeas to 62 nays (Vote No. 123), three-fifths consideration of H.R. 5895, making appropriations of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having for energy and water development and related agen- voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion cies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, to close further debate on McConnell (for Toomey) ripen following disposition of the bill. Page S3959 Amendment No. 2700 (to Amendment No. 2282), Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Mili- to require congressional review of certain regulations tary Construction and Veterans Affairs Appro- issued by the Committee on Foreign Investment in priations Act—Cloture: Senate began consideration the United States. Pages S3933–34 of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. By 83 yeas to 14 nays (Vote No. 124), three-fifths 5895, making appropriations for energy and water of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having development and related agencies for the fiscal year voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion ending September 30, 2019. Pages S3930–32 to close further debate on Inhofe/McCain Modified A motion was entered to close further debate on Amendment No. 2282 (listed above). Page S3934 the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, Chair sustained a point of order that Lee Amend- and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII ment No. 2366 (to the language proposed to be of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on clo- stricken by Amendment No. 2282), to clarify that ture will occur upon disposition of H.R. 5515, to an authorization to use military force, a declaration authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2019 for mili- of war, or any similar authority does not authorize tary activities of the Department of Defense, for the detention without charge or trial of a citizen or military construction, and for defense activities of lawful permanent resident of the United States, was the Department of Energy, to prescribe military per- not germane, and the amendment thus fell. sonnel strengths for such fiscal year. 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Enrolled Bills Presented: Page S3950 COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY Executive Communications: Page S3950 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Petitions and Memorials: Pages S3950–51 Committee concluded a hearing to examine an up- date from the Comptroller of the Currency, after re- Executive Reports of Committees: Page S3951 ceiving testimony from Joseph M. Otting, Comp- Additional Cosponsors: Pages S3952–53 troller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury. Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: NOMINATIONS Pages S3953–56 Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded Additional Statements: Pages S3948–50 a hearing to examine Harry B. Harris, Jr., of Florida, Amendments Submitted: Pages S3956–57 to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, who was introduced by Senators Hirono and Nelson, Authorities for Committees to Meet: Tibor Peter Nagy, Jr., of Texas, to be an Assistant Pages S3957–58 Secretary (African Affairs), and David Schenker, of Privileges of the Floor: Page S3958 New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary (Near East- Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. ern Affairs), all of the Department of State, after the (Total—126) Pages S3934, S3943 nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 4:33 p.m., until 3 p.m. on Monday, BUSINESS MEETING June 18, 2018. (For Senate’s program, see the re- Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favor- marks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on ably reported the following business items: page S3959.) S. 2837, to improve the systems for identifying the diversion of controlled substances, with an Committee Meetings amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 974, to promote competition in the market for (Committees not listed did not meet) drugs and biological products by facilitating the timely entry of lower-cost generic and biosimilar BUSINESS MEETING versions of those drugs and biological products, with Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favor- an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and ably reported the following business items: The nominations of Allen Cothrel Winsor, to be An original bill (S. 3071) making appropriations United States District Judge for the Northern Dis- for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending trict of Florida, Patrick R. Wyrick, to be United September 30, 2019; States District Judge for the Western District of An original bill (S. 3072) making appropriations Oklahoma, and Susan Llewellyn Pamerleau, to be for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, United States Marshal for the Western District of Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year end- Texas, Gadyaces S. Serralta, to be United States Mar- ing September 30, 2019; and shal for the Southern District of Florida, R. Don An original bill (S. 3073) making appropriations Ladner, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the for the Department of the Interior, environment, and Northern District of Florida, and Charles L. Good- related agencies for the fiscal year ending September win, to be United States Marshal for the District of 30, 2019. Hawaii, all of the Department of Justice. h House of Representatives Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: Chamber Action H.R. 5762, to amend the Homeland Security Act Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 21 pub- of 2002 to authorize a Joint Task Force to enhance lic bills, H.R. 6101–6121; and 5 resolutions, H. integration of the Department of Homeland Secu- Res. 941–945 were introduced. Pages H5199–H5200 rity’s border security operations to detect, interdict, Additional Cosponsors: Page H5201 disrupt, and prevent narcotics, such as fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, from entering the United

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Naval Sea Systems Command, Headquarters, U.S. NASA COST AND SCHEDULE OVERRUNS: Navy; and Vice Admiral Dean Peters, Commander, ACQUISITION AND PROGRAM Naval Air Systems Command, Headquarters, U.S. MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES Navy. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Sub- UNDERSTANDING THE DIGITAL committee on Space held a hearing entitled ‘‘NASA ADVERTISING ECOSYSTEM Cost and Schedule Overruns: Acquisition and Pro- Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on gram Management Challenges’’. Testimony was Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection held a heard from Cristina T. Chaplain, Director, Con- hearing entitled ‘‘Understanding the Digital Adver- tracting and National Security Acquisitions, Govern- tising Ecosystem’’. Testimony was heard from Dave ment Accountability Office; Stephen Jurczyk, Asso- Wulf, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Infrastruc- ciate Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space ture Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Administration; Paul K. Martin, Inspector General, Chris P. Currie, Director, Emergency Management, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and National Preparedness, and Critical Infrastructure a public witness. Protection, Homeland Security and Justice Team, Government Accountability Office; and public wit- SHRINKING THE SKILLS GAP: SOLUTIONS nesses. TO THE SMALL BUSINESS WORKFORCE SHORTAGE THE CHEMICAL FACILITIES ANTI- TERRORISM STANDARDS PROGRAM Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Eco- (CFATS)—A PROGRESS REPORT nomic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access held a hear- ing entitled ‘‘Shrinking the Skills Gap: Solutions to Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on the Small Business Workforce Shortage’’. Testimony Environment held a hearing entitled ‘‘The Chemical was heard from public witnesses. Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards Program (CFATS)—A Progress Report’’. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. Joint Meetings MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES No joint committee meetings were held. Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee held COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY, a markup on H.R. 5749, the ‘‘Options Markets Sta- bility Act’’; H.R. 5953, the ‘‘Building Up Inde- JUNE 15, 2018 pendent Lives and Dreams Act’’; H.R. 6035, the (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) ‘‘Streamlining Communications for Investors Act’’; and H.R. 6069, the ‘‘Fight Illicit Networks and De- Senate tect Trafficking Act’’. H.R. 5953 and H.R. 6035 No meetings/hearings scheduled. were ordered reported, without amendment. H.R. 6069 and H.R. 5749 were ordered reported, as House amended. Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Labor, DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN A Health and Human Services, Education, and Related CHALLENGING WORLD Agencies, markup on the FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appro- Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee held a priations Bill, 9:30 a.m., 2358–C Rayburn. hearing entitled ‘‘Democracy Promotion in a Chal- Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on lenging World’’. Testimony was heard from public Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ‘‘The State witnesses. of U.S. Public Health Biopreparedness: Responding to Biological Attacks, Pandemics, and Emerging Infectious LEGISLATIVE MEASURE Disease Outbreaks’’, 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on En- ergy and Mineral Resources held a hearing on legis- Joint Meetings lation on the ‘‘Enhancing State Management of Fed- Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to re- eral Lands and Waters Act’’. Testimony was heard ceive a briefing on the Trump Administration’s Russia from public witnesses. policy, 10 a.m., SD–562.

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Next Meeting of the SENATE Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3 p.m., Monday, June 18 9 a.m., Friday, June 15

Senate Chamber House Chamber Program for Monday: Senate will resume consideration Program for Friday: Consideration of H.R. 2851— of H.R. 5515, National Defense Authorization Act, post- Stop Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Ana- cloture, and vote on a motion to waive a budget point logues Act. of order thereon, followed by a vote on passage of the bill, at 5:30 p.m. Following disposition of H.R. 5515, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 5895, Energy and Water, Legis- lative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE Gianforte, Greg, Mont., E839 Sanford, Mark, S.C., E841 Graves, Sam, Mo., E839 Sessions, Pete, Tex., E841 Bacon, Don, Nebr., E847 Gutie´rrez, Luis V., Ill., E842 Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E845 Bishop, Rob, Utah, E839 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E841 Speier, Jackie, Calif., E840 Boyle, Brendan F., Pa., E839 Kennedy, Joseph P., III, Mass., E840 Taylor, Scott, Va., E843 Bustos, Cheri, Ill., E840, E841, E841, E842, E843, E843, Lamborn, Doug, Colo., E844 E844, E846, E847, E848 Neal, Richard E., Mass., E843 Titus, Dina, Nev., E842 Cartwright, Matt, Pa., E841 Olson, Pete, Tex., E843, E844, E845, E846, E847, E847, Torres, Norma J., Calif., E844, E846, E847 Collins, Chris, N.Y., E846 E848 Turner, Michael R., Ohio, E842 Collins, Doug, Ga., E840, E842, E843, E844, E845, E847 Poe, Ted, Tex., E845, E848 Walz, Timothy J., Minn., E839 Esty, Elizabeth H., Conn., E840 Ruiz, Raul, Calif., E846

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